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Leaders Praise
Clinton
Administration
Illustrating the spirit of cooperation between their two nations, President Clinton and South African President Nelson Mandela address the
nation in a joint radio address from the East Room of the White House. Clinton praised Mandela's leadership in “always choosing
reconciliation over division, " while Mandela called for a “new and enduring partnership” in business between the two nations.
Publishers Support NAACP
Block Press
To Build
Stronger
Relationship
The Black Women’s Network, a
national organization of over 200
community and business leaders,
meets for its 15th annual conference
Saturday in Los Angeles.
“Empowerment in the 21 st Cen­
tury: Reclaiming Yourself,” is the
theme of the session.
“We will speak to such issues as
reclaiming our faith, reclaiming our
Publishers from around the country gather at the National Press Club to put out a message
the NAACP.
has given generations of blacks bet­
ter equality of rights and measurable
results, illustrated by removal of bar­
riers in employment, housing and
legal areas.
With the work of the NAACP
still unfinished, and the need for in­
creased and better ongoing commu­
nications among black Americans,
the members of the Nation Newspa­
per Publishers Association believe
that the missions of our leading civil
rights organization and of the nation’s
oldest African American newspapers
are inextricably linked, and that both
would be well served through a closer
working relationship.
The Black Press of America is a
167-year-old institution that provides
the medium for relevant news to and
about African-American communi­
ties. As our 205 member newspapers
provide objective news coverage to
our 10 million readers each week, we
intend to make it our mission to de­
fend, and explain, the NAACP’s fun­
damental and ongoing mission.
Based on the commonality of
our purposes, as the Voice of Black
America, we intend to make sure our
mediums provide the NAACP more
consistent and more visible support
from the nation's African-American
editorial writers, columnists and opin­
ion leaders.
( Robert Bogle is president o f the
National Newspaper Publishers As­
sociation and is publisher o f The
Philadelphia Tribune.)
Firm Markets African
American Products
African Americans pour billions
of dollars in the U.S. economy, yet
find businesses who sell them goods
which neither respect or appreciate
their business.
The National African American
Products organization is doing its
part to change these marketing prac­
tices.
The organization has a philoso­
phy that "if African Americans can­
not produce and sell everything we
buy and use, then we must source the
highest quality from the manufactur­
ers and sell it to ourselves through a
home business network at the most
reasonable prices.”
Currently the company has prod­
ucts that include gifts, framed art­
ing at a press availability following
the meeting, highlighted the positive
work of the Clinton administration.
He cited the administration for
being successful in creating more
jobs, saying Detroit is number one in
auto manufacturing once again.
Jackson said more children are
being fed, more youth are able to go
to college and the income tax credit
is lifting working families out of pov­
erty.
Jack so n also praised the
administration’s handling of foreign
policies, praising Clinton for the res­
toration of democracy in Haiti, the
peaceful elections in South Africa,
developments in Namibia and the
deterrence of a new Iraqi invasion of
Kuwait.
i
C. T ucker, the chair of the
N a tio n al P o litic a l C au cu s of
Black W om en, said supporting •
D em ocrats in the upcom ing No^
vem ber election was critical to
the survival of causes im portant
to African A m ericans.
Conference Focuses On
Empowerment
B y R obert B ogle
T hroughout our history in
America, it has been imperative that
blacks develop strong organizations
to secure improved social, economic
and political status for ourselves and
for our children.
Such >vas clearly the case in
1909 when the National Association
of the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP) was founded.
Now, driven by the same neces­
sity, the black press is taking a first
step to establish a mutually support­
ive relationship with the nation’s must
enduring black institution.
The renewed interest in the black
press is strengthening the relation­
ship with the nation’s oldest civil
rights organization was spurred by
the recent spate of negative NAACP
coverage by the so-called “majority
press.”
By unanimous opinion, the Na­
tional N ew spaper P u b lish e rs
Association’s board of directors has
decided that the NAACP’s mission
has been and continues to be a justi­
fiable cause for support by the power
and reach of the black press.
Since it was formed in 1909, few
organizations of such diverse and
widely dispersed membership have
attained the organizational stability
and strength of the NAACP.
Through its branches, local, col­
lege and youth council chapters
across the county, the NAACP has
continued to be black America’s larg­
est organization.
At all levels, the NAACP has
used organized, determined and
aggressive actions in the courts,
streets and legislatures to assist mil­
lions of African Americans gain bet­
ter social, economic and political
status for decades.
Despite the smear tactics being
presented daily in the “majority
press,” the real record of successes
attained by the 85-year-old NAACP
Vice President A1 Gore called
for action to improve the economy,
create jobs, provide education op­
portunities and reduce crime in a
meeting Friday that brought together
civil rights and religious leaders,
members of Congress, mayors and
elected officials, community activ­
ists, and labor representatives.
“This country cannot afford to
turn back the progress that has been
made in the first 21 months of this
administration,” the vice president
said.
Gore said the Clinton adminis­
tration has been successful in creat­
ing 4 million new jobs, passing an
earned income tax credit, a family
and medical leave act, reducing the
deficit and passing a tough crime bill
to safeguard communities and chil­
dren.
“Together we will continue to
build on that program and provide
more and better opportunities for all
Americans,” Gore said.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson speak
work, household accessories, cloth­
ing and other items.
The NAAP has a home business
program that eliminates some of the
financial costs normally part of start­
ing a part-time or full-time business
from your home.
It claims that all that is needed to
start a small business selling African
American made and other products
to A frican A m ericans is some
samples, business cards and ambi­
tion.
“That and a willingness to work
hard to get those things in life that
you want and deserve," an organiza­
tion spokesman said.
For more information call the
NAAP at (612) 549-0748.
communities from drugs and vio­
lence, reclaiming our families from
moral decay and finally and most
importantly, building community
economics,” said Pat Tobin, the
conference’s mistress of ceremonies.
Tobin said networking to create
new business and helping existing
business is a vital element of the
organization.
Supporting Our Scholars of
Tomorrow.. .Today.
If we are to have scientists, engineers and
other professionals for tomorrow, we must
start today.
O ur nation's future depends on its
greatest natural resource, our young people.
And their key to the future is education.
But many students simply can’t afford to
attend college. Government cutbacks in
education support, fewer student loans and
rising costs have combined to limit access to a
college education for many minority students
who need financial assistance.
T hat’s why Brown & Williamson
Tobacco Corporation continues to support
educational opportunities with contributions to
the United Negro College Fund and directly
supports institutions of higher learning that
serve minority students. Our commitment to
UN CF is only part of Brown & W illiamson’s,
and our employees' grants to education.
We know these future leaders, now
studying in colleges and universities across the
country, need our help. Given the opportunity,
these young people will excel and secure a brighter
future for themselves and for all of us.
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