Are Calls By Muhammad
AH The Real Thing Or
Work Of An impostor?
BY BARRY COOPER
la one of the most blsorre
stories of the year, it appears that
■ aBck and well-educated Im
postor who can perfectly imitate
the voice of Muhammad All has
been making hundreds of phone
CUBs around the country, posing
M AU.
That’s only one version of the
story. The other Is that All
himself has been making the
calls, and though his speech has
been slurred by Parkinson’s
Bbease, he has spoken more
forcefully and more articulately
on the phone than he has In public
hi years.
Only All knows who is making
the calls—he or an impostor. The
story of the “Ail Voice” has taken
on national attention, with
newspapers and television sta
tions giving the story major play.
The “AU Voice” has made
asany of his calls to officials in
gsyernment circles, including
high-ranking U.S. senators. The
calls were made to push political
projects or give momentum to
potential business deals that
would benefit AU.
AU has done an about-face on
the Issue. He admitted to telling
the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
In an exclusive interview, that he
dM not make the calls, but later
recanted at a news conference in
Washington, D.C.
“I made the calls,” AU said at
the news conference. Meanwhile,
the Journal-Constitution is stan
ding by its series of stories on the
“AU Voice." The stories were
written by respected columnist
Deve Kindred, who has followed
All’s career for some 20 years
and interviewed him some 100
times.
According to the Journal
Constitution. the “All Voice”
pushed these projects:
•The “All Voice” wanted an
(See MUHAMMAD ALI, P. 2)
MUHAMMAD ALI
Summit Traces Black,
Jewish Relationships
ATLANTA, Ga-Wilbert Tatum’s
first crisis in black-Jewish relations
cane before the height of the civil
ri0tis movement, when he was a
young black man on a bus ride from
CMeago to Cleveland.
“A young, beautiful Jewish woman
sat next to me—I’m from the South,
raaaember—and she fell asleep and
pat her head on my shoulder. And I
about died,” said Tatum, now from
Noor York.
Kb story drew loud laughter last
waok from about 70 blacks and Jews
at a conference tracing their relation
ship from those early, uncomfortable
days through close cooperation for
civil rights to a relationship that
again appears to be at arm’s length.
The ground rules for the two-day
conference, which concluded last
Tusoday at the Carter Presidential
Center, prevented serious discussion
of the issues which have recently
divided African-Americans and
Jews. But participants frequently
mentioned affirmative action, the
Middle East and the “Black Power”
movement which forced Jews out of
some civil rights groups in the 1960s.
“I think in retrospect it was based
more on ‘not in my back yard’ than
any other sentiments,” Tatum said.
There were numerous calls for
reconciliation including one from
former President Jimmy Carter; who
made a brief appearance at the con
ference.
Carter called African
American/Jewish cooperation in the
civil rights movement “an extraor
dinary demonstration of common
purpose.”
“I saw even while I was in the
White House some beginnings of
fragmentation in that partnership
and I think your effort to bring it back
together and derive the great benefits
that can flow from it is indeed a noble
effort,” Carter said.
Conference participants’ sugges
tions for closer relations included a
push for Jewish membership in the
NAACP, more education of young
people about the history of civil rights
and ethnic groups, and involvement
of groups such as Hispanics and the
disabled in future African-American/
Jewish cooperative efforts.
“When blacks and Jews are at each
other’s throats, even if someone pit
ted us there, I think social justice is
an impossible dream in America,”
said AjVorspan, vice president of the
Union of American' Hebrew Con
gregations.
There were emotional moments as
the groups remembered their com
mon martyrs.
(See SUMMIT, P. 2)
Noble Celebrations
Dr. King's Truth Is Marching On
From CAROLINIAN Suit R«rmrU
Nearly 21 years after his tragic
death stunned the nation, former
■nirf— of the late Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., along with millions who
adhere to the doctrine of peace and
jiMtice, continue to carry on his
crusade.
People around the globe are advan
cing the dreams that Dr. King stood
for in the courts of politics, religion
Hie spirit of the move
ment that Dr. King started years
ago—the marches, sit-ins and demon
strations—is not in vain as countless
individuals gather to celebrate a holi
day in his name
•ns activities are planned
I the world in celebration of his
jry, indelibly etched in the
i of seekers of truth and justice
_r _iose who recall the spirit of the
movement that changed a nation, a
and left its imprint on all
to honor of the 1M» Dr. Martin
Luther King holiday, the Raletgh
Wake Martin Luther King Committee
is sponsoring various events, beginn
(at 8 a.m. with an interde
myer breakfast at
will be Rep. David E. Price of the
Pserth District. Admission to the
breakfast is by invitation. Broughton
High School is located at 729 St.
■Hr*. .-1for
C. King, from the Mar
tin Luther King Center in Atlanta,
Ga., will speak at the Martin Luther
King Ecumenical Observance at the
Raleigh Civic Center on the Fayet
teville Street Mall in downtown
Raleigh at noon.
At 7 p.m., there will be an evening
musical celebration at the Raleigh
Civic and Convention Center. The
program is open to the public and for
additional information, call 75WHKM.
Also, Bernice King, the
daughter of Dr. King, will i
7:30 p.m. Jan. 1» m Memorial Hall on
the UNC campus. The lecture is part
of the eighth annual Martin Luther
King, Jr. birthday celebration at the
university and is open to the public
free of charge.
Said to have an “incredible
oratorical gift” similar to her
father’s, Ms. King is currently work
ing toward a law degree and a
master’s degree in theology at
Emory University in Atlanta. She
<1^4^ when she was in the sixth
grade, that she would become a
lawyer. Then, in her late teens, she
felt a call to the ministry.
Ms. King was only five years old
when her father was assassinated
and, although she hardly knew him,
she has grown up with the pressures
that result from being the child of a
legend. She takes seriously his legacy
of public service and is determined to
make her own contribution to society.
Her ultimate goal is a seat on the
(See UH. KING, P. 2)
^mm
Dopebusters Halt nation Of Islam
Activities After Members Charged
From CAROLINIAN Malt Reports
ROCKY MOUNT-The abuse of
drugs is nearly as ancient as
mankind—and as contemporary as
persistence. “Dopebusters” are also!
persistent and in a swift move last"
week closed down operations in
Rockv Mount.
“The teachings of the Nation of Islam do
not tolerate the use, sale or involvement with
illegal drugs by any of its members.”
Minister Abdul Alim Muhammad
today’s headlines. The beliet that
relief from psychic pain is just a
swallow away or that a chemical can
create happiness is notable for its
Minister Abdul Alim Muhammad,
national spokesman for Minister
Louis Farrakhan, held an emergency
session in Rocky Mount on Grace
Street and said this was decisive ac
tion.
Muhammad, leader of Washington,
D.C.-based “Dopebusters,” came to
Rocky Mount to “bust” those
members of the Nation of Islam who
have been arrested and charged with
the possession and sale of drugs.
Farrakhan has made it clear that
the group will not tolerate “drug
business” among its members. Far
rakhan said, “The drug business is a
superpower in its own right, second in
value only to the gross national pro
duct of the Soviet Union. The appetite
for drugs in this country is symp
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Indian Reservation
Jacobs Finds Sanctuary
Treaties
Protect
Rights
Timoiny Jacobs was arrested on
fugitive charges after crashing his
vehicle into a parked school bus in
New York two weeks ago. Several
days before, state indictments in
North Carolina were handed down.
Jacobs is currently free on $25,000
bond in the custody of leaders of the
Onondaga Indian nation and has said
he will fight extradition.
New York Gov. Mario Cuomo has
not responded to North Carolina’s re
quest for extradition of Jacobs for his
role in the forced takeover of the
Robesonian newspaper. Jacobs’
cohort, Eddie Hatcher, is also
thought to be on the Onondaga reser
vation in New York. Both are
scheduled for arraignment in
Robeson County Superior Court on
Jan. 17.
Lawyers say there is an amount oi
dahfcer involved-in the extradition of
Jacobs, but N.C. Gov. James Martin
has said he will push for extradition.
John C. Hunter, legal counsel for
Gov. Martin, said he expected New
York officials to send Jacobs back to
North Carolina for trial. Hunter said
several recent Supreme Court cases
left little legal ground for a state to
refuse extradition. He said it would
be very unusual for a state not to,
comply.
Jacobs and Hatcher said they had
seized the Robesonian newspaper and
held up to 20 people at gunpoint for
hours to highight what they said was
corruption and racial prejudice
among law enforcement officials in
the county. The lid apparently blew
off the barrel with the slaying of In
dian activist and judicial candidate
Julian Pierce in March of 1988. In the
(See EXTRADITION, P. 2)
GOP Eyes Black Voters
As Strategy For Ranks
A new task force will develop a
strategy to bring more blacks into the
North Carolina Republican Party,
chairman Jack Hawke said Dec. 20,
acknowledging that many minorities
view the GOP as “an all-white socie
ty.”
Hawke said the task force will pro
mote the party among blacks aad
other racial minorities with the
message that their staunch loyalty to
the Democratic Party is diluting their
strength.
“As long as the black voter stays in
one party an& is taken for granted by
the Democratic Party” and shows no
inclination to split his ticket, “he will
never achieve true active participa
tion in the political process of this
state,” Hawke said.
“When the black voters show that
they can swing elections, then they
will become a powerful force,” he
said.
The OOP, meanwhile, will remain
outnumbered in North Carolina if it
continues “to automatically lose 20
percent of the voting public,” Hawk
said at a news conference.
State Rep. Michey Michaux,
D-Durham, chairman of the Black
Legislative Caucus, said he did not
expect the GOP effort to have much
success.
“They might get a few people... but
1 don’t think they’re going to make
any widespread gains,” Michaux
said. “Minorities, while sometimes
being ignored by the Democratic Par
ty, still have an opportunity to lay
claim to the Democratic Party and
work within the ranks. In the
Republican Party, they’d be shut out
completely.”
The task force chairman is David
(See GOP EYES, P. 2)
MINISTER PARRAKHAN
r
1
INSIDE
AFRICA
Johannesburg
JOHANNESBURG, South
Africa—Nowhere has the govern
ment counterattack against
black militancy been more in
tense than in once-embattled
townships ringing Johannesburg.
Bannings, detentions and
deployment of army troops have
enabled the government to regain ;
control of what some activists
viewed two years ago as the first
“liberated territory” in South
Africa.
Monitoring groups estimate
one-third of 30.M0 activists de
tained with out charge since
mid-IMS were from the Eastern
Cape region around Port
Elisabeth. More so than in other
areas, prominent detainees re
main in custody. About SS local
leaders are in their third year of
. detention.
The crackdown has been so ef
fective that even underground op
position activity is minimal,
township residents say. Bnt a
spirit of resistance remains,
despite a government campaign
towlHsottjRil hy upgrading aer-,
Less than IS percent of eligible
voters here disregarded a call by
anti-aparthOM groups to boycott
(See INSIDE AFRICA, P. 2)
Parade of Stars
Raises Millions
In Extravaganza
NEW YORK, N.Y.-Preliminary
totals for the ninth annual “Lou
Rawls Parade of Stars” telethon
show that $9.8 million was raised in
cash and pledges, exclusive of cor
porate sponsorship, for the United
Negro College Fund when the pro
gram aired in more than 70 cities
Saturday, Dec. 17. The final tally is
expected to surpass last year’s $10.2
million. Pledge lines remain open at
1-800-331-2244.
The biggest holiday special on
television, UNCF’s seven-hour
“Parade o Stars” had the support of
more than 50 stars. Harry Belafonte,
Bryant Gumbel, Blair Underwood
and Oprah Winfrey are among the
celebrities who joined host Lou Rawls
for the annual fundraising ex
travaganza. Here’s What they said
about the UNCF’s important work:
HARRY BELAFONTE
The opportunity to serve the United
Negro College Fund is something that
1 think all of us eagerly respond to
and want to do. to order to'excel in
(See RAISES MILLIONS. P 9'
Manager For
Paul
statioi
WRAL-TV, Raleigh.
f As station manager, Pope wfll be la
charge of the daily operations of the
station, as well as the planning pro
'T native of Raleidk Pope Joined
WRAL-TV 5 in June of 1967. He has a
wide range of television experience
Including videotape supervisor,
ty Advisory Beard at Polk Youth
(See PAUL POPE, P. 3)