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HARLEM'S CHAMPS! - Recently, tb, "Raging Rooks," from Harlem' Adam Clay to Powell, Jr.
JHS (JHS 43) Journeyed to Dearborn, MI to win the Junior Hlab Scbool aUonal Chess
Championship. dually, tbey ftnlshed In a ftr t-ptaee tie with the ,M terman School from
Pblladelphla, PA. Each team a proclaimed 1991 N tlon I JHS Co-Champion.
UL Conference
et for Atlanta
Prominent experts in the
fields of social justice,
economic eq ui ty, educational
enhancement, and political em­
powerment will participate' in
the National Urban League's
1991 annual conference to be
h .. d in Atlanta, July 21 to July
24, at the Georgia World Con­
gres Center.
Speakers to address the 1991
conference will be Maynard
Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta; Dr.
Johnetta B. Cole, President,
Spelman College; Donald R.
Keough, President and Chief
Operating Officer, Coca-Cola
Company and Vice Chari of Na­
tional Urban League; Morton
Bahr, President, Communica ..
lions Workers of America, AFL­
CIO; Dr. Charles J. Ogletree,
Professor of Law, Harvard
University; and Derrick Bell,
Weld Professor of Law, Harvard
Law School and contributing
author, The State of Black
America 1991.
New
Brief
d KI rk r pond to ANC d adUn
PRlITORIA, S.A.- South 'African President F.W. de Klerk an­
nounced "good progress" had been made May 8 in the four-hour
talks held with African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela.
The ANC had set a May 9 deadline for the government to resolve
the rising violence in �e townships, or the ANC would break off
talkatoendaparthied.
DeKlerk agreed to
tWo key ANC demands: a
ban on most weapons at
public gatherings, and
conversion of all-male
hostels into family units.
In addition the Law
and Order Minister an-
F.W. de Klerk
Nellon Mandela nounced new measures
to prevent clashes including the deployment of more police and
soldiers, banning of outdoor gatherings for two weeks except for
ports or church events. .
Mandela did not talk to the press following the meeting 'with
deKlerk.
, Democrat hay a pr Id ntlal candldat
LOWELL. MuI. - Former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongaa is
, the first formally announced Democratic candidate for president.
• He declared his bid with a call for a return to "the values of our
ancestors - hard work, etermin8tion, will, thrift, productivity,
perseverance" - and an end to "Washington medioaity."
T60ngas admitted he had a longshot chance to win the 1992 r ce,
,but said he would make the campaign a "journey of purpose" and
was "committed to making this country thriving. striving, trium-
phant competitor in the world marketpl ce," '
L.A. to P Y Chi f G t 'I gal f
LOS ANOELES. Ca - The Los Angeles City Council voted 1ut
week to pay Chief Daryl Gates legal bills which, are estimated will
reach into the millions. The decision was part of settlement
proposal th t would keep the chief at work. Following the widely
televised beating, of Rodney King by officers on the L.A. force, the
city's Police Commission fired Gates who threatened to sue the city.
He reinstated, council member said, because the city la do
not gM die Commission the power they took.
The voter will ultimately decide 'whether the City Council made
e riPt decision in paying the fees, one Councilman said.
The confer nee pi nary ses­
sions and forums will address I
uch topic as "Equalizing
Ed uca tional Opportuni ty,"
"Workforce Diversity and Cor­
porate Responsibility,"
"Globalization: How Can
America' Ci ties' Benefi t1
"Wanted: African-American
Entrepreneurs," and "Racism,
Civil Right and Economic
Equity in the '90 ."
"The League '5 annual con­
ference affords the diverse sec­
tors of America's society to
share ideas. challenge policy,
and produce recommendations
for Change, African American
and the poor arc not the only
beneficiaries of such dialogue.
We provide the private and
government sectors with new
sol utions to old problems," said
Joh E, Jacob, President and
Chief Executive Officer of the
National Urban League.
Bruce Robert
named to
NAACP po t
uce Roberts, a graduate of
'Morehouse College and the
University of Georgia Law
School, has been named Assis­
tant Oeneral Counsel in the
NAACP's soutbea t regional of­
fice (Region V) in Atlanta,
NAACP General Coun el Den­
nis Courtland Hayes has an­
nounced.
Robert will provide legal
coun el to tbe region's "Educa­
tion Legal Project", wbose pur- .
pose is to identify and respond
to d( criminatory educational
policie and practices in
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mis­
sisslpp], North Carolina, South
Carolina and Tenne ee.
The project al 0 provides
training for minority p rent in,
the process of improving the
schools so they can be more er­
fective advocates for education.
The "Education Legal
Project", headed by education
specialist Audrey Fisher-Brown,
is funded by the Carnegie Cor­
poration, the leading merican
foundation In the field of educa­
tion. It ha been a major ource
of upport for, the NAACP's
de egregation efforts. Since
1966, Carnegie ha provided
more than $2.8 million in grants
to the NAACP SpeCial Contribu­
tion Fund for tbis purpo e.
them,
re lizin th t ealth if
ve tment models uch
betn employed by
Americ n in tern urop.
Inform tion i po er and to
h ve re 1 po er to ard the
development of t e ot erl nd
e need direct inrormation.
Film clip and hite ne p p r
report from Africa h ve as
much re lity T rz n movie.
To initi te direct di 10 ue
to rd Atrtc n development,
bu ine people, te chers, nd
i ntere ted p rtle hould con­
tact: the eco tructlon Coali­
tion Committee for Liberia, P.O.
Box 369, W hin ton. VA
22747, (301) 871 .. 7476; Intern - 71-1313; African A rican
tional Exchange Net or, Coalition, 209, 1100 6th t.,
'1050, 1101 14th sr., N.W., S.E., W hin ton, D.C. 20024,
Wa hington, D.C. 20005, (202) . (202) 488-7830.
Conyers says Federal
emptoye es subject -to cen
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WASHINOToN-Congre man
John Conye ,Jr., (D-MI) Chair­
man of the Hou e Government
Operation Committee, rete ed
the re ult of study which
,found that in the ix month
period between October 1, 1989
and M rch 31, 1990, gencie of
the Federal Government
creened more than 10,000
boo,", rticles, speeches and
other act of expre ion by cur ..
rent and former Federal
employee.
The e review were con­
ducted under an Administration
policy, initiated under Pre ident
Reagan nd continued under
President Bush, of requiring
lifetime review' for censorship
of publication a® expre sion
by active and retired Federal
employees.
"This is a clear inhibition of
the activities of whistleblowers
who wish to expose waste, fraud
and abu e in government gen­
cles ," said Conyers, whose
Committee haa reapon ibUity
for oversight of government
or
agencie .
If uch practice had been in
effect during prior dmini tra­
tions, we mi'ght never have
learned the truth bout the
Cuban mi sile cri i , U.S. invol­
vement in the overthrow of
foreign governments in the
1950 and 1960 , or the Water­
gate bre k-in.
the prohibitions," Conyer a-
erted. I
The Conyers s,udy di clo ed
that 47 F�eral encles, have
creened 163 boo ,2,915 ar­
tlcles, 1,752 speec es and 5,S5
other mi cellaneoul rilin
during the 6-month period.
THE CI reviewed an addi­
tional 214 ubmission, includ·
MOREOVER, adequate ing a poem, an outline for a TV
legal tool are available in our show, a letter to the editor, In
criminal I w for preventing and editorial and a computer ,Ime
punishing tho e who truly vlo- scenario.
late national security by reveal- Almo t balf of the CIA­
ing classified information and generated review involved
national secret," Conyers aid. former employee no longer a -
The General Accounting Of- ociated with the Agency.
fice (GAO) study was reque ted "J.t is intolerable in a
by Congressman Conyers when democratic SOCiety to have one
"the Administration failed group of government employees
repeatedly to comply with three censoring the expression of
years of congre ional bans on former employees," Conyera
funding many uch review . said.
While this year we did not The GAO report, "Federal
renew the ban, the Agency Use of Nondlsclo ure
Admini tration's activities, no A reem n,," N . . ... r., 'T.
4 documented', III enCGUHIC 4
Congre to' eonsider reins attng • .
I J'
l..." : .•
y say things are changing in South Africa. But
30 million black people are still denied the rilht to
vote because of the color of their skin. '.
talking about rewarding
the Pretoria government
by lifting sanction .
Nelson Mandela says ,we
hould maintain
sanction until he 'and all '
South Africans have the
right to vote.
Your vote for sanctions
again t South Africa will
keep the pres ure on '
apartheid and help bring
real change.
SIGN YOUR BALLOT TODAY
YOU CA
HELP
SANCTIONS,
o I vote for maintaining sanctions until there is democracy for
all South Africans.
Signature
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City
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