December 11
December 11, 1916 John Edward Bush, co-founder of the Mosaic Templars of America (MTA), died.…
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December 12
December 12, 1912 Henry Jackson, Jr. (Henry Armstrong), the first boxer to hold world…
December 13
December 13, 2009 Dale Raymond Wright, award-winning and barrier-breaking journalist, died. Wright was born July…
December 14
December 14, 1939 Ernest Davis, the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy, was…
December 15
December 15, 1987 Septima Poinsette Clark, “grandmother of the Civil Rights Movement,” died. Clark was…
December 16
December 16, 1987 Minnie Evans, folk artist, died. Evans was born December 12, 1892 in…
December 17
December 17, 1954 Kenneth C. Frazier, the first African American to lead a major…
December 18
December 18, 1917 Raiford Chatman “Ossie” Davis, actor, director, playwright and social activist, was born…
December 19
On December 19, 1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson presented the Medal of Honor, America’s highest…
December 20,
December 20, 1942 Robert Lee “Bullet Bob” Hayes, Olympic Gold medal sprinter and hall of…