*               Today in Black History - December 14             *

 

1829 - John Mercer Langston is born in Louisa County, Virginia.  

            He will have a distinguished career as an attorney, 

            educator, recruiter of soldiers for the all African 

            American 5th Ohio, 54th and 55th Massachusetts regiments, 

            dean of the law school and president of Howard University, 

            diplomat, and U.S. congressman.

 

1915 - Jack Johnson becomes the world heavyweight boxing champion.

 

1920 - Clark Terry is born in St. Louis, Missouri.  He will become 

            a trumpeter and flugelhorn player who will be known for 

            his association with Duke Ellington on the 1950's, his 

            innovative flugelhorn sound, and unusual mumbling scat 

            singing.

 

1939 - Ernest "Ernie" Davis is born.  He will become the first 

            African American to win the Heisman Trophy (1961).  He will

            join the ancestors succumbing to leukemia, before he is 

            able to play in the National Football League.

 

1945 - Stanley Crouch is born in Los Angeles, California.  He will 

            become a drummer, poet, and writer for "The Village Voice."

            Among his books will be "Notes of a Hanging Judge," 

            published in 1990.

 

1963 - Singer Dinah Washington joins the ancestors after a sleeping 

            pill overdose at the age of 39 in Detroit, Michigan.  She 

            popularized many, many great songs, including "What a 

            Diff'rence a Day Makes", "Unforgettable" and several hits 

            with Brook Benton, including "Baby (You've Got What it 

            Takes)" and "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall 

            in Love)". 

 

1968 - Sammy Davis Jr. is awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for 

            his "superb and many-faceted talent," and his contributions 

            to the civil rights movement.

 

1968 - Classes of San Francisco State University are suspended 

            after demonstrations by the Black Student Union and Third 

            World Liberation Front.

 

1972 - Johnny Rodgers, a running back with the University of 

            Nebraska, is awarded the Heisman Trophy.  Rodgers gained a 

            total of 5,586 yards for the Cornhuskers in three years.

 

1980 - Elston Howard, a New York Yankee catcher for many years, 

            joins the ancestors.

 

1991 - Desmond Howard, of the University of Michigan wins the 

            Heisman trophy.


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