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petus for th e great gatherings of tile
.. and 70s came from grassroo
activi t, nationali r, pan-africani t ,
aM comm uni ty b leaders func
tioning at the local, regional, am ne
tiona1levels. And 0 it must be oow
we trive to meet the challenge of
building a new movement for Blac
liberation.
The Sta of Emergency which
en t for the m of Black poor
and working people and the failure 0
established Black political leader
ship to forcefully and effectively
fight wi th and fur the Black masses
EVERYTHI G TIIA T I have
written I eJy has been driving to
wards tbe point/conclusion that it is
olutely imperative that e forge a
grassroo movement to fight for a
timlamental change in the condi
tions of the BJ ck masses in thi
country.
. For the I t several yeam I have
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It' nation timeagain.lt' timelor
great gath ring of gras roots activ
ists, youth and studen , parents,
teachers, preachers, activist lawyers,
doctors, ocial workers, artists, en
tertain rs, rappers, labor tivists,
welfar mothers, hom I s people,
wor ers and all too e wi thin the
Blae Nation who care about the
light 0 the Blac m es and the
destiny of the race.
It's nation time again. It's time to
gather to $S what the I t 25 years
of truggle has meant for the Black
masses, to lay out an analy is of
where we went wrong and what we
did right. It's time to move beyond
j t talk, rhetoric and the paralysis
for analysis to an examination of the
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ORGNJ 'ZATIONS
THAT ARE, .
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RESOLVING THlS
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Chi f n1 00 followin the
hootin . Kn pl d the 0 fending
o icer on limit d duty after ing
tu gun. But, in nee, Knox
defended the officer and gave cart
blanch to ny other officer who
kill a citizen." obody i going to
know th pres u (the offic r) i
un r -that an individual 11. If
he fears hi life i in danger, th n he
right to protect hi life."
We think uch a po ition encoura police murder of civilia . We
think rul for the use o� deadly force ought to be a lot tricter than plain'
old fear. The commuruty houJd be outraged over Knox' po ition
o r t d �h of IturaJde. Such an attitude at the top of the police
command only insu mor police killings will occur. .
But there is no protest of either the death or the policy. Is it because
Bl k Detroit rs feel a Cuban is not their concern? Are Latioo unin
volv d b ause they feel a Bl k Cuban i outside their community
interes ? Didn't anyone h r th Chief' words?
We're all in this together. The police are paid to protect us all.
�I ness against any individual i lawl ness against us aU. A
police fo�e out of control in one part of town i a threat to everyone all
over the City. And a policy which permits fear to be the governing factor
guarantees tra roy will follow. It i time to take control of the police.
It i a perfect time for Detroiters to deal with communitv control of
!he. police, because not only is it election time for mayor and council, it
IS time to elect a charter commission which will revise the city law .
Candidate for city office in the upcoming mayoral and council races
as well charter commis ion candidates must be forced to disc how
the �o1ice. will be brought und r control. No cardidate is worthy of
consideration who does not seriously deal with this issue of how to bring
the police under community control.
Our very liv depend upon it.
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concrete mode .of projec ,move-
m n .00 org . lions that are do-
ing u ful ork in Bla
communiti everywhere.
110 11 . It' time
to n twor connect up, link up am
build up th i titutions that can in
form. inspire, educa /train, and en-
abl to fight for a new future.
It' nation time again. It's time to
mat our memori and love for
Malcolm manif t in community
building, nation-building cts a.oo
deeds.
It' nation time again. It' time for
a great gathering of the Blac Nation
to revi talize th movement for Blac
liberation. May 19, 1994, it' nation
time again!
Persons interested in this project
hould wri te to: NSORC, P.O. Box
27798, W hington, D.C. 20038-
77 or call 202-736-1741.
Ron Daniels serves as President
of the Institute for Community Or- -
ganization and Development in
Young town, Ohio. He may be con
tacted at (216) 746-5757.
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By JA S E. ALSBROOK
Sudden explosion of hate words
shows conservatives' hostility aimed
at Blacks, women, and Clinton.
Should Affirmative Action,
which rightfully produced thousands
of jobs for Black men and women be
called a failure because it penalized
employers gull ty of deliberate racial
discrimination?
Should Maya Angelou be penal
ized and smeared because President
Clinton cho e her to write aoo read a
poem commemorating hi inaugura
tion?
Should Oliver North and his con
servative friends escape wi thout
criticism for telling "nigger-typ "
jokes at a Republican political ban
quet?
T QU 110 and oth-
ers ari e because the numb r and in
tensity of conservative attacks
through the media on Blac people
have increased greatly in recent
weeks.
What are some of these attacks?
George Will, in a March 21
column, quotes extensively from a
boo written by Fortun Magazine
Editor Myron Magnet, autbor 0
"The Dream � the ightmare: the
Sixties Legacy to the Underclass."
Will agrees with the author that
affinnative Action programs, Equal
Opportunity programs, Voting
Rights laws and other provisions en
acted' to facilita Black equali ty
were wasted because too many
Blacks remain poor and in ghettoes.
Will makes two conspicuous er
rors: He conveniently fails to men
tion the thoUSands of Blacks whom
these programs helped to enter the
middle class - Blacks who are pay
ing higher tax and contributing
conspicuously to the national good
- and he fails to mention the mil
lions of poor rural whi who, ac
cording to the Bureau of Cens ,
remain perpetually on welfare and in
raw numbers cost the taxpayers
much mote money than Blacks on
welfare.
Maya Angelou is one Blac
wh e bard 'York and creativity have
facilitated her upward mobility in
education and in literary achieve
ment
Would George Will be satisfied
with her? I think not,
His philosopbical bedfellow,
John Meroney, a enior student at
Wake Forest University and an edi
tor for the "The W Forest Critic,"
writes in the March' ue of the con-
. I JUST CLOSE
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AND' fHEY ,
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Selected senior colleges'
nrollm
tudent
African d
n
of
cent
ervative "American Specator" that ated Press indica that Black people
Angelou's alary is too high, that she and Africa were mentioned in a de-
lives in "a mammoth mansion in rogatory manner. .
Winston Salem," that she does not'
teach enough, that she is often on 0 G THE REMARKS'
television, and that Wake Forest Uni- North and others reportedly made is
versity placed a large-screen televi- a reference to Washington, D.C. and
sion set in the student center for the its Black population' kinship with
students could see Maya Angelou Black Africa.
making her history-making appear- Perhap. some day North am
aoce readiQg her po m at th Presi- many others will learn that arcneo
dential inauguration. . logical tudies re-told last yearby the
These conservatives who com- British Museum, the New York
plain about th Blac who is not sue- Tim ,the Boston Globe and the
c ful are th am types who Chicago Tribun and others prove
complain about the Black person that an INDEPENDENTL DB
who evidently i too uccessful for VELOPED and advanced Blac AI
their liking. • riean civilization called NUBIA
S,�ul� Angelou g�t a '�henjob .' created its own alphabet, art, me
aOO staymherplace to atisfy peo- chanical kills and political ystem
pie like George Will am young about 4, ears B.C.-more than
Moron y? 3 years before Europeans re-
Will and ot rs a like the white ceiv d the torch of civilization
male m cho typ who complain through Greece and Rome
'about �lac b Ing poor and th n Th kind t way to rationalize
complain that Bl ck athletes are Geor e Will and hi conservative
making too mUCh. money, even bedfellow i to realiz that the major
though many have gtve� many thou- premise of hi syllogism is that man-
ands of dollars to chanty. kind i divinely categorized into a
Oliver North bl t of ial hierar hy of fixed tatus and privi- '.
lander during a Virginia Republican lege lations with Europeans "obvi
banquet w not reported fully in the ously" at the top.
media. But reports in th Washington
Po t, ew Yor Tim and As oci-
Whereas January/February
is traditionally the time when
mo thigh h I eni rs finally .
submit thei r coli applica
tions to olleg that they are
interested in attending, spring
is usually when they ign on the
dotted line.
For the mo t part, their
minds ha b n made up and
probably no other colleg Will
enter Into the competition
th refore, thi information is
primarily for high school counselors juniors and their parents. Part One
highlighted elected two year colleges. Part two will now focus on four
year colleges.
The following information IS based on figures compiled by the U.S.
Department 0 Education for' the years 1 89 and 1991. It i safe to .
believe that th� 1992-93 figures are probably not too dissimilar.
Keep in m.i nd that there are over 3,000 i nsti tutions of higher educa
tion, therefore, these schools only repr ent a very small percentage.
Each 0 th colleges have African American student enrollments of
20-70 percent.
Historically African American colleg with percentages higher than
75 percent are not included. For more infonnation about these institu
tions we uggest Dr. J.WiI on Bowman's book, "America s Black
College" pubh heel by Sandcastle Publi hing, P.O. Box 3070, South
Pasadena, CA 91013-6070.
Livin ton University ( 2,086 total tudents - 25.1 % African
Americans in 1989,30.6% in 1991, California State University, Dom
in uez Hill -10,358 32.3/29.6%, Lincoln University (MO)-4,101,
2 .8/253%, Delaware State College-2, 2,57.5/61.1 %.
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U Y, COLLEGE at Old We tbury (NY)-4,193, 27.2/26.9%,
Langston Unive ity (OK)-3,112 54.2/52.9%, Troy State University,
Montgomery (AL)-3,193 21.1/24.6%, Tennessee State University-
7,405, 62. /62.1 %. .
Long Islam University, Brooklyn (NY)-6,679 42.6137.4%, Bloom
field College (NJ)-1 840, 36.8/44.9%, University of Houston Down
wn (TX -7,161, 24.4/23.1% Indiana University, orthw t (IN)-
5,560, 22.4/20.2%.
Coil ge f. ew Rochelle (NY)-5,613, 45.5/46.9%, Kentucky State
Universlty-2.533, 41.6/46.2,%, orthwestern Stat. University (LA)-
7,626, 20.4/19.7%, CUNY City College (NY)-14,696, 32.0/37.3%,
Mont mery College, Takoma Park (MD)-5,034, 33.�/35.4 percent.
. Bowie Stat Colle e (MD)-4 4 4 64.0/66.1 %, Lehman College
(NY)-9, 4 ,24.7 0.3%, Cambridge College (MA)-1,015, 20.1/24.9%
w York Tecnrucal Colle -10, 10.55.7/52.0%, Detroit College of
Bines (MI)-2, 59,45. /51 9%.
York Coli ge ( )- 150 .0/63.0%, University of Detroit Mercy
(MI -7, 6. 7. /28. %, ayne Stat University (MI)-33,914,
21.9/22.69C. Ro velt Unive ity (IL) and Columbia Union College
. (MO) were 26. % and 3 .5� re pectively In 1 9.