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The Augusta News Review (USPS 887 820) - August 18, 1979 -
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Mack 11. Jones
Committee to Save SCLC
Dr. Mack Jones is chairman of the
Department of Political Science. Atlanta
University.
The decision of the Board of
Directors of SCLC to fire Reverend
Hosea Williams and Tyronne
Brooks indicates that the
organization has accepted the false
argument that the need for mass
black protest has passed and that
black equality can be achieved by
working through the established
political system.
However, it is clear that the
Campaign, 1979
We were deeply relieved by the
tale in the House of a proposed
amendment to the Constitution to
ban busing lor purposes of school
desegregation. Though it needed to
win a two thirds vole, the proposal
did not, finally, summon even a
simply majority . But there was also
something else to be gratified
about, in some views expressed on
the House floor by Representative
John Anderson of Illinois:
“I listened with care to tlie
author of this amendment a lew
minutes ago when he referred to
those decisions of the U.S. Supreme
Court that he does not approve of
as “judicial terrorism.” That, 1
submit, is just a very mild example
of what we are going to be hearing
as the debate rages throughout this
country if we submit this
proposition to 38 state legislatures
for approval. We are going to divide
this country at (the) very time
when the President is appealing for
national unity, and when we
desperatelv need it. 1 take issue
again with (the author) when he
suggests that we consider this along
Paine UNCF drive largest ever
Dear Editor;
You know that the 1979 Paine College
United Negro College Fund exceeded its
goal of $44,000. You also know the
benefits that will accrue to the students
of Paine College and the other forty
institutions which are members of the
United Negro College Fund.
You may not know that the money
raised is the largest amount contributed
in any annual campaign in the history of
Paine College. Some special campaigns
have raised more, but Paine College is
especially proud of achieving significant,
sustained growth in its annual
fund-raising program.
The Paine College family wants you to
Appreciate coverage
of retirement ceremony
Dear Editor;
I cannot let this moment pass without
writing to express as best words can, my
sincere appreciation to Miss Pat
Fitzgerald, director of Richmond County
Department of Family and Children
Services, and her staff for arranging my
never-to-be-forgotten “Retirement Tea;”
to my friends who shared the occasion
with me; and to you for the excellent
coverage.
1 am especially thankful to Mr. Rob
Green, Augusta News-Review reporter,
Hosea, Brooks
deserve support
(From New York Times)
Letter to the Editor
oppressive conditions under which
black Americans lie, are created and
maintained bv that very system
itself and that therefore these
conditions cannot be changed bv
opposition within the system. Such
opposition may product* gains for
the black middle class, but it does
little or nothing to change the life
chances of black rank and f ile.
Hosea Williams and Tyronne
Brooks understand this. Thev
deserve the support of all of us who
are committed to establishing a just
and classless society .
with inflation and energy as the
critical, crucial issues that have got
to be solved in this session of
Congress. I can agree with him on
the first two, but certainly I think
this is the wrong time; this is the
wrong place, this is the wrong way
in which to tamper with the
Constitution of the United States.”
These words are not unusual
because they show bipartisanship
regarding civil rights - though they
surely do show that. Mr. Anderson
is a Midwestern Republican and,
with other Midwestern Republicans
like the late Senator Dirksen, was
instrumental in the enactment of
the major civil rights laws of the
1960’5.
What strikes us about Mr.
Anderson’s words is his willingness
to rise above partisanship on an
incendiary issue. He is, it will be
remembered, a declared candidate
for the Republican Presidential
nomination. The 1980 campaign is
not likely to stay so civil for long;
all the more reason to savor
decency while it lasts.
share in the joy derived from a successful
campaign. It was your support, counsel,
and hard work that achieved the results
of which we are proud. The goal could
not have been reached without your
assiduous efforts. You, too, are justified
in finding joy in work well done.
Therefore, on behalf of the students,
faculty, staff and trustees of Paine
College and the other institutions of
higher learning which are members of the
United Negro College Fund, thank you
sincerely for a successful campaign.
Julius S. Scott Jr.
President, Paine College
1235 15th Street
for his preparation and his sensitive
reporting of our convention.
My gratitude also is extended to my
professional colleague, Phil Waring, for
taking note of the event with a flair that
is uniquely satisfying and challenging.
You and others who participated have
made my initial step into “retirement” a
joyous occasion, and for this I thank you.
Magnolia W. Donahue
439 Aumond Road
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Iffiq BLACX RESOURCES |KtC .
BIG WHEEL
I
Augustans may again help push the
name and achievements of the sainted Dr.
Lucy C. Laney forward into the national
historic spotlight. This may be done
through the current “Contribution of
Black Women to America, 1776-1977”
project.
SEARCH I OR BLACK WOMEN
This project is now in progress across
America, including the state of Georgia.
Funded by a $194,000 grant as part of
the Women’s Educational Equity Act
Program of HEW, this research project
covers the contributions of black women
in ten research areas. They are: the
sciences, education, medicine and
health-related fields, the arts, media, civil
rights, politics and government, business
and commerce, law and sports. (It does
not include the social sciences, the library
profession or religion.)
When completed, ten booklets, each
covering one of the research areas will be
published. This will be a “first” project of
its kind to give recognition to black
American women. It is under the
direction of outstanding educator Dr.
Marianna W. Davis of Benedict College.
STIF F CRITERIA OUTLINED
Research professionals have designed
stiff eligibility criteria. (1) Much of its
scope is rightly designed to highlight
achievements of those working prior to
1900, (2) Other overall facets calls for the
woman to have been recognized or
honored in her field on the state, regional
or international basis, (3) Let’s look at
the field of education and its
requirements; (a) Presidency or vice
presidency of a college or university, (b)
One who has held a major office in a
national professional organization
containing more than 1,000 members, (c)
One who has received national
recognition from a professional
organization with more than 1,000
members and also to have written and
had published or articles in a professional
journal, and (d) One who founded an
institution of formal learning prior to
1900.
LANEY’S NOMINATION FORWARDED
The latter criteria of prior to 1900
enables us to send forward the name of
our own Dr. Lucy Craft Laney. And of
course, this nomination, which has
already gone forward, was accompanied
with loads of backup materials. We feel
sure that Dr. Laney will be included in
this national research project. Her
nomination was name by the Blacks Who
Helped Build Augusta Historical
Committee. Many members of the Haines
Alumni gave invaluable aid.
INDIVIDUAL ENDORSEMENTS
As the deadline is upon us. I have
joined hands with Mrs. Rebecca Gray
Zealy, president, Haines Alumni, in
requesting members and friends here and
around the nation to: (1) Send an
individual letter to Dr. Jane Browning,
Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia 30314
(she’s director of the Georgia sector of
this national project), (2) Your letter
should indicate you endorse or approve
Going places
Push Dr. Laney
Bv Phil Waring
the application already sent her, and (3)
in one paragraph or more give your own
supporting statement about Dr. Laney's
achievement, leadership and service. Send
those endorsements letters immediately.
Again many thanks to those who helped
with the initial nomination.
QUEST FOR OTHER NOMINEES
Now there’s still another facet. We
would like to get information about other
Augusta women who would fit into any
of the aforementioned categories. A copy
of the criteria may be found at our
Wallace Branch Library. Black women
have played an outstanding role in the
building of Augusta since its founding.
Let’s not overlook any of this national
historic-research project. May I hear from
you real soon?
CARRIE MAYS AND DR. WASHINGTON
We are happy to note, however, that in
the section on “Politics and
Government,” despite its stiff eligibility,
it has one proviso for a black women who
was first to be elected by the public to say
local governmental office. This naturally
brines in Councilwoman Carrie Mavs, our
first woman city council member.
The other candidate whom we are
sending to Atlanta, Paine College Justine
Washington. She’s the first woman of
color to be elected to a school board
here.
PROMOTION FOR PAI BROWN
Many friends present at a recent St.
Mary’s Episcopal church picnic offered
warm congratulations to Ms. Patricia Anne
Brown on promotion as coordinator of the
Sociology Department at Paine College. A
graduate of Colby College and Atlanta
University, Ms. Brown is a wise and
talented young lady who made contacts
in the overall community which her
institution serves. Many predict a major
enrichment of this department which
could do much to aid the Augusta
community. (Recently at the Paine
commencement some of us told timers -
Turk Johnson, Ike Washinton, Hubert
Wilson- and Ox Brown - talked about the
training and ispiration given us years ago
by Sociology Professor Fred Lynn Sealy.
Yes, the social sciences are most
important to student body and
community alike in this era of American
change?
SUPPORT THE MINI-THEATRE
May I urge all “Going Places” readers
to support the forthcoming August
programs of our Mini-Theatre. This is a
valuable and needed cultural instituton.
Let’s get behind Tyrone Butler, his staff
and advisory board.
BRAVO TO REV. IRVIN
Our salute to the Rev. Nathaniel Irvin,
pastor of Greater Mt. Canaan Baptist
Church, who is really “leading the field”
in the current church-News-Review
circulation campaign. Many new friends
and subscribers have come into the fold
with this new campaign. Let’s give it full'
backing
forward!
|BLj| Tanzania and
Uganda bashed
The recent history of Uganda makes
one wonder if Idi Amin was as bad as the
white world painted him. All of the black
nations tried to get Julius Nyerere to halt
his straggling advances, short of complete
victory over “Boy Daddy.” That says
something as to whether the African
nations were buying all of the badmouth
that the white nations and the global
white news media were laying on brother
Amin.
OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT BLACKS
This writer always was a bit ambivalent
regarding the crocodile tears whites were
shedding over the blacks Amin had
injured. First, whites are not that
concerned about black people’s
well-being. If they were, what about the
way white South Africans mowed down
black school youths in Soweto; and the
inhuman way blacks are still being treated
in South Africa? Julius Nyerere of
Tanzania went all out in destroying
Amin, and in so doing put his own
country in bankruptcy. Now. the white
western powers are reneging on picking
up tire tabs. That funny-paper
Tanzanian-Ugandan war to get rid of
Amin has cost SSOO million. Uganda’s
economy is in tatters, and Tanzania, the
so-called winner is hanging on the ropes.
DR. NYERERE GOES ABEGGING
The good president Nyerere sent to
Uganda about 50,000 troops that had to
be equipped and fed. Many of the troops
belonged to Tanzania's militia and were
taken away from their farms and their
jobs for this particular in-fighting,
(brothers against brothers). Let it be
hoped that blacks of Africa will not
emulate their American counterpart
homicidal tendencies.
Now Mr. Nyerere is appealing to the
“white folks” for $370 million to repair
Tanzania's war shattered economy.
Those white western nations were
crying to the high heaven for Idi Amin
blood, a little while ago; now western
ambassadors and high commissioners are
saying that not much help is likely to be
forthcoming. One white official from a
prominent western nation made this
The blackside of Washington
■h- **
For a long time it was assumed that Dr.
Mary Frances Berry, Assistant Secretary
of HEW for Education and former
chancellor of the University of Colorado,
would become the first Secretary of
Education, if and when it becomes a
Cabinet level Department.
Then just before Carter massacred a
large segment of his Cabinet, the rumor
was out that Superintendent Wilson Riles
of the California school system was in
line for the post.
Now the politics of the situation
indicates that the backroom talk about an
Hispanic, former Gov. of New Mexico
Jerry Apodacca, getting the job seems to
add up, especially since his luncheon with
Senor Carter.
Apodaca, a former high school history
teacher and football and track coach,
doesn’t have a Ph.D. and a law degree as
Dr. Berry has, neither has he been a
university provost and a chancellor as
Mary has been.
But he has been a governor and the
governor’s chairman of the Education
Commission of the States, which of
course are no real substitutes for formal
training and wide educational
administrative experience.
However, he is an Hispanic and Carter
will need the growing Hispanic vote of
the Southwest and Florida and elsewhere
in 1980. The President’s choice of a
Secretary of Education will of course be
political like his massacre.
As the first President to name an
Hispanic to his Cabinet, Carter will
expect Apodaca and his people to be
grateful. And he would hope to translate
that gratitude into VOTES.
Unless every black is counted in the
1980 census, Hispanics may outnumber
us. Does anyone need to tell you what
Fl II I-TIME ICkD your return, you’ll sharpen
TDAlkllljir'ED/xia your skill sixteen hours a
I RAINING FROM month with your unit. For de-
A PARTTIME JOB. tails, call your Army Reserve
unit, in the white pages under
The Army Reserve will send “U.S. Government?
you to school to learn a career
skill like Electronics or what- THE ARMY RESERVE,
ever your local unit needs. And PART OF WHAT YOU EARN
you 11 earn full Army pay the ic pptrjr
few months you’re there. On J rrvLZc.
Walking with dignity
By Al Irby
Hispanic outpacing
blacks for education
By Sherman Briscoe - IN NPA
statement: “We cannot finance a war, it’s
not part of the aid package.” Nyerere is
not crying the blues, saying that the war
postponed his domestic development
projects, such as transportation which is
not plentiful in Tanzania had to be sent
to Uganda, and that growth of export
crops decreased.
Thousands of jobs in the country are in
jeopardy, leading to a big drop in
government tax revenues. Moreover,
troops had to be armed and fed. The
Tanzanian leader has already put the big
beg on Britain, the United States, Canada,
Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, France
and Japan. All of the industrial powers
are up to their ears in energy problems
and inflation. If help does not come
quickly, Mr. Nyerere might have to
withdraw all of his forces from Uganda,
leaving that tragic country open to the
many aspiring would-be war lords. A
serious break down of law and order
problems are running rampart, with at
least four or five murdered a day.
EASTERN AFRICAN NATIONS
Huge demands already face possible
Western donor nations in East Africa.
Uganda alone wants some $3 billion for
getting its fragile neighbor, Tanzania, to
chase Big Daddy out of the country.
Nyerere’s Tanzania is already the most
mortgaged nation in all Africa. This little
country needs somebody with honest
expertise in handling big loot.
It’s greedy for heavy money; World
Bank and International Monetary Fund
loans run at about $l5O million a year.
Meantinc, Mr. Nyerere’s plans for a
Tanzanian socialist state have been
slowed down by inflation, rising oil costs,
and serious flooding in rural areas.
REMAIN FRONTLINE STATES?
Now Mr. Nyerere can maintain
Tanzania as a serious and viable member
of the frontline states. These small black
southern states are living a lie at best;
without trade from Rhodesia and South
Africa they can’t make it. They have been
secretly carrying on commerce with the
two hated South African white
dominated countries.
cabinet post
that means?
IT’S MY FAULT
While waiting for one of our slow, slow
running buses the other night, a young
man, high on drugs, came up to me and
said, “I just came from a pot party. There
must have been 20 of us.”
Realizing how drug users prey on us
oldsters, 1 tried to conceal my fear, “Yes.
Is that so?” 1 said calmly.
The young man, who towered over my
by at least a foot, then looked me straight
in the eyes and said, “And it’s all your
fault, all you old folks. And what are you
doing about it?”
I had to admit that I wasn’t doing a
thing about it, and hadn’t realized that it
was my fault.
While continuing to make it clear that 1
was to blame, the young man said he was
23-years-old, had finished high school and
gone to college for two years, but
couldn’t find a job. “I’m on drugs,” he
added, “because I don’t know what else
to do.”
1 ventured to ask if he had any skills.
His answer was, “No.” Then turning to
move on, tired of waiting for the bus, he
repeated what had become his theme.
“Pops, it’s your fault.”
And 1 am sure it is, at least in part, and
I must do something about it. It’s
criminal that Washington or any other
city, with half its youth out of work,
should have a school system that a boy or
girl can go through and come out with no
more skills than an alligator. ✓ |
It’s my fault for keeping quiet. It’s tue
NAACP’s fault for not suing
Superintendent Reed and the School
Board. It’s the Urban League’s fault for
not picketing, and it’s the parents’ fault
for not boycotting the school system.