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Vol. 4
Stokeley Carmichael Raps On
Violence, Dr. King, Panthers
Several hundred Black Augustans turned out to hear
Stokeley Carmichael call for Black unity and urged
support for the All African Youth Party which he is
helping to organize here. In recent years Carmichael has
been spending much of his time in Africa. The countries
of Guinea and Uganda have issued him diplomat
passports.
But the honorary prime minister of the Black Panther
Party has been quiet in recent years. Some have
suggested that he abandoned the Movement.
Carmichael granted the NEWS-REVIEW an exclusive
interview on Tuesday in which we questioned his
apparent inactivity, his views on violence to achieve his
goals, and his differences with the philosophy of Dr.
King.
NEWS-REVIEW: What
happened to cause you to split
with the Panthers. What’s
happened to our militant
leaders? The Panther party
now seems to be defunct. Once
in a while you hear a little bit
about Huey Newton or
Eldridge Cleaver, but until
recently we hadn't heard from
you. Some have suggested that
since you married Miriam
Makeba, you have become
comfortable in your capitalistic
wealth. Where have you been?
What have you been doing?
What happened to the party?
CARMICHAEL: You asked
a whole lot there.
In the first place the
Panthers and I had ideological
problems. The ideological
problem was simply a question
of nationalism. That’s all. In
Augusta Leaders Praise
Black Achievement Series
PHIL WARING
WALLACE WILL HEAD ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mr. Wallace, who heads his own real estate firm, will head the
“Augusta Area Black Historic Achievement Committee” which
will coordinate the writing of “Blacks Who Helped Build
Augusta” (BWHBA) which was initiated and started by Philip
Waring, News-Review columnist. Mr. Wallace will head the panel
on business.
SUPPORT FROM BROAD CROSS SECTION
Educator Dr. I.E. Washington, who is also principal of Lucy
Laney High School, called the series a solid medium to inform all
people, including many whites, about the accomplishments of
Augustans of color.
The Rev. E.T. Martin, pastor of historic 170-year-old
Springfield Baptsit Church, said he was delighted that it would
highlight contributions and leadership of the various ministers as
well as the services and programs of the many great Augusta
Churches. A Historic Panel under the leadership of Mrs. Nellie
Waring has already completed their draft on Springfield Church.
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I NATIONAL BLACK NEWS SLAVICS
MEMBER
any revolutionary struggle,
nationalism is a prerequisite.
The only nationalism for the
Black man is African
nationalism. If you talk about
nationalism you must have a
nation. You can have people
but if you aint got land you
aint got a nation. The so-called
state of Israel is a clear
example. The Jewish people all
over the world call themselves
Jews but couldn't relate as a
nation until they had Israel.
You must have land. If we
understand that, in order to
win the struggle, the struggle,
must be just, again you must
have land. Africa is the only
land of the Black man. And the
only nationalism is African
nationalism, which finds its
highest political expression in
pan-Africanism -- the total
By J. Philip Waring
The “Blacks Who Helped Build
Augusta” series has already elicited
warm support from community
leaders, stated Mallory Millender
publisher of the Augusta News-Review
newspaper.
Business executive L.B. Wallace, a
founder of the CSRA Business League
and a member of the Richmond
County Hospital Authority, praised
the series as a “Once-in-a-life-time’
event which should build pride in past
accomplishments.
PRAISE FOR ASSN. FOR
■ STUDY OF AFRO-AMERI
- CAN LIFE AND HISTORY.
\C The American nation has
I been decidely helped since
■ the organization in 1915 by
I Dr. Carter G. Woodson of the
■ Association for the Study of
■ Negro Life & History (since
I re-named “Afro-American”)
■ History books have largely
■ left out the achievements of
I Blacks. Dr. Woodson’s group,
■ however, has played a major
Iroie in filling this gap. This
■ association also served as a
I motivator for Philip Waring
I to initiate the local BWHBA
■ series.
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unification of the continent.
The Panthers didn’t believe
that nationalism was
important.
I think the Panthers are
doing well; we have to examine
the objective conditions of the
times. In 1966, 67, up to 1968,
times of mass rebellions in the
country, the police
departments were unprepared
for spontaneous rebellions on
the part of the Black
community. The entire
political structure of America
was unprepared. One of the
reasons being they believed
their own propaganda. They
believed that Black people
were happy and contented.
Because they believed this
propaganda that they
themselves had put out, they
weren’t prepared for the
discontentment to take the
form of armed rebellion. But
after 1968, the police
departments became quite
capable of dealing with armed
rebellion. Not only did they
become capable militarily they
became capable politically.
They had to take a reaction to
put them down. After being
politically justified by the
majority of whites, then they
could use their military force.
And any Black man who was
serious realized that once the
enemy has a greater force than
you, the best thing to do is
disband and go pass the honey
with the mass of the people. If
THE 200
BIRTHDAY OF THE
AMERICAN REPUBLIC.
Still another objective of
the series is to highlight
contributions made by Black
Americans despite obstacles
placed in their path.
1976 brings into fore the
observance throughout the
land programs and
celebrations of various kinds.
This series to be written by
Black Augustans surely will
be closely related to these
efforts.
Publishers Association (NNPA). It is the hope of the Augusta
News-Review that other papers nationally will also enter
programs to highlight local Black history in time for the
Bicentennial.
Augusta, since the Civil
War times and the Colored
American, 1865-66 which is
said to be the first Black
paper of its kind in the
South, has produced Negro
newspapers up to and
including the current decade
of the seventies.
The Rev. MJ. Whitaker,
founder and publisher of the
former Augusta
Weekly-Review, will head the
panel on Black newspapers in
Augusta. Mr. Millender will
be co-chairman.
Deadline
Mondays,
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you don’t do that you are
going to get wasted. So those
who were intelligent just did
that very quickly. They
disbanded and just went
around the people. But they
kept organizing.
But the form has changed.
You can no longer use
television. Using television at
that point becomes a death
trap. Because you keep saying
militant things. And every day
they put you on television and
you have to say something
more militant. And once
you’re more militant, more
militant, more militant, and
after you’re more militant,
after while you have to do
something, otherwise you lose
your credibility with the
people you’re trying to be
militant for. And then you’re
driven into acts of stupidity.
NEWS-REVIEW: What is
Stokeley Carmichael doing in
Augusta?
CARMICHAEL: Meeting
with Black people, looking
over the beginning formations
of our ( .{All African Youth
Party) party,trying to raise the
contradictions a little bit more.
NEWS-REVIEW: Exactly
what do you mean by raising
the contradictions?
CARMICHAEL: Well,
change only comes through
conflict. That conflict can be
brought about when conflicts
are heightened. For example, if
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A SALUTE TO THE BLACK PRESS &
NNPA
As the BWHBA series marks a first
“Do-It-Ourselves” historic project dealing
with Black history in Augusta, the series
in turn salutes the long-time leadership of
the Black Press and its own professional
organization. The National Newspaper
John B. Rutswurm
Founder of first bleck
paper in U.S. Freedom's
Journal, 1827
See BWHBA
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Augusta, Georgia
you say that Black people can’t
come into a white restaurant,
and you underline that with all
sorts of historical and
psychological reasons which
are totally untrue, but you do
underline them in order to
raise the contradictions, first
Black people have to get rid of
the psychological and historical
lies that have been told, so
tey can redirect and define
themselves. Once that level has
been reached, now you push
them to enter into the store.
By entering the store there will
be conflict, but this conflict
will be heightened and bring a
sharper awareness on the
masses of Black people who at
that point may not be
participating in the
demonstrations themselves, but
as the conflict is heightened
and they, seeking a just
resolution, will automatically
be included into the struggle.
NEWS-REVIEW: This is one
of Dr. King’s techniques.
CARMICHAEL: Proper. He
used it proper. One of his
greatest assets was that he
taught us properly how to
confront" and raise
contradictions, and did it
PROPER. He was so effective
that even those who violently
disagreed with him had to
agree to the correctness of his
approach.
NEWS-REVIEW: A lot of
people portray you and Dr.
King as being on opposite ends
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News-Review Staff Photo by Roscoe Williams
Mrs. Callie Flanigan, project director, pins “Senior Citizens Tree of Life’ on Mr.
Jeff Gardiner, 89, as Mayor Lewis A. Newman looks on.
Senior Citizens Day
At Bethlehem Center
Senior Citizens Day was
observed at Bethlehem Center
on Friday, May 31, 1974. The
noon program featured
welcome addresses by ’A Tim
Maund, Executive Director of
CSRA Planning and
Development Commission,
Mayor Lewis A. Newman,
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of the spectrum. How do you
see that?
CARMICHAEL: That’s not
true at all. Os course, the
Chinese have a very beautiful
statement, they say “No
participation, no right to
Joseph Jackson. Project
Director of the Senior Service
Aides Project; and a keynote
address by Rev. C.S. Hamilton,
Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist
Church.
Since January 2, 1974
Bethlehem Center has operated
a Comprehensive Nutritional
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observation.” If we understand
that, it would probably smash
all the writings in American
history, particularly on the
Black man. Because all of it is
written by non-participants in
the struggle.
Program for sixty senior
citizens five days a week from
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This
program along with four other
similar programs in Augusta,
Twin City, Lincolnton and
Boggs Academy is sponsored
by the CSRA Planning and
Development Commission.
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Nathan Williams
Dies see page 5
Senator T almadge
Speaks to Caucus
see page 1
Most of the people who
write about Dr. King and I
never even saw us together in
meetings. All they saw was
what was projected by the
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HERMAN TALMADGE
Georgia Senator Herman E.
Talmadge will deliver the
Commencement Address for
Augusta College 3 p.m. June
9th at Bell Auditorium.
At 7p.m. he will address the
Augusta Caucus in the Gilbert
Lambuth Chapel at Paine
College.
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