New York City Council proclamation
Black Protest for Peace Month
A proclamation from the New York City Council making
February "Black Protest for Peace Month" was presented to the
ANSWER coalition at a City Hall press conference on Feb. 7.
The proclamation was co-sponsored by council members Bill
Perkins and Charles Barron. Perkins has also introduced an
anti-war resolution to the City Council, but it is still in
committee.
Barron and Perkins were joined at the press conference by
the Rev. Herbert Daughtry of the House of the Lord church; the
ANSWER coalition's Larry Holmes; Gail Walker of IFCO/Pastors
for Peace and the ANSWER Coalition; Pat Chin of Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant for Peace; Monica Moorehead of Millions for
Mumia; and Kevin Mohammed of the Nation of Islam.
The proclamation reads in part, "Black history is nothing if
not the history of struggle against what Dr. King called the
three evils: racism, poverty and militarism; these social and
societal ills, which are firmly in our thoughts during Black
History Month, can all be connected to the very real need to
stop this war."
Accepting the proclamation, Holmes said, "The New York City
Police Department as of this date is refusing to grant a march
permit for the Feb. 15 mass march and rally for peace. But
we're here today to say that on that day, Black leaders are
going to march, ANSWER will be there, and the rest of the peace
movement will be there--permit or not."
--Deirdre Griswold
Reprinted from the Feb. 20, 2003, issue of
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