The Detroit tribune., 1940-02-10

SAMUEL colERpor rAYloR- isys-ieI7)- Born in
London, England in 1875, Samuel Coleridge Taylor
though his span of years short became the worlds
foremost composer in the realm of Negro music
He began study the violin the age of six. When
fifteen he became student in the violin department of
the Royal Academy of Music. Some of his most
noted compositions "Hiawatha's Wedding
Feast The Death of Mnnehaha' The African
Suite The Atonement.
MRS. MAGGIE LENA WALKER Business. and rrssernai
isodsr- isse-is34l Maggie Lena Walker was one
of the most conspicuous women that the Negro race
has produced Born in Richmond. Virginia, and
educated in the Richmond Normal School, she began
her a school teacher She left teaching TO
become executive secretarytreaurer OF the lndepend
ent Order Of ST. Luke. In 1908 she founded
became president of the ST. Luke Bank and Trust CO
pany Of Virginia Her amazing versatility and
ability indicated by the following Offices which she
held. Trustee Virginia Union University.
Editor ST. Lukes Herald Director. National Train
ing School for Girls Lincoln Heights ID. c. Di-
rector, Virginia Industrial School, Peaks, Virginia.
Or. JAMES pERHAM -Amerss's First Recognised Negro
Physician : -u7s7-isi7)-James Derham was born in
Philadelphia a decade before the American Revo-
luton. Still just young lad he was purchased by
physician for whom he soon began TO perform minor
duties in medical capacity: He was sold 10
another physician and here he began laying founda-
ton in medicine. . . F.. His education and proficiency
enabled him TO win his freedom He up practice
in New Orleans and soon amassed fortune.
JAMES wrlpoh JOHNSON Statesmen -tdv-
seser -tis7I-is3sl Of all natonates are today
mourning the death of James Weldon Johnson who
tragically killed in an automobile accident on
Sunday, June 70, 1885, Was Professor of Creative
Literature from 1880 until his death. Executive
Secretary of the N.AA.CP. Popular Lecturer.
He born in Jacksonville, Florida. Graduated
from Atlanta University in 1894, received the LID
Degree from Ialladega College n 1917 and also from
Howard University in 1928.
LuNsFoRp LANE-Marvsoe Observation-Disclosures
Born a slave and belonging TO a citizen OF Raleigh,
N. c., Lunsford Lane grew up before the era of
unusual harshness TO slaves. At an early age he
learned read and WRITE and gathered much general
information from the conversations of his masters
guests, and from the political speeches OF Calhoun and
other statesmen. From his father he learned the
of making superior kind Of smoking tobacco.
and while still very young man he began the manu-
facture Of this product He bought his freedom tor
one thousand dollars; meantime business grew and
branehed into successful manufacturing and retailing
cRIsPus ArrucKs- klndsd the spork That esvssd
the Amsrean RsvoIvtior - Crispus Attucks, Negro,
FIRST man 20 die for the cause of American liberty.
was born in Framngham. Massachusetts. in l732...
During the famous Boston Massacre" bullet from
the gun of British soldier killed Crispus Attueks in
stantly. And this bullet was the FIRST shot which
later led TO the Revolutionary War.
HIRAM RsvELs- Negro Senator Of the uritsd
ssutes s77-I col From humble parentage and
Hiram Revels made an outstanding record for him
self the FIRST Negro TO become United States SEN
ator. . After many sctbacks in trying TO get an
education, he finally entered Indiana Quaker Semin
ary later attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois,
and az the age Of twenty-five he became minister
Played important part in religious activities OF the
South . . With the outbreak Of the Civil War, he
formed the first coored regiment for services after the
war he was made Military Governor Of Natchez
And the following year elevated TO the position OF
United States Senator from Mississippi.
end NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Brown Russ~urm. born
ia Jamaica, October l, 1879, occupies two distinct
positions in Negro history. He was the hrst Negro
TO graduate from an American College. lie organ
ized edited and published the freedmans Journal the
FIRST Negro newspaper in the United States. lie
graduated from Bowdoin College in 1916.
soJouRNFR vRurH-A orsst Nvmonifcrisn Il ti7sJ-
iss3l One Of the most notsble snd singular anti
slavery speakers prior TO the Civil War slave girl
Issbelle-lster known Sojourner Truth was born
ia New York State about the year 1877. She was
strongly mbued with Evanseistc religious doctrines
When the Civil War broke out she went TO Wash
ineton and was Of the FIRST urge upon President
Lincoln the arming Of the free Negroes Of the North
for the defense of the Union Her lsst years
spent in Battle Greek, Michigan