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I
,
,
m ti cializi ,
at the mi ry and di
e of her prople ith ant
eye and continui to be hite."
He then zooms his lens in on the
pr cher:
" hen gr up in the Bl c
Community, I soon became a are,
did many of my peer that there
ere mainly 0 types of people
t rode around in big car . . .
unde odd type - the pimps nd
cce ul hu I r .. The other
type ith the bi , long expen . e
car u y of mor bdued
color, sty and ppearance, ere
the preacher ." ..
The author fla in the pr
ho, from th pulpit, rails
gairlq of ealth
urge others to their ffering today.
wiD be re ed later' an afterlife
proclaims m on day ill mheri
the earth, e the same preacher live
e tra antly no , off the humble ni -
el am dimes from food raffl
d the other fUM .. effort of his
flo .
Perkins kno s the important con-
tr utions e by the B church
repo . ory of our culture, cia! center
d refuge for the bolitionist movement
d underground railroad.
But the . er inform u that en
epa, th pre cher a
n: to elp African endure
grotesque �ery and to pacify them in-
to ccept the' imposed e atu.
In chapter three, he write of "our
ruggle for civil right and integration,"
of which he as part. But in chapter
. , he rite ' e ould be tur .
in ard ing to integrate ith our-
I s and forming coalition ng
u .. than . h erybodyel .tt
Intergration" is the urce of an-
gu y under anding of th Civil
Right er s that Blac ere I in
tere ed in integrating, i.e., bein n r
hite th t in "desegregati , Le.,
choosing a hou or hool in the area of
one's choi .," in effect realizing our
e potential human hich I
thi . a rath lofty " , in keep'
ith the b traditions of democracy.
From this all men could learn le n
including r. Perkin
T e cond major theme of the boo
economic . Afro-American
crippled by sl ery imposed by th te,
today rem in economic cripple , largely
consumers rather than producer , living
in a re dive ate,' not kno jog from
here our next meals will come. The
b church Per ins allege help to
fo er that dependency.
"Thi is not to y we don't realize
th t we have a problem," he m e
e cl
the b
''The B
number on
commu-
ton ar an
Br
the ernent of their
.d Ughter, Vane Louise,
to Loran I ory Anderson,
n of r. and rs. Elli
5887 e dow-
It d Benton Har-
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de . "Even duri t of the
ruggl for civil rights and integration,
there ide recogni ion th t eco-
nom prob m ere the urce of mo
of the concern of Bla people.'
The writing is simp . Even the print
k>om I e l' e th t found in a pri er
for beginner. The boo run amo . h
mi elling. Yet, I rec mmend . for
reading.
Though' is crude, it grammar faulty
at time tho e techni defects- of
yle, not th idea e pre . It' th
bo 's b nee, not if form, that' the
re h.
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BERRI SPRI GS - The ndr s
Uni er ity departmen and
Reg' n IV re ncy on ill
on r a pre enti e health reening
program for th elde 1 in B nton r or
on July 23 t the B nton r/ nton
To n ip Senior Center t S3 all
Street.
This alth re ning
all per nor th e of 60 e
re . ent of Berri n County. Client
ill be given an opportunity to contri
bute moo y for the IV' e but ill
not be denied rvi e b cau the cannot
or ill no contr ute.
Included
hi physi
blood
health
r
assessment,
blood
m tri e ams.
and follo
Tho
uld