This Week in
Black History
ociation of Black Accountan
Where i the National
Iu!adqIJDJUred1
Who recorded the song, "Centipeck"V
Who wrote the poem, "Emmet nU"?
In t initi
the politi I
SouthAm
coll . In t
th country had
politically moti
day.
t April, Chri H ni, th
I d ofth South African Com
mupi t P rty nd popul r
po on for th Mri
tion I Congr (A C),
murd by hi . t ou -
ide hi Johann burg home,
i his militant repu tion
form r chi f of of
ANC' military wing, Umkhonto
we Sizwe, Hani had n in th
forefront of a national camp . gn
calling for peace and nonvio
lence.
Hani' murder as follo ed
by the untimely d th of anoth r
prominent ANC leader, Oliver
R. Tambo, reinforcing th envi
ronment of crisis. Upon learning
of Hani's death, ANC president
Nelson Mandela warned that
"our whole nation now ters on
the brink of disaster. . . . We
must not let th men who wor
ship war, nd who lust after
blood, precipitate action that
will plunge our country into an
other Angola."
But in recent w , d pite
the growing danger of political
terrorism by the neoNazi Afri
kaner Resistance Movement,
progr toward a post-apart
heid ociety has been main
tained. The number of political
7
Alon
Color
Line
for th go nunent.
Y to his more militan up
porte who followed Chris Hani
t ir hero, Mand la eontin
u to promote ctivism.
At e Yor anti partheid
m ing I t ovember,
dela noted critically: "If e r
forgot our source ofpo r which
is th masses of the people, both
inside and outside of th coun
try, then we auld be commit
ting icide." Elements of South
Africa' growing non hite mid
dle class and prof; ional eli
have a clear interest in backin
constitutional reforms and com
promises with the white ruling
cl
It is highly po sible th t
South Africa will become an
other Zimbabwe., in which non
whites ill be permitted t
assume control of the govern
ment, while the real instru
ments of power in the economy
and corporate sector will still re
main under white domination.
"you uier taught ... that you
ontrol nature, r ni nib r how
waf r s ems pent tn and trapi d
nil th dam break and crumbles
and die like its maher, to block
ade life's plan is cruel, fatal,
blind, deadly to tho that im
pri on tl for to b fr ... "
-JohnAfri at Th Judg L tt r
. ummer 1 3 i n aw om
s cle of the raw pow r of
Moth r Nature.
An earthquak n ar the
north rn J p n e islands of
Hokkaido and Honshu kill hun
d d whil d v sting prop-
rty ov r wid region.
H vy rains well the mi hty
Mi issippi River until i bu sts
its anks flooding e n l111d
we t m tat , virtually inun
dating on s teo
While floods rava
w t,south msta
•
AUGUST 17, 1852- ourn
Ain't I A Woman? h. 1875 -J In H was
the first Black Catholic Bishop named in th U.S. 1849 - Lawyer
ctivistArchib d H nry Grimke', who challenged th segrega
tionist policies of President Woodrow Wilson, was born,
AUGUST 18, 1859- anietW n' OurNigwasfi novel
published by a Black writer. 1950's - The first African-American
ballet dancers to break into mainstream eompani were Janet
Colli and Arthur tchell. 1912 - Historian Carter Wood-
n received his doctorate from Harvard.
AUGUST 19, 1954 - Dr. Ralph J. Bunche was named
Undersecretary of the United Nations. 1990 - Mindbuilder's
Positive Youth Troupe (New York) became a national model
program for youth initiatives when awarded a grant from the
Kellogg Foundation 1945 -Jackie Robinson was signed by the
Brooklyn Dodgers and assigned to Montreal. 1871 - Howard
University established Law School.
Who was the 21st Black to be inducted into the NFL Hall of
FamI!1
What record was held by Emlen Tunnelll
ri n
th
S DELI TE balance
bet een political accommoda
tion and militancy is n in the
political language of Nelson
Mandela, who oontinu to ap
peal to all currents within the
ANC' broad and often-conflict
ing national constituency. Man
dela cooperates with de Kler on
constitutional matters and in
crea ingly on the economy,
aware that the ANC will soon
have to assume responsibility
AUGUST 21, 1992 -Ebony Magazine named Dr. Delores
Ranis, Pres. National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, one
of the 100 Ma3t Influential Blac ericans. 1917 - 10,000
Blae along N w York' . Avenu to lynch-
ing. 1831- at Turner lead slave revolt in Virginia.
Did Dr. Ulysses Grant Daily ever study in Vienna?
AUGUST 20, 1619 - Twenty Black slaves arrived in
Jamestown, VA 1915 - Ernest E. Just, biologist, was awarded
the Spingarn Medal for outstanding research in biology. 1881-
Lewis Latimer patent first incandeeoent electric lamp with carb
on filament,
In what state was Florida Congressman Josiah Walls borni
ANSWERS
15th - Washington, D.C.
16th - Rebbie Jackson.
17th - Most NFL career interceptions.
18th - James A. Emanuel.
19th - O.J. Simpson.
20th - Virginia. 21st - Yea.
• I
POEM
Oh
rothe
By Je sic Seigel
"money-grubbing jew"
(Which means he stole it
too).
One, they 'insist, ha no
intelligence.
Is dangerous in his bru
tishness.
The other, they allow, is
mart all right.
All sneaky, shifty craft ..
These are {Zip sides
f the same coin,
oined for the same pur
pose.
I am no more hylock
Than you ar . tep-and
Fetch-It.
So damn it, brother
Tak my hand.
And stand with m ,
Man and man,
}\gainstthoseliars
And their lies.
,
o
o
Oh brother.'
Don't you give me
the gufftoo.
Listen.
Nobody likes a man
Who stands up for him
self?
o if he's BLack, h 's "up-
pity."
And if he's a jew,
He's "loud" and "pushy."
And God forbid h
should
tand hi ground and
win- .
Th n he's got "too much
influ n e."
And if h 's Black
And ha got a littl
mon y
He "must hav tol it. /I
And ifh ' aj and
Has got a littl mon y
H 's a "shylock," a
By
,
drou ht
From
Death
Row
Cairo, London,
etc. , allli on h
ri