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Portland Observer
Thursday, July 15th, 1878
Carter
Young nominates Carter
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Y m a « of Geergfa:
In the last tw o hundred years we have achieved moments of greatness and we have
also stumbled, and when we have stumbled it was usually a stumbling over the
burden o f race - a burden of economic deprivation and exploitation. And whether they
have been just or unjust laws, those laws have deprived us of our opportunity to fulfill
the dreams th a t would make us tru ly the great nation which exists in all our hearts. I
don’t know about you. but I »rant to lay those burdens down.
I am ready to lay down the burden of race, and Jimm y C arter comes from a p art of
the country that, w hether you know it or not. has done just th a t
I was in Plains. Georgia, last week and I hadn’t been there far over ton years. I
rem ember being nervous as we passed the court bouse. I rem em ber the guy who used
to be sheriff many years ago and as we passed the court house the sheriffs ear pulled
out and I began to trem ble a little until I looked in the sheriffs car in Sum pter County.
Georgia, and saw th a t the sheriff, or whoever was driving, was Black.
I turned to the Black contractor that was sitting w ith me in the car and I said. “You
know, I don’t have to be afraid in Sumpter County any more. I used to get nervous
when I passed the Sumpter County Courthouse.* And he said. "You know, Andy. I
helped build the new Sum pter County Courthouse." And there we w ere - a H ack
businessman, a Black Congressman
in a little ru ra l county, helping to elect the next
President of the U nited States.
A man. who is his own time, was gifted w ith an independent, free-thinking mother
and who never had to grow up w ith the burden and the weight of racism in his family
H e overcame th a t burden and. because he has worked side by side w ith people of all
kinds, he can help the United States lay down the burden of race and move to a
beloved community.
But more than than. Jim m y C arter can help Am erica deal w ith the problems of
poverty — because there is nobody that has worked his way up from the grass roots ,
out of the d irt, shaking peanuts, to the presidency of the U nited States - in 200 years
from indentured servitude to the presidency a t the tim e of this Bicentennial.
Jim m y C a rte r brings to us a wonderful opportunity to put an end to poverty and to
go on to “study w ar no more". He understands our m ilitary and be knows that we can
be a strong nation without poaring all of our wealth and all of our money and resources
in those things which destroy.
I f you would vote far life, if you would vote to fay down the burden of race, if you
would vote to lay down the sick and ailing economy of the last eight years, vote with
me for Jim m y C arter as president - and I proudly second his nomination - the next
President of the United States.
if you would vote to lay down the burden
of race, if you would vote to lay down the
sick and ailing economy for the last eight
years, vote with me lor Jimmy C arter as
president."
Representative Yvonne Brath waite
Burke seconded the nomination of Cali
fornia Governor Jerry Brown. A Mrs.
Craven seconded the nomination of anti
abortion candidate Ellen MacCormack.
M rs. Corretta Scott King, speaking to
the plank on civil and legal righto said.
“W e have now come to a period when
America seems to have retreated even
from its prophecy of human righto and
equality of opportunity when millions of
Americans turn to their government for
active help, they were treated w ith be
nign neglect.
W e ask the Democratic P arty, its
people and its leaders to recognise the
enormous power that resides in our na
tions government. To recognise that it’s
most frail gesture may dash the hopes
and lives of many of its people and that its
firm commitment to human righto may.
by example, change the world and bring
us peacefull and proudly back onto fields
of praise and earned respect . . .
W e ask the Democratic P arty, its
people and its leaders, to assert with
bravery, w ith love, w ith passion for jus
tice and w ith finality that now. in our
time, this nation must rise up and live out
the true meaning of its dream.”
Bicentennial q»ih displayed
As we go to press, it has been confirm
ed that Representative Ron Delluma of
California will allow his name to be placed
in nomination for the vice presidency.
Delluma said he was allowing his name to
be entered in order to provide a platform
for those who want to discuss issues that
have not been aired on the floor of the
convention.
Early in the convention there was a
move to nominate Los Angeles Mayor
Tom Bradley, but after a group of Black
delegates talked w ith Carter, they decid
ed not to make the move.
The Black delegate count is down this
year because the new delegate selection
rules tolerate a less than strict obedience
by state parties to the national party's
affirm ative action requirements.
E arlier this year the Caucus of Black
Democrats set as its national goal a 25
per cent Black representation at th * tu76
convention.
Black convention representation ob
viously falls far short of the 25 per cent
goal. And while the nearly 11 per cent
Black participation rate thia year is an
improvement over that of the 1988 con
vention in Chicago, where Blacks were
merely 8.7 per cent of the total, the
performance in 1976 is viewed by Blacks
as a step backwards by a political party
which has depended for years on Black
voters as a key ingredient in its winning
combination of interest group coalition.
Red, white and blue flowers, napkins
and refreshments accented the reception
table Saturday, July 10th at the Oregon
Historical Society. The event was spon
sored by the Afro-Am erican Heritage Bi
centennial Commemorative Q uilt Com
mittee. M rs. Richard Bogle presented the
three co-chairmen red, white and blue
corsages. Assisting w ith pouring were:
Mrs. S.Q. Broadus. M rs. Ellis Caason,
Mrs. Geraldine Christian (Commissioner
of the American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission of Oregon), Mrs. C. A.
W hite. Mrs. W illiam McClendon. Mrs.
Ernest Hartxog, M rs. Thomas L. Stray-
hand, Mrs. Lillian Bell, Mrs. Vernon But
ler, Ms. Berna Plummer, and Mrs. W illi
am McCoy, Jr. Assisting with the guest
book w ere Mrs. Elisabeth Buehler, Miss
Lori Reynolds and Mrs. Phillip Owens.
Persons were invited to register their
year of arrival in Oregon either by birth
or moving here. Among the longest years
were: Miss Irene Hallberg (1902), Miss
Hazel Yaeger (1904), M r. Edward Brown-
stein (1905). Mrs. Elise A. Reynolds. 1967
Oregon M other of the Year (1915), Miss
Ends Golden (1916), Mrs. Sarah L. Shel
ton (1916).
N ative Oregonians w ith more than fifty
years were Mrs. Elisabeth W. Buehler.
D r. W alter C. Reynolds. Mrs. Ida Mc
Clendon, Mrs. Carl Deis, Mrs. Lucille
Pierce.
Among the out-of town guests were:
Mias M ary E. Sumner of Virginia Union
University (Richmond, Virginia). Mrs.
Liz Thomas of Seattle, Mias Aileen Stone
of Salem, M r. N eil Stone of Salem. Miss
Faith Love of Eugene. Mias Celeste W il
liams til Oakland, Cal.. Mrs. Jessye D.
Bouren of Hugo. Oklahoma. M r. and Mrs.
Raymond Howell of Loa Angeles, Cal.
The Afro-American Heritage Com
memorative Q uilt and Historical Exhibit
will continue through September 80th.
1976 and may be seen Monday through
Saturday at the Oregon Historical Soel
ety. A t the cloee of the exhibit, the 1853
issue of Frederick Douglass' Paper which
is currently displayed w ill become a part
of the permanent archives of the Oregon
Historical Society. Frederick Douglass is
acknowledged as Father of the Protest
Movement: his humanitarian concern in
cluded the abolition and women's righto.
The quilt is a copyrighted design. In
October, the Quilt Committee will vote to
determine the institution to which the
quilt will be donated. Members of the
committee are Mrs. Richard Bogle, Mrs.
Webster C. Brown. Mrs. Robert Can
ada. Mrs. Osly J. Gates. Miss Sylvia
J. Gates. Mrs. F . V. Love. Mrs. S. E.
M ayfield, Mrs. W illiam McCoy. J r.. Mrs.
R. M iller, Mrs. Phillip Owens, Mrs. Isaac
S. Payne. Mrs. Zack Phillips, Mrs. W alter
C. Reynolds. Mrs. E. M . Rollins, and Mrs.
P erry W hitlow.
Top ten high accident streets are in
order: Union Avenue. Lombard. Division.
A lberta. Holgate, 82nd, Faster, Wood-
stock. Powell. Sandy Blvd.
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AME Connection
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b etter pardon and parole procedures, briefer and surer sentences,
psychological counseling, more chaplain services, correction of
alcoholism and drug addiction - to bring the prisoners back cloee
to th e ir families, to let them out on good conduct on holidays so
they could keen some contact w ith the outside world. I got to know
the characteristics of those who had been in prison - a lot o f old
people, a lot of young people - a lot of Black people, a lot of w hite
people - a lot of well educated people, a lot of retarded people -
thirty -fiv e per cent of the Georgia prisoners w ere m entally retard
ed. T here w ere a lot of poor people, but not any rich people. And
this means th a t our crim inal justice system or court system has a
conspiracy against poor people. I t just means th a t w e still have a
long w ay to go in making sure there is pore justice, and pure
equality of opportunity in this country under the law.
I don't claim to know all the answers. B ut I think in the
campaign for President - 1 have run in th irty different primaries -
and I have learned a lot and I am still learning.
I said this morning in a speech in Perdue a t the U n iversity of
Indiana, there is a need for some characteristic of our lives th a t
never changes, because the fam ily structure in a neighborhood like
Archery, Georgia, is no longer there. When I was in trouble, when
I was lonely, when I was doubtful, when I was fearful, my mother
and father w ere always there. I could get to them . M y brothers
and sisters w ere there. But you don’t have th a t cloee fam ily
communication th a t doesn’t change and is always there. W e didn't
move very much. M y ancestors, who w ere born in the 1700’s are
buried rig h t there w ere I lived, tw o miles from Archery, but now
tw en ty per cent of all our people move every year. So we have got
a lot of uncertainty in our lives. W e are not held together as much
as w e w ere before and w e need something in this country and in
our individual lives th a t never changes.
And we've got something that never changes. Faith in God
never changes - and the search for tru th , justice, equality,
understanding, compassion, brotherhood, fave - the search is
always there. One of the great theologians, Paul Tilich said that
religion is a search for the tru th about man’s existence, his
relationship to God and his fellow man. W hen w e q uit searching,
w e lose our religion. But we think we've got it made and if we have
blessings because we are so good - and we’ve q uit forgetting about
ourselves and those who need our ministry, our religion has no
meaning.
This is tru e not only in the church. I t is true in our nation. W e
have a great country - the greatest on earth. Our system of
government is the best on earth. Richard Nixon has not h u rt our
system of government. Even Vietnam and Cambodia did not hurt
our system of government. The C IA didn't h urt our system of
government. I t is still clean and decent I t is the basis on which we
can answer difficult questions, correct our mistakes, bind our
selves together and approach the future w ith determ ination,
assurance and confidence. W e can correct our nation's shortcom
ings but w e have got to be searching. W e can’t take anything for
granted. W e’ve got to be forceful; w e can’t lower our standards. So
in a lot of ways, our national life and our church life are parallel.
T hey ought to be kept separate. I believe in the separation of
church and state, but th a t does not mean th a t we ought to live tw o
different lives - one as a politican and the other as a churchman.
I can't deny the fact that one of the reasons I wanted to come
here tonight and be on this stage w ith these Bishops was to learn a
little bit about politics - and there is nothing wrong w ith th a t - if
the results of a political contest are compatible with God's work.
And your own chosen leaders demonstrate that, not only through
out this country but in South Africa, northern Africa, and Central
Africa. T here is a time in the church, among people, that can bring
us an opportunity of world understanding and hopefully of world
peace.
I believe the country is ready for a government which is honest
and tru th fu l, a government th a t is sensitive to our people’s needs
and a government that can deliver services in an efficient and open
way. Now a lot of people say that one person can't change the
nation, but that's not true. I remember in 1968, when the adminis
trations of L. B. Johnson, and of John F. Kennedy were over.
Richard Nixon came into the W h ite House. The Congress didn't
change; it was still a Democratic Congress, but the country
changed. I t changed the most for the people that need the
government the most, and w hat those people lost was hope.
I believe the time has come to restore this, not because of me.
but because this country suffered in the last few years. I believe
there is an eagerness among o ur people to search for a higher
standard of ethics, morality, excellence, greatness - th a t can be
derived from those who have a knowledge for th a t higher stand
ard. W e Christians have th a t knowledge. W e have a perfect
example of w hat a person ought to be. W e can’t meet th a t example
or measure up to that standard, but we know w hat it is.
I want to see our country changed for the better and I w ant to
see us have a government that is as good as our people are, and I
w ant to see us take our individual standards for our own Uvea that
you and I have learned in church - sometimes the same church -
and let us be a beacon light for the redressing of grievance, the end
of discrimination, the granting of equality, the insurance of pure
justice, the restoration of brotherhood, the building of this coun
try , o f a legitim ate search for the finest possible aspects of human
beir >. W e have made a lot of progress.
W e have a long way to go, but together, under God, in this free
nation, we are going to get there.
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