THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY
ovember 21 .. 27
NOVEMBER 21, 1893
Granville T. Wood p ten d
electric railway conduit. 1822-
Liberia wa founded by the
American Colonization Society.
1950 - Baritone, William
Warfield made his inging d -
but in New York.
With what t€am was Willie
Stargell playing when he ruled
his car erl
NOVEMBER 22, 1914 -
William Monroe Trotter,
author, editor, argued with
President Wilson over hi accep­
tance of segregationist practi
at the Whit House. 1897 -An­
drew B rd inv nt automat­
ic ooupling device for railroads.
The quote, "Life for me ain't
been no cry tal star", is taken
from what poem?
In 1940 Kathenn Dunham
agreed in what musical that sit
choreographed?
NOVEMBER 24, 18
What w the first official
all-Black unit In the ioil War?
NOVEMBER 24 THANK .
G VING D . 1975 - uri­
name gained independence
fr m the e berland . 1972 -­
Frank Will ,a 26 year old Afri .
can-Am rican ecurity guard,
. al rted poli to the Watergate
br ak-in. 1984 - Charlie
Joiner 0 the San Diego Charg­
made hi 650th career recep­
tion for an all-tim NFL record.
To what staff po ition was
Dr. Louis T. Wright appointed at
Harlem Hospital?
N VEMBER 26, 1970 -
harle Gordon became the
fi Black playwright to rive
h Pulitzer. Priz for (No Place
to Be Somebody). 1972 - Wed­
ding Band, Alice hildr '
drama about inter-racial love,
opened at the New York Shake-
peare F tival. 1962 - Alaska .
passed an open occupancy law.
1960 - N oveli t Richard
Wri bt, died.
Who was among the first jazz­
ni 11 to pres nt Jazz in. the
church?
N VEMB R 27, 1990 -
'h rle. John on was
aw rd d Nation 1 Book Award
for fiction for Middle Passage.
J 7 - .H. T ylor patent ro­
t ry engine. 1921 - h w
R ord Company was the first
ord company organized and
own d by Afri n-Am ricans.
1829-1897 - In th econd half
of the 19th n ury, John M.
nd only to
Who was tit first Black to
play in organiz d hockey?
ANSWERS
rrWABALSOinte tingto
listen to Senate Minority Leader
Bob Dole and President Clinton
MEANWHILE Somalie,
U.S./U.N. forces ere on the
prowl for the "enemy fugiti
arlord" Mohammed Farah
Adid, and getting badly mauled
in the p
, ALLY, THERE' the
absolute irony and oontradiction
of the U.S. hosting a oonference
to raise billions of dolla to pac­
ify the Gam Strip and the W
Bank town of Jericho as a £01-
lowup to the Pal tinian-Israeli
Peace Accord.
President Clinton and other
top level policy makers are g-
l"I'I'� right ",1'/') I
�UII Ih'il-!II 1m',
\11 I{il-!ht, J(,_ .• _'·r_"_d _....�.u��
Definition of a REAL MAN
ri .
In oth r 0 , nomic j
tiee . n a pre-condition to
peace. Ho can American
policy ma promote economic
j ti an int gral oompo n
of t Palestinian-Israeli P ce
Accord nd yet be blind to the
n for economic j i here in
U.S.A.?
While the U.S. i roundingup
aid for Ria, squandering re­
sou on a military misad n­
ture in Somali and scrambling to
. urces to underwrite a
flawed peace agreement in the
Middle Ea t, the number of
Americans living in poverty in
the U.S. increased by 1.2 million
in 1992.
According to the U.S. Census
Bureau nearly 37 million people
now live in poverty in the U.S.,
with 33.3� of African Americans
and 29.3% Latino living be­
low the poverty line.
Nearly half of Bla children
aare till stuc in poverty.
Meanwhile in New York City,
there are now more people on
welfare than at any time ince
the G ion.
MW.a.--..have
�nol'.a._...; ....... .;;"lCbed..'IP1· d�· portions in
moat of America's urban inner-
city wastelands. Yet there is no '
call for a Dom tic Marshall
Plan, a public service jobs pro­
gram and no ignificant
program for eoonomic justice
for the di dvantaged and th
disposse sed in this nation.
There is a correlation b tw n
social and' eoonomi jus ice and
pea nd rity in th t ts
and n ighborhood of thi na­
tion.
o
o
o
� Aisbrook
I ,
y dames
BI ck people who wonder
whether to take action on their
seemingly impossible ho and
d ms hould take inspiration
and pride from the challen
and successes of B i Col­
man, Am rica's first Black f
male airplan pilot.
Honoring her m mory, the
Smithsonian In itution's a­
tiona} Air and Spa Mu urn in
Washington, D.C., scheduled a
special program dedica to h r
. on S ptember 23, in W bing­
o ton, .C.
Fe tures includ a re-enact­
ment ofbighlights ofh r life and
a dis ion of a new biography
chronicling her achi v ments
nd commemorating her life.
B i Col man's lif w a
seri of pro lem and lutions
- problems like those that
trouble most Blac of today and
solutions that would be found
and used oniy by th mo t d ter­
mined and ere ti perso .
Be i
n pilo e
ter.
o
Ron-Daniels rv sa Pr ident of th«
IMtitute for ommuni Organ.ization
and Deutlopmen.t in Young t on, hio.
He maybe ntaaed at (216) 746-5747.
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