This Week In
Black History
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WIUch BlacJcAmtrican coun.
ZJed President Lincoln auing
the Civil War?
FEBRUARY 11, 1961 -
rt W v became d
ministra'>ro a, . am Home
�Agerq.19C.X)-
MaDde. w rele ed from
prison after Z1 years. � -
J fo songsinger, �
born. 1924 -
singer, awarded the Spingam
Medal for his in�mational repu1a
lion in the m . c world.
Who is * earliest know Block
poet in 1M UnitedSuus?
FEBRUARY 12,
:'LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY.
, 1926-Dr.CarterG. W
· star1ed 'Negro History Wee '
: 1�-NAACP�fouOOcdin
: New' York aly. 1934 - BII
· baslcetball player, �
: born. 1865 - Henry HW'Jand
· Gamet delivered a sermon in
u.s. Ii> of Reprcsenlatives.
Whtre is the first BIocJc Con
: : gregotioNJI Church in 1M US?
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: � FEBRUARY 13, 1970 -
J<Rph L became the
first Black member of the New
York Stock Exchange. 1920-
Ne ro N tlonal Baseball
League was cstab�hed in Kan-
aty. 1926 - Roland (Roo)
. wasbom, Be-
ckwourth through Sierra
Nevada Mountains, named for
JIm Beckwourtb, a legemary
Black guide.
,. What was Frederick
: : Douglass' first qficial and paid
: : gcwenrmentQl positiaa?
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FEBRUARY 14, ST.
V ALENTlNE'S DA Y.1972-
• The W�hington, D.C. borre of
Frederick was desig
nated a national historic 1aOOmarlc.
1700 - RIchard Allen, A.M.E.
Oturch fowxier, was born. 1833
- Blacks aOO whites organized
the American Antl-Slavery
Soddy.
'What is the per capita income
in the island nation ofBarlxJdoes?
FEBRUARY 15, 1965 - '
NatKiDgCole,singeram pimmt,
dicd.1915 - TaftJonIan, trum
peter, was born. 1817 -
Frederick DougIB, abolitionist
leader, was born.
Who is believed to have mtJde
the first clocJc in America with
�parts?
DID YOU KNOW?
- The Freedom Del'OOCl1ltic
Party was organized in Mississip-
pi in 1964 to challenge the all
white delegation from Mississippi
at the Democratic National Con
vention in Atlantic Cty.
-In 1945 Ralph B� be
came the first African American
tDserve a division head in the
Department of State.
ANSWERS TO BLACK
HISTORY QUESTIONS
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9th-Herny McDonald, woo
aometimea kmwn as "the
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loeb - Frederick Douglass.
11tb .:._ Pbillis Wheatley.
l2dl- New Haven, a. Dix-
well Avenue Congregational
Clun:b.
13da - Federal Mamba!, Dis
trict of O>lumbia. Appointed by
�Ha)Uin urn.
I - About $3,(XX)annual-
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l!Cb - Bergamin Bannelcer
with III donatic per1S. Benjamin
Franklin made a clock eartierwith
�per1I.
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DETROIT
TH TUTO program ill
be dmini tered out of the Doty
Multi-Service Center, 10225 Third
Avenue.
According to Lewi A. Colon,
Doty Center exectuive director, the
center opened in September 1990
nd today has "over 17" agencie
erving the need of people out of
building the hool di trier though
was "rubbish."
"The mo t important thing we do
at Dory," Colon aid,"i we try to
keep the dream alive. We treat the
body from head to toe," Colson
said.
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hoods to join us on Saturday ."
PUSH' forums meet each
Saturday from 9:30 a.m, until 11 :30
a.m. at Detroit' only Black-owned
theater, the Big Star, 1540 Wood
ward Avenue.
The tutorial program will be
Board Pres. implement "Open · Door Policy"
By FLODEAN S. RIGGS
sr." Writ.,.
If parents of Detroit Public
Schools studen paren are ever in
Frank Hayden's neighborhood;
they can drop on by for a pell.
At le t if they are in the area of
the Schools Center Building, lo
cated at 5057 Woodward.
Hyden, the newly elected
school board pre ident, aid the
doors to hi office will lway be
open to parents, community mem
bers and other board members.
"Effective Monday, March 2, I
will begin an open-door policy al
lowing any community repre
sentative to meet with me at the
boar office, no appointment neces
sary," Hayden said. "I will see
people on a first-come, first-served
basis. The length of time I spend
with a single person or group will
IN ADDITION to recruiting for
PUSH choir, Dr. Prempeh id,
"We are looking for cholars, chur
che , busine e and neighbor-
depend on how many people are
aiting. No one will be turned
away."
Hyden, former board vice
input pledged to be even more com
munityoriented board president.
Fr('(' <oo Bu s mo s s C�Hd�
Buy 500. O.t 500 fr •• 121.85
Aal •• d Black Ink on Whit. e.rd
F S Publl.hlng .
. '553 Woodward. ult.202
(3 13) 964-42'11 .
from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the Doty
Center. The phone number i
(31)252-3036.
In addition to its program and
"Save The Children" logan, Dr.
Prempeh id PUSH is conducting
a membership drive.
For dditional information .
membership or other acti
pte e call (313)368-8701.
N w Directory of African
Am.rlcan Print. Craft
D.a'.r. ( 18.15)
o vtd AI.k. B.k.rl lewll Publllhing
. 1663 Wood .. ·.rcl '202 • Box 711 .
(313) 964-4247
Fr.n� Hayd n
president who ha sponsored
re olutions involving community
447 W� 9 Mile Road
Ferndale, Michigan 48220
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