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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