* Today in Black History - December 27 *
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* The Nguzo Saba - The seven principles of Kwanzaa - Principle for *
* Day #2 - Kujichagulia (koo-jee-cha-goo-LEE-ah) Self Determination: *
* To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak *
* for ourselves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa *
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1873 - William A. Harper is born in Cayuga, Canada. A graduate of the
Art Institute of Chicago, he will study in Paris with expatriate
Henry O. Tanner and will be considered one of the most gifted
African American artists of the early 20th century. He will be
the first African American artist to achieve significant critical
success at the Art Institute of Chicago's annual juried exhibition.
Chicago newspapers will provide much coverage of this event,
describing his career as "meteoric" when in 1905, he will win a
blue ribbon from the Municipal Art League for their exhibition at
the Institute. He will join the ancestors in Mexico City in 1910 at
the age of thirty six after succumbing to tuberculosis. A memorial
exhibition of sixty of his works held at the Art Institute, will
draw wide notice in the Chicago press, where it will be observed
that, at his death, "he already had marked a vital impress upon the
art of his home city."
1904 - Monroe Nathan Work marries Florence Evelyn Hendrickson of Savannah,
Georgia. Greatly assisted by his wife, Work will publish "The Negro
Year Book," an annual encyclopedia of African American achievement.
He will later publish "A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and
America" (1928), with over 17,000 entries. Reviewers will laud it
as "absolutely indispensable" and call it "a monument of which any
race may well be proud." It will be reprinted in 1965.
1939 - John A. Amos, Jr. is born in Newark, New Jersey. He will become an
actor and will be best known for playing characters Gordy Howard
(the weatherman on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show") from 1970 until 1973
and James Evans, Sr., the husband of Florida Evans, appearing three
times on the sitcom "Maude" before continuing the role in 61 episodes
of "Good Times" from 1974 to 1976. While playing a hard-working
middle-aged father of three on the show, in real life Amos will be
only 34 when the show begins, only eight years older than the
actor who played his oldest son (Jimmie Walker) and 19 years younger
than his screen wife (Esther Rolle). He, much like series' co-star
Rolle, will want to portray a positive image of an African American
family, struggling against the odds in the ghetto of Chicago, but
will see the premise slighted by lower comedy, and express
dissatisfaction. He will be fired from the show after the third
season ended because he will have issues with Norman Lear and the
writers of the show in regards to Jimmie Walker's character JJ. His
character James Evans will die in a car accident in the first
episode of the fourth season, and the series will continue for three
more seasons without him. He will also portray Captain Dolan on the
television show "Hunter" from 1984 to 1985. He will co-star in the
CBS police drama "The District" and appear in the 1977 miniseries
"Roots," based on Alex Haley's book of the same name, as the older
Kunta Kinte. In 1980, he will star in the TV film "Alcatraz: The
Whole Shocking Story." His film appearances will include "Vanishing
Point" (1971), "The President's Plane Is Missing" (1973), "Touched by
Love" (1980), "The Beastmaster" (1982), "Dance of the Dwarfs" (1983),
"American Flyers" (1985), "Coming to America" (1988), "Lock Up"
(1989), "Two Evil Eyes" (1989), "Die Hard 2" (1990), and "Ricochet"
(1991). He will appear in the 1995 film "For Better or Worse" and
will play a police officer in "The Players Club" (1998). He will play
Uncle Virgil in "My Baby's Daddy" (2004), and star as Jud in "Dr.
Dolittle 3" (2006). In 2012, he will have a role in the movie "Madea's
Witness Protection," as Jake's father. He will also appear in Ice
Cube's and Dr. Dre's video for "Natural Born Killaz" in 1994. He will
have the distinction of winning more TV Land Awards than anyone to
date, taking home trophies for his roles on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show,"
"Good Times" and the TV miniseries "Roots."
1941 - Pioneer of blood plasma research, Dr. Charles Richard Drew, establishes
the first blood bank in New York City.
1956 - After a boycott by African Americans that lasted more than six months,
segregation is outlawed on Tallahassee, Florida buses.
1956 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is awarded to Jack Roosevelt ("Jackie")
Robinson, the first African American in the major leagues, for his
conduct on and off the baseball field.
1980 - Calvin Murphy, of the Houston Rockets, begins the longest NBA free throw
streak of 78.
1992 - James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M., Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia joins the
ancestors after succumbing to cancer. At the time of his transition, he
was the highest-ranking Black Catholic clergyman in the United States.
1998 - A week after she was born weighing just 10.3 ounces, the smallest of the
Houston octuplets, Odera Chukwu, joins the ancestors, succumbing to
heart and lung failure. In a statement released through the hospital, her
parents, Nkem Chukwu and Iyke Louis Udobi, say: "We are very saddened by
the passing of our beloved baby Odera. She is now safe with God in heaven
and we remain most grateful to him for having blessed our lives with her's."
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