VOL. XVI NO. 13 An Informed People Is A Free People FEBRUARY 13 - 19, 1994
BLACK HISTORY TODAY
Victims await justice
By ADAM YEO ANS
•• oc,.,.d p,.. .. Writ.,
TALLAHASSEE, lao <AP) -
When Fannie Taylor claimed a
Black man broke into her house
and beat her while her husband
was away, a posse quickly
fonn to t do h -
tacker.
Before it as over, th
drunken mob had wiped out the
yourmo t
importan
lac
ig r ?
mostly Black hamlet of Rose
wood, torching ho , a store
and even a church. At least eight
people died in the weeklong
rampage in 1928, including two
white mob members.
Now, more than 70 year
later, Florida's Legislature may
soon decide whether to pay $7
million in reparations, and
thereby become, scholars say,
h fll'8t state to compensate vic
tims of racial violence.
"WE WERE eradicated,
killed, assaulted. We had our
livelihoods as it relates to our
spiritual and economic assets
S e JUSTICE, AS
Backing Saul Green Nomination
African Am ric n el cted wom n m t to organlz support for the immedlat confirmation of Saul Gr en, pr sidenti I
nomine to th post of U.S. Attorn y for th Eastern 01 trlct of Michigan. Gr n has po tpon d t king offic p nding an
FBllnve tlgation of hi p rformance while rvlng a Wayne County Corporation Coun I. The upporter are, (1-11) 0 trolt
Councllper on Brenda Scott, State Repre nt tlv s Carolyn Ch k -Kilpatrick and Ma'ry Blackmon; Detroit Board of
Education m mber Irma Clark, ceuneupersen Alberta 'tinsley-WIlliam ,and W yne County Comml Ion r Edn B II.
By ESTHER WALLEN
C.p"" N.w. S.rvlc.
LANSING _. African Ameri
cans are in a constant struggle
to accomplish their "maximum,
genetic and constitutional po
tential," said a renowned Afri
can American author and
third-generation medical doctor.
To an audience filled with more
than 200 Michigan State Uni
versity students still upset with
an alleged racial incident that
occurred two weeks ago, Dr.
Frances Cress Welsing dis
cus ed "Racism and Mental
Health."
Welsing, author of "The Isis
Papers" - a collection of essays
dealing with the psychological
reasons behind racism, said so
ciety can no longer ignore how
racism plagues their everyday
lives. "It is the most critical topic
that anyone can talk about in
this world today," Welsing said.
"And it' a topic that makes peo
ple more uncomfortable than
any other thing that people can
talk about."
Welsing mentioned the five
Black MSU students who were
attacked by five whites, alleg
edly for racist r ons, Charges
were pr ed against three of
the five white men involved, but
officials claim no proof of a ra
cially motivated attack. Racism
is nothing more than the concept
of white upremacy, Welsing
said. And to overcome that ide-
o
ology, African Americans must
become more serious about their
roles as activ members of soci-
ety.
Welsing attacked African
American entertainers, like
Martin Lawrence, whom he
claim depict themselv as
See RACISM, AS
fo
suspend
owe
-Detro·t
eact
By Todd Burroughs and Patricia Colbert
Khalid Muhamm d h n removed from
his post as a NO! national i tant, "until h
demonstrates he is willing to conform to the
manner of rep nting Allah" and the N I
correctly, Farr khan said. But he added Mu
hammad has no n dismissed from the N 01,
calling Muhamm d a brilliant "s Ilion" in he
S REACT, BS
S �c'.' to the MIchl en CItizen
WASHINGTO (N PA) - Min. Louis Farrak
han, I der of the Nation ofIs1am, announced
last w k that he has temporarily suspended
on of his chief lieutenants during a furor over
the aide's remarks in a speech last year.
Angela Jordon - II Ann Jordan
(my grandmother) inspired me
in many ways to. become the
best that I can be in life."
Ro e Lil - "In 1988. I read
the Autobiography of Malcolm
X and was incited by his'
tribulations in life and by the
principles upon which he stood.
He was for his people."
Venuse Butler - "My mother
(Doris Butler). She instilled
within me the values of life. and
supported me through college ...
Willie H rg'ett - "My
grandfather (Amhdi Adioun
Harg'ett) was a self-made man
migrating from Tunisa in 1917.
First Blac to become head
cook of the Waldorf Astoria. "
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