This Week In
Black History
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M two nationally.known
Blocks who owned ucceMfad
bus' in tM Iy 1800s.
FEB UARY 21, 1965 -
w inated in
York, N.Y. 1905 - Dr.
• abrl tlrst Bl c to
serve on the Atomic Energy
Commission, born. 1966
rt W ver became the
fillt Bl cabinet member
�rofF.nnD.1933-
lmo (Eo W )'Dlo ),
pianist, born.
Are there common Jcinships
between most Caribbean
peop� and Blaclc Americans ?
FEBRUARY 22,
WASHINGTON'S
BIR1HDA Y. 1950 - JuUu
'Dr. J' Ervin basketball
player, W born. 1966 - Em·
mett Ashford became the first
Black umpire in the major
leagues. 1881 - Jam (Jim)
Europe, anny band director,
was born.
Who was the first Black
space scimtist ever?
FEBRUARY 23, 1979 -
Frank E. Jr. became
Black general in the Marine
Corps. 1986 - Kareem
Abdul·Ja , all-time lead­
ing scorer in NBA history,
played in his 1,304th game,
breaking Elvin Hay , record.
1907 - Alain Locke, first
Black to win the highly-coveted
Rhodes Scholarship. 1868 -
W.E.B. DuBois Black Titan
Great Barrington, was born.
There was only one Black
player in iM.NFL in 1M 1928·
29 season. What is hi.f�?
FEBRUARY 24, 1811 -
Daniel A. Payne, reformer and
educator, A.M.E. Church
bishop, was bom.l968-Shlr·
ley C olm became the first
Black rongresswoman. .
Who was tht! only Block in
the US congress betwem 1897
and1931?
FEBRUARY 25, 1964 -
Muhammad All defeated
Sonny Liston for world
heavyweight boxing Champion.
hip. Charles Houston w the
first Black editor of Harvard
Law Review. 1895 - Georae
S. Schuyler, journalist, was
born.
What is the � of tM first
novel written by a Blodc person
in the US?
ANSWERS TO BLACK
ISTORY QUESTIONS
19th - Henry Highland
Gamet on February 12, 1865.
20th - Paul Cuffe (ship.
ping and real estate) and James
Forten (sail maIdng).
2 - Most definitely With
r001l on the West African COMt.
Many slaves were sold into the
tates from the Caribbean Js­
lands.
2lnd - Amaldo Mendez, a
CUban, with the Soviet Union.
23rd - Fred "Duke" Slater,
graduate of the University of
Iowa in 1922. He was to be­
rome a municipal court judge in
Chicago.
24dl - George H. White
(NC). .
25 - Ootel is believed to
be the first novcl writ1en by a
Blae American and published
in the U.S. The novel, Nig. was
published by a Black Am�rican
woman around the same ti in
England.
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nd Danny Brookln., a I tant director. (photo by N. Soott)