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i v -a - Sovoral Groups Attend SCLC Mass Hoofing BY PEKITA BRYANT Representatives of sev eral or Durham black or ganizations . pledge their support the growing strug gle for freedom and justice and added their concerns to the expanding list of issues facing the black community at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference mass meeting at Mount lion Baptist Church on Tuesday night April 3. . The special concerns of different organizations should not preclude the solidarity and unity needed to bring about change in the black community. These were the sentiments of J J. Henderson chairman of the powerful Durham Com mittee on the Affairs of Black People. Henderson, in his remarks said, "what we as a race do or fail to do from here on out is most , important". The Durham Committee EMWB Y0R TV PI6T0BB Vith This Low Cost .Replacement Antenna includes 50 ft. 300 Ohm Lead-in Cable " 5J Heg. aw 4taiai ID Gold Anodized For Rust Resistance 9 Added Elements For Improved Reception 506 E. Main St. 688-6311 Mon.-Sat. 9-5:30 Similar to Illustration , ickgrsj on . the Affairs of Black People has recently adopted the resolution asking for -the immediate pardon of the Wilmington Ten and the Charlotte Three. Rev. Bernard Morrison of the Coalition Against Police Brutality echoed the call for solidarity , and asked for action from the organization to wake black people from their "comatose4 state. The Coaltion 'has been actively working on and alleviating the unnecessary harassment of the black community by police . Several issues are facing the South Durham Committee for Action, according to its representa tive, James Smith, one of the many concerns is the plan by the city of Durham to widen Roxboro street, creating the prob lem for school children who must cross a busy street in order to get to school. Believing this to be detri mental to the welfare of black people, Smith asked that efforts be made to join them in the battle against the city. Michael Howell, Presi dent of the Student Gov ernment Association at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) consid ers April a very important month for black people, especially for black col leges and their student pop ulation. Blacks students have an increased responsi- bility to move to the forefront as a result of the recent threat to black schools by the non-complf-ance with HEW desegrega tion guidelines of the Uni versity of N.C. system, Hor well sees the potential for much more intensive strug gle. "The struggle goes further than college stu dents. it goes back to huh schools and elementary schools where our children are indoctrinated and made to believe that they cannot achieve... We must deal with this." - ' . Several portests and dem onstrations have been plan ned by the NCCU students. The NCCU community is fighting a two-headed dragon, contended Richard Sligh of NCCU Alumni and Friends. Golden Frinks, National Field Director of SCLC recapped the comments of the various organizations and made an appeal for those present to use the old style "grapevine" to inform other blacks about the movement. The Rev. Percy Chase of the Community Baptist Church in Durham was the speaker for the mass meeting. Rev. Chase, in eloquent oratory, reminded black people that the prosperity being experienced now is not , freedom. "Freedom is determining the factors of our own destiny ....Freedom is not sitting down compro mising". Rev. Yvonne Beasley pre sided over the meeting. Lav; Sutlens Urged to bapport Human Rights Petition at UN 2THE CAROLINA TIMES -SAT.; APRIL 7, 1979 Oolly Grilveirt EMra makes a mixed drink soft a i 0 s 4 S c c a c K ft C e a? E R R S c ft Ss B : It Si Calvert Extra mixes up into deliciously smooth drinks. This blend of aged whiskies neither overpowers the mixer nor ' gets lostin the drink Soft Whiskey does what arff whiskey does, only sorter. The Soft Whiskey Calvert Extra fry ww f5 3 :, Jl.il e ' i .X- I WWW jj -SS2I5 ,., "-ym. JC.' " ii iiiTT BY PAT BRYANT CHAPEL HILL - Begin ning a speaking tour of the Triangle area last weekend, Attorney Lennox Hinds urged lawyers and students at,; the University of North -Carolina to ask President $ James E. Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance to waive confidentia lity of hearings in Geneva on U.S. violations of human rights. The Geneva hearings are subject to a 900 page peti tion and supporting do cumentaion filed with the United Nations December 11, 1978 that political prisoners exist inihe United States. Under the United Nations regulations, the hearings can be closed if the Cross Burning Continued from front partment has reported no clues, Mrs. Bagley told THE CAROLINA TIMES that she believes some one knows something about the cross-burning. So far it could not be determined if the cross burning was the work of Ku Klux Klan elements that have been on the rise in other parts of the state and nation. vf , Cross-burning is against the law, according to U.S. Attorney HJvI. Michaux, and Durham County Dis trict Attorney Dan Ed wards, Jr. Helps Shrink Swelling Of Hemorrhoidal Tissues caused by inflammation Doctors have found a medica tion that in many cases gives prompt, temporary relief for hours from pain and burning itch in hemorrhoidal tissues, then helps shrink swelling of these tissues caused by inflammation. The name: Preparation W. No prescription is needed. Prepa ration H. Ointment and sup positories. Use only as directed. country against which the charges are filed . wishes them to be secret. The charges of political imprisonment were filed against the United States government by a coalition of civil rights organizations, the Commission For Racial Justice, of the United Church of Christ, the Na tional Alliance -Against Racsit and Political Repress ion, and the National Con ference of Black Lawyers. So far, the U.S. has not answered the charges. Hinds told the- Chapel Hill audience and ' others he spoke to later, that the petition identifies two classes of political prison ers. First are persons whose "overt and expressed oppo sition resistance placed them in violent confrontation with society". Examples he cited were the. many victims of the U.S. Jus tice Department's COINTELPRO program such as Rev. Ben Chavis and the Wilmington 10, the Charlotte Three and the Black Liberation Army. A second class included incarcerated people who "get extended sentences for their efforts to change the conditions and treatment of prisoners in prisons. Ex amples, Hinds said, were George Jackson, the Attica Brothers, and Imani "J "Johnny" Harris. 'The brief names SS prisoners who represent thousands", said Hinds. Hinds supported the con tention of U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young that several thousands of po litical prisoners exist in the U.S. Explaining the avalanche of criticism and an impeach ment move in the House of Representatives, Hinds said "it is fundamental to U.S. foreign policy to deny the existence of political prisoners in the U.S., while collectively accusing other nations of violations of fundamental human rights. The reluc tance of the U.S. to admit political prisoners exist in the U.S. is "intimately re lated to the U.S. refusal to condemn racism domestically or internation ally." The US., he contin ued, is one of the few coun ties that has not ratified the international covenant to eliminate all forms of rascism. "Racism, poverty, and oppression are intrinsically intertwined in the law" said Hinds. He noted that the preamble of the U.S. Constitution was not written for more than 700,000 African slaves then existing in the U'S. - "It was the law that made black people capital goods, it was the law that denied black people their humanity, and it was the law that divested Native Americans of their land their culture and their future," said Hinds. "It is the law that continues to operate to pre serve the present system of social political, and economic relations." Critical of press accounts depicting former New York Governor Nelson Rockefel ler as a friend of the com mon man, Hinds attacked Rockefeller, his heirs, and Standard Oil for killing workers, and paying low wages, all in the protection of the law. "When blacks protested in Watts, Newark, and Harlem, against oppressive conditions, police used wea pons against them rather than their exploiters," he added. "Racism and sexism are not crimes in America. - The criminal law of the United' States is aimed at subverting resistance, Hinds continued, making the case that thousands are unjusti fiably held in the nation's prisons. "Criminal law is used to politically control and suppress a segment of the population. Afro Americans, he noted,' constitute the largest seg ment of the prison population. HMMlHH -In I IK d .tut. ME SPRINGTI This is just a sampling. Youll find hundreds of values throughout the store. CHA12 6 OTTOMAN . Heft's a real value you ehoukt not pass up. Tufted Hercuton 4-piece living room. All 4 plleces tor thla low, low price. Hurry in Quan tity limited! ALL"4 PIECES .289 "Use (i Our Convenient Credit Plans" - We finance our own accounts. ffrs&&- "'trv. Includes Settee, Table and 2 Chairs. Moth Potto Furnlhiro 4-ploco Coating Croup See our large selection of patio and lawn furniture all on sale! 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