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THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY
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Appro imat ly ho Afr'
were t a n into laver b
Europeans out iilt! Africa?
Which Bla k American painter
was known lor his primitive tyl« and
his John Henry eries?
NOVEMBER 26, 1919 - Y
U ott, legi I tor, w born. 1970
- h rl Gordon received Pulit­
zer Prize for No PI ce To Be Some­
body.
Name the Black who became a
circuit rider (and preached) with
bishop Fracis Asbury?
NOVEMBER 27, 1904-Eddle
outh, violini t, was born. 1942 -
Jimi Hendri roc musician, w
born.
What were the gross receipts 01
all Black business enterprises in
1972?
NOVEMBER 28,
THANKSGIVING DAY. 1927 -
Gigl Grice, axophonist/ compo r,
was born. 1960 - Richard Wright.
novelist, died. 1961 Ernie D v
running back for Syracuse Univer
sity, became the first Black to win
the Heisman Trophy.
Name th« two Black men who
were elected to 1M Congress of the
US but
1
evcryon ," h aid.
TH are wait-
ing li or different ervic ,but
aid th re i a very trong opinion in
Can da 0 not having a two-tiered
y tern of a for-pro It y tern. Ver­
beek aid it i better to have cce
for everyone than a ystem where
om get the b t care and others get
very little.
Verbeek aid that th Canadian
y tern is orne thing that gives
Canadians a nse of identity.
"When you a k a Canadian what
it i to b a Canadian, one of our first
thing to ay i that we have a health
care system that we are grateful to
have," he said.
One Canadian that i thankful for
her nation' health care' system i
Adrian Janusz, of Wind or, Ontario.
just aero the river from Detroit.
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CHILD
n gle ting paren ," he id.
However, there are not enough
f mili willing to adopt the e
hildr n.
About 5 name were called out
to draw attention to cial-n d
childr n waitin for adoption at th
fourth annual I Iling out for tho e
who wait' ceremony outside th state
Capi tol. The ceremony wa
pOD or d by DSS, MARE, tne
Michigan Federal of Private Child
and Family Agencie in Lansing, and
Michigan Office of Child and
Famil y Service .
T Y about 300 names
of childr n were called out at a
similar ceremony and 238 of them
have been adopted 0 far.
"I think there are a lot of myths
about adoption that stop families
from coming forward," Grapentine
aid. "If a family adopted a healthy
white infant, it has to pass through a
lot more strict criteria."
However, adoptive parents of
special-needs child can be married or
single, have children of their own or
a
Who W 1M fIT: t Black tennis
star to participate with the American
Davis Cup team?
ANSWERS TO BLACK
HISTORY QUESTIO S
t - lieved to be, cordin
to uthorities, bout 15,000,000.
25th the 1 P lmer Hayden.
26 - Rev. Rich rd Allen,
foun r of the first Black church
( ).
2 th - $56 billion.
28th - John Willis Menard, and
P .B.S. Pinchback, both of
Louui iana were denied eats in the
US legi lature in the 40th and 42nd
congre e. Menard would h ve
been a congressman, and Pinchback
8 enator.
29th '- Dr. Susan McKinney, in
1892.
30th - Arthur Ashe, 1965.
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