*                Today in Black History - December 24               *

1832 - The first hospital for African Americans is founded by whites and
        chartered in Savannah, Georgia.

1853 - Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert is born in Olgethorpe, Georgia.
        Albert is best known for her book "House of Bondage", a
        collection of seven informal narrative of slaves' lives.

1881 - Tennessee starts the modern segregation movement with Jim Crow
        railroad car laws and is followed by Florida (1887), Mississippi
        (1888), Texas (1889), Louisiana (1890), Alabama, Kentucky,
        Arkansas and Georgia (1891), South Carolina (1898), North
        Carolina (1899), Virginia (1900), Maryland (1904), and
        Oklahoma (1907).

1881 - The United Order of True Reformer, an African American fraternal
        order, is established.

1881 - The exodus of five thousand Blacks from Edgefield County, South
        Carolina begins.  They become migrants, protesting exploitation
        and violence, finally settling in Arkansas.

1898 - Irvin C. Mollison is born in Chicago, Illinois.  In 1945, he will
        be appointed the first African American judge to the U.S. Customs
        Court.

1924 - Lee Dorsey is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He will become a
        vocalist, best known for the recording of "Working in the Coal
        Mines."

1936 - Count Basie makes his New York debut at the Roseland Ballroom.

1946 - 'Mean' Joe Green is born.  He will become a football player for
        the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers (defensive tackle) and win rings in
        Super Bowls IX, X, XIII, and XIV.  He will later become a Miami
        Dolphins defensive coach.

1954 - In a session with the Miles Davis All-Stars, Thelonius Monk
        records "Bag's Groove," which many will regard as his finest
        solo performance.

1992 - Alphonso Michael 'Mike' Espy becomes the first African American
        to hold the position of Secretary of Agriculture.

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