Olympic
ang inAtian
A11ANTA-Residents of
. the TechwoodlClark Howell
Homes are angered that their
leadership old out ., the
wishes oftbe Atlanta CommIt
tee for the Olympic Games
4 (ACOG), according to an ar
ticle in The Atlanta Voice.
the tenants contend that
Margie Smith, president of the
tenants' association, and other
.. leaders are in office illegally,
one year after their terms have
t expired.
_, What is at stake is whether
a number of the tenants will
. remain in Techwood Homes
, after the 1996 Olympic games
- or will be removed with no
"JJI . e pI
tl. . nta HII}���*,_'''' � t
�,bas its way, 4r. . ,of
Techwood-Oark oweiliand
would be used' to help build the
,. Olympic village. .
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During confirmation hearing for
Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Thoma, Hill te tified Thoma
sexually h r sed her while she
orked for him in the early 1980s.
FOR EXAMPL ,many judge
will not admit evidence about "rape
trauma," which might tell j uro
why a woman waited to report n
assault, she said.
And many courts refuse to allow
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syndrome" that might explain why
an abused wife on trial (or murder
didn't walk out on her husband, he
. said.
"ONE 0 THE things th t be
came quite evident last year during
the hearings w that the Senate did
not grasp the eriousne s of sexual
harassment and the pervasiveness of
it." she said ... And unfortunately, it
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DESPITE THE GROWING
opposition, Hunt press secretary
Terry Abbott said the governor still
has no plans to reverse his position
in support of the battle flag, which
historians say is historically inac- .
curate.
Congresswoman Barbara Rose-Collins recognized Anita Hill for her contributions to women
during Hill's recent visit to Detroit.
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.. A number of poIIs have shown
that the vast majority of Alabamians
support the Confederate flag staying
on the Alabama Capitol," said Ab
bott.
Speaking for the Mobile chamber
Friday, vice chairman David Bag
well said the board unanimously
agreed to write Hunt.
"Having the Confederate battle
flag fly over our Capitol is bad his
tory. It is bad business. And it is bad
human relations " he said.
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mayor, Emory Folmar, previously
stated their opposition to putting the
flag back atop the Capitol when the
building reopens this fall following
renovation.
Black leaders have been fighting
the flag for years, saying it represents
racial oppression and slavery to
them. .
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Montgomery, was happy to hear of
the Mobile chamber's action.
"The Lord works in mysterious
ways," he said. "It's very
courageous for the chamber of com
merce in Mobile to take such a posi
tion."
Holmes said the Confederate bat
tle flag had become 'a symbol of
hatred, racism and violence for
groups such as the Ku Klux Klan,
skinheads and neo-Nazis.
, . . ,
"It' ludicro to fly OV'CIIU __
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