Today in Black History for December 25th Selected Black Facts for December 25 1. 1971 - Rev Jesse Jackson organizes Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) Rev Jesse Jackson organizes Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) 2. 1956 - Home of Rev. F.L. Shuttlesworth Home of Rev. F.L. Shuttlesworth, Birmingham protest leader, destroyed by dynamite bomb. 3. 1951 - Harry & Harriette Moore murdered in Mims, Florida On Christmas evening Mr. & Mrs. Harry T. Moore were murdered as they slept when a bomb went off under their bedroom in Mims, Florida. Harry, actively supported by Harriette, was a revered and courageous teacher and civil rights worker. You can learn more about them at: . 4. 1951 - Spingarn Medal to Mabel K. Staupers Spingarn Medal presented to Mabel K. Staupers for her leadership in the field of nursing. 5. 1875 - Charles Caldwell Charles Caldwell was the first Black in the state of Mississippi to be accused of the murder of a white man and found not guilty by an all-white jury. He was later elected to the state senate and on this day was assassinated in Clinton, Mississippi. 6. 1870 - Henry McKee Minton, born Physician, Henry McKee Minton was born, 1870 7. 1865 - Freedmen and Their Well Deserved Lands Reports from all over the South said freedmen had abandoned plantations in expectation of a general distribution of land. General Rufus Saxton, Freedmens Bureau commander in South Carolina, said the impression is universal among the freedmen that they are to have the abandoned and confiscated lands, in homesteads of... 8. 1837 - Remond an anti-slavery agent Charles Lenox Remond began his career as an antislavery agent. Remond was one of the first Blacks employed as a lecturer by the antislavery movement. 9. 1837 - School established The Cheyney State Training School was established in Pennsylvania. 10. 1837 - Black Magazine Published Mirror of Liberty, Pioneer Black magazine, published in New York City by abolitionist David Ruggles. Continue To Celebrate Black History….
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