* Today in Black History - December 9 *
1867 - The Georgia constitutional convention, consisting of 33
African American and 137 whites, opens in Atlanta,
Georgia.
1872 - P. B. S. Pinchback is sworn in as governor of Louisiana
after H.C. Warmoth is impeached "for high crimes and
misdemeanors." He becomes the first African American
governor of a state.
1919 - Roy deCarava is born in New York City. He will become a
leading photographer of the African American experience.
The first African American photographer to be awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship, his first book, "The Sweet
Flypaper of Life," will be a collaboration with poet
Langston Hughes. He will also found and direct Kamoinge
Workshop for African American photographers in 1963.
1922 - John Elroy (Redd Foxx) Sanford, is born in St. Louis,
Missouri. His off-color records and concerts will
catapult him to fame and his own television show,
"Sanford and Son," and a later series, "The Royal
Family," his last before he suddenly joins the ancestors
on October 11, 1991.
1938 - The first public service programming aired when Jack L.
Cooper launches the "Search for Missing Persons" show.
In 1929, he debuted "The All-Negro Hour on WSBC in Chicago.
He is considered to be the first African American disc
jockey and radio announcer.
1953 - Lloyd B. Free is born in Brooklyn, New York. He will
become a professional basketball player and will later
change his name to World B. Free. He will be a NBA
guard with the Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers,
Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers, and the
Houston Rockets. He will leave the NBA in 1988 with
17,955 career points and a career scoring average of
20.3 points per game.
1961 - Tanganyika gains independence from Great Britain and
takes the name Tanzania.
1961 - Wilt Chamberlain of the NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores
67 points vs. the New York Knicks.
1962 - Tanzania becomes a republic within the British
Commonwealth.
1963 - Zanzibar gains independence from Great Britain.
1971 - Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize winner and
Undersecretary of the United Nations from 1955 to his
retirement in October, 1971, joins the ancestors in New
York City at the age of 67.
1971 - Bill Pickett becomes the first African American elected
to the National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame. He is the
cowboy that invented the bulldogging event famous in
today's rodeos.
1976 - Tony Dorsett is awarded the Heisman Trophy. Dorsett, a
running back for the University of Pittsburgh, amasses
a total of 6,082 total yards and will go on to play
with the Dallas Cowboys and help lead them to the Super
Bowl.
1984 - The Jackson's Victory Tour comes to a close at Dodger
Stadium in Los Angeles, after 55 performances in 19
cities. The production is reported to be the world's
greatest rock extravaganza and one of the most
problematic. The Jackson brothers receive about $50
million during the five-month tour of the United States
- before some 2.5 million fans.
1984 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears records another first
as he runs six plays, as quarterback. He is intercepted
twice, but runs the ball himself on four carries. The
Green Bay Packers still win 20-14. Payton says after
the game, "It was OK, but I wouldn't want to do it for a
living."
1984 - Eric Dickerson, of the Los Angeles Rams, becomes only the
second pro football player to run for more than 2,000
yards (2,105) in a season. He passes O.J. Simpson's
record of 2,003 as the Rams beat the Houston Oilers
27-16.
1989 - Craig Washington wins a special congressional election in
Texas' 18th District to fill the seat vacated by the
death of George "Mickey" Leland.
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