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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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