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The P nther
ne sp per i bac . The
P nther' recently publi h­
ed their first edition, con-
ronting problems uch s
dru unemployment.
AIDS education, r cism­
f cing tbe Blac com­
munity. The purpo e of the
Black Panther p per i to
e t bli h an alternative to
the mainstream pre and,
_ along the way, enlighten
younger generation of
Black.
Landon Williams, one of
the editors, hope to "again
start a dialogue in this
country' about the tatus of
Black Americans."
The Blac Panther party
di ibanded in the mid-'70s
because of the FBI
abotag campaign. The
fir 1 , sue carrie profile
of many of the 28 Panthers
killed in shootouts, mostly
with ponce and feature let­
ters from ex-Panthers who
are considered political
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The cover of the
recently revived Black
Panther newspaper.
Ju t Say No .
Sgt. Perry Mi tchell a
specialist in nuclear and
. chemical warfare just said
no. He refused to take part
in the Persian Gulf War. As
a res ul t, be bas been court-
, martialed and sentenced to
15 months in the stockade.
He has also been demoted
to private and given a bad
, conduct discharge.
Mitcbell was quoted as
aying "Sometimes y.ou
have to pay the price for
what you believe."
IRS: Take from
the poor I ave
the rich alon
In the recently sub-,
., mitted Bush Administra-
tion budget the Whit�
Hou e propo ed the IRS
, target it stringent audit
'. Dot on wealthy individuals
.. and companie (whose
lawyers can often stall a
case for years) but on mid­
dle and lower income
people. The IRS was told to
lower the boom on the less
affluent who almost alway
, ,pay up without a protest,
thus providing the IRS
ith easy, immediate
revenue.
Church W nt
CHICAGO ('1. A)-The
Ev n Ii t Luther n Church
in Americ i parti ipating in
an ecumenic 1 effort to ad­
dres r ci I nd economic for­
ce eroding African-American
f milie . The Bl c k F mily
Mini t r i e Conference h
been cheduled for April 9-10
in Chicago at the Congres
Hotel.
The conference will bring
together historic African­
American denominations with
tradition Ily white denomin­
tion which expre some of
the arne conce rns abo ut the
20th Malcolm X -Day
Plan for the 20th annual
"Malcolm X D v: ob ervance
in Wa hington D.C. were an­
nounced at the National Press
Club by Mr . Betty Shabazz,
widow of the slai n Freedom
Fighter. and Washington In­
former newspaper publi her
Calvin Rolark. founder and
pre ident of the United Black
Fund.
This ye ar ts celebration will
be combined with the cam­
paign for Statehood in the
District of Columbia and the
South African Support Project
for African Liberation, said
organizers Malik Edwards
and Charles Stephenson.
The mc n th-I o ng obser­
vance will begin April 18 with
a Malcolm X Award Dinner
Tribute "To our shining Black
prince" followed by a series
of event climaxed by a
munication and dec) ion
m ing, 0 th t they can be­
come e fective leaders."
Wier dded. Th lub", mi -
ion t tem nt i "The
lion
o h. Ip African-Americ n familie
tate of the Afric n-American
family, accordtng to Jo elyn
Bennett. director for child
nd family ministries in the
ELCA.
"We recognize some of the
me is ue and concern
mong the African-American
community that our churc he
(predominately white), as
well a their churches, need to
be conscious bout. We need
to evise a strategy toge tber
to work with the African­
American communi ty," Be n­
nett said.
The eight denominations
statehood rally at the hi -
t o r i c home of Fr e d r i k
Douglas in southeast
WaShington to begin the final
drive for � freedom for D.C.
citizens by any means neces­
sary", Edwards emphasized ..
Malcolm X's 64th birthday is
May 19th.
Mr . Sh bazz aid she was
cheduled to speak in several
o th ere i tie sin c l ud i n g New
York City, C'hicago, Des
Moi nes, lA, and Madison, WI.
She urged followers of
Malcolm to broaden their
thinking to support human
rights everywhere and em­
pha ized thai her husband was
not a violent 'man." The onl y
violence in which he was in­
volved was his assassina tion
and he was the victim", she
said.
ATLANTA, GA, - The �a­
tional Conference of Black
Mayors, Inc. (NCBM) will
bo t its 17th Annual Conven­
ticn, April 24-�8, 1991, at the
Sheraton Cleveland City
Centre Hotel in Cleveland
Ohio.
NCBM i. expecting a
majority or the nations 326
Black mayors, city council
members, other national
elected officials and cor-'
porate represe ntanves to at­
tend this year's meeting.
Workshops and other ses­
sions will focus on this year's
convention theme, "Black
Mayors on the Cutting Edge
Black Mayors to meet
of Change." �he Honorable L:
Douglas Wilder, Governor,
Commonwealth of Virginia;
Dr. Virginia Floyd, Qeorgia
Dept. of Human Resources,
and Dr. Benjamin Hooks are
the convention's keynote
peaker . Civil Rights Ac­
tivist, Harry Bc lafonte , will.
be honored at the-"Tribute to
a Black American" Dinner.
NCBM will feature two
African Dance Troupes, the
Gambia 'Cultural Theatre and
Dance Company, and the Na­
tional Dance Troupe of the
Republic of Burundi, to enter­
tain the conference attendees.
particip ting in the con­
ference will be the African
Methodist Epi cop I Church,
A.M.E. Zion Church, Chri -
tian Methodi t }S'i cop I,
Pre sb yte r ia n Church (USA),
United Methodi t Ch u r c ,
Chri tian Church (Di cip le
of Christ), American Baptis t
Church. USA and the ELCA.
"THERE I A fJ urry of ac­
tivity that has orne people
starting to examine some of
the issue and part of the
African-American family a
they relate to religious or-
ganization well lookin
t what church c n do to be
more upportive of Afrie n­
American amilie," Bennett
aid.
Conference pi nner note
that unemployment, poverty
and other pres ures are
having "dramatic negative im­
pact" on African-American
families. They cite tatistics
showing that, while 25 year
ago 75 percent of African­
American h o u e h o ld in­
eluded two parent. in 1990
only 37 percent of African­
American h o us e ho lds in-
B,lack Colleg
$.87 million in
Top Alumni Honored
Special to Micigan Citizen
Award of $87.8 million in
grants to 93 predominantly
Black institutions of higher
learning under the
Strenghtening Historically
Black Colleges and Univer­
sities (HBCUs) program was
annouced recently by the
United States Department of
Education.
The increased, new annual
grants were di closed as the
National A o c i a t i o n for
Equal Opportunity in Higher
Education he ld its 16th Con-
- Ie re nce on Black' in Higher
Education �ith approximately
3,500 participants in
Wa hingron, D.C.
Dr. Leonard L. Haynes III,
assistant secretary for
p o s ts e con dar y education,
commented on the continuing
need for the support of the
HBCUs during his remarks at
an opening c s ion of the
NAFEO conference.
"These 'institutions have
Io n g and distinguished his­
tories of e rv ice to African
American , and as a matter of
national policy, we are deter­
mined to st r e n g t he n their
programs, their management
and their efforts toward finan­
cial security."
HBCU GRANT . are
awarded to institution e tab­
lished before 1964 with a
principal mi 'ion of cd ucat­
ing Black Amc r ic a ns , Alloca­
tion' arc b asc d on a formula
that includes the number of
PelJ Grant stude m recipients.
the number of graduates lind
the percentage of students en­
rolled in graduate degree
programs in which Blacks are
underrepresented.
Funds are used to establish
or strengthen physical plans,
financial management and
. I
eluded two parent.
The conference, ccording
to the pi nner ,i de igned
"to rally and equip Blac
church leader for their
central role change a ent
in the wider ociety nd s the
up p o r t ystem for Black
familie ."
Bennett cited ch nges in
extended familie a an ex­
ample of the deterioration of
orne support y tern. "We
have ... Afric n Americ 01
who have been moved from
where their roots and family
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Search on for Freedom Riders
The cour .e of American
hi tory was abruptly changed
in 1961 a busloads of
Afr'ican-Americans and their
allies rode from variou
po ints in the United States
into theueep south, d mand­
ing n end to a three hundred
year old system of segrega­
tion.
The Freedom Ride, as
these journeys were called,
electrified the nation. This in­
exorable tr ug g le for full
poJi tical and civil rights for
African-American was met
by the violent attacks of angry
- mobs, and the more
d iplomattc attacks of govern­
ment agencies.
De te r m i n e d that the ig­
nificance of thi 'water hed
event not be lost from the an­
n a Iso f A mer i can h i to r y ,
civil right leaders and
worke r from the ixtie wi 11
j 0 i n 'tV i the 1 e c ted 0 ff i cia I ,
educa tors. and human rights
activi t from aero the
country in a Commemorative
Conference to be held in Jack-
on Mississippi, July 18-21,
1991.
Civil right ve te r ans-e-
James Farmer. Bob Moses. the
Freedom Singer, freedom
riders, Congres man John
Lewis, and others-will join
wit h e d u cat 0 r , business
leader, elected official and
human rights activist from
acres the country to develop
and present models that or-
ganization nd individual
can implement in their own
communitie .
CONFERENCE planner
are making a concerted effort
to reach a many of the 350
per on who became a part of
the Freedom Ride s po -
ible.
They, and others wanting
more information about the
conference, should cont ct
Conference Coordinator, Fr.
Doris Terry Williams t P.O.
Box 879, Oxford, orth
C rolina 27565-0879, or call
(919) 690-1525 (daytime) or
1-800-848-6447 (evening ).
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academic resources. The pro-
gram is authoriized by the
H i g her Ed u cat ion Act o,f
19.6S� Title 111.
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The ten top recipient of a
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State(MD) and the University
of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
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