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