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I he Augusta News-Review February 26,1983
Black wins bid to be Chicago mayor
CHICAGO—With over
whelming black support,
U.S. Rep. Harold
Washington upset well
financed incumbent Jane
M. Byrne in the
Democratic primary to
move only a step away
from becoming the first
black mayor of
America’s second-largest
city.
“The Democratic Par
ty has been returned to
the people,” a beaming
Washington told chan
ting supporters as the last
votes from Tuesday’s
election were being coun
ted.
The 60-year-old two
term congressman over-
Jackson: Minorities ought
to 'break out like a plague ’
Blacks and Hispanics
control three quarters of
a trillion dollars in annual
disposable income and
should call a summit con
ference of “the leader
ship of the rejected and
the unreached,” the Rev.
Jesse Jackson declared in
Atlanta last Tuesday.
He repeated earlier
statements that a black
will run for president in
the 1984 primaries, but
declined to say whether
he will be the one. He
said he is merely a
“catalyst” at this point in
pushing the idea of a
black candidate.
Jackson, the head of
Chicago’s Operation
PUSH, time and again
brought a packed house
of 1,500 students to its
feet in thunderous ap
plause Tuesday at the
Martin Luther King
Chapel on the Morehouse
College campus.
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came a paltry campaign
was chest, a 1974 convic
tion for failing to file
U.S. income taxes and
subtle appeals to racism
to beat Mrs. Byrne by a
slim margin of about
29,900 votes out of a
record 1.19 million coun
ted by early today.
Richard M. Daley, son
of Chicago’s most
famous mayor, was first
to concede in the three
way race. He pledged to
support Washington
against Republican Ber
nard Epton in the April
12 general election.
Widespread charges of
vote fraud marred the
election, and U.S. mar-
Jackson’s prepared
speech dealt mostly with
the socail and economic
plight of black people,
voter registration, and
running black candidates
for every available
political seat come the
1984 elections.
He spoke for about 45
minutes, his words often
rising to the shrill pitch of
a spirited Sunday sermon.
“Many blacks aren’t
voting for political can
didates, because they feel
that they have been
betrayed,” said Jackson.
“Sometimes we are not
voting because there is
not a black candidate in
the race. It is not apathy,
but a lack of live options,
that is contributing to
black people’s failure to
register and vote.”
He said white liberals
often overlook what he
called viable black
political candidates in
will provide $45,000,000
in grants to small
businesses during the
current fiscal year and
that the sum would grow
annually until 1987, when
$400,000,000 will be
provided.
His statement also said
that under the new law
‘‘small high-tech firms
will be doing a greater
share of federal research
and development, and
that 5,800 grants were
expected to be made un
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shals were ordered to im
pound the ballots as they
were counted —for
safekeeping and as
possible evidence in
criminal prosecutions.
With 2,859 of 2,914
precincts reported, the
results were:
Washington, 410,780
votes, or 34.5 percent;
Mrs. Byrne, 380,840 or
32 percent; Daley,
339,277, or 29.2 percent.
Washington’s showing
in the black com
munity— with an
estimated 600,000 to
650,000 voters—deprived
Mrs. Byrne of votes that
were instrumental in her
own upset victory four
favor of their white coun
terparts.
“For blacks to con
tinue to give unmerited
loyalty to white liberals is
to engage in an ineffec
tive strategy that will not
bear enough fruit,” he
said.
Calling for .blacks to
seek elected office, he
said, “We must break out
like a plague, running for
governor, U.S. senator
and even president.”
The crowd cheered.
“If we play by our
rules (of supporting black
candidates), even if we
lose, we’ll win. We’ll win
our self-respect. We’ll
give our people viable
political options,” he
t said.
Jackson has been
rumored to be a potential
presidential candidate,
but he would neither con
firm nor deny the rumors
Tuesday. “I think
ning in the spring of
1983.”
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The GOP hasn’t won
the mayoralty in 50 years,
but Washington has said
he is not taking the
general election for gran
ted. Epton ran unop
posed for the Republican
nomination.
Chicago has been
described by local civil
rights groups as the
nation’s most segregated
city. Federal lawsuits
have challenged alleged
discrimination in its
schools, police depar
tment and park district.
“Our concern is to
build; it is to heal and to
bring together,”
Washington said. “Our
(Jackson) will announ
ce,” said Dr. Lawerence
Carter, dean of
Morehouse’s King
Chapel. “It’s just a mat
ter of time.”
The Rev. Joseph
Lowery, president of the
Southern Christian
Leadership Conference,
was among a group of
about 15 black leaders,
including Jackson and
Atlanta Mayor Andrew
Young, who met in
Washington Sunday to
discuss black dissatisfac
tion with both major
political parties.
Jackson’s name was
included as a possible
presidential candidate,
Lowery said, but no
decision was reached.
“In politics,” Jackson
said, “there are 17
million eligible black
voters and 6 million
eligible Hispanic
voters —23 million
businesses may qualify in
some cases.
If you have interest in,
or are currently high-tech
oriented, please give us a
call at the CSRA Business
League for more infor
mation at (404) 722-0994.
determination is to unify
this city.”
The primary was a
referendum on Mrs. Byr
ne’s leadership, with
Daley and Washington
attacking her tumultuous
first years in office,
alleged cronyism and the
city’s fiscal condition.
Her $lO million political
warchest—built largely
by donations from people
doing business with the
city—also was a major
issue.
Daley raised $2
million, and Washington
raised less than a half
million.
eligible voters between us.
“Economically, blacks
account for $157 billion a
year in disposable in
come, and Hispanics
SIOO billion. Together we
have a quarter of a
trillion dollars. We,
blacks and Hispanics,
must have a summit con
ference of the leadership
of the rejected and the
unreached.”
Jackson said, “Black
America does three times
as much trade with cor
porate America as do
Russia, China and Japan
combined.
“Neither capitalism,
communism nor
socialism is the dominant
economic ideology in the
world today. Trade-ism is
the ideology that tran
scends all the rest. Young
people, don’t underesti
mate your economic
power,” he said.
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Award-winning play to be presented
Broadway’s Tony
Award Winning drama
“Children of A Lesser
God” will play for one night
only at the Miller Theatre
March 7, at 8 p.m.
Suitable for the entire
family, “Children of A
Lesser God” is guaran
teed to entertain while
giving insight into the
world of the deaf.
Rico Peterson and
Jackie Skinner star as
teacher and student
respectively in a school
for the deaf. Both bring
wit and humor to the
situation of the new in
structor dealing with his
inability to keep up with
his more advanced
student and her feisty
challenge to his game
plan.
Although dealing with
a serious subject,
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Jackie Skinner and Charles Jones
“Children of A Lesser
God” is light and upbeat
and has had audiences on
their feet across the coun
try.
“Children of A Lesser
God” was written by
Mark Medoff and direc
ted by Gordon Davidson
on Broadway and at the
Mark Taper Forum in
Lose Angeles, where the
play originated. Jonathan
Lee has restaged the In
ternational Touring
Company production
which will be seen in
Augusta. The cast in
cludes Janice Cole as
Lydia, Charlie Jones as
Orin Dennis, Roger Ser
bagi as Mr. Franklin, Jo
Farwell as Mrs. Norman,
and Mimi Bensinger as
Edna Klein. Jones and
Cole are from the original
Broadway cast.
Tickets are on sale at
the Miller theatre box of
fice tomorrow. Reser
vations may be placed
over the telephone by
calling the box office at
722-8847 Mondays and
Fridays between 10 a.m.
and 4 p.m.
Infrared hearing
systems will be available
in the lobby for persons
with hearing impairmen
ts. For details, contact
AACA, Inc. at 360 Bay
St., Suite 140, New South
Building, Augusta, Ga.
30901. Or call the office
at 724-9712.
The Augusta Arts and
Cultural Association is
sponsoring “Children of
A Lesser God” with the
joint support of the
Georgia Council for the
Arts and the National
Endowment for the Arts.
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