Buffalo Criterion, 1983-03-16

              wny's largest & only accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion rochester niagara region vol 58 — no 12 wednesday march 16-22 1983 u.s postage paid permit no 1314 buffalo new york editor thanks minister & grace tabernacle cogic frank e merriweather editor of the buffalo criterion who has been ill with hypertension for the past five years takes this opportunity to express thanks to rev houston williams and the grace tabernacle church of god in christ for remember ing him with a bushel basket of groceries and a donation this benevolent act is especially noteworthy when one looks at the size and age of the church it shows that the church practices what it preaches police shootings under fire the killing of a 5-year old black child by a california rookie police man is inexcusable patrick andrew mason is but another link among the victims in an unbroken chain of historical police violence white police have a story of killinir blacks with impunity i am immediately reminded ot little randy evans who was wantonly murdered by a new york city police man while in a play ground although this shooting was seen by numerous witnesses the officer was found by the court to be suffering from some un heard of type of epilepsy blacks represent the overwhelming majority of police shooting fatalities baaed on a study in chicago poboa brutality is amirtmtiy a matter of police victimization of the minority community i when a white policeman renters the black commu 1 nity he perceives his role : totally different from that when entering the white community -. ~ they see themselves as i protectors from the black i community and protectors by dr charles e cobb of the white community it is this racist perception that manifests itself in the killing of black children a black is ten times more likely to be shot by a policeman than a white there is a total disregard for black life among the nation's police who have adopted an attitude of shoot first and ask ques tions later this latest incident sharply points to the need for the black community to hold the individual police as well as police adminis trators accountable for their acts of violence we must give notice that we will not tolerate the wanton killing of our young people and declare an end to this open season on black this rase warrants investigation by . both-utate and i federal ! agencies the police will never be welcome in the black community as long as our community remains a shooting gallery for trigger happy cops this is charles e cobb of the united church of christ for civil rights journal thank you for listening chalice presentation dinner slated the 47th annual chalice presentation dinner will be held on sun mar 20th at the mary gold manor 776 marvale dr in cheektowaga at 6 p.m at this solemn gather ing a gold chalice inscrib ed with the names of sir knights who have met their eternal reward dur ing the calendar year 1982 will be presented to rev william f white pastor of st lawrence church 1520 delavan aye in buffalo the chairman of this affair is faithful outer sentinel robert w eg gleston a member of the lady of hope council at 1530 kenmore aye ticket and reservation chairman is sir knight walter polapa appointed by faithful navigator jo seph l voytek the presentation dinner sponsored by the buffalo assembly is open to all especially to relatives and friends of the departed sir knights members of the knights of columbus their ladies and especially candidates for the fourth degree so that they may pesonally witness one of the understanding spiritual benefits of being a mem ber of the fourth degree the chalice will have 42 names on it this year cited for service to the nys black & puerto rican caucus a highlight of the 12th annual legislative weekend of the new york state black and puerto rican caucus held recently in albany was the singling out of three outstanding supporters for special honors state assemblymen angelo del tora manhat tan/bronx and albert vann brooklyn second and third from left were presented with pewter trays by stanley s scott philip morris u.s.a vice president public affairs left for the important contributions to a fuller and more meangful democracy they have made through their leadership in the caucus sharnia tab buford president of the freedom national bank received a pewter tray from assemblymen del toro and vann the inscription reads for outstanding service to the legislative process through your espousal and pursuits of the goals of the caucus assemblyman del toro chairman for 1983-84 is the first puerto rican ever to hold the position assemblyman vann is the only caucus chairman to hold the position twice mr buford has been a long-standing supporter of the caucus and its programs muslims marched for justice ruling protested by abdullah luqman thousands of american muslims from all around the nation formed a never ending circle four people wide in the streets and marched around the chi cago civic center friday march llth to protest judge henry budzinski's decision that national real estate and funds amassed by the muslim community was part of the hon elijah muhammad's may god be pleased with him mabp private property judge budzinki rules that 2 million in real estate and more than 3 million in the no 2 poor fund was a part of the personal property of our late great leader hon elijah muhammad mabp this is an all time low for the american system of justice even when legal ized racism existed the law recognized group wealth the irony of it all is that the hon elijah muhammad mabp dedi cated his mission to setting up a society to conduct their own affairs without running to the ex-slave master t.v^wttle their disj-wtea ra jk a '"•'•■ the no 1.2 tfoor * fund •". was started by a pioneer ' group of muslim women called the mission sis ters they mission sisters went from door to door to raise money to help the poor during the great depression these funds were put into the poor treasury along with a percentage of the regular donations by members of the masjid then temple after the hon elijah muhammad moved from headquarters temple 1 in detroit michigan and founded temple 02 in chicago thus 2 became first later when the government began social security welfare and other forms of government programs to care for the destitute it was decided not to drop the poor treasury but make it national centered in tem ple 02 chicago to do something for ourselves the american muslim mission amm only wants justice in allah god's infinite wisdom every penny given by believers and those who gave to the 3-year savings plan for negros was given a receipt many friends were amazed that they got a receipt from chicago for as little as 50c the 2 poor fund function was changed from public charity to the national treasury to pay national bills and bring to fruition the 10-point pro gram of muslim wants located in the back of every muhammad speaks newspaper the amm only wants to keep that which they earned with their blood sweat and tears 3-year savings plan for negroes writer's note ex cerpts from vol 8 — no 25 muhammad speaks aug 28 1964 with elijah muhammad's by-line - i appeal to ; all mus lims " and to all the members of the original black nation in america to sacrifice at least 5 cents from each day's work to create an economic sav ings program to help fight unemployment abominable housing hun ger and nakedness of the 22 million black people in america who continue to face these problems this will not interfere with the goverment's pro gram for better housing conditions at all it will only aid those who have never known anything in the way of help and those who do not even know that there is a government housing act to help dependent people there are thousands of our people living in worse conditions than dogs and pigs at least dogs are not bothered with too many rats and roaches in their houses because they kill mortgage burning ceremonies held at macedonia b.c macedonia baptist church 237 east north st held their mortgage burning ceremonies recently special guests were white rock baptist church with dr ivery daniels pastor delivering the message remarks were given by rev william gunther executive director of the american baptist association of western new york mortgage holders masten councilman david collins rev o taylor and other church organizational heads mrs elzena jacobs was mistress of ceremonies several soul-stirring selections were given by both the macedonia and white rock choirs shown in top photo from left are rev o taylor dr i daniels rev larry boyd pastor rev w gunther and councilman david collins the mortgage burning committee along with other dignitaries are shown in lower photo from left are deacon and sister cummings councilman d collins sis e jacobs sis copeland and rev and sis larry boyd leaders of macedonia freshments were served following the program career day open house mar 24th on thurs mar 24th from 1 to 4 p.m the educational opportunity center 465 washington st will sponsor its annual career day open house program the following activities will be a part of the open house resume writing workshop employment interview technique workshop oral hygine clinic jobs listings on microfiche typing of one age resume eoc admis sions counseling career and college information interviews and career information with employ ers and school represen tatives and refresh ments mrs mamie johnson and mrs patricia moss are co-chairpersons masons dinner dance planned the national executive board of directors of the international masons is sponsoring its 13th annual dinner dance sat mar 19th at the executive inn 4243 genesee st in cheektowaga good samaritan to be guest sun mar 20th at 4 p.m the good samaritan church of god in christ 265 leroy st will be the guests of the buffalo youth and young adult choral society rev glen wood h young is the minister building fund dinner set on friday mar 25th at 7 p.m the building fund committee of the geth semane baptist church is sponsoring a 100 plate dinner the dinner will be held at the gethsemane baptist church 55 grape st near virginia rev h v reid is pastor elected to naacp nat'l bd frances murphy camp bell associate professor of journalism at buffalo state college who is a member of a chain of newspapers the afro american of baltimore lias been elected to the board of directors of the naacp sheila e anderson has been elected to a seat on the national board of the organization miss anderson's grandmother the late mrs ora ander son and her grand aunt the late miss amelia g anderson were active in the buffalo chapter of the naacp mrs campbell will serve a two year term mrs campbell is a mem ber of the board of directors and coordinator of the act-so olympics of the mind program she has also served on various national committees of the naacp concert to help raise funds for emergency shelf food first presbyterian church symphony circle buffalo will present the buffalo philharmonic or chestra in concert on tuesday mar 22 at 8 p.m conductor julius rudel will lead the orches tra in a musical tribute to beetoven mendelssoln and others the concert will benefit the emergency food shelf sponsored by the first presbyterian church the ticket donation of 5.00 goes to help sponsor the emergency food shelf call the first church at 884-7250 for tickets or purchase them at the door the emergency food shelf at first presbyterian church one of several operating in area church es has been serving an every-increasing number of individuals and families in the lower west side community during the present period of high unemployment volun teers staff the food shelf from 10 a.m to 2 p.m weekdays donations of non-perishable food items are welcome at any time and may be brought to the church weekdays from 9 a.m to 5 p.m first presbyterian church organized in 1812 is the city's oldest reli gious body masons see page 3 muslims see page 3 1923 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