V • VIII NO.51
HSER VING THE
STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY"
NOVEMBER 1622 1986
LAC CAUCUS GRO
ashington, DC - The
number of Bl ho will
be rving in the U.S. Hou
of Repre ntative in the
IOOth Congre ill total a
record 23. The n Bl
con ressmember include
e E py from issi ippi;
K eisi fume of aryland;
Rev. Floyd. FI e from
Queen Yor and John
Lewi from Georgia. The
bi e disappointment came
in central Loui ian where
lawyer Faye William failed
in her bid' to un at Repub­
lican Clyde Holloway. Wil­
liam was in part victim
of n gative camp . ning from
the Hollo ay camp. And
in Virginia's Tide ater area
Blac ate nator Robert
Scott a un cce ul in
ttempt to un t Repub-
li an H rbert Bateman.
o eiall, 31 Bl c ran for
Congre . nal t That
number incude the 19 in-
cumbent Bl Congre
member. Six Bl c ran as
Republic but they all 10 t.
GOVE ORS CO E UP
SHORT
Lo ele Calif.-
There h s not b en a Bl
tate goy rnor in the United
State since the Recon ruct­
ion period of the 1870'
ortly after the end of
s1 very. And it ill be a hil
10 er 'before there i other
on. Both Bl ho made
bid to becorn
their respective ate came
Co Inued 0 P -. 3
WPA
election and other targeted
races throughout the country.
According to Eddie Williams,
executive director of the Joint
Center for Political Studie and
Linda illiarns nior polit 'cal
analy for JCPS, the Bla k
vote wa decisi e in electing
five ne Democratic Senators,
Richard Shelby (Ala.), Wyche
Spirit
ar d high ovember 6, the
ation' Blac leadership gather­
ed on C pitol Hill to glory in
the Democratic gains of the
Senate and to analyze the
Bl c vote, mainly in the South,
the margin of vi tory in tho
Fo ler (Ga. Robert Graham
Fl. Terry Sanford .C.),
John Breaux (La. and one
incumbent • Alan Cranston
(Cali. .
The ational BI c Le der­
ship Roundtable, an organza­
tion cornpri d of 300 Bl c
civic a ciation and the net­
wor vehicle of the Congre
eyboard controller.
group: (I to r) I
ou h Africa r sponds to
By Oliver Govend
JOHANNESBURGH, SOUTH
AFRICA - The South African
Government ha responded to
the impo ition of American
economic sanction with a new,
harsh crackdown on the coun­
try's majority Bl ck population.
Since the current ate of
emergency declared la t
June, the number of Bl cks
arre ed h grown to over
23,� 0 of tho detained
people between the
es of 12 and 18. However,
reliable report gge that
children a young a nine h ve
been j . ed for wee without
any formal notice to their
parent.
ean hile, a white women'
anti-apartheid organization
known a the Bl c Sa relea
ed report Ia wee det ilin
idespre d mi reatm nt of the
young detainees. ccording to
Black Sash official in South
African jail have beaten, whipp-
. .
anclons
ed, given electri oc and
threatened the lives of numerou
young Black detainee
The organization wrote in
memorandum entitled "The Suf­
fering of Children in South
. nal Bla Congre claim
victory in the Republi an
Sen te turnover and the elect­
ion of three Blac freshmen
Congre en.
D.C. Del. Walter E. Faun-
troy, pre ident of the LR
id LR h d completed their
fir two Black politi a1 em-
powerment goal ; electing three
additi nal members to CB ,
though LR had hop d for
five and to impa t at least 10
Democrati natorial ra e � Six
was the outcome. The third
oal, yet to be complete w
electin Rep. Charle Ran el
.Y., 16-year veteran of the
Hou as the fir t BI k
a· rity Whip.
ttorney Mike E y th
fir t Blac to be ejected to th
Hou of Repre ntative from
i . ippi since Recon ructi n
won by the narrow mar in f
52 percent gain two-term
incumbent, and will repla
:Rep. Alan heat . a the
youn e t member of CB . .John
Le i a former Atlanta city
councilman won by an e sy
75 percent givin Ge rgia their
fir BI k member of Con-
in 10 years. Rev. Floyd
e of the 6th Con re i nal
Di ri t in ew York ousted
another Black and the newest
member of CB Alan Waldon
( .Y ..
Bla k candidate Faye il-
Iiams th Congre sional Distict
in Louisiana and B bby S ott
1 st Congre ionaI Di tri t in
Virginia 10 their bid to the
Hou by a narro margin.
E py id hi lssi ippi con­
stituient Hun ered for ne
leadership and thir ed for ne
repre ntati n." He told the
ambled ·pre hi oal a to
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arshness
Africa" that brutal treatment
h become "a frightening sym­
ptom of a di a hi h may
have already progre d beyond
cure."
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