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...peaceful protest down an avenue in Washington, chanting slogans and carrying signs. But the series of rallies that have been taking place on Embassy Row during the past two weeks are against racism in another country: the apartheid government of South Africa. Demonstrators, including such prominent black Americans as Coretta Scott King, Arthur Ashe and Harry Belafonte, called for the release of 13 black labor leaders who were recently arrested and imprisoned without charges in South Africa. By week's end 15 protesters had been arrested for entering and then refusing to leave the South African embassy...
...next morning black frustration flared again. At a packed caucus of black delegates, Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., pleaded for unity. Her eyes brimming, she said, "Those of you who wronged Andy Young need to say, 'I'm sorry.' " She also was booed. Later, Jackson scolded the black delegates. "It is a source of embarrassment to me for those of you who respect me and my leadership to boo or hiss any black leader," he said. Looking at King, his eyes now tearful too, he added, "She deserves to be heard...
Civil Rights Leader Coretta Scott King at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.: "I believe the dramatic increases in voter registration we have recently seen provide hope that we can begin to turn this nation around. When we make politics a crusade, politicians will begin to understand that they must serve all of the people and not just a select few. When we make politics a crusade, we can put a stop to this insane, suicidal nuclear arms race which is destroying our economy and terrifying our children. When we make politics a crusade, we can make the Equal Rights Amendment...
...Conference. (A New York Times/CBS survey found the Alabama vote split more evenly: 50% for Jackson, 47% for Mondale.) One weak spot for Jackson was the Birmingham area, where Mondale, aided by black Mayor Richard Arlington, trounced him by 2 to 1. In Georgia, where Mondale was supported by Coretta Scott King and State Senator Julian Bond, blacks cast 70% of their ballots for Jackson, 24% for the former Vice President...
...additional pain," said Rep. Jack Brooks (D-Texas) during a House Subcommittee Meeting last week, adding, "certainly, he and his associates have done a good enough job of that already." Brooks is certainly half right. Last week's revelation that the United States Information Agency (USIA) had blacklisted Coretta Scott King, Sen. Gary W. Hart (D-Colo.). Walter Cronkite, Ralph Nader and Brooks himself from a government-sponsored speaking tour has publically embarrassed the agency. Harvard Professors John Kenneth Galbrath. Jorge I. Dominguez and Richard N. Cooper were also deemed untrustworthy by the list. With a large appropriation of money...