* 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. ______________________________________________________________ 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.