J une 2, 1993 • T he P ortland O bserver
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Young People Encouraged To
Make Education Work For Them
At NAACP Youth Forum
ences grow ing up in B irm ingham ,
In answer to the question, “ Edu­ N A A C P members A lic ia G ill. New
Y o rk State Y outh Conference A d v i­ Alabama, during the turbulence o f the
cation Where Do W cG oF roin Here ’
c iv il rights movement in the 1950s
a group o f young N A A C P members sor Faith Blackburnc, Region 11 Youth
and 1960s She always put education
was advised by three distinguished D irector and Yasm in Hurston. Repre­
first, she said, and went on to attend
speakers at a forum here to make the sentative. N ational Y outh W ork C om ­
the In d ia n a U n iv e rs ity G raduate
A m e rica n education system w ork to mittee
Smalls recalled his youth in a School o f Social W ork before entering
th e ir advantage in spite o f the sy stem s
segregated South Carolina school The politics
shortcom ings
Follow mg their presentations; the
Illu s tra tin g their presentations school was sm all and its resources
panelists entertained questions from
lim
ite
d
,
said
Smalls,
but
we
learned
w ith heartfelt and frequently dram atic
the audience P rior to the forum , the
reminiscences o f their own experi­ There was lose and caring involved in
audience had viewed a specially-ed­
ences in an unequal and segregated the proecss. T h a t's why it is a major
ited version o f the awards-w in n in g
mistake to abandon the school system
schools system, the three speakers
teles
ision documentary, "Eyes on the
Percy Sutton, retired Chairm an. Inner It is not the public school system — it
Prize.”
Pepsi sent more than 22,000
City Broadcasting Corporation; James is our public school system
copies
o
f
the documentary to schools
Sm alls' sentiments were echoed
Smalls, Professor. Black Studies, City
and
com
m
unity groups du rin g Black
College o f New Y o rk and C o u n cil- by Sutton, w ho spoke o f attending
History M onth Lunch was provided
the
segregated
P
h
y
llis
W
h
e
a
tle
y
wom an C V irg in ia Fields (D -H arlem )
by Pizza Hut and Pepsi- Cola.
— repeatedly exhorted the young H igh School in sari A ntonio. Texas It
Betty Shine, Manager, C om m u­
may
have
been
a
one-room
school-
people to make education their top
house. Sutton said, but when he gradu­ nity Relations. Pcpsi-Cola Company,
p rio rity.
said this marks the 30th year o f Pepsi’s
The forum was sponsored by the ated he was fluent in Latin. Sutton
B lack History program, demonstrat­
N A A C P ’ sN ational Y outh W ork Com­ also encouraged young people not to
ing that the com pany’ s com m itm ent
mittee, its N A Y . State Y outh C onfer­ be afraid o f hard w ork, re ca llin g how
to p a rticipating in the education o f our
ence and Pepsi-Cola Company in com­ he worked 16 hours a day, six days a
young
people remains strong”
m em oration o f the 39th anniversary week to put h im s e lf th ro u g h law
Ms Shine said: no want to en­
o f the UPS Supreme Court decision school.
"Educate yourself, but realize courage a ll o f you to rem ain focused
that outlawed segregation in public
along
the way that you may have to on your goals and continue to strive to
schools on May 17.1954 It took place
become w ell-educated, then reach back
suffer, said Sutton.
at Public School 75 in Manhattan
and help someone else.”
Fields
spoke
o
f
her
own
experi­
The program was coordinated by
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