EDITORIAL/ OPINION
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0n the move"
The chairman of the Portlatld Public ~
r.u. VII ~ y committee to6d hll members at
ttw first me91if IQ thss IChoo year, Trtle V11
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on the mow
tf rr11e VII had been on the mow. much of the
current turmo OYef' ~ would be un-
necessary The T • e VII committee hH the
respons,bility of wnting the proposal tor the
District s federal desegregation grant, over-
Nelng the use of the funds and adviling the rr11e
VII staff and the Oiltnct
An alert Tit e Vt comm " " wou d have
dilcoYered the abus,ve busing pract,cel whch
led to the threat of a schoo boycott. They wou d
haw rea aed that Black chkiren are IMdey scat-
tered throughout the Otstnc:t's wtwte schoos on
1 hrt end mea ballS not designed to enhance the
educationa opportuMiel of Black ch dren Of of
any children This nformation WIS brought to
the public by the community Coalrtion fof Schoo
lntagratJorl not by the rrt1e VII committee
An invotved Trtle VII committee wou id have
D strict s d1sc1p ine po c es
ega nst buaed Black children long
before HfW came in and found the Oestrict n
non-compliance They would know that many of
their 'Tltie VII • schools Stl I d scipl ne Back
chidren in a much mote harsh manner than they
do whi1-. that the rab0 of Black suspens.ons n
some of the 1ehoo.:s they supen,-ise IS beyond
justification
An active rrt1-e VII committee whould have
reelaed that Bladt children were stand ng n the
known
the
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rain, not allowed to go nto some school
buildings to wart for thei" bu- They would
have known that the students teceN ng r.ue VI
compensatory education are progress ng at a
rate s ower than that of the average D str ct
student
A. cu nous Tit e VII committN wou d have
reeognaed the p,ob~ Identified by the B .ack
Unrted Front and the Coe ltion ong before they
read about them n the press. The cha rman
praesed the committee for meeting dun~ the
summer to respond to the BUF demands - sup-
porting the BUF goats and many of rts demands
To 1ts cred t the commimttN atso approved
many of the Coa it on recommendat ons The
p,ob4m is that th s comm nee not the B UF Of
the Coalition , ahou d have brought these
~ and othera to the perentl and the
pubic
The T tie VII committN i1 an appointed
CftlZent committee compoeed of ~ • • 1 1tati.-
of organizations, parents end tNchera. Se\,e,al
members have W"9d fof many yeen. In fair.
nw. the time avatlable to membets ii limited
and judging from the frustration auffered by
other committees, r1a accea to tnfonnation-,
IS mrted We do not ~ the interNt 0t the
. . K:ef1ty of the members of the comminN, but it
11 there by federa regulation to protect the rights
of Black ch dren and other children and it is
t,ne that Trtle V I IS on the move.,
Protecting our rights
Wh le the courts the Justice Department Ind
the nation s press contemp&ated the meaning of
the Ftrst Amendment. the Presa Connection"
took the bu by the homl and printed a letter
i. ng how to build a hydlogen bomb.
'The Prog,.111.-.e magazine and a Univ~
of Ca fom a student newspaper were under
court injuc:tion orderi,,g theim not to print 9imilar
material
Throughout this debate over whether the
government has the right of pnor rNtraint' '. the
• ght to prevent the pub ication of material, the
ma,or press organa.ations rema ned silent. Many
feared ~ t ;t 'The Progressive· gnored the
court order and nsisted on its cors1titutional right
to pub ish that would ead to further rwtra1nt1
on the press
'The Progressive editors mainta ned that
a of the nfOffflltion conta ned n their al"bcle
was public Ind had been ga ned through public
sources Furthermore noth ng n the article
cou d en.ab~ a natio to bu d the bomb Thia
could be aceomp shed on y by the h ghty advan-
ced nat>ons and if they want the techno ogy they
have it
The rea Quest on 1 government secrecy and
whether the ~ have the ~ht to know not
onty lbOut the bOmb but about the technok)gy
and economy that support it and the dangers
thereof
Our congratuatti~ to 'The Presa Connec-
tion and 'The Progress ve Only through the
bod actK>n of a feow w the coostitu~ ~hta
of _., Americana be protected
For co,lored Girls •
I went to s« the kxaJ prodlld>OD
of For Colored Guu
and I •&1 all
pruned to an my dcfcrua up to
ban my stomach tied up an llltlc
k.oou. and to • alk. awa) Wllh In)
mucal toa,ue lubtn1 .u autbor
wn.bout
mercy as so man) commen-
won ba~ done aaou the na1lOfl
I came a••> DOl dcfawH. but
pmzled t,y all the -"-m romplamu
about tbt lbo'II I • as DOt koottcd up
ID the stomach. b- fdt calm aDd tt--
lued "- onts of prauc •ere fredy
lned to dclc:nbe ti. cYCIWll·s enter•
t Alftmc'Dl
Frukt,, I caa't '1Ddcr1laad wtw
all the QOfflpMIDU: .. bu bcaa about
It II DOC I DCPll\'C play TbeR bu
bee!! too madl fuss o,,cr toO btUI r«
too loat
Produced bf the ~II llcpcrtory
Tbaur wider the tasldul direc:boD
of loaaaary ADal. and ruomna at
the fine Cat.bD Gaba Caua for the
Pcrfora1n1 Ans, For Colorwl
Gtrls
II an m,oyabtc product>OD
whJdl b&I IJVCII \IS the CDCrfClK ID-
tapts or ~ k •omai who wt W1lb
ll&rt rabty abo ~ aDd ta. fed-
iap. rdAU<)Q_c ..
and upuabOm
la card
coordmalcd mo,,cmmu
of ~ and habWII dlaqa, short
aup poems arc spokm •
IC!Ul-
t,, e ,., sdom The pll)en •ere
cn11&1DI, althouJb at times tberc
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and depth to I JOU111 cut,
instead of peopc ,ettJnC all •
u,ht ab<Nt •hal d ban& l&ld, they
lhowd focus Oft the oppl'CUl()CI. the
racum
bu broupt about the
mallltllY
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• as a ID.lSMd mflec:uoo or an idea
poorly interpreted ID all. l •a.s a
uw
•-arnuna expcncn<:c, • hdl ad\-anced
DqAu,e rcacuons we have toward
one anotbcr Black •omen and
Black tnffl Deed to check thcmsdva
011t and there u more than meets the
the IIDdcntaDch.Di of the a ~
Tbc contro,crsy onr Ntozakc
Sbaa,c's For Colorwl Giru
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,cry boUow J .;:&D I■) DO• • 1th fll"R•
h&Dd k.nowledp Toa) Br09'11 ~
ped Ms ~ up OIi bu l~'WOC
sbo• \ 'ff'Don Jordan blasted 1bc
play 1n bu column; and lobcrt
Stapia dcf amed ber pcnonahty ID I
rccmt wuc oldie Bl«t Sci\oMr
Al I watched the Ibo• I felt m-
cn:ua.qty llDCU) ID t.bal m) pcnpcc-
• C bad bem molded Wlth DCPlJW
tboupu I KCq,t thnc nqauwe
Ideas too qwdly I bad faued to ap-
ply lbc ICSi.<>ll • bicb Malcolm X
lAUpl bes( of 111:
~Cf ecccp(
the &maps t.bal D& c bee!! acated for
,ou ~ someo~ cbc It II always bet-
ter to form the habit or ieanuna bo9
to we thJAp fOJ yollndf lmco for
,ounetf and tJlmt for ,oundf. tbal
011 arc
better posn.JOD to ,!Adtc
for,oundf
Carolyn Easter
one of tbc
players •hose pcrformaacc adds
C')C
The artistry of For Colorrd
Girts
u the expres»OD of Stowe
Shan,c's pocuc woccpbOC1 Al the
wturt or cnusm 1DOW1tcd arou.Dd ber.
perhaps 1bc fo11nd 10lace 111
Lanaston H111bn umcln1 mani-
festo pnmed ID 1926: ··we youopr
S~ro artist • bo create DO• in-
tend to aprea ow lnd&Vldual dark
st111Dcd HIYcs •1tbout fear or
shame If tbc •bllc folkl 1ecm
P'eufd. we an l1ad If they are DOl,
doesn't matter. We know wc arc
bca1111fw t;a1Y too. Tbc Tom-Tom
ma and the Tom-Tom laups. If
c:okJred peopc AN' pleued, WC an
alad If tbcy arc aot, tbc,r
. ~u.tt docsD' t matter atbcr 9- C
build our temples for tomorrow,
stroa, as • c tao• tbcm, and we
stand on top or the mownam, free
Wlth.&D
ourteh-el ••
Agostinho Neto 1923-1979
•
A fnmd 8Dd I were talbQI dm
put Sunday abotn me dcatti 1ast
week of Pla.ade8' ~..-;nbo '-iao of
Aqala. I bad decned die raa that
tJm dcatb WU IO wiad) and my
pal rnpoDded lritll tile qaesuo■:
'Tl'hm IS a demit l'Wer tiaetJ'' That
c:aualy wu a llW' saaanau dcalh
IS ~ amdy bul m Nao's cue I
fiDd .,.., thinJtia, it was morr u.
ciaetytbu-1.
8onl ID r'\lnl ~ ID 1923 to I
fatbcr ~ •11.1 I '4ftbocbst p.c-:her
and a modm molded mto die peren-
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role of IM>alC'Wlfc tlaat most
AfncaD ID0lbcn Ill co1oaJaJ Afnc:a
fiad tllmucha strapped aa, Neto
,t, m buit» -..J lap iau:lea frca an
earl, a,c So aadl so Ulal, after
ccm.,_.. Im fduc:aoon m An,ola.
be won a 1c:boanllip to ,o and RadJ
mecbaDc ID Portapl. Aqo&a was
tbcD I POrtqNM coloay Wb&IC
ll\lldJml ID Ponupl. be fine became
I D ~ ID pobbc:s and was ,mled for
tm poboc:■I aamnea.
He MW"Ded to An,o&a wbcft be
pr■c:beed medaanc for a wtuic before
lie was apm arrmed for pobnc■I ac-
uv11m bat. be maaa,cd to escape
from ,ail and became the ladcr of
tbc tbai flcdaliq Popalar Mon-
mmt for the Liber■t>oa of AAao&a
t MPLA) The Ponqucsc had u-
pioucd ....... (aloncwuhMoiam-
blquc and GUI.- Bmau) for aimc.i
500 yc&rs ud, c"cn tlilou,b
colotualu.a •u baa, o¥Crtllrowa
throqboet Africa, the Ponupac
demonstrated DO ludl -,Umpas 1 0
11 c up Anaola, Mozambique or
Gwna Bwau la 19'9 thcrnorc. the
\CPLA launcbed 1U loQa and bitter
• ., or bberabon w1ldl Nhn!Nled
ID tbc defeat or the Portquac ID
19"'5
llm Afnc::u ",aory o,-er the Por-
tu.,uae qpaled an lillportallt tv.rn-
1111 pomt m Afnca's loat and bm.cr
b&nlc a,a.uist cokxuAlrsm 'The TIC·
loty WU, ~ . IOOll douded bf
an equally bmcr LDtcrncaDC ICn,gic
parun, Scto's MPLA a,ainst Jonas
Sa \'UD bi's UN JT A t S&uocal U IUOll
for tbc Total IDdcpcndc».« of
Anaol&) and Holdctl lobcno's
FNLA (Nauonal Froat for tbc
L1bffauon of An1ola) Wb&lc
f11buo1 tbc Portu111nc, tbc tbrcc
sroups !\ad oftai dashed wbcm ocr
they met t'locn tboap FSLA •as
based ID the DCJl"lh 00IC to the Z,au-c
border. usrr A to the IOU1h OCI t11c
Samibwl border •llur the MPLA
was CODCCDU'alcd IDOltly ID central
Aqot. and aroud tbc c:apnaJ or
Luanda
Tlw MPLA has
YUY
cloldy allied • nb Moscow and
folk>w1 a 10aA1at path. liNJT A and
FNLA natwally IOUlbt a1ba ID the
Vi est. 0unaa the aYII •v, the CIA
f llDDded IDODC'7 to the two p-oups
lhroup Zau-c 'The li s Senate bad
Jllst passed tbc Clark &mCDdmnt
wh>Cb fort.de the 1AM or Amencu
troop ID Ally -V w1ldl the U S WU
DOC foraaally at •ar South Mnc:a,
whd WU Y'CrJ llWOUS t o ~ ■JI
MPLA 1 ~ 1 from a111UD1 to
powtr ID A.■ bec:aUlc the MPLA
bad ahra11 been worma YUY doelty
WJlb SV•APO, tbc N■-1b1u
libttation movcmnt, invaded
An,ola to aid UNITA. Tlw MPLA
bad, bf 11w time. called OC1 Cuba for
bclp and tbc Cubau 1e11t ancral
bl&Ddred IDCII to bdp Neto out. la the
battle tbai followed, tbc So11tll
Afncuaa wen routed &Dd forced to
retrcal bad la'OA the border UllO
Naaubla. nm was a .., ant.ru.
1111 and laaailiauq Mtbacll for
South Afnc:a. To daac, bcr m ~
mcnt 1n the clatabiliAttOII of tbc
MPL\ p a w i . t.11 nana..l
to tru!liq, equipp1n1, f'uauciq,
trauponiq ud occuaou.Uy
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A lip • - fL If o: N
tbac lcu days! V.'hat Neto
JDhcrued from tbc ~ WU
not an ecoaomy at all it .-u a
sbambla 'The MPLA's 00ffcn were
,ua about nba»sted t,y the 12 year
war Jut about all iadutry bad
VoUDd to a bait and most or the P«-
t u,uac •bo bad been runaiq
&imc.i all eaenual lffVlCa had fled
die COUt.r) Forc:ip ID\'cstmclll all
but dned up 11w Umted States led a
"-'esurn bo7c,att of the De'9 ,ovcm-
maat, t.bw cffec:livdy sb11tua, off
uy uatcruuoDal usutancc. All
thar pramra were 1-1.,.,.-d to force
Nelo to abudoa Im Marxist poticia
aDd pursue a pro-,,_. nt approacb.
11w demand• -all IO fa, u to ldl
ham to indudc blS two ardl enarucs,
Savunbt and Robc:rto ID the ,ovcrn-
mau if be •-a.nu Wesurn &Id Neto,
bo•CTcr. st ■bbonaly refused to
c:omp-oamc the rnolution fo, wluch
_, !DUI) of blS counuymca bad 11vm
tbar lins. lulcad, be pralcd OD
wttll wtw be bad. cutna, corners but
prcsllDI nabt on
'The -'a,o&am 11.Ddcntood and put
up With the mn,tabic s.borta,es la
nmc, anYCSton bcpn to come back
Ont of the most wlddy pubhcizcd
.-as Gulf, I company t.bal had lch I
re-- ye.an bcf ore bec:awc n cowc1 not
deal wub an a"o•edly 50Cialist
resimc Seto look I fc- ",abs" fOJ
letUJII Gulf reum1. ~vm her Iona
b11tory of usoc1a11on • 1th 1bc
cokMU&J oppreaor but. be apwned
tbat tb11 • as p11re praamatum
An,oLa Deeded Gulf to pump uw oil
wml AICb a umc a.s An,olans .:an do
it U>allldvu In the meanumc. be
would swano- tw pndc lD the ID-
la'CSU of feedJ.a, a bu.Din' Bation.
Al an Afncan pr'O'lo-crb ,oa. 'Only I
fooi wouJd .ct blS fuul) ~ e Just
lO protec:t bu pndc. Bc:sada. arped
Nao, Gulf .-a.s C011UD1 back w,dcr
the terms l&5d down by the ,ovcrn-
mait of An,oi&
To th.ls da> the l,; S lt1ll ref uses
to reco1n1zc tbe 1ournmcnt of
AJlliCU C"al thoup Aa,oia U DOW a
mcmbff of tbc OAU, tbc United
Nauons. ,s rcco1n1ted by all of
Afnca. mOSt of Laun America, tbc
c:aribbean, Europe, the MMidlt Ea.
the Far East and Australia. 'The Car-
ter adauniltration .ay1 it will DCM
rtc01D1Z,C the An,o&a loYcrmDCDt •
Iona a1 Cuban troops remaia ia
An1ola and An1ola counters by
1■YlDI that as loll& u South Africa
COllUDUft to po" a threat 011 its
IOUt.herD border, Aa,ola will maiD
ber Cuban alba to bdp defend be
territor,. This claim is DO( witbola
foundation: in recent years Soutli
Afnc:a 1w made a number of raids
IDlO Aqo&a and ID 1971, bombed tlM
Casunp mu,- camp, killina owe
800 •omm and cbildrcn, Thil yw
alone, Anao&a claims to bavc lbOI
down ci1bt South African plua
KIil IDlO Anlo&a OD bombioa raida.
Under Neto's ladenhip, AQaola
bad auumed a major role ID die 00D-
tinuin1 talks aimed at endiq the
n.alcmare m Namibia. An,oLa ii uo
one of tbc fin Front Linc stata
womn, lO find a dutiOD lO the ll»
dcsia.n dilemma. In the three short
years 110cc independence, Aqola
bad become one or the most impor-
wn COUDuia ID Afnca and, UOGI
with Mozambique, often leads lbe
'radical' ••DI of intra-Africa.a
or11Dira•iiM.s. Aqola 1w pro,iicled
botb SW APO or Namibia and
ZAPt: (Zimbabwe Afncan Peoplca
Uoioo) of Zunbabwc and the ANC
or South Africa wttb bua, trainilll
facilities, financial suppon some-
umcs and plenty of moral S\lpport.
With Seto aone-bc d.Jed or eu>-
cer an Mosco• last •eek, be a.llo bad
cirrhosis of tbc liver and
hepatitis-the maJor question ii:
'"-llitbcr DO•, Aqola!' IDCbcatiom
at the moment arc it is wilikety there
will be t.bal much cbaa,c ID Aqola's
fora,n or domestic policies. He bad
built the MPLA into such a 1tro111
orprut.at&Oll, wittl spec:iflC objec:li¥a
and, ll IS l&f c to J&Y thal, thoe will
be carried throuab by bis suc-
ceuor(s).
Hi• toucb • ill, of couuc, be
IDWUll; bis exuberance, mtbusium,
eloquence, determination and bis
uruquc leadership capabilitia - .
the lepq be hu lift will cusbiolP'
these loua somewhat.
'Son of Africa. wc salute ,ou!'
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rebulJd I ll■bOa oat of lbc 1111DS left
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bruc:b to fonDlr UNIT A &Dd fNLA
supporters ._, ..,_ to .,. don
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boo bead terrorilu, SaY1alri ud
Robtno, toed to make a tribal 1t11at
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Hemdi ErcM,c,-_, Awsd of Aaloi'I polibc&I "cliffttDCa,"
llitfllA 1'73
Milo's nauor bwkfi■I prop-am bat
bea luply AICICellfal &Dd today,
l,1ffT Aud fNLA arc aD ltlul clt8d
It • aaly 5oatlt Afnc:aa 80MJ tJtaa
• • • UNITA alloet. Siac:etM
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