Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATIONWORLD Black Convention Demands Reparations for Slavery THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A solemn hush fell over the hall when Audley Moore pleaded tearfully in a barely audible husky voice: "Reparations Reparations Keep on Keep on We've got DETROIT ld to survivors of forced internment during World War "We are owed reparations We have built this country" said Zainabu Sipiowe an elementary-schoo- l teacher from Washington DC "Everyone else seems to be getting partial due or their due" Some of the N'COBRA's members said they sent President Clinton letters asking for reparations Clinton acknowledged receiving at least one letter but did not promise any action they said Former President Bush did not respond to their requests Skeptics say trying to win reparations for the nearly 50 million descendants of slaves in America may be an unrealistic dream But the convention center in downtown Detroit was filled with proud men and women who said time was up for the United States convention which ends today the kidnapping and tortuous slave-shi- p ride from Africa and the under the crack of the overseers' whip remain unfinished business Racism continues to be a disadvantage for black Americans s they say despite the movement and affirmative action Until recently the reparations movement has been viewed as belonging to an outspoken minority — ranging from the relatively une known like Detroit broker Ray Jenkins to the prominent including US Rep John and the Rev Conyers Jesse Jackson But the movement appears to be growing especially after the 1988 success cf s in winning cash payments of $20000 for each of the 60000 cotton-- picking win" Moore a Harlem resident civil-right- known as the Queen Mother has been fighting for decades to win government compensation for the suffering of black Americans under 250 years of slavery The annual convention for WCOBRA or the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America attracted several hundred people from across the nation Saturday That is a far cry from the handful Moore said she used to see in the initial years of the movement For Moore and others at the real-estat- Japanese-American- EMN SALE ENDS to make good on a promise of "40 acres and a mule" Participants included Nation of Islam ministers university professors and grassroots activists like Jahahara Harry Armstrong Armstrong came from Chicago armed with "It's Payback Time" and a tape of a reggae song "We Demand Reparations for African People" in which he sings and plays percussion N'COBRA founded in 1989 is an umbrella organization for many groups that differ in the kind of redress they want i W ' - Ye Itsin Names Diplomat Some want cash or tax exemptions others want land Still others have proposed setting up a scholarship fund Some just want a formal apology As Russian Envoy to US "We're here to get paid Money that's what we want" said Minister Sammi Muhammad of the Nation of Islam in Detroit to applause and shouts of approval Rather than singling out any one form of payment organizers believe the government should first acknowledge that reparations are due "If the administration would give us a sign we can work something out We're flexible" said Cicero Love who heads the Detroit chapter of NCOBRA President Boris Yeltsin named Yu li Vorontsov on Saturday to be the next Russian ambassador to the United States He is one of the few leading figures of the Soviet era to claim a position in the administration A professional diplomat who has lived for much of his career in the United States most recently as ambassador to the United Nations Vorontsov 64 has survived the political changes in Moscow thanks to his reputation as an intelligent observer and a credible negotiator - THE WASHINGTON POST MOSCOW "UR" - Saturday A9 Sunday July 24 1994 - ai ' -- 14e ' AN1) 7 - 1 - ' 'j4 CUT OUT THESE COUPONS Writli i 41 ' - littRit - 11 y LastPrkt999 NOWIUST - 1 Exallipte: yoT $1()® Ltss NaSilial 450 1'a 5 ' Ovi villr it 1 Completely Cotton Sheets 5070 Oil: - J $250 Nioli Pivi U SNVE15 ALREADY REDUCED 30- - 75ciro i PI° Cie-311- Staytilade ' 500 --- Regular Pncz: ALL CLEARANCE ITEMS A 1 I All 'i0 11 I E- Discontinued picnic Ware 1 0 D S o t'ar y for las select- 10'11 J 3431994 n 1 a terns Lill 0 s - EtS July SALL a terter Dsonui lid be twee ' : 4111 oft Ittirrte4- t ' - - ' r Decorative Plaster --J :4-- IT: Vases & A 1 --- t Pedestals - rr 10 de-ora- - 11111Tat v Collage Frames 7--- r 8 x 1Cr Ilx 14'' and 16 x 0 - Polymark ---- Paint ' 'Ln1---ILL--1 7 011 ra F-U ' 0 I ill -- tag Prio - 8999 All 4 I 1 le e a I t 11 - ' r-- ' 1 $ ' I - J "I ctmenstma pazt Over 60 coko :1 0 Roll Gift Wrap - 1 tie' gi: k311Y- so - 'r IA i I I 1 I - Al - &:-1 By- - The-Yar- d v rde array of 6 and uzes Mary co)ots xnd pronems ' ' 1' 01e1 'v sir -- 2 'X 3"A Plc" ê EY3ws 71rtaar 1r It e-it iox st711 from Bleached Willow ' Laundry t 91et can rownwtrr L' i 4 9 :i' ! 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