LOTTE POST The Black Community” ^_ _THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday. April 23, 1987__ - Price: 5(K Ethel Quest oiiDiH1 i no Stroud Foundation Teaches Children To "Be Somebody" Story On Page IB ray si--— Him 111 "Mama I Want To Sing" ..i Wows Audience «* • * - - Story On Page 1C Bill Johnson Award Recognizes Scholar-Athletes Story On Page 2D —rar Crump _Bond Denies Coca me Usage Julian Bond Reprinted From Winston-Salem Chronicle Atlanta - Civil rights veteran Julian Bond has angrily blasted news reports about allegations by his estranged wife that he uses co caine, saying that he does not use drugs and has not committed any crimes. "What is at issue here is a family affair of concern only to those who are intimately involved," Bond said Tuesday in a statement issued to reporters. He criticized "those professional scavengers and gossip mongers who have made life hell for innocent people whose only crime is that their last name is Bond." Bond, a former state senator from Atlanta, left abruptly after reading the statement and refused to answer any questions. He appeared later, however, on a radio talk show to discuss the matter in more detail. He said he agreed to be interviewed because his responses would not be edited. "I've never used cocaine. Never at all," Bond said. But he said he would not take a drug test. He said he did not know the de tails of the charges made to police by Alice Bond and had not dis cussed the matter with any law enforcement authorities. U.S. Attorney Robert Barr said Monday that federal agents were investigating the allegations raised by Mrs. Bond, who later re canted them in a newspaper inter view. The Atlanta Constitution report ed in Tuesday's editions that an unidentified source in Barr's office said a federal grand jury would begin hearing testimony in the case April 16. Bond, 47, a writer and a lecturer on the civil rights movement, re tired from the Georgia Legislature in 1986, after serving for 20 years, to run for Congress, but lost to his long-time civil rights colleague, John Lewis. In his statement, Bond said that he and his wife, married 25 years, have been separated for almost six months. It is from our hurt and pain at this separation that this af fair arose," he said. "Mrs. Bond has retracted the al legations and charges she issued in anger, and I am satisfied with her withdrawal," he said. "As far as we are concerned, the matter is closed." Cocaine possession is a federal offense, but Barr cautioned that he was not "characterizing this as a mere possession case." He de clined to elaborate. Mrs. Bond walked into the city police narcotics unit March 19 and told police her husband was abus ing cocaine, according to a confi dential police memorandum ob tained by WSB-TV, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitu tion. She also named other promi nent Atlantans, whose names were not disclosed, as users or suppliers of the drug. Mrs. Bond also swore out a warrant for simple battery against a woman she described as her husband's cocaine supplier, saying the woman had hit her with a shoe during a dispute late month. After the news reports ap peared over the weekend, Mrs. Bond telephoned the Atlanta newspapers and recanted the alle gations involving drug abuse by her husband. Ben Chavis Charges "Envir T_ f i' *V ■ • onmental Racism” Mk. _ T rector of the Commissi oh for Ra- • dal Justice of the 1.7-million mem ber United Church of Christ, de clared that their just-released na tional report showed that racism may be a factor in the location of hazardous waste sites throughout the United States. The report, "Toxic Wastes And Race In The United States: A National Report on the Racial and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Communities With Hazardous Waste Sites,” was released at a press conference held Wednesday, April 15, at the Na tional Press Club in Washington, D.C. The report revealed that three out of every five African Ameri cans and Hispanic Americans live in communities with uncontrolled (abandoned) toxic waste sites and that the average number of racial and ethnic persons who live in communities with commercial hazardous waste fadlities was five times greater than in communities without such facilities. In addition, in 10 major metropolitan areas ;,' *i. x\it Hr.t; /.«'iJi",•<.?//yf.<: ' more than 90% of the African ?jf American population lived ip are as with- wicontrblled-taxk-.We6te1 »»tea. In fact, the largest toxic waste facility in the nation, which receives wastes from over 46 states and several foreign coun tries, is located in Emelle, Alaba ma, whose population is 85% Afri can American. At the press conference Dr. Chavis-called the situation "an in sidious form of institutionalized racism- It is, in effect, environmen tal racism." He added, "Given the disproportionate effect of these wastes on racial and ethnic com- • munities, this has become not only an environmental issue, but a ra cial justice issue as well.” Dr. Cha vis also charged the Reagan Ad ministration and its Environmen tal Protection Agency (EPA) with "malignant neglect” and said this was "totally consistent with the Reagan Administration's general non-enforcement policy, particu larly in the area of civil rights." The Commission has called on President Reagan to take immedi ate corrective action in line with the report's recommendations. ■•CQNTWtMlO 1*. av.'l Charging "environmental racism," the Rev, D*% Benjamin F« Chavis Jr. (at podium), execu tive director of the Commission for Racial Jus tice of the 1.7 million member United Church of Christ, stated their just-released national re port revealed that racism may be a factor in the location of hazardous waste sites through out the U.S. With him at the National Press Club press conference in Washington, DC, are Charles Lee (seated at Dr. Chavis’ left), other members of the Commission and consultants to the project. Africa Peace Tour C omes To Charlotte May 1 The Africa Peace Tour will be in Charlotte Friday, May 1, 7i«0 p.m. at Greenville Center, 1330 Spring Street. Special To The Fast In Africa, wars are under way which are virtually unreported in the U.S. but which are killing thou sands and devastating the lives of millions through injury, hunger and dislocation. One region of intensifying con flict is southern Africa. There, South Africa's military campaign to control its neighbors is being most severely felt in Angola and | INSIDE THIS WEEK page # EDITORIALS 2A LIFESTYLES IB CHURCH NEWS 3B ENTERTAINMENT 1C SPORTS ID CLASSIFIEDS 7D tirmggUand!!S^iigofAA^nJ»fljW*** M*°,h* Mozambique Attack* fay South Af rican troop* and UNITA it* ally . A. .. „ : r ■ - ^ ' . . ,4 , in Angola, have created nearly 500,000 dieplaced people and cut food production to less than 50 percent of needs. In Mozambique, terrorism and destruction of food supplies and rail lines by South Af rica's Mozambican "rebel" allies have placed up to four million - al most one-third of the population - in jeopardy of severe malnutrition and starvation. Starvation has been reported in some regions. Inside South Africa, the press blackout conceals the increase in government torture, killings and other forms of repression, such as detention. Since June, 1986, 24,000 people have been detained, and al most 9,000 of these have been youth and children 18 years or younger; it is not known how •many of these people continue to be held. South Africa has periodi- • cally mode strikes against Leso tho, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia, and this is expected to continue if not to intensify. War is constant in Ethiopia, Su dan and Chad, all still recovering from famine, and in Western Sa hara. In addition, militarization is spreading in nations not currantly at war, and, as in nations where there is fighting, this is creating crippling debt and drawing re- V sources away from agriculture, health care and education. Warfare is likely to continue in Africa, which already fiae the world's largest refugee popula tion, five million. Just as there has been little in formation provided to the U.S. public on wars in Africa, there is little awareness among the public that the U.S. is deeply involved militarily in Africa's major war zones and in Africa's militarization process. Furthermore, there is no analysis on how this military in volvement affects the well-being of the U.S. public. These are critical issues in the southern United States, for, as Kenny Johnson and Marilyn Scurlock point out in "Southern Changes"": Although it experi enced extraordinary job growth during the pat 10 years, the South east remains the least favorable region of the nation when consid ered from the perspective of working people and their families. More than in any other region, workers in the 12 states of the southeast fail to enjoy the fruits of their labors." There is evidence that he plight of a number of workers in the South is worsening. Stuart Rosen* fpld writes in "Southern Expo sure": "On the one hand, many of the 8outh's cities are prospering, attracting new capital, new resi 9ee Africa on page 6A Rev. Leon Sullivan Sullivan To Speak At JCSU Rpv- Leon Sullivan, a dynamic spokesman for Black Capitalism," is scheduled to speak on the cam pus of Johnson C. Smith, April 29, at 8 p.m. Rev. Sullivan is the first black man ever to be elected to the Board of Directors of General Mo tors, the largest industrial corpora tion in the world. He is also on the boards of several major banks and corporations. Sullivan is a moderate of,the 1960s. He is credited for tirfe slo gan "Build, brother, build." f •In 1964, Sullivan founJ led the , Opportunities industriafra'fcion Centers (OIC), an international self-help manpower training movement for the disadviXtaged Sullivan's most significant con tribution to the struggle for racial equality has been his creation of the Sullivan Principles," a set of six standards, for U.S. companies operating in South Africa, aimed at achieving equal opportunity for black workers in South Africa. He is hoping that the principles will be a significant factor in the fight against apartheid. McMillan Ignores Chance To Cut Deficit Washington - Rep. Alex McMillan, R-NC, ignored four chances to cut the federal budget deficit when he refused to support any of the budget alternatives pre sented to the U.S. House of Repre sentatives. The fiscal 1988 budget ap proved by a 230-192 vote will cut the $22 billion deficit by $38.2 bil lion. Congressional budget plan ners estimate the average Ameri can family pays about $2,600 each year just to cover interest pay ments on the $200 billion debt. McMillan did not support the budget presented by House Dem ocrats. He also refused to back the spending requests of President Reagan and his Republican House colleague William Dannemeyer, R*pw McMillan RCA. "It's a shame Alex McMillan refused to par ticipate in the legislative pro- , cess," said Con- J gressman Be- J ryl Anthony i Jr., D-AR. < chairman of jH the Democrntiofa Congressional wl Campaign Committee. "Instead flfjr producing their own spendit£<., plan. Rep. McMillan and many of hie Republican colleague* sinvply threw up their hands. The budget passed by the Hooee will begin to reduce the d*& idt that has doubled since 19fft£ The increase in the national bXj* gat deficit during the Reagan ApT' ministration equals the total debt > See McMillan on page «A / ■

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