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    Page A9
Februaiy 18. 2009
B lack H istory M onth
1924 Civil Rights Book Recast
Banneker played an impor­ ing the War of 1812, winning
tant role in a survey as the praise from General Andrew
nation's capitol was laid out Jackson. The New York Times
tion, published the original
and
studied m ethods to pro­ praised the bravery of black
book as part of a series to com­
mote
peace, suggesting a sec­ soldiers in the Civil War.
bat historical accounts at the
"Without the active partici­
re
ta
ry
o f p eace in the
time which failed to recognize
pation
of the Negro in the Civil
president's
cabinet,
according
the achievements o f minority
War, the union could not have
to
the
book.
groups.
The book portrays Crispus been saved, nor slavery d e­
DuBois' book highlights the
stroyed, in the nineteenth cen­
role of blacks at crucial points
tury,"
DuBois wrote.
Without
the
active
participation
o
f
in history from the beginning.
In
fighting
slavery, blacks
A b lack m an n am ed
the
Negro
in
the
Civil
War,
the
union
forced
the
country
to expand
Estevanico was the first Euro­
its
democracy
and
wound
up
pean to discover Arizona and could not have been saved, nor slavery
winning
rights
for
poor
whites
New Mexico after others on the
destroyed, in the nineteenth century
w ho did not ow n property,
expedition died. A black man
DuBois argued. Their efforts
-W.E.B. DuBois
accompanied Lewis and Clark,
also
led to social reforms such
while Commodore Peary, who
as
free
public schools.
disco v ered the N orth Pole, tim e m aintained records for Attucks, a runaway slave, as
"Dramatically,
the Negro is
leading
the
fight
against
Brit­
praised the work of his black 1,500 inventions by blacks, an
the
central
thread
of American
ish
soldiers
that
sparked
the
incomplete record, DuBois said.
assistant, Matthew Henson.
history,"
DuBois
wrote. "The
fam
ous
Boston
m
assacre
of
Blacks invented devices for Black scientists did important
w
hole
story
tu
rn
s on him
1770.
Thousands
of
black
sol­
handling sails, com harvesters work on insects and insanity.
whether
we
think
of
the dark
diers
fought
on
the
American
Benjamin Banneker was a
and an evaporating pan which
and
flying
slave
ship
in
the six­
side
of
the
Revolutionary
War
revolutionized the method of lead in g A m erican sc ie n tist
teenth
century,
the
expanding
and
distinguished
themselves
w
hose
m
athem
atical
genius
refining sugar. Another inven­
tor created a machine for the w on the p raise o f T hom as at the Battle of Bunker Hill and plantations of the seventeenth,
the swelling commerce of the
mass production of shoes that Jefferso n and led the slave other sites.
eighteenth or the fight for free­
Black
soldiers
and
slaves
owner
to
question
notions
of
was used by the United Shoe
dom in the nineteenth."
helped
saved
New
Orleans
dur­
racial
superiority.
Machinery Company.
continued j ^ f r o m A6
J.H. Dickinson and his son
were granted patents for d e­
vices connected with player pi­
anos. Granville T. Woods pat­
ented more than 50 devices re­
lated to electricity that were as­
signed to General Electric and
other major companies.
The U.S. Patent Office at the
Northwest Voice For Christ Ministries
“ A Community
Church”
Bishop H. L. Hodge, PhD
Pastor/Teacher/Revi valist
"The Voice Speaks”
_____________ S PORTS
Hall on ESPN All-Academic Team
Lehigh University's Marquis
H all, a fo rm er sta n d o u t at
Jefferson High School in Port­
land, was recently named to the
2009 ESPN the Magazine Aca­
demic All-District First-Team.
Hall maintains a 3.43 grade
point average as a finance ma­
jor, and is L ehigh’s leading
scorer this season at 14.1 points
per game.
The Oregon native recently
scored his 1,000th career point
and is second in the Patriot
L eague in assists. He has
started all 21 games for Lehigh
this season, hitting for double
figures in 12 of those contests.
His best game came in late
N ovem ber when he torched
Rutgers for 28 points and a ca­
re e r-h ig h 15 reb o u n d s as
Lehigh downed a Big East op­
ponent for the first tim e in
school history. Hall has led the
Mountain Hawks in scoring 10
times this season and in assists
16 times. He netted the 1,000th
point of his career in Lehigh’s
win over archrival Lafayette
and backed that up with the
game-winning shot in a win over
Buc knell.
The 2007 Patriot League
Rookie of the Year and a 2008
All-League selection. Hall is
also a nominee for the 2009 Bob
Cousy Award, given annually
to the nation’s top guard in col­
lege basketball.
Off the floor, the two-time
captain is a multi-year member
of the Patriot League Academic-
Honor Roll and Dean's List. He
also serves on the committee
board of Lehigh's award-win­
ning community outreach pro­
gram, C.O.A.C.H.
PHOTO COIIRTESV OF LlH IG H UNIVERSITY
Former Jefferson High School standout Marquis Hall has
earned all-star status at Lehigh University.
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