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Vol. 7, No. 43 • I SHIirWK! ■< ■ ■ KgjMft > '& . jagg ft/? to/ W J F*’ * T Mwg%> wf ’ 1 Efi K i aF -nJ ■ ■ i « ”"42S!!**. ~ ~Sh^ <z<& if 3k ■ ■-\ > v \ *• M"" 1 IhfclV ~jQr M-,J ; - • 4S<P j? HlN 4 ■ IHEWWjS K.T<rU> PHOTOGRAPHER IKE SUTTON enjoys a snuggle ■A ilh Los Angeles resident Minnie Riperton after being named winner of the Marion B. Campfield Youth Journalism Excellence Award for his inspiration to teenagers in America. Sutton, who is chief photographer for Johnson Publishing Company, has shot pictures of virtually every Black celebrity in the world of show business. 'His photographs provide a definitive visual history of Black people in the Arts and his contribution to the enlightenment of people throughout the world has been enormous,” said James V. Bailey, vice chairman of Afro-American Achievers, sponsor of the award. Ms. Riperton, no’ed for her multi-octave range, is spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. J fe Mik Bia f $$ Beauty of the 1 Week “Live each day to the , - fullest. Tomorrow is never for sure." is die advice of this 'week’s beauty, Gail Denise - Bush. - A graduate of Aiken High BIU vE Schook where she was MIO— Homecoming queen. Gail also graduated from the University . of South Carolina where she Bi earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and was the second Black Homecoming Jjtgw ; «-g. queen. , She is employed at the / |Aiken County Courthouse J *-' v \ < where she helps to rehabilitate « B Ki . ~Jg juvenile delinquents. w& ylMf ,f f ’ Photo by Mike Carr Gale Bush Augusta Nnus-Keupui P.O. Box 953. By Mallory K. Millender Dr. Ralph David Abernathy said this week he was offered $3,000 not to protest the NBC TV film “King.” He said that others sold out. Some people got money, Abernathy said in a telephone interview. “When large sums of money are promised some people sell out,” he said. “I believe contributions have been made to individuals and organizations. I believe money is behind this. 1 hope they find more comfort than Judas with his 30 pieces of silver.” Abernathy said neither he nor any of the executive staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was consulted during the making of the film. “SCLC was totally left out and had no involvement in the film,” he saic Violence nearly erupted when SCLC protested an advance copy of the script, (hot provided bv NBC) he said. “Hosea Williams” SCLC executive director, “me and Rev. C.T. Vivian, (former SCLC director of chapters and affiliates) asked the film’s writer and producer Abby Mann to make changes in the script. “Abby Mann wanted to attack Rev. Vivian with violence and had to be restrained.” At that point Abernathy said he was told by a person “high in the production of the film” “they are going to get you something to help with your campaign debt.” Abernathy was a candidate for the Fif fl ' Congressional District seat formerly held by Abernathy says Blacks sold out on ‘King’ film U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young. The man offered him 53.000 to sign a document forfeiting his right to protest or question the film. Abernathy said he passed the document to his lawyer. DIED IN HIS ARMS Abernathy said his detractors have said he is angry because he was largely left out of the film. Abernathy said he wants to see history recorded accurately and he plans to write a book on King himself. Recalling his unique role, Abernathy said, “I called the meeting that started the (Montgomery) boycott. I am the only one who has attended every meeting, who has not missed a meeting or a march or d a demonstration or conference of significance since then. Every time Dr. King went to jail I went with him. “If you had your house bombed, your church dynamited, if you were his closest friend and most trusted adviser and had to watch him die in your arms and they (NBC) left you out, you would be damned mad, too.” SCLC OFFICIALS LEFT OUT Other top SCLC officials were also left out of the film. “Where was Wyatt T. Walker? Where was Jesse Jackson? i Where was Hosea Williams? ; They don’t anpear in the film at all,” Abernathy said. He said the film portrayed Dr. King as weak and indecisive having to rely on a Black and a white man from New York (Bayard Rustin and Stanley Black youths have no hope except to rob, rape and steal By J. Philip Waring ATLANTA-State Rep. Bobby Hill said Thursday that Black Georgia young people are basically without hope. “They cannot win. They have no hope except to rob, rape and steal,” he said. Hill made the comments during his “The State of the State of Black Georgians” address delivered Thursday before the State General Assembly at the dedication of a statue honoring 33 Black Georgia legislator’s in Atlanta. He said Black adults cannot work or help their loved ones. “Because of unfair rules, we cannot compete with our white counterparts,” he said. Black Georgians have made progress in politics, Hill said, noting that there are more Blacks in the Georgia legislature than in any other state. Georgia ranks third in Blacks who hold county and state offices. But, he cautioned, “in power, we are bad off.” Hill said Georgia has over 30 state institutions of higher learning. Blacks control only three of these. In the professional class, Hill said Blacks have fewer doctors and lawyers than we had 10 years ago based on population percentage. When it comes to crime “we are the first to be attacked and the last to be reimbursed,” he said. “The news media apparently thinks that Blacks are concerned with the race problem since they only report our racial disputes. We are concerned with the total living experience. We are ignored when we positively pursue other concerns.” February 23,1978 lik ■ MM. ... r - MV' Dr. Ralph D. Abernathy Levenson) for direction, and having flirted with violence as a defensive tool. “To my knowledge, Dr. King never owned a gun. He was totally committed to nonviolence. He was the most peaceful warrior of the 20the century.” Abernathy said he was equally disturbed at the portrayal of the Rev. A.D. King, the civil rights leader’s Hill called the state merit system a “joke, a farce, and a vehicle to protect the friends of those in power.” In the area of housing, Hill said we have seen few instances where the housing industry leans affirmatively toward insurance that Blacks would build and live in a better home. But Black Georgians are on the move, he said warning that “We will not be satisfied until we have at least 30 per cent of everything which exists in this state.” “In years to come white Georgia’s power brokers can expect more not less affirmative activity from Blacks in Georgia.” He called for a wholesale effort to place more Black faces throughout the courthouses of this state from judges to jurors, and fewer janitors. “In the executive branch of government which employs some 45,000 people, Blacks are for the most part locked out. And where a few Blacks have slipped in, they are frozen into the lowest paid, and most irresponsible jobs. Some moves are afoot to end this.” He commended Gov. George Busbee for taking a bold step, to correct this. Hill said when he sits in the legislature with the other 22 Blacks there is “an uncomfortable feeling” in each of us. “We still see our proposals looked upon by our white colleagues with great suspicion. Black legislators are still unable to explain to Black voters why the legislature refuses year after year to honor Georgia’s only Nobel Peace Less Than 75% Advertising brother. “A. D.’s portrayal was very, very poor. I feel for this widow and children. He was not that kind of person. “It is most tragic that Black people would let anyone other than a Black person who knows that Black experience write the history of the greatest movement in the country since the Revolution,” he said. Prize winner Dr. Martin Luther King with a holiday. Hill condemned Blacks as Julian Bond lashes ‘reverse discrimination’ State Sen. Julian Bond said in Augusta Friday night that there is no such thing as “reverse discrimination.” This country has had a 200 year quota system, he said, “reverse everything for the male and the pale.” The 200-year racial quota, he said, guarantees that the white male will hold a monopoly on good jobs and the good life that country has to offer. He spoke at the Augusta College where the Black Student Union climaxed its Black History Week. Bond said that affirmative action programs represent a “reversal of discrimination” aimed at social equality. In spite of the progress of Black people, Bond said the condition of Blacks remains unchanged. “By every statistic our relative condition has gotten worse,” he said. “It’s like climbing a molasses mountain in snow shoes” while everyone else passes by on a ski lift. “The large American underclass waits for its own Declaration of Independence,” he said. Bond said that what began as the civil rights movement has become a political movement. And now the battle lines must shift to winning the King film cruel (Official SCLC statement) We find the film “KING” inaccurate to the point of cruelty and painfully disappointing in its utter failure to show the inner strength and power so characteristic of Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was a man of powerful faith and persistent hope. His personality was radiant and that radiance was reflected in the firmness of his committment to the struggle. The Dr. King we knew and worked with was not so crippled with inner turmoil, doubt and confusion (as depicted in the film) that he was rendered weak, easily and constantly depressed, and almost totally dependent on others for strength. He was, in real life, resolutely devoted to non-violence and thoroughly convinced of the rightness and ultimate triumph of the cause. Further, we deplore the deliberate, distortion of facts, which are dramatic in reality. We especially condemn the cruel treatment of many courageous Blacks whose contributions and sacrifices deserve respect rather than ridicule. Some were totally ignored, while others were made to appear void of dignity. We consider this cruel to them and their families. We, therefore, consider this film on the whole a negative force in the interpretation of Black history. The integrity of our history must be preserved. We will immediately call for a national Martin Luther King Jr. summit. From this summit, which will include all of the major personalities that surrounded and worked with Dr. King, we will develop two major task forces. One to concentrate on reviving an authentic, nonviolent movement throughout this country and another that will give priority to developing the necessary financial resources and the best technical resources available to produce a documentary that portrays the true life and works of Martin Luther King Jr. and his movement. I have conferred with our Board chairman, Congressman Walter Fauntroy, Dr. Ralph David Abernathy and our historian, Dr. Lawrence Reddick of Harvard University. I shall meet with technicians and others on the West Coast within the next few days to set this process in motion. often “our own worst enemies,” He said Blacks are often too playful about serious / > ' ' wMB > * ~ S| *. SB|?< ® *-^ > ~ » a & F ' LJi .J I J | I f 4 ' 5 ' ... „ . Photo by Mike Carr Julian Bond education, 4) Free and adequate health care, and 5) Effective control of monopolies. business, have not registered to vote, and have not made wholesome friendships. economic battle. He said our goals should be: 1) Redistribution of income, 2) Negative income tax, 3) Life 25 e