This Week In
Black History
ANSWERS TO BLACK
HISTORY QUESllONS
�hi�h tate ruled fir t, by
legiskuive fiat, that Bla k in­
dentured ervant should
rem 'n lay for life?
What is the name of the
Black woman who performed
the title role in "Carmen" at
Spoleto (Italy), 1962?
DECEMBER 24,
CHRISTMAS EVE, 1907-
C bell (C b) lIow y,
xophoni t/orche tra le der,
w born. 1951- U. . voted
iby n independ nt t teo
What does gospel music
owe to Thomas A, Dor ey?
DECEMBER 25,
CHRISTMAS. 1835 - Ben-
. jam In T. Tanner, AME
Bi hop. wa born. 1760 -
Jupiter H mmon became
the first published Black poet
# with hi poem, An Evening
Thought. .
.,
Which Black-oriented
magazines have circulations
in excess of 400,000 copies
per issue?
2Znd - Virginia in
1760(1).
.. 23rd - Shirley Verrett.
14th - He wrote and in-
, troduced the early compo i·
tions of go pel mucis at the
National Baptist Convention
in 1932. Gospel music has
been around ever since and is
becoming increasingly
popular.
25th - Es ence, Ebony,
and Jet. ,------
26th - New York and
Georgia respectively.
27th - Elijah McCoy.
28th - Leroy "Satchel"
Paige, with the Cleveland In­
dians, 1948.
DETROIT - Lend a help­
ing hand this holiday season!
Throughout the run of "The
Nutcracker Ballet" at the Fox
Theatre, Friday, December
13 through Sunday, Decem­
ber 29, patrons dropping off
one or more i terns of canned
, food will receive two com­
plimentary tickets to Winter­
Fest '92.
.1- Food bins will also be 10-
... cated in the Fox Theatre Box
Office,open�ondaythrough
j � Friday from 11 :00 a.m. to
.. III 7:00 p.m. The food collected
will be distributed by the
Mayor's Emergency Relief
.Fund to homeless families in
the Metro -Detroit area.
WinterFest '92 is a ten­
day winter festival coming to .
the Michigan State
Fairgrounds January 24
through February 2. The
event will feature a world-
: class exhibition and competi­
tion of ice carving and snow
sculpting. These crystalline
'1 creations will be illuminated
. by a state-of-the-art lighting
spectatular in the State Fair
,� Coliseum.
I
• Surrounding the displays
r
I will be snowmobile racing,
: dogsled racing, ar.ts & craft
displays a Food Court and
discounted winter retail items
in the Trade Court.
Tickets to the "Nutcrseker
Ballet" are on ale now at the
Fox Theatre, Joe Louis &
Cobo Arena Box Offices and
all Ticketmaster outlets, in­
cluding Hudson's and Har­
mony House. Tickets are
priced at $24, 521 and 517.
To charge by phone call (313)
645-6666.
For more information
about the "Nutcracker Bal­
ler'ot WinterFe t '92 call
( 13) 567-6000.
pea er
will be
Conr d L.
�allett r-,
Ju tice of
t h
Mi c h i g an
Supreme
Court. CO RAn
Th pro-
gram i
de igned
for per on re iding in all of
W shtenaw County, We tern
Wayn County and throughout
the State of Michigan.
Jubilee Day i a celebration
of freedom. It i held on New
SOSAD tart
anti-violence
program
BY RON SEIGEL
Co".yond«Jt
IEIROrr - As young people seem
roore and mole "at risk," and casualties of
violence oontinue to inaca5e, thele' a
growing aware of 00w recessary it is
for Black adul� to help young people
an "extended family."
The organization Save Our Som m1
Daugh1e1S (SOSAD), gon: 011: ep
further, teaching young people survival
skills and then crcouraging trem to teach
each otter, in a leaoersbip program.
SOSAD is working with many
Detroit-area high sebools, giving a seven­
day series 0 courses on survival.
Tbose woo panidpale becorre "very
involved in training � 'studen "said
SOSAD Youth COOrdinator AI Manin
In these courses, SOSAD is trying to
deal with aUi tOOes that lead to oonflict
Many youngpcopledo notsee alterna­
tives l? aggression, Martin said, m1 ag­
gression often leads to violence,
sorreurres in the Conn of a fistfighl, some­
times escalating to stabb� or sOOo�.
MARTIN EXPlAINED that ire
courses tty to teach young people tolerance
and patience. retping them uOOe�taIXl that
sometimes people "act nasty becaise they
came to school in a bad mood." or beca
o tnstrauors in trelr personal lire, which
trey take out on others.
l-k noted that oonllic1S can be solved
by each person listens to the other, allow­
ing both sides to get their point ecross and
finding positive solutions aa:eptable to
both.
Often, Martin said, boys identify
violence with manbood, but he also said
that currently "we are raising girls to be just
as short-tempered and violent as the boys.
'We give the kids opdors, other ways
to haIxpe situations," he said.
Martin adds that the classes deal much
wi th "peerpresscres," effor1S to be "trendy"
with ire group, pressures to act destruc­
tively.
This can be oounteraded with If-es­
teem. accord� to Martin. "You have 10
love the one you see in tre minor," 11: said,
adding that it is also reeessary to learn OOW
10 pick friends.
The classes are also teaching
youngsers � responsibility Qfpreventing
their friends from getting into destJujjve
situations. such as persuading a male frieoo
that "it's not worth it" to get into a fightwith
sorreore woo is with his old girtfrieoo, for
example.
a members are also trained in
mediation techniques, ways of 11:lping
people find theirownsolutiom tooo�
solutions acceptable to both sides.
THIS, MARfIN med, is training for
leadership. Many of the young people
involved, he said, were OI'X'JC "regative
leaders," because they "never experien:ed
being positive leaders."
Now they are �ing �irskiJJs to belp
build the oommunity, rather tlJm disrupt it..
And this, be said, irereases If -eseem,
SOSAD also otIers training. �
with grief, irl:lOOing grief for frieOOs woo
were victims of violence. Martin said that .
tu1ents are responding well to what �y
learn.
'Trey are pro\.l1 of it," 11: said, "It'
excellent seeing positive c:hanges."
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J
overnmental
nd oth r
c mmunity
leaders have b en invited to at­
tend.
The progr m i free nd open
to th public. Persons de iring
additional information hould
call (313) 485-7515.
a non-profit economi development ag ney
for Highland Par