Week In Black HI tory
OCTOBE 7, .14' - president who defended the In which year wa the
lae aU •• alllt arU famous- mutineer, Cinque, of Black St r Line founded, and
Dela J ludie. medicine at L' Amistad fame? how many hip did it have?
Harvard. 1 21 - IIlIa OCTOBER I'I, 1833 - OCTOBER ll, 1931 -
Stili, author of tbe Under- Oberlla Collele which ad- O'lck Gre ory, activist, co­
around Railroad, w born. milled whites and Black, median, wa born. 1937 -
In hich novel by Richard opened. 1887 - A. Miles Henry Ar tro I. became
Wriaht i the charactor Bil- patented elevator. featherweight champ ori this
erTbom ? J . b
Du�CTI�:�:r:hl:A�o� U i aires aliv
ixlh or the eamen in U.S. By M.l ......... M
Y were Black. 1941 _ IlIUIleiICl
Rey. Je e Jack 0 ,con- Splitti"l Success Tier"
lender for U.S. pre idential Wcr,: Luther Barnes, the on
nomination, wa born. of F.C .. Barne ,director of the
With which religiou Red Budd Choir and lead
group i the American Mis- member of the Sun ct
ion ry Association allied? Jubilaires, often feel more
OCTOBE 9, 1881 - like a juggler rather than a
He ry Hilla d Garnet ap- looming gospel star.
pointed ini ter to Liberia. In fact. with all he has
192' - Er e t • Outc • going, Barnes often feels he
Morlal, first Blac mayor of might just be spreading him-
e Orle n ,was born. self a lillie thin. "Alot of
Which company is larger, times on the progr ms, we Tl
North Carolina Mutual or At- have the Jubitaires. F.C. Bar­
lant Life? ne s & Company, .and the
OCTOBER 1 , 1899 - choir, and it sort of work on
Today _ Black college me pretty much, but I accept
gradu tes earn 90% a much the challenge and look at it as
a comparable hite. -I.R. more of a plu a oppo ed to
Jo aso p tented bicycle .a hindrance."
frame. 1978 - Ralph II. Ofcourc,jugglingha it'
Metcalfe, congre sman, disadvantages. Fact i , with
I died. all the success of his Red
Who a the former --U.S. Budd Choir and F.C. Barnes'
& Company, s�me forget he's
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still part or the Sunset
Jubilaires. That's why their
latest album, "Still Holding
On" h a lot of meaning to
Barne .
"It's a fact", Barnes say,
"that alot of people thought
the Sunsct Jubilaires had
died, with "So Salisfied" (his
hit with the Red Budd Choir)
being so big and it being over
two yc rs since we recorded
an album. So we titled thc
album, "Still Holding On",
just to Ict people know that
we're still �ere."
Lookout/or Lex,: Anyone
who's heard her voice has
nothing but raves about her.
She goes hy the name of Lexy
(short for Alexis Nucklo ),
yet ironically enough this 22-
year old Bowling Green State
University communications
major.- fast becoming one
Join "The
OCTO ER 7·13, 1
MICHIGA CITIZ� PAG It; IJ
Clay.
Who wa George (Mule)
Suttles and (Cool Papa) Bell?
OCTOBER 13, 18 3 -
Prore sor G. W. C rver
received ward for painting
at Columbian Exposition,
Chicago. 1'1 - Je e
Leroy Oro e , firs] BI ck
American n val officer to die
in combat, was born.
Accr i the capi tol of
which Black African nation?
a d juggli
of go pel's mo t heralded
newcomer , never set out for
a recording career in go p I.
hut ins read for the chan c to
'mce t M ichac I Brook. (0 r
Commi stoned).
Fact i . Lexy had heard
Brook wa looking for
talent, and aw it as an oppor­
tunity to meet him. Upon
heari ng her tape, Brooks was
o impre sed that he went one
tep further and Ie s han two
month later, she w s signed
to a m jor go pel label.
Since, hc' recorded her
debut album, "Call Her
Lcxi", and i now to uri ng.
Now, that's wh t I call being
hi ·cd.
The Dja, 's Gel The Spirit:
The Ojay have become the
late � secular uni t to relea e
a go pc l in pired tune , a
they rccently recorded a
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gospel version of Bob
Dylan' ct ic tune, "Emo­
tionally Yours". The'emotion­
ally-charged recording
ession featured n all- tar
choir (including Ci. y Hou -
ton, Phyllis Hyman, Evclyn
"Champagne" King. Keith
Swcat as well as member of
Levert) to back up the group
on the rune.
The tune will b featured
on their upcoming album,
titled "Respect", which i
lated for release later thi
month. The group is hoping
thar both the album and tune
will lend an aero -the-board
appeal.
Brit/I,: Shirlcy Cae ar
wa named one of .e vc n
womcn singled out to receive
the )<)90 Es.ence Award for
outstanding achievemenl in
their resp ctive field.
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