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March 01, 1987 - Image 9

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Michigan Citizen, 1987-03-01

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MARCH 1 -7, 1987 THE ICHIGAN CITIZEN
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egregated chools that eventually
resulted in-the famous 1954 Sup­
reme Court decision that separate
schools because of race is uncon-
titutional.
67. The first period in American
HIStory when Black persons reached
their highest peak in political po­
wer.
68. Black woman who won a PUlit­
zer Prize for poetry arid was named
poet laureate of Illinois .
69. The Yirginia Slave who in 1831
mastermined and executed the
bloodiest and most daring slave
insurrection in the history of the
United States.
70. The white aboliiionis who was
hanged in 1859 for his part in the
raid on Harper's Ferry, W. Va. in a
fut;i,k attempt to force the end of
lavery in the United States.
71. The only two Black medical
chools in the country.
72. The first Black elected to any
office in Mis issippi and erued as
Mayor of the town, F�. Mis .
73. One of the first Black poets who
was bom in Dayton, Ohio. Many of
his poems were written in a dialect
74. 'The first Black to sing at the
Metropolitan Opera House.
75. Founder of the first Black union
and a leader in the Civil Rights
movement and the 1963 March on
Washington.
76. Great scientist who developed
hundreds of uses for peanuts and
weet potatoes.
77. Wrote the most successful play
by any American Black, A Raisin in
the Sun.
78. President of Michigan State
University making him the first
Black to become president of a
major institution.
79. One of the mo . t famous and ver­
satile Black American writers from
Cleveland, Ohio who wrote poetry,
history, novels, plays and other li­
terary forms.
80. Invented the automatic traffic
u,ht and a smoke inhaler that was
later used as a gas mask.
81. The two oldest Black colleges in
the United State �
82. Founder of the Nation of Islam
who called himself the Mes enger
of I lam.
83. fir t American athlete to
w.in four gold medals in one Olym­
pies.
84. The first Black to direct full­
length movies for a major Holly­
wood studio who also wrote the book
The Learning Tree.
85. Famous musician and jazz com­
poser who was given a 70th birthday
party by President Nixon at the
White House.
86. One of the early African em­
pires.
87. What does N.A.A.C.P tand
for?
88: The most famous Black opera
singer at the present time.
89. The kidnapped African prince
who led the revolt on the slave ship
Amistad.
90. Name the first college in the U. S.
to admit Blacks.
91. Black movie star who played the
1. CCJI"ter G. Woodson.
2. J� RobUon.
3. Sm. Edward BrooIee.
4. Jama Baldwin..
5. Dr. Martin Luth6 Kin6, Jr.
6. 'I'fwrgood MarahoJl.
7. LeroM &nMtt, Jr.
8. RicIuJrd Allm and Absalom
Jones.
9. Marcus Garoey .
10. Barbera Jordan .
11. Shirley Chisholm.
12. Name any five of the 22
members.
13. Frederick Douglas .
14. Thaddeus Stevens.
15. Carl Stoke.
16. Name any of the Mayors from
ChictJ6o, IL; La Angele, CA.;
Washu.,ton, D. C.; Philadelphia,
PA.; Atlanta, GA.; Gary, IN .;New
Orleans, LA.; Richmond, � A.;
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Oakland, CA.; or Atlantic City,
N.J.
17. Prudenc« CrandalL
18. Touaaint L Uuverture.
19. W.C.Handy.
20. LoW. Amutrolll.
21. Dicit Grefory.
22. Criapu& Attacks.
23. W.E.B. DuBois.
24. Booker T. Waahu.,ton.
25. Mahalia Jackson.
26. Be 8� Smith.
27. Phyllil Wheatly.
28. Andn!w Young.
29. Patricia Harris.
30. Dr. Daniel Hale.
31. HannetTUbman.
32. Matthew Henson.
33. Ro a Parks.
34. Malcolm X.
35. Dr. Charte« Drew .
36. Jomo Kenyatta.
part of Rachel in Sounder.
92. The author of the Autobiogra­
phy of Mis Jane Pittman.
93. Civil rights leader and founder
of Operation PUSH.
94. A famous Black cowboy of the
early American West.
95. Name given to the ecret e cape
route for lave.
96. The name of the fir t Black
woman to receive a PhD in econ­
omics in 1921,and was also first to
gradute from law school in Penn­
sylvania and be admitted to the
bar. The niece of artist; Henry O.
Tanner.
97. The unique song tylist known
as Lady Day.
98. The Black family who achieved
world fame as a family entertain­
ing group.
99. Russia's great poet and writer
who was of African descent.
100. The famous Black baseball
star who broke Babe Ruth's long
standing home run record.
I
37. Chork Lenox Remand.
38. Benjamin O. Dtwis , Sr.
39. Ralph H. Bunche .
40. Robert Weaver.
41. Sidney Portier .
42. Paul Robeson.
43. O.J. Simp on.
44.Franco Harris.
45.Norbert Rillieux .
46. Jean Baptist Point DuSable .
47. Count Basie and Duke or
Mercer Ellington.
48.Stevie Wonder.
49. Scott Joplin .
50. Joe Louis.
51. James Weldon Johnson and
Rosamond Johnson.
52. John Jacob.
53. John H. Johnson.
54. Benjamin Banneker.
55. Prince Hall.
56. Samuel Cornish and John
Russworm.
57. Althea Gibson.
58. Walter Washington.
59. Arthur Ashe.
60. C. C. Spauding.
61. Mary McLeod Bethune.
62. Madame CJ. Walker.
63. Jack Johnson.
64. Sorjoumer Truth.
65. Rev. Adam Clayton PoweU.
66 Linda Brown.
67. In the 1!lh Century. after the
Civil War.
68. Gwendolyn Brooks.
69. Nat Turner.
70. John Brown.
71. Meharry and Howard Uni­
versities.
72. Charles Evers.
73. Paul L. Dunbar.
74. Marian Anderson.
Contlnu d on Pag 10
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