THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY
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Nom B Y-Iho a
circuit rider (and preacher) with
Bishop Fr. is ?
What were the gross receipts of all
What sport waS' played by the Pit- Black business enterprises in 1972?
tsburgh Crawfords and the H�-
teDdOrays?
NOVEMBER 24, 1960 -
Philadelphia' WUt mberlain
grabbed an incredible 55 rebounds
gai t Boston, an NBA . ogle-game
reoord.1935 - v. n
US. Congressman (CA), was bom.
1870 - Robert S. Abbott, foWlder
and publi her of the Chicago
Dtfender, bom. 1949 - Bill
"BojangIts" RobIJa)o died.
Approximately, how many
Africans were taken into slavery by
Europeans ouJside Africa?
NOVEMBER 25, 1975 -
Suriname gains independenre from
the Netherlands. 1984 - Charlie
Joirer of the San Diego Olargers
made his 6SOth career reception for an
all-time NFL record. 1931 -
Nathaniel (Nat) Adderty, trum­
peter/COmpa;er, was bom.
Which Black American painter
waS' known for his primitive style and
his John Henry series?
NOVEMBER 26,
11IANKSGlVING.1970-Char­
Gordooe became the first Black
playwright to receive the Pulitzer
Prize for (No Place To Be Some-
.. .
OVEMBER 28, 1 I-
n ,running back for Syac
University, became the first BI ck to
win' Ire H isman Trophy. 1927 -
G G opbonisvcomposer,
w bom.1914- W.e. Handy pub­
lis� St. Louis Woman.
Name the tmJ Black men who
� elected to � congress of the
u.s. but never permitted to take their
seats.
ANSWERS TO BLACK
HISTORY QUESTIONS
nnd - The late Parke Gibson.
The book is aimed at Black marketing
power and purchasing power.
23rd - Pioreer Black baseball
teams in Ire industrial areas of Pen­
nsylvania.
24th - Believed to be, according
to authorities, about 15,CXX>,CXX>.
25th - The late Palmer Hayden.
26th - Rev. Richard Allen,
fourder of the first Black church
(AME).
27th -$56 billion.
28th - John Willis Menard, and
P .B.S. Pinchback, both of louisiana
were denied seats in Ire �.s.legisla­
ture in the 40th and 42nd congresses.
Menard would have been a con­
gressman and Pinchback a senator.
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By LEAH SA U L
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ctivity
nd lin of
lun hbo th t 1 br te th
achiev m n of African Am ricans.
The r tired mili tary 0 ricer
currently wor at an automotive
upply company. Coming from
family of ten children, with a wife
who teach in th Detroit Public
School and a twelve-year-old
daught r, Patton has alway wanted
to reach BI ck children.
"I'M A BLAC person who just
wanted to know something
Bank backs Detroit project
DETROIT - Fir t of America cheduled for July of 1993.
Bank-Southea t Michigan, N.A. h The bank will also open a branch
announced a major financial in the complex.
commitment to a Detroit east side . "Our deci ion to open a branch i
retail shopping center project based on the busin potential of the
At a ground breaking.ceremony east side of Detroit We believe this
Wednesday, plans were announced part of the City can contribute greatly
for the development of Riverbend to a succes ful Detroit," aid a bank
Plaza. Located at Jefferson and official.
. Coplin, the project includes a 47,000 Approximately. 8 - 10
square foot shopping complex with employees will staff the facility.
space available for nine retail units. Other tenants joining First of
Curis Enterprise is developing America Bank at Riverbend Plaza
Riverbend Plaza with Construction are Parkway/Spartan Grocery, which
and end financing provided by First include an Automatic Teller
of America Bank. Machine; Percy Drug, Blockbuster
Construction will begin in Video and a City of Detroit Police
I November c(}�letion ' . Station.
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''It' re t ur out th ," P tton
add d. "Young Blac can h ve a
part of it, if they kn w how."
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QUEST
ATIO •
If you w r d nl d th right to vote, or know of
anyone who wa den I d th right to vote, during
the Pre identlal Election held on Tue day,
Nov mber 3, 1992, plea e write or call the
following:
Congrta man John Conyers, Jr.
231 West Lafayette
669 Federal Building
Droit, Michigan 48226
(313) 961-5670
(Allinformation nd c II received will be confidential)
o A PUBLIC HEARING 0
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A hearing I cheduled to dl cus how to make I
the election process more efficient; official are:
Invited to testify; the public .s Invlte,d to air ,
grievances: :
Monday, November 23,1992
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
City-County Building
13th Floor Auditorium
Detrott, Michigan