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Page 10 TIIE VOICE February n, 1972 I THE BEAUTIFUL BLACK TRUTH! Saying And Thinking Do you find yourself saying; “We are so untogether, Was it yesteryear 1 was talking Blackness and now, 1 can’t remember I’m losing some of my Black awareness, but I can’t, I must n’t, it’s not good for Me or My People, I came to college yelling ‘ ‘ Black Power’ ’, every, thing I saw and touched repre- sented Blackness to me, but now 1 don’t know I’m still Black Minded, but I don’t trust my own people, what’s wrong with me, this ain’t good, it scares me., . . It is that I don’t have the time to devote to classes and Black ness too????' Am I making excuses???? I find myself thinking of myself more and more each day while thinking of others too, but not in the same sense!!!!!” I call it self- preservation, you call it sel- fishness, we’re both right!!!!! If you find yourself thinking like this today, tell me. . .Where Are We Heading????? If you find yourself saying this I know. . .Where Are We Head- .ing????? Maybe Tomorrow Maybe tomorrow I will open my eyes and see a black nation united as one. A nation joined together by love, peace and happiness. Maybe tomorrow I will see. . . A Delta love a Swing A Zeta love a Theta A Tan love a Gamma Sig. . . . Maybe tomorrow A Groove will love a Que. . . An Alpha will love a Kappa. ,, A Cocoa will love an Alpha Phi Omega Yes maybe tomorrow we shall rise up as one black nation singing praises of each other. Maybe tomorrow I shall see such happenings come to pass. Yes, Maybe tomorrow. - X.X. Shabazz - YOU You Must... Here I sit thinking of you, want ing and needing to see, to touch, to feel the nearness of you. Your mind playing hide “n” seek with my mind, running in varied di- rections to elude the closeness of my nearness. Perhaps it is that I make things as they are, because I want, need and desire to love, to hold, to cap ture and possess your spirit, your heart, your body and your soul. To plant your love among the gardens of my mind, to pamper, to touch, to watch it as it grows, matures and becomes a flower, bringing forth goodness, sweet ness and love just for me!!! - Goldine Dailey - Love people Love yourself first of all Hate not yourself do not be ashamed of slavery-use Blackness-A Philosophy it love people : Blackness is a philosophy of terns instilled there by a society go tock toyour spiritual self - the Liberation that will free the black built on the assumption that the original man man’s mind of white values and white man is morally and intel- create the whole man for the new bring out his deeply rooted ideas, lectually superior to the black "^tion Once his mind is free from pat- man he will begin thinking and acting black. He will study his black heritage and culture. He will develop pride in his black ness. He will develop cultural awareness and he will become aware of the importance of black unity, - Dorothy Jones - ‘Give me an Afro pplNCIf^^ “We want to know why there is no chocolate milk in the cafeteria. Did You Know? Did you know that the average life span of man is approximately 70 years? Did you know that if one segregated and evenly divided his time, during that span, one would find that 1/3 of his life would be spent in bed, approxi mately 4-5 years spent eating, approximately 4.5 years spent relaxing, etc. Come on Black folks, your time is shorter than you think. About Us Black People By CORNELL DAVIS Little is going on in the city of Fayetteville to raise the level of consciousness of Black People, Consciousness is knowledge of self, environment, correct inter- pretation of history, and of lies and propaganda. The Fayetteville Area Poor Peoples’ Organization is geared toward the needs of the Black people here. It is not compro. mising its position for structure to satisfy the Europeans (white people). Though the organization is geared toward the needs of us it is not functioning as it should because of lack of support and understanding from the commu. nity. There is the Black Unity Coun- cil that is set up to include all Black Organizations in Fayette ville and represent the city as a whole. From my observation and dealings with this group I find that their level of consciousness is very low and is not equipped to deal with the Europeans ef fectively, But there is no doubt in my mind that in the near fu ture, however, these organiza tions will raise their level of consciousness and deal. Its fol lowers consist mostly of middle class and are afraid of saying harsh things to or about Euro, peans for fear of losing their jobs or social status. We also have a branch of the Black People Union Party here in Fayetteville. This Party is a political and a self help party, designed to make us more aware of politics and the fact that we need to do something for our- selves. This organization start ed in the summer of ‘71, It is in the process of getting together a cadre of people and training them how to relate to the party. It is also setting up a registra- tion drive to encourage people to register, not to vote. The most important thing about re gistering is that when you re- gister, it makes you eligible to sit on the jury. If you are not familiar with politics re gister “No Party or Indepen- dent.” I would like to say that the city of Fayetteville and Cumber land County is in great need of help and consciousness. So those of us who are interested in doing for self and our people, let’s put our heads together and state the problems, analyze them and pro- pose some solutions to the pro blems and carry them out. If we don’t succeed, don’t look at it as failure, b-,.t that that’s.onewa'V that ■'ve cannot solve the problem. Keep a positive attitude and carry on. Anything the mind can con ceive and believe in, and act upon, it surely achieve. I love you with all the know, ledge I possess.
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