What is the ntJI7Ie 0/ tJu:
Black man who got a paten:
lor afoumain pen in 1890?
OCTOBER 19, 1937 -
t Bond, b b 11 pi yer,
w born. 1943 - Othello
opened at Shubert Theater,
: N.Y.C.,withP ulRobe nin
title role. 1915 - rn t E.
J t, biologist, was warded
Spingam Medal for outstand­
ing earch in biology.
During the days 0/ rigid ra­
cial discrimination in major
league baseball; were there
any players 0/ probable
African blood?
OCTOBER 20, 1720 -
John Woolman, abolitionist,
was born. 1963-JIm Brown
set the career NFL rushing
, mark (since broken by Walter
Payton), with 8,390 yards.
1943 - Barbara Hudson,
business executive, was born.
1977 - The TV mini-series,
ROOTS, drew over 130 mil­
lion viewers. 1983 - Pin
Poin Theatre started Nation­
al tour of 1001 BI ck Inven­
tions, longest running tour of
a Black educational produc­
tion. 1990 - The Open Stage
of Harrisburg produced The
Member 0/ the Wedding by
C r on McCuller with
Phoebe Brown Berniece.
What did Ih'e te'tm "Black
gold" mean in the days 0/ the ..
African slave trade?
OCTOBER 21, 1917 -
John Birks (Dizzy) GUlesple,
Pioneer of "bebop" Jazz trum­
peter, was born.
Which popular dance tune
was called "the Negro Nation­
al Anthem" among Black
youths of the 1940s?
OCTOBER 22, 1963 -
225,000 boycotted Chicago
schools to protest segregation.
1917 - Fanklin Williams,
U.S. diplomat, was born.
1950's - Serious Jazz was
clearl y marked by racial in­
tegration.1940- The Negro
Playwright Company
production of Theodore
Ward's Big "White Fog,
opened at the Lincoln Thea,ter
in Harlem.
Which church group is
recognized as the founder of
Morehouse College (now
University) ?
OCTOBER 23, 1937 -
Bobby Seale, political ac­
tivist, was born. 1931 -
Charles Hinton, ed uca tor,
was born. 1893 - Professor
G.W. Carver received award
for paintings at Columbian
Exposition, Chicago. 1987 -
The Open Stage of Harrisburg
produced Chekhov's Uncle
Vanya with a non-traditional
cast. 1990 - Indiana Rep r­
tory Theatre produced Cyrano
De Bergerac with Black
actress Shawn Judge as
Roxanne.
Can you name the mall who
"as made a small fortune as a
cookie maker?
OCTOBER 24, 1964 .­
Zambia declared inde­
pendence. 1937 - Juan
Marichal, baseball player, .
was born. 1940 - Dr. Char­
le Drew developed techni­
que to preserve blood.
What is th name of the fir t
Bla k woman to serv in the
U.S. Diplomatic Service?
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rican Civil Liberti Union
ation Organization or
Legal Defe e Fund ued.
Thi year, the di pute foe
more on ce n ender.
inety percent of 170,000
tudents enrolled in Detroit public
chools I t year were BI The
city' overall population i 75
percent BI ck, In the neighborhood
around Malcolm X Academy, th
population is bout25percentBI c .
"I think mo t paren unde taDd
that th ir children eed to learn very
early on that Am rica i ci t
ociety, and if you're BI c you're
going to have to learn to deal wi th the
racism," McGriff 'd.
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"What is this, 'Malcolm
X Academy'l' \lW7y
him? He was a racist.
Thafs what he taught,
and what he believed.
\lW7y COUldn't they
have named it after
Martin Luther �ng, Jr.
or anyone?"
or anyone?"
Detroit police po e wom n
o cer Rh d Virgil-M di on aid
onday h kn w of no reports of
trouble t the c demy ince it
opened I te I t month on Detroit'
w t ide. School spo man Steve
a ko I 0 said he knew of no
incidents at the chool.
Deborah McGriff, choo)
uperintendent, aid she understands
too clearl y the re on for the
opposition- ci m.
At an August meeting that drew
about 500 people, McGriff was
outshouted and booed when be tried
to e plain the chool' purpo e. The
previou wee, wastikas were
spray-painted on the building.
"If I had opened thi school in a
Black neighborhood, I wouldn't
.Steveneon, Warren •
I 'T E OND dispute in
as many years facing the City i effort
to open African-American-centered
academies, designed to combat a 45
percent dropout rate among Black
IT'S NOT TH T clear to
neighborhood idents. Some y
the di pute nothing to do with
race. Others said race is a factor but
their main complaint is the double
standard they believe the chool
board used in moving the academy
to a building that had been closed
e required to ear
ubjcctcd to strider
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their
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chool arc focusing on the e
the Bl c hi tory, Blac lana:ual�
BI c culture. They're an important
part of the chool, but they're j t
that - extras," Harris . d.
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