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Show EEBRUARY. 1975 THE BROAD AX. PAGE TWO. This publication is made. possible Sf, ~ LETTERS 23 Aaa | 7 MELT T ee “ 2 thiversity of e : Black Life-and through the Utah’s Institute for the Study of Culture. Yi a EDITOR i J! (’ af We welcome comments on the contents The Broad Ax--------Letters to the editor ; | is a should be addressed of to : <> oF: Dear Editor, Iam L.D.S., and I appreciate your attitude very much. oy Iam happy to learn that you are not against _ The Broad Ax Black Studies Institute 1130 Annex University Of Utah Salt lake City, Utah 84112 the Mormon Church. Blacks have impressed me greatly asa people. You are of high integrity and character. Of course, like us all you have those who portray a bad image. But we have to work with those and unify them with us ina good cause. There is great wisdom in this paper. _ it highly. I support When you said, “.....there are people of good will inside those structures,” speaking of our church---it made me believe that you are really trying to..... “quit complaining about what white All letters should be typewritten and signed Names will be withheld upon request. folks won’t do and act for themselves.....” ----by Michael Clark, August 1974, p. 4---- It is good for you to publish a newspaper to let others know how Black people feel. Don’t always complain though---let people know some of the good things about being Black. Display a pleasant attitude. (You'll win millions that way!) If we know how each other . feels about issues, we can work together---both. striving for equality. . | Good luck on your goals. I feel you are a very serene person. Your ideas are of highest quality. [ll support your works as long as they ' continue to be as noble, majestic and constructive as they are cies presenily. he - RobertJ. Williams Editor Name withheld by request MARY ANN SHADD Dear Editor: | Iam interested in subscribing to your paper. Would you:please tell me how much it costs. I also would like all five back numbers if that is possible. Lam especially interested in number five. -~ . Raat td oe Lam looking forward to hearing from you. J effery Johnson Dear Jeffery, ; Thank you for your consideration and interest. Your back issues are on the way. ? ma cont from page 1 Mary Ann attended Quaker school in. ° of Parionte’ in 1856 and they Pennsylvania and became daughter. She later was w idowed., _Of the historical figures of Black a teacher. She moved to Windsor, Ontario and opened a, » school for refugees from slavery. After passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, she and her family moved to the. safely of Chatham, algo in Canada West. = “In 1854, she became the first Black woman to edit and publish a newspaper. The Provincial Freeman carried the mastehead “Self Reliance is the True Road to Independence.” It was published weekly in Canada West until about 1859. The paper addressed itself to anti-slave sry efforts,. | emigration, temperance, educ ation a literature. Mary Ann nraniaod Thi aes Ls journalists, Mary ake Shadd -had one was cer- tainly one of the most multi-faceted..and - multi-involved. During the Givil War, she was an ar my agent, commissione d to en- list Blacks in the U nion Army. After the war, she taught in the Lincoln Industrial Scheol for Freedmen. While in her 50’s” she received the LLB degree from the Howard U niversity Law School. She practiced law in Washington — and was part- icularly vocal in the feminist movement. She died in 1893, having honored her’ credo, “Tt is better to wear out, than to rust out.’ ‘ary ~ The Broad Ax Atcacher mustupgrade heTanguage HELPING PEOPLE OcaFIND THE ANSWERS. , eric | ; skills of her elementary school pupils. Her method? Individualized instruction using type- writers and dictation equipment. In three | months, some of the children in bes fifth grade class make nearly a year’s progress. IBM people and IBM products are at | _work on problems like these each day— and problems in business, industry and THE BROAD AX THANKS government, as well. | 1B M ¥OR HELPING US: Some are solved with computers. Some are solved with typewriters or ~ IBM | _ Anequal opportunity employer other equipment. Whatever the _ | the job is the same: Helping peur find the answers. |
