* Today in Black History - December 14 *
1829 - John Mercer Langston is born in Louisa County, Virginia.
He will have a distinguished career as an attorney,
educator, recruiter of soldiers for the all African
American 5th Ohio, 54th and 55th Massachusetts regiments,
dean of the law school and president of Howard University,
diplomat, and U.S. congressman.
1915 - Jack Johnson becomes the world heavyweight boxing champion.
1920 - Clark Terry is born in St. Louis, Missouri. He will become
a trumpeteer and flugelhorn player who will be known for
his association with Duke Ellington on the 1950's, his
innovative flugelhorn sound, and unusual mumbling scat
singing.
1939 - Ernest "Ernie" Davis is born in New Salem, Pennsylvania.
He will become the first African American to win the
Heisman Trophy (1961). He will join the ancestors on May
18, 1963, succumbing to acute monotypic leukemia before
he is able to play in the National Football League.
1945 - Stanley Crouch is born in Los Angeles, California. He will
become a drummer, poet, and writer for "The Village Voice."
Among his books will be "Notes of a Hanging Judge,"
published in 1990.
1963 - Singer Dinah Washington joins the ancestors after a sleeping
pill overdose at the age of 39 in Detroit, Michigan. She
popularized many, many great songs, including "What a
Diff'rence a Day Makes", "Unforgettable" and several hits
with Brook Benton, including "Baby (You've Got What it
Takes)" and "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall
in Love)".
1968 - Sammy Davis Jr. is awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for
his "superb and many-faceted talent," and his contributions
to the civil rights movement.
1968 - Classes of San Francisco State University are suspended
after demonstrations by the Black Student Union and Third
World Liberation Front.
1972 - Johnny Rodgers, a running back with the University of
Nebraska, is awarded the Heisman Trophy. Rodgers gained a
total of 5,586 yards for the Cornhuskers in three years.
1980 - Elston Howard, a New York Yankee catcher for many years,
joins the ancestors.
1991 - Desmond Howard, of the University of Michigan wins the
Heisman trophy.
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