* 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://www.endarkenment.com/kwanzaa/ *
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1873 - William A. Harper is born in Cayuga, Canada. A student at the
Art Institute of Chicago, he will study with Henry O. Tanner
and be considered one of the most gifted African American
artists of the early 20th century.
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 Amos is born in Newark, New Jersey. He will become an
actor and will be known for his roles in "Good Times," "Coming
to America," and "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.
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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