BLACK HISTORY FACTS THAT HAPPEN ON THIS DATE DECEMBER 25TH: Jupiter Hammon, a slave from New York, became the first published Black poet when his work, An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries, was published on this date in 1760. Henry McKee Minton, physician and founder of the first Black pharmacy in Pennsylvania, was born on this date in 1870. Cabell Cab Calloway, III, accomplished bandleader, singer, dancer, songwriter, and author, was born in Rochester, NY, on this date in 1907. The home of Florida NAACP official, Harry T. Moore, was bombed on this date in 1951. Moore was killed and his wife was seriously injured. Five years later, to the day, Birmingham, AL, protest leader the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworths home was bombed. James Farmer, National Director of CORE, announced, on this date in 1965, that he would resign the position. The Rev. Jesse Jackson organized Operation PUSH (People
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