Buffalo Criterion, 1988-05-12

              established in 1925 wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years—featuring paid legitimate circulation thursday may 12-18 1988 vol 64 - no 20 rochester the buffalo criterion niagara region stop south africa's war on angola 19 community groups funded in masiello budget marvin gaye a musical testament now available black high school dropout rate declines graduation rate up the proportion of young blacks dropping out of high school declined signi ficantly from 1975 to 1985 while black graduation rates improved dramati ■ tally the commerce de partment's census bureau reports during the 10-year period the proportion of blacks aged 18 to 21 who had dropped out of high school fell from 27 percent to 17 percent and the pro portion graduating rose from 61 percent to 71 percent black college en rollment remained at 25 " rwyvm "■ """"<-" it o percent although ml percent ot whites aged 18 to 21 were high school graduates in both years their propor tion enrolled in college rose from 35 percent to 39 percent the proportion dropping out decreased 1 percentage point to 14 percent here are additional highlights from the report for the year 1985 1 the proportions of 18 to 21 year-olds still in high school were 11 percent of blacks and 5 percent of whites 2 about 14 percent of black men and 8 percent of black women aged 18 to 21 still were in high school 3 the proportions of tne proportions ot black and white three and tour-year-olds enrolled in nursery school did not differ significantly both were around 40 percent of children enrolled in nursery school however 66 percent of blacks attended school all day compared with 28 percent of whites 4 sixty-four percent of black children attended public nursery school in 1985 compared with 30 percent of white children 5 about 64 percent of black kintlergartn i were attending school all day in 1985 twice the proportion of whites as in all surveys the data in this report are subject to sampling varia bility and response errors uitily ami response errors copies of school en rollment — social and economic charade of students october 1985 and 1984 series p-20 no 426 are available from the superintendent of docu ments u s government printing office washing ton d c 20402 justice sought hi picture whs taken hi the community gospel hour program which airs on saturday mornings on ufo and shows from left bro t c smith host judge barbara m sims and judge william sims i he sims were explaining their case which is now being heard in the federal court buffalo museum of african-american culture takes first step by abdullah li'qman museums are in their infancy for at least seven years it takes about 15 years for a museum to develop — newsome while compiling documents and articles tor herb bellamy's testimony dinner florence baugh member-at large of the buffalo board of education and director of neighborhood services cao observed the cultural and historical value of them and felt lhat it would be a lasting tribute for the year of the african child in the buffalo public schools to acquire a repository for preserving all such documents and articles mrs baugh met with james heck 111 director of school integration and minority business utilization for the board of education and took the first step in moving the dream into reality . which is a long term project by ' organizing an initial organizational meeting at 1490 jefferson in temporary space donated by former councilman-at large and businessman herb bellamy the second step should be to obtain a 501-3 c non-profit status with the internal revenue department after checking the new york rules for incorporation and charter of non-profit organizations then divide into two basic groups one to acquire artifacts and documents staffed by at least one expert and the mainstay of all organizations a fundraising committee the executive director of the maryland commission on afro-ameri can history and culture steven newsome said that the buffalo museum of african-american culture bmaac annul have fundraisers or apply for grants without electing or selecting officers and having a non-profit status he also suggested to hire at least one person who is skilled in museum science so that they will not buy too many undocumented relics for example zooms off of the rock that killed goliath exhibition material and metho dology must meet strict standards if the museum is to survive said newsome integrity truth and sensitivity must not be compromised validity is deter mined through research the collection must not be haphazard but systematic since exhibits develop from the collection the mission of the bmaac is to increase the public's knowledge of the history and culture of african-americans in buffalo western new york and southern ontario canada the museum is committed to the acquisition study documentation pres ervation and conservation of materials which are significant to the history and culture of the region special recognition norman morse second from left of anheuser busch presents a special recognition plaque to freddie patrick station manager of wblk radio in buffalo the station was cited for its participation in the lou rawls parade of stars telethon which raised more than 10 million for the united negro college fund since its inception eight years ago the telethon founded and sponsored by anheuser-busch com panies has raised more than 50 million in gifts and pledges for 42 private and historically black colleges and universities joining in the presentation are john barbati left of anheuser-busch and john hill a local official of the uncf right hemphill plans run for senatorial seat erie county corrections officer john e hemphill a 58 has announced his in tention to seek the office of state senator in the 58th senates.l ij.i<i the district which is wholly within the city of buffalo excluding the south district and the lovejoy district is 59 percent black yet cannot get a representative in albany who is sensitive to the needs of its residents officer hemphill brings 27 years of law enforce ment background as well as decades of community involvement in his quest for the senate seat he has the endorsement of the new alliance party dr lenora fulani is the party candidate for presi dent in 1988 if rev jesse jackson does not receive the democratic party nom ination officer hemphill is a world war ii combat veteran who wants to bring about the changes that are so urgently needed in the district the days when the old lesser-of-two-evils argument against pro gressive independent poli tics held any water are gone forever lis gil christ - nap jackson miss when we look at the industrial demise and the economic underdevelop ment of the 58th senatorial district the crumbling streets the archaic public health system the state of apathy of the residents in the district because of neglect by the legislative representative in albany it behooves me to make this announcement of my candidacy for the seat of senator in the 58th sena torial district said mr hemphill as a registered demo crat i will be running as an independent candidate on the new alliance party line and in the democratic primary the blame for the neglect of services to the community lies squarely on the shoulders of the democratic party and its mentality of bossism my candidacy will change that policy and allow for imput from the people " the decay is evident to anyone who cares to open their eyes and see we intend to do something about it no one else seems to give a damn drugs are prevalent in john e hemphill patterson founder of negro college funds dies frederick douglass pat terson founder of the united negro college fund and president emer itus died april 26 1988 after suffering a heart attack at his new rochelle n y home he was 86 years old under his leadership the college fund became the largest independent source of money for the nation's private histori cally black colleges and universities providing for student scholarships staff salaries library resources laboratories and new teaching programs dr donald m steward president of the college board the national asso ciation of schools and colleges described dr patterson as a visionary and pioneer in american higher education and in black american higher education he broke new ground for minority students and was always looking ahead into the next decade for new ways to finance . education said dr stew art a former president of spelman college in atlan ta a historical black school and member of the united negro college dr patterson believed that education was the best route for black mobility dr stewart said he set a standard that few of us could meet dr patterson was born oct 10 1901 in washing ton d c his parents william ross and mamie lucille were both college educated orphaned at the age of two mr dr frederick d patterson new women's show to air this photo shows the cast and production crew of the new tv show aviv a for women m he.l.,led to air on cablescope 10 shown from left are joe merrill edith johnson virginia robinson aviva merritt delores jackson eva doyle and vincent ware not shown is johnnie mayo educational consultant for the program — criterion photo aviva for women is a new television show in celebration of womanhood the program is scheduled to be shown on saturday may 14th at 5 p.m each week it will present segments aimed at women the program will include a discussion of fitness health and fashion led by beauty consultant edith johnson virginia robinson will present advise on mothering in today's society mrs johnnie mayo will host th career and education segment aviva merritt is the weekly hostess for the program mrs eva m doyle criterion columnist will give a commentary from eye on history joe merritt is the technical director and cameraman delores jackson is the producing director julia moy is in charge of graphics vincent ware is production director and ronald walker is the musical director aviva for women is a production of excellent people and j mer 111 productions hemphill — see page 2 museum — see page 2 dr patterson — see pg 7 see page 2 see page 3 see page 5 serving working leading in wni inner cities since 1923 price only 25 per cop