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i he Carolinian RAIiEIGH, N.C., yOL. 48, NO. 46 THURSDAY, Q MAY 11,1969 -y N.C.'s Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY OC IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 30C Groups Movement Dominated By Whites “Who are'these i|W pro-life people? jM They are the pro- I pie who supported ■ Ronald Reagan I and Jesse Helms W. are Jerry Falwell. ' These are people who blacks per- FUNDERBURK calve as being racist and trying to set civil rights gains back, and the parcapWon is oftentimes more impor tant than the fact,” said Pat Funder burk, North Carolina director of Black Americana for Ufa, to about IW participants at the annual conven tion of N.C. Right to Life at Southside Baptist Church in Greensboro. KING STATUE, GARDENS The Ralelgh-Wake Martin Lather King Celebration Com arittee, Inc., in conjunction with the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Cammerce, will hold a joint press conference Monday, May IS, at 2 p.m. In the Chamber of Com merce Board Boom, 8SS 8. So Us bury St., Raleigh. The purpose of the conference Is ts unveil the state’s first public shrine in honor of the slain civil rights leader. The North Carolina Martin Lather King SUtne and Memorial Gardena, slated to bo .honoring many other North Caroitafaas, Mack and white, ,who have mode significant con tributions to the advancement of human righto and social justice. Speaking in sapport of the 91SMM project will be Greg Baramere, president. General Electric Mortgage Carp.; Daniel T. Bine, Jr., N.C. General Assembly; Ralph Campbell, Jr., Raleigh City Council; Frank Daniels, Jr., publisher. News and Observer; James F. Goodman, president, Capitol Broadcasting Co.; William E. Graham, Jr., vice president, Carolina Power and Ught Co.; Robert L. Jones, president, Davidson and Jones Carp.; R. Marc Jordan, presi <See NEWS BRIEFS. P. 2) NEWS BRIEFS Alienate Blacks For Mack Americans, many of whom she believes personally oppose abortion, identifying with a move ment dominated by conservative white people requires too much com promise, she said. “When you’re a Mack American who still fads the effects of racism and hatred, you really have a distorted perception," Ms. Funder burk said. The national organisation of Black Americans for Life, an anti-abortion .group, was formed two years ago and Ms. Funderburk claims It has 7,000 to 10,000 names on its mailing list. Many blacks, she said, distrust motives of pro-life members: “What do they care about me and my children? They don’t want to socialize with me, live by me, and God forbid, m_•_i_s n__ have one of my people marry one of their*. There must be a hidden agen da there when they say they support my unborn baby.” Ms. Funderburk, 39, a Republican who Uvea in Raleigh, acknowledged that racial divisions weaken the movement. To combat this, she speaks to black pro-life and white au dience* about becoming politically in volved in the abortion debate. “I don’t try to win them over to the pro-life group,” she said of the black audiences. “I don’t try to change their position or party, but I try to help them focus in on the issue of abortion and what it means to us as a people. I try to get them to unders tand the devastation of abortion itself <m us as a people.” rs*w PRO-LIFE, P. 2) Bush Asked To Recognize U.S. Black Health Crisis BY CHESTER A. HIGGINS, 8R. VVPA Nm TMUr WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rep. Louis Stokes’ National Summit on Black Health, a oneway meeting involving more than 40 black national organiza tion*, ended with a call for President George Bush to convene a White House Conference on Minority Health, declaring black health a na tional crisis. The Ohio Democrat, who Is chair man of the Congressional Black Caucus health Braintrust and has taken the lead in the struggle to en sure access to quality health care for the African-American commuonity, told NNPA that black health "la i stark situation when you look at th< statistics.” “We suffer 80,000 excess deaths pei annum,” he said. “These includ< deaths from cancer, heart at tack/strokes, cardiovasculai diseases, infant mortality, AIDS anc related diseases, homicides, suicides accidental deaths and infant mortal! ty.” Stokes declared, “We are in a crisii situation,” and the Black Healtt Summit attendees, after spending t full day in the Caucus Room of tlx Cannon Building on Capitol Hill, als< agreed to set up a coalition of Broun to annex uw piuuieiu. me summit group hopes to persuade Bush to declare the crisis in black health care a national problem at a proposed White House conference. ' Stokes said that national health data has shown that blacks suffer disproportionate rates of death and il lness. A 1965 report of the Secretary of Health and Human Services Task Force found that blacks and other minorities are dying at rates well in excess of those of whites. Last year, Stokes pointed out, the National i Center for Health Statistics found i that the life expectancy for the black i (See HEALTH CRISIS, P. 2) jwwcim rrui/icm Blacks Dying In America “Rise Up And Change Lot of Poor” BY CONNIE BENNETT CAMERON SpirUI T» NNPA NEW ORLEANS, La.-The African-American Summit was held in this lovely southern dty recently, with people coming from all over the country to represent political ideology and set an agenda up to the year 3000. They came because they were concerned about the African American communities. here and abroad. • t Cjmartmmmmn Ron Dellums. who -‘heads- Ill's Oonpnnsleiwl- Mack . Caucus, said the responsibility of African-Americans is global. “Our • sisters and brothers all around the ; world look to us. They must Join this struggle. This is a global responsibili ty,” he said. i Specifically, Dellums zeroed in on key issues affecting African Americans. He talked about educa tion, crime and an alternative to the federal budget—one proposed by the black caucus, which was presented to Congress recently. He said the rita jority press downplayed the budget. Dellums was a keynote speaker during the summit’s opening ceremonies. Receiving standing ova tions throughout his speech, Dellums blamed the Reagan administration for being more concerned about building weapons than ensuring that . (See BLACKS DYING, P. 2) MMCH PABHCPANT8—ParMpaats hi pasMaat; Ms. Mhmis Flan mi Ms. Caralyn T. Cartsi *• NAACP* annual Nathan* March pm with «*• Ths heal caatast wM bahrt an BaaLsy/May Frsm Mfc Ms. Caraiya Backwlth, Ms. Laaaa Bah M. IBM Hrtlrtpat «•* p.m. at Martin Strsat Baptist Church. (Saastary) NAACP Branchaa Planning Annual Mothara' March And Competition BY ALL1E M. PEEBLES CotfrlMias Writer Hie annual Mothers’ March spon sored by the Raleigh-Apex NAACP will be held Sunday, May 21, at 3 p.m. at the Martin Street Baptist Church. Participants will represent the chur ches in this area, and the winner will compete in the North Carolina Con ference of Branches annual Mothers’ March, which will be held at the Raleigh CSvic Center on May 27 at 3 p.m. The following ladies will par ticipate in the 1980 contest: Ms. San dra Baker, Martin Street Baptist Church; Ms. Carolyn Beckwith, First Baptist Church; Ms. Fannie Byrd, St. Mary AME Church ot Apex; Mi Carolyn T. Carter, Cokes bury Unite Methodist Church; Ms. Minnie Flan Rush Metropolitan AME Zio Church; and Ms. Sarah Morgar First Cosmopolitan Baptist. This annual event, sponsored b each of the more than 100 branches ii the state of North Carolina, is unique The late Kelly M. Alexander, Si started the event as a fundraiser, an it met with instant success. As i result, the North Carolina State Cor ference of Branches contributei more than any other state conferenc to the national office. The mother rasing the larges amount of money will be crowne queen of the Raleigh-Apex Brand The branch wishes to express it gratitude to the participants an churches for their support. Dr. Mai ine Highsmith and Ms. Audrey Star field are serving as co-chairmen < the local contest. form AAAA IO Help Eliminate Spread Of AIDS BY LENWOOD G. DAVIS Spadal T» Ito CAROLINIAN I Am Aaalysls I Presently there is a lot of attention devoted to acquired immune deficien cy syndrome; yet little attention is devoted to the effect that it is having on the African-American community. Little do most people know that more African-Americans are dying from AIDS at a faster rate than whites. Two segments of society make up about 90 percent of AIDS cases in the United States—male homosexuals/bisexuals and in travenous drug users. African Americans are at a double disad vantage since some assert they are at a higher risk than whites of having a sexually transmitted disease and are at greater risk of being intravenous drug users. It appears that the African-American community has not realised the gravity of the pro ' Mem of AIDS and the potential catastrophic effects it can have on the community and its institutions. While AIDS may not be the number one • health problem in the African I American community, it is serious enough that immediate steps must be taken to help stop the disease from spreading farther. The questions must he asked: Where are African Americans Against AIDS (AAAA)? When will we take some action to pre vent and stop the spread of this dead ly disease? Many African-Americans charge 1 (See AIDS, P. 2) ! Shaw University r Gives Honorary 1 Degrees To 3 I Three prominent black educators i will receive honorary degrees from . Shaw University Friday, May 12, at 1 the 124th convocation for the conferr . ing of degrees. Dr. Christopher F. Edley, president and chief executive officer of the t United Negro College Fund, will 1 receive an honorary doctor of laws . degree. Dr. Edley has become widely s known and greatly admired for ac 1 tualislng the educational dreams of • many young black Americans whose r intellectual aspirations would be f otherwise thwarted in his own i Vs H0ND14BY DEGREES, P. 2) Will Fathers Rescue Them ? Black Children Suffer In Vietnam _ -i >1.1.. * i. •«_ fh« ithurmoronninff system. Wha ox wnn mumrsun nuuius, JH (MiMk| Writer Aa Ajalyii* Recently, the news media releasee some pictures and common tar] about the children of American ser vicemen now living in Vietnam. Ii showed pictures of children wh< resembled their white or blacl fathers and comments were made that many erf these children are Uvim in poverty and some are beggars, thieves, prostitutes, etc. in Saigoc (new called Ho Chi Minh City). Also, there have been newt releases of Vietnamese childrei ridiculing those Vietnamese whe were fathered by blade soldiers. Im Was the reason that black American 'athers are not aware of these pro I «dures? Or was it due to the finan cial Condition of those fathers? Furthermore, many may feet that 1 the U.S. government should aid these Vietnamese children by providing some sort of educational training for them in their home or by transporting them to the United States to be with their natural fathers. Also, one must know that Army chaplains counseled; soldiers about the problems involved in international marriages, such as differences in cultures, etc. Many soldiers became angry with During World War II the Pentagon hesitated sending too many black units to Europe because they felt that blacks would fraternize with white girls, but in Korea and Vietnam, the situations were different. .|t« Matng a child with yellow skin and coal-black, straight hair and >i>i>tiidwinlalli^ni it * Mack child with wooly hair, thick lips ud a black skin? What do physical foaturoo man when both ehlldru had tha mothar and wars bora and rannd In the same culture? Ons would like to know. What a pity._ Moreover, this commentary show ad where many white American fathers are now working with tho U.t. sent and (Hateapartment end the jrarant white Children. Thera were ufMb -m*** made about any black SSSran fathers doinc the called “romantic Uvea.” There are more problems Involved in “interna tional marrlafea" than in cooveo Aak any marriage I the World War II I), the “top braes" in the rentanon were hesitant about ■aodh* too many black units to Europe. WhyT Beoauae they felt that bhtotai wovud fraternise with white girls. But in the Korean conflict and Vietnam, the situations were dif ferent. Can't one aae that? has writ children in Ws lifetime. He stated that after the American Civil War, many, cnapiains ior mierierinu in ineirsv uiany wnue southern plantation owners gave financial support to their mulatto children. Many of those children became doctors, teachers, ministers, etc. But, on the other hand, the greatest help to the freedmen came from the Freedmen’s Bureau, which provided food, clothing, jobs and education for these ex-slaves. Blacks came out of slavery at landless people and had to resort to UK> wwiyvvyyne --— problem. Finally, many African-Americans would be very glad to have these black-Vietnamese children brought here to the United Staes as their white counterparts are doing for their children. North Carolinians should set a model for this nation and the world to go by by accepting children of nitarari African blood into our fold. Do vou agree? JVC Council On Homeless Lays Plans To Help House Street People In Our State mm CAROLINIAN tun Ripiiti The cut la tke poverty rate has been powered by the U.S. economic expaatien, an expanaioo that k not reverting the plight of the homeleoe aerate the country, according to dtlient petitioning membert of the federal government, the private lector and local government! to Join In making available affordable heating for peo ple who are hemelett or tarrlving In anbttandnrd heating. A non-praflt etatewMe erganliatten. the North Carolina Connell on the Hemelett, It extending an tavttatloo and a challenge to the Triangle and to the itate to Join In an effort In ‘‘participatory democracy,” Loo Oetea, executive director of the North Carolina Connell on the Homeleaa, laid he prevlontly worked with the bemilaot la New York and hat been lacr—fagly concerned for the part five yean at he hat watched the homeleaa eritia eecalate. “I aae the problem at eaealating,” be aatd. ”1 bad a few frlendt from the military who end Thera It a “It down to affordable banting.” Oatoa laid, la when an IndtvMnal or family have a elect to be Thera area Ulna HOMBLE8S, P. I)
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