*                 Today in Black History - December 17                *

1920 - South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over South West
        Africa.

1937 - Art Neville is born.  He will become a member of the popular
        singing group, "The Neville Brothers."

1939 - Eddie Kendricks is born in Union Springs, Alabama.  He will become
        one of the original members of the Motown group, "The Temptations".
        He will begin a solo career in 1971 and will have many successful
        hits such as "Keep on Truckin" and "Boogie Down." In 1982, he will
        rejoin the Temptations for a reunion tour and again in 1989, when
        the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  He
        will succumb to cancer in 1992.

1945 - Ernie Hudson is born.  He will become an actor and best known for
        his role in the movie "Ghostbusters."

1971 - Congressman Charles Diggs, Jr. resigns from the United States'
        delegation to the United Nations in protest of the Nixon
        administration's policies regarding Africa.

1975 - Noble Sissle joins the ancestors in Tampa, Florida at the age of 86.
        A protege of James Reese Europe, Sissle traveled with the famous
        bandleader to Europe as the drum major in the 369th Regimental Band
        and teamed with Eubie Blake to form the writing team of Sissle and
        Blake.  Together with Flourney Miller and Aubrey Lyles, Sissle
        and Blake wrote "Shuffle Along" and other musicals.  A founding
        member of the Negro Actor's Guild, Sissle was a successful
        orchestra and bandleader in his own right, touring Europe in
        the 1930's and with the USO during World War II.

1975 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is presented to Henry ("Hank") Aaron
        "for his memorable home-run record which stands as a landmark"
        and for his sportsmanship.

1979 - In a case that aggravates racial tensions, Arthur McDuffie, a
        Black insurance executive, is fatally beaten after a police
        chase in Miami.  Four white police officers are later acquitted
        of charges stemming from McDuffie's death.

1991 - Michael Jordan, outstanding guard for the Chicago Bulls, who
        led his team to their first-ever NBA championship, is named
        the 1991 "Sport Illustrated" Sportsman of the Year.  Jordan's
        likeness will appear on the December 23rd issue of the magazine
        in the form of a full-color holographic stereogram, a first for
        a mass-market publication.

1999 - Jazz great Grover Washington, Jr. joins the ancestors resulting
        from a heart attack following a taping session.

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