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He challenged the Bla com­
munity and its alli to provide
the n.ecessary financial re­
sources to enable the Associa­
tion to engage the battle for civil
rights/human rights unincum­
bered by worri about money.
Nothing he said, however, would
halt the historic march of the
NAACP towards freedom and
justice for African Americans
and the oppressed into the 21st
century ..
OLIDLY REAFFmMING
the new direction which he has
charted along with board chair­
man Dr. William Gibson, Dr.
Chavis outlined several major
priorities for the Association
over th next few years: continu­
ing th process of creating unity
in th national African Ameri­
can Community through the
Lead rship Summit; the initia­
tion of a youth entrepreneurial
traini ng program; a campaign to
-save historically Black colleges
and universiije ; challenging In­
stitutional racism in pub lie
school systems; continued ef­
forts to combat violence, drugs
and substance abuse in the
BI ck community; and the de­
velopment of a national con­
stituency for Africa in the U.S.
As he .outlined these priorities
the delegates roared their ap­
proval.
Clearly sensing the over­
whelming support of the dele­
gates, Dr. Chavis challenged his
detractors to get on board the
"freedom train" or get out of the
way.
At the second mass meeting
Chairman, Dr. William Gibson,
spoke to the delegates and the
community. When he finished
Please see, FUroRE AS
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number who ride buses to
achieve racial integration. Bus­
ing for int gration may be trou­
blesome, but it certainly cures
flagrant evils.
Befor integration "with de­
liberate s d" was achiev d,
th common practi of many
choo1 distri w to buy new
books and uipment for "whi eft
schools and to hip th old r,
us b ks and uipm nt to
"BI ck" ch ols.
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. By -James E. Alsbrook
George Will, the right-wing
columnist and television com­
mentator, again has displ yed
his bias against Black p ple by
criticizing the Supreme curt's
1954 desegregation decision and
its resulting remedial actions.
Will argued in his May 15,'
nationwid column tha the d -
cision was faulty heca it al­
low d for treatm n of past
wrongs. Wills wants th d i ion
to y mer ly "stop ra . 1 gre­
gation in public school" nd
nothin el .
inconvenience your dog has
caused. Fence jumping and kill­
ing would be wrong, according to
Wills, but let's just forget the
past, pretend nothing 'was hurt,
let bygones b bygones and begin
anew with a c1 an I e and th
id a that verything i just fine.
MAN 0 Wills' education,
along with his annoying and con­
spicuous pedantry, certainly is
a ware of th legal concept of" re­
pair and restitution."
cr ated on the b is
treated on th
of ra . A rson uff ring
a brok n leg must be
for a broken leg. Ca ,
nd I' m ies are inextri­
to th r.
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