Buffalo Criterion, 1988-09-29

              vol 64 - no 40 thursday september 29-october 5 1988 rochester wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years — featuring paid legitimate circulation established in 1925 the buffalo criterion niagara region if anyone ever gets serious about drugs here's a plan the buffalo news the list of prominent blacks black organizations support africare unity meeting a huge success the buffalo criterion press club would like to thank all those who parti cipated in the unity and black agenda meeting on saturday september 241h the leadership from the civil social political reli gious education and pro fessional areas is a must if the community is to wage war against drugs unem ployment crime dishar mony low business de velopment which is chok ing the life out of the community one needs only to walk out of his/her front door and make a 360 turn to gee the condition by staff reporter the neighborhoods are in we must bear with each oilier and with the help of god take the best that we have to offer and make our community better for the young and old alike please read the criter ion and listen to to the other forms of black media for updates on further meetings as we begin to find solutions to these problems the press club would like to thank councilmen collins pitts bell amos legislator robinson mr e blyden for legislator blackwell and assembly man eve businessper sons lillian scott walter hudson and carl macklin dorsey glover willie warren bro simba the national of islam bro dennis muhammad bro herb blyden bro john wiley mrs dorothy hil liard and mrs eva doyle a special thanks goes out to abdullah luqman mrs mary davis modera tor bro t c smith the gospel community hour face-up the challenger and fine print this meeting was the first step the gathering of leaders across the board to begin work on an agenda tor the black community construction mgr appointed executive director law rence a grisanti p.h.m has announced ■ the appointment of obi itedig bo of buffalo to the post of site construction man ager ifedigbo comes to the bmha from the office of buffalo architect robert traynham coles where he served as project designer and manager from 1986 to 1988 as an intern architect from 1983 to 1985 from 1985 to 1986 he served as a designer and assistant project manager in the architectural firm of pas sero associates in roches ter ny lfedigl>o is a graduate of the state university of new york at buffalo with a bachelor's degree in archi tecture in 1982 and a master's in architecture in 1985 obiifedigbo donations needed th hurricane gilbert has devasted jamaica over 500,000 people are homeless please help the jamaica relief fund support these people send a check or money order to i the jamaica relief fund c/o buffalo state college bishop hall - room 231 1300 elmwood buffalo n.y 14202 your contribution will be greatly appreciated photo at right family reunion the 7th bi-annual robinson/deloach family reunion was held at the ramada renaissance hotel july 22-24 over ninty relatives traveled from alabama mississippi illinois ohio california michigan and cities in new york state to attend this family gathering group activities included hospitality hour a tour of niagara falls is and canadian borders a banquet at the ramada renaissance a family group of fifty attended new hope baptist church on richmond avenue for the morning worship service and a family dinner was held at the kensington place during the banquet a representative from the office of councilman dave collins brought greetings from the city and gave a bison to the oldest family member mrs janie bell lindsey of hattisburg miss dr paul f thompson was also a guest at the banquet the two photos are the members of the robinson and deloach clan — criterion photos new business to open mr and mre jeffrey moore announce the grand opening of the moore insurance agency mr moore is a nationwide insurance representative and mrs moore office manager the affair will take place at 2196 fillmore aye on sunday october 9th from 1-5 p.m there will be live entertainment and refreshments will be served - criterion photo black educators set annual confab here on saturday nov sth the black educators asso ciation will hold their annual conference at the buffalo traditional school the theme this year is african heritage and culture through educa tion if not us who the keynote speaker will be dr ivan sertima world renown author and historian and scholar dr sertima was born in guyana south america he was educated at the school of oriental and african studies london university and the rutgers graduate school and holds degrees in african stu dies linguistics and an thropology mr v-ruiiia is a literary critic a linguist and an anthropologist and has made a name in all three fields as a literary critic he is the author of caribbean writers a collection of critical essays on the caribbean novel he is also the author of several major literary reviews published in denmark india britain and the united states he was honored tor his work in this field by being asked by the nobel committee of the swedish academy to nominate candidates for the nobel prize in litera ture from 1976 to 1980 he has also been honored as an historian of world repute by being appoint ed by unesco to the international commission for rewriting the scientific and cultural history of mankind as a linguist dr sertima has published essays on the dialect of the sea islands off the georgia coast he is also the compiler of the swahili dictionary of legal terms based on his field work in tanzania east africa in 1967 he is the author of they came before co lumbus the african presence in ancient america which was pub lished by random house in 1977 and is now in its eleventh printing it was published in french in 1981 and in the same year was awarded the clarence dr ivan sertima nation of islam to hold saviours day convention the nation of islam's national convention will be held from friday oct 7th thru sunday oct 9th this special saviours day convention will be held at the repurchased and renovated mosque and school on stony island ' avenue in chi cago 111 and is expected to draw lens of thousands ol people from every nook and cranny in america as well as from around the world to enjoy a weekend of tribute to the honorable elijah muhammad on october 7th an appreciation banquet in tribute to the honorable elijah muhammad will be held on the grounds of the national center under a magnificent tent complete with delicious food and live entertainment after a day of work sessions among the mem bership of the nation of islam on saturday even ing a special concert featuring public enemy — the hottest rap group in america as well as roy avers bobbi humphrey noel pointer and lonnie listen smith will be held on sunday oct 9th minister louis farrakhan will dedicate the national center and deliver the keynote address the overwhelming event the public is invited and admittance is free the announcement of the repurchase of this historic property first purchased by the honor able elijah muhammad and the nation of islam in 1972 was made on july , 3rd after a nationwide 3rd after a efforts by fundraising efforts by i members of the nation of islam who raised over 2 a million ' ..! mmmm ■■" ul'f im fundraising all elements of the black community are being called upon to contribute to the renova tion of this magnificent structure in appreciation for the 44 years of hard work and sacrifice of the honorable elijah muham mad who redeemed thous ands of black men and women from the mud of civilization minister farrakhan has extended a special invita tion for all to travel to chicago to be present at the overwhelming event for information call 1-800-922-9599 or in illinois call 312-994 5775 minister louis farrakhan see page 2 see page 3 see page 7 educators — see page 7 the criterion is dean of all minority media price only 25 per copy nationally — loc