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November, 19
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This lovely young lady is only one of many students attending Malcolm
X University in Durham. The smile is indicative of the spirit at Malcolm X.
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uilding. The parade included
a African dance troupe and
lack community drummers,
he flag raising was at 4 p.m.
y 6 p.m. supper was served at
arious black eating establish-
.ents in Durham.
Student Organizations for
lack Unity grew out of a
.'alization by Black students
lat their needs as Black people
ere no longer satisfied by ex-
ting organizations. Hence sev-
'al students formed a group
)nsisting solely of Black peo-
le. The first organizational
eeting of SOBU was held at
orth Carolina A.&T. State
niversity in Greensboro, N. C.
om May 8-10, 1969.
SOBU is designed to serve as
vehicle to promote the efforts
allBlack people to be free
r dissiminating information
id concepts that reinforce
lity among Black people all
'er the world. SOBU is
"uctured on a regional basis,
ith each region relating to the
okesman for each and a na
tional group. There is a
inal convener.
SOBU recognizes MXLU and
e Center for Black Education
'/ashintfon, D. C.) as branch-
of “'The Black University”
r Black people.
“In recent years, Black stu
nts have been raising serious
estions about the social, psy-
ological, and historical vali-
:y of the education they are
ceiving in the nation’s ed
ges and universities,” observed
letter from MXLU to friends.
The letter noted that “In many
cases, the mere existence of
minority group students on the
campuses of “Top Notch” insti
tutions in the country is the re-
tult of sincere efforts by the
dministrations to extend the
'nefits of quality higher edu-
,ion to intelligent and deserv-
' “disadvantaged” youth.
\nd yet, these same campus-
now seem to be plagued by
at they consider unreason-
e demands, intolerable con-
ntations, and often destruc-
e and inexcusable tactics at
hands of Black students. Ne-
iations, genuine efforts to
. iimunicate grievances and
: iblish meaningful contact be-
i‘en students and administra-
• have continually proven
i,:tless.” The letter went on
ask whether, “Higher edu-
■ 'on for Blacks has reached
,1 .mpasse in this country?”
'o answer this question, con-
I Tiled segments of the Black
n munity (students, educators,
’-sroot organizers, etc.) have
e together to create MXLU,
ew educational institution
ited in Durham, N. C. The
■/ersity is designed to meet
very special needs of Black
lents, “To incorporate those
important elements of the Black
experience projected in today’s
racially torn society which have
been so totally absent from the
existing educational institutions,
both white and Negro, in this
country.”
For the Black man, MXLU
means a lot of things. It stands
for the realization by the Black
man of the beginning of the
time when he will be in com
plete control of an institution
that he hopes will help him in
his quest for knowledge and the
realization of himself as a man.
It also means for him the start
of yet another Black enterprise
which will either die or pros
per depending on the amount
of support the Black community
gives. For he knows that Dur
ham has been called by some
the graveyard of Black enter
prise. If the University suc
ceeds, it will be an everlasting
monument to black initiative
and Black enterprise for which
generations of Blacks yet un
born will always be grateful.
Judging from the amount of
support given to the University
on the dedication day, the school
is in for a good start.
ALL COLORED
PEOPLE-GET
BLACK
You can call yourselves col
ored people all you want to, but
you’re just like an oriole cookie
—Black on the outside and
white on the inside.
No matter whether you are
dark or fair, if you are a per
son of color in America, you
are as black as the blackest.
All you “colored people” can
take that phrase and put
where your minds ought to be,
in a garbage can. If anyone can
be so proud of the fairness of
skin given him by some white
bastard who raped some of your
ancestors, then go ahead and
be a colored people.
If all the relationships whicli
have born the multicolored
Black man had been based on
love instead of sexual lust, then
the number of almalgamated
and conglomerated “colored
people” wouldn’t even exist.
If a man rapes your mother
you wouldn’t call him “Papa.”
Yet those white masters did a
mess on your grandmothers and
great-grandmothers and you
want to give that bastard credit
for the act by claiming your
self as being a “colored per
son.”
Wake-up to the fact that you
are as Black as the ancestors
that came from Africa. In fact
they raped our women from the
coast of Africa—to the ship—to
the settlement of the American
colony. »
Law And Order
(Continued from page 2)
Reaction to White
Law and Order
—Eldridge Cleaver
By now everyone knows that
the catch phrase of today, called
“law and order” is as “one-way”
as its derived implications There
is no need to reiterate the lack
of justice that has been born out
of that phrase.
The Congress of the United
States upholds law and order
when it bans a black Congress
man from taking his seat. They
do so because they are afraid
of the power that Black man
carried, not of the things he did
which can’t approach the deeds
some of his colleagues have un
dertaken.
Did you know that back in
May of this year the House of
the North Carolina General As
sembly passed a bill that would
allow the National Guard to
act in a riot situation any way
they pleased, with immunity
from criminal and civil liability.
Any person should be able to
realize that this action, if not
barely rejected by the Senate
of the same body, would have
given the proponents of law and
order in this state the right to
kill at will and get away with
it.
Without doubt the age of mass
racial killing should have end
ed with the lynchings and burn
ings of many Black people in
the south and across the nation.
But instead, the establishment
in North Carolina as we see it
still attempts to do harm and
destruction to the Black citizens
of this state under the guise of
law and order.
When will the day come when
all men can be proud to stand
up for law and order because
they know that the phrase car
ries with it the notion of free
dom and justice. According to
the great philosopher, Plato,
no state can exist in a state of
disorder and turmoil. As long
as one people receives the right
to exercise an unjust rule over
another in the United States,
there will always be a large
degree of disorder.
Did you know that for years
to come the hope of the Black
man would be lost in false prom
ises and forgotten trusts. As
long as the nation spends more
on military budgets and space
exploration .there will be tur
moil in the nation. Whenever a
nation places more importance
on defending the world than
saving it.
Within the next decade this
nation will either continue to
exist as one of the greatest na
tions in the history of man or
it will wither into an oblivion
caused by years of mistrust and
Shaw University
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they really didn’t expect.”
Shaw University is located in
the heart of the Southside Urban
Renewal area in downtown Ra
leigh. The school is slated to
recive land from the renewal
project for future expansion of
the campus.
Dr. Chek said, “the charrette
might provide a new thrust in
the community’s dealings with
the urban crisis. We are seeking
to generate a dialogue on what
Shaw University should be.
This is one of the first bold
programs intiated under Shaw’s
new president. His brother. Dr.
James Cheek, is now serving as
president of Howard Universi
ty, and tossed Shaw into the
Urban Crisis during his term
by issuing a plan to establish
branch campuses of the Uni
versity in urban areas in the
North.
Both men are featured in the
November issue of Ebony mag
azine’s as a “new breed” of col
lege administrators.
No special date has been set
for the charrette, but that a
potential steering committee
has been contactd.
Romallus O. Murphy, sepcial
assistant to Dr. Cheek, has been
named as coordinator of the
project.
The expense of the Raleigh
project is estimated at $37,000.
The Office of Education will re
portedly put up an original
$10,000.
Officials at Shaw see the
project as far less exp>ensive
than traditional planning pro
cedures and much more effec
tive in tapping the commu
nity’s wide range of talents.
disgust. Of course a situation
like this should not be allowed
to develop, but the evils of a
society such as ours are bound
to sow headache and pain that
is so common today.
Black Ink
(Continued from page 1}
Black people are potenti ’ '
a Rip Van Winkle. Lying if.or
mant for so long in a set
racism, we are now awakei rig
like a sleeping giant only
realize we haven’t been sli
ing—someone simply thre^
blanket over us.
“Black Ink” will dispell thi.
blanket.
We not only feel insecure
the interpretations of the while
press but realize the disturbii a
qualities in many black cori'
munity papers. Although the
have withstood the economi ■
pressures of a white society tc
remain financially sound, this is
no reason for the smearing of
more “honkified” ideas in the
black community than the white
press is often guilty of.
The more important aspect
of communication is truth. Even
though “Black Ink” will voicf
un-American doctrines and anti
establishment attitldes, it wil
not skip the truth.
Being a colonized people w
must show even greater coh(
sion than at any other peried
in our history. Without a bla(
printed voice which doesn’t s( ■
the world through shades
white, black people are lost.
Why are black people help
ing the white man fight a war
against minority peoples
Asia? Is it the same re
blacks fought in the 9th
10th calvary to kill Indians
Why is it necessary for 1
people to control their
communities?
How do past historical pa..»ts
dictate the passage of new to
day?
These are simply drops ii. ,i
CCCaii oX OLii.
cation must confront. For n..
reason, it might be more fii ir.
to refer to ‘‘Black Ink” .
now look into the black wor\,
A “profile” of the past, presei
and future laced toether.
In essence, “Black Ink” wi
do its best to represent the wa'
of Neo-Pan-Africanism.
Bookreview
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targets, rather than the wno\
vast machinery of western i
cism and imperialism.
A force with the skills anc.
tools of the Black Commandos
should surely be able to see the
larger picture and be able to
do something about it. Reading
through each episode you find
yourself saying, “yeah, yeah,
now let’s get on to Africa!”
But Moreau’s novel stops
short of such vast involvement.
It’s really a heartbreaker when
he leaves us with a “we-may-go-
to-Africa-when-needed” after
showing us a group of Black
men who could take care o
everything.
!- ink conversation failed to clear up tr^e problem presented by the
^rd.n'h loud horn blast during the October festivities at Malcolm X U.
Back Up This Train