* Today in Black History - December 18 *
1852 - George H. White is born in Rosindale, North Carolina.
He will become a lawyer, state legislator, and in 1896,
the only African American member of the United States
House of Representatives, where he will be the first to
introduce an anti-lynching bill. He will also found the
town of Whitesboro, New Jersey, as a haven for African
Americans escaping southern racism. He will join the
ancestors on December 28, 1918.
1860 - South Carolina declares itself an "independent
commonwealth."
1865 - Congress proclaims the ratification of the thirteenth
Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery. The
ratification process had been completed on December 6,
1865.
1917 - Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis is born in Cogdell, Georgia.
While he will be best known as an actor in such plays as
"Jeb" (where he will meet his wife, Ruby Dee) and "Purlie
Victorious" and films like "Let's Do It Again," "Do The
Right Thing," and "Jungle Fever," he will be a playwright,
screenwriter, and director(Cotton Comes to Harlem). In
1969, he will win an Emmy for his role in "Teacher,
Teacher" and will be a featured performer in television's
"Evening Shade." He will find recognition late in his life
by working in several of director Spike Lee's films,
including "Do The Right Thing," "Jungle Fever," "She Hate
Me" and "Get on the Bus." He will also find work as a
commercial voice-over artist and serve as the narrator of
the early-1990s CBS sitcom "Evening Shade," starring Burt
Reynolds, where he will also play one of the residents of a
small southern town. In 1999, he will appear as a theater
caretaker in the Trans-Siberian Orchestra film "The Ghosts
of Christmas Eve," which wil be released on DVD two years
later. For many years, he will host the annual National
Memorial Day Concert from Washington, DC. His distinguished
bearing will make him a perfect choice for the concert.
His last role will be as a several episode guest role on the
Showtime drama series "The L Word," as a father struggling
with the acceptance of his daughter Bette (Jennifer Beals)
parenting a child with her lesbian partner. In his final
episodes, his character will be taken ill and die. His wife
Ruby Dee will be present during the filming of his own death
scene. That episode, which will air shortly after his own
transition, airs with a dedication to the actor. He will join
the ancestors on February 4, 2005.
1958 - Niger gains autonomy within the French Community of Nations.
1961 - Wilt Chamberlain of the NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 78
points vs the Los Angeles Lakers.
1964 - Funeral services are held in Chicago for Sam Cooke. Hundreds
of fans will cause damage to the A.R. Leak Funeral Home,
where Cooke's body is on display.
1971 - Jesse Jackson announces the formation of Operation Push
(People United to Save Humanity), a new African American
political and economic development organization. Jackson,
who resigned from Operation Breadbasket, the economic arm
of the SCLC, says, "the problems of the 1970's are economic
so the solution and goal must be economic."
1971 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is presented to Rev. Leon H.
Sullivan, founder of Opportunities Industrialization
Centers of America (OIC) for his leadership.
1989 - Ernest Dickerson wins the New York Film Critics Circle Award
for best cinematography for the movie "Do the Right Thing."
1996 - The Oakland, California School board becomes the first in
the nation to recognize Black English, a.k.a. Ebonics, as a
separate language, NOT a dialect or slang.
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