This Week In
Black History
Court
Scott boro
upereme
rever e d
deci ion.
What i the flame of
.t h e B I a c k HI 0 m a fI who
p ub l i h d a boo of
poem in colonial times?
P I 2, 1
John Thomp on bee me
the fif t Bl ck co ch to
in th CAA b i-
b II c h mpion hip a
Geor etown defe ted
Univ r ity of Hou ton.
I - Jeremiah (Jere)
H rr Ion, US Con-
gre sm n , wa born.
,I 1 - Charle Whi te,
arti t, w born. 1 3
,197 Marvin G ye,
inger, wa born.
When was the Colored
Methodist Episcopal
Church organized?
PRIL 3, 188 - The
True Reformer Bank of
Richmond opened. 1 27
- We ley Brown wa the
fir t Black to graduate.
USNA, Wa hington, DC.
Which two kind of
businesses were probab­
ly the first owned and
operated by Blacks in
the US?
APRIL 4, 1968 _:
Martin Luther King Jr.,
as a inated. 1910 .
cKinley (Muddy
Waters Morganfield,
blues sing was born.
1928 - Maya ngelo,
author, wa born.
How. many Black
[amities owned slaves in
1860 accordin. 4 c en­
s dilt
S, 8
L.A. Laker center
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
became all-time coring
leader in NBA, surpa -
ing Wilt Chamberlain.
18S8 Boo k e r T.
. Wa hi ngton,
educator/Blackti t a n ,
died. 1839·_ Captain
Robert Smalls, Civil War
hero, was born.
Which famous Black
c he m is t was noted for
his work with' agricul­
tural products?
APRIL '6, 1909 -
Matthew A. Henson dis­
covers North Pole 45
minutes before om­
mander Perry. 1798 -
James Pierson Be­
ckwourth, explorer,
trader, was born. 1830
James Augustine
Healy, first Black
Catholic priest, was
born.
Who said, "It took lite
seventeen years to get
3,000 hits in baseball. I
did it in one afternoonon
the golf course?"
HI TORY I TH R -MAKING - During the recent filming of
"Sep r te But E ual", a four-hour Gener I Motor Mark of
Excellence Pre' ent tlon dr matlztng the event Ie din up to the
1954 U.. upreme Court deci ion to de egregate the nation'
chools, ldney Poltier (left) flew to Wa hington to have lunch
with the man he portray, U. . upreme ourt Ju ulce Thur ood
M r h II. It wa a chief coun el to the NAA P Le al Defen e
Fund that M r hall challenged the con tltutionality of chool
e regatlon in Di trlct No. 22 in Cl rendon ounty, .C. In 1954,
he brought that allenge before the Court on which he now it
one 0 five c which collectively hec me known a " rown
vs. Board of ducation." " epar te But qual" will be
ril7th nd 8th from 9 to 11 p.m. ( 4 •• T.) on the ABC
Te e I ion etwork. In addition to Pottier, the mlnl-serte Burt
L DC ter, Richard Kiley nd Cle von Little. General Motor 1
the ole pon or of t 1 pre entation. I , •
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ANSWERS
March 31st - James
W. Smith in 1870. He
had a har.d time' and was
p r o.u S ely i nul ted and
kazed. H dropped out
after a brief period.
APRIL I t - Philli
Wheatley. It hould be
noted, however, that
Lucy Terry published
poetry before Wheatley
- not in volume form, in
1746.
2nd - The Colored
Met hod i stEp i s cop a I
Church wa organized
out of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of the
South, immediately after
slavery ended at Jack­
son, TN.
3rd Ban ki ng
(saving) and undertak­
ing.
4th - Ove r 6,000
Black owned slave .
5th George
Wa hington Carver.
6th - Peter Jack on,
West indian born.
--Complied by
B RNI BROW
MSU tohost Open House
Michi gan State Unive r i ty
wilt-open it door to potential
tudent , their fami lie and ther
guests during the annual open
hou e April 19-20, '
The event is open to all. More
than 30,000 invitations will be
sent to admitted and pro p ctive
tudent , including high s ch I
junior and comm uni ty c lIege
student. More than 12.0 0 at­
, tended in 1 90.
The 10th annual Op n hou e
is headquartered in the MSU
Union. College, re idcn c hall,
financial aid and admi sions r p­
re entative will 1 with
visitors there.
programs, tudent r up� and
ervice organizations abo Will
have ,display.
Handbooks des r ibi ng open
hou e activitic will b available
at the MSU Uni n. Open Hou e
parti ipant are en o ura cd to
tour a re iden e hall and hav
lunch in it cafeteria.
Shuttle bu e wi II run from
the Mount Hope Road- arm
Lane 'pa king I t to the M U
Union. Bu ,tour of the ampu
will leave from, the MSU Uni n
eve.ry 15 minute Vi itor m y
stop at a number of ite in lud­
ing Abrams Planetarium, the
Bre lin Student Event Center,
the MS U Books tore, the MSU
Museum, the MSU Library,
Wharton Center, Computer Cen­
ter, intramural Sports building,
Learning Resources Center and
the Diary Store.
Some pecial Open House ac­
tivi tie are:
- Vetavist '91', the College of
Veterinary Medicine's annual
open hou e featuring exhibi ts
and demonstration of animal
health care, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April
20. .
_:_ College of Engineering
opn ho u e incl ing tour,
demons tra tion and an oppor­
tunity to speak with faculty and
tudent , 9 a.m. to 4 p.�. April
20,
- ''The Be t of Both W rid ."
program overview by yman
Brigg chool, April 1 ,in Hol­
m Re idence hall. The. chool
will offer tour �nd pre entation'
April 20 a.m, lo 4 p.m" also in
Holme Re idence Hall.
al I 353- 642 for que ti n',
Program ,to develop Metro
Detroit-area youth leader�hip
DETROIT, Mich, - "Leader­
ship Detroit" alumni and the
Wayne County Cooperative
Extension 4-H Y uth Program
plan to initiate an innovative
program t prep re high
school tudent leader from
Oakland and Way-ne countie'
to playa leader hip role in the
f u t u reo f met r o.P 0 1 ita n
De troi t.
With th planning and men­
toring upport of th L ader-
hip Delroit Alumni
Associ ti n and the yOUlh
developm nt e J>erti e of 4-H
Youth Pr gram in Wayne
County, lhe "Generation of
Promi e Program" will
prepare tudent for I'eader-
- hip and participation in m-
munity affair.
By e t Ii hin network
among 'uburban and urb n
youth and current m­
munity Ie der the program
hope t e fect a greater
awarene of the interdepen-
dence f the met�opolitan
Detroit community and in-
pire involvemenl y young
people in producin po itivc
change in their communitie
and environment.
The pr gram i upported
by a three-year, 1 ,000 grant
to the Michigan 4-H Founda­
l.i n from the mmunity
Foundation for outhea lern
Michigan, the Come rica Fund
and the Elizabeth K gel
Fund.
[n the it t Y art 40 to
racially. ethnically. religi u -
ly and ec nomi a ly diver e
high chool tudent will be
exposed to i
and chall n e that onfront
the metrop litan Detroit com­
munity. Th y will.. rk with
c mmuntty lead r ormu-
late a civt or the
r gion.
H D nonh nd-
icapped p ople
elimin ted from General
A i tance under the
Governor' program
would not receive t te
i d und r nother pro­
gram, but it would be the
handicapped' who
remained in th program
who would be "e n­
cour ged" to get educa­
tion.
Mike McCoy, fi cal
analy t for the Depart­
ment of Social Servi e
budget in the Ml chi g a n
House of Re p r e-
, entative , aid an "Adult
Education Initiative"
program introduced
and "bandied bo u t " a
an alternative to General
A i ta nce , but that those were."
a rn i b i a Continued from P
GIV H legacy of
violence and i nj u tice,
Nujoma declared that
Namibia' grcatc 1 achieve­
me n t was it ability to main­
tain peace,
Other trides include im­
plementation of a univer al
immunization program which
is providing immunization to
Black Namibian children for
the fir \ time ev r .....
Ern e r g e n c y . .Jem "ie for
drought and [mine tricken
area were also impleme nted
and almost a)) of the former
apartheid law have been dis­
mantled.
But thc young nation i
caddIed with a relatively
large debt of 500 million left
by the South African ad­
mini t r a t i o n , along with a
bloated, predominantly white
civi l service force. A po l ic y
of national reconciliation ha
ensured protection for white
who helped to hold down
South Africa' rac'ist rule of
Nami ia.
e 1
THE HOR Y rea i tie of
disengagement of Namibi
totally dependent on the
South African economy - are
among the greate t challen­
ge .
Un e m l o y m e nt i e s­
ti rna ted to be hi ghe r than 0
perc nt. The dual economy
which tra n lates into a wide
gap betw en the privileged
while minority nd th denied
Black m aj o r i t y i till in
place.
Ma i v e it l i te r acy, inade­
quate hou ing. no ri-e x i tent
preventive m e d i c i n e and a
ho t of other o ct a l and
economic ill. continue to
plague the majority popula­
tion .
De pite the difficulties,
Namibia - long the center of
international debate - is
beginning to determine its
own future.
The t r a n ition between
colonization and elf-rule is
mo t dramatically r e p r e-
ented by the i ue of Walvis
Bay, Namibia's only deep-sea
port. Neg tiations between
Namibia and South Africa
began in March over the
enclave which South Africa
refu es to relingui h.
WALVI BAY can providc
a vital link to Namibia's fi h­
ing indu try and other com­
merce. Whe-n negotiation
broke down between the two
go ve r n rn.c n t s , N ami b i a's
Foreign Mi n i s te r Theo-Ben
Gurirab .t a t e d . "The world
wa p e r h r p s expecting
rnir acje , but the fact that we
are tanding here next to each '
other is a 'tep in th right
dire tlOn, I'
Africa
p
3
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.
program
R· c II
Continued rom
wa con ider aking fur­
ther cut thro gh executive
order withou permi ion of
the legi lature.
"Before we know it,
"Marian Crammer aid, "we
could all b homele "
Taylor id, "The e bud et
cut are killing all of us.
There are some who feel they
have a God-given right to
determine who lives, eat, or
gets a trip to the doctor, which
babies get to urvive."
One woman said many
receiving ocial services are
brainwashed into believing
they deserve it.
"People have got to tay
mad," he aid. "There' no
way 1 c n it at home nd
allow thi to happen to me or
other peop\ without b com­
ing involved."
MSU I cf 16
Klng-Chav z-Par
fellow
EAST LANSINO, Micb.-Six­
teen Mi higan State Univer-
i t y doctoral students have
been named King-Chavez­
Park Fellow under the tate
of Michigan' Minority Equi­
ty Program.
The fellowship are in-
te nded to increase the numbe r
of underrepresented racial
and ethnic minori.tie pur u­
i n g- doctoral degree and
. academic careers at Michigan
colleges and universities.
The fellows and their field
of study and hometowns are:
-Deborah Barney,
English, Detroit;
. -Ro e M Beane, educa­
tion, Saginaw;
-Gregory Croxton, educa­
tion administration, Okemos;
-Carol Culpepper, educa­
tion admini t r a t l o n , Oak
Park; .
-Vi rginia M. Daw s o n ,
sociology .. Ea t Lan ing;
-Leonardo Fe r r e ir a ,
telecommunication, Ea t
Lan ing:
-Colleen Ford. education
admini tration, Swartz Creek;
- G u a d a I up e, G. La r a, so­
cia
 work Allen Park;
-Wanda R. Larrier,
English. Lan ing;
-Scott 'Jenkins, education
admini tration, Flint;
-Alvin Riley, microb�ol­
ogy, Ea t Lan ing;
-Mpnique S. Stauffrer,
mu ic, Grand Rapid;
-Judy Strange, adverti -
i ng, Detroi t;
-CarOlyn Stone, education
admi ni tra tion, Lansing;
_:..... Terri Til ord, education,
Ea t Lan'ing;
'-Ro heeda Whitthorne,
education admini tration,
Ea 1 Lan 'ing.
Fellow hip are awarded'
on the a i of recommenda­
tion , academic background
and per onal interview. Stu-
d nt may receive up to
$25.0 over our year ..
Sin c the program egan in
19H6. M U ha' warded 28
fellow hip'. A number of
'tho r cipient have com­
pleted doctoral degree and
re now te ching in college
an univer itie .
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