annou
BI c HI ory
.An.�Cl ha gu t
a�al\cr F b. 28
Michael C. Hyter, Vice­
Pre ident of Public Affairs nd
Communication for the
dep rtment tore divi ion,
Dayton Hudson Corporation,
will be gue t peaker at
Ebenezer AME Church Blac
Hi tory erie Sunday,
February 28 at 7:30 and 11:45
a.m. ervice .
All male
conference slated
An all male-conference will
be presented Saturday,
February 27, rom 9:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. at Second Baptist
Church. The th me is "Man­
hood: From God' Perspec­
tive" and regi tration i $10.
Call 961-0920.
Spir�ual
comedy scheduled
Oakland Community Col­
lege/Highland Lakes Campus
Office of Student Activities
presents "The First Coming of
Henry", a spiritual comedy.
February 24-25 at 7:00 .m.
Texas
referendum on
ehool-ald to shift
AUSTIN-After facing a
court threat to shut dqwn public
schools this spring, the Legi la­
ture of Texas approved an
amendment to the state con­
stitution allowing the transfer of
funds (rom wealthy districts to
poor ones.
The vote marks the first time
the Legislature has tried to add
a redistribution plan to the Con­
stitution.
The Texa chool system
educates 3.2 million children
from kindergarten to the 12
grade and i the second-largest,
behind California. The amend­
ment would allow the Legi la­
ture to shift 2.75 percent of all
state and local revenue--about
$410 million to low property
wealth districts.
HP
admi istration
wantst heat
up the libraiy ,
By Ron Seigel
U1GHLAND PARK- At its
February 1 t meetin ,th High­
land Park City Council un­
amin usly approved me ures
to en ure the library would not
run ou of heat.
cotty Wainwright, Ad­
ministrative i tant to High­
land Park Mayor Linsey Porter,
warned that the library' heat­
ing unit i broken and it was
necc ary to get authorization
to repair or replace it.
Wainwright aid the Funds
would not exceed 4 . Th
city would n gotiate the I west
pri e PO' ible and bring back
the agr crncnt t the coun il.
Gospel Hour
W.C.H.B. 1200 AM -7:00 a.m. -11 :00 a.m.
Every SUI .day Morning
Rev. Wilmore Allen '894-8774
Rev. A.J. Rogers 298-6333
Joe Ella Likely 298-6334
Catherine Robinson 298-6335
Gloria Parker
Lorraine Walker Henry Ruff Rd ..
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I
( )- It i
ericans find
Congre to
protect their religio freedom, an
Arizona trib chairman ys.
"When we worship, we call the
entire universe our church, I' Ronnie
Lupe, chairman of the White Moun- .
talnAp che Tribe, told a Sen te com­
mittee hearin Monday. "Our roof I
the ky. We have enjoyed this for
centuri . It i ironic to me it is till
nece ary to legi lature religious
freedom."
'Yet "protection of religious
freedom lies at the core of our con­
till\led existence," Hopi Chairman
Vernon Masayesva testified.
They and other Indian wi tn e
told the Senate Select Committee on
Indian Affai that Indians de erve
the same religious freedom that non­
Indians enjoy.
And that includes using eagle
feathers and a hallucinogenic,
peyote, they aid.
Sacred ites should be protected
from desecration, and Indians to
whom the use of peyote is part of their
religious observance should be free
to travel ith it in their p ion
without pro ecution, th witne e
told Sens. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii,
nd John McCain, R-Ariz., durin
2-hour bearing attended by about 300
Indians.
"Without
access to
religious and
ceremonial
sites, our
religious
freedom is
threatened. "
Lula Early Randall, 86 and an
elder of the Camp Verde tribe te tify­
ing in h r native tongue with her on
Vernon translating, told of her battle
with landowners and coun y officials
to preserve a sacred canyon ..
"She 10 t the fight but ha n't
quit," Vernon Randall said. "She
believes there are orne such as this
committee who still may help, and
property, City Manager Mike Me­
Curdy aid on Friday.
McCurdy refu ed to name the
employe involved or to ay how
they were punished.
Cartwright in i ted on tough
punishment.
"THEY
HOU D B
id, 'B e 0 that I h e
hope," h told th en to .
"WlthOut cce to religio
c remoni lite , our reli
freedom i thre t ned," M y v
aid.
Inouye, he d of the Select Com­
mittee on Indian AIr i , nd Mc­
Cain, i vice ch lrman, id they
expect to introduce propo d mend­
ment to the Indian Relfgiou
Freedom Act on Feb. 16.
The amendmen were proposed
by a coalition of Indian religlo
leaders, Inouye aid. The propo al
would protect the e of peyote under
certain conditions and would ere te a n
f ather repo itory on which Indians
could draw for ritual use .
But Indian witne e aid, om
portions of th amendments were too
narrow, excluding non-Indian m,em­
bers of the ative American Church
and making no provi ion for its e
by pri on inmat .
DE ININ I DIAN as an in­
dividual with North American
aboriginal ance try and enrolled as a
tribal member al 0 i too narrow,
since some Indians refuse member-
hip because th y don't want to have
training program in department
bout ensi tivity."
The literature con 1 ted of one
photocopied he t hewing two
page (rom a b ok or pamphlet titled.
"The Biblical Origin of the Negro."
The text implie that Black' are ub­
human and were created by God t
erve "Whitc Chri tian Civiliza­
tion."
"It's extr mcly of(cn ive," Me­
Curdy aid." It' tough t <.Ii cern tEc
motive (of pe ple who di tributed
it). When you confront the partie
involved, th y insi t it wa not done
mal iciousl y. ' ,
A D IF TH city had en-
countered other racial problem , Me­
Curdy aid," ot like thi • no,"
McCurdy aid hc i. "definitely
trying to get the me age acr " that
the city will not tolerate raci m in the
workplace,
The Leg ey of Thom then, spirituals were called "sacred Walker recalls. "His songs brought a
Dor ey: Gospel is mourning the mu ic". Dorsey coined the tenn beat that everybody could identify
death of Thomas A. Dorsey. Dorsey, "gospel ongs" for bis music in the with and through which they could
who is recognized as "the father 'of early 1920's, penning his first go I really deliver the ntiment that w
gospel music", died January 23 in his hit, "If ·You ee My Saviour" in gospel. He defined the true nee of
Chicago home. He was 93. Dorsey 1926. He borrowed $5.00, purchased gospel music .. .he embodied it," "Had
had composed over 1,000 ongs, 500-1 ¢ tamp and sent out 500 co- it not bee r him, It adds Shirley
many of which were performed by the pie of the ong to churche across Caesar, "there could have never been a
likes of Elvi Presley, ed Foley, the country. Three years passed before Mahalia Jackson or Rev. James
Shirley Caesar, and Tenne ee Ernie he got hi first order. In 1932, he w Cleveland. I would n� be able to sin.g
Ford. His best known tun ,"Preciou among the' founders of the National and jump and dance like I do. J his
, Lord, Take My Hand" was made fa- Convention of Choirs and Choruses". being allowed us to not have to plo
mous by Mahalia Jackson (whom he'd Go pel choirs and group began to through anything. One of the �alCSt
once toured with), and was translated spring up around the country. Dorsey gospel ong-writers of all time, �
into more than 50 language . Other answered the need for go pel ong fallen asleep." According to hiS
classic include "Peac In The beets, creating a lucrative niche f daughter, Doris Dorsey, his bigg t
Valley", "If I Could Hear My Mother him elf while launching-the first accompushment as that he lived to
Pray", and Search Me, Lord". D y go pel publi hing company. the be recognized th "falher of gospel
was born July 1, 1899 in Villa Rica. Do y H?u ',"PI'f'cious Lo�. Take music." J? tit �ear. he w
G� the son of a B ' preacher. He My Hand • wntten out of gnef over honored With a ial Grammy
earned the nickname "Georgi Tom" th d�ath of hi first �e. ettie �d lifetim acheivement
playing piano in dancehalls and a- tneir Inf�t. n In 1�}j2, w by tus Thi ee I cripture: "�ut let
loon .eventually joining Ma Rai- own dm I n, e greate t n he. ve her ,.erlect
ney's' d. Earl' y succe cam witha written. In!' y w ner p ueace t
f hi , . h or ,t ye ., be p rfed
ugge tive ong "lt' Tight L' e known or I c mpo iuon tan. tie olbin "_
, di hi h all ts nd e tire,
1bal" hich topped blu charts. ree 109; w IC y accounts, I'
In 1921 the N 'ooal Bap . on- were rare. Even f tage of Dor- Ja e ••
.vention in . go, Do ey heard th ey is contained in the critically
iritual "I Do, Don't You". and w claimed 19 3 documentary. a y
in tantly convened. But hi blue A,?en. Somebody", 0 one could
� ground hi upt", mu. ic brin the mu IC, lync and . und
.rum little acceptance. B from ch ir that hp ,.,. .. 1' • � ltA:rLlJl3
reprimanded, fired. b cause if they
feel that way, ther will alway be
problems on the job," Cartwright
aid. "Nobody should have to work
under that pres ure, under those cir­
cumstance ."
But McCurdy would only ay that
the workers were puni hed ,. evere­
ly."
"We've dealt with it from a per-
onnel pe pective, but we are going
to continue to deal with it a far a
training," he aid, "Wc have a pr -
gram called 'Cnoi e .' It' a formal
By Marg ret Manfleld
"
EYE ON GOSPEL
OLATHE, Kan. (AP)- A civil rights
advocate has called for the firing of
Olathe Water Department employees
who distributed raci t literature im­
plying that African Americans were
created to serve whites.
The literature isn't the first in­
cidence of racism at the water depart­
ment in thi uburb of Kan a City,
aid Sue Cartwright, pre ident of the
Olathe chapter of the National As­
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People,
"That i n 't anything new,"
Cartwright aid. "We've had com­
plaints out there before, plenty of di -
crimination, name calling,
intimidation out there, It look like
they are putting it in writing now .. ,'
Nobody has to take that or t leratc
that now."
Some employee - at least more
than one- have been di ciplined f r
distributing the literature on city
BEST CHANCE
Match Feb. 17,1993
Yet th w 0 it in red
ceremonie H re con tanlly in
dan r' of bein prosecuted, fined
nd imp oned, b d.
Other wltne e included Dale
Phillips, chairman of the Cocopah
Tribe; Lee Jenki , cultural preserva­
tion director for the Hopi tribe; and
Larry Y zzle, n ttomey and Navajo
tribal jud e; nd representativ ot
the Pa qual Y qui , the Hualapai
Tribe, the Salt River-Maricopa In­
dian Community and the Yaqui com­
munity of Gu dalupe dJ cent to
Phoenix and Tempe.
OLLYW OD
ASHIONS
Hold The Date!!
:'" '8 [It:' K I"
NATION- DAY
. ,
IS COMING!!!
Celebrate the 25th Anni'fersary
of the
New Afrikan Independence Movement!!
Participate in planning for
New Afrikan Revolution11
March 26) 27,.28, 1993
Jackson, Mississippi
Youth Organ�zlng • Self.De!ermlnat�on
Human Rights • Reparations '
'3enoclde ; Political Prisoners and Pr/son�rs of War
New Afrlkan Women
SD/r/tual Rally·,
National and Local Speakers, Leaders, and
Grassroots Workers
sponsored by
New Afrikan People's Organization
Malcolm X Grassroots MQvement '
Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika
J
NAPO • BND • 1993
P.O. Box 31762
Jackson, Mississippi 39286
601-354·8731