1993_04 The Daily Collegian April 1993

              April 1,1993
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African-American Student Poets
'LO*(ELtotESS'
'BytSrianftewetuin
>1 solitary yellow rose
'Waiting6y a deep redbrickwall
Tor someone to admin its beauty
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And it wit! continue to wait
'Because no one carts.
Loneliness.
(Petals slowly jailj jm a
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drooping stem.    \
The wall remains strong.
A Heart yearning for cart and
.   .
devotwn.
Then is no love for it.
And so it will breaks
It reaches out for sturdy
companionship
'Jading, jailing deeper towards
an empty soul
Loneliness.
The. heartbeat, become joint
lime Becomes an eternity.
. I sit atone; isolated.
Afield of daisies i my blanket.
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tfgoncto listen and hear me
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speak.    .
Only my mind con know how I
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feet.
Loneliness.
The tears jailsilently witlwut
end
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Swaying gently in the meadow
breeze
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Tfie smiling white daisies seem to
understand.
Shelton Cont'd
African-American males and
females in front of a predomi¬
nantly European school as if we
do not get oppressed enough for
just being African-Americans.
How can we as a people try to
lift our heads when you have a
lecturer bringing about disunity?
Make a movie about
Malcolm and instead of instilling
the keys of empowerment (like
Malcolm would have wanted) to
our people, get them upset and
confused at an organization that
presently is trying to bring hope
and direction to our people.
"Spike" stated that Yusef Shaw,
a former lieutenant in the Nation
of Islam, told him that the NOI .
killed Malcolm. Is this the same
Yusef Shaw who appeared o n
Dan Rather's special "The Real"
Malcolm X' saying how much
he despised brother Malcolm?
"Spike" listens to one man who
despised our brother Malcolm?
Dan Kather stated that there are
over 4,000 FBI. files offMalcolm
never released. One must ask the
question who hired the five men
who murdered Malcolm. Find
out the truth yourselves Black
people before you start believing
everything you see on a movie
screen. Find out about under-
Critftsm Sunset
/By John Spencer
'Xedduh-orcnge kisses jloat jreely
across the vast, soft sky,
The day ojbeauty begins...
Love rays oj passion brighten the
whisper in you eye.
Ihe warmth oj your imagination
deadens the oncoming chills,
'.horizons abroad do I see...
something ojyour smile is a part oj
me. >-
allow my sunshine to embrace you
wonder by the rosefs shade.
My heart ticks with your touch...
The music oj the sind describes you
much.
'Though the hods oj visionJlije shall
we create trust wiwui true,
'Without looking, I feel your desire...
The ocean tides roll away the
reflection oj blue.
Through my promises will I attend my
heart in a multi-silohouette,
.\^ erwvions injomu..tliat...
A love as such thrives overlooking the.
crimson sunset.
cover FBI agent Gene Roberts
who was ordered to give
Malcolm mouth to mouth
resuscitation right after he was
shot. One does not do so to a
person who is openly bleeding.
It speeds up the loss of blood.
Ask yourselves brothers and
sisters, who did this movie
appeal to: the African-American
or the European-American.
"Spike," who left the movie
pleased and who left confused?
And if African-Americans were
totally pleased, then why do you
appear to bring so much confu¬
sion at "every lecture you speak at
among our people since this
movie?
The majority of our people
did not flock to see "Spike's"
movie a second time. "Spike"
stated that sisters mysteriously
"flock" to fraternal brothers
because they have their letters
and get their beatings. Are we
mysteriously going* to flock to a
brother who happens to make a
couple of movies and changes
his name to "Spike?" He is no
different than the next brother.
Brothers and sisters unite! Your
people back east are behind 1ou •
Lets get this right anrjtets not
allow anyone to define our
leaders for us and decide who we
are as a people
And brother Shelton,
please... WAKE UP!
Have Fun
on Spring
Break!!
Portrait
AmMm   of
By Sfummna 'Douglas NllFSCS
•BlackjWomen   .
"We've forgotten how to be
. sisters
"We divide ourselves
by class
by skin color
and the colors we wear on
our backs
"We isolate ourselves from each
..other
by back: stabbing
by petty nitpicking
and stealing each others
property, men arm esteem
'Btack.'Women
Its time to come together
And stop the madness
•BlackjWomcn
Stand taS with me
'     'Be.mysistcr
not my worst enemy
"When you're mad at me
talk tome
'When I'm out of tine
putmeincheck.
Sister
'Hold my hand in time of trouble   ,
Lean on me when you are
stressed
I am your friend
I am your confidant
I am your sister- .
Always
Morris Brown Cont'd
Knight, a Motewn artist, who
heard about the conditions of the
college.
Fellowship Church, a local
church from Fresno, sent $500 to
Morris Brown. }
Kelley said she tried to urge
students at die college to write
letters to their churches to ask for
money, but" students just hate to
ask for money from their
churches because they know
their church gets solicited all of
the time."
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By Tiffany Bolden
As we pause for a moment to
explore our history, we find there-
were many great Black leaders
committed to the struggle of
obtaining equality for Blacks.
Among these leaders were   .
Geneva Estelie Massey Riddle
Osborne and Mabel Keaton
Staupers. These two pioneers
worked assiduously to increase
job and educational opportunities
ir Black nurses.
Osborne (1901-1981) born in
Palestine, Texas, achieved many
firsts throughout her lifetime.
She graduated in 1923 from
Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St.
Louis. She received her Bachelor
of Science degree in nursing
education in 1930. She was the
first Black to obtain a Master of
Arts degree in nursing education,
the first Black to become a part
time instructor on the staff of the
Harlem Hospital in New York,
and the first black superintendent
of the Homer G. Phillips nurse
training school. In 1935 she was
elected to second vice president
of the National Council of Negro
Women founded by Mary
McLeod Bethune.
Staupers (189J5-   ) bom in
Barados, West Indies also
accomplished a list of great
^achievements. In 1917 she
graduated from Freedmen's
Hospital in New York.' She
served as superintendent of
. nurses at Mudget Hospital in
Philadelphia. Staupers worked
with Pennsylvania state beard
officials to standardize the
training of nurses, she led the
jight to integrate the Armed Force
Nurse Corps during WWII, and
served as the last president for the
National Association of Colored .
Graduate Nurses (1949-51).
Staupers also received the
Springarn Medal of the National
Association of the Advancement
of Colored People in 1951.
Before the I950's many
southern affiliates of the Ameri¬
can Nurses Association and the
National League of Nurses
outright denied blacks entrance.
It was the mission of these two
women to obtain professional
autonomy for Black nurses that
laid the foundations for integrat¬
ing Blacks into the mainstream of
Mabel S'' #ers
nursing.
In 1934 the revitalization of
the National Association of
Colored Graduate Nurses  .
(founded in 1908) served as a
vehicle to represent Black nurses
across the nation. Osborne
served as the NACGN president
and Staupers served as the
executive secretary. The'
collective strength of the
dynamic duo increased motiva¬
tion among Black nurses,
strengthened local and state
NACGN associations, and
improved relations with white
nursing leaders on a national •
level. Osborne wjirked-diligently
behind the scenes during the
tedious discussions at the inter¬
racial meetings and negotiating
with White philanthropic backers
for support of the NACGN- Two
major contributors were Frances
Bolton and the Julius Rdsenwald
Fund.  ' y
Staupers played a more
visible role of interpreting the
role ofjhe black nurse to the
public. She cultivated close
relationship with the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People and the
National Urban League. She
persuaded these organizations to
publish articles about the
inequalities and struggles of the
black nurse. Through Staupers,
black nurses began to master the
art of coalition formation. The
efforts of Osborne and Staupers
and many other black women
lead to the integration of the
NACGN into the American
Nurses Association in 1951.
For more information on the
history of black nurses, read:
Black Women in White and
Black Women In the Nursing
Profession, by Darlene Clark
Hine.
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