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Have A Dream" speech.
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STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY"
DECEMBER 21 27. 1986
Jesse Jac
Admi is ra
Buffalo, . Y .- The Rev.
Jesse Jackson, speaking at the
State University of Ne Yor at
Buffalo Tuesday, referred to
the Iranian arms deal scandal
as "Iran-Gate" and said that
this nation's foreign policy was
"in shambles" as a result of
"narro based, blind ... com
tempt" for the democratic pro
cess.
"Our administration is drow
ing," Jackson admonished,
, the ater is rising ... getting
higher every day."
"U be (Reagan) tells it all
and tells it quick, he can't sur
vive," he charged. "If he tells it
all and tells it eventually, he
may urvive." Jac on as
referring to the
administration's crisis over th
so
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NEWS BRIEF·S
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SUPREME COURT OUT OF
RACIAL LABEL CASE
Sulphur, La. - The U.S.
Supreme Court last week re
fu d to consider a c se which
challenged a Louis' ana law that
designated anyor.e with 1/32
Black ance ry as Black. The
case was brought by Su·e
Guillory Phipps who consider
herself white but was designated
"colored" at birth. Phipps'
ancestry reportedly included a
GUN CONTROL EASURE French plantation owner and a
. Detroit, M.L _ Detroit ayor BI de slave woman who mated
Coleman Young last week signed during slavery. However, Phipp
a gun control measure man. say. e is white and wants
datina up to 90 days in jail for the word "colored" on her
anyone caught carrying a gun. ?irt� �rtificate. changed to
Young hid spoken out against. 'white. But with the refusal
the legislation saying at one Of. the court to hear the case,
point he would not disarm the Phipps has pretty much reached
city's predominantly Black resi- tJ!e end of her legal battle.
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SEEK RETRIAL IN ATLANTA
Atlant , Ga. - Lawyers for
the man believed responsible
for the killings of at least 24
young Blacks in Atlanta y
they have nrenathened therr
cue for a retrial Wayne Wile
liam. wu convicted to two
killing and the police linked
him to as many 81 22 of the so
called Atlanta child killings.
However, lawyers for Williams
y their quest for new trial
is ba d in part on evidence
which mae I possible Ku
Klux Klan involvement in the
killings. In addition, the parents
of several of the victims have
argued that the police - . pre·
maturely clo d the books on
the cases. :Wil.1iaIils, who is also
Black, has maintained his in-
nocence.
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clandestine operation to sell
arms to Iran with funds from
the covert operation going to
finance the Contras in
Nicaragua.
Jac on, a 1984 presidential
candidate, admonished the sale
of arms to Iran for profit to
fmance hat h called an "il
legal, immoral, unauthorized"
ar conducted "out of the White
House" in Nicaragua. And even
with all the current exposure,
there i no attempt, he said, by
the government to "stop the
bloodletting'" in that country.
But such immoral activity by
the government, he charged, is
[ust <me in a series of such ac
tivities since the Reagan ad
ministration has been in po ere
Jackson cited, for example, the
dents while the whites in the
surrounding. suburbs kept their
guns, However, Black church
and community leaders con
demned Young's comments cit
ing figures showing that Detroit
had one of the highe murder
rates in- the nation and that it
was mo ly a situation of Blacks
killing other Blacks.
a
bles
Camp David Peace talks bet
ween lsrael and Egypt which he
said have been allowed to col
lasp by the Reagan administra
tion; the "ill advised" disoat
ching of American Marin to
Beruit, Lebanon and their
resulting massacre; the
unilateral attack on Grenada
(to take the focus off the dead
Marines); and th disinforrna
tion campaign azed against
both Grenada and Ubya.
"When other nations can't
trust us e lose our moral
au ·ly to the world," he
warned, and urged that. the
Il.S, adopt a foreign policy with
a "human rights imperative."
The U.S., said for example,
must fight terrorism and
measure terrorism by one yard
stick. A classic example of
America's failure to do so, he
noted, is being South Africa's
"nmnber one trading partn r
and no putting South Africa in
your operative definition of ter
rorists." Those ho developed
the moral, ethical imperative to
say no to Hitler, he charged,
"must say no to Botha.
We must be consistent."
White South Africans, he noted,
fought on the side of Hitler dur
ing World War 11.
One of the unfortunate results
of the present scandal, he said,
is that it takes a ay from other
more important issues in the
nation and the orId, but he
assured, "Reagan is tem
porary ... the drive for jobs,
peace and justice i eternal.'
Jackson urged students to
"stand tall, stand together,
stand in coalition" because by
definition they ere' 'the
orld, " irregardless of their
racial differences. He recalled
the proud legacy of the stud nt
movement in the sixties and
urged them to demand a foreign
policy that ould fight "cor
porate rape and insensitivity"
and bring jobs, peace and
justice.
H amed them that th
�..ruggle would be long, and
could only be on by sober,
sane and nsitive individuals.
J c son challenged young
peopl to be a part of ce.
ca ...• coalition... c0m-
mitment to change."