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P o r t la n d / O b s e r v e r T h u rs d a y , O c t. 28, 1971 Page 8 Go Blazers We are with you 'A BLACK DREAM j B lack v o tin g p o w e r g ro w s by Elizabeth Ann Churchwell F o r Twenty-Two years, I've lived in a Dream Society Cal led Portland, Oregon. To be Black and Proud was quite a th r ill - But when I awaken my mind draws a blank, and 1 soon bag an to wonder what kind of society should 1 give thanks fo r when 1 pray night and day............................................. 1 walk the streetsday byday, I see sm iling faces of all na tionalities some good- some bad - some rich - some poor, and then 1 really wonder if this is what wa called really to gether....................................... People have often empha sized the fact that all of us should walk with our head up high- keeping our mouth shut, fo r our own good—don’t talk unless its to save your life or to say Yes S ir, or maybe Yes Marne. But the important thing to remember is m nd your business and no ones elses, and you'll always be glad not happy......................................... Of course our people only know a few places to go, the firs t p la c e we think of is •GEN3VAS*, where we can get it re a lly together, pick up a drink, a lady? a man? and of course alot of Conversation- Gossip. But d lg if w i want to get dowi we can always go to the Key- Hole, the Turquoise room and a few other black and white places, to, as our Black men say, dig the sound, but is that true? or is all this called es cape or sneaky ????????????? There are alot of why's, what's and becauses in P ort land, but the main one is we're together. W e've had more vio lence in Portland and dying then we’ ll ever dream of the years to come or coming months may surprise us all in alot of ways good and bad. I ’m Just dreaming 1 know but 1 want to see a better portland. Land of many opportunities for a ll nationalities and better fa cilitie s fo r all our people, black and white, especially the poor. And It wouldn't hurt to add a little entertainment fo r a change, like real entertain ment. Right now all we needtodois stop dreaming and make the best of things in the open cause really I just woke up and it seemed 1 ike I had a hang over and it wasn't from drinking, it's from "seeing our city, on the real real side." W KKE L’P PEOPLE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. There are about 103 m illio n blacks in the eleven states of the South, making up one- fourth of the total population. Approximately three m illio n blacks have registered to vote. Today blacks are electing blacks to important positions in urban centers as well as in ru ra l areas. They are electing whites also, with the black voting power being instrumental in the election of the new group of more moderate governors. There are more than 700 black elected o fficials in the eleven Southern states, among them 28 mayors and 40 legis lators. There are black mayors in the predominately white cities of Chapel HUI, PCC launches legal program A rth u r L . Tarlow, Beaver ton attorney and form er De puty D is tric t Attorney fo r Multnomah County, is helping to pioneer a new Legal Tech nology career program at Portland Community College. Tarlow , cu rre n tly in private practice with Myatt, B olliger, Hampton, and Freerksen of Beaverton and on the resident faculty of the National College of D is tric t Attorneys, teaches "A d m in istra tio n and Organi zation of Judicial Agencies" each Tuesday eveing atPCC's Sylvania center in southwest Portland. He describes the course as a general intro duction to judicial structure, adm inistration, and legal his to ry. F o rty students are en rolled in Tarlow 's class which is one of two im itai PCC offerings aim ad at training people fo r careers in the legal profession. A second course, "E states and T ru s ts " which has an enrollment of 35 stu dents is taught by D r. Harold Wren, Dean of the North western School of Law, Lewis and C lark College. When questioned on the need fo r the new program, Tarlow said, "Law yers are facing the re a lity that legal assistants are necessary to the economic survival of attorneys, and national and local effo rt is being made to train assistants. Portland Com-nunity College is one of the firs t to utilize its fa cilitie s to promote edu cation, training, and coopera tion between legal secretaries associations and the bar associations. PCC has re alized the need fo r this pro gram and has gotten in volved." Legal Technology at Port land Community College w ill expand during 1971-72 to pro vide a continuing program which w ill prepare students fo r legal careers. There w ill be a core of fundamental skills courses which all studentswill take or challenge. A fter ac quiring basic s k ills and knowlaige of legal pro cedures, a student msy branch to one oí several specialties- -co u rt adm inistrator, working with judges in administering the court system; investi gator, working fo r private firm s , insurance companies, o r law lnforcemant agencies; legal assistant, a legal para- professional working under the d ire ct supervision of an attorney in the completion of legal assignments; and legal secretary, a secretary spe- Instrum întal in the develop ment of PCC’ s Legal Techno logy Program is an Ad Hoc Advisory Committee com posed of ludges, private prac ticing attorneys, law office managers, the staff of North western School of Lae, the Multnomah and Washington counties Legal Secretaries Associations, and court clerks. As M r. Tarlow says, "T here is a surprisingly large number of law offices whi h have committed themselves to having legal assistants. We are only beginning the neces sary training and development of these Dara-professional- -in fact, I'm sure we have yet to realize their fullpoten- tail of service to the legal profession. Liberty Bell The Liberty Bell was o rig i nally ordered to commemo rate a declaration called the William Penn C h a r t e r of Privileges, issued in 1701 The bell was to be used to celebrate the 50th anniver sary of that charter in 1751 C O N G R A T U L A T IO N P o rtla n d O b s e rv e r On your 1st successful year from the Staff of Bethel Child Dorothy Spencer Stanly Cage Portia White Alberta Polk Tony Marshall Savanna Jones Geraldine Irving Lillie C arter Connie Gonzales Janet Lynn Arlene Johnson Corine Winchester '»Or N A TE H AR TLEY Fuel O il "W r Care" 2 8 2 -5 5 3 9 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Monday thru Saturday) 2330 N E Alberta St. Sue S ta te A damage suit asking fo r more than$31 m illion has been filed on behalf of 205 convits alledgedly h e ld m isolotion cells without formal charges was filed InL '.S .D istrictC o u rt in San Francisco. The suit names five San Quentin inmate who were lock ed in solitary confinements™! remain there " f o r absolutely no reason” following the k ill ing of George Jackson on.Aug. 21st. A suit also covers a- bout 200 other inmates in C alifornia prisons. The suit, which asks fo r an injunction against the asserted unlawful Jetintion practice s- against the asserted unlawful asks fo r $25,000 in compen satory damages and $ 100,000 in punitive damages fo r each of the five nam-sd prisoners. Attorney Charles C arry said his five clients were lock ed up "on the mure suspicion of 'm ilita n ce ' or because they were otherwise identified with the radical le ft. Since then they have s till not beer, noti fied of any specific charges against them.” C a rry c h a r g e d that his clients chances fo r parole have been seriously damaged. S h o p < ^ > A n d Save M ore Portland, Ore. 97211 -w. Care’ § USDA G ra d e A Hi-Country G a llo n Reg. ’ 1.19 Keep p le n ty on h a n d fo r y o u r H o llo — een p a rty A »Q iloble G ro c e ry Section 89 4^ »* Reg 55 A v a ila b le G ro c e ry Section MYTE FRESH G ra d e AA Large Eggs 33 A v a ila b le M e a t Section D r. James E . Allen, form er L'A. Education Commission e r, was killed in an airplane crash in Arizona on October 16th. D r. A llen, who was ap pointed by President Nixon, served fo r 18 months. He resigned in June of 1970under pressure because of his state ments advocating school de segregation and deploring L.S. m ilita ry activities in South east Asia. D r. A llen's opposition to Nixon's policies came as no surprise to many who knew him as a man of outspoken con viction arxi an expert p o liti- tion who had come through many controversies unscath A t the time Nixon was mak ing clear that de facto segre gation was not of government concei n. D r. Allen was speak ing out against all form s of racial discrim ination. He c r i ticized the L\S. Invasion of Cambodia as "d is a s tro u s " to education and said it has shak en the confidence of m illions of citizens in this government. He refused to penalize col lege students involved in dem onstrations; advocated bus sing of children to achieve racial desegregation; and pre sent fo r recognition of educa tion as a top national p rio rity . As New YorkStateCo.nm 's- sioner of Education, he was involved in many controver sies. 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RalphAbemathyexplain- ed that most black officials are elect&l with a significant number of white votes, which has a tendency to cause black elected officials to be mod erate in their programs. Also, as blacks increase their representation, whites tend to change the rules to dUute their power. Since the passage of the \ oter Rights Act in 1905, blacks in the South have turned out to vote in numbers, bring ing social and p o litica l pro gress. C„ aoi CainesvUle, F lorida; there are a liberal white mayor and a black vice mayor in Atlanta. Only A r kansas has no black legis lators. 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