This Week In Black History – December 14, 2023

December 14, 1829 – John Mercer Langston, congressman and founder of Howard University Law Department, born.

December 15, 1883 – William A. Hinton, first African American on Harvard Medical School faculty and developer of the Hinton test to detect syphilis, born.

December 15, 1994 – Ruth J. Simmons named president of Smith College.

December 16, 1976 – Andrew Young nominated by President Jimmy Carter to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

December 17, 1802 – Teacher and minister Henry Adams born.

December 18, 1971 – Rev. Jesse Jackson founded People United to Save Humanitiy, or Operation PUSH .

December 19, 1875 – Educator Carter G. Woodson, known as “The Father of Black History”, is born.

December 20, 1860 – South Carolina seceded from the Union.