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GRAND CHILDERN OF FOUNDERS CARRY ON-Grand children and great grand children of founders of
Augusta businesses were honored by Aaugusta Black History Committee Sunday. From left are: W. S. Hor
nsby 111, Dr. J. E. Carter Jr., Miss Thomasina Ketch, Mrs. Juliette Burton, Charles Thompson and William H.
Mays.
Unemployed Augustan finds
work in saudi Arabia
Robert Lindsey of 19101/2 Old
Savannah Road, taught computer
repair at Fort Gordon for four
years, when he got out of the Army
in 1982, he walked around
Augusta for nine months unable to
find a job.
He had worked in Anniston,
Ala. for three months when he
spotted an ad in the Army Times
newspaper for qualified computer
technicans for the Bendix Cor
poration. He got the job, but it
was in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He
has been working there since
August of 1983.
He is vacationing in Augusta
and visiting his girl friend. Social
life here has a special value since
there is none in Saudi Arabia.
Tony’s Brown Journal
The book about Jesse
that you won’t read
In June of 1984, presidential'
candidate Jesse Jackson refused to'
appear on “America’s Black
Forum,” a syndicated television
program, with award-winning
Black journalist Barbara
Reynolds, the New York Times
reported.
The show’s producer confirmed
that “Mr. Jackson did not want
Miss Reynolds on the panel,” the
Times said. As a result, she was
dropped from the program.
Does this incident reveal another
side of Jackson’s carefully
cultivated surface? Barbara
Reynolds thinks so: “Jesse pulled
some strings. It disturbs me to see
him exercise this kind of power
over the Black media.”
Jesse Jackson now speaks for
millions of Blacks on every con
ceivable subject - and whites are
listening. But until recently few
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“He’s been involved in numerous
civic activities. I knew he was a
successful businessman. I’m
looking for business people and he
certainly qualifies.”
Boler owns a Wifesaver
restaurant franchise on Highland
Avenue and has also started
another fast food restaurant-
Mason’s, on East Boundry.
authority member Paul V. Fitch
Fitch, an accountant, resigned the
post to start a new business in
South Carolina.
B. L.Dent, owner and operator
of B. L. Dent Furniture on Laney-
Walker Boulevard, is the only
other Black member. Dent has
“There are no movie theaters,
no discos, no outside entertain
ment no alcohol, no pork. There
are no social gatherings except, for
weddings or the birth of a child,”
he said
What does one do for social
diversion? “It leaves you with fin
ding hobbies. I do a lot of reading,
photography, fossil collecting and
listening to music.” American
music can be purchased there,
he said.
Women in Saudi Arabia are not
allowed to work in any field where
they can mix with men. They can
work as nurses at female hospitals,
or as teachers in girls schools.
They may work in banks but in the
female section of the bank.
paid much attention to Jackson,
the man or delved into his
background for clues as to what
motivates his behavior.
However, Barbara Reynolds in
1975. after many years of research
and close association with Jackson
in Chicago, wrote “Jesse Jackson:
The Man, The Movement, The
Myth”(Nelson-Hall).
Reynolds began covering
Jackson as a reporter for the
Chicago Tribune and thought that
he was the “greatest person alive.”
They became close friends. She
wanted to become his first
biographer. He asked her to
abandon the project. She refused.
However, the book initially
became a bestseller, Reynolds
claims, but suspiciously disap
peared from the shelves and
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Slavery .was abolished in Saudi
Arabia as recently as 1962, he said.
One of the strong restrictions is
against any religion other than
muslim. “There are no churches,
no synagogues. You’re not
allowed to practice your own
religion if you’re not a muslim,”
said Lindsey who is a Baptist.
People who have gone out into the
desert to practice religion have
been extradicted.
Then why did he go there? “The
money,” The high school
graduate replied. A computer
technician who would make
$17,000 in Augusta would make
almost twice that in Saudi Arabia
he said. And the salary there is tax
free. “To get married, you need to
save money. This is away to do
it.”
became unavailable to the public.
Was Reynolds a victim of in
timidation after writing this critical
biography on Jesse Jackson?
The answer to this question is
provided by author Barbara
Reynolds on the upcoming edition
of TONY BROWN’S JOURNAL,
“The Book On Jesse Jackson You
Will Not Read.”
Reynolds worked as a reporter
for the Chicago Tribune for 13
years and an assistant editor of
Ebony. Currently an editor at
USA Today, she is a member of its
editorial board, commentator for
“Voice of America” and inter
national editor of Dollars & Sense
magazine.
The program will be seen on
public television (PBS) in this area
on WCES-20 at 7:30 p.m. on Tues,
August 28.
111. Fitch, an accountant, resigned
been on the panel since its creation
in 1981 and will serve through
1987,
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HRC LEADERS RECOGNIZED-Roscoe Williams(right)presents
award to the Rev. Peter Thomas ans James Kendrick, chairman and vice
chairman of the Richmond County Human Relations Commission,
respectively. They were recognized Sunday by the Augusta Black
History Commission at Springfield Baptist Church.
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back of his neck and Larry
couldn’t breathe. He started
struggling and the Black guy grab
bed him by his arms. After they
handcuffed him, they drug him
and threw him in the back seat.”
of the police car.
“Charlie Selvie tried to get me to
tell the police what I saw, but they
said they didn’t want to see no wit
nesses.”
TV-12 in Augusta reported at 10
p.m. that a black man had repor
tedly been beaten to death in the
Burke County Jail. About an hour
and a half later, police reported
sporadic rock throwing and later
two apparent fire bombings.
An autopsy was performed
Saturday morning at the Augusta
Branch of the State Crime Lab.
Woodrow Harvey, a Black
County Commissioner who wit
nessed the autopsy said he saw no
bruises on the body. The
preliminary autopsy report at
tributed the death to heat
exhaustion. However, the
coroner said that final conclusion
would have to be made after
numerous other biological tests are
done.
Around 2 p.m. Saturday a
crowd of 50 to 100 Blacks gathered
out side the Lil Chick restaurant.
They shouted at the shotgun
armed police calling them, “Mur
derers” and urging them to
“Come, shoot me.”
About 200 people gathered at
the courthouse about 4 p.m.
Sheriff Greg Coursey and Black
leaders tried to calm the crowd.
And the Waynesboro True Citizen
Newspaper printed several
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thousand copies of a flyer with the
results of the preliminary reports
of the autopsy.
Coursey said that eight people
were arrested for violating the 9
p.m. to dawn curfew Saturday
night and another man was
arrested for assault following a
fight Saturday afternoon during a
disturbance outside a restaurant.
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All qualified applicants will r'eceive consideration for
employment without regard to race, religion, color, national
origin, sex, political affiliations, or any other nonmerit factor.
APPLICATIONS FOR THE EXAMINATION MAY BE
OBTAINED IN ROOM 30, MAIN POST OFFICE*,' '
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM,
AUGUST 27-31, 1984.
The Augusta News-Review August 25,1984
civil rights
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himself during his college days
“What am I doing to make the
situation better for the next brown
skinned fellow from Georgia who
wants to come to Ohio State” the
answer, he said sometimes escaped
him.
I’m not sure how much the
students of my era feel a necessity
on a day-to-day basis to make
things better for Blacks. I see my
generation as far less active on
campus, but at the same time I ex
pect my peers to become vice
presidents and presidents of major
corporations,” he said.
In comparing the difference
between the 60’s activsts to those
of the 80s, Seabrook noted that,
“It takes courage to stand out
there on a picket line and face the
National Guard, but I don’t think
its any easier to face the barriers of
breaking into Corporate America.
“I would hope our society has
progressed enough so I don’t have
to go the the streets but...to City
Council or my congressman to ad
dress social ills.”
Seabrook said his philosophy
was molded early in life by his
parents.
There were no serious injuries.
On Sunday night, the Rev.
Julian Bell, president of the
Waynesboro NAACP talked with
family members and agreed to seek
a second autopsy. Some family
members indicated that Gardner
was very close to some of the law
enforcement officers, and feared
that some of them wanted to “get
rid of him” because “he knew too
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