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he h vi i ted Africa, BI
'd "The chan h ve not
been dramatic one would think.
I t take time and 32 years' not that
mu h time."
However, BI ckwell aid,
"African have become more con
cio of their culture and there is
greater pride nd they are wearing
traditional dress."
According to Blackwell, a ig
ni ficant factor i the name change
many of the African nations have
under gon .
"The traditional name of people is
very important because it has deep
meaning," Blackwell said. "Your
birth name i your most important
po ion."
Consequently, be said, "African
American is very important because
it tells us we are from Africa."
Blackwell teaches African his
tory and African CU:l ture in the
Detroit Public Schools. She attended
St Augustine's College and Howard
University and bas studied at "22
African universities."
Blackwell is also a storyteller
who has a radio program-"TaJes of
the Griot from under the Baobab
Tree"-the "National Tree of
Senegal"-WDTR, 90.1 FM,
Mopday' t 2:30 p.m. and
Thursday's at 9:30 a.m.
In dditioD. to Afiican names
that have already been bestowed on'
her, Blackwell said when she visits
Dakar in February, she will
ceremoniously be given a name from
that country.
Two of Blackwell's names are
Akane-"Gnl Born on' Wednes-
_----------- �--- __ day"--an Akua name from Ghana
and Omawale-"Child Returns
Home-a Yourba name from
Nigeria.
When she takes a tour to Africa,
Blac)tweU said, �I try to introduce
people aqd students to the Africa I
know."
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WHILE WAITIN� for the
motor to warm up, he went inside his
house for a cup of coffee. Well,
everyone know how time slip
away when you are enjoying a cup of
coffee and with Mr. Wardlaw there
. w no difference.
When he remembered, and
looked outside, the hood of his car
was beet red.
However, all turned out well be
cause the only damage was burnt
. wires.
Neverthele , Mr Wardlaw will
remember 1923 until his dying day
because in addition to the "small
fire" under the motor of his car, he
said, "That year it nowed on the 8th
and 9th of v."
For tour information please write
African TQUI'S, P.O. Box 21416,
Detroit, Mi. 48221 or phone
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. WINTER
continued from A-3
dad blasted snowed-in periods and
had to stay .in a motel for three days.
"The snow was so high I couldn't
get around," hesaid. "(However), the
folks at the Y couldn't even get out
their door."
And then there is David H.
Wardlaw; a mild-mannered man
who came to Detroit on Ground
Hog's Day (February 2) in 1923.
...,Mr Wardlaw is 88 years old and
believes he is experiencing his worse
winter storm ever. Yet, he has an
interesting story to tell about the
winter of 1923.
Mr Wardlaw aid he had a T
Model Ford and the temperature was
hovering around two and three above
zero. And needing to wosk, having to
work and wanting to work, he wasn't
about to walk. But before he started
his car, he decided to warm the motor
by building "a low fire under the
motor."
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T CO ITIEE I 0 con-
clud d th t no federal, tat or local
gen y w involved in King' '11-
ing - notably on rating the FBI,
who c mp ign of pying on,
threat ning and att mpting to dis
credit King w well-documented.
"I have alw y believed th t th
government w part of a con-
pira y, either directly or indirectly,
to in te him It ay th Rev.
Jesse Jac on.
The comment by Jac on, who
was among tho e with King when h
died, comes in a foreword to Ray's
book, written at the publisher' re
que t
Jac on adds: "No thoughtful
person, after reviewing the evidence,
can believe that this one man, James
Earl Ray- who had bungled virtual
I y everything h had ever tried, in
cluding criminal ctivity - cting
alone, killed Martin Luther King."
The question is posed in capital
letters on his book's cover: Who
killed Martin Luther King? But
what is Ray's answer?
THE BOOK'S 285 p�ges only
hint at answers: Meyer Lansky and
others in organized crime?
Shadowy individuals at the other end
of Louisiana phone numbers he was
ContIruMI from P
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Regarding Patrick' possible
salary as Pr [ect 2000 ehlef, Metty's
carefully worded legal opinion
stated:
"The resolution (passed by the
board at the Jan. 21 board meeting)
authorizes Board Member Lawrence
Patrick Jr. to serve as the chair of the
coalition for n unspecified term,"
Metty said. "As long as Mr. Patrick
remains a board member, he cannot
legally be compensated for services
rendered to the board as a member of
the coalition except for the $30 per
diem permitted by law. It is in my
opinion that this prohibition applies
even if funding for uch compensa
tion were to be donated to the board
expre sly for this purpose."
During an interview after the
meeting Patrick said the coalitionis
still in the works and has not yet been
chartered.
"The coalition has not yet been
formally put into place," Patrick
said. "I tend to favor at this time a
stand-alone entity, that is an entity
which has an actual legal existence
so it will have a broad attitude in
figuring out how it will assist the
community in achieving the six na-
o , R y.w roy
to me questions
po ed by The i ted P
bout the ources of aU that
turned out to belong to real people he
didn't know, for example, or about
new evidence he might pre ent at
trial: "I really don't know."
"I don't know what I hould tell
you."
He w asked if he was revealing
only enough to tantalize the public
and get back into court but not
enough to endanger him elf by
giving away conspirators' identities.
UNo, I don't think th re's any
thing to that," said Ray, whose
sandy hair is graying but who ap
pears fit at 63.
"Thi case i 23 years old. The
only problems I've had were at
Brushy Mountain prison," where he
was stabbed by inmate in 1981.
Among the things he does discuss
is his guilty plea. He entered it, he
says, only after being subjected to
"HELL, LOOK t the records
They've got the ameevidence today
they had 20- orne years ago."
A televi ion commentator R 'I
heard recently poke of the lingerin
doubts about whether Lee HalVe),
o wald alone killed Pre ident Ken"
nedy: "'If 0 wald had just lived,'
aid, 'they'd have had a trial and i
would have cleared this all up, an
the American people would hav�
been satisfied.'
"Well, in my ca e, I'm stU
living," Ray ide "This could have
been solved years ago. Still could be,
I have serious doubts that it will.'�
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tiona! goals."
However, Metty responded.
"I assume that the coalition is in
tended to ac in an advisory capacity
and that it will make recommenda
tions to the board and general super
intendent," she said. "Under that
scenario, the coalition will have no
independent legal identity. It will
have no authority to bind the board
to any contracts or to commit any
school district funds unless
authorized through the school
district'S usual operating proce
dures."
But Patrick proclaims that the dis
trict will provide at least some of the
coalition's funding.
"The Detroit Board of Education
has agreed to get us started by
making space and staff available,"
Patrick said when asked how the
coalition will be funded. "I'm sure
that we will be able to count on other
members of the Detroit community,
. the business community in particular
and in some instances the state
government and even the federal
government will also provide resour
ces to help us undertake this enor
mous and critically important job.
"This challenge is so unique and
is at such a magnitude that no one
person can 'figure out what the COM
mi ttee will and want do or should Or
shouldn't do," he id when asked
he wi 1I receive a alary chai r of the
coalition,
In December, New York Con
gressman Major Owens, a ranking
member of the House Committee on
Education and Labor and chair of the
Subcommittee on Select Education,
called on his fellow members of t�
Congressional Black Caucus to
propose their own Project 2000 .'
"Even before the (curren)
economic decline and recessi
began to escalate, the budgets for
public school systems erving the
majority of the children of America
were in a state of desperate stagna
tion. Deep state and local budget cuts
'have now further mutilated these
local education agencies to the point
where basic operations cannot be
maintained," said Owens, who is'
regarded in his district as the
"Education Congressman" .
"The refusal of America 2,000 to
advocate immediate reltef for these
schools struggling under the threat of
disintegration represents an aban
donment of the original and tradi
tional mission of federal
assistance,"Owens said. . •
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