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Portland ACT-SO Announces It’s
National Representatives To The
National ACT-SO Competitions
Even, To Ile Hehl In buHunapolH During The NAACP N u lio n u l^ n v e n n o n h J uly^
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Nation Of Islam
NAACP Response To
President Clinton’s
Nomination Of Ruth
Bader Ginsburg
T he P ortland B ranch N A A C P. A fro-A cadem ic
Cultural Technological and Scientific O lym pics (i.c. A CT-
SO) Program announced its local w inners on Sunday,
June 12th at a program hosted by A llen Tem ple CM E. A
I bear w itness that there is no G od th eir ow n condition ” Holy Q u ran
but A llah, and 1 bear w itness that unity ch ap ter 13 section 2 verse 11, “U nite
T he N A A C P announced today
is strength and disunity is w eakness my p e o p le , a n d r e g a r d le s s o f
An A ppeal To Black College Stu­ your faiths and beliefs, form yourself that it w ould follow its tim e-honored
in to o n e n a tio n o f b r o th e r h o o d practice reg ard in g Suprem e Court
dents
(the
love and help; o f each other). nom inations by conducting a th o r­
W e (N .O .I.) believe that blacks
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w ill see that unity will solve ough exam ination o f the record and
are o f such num bers in N orth A m erica
the
greater
p art of your problem s w ritings o f the H onorable Ruth Bader
that we are now a N A TIO N W ITHIN
before
you
now
it. “ Suprem e W isdom G insburg President Clinton has nom i­
A N A T IO N . S o w e ’rc are asking all o f
page
84.
A
lack
o f know ledge o f nated Judge G insburg, who presently
our people that are taking on the virtue
o f learning to “get an education w hich s e lf a n d o th e rs is w h a t h in d e rs serves as an Associate Judge on the
will m ake our people produce jobs for us T h is most necessary know ledge U nited States Court o f A ppeals for the
self and w ill m ake our people w illing o f se lf and o th ers is given to us D istrict o f Colum bia C ircuit, fo ra seat
and able to go for self. Is not this the from the teachings o f the H onorable on the U nited States Suprem e Court
T h e N A A C P w ill take no p o si­
goal and aim o f m any foreign students E lijah M uham m ad. So w e appeal
to all th e stu d e n ts o f th e b lack tion on Judge G insburg s nom ination
w ho are studying in this country?
to
stu d y
E lija h until a w ritten report based on a schol­
W ill not these students return to c o m m u n ity
M
uham
m
ad
teachings
through
his arly review o f her record is com pleted
their own nations and give thei r people
student
Min.
Louis
F
arrakhan.
And
and considered by N A A C P m em bers
the benefit o f their learning?”
soon
we
will
see
the
fruit
(indepen­
and officials.
M E SSA G E T O THE BLA CK
M A N PA G E 39,40. W e should not dence) o f our study.
“ S E L F -IM P R O V E M E N T THE
w ant to be another generation depen­
BA
SIS
FOR CO M M U N ITY DE VEL-
dent on the dom inant society for a job,
O
P
M
E
N
T -unless we b u ild people;
food, clothing and shelter. W E D E ­
SIRE T O BE INV O LV ED IN BU ILD ­ unless the hum an potential o f people
IN G C IV IL IZ A T IO N W ITH TH E is developed; th en m an, in his u n d er­
N A TIO N S O FT H E EARTH. We have developed state, will ultim ately de­
the potential to be independent is b u r­ stroy the cities that he has built be­
ied under lack o f know ledge o f self cause o f revolution and w ar So, the
and m isunderstanding. T he know l­ scripture is rig h t in teaching. “ W hat
edge o f self and others will begin to does it profit a m an if he gains the
rebuild the essence in each and every w hole world and loses his soul? “ M in­
one o f us.T his essence is righteous­ ister Louis F arrak ah n self-im prove­
ness and the spirit o f A llah (God). T he m ent speech page 2. B rother Jam es X
Hon. E lijah M uham m ad, we believe, Bess takes us into a deeper and deeper
started this re-building A nd now Min. u n derstanding o f SEL F-IM PR O V E ­
Louis F arrakhan has 18 study guides M E N T THE BASIS O F C O M M U ­
N IT Y D E V E L O PM EN T ON TH E
in circulation for SELF-IM PR O V E­
CA B LE T V. PRO G R A M S EV ER Y
M E N T A N D C O M M U N ITY D E ­
V ELO PM EN T B uilding the w ill, how TH U R SD A Y LIV E O N C H A N N EL
to handle em otion, the God w ithin, 27. Bro Jam es is a b ro th er we should
A llah(G od) is the true center o f every­ all study, because he is an exam ple o f
th in g are some o f the study guides that a believer who loves an d is loyal to the
are extrem ely helpful for those striv ­ m is s io n th a t th e H o n . E lija h
ing for self-m astery. We m isunder­ M uham m ad started in 1934. T hank
stand because som e o f us believe that you fo rread in g th is. D on’t forget about
talking black self-help is a form of the LIV E T V . lecture series by Jam es
hate or race separation. “Let us cap­ X Bess every T hursday at 4pm c h a n ­
ture the m arket o f our people by pro ­ nel 27 playbacks every Sun. at 8pm ch.
ducing their needs. “ M ESSA G E T O 33 and every Mon. at 1 la m c h .l 1.
Learn m ore o f the m ission and
TH E BLACK M A N page 222. T he
work
ofM in. Louis F arrak h an contact
Koreans cam e to North America united
E
liiah
X Jefferson at 335-0408
an now serve our needs in our own
com m unities across America. W hy
not use our brain power, labor, skills
and talent to serve our own needs?
“ Surely A llah (G od) changes not the
condition o f a people, until they change
tions. L ast year, N kenge H arm on, a senior at C atlin G able
won a national Gold M edal in O riginal Essay.
P o rtlan d ’s representatives to the N ational A C T-SO
Com petition are pictured above. T he categories o f each
local w in n er, an d
delegation ofeitht
their respective high
TITLE
CATEGORY
SCHOOL
STUDENTS
students an d five
school is listed b e­
"W b o is itr
Fibaking
Jefferson
Derric Crooks
adult ch ap ero n s
low.
"Breolha"
Dance
Jefferson
Komar io Kyle
will leave for In­
F u n d in g fo r
"J Dream a World"
Oratory
Jefferson
Contrewo Henry
d ia n ap o lis. ID .,
this y ear’s P ortland
“Advice"
Dramatics
Carfin
Nkenge Hannon
th e s ite o f th e
ACT-SO Program is
Class./fnstt.
Benson
Rayne
Houghton
N .A .A .C .P. N a­
m ade possible by a
"Vittoria Mio Core"
ClassWocal
Milwaukie
Michael Trotter
tio n a l C o n v e n ­
v
ariety o f sources
"Con You Stop The R ainf
Cont./Vocal
Milwaukie
Michael Trotter
tion, on July 8,
in c lu d in g ;
The
“Sfili"
Drawing
Lincoln
Moniguea Majors
1993.
Black U nited Fund
“Self-Portrait"
Painting
Lincoln
Moniguea Majors
“ A C T-SO is
o f O re g o n , I n te l
Original
Essay
Franklin
Susanna Pays
the N .A .A .C .P .s
F o u n d a tio n ,
'A Sunny Day in liberto”
Poetry
Franklin
Susanna Faye
way o f prom oting
Pacificorp F ou n d a­
academ ic ex cel­
tion, and in d ividu­
lence by creating
als w ho jo in ed “ 100 F riends o f A C T -SO ” . how ever,
a clim ate in Portland, and other urban cities, w here
additional funds arc currently needed. Any one interested
a d u lts a c tiv e ly s u p p o r t a c a d e m ic a c h ie v e m e n t
in m aking a m onetary contribution should forw ard a check
throughout the com m unity. ’ said Lucious Hicks AC T-SO
m ade out to P ortland A CT-SO P rogram , and m ail it
C hairm an.
directly to US N ational Bank, M etropolitan B ranch c/o
A CT-SO students com pete in 24 academ ic areas.
Lynne M unson, 900 SW 6th, Portland, OR. 97204. For
Each student is allow ed to enter up to three categories.
inform ation on how you can jo in “ 100 Friends o f ACT-
W inners represent P ortland at the NA AC P s N ational
SO” , please call Ms. Rhone at 464-5749.
C onvention by en terin g the N ational AC 1 -SO C om pcti-
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