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Third World View
By Michael Phillips
Warning: African-Americans
are under attack and our survival
as a people is at stake. Please read
this editorial carefully.
Recently on “60 Minutes”,
there was a feature story that
took place in New Orleans, La.
The story involved the murder of
a white policeman whose body
was found in a black section of
the city called Algiers.
This story is very significant
because a court order was issued
in Louisiana in an attempt to
keep this particular story from
being aired to the public.
The events following the dis
covery of the murdered police
officer involved a vigilant cam
paign instituted in the black
community of Algiers in an
attempt to uncover the so called
murderers.
Accounts given by witnesses in
Algiers tell of open police
brutality and murder of African -
Americans and even the murder
of African - American parents
while their eight year old son
watched.
African-Americans were forc
ed to sign statements that they
saw brothers kill the white police
officer. One of the brothers told
a correspondent that he was
beaten by police officers and was
taken to a bridge and had a
shotgun put to his head and
forced to sign the statement. The
fact that these events took place
and court orders surfaced to
keep these events from being
televised has very serious im
plications. They are all a part of
the all-out attack being launched
against African - Americans in
this country.
Since the beginning of the
’80s, African - Americans have
been under attack from all
phases of American society. The
legislative gains of the ’60s and
70s are being withdrawn,
political moves are being made
to harness and limit our voting
power. The most urgent issue,
however, is the issue of physical
racist violent attacks against
African - American people. The
attacks range from recent police
killings likeMiami,andHouston,
Tex., to lynchings in Mobile, Ala.
They include the dis
appearance and mysterious kill
ing of African - American
women and children in Atlanta.
Riots took place in African -
American communities in si*
cities across America in 1980. The
Anti-Klan Network located in
Atlanta has released findings that
have uncovered incidents in
volving racist violence in more
than a thousand cases.
The United States judicial
system however, has only found
cause to prosecute less than two
hundred of these cases. This fact
pointed out by the Anti-Klan
Network aiso has serious im
plications. Could the attempted
genocide of African American
people become a possible reality
in this decade or the decade of
the 1990s?
The Reverend C.T. Vivian,
chairman of the Anti-Klan
Network has declared 1983 as the
year to put an end to racist
violence.
We as students need to look at
the seriousness of this possibility.
We also need to examine and
analyze the problem of racist
violence and look at what we can
do to solve the problem before it
reaches the crisis level. If we
don’t begin to deal with this
issue, the results could be fatal
for us as a race.
YMTF To Appear
By Lennox Jackson
The Youth Motivation Task
Force Program, is a program
which consists of professionals
from the private and public
sector of business. Their aimsare
to explain career opportunities
in business and industry, to
discuss how the work world
operates, and to share their
personal career experiences
with the students.
Thanks to the YMTF, the
National Alliance of Business and
Mrs. LuTa Garrison, director of
career development, who is
coordinating the three day
program on Morris Brown’s
campus, students will be able to
meetand talk with some of these
professional consultants. In ad
dition, students will also have the
opportunity to meet some of the
schools distinguished alumni of
the working world.
The program will take place on
Feb. 8-10. During the three day
period, consultants will visit the
several classrooms and provide a
brief presentation and entertain
any questions asked.
It is the sincere hope of Mrs.
Garrison and the N.A.B. that all
students will take this chance to
find out what opportunities are
available in the career world, and
find out exactly what shall be
expected of them. It is also their
hope that the student body will
provide a most cordial at
mosphere for the consultants,
and will assist them in any way
possible.
The Wolverine Observer February 8, 1983
Thousands March And Rally
During King Week '83
Thousands of people marched
the streets of Atlanta on Jan. 15 in
celebration of King Week '83
marking the 54 birthday anniver
sary of slain civil rights leader, Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Leading the march were Cor-
etta Scott King, widow of Dr.
King, and president of the Mar
tin Luther King, Jr. Center for
Nonviolent and Social Change,
,lnc., along with other prominent
black leaders and celebrities
such asjoseph Lowery, president
of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC),
Dick Gregory, comedian and
human rights activist, Atlanta’s
former mayor, Maynard Jackson,
and black actor, Ossie Davis.
On the steps of the state
capitol Lowery rallied that, “you
(white America) have killed the
dreamers, but you have not
killed the dream. You’ve delayed
and frustrated the dream chang
ing it into a nightmare.”
He went on to say that like an
By Ronald D. Fudge
airplane sure of its destination
we (blacks) have come to the
airport for landing to find it
closed.
“Hold on to the dream
because the gospel train is
coming. Get on board because
the freedom plane is coming,”
shouted Lowery as thousands
roaringly replied.
Calling on the labor depart
ment, foreign policy, and the
state of Georgia to “get on
board” this freedom plane
Lowery brought up significant
facts about the inefficiences of
all three that were not within
keeping of Dr. King's dream.
In his comments about the
recent issue regarding the
National Collegiate Association
(NCAA) and black athletes
Lowery stated that the aim of the
Association was virtually to "cut
off the legs of athletes,” which
really meant that blacks were
being phased out within the
system of the Basketball Associa
tion.
“Making Dr. Martin Luther
King's birthday a national holi
day is honoring America. It
would prove that America has
moved to extend beyond
racism,” said Lowery.
Comedian Dick Gregory said
that, “If Martin were to come
back today, he would be right
here with us. This is why we
demand his birthday a national
holiday.”
Gregory said that the economy
is bad and it could get worse if we
(blacks) don’t have a national
holiday.
In an effort to make the dream
of a national holiday one of
reality, Gregory is asking for a
complete boycott of Christmas if
the holiday bill is not passed by
Aug. 28.
“Don’t let a day pass that you
don’t meditate for his birthday to
make this a reality.”
The march and rally was co
sponsored by the SCLC.
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Editor's Desk' Continued from page 2
exemplify incompetiveness
against other schools of higher
learning.
This just goes to show how
powerful and devastating the
inner circle of any outer circle
can be. And, until you, the
students, can become a part of
the inner circle and realize the
power there then you’ll always
frown and awe in dismay to the
way things are being decided
upon and inacted without
regards or respect to you as a part
of the system.
The rally and support of stu
dent leaders is needed in present
crisis as such and a good way of
knowing whether or not your
vote was worth the time taken to
cast your ballot start paying close
attention to student leaders and
seriously question their integrity.
Raising questions about
students that effect students is
not the responsibility of the
instructor, instead it is the duty of
the student. And, if the student
refuses to raise questions that are
going to effect the course of
his/her life, then all I’ve said has
been in vain ....
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