DETROIT
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THIS V'JEEK IN
BLACK HISTORY
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lWDn didJoe LouJ.s dt:fttd to
become heavyweight boxing
chanpim?� .)mr?
named am r to Luxem­
bowg.1928-Bb:Abirdmf1928,
featuring tap dancer
" " opcIEdat
� Uberty 1laIcr in New Yolk.
1989 - The Asili Rcpcnory
1latre opcIEd with i prodlx:tioo
eX N.R. Jr.' El HtfJ
MaJi/c: 7heLife twl'I'flna tfMal- .
coIm X. 1939 - be­
came the flrst Black womanjudge
in the US. .
� how mDIrj slavs �
SI1I4ggIed into the U.s. tfter the
international slave tr� ban
declared the practice ilJegd?
MAY al, l746 - Thu!1IIIIDt
L'0uwnure" revolutionary
ltadcr of Haiti, was bom. 1961-
U.s. Attorney 0encraI IWJert
Kmnedy dIspadJcd US.
k).�, Ala. ., re­
De Oltb'in � "FreetbmRider"
.. a>rDuYeIsy. 1922 - J E
Km& judge, wm born. 1m -
Over 3,300 eledcd � at-
1aKIcd � filst National Blade
politic:al Oxwe 00. held in Gmy,
IJdana.
N� the.'B1tItJIcAmtri:on one'
ist who ." cJamcal 11IISic to
� � tB early as
1851?
MAY a ]SOl - ... 1--.&1_
Wi , jazz pianist, am-
JX*r, WII born. 1833 - Black
tlIien1scaolledin atOber-
lin Co . Ohio. 1951-S;,py
H� a oomcdyby ua ....
H optned at � 85th StJ=t
PIayIQae in New Y<X'katy.l
isfppi decided to <m­
� its majority Black
popMioo.
lWUch' B/oc;Ic religiou.f Imdtr
1DItl11ll!d.r in theO,.Dtpa:sba
" � tIId BIa:Ics for. fIIMen
cmIS?
GIlLAND also on
tio titI in 1982, 1983, 1985,
1990, and 1991. The school
nUS. runncrup four ti .
The extracurricular perliamcn­
tary procedure vity w tab­
JJabed in 1919 by Mm. Pwslful,
b education cber d
MAY 22, 1786 -
TIIppm, abolitioJmt, bom.
1921- Slru/JkAlong qx3d 00
Broadway with spedal preview
fir aoogwri� and pcdbuDem.
The uatcxpcmfYeOldJcslla
cost $2.00. 1931 - Van B.
, architect, was born.
During the Montgomery, Ala.
boycott eX scp:gaICd bua, many
wodccrs walkaI much twelve
miles ., tbtJr jeD.
Duringthesl/ate� .w.tId
Afrlcon chiefs meat by "a book?"
MAY 23, 1.00) - WI-
R Carney eX the 54th
saclm.eas VolunlCClS beam: �
fiIst Black awarded � Qqpaa­
Medal eX:Ib¥)r fOr valor at
Fort Wap, S.C 1844-a.r­
EN US.CO�
(lA), born, 1856 - J
� pro-slaYay men
atPouawatanie, Kama
Which state did COII­
gruswo1lUl1l Barbara Jortltm
represent?
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