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
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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