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Newspaper Page Text2 July 11, 1996 Local/Region McKinney wins nomination By Charmagne Helton ATLANTA JOURNAL ! ATLANTA Black voters turned out Tues day to give U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney the boost she needed to defeat three white male chal lengers for theDemocratic nomi nation for the 4th Congressional District seat. In mostly black southeast DeKalb County, voter turnout was as high as 45 percent, withMcKinney taking more than 90 percent of those votes. Mean while, turnout was as low as seven percent in mainly white areas such as Dunwoody, with lawyer Comer Yates gaining 62 percent of those votes. Black voter turnout gives McKinney the edge. The racial polarization could Group burns flag outside of police station on Fourth of July BProtesters decry treatment of blacks. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) While others celebrated the Fourth of July and saluted the flag, a small group of people burned American flags Thurs day outside a police station to protest the treatment of blacks in the United States. The group burned a large flag and several smaller flags and shouted “This is what America means to Africans.” About 40 Indianapolis Police ‘ .:"‘ \V '/\" 2 * v g;{:‘% 0 (S ¢/o A" 3EIE. S @ éi:s; £ao Q () =‘ R '%A s 77 ‘?ﬁ‘: ,'*. X : w A A:OW o o C“}”‘sf %Zlﬁ\ < ,Q@ w T WVIVYE . - i QT o . '\ o zﬁffﬁ"éﬁw"Q: ’Z)’*"T.; > /N Z “\.,\Y vg:/zs&k . — A / 4 Stages y g \'@gﬁ‘m’&w }Z’é For More Info National & Local Entertainment ‘ .&%ﬂ:"é%j}é’ F‘i (706) 722-3423 :::::::::o T AR @ ‘ > 5 Vendor Space Gospel bfrravcgcnxc - :::;ys Telling NURI]}?’V ,\ & i ©1993 “To Foster Onderstanding Through Culture Sharing” 8 African American Crest Symbols 1. Ribbon - The African American Legacy 2. Motheriand - Africa, the beginning 3. Diamond - Africa's spirftual richness 4. Ebony faces - Strong family unit 5. Globe - Our scattering throughout the world 6. Doves - Peace we spread throughout the world 7. Kente Cloth - A reminder of our rich cultural legacy for Africa 8. Garvian Flag - Colors of fiberation during enslavement period 9. X - Loss of our identity during enslavement 10. Achlevement Reefs - Regaining of our lost identity through the light of power . 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Calling himself a “com mon-sense conservative,” Mitnick supports abortion rights and some gun control, while he opposes mandatory school prayer. McKinney said Mitnick is an extremist despite his moderate positions on some issues. “You cannot separate a single issue. The bottom line is, either you're a part of the Gingrich gang or you're a Democrat,” she said. McKinney won 67 percent of the total primary votes cast in the 4th District. Yates, her closest opponent, received 24 percent of Department officers stood by during Thursday’s flag burning. An observer asked the police to stop them, but there was no vio lence, arrests or injuries re ported. None of the protesters would give their names. They said they also were protesting the planned execution of Tommie Smith and the arrest of former Black Pan ther Militia leader Mmoja Ajabu’s last month. : Ajabu, who did not attend Thursday’s flag-burning, was arrested June 4 for attempting to burn an American flag during 11. Spirttual Light of Power - Enabled us to break the chains of mental and physical bondage 12. Broken Shackles of Bondage - Freedom of mental and physical bondage 13. Scarab - Reblirth, a new day 14. Twin Majestic Lions of Strength - Strengthening of our race 15. CDXXXV - 435 years of darkness 16. Islamic Crest - The Arabic nation which enslaved Atrica 17. Cross Zulu Spears - Origin before the expansionism of outside countries 18. Massi shield - Shield for protection 19. Memphis Stripes - Egyptian Influence of art and culture 20. Enslaving Nations Colors - Six of the many nations who enslaved or bought slaves the votes. McKinney said the overwhelm ing defeat of her primary oppo nents proves whites as well as blacks back her campaign. “I'm not worried at all about getting support [from white vot ers],” she said. “We put together the kind of campaign that tran scends race. November looks great.” McKinney’s opponent said he’s optimistic about November, too. “I think the district is far more moderate than Cynthia McKinney is,” Mitnick said. “I think my message will appeal to a large majority of voters.” McKinney and U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop lost their major ity-black districts last year when federal judges ruled the districts had been drawn primarily along racial lines. an Olympic torch celebration in downtown Indianapolis. He also was protesting Smith’s ex ecution. Although it isn’t illegal to burn the flag, police said they arrested Ajabu and two others because they tried to light the flag on fire in a crowd, posing a danger. Smith was granted a stay of his scheduled execution last month, but it has since been rescheduled for July 18. He sentenced to death for the 1980 slaying of an Indianapolis po lice officer. McKinney, the 11th District incumbent, decided to runin the 4th District, where her home falls since the district lines were re drawn. Bishop, who also won his primary, ran in the 2nd again. McKinney's road to primary victory took some ugly turns as she battled Yates, her best-fi nanced competitor, on the air waves. Yates had not announced Wednesday whether he would support McKinney. During her acceptance speech around midnight Tuesday, McKinney apologized for her at tack ads. “I want to be a healer for Geor gia and for America,” she said. “And if I have said anything in the heat of battle that seems con trary to that mission, I offer a sincere and heartfelt apology.” Ku Klux Klan shop closed after dispute : LAURENS, S.C (AP) The Redneck Shop is closed — not because of community pro tests, but over a dispute between the man who owned the business license and the shop owner, John Howard. : Mike Burden asked city officials to cancel his license after Howard refused to help him with food and shelter for his family. The former Ku Klux Klansman said he alsorealized now that work ing at the shop was a mistake.. Burden said he ran Howard’s shop in exchange for room and board, but the arrangement went sour when Howard would not help him with money he needed to rent a home. Howard did not return a mes sage left at his home. Even if you have no money for a down payment, We Can Help! * Make SI2OO or more? *6 mo. or more on Job? *6 mo. at Residence? ® Bring Pay stub &Phone Bill I CALL PAT STOKES | 736-5500 l . yAUGUSTA, MITSUBISHI PR, e e | MITSUBISHII CIIOLS Bishop scores primary win in 2nd Cong. district Rep. Sanford Bishop, a black former state lawmaker serving his second term in Congress, beat two white male Democrats — former Bishop employee W.T. Gamble 111 and businessman Walter H. Lewis — in the 2nd District in rural southwest Geor gia. Bishop had 37,477 votes, or 59 percent; Gamble had 21,249 votes, or 33 percent,and Lewishad 4,789 votes, or 8 percent. “The voters seem to be saying they don’t want to change horses midstream,” Bishop said. “It’s not about where the lines are drawn. It'’s about the quality of service rendered.” The reshaped district is 35 per Multiracial category From page one living with someone of a differ ent raee, and their two million children. In percentage terms, of course, the numbers aré still small. A 1995 telephone test survey by the Federal Government found that Americans who identify themselves as “multiracial” ac count for only 1.6 percent of the popuiation. But interracial marriages doubled from 1960 to 1970 and tripled from 1970 to 1980, spurred in part by a Supreme Court decision that struck down state laws prohibiting mixed marriages. While the pace slowed during the 1980 s, by 1990 there were 1.5 million such marriages. Unions between blacks and whites are still relatively rare, accounting for only about one seventh of all interracial mar cent black. Bishop’s old district was 52 percent black. Two Repub licans also were running for Bishop’s seat. Both seats were redrawn by fed eral judges last year after being struck down asraciallygerryman dered. Thecourts alsohave thrown out minority.districts. in Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana and Florida. Inthe2nd District, Bishop dealt with the new landscape of his district by buying a home in the district’s hub in Albany, switch ing his vote to oppose a controver sial ban on assault-style weapons and redoubling his efforts to save the peanut program. riages, though a study released last week reported that the num ber of these marriages is acceler ating. Only six percent of Black men and two percent of Black women marry outside theirrace, compared to 12 percent of Asian men, 25 percent of Asian women, and 59 percent of American Indi an men and 60 percent of Amer ican Indian women. For whites, 1.6 percent of the men and 1.4 percent of the women marry non whites. : While a new Census category may not deter society from see ing a multiracial person as black or Asian, some children of mixed marriages are planning a dem onstration on July 20 in Wash ingtonin support ofthe addition. Styled on the Million Man March for black men last fall, the Multi racial Solidarity March, planners say, is to let participants “pub licly and proudly affirm' their multiraciality.” 1 BLOCK WEST OF REGENCY MALL, GORDON HIGHWAY