THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY
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How many Blacks � tM Heis
man Trophy between 1961 and
1982?
DECEMBER 8, 1925 -
Y Jr., entertalncr.
born. 1933 - come-
dian, WM born.
DECEMBER 9, 1872 - P.BA
PInchbeck, first Black governor in
U.s. was elected in Louisiana. 1984
- Eric Dickerson broke OJ.
�n's record for ingle«8)n
nEhing yards with 2,1(15 yards, in 16
games. 1910-1920 - "Great
MJgratIon" about one half million
Blacks left the South for the North
and West. 1866 - HIlTY T. Bur-
composer!bari1Onc, WM bom.
1830 -- S.R. Lowry, religious
educator, was bom.
Nome the B1Dck American com
poser who wrote "Umbrian S�"
DECEMBER 10, 1950 - Dr.
RalpbJ. Buncbe became fbstBladc
awarded the Nobel P� prizc.1941 I
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What was the middleman
Ioyee (who remDined ill Africa
all tM time) calkd .. in the lave
trade?
DECEMBER 12, 1950 - J
Leroy Bro , became t B
American � eer to die in com-
ll96S- redflve
to�dowmand 19.6yards
per carry, both NFL ingle-game
reeo . 1912 - o.
Jr, Air Force general,
bom 1963 - gained iOOe
peooeax:e from Great Bri1ain. 1918
-Joe vocaUst, born.
A�3WER TO BLACK
HISTORY QUESTION
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buildin , highway , trucks, cars and
land c ping, all designed and
constructed by Woods.
Although Woods ha never had
training in land caping or
architecture, this 63-year-old
poet/artist used throw-away items
uch glas , wood, pots, broken
dishes, pieces of upholstery and
leather to reproduce the frame,
groundwork, furniture and cars for
the miniature outhem mansion.
While creating a center piece for
one of the coffee tables, Woods took
beads from a woman's necklace and
arranged them on a large button taken
from an overcoat.
If all of this sounds easy, it is not.
It takes an experienced artist to
arange items such as these and make
them look like the real thing.
At seven-years-old, Woods
modeled cars from mud, shaped the
wheels with the lid of a snuffbox and
used matches for tire spokes: He
would search for the right size of
broken glass to make a windshield.
-1959 at Detroit, MI.
7th - Thirteen (13). .
. 8tb - Approximately 4,500
miles from the Gambia coast to
Alula, Somaliland. It is also ap
p1'QXimately 4,500 miles oorth to
south from T\JIU k) Port Elizabeth.
- Ul Kay, c ieal
m composer.
1 - African Methodist Epi£.
copal Zion Cllurch.
lltb-Hewas callc4, "the �
tor." Many factors married African
women, had children, and even sold
IO� of them into·slavecy. l.A TER IN LIFE he decided to
12th - Only five. IT you iOOude try his luck at sketching cartoons.
oee chaplain there were six up to After experienceing several
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Prior to World War � how
many Blacks attained tM rank of
How wide is tMAfriconcontlnmt � in tMAmericQIJ amay?
� its widest part?
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painted neckbone and a front gate
made from a refrigerator rack.
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crafts.
"One day," he said, "as I sat
doodling and sketching little houses
on tiny scraps of paper the idea of
Plantation House came to me. I
started working and througout the
years I never got tired. Ever time I
thought I was finished another idea
would appear in a dream."
Planta tion House was first
displayed in Troy, Michigan in early
August of '83. People came from
mile away to see the creation.
Woods has had many offers to
retire the project and give it a final
resting place in the suburbs. But be
belives that Planatation House'
should remain in Detroit. He also
realizes that without community
support, he may be forced to consider
some of the offers already presented. JOTHER WOODS
But for now, he says the next
phase of Plantation House will be to
add a share�roppers living quarters, Other unique hand made items
extend the highway and perhaps add shown along. With Plantation House
some 'futuristic' cars.
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and shoes, Ages 3-up.
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