*               Today in Black History - December 27                  *

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* The Nguzo Saba - The seven principles of Kwanzaa - Principle for    *
* Day #2 - Kujichagulia (koo-jee-cha-goo-LEE-ah) Self Determination:  *
* To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak *
* for ourselves.  http://www.endarkenment.com/kwanzaa/                *
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1873 - William A. Harper is born in Cayuga, Canada.  A student at the
        Art Institute  of Chicago, he will study with Henry O. Tanner
        and be considered one of the most gifted African American artists
        of the early 20th century.

1904 - Monroe Nathan Work marries Florence Evelyn Hendrickson of
        Savannah, Georgia.  Greatly assisted by his wife, Work will
        publish "The Negro Year Book," an annual encyclopedia of African-
        American achievement.  He will later publish "A Bibliography
        of the Negro in Africa and America" (1928), with over 17,000
        entries.  Reviewers will laud it as "absolutely indispensable"
        and call it "a monument of which any race may well be proud."
        It will be reprinted in 1965.

1939 - John Amos is born in Newark, New Jersey.  He will become an actor
        and will be known for his roles in "Good Times," "Coming to
        America," and "Roots."

1941 - Pioneer of blood plasma research, Dr. Charles Richard Drew,
        establishes the first blood bank in New York City.

1956 - After a boycott by African Americans that lasted more than six
        months, segregation is outlawed on Tallahassee, Florida buses.

1956 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is awarded to Jack Roosevelt
        ("Jackie") Robinson, the first African American in the major
        leagues, for his conduct on and off the baseball field.

1980 - Calvin Murphy, of the Houston Rockets, begins the longest NBA
        free throw streak of 78.

1998 - A week after she was born weighing just 10.3 ounces, the smallest
        of the Houston octuplets, Odera Chukwu, joins the ancestors,
        succumbing to heart and lung failure. In a statement released
        through the hospital, her parents, Nkem Chukwu and Iyke Louis
        Udobi, say: "We are very saddened by the passing of our beloved
        baby Odera. She is now safe with God in heaven and we remain most
        grateful to him for having blessed our lives with her's."

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