Buffalo Criterion, 1984-07-18

              whpmimiav it 1 is-^i i!>h1 hit nf-t'itvn 25c vol vi - no 30 niagara region wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion rochester new mayors to gather for nul confab special forum slated entitled new breed of mayors a unique perspective of the american political scene will be provided by an extraordinary group of people at the national urban league's 1984 an nual conference on tues day july 31st at 8 p.m when four members of a growing cadre of new black and hispanic mayors gather for what promises to be a most historic discussion will be dr charles v hamilton one of the nation's most respected and knowledgable political scientists dr hamilton had written extensively on minority politics and is the author of such books as the black preacher in america the bench and the ballot southern federal judges and black voters and co-author with stokley carmichael of entitled the new breed of mayors this special forum recognizes that there is now appear ing on the scene a second wave of minority mayors as distinguished from those who were elected in the 60s and 70s appear ing as panelists will be the following mayor harold washing ion of chicago who was elected as the first black chief executive of that city after a hard fought campaign in 1983 black power the politics of liberation in america this session is but one of a number of outstanding programs that the national urban league has put together for its 1984 annual conference which sees it return to cleveland after an absence of more than 30 years the conference opens on sunday july 29ih and concludes on wednesday august ist the site of the conference will be the cleveland convention center mayor h wilson goode of philadelphia who became that city's first black mayor in 1983 by rolling up the largest margin of any candidate since 1959 mayor harvey gantt of charlotte north carolina who was elected to city hall in 1983 with 40 percent of the white vote and 52 percent of the total vote blacks constitute only 27.6 percent of the city's voting age popula tion mayor federico pena of denver who in 1983 put together a coalition of hispanics blacks and whites to become the city's first hispanic mayor the session's moderator the keynote session lor the conference will be held on suadflvftis^c-fit i p.m as john e jacob president of the nul delivers the keynote ad dress that will be preceeded earlier in the day by the noon luncheon of the council of urban league guilds which will be addressed by geneva johnson president fami ly service america and a 2 p.m forum on the black family registration for the conference is open to the public for further infor mation contact the conferences dept na tional urban league inc 500 east 62nd st new york n y ims » 1 ' rev julius b williamson the 81-year-old rev julius birl williamson is the dean of buffalo '• religious community in a community where the min istry is the dean of all professions born in pell city alabama he went for two years to carver high school but didn't gradu ate so when he arrived in buffalo in 1935 this youthful-minded minister returned to school attend ing first public school no 31 then technical high school when it was housed on clinton st where he studied molding rev williamson always learned easily he there tore enjoyed his studies sometimes taking courses just for the pursuit of learning he studied both at hutchinson central high school and at ken sington high schools although rev william son was always interested in religion and the minis try he became more deeply committed to it professionally after he studied at the buffalo bible college from which he graudated in 1943 his quest for education was not saliated rev williamson then attended millard fillmore college for three years where he studied effective speaking and psychology although his ministry was well under way his insatiable quest for knowledge continued so in 1971 the reverend attended houghton col lege where he studied greek for three years look sociology biology and communications skills rev williamson said that he studied greek so that he could read and understand original re ligious documents rev williamson is a member of a family where he was the fifth out of six children having come here many years ago he originally left his home town and went to oklahoma city to chattanooga term to washington d c and to erie pennsylvania look ing for work he was married to daisy berry who is deceased he met his second wife the former frances holmes in buffalo they now have been married for 35 years when the former pastor of the macedonia baptist church in alabama left there and came to buffalo he first pastored a church in this area in lackawan na where he pastored the first baptist church of lackawanna in 1940 rev william son belonged to the new hope baptist church but in lackawanna he kept his quest for the ministry alive by teaching a bible class in this year where the contributions and com petencies of women are being recognized rev williamson proudly pro claimed more than half of my congregation is lemale 1 just don't know where the church would be without the women this admirable well dressed young man now pastors tried stone baptist church located on humboldt parkway and woodlawn he praised women to the highest jokingly stating that they hold women and men's day on the same day because women have such confidence in themselves they believe that nothing is impossible but what does this tireless imaginative minis ter plan for the future he's now working on plans to build a lounge for the ladies and a new kitchen there also are two assistant pastors at his church the rev john d washington and rev mel vin dukes an avid traveler this christian gentleman has visited 45 of the 50 slates has christianity chang ed emphatically not says rev williamson charity never faileth he states love once love always but says the minister people must participate in politics who are church goers he's been moderator of the western niagara bap tist missionary associa tion for 17 years where the baptist ministers get together every monday but rev williamson's proudest accomplishment is his participation in the educational life of the youth of his church where he provides encourage ment and inspiration to them to stay in school and achieve the city of buffalo is proud of the dean rev williamson and welcomes him into the winner's circle rev julius b williamson the time is now i am sure that every body who watched the democratic convention on tv and heard what was said we all should say the time is now reporter mamie garrett rev jesse jackson was just beautiful i say that everybody should throw vanessa williams accused of nudity by staff reporte mrs jessie blackman co-chairman of the carme lita merriweather founda tion on behalf of the members expressed in dignation over the continu ing attempts to destroy black symbols of achieve ment by a segment of the while media this same method was attempted on jesse jackson when it appeared that he would be a likely candidate for vice president when the white ethnic commur • prefer red raid in arrar i she said other community lead ers were unanimous in expressing their point of view they said this places vanessa williams in the most elite commu nity in the world everyone knows vanessa has a body and is a sex symbol just as marilyn monroe had and just as brooke shields has why don't they remove brooke shields from stardom another person says '' we certainly will not take these continuing assaults on the black community lying down vanessa williams the democratic party no parity without pressure by dr charles e.cobb the national media has begun to take a retrospec tive look at the brutal murder of three young civil rights workers in philadelphia miss on this the 20th anniversary of the 1964 freedom summer many remem ber well that fervent voter registration drive which brought over 700 black and while volunteers from the north to mississippi ll was at the beginning of that summer campaign that the three workers were kidnapped and beat en to death by a white mob seven while miss issippians among them the deputy sheriff of the county were convicted of those murders what the press has failed to examine how ever is the focus of that voter registration cam paign and it is this focus which is particularly im portant to understand this election year the student volunteers and the civil rights work ers from sncc and core were not registering black mississippians into the traditional democratic party even if they'd wanted to this would have been impossible the mississippi democratic party — with the compli city of the national party — was then closed to all black folks in many predominantly black coun ties white registrars re fused to register any black residents throughout mississippi political caucuses were held with no public notice and even if duly registered black people who tried to enter were turned away at the door or told that no meeting was being held having on other re course black and some white mississippians formed their own political party — the mississippi freedom democratic party jmfdp it was the first integrated democratic party mississippi had seen since reconstruction throughout the sum mer student volunteers and workers from sncc core and other civil rights organizations estab lished a party structure which strickly adhered to the rules of the democratic party the corps of northern lawyers which had researched these rules saw to that by august over 60,000 black folks from all over the state were registered as members of the mfdp more importantly new registrants were also given an extensive political edu cation — about their rights about the political process about organizing for change people like fannie lou hamer amzie moore and many other black miss issippians were the foun dation and the strength of this organizing effort they overcame the mur ders the more than 300 church burnings and the countless beatings and jailings to get to the convention that year unfortunately presi dent lyndon johnson wanted the nomination masonic day lodge in buffalo p m vernon wooten 32nd degree was install ed worshipful master of lester lodge no 4 by k w arthur l mitchell state do 11 of the m w omega grand lodge a.f & a.m he is also a member of c.l.i.p.s.a.s centre de i'appel stras bourg an international confederation of grand lodges mr wooten an em ployee of the city of buffalo for nearly a quarter of a century who is expected to retire at the end ot the year will have more time to build this lodge shown in the nhoto from left are bro henry unity amur waruvn bro lorenzo skinner senior warden vernon wooden w m arthur l mitchell state deputy meetings are held on the first and third satur days at 12 noon at 700 genesee st grand master represent ing m w ruffin green 33 degree grand master of m w omega grand lodge of the state of n v which has masonic ties treaties and affilia tions with grand lodges on five contients revival set rev herbert v reid pastor of gethsemane baptist church and this year's recipient of ■ the human relation's award from the buffalo branch naacp has an nounced that the western district baptist associ aiton will conduct its week-long annual sum ner revival here in buf falo the opening is sun july 22 at 7 p.m with a musical presented by the church choir all activi ties will be held at 55 grape st near virginia the public is welcome the evangelist is the international renowned dr frederick g sampson pastor of the tabernacle missionary baptist church of detroit michi gan . he will be preaching each evening at 7 p.m until friday july 27th rev sampson is a native of texas is married and has two children he holds a doctorate of ministry and divinity from virginia theological seminary and in addition has two masters degrees in divinity and the arts rev sampson is a graduate fellow in theolo gy from the universities of kentucky and illinois he lectures annually at col leges and universities and has addressed the nation al baptist convention the guest speaker has been past president of the detroit naacp a member of several boards of directors including the detroit urban league the roundtable of christians and jews the tmc a boy scounts and the southern christian leadership con ference dr sampson widely traveled has taught and preached in five african countries rome the netherlands and the ba hamas soon he is scheduled to present a six-month's ministry in south american countries he is recognized as a national expert on drug abuse probationers and missions recently he was appointed to the civil rights commission in michigan by governor milliken he also has been appointed by de troit's mayor coleman young to a commission for the international year of the child dr sampson will be joining in a variety of activities planned for his week-long appearance this will be highlighted by a meeting of the wny coalition of conscience on tuesday evening at 5:30 p.m on july 24 followed by a presentation of two public officials on the topic of the troubled erie county medical center — finances alternatives and future the guest speakers who will offer two views are both erie county legislators dem ocrat leonard lenihan of tonawanda and republi can william pauly of amherst the event is free and open to the public for more information call 855 3928 dr frederick g sampson six local delegates attend democratic nat'l convention sharlene teresa white when the gavel dropped opening the 1984 demo cratic national convention in san francisco at least six black delegates were in mascone convention cen ter to hear national figures motivate the can didates to fight the good fight the workers to work their hardest and to get every possible voter to register and vote the youngest of the delegates is none other than the beautiful shar lene teresa white known to her friends as terri she is the daughter of mrs mitzi williams local president of the black political caucus and niece of the first lady of local democratic politics the dynamic mrs ida hines terri as she is known by her friends is a graduate of nardin academy as well as of the state university of buf falo from which she was awarded a master's of social science in public administration with a major in urban affairs she obtained her bache lor of science degree in business administration the affable terri is now deputy director of seventy-eight restoration corporation's job readi ness training program where in the absence of the director she assumes that role she is well equipped handle the job having come up through the ranks terri has worked at restoration since january 1980 where she has held such positions as coun selor trainee training co ordinator life skills edu cator as a senior counse lor what pleasure and pride her fellow delegates must take in being in her , company also attending as dele gates from the buffalo area are assemblyman arthur o eve mrs mildred bowman of grand island the rev bennett smith mrs sharon west and busi nessman joseph merritt the time is now see page 8 democratic party see page 7 j r stt\iiii working 1 i m 1 iii «__, in wny inner ( itios l since 1923 i price only 20 per copy