VOL. XVI NO. 49 An Infonned People is A Free People OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 5, 1994
"One of the
easiest things in
the world to do is
kick kids out of
school, rather
than keep them
in, "·Eugene Cain
superintendent
of HP scnoa«:
By APRIL CALDWELL
Cap tal �ew. Serv ce
n
it?
Some 10 1 officials cont nd h it
probably will not, with on u tion­
ing th constitutionality of th law.
Gov. John Engler proposed th bill
in Octo r 19 3, becaus a number of
teach rs and tuden w re b ing a -
aul d, aid John Tru cott, the gov-
, .. ' .;.�
, a stud n will 1
I t would d pend on th ir thr t to
th r t of t.h stud nts, Tru co tid.
PI
By ALISON JONES
Michigan Citizen
W HI GTO N - Mor than
20,000 Black American have
filed claims with the Intern I
Rev nue ervic b d on Civil
War promi to provide former
slav s with 40 acr , the agency .
aid last w ek. '
The claims, of 43,209, are be­
ing denied and the. I.R.S.
rned that ta pay who fil
sub equent claim after receiv­
ing d nial no i could ub­
ject to a $500 p nalty for filing
frivolous returns.
"Blacks have good grounds
for feeling that th ir ancestors
wer promised land by the Fed­
eral Government and that
promise was betr y d," said
Eric Fon r, D Will Clinton Pro­
fessor of Hi tory at Columbia
Univei ity ..
"Th law est bli hing the
Fr edmen' BUI au, enacted by
Congres in March 1 65 and
signed by President Lincoln,'
authorized this agency to divid
abandoned and confi cat d land
in the South into 40 acre plots
for ren al and al to former
slave nd loyal white r fugees,"
Foner aid.
"Two month earlier Gen.
William T. Sherman had issued
Special Field Order i 5, etting
,
01
"U DER HERMAN' or­
der and the Fre man' Bur au
Act, thou nd of Blac ami­
li wer tied on F' d r 1 Gov­
ernment-held land in 1 65.
Then, Pr sident -John on or­
d red th land r turn d to i
former own and th Blacks
were forced to sign 1 bor con­
trac ," Foner said.
"Those who re i t d w re
forcibly victed, sometime by
the arne federal oldi.r who
had eman ipated h m in th
first place. Among Afri an
Americans. th memory of thi
injustice r marn d alive w 11
into thi c ntury," on raid,
Mo t of the claim hav b n
re ived in the last month from
California, said' an I.R ..
spokesm 11, Frank Kith.
"Ther dearly is no t tutory
authority for honoring t h
claims," Mr. Kith aid "We
have taxpayers that are bing
misled and that' unfort.unat .. "
Vote to decide
Constit tional
Convention qu tion
By CHRISllNE R. DUNLAP
and which issu a impor­
tant today and requi re change
to erv all of th p pIe for at
least the next 16 'years,"
McMa ter id.
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