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4 111 Mmk (oksk raster Wk WjWmffMW wmwwi WJU MMWftlHWWf I M'W WH 6 4 I I 1 -isr -i 4 $4 )k 4 4 MICHAEL G. LOONEY jir Staff Writer, story' of black contri-r I 'lns to America!) history pvnfs to one of historical Mission, an American histo 3 toucher once declared. bad been frustrated for yearst- in seeking mforrtation imeffort to make my Amei wean History classes more rele ror my students, he was not always an rcaytask since those facts I Ranted were either well- hid-totally unreported in' Mhytnore popular-texts and Ipcriixflcals. only in the last few gears' has history begun to i Cognize the many black an-women who have contributed much to this coun-, try. 4 The bistory books-are being wnften or re-written to reallv "tell it like it was And museums and other historical sites are beginning to recognize that there is such a thing called "Black History The Oakland museum lacked a sepaiate history exhibit of black Americans when it opened in 1969 Sue Burns, history reseai tiler, said, "There was no information available then She said the museum featured a week-long exhibition on the famed black orator and aboli- tiorust Frederick Douglass observance of Black History Week, in 1970.

Information obtained from research on the Douglass ex-ppipit was used to start the permanent black' exhibits that ut now featured, i Alj-'k Burns said. tiP tplebratibn of this years 5B)acl History Week, Feb. the museum is featuring -special exhibit titled Graf-ltorf Tyler. Brown Artist in ijlbef West The exhibit will from Feb. 11 through Apr.

the special history gal-fVIer, More than 200pamtings, drawings and artifacts will be -iv Grafton Tyler Brown was business to larger quarters at 540 Clay SL and the company produced many fine views in- "San Francisco, 1877, Astoria, Clatsop Oregon, Santa Clara, California, and Swanton House, Pescadero. 1 The graphic artist sold his business in 1879 and took up residence Oakland at' 654 14th St. Three years later Brown decided to try hishand at oil painting and joined a geological survey party which then travelled through much of The black artist had his first exhibition in 1883 Victoria, B. 22 paintings displayed portrayed scenes of Victoria and its surroundings. Browns painting expeditions between 1884 and 1889 included the state of Washington and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

His painting of Mount Tacoma (Mount Rainier, Wash is' on permanent display in the museums Art He traveled to St. Paul, Minn, in 1892 and married. Before his death 1918, at age 77, Brown worked as a a a for the United i Two Assigned To Library Job BERKELEY The board of library trustees has temporarily assigned the duties of city librarian to R. Y. Evans and Richard E.

Brown, effective Feb. 10 Evans, now assistant librarian, and Brown, head of adult services, will retain their current titles until the board can work out the process for se-- lecting an. interim city librari-an. City Librarian Frank J. Dempsey submitted his resignation om Jan.

24 effective next He gave personal Teasons for ents, Miss Beasley went to Chicago, learned nursing, and later traveled to California. She contributed articles to several well-known publications besides The Tribune. Miss Beasley belonged to many civic organizations, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Alameda County Leape of Women Voters, the Public Welfare League of Alameda County, the League of Nations Association of Northern California, and the Cabforma Federated Womens Club. She died 1934 at the age of 62. Besides Miss Beasley, the display also features Lt: Col.

Allen Allensworth and Capt. William T. Shorey. Lt. Col.

Allensworth, born a slave in 1842 in Kentucky, served with the Umon Army during the Civil War and rose to become the ranking black commissioned officer in the army In the early 1900 he founded Allensworth, Tulare County, an a 1 1 -b 1 a town which grew to several hundred persons. Today some of the descendants of the original settlers still live in the San Joaquin Valley town and a movement is underway to have the site tleclared a historical monument. Capt. Shorey was one of the first black men who achieved a masters license to com-" mand ships of unlimited tonnage. The S.

Department of Commerce panted him a license in 1897 and the captain commanded manv voyages on whaling steamships out of San -Francisco. Miss Burns said the museum is planning to enlarge the permanent Black Histoiv exhibitTShe said without the volunteer docents it wouldn't be possible. Docents are volunteers who take a year of classes, mainly in California History, at La-ney College and another semester of museum tutoung LOUIS JONES VIEWS AN EXHIBIT FEATURING THE "NEGRO WORLD." Display is one of many about Black History Week at the Oakland Museum. after which they are ablp to lacking They learn to put the rial Giafton Brown exhibit, lead tours at the muspum history together with the arti- Marcia Fogel of Oakland also "The docents do a lot of the facts a museum volunteer, is research, Miss Burns said Betsy Willcuts and Marilvn charge of training docents for Each one takes a specific in- Goeller, both of Lafayette are the museum's changing exhib-terest where the museum is docents working on the spe- its. Prober's Death a Suicide? DELILAH L.

BEASLEY Wrote for The Tribune born Feb 22, 1841. Pennsylvania and started his career 20 years later in an Francisco working as a draftsman and then a lithographer for the C. C. Kuchel firm The outstanding woik of the Kuchel firm was a series of views depicting cities and mining towns California and Nevada Brown is the noted artist of many of these views, including those of Santa Rosa, Fort Churchill and Virginia City. Between 1861 and 1864 he traveled extensively through the Comstock, a gold and silver mining area near Reno in Nevada.

Kuchel died in 1865, leaving his widow the business at 543 Clay St Brown continued to work for the firm and 1867 he bought the company and named it Brown and Co. Lithography business e-came vm active in the mid 1800s. The fast and inexpensive method of mass producing impressions ai a popular market for a variety of illustrations, bill heads, scrip-bills, stock certificates, diplomas, sheet music and maps In 1869 Brown moved his GRAFTON T. BROWN Black artist of the West States Engineers, the city civil engineering department and various other companies. The museums permanent display on Black History includes three persons who played'prominent roles California's past.

One of these persons, Delilah L. Beasley, was a writer for The Tribune. From 1926 through 1933 the talented black wnter wrote a column which carried civic and religious news of the black community: She is most noted for writing the book, The Negro Trail-Blazers of California, published 1919 and reprinted in 1968 The museum display contains an original copy of the 317-page book about black men and women who pioneered California. Bom Cincinnati, Ohio, Miss Beasley was a staff writer for the Cleveland Gazette at 12 years old. Three years later she wrote a column in' the Sunday issue of the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Later she 'studied joumahsm under the publisher of the Colored Catholic Tribune in Cincinnati, After the death of her par- inal complaint at that time. The attorney generals office. as an outside body, was called in to lm estigale the shooting since Pnce was a member of the lountv stafl Pnce was shot 'once in the face with his service revolver. The attornev generals office said powder bums on his right hand indicated that the gun was his hand when it was fired. The office also said it appeared that the barrel of the gun was against Prices right cheek when it was fired.

Pnce, 50, was found lying on the bed in the master bedroom of his home at 462 Florence Drive, Lafayette on Dec. 5 by. sheriffs deputies who were dispatched after his wife, Rayma 52, had called Dist. Atty. William O'Malley, saying her husband was dead.

Mrs. Price was booked that day for investigation of murder, but was released the next day because of what Chief Dep. Dist Atty. Donald R. Walker said were insufficient pounds to file a formal crim MARTINEZ The State Attorney Generals office has reported that evidence in the la- tal shooting of a senior investigator for the Gontra Costa County Distuct Attorney office "strongly suggests a self-inflicted wound.

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