DETROIT
This Week In
Black History
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born.
M the Wee protl!Sta1rl
church groups which first QC­
cq1tedBlocks in large 1tIlmben.
MARCH 20, 1883 -- J
Ma'tzelliaer paten me- t­
ing machine. 1914 - J
lawyer, born.
1910 -- CRI official
organ of NAACP, first ap­
peared.
Were freed sitms given 40
ocres and a muk at the close of
the Civil War?
MARCH 21, 1965 -- M
tin Luther King Jr. lead
thousands of marchers from
Selma to Montgomery, Ala.
1918 - (Sir) Charle
1bom n, saxophonist, w
born. 1874 - P trick Healy, a
Black man, became president�f
Georgetown University.
Whqe and whm were the
first slaves settled in the US?
MARCH 22, 1898 - J.W.
S th patents the lawn
sprinkler. 1956 - Sammy
De J r, opened in the musical
"Mr. WondeI:fi4" at the Broad­
way Tbeater in ew York ely.
1919 -- C ,
guitarist, born.
Which Black scientist
ckveloped the camera/spec­
tograph lor theApoHo 16 space
flight?
MARCH 23, 1935 - Na­
tional Council of Negro
Women established in New
York City, 1873 - Slav.ery
aboll hed in Puerto Rico.
1982 - M -Theatre
Group (N.Y.) boated U.S. '
premiere of The Long Journey
of Popple Nongena, a South
African anti-apartheid produc­
tion. 1943 -- Lee May,
baseball player, was born.
How nu:ury BUlck jockeys
have beenKentucky Derby win­
neTS?
MARCH 24, 1837
Canada gave B the right .
to vote. 1865 - Black troops
mustered into Confederate ser­
vice. 1941 - Rkbard
Wright' Native Son, opened
on Broadway at the St. James
Theater, starring Canada Lee
and directed by orson Welles.
1969 - Joseph vubu,
president of the Congo, died.
1922 -- Clarence (KIn
P re) Beeks singer, was
born.
Which Black reformer at­
tempted to integrate public
transportation in the South as
early as 1941 ?
ANSWERS TO BLACK
HISTORY QUESTIONS
18th - Constitution Hall in
Washington, DC, controlled by
the Daughters of the American
Revolution (DAR).
19th Baptists,
Methodists, and Presbytcriam.
20th - No. It w a nunor,
but based upon fact, in that uch
a request was made of the
government by congressman
Charles Summer of Ma -
sach�US.
21st -- In what later became
the US, slaves were in South
Carolina in 1526 - a)ong the
banks of the Pee Dee River -
TIdewater country .
. 22Dd -- George E. Car­
rukrs.
23rd - Fourteen between
1875 and 1902.
24th -- The late Bayard
Rustin.
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