Portland Observer, January 23, 1906, Page 3
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Albina library brings King Day to kids
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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."
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" 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.
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• 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
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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.
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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."
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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
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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."
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