Page 8 Portland Observer May 11,1989
PARLIAMENTARY BLACK CAUCUS FORMED IN LONDON
Philip Morris Supports Inaugural Of Great Britain's Parliamentary Minority
Caucus Patterned After U.S. Congressional Black Caucus
C A L C IN IN G (A ERSE AS!— Rep. Ronald A. Odiums - I M A ) . right.
( hairman of the Congressional Black ( aucus i< BC). arrises at Parliament
in London with members of the delegation he led to the Inauguration cere
monies of the Parliamentary Black ( aucus. H ith him are. from left. ( »eorge
I . Knox, I I I. Staff A ice President. Public Affairs, Philip M orris Companies
Inc.. Mrs. \lm a Rangel, w ifro f New Aork Congressman Charles B. Rangel
and Atlantic City Mayor, James I srx, who is also the President of the Na
tional ( onference of Black Mayors. Eour minority Members c* Parliament
formed the organization, based on the American C BC .
T H R E E O E T H E E O l'R M E M B E R S of the recently fw m ed Parliamentary
Black Caucus are, from left. Hon. Keith Aaz. Hon. Bernie (.ra n t and Hon.
Diane Abbott. Each is a member of Parliament serxing in the 11« »use of
Commons. I he fourth member is b ir d I Fax id Pitt, a member of the House
of l ords (not shown). Philip Morris was a contributor to the inauguration
exents that brought African-American federal, state and municipal elected
officials as well as cixil rights and business pc-rsons to lamdon.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT
ONGRESS shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
Freedom of Speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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Saluting The Black Press
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Guardians O f
Our Birthright
When the U.S. Constitution was first written, our founding fathers
believed that freedom of the press was so important that it was written
and guaranteed in the very first article in the Bill of Rights.
Frederick Douglass
From the founding in 1847 of The North Star newspaper by Frederick
Douglass to the writings of James Baldwin, newspaper reporters,
authors, poets and playwrights have protected, recorded and taught
black history to each successive generation.
Freedom cannot function without the free expression and com
munication of ideas. We salute the men and women of the Black
Press and their noble profession. Perhaps Langston Hughes said
it b est. . .
“ There’s a dream in this land
with its hack against the wall.
To save the dream fo r one ,
it must be saved fo r all.
Langston Hughes
P h ilip M orris C om panies Inc.
Langston Hughes
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Philip Morris International Inc.
Kraft General Foods Group
Miller Brewing Company
Philip Morris Credit Corporation
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