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Portland Observer, January 23, 1906, Page 3 S pscisIC oupon a a a i a a a i H i e e i ! METROPOLITAN Coupon Special Albina library brings King Day to kids off About 30 children viewed the film , "Legacy o f a D re a m ," a history o f King's civil rights campaigns. They ate chocolate cake inscribed w ith " H a p p y Birthday, M a r tin ," played games and entered a raffle ft» a M a rtin Luther King T-shirt. The children also talked about what the great civil nghts leader meant to them. Lateef Sm ith, 9, who attends the Black Educational C enter, said the bus boycott scenes were his favorite part o f the film W hen asked what King meant to him, Lateef said, " I'm proud o f him because he helped Black people go to freedom.........I'd love to meet h im .” Talisa Coxeff, 10, a stu dent at Irvin g to n School, said her class listened to a tape o f K ing's speeches. She said she liked him be cause “ He seemed like a fair man." Manager Stylist Sharon Stylist Terry • Stylist Sandra COUPON " W e are standing here before the forces o f power in A labam a saying we aren’ t going to let anybody turn us around," said King in front of the Alabama state capitol. “ There will be neither rest nor tranquility until the Black man is free." The A lb in a branch lib ra ry had a b irth d ay p arty fo r M a r tin Luther King on Saturday. January 19. Many watching the film were spell bound as they listened to King a d dress an audience just days before his assassination in A p ril, 1968. " N o man is free if he fears d e a th ," said King. " B u t the minute you conquer death you also conquer fear.” M o re was accomplished during the 13 years o f King's involvement in the civil rights movement than in the ^previous 100 years, according to the film's narration. J; • T h e m o vem ent’ s beginnings in Selm a, A la b a m a , were covered, as well as the historic year long M o n t gom ery bus b oyco tt, racist S h e riff Bull C onnor was shown leading his $500 No Che«*« CURLS’30°° Reg $35 00 Relaxara Perm $15.00« Reg. $20 00 JANAE HAIRSTYLE 4711 N . In t e r s ta t e I, 249-8440 Ebony W illia m s , 6 , who also a t tends the Black Educational Center, won the raffle for the T-shirt, but she was loo shy to pose for a picture. brought Io you every week by A M E R IC A N STATE BANK Children play game at the Albina branch library calabration of M artin Luther King. J r.’a birthday (Photo: Richard J Brown) club-sw inging police, attack dogs and water cannons against the peace fully demonstrating boycotters. “ The sickness of racism was exposed to the entire w o rld " in M ontgom ery, said the narration. W W I « H D tM A l D ttO SIT MSURANCI CORROA AT « N Librarian Bobbi Jackson said that "Usually, M artin Luther King’s birth day is geared to adults and the ch il dren d o n 't get a chance to p a rtic i pate. We wanted to do something for kids." A person with ordinary vision can distinguish about 150 colors. An expert can tell more than 100,000 colors apart. • Political Inn loses license to drug dealers by Lanita Duke G R A S S R O O T N E W S , N .W . - Recognizing that they can ’ t keep denying requests for liquor licenses every time petty drug dealers turn an intersection into a drug drive-in, the City Council unanimously denied the P o litical Inn tavern’ s request for a renewal o f its liquor license. T h e outside o f the tavern was a testimony to the decriminalization o f m arijuana, the citywide demand for it and the lack o f em ploym ent and employment training for young Black males who blamed the city for their choice o f employmeht. In fro n t o f the P o litic a l In n , lo cated at N .E . 22nd and A lb e rta , a drug dealer said, " I have tried looking for a jo b and have given up. I still have to eat and live. A ll the brothers you see out here are here because we can make between $100 - $300 a day. D o n 't blame us for the Political Inn closing. Blame all these people who drive up and buy w eed.” O ur in te r view was interrupted by a car whose passenger paid $10 fo r a gram o f marijuana. The drug pushers assumed every car and everyone w ho drove or walked by the tavern was a potential buyer. Thus, businessmen and neigh borhood groups said neighborhood havoc was the rffiults.nl tbffiC drug transactions. The drug pushers d rifte d to the Political Inn after the closure of I u's H igher G ro u n d in Ja n u a ry, 1984 Eddie Streylou, owner o f the Politi- Black and Jewish teenagers to start dialogue " W h a t’s so special about growing p as part of an ethnic minority?” Forty teenagers — twenty Jewish ouths and twenty Black youths — ill share the answers to this question ith one another on Sunday, Janu- ry 27, as part o f the " A J C - U L outh Project.” This unique program has been tanned jointly by the American Jcw- h Comm ittee (A J C ) and the Urban eague o f Portland (U L ). Together, se students will explore some of the iffe re n t, and the not so d iffe re n t, spects o f each o th e r’ s history and ulture. The schedule begins with presenta- ons on Black and Jewish history in se United States. Dr. Darrell Millner. ead o f the Black Studies Department f Portland State University and con- ultant fo r the m u lti-e th n ic /m u lti- ultural curriculum development in le Portland Public Schools, will pre- ent the Black perspective. D a vid arber, an AJC Board member whose ackground includes extensive ex- erience in similar cross-cultural pro rams in Boston, presents the Jewish erspective. Tog eth er, they w ill fa- ilita te dialogue amongst the teen- gen. The program will also center around he viewing o f a film on E th io p ian ews and their current p lig h t, as a ocus for both Black and Jewish cul- ural identification. The afternoon together winds up nth a social tim e, and sampling o f ome traditional ethnic recipes. The idea for the project grew out o f a discussion following the first meet ing of a Black-Jewish dialogue group at Tem ple Beth Israel. " T h e united effo rts d u rin g the '5 0 ’ s and '6 0 ’ s, joining together for the cause of civil rights, are not remembered or even understood by kids to d a y ," explains Donny A d a ir, C h airm an o f the U r ban League o f P o rtla n d . D avid F a rb e r, c o o rd in atin g the project for his organization, agrees. Com m enting on the recent election, Farber con tin u es, " T h e polls have just shown us significant agreement between Blacks and Jews on issues that are important to both groups — matters such as civil and human nghts, equal o p p o rtu n ity , q u a lity public education, fair and full employment.” Both Farber and A d air expressed the enthusiasm shared by their re spective Boards for the project. "W e all view this program as first in a se ries,” said A d a ir. " W e are looking forward to follow -up programs with the kids, and expect that they w ill want to assist w ith fu tu re planning themselves." Farber also anticipates a sim ilar spin-off program for adults. “ Blacks and Jews have w orked together on many issues in the past,” he explains. " N o w we need to reconstitute that working relationship in response to current concerns and realities.” For further inform ation about this project, please contact the offices of cither the American Jewish C om m it tee at 295-6761, or the Urban League o f P o rtla n d , K athleen Saadat, at 280-2652. Multicultural education set The Oregon M ulticultural Associa tion is pleased to announce its first conference, " M u ltic u ltu r a l Educa tion: A M an d ate fo r E v e ry o n e ," Friday, January 25, 1985, 9 a.m . to 4 p.m. The keynote speaker w ill be D r. Asa H illia r d , n a tio n a lly renow ned educator, who has been a consultant Th« Coupon Good Thru JauuRry 3 1« by Robert Lotktan January for the Portland Public Schools. D r. H illiard presently occupies the Fuller E. C allaw ay chair at Georgia Stale University’s College o f Educa tion. The focus o f the conference will be on im p lem enting m u lti-c u ltu ra l, m u lti-ethn ic education in O reg o n ’s colleges and universities. cal Inn, said he was the victim ot poor police enforcement. " I'v e narced on so many o f these guys that it's unreal The police will take them o ff and within hours they are back in front o f my place," said Streylou. However, a representative from the Police Bureau said the Political Inn was the victim of ptxir management. "W e generated 36 narcotic arrests. It was up to the owner to come in and sign trespass complaints. This never happened. The problem was the own er never following through." Repre sentatives from the bureau also said afte r the closure ol L u ’ s H igher Ground they met with liquor license holders in inner Nottheasl Portland and prepared their businesses for the possible onslaught of migrating vice, "B u t the owners o f the Political Inn never listened." Streylou said the drug problem was a comm unity one. "T h e dealers did not carry much on them. They would walk or catch the bus to my place. W hen they ran out they w ould just w alk home and get m o re .” Repre- PCC offers financial aid Financial aid applications for the 1985 86 academic year are being tak- cnat P o rtlan d C o m m u n ity College through January and February, ac cording to F in an cial A id D ire cto r Corbett Gottfried. Sessions to explain how to fill out the forms are being held at Sylvania, Cascade and Rock Creek campuses beginning January 15. The workshops conducted by financial aid specialists assist students in supplying the best information so they will have a good chance o f obtaining aid. "M a n y students are surprised that they qualify for a id ," G ottfried said. The financial assistance includes grants, scholarships and work study opportunities. For times and places o f the w o rk shops, contact the college. N o reser vations are needed. College scholarship available now Junior and senior class high school students who are interested in apply ing for $1,000 college scholarships should request applications by March 15, 1985 from the Educational C om m unications S cholarship F o u n d a tion , 721 N . M cK in ley R oad, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045. T o receive an application, students should send a note stating th eir nam e, address, city, state and zip code, approximate grade point average and year of grad uation. F ifty aw ard winners w ill be selected on the basis o f academic per formance, involvement in extracur ricular activities and need for finan- In parts of Europe it was once thought that dancing or leaping high in the air would make the crops grow high, too. • sentatives fro m the N eighborhood Association took offense to Strey- lou's comm ents and said his poor management and attitudes about the com m unity rein fo rced the drug dealers. M ayor Bud C lark said he recently visited the tavern and called it a nice, clean place. " I d id not see anyone outside But it's clear that you (Strey lou) failed to m ake changes afte r L u ’s Higher G round closed. This is why and how the problem got out of control." In old Scotland it was believed bad luck to finish cut ting wheat after sunset. W e d o not d o business w ith S o u th A fric a American State lian li AN INDEPENDENT BANK Head Office 2737 N E. Union Portland, Oregon 97212 N ow n a tu ra l costs less th a n $200 Gas Co. PPM . 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