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October 14, 1981 - Image 11

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Michigan Citizen, 1981-10-14

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edition of Still'
Unthrground Rail Road Rec­
ords. ff narr tin the bard­
hip, h' rbreadth escape
d death tru of th
N in thei r efforts for
freedom" by illiam Still,
"for many year connected
ith the Anti-S avery Office
in Philadelphia and
Chairman of the eting
Vi ilant Committee of the
Phil delphia Brand of the
Und r round Rail R d.
II ,
rs. Chi holm'
our anc ry on a regul r
b i rather than one ee or
month out of a year or durin
birthd y ob r ance . e
mu t remain no led cable
of Sojourn Truth, Harriet
Tubman, Booker T.
ashin ton and .E.B.
DuBoi . Since it i a civil
right hall of fame, e re
ure m ny of our hite
brethren who joined in the
trug le, such a John
Bra n, form r Sen. Hubert
Humphrey nd th youn
J i h lads nipped in the
prime of their Ii e in
freedom ralli in th South
durin the and
But from an her per pee­
ti e, e nt to see the Civil
Right Hall of Fam be a
hi Ie throu h tf h som
flo ers can be handed out to
me people hile they can
till meU them. Our a n
ayor R' h d G. Hatcher,
re rdle of hat any
detr cto may u mit, h
played igniflc nt role in
the movement of today a h
for er U.. mb
I believe no more tron y
at this moment than I have
beli ved ever inee the Proc­
lamation of Emancipation
m de by Abraham Lin­
coln, that a cl ,in this
country, no mall e ertion
ill h ve to be put forth be­
fore the bl in of freedom
and no led e can be fairly
enjoyed by this people; and
until colored men man e by
dint of hard cqui ition to
enter the ran s of illed in­
du try, very little ub tantial
respect win be 0 n them,
SYLU
t timony oppo mon to
the elimination of federal
court jurisdiction ave
ylum claims, ron rejec­
tion of th planned interdic­
tion of Haitian bo t people
on the high ,and upport
for an amendment to the
pro- Forei n i lance Act of
19 1 hich ' 'ties all de clop­
ment i an for Haiti to
re pon ibl de elopment pro­
gram, an end to human right
abu d reduction of il­
I al muggling operation of
Haitian into the Unit d
tates. "
To sol e the pr t en I ,
th Conge oman urged
p of her bill, H, .
to 3602, to rant refu ee atu
lo recent Cuban and Haitian
entrant. 'I firmly believe, '
he as rted, "that Cuban
and Haitian entrant meet
the t for refu ee tatu
hich is "the f of per u­
lion upon return."
The t timony concluded
ith Repre entati e
Chi holm atin that "our
interes are best rved by a
fair, can i tent poli y hich
re �, th right of all
people,"
ndre Young and AACP
E ecutive Director Benjamin
Hoo along ith Con-
gre swoman Shirley
Chisholm and femini ac­
tivi Flo Kennedy. There are
many till alkin among u
ho d rve those ind of
laurel and pr' and liftin
upon pedestal to provid
role models for our
PAGE 11
en ith the and
mu et in their hand .
ell-conducted and
ores; land acquired and
ood f rm man ed in a
manner to compete ith any
other; valuab boo pro­
duced and publi ed on inter-
in d important ubjects
-t esc are some of the frui
hich the race are expected
to exhibit from their Iy
ained pri i .
If if it i ed "bo 1" I
an er, "thro gb extr rdi­
n ry determinatio and en­
vor • ., uch as are demon-
r ed in hundreds of
in the of thi boo , in
the tru I of men and 0-
men to ob ain t eir freedom,
edu lion and p operty.
Th f ct mu never be
10 tight of.
The r c must not forget
th roc from hence the
ere he n, nor the pit from
hence they ere du .
Like other r c • thi newly
emancipated peop ill need
I the no led e of their
t condition that they n
get.
The bon and deli er-
ance of th children of I r el
'II never be 10 ed to sin
into ob ivion hi) t or d
tand.
Th see of ufferin
and martyrdom millions of
Chri tian ere called upon
to pass through in the d of
the Inqui ition are ill ub­
jects of tudy t and have un-
bated interest for all enlight­
ened mind.
Th me i true of th hi-
untirin
prior to
eney
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