Jet back issues from February 1993:
Ron Brown cancels special inaugural tributes to him in order to silence critics. (Commerce Secretary)
Feb 01, 1993 ... The cancellation of three inaugural events to honor former Democratic Chairman Ron Brown, including a major Kennedy Center Salute lauding him for "unseating a supposedly unbeatable GOP president," was described as "a double standard" by the party's senior Black national committee member. ...
Ex-justice Thurgood Marshall swears in veep Al Gore; blacks join White House staff. (vice president)
Feb 01, 1993 ... The next generation of retired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall's family took over the civil rights baton in an emotional episode during the inauguration of President Bill Clinton. While the aging civil rights pioneer swore in Vice President Al Gore before thousands of ...
Espy vows to become best ever agriculture secretary. (Alphonso Michael Espy)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Thirty-nine-year-old Rep. Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy, of Madison, Miss., brought hope to a crowded agriculture committee confirmation hearing in Washington as he prepared to take over one of the most revolutionary assignments in politics. Becoming the first Black and Southern ...
Whoopi Goldberg wins 1993 Female Star of Year Award. (National Association of Theater Owners) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Whoopi Goldberg, whose hit film, Sister Act, has pulled in more than $100 million, was recently named 1993 Female Star of the Year by the prestigious National Association of Theater Owners (NATO). Ms. Goldberg, ...
Third gold. (Surya Bonaly wins at European Figure Skating Championships) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Third Gold: French figure skater Surya Bonaly shows off her gold medal after winning the ladies event at the European Figure Skating ...
More blacks in line to take N.Y. cop exam. (recruiting policy of the New York City Police Department) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... The New York City police department has made a concerted effort to attract minority recruits since October and authorities recently reported a marked increase in the percentage of Blacks planning to take the entrance exam this year. The proportion of Black applicants ...
Black general heads inaugural planning. (U.S. Army General Robert L. Stephens Jr.; President Clinton's inauguration)
Feb 01, 1993 ... After completing an assignment last March in Bangkok, Thailand, Army Brig. Gen. Robert L. Stephens Jr. was offered the chance to plan the next presidential inaugural in Washington. Traditionally, the military selects one of its own to coordinate its protocol and ceremonial ...
Business leaders look to past, present, future at BTWBA anniversary. (Booker T. Washington Business Association)
Feb 01, 1993 ... The Power of the Past merged with the Talent of Today to Achieve the Vision of Tomorrow." That was the theme and goal of the Booker T. Washington Business Association's (BTWBA) recent 62nd anniversary celebration at the Westin Hotel in Detroit. Jet Publisher John H. Johnson, a ...
Janice Martin installed as first black woman judge in Kentucky. (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Janice R. Martin recently was sworn in as a Jefferson District judge in Louisville, Ky., after winning an election by a wide margin, becoming the first Black woman judge elected in the state. Martin was appointed to the post by Gov. Brereton Jones and, then in November waged her ...
Blacks victims of most hate crimes. (FBI study) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Blacks are the victims of most hate crimes, according to a recently released study by the FBI. In the nation's first-ever report, on hate crimes, racial bias motivated six of 10 offenses reported last year to the nearly 3,000 law enforcement agencies in 32 states participating ...
Grand jury declines to indict Sen. Robb. (Virginia Senator Charles S. Robb) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... A grand jury in Norfolk, Va., recently refused to indict Sen. Charles S. Robb (D., Va.), deciding not to charge him in an alleged political eavesdropping scam aimed at Gov. L. Douglas Wilder. The Justice Department announced the results of the ...
Alan Page sworn-in as supreme court justice. (Minnesota State Supreme Court) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Pro Football Hall of Famer, Alan Page, traded in his trademark purple uniform for the distinguished black robes of a Minnesota State Supreme Court justice. Page recently vowed to uphold the laws of the state's Constitution during his history-making swearing-in ceremony in St ....
Songwriter claims Hammer stole his song: sues him. (Muhammad Bilal Abdullah) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... A songwriter is suing superstar Hammer and his record company for more than $16 million, claiming the rapper stole his song. Muhammad Bilal Abdullah claims Hammer stole his composition, Oh, Oh You Got the Shing and renamed it Here Comes the Hammer. Abdullah says he ...
Bond set at $100,000 for Evers slaying suspect. (Byron de la Beckwith, alleged murderer of civil rights leader Medgar Evers) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Bond recently was set by a Mississippi state judge at $100,000 for Byron de la Beckwith, who faces his third trial in the 1963 slaying of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Breland Hilburn Jr. reversed his prior decision to hold Beckwith without ...
Debbye Turner trades her crown for career as vet. (former Miss America becomes veterinarian)
Feb 01, 1993 ... In the February issue of EBONY, Ex-Miss America Debbye Turner explains how much easier it is for her to settle into a lab coat as a veterinarian than all those sparkling gowns she donned during her reign as Miss America. Ms. Turner tells how long she has wanted to become a ...
Minister survives breast cancer and escapes home destroyed by fire. (Bernadette Cash)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Not even the formidable combination punch of a home destroyed by fire and breast cancer was enough to beat down the faith of Minister Bernadette Cash of Chicago. Cash, a former talk show co-host and a Los Angeles ABC Network media professional, who conducted a radio ministry ...
Blacks get smaller salary payoff for education, California study reveals.
Feb 01, 1993 ... The beliefs of many educated Blacks across the nation may have been confirmed by a recent study conducted in California which concluded that Blacks - regardless of their academic credentials or skills - earn substantially less than their White counterparts. The study, conducted ...
Teacher transfers by race approved by high court. (Supreme Court approves desegregation policy of school system in Prince Georges County, Maryland) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... The U.S. Supreme Court recently allowed a Prince George's (Md.) school system to continue its policy of involuntarily transferring teachers from one school to another among its public schools to satisfy desegregation standards. The High Court refused to consider an appeal which ...
AIDS should be treated as a race issue: report. (National Commission on AIDS) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... The National Commission on AIDS recently said the epidemic must be addressed as a racial issue, because almost half of the people in America with the dreaded disease are either Black or Hispanic. The commission reported that AIDS cannot be combatted effectively in poor ...
Black frosh see greatest need for improved race relations: college poll. (survey of African American college freshman) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Findings from a recent poll of America's college freshmen reveal those attending Black universities expressed an overwhelming increase in concern over race relations and a dramatically heightened awareness to improve their communities. The survey, which was conducted last summer ...
Number of black professors increases over 2-yr. period. (1989-1991) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Recent federal statistics show that minority-group members and women slightly increased their share of higher education teaching jobs between 1989 and 1991. Figures from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission indicate that 12.3 percent country's ...
Navy salutes professor. (National Naval Officers' Association creates educational endowment honoring Samuel P. Massie) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Navy Salutes Professor: The National Naval Officers' Association recently honored professor Samuel P. Massie (1) by establishing an educational endowment in his name. Presenting the state charter is Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R., Md.) The honor established an ...
Black coaches named to replace whites in NBA. (Garfield Heard of the Dallas Mavericks; Sidney Lowe of the Minnesota Timberwolves; John Lucas of the San Antonio Spurs) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... When the National Basketball Association season began, many critics were bemoaning the fact that only two of the league's head coaches were Black, even though 75 percent of the players are Black. The situation has changed dramatically in the past month, however, as three White ...
Morgan State, N.C. A&T involved in hoop brawl. (basketball game between Morgan State University and North Carolina A&T) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... MEAC and NCAA officials are looking into a brawl that broke out in the first half of a basketball game between Morgan State and North Carolina A&T that halted the game. Visiting Morgan State was leading 35-31 with about 2 minutes left in the half when the fight broke out after ...
Archie Cooley named Norfolk State coach. (new football head coach at Norfolk State University) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Archie Cooley, innovative football coach who unleashed wide receiver Jerry Rice in the run and shoot offense while at Mississippi Valley State, has been named new head coach at Norfolk State University. Cooley, known as "the gunslinger," succeeds coach Willard Bailey and becomes ...
Jesse Jackson presents demands to pro baseball.
Feb 01, 1993 ... Rev. Jesse Jackson, taking major league baseball to task for a lack of minority hiring, presented a list of "concerns" after meeting with baseball owners, and promised "resistance" if those concerns aren't adequately addressed. "I made it clear we have met enough," Jackson said ...
Former champ John Tate facing court battles. (former heavyweight boxing champion) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Former heavyweight boxing champ John Tate is down for the count, out of work, out of money, recovering from drug abuse and facing jail for allegedly breaking a man's jaw and robbing him of $14. Tate, 37, and weighing about 380 pounds, goes on trial March 2 in Knoxville, Tenn. He ...
Winston-Salem smacked with NCAA sanctions. (Winston-Salem State College) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Winston-Salem State College has been placed on three years probation by the NCAA for using ineligible athletes and providing extra benefits to football players. The Rams, members of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, are barred ...
Junior net star Jackson turns pro with contract. (tennis player J.J. Jackson) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Junior tennis star J.J. Jackson knows he's not ready for the pro tour, but Jackson, 17, also knows that a five - year, $500,000 clothing contract will go a long way toward getting him ready. Jackson, ranked 15th among juniors in the world and fourth in the country, signed the ...
Jesse Jackson selected King Peace Prize honoree. (Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize)
Feb 01, 1993 ... The Rev. Jesse Jackson, "shadow senator" for the District of Columbia and president of the Rainbow Coalition, recently was named recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize for 1993, Coretta Scott King, founding president and CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center ...
Oprah Winfrey to receive the Horatio Alger Award. (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey has been named a winner of the Horatio Alger Award, given to those who overcome adversity to become leaders in their fields. Ms. Winfrey has said she was sexually abused as a child and has urged other victims of abuse to come forward and get help ....
Sullivan will return to lead Morehouse Med School. (former Health and Human Services secretary Louis W. Sullivan; Morehouse School of Medicine) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Dr. Louis W. Sullivan is returning to be president of Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, the position he held before becoming the nation's top health official. Sullivan founded the predominantly Black medical ...
King street dedicated after yearlong battle. (Martin Luther King, Jr.; street in Americus, Georgia) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... After a yearlong battle of bitter demonstrations and counter-demonstrations between Black and White residents of Americus, Ga., they finally have a stretch of highway bearing the name of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. City Council members voted 4-3 to rename the section of ...
All 50 states mark King Day of observance. (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... For the first time all 50 states across the U.S. recently marked the observance. of Martin Luther King Day. The third Monday in January was signed into law as a federal holiday in 1983. King Day was first commemorated in 1986, marking the slain civil rights leader's struggle for ...
Bobby Brown cited for simulating sex on stage. (Augusta, Georgia; singer) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Police have cited singer Bobby Brown for simulating a sex act in front of an underage audience during a concert in Augusta, Ga. Brown and Queline Young, a female member of his group, simulated intercourse in a bed on stage during the fifth song of a recent concert at the Civil ...
Holyfield comes back with Hammer on hand. (boxer Evander Holyfield comes out of retirement, hires Hammer as promoter) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Former undisputed heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield, has announced that he is coming out of retirement and will have rap singer Hammer as his promoter. Holyfield, who lost his title by unanimous decision to ...
Ruth Brown, Etta James among new inductees to Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame.
Feb 01, 1993 ... It was a happy birthday for R&B singing legend Ruth Brown when she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on her 65th birthday during ceremonies in Los Angeles. Ms. Brown popularized such '50s R&B tunes as Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean, 5-10-15 Hours and ...
Miki Howard tells why today's singers should remember Billie Holliday. (Cover Story)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Miki Howard has never really seen herself as a teacher. But she wants today's singers and audiences to know and remember the contributions artists such as Billie Holiday have made to music. And she is using her music to spread that message. "People for so long have viewed Billie ...
NABJ scolds newspaper for firing blacks, hispanics. (National Association of Black Journalists; New York Daily News)
Feb 01, 1993 ... The National Association of Black Journalist has expressed outrage at the number of Black and Hispanic reporters fired recently from the New York Daily News when ownership of the publication changed hands. The association immediately issued a statement lambasting the decision ...
Brooks emerges as star of new Star Trek spinoff. (actor Avery Brooks; TV show 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine') (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... With his emergence as the star of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," actor Avery Brooks is getting a role to showcase his talents. Brooks plays Commander Benjamin Sisko on the new nationally syndicated series in which he commands a remote space station near the borders of an enemy ...
Bridges pleads innocent in recent drug, weapons case. (actor Todd Bridges) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Todd Bridges, a star of the old "Diff'rent Strokes" TV series, pleaded innocent recently to drug and weapons charges. Bridges, 27, was arrested last month in Burbank, Calif. (Jet, Jan. 18). Police said they found methamphetamine and a loaded 9mm Ruger handgun in the car he was ...
Blacks play biggest role in Clinton inauguration. (includes Maya Angelou's poem 'On the Pulse of Morning')
Feb 08, 1993 ... When William Jefferson Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd President of the United States, Blacks were front and center, playing the biggest role in his inauguration than any other in this nation's history. Blacks took part in the inaugural process through every step, creating a ...
First Black Arkansas gov. runs the state for 3 days during Clinton's inaugural. (Senator Jerry Jewell)
Feb 08, 1993 ... As the nation focused its attention on the flurry of activity in Washington, D.C., with the inauguration of President Bill Clinton, history was made in the commander in chief's home state with the installation of the first Black governor--but for only three days. State Sen ....
Five ex-presidents may prove costly to taxpayers. (retirement pensions) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... For the first time since the Civil War, five former presidents are enjoying retirement which should prove costly to taxpayers. From March 4, 1861 through Jan. 18, 1862, Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore and James Buchanan were the other quintet of ...
Morris Brown College's acting prexy resigns. (interim president Gloria L. Anderson) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... Morris Brown College's interim president Dr. Gloria L. Anderson has resigned from her position, opting to return to the college's chemistry department as a Fuller E. Callaway professor: Dr. Anderson could not be reached for comment at JET press time. In December, ...
Black SMU professor gains tenure support. (Southern Methodist University; Ndiva Kofele-Kale) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... The president of Southern Methodist University recently overruled the university's provost decision by recommending that a Black law school professor be granted tenure. The case of Ndiva Kofele-Kale had raised complaints of racism from students and faculty last fall when the ...
Black colleges slighted on fed. funds: report. (federal grants) (President's Board of Advisers on Historically Black Colleges' report) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... A board on Black colleges is hoping to mend a major discrepancy that exists in the amount of federal money doled out to Black and White institutions of higher learning. In glaring disproportion, a few predominantly White universities that are supported by seven major federal ...
Black girls more prone to heart disease than whites. (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute research) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... Black girls show signs as early in life as age 9 that indicate as adults they will be two to four times more prone to heart disease than White girls their age, according to a study published in December's issue of the the American Journal of Public Health. In the federally ...
Black women less likely to get ovarian cancer. (comparison with white women) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... Black women aren't as likely to get ovarian cancer as White women, says a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. But pregnancy, birth control pills, and breast feeding lower risks in women of both ...
Anita Baker gives birth to baby boy. (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... Superstar singer Anita Baker and her husband Walter Bridgforth Jr. recently became the proud parents of a baby boy. The happy couple named their first child, Walter Baker Bridgforth. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 5 ounces and was 20 inches long. Both ...
Reginald F. Lewis, 50, chairman and chief exec TLC Beatrice Int'l, dies. (TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc.) (Obituary)
Feb 08, 1993 ... Reginald F. Lewis, 50, savvy entrepreneur whose leveraged buyout of the multi-national food company Beatrice International in 1987 for $985 million made him one of the most successful businessmen of his time, died recently of a cerebral hemorrhage in New York. Lewis, who was ...
Stephanie Mills weds. (singer) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... Stephanie Mills Weds: Famed singer Stephanie Mills exchanges wedding vows with her new husband Michael Saunders during ceremonies at the Church of God in Marshville, N.C. Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan officiated. The groom is a radio ...
Capt. Tony Watson gets promotion to admiral. (U.S. Navy officer) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... U.S. Navy Capt. Tony Watson, a product of one of Chicago's most-infamous inner-city neighborhoods, Cabrini-Green public housing, recently was promoted to the rank of admiral. Watson, 43, who is currently commander of a submarine squadron at Pearl Harbor, was out at sea at JET ...
Phill Lewis sentenced in fatal crash. (TV actor convicted of manslaughter with a motor vehicle) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... Former TV actor Phill Lewis recently was sentenced to five years in prison for manslaughter with a motor vehicle and driving while intoxicated, but a Maryland judge suspended all but one year of the sentence. Montgomery County, Md., Circuit Court Judge William Miller said he ...
Rep. Blackwell takes giant leap in House seniority. (Pennsylvania Rep Lucien E. Blackwell joins Committee on Budget) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... U.S. Rep. Lucien E. Blackwell (D., Pa.) recently took an 111 place leap in House seniority that led him to be selected to the influential House Budget Committee and to become the leading contender for vice-chairman of the Public Works Subcommittee on Economic Development. "The ...
N.Y. Assemblywoman gets apology from colleagues in sex harassment flap. (Earlene Hill)
Feb 08, 1993 ... New York Assemblywoman Earlene Hill recently received an apology from two White male colleagues after she complained she had been sexually harassed by them and another assemblyman. Since taking office in 1988, Hill said she had been verbally abused by men in in the Assembly on ...
Marvelous Marvin Hagler tabbed for Boxing Hall. (International Boxing Hall of Fame) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... Former middleweight boxing champ Marvelous Marvin Hagler, pursuing an acting career in Italy, is now assured of his place in boxing history after being chosen for induction in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Hagler, 38, who retired six years ago after a disappointing, and ...
Joe Gilliam Sr. targets TSU with age bias suit. (former football head coach for Tennessee State University) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... Former Tennessee State University head coach Joe Gilliam, fired after a 5-6 season, has filed an age discrimination suit against the university. Gilliam, 63, father of former NFL quarterback "Jefferson Street" Joe Gilliam, seeks to be reinstated to the post, which he held for ...
Texas Southern suspends shoplifting band members. (Texas Southern University Oceans of Soul marching band) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... All 29 members of the Texas Southern University Oceans of Soul marching band who had been caught shoplifting $22,000 in electronics in Tokyo have been indefinitely suspended from school (JET, Jan. 11, 1993). The 126-member band was disbanded after ...
Cunningham's donation blessing to his church. (Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham gives $29,000 car to St. John Baptist Church in Camden, New Jersey) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham wasn't able to give his teammates a trip to the Super Bowl, but his gift of an automobile to his church has been a blessing. Cunningham donated a 1992 Cadillac Seville to St. John Baptist Church in Camden, N.J. The car was kept ...
Ferguson Jenkins tries to cope with tragedy. (Cincinnati Reds pitching coach loses girlfriend and daughter)
Feb 08, 1993 ... Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins, who was hired by the Cincinnati Reds as a pitching coach for one of their minor league teams, has asked for reassignment after suffering yet another tragedy. Former big league pitcher Grant Jackson will replace Jenkins, whose ...
Blacks in TV sports still in the minority.
Feb 08, 1993 ... The current attention being paid to minority hiring in sports is also shining a light on sports broadcasting, and the view is certainly not a very bright one. Minorities are rare in significant roles both in front of and behind the cameras at the three sports networks, with only ...
Three men charged for setting N.J. man ablaze.
Feb 08, 1993 ... Three Florida men recently denied any involvement in a racially motivated attack against a Black tourist from New Jersey in which he was set on fire (JET, Jan. 18). The three men, Mark Kohut, 26, Charles Rourk, 33, and Jeff Ray Pellet, 17, of Plant City, Fla., were charged with ...
Black special agents charge discrimination in U.S. ATF agency. (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) (Brief Article)
Feb 08, 1993 ... Discrimination charges were recently filed against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) by Black special agents belonging to the agency. The class-action lawsuit was filed by lawyers of 15 agents on behalf of the 180 other Black ...
Thurgood Marshall dies after Clinton made president. (Obituary)
Feb 08, 1993 ... Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall vowed that he would live until Democrats got into power again at the White House and changed things around. The legendary civil rights monarch died a few days after the inauguration of former Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton as the 42nd U.S ....