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
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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
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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.
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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.
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African Liberation?
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