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THE CAMPUS ECHO
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1969
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You small minorities are not going to make me change my mind.
NCCU Football: True Grit
Pcvitifi Reporter
ROVING REPORTEK ., ,
Question: How relevant is politics to blacks? Should blacks
be affiliated with any political party?
Betty Elizabeth Jones
Major—Sociology
Classification—Senior
Home—Malden, Mass.
I feel that politics is the most relevant “legitimate system
that blacks can utilize. Blacks should not be permanently affiliated
with any political party, but they should respond to exisitmg and
future parties that answer their immediate needs.
Theodis Beck
Major—Sociology
0 lassif ication—S enior
Home—Asheville, N. C.
No. Politics is not revelant to black people. Black people are
not united enough to function through the political system. Some
black folks are still unconcerned as to what happens to the ma
jority of the black mass. The political system is set up to cater
to whites and whites only.
Agusta Cotton
Major—History
Classification—Sophomore
Home—Durham, N. C.
Within the framework of the existing structure, the best and
only thing that the black community can do is work toward com
plete control of its own resources with reference to the political
system, when and if they can use it.
John Brewer
Major—History
Classification—Junior
Home—Pittsburgh, Penn.
Politics is putting black people in the same position that
they were in during the Reconstruction. They are being used to
manipulate, exploit, and destroy any unity that might cause poli
tical unity. This unity is black political unity.
Charles Baldwin
Major—Sociology
Classification—Senior
Home—Wilmington, N. C.
Yes politics is relevant to black people. It is one way of
binding together and letting it be known what is needed. Politics
is bargaining power through which we are able to obtain what
we need.
Milton Dimmons
Major—History
Classification—Senior
Home—Atlanta, Georgia
No! As I view the issue, political impotence has led to the
“homosexuality” of the black political provocateur. One view, as
seen by the black constitutency, suggests strong positive factors
as a consequence of the “vote;” the other view, as seen by the
“ofay” political bosses, projects the meek colored boy toying with
politics and this dualism pulls out any positive factors that have
black overtones.
David Alston, Jr.
Major—Sociology
Classification—Senior
Home—Raleigh, N. C.
Yes, politics is revelant to black people. If we plan to hav^
any voice in America and be considered free, we should or must
have a voice in policy-making, decisions, and in how money is
being spent. Since politics and economy go hand-in-hand, and
if we plan to survive in this capitalistic society, we must have a
hand in politics.
Berry Dawson
Major—Accounting
Classification—Junior
Home—Boston, Mass.
Yes, politics is revelant to blacks. This country is run by
the government and in order to gain anything fully, one must go
through the government. When one has representation in the gov
ernment, then one can proceed with getting the things blacks
need.
To not ignore excellency and
to express the views of a de
lighted North Carolina Central
University student body, I am
writing the following letter to
the football team of that uni
versity.
Dear Football Team:
We are proud of you. First,
we are proud of you because of
your good athletic conditioning.
Time and time again we have
observed you running sprints
when the sun set in the west.
We have quietly acknowledged
your manly presence at mid
night after practice when you
looked too tired for study; nev
ertheless, we saw a book in
your hand.
You have stood unwearied
under the double burden of both
the practice field and that book,
for you never look tired during
a game. Joseph Harrell consis
tently has fought off blockers
bigger than him and the incom
parable Julian Martin often has
made a long pass run, been
overthrown by Matthews, and
caught a touchdown pass on the
next play.
Delighted in your physical
stamina, we have seen Sam
Singletary untiringly overpow
er blockers larger than he. Mar
veling that a man the size of
Herman Matthews can spiral a
football so far, we are awed by
his throwing for long yardage
continuously. Your great All-
American Doug Wilkerson
seems to grow stronger as the
game wears on, as does Jerome
Gant. Indeed, Coach Quiett had
conditioned you well.
Your fine conditioning is
easily observable in your excel
lent execution of plays. Math
ews usually is accurate in
throwing to his pass receivers.
Although no speedster, Faust
certainly follows his blockers
skillfully while gaining those
short and important yards so
vital to the success of a good
football team. Many of Ollie
Carson’s remarkable runs are
helped by Wilkerson and other
guards blocking well out in
front of him. Bob Holloway has
been keenly aware of nearly
every ball that is thrown into
the secondary. And how can
enough ever be said about your
secondary? You lead the con
ference in interceptions; you
must be among the most reli
able tacklers in the world.
But we are most proud of you
because of your admirable spirit.
You did not despair when the
pre-season pools rated you fourth
or fifth in the CIAA. You
thought you could win many
games and you have. Against
Smith you held scoreless an of
fense which some football crit
ics ranked the best in the con
ference. Facing a Morgan team
unbeaten by you in seven years,
you were not discouraged:
you brought us a victory home.
We know that men like Pete
Quinn do not know how to ac
cept defeat, because we have
seen Pete playing gallantly
while losing games prior to this
year. Few passes have been
completed against him, and we
feel sorry for the recipient of
those that were; for his tackles
are vicious. Telling his father
he was going to be one of the
greatest football players who
ever lived, Jim Thorpe was
hardly believed by anybody out
side himself. But he made his
dream reality. When you said
in August that you would win
the conference crown perhaps
nobody believed what you said
but you. But now you are first
in the conference. As your sym
bol the eagle, commandingly
flying through the sky, must be
looked up to by the golden bulls
of the field over which he pas
ses, so must you be looked up
to by the ordinary football
team.
Sincerely yours,
Ronald B. Miller
Africa Speaks
Edafe Oddo
By one of those strange turn
of events. I, like my fellow
Africans, am suddenly thrust,
after at least 12 hours flight
from sweet home, into a land
which, we are tactfully told, is
not only “flowing with milk
and honey,” but also an afflu
ence where “freedom” abounds.
However, it does not take the
practiced tongue of a connois
seur to taste in this “rich free
dom,” the legitimate bitterness
that pervades the life of those
who are fortunate enough to be
black in a racist society. It be
hooves me, therefore, to iden
tify with my brothers and sis
ters rather than suffer the in
justice of preferential treat
ment from the white world just
because I happen to come from
the other side of the Atlantic.
Part of that identity is a serv
ice to Youth Organization for
Community Action and within
her, I seek to radiate a buoyant
vitality and serve to project the
true image of Africa in the
realistic concept of black unity.
This unity, I am aware, calls
for the highest standards of
mutual togetherness, a sense of.
fair play and an infinite love
for blackness. We must, there
fore, do our best in presenting
truth and love in their purest
forms so as to promote under
standing. Though essentially a
cultural contribution, I shall
follow in subsequent articles,
the well-established tradition of
painting a picture of Africa’s
past and present with glimpses
of the future.
Amer. Education
Week Observed
During the week of Novem
ber 9 -15, American Education
Week was observed by the stu
dents at NCCU.
AEW resulted from the dis
coveries by draft boards during
World War I that about 25 per
cent of the young men called
up for military service were
illiterate and about 29 percent
were physically unfit. These
alarming conditions led mem
bers of the Americanism Com
mission of the newly formed
American ' Legion to consult
with officers of the National
Education Association and of
ficials of the U. S. Office of
Education about launching an
educational campaign to cor
rect the deficiencies in 1917.
During a series of conferences,
the NEA Representative Assem
bly set the first AEW observ
ance for December 4-10, 1921.
Today, as the biggest public
relations event of the school
year, AEW serves to increase
public understanding and ap
preciation of the schools, to en
courage parents to visit their
children’s schools at least once
a year. The NEA believes that
year-round public information
is a responsibility of school ad
ministrators and of all school
personnel and the American
Education Week is a highlight
of that program.
(See AEW Observed, Page 3)
The charm, strength and bind
ing force lie in her variety of
cultures—cultures which, over
the centuries, have been slow
ly integrated and will in due
course bring about an Africa
that will recreate the pride and
glory of black civilization.
Africa, one must admit, is
going through a phase in which
immature intellectualism, hasty
judgemnt and an insatiable de
sire to ape “the white man,”
has posed a formidable and
challenging problem in her
progress toward self-determina-
tion. Young and true Africans
today are not only trying to
overcome this problem but are
determined to triumph over pre
valent adversity because Africa
has a soul—the spiritual ele
ment in her culture has seen to
that. But that soul is in con
flict, a bitter conflict which is
not unusual in developing na
tions. It is, therefore, disap
pointing that the so-called de
veloped nations prefer to cata
lyse the conflict rather than of
fer the benefit of experience.
But the fact that a soul is in
conflict does not mean that it
has split into two. Indeed it is
a common practice for an active
soul to be in conflict in its ef
forts to majntain its ideals. This
is what is happening to Africa
and no matter what happens,
Africa’s soul is destined to re
main one so as to save the
black world. Africa will tri
umph; black people the world
over will rejoice over adver
sity and fulfill their destined
role because they have soul.