* Today in Black History - December 24 *
1832 - The first hospital for African Americans is founded by whites and
chartered in Savannah, Georgia.
1853 - Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert is born in Olgethorpe, Georgia.
Albert is best known for her book "House of Bondage", a
collection of seven informal narrative of slaves' lives.
1881 - Tennessee starts the modern segregation movement with Jim Crow
railroad car laws and is followed by Florida (1887), Mississippi
(1888), Texas (1889), Louisiana (1890), Alabama, Kentucky,
Arkansas and Georgia (1891), South Carolina (1898), North
Carolina (1899), Virginia (1900), Maryland (1904), and
Oklahoma (1907).
1881 - The United Order of True Reformer, an African American fraternal
order, is established.
1881 - The exodus of five thousand Blacks from Edgefield County, South
Carolina begins. They become migrants, protesting exploitation
and violence, finally settling in Arkansas.
1898 - Irvin C. Mollison is born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1945, he will
be appointed the first African American judge to the U.S. Customs
Court.
1924 - Lee Dorsey is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He will become a
vocalist, best known for the recording of "Working in the Coal
Mines."
1936 - Count Basie makes his New York debut at the Roseland Ballroom.
1946 - 'Mean' Joe Green is born. He will become a football player for
the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers (defensive tackle) and win rings in
Super Bowls IX, X, XIII, and XIV. He will later become a Miami
Dolphins defensive coach.
1954 - In a session with the Miles Davis All-Stars, Thelonius Monk
records "Bag's Groove," which many will regard as his finest
solo performance.
1992 - Alphonso Michael 'Mike' Espy becomes the first African American
to hold the position of Secretary of Agriculture.
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