* Today in Black History - December 20 *
1854 - Walter F. Craig is born in Princeton, New Jersey. He will
become a violinist, organizer of Craig's Celebrated Orchestra,
and, in 1886, the first African American to be admitted to the
Musician's Protective Union.
1870 - Robert H. Wood, Mississippi political leader, is elected mayor of
Natchez.
1870 - Allen University, Benedict College and LeMoyne-Owen College
are established.
1870 - Jefferson F. Long of Macon, Georgia, is elected to an unexpired
term in the Forty-first Congress. Georgia Democrats carry the
state election with a campaign of violence and political
intimidation.
1893 - Paul Lawrence Dunbar publishes "Oak and Ivy." Unable to afford
the $125 publishing costs, he accepts a loan from a white
friend. The loan will be quickly repaid through book sales,
often to passengers in the elevator of the Dayton, Ohio,
building where he works.
1893 - The first state anti-lynching statute is approved in Georgia.
1938 - Mattie Alou is born in Haina, Dominican Republic. He will become
a professional baseball player like his brother Felipe. They
both will play for the San Francisco Giants.
1942 - Robert "Bob" Hayes is born in Florida. He will become a world
class sprinter for the United States, winning the Gold Medal in
the 100 meter dash in the 1964 Olympic games. He will later
become a wide receiver in the National Football League.
1956 - The African American community of Montgomery, Alabama votes
unanimously to end its 385 day bus-boycott. Montgomery, Alabama,
removes race-based seat assignments on its city's buses.
1981 - "Dreamgirls" opens on Broadway at the Imperial Theater. The
musical, which chronicles the rise of a black female group in
the 1960's, star Jennifer Holliday, Ben Harney, and Cleavant
Derricks. Holliday, Derricks and choreographer Michael Peters
will earn Tony awards for their work in the musical.
1988 - Max Robinson, the first African American network (ABC) TV anchor,
joins the ancestors from complications of AIDS at the age of 49.
1998 - Nigerian American Nkem Chukwu gives birth in Houston, Texas to
five girls and two boys, 12 days after giving birth to another
child, a girl. The tiniest of the babies will succumb a week
later.
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