PAGE 2,..THE COMPASS...DECEMBER 15, 1971
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EditOTl(llS'’‘’‘^ Alter Wilmington Situation
AWARENESS!!
An awareness of self,
purpose, goal, objective,
mind, environment - hap
penings, actuality and
others is no loiter a
choice for Black sisters
and brothers in North
Carolina predominantly
black institutions of high-
Unity Among Students
WHAT THIS CAMPUS REALLY
NEEDS
Of all the things needed on a college campus, unity
among students is one of the most essential needs.
For instance, our college has had fine leadership
in its Student Government Association for the past
several years, but the leaders haven’t been able to
accomplish their goals because of the lack of support
from the students. However, support for our football
and basketball teams has been tremendous I Practically
all the student body loves and cherishes both teams
and follows them as far as they can. As a result of
unity among the athletes, their goals are achieved
with sparkling success. Nevertheless, we as students
have seen what unity can produce but are hesitant to
use it for our own benefit.
Fraternities and Sororities should work togetter as
a family and stop tearing each other down as if they
are enemies. Freshmen and SojAiomores are students
just as Juniors and Seniors. Their contributions should
not be neglected but accepted and worked into all stu
dent body issues. These things will produce something
we “all” can be proud of. I suggest using unity to its
fullest extent. It is truly one of our greatest needs.
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er learning. It is a ne
cessity in order to sur
vive the terrible crisis we
are about to enter. The
facilitation of solidarity
must be essential to all
North Carolina black edu
cators who are concerned
about saving the black
schools.
We are made aware of
incidents that are hap
pening daily to our black
sisters and brothers.
Moreover the efforts of
the white man to jiiase
out the black schools in
North Carolina are high
ly mobilized and system-
itized. But as aware, li
berated Black people we
will have to show ‘whitey'
that we too, can think and
we can use critical and
analytical thinking and re
gardless of how many
theories say that Black
people are inferior and
mentally - unable to per
form at normal and above
normal capacities, facts
show that the impact of
white discrimination up
on the mental stability of
the black people is at an
all time high. It has been
proven that it is not un
til the black man is pre
paring to throw off the
shackles of disadvan
tages, inequality and dis
crimination that the
whitey “racist” try to
degrade his mental sta
bility with some lop
sided, off-the - wall theo
ry that cannot stand up to
scientific investigation.
Awareness is the key to
the problem. We simply
cannot idly stand by and
be {diased out. We must
become aware of what is
happening to us and stop
dealing with trivial mat
ters and get down to the
pure “grit.” We must be
meticulous in all matters
concerning and having ef
fect upon our future.Let’s
get ti^ether Black Peo
ple.
SOBU NEWS SERVICE
WILMINGTON, N.C. - For the
past 9 months, the Black
community here has been
engaged in '«intense struggle.
Although very little publicity
has been generated, due to the
near total press white-out
(both in and out of the state),
it is well known that Black
people have had to resort to
armed self defense in the face
of continued armed attacks by
an alliance of racist law
enforcement officials and a
group of demonic, deranged
crackers calling themselves the
Rights Of White People
organisation (ROWP).
According to ROWP there is
only one solution to the race
problem in this country -
“exterminate the niggers.”
Twice this year armed
confrontations have taken
place between the Black
community and the white
racist unholy alliance. Early in
February, the Black
community defended itself for
4 days and nights against
attacks by the white vigilantes.
At the beginning of October,
whites again attacked in force
and were again repelled. In
both cases the vigilantes were
aided by members of the
police department.
The events of the past few
days have indicated that some
minor contradictions have
arisen between the racist city
and state officials and their
alter ego on the right, ROWP.
The ^ty has temporarily
banned use of public parks for
gatherings,. a move aimed
directly at ROWP, who held all
their meetings at Hugh McRae
park.
Sometimes as many as 700
of their followers would gather
to hear their leader, Leroy
Gibson, tell about how he was
going to “drive the niggers into
the sea” which surrounds this
port city. Several whites have
been arrested (33) for defying
the public ban. One had a
dozen guns and rifles, plus a
large quantity of dynamite in
his possession when taken into
custody.
Some weeks ago, raids by
the US alcohol and firearms
officials netted a quantity of
homemade shotguns, some of
which could fire up to eight
traditional d^ristntas
Christmas at Elizabeth
City State University is a
sight to the eye and one
to behold. The tradi
tional Christmas tree
lighting is the annual
highlight at the Univer
sity.
The true meaning of
Christmas as seen by
each individual can be a
thing to remember for
ever. Christmas as seen
through the eyes of the
students at EUzabeth City
State University is a state
of mixed emotions and has
much diversity.
Each year the students
of Elizabeth City State
University, the aware
Black Vildngs, make it a
traditional habit to steal
the beautiful color bulbs
off the Christmas trees,
especially the tree in
front of the Infirmary.
These bulbs are usually
taken to the rooms of
Vikings oncampus to dec
orate their own roosm.
Often times we are not
made aware of exactly
what we are doing and
what our true purpose on
the university campus is.
The beautification of our
campus, occasion - wise
is climaxed at Christ
mas time. Aware and con-
concerned black sisters
and brothers just don’t go
around stealing from
themselvea It has become
a traditional habit of the
Vikings, who are saying
that they are actually a-
ware, liberated and con
cerned members of the
third world. Only the
students at this Univer
sity can promote the
idealism of maintaining
the beautification that we
have had in the past years.
Please don’t steal the
Christmas bulbs off the
Christmas trees this
Christmas. Let’s be in
dications of mature, re
sponsible citizens of
Elizabeth City State Uni
versity. SUPPORT THIS
CAMPAIGN!! Any person
who steals from a bro
ther does not deserve to
be called a brother or
sister.
shells simultaneously. All three
men arrested in the raid had
been actively involved in
ROWP activities.
Perhaps even the more
sophisticated racists have come
to realize that not only have
ROWP activities failed, but
they have actually proved a
catalyst in uniting the Black
community and raising the
level of political condciousness
among the people to an all
time high.
The police have not stopped
in their campaign to disarm the
Black community. Just 2
weeks ago, 2 Black youths who
were standing guard at their
church were arrested and
charged with ‘going armed’ to
the terror of the people. The
church, the First African
Congregation of the Black
Messiah, has been in the
forefront of the struggle in
Wilmington, and has been
threatened with destruction on
countless occassions.
Another state of emergency
has noW been declared, during
which police are free to search
all cars for weapons. Needless
to say, the emergency has been
enforced against Blacks only,
while the crackers drive around
with guns in plain sight. The
city police, misleadingly
depleted by the establishment
press as being at odds with
ROWP, nevertheless shows no
inclination towards stopping
night riding and sniper attacks
in the Black community.
Despite all of this, there is a
good deal of optimism. Good
solid leadership has been
characteristic of the
Wilmington movement since its
inception last December. This
leadership hot only exists
within the self defense cadre,
but also at the high school
level and even extends to the
junior high level. Although the
pressure has been great, the
Blck community has yet to
back down. They have faced
the worst that the white boy
has to offer with the strength
inherent in a unified
community.
“Our history needs to be
written as the history of our
society, not as the story of
European adventures. African
society must be treated as
enjoying its own integrity; its
history must be a mirror of
that society, and the European
contact must find its place in
this history only as an African
experience, even if as a crucial
one.*' _ Kwame Nkrumah
Bfliflopmrnt
On behalf of the Uni- '
versity family and the
community, the Office of
Development wishes each
of you a very Merry
Christmas and a pros
perous New Year.
Don’t forget the Annual
F und and your annual con
tributions. Please keep in
contact.