~ .. .. The Oregon ADVANCE PORTLAND,OREGON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1968 Model Cities Plan Revised; HUD Taking Look Before Portland City Council Decides Housing and Urban DeveloPment (HUD) officials in San Francisco requested a preliminary look this week at Portland's Model Cities revised plans before they are voted on by the City Council, it was learned by the Advance Times. Meanwhile, the Model Cities Temporary Committee is proceeding with plans for an areaElection Set For Board Residents from each of seven school a t tend an c e areas may file as candidates for election to the Model Cities Citizens' Planning Board. Directions for filing will be given at meetings to be held at the schools next Tuesday evening, Feb. 13, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Deadline for filing one's candidacy is Feb. 23, and election will be by ballot on Saturday, March 2. Special polling stations will be set up at the school and ballots will be available with all candidates listed. The Citizens' PI an n in g Board\will be composed of 16 persons elected by area residents plus 11 persons to be appointed by the mayor, thus giving the elected resi dents a clear majority. Duties of the Citizens' Planning Board will include: a. Regular review of all planning processes; b. Validating of o ff i c i al membership on a 11 working committees for various Model Cities planning; c. Final review (and veto if necessary) on all plans developed by resident c o m m i t t e e s and Model Cities staff. wide election. It will choose 16 members to a permanent Citizen's Planning Board to supervise Model Cities activities for the year. The board would have veto power on all planning headed for City Council, and would appoint residents to all the working committees that draw up Model Cities plans. Jo:m Whitesides, chairman of the Temporary Citizen's Committee, named Tuesday, Feb. 13, as the kick-off day for Citi7en Participation in Model Cities. Simultaneous meetings will be held that evening in ·seven grade school auditoriums and all residents are urged to attend. Purpose of the Tuesday evening meetings will be threefold: 1. To give further information and to ask residents to volunteer their help for Model Cities. 2. To explain the election process for naming the permanent Citizens' Board. 3. To ask interested persons to file as candidates for the Planning Board. Copies of the "unofficial" Model Cities revisions were presented to HUD at San Francisco by the Model Cities director, Paul J, Schulze. Accompanying him on the trip were John Whitesides, chairman, and Larry Lakey, vice chairman of the Temporary Committee. The three are attending a Model Cities Conference, called by HUD and HEW officials. If HUD gives tentative approval to Portland's application revisions, they will go before the City Council for voting next week, at a date still to be announced. Student Tells About C-CAP by RICKY HARPER Recommended District ~ -NN. Union N.E. 18th • N. Ainsworth ,'11.E. 19th Soldier Hiti Calls Home Killingsworth N. Interstate Staggered boundaries for the Model Cities area will be recommended to the City Council by Commissioner Francis lvancie, the Advance Times has learned. The western part will have North Ainsworth Street as its no rt her n boundary. The eastern part will extend north to Columbia Boulevard. Broadway will be the southern boundary under the Vickers· Says N.E. 22nd N.E. 18th N.E. 21st N.E. Broadway The telephone rang at the Lynn Hatchett home, 6334 N, Williams Ave., Sunday night and to the family's astonishment, Pfc. Lynn Hatchett,Jr., was calling from a hospital in Saigon, Vietnam. He had been severely wounded in crawling through a mine field. But his mother said he told her, "I'm going to make it." commissioners' recommendations, a rejection of proposals that the Model Cities She said she was not able to get a clear understanding of his condition from the to the southeast radio telephone call but it be extended district. Interstate Avenue will be the western boundary. The eastern line will vary, but N, E. 22nd Avenue will 6e the farthest east line. The accompanying sketch shows in detail the lines that will be recommended. appeared that both his thighs had been shattered. There was no indication that he would be sent home. Lynn Jr., 20, attended Jefferson High School. He left for Ft. Lewis on Jan. 1 and was sent to Vietnam Jan. 7, his mother said. Emphasis Must Be On Youth Activity Portland must take active steps to prevent racial turmoil, Thomas R. Vickers, president of the Portland branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told the East Multnomah County Republican Club, In a recent talk before the club, Vickers said city administrators must design programs to involve young people. He called for employment programs, youth camps and other recreational facilities and asked that they be put into effect before violence erupts. Vickers said the Model outlet for young people and adults if citizens are allowed to participate in the program. He said contractors who receive building contracts should be screened to insure against racial discrimination in employment. He said the state's apprenticeship program could provide an opportunity to involve black youth. He asked that "b 1 a c k people not only have menial jobs but skilled and supervisory jobs as well," trative positions in city government. "The city fathers seem to forget that black people are taxpayers," stressed Vickers. Vickers called upon the Portland School Board to stop '' substituting compensatory education for integrated education and move with haste to obey the law." Plans for electing the residents to the Citizens' Planning Board were drawn up by the Model Cities Temporary Committee which was made up completely of representatives of existing organizations in the area, including five persons from the Albina Citizens' War on Poverty Committee. When I come to school, Sister (Guadelupe, a Franciscan nun) tells me, "Ricky, sit down and write about something," so today I am writing about what I do at C-CAP school. When 1 am at C-CAP Cities program can be a good Vickers also said the time "is opportune" for the city to show good faith by appointing black people to adminis- ''Two tax levies have been turned down and the Portland public schools need money. It would seem that the school board would welcome the federal money that it could obtain through Title IV to fa c i Ii tat e desegregation. Evansville, Ind,. received $200,000; Oakland, Calif., more than $300,000. This money is available to those who wish to comply with the law." The Citizens' election plan was fully adopted by Model Cities planning coordinator Paul J. Schulze and recom. mended to the mayor's office for inclusion in the revised application. "We want to ensure full citizens' participation so that area residents determine the direction in which the community should go," Schulze said. "Persons elected to the Board on March 2 will serve without pay," Schulze pointed out, ''but some expenses such as babysitting and transportation can be provided." Attends Meeting Attending a meeting of the ADC (Aid to Dependent Children) Association representatives Feb. IO in Eugene will be Mrs, Faye Lyday, president of the Multnomah County ADC Association. school, I think of a lot of things to write, but I can't quite think of which one I want to write about, Many people say the ('.-CAP is for hoodlums and drOPouts. But, if you want to learn something, you can learn. It's just simply, if you want to learn all you can, but if you don't want to, nobody .can make you learn. Myself, well, I see it this way: I don't like school. But, I've got to make the best of it because I have to ·have an education. Right now, there are many people in the world today that don't have jobs because they simply did not like school, so they quit. If my parole officer hadn't gotten me in to C-CAP, l wouldn't have had anywhere to go and no money to go anywhere with. And, naturally, I would have started breaking into things and stealing money, so I am· very grateful that they made a C-CAP. Swingers To Compete Aretha Franklin? Dick Gregory? Ray Charles? Are you out there? Don't hide your light under a bushel, Only a week remains before the deadline for entering the Albina Art Center's third annual Valentine's Day Workshop Teaches History of Negro A Negro history workshop is being taught by Julius Stokes at the Knott Street Community Center, Stokes, who teaches remedial ,eading at Highland School, was graduated from Chicago Teachers College as a history major. The workshop meets every Friday at 7:30 p.m. Last Friday the discussion covered the Nile Valley to the year 1619 in Black history. Amateur Show and Contest. Amateur singers, pantomimists, dancers, instrumentalists and comedians can share their abilities with the community, Registration must be completed and the entry fee paid by Feb, 14. The first 20 applicants will be on stage Friday, Feb. 16, from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Albina Child Care Center auditorium, 58 N, E. Morris. Cash prizes will be given to the top three performers, Other participants will have their talent evaluated by a board of judges. The talent show is open to the community. General admission is $1.50 at the door. Additional information may be obtained from Mrs. Cynthia Brown or Lois Hudson, coordinators of the contest at the Albina Art Center. Program Outlined The NAACP youth are actively engaged in setting up speaking engagements throughout the city with other youth groups. They are explaining their new program. Various seminars have been set up. This past weekend, the group met at Camp Adams with the American Friends youth. · Coming up on the NAACP agenda is the organi?ation of a boys' basketball team and the planning of a regional conference to be held in May at Yakima, Wash. Francine Ingersoll is president of the group; Evelyn Carson is vice-president and Shelley Cage is secretarytreasurer. Negro Story Observance Gets Help The week of Feb. 11 is observed as National Negro History Week, initiated more than a half century ago by Dr. Carter G. Wooden. Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk has called on Portland residents to observe it. Libraries will make a special effort to di'Splay books dealing with the rich heritage of American Negroes. Films covering Negro history will be available at the Albina Branch library. A special program at that branch will be presented Feb. 12 when Florence Acila of Kenya will be present. She will tell African folk stories and sing folk songs at 4 p.m. in the conference room, Films available include three of 20 minutes each with these titles: "1619 to 1860, Out of Slavery"; "1861 to 1877, Civil War and Reconstruction"; "1877 to Today, Freedom Movement." Another set of films on history of the Negro people covers such topics as heritage, the vanishing Negro in Brazil and the new mood. These are 16mm sound films. The borrower must have a projector, have a library. card and be over 21. Many churches and various groups have projectors. The library's projector also may be reserved by groups for use in the library. In the Albina branch library are numerous books about the ancient African kingdoms, contributions of Negroes to American history and to fields as diverse as art, literature, sports, science and music. "From Slavery to Freedom" by John Hope Franklin, a history professor at the University of Chicago, is one of these. It provides an excellent account of African life before the slave trade. Arna Bontemps "Story of the Negro" presents his story in a colorful and dramatic manner and is a good book for the beginner in the field. D an i e 1 Mannix' s "Black Cargoes" is a dramatically written history of the slave trade. "Lay My Burde11. Down" by B. A. Botkin is-a collection of the words of former slaves, describing life before the Emancipation Proclamation. Many of the stories are tragic, but are told with a leavening of humor and faith. Philip Durham's ''The Negro Cowboys" provides a highly readable account of the little known range riders of the West. "The Negro in American Culture" by Margaret Butcher describes what Negroes have contributed to American poetry, drama, fiction, art and music. Files of magazines also provide a rich source of material. Rummage Welcomed The Albina Art Center reports th11t it is now receiving rummage for the annual rummage sale to be held in June,
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By carrier, 40¢ per month (voluntary) Newstand, single copy, 10¢ STATEMENT The Oregon Advance/TIMES goes to press weekly to serve residents of the North-,,01·theast .Central area of Portland with news about the life of our community; info .ruation on the opportunities before us; discussion of the social and political issues that confront us. The Oregon Advance/TIMES gives to our community a newspaper which factually reports the news of our area and aggressively seeks the full rights of our citizens. It will provide a forum for community expression and help people become more conscious of their obligations to themselves and their community. In all this, the truth, as we see it, will be consistently presented. Page 2 Vol. l, No. 2 February 8, 1968 Nea,o Hi1to,g Week In this issue, the Advance/ TIMES pays special attention to National Negro History Week. In each issue we have articles about the heritage of the black race because we believe that this is one of the most overlooked subjects in both the black and white communities. If you did not read carefully the first article by Charlotte Rutherford in last week's issue, we recommend that you go back and read it. Its story of the beginning of Mankind in Africa, the development of the first society in Egypt by blacks and the way the exploitation of Africa was carried out by Europeans is an excellent foundation for the series. Same Old Jobi A Portland television program, "Opportunity Line," is designed to find jobs for Negroes. Job openings are reported and those who want the jobs call in for them. It's a fine idea but - What are the jobs? They are the old stereotypes. Jobs for janitors. Jobs for porters. Jobs for servants. Jobs for the black man because the white man doesn't want them. We know these jobs are important. But we are tired of having only these low-skill or unskilled jobs offered to Negroes; tired of sitting back and seeing the better jobs offered only to the whites. The Out1ide,1 Look On January 21 the Northwest Magazine of The Oregonian did an ''in depth'' series of articles covering the Albina community. From this article, you would think this was a land of milk and honey. It was from the outlook of someone who has never seen a black face up close, who has noted the color of the skin but not the features. It told of one church's practices and its rituals and completely overlooked the fact that black churches, like white churches, follow different doctrines in accordance with their creeds. Another article on food in the stores dwelt long on pigs' feet and mustard greens and yams and never noticed higher prices and inferior quality of the majority of the goods. As usual, the white man was afraid of finding out the truth of the Albina area. Instead of using a black man who is familiar with Albina to tell the story, the magazine s~nt white reporters to view the community as outsiders who saw everything superficially. They looked at the community the way children v~ew animals in a cage at the zoo, These animals look like they are having lots of fun in their cages. But they aren't. What', in a Name? When the big downtown store changed its name from Olds and King to Rhodes, the newspapers went along and called it Rhodes. When the town of Marshfield changed its name to Coos Bay, the newspapers changed, to. But when Cassius Clay said his name was changed to Mohammud Ali, the newspapers couldn't hear him. They'd never flunk a color blind test. Ga,baae Coll~tion In our letters column this week an Albina resident, Art Wallace, speaks of the things we need. Among those he lists is municipal garbage collection. This is one of the· important things that should be possible for us to work for with the health authorities; A great deal is said about protecting the health of the people. But they seem to have overlooked the fact that in poverty areas, people cannot pay for garbage collection. We would like to ask the city health officer and the State Board of Health, v.rill either of them do anything about this? Will they write and let the Advance Times print their answer to the people? J 7k 'P~fe Sµd J Model City The Albina community does not have a single voice. Each Control person has ideas that are his own and many groups speak only for their members, This newspaper In its editorials says what its editorial board believes. But it is only one of the voices of Albina. You, too, have a voice. And you can speak out by writing letters to the editor. Our pages are small and our space is Iim ited. So please speak about things here, at home. If we do not have room for all letters, those that are about national and international affairs will have to be set aside in favor of letters that talk about the special problems and hopes of people here at home. And keep them short. If they run over 250 words, we probably will have to shorten them. WHAT WE NEED To the Editor: What do we want from the model city program? As a resident of many years I ask myself what? Number l on my list of course is a decent standard of living. Without nourishing food and shelter or rest areas everything else becomes a farce. As one of our residents said on TV recently, we can't eat the damned parks. Jobs of course: not just talk. If we have to make jobs, make them. Another must is municipal garbage pick up. People pile garbage up simply because they can not out of welfare checks pay for same. A local police precinct manned by local people should be considered. Nurseries under Head Start should be tripled. Dormitories should be established so that any man, woman or child can get a night's shelter and food, when cold and hungry, and NO BIBLE POUNDING. Young men and women who desire to further their education should be aided without red tape and buck passing. Anyone wanting to learn a trade should be helped on the same basis. The old ways must go. Time gro\,·s short. We must make the radical change or it will be made for us and it won't be pleasant. Art Wallace 4019 N. E. Garfield WHO ARE LEADERS? To the Editor: Again that nasty word, "Leader," comes to Portland Negroes. Portlanders, as well as other people, are "duped" by the terms "leader" and "experts." I don't know whether the news media is aware of the fallacies attached to the terms. Leaders and experts fall into categories: 1. Self appointed who claim "expert" knowledge on a given subject and go half informed or unaware that the people that they say they are "speaking for" could care less. No one speaks for the Negro in Portland or anywhere else. Their actions should read as ''in their opinion." The recognized responsible "leaders" are a few n8llles that the powers that be can call on to give an assessment of what is al ready common knowledge, and represent no one, or speak for no one, not even their spouse. Another less unimportant "leader" is the imported "expert and leader" who comes to town supported financially by either Negroes or white to mouth or brainwash a few into their views. So I take a dim view of the terms "experts and leaders" when discussing Negroes, and try to fit the leader in these phases of opportunistic agrandizement. Over the years, ahd especially since World War ll, I have been wondering why someone can't see the need to talk to or work with the unrecognized i r re s p o n s i bl e "leaders" and the non-experts in fields that need exploring. There are too many "experts and leaders'' that know too much about everything and nothing about anything. Oliver E. Smith 1128 N. E, Knott St. STREET SOLICITING To the Editor: I am aware of the fact that the Portland Police Department, after pressure from residents of the Albina community, finally exerted an effort to discourage prostitutes from openly soliciting business on our streets. Now, how much longer will it take them to dissuade white men from coming into the community with the specific purpose of getting them a "nigger girl?" While looking to satisfy their lusts, these lecherous white men have more than often insulted many Black women, especially our young Black women, by attempting to proposition them. ltmakes no difference how the Black woman is dressed; it matters not whether she's downtown, in broad daylight, or she's sitting on her front doorstep, the comment remains the same, "How would you like to make five dollars?" Evidently, white men are under the misconception that all Black women are tramps and prostitutes and command little or no respect (or money either). This crude image stems directly from slavery, when it was the common custom for the white slave master to rape our Black women. ',\!ell, that was almost 100 years ago, and those days are definitely over! It seems to me that Black women are not treated with respect by outsiders who enter the community, let alone by those outside the community. Though our police department claims to serve "all" the people of the city, they have certainly overlooked the Black woman in our community, by passively condoning the actions of their white counterparts, by sitting back and doing nothing. Police protection for residents of the Albina community seems to be in the form of stopping and harassing Black motorists, inquiring where they're going and what they' re doing. (In their own community, even!) Yet, nothing is asked of the roving bands of white men, who parade up and down our streets on the weekends and even during some weekdays, as to their presence in the community. What's to be done about this situation? - well, that remains to be seen. Beverly Nicholson 6614 N. E, 8th GOOD WISHES To the Editor: On behalf of the Human Relations Commission of the City of Portland, we wish to Jom the chorus of wellwishers for the success of your newspaper. We know that it will improve communications among all sectors of our population. We know it will give factual interpretations which will assist in solutions of problems that face our community - it will provide a climate of mutual concern. Again, our congratulations on this new venture. Russ Payton Executive Director by LARRY LAKEY What are the citizens of the Model Cities asking when they say, "We want citizens' control of the Model Cities program?" We are saying that we want to chart our own future; we want self-determination: we want a say at every level and throughout all phases of model cities. We are saying that we can best determine how thequality of our lives can be improved. We want to keep Albina residential in character. We want to insure that any work done in the Model Cities neighborhood is done by the residents of the area. We want jobs to open up for residents of the area and we want low income persons or people on welfare to have the first chance of getting these jobs. We do not want contractors coming into the area getting richer at our expense if residents of the area are not on their payrolls. We want young people involved in the program. We want adults involved and we want senior citizens involved. And this is what we tried to communicate to members of the City Council Jan. 30. We feel that these objectives (we did not name all of them) can best be insured if the area residents have the deciding say on all programs, projects and plans that are to go into the Model Cities Neighborhood. The structure that we want the city to adopt calls for a Governing Board made up of two-thirds area residents. This number would be 17, which will be elected by you, the citizen. The Governing Board will be responsible for approving all plans and proposals that affect Model Cities. This Governing Board must report to you, the citizen, at least once a month in an open town meeting. This Governing Board will have its own staff of experts to advise on all matters of a professional, technical or legal nature. There will be a number of committees in areas such as housing, education, health, welfare, crime reduction, recreation and employment. We will ask all the people in the area to serve on these committees to insure at all times that your interests are being served. We call for the Model Cities co-ordinator, the Rev. Paul J. Schulze, to work for the Governing Board and report to it and not to the city Council. Schulze will have an administrative and technical staff and we want his staffs to be made up 100 percent of people from the Model City neighborhood area as nearly as possible. Briefly, the foregoing, is what Larry Lakey and Al Batiste presented to the Portland City Council. For years it has been expected of Black People to cooperate with the powers that be as they dictated what was good for us. Now we say, that we intend to become the operators, not just co-operators. Remember that it is your homes, your children, your jobs, your future, your health and your property that is at stake in Model Cities. Editor's note: The news stories on Page I show the degree to which Mr. Lakey's proposals have been incorporated in the revised plans which will be presented to the City Council by Mr. Schulze. i
by DAN HAYES "The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.'' The quotation is that of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. Spoken in an era of racial intolerance and revolt, the destiny of the Union and the awareness of man's injustice to man prompted him to face the issues realistically. The traditions of yesterday are inadequate to cope with today's problems. The revolutionist must adapt himself to the task of confronting our problems in their true perspective. Solutions will be found; not by revolting because it is expected of revolutionaries to do so, or by creating a blown up image in the minds of followers. Dignity and a forceful will to ·"rise with the occasion" should be the aim of each revolutionist. In an era of revolutionists such as Jackie Robinson, Mayor Stokes, Thurgood Marshall, Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael, public attention has been channeled to the immensity of our problems. These men have each made strides and contributions in their own ways to our cause by their different modes of attack on our problems. They are piloting us through the stormy present through constructive thinking and action. We take pride in being able to identify ourselves with them. As they do, "we must think anew and act anew.'' Let us heed the words of the Emancipator, forgetting the dogmas of the past by challenging the occasion and rising with it. We should not let destructive emotionalism lead to actions which destroy our objectives. Need Speaker? PSC Has 'em Does your club need a able to all educational, c1v1c speaker? Portland State Col- and social groups in Portland. lege has 66 professors avail- Call 226-7271, ext. 495 at able to speak on almost every Portland State College to make conceivable topic. Name al- ·arrangements for a speaker most any country and some- for your group. There is one on the PSC faculty has little charge if any made for been there. Name any prob- the services of the speakers. lem, a speaker is available to deal with it. Asst. Prof, Robert B. Moody is available to discuss "A Student of Revolutionary Social Movements Looks At Albina." Prof. Wilson Record can talk on "Race Relations and Racial and Radical Movements."' Other speakers are ready to talk about the arts, business and economics, careers, education, foreign affairs, history, health and sports, and human relations. Experts are available to tell you about literature, education and religion. These speakers are availClub to Have Party For Retarded Children De Bonne Grace, a yearold woman's club, will have a party for children at the retarded children's school at Hughes Memorial Methodist Church, 111 N. E. Failing St. Mrs. Arvella English, club president, said the club would provide treats and gifts for the children at noon Feb, 14. The children will exchange valentines. Peggy Halsey is teacherdirector of the school which is sponsored by C-CAP. February 8, 1968 The Oregon Advance/TIMES Page 3 Roving Reporter M. dR Ad 1. Sf d. d . 1xe ace op ions u 1e What the People Say All social agencies, private Gil Johnson of.the Boys and Our roving reporter met the man of the street, whom we consider the true pulse of Albina. Our question of the day was, "What Do You Think We Need Most 1n Albina?" MRS. E. FERGUSON Mrs. E. Ferguson, has been a resident of Albina for 12 years and is the mother of three children. She said, "'!be buildings on Williams Avenue are an eyesore to the community and should be torn down. New buildings should be constructed, park facilities and a growing concern for the upkeep of our property. We should consider the future today."' r l l ' LEE DENNIS Lee Dennis lives at N. E. 8th Avenue. He worked as a janitor and has been without work for six months. He has no formal training in any skill. He has a 4th grade education and would like to continue study in a skill or a trade. He said emphatically, "We need jobs more than anything else:· • I ECKER BURNS Ecker Burns has been a resident of Albina for 27 years. "We need a nice clean settlement. We need housing and I mean decent housing. Our children are growing up in inadequate dwellings and we need help bad. We need help from our city officials. They have forgotten about us. We pay truces and receive the least benefit from them. We can do a lot of things ourselves but we need the city's help. We also need police protection to stop some of this crime in the streets." When asked if he thought there would be trouble this summer, he said, "No, I don't think so if we can find some way to keep our trouble-makers busy, we won't have ariy violence this summer." PARKS, HASTINGS, HOWARD We met Joe Parks and Charles Hastings, both 20 years old, and 13-year-old Richard Howard on North Vancouver and Union. Their opinion of Albina's needs were about the same. They said, "We need a recreation center with pool tables, ping pong, . swimming pool and lots of neighborhood activities such as dances." Joe asked, "Why can't we use the bowling alley on North Mississippi? We need someplace to go and something to do." Both Joe and Charles laughed as they looked at Richard and said, "We think our dances or recreation center should be properly supervised for guys his age; they break windows and cause trouble." Perhaps you will be the next citizen of our community we interview. Look for us. We'll see you on the streets. or public, which are involved Girls Aid Society staff was in adoptive home placement, have a built-in problem. There are large backlogs of mixed race and minority race children who have few or no chances of obtaining a place in a permanent family. Most of these children remain in temporary foster homes for months or even years. Sever al Portland-based child care agencies, concerned with this problem, got together last month to form plans for recruiting more homes for these children. Involved in this effort were the Catholic Services for Children, Waverly Children's Home, Multnomah County Public Welfare and the Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon. selected as the co-ordinator of this combined effort. In a first step toward solving the problem, Johnson talked to the staff at the Albina Service Center. He will talk to other organizations in the Albina area to clarify the problem, answer individual questions concerning adoption and obtain assistance from potential adoptive parents. Any family interested in adopting a child should contact one of the following agencies: Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon at 222-9661; Catholic Services for Children at 228-6531; Children's Department of Multnomah County Public Welfare at 226-4641; or the Waverly Children's Home at 234:.7532. VERN'S AUTO SALES Low Cost Transportation • Easy Financing • WIDE CHOICE OF GOOD USED CARS • SEE US FIRST • VERN'S AUTO SALES 5020 N. Vancouver Ave. Portia nd, Oregon Telephone: 287 -647 4 with wall-to-wall soul. * DANCING * ENTERTAINMENTA._ • LIVE MUSIC II • SOUL FOOD FLOOR SHOW TUES. thru SUN. SUNDAY IS LADIES' NITE DOOR PRIZES (No Cover) JAM SESSION SUNDAYS 6 to 9 p.m.
Page 4 The Oregon Advance/TIMES February a, 1968 Athletics: Money, Power And a Dream True (This article was written by Charles Leech, a native of Portland's Albina district who was named all-city and all-state at Jefferson High School, became a junior college all-American and played a couple of years of professional football.) by CHARLES LEECH It is a well-established fact that the Black man in America is wearing a racial uniform which functions as a handicap to him in all aspects of American society. That is, all aspects except one unique and often overlooked category. This category is athletics. Although athletes are some times degraded and looked down on, it is, for the Black man a dream come true, and if l may say so, a dream that has been a long time coming. It is no secret that all great professional athletes receive a large salary and are looked up to and treated with dignity by mostly everyone regardless of color. Lots of bread (money) spells green power, and when one is treated with respect and dignity and is assured from day to day that he is not inferior, this tends to give him selfpride (Black pride) and a feeling of belonging. It is also no secret that the Negro athlete is great and, man, I mean they are really "out of sight." Those who doubt this need only check the Olympic teams, the young record-holders in college track, major league batting leaders, NBA roster - or just take a long look at the Soul Food Has Its Own Mood; Just Anybody Can't Have It by BEVERLY BENTON Can you dig that some brothers and sisters really believe that "soul food" exists or can exist in other racial and ethnic groups? It was kind of disheartening when I realized that these brothers and sisters were so willing to give up an important part of their culture. It was even worse when l realized that they don't know where soul food comes from, nor its relation to the movement in the Black communities today. Soul food originated as did most of Afro-American culture, in the South, when scraps thrown to the slaves were utilized as part of their regular diet. Mama took the pig's feet, the chittlins, the greens and the chicken feet and turned them into very tasty soul satisfying dishes. All the parts seemed "inedible" by the southern white man, were spiced, simmered and served along with the slave's regular ration of food, which consisted of things like corn meal and porridge. We were raised on soul food. We had soul food when we had nothing else. If you take things surrounding soul food, such as atmosphere, tradition, etc. you can see how for instance, whites can't eat our type of soul food. When you sit down to a bowl of greens and a piece of cornbread in your home think about this. The smell, the close humidity of the room, your wife, the way she talks about food and what she puts in it and the music, which is just as soul food as the food. Now transform yourself into the kitchen of a poor white family. The same greens, somewhat bland of taste, setting on the table before you, the same piece of corn bread sits beside it, now white instead of flaky and moist. The atmosphere is different also, the house is nearly cold and the things your wife raps to you about definitely are not the same. Nor is the pride of a meal well served apparent. The attitude about the food is different as well as the taste and probably smell. And how soulful is soul food with psychedelic music? ln other words the "soul" part of soul food has to be present to make that food come alive. During the past couple of years, great emphasis has been put on things that are black in the black community ""(i.e. soul music, black churches, etc.) It is very important that we as a people recognize this and are proud in our recognition. Soul food is all part of BLACK identity, which is that part in the Black Power slogan that says that we should not be ashamed of ourselves. To be proud of our foods, and our hair and our music is to have pride in our race and ourselves as a person. There is no reason for black people to be afraid of talking black, eating black, looking black or acting black, especially since so many others are trying to imitate phases of our culture, for example our dancing, our singing and our food. Greens are as much a part of Negro History Week as DuBois, or Nat Turner. They ate them tool all-star teams in· professional football, baseball and basketball. Consider that the top two college basketball teams, Houston and UCLA, had only two white starters of 10 players on the floor. I'm speaking of the game where soul brother Elvin Hayes and Col defeated soul brother Lew Alcindor and Co. Have you ever stopped to consider that if one goes to either a football, basketball or baseball game, there is a most interesting contrast between the athletes on the field and the people viewing the game? On the field you will see that it is heavily populated with Black blots and a few white, whereas, the stands are heavily white YW Series To Feature Fair Frank Fair, director of the C-CAP Opportunity School, will speak on "The Negro Revolution" as part of a Human Relations Seminar sponsored by the YWCA, located at 111 S. W, 10th Avenue, Other topics that will be covered during the seminar are a keynote address on "Interpersonal Relations" to be given by Don Barrett, social worker at Jefferson High; a discussion of "Poverty, a Problem in Communication" and a panel discussion on "One Father, a Tri-Faith Dialogue." Panelists will include Rev. Tom Geshay of the First Baptist Church of Forest Grove, Sister Phyllis Cunningham of Marylhurst Col-- lege and Paul Bender, executive director of National Conference of Christians and Jews. Three students from Marylhurst also will take part in the program, The seminar of four sessions will be held on consecutive Saturdays from February 10 through March 2. They will be offered free of charge to young adults. Bender will be host to the series. Fair will be the final speaker in the series, COAST JANITORIAL EASTSIDE BOOKKEEPING SERVICE SERVICE * Complete Building Maintenance Phone: 282-0700 * ST ATE-FEDERAL INCOME TAX Short or Long Form Let us help you! Phone 281-7252 COAST JANITORIAL SERVICE INC. populated with few Blacks. The above paragraph spells out one thing very clearly. Black athletes are great and taking over athletics and the white man is going to spend his "green power" to watch this "Black power" perform, The reward for the Black athlete is that he will have green power, Black power and a little respect •.. some combination, wouldn't you say? Parents should encourage their "little black ones" to hit both the books and athletics, For those of you who feel that you are too small and have no ability, well ••• I recall a young man who is a very close friend of mine and with whom I played both high school and college ball. He was small and skinny, and talking about ability •• , he had none. Most of all, this "cat" had no guts , . • I mean he was afraid. Although he had nothing in the terms of ability and courage going for him, he had will power and encouragement from his parents. Today he is a success. He's got a college education and is half owner of Mel Renfro's Record Shop. Like Mel, he too plays defensive halfback for the Dallas Cowboys. His name: Dickie Daniels, Blind to Wrestle At Knott Center An interesting program of wrestling is coming up at the Knott Street Community Center Saturday, Feb, 10. KSCC Pool To Be Ready In May Starting at 2 p,m,, the Knott Street Community Center wrestling team will compete against a team from the Washington State School for the Blind, Knott Street Community Center's swimming pool will be ready for use this summer, according to Dorothea Lensch of the Portland Park Bureau. The City Council has authorized negot1at1ons with Meriwether Products, Inc., for the $64,700 pool. Purchase will be made without resorting to bid letting. Parks Superintendent Harry Buckley said Meriwether is the only manufacturer of extruded aluminum pools, He said the bureau hopes to have installation completed sometime in May, The new pool, the first such recreation facility in the Albina area, will be "much like the one at Grant Park," Miss Lensch said. She noted that Knott Street Community Center already has the heating plant and dressing room facilities for the pool. Both are located in the KSCC building. The pool will be operated all-year 'round and will have overhead heating and lights for night use. The wrestlers, ranging from 85 pounds up to heavyweight, will be matched up by age and weight. The wrestlers from the Blind school. coached by Don Anderson, are fast and skillful, They are not handicapped by blindness because rules require wrestlers be in continuous contact with each other. The meet will serve as a dedication for a new $2,000 wrestling mat at the center, [ Black History Blacks in New World Early by CHARLOTTE RuTHERFORD Black men were not only slaves to the New World, but many of them came before the pilgrims who founded Jamestown, Va. Columbus had a black cabin boy, Diego el Negro, who sailed with the e1qJ!orer in 1502. Most of the explorers who sailed for the New World had black crewmen. The black race was not new to Spain and Portugal, Descendants of these first black slaves were among the first settlers of the New World. Black explorers, servants and slaves accompanied French, Spanish and Portuguese explorers in their explorations in North and South America. Balboa had 30 black men with him when he first sighted the Pacific Ocean. Black slaves carried the artillery that made it possible for Hernando Cortez to conquer Mexico, Many other explorers depended upon slave labor to carry out their explorations. Some authorities believe a black man made the first trip to the Western Hemisphere. They say Pedro Alonso Nino, who piloted one of Columbus' ships, was a Negro. Estavancio (Little Stephen), who opened up Mexico and Arizona for the Spaniards, is said to have been one of the greatest black guides. He was the first man to see New Mexico. W. E. B. DuBois, recognized as one of America's greatest scholars, says other Negroes "accompanied De Soto and one of them stayed among the Indians of Alabama and became the first settler from the Old World." The majority of the early black men in the New World came as servants or slaves to be used in the voyage and later in settling the land. Spaniards, who led the exploration, first tried to enslave the Indians. But the Indian proved himself unable to serve as a slave and in 1517 a famous missionary recommended the importation of Africans. large-scale sugar planting more than a million Africans were brought to the United States alone. But the first black immigrants were not slaves. over the Indian and other white men for various reasons. It was relatively easy for a white man to escape and blend into a white crowd. The Indian knew the country and could find his tribe. Anthony, Isabella and the Jamestown group came to the New World in 1619 and in the Being strong was to the same way most of the white black man's disadvantage. It men came - under prescost the same to buy an insure. dentured servant for a few Most of them were social years as it did to buy a or religious outcasts sent to slave for life. the New World and sold. The early colonies had no racial distinctions. This came later. But in the first 40 years, black men acquired land, voted and were treated as equal to the white man, The early forms of labor consisted basically of indentured servitude. These laborers, both black and white, intermingled often and freely, But as industry grew and the socio- econ om i c level strengthened, the black man was chosen to be a slave to insure a cheap work force. The black man was chosen Africans were ea s i Iy recognizable because of their color and this made it difficult for them to escape, There was an inexhaustible supply of the captured Africans and, above all, they were unprotected. All of these things made the legalizing of slavery a desirable end, There were too many advantages to enslaving the black man for the capitalist white power structure to ignore and by the 1660's, slavery and racial distinction were being legalized. OUR DAD SAYS: Check out your Contractor before you call him. ,~ REMODELING ~~:~m~~ . COMPLETE PLANNING SERVICE HOl Cll-1\ OH FI\ISIIEIJJOB H.H\1,-l l'T(I:; )II,. T(I J'l).\(I IHI\\\ l'\IT. Family Rooms-Basement Rooms-Paneling Attic Finishing• Aluminum Windows , ITl,F II TIO\ \"I Hf.ll I I( f.\,f.ll I\Sl HEil NEIL KELLY can 287-4176 735 N. ALBERTA - PORTLAND, ORE. 97217
Community residents visited Mayor Terry Schrunk at City Hall where he proclaimed the week of Feb. 11-17 Negro History Week. And he took time to look over copy of new newspaper, The Oregon Advance Times. With him are, from left, Samuel Johnson, counselor with the C-CAP Opportunity School; Rozell Gilmore, director of the Albina Neighborhood Service Center; and Mrs. William Laws, coµnselor at Jefferson High School. Committee's Jeff Studies Tell Concern by EVELYN CREWS On Feb, 6, the committee aired its conclusions in the Jefferson High School auditorium. in order for history to be effective. The committee said that this course must not be an elective Q,.,-ICE OF THE MAYOfl February 8, 1968 The Oregon Advance/TIMES C1TY OF Po1<TLAXD 0HEGOX PROCLAMAT I ON TERRY 0 . SC~RUNK WHEREAS, to promote a keener appreciation among the American people of the Negroes' contribution to civilization, and WHEREAS, the contribution of Negroes to our society has not been recognized in its true perspective, and WHER EAS1 this contribution has been of such magnitude that it should be known to all people; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Terry D. Schrunk, Mayor of Portland, OregonJ the "City of Roses'\ do hereby proclaim the week of February 11 throu gh I 7, 1968, as NATIONAL NEGRO HISTORY WEEK in Portland. TDS. y Page 5 Observations made in the Albina area by a group of concerned white and black parents have resulted in formation of a committee called School-Community Citizen's Committee. A part of this program was a presentation on ''The White Problem in America" and some reflections on ''Is Violence Necessary?" and "Do Riots Help." or separate course in high' 1----------------------------------------1 school but should be a part of and included in the United States history and economics programs as well as the American Problems classes. Baby Sitters Get Training Discrimination Hearing Set Most of these citizens have or have had children attending Jefferson High School. Their concern grew from recent incidents of racial tension at Jefferson. Robert Cochran, member of the committee, reported that the Negro history class is going well. He said improvements are hopedfornext After a series of five meetings held at churches in the area, the committee has year. formed a list of recommen- The committee said that The committee said that only through these means can this course be meaningful to the Negro community and to the white community as well. dations. It will present this to be effective there must be Music Rooms Due list to the school board, school a Negro history program in administration, city council, all the high schools in Port- The Albina Arts Center will police department, churches, land and in the state. This be able to install six music Greater Portland Council of course must be instituted in practice rooms as a result Churches, the news media and all grade schools as part of of a $1,500 grant from the the community itself. the grade school curriculum Oregon Arts Commission. The Oregon Medical Auxiliary and the YWCA teenaged department are sponsoring a GEMS babysitting course (good emergency mother substitutes) at Mallory Avenue Christian Church, 126 N. E. Alberta. The course runs for five Tuesdays from 7 to 8 p. m. The first was Feb, 6. This course is open to teenagers from 12 years old and older and there is no fee. The five sessions coverdo's and don't of baby sitting, how to keep children happy, causes Mo,e CONGRATULAllONG and preventions of accidents, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and care and feeding of an infant. Dance Scheduled The members of De Borme Grace, a women's social organization, is sponsoring a Valentine-cocktail dance. The dance will be held Feb. 11 aboard the River Queen from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Music will be provided by the Hamiltones. The public is invited. Donations will be $2. The federal appeals court in San Francisco has ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculwre to show cause why it closed an insect research station at Oregon State University, Workers there said it was closed because the officials decided that was easier than answering charges of racial discrimination. • • • It is with much pride that we take this opportunity to salute the Oregon Advance/TIMES ..• to congratulate the directors m1d staff, and to express our appreciation for their efforts in this new and exciting venture. The Oregon We wish the newspaper continued success in its desire to provide a forum for community express ion and to promote understanding and cooperation for the good of the entire area. ADVANCE Miss Erma Hepburn Mr. and Mrs. Emile Summers Bud Dowling, President of Young Democrats, Multnomah County Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Viet Nam (Calcav), Portland Chapter Best Wishes for a phenomenal success The Boys and Girls Aid Society Herb Perry Bill Stevenson From the staff of KOAP We're behind the Oregon Advance Times Paramount Printing Co. 2766 N.E. Union Ave. Robert A. Elli9t, State Representative YWCA ••• wishes you the greatest success. NAACP, Portland Chapter, Tom Vickers, President.
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