Black Facts for December 28th

Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, dies.
Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman, dies. Born into slavery, she ran away form her owners after mistreatment by her masters wife. She petitioned successfully for her freedom, citing her knowledge of the Bill of Rights and the new constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in her argument that all men
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Dec
28
1829
McKinney, Samuel Berry (1926- )
Born on December 28, 1926 to Reverend Wade Hampton McKinney and Ruth Berry McKinney in Flint, Michigan, Samuel Berry McKinney would become a Baptist minister, author, and civil rights advocate in Seattle, Washington. He served as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest
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Source: Black Past
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Dec
28
1926
Denzel Washington Born
Actor Denzel Washington was born on this day in Mount Vernon, NY. Washington will star in such films as Malcolm X, Glory, Much Ado about Nothing, and A Soldiers Story. He will have a start in television in his role on popular show St. Elsewhere. He will win an Academy Award for best supporting
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Dec
28
1954
Karen Farmer
Karen Farmer becomes the first African American member of the Daughters of the American Revolution when she traces her ancestry back to William Hood, a solider in the Revolutionary War.
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Dec
28
1977
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is a renowned Hollywood actor and producer, known for his powerfully portrayed performances in film and television.  Washington was born on December 28, 1954 near New York City. His father, Reverend Denzel Hayes Washington Sr. was a minister, and his mother Lennis owned
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Source: Black History Resources
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Dec
28
1954
Collective Work and Responsibility – Ujima
In “Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture” Maulana Karenga (the creator of Kwanzaa) describes collective work and responsibility (Ujima) as “a commitment to active and informed togetherness on matters of common
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Source: My Daily Kwanzaa | When is Kwanzaa and my daily Kwanzaa practice
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Dec
28
2020
American Colonization Society organized in
American Colonization Society organized in hall of the House of Representatives .
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Dec
28
1816
John Legend
John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and
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Dec
28
1978
Famed jazz musician and father of modern jazz piano, Earl "Fatha" Hines was born
Famed jazz musician and father of modern jazz piano, Earl Fatha Hines was born
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Dec
28
1905
C.V. Richey patents Fire Escape bracket
Richey,C. V. Fire Ecsape Bracket Dec. 28, 1897 Patent No. 596,427
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Dec
28
1897
Lynching
Sixty Blacks were reported lynched in 1918.
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Dec
28
1918
Third Day of Kwanzaa
Third Day of Kwanzaa - Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility)
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Dec
28
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(1898) Alexander Crummell, “The Attitude of the American Mind Toward the Negro Intellect,”
? Alexander Crummells remarkable career spanned much of the 19th Century.  Before the Civil War Crummell had established his credentials as an abolitionist, educator and lecturer in England as well as the United States.  In the 1850s he was a member of the faculty of Liberia College.  After the war
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Dec
28
1897
Death of George H. White
Death of George H. White (66) last of the post Reconstruction congressman, Philadelphia.
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Dec
28
1918
William Stanley Braithwaite
Spingarn Medal awarded to William Stanley Braithwaite, poet, literary critic and editor, for distinguished achievement in literature.
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Dec
28
1918
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