co ca
The five . are:
(1) a Black United Proal or
Le der hip Summit; (2) A
Center for Co ity Or-
ganization d Deve 1;
(3) Voter obilization
Project; (4) an dependent
Black Political Otganiza . 0;
d (5) BU' Fund
. I flJ' t presented idea of
these fIVe' . woo . the
form of a Model Black Com­
munity Develop nt Plan t a
conference at Ho rd
U Diversity in 1. ap-
proach decade of tbe 90'
the cr i is in the African­
American community· such
t "tu • and a
model community develop­
ment pi n i rgently
needed too.y . 1 . As
young organizer act'· Is and
leader emerg to lead us' to
the .future it' vitally impor­
tant that they n totally rein-
vent every eel, H ce my
. e to r e the Deed fo
b ic in . u . for c:a city-
building nd empo ment
within the African-American
community.
Let us begin with the
UNITED 0 •
united front i imply an
umbrella organization or
mechanism wh ich eeks t
barn the energi of diverse
organizations withiD a natio
or commUDity around objec-
tive progra or projects
that everyo agree upo
Obvio ly one of t e key
prob . CODEr
.. AfricaD-Ameri
community' the fact that we
h ve numero leader and
organization and ide
spectrum of ideologie and
idea bout str tegy and
methods to chieve our goals,
Blac unity therefore is often
iIIu ive and the quest to
chieve i ' often frustrati
nd p ralyzing. A Blac
United Front can elp to solve
this prob m.
A united front is based on
the form of task forces
to execute stnt . agreed
A kiDd of organization­
al ... d division
oflabar' taD occur which could
r ce du . ca . of effort
ud eee ry org iza­
ti I competition aDa coe­
fIicL
A Black United Front
ouId . dude the·br dest
ib r of orpDiza-
• iDdudiag udlgroups ..
ciYiI-.ts orpDiza . cmc,
groups, proliessJC· ... &IS()Q8.
. uniOD d r repre- ,
sentatica, fraternitie and
sororitie commun· based
agencie nd of cour e
African- Americau religiou
leaders and organization.
The Black. United front
should meet at t once
month, without fail, to discuss
the status and future of our
. people in every community in
this country. The Blac
United Front can be a vital
toolfur�empo r��� ,-----�---------------­
African-Americans. So let's
build Black United Fronts!
COI�!OUIIY see -
,t of a,reement
The p principle around
which a waited frODt' true­
tured therefore' the prin­
ciple of 0 no AL
• The essence of oper
. n unity. the search for is-
ues, pro�cts and programs
which all pam can gree to
and the common committ­
ment to k together in those
ares re there is agreement
. The united front recog­
nizes the reality of diversity
and differences. 0 organiza-
. or individual urrenders
their organiza tional
vereignty or . t to act in­
dependently On their own
enda.
. Operational unity provides
for "unity . out uniformity"
. bin a united fro . Hence
our differences need not
necess rily divide us and ,
hould certainly D paralyz.e
or immobilize in our effort
to do some COJDlDOD r on
behalf of our community. As
a matter of strategy we ould
}ways see to manmW: and
empb ize areas of agreement
and minimize re of di -
agreemnt within a united
fr nt.
There are several ad-
vantage that or ization
which bela to a united front
ould find mutually benefi­
cial they seek to wor for
the betterment of the African­
American community.
- Organizations c n
SHA E t eir PE SPEC­
TIVE AND ANALYSES of the
cooditi proble and' -
ue facing the African­
Americu community. Needs
ment retreats or con­
ferences can also be held to
facilitate this process.
- OrpDizations can
ca G I 0 110
bout the variou is ue •
projects, prop' etc. . ch
they are king on and solicit
input and support form each
other in order to make their
work more effective.
- With the frame ork of a
united front, organizations
can devise IN E ENT�­
TIO STRAGETIES which
allow for the co-ordination of
energies and resource and
(Ron Dtlniels seIVU as the
Director 01 lite NlItionaJ Rain­
bow' Co tIlition QIId as the
DepuJy Campaign MtIIIQgeT lor
the Revemul Jesse JDdcson's
PlUident CIlmptlign'88. He
has seMd as PruidenJ 01 the
NtIlionaJ Bid Assembly iIIId
as OtIlitpenOl1 o/Ilte NlIIiotaaJ
Blaclc IndepentWtt Political
Ptuty. Cunmtly, he seIVU as
President 0/ the Institute lor
CommlUlily OrgtllliztltiOll iIIId
Development in YOIUI&fIOwn,
Ohio. He mtl)' be cOIIlIICted til
(216) 746-5747.)
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JOLtS
ALITY. .
This ee In Africa
American hi ory:
J 11 - WiD Wei
Bro a wrote the first
published play by a Black in
1858. Hazel Dorothy Scott, -
pian' l, singer, born 1920.
J lZ- Bri -
became the first Black to
serve 0 the Federal Reserve
Board in 1966. M ar W.
Evers, civil rights leader, mur­
dered' J ckson, .., 1963.
J u e 13 - rederic:
D appointed miDister
to Hai . in 1886. Thurgood
Marshall appointed to the
U.S. Supreme Court by Presi­
dent Johnson, 1967.
Ju 14 - AACP
Spa d for outstand-
ing achievement wa in­
stituted in 1914. Olris Dick-
erson, body boil er, became
fast Blac Mr. A rica, 1970.
J e 15 - • G rneld
becam fir Black
pastor of an all white con- .
gregation in Sa Antonio,
1974. Henry O. ipper, fir tl
Black to gr duat from West
Point, 1877,
J 1 - ty-f;
I ed poll
tax in 1964. H d Jenkins,
Jr. became the rust Black
m mber of the Na .' nal Labor
Relations Board, 963.
J 17 - i a y
wins heavyweight title in 1964,
James Weldon John 0 ,­
author of Bl ck tio An­
them, Lift Every Voice and
Sing. born 1871. . ( t
r
b d? When· it quare to -
ten to classical m . c? When
is it considered stupid to enjoy .
Sh ke peare' MQCb�th, The
Two Gentlemen 01 VeronQ or
Romeo t11Ul Juliet?
The philosophical truths in
the e tr gedi , comedies,
and dr have saddened,
delighted, d thrilled udien­
ces for centuri .
Greek mythology h s
timulated . imagin tions for
hundreds of years. Yet m t
students today beli � Ze .
o p (Zest) d Hercules i a
ne steroid. The Gorgon :
Med ; e and Grif­
fo even the Pe
known.
The Shakespearian
and Greek Mytho te ch
val and stimulate intell c­
tual thought For years,- the
study of the cia ics h
motiv ted dis ion bout
the trugg1e between right and
wrong choices; and the co
quences of reward or pun' h­
ment. the characters trug­
gle ith temptation the
writer' portrayal of each
peech, each word, each ide
contin d on p 9
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