This Week In
Black History
Ho did "The Creole
Show", produced in 1 85,
I differ in pattern from the
typical min tr I how?
· AUGUST 1 ,1 0-
C ntnl frl epubll
gained independence from
Fr nee. 1911 - J
Benton Pa , judge, w
When. was the African
Church (Episcopal) dedicated
in Pniladelphia?
AUGUST 14, 1883 -
Erne t E. Ju • biologi r, wa
born. 1959 - Earvln
"M Ie" John n, basketball
player. wa . horn.
Does New York City or Los
Angeles have more Black
t c umers numerically?
AUGUST 15, 1925 -
o car Peterson, pianist, was
, born. 1875 - muel Taylor,
comp er, wa born.
Under whose presidential
administration was
: segregation in the armed
forces eliminated?
AUGUST 16. 1,816 -
. Peter alem, heroic Bunker
, Hill solider and Minuteman,
• died. 1929 - Wyatt T.
I Walktr, minister/reformer
i was born.
I tn which year was the first
; B lack A merle an lawyer
� adhlitt�d 10 the . legal bar?
I What was his name?
I
; 'AUGUST 17, 1849 -
: Archibald Henry Grlmke,
; lawyer and journalist, was
: born. 1845 - Jobn S .. Leary,
a John Brown cohort, was
born.
In whic year did a Black
Ameri;tJ!I woman first. win
solo gold medals in
International olympics
competition?
ANSWERS TO BLACK
t-I'STORY QUESTIONS
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· .;.' 11th - In Mexico.
12tb - Mostly by adding
· choru girls who sang and
danced.
13th -'On July 17, 1794.
wi th Absalom Jones as'
,pripcipal founder.
. 14tb - New York City.
15th -- Harry S. Truman.
'IF . ty, tough, stubborn, and
faii-minded. In 1948.
16th - Macon B. Allen,
admitted to the Maine bar in
1844.
17tb - Wilma Rudolph in
the 1960 International
Olympics, 100 and 200 meter
.duhes (11.0 and 24.0 seconds
respective I y).
lima
r" Iymplc Track Star
and Reggie McKenzie,
Cb Arman, Reg Ie
cKenzle FOB dation.
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THOMA I NOT without
defenders. however.
At his 1990 judicial confirmation
hearings. Frank Quevedo, past chair­
man of the board of the Mexican­
American Legal Defense and Educa­
tion Fun� aid Thomas "made this
agency responsible to the concerns
of Hispanics. in word and in deed."
Arthur Green. a Connecticut rights
official who represented the Interna­
tional Association of Official
Human Rights Agencies. said
Thorn encouraged state and local
. organizations that receive dis­
crimination complaints and offered
them training in pursuing cases of
systemic bias. ,
As a conservative Black leader,
Thomas drew criticism from liberals
and civil rights advocates for oppos­
ing affirmative action preferences
for minorities -programs he said in
1987 "create a narcotic of depend­
ency."
"Congressional and private
tudies have shown that Clarence
Thomas on many occasions acted in­
consistently with civil rights laws
passed by Congress and interpreted
STATE AND NATION
BOSTON (AP) A Boston bank
holding millions in-city deposits has
been named in four racial dis­
crimination complaints in the past
sixmo�hs.
Bos n Safe Deposit & Trust
receiv a passing grade for affirm­
ative ac n from Mayor Raymond
Flynn's Linked Deposit Banking
Program, which qualifies the institu­
tion to do business with the city.
But the Boston Herald reported
today that several minority
employees and job applicants have
filed formal complaints against the
bank with the Massachusetts Com­
mission Against Discrimination.
The Herald cited the following
separate complaints:
-A Black woman employee said
an interviewer told her chances for
promotion were slim because of the
"old white boy syndrome."
-A Nigerian man applying for a
job said bank officials told him he
would not.be hired because 0 .lUs!
ccent, Although he eventually got a
job, he was fired a year later.
-A Black woman who-was
demoted after two years in a position
at the bank said she was replaced by
a white woman who earned SS,<X>O a
year more to do the same job.
- Black employees said they
were ubjected to racist jokes and
were required to produce obituaries
to prove they were absent for deaths
in their families. They also said they
were a sumed to be mail room
workers even when dre cd in busi­
ness suits.
B nk officials refused to discuss
the complaints. ci ting personnel con­
fidentiali ty.
The Boston Co., which owns the
bank, "is strongly committed to an
aggressive affirmative action pro-
Sen. David Pryor. D-Ark., who
later became chairman of that panel,
'opposed Thomas' nomination to the
Court of Appeal in 1990. He aid
Thomas "was very, v�ry
uncooperative" with the panel,
prompting it to i ue subpoenas of
EEOC records that revealed the
number of lap ed cases.
"Had it been 10 case or 20 cas ,
that might have been omething dif­
ferent, It Pryor said at the time. "But
there were 15,000 charges which
may have lapsed. -These 15,<X>O
charges representing the rights of
American citizens were denied and
snuffed out, litera II y snuffed out, by
a bureaucracy that was run by
\ Clarence Thomas. That is too much
for me to overlook."
At a house hearing in 1988
Thomas acknowledged allowing 900
es to expire and said the failure
"disgraces the agency, We deserve
harsh criticism for this occurrence. It
will not happen again."
Boston bank is target of racial
discrimination comptstnts
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gram for hiring and promoting
women and minorities," said bank
spoke man Larry Mark.
"We are confident we will be
fully vindicated in any pending
cases," he said.
The bank has about $3 million in
city deposits, and bank officials
reportedly Contributed $4,000 to
Flynn's re-election campaign, the
Herald said.
Flynn administration officials
denied that the bank received any
special consideration. Thomas
Snyder, Flynn's administrative ser­
vice director, called those allega­
tions "an insult to the mayor."
The city has released a report on
mortgage lending and minority
hiring by Boston'S major banks fol­
lowing community complaints about
high-interest lending scams that vic­
umizedvlow-income homeowners.
.Flynn said he will link the banks'
hare of ci ty deposits to the
institutions' performance in
minority neighborhoods.
The city's report card on Boston
Safe Deposi t & Trust says the insti tu­
tton "needs improvement" in
employing and promoting women,
minorities and Boston residents. The
'evaluation called the bank's record
in that area "a major concern."
But city officials apparently
raised the bank's affirmative action
grade from a failing "F" in a draft
of the evaluation to a passing "C" in
the final version, the Herald
reported.
City Collector-Treasurer Lee
Jackson denied that there were any
grade changes and has said the
bank's share of the city's assets will
be frozen at $3 million until the
record improves.
Accountin 0
rmofCon
t t regio
full y 100 . n into
It id 41 percent to 82 percent of
cl d by tho e office •
with no eviden of di rimin tion
found, h d not been fully inve -
tig ted.
Thorn ch r d th GAO report
w politically motivated. He id it
• 'trivi lize civil righ enforcement
to a level commensurate with widget
m king."
The gency' enforcement record
cam under critici m from othe .
Women Employed Inc., a Chicago
.re earch and dvocacy group that
h studied the EEOC, complained
t t enforcement deteriorated under
Thoma .
When he began with the agency,
it aid, the typical c e too three to
six months to clo e, nearly one-third
were ettled ati factorily to both
sides, and 1 than one-third were
told they had no c e. Of tho e
litigated, two-thirds were cla -wide
case with implications for a broad
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