Selected Black Facts for December 8

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Selected Black Facts for December 8

1.	1987 - Kurt Schmoke becomes the first African American mayor of Baltimore, Md Kurt Schmoke becomes the first African American mayor of Baltimore, Md
2.	1972 - Death of Rep. George Collins Death of Rep. George Collins (47), in airplane crash, near Midway Airport, Chicago. Atty. Jewel Lafontant named deputy solicitor general.
3.	1936 - Gibbs v. Board of Education Gibbs v Board of Education in Montgomery County, Md., was the first of a succession of suits that eliminated wage differentials between Black and white teachers.
4.	1936 - Spingarn Metal: John Hope Spingarn Medal presented to John Hope posthumously for his achievement as president of Morehouse College and for his creative leadership in the founding of the Atlanta University Center.
5.	1936 - Michigan Chronicle Michigan Chronicle founded by Louis E. Martin.
6.	1936 - NAACP NAACP filed first suit in campaign to equalize the salaries of Black and white teachers.
7.	1933 - Flip Wilson Born Clerow Wilson on this day, Flip Wilson was the tenth in a family of twenty-four children, eighteen of whom survived.
8.	1868 - birthday, Henry Hugh Proctor Writer, Henry Hugh Proctor was born, 1868
9.	1863 - Proclamation on Amnesty and Reconstruction On this day, President Lincoln issued his Proclamation on Amnesty and Reconstruction for the restoration of the Confederate states into the Union. He offered them a full pardon and restoration of their rights if they were willing to take an oath of loyalty to the Union and accept the end of slavery.
10.	1850 - Lucy Ann Stanton The first woman to graduate college was Lucy Ann Stanton. She completed the two-year ladies' course and received the Bachelor of Literature degree from Oberlin College in Ohio, on this day.

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