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8-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Thursday, February 6, 1975 Student market survey Student aid needed to help unemployed realize benefits Alpha Beta Stan's Save Marl Safeway Prairie JMkt. Foodland Dairy Products whole milk 1/2 gal. extra large eggs 1 doz. yellow onions per other groups previously denied It, and now It is the self-pro¬ claimed goal of a group of-stu¬ dents to get the word out. Before a new piece of legisla¬ tion was passed, many groups — Including domestic workers. t of Now the picture has at least started to change, and volunteer students are being sought to help the unemployed realize their benefits throueh the economic development department. Bill Powers, an organizer lor the United Farmworkers, is one of several UFW workers In the ■trying to get help is d. i thing that touch with people who are actually physically being oppressed by a system — It's a chance for peo¬ ple on campus-to actually p-, their philosophies lntoacHon.it people don't do that, then the* society will fall apart around us," he added. Powers explained how he an) his organization became Involved In the effort. officials originally t UFW because of a shortage In manpower. Tbe UFW asked for three things: desk and office space, fi¬ nancial assistance and extended hours. The financial request was turned down, but the other two requests were met. •This is the first time In his¬ tory 'hat l .'armworkers have really been .ule to get help,* said Powers. "It Is only for one year, and primarily the people have to remember that they have to keep the pressure on ln order to keep It up for very long." ti Admissions open late The Admls vice windows In the New Ad¬ ministration Building will he open from 8:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and schedule will prevail during the late registration period (the first two weeks of classes) except thai the windows will remain open until 7:30 r Dry Goods (Staples) white sugar 5 it. white Hour 5 lb. MKV - WOMEN' ALL COLLEGE DANCE Rainbow Ballroom |™"""g SATURDAY, 1 <%$? FEB. 8 1^ 9 p.m. 'til 1:30 cm. % QMRBRH S2.50PRE-SALE - BAR OPEN - W. Marketing or radio-TV ground helpful. $3.00 per hour plus possible bonuses. MALE AND FEMALE PERSONNEL FOR ESCORT SERVICE A COMPANIONSHP CLUB IN FRESNO. MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH CITY AND LOCAL AREA. mM S f R ETCH YOUR BUCK AT Me-N-Ed's What is the meaning of Black History Week? I, John Henrik Clarke phrase "Black* or "Afror iran History Week,* taken ,. value and without serious ii. appears to be lncongru- wny is there a need for History Week when there ls ,, iiar week for the other •■. groups In the United The history of the United in total consists of the me histories of minority i. What i • Is n the >rlcans are the least I and the most neglected Wesley, describes , logic that the racial ey must gather up rds and Interpret lerstandlng which folk, they possess k doors that bar the I comprehension of is a legitimate part of the UC community did not ■ .isily Slavery ended and false Images of Black intact. In his article *What • tortan Owes the Negro," the noted Afro-j torian, Dr. Benjamin Quarles, says: The Founding Fathers, re¬ vered by historians for over a century and a half, did not con¬ ceive of the Negro as part of the body politic. Theoretically, these men believed In freedom for everyone, but actually they found It hard to Imagine a society where tyegroes were of equal status to whites. Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, who was far more liberal than the run of his contemporaries, was races, equally free, cannot live Early white American histor¬ ians did not accord African peo¬ ple anywhere a respectlful place In their commentaries on the history of man. In the closing years of the nineteenth century, at their people's history from their vantage point and point of view. Dr. Benjamin Quarles ob¬ served that "As early as 1883 this destre to bring to public at¬ tention the untapped material on the Negro prompted George Washington Wrillams to publish his two-volume History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880." The first formally trained Afro-American historian was W.E.B. DuBols whose doctoral dissertation, published In 1895, The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States 1638-1870, became the first title to be published In the Harvard Historical Studies. However, It was wlthCarlerG. Woodson, another Harvard Ph.D., that African world history took a great leap forward and found a defender who could document his claims. Woodson was convinced that unless something were done to rescue the Black man from history's oversight, be would be¬ come "a negligible .factor In the thought of the world." Woodson In 1915 founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and His¬ tory. During the preceding twenty years an American Negro Acad¬ emy had been founded In Wash¬ ington, and a Negro Society for Historical Research had ap¬ peared ln New York. These or¬ ganizations weTe short lived be¬ cause they lacked a historian of Woodson's ability, whowasalsoa leader of men and an organiza¬ tional administrator. • Carter G. Woodson was born of former slaves, Annie and James Woodson, in 1875 at New Canton, Virginia. He suffered all the hardships of poverty while grow¬ ing up. Only a five month district school was available to him and he was unable to attend tt on a regular basis. He while working on the family farm. Already he had established a life¬ time habll - studying at home. In his early years he was mostly self-taught. He subjects by the time he was seventeen, then went to Hunting¬ ton, West Virginia, where he worked In the coal mines. He later entered Douglass High School and earned a teaching certificate in less than two years: pursued further education at Be- rea CoUege ln Kentucky, where he received tbe Lltt. B. degree. He continued his education at the University of Chicago, where he was awarded the B.A. and M.A. degrees. His travels In Europe and Asia and graduate studies at the Sorbonne tn Paris enriched his cultural level for graduate wort, at Harvard University, where he was awarded tbe Ph.D. ln 1912. After Harvard he had an extensive career as an educator: Principal of Douglass High School, teacher of languages and history In high schools of Wash¬ ington, D.c, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, Howard Univer¬ sity, and Supervisor of Schools in the Philippines. This varied experience made Carter G. Woodson see the need for a special time each year to borne call attention to his people's con¬ tribution to the history and cul¬ ture of this country and the world. Thus, Black History Week. Black History Week comes each year about the second Sun¬ day ln February, the objective will Include both Feb. 12, the birth date of Abraham Lincoln, and Feb. 14, the date Frederick Douglass calculated must have been his natal day. Sometimes one day, ln which case the Doug¬ lass date gets preference. The aim ls not to enter upon one week's study of Black people's place ln history. Rather, the celebration should represent the culmination of a systematic study of Black people throughout the After serving many years as a teacher ln public schools, Wood*- son became convinced that the role of his people ln American history and tn the history of other cultures was being either Ignored or misrepresented. Tbe Association for the Study of Ne¬ gro Life and History was founded to conduct research Into tbe his¬ tory of African people all over the world. The next year he be¬ gan publication of the Journal of Negro History, which has never A chronical of Woodson's far- reaching activities must Include the organization ln 1921 of the Associated Publishers, Inc., «to make possible the publication and circulation of valuable books on the Negro not acceptable to most publishers;* the establishment ot Negro History Week In 1926; the Initial subsidizing of researchon Black history and the writing of many articles and books oo Afro- American and American life and (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) :-:•:■:•:-:•:■:•:•:■:■:•:■:•:•:-:■:•:■:■:•:•:■:•:■:■;■ UHURU FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1975 Black Experience'75' is theme for annual historic activities ,i- the week of February rough 15th, Black people the United States will be <ting National BlackHIS- '•eek. Although the ^fcme dry from city to city the Mon of pride in the roots of the Black people, their neri- tage and culture. Here at California Slate Uni¬ versity, Fresno, the Black His¬ tory Week program revolves around "Black Experience '75.* The program this year will In¬ form and the problems Black Inmates must face; Black health problems and the question of Black genocide; the most rapidly growing religion in the United States today, the Black Muslims; and a variety of other activities including a Children's Day pro- There will be evening pro¬ grams every night except Thurs¬ day and Friday with notable talent from the Fresno area, such as Blue Image Band, a nine piece brass and vocal group; Gospel Explosion, a new vocal group recently formed and the Black group that has tak»n Fresno by storm, Black Fur. If you missed Black History Week last year, don't start this year out wTong by not Improving on your past mistakes. All after¬ noon programs will begin at 12:00 (noon), and the evening events will start at 7:00 p.m. Black History Week Program I1 HDAV WEDNESDAY H -I Discussion and Workshop Black Educational Theater 2 S. Fig - King of Kings Variety and Talent Show with . I Edison High School iiernlty Event — to bean- Evening — Contemporary Mu- •unced sic featuring Blue linage Band and a new Gospel Explosion ■■■ o - Water Tree Inn - vocal group THURSDAY Children's Day - The day's ; events will include short plays, modern and African dances, singing and readings; and the attendance of students from elementary schools In the west El Muhajir (Marvin X): Black author to speak at CSUF ( Me-N-Eds PIZZA PARLOR GOOD AT ANY ME-N-ED's ■•' ,iammad's Temple #39 - Win Isaiah X • •«! - Exhibits -Art Music and Literature ; "ning - poetry* Music by '■•■ Kdlson Jazz Band Play: Deep Down Inside 'USDAY Panel Discussion: Genocide and "ejlth problem* with notable Rljrk community leaders. tuning - Irwin Junior High J»«. Band Speaker: El Muhajir (Marvin FRIDAY Soledad Prison Poets - this program will include poetry and dramatizations, and a question and answer period where the audience can meet with tbe poets. During the entire week there will be art exhibits from the elementary and secondayr schools In the west Fresno area. Each day a different renowned Black person will be honored ln hopes of saturating the commu¬ nity with the achievements ot Black people. El Muhajir, otherwise known as Marvin X, internationally known poet-playwright Journalist, will be one of the main guest speakers In next week's Black History week ' activities. EI Muhajir's latest collection of his poems, parables, proverbs and songs ls entitled "Woman — Man's Best Friend.* His song •Somewhere Down the Line* will' be used In the Paris State Opera in 1975. The writings of El Mu¬ hajir have appeared In Soulbook, Black Dialogue, Muhammad Speaks, The Journal of Black Poetry, Black World, Black Scholar and Encore. He Is a con¬ tributing editor to the Journal of Black Poetry and associate editor of Black Theatre magazine. His work "appears ln tbe follow- Jones) and Lai lng anthologies: Black Fire, edit¬ ed by Imamu Baraka (LeRoi Ed .poetry, edited by Clarence Ma¬ jor; Black Arts, edited by Kofi Ha run Wangara and Ahmed Al- , hamlst; A Golden Treasury of Black Poetry, edited by Gwen¬ dolyn Brooks. His plays include •Flowers tor tbe Trashman or Take Care of Business,* "Come Next Summer,* The Trial,* ■Black Bird,* and 'Resurrection of the Dead,* a ritual/myth dance El Muhajir has received writ¬ ing grants from Columbia Uni¬ versity and the National National Endowment tor tbe Aria. Be baa taught at Fresno State University and the University of California, Bis
Object Description
Title | 1975_02 The Daily Collegian February 1975 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1975 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
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Title | Feb 6, 1975 Pg. 8- Feb 7, 1975 Uhuru Pg. 1 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1975 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
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8-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Thursday, February 6, 1975
Student market survey
Student aid needed to help
unemployed realize benefits
Alpha Beta Stan's
Save Marl Safeway Prairie JMkt. Foodland
Dairy Products
whole milk 1/2 gal.
extra large eggs 1 doz.
yellow onions per
other groups previously denied
It, and now It is the self-pro¬
claimed goal of a group of-stu¬
dents to get the word out.
Before a new piece of legisla¬
tion was passed, many groups —
Including domestic workers.
t of
Now the picture has at least
started to change, and volunteer
students are being sought to help
the unemployed realize their
benefits throueh the economic
development department.
Bill Powers, an organizer lor
the United Farmworkers, is one
of several UFW workers In the
■trying to get
help is
d.
i thing that
touch with people who are actually
physically being oppressed by a
system — It's a chance for peo¬
ple on campus-to actually p-,
their philosophies lntoacHon.it
people don't do that, then the*
society will fall apart around
us," he added.
Powers explained how he an)
his organization became Involved
In the effort.
officials originally
t UFW because of a
shortage In manpower.
Tbe UFW asked for three
things: desk and office space, fi¬
nancial assistance and extended
hours. The financial request was
turned down, but the other two
requests were met.
•This is the first time In his¬
tory 'hat l .'armworkers have
really been .ule to get help,*
said Powers. "It Is only for one
year, and primarily the people
have to remember that they have
to keep the pressure on ln order
to keep It up for very long."
ti
Admissions open late
The Admls
vice windows In the New Ad¬
ministration Building will he open
from 8:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Monday through Thursday and
schedule will prevail during the
late registration period (the first
two weeks of classes) except thai
the windows will remain open
until 7:30 r
Dry Goods (Staples)
white sugar 5 it.
white Hour 5 lb.
MKV - WOMEN'
ALL COLLEGE
DANCE
Rainbow Ballroom |™"""g
SATURDAY, 1 <%$?
FEB. 8 1^
9 p.m. 'til 1:30 cm. %
QMRBRH
S2.50PRE-SALE - BAR OPEN - W.
Marketing or radio-TV
ground helpful. $3.00 per hour
plus possible bonuses.
MALE AND FEMALE
PERSONNEL FOR ESCORT
SERVICE A COMPANIONSHP
CLUB IN FRESNO. MUST BE
FAMILIAR WITH CITY AND
LOCAL AREA.
mM
S f R ETCH
YOUR BUCK
AT Me-N-Ed's
What is the meaning of Black History Week?
I, John Henrik Clarke
phrase "Black* or "Afror
iran History Week,* taken
,. value and without serious
ii. appears to be lncongru-
wny is there a need for
History Week when there ls
,, iiar week for the other
•■. groups In the United
The history of the United
in total consists of the
me histories of minority
i. What i
• Is
n the
>rlcans are the least
I and the most neglected
Wesley, describes
, logic that the racial
ey must gather up
rds and Interpret
lerstandlng which
folk, they possess
k doors that bar the
I comprehension of
is a legitimate part of the
UC community did not
■ .isily Slavery ended and
false Images of Black
intact. In his article *What
• tortan Owes the Negro,"
the noted Afro-j
torian, Dr. Benjamin Quarles,
says: The Founding Fathers, re¬
vered by historians for over a
century and a half, did not con¬
ceive of the Negro as part of the
body politic. Theoretically, these
men believed In freedom for
everyone, but actually they found
It hard to Imagine a society where
tyegroes were of equal status to
whites. Thomas Jefferson, third
President of the United States,
who was far more liberal than the
run of his contemporaries, was
races, equally free, cannot live
Early white American histor¬
ians did not accord African peo¬
ple anywhere a respectlful place
In their commentaries on the
history of man. In the closing
years of the nineteenth century,
at their people's history from
their vantage point and point of
view. Dr. Benjamin Quarles ob¬
served that "As early as 1883
this destre to bring to public at¬
tention the untapped material on
the Negro prompted George
Washington Wrillams to publish
his two-volume History of the
Negro Race in America from
1619 to 1880."
The first formally trained
Afro-American historian was
W.E.B. DuBols whose doctoral
dissertation, published In 1895,
The Suppression of the African
Slave Trade to the United States
1638-1870, became the first title
to be published In the Harvard
Historical Studies.
However, It was wlthCarlerG.
Woodson, another Harvard Ph.D.,
that African world history took a
great leap forward and found a
defender who could document his
claims. Woodson was convinced
that unless something were done
to rescue the Black man from
history's oversight, be would be¬
come "a negligible .factor In the
thought of the world." Woodson In
1915 founded the Association for
the Study of Negro Life and His¬
tory. During the preceding twenty
years an American Negro Acad¬
emy had been founded In Wash¬
ington, and a Negro Society for
Historical Research had ap¬
peared ln New York. These or¬
ganizations weTe short lived be¬
cause they lacked a historian of
Woodson's ability, whowasalsoa
leader of men and an organiza¬
tional administrator. •
Carter G. Woodson was born of
former slaves, Annie and James
Woodson, in 1875 at New Canton,
Virginia. He suffered all the
hardships of poverty while grow¬
ing up. Only a five month district
school was available to him and
he was unable to attend tt on a
regular basis. He
while working on the family farm.
Already he had established a life¬
time habll - studying at home. In
his early years he was mostly
self-taught. He
subjects by the time he was
seventeen, then went to Hunting¬
ton, West Virginia, where he
worked In the coal mines. He
later entered Douglass High
School and earned a teaching
certificate in less than two years:
pursued further education at Be-
rea CoUege ln Kentucky, where
he received tbe Lltt. B. degree.
He continued his education at the
University of Chicago, where he
was awarded the B.A. and M.A.
degrees. His travels In Europe
and Asia and graduate studies at
the Sorbonne tn Paris enriched
his cultural level for graduate
wort, at Harvard University,
where he was awarded tbe Ph.D.
ln 1912. After Harvard he had an
extensive career as an educator:
Principal of Douglass High
School, teacher of languages and
history In high schools of Wash¬
ington, D.c, Dean of the School
of Liberal Arts, Howard Univer¬
sity, and Supervisor of Schools
in the Philippines.
This varied experience made
Carter G. Woodson see the need
for a special time each year to
borne call attention to his people's con¬
tribution to the history and cul¬
ture of this country and the world.
Thus, Black History Week.
Black History Week comes
each year about the second Sun¬
day ln February, the objective
will Include both Feb. 12, the
birth date of Abraham Lincoln,
and Feb. 14, the date Frederick
Douglass calculated must have
been his natal day. Sometimes
one day, ln which case the Doug¬
lass date gets preference. The
aim ls not to enter upon one
week's study of Black people's
place ln history. Rather, the
celebration should represent the
culmination of a systematic study
of Black people throughout the
After serving many years as a
teacher ln public schools, Wood*-
son became convinced that the
role of his people ln American
history and tn the history of
other cultures was being either
Ignored or misrepresented. Tbe
Association for the Study of Ne¬
gro Life and History was founded
to conduct research Into tbe his¬
tory of African people all over
the world. The next year he be¬
gan publication of the Journal of
Negro History, which has never
A chronical of Woodson's far-
reaching activities must Include
the organization ln 1921 of the
Associated Publishers, Inc., «to
make possible the publication and
circulation of valuable books on
the Negro not acceptable to most
publishers;* the establishment ot
Negro History Week In 1926; the
Initial subsidizing of researchon
Black history and the writing of
many articles and books oo Afro-
American and American life and
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 1)
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UHURU
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1975
Black Experience'75' is theme for annual historic activities
,i- the week of February
rough 15th, Black people
the United States will be
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