United African Movement
REMEMBERS
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
January 10, 2007
Elks Plaza
1068 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY
Some Highlights of the Life of Dr. MLK Jr.
The family of Dr. Martin L. King Jr., Morehouse College and Ebenezer Baptist Church contributed to his early development. White supremacists have studied these factors and have developed safeguards against them contributing to the development of current Black leaders. Leading Blacks, today, have backgrounds dissimilar to the backgrounds of Dr. King and Malcolm X who also had strong parents.
Soon after the Civil War, Augusta, Ga., rather than Atlanta, Ga., became the leading center in Georgia for the education of Blacks. This irritated whites in Augusta. Blacks were enjoying a high school education which was unavailable to them or whites statewide. This was a threat to white supremacy.
The Supreme Court took notice of this problem in 1899 even though it had decided Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 which announced a “separate but equal” doctrine. In Cummings v. Richmond County, Bd. of Ed, however, the Supreme Court ruled that Black children were not entitled to an education commensurate to the education that white children were receiving in Augusta.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer, as state attorney general, relied on Cummings to argue that Black children were entitled to no more than an eighth grade education. Black people were so impressed with Spitzer that they successfully supported his gubernatorial bid in 2006. They will be paying homage to him on January 15 while wondering why the NYPD is shooting down Blacks like wild animals.
Throughout his life, Dr. King broke down barriers but Blacks were unprepared on how to exercise rights emanating from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Thus, Blacks integrated commerce by becoming unrestrained and undisciplined consumers and integrated the Democratic Party in addition to becoming political pawns.
Black business is dwindling despite President Calvin Coolidge’s pronouncement “that the business of America is business.” Politics follows economics and not vice versa. Politicians attach themselves to economic interests. If no Black economy exists in the Black colony, Black politicians will represent white businesses.
Blacks have been placed in a paradox since Reconstruction. When Blacks had businesses, they were disenfranchised and enjoyed no political representation. After integration destroyed Black businesses, Blacks were given the right to vote. The inescapable conclusion though is that Blacks were doing better under economics without politics than politics without economics.
Political surveillance inevitably leads to political assassinations.
Dr. King was at the top of J. Edgar Hoover’s spy list. The FBI was not acting alone, however. It was in cahoots with the intelligence branch of the United States Army. Spying on Dr. King went off the radar screen when he announced the “Poor People’s Campaign” and openly opposed the Viet Nam War on April 4, 1967.
Enslaved Africans were, automatically, subjects of political surveillance. During the last century, political surveillance of Blacks had its headquarters in the NAACP. Lt. Col. Ralph Van Deman established the spy network for the Army in 1917. According to Van Deman, the presence of Blacks in the United States constitute a grave threat to national security.
Van Deman recruited Joel E. Spingarn, the white board chairman of the NAACP, and made him a major in the Military Intelligence Division. He would coordinate all spying activities in the Black community. Dr. W.E.B. DuBois sought the rank of captain. Van Deman’s recruits also included Robert T. Moton who succeeded Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute.
Van Deman also introduced Clyde A. Tolson to J. Edgar Hoover, the future director of the Bureau of Investigations. It was later renamed the FBI. By 1947, Tolson would become Hoover’s right hand. Hoover and Tolson, both, were obsessed with Negro resisters and Communist agitators.
Our real concern should be those Judas goats who aided and abetted the demise of Dr. King and who are currently misleading the Black masses to slaughter. No group which has to advance itself amid a Fifth Column will ever get to the Promise Land. The enemy within is our greatest challenge.
We must never forget Dr. Amos Wilson. See www.reinstatealtonmaddox.com. He made his transition on January 14, 1995. Like Dr. King, Dr. Wilson also matriculated at Morehouse College and, like Dr. King, he bequeathed to us a blueprint for struggle.
Dr. Wilson made his transition at a Bronx hospital. He remembered us but have we forgotten him? He was born in Hattiesburg, Miss. in 1941 and, after graduating from college, he attained his doctorate degree from Fordham University. He was employed by the City of New York and City University of New York
Events
Fri. Jan.12 -WBAI-FM (99.5). Caldwell Chronicle, hosted by Earl Caldwell, will feature Alton Maddox this Friday, January 12, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Fri. Jan. 12 – African International Merchants Agency will remember Dr. Khallid Abdul Muhammad at 2175 Clarendon Rd. (nr. Flatbush Ave.) in Brooklyn at 7:00 p.m. Documentary by Min. Clemson Brown.
Sat. Jan.13 - In memory of Dr. Martin L. King Jr., Alton Maddox, & Dr. Leonard Jeffries will convene a 2007 Black Agenda Seminar and Conference at City College. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. in the NAC Building. Conference begins at 10:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 13 - UAM’s Dinner Dance, a fundraiser for the 2007 Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls, featuring an all-you-can-eat buffet with entertainer, vocalist, Ann Sinclair and the Cotton Club Allstars at the Cotton Club, 656 West 125th Street in Harlem starting at 9:00 p.m.
Sun. Jan. 14 – Remembrance of Dr. Amos Wilson who made his transition on January 14, 1995. Dr. Wilson was an insightful scholar and teacher and a prolific author
Mon. Jan. 15 - Alton Maddox will be keynote speaker at Clinton Hill South Improvement Association’s Annual Award Brunch honoring Dr. Martin L. King Jr. at 15 James Street (cor. of Washington) in Newark, NJ from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Donation $35.00. The topic: “Who Was Dr. King?”
Wed. Jan. 17 - Juanita Minton and the Retirees Division of 1199 have invited Alton Maddox to speak at Brooklyn College, 27th Ave. and Campus Rd. (off Flatbush Ave.) in Brooklyn from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Wed. Jan. 17 - UAM Forum featuring a documentary “Who Speaks for Birmingham” in the 1960's with Rev. Herbert Oliver, a Birmingham activist providing commentary of the Birmingham Movement at Elks Plaza, 1068 Fulton St., in Brooklyn at 7:30 p.m. Alton Maddox, will remember his father Rev. Alton Maddox, Sr. on his birthday.
Thurs. Jan 18 – PWV Acquisition LLC v. Maddox will appear on the calendar of Part A of the Manhattan Housing Court, Rm 523 at 111 Centre Street in Manhattan for trial at 9:30 a.m.
Fri. Jan. 19 – Lecture by and Birthday celebration for Dr. Leonard Jeffries at the NAC Building on the campus of City College at 6:00 p.m. to be followed by a reception at the Clarke House (adjacent to City College) at 8:00 p.m.
Sat.-Sun. Apr 21-22 - African-centered tour of Washington, D.C., conducted by Dr. Anthony Browder, designed in part to instill a sense of worth and pride about our rich heritage including the adoption of African architecture for the nation’s capitol. Call UAM at 718-834-9034 for further information.
Fri.-Mon. May 25-28 - Gullah Festival - A celebration of African culture in Beaufort, South Carolina. Call UAM at 718-834-9034 for further information.
For Further Information Contact:
United African Movement • 16 Court Street, Suite 1901
Brooklyn, NY 11241 • (718) 834-9034
www.reinstatealtonmaddox.com
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
January 10, 2007
Elks Plaza
1068 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY
Some Highlights of the Life of Dr. MLK Jr.
The family of Dr. Martin L. King Jr., Morehouse College and Ebenezer Baptist Church contributed to his early development. White supremacists have studied these factors and have developed safeguards against them contributing to the development of current Black leaders. Leading Blacks, today, have backgrounds dissimilar to the backgrounds of Dr. King and Malcolm X who also had strong parents.
Soon after the Civil War, Augusta, Ga., rather than Atlanta, Ga., became the leading center in Georgia for the education of Blacks. This irritated whites in Augusta. Blacks were enjoying a high school education which was unavailable to them or whites statewide. This was a threat to white supremacy.
The Supreme Court took notice of this problem in 1899 even though it had decided Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 which announced a “separate but equal” doctrine. In Cummings v. Richmond County, Bd. of Ed, however, the Supreme Court ruled that Black children were not entitled to an education commensurate to the education that white children were receiving in Augusta.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer, as state attorney general, relied on Cummings to argue that Black children were entitled to no more than an eighth grade education. Black people were so impressed with Spitzer that they successfully supported his gubernatorial bid in 2006. They will be paying homage to him on January 15 while wondering why the NYPD is shooting down Blacks like wild animals.
Throughout his life, Dr. King broke down barriers but Blacks were unprepared on how to exercise rights emanating from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Thus, Blacks integrated commerce by becoming unrestrained and undisciplined consumers and integrated the Democratic Party in addition to becoming political pawns.
Black business is dwindling despite President Calvin Coolidge’s pronouncement “that the business of America is business.” Politics follows economics and not vice versa. Politicians attach themselves to economic interests. If no Black economy exists in the Black colony, Black politicians will represent white businesses.
Blacks have been placed in a paradox since Reconstruction. When Blacks had businesses, they were disenfranchised and enjoyed no political representation. After integration destroyed Black businesses, Blacks were given the right to vote. The inescapable conclusion though is that Blacks were doing better under economics without politics than politics without economics.
Political surveillance inevitably leads to political assassinations.
Dr. King was at the top of J. Edgar Hoover’s spy list. The FBI was not acting alone, however. It was in cahoots with the intelligence branch of the United States Army. Spying on Dr. King went off the radar screen when he announced the “Poor People’s Campaign” and openly opposed the Viet Nam War on April 4, 1967.
Enslaved Africans were, automatically, subjects of political surveillance. During the last century, political surveillance of Blacks had its headquarters in the NAACP. Lt. Col. Ralph Van Deman established the spy network for the Army in 1917. According to Van Deman, the presence of Blacks in the United States constitute a grave threat to national security.
Van Deman recruited Joel E. Spingarn, the white board chairman of the NAACP, and made him a major in the Military Intelligence Division. He would coordinate all spying activities in the Black community. Dr. W.E.B. DuBois sought the rank of captain. Van Deman’s recruits also included Robert T. Moton who succeeded Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute.
Van Deman also introduced Clyde A. Tolson to J. Edgar Hoover, the future director of the Bureau of Investigations. It was later renamed the FBI. By 1947, Tolson would become Hoover’s right hand. Hoover and Tolson, both, were obsessed with Negro resisters and Communist agitators.
Our real concern should be those Judas goats who aided and abetted the demise of Dr. King and who are currently misleading the Black masses to slaughter. No group which has to advance itself amid a Fifth Column will ever get to the Promise Land. The enemy within is our greatest challenge.
We must never forget Dr. Amos Wilson. See www.reinstatealtonmaddox.com. He made his transition on January 14, 1995. Like Dr. King, Dr. Wilson also matriculated at Morehouse College and, like Dr. King, he bequeathed to us a blueprint for struggle.
Dr. Wilson made his transition at a Bronx hospital. He remembered us but have we forgotten him? He was born in Hattiesburg, Miss. in 1941 and, after graduating from college, he attained his doctorate degree from Fordham University. He was employed by the City of New York and City University of New York
Events
Fri. Jan.12 -WBAI-FM (99.5). Caldwell Chronicle, hosted by Earl Caldwell, will feature Alton Maddox this Friday, January 12, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Fri. Jan. 12 – African International Merchants Agency will remember Dr. Khallid Abdul Muhammad at 2175 Clarendon Rd. (nr. Flatbush Ave.) in Brooklyn at 7:00 p.m. Documentary by Min. Clemson Brown.
Sat. Jan.13 - In memory of Dr. Martin L. King Jr., Alton Maddox, & Dr. Leonard Jeffries will convene a 2007 Black Agenda Seminar and Conference at City College. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. in the NAC Building. Conference begins at 10:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 13 - UAM’s Dinner Dance, a fundraiser for the 2007 Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls, featuring an all-you-can-eat buffet with entertainer, vocalist, Ann Sinclair and the Cotton Club Allstars at the Cotton Club, 656 West 125th Street in Harlem starting at 9:00 p.m.
Sun. Jan. 14 – Remembrance of Dr. Amos Wilson who made his transition on January 14, 1995. Dr. Wilson was an insightful scholar and teacher and a prolific author
Mon. Jan. 15 - Alton Maddox will be keynote speaker at Clinton Hill South Improvement Association’s Annual Award Brunch honoring Dr. Martin L. King Jr. at 15 James Street (cor. of Washington) in Newark, NJ from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Donation $35.00. The topic: “Who Was Dr. King?”
Wed. Jan. 17 - Juanita Minton and the Retirees Division of 1199 have invited Alton Maddox to speak at Brooklyn College, 27th Ave. and Campus Rd. (off Flatbush Ave.) in Brooklyn from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Wed. Jan. 17 - UAM Forum featuring a documentary “Who Speaks for Birmingham” in the 1960's with Rev. Herbert Oliver, a Birmingham activist providing commentary of the Birmingham Movement at Elks Plaza, 1068 Fulton St., in Brooklyn at 7:30 p.m. Alton Maddox, will remember his father Rev. Alton Maddox, Sr. on his birthday.
Thurs. Jan 18 – PWV Acquisition LLC v. Maddox will appear on the calendar of Part A of the Manhattan Housing Court, Rm 523 at 111 Centre Street in Manhattan for trial at 9:30 a.m.
Fri. Jan. 19 – Lecture by and Birthday celebration for Dr. Leonard Jeffries at the NAC Building on the campus of City College at 6:00 p.m. to be followed by a reception at the Clarke House (adjacent to City College) at 8:00 p.m.
Sat.-Sun. Apr 21-22 - African-centered tour of Washington, D.C., conducted by Dr. Anthony Browder, designed in part to instill a sense of worth and pride about our rich heritage including the adoption of African architecture for the nation’s capitol. Call UAM at 718-834-9034 for further information.
Fri.-Mon. May 25-28 - Gullah Festival - A celebration of African culture in Beaufort, South Carolina. Call UAM at 718-834-9034 for further information.
For Further Information Contact:
United African Movement • 16 Court Street, Suite 1901
Brooklyn, NY 11241 • (718) 834-9034
www.reinstatealtonmaddox.com
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