* Today in Black History - December 17 *
1920 - South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over South
West Africa.
1937 - Arthur Lanon "Art" Neville is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
He will become a singer and keyboardist. He will be a part
of one of the notable musical families of New Orleans, the
Neville Brothers. He is a founding member of The Meters and
continues to play with the spinoff group The Funky Meters.
He will played on recordings by many notable artists from
New Orleans and elsewhere, including Labelle (on "Lady
Marmalade"), Paul McCartney, Lee Dorsey, Robert Palmer, Dr.
John and Professor Longhair. In a 1995 interview, he will
speak about the joy of live improvisation. He will say "The
best part, to me, is when the [rhythm] just evolves into some
other stuff." He will receive a Grammy in 1989 with The
Neville Brothers for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. He
will receive a Grammy in 1996 with various artists for Best
Rock Instrumental Performance in "SRV Shuffle", a tribute to
Stevie Ray Vaughan.
1939 - Edward James "Eddie" Kendricks is born in Union Springs,
Alabama. He will become one of the original members of the
Motown group, "The Temptations". He will begin a solo career
in 1971 and will have many successful hits such as "Keep on
Truckin" and "Boogie Down." In 1982, he will rejoin the
Temptations for a reunion tour and again in 1989, when the
group is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He
will join the ancestors after succumbing to cancer on
October 5, 1992.
1945 - Ernest Lee "Ernie" Hudson, Sr. is born in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
He will become an actor and best known for his role in the movie
"Ghostbusters." One of his early films will be in "Penitentiary
II" in 1982 starring Leon Isaac Kennedy. He will land various
guest roles on TV shows such as "The Dukes of Hazzard" and "The
A-Team." He will be on the TV series "Fantasy Island" in a first
season episode as a voodoo man named Jamu. He will gained fame
playing Winston Zeddemore, who enlists with the Ghostbusters in
the 1984 feature film "Ghostbusters" and its 1989 sequel. He will
also audition to reprise the role for the animated series, "The
Real Ghostbusters," but it was given to Arsenio Hall. He will have
a major supporting role as the mentally challenged Solomon in "The
Hand that Rocks the Cradle." He will be cast as Warden Leo Glynn
on HBO's series "Oz." In "Oz," his son Ernie Hudson Jr. will co-
star with him as Muslim inmate Hamid Khan. He will also appear as
the character Munro in "Congo" and in the 1994 film "The Crow" as
Police Sergeant Albrecht. He will switch gears when he plays a
preacher opening the eyes of a small town prejudice in the 1950s
in "Stranger in the Kingdom." He will also be known for his role
as Harry McDonald, the FBI superior of Sandra Bullock's character
in the feature film "Miss Congeniality." He will appear in the
Stargate SG-1 TV episode "Ethon" as Pernaux. He will also appear
as Reggie in the film "The Basketball Diaries." In 2006 he will
appear in the TV Movie "The Ron Clark Story" as Principal Turner.
In 2008, he will begin a recurring role as Dr. Fields in "The Secret
Life of the American Teenager." He will also have a recurring role
on the final season of "Law & Order" as Lt. Anita Van Buren's
boyfriend and then fiancé. In 2011, he will play Stuart Owens in
"Torchwood: Miracle Day."
1971 - Congressman Charles Diggs, Jr. resigns from the United
States' delegation to the United Nations in protest of the
Nixon administration's policies regarding Africa.
1975 - Noble Sissle joins the ancestors in Tampa, Florida at the
age of 86. A protege of James Reese Europe, Sissle traveled
with the famous bandleader to Europe as the drum major in
the 369th Regimental Band and teamed with Eubie Blake to
form the writing team of Sissle and Blake. Together with
Flourney Miller and Aubrey Lyles, Sissle and Blake wrote
"Shuffle Along" and other musicals. A founding member of
the Negro Actor's Guild, Sissle was a successful orchestra
and bandleader in his own right, touring Europe in the
1930's and with the USO during World War II.
1975 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is presented to Henry ("Hank")
Aaron "for his memorable home-run record which stands as a
landmark" and for his sportsmanship.
1979 - In a case that aggravates racial tensions, Arthur McDuffie,
a Black insurance executive, is fatally beaten after a
police chase in Miami. Four white police officers are
later acquitted of charges stemming from McDuffie's death.
1991 - Michael Jordan, outstanding guard for the Chicago Bulls, who
led his team to their first-ever NBA championship, is named
the 1991 "Sport Illustrated" Sportsman of the Year.
Jordan's likeness will appear on the December 23rd issue of
the magazine in the form of a full-color holographic
stereogram, a first for a mass-market publication.
1999 - Jazz great Grover Washington, Jr. joins the ancestors
resulting from a heart attack following a taping session.
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