This Week In
Black History
y -
Were there ever all-Black
professional baseball teams in
corporated in leagues with all
white teams?
MAY ,1Bm- ton E
go mment official, was
born, 1 5 - rt. Abbott
publisbed � first i ue of �
Chicago Defender. 1950 - Poet
G ndolyn Broo w first
Black to win a Pulitzer Prize (for
"Annie Allen"). 1972 - Frank
W a 26-year-old Black
security guard, alerted police to
� Waterga break-in.
Was the Quaker, William
Penn, ever a slaw! owner?
MAY 6, 1812 - Martin R.
De ney, army
major/lawyer/physician, .was
born. 1965 - M X was
. inated during a rally in w
York City. 1930-ActorOtar-
GUpin, who created the title
role of Eugene 0' ill' "The
Emperor Jo ," died. 1931 -
Willie Ma b ball player,
wasbom.
Who K-W the partner of Bert
Williams in their famous comedy
team?
MAY 7, 1921 - Paul
QuInicbette, saxophonist, wa
born, 1946 - WIWam H. Bas
tie, first Black govermr of �
VIrgin Islands, ina�ted. 1962
- Alaska passed an open oc
cupancy law. 1878 - J.R.
Winters patented first � escape
ladder. 1923 - - The "Chip
Woman's Fortune," by WlIIB
Richardson, became the first
play by a Black playwright to
open on Broadway (Frazee
Theater). 1969- Boston Celtics,
led by center Bill won
7th game over the LA Lakers for
the NBA title. In Russell's 13
seasons, Celties won 11 cham
pionships.
Approximately how '!'any
Black Baptists are there In tht;
U.S.?
MAY 8, 1910 - Mary L
William (Mary E. Winn)
pianist/composer, was born.
1976 - AlvIn Alley, dancer,
director, awarded Spingarn
Medal for international
preeminence in field of dance.
What is the name of the Imgest
Black-run ban/c in New York
City?
MAY 9,1939 - Ralph B0s
ton, olympic sprinter, was bo�
1898 - P ul Robeson born In
Philadelphia. 1956 - Old Globe
Theatre rosted A RtJisin In 1'he
Sun the first production of a
BI�k playin San Diego. 1991--:
Tennessee Repertory Theatre
premiered Some Sweet Day,
based on � first recorded joint
strike by Blacks am whitcs.1976
- Barbara JonJan, first Black
keynote peaker � a� a
major party at a national political
convention. 1927 -
Abbott staged first 1l.5 egee
RelayCamivalgivingw��n �
cbaree to how their abilities In
track am field. 18X) - John
Brown, abolitionist, was born.
1899 - AJ. Burr patented the
lawn mower.
Who was the first Black
democrat ever to be elected to
the U.S. Congre ?
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HIGHLAND PARK
de loped countnes
ntc
ry minu two
evic d or forced to
hom .
- Som 7 million Am rica
have no health insuran.
- M ny eld rly pl now
"walking t tree hom le and
ic and committing uicid
celeratin ra ."
- Th "only w rtf the U.S.
. government is giving for i ." cal
crisi "i to drastically cut ocial r
vice in the face of thi human
mi ry, to "obliterat all cia! fety
nets "turning Am rica from a 0-
called 'welfare tate' to a drug tate."
The answer, th organization said,
is to demand federal etion to ensure
th rights of tho e in poverty.
-The right to a job with dignity.
1bi , the document aid, i not
simply a call to full employment
Noting that "under slavery
ealth Care
otin th t the "creed of
country" invol " right to life
d liberty," th document . d .
" b olu Iy no meaning" un}
the government guar ntee th t
everyon receive health
care, whether or not they have the
means of payment It noted that -
tiona! crisi i ti like the AIDS
epidemic, in in infant mor-
tali ty nd drug e" cry out fo�
governmental emergency measures.
While ing the right to life,
the document also upported uring
"resources and righ "of all women
to "make their own reproductive
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of
elf re nd Unemployment
Programs.
With welfare under the control of
the ta ,thedocument 'd tbatwel
fare and unemployment payments
rep ented"the bottom floor th
wage ystem in this country" that
tate govemmen are no "compet
ing with each other to 10 er or
elimina this floor to drive down
wage levels, cheapening their I bor
force so 'to create a 'betterb
clima e' for profit-making."
It noted that northern tat were
lowering theirs to the leve of under-
Education
j"Ar:I..&� G deprivation nd
di rimination b ed on X, race,
religion, and other diffeIe out
lawed fed ral crim
Tho interested in more in!omw
tion on the docummt tl1Id how to sup
port it hould write NationlJI Up and
Out of Poverty Now BiU 0/ Rights to
End Poverty, 3901 Cass Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan 48201.
-G G VI 0 pover-
ty and unemployment contrOl. of
every government body affecting
their liv .
1bi is not a call for the implemen
tation of the old guidelin of "maxi-