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Page 4 Portland Observer Thursday, August 23. 1979 The pulse of Malcolm still beats A ll children receiving immuniza tions in M ultnom ah C ounty Im munization Clinics during the month o f August and September will also get a coupon fo r a regular ham burger, courtesy o f Burger King and a Star Wars poster. Burger King has joined county health departments in Oregon in promoting the need for all children to receive their protection against polio, measles, rubella, diph theria, whooping cough and tetanus particularly in time for school this fall. In order to help parents meet the state immunizations requirements, immunization clinics are scheduled around the county for accessibility and convenience. I f parents are un sure whether their child needs addi tional shots or they just need more information, call Multnomah County Inform ation at 248-3816. Cost for immunizations is based on a sliding fee scale However, no one will be turned away. The law requires that all children entering Oregon schools for the first time have immuniza tions against polio, measles, rubella, diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus. Mumps vaccine is recom- by Ullysses Tucker, Jr. Since his death on February 23, 1965, I he name o f Malcolm X has been almosi synonymous with hatred o f the white race. As Malcolm Little, he was born May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother was a native of Grenada, British West Indies. His father, the Reverend Lari Little, supported the "back to Africa” movement o f Mar cus Garvey. Malcolm's negative at titude towards whites was fo r mulated early in life. According to Associated Press writer Austin Scott, Malcolm was quoted as saying, "M y father was the color o f this,” pointing to his black shoes, "and my mother, whose mother was raped by a white man, was light enough to pass for white. 1 hate every drop o f white blood in me because it's the blood o f a rapist.” In his pre-school days, his mother told him descriptive accounts o f night raids by the Ku Klux Kian, when men on horseback would smash windows in the Little’s home. Malcolm’s father took the advice of the rednecks and moved his family to Milwaukee, Wisconsin as soon as Malcolm was born. Two years later, the Reverend L it tle was found bludgeoned to death under a street car. Malcolm later described his father's death as a lynching. “ Thinking back,” Malcolm once told an interviewer. “ I never was non-violent. When someone threw a rock at me I threw it back. Some times I threw one before one was thrown at m e .. . ” A sharp and am bitious youth, Malcolm was president o f his class in one school year. When he was eleven, w ith most o f his form al education behind him, Malcolm ran away, winding up in a detention home, from which he fled to the home o f his half-sister in Boston. At fifteen, by fibbing about his age, Malcolm obtained a railroad job. He was fired soon after. That’s when he slipped down to Harlem’s “ street life " —dope peddler, number runners—and started to hang out in dance halls and nightclubs. He sold marijuana to cultivate connections. Towards the end o f 1945, tall, sandy haired Malcolm returned to Boston as part o f a burglary ring. There he was arrested, convicted, and sentenced 8-10 years in Charleston State Prison before he was 21-years-old. Even in prison he continued using dope and alcohol, u n til he met another inmate who helped him to reform his life, and started Malcolm on the path to leadership. Malcolm read serious works and allowed language to become an ob session with him He read the dic tionary from A to Z in preparing him self as an orator. Malcolm read the Bible, and the Koran. He changed his name, substituting the X for the “ while slave masters name, which had been imposed upon my paternal forebearers by some blue-eyed devil.” Along with his name, he shed MALCOLM X alcohol, nicotine, do . pork, and prayed five times towards Mecca d aily. He observed the M uslim dictates o f clean body, a clean mind, clean speech, and after his marriage to Betty Shaba//, a clean home. Malcolm fathered five children. As a Black Muslim, Malcolm used word power well, he soon became the spokesman and right hand o f Black Muslim leader Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm joined this sect in 1952, four years following his parole after serving 77 months in prison. His fiery break with the Muslims forced Malcolm to fear for his life. And he hired bodyguards to keep his home well protected. The break came after he made Ins pilgrimage to Mecca, he had made it clear that he hated whites, whom he referred to as white devils, but after he arrived back in the U.S., Malcolm said in his autobiography: “ Since I learned the truth in Mecca, my dearest friends have come to include all kinds — some Christians, Jews, Buddhist, Hindus, agnostic, and even atheist! I now have friends who are capitalist, Socialist, and Communist! Some o f my friends are moderates, conserva tives, extrem ist — some are even toms! My friends today are black, brown, red, yellow, red, and white!” However, the Black M uslim s were not ready fo r this erudite philosophy. They were a completely Black organization. Thus causing the split. Malcolm remained a member o f the M uslim religion and ran Mosque No. 7 in Harlem. But he ur BARTLETT PEARS 28J,’, B R E A C H E S 25 ,S ITALIAN PRUNES 25^*,, $498 • CANNINC TOMATOES e RED MAVEN REACHES ” • ^>3' * ★ A PICKLING CUKES, GARIIC, DILI. fr«h d o ily * * * CRAVENSTIIN AM IES SQUASH SALE • ZUCCHINI • DANISH • BUTTERNUT 19« CANNINC JARS MAGIC MASON $ 2 « REG MOUTH DOZEN Pierce'», Kordwood Smoked SLICED BACON IN PKGS OF J LBS OR MORE h h cls GOOD TMSU MT . AUO 33 1779 SHERIDAN FRUIT Co. 5 1 U N IO N A OAK mended but not required. Exceptions are granted for children because of medical reasons or religious objec tions to immunizations. The Health Education Section o f the Multnomah County, Department o f Human Services, in conjunction with A A A o f Oregon will be provid ing information also to parents on teaching their children how to safely get to and from school. Topics in cluded are bicycle safety, school bus safety, playground safety and pedestrian safety. This information can be obtained by calling M u lt nomah County, Health Education at 248-3704. Immunization clinics in Northeast Portland: Multi-Service Center, 5022 N. Vancouver, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9:00-11:30 a.m. and 1:00-4:30 p.m , Wednes day, 9:00-11:30 a m and 1:00-7:00 p.m., Indochinese Health Center, 1811 N.E. 39th Avenue, Monday- Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00-5:00 p.m.; Special Indochinese Im m unization C linics, Rose C ity Park Presbyterian Church, N.E. 44th and Sandy Boulevard, August 7th- 14th, II:0 0 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. In North Portland: 8912 N. Woolsey, fourth Thursday o f every month, 1:30-4:00 p.m., Special clinic times for August 23rd, 1:30-7:30 p.m., September 27th, 1: 30-7:30 p.m. Public W orks answers questions I "T h e PRODUCE C IN T I» o f PORTLAND' • tim i ncAXtri m New students require innoculations 35-9353 founded a new Black group, the O rganization o f A fro -A m e ric a n Unity to appeal to non Muslims. Years later, the son o f E lija h Muhammad, Wallace D. Muhammad who studied under Malcolm X as a youth allowed whites to enter the all Black sect after his father’s death. The same ideology that Malcolm tried to implem ent a fte r his enlightened trip to Mecca. Malcolm, one o f the greatest Black leaders ever to exist was also one of the most misunderstood He tried hard to reach the huge masses of Blacks around the world. Whether or not this was accomplished is up to an individuals understanding o f his purpose. At present, there is a generation o f youngsters who arc not fa m ilia r w tih Patrice I umumba, Malcolm, M artin, and others who have died so that we may live a belter life. Were these m artyrs taken fo r granted? Malcolm also contended that "the black man in the gheltoes has to start correcting his own material, moral, and spirited defects and evils. The black man needs to start his own programs to rid drunkenness, drug addiction, prostitution, and black on black crimes. "The black man must lift up his own sense o f values. . . ” One thing that legislation can never do for Blacks is to give us self-respect, it starts from the heart. The sooner the better. Madison heads mental health program Lonnie Bates, Chairman o f the Board o f the Center for Community Mental Health, announced that I.ee Madison has been named Acting Executive Director. Octe W. Trotter, who has resigned as Executive Director, will work with the Agency on a consultant basis until a new director is named. Madison joined the Center in 1976 as a Mental Health Therapist. He received his Bachelor o f Science degree in Social W elfare in 1975 from Southern U niversity, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and his Master of Social W ork degree in 1976 from Portland State University. Present ly, as Program Director, Madison supervises all clinical staff and con ducts individual, marital and family therapy sessions. He also provides consultation to other social service agencies and assists in development o f proposals for funding o f existing or potential mental health programs. The center, located at 6329 N.E. Union Avenue, provides mental health services to individuals and families in Northeast Portland and provides consultation and training to schools, agencies and businesses in the metropolitan area. The center has received ap plications for the director position and is screening now fo r mid- September appointment. F Wondering when your street will be paved? Curious about the bicycle and pedestrian program? Wondering how our sewers work? Com m issioner McCready an nounced that Public W orks em ployees w ill be available in five neighborhood district offices for a trial period to answer questions, ex plain policy and procedures on a variety o f subjects and offer other direct services. Lor the trial period Public Works stall will be in the neighborhood o f fices for one-half day each month, from September through November. Anyone wishing to know the specific- schedules can call their neigh borhood d is tric t o ffic e d ire ctly: Southeast U plift, 5224 S.E. Poster, 777-5846; Southwest, 7780 S.W. Capitol Highway, 248 4592; Neigh bors North, 7508 N. Hereford, 248 4524; Northeast, 4815 N.E. 7th, 248- 4575; and N orthwest, 817 N.W 23rd.223 3331. Interested in current books about African Liberation? 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