,
·A Me age for BI ct
Leaders," • resolution
autbored by Dr. Carlton
Goodlet, a board member of the
. r Publis rs
(NNPA), and
t body the
to no lonler
co aDd promote the
re ults or BI ck leaders net
in their
ffectiag Btac
c
a
or groups to include the Black
press in their ini tiaJ pI and
negotiation in matters
affecting Blac .
The re 01 ution e poused the
tradi tional role of the BI ck
pres being tbe voice of the
people, nd told of bo tbe
Black pres bas i ni tiated or
carried out the wor of orne
individual in all area of
democr tic living, and bave
upported the NAACP, tb
Urb n League, the ational
BI ck United Fund, the
ational 810 College Fund,
the Masonic Order, tbe secret
eeieue and the BI church.
They y many of the le ers
and orlanizations which they
have poused BI go have
failed to recognize tbe
continuing service given by the
BI act pres to tbe poli tical
leaders and or nizatio hicb
have cl' to Black leadership
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ilitsl}'l cutbacks to
I I
hurt young Blacks
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CorresJX)l'ldenl
WASHI 6TON D.C-
Young African Americans fl e-
. ing unemployment and poverty
in their own communi ties h ve
joined the U. S. military 0 er
the past decade in di prop r
tionate numbers.
Blacks m e up 12 percent
of the American population but
compri e a whopping 20 p r
cent 0 th mil i tary.
With the tum lingofth B r
lin Wall, reuni ication of t e
Germany and d milit rizati n
of Europe, now it will y u
African American who w 11
find them elve hit th hardc t.
Unle s the U.S. provid '
tr ining for tho e le vin t
service n already critical u -
employment problem cou d
worsen, according to Edw d
Dorn of the Joint Cent r r
Political and Economic Studie ,
an African American think ta k
B. c us more xp n rrd
tim i involv d in training f r
combat and high tech it i un
likely that tho po itio will
be trimrn d fi t Dorn ide
Continued on Pel
rym
ov
roles.
They charged the NAACP,
the Urban League, the National
Negro College Fund, and
Operation PUSH ,i th a broad
lack of appreci tion for tbe role
of the Blac pre s.
The re elution states tbe
AACP i tbe only national
organization t Blae pre h
received an invitation from to
attend its national convention
and discuss their mutual
problem, b·ut aid tbis only
occured one time in 1978 at a
meeting in e Orleans.
The resolution also stales tbe
ational egro College Fund
leadership ba re ed to utilize
their membership on the Board
of Directo of A & P Stor
and American Airlin to aJlow
Blac pubH hers to develop a
case for adverti in
The ore oJution ay on
vera! occasio the leadership
c
refused to respond to a request
from the NNP A pre ident to use
their office in assi ting the
Black pres to pre ent an .
argument to management.,
The resolution al 0 ay
PUSH gives a lot of lip ervice
to the Black pres , but ba
consistently refused to allow the
Blac press to participate in tbe
negotiations they have
conducted with the 36 corpor te
clients with whicb PUSH has
covenants.
Only in the ca e of Coors
Beer covenant - the Blac
pre been utilized and allowed
to participate, which led to
Coors' allocating $1.5 million
to the Bl c pr
The re olution ay the
NAACP has refused to allow
the BI ck press to participa in
. negotiatio with tbe Fair Sbare
Program, and the NAACP
ear the covenant h ve
taken care of tbe needs of he
BI c pre ,but the coven nts
have not hown ny intere t in
exp nding adverti ing in the
Black pre , ccording to the
resol ution.
The re olution I 0 ay
these organizations are trying to
develop monthJy house orga
which siphon off dvertising
from the Blac pres.
PUSH officials claim the
charges are not accurate, and
that they have con tanlly
promoted the aims of the BI ck
pre . They aJ 0 ay they
di cus ed problem of the BI ck
pre at the PA convention
in Chicago in June.
Detroit Urb n Le gue
Pre ident Cb rle Ander on
said be thi Goodlet i wrong
in thinking the Urban League
d not care about the BI ck
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