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I do not mo , drlnt, or tate
dope. I've d clean record until I
came to Berreln Spri • 0 they
try to find , ythiog on me, p c
on my car, trail me,just and
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called in and
mil of
pr on r unit
The name of our group Is SURFF
- Support and Unity for Relatives
and Frien of Felons.
Our purpose and goal to �
aDd help each other deal with the
trauma of losing a loved 0 to the
prison system.
Not to judge but to wor con
structively together to bare idea
aDd reel about out ituatio and
that of our loved one and to let out
voice be beard wbe� and ben we
canbc1p.
To promote harmony and caring
betwccD the prisoner and his family
IDd frieDds by offeriDI both practical
aDd coocemcd support with the idea
of keeping families untied during
the r time of separation.
The only requirement is that you
have or have bad t ODe time rela
tive or friend in prison, in a youth
home or awaiting trial without bond.
trange experience called World
War I, when B c men after first
being refused to be all0 ed to serve
in the Army, were finally taken in, in
grea r numbers than they expected
and then ent off trangely engough
from the ghettos of Ameirca to mae
the orld fe for democracy; that
what ppend after the soldiers came
b c to find their democracy at
thome and bo the rio that spread
over more than twenty-five cities left
many of thc:se ame soldie bleed
ing in the uniforms of their battles.
Black History is about the story of
the new life that came out of Harlem
during �e 192nt that we call the
Renalssance..as we tried to find a
place for ourselves; 'another war,
World War n-Black men, apin,
going off to fight for fmcdom, to
fight for democracy in gregated
unl , the period of transition (1945-
Hi tory, generally,· a voice
forever ounding cro the cen
twics the lessons of right and wrong,
Bl ck Hi tory a case in point
about the record of our existence, the
ledger of our triumptls and the
tragedi dating ck to the begin
nlngoftime.
It began on' that great and pa
clous continent called Africa-a
land filled with age, lore and hlstroy.
It also the tory of lavery on the
ground called America. Langston
Hughes reminds :" �rica, we
Black people are the stones on which
you stumble."
Black History reflects on the
Cvil War-the war that some people
thought w meant to free Black
people; those terrible days in the
South when Black people were
lynched agan and again, burned,
hung and chopped into pieces; that
1954), wbanization and expansion
of tbe gehetto, a unanomoUi
Supreme Court Dcci ion that
denounced egregatlon in public
education, but defied by Prealdnt
Elsenbo er on down.
victlma of radal dJIcrimIDatio In
tdty, to ynotIDg
city .bould do to p�t radam.
Tbe =k of fIeodom for AfrIca
Americana, bowewr, COIdInuo.
We baYe doDO 100 much for Amedca
to give up the country DOW. We can
not I hope, for If do, IOIIllCbOw
we I that vitality that Ufe
moving. we lose that courage to be,
that quaUty that helps go on.
Our hlatory compels to pray for
tbc blgo ra 1, tbc II bera
aDd foot draJgeJ�
them out of CIIrlImD.
We wtll reacb out cwn more to •
embracc tbem a proclaim 0 com-'
moo bcrltagc-tbat of humaDlty- ,
and y, let'. love each 0 did
our Creator-· The earth II tbe
Lord'. aDd tile tbcIftJf; TIle
orld, and they �t dwell irbL. •
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BLAC ms:ro Y examl
that period called the Freedom
Movement champoined by Dr. Mar
tin Luther King, Jr. the perod that
provided, perhaps, the time of
greatest hope and urgncey for
America to live up to Us constiution
at claim of freedom, equality and'
justice.
Blac HIstory I , also, about the
War in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf
War that marched otIBlack menancl
women to die on foreign soll for a
coauntry till denying �m freedom
at home. \
Black History brinp UI to tile
90's more than 200 years later, when
In face of It all, America continues to
demonstarte ,Its unrcadineas for a
really new society.
AT OAKLAND COUNTY'S
Avondale High School, Black stu
dents are told, "niggers go home."
George Bush continues to mate
radam respcc1able. Hale literature
and racial pfDti dominate, en
couraged by the Birmingham,
Michigan commi •• lonera who
recenlty voted 7-0 to coUDleI with -
A touch of reality
I want to thank you for sending the Michigan Ctizcn to this
penitentiary .
It' well circulated among the 1,500 prisoners here (about 1/3 of
whom are Black) via our inmate library. Ebony and Jet arc more
entertaining but that's not �hc real world we cons will be going bac
to.
Thanks for a touch of reality.
HERE IS will come
when our though filled with
anger, vengeance, fruatration and
guilt
Thanking youinadvaDce for yo�
help.
Lynn • Rod., p,...
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277-2114
J.M. Buckley
Lew nworth, KS
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