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cumment tors.
ny opponents of the
new Afrocentric educ tional
thrust re especi lly p­
lied by the revisions that
re t king pi ce in the writ­
in nd te chin of history.
Various BI ck schol r s, for
ex mple, insist t h t the n­
ci e nt , pre-Ar b Egypti ns
were Black, nd that f mous
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Thi
G I ,I J nu rv of this
ye r it w widely reported
th t both William F.
Buckley's N tion I Review
and the M dison Center for
Ed uc t ion I Aff irs, whose
founders include former
U. . e cret ry of Education
Willi m J. Bennett nd con­
servative schol r Allan
Bloom, re publishing books
th t discourage student at­
tend nce at colleges and
universities 'that neglect
-Week In Black Hist ry'
FEBRUARY 24. 1811 -
Dllnlel A. It yne, reformer and
educator. was born . .Janet Jack­
on. j ter of Michael Jack on.
won two American Music
. Award and a Grammy for her
third album. Control. which
old 5 mil lion copies.
Who was the only Black in
the US Congress between 1897
and 1931?
FEBRUARY 25. 1964 -
Muh mmud Ali defeated
. Sonny Liston for world
heavyweight boxi ng champion-
hip. 1895 - e cr g e
chuyler,journali t, wa born.
What i. the name of the first
novel written by a Black person
i", the US?
FEBRUARY 26. ·1989
Zin .. Garri on won the Vir­
ginia Slims of Oakland Tennis
Championship. 1928 - Antoine
'Fat ' Dpmtno, si nge r , was
born. 1948 - Edward Dudley
was appointed Ambassador to
Liberia. the United States' first
Black ambassador. 1844 -
Jame E. O'Har US Con­
gressman (NC), was born.
Was -t h e Black Church
founded h .. _, or "Free
...... ·D K U A R Y 27, 1853 -
First Black YMCA organized in
Wa hington,' D.C. 1988 - Fig­
ure s ka te r nebl Thomas be­
came the first Black to medal at
the Winter Olympics. 1905 -
Loul Mete Ife, trumpeter. was
born.
In what year was the slave
trade outlawed by the US
government ?
FEBRUARY 28. 1984 -
Michael Jackson won eight
Grammy Awards. 1909 - Ben
Web te r, saxophonist, w a
born.
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Which African nation has a
constitu 'on modelled on tho: of
�eUS? -
MARCH). 1864 - Rebecc
Lee was fir t Black woman to
e rn a medical degree (New
England Female Medical Col­
lege).
1914 - Ralph Elli on.
author. was horn. 1841 - D.K.
Bruce, US Senato (MS). was
born.
With which three local
products did George
Washington Carver do extensive
research?
bl t1n��CJr tle' �?l � £�� �
EddJe (J:OCkJUW) -DavJ • sax­
phonist, was born.
ANSWERS TO QUIZ
FEBRUARY 24th - George
H. White (NC).
25th - Clote l is beli�yed to
be the first novel written by a
Black American and published
in the US, The novel, Nig, was
published by a Black American
woman 'around the arne time in
England.
26th - "Free Blacks"
founded the first formalized
Black churches,
27th - Slavery w a out­
lawed in 1808. but the practice
continued until the late 1850s­
early 1860 .
28th - Liberia.
MA R CHI st. S wee t
potatoes. pecans. and Clay.
'2nd - John "Bud" Fowler,
born in 1854. NY state, and
played with many different
teams.
We have been serving the community of Highland
Park and the surrounding Metro Detroit area for
over 70 years; providing speciality services and
acute care.
'It I v n mar
Import n th t th
Afrlc n Am ric n
m ho r
gradu lIy
ak nlng to n
appr cl tlon of
Black hi tory, not
receiv mixed and
confu ing
me 9 from
BI ck cholar
conc rnlng that
hi tory.'
Dyn ty, n e tr or din ry
ch pter in the' hi tory of
Egypt -- then c lied emet,
"The BI c L nd."
Nefertiti' Egypt wa far nd
way the gre te t I nd on
earth. A nation so opulent,
o we ome, 0 powerful
that her neighbor and ub­
jects declared th t gold was
as plentiful" du ttl on her
treet. The ph r oh nd
q een of thi dynasty built
lavish temple nd mag­
nificent obeli k , and ex-
tended their interior of
It is critical that the move- Africa.
ment now afoot to revise the Recent evidence
American educational cur- publi hed in the Journal of
ricular remain on course. It Afric n Civilization and in
is even more important th t number of other ources
the African American mas- clearly confirm that their
ses, who are gradually pharaohs and queens were
awakening to an apprecia- overwhelmingly of the ame
tion of Black history, not raci I type. In particular,
receive mixed and confusing mummies and sculptures of
messages from Black the Eighteenth Dynasty
scholars con�erni�g that his- reveal the royal f mily to
to�y. In thl.S v c m , let us have had its genetic roots in
br ie Ily c ons ider the truth Nubia, the BI ck nation just
about Nefertiti to 'set the _ south of Egypt. _
recor straiaht:: '1'1... npl ,h ,...
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o m e di pute about
THE AMQUS, qu C(D was' Nef rti " JI r: . ,#;becau,�V1
born during the Eighteenth of a lemon colored bust, al-
Many Black Amer-ican develop additional kill In their profes­
ion by serving a United States Peace Corps volunteer. Donnie
, Campbell taught in Rock Hill, South Carolina b fore going to
Kenya to teach agriculture.
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Ie edly depicting the queen,
th t disovered by
Profe sor erm nn R n e
nd Lud ig Borch rdt in
1912. Although everyone
identifies thi sculptur I
piece true repre-
entation of N efertiti, there
is no in cription on it nor i
there any 0 her evidence to
ub t nti te thi conclusion.
her husband, the ph raoh
Akhe tion, who was of un­
questioned Blac lineage.
The need to confirm
efertiti's BI ck heritage i
just nother indication of
the di hone ty of the
American cademic estab­
l i hment, where Black
scholar must overprove the
obvious in order to receive a
grudging eal of approval.
A we celebr te Black his­
tory month, let African
American reclaim their
rightful heritage, in Egypt
and elsewhere, with pride
and determination; while ig­
noring the dissident guar­
dians of academic tradition
who would be content to con­
fine Black history to sl very
in the ante bellum South.
Legrand H. Cle-gg II is
chief deputy city attorney of
Compton, California and
producer of "The Clegg
Series: When Black Men
Ruled The World".
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IN STA CO T AST to
thi , there re numerou wall
carving found throughout
the ancient Egpytian capital
city of Akhet t i o n that
depict Nefertiti. nd the
member of her family with
distinct and unmistakable
African physical features.
As matter of fact, the
queen is sometime portrayed
in these' scene with her hair
worn in cornrows (see
photograph) .
Furthermore, there is per­
suasive evidence that Nefer­
titi was the first cousin of
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