RABLE
YO , Y- Well­
n holar of . ry and
poli ti frol wnnist/author
ning Marable joined the Colum­
bia Univer ity faculty a
profi .r o his ry 8IX1 political
science July 1.
Dr. Marable, 43 written
ext rsively on Black history,
current Bl k politics and on the
Caribbean and Africa. He i
author of eight boo and' rom­
pleting a political biography of
Black nationali t leader Mal­
colm X and contributes fre­
quently to cholarly and
advocacy journals.
KKK changes
its name
1lANTA - Leaders of one
of the largest Ku Klux Klan fac­
ti ns in th nati n say they are
changing the group' name and
want to change its' image but
critics said the move w jist a
ploy to avoid complying with a
lawsuit
Leadets the lrMsl Em ..
pire, Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan, met June 19, inA1lantaand
voted unanimously to change the
name of the group to The Unified
Ku Klux Klan.
The agreement requires Far­
rands to gi ve up his Klan leader­
ship and the group to stop ising
its name.
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Mozambi men:, not imply be-
be payin job but be-
cue he hold po ition of
1 e hip, man ging both women
and men.
Only four y 0, omuareia
w a victim of civil w in the W t
African country, arriving in the wn
of ampul a r rebe fighting for
Renamo a ked her rural vill e.
Today, he h a good job with
CARE, the world' largest privat 'fe­
lief and d elopment organization,
8 brigad leader on a work crew. TIle
crew rebuilds miles of roads de-
troyed by 17 years of war and ne­
glect.
"My husband, two children and I
and la 0 d liv rio ic
addr a naionalconv'nion
Nelson Mandela, President 0 the
African National Cong and one of
the most influ ntial public figures of
this century, will deliver an hi toric
address to the 1993 NAACP Conven­
tion July 10th, in Indianapolis, IN. '
The special plenary ses ion at
whichMandela will peak comes be-
fo� the {oroW . 9 UlC1 �n- .
vention on Sunday, July 11 th, and will
mark hi first appearance before the
nation' old t and largest civil rig
organization whicb bas been one of
the trongest supporters of his effons
to end apartheid in his native South
Africa.
To further underscore the impor-
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director, h . ued invitations to the
Ambassadors of all the African and
Caribbean nations accredited to the
United States.
Mandela's appearance com as
hi country is on the threshold of hold­
ing, its first free non-racial elections,
climaxing an often bloody and diffi­
cult struggle to end white-only rule.
IN TInS STRUGGLE, Mandela
has been the pivotal figure despite his
long impri onment by the South Afri­
can government. More than any other
person, he has symbolized the free­
dom movement of Black South Afri-
cans.
Mandela's appearance serv as
the prelude to the opening of the
NAACP's 1993 Annual Convention
which thi year has the theme "P�­
ing The Torch. .. Preparing For A Bet­
ter Tomorrow".
Aid officials: Hundreds
. of thousands could
starve from oil embargo
Information on the convention
may be obtained by contacting the
AACP Conference Department,
(410) 358-8900, or by writing
NAACP Conference Department,
4805 Mt. Hope Drive, Baltimore, MD
21215.
NELSON MANDELA
By DAVID BEARD
M.oc"ted Pre •• Writ.,
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Aristide in September 1991, killed
hundreds of people in the follow ing
days and have withst d world pres-
we to tore democracy.
CARE feeds about half of the
6OO,CXX> Haitians - lightly I than
10 percent of th nation' population
ChrtItIne t<... ..
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS - JOIInnl Nomurell w one I
victim of th civil war In Mozamblqu • lett with nothing 1ft r
" Ing h r hom. Tod y sh Is g Infully mploy d by
CARE, the world'. largeet prlvat rell f and development
organization, helping to r build rOild • CARE h lpe more
than thr e million Mozamblcana who.utI r from the ettecta
of a devutatlng 17 year war, through em r ncy relief nd
rehabilitation �oJect •
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i maintained, relief officials say. women and breast-feeding mothers.
Aid officials in th United Stat
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a day are not going to get even that,' , and Haiti agreed that those people will
predicted Chri Conrad, director of ' be .among. the �rst hurt from the
CARE' Haitian operations, the pri- Uruted Nations 011 embargo.
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Although food is exempted from ' ices chief in Haiti, DOug Greene, esti­
the U.N. embargo, "everything is re- mated that from one-half to 75 percent
lated to gasolin , the cost of food the of all food aid deliveries are made by
access to food, everything," aid IGm private truckers.
Johnston, CARE' manager'of Latin The nation has about a month'
American operations. worth of fuel reserves.
Th embargo went into effect last Catholic Relief Services, which
Wedn day because Haiti' military feeds about 150000 people in south­
rulers would not agree to the imrnedi- em Haiti daily; is bolstering its re-
ate reinstatement of President Jean- erv of peas, wheat com and rice at
Bertrand Ari tide. its 3 feeding centers, aid Mike
McDonald, head of its Latin Ameri­
can-caribbean operatio .
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"we will pretty much grind to 'a halt
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