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VOLUME 14 NUMBER 27
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PROTEST LEADER ARRESTED—The Rev. Joseph
Lowery, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Con
ference, is escorted from the South African Embassy Mon
day by a Secret Service agent.
WASHINGTON - U.S.
Secret Service officers arrested two
Black leaders Monday at the South
African Embassy here —a
repetition of last week’s arrests of
three leaders who staged a sit-in
over South Africa’s apartheid
policies.
The Rev. Joseph Lowery, who
Anti-South Africa leader stands
on his principle
WASHINGTON - Randall
Robinson, leader of nationwide
protests against South Africa that
kicked off Monday, learned an
important lesson early in life.
“My parents tola us that
everything takes second place to
principle even if you stand alone
in what you believe in,” he said.
Growing up in Richmond Va.,
Robinson also learned about
segregation.
“I never met a white person un
til I was 22 in the Army,” said
Robinson, 4* coordinator of the
new Free South Africa Movement.
“I was 26 years old at Harvard law
school before I sat in a classroom
next to a whitp
Robinson, Mary Frances Berry
Ron O’Neal survives stabbing incident
Actor Ron O’Neal, who first
sauntered to fame as the streetwise
hustler in the 1970’s film “Super
fly, ”is expected to be released
soon from Cedars Siani Medical
Center where he’s recovering from
multiple stab wounds suffered
Saturday night during an attack at
a Hollywood restaurant and
tavern.
“He’s (O’Neal) is in stable con
dition and progressing very well.
We’re not sure just when he’ll bt
released, but if his progress con
tinues as it has he can expect to
be going home soon,” said a
hospital spokesman.
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heads the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, and U.S.
Rep. Charles Hayes, D-111., were
arrested when they refused to leave
an embassy foyer at the close of
business hours. The two carried a
letter they wanted delivered to the
South African ambassador.
“We were asked by the embassy
to come in as they (Hayes and
of the U.S. Civil Rights Com
mission and District of Columbia
congressional delegate Walter
Fauntroy spent much of
Thanksgiving in jail.
U.S. Secret Service officers
arrested them Wednesday at the
South African Embassy in
Washington. They had refused to
leave a meeting with Ambassador
Bernardus Foune about tne fate of
13 labor leaders who have not been
heard from since they were
arrested during a two-day strike in
South Atnca earlier this month.
Released under court order not
to go near the embassy, Robinson
announced he was coordinating
the new Free South Africa
Movement aimed at pressuring the
Reagan administation into
changing its friendly policy toward
the country, which is controlled by
According to a Los Angeles
Police Department report, 39-year
old James Nunya voluntarily
surrendered and was released on
$2,000 bail after being charged with
assault with a deadly weapon
during a barroomfight with
O’Neal.
An arraignment date for Nunya
has not yet been set, police said.
According to reports, the two
men had a verbal disagreement in
side the establishment before going
inside, where they fought. When
O’Neal returned to the tavern por
tion of the restaurant, Nunya
allegedly followed and stabbed the
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Lowery) refused to leave, so they
were charged,” Secret Service
spokesman Mike Tarr said.
Hayes and Lowery were
charged with illegal entry. Both
insisted on spending the night in
jail even though they could have
been released on their personal
recognizance.
The two had been admitted in
side as about 150 demonstrators
marched and chanted “Free South
Africa” the first of several
planned actions across the USA.
The protests are sponsored by a
newly formed group, the Free
South Africa Movement, headed
oy Randall Robinson, who also
runs a Black lobby on African and
Caribbean issues.
Robinson, who was arrested last
week along with the District of
Columbia’s delegate to Congress,
Walter Fauntroy, and U.S. Civil
Rights Commissioner Mary Fran
ces Berry, stayed behind police
lines as a court order mandated ?
during Monday’s march.
Before the march, Robinson
promised more “direct action”
against South African consulates
in the USA, as well as picketing
and “civil disobedience” against
companies that sell South African
gold and lend money to that
nation.
a white minority.
As a congressional aide in 1976,
Robinson visited South Africa.
“One doesn’t have to be in South
Africa terribly long to appreciate
the viciousness of that system.
“It’s a good deal more than
racism that one is concerned
about. It’s the police-state ap
paratus that reaches into
everyone’s life,” he said. His
resonant voice could double for
that of his older brother Max
Robinson, an NBC-TV newsman
in Chicago who was the nation’s
only Black network anchor when
he was employed by ABC.
Robinson the activist came to
Washington in 1975; •in 1977,
Trans Africa was born. He is
executive director of the
organization, which lobbies for
progressive U.S. policy toward
Africa and the Caribbean.
45-year-old actor as he sat at the
bar.
Nunya, who is Black and O’Neal
are longtime acquaintances, police
reports said. The incident oc
curred at the Melting Pot
Restaurant, located in the 8400
block of Melrose Avenue.
O’Neal’s most recent film,
MGM’s “Red Dawn,” is currently
showing in theaters across the
country. Also, O’Neal has recen
tly completed a made-for
television film with Gary Coleman
and Cicely Tyson. The film,
“Playing With Firs,” is scheduled
to air on NBC in January.
December 1,1984
Top teacher
dies of cancer
Mrs. Mildred Harrison Donald
son, wife of Rev. R.E. Donaldson,
pastor of the Antioch Baptist
ChuMh, died Tuesday at her
residence.
Mrs. Donaldson was a native of'
Anderson, S.C., and lived in
Augusta for 14 years. She was a
graduate of West Side High
School, Anderson, and Paine
College, Augusta. She was a
teacher with the Richmond County
school system having taught at
Tubman Junior High School and
Lucy C- Laney High School. She
was named Teacher of the Year in
1983 and was a member of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, the
National Association of University
Women and Antioch Baptist
Church, where she was a member
of the gospel choir.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m.
Saturday at Antioch Baptist Chur
ch with Dr. C.S. Hamilton and the
Rev. N.T. Young Sr. officiating.
Burial will be in Mount Olive
Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include her husband,
the Rev. R.E. Donaldson; two
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THE 1984 “LOU RAWLS PARADE OF STARS” television special which benefits the
United Negro College Fund and its member institutions will be the first national telethon to
benefit a Black cause and the first to benefit education. Previously, the program aired on a
local basis. This year the program airs 12 hours on Dec. 29, at 12 noon. Anheuser-Busch
Co. Inc., is the national sponsor of the program. Spearheading the promotional efforts is
Victor M. Julienfright), manager of national events for Budweiser. He is shown with Lou
Rawls and one of Lou’s guests, Carmen Mcßae. Lou’s co-hosts are Marilyn McCoo and
Ed McMahon.
Stars come out for UNCF
The “Lou Rawls Parade of
Stars,” to air Saturday, Dec. 29
from noon to midnight, has con
firmed more than 50 nationally
prominent entertainers for the first
national telethon ever aired by a
Black organization, the United
Negro College Fund, and the first
national fund-raising event to
benefit education.
Among those who will appear
are singers Donna Summer,
Mickey Gilley, Lakeside, Kool and
the Gang, Diahann Carroll and
Sammy Davis Jr.; comedians Bill
Cosby, Norm Crosby and Tom
Dressen; magician Harry
Blackstone Jr.; performers Mr. T,
Cicely Tyson, Billy Dee Williams
and Ned Beatty.
Less than 75 percent Advertising
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Mrs. Mildred H. Donaldson
sons, Robert “Tony” Donald
son and Brodrick E. Donaldson,
Augusta; a daughter, Jacqueline
Y. Donaldson, Augusta; ner
mother, Mary Harrison, Ander
son; four sisters Geraldine
Harrison and Bonnie Carter, New
York, Janie Ruth Martin, Ander
son, and Ruby Starks, New York;
and a brother Johnny L. Harrison,
New York
Dick Clark Productions,
producers of “American Ban
dstand” and “The Academy of
Country Music Awards,” has been
signed to produce the 12-hour
event.
In addition to performing, Lou
Rawls will emcee the show and
Marilyn McCoo will serve as co
host. Ed McMahon of “Tonight
Show” fame will be on hand
throughout the telethon to keep
the tote board up-to-date.
Sammy Davis voiced enthusiasm
about participating in the telethon
and stressed that “Education is the
means to success. If we can help
better educate our Black youth of
today, in business, science and
technology, it will help to insure
Rep. Brown
to study
‘double dipping'
State Rep. George Brown, and
other members of the PIP
Benefits/Medical Coasts*
Correlation committee will meetQD
Nov. 28th at the State Capitol to
study means to curb instances in
which individuals may profit from
hospital insurance coverage
through potential “double dip
ping.” Os particualr concern are
situations in which an injured per
son may collect presonal injur
protection benefits and then claim
restitution through some ad
ditional insurance coverage.
“Steps need to be taken to
eliminate profiting from hospital
insurance coverage, if it is shown
to exist,” Brown said. “This only
serves to increase insurance costs
for all consumers.”
Rep. Brown, who was recently
elected to serve a second term in
the Georgia House, was named to
the study committee by Insurance
Committee Chairman Crawford
Ware. Brown also serves on the
Industrial Relations and Regulated
Beverages committees.
Health care cost containment is
expected to be a major issue con
fronting lawmakers when the 1985
General Assembly convenes on
Jan. 14.
the growth of our economy in
years to come.”
The United Negro College Fund
supports 42 private, historically
Black colleges and about 45,000
students enrolled at these schools.
The College Fund is currently in its
40th year and has raised more than
$350 million in support of member
colleges.
Tne “Lou Rawls Parade of
Stars” is made possible with the
support of national sponsor
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
The company has sponsored
production of the telethon since its
inception five years ago. The*
Budweiser brand of Anheuser-
Busch, Inc. provides promotional
support through advertising and
marketing.
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