Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, December 07, 1972, Page 10, Image 10

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    A -2 PortlandAibservwr Thursday I leeoni be r7, 1972
National Black Assembly predicts
action on Black Agenda
Blacks petition U.N
Rev. Jesse L . Jackson, na­
tional director of operation
Breadbasket, was assured by
U . N. Secretary General U
Than«, that his organization
will soon become a part of the
United Nations.
Operation Breadbasket has
applied for non-governmental
organizational slat"*
the n —
U.N. in relation to world pro­
blems.
One of Breadbaskets firs t
official acts will be to perm it
the 13 member Congiesslonal
Black Caucus to present to the
UN General Assembly “ black
Am erica's case
•
last weekend has predicted
that the group’s first move
would be to begin Implement­
ing the decisions expressed In
rhw
Black P n llH e .l
"seeing (hat one hand know a
what tie otlwr hand Is doing
and awe lug dial all hand» • —
ftictlonlnr »—•
—,
I nai group embodied m
than 26 states In whlcl
• —
The man elects«’
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(AANS)
m em ber
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Thursday
ta rv o n «
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school, h» o
student coni
needs W »
, tl«a schools
" interests»1
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sncouvet
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course
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exp^
achool” sysi«111.
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vancouve» ha»
- . - l e schools a
Police Corruption
The
O b s e r v a t io n
Vancouver Citizens
pace setters
With the city election in which two black
men were elected to city-w ide positions,
those o f city council and school b oard, the
people of the City of Vancouver have joined
those of oth er enlightened a re a s where men
a re not judged on race alone, T h c p ^ ^ f l
of
V a n c o u v e r,
p o o ila f H ’
,
with
!:■>-••
1
cast sone 13» «ck history in­
volving gieaf blsck le rte s
umd te ro u e s of li e past. He
Llso plans io bring la »one
Bdack
poetry.
Eventually.
^ L -, sou plans to bring in
an
^ ^ b la c k
1 1
A ■
” „*--*> 'iv V*
newscasts
with
B ^ ^ n u n i’ ui lenwd news.
I . C . Soul st""*
a , d .n Sunday •
v
'
,n
lin e
« > («
»m i
1»
*.<•
BgK"'1 many
V g
B
K
V B H khe
F
ol I I » I I '
who
have
c a ll.
(*o p ie la haiu
past performances ol o tte r
blsck erxlesvors tty octet
people.
II tie r« an blick
t>uslnessinen who are
thia artic le, I hot» that it
w ill inlluence ycai entaigh so
that you will listen to the
E . C . Soul show, groove on
the sounds snd then get Into
the
motion;
tie
posltl*
motion of reaching Into •
pockets and (Xittuir-
money behlral sow'
» if « * g "« u s'
Ith u U l tlie II*
a
M U l'p C ll
rt:
Heap.’"»
.
i a
Z J iv ’
; y y
* 1
i r I
' •' x ' k
c o n trib u fe d
dem ocratic i d e a ^ ^ \ V .<*non
application to a ll0 aJple. Not oi
have benefited by th e ir se rv ice
kw¡a»nÍH\
' -m talnr the
, -a hie program.
B / kw », from what you
have read, you know that » '
E . C . Soul Is Mack.
,
and- above all ind'
Some rare quel’’
socety.
Ills
directed t r -
of all
ton '
û/«c*
• '* /
.
-S ’ .
Vancouver plans
Black Expo
Vancouver,
Washington's
firs t Blsck Expo and Soul
Bowl '72 has teen scheduled
for Saturday, December 9,
at Galser Hall of C lark Col­
lege, according to Roy H ar­
ris, Director of C lark County
Community Congress which
Is sponsoring tie event. T ie
12 hour
program,
com­
mencing at 1:00 p jn ., is to
provide cultural awareness,
.
and oT>portunlty^|fe^JArFJ
to both
tonal; Fashion Wheel; Albina
Art Center; State of Oregon;
Downstairs Lounge; Portland
State
University;
Oregon
State Medical School; Better
Half Fashions! Dillard Hudson
Barber Supply; Fashion HUG
National Alliance of Busi­
nessmen; U.S. C ivil Service
Commission; Urban League
of Portland; Pig on a PIG
’Albertsons
Foixl
Stores;
^A pp ortio nm en t
dilutes Black
Vote-power
^ X ^ « ’ slon«1 Black
^ ^ < r gBs that reappor-
*■ 1)0 ,r* used to
black voting |>ower and
^ i t both the Democratic ami
Republican parties are tactly
giving approval.
The only foimula the l ) > .
Supreme Court lays down for
reappoi tlonment Is “ one man-
one vote” . There la no re­
quirement to respect com­
munity oi social, geographic
or social Interests.
One reason there are so few
•
Currently
there are 13
representatives and one sena-
to r.
Blacks constimte
less than 3% of the House
of Representatives.
There Is not a single black
elected from Alabama (3(%
black),
Mississippi
(42%
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.
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a rris noted that limited
e and presentation time
111 available on a limited
for additional black art,
trs ,
music, business
ess and opportunities,
etc.
Those persons,
itlons or businesses
Interested in p arti-
should contact Roy
store November 11
n trrangements for
as''1" * '
There w ill be no
.ah lb It ion or p re-
«tion space.
Call 694-
i ’ In Vancouver,
A In a n e la I contrllutlons,
ntary services and re -
1 able supplies are also
I ;omed.