This Week In
Black History
Pushkin, a R . an of Mrican d -
nt regarded the father of mod-
em R 'an poetry, was born.
1922 - Th home of Frederick
Dougla wa made a national
hrine.
1 - Th first Broadway play
produced by actor, director Frank
Silv ra, was Th Am n Com r.
1965 - Voting RIghts Bill was
passed.
1991 - Ge V a Theatre' produc­
non of A Rai in In The Sun was
lected by the Lincoln Center Li­
brary for its Theater on Film collec­
tion.
The Freedman's Hospital and the
Douglass Hospital are located in
what section of the country?
1\1 Y 27. 1870 - Michael
Howard arrived at West Point Acad­
my from MI i . ppi.
1942 - Steward Dorie Miller
was awarded Navy Cross for hero­
Ism during the attack on Pearl Har­
bor in December 1941.
1944-1947 - Black boxer Bob
Montgomery held light ightcham­
pionship
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Who 8eCaiM the firsf Bld.ck '&>rri- •
poser to conduct a major .A.merican
orchestra?
MAY 28, 1851 - Sojourner
Truth attended Women's Rights
Convention.
1942 - James Farmer helped
fround CORE in Chicago.
1948 - National Party won
whites-only elections in South Afri­
can and began to institute policy of
apartheid.
1987 - The Zhanra Group pre­
sented Clayton Le Bouef's Tied­
Apart at the Sanctuary Theater in
Washington. D.C.
What Boston Celtic forward at­
tended the University of North Caro­
lina-Charlotte?
ANSWERS
22nd -John Carlos.
23rcl- Harvard University.
24th - Five Years.
25th -1775.
26th - Eastern.
27th - William Grant Still.
28th - Cedric Maxwell.
BH Obituaries
five sons, William Thompson of
Goshen, Ind., Robert Thompson and
L.C. Thompson, both of Benton Har­
bor, and Camilhus Thompson Jr. of
East Chicago, Ind.; four daughters,
Maggie Gorman of St, Louis, Mo.,
Portia Jones and Ida Holton, both of
Benton Harbor, and Pauline House
of Elkhart, Ind.; 54 grandchildren;
and 60 great-grand children.
Daniel Gibbs
Daniel L. Gib ,22, of Benton
Harbor, died May II, of injuries re­
ceived in an automobile accident In
th Buchanan-Nil area.
The funeral was held May 16, at
Robbin Brothers. Funeral Home,
Benton Harbor. Burial was in Crys­
tal Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Gibbs was born April 27,
1972, an Berrien Springs. He was
formerly employed as a cook at
McDonald' Restaurant.
Survivor include: hi wif,
Ro honda, of Lan 109; two sons,
Dant I Gibb Jr and Domenrk
Gibbs, both of Lansing; a peon,
Antroruo Fowl r of Lansing; his fa­
th r, Robert Thomas of Sikeston,
Mo.j h; moth r, Catherine Gib of
Benton Harbor; three brothe ,Ty­
ron Gib Micha I Gib and Al­
phonso Gibbs, all of Benton Harbor;
and two isters, Shannon Gibbs and
Latonya Gib both of B noon Har­
bor
nt,
m t nd y
mi r child.
Y22,1
cided to di nfranchi
Black population.
1921 - Shuffle Along, a musical
f aturing a 0 b Eubi Blakeand
Nobl 81 I, opened on Broadway
With a soecial previ w for ngwrit-
rs and performers. The most xpen-
iv orch ta t co t 2.
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Who was the last man to run the
100 yard dash in 9.1 seconds?
From which college did W.E.B.
Dubois obtain his Ph.D. ?
Y24.1 54-L1Ocoln Umver­
tty, the fir' t Black colle�e, was
founded Ashmum In itute in
h ter County, Pa.
1 64 - John Lawson received
he U.S. Naval Medal of Honor for
heroism in the Battle of Mobile Bay.
1 93 - First Black YMCA was
organized in Washington, DC.
How long was the Fr edmens Bu­
reau in existence?
MAY 25, 1919 - Madame C.J.
Walker, cosme ics manufacturer
and first Black female millionaire,
died.
1926 - Jazz trumpeter Miles
Dewey DaVIS was born.
1935 - J Owens tied or sur-
passed SlX world track records at Big
Ten Conferenc Track meet.
1951 - Last all-Black army unit
deactivated. Willie Mays entered
Major League Baseball.
1992 - Ebony Magazine listed
basketball greats Magic Johnson
and Michael Jordan among the 100
Most Influential Black Americans.
In what year did the Continental
Congress bar Blacks from the Ameri­
can Revolutionary Anny? 1774, 1776
or 180l?
A Y 26, 1799 - Alexander
Leo Miller
Leo MIller, 66, of Benton Harbor, .
rued May 5, at Orchard Grov Ex­
tended care Center, Benton Town-
hi p, after a hort illn .
Th funeral was held May 12, at
N w MI Ion Bapti Church, Ben­
ton Harbor, of which h was a mem­
ber Bunal was 10 Cry tal Spnngs
C m ry. Robbin Brothers Fu­
n ral Home, B nton Harbor, was 10
charg of arrangemen .
Mr MIll r was born Nov mber
13, 1927, 10 Hayti, Mo. He was for­
m rly mployed as a fork hft driver
at a local carirung company.
Survivors mclud : hi wife, R
Mary of Ardmore, Okla.; hi moth r.
Nola Lov of B nton Harbor; ;'
daugh r, Vicki Walk r of Ard­
mo , and on grandchild.
Camillius
Thompson
AFRICA from pag A1
BH L brary
don tio
The library gratefully accep
donatio of books, paper­
backs, and vid . We are cur-
rently in n of popular
and pre- n paperbac ri,
uch the Babysitter' Club,
well horror and romance ti­
tl . If any donated titl are not
needed in the collection, they are
put in the library' on-going boo
Ie.
Movi forchildrenare hown
on Saturdays at 12 noon. Show­
ing on May 28th will be, Just Me
and My Dad and Arnold of the
Ducks.
Textile Exhibit
An exhibit of Indigo and Ikat
Textil woven by Lake Michi­
gan College students will be on
di play from June 2 through
June 30, in the Lawrence Room
of the Lincoln Township Library,
2099 West John Beers Road
Stevensville. '
High ower-Jackson to wed
Yvonne Highto r Del An­
thony J ph Jackson are plan­
ning July 2, edding.
Mi Highto r is th daugh­
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Oti Turner
of Benton Harbor and Mr. and
. George B of San Anto-
nio, Te
Hightower i a graduate of
Benton Harbor High School. She
also graduate from Dickinson
Busin School of San Antonio
and is employed by the Michigan
Department of Social Services.
. Her finance is the son of Mrs.
Armentha Jackson of Dowagiac
and is a graduate of Dowagiac
High School and the University
of Maryland.
He is employed by DANKA,
South Bend, and is a member of
the United States Air Force Re­
serves.
THE CIVIL G move-
ment, Ja on id, "dismantled
I gregation. .. but chieved
no reid change in th po er
tructure of this nation "
"Rath r than di m ntling th
institutions of gregation, we
have maintained the same
po er tructure. othing about
Brown lly opened up the sys­
id. "Insti utional ra­
ci m .. .i till. pr valent even for
the m t successful Blacks, His­
panics and women. If.any other
country had the number of pe0-
ple imprisoned. as there are
blacks imprison in thi coun­
try, we'd be questioning their
civil righ policies."
Incest urvivor
upport group meet
The Nil Incest Survivors
Support Group will meet on
Thursdays at 7 p. m. at the
Wesley United Methodist
Church, 302 Cedar Street at
Third, Nil .
The group is open to any adul
woman molested as children.
There is no fee for the group. For
more information, call Pat
Friend at the Center for Self
Help at 925-0594 or 1-800-336-
0341 or Gerry at 684-0588.
TIRED and RUN DOWN?
Get KM.
Blood drive planned
Th American Red Cross will
eonduc a blo drive from 11
a.m. to 5 p.m , M y 27, in the
Mercy ent r Lec ure Room,
Benton H rbor.
The don t d blood will be
used. for patients in th Great
Lak region. Donors must be at
leas 17 years old, weight- l lf)
pounds and in good health.
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