Word: ditto
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cheri Theatre 3-Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz, Ditto...
...Ditto seldom minces his words. Of all the city's legitimate black leaders, he is the most aggressive in presenting grievances against ghetto schools; he is the most strident in denouncing racism. So rough-spoken has he been at times that the city administration has asked New Detroit to curb him. His defenders say that his manner is necessary for his effectiveness. "The white people who work privately with him say he is cooperative and constructive," says the community relations director of one automobile manufacturer. The ministers who brought Ditto to Detroit support his tactics. Says a black former...
Significant Force. Ditto's patrol corpsmen, with their militaristic uniforms, are distrusted by many white city authorities. The patrol members, who act tough and often harass cops, do not carry weapons, and on balance have probably done more good than harm. "These are guys who would ordinarily be out on the street drinking wine, breaking bottles and making trouble," says Ditto in their defense...
...Ditto justifies his involvement in ghetto controversies. "Wherever black people are receiving injustice, that's where
...belong," he says. "If a guy on the street is being brutalized by a police officer, that should be my concern. It's the whole goddamned thing of 'don't get involved.' " By getting involved, Ditto is molding powerless people into a significant force. Despite the reservations of many whites, the East Side clergymen and the blue-chip board of New Detroit are betting it will be a force for good. Says Baldwin: "We are nobodies. Frank Ditto is a nobody. We must come together at this level-a thousand nobodies...