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THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY
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In what tate UJa$ the Ii anti- lav€ry petition
Benjamin Banneker'. almanac was written after the end of the
reoolutinary �ar. True or false?
AUGUST 4, 1963 - J B dwin wrote The Fire Next
Time. 1810 -Abolltioni Robert Purvi was born.
What Black comedian tarred in the movie "The Tay"?
. �UGUST 5, 1962 - 1�63-1939 - Pro(! Kelly Miller
Ins�ted that .Howard U ruversity become a center of study for
African-Amenmns. e d South African freedom
fighter, was imprisoned. He was not released until 1990. 1951-
Mabel K. tau nurse, was awarded Spingam Medal for her
contribution to betterment of Blacks in nursing prof ion 1984
- At the Los Angel Olympics, Edwin M won his 105th
ronsecutive 400-meter hurdles race for a gold and Evelyn b­
ford captured thewom n's 100-metergold medal. 19'14-NAACP
instituted Spingam award, a gold medal for "high t and noblest
achievement" by an African-American.
What former pro basketball player was known as ''Butterbean''?
AUGUST 6, 1962-JamaieagainedindependencefromGreat
Britain. 1867 - actor Ira Aldridge died and is buried in Lodz,
Poland.
For which encyclopedia did Sterling Brown write an article on
the American Negro?
"_ �UGUST 7, 1989 - CoQgrees ��I,(IDEIJll.eo-ll&a
p crash in Ethiopia. 1961 - Die G ry. launched his
career as a median in Chicago's Playboy Club. 1904 - Ralph
Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize winner was born 1948 - Alice
Coachman won bighjump competition a� London Olympics, the
first Black woman to capture an Olympic gold medal.
What army of1i(JJ!rwas forced to retire in 1917 so that M would
not have command over white officers in a regiment?
1st - Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz.
2nd - 1787. 3rd - True.
4th - Richard Pryor. 5th - Bob Love.
6th - Encyclopedia Britannica.
7th - Colonel Charles Young.
READERS WRITE
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I wish to commend you for the excellent job you're doing as
editor of the Michigan Citizen. Your paper is doingan excellent
job of informing African-Americans of even and up-to-dat
news. So, please, k p up the 'good work.
I would appreciate it greatly if you would write an article on
Malik Shabazz. As you know, Malik is a strong Black man who
has spent much of his time, energy and money in cleaning up
more than 180 sto of Arab merchants who cheat, disrespect,
and 11 poiled and rotten food to African-Americans daily.
Malik has not received a penny from anyone or any grants
from any agency. His life has been threatened many tim . He
has I t his wife and family in doing th work of the Michigan
Agriculture Dept. Over the years this department has done very
littl in prot ing th right and the health of the Black commu­
nity. This departmen has an annual budget of 3.5 billion
dollars.
Malik n help. All of the work which he did u lfishly
has n for th benefit of the Black community.
I ' time that African-Americans realiz th Fr
Fr . We must stand by our he who make gr
in trying to make life tter for all of us.
I am appealing to all of us. Help support th strong d erving
, bro h r. PI send all donations to the Michigan Citizen c/o
Malik Shabazz, P.O. Box 03560, Highland Park, 48203.
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Community ctivi IXl
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munity T Force chall
t claims t the AQMD fPV­
eming board m ting. Stand­
ards for toxic pollute hould
into <XX>Wlt th total quan-
tity of to . mi emitted,
ell the total number of pe0-
ple ho are eXDCJ8ed,
the' ue w deb ted,
many board m mbers literally
tood up and walked out of the
h rings, hen Black, Latino
aOO orking cl people
.fying. But when the corpo­
rate lawyers in thousand dollar
ui walked to the podium, all
AQMD board members scram­
b back into their The
board decided to delay ita final .
vote for 0 'month to oonai
th n evidence. But maDy
board mem ed all too
ea r to defend t corporate pol­
lute rather than to defend pub­
lic health standards.
Mrican Americans and other
people of color have a major stake
in the continuing struggle for a
safe, clean environment.
Blacks and Latinos' are fre­
quently overrep nted in jobs
which use dangerous chemi­
cals--euch custodial work, dry
tUng, te:xtil , and in th fUr-
l • ure industry. Is surprising,
therefore, that the average Afri­
can-American male dies before
he can even collect Social Secu­
rity. Th fight for strict environ­
mental standards, worker's
safety on the job, clean air,' and
the right to shutdown huge cor­
porate polluter, must be at the
heart of our new movement for
multicultural democracy.
are enormou .
Aax>rdingtotheAQMD, mog
and particl pollution cost 9.4
billion per year in human health
care alone. Pollution obvi­
ously hurts all peopl who hav
respiratory problem, such
asthma.
But it also targets many other
potential victims: people with
AIDS, wh immune systems
are weakened; the elderly, whose
health problems can range from
bronchitis, emphysema and can­
cer; and children, whose lungs
Lester's World '_-.' _ '.
The trump d-up s x and
moneyaccu tions usually made
against su ful Black 1 ders
have n dredged up by political
opponents of Black Mayor Rich­
ard Dixon of Dayton, Ohio.
Di on won election
term, finished first in th
May runoff and will op the
second-highest, vote-getter,
whi e Republican Mich el T y­
lor, in the ovember final elec-
tion. .
When DOOn's top position in
the qualifying runoff' evi­
dent on May 4, a photographer
from the yton aily ew;s took
a pi ure of him mbracing and
. ing on ofhis f m I upport­
ers. A big, blown-up photograph
of the ki domina t front
page of that new paper on ay
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Several days later, rumors
spread that th woman wa
white. But on ]00 a p to­
graph how hat h i obvi­
ou ly ligh brown kinned
African-American
Th Dayton Daily e also
published a photogr ph of
Dixon' oppon nt Taylor cele-
brating his qualifying, nd-
place finish by . ing a man.
But in . 'dely circulated pic-
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By James E. Alsbrook
ture h woman w ind the
man's wif .
of the following findings can h lp
them d vi strategi to derive
maximum benefit from their r­
sonal, interpersonal and group
behavior: Public opinion - what
people think - is the mo pow­
erful and dominant human-ron­
trolled force on earth.
Public opinion determin
the value of money (stock mar­
ket), the el io ofn tional d
local 1 d (voting), th ron­
duct of wars, the solutions to 10-
'cal and national probl m an
the mental, physical, . I,
nomic and psychologi I clima
in which we li .
Public opinion and i
indo co n, hum
havior, aredetermin n r
by three P vailing, long­
realiti :
People n d inform -
. on for guidance, but they t nd
strongly to expose th ir min to,
accept or 1 for xamination
only that information which a
first glance or under p re
they judge to b valuable or
pl nt. This havior is call
lecti xposure,
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Dr. M(JIlJling MaTbk i8 Profi «Jr of
I flsfDry and Political Sci and DireciDr
of tM Afriron.-Ameriam Studia I n.tJtitu1Jt,
Columbia Univer8ity. "Along tM Color
Lin "i& featured in. over 250 new&paptn
and by 60 radio ,tation., internation­
ally.
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to� understand best only th
parts of the exposed information
that they like or perceive to be
comp tible with their values,
prioriti , ben fits and needs.
P ple tend to "see what they
want to ." Thi behavior is
call lective perception.