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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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