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B 11 Curve'
)- ational Black political I der
n t w k i ued anoth r thing t ck on th
11 w t lling book -"Th Bell urv. " The book by conser­
vative political i ntist Charl Murray nd th late ichard
Herrnstein rgu that Blacks are m ntally inferior to whit
an that there i little governm nt programs can do to h lp
them.
pite i controversial th is, "Th Bell Curv .. i riving
wid pread media attent.ion and is being SUpPOl ed by the
co rvative wing of the Republican party. J ckson said of
Murray, "the conservative polemicist will pocket a mall for­
tune huckstering a pseudo-intellectual justification for the
affluent to feel no responsibility for the wretched." Jackson
labeled the book "dishon t pseudo- ienee" and "racist tripe"
comparable to Adolph Hitler's rationale for killing millions of
Jews.
Jackson predicted that a r ult of Republican party
support for some of Murray's recommendations, there will be
further attacks on the welfare system, affirmative action pro­
grams and the vot.ing rights bill.
prot t
r fter
in-
tance, in
England, movement is under­
foot to stop arms sal to the
military and to prevent the gen­
erals from traveling to Britain
Although the military has re­
fused thus far to urrender
power, once again, e the
power of the African working
class. And the leading role this
class is playing more and more
in the struggle for democracy.
their political d tiny, use their
political ouroes for their own
development ... while contribut­
ing to the Nigerian kaleido-
cope."
" ................. L OIL HAS been ex­
tracting over 28,000 barrels of
oil a day for over 30 years from
the Ogoni region yet the people
have benefited very little. While
Statehouse Confederate Flag's
fate now in court's hands
More mortgages for­
minorities but bias continues
BY JESSE J HOLLAND
COLUMBIA, .c. (AP) -Pro­
flag pro t rs dressed Con­
federate soldiers outside the
state Supreme Court waved
Confederate flags and chanted
"We want a vote" as the justices
decided the fate ofth battle flag
above the Statehouse dome.
I', A -lawyer repr enting eivic
and business leaders suing to
have the flag removed may give
them their wish by asking the
justices to give legislators one
more chan to decide the fate of
the Rebel banner.
Th entire argument hinges
on whether the court agrees the
Legislature has the ultimate
right to control the Statehouse,
however.
The 20 pro- flag protesters
said getting the issue back to the
Legislature would be exactly
whatthey want.
"The Supreme Court is going
to send the matter back to the
Legislature, who will then send
i( to the people, who will then
take a vote on the issue," said
. Tony Carr, South Carolina
Heritage Preservation Associa- I
tion president. "We consider
t.hese whole proceedings to just
be a formality."
W HINGTON, D.C. (NBNS)- A federal agency reported last
w k that efforts to end mortgage loan discrimination against
minorities appear to be producing positive results. According
to the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council,
conventional mortgage loans to Blacks rose by 36 percent last
year. The increase for Hispanics was 25l1t. The improvement
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rogra ow n moderate inoome households.
How, n he mo gage rejectIon ra
is ill much higher for Blacks and Hispanics than for whites
and Asians. The denial rate for conventional loans is 14.6% for
Asians, 15.3% for whites, 25.1�' for Hispanics and 34% for
African Americans.
Pauf HO roe/The New Yot1< l1m
As the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by the larg t amount
in years to Wall Street applause, demonstrator in Wa hington­
like many leader - prOle ted that higher rate would mean 10 t
jobs.
SOUTH CAROLINA is the
last state to fly the Confederate
battle flag above its Capitol, al­
though the Georgia and Missis-
Please see FATE, AS
Black female college
graduates out-earning males
THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY
NEW YORK. N.Y. ( BNS)-An analysis of Census Bureau data
. by researchers at Queens College in New York has found that
among recent college graduates Black females are earning
more than Black males. College graduates 25-years-old and
younger were studied and the findings showed the median
income for white males was $18,000 a year.
Black females came in second with a median income of
$17,000. They were followed by white females at $16,800 and
Black males at $16,400.
November 27 - December 3
Year" by the Golden Rule Foun­
dation in 1946?
Playhouse in Miami.
NOVEMBER 27, 1829-
1897 - In the s ond half ofth
19th century, JO}Ul M. Langston
was second only to Frederick
Douglass as a persistent advo­
cate of Black rights.
1878 - B.H. Taylor patent
rotary engine.
1921 - The Swan Record
Company was the first record
company organized and owned
by African Americans.
1942 - Jimi H ndrix, rock
. musician, was born.
1974 - Burke, Dellums
Hawkins, Metcalfe, Young,
Clay, Collins and Fauntroy
were memb ofth Black au­
cus.
1990 - Charl s Johnson w
a warded ational Book A ward
for fiction for Middle Pas
a collection of poem .
1955 - Rosa Parks was ar­
rested for refusing to give her
bus eat to a white man, spark­
ing the Montgomery bus boy­
cott, in Montgomery, Ala.
1966 - The term "Black
Power" popularized by Stokely
C rmich el.
1987 - Carrie Saxon Perry
became the first Black female
Mayor of a major U. S. city
(Hartford, Conn.).
Who authored "If He Hollers
Let Him Go"?
NOVEMBER 29, 1894
Lincoln University won a foot­
ball game agains How rd Uni­
v r ity in the first football
contestbetwe nthesetwoBlack
coli ges. ,
1905 - The Chicago De­
fender, Chicago'S first Black
newspaper, began publication.
1957 - Jackie Robinson re­
tired from b eball,
'The Bell Curve' -. The most
'dangerous book ln America?
DECEMBER 3, 1818-1893
- Charles L. Reason, promi­
nent educator, became an in­
structor at New York's African
Free School at age 14.
1847 - Frederick Douglass
and Martin R. Delaney publish­
ed first issu of North Star, an
antislavery paper.
1988 - For the first time
ever, three Black colleges, Lin­
coln, Spelman and Bennett,
were headed by women.
1990 -Avery Brooks started
in Othello a . produced by the
Shakespeare Theatre at th Fol­
r in Washington, D.C.
BOSTON, . (NBNS)-About every twenty years one of
the . books comes along. This time it has the disarming title
of "The Bell Curve. "But like others before it, the basic argu­
ment of "The Bell Curve" is that Blacks are intellectually
inferior to whites. And the book is receiving sub tantial na­
tional media coverage and is being quietly pus hed by the
co�ervative wing of the Republican party.
The authors of he book are the late Harvard University
psychologist Richard Herrnstein and conservative social cien­
ti t Charles Murray. Murray is an effective promoter of his
book because he does not present himself as a rabid racist but
'as a well meaning intellectual who discov red sorn thingwhich
he has to expose even though it is unpopular. The thesis of the
book is based on the assumption that IQ tests adequately
. m sure intelligence.
The book how that Blacks consistently scor lower on IQ
tests than whites and jumps to the conclusion that the reason
for the scor is genetic or that Blacks are just n turally less
intelligent than whites.
Murray, in effect, argu that there is little that can be done
to help BI cks and other minorities because they have lower
intelligence. There is ev ry indication that th book will
becom a t eller, at lea t in part as a result of he. vy media
exposure.
Harvard Medical School psychiatry professor Alvin Pous­
saint says of the book, "It's hurtful. It puts Black people ... in a
defensive position and giv s ammunition to tho who would
attack them."
How many years did. Rod
Carew unri the American League
batting titl ?
Who was the fi r t Black man
to obtain a Ph.D. in physicsl
D MBER 2, 1496 - Co-
lumbus I nded in Haiti
1 59-JohnB wn was con-
victed of t son nd hanged.
1884 - Granville T. Woods
patent tel phon ransmitter.
191 -Paul Rob sonofRut­
gers was selected to th prestig­
ious Walter Camp All-American
foot 11 t m.
19 0' - Leontyn Price be­
came the reigning prima donna.
of the Metropolitan Opera
House.
1968 - Dial Press publi hed
Frank Yerby's twen y-first
work, Jud , y Brother.
19 9 - And Ware of th
U ni rsity of Houston
the first Black quarter ck r
to win th Heism n Trophy.
1989 - Obba Babatunde ap-
, peared s "Cocky" in a newly
conc ived version of Ro r of th
Gr as paint, Smell of th
Crowd at the Coconut Grov
NO MBER 30, 1 37 -
n d was gran ed voting
righ to Bla ks.
1 65 - Freedm n's Bur u
to aid former sl v w estab­
lish d.
1897 -JA Swe tingpaten
cigare -rolling d vi .
1907 - Alain Lo k was th
first African Am ncan to win a
prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.
19 1 - Rennaissan Thea­
ter Comp ny ( ew Haven
staged its first Santa's Interna­
tional Sl igh Ride, starring
Gam tt My rs Jr., as a Black
Santa.
What President was author-
i ze d by Congress to accept·
Blacks for rnilitary serui ?
Who is credited with the set­
tlement and nanung of Pueblo,
Colorado?
NOVEM ER 28, 1914
W.C. Handy published ST.
LOUIS WOMAN.
1959-1966 - Bill Russ 111
the Boston Celtics to 8 straight
championship.
1961-Erni D vis, running
back for Syr cu e Uni rsity,
b came th first Black to win
the Heisman Trophy. '
1974 - Rangel, Chisholm,
Stok s, Mitch 11, ix, Jord n,
onyers, Diggs and Ford we
members of th Black C ucu .
Answers
27th - P ident Lincoln.
28th - Emma Clement.
29th - Dr. Edward Bouchet.
30th - Redd Foxx,
1 -Eight.
2nd - Ch ter Him
3rd -Jam P. B kworth.
1 n the motion picture Cotton
Comes to Harlem", who plays
the "J u nhman "?
Pentecostals move
toward racial unity
November Birthdays
3rd - Dr. Louis W. Sullivan,
Cabin t m mb r, 1933.
9th - Benjamin Banneker,
inventor, 1731.
E MBE 1, 1950
Gwendolyn Brooks became the
firs African American to win a
Pultiz r Prize, for Annie Allen,
M MPHI I TE N. (B ) - The Pent costal church plit
along racial lines about 70 years ago. But last w k Black and
white Pentecostal groups met in Memphis and agreed to form
a nationwide association They said the effort was designed to
end r cial division. The n w executive committ will be com­
posed of six Blacks and ix whi . Th Pen ostal movemen
started in 1906 with emphasis on "talking in tongu "and
tangible manif tations of spirit. At first 11 racial groups wer
invited but by the 1920's th movem nt had be n divided along
racial lin .
What Black woman was'
named "Am. rican Mother of the