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U. S. Corporations Continue To Be Key To Nonviolent Change In South Africa
PHILADELPHIA, PA throughout the world can apartheid system in South reverend Leon H.!
- American corporations and should be a major Africa on a nonviolent f"Iuyan, upww-.of the
and other business firms force in eliminating the basis, according to bullivan Principles" for
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WELCOME TO DURHAM - Officials of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People welcome United States
Representative Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) to Durham last week where she spoke to a packed house mass rally at Union
Baptist Church Sunday night Left to right are J.J. Henderson, Willie Lovett, Rep. Chisholm and Dr. E. Lavonia Allison.
Photo by Henry Garner
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In a progress report on
how adoption of the prin
ciples by U.S. firms is
breaking down the bar
riers of apartheid in the'
. African nation, the chair
man of the International'
Council for Equality of:
Opportunity Principles,
Inc., declared that "what
started as a ripple is
becoming a wave." j
He noted that 136 U.S.!
companies now endorse
the plan, representing;
more than 75 per cent of
the employees of U.S..
Arms in South Africa, and
that ten leading South
African corporations
employing a half-million
workers in mines and
other labor-intensive areas
have agreed to implement
the principles.
"This business
endeavor, which began
only a short while ago, in
March, 1977, already is
improving the quality of
life for thousands, and
soon it will affect millions.
It is changing laws and
customs and practices all
over the Republic of
South Africa," he said.
Reverend Sullivan, who
is pastor of Zion Baptist
Church is Philadelphia
and founder-chairman of
OICs of America, Inc., a
nationwide network of
job-training centers for
the disadvantaged, said
that in pushing for full
adherence to the principles
by all U.S. firms in South
Africa, he also will enlist
the participation of com
panies from other nations
which have investments in
South Africa.
"Can you imagine the
impact if 1,000 companies
from around the world
having operations in
South Africa would ag
gressively implement the
principles and join in urg
ing the South African.
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Government to end the
apartheid system? The
erect would be revolu
tionarywithout blood
shed and this is what I
hope can and will occur as
we look ahead."
Reverend Sullivan'
warned that "if the solu
tion in South Africa is a
violent one, untold
numbers of people will be
killed, perhaps millions,
and most of them will be
black. We must use
humanitarian and
economic means to help
end apartheid without a
terrible destruction of life
and great human suffer
mg. He noted that many
black leaders in South
Africa support the
"Sullivan Principles" ap
proach, and that 13 codes
patterned after the prin
ciples have been developed
by Canadian, English and
European corporations
doing business in South
Africa.
"In addition to the
changes that are becoming
more and more visible,"
he said, "the principles
have established a new
worldwide sensitivity to
the humanitarian role of
companies in South Africa
and are beginning to be
felt in other developing
nations. The principles
also have created a
workable process around
which those who strive for
nonviolent change in
South Africa can rally.
"As of now it is not
clearly visible, but in my
view the system of apar
theid is crumbling at the
edges. If we continue to
work with the principles,
along with other forces
such as church groups,
5chools, international
trade unions, govern
ments, the United Na
tions, and particularly
non-whites and whites in
side South Africa who
have the same interests,
the dav will come when
apartheid will crumble
altogether.
. "And that day will
come sooner than many
people think possible," he
concluded.
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Operation Breakthrough's
Community Garden Pro
gram. Operation
Breakthrough's Com
munity Garden Program
has leased eight acres of.
good garden land located
on Mangum Road in the
Bragtown community off
Old Oxford Road. The
land is plowed and ready
for planting when the
weather permits. The
garden will be subdivided
into 1200-square-foot .
plots and rented for twen-
ty dollars per plot , with
priority given to the low
income and' target . area
population of Durham.
Plots will also be rented to
the general public on a
first-coin service basis.
Some - low-income
residents may be eligible
to rent their plots for less
if they meet Community
Services Administration
guidelines or qualified for
Operation Breakthrough's
energy programs.
Registration were held
at the garden site on
Mangnum Road on Mon
day May 5 and Wednes
day, May 7. Also registra
tion will be held on Friday
May 9, from 3 to 5 p.m.
Persons who are unable to
register during this times
may send a check or
money order payable to
Operation Breakthrough
Garden and a plot will be
reserved.
For further informa
tion, please call Operation
Breakthrough at 682-3209
or 682-9444, giving your
name, address and a
telephone number where
you can be reached.
Livingstone Finals
Set For May 20
SALISBURY The
Livingstone . College
Centennial Baccalaureate
Service and Commence-.
ment Exercises will be held
at 10 a.m., May 20 and 3
' p.m., May 20, respectively
in the Varick Auditorium
on the College campus.
Baccalaureate speaker
will be Reverend Paul
Smith, pastor of .Hillside
Presbyterian Church of
Decature, Georgia, and
vice president of
Morhouse College of
Atlanta Goergia. Com
mencement speaker will be
Mrs. C. Delores Tucker, '
president of te National
Federation of Democratic
Women.
The following persons
are scheduled to receive
honorary degrees at the
1980 Commencement
Convocation:
Doctor of Divinity
Reverend John D.
McArthur, Minister,
Metropolitan Wesley
A.M.E. Zion Church,
Washington, D.C. 20002
Reverend William J.
Powell, Minister, Oak
Street A.M.E. Zion
Church, Montgomery,
Alabama 36108
Reverend George C.
Woodruff, Presiding
Elder, Indianapolis
District Conference of the
A.M.E. Zion Church
Indianapolis, Indiana
Eckstine And
Warwick To Co
Chair Black
Music Month
PHILADELPHIA,
PA. The 1980 June
Black Music Month
Celebration is off to an ex
cellent start with the an
nouncement of Dionne
Warwick and Billy
Eckstine as Co-Chairmen
for the Black Music
Month Committee. The
Black Music Month
Celebration will be an in
ternational commemora
tion of Black Music's
history, artistry and many
sounds.
"It is my pleasure to be
Co-Chairman of the 1980
Black Music Month
Celebration with Dionne
Warwick, a young lady
that I like very much, both
as a lady and a great
young talent.
The BMA is one of the
closest endeavors to my
heart, because I think it is
a long overdue organiza
tion for a cause that has
been plagiarized since the
beginning. It is time that
we make the world aware
that what they have been
singing, playing and danc
ing to in their happy
moments has been created -mostly
by Black Music,"
expressed Eckstine.
Commented Warwick,
"I am honored and flat
tered that I have been ask
ed to serve as C6
Chairmen of the Black
Music Month Committee
with Billy Eckstine, Black -Music
is not only our
heritage, but one of
America's greatest natural
resources. I feel that it is
of major impoortancc that :
a general awareness of
Black Music be brought to
the American public. I am
proud that I can par-:
ticipate in bringing this:
natural resource to the !
public."
To increase the public's
awareness and general
observance if Black
Music sprci.ti programs
have been designed, in
I eluding the BMA's Second
1 Annual Conference, to be
j field June 26-30 in
Washington, D.C; ex
. hibits and special events in
; schools, universities,
. libraries and museums:
i total media involvement
and the entertainment in
t dustry's participation.
Eckstine and Warwick
j are members of "BMA's
Corporate Govermnent.
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