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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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