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4 Clackamas Print Feature! Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007 A history of Black History Month The Civil begins. Tayo Stalnaker War [ The Clackamas Print The Emancipation Proclamation is put into "effect by President Lincoln. In honor of Black History Month, The Clackamas Print has compiled a timeline outlining key events in black history, and when Black History Month was founded. The Civil War is over, and blacks are freed from slavery after the 13th Amendment is rati fied. Lincoln is assassinated, and the KKK forms in the South. African slaves arrive in Virginia. ptzi In the Northwest Vll Territory, slav ery is made ille gal. However, according to the Constitution, Congress couldn’t ban the slave trade until 1808. « h fTd The cotton gin I 1/ A“* JO) is invented by Eli Whitney, largely increasing the demand for slave labor. rfYTYTYT'l In Richmond, Va., LkilUJJ Gabrie11 Jr°,ssej’ an enslaved black smith, plans a march in the streets of Richmond. Prosser gets caught trying to stage the revolt and is hanged. Congress bans the slave trade. tflfTYTYTl Slavery is banned I I I / 4.IJ north of the L-K-z—southern bound ary of Missouri (Missouri Compromise). Reconstruction acts are Passe<i, guaranteeing the civil rights of freed slaves in the South. tfTTYTJri I L • 1U/ I tfyTYTV] An enslaved III nil preacher, Nat Turner, and his fol lowers, launch a rebellion in Southampton County, Va. Turner is later hanged. Also, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing the abolitionist news paper, The Liberator. The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is founded, and led, by W.E.B. Du Bois. Black Nationalta leader Malcolmj X is assassinated ¡by three black Muslims. Black literature, art, poetry, etc. start appear ing in Harlem. Thus, the Harlem Renaissance is bom. History Negro Week is found- ed Dr. Carter G. Woodson, due to his disapproval ’ ’ of --------- ■ — in of - the lack black ' history textbooks. Martin Lut® King, Jr. is assasB nated, and Présidait Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits housing dis crimination. Negro History! Week is changed’ to Black History] Month by The Association for the Study of Afro-American Life History. cfYTyrifT) Harriet Tubman I U J-n escapes slav ery and starts the Underground Railroad. REVELS Uncle Tom’s Cabin is pub lished, caus ing the debate over slavery to increase even more. Blacks are given the right to vote. Hiram Revels becomes the first black senator. Jackie Robinson becomes the first black Major League Baseball player. The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson con cludes that racial segregation is constitutional. Brown v. The Board of Education declares that segre gation is unconstitutional. [JC ìa Ì a IJ ROSA PARKS Rock Climbing class on the way u Elizabeth Hitz The Clackamas Print Unplanned Pregnancy? You Deserve to KNOW: ..Are you really pregnant? ...Have you explored all your options? ..Are all your questions answered? 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According to Gonthier, “Being self-motivated helps because it is an individual sport. There aren’t any teams pushing you on.” Local places to look for a g climb? “Oregon is full of very si places,” said Gonthier. “I pr places that don’t necessarily havB lot of people around.” ■ Or for the time-challenged, then are several rock gyms in Portlani that offer a variety of climbs. Classes for Spring Term an scheduled with beginning rock climbing on Tuesdays, and inter™ diate and advanced on Thursday« Classes run from 6 p.m. to 8:50 p.m. So, why take rock climbing? ■ “There are only three real sports: bullfighting, car racing and mow tain climbing. All the others are mere games” - or at least that’s what Hemingway thought. René Daumal, a French writer and philosopher, summed up the sport of rock climbing. “You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again,” wrote Daumal. “So, why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs; one sees. One descends; one sees no longer, but one has seen.” Clackamas offers on-campus rock climbing courses, beginning through advanced. The rock wall hides around a closed-in stairwell located in Randall Hall. Most peo ple never even realize it is there. A lot of people, ' like student Meredith Anderson, hear about the class through word-of- mouth. “My sister took the class about three years ago,” said Anderson. “She enjoyed it, so I fig ured I would, too. I like outdoor sports ... [and climbing] has always appealed.” The classes teach the basics of rock climbing, from climbing knots and repelling to safety tips and the history of the sport x “[Rock climbing] is open to everyone; it’s one of the nice things about the sport,” said Instructor Don Gonthier,. as he tested students’ safety lines and tugged at climbing harnesses. Elizabeth Hitz Clackamas Print “There’re no barriers. You can always find a Teaching assistant Jeff Pinkerton belays student Adam Derkson as partner with roughly the he repels down the rock wall in Randall. St A J :
