DETROIT
THIS WEEK IN
BLACK HISTORY
July 11
Does icicle cell . e al
feet more whites or more
Blacks?
JULY 6, 1929- 0 I
U rb D Le ue branch
ere tabl hed in 11 major
cities. 1964 - I I
decl red independence. 1971
"Loul tcb 0
tro jazz trumpeter,
died. 1957 - Altbea GI
defeated Darlene Hard in
Wimbledon Ingl final, the
first African-American to
win tennis' mo t prestigious
toum ment. 1932 - D Ua
, Inger, w born.
Who was the first Black
goller to join the professional
golfing Circuit?
n1L Y 7, 1973 - Tbom
Bradley, w elected Mayor
of 1.0 Angeles, 1921 - Ez
zard Ch rle , boxer, w
born. 1948 - Alice Coach
man set new Olympic record
for the high jump. 1906 -
Leroy (S tcbel) Paige,
baseball player, was born.
Approximately what per
centage 01 Jamaicans con
sider themsleves Black?
JULY 8, 1914 - Ralpb
Ellison became a board mem
ber of the American
Academy and Institute of
Arts nd Letters. - BlUy
Eckstlne, Singer, was born.
1908 - Loul Jordan,
saxophonist/orchestra leader,
was born.
Which famous A��.riclJ(l
artist was the son 01 an AME
Church Bishop?
JULY 9, 1968 - In his
book, THINK BLACK, poet
Don Lee stated "Black art
will elevate and enlighten our
people .. '," 1893 - Dr.
Daniel Hale William per
formed first successful open
heart operation. 1955 - E.
Frederic Morrow, was ap
pointed to President
Eisenhower's staff. 1947 -
O.J. Simpson, football
player, was born.
Did Blacks ever pastor
and preach at white churches
in colonial times? .
JULY 10, 1875 - Mary
McLeod Bethune was
born.1889 - Noble SissIe,
orchesta leader, was born.
Who was the founder 01
the Universal Negro Im
provement Association?
JULY 11, 1928 - Cbar
Ies W. Chestnutt, author,
was awarded the Spingam
Medal for pioneer work in
literature. 1905 - W.E.B.
Du liobls and William Mon
roe Trotter organized the
Niagara Movement which
demanded abolition of all
race distinctions. 1897 -
(Blind) Lemon Jeffenon,
blues singer, was born.
In which year were Blacks
first permitted to join the U.S.
Marine Corps?
ANSWERS TO BLACK
HISTORY QUESTIONS
5tb - Sickle cell disease
affects essentially Black
people, and apparently those
with some Black genetic en
dowments.
6th - Cigar-chomping
Charlie Sifford, in April of
1961.
7th - About 85%
8th - Henry O. Tanner.
9th - Yes, Bryan, Leile,
and others. Some were con
ide red phenomenons.
10th - Marcus A. Gar
vey.
11th -1943.
IL Y REU 10 - Th Little family recently c I brated f mily reunion Rouge P rk n 0 ro
cam tog her to reunite spirit: reI' many memories, share dream and to thank God
ho paved th way.
ByRO IG l
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DSTRorr - The fi eral depart
ment of Housing nd Urban
aryGrove
College
v ning op n
hou e July 15
Detroit's Marygrove College
Admissions Department will host
an evening open house "The
Marygrove Experience for Adults"
on Wedne day, July 15 from 6:00-
8:30 p.m. in the Madame Cadillac
Building on the campus located at
8425 West McNichols Road at
Wyoming.
The annual summer open house
is an opportunity for new, transfer
or retummg adult students to dis
covet Marygrove.
Attendees will meet the faculty,
staff and students, learn about the
· a i n ee, hear about
financial aid oppb , I
.academic.. ,tanning . .p ·bilities..\
tour the campus, discover the over
60 degree programs and much
more.
A highlight of the evening will
be a panel discussion on the
"Marygrove Experience for Adults"
led by current and alumni students.
The $15 application fee wi,ll be
waived for those who apply on
Wednesday, July 15.
Serving the metropolitan Detroit
area for over 60 years, Marygrove
College offers two and four year
degree programs in more than 65
areas of concentration as well as
master degrees in Administration,
Education and Pastoral Ministry.
For more information or to
register for the summer open house
call. Marygrove College Admis
sions Office at 862-5200.
Black Writers'
awarded
minigrant
. Detroit Black Writers Guild (,1
Wayne County has been awarded a
minigrant by Prevention Network.
They received $500 for "Substance
Abuse Prevention" coloring books.
This group is among hundreds of
community groups in Michigan
working in various ways to prevent
substance abuse in their com
munities.
Prevention Network serves com
munity prevention with a number of
resources-a monthly newsletter,
technical assistance, a resource,
center, regional trainings and
workshops, and a minigrant pro
gram which annually awards
$37,500 in amounts up to $500.
"Projects like the one this group
has organized represent a
grassroots effort to create healthy
communities free of substance
abuse problerns.," said Sheila
Taylor, Coordinator of Prevention
Network. "When Communities
identify problems with misuse of
alcohol and other drugs and design
programs to combat this using com
munity resource , we can hope for
significant social change."
Prevention Network is a pro
gram of National Council on Al
coholism and Drug.Dependence of
Michigan and is funded by Office of
Substance Abuse Services and
United Way of Michigan.
I
U
Development tated that the City of
Detroit would not get more money to
deal with its high vacancy rate in
pubUc housing.
Joanne Adams, HUD Super
visory Management Speciali t, who
serves HUD liaison with the City
of Detroit, aid that HUD required
city public housing projects to have
a 93 percent occupancy rate and
rejected Detroit' request to get a
wavier to allow its public housing a
65 percent occupancy rate.
Adam noted contrary to
televi ion report , the federal
government was not actually cutting
funds Detroit already had. The city
would still get the same $17 million
it would be entitled to, if its housing
had met the 93 percent requirement.
What w at i ue, he said, was
a Detroit request for $3 million extra
- to compensate for the up eep ex
pense of the vacant hom and a
·lack of revenu coming from rent if
the buildings were occupied at a 93
percent rate.
AMY SCHORR, an official of
the ACORN Community Origina
tion, charged thi problem existed,
because of Detroit Mayor Coleman
Young' refusal to open up more
public housing units to homele
families last winter.
S FREEZE, A10
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WESTERN MARKET - Old Fashioned Meat S rvlce with real
live, butcher to cut and trim quality meat, offer adVice and
Individually wrap. your purchase can stili be found In
metro-Detroit. Joe Orlando, right, Is one of the butcher at
Western Market in Ferndale who fill the bill. Joe says the k y to
succe .. ls • appreciate the cu tomer.· He urges young people to
tay In school,' I arn work skills and ·don't be afr Id of hard
work.· After nine years at their Nln Mlleloc tlon, Jo 's father,
Andy nd his partners Steve and Tony Selvaggio have earned a
reputation for offering consistent quality of fre h dally meat and
produce. They share their succe with the community In a
variety of ways including contributions to the Detroit Zoo. In fact,
they enthusiastically urge the community to take advantage of
the Zoo's expanded summer hours, open Wednesday, July 15
and Thur day, August 13, until 8:30 pm. _
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