THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY
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Who is considered the "resident
historian" of the Johnson Publish­
ing Company?
OC'lOBER 18, 1968 - Bob
Beamon won the gold medal, and
a new world mar in the broad
jump with a leap of 29'2 1/2" at
Mexico City Olympics. 1881 -
Henry Highland Game was
appointed Minister to Liberian.
1977 - Karen Fanner became the
first African-American member of
the DAR. 1948 - Playwright
Ntozaka Shange, author of For
Colored Girls Who Have Consid­
ered Suicide WMn the Rainbow is
Enuf. .. was born Paulette Wil­
liam ,in Trenton, N.J.
In what state is Alcorn A&M
01ffversity located?
OCTOBER 19, 1915-Em
Eo J ,biologist, was awarded
Spingarn Medal for outstanding
reeee.rch in biology. 1978 - Mor­
mons ended the exclusion of Afri­
can-American from the
priesthood, 1943 - Paul Rober­
eoD opened in Othello t th
Shubert Theater in New York
City. The show ran from 296 con­
secutive performances, a record
run for Shakespeare in New York.
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Who was the fi t Blade pro(e
80r at Haroard' Medical ScMol'
Who is the actor known as the
"Hamme 'I
OCTOBER 22, 1963-225,000
boycotted Chicago schools to pro­
te t segregation, 1958 -
Cl nee. G n became fi t
African-American certified in
neurological surgery. 1979 -
Richard Arringto became the
first Black mayor of Birmingham,
Alabama. 1940 - The negro Play­
wrights Company production of
Theodo Ward' Big White
Fog, opened at the Lincoln Thea­
ter in Harlem.
What years did 1Wy Campan­
ella win the National League MVP
award?
OCTOBER 23, 1947 - The
AACP petitioned the United
Nations on racial conditions in the
U.S. 1893 - Prof r G.W.
Carver received award for paint­
ings at Columbian Exposition,
Chicago. 1981 - Ruth Love be­
came Chicago's first African­
American Superintendent of
Schools. 1987 - The Open Stage
of Harrisburg produced Cheklu:>v's
Uncle Vanyo with non-tradi­
tional t, 1990 - Indiana Rep­
ertory Theatre produced Cyrano
De Bergerac with Black actress
Shawn Judge as Roxanne.
What was the last all-Black What Black novelist wrote the
army unit? book "Cotton Comes to Harlem "1
OCTOBER 20, 1963 - Jim
Brown set the career NFL rush­
Ing mark (since broken by Walter
Payton), with 8,390 yards. 1977
- The 'IV mini-series, ROOTS,
drew over 130 million viewers.
1950 - William Warfield, bari­
tone, made his singing debut in
New York. 1983 - Pin Points
Theatre started national tour of
1001 Black Inventions, longest
• ANSWERS
17th - Lerone Bennett, Jr.
18th - Mississippi.
19th - 24th Infantry.
20th - Dr. William Hinton.
21st -1951,1953,1955.
22nd - Chester Himes.
23rd - Savannah, GA
UD funds on the
way, city learns
By BERNICE BROWN
Mlchlp.n CltlDn
BENTON HARBOR - The City
of Benton Harbor was recently n0-
tified that 990,031 in Commu­
nity Development Block Grant
FUnds will soon be releesed to
them.
Of the anticipated funds,
$250,000 is from FY 92; $250,000
fromo93 and 290,000 is from the
, funds held from the Community
Development Block Grant, ac­
cording to Evan Lefhic, director
for the city's Planning and Com­
munity Development Depart­
ment.
leDuc said with the release of
these funds, the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Develop­
ment will continue to investigate
the 1992 spendings of CDBG
funds by the City.
"We as public officials know
that the only m ns that we have
to enhance our neighborhoods is
through the block grant fundings, to
said Commissioner Charles Yar­
brough, chairman of th Comm�­
aion's Planning nd Economic
Development Committ ,at a
p conferen following the. Oc­
tober 4, commisSIOn meetmg.
"Without those funds we have no
o her funds to repair streets under
. this nature."
Yarbrough prai leDuc and
his staff for ting th funds re­
stored to the City. "We are going
to guard that money with our
Ii . The will no more short-
comings on tha' part," he added,
Thereisstill 295,OOOfrozenby _
mID from the 1992 funds. LeDuc
stated that the City doesn't expect
any problems receiving those
funds along with the $500,000 for
the new community center after
the environmental ment of
the project site is completed.
Curtis Young, Community De­
velopment Coordinator, outlined
th for the funds released:
, 475,000 for residential rehab;
110,000 for stablization and
demolition; 24,000 code enforce­
ment; 22,000 for lead abatement;
$20,000 in park improvements;
55,000 for recreation; 73,000 for
repair of curbs and gutters;
60,000 for facade improvements
ofoommercial properties; $50,000
for bridge repairs; 13,000 for a
van for the Benton Harbor/Benton
Township Senior Center; and
15,000 fbr the Neighborhood In­
formation and Sharing Exchange
(NlSE).
At
On Sunday, October 24, at 2:30 '
p.m, at the YWCA Auditorium,
Recreation Hall, 508 Pleasant St.,
in downtown St. J ph, Michi­
gan the United-Nations Day Folk
F tival will be held.
Custum parade, Potawatomi
Indian dancers, music by Temple
B'Nai Shalom, dramatic 8kit by
the Creative arts Aaldemy, and
Singing Sands Council Girl
Scouts,
Admi ion and refreshments
are free. The public is invited and
food donations are welcome.
(Wear National d if avail­
able.)
Toughlove Parent
Support Group meets
ToughLove Parent Support
Group will meet Tuesday, Octo­
ber 19, at the Stevensville United
Methodist Church, 5506 Ridge
Road.
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ing.
"All of municipali-
ti it d d ho and
fuse to get into it," Wysinger
'd. '
Other commi ioners di
agreed ith Wy inger and
praised Dial-A-Rise for the I'V-
ice that it has given to the resi­
dents of Benton Harbor.
Commissioner Charles Yar­
brough reminded Wysinger that
tb citizens thought �ough of
Dial-A-Ride transportation sys­
tem to support a 20 year millage.
"They must need the rvice," he
said.
"When we did not have any
money, Dial-A-Ride didn't r
quest we pay them all of their
money," Commissioner James
Turner said. "If they had re­
quested that we pay them all of
tbeir money that we owed them,
we wouldn't been able to-operate
the city."
AT ONE TIME the city owed
Dial-A-Ride over $283,000 in de­
ferred subsidies. Dial-A-Ride
wrote-off 50,000 of that
amount.
Commissioner Steve Wooden,
a bus driver for Dial-A-Ride, said
the transportation system said
the ridership is up in the area,
B N HARBOR - The Ben-
ton Harbor City Com ' ion ap­
proved a resolution October 4, to
authorize the Utility Servi De­
partment to pick up a 9 pe nt
in in the wage disposal
leasing the iden of
anoth burden.
The joint board for the Benton
Harbor/St. Joseph Wastewater
Plant has adopted the rate in­
crease effective November 1.
Rates for sewage disposal for
iden of the City of Benton
Harbor have previoUsly been -
tablished by ordinance and the
city d not want to . the
wage disposal rates for the citi­
zens. "We didn't want to put this
burden on our citizens like other
municipaliti ," Commissioner
Steve Wooden said,
Commissioner George Wysin­
gar stated that the only reason he
supported the resolution was be­
ca , "there will be no more bur­
dens put on the citizens. "
. "I HOPE WE keep it this way
because there have been too many
taxes put on the taxpayers in the
We feed minds:
City of Benton Harbor," WVSll' UIIB1'
'd.
Ino t eommi
ioner approved a lution urg-
ing the United St t
Departm n of J i Bu u of
Justice istan to award fund­
ingfrom the Poli HiringSupp
ment Program for th Benton
Harbor Poli Depe.rtm nt to
hance i community Pplicing f­
fo .
The eommi ion previously
passed lution uthorizing
the Benton Harbor Police Depa.rt­
ment to apply for grant funding
through the Bureau of J t' A.
istance, Police Hiring Supp
ment Program.
The City' eligible for up to 1
million over a th year period
for the Community Policing pro­
ject.
The City pledged to ma 8
every available effort to continu
the programs and retain the posi­
tions created by this grant after
funding has expired.
Commissioner Ralph Cren-'
shaw, Chairman of the eommi
sion's Public Safety Committee
said, the officers salary will be in
the next fiscal year budget.
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Pre-School StoryTime will
m on Wednesday, October 20,
from 10-10:45 am. AfterSchool
Story Hour will m t on Wedn
day, October 20, from 4-5 p.m.
Movi for children are shown
on Saturdays at 12 noon Showing
on October 23, will be, What's Un­
der My Bed? and There's A ight-,
mare In My Cl