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1968-05-16 Newsletter, Fort Madison Branch of the NAACP Page 2

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NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR BLACK AMERICANS IN A FREE WORLD, was the theme of the 1968 Region IV Conference. Titles of the Workshops were, as follows: 
I  Priorities of the Federal Effort Black Ghetto - Viet Nam - Space
II The Development of Racial Self-Esteem and the Acquisition of the Economic Influence
III The Role of the NAACP in Urban Rebellion - Implementing the Report of the President's Commission on Civil Disorders
IV The Power of Political Mobilization
VI Life Memberships - Memberships - Fund Raising; Public Relations

There were several very interesting resource persons in the various Workshops. One, who was particularly interesting to several of us, was Mr. Phillip Montez. A Mexican-American and a product of the Watts area in Los Angeles, California, he is now Area Coordinator of the Western Region for the United States Commission on Civil Rights. He stated, "We need a coalition of all people. We are going to be the crux of whether America survives.

The 1969 Region IV Leadership Training Conference will be held in Waterloo, Iowa on April 18, 19 and 20th.

"Ashamed of my race?
And of what race am I?
I am many in one.
Through my veins there flows the blood
Of Red Man, Black Man, Briton, Celt and Scot,
In warring clash and tumultuous riot.
I welcome all, 
But love the blood of the kindly race
That swarths my skin, crinkles my hair,
And puts sweet music into my soul."
-Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.

..."Black Power is a developmental process; it cannot be an end in itself. To the extent that black Americans can organize, and to the extent that white Americans can keep from panicking and begin to respond rationally to the demands of that organization - to that extent can we get on with the business of creating not just law and order but a free and open society."
-taken from "An Advocate of Black Power Defines It" in the New York Times Magazine, 4/14/1968 by Charles V. Hamilton

"Black Power means black consciousness. It is temporary, and it is a tactic. You should have black history in school; the history you get is all white. What did white power mean to the Japanese in our stockades? To the Indians?"
- Reverend Malcolm Boyd

HAVE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE? IF YOU HAVE MOVED...HAVE YOU SENT IN AN ADDRESS CHANGE? ...DO IT...RIGHT AWAY! ...TAKE CARE OF IT,...TODAY!

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-2- NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR BLACK AMERICANS IN A FREE WORLD, was the theme of the 1968 Region IV Conference. Titles of the Workshops were, as follows: I Priorities of the Federal Effort Black Ghetto - Viet Nam - Space II The Development of Racial Self-Esteem and the Acquisition of the Economic Influence III The Role of the NAACP in Urban Rebellion - Implementing the Report of the President's Commission on Civil Disorders IV The Power of Political Mobilization VI Life Memberships - Memberships - Fund Raising; Public Relations There were several very interesting resource persons in the various Workshops. One, who was particularly interesting to several of us, was Mr. Phillip Montez. A Mexican-American and a product of the Watts area in Los Angeles, California, he is now Area Coordinator of the Western Region for the United States Commission on Civil Rights. He stated, "We need a coalition of all people. We are going to be the crux of whether America survives. The 1969 Region IV Leadership Training Conference will be held in Waterloo, Iowa on April 18, 19 and 20th. "Ashamed of my race? And of what race am I? I am many in one. Through my veins there flows the blood Of Red Man, Black Man, Briton, Celt and Scot, In warring clash and tumultuous riot. I welcome all, But love the blood of the kindly race That swarths my skin, crinkles my hair, And puts sweet music into my soul." -Joseph S. Cotter, Jr. ..."Black Power is a developmental process; it cannot be an end in itself. To the extent that black Americans can organize, and to the extent that white Americans can keep from panicking and begin to respond rationally to the demands of that organization - to that extent can we get on with the business of creating not just law and order but a free and open society." -taken from "An Advocate of Black Power Defines It" in the New York Times Magazine, 4/14/1968 by Charles V. Hamilton "Black Power means black consciousness. It is temporary, and it is a tactic. You should have black history in school; the history you get is all white. What did white power mean to the Japanese in our stockades? To the Indians?" - Reverend Malcolm Boyd HAVE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE? IF YOU HAVE MOVED...HAVE YOU SENT IN AN ADDRESS CHANGE? ...DO IT...RIGHT AWAY! ...TAKE CARE OF IT,...TODAY!