*             Today in Black History - December 24           *

 

1832 - The first hospital for African Americans is founded by 

            whites and chartered in Savannah, Georgia. 

 

1853 - Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert is born in Olgethorpe, 

            Georgia. Albert is best known for her book "House of 

            Bondage", a collection of seven informal narrative of 

            slaves' lives.

 

1881 - Tennessee starts the modern segregation movement with 

            Jim Crow railroad car laws and is followed by Florida 

            (1887), Mississippi (1888), Texas (1889), Louisiana 

            (1890), Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas and Georgia (1891), 

            South Carolina (1898), North Carolina (1899), Virginia 

            (1900), Maryland (1904), and Oklahoma (1907).

 

1881 - The United Order of True Reformer, an African American 

            fraternal order, is established.

 

1881 - The exodus of five thousand Blacks from Edgefield County, 

            South Carolina begins.  They become migrants, protesting

            exploitation and violence, finally settling in Arkansas.

 

1898 - Irvin C. Mollison is born in Chicago, Illinois.  In 1945, 

            he will be appointed the first African American judge to 

            the U.S. Customs Court.

 

1924 - Lee Dorsey is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He will 

            become a vocalist, best known for the recording of 

            "Working in the Coal Mines."

 

1936 - Count Basie makes his New York debut at the Roseland 

            Ballroom.

 

1946 - 'Mean' Joe Green is born.  He will become a football 

            player for the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers (defensive tackle) 

            and win rings in Super Bowls IX, X, XIII, and XIV.  He 

            will later become a Miami Dolphins defensive coach.

 

1954 - In a session with the Miles Davis All-Stars, Thelonius 

            Monk records "Bag's Groove," which many will regard as his 

            finest solo performance.

 

1992 - Alphonso Michael 'Mike' Espy becomes the first African 

            American to hold the position of Secretary of Agriculture.


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