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DETROIT
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THIS WEEK IN
BLACK HISTORY
J
Which BIacJc . hDd
than 55 pt#
1872 and 1920?
MOItII'eal ;"197� how nttIIJY
were won by Blocks?
JULY 21, 1864-�New
Orleans Tribune published.
• 1896 - Mary urch Terre
e1ec1cd first President of
National AssociationofO>lored
Women. 1988 - Perihelion
Theater Company in Chapel
Hill, N.C. taged Saturday's
antdren, in which 1bomasJeI.
played by a Black
acmr. 1921 - WIDIam (Billy)
Taylor, comoser/pianist, wu
bom.l839-Slave ship AMIS­
TAD was taken over by slaves
led by CInque.
Which Black colkge opened
its doors to Indimu in 1879?
JULy 22, 1939 - J
appointed first Black
female judge in u.s. 1902-
Ala T. SpauldlDa. insurance
executive, born. 1884, 1890
and 1891-Jockey M ......
play a��v
Kentucky DCrfsy.·
Who was 1M fint BIacJc�
hfttlby.MeII'OpOlitIln�
A.s.sociation ill a .010 role'
JUL Y23, 1718-Mom than
700 BJac . panicfpatcdlnBaUle
of Mommuth (NJ.). 1840 -
John Ad .BJlDIlD, U.S.
CongtaaID8ll (N(,), born.
1863 - Kelly MOler, au1bor,
• WM bom. 1917 -The Harlem
Globetrotters were organized.
Which revolutionary war
veteran founded the Black
Masons?
JULY 24, 1807 -
Shakespearean actor, Ira
AJdrId&e, was bom in New
York aty. 1925 - Adele Ad·
dIIoD, soprano, was bom. 1891
- Halle Se Emperor of
Ethiopia, was born. 1954- Dr.
Mary Church Terrell; first
Black to serve on the
Washington, D.C. Board of
Education, died. 1865 - Head­
quarters of the Freedman's Bank
opened in New York.
Which sport events doBIach
attend more than all others?
JULY 25, 1777 - First
Black Baptist Church in
America was organized by eigbl
slaves at Silver Bluff, S.C. 1W6
J obnny Bodle.,
saxopmnist, was bom. 1976-
Ed Moses won gold medal
and set world record in 400-
meter hurdles at Montreal
Olympics. 1960 - At the
Olympics, �r JobMoD won
Decathlon.
The Free African Socidy,
foundiul in 1787, formd the
bare for whichBIDdc business in
the u.s.?
ANSWERS TO BLACK
HISTO . V QUESTIONS
19th - Elijah McO>y.
20th - Twen'¥.�two (22).
21st - HamplOn Institute.
22Dd - Danocr, Janet �I-
·lins.
23rd - Prlnoe Hall, a native
of Barbados. He established tbD
lodge in 1m.
24th - Basketball.
25th - The imUJ'8J1CC busi­
ness.
- Out t ndin
Year Friend
do ble bono
Willie D. I,
orator of Caro el
Caro I Laundromat
. MSHDA
commits $2.9
million to Pontiac
S RepreIen1adve am·
lie J. HantIoa. Jr. (D-Pontlac)
announced today that the
. Mlcbl.an State Housing
Development Authority
(MSHDA)'" 1pp1O\'Cd a $2.9
millioIllDOl'tpF commitment
for the Q)ioDial Meadows,
development of affordable
apartmentl for low-income
dertY people in the city of
l� 10 I "",.
·ColoDial Meadows will
pioYI ICnt-replated apart­
.... for older rcaidents in the
dly,· Rep. HarrIIon laid. "I'm
tbrDIed .... MSHDAhII made
. tbIa ImponaDt bMatment in
our COIDIIlUDlty, aDd Opened up
til adtlDa boUlina option to
our deIerYIDa 1eDi0ll."
The Colonial Meadow.
deveIopmeDt wID be located on
Walton Boulevard, weat of
Perry SIIeet aDd adjacent 10 the
PoadIcIboppIDa center. It will
lDdude 51 one-bcdroomand 31
two-bedJoom unitl for older
people with very low iDco�.
Tbi MSHDA mortpse com­
mltmont will provide a $32,800
UDUIllUblidy 10 help reduce
reD
·Our dty'. older reaidents
deaerve decent, affordable
bout'q dOle to shopping,
traMpOrtadon and other ser­
vlcea!bey need'to Ft by in the
dty," Rep. HIrrlIon aaid.
.".. MSHDA funda will
beip IDIb beder UvinI a reality
In our CQIDIIUlDity."
u I >II
Some Ibleto
defer city ummer
property tax�
Certain low income senior
cltizeDI, dllabled pellODS, veterans
or tbelr widowl, may be eligi�le to
defer payment oftbeir aty of Detroit
1992 lUlDJDer property taxes until
February 1S, 1993.
Mlcblpn law provid� that no in­
terest or penalty be charged to
. eU&fble taxpayers who defer pay­
ment undl February (providing they
have med an application by septem­
berl5). Without a deferment, the full
tax mUit be pak1 by Aupat31, 1992.
Tbo cletamentl are only for the
bomeateadloftbeeligible taxpayers.
Tbc tupayer'. Income cannot ex­
ceed $20,000 in order to qualify for
a deferment.
Tboee eUafble for the deferment
. are IODior ddzenl who are age 65 or
over by December 31, 1992,
parap Jlea, quadriplegiCS, the blind,
and totally aDd permanently disabled
peIIODI.
Peraon. in -the following
- prtea are aIIo eligible: vet�rans
of wan before World War I anc1 their
widows; .aIve military personnel;
oeadODDCI W*R .. or their widows;
widowl of rani deceased in er­
vice; and, ve rani with service con-
.. oecte4 11 eM.- their wido :
OUTSTANDING BUSI ESS AN AWARD - Ray Shoulders (right), producer of WMKM's ·Heavens
Highways· presents Willie D. Hall, owner and operator of Carousel Cleaners and Laundromat with the
Outstanding Businessman and Friend of the Year awards.
entertainer' hi tory lnce he became being a fri "d
the dverti ing agent for Hall' busi- Hall.
t g ther." aid love, re peel, nd determination to
give quality ervice" to the cus­
tomers and urrounding community
of Caro el Cleane and Carousel
Laundromt.
."1 am very grateful to be recog­
nized In this pecial way.
Being ucces fu1 in b in and
e hac ou
neighborhoods.
or information and
tr atment referrals call:
1·800· �6·
11 hi n p rtrn nt ofPu Ii
ot at my party."
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