Buffalo Criterion, 1983-08-31

              rochester the buffalo criterion niagara region wednesday august 11 s pi 6.1983 vol 58 - no 36 rutkowski helps buffalonians keep dream alive erie county executive edward j rutkowski presented a check for 895.00 to the buffalo western new york chapter of sclc to help buffalo residents keep dr king's dream alive for jobs peace and freedom the contribution by county executive rutkowski was used to purchase a bus to take buffalonians to washington to participate in the 20th anniversary of the lata dr martin luther king jr.'a • aielmaml march un washing ton . in presenting tba check to sclc march on washington committee mr rutkowski recalled the many outstanding contributions dr king has made to america mr rutkowski said dr king's contribution to all america that is foremost in his mind is dr king's dream that there will be non-violence in america and all americans would be able to have jobs and experience in peace and freedom sclc committee members on hand to accept the check from mr rutkowski were jamas gordon ra-v art mrs quest vt a davis rev mary williams rufun frazier john emmons rev palmer ron hunter minnie gillette otis outen and booker edgeraon housing bias still major problem more than voluntary efforts needed secretary of housing and urban development samuel r pierce jr last week told the national association of real estate brokers that voluntary efforts alone cannot effectively combat the unworthy and too-often subtle practice of hous ing discrimination that is why he said to some 350 members and guests attending the 36th annual convention of the association at the capital hilton hotel that presi dent reagan has proposed amendments to the na tional fair housing law that will greatly strengthen its enforce ment individual if the concilia tion effort fails the de partment would be author ized to refer the complaint to the justice dipt with a recommendation that the attorney general com mence a district court action for equitable relief or civil penally the proposal authorizes a civil penalty of up to 50 for a first offense and up to 100,000 for a second offense the secretary thanked the association recog nized as the oldest and largest minority trade group for its past support in the futherance of fair housing particularly for its contributions to hud's first conference on com munity housing resource boards which aided the department in meeting its i have been working on the initiative since taking office of secretary of hud he said adding i am proud that the amend ments we propose keep the burden of enforcement where it rll — . on the federal government rather than the individual victim under the proposal hud will investigate and attempt to conciliate a complaint filed by an objectives he also complimented the associ ation for the role it played in the recent wr of symposiums designed to encourage and support public/private partner ships for fair housing hud earlier this month the winner's circle mrs jessie brooks blackman was recently awarded a plaque by the buffalo board of educa tion for her volunteer services particularly in the area of transportation of the school children who were bussed as a part of the school desegregation program she was also cited by the negro business and professional women when she received the profes sional award at its annual banquet for her outstand ing achievement in the field of education the name jessie black man is virtually a house hold word in buffalo when matters of educational political community or religious betterment are considered although she has lived in buffalo just twenty years her impact on the buffalo community has been positive and productive born in charlotte north carolina the youngest of four children to jerry and isabella brooks she grad uated from johnson c smith university and in 1961 received her mas ters degree in social work from columbia uni versity she continued her education in columbia and at buffalo state university college she is the widow of edson e blackman the late brother of dr george blackman mrs blackman is a former school teacher who retired in 1977 as the result of a cardiac condi tion her retirement came after she had taught history and speech in arlington high school in annemanie alabama and psychology and history in selma junior college walk down the street with her and the seven years that she spent in the buffalo school system become quite apparent as the many students rush over to meet and greet her recalling to her some of their shared experi ences or commenting upon genuine interest in and concern for their welfare or the sage advice that she gave them her political employ ment and activities have been varied mrs black man was secretary to councilman horace c johnson from 1966 to 1969 mrs blackman has been an active democrat and has worked in many political campaigns as a volunteer and as a commit teeman and inspector the community interest life of mrs blackman has been participated in as zealously by her as all other areas she is a founder of the community interest association inc and of the minority teach ers organization of the buffalo teachers federa tion she has been an officer in the north eastern black caucus committee for community politics the education health and wefare community of the build organization and the steering committee of juneteenth and the steer ing committee of the salvation army one of her projects has been the development of the downtown campus of the erie community col lege to which she has devoted much time and effort with the many activities in which she is engaged it might appear that the religious life of jessie blackman would go lack ing but this is not so for she is an avid presbyteri an devoting much of her energy to the christian rev & mrs l boyd observed 3rd anniversary the third anniversary of rev and sis larry boyd leaders of macedonia baptist church masten and e north was held recently the guest speaker for the banquet was dr robert sanders pastor of refuge temple church of our lord jesus christ of the apostolic faith remarks were given by rev lionel davis pastor of centennial baptist church mrs elzena jacobs was the mistress of ceremonies shown in the first photo from left are rev and sis sanders rev and sis boyd and rev and sis davis among those shown in the second photo are rev and sis boyd seated center along with mrs ollie glenn mary prewitt eunice barr louise manley and mrs elzena jacobs the star lighter — criterion photon heads eop program at ub dr kay martin has been appointed director of the educational opportu nity program at the state university at buffalo by ub president stevten r sample previously dr martin was assistant professor of english at the state university college at bflo during her tenure there she also served as associ ate dean of developmen tal studies coordinator of academic affairs for the seek program and direc tor of the writing clinic from 1978 to 1981 she served as special assis tant to the commissioner in the state mental health office where she develop ed and implemented pro grams to hire train and upgrade employees while in that post she authored a number of publications including guidelines for affirma tive action committees human rights commit tee guidelines and "' executive management affirmative action plan a former rockefeller fellow dr martin receiv ed b.s and m.s degrees at buffalo state and a ph.d in higher education from üb she has served on the boards of directors of the united way of buffalo and erie county and the ymca east side counsel ing center and is an active member of the black and puerto rican caucus dr martin resides at 66 bennett village terrace primary day sept 13th the buffalo branch naacp urges everyone to vote on primary election day sept 13th polls are open from 6 a.m to 9 p.m flew voters can vote if they registered to vote by the deadline july 15th and registered voters who moved or changed their address but re-registered by the deadline of aug 13th you cannot vote if you failed to vote during the last four years and did not re-register by the deadline date of july 15th for new voters or aug 13th for registered voters in order to vote in the primary you must be enrolled in a political party the naacp urges you to vote on primary elec tion day because when you fail to vote you cast two votes against yourself someone else is making your decision whatever they decide you must accept it and don't squawk anyone is need of help to vote or transportation call 884-7242 or 884-7243 bible classes set sr co-pastor of the solid rock missionary baptist church will be teaching and studying the bible with the senior citizens from the old and new testament he will be assisted by deacon jones of the mt araratt baptist church sessions will be held at 1490 jefferson aye everyday . rev clarence tyler redistricting faces challenge the save our city committee a group of citizens opposed to the lovallo plan for redis tricting the city of buffalo petitioned federal court today to have the plan dismantled presented by buffalo attorney timothy lo vallo the law suit challenges the redistrict ing plan because it dis criminates against the city's minority population and the new districts have an unacceptable popula tion variance of about 12 we will contend the deviation of 12 percent in the vovallo plan was completely avoidable and is therefore violative of the one person one vote principle another impor tant aspect of our suit will be to establish a pattern of past racial discrimination within the city of buf falo attorney irnvauo said in past court actions the supreme court has agreed that one man's vote should have as much power as the next man's without proper justification redis ricting plans that exceed a 10 variance have been thrown out of court in march the save our city committee pre sented their first com plaint before judge john curtin of the federal court judge curtin requested a more detailed complaint which was filed m friday in this suit the save our city committee is requesting that the lo vallo plan be dismissed and a fair plan be devised and implemented the committee expects that a new plan would restore the minority community's voting strength and re adjust the boundaries of the university north delaware fillmore and masten districts if the lovallo plan had not been adopted four or perhaps five council manic districts could have had enough voting strength to elect minority representation bs 1490 however under tb plan minorititmi are pri marily concentrated into two districts with the remainder spread out into three additional districts dismantling their potential voting blocks according to judge cur tin the original complaint winner's circle continued on page 3 redistricti.ng see page 7j housing see page 7 j serving working ' leading in i wny i inner cities lsince 1923j a tell them you saw ft in the criterion » price only 20 c per copy ,