Bl
for comb -
there
pointed out,
�, comb' . h
and mar et influence, ,
e ough for u to renegotiate the con-
tr t, to a r f ',n J
son continued.
In the m ' , J son and repre
tives of the t· nal ' tion of
inority Auto Dealer (NAMAD), called
o the companie to: put a moratorsim
on foreclosure of pre t B uto
e of
et
J
Ford, ccordu. to
_-_&� to the mo
son had tough for
that might be 1
trade philosophy,
corporation
there be ttempts
che
in con­
and corporatk)ns
L t they y the "
has been too one-sided.
"Right no ," Hartford clergyman
and ., leader Rev. Charle Adams
te s are 95 percent buyers
d only three peree IlerL That's
e our money and buildq up
mebody el ' thing.
"Ahno 25 percent of. everything
G . bought by Blae people.
dependent on u for their
en, e can demand t it
lance. It simply me trade."
Bl h ve collectfve spending po er
of up to S155 billion, enough to m e
, the ninth large consumer market
in the rid, But very . tie of that
mo y Channen b c 'to e
B community' B busine
community d elopment programs or
other money-m . g and money eeping
in itutio
A concerted demand for trade . h
tho companie hich "need B ck
busine ", according to Rev. Adam
one y to m e companie give B
mo y back to B people.
en e go to indu ry , S155
billion, th . e ts t have you done
to deserve our continued trade," he
exp 'ed. "The ] e· hat· our
share of your resource b
co ution to your company. e mu
to demand ba on hat e
"
,
rategy contend
't ha th "luxury"
dem , if articulated
"I e to tho that e're
go to prevail in this economic rug-
gle," J "I do no think
Am ' the luxury (to exclude
B � price of money so �
and for . n competition 10
America no the luxury to
deny trade. "
J re1ultecl,
:supreme Court
boycotts
economy."
A oid· the ord "boycott," Rev.
Adam brought the strategy's potential
"little clo to home." .
"Yo simply lose your e for
certain kinds of product " he pointed
out. "Ju as e seem to be having
problem ith the dally paper in this
town, that can ery e sily di ppear
. with the trade rategy. We have to
convince them that they cannot continue
to take our trade for granted. If they
continue to run the kind of smear
campaign they've been running recently
. . . Bla peopl need the daily ne
but m ybe e'll op buying_on of
them for while."
Virgil Anderson, president of
AMAD, san the ne trade philosophy
resse Black support of Bl busine
e adding it will require full pport
from B ck
''The challe e i to have the p ience
to pport our respeetl busin "
he explained. "Alo with the patience,
m time may come premium. e
might charge a Die el more or a penny
more, but in the long run,' ill be
better for all of us."
The re It of the egy, proponents
y, is th economic development of the
B community - a deve opment
ould establish more and larger
and provide job
en B b .' e ell-
e ablished, y employ a minimum of
80 percent of our people," del n
pointed out. e ould try to build
gre t, big stro economic re
throughout the country to er .
that big m ju e. of u mployed
unemployab .
"If e can ever begin to create
multiply those small busi e
off oot be bi corporation-
not as th muir
on but more than e
171 . ;, tile fint .
dt!tllic willi. t. ·Trtlde
plaiJolOPiry. Nat �d:
tJlJce to e iI
economic auvival and d elop-
nt t the 1980s be the focus of
ational Economic Summit Con­
fere ce to be eld July 24-28 in Gary,
[Od.
Gary . hard G, Hat er
. the
by the tio Conference of ayor
. bring together m of e fme
mind in America ahd re­
or of the
tional B community.
e ill develop and ratify an econo­
mic rategy that ill allo u not only
to �e, but to thrive in n era of ne
realitie "said H tcher.
n ional coordinati committee
co of more than 40 nationally
recognized leaders ha been formed to
identify . and d elop a .re
end .
The preme Court oted 6-3
to thro out t-lar e election
e th t h d kept bite in total
po er in G or ia county since the
Civil
k p white
The ju fmding perv e dis-
crimination in Bl c upheld
rulin declaring uncon itution the
� em u d by Burke County, Ga. . to
elect five commu . ner based on
unty- ide vote
Under that y em no BI s ha e
er been elected to th c unt c m­
lth u h the
Bl c .
Among tho taking an active role
in planning the conference are .J
Greenberg, of the AACP Legal Defen
and Educatio F nd Inc.; Eddi
illiams, Joint Center for Political
. Stud' . John E. J ob pre' ent
atio . Urb n e; Benjamin Hoo
tional CPA
Top' include lee-
tive patro e, international economi
federal procurement and t-
e pen' n fund B common
et and economic trend and pro-
presenti position p per ill
include Congre en ter F untroy
and P en iltch 11, Rev. Je J c n
and economis ndr Brimmer.
ordered into effect n fiv -di rict
voting heme th t is intended to boo
B1 c voting po er.
B th ju . es reli d on cir-
e idence to fmd that the
ept Bla
uld ea the