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October 16, 1994 - Image 13

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Michigan Citizen, 1994-10-16

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BLACK I-DSTORY
o
-22
Attorney Alilana Peters w<u ap­
pointed to the Securities and Ex­
change commie ion for how ma.ny
years?
OCTOBER 18, 1881 - Henry
Highland Garn t was appointed
Mini ter to Liberia.
1948 - Playwright Ntozake
Shange, author of For Colored Girl
Who Have Considered Suicide
When The Rainbow I Enuf ... , was
born Paulette William ,in Trenton,
N.J.
1968 - Bob Beamon won the
gold medal, and t a new world
mark in the broad jump with' a leap
of 29' 2 1/2" at Mexico City Olym­
pics.
1977 - Karen Farmer became
the first African American member
of the DAR.
Who was the lead vocalist of the
group Stone City Band?
OCTOBER 19, 1915 - Ernest
E. Ju t, biologist, was awarded
Spingarn Medal for outstanding re­
search in biology.
1943 - Paul Robeson opened in
Othello at the Shubert Theater in
New York City. The show ran from
296 consecutive performances, a re­
cord run for Shakespeare in N ew
York. .
1978 - Mormons ended the ex­
clusion of African Americans from
the priesthood.
Who was the only Black starling
quarterback in the USFL in 19831
OcrOBER 20, 1898 - The
first Black-owned insurance com­
pany, North Caroline Mutual Life
In urance Co., was founded.
1946 - W.E.B. DuBoi recited
his speech, "Behold The Lord."
1950 - William Warfield, bari­
tone, made his singing debut in
New York.
1963 - Jim Brown set the ca­
reer NFL rushing mark (since bro­
ken by Walter Payton), with 8}390
yards. .
1977 - The TV mini-series,
ROOTS, drew over 130 million
viewers.
The "New Orleans Tribune" was
published in which two languages?
OCTOBER 21, 1850-Chicago
refused to enforce Fugitive Slave
Act.
1872 -John H. Conyers became
first African American to enter the
U.S. Naval Academy.
1917 - Pioneer of "bebop" jazz,
trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, was
born:
. 1926 - Negro History Week be­
gan in Washington, D.C.
What was the name of the movie
based on the life of Jack Johnson?
OCTOBER 22, 1940-TheNe­
gro Playwrights Comp,sny. prod';lc­
tion of Theodore Ward 8 Blg Whlte
Fog, opened at the Lincoln Theater
in Harlem.
1960' - Serious Jazz was
clearly marked by racial integra­
tion.
1952 - Frank E. Peterson, Jr.
was comnussioned as Marine AVia­
tion Officer.
1953 - Clarence S. Green be­
came the first African American
certrfied in neurolOglcal surgery.
1963 - 225,000 boycott Chicago
schools' to prote t gregation.
Mrs. MaggLe Lena Walker, the
first Black woman bank president,
was founder of what bankin RLCh-
mond, VA?
Answers
16th -1909.
17th - Five Y a
1 th - Rick Jam
19th - John Walton.
20th - French & English.
21 i - Th Great Whit Hop.
22nd - Saint Luk P nny Sav-
mg. Bank
Independently Owned And Ope�ted
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