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1 Wii _ Vot XH,No.a>. im-a-a. Black daily, man settle their dispu By DIANE PACETTI Associated Press Writer Related story on^M. CHirATiO ? Til# r^hinnork ? u' a i iv w ruvtc^ V 9 A UU owned newspaper whose criticism of the city's ! black mayor prompted one subscriber to cl himself to its office in protest, made peace on front page last Wednesday. "The Chicago Defender endorsed Hai Washington when he ran for mayor, and Defender is still on Hirold Washington's side," newspaper said in a page-one editorial. The move by the city's only black-owned c newspaper resolved a dispute sparked by an ea editorial that questioned whether the black c munity was any better, off under the Washini administration. Seeking A 'Fair Assessment' The Rev. Herbert Martin, president of the 1 NAACP board, chained himself to a column side the Defender offices in freezing temperat last Monday to protest the edTtoriaS7Picketers r ched in support. 1 Martin, who also had begun a hunger sti vowed to stay until the Defender promised honest and fair assessment of the progret reforms by the mayor." Martin freed himself last Tuesday night t reaching an agreement with Defender Board Cl man John H. Sengstacke, who wrote the colum last Saturday's Defender that criticized the ma >*cw 'We Are A Family' ? I JWt W?1n?Hau'c Plofonrlar A . ?? osavwm/ w ^v^vrm^r VB1 I IWVi A 11 Villi"] photo of Martin and Sengstacke, hands cla overhead in victory, under a headline that r "We are a family." Sengstacke originally said he would not ret the offending editorial, which asked Washing "What the hell's going on?" Sengstacke also said on a recent Sunday mori radio talk show that included Mayor Washinj that anyone who objected to the editorial c< write a letter to the editor. Washington said black radio is "more relevs than black newspapers and that he already has t mistreated by the white press. But the tone of last Wednesday's editorial conciliatory and said the earlier commentary "ii way reflected on the accomplishments of Mi Please see page A3 Brown: Blacks' j By L.A.A. WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer GREENSBORO ? Former '60s black activist H. "Rap" Brown, now known as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, told a racially mixed audience last week that the problems black people face today are symptoms of a much larger "human problem." Al-Amin, 42, headed the Student NonViolent Coordinating Committee (SNCQ, the organization primarily responsible for teaching non-violent tactics during the sit-in days of the mid-1960s, and helped lead the Black Power movement in the late '60s. He appeared at the University of North Am Bi rl^ i .F;>r.-v ' n ' Q ? | .W1 .- "?' :r*p# | S *i} it < liSi5i^-J I * f tfjc JGLj^l \ WSSU Chancellor Cleon F. Thompson (pho Ili :WV,'i i iston-Si The Twin C - Wln>>? trrtwablfcCks. the bn^^!|!|^|jS^fl| rold the the iaily om- M *ton pJfr M Ml BP^M out- *4f HL^w ures ^Hq BA ^r j JHf ? i^mli ffl4 - ^ii yor. l|pl lltfEj 'H sped II wA ||^ S I v^Hpr jton ^ni -n DIANA WOWS'EM was Newly married Motown legend dl 11 no Greensboro last week with a fuller fl< ?y?r by Candace Freeland, Charlotte Obs< problems are a 'h Carolina at Greensboro Thursday night for a guest lecture sponsored by the school's NeoBlack Society. Al-Amin, who currently leads JamatulRasool, a Muslim organization based in Atl a. ! J 1 ? ' * * /Mituiia, saiu man nas strayca irom ms roots. "The cause of the problem is that man has gone away from the purpose of his creation," he said. "Man was created for a purpose. He is, by design, a being with a purpose and an intention. It's easy to talk about blackness, but it is much greater to give direction to this life we find ourselves in. We must not just survive America; we must surpass this dilemma." a By ROBIN BARKSDA1 Chronicle Staff Writer Winston-Salem S Chancellor Cleon F. T turned last week from a chancellors of historiadl to by James Parker), universities. \ V I vRl I 19 J W'> 'WV SW VV i jfem Ch City's Award-Winning Weekly iwno .. . - THMi?U*y^ % HM 2* ' HrSr^^flR J| 3^^^5jfcjB|^^Bfe'^- - i r awt f Jylk' yj/Sm f S % MBJ^L k 1 m ^?j^h| jE\1 v s ?Jhq.4 hf ? I jKI ft J W ^Kl KU M a 1 ana Ross feted crowds in Charlotte and jure and a stilt-full singing voice (photo >rver). uman problem' i In explaining the ways of Islam, to which he converted in the early '70s, Al-Amin said black people have made the mistake of imitating their oppressors. "The Prophet Muhammad said, if you imitate a people, you are of that people,' " he said. "If you want to vanquish a people, the final straw in destroying them is imitation. Ymi rannrtt _ ? wwwiwi, uov mis suviciy <u yuui point of reference if you intend to struggle against it. "The tools this society provides you with are inadequate for the struggle you must wage. The tastes, lusts and things this society offers cultivate our own self-oppression." Please see page A2 in trek: 'Inhuman p The trip was coordim Department in an attem which the United State tate University educational opportunit liompson, who re- Africans. 10-day fact-finding ^ *!t 'A S* l a delegation of 16 The .Sfparati? ? * , to participate in a so" sa,d- reminded hi: educational system. and ttl,tudes he "P4 12 presidents and ?n America aunn* tne y black colleges and But in Africa he tax segregation. S ??? 1 T??I ironic feaeerss^? SO?1 Results of spur new < Burke and Daulto in wake of interna By L.A.A, WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer Both sides were quick to res pond Friday to an internal in vestigation of city police ~ anc the controversy it has createc within and without the depart ment. The investigation involved the police's handling of the Deborah B. Sykes murder case and resulted two weeks ago in the demotion of former Detective J.I. Daulton, the chief investigator in the* case, the disciplining of some of Daulton's superiors and a reprimand for Police Chief Joseph E. Mas ten. Darryl E. Hunt supporters called a Friday morning press conference to say thar Daulton * s demotion and the other disciplinary actions confirmed what they had been saying all along - that something was afoul in the police investigation that led to the June 1985 conviction of the then-19-year-old Hunt, a black matv, fotthe crime. Hunt is now serving a life sentence. But discontent also surfaced Thursday among some public safety officers with. Alderman Vivian H. Burke, who, as chairman of the aldermen's Public Safetly Committee, had ordered a review of the police's handling of the case last fall, which led to the internal investigation. The Public Safety Committee oversees the police and fire departments. Days later, active and retired police officers and firemen charged that Mrs. Burke has meddled too much in department affairs, despite he^ position. They also said they are investigating Burke for a possible conflict of interest because her son worked in the office of Hunt's defense lawyers i nen ne was n. "Map" browr Amin (photo by L.A.A. Williami iity like I've itcd by the U.S. State "Whe pt to identify ways in was defi rs may help improve segregati ies for black South 1960s," ference \ strange 5 in Oeorj 9at,0n into the' >uth Africa, Thorapm of the conditions workday jnced as a black man - . : 10ride out mingling v a different kind of they live ' I I f rrrTTHHHHHHBHi ,Cl L+J le a.?..,^yg^gr- -^>c?jrrrf flOvS f rfi? ' WwWl^^"'^' 3 inquiry controversy n supporters rally I police investigation during the trial. In response to those allega-_ tions, which first were reported last week, a group of black I citizens called a press conference Friday at Shiloh Baptist Church to voice their support for Mrs. Burke and warp her critic? that they will not allow them to in| timidate her. In a prepared statement, read by businessman Jim E. Mack, the group said, "We are here to show our support for Alderman Vivian H. Burke ... We believe Chairman Burke has carried out her duties as chairman of the Public ~ "Mrs. Burke did not lie on the witness stand. She did not concoct sny of this. Mrs. Burke is not on trial. Tisdaie ought to be on trial. Masten and Daulton ought to be on trial. Facts are stubborn things." i ?The Rev. John Mendez Safety Committee with dignity and skill. As chairman of the I Public Safety Committee, Alderman Burke has the right to in1 vestigate matters relating to public safety in the city of Winston-Salem. MTo those who have charged that she has overstepped her bounds and to those who say they are going to investigate Alderman Burke, we say, 'Go on and investigate, but don't try to intimidate or frighten her by making nameless and faceless allegations.' M The group said Mrs. Burke has Please see page A13 v% /1 I L >; today he's Jamil Abdullah Als). never seen' n I was walking around in Africa, I nitely reminded of the same kind of ion we had here in America in the Thompson said during a press conit his office last week. "But it was a segregation in Africa. It was not like gia. Blacks (in South Africa) come city to work during the day, and you some of them working in stores and esses. But then, at the end of the r, they all get back on the train and to their own areas. There is no inter[. Each race has its own section that in " r Please see page A2
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