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£‘trtttota Nme-Hewm I NATIONAL BLACK NEWS SAAVICE w MEMBER Vol. 4 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. ■5 £ ' S r I■ II Bl 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 at i f S J*-/*/- v 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. April 11, 1974 No. 4 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 >.v. 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. © I this I I Issue J WANTED NEWS BOYS Good Pty CALL News— Review Office 722-4555 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.