* Today in Black History - December 8 *
1850 - The first African American woman to graduate from college is
Lucy Ann Stanton. She completes the two-year ladies' course
and receives the Bachelor of Literature degree from Oberlin
College in Ohio.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln issues his Proclamation on Amnesty
and Reconstruction for the restoration of the Confederate
states into the Union. He offers them a full pardon and
restoration of their rights if they are willing to take an
oath of loyalty to the Union and accept the end of slavery.
1868 - Writer, Henry Hugh Proctor is born.
1925 - Entertainer, Sammy Davis Jr is born in New York City. He will
begin his career at the age of four in vaudeville, performing
with his father. Sammy will star on Broadway in "Mr. Wonderful"
and in movies with "Porgy and Bess", Ocean's Eleven, and "Robin
and the Seven Hoods." He will release over 40 albums and will
win many gold records.
1925 - Jimmy Smith, who will become a modern jazz organist with hits
such as "Walk on the Wild Side", is born.
1933 - Clerow Wilson is born. "Flip" Wilson is the tenth in a family
of twenty-four children, eighteen of whom survived. He will
become a popular comedian and will star in his own prime time
comedy show on television, "The Flip Wilson Show."
1936 - "Gibbs vs The Board of Education" in Montgomery County, Maryland
is the first of a succession of suits initiated by the NAACP,
that eliminated wage differentials between African American and
white teachers.
1936 - "The Michigan Chronicle" is founded by Louis E. Martin.
1936 - The Spingarn Medal is presented to John Hope, posthumously, for
his achievement as president of Morehouse College and for his
creative leadership in the founding of the Atlanta University
Center.
1939 - Jerry Butler is born in Mississippi. He will become a rhythm
and blues singer with his group, The Impressions and will be
best known for his songs, "Never Give You Up", "For Your
Precious Love," "He Will Break Your Heart," and "Only the
Strong Survive."
1962 - The Reverend John Melville Burgess is consecrated as suffragan
Bishop of Massachusetts -- the first African American bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal Church to serve a predominantly white
diocese.
1972 - Representative George Collins dies in an airplane crash, near
Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois, at the age of 47.
1972 - Attorney Jewel Lafontant is named Deputy Solicitor General of
the United States.
1977 - Earl Campbell, a running back with the University of Texas, is
awarded the Heisman Trophy. Campbell will play for the Houston
Oilers and be elected to the Football Hall of Fame in 1990.
1983 - Mike Rozier, of the University of Nebraska, is awarded the
Heisman Trophy.
1987 - Kurt L. Schmoke is inaugurated as the first African American
mayor of Baltimore, Maryland.
1988 - Barry Sanders, a running back with Oklahoma State University, is
awarded the Heisman Trophy.
1991 - Tap dancing legends Fayard and Harold Nicholas and six others
receive Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, DC.
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