*            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. She will began conducting interviews with men 
	and women who were once enslaved. These interviews will
	be the raw material for her collection of narratives, 
	"The House of Bondage," or "Charlotte Brooks and Other 
	Slaves." The stories of Charlotte Brooks and the others 
	would eventually be compiled into a book after her 
	transition. She will join the ancestors on August 19, 
	1889. "The House of Bondage" will be posthumously 
	published by Hunt and Eaton in 1890. 

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 Charles Mollison is born in Vicksburg.Mississippi.
	On October 3, 1945, President Truman will nominate him to 
	serve as a Judge for the United States Customs Court. He 
	will be confirmed by the Senate on October 26, 1945 and 
	will receive his commission on October 29, 1945. He will
	serve on the court until his transition. He will join the
	ancestors on May 5, 1962.

1924 - Irving Lee Dorsey is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He 
	will become a vocalist, best known for the recording of 
	"Working in the Coal Mines." He will join the ancestors
	on December 1, 1986 after succumbing to emphysema. 

1936 - Count Basie makes his New York debut at the Roseland 
	Ballroom.

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.

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