THIS WEEK IN
BLACK HISTORY
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(]/em T. Settles?
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in MS, sc, LA, NC, AI., VA, OA,
OK.
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ANSWERS TO BLACK
HISTORY QUESTIONS
ad --r "DIapetmania," am
"DysdaIa ActhiqD," diYaa
aeated by white � Dr.
Samuel CIrtwrlgbr, dJta 18SL
24dl - Marshall "Major"
Rober,ts, dubbed "the Black
(,)cbI:," am � an bcme
1im.1k�"slDwcdOli"by
smilisWalot, 1BlIlqtawbi1eoom­
petim. and qmq Biblka1 scrip­
bRS in �poctss.
2!Ib - Very few by am­
pmi90n will tIDe tmded fix'. MS
slaMs 1B1 bealpeqlle indebt, �
tMs eX otJa' tilDes, ex' pteviously
��ldslIMstb:msd­
ves.
2Qb - W1¥ OYer Jordan.
Broadcas1s sit S\DIay �
bSCYClal )UIS.
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ftml (U pJardUm t> � next.
Soolc IrJd 1beirownarJViccs while
0CJm WOISbfpped from � gaIkly
c1drJrmas�s duches.
28Ib - "Black Anthony"
Jcmm was an taty capi1alist,just
� wbi Ik owned a pIanIa­
tblandslaYea. Ikhad mmc t> VA
• m bxIcoILIe srmu in 1621 and
�awardcd250aaestt
Jax1.
- The Secretary of
Dereme � � Caner .Ad­
ministration was Clifford L.
AIc1aDb', Jr.
DETROIT
V ilyn formula i
impl : ed t p ple to ere te
economic opportunity, nd em­
po erm nt ill follow.
S i doin her own p in· t
e ort by taking Detroit teens under
herwin . Since 1 , tb pre ident of
Vazilyn Po' etta oci t h
been ining youth with h r Small
B in Training Program.
" e emp ize to tuden that
. i m 11 b i training pro­
gram, ot job training program,"
aid Poi et who dded th 1,
more college graduat h ve difficul­
ty finding job , entrepren urial train­
ing becom more important.
"I ee cri i in the African-
American community: Our children
are not learning to be entrepreneurs."
"I'mp rt ofa lucky few," aid Eric
Marshall, 17, one of Poins tta' tu­
den ."Les than ten percent of my
peers ever get this type of e perience,
but it' 0 important for us to learn to
run businesses. "
Poinsetta been involved with
youn people for number of ye ,
however, this i th first year that he
has d formal program for them.
She . d that it' an education for her
as ell.
"The program' till developing "
he d. "Uke anything e e, you ee
what needs to be ed up, then you
fix it up and correct it. "
She d that he an to even-
tually create a school.
, I am looking t it­
d puttin to ther th
componen d detail for a chool, "
h . d. "I want to e (exi tin
b in to ch youn people to
be entrepreneurs or to become th
mid-level m n ger that the
entrepreneur eeds.
"I am vi ionary," Poinset dds.
"I can d bout omething in the
p per d be ble to vi ualize many
different opportuniti . That' what I
want th kids to do. I want them to
top this one-dimensional thinking.
want them to be able to think critical­
ly and creatively."
T RECEIVE in ruction on Computer AJded"De gn (CAD) from 10m Morgan, rchitect/
nd Tom Morgan, own r, Mutti Commun c ion Inc.
"I learned bout all the hard
that' needed to run a bin," aid
the King High School tenth grader.
"You really n ed to be dedicated and
to believe in yourself and your b i­
ness, or you'll remain right t the
bottom."
"I learned to k more que tions,
which is hard to do because I'm hy,"
aid Yvette Moore, her eyes dropping
at the end of the entence. Moore is
heading for either Ferri State or O -
land Univerity this fall.
"I want to get a degree in ccount­
ing and become a CPA," she added.
"With thfs program, I learned little
about the process of banking, and that
ne e.
The students all agree th t the pro­
gram has taught them lot.
"I've learned to manage my time
wisely," said Simone Moore, 17, a
enior at Redford High School who
wants to go into hotel management.
"Time management i important if I
want to become the fir t Black
woman to own a major hotel chain,"
he added, smiling.
Jamilah Levens, 15, aid that her
experience with the program w
revealing.
"0 0 long, we (Blacks) have
been told to g t an education 0 we
can get jobs," Poinsetta said. "We've
always wanted to be accepted, and
getting jobs was our way of gauging