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Sunday 5 1934-Hank Aaron born 12 First Quarter Lincoln 9 Birthday 1909-NAACP founded 19 1790-George Bndgetowei. musician, made London debut 26 1930-"Green Pastures-" opened in N Y C Dates to Remember During History Month February '89 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday ? Friday 6 New Moon 1961-JaiMn Movement began in Rock Mill. S C 13 1746-Absaiom Jones, first black Protestant minister, born. 20 Full Moon Washington's Birthday (observed) 1895-Death of Frederick Douglass 27 1844-The Dominican Republic established 7 Mardi Gras 1867-Fredenck Douglass and Negro delegation called on Pres Johnson 14 St. Valentine'9 Day 1867-Augusta Institute, later Morehouse College opened in Atlanta 21 1965-Malcolm X assassinated # 28 Last Quarter 1842-Charles Lenox Remond testified before Maes House Committee 1 18?5-John S Rock; 1st 'Negro to practice before (J S Supreme Ct 8 Boy Scout9 Day Ash Wednesday 1951 Pvt Edward O Cleaborn, Memphis soldier, awarded Dist Service Cross. 15 1957-Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized 22 Washington's . [Birthday {traditional) 1967-Adan^-Clayton Powell stripped of seniority 2 Groundhog Day 1776-Geo Washington answered letter from Phiihs Wheatley 9 1965-President Johnson and Dr M L King met at White House 16 1874-Fredenck Douglass elected President of Freedmen's Bank & Trust Co 23 1868 W E B, DuBois bom Died 1963 3 1868-John Mercer Langston spoke at Ala capitoi 10 1780-Seven Negroes challenge taxation without representation 17 1950Thomas L Griffith admitted to L A Bar Association 24 181 1-Daniei A. Payne, educator, born Saturday 4 1 86 7 -Pea body Fund established to aid black education 11 1933-Lois Gardeiia was the original "Aunt Jemima:' 18 1688-First formal protest against slavery ? Quakers 25 1870-Hiram Revels elected 1st Negro in U S Senate I Negro literature in America has been inextricably linked with' the complex racial re alities which have surrounded the black writer. With few exceptions, the major literary efforts of the American Negro have stemmed ? directly or indirectly ? from the existential facts of life for the black man in "white America" In the U. S, Briton Hammon was-the first black prose-wfiter qf-record-with "A -Narrative of Briton Hammon, A Negro Man" in 1760. The first poet was Lucy Terry with ' Bars Flight" in 1746. One of the most prolific poets of the 18th Century was Jupiter Hammon, a slave Phillis Wheatly published her first poem in 1770 An important body of literature in black America is very recent In centuries past, how ever, notable contributions were made to the literature of the Negro's respective culture. Jacques Captein in Holland; Juan Latino in Spain; Alexander Pushkin in Russia, and Alex andre Dumas in France wera wjuters -ol color whose skill placed them -trr the history bo'oks or aesthetic importance^ The list can only be minimally representative but it serves as a ? tribute to American Negro writers and to the literary experience The birth of a real Negro literary tradition dates from 1853 when Wm Wells Brown wrote "Clotel", the story of the hardships of a mulatto family. Charles Waddell Chestnut was the first to give serious consideration to the artistic re quirements of the short story and novel His works were published as early as 1887. W. E. B. DuBois and James Weldon Johnson commanded a national Audience when Duj^ Nov. 20 j 1923. G. A. MORGAN TfcATfTC STOMAL Ti ltd Feb. xi . 3922 C>~ 1,475.024 s T o p a j?2 6"^" jT/ T ? m?65 -13 . -l5"_5 _JT" yKrtJ^7S^F02^ JR->r' S/fT'CT'd 7V2=7S^ .? Literature, CHESTER HIMES Novelist 1909*1986 Chester Himes began his career as a writer of popular material and later moved to writing satiric fiction. Born In Jefferson City, Missouri, Himes was educated at Ohio State University, lived in France and Spain. In 1945, he completed his first novel, "If He Hollers Let Him Go," the story of a black working in a defense plant. His second . book, "The Lonely Crusade" (1947), was set in similar surroundings. Since then, Himes has written many other books, among which was "Cotton Comes to Harlem," made Into a movie. Shortly before his death, he published "The Quality of Hurt: The Autobiography of Chester Himes," and "Black on Black: Baby Sister and Selected Writings." Himes suffered a stroke that confined him to a wheelchair for several years. During this period he returned to New York with his wife, Alicante, for the publication of the concluding volume of his autobiography, "My Life of Absurdity." At that time, in answer to a question about his work habits, he told a reporter: "I do a tittle writing after breakfast and I think about what I would write if I had the strength." Yet, Himes contrnued to write until his death. " Bois wrote "Souls of Black Folks", 1903, and Johnson produced his "Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man", 1912 Countee, Cullen carried poetry to new heights, Langston Hughes commanded attention and became known as the most durable of the Nenro Renaissance Hughes opened the thirties with "Not Without Laughter", George Scnuyler wrote "Black No More", and the prolific Arna Bontemps published God Sends Sunday" Jesse Redmond Fauset appeared as probably the leading woman author of the Renaissance The period also produced George W Lee, Waters Turpin, George Henderson, Wm Attaway and Zora Neale Hurston, a prolific author who wrote "Jonah's Gourd Vine". Gwendolyn Brooks was winning a following. Richard Wright's ' Native Son" is often considered the beginning of the present stage in the evolution of the Negro literary tradition He reached hundreds of thousands of readers of all races both in, America and abroad Willard Motley with 'Knock on Any Door", Chester Himes with "If He Hollers, Let Him Go", and Ann Petty s "The Street" preceded Ralph Elli son who received the National Book Award in 1952 for "Invisible Man " A year later James - Baldwin wrote "Go Tell It On The Mountain^ ? fn the sixties, the number of black novelists increased enormously Among the notables were: John O. Killen, Margaret Walker Alexander, Robert Dean Pharr and Wm. Melvin Kelly. ? Gwendolyn Brooks continued to be heard (in poetry), and Eldndge Cleaver was acclaimed , a powerful essayist with his "Soul on Ice." While the current crop of young writers is promising, thus far in the seventies, nothing has come near to Alex. Halpy's and_4t-t& unUkAly-that anything w?H for a longtime - in the figure. .L Garrett A. Morgan TRAFFIC SIGNAL tn November, 192Ju_Garre? Morgan invented the first traffic signal. This safety device eliminates traffic jams and accidents on our busy city streets. The General Electric Corporation purchased the rights to Morgan's traffic signal for 140,000.
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