Rev. Sharpton
Fights To Claim
Rebuilt House
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP)-The
Rev. A1 Sharpton and Louise James
vowed last Thursday to continue her
fight, to claim the rebuilt house
located at her former residence—the
site of the fiery 1965 MOVE confron
tation.
Standing before the Osage Avenue
rowhouse, she and Sharpton con
demned Mayor W. Wilson Goode and
other city officials for refusing to sell
her the rebuilt house while taking
steps to sell it to others.
“The decision of the city to outright
rob this house, sell this house to itself
and then offer it for sale, is illegal, it
is immoral, and it is stupid,” said
Sharpton, who is known for his role as
an adviser to Tawana Brawley, a
black New York teenager who claim
ed she was raped and abused by a
group of whites.
Ms. James filed a motion last week
in federal court seeking a temporary
injunction to prevent the city from
selling the house.
Sharpton said he came to
Philadelphia to assist Ms. James,
whose brother, MOVE founder John
Africa, and son, Frank James Africa,
died in the radical group’s confronta
tion with police on May 13,1985. The
other nine people in the MOVE house
also died, and 61 houses were
destroyed in a fire that swept the west
Philadelphia neighborhood after
police bombed the house in an evic
tion attempt.
Ms. James owned the house before
it was condemned by the city to
rebuild the neighborhood.
The city Redevelopment Authority
owns the rebuilt house and is taking
steps to sell it, but City Councilman
Lucien Blackwell has indicated he
may block the sale until a settlement
is reached with Ms. Jaynes.
"I think it’s still her house, and
as far as I know we don't have the
right to take her home.” Blackwell
said.
During a half-hour news conference
at 6221 Osage Avenue, Ms. James
said she was the rightful owner of the
house. She refused to answer
reporters’ questions asking if she
would accept a monetary settlement
for the property. “I want my house,”
she said repeatedly.
Sharpton called city officials’ ac
tions in the case “an absolute
disgrace” and said he would lead a
protest march Dec. 17 to draw atten
tion to the cause. He did not specify
where the march would be.
He also vowed to hold a sit-in at
Goode’s home before Christmas.
Sharpton had threatened once before
to demonstrate betake Goode’s
private residence, but did not follow
through on the plan.
Ms. James said she took little
notice of others in the Osage Avenue
neighborhood, many of whom said
they do not want her to move into the
house.
“I was not neighborly with them
'when I lived here,” Ms. James said.
“I wan’t in and out of those people’s
homes because I don’t give a damn
about them and don’t give a damn
about them now.”
The news conference dissolved
wh n Ms. James and Sharpton got in
i' shouting match with Gerald
l e Renfrew, the block captain for
t ighborhood.
?rward, Renfrew said he and
ot neighbors think the city should
pa. Ms. James for the house, but they
do not want her back in the
neighborhood.
“We want Louise James to be
treated fairly. By the same token, we
war t to be treated fairly,” Renfrew
said. "The only way that I think that
that can be accomplished is that the
city make a financial settlement with
Louise James over her former house
and let us live without threat of a
crossfire between Louise and the
police.”
Abdul-Jabbar To
Face Charges In
Shoving Incident
PHOENIX, Aril. (AP)-Los
Angeles Lakers’ center Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar, the leading scorer In
NBA history, will be tried next year
on two misdemeanor counts stemm
ing from a shoving incident at a shop
ping mall here, a city prosecutor said
last Thursday.
The charges stem from a run-in last
April 21 between an Italian tourist
and the 41-year-old Abdul-Jabbar,
who has been charged with one count
of misdemeanor assault and misde
meanor criminal damage.
Abdul-Jabbar allegedly stiff-armed
a video camera held by Fernando
Nicoiia, of Rome.
Nicolia, 40, claims be suffered a
bruised eye and a scratched ear from
the force of the camera striking Ms
head. He also has filed a civil suit
over the incident.
Abdul-Jabbar said he brushed the
camera out of his way in annoyance
PREPARING FOR EMPLOYMENT-Programming class
instructor Kevin Lenders makes a point with Anika Curry,
left, and Jeusell Williams. Tltay are among the students at an
IBM-sponsored job training canter in Los Angeles. IBM's 74
training centers are located In urban areas with high
unemployment and operated in cooperation with nonprofit,
community-based organizations. Training offered includes
courses in programming, computer operations, data entry
and word processing. This Los Angeles center, the first one
established by the company in 1968, is celebrating Its 20th
anniversary.
Book Club Celebrates
With Christmas Party
On Friday, Dec 9, just after the
season's first snow flurries fell, the
members and their guests of the Fri
day Afternoon Book Club braved the
weather for a Christmas party at the
home of Mr and Mrs. Norman
Sanders of South State Street.
The celebration began with the
singing of Christmas carols and
prayer by Ms. Elizabeth Jordan, the
president. Ms. Mildred James read a
poem, "What is Christmas?” by
Helen Steiner Rice. Games were
directed by Ms. Dorothy Sanders, Ms.
Jestine Davis and Ms. Louise H.
Shaw. Some received gag gifts.
Ms. Elizabeth Burton and Ms.
Naomi Debnam were hostesses and
were in charge of the table of
decorated assorted salads, cales, and
other Christmas goodies that were
enjoyed by the guests and members.
As they dined and chatted, the guests
were introduced and Christmas cards
were exchanged.
Guests present were Ms. Alice H.
Collins, Ms. Lillie Bailentine, Ms.
Mae Rene Sanders, Ms. Elizabeth
Pugh, Ms. Mae R. DeLaney, Ms. J.
Ross Mebane, Ms. Elnora Kee, Ms.
Louise Shaw, Ms. Mable H. Mitchell,
and Ms. Helen L. Hinton.
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Legal Action Filed To
Protect Poor, Elderly
WASHINGTON, D.C.-A potential
ly landmark legal action to protect
the civil rights af poor, elderly
minorities was filed last week by the
National Caucus and Center on Black
Aged, Inc., and the National Associa
tion for HisDanic Elderly.
The unprecedented amicus curiae
brief was filed in the year-old pending
federal case, Meek vs. Martinez, in
the Southern District of Florida
where U.S. District Court Judge
James W. Kehoe has ruled that the
Older Americans Act of 1965 requires
that state formulate for the allocation
of millions of dollars in OAA Title III
funds “pay particular attention to
low-income minority individuals.”
He ordered Florida to develop a fun
ding formula that targets “older
minorities with the greatest
economic and social needs.”
The federal court action could set a
national precedent in the intrastate
distribution of millions of dollars in
OAA funds through states to local
units designated to provide services
for the low-income elderly (60 years
old and over). Florida received »40
million in Title III OAA grants in
fiscal 1987.
The NCBA brief was submitted in
federal court in Miami Dec. 9 in the
1967 case originally filed by attorney
Jean Camper Cahn, lead counsel for
Florida state Sen. Carrie Meek, et.
at., versus Gov. Bob Martinez. The
latest action by the NCBA to in
tervene in the case was taken after
the local Dade County (Miami)
United Way agency asked the state to
be relieved of its designation aa an
area agency on aging before carrying
out Judge Kehoe’s orders.
Samuel Simmons, NCBA president,
announced the petition to support the
suit “because the plaintiff which
originally was the advocate of
minorities has abandoned its role...
and there is danger that the case may
be lost without an appropriate plain
tiff.”
The NCBA is the only organization
in the nation that focuses on the In
terests of aging blacks by monitoring
and developing programs and poHoos
and seeking legislation for the benefit
of the minority elderly, he emphasis
ed.
NCBA and the Hispanic association
have devoted a major portion of their
resources and energy to increase
minority participation in Older
Americans Act programs, particular
ly Title III supportive and nutrition
services, the executive explained. In
fact, the organizations consider
equitable treatment for minorities to
be the single most Important issue for
the Older Americans Act.
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