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NBW YORK (AP) - Rap
sin r Si ter Souljah id that
Bill ainton is a racis t; cc ed
him of posturing on racial mat
ters "like a lot of white
poli ticia "and called the
Democrat a oking, draft
dodging
omanizcr.
Appear
ing two
morni
television
talk hows
Wednesday
and at 'a
pre con
ference
T ead_y,
Souljab
re ponded
to an attack
on her by
Clinton i
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(Clinton is a
racts t) ,.' ,
she said on NBC's "Today."
"I think Bill Ointon is like a lot
of white politicians: They eat
so food, they party with Black
women and play the saxophone,
but when it comes 10 foreign
policy they make the ame
decisions that are destructive to
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African people in this country
and throughout the world.
"I am not fooled by people
who po ture, who pick up Blac
babi and pat them on the bead.
That i not wbat i important to
a race," he aid.
"I don't
think we can
continue to .
take can-
didate by
default," h
said.
Clinton,
poised to ac
cept the
Democratic
presidential
omination
next month,
had criticized
the rap .. inger
for remarks
attributed to
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On "CBS
This Morning," Souljah w
asked again whether afnton
was a raci t and cited hi
remarks about being pleased to
be able to' tay out of the
Vietnam W r as evidence that
he was.
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WHEN TH� CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN - Mrs. Morrison along with her two sons, Keenon, 3, Khalil, 6, and friend Adam Pettu
recently enjOyed t -Wortd' Larg Free Circus· In Detroit's Hart Plaza
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MARION, La, (AP)- Memories fail
when the white men in authority 22
years ago try to remember -that
graduation day. The black men and
women - just lcids then - will
never forgel Sandra Lee drove to
the school, took her diploma from
Principal George Herman Smith and
shook hi hand they stood alone in
his office.
That was all the ceremony he
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Criticizes Bush record
: . By RON SEIGEL
Corr.pondent
DETROIT - While much of the
, . public was concerned about U.S.
" President George Bush's failure to
sign a treaty at the Earth Swnmit
providing more protection to the
environment, Betty Holleris, a local
clivist in the Black Summit on the
Environment criticizing Bush's
warn
fr
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JOt. She had hoped for a certificate
of perfect attendance for not missing
a day of scbool in 12 years.
Instead, Smith gave her $2
compe lion,·be said.
And instead of exuberance, Lee
felt pain - the pain of knowin she
and 25 other Black students were
denied their graduation exercises
because they were the wrong color in
the wrong school at the wrong time.
Lee, now an instructor in mass
communications at Grambling State
a
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efforts to get free.trede treaties which
she contends would take �way
protections the U.S. already bas.
Hotlens : said that the
environmental treaty that Bush
refused to sign at the Earth Smnmit
would have:
- Umited toxins released into
the air.
- Protected rainforests.
- Given money to third world
countries to "protect the
environment and their lives."
On the other hand, Hollens
warned that' the Free Trade
Agreement the, U.S. signed with
Canada and the one Bush wants with
Mexico would create a
"harmonization" of environmental
protection I ws to the lowest
common denominator.
A free trade agreement with
Mexico, sbe wamcd, could abolllh
, the environmental protections we
currently have, putting on the
same level as Mexico. Prime Time
Live charged that toxins allowed in
Mexico are causing children to be
born witbout brains.
Bush ha states that greater
environmental protection would
mean los of jobs and hurt the U.s.
in competition with other nations.
Sbe called this "a red herring,"
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University, organized a belated
commencement he hopes will help
begin the healing.
"1 just feel something precious
and valuable w taken from me, and
I simply want what' mine," Lee
said.
SHE'D BEEN thinking about
orgamzlng another ceremony for
everal years, but said she decided to
hold the graduation after attending
the funeral of classmate James
Bright in Novem�r.
A former coach told her that
Bright said before his death he
regretted never having a high school
graduation.
The ceremony was be June 21 at
the Marion High School
gymnasium. Purple caps and
gowns have been ordered, and
invitations have been mailed.
Officials with the tate
Department of Education have
agreed to re-issue diplomas.
White students outnumbered
Blacks 31-26 in Marion's cJ of
1970. Eighteen of the 24 remaining
Black graduates are' planning to
attend, Lee said.
EVERYONE WAS enCouraged
to participate, but so far only one
whi te has tentatively accepted, be
said. "We're not holding grudges.
We want to make amends," Lee
said. "We just want to heal and
forget,'
Until spring 1970, Bobby
Andrews bad seeD Marion Hi
School only trom tbe ou de
bool b paaed on tbe to
Bas ide High, 10 mJles OIl down the
road.
"Ioften ODdetedwhywebld .
p by thete to go to the 0
cbool," ADdrews said. "It cUdD't
ma£ much sense." In the fiDal
semes ter of bis enior year j t
months before be tp pduata,
Andrews found out bat
He w ent there along
about a third of Eastside'
clas a part of court-order
de egregation. The rem_ini
Eas ide seniors were split UDODI
three other formerly _U- b
schoo in the parisb.
Along with the bact of �
uprooted from his alma mater j' t
months before graduatioD, ADdrewI
discovered omething e e.
Blae studen bad always been
, told they couldn't go to acbool
whites became they cren't ID*t
enough and COUldn't keep up,
Andrew said.
BUT HE SAID he'd learned at
Eastside what some Marion tuden
were just beginning to tudy. .
And the school didn't offer some
advanced cows like trigonometry
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Q.
Do you
hinkRo
Perot ,will be
good for _
A -can
Ame leans?
AUGUSTA T. EWCOMB:
"No. He's a rich man. He can't
identify with, the average
American, especially the home
less."
JOYCE BLAND: "No. Perot
doesn't come aero a em.
didate that is concerned bo
African Americans."
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