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WA HINOTON, D.C. cNS)-Rev.
Leon Sullivan, the founder and
leader of the OIC movement in thi
country, has been presented the
nation's high t civilian award, the
Presidential Medal of Freedom.
President and Mrs. George Bush
presented the prestigious award to
Rev. Sullivan at a White House
ceremony on November 18.
Rev. Sullivan w one of 10, in
the Pre ident's words, "extraordi­
nary individual (who) were
pioneers in their own right. ... each a
monument to individual achieve­
ment."
The other recipients were:
Thomas P. O'Neil, Jr., former
speaker of the U.S. House of Repre-
entatives; Russell E. Train, chair­
man, World Wildlife Fund; Profes­
sor Friedrich August von Hayek, his ..
torian, author; Ted Williams, Hall of
Fame baseball star; General Vernon
A. Walters, military leader and
statesman; Betty Ford, former First
Lady who inspired the founding of
the Betty Ford Health Clinic for
treatment of drug and alcohol de­
pendency; Hanna Holborn Gray, his­
torian, humanist and college
educator and leader; William F.
Buckley, Jr., columnist, author and
public affairs commentator, and
Nation World
Jon id h
kind 0 involvement n
out in future electio ,e
tion I level.
"Thi i cruci time in America
when the BI ck le dership m t
band together to form the initi tlv
nd t gen to de I with the
ping problems that re be ttin
hug p rt of the nation' popul-
tion," hid. The Rev. J J c -
on th chari m th magnetism,
the intellect, nd the mec ni m to
bring th olutio to the forefront
of American thought. We believe
that he will be vital to our efforts."
Jone dded that while the
Shreveport meeting w the initi 1
one in the new thrust, it w the tart
of a concerted effort to unify the
Black community nationally in time
for the 1992 pre identi I election.
highe t
the great movements of our time,
here and throughout the world:
equal rights under I w."
The formal citation said: "the
Reverend Leon Sullivan, a civil
rights leaders and pastor emerit of
the Zion Baptist Church in Philadel­
phia, has devoted his life to the
causes of liberty nd ju lice.
Reverend Sullivan founded the Op­
portunities Industrialization Centers
of America, one of the largest and
most prestigous job training or­
ganizations in the world. He later
founded the International Founda­
tion for Education and Self-Help.
In 1971, Leon Sullivan was
elected to the Board of Directors of
General Motors, becoming the first
Black American to participate in the
direction of a U.S. auto company.
America honors this man of prin­
ciple, who in word and example has
shown so many people the way
tofreedom. "
Rev. Sullivan was accompanied
by members of his family, his wife,
Grace, a son, Howard, and two
daughters, Julie Sullivan-Johnson,
and Hope Sullivan-Hurley.
colonialism and apartheid which
plague the "Dark Continent."
Congratula lions, Boutors
Boutors Ghali! .
Jackson State
Unlver Ity' receive
science grant
Jackson State University Interim
President Dr. Herman B. Smith Jr.
announced today that the National
Science Foundation (NSF) has
awarded $299,770 to upport the in­
i tial two years of a Re earch Careers
for Minority Scholars (RCMS) pro­
gram at Jackson State.
The RCMS program is designed
to encourage minority students to
choose graduate training in physics
and atmospheric sciences, areas
sorely lacking minority participa­
tion.
"This grant i ignificant in that
it will help Jackson State dhere the
crucial problem of underrepresenta­
tion of minorities in the ciences,"
aid Smith:
"I m thrilled th t thi
new initi tive will bring
HBCU ad their di tin­
gui hed hi tory of intellec­
tual, ocial and moral­
leadership to the urgent tas
of re toring hope and oppor­
tunity to every ector of
American ociety. "The
Department' fir t-ever
award under thi initiative
are th re ult of March
conference ..... co ponsored'
by HUD and Howard
Univer ity of Wa hington,
D.C ...... on expanding the
entrepreneurial and
economic development ef­
forts of HBCU .Under the
new program, HBCUs will
work in clo e cooperation
with local gove rnments
across the country to design,
develop and implement ap­
proaches for economic
growth and community
development.
The funding also en­
courages HBCUs to craft
s tra tegies to co mba t
I longstanding poverty
problem such as homele s­
ness.The 10 Historically
Black Colleges and Univer­
sities selected to share $4.5
million in HUD Revitaliza-
. tion Funds include:North
I Carolina State University at
Greensboro, $499,963;
I Clark Atlanta University,
$497,910; Bowie State
University, $197,237; North
Carolina Central Univer-
· sity, $407,445; Elizabeth
: City State University,
$500,000; Johnson C. Smith
· University, $407,445; Lin-
o coin University, $490,000;
Southern University at New
: Orleans, $500,000; St.
. Phillip's College,
· $500,000; and Texas
I Southern University,
$500,000.
I CARE I
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a growth
industrY.
ornmunitie gr w
m re If- ufficient.
Mother gr w
m re h p ful.
And hildren
a p itive path for th role of the
church in th battle agai n. t AID .
Jon tendered th invit tion t
Jackson ft r consultation with the
Interfaith Coalition, an organization
of Black religiou I aders repre-
in Chri t,
L yett
united in a
tatewid effort
that help d to idetr k th guber­
nat rial a pirations f David Duk .
Jon pointed out that th push
gain t Duk by Bla k religious
leaders helped to g tare ord num­
b r of Black v ters to th poll on
Dr. L on .ullivan pr n ed nation'
civilian award in ceremonie
ro narrowly
b t Africa win
Louis A. Ferre, industrialist and
patron of the arts in Puerto Rico.
Leon Sullivan had been a voice of
reason throughout the latter half of
their century. A vigorous pr P ncnt
of equal rights for all, Rev. Sullivan
founded OIC, Opportunitic In­
dustrialization Centers of America,
one of the world's largest elf-help
and job training programs.
"More recently, he ha worked
hard to develop closer tie between
thi country and Africa. Reverend,
we alute your leadership in one of
INHISREMARK on Rev.Sul­
livan, President bush aid: "Cler­
gyman, civil rights leader, Reverend
HIGHEST AWARD-Rev. Leon Sullivan (center) was one of 10 di tlngui hed recipients of the U.S.
highest clvlUan award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, presented by Pre ident and Mrs. George
'Bush at a recent White House ceremony. Rev. Sullivan was cited for being "a vigorou leader for
rights and freedom throughout the latter half of th century," by the Pre ldent.
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By DANIEL MAROLEN
Special to IIlchlen Clttz.n
UNITED NATIONS, NBW yORK .....
Bernard Chidzero, Zimbabwe's
Fiance Minister, narrowly missed
becoming the United Nations' sixth
Secretary-General on November 21
when the Security 'Council 'unani­
mously elected Egypt's Deputy
Prime Minister of Foreign �irs,
Boutros Boutros Ghali, as Perez de
Cuellar's successor at U.N. But, on
November 11, at a straw poll, Ber­
nard Chizero emerged as a forerun­
ner who led Boutros Ghali by 11-10
votes.
However, on November 21 Ber­
nard Chizero and Olusegun Obasan­
jo, former Nigerian head of state,
trailed Boutros Ghali by two votes
each in the final count in the Security
Council. Both Chidzero and
Obasanjo were nominated by the Or­
ganization of African Unity.
But Chidzero wa the ole
nominee of the l06-nation Non­
Aligned Movement. Ghali was the
nominee of OAU, which al 0
nominated Kenneth Dadzie, a U.N.
officer from Ghana; Jame Jonah a
U.N. officer from Sierra Leone, and
Nguema Owono from the mall
u.
po
tion.: It was he
•
,
Obasanjo,
Owono, Jonah
and Dadzie as
candida tes to
succeed Javier
Perez de Cuellar
a U.N:s Secretary-General. These
ix African diplomats are a match to
their counterparts on the other five
continents of the world.
African state of Gabon.
But, as the old adage says, "A
miss is as good as a mile," the 15-
member Security Council, after a
second ballot, finally elected
Boutros Boutros Ghali, who now
awaits the U.N. General Assembly to
approve him as Secretary-General.
That approval will confirm boutro
Ghali as Perez de Cuellar's succes­
sor. This will make Boutros Ghali
the first African, Arabic and Egyp­
tian Secretary-General ever.
News Analysis
and Egypt's late
President
Anwar el-Sadat
who were the
arch-architects
of the Camp David Accords which
brought peace between Egypt and
Israel during Pre ident Jimmy
Carter' adrnini tration. .
Ghali's only major weakn i
his age; he is 69 years old. But, since
he cho es to erve only for one term
of five years, this should be over­
looked. Still for all, Boutro Ghali'
old age, to th e who wi h to have a
younger Secretary-General, looms
high as a hurdle.
Boutros Boutro Ghali' forte i
that he i a tenured profe or of in­
ternational law. He i al 0 a
Fulbright cholar at New York's
Columbia University, a diari t and
author of score of important inter­
national publications, He i al 0
well-known for hi champi n hip f
the campaign that finally led to ci-
on Mandela's release from life im­
pri onment.
The African continent' bid f r
international recognition at U.N. ha
been enhanced by the OAU'
nomination of Chidzero, Ghali,
PECIAL CREDIT must be
paid to tho e countries which have .
recently emerged from the clutches'
of colonialism, like Zimbabwe,
which only gained its liberation a
bare eleven years ago ... Zimbabwe's
nse to international recognition and
leadership is meritorious. And the
performance of the emergent Sub­
Saharan African tate at U.N. i
conducive to world peace and inter­
national understanding.
ext time, watch, and b ware of
African' performance at U.N.!
Wi th an African at me head of the
United Nations, African countrie
will ri e form their famine, poverty,
underdevelopment, international
debt and the ravage of apartheid in
outhern Afric. An African
S cretary-General of U.N. will avert
wars inva ions, exploitation, neo-
AS I WRITE this column, indig­
nation is seething furiously in the
corridors and delegates lounges of
the United Nations, especially
among delegates from Sub-Saharan
Africa. This is reasonable, because
African nations have always been
the Cinderellas at U.N. However, it
is mo t gratifying that Black African
nominee for this vacant post ac­
quitted them elves exceptionally
well, and only narrowly ... lo t the
vote. Thi augurs well for their ver-
atility at the United Nations ....
But, all in all, Boutro Boutros
Ghali's final approval will be wel­
comed by the world community of
nations. He i a easoned and ex­
perienced diplomat of great rep uta-