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...will not tolerate the continued warping of our children's minds with the filth, violence, and cultural lies that are all-pervasive in current productions of so-called black movies," explained Junius Griffin former president of the Hollywood branch of the NAACP and a founder of the new coalition. "The transformation from the stereotyped Stepin Fetchit to Super Nigger on the screen is just another form of cultural genocide...
Even with such harsh words, Griffin states the case mildly. The exploitative process affects blacks long after they leave their local movie houses. Not only do the films promote detrimental political and value orientations, but they also plunder the black community artistically and economically...
Since Vatican II, a number of U.S. dioceses have adopted formal procedures to readmit estranged Catholics to Communion without judging the validity of their existing marriage. One of the first to do so was Portland, Ore., where archdiocesan chancellor, Father Bertram Griffin, set up a so-called "good conscience" plan seven years ago. Says Griffin: "We were trying to bring canon law and pastoral practice together...
...Doug Griffin lashed a run-scoring single and Reggie Smith banged out two doubles and scored two runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals yesterday afternoon...
...Griffin's two-out single in the second inning brought home Rico Petrocelli, who had singled and moved to second on Carlton Fisk's single to give the Sox a quick 1-0 lead...