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THIS WEEK IN-BLACK HISTORY
What was Adrian Dantley'. j
of Notre Dam 1
From what country did Frederick Douglas fl e to avoid
n-enslavement1
AUGUST 31, 1836 - enry BI r patent cotton planter.
1947 - �ohn Ho r n published "From Slavery To
Ere dom. 1966 - Whitn y oun, Jr., Exec. Dir., National
. Urban League id, "The .s,re no mocien:' in the Civil Righ
Mo�ment: .. we are all �lhtants when It com to demanding
our righ . 1965 - Willie of the San Francisco Giants
t a National League record with 17 home in a month.
What percentage of Black blood classifie someone as an
octoroon 1
SEPTE:MBER 1, 1957 - "ibeen buked and 1 been scorned
I'm gonna tell my Lord - When 1 get home - Just how long
you 'ue been treating my wrong, " Words sung by Mahalia J ack
n at the famous March on Washington. 1960' - Noted'
women authors included Maya An lou, Toni Morrison,
and Alice Walker. 1822 - Hiram B. Revel, first Black U.SI
nator, was born. 1891 - Halle T.D. Johnson became first
African-American woman and the first woman to practice medi
cine in Alabama.
Who was the first Black Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1
SEPTEMBER'2, 1992 - Ebony Magazine named Mayor
Sharon Pratt Kelly (Washington, D.C.) one of the 100 Most
Influential Black Americans. 1959 - Lorraine Hansberry'
play "A Raisin In The Sun" received New York Drama Critics
Award. 1838 - Frederick Douglass escaped from slav ry.
1958 - F. M. Jones patent a' control device for the internal
combustion engine. 1913 - Howard Porter Drew equaled
then world record of 9.6 seconds in 100-yard dash at Harford,
Conn. 1960 - Wilma Rudolph was first American woman to
win three gold Olympic medals.
What was the name of the first Black medical journal pub-
li$/J�d.in the U,S_?, . - ... ,. -
SEPTEMBER 3, 19"44 - Loui Arm trong played firs j zz
concert in Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. 1979-
Robert Maynard was named editor-publisher of the Oakland
(Calif) Tribune-East Bay Today, becoming the first Black to
head a major daily newspaper.
What was the first Black Rock W' Roll record?
SEPTEMBER 4, 1908 - Jack John on won the Heavy
weight Boxing Championship. 1962 - New Orleans Catholic
schools integrated,
Who was the first Black pitcher in the major leagues?
Answer
August 29th - 44, 30th - England,
31st - One eighth.
September 1st - Edward T. Demley.
2nd - The Medical and Surgical Observer.
3rd - "Sh-Boom" 4th - Dan Bankhead.
He who does not
cultivate II is field will die of
hunger.
READERS WRITE
Why wasn't 'drug
o e'do ed dow
'?
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All the reports we read in the newspap rand uch
about that Malice Gr n case st te that he was llegedly
beaten to death outside a drug house on 23rd'. and W t
Warren. ,
If th accused police offic rs, Larry Nevers and Walter
Budzyn knew that hou on West Warren and 23rd. was
in-fact a drug house - why wasn't it reported, raided and
closed down long before that fateful night of Nov mber 5?
a tax payer and lau: abiding citizen who has liv in
that W t Warren area for nearly 30 year - I'v come
to the conclusion that dope dens are allowed to flourish
and grow in c rtain are for various re on.
Daily, m ill rs of block club, church nd commu-
nity Organization are asked to jam hand 10 glov with
the polic d p rtment in ridding our neighborhoOOs of
drugs.. '
How can we when veteran cops like the two named
abov c n't or won't padlock a tiny susp d dop house
on W t Warr n nd 23rd:
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Peggy A. Moore
President, We t Werren Av nue
Merchants A oclatlon-
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ith t ir
Scott H ron
epitom of t
volutionary
m ici n.
Dr. ul na n, th
tor ofth K anzaa, laid out
on for being for B
m ic h n h id, "Bl
hould functional, co11
and committed. "
The music of t tim
very much caught up in func
tioning to h lp us impro our
elf-ima a African people,
and inspiring us to commit our
sel to the truggle for free
dom, justice and equality; the
struggle for Black liberation
To use th "B" ord in Black
music to refer to Black omen
was unthinkable. The "N· word
to d cribe anoth r Bla person
was virtually driven from our vo
cabulary. And re too busy
talking about making revolution
to contemplate songs featuring
brothers and istes turning AKs
and Nine Millimeters on each
other.
,IT I A TRAGIC indicator of
the State of Emergency tearing
at the masses of Black people
and the current -state of the
"movement," that some of the
most "popular" music absorbed
ON TIlE OTHER side of the
argument, defenders of Gang- LARRY NEAL, the Last Po
ster Rap and other forms of Rap ets, Sonia Sanchez, Haki Mad
music insist that Rap music sim- hubuti, Nikki Giovanni and
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