*               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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