THIS WEEK IN
BLACK HISTORY
DETROIT
How many � runs did
H IJIIJc Aaroll hit during h
lMjor � career?
JUNE 30, 1917 -
H , in er-actre , a
born. 1921 - • G •
wa awarded Spingam
for his performance in
D O'Neill', Bmperor
Jo 1939-())n clOled
Federal1beatre Project
III what y«Ir wtU Twugu
Instlnue (now Tu,ke,ee
Unlvenity) lowul«l?
JULY 1, 1960 - So aU
declared Independence. 1966
- Uvina Sta Theatre Com­
pany was founded in
Wuhln ton, D.C. 1893 -
W Wb, refonner,
bom. .
I'
What Is the name 01 the
BIDet poet who is /amolU lor
his poems in t/iQkct?
JULy 2, 1m - Vermont
wu the first state to abolish
slavery. 1908 - Thurgood
M , first Black U,S.
Supreme Court J nee, was
born. 1872 - McCoy
-I '
ing locomotive engine. His in­
ventions helped coin the
phrase, "the lUI McCoy." 1964
- LBJ signed Civil Rights Act
into law. 1925 - Med ar
Even, reformer, wa born.
1990-Ebony Magazine listed
Dorothy I. Height, President
National Council of Negro
Women as one of the mo t in­
fluential Black Americans.
� Of· which religious
denomination was Martin
Luther King, Jr.·? .
JULY 3, 1983 - Evelyn
Ashford et the world record in
the 1oo-meter dash (10.79).
1920 - Wade McCree, Jr.,
former U.S. Solicitor General,
was born.
What is the largest B/Qck
publishing company in the
U.S.?
JULY 4, INDE-
PENDENCE DAY. 1879 -
Jockey I e Murpby won
four reees in Detroit. 1910 -
Joe Jackson retained
heavyweight title, 'defeating
Jam Jeffries, the Oreat
White Hope. 1900 - LouIs
'S tcbmo' Armstrong, jazz
trumpeter, was born. 1881 -
Booker T. Wasblnaton
founded Tuskegee Institute.
1892 - Arthur G. Caston,
Black millionaire, was born.
In which year was the Dred
Scott Decision rendered?
ANSWERS TO, BLACK
HISTORY QUESTIONS
June. 28th - Howard
Univel1ity.
29th-7S5.
30th - July 4, 1881.
_ July 1st - Paul Uurence
Dunbar.
lad - Baptist.
3rd - Johnson Publica­
tions, Chicago.
-1856. The case had
started in 1946. The Supreme
Coun ruled that the Declaration
of Independence was not m .
to include Blacks. Therefore,
Scott did not have 8 right to
bring uit. seon' master had
helped him plan the' case. Two
weeks after the decision, Scott
t free by his owner.
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F. Roquemore)
Tara Upeh •• nJoya p Intlng a plctur. for mom during
Family Fun day For peel I Popul Ion ud nta .pon-
or.d by Highland Par Community ColI.g •.