* Today in Black History - December 20 *
1854 - Walter F. Craig is born in Princeton, New Jersey. He
will become a violinist, organizer of Craig's
Celebrated Orchestra, and, in 1886, the first African
American to be admitted to the Musician's Protective
Union.
1870 - Robert H. Wood, Mississippi political leader, is elected
mayor of Natchez.
1870 - Allen University, Benedict College and LeMoyne-Owen
College are established.
1870 - Jefferson F. Long of Macon, Georgia, is elected to an
unexpired term in the Forty-first Congress. Georgia
Democrats carry the state election with a campaign of
violence and political intimidation.
1893 - Paul Lawrence Dunbar publishes "Oak and Ivy." Unable to
afford the $125 publishing costs, he accepts a loan from
a white friend. The loan will be quickly repaid through
book sales, often to passengers in the elevator of the
Dayton, Ohio, building where he works.
1893 - The first state anti-lynching statute is approved in
Georgia.
1938 - Mattie Alou is born in Haina, Dominican Republic. He will
become a professional baseball player like his brother
Felipe. They both will play for the San Francisco Giants.
1942 - Robert "Bob" Hayes is born in Florida. He will become a
world class sprinter for the United States, winning the
Gold Medal in the 100 meter dash in the 1964 Olympic
games.
He will later become a wide receiver in the National
Football League.
1956 - The African American community of Montgomery, Alabama votes
unanimously to end its 385 day bus-boycott. Montgomery,
Alabama, removes race-based seat assignments on its city's
buses.
1981 - "Dreamgirls" opens on Broadway at the Imperial Theater.
The musical, which chronicles the rise of a black female
group in the 1960's, star Jennifer Holliday, Ben Harney,
and Cleavant Derricks. Holliday, Derricks and
choreographer Michael Peters will earn Tony awards for
their work in the musical.
1988 - Max Robinson, the first African American network (ABC) TV
anchor, joins the ancestors from complications of AIDS at
the age of 49.
1998 - Nigerian American Nkem Chukwu gives birth in Houston, Texas
to five girls and two boys, 12 days after giving birth to
another child, a girl. The tiniest of the babies will
succumb a week later.
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