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EDITORIALS
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Blacks’ Destiny In Own Hands
SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNAL AID
Harry Lee Doesn't
Live Here Anymore!
by Rosetta C. Tozzo
PART ONE
If you drive up to the March 11, 1976, Mrs.
Dickens' house in Scot- Sandra Dupree came or
land Neck North Carolina to the Dickens' family
and ask for Harry Lee, yard and accused Harry
you will be told "Harry Lee of earlier assaulting
Lee doesn't live here her son and relieving
anymore!" You may him of J5.00. Her son
wonder, (not knowing could not actually iden-
what has happened,) just tify Harry Lee as the
"where is Harry Lee?" culprit. Witnesses said
He has gone from this that Mrs. Dupree strug-
earth, leaving you and I gled with Harry Lee and
here to sulfer wars, he was holding her
crimes, diseases, and hands to keep her from
prejudices: His young striking him. She left
twenty-one year old lile and then returned a
was "snuffed out" in second or third time but
March of this year, by a with a gun at which point
white mother of lour and the argument started
wife of a tree Will Bap- again. She threatened
list minister! him with the gun and he
I had the opportunity wrestled with her trying
lo meet the Dickens to get the gun out of her
family, Mrs. Dickens hands. Seeing that he
(mother), sisters, Mrs. could not make her drop
Patricia I’owell and Mrs. the gun, he fled. W'hen
Katie Lee Smith, and a he turned to run, Mrs.
neighbor, Mrs. Mae Dupree shot him in the
West Colield. Sitting back of the head. Hear-
and listening Uj them re- ing the shot, Mrs.
live the incident that Dickens came outside
occured on March 11th and saw her son lying
was very touching. 1 mortally wounded, part
could tell by the expres- of his brains coming out
sion in everyone's tear of his head. Although
filled eyes that just talk- Mrs. Dickens is a very
ing about the March large woman, she moved
incident was very pain- hastily towards her son's
ful. Mrs. Dickens talked body and cradled his
of how much she missed open skull in her arms,
her only son and how he She said that she prayed,
was a good youngster. "Oh Lord, please put
She related the time that some life back into my
she bought him a little son's body. He's the
pen knife because at the only son I'll ever have,
lime all the kids had Lord please don' t let him
them, you know, the die!" While she was
ones that can be used as praying and crying,
a key chain. One day she Harry Lee was saying,
was standing in the kit- Uh Uh (meaning no use)
chon and Harry Lee and then he died! Listen-
came in; he must have ing to Mrs. Dickens, I
been around six years was overcome anger and
old, and he just stood emotion, my eyes began
ihere nol saying any- to mist and 1 realized
thing jusi looking up at that I was crying! Crying
his mother. She asked yes for all the mothers of
him what was the matter Harry Ltn;s in the world. .
and he lookeul up at her Crying for the mother of
and said, "Matna, 1 Emmett Till, although 1
don'l really want this was a very young child
knife, in fact 1 don't when his life too was
want to ever carry a terminated in the south
weapon as long as I by whites. Mrs. Dickens
live!" To the tlay that he said that her son had a
(lied, Mrs. Dickens said black belt in karate and
that Harry Lee never to had wanted lo he could
her knowledge carried have hurt both Mrs.
any type of weapon on Dupree and her son but
his person. l^- thought he was doing
Harry Lee's sisters right by running away,
and neighbor, Mrs. He did not know that it
Cofield, stated that on would cost him his life.
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Democratic Convention.
Shades Of The
Civil Rights Movement
Jim Campbell
When the civil rights movement Finally the Kings were there-
began to ween in the mid 60s and
finally faded off the American
scene at the advent of the 70s, it
appeared that its spirit and
charisma would never be exper
ienced again, at least not soon.
But last week at the Democratic
Convention the movement once
again came to life. It began writh
Barbara Jordan, who capuvated
the convention with her eloquent
speech. While representative
Jordan was not as well-known
during the civil rights movement,
here she was, doing a superb job
and receiving national acclaim just
as other blacks had done during
the movement.
Some of the old vanguard of the
civil rights days were fully partici
pating throughout the convention.
Two major civil rights activists of
the 60s who are now congressmen,
played prime roles in the conven-
tion--Walter Flauntroy of Wash
ington, D.C. and Andrew Young of
Atlanta, whose close ties with Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and
S.C.L.C. is history.
Positive results from the efforts
of the civil rightist a decade ago
were clearly evident when it was
observed that the leader of the
Mississippi delegation was a black
who gave that state's roll call.
The Kennedys were there. Not
just Senator Edward Kennedy but
Ethel and Jaqueline Onasis were
also present, reminding us of the
support the movement garned
from this family.
Hundreds of influential non
convention member blacks were
present including the Reverend
Jessie Jackson, who reminded
reporters that his ouster in 1972
at the Democratic Convention of
powerful Mayor Daley of Chicago
was due to the mayor's refusal to
abide by the rules of the con
vention. This time around Mayor
Daley was surrounded with his fair
representation of minorities and
smiling as if nothing ever
happened.
Coretta and M. L. King, Sr.,
affectionately known as Daddy
King. His son, Martin Luther
King, Jr. always began and closed
his meetings with prayer. It was
with Reverend King, Sr. that the
convention reached its zenith. His
down-home prayer seemed to have
reached the audience and the con
vention burst into singing "We
shall Ovrcome".
There were many eyes in
Madison Square Gardens. There
were millions more hopeful people
watching on television across the
nation.
One wonders what the Republi
cans will do for an encore?
One of the problems with being
poor and powerless is that a lot of
people assume they know what's
best for you and don't ever bother
asking what you want, what's on
your mind, or what you need.
That's why a recent survey by
the Washington, D.C. Urban
League is so important. That
community organization designed
a questionnaire and conducted a
survey of selected poverty neigh
borhoods in the nation' s Capital to
find out what the people them
selves think about their situation.
It's true that poor people have
been studied to death, most often
by scholars trying to prove that
something's wrong with the poor.
Remember all of those psuedo-
scientific studies purporting to
show that black families are dis
organized, that blacks IQs are low,
that schools don't matter, and all
the rest?
Such studies mad the poor into
objects, things to be studied the
way scientists study lab animals.
They didn't treat the poor as
people whose opinions counted
and whose perceptions were valu
able and worthy of consideration.
The Washington Study treated
people with respect and further,
was action-oriented. It tried to
pinpoint areas of concern that
could be followed up with sound
action to improve people's lives,
not blame them for what' s wrong.
Some of the findings are inter
esting, and applicable to other
communities. I don't have the
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space here for a comprehensive
report, but here are a few of the
findings that ought to get some
attention.
A basic community problem was
found to be the high cost of food,
in part a reflection of the lack of
competition in the ghetto economy
as large markets and chains have
abandoned inner-city neighbor
hoods. Many people reported they
to travel far from their homes to
buy food and other necessities,
and four out of five said such
goods are available cheaper in
other, more affluent neighbor
hoods.
The answer to this situation,
supplied by the people themselves
are for more and better consumer
education and for establishing
better shopping facilities in their
neighborhoods. Co-op arrange
ments and putting markets on city-
owned land would go a long way
toward making this a reality.
Not surprisingly, lack of jobs
and decent income are continuing
problems. The interrelatedness
of social problems is demonstrated
by the fact that half of the unem
ployed blacks in the survey lost
' their- • jobfe^' because -of ’ health
problems.
The popular assumption that
unemployment is effectively cus
hioned by jobless benefits was
disproved: only about 16 percent
of the out-of work- blacks surveyed
were receiving such benefits.
A majority said they need job-
training and even those who were
working indicated they were look
ing for another job, probably
because of the low pay scales.
All of this suggests that training
programs, with jobs at the end of
the line, are desperately needed in
urban areas. And consumer-
oriented health facilities are tied to
the job issue since they're needed
to assure the better health that
enables people to work.
Child care ranked high on the
list of citizens concerns, with four-
fifths of the people calling for
more day care centers. Existing
child care services are a drain on
their low incomes, but are neces
sary if adults are to be free to
work.
Crime is a pressing problem,
and this most victimized commu
nity wants more and better rehabi
litative programs and is less
hooked on the vengeance that the
law and order supporters are
always shouting about. The will-
mgness of the people in the survey
to join citizens' patrols indicates
that curbing crime in low-income
neighborhoods can better utilixe
citizen and community solutions
than has traditionally been the
case.
There's a lot more, but the
essential point is that we as a
nation have to stop berating the
poor and start listening to their
needs, their solutions, and their
aspirations.
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