Farra han, speech part
of 01 ffort to 'build
community bridges
By De
C.Le
Slidl R'porter
If" we're so poor,
how come
everyone that'
comes to this
country make
their fir t dollsr
off of us."
Detroit Nation of Islam
leader Ra ul uharnmed, on
of the 1 te Elijah Muhammed.
tated thing have been hec­
tic in preparing for the
. Savior's Day Convention to
be held at Cobo Hall, Oct. 12-
14.
Minister Louis Farrakhan
will give his "Stop The Kill­
ing" . peech Oct 14, which
will focu on Black self­
reliance and independence.
His appearance will be the
culmination of the eekend's
event.
Muh mmed said the event
will be one of the biggest
hosted by the Nation of Islam
in Detroit.
. The convention will coin-
cide with the 60th anniver-
ary of the founding of the
Nation of Islam in Detroit,
and will celebrate the Oct. 7
birthday of the group
founder. the late �Iijah
Muhammed, who died in
1975.
Wor shops on education,
financial planning, crime
prevention, and health are
planned for the weekend con­
vention.
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Muhammed aid Farrak-
.han will give the speech from
the per pectivc of the cause
of the Black communiues ills
and not the effects.
He said the gun and drugs
in the Black community are
not made or imported from
the BI ck community.'
Muhammed asked who' be-
hind the drugs and weapons,
"Who's perpetuating our con­
dition?"
Muhammed aid "Stop
The Killing" means change,
stopping the thoughts which
succumb to weapons, drug,
and other problems which
plague the Black community ..
Although Muhammed is a By"'1ode S. II
Muslim by faith, he Slid.
"The focu is not the mo que,
but the nation of 40 million."
He said the Black community
must unite regardles of
religious title. "We have not
grown to see nationhood be­
cause we haven't grown out
of self," said Muhammed.
He indicated both Muslims
and Christians in the Black
community are living in the
sam e . con d i t to n s, and 8 i d
when Blacks look to the com­
mon problem they will bridge
a gap, becau e they will h ve
found common grounds to
solve common problems.
Muhammed said. "Pain by
now hould have taught us
that .regardle s of what you
call yourselves, you're just
another Black person without
a title."
He said the problem of the
Black community is higger
than elf. and it's time for
men and women to defend
vital i sue. at large. He
stated Blacks have to over-
.corne. fear of progre • and
aid, "It's hard to make ami - . Links award
take if you're not doing noth- t t AAH
ing." gran 0
Muhammed aid, "The
anger of frustration makes u
hurl one another. beau e we
hate our deprived elf. Our
poverty i a detcncicncy, the
wiJI to do for self. lack of
determination. short-sighted­
ne s ... lf we're so poor. how
come everyone that come to
this country make thejr first
dollar off of us." .
. Muhammed indicated
Fa rr a k ha nx mes�age will
focus on thc j� .uc: hc ex­
pounded on, and �aid the Na­
tion of I lam ha broken all
barrier 0 the trut can be
told.
The . three-day
convention' regi tration
fee i $25, for the workshop
onl y S 10. and for Farrakhan's
peech S15. The peech
negin at 6 p.m., door open
at 4 p.m.
M i c ad Mart I n t C b i r 0 r :;::C:.::;o.:..:"'..:e.::.t"::.:o:;,:;tul;.;;;,;:.enl;.;.;_ -----
W yne State Univer ity 1 DETR IT-Former "study­
African Studie De par- iners" who occupied Wayne
State Unive r ity's Helen
ent.
Newber y Joy Administra­
tive Services Building in the
spring qf 1?89 met wit.h
Michael arun the new chair
for the ecently developed
Departement of Africana
Studies.
Le i g h S mit h, a stu den t
spo espe on, said the two­
hour forum with Martin
helped the group to begin
forming retation hip with
the long- waited chairpe r-
on.
Commenting on the (act
that overall, student do not
dlsapprove of Martin, Smith
said because Martin extended
an open-door policy, they are
willing tq confer with him.
"We're going to work with
the guy. . because we can't
hold this department up
anymore," Smith sid. "He
seems to be open-minded a
far as inp t from students."
The st dents plan tenta­
ive y to meet with Martin
gain on Friday OCI. 12.
The Afrieana St ud i e s
epartmcnt was created as
e ult of uudent demon ira­
ions in the pring of 1989.
. De pi te trong ad i ni tra­
ion oppo i tion, the tudenj
ontinue their truggle
hrougho t' the entir 1989-
o chool year to ee the
hai r of the Department ap-
pointed. I
OCTOBER 14-10, I
EI jah
Muhammad
Day
proclaimed
Oct. 7, the birth .date
of Nation of Islam
founder Elijah Muham­
mad. as of. 1990, is
proclaimed as a d y to
commemorate in the
city of Detroit.
A representative
from the mayor' office
was cheduled to make
the presentation at
Muhammad's Mosque
#1 located on Wyoming
near Fc nkc l l, Sunday
Oct. 7.
Thi year would have
marked Muhammad's
93rd anniver ary of hi
life aid, his second to
the youngest child.
Ra ul Muhammad ad­
ding. "My father said
thc fir t day of birth is
your birthday, each one
after that is an anniver-
sary."
'ws
'stu�y-iners'
meet with
I
ne Dept, ,;
Icha r
By Flode n S. R
I i
DETROIT _: The Muse um
of African American Hi tory
has been awarded a' S25,OOO
grant by The Link', incor­
porated. The check will be
presented during a r ception
at-the Mu eum S turday, Oc­
tober 13 from 7·to 8:30 p.m.
The Museum was awarded
the grant to help defray c� ts
a so c i a te d with mounting
and pre enting the exhibi­
tion, "The Pres For
Freedom: African American
New paper , 1827 - 1987."
Expected to open the summer
of 1991. the exhibiton will
chronicle the hi tory 0 the
African American Pre. and
highlight it. achievement by
featuring photograph., or­
ginal newspapers, letter,
and three dimensional ar­
ti facts.
I The exhibition curator,
Barbara R n by, will peak
during th reception about
the making of the exhibit.
The Lin . national Presi­
d nt, Marte S. Sutherland,
9'11 pre lent the check to the
u e u m n b-e hal f 0 f the
n k s F undation. The
L nks' Cen ral Area Director,
Marion R, Sweeney will also
be pre'c nt, along with other
Links from the Detroit ar a.
FOU D "0 I 1946, The
L Ilk , In orporated is a
public er ice org1nizatio�1
w th approximate y 5,000
m mber in 500 Chapter
around th country. The
Link' ac t ivi t ie focu on
four program area : Ihe arts.
ervice to youth, national
trend and rvices, and in­
ternational trend and e r­
vice. For more information,
call 833-98 O. .
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