trim e f t, they part of its continuing
deep into the bo . effort to provide f ctual
o cuts ere eoncen- information Black to
trated in programs in which the public.
s re a third to a _ A' an example, in his
, half of an benefi' . s. paper, "Economic Patterns
e didn't go thiou in B ck America," Dr.
lOme rt of abstract bud Bernard E. Anderson,
adjustment process. e director, Social Science
t thro a ri of Division, Rockefeller
a earth es that 1 ft - di Foundation, examined the
- proportio te numbers of emp oyment picture �o
B peop ith fe er B s a various parts of
resources d dro them the educational and skill
deeper into po rty." trum, and impact
Turning to civil rights, of the De economic
. Jacob 'd: po'cie of the administra-
"In 1981, administra- _ tion. He co eluded:
tion from him B and �'BecaUJe of recent
virtually shifts in economic policy,
nt, too a r of current go mment .
netaltift ht civil rights. ely to be hospit-
backtra· in to further progr
ools to i than t any time .
. of civil rish recent • There' no
enforcement to its t ee that the job
o affirmative action, the tion that might emer
administration crested a from current policies will
feeling among many Bl help narro the employ.
th.t they ere f otten ment gap between B
peop ." and other orkers, but it
The NUL p . ent "almo certain that broad
. ed out for specifJe budget cut fo social pro
tiou the administra- grams will greatly reduce
t d ". n to the opportuniti for dis-
tax-e empt tus to YUltaged to become pr
that discriminate pared to make a productbe
B d its b- contribution to society .
quent announcement that Equally troub me is the
it actually opposed to threat th t change
discrimination d ould affirmat" action policie
eco mi , mtroduce I " tion in Con- jeopardize the attain-
affumatige gre to bar tax-exempt ment of equal opportunity
and statu for 001 that through out American
practiced it. society."
"The administration' Dr. J D. cGhee,
claim that . ply director of re ch for the
a procedural' about NUL, thored a paper,
authority does not "The B Teenager: An
hold ater. Its actio En ered Species," in
pro . ded . and comfort hich b diJcusIed such
to important . as educa-
tion, prep cy
d employment. oting
that B youth, 19-yean
of. and und , constitute
40 percent of the total
B population, com
pared to 30 percent of tb
bite pop tion, Dr. c
Gh arned that 0 -fifth
of this generation is beine
10 beca they f:' to
complete their high 001
education becau of pfi g
nancy or some other reason.
He cautioned tit t the Bla
. community cannot afford
ch a continued drain on
i resource.
In her paper, "Black
Political Po er-Up d or
Down ard," Dr. Pearl T.
Robinson of the Politic
Science Department, Tufts
Univer ity, examined ho
Black u d or did not u
th ir political strength 0 r
the pa year the results
of vera} election in hich
together,
d other ep can only
be interpreted attempts
the to dismantle the proce of
. detegregating America.
They r' the grim pro
- economics, cmI spect of a return to a
d the feelin of that denied human
On fint rights tolerated
dilcrimination. They
ceount for bitter feel-
of eeono- in of alienation and
. laOOn, not only among
many B Americans, but
among all ho don't want
the c turned back to a
gr
In
report
J cob
thr
in
e ement . unem-
o t I t record .
- 16 percent by the under-
ted om " "- that
don't include disoour d
rken or" voluntary part
time . Teenage B un
employment ent through
th roof in J981.
"Thi time around th
ety net is in
Cuts· in federal
m din not ju t
meaner,
" period"
r .
deci ive
ean
hile
ou
.
In
an
I
Buren Coun
PAPERS PROVIDED CUR-
RE DATA
eight p pen con-
odin' State of
BI America-1982" offer
broad but detail d and
ell documented ccount
of major developments in
BI c America in 1981.
They were commissioned by
the ational Urban Le gue
Continu
np
Tho peo from the
ichigan Employment
Security Commission had
nice tum out at thier. rally
on Feb. 7th in South H n.
They em to be " .
in odd of fantasy.
The keynote er
med to be ying that
they ere' accord tth
all of the cuts in programs
t the p 'dent is maldDa
EXCEPr the one that cut
the number ofMESC ork-
10
en.
Among the platform
gu t as a representative
from Congressrnan
Siljander' office. Congo
Siljander br about vo .
for the pr . ents program
th t made the cut
MESC funds, well
ht all Soda} programs.
one exception non of the
MESC peop ed the eon
gressmans representatiee to
exp to them h the
Congre could be "Ex-
tremely Concerned" about
their elfare and at the
same time voting to cut
them off from 0 •
If the peop
and this goes for all of us
and all of our organiza
tio - want to better
their condition without
offending anyone or nn
prose thin for them lve
"thout "rocking the boat"
they ould do ell to
reread Fr Do
famo speech of 1957.
id, f th e " no
stru e there . no pro-
gr .' Th ho prof;
to fawr freedom d yet
deprecate gitation are men
ho ant crop without
plo ing up the ground,
they ant rain without
thunder and lighten' .
They ant the ocean ith
out th a ul roar of it
m y ter. P er
de nothing ith ut
emand.
Onapo
ere: If you
tion . " ,Try Un-
employment.
The DE (Kent Barry
Eaton) ay, the only
B owned railroad in
" on the
out of bu ... · " .. -
. chipn Dept. of
Transportation indi-
cated that it will withdra
the KBE sub "dy next
month.
o B men in
Alabama ere put in jail
for helpin peop register
to vote. ybe that the
re n nobody
to start a voter r .
camp in V
C ty - ell at
a JOOd excuse.
The 0 African
countrie of Senepl and
Gamb· ha voted to com
b' Senegamb·. It
awful lot of
Gambia as
only a ry narro strip
of land surrounded: on three
by Senegal and the
people are of
trib ckground.
n b bi ha babi
o community suf-
our
fen.
Forth fi time in
South African history the
d bite
jail for
ir rugle
but the its difficult to
create a mo er d not
be d wed by him.
Our County Co'mnllSSllO
ers
airport.
15 minute from the 'zoo
airport d they t 0
of eir 0 • Oh ell, hy
ou1d they worry -
couldn't
boys off
b driver
the
y
y.
the girl
them," The
"on
ridin
on for 0
the other fo
they
reported