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Broad treet at Collingwood, Monday,
12/26/ 4 thru Sund y, 1/01/95 t
7p m Each night of Kwanz a will fo
cus on thos principle th Ip to
strengthen and nrlch our commu
n y. There will be mus c, dance, po
etry, African story telling, creative
dramatrc presentat ons, as w II san
African MarKet Place. There will also
be many spec aJ guest p rformers.
So come and Join us In thl unlqu
and Joyous community celebration.
For further Information, call (313)-
491 -0777 or 875-9700.
KWANZAA - The African American
Women's Network presents our 2nd
annual Kwanzaa celebration. Jo n us
in observance of Umoja � Unity, Mon-
day, Dec. 26th from t-ep.m. th
Belcrest Community Am., (5440
Cass, the talle bldg. btwn Kirby and
Ferry). Donation $5, members·free.
Tuesday, Dec. 27
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS - Looking
f0f something to do with your children
while they are home from school dur
Ing the holiday season? Bring them to
the Detroit Historical Museum for an
YOU CAN HELP - This holiday a
son Focus: HOPE is once again
m ch ng people who want to glv
with p ople In n d. The goal Is to
help hundreds of families and home
bound senior citizens have a happy
holiday. Family to Fam Iy has been a
holiday program of Focus: HOPE for
more than twenty years. Share with Saturday, Dec. 31
a Senior was launched 13 years ago.
The tradition continues this year thru CELEBRATION - New Year's Eve
February 1. To offer your time and/or at the Aep has become a rich Detroit
resources to deliver holiday cheer, tradition: Now In it's eighteenth year,
call the Focus: HOPE Volunteer people from all over the country make
Dept. at (313)-494-5500 for Info. it a polnt to spend New Year's Eve
with us. The cost for unlimited cham-
Thursday, Dec. 29 pagne, hors d'oeurves, performance,
CARPOOL - A World Premiere, Is a buffet supper, and celebration Is just
$45.00 per person. Th evening be
penetrating assessment of the plight gins at 8p.m. New Year's Eve reser-
of middle echelon management In to- vatlons will be limited to 100 people,
day's volatile workplace. Carpool will Tickets must be purchased In ad
run every Thursday thru Sunday until vance .. Charge your tlckets by calling
Dec. 31, 1994. General admission is ,
THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTQRY
December 25-31
"" ........... £.1& ......... ·25, CHRIST- In what California city did
Bobby Seale run for mayor?
Who is knot It as "Mr. Octo-
bill .
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MB R 26, 1 93 -
Dr ani) H 1 Williams per
[om) th fir t ucces ful open
h art ur ry ,
1 --.J n T mer, uthor
of C n ,W' born.
1 9 - J M. Certain patent
bicycJ pa 1 carrier.
, 1 06 - Jack John on be
cam first N gro h avyw ight
ch mpion ..
'}9�2 - Ralph Elljson' IN
VISIBLE MA won National
Book Award.
What was the title of the first
successful satire umtten by a
Black Amencan l
Who I�U<) tli original Bess in
"Porgy and B s"?
DECEMBER 29, 1746 -
Lucy T rry, Black, poet, WT t
her first poem. �
1894 - W.E.B. DuBolS Vi
the first Black to receive Ph.D,
from Harvard.
1923 - Cheikh Anta Diop,
Egyptologist, anthropologist,
was born in Diou rbel, Senegal.
1�85 - Nearly half of the
largest Black-owned businesses
�were automobile dealerships.
What company capitalized on
Jan Matzelieger's Shoe Lasting
Machine?
DECEMBER 30, 1800 -
Blacks represented 20 percent
of U.S. population.
1852 - Harriet Beacher
Stowe's Book UNCLE TOM'S
CABIN, old 300,000 copi s.
Who played the original, "Cat
Wom.an" in the T.V. show "Bat
man"!
DE E BER 31, NEW
YEAR'SEVE�
1930 - Odetta, blu and
folk singer, was born.
19 - P id n Truman's
Executiv oro r called for n
nd to segregation in th Armed
For
1952 - Ended first full year
in 71 years without a lynching,
1964 - Carl T. Rowan be
came Director of United States
I nformation A ney.
Who held the bantamioetgh.t
boxing title from 1929 to 1935?
Answers
25th - Reggie Jackson.
26th - Black No More.
27th - Anne Brown.
28th - Oakland, CA.
29th - The United States
Machinery Company.
30th - Eartha Kitt.
31 t - Panama Al Brown.
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