*              Today in Black History - December 2           *

1859 - John Brown, abolitionist who planned the failed attack 
	on the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, is hanged at 
	Charles Town, West Virginia.

1866 - Harry T. Burleigh, singer and composer, is born in 
	Erie, Pennsylvania.  He will be educated at the 
	National Conservatory of Music in New York City, where 
	he will meet and form a lasting friendship with Anton 
	Dvorak.  He will eventually be awarded the NAACP's 
	Spingarn Medal. Burleigh will be best known for his 
	arrangements of the Negro spiritual "Deep River".

1884 - Granville T. Woods receives a patent for his first 
	electric device, an improved telephone transmitter.

1891 - North Carolina A&T College, Delaware State College and 
	West Virginia State College are established.

1891 - The Fifty-second Congress convenes. Only one African 
	American congressman has been elected - Henry P. 
	Cheatham of North Carolina.

1891 - Charles Harris Wesley, historian, educator, and 
	administrator, is born.  His published works include, 
	"Neglected History," "Collapse of the Confederacy," 
	"Negro Labor in the United States,"and "1850-1925: A 
	Study of American Economic History."

1908 - John Baxter "Doc" Taylor joins the ancestors as a result 
	of typhoid pneumonia at the age of 26.  Taylor had 
	been a record-setting quarter miler and the first 
	African American Olympic gold medal winner in the 4 x 
	400-meter medley in the 1908 London games.

1912 - Henry Armstrong is born in Columbus, Mississippi,  Better
	known as "Hammering Hank," Armstrong will become the 
	only man to hold three boxing titles at once in the 
	featherweight, welterweight, and lightweight divisions.

1922 - Congressman, Charles C. Diggs is born.

1923 - Roland Hayes becomes the first African American to sing 
	in the Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.

1940 - Willie Brown, NFL defensive back for the Denver Broncos 
	and the Oakland Raiders, is born. 

1943 - "Carmen Jones," a contemporary reworking of the Bizet 
	opera "Carmen" by Oscar Hammerstein II with an all-black 
	cast, opens on Broadway. 

1953 - Dr. Rufus Clement, president of Atlanta University, is 
	elected to the Atlanta Board of Education.

1975 - Ohio State running back Archie Griffin becomes the first 
	person ever to win the Heisman Trophy twice, when he is 
	awarded his second trophy in New York City.  He amassed 
	a career record of 5,176 yards and 31 consecutive 100 
	yard plus games.

1989 - Andre Ware of the University of Houston, becomes the 
	first African American quarterback to win the Heisman 
	Trophy.

1992 - Dr. Maya Angelou is asked to compose a poem for William 
	Jefferson Clinton's presidential inauguration.

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