* Today in Black History - December 31 *
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* The Nguzo Saba - The seven principles of Kwanzaa - Principle for *
* Day #6 - Kuumba (koo-OOM-bah) Creativity: To do always as much as *
* we can, in the way that we can, in order to leave our community *
* more beautiful than when we inherited it. *
* http://www.endarkenment.com/kwanzaa/ *
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1775 - Alarmed by the impact of the British Dunmore proclamation, that
would give freedom to slaves who would fight on their
side, Gen. George Washington reverses himself and authorizes the
enlistment of free Blacks.
1783 - The importation of African slaves is banned by all of the northern
states in the United States.
1862 - The Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church holds a Watch Night
service in Suburban Maryland. It begins a tradition when African
Americans pray and worship in anticipation of the next day, New
Year's Day 1863, when President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
is to take effect.
1871 - Annie Holland is born. She will become an educator and will
found the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) in North Carolina.
1900 - Sculptor and educator Selma Burke is born in Mooresville, North
Carolina. She will be commissioned to create a profile of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt after a national competition
sponsored by the Fine Arts Commission in Washington, DC. The
completed project, a plaque, is unveiled and installed at the
Record of Deeds Building in Washington DC.
1930 - Odetta Felious Gordon Holmes is born in Birmingham, Alabama. She
will become a famous folksinger, known simply as "Odetta", who
will sing all over the world and at major peace and civil rights
meetings, including the 1963 March on Washington.
1948 - Donna Summer is born in Boston, Massachusetts. She will be the
reigning "Queen of Disco" music in the 1970's, known for her
renditions of "Bad Girls" and "Last Dance."
1953 - Hulan Jack is inaugurated as Manhattan borough president, the
first African American to hold the post.
1953 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is presented to Paul R. Williams for
his achievements as an architect.
1962 - Katanga becomes part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1964 - In a speech before a group of young people, Malcolm X urges them
"to see for yourself and listen for yourself and think for
yourself. This generation, especially of our people, have a
burden, more so than at any other time in history. The most
important thing we can learn to do today is think for
ourselves."
1972 - Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh Pirate slugger, joins the ancestors
after a plane crash on his way to a humanitarian mission to
Central America.
1976 - Roland Hayes joins the ancestors in Boston, Massachusetts at the
age of 89. He had been an acclaimed tenor whose pioneering
recitals of German lieder and other classical music opened the
concert stage for African American singers
1984 - The first nationally broadcast telethon for the United Negro
College Fund raises $14.1 million. The telethon will become an
annual fundraising drive that will support more than 40
historically African American institutions of higher learning
and draw widespread individual and corporate support.
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