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Africa Executive Director Ran­
dall Robinson characterized
first meeting arch 12 of
Af'ricail American leaders with
Secretary of St te J ame A.
B er, III on U.S. policy in
frica as "co ructi e,
focused and is ue-b sed
. and a discussion that
been 10 overdue .. "
TtaJiSAfrica reque ed the
lDCebIl' ag with B er a more
policy-focused folio -up to a
meetiDg it eld with . t
Secretary of St te Herman
. January,' 11 •
CUSllOltlS b held a
White House earlier this
year.
The . mar ed the fir t
'OCC:a51()Il in a decade African­
mean leaders have been
o to coofer 'with the d­
milUItlrab' on on A&ican foreign
policy, Robin on said, and
precede by d y Baker's
Wed trip to'N8I1DibI1L
iog its sjgnifica.� e\a L�·_'__,_.
Robinson joined in the "
m�� by TransAfrica Chair-
'man Richard Hatcher, Dr.
Dorothy He' President of
the ational Co . of
Women, Dr. Sylvia Hill, Direc­
tor of the Southern Africa Sup­
port Project, the Reverend
.Jes e Jack on, Founder and
President of the ational Rain­
bo Coalition, Mr . Corett
Scot King. President of the King
Center for OD- Violent Social
Ch �e, Reverend Joseph
Lo e, elden of
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, BiD Pollard, spe-
cial assistant to Reverend Ben-
jamin Hoo of the NAACP. .
Tr nsAfric presented
Baker with a set of policy
propo I on South Africa,
amibia, ADgol., Ethiopia,
eny and Liberia. Itaker
responded to the rec:ollllDellda- .
tions at the meetiDg and said be
would provide a fOrmal written
respo to the docume
On the' DC of South Africa,
Robinson stated th t the
Secretary "by and 1arp agreed
. our position on maint.in-
ing sanctions again t South
Africa UDtil t government
DBTIlOrr- Bla are divid-
in the lves' 0 too DWl;
egment ithout full'
no ledge of the v riou
pects of the e segment ,"
opened the lecture feature
renowned H' orlan, Educator,
Re earcher and Lecturer of
Africana tudies, Dr. John
Hendrik Clarke 0 addressed
the e World Order and .
excl ion of African people.
The National Afric n
American Assembly, in con­
junction with the Third Eye
Cera Club d the ile Val­
ley Study ociation, spon-
y.
. t es additiODal step to dis­
mantle the �eid system."
Robi on explained that
TransAfrica would not deter­
mine whether to press for addi­
tional tougher sanctions until
after the South African Parlia­
ment adjourns in June. Until
that time, RobiJ)son . d, Presi­
dent de IOcr has the oppor­
tunity to urge the that body to
repeal "the pillars of the ap -
·dsystem." ,
The delegation also urged
the administration to rk with
op groups to p'them
a I s '"i{ ...... �
South Africa and co duct civic
education in the blac com­
munity."
The ANC has pu out a fund­
raising appeal to the interna­
tional community for $20
million. Robinson aid, the
U.S. should furnish t amount
"in much the same ay we
funded the Solidarity move­
ment and the Nicaraguan op­
po ition partie for ye r ."
Baker did not react to thi
specific propo I, Robin on
said.
Robin on characterized
Baker imilarly "DOn-com­
mittal on TransAfrica's recom-
2
in every peel '.of life, regard­
I to how they e denied and
excluded their rigb ..
Clarke id the "Evil G ius"
that derived from Europe
landed in America, and on his
w y he dropped off m ny
Africans on di rent is} ads
and called them by different
names, uccessfuUy epar ting
them mentally well physi­
cally.
C TAL DO the
irony of Black/white relation­
ship when Blae mistak Diy
think they hav taken tep up
to "white land". He said white
man h no pi ce for a Black
Coti do P 11
CLA E 0 ED
THAT instead of arguing over
o ould get cab fir • he
told them that they ould com­
bine their effort , pool their
resources d buy 10 taxi'com­
pam .
Clarke . d BI c ha be-
come 0 dependan on white
society th t i can literally plan
the very structure and destiny of
the world 'thou incl ding.
Blac people.
He id Bl c people h ve
allo ed white ociety to be­
ured of Black pport
