Page 2 Portland Observer, June 20, 1964
Mathis picketed after refusal to apologize
W /B o b L o fM aR
Sixty demonstrators picketed and
chanted "J o h n n y «old hi» soul for
South African ■ o ld ," in front o f the
C iv ic A u d ito riu m Sunday night a t
Johnny Mathis appeared inside.
T h e y were protesting the Black
sin g e r’ s appearances in South
A fric a , where apartheid segregates
Blacks by taw.
Avel M ayfield, spokeswoman for
Portlanders Organized for Southern
A fric a Freedom and co-director o f
the A m e ric a n Frien ds Service
C o m m itte e ’ s S o u th ern A fr ic a
P ro g ra m , said th a t some o f the
3,000 concert goers who paid up to
SIS for a ticket to the sell-out con
cert appeared reluctant to go in after
reading material handed to them by
demonstrators
" F o r us it was an opportunity to
do some education and info rm the
p u b lic ab o u t the U N c u ltu ra l
b o y c o tt," she said. She described
the d em o n s tra tio n by the diverse
group o f Blacks, whites, young and
o ld as " a very p ositive sign th at
there is awareness across the board
and it is so m ethin g we can build
o n ."
P o rtla n d e rs
O rg a n ize d
fo r
Southern A fric a Freedom is part o f
a nation w id e movement organized
Protestar« picket In front of the Civic Auditorium Sunday to
educate concert goers about apartheid
(Photo: Kris Aftucherl
in response to the U n ited N ations
1983 an n ou n cem en t o f a c u ltu ra l
boycott o f p e rfo rm in g artists and
athletes w ho appear in South
Africa.
Included on the U N ’s boycott list
o f 235 athletes and perform ers are
M ath is, Frank S inatra, The Beach
Boys, Glenn Campbell, Earths K ilt,
The Osmans and Tina Turner.
South A fric a , trying to im prove
its image, lures the entertainers with
huge sums. F ra n k S in a tra re p o r
tedly received SI .8 m illio n fo r his
appearance at the South A fric a n
gambling resort o f Sun City.
Those w ho ap o lo g ize fo r th eir
past appearances and refuse to
re tu rn are taken o f f the lis t.
Stephanie M ills , acco rd ing to
M a y fie ld , ap o lo g ized and agreed
not to return and then organized a
b en efit co n cert; the proceeds o f
which were donated to the Southern
Africa liberation movement.
M a y fie ld said th at P O S A F was
unsuccessful in n e g o tia tin g w ith
Mathis for an apology and a refusal
to return. A t a press conference last
week, P O S A F spokesm an Lenny
Edwards said that " M a th is ’ concert
supports a p a rth e id in d ir e c t ly ."
M athis* m anager. S kip H ein ecke,
replied that M athis "h as never sup
ported and w ill never support
apartheid." According to Heinecke,
M athis was the first entertainer to
s tip u late in his co n tra c t th at he
w ould o nly ap p ear in fro n t o f
racially m ixed audiences in South
A fr ic a . E d w ard s p o in te d out the
difference between appearing before
a "s a lt and pepper au d ien ce" and
ac tiv ely refusin g to su p po rt the
apartheid regime
P O S A F is planning to picket the
July 2nd appearance o f Tina Turner
at the M em orial Coliseum, although
" W e are hoping to be successful in
n eg o tiatin g fo r an ap o lo g y and
agreem ent th a t she not re tu rn to
South A fric a ," said M ayfield.
P O S A F has received over 50
o rg a n iza tio n a l and in d iv id u a l en
dorsements, she said, including city
commissioners Strachan, Lindberg
and J o rd a n , and co u n ty co m
missioner M cC oy, and several state
leg islators. In a d d itio n , said
M a y fie ld , K B O O radio has refused
to play the work o f recording artists
on the b o yco tt lis t, and is
ch allen gin g o th e r P o rtla n d ra d io
stations to do the same.
Black United Fund promotes
community self-investment
by Luntta D u k r
(l-rl Ben Prieetfy. BUF; BUI Wax. KBOO; Lennle Edwards. POSAF;
and Elizabeth Gross. AFSC announce plena to picket Johnny
Mathie' Portland performance.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
CURLS
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GRASSROOTNEW S. N. W —
T h e o rg an ized e ffo rt fo r self in
vestment is the main thrust and by
laws o f the n atio n al Black U n ited
Fund which places itself at the cut
tin g edge o f change in the Black
communities.
The fund utilizes payroll deduc
tions as its major source to create an
economic infrastructure for money,
sources and ideas to circulate within
the community.
D ana A ls to n , President o f the
National Black United Fund, was in
Portland, recently, conferring with
M a ry A n d erson , President o f the
Black United Fund o f Oregon.
The fund started in 1968, in Los
Angeles, and it did not take long for
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a n a tio n a l n etw ork fo r s e lf
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and com m unities across the coun
try
A lsto n said, “ The fund takes 3
years to get their foot in the door. It
is a long-term developmental fund
raising strategy. H o w well a fund
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tors. The strengths and narrowness
o f the local U n ited W ay, the skills
o f the organizers and the political
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Alston said each local fund sets its
own priorities but they all center on
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" F r o m econom ic develop m ent,
social justice and legal services, arts
and culture, health and human ser
vices.”
T h e n a tio n a l fu nd is w o rkin g
to w ard three objectives. They are
creating a re v o lv in g loan fu n d to
start new businesses in the Black
c o m m u n ity , a land developm ent
project to m aintain and secure u r
ban and rural areas for the benefit
of the local populace and building a
relationship with the church to en
courage it to become more involved
in the economic and social change
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" A s long as we are dependent on
the govern m en t, fo u n d a tio n s and
c o rp o ra tio n s outside our c o m
munity for assistance, we w ill never
have c o n tro l over o u r d e s tin y ,”
Alston added
T h e Black U n ite d F un d is also
cred ite d w ith being am ong the
organizations that broke the United
W ay's monopoly on payroll deduc
tions.
" A lth o u g h they p ro m o te th em
selves saying, ‘O ne g ift w orks fo r
a l l , ’ our research revealed th at a
sm all percentage w ent to Black
organizations that are controlled by
Black people.” she concluded.
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