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I. 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. *■ • A■„ 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. P.O. Box 953 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, Please THEPEOPLE’S PAPER 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 N \ 1 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 Page 3 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 U 1 JIH 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, ' i *** I ■. J --•ife ■■■ v* s & *' ‘ ■’ licF-X f »■••• V*! - v JafeX -Ma 3MM I K 1 fi * ’ Bi rhhß i IHKBS J * Psaa R * -JNwi re ’ W I ■r • STOKELEY CARMICHAFI News-Review Staff Photo by Frank Bowman 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 O June 6, 1974 No. 12 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. lln I I this I I Issue | 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 See CARMICHAEL Page 6 Talmadge Speaks At AC, PC r W RgEr Z| Ji 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. I Attention 1 (To have the! ■News-Review} ■delivered to} | your door 1 I Call I I 722-4555 |