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THIS MONTH IN BLACK HISTORY
On December 1, 1940, Richard Pryor was born in Peoria, Illinois, where he was raised by his grandmother in a brothel that she ran.
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to change seats on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus. On December 5, blacks began a boycott of the bus system, which continued until shortly after December 13, 1956, when the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed bus segregation in the city.
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On December 1, 1987 One of the 20th century’s greatest writers James Baldwin died
On December 2, 1998, Alphonso Michael Espy in 1986 became the first black Congressman elected from Mississippi since John R. Lynch, who served during Reconstruction. He was also the first African American to hold the post of Secretary of Agriculture.
On December 3, 1847 Frederick Douglass, along with Martin R Delaney, started “The North Star”, an anti-slavery paper
December 4, 1969 - Ebony magazine photographer Moneta Sleet Jr. makes history as the first Black man to win a Pulitzer Prize and the first Black person to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism
On December 5, 1935, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune founds National Council of Negro Women
On December 5, 1957, New York became the first city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market with adoption of Fair Housing Practices Law.
On December 6, 1849, Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland
On December 8, 1953 Thurgood Marshall, the chief legal counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) gave the argument for the plaintiffs
On December 9, 1995, Kweisi Mfume is unanimously elected President and CEO of the NAACP.
On December 10, 1950, Ralph Bunche, a political scientist by training and then an official of the United Nations, became the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
On December 10, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes history as the second African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize
On December 12, 1975 National Assoc of Black Journalists was founded the report said. He then led reporters on a tour of the apartment, showing from police firing into the apartment but no shots fired out. Rush’s account was the only defense of Hampton and Clark included in the original report, which attributed all other details to police sources. Police insisted that a gun was found next to Hampton’s hand.
For more information on the death of Fred Hampton check out “The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther” by Jeffrey Haas.
On December 20, 1956, the African American community of Montgomery, Alabama voted unanimously to end its 385 day bus-boycott.
On December 21, 1976, Patricia R. Harris named secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by President-elect Carter. She served in this position from 1977 to 1979. She was the first African-American woman to become a Cabinet Member, U.S. Ambassador and lead a law school.
On December 22, 1943, W.E.B. Du Bois makes history as the first Black person elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters
On December 23, 1867, Madame C.J. Walker - First Woman Millionaire - starts a Black hair-care business in Denver, CO
On December 27, 1941, Pioneer of blood plasma research, Dr Charles Richard Drew, establishes a pioneer blood bank in New York City
On December 28, 1954 Academy Award Winning Actor Denzel Washington is born in Mount Vernon
On December 30, 1929, “Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work” campaign began in Chicago with picketing of Chain stores on South Side,
MEN SUFFER ALONE (Continued from page 20)
A good therapist can suggest more techniques to help overcome your depression. Take these suggestions and add your creative spin to best suit your needs.
No advice can replace a complete examination by your doctor. Depression comes in many forms, and determining a treatment plan for your needs is required.
If you’re concerned about medication and side effects, many homeopathic remedies are available today that you can discuss with your health professional. Please make a list of your concerns and share them during the exam. This way, you’ll be actively involved in choosing a treatment plan.
With a suitable treatment plan overseen by your doctor, some support to bolster your spirits, and true determination, you can overcome your depression!
We must break the toxic cultural conditioning of competing and begin to work holistically with each other. The Black man and women have worked as a team from slavery to Jim Crow through the Civil Rights Movement, and the same enemy we had then, we have now.
Remember, racial stereotypes exist in our healthcare system, so Black people who seek help for depression should seek treatment from culturally competent clinicians.
