Tile Blac:ll Stade ■ t Voice of North ... ter■ U■iveaky December 1, 1976

IHIMIRGII Black vote DfVICIOIY elects -Carter ~-of macart formcandldm 1 CAATVI~ fOR0· - · ..... rs· by 2,07 1,506 and also dcfca1ed the most powerfu l weapons by Anlhony Je nkins PVtN SYLVANLI. President Ford in the elccloral against Republicans. Republicans Onyx Starr I 00 11111 collegi; by a very slim margin. can no lo nger afford to over look -a Presiden t-elect Caner rcteived blacks in any areas. Presiden1-clect Jim my Caner Ford won 550'/o of the white OHIO many co ngrat ulations from we ll It is a lso reasonab le 10 say that lost the white popll1ar vo1e 47 .6'1o I U!IE!I wishers whi le President Ford, who had President Ford payed more vote in the Sou 1h, yet Caner's 11 to 51.30'/o IN THE Nov. 2 maintained his pro ud image after attention 10 blacks he might have massive b lack support i n that area MISSOURI Prcsideritial Eteccion, but he won made the South solid for him. losing to Caner, works diligen1ly picked up more votes from the I Ml ►m minori1ies th8.1.could have cu1 the roughly 92'lo of the 6.6 m illion The 52-year-o ld former Gover­ D 10 help make a smooth tra nsition black votes.ct,st and will become nor fro m Plains, Ga. defeated the ,.... to the ortice of 1he presidency fo r 2,000,000 vo1e ddici1 to win 1he the 39th Prcsidcm of 1hc United incumbent President after he I I I!} - President-elect Caner. popu lar vote. _, Black polilicia States because of his black served his country for 1wo years in The election was wo n for ns wanted hope, support. the White House . Both Preside nt ...... Jim my Caner by blacks and ot her pro mises and verba l com mit• The figures compi led by Wash­ c:::Jlllllll- mems; they got 1 hat from Caner, Ford and P resident-elect Carter -- II minorities who supp lied outs1and­ ing1on's Joint Center they did n't get them from for Po litica l ended tlfeir campaign tr ails weary, MlSSIU IPPt ing support for P resident-elect Studies show that Caner wo uld but both pledged 10 serve 1heir Caner. It is es1imated 1ha1 92% of President Fo rd and that was 1 he cm.-"' deciding facto have lost 1he states of Pennsy l­ country 10 their highest capaci1y. all blacks tha1 vo1ed, gave 1heir r. Ncxc 1ime Repub­ vania, Ohio, Missou ri. Tell:as, President-e lect Carter defeated IIU.IIYLAND vote 10 the Caner-Mondale ticket. lican politicians and campaig n Louisiana, Mississippi and Mary­ Pre,;ident Ford's bid for re-elec­ ~ It also remi nded the Republican strategists will be forced 10 thi nk­ land without the overwhelming --•-II ..,,.,..,..,.._ qui1e differen1ly . tion to the preside ncy by winning ___ pany that the black vote in this support of blacks. 1he majori1y of the popular vo1e country, when unified, is one of Carte r. p. 4 B.U. HOST TO NSCAR CONVENTION

lri1h independe nce activist Bern a­ trial for her !iQ n. ~ . ' ,, . by Monroe Ha rris J. de1tc Devlin McAliskey, J uani1a "Jack Peebles," Oar)''s lawyer, Ony• Starr Tyle r, mo ther of Gary Ty ler and "argued for a new trial o r else a Clyde Bcllacoun of t he American Students from ail walks of life release an d the s 1atre ( Lou isian a) Indian movement , was temporari­ argued t hat Gary sho uld remain in on the Nov. 19 10 21 weekend ly held up beca use of a bomb ga1hered a1 Boston U niversi1y 10 prison. J am still waiting fo r the scare. No bomb was fou nd. decision," s){'e said. discuss and take stands on issues Othe r speakers included Tho­ involving racism, sexism and Tsieui Mashinini, 19 year-old mas Atkins, Rohen Allen, editor central leade r of the Soweto South Africa . of Black Scholar, Tom Turner, The occasion was che third Student Represen1a1ive Council in Joe Madison, e,cecu1ive director Sou1h Africa also spoke Friday Nacional Conference of 1he of the Dttroi1 branch of the Na1ional Student Coali1ion night and panicipa1ed on a panel NAACP, Luis Fuentes , lmani discussion on opposi1ion 10 Against Racism (NSCAR) in Kazana and Herbcn Vilakazi. B.U. 's Hayden Audi1orium. apanheid Satu rday morning. When she arri...ed in Bos1on a The Saturday workshops, · The initial night of the day before lhe confe rence began, conference. in which iniernation­ Jua nita Tyler indicated 1ha1 she is NSCAR. p. 2 allv known civil rights leader~ like wailing fo r a decision on a new NS CAR S upporters Juanita Tyler: A star is born 'Free my son By Connie Hailh Gary.' Onyx Staff Juanita Tyler has spent two " I feel like I'm a messenger or some kind and whal talent I have, by Turi Ca ldwell long years 1rying to free her son I have to share it with people around me;· said the man who OnyxS 11fr Gary, 18. fro m jail i n Louisiana orga nized and conducts t he firty-piece orchestra and choru!i better where he has been in prison since know n as t he 'Post-Pop Space -Rock BeBop Gospel Tabernacle age 16 for al legedly shooting a Orchestra and Chorus: white youlh. This group prod uces one of the finest musica l sounds around "I'm in Boslon to te ll the today and undoubtedly this successfu l sound renecls a talented s1uden1• at fhe N.S.C.A.R. musician, whose years or hard work have developed into convention wha1 is happening something special lo hear. The man responsible is Webster Lewis. wi1h Gary's fighl to get a new trial The sound WL"bsler Lewis crea~CI is all the music that he·s ever and be set frCt". heard and played: jau, blues, rock n' roll complied into one. He '' I am asking you 10 help fight firsl learned to have an ear for music in a church in Baltimore. for Gary's release, because lhe where his mother wn an organist. frame-up of Gary Tyl,e:r could be At a very early age ho started taking piano lesson s. "I knew I one of you,'' said Jlie1,u1aTyler at was interested in playing," said Lewis, "but I didn't know at that a rallv sponsored by N.S .C. A.R. point what options were open to me. As far as I knew al that time it was just playing the piano. Juanila Tyler Tyler, p. 2 Webster a( J ordon Hall U:wis. p. 19 Rho nd a Cato : a by Mkhoc l K. Frl~bl 'beautif ul person ' On), Slaff Springfield • Thi, i\ 1hc type of aiming a1 her male rriend . For 17 Bu1 for Rho nda 1he strugg le for person inside and out, her fnends small, almost rural city, in which days she lay motib nless m Beth life was against un~urpassab le say. "She was fun. Someone you news cravels quick ly from one Israel Hospital, fighting for her odd~. The bullet had passed ,ou ld become friend~ with and she black family to another For the life. through her aorca and her brain would always stick by you,·· silid past four weeks, the news ,pread Her friends from Boston and had been deprived of b lood. Fay Thomas, a Nor1hea~tern in barbenhops .1nd ha.irdre1sers Springfield, came 10 1he hospital Doc1ors trea1ing her gave liule student, who has bCt"n close to brought tears to many a pa1rons· 10 be wi1h her family 10 pray and chance of recovery. On Tuesday, Rhonda and hrr fami ly, since she eyes. hope 1ha1 she could pull 1hroueh. Nov. 161h, she died and people in was in 1he 7th grade. On Oct. 31, Rhonda Cato, a "\Ve have n'! leh 1hi\ wailing Bosion and Sp ringfield, mourned "If s he disagreed wi1h you, she Springfield residen1, was ~hot in room all week."'. said her brothtt the loss of a 21-year~ ld woman, would let you know, a'nd if yo u the chest by a gunman in Bosto n. Rohen, "she is s1ill hangi ng in who never harmed anyone. a.sked her o pinion, Jhe would Jct It matters little that the man there.' ' was Rho nda Ca to was a beau tiful Cato, p. 2 Page 2 THE NORTHEASTERN ONYX A sad day in• Springfield

you know it. Anything you been so fiUcd with cars that the nc_eded her for, if she could help line st rung from the church two out she would, wi thout cxl)CCling miles to the cemetery. Man y anything in return . She was n't people, young and old, ;oined sclfish," said Thomas . behind the family as Rhond a rode Thomas said during her fresh­ 10 her resting place . man year at Northeastern s he a nd In Boston, Martin Palm er, 39, Rhonda ~pen! some of their best of Roxbury was arraigned o n a days together, as they explored first degree murder charge in Boston for the first time and Roxbury District Court. enjoyed 1he new atmosphere. According 10 Tom ,Keough of Thoma s s aid Rhonda' s goal the Metropolitan District Com­ may have bttn to make it in life to mission Police, Rhonda Ca10 was a poin1 when! she wouldn't have a passenger in a car driven by 10 struggle anymore. "I think Joseph Jone s, 26, of Jamaica everyone aspires to be someone," Plain when the driver sto pped his said Thomas. car a1 a bar on Massachusetts " I'll mi~s talking 10 her and Ave. sharing personal things with her . Al the bar. police said, Jone s, She was the type of friend you got into an argument w ith four cou ld confide in, H er death makes other males. After 1he maJes had me realm~ thal things like thi\ can lcfl in a car. Jones got i nto the car happen to anyone. You can' t feel and lollowed 1hem to a locat ion thal you are immun e to tragedy . on the Fenway , according to No one is immune 10 an)'l hing," police. added Thoma \, as her eyes Jones go1 out of the car and reddened engaged th e 01her group in fun her lmmedia1e1y after her dea1h . argument, and with one particu­ friend~ in Bosron began raising lar , )ai d police . At the height of money to help pay for the cost or the argument , a bullet , which the funeral and the hospital bills. police initiall y identified as being Friend s were also asked 10 give fired from a .38 sped into Jones' blood in her name at Be1h Israel throat . Hospital 10 offset the 41 pints of After getting back into his car. blood us ed in vain 10 try to keep ' Jone s was fired upon aga in, her alh•e. according to police, but the bullet The . funeral p rocession in missed the mark, striking Rho nda Springfield was reported to have in the chest. Onyx pholos by JOH Solb; Juanita Tyler wants her son freed

tiona~ Gary's life was saved, sound wo Nov, 19th. uld have burst some • white. Williams ne ver asked that drfonsl· witn ess. but hl.' never giving one's eardrums." The Juanita and Gary Gylcr's the family hope lo open up students the tria l be moved from St. r.alled her to the stand . Judge the controversia l circumsta nces on the bus sa id that the shot Ruche ordeal began on Oaober 7, 1974. Charles Parish, and he never Marino then had her kP.pt surr oundin g t he e ntir e case. sounded like a firecru,cker, and questioned the nil-white jury rrom the courtroom during her when a group of 65 black on Blacks say lh e incident at Terry Ty ler sa id. "I didn't know their backg rou nd. c;on's trial. A ll this was in students were packed on a sc hool Destre han High School occ urr ed ·somebody had goLlen shot." The day after Gary"s a rr est Novt"mbt.'r t975. bus headed for home . A mob or before Timothy Weber was shot. No fingerprints were found on David Duke, a Ku Klux Klan In April of 1976 white youth s and adults then Natalie The black 1tudents recall ed a the gun which Gary was leader active in Boston's oppo.,i­ Blank s. the slalt.'''- witnec,s. surrounded th em throwin g bot­ man in the mob with a shotgun. sup11osed to ha\'c used in the tion to sc hool t(',;tified al a hearing tles and brick,. busing, went to for ,1 new When they saw him, many killing . Gary went to jail for a Louisia na and helped organize a tr ial. Sht' sa id that poli,·e A shot was heard, a nd and dw:ked under the bus sea ts for yea r befort" he went to trial. Ku K prosl'('Uter 13-yeaN,ld Timothy Weber, one lux Klan Rally at Desi rchan s had forced her to lie cove r. The trial was ove rse en by High . This caused many ques ­ al the I rial. She said she had or the white mob, fell dead. A not 1'he next th ing th ey heard was Jud g(' Ruche Marino, an all• 'iven anyonl' 16-ycar -old on the bus, Gary tions later. and was a ractor fire a gun . a single shot rired and th e boy white jury. Norman Pitre and L. in the problerl'ls thal arose in the Na tnlil' Rlank s and LnrPtt..1 Tyler. wu~ charged with first foll dead. The black students J . Hymel we re pros ecuting demand for a new trial. l.nndon Thomas lold Lhc l'OUtl degree murder. and i s now were take n orr the bus at n police .,uornc ,vs, and Jack William s, Willii,ms subp oenaed Gury's lhnt polk l" had threatened sittin g in the St. Jam es Pari lo sh sub-station according to Te rry Gary·s lawyer who was also moth er, Juanita Jai l. Tvler. as a churgl' them a:1. accessoril''- 10 Tyler. Gary's brother . who was cont. on The racial incident nu'I pqe took pla('e also nn the bus. "We we re told to at De,;tr ehnn Hi gh School. kneel," ht' said, "a nd they had Oeslrahan. Louisia na. The (!l)Se gun~ to our hends," against Gary sayoe;that he was The whites were not arrested 'iCen hnlding a gun, a .45, or \(' ar ched. ''W hen we got ofC pointin1,: al it the crowd from the the bus, " ,;aid Terry at the bu,. Nat ional Stude nt Conference The c,tudl'ntc, were taken orr AKainst Racism IN.S.C.A.R.J the hu~. ;incl th(• gun was round works hop for the sup port of Gary thcrt' . Car} was charged with 1'y ler, "t hey searched us and this murd er. boy. Ike Bnndnll , had a quarter Arter Gary sa1 in jail (or a with n hole through the midd le or year. he wJ-. taken to court and' it, and th(• policeman sta rt ed scn ten<:·,.-dto dit• in the electric lnt''lSin' with h1,n . Gary sa id, 'You 1•ha1r. He ,;at on death- row can't do anything to him for that,' I where he was the y,mngest in and tht'n they s tart ed pkkin ' on the country at that timel in the Gary. Angola S1,llt' Penitentiary at "During a seco nd sea rch at the Angola, Louisiana. repo rt ed to polic<• station , female stu dents lw on,· or t.he most notoriou s were forced to str ip, nnd Gary, prison s in thf> countr y. along with a few other male Gary', conviction was based st udenl s, were severe ly beat en, heavily on lhe testimony of added Terry. "One or the Natali•• Blnnks. a "itudent who d('putics who benl him was V. J . wa s on thf" hu-., who i.aid t hat sht' St. Pierre , 11 cnusin of t he s lnin hud set.·n Gury with lh e gun Timothy Wehcr. Gary was pnintm.: ii at lh c "rowd . Another initially charged with dist.urbing wit ne'll>, l.orru.a London Tho t hl' peacC'becauc;c nf his speak ing -mas, tc..:t1f1l'd thnL .,ht• had seen out againsl a police of£icer. t hl' gun nn th£• bu<:. L,1ll'r, lu.• was char ged with Thi• Louismna Death Penally fir'll--tl,·grcl• murder. hn, lll'vn d,•i·lnrcd uncon stitu­ The studL·nts and the bus were tional :tnd both Natalie Blanks sea rrhcd for app roximately t.wo and Lorella London Thomas hour~ before the gun was found. have rN•anle d their testimo nies. Th.., .45. which police claim ki lled Mr,;;, Tylrr and her son Terr y, Wt'be r had disa ppeared from a hav.- tra veled nll over the firing range used by the police. country to gain support for Ga ry. The bus driver, Erne st Cojoe, They h11.v1•demanded a new trial. is a 25-year Anny vete ra n. He When lhr Louisiana death testiried tho.t if the .45 had bee n prnalty was declared unconstilu • rired from inside the bus, "t he Jerry Tyler and Mrw. Tyler rnE NORTilEASTERN ONYX Decm,beT 1, 1976 Par 3 Juanita Tyler NSCAR holds convention Weber's murder. if they didn't. te,tify against Gary . Natalie Blank's lawyer, Sylvia Taylor, at In a related matter, Detroit NAACP . which were divided into two NSCAR consciousness i s higher. he added. that same hearing testified that drafted a According to series, dca11 with a wi_dc range or re.solution towards Vince Eagan , "If we don't sec more massive Judge Marino and Prosecuters abolishing the death staff manager of subiects such as racist deoorta• penalty . t~e Boston movemcms in the future, we're Hymel and Pitre had grant ed "The death penalty chapter of NSCAR, the tions, police brutality, community has no seven going to get smashed," Eagan Natalie immunity in e:11:changefor place in a humane national coordinators, (previously control, the Wilmington 10 cMc, society . The said. her l estimony, and that they had U.S . Supreme Court's five) arc the leadership gays and racism and affirmative decision to body and The cic.isting black leadership refus ed to put it into writing in legalize capital make policies. The action. punishment is general starr generally respQnds slower as order to hide it from the jury . ' overly racist . does most or the work John Taylor, president of the Historically , the though, he compared with black leadership Tht> problem at th e hearin g death pellalty has been said. Na1ional Campaign to . Aid primarily several years ago, Eagan wns that in spite or the new used The highC5t said . Friends and Families or Prisoners, against blacks and other decision-making evidence , the jUdJe was Ruche oppressed body or NSCAR · discussed racism and prisoners national minoriti~ . It between national Sludcnls Play a Part Marmo. the 5'\tne Judge that had is used to confercn·ccs is the and his personal experiences. terrorize the most National On the eve ofthc organization's put Gary on Death Row. He · oppressed and exploit those who Steering Commiucc. The Steering denied the Taylor was incarcerated at the initial conference at Boston motion for a new trial. arc pushed into crime by hunger Commillee is responsible for 1hc By this Walpole and Norfolk Correction• University, Macco Dixon, a time, Mrs. Taylor had and poverty ," according to implementation of national con­ goll en al lnstitutionS for a four year · national coordinator of NSCAR a new lawyer, Jack Michael Ponaman, an NSCAR ference decisions and arriving at Peebles, eight month period . He has been said then abou1 d esegregation, lo def end her ,;on, and national coordinator . position s on importaiit issues and Pf'('ble out the past five years. "S1udents played an indispens­ s kept trying for an struggles tha1 ari se "Prinsocr s are the corner stono. Formed between able role in supporting and appral. to United Evc.ryonc national confcrenCC5 •or 1he criminal ju stic system. . participating in the big marches, Ja ck Peeble Eagan expressed s was inten •iewed Without prisoner s the system regrets that boycotts and demonmation earlie Many groups were formed in this year' s r thi s month about G ary's would ran," Taylor s s conference was not as which produced laws aid . the t960's for many different well publici making appl•al whi ch was heard Nov. 10 When he entered prison at zed as they would have segregation illegal reasons . Some formed to oppo s ." in New Orh:oans befor e th e Walpole , Taylor e liked to: He indicated though that " Today said, interesting• 1he war in Vietnam , other s in Boston, 1he right or Lousiana Slal e S uor emc C ourl. ly enough he doesn ' t expect less than l,000 blac , most or th e other formed to firght again s k s1uden1s to ride that bu5 Pl•ehJer; wM as ked ab out th t domestic person s 10 attend the conferen ce e inmat es were white , When he left, problem s . into areas and school s in the city lc~ il gr ound s fo r like pollution and The con fercncc was pushing free ing Gar y. almo~l five years later , half the inflation for marked ' for whites only ' is "No 1·our1 now . Many or these groups ''a National Day hos juri sdict ion popul ation w as black and Spa• remain of Stud en1 threatened by courtroom ploy s, ovr r him." h , many more fizzled and Prote s1s Against U e said. Pel"bles nish-<;J)Caking, he s aid . .S. Compli city rock thrower ~. the demon strat ed '-'Xplnin 01hers stiU assimilated them selves with Raci NI 1hnt und er L ouisiana Taylor indicated that the m ales st Regime s in South potential for mob violence and the law into other organization s. Africa" on "a j.uvl'nilc can on_ly be tri ed of communitie s are taken awa y March 21, 1977. crudest Corm of ra cist haras m NSCAR was formed to "unile Eagan al s­ 1h,, d1s1ru•t ('OUrl ... m a rase m from where 1hey are need ed so s aid that NSCAR ment." Dixon most. everyone • black s, Chicano s. said . whir h dt•nth war; th e a ppr opriat e The prison system works c losely with the women' s A rally had been planned ror affeclS the Puerto Rican s, A sian Ameri can pt>nnlly. tr h(' d1dn't re<"eive a growth of their s, movement and has pa11icipa1ed April communitie s, he Native American s, whites - who 24, 1975 supporting de segre­ 1•ap1tal pl·nnlly the l'3~e had lo be add ed. with them in th e Joanne Li°ule and gation, but it w as are willing to join in the fight forced 10 cancel r1•mnnclt•d ti, Ju,•t·nile courl ... " It {crimin al Dr. Kcnn e1h Edclin cases. because or increa jus1ice system) . again s1 racism. sed ten sions in bl•r;iu~1• tht• Louisiana works aga Eagan comp!lrcd NSCAR wi1h dea th insl it self . The socic1 y After a thrcc--day the "c radle of the American rw nnlly wa!- der h1red conferen ce at the " earlier vcrson " of the former uncon,;t1t u that i1 is s uppo sed 10 be workin g Boston University in Februar Revolution ," according to Mo ­ littnnl, 1hi, c;1,c c;;hould for , work y, Student N on-Violent Coordinat­ be s again st it, " Taylor 1975, NSCAR was made hammed K arimi, an as sistanl n •nmnd1•d to j U\'(' into a ing Committee (SNCQ nile court':· said . formal organiza1ion. Over . When coordinator . Karimi said thi s Pn•bh.. , w;ts a, k 2,000 some people think of SNCC ed what would Prison, as d efined by the system person , they durin g a debate between him self h1· dnnc s from around the countr y think of it a s more militant, i( t ht• app ea l for a new •js suppo sed to be r ehabilita­ and Mr s. Louise Day Hick s, ancnd ed the convention . Busing, Eagan said. a tr ml wns tu rn ed dcrn·n. He tive, but. "to..me , i1's very clear "We arc not oppo sed Boston ci1y coun selor and anti particularl y in the Boston area 10 1hem, bu1 we ­ answl·n •d: "Then our next that it i s puni shment, " Ta ylor sec the need for bu sing proponent. was the major i ssue . The group 's muhi-racial rr 1wrdur al ...1 cp 1, t o ask the U.S. said . " Pri son do cs nothing ," he organization s.' ' Ea: Gaya1ri Singh , a scope later expanded to other gan indicated tha1 NSCAR Supn •me Cour t to re\•iew lhe added . the group will spok esperson has indicated that ca-.e. areas including equal edu cation take anybody who will If t ht•y reruse to rev ie\\ it, Also prison has the large support her or ganization has st for minorities , budget cutback s, no offi cial tht·n we are back s tartin g all labor for ce and there are no real them . connection with the Committee freedom for political prisoner s NSCAR O\'l'r aga in with a writ of habeus wages involved , Taylor stated . He , Eagan said , has 70 10 Against Raci sm (CAR) who and fighting again st apartheid in 80 chapter se r11rpus 1lhi11, requir es lhot a used m aking license plates s nationally and sup­ member s had b as an # South Africa een involved with pric;om•r he brought example . porter s nombcr in the thousands before a . After a per son has NSCAR . confron1ation s with authoriti es l'Ourl lo decidt• the raises money through Reacting 10 the relati ve legality of hi s worked five years making license contributions and through it decline since de segregation began . dt>lent inn) m th e stale court , plate s in prison s in rhe surge of black awarenes s , he can't find a speaker s bureau . Speakers on the "We agree with CAR in that :i.skint,: that Gary he given a n e job outsid 1ha1 was evident in the 60' s and w e, he said . bureau include Robert Allen, they arc again st racism, but we trinl. W e hopr lhat it won't ha\fe Some s 70's, Eagan said no1 as many eriou s thinking and editor or Black Scholar Magazine disagree wi1h the tac1ic s 1hey use. to gn t hat for ." working has 10 be done 10 change , people come out for dcmon stra- CAR doesn't participate in author Chri stine Rossell, mass Gar y'., mother. Ju anita Ty this • that' s Hattie 1ions as they did before . Since ler, what conferenc es are McC\Hchcon, a member of mobilization s like we do ," she hn.., h1•,•n lourin g lhe countr y all about, added Ta 1969 it has been up and down, he ylor. NSCAR's na1ional staff and Joe said. tr yinr,: to ge l 'loUJ)port Cor Gary. said . But, the general politic al Madison. executive director Shi• hn.., 1nlrl .1udien<'C<.a round or 1hc lht • ro untr y abi,ul the Ku Klux Klan·-. thr eat<., harJ'lo\mcnl, and intimiW111on or her fnmily and Gary'<; -.upp nrtt•r'lo NSC 4 R school desegregation panel Sh('" told of 1ht• slay ing oro ne Mike McCraw Photo suppur1cr. R1<'hard Dunn , :irter a bt•nt•fil hl•ld 1n N,,w Orl ean.;. this pa..,\ M.1n· h. Shi• ti>II!-, nr ho"' c;hc 1•1111ld 1-:l'I <;uppnr t nowherl.'. "A 101 of pl·t1ph.· dnn'I under "'t.lnfl todtl\', hut t he Kluns men :1n· n ·nlly ·purl of o(fit·inls and pnlir(•nwn," she "" id, Mrs. Tyler 11;1..,l •'l(J)lnuwcl h1·r ow n nusunder -.1.indmi,.: h~· -.,,~•mg: " I t hnughl ~T""'n pl'oplc fell as me. I wouldn't h11\,(• doiw thl'ir lilllc whitt• lo d, hkc that. I Just had a lt•ehnr,: that i,;rown people, all h\;u•k an d whill' . wouldn't te ll a lw on ,1 ,•hihl ... B ut I found out. " Al .tn mt Cr \' icw durin g N:$.('.A. R.. Mrs. Tyler c;;a1d: "I'm not gonna stop until I gel one e nd from the ot her t o know what's ha1)pcnmg. beea use I reel wit.h 111)' -.on, I fl'l'I lhat he didn't have just1t·1•." She feels that p eople can ht>lp by " lalkln ' lo th eir nciKhbor s, or in lh eir S<'hOOl5, or writ (• 10 G11ry or writin g to th e gove rnm ent ... " Mrs. Tyler best d escribed her feelings and th ose of h er son's sup1,ort 1:rs al a July 24th rally when she said: "What me and my family has been thr ough for the last two years hav e added not be en too 21 weekend. that the federal government leaders as the cause of white easy for u s. Pleas e continue to by Dian~ Rdd has not reh that Referring to most of the schools pressure from flight . 5tand by me and fight for Gary ... Ony,: Sttff desegregation leaders in the South, Mrs. Caner said since. "The political leaders trY to Just. like it wa s my own son, it that "The whites art those schools that arc leaving the take advantage of the black could be any or your sons "School desegregation is desegrcgat• public schools ." neces• cd, very few and putting their people . They just want the bl~ck The Louisiana Supreme Court sary to solve the problem or of them are children in integrated . private schools ." She vote at dtction time," she said. will not rule on Gary's ca se until racism." added that most white families "Nothing has been done since RcfcrrinB to the Boston d~ :it le·as t December 13. Ir not then Those words were uttered by can't afford to , 1964Nhcnthe Civil Rights Act keep their children grcgation plan, Mrs . Carter said it will be an y time art.er Ilene Caner during a panel wa in priva1e schools so they will that the plan is not a busing plan . Christmas . In the meantime, discussion on 'white nigh\' held at eventually ,etum passed in response to Martin to the public The parents are less opposed to Gary Tyler will sit in jail. Hayden Auditorium at Boston schools. Luther King, Jr.'s march on integration if their .:hildren go to University durins the Nov. 19 to Mrs . Carter pointed to political Washington," she said. She schools closer to home . Page 4 THE NORTHEASTERN ONYX December l, 1976 Jimmy Carter elected 39th President

Then there were the little big Many students and younger Blacks voted for the policy people of the campaign. People blacks went to the poll s with many which seemed to reaJistically begin like Georgia Congressman An• mixed emotions. When some were to solve the problem of unem­ drew Young, Mrs. Coretta Scott asked about the election, some ployment . President Ford hap­ King and Rev. Martin Luther responded by asking, - " Why pened to be on the shoM end or l(ing, Sr., who were gathering should I vote, they'rt all crooks." the promises and Caner was there black votes for President-elect Statements like, "Seems like with the right hopes combined Carter for the Carter campaign every good President we get either with the righl policy • so once before the elce1ion was barely has to fight against his Cabinet again President Ford lost quite a underway. and Congress or they assassinate few votes on his solutions of All three people were connected him , so either way we're bound 10 dealing - with black orientated with massive voter registration be back in the gutter." prob - drive to encourage black s to come Students like Chauncey Thack­ lems . out of their homes and vo1e. er, said simp ly, "I'm going to Carter's promi se to elect blacks Congressman Young, Mrs. vote in this year's election because to higher position s than any other King, and Rev. M. L. King, Sr., of all the blood shed by black President in hislory will play a all kept in close touch with people in the past 10 enable me 10 very important role in the shaping President.elect Carter throughout vore." of black careers in the future . every moment of the campaign. Judy Dunston, a political Several prominent black s who are When President-elect Carter made science major from NoMh Caro• nationally known for their ef­ a stateme nt on preservat ion of Jina Central Univer sity, says that forts, have their eyes set on some "1he ethnic purit y in neighbor ­ most of us arc for Carter. "I future appointments to important hoods," letters and telegrams of doubt if any black would have the offices. disappointment were given to the nerve 10 say if they were Ford." Among them are Detroit mayor Caner staff immediately from The mos! important concern Coleman Young, Jesse Hill of Young and King. among blacks since the election is Atlanta Life Co., Herman Rus­ Tactics like radio commercials the hope for new jobs. The Joint sell, an Atlanta Contractor, in which Caner said, "I would Center, which takes its election Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary, rather die than betray the 1rust of stati stics from pr•.cincts w~erc the Ind., and John Cox, a Delta Mr. Martin Luther King, Sr." black majority i! over 870,o, noted Airlines Consultant. But the two became regular commercials that that large numbers of democrats most promising black s that are were designed 10 get as many turned ou to the polls with this likely to receive these appoim­ votes as possible by establishing major co::tcern in mind . menl s are Congresswoman Bar­ Carter with a familiar and trusted The National u..-. League bara Jordan and Congressman black face. estimates that every fouMh black Andrew Young from Georgia, Thi s election aJso defeated person is without a job, and two who was Carter's " right hand previous theories of voter apathy thirds of the black teenagers are man during the election." among democrat s. Many blacks without work. Caner talked jobs Bo1h member s of Congress voted for different reasons , but and Federal progr oJ11s, while show outstanding leader shi p abil­ some were quite unaware of the President Ford 1aJked about ity and well deserve the titles consequences in choosing a curbing inflation . which they may some day have . candida1e.

Dave Brown Photo

How to select graduate or professional schools

How to Selecl a Graduate or Central Requirements for Transcripts A. NationaJ Fellowship Fund, Professional School Admission 795 Peachtree Street, N.E., Students should discuss the Students should reque st that Atlanta, Georgia 30308 various school s and graduate Th~ usual requirement s for official university 1ranscript be 8, Northern Fellowship Fund, Suit charges programs wi1h und ergra duate admission are the Bachelor' s sent to aJI schools to whi'Ch they 795 Peachtree Street, N.E .. advisors. Another important degree from a reorganize~ college, are ap plying . Do not wait until the A1lanta, Georgia 30308 source of information is the university or technicaJ school; an last minute or during periods discrimination graduate cataJogues which are undergraduate record showing when the Registrar's Office is Council for Oppor1unity Gra­ available upon requ est from the academic competance if no1 bombarded with registration duate Management Education in La. bars graduace admissions offices or C}(cellence; other evidence of problems. (COGME), Director, COGME, deans of aJI school s. The promi se of success as a graduate Central Plaza, 675 Massachusetts periodical section of 1he Univer­ student. rangin g from faculty Leuer of Rttommendatlon Avenue, Cambridge, Massachu­ Morgan. La., The Departmen1 sity Library have a number of recommendation s to research setts 02139 of Justice ha.~ filed suit charging catalogues upon request at the paper s or original work. Most schools reuire three (3) the owners and opera1ors or 1hrce periodicaJ desk . These ca1aJogues Many school s reuire that letter s of recommendation s. Stu• Accelerated Business Leader­ bar s in Morgan City, Louisiana, are invalu able beca use they st udent s take 1he following dents should have at leas! two (2) ship Educa1ion (ABLE), Directo r, wi1h refusing to serve black describe and outline the various exams, expecially if they are letters from professors in the MBA Pro gram , School of Busi- persons on the premi ses. department and program s as well seeking financial assistance. All or major field(s), They sho uld select 9ess Adminislration, University Allorney General Edward H. as provide information concern ­ the exams are offered October, persons who are familiar with of M~sachusens, Amherst, Mas­ Levi said thrtt publi c accom mo­ ing requiremen ts for admission, November, December, March , them and their work. sachuseus 01002 da1ions suits were filed in U.S. departmental requ irement s for the April and June. Students should Th e Educational Testing Ser­ Distric1 Court in Shreveport, awarding of degrees, as well as 1ake these examinations in Octo­ vice has a "Minority Graduate Consortium of Mei°rnpolitan Loui siana . sources of ftnanciaJ assistance. ber, November or December . Student Loca1or Service to help Law Schools, 430 Park Avenue, Nan:ied as defendams in sepa r• Any student who plan s to anend Many schools prefer students graduate school s recruit minority New York, New York 01122 ate suits were: any graduate school should taking the examination in October students. In order 10 participate in - Herbcr1 A. Hixenbaugh, thoroughly read the graduate and November. The University this service, students only have 10 National Medical Fellowship, owner, and Eddie Giroir, opera­ 3935 Elm Street, Downers Grove, tor, of Andy's Lounge ; catalogue of the institutions he or Library has books which studn1ts fill out a big questionnaire that Ulinois 60615 -Clifford J. Dressel, owner and she is interested in attending. can use to prepare for the requCS1 your name, address, examination as well as other ethnic background, undergradu­ operator of T-John 's Lounge; and Association of University Pro­ · Lester Giordano, president, How to Gain Admission to impoMant information concern­ ate institution, major, intended grams in HospitaJ Administration and Gerald Daigle, vice president, Graduate School ing 1he examinations. The Testing graduate major, and other in­ Services in 202El has buUetins formation that might help a (AUPHA), Office of Student Lester's Lounge, Inc , Affairs , AUPHA, Suite 420 , One All thrtt suits charged the The first step students should concerning the examinations, also ~,aduate school determine wheth­ Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. defendants with violating the Civil take to gain admission to graduate Dean s' offices of aJI colleges. The er it is interested in you as a following are usually the required potential student. Write: Minority 20036 Rights Act of I 964 by refusing to school is to write schools for serve blacks on the premises . applications for admission, finan• entrance examinations: Graduate Student Locator Ser­ vice, Box 2615, Princeton, New Students should write these The suits asked for coun orders cial assista nce and a catalogue. enjoining the defendants from Often it helps 10 ask ir there are ATGSB Admission Test for Jersey 08540 or cut out mailing organizations for applications. Also, the deans of colleges and refu sing to admit and serve black s specific programs for minorit y Graduate Study in Business label in back of G.R.E. bulletin chairpersons of depaMment s will on the same basis as whites and students. Because of the impetus DAT Dental Aptitude Test which can be obtained from have additionaJ informa1ion . The requiring them 10 post notices set fonh by black people, in the GRE Graduate Record Examin­ Testing Service in T. T. Allain. University , Library also has an stating that they will serve au sixties, and because or pressures ation index to grant s as well as other persons without regard to ra« or for the federaJ government many LSAT Law School Admission FelloMhlps for Minority Studenb information. color. schools have special financial Test A book entitled, Graduate and The matters were referred to the aprograrns for minority students. mat Miller Analogies Test I. United Scholarship Servi«, Professional Scbool Opportuni­ Justice Depanment by the Na­ Also,, many schools will waiver MCAT Medical Admission Test Inc., Post Office Box 18285, ties for Minority Students can be tional Association for the Ad­ app1icati6n fees for minority TOEFL Test of English as a Capitol Hill Station, Denver, obtained from Special Service, vancement of Colored People. students, This may result in a Foreign Language Colorado 80218 2. Doctoral Fellowships for Educational Testing Service. 261 tremendolM saving since most Princeton, New Jersey 08540. application fees ranae from ten to Black Students twenty-five dollars. ______.,;,,,.______., ______• THE NORTHEASTERN ONYX December 1, 1976 Page 5

Another case of mistaken identity Keystone Kops strike again!

by Tony VanDerMttr Onyx Slaff tbis point in time, I felt that I was went down to my instructor 's ' 'The public safety department say anyihing until I asked him the compelled to go, since my office, 10 collaborale my story . should institute some program, At 2:00 p.m. on Oct . 7th , while reason behind the interrogation ." repu1a1ion was at stake ." He again called the office on his that deal s wilh interper sonal Ms. Mary Desrosiers was being He s1ated 1ha1s omeone had stolen She continued, "I told the walkie talkie, and gave my relation s, and police insensiti­ interrogated by campus police, some wallets, and that I fit the officer after I had finished lunch, name ." vity." She added , "M ore black for allegedly stealing wallets, Ms. dcscrip1ion! The only description I would meet him at a designated Ms. McAnhur said , "Appar­ campus police be hired ." Barbara McArthur a first year he had to go by was my color spot , and he concurred with this . ently the person at the mafo office " I would like the campu s police nursing student was taking an coordination : brown panlS and Then I went to the table to join didn't want to take the informa­ 10 stop har assing black students," exam. beige swea1er, which was vague . some classmates . I was seated tion." Officer Fixman then said: Ms. McAnhur said . " This type of During the exam in 208 No fun her description, was given, approximately a few minutes, "I want you to take it. Take it!" thing never happened 10 me Robinson HaJI, Ms. McArthur' s such as color complexion i.e. light when the officer came over , Then , "I was finally allowed 10 go before , so, I feel tha1 if ic can insnuctor, professor Kane , step­ skin vs. dark skin, style of hair, pulled up a chair beside me and"' back to my studies, " she happen to me. it can happen to ped out for a moment, then i.e. straight, long, short, Afro, or sat down ." explained . anybody ." returned to report to the class that Pre ss. " When Ms. McAnhur finished When Director of Public Ms. McArthur indicated that, wallets of females in the building Officer Fix.man told Ms. eating her lunch , she walked out Safety , D. Jo seph Griffin was " I was publicly humiliated and had been stolen and some were McAnhur that there were two of the cafeteria with Officer asked if The Onp: could see, or insulted , and tha·t he (Fi:unan) found in the trash can . eye- Fixman , being "subjected to even view the report of what happened could have been a liule more After the exam , Ms. McArthur witnesses, who had swi this more- indignatfon and humilia­ with Ms. McArthur and Officer 1ac1rul." Also , "'I would like went directly to the cafeteria. person leave the scene or the tion ,'' she explained . Together Fixman , he said : " I don't 'think' Fix.man reprimanded." While she was entering the line 10 crime, and that he wanted them to they went 10 Robinson Hall where thfl ii is the policy of this office to Meanwhile , Ms. McAnhur has get her tra y, campu s police officer check her (Ms, McAnhur) for a the two-eyewitnesses were suppos­ release that kind of information ." not received a formaJ letter of Michael Fixman approacbed her . positive identification. ed to be. Ms. McAnhur told The Onyx: apology from the officer . " He asked was I a student , then Ms. McAnhur said, "While Unable to fmd the eyewit­ "The police are here for the he asked to see my I.D. card , to standing there being observed nesses in the designated room, benefit of the students, and if they check my pocketbook and then he under the scrutinizing eyes of Ms. McAnhur along with Officer don 't have a good rapport with called the office ." Ms. McArthur those pas.sing by or stopping to Fixman, scanned the entire floor, Che· students, ihen they (campus explained. listen, he (Fix,pan) stated that I including classrooms where there police) are more of a hinderance Ms. McAnhur said : "He didn'1 would not be forced to go, but at were students presenl. "We then than of help ." She Slated that Provost Allan receives warm welcome

By Marsha M&lbrougb Onyx S1arr On Oct . 29, in th e W. E.B. Duboi s Room at the Afri can-American St udies Dept. building, there was a welcoming rece ption held £or new Provost., Harr y T. Allan. Pr ovos t Allan was welcomed by admini st ration, faculty and stud ents who wanted him Lo feel at home in his new job al North eas tern University. Provos t Allon is originally from Sa ugus, Mass. He work ed as Denn of Manage ment a l Syracuse Unive rsrty for six yea rs. he hold._ degrees in Law, Engineeri ng and Libera l Arts. Provost Allan has bee n marr ied for twe nty-rour -and-a-half yea rs and hos u daughler, 22, who holds a degree in Nursi ng and a so n 19. who is a frl!shman al Fra nkl in Pie rce. Provost Allan has bee n here for thr E'e mont hs and he appears 1.0 be adJusting nicely to the hcrti..- ~chedu le of heing Pn.wos t. He enjoys his new j oh and ree ls lhnl he will be very comfor table hcrP at Nor thc11::itcrn . he·._ very optimistir about thr futu re of t he Nort hl'ao;lern·, Academic Dept. He said, " I'll make s urc all a1·ad,•mit· pruh lcm._ are ht>ard. aod try to do somet hing about lhf'm." 1'he rece ption for Provost Allan mnde him feel the war mth that was shored by the peoplt· who ntt~nded and t hose who couldn't .1ltf'nd the affair. Ente rt ainmen t was provided by Kokayi Alimayu who played bat·kgr ound music, ;ind song::. that we re s_ung l,e11uti fully by Ms. Horriel1 Ken nedy. Wine and cheese and var ious othn de lir ious foods were ava ilable for everyo ne to enjoy. The ronm was s~1rrou nded by paintin gs done by Oona Chandler. Provost Allan spoke briefly ah cr being intr oduced by Prof. Ramona Edelin, telling everyo ne how much he appr eciated everyt hing t hat hod bee n done in his honor , th en eve ryo ne Professor Ramona ~delln o'ld Provost Allen Dave Brown Phot o cond nued to socia lize and ju st enjoy being there among friends. Students chargediscrimination on Social Council·

faces,'· said one st uden1. , 1 ms 1s one 0 1 1he few meetings by Michael K. Frisby It says in the Nonhe astern Social Council vote on the Onyx Sl a ff Stud ent Handb ook : " The Social Sharo n Wa1son , a black, who 1tia1 I have missed and I round out applicants. did not gel elected, said : " This is 1hey wouldn 't even vote on me Council is open 10 all s1uden1s During the election two weeks Four black ~rnden1s who have genin g ridiculous. In the. summer bec.ause I wasn'1 there. " who panicip e.te. ·· ago, all four of the black been aue nding Social Cou ncil qu anc r. 1here were six openin gs Chairper son of 1he So, ,al But 1here are several black candid ates were placed on the meeun g\ and func1ions since the on 1he SocfalCo uncil, and when it Coun cil, Mary Ann Bell, said: Students, who will deny that same ballot becau se "th ey had summer quarter, have charged claim. "I attended every single came tim e 10 vole 1hey decided to ;'The four black stud ents were not 1ha1 they · may have been been coming the longest" ~ource s onl y vote in two member s and blackballed. They came to all of meeting since summer quarter ," said. " blackballed" rrom the Social said Phyllis King, "and do you hold the vote on the other four the meeting s, bu1 did not Council. The seven members of the spots." participate in all of the even1s. We know that Ibey didn'1 vote me on Social Coun cil could vote for all The Social COuncil, plans and I'll probably coniinu e to go, told members to vo1e on 1hose to the Council. They told me that four candklate s, three, two or sponsors major social events on they didn't know us well but I don ' t know for !Jure. I'm who showed up and tho se who campu s, such as concerts, films, none . Thom as Gordon was the very disappointed, " she added . participat ed in the events. If 1hey enough ." only black to get the four speaker s, performin g arts, cuhure . The pro cedure 10 become a full Dene Brown, another black had showed up for the events program s dances and discos. This votes needed to become eleaed . studert , who said she has people would know them . I resmt voting member of the Social Seven white students were on organi zation also . helps the Council, is to submit your attended over 20 Social Council the fact they chose 10 separate assistant director of student the second ballot and two of them meetings during the two quaners, them selves from the resc of the application, then attend 1he were elected to the Council, activities , in scheduling and meetings and participate in the said she was disappointed becau se Soc:ial Council , making this a coordinating events in the Rath­ although they had just staned she was sick on the night of the black-white thing .·• Social Council activities. During coming 10 meetings in the ran. skeller . the :.em,,the members on the election and couldn't come to the She said that not just the blacks "And they were unfamiliar meeting . "l was very disappointed were not voted in because they at the outcome of the election . didn't come to events. Page 6 THE NORTHEASTERN ONYX Decemb"1' l, 1976 Jesse Jackson visits Northeastern

by Turi Caldwell Onyx Start Jackson charged that popular society," said Jackson. " 1he music in our cultu re toda y is result is that people who caMot On Oa. 31. Rev. Jesse L. repsonsible for social erosion. breath in i1 give up and walk out Jackson spoke al Northcastcrn' s " One song says 'shake your of life. Alumni A udi1orium ls part oF booty,' another cont ains a wo­ " Our people bought six-and-a ­ Ford Hall Forum 's speaker series. man's sighs of .orgasmic pleasure half billion dollars worth o f liquor Rev. Jac kson began his speech and ye1 another shouts 'pan y, last year. yet how can we attain with his views abou1 American party, party! These values portr ay excellence if, when the door s of interest in South Africa. the glory of the weekend party opportunit y swing wide o_pcn, we '' A non-policy by the U.S. and the 1hrill of the quick hustle. are too drun k to stagger governmen t towar ds Soulh Africa "So ngs like these deal wirh 1he through?" he said. 1 is a policy," !>aid 1he South r)'thmn of our buns and sex Jackson also spoke on the topic Carolina-born .+cvcrcnd, who is withou1 responsibility, instead of of integration and busing. " Black prc~idem of Operalion PUSH rationality i.n our brain," he people must work at breaking (Ptop le United to Save Hum an­ added. down the barriers of segregation, ity), and a former aid to the late Jackson did not limit his media but1in a non•violen1 way. Equality Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. attack to the radio. "The tele­ and parity in education is a must " We mus, demand that Ameri­ -6ision, " said Jackson, " teaches in orde r to advance U.S. society can investments be divested and cop and robber aJI day long, and towaJds an cternaJ goal, " said we mus1 make our government they tell us who is more slick and Jackson. make some decisions relative to vicious. Radio and television Jack son added, .. We know Sou1h Africa. J\,nd we must make make us good baby makers and there have been raciaJ diversions : them now," Jackson added. good killers. but they do not the issue is no1 the bus, the issue is Jackson also blamed radio and instruct us on how to be good us, The one thing worse than Onyx photo by Mkbacl McCnw television for "the death of people." racism is cynicism. Racism is an Jackson said that whites reluc­ rectly pre<11ciecl that the tifack ethics" in American society. " The Jackson said the atmosphere in external phenomenon that is in tantly ,;allowed blacks to attend vote in the Presidential election electronic media has caused a lack our society tod~ is not good, the hart of the racist, but cynicism great universities and once we would be pivotaJ. He said Ford 's of motivational excdlence ." " something has slid into our is in the heart of the victim." arrive ifwe go to some place other anti-city attitude would hurt him than the library, nobody really among black voters. cares ." Jac kson also said, "People need to work to develop their 'Desegregation losses outweigh gains' In an interview before his character , worth and self-es­ public 'appearanc e, Jackson cor- teem. Dr. Frederick , A. Rodgers at N.U. " The victories of the school 1976 after desegregation went into desegregation process do not effect. By Michelle Turn er outweigh the tremendou s losses "Thi s means there is now a People Onyx Start that have resulted, " said Or. whole generation of young black Frederick A. Rodgers, prof essor people who are turned off to the PEOPLE is a column which will appear in eac-h issue of the of elcmenuuy education at the education al process, .. said Rod• Onyx. Each issue I will Lry Lo br int lo thl' reader stateme nts from University of Illinois. Cham­ gers. '' They dOJ1' t support the people on campus re flect ing Lheir views on issues: paign-Urbana at North eastern schools they attend , referring to This week these questions wer e aske d: "Do you feel lhat University reccruly. them as " their--school,'' ra1her Norlh easte r n is receptive to blacks?" and "Do you feel that Jimmy Dr. Rodgers made his com­ 1han "o ur" school. And this has Carte r will do more for blacks'!" ments on , " The Effects of created an incredible void in the And rea Gayla. '80, Scor pio - "Nort heaste rn is not. recept ive to Desegregation on Students' Op­ growth of the black commun ity." blacks. T he)' lr y to pacify us by giving us tr ivial things. Anyth ing portunity Structures," at the Rodgers believes that desegre­ that. is good lor the blnck at N.U .. you have to hound thelll. really second of a series of lectures gation has robbed black youth of hound Lhem, 24 hours a day before they eve n consider il." sponsored by the North eastern 's the intima cy they once had with "I think he'll lr y to because he realizes t hat the black ballot is African-American Institute. black teachers and admini strato rs what put him in office and they can always put him out." " The price blacks have paid for when people from the black Akin Fadey, '77, Gemini - "They are n't receptive to me. not dcsegrc,gation has been too high," community ran the schools. because rm black, but because I'm a foreign stud ent ." said aRodgers, " and important ;'W e need to choo se a new " I don't think He'll help t he unemployment situatio n for the next opportuniti es for developing strat egy that builds upon the Lwo or thr ee yea rs. I don't par ticularly like the guy. He's like t he black student s into leader s may reality of separation between lesse r of t he two evils. Maybe he will, maybe he won't. Who have been destroyed in the blacks and whites,,. said Rodgers. knows." process." "1 don't mean separation in a Sharon Jones , '80, (conscientiou s) Cancer. " I fee l they' re Rodgers has done extensive physical sense, but rather a recept ive to a cert ain extent. I fee l that a lot of the black study on educationaJ develop­ separation of self-assenion, as admini str ator s are trying lo get ove r on them, so when they ment , comparing growth before practiced by special interest Dr. Rodge,. (stud ents) come to see them, they get a cold-shoulder att itud e. and after desegregation of public group s and union s." black minority. Whites ar e rece.ptiv e at l imes, they've neve r given me any schools in North Carolina . His Rodgers feels a second wave of "Each will have to accept the difficulty. I t hink that they have a long way to go as far as to findings point to a drastic integration is forthcoming in the lifestyle of the other and develop a answeri ng black stud ents· needs. decrease in 1he number or black U.S., and stresses that this new new educational posture to " I feel t hat Cart er's attitu de towa rd s blacks will be a definite leaders in the educalional system era, unlike the desegregation push tducate youth for a society of change from Ford . Cart er knows that if it was n't for the black 1 and black student s participating in the 60' s and 70's, will be based progress," said Rodgers. ' This is vote, he wouldn't have gotten electe d. So I think he'll tr y a lot in school sctivitics, from 1963 to on a negotiated agreement be­ a chaJlcnge we can HI afford to harder than Ford. Hopefully, blacks will be going somew here with tween the white majorit y and the neglect.'' Car te r." Northeastern opens Educational Documents Center

Northeastern University has Although there are many docu­ and internationaJ organization s, ment offi cials and other foreign The encyclopedia, to be pub­ opened the first university-based mentation centers on higher in ord er to continually updat e the dignitar ies comin g 10 the univer• lished in the spring, was four Cen1er for Internati onal Higher education and numerou s area function s of the center. sity to study cooperative educa­ years in 1he creating, and is a Education Documentation in the studies centers at other colleges, North ea.nern' s Pr esidenl Or.' tion." major intern a1ional reference world . Nonh eastern 's is the first to off er Kenneth G. Ryder said , "On our During this pas1 year severaJ work on higher educat ion. It will The Cfflter -has introdu ced a a facility for world wide intern a­ campus the interna tional trend foreign delegations, including be the first publ ication 10 bear 1he global perspective on academic tional education inform ation . has been i.n evidence through an Soviet, Japanese and Germ an imprini of the Center . fields of study, major educational An Advisory Board ot the ever•increasing numb er of foreign teams have visited the university The center is under the associations, research centers, center will be selected from student enrollment s. It is also to acquain t themselves with the direction of Mrs. Joy Viola, who institut es and documentation cen­ amon g the worlds foremo st evidenced by the ex·pan sion of cooperative system. has an intensive international ters, national systems of higher admini strator s and scholar s in the oppor tunities for internationaJ The center, which officially educational background . education the world over, and • field. In addition, the facility's placement of student s in cooper a• opened in October , will also be academic and administrativ e poli­ sti ff will maintain existing con­ tive work assignments and the reposi1ory for research files of cies and aprocedures o f interna­ tacts with a wide variety of through the continuing stream or the lnttmatlonaJ Encyclo~I• of tionaJ higher education . librari es, ministers of education intern ational educator s, govern- Higher Educalfon , edited by Dr. Project Ujima _: A vital program by Dtane RIiey OnyX Stan Project Ujima is not very " collective work and responsibil­ attitude . Project Ujima started in 1974, known 10 the students at Many workshop s were set up " I thought it was a club for ity." The understanding concept with an enrollment of 19 student s black students. " Nonheastern . Some or the enrol­ of Ujima begins with the during orientation , including dis­ of whom three withdrew . In 1976 lees were not sure what Project cussions about subject s ranging ' ' A college prep program for development of a positive frame and '77, thirty -four s1udents were from grooming to metaphysics, black students in black academics, Ujima was about . It is a program or reference. The development enrolled , none have withdr awn. for students whose high school tutorial s, learning exercises, field that were not up to par ." begins with students wanting and Project Ujima expccu construc­ education failed to prepare them trips, lcctures and study groups. Those were two of the views having strong support programs , tive efforts, energies and disci• adequately for college-level stu­ Mathematics and computer work­ gjven by student s on what they learning labs and a respectable pline from its students, for it is a dies. shops were instituted during study think the ;,\frican-American lnni­ leadership modes for a continued rigorous program with extremely Ujima from Swahilis sessions for fall quarter cxamina­ tute' s Project Ujima is all abow . means development of lhi1 positive high standards. tiont . THE NORTHEASTERN ONYX December 1, 1976 Page 7 Freshmen reflect on Northeastern Soliel Enterprises and middlers before I came. It was just a matter of meetjng PRESENTS THE ~ by Marsha Pitts freshmen, which I was bound to Onyx Staff do anyway," he said. Commenting on meeting other· INTERCOLLEGIATE wbQ~\ ~~Q freshmen the first few weeks, 1 Daryl £cit that "e veryone was so, This fall there seemed to be you know, 'How you doing?" AN EVENING OF DINING AND CISCO. many activities provided for What's you're name." Really freshmen during orientation friendly." After that, everything week. There seemed to be an all seemed to die down somewhat 1N THE Loui, xnz Ballroom· out effort to encourage the Class and everyone went into their own 400 COMMONWEALTH AVE. of '81 to like Northeastern. Now thing, he said. that they've been here awhile, St. Claire, being from the area, SAT. ~ECEMBER 4, "1976 many have formed their own also did not feel uncomfortable opinion. here. St. Claire Phillips, a commuter "I like this t:ampus and I like 1 from Somerville, Mass., panici­ 1he schoo l. I partied this past .A.LSD FEATURING, THE FINAL­ pated in most of the activities summer and over the past year provided by the African-Ameri­ here. I didn't know anyone." ISTS OF THE INTERCOLLEG­ can Institute and felt the All three have been to social UU'E HUSTLING CONTEST programs were both beneficial as events on other campuses. well as entertaining. ''I went to a party over at WITH A FIRST PRIZE OF ~50 Phillips, a Liberal Aris major Harvard . It was pretty nice," said, ''Number one there are more Daryl said. ·· TO BE PRESENTED .,TO THE whites than blacks in the classes, When asked if rumors about WINNING COUPLE . so we (black students) should the African-American Institute work together rather than com­ would affect his dealings with it, peting against one another." Daryl said, ''I thought about it.'' He attended two out of three "Not really, people tend to workshops, and like most of the e,i:aggerate." black freshmen, attended the On Project Ujima , Dar'yl said, MUSICBY: dinner held at Dana Chandler's "Most people don'1 even know studio . what it means, some know, some As far as social life on don't . It doesn't bother me," Northeastern's campus is con­ Dale added. "It doesn 't bother ~~ruGJOOIJQ}~rum0~ cerned, S1. Claire, aibng with two me and I don't feel segregated. " Project Ujima students, Daryl Without the help of Ujim8., I Gault and Dale Foy felt that a don't feel 1 would have gotten tone of monoton y has developed . into this courSe. Dale did not feel as though she "If the occasion ever arose, I Tix:$6.00 advance was a strange r on this campus. know Ujima will be there to help TIX ARE "I knew a lot of sophomores me," Daryl said. 7.50 door LIMITED Announcements SEMIFOR MAL ATTIRE A· MUST

• CRAM SESSION • Harriet Kennedy, a Senior in An History at Northeastern The African-American lns1i1ute Univer.si1y will perform as the Library will have EXTENDED Soprano soloist in " Handel' s HOURS durin g the weeks of Messiah" with the New England December 6th - December 17, Choral Socie1y; wi1h full orches­ 1976. T'.IX AVAILABLE AT. tra at: Monday. Thur sday NORTHEASTERN 9:00A.M. - 2:00A.M. UNIVERSITY Friday 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 P.M. December I , 1976 (Wednesday) strawberries 8:00p.m. We hope you will take Full Tickets; SO. 75 Students: Advanlage of this opportunity. Sl. 50 Public GOOOLUCK ! nubiannotions AND ALL COLLEGECAMPUSES

FOR FURTHER INFO: CALL 492•B945

' @l!Jl1U~l1 We also welcome I I any advertisements. j Call 43 7-2250 for rates. Thank you. Page 8 THE NORTHEASTERN ONYX December, 1976 National News Denver tenants reach agreement with apartment management; Living conditions called 'deplorable'

Denver,• Predominately minor­ unproductive meetings and a • Add lighting in and around ments when necessary to acc.om­ Chicanos. CRS was asked to help ity tenants and management of threatened rent strike. the apanment complex to im• modate extermination effons. resolve the dispute over mainten­ Denver's Parkhill Gardens Apan­ Under the measure, Wilson­ prove security. The two sides agreed to meet ance last August. Mediator Ed mcnis have signed an agreement Harshaw Properties, Inc., the - Thoroughly clean common whenever necessary to resolve Cabell and conciliator Wilbur ending a mon1hs•long dispute complex's manager, will: areas used by all tenants, such as future maintenance and other Reed, both assigned to the over the quality of maintenance - Repaint the c:itpterior of the laundry and storage rooms . tenant-management problems . agency's Denver office, worked and alleged "deplorable" living all buildings in thrcomplu. - Increase effons to maintain The management also a.,;ked out the agreement. conditions, chc Community Rela­ - Repaint the interiors of apart­ Lhe grass and other landscaping . tenants to refer potential new CRS was created by the 1964 tions Service announced. ments that have 1101 been redone Tenants agreed to pay for rCSidents from among their own Civil Rights Act to assist CRS Director Ben Holman said in several ycan. . repairs caused by negligence, to acquaintenances. communities beset by racial the agreement is expected to -Make repairs needed in all use only the rear yards of Parkhill Gardens is a five,.build­ conflict. The agency mediates rclicivc tension between Parkhill apartments and install new buildings for recreation and social ing complex with over 200 when the panic s' involved believe Gardens' mostly black and laundry room locks within 30 affairs, to curb littering, and to tenants. Originally all white, its that negotiation is likely to Chicano tenants and managc ­ days. temporarily vacate their apan• tenants are now mostly blacks and produce a lasting settlement. mcm that culminated in several - .

Salt Lake City Police will train apprentices

the dispute. MedialOr Ed Cabell Salt Lake City, Utah, Officials Black community. City and police officials will approval before final implementa­ of Sall Lake City, Utah, will The measure was signed by the submit the recruitment regula­ tion. of the Denver, Colorado, regional design a new police apprentice Public Safety Cominissioner, the tions to Black leaders to identify The pact also established office worked out the final agreement. program and review testing Police Chief, and representativ es potential minority candidates for provision s for regular police-com­ procedures for police officers and of the Concerned Black Citizens possible placement . munity meet.ins to foster greater CRS was created by the Civil fire-fighters under an agreement on I;aw Enf0rcement Committee. The agreement also calls for the minority involvement in problem • Rights Acl of 1964 to resolve mediated by the Community Under the agreement, the police review of police and fire resolution. disputes arising from allegations Relations Service (CRS} of the depanment will establish a formal depanment testing procedures, CRS became involved in Salt of racial or ethnic discriJTiination. U.S. Depanment of Justice. training program for young and requires city officials to meet Lake City last Jul y following a The agency mediates when the CRS Direclor Ben Holman said apprentices. Recruits will undergo with consultants in developing a racial distu rbance at a County­ parties involved believe lhat new validated test of perform­ 10 today the agreement is the result from one 10 three years of training sponsored picnic in Liberty Park . negotiation is likely produce a of an agency effort to irtlprove before becoming eligible at age 21 ance. These tests, as well as the Local NAACP leaders alleged lasting settlcmen1. relalions between the city and the for the civil service police exam. police apprentice program, will police harassmem and over-re­ require Civil Service Commission action, and asked CRS 10 mediate Suit filed against Education Fair at N.U., Sat., Dec. 11th Roxbury , The South End, ou1 how they're doing it, at the The fair is open to the public Charlestown, The school s in these District VII Educational Fair , and child care services will be , areas are working to make your Sat., Dec. I Ith a1 Nonheastern provided. for further informa­ Chrysler Corporation : child learn better . Come and find University's Ell Student Center tion , contact Joan Koffman at Ballroom. 437-2192. The U.S. Department of Justice prohibits the sale of any new recnmly filed a civil suit charging vehicle unless it is covered by a that the Chrysler Corporation cenificate of conformity issued by manufactured more Lhan 9,100 the Adm.inistralor of EPA signify­ 1976 model Plymouth s and ing that the design specifications Dodges with improper emission­ for a new vehicle will meet Federal rela1ed pan s. emission standards . Attorney General Edward H. The.. suit said Chrysler, in Levi said the suit brought at the providing the test vehicles desig­ request of the Environmental nated by EPA ,equipped its test Prote.ction Agency (EPA) was engines with a different emission filed in the U.S. District Coun for control device, a device known as 1he District of Columbia. the exhaust gas . recirculation OISCO-TICERS The suit charged the automo• amplifier, than those which were bile manufacturer was in violaton specified to EPA for installation of the Clean Air Act, which on its 1976 vehicles. PROVmERSOFSOUNDS FOREVERY U.S. may arrest 7 MOOD,OCCASION, ANDAFFAIR • for war crimes MATTAPAN,MA. The immigration and Naturali• 'fhree of the accused are aliens z.ation &ervice is considering who live in the United States, and proceedings against seveo persons four are naturalized United States in the United States who are citiz.cns. 16171296·6390 alleged to have committed war INS will begin proceedings to crimes during and prior to World deport the aliens and will send to War 11. !ho Justice Depanment's Criminal MASTERD.J.'s The decision follows the return Division a recommendation on from Israel of Paul Vincent, INS coun action to revoke ·the chief trial a11omey, who was in citizenship of the four who ha9e tbat country with other INS been naturalized . • DONWIITTRS HARRYPERRY attorneys interVlewing witnesses of the-O'irn&.- - · .-- - If eiliz.cruhip 1,$cevii\:ed by tbe They intttviewed 32 ,potential court , INS can Lhen begin witncucs. Sitnedaffidavits ba~ deportation pr~ a,pinst ·- been Obtained from all of them. chese per.sons. AU iodicaled a "Wlllin&nen lO The accusuiom include murder come . to the United Stael to and atrocities, pimarily apina lellify in penon. Jews in Eastern Eua,pc. . . THE NORTHEASTERN ONYX December 1, 1976 Page 9 Black Expressions Clearly Black Clearly Black is loving black people each and every one from the depths of an understanding that African People have a cultural mission to carry on together • undying love for Black People Clearly Black Clearly Black is is respecting black people victimization each and every one everywhere because respect is due whether colonial our potential for struggle which we must or neoco/onial wage together bringing death Clearly Black whether violent is or slow making a commitment everywhere to some individual black folks whether that which you serious(y maintain triggers so the Nation can be built knows it or not Onyx Pholo by Mlke McCraw from family everywhere real and strong death Clearly Black Clearly Black is is profoundly enjoying Black People understanding that our cultural evolution who wear our culture on their tac.es through struggle explain it will make greater human evolution possible in their movement Clearly Black illuminate it is through their creative genius protect it Nguzo Sa.ba through which we achieve solidarity and through their righteousness in struggle strength caress it before we contaminate our culture we must with their laughter achieve solidarity and strength Clearly Black we will know our victory when we see it is Clearly Black knowing well our teachings is which extend backwards from now to sitting down with those who antiquity love re_spect and enjoy Black us_ing our ancestors' and elders' great wisdom to define and develop our culture practicing our accepted ideology Clearly Black every day is our service Clearly Black our style is our music mutual accountability our realness a. sacred responsibility our art to maintain values and standards and ideals our understanding together our fashion to identify and correct those of our group our genius who do not our sorrow together our humility our faith our joy our sacrifice our humanity our labor our goo_dness our loving pure as they remain no matter who exploits them Clearly Black is being clear about living for our people and through us for the All

Onyz Pho10b)' Oeorafraad s Page 10 THE NORTHEASTERN ONYX December 1, 1976 Editorials The Northeastern _Onyx Staff

Mich ae l K. Frisby , editor

J. Monr oe Harris David Brown Conflie Haith Cathy Davenport Manag ing editor photo editor Black Arts editor editorial page editor

Tony VanDerMeer Mar sha Malbrough asso ciate editor admin isttative ass is tant

Onyx Reporters: Sandi Lambert, Anthony Graham , Tony Jenkins, Robin A. Coley, Janzell Coley, Marsha Pitfs, Brian K. Johnson , Brian K. Thomas, Terri Caldwell, Delores Greenlee, Helena Liles, Diane Reid, Francine Walker, Diane Riley, Coy LaSister, Veronica A. Crowder, Cleora Francis, Marcia Codling and FOR de TUTE Marsha Malbrough . You change direction~ Onyx Phot ographers: Jose Solix , Coy laS _!ster , Cleora Fran cis, Mike McCraw You change the map For the people and Vernon Meadows . You must stand For the meaning of your name Advertising Manager: Donald Winters If you change your name You must change your game Faculty Advisor : Dean Kenn eth Edison Advisor: Alleavoius Hill For the meaning of your name State the principle of your game Published by If you live by this Metrographic s, 8Qston -National Press Why cling to that If you swing and miss Why stay at bat Hope you know ... Stay away from that so-called Intellectuality Game ... and the illusions of contentment Set the rules here and now Scenes from N. U. 's past Or we separate in Spirit Like time and space Or even like a castration In acknowledgement of being "technically alive " -Don't misinterpret See it for truth Notice how silent intentions gain results From under your feet Nothing ... but red and black That your style has been changing is not amazing Style and color of leaves change Though not because of forces uncommon Simply because it is their nature ... · That people no longer flock to you Is this your nature Is it your nature to grow old and empty At young times Or is it your nature To grow young in voice At old times ... What will be your nature When judgement comes Don't stop to start/CONTINUE Reach for the children and embrace Reach for the children In creation Destination Reach for the children And you will reach your self-into a harvest B.K.J. Brian-Keith Johnson THE NORTHEASTERN ONYX December I, 1976 Page II Northeastern has contracted 'Urban Paranoia'

those privileged for being collese in UNITY) . crowd if they gol rowdy , if he number of social events taking students, adn those unprivileged Finally , when Mandrill was can't handle himself professional­ II should no1 come as a shock to place on 1he campus, it appears to for not being college students. here, folks that were at the door ly with one person? Perhaps his N.U. students that personnel at l>e in order tha1 the University Thu s creating an elitist structure, waiting to get in the concert, got superior s should answer that the university arc iosemltlve to policy regarding them be restated . black students, Yes, that's right, and at the same time this creates lmpatlenl and rushed inside . Most question to students. UnlesS'specific arrangements have animosity among the two divi­ of the folks that rushed inside had h seems that, because one is BLACK STUDENTS! been made in advance with my sions (can you dig it?) . ticket s.' Oh yeah! also there was a black, then he/s he is suspect ("on It is evident in the university's office, admission to all dances, Also it is Northeastern Univer­ brief rumble and an officer had a large urban campus") . Particu­ policy (particularly a Dean of mixers, concerts and related sity, which spreads acro ss the his revolver taken . larly, the way blacks are treated Students memorandum on March events sponsored by student black community occupying valu­ The incident was blown up by on this campus . 18th, 1976, concerning '.'Admis­ groups is limited to fuU-time able land , which could be used for the press, implying that folks l1 appears that Northeastern is sion To Student Sponsored Northe astern students and their Events.") h is also evident in the community purpo ses or housing ; from the black community SOUTH AFRICA , MASSACHU­ guests. Spon sorship mus1 be both badly needed . AJso it is 1he stormed through the ga1e. Natur ­ SETTS! One can hear the manner in which public safety clearly indicated on tickets , university that daily, draw s traffic a11y, N.U. put the burden on the overtones; "Are you an N .U. officers (Campus Police) resond­ po sters and other fonn s of and people through the area . black community,, when the fault student?" " Let me see your cd to students Ms. Mary advertisement. Dcsrosiere and Ms. Barbara This policy is also unfair , (to be lied on the security that was 1,0 .?" etc .• etc., etc.! A properly validated Identifica­ McArthur, and others . They arc mild) becau se Northeastern and organized Poorly. When one begins to ana1yze tion Card must be shown at the a1so gllihy of hiring inexperienced other univer sities, arc the ones At the Tavares concert, the slavery 10 tbe present, A Bia; time of admission. Abuse of the that have the mechanism s to give security was set up as if they were question pop s up : " Were the (rookies) and unprofes sional per­ aucst privilege will resull in denial sonnel to important positions . events; like concerts, when on the anticipating another auack on BLACK CODES ever abolish­ of admissiontotho seconcerned.'' Also lhe politics involved with other hand the community does­ Pearl Harbor . Security was very ed?" C. F. Kennedy 1hc favarcs concert, allegedly to n't . well organized this time , because In conclusion, perhap s N.U. on prevent the possibility of having a Th e Tavare s concert clearly the adminis1ra1ion learned from a grand scale can use some Northeastern is i~ Roxbury , concert filled with disorder similar illustrates how this policy is 1he Mandrill concert. therapy, in order 10 deal with its neverth eless it seems appropriate implemented. First, there was Also perturbing was the pre­ insensitivity to black peopl e, so 10 the ''Mandrill" concert (Onyx for the university 10 say •··eos­ only advertisements on campus. sence of the officer at the concert 1ha1their personnel will be able to spring '74 issue) were downgrad­ ston ," so that student s won't be Secondly, poster s stated: "1.D.'s who had recently , unprofessional­ deal sensitively. Also, the admin­ ing 10 the Black community. a1armed or frightened away. ONLY. " Thirdly , it was agreed ly inierrogated Ms. Mary Desrosi­ istration needs to stop promoting To begin with, The Dean of Whenever social events arc taking upon by administrator s that there er for allegedly stealing pocke1- Roxbury (a predominant black SI udents Offic e issued the follow ­ place on campus such as dances, would be "No advertisement on book s on Oct . 7th (Onyx Oa . populated area) with high crime ing memo on March 18th, 1976: concerts (Mandrill, Tavar es) etc., the radio," simply 10 avoid from 16th issue). ra1es. Thi s is 1ruely an act of I members of the black community having trouble similar 10 "Man-.. Why was 1his officer at the Racism when whites and some Northeaslern University ar'e naturally intere Stcd in ancnd­ drill ." concert, who recently illustrated black s are made 10 believe that, Office of the Dean of Studen1s ing the events to socialize , with ' For tho se who are not informed insensitivity to a black student black people and crime are both other people . TO: AJI Concerned about "Mandrill," please, if you (Ms. Desrosiere). Especially when inherently related . The Dean of Students Office FROM : Dean Christopher F. are not , be seated. First of all it 1~e 1.1mvers1tyofficials rationatJz.a. PEACE memorandum {policy) indirectly Kennedy was a struggle to get Mandrill tion to the student was the the EACH ONE eliminates members of the black SUBJECT: Admission 10 Stu­ here . Black students had to officer's conduct was attributed TEACH ONE community from coming on dent-Spoo59rcd Events protest to get them here (which 1s to his youth and inexperience on DATE \ March 18, 1976 campus to sociaJize. And at the an example of what STIJDBNT ' the securi1y force . same time, creates a situation that POWER is, once we get together How ?Jl chis offiett handle a "8«:ause of the increasing divides black people, by makin& Page 12 TifE NORTHEASTERN ONYX December 1, 1976 South Africa Congressional Black Caucus issues• South African mandate

There co mes a moment in th e affairs or human kind wh en h onor rc11uires an uneq uivoca l aJfirm ation of a people's right t o freedom with d igni ty a nd p eace wi th ju st.ice. This is s uch a moment. T he intra nsigence o f white sett lers in Zimbabwe a nd Namib ia and th e bloody rep ress ion of Blacks i n South Afr ica have crea ted exp losive e nviro nme nts w hich thr eate n world peace and raise t he s pectr e o f an int ernationa lized anti colonia l war which could have a n Ominous i mpact o n r ace relatio ns i n America a nd a br oad. Inact ion in face o f such a t hreat. is bet rayal of our fut ure - bet rayal o f humanity, be tr ayal of th e long line o f bl ack men an d women who have given t heir li ves in t he st ruggle for fr eedo m. Conscious o r our du ly t o speak, and recog nizing o ur respo nsibilities lo humanity a nd lo the revolut ionary idea ls of our foreben rs, we, t he descen dants o f Africa, meeting i n Was hingto n, O.C .. on this 200t h anniversary of Lhe fi rst mode rn war for indep endence, p roclaim our u nswervi ng commitm ent lo immediate self-deter minatio n and m ajority rul e in Southern Afri ca. Pretoria We do this because we a re A frican-America ns, and b ecause we know that t he destiny of Blacks i n America and Blacks in Africa is inext r icably i ntertwi ned, si nce racism and ot her fo rm s of • opp ressio n res pect no ter r itories or boundar ies. Johannesburg• We do t his because we are African-Arn_er icans and because we SW have a mandate from our r evolut ionary predecesso rs: from Cr ispus Att ucks to W .E.B. Ou B ois, from Dinizulu to A milcar SOWEro• Cabral. from Marlin Lu t her King t o Malcolm X, from Nkrum ah to L Lumumba, fro m Nat. Tur ner lo Whi t ney Yo ung, fro m Sojourn er Tr uth to Mary McLeod Beth u.pe, to proclaim the truth of the Revolut ion of 1776, which is a lso th e truth of the Revolut ion of l 976 in Souther n Afr ica. In t his sp ir it an d with t his understa nding, we co nte nd t hat it i.s SOUTH AFRICA mandato ry for all Americans, a nd especially Americans,of African descent. to understan d th e root ca uses o f str ife i n Z imbabwe, Namibia a nd So uth Africa. The first toot cause, u e despotism and racism that aerve to polarize the white governm ent and the African majority . Never theless, A frican l eaders clear ly s tated in the Lusaka :1ll1r, ManifeSto of 1969: We a re not hostile to t he a dminist ratio ns o f t hese minority r uled st.ates because t hey are manned and con­ t rolled by w hite peop le. We are hostile to th em be­ cause they a re systems of minority contro l which exist as a resull of, a nd i n pursuance of, doctri nes of human in equality . ITRANSK Europeans, w ho are interlo pers on t he Afr ican contine nt, ca n no longer, as a minority gro up in So uLher n Africa, ar rogate to themselves with impunity t he right to: - Deny univer sa l fra nchise an d AfriC311major ity r ule. - Decide who shall cont rol the · natio ns' arabl e land an d produ ctive r esources. - Depri ve Africa ns of fu ndamenta l civil r ight s and civ il liberlie s, s uch as: freedom of a sse mbly, freedom of political and famil y associat ion, freedom of speech, fr eedom or pr e55, freedom of l dueation . free dom of petit ion t he go ver nment for redr ess of gri evances, freedom aga inst unr eas onable sear ches a nd seizure s, and th e right to bear a rms. - Arb itr arily kill and impri son Afri cans and th eir allies who Pl'ncefully protest t he condition of oppr ess ion. The second root cause is the continuing violence by th e Europeans to sustain inst itut ions of racis m and exploitation . Tht• people of Zimbabwe, Na mibia a nd S outh Afri ca, and th e indep1•ndcnt African state s acting in t heir be half, h ave tr ied for morc> t han hair a century th rOugh petition s, r eprei cnt.alions, m•got1ation,;;, peace ful d emonstr at ions, app earances b efore the ll nitC'd Na tions and throu gh apoeals to internationa l tribunal s to aehil've self-det ermination t hrough m ajority ' rul e. The 1969 Lui;:ika M:inifosto spelled out t he pre feren ce for peaceful change in embargo es, and by snles of military related equipment and nuclear unnmbiguous l<.·rml). technology to So uth Afr ica. It wa s only aft.er the failure or th ese Bias in Texas We have always preferred. and w e still p refer, t o ar hieve it peace ful ini tiative s and th e breakdow n of t he Ian Smith-Jo shua Oiheration) without phys ical violence. We would pr efer to Nkomo negoti alions in Zimbabw e Inst March, that African lender s Kilgore, Texas, The Depllrt· nl'gotiafo rnth er tha n destr oy, ·to talk rat her th an kill, We decided th ey had no oth er recour se but to escalat e th e a rmed ment of Ju stice has filed a civil do not advocall' violence. W e advocate an end to the violenre strugg le. sui1 charging the owner of a aga inst human d ignity whi ch is now being perp etrated by th e ln reLurn for their !orben rance, African s h11vl• been forcibly restaura nt in Kilgore, Te11:as, with l'lppressor-. of Africa ... But while pr aeerul progre ss is bloc:ked removl'd from their land, subje c11.·dto conslant harr3 ss mC'nt and refusing to ~erve blad persons h) Mt inn!i of those at prese nt in power in th e states of Southern arbilrar y arr est throu gh the Sy!ltem of pass law!'!pr ohibitin g frl'e and racially mi, cd group s. Arrica. wr hav(• no <'hoire but to give t he peoples of tho!ie movement within tht-ir nwn countr y, cul d own in "hot pur suit" Attorn ey General Edward H l<'rrll or il'" ~II t he support of whi<'h are 1·apnbh: in their !llru gglc r,lids 1Lt11nched from South Alri r,1 and Rhod(•sia, tort ur('d and l.e\•i said the publie accommod a• 11gainst t lw1r t)PJ1r~ss11rr.. murd r n•d by J brutal while policc>a nd secur ity establ i!!hment and lion" \llit was filed m U .S. Oistric1 on. '>! II i-. with . 1 'll'n"e ,,f hi,;1or1t•,1I j ustit•l' t hfll Amt•rican-. should forced lu t.•ndur e a slow d~ath through dcpri vnti Court in ·Tyler, Tc-" tht Ai:1 of 1964 by ttlw i nwrnl• d) undc.•r ahsulut1• d1•spot1M11, it 1s IIIClir right , ii 1,;, shari• th1· sulft-ring. Wt• art• proud thnt we ht1w t•xpork d blt11•k refu~ing to ,cr ,·e blod.\, e:iccept on the ir ilul\· lu threw, off ,uc h go\'Nnm 1•n1 and to pruvide nc\\ 1·onsn ou:oi:ne,;;sJ nd rt',•olut ionnry idt•nls, for Wl• know th11t Blaek!c in 1he \:ompany o r bla1.ks. 11 1, a m.111t-r nl fa t•! and h1stury that th1•,t pe.ice!ul l'HOrls hav1· :::owl'lu;md in Sydnt•y, m Snlis.bur y and in S:m P;iulo, in Windho1•k The suit a, ~ed for a cou rt order m·H•r n•c·t-•iHd the run SUJlJmrt of wesl l'rn powers. Mult inati onal a~ in Pari~. Oltaw u and Nlltlin ghrim nr1•fr Cl•. enjoining Fairbank s from enga­ l'nr1111rati11n" ,11111in dustria li1cd nations, headed h y tht.• United The thir d root cauie- is economic e-aploitatio n. Whitt.• ra r i, t ging in an)' racially discriminator y Stat<·-. and inrl udinj! Gn•,11 Brit~'\in, F'r.1nn:, Germany . l!lra el and minori(ic s in Z.imb11bwe, Numibiu and South Afric:1 hnve pracuce and requiring him to po,;:1 J.tpan, whir h rolll'r tivr ly acc<1unt for ovt•r 60% ol :ill t ro.de with expropriat ed th e, bcsl land, confr ol ull produ ctive res ourc e .. t1nd notice~ that he will sC'rvc .all South Afril·11, n.'inforrcd lhe white mmorit) ' rul ed regimes throu gh persons without regard to ra ce or nt on nnt page expanded invc-.tmt-nt~. violation o{ economic sanction~ and arm s co I color THE NORTHEASTERN ONYX December I, 1976 Page 13 Black Caucus mandate Housing acc~ss to emp!Oymenl, pay ·1ess to Africans who work more, and 0 enjoy one of the world's highest standards of living because of And in thlS connection, we urge the Ad.ministration to suit settled their exploitation of African labor. South Afrioe., like the south in call u~n South· Africa to releaae its politic~ pris_oners America, h11 been built through the sweat and blood of Blacks. and t.o begin negotiating with (hem and other black The African continent's vast mineral wealth includes all of the 63 lea~ers t.oward .the establishment of a real democracy critical raw materl&ls required 1or industrial expansion in the which guarantees majority rule and human rights for all. in N.Y. West, such as copper, manganese, uranium, vanadinite, bau:itile. (4) We strongly eondemn the Pretoria Government for and iron ore. Nigeria is a principal supplier of oil to the United crimes against humanity through ita wanton killing of ThelJ .S. Department of Justice States, and Uniled St.ates trade witb Africa is increuing faster hundreds of African youthful demonstrators and its whole­ baS obtaiped a consent decree than it is with other par Ls of the world. In addition, African nations ule detention without legal redre54 or Africans and their requiring two 855ociations of are rapidly becoming important areas of American private allies. We urge that the U.S. provide specia l political . homebuilders and apartment invest ment. refugee stat us similar to that accorded to the Cuban s to owners in New York suburb s to However, African and other peoples and nations of color will no Afrie&ns forced to emigrate from Zimbabwe, Namibia and adopt equal ·rental $tandardJ for loRger tolerate Lhe seirure and control of their wealth and labor by South. Africa because of political repression. . working wives,· working mother s, Europeans . They have demanded permanent sovereignty over (5) We, an su pport or the Organization of African Unity, single women and single parcnu . their natural resources , promulgated a Charier on the Economic oppose any U.S. Government recognition of the Transkei Attorney Georal Edward H. Rights and Duties of States, and called for a just New and United States corporate investment in that "Bantus­ Levi said the partial consent International Economic Order . tan" whose independence will deny Africans their birth • decree was entered in U.S. Dimia For these principal rea.sons. we reaffirm our commitment to the right. to fuU economic and. political participation in the Court in New York City, twin goals orthe Pan African movement since its creation in 1900 entire Republic of South Africa, resolving a rcccnlty filed housing by Africans from the Continent and the New World: (6) We rejeet any U.S. policy that stre.sses "Minority ruscrimination suit. self-dete rmination and freedom for all African peoples. Rights" rather than "Human Right.s" io Southern Africa The decree· was signed by the Nalio naliflD, not communism , is the African response to the■ e sin~e minority rights in that context implies the preser: Builders Institute of Westchester three root uuaea. A people's quest for freedom is a drivin ·g, vat1on of European privilege . Therefore, we question any and Putnam Counties, Inc., and unyielding force. Freedom and seU-determi nation are objectives large-scale financial subsidy of "Minority Rights" for Rho­ the Apartment Owners Advisory that have al Ways been obtaini:d by whatever means necessary. To desian Whites, which would serve to reward the villians Council. Both arc based in White suggest thal nalionaJists are motivated by communism, or that al the expense of the victims. Plains, New York . those who achieve independence through the assistance or socialist More.o~er, _we denounce those pronouncements by The institute is a trade group of countries will perforce become communist satellite states, is to Adm1mslrat1on officials that repeatedly speak of the need some 700 persons and firms ignore Afrie&n political histo ry. African nationalists have not and for "moderate leadership" or "responsible government" associated with the homebuilding will not give up colonial domination for communist domination. and an~ policy which interferes with the right of the people indwtry. The couno ii, a part of The issue is not the choice between democracy and communi sm, to _decide for themselves their system of government. 1he Institute, is ComJ.•riscdof some but rath er the authority and t he power to decide for oneself a Neit her the United States nor any other power has the 600 apartment owm-rs and man&• preferred system of government. ri_ght ~o impose any government on t he people of\ Nami­ gers in the tw, counties. We recognize from ou r own civil rights experience in this bia, Zimbabwe or Sout h Africa. Self-governme nt is t he The suit ct Cl.I 1ha1 the two countr y that western societies often find it expedient to blame most unalienable of all rights . groups have ·•,olated the Fair protesl 11gainsl failures in their political systems on communist (71 We ~elieve that independence in Namibia - includi ng Housing Aa, which prohibits se.x infiltration. But to do so in the Southern African context is to Walvis Bay, ~he principal port presently considered part dcscrimination in housing, by confuse the issue and to align the United States once again with of. So~th Africa - must be achieved according to the adopting . rental standards that the ra.cist forces of reaction and totalitarianism against the guidelines set forth in Security Council Resolution 385 recommend against considering advoutes of seU-dete rmin atio n and progressive chan ge. of January 30, 1976, which demand s that South Africa the income of a wife under the age Tyranny, whether of the left, or or the right, is anti-democratic withdraw and end its illegal administration of Namibia, of 35 and against renting 10 and must be oppOsed. AJ)ariheicl arid racism are the most and transfer power to the people of Namibia with the working mothers . pernicious forms of totalitarianism because they are selective in assist~nce of the United Nations, that it reiuse all politi• The institute and councit t heir repressive impact on the citizens of a state for no reason cal prisoners, hold free elections under United Nations su­ admitted that they recommended than the color or one 's skin. · · ~ervision and control and "abolish 411 racially discrim• the rental standards but stated always !heir intention It ii false to portray the incumbent South Afr ican a.nd Rhode"sian inatory and politically repre.ssive laws and practices , par ­ that it was to comply fully with the law. go~er nment .'Ias bulwarks against co'!lmunism, for it is their very ticularly bantustans and homelands ." existe nce that forces_Africa~s to str uggle to end their oppression, SW APO must have a principal role in any negotiations. The and in lace of r:mst intr~ns1gence, to seek allies from responsive Turnh~lle ~onference should have no standing whatso­ gover ntnents without rekard to ideological persuasion . ever since 1t excluded SWAPO participation and is the T~p ~lalmg conmct in Southern Africa, and the real creation of South Africa. Pakistani poss1bfhty that this• situation could lead to a wider war if (81 We urg.e proper. recognition of the expanded potential of appro priate 11ctinn is not taken, makes a Black American the United Nations as a fully representative body . The conse ns~b on U.S . policy toward Africa all the more urgent. people an~ government of the United St.ates must accept couple The. h1~tory of our common struggle and recognition that our t he. changing . perspective of U.S. interests among the causP..1!-iJust hnve brought us this day to proc laim that: family of nations, and work wit hin the United Nations OI We. believe Sout h Africa is the main barrier against and its affilia_ted instit utions to deal with the emerging indicted for ma1nr1ty rul'-' ,n Southern Africa because of its conti nued North -South issues which are the principal sources of 11l~gal ocCu11at.ion of Namibia, its refusal to implement tension a~d pote~tial conOirt in_ global affairs. Majority ~conom1c_sa nctions ag11:1nst~hodesia and its unwillingnes s to ruled African nation s now const itut e nearly one-thi rd nf ~hart.· poht1<'al and economic power with Blacks within its United Nations member!lihip. and consequent ly, are a holding own borders. Spe<'ifically. if present negotiations fail or pivotal group in that body. an• unacceptablf' lo African liberation leaders and the Afri . We urge Lhe U.S. to join theCouncil on Namibia, contribute can peopll· or Z1mb~bwe, Namibia an.d South Africa, the lo the U.N. Trust Fund, and we condemn the use of the Prt•~1dt'nt of thl' Un11ed States ,;hnuld: s:~~hb~~r~:a~ove rnm ent in the Security Council to protect youth in -Suppn~I a finding in the Security Council thal South Afr1c.1"i_continut•d illegal O<'CUpationof Namibia i,; an act of 19) We _urge our government lo recognize the People's Re­ 3J(gre..,,1on and a lhreat to the peare. calling for action pubhr :rnd Angola and suppo rt its admission to the United servitude under Chnfller 7 of thl' United Nations Charter No.hons. The PRA has joined the other Front Linc States - Pro, .1dt• a,.si.-.t!lnre, both humanitarian .and miliiary. to tht­ m efforts to obtain an approprinte sNtlement in Southern hbt'r.1tmn movt•mt•nts through the Org.i.ni1,.1t1onof African Afr1<"a. U.S. al ignmen t on the ~,me losing '!lide with A Pakistani couple was indic,ed lfnily. 8ou1h Africa during the Angolan conOirt demonstrated by a federal grand jury r«enily on - lrnpn~,• ;\ mandatory arms embargo against South Afri<'a lh..- bankruptcy of the government'.-; Africa policy. Thi!'. charges of bringing a JO-year-old and J 'iln~prtl(l' of_ 5h1pments of e4u ipment to be_, used t.•rror should not be perpctunted. A normnli1.at inn or girl from Sierra Leone into 1he by lh_t· nuht,1ry, including all tel'hnology and nuclear relntion3 with the Angolan Government will focilitnte nnv United Stales illegally and forling muterml . U.$,mvol\'cment in bringing about a just peace in th~ her into involuntar y sc rvi1udc in rng1on. their Miami home . 12) Wt•. lnlal _J.,, suppor t the librrat iun of Snut ht•rn Arric:1 from wh1lt' m111orily rul.e by means of armed st rug gle, where ! 10) Wt' _l'nnclemn lhf role played by United States rind ot her Attorney Genera! Edward H net·t·'inscan achwve a genuine peace only when they l'hmate . there is no longer favorable. The government professor at Miami-Dade Junior nt·1•urht•lwt•t'n lht• contending forces. High level diplomatic 'ihould mstitute a program of Llx disincentives to U.S. · College. His wife i'i an ane\the,1- invol\'t•mt•nt by tht· U.~ ....and other powerful. rnnterned c·orp~rations operating in South Africa, Zimbabwe and ologis1. 'ilatl•"- ran ht• of pnsitwe assistancl' bul they can be Nam,biu. And s~ould those corporation~ remain unprc The indic1mcnt charged 1hc COM 1d<•n•d "'.'lucn•s.sful" only when tht•y arhie\'t> Lhe full pared lo u,;e th~1r luverage to bri~g ;~bnut concrt.•tf' step,; Shahs with holding rhe child, hhl·ratm11 nr th1• supp.ressed Pl'Opll'. In light of this prin toward~ <'<"onom1cand pnlit1c-aljusltCl' m South Afnra. and Rose Marie lflony, in mvolumarv 12, 1974 tu r1plc w1• I In fill' f_l'Prt_''.-.f'nt:.1hvt•!1of lhl' f'rnnl Linc S!:i h ·~ In npt•ratt> there, in N.nmibin and in Z1mbabwt' on tlw ba ..is ~cr.·iwde from Aug. ll'l'"'• 28, 1976, by making her :ind I ht• nrJ,{11m;,,•df1,:htmg forr~s or tht• 'lllpprl•<;c;c•dpnpu uf f,ur and _ non-di<;criminatory 1•mployrn1·nt pra\'l Jan. lnlmn,;_ _fnr tlw ..,,a_ndard by wh1rh to judg1• lht• .-.u~·'"e~'Ior huma_n1·wurkmg condition ... m,i Just rnmpcn.,;1tion for !ht• labor agains 1 her will anJ x,md \\111m·g11t1.1t1on'I 1n voh·1ng thirtl partie"I. 'l'r;1ns1tionill t?pln1l;illnn of Afri<'an re!n di.,,~,-.11111 ,mrl ,ntin~ wh1l·h 1"- n•4uireil for tht•1r r.ilt uphold.,_ 11, \"alue,- and ih hi,;turir;\I 't·ommi1nwnt tu wlr Immigration (1rnt10n. clt·h•rmin.ition. freedom and ju!ltir1•. .irul lo undn,tand Service cmry forms rcpre,cn11ng thal 1h1• .1pprasemen1 of Snuth ACri1·a \·:m nnlv rn\'ilf\ that the ~hild wa._ Mr, Shiih'• 1'hc-r1•fnr1•,w1• , uppn~t Ila· l-'iv1· F'ront Lin1• l'rl' Nidt•ni.. in ra1·1al l1•11°sinns1n niece, although 1hcy arc 11111 l~h<:1r r:11111~ _th•· l!_m_tl'dState!io to support thl• f'rt•t•dom an t'\t·alat1•d war thnt will t'll..tn·rbatt- 1 f 1gh1t-r, 11I rmu- M1mMc•rVorster .ind Mr. Smith nbfusc:Ut• lht• l nill'd ~tales. ~la1ed. Finully, in turn. we rnmmit nur,rlvt•, lo m,,hiliiing Rhwk las1 lanuar}·. the child, Ont' ,11· thr fundttnwnt,111·h,ml{l''iwhich th1· ..truggl1> i.n Zimhabw 1, i.., ,~n 1_h1·Vl'rJ,{t' of arrompl\shing. ·\11wr1cau ,,nd ?th~r-,_ or good will th formulah- .,nd ,upport .1 13 children of a wido" m Sierra Sam1larl)"_.v:e oppo~t· United St.a.t_essupport for any ,tt JlrnJ,.'l'l'..,IH' \!.:-i. pohcy tow.lrd Africa. And wt· ,btt.· our Leone, was placed in a "elf.ur tl1•ment in Z1mbahwc and Namibia that compromi!,t•-. th<• nppo•11111nt.u 1hose Blacks who will work d1n•t·tly or mdtrt·dh· to home in 1hecus1od)' of 1he Aor,da frttt·dom of Blacks m South ACrira. "upport wh1h• minority regimt·s in Southern Africa. · child ¥.eltare agency , Pago 14·- THE NORlliEASlERN ONYX December 1, 1976 ·--~• l

NSCAR holds S. African panel b} Delores Grunltt and· atte nd meetings, funerals or any were on 1heir foreheads. 1he ol Minne sota. His speech was giving verba l backing to black\," Francine Walker other 1yµes o" organizations. largest number I saw was 368. 'ihon , bu1 his comm ents were he '-aid. " The U.S. tal ks 10 ' 'When I make a move "When Kissinger addr essed the str aight to the point. " Manin Vorstcrs on continuin g aid everybod y will know . J'm here. s1udents, 1hey shout ed, 'Kissinger through discree1 chann els, in On)' . S111fr Luther King attd Malcolm X and they still don't know how I go home.' We don '1 want him in ins pired South Afri can stud enLSt o order 10 maintain 1hc racist left.,. he said . Afr ica, he represents Western rebel!." apartheid regime and gain power "O n Jun e 16th, South A frica Baq wa ~aid : " Brother Kiss'inger lmperi aHty,' ' he said . The people a1 the conference against the black freedom fight­ was :,;blaze with fire bullet s and $uffers from disillusions. Kissin­ As he stopped from time 10 were concerned people who er~. The end results of Kissinger ',; fire hiuin g bodies," said Herbert ger should have realized 1hat the time within the speech he seemed wanted to know exac1ly what the y peace mission is more killing or Vilakazi , who was an eyewitness Uni1ed States has no pan in Soulh to relive every experien ce. He 10\d should do and how to do it. Blacks, and more Apartheid ," he 10 the Soweto rebellion on June A frica's affairs, and cai:mot o r dea1hs of childr en eight and Instructor Nimi1 said : ' ' The said. 16, 1976. res1nc1 it. nine years old . And or man y movement must be bro ad and " The myths of U.S. involve­ Speaking at a pan el on South " We' re nol going to IUrn to people bea1en up and brut alized independent with demand s !hat ment in South A frica is blacks will ·\f rica at the N.S.C.A. R. con\len­ enemies again. We have found by police. He told of his fellow can immobili ze it. II must be non­ benc-fit from the enlightened tion o n Nov. 20th at Bosto n Uni­ new friends, 1ha1's why Kissinger comrad es in de1cnetion and dead . ~eeiarian , and a democrati c move­ racia l outlook o f U.S. corpora­ versi1y, he add ed: "Ther e is no will not succeed in Afr ica." He 10ld Americans what he ment mus1 include all people o f all tion\. h is false. General Motor s JWilice iri Sou1h Afri ca when four He talked about how the wanted them to do : "When races that agree the United Sta1e\ maint ains segregated facilities for mijlion whites hold 1wcn1y million American media distort s the America pulled out of Vietnam, ii must get ou1 of Africa . Let us go their mixed empl oyers; Chrysler blac~ as slaves. issues. He feels 1here is too much wasn't because the Vietnamese fonh and build a movement that pays below the official poven y " Law and order is the police emph asis on Apartheid . '' Media were too strong , but becau se there will dwarf the anti-war move­ line in wages (8 1 dollar s a mon1h); destroying life and limbs of wam s 10 use it for their own were upri sings in the countr y. We ment. " and Pol aroid make s the blacks blacks." Vilakzi looked very sym­ purpo ses. Blacks now reaJize the ask you to support us, and get William Booth was the final identifi ca~ion passes. 360 U.S. patheti c as he carefully, and illusions they' ve tried to assen are Ameri cans out of our countr y. " speaker . He 1alked as if he were a corpora1ion s have 1.5 billion slowly spoke of the events he faJse. The sirugglc is going on In his closing word s, he read a preacher, and had 1he audience dollar s inves1ed in South Afr ica, becau se we wan1 our land. We' re poem: " We beg your pardon experienced in South Africa. He 1 jumping like- they were in his and enjoy their high re1urns. In talked about poor wages , educa­ no1 interested in moving signs South Africa," which was written church . He received numerous South Africa blacks continue to tion, living conditions and strug­ from toilets, we're not interested by a friend of his that has been in applau se throughout and after his live in hunger apd pover1y1 ' ' he gles of the blacks . in sitting with whites." He detention for the past eighteen speech . added . "The struggle can be no other shouted out his last words: "We months because of the rebellion. He is President of the Board of ~c can advance black rights in way but violent," he added. In need your help as much as you After which he was given another the American Committtt on South Africa, by forcing the U.S. comparing the United States 10 need our help .' ' standing ovation . Africa , he also work s in the New government out of there and to South Africa, he said : "Many The Re11.t speaker, Tsietsi The founh speaker was Synos York State Supreme Coun and follow 1he black leaders such as rules used in South Africa to Mashinini , president of the Mangaz.za, chairperson of the has traveled all over Africa. He Jesse Jackson, Verndon Jordon control blacks, are similar to the student representative council in Zimbabwe African National went to sec how people were tried , who have denounced U.S . con­ ones used to comrol slaves in Soweto, was given a standing Union (ZANU). "The name but he only saw what the white nection with the white supre­ Sou1h Carolina ." ovation after his introduction . Rhodesia was given by a sick coun was like. He went into a macist regimes. I He said in a system of The Master or Ceremonies com­ individual from Britain who coun fdr black people and he was Apartheid : mented that Tsietsi name in decided to come to South Africa taken out with guns and arrested. I . Black culture is suppressed , English means "trouble ." This to recover in the Sunshine. He was held ui,1il after coun black artist s arc arbitrarily 1hrown nineteen year old man is the most Physically he was well, bu1 hours, so he could not return to NSCAR in jail, and schools are separate wanted man in Africa . Because of mentally he was a sick man . The the court. and , unequal. this he fled to London, England freedom fighters named it Zim­ He told tales of four cities 2. No black political organiz.a• and began a nationwide tour babwe, but it's still Rhodesia to where malnu1rition and genocide urges: tion s are pe:rmiued, unless they against racism," he said , the while media ,'' he said . were being practiced. He told the We urge student government s, meet the approval of the whi1c On Jun_e-16th, he and a number He spoke of the rebellion by Chief of Bumdada, who says his Black, Pueno Rican and Chicano government. Any organizations of students organized to uprise saying , "This was the first time people have been learning to student organizations and other that stand for black rights instead against the whites. They went on we realized guns could kill whites govern them selves since 1963. progressive pe:ople to organize a of supporting i\panhcid are the sueets and demonstrated . as well as blacks ." Outraged he "How can they be independent National Day of Studenl Prolests outlawed . Six . million black "The media lied by. saying we slammed his fist on the podium when they have white secretaries AgaJnsl US Complicity with workers arc denied the right to were not armed and the police saying his final words: "We are hired by the South African Racist Regimes In Soulhern form trade union s .. .. Policc have were. That is wrong . We were going to fight for Zimbabwe to govern• Africa on March 21, the unlimited authority to terrorize armed to the hilt with blackness, the ISSt man and after we finish ment. Man, you can't have anniversary of the 1960 massacre blacks. black cards and black po sters, we'll free the rest of the country." independence unless you take i1, it of bver 60 Blacks prote s1ing the 3. Blacks must carry' identifica • shouting power to the people. If Counland Cox, Secretary-Gen• can't be given to you." pass laws in Sharpesville , South tion passes at all times 10 exis1. If any disturbances started, the plan eral of the 61h Pan•Africanist The Judge told a story about Africa . We feel confident that on 1hey fail to produce it for white was 10 break up into group s of Congr:ess said the United States is Jeff Baqwa , leader of SASO. In 1his tradi1ional day of protest authority , they are arrested . three or four and retum to their tied irlto Africa economically by 1971 the judge was at Ohara against apartheid, our brother s Residency laws further restrict schools. " supplying raw material s through• University, during White Repub­ and sisiers in Africa and the rest blacks 10 tribal homelands. Blacks We were peaceful, but the OUI the world. i•Toe United Stale.s lic Day. Jeff Baqwa and some of 1he world will protest again st working in urban centers have police opened fire on 20,000 wants vast control and doesn't other studeJlts came too and they the barbari sm of the white special permits to live in segregat• people. There was nO communica­ want the Soviet Union or China wanted him to tell them every• minority regimes in Soutbcrn ed town ships . Soweto has becomt: lion between police and st'u- inside," he said . He also feels the thing about Malcolm X, Martin Africa. Teach-in s, rallies, forums , a famou s one of these and center dents," he said. ' American policy will not change Luther King, Stokely Carmichael picV(s and marches can be of the rebellion . " The press has tried very hard even with a change in adminis­ and black power. organized on that day . Telegram s 4. Wages are maintained at the to conceal the figures of white tration. Speaking of Caner , Mr . "The U.S. government directly and letters from student , com­ poveny level. people that died o·n the 16th. I was Co,c said: "There's an old saying supports the apartheid regime in munity and union leaders can also Jeff Baqwa, leader of the South there, over 100 whites died on the we used to say when Nixon was Southern Africa by massive be sent to the White House. African Student Organization 16th. At a hospilal just outside of President . lt will be four more investments of U.S. corporations . On March 21 we should (SASO)·was aJ50 a speaker . Since Soweto, men were wounded on years with Caner,'• Under pressure from black demaod loud a.nd clear: June 1974, he was supposed to be genitals. The press said 176 blacks August Numitz was the nm freedom fighters the U.S. govern­ NO US AID TO SOUTH restricted to a certain area until were dead, names were removed speaker. He is an ins&ructor of ment publicJy supports the con• AFRICA 1978. He w.u not SUDDOsed to from their bodies and r,wnbers African Stuma at thC Univerlit-Y cep< or block majority rule while ------• lliE NORTHEASTERN ONYX Dec•mber 1, 1976 Page 15 Black Arts

By Coy LaSis ter Orr in the di stance there are four men p osing. They are not r emnants of Wolfgang Mozart or screamin g musicians of the J111.z Bridgetower Quartet Workshops of Boston, but the BridgeLower String Quart et. Boston 200's Event Coordinator, La verl St uart , who r ecently booked the group for an appearan ce at t he St.ate House. sa id, ''Th e group plays c lassica l chamber mu sic and the y ca n play third strin g or jazz. · New for black community The quart et whi ch is base d al Boston University. "is th e nation's first kn own, or ganized b lack quar"tet, accordin g to t he Worcester Telegram. Wendell English, artistic dir ector of Concert s in Bl ack and Whit e, spo nsorers o r the S tate H9use- Concert , attri but es lh.e quart ets name to the memory o f George P. Br idgetower, a blark violin isl , who wa<; acclaimed a child pr odigy by the Prin ce of Wales. The co ncert at the S tate House was th e first of its kind al the hi<;toric site:, according to St uart. English added tt\at Brid geto wcr whil e i n England became a friend of Beet hoven, who late r dedicate d his now Kreul1:er Sonata to him. Members of th e quarte t are Bruce M:tck. who s hares first and second violin spots with a former member of the New Yo rk S trin g Ensemble, Clifford P ant.om, J erome Wrig ht, cellist, received the Washingt on Society of Arts a nd Letle r Awa rd in 1972 w hile Ju an Dandrid ge. violinist, claims a B.A. degre\l from Wes leya n University, M .M. from N ew En gland Conser vato ry a nd a Rockfeller F ound ati on Aw ard . Coy LaSister Pholo Th e histor ic navor of th e Old State House se t th e mood of the Brldgetowe,- Quartet program th at f ea tur ed select ions from Mozart and Ra vel's st rin g quart et in G and F major . It may not b e Mozart and Ravel al their best, but a ccording to c oncert participan t.s, the quart et' s music left some dr eaming and others with ju st th eir e yes c losed, m aybe imagining int ended th ought.s of e ach composer or ju st indi vidual Inside Black Arts ambition s. Mandated by a grant in 1973, th e Bridgewate r Str ing Quart f't is 0 NEW BLACK COMMUNllY ...... page 18 individu ally ta ught and coached b y B.U.'s Pr ofesso r or Mu sic. 0 REVIEW OF 'THERE'S A STRUGGLE GOING ON" ...... page 17 George Ne ikru g. sh sa id. "he would h ave to ta lk to t he gro up," w hen as ked 18 En gli :::JP ROFILE OF RONNIE LAWS ..., ...... page about t he quart et's next p erform ance._ Stu ar t sa id, "t his is t he beginnrng of somethin g new for th e black communi ty," relnt.ing this t o th e c1uo.rl el and the development. of a concert seri es in Boston. Haley's 'Roots' ... bl Helena Li l'5 No book can possibly give yoli a clear er pictur e of black hi story than Roots. Although the s tory it.self, is bue d around th e ancestors of Alex Haley, it tells th e s tory of all black Am eri cans. This book is writl en in such a way th at it ta kes you on a emotional trip b ack t hrough lim e, a nd forces yo u to f eel th e humiliation and degra dation t hat our f orefath ers had t o bar e. ·Alex Haley ca me from a str ong-minded black family t hat refused to be st rip ed of their pr oud hi story. His mate rn al grea t•great-g rcat-gren t gra ndfath er Kun ta Kint e past do'wn his Africa~ IHe a nd customs lo his daughter who t hen past it down t o her child and so fort h un til it finally reac hed Alex Haley. Kunta Kinte was t he first known member of HalC'y'sfa mily to be brought to t hi.'I countr y from Gambia, West Africa. He was beaten and abducted in 1767 at the age of sixtee n and take n on a ship called Lord Li gonier, tu Maryland wh ere h~ was sold t o a Vir ginia plante r name J ames Waller. Roots does not ju st begin fr om when Kunta Kinte was brought to this countr y, it begi ns from t he day he was born . ll . t~lls of his life as o member of t he Mandinkas t rib e. Il goec; _deep into the Mos lem re ligion and- beliefs of which th ey prachred. h lt>lls the Vl·ry mea ning of K unta K inte's na me a nd t he honor <"onnected wit h it. 81•ing the first c hild born lo O moro and Binte Kinte, Kunt a was alrcud) ' considered very special. Acco rdin g to the forefat hers, a hoy first born prec;agl' l he special bless ings o r Allah, not only upon the pur.:-ntc;, hut also upon lh e pare nl' c; famihec;. By ancient t·u,;tom~. Omoro took seve n days to d ecide lh e name o f his first horn ...on. It hod to be a name rich with hi story a nd pr omise bl.'cause the people or th e Mnndink as Trib e believed that a child wuuld deve lop seve n of t he c haracteristics o f whomeve r or Ha ley, p . 16 .. 'It is a s ymbol' - Haley Hy Diane Reid Onyx Staff "It is a sy mbol - saga or a peor:,le," sa id Alex Haley, auth or of the best se ller, "Roots," :it t.hc Harvard Coop, November 18th in Harvard Square. after he had given a lectur e at Hnrvard lJnivers ity thal afternoon. Haley has tr ave led ove r a th ousa nd mil es, in thr ee co ntin ents, 'lpcakmg about Roots which has sold over 450 copies in a maller of werks. h will be used as a textboo k at seve ral univeniti es next 'it:mestcr. " It 's rl!ally ama1.ing, you sit t here alone for years pecking a way al a typl'wr~ter and all ora sudden, you're an eve nt," said Haley. Haley decided lo writ e Roots aft er hearing hi s gra ndm other and other family members tolk or his past. His grandmoth er "Pum ed thot stor y into me as if it was plas ma," he sa id. "She s poke oF an ancestor named Kunt a Kinte whom h e wondered about /' he add ed. Haley we nt to Wa!ihington and found informa t ion from th e ofrida l Uni~ed States Records Microfilm in the libr ary . He th en went t o Africa wher e he spoke to a "groit " or village or al historian who ~Id hi~ \_"h,~t he ~anted to know. "They ta lk about peak experience 1n hfe he said recalli ng that mom ent, "I'm sure I've Alex Haley at Harvard Coop had'min e_.'' HIie y, p . 17 Onn nttolo hv .tn w ~Ux Page 16 THE NORTHEASTERN ONYX December 1, 1976 Events Family tale handed down and whatever he was named for. and Kizzy was taken £ram When the eighth day 11rrived for the naming of the child "Kun ihe plantation and so ld. The book then Offerine:s la continues from her Kinte" wu whispered into his ear by his life. father . It was the first Kizzy wn.s time it was ever spoken as his name. The raped by her master and bore his child. The child was Mandinkas felt. each named George. When he human being should be the first one to ~now was old enough lo understand, she began who he i_s. Kunta was telling the middle nnme of his grandfother, Ka1raba Kunta Kmte, who had him about Kunta Kinle and his African past. George was Production come from his native Mourentania, into Gambia, where he very interested in his grandfather's life and soon he knew all Kiuy saved could recall lo tell him. the Mandinka people of Jurrure from a famine and ~hen served the As he grew older he spent a Jot of time with a game needs help viltugc of Jurrure honorably till his deal~ as the v.illage_ cock trainer holy~an. owned by the same master, Mr. K untn took gr"'eat pride in himself, his name and his Lea. The muster was very much "No Place to be Somebody," African involved in cock fights with the gambling hl'ritnge . Root~ tells in detail the type of lifo Kunta and everything . He had by Charle5 Oordone, Kint.e led with the slave "Unc will open his peer'i, his brothers. hi.s mother le f4ingo" take care of the chickens. Soon he mad~ lan. 13, 1971 for a and finally the cl~e George move in to three.day run . relationship between him nnd his father. I could learn the trade from Mingo. George became so The play, produced by the not help but notice good al cock fighting he thl' closeness or the fnmilfes. which no doubt stemmed became known as "Chicke n George," a Black Theater Guild is still in need from the name he carried family like closeness or the Mandinkas tribe. to his grave. of production crews, box . George soorP office The Mandinkas tribe was aware or the existence was married to another slave name Matilda from staff, a house manager and a of s lavery. nnother plantation. They had They knew well thn.t something evil called a "Toubob" eight children, Virgil, Ashford, publicity star(. Mark Soloman man, hid in George, Tom, James. Lewis, is thE' bushes and jumps out suddenly, surprising and capturing an Kizzy and Mary. It became a ramily the show's director . tradition to tell the story African victim. The children of the tribe were warned constantly of Kuota Kinte at the birth of a new child. For runher information, per­ Soon his whole family to beware , because one foolish mistake could knew the story well, lo the delight of sons can call Randy Aleunder mean their lost Grandma at forever. Unfortunately. Kuni.a made that Kizzy. . 437-3141. mistake. Chicken George had hopes of becomings While out in the forest chopping wood to make a drum. he free man. Re had good was reasons too. Uncle Mingo hed died, and set upon by four men who beat him and chained be and his master became him and finally close. He had dragged ' him aboard a slave ship bound for Colonial America. saved up $2000 dollars to buy himself and his family and Grandma Kiuy. Then he took the whole The book does not leave much lo the imagination in describing amount ond loaned it Jazz hand to his.master for gambling on a prize fight. Mr. Lea thl' ship ride over. If you are not careful you may find your eyes told him if the cock won, and his $2000 was filling with tenrs during this chapter. Less than half the slaves that doubled, then he and his whole family were on that ship 90rvived the trip. The women were used for the could go free. The cock won the fight,. opens Toubob's pleasure . All the slaves were forced to dance for daily Mr. Lea then was talked into belling all his winnings plus doubling 'it for another right. He entertainment on deck, and were whipped unmercifully. At one lost the second bet and everything point Kunta Kinte nlmost did not make the trip. he owned including his s laves. Chicken George was borrowed as a Dec. 7 gamecock trainer for four At the auction he was sold to a Virginia planter name years. He was promised hi!! freedom on The Noriheastern University Jnmes his return, and was Waller. Seeing African faces already in the new country eve n shown his freedom pnpers already filled Jaz.z Band, Rocky Kunt.1 out His family Road, will become hopeful. Soon he realized those people were alread was sold all together lo a Mr. Murray . open the concert _y Tom who was trained to be a blacksmith met Irene season at 7 :30 vi<"timsof the Toubob world. They could not even relate to his another p.m., December 7th in the Alumni anymore. He was laughed al and ridiculed for trying lo remain slave, while on a special job. They soon were married and had Auditorium, seven 360 Huntington faithful to his belids . children, Maria, Ellen, Viney. Matilda, Elizabeth, Tom and Ave. Cynthia. To further add to his frustrations, he was stripped or Admission is his name When Chicken SO cents in and railed "Toby:· He immediately escaped three limes only lo George came back, he found that his family wa.s advance and 99 cen1s be sold, at the door. recaptured and whipped. The fourth and his mother and the master's wife had died. The master Selections will include final time he was himself was a alcoholic. George got him drunk, and found out "Cute," recaptured, he was given the choice of being castrated or "C lose 10 You," having where " Hay Burner," his foot cul off. Although he did not know the Toubob's language, his family was. He stole his freedom papers and left. He "1Cherry Point" and found his family and was staying with them until the "The Pink he understood through gestures. His fool was cut off. she riff of thn.t Panther ." For further county found out and informa - That doctor that cared for him during his painful recovery, was told him, the law wa.s, a freed slave had to be 1ion, call 437-3140. gone within sixty days, or become a the brother of Waller. He was so angry this senseless act was slave again. His wife persuaded him to leave and be the done, he convinced his brother to give the slave lo him. It Ursl in the family to be free. wa.s at In 1863, his plantation, Kunta Kinte met Bell. Bell ev.entually during the Civil War. Lincoln signed the Emancipation became his Proclamation freeing the slaves. The family stayed Dr. Jones wife. He also met a man known as the "Fiddler," who befriended on a few weeks him, and taught him the language and the ways of the Toubob until Chicken George came back to take them to western Tennessee. It was there Tom world. He told Kunta Kinte to forget his A[rican name and set up a successrul blacksmith lire and business. The town learn Lo accept this new world because it was the last one he'll ever was Henning. Tenn. here,Dec.3 Tom's youngest child Cynthia, married a man name Will Palmer. see. Kunt.a Kinte refused, but he did become willing Lo learn the language, not being able lo communicate only He nearly ran the town's lumber company, because "The Changing Mood in made his distorted the owner was America; world lonelier . an l\lcoholic. Soon the owner went bankrupt and Will Palmer was Eroding Commit­ ment?" will His wife gaye birth to a baby girl. After a lot of argueing, Kunta made the new owner. be the subjec1 of a 1alk to be given by Dr. Faus1ine finally persuaded her to give in Lo whal he Celt was his duty to Cynthia 11ndWill, gave birth to a little girl nnme Bertha. Again C. name the child after seven days of thought. On the eighth day he the story of Kunta Kinte was told. Bertha grew up and became the Jones of Howard Univcrsi1y at 11 first member of a.m ., Dec. 3 in the Ell Center took the baby and held it lo the sky and whispered "Kiz..zy" her family to go to college. She studied to become three a Ballroom. limes into her ear. Kiuy means "slay put." The name was teacher at a two-year college in Jackson, Tennessee . It was there meant Dr. Jones is currently to protect her from being sold. Bell called she met her ruture husband, Simon Alexpnder Haley . They were a senior his actions "voo-doo." fellow at the The book touches upon the different Lives of married in 1920. It was from this union Alex Haley was Washing1on, D .C. some slaves also on born. university. Waller's plantation . This includes the Fiddler, who saved up $700 Starting from African words remembered from his dollars to buy himself free, only Lo find out his price had weol up to grandmother's storytelling, he interviewed linguistics experts and $1500 dollars. African delegates of the United Nations . He searched ~through Kunt.a immediately started telling Kizzy stories of his past slave ship records in England and finally wound up in a small New life village in Gambia, where he found old men called Griots, who as soon as she was able to understand. By the time she was are 15 trained from their youth to memorize the years old she knew her father's past well. At' 16 she village history. It was became from the Groits he learned bis course involved with a slave name Noah. He escaped and was caught with actual ancestor's name wa5 Kunta a fake pass that wa.s written by Kizzy. She had learned how Kinte and thus woving seven generations of his family's history lo into one or the greatest books ever written. write from her master's nieee. Noah was beaten into confessi ng, offering "Analysis of American Racism "

Key #818Course #93.120Sequence Art Sequence #8 Onya Exhibit pholo INSTRUCTOR : Ted Thomas, Jr . by Cicora Course Oescripllon: A semim,r in by Francis conte mpor ary aspccis of racism in America . The cycle by which Black racism in our ins1itutions helps form our attitude!!, and how our attitudes in 1urn shape our institu­ Umass tions, is studied and discussed. Emphasis i\ on the pracikal , studenti; day-to-day ~pccts of raci)m, rather ,._... ., the thcorctii.:al and hiSIC'I Oral history of block women Radcliffe receives• two-year grant by Veronica A. Cro~dtr Onyx Starr Radcliffe College was tne recent Professor of American History recipicn1of a two ment, and the health profcs­ members of the adviwry year grant in the and Civilization at George board OUI the country amount Wa.sh­ 'lions. The interviewees for the graduate s1Udenu . of(,998,iOO. The grant, ing1on University and a member will conduct Final selections awarded by project will be older black interviews at dirfcrcnl for the women the Rockefeller Foun­ of the advisory boud at Schles­ colleges to be in1erviewed dation is to women, most of whom began and univenitie will be made by suppori a biographical inger Library. s. the advisory board. oral history project their involvemeni in civic and pro­ The interviews along on the lives of During the counc or the with Betty S. Leonard, Coordina1or black women, and will fessional activities prior to 1he manwcripti and other supporting ~ ad­ project, in1ervicwa will be con­ 1930's, and whose contributions of the Black Women Oral History ministered by the documentation will be housed for Schlesinger ducted with women educators, and Project, welcomes ariy Library at Radcliffe. achievements have resulted in research use at 1he Schlesinger sugges­ businesswomen, entenaincrs, wri­ the improvement tions of possible interviewees for The project was developed by of1he quality of Ubrary. In addition, uanscripts ters, organizers, religious leaden life for black the project. • lbe l11e Letitia W. Brown, a people. of in1ervicws will be available at a and women in politics, govem- Under the supervision of number of black colleges through- THE NORTJiEASTERN ONYX December 1, 1976 Page 17 Black Community game for real by Robin A . Coley OeyzStatr

For those oryou who are tired of toying with Parker Bros. Monopoly, bored with Milton-Bradley's "Lile.,' and disgusted with Khoner's Pop-o-matic something ha.s been invented just for you: Motberland, Inc., a company founded by Malik Ali, a chemical engineer, has invented a game viable to the black community, which he calls 'The Black Community Game.' Ali wiis teaching high school students,' prior to inventing the game which combines political, social and economic concepts. It was in an effort to get these st udents involved in the thought process that he reali2.ed: "You only learn by doing" and "all yoll'do in the classroom is listen, so all you learn how to do is listen." Ali then had the thought that a.IIpeople like to play games and set out to devise "The Black Community Game." The purpose of the game is to learn the relationship of the black community Lo the rest of the world. The situations arise at random and include things that could happen in the black community. The outcome of the game relies Largely on the players. U everyone is cooperative the game tends to turn out. fort.he better, but. if you find that you are constantly cutting brothers and sisters throats, Ali suggests that you check yourself out. On the average the game takes 2'/, hours to play. To win the game you must have the most political power and the most pot!r in the black community. Your power is represented by poker chips. Red = political power, Black = power in the black community, White = power in the white community. and Blue = 10 black chips. You gain chips by donating to an organization if you wish to do so. There is a stack of situa tion cards which present. you with things you will have to dea l with, the range from getting an extra turn to being robbed or all your money except rent. To keep score a poll is taken. Two polls are taken in t he game, the seco nd one ends the game. A poll is when the bank er writes down the total of black and red chips each player has . The player with the highest amount after the second poll wins. Motherland Inc. would like to warn you that the game is for real: The Black Community Game was invented in 1972, by Ali in cooperatio n with thousands, including Vice President ol Motherland lnc., Edward Jennings. Jennings, an art teacher at Talledega College in Talledega, Ala .. designed the board, the box, and the money. In short Jennings put Airs ideas on paper. The game ca n be purchased at the Nubian Notions. The Games People Play, The Crafl5man Shop, Zayres, Osco Drugs, and the Star Markel in Mattapan. At £irst glance this seems to be a lot of sto res, but in reality The Black Community Game is excluded from many others like Sears, Kresge, and Woolworths. The whole process of selling th~ game is a game in it.self. Although most stores come up with viable reasons as to why they cannot buy the game many of these reasons are caused by "inhere nt racism," said Ali. • The Black Community Game is referred lo as controversial. Other black games have failed, but the Black Community Game is a separate e ntity . Many stores want Logo with a more stable nnd viable company, but "we can·t become viable unless we get the sa les," Ali said. The mo.st reliable reason is money. Toy departm ents have 11 budget Lo work with and must buy games according to that budget. Usually what they will do is buy games that will trigger the sale of a higher priced game. i.e. the sale of a Barbie doll will most likely trigger the sale or all the Barbie ac-cessor,es. It is for the-se reasons that Ali is having trouble selling his game lo store-s. Approximately 2000-3000 games have been sold to stores and lo dlack game lnve-ntor Mallie All high schools and colleges, in the sout h as a teaching guide for political scie nce and urban politics. The game is shortened for classroom use by pre -arranging the situatio ns. The Black Community Game is one situation afte r another .some drasltc some rewarding, and you ue expected to deal with them in WANTEDthe best way you know how. Remember the game is for real! Author of Malcolm :Xs bio , CUSTOMERS •••Haley, visits Harvard Coop; AT SMILER HAYNESRoots on T.V. in Jan. FASHION DESIGN 56-AGAINSBOROUGH STREET, BOSTON, MA02116 PHONE 353-1865 "To be creatwe one luu to YOURREWARD: be ,elj-duciplined'' _When A!ex Haley was in World Warn he was a cook on a ship. His best ~r1endwas his typewriter, which he took along with him. CUSTOMMADE CLOTHING & One eve ning he took a book and typed out a chapter. This is how he stumbled into writing. 'Wt;AR l=OR "To be creative one ha.s to be self-disciplined;· he said. He .said Rt;ADY TO that after he had been in the service for twenty years he retired and moved Lo New York and wrote irticles for "Atlantic'' 'WOMt;N &. Mt;N "Readeu Digest" and Playboy, who gave him his first real break. ~lex H~ley is also the _author of "'The Autobiography of Malcolm JEWELRY X: Haley s next book will be entitled ''My Searc h for Roots" which HANDBAGS HAND CROCHETINGfrom will be out December 12th. This book will tell how he discovered Roots. "Twe nty-five years ago most black people didn't want any SCARfS::::· PO~TUGAk- ____- part of A&i~ ~oat of_u~ were uhamecJ .9f..our pu _l,'Jlid ffaley. People 1cfnure Haley becau. it's obvious he has helped to give black pe,ople bat.It their history . - SWEATERS PILLOWS. COSMETICS Haley. 65,_is wearinc bis~• celebrity well. He looks direcdy at people who 1nuoduee lhffllAelva aDd apeda iD a reuau·rin1 aad &iendly voic:e-. Rt;PAIRS &. AL Tt;RA TIONS A aiae-put lae-riaion venioa of Roou besi• Jantl&l"y, ucl Haley will la - -. be leivia; Tar y ...... '°...,.W...... -..,~--- Pall" 18 ntE · NORTHEASTERN ONYX December I, 1976 'Sax-on-ice' gift to Laws

By Conni ~ Haith "Mymunti.o,u Onyx Staff

As 50 people sa t in th e Hnr vard Club at.a party given by Uni te d Arti sts for saxo phoAist Ronnie Laws, two gentlemen car ried in a are to aapire saxophone ca rved out of ice and pr esented it to Lows . . " Ir I handle it loo much, I might g et frostbit e," snid Laws as he to the highat Joke d about the saxop hone give n in tribut e t.o him . Th e a1mospher.e was _light , and th e crowd enjoyed th e refres hme nts , as ri"port crs int ervi ewed Law s. heighu Laler that evening Laws took ~he stage a t the Berklee Per­ form ance Cente_r and displaye d l).js ta lent.s. When h e ~lepp ed forward a_ndw ailed his saxophone, t.hc audience t ook pleasure in musically." hearing his funky j azz music. Angeles, which i s presently their Ronni e Laws, 24, one of cigh1 home . "When I first got to children , was born in Hou ston, L.A .," Law s said, "One of the Texas. whcr, he wa s alwa ys first gig s I cam e upon was three surrounded by mu sic. His mother weeks in Bo ston . So, that was s piano, has been an actuall y my first e xperience being who play His latest LP 'Fever ' has bee inspira 1ion t o 1hc Law s family. here, " he said. highly acclaimed, and is working his olde st brother, i s a Af1er tha1 many job opponuni ­ Hubert, its way up 1he jazz chart s, just like and cl assical ties opened up for him, beginning celebrated jazz his first album . st. Eloise, his olde st sister i s with a group called Von Ryan 's fluti Pres sure, 1he group which an actr ess-singer . Expres s, and thffl with ~cy Ronnie formed, is made up of ;,I can say my family cnviron­ Jones and Walter Bishop. Ronnie by Mfchatl McCraw Bobby Lyle • keyboards, Melvin Onyx photo men1 as a whole , and a rew then joined Earth , Wind and Fire . Robinson· Guhar, Donnie Beck. out side influences made me decide He was on their fir st Columbia aries , my peers," he explained . Bass, Ste ve Guulerrez • Drum s, band and rather, Ronnie enjoys said Law s. He album, and had a strong influence "Larry Dunne (keyboard player to go into music,' ' • Percu ssion . reading or watching his favorite on the group 's music. Tony Ben for Eanh , Wind and Fire) and J con sidered pla ying baseball pro­ produces football team (Dallas Cowboys) . Hethen went to work for Hugh The sound the group are very clo se friends . I also keep fessionally a1 one point. is a combination of jazz primar­ He' s also an active Jehovah he started Masakela : "I learned quite a bit in touch wi1h Hugh Masakela." From the age of 12, ily, with rhythm and blues, rock Witness. and now he plays about Arro-American music from On his next album Ronn ie will to play aho sax 100 , according to When listening to oth er musi­ alto sax High M asakela ," Laws explained, and a little pop, be doing more vocal s. "I sang all reeds, switching from Laws. cians Laws s aid, "I listen 10 just high school he played ''Different rhYthms and flavoring before I actuall y began playing to tenor . In Tra veling , on the road hasn 't about everyone . I' m very selective with a local group in Houston , (Afro-American) .'' the horn," he conceded, "So , it' s affected Ronni5 's homelife .' "I though, about who I listen to, and The Lightmen .' At Ste ­ After freelancing around for a nothing new to me, but it called ' don't do extensive 1raveling ," he what type of mus ic I listen to ." Austin College he while, he formed a group . His .,Probably will be to the public ." phen F. said, "I only do when a lour has "My favorite artists range from majored in flute . close friend Wayne Henderson, In the future, Laws will be been very well put together. The old Be-Bop players, jazz player s studying in college for who is a membtr of the Crusaders producing . He is in the proce ss of Arter ma,i:imum that I usually would to the very current up to date to leave and produced their music, and let Blue producing his sister Eloise' s two years, he decided stay out is ten days to two weeks . players like Chic Corea, Hubert get married . "l 've known my wife No1e Records hear one of their album sometime soon . If I'm gone any longer than that, I Laws, Miles Davis, Freddie Karmen ever since we were in ele-­ tapes . said . " My intentions and mo1iva• make arrangements to take my Hubbard • all of them," he mcntary school, " Laws said . She In November , 1974 he became a tions are to aspire 10 the highest Blue Note family ." said . "I lived right around the block from recording anist for Laws still communicat es with heighu musically," LaWs Sen­ Laws has three children : a1 me in Houston . h wa5 after high Record Company . "Pressure the performers he used to work believe in working very hard Ronnie, Jr. 4 , Michelle 2, and to school when we really began to get sitive ," became the largest selling "I keep in 1ouch mostly with wha1 I'm doing , and J'd like Kevin 8 months. with . seriou s." debut album in the 37•year history who arc my contcmpor- help other anists get staned." being a devoted hus- the guys He and his wife moved to Los of Blue Note . Besides

"There's a Struggle Going on" in Boston

By Robin A. Coley Onyx Slaff Boston's Black R epertor y Th eatr e, o. thr ee-year -old comp any, opened Novo mber 1 2th with "Th er e's A Stru ggle Going On." Th e th eatr e gr oup h as done seve n oth er pr oduction s including : "Emperor J ones ," "River Ni ge r," and "Raisin." Randy A lexa nder , a s tud ent at Northe as tern, nnd promotional dir ector for th e company, sa id t hat th ey h ave received good r e views in the past . An Onyx Review your friend are: "Too Kool" "T here's A Stru ggle Going On " was writt en thr ee years ago by Joe, you and Harol~ Stu art . Th e th eatr e comp any start ed audition s for th e sho~ m August 1976 . Ale xander sa id th at th ey had trouble with cas ll~g and chor eogr aphy. Th e choreo gTapher was from Fir s t Pos 1t1on _Workshop Dance St udio located in d owntown Bo ston . The show did t wo pr ev iew p erform ances a t th e F ramingham Corr ect ional In stitut ion, a nd Walpole Stat e Pri son. The play o pened on Nove mber 12 , a t 59 Ru gg les S treet in Roxbury. and will run until D ece mber 5 . It had b een schedul ed for St. Alphon suc; Hall-o n Tr emont Stre et_, Alexander sai d th at hi s bigges t protHem was ge ttin g people into a no name place . . Th e sh~w ope ned lo a less th a n modes t audien ce. Th e play itse lf ,s esse ntiall y go? d, but quit e o ften il dra gge d. Th e pr oduction la~tcd t~ lnng, 1l look. excludin g the int er1-5 sions thr ee hour s and 15_m1nutes. Many tim es you find yourse lf wond ering wh en th e play will be ove r. In th ~ beginni~g of th e play. th e a udio s ys tem we nt out leav ing th_e audie nce to hsten to music and n o word s. Even after th e a udio failur e was <'orre cted, th e band, s upplied b y Man-Power , had a l~nden cy lo drow n out the singers. Th e rault for th is does not res t solely _with the band. They were situat ed in such a position t hat it wa._ d1ffiC'ult for th em t o hear a nythin g but th emse lves . T he '!'os_t disturbin g thing nbout th e play was th e ··mysteriou s woman 1n hght gree n ao~ high heel!" w~o clomped on and off stage ch_an~fng sce ~es. !iOmet1me., s,ta ndm g m th e middl e of th e s tage, st1ckmg out 11ke a sor e thumb , looking around in confu sion. Cynthia Price T~e show wa s not a total wa ste with a littl e e diting, b etter casting, and a lot mor e pra ctice, it could be good , but on November Stars In 'There'• a Struggle Going On 12 the show was not ready for production. TI!E NORTI!EASTERN ONYX 0-mbff 1, 1976 Pago 19 lntroducin~ Webster Lewis

"I really didn't take it seriously," he recalled, "until my junior year at Morgan State College." At that time he went to New York to work for Sceptor Records. doing studio recording. )l'hile working around King Curtis, Dionne Warwicke, Burl Bacharach - vice president to the company, Luther Dixon, convinced him t.bat he should be a musical arranger, which inspired a whole new dimension to emerge. "I went back to Morgan State College, gradua.ted and taught school in Bnllimore." After going on the road for awhile, he decid€'d 10 come to Boston. His main reason tor coming here was to gt>t hiii rompositional and arranging skills together at the New Englnnd Conservatory of Music. Lewis attributed his greatest musical innuence lo three men: George Russell, Gunther Schuller and Coleridge Taylor Perkinson. "l studied composition under George Russell, conducting and compositional techniques with Gunther Schuller. Putting things together for studio work, doing television scores, arranging music for television commercials and album - Coleridge Taylor Perkinson," said Lewis. AfLcr receiving his Master's from the N.E. Conservatory in Music Composition and another in SociaJ Psychology at Boston College, Lewis accept.ed a position as community director at the N.E. Conservatory. "Webster came here as an intern director just to t.ake the job for a couple of months, and he's been here ever since," according to Carolyn Souza, assistant director of community services. She W,bster LDisco Party" for the Trammps, "He's a f'riend" for Eddie Ken~ricks, and chairs, many more hits- put together the harmony, Lewis was searching for. clapping and "I just wanted the best people on the album," Webster said . ..and I think they°re the best." The music produced on this album is extraordinary. The sound cheering. Along can't be put into one specific category. Many people enjoyed a live musical presentation November 12th at Jordan Hall in Boston, with other heart• when WGBH-TV gave Webster Lewis and the Post -Pop Space-Rock Be-Bop Gospel Tabernacle and Chorus the honor or warming songs being nationally televised. In exchange for the tribute, Lewis wrote a theme song for "Say Brother," which he also performed at the concert and will. be such as "Since recorded on his next album. The audience triumphed over the brilliant sound. The I've Been Gone," electrifying music seemed to leap off the stage, sending good vibrations out to the very appreciative listening crowd. Opening the show with "On the Town," a reeling of happiness a re•make of an filled the air, as people rocked in their seat.,, clapping and cheering. Along with other heart-warming songs such as "Since old Spinners tune, I've Been Gone," a re-make of an old Spinners tune, "Saturday Night Steppin' Out.," and "Seasons" (the only song not on the 'Saturday Night album). the intermission left the audience assured that the best was yet to come, and it did. The largest applause eame from a melody that by now is Steppin Out,' Webster's theme, "Love Is The Way," When Bruce Gray sang the lyrics: "Can't you reel it, can't you feel love burning deep inside. the intermission left the It's like romance, like the first love that you ever had. It's like audience assured that the father saying understand, making me feel just like I'm a man," the best was yet to come. audience shouted outbursts or: "I hear ya brother!" The next show-stopp~r was the most popular hit on the LP "Do It With Style," which they definitely did. For those who weren't there, you missed an incredible experience. The televised version (to be aired near the end or November) was done in a more conservative Cashion, as opposed to the following evening when they played what they felt with emotion and less restraint from the television cameras. On stage the orchestra made up of conservatory students (the youngest age 13) and a few professionals (Stanton Dnvis. Stan Strickland) did an exceptional job. Before rehearsals one evening, Webster said his involvement with the group is to help them develop their musical skills so they can work on a professional capacity in the future. ''This is for them, I'm giving them what I have because I want them to be prepared. Stan Strickland loot.I the horn It's a treat for me to see these juniors and seniors grow and Onyx photo by Mike McCraw become talented musicians," he said. seH,assured ano JUSt loaded with ego and self-con,,dence. With such a hectiuchedule, Webster finds it hard to get spare As Community Service Director, Webster finds the work time. But in those off hours he plays basketball two or three times challenging and it gives him the freedom to do other things with a week at the gym, reads a lot. composes music and spends a lot of his profouionnl expertise. time with his son Courtney. The nlbum "On the Town" (Epic), i, the first product of 4 In the future, he has hopes of putting together a 100-piece recording contract Webster signed last spring with Columbia orchestra and taking it to Carnegie Hall with Marvin Gaye and Record,. This album (the third to his credit), continues to confirm Aretha Franklin. He also hopes to be doing more producing and Lewis' musical genius and conveys a message with a sophisticated motion picture scores, which he reels he can handle al this time. style. In retrospect Lewis said, "I feel that my Life has been very "The other aJbums were not surcessful here in the United States fullfilled. I've been blessed. I also feel that l'Ve been placed here to as in Europe, primarily because they're very long cuts," he do something." explained. Vocaffot 8n,c,e Gary "People here in the states don't hnve time to listen to records, they ~on't have time to do anything. U you don't get people's attention the first two to three minutes or SO seconds in a OnyxPbocos recording you lose your audience. Whereas in Europe, or in other by countries, people have time to sit down and listen," added Lewi11. Mlk~McCraw Page 20 THE ,NORTHEASTERN ONYX December I, 1976

By Brian Keith Johni,oo A man who listens is a man who sees ..• Jn his latest album, Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder Lakes us all on a musical excursion into Wonderland, while imposing one-way tickets on all listeners whose visions of grandeur, by way of love and peace, are in tune with Stevie's Stevie Wonder moods. lyrics and rhythms . A colossal example of giving the people what they want, Son11 in the Key of Life is a double LP containin g 21 very mellow cuts or sober truth. An example of Wonder's perfectionism, the album look only one week to top the pop charts. Thl' range ortunes in this collection seems infinite. Each song displays the vastness or the artist's imagination. Each beat of the drum is a reminder of his pounding stamina. Throughout the entire album, Wonder shirts from classical lo jazz lo soul. One critic has already dubbed Songs as the LP of the 70's. "ISN'T SHE LOVELY" is a song about Stevie's lady, Yolanda Simmons, and their IS-month-old daugh~r . Aisha. Stevie met "Lond ie," 25, as he calls her. in 1973. the year he broke up with his rirsl wi£e, Syreeta Wright. Of his relatlonship with Yolanda, the 26-year•old musical genius has said. "We didn't have to do a 'marry me' and"I'II marry you~ thing. Love is free - it's not about yossession," A believer that "lire is Aisha," Wonder in ·•Jsn'l She Lovely" is overwhelmed br the .process or birth, " I can't believe what GOD has done Through us He 's given lile to one ... isn't she love11 made from love." As composer. lyricist, musician , singer and producer of Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder, with a $13 miUion, seven-year cont racl with Motown Records, and countless Grammy Aw&rds, is undoubtedly the giant of the music industry. Monumental landmarks, the cuts from Songa, along with cuts from other Wonder masterpieces , lnaervision• and Fv1filli.ngnui First Finale, will more than likely be performed by such great a.rtisLs as frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and the Boston Pops. A song of revelations, "As'· seems to be a mixture of country, weste_rn and gospel. "As" reveals natural signs of uniformity within the universal creation as we know iL •·As around the s un Lhe earth knows she's revolving ." "'Blindisms" are "a release of And the rosebuds know to bloom in early May "Children play wilh communicates through ..blindiSriu ordinarily be spent by eye movements," he said. Just as hate knows love's a cure energy tha.t would engineer said of Stevie, "He's not You can rest your mind assure John Fishbeck, Wonder's L.A. rusted can blind, he's sightless." Thal I'll be loving you always" sight, is what Stevie Wonder is all about. In Sonp, Stevie Wonder communicates every emotion he feels . Anyhow, music, not &,res cover their measure how broad our boriz.ons are," be said. "Song• in the Key of Life" is only a conglomerate of thoughts in "Music can 'Stevie Wonder' is a camouflage. my subconsdous that my Maker decided to give me the strength, "My mind wants lo see infinity. hands I, Steveland Judkins Morris, my real name, the love + love-hate=love energy making it possible for me to Through my music, deepest. fee1ings. and those of other bring my conscioua to an idea,'' Wonder said. ~ have been able to express my people." At the age of 12, little Stevie Wonder recorded Ftatertipa, his Politician& lOllgh styles, Wonder sings about hi s version first hit: since then, he bas sold more than 46 million records . Born And in more than many and drink or life. third of six children , he grew up in a Detroit slum, blind, he A baJlad is a simple song that tells a story and is pass ed from believes, becau se of a poorly regulated Dow of oxygen into an Drunk to all lo generation. "Village Ghetto Land" is a classical incubator after his month -premature birth. He baa said that as a generation with thl? arroganc;e of child, the only thing he accepted as part or this world was love. balla~ d~picting a community overcome demand," the communil-y is a "bloody scene." Evil When not communicating through love and/or music. Wonder explo1tat1on, such that forces within the community have turned the community into 8 • Stevie Wonder place where "rODbers laug h and steal." "Beggars laugh and eat their meal s. frdm the garbage cans ... Children play with rusted cars Sores cover their hands Politicians laugh and drink Drunk to all demands ...... On realities similar to the one in "Village Ghetto Land," Wonder once slalcd, "The powers that can change ghetto situatio ns don't live in them." l~ 1973, Stevie Wonder wa!'. a front seat passenger in a car :;~~tntmNorth Caro lina. The <'3r he was in ran into alogging ·•11was God te llin' m~ it was time I figured who and where my fr1(>nd, were,·· Stev ie satd, "Life hns to be positive- wc learn rrom experience. Gntta keep on rollin' forward. not rfwind." An inspirational song, "Have a Talk With God" delivers a message or hope and faith and communicating with the Onc Who lives within. "He'.., the onl.v free psythiatrist that's known throughout the world For solving problems of nll men. women. little boy, and girls When you fti('I your life's too hard Just go ha\'e a talk with God" ''Contusio n" has a fa:.t beat from an a ltogether different timc zonl'. :·Another Star" is a disco cut with lyrics implying that thl're a~e d1rrere11_tstroke~ for different folks ... different thing~ for d11fert!nl beings. And ..Sir Duke" praises such musical immortals as Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and of course. the lat,e grel\l "Sir ~uke·· Ellington. A WONDERFUL song. "Sir Duke" hos n fost Jazz pace of the 20's, and by s imply listening to the song, you can fet!I it a ll over. ln a -.lower, smoother song, "If It's Magic," Wonder croons and asks: ··Jr !l's magic then why can't it be everlasti ng 1t 11•~ specia l, then with it why aren·t we as <'areful ... Covt'ring every end, Wonder sings or a time when lovP is in need. He a~ks t~at peopl(l beeome love donors. donating love to a world that,._ being eaten up by the forC'esof evil. such as the forcc~ deJJicted in ..Village Ghetto Land." "l Wish" is a more at homt.> tune. It exprt)sses Wonder·s appreciation of black grassroots experie nces ... when he was a "little n~ppy headed boy" playing with "hoodlum friends," buying candy with money thnl was supposed to go in the chur ch coUcction plate, and writing "Msty" on the school walls. Stevie is expressing ineffable joy in this ,ong. "I Wish'. is Stevie Wonder wishing to be young Steveland Morris all over aga in." The cut entitled "Black Man" is a song of recognition oI men of all colors who contribut ed to the founding and developing or America. The last nam e mentioned in the song is of its only female - Harriet Tubman, a black woman. Invading eve ry corner of the univeue, Stevie Wonder and his listener s, in taking this journey to enlightment, float into a world of lru~ understanding - a world of clarily of expressions, a world where,n all communication is directly from the heart. In Soap in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder offers us a form of "love mentalism" and all that can be seen within iL lliE NORlliEASTERN ONYX December I, 1976 Page 21

By Marcia Codling- An Evening with Black Spirits Now that final exams are just around the corner, people are burnin g the midnight oil, and drinkin g large amounts of coffee. The overall effect of this much coffee has not yet been told or By Marsha Pitta explained to the average American. Onyx Staff Coffee is the most popular hot beverage in the United Sta tes-. Every one see med to be relaxed and enjoying themselves. lt To drin k a cup of coHee in th e morn ing before sta rtin g t h'e day , has seemed more like an informal gat hering than a regular formal become more of a habit than a necessity. Even though most producti on. The smell of incense was in the air, and no one spoke luymen ar e not familiar with th e phar macological -effect of coffee, above a whisper while someone was performing. they do know t hat it is t.he get up and go drink. So the mood was set for "An evening with Black Spirit s" on Oet. Coffee contains a substa nce called caffeine, which is res ponsible 29, sponsored by Ted Thomas. Chairm an or the Black St udies for its overall stimulant effect. A cup of coffee if brewed contains Dept., Ramona Edelin was Mistr ess or Ceremonies. about 100-150 mg of caf£eine. A cup of instant coffee contains There was a good mixture or poetry, music for the spirits and 86-100 mg of ca Heine. Other hot. beverages such as t.ea contain good gospel singing. Horizons East combined music to mellow out. approximately 75 mg of cafCeine per cup. one's spirit s and poetr y, as well as the s~ven principles of Nguya Co~a Cola, which is the number one cold beverage in the United Saber. One member, Che.valley gave us poetry to the blues. This Stat.es conta ins up t.o 60 mg. per glass. This amount of cafCeine group is centered around spiritu al revelat ion. • becomes import.ant when one realizes that. it. takes 50 mg. or Virgil Logan, Jr ., Gwen Terr y along with Ted Thomas, were the r.arreine to produce the expected pharmacological e£fect on the Ted Thoma, auihors of the group . Ted and Virgil read excerpts from their books central nervous syste m. of poetr y. Gwen Terr y authored and published her book "The Accompanied by Hazards of J ob Huntin g." Another author, Mikki Morris read poetr y excerpt s from her book "Changes." As one's eyes wandered around the room, they Brandon Rosser saw a display by the S->uth End Community Bookstore and 3rd The Onyx World Books adverti sing a 15 percent-off sale. The African on Congas, _ Herit age Institu te also had goods to show. The Ronald Ingr aham Concert Choir changed _the pace when they took folks down home with their gospel music. They opened Health Corner Ted in his soft with - "To Be Young Gifted and Black." After that number. everyo ne was on their feet clapping hands and ready to go to spoken style held church! Tfiese efrCcis mc1ucie st.1rriulal 1on oi the cerebr al cortex giving a The mood toned down somewhat., as Ted Thomas gave eve ryone more rapid flow of thoughts. It. is said to increase lllental the audience's a taste of his poetry . Accompanied by Brandon Rosser on congas, understanding and delay fat igue. Because of these desired efrect.s, Ted in his soft spoken sty le held the audience·s att ention, as the it is easy for a person t.hat is a heavy drink er to consume up to 5 attention, as the meaning of his words flowed around us. Everyone was silent. they Gms. of caffeine a day, which could lead t.o an over-stimulat.ioil. of seemed to realize that he was special. the central nervo us system. meaning of hi.s Another poet, Sayif Mujahada followed Ted. More spirit s, more Although the let hal dose of caffi ine is bet.ween 3-10 Gms. only relaxation. Then, more, a tr e, I f om Ramona Edelin. An origin al six cases of deat h due to caffeine has been reported around the poem entitled "Clearly Black' a:,d it was "Clearly Bh•'!k." world. Pharmacologists. however, are more concerned with the words flowed If Ted's inte ntion was to hr)ng together the Blae artists of toxic errects of cafCeine, one of which is catfeioism. Boston for an evening of enjoyment and spiritual rein \tion, it was It has been report ed in the J ournal of the> American around us. definite ly a success. Pharmaceutical Association that caHeinism can produce symptom s synonymous lo ana.iety neuro sis, such as irrita bility, nervousness, muscle twitching. tr emulousness, insomnia, increase heart beat, flushing in the face, increase excretion of urine, and gast ro-intestinal problems. Upon consuming large amotfnt s of caffeine. one can experience a withdr awal symptom when consumption is stopped. Pharmacologists have suggested the fact that caffeinism should be sugges ted when patients do not respond to anti-psychotic t.reatmenl. This has serious implication £or all people, but A man and his art •.. particul arly blacks and medically indigent people. The fact that. a person will seek, or be forced to seek medical help for neurosis exposes him to all kinds or experimenta l drugs that should allevia te this problem. One who does not have the money to see k private psychiatric or psychoanalytic help is compelled to go Lo a doctor who is only interested in cur ing the symplom. and is not overly concer ned with t.he habiLso r problems or these individuals. Bc>cause of his new finding, psychiatrists and psychoanalysts should make sure that the individual is not suHering from over-slimulation of th e central nervous 1,yslem due lo caHeine, before administering any psychotro pic drugs. One examp le of an anti-psychotic oru8 1:. , uQrazine, which has been report ed to cause severe permanent brain lesions which leads lo lhe Parki nson-like syndrome that is observed in many people who lake this medication. . The precaution involved here is not lo a:arm you. but to make one aware or the afte r-effects of dr inking too much coffee. The ,,sychological and political implication involved in seeking help for I his kind of neurosis can be compounded by ignorance of these fn<'l S. This is nol LO say that a person suffering from caffeinism cannot nlso be suffering from anxiety neurosis due to other causes. The advise here is to seek medical help as soon as po~sible. - References, ' - I. J ournal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Vol. NS 16 No. 10 Orto ber 1976 2, Cutting s Handbook of Pharmacology. Appleton-Century-CrofLs Educational Division, Meridith Corporati on. New York New York. 3. The Pharmacological Basis or Therapeutics, 5th edition Mac.Millian Co.. London and Toronto.

The Onyx needs you! Come help us out. ()Qyx Pltolos by Dan Brown Room 449 Mr. Dana · Chandler Ell Center. Page 22 THE NORTHEASTERN ONYX December I, 1976 --SPORTS-- Husky Capt. Keith Montley

By Delore s Greenlee Onyx Staff Keith Motley , an Aqunrion from Pitt s burgh. Pa .. is more than pholos by Sien Grumback JUSl a basketba ll playe r. He was elecled captain oft.h e basketball tC'arn ut Northea stern for t he 1976-77 seaso n. St.andi~ six-reet-c 1ght inches tall, he says he was shocked by being elected ;1s the first black captain or N.U . basket ball. His top priority was just to play in the games. In regar ds to t he basketba ll coach's att itud e toward the black playe rs, Keith commenl ed, "Calhoun is the bes t her e 1Nnr1heast.crn). as far as at titude is concer ned, if you can play, yo u will play." T he ('Oach has lr Cl!tCd him with respect, and looked out for him al h\cli cally as well as rinancially. The re spect and treatment one is give n depends on th e esta blishment of t he person. . As he relaxed in hisc hair in front of th.c T. V., Keith £ell t hat any brothe r who wants to try out for the team should be JOOpercent ready lO piny basketba ll mentully and physica lly ... 1 only wish more broth ers would tn • nut. " he .c.1tirl

Keith is also polaris or pres ident of Iota -Phi-Th eta Fr aternit y Inc. He is in ch1trge and responsible for some seve nly -five brothers . Keith·s hope for the fratern ity is "to become mor e active in campus issues. The main objective is to keep I he sa me spirit they hnve now, regard less of press ures of Northeaste rn ." Laughi ng at t he "Six-Million-Dollur Man," Keith encou ra ges new brothers Lo pledge the Iota fraternity beca use "Iota is a fraternity or tod 11ygrowini;:: into tomorrow." He fee ls the broth ers r.1n grow wit h the fraternit y. "It 's an expe rience you'll neve r rorget, and one you'll cherish in the long run . You lea rn a lot about yourself. your limits, learn to dl•ul with situati ons hell er , and crea les lasling frit>ndships," he said. Keit h is acthE: in the black communit y at North£>aslern. and is very confern ed ah.out the sit uation of blacks in the United Sta tes and South Africn. . "My fE:eJings ;ibout South Africa are that in rea lity South Africa is the United States in a smaller form. Some of the things lhnt are going on t here are st ill going on in the United States, excep t here, everyt hing is so spaced ool tha t thing s have a ie ndency lo become more candid . What the brother s and siste rs are going through in South Africa, seems to me to be very similar to ihe condition s of black people in the United States before the s ixties came along." Keith has a big interest in music. He sings and has organized a block group of rive brother s. Fie likes such arti sts as the Spinners, Ashford and Simpson, and Nata lie Cole. He helped promote the Nntalie. Cole and Crown Height s Affair concert last year at Symphony Hall. He has been involved with th e African •American Instit ute, a·nd was one of the coordinato rs of the black events during fre?Shmen orien~tion. Keith is a Se nior major ing in Speec h and Heari ng. He is now helping yo ung childr en learn how lo read . He feels it is a n.:warding job . - Ih the futu re Keith would like to play professional basketball in Euro pe. He would then like to return to the United St.ates and go to gra du ate school, possibly at the Univer sity or Pittsburgh to stud y idt!ology. This intelligent man, at.live in so many things of import ance, is su~ ~o tiucceed in whalevf'r hP tTiPs to do. THE NORTHEASTERN ONYX December 1, 1976 Pago Z3

Huskies defeat St. Mary's of Canada

Dave Brown Pho to By Brian K. Thomas Ony,i;S taff The Hu11ky basketba ll squad overca me a sluggish first hair aga inst St. Mary's or Canada in a n exhibiti on game Nov . 16 in Cabot Gy m, a nd went on to defeat t he relative ly s mall and unorganized squad, 85 to 63. . Six-four Herb (t he Hawks! Ceasar. (18 points, 10 rebounds, seve n assists, four nnsty, swooping lay-ups and Dave Ca ligaris, (15 points, five rebounds) and several rainbow jumpers led t he Huskies to victory. Dave Sheehan chipped in with 13 poi nts and the nighl's only bonnfide slam dunk. Also. Steve Ramos had 11 points, inc'ludi ng six on ll\y•ups in the second half. Sid Sheppard, a 6'7", center for St. Mary's, made a ttel)'lendous effort to keep St. Mary's close, but even he could not stop the Huskies from rontrolling the tempo or the game. St. M1try's led only once in the game late in the first quart~r. bt-forc Husky Jim Mercer sparked tl'ie offen!'ie to score six straight, forcin~ a time out by SL. Mary's. Northeastern with good Mfonse and a series of good offen!iiiVL· plays, grabbed thl• l('ad at the ha lf, 33 to 24. Caligari" lf'd the atlark in the• beginning or the second ha lf, anri (t"a!'-,1r took O\'er .:i~ the HU!iikiespadded their lead. Paul Porter c.:il)Jll'd nrr thl· eveing with a fabulous Jay-up at the huner Ont>assist hv ("(>asurin the second half to Ramos for two had thl' cro,.d on 1h r·l'l'l, but ,;oon the sma ll but enth11sio!iilll0 l•rowd snt back d1Jwn n~ thl> l(UOlt' conlihued Jl<; see-saw content. Lt·nding

Herb Ceasar rea dy t o leap Caligais with 30 points leads Huskies past Ryder

Ramos is at foul line , while Caligais shoots deadly jumper Page 24 THE NORTHEASlERN ONYX December 1, 1976 BubblingBrown Sugar Cast hasa HalloweenParty ...

...and Party they did

Onyx Photos by Mike McCl'aw