Th 1 2 pr id nti 1 1 tion i n opportunity for n-
Ameri n citiz n to d m nd th t tho c ndidat king
th ir vot ddre i ue nd concerns that directly impact the
qu lity 0 life 0 Bl c citiz n -the conomy, educa-
. tion/lit racy, job urban fety, judici 1 uity, tc. It i I 0
n opportunity to y th t ithout program a ing directly
to olurio to tho i u , our support (vot ) i not t be ta en
f r grant d. Afri n-Am ricans h ve urvived and ucce ded;
thi lection i nother opportunity to put the Blac agenda out
front.
W h r much tal t day of the crippling eff cts of the
femal -h ded hous hold, if it wer modern phenomenon.
Must we remind you that hi torically the a ction bloc removed
th Bl c m le from the family structure nd creat d strong
matriarchal society, that condition has resurfaced tod y and
crime nd drugs have become the modem day slavemaster.
Thre d cade ago the Voting Rights Act was passed by
Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
This law followed the persistent civil rights march , which like
constant dripping etched away the granite of opposition and
opened the flood g t of opportunity for self determination and
political empowerment for Black Americans.
Today, we stand at the threshold of a new era. It is now in
that spirit that the National Newspaper Publishers Association
Midwest Region 3 implores all Black Americans to register and
vote November 3, 1992.
If you don't regist r, and vote November 3 then Martin
Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer, Medger
Evers, Viola Luizzo, and many others who shed their blood
during the most recent struggle would have died in vain.
IN 1933, ONE VOTE GAVE
ADOLPH HITLER LEADERSHIP
OF THE NAZI PARTY.
IN 1875, ONE VOTE,
CHANGED FRANCE FROM A
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MONARCHY TO A REPUBLlC�
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YOR DINKlNS ALSO w
right to quickly respond to the racist
acts of those police officers who
publicly houted, "Get the nigger out
of City Hall," nd who pushed
several non-white onlookers with
IRST, C USO provided the
poli tic I opportuni ty for Mr.
Rudolph W. Giuliarii to ttack the
'leader hip of Mayor Dinkins.
Everyone knows that Giuliani wan
to become the next mayor of the city.
Second, C ruso taged the
demon tration to deflect attention
ANYO E WHO ould attempt
to manipulate racial prejudice for
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"NOW HOLD 'EM TIGHT, I THINK HE'S GOT A LITTLE MORE."
Augu 8th
ayi.ng for
There are times in life that are
locked in the minds of many, dates
fixed in consciousness, markers of
moments in life that refuse to be
forgotten.
August 8th, 1978 is one such date;
the date gunfire ripped thru brick,
wood and stone, and bone; the date
the late Mayor Rizzo ordered an
armed Bli tzrieg against MOVE
headquarters in Philadelphia; the
date 12 MOVE men and women
were arrested for a crime even the
arresters knew they weren't guilty
of; the date MOVE men were beaten
. before the world; the date the state
demolished MOVE's home and
headquarters before night fell.
At dawn, Aug. 8, 1978, almo t
700 cop assembled near 33rd and
Powelton Ave., in preparation for an
all-out assault against MOVE
people, stemming from a civil
eviction notice.
From 5 am onward MOVE
supporters were arrested for standing
in front of the MOVE house, and a
police bulldozer ripped down a
barricade built to protect MOVE
people from police sniper fire.
POlleE EDGED on into the
house, and finding people retreated
to the basement, ordered ci ty firemen
to turn on high pressure water hoses
to force MOVE folk out.
The water ran from 8 am, at
breaks, to after 9: 15 am, sending
over 50,000 gallons of water into the .
basement in a half-hour.
At 8:13 am, gunfire rips through
Pow elton Village, and shortly
thereafter, a cop, Jame Ramp, falls
dead, as hundreds of rounds cut
through water, brick, flesh and bone.
Chuck Africa is wounded in this
ftrefight.
The water in the basement, now
almost chin-deep, forces MOVE folk
to vacate the premises, and as
Delbert Africa emerge , his body
bare from waist-up, his arms spread
as if impaled upon a crucifix, he is
beaten, rifle-butted, kicked and
stomped, as 'IV cameras roll.
In moments, 12 adults and a
number of kids emerge, sodden by
the rushing water.
ALL ADULTS ARE charged
with murder, but for those who have
renounced MOVE and John Africa'
Revolutionary Naturalist Teaching,
there is freedom.
By 1 :19 pm, the city had
urvlval
demolished the crime scene.
At a heavily attended mid-day
news conference called by the city to
justify the assault, Police Comm.
O'Neill told reporters that Ramp was
hit by a Ruger Mini-14 rifle, and
when asked how police were sure
MOVE had fired, he noted MOVE
people were the only one armed
with that weapon. News photos and
film clips of the assault, however,
revealed that several police were
armed with Rugers.
And what of the wound location?
Why would a man on assault
assignment, against a house filled
with armed radicals, tum away from
the purported danger?
An hour after the conference, a
police spokesman distributed. a press
release acknowledging the boo-boo,
now noting Ramp was hit in the
front, and the back wound w ail
exit hole.
FEW, IF ANY, city pres noted
the di crepancyand all went with the
official story-MOVE, in the eyes of
the City, were guilty, years before
trial.
Trial, before Judge Malmcd, w
reserved for those who refused to
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renounce to MOVE organizanon, as
those who did so, were swiftly
released.
(Even now, MOVE women and
one man-Consuella, Sue and
Carlos Africa-are still in jail,
despite being parole-eligible, for
simply refusing to renounce the
Africas). The 9 before MaImed were
all convicted and given 3O-to-100
years in prison.
"THEY WANTED TO be tried
as a family, so I convicted them as a
family!," said Judge MaImed.
(Perhaps "for being a family" is
closer to the mark.)
For 14 years, these principled
political prisoners have been locked
down, guilty of IkJthing but being
MOVE members.
On Aug. 8t,h, 1992 a
demonstration-Release All MOVE
Political Prisoners-is planned. For
more info, call MOVE at (215)
726-0289.
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