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By Jo·
DETROIT - "Jesse', been
hung out to dry." That is how one
Jesse Jackson supporter
analyzed the results of the May
7 Democr tic caucuses in which
the Party made its choi ces for
delegates to the tional C9n­
vention.
From another viewpoiilt, the
people come the rcallose .
'We ha\le squandered the op­
portunity for an iodepe den
political oveme " 15 politi:
lacalOll
coordiDator Sam Riddle.
At i the de
were lected.
"There are a good maay true
J � upporters 0 wiD be
going: Riddle ide -But in
Detroit there as a com­
pro . . Deals re cut . h
I bor and the Mayor (Co eman
Yo g) d J ckson forces will
not 0 (to the convention
delegates). "
Youn h for years publical­
Iy expressed his dislike (or Jesse
J c : Young upports Gov.
Mich I DUk .. although the
o Co II' . aJ districts in
Detroit voted ove elmingly
for Jac&lSOD.
Riddle
Albuquerque, N.M. - The
Rev. Jesse 'J acksOn angrily t­
tacked the Democr tic party'
delegate selection process I
week charging that the number
of delegates he has won does not
reflect his popular vote.
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Jack on cited Puerto Rico
ere he defeated fro -�r
Mich el Dukakis in the popular
vote, but the Ma achusetts
governor got all S2 dele tes be­
cause he had support from the
i land's goveraor and party
. leaders.
. Overall, there is a 8-point gap
between Dukakis and J cUon
in terms of popular vote but the
de egate gap. much . der -
Dukakis h 1,496 compared 0
J ckson' 9TI.
While in W hington, DC
earlier la t week -J ackson
warned some party le der that
his . upporters "might become
di couraged" and not vote in
No mber if they feel he i being
tre led unfairly by th party._
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Van Buren·
By KrI t1 L Hay
COVERT - Chicago Sun
Times columnist, Vern Jar­
rett, told some 200 people Satur­
day, AprilJO, gathered for tbe
Van Buren AACP Bducation­
al Awareness Conference that
Blacks will lose the gains they
have made in the I t three
decades if theydon't save their
children from drugs, illiteracy
and immorality.
"We are producing a gener -
tion of illiterate and immoral
children," J rr ett t old
educators, parents and studen
gathered at Covert High School.
Conference participants at­
tended workshops on educa­
tional goals, roles and respon­
sibilities of Black educators,
parents and students.
Parents must take some of
the blame for the rampant il­
litera y and immorality so
-preval nt today, Jarrett said.
they h e allowed their children
to usurp their authority. In the
South where he grew up, if a
child used foul language, any
adult within ear hot would
Udrent c I rnni
AACP confere
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tel s
e
chastise him.
He attributes his becoming' a
writer to an old man who heard
him inventing vulgar rhymes one
day. The man . d that anybody
who could make up verse like
that should be a writer. After I
that, people in his church began
to sponsor him in poetry and
essay contests.
:J arrett recounted the story of
how his grandmother, a slave,
learned to read by eavesdrop­
ping when the teacher came to
in truct the master's daughter.
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"and I