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Too Late Blues
Genocide Bop
Blue Black
Gotta niggero itch
for my baby,
looked for her this mornin
but
she was long gone ( only her hair remained)
nose itch twitch
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from the burning flesh
of the predawn raid. They
left my brother hanging
from his guitars strings and Mike,
24 rounds in his back,
with his head flushed down the toilet
satan’s children
have descended upon the earth
shi d in her face
the earth cannot breathe
for the presence of these
colorless androids.
she begs us, blk people,
the real people, the sun people,
to come back to hear
that she may live again.
WE MUST NOT FAIL.
By Ronald Harris
Clark’s famous “Red Machine” doing battle against an opponent.
Clark’s 'Red-Machine’Overpowered Lane
By KATHERINE HUGHEY
September 14, 1973
marked the beginning of the
football season for Clark
College. Lane College fell
victim to Clark’s “Red-
Machine,” which over
powered them 13-0.
James McClardy, Clark’s
head football coach, felt the
first game didn’t show the
team’s total potential.
“Although we had good
drive against Lane, we
didn’t have a good consis
tency of team effort throu
ghout the game” he said.
Clark’s first score in the
season’s opening game came
in the second quarter as
Charles Turner complet
ed a 9 yard pass to Mi
chael Walker. Olakunle
Ojikutu kicked for the ex
tra point to put Clark ahead
7-0 at the end of the first
half.
The Panthers stretched
their lead to 13-0 in the
fourth quarter as Charles
Turner completed an 18 yard
pass to Michael WaJJker to
clinch the game.
Coach McClardy said he
is impressed with the team
“in certain positions,” but
improvements are needed
in others because they
“don’t have enough depth”
he added.
While school started ear
ly this year, football prac
tice started late, he said.
Coach McClardy felt that
“having only 14 days for
practice (twice a day or
only once a day during bad
weather) before our first
game “threw our timing
off,” said Coach McClar
dy.
The major component of
a successful team, in Coach
McClardy’s opinion, is that
“they need daily practice
which would result in 100%
team effort,” he said.
Injuries have not prov
ed to be a major setback
for the Panthers. CoachMc-
Clardy feels, however, that
“with the return of Greg
McCrary, an offensive
tight-end, we will have bet
ter blocking.” McCrary
hasn't played this season
because of an injury dur
ing practice season. He is
expected to return to the
game soon.
On September 22, Clark
played Fisk University only
to be defeated by the Bull
dogs 30-3. Clark’s only
score came in the second
quarter from a 26 yard field
goal by Olakunle-Ojikutu.
Coach McClardy said’’the
players had a mental let
down before the game start
ed which was ‘magnified’
as the breaks went against
us during the game.”
The Panthers face three
teams in October as they
move into the second month
of the season. On October
3, they face Knoxville in
the homecoming game,
followed by Savannah on Oc
tober 20th in- Savannah and
back home to face More
house on October 27th.
Students Rally To
Save Black Schools
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STUDENTS MUST ORGANIZE TO SAVE BLACK SCHOOLS
By RONALD HARRIS
“Students must organize
to save Black schools. ’ ’ This
is the rallying cry of the
National Save and Change
Black Schools Project
(NSCNSP).
“The National Save and
Change Black Schools Pro
ject is a coalition of stu
dents and -non-students
throughout the country, who
have banned together to re
sist the effort to destroy
Black schools,” according
to NSCBSP chairmen, Nel
son Johnson.
1c is also the goal of
NSCBSP “to change Black
schools from their current
bourgeois orientation to
an authentic interest for
Black people,” he added.
The project was official
ly organized in January,
1973 at a meeting in Greens
boro, N.C. Eighteen schools
from 13 states attended the
meeting and outlined the
basic reason why a Natio
nal Save and Change Black
Schools Project should be
developed.
The .urgency of the Save
AND Change Black schools
question has failed to reach
the majority of students
at Black educational insti
tutions like Clark.
The crisis of the elimina
tion of Black control of Black
schools is not one of future
confrontation, but it is a
crisis that must be dealt
with immediately.
Florida A&M University
is now fighting against a
merger with Florida State
University, which would
place FAMU under total
white control.
Numerous other schools
face the same problem. Ala
bama State University is
fighting against a merger
with the University of Ala
bama. Tennessee State is
fighting against a merger
with the University of Ten
nessee. Savannah State is
fighting a merger with Geor
gia State; and the list con
tinues to grow each day.
One of the most poignant
cases is the effort to phase
out Fort Valley State Col
lege in Fort Valley, Ga.
A suit was filed against
Fort Valley State College
during the last academic
year. The suit claimed that
Fort Valley State was“ra-
cially identifiable” and
“academically substand
ard”
’“The strategy of the Na
tional Save and Change
Black schools Project is
to stop such efforts as the
Fort Valley take over.
This trend must be re
versed if Black schools are
to survive.
Briefly stated, however,
only authentic way to com
bat the current trend to
ward destroying Black col
leges is to develop a high
degree of consciousness
among the masses of stu
dents.
The National Save and
Change Black Schools Pro
ject is launching two im
portant programs this fall.
One is an educational
and fund raising activity
among students and alumni
during Homecoming on lo
cal campuses centered
around the Black schools’
question.
Finally, a nationwide
“Save Black Schools So
lidarity Week” will be held
during the month of Novem
ber.
For further information
about either activity, con
tact Eddie Crawford or Ro
nald Harris in the Student
Government Association
(SGA) office.