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RALEIGH. N.C.
VOL. 50. NO. 11
TUESDAY,
JANUARY 1.1991 t
N.C.’s Semi-Weekly
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Congressman Mitchell Says...
‘No One Will Stop The War But Us!’
With a portrait of the Rev. Martin
Luther King, Jr. peering over his
right shoulder, former U.S. Rep. Par
ran J. Mitchell denounced the
military buildup in the Persian Gulf
recently and called on like-minded
Americans to march on Washington.
“ThU U wrong, this U Illegitimate
this is indecent,” said Mitchell, refer
ring to the 480,000 American troop
stationed in Saudi Arabia. “But n<
one will stop the war but us.”
“Us,” for Mitchell, was the self
described “coalition of conscience’
which sponsored a news conference
in West Baltimore recently to an
nounce the Jan. 19 national march on
the White House. Organizers, who in
clude representatives of the
Interdenominational Ministerial
Alliance, the Maryland Welfare
Rights Organization, Morgan State
University’s student government and
the American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees,
gathered at Union Baptist Church to
announce sunnort for the anti-war in
(See PERSIAN GULF. P. 2)
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CHURCH SAYS HGHT RACISM
Vetoed
Ovd
Rights
BY GWEN MCKINNEY
NNPA Newt Service
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Racism in
America is increasingly becoming
one of the greatest threats to the na- |
ttonal security, declares the United
Church of Christ which plans to mark
the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. by issuing a pastoral letter
on racism.
The Bush administration’s recent
pronouncement against minority
, scbolarshis, the president’s veto of ,
the Civil Rights Act, increasing '
poverty among blacks and the tide of
overt acts against African
• Americans and other minorities point
to a backward slide in race relations.
!; “Despite significant progress, our
>' church, society and world are polariz
ed today because of the pervasive and
destructive sin of racism,” states the
draft document which will be releas
: ed by the 1.7 million-member church
at its annual meeting in January.
“We emphatically reject the notion
that racism, particularly in the form
of institutionalized discrimination, is
a problem that no longer requires our
utmost attention,” the draft docu
, ment continues.
Rev. Charles Shelby Rooks, a
signatory of the letter and a promi
nent UCC official, insists that the
church action comes at a time when
America must be confronted with a
moral challenge on racism.
“It is ironic that the sons and
daughters of people of color are being
asked to bear a disproportionate
brunt of sacrifice should war break
out,” maintains Rev. Benjamin F.
Chavis, executive director of the UCC
Commission for Racial Justice. “Our
(See AGAINST RACISM, P. 2)
ALL SMLES — TMse youngsters an aO smiles for tho
comon dortng tlw holidoy sooson wide shoring tender
moments with relatives and friends only chldren con
know. Perhaps they are smiling over thdlr resolutions in
seeking now ways to have fun with a full slate of
possibilities for the New Year. (Photo By Apple 1-Hour
Photo)
“Parade Of Stars” Telethon For
UNCF Faises Funds For Students
The late Frederick D. Patterson,
founder of. the United Negro College
Fund, had a vision: He believed that
a concerted effort to maintain the
economic strength of historically
black colleges would ensure that
deserving students would always
have a place to earn a college educa
tion.
“By strengthening the resources of
historically black colleges,’’ Patter
son said, “we can continue to keep
costs down so that students who need
institutions of quality, at a price they
can afford, will go to them.”
The United Negro College Fund
was born of that vision in 1944, and
since that time the College Fund has
generated millions of dollars for the
41 private, historically black colleges
Mrauvaw SKILLS - uoana Archuietta wcrks Hard to improve her
comprehension skMs hi Enghsh. Archuletta is from South America and is seen in
the photo with hwtractor Trina Smith. She has raised her grade equivalency by
three levels after returning to school in Houston and entering a program for high
school drop outs.
and universities that it represents. Saturday, Dec. 29, helps member
Money raised by UNCF, through schools to keep tuition low, award
such special events as the “Lou scholarships and financial aid to
Rawls Parade of Stars” telethon on (See UNCF TELETHON, P 2)
A Year To Remember:
Politics, Economy,
Impressive Strides
Tough
Issues
Ahead
Daniel T. Blue, Jr., is poised to
become the first African-American to
bold the North Carolina Speaker of
the House and the only third African
American politician in the nation to
have held such a position.
Harvey Gantt made an impressive
bid for a job almost everyone said he
could not win.
Lt. Richard Holden of the North
Carolina Highway Patrol on Dec. 20,
1990 became the first African
American promoted to the rank of
captain in the history of the state
troopers.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson made
historical overtures fighting racism
on the homefront and searching for
peaceful solutions in the Middle EasV
Minister Louis Farrakhan told
African-Americans to stand up and
respect each other.
1990 passed as a most impressive
year to remember.
Blue is almost certain to come to
top political power this year when the
N. C. General Assembly convenes
January 30. His speakership
promises to be one of accommodation
and openness mixed with a return to
strong Democratic Party
organization and influence in the
House. The House faces the toughest
issues in years — a declining
economy, shrinking tax revenues,
legislative and congressional
redistricting, and hard choices about
the operation of North Carolina’s
schools.
Gantt, the former Charlotte mayor,
did not beat incumbent Republican
Jesse Helms for the U. S. Senate, but
he did become the first African
American politician in North
Carolina to win a statewide runoff.
Helms won the November election
with 53 percent of the vote to 47
percent for Gantt, but in losing, Gantt
won the attention and admiration of
many. The race was a clash of
differences: Helms the white
conservative, and Gantt, the black
liberal.
Moreover, Gantt’s political futun
appears to be on solid footing. A two
election losing streak to Helms and
Mayor Sue Myrick in 1987
notwithstanding, political observers
see gantt running for another
statewide office, possibly governor o;
U.S. Senate in 1992.
Farrakhan brought his tou^l
message to North Carolina am
captured audiences in Charlotte an.
Greensboro. Railing aga'nst blad
on-black crime, abortion and racism
the charismatic leader challenge
African-Americans to love ear
other. Farrakhan said: “If Jes
would show up among black peop
we would not accept Him because :
reality all of our lives white fol
have given us an image of Jesus
their image.’'
Holden a Wake County resident h
been described by N. C. Highv,
Patrol Troop C Commander Ca>
Spainhour as “very profession,
Holden, raised in Wendell by stroi,
willed, supportive parents has b*
with the patrol since September i'
“I put in my application when th
was only one other black on the fot
It (application) was accepted am
s ted patrol school.”
External Intervention Urged
Racial Woes Rising In South Africa
Genocidal
Situation
BY DANIEL MAROLEN
The genocidal racial situation in
South Africa is deteriorating fast, and
demands immediate external in
tervention to avoid an Armageddon.
This deterioration became more ob
vious when, a few days ago, Ar
chbishop Tutu flew over the continen
tal USA without touching down on the
east coast where he usually stops. In
stead, he stopped in Montana on his
way to a conference in Honduras. Ob
viously, Tutu avoided the east coast
to escape being asked harassing and
controversial questions about the
distressing situation of the escalating
black-on-black faction conflicts in
which scores of blacks have died in
the past few days.
But while Tutu flew over America
to Honduras, mass media reports
flooded America and the world with
news that Nelson Mandela was enrag
ed at the escalating genocide, and
demanded that the de .'.lerk regime
should forthwith halt the senseless
manslaughter in Natal Province and
treks around Johannesburg.
Mandela also urged the government
to maintain law and order, or . But
de Klerk considers it Mandela’s duty
to end the tribal fights.
The ruling Afrikaner clique is
responsible for the critical racial
unrest in South Africa. First, de
Klerk’s own Nationalist Party con
tinues to keep apartheid alive,
although he promised to end it and
usher in a non-racial democratic
system in its place. But, since
Mandela’s release from prison 10
months ago, apartheid is still in
place. Meanwhile, apartheid is taking
a heavy toll on black lives... True, it is
apartheid that is killing black people,
not ANC or Inkatha. In addition, de
Klerk conducts his negotiations
towards a non-racial constitution only
with Nelson Mandela and ANC, but
not with the rest of the black popula
tion who constitute the majority of
South Africans. Naturally, this
angers leaders like Mangosuthu
Buthelezi who cannot tolerate this
snub. Hence the escalating conflicts
between followers of ANC and In
katha.
There are also instances of occa
sions when the regime’s police take
sides with either the ANC or Inkatha
as it suits them. At other times the
police deliberately neglect to in
tervene between two warring fac
tions, but leave them to hack one
another to death.
On the other hand, Eugene Terblan
che’s extremely racist murder
squads are planning civil war in the
country. They also instigate irrespon
sible black youths to attack rival
black groups in the names of ANC or
Inkatha. But the leaders of ANC and
Inkatha know nothing about these
faction fights. Already, Terblanche's
murder squads have assassinated a
number of anti-apartheid leaders,
white and black, and are causing
unprecedented reign of terror in
country, especially among t
blacks.
The rightwing Afrikaner, Dr d
dries Treumicht, is another polit >
' jingo who poses a threat to the ad
of democracy in South Africa In
currently the leader of the Op[x>
in the South African Parliament
Conservative Party is gain
membership from de Klerk’s N!
threatens to topple de Klerk i
(See KACIAL WOES, P. 2)
SANTA TO S.E. RALEKH—Residents from throughout
tho city recently Rocked to the Mertin Luther King
Memorial Bardens located on Rock Quarry Road to greet
Santa Claat. Youngsters daNghtod at taking their turns
talking ta tha Brand Ola Man Of Ckrtstma*. (Photo by J. D.
Hinton Studio)