empowerment b am a
ceptan c for a new Bla k
elit . Th m [BI poor and
worki ng people were left t Ian ish
in qualor in the gh�ttos of this na-
m nt.
If BI Pow r is to b meaning-
ful for t Blac m , th n it'
time for a m ag and movement
from the gras roots.
The BI m will hav to
top tar gazing and tum to them-
elv to lead the truggle for th
lib ration of poor and working peo­
ple.
" bI Mable" Thorn ,th
State Legislator fro Georgia
aid 0 many tim ,"We are the
1 aders we ve b n looking for."
Average, ordinary' people must
come to the forefront to provide the
vision. time, en rgy, kills, finan ial
re urce and leadership to build
gras roots tructures, organizations
and insti tutions for Black empower­
ment.
Self-help development trategies
must be utilized to create th models
which mirror the possibilities for a
new futur for African people and
oppres ed people in a new ociety.
Heeding Malcolm' admonition
to control the poli tics an economics
of our communities, elf-help educa-.
tional, economic and political insti­
tution must be developed to serve
to "Star," h pin to minimize ques­
tions thai he has alway, answer d
wi th cod hum r.
A button in h rom e says "men
of quali ty are not threaten d b
w men.who 'ek equalu ."
Mo t p plc n t livin In ca '\
know that Anita Hill wa; born. 7
yea ago into lar e farml on a
farm in Okrnul ee unty, Okla­
homa. She was an hon J", zraduate
from high h I and 1 rom Okla­
h rna State Uni crsn at u llwatcr,
wher he went at age 17 t graduate
four years la ter WI th a de rcc In P }­
ch iogy.
Upon graduatin wrth C,' 11 nt
grad' she had anous op tI 0.\ sc
he 'ch e iaw at ale becaus ' 01 h r
a lc al I nt .rn \ I th a
women and thr e m n.
. In the umrn �r b twc '11 h 'r sc -
ond year -and her final yc: r, h
worked as a legal intern f r th I w
firm of Ward, Harkrader and Ro .
Thi firm mployed her \ h n 'he
graduated and be an h rear er in
Washington, D.C. .
Voting and ther electoral ctivi­
ti hould be used to relenU ly
promote and d fend a progressive
Black Agenda repr enting the inter-
_,. ests of the mas e of Bl k P or and
working peopl and oth r oppr ed
people.
In this regard, BI k people must
break the dependency on the two cs­
tablishment parties.
Independent political action
through grassroots, independ nt po­
litical structures i an es entia! road
to Black empowerment. .
TI HAL ... G" and mis-
sion, however, is much greater than
"play ing poli tics" wi thin a racist and
exploitative sy tern. The challenge
VANTAGE
POI T
o matter how one ee to dress
it up, anythin hort of, th funda­
mental transformation of the U.S.
y t m i imply an ccommodation
to the y tern which oppresses Black
people and the majority of poor and
working people in this country,
OR'! N TEL Y THERE are
cor of gras roots organizations
and leaders emerging aU across the
country.
The point is that the effort to build
gras root organizations and de­
velop gr sroots leadership must be
inten. rfied in light of. the accommo­
dati ni t character of the 0 called
't thM!ld "t�n ' -teadaa1 A
hip.
Th multiplicity of gras roots or­
anization and the array of grass­
r ots leadership which is emerging
mu t network and be I inked up into
a coherent movement for reform and
fundamental change.
We must fight for power and pre­
pare to ovcrn.
The future ofth masse of Black
p' plc I in the hand of gras roots
organization and leadership. "We
a the lead rs we've en looking
for!"
ROll Daniels er s as Pre, ident
of ell ' Institute for Communis Or­
. gunization and Dev lopm nt in
Youngstown, Ohio. H' may b con­
ta led at (_Jo) 74�-5747.
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By JAMES E. ALSBROOK
penon ty.
Bla k
B R
BEST CHANCE:
Match
APRIL 3,1993
Lotto Ticket
how proo : If
,don' and bac
TIlE :PE 'IAL ignificance of
th i two \ om n': succe s i the
p It I e etf 'l they, a: dark- kin ned
f mal .s, arc havin 1 and will continue
I ha on the publi perc ption of
p' pic who look likethem - dark­
skinned and r male.
, mastcr wa-, J I mcd to "hous work"
instead )1 "I: Id work" while their
Black sister» worked in the cotton
and toba 'U) fields.
WIU1 . tar Jon and Anita Hill
conspicuously til play I n the xcel­
, I inc of dark-vkmncd BI' k w men
pubhc auuud '<:' arc bcin chan cd
dra, u all' and qUI .kl .
Ph 111. Wh 'at) '. Mary McCloud
B thunc, Marian nd rson, Sarah
Vaughn illa Fivuerald and otb rs
. we: om' them Into their drstin­
urshcd mill t.
W applaud them f r red fining
th Black I rna JC and for aming n w
1 vel f rcsp t for all 81 k people.
"
The whole
• •
world is run on
bluff.
No race, no
nation, no man
ha any divine
right 0 take
advantage
of others.
Why allow the
other fellow to
bluff you? "
,1
-Marcus Garvey