THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY
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Mom tit of Richard
Wright's last l?
lWratBIodc actor starred in the
movie, "/he Wor� Thl!F/esh, and
T'ht! Devil"?
JULY 30, 1822 - J
V: became first B' OOpofAf-
MdhXll'iSt Episcopal Zion
amrch. 1 -"I Am A Man",
the ign Percy often
w re during the confrontational
civil righ campaigns in the South.
197<B - M icals lit, by and "
tarring African Americans were
box office on Broad
way. 1959 - In his first tart of a
brilli t career, Bob G 0 the
St Louis Cardinals pithed a shut
out, over the Qncinnati Reds.
Between 1870 and 1900, how
many Black members of the U'S.
Congress were tIJer, ?
Where)K1S Rod Carew born?
JULY 31, 1874 -
Francis Healy inaugurated as
President of Georgetown Univer-
ity, W. hington, D.C. 1&32 -
The term "Underground Railroad"
cam in use. 1948 - Gordon
'Parks became the first African
American pbotograpber hired by
Life Magazine.
lWtat � the weight limit for
ships transporting slaves between
Am6ican ports?
lWJO)K1S the leadingpainter of
the "Negro Renaissance"?
ANSWERS
25th - Lawd Today.
�Twcnty-�.
27th-Forty
28ffi - Sixty one.
29th - Harry Belafome
-Panama.
3 - Aaron Doug!
Black new papers
available on CD
,By Keith O. Hilton
It came no great urpri e to this columnist that in h May 1993
ue of E ny Magazine, National New paper Publi hers � ociation
FA) President Robert W. Bogle was H ted as one of the nation' "100
Mo t lnflu ntial Bla k Americans".
The Philadelphia Tribune, which Bogle publi hes, continues to be one
of the m t highly peered weekly new papers in th country. However,
it i in hi role' NNPA president that he was recognized.
Th P A the premi r trade ociation for the African American
press contm to repr ent the Pan African community in a timely and
prof ionaJ. mann r. Collectively and individually. i members al
have rec ived regional and national honors.
Recently, whil c nductin r earchfor my di ertationonth�Af�can
Arnencan pr . 'and hi her education, I reviewed a CD-ROM dl c titled
"Ethnic ew Wat h Publtcations", publi hed by SoftLme Information.
Inc., ed in Starn oro Connecticut.
HILTO : HIGHER EDUCA770Nisdesi edto dialo withcolle e
and world re '5, Education is on oing and certainly not; limited to
clas room tudy. L t' talk: Call Keith O. Hilton at (909) -0650, or
write to: 31 9 .Gar A venue, Sui 101, P CA 91767.
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and
, that group u h J e
J on' People Unit d to Serv
Humanity (PUSH), Chicago BI k
United Communiti (CBUq, le
men of tile BI k reli io commu-
nity, am th i t n
community-b ed o rganizat io
which had created the People Organ
ized for Welf m Employment
Ri (POWER), coal ced behind
a drive for fundamental democratic
chan .
In 1982, over 160, new voters 0 Y D Y, F bruary
were registered in luding about W hington won by
127,000 Blae from, th 17 pre- 3,000 vo . Eighty five percent of
dominately African-American tbe African-Am rican vot w t
wards. Thi mobilization found a for W hington, wi th over 90 percent
very reluctant candidate. Congress- of Blac voting in many precincts.
man Harold Washingkln, its Recognizing their error of politi-
champion for challenging'the rna- caljudgmentm toftbecity' racist,
chine. \ power brokers and machine h c
W hington d run a largely clustered around Republican may-
ymbol' independent camp lgn for oral candid e Bernard Epton their
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Lester's World
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If you want 'a Mo' Better
future for your community,
then Do the Right Thing .
Don t let your dollars
catch Jungle Fever. '
Support Black Business. -
and Buy Black.,
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I oppo e legi lation which p r- Michigan' mall employer market.
mi the ale of the Mi higan State The next clo t competit r erv
Accident Fund. I voted against this I than 10 percent.
package of bills and J urg all em- The Fund i uc ful because it
ploye to contact your State Reprc- cmphasi ervic instead of profit
entauve to as that h or he do l�e I t is comrru ned to marketing only
same. workers oompensation insurance,
ationally, tate accident fund and it can erve only Michigan corn-
provide re onably priced wor ers panics.
comp nsauon insurance to hundred T ale of the Fund wrll Jeopard-
of thousands of busin es. \ ize these qualiti ,and Will result in
Followin Michigan' lead 25 high rrat and I c verag for i
other tat have created state fund policyholders.
- a� even othe will be t I hin ' The 0 us on quahty ervice
fund In th near future. The Mi hi- oppo ed to profit ena I th Fund to
gan Slate A ident Fund has gain rve the mall employer market a
national a claim and has been a mar t wtu b many irsur avoid
model for m t oth r ta fu becaus 0 Its low pro itabiliry. Any
purch r of the Fund will quickly
use thi drawback to move th fo
of th Fund to more lu rative mar
kets.
Also, there I no guarantee that
n own would oontinu to con
centra solely on tbe workers com
pensation needs of only Michigan
usines es. The Fund could market
co era e in other �t . which It
, cannot do n w, and ould venture
into oth r products .:
Tbi will detract from th exper-
Fund ,d v I ped in the
dvi e on how to
fund.
By any m ure th Michigan.
State Accident Fund' uccessful. It
provid quality workers oompe a-
tion insurance at a reaso le rate to
MIchigan b ially
mall i
o I 34,
mall employ"
25 percent 0
Michigan w rkers <.:ompcn. ation
ield. The end r ult will b mere cd
rates and I
Fund has cff uvely m der
ated and cont 11 d th r t which
DlAe PROGRESSIVES
AND moderat became divided,
key Latino am white liberal leaders
defected to Daley and the Demo
cratic Party organization.
The optimism energy nd politi
cal courage which made W hington
a "folk hero" to tbousards of Black
people has largely disappeared. Yet
in retrospect, the Washington elec
toral movemen of 1983 and 1987
provide the keys for the construction
of a progressive vision of democratic
empowerment and mul ticul tural coa
lition building in the contemporary
urban envi ronment of America.
- Dr. Manning Marable is Profes
sor of H' tory.Qlld Political Science,
d 'CtaT e Institute for Re-
• search UI African-American Studies,
Columbia University.New York City.
"Along the Color Line" appears in
over 250 publications and is broad
cast by more than 60 radio stations
worldwide,
By the time
the fool has
learned the
game, the
player. have
di 'per. ed.
-""lean pIO .... ,�
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c mm rcial ins urcrs .har e., A I \ -
erin of th ident Fund rate
would not only put pre, urc ninsur
ers to lower their rate , but It w uld
a create urthcr oppo iuon to the
ale of the Fund,
This I. ppo IU n will .h neither
the G vern r nor the insuran C in
dustry want ,
In 10, JO .thc MI<.:hIlan· tate Ac
cidcnt uno eXI 1.\ t serv I poll y
holders with quality vera e at
decent rat .
-Virgil Clark Smith
st te Se tor, 2nd 01 tr ct