* Today in Black History - November 12 *
1775 - General George Washington issues an order forbidding
recruiting officers from enlisting African Americans.
1779 - Twenty slaves petition New Hampshire's legislature to
abolish slavery. They argue that "the god of nature
gave them life and freedom upon the terms of most
perfect equality with other men; that freedom is an
inherent right of the human species, not to be
surrendered but by consent."
1882 - Lane College is founded in Jackson, Tennessee.
1896 - 1st Sgt. Moses Williams (Ninth Calvary) is awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in the Battle
of Cuchillo Negro Mountains, in New Mexico, fought on
August 16, 1881.
1922 - Sigma Gamma Rho sorority is founded in Indianapolis,
Indiana, by seven school teachers: Mary Lou Allison
(Gardner Little), Bessie Mae Downey (Martin), Hattie
Mae Annette Dulin (Redford), Nannie Mae Gahn (Johnson),
Dorothy Hanley (Whiteside), Cubena McClure, and Vivian
White (Marbury). Founder Vivian White Marbury was able
to witness the progress of the sisterhood she helped
create until she joins the ancestors on July 30, 2000.
1941 - Opera instructor Mary Cardwell Dawson and coloratura
Lillian Evanti establish the National Negro Opera
Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to provide more
opportunities for African Americans to sing and study
opera. The company's first opera, Verdi's "Aida", will
be staged the following August at the annual meeting of
the National Association of Negro Musicians. In its
21-year history, its performers will include Evanti,
Minto Cato, and Robert McFerrin.
1974 - South Africa is suspended from the U.N. General Assembly
over its racial policies.
1977 - Ernest N. (Dutch) Morial is elected mayor of New Orleans,
Louisiana. He is the first African American to hold
that post.
1977 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is awarded to Alexander P.
Haley "for his unsurpassed effectiveness in portraying
the legendary story of an American of African descent."
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