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VOL. VII NO.33 JULY 15 - 21,1985
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Funenals become targets of South African -police
SSl'(JI8CIS community r Samuel Lan ,hold up the coffm of a flVe-month-
o died from inh 'ng t ps to by South African police. Eight people ere killed
h. Since then, the numbers offune h ve mere d dnmatically over
e been ki any of th deat .-e no related to funeral in p . Anglican
. th ee ,a cro d had filled a movie theater for a vi hour
for four . tim of an earlier riot. The police fued tear into the buildin d
people no out. "op oane said of the police, "The authoritie just rn
ramp . They ha been shooting ithout aim, to intimid te and frighten people."
.. ed th theater later' . the 000 ttered ith blood, and nd
riddled by bullet . It' a South African om to eep vigil prior to a funeral.
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PIDS A - The
Fourteenth Annual PUSH t
iona] Convention will be held
july 14-20, 1985 in em phis ,
Tenne ee. This year's theme
is: ow Is The Time: Family
Unity - Family Strength." A
bro d range of topics from
bu ine to P litics to 'inter
national affairs will be address
ed by n tionally recognized
pe kers during the week-long
confab.
Highlight of the Conven
tion Progr m include:
ond y July 15 - Gospel
fe t - tribute to Rev. I Green
fe turin the em ph . ss
Ch ir and th PUSH hoir.
Tue v. July 16 Edu-
vt urn ni al 0 y �
f th church'
rid; nd a
ey BI Civil
p ying tribute
to' pe er Dr. Ben-
jamin Hooks of the AACP�
Wedne day, July 17 - Politi
c Day - Rainbow Cam
p ign analy is and President's
Annual Address, featuring key
noter Rev. Jesse L. J ckson -
'One Year Later. '
Thursd y, July 18 - Inter
national Day - an In-depth
review of world hunger, divest
ment, and apartheid, including
a tellite hook-up to Ethopia
and a major presentation by
Afric n uthor Rev. Allen Au
bry Boe k.
Friday , July 19 - Busine
D y - A convoc tion of Black
ayors, discussing attacks on
affirmative action and reports
by corpor tions that executed
PUSH covenants. Keynote
peaker for the Business
Luncheon is Congressman Wil
liam Gray of Penn ylvania.
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ELKHART HOSTAGE - Clin
ton Sua, above, greet hi
son after being freed ith the
othe Americans held ho e in
Beirut. Su of Elkhart w the
o y ho tage from Th Citizen
a and th only Blae among
the ho During th Carter-
era ho e c . . , the Ira .
freed B yi BI
fferect enough from American
racism d we not treated
fuU citizen in thi country .
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The
Black . economic consumer
spending potential is the key to
Black economic survival and
pro perity. '
This is the finding of Dr.
Frank L. Morris, Executive
Director, Congressional Black
Caucus Foundation (CBCF) and
reported in Point of View
the CBCF newsletter _ #I
orris noted that with the
federal cutbacks in ocial pro
grams, "it is actually to the
advant ge of Black political
leaders to help Black people
recognize that we as Black
p ople mu t depend n our
collective efforts more."
'Black le ders may not have
tres ed to young Black people
the high priority that must be
given to starting and upport
ing Black 0 ned bu inesses as
the most reliable and critic 1
future source of jobs for BI ck
Americans" orris stated.
To strengthen Black busine ,
the CBCF report noted three
areas of consensus emerging
from the Black economic
summit convened by Congo
Parren Mitchell:
C Cta
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ATLAN·TA - ontgomery,
Ala. The "cradle of the
Confederacy" that saw the birth
of the contemporary
American civil rights movement
will be the site of the 28th
nnual convention of the Sou
thern Christian Le der hip Con
ference SCLC), Aug. 5 through
8.
"Finishing the Unfinished
Task: Voting Rights Jobs,
Pe ce and Justice" is the theme
for the four-day meeting whi h
come 20 years after the Voting
Rights Act enfranchi ed million
of Blacks in the Deep South.
That 1 ndmark legislation will
be celebrated with a commem r
ative ceremony on the tep
of the Alab rna State apit I
Tue day. u. 6 at 12 non.
At 10: 30 a.m. that day
S LC Pre ident Jo ph E.
Lowery will op n the conven
tion at Dexter Avenue-King
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-The clear need for Black
people to buy products from
Blac firms.
-Th need for Black Ameri
cans to do business with their
own institutions which have
capital formation po ibiliti s
such Blac insurance com
panies, banks credit unions
and avings and loan.
- The need to support Black'
professional and rvice pro-
viders.
"The e conclusions from the
econ mic summit are followin
in the face of just the opposite
trend. Recently in a page 1.
article, The Wall Street J urnal
has rep rted the follo ing
trends. Black owned busine es
are drawing a declining share
of the Black consumers 200
billion dollar a year market.
The percentage f Bia k dis
posable income going to Black
owned companies dr pped (rom
13.5% of Black income in
1969 to only 7% of Bla k
income in 19 4. This is a
50% reduction over the last
15 years 'Morri noted.
'Black political and econ -
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Memorial Bapti t Chur h. t
11 a.m. he will deliver the
presidential addre .
De ter venue-King ernor
ial, located ju t two bI cks
from the tateh u is the
onetime pastorate f Dr. ar
tin Luther King Jr'., h g ined
world ide eminen e thr u h
his leadership f th 1955
ntgomery bus b yc tt and
S LC. King received the 1964
obel Pe ce Prize in rec gnit
ion f his u e f non-vi lent
direct ction a an instrum nt
for ocial ch n. He wa killed
by an a assin s bullet in em
phi Tenn. April 4 196 .
Dele ates fr m S L chap
ter aero the nati nand
distinguished gue t are expect
ed to attend the ontgomery
convention. ion will be
held t labama State Uni-
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