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Portland Observer, August 31, 1983 Page 3 METROPOLITAN < Ï f Participant« ara inapired by speeches and the word« of M artin Luther King. Reverend John Qerlington end Ronnie Herndon Join the merch. M ore than ninety organizations w ere represented. West Coast actions March for Jobs, Peace, Freedom Oregon______ San Francisco Nearly 1,000 people inarched from Salem City H all to the State Capitol building in Salem, led by the Jazzmin Comm unity Marching Band. A tape o f M artin Luther King’s " I Have a Dream ” speech was played and the crowd sang, “ We Shall Overcome.” Ronnie Herndon, co-chairman of the Black United Front, captured the audience with his Firey speech, urging those gathered to remember the suffering and sacrifices Black people had to endure in order to achieve even their basic civil rights. Ada Sanchez o f People’s Test Ban said that as long as people of color in other parts o f the world are expendable, people o f color here are expendable. She linked the willing ness to wage war against colored peoples abroad with the willingness to overlook struggles at home. The Oregon march was officially sponsored by over 90 organizations. The rally was followed by music and entertainment. Shouting “ Bread, Peace. Black Power" and a myriad o f other chants and songs, approximately 30,000 people marched from Golden Gate Park to San Francis co’s civic center to participate in the West Coast "Jobs, Peace and Free dom " memorial march and rally. The march, which stretched for blocks up and down San Francisco's hills, included Black, Latino, Asian, Filipino, and American Indian groups, communities, religious or ganizations; groups advocating soli darity with the people o f Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Puerto Rico; peace, anti-nuke, and disar mament groups; organizations rep resenting women, the elderly, youth and gays; nearly every political party (except the Republicans); and a large contingent representing many labor unions, some carrying "O n Strike" signs. .4 ; i i I ■ • ■ Speakers emphasized the need for broad coalitions to defeat Reagan- ism and pointed to the relationship between racism, imperialism, m ili tarism and unemployment and poverty. Virna Canton, Western Regional Director o f the N A A C P , admonishing the crowd to remem ber those whose sacrifices made the march possible — M artin Luther King, Roy W ilkins, Whitney Young. A. Phillip Randolph, Malcolm X, W E B DuBois and others — and said this is just the beginning o f the next 20 years of struggle. Other speakers included Geraldine Johnson, Chairperson of the Coalition of Black Trade Unions; John Henning. Executive Secretary- Treasurer o f the California Labor Federation, A F L -C IO ; Frieda W o lff, President o f California Gray Panthers; M ario Obleda, President of the League o f United Latin American Citizens; Felix Kury, an official representative of the FM LN Z FDR in the U .S .; Delores Huerta, United Farm Workers; Bill Wapepah, International Indian Treaty Council. AOO K H ~ IW Seattle $ J? An estimated 10,000 to 12,000 marched in Seattle. Reverend Sam McKinney, co-chairman o f the rally, brought the crowd to their feet with his cry — "O et Ronald Reagan out o f the W hite House: Get him out; Get him out; Get him o u t!" Juana Mangoang read Frederick Douglass' speech which states the amount o f oppression a people will tolerate is what they will have to suffer. Bernice Jones o f the Washington State Employee's Union 1488, A F L -C IO , presented labor’s “ fight back." W orm sunshine and cool w a te r made a pleasant day. Kids join Black Dollar Days Portland's N A A C P Youth Coun cil has joined the national N A A C P “ Black Dollar Days" campaign. Thaddeus Creecy. president, and Derrick Harris, treasurer, urge Black persons in Portland to use $2 bills and Susan B. Anthony dollars when making purchases between September 1st and 3th. These should be purchased at American State Bank, Oregon's only Black- owned bank. Harris said. Announcing the nationwide campaign. Executive Director Benjamin Hooks said, " It's as simple as going to the bank, yet it has the potential for helping provide jobs and business opportunities for Black folks around the country. The Washington "C o alitio n of Conscence” plans to continue its organizing with a voter registration campaign targeting Black and Chicano voters. Rev. McKinney predicted that in two years Seattle could have a Black or Hispanic mayor and that Washington could -become the first state with a Black governor. A special purchase though not reduced .. . ” ~ Juniors: we have pants and tops galore just for you Once the business community sees the thousands o f $2 bills and Susan B. Anthony dollars that we put in their registers during those days, it will register with them — Black Americans have economic clout worth S I30 billion dollars And we plan to put our dollars where they'll benefit us." Portland was not one of the 23 cities with large Black populations selected for the campaign, but the local Youth Council decided to par ticipate. "W e will check with the stores and banks to see what impact we have," Creecy said. 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