EVE - Com cel br Kw w h Th Shrin of th BI M - donna 0 h Id Shrin #6, 99 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 . er . 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. National Black Unit€d Front Detroit Chapt€r I' �� Kj,&.N::t.h�� uti: L 'l 'it �ahce eele6rzat:i }-l'" f.'ridQ4, Dccanba 30, 199't � ····�i1oo p.m - 100 arn .' �h At S:p.'