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Rehuud ike, Movement ■for B/aclc Power Now that 1980 has begun, the majority of Blacks and other poor and working class people find themselves in an increasing struggle to keep their heads above water in the face of the growing economic crisis. Because Blacks as a group are forces to the bottom of the economic and political ladder by the highest unemployment rates, and the lowest wages, and general exclusion from the political process, we have been the first to feel the effects of the developing crisis. A larger and larger portion of our small incomes have to go into providing food, clothes, and shelter for our families. More and more Blacks are being forced into desperate situations, causing an even greater need for social services programs. But, many of those programs, fought for and won from the local, state, and national government during the 60's will not be avilable in the 80's. As the government is forced to increase the production of more bombs and bullets, and bail out bankrupt giant corporations like Chrysler and cities like New York, they will have to use money that once went to finance social services programs. THE MAIN REASON THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RICH CAN FORCE THE BURDEN OF THEIR CRISIS ON OUR BACK IS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ORGANIZED TO FIGHT BACK. They know that they" are pushing us up against the wall, and that as the situation gets worse, we will come out fighting because we will have no choice. This is why they are now promoting groups like the Klan and Nazis, terrorist groups whose objective is to scare us into not fighting and taking up the struggle for freedom, justice, and equality. Today, however, there is no big struggle in opposition to these attacks. During the 70's our movement was essentially put on hold, as many of our leaders were either bought off, killed off, or jailed and the communities were pacified with numerous poverty programs. We have to rebuild that movement, and as we do, new leaders will come forth out of those struggles. We will develop new leaders *•/> who are concerned and capable of uniting with the anger, hate, and frustration of the masses. Leaders who are willing to listen to and learn from the masses of people, and together with them wage the struggle to address the burning issues we all face. Millions of people are angry and frustrated by the conditions we are faced with. Thousands are now willing to take up the struggle, but for those thousands the question is how do we build the kind of mass movement we had in the 60's where millions of people in hundreds of cities, small towns and rural communities were brought into motion to change society. The key to developing such a national movement is to unite with and help to build the struggles the people are willing to take up. Struggle around rats, roaches, rent, education, drugs, strikes, sanitation, the real day to day problems that people face and are mad about,and in the process we have to get organized. We need organizations whose main orientation is that the needs of the people must be fought for and that no problem is too small to deal with. It is only through taking up the struggle in this way that a movement of the masses will be built. The movement of the 60's grew and developed precisely because it was addressing the heartfelt aspiration of the majority of our people for freedom, justice, and equality. It took up the issues of segregation, housing, the right to vote, and it captured and unleashed the iniative of Black people. From sit-ins, to marches, to burning of cities, the masses found ways to hit at the enemy, and let their anger be shown and felt.
Object Description
Title | Rebuild the Movement for Black Power! |
Date | 1980 |
Creator | Concerned Citizens Against the Klan |
Biographical/historical note | Concerned Citizens Against the Klan was an organization formed in Greensboro, NC, ca. 1979-1980 in response to the Novemeber 3, 1979 Death to the Klan march that took place in Greensboro and left five of the protesters dead. |
Subject headings | Black power;Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979 |
Topics | Greensboro Massacre, 1979;Black Power Movement |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | This flyer, created by Concerned Citizens Against the Klan of Greensboro, urges a return to the Black Power movement of the 1960s, stating that the movement stalled in the 1970s as black leaders were "bought off, killed off, or jailed and the communities were pacified with numerous poverty programs." The flyer invokes the memory of the early civil rights movement and mass protests, and also places the wealthy and the government alongside the Ku Klux Klan and Nazis as the ones the movement should be fighting. The flyer was most like produced in the aftermath of the November 3, 1979 Death to the Klan march at which five protesters were killed in Greensboro. |
Type | text |
Original format | fliers (printed matter) |
Original dimensions | 8.5" x 11" |
Original publisher | Greensboro, N.C. : Concerned Citizens Against the Klan |
Language | en |
Contributing institution | Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University |
Source collection | UA.29.02.0130 Sydney Nathans Papers |
Finding aid link | http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/uanathans/ |
Rights statement | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Additional rights information | IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse. |
Object ID | Duke_UA.29.02.0130.1174 |
Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/ |
Sponsor | LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html |
OCLC number | 884367575 |
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Title | Page 1 |
Full text | Rehuud ike, Movement ■for B/aclc Power Now that 1980 has begun, the majority of Blacks and other poor and working class people find themselves in an increasing struggle to keep their heads above water in the face of the growing economic crisis. Because Blacks as a group are forces to the bottom of the economic and political ladder by the highest unemployment rates, and the lowest wages, and general exclusion from the political process, we have been the first to feel the effects of the developing crisis. A larger and larger portion of our small incomes have to go into providing food, clothes, and shelter for our families. More and more Blacks are being forced into desperate situations, causing an even greater need for social services programs. But, many of those programs, fought for and won from the local, state, and national government during the 60's will not be avilable in the 80's. As the government is forced to increase the production of more bombs and bullets, and bail out bankrupt giant corporations like Chrysler and cities like New York, they will have to use money that once went to finance social services programs. THE MAIN REASON THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RICH CAN FORCE THE BURDEN OF THEIR CRISIS ON OUR BACK IS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ORGANIZED TO FIGHT BACK. They know that they" are pushing us up against the wall, and that as the situation gets worse, we will come out fighting because we will have no choice. This is why they are now promoting groups like the Klan and Nazis, terrorist groups whose objective is to scare us into not fighting and taking up the struggle for freedom, justice, and equality. Today, however, there is no big struggle in opposition to these attacks. During the 70's our movement was essentially put on hold, as many of our leaders were either bought off, killed off, or jailed and the communities were pacified with numerous poverty programs. We have to rebuild that movement, and as we do, new leaders will come forth out of those struggles. We will develop new leaders *•/> who are concerned and capable of uniting with the anger, hate, and frustration of the masses. Leaders who are willing to listen to and learn from the masses of people, and together with them wage the struggle to address the burning issues we all face. Millions of people are angry and frustrated by the conditions we are faced with. Thousands are now willing to take up the struggle, but for those thousands the question is how do we build the kind of mass movement we had in the 60's where millions of people in hundreds of cities, small towns and rural communities were brought into motion to change society. The key to developing such a national movement is to unite with and help to build the struggles the people are willing to take up. Struggle around rats, roaches, rent, education, drugs, strikes, sanitation, the real day to day problems that people face and are mad about,and in the process we have to get organized. We need organizations whose main orientation is that the needs of the people must be fought for and that no problem is too small to deal with. It is only through taking up the struggle in this way that a movement of the masses will be built. The movement of the 60's grew and developed precisely because it was addressing the heartfelt aspiration of the majority of our people for freedom, justice, and equality. It took up the issues of segregation, housing, the right to vote, and it captured and unleashed the iniative of Black people. From sit-ins, to marches, to burning of cities, the masses found ways to hit at the enemy, and let their anger be shown and felt. |