In Remembrance of Dr. Amos Wilson

It is now clear that some of the simplest concepts have escaped Blacks in this country. See Carter G. Woodson The Mis-education of the Negro. When a land developer seeks to build an office tower, for example, an architect is at the top of the list of persons to be contacted. This is a transferable concept. Yet, its use in the Black community is restricted to the construction industry.
There have been many shootings in New York City which involve cops emptying their weapons and, subsequently, enjoying immunity. No one has sought to connect the dots, however. When the modus operandi appears to be similar, the first question to arise should be whether a conspiracy is afoot. If a conspiracy does exist, are the perpetrators members of a death squad?
A comparative analysis of the assassinations of Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell suggest something far more sinister than is being discussed in the Black colony. Since mythology and mythological reasoning rule the roost in the Black colony, silence is golden. Black people are still unable to search for or confront the truth. Thus, there will be more Sean Bells and Amadou Diallos.
Dr. Woodson said that Black people needed workers and not leaders. Workers resolve problems. Leaders only talk about them. Like preachers, leaders provide obituaries and eulogies for dead bodies. They will give you a good sermon. Dr. Amos Wilson was a worker. He left us with so many writings and teachings including Blueprint for Black Power.
The title of his book also tells us that Dr. Wilson was an architect. In this country, the founding fathers were also architects. They assembled in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to complete, for whites only, the rallying cry of Crispus Attucks. Their finished work was a blueprint which has, so far, enslaved persons of African ancestry for 220 years.
In the meantime, several of our revered ancestors in this country have devised blueprints for our freedom including, but not limited to, David Walker, Marcus Garvey and Elijah Muhammad. Unlike whites, for their ancestors, Blacks have shown no respect for our ancestors.
Every argument that whites make for their welfare is rooted in the teachings of their ancestors. Leading Blacks refuse to acknowledge Black architects. We have thrown away blueprints and are searching for sound bites and Black rhetoric. This is why the Bell case is moot.
Next Monday, MLK Holiday, Black leaders will be crying crocodile tears for Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. in the presence of white, racist leaders. These tears are intended to convey the message of love for white supremacy. We will be required to bow down to our oppressors on January 15. They will be in Harlem.
In every controversy, Dr. King would search for a hammer. Today, Black leaders refuse to employ a hammer. The Montgomery Bus Boycott exemplified the use of a hammer. Instead, their goal is to squelch Black rage and to accommodate white supremacy.
Dr. King led marches. Black leaders today lead parades. When Black people marched, in the 1960, there was always violence. See, for example, Bombing in Birmingham 1963 and Memphis 1968. See also, the Selma to Montgomery March. These marches fomented creative tension. The police design Black parades today.
More than 75,000 persons, mostly of African ancestry, paraded down Fifth Avenue last month without incident unless you factor in the cameo appearance of publicity hound, Steven Pagones. Afterwards, a Ku Klux Klan-type grand jury was impaneled, without objection, to whitewash the November 25 shooting. The parade provided cover for the cover-up.
Our people are unable to name architects. Who is the architect of the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Who is the architect of the Niagara Movement? Who is the original architect of the assault on jim crow in public education? The last two answers involve Black lawyers? The first answer is a college professor.
White supremacy always seeks to hide or destroy Black architects. Nothing can happen, however, without an architect. The Sean Bell case has no architect. Blacks must find an architect before the criminal justice system exercises any semblance of jurisdiction over these crimes against humanity.
Black people are prepared to immediately rename a street for the late James Brown but no one has proposed to rename a street in honor of Dr. Wilson. Among other things, his teachings have kept WBAI-FM afloat financially and they have enlightened Blacks to the effects of white supremacy.
Even after streets are renamed in honor of revered, Black ancestors, Black people still insist on calling them by their prior names. This is especially true of Black leaders who prefer Lenox Ave. to Malcolm X Blvd. and Seventh Avenue to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.
The true believers, and only the true believers, should assemble at City College on Saturday, January 13, 2007 to map out a blueprint for our liberation in memory of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. and consistent with the teachings of Dr. Amos Wilson. Dr. King had an agenda from jim crow transportation to a redistribution of wealth.
We know that if we fail to plan we plan to fail. No leader has given us a blueprint. Blacks are still knocking on the wrong door, talking to the wrong people and raising the wrong questions. This is evident in Sean Bell et. al. It is now time for the workers to get busy. The convenors include Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Dr. Abdulalim Abdullah Shabazz and Alton Maddox.
Space is limited and pre-registration at the Elks Plaza on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 may be critical to admission to the seminar and conference. Otherwise, registration will start at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 13, at City College, 139th St. & Convent Avenue in Harlem, New York. The seminar and conference will start at 10:00 a.m. and will continue to 3:00 p.m.