P O R T L fl Volume XXI, Number 28 «SERVER New President Of Black Publishers! M PAGE 2 A Job with Benefits Should be a Basic Human Right in the U.S. by Ron Daniels Robert IV. Bogle, left, President, The Philadelphia Tribune, accepts congratulations following his recent election as President of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA). Chatting with him during the 51st Annual convention of the NNPA at the Omni Hotel, Atlanta, Ga., are Betty Shine, center, media Supervisor, Pepsi-Cola Company and Charles Tisdale, Publisher, The Jackson (Miss.) Advocate. Tisdale had worked in the 1950s as a sales representative for Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co., in Memphis, Tenn. His co­ worker had been Dr. C. Eric Lincoln, then a graduate student and now a Professor of Religion and Culture at Duke University. A long time supporter of the NNPA, Pepsi-Cola sponsored a luncheon that featured Rev. Bernice King, youngest daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, as the main speaker. 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Vacation Bible School "Island In The Son" PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 Elaine Rohrer PAGE 4 Artquake 91 Literary Arts Finalists to 'Read Off' at Key Largo PAGE 4 Letting Go: Resolving Past Issues, by Ullysses TUcker, Jr. PAGE 5 INDEX Superior Student LeTanya Renee' Carter BY PROFESSOR MCKINLEY BURT If media reports arc correct at this early date, the tide of opinion is run­ he President’s opinion of his ning against “ the most qualified can­ choice to fill the Supreme Court didate.” Interestingly, the strong op­ vacancy is hardly shared by the faculty position by several predominately of the Harvard Law School or the Ameri­ “ white” groups with considerable clout can Bar Association; neither by Afri­ is said to have won the gratitude of can American Professor, Derrick Bell, several prominent blacks who feel they nor by Professor Christopher Edley Jr., now may be spared the “ embarrasment” “ No one can look at Clarence Tho­ of coming out against one of their own. m as’ record and find the claim he was The National Abortion Rights Action the best-qualified person remotely League (NARAL) has made its posi­ credible... requires heroic effort to keep tion clear as they organize a coalition a straight face.” to block Thom as’ Senate confirma­ It is true, of course, that as colu- tion. “ His statements reveal his rejec­ mist Ellen Goodman puts it, “ This is tion of the constitutional basis for the the life experience, the pluralism of right to privacy, including the right to background (in a justice) that liberals choose an a abortion.” They have want to be reflected. And it is hard for been joined by the National Organiza­ civil rights groups to turn away from a tion for Women (NOW). black man who has ‘made it in Amer­ The elderly in this nation clearly ica.’ ” But that is just what may hap­ are concerned about the “ failures” of pen as we begin a week highlighted by Thomas when he was head of the Equal an official F.B.I. appearance at the Na­ Employment Opportunity Commission tional Convention of the N A A CP-to between 1982 and 1990. Dan Schul- reassure EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OP­ dcr, legislative director for the Na­ PORTUNITY FOR BLACKS IN THE tional Council of senior citizens, flays AGENCY (without quotas?). him “ because of his bias for employ­ And there is further irony in that ers against a class of workers.” Under the Thomas choice coincided with the Thomas the EEOC allowed the statute dedication of the Memphis motel where of limitations to lapse on an estimated Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assas- 13,000 age discrimination cases. The sinated-as a NATIONAL CIVIL agency also allowed companies to re­ RIGHTS MUSEUM. Hundreds of civil duce pension benefits for workers who rights advocates and celebrities gath­ remain past retirement age and adopted ered there, including Rosa Parks, Coretta rules to help employers avoid lawsuits Scott King, Morgan Freeman and Pete by older workers. Thomas fought with Seeger, to celebrate the first center to his own staff over these issue. hold a comprehensive exhibit docu­ But, let us look at the man him­ menting the civil rights movement in self, his statements, positions -albeit thiscountry. A wag has asked, “ would superficially at this point. This propo­ it be appropriate at the confirmation nent of “ bootstrap conservation ’’ was hearing to ask the candidate for the bom of dirt poor southern sharecrop­ high bench had he ever BROKEN THE pers, deserted by his father, raised by LAW TO SECURE JUSTICE UNDER grandparents. (Weren’t so many of us?) THE LAW? At a lunch counter, at the His education was secured at three rear of a bus, in a Birmingham jail?” Catholic parochial institutions in se­ (Add to those present at that dedication quence before entering Yale Law James Famer, Julian Bond, Daisy Bates, School. His first job as a practicing James Forman, Benjamin Hooks, et attorney was as a protege of the then al.) Attorney Gcncral/now senior senator T Vesta Williams Next Week elinda Rose Jordan and Tricia Judge Roosevelt Robinson Volunteer Drivers Needed Do you have a valid drivers li­ cense? Two hours per month to spare? Northeast Portland seniors need you to *«elp provide transportation on week­ days, evenings and weekends. Call Project Linkage, a division of Metro­ politan Family Service, at 249-8215 to volunteer. Read My Lips: Clarence Thomas Is The Most Qualified Mt. Olivet’s Annual Fisherama News Religion Entertainment His Opinion News News Health Special Classifieds Bids Judge Roosevelt Robinson Named Distinguished Alumnus Of The Year McClendon, both of Portland, OR, received their degrees from Clark Atlanta University as part of the uni­ versity’s 1991 commencement cere­ monies held recently at the Atlanta Civic Center. Melinda received a B.A. in Psy­ chology. She was a member of Psi Chi, the National Psychology Honor Soci­ ety, and plans to pursue a career as a Public Health Associate for the Center for Disease Control in Florida. Tricia received a B.A. in English. She plans to continue her studies in Law School. In The Beginning Was the Word, Part 1 by McKinley Burt I July 10,1991 "The Eyes and Ears o f The Community" Local Students Receive Degrees From Clark Atlanta University 25