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Deacon Jones - Birthday

David Jones, also known as Deacon Jones, was a former professional American football player born on December 9, 1938 in Eatonville, Florida.

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Dec

9

1938

birthday, Red Foxx

Entertainer, Red Foxx was born, 1925

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Dec

9

1925

Negro National League

The Negro National League disbanded in 1931 due to bickering among owners, weak financial backing, few stars for the Black press to write about, and the death of Rube Foster on this day.

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Dec

9

1930

(1903) Capt. Charles Young Speaks At Stanford University

Through much of U.S. military history, officers serving in the armed forces have rarely commented publicly on social issues of the day. One exception to this tradition appears below, a speech by Capt. Charles Young, Ninth Cavalry, at Stanford University. In December, 1903 Young was the main speaker

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Dec

9

1903

Armatrading, Joan (1950-- )

Singer and songwriter Joan Armatrading, best known for her influential and eclectic music styles, ranging from soul, pop, and even reggae, was born on December 9, 1950 in Basseterre in Saint Kitts and Nevis. She lived there for seven years until her and her family relocated to

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Dec

9

1950

Tanzania proclaimed independent.

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Dec

9

1961

A New Governor Of Louisiana

P. B. S. Pinchback was sworn in as governor of Louisiana after H. C. Warmoth was impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors.

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Dec

9

1872

The first public service programming aired on this day when Jack L. Cooper launched the Search for Missing Persons show.

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Dec

9

1938

Death of Ralph J. Bunche

Death of Ralph J. Bunche (67), Nobel Peace Prize winner and undersecretary of the UN from 1955 to his retirement in October, 1971, in New York City.

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Dec

9

1971

Faron Young , (born Feb. 25, 1932, Shreveport, Louisiana,—died Dec. 10, 1996 , Nashville, Tenn.), . American singer, one of the most popular country music performers of the 1950s, 60s, and early 70s. He was known as the “Young Sheriff, which he later changed to the “Singing

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Dec

9

1996

Stewart, William P. (1839–1907) - Birthday

Stewart was born on December 9, 1839, as a free person of color to Walden and Henrietta Stewart in Sangamon County, Illinois.

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Dec

9

1839

Craig Washington wins a special congressional election in Texas' 18 th District

Craig Washington wins a special congressional election in Texas 18 th District to fill the seat vacated by the death of Mickey Leland.

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Dec

9

1989

Carter Goodwin Woodson

Carter G. Woodson was on this day in New Canton, Virginia. He became known as the Father of Black History. In 1926 Woodson created the first oh what is an annual celebration of African-American achievement. It was once called Negro History Week but is now called Black History Month.

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Dec

9

1875

Jones, David “Deacon” (1938-2013) - Birthday

Jones was born on December 9, 1938 in the small town of Eatonville, Florida, just six miles out of Orlando.

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Dec

9

1938

Bunche, Ralph J. (ca. 1903-1971)

RalphJohnson Bunche, American political scientist, renowned scholar, award winner,and diplomat, was one of the most prominent African Americans of his era. Bunche was born on August 7, 1903 or 1904(there is some disagreement about the year of his birth) in Detroit, Michigan. His father Fred was

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Dec

9

1971

Abbott, Cleveland Leigh (1892–1955) - Birthday

Cleveland Leigh Abbott was born December 9, 1892 in Yankton, South Dakota.

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Dec

9

1892

Roy deCarava, the first African American photographer to be awarded aGuggenhei

Roy deCarava, the first African American photographer to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, is born

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Dec

9

1919

Georgia constitutional convention

Georgia constitutional convention (33 Blacks, 137 whites) open in Atlanta.

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Dec

9

1867

Tony Dorsett is awarded the Heisman Trophy.

Tony Dorsett is awarded the Heisman Trophy.

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Dec

9

1976

St. Martin De Pories born

St. Martin De Pories, one of the most venerated Christian saints in the Philippines, is born in Lima, Peru.

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Dec

9

1579

Bill Picket National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame

Bill Picket became the fist Black elected to the National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame.

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Dec

9

1971

Julius Nyerere , in full Julius Kambarage Nyerere, also called Mwalimu (Swahili: “Teacher”) (born March 1922, Butiama, Tanganyika—died October 14, 1999, London, England), first prime minister of independent Tanganyika (1961), who became the first president of the new state of

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Dec

9

1961

Rube Foster , byname of Andrew Foster (born September 17, 1879, Calvert, Texas, U.S.—died December 9, 1930, Kankakee, Illinois), American baseball player who gained fame as a pitcher, manager, and owner and as the “father of black baseball” after founding in 1920 the Negro National

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Dec

9

1930

NAACP Elects Kweisi Mfume

Kweisi Mfume is unanimously elected President and CEO of the NAACP.

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Dec

9

1995

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