*               Today in Black History - November 12          *

 

1775 - General George Washington issues an order forbiding 

            recruiting officers from enlisting African Americans.

 

1779 - Twenty slaves petition New Hampshire's legislature to 

            abolish slavery. They argue that "the god of nature 

            gave them life and freedom upon the terms of most 

            perfect equality with other men; that freedom is an 

            inherent right of the human species, not to be 

            surrendered but by consent." 

 

1882 - Lane College is founded in Jackson, Tennessee. 

 

1896 - Moses Williams is awarded the Congressional Medal of 

            Honor for bravery in the Battle of Cuchillo Negro 

            Mountains, in New Mexico. 

 

1922 - Sigma Gamma Rho sorority is founded in Indianapolis, 

            Indiana, by seven school teachers: Mary Lou Allison 

            (Gardner Little), Bessie Mae Downey (Martin), Hattie 

            Mae Annette Dulin (Redford), Nannie Mae Gahn (Johnson),

            Dorothy Hanley (Whiteside), Cubena McClure, and Vivian 

            White (Marbury).  Founder Vivian White Marbury is still

            witnessing the progress of the sisterhood she helped 

            create.

 

1941 - Opera instructor Mary Cardwell Dawson and coloratura 

            Lillian Evanti establish the National Negro Opera 

            Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to provide more

            opportunities for African Americans to sing and study 

            opera.  The company's first opera, Verdi's "Aida", will 

            be staged the following August at the annual meeting of 

            the National Association of Negro Musicians. In its 

            21-year history, its performers will include Evanti, 

            Minto Cato, and Robert McFerrin. 

 

1974 - South Africa is suspended from the U.N. General Assembly 

            over its racial policies.

 

1977 - Ernest N.  (Dutch) Morial is elected mayor of New Orleans, 

            Louisiana.  He is the first African American to hold 

            that post.

 

1977 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is awarded to Alexander P. 

            Haley "for his unsurpassed effectiveness in portraying 

            the legendary story of an American of African descent."


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