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ASH GTO -Leader
of the African Methodis Epis­
cop Church met in
Washington, D. C. last wee
d issued call for Blacks to
pi ce greater emphasis on
developing their economic
po r.
The church leaders were
joined in their can by some of
the "s leading African
American political and civil
rights spo per ODS.
Addressing the group of
ral hundred re the Rev.
J JaCksO CP heid
Benjamin Hoo Urban
League president John Jacob
and Southern. Christian
Leadership Conference pr .
dent Joseph Lowery.
Several of the speakers
de n e of the fact the
AME churches had grown in
number and power since their
founding in 1787 without
recQving money &0 whites.
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orse than before '67 riots"
Confab probes change strategies Pig 3
AACP
reques s
grand jury
HIGHlAND PAA.�""'.""'.LI.
The NAACP called on the
Governor and tt rn
General of Michigan. .Tam s J.
Blanchard and Frank elley
to impanel a gr nd jury to
hear evidence and accusatio
relating to the recent d a
of Officer Jo phin
McCallum and inmate 0
Rowls, Jr. at the State Pris n
of Southern Michigan at Jac -
son.
In a letter to the Governor
and attorney General, . Char-
1 Anderson, NAA P id­
west Regional Director, t ld
them that there are far
many questions being ra' d
and left unanswered surro d­
ing the two recent deaths at
the Jackson Prison facility.
Anderson also indicated
that a grand jury investigation
is a serious and urgent
Dallonal Darl:ieDam:tary procedures competition in response that could go a long
ted, I· way in quelling tensions,
L - doubts and fears of prison
employees, inmates and their
famjlies. Contlnu d on Page 3
SECO
�: n africa
I
lobby mark
ASHINGTO , D.C. - Ten
year: 0, Black American had
no voice on ch forejgn policy
e ch aid to Africa,
partbeid in South Africa, and
trade with the Caribbean. e
individual Black and Bl
member of Congre spo e out,
there no organization to
arhe d campaign, no pro­
fe 'onallobbyist to pre Bla
intere t in the clo room of ..
C pitol Hill.
Tun frica, the Bl lobby
on � fri nd the Caribbean
ill .. celebr te its 10th anni-
ersary and it rowing po er
with forum on Friday Jun
5, and al dinner featurin
entert iner Harry B lafonte and
Rep. Bill Gray (D-P) on
turd y, June 6 in Wa in­
- ton D.Co
ith hi lO-year trac re-
sole
Black America'
10th
cord, TransAfrica founder and
executive director Randall
Robinson is a familiar face on
the evening new
Following a Congre . nal
Black Caucus weekend in the
fall of 1976, TransAfrica was
created on July 1, 1977, to
provide Bla American ith
a voice in the debate on fri­
can and Caribbean' e and
to pu higher on the national
end African and Caribbean
foreign policy and economic
e
Tran frica opened its first
office in June, 1978 ith a
staff of 0, Randall Rob in­
n and Delore Clem n .
Trw Africa immediately
went to wor on sustaining
sanction against Rhodesia - at
a time when the Carter d­
mini tr tion wa under reI nt-
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anruversary
le conservative pressure to
relax sanction again the white
minority government of Prime
mister Ian Smith.
TransAfrica was cce sful
in helping persu de Pre' dent
Carter to continue sanctions
until power was transferred to
the n ly-elected leaders of
Zimbabwe ( the new name for
an independent Rhode 0 ).
In 1984, as Black South
Africans intensified their trug­
gle ain apartheid Randall
Robinson, Dr 0 ary France
Berry, and D.C. Delegate al­
ter Fauntroy ged a sit-in at
the South African Emba
the day b fore Thank iving­
prote t ain t the uth fri­
ean government' apartheid sy -
tern and the Reagan dmini-
trati n' policy of 'constructive
engagement. "
"The 't-in created a move­
ment that read to more than
two dozen cities and dozens
of university campuses," ys
Robinson. "Since then, over
3,000 people have been
arrested, including 23 members
of Congre and the mayors
of ver m 'or U.S. citi s."
In 1985, the Free South
Africa ovement expanded
nation ide. ith TransAfrica
helping to build support for
comprehensive sanctions ain
South Africa Pre ident Re an
was forced to impo limited
economic sanctions ain t
South Africa. Then in 1986
Tran fri a's or resulted in
Congre ional pa sage of sanct­
ions legislation and the over­
ride of President Reagan's veto.
In March 19 7, Trans frica
ith a full-time staff of 15
and 15,000 members throughout
the United States - launched
its year-long "Faces Behind
Apartheid" campaign. Accord­
ing to Robin n, the campaign
target prominent American
political busine and enter­
tainment figures who action
ar helping to ain the apar-
theid system in South Africa.
So far, the campaign ha
targeted Sen. Je Helm
(R- C, for hi
pport of the
out
han
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