*              Today in Black History - December 2              *

1859 - John Brown, abolitionist who planned the failed attack on
        the Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, is hanged at Charles
        Town, West Virginia.

1866 - Harry T. Burleigh, singer and composer, is born in Erie,
        Pennsylvania.  He will be educated at the National
        Conservatory of Music in New York City, where he will
        meet and form a lasting friendship with Anton Dvorak.  He
        will eventually be awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal.
        Burleigh will be best known for his arrangements of the
        Negro spiritual "Deep River".

1884 - Granville T. Woods receives a patent for his first electric
        device, an improved telephone transmitter.

1891 - North Carolina A&T College, Delaware State College and West
        Virginia State College are established.

1891 - The Fifty-second Congress convenes. Only one African American
        congressman has been elected - Henry P. Cheatham of North
        Carolina.

1891 - Charles Harris Wesley, historian, educator, and administrator,
        is born.  His published works include, "Neglected History,"
        "Collapse of the Confederacy," "Negro Labor in the United
        States,"and "1850-1925: A Study of American Economic History."

1908 - John Baxter "Doc" Taylor joins the ancestors as a result of
        of typhoid pneumonia at the age of 26.  Taylor had been a
        record-setting quarter miler and the first African American
        Olympic gold medal winner in the 4 x 400-meter medley in the
        1908 London games.

1912 - Henry Armstrong is born in Columbus, Mississippi,  Better
        known as "Hammering Hank," Armstrong will become the only
        man to hold three boxing titles at once in the featherweight,
        welterweight, and lightweight divisions.

1922 - Congressman, Charles C. Diggs is born.

1923 - Roland Hayes becomes the first African American to sing in the
        Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.

1940 - Willie Brown, NFL defensive back for the Denver Broncos and the
        Oakland Raiders, is born.

1943 - "Carmen Jones," a contemporary reworking of the Bizet opera
        "Carmen" by Oscar Hammerstein II with an all-black cast, opens
        on Broadway.

1953 - Dr. Rufus Clement, president of Atlanta University, is elected
        to the Atlanta Board of Education.

1975 - Ohio State running back Archie Griffin becomes the first
        person ever to win the Heisman Trophy twice, when he is
        awarded his second trophy in New York City.  He amassed a
        career record of 5,176 yards and 31 consecutive 100 yard
        plus games.

1989 - Andre Ware of the University of Houston, becomes the first
        African American quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy.

1992 - Dr. Maya Angelou is asked to compose a poem for William
        Jefferson Clinton's presidential inauguration.

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