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STA TE AND NATION
This Week In
Black History
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AUGUST 5, 1962
el on dele, South
Afrie n freedom fi hrer,
imprisoned. 1 - At the
Lo Angele Olym Ic ,
Ed I won his l05th
con ecutive 400-meter
hurdle race for a gold nd
Evelyn hford captured
women' lOa-meter gold
medal. 1938 - Je H.
Cone, educator and
theologian, w born. 1909-
rtbur C. Willie oral
urgeon, w born.
Which Black American
published a broadsiM called
"Salvation By Christ with
Penitential Cries?"
AUGUST 6, 1766 -
Jeme Forten, Bl ck
abolitioni t and b ines man,
was born. 1873 - John W.
Work, compo er, w born.
According to Lerone
Bennet, when and where was
t� first Black Baptist Church
organized?
./ AU UST7,.1948-Allce
C e m'l} won high jump
competition at London
o ympic , the first Black
woman to capture an 01 umpic
gold medal. 1867 Ira
Aldridge, Shakespearean,
actor, died.
What was the average
income 0/ the Black lamily in
� 1961?
AUGUST 8, 1926 -
Harry Jackson won the first
United Golfers Association
event. Before the PGA Tour
was integrated, the UGA w
the tour for Black golfers.
1865 - Matthew A. Henson.
a discover of the North Pole,
was born. 1849 - Archibald
Grimke, US diplomat, was
born.
Why will the name, NaIJuJn
Bedford Forrest, remain, OM
0/ in/amy among Blacks?
AUGUST- ,1936-J
Owens won four gold medals
in track and field events at the
Berlin Olympics. 1905 -
Robert N.C. Nix, US
congressman, was born.
Who developed the first
practical system lor,
refrigeration 0/ freight cars
and trucks ?
AUGUST 10, 1989 -
General Coin Powell was
nominated Chairman, Joint
Chiefs of Staff. 1932 -
-Jame C. Hall, educator and
author, was 'born. 1918 -
Arnett Cobb, saxophonist,
'I I' was born.
Who won two gold 1MdaU
in 1932 at Los Angeles (100
and 200 meter dashes)?
ANSWERS TO BLACK '
HISTORY QUESTIONS
4th - Prairie View t TX.
5th -,Jupiter Hammon.
6th - Silver Bluff, SC in
1773.
7th - About $4,100.
8th - Forrest permitted'
troops under his command to
bury alive Black prisonen of
war, 'and commit other
attrocities. He was al 0 a
founder of the Ku Klux Klan.
9th - Frederick M. Jones
, of Detroit, MI. He had other
. inventions to his credit well.
. 10th - Eddie Tolan. 10.3
and 21.2 econds re pectively.
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