This Week in Black History (December 17-24)
December 17, 2015
December 17 1991- Michael Jordan is named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. December 18 1989- Ernest Dickerson wins the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography for Spike Lee movie, “Do the Right Thing”. December 19 1895- Dr. Carter G. Woodson was born in New Canton, Virginia. Woodson was one of the first scholars to study African American history and founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. December 20 1986- Max Robinson, the first African American news anchor for a major television network, died from Acquired