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The re ident of. uthwest Michigan 10 t a leader
with the pa ing of Freddie Moore, a man who w
con umed with the truggle t make life better for his
mmunity.
Decorated war hero, Freddie Moore did not leave
hi cour ge and 1 der hip on the battlefield. He
erved his c mmunity well at great per onal cost. On
th, Benton Harbor Board of Education, it wa his
vision that broke ancient barriers and saw that con
tracts went to Black businesses. He struggled against
the rna sive racism embodied in Berrien County
govcrnm nt a he erved the county w rker for 12
y ar as their union president.
Civil right ham pion, busine man, be dared to
peak ut n a long li t of is ues to enlighten his
neighbor a he struggled to help the city he loved -
Bent n Harbor - fight off the forces of oppres ion.
To that end, he worked hard and got good people
elected to office. He constantly sharpened his consid
erable intellect, studying and advancing to the highest
levels of academia. .
In the final days of his short life, he had revitalized
within three short months the moribund local chapter
of the NAA P with such vigor that it was felt across
the state. The night before he died he was busy plan
ning a radio show to broaden the reach of the NAACP
and enlighten the citizens.
Always controversial, Freddie Moore took un
p pular stands. But whatever the is ue, uppermost in
hi mind and heart wa the burning de ire to help the
advancement of the people.
The Bent )0 H rb r community 10 t a voice for ju -
ti 'C and a tirele s cru der for right. Freddie Mo re
will be rnis: cd.
o hospital,
rdiologii
nd lar of h th care
prof io 1 r ch upwards
to 12 billion annu By in this
high-tech health industry.
Is there any onder why
some people . mply can't afford
uch tronomical h alth costs?
Poor people ha sought relief
by return to traditional and an
cient m thods - namely he
For thousands of y , na-
tive and natural peoples have
sought relief from life's ailments
by using weed , roots, teas and
fruits of the earth
ntury, Eng-
Ii h phy ici n, ichol Cul-
peper, compiled an h boo
that' till used. ati Ameri-
ught Europe how to
urvi in this country by u in
no common things such
fras for fe r, squaw vine for
"(I male ailmen "and th like.
If the FDA (Food & Drug Ad
ministration) its way, many
dietary and nutritional supple
ments, including some vitami ,
would only be ·available by pre
scription.
Some popular medicinal
herbs, for example, chamomile
tea, would have health claims
b nned from the label, unl
complicated and costly are
undergone, d pite generations
From
o th
Row
.0 T () of
Utah has introduced th Di tary
Supplement Health and Edu -
tion Act (S. 78 ) which would
prevent th FDA from categoriz
ing vitamin , minerals and
herbs as drugs.
Reade ho believe in natu-
ral th rapies a urged to write
th ir Senator at: U.S. Senate,
Washington, D.C. 20510. As
him or her to endorse S. 784.
so \ GUESS NOW yO<)
GUYS ·A�E AF-T C�lT(CS ?
WELL I DO T CARE W\lAT
you SAV ••• \T LOOI(CS
JUST UKE HIM TO ME!
th forefront of d fining Item -
tives on local, state and national
. issu .
In England, when a political
party i defeated at th polls or
is out of pow�r, it cr at s
"Shadow Government", a group
of public spokesp rsons who
chall nge the polio of th in
pow r and who pent alt rna
ti
politi ; and
3) Politician ill bo to
oft n than popular
(because Organized M i
multi-billion dollar in-
THE
littl c
I h by nnounc:e my innate
bi I am an herbal' t, and
believe in nature- , drug
I , herbal remedi for all but
the most pronounced um
(such as gunshot wounds, car c
cid n ,etc.)
Much of modem medicine has
become big busin , and there-
-
n
r.
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AND THE POWER to ac
complish our goals, ironically
enough, already exists in our
own hands.
We must build a new Black
leadership to tackle today's
problem , with an originality of
analysis and a now level of pro
grammatic and policy sophisti
cation. First, the new Black
. leadership must develop policy
initiatives in concert with the
best scholars and archers,
to construct alt rnatives in
health care, education, housing,
nd th environment .
At the new Insti ute for Re-
earch in African American
Studie at Columbia Univer
sity, are d loping a center
to facilitate th constructive in
teraction tw n Black elected
officials and their staff mem
bers, earch scholars, political
analys , and r pr ntativ
. from th unions, churches, pub-
lic chools, civic ociations and
other institutions.
Sound public policies which
actually add th com
munity's problems must come
from a collaborative process, cri
tiquing the weakn of pre-.
vious policies while identifying
those program which have
Today' problems fund -
ment lly different in cope,
char cter and int n ity: th .
fligh of capital inv stm nt from
our c ntral citi , with thou
sands of 1 t jo ; the d t riora
tion 'of th ur 11 tax e, with
the decline in city service ;
BI ck-on-Black violen ,homi
cide and crim ; th prolif ration
of single parent households; the
d lin in th quality of our pub-
th African-American commu
nity which will help us.
And th greatest doubt of all
falls on th question of leader
ship - hether we have the ca
pacity or the will to generate
women and men who will rise to
the challenge.
We are forced to pond to
these dilemmas, and to over
come our dversities.
By Dr. Manning Marable
worked.
Black America tands at a
chall nging mom nt in i his-
ory: a tim of mass ive , . al dis
ruption, class stratific tion,
political uncertainty and cul-
t iral ambiguity. Th objectives
for Black politics in the age of
Jim Crow segregation w r sim
ple: full equality, voting righ "
and th removal of "whit " and
"colored" signs from th doors of
ho I and sch Is.
lie schools.
And to this familiar litany of
problems, I would add one more:
the crisis of the spirit. There is a
growing pessimism within our
ranks which asserts that there
are no solutions to our over
whelming social problems; that
government can't help us; that
voting and participation within
the political proc is irrele
vant; that no allies exist outside
Along the
Color
Line
Dr Manning Murobu., L Profe ro{
History and Poluicol Some' and Direc
tor of th Afn n Am neon. ltud In t
tu at "olum. IQ UnLU('J" tty. New York
',ty.
,
ound public policie
mu t come from a
collaborative proce
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