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The Augusta News-Review NOVEMBER 3,1984
Mallory K. MillenderEditor-Publisher
Paul Walker Assistant to the Publisher
Georgene Hatcher-Seabrook general Manager
Rev. R.E. Donaldso.Religion Editor
Mrs. Geneva Y. Gibson Church Coordinator
Charles Beale Jenkins County Correspondent
Mrs. Fannie Johnson Aiken County Correspondent
Mrs. Clara WestMcDuffie County Correspondent
Mrs. Ileen Buchanan Fashion & Beauty Editor
Linda Starks Andrews Columnist
Roosevelt Green Columnist
Al IrbyColumnist
Philip Waring Columnist
Marva Stewart Columnist
George Bailey....,Sports Writer
Carl McCoyEditorial Cartoonist
Olando Hamlett Photographer
Roscoe Williams t Photographer
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Vote for yourself
Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson
and his supporters in the 1984
presidential election campaign are
right!
There are more than 1,000
reasons for Black citizens to vote
in the November 6th general elec
tion. These reasons include the
1,109 Black candidates (mostly
Democrats) for local, state and
federal offices which will influence
conditions in your communities
throughout the nation. Find out
who these candidates are and help
them support you.
And we cannot think of a single,
rational reason for anyone not to
vote for their choices in the privacy
of the polling booth on this impor
tant day.
As Rev. Jackson and millions of
community leaders and residents
have agreed. There is too much at
stake for Black America for any
of us to “go fishing” or stay home
on Election Day. The word from
the pollsters is that the only way
for the Democrats to take over
the White House depends upon
Black voters.
Thus, the choice is clear: Four
more years of the regressive,
repressive policies and programs of
Ronald Reagan and the
Republican Party or the
progressive Democratic party
ticket of Presidental Candidate
Walter F. Mondale and Rep.
Geraldine Ferraro, Vice Presiden
tial Candidate.
For the majority of our citizens,
there is little or no choice. Ronald
Reagan has been the most anti
liberal, anti-civil rights, anti-poor
President in recent, modern
history. He may be a good,
You must vote!
by Roosevelt- Green
Every eligible Black voter is
morally obligated to vote on
November 6, 1984. The same is
true for those white voters who have
the wisdom to reject the policies of
our current president.
This democracy can ill afford
right wing political leadership for
four more years. President Ronald
“Emperor” Reagan is leading this
country down the road to a nuclear
war while increasing the number of
the poor and the unemployed.
America has become a greedy,
selfish, and heartless country that
is ruthless in its pursuit of
economic wellbeing. The president
is not the cause of this problem,
but merely the mirror of a racist
society that hides behind
patriotism and negative right wing
conservatism.
The Supreme Court, the
Congress, and the Executive Bran
ches of government bask in the
sunshine of retreat from helping
Blacks, the poor, racial minorities,
and women. And this retreat is led
by misleaders such as Rev. Jerry
Falwell, Rev. Jimmy Swaggart,
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honorable man, with a charming
smile and pleasant personality, but
his Administration’s treatment of
most Blacks has been mean, cruel
and unfair.
Yes! Jesse Jackson and his sup
porters are right again. President
Ronald Reagan has got to go. If
you followed Rev. Jackson’s
historic campaign to get the
“locked out” into the main stream
of America from last January to
October, then you must not forget
it in November. Join your
minister, teacher, neighbor, club
member, co-worker, relative,
fellow citizen, etc., in the cam
paign to save Black America, All
America, and possibly the World.
As we declare a non-violent War
to oust Reagan and all that he has
come to represent, it is also
necessary to declare War against
Voting Apathy. For any Black
citizen not to vote on November
6th, it is almost an “Act of
Treason” against your national
security and best interest.
Just a few days remain. We need
every mother, father, son,
daughter, aunt, uncle, preacher,
deacon, choirmember, doctor,
lawyer, welfare recipient,
bureaucrat, student, dropout,
worker, unemployed, entertainer,
athlete, businessman, whomever,
wherever... to stand up and be
counted... in the spirit of the mar
tyred Doctor Martin Luther Kino
Jr., who led the fight for Our
Voting Rights... Let your voice be
heard and your signature be felt
with Sound and Fury across the
Land. The word is VOTE.
What’s Good for All of Us is
Good For All America. Right on
to Victory!!!
Rev. Pat Robertson and other
“conservative” white religious
leaders.
The Democratic presidential
team is victim of misleading
political polls conducted by the
rich and super-rich controlled
press. Most white journalists,
both TV and newspaper, are
ignorant of the real political issues,
and prefer the “style without
substance” Hollywood actor
president. They are also ignorant
about the plight of Blacks, women,
the poor, and so called racial
minorities. »
Former vice-president Walter
Mondale and Congresswoman
Geralding Ferraro deserve the
strong support and votes of all
clear thinking Americans. They
are the best alternative to the poor
leadership we now endure.
For those Blacks who think they
can sit-out this election, you
should think about Reagan ap
pointed Supreme Court justices,
and thirty-five million persons in
poverty. Essentially, you must
remember the Reagan retreat from
Black progress and civil rights.
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Going Places
A matter of pride
by Philip Waring
It is an urgent matter of pride,
self-respect and purposefulness
that Black America surge in great
numbers to the |
polls on Nov. 6.
Now for the
matter of pride
locally. May
we take a short
historical look
backward. It
was the Black
vote which played a major part in
securing victory for the
Democratic Party in the 1976 and
1980 elections.
In the first, a native Georgian,
Jimmy Carter, was elected
president with the help of Black
votes in 1976.
I well recall 1976 because I had
come down from St. Louis for a
weeks vacation in helping to put
together the third of three splendid
bicentennial editions published by
The News-Review that year when
Mallory was in New York com
pleting his master’s at Columbia
Graduate Journalism School.
The paper incidentially was the
only print media of its kind to en
dorse the Democratic Party and its
candidates in 1976 and 1980.
The November 1976 election peri
od was one of challenge, excitment
and accomplishment by Black
Richmond County voters
although, unfortunately, credit ac
corded them was minimum. It was
a magnificant sight filled with
Praise discouraged
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they will think they are big. 2. If yu
praise someone, they will think,
who do you think you are to be
praising me. You are no better
than I am. 3. They are not used to
praise, so if you praise, them, they
will think you are stupid and
treat you as a stupid person. 4.
They will think you are gullible
and make use of you.
Criticisms are rampant. In
meeting, in schools, and in
homes, you count the praises with
the fingers on one hand. Most
typical were the following: 1. Who
do you think you are ? 2. You can
not measure up to me. 3. You are
nothing.
Yet there were no specific
corrections. No one willingly ex
plained how things should be
they simply criticized reminded me
of my Black American experien
ces.
I remembered how many parents
of truant misguided adolescents
did not correct their children about
specific incidents, but rather gave
them global labels like “you are
stupid,” “you are crazy,” or they
took the other extreme and
allowed the child to do whatever he
liked.
, a
pride to see our ministers and
churches coupled with business,
professional, labor, civic voters
leagues and other leaders and sec
tors getting thousands of people to
the polls.
As an example, Pilgrim Insuran
ce Company, always interested in
racial advancement, made it
possible for many of its key staf
fers to hit the field in helping put
the victory over. Yes, it was a
source of much pride and team
work.
Self-respect: Let’s hope that the
above mentioned scenario will
happen again in 1984 although the
climate is not as fruitful. We note
that the local labor’s union has
opened a full time office in the
Wallace building across from the
Pilgrim with a hard thrust for the
Mondale and Democratic ticket.
As Rev. Jesse Jackson said,
“Please support the only party
which has demonstrated interest in
advancing the lot of American
humankind. We know that it has
faults and is far from perfect.”
Continuing, the civil rights leader
and only Black to run Tor president
said: “Let’s keep our self-respect.
Many fair weather friends and
members of the Democratic Party,
on which they have fed for many
years, do not have courage to stay
with the ship.”
Let history show very clearly
Black Americans had both the guts
and self-respect to maintain loyalty
during times of crisis.
If public officials (teachers)
brought behavioural problems to
the attention of parents, parents
would be likely to blame the
system.
Neither of these methods are
creative demonstrations of creative
parental love. Parental love
becomes more explicit, more alive
when it monitors the child’s work
with praise and explanations for
the correct part, patient, guidance
and explanations for the incorrect
part, and praise for the corrected
work.
Os course, this system takes
time. Many parents are unfor
tunately, too busy. In Nigeria, I
would prescribe 15 minutes per
day, per child. Usually, I was told
by the parents that they simply did
not have the TIME!
There are few investments in life
that yield benefits without deman
ding Time.... Active time. This lack
of time on the part of parents
could really be one of the variables
that give the Enquirer the data to
advertise Black children for adop
tion; and the social scientists the
data to announce that a minimum
of forty percent of Black childen
are being raised without Black
fathers.
Nigerians will tell you that they
do not believe in adoption, but a
walk through the streets -observing
Purposeful? While the
Republicams have mounted a hun
dred million dollar television cam
paign, the fight is not over, said
Rev. Jackson. Remember in 1948
when there were millions out there
to defeat crusty old Harry Truman
by wealthy Governor Tom Dewey?
Well, the polls were wrong on
Truman and could be on this
national “landslide” for Reagan.
Let’s get out there and vote all over
our land. We have only one per
cent of elected officials around our
nation.
Let’s get in some local city coun
cilmen, county commissioners,
board of education members, state
legislators, accesors, sheriffs, etc.,
coupled with appointments to
various boards and commissions,
said Rev. Jackson.
Continuing, Jackson observed
that we should not let some pied
piper tell us not to vote. We badly
need to build our base all over the
govermental lot.
And we must constantly remind,
the Democratic Party on the local,
state and national levels of our
votes, hard work and loyalty. He
pointed out that even yet Blacks,
Hispanics and fair-minded whites
may still be able to turn the tide.
But above all let’s stand up and
be counted and not lie down with a
lack of courage in a time of crisis,
noted Rev. Jackson.
So get out and vote on Novem
ber 6.
“street children,” a visit to
motherless babies homes, and an
observation of the large number of
children who are raised by relatives
would make you wonder if they
like children.
Children must become a primary
investment if Black people are to
develop their full potentials; we
must put the Time into the
children.
In fact, the investment into your
children may be more important
than your investment in your job
or career. You will retire, but the
behaviours of your children will
follow you to your grave.
Praise and positive correction
are the basic preparation for life.
A child who learns to seek feed
back without feeling rejected or
believing that he is being picked on
is a child who will lead a vic
arious life as an adult.
Take time today... Sit down
time...ls minutes and find
something good to say to your
child about inner development.
Tell him or her about it. For
example, “I feel so good, son,
when I see you show concern for
your younger sister”, or “I am
pleased that you remembered to do
your homework today. Would you
like for me to check it or would
you like to talk about something,
else?”
Black people are good people.
Let us find that Good and nurture
it in ourselves and in our com
munity.TO BE CONTINUED.
Walking with dignity
Tutu’s
social
gospel
by Al Irby
People of goodwill everywhere
cannot help being pleased by the *
awarding of this year’s Nobel
Peace Prize to South African little
Mb I
man with a big
chunk of social
gospel, Bishop
Desmond Tutu
That award
is a symbolic
affirmation of
the struggle of
Blacks for
political and
economic free
dom from state-sponsored apar
theid.
Bishop Tutu, an Anglican, is
general secretary of the South
African Council of Churches,
which represent some 12 million
Christians in South Africa.
As a Black, he is also personally
aware of the terrible injustice im
posed on his fellow countrymen by
the government’s system of apar
theid, which calls for strict racial
separation.
Apartheid has been coming un
der increasing strains in recent
years, in large part because of the
courage of leaders such as the
‘good Bishop’, who have con
tinued to speak out against the bias
white-led government, despite
threats and intimidation.
Under a new Constitution, some
nonwhites (coloreds, i.e., people
of mixed racial heritage, and In
dians) are allowed into Parliament,
but with very limited participation.
Blacks will continue to be ex
cluded.
Will the awarding of the Peace
Prize to the outspoken Bishop
have any impact within the South
Africa itself? Some experts argue
that in a short-term sense,
probablly not.
Bishop Tutu, after all, is well
known within his nation as a critic
of the government. Pretoria, for
its part, has not sought to con
strain him directly in recent mon-
He has, for example, been allowed
to travel abroad. In fact, he was at
the General Theological Seminary
in New York when his prize was
announced.
The Peace Prize award achieves
something more subtle. It could be K
more difficult for the government
to move directly against him, if
authorities were so tempted,
because of the international
outrage that would surely follow.
Bishop Tutu is the second Black
resistance leader to win the Nobel
Peace Prize. The first was Albert
John Lutuli, former president of
the African National Congress,
who won it back in 1960.
The African National Congress
is outlawed by the South African
government. In awarding the
honored Peace Prize to Bishop
Tutu, the Nobel Committee said it
was drawing attention to the
“nonviolent struggle for liberation
to which the gifted Bishop
belongs.”
Bishop Tutu has angered some
Blacks for his nonviolent stance in
calling for accommodation among
all races. But his moral condem
nation of apartheid has been
clear and eloquent. “It just so
happens,” he has said, “that I am
myself Black, but the most impor
tant thing about me is that I am a
Christian leader in South Africa at
a critical period in its history. I
have been given the ministry of
reconciliation.”
News of the Bishop’s high
honored award was slow to per
colate to the 2 million people of his
township, which procedes a cheap
labor pool for the nearby white
city of Johannesburg.
“He’s a great man, but I’ve
never heard of the Nobel Prize.”
said as old man as he walked past
the Bishop’s Church. But on Sun
day, the church was mobbed as his
people flocked to hear the arch
opponent of the hated apartheid
preach his message of hope and
justice.
The crusading little Bishop
chose to live in Soweto, the scene
of bloody riots in 1976 in which
more than 500 Blacks died, after
he was appointed Dean of the
Diocese of Johannesburg.
South Africa’s only other Nobel
Peace Prize winner was in 1960.
Dan Vaughn of the South African
Council of Churches said: “This
vindicates the role he and the
council have played in the struggle *
in South Africa for peaceful
change.”