This day in Black History: 1964 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded (December 10) to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at ceremonies in Oslo, Norway. He was the third Black and the youngest person to receive the award. 1964 - Spingarn Medal presented to NAACP executive secretary Roy Wilkins for his contribution to the advancement of the American people and the national purpose. 1964 - Independence Bank of Chicago organized. 1964 - Academy Award for best actor of the year presented (April 13) to Sidney Poitier for his performance in Lilies of the Field. 1951 - President Truman named committee to monitor compliance with anti-discrimination provisions in U.S. government contracts and sub-contracts. 1922 - Ralph Gardner was born on this day in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a pioneer chemist whose research into plastics led to the development of so-called hard plastics. His innovations in the manipulation of catalytic chemicals led to the products for the petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries as well as plastics. 1911 - Educator Helen Gray Edmonds is born in Lawrenceville, Va 1867 - Virginia constitutional convention (twenty-five Blacks, eighty whites) met in Richmond. Because of Political and legal complications, the Virginia constitution was not adopted until July 6, 1869. 1864 -Twenty-fifth Corps, largest all-Black unit in history of U.S. Army, established in Army of the James. 1847 - Frederick Douglass, along with Martin R Delaney, started The North Start, an anti-slavery paper, 1847
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