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CALLED TO REVOLUTIO - omen ttendiag hat is belle d to be th flrst-e r, inter-
nfi i e parenti re caned to OIfrtion against tb p vaiUng
r SYS1tem. Hearing the call, front row, l-r, Doris Gree of Columbia, S.C., Delta
1b ta .exeeun board member; Dr. Dorothy I. Height, of Washington, D.C., former
Delta natio i nt and president, tio al Coundl o{ 0 Women; FJ ie Austi of
il r Spring, MD; Anna Julian, Oak Park, Illineis, both fo er Delta national p idents;
Dr.Loui Rice, Geo . Thelm Petis, Richmond, both regional directors; b
r ,Dr. Geraldi W , Los Angel ,conference ce-cbair; Dorothy Harri 0 Chicago;
Hor1eD Ca ely, Lansing, Delta national preslde�t; Tonya Robinson, East St. Louis; and,
Frankie a St. Louis Uo y. Story· on P 3.
orth American Blac
istorica1 useum, 2TI King
treet, Amher tburg, Ontario,
Canada, will ho t the annual
Emancipation Celebration on
Saturday and Sunday, August
1 and 2.
The even which dates bac
to 1809, ccording to museum
director Betty Simpson, marks
the elf-emancipation of
families ho e courage led
them through the Under­
ground Railroad to freedom
in Canada.
Descendants of those
families will be traveling from
e Yor ew Orleans,
Detroit, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Toronto and
ontreal to share in fes­
tiviti said Dr. David Mil­
burn, chair of the Under­
ground Railroad Families His-
torica1 Foundation.
Celebration events include
barbeque at the useum,
beauty contest, fashion show,
street dance, baseball tourna­
ment, family picnics, a Sunday
afternoon church service,
go pel concert and an exhibit
of artist David Alexander who
executed the useum logo.
A special dedication service
will be held Sunday evening,
with the unveiling of the bust
of Museum founder, Max
Simpson.
Over 100,000 refugees es­
caped from slavery in the
American south to Canada,
the promised land of freedom,
Dr. Milburn says.
Many came by way of the
Detroit River into Canada, be­
cause it was the narrowest
point to cross the border.
During the summer, many HIGHLAND PARK STUDENTS JOIN 18
refugees swam 1 the river with
their belongings tied to their
backs. In winter, escaping
families saw snow and ice for
the first time, and lost loved
ones attempting to cross the
frozen river.
The Blac refugees who sur­
vived the ordeal utilized their
trade skills and built strong
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By G en McKinney
WASHI GTO ( A)-
Antiapartheid activists from
across the country are ex­
pected to convene a meeting
in late July to strategize a
fight -back to what they
describe as an e calated as­
sault" in Congress against
Blac -ruled countries in
southern Africa.
"We ha e to respond to the
systematic campaign that is
being waged to strengthen
outh Africa's regional war
against its neighbors," insisted
Damu Smith, executive direc­
tor of the Washington Office
on Africa (WOOA) and an or­
ganizer of the upcoming meet­
ing.
Billed as an "Emergency
Meeting on Southern Africa,"
Smith no ed that several
proposals have been intro­
duced in Congress recently
aimed at Angola and other
z
Black-ruled southern African
countries.
The legislation includes a
propo al that would restrict
U.S. travel of the African a­
tiona! Congress of outh
Africa (ANe) and the outh
West Africa People Organiza-
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