What as "the e ro Ren
aissance, " or "the Harlem Ren
aissance?" .
OVEMBER 12, 1941 -
adam Lillian v . found
th N tion I
Comp y.
"Dutch" Moria! w elected
first BI ck m yor of N Or
Ie ,La. 1875 - Bert Wil·
, comedian, w born.
How many JJlack Catholics
are there in the United State ?
OVEMER 13, 1913-Dr.
D nlel Hal Willi MS, pion r
surgeon, becam member of
Am rican College of Surgeon .
1985 -: N.Y. Mets pitch r,
Dwight Gooden, 20, becam
the youngest ev r to win the Cy
Young Award. 1989- mmy
Da· Jr. would have celebrated
60 yearS in show busine with a
United Negro College Fund
benefit in Los Angeles. Zebe
dee Nevel .physician was born.
What was the largest sav
in s and loan association 'con
trolled by Blacks in 1962?
NOVEMBER 14, 1915 -
BookerT. W hington,educa
tor and writer, died. 1948 - H.
Ste n Newbol ,educator, was
born.
Were all Blacks permitted
the right to vote in the North
. prior to the Civil War?
NOVEMBER 15, 1964 -
Charles S1tford, first Black PGA
golfer, won Gardena Vall y
Open. 1919 - muel L.
Westerfield, economist, was
born.
When �as the first medical
degree from an American col
. lege conferred upon a Black?
NOVEMBER 16, 1873 -
· W.C. Handy, 'Father of the
Blues', was born.
What is the largest number
of home runs hit by Hank Aaron
in a single season?
ANSWERS TO BLACK
HISTORY QUESTIONS .'
10th - All day long. The
, . first mechanical cotton gin
• cleaned 50 pounds a day. Steam
. driven machines later cleaned
. as much 1,000 pounds daily.
11th - Between 1925-1929,
when Blacks began to appear
with frequency and actively in
the world of arts and letter ,th
period became known as the
Harlem, or the Negro Renais
sance.
12th - Just over 720,000.
13th - Trans-Bay Federal
\ of San Fqmcisco.
14th-Onlyin me stat .
. Some states of th North P ed
laws forbidding BI cks to vote.
1 Sth - Listed i David J.
Peck in 1847. May be an�rror
since he is listed as a gr duate of
Mehany, which w organized
much later.
16th - Forty-four.
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credibl and persu iv. Wit
corrobor ted her testimony.
Hill' charge gainst Thorn
were d v tating, in part, bee us
the experi nee of xual har m nt
is commonpl ce within our oci ty
for women of 11 r c ,01 e, and
ethnic backgrounds.
According to recent w York
Time ICBS New poll, about four
out of ten worn n tated that they
have been "the object of exual d
vances, propo ition, or unwanted
sexual discussions from men who
supervise you or can affect your
position at work." Only on out of
eight worn n who w re xually
harassed identified in thi poll ctu
ally reported the incident.
Like Professor Hill, they knew
that without hard evidence, their
assertion were unlikely to be be
Ii ved. Their professional careers
would suff r.
Intere tingly, even one-half of
all men polled admit that they have
"said or done something which could
have been con tru d by a female
colleague as harassment."
But .it was here that the liberals,
such as Senate Judiciary Committee
Chair Joseph Biden, let Thomas off
READERS WRITE
Seeking the
truth
ing man. He did not leave the mate
rial in the kiln long enough and it
turned out white. He also failed in
His second attempt. He left the ma
terial in the kiln' too long, and it
turned out Black. He succeeds on the
third time-it turned out- bronze.
"Know ye the truth and the truth
hall set you free." .
Ron Daniels in his "Vantage
Point" (Oct. 16-22) says that Afri
can cholars and Africans in
America' are unearthing liberating
truths which tell that Black Egypt
was the foundation of much of
early world civilization.
In a story told in Egypt, God
failed in his first attempt in mak-
Sincerely,
Ralph Slovenko
Professor of Law & Psychiatry
Jsagreement
Hello Michigan Citizen,
I think you have the best news
paper in Michigan, but, I beg to
differ with Mr � Ron Daniels.
Your friend,
Donald Granison
470 MLK Blvd.
Detroit, Michigan 48208
o
NAA p. and Democratic
Party n.eed Immediate help
By DR. JAMES E. ALSBROOK
Ohio Univer ity
with Democratic senators never re
ceived vital information about his
turning against his o� people.
Question: What do the Demo
cratic Party and the NAACP have in
common?
Answer: They were abe d on
points but they fumbled.
.. SOLUTION FOR the NAACP
and the Democrats: Get resources
like the Republicans use. Get good
think tanks. Modern organizations
of nation size need information
and advice from well-financed, well
staffed prof ionals in research,
public relations, psychology and
fuwlce. The Republicans make good
of several such teams.
The Demoaats need comprehen-
ive and reliable data bout the
people's thoughts .problems and pri
orities if they expect to win in 1992.
They need fr h ide and ICCW'I'
informatIon.
The NAACP expert knowl-
edge IIixQ how 10 coomuniade mae
quickly Ri effectively . the BI
coomunity md about am
gi if it expects to retain its tradi
tional influence and leadership.
Peopl with money usually stay
rich beca of two tbing-exper1
Example 1: The Democr ts ere
ahe d in the 1988 presidential cam-,
paign with Bush perceived as a
weakling without clear goals, 'but
GOP campaign managers Lee Atw -
ter and Rogers Ailes dr gged in the
Boston' Harbor i and th Willie
Horton care. Duk is did not re
spond until too late.
Example 2: The NAACP took
th initiative in the Thom confir
mation h arings, but failed to organ
ize and orch trat a strong cam-
paign with f and figur listing
chapter and v of Thom ' in.
Th Y did not how Thorn for wh t
he i.s--dle darling th Dixi
and th tool of civil rights enerni
Millio of BI c in Southern
advice and long-term planning. So it
is with the Vand rbilts, the Astors,
the Rockefellers and various others
with "old" money. The Republicans
have plenty of "old money" mem
bers, so they know the value of accu
rate information, expert planning,
and long-range goal. Before Thur
good Mar hall retired they had al
ready lected Clarence Thomas.
Some reseerchers report about
70 "strong" think tanks in the coun
try, serving a variety � interest groeps,
Some are the Brookings Institution,
the Rand Corporation, the Heritage
Foundation, the Urban Institute and
th American Enterpris Institute.
Sane c:l these "train trusts" public
in . ted, is the Ralph Nader
group. But mo ar dishing up plans
and ggestions for the special inter
ests who finance them.
THE BROOKING Institution
has an annual budget of bout 16
million and taft of 245 plus. It
consi itself midd -of -the-road
and' findings h ve been for ale to
BUT FOR THO E who till
continue to sme Anita Hill, for
po essing the courage and dignity
to tep forward, I would ask, Why
would he li ?
What does she actually gain from
h r ctions? Politic lly a conserva
tive and id ntified with her ten in
the Reagan administration. she cl ly
tru ,
th ir c victio . Th Y
their princip fo vol til
politi of gender and r ceo They
phy ica1ly recoiled hen Thom ,
in moment 0 d ion, cyni-
c Iy charged "racism" and decl ed ,
himself to be the gic victim of a
"high tech lynching."
Th Y r to ackno led the
reality th Anita HUI, not Thorn •
w the real victim of lynching, not
once but twice: the first tim a
decade ago, when e xually
humili ted and h ed in private.
and the second time on C pital Hill
before th eyes of th world.
Wh t do you call a man who
viol the rights 0 women? Un
fortun tely, for ye to come, we
may call him Clarence Thom .
Dr. Manning Marable is Profes
sor of Political Science and History,
University of Colorado, Boulder.
"Along the Color Line" appears in
over 200 publications internation
ally, and a radio version of this se
ries is distributed to stations across
the United States.
WORD MAKERS
Edited by NATHANIEL scon
DEATH AND DOLLARS
Personifying a street walking whore
you glamourize sex but!
I met you in a dream.
You were chic.
Your conversation bold,
introspective and concerned.
I heard your whispered peom;
your mother's poem.
It said:
my rne'inories are full of you; ,
the dancingfire of your eyes; you,
a strong-willed woman
more sophisticated than her times.
I al 0 heard the evening song of destiny .
Saw the frail, cr eked skin of age -
heard the cry for ki no one gave.
I saw lovers; p t glamour.
Th n there was silence.
Total ilence.
Not even pI bing water
to cleanse the out.
- N thanlel Scott
The Michigan Citizen, in this
issue, introduces Word Makers.
This poetry ection will appear
weekly and i edited by Nathaniel
Scott who is a widely published
poet. In additional to other works,
Scott has six volumes of published
poetry to his credit.
The paper will not compensate
anyone for published poetry and
all submissions will be published
at the paper' discretion.
The Michigan Citizen will not
return any submitted poetry and
lected clients. Some thought it not
conservative enough, so 1hey founded
th American Enterprise Institute to
influence public opinion and present
rich people in a more favorable light.
few Black conservatives (Walter
Williams) are paid to mouth the in
ter ts of th rich rather than gu .. d
the concerns of BI cks.
. Some politicians liked by the
wealthy retre t comfortably with a
think tank ppointment &Ad good
salary. Among them J Kirkpa-
. 1ridc, former the United
we ask that all submissions be
limited to 25 lines or less and that .
the writer limit his or herself to
two poems per ubmission. ,
Finally, we seek well crafted
poetry on any subject matter but
we caution those who may wish to
submit: we are a family orientated
newspaper.Word Makers begins
with this poem by Word Maker's
Editor. Nathaniel Scott. Send all
poetry to The Michl Citizen,
P.O. Box 03560, Highland Park.
MI48203.
Nations; Robert BorIc, the rejected
Supreme Court nominee, d Gerald
Ford, former president. ,
My proposal is that Blacks .ith I
million-dollar incomes like Mike
Tyson, Bill Co by, MichaelJackson,'
Mich I Jordan and others form a
corporation to develop and upport a
special think tank of Ph.D.'s for the
NAACP. Each could donate tax
deductible portion of annual income
afteritre bes, y.$2million. Then
th NAACP could pi y better "h .. d
b 11" with th ',I big boy."