This Week In
Black History
o mb r 17-23
nnn
born.
What· the name ofthl! ear-
lies: leno Black painter in
tbe US?
NOVEMBER 19, 1921 -­
Roy C p nell , baseb 11
pi yer, wa born. 1878 -
Ch rl . Gilpin, ctor, W
born. 1949-J 0 I .
n w elected the MVP of
the N tional Leagu .
What particular religious
group denied Blacks t� right
to become priests in the
church UIItil1978?
NOVEMBER 20, 1923 -
G rrett A. Mo an patented
traffic light. 1865 - Howard
Seminary (later Howard
University) was founded in
Washington, D.C. 1927-
Philip R. Ro ne, Jr.,
vIrologist, w born.
Who was Willard
Townsend?
NOVEMBER 21,1893 or-
. GranvDle T. Woods patented
(Electric Railway Conduit.
1904 - Coleman Hawkins,
. s�x��o�st� was born.
11 ow man lack ser-
vicemen have bee
the Congressional
Honor?
NOVEMBER 22, 1893 -
AJl1ltheus A. T ylor, teacher
and historian, was born. 1942
- H rry Edwards, olym­
pian/PhD/educator, was born.
1963 - President John F.
Kennedy was assassinated in
Dallas, Tx.
Who is the author of tile
book, "$70 Billion in the
Black?"
NOVEMBER 23, 1897 -
J .L. Love patented pencil
Sharpener. 1926 - Robert H.
WlIson, business executive,
was born.
What sport was played by
the Pittsburgh Craw/arm and
the Homestead Grays?
ANSWERS TO BLACK
HI�TORY QUESTIONS
17th - Honduras and Bel- .
ize. The differences are
. elusive, but it makes them feel
better to be "Carib Blacks."
The ignificance is not
thoroughly understood.
18th - Joshua Johnson of
Baltimore was advertising and
painting portraits as early as
. 1778.
19th - the Church of the
Latter Day Saints. The Mor­
mons had to have "a revela­
tion" before Black could
become priests in 1978. There
are still some restrictions for
Blacks in the Church.
20tb - Willard Townsend
organized the United
Transport Service Employee
Union (redcaps).
21 - Forty-six (46).
22nd - The late Parke
Gib on. The book is aimed at
Black marketing power and
purcbuing power.
23rd - Pioneer Black
baseball teams in the industrial
reas of Pennsylvania.
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508 Monroe Street carri th me
line of goods but does not have the
inventory that Showtime h .
Detroit News want to
leave city; asks city for
o.K to get taxbreak
By NATHANIEL SCOlT
StltrWrlfer
DBTROrr-On Friday, November
8, the Detroit Newspaper Agency,
the Detroit News, petitioned the
Detroit City Council for the "adop­
tion of (a) resolution" so the agency
can be issued an "industrial facility
exemption certificate" by Sterling
Heights, where the newspaper agen­
cy intends to relocate.
According to documentation
prepared by the News, it wants to
leave tn order to "consolidate" some
of its operations.
The move would take an es­
timated 108 jobs out of the city of
Detroit.
The Detroit Newspaper Agency's
request dates back to January 31,
1991, when a letter, addressed to the
city clerk, requested a "resolution by
the City Council of the city of Detroit
consenting to the issuance of an in­
dustrial facility exemption certifi­
cate by the city of Sterling Heights
pursuant to Act 198 of the Public acts
of 1974, as amended." Without t
Detroit City Council okay, the News
cannoi get a tax break from Sterling
Heights.
THREE COUNCIL members,
-Clyde Cleveland, Kay Everett and
Council President Maryann Mahaf­
fey, expressed grave concern over
the agency' desire to leave Detroit
and directed the agency to bring in
specifics about why adequate
facilities were not available in
Detroit.
The Detroit Newspaper Agency's
contentions are: �ir present site
(on Edward Street) is geographically
remote from their Sterling Heights
printing plant; all 108 of the Edward
Street employees will be offered
employment in Sterling Heights; ap­
proximately one third of the
employees reside in Detroit; and, the
present site is landlocked and they
cannot expand.
. Aside from the loss of job , in
excess of 100, Councilman
Cleveland argued that the ag�ncy,
which has strongly editorialized
against tax abatement, is now asking
the council to provide it with abate­
ment so it might further diminish
Detroit's work force.
Kay Everett asked that the coun­
cil be given the "footage" and all
other information necessary to what
the agency claims will be additions
to a now existing structure in Sterling
el ts .
The council didn't seemed
swayed by the agency's argument
which said it will "remain" at their
present location until their "lease ex­
pires."
It was pointed out by Council
member Cleveland, that Detroit has
loss 65 percent of its work force
within the past 25 years.
DBTROrr - An innovative
training. program for chool per­
sonnel to improve prevention ef­
forts for students at high ri k of
dropping out of school or using
drup has been initiated by facul­
ty in the Wayne Stat University
School of Social Work.
The Parent Alliances for Stu­
dent Service (PASS) program i
funded by an initial- one-year
$137,360 grant from the U.S.
Department of Education.
"The program is built on
New program aimed
at high risk youth
evidence that involvement of
parents and the community are
key factors in tudent uccess, "
says Carolyn Pryor, assi tant
professor in the WSU School of
Social Work and program direc­
tor.
Six Michigan chool districts
will be elected 'partners' to
begin the training program and
each will receive up to $13,500 to
upport the co ts of planning and
implementation of new parent in­
volvement strategies, ays Pryor.
lei Tartarlaa maa ge
of used clothlng.
(pboCo b1 N. Sc:oa)
Gl
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l NDER
DBTRO �hief Judge Ale
J. Allen, Jr. nnounced that the
th Di trict Court, in rtne hip
ith the City of Detroit' Health
Department, h implemented an
HIV/AIDS edu tion inform -
tion ion for individual being
proce through the court for
behavio which pi ce them t
high ri for contacting
mV/AIDS. '-'
The program is coordinated by
Deborah McCall Jone , ad­
ministrative i t nt to th chief
judge and implemented by Mary
Ashman of th City of Detroit
Health Department.
These essions are held for all
offenders at high ri k before they
are released on pe onal or cash
bond.
Chief Judge Allen indicated
IN
II P OG
began in September, ap­
proxim tely 1,350 o ffe nde have
been referred to the edu tional
information program. The 36th
Di trict Court i the only court in
Michigan participating in a pro­
gram of this nature.
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