Unity Rally at Elks Plaza

Councilman Charles Barron, the future governor of New York, informed the central committee of the Freedom Party that, upon advice of counsel, the Freedom Party needs an additional 10,000 signatures to discourage a challenger to attack voluminous signatures. The cost of overcoming a challenge could be prohibitive. Voluminous signatures is a cost-saving measure.

The central committee agreed that the six persons on its committee, speaking for the six organizations, would produce, individually, 300 signatures daily from Wednesday until Sunday, August 15. UAM is one of those organizations. Sis. Geneva Butts represents UAM on the central committee. UAM must not fall short. All six organizations must get real busy.

The beneficiary of the Freedom Party will not be its central committee. Instead, it will be the Black community. One hundred forty years ago, Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts advised Blacks to form their own party. He was a Republican and the chief sponsor of the major civil rights legislation during Reconstruction. A racist congressman from South Carolina caned him, nearly-fatally, on the floor of Congress for representing Blacks.

Compared to the population of Blacks in New York, ten thousand signatures is only a drop in the bucket. Black organizations and churches could gather far more signatures over the next five days. Wednesday night is a critical moment in our history. It is a referendum on self-determination. There should be no need to discuss post-traumatic slavery syndrome or reparations after August 17 without a Freedom Party.

Currently, we are being misrepresented by our "worst and dumbest". Charles Barron, Jitu Weusi, Viola Plummer and Bob Law, among others, represent our "best and brightest:. It is time for us to give them a chance to lead us out of this political wilderness. Blacks should stop waiting on "Mission Impossible".

Barron, Weusi, Plummer and Law will lead this historic, unity rally on Wednesday, August 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Elks Plaza, 1068 Harriet Tubman, (Fulton Street) nr. Classon Ave. in Brooklyn. Take the "C" train to Franklin Ave. Walk two blocks to Elks Plaza. They will unveil the close-out strategy for collecting signatures.

All organizations are welcomed to attend in order to help give us a political voice. The common thread is racial oppression. This was the scene in Montgomery, AL on December 1, 1955. If Blacks of different persuasions in Montgomery had not come to a meeting of the minds, we would still be riding in the back of the bus and subject to the whims of all whites in this country.

Everyone is encouraged to purchase "Freedom Party Buttons" at the rally in order to help support and publicize the Freedom Party. "Freedom is not free".