Vailsburg High School - Valkyrian Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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HISTORICALLY SPEAKING “History is written by the winners” — Alex Haley HMtory is a nutritive, a stir of the fif« and dr lo( onnt of Wulttirc and traditions, the tears ai1(f 1aii|hter. the atruggk-s a The Histol} pf Afro-American of Black m ople began, naturally. in -States. We are as much a ptrt of history as the sun is a dirt of e people, country or institution. It is written or verbal tales of the and triumphs, the pain and the joy of human existence. Africa — a continent three times larger than the United religious tennents ka. the might) ulu Kins • • • Haven’t you heard of Haile Selassi? W hat about Black History ini hides W sop’s I ables Alexandre Dumas or Robert Browning! Despite (he shackles of slavery in America. Black people continued to George W ashington’s boat; Robert Smalls and gallant hand of former slates stole the planter (a Southern ironclad ship) and gave it to Union forces . . . 200,000 JttiCks fought .. Oliver Cromwell crossed the Delaware in ntly, their freedom. Jan Ernst | gas mask . . Lewis Unimer, the filament to light Et W'X l to secure a Northern victory o'er the Confederates and. more a shoe machine; Garrett Morgan invented the traffic light and a HRi „ - ’ Black History is the tap dancing toes of Bojangles and the Nich olas Brother John QiltraneNsoulfuI sax; Motown; the ApotTn Theater;' the compositions offftrtf'frhington and Oulncv-Jopcs . How about ManTn 5aye, The Supreme , Nat Cole, The Temptations, Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson? Ray harks and Stevie Wonder see more wirh their fingers and words than many of us who have our vision. It is the roles of Sidney Poiter and Esther Uolle ... It is the blood of Medgir Evers and Dr. J--Martin I.uther King ... It is the humor of Bill Cosby and Eddu Murphy. It is the struggle of Jcs C Jackson for the presidency. as well as the stories of common folk like you and me. Note We have accidentally -on-purpnsc left out a myriad of Black be- ?ssC roes and Zeroes in this narrative. It is imperative that ou discover, treasure and pass our historv to ensuing generations. Iiwl is no Future for u people who deny their past” — Adam ('lavton Powell SUGGESTED READING 7. X v i r 8. 9. o 1. Africa and Africans 2. Africa Mother of World Cidlization 3. African Contributions to the Major Western Religions 4. American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses 5. Before the May Hover 6. Bloods Discovering Our African Heritage Drylongso 9. Eyewitness: The Negro In American History 10. Sex and Race. VqI. I, 2. 3 11. The Black American In Uni led Stalks Histbry r=] A (THOR'S Paul Bohannon and Philip Curtin Yusef Ben Jochannan Yusef Ben Jochannon Theodore Weld Lcrone Beimel I, Jr. m Wallace Terry Basil Davidson John Langston Gwaltniy William L. Katz J. A. Rogers 12. The Egyptian 13. The Buffalo Soldi 14. The Undcrgroum 15. They Came Bcfot 1«. Tom. of the Dead firs - Railroad Columbus and Bucks ■ «c Hh 17. World’s Great Men of Color, Vol. I, 2 Edgar A. Toppin E. A. Wallis Budge W illiam H. Leekie William Still Irvan Van Sertima J. laid Bogle Rogers 1

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 “CHILDREN LIVE WHAT THEY LEARN 99 If children they will children ihey will If children they will children they will If children they will If children they will If children they will If children they will If children they will If children they will If children they will live with criticism learn to condemn, live with hostility learn to fight, live with ridicule learn to be shy. live with shame learn to be guilty, live with tolerance learn to be patient live with encouragment learn confidence, live with praise learn to appreciate live with fairness learn justice, live with security learn to have faith, live with approval learn to like themselves, live with acceptance friendship find love in the world. . — Dorothy Law Nolte

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WE’LL MAKE A BRIGHTER DAY . . . YOU AND ME.