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Urban Renewal: Not The Answer By JUDY LEONARD Urban renewal, as it is presently administered, is not the answer to ghetto revolt. This was the consensus of Thursday's Black Power panel, which met in the Alexander Room of Elliott Hall foefore an audience of approximately two hundred. It was the fourth event in the Black Power Forum series sponsored by the campus NSA organization. The panel included Lucien Stone, head of the Black Power Commission of the National Student Association; James Turner, Ph.D. candidate in Social Science and African Studies, Howard Fuller, head of Community Organization of the North Carolina Fund, and lecturer at UNC's school of sociology; and Mrs. An n Atwater, staff member of the United Organization for Community Improvement, Durham. James Turner cSflled urban renewal "irrelevant to us unless we can sit in on the secret meetings." He had two solutions to the ghetto problem, both involving economics: (1) Negroes should take care of their own, keep their money in the ghetto, and "demand a just part of the tax we pay;" (2) Negroes should realize that "I am what I am," and rid themselves of inferiority feelings. Turner cited the new "(black national anthem,'' Aretha Franklin's recording, "Respect." He added that Negroes were tired of "white hang-ups," such as fear of inter-marriage, or charges that Negroes are poor because they are lazy. "We maintain our God-given right. We want tit-for-tat, foafoy, tit-for- tat." Howard Fuller spoke briefly on the political implications of unity through Black Power. He told of precinct take-over methods used in Durham. He charged that urban renewal is a tool used by the white political machinery to contain the Negro vote in a few precincts rather than having it spread across the city. "While you're snoring, he's (white man) thinking," Fuller warned. Mrs. Atwater charged that the white administrators of urban redevelopment have taken advantage of the Negro residents' trust. The prob.em could be overcome by the residents being made aware of their rights under the redevelopment code. She criticized the new developments in Durham, including Damar courts, formerly property of Duke University, which she charged "Duke gave to pacify the Negroes when things got hot in Durham." Her answer to the problems was "Let's get together and raise some hdM." This remark was greeted with shouts of approval and applause from the audience. (Continued on Page 4)
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Full text | Urban Renewal: Not The Answer By JUDY LEONARD Urban renewal, as it is presently administered, is not the answer to ghetto revolt. This was the consensus of Thursday's Black Power panel, which met in the Alexander Room of Elliott Hall foefore an audience of approximately two hundred. It was the fourth event in the Black Power Forum series sponsored by the campus NSA organization. The panel included Lucien Stone, head of the Black Power Commission of the National Student Association; James Turner, Ph.D. candidate in Social Science and African Studies, Howard Fuller, head of Community Organization of the North Carolina Fund, and lecturer at UNC's school of sociology; and Mrs. An n Atwater, staff member of the United Organization for Community Improvement, Durham. James Turner cSflled urban renewal "irrelevant to us unless we can sit in on the secret meetings." He had two solutions to the ghetto problem, both involving economics: (1) Negroes should take care of their own, keep their money in the ghetto, and "demand a just part of the tax we pay;" (2) Negroes should realize that "I am what I am," and rid themselves of inferiority feelings. Turner cited the new "(black national anthem,'' Aretha Franklin's recording, "Respect." He added that Negroes were tired of "white hang-ups," such as fear of inter-marriage, or charges that Negroes are poor because they are lazy. "We maintain our God-given right. We want tit-for-tat, foafoy, tit-for- tat." Howard Fuller spoke briefly on the political implications of unity through Black Power. He told of precinct take-over methods used in Durham. He charged that urban renewal is a tool used by the white political machinery to contain the Negro vote in a few precincts rather than having it spread across the city. "While you're snoring, he's (white man) thinking," Fuller warned. Mrs. Atwater charged that the white administrators of urban redevelopment have taken advantage of the Negro residents' trust. The prob.em could be overcome by the residents being made aware of their rights under the redevelopment code. She criticized the new developments in Durham, including Damar courts, formerly property of Duke University, which she charged "Duke gave to pacify the Negroes when things got hot in Durham." Her answer to the problems was "Let's get together and raise some hdM." This remark was greeted with shouts of approval and applause from the audience. (Continued on Page 4) |