*                Today in Black History - December 18           *

1852 - George H. White is born in Rosindale, North Carolina.  He 
	will become a lawyer, state legislator, and in 1896, the 
	only African American member of the United States House 
	of Representatives, where he will be the first to 
	introduce an anti-lynching bill. White will also found 
	the town of Whitesboro, New Jersey, as a haven for 
	African Americans  escaping southern racism.

1860 - South Carolina declares itself an "independent 
	commonwealth." 

1865 - Congress proclaims the ratification of the thirteenth 
	Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery.  The 
	ratification process had been completed on December 6, 
	1865.

1917 - Ossie Davis is born in Cogdell, Georgia.  While he will 
	be best known as an actor in such plays as "Jeb" (where 
	he will meet his wife, Ruby Dee) and "Purlie Victorious" 
	and films like "Let's Do It Again," "Do The Right Thing," 
	and "Jungle Fever." He will be a playwright, screenwriter, 
	and director(Cotton Comes to Harlem). In 1969, he will 
	win an Emmy for his role in "Teacher, Teacher" and will 
	be a featured performer in television's "Evening Shade."
	Throughout his career, he will distinguish himself in
	roles dealing with racial in justice. He and his wife,
	Ruby Dee, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary 
	in 1998 with the publication of a dual autobiography, 
	“With Ossie & Ruby: In This Life Together.” He will join 
	the ancestors on February 4, 2005.

1958 - Niger gains autonomy within the French Community of Nations.

1961 - Wilt Chamberlain of the NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 78 
	points vs the Los Angeles Lakers.

1964 - Funeral services are held in Chicago for Sam Cooke. Hundreds
	of fans will cause damage to the A.R. Leak Funeral Home, 
	where Cooke's body is on display. 

1971 - Jesse Jackson announces the formation of Operation Push 
	(People United to Save Humanity), a new African-American 
	political and economic development organization. Jackson, 
	who resigned from Operation Breadbasket, the economic arm 
	of the SCLC, says, "the problems of the 1970's are economic 
	so the solution and goal must be economic."

1971 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is presented to Rev. Leon H. 
	Sullivan, founder of Opportunities Industrialization 
	Centers of America (OIC), for his leadership.

1989 - Ernest Dickerson wins the New York Film Critics Circle Award 
	for best cinematography for the movie "Do the Right Thing."

1996 - The Oakland, California School board becomes the first in 
	the nation to recognize Black english, a.k.a. Ebonics, as a
	separate language, NOT a dialect or slang.

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