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IN Y/JU WE then pr nted this list of ninety
women to readers nd ed them to update their nomi
nations. At the arne time, we forwarded the column with
the ninety names to the five additional groups mentioned
above.
We allowed respondents/readers to write or call in up
to three names that were not on the original list of ninety.
This provided us with an additional leadership cross
reference check. The weight and clout of opinion, how-
. ever, remained with readers of newspapers such as this
one.
We tallied the numbers and stand by our position that
this was truly an attempt to acknowledge the interna
tional role that women of African descent have played in
various fields of endeavor.
These women represent. various philosophies and ide
ologies. Even some of our own Pan African think tanks
and publications often hesitate to either acknowledge the
contributions of some individuals and organizations that
are not acceptable to "mainstream" society.
We are not suggesting that all or even the majority of
the women on this list are Africentrists, however, we are
suggesting that the "African Personality" and African
creativity is central in their successes.
Why were these people chosen? What does this sa .... ;.....-
about our communities? What does influential really
mean? Is this list permanent or will its c mp ition
change? For some the answers to these qu stions, we will
seek the opinions of a panel of experts in the very n ar
fu�re. .
Maya Angelou, Mary McLeod Bethune, Carol Mosely
Braun, Gwendolyn Brooks, Shirley Chisolm, Johnnetta
COle, Angela Davis, Suzanne De Passe, Marian Wright
Edelman, Lenora Fulani, Lorraine Hansberry, Fannie
Lou Hamer, Dorothy Height, Mae Jemison, Barbara Jor
dan, Corretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Winnie Mandela,
Toni Morrison, Eleanor Holmes Norton, usan T ylor,
Maxine Waters, Ida Wells-Barnett, Franc s Cress
Welsing and Oprah Winfrey. Five honorabl mentions
included Louise Bennett, Shirley Graham DuBois, Amy
J. Garvey, Anita Hill and Albertina SisuIu ..
Minority deale
want pressure put
on car com pani
WASIDNGTON, DC - The na
tion's automobile dealers of color
want the federal go mmen to
help force car _companies to in
crease the number of executi
of color.
The group said that the gov-
ernment should consider pre
venting automakers from
getting government business
unless th m t s ial goals for
managers and profession Is of
color.
Only about 10,300 of the Big
Till' 's 131,000 employes in
the professional, mana ment
and official categories are Afri
can-American, th d al rs. id.
e two d
Teamste
chief fae s job
rigging eha g .
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RIVER ROUG I H. (AP) -
The OmniBank Corp. is await
ingword from feder I gulators
on its proposal to buy a Chicago
company, which would create
the nation's second-I rg st
Black-owned bank.
DETROIT, 1 -' Facing
charges of rigging union s nior
ity lists to get
jobs for
friends and
relative,
president of
Detroit Team-
ter Local
299, Ronald
Owens, will
ap r for
the union's
Ethical Prac
tices Commit
tee.
If found guilty, w could
be barred from holdin offi
and fined. . ass ts and d no rank mong
Ch rges against w . �ill the 25-1arg at Black-own d
be brought by Local 29 ctivists . banks. Carver Fed r 1 avin
Pete Cam rat and nnis BankofNewYorkr nks No 1.'
Wade, b on a 1992 N ion I
Labor Relatio rd that
charged th officials wi h con
spiring to al er s niori y lis a
Michigan inority Haul
Owens has po ly d nied
any wrongdoing.
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If a reputable organization
like the NAACP is getting com
plaints, it � for us to
hear tb complahtts arid take
action."
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a e economies-
The western U.S., especially Pacific states,
received the highest grades in a business
group·s study of economic' performance.
Hawaii
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