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THE VOICE OF BLACK WOMANHOOD Vol. xxvn, No. 3 Atlanta, Georgia November 14, 1983 Jackson Announces Bid For Presidency by Karen M. Burroughs Editor-in-Chief Signaling what could even tually lead to an unprecedented coalition of minorities and women in a presidential race, Reverend Jesse Jackson recently announced his plans to run in the 1984 presidential race. Speaking at Morehouse College on Sunday, October 30, Jackson informed the audience of his intention to formally announce his candidacy at the Convention Center in Washington D.C. on November 3rd. “We need new leadership,” he told the audience. “A leadership that will defend the poor and feed the hungry and bring all the people back together again.” Introduced by Morehouse president Hugh Gioster as a “pioneering black swimmer in the dangerous seas of the American political system,” the 42 year old Jackson presently serves as founder and national president of Operation Push. In addition to this position, he writes a syndicated column which is published in 75 major newspapers around the country. Jackson based his sermon on the challenge of black Americans to "keep the cove nant.” A covenant, heexplained, is a contract, promise or commit ment. “The history of this nation is a history of broken covenants,” he said. “We are here to challenge America to keep the covenant. We must study the commitment, study the contract.” Rev. Jackson commented on the unequal representation of black politicians in Georgia; a state that is almost 30% black. He informed the audience that out of 51 state senators, only four are black, and in the 150 counties of Georgia, there are no black sheriffs. He also remarked that although Georgia does have ten black mayors, there are 515 white mayors in this state. “We who vote must demand a new relationship with the democratic party,” he said. "It has no right to run an all-white slate over an integrated voting block. “We want our share,” he continued. “There is a way to put America back to work. There is a way to study war no more. There is a way to form a new covenant between the locked out and the democratic party.” Jackson also remarked on the inequality of blacks in the labor movement and corporate America. "Last year blacks spent 157 billion»dollars in American corporations and yet there are 550 franchises with XX percen tage of one owned by blacks,” he told the audience. "We have the power. We must demand our share.” Following his sermon, Jackson held a “mini press conference,” entertaining questions from reporters who were present. Questioned on the situation in Grenada, Jackson told the audience that the invasion by the Americans was both illegal and insulting. “It was an act that took away America’s moral authori ty,” he said. “It was a gross error and I believe that it was an attempt to divert attention from the crisis in Lebanon.” During the conference, Jackson also informed the audience of his dual purpose for running for president. He stated that his initial goal was to remove the “repressive Reagan regime,” and his second intention was to achieve parity. “The absence of Reagan is the presence of parity and while Reagan is in office, there can be no parity," he said. “It is better to seize the wheel and redirect it than to stand on the outside and get hit.” “Our time has come,” he concluded. "We have the will and we have the ability. We must stand tall and not bow down in the heat of the day. We must have a new direction, a new Course, a new leadership.” t*e ««**r IHW Students protest in front of guest house. Institute On Third World Ralley... Protest At Spelman by Layli Dumbleton On Monday, October 10,1983, at 3:50 p.m., the Institute on Third World Policy of the Atlanta University Center staged a protest against the Spelman College International Affairs Committee’s invitation of a group of South African academicians to Spelman’s cam pus. The group was sponsored by the U.S.A. - South African Leadership Exchange Program (USSALEP). Approximately fifteen members of the Policy Institute marched in a double line from the Morehouse S.G.A. building to the lawn of Spelman’s Helen T. Albro Guest House, in which the South African contingent was to meet with some students, facul ty, and staff. On their march, the protesters were joined by other members and friends of the organization, and in the end the number of protesters doubled. Bearing placards of many sayings, the students spread themselves out along the curb so that their posters could be read. A few representatives of the club distributed flyers, one of which was a copy of the invitational letter from the chairman of the International Affairs Committee to which comments explaining the Policy Institute's concerns were added. These concerns included how any mixed group of South Africans could repre sent a racially segregated society, (Continued on Page 7)