THIS WEEK IN
BLACK HISTORY
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Ii ttle or no upport from the African
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communitie with cri i .
"I would lile to e more of our
people upporting thi ef ort and ny
other effort that concern our
" well-being, afterall, the only
Interrupted by honking hom of que tion h re i , did Emad Shi to
upport, an acknowledgement of . have the right to pull that trigger? It
gratitude i spoken by Alvirise won't end here, it will happen gain,
Chatman 19, an eye witn to the only ne t time, it may b omeone
hooting. "Raffeal died in my arms close to your heart.
that night and I will n ver forget how The rush of the evening traffic
i� was," Chatman aid. "We were and the lack of community
like brothers. We shared - involvement gave an indication that
everything .our clothes, money and what happened at Abby's Self Serve
good times: People that upport us is was just another night in Detroit.
what give us the courage to go on."
"I plan to get away from all of thi
madness. I am joining the Navy after
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gasoline prices to 89 a gallon to lure customers cr
protest lines.
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Before the invention of the
cotton gin, how long did it take to
clean eeds from appraximately
one pound of cotton?
Clerk's Office with ineffiCiency.
Spokespersons for the Ci ty
Clerk', Office were not available for
comment. One person aid that mo t
of the officials were working until 6
a.m. in the morning and took the day
after elections off.
He suggested that if such
problems existed, they might have
been caused by reapportionment
putting people in different areas.
U.S. Representative John
Conyers, Jr., Chairman of the House
Committee on Government
Operations and senior member of the
judiciary Subcommittee on Civil
and Constitutional Rights, is calling
for an investigation of the
inefficiency.
She said much of the credi t for the
high vote in her area should go to her
party organization, stating that
DETROIT-A large voter turnout members were involved in
affected the presidential election and distributing literature, radio ad and
many state issues, but Mildred pbone calls telling people not only to
S taIling , who chairs th 14 th dis trict vote, but to "take your families and
Democratic Party organization neighbors with you."
charges that many who wanted to Maureen Taylor of the Welfare
vote were not allowed to do o. Rights Organization stated that her
ACcording to the Detroi t Election group, the Up .and Out of Poverty
Commission, there were 347,266 Committee, and the Detroit NAACP
ballot ca t in Detroit-a large were involved in transporting people
increase not only from the low voter to the polls in Detroit's Cass
turnout of 192,138 in the 1990 Corridor.
Governor's election, but the 315,242 Taylor said that because of such
votes cast in the 1988 Presidential efforts 90 percent of eligible people
NOVEMBER 12, 1941 - Election. in the Cass Corridor voted.
M dame Lillian. vanti ���nd Park had 7,049 ballots I' • Stallings said ,that many went to
founedd the National Negro . 'the 3,773 otes cast I. their v.otitig a .and were turned
Opera Comp'��'1'197r� t' t W'l990'�ftl1' d1t!'6,491 �U- 1ti' i � tofotffiftftDiiii . were not"6h " "\",
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elected first Bla k mayor of ew According to unofficial Highland
Orleans. 1875 - Bert Willia Park totals, there were 5,794 votes
comedian, was born. ] 778 - cast for the Democratic candidate
Over 7 Bla took part in the Bill Clinton, 235 votes for
Battle of Monm uth. Republican George Bush and 156 for
independent candidate Ross Perot.
No votes were recorded for other
minority candidates, although 864
votes were left to be counted at press
time.
the GAO and the Seaetuy of S
to independently a ell tbe
management cri i t tbe City
Clerk's Office and make
recommendations on how to dreu
it."
Conyers requested inve tigations
by the U.S. Department of Justice
and the U.S. General Accounting
Office, and with Michigan Secretary
of State Richard Austin, in a pres
conference on November 5, the
Detroit Election Commi sion'
handling of Election Day.
"Thousands of Detroit voters
were denied their Constitutional
right to vote for President on
Election Day," Conye rted. "I
am asking the Department of Justice,
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What was "The Negro
Renaissance," or "the Harlem
Renaissance ?"
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THEY WERE TOLD to go to
somewhere else and some were "sent
to three different locations" without
finding a place that had their names
on the voting list.
Many· came to the dis trict
Democratic Party headquarters for
help as late as 7 p.m., but the phone
lines to the ci ty clerk were down and
party officials could not get through.
"We told them to go down to the
city clerk's office and not to leave
until they are able to vote, ,. Stallings
said.
Some were able to vote that way,
she said. \
Stallings charged the Detroit City
KRAFT GENERAL fOODs
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How many Black Catholics
are there in the Unued Staies?
NOVEMBER 13, 1989 -
mmy Da� Jr., celebrated 60
years in show business with a
United Negro College Fund
benefit in Los Angeles. 1985 -
N.Y. Mets pitcher, Dwight
Gooden, 20, became the
youngest ever to win the Cy
Young Award. 1m - Zebedee
Nevel , phy ician, was b m.
1950's - The first African
American ballet dancers to break
into mainstream compani were
Arthur MiteheU and Jan t 01·.
lins. 1913 _.:. Dr. Dailiel Hale
Williams, pioneer urgeon, be­
came member of American CoI­
leg of Surgeons.
CHOOSE TO SUCCEED
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THE MEASURE FOR casino
gambling in Highland Park was.
winning by a large margin, 3, I 16 to
2,274.
Stallings, along with most
observers expressed satisfaction
with the high voter turnout.
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Were all Blocks pennia d the
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10th - All day I ng. The first
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