* Today in Black History - December 13 *
1903 - Ella Baker is born in Norfolk, Virginia. A civil rights
worker who will direct the New York branch of the NAACP,
Baker will become executive director of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference in the 1960's during
student integration of lunch counters in the southern
states. She also will play a key role in the formation
of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and its
voter registration drive in Mississippi. She will join
the ancestors on December 13, 1986 in New York City.
1913 - Archibald Lee Wright is born in Benoit, Mississippi.
Better known as Archie Moore, he will become a boxer and
win the light heavyweight crown in 1952. He will reign
as champion until 1959 and again in 1961. His will be one
of the longest professional careers in the history of
boxing. In 2002, he will be inducted into the St. Louis
Walk of Fame. In 2006, he will become a California Boxing
Hall of Fame Inductee and Ring Magazine will name him
boxing's fourth Ring Magazine Best Punchers of all time
in 2003. He will join the ancestors on December 9, 1998.
He still holds the record for the most career knockouts
by any boxer, at 145.
1924 - Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby is born in Camden, South
Carolina. He will become the first African American in
baseball's American League, playing for the Cleveland
Indians. He will be the 1954 RBI leader. His career
statistics include a .283 career average with 253 home
runs and 970 RBI in 1533 games. He will hit at least 20
homers in each season from 1949-56, leading the league in
1952 (32) and 1954 (32), and appearing between the top
ten leaders in seven seasons (1949, 1951-56). He will hit
for the cycle (1952), and also lead the league in runs in
1952 (104), RBI in 1954 (126), on base percentage in 1950
(.442), slugging average in 1952 (.541), and OPS in 1950
(.986). He will be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
in 1998. He will join the ancestors on June 18, 2003 in
Montclair, New Jersey.
1944 - The first African American women complete officer training
for the WAVES (Women's Auxiliary Volunteers for Emergency
Service). They had been admitted to the corps two months
earlier.
1958 - Tim Moore, an actor best known for his portrayal of
Kingfish on the Amos 'n' Andy television show, joins the
ancestors at the age of 70.
1981 - Popular African American comedian Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham
joins the ancestors after a stroke at the age of 75. He
became famous in mainstream America, late in his life for
his "here comes de judge" routine popularized in
television's "Laugh-In."
1989 - President De Klerk of South Africa meets with imprisoned
Nelson Mandela, at de Klerk's office in Cape Town, to talk
about the end of apartheid.
1997 - Charles Woodson, of the University of Michigan, is awarded
the Heisman Trophy. He is the first defensive player ever
to win the coveted prize.
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