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Ml |.?1I - 1 ? January 18, 1975 I "JlMpiM' 1 g - ? - ~ " XX?_X |j - D1 t. : DiaiK ignorance is tne white racist's secret ally. In the past, whenever whites sought to prevent Black progress to equality, they tried to do it through the frustration, stultification, and just plain prevention of learning on the part of Blacks. As a result, we grew up ignorant, both of our own history and of our potential. Also, as contradictory as it may sound, we also grew up ignorant of white history, just as the whites also have grown ~ wtStlftf tfi&y TTtaice "'heroes of psychopathic "killers and mass murderers? According to the propagandistic exposure we received in white history, every page we turned was replete with the deeds of white heroes, generally battling against overwhelming odds, i .,:ti ...1?!? " - auu ?uii winning, ur, 11 not winning, losing, and in doing so, achieving martyrdom, which is still winning posthum'ously. In the meantime, we Blacks, Chicanos, Red Men and every other non-white group, instead of donning water-proof hip-boots to wade through this cesspool of bull that we have been incessantly exposed to during our youth, succumbed to the myths, and the lies, and the half-truths; and while we adulated non-existent white heroes, we demeaned and castigated ourselves for not being capable of the deeds that American white mythologists set before us as examples to live up to. So now we see the material results of the success that was achieved by our American step-brothers, and if we were more knowledgeable than we are, we would also see the price that they paid for such success, and also, the price that we paid, for |4heir success. But none of this is really obvious enough, yet. What we do not rooti'TA So +1%o* A ?? * J ?v?>u.v >o inai omenta, me new Lana, was once England's Siberia, to which the criminals, castoffs, and political dissidents were once exiled. Not that England was that upright and moral. She, herself, was crude, vulgar and full of pomp and circumstance, and her leaders were prude, crude and vaingloriously greedy. t Since no one can pass through a sewer and come out smelling like a rose, and since anyone passing through that sewer is going to emerge with some of that taint still on him, so we have to consider the early settlers, no matter how romantically mythologyzed, as products of the English environment from which so many of them were ejected. We have to assume that "noble" passions were not a part of their makeup, and that an overwhelminolv rnmnpllino onH nnnrocciwo ? - ? -- ??---w>a>j/wmtig mku vpj/1 vosiw 3^ii3c wi unci iunly motivated them. Tie this in with an aggressive hostility on their part and a penchant and opportunity for the unbridled ruthlessness presented by the American wilderness to the settlers for exercising their violent passions, and we have an explosive mix that has manifested itself in terrible and brutally contradictory ways. This mix has produced, on the one hand, one of the most noble documents known to man, and on the other hand, one of the most degrading social conditions possible. Norman N. Barbee NER Gets New Board "^Governor Jim Holshouser boro and Dewey Wells of announced the appointment of Elizabeth City. 10 members to the Board of The other two new members ki i i ? ? ? ? ? - ? " rsaiurai ana economic Kesources. V __ The 25-member Board was 1 I hp l-C created by the General m m Assembly to consider and W m w a tb advise the Secretary of I 1 I l*C -I \ P Natural and Economic Re- I sources on any matter that he m m 4J7 Norths may refer to it, assist in the M m development of major pro- 1 I The newest nil! grams, and recommend prio- mm m rities for the Department. m V _ . Eight Of the Governor's I 1 serving your favorite appointees have served on the ? f former State Board of ff 1 Live Entertainmeii Conservation and Develop- featurine The I mcnt. They are James C. m M Gardner of Rocky Mount: I W ? Ronald Barbee of Greensboro: Open Daily from 8 Charles M. Shelton of King: m w . Weekends j Charles F. Cotra. Jrrr -of ?--4 1 Charlotte; Henry A. Mitchell. S I 417^orthyj Jr., of Raleigh; Mrs. Anne K. I 1 J, Moses Hickman of Winston-Salem; ? m Phone* 7\ F.dwin A. Morris of Greens Winston-Salem Chronicle Angela Da by Jon Hankins Special Correspondent "You must align yourself with. the people who are struggling the most. You'll not only he ftolitjng for them, but iv " >v align yourself with them, /Ipfpnrt their rivil liberties and their rights, when the attack comes down on you it just might be too late!" This seemingly rhetorical comment at first appears insipid and innocuous. But spoken by Angela Davis, it possesses timely significance which she, sometimes painfully, detailed to a capacity crowd at UNC-Chapel Hill's Memorial Hall. "The first thing we have to do if we are going to defend 1 our own civil liberties is to know the nature and the pattern of repression in American histtwy ? what will happen if it is allowed to proceed unchecked." sbe said. The American government has historically practiced a "conspiratory pattern of repression localized in Washington" embodying an insidious alliance to coerce and repress all but the interests of the economic and. political elite. Dispaired by the recent Vice Presidential selection, Angela characterized Nelson Rockefeller as "the epitome of rnrnnratp hioli.nnu/pr info. ...IW rests." She said solemnly, 441 sincerely believe that we are experiencing an extremely dangerous moment in American history, where we might end up in a lethal abyss of fascism." ~ In this century the American elitocracy has relentlessly Members are John F. Watlington, Jr., and Charles Frank Benbow, both of Winston-Salem. i ATlf ?1 VGLE | vest Blvd. I ht-spot in town I foods & Beverages. I it on Weekends, I 1 'auras Band 1 I p.m.-1:30 a.m. I M \ p.m. - 3 a.m. M sst Blvd. . 11 ? M. Blackmon V 1 14-1697 M 4 % tvis Warns defined more and more groups for "fascistic" repression l*starting_with the Communist Party in the 40's, to the Civil ?Rights- ^and- Student movements of the 60's? til they broke in the doors of the Democratic party/* ^? - Pi Angela Davis "1 don't frighten very easily/* she said, 'But when I r see all the things that are now happening in this country, I get very, very frightened." The nature of American racism is an anachronism of this growing fascism and illustrates the interrelatedness of the problems. * * Racism is the single most importantweapon for the powerful because it diverts the attention of everybody away from the people behind all these nonsensical elements. Not only is it a tool for the M The Charlie [Chuck] Jones Xv3 :$3with B.J.'s oroduction Inc. w :j:j:oCharlie will be singing most); $1:3 written himself; like "What 1 i&tfBIack Man's Heritage," "I Sweetest Love," which will b The Show will start at 10 ^There will be 30 minutes of Ayg Refashion show and then Chai ?Sfi Sj:: funky , and mellow just the ||j So get ready for a nigh ^ entertainment. The Boss Lady of WAII ^Ceremony and she's 100% < if tv#, mmrTAN 1i IIC vmnibvii CHARLIE JONES HI FRL NITE 1MO mm 2rOO JL M. tw> o? tm m wtii mow - rat - m m * fe. Twt wmim imt J Ui I m iz ' .y.v I CHA I JOI _ .vlv IA m*m vom 1 F&SMOK SHOW PRESENTED WITH DYNAMITE SI! :M ; fiVtSVtViViSVAVAViSViViSSSVtVAVAVAYiYi - Page 3 Of Facism repression of selected groups, it also renders the majority of the white pop u 1 ation s ubmissive and docile," Angela explains. "Ford knows that when the white people in Boston are out in the streets brutalizing black kidsr they - doiVf havo long Uv _ i iike economic survival in these times of rising inflation and unemployment. ^Angela said that no longer is it sufficient to limit one's political awareness to the civil liberties and rights laid down in the Constitution. For even ; as that document was being drafted, people contemplated the consequences of minority as well as majority tyranny in this "land of the free." Underlying many of these discussions is the idea that a society is only as free as is its least free. Since the "guaranteed" American freedoms have historically been selectively distributed, people should be wary of any sense of seniritv If vnn aro nn* ...J. .a JVM Ml V IIV1 U I I IWI Ig the powerful, what ever your prcscn status, Angela warns "You are a potential victim." "The only way to effectively eradicate the present insanity is through mass collective movements, through collective action," she said. /3i Next Week: Part Two Revue Show and Band alonglx? ith a beautiful fashion show.S&ij fc% y his own music, song's he's?. It Means to Be In Love," "A||: Mother Nature." and "The?#: , e released on an album soon, gig p.m. and last until 2 a.m.^?j: soft recorded jazz. Then thejj!|? rile will do his thing...slow,| jig way you like it. | || t of Beauty* fun, and top j t will be the Mistress of j|gi dynamite. ]|| CLUB Presents % VIIE SHOW HIND 1 .JAN.24 I ADV. ADM. $150 - AT DOOR $4*00 $&: milMMIMCr.UtaTtmuniMnMifeTMMito >Xv 7 i JW ?T * i? RUE | UES 1 - aurtmi mbmjtd a;.;.; < BY BJ'S PROOUCTVWS It -1 ? STEBS * BROTHERS #j
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