none y.
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ric
u ru r-co m n u n i I p o l ui c i a n-,
li k en. Jo ep . c urthy.
Th long- ailed, idcly
celebn t d Uni led St tcs vi it
o formerly e iled South
Inc n leader cl on Man­
d I par ed revived Inter­
e t In th shin ton. D .. -
b d Afric n Development
Found tion (ADF). a Ii n
teen African Arncnc n
their Afric
the Haym rkct m rtyr ho
Iou ht for th 8 hour day. to
arc currently j iled politic I and
union crivist Mar Curtis
from De' Moines. 10 a.
e mu t remain vigilant
to an) , ttempl . hy comp' nie:
and c.:op· 10 py on us for our
union and po itical activiucs
and stop them from attacking
our dcmoctatic ri 'hI. , An in­
Jury to one is an injury to all.
Th i s victory :trong
strengthen' the entire labor
mo em nt.
A rican
uppor
Democratic Majority Whip
William H. Gray III, then a
fre hman congre sman, with
up po r t from Republican
Rcpre cntative Jack Kemp.
no the Sc retary of HLJD.
before ADF became Iull
operational a a mall, inde­
pendent f deral agency.
"I "a itere ted in a i t­
in gra 'root development
project in Africa" began
. Gray. "I a the only African
American on the For ign
ReI tion Commi ttee and I
a my elf a a voice for our
homeland imil r to the way
the Poli h nd It Ii n-de cent
Americ n identify itb their
native land .
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