*              Today in Black History - December 2           *

 

1859 - John Brown, abolitionist who planned the failed attack 

            on the Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, is hanged at 

            Charles Town, West Virginia.

 

1866 - Harry T. Burleigh, singer and composer, is born in 

            Erie, Pennsylvania.  He will be educated at the 

            National Conservatory of Music in New York City, where 

            he will meet and form a lasting friendship with Anton 

            Dvorak.  He will eventually be awarded the NAACP's 

            Spingarn Medal. Burleigh will be best known for his 

            arrangements of the Negro spiritual "Deep River".

 

1884 - Granville T. Woods receives a patent for his first 

            electric device, an improved telephone transmitter.

 

1891 - North Carolina A&T College, Delaware State College and 

            West Virginia State College are established.

 

1891 - The Fifty-second Congress convenes. Only one African 

            American congressman has been elected - Henry P. 

            Cheatham of North Carolina.

 

1891 - Charles Harris Wesley, historian, educator, and 

            administrator, is born.  His published works include, 

            "Neglected History," "Collapse of the Confederacy," 

            "Negro Labor in the United States,"and "1850-1925: A 

            Study of American Economic History."

 

1908 - John Baxter "Doc" Taylor joins the ancestors as a result 

            of of typhoid pneumonia at the age of 26.  Taylor had 

            been a record-setting quarter miler and the first 

            African American Olympic gold medal winner in the 4 x 

            400-meter medley in the 1908 London games.

 

1912 - Henry Armstrong is born in Columbus, Mississippi,  Better

            known as "Hammering Hank," Armstrong will become the 

            only man to hold three boxing titles at once in the 

            featherweight, welterweight, and lightweight divisions.

 

1922 - Congressman, Charles C. Diggs is born.

 

1923 - Roland Hayes becomes the first African American to sing 

            in the Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

1940 - Willie Brown, NFL defensive back for the Denver Broncos 

            and the Oakland Raiders, is born. 

 

1943 - "Carmen Jones," a contemporary reworking of the Bizet 

            opera "Carmen" by Oscar Hammerstein II with an all-black 

            cast, opens on Broadway. 

 

1953 - Dr. Rufus Clement, president of Atlanta University, is 

            elected to the Atlanta Board of Education.

 

1975 - Ohio State running back Archie Griffin becomes the first 

            person ever to win the Heisman Trophy twice, when he is 

            awarded his second trophy in New York City.  He amassed 

            a career record of 5,176 yards and 31 consecutive 100 

            yard plus games.

 

1989 - Andre Ware of the University of Houston, becomes the 

            first African American quarterback to win the Heisman 

            Trophy.

 

1992 - Dr. Maya Angelou is asked to compose a poem for William 

            Jefferson Clinton's presidential inauguration.


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