THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY - t what radio tation was B.B. King a D Jay? How many non-Blacks led the NBA in r bounding from 1957- 1 7 ? FEBRUARY 1, 1S65-John . Rock, first Negro to practice before U.S" Supreme Court. 1902 - Playwright/poet/author Lang ton Hughe was born in Joplin, 10. 1960 - Four orth Carolina tude t� �e first sit-in at n F.W. Woolworth tore in Gr nsboro, .C. i977' - Clifford e ander Jr. was named first Black cretary of the U.S. Army. 1949 - We ley rown b me th firs Afri­ n-Am rican to graduate of the U.S. val A demy. In what prison was Cleaver serving time when he wrote "Soul On Ice"? FEBRUARY 2, GROU D­ HOG DAY. lS07 - Congr s banned slave tr de. 1915 - Bi­ ologist Erne t E. Ju t receiv d Spingarn Medal for pion r re- earch on fertiliza ion nd cell division. 1776 - George Wa hington answered letter from Phillis Whea ley. 1933 - 97 percent of African-American college stud nts were enrolled in institutions in th South. 1972 - Benjamin Hook was the first Black appointed to the Fed­ eral Communications Commis­ sion. The first "Marchon Washing­ ton" was held on what date? FEBRUARY 3, lS6S,-John Mercer Lan ton spoke t Alabama capitol. 1956;- uth­ erine Lucy enrolled as the first Black student t the U nive ity of Alabama. 1990 - Touring Theatre Ensembled (Greens- Who wds tit fi r t cutio c tary of tit atwnal Urban Leagu ? Nam one of the Caribbean countries involved in the U.S. iponsored Caribbean Basin In- itiative. · FEBRUARY 5, 1934 - Major League home run ch mpion H nry aron w s born. 1956 - L.R. utier became first Afric n-American admitted to th tion 1 Pr Club. 1 62- R b rt mall pilot a Confed­ erate ship into Union lin and was later named aval Com­ mander in the North. 1972 - Benjamin Hoo was the first African-Am rlcan appointed to he Federal Communicatins r· ion. • I. . Archie Bell i the brother of what Tampa Bay Buccaneer football player? Answers' 30th-WDIA. 31st- one. I t - California's Folsom Prison. 2nd - August 2S, 1963. 3rd - Eugene Kincle Jones. 4th - Jamaica, Dominican Republic or Barados. 5th - Ricky Bell. We appreCiate signed letters from our readers. Please mail to: Michigan Citizen, P.O. Box 03560, Highland Park, M148203. • rzen , . Publisher: Chartes Kelly Contributor : Bernice Brown - Patricia·Colbert Mary Golliday - Craig Hill - Allison Jones - Efua Korantema Shock Rock - Ron Seigel - Tureka Turk Carolyn Warfield Managing Editor: Kascene Barks Production: Nicole Spivey Typesetter: Jeryl Barginear Advertising Representatives: Roberta Oruche Ardella Thomas Circulation: Thurman Powell t One exrunple of tb con inu­ ing burden of racial i�equality i� our moo is found In Conn cti­ cut the nation's ealthie t state. Today, the enrollment in 1 0 of Conn icut's 166 school di tric remains 90 percent hite with SO percent of the Af­ ri n-American and Latino stu­ den concentrated in 10 percent of all school ystems. As of Octo­ ber, 1992, Hartford, the state capital and largest city, ha� 9�.1 percent minority tudents m Its public chools. C DE 1991-92, 66 percent of all Afri­ can-American studen and 73 Across the Connecticut River, percent of all Latino students E t Hartford's public schools were in predominantly minority . were 38.1 percent nonwhite. But schools. 'I'hi was the highest the racial percentages in Hart­ concentration of Black people in ford's other suburbs' public segregated schools in nearly. a schools were strikingly differ­ quarter century. ent: only 7.6 percent nonwhite The largest increases in ra- students in Newington, 6.7 per­ cially polarized public schools cent in Wethe�field, 17.2 per­ were found in Michigan, Mary- cent in West Hartford, and 8.3 land, New Jersey, Connecticut, percent in Glastonbury. State­ Tenn , and Alabama. The wide, African-American and ... ' .. Was Ronald Reagan really sincere when he recently invited Colin Powell to California, gave Powell the Reagan "Freedom A ward," and said he would like to see Powell in the White House as President? This Reagan act and its po­ tentially big political conse­ quences were treated almo t casually by the m dia. It ap­ peared briefly on C ews and-appear d rather inconspicu­ ously in newspa rs. M ny people are not a w re that this co rvati, two-term ex-pr sident R gan who op- . posed most civil righ laws vi- dently chan , now aying h ould like to Bl ck man in the Whi Rous ident. Along Color Line tino uden oomp mo than 0 fourth of the te' to­ tal public school enrollment. For n rly thirty , there ere efforts to deracialize Con­ necticut' public choo s. In 1966, a voluntary d gregation plan called "Project Concern" was initiated, with 266 Black inner-city students transported into tb whit ubur . Project Concern sent counselors to an­ swer the questions of Black par­ ents whose children participated in the program. By 1969, 690 children took part in Project Concern, which received Fed­ eral, state and foundation fund­ ing. BUT PROBLEMS surfaced almost immediately. Project Concern soon encountered vere budgetary problems. By the' late 1970s, Project Concern reached 1,175 children in twelve grades. But by 1992, its enroll­ ment had fallen to 680 children. Critics conectly called it an ex- IF 1"H( et.AC I'(. �'. v en � MY ," -' , • !' .• � -...;, ', ::, ample of racial "tokenism." ere- • '. :-. h"�J\AAUN \ 1'( WAS . ',;.;; �ONc Y t' ':;" '. .. .• , •. : •.. : .' ating a one-way street for Black : .:.' . -: AN�;ND€peNDEl'lT . I' : �', -PlEAsE: � « , ', ;��I�"� .:.: children into the white suburbs .•.•.• : .' COV� w€' tJ.)OOt.Pt�!7J .::::==-. � .J '-: perpetuated the illusion that in- , - , 9�� � . '_ • ,. 1 . to. • 19C)'2 • ." .,. ., . ..' \-\�\)e: ft... � • :.' � , .' 't:.;"",.. .�. : tegration in the classroom was : .' -.' ' .•.... ;. : .. ' T�t'E. reFIOr . • • �... : .�,;:'" .; • •• , ';'" identical with academic excel· • .. ..�. :'�" .:,. .',....... (),�, 'f'. -'; Ki'«JWING" lence. It did nothing to trans- WAAT WOOLD MOO : .� ".' ... _. ... , .. � t' ,��, ·:·'.�t'·"n�T OUR ANOCSTOflS form the curriculum or • • . • . ., . J. •. ,: '. dynamics of learning. IF TKE. BLACl<. MfJ'J IN " � : ", · .. ' · . ',' .' , ..... ,.: .sTRUGGlED �t> [2@ In April, 1989, Civil Rights THE C��,uNIT'{ bAntERED '�.�:: ... '�. '�. �� •. ".'.�:::' FOR �\ AN\) proponents filed a lawsuit on be- • I' O\GN\T'/ ' If oj Hartford's Black schooi � 1l\E SiREE, ,tQRN� '�' •. �'. 1,/. '�:!, /. \txi) CAN 6�E'�'� children, Sheff u. O'Neill, charg- WHERE V ,. ', '. t� .:' MA.N JUSTlPI aw� ingthat Jim Crow conditions ex- DRUG DEAL-tFS ',:,' ." : - isted in the public schools. To \ .... ,.�._ �1l\ER BLJa..� .. - footer educational equality will · .,. · l� r require a fundamental change in how education is financed, and, an infusion of capital and re­ sources into predominantly mi­ nori ty schools. The pursuit of racial equality must be waged in our public schools. .. . . . WE OW m d us h wanted to influen th political direction of this n tion Wh her the statement w made with sincerity and in good faith is con- Dr. Mann.ing Marable is Profusor of History and Political Science, and Direo- . tor of the AfriCXJ.r. American Studies I n.$li­ tute, Columbia University, New Yo" City. "Aloo.g the Cob- Line" appear' in over 250 publication, and is broadcn&t by 75 radio station! internationaUy. By -James E. Alsbrook jecture based on one of these three theories: n xt v nt t in the D.S. Senate. REAG OW people like Powell's communication skills, his mainstream personal­ ity, his charisma, his modesty and his brilliant military record. Reagan believes Powell would win the pr sidency for Republi­ cans and be a good and strong I der. Theory No.2: Assume Rea­ gan was not incere. If this is true, Reagan endorsed Powell b c use he has a "hidden a nda" nd wants to k p Pow­ ell from divulging information that would discredit th Reagan d.ministration just as the Wa- rgat affair di credi ixon. Pow 11 could v. rely damage R public n hopes for a 1996 Pr id nil I ion victory. n kno Powell has re­ ived off rs of betw n 4 mil­ lion nd $6 million to writ his autobiography including his m moi . inc Pow 11 wor ed with R gan hims If, v rious cabinet offi rs and oth r high officials, he know damaging information about h Rea n administra­ tion, including th "Iran-gate" , , z Published each Sunday by NEW DAY ENTERPRISE 12541 Second St - P.O. 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