*                      Today in Black History - December 28                       *

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* The Nguzo Saba - The seven principles of Kwanzaa - Principle for      *
* Day #3 - Ujima (oo-JEE-mah) Collective Work & Responsibility: To    *
* build and maintain our community together and to make our Brother's*
* and Sister's problems, our problems and to solve them together.       *
* http://www.endarkenment.com/kwanzaa/                                       *
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1817 - The American Colonization Society, a private philanthropic 
	organization, is organized in Washington, DC in the hall of the 
	House of Representatives, for the purpose of relocating 
             freeborn and emancipated blacks to Africa.  The Society's 
             supporters espoused a wide range of viewpoints on slavery 
             and the treatment of Blacks, ranging from advocacy of the 
             abolition of slavery to the removal of the Negro race from the 
             United States.  The primary motivation for this group stemmed 
             from the fact that there were too many 'free' Blacks in the 
             United States.

1829 - Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman joins the ancestors.  Freeman, born 
	into slavery, ran away from her owners after she was 
             mistreated by her master's wife. She petitioned successfully 
             for her freedom, citing her knowledge of the Bill of Rights and 
             the new constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
             in her argument that all men were created equal, thereby 
             justifying her petition for freedom.  Her victory effectively 
             abolished slavery in Massachusetts.  Freeman was the great-
             grandmother of W.E.B. Dubois, one of America's most 
             renowned scholars, leaders, and fighters for civil rights.

1905 - Earl "Fatha" Hines is born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania.  He will 
	be considered the "Father of Modern Jazz Piano."

1918 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is awarded to William Stanley 
	Braithwaite, poet, literary critic and editor, for 
	distinguished achievement in literature.

1918 - George H. White joins the ancestors at the age of 66 in 
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He was the last of the post 
	Reconstruction congressmen.

1954 - Denzel Washington is born in Mount Vernon, New York.  He will
	become an actor, playing Dr. Phillip Chandler for six seasons 
	on television's "St. Elsewhere" and have a successful movie 
	career that will include roles in "A Soldier's Story" and an 
	Oscar-winning performance in "Glory."

1959 - Everson Walls is born.  He will become a NFL corner back with 
	the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants. 

1977 - Karen Farmer becomes the first African American member of the
	Daughters of the American Revolution, when she traces her 
	ancestry back to William Hood, a soldier in the Revolutionary 
	War.

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