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ly African American city's
Council pr . dent t.
The teme received . de
media coverage and condemn -
tion by community, labor, nd
public offici
But sever I Afr ic: n
Americ n y an Afric n
Ameri simply can not be
r cist - by defmition.
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in titutional oppr
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. -NNPA COMSpOIIdenl
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Pr .
dent George Bu h and the
nation' governor hould
ere" e a ationa) Commi 'on
. on Education I Equality and
decl re the 19905 the Decade
of Opportunity in a realisti ef­
fort to clo the cademic and
econ . c gap bet n Black
and whit an Clivi coalition
� of African-American educators
and upporter urged the N -
tional Education Summit
opened in Char tesville, VA,
t . k.
In their rccommeDdiIOOIlS
the -Ed . n Pr .
-(T board) CODtinued to
Sanford Cohen',
film, "We remember Mickey,"
on . life and career, and, in a
mcm dim tood, joined
han and 0 dover,
for nine minut , the chor of
the song are the World.-
Co� luli DUmn
(D-CA.), the found tion'
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The pr' at, info ed e ck-
Coagre io al Blac . C ucus tie crowd $100,000 uld
(CDC) coocl its 19th AD- be contrib ed to the various
nual Lqpslltive Weekend here ca for which Leland foUght,
. stirring memorial tribute and . . g in 1990, th
to MickcyLeland foundation', humanitarian
the and the prom' e of a youth d uld be named after the
Hill dem .. W . ngton Co� wh di d
member ted that the next year on behalf of . I t month.in plane cr h
de proposalsbe co idered a demoaacy and human rigb. while on relief mi ion in
"companion" propo al.. e ore 3,000 persons t- Ethopi
nt ou ' to be used the ten' the awards dinner 0 . 01De of the m t rou in
primary document." the CBC Fo lion Saturday moment were provided by
The tudent complained. night heard ver I speakers Coogr Ron Id Dellum
bout the ording of the laud Leland', achiC'flCDlents on (D.-CA.), participating for th
proposal, tbe elimination of behalf of the poor, hungry fir t time in CBC chairm ".
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group of people exclusively on
the basis of race," id Errol
Henderson, University of
Michgian doctor I candidate
and Wayne State University
study-iner.
Pow r ha to exist in
for r cism to exist. Bl are
not in power 0 they can n
ibly opprc oth r h . d.
"(An Afric n Americ )
C·"_I,_
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ell
t Governor' T For on
Education of the ation I
Gover or' A sociation, the
Black educator rote ·We
m communicate to (you)
forcefully as can the need for
omething to come out of this
Summit that can make clear that
our N tional le ders have
recognized th t the current ef­
forts of school reform are n
r achiD8 African American
needs ... Ther . a sense in our
communityth t e beingig­
nored except for ore jails aDd
prisons and police ... " .
Rcfi . to the recent sec
tical of B youth to
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