December 1 Arthur Spingarn, founder of NAACP, born 1878 December 2 Charles Wesley, historian, [born? died?] 1891 December 4 Alpha Phi Alpha, first Black Greek Letter Fraternity, founded 1906 December 5 Montgomery Bus Boycott initiated by the actions of Rosa Parks, 1955 Phillis Wheatley, one of the first Black female poets in America, dies 1784 National Council of Negro Women founded by Mary McLeod Bethune, 1935 December 8 Sammy Davis, Jr, entertainer, born 1925 - 1990 December 10 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr Martin Luther King Jr, 1964 December 12 National Negro Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing, composed by James Weldon and James Rosamond Johnson, 1900 December 16 Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN, 1890 Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief US Delegate to the United Nations, 1976 Today in Black History December 18 Congress passed 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, 1865 December 19 Carter G Woodson, historian and father of Black History Month, born 1875-1950 December 20 Mother Matelda Beasley, nun, born 1834-1903 South Carolina secedes from the union, initiating the Civil War, 1860 December 22 Henry Highland Garnet, abolitionist, born 1815-1882 December 23 Alice H. Parker received a patent for the gas heating furnace, 1919 December 25 Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) organized by Rev Jesse Jackson, 1971 December 26 Kwanzaa begins December 30 Dr Miles V Lynk, physician, published the first Black medical journal, 1892
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