This fmtun is II n rom-
pi/lllion from more Ihlln u»
bl -0 ned lind or: nted
PIl� in this natio«. It
dftlis ilh 1 blac , ho
lire 1I1/-too-often tutte nco -.
niud. lire doin to promote
ful/ ptlrticipolion in Amni­
cen life by bI« A IMriCIlllS.
II is thus II saiut« from all oj
our readers for unsun,
roes ... lind is cksi,n«l to
� II cltll/� ",e for 1111 of us to
«p on doin our ry best.
r earch, Cle
been to de elop a more
imaae" of the I
b m e by VlO the
b c child ood ro model
from hi tory. hat more
appropriate model could
thet;.e be than a bl c boy­
kin ,C1e1l . Another
aim of his research i to make
hite American re of
their dishonesty ith respect
to the hi tory of bl
On thi ubject, he takes
jth e HaJ y' boo
. th i emphasis
I ve origins of
b s." "Ho can th his­
tory of a gr t people be in
in lavery?" h . Then he
no es the f ct tb tHy
neglected to mention that
'thin wal in distance of
unta inte' village as the
"greatest no n university
of that time," in refe nee to
t Sankore mosqu univer­
sity in Timbuktu. But if
Hal y h d tarted ith that,
alJe , "the boo
ould no b ve 0 d ."
Cle refutes the idely
h kI assumption by Egyp­
toloei that the common
ord for Egypt, Kemit,
meanin bl c , signified th
.. il" of Egyp rather than
t "people." To sub tan­
tiate his argument, he offers
th fac: the Hebrew used
tb ord "cham" or "Ham"
for the Egyptian people,
meanin "the b c est pos­
ible" in Hebrew; the Greek
po e of them as "Ethio­
pians" or "men with burnt
f "; the Arab calJedAfri­
ca outh of the Sahara tb
alTU"IDalive U.S. ap­
to the piratio and
prob of Africa· our
lac of will to deal effectively
·th the . t South African
Govenunent. . Africans-
and their supporters reprd
that Government Public
Enemy umber One, e
ha e yet to your Adminis­
tration fuDy bare this vi
and implement proposals fe­
latina thereto. It· naive to
believe that conventional
dip . produce the
desired re ults. Whatever
cooperation . that Govern-
ment manifested·th
respect to conflkts in
tr mm and experience to the
re olution of educational
problem peculiar or unique
to the bla community ...
that they must interpret to
the bro der community the
need and d ires of the blac
community they relate to
educational matters, and.
continuously as nd re­
v the edu tional pro-
ram of th di tri t and the
educational con rn of the
community.
COBE major obj tives
are as folio :
A. To or to rd the de-
maintainin velopment of an effectively
positio . integrated system at all levels.
In reaffirmin the blac - B. To or to ard the
nes of Egyp and i ro e in . buildin of a tron school
giving birth to estern civili- system hich provid qual­
zation, Clegg puts Egypt in ity education for the maxi­
hi torical per pective and mum development of all
gives Egyp its rightful due people rved by the district.
the ountainhead of Western C. To interpret existin,
ci ilization-precursor of the pro rams in our schools to
Greeks and Romans, the the vario se ments ot the
Renai sance, and the modern community and to facilitate
industrial orld. communication bet een the
• • • community nd the school.
D. To increase utilization
of blac dministrators at all
d . ion-ma in e in the
c nrinuous plannin and de­
velopment of programs, in­
cluding th designed to
function in disadvanta ed
are .
E. To communi te the
edu tiona) needs of the
blac community to the deci­
ion rna ers,
F. To assist in the identifi­
tion, encour gement and
preparation of pable blac
educator for drnini t
and other promoti�l:iIIJiia�
portunities.
G. To serve r ou
to increase the effeetiven
of aU school per onnel h
or ith bl ck stud nts.
H. T work with black
parents to assist them in ain­
ing the kills needed for
communicating the needs of
th ir children.
r
/Of1fflUll
Black educators in th
Tu on unified school di­
trict held their first organiza­
tional meeting. Attendin the
meet in ere forty of th
over 100 bla in the hool
ystem.
The Council of Bla Edu­
cator (COBE) meet e ery
rid y. The COBE officer
elected for the 1978-79 year
ere: PI' ident, J ie Zan­
ders; Vice President, Gloria
Smith; Secret ry, Bertha
John n; t. Sec., Bobbi
imbrough; and Treasurer,
Laura Ban .
The blac educato tate
th t th Y feel a special re­
pon ibility to the educa-
tional co ms of the b
community ... that COBE
ill beco more sen itive
nd r pensive to the educ -
tional interests and educa­
tional need of the b
community, parents, organi­
zations, churches, civic and
gou ... t t ey
. r collective
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