* Today in Black History - December 19 *
1798 - Portrait painter Joshua Johnston places an ad in the "Baltimore
Intelligencer" describing himself as "a self-taught genius."
Johnston, a freeman, will paint portraits of some of the most
successful merchant families in Maryland and Virginia. Only
three of his subjects will be African American, among them
"Portrait of an Unknown Man" and "Reverend Daniel Coker."
1875 - Carter G. Woodson is born in New Canton, Virginia. A founder
of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, of
the "Journal of Negro History," and Negro History Week, Woodson
will write many books on African-American history. The most
popular of his books will be, "The Negro in Our History," which
will be used extensively in high schools throughout the United
States.
1886 - Clementine Rubin (later Hunter) is born in Clourtierville,
Louisiana. Because there were no birth certificates issued in
rural Louisiana during this time, there is much controversy about
her correct date of birth. Sources mention her birth in December
1886 and January 1887. The only real documentation of her
earliest existence is a christening document dated March, 1887.
She will become a painter in the 1930's after spending years
working on the Melrose Plantation, a haven for many rural Southern
artists. Her first artistic medium will be quilt making, and her
first piece will be in 1938 exhibiting the hardships of plantation
life. Her first painting will be completed in 1939. In 1955, she
will become the first African American artist to have a one
person show at the Delgado Museum (now known as the New Orleans
Museum of Art). Her folk-art style will earn her the nickname "the
Black Grandma Moses." By the time she joins the ancestors on
January 1, 1988, she will be considered one of the twentieth
century's leading folk artists.
1891 - Charles Randolph Uncles becomes the first African American
Catholic priest ordained in the United States. He is ordained
in Baltimore, Maryland.
1910 - The first city ordinance requiring white and black residential
areas is passed by the Baltimore City Council. Similar laws will
be passed in Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Greensboro, St. Louis,
Oklahoma City, Dallas and Louisville.
1910 - The Pittsburgh Courier newspaper is founded.
1910 - North Carolina College is founded in Durham, North Carolina.
1910 - The Norfolk Journal and Guide is established under the leadership
of P. B. Young Sr.
1930 - James Weldon Johnson resigns as executive secretary of NAACP
citing health reasons.
1930 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is awarded to Henry A. Hunt, Principal,
Fort Valley High and Industrial School, Fort Valley, Georgia, for
his pioneering work as an educator.
1930 - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, founded at Howard University in
1913, is incorporated.
1933 - Cicely Tyson is born in the Village of Harlem in New York City.
She will pursue a modeling career, appearing on the covers of
both "Vogue" and "Harper's Bazaar at the age of 23. She will
later pursue acting and win acclaim for her roles on the stage
and on television, as well as in the movie, Sounder (for which
she will be named best actress by the National Society of Film
Critics and receive an Academy Award nomination) and "The
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," for which she will win two
Emmys.
1941 - Maurice White is born. He will become a singer, musician (drummer)
and founder of Earth, Wind & Fire. Some of his hits include
"Shining Star," "Sing a Song," "Got to Get You into My Life,"
"After the Love Has Gone," and "Best of My Love".
1944 - Tim Reid is born in Norfolk, Virginia. He will become a comedian
and known for his role as "Venus Flytrap" on "WKRP in Cincinnati,
as well as "Frank's Place."
1961 - Reggie White is born. He will become an all-pro defensive lineman
for the NFL Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers. He will
play with Green Bay as they win the 1997 Super Bowl. He will
retire from football ad the end of the 1998-1999 season.
1962 - Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia.
1977 - Jimmy Rogers, a bluesman who played guitar for the original Muddy
Waters band and who was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in
1994, joins the ancestors in Chicago at the age of 73. He succumbs
to colon cancer. He recorded a string of solo hits beginning in
the 1950s, including "Walking by Myself," "Chicago Bound" and
"Sloppy Drunk." He played with Water's Band in Chicago clubs and
in the studio for about a decade. In 1996, he won the W.C. Handy
award for male traditional blues artist.
1989 - Police in Jacksonville, Florida, disarm a parcel bomb at the local
NAACP office, the fourth in a series of mail bombs to turn up in
the Deep South. One bomb kills a Savannah, Georgia, alderman, and
another a federal judge in Alabama. Walter L. Moody Jr. will be
convicted in both bombings.
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