DETROIT
THIS WEEK IN
BLACK HISTORY
What u tilt! name of the /int
lack American Idlled 0 a
acejlight?
Who wa the original
"clown prince" of prof� ioruU
bas�l?
JUNE 16, 1963 - 80
JeD Jr. became the first
Blac member of the tional
Labor Relatio Board. 1914
- Ell (lAIcky)
jazz axophonist, w born.
1970 - � G
elected Mayor of ewark,
NJ., first B c Mayor 0
major eastern U.S. city. 1968
- Marlin B became the
first Black quarterback in pro
football. .
What is the 1UU1Ie 0 the
Black .American who om­
paniedPemy to tMNorthPok,
and was first to set foot on tM
exoa spa?
JUNE 17, 1871 - Jam
� Weldon Johnson, author of
Black National Anthem ''Lift
Every Voice and Sing", was
born. 1775 - Minuteman
Peter Salem fought l.he Battle
of Bunker Hill.
Who was the first ever to set
"the blues" into musical score?
JUNE 18, 1889 - W.H.
Richardson patented
children's carriages. 1863 -
the 54th Massachusetts
Colored Infantry attacked Fort
Wagner, s.c. 1918 - Gar­
diner Taylor, clergyman, was
born. 1961 - D G ry
launched his career as come­
dian in Chicago Playboy CUb.
Were Black African­
American forebears mostly
Christian?
JUNE 19, 1968 -
Solidarity Day March of Poor
People's Campaign in
Washington, D.C. 1981 -
Jubilee Theatre was founded
in Fort Worth, Texas. 1909 -
Joseph V. Tboma jazz
saxophonist, was born. 1981-
Roy WllIdos, one of the giants
of the movement for Black
progress in the 20th century,
died at the age of SO.
What famous New England
family made a fortune in the
. slave tr� and textiles?
JUNE 20, 1858 - Charles
W. Cbe nutt, novelist, was
born. 1946 - Andre Watts,
pianist, was born. 1960 -
Senegal and Mall gained inde­
pendence from France. Mor­
decaiJobnson was elected tirst
Black president of Howard
University. 1948 - Edward
Dudley served as America' ,
first Black Ambas ador­
Liberia.
How numy Blocks served in
w US congress between 1891
and 1945?
ANSWERS TO BLACK
HISTORY QUESTIONS
4tb - Ronald McNair.
15th - "Goose" Tatum.
16tb - Matthew Henson,
1902, as Adm. Peary's valet
and aide. Each fathered at least
one child while there.
17tb - W.C. Handy, circa
1912.
18th - Most were Mo lern
or pagan.
19th - The Brown
(Uni'versity) family: Moses,
Nicholas, Joseph and John.
Moses became a Quaker, and
gave up slave buying.
20th - Six. Cheatham
(NC), Murray (NC), White
(NC), DePriest (ll..), Mitcbell
(ll..), and Dawson (ll..).
Since 1971,
predomin ntly
organization h r
urce , i food production
d improved health ervi
org niz tion h 1 0 pro ided
emergency i lance to refu
and drought victims.
The tud n d taff ceepted
D y' challen and et goal to
rai e $500 in pennie between
February and June 1.
C LL.
informed tuden that
per on lly 0 to
he dquarte in hiD ton, D.C.
and pre ent their c ec .
"The kids were ecstatic," D y
Id. "The project a real
u "
On June 6, Blackwell went to
W hington, D.C. and presented the
chec Melvin Foote, director of
the Office of Con tituency
Development, and Forrest Branch,
A d light d Cath rlne C. Blackwell ccept on of two facalmil ch
.tudent. at F rrl EI m ntary choolln Highland Par
the Republic of Senegal. The
eedling will not only provide
firewood (or the people in the
vill ge , but will also help to
re- tabli h th rain cycle.
i tant to the director.
"I think thi kind of thing renec
the true pirit of the kids.in Highland
Park, aid Forre t Branch. " I've
alre dy sent a letter to the school
commending the students. I also k
that a copy of th letter be forwarded
to th mayor," be d.
According to Branch, the money
the tuden raised will be used to
.purchase tree eedling for
re-forestation project in the Sahel
region of Africa. The seedling will
be monitored by various villages in
"LOTS 0 TB penni came
from depositing pop bottl ,"
Day d. "One teachcrtoldherc
that be would match wh tever they
collected. Another cl had a b
ale," Day explained.
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