*             Today in Black History - November 25         *

 

1841 - Thirty-five survivors of the "Amistad" return home to 

            Africa.

 

1922 - Marcus Garvey electrifies a crowd at Liberty Hall in 

            New York City as he states the goals and principles 

            of the Universal Negro Improvement Association 

            (UNIA): "We represent peace, harmony, love, human 

            sympathy, human rights and human justice...we are 

            marshaling the four hundred million Negroes of the 

            world to fight for the emancipation of the race and 

            for the redemption of the country of our fathers." 

 

1935 - Namahyoke Sokum Curtis, who led a team of 32 African 

            Americans to nurse yellow fever victims during the 

            Spanish-American War, joins the ancestors. She will 

            be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. 

 

1941 - Annie Mae Bullock is born in Nutbush, Tennessee.  She 

            will meet Ike Turner in the early 1950's at a St. 

            Louis, Missouri club.  Soon after, she will begin 

            singing with his band on occasional engagements, and 

            in 1959, form the Ike and Tina Turner Revue.  After 

            separating from Ike and the band, she will build an 

            even more successful career on her own, which will 

            include the multi-platinum album, "Private Dancer" 

            and five Grammy awards. 

 

1949 - Dr. Ralph J. Bunche receives the Spingarn Medal for 

            his contributions to the Myrdal study and his 

            achievements as UN mediator in the Palestine 

            conflict.

 

1949 - The St. Louis chapter of CORE presses a sit-in 

            campaign designed to end segregation in downtown St. 

            Louis facilities.

 

1955 - The Interstate Commerce Commission bans segregation 

            in interstate travel. The law affects buses and 

            trains as well as terminals and waiting rooms.

          

1987 - Harold Washington, the first African American mayor 

            of Chicago, Illinois, joins the ancestors, in office 

            at the age of 65.

 

1997 - Legendary Eddie Robinson, of Grambling State University, 

            coaches his last game as head coach.  This will close 

            out a career spanning 57 years.  He has the NCAA record 

            for wins at 402. The closest to Eddie Robinson's record 

            is 'Bear' Bryant of the University of Alabama at 323 

            wins.

 

1998 - Comedian Flip Wilson joins the ancestors in Malibu, 

            California, at the age of 64.


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