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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1972)
PortlanU/obscfvpf com m entai los. I h lsd e sci Im cu rre n t fail ol "b la c k n e s s ." er news a n d se rvice s, along itating selection gives tlie v o l "E b o n y " has an audited c li cu with national and Inter national ume an e x tiu m easure of force latlon of m ore than a m illio n ; news, l i e black press now ami d lv e i s ity as black men ami " J e t " , II i.ddd. gets m ore a d vertising than women s|>eak up foi t h e i r evei - another base on winch Veteran black newsman le d " Ih e Black P ress (1827-1890) rig h ts. to lu ild - ami, though newspap P o s to n of the New York Edited by M a rtin K .D a n n .G .P . Before the C iv il W ar, the " P o s t” once pointed at " J e t " ei production costs a i e high, P utnam 's Sons. $7.95. black p ie s s attracted w h it e there a ie co st-cu ttin g and la aid re m a rk « !, " T h a t's what le ad ers who wei e m ainly abo k ill« ! the Negi o P i e s s . " I he b o r-savin g devices such as By Edward Peeks litio n is ts . L ite ra c y was low off set p rin tin g and com putei s. black p ie s s , howevei, is s till among fre e peisons of c o lo r. v e iy much a live . It includes W olseley, w hoteacliesJour 'I lie black press stands at a Some who could read were too nalism at Syracuse U n iv e r the J o h n s o n P ublications, crossroads, as It has repeat poor to buy a newspapei .O th sity, suggests the p o s s ib ility some 225 newspapers with edly In tlie struggle of Negro e rs refused to Identify w ith tlie m ore than 2 m illio n le a d e rs, ol th is kind ol urban d a ily, tu t A m ei leans lot lie n C onstitu cause of freedom advocated by plus magazines such as “ Se in fact fe lie v e s that the future tional lig h ts . But th is tim e t ie black publications. F re d e ric k p ia ,” "N ew I . a d y , " " E s favors black m agazines. I he crossroads denote m oi e un Douglass h a r d l y ever had sence,” and “ T uesd ay." Ihe magazine tits the trend to what c e rta in d ire c tio n s than eve r, m oi e lhan 1,(810 c li culatlon at la tte r, with a c iic u la tlo n ap lie c a lls " t lie specialized pe (me road which beckons Is t ie any t i m e lelw een 1817 a ril proaching 2 m illio n , is a sup r io d ic a ls ," as o p p o s e d to broad route to social and eco 186), tlie year that haul tim es plement s tu lf« l in m e tro p o li mass consurnei magazines. nom ic Justice fo r black and anil the C iv il Wat forced him tan d a llie s once a week and " A s tlie w h it e newspapers w hite tog etlie i; the o ile r , tie to sus|iend (iu b llc .ition. covei the black s o c le ty m o i e d is ti ibuted in Negi o commu side route to ra c ia l separ W olseley makes cle a r the and m o r e , " be says, "th e n itie s . Ih e ie are three black atism and t ie isolation of black d is tin c tio n s between b l a c k d a llie s : the Chicago "D a ily black magazine w ill supply nationalism . new-.pa|>eis and m agazines. D efender,” A tlanta " D a i l y readers with depth w ritin g , I le r e was a tim e , however, W hile d iffe re nce s e xisi in fo r Woi id ,” and the i lui i« .,, fic tio n , ami other m a te ria ls aftet the days of chattel slav m a l and production, howevei, Ga., " I lin e s ." foi the ethnic g ro u p w h ic h w ill e ry , w len no doubt existed tlasie a ie s im ila ritie s In the W olseley n o t e s that the not in sufficie nt quantity, 1» about the course of " ju s t ic e " h is to ric a l growth and lovelo|>- black p ie ss laces increasing available thr ough w hite per i- lo t a black A m erican chaiged merit of the newspapei ami con ifie tition by rad io and TV uJicals and which cannot rea w ith m u rd erin g a white. A ll magazine fo r black le a fle ts . fo r news and ad vertising. t jf sonably be expected to appear too often, t ie lynch mob took W. I-.. B. Du B u is’ m onthly some 110 ia d lo s t a t i o n s th e re .” T h is point is so de ovei le fo ie tie ink had d ried " C i Is is ” magazine and Rob beam«) at black com m unities, serving of fu rth e r study it on t ie police b lo tte i . In this e rt 5. A bbott's weekly Chicago only a handful are owned by m ight w ell become a p ro je ct of atm ospheie t ie black p r e s s " I » l e n d e r f o r example, blacks - In con tra st to the bun the black National Newspa|ier had no doubt* alaait e ltle t its gained mass c irc u la tio n about d le d * of newspapers and mag P ulbishers A ssociatio n. ro le o r the goal of its leader s, the same tim e dui ing W orld azines t h e y publish. S u c h W o l s e le y ' s " Ih e Black I le y shaied a sacred m ission W ar I. Both advocated black com petition is a m a jo r chal P re s s , I SA” brings t ie his to rem ove once and fo r a ll tie m ig ra tio n fro m tlie plantatnm lenge. to ry ol Negro jour nalism up to c e rta in ly of mob ru le and bi u- South to the in d u stria l areas date, taking up where A m u tal disre g a rd for t le t'o n s litu - Ihe Negro weekly also is ol the N o rth ; both championed te id S, P l xle le ft off in "A tlonal lig h ts of black A m e r cballeng«! to go d a ily in la ig e c iv il rig h ts and sharpened the Register ami H is to ry ofN egro icans. I ogothei, the volumes cutting e d g e of tlie p iu te s t c itie s w lie ie tlie black popula Newspapers In the U n it e d com piled by M a rtin S. I lann tion continues to I n c i e a se . p ie ss; lioth had the help of States! 1827-1950," an unpub and Roland E .W o lse le y reveal P io spe cts appeal to be ju st as black Pullm an p o rte is who as lished Ph. D . d isse rta tio n at much about th is often neglect- food In W hlngt m, ( Cleve sured d e liv e ry to Negro com N orthw estern U n iv e rs ity . Ed «1 past i ole of black newspai»- land, and a scoie ol other m un itie s, N o itb and South. win K . W elsch, In " I heNegro e i s, as w ell 11 o lle i ing insight c itie s as they w e ie n e arly f o r When the G reat Depiession in tlie United M a te s ," ob Into piesent pi oblem s plagu ty years ago when W .A. Scott stru ck, both " C r is is " a n d served that the black press ing p rin t and bioadcast media started tfie A tlanta " D a ily ''D e fe n d e r" c i r c u l a t i o n s “ has not received t ie scholar owned by black A m e ilc a n s . W o tld ." Perhaps le tt e r , l i e plum m eted. ly research attention it de P r o m "F re e d o m 's Jo u r e m b a ttl« ! c it e s of t ie nation, C irc u la tio n huigeoned in se rve s.” W olseley gives it n a l," slatted in 1827 by John teeming w ith black and white die D ao's -de fe n se Industries d e se rv« ! attention. He en B. Russwurm and Samuel E, lower classes, need a pre ss not only brought new p ro spe r larges the p ic tu re of the black C o rn ish , to t h e Cleveland stee|ed in hope .md com m itted ity to black A m e ric a , but the p r e s s as an in stitu tio n and a "G a z e tte " published by B .C . to w ork for social anil econom w a r Intensified the protest business e n te rp ris e as w e ll. In sm ith altei the C iv il W ar, ic re v iv a l, ore eschewing the i ole of the Negi o p ie s s . It at doing so he o ffe rs a broader black voices made the Negro common emphasis on editor tai tack«.! jo b d is c rim in a tio n in view than does Vishnu V . Dak (ness what II t i ad ltlo nally was handwringing by m etrop olitan defense Industi les ant the in " I h e Negro N e w spa pe i" c o n s a le io t a protest press. d a llie s over loss of t ie tra d i m istre a tm e n t of blacks in uni (1948), which concentrates on About 525 black publications tional tax base to t ie suburbs. fo rm . I hewai against Nazism the black newspaper as a c iv d appeared lelw een 1827 and f ir « ! up the age-old ie lr e l in Many businessmen, labor rig h ts champion ami a case 1800, but lew ol them survive leaders, and public o ffic ia ls s e ll-h e lp , hetter known in la y h is to ry of sm a ll business. today. Yet what these publica know that tie exodus cannot as "b la c k p o w e r". (Now, as W olseley a l s o exam ines tions sto o l lo t lives on in me then, the belief by any n a m e continue in d e fin ite ly without public re la tio n s ami broadcast llann volum e, which antholo u ltim a te ly dooming suburbia ■ •• ii i i i : ii i i ,, jo u rn a lis m as they re la te to gizes It» pei sunaI jo urn alism its e ll; that the c ity m ust be i e- lo ya lty, econom ic p to g ie s s the contem porary black press ol black men and women under v lta liz « ! through com m erce, fo r tlie group - a means to fu ll and its future. (B la ck public such subjects as Ihe ro le of tr» •si ., bout ing, I ■ ild fa citize n sh ip lig h ts , not an end re la tio n s fir m s are becoming black p ie .., t ie black view ol c ilitie s , schools, and o t h e r in its e ll fo r separatism o r increa sing ly I m p o r t a n t as h is io iy , p o litic s , la bo r, n n - means that im prove li e quality white supremacy in techni consultants in big business ami g i at ion, ami e m ig ra tio n . of life fo r urban ami suhui b in c o lo r.) At the same tim e , news governm ent, thus Influencing I he I I If residents a like . H e black about Negi oes Inci eased in ihe in fo rm atio n channels expected the W ulseley study, defines me d a ily has a ha se on which to general press. to yield news of p a rtic u la r black press as jn in stitu tion stand as an advocate foi urban Bi 1942, John C . Johnson be significance to Negi oes about owned and u|<ei aled by black re b irth . Nut t ie least p illa r gan his phenomenal rise as a employment, h o u s i n g , and A m erican s lo i black Airier I - o! that base is the grow ing Ne- black p u b lis le i ol m a/.i/m e ,, health m a tte rs.) W olse ley's cans. In bis selei Hons, llann Ijeginning w ith "N e g ro |>l- research som etim es gets in adheies fa ith fu lly to this del i- those who e x e ic is e th e ir rig h t .••• t " , nt « ill« q tlie way of his w ritin g , and he nitlon , making It an anthology and opportunity, w h n rn ttn x- W oi Id ••( bony", the II d i temls to crowd dates, pei lods, ol N e gio voices evpieased ists, to move ti suburbs. I he lation leadei of Johnson Pub ami p e rs o n a litie s . T h is leads through means launched a n d black d a ily would help d e te r lic a tio n s , once came undei to some m in o r e r r o r s of fact. con tro lled by them . F o r this m ine goals a in i« i at mutual fir e fo r s k i m m i n g th e But on the w h o le he has pro reason, some classlv w ritin g s benefits foi black ami white “ c re a m ” of N e g io life with duced a m a n y -s k l« l study are om itted. o th e rs a r e e x - Urbanites; it would seek to success ami society stones which few books on the subject cluded because they a re fa m t- root its e lf in the live s of woi k - w hile Ignoring tlie p lig h t of the can r iv a l. I i j i selections in g e n e ia l an ing class people, rep ortin g black masses. It Is a d iffe i ent thologies on black Am ei n i, then b irth s , m a rria g e s , ami stoi y now. "E b o n y " and th e In biographies, or in «octal weekly " J e t " are m ining th e deaths; it would o lle i consum "T h e Black P ress, By Roland E . W olseley. lows Stale U n iv e rs ity P ress.$IU .>0 A numbei of changes in the basic tax rules design«) to re duce the tax burden of all in di vidual taxpayers a le e m b o ile d in the Revenue A ct of 1971, n o t e s Com m erce C learing House, national rep ortin g au thor ity on tax and business law. Some of the new provisions go Into effect im m ediately and w ill have im pact on 1971 calen d a r - y e a r individual tax re turns. F ir s t off, the value of a per sonal or deiendency exemp tion on 1971 re tu rn s increase from $650 to $675. Next year it Jumps to $750. F u rth e r the low -incom e allowance fo r 1971 is u lla f $l,0 5 0 ($ 525 in th eca se of a m a rrie d individual filin g a separate te fu rn j without any income phase-out. Next year, the allowance is worth $ 1,300 ($650 in the case of a m a i iie l Individual filin g a separate re tu rn ). T h e s e new tax benefits, coupled w ith the e xistin g 13 per cent standard deduction (up to a maximum of $ 1,500) are re flected in a new se rie s of Op tional I ax Tables released by t l» Internal Revenue service i d I J71. Many in dividu als get an es timated tax break under the Revinue A ct. The penalty fo r undei payment of 1971 e s ti mated tax w ill be waived fo r single persons (or m a rrie d peisons not e n title l to file a jo in t return ) whose gro ss in come does not exceed $ 10,000, mar ried individuals entitled to file a jo in t re tu rn if th e irc o m - b in « l gross income is less than $20,000, a n d heads of households and su rviving spouses if gro ss income does not e xceed $20,000. I tie new Revenue A ct also has its im pact on t ie business f r o n t fo r 1971. Param ount among the changes in the busi ness area is the re stora tion of the 7 per cent investm ent tax c r « iit effective , g e ne rally, fo r property acquired after Au gust 15, 1971. M ore tim e ly Incom eT ax in form atio n w ill appear in next week’ s Issue of the O bserver. F u rth e r, the Act give le g is la tive sanction to the I reasury D epartm ent's A sset D epre cia tion Range System (n o w known as t l» “ C lass L ife Sys tem ” of de pre ciatio n), which. in e ffe ct, allow a r . -payer to select a depreciation pei iod for assets w ithin a r ange wh. h goes fro m 20 ,«r ent f»iow to 20 [<er cent a h ■ ■■ ■■ fo r each cla ss of assets, f his new system e lim in a te s th e com p lica te! r eserve t a llo test and is designed to s im p lify the u fm in istra tio n of depreciation methods. ITH'S LOW COST NO FROST REFRIGERATOR 14.7 Cu. Ft. No-Frost REFRIGERATOR • Giant 146 lb Zero D e g ree F reezer e 'T w o Ice 'n Easy Trays e Freezer D oor Shelves for ’/» G al Ice Cream C artons — 11 Ju ice Cana e Big 10 4 7 Cu. Ft. R e frig e ra to r S ection e No Coda on Back — Fite Flush! e Four C a b in et Shelves 278 w ith tr a d e TB F15EM Range with New Upswept Cooktop LOOKS BETTER & CLEANS FASTER 158 w ith tr a d e |1M EASY TERMS Styled fo r you by G eneral Electric with easy-to-clean upswept cooktop and fam ily- s.ze oven with rem ovable oven door. Features h.-speed Cal- rod ' surface units w ith fin g e r tip pushbutton controls. SMITH'S SHOP 9 TO 9 M O N THRU H I SAT M i l 6 P M (tewe 30th and S. E. D IVISIO N • 234-9351 W hat makes Wonder Bread so fresh? Blacks charge news media NNPA notes Black Press Week since that tim e , nearly (.000 black newspapers have come ami gone, leaving today 192 in 37 slates w ith a combined c irc u la tio n of m ore than 3,501),0(10. F oui of these are d a ilie s ; 11» A tlanta D aily Woi Id, t l» Chicago I »ally | )e- fen dei, t l» Colum bus I lines, ami the D a lly News of tl» V lrg in Islands. F Ive co m m e rcia l black pap e rs have con tinu e! since tl» 19th ce n tu ry. Ihe y are: Ihe Philadelphia Tribune, founded in 1884; the B a ltim o re A lro - A me r lean, 1892; The Houston In to rm e i ami T exas Freem an, 1892; the Iowa Bystander, 1894; ami the Indianapolis Re co rd e r, 1895. A black who w orks in the news media c ritic iz e d hisow n profession Tuesday as being ra c is t In h irin g and news prac - tire s , " F o r the most |>art, c o v erage of Ihe black < om niunlty Is sketchy except fliat it is v io le n t o r sensational,** Lou P a lm e r, a re p o rte r-c o lu m lis t w ith the Chicago Dnilv News said, "T h e re is no com m itm ent to (mt the black man in p e r- sp e ctlve .” P alm er and Rep. S h irle y Chisholm (D -N .Y .l, who had her statem ent placed in the hearing’ s record, said ihe number of blacks In the news media a re so few that they have no im pact on p o lic y , "T h e re are 11 black r e p o rte rs on the four w h ite - owned newspapers’ ’ in C h i cago, P alm er said, ‘ T h is is In a c ity which the Census Bureau savs is 33 (>er cent b la c k .’ ’ Rep. C hisholm said "D e s p ite a ll the pledges to the c o n tra ry we have heard over the |>ast few years from the pre ss It s t ill has not made concentrated e ffo rts to h ire and prom ote m in o ritie s , " T h e Washington S tar, fo r exam ple, told us that in a c ity that is 71 per cent black w ith a s ta ff of 185 re p o rte rs and e d ito rs , it tuts but nine re p o rte rs and e d ito rs w hoare black. "T h e New York T im e s , In a c ity which Is 21 (>er cent black, has 557 re p o rte rs and e d ito rs , but onlv 20 m in o rity re p o rte rs and e d ito rs . “ The San F rancIsco C hro n- I d e , p rin te d in a c ity that has a 28.5 per rent m in o rity population, has onlv 12 m in o r ity group m em bers out of an e d ito ria l s ta ff of 223.” M rs , Chisholm said some newspapers ignored her r e quest fo r inform ation on m in o rity staff members. SHO P IEN O W S • 'It is the ultím a le h y p o c ri sy that the p a i« rs that p n each the loudest about freedom of in fo rm a tio n , c iv il rig h ts and c iv il lib e rtie s , reverse th e m selves and refuse fo provide Inform a tion to the public aland th e ir own p o lic ie s .” B R A N D S you knot V A R IE T IE S y o u lik S IZ E S y o u w a n t The Friendliect Stores In Town Since 1908 Page 3 Watch for revenue act impact on 1971 returns Black Press: yesterday and today WA5IIING1ON (NNPA) - I lie National Newsp«|>ei Pub lisher s A ssociation (NNPA) w ill m a ik the U 5 tb anniver sary of the Black P ress with Workshops foi highschool stu dents in five regional areas. G arth C . Reeves, president of the association ami publish er of the M ia m i I lines, an nounced this week. Ihe workshops, part of Black P ress Week observ ance, M arch 12-19, w ill serve to l« tte r acquaint young people with tlie 192 black newspajwrs pu blish« ! in A m e rica a n d fu r- thei th e li in te rest In jou rnal- Ism , said M r . Reeves. The regional areas vhere the w oikshops a ie tu b e held are: Atlanta under the leader ship of John B. Smith of the Atlanta In q u lie i andC .A .S cott of Die Atlanta D a lly W orld; B a ltim o re umlei the d ire c tio n of llu w a rd E. M urphy ot tlie A fro - A m erican; M ia m i with M r . Reeves In charge. A ls o St. L o u is undei tlie leadership of Nathaniel A. Sweets ot the St. Lo uis A m e r ican; D r . Eugene M itc h e ll of the A ig u s ; ami Howard B. Woods of the Sentinel; ami Saciam ento, C a lif., w ith W il liam H. I.ee of the Sacramen to o b s e rv e r In charge. In a ll five w oikshops, with an expect«l total attendance of m ore than 1,(XX), the his to ry of the black press w ill be re v le w o l, going back to John B. Russwurm anil the Rev. Samuel E .C o i nlsh, foun de rs of Freedom Journal In New Y o i k C ity on M a tch lb, 1827. Hiursday, March 16, 1972 H i. I 4 SI •• 4 » K I h <f 1, N 1 I ?»»<| I N I I. l x N Lomba. <1 at l»t IWn, m N I O .. H.iifiqb H.llv PI.»». J »’ it 4 W r M « 1 •»?•»«! dt *• I O'. • W M R tk o» UNIUD GROCOiS The PORTLAND TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION urges all d rivers to dim their lights well In advance, because the glare ol blight lights blinds an oncoming d riv e r for five to seven seconds. That five to seven seconds could really get you. Ever wonder why Wonder Bread is always fresh? Because every loaf is wrapped warm from the oven in our Sta-Fresh hag. Then rushed into a bakery truck while it’s still warm. So you can he sure Wonder’s always fresh in the store. Wonder Enriched Bread not just fresh and delicious...it’s also good and nutritious. W onder helps build strong bodies 12 w ays- a i
