the Council of Edu-
tors (COBE) every
F· y. The COB offu:ers
elected for the 1978-79 year
were: President, J . Zan­
ders; Vice President, Gloria
Smith; Secret ry, Bertha
J n; . Sec., Bobbi
. brough; and Treasurer,
Laura Ban .
blac educate tate
t they feel a pccial re­
ponsibility to the edu -
tional co of the black
community ... that COBE
ill become more n itive
and respo we to the educa-
tional in and ed
do • of t b
community, parents, 0 poi­
zatio ,chun; ,civic and
aroups .. : they
brina their ive
IKI examined Bik», �itMr thin . For in ranee,
satd that "othi", �ry
rio ry ronl itn him or
that his ilf.iu,,· IY If- .
inflicted. TMir evidence, as it
cal out in I IrtllfSCripl.
YlS a terrif; in indictm nt.
o Featur
Th poli offi
rity men responsib
Bi o's fe- eepin hi
as Mid by them nom
Au u t 18 until hi death on
September 12, ere perha
the most predictable it-
n • though I don't thin
anyone e peered them 0
reveal quite much of their
brut lity and callo n
Under pr ure from coun I
for the Biko f mily, Sidney
entrid e, they ere forced
into drnittin rath r tran e
Ti ariou itn , po-
lice offl rs and doctors, Ito
tr nm nd experience to t
re olution of educational
problem peculiar 0 unique
to the b communi
that they m t interpret to
the br community t
needs and desires of the b
community they_ relate to
educational matter , and
co linuo R-
tbe educational pr0-
of the . rict t
educa . concerns of the
community.
COBE
are folio
A. To toward de-
ve opmen of an effec:ti ely
intearated tern at aU lev •
B. To or to ani
buildin of a strona hool
teal provides
ity education for the maxi­
mum development of aU
people served by the district. re ant Con io Com-
C. To interpret bexistin mittees, particul rly the,
programs m our 00 to. H Subcommittee on Af-
the various sqments of the rica ill revi uch requ ts on crucial issun.
community � to facilitate v� carefully, since hat, -------------
commumcauon between the co titutes "legitimate de- I TO: CO GRESS/O �L I
community and the se ool. fense needs" ubject to. BLACK CAUCUS I
D. To increase utilization many clefi·lio . For a' 306 lit AlUla •
of b administrators aU country . h inv I Washi 10 D.C.10515
d . ion-makin . e in the.i resources princi I .
continuous planrun and de- eeo omic <Seve opment II 0 ld l � to MIp-
velopment of programs. in- case for dressing its' legi- :
cludin those designed to timate security diD 0
function in disadvanta ed modemizin its defe _ I R .
areas. tablishment justified. I·
E. To communi te the ertheless, given the limit- I
ed cational needs of t ed extent of our istance to tOBy
b lc community to th deci- African and t cur- $ _
ion makers. t tivis f Co •
F. To as ist in t reo m 0 hin��'"
'onaI atti e t I.
criminal to . pend the ,
scarce fu av' Ie to th
continent on perceived rather
than rea) threats to nty.
second, m Afri
and principal African­
both on the Hill and in
o other respected cir beli e Ntl,, _
the United S es I
been creative and Address_______ I
enoup in dealin . th I
im of Soviet activities in I
Africa. The United S tes I
n be indifferent to • re. No. J
competition nor rely 0 �------------ .
in
- cation, encouragement
pre ration of capab b
educators for administrati e
and 0 her promoti op­
portuni .
G. To e as a resource
to increase the effeetlv
of school persormeI
or 'th b stuclen
H. To or with blac
rents to . t them in pin-
in t ills needed for
communicatin the of
their children.
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·coura m nt to tM �
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inlerest or COIl«17l to lIS.
Sucll messllga mil} be selft to
1 editors or otlter �
directly by imply lIddJasilt,
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