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KNOW YOUR BLACK HISTORY By Larry Thompson The Black man was up-rooted from his homeland (Africa) and transplanted in America, for the purpose of serving the so-called white masters. The task of adjusting to the sudden change of environment was not an easy one. Adjusting to the customs, habits, and mastering the language was equally difficult. But the Black man did not let these and other obstacles keep him down; he overcame them and began the long strides to progress. These people in this article were slaves, they were some of those who began the long march of achievements. The first Black physician in America was Dr. James Derham. Derharn was born into slavery in Philadelphia in 1762. Unlike the vast majority of the slaves, Derham was able to get some education. He was sold to a Dr. John Kearsley, who taught him to read and write so he could become his slave apprentice, prescribing medicine for the patients. Later Derham was bought by a Dr. George West, a surgeon in the Revolutionary War. In 1783, Derham was again sold; this time a Dr. Robert Dove bought him in New Orleans. After being a slave toasuccession of men in the medical profession (for 21 years) Derham became a well learned man in medicine himself. He, after 21 years of servitude managed to save enough money to purchase his own freedom from Dr. Dove and set up his own practice in New Orleans. In a very brief time Dr. Derham had established a very profitable practice among both blacks and whites. During the course of almost five years, he had become one of the top physicians in the city of New Orleans. There has been much said about this man’s vast storehouse of knowledge in medicine. Perhaps Dr. Benjamin Rush, one of the leading physicians of the day.sumed it up best when he said, “I have conversed with him on most of the acute and epidemic diseases of the country where he lives. I expected to have to suggest some new medicines to him, but he suggested many more to me.” While Derham was blazing a trail for Black physicians,Richard Allen and Absalom Jones were organizing the “Free African Society” which has been labeled the first wavering step of a people toward a more organized social life.” Richard Allen was born in 1760 a slave in Philadelphia. He was converted to Christianity as a young boy and began to preach. In 1777 he converted his master in Delaware and was allowed to buy his own freedom. Before the Revolutionary War Blacks were allowed to attend the white churches and sit up in a balcony or stand around the walls. But after the war Blacks were discouraged from worshiping with white congregations. One Sunday in November of 1787 Allen and some more Blacks were asked to leave St. George’s Methodist Church in Philadelphia after he and Absalom Jones were suddenly snatched up off their knees while praying. It was this incident which inspired the two men to organize the society. Out of this society came the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Richard Allen was its first Bishop. Absalom Jones was the first Black man to be ordained minister in America. The first Black college was chartered in 1854 by a group of Presbyterians. They named this school of higher education for Blacks, Ashmun Institute; twelve years later it was renamed Lincoln University. The founding of Ashmun Institute was just the beginning for the history of Black colleges in America. It was followed by the founding of Wilberforce University, in 1856. It was founded by the Methodists, not far from Xenia, Ohio. Shortly afterwards it was purchased by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The year of 1865 brought about the founding of Fisk University in Tennessee, and Shaw University in 1867, Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Talladega College in Alabama. Prince Hall, a Black man born in Barbados, British West Indies in 1735 was the founder of the oldest Black fraternal organization in America. Hall was trained to be a skilled leather worker but decided against the profession and moved to Boston, Massachussetts. In Boston, he became a recognized spokesman and leader for his people. With the assistance of the free Blacks, Hall tried to get permission from the Americans to establish a chapter of Black Masons but this permission was denied. Later in 1784 they applied to the Grand Lodge of England and immediately acquired petmission. He got a charter from England and in 1787 organized the first Masonic Lodge for Blacks in America. He also set up African lodges in Rhode Island and Philadelphia in 1797. The name African Grand Lodge was changed to the Prince Hall Grand Lodge after Hall’s death in 1807. Prince Hall was more than a fraternal leader. He was a minister and a human rights fighter and community leader. As early as 1787, he campaigned for the establishment of schools for Black children in Boston. He was a property owner and able to vote and took an active part in the affairs of the state. He petitioned the Massachussetts Legislature to support emancipation and protect A ATTENTION : SMALL \ BUSINESSMEN! \ I Have you recently considered offering your ; • employees insurance benefits similar to those of large ; • corporations? If not, I think you should. And here s • ; one reason why—the average cost of a hospital room • Z in Augusta is: • Semi-Privates4o.oo ; • Privates4B.oo . j Intensive C areesloo.oo j : If you have at least two full-time employees, ; Z including yourself, Metropolitan Life invites your ; I appraisal of an EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN with *. • features similar to those which previously were I • available only to large concerns. 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Also Louie Solomon, General Manager, and John Logan, Melodibrite Manager, a division of WZZW. Everyone enjoyed chicken dinners which were purchased from Grannys Kitchen, and plenty of cold Royal Crown Cola. These boys were chosen to go through our Happy Club Membership Drawing. Everyone had a good time on the bus trip and at the game. The Atlanta Braves Radio Network acknowledged the presence of the Augusta crowd. free Blacks from inhumane treatment, Kidnaping and being sold into slavery. Prince Hall, the activist, died in 1807. The first Black to pass the Bar for practicing law in the United States was Macon B. Allen. He was the first Black admitted to the Bar in the U.S. in the state of Maine in 1845. Derham, Hall, Jones, and the two Allens were the first among the Blacks to break through the many barriers that hindered the Black man’s progress. Today we are still breaking through barriers. 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(28 Miles from Augusta) AIKEN-BATH-AUGUSTA RESIDENTS CALL 593-4373 OR 722-0386 Counselors Get Lessons Realizing that some of the problems in counselling may be in the lack of first hand information, the State Scholarship Commission and the Medical College of Georgia have combined efforts and have invited sixty counselors from throughout Georgia to participate in Seminars on Health Careers at the Medical College of Georgia this summer. The first group of participants chosen from applications submitted earlier in the year closed out their first week last Friday. Each group of 20 counselors gets a week of orientation to all of the Health Sciences from those who know the areas best, various health professionals. They are also given an opportunity to five with the students and tour the campus therefore getting a “bird’s eye view” of student life and health delivery as well as an appreciation of MCG’s facilities. The Director of the project is Dr. James Puryear, Director of Student Affairs, MCG and the Associate Director is Miss Nelda Gunn, an admissions counselor in the Division of Student Affairs, MCG. Among the July 19-23 participants was Miss Louise Ross, a high school counselor at Lucy Laney. Two other sessions are scheduled for the month of August. TUNE-UP NOW FOR TOP PERFORMANCE PERRY'S SERVICE STATION I W>g e l smm hßd - FREE ESTIMATION PLASTIC SLIP COVERS FIT All sofas and chairs fitted and covered with clear plastic - tough, durable, and comfortable. Expert Workmanship. Call C.C. Tubman for free estimation: 733-3396; WANTED!!!!! Tommie’s Market - - Man to learn and work in store. Must be willing to work and trustworthy. 202 Telfair Street Phone 722-2261 For Information on 235 Homes Call DICK HESLEN HESLEN REALTY 2860 Deansbridge Road Off: Phone 738-7701 Res: Phone 736-5415 Letters To the Editor Cont’d from Page 2 dedication of the cause he fought for in the states? Would a true leader or a captain desert his ship or his crew if the ship were sinking? Remember, “You cannot train great leaders. Great leaders are born”. I am convinced that Rev. Sims is one of those “born leaders”. He has been given the gift of rhetoric and charisma. Unlike most black ministers, he is able to make the Gospel relevant to our day and time, he is able to meet the challenge and deal with the unique causes we are involved in. He is an activists preacher who acts and reacts to the cause at hand by speaking the language of the people (regardless of social or class stratification) he is trying to help. (8) You also state that, “Our so-called black leaders denied us the right to elect a black sheriff...the right to be in a run-off.” If you are not aware of the constitution, let me inform you that the right to vote is guaranteed to every man/woman by the Constitution (one man, one vote). We as black people can only deny ourselves if we do not get involved by getting up off of our behinds and getting to the polls and voting our convictions based on the man and what he stands for and not the color of his skin or his affiliation with a specific party. It does not matter if the next Sheriff of Richmond County is yellow, red, black, white , blue, or green, as long as he has the interest of all people at heart and respects the dignity of all mankind and has some definite plan of eliminating specific policies and practices which are not conducive to the good of human relations. (9) Rev. Sims is a young man, a young black minister is not afraid to take a stand and speak out on an issue regardless of the subject. He does not try to hide or tend to be hypocritical like most ministers or leaders, who will tell you one thing and do another. He is a man who tells it like it is not as it was or how it should be. 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What more can you ask for in a leader especially a young Black minister, who at the age of 27 has done more than other so-called Blacks in leadership positions at their middle age. (10.) In the light of all the proceeding information, if you are not capable or willing and able to fill the capacity of assuming the leadership role, then take a hint from one of the popular hit tunes, “If you can’t rock it then Don’t knock it.” C. Raines Acadia Drive Letter to the Editor News—Review Dear Mr. Millender: I have read the July 15 issue of your paper with interest. I was especially pleased with Mr. Waring’s plan to write about Blacks who have helped to build Augusta and even m ore about his proposal to write about Miss Lucy Laney and her Haines Institute. I want to add my voice to his and urge that this be done. I know the women he calls on for help, most of them very well and they are quite capable to do this . Certainly Miss Laney is one of the great women in building education for Blacks and her work should be recorded and placed in all our libraries and of course in the Paine Library. It has been a great disappointment to me that Paine did not collect all possible information about its days before the people who knew it passed away. Therefore I urge these people and others who know the history of Haines and Miss Laney to begin immediately to collect this material and write a book. Yours sincerely, Ruth L. Bartholomew 29 Spears Avenue Ashville, N.C. 28801 WANTED!!! Specialized body repair, •and paint Luther Paint & Body Shop 416 East Boundary Phone 722-0333 Page 3