* Today in Black History - November 12 *
1775 - General George Washington issues an order forbiding recruiting
officers from enlisting African Americans.
1779 - Twenty slaves petition New Hampshire's legislature to abolish
slavery. They argue that "the god of nature gave them life and
freedom upon the terms of most perfect equality with other men;
that freedom is an inherent right of the human species, not
to be surrendered but by consent."
1882 - Lane College is founded in Jackson, Tennessee.
1896 - Moses Williams is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for
bravery in the Battle of Cuchillo Negro Mountains, in New
Mexico.
1922 - Sigma Gamma Rho sorority is founded in Indianapolis, Indiana,
by seven school teachers: Mary Lou Allison (Gardner Little),
Bessie Mae Downey (Martin), Hattie Mae Annette Dulin (Redford),
Nannie Mae Gahn (Johnson), Dorothy Hanley (Whiteside), Cubena
McClure, and Vivian White (Marbury). Founder Vivian White
Marbury is still witnessing the progress of the sisterhood she
helped create.
1941 - Opera instructor Mary Cardwell Dawson and coloratura Lillian
Evanti establish the National Negro Opera Company in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, to provide more opportunities for African
Americans to sing and study opera. The company's first opera,
Verdi's "Aida", will be staged the following August at the
annual meeting of the National Association of Negro Musicians.
In its 21-year history, its performers will include Evanti,
Minto Cato, and Robert McFerrin.
1974 - South Africa is suspended from the U.N. General Assembly over
its racial policies.
1977 - Ernest N. (Dutch) Morial is elected mayor of New Orleans,
Louisiana. He is the first African American to hold that post.
1977 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is awarded to Alexander P. Haley
"for his unsurpassed effectiveness in portraying the legendary
story of an American of African descent."
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