* 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. ______________________________________________________________ Munirah Chronicle is edited by Brother Mosi Hoj "The TRUTH shall make you free" E-mail: <[log in to unmask]> Archives: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/Munirah.html> ______________________________________________________________ To SUBSCRIBE send E-mail to: <[log in to unmask]> In the E-mail body place: Subscribe Munirah Your FULL Name ______________________________________________________________ Munirah(TM) is a trademark of Information Man. Copyright 2001, All Rights Reserved by the Information Man in association with CODE One Communications.