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And just where do ya'
think your'e going?
BI! D . Am rican Studi programs reflect th rican
American commuruty? I tronglyencourag readers to get a copy 0 the
Summer 1992, Volum 22, 0.1 i u ofT Blac Scholar Journal to
if they do. The phon number for Bl k Scholar i (415) 547-6633 .
. This parti��lar � ue.i entitled" Afro-African Studi in th Twenty
First Century . It highlights vera! major papers delivered at a confer
ence held at th University of Wi onsin, Madi on.
!he �resenters and articl noted were Henry Loui Gates of Harvard
University, Darien Clar Hine of Michigan State University, Molefi
Kete ant of Temple University, Manning Marable 0 the Univ rsity
of Colorado, Deborah King of Dartmouth College and Luke Tripp of
St. Cloud University.
To ay that there are differences of opinions within the programs
would be an understat ment. In many instances it comes down to the
field of;expert.ise of a particular faculty member; for example, history,
women tudies, Engli h, psychology, etc.
In any event, th articl are filled with citations and referen s.
Anyon eeking additional information about a particular field i en
couraged to inquire about the researchers and their topics.
Som additional researchers Ii ted included Selase Williams Bar
bara Christian, Alathan Hare, bell hooks, Clayborne carson, JutiaHare,
Houston Baker, Paula Giddings, Na'iln Akbar, JeweUe Taylor Gibb
Maulana Karenga and Yo f benJochannan.
Once again, I ay that these educators are not neccesanly in loc tep,
therefore, a reader hould not expect to find J ust one school, organization
or even publication that represents a consensus.
THE AP-
PFAL report w the re ult of a 1
month inve tigation the
new pap r.
Thus,.anotber ad and tragic chap
ter in the history of American ra i m
has been revealed.
FOR TH_E lAST few years, "diversity' has been one of the major
?UZZ words 10 the academy and the corporate world. Diversity is truly
Important, however, to paraphrase Professor Ronald Walters of Howard
University, "It was unity of purpose, not diversity that made the civi
rights (human rights) movement so successful."
Do African American Studies program reflect the African American
community? In many ways they do, however, a better qu tion -hould
be "Are African American Studie program and its scholars connected
with the 'Real' African American community and world Th that are
Afm:an cen ner rtionecHtam th others!
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to classroom study. Let's talk. (909) 899-0650.
Ha ch
hung
Eddie Hatcher, the Tus
carora/Lumbee Native American po
litical prisoner, is continuing hi
battle for human rights, this time by
utilizing the tool of a hunger trike ..
Hatcher, railroaded to an 1 -year
prison term by the tate of North
carolina, after a bogus federal prose
cution (persecution) ended in an a -
quittal following a trial on weapons,
hostage-taking and terrorism
charges, has been imprisoned since
Feb., 1990, and has been battling
state efforts to si lence him ever since. tate.
The state pro cution, brought on In Sept. 1991, a hitrnan, con-
preci ely the same evidence as the tracted by prison official atta ked
failed federal pro ecution, stemmed Hatcher, tabbing him four tim in
from the Feb. 1988 occupation of The the back, collapsing hi lung and
causing permanent neural .!amage.
Robesonian, the county's leading pa-
per in Lumberton, North Carolina, His assailant a pri oner, later igned
a tatement attesti n t the fa t that
where Hatcher and another young
Tuscarora, Tim Jacobs, took over the pri on officiaL hired him or
premises to call attention to a long- the job ..
standing campaign of police and po- As a result, Eddie Hatcher was
litical corruption in Robeson County, transferred over2 mil away from
including drug-running and murder. hi family, under lock-down. -
After repeated efforts to conta t The lat t fr m C i Hatch r'
federal official and enli t their aid in hunger trike, which he went on after
temming the drug-murder pree, hi refusal to work ina hazardous
Hatcher and Jacob hatched the plan toxic area, and his placement in e -
to stage an armed demonstration at regation.
th paper, but took pains not to (and A parole hearing for Hatcher w
did not) hurt anyone; however, their' heduled for Nov. 28, 1992 but :
plan to call attention to the corruption 0 thi wri ti ng, we have no w rd on
fell flat, as they became the targets of the result of the hearing.
federal tate, and county official . nd letters to thi committed a-
Following his acquittal on fed tive �olitical pri oner at; Eddie
charges, and shortly after his rein- Hatcher
dictrnent by the tate Hatcher hit it, Route 1, Bo
fleeing to th.e Sho hone-Bannock Jack on, NC 27 5
R ervation in Idaho, where h w nd contributions to Eddi ' le-
granted tribal protection rom extra- gal d tense and lett 0 upport to'
dition under exi ting treaty with the Ro n De ense Committee
United Stat . Un overin an FBI P .O.Box 13
plot to kidnap him d pite treaty pro- Pembroke, C 2 372
tection,Eddiefledagain,thi'ttmet Tel:(919) 21- 15
the consulate of th tben-S viet Un-
ion in San Franci c .Caliform , (The Defen e ommitte is
where he ought politi al ylurn, . ta fcd by lu courageous and de
which w denied, and he was taken v ted moth r wh al publi h
into custody. new letter on th evil and c rrup-
non of th orth Car li na Depart-
ment of "Corrc tions").
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