CO DI G 0 C , the root of the problem and its ul­ tim te solution in-North Africa c­ tually go far beyond water i elf. "It's not th t there' too little water in North Africa, but th t there is n imbalance between MEE;lNG RECENTLY AT WHITE HOUSE to dl.scuss Minority Scholarship, President George Busb Advisory Committee on Hlstorjsall.y Black Colleges' and Universities (HBCUs) include ( eated l-r) Central St te University Pre ident Arthur. Thoma; Carol Flemlnl; Dr, Leonard L. Haynes III, assistant secretary for postsecondary education; Dr. James E. Cheek, president emeritus, How rd University (chairman); Robert Goodwin, executive director; Edmund Galtber and Portia Scott (Standing l-r) Milton Bios; Meharry Medical College President David Satcher' . Albertine Turkson; Dr. Ruth Love; <;arl Ware, John Carter, Patricia Williams, Caspa Harris; Dr: William P. Hytche, president, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; William HOlan; Alcorn (MS) State University President Walter Washington and Bennett College (NC) President Gloria cott. (Capitol New Service Photo). JUSTICE Thurgood Mar hall listen I House 01 Repre entatlve Majority Le der Thoma Foley (D·WA) pledge that Congre s will pa s 1991 Civil Right Bill over Pre Ident Geor e Bu h' veto (if neces aryl. In background, CBC Rep ,(I·r) Willi m Jellerson(D.LA); B rbara Ro e Colllns(D·Detrolt); Charle Rangel (D·NY); M Jor Owen .(D.NY); weill Mfume(D.Bal.· tlmore), Flake nd Clay applaud. However, Mar h II, who led long tru gle to de elrelate Amerlc NAACP lawyer In 1940 -50 -60 b lore hi appointment to Supre e Court, warned roup that USA I moving toward oppre Ive dlsc:rlml.at1on and e re atlon a In delplte modern civil right law, (CAPITOL EWS SERVIVE PHOTO). ( . . or. ence, eneration i threatened by famine or poverty, the impul e i to h ve e tr ,or 0 c Jled "in­ ur nee" children. "CARE nd other id org niz • tions," y all ce," nt to de e the a er time bomb in the developing orld by tt c in poverty nd 10 ing popul lion growth." While te ching young mothers how to keep their children healthy nd encouraging m lIer f milies, CARE provide loan, ee ds, tool , technic 1 advice nd other help to truggling f rmer nd mall b ines e . "STATI TI SHOW TH improving child survival and general quality of life brings population growth down," Wal­ lace ay. "That' what aid or­ ganization like CARE try to do. If we succeed in deere ing pover­ ty and lowing population growth, problems wi th es ential re ources like water are likely to ease." Thl W kin Black HI t�ry FEBRUARY 17, 1942 Huey N wton, founder of the Black Panther Party, wa born: 1902 - Mari n Anderson, con­ cert Singer, was born. 1983 - W. Wilson Goode was elected Mayor of Philadelphia. Did slavery end first in Puerto Rico or the USA? FEBRUARY 1 , 88 Black Males Coatlnued from Page 1 years more than 200 males under the age of 16 were dead fro� homicide in Detroit, and stated if � disease were killing off this many peo ,something would be done about it. Hayden said the board is going ahead with the le Academy, because if something is not done quickly there will be no Black males. The 'Male Academy will be an all-male grade school with an Afrocentric curriculum to foster higher self-esteem. MANY AT the hearings ex­ pressed their support for the Male Academy, including New Detroit President Paul Hubbard. He said Black males are too important to the community to just write them off. He recommended a number of social remedies including the use of street workers (or gangs, genuine prison rehabilition and public service employment for ex-convicts, gun control, and or­ ganizing transportation for teens to reach plentiful jobs in the sub­ urbs. "If we believe we can win the external war in the Mideast, we have to believe' we can win the internal war against the Black male," said Hubbard. Noting the number of people te tifying over t e age of 30, Save Our Sons and Daughters President Clementine Barfield said, "My feeling is that the only people that should be testifying are young Black male . We make projects for them. but we never ask them what they eed." Michigan Hou e epre- sentative Floyd Clack (I)-Flint), aid he re-introduced two resolu­ tion calling for Governor John Engler to e tablish a pecial com­ mi sion to study the problem faced by Black males in Michigan and to recommend ac­ tion to help alleviate these . problems. The econd half of the pro­ gram wu held .lut Saturday at Wayne County Community Col­ lege. Quakers of Germantown, Pa.,: made first formal protest against slavery in America 1896 - Paul Williams rchitect, was born. 1965 - N t King Cole, died of lung-cancer. Is it, true that jazz originated' in New Orleans? FEBRUARY 19, 1899 - Louis (Kid Shots) Madison, cor­ netist. w8'S born. 1940 - William 'Smokcy' Robinson. singer. songwriter and producer, was orn. 1986 - Actor-Co edian i Cave :1.3 it ion 0 iriancial y troub eO' IS niver- sity. What is the name of the first B lack to speak in the US Con­ gress? FEBRUARY 20,1900 - J.F. Pickering patents airship inven­ tion. 1960 - Winthrop Jordan, a. Berkeley professor, wrote "White Over Black." 1924 - Sidney Poirier, actor, was born. Nams two nationally known Blacks who owned successful businesses in the early 1800s. FEBRUARY 21, 1965 - Malcolm X was assassinated in New York, NY. 1905 - Dr. Samuel Nabrit, was first Black to serve on the Atomic Energy, Commission, was born. 1968 - Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the ·United States Congress. She defeated Republican James Farmer, the founder of the Con­ gress of Racial Equali ty (CORE);· by over 20.000 votes. 1933 - Nina Simone (Eunice Wayrnon), pianist, was born. Are there common kinships be­ tween most Caribbean people and Blacle Americans? FEBRUARY 22, GEORGE and WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. 1950 - Julius • Dr. J' Erving, basketball player, was born. 1881 - James (Jim) Euurope army band di rector, was born. Who was the first Black space scientist ever? FEBRUARY 23, 1979 - Frank E. Petersen, Jr. became first Black general in the Marine Corps. 1986 - Kareem Abdul­ Jabbar, all-time leading corer in NBA history, played in his 4th game, bre aktng B a es' r c r 68 - Th nation's firt Back me