*                Today in Black History - December 28                 *

 

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* The Nguzo Saba - The seven principles of Kwanzaa - Principle for    *

* Day #3 - Ujima (oo-JEE-mah) Collective Work & Responsibility: To    *

* build and maintain our community together and to make our Brother's *

* and Sister's problems, our problems and to solve them together.     *

* http://www.endarkenment.com/kwanzaa/                                *

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1817 - The American Colonization Society, a private philanthropic 

            organization, is organized in Washington, DC in the hall of the 

            House of Representatives, for the purpose of relocating freeborn


            and emancipated blacks to Africa.  The Society's supporters 

            espoused a wide range of viewpoints on slavery and the treatment


            of blacks, ranging from advocacy of the abolition of slavery to 

            the removal of the Negro race from the United States.  The 

            primary motivation for this group stemmed from the fact that 

            there were too many 'free' Blacks in the United States.

 

1829 - Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman joins the ancestors.  Freeman, born 

            into slavery, ran away from her owners after she was mistreated 

            by her master's wife. She petitioned successfully for her

            freedom, citing her knowledge of the Bill of Rights and the new 

            constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in her 

            argument that all men were created equal, thereby justifying her


            petition for freedom.  Her victory effectively abolished slavery


            in Massachusetts.  Freeman was the great-grandmother of W.E.B. 

            Dubois, one of America's most renowned scholars, leaders, and 

            fighters for civil rights.

 

1905 - Earl "Fatha" Hines is born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania.  He will be

            considered the "Father of Modern Jazz Piano."

 

1918 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is awarded to William Stanley 

            Braithwaite, poet, literary critic and editor, for distinguished


            achievement in literature.

 

1918 - George H. White joins the ancestors at the age of 66 in 

            Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He was the last of the post 

            Reconstruction congressmen.

 

1954 - Denzel Washington is born in Mount Vernon, New York.  He will

            become an actor, playing Dr. Phillip Chandler for six seasons on

            television's "St. Elsewhere" and have a successful movie career

            that will include roles in "A Soldier's Story" and an Oscar-

            winning performance in "Glory."

 

1959 - Everson Walls is born.  He will become a NFL corner back with the

            Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants. 

 

1977 - Karen Farmer becomes the first African American member of the

            Daughters of the American Revolution, when she traces her 

            ancestry back to William Hood, a soldier in the Revolutionary 

            War.


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