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Black History
2002
A N A M E R IC A N S T O R Y
NEXT PUBLIC ATION DATE: February 27
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R ecommended R eading
From Slavery
to Freedom in America
by V irginia H amilton
A lfred A. K nopf ; 2002
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The Cultural Affairs Board
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M uslim C om m unity Center o f Portland
STATE FARM
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HOME OFFICES:BIOOMINGTON,
ILLINOIS
Presents A Fundraiser
ERNEST J. HILL, JR.
Agent
CULTURAL/COMMUNITY
APPRECIATION NIGHT
6 5 2 7 NE MLK, Jr. Boulevard
Suite A
Portland, OR 9 7 2 17
(OF,BY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY)
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Masters o f ceremony - KBOO's
Shaheed Haamid & Eugene Rashad
At the
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Lutheran Inner-City Ministries
f o r y o u r evercEaengfrnyy lifeyiyl&
4219 NE. Martin Luther King Blvd.
Wigs
Braiding H air
Weaving Hair
Men's, Women’s & Children's H air Products
Barber & Beautician Supply
Jewelry
(Between Skidmore & Mason)
Saturday, March 2, 2002
Doors Open at 6 p.m.
Performance at 7 p.m.
President: Rhonda Cabine-Purifoy
Vice President: William Cabine
/ 0 7 NE Frem ont
Portland. OR 9 7 2 1 2
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Donation: $10
Tickets at
R e f l e c t io n s
B o o lk s t o r e
Refreshments by “Business Women of Faith”
For More Info: Call MCCP at 503-281-7691
This is an Alcohol and Drug Free Event
A T ribute to B lack H istonj
.MANY THOUSAND CONF.
A frica n A m ericans fro m Slavery to Freedom
A bestseller across
th e c o u n try , “ M an y
„ V IR G IN IA H A M IL T O N
I , . , , , . , , , . » . L E O .„ „ D IA N E DILLO N
T housand G one” is a
poignant anthology trac
ing the history o f sla
very in America through
the voices and stories
o f those w ho lived it.
O p e n in g
w ith
Som ersett, a slave who
won his freedom in 1807
when he traveled from
M assachusetts to Lon-
don w ith his ow ner,
Hamilton vividly outlines
the hardships o f slavery in tw enty-eight pow erful stories. From
G ustavus V assa (O laudah Eiquiana) to Sojourner Truth to Frederick
D ouglass, each story portrays a hauntingly different aspect o f the
institution o f slavery and a clear picture o f the strength o f those who
w ere enslaved.
Haiti’s Treasured Military Genius
bv M adison S m a r it B ell
P enguin B ooks ; 2001
In this astonishing and
am bitious novel, “M aster
o f the C rossroads,” M adi
son Sm arit Bell brings to
life the rise to pow er o f
Toussaint, telling how, be
ginning in 1794, he leads
his troops to victory over
English and Spanish in
vaders, over the French
political establishment, and
in a civil uprising for con
trol o f the infant island
republic o f Haiti.
In th is p o w e r f u lly
im a g in e d
ta le
of
T oussaint’s trium ph and
its afterm ath, Bell gives us
a kaleidoscopic portrait o f this extraordinary figure as seen through
the eyes o f the men and w om en w hose paths he crossed. The
intersection o f peoples who inhabited this w ar-tom island - English,
French, Spanish and A frican - creates a rich social canvas against
which the astonishing story o f T oussaint Louverture unfolds over
the course o f nine tum ultuous years.
Hunting Down Family Roots
bv A fi -O df . u a E. S cruggs
S t . M artin ’ s P ress ; 2002
“C laim ing K in” is the
com pelling story o f A fi-
O delia E. Scruggs' search
AR-ODELIA E. SBRUGGS
for her roots after the death
o f the fath er she barely
knew. H er quest leads into
the past from her hom e
town in Nashville, Tennesse,
back to the birthplace o f the
S c ru g g s
in
n e a rb y
C o h j ro tti i i t f i he H is to r y o f a.
W illiam son County. There,
A f n c a n f A m tr ita n F a m ily
she traces the fam ily back
to 1847 and the Scruggs
farm where her ancestors
were slaves. U ltim ately, this
spiritual and em otional jo u r
ney to honor her ancestors
spurs Scruggs to exam ine and reaffirm her beliefs in the im portance
o f fam ily and her religion. “C laim ing K in” is a tale that will capture
the heart and mind.
at
M a ra n a tk a C k u rc k ol G od
CLAIM
4222 NE 12th Avenue
Portland, Oregon
Dr. T. Allen Bethel, Senior Pastor
503.288.7241
on
S unday, F ebruary 2 4 ,2 0 0 2
3ö0pm
Henry O. Flipper, born a «lave in
Georgia, becam e tbe first black
graduate of W est Point in 1877.
Sponsored by:
Prison Ministries, Inc.
Chaplain John & Vivian Parker, Directors
5 0 3 .2 8 4 .7 5 6 3
Dr. Martin L utter King, Jr. - Mabalia Jackson
Rev. John W . G a rlin g to n , Jr.
1937-1986
The B rid g e B u ild e r
Harriet Tubman acted at a nurae, acout and intelli-
fanca agent lor the Unien Armiea in the Seuth. Gen
eral Seaton reported ah« “ made many a raid inside
the enemy iinea, displaying remarkable courage, reel
and fidelity.**
I
in th e co m m u n ity
Marian A nJenon
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