*             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 narratives 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 - Irving Lee Dorsey is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He 
	will become a vocalist, best known for the recording of 
	"Working in the Coal Mines." He will join the ancestors
	on December 1, 1986 after succumbing to emphysema. 

1936 - Count Basie makes his New York debut at the Roseland 
	Ballroom.

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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