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Blacks Protest School Closing For
Masters, And Not For Dr. King
The Concerned Mothers
Club and the Augusta Chapter
of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference are
protesting the closing of
Richmond County Schools
during the Masters golf
tournament.
The organizations said the
Masters is segregated as to
meaningful participation by
Blacks in the commercial
aspects, and as to playing in
the tournament. “We think
Man, Woman Murdered On 9th Street
A man and a woman were
shot to death in separate
incidents on Ninth Street last
weekend.
Robert Borum of 2511 Mt.
Auburn Ave. was shot and
killed Saturday night outside
SCLC/King Center Announced
Hosea Williams, president of
the Atlanta chapter ofSCLC
announced last week the
opening of the Martin Luther
King, Jr.’/SCLC Action Center.
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Members of the Tubman Junior High School Future Homemakers of America celebrated National FHA Week
March 31-April 6. This year’s theme was “Impact ‘74”. photo by Frank Bowman
MINORITIES AND HEART DISEASE:
Nation’s Number One Killer
An Disease Undiscriminating
(One of a series of articles on minority populations and heart
diseases, provided by the Georgia Heart Association).
Minority populations in the United States face many barriers --
language, economic and sociological - in their struggle to join the
American mainstream. But slowly, many of these barriers are being
removed.
Better housing, better jobs, improved health care and a growing
awareness of the dignity of man are making inroads on
discriminatory attitudes which, for too many years, have kept
American minorities low on the economic and social ladder.
There remains one element of discrimination time and progress
have not changed: heart disease, the nation s Number One Killer. It
strikes the rich and poor of all races, religions and ethnic groups.
More than 27 million Americans have some form of heart or blood
vessel disease. This year alone, more than a million will die of one or
a combination of these diseases.
Statistics paint a grim picture of an epidemic rampant in
your action lends support and
comfort to one of the last
badges of slavery ...” The
Masters has never had a Black
golfer although all of the
caddies are Black.
The groups expressed their
concerns in a letter to all
members of the Richmond
County Board of Education
from Attorney Prentiss Davis.
Noting that tests showed
Richmond County schools are
below the national average, the
the Amvets Club on Walton
Way. Police found Borum lying
about 250 ft. west of-9th St.
between Talcott and Walton
Way.
Witnesses said Borum got
into a disagreement with two
The center will be housed in
the old West Hunter Street
Baptist Church, pastored by
Dr. Ralph David Abernathy.
Williams said in making the
P.O. Box 953
letter states that the school
board refused to close schools
to commenorate the death of
Martin Luther King, Jr., or to
permit the Lucy Laney band to
participate in the Mardi Gras.
“We think recreation is
improtant but we do not
believe it takes priority over
the education of children . .
Your priorities are misguided
and in want of reexamination.”
The letter demanded a
“definitive explanation” as to
men, and one of them slapped
him.
Later, Borum found the car
in which the men were riding
parked at the Amvets Club
parking lot, and waited for the
men to come out.
announcement, “We will open
Atlanta’s first city-wide soup
line, designed not only to feed
the hungry, but to assure the
poor they do not have to rob
America. But there are these underlying factors to consider:
* While science doesn't know, in most cases, what causes high
blood pressure, it is known that Black Americans suffer from this
disease doctors call hypertension at a rate twice that of white
Americans. When Blacks develop high blood pressure, they usually
do so at an earlier age and it is often more deadly and more severe. It
can result in stroke (particularly high among Blacks) and heart and
kidney failure. And it is a major risk factor in heart attack. There are
an estimated 800,000 hypertensives in Georgia and most of them
don’t know they have the disease, thereby daily increasing their risk
of a tragic end from heart attack, stroke and kidney failure.
• Nutrition plays a major role in the health of all Americans. But
the diets of minority Americans -- Blacks, the Spanish-speaking and
the poor -- are, because of ethnic tastes and low economic status,
confined largely to foods high in saturated fats, cholesterol and salt.
These foods in the diet can lead to hardening of the arteries
(atherosclerosis), a major cause of heart attack and stroke. Yet,
THE PEOPLE’S PAPER
why schools are closed for the
Masters. It further demanded
to know ways of making
meaningful input in decisions
for giving days off to school
personnel of Augusta when
“discretion is involved.”
“Steps will be taken to insure
the schools remain open next
year, and at this time, I would
not rule out the possibility of
enjoining the school board.
“I think the time has come,
Davis concluded, to insist upon
When the men did come out,
one of them spotted Borum
and fired two or three shots.
One of the small caliber bullets
hit Borum 116 inches below the
collar bone. Borum ran
northwest toward Talcott
and steal in order to eat.”
Dr. King defined this kind of
action as “DEATH ON
CRIME”, Williams said.
The center will also feature a
Augusta, Georgia
quality education for our
children, and to stop this
foolishness of the closing of
schools for commercial events
in the name of a spring holiday
or Easter vacation, which
mysteriously coincide, at least
this year, with Good Friday,
Easter, and Easter Monday.
The school children of Augusta
and Richmond County need to
be in school, period. It’s as
simple as that.”
Biondell Conley, president
Street and collapsed.
The victim’s wife, Annette,
witnessed the killing along with
Albert Spencer and Juanita
Moody.
Leroy Davis, 32, of 836 9th
St. shot and killed his wife
poor people’s dothing center, a
prison reform committee, and
an eviction auxiliary to be
responsible for protecting and
storing the furniture and
League Says Black Hopes
Ride On Senate Reversal
Os Anti-Busing Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C.-A
spokesman for the National
Urban League said that it is
“gravely concerned about the
anti-busing provisions” which
the House passed in amending
the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (ESEA) of 1965
last week.
Ronald H. Brown, director
of the League’s Washington
Bureau said the House action
“represents (, yet another
attempt to halt the progress of
minority and poor pupils in
their efforts to obtain a quality
education.” He added that the
amendments run counter to
the equal protection clause of
the U.S. Constitution.
Noting that the Senate has
turned back regressive House
busing bills in the past, Brown
said that “once again the hopes
of Black people in this country
must ride on the action of the
Senate.” He said the Senate
must act forthrightly in
demanding the elimination of
the anti-busing provisions. “To
Ido otherwise.” he said, “would
be to capitulate to the forces
nutritional counseling is still not available to a large segment of this
k population
F • Language barriers still prevent many who read, write, or speak
little or no English from obtaining available health services. And
frequently, precious time is lost in hospital admitting rooms when
language differences prevent quick and accurate communicationa.
* A lack of adequate transportation for those not living near
health centers frequently prevents many from benefiting fully from
these services.
Heart Associations throughout the country, now m the midst ot
annual fund drives, are working to overcome these barriers.
By earmarking a major portion of funds collected each year to
research the American Heart Association and its affiliates are trying
to solve the mysteries of high blood pressure and other heart snd
blood vessel diseases. The Georgia Heart Association devotes an
average of 25 cents of every dollar collected to local research. And
57 percent of all money shared with AHA finances on-going
research programs.
Today, nearly 1,400 scientists, including many from minority
groups and others working with minority communities, are engaged
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Demonstrators protested outside Board of Education offices. Photo by Frank Bowman
of the Concerned Mothers Club
and vice president of the
Rosa Lee Bell, 37, in their
home on 9th St. about 5:30
p.m. Sunday.
The woman was shot once in
the chest with a .22 caliber
pistol. Davis was arrested at the
scene.
finding new housing for those
families evicted for not being
able to pay the high rent that is
now required of the poor.
of conservatism and to
contravene the 1954 U.S.
Supreme Court ruling on
school integration.
Saying that the House has
taken a second trip down the
“primrose path” it first took in
August 1972, the Bureau
Director recaUed that the
Senate reversed that initial
effort with an historic
filibuster.
Brown called the recent
House action “an unmasked
throwback to the separate but
equal, dual-school systems
which were ruled
unconstitutional nearly 20
years ago. He said it could only
serve to fan the smothering
flames of divisiveness which all
but wrecked our national unity
two years ago.
Calling the ESEA a law with
crucial implications for pupils
of all races and creeds, the
Urban League spokesman said
that sincere national leaders
ought not thwart the
educational process by
burdening it with political
proposals of questionable
legality.
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Augusta Chapter of SCLC,
said, “We feel if they could let
our kids out all this time for
the Masters, why not one day
(Jan. 15th) for Dr. King. We’re
going to stay out here until we
get this day a legal holiday.”
She said the demonstrations
would continue until the
demand is met. “When we
leave here we’re going to the
EDITORIAL I
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King Henry
We wish to congratulate Henry Aaron for breaking
the most revered record in all of sports.
There is something special about the way Aaron
achieved his record. For the most part, he did it in
silence. For years, he was, like Roberto Clemente, a
tremendous all-around ballplayer that sports writers and
commentators just always managed to overlook Sure,
they’d admit that he was a good hitter. But compare
him with Babe Ruth, never!
Aaron, being the quiet, humble person he is, never
protested. He just kept on living, and hitting home runs.
When he started getting older most people expected
Aaron to fade into oblivion like most good ballplayers.
But as Aaron got older, he got better!
Few athletes can play professionally when they are
40. But at 40, Aaron seemingly can hit home runs
whenever he wants to. With the pressure now off of hitrn,
he conceivably could challenge Ruth’s single season
record. This for a 40-year-old is incredible.
Now that Aaron has eclisped Ruth’s 714 home runs,
he will stand at the pinnacle of sports history, for all to
admire, for all time.
And perhaps most important to him, his father and
mother, sisters and brothers, wife and children were able
to witness the crowning of King Henry!
in AHA-supported projects running into the millions of dollars.
Through screening programs. Heart Associations are finding
hidden hypertensives. Follow-up efforts are made to get and keep
them under treatment. For while there is as yet no cure for high
blood pressure, it can easily be detected and can be controlled
through drug and diet therapy.
Literature published by the American Heart Association, and
distributed by the Georgia Heart Association and other affiliates, is
making the public more aware of the foods they should - and
should not - eat to assure healthier hearts. Hospitals and clinics,
particularly in poverty areas, are offering nutritional counseling
with the aid of AHA literature and even technical assistance from
Heart Associations.
In one western city, a unique approach is taken by a hospital in a
Black community. Members of the nutritional staff routinely
purchase soul foods from local restaurants, evaluate their saturated
fat, cholesterol and salt content, and then tell the chefs how to
prepare the same dishes in ways which will not sacrifice taste, but
will minimize the harmful ingredients in their recipes.
Bi-linqual staffs in a number of Heart Associations from coast to
coast serve as interpreters when patients seek health services at
nearby clinics and hospitals, and translate AHA and locally
prepared literature into the languages of the foreign born. A
particular effort is made to serve the Spanish-speaking populations
in such cities as San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York.
Georgia Heart patients who are unable to pay tor medical care are
eligible for treatment in the Georgia Heart Clinic System at no cost.
But there is one factor which affects the heart health of all
Americas, regardless of ethnic or economic background: heredity.
It has been said a man is what his genes makes him. If one wants to
know whether he or his children are candidates for heart disease,
the family history provides a clue. The AHA advises:
“If heart attack or stroke or some other form of heart disease was
common among your parents, and grandparents, brothers and
sisters, uncles and aunts, there's a good chance you and your
children have inherited a tendency toward that disease."
NEXT: How Heart Associations deal with minorities.
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Chamber of Commerce. We are
going to leave there and we’re
going to the Masters.”
School Superintendent
Harvey Duncan was in a
conference when the
News-Review called, but his
secretary said the
demonstrators had not
presented any demands. “They
just walked around,” she said.