This Week in
Black History
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-Don't T I • About
the V II Y of the hedow of
Death - I Live Th r.-
From hind th wall of Huntin -
don' death row Jamal contin to
champion the ca of all the op-
p ed. Hi colum appear in n
pape ro the country aoo hi
comm ntari can heard on KPFA
in San Frar i co. WBAI in N w
York. KPFW in W hington D.C. and
ot rradlo tati ns ro th country.
B he ref down to
hi jailers, Jamal persi tent
prison ment. For even yeats
Jamal w kept in di iplinary c -
tody (DC) or refusing to cut h'
dreadlock hair, a ymbol of Jamal'
belief in the teachin of John Africa.
In December he w finally removed
from DC to the "ordinary" trictiv
Contribute to the legal de e (sec
box below). Contact the PDe for our
video "From Death Row, Thi Mu
mia Abu-Jamal" to how to your un
ion local, community and rudent
organizatio . Jamal will notbesavcd
by courtroom ttl one. It will e
a campaign of publicity and pro
t tto save Jamal' life. Join th cam
paign now I Save Mumia Abu-Jamal!
ew Legal Challenge by Jamal
Jamal and hi attorney led by Leonard Weingl , are preparing a
new legal challenge in the Pennsylvania courts to expose the frame-up
conviction and entence of death. TIll ential legal tep tak a lot of
work - from reviewing the many volumes of the trial transcript to the
ive inv tigation to uncoverwitn . That means the legardefe
needs lots of financial help. Jamal i up a ainst t� v t financial
ourc of th tate.
In recent years th which have ucces fully overturned death
nt n and freed th innocent defendant have co t at I t $1 million
in legal f and expe . Please help. Tax-deductible contributio for
th defense hould be made payable to tl)e Bill of Rights Foundation,
"''ft\�lrIr'''rl "Mumi Abu-lam' Legal Defe " aoo nt to e Com t
Mumia Abu-Jamal. 1 3 Amste an-Avenue, o. 1 I evr
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in chool
It i that time of year again when
m t. tud nts are just lad thClt the
regul r cademic hool year is over.
Few are eagcr to go traight t um
mer chool.
It continues to be a fact that m t
high chool and college tud nts will
attend summer chool at least once or
twice during their. chol tic or colle
giat careers. And m to th e tu
den are x ptionally bright.
Thi writer peaks first hand about
the advantag of ing to ummer
cOOoI. I regularly attended ummer
chool - from my "ancient" high
cOOoI day. through d toral tudi .
In fa t. I r all oing to ummer
chool h. ummer b tween the
ninth and twelfth grad . A few of
th c cl. were n d to tay on
cou . A few were colic prep fo
c ed.
KEITH
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HIGHER
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Whatey Youn A ward winner
playedwiJh tkHarlemGlobetrot
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woman to hold an executive
ti n in theAmaican Medical
m
Who Km' the primary charac
ter in Richard Wri hi' "Native
Son"?
JUNE 16, 1 -II ani
J Jr. became tbefirst BI k
mcmber of the Labor Re
laio Board. 1
became the first BI k
1�'PI'h�:at'k in pro fi 1. 1970
Kenneth A. Gl n w
eIoctcd Mayor 0 Newark, NJ.,
first Bl Mayor eX a major eest
ern U.s. city.
Mrat percent of the mte did
John Conyers receivewhenh wa
" lee din 1966?
JUNE 17, 1775 - u-
m fought ,the Bat
tie of Bunker Hill. 1992 -
Sup� Court J �
In what monJh in 1971 M-m
Angela D!zvis acqUtted of mur
der?
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ner,S.C.
On what railroad li did
Granville T. W� work, prior to
markaing his first inventiocr ?
Who is the inger known a th
"Queen <! Disco"?
ANSWERS TO BLACK
HISTORY aUESTlONS
By JA S E. ALSBROOK
colleg al 0 have pecial graduation
ceremoni during the ummer.
A little recognized advanta that
could become more pronounced later
i the way prospective employers look
at how a tudent utilizes hi or her
urn mer perioe .
Summer chool represents active-
n and motivation in the opinion of
orne ruiters and al 0 admissions
OJ. The point i that taking full
adv nta of umm r fIerin • at the
v ry I t, k cps tuden on an aca
demic traight COUIS .
Finally, m tuden have cor-
rectly di vered that because of the
hort I ngth of each umm r ion,
it i po iblc to al work and vacation
during the remainder of the ummer.
The near b ttom line i , Stay in
S I, Summer Scbool, That Is.
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and certainly not limited to classroom
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