* Today in Black History - December 9 *
1867 - The Georgia constitutional convention, consisting of 33 African
American and 137 whites, opens in Atlanta, Georgia.
1872 - P. B. S. Pinchback is sworn in as governor of Louisiana after
H.C. Warmoth is impeached "for high crimes and misdemeanors."
He becomes the first African American governor of a state.
1875 - Carter G. Woodson is born in New Canton, Virginia. He will
become known as the "Father of Black History." In 1926 Woodson
created the first of what is an annual celebration of African
American achievement. It starts as Negro History Week, but will
become Black History Month.
1919 - Roy deCarava is born in New York City. He will become a leading
photographer of the African American experience. The first
African American photographer to be awarded a Guggenheim
Fellowship, his first book, "The Sweet Flypaper of Life," will
be a collaboration with poet Langston Hughes. He will also
found and direct Kamoinge Workshop for African American
photographers in 1963.
1922 - John Elroy (Redd Foxx) Sanford, is born in St. Louis, Missouri.
His off-color records and concerts will catapult him to fame
and his own television show, "Sanford and Son," and a later
series, "The Royal Family," his last before his sudden death
in 1991.
1938 - The first public service programming aired when Jack L. Cooper
launches the "Search for Missing Persons" show.
1953 - World B. Free, NBA guard with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden
State Warriors, is born.
1961 - Tanganyika gains independence from Great Britain and takes the
name Tanzania.
1961 - Wilt Chamberlain of the NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67
points vs the New York Knicks.
1962 - Tanzania becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth.
1963 - Zanzibar gains independence from Great Britain.
1971 - Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Undersecretary
of the United Nations from 1955 to his retirement in October,
1971, dies in New York City at the age of 67.
1971 - Bill Pickett becomes the first African American elected to the
National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame. He is the cowboy that
invented the bulldogging event famous in today's rodeos.
1976 - Tony Dorsett is awarded the Heisman Trophy. Dorsett, a running
back for the University of Pittsburgh, amasses a total of 6,082
total yards and will go on to play with the Dallas Cowboys and
in the Super Bowl.
1984 - The Jackson's Victory Tour comes to a close at Dodger Stadium in
Los Angeles, after 55 performances in 19 cities. The production
is reported to be the world's greatest rock extravaganza and
one of the most problematic. The Jackson brothers receive
about $50 million during the five-month tour of the United
States - before some 2.5 million fans.
1984 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears records another first as he
runs six plays, as quarterback. He is intercepted twice, but
runs the ball himself on four carries. The Green Bay Packers
still win 20-14. Payton says after the game, "It was OK, but
I wouldn't want to do it for a living."
1984 - Eric Dickerson, of the Los Angeles Rams, becomes only the
second pro football player to run for more than 2,000 yards
(2,105) in a season. He passes O.J. Simpson's record of 2,003
as the Rams beat the Houston Oilers 27-16.
1989 - Craig Washington wins a special congressional election in Texas'
18th District to fill the seat vacated by the death of George
"Mickey" Leland.
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