THE CITIZEN AUGUST 10 -16. 1986
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ichigan State Con­
ference of CP branche will
hold it 50th nnual Conven­
tion in the Hilton Inn, 7501
e t Sagina Lansing, ichi-
gan, on Friday September 12
19 6 nd adjourn on Sunday
ptember 14, 1986 ccording
to t te President C rl Breeding.
Breeding aid delegate to the
Conventi n shall be ele ted at a
regular or pecial meet in of
the Branch, Youth Council or
olle e Chapter pri r to the
C nventi n.
Highlights of the Convention
in lude:
cPt ichigan Depart-
ment of Civil Rights Leaders'
Luncheon. Pre ideing: Jerome
trong, Deputy Director,
i higan Department of Civil
Rights. Spe er: Dr. illiam
F. Gib n, chairper on,
CP ational Board of
Director.
-Al on Friday a
meeting presided over by
bert Sanders, Jr., State Presi­
dent Youth and College Divi -
ion and Keynote Speaker, Rev.
elvin T. Jones, Pastor Union
i si nary B ptist Church.
AACP.
-50th Fight For Freedom
Banquet with speaker C. De­
Lore Tuc er, a Founder and
ational V ice President of the
ational Political Congress of
Black' omen: former Secretary
of State Commonwealth of
Pennsylvani 1971-1977 .
-On Saturday al a Film
Festival "The Lon st Struggle"
and Talent h case Demon­
stration AACP em­
bers.
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NAACP MONTHLY
MEET
The bi-monthly meet in
of the ichigan State C n-
ference of AACP branche
ill be held on the Hilton
Inn 1701 e t aginaw
Street, Lansing on Saturday,
ugust 16, from 1:00-3:45
p.m.
B rry rter
More than 50 participant
were pre ent at the brea fa t
pon ored by J&B Computer
Center at 72 ichigan.
The event, held on behalf of
tennis tar and human right
activi t Arthur Ashe and
Michigan congres man
Howard olpe, as followed
by a Question and answer es­
sion directed at the t 0
celebrities.
Ashe and Wolpe, both of
whom paid visits to South
Africa, fielded Questions rang­
ing from the prospect of South
African born Kevin Curren,
now a U.S. citizen, playing on
the United States' Davis Cup
team, to anction against the
Botha regime, to Judge Rehn­
Quist and the investigations in­
to hi past political activitie .
At one point A he hared
ith tho e 10 attendance
'p rhap the rno t poignant
moment of m ta in outh
frica.'
" fter p nding all of m
time in the Blac to n hip of
o eto, , he aid, a Bla
man ame up to me and aid
'no when are ou going to
come and pend om time
ith u?' thought u
who?' ,
he ent on to e plain that
the man a a colored, that
i ,of mi ed de cent. And, ure
enough, the colored li e in
different areas, attended dif­
ferent chool, and ere
governed by different law . In­
deed, becau e they ere lighter
com ple ioned they felt that
they ere better than the Bla
outh African.
"He , ay he, in the
United States he would be
Bla ju t li e the re t 0 u.
Th blatant nature 0 di rim­
ination in outh fri a he
added, 'to u e a
nough to blov
Durin the
trodu ing rthur
tho e a mbl d, olp
In m e ond life
ba a t nni
the
AACP reception:
An Evening with Betty Joplin
... and a few fashions, too,
by the AACP Youth Divison.
-On Saturday, September
13, speaker, Dr. Benjamin La -
n Hooks, CEO/Executive
NEWS BRIEFS
LLE GES E TOR BIDE
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C LL FOR A HITES 0 L v: 8.0 EL D
H YDE L IDAHO - An e imated 200 Ie ders of
vari us hite supremacist org nizations gathered near Hayden
Lake Idaho last wee . Among the item on the agenda was a
call to uild a 'white only homeland" in the northwe tern
part of the United State. The gathering wa ho ted by white
uprem ist mini er Richard Butler. Among those present
was Thorn Robb the national chaplain of the Knights of the
Ku lu Klan. Robb told a news conference that the whites
of Western urope and orth Americ were G d' 'cho n
people' and that J e ere the ' eds of Satan ' and that
Black ere b th m rally and intellectually inferior to/white .
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