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February 27, 1994 - Image 16

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Michigan Citizen, 1994-02-27

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1 - Charl Young be- appearnace on a 1937 Jack
cam th third Black to gradu- Benny Easter how grew to be a
from U.S. Military Academy 30-year ca r on the popular
t W t Point. radio, and later television, pro-
1977 - Eddie "Roch ter" gram.
Anderson di . Born in Oak- Name the Black inventor uf
land, C Iif', to a theatrical fam- the burglar-proof cash register
ily, Ander on' �est and the chemical air filter.
Who was the first Black fe­
male vocalist to be featured with
a white dance band?
1887 - U.S. Congress en­
acted charter to establish
Howard University.
1919 - Claude A. Barnett
tablishes the Associated Ne­
gro P (ANP), the first na­
tional new service for
Afrcan-American newspapers.
The goal of the ANP is to provide
national news releases to Afri­
can-American publishers. The
ANP will operate for the next 48
years and have, at one time, 95%
Which court ordered chool
integration "with all delib rate
P d" in 1959?
of all African-American newspa­
pers as subscribers.
1976 - Following its original
production at the AMAS Musi­
cal Theater, Bubbling Brown
Sugar opened at Broadway'
ANTA Theater.
1947 - Benjamin O. Davis,
Jr., was the first Black Air Force
General to be awarded DSM.
4th - Michael Luther King,
Jr.
5th - Harry McAlpin.
Too.
Which newspaper annually
selects the Black college All­
American football team? .
Claude Barnett
Answer
27th - Supreme Court.
28th - Otis Boykin.
1 - Lena Horne.
2nd - Pittsburgh Courier.
3rd - This Is My Country
Debbie Thomas
1 65 - Freedman's Bureau
was established by federal gov­
er nrnent to aid newly freed
slaves.
1961 - Kenneth B. Clark,
psychologist, educator, was
awarded Spingarn Medal for his
r s reh in the field of psychol­
ogy.
Tr 64 - Arthur Ashe became
the first Black member of the
·U.S. Davis Cup team.
196 Jacqueline -Joyner is
bor n in East St. Louis, Ill.
Joyn r Kersee becomes an
Olympic champion, winning two
medals (silver in 1984 and gold
in 1988 in the heptathlon and
ano her gold in the longjump at
h 1988 Games in Seoul, South
Korea.
1962 - Wilt Charnberlian
cored NBA record 100 points
. for the Philadelphia 76ers
gainst the New York Knicks.
19 . - Juanita Kidd Stout
be cernes the first African­
American woman to rve on a
tat up m court when she is
worn in as an' associate justice
of th Supr me Court of Penn-
ylvania.
1875 - Blanche Bruce was
elected United States Senator,
in Mississippi.
1877 - Garrett A. Morgan,
inventor of the automatic traffic
light and the gas mask, was
born.
1932 - Miriam Zensi
Makeba is born in Prospect
Township, South Africa. Al­
though exiled from her home­
land, Makeba will become an
internationally known singer
and critic of apartheid.
1960 - Langston Hughes,
poet, columnist, was awarded
Spingarn Medal for his distinc­
tion as "Black poet laureate.·
What wa the name of the
. nou l . uirttten by John A Wil­
lia m . as a result of his cross
country trip to test America's ra­
cial attitu+esl
What WQ.6 M.L. King, Jr:' •
name c;zt birth'
ri pus Attucks b -
fi Afri n-Arneri-
r yr in the American
wh n h is killed dur-
1925 - African-American
lawyers established the Na­
tional Bar Association.
1 35 - Fifth National Negro
Convention recommended
Blacks cease to use words "Afri­
can" and "Colored."
cm
Who was the' first Black ac­
credited White House news cor­
respondent?
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