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1991 Acclaim
Shocking Revelation:
The First And Original Statute of Liberty Was Dedicated
To The Newly-Freed Black Slaves In 1865
BY PROFESSOR MCKINLEY BURT
The original model had broken
chains of slavery at her feci and in her
left hand - also she
dark Negroid face. 1
just verified this fact
phone call to the Mu-
of the City of New
York which has an
original model on
exhibit (212) 534-
1672. Other documen­
tation at end of ar­
ticle.
After the assas­
sination of Abraham
Lincoln, a group of
French liberals pre­
sented a gold medal to
Mrs. Lincoln. Part of
the inscription read, “
Lincoln...saved the
Union
W ITHOUT
VEILING
THE
STATUE OF LIB­
ERTY.” But, what is
the sordid chain of
events that led, not to a
magnificent monument
in international acclaim
to the emancipation of
the blacks in Amer­
ica, but, to a statuary
with Anglo Saxon
visage, welcoming
more European
immigrants?
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Let us review a well-documented
(seldom cited) scries of events that led
to this twist of fate. The first idea of
building a statute to the liberation of
Black American slaves in the U.S. was
first broached in 1865 in France by
Eduard Rene Lefebvre dc Laboulaye.
He was an internationally renowned ju ­
rist and the author of a thrcc-volumc
history of the United States. At the
dinner meeting, a most enthusiastic guest
turned out to be Fredric Auguste
Bartholdi, a young sculptor with a flair
for the colossal and a fervent proponent
of THE FREEDOM OF MAN. Bartholdi
agreed to design and build A BLACK
STATUE OF LIBERTY.
This is the original model which,
as stated, is on exhibit at The Museum
oflheC ily of New York, Fifth Ave. and
103rd Streets. This original model was
presented to the American Com­
mittee on the Statue o f Liberty,
but suggested a little too much
liberty to the northern conserva­
tives. The Americans removed
the chains from the black female’s
left hand and tucked a tablet in to
her folded arm. The beautiful
African face molded by
Bartholdi was al­
tered to a Cauca­
sian visage and the
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broken chains at her
feet were removed
(were we being told
something early on?).
As Bill Cosby once
said, “ African American
History...Lost, Strayed or
Stolen!” The detractors
of Portland’s ’’Baseline
Essays” are daily being
brought face to face with
even more of the omis­
sions and perversions
they
fight to pre­
serve by their racist on­
slaughts. And daily, I encounter more
of these racists “ asides” as I continue
to develop the country’s largest data
base of African and African American
contributions to the world’s science,
mathematics and technology. For addi­
tional readings on this Statue of Liberty
caper, see “ The New York Times Maga­
zine, Part II, May?, 1986, and the New
York Post, June 17, 1986.
J.
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GRESHAM CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH
Portland is one of four communi­
ties across the country to be awarded a
joint grant from The Better Homes
Foundation and United Way of Amer­
ica.
Chosen from among 40 applicants
in 32 communities nationwide, a coali­
tion of Portland service agencies led by
the Multnomah County Department of
Human Service’ Community Action
Program will receive S94,000 of a total
of $289,000 awarded nationwide. Other
communities receiving funding include
Huntsville/Madison County, Alabama;
Bronx, New York; and Yakima County,
Washington. All grants will be matched
from local sources.
The coalition includes the Hous­
ing Authority of Portland, Portland Met­
ropolitan Chamber of Commerce, United
Way of the Columbia-Willamette, Ore­
gon Adult & Family Services, M l Hood
Community College, Mental Health
Serivces West, and Portland Impact.
The Homeless Families Stabiliza­
tion Project grant will assist at least 300
homeless families with at least one
preschool child by providing permanent
housing and comprehensive supportive
serivces as well as long-term intensive
case-management
The Better Homes Foundation and
United Way of America developed the
joint awards because of a common
concern for homeless families with
children under age six.
“ These children are so vulnerable,
and homelessness is so devastating for
little kids. Yet, we know that if we get
them the help they need when they are
this small, they are very responsive,’’
said Wiley B. Cooper, Vice President,
United Way of America.
The Better Homes Foundation was
founded in 1988 by Better Homes and
Gardens magazine. The only national
non-profit organization dedicated solely
to helping homeless families. The Bet­
ter Homes Foundation has awarded 62
grants to 55 programs in 23 states since
O P P O R T U N IT Y
H a v e th e o p p o r tu n ity to r e a c h a
c u ltu r a lly d iv e r s e w o r k fo r c e
th r o u g h th e P o r tla n d O b s e r v e r.
Y o u c a n re a c h u s at
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its inception. Its president is Ellen L.
Bassuk, M.D., Associate Professor of
Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
and a leading authority on homeless
families.
United Way of America’s Step-Up
Endowment, with financial support from
the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is fo­
cused on the development, testing, and
replication of collaborative efforts to
assist homeless families toward self-
sufficiency.
United Way of America is the na­
tional Service and Training Center for
more than 2300 community-based United
Ways throughout America. Each United
Way is au tonomous, governed by a local
board of experienced volunteers. United
Way assess current and future commu­
nity needs and bring people and organi­
zations together to address them. United
Way also raises and distributes funds »o
over 40,000 health and human care
organizations (over $3.11 billion in 1990-
91).
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BY BILLY DON MOORE
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“Your Community Minded Dealership“
Homeless Families Project Wins Grant
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The NE Portland Business Com­
munity will lose a good friend in the
next couple of weeks. Rose’s Equip­
ment and Supply will be moving to it’s
new location. Rose’s had been a fixture
in our community for years and will
surely be missed. The owner, Tom Rose
says the neighborhood has been good
to them. General manager, Bob Mulli-
son goes on to say, “ We have just run
out of space and need more room since
the business is growing by leaps and
bounds.
Rose’s Equipment has helped to
establish a lot of businesses in North
Inner Northeast. They recently worked
on the House of Umoja project supply­
ing the kitchen equipment. Bob says
that the image that NE Portland is not a
place to do good business is vastly in
error. Martin Luther King Blvd. is on
it’s way back and any new business
should be able to prosper. We will miss
the area but remain connected because
of the 12 years we spent on the Boule­
vard. Thanks for the memories.
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THANKING YOU FOR
12 YEARS GF CONTINUED PATRONAGE.
Effective June 1, inventory to be combined et 207 SE Clay St. location