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Remembering Our Fallen Heroes Do with a Raging Debate in the “There Are Too Many Laws Country As to What Age a Child Concerning Children That Are by Nelson A
FREE www.caribbeanlifenews.com BROOKLYN/STATEN ISLAND EDITION June 3-9, 2016 TOO YOUNG TO WED Catholics, Hindus clash over child brides in Trinidad By Bert Wilkinson before becoming teenagers. While authorities in Trini- Independent Senator Helen dad are battling to stabilize Drayton, for example, argues the petroleum-based econo- that the current legislation does A call for youth volunteers my from low world prices and not make any political, cultural security officials grapple with or moral sense as no one in Sister Claudette Muckett of Attributes of Christ Ministries plays the bass guitar. See runaway gun violence, a new Trinidad & Tobago is allowed story on page 18. Photo by Nelson A. King controversy is attracting the to adopt a child under age 25. attention of the administration Why therefore should a girl of Prime Minister Keith Row- now leaving primary school be ley. allowed to marry have kids and Surprisingly, it has much to attempt to run a household? Remembering our fallen heroes do with a raging debate in the “There are too many laws country as to what age a child concerning children that are By Nelson A. King freedoms, which many around The borough president said or young girl should be allowed contradictory. We need to be Several Brooklyn politicians the world are denied beneath his administration remains to marry legally. consistent with who is and who on Monday joined Americans the yoke of tyrannical rule, committed to all of the bor- Current colonial era laws is not a child. Every single bill all over in celebrating Memo- have come at a human cost,” ough’s veterans, as well as the allow a young, school aged I have seen there is a contra- rial Day. -
National African-American History Month African
★ National African-American History Month ★ African American Transportation Leaders and Innovators February 2017 African American Transportation Innovators • Knowledge of history can inspire us all to greater heights, give us examples to follow, goals to reach, and pride in our legacy • Among CUTR’s important goals is to continue to attract a talented and diverse workforce and to encourage our employees’ achievements • As we celebrate African American History Month we honor those who have made great contributions to many aspects of the transportation industry ★ Celebrating African American History Month 2017 ★ 2 Archibald Alexander (1888−1958) . Design and Construction Engineer . Civil Engineering Degree from Iowa State University 1912 . Designed and K Street Freeway in Washington DC . Formed general contracting business specializing in steel and concrete bridges. Built airfield in Tuskegee, Alabama . First Republican Territorial Governor of the Virgin Islands, 1954-1955 . Honorary Civil Engineering Degree, University of Iowa. NAACP Spingarn Medal 1928 . Trustee of Tuskegee Institute . Honorary Doctor of Civil Engineering, Howard University ★ Celebrating African American History Month 2017 ★ 3 Lawrence Bailey (1918–1998) . First black member and officer of the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority . Lawyer and longtime resident of Jamaica, Queens ★ Celebrating African American History Month 2017 ★ 4 David Baker . Patented interliners that prevent tire punctures 1924 (1,620,054) . Patented railway signal apparatus 1913 (1,054,267) . Patented high water indicator for bridges 1915 (1,154,162) ★ Celebrating African American History Month 2017 ★ 5 Sharon D. Banks (1945–1999) . General Manager, AC Transit (Alameda-Contra Costa County, California) during 1990s . Began AC Transit career as general counsel . Remembered for “humanistic touch” . -
Black Chronicle: an American History Textbook Supplement. Bulletin No. 91546
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 354 179 SO 022 617 AUTHOR Kailin, Clarence S. TITLE Black Chronicle: An American History Textbook Supplement. Third Edition. Bulletin No. 91546. INSTITUTION Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. SPONS AGENCY Department of Education, Washington, DC. PUB DATE 91 NOTE 151p.; Photographs may not reproduce clearly. For the first and second editions of this document, see ED 170 236 and ED 200 506. AVAILABLE FROMConsultant, Race Equity Programs, Equity and Multicultural Education Section, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 125 South Webster Street, P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841. PUB TYPE Historical Materials (060) EDRS TRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Black History; Curriculum Enrichment; *History Instruction; Instructional Materials; *Racial Relations; Secondary Education; Social Studies; *United States History IDENTIFIERS African Americans ABSTRACT This book, a revision and updating of a work first published under the same title in 1974, presents a detailed chronological history of African Americans in the United States. The description begins with the origins of Homo sapiens in Africa, and traces the African American story from slavery in North America through the U.S. Civil War, the Depression, and the protest era of the 1960s to the opening of the 1990s decade. A bibliography of nearly 750 resources divides relevant works into such topics as general history, the Post-Reconstruction era, and works focused on legal and cultural subjects. Included in the book are notes about the author, a foreword, and the prefaces to the first, second, and third editions. Black and white photographs portraying leading figures and events in African American history also are included.(LBG) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * from the original document. -
Congress Votes Everything for Big Business, Goes Home
Truman Flouts Workers of the World, Unite ! Bill of Rights T H E M f L I T A N T In Vatican Deal PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WORKING PEOPLE By Tom Conlan The little man in the White House took another swipe Vol. X V - No. 44 NEW YORK, N. Y., MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1951 PRICE: FIVE CENTS at the Bill of Rights and a further step toward reaction by his latest decree ordering full diplomatic relations with the Vatican and appointing four-®--------------------------------------------- star General Mark Clark as opinion from being fully exerted Ambassador. This is a frontal on the House and Senate. As assault on the basic democratic matters stand, it will be possible principle of the separation of to bring behind-the-scenes pres church and state. sure to bear on Representatives Congress Votes Everything It comes on the heels of two and Senators to whip them in line previous usurpations of constitu by the time Congress reconvenes tional powers: Truman’s personal in January. launching of the war in Korea and Congress has obviously been his recent imposition of the news caught off guard and so have been blackout on all government de the American people. But was the partments, a body blow to the Vatican ? Or the top brass in the freedom of the press. Pentagon? You may be sure both For Big Business, Goes Home In some respects this move to were fully consulted and their embrace the Vatican is the most approval obtained in advance. So sinister to date. Consider the far as the m ilitary here are con manner in which it was done. -
Testimony of Walter S. Steele Regarding Communist Activities In
iP|}piPMWi:!^lii5i;i^^^ rE^ ^ cMol!iALkfca •^ U.S.SUP1. i^ OCUxMENTS t 3^ .o ... r- /' / wTESTIMONY OF WALTER S. l.llil. RE^AP^^^€ com:"!Unist activities in the united states HEARINGS - BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTIETH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 1884 and H. R. 2122 BILLS TO CURB OR OUTLAW THE COMMUNIST PARTY IN THE UNITED STATES Public Law 601 (Section 121, Subsection Q (2)) JULY 21, 1947 Printed for the use of the Committee on Un-American Activities UNITED STATES \^ GOVERNMiiNT PRINTING OFFICE 65176 WASHINGTON : 1947 ^f,^:.^iU/\;.-n'Oi ^: i' 07 DOCUMENTS OUl ? 1947 COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES J. PARNELL THOMAS, New Jersey, Chairman KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota JOHN S. WOOD, Georgia JOHN MCDOWELL, Pennsylvania JOHN E. RANKIN, Mississippi RICHARD M. NIXON, California J. HARDIN PETERSON, Florida RICHARD B. VAIL, Illinois HERBERT C. BONNER, North Carolina Robert B. Stripling, Chief Investigator Benjamin Mandel^ Director of Research II TESTIMONY OF WALTER S. STEELE REGAEDING COMMUNIST ACTIVITY IN THE UNITED STATES MONDAY, JULY 21, 1947 i House of Kepresentatives, COMMITfEE ON Un-AmERICAN ACTIVITIES, Washington^ D. C. The committee met at 10: 30 a. m., Hon. J. Paniell Thomas (chair- man) presiding. The Chairman. The meeting will^jome to order. The record will show that a subcommittee is sitting, a subcommittee consisting of Mr. Nixon, Mr. Vail, and Mr. Thomas, The subcommittee will suspend for a few minutes. • (Pause.) The Chairman. I want to say for the benefit of those who are in the room that tlie committee will sit either as a subcommittee or a full committee throughout this week. -
National African-American History Month ★
★ National African-American History Month ★ African American Transportation Leaders and Innovators February 2018 African American Transportation Innovators • Knowledge of history can inspire us all to greater heights, give us examples to follow, goals to reach, and pride in our legacy • Among CUTR’s important goals is to continue to attract a talented and diverse workforce and to encourage our employees’ achievements • As we celebrate African American History Month we honor those who have made great contributions to many aspects of the transportation industry ★ Celebrating African American History Month 2018 ★ 2 Archibald Alexander (1888−1958) . Design and Construction Engineer . Civil Engineering Degree from Iowa State University 1912 . Designed and K Street Freeway in Washington DC . Formed general contracting business specializing in steel and concrete bridges. Built airfield in Tuskegee, Alabama . First Republican Territorial Governor of the Virgin Islands, 1954-1955 . Honorary Civil Engineering Degree, University of Iowa. NAACP Spingarn Medal 1928 . Trustee of Tuskegee Institute . Honorary Doctor of Civil Engineering, Howard University ★ Celebrating African American History Month 2018 ★ 3 Lawrence Bailey (1918–1998) . First black member and officer of the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority . Lawyer and longtime resident of Jamaica, Queens ★ Celebrating African American History Month 2018 ★ 4 David Baker . Patented interliners that prevent tire punctures 1924 (1,620,054) . Patented railway signal apparatus 1913 (1,054,267) . Patented high water indicator for bridges 1915 (1,154,162) ★ Celebrating African American History Month 2018 ★ 5 Sharon D. Banks (1945–1999) . General Manager, AC Transit (Alameda-Contra Costa County, California) during 1990s . Began AC Transit career as general counsel . Remembered for “humanistic touch” . -
Black History Month, February 2016 (Some Readings, Viewings & Listenings, with a NYS Or Local Focus)
Frederick Douglass NYC Draft Riots Harlem Living Landmark Martin Luther King, Jr. on L.I. Black History Month, February 2016 (Some Readings, Viewings & Listenings, with a NYS or Local Focus) General • Black History Month (Long Island Browser) • From Slave to Citizen: The African American Experience in New York, 1827-1872 (New York State. Hall of Governors) • Day, Lynda R. Making a Way to Freedom: A History of African-Americans on Long Island. Interlaken, NY; Hempstead, NY: Heart of the Lakes Books; Hofstra University. Long Island Studies Institute, 1997. 160 p. – LI REF 974.721 R-LI-4 DAY • Long Island 2016 Black History Month Events (Westhampton Bays Patch) • Ragusa, Kym. The Skin Between Us: A Memoir of Race, Beauty, and Belonging. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2006. – Biography: B RAGUSA KYM Abolitionism See also Brown, John Civil War, 1861-1865 Douglass, Frederick Garnett, Henry Highland Manumissions New York State Colonization Society Port Washington, NY Slavery – L.I. Slavery – New York (State) Smith, Gerit Truth, Sojourner Tubman, Harriet Underground Railroad – L.I. Underground Railroad – New York, NY Underground Railroad – New York (State) • National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum [Peterboro, NY] (The Museum) • Sernett, Milton C. North Star Country: Upstate New York and the Crusade for African American Freedom. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2002. – Non-Fiction: 326.8097 SER Amityville, NY • Bethel AME Church of Amityville (MAAP: Mapping the African-American Past) Armstron, Louis, Jr. • Louis Armstrong (MAAP: Mapping the African American Past) Ballton, Samuel • Day, Linda. “Samuel Ballton,” In Beween Ocean and Empire. Windsor Pubs., 1985: 94-95.