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We're live on City Line. Hi, I'm Jackie Hall. And I'm Betty Bentley. Weapons are the only things in the world. It's 12 noon. We're live on City Line. Hi, I'm Jackie Hall. And I'm Betty Bentley. Weapons are the only things in the world that do not discriminate. They are equal opportunity destroyers. And that is the philosophy of Gregory and Brenda Johnson, the founders of Blacks Against Nukes. Blacks Against Nukes is a Washington based organization dedicated to making blacks more aware of nuclear power and weapons. Arthritis. It's the nation's number one clipper. I'm t montero and today on newscast, we'll talk about that. Hi, I'm Harold Anthony. And today the spotlight is on a former gospel singer who is hotter than ever after a two year layoff. Thelma Houston is my featured artist on today's edition of the Entertainment Page. What is the chance of a nuclear holocaust and what would happen to black America if such a disaster occurred? We'll discuss these questions with Gregory and Brenda Johnson, both from Blacks Against Nukes. And we'll also feature an interview with Maya Angelou. But first, Ban, next live on City Line. Welcome to City Line. We have a very serious topic today, and we'll be discussing it with Gregory and Brenda Johnson, who formed a group in 1981 called Band Blacks Against New Welcome to City Line. Let me ask you something. Are you being heard or are you a voice in the wilderness? No, we're definitely being heard. We are definitely being heard. We formed our organization in August of 1981, and the Purpose of 4 Minutes organization was to address the anti-nuclear movement, the peace movement, the nuclear weapons movement from a black viewpoint, because in the past, the peace movement has always been considered a basically white, middle class, college orientated movement.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=23.3,221.5"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And we decided that, wait a minute, we have a definite say, because if a nuclear weapon wants to go off, if there was to be an accident at a nuclear power plant in this area such as Calvert Cliffs, we're all going to be affected by it. So we formed our organization in 1981 to do that. And since that time, we've been able to appear not only in local television, but also we've been able to travel to Japan, appear on television there. 1983, we spoke in Tokyo at the annual conference against AMH bombs. And we've been able to appear in such magazines as Essence, and people definitely find out our information. Now, I'm sure that there are some folk out there who would say, Now, wait a minute, John, since I think you're you're well-intended, but black folk ought to be talking about jobs and and good housing and medical care and welfare and whatever, whatever, whatever. Right. I think there's a myth in this country that black people can only speak about bread and butter issues, but if anything, it's a bread and butter issue. The military buildup is one because the unemployment, the high unemployment and the atrocious military budget is there directly related. If that's true, then why aren't more blacks involved in the nuclear issue? Because they are falling for the myth that we're not supposed to be involved in the issue. You see, we're talking about survival issues. That's for everyone. It doesn't you know, this is doesn't discriminate as far as the nuclear issue, the whole anti-nuclear movement. We have suffer from a sense of the fact of segregation. They say, well, this is for you. You worry about getting a job, getting food. We can handle this. But if something was to happen tomorrow, we're all going to be affected.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=222.46,320.8"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I have no problem with that. I think that the argument can be made that there are a substantial number of blacks out there who have to consider eating tomorrow, putting a house over their head. How do you get the nuclear issue into the forefront of their minds that we tell them that, Well, the reason you're unemployed now is because money that was being allocated to social service problems are programs, rather, to train blacks. What is now being given to the military. So we tie that the unemployment with the high military budget. Okay. Give us a sense of the military budget and what is happening to the social programs. Currently, we have a military budget of $316 billion for fiscal year 1986. We have a study that was produced by the Employment Research Associates in Detroit, Michigan, and they say that every time the military budget goes up, just $1,000,000,000, just 1 billion, potentially 1300 black jobs are lost in this country. So by seeing by that correlation, you can see that the military budget, which includes nuclear weapons and all, definitely does not help us. It is a tie. These two black jobs in particular, rather than just jobs across the board. Well, it's really jobs across the board, but it seems the first to suffer has been the big states such as New York, Maryland, California, where the large black population and military investments create far fewer jobs than do private or industrial investments. So how do black plug in to this issue? Well, we look at it from the standpoint of unemployment to joint to get into this movement and understand fully the whole military issue with nuclear weapons, also with nuclear power plants. You have to understand what it's doing to you as far as cutting your programs off in your communities.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=321.34,428.29"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The reason why there are so many black men out here and black women without jobs now, and it's due to that and we try to tide it in. And people definitely understand the unemployment issue and the reason to have more jobs. Okay. Boy, we have opened up the issue here on City Line. We will continue our discussion with the Johnsons, but we'd like to invite you in by calling 4113 13. We'll take a break and come right back. We're back, right? Speaking with Gregory and Brenda Johnson with Blacks Against Nukes. Exactly what do you feel blacks can benefit from this this movement? You know, you've mentioned the jobs issue, but is there anything different from what the other nuclear groups are saying or doing? Well, we try to tie in into what we're doing as far as with jobs, also with the current South African movement, the Free South African movement. The fact of the matter is that there was a study done by Nuclear Control Institute just earlier this year from 1977 to 1983, they found out that there were 19 utility companies that were getting enriched uranium and putting it in their plans from southern Africa. One of those utility companies was your good old Baltimore Gas and Electric. So indirectly, for the past six years or so, you have been paying as ratepayers to support apartheid. And we try to tell people to address that issue and try to wait to wake them up to that issue, to let them know until they are utility companies, why are you getting this uranium from southern Africa? And one of the reasons excuse me, Reagan calls South Africa a friendly nation is because the United States gets strategic minerals from South Africa, such as enriched uranium, which help us build our bombs and other weapons to protect our democracy from a country where democracy is unheard of.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=429.49,618.62"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That's not exactly the nuclear issue, except for the tie in of of it being uranium. Uranium, uranium is definitely a nuclear issue because you have to mine the uranium to start the whole cycle through. And also with South Africa in 1976, the head of the atomic energy program, South Africa, said that we would use any nuclear weapons that we had to any Afro or Asian company, the country that attempts to liberate Southern Africa. In 1979, there was an explosion off the coast of southern Africa. Our satellites, the US satellites, the Soviet Union satellites said that was atomic explosion. They have the capabilities now of an atomic bomb and they threaten to use it. Okay, let's take a question from the audience. Yes, sir. Yes. My name is John Dunaway and anchor anchorwoman Frederick Avenue in Union Square. Some of the neighbors in my community, they asked me to bring up the fact something similar to what you said about them, an economic situation that they're having now in the ghetto. They are concerned with their survival. I mean, immediate survival, more so than possibly a nuclear war and a future or near future for may be pretty much what you talked about earlier, But that could be just as devastating. Right. They they are seen to be now the job, the job referred to as like government jobs. Right now, not only government jobs that only that carpentry jobs, teaching jobs. A lot of research and development now in the government and private sector is dedicated to the military. In fact, right now they're studying the new Star Wars plan they're going to have for this country, which is going to be the biggest, the biggest program ever in the history of the world. They're talking about $500 billion to start with this thing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=619.13,732.8"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yes, But traditionally, those job doesn't doesn't even put a dent at all in the very small individual, the small individual, the poor individual in the city. They don't they don't that those have those high tech jobs doesn't touch talking about high tech jobs. We're talking about programs that train that small individual to to have a skill. And those programs have been cut because the military budget has been increased to such a horrendously high level. And then, you know, it's nothing to do but to go into the military. So there's no financially the money for it to do some of to give some jobs to the inner city is there. As we talked about in my store, they had the money there. But it's a lot of a lot of other things that's taking place there that takes the money out of the. And it's not just a nuclear war, Winston. But thank you for your questions, because I think what he's bringing up is something I would imagine a lot of our viewers are feeling. How are you going to translate this issue to the everyday black person who is simply trying to make it every day? Well, we've done it in the past four years. We started out with seven members. We have now over 300 nationally and internationally. We use our newsletter. It's a bi monthly newsletter is our form of education. We also do speaking engagements such as this one schools, high schools, church organizations. And we do make the connection because we spoke at a senior citizens home one month Monday, and it was the week after Reagan's 83 budget was announced for the military. And that week they had to cut their food programs so they could only have tea and hot dog buns to eat.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=733.58,842.75"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So they saw directly how this military budget has taken food out of their mouths. There are people in our community who might very well say now, but still, you know, Russia is very powerful. Now, how are we going to fight that kind of strength using bows and arrows? I think there's been a whole mess of national security in that since the forties and fifties and even before then about the big red threat, communism and the Russians. The majority of Russians are people just like us. They don't want to die from a nuclear holocaust either. But the argument will also be made that the control in Russia is very centralized and that the individual does not have nearly the say. But I'm using this guy. Understanding the same thing that we try to push is the peace in the community. The Reagan administration, the Carter administration, all the previous administrations have stated that we need nuclear weapons. We need nuclear power because they will provide peace for our communities. But as long as we have drug problems in our communities, as long as we're having crime in the communities, all these stockpiles of weapons aren't helping there. We're trying to get by, trying to convince people that you have to use a peace program in your communities in order to wake them up to the issue. You know, we're talking about the Soviet Union, which is a closed society, but we have to worry about. And they have threatened us, but we have threatened them, too. But what we're trying to do is say we got 50,000 weapons in the world now in about time to stop. Are we saying reduce or eliminate nuclear weapons? Eliminate. That's what our organization is to eliminate altogether. We're talking all countries, not only Russia, not only the United States, China, Britain, South Africa, Israel, all the countries they have.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=842.96,945.92"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Because I wonder how realistic is that? I think it's very realistic. And the problem is that we have an attitude that we cannot control our own lives. And this country is based on that very fact that democracy is going to go first, is going to get rid of their nuclear weapons first. If we are smart enough, I think the Americans should. I don't know who will do well. Well, Canada a few years ago when Trudeau was in, he talked about it. He didn't want any more nuclear weapons in Canada. I don't know what the current prime minister is doing now because he's just got in there, but they were talking about there. Japan has in its constitution the fact that they can't have nuclear weapons on their soil and there are efforts being made. You saw earlier this year in New Zealand, they refused to have nuclear weapons import in their country. In point of fact, recently, Argentina. Not too long ago, Israel, we already mentioned South Africa. There's speculation about India, China. There are a lot of countries now with nuclear potentials. How do we know that? By eliminating nuclear weapons in this country, even in Russia, that the nuclear threat is over? Through the verification with our satellites, we have satellites up in the air that can see a prairie dog walking across Arizona. And by doing that, you can look at your license plate. And we have the verification to do that. We can tell when there is a nuclear explosion, even an underground explosion. You can see that. So the verification equipment is out there and we can just stop doing this now. I mean, we you have the weapons. It just takes one weapon to destroy everything, the weapons we have now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=946.14,1039.55"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Everyone remembers Hiroshima and Nagasaki. You look at those pictures and you say that was told that those weapons are obsolete. They were atomic weapons. We have thermonuclear weapons that are thousands of times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 45. So there's no point in it. One weapon is enough to destroy the world. Let me again invite our home audience, and you can do that by calling us at 41, 13, 13, because we'd love to hear from you. Here, hear your questions and your comments as well. Let me get back to something else, too, Brenda. Are you against nuclear nuclear weapons or nuclear energy? Advancements and technology. We're against both of them because we feel they work hand in hand. One of the byproducts of nuclear power is plutonium. And that's the main ingredient that goes into making nuclear weapons. Nuclear power industry. As much as a proponent, Reagan has been a cheerleader for the nuclear industry. It has still failed in failing miserably. It's inefficient and capital intensive. Very expensive and extremely dangerous. That Forbes magazine in March of this year put an article on the front page that said only the bad, the blind and biased would say that nuclear power is a success in this country. We have spent $125 billion on nuclear power in the past 40 years, and they say that we still have to pay a hundred over $175,000 billion more for nuclear power in the next 20 years or so. Okay. Let's stop at that point. We have got to. Take a break, but we're going to continue our discussion in just a minute. Please stay with us. We'll be right back. And our. Now, here's this week's community calendar. Hello, my name is Darryl Thomas.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=1040.03,1285.1"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I represent WEAA Radio. Morgan State University will be holding our sixth annual All the Earth fundraiser from Monday, June 3rd through Sunday, June 9th. 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We're back on the line continuing our discussion with the Johnsons, Gregory and Brenda Johnson talking about blacks against news. Now, you contend and I guess it's you know, it's it's widely known that there is radiation in the air already. Isn't that there's background radiation that comes from the cosmic atmosphere. And even where background radiation is happening in large amounts, there are large numbers of cancer increases per year. So why add to the natural radiation that we all already have? Get radiation from television. When you light up a cigaret, you get radiation. So the the radiation that is produced by nuclear power plants adds to that threat of getting mutations and passing that on from generation to generation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=1285.52,1441.59"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Timely in the week in the news this past week was the whole issue of TMI. Right. Right now what does this say? They have just been given the go ahead to start up. It says that they made a mistake. Everyone who has studied that issue back in when they had the accident in 79, the people in that area said that they had a metallic taste in their mouth when that plant was releasing the radiation. And this is what is it, two, three, Three Mile Island. It was the same and this is the same metallic taste that the people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki had in their mouths when the first atomic first two atomic bombs were exploded in 1945. This week, as a matter of fact, on this station or this Thursday will be a show called The Fire Unleashed. And they're going to talk about Three Mile Island. And there's going to be a scene in there where there's a guy who has a dandelion plant that's a mutant plant that's right next to the nuclear power plant, a Three mile island. And this is what the radiation from their plan does any nuclear power plant it, cause, mutants, cancers, etc.. Okay. Let's take a question from our audience. That's right. In terms of disarmament, has the feasibility of using a neutral country to monitor the disarmament, has that been considered? Not that we know of. There there has been talk of, in fact, going to may be one thing that we suggest is going to Hiroshima and getting all the superpowers together with nuclear weapons, going there and talking about disarming all of the countries to do that. But as far as the countries themselves, they haven't decided on that yet. See what we're dealing with, with people who are keeping up with the Joneses, They believe that, well, get 10,000 weapons and you can get 9000.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=1442.25,1548.78"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"If someone else gets nine, that 10,000, then they got to get 11,000. It's just a big power play and it's not. And it's hurting us. It's hurting the average person we've entrusted our power to, to politicians and bureaucrats whose objectivity most times is compromised. And they basically don't know the implications of nuclear war. And yet they make daily decisions that threaten our lives. So our message is to get that power back to where it belongs with the people. You know, in this country, the military establishment shares a great deal of popularity with the current administration. Do you think that it's an attainable task to change a somewhat hawkish attitude that is fairly common in the country now to one where we're talking about getting rid of nuclear weapons and totally rewriting the defense parts of the country? We believe it is. We have in our own effort, we have a a boycott of war toys, because in 1981 it was put in a Hobbies and Crafts magazine, which is a major toy manufacturing magazine that all toy manufacturers think military. So they put out that year. Hasbro Corporation is everyone knows G.I. Joe and this is a black G.I. Joe toy. And on the black on the back of this, it has that this guy's name was is Lorenzo Wilkerson, and he's also known as Stalker. And he was a warlord in a large urban street gang prior to enlistment. He's from Detroit. He can speak fluently Arabic, Spanish, French and Swahili. And yet he was the leader of a war gang. He could have been an interpreter for the UN. You know, it's very, very racist. And it's just the military mindset that is is so prevalent in this. And this is geared for ages five and up.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=1549.53,1661.4"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But a five year old child would know what this says on the back. It says when he moves like some sort of jungle cat salad. Why are you reading this? What is the importance of what you just read to us? This is an attempt to get the military mindset and to young people to put something like this, a very violent toy like this. And we're trying to say we had a problem. We've had a protest over this the past three years. We sent petitions to the Hasbro Corporation. Hasbro corporations puts out a lot of positive toys, but we feel this one is negative. Okay. Let me ask you something else now. Ban blacks against. Snooks, How does band fit into the overall anti-nuclear movement worldwide? Well, we've been very successful with that as far as we have. We've been able, as we said earlier, to go to Japan to speak on the issue there at the annual conference in August. We have our relations with the people of the Green Party in Germany, also with the people of the Pacific movement and nuclear free movement Pacific plus in Tanzania and Nigerian and in Africa. And we have made a dent in the movement. When we started in 81, we would go to organizations in the D.C. area where most of the major anti-nuclear organizations are. You would walk in the offices there, be completely white. And this is in a city that 70% black. Since that time, through our efforts, they have made an effort to get black people into the movement. It's still a slow process. We're still suffering from racism there, but it is working. What's band's main thrust at this point? I think one program well, our main thrust is to get people thinking if we leave here today and one of one of our people in the audience thinks about this, that's a step in the right direction.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=1661.67,1761.6"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We also want people to redefine terms such as national security. It has nothing to do with how many weapons we have, but it has everything to do with how secure as a people we are. The drug problem, education, housing. That's national security, not weapons. How do you involve young people in the ban movement and how do you reach young people? Well, every year since 1982, we have had an essay contest. We just finished the last one this year, and we asked students in the high schools between nine and 12 grades to write an essay on a topic this year. The topic was What does Hiroshima mean to me? And this is just the way to get a young person thinking about the issue. And we give them a substantial monetary award. Plus it's just gives them a good feeling to know that, you know, they made an effort to think about an issue that they might not hear about in their studies in school. And that's just a just a lot of effort that we try to do every year. We also have two slide shows geared to high school and college students on the nuclear issue, especially for black students. And it's just a way to get people involved in the issue. Is anyone listening? Is anyone in a position to actually do something about these issues? Well, I know that Hasbro listened to us because in 83, after our protest, they put out this toy, which it says on the back that this guy is an avowed pacifist. Now, what does a pacifist doing in a paramilitary organization? Well, he's schizoid as well. Yes, But it's you know, we know that these people are out here listening to us. The fact that they've made the effort to do this, to put a toy out like this, the fact that when we talk and debate with different people, we debated someone from Calvert Cliffs here and they understand what we're talking about.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=1762.44,1871.37"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I would imagine and I'm almost certain of it, that our audience has listened as well for those who'd like to follow up and get additional information. Give us an address where they can reach you. They can reach us at 3728 New Hampshire Avenue. Number two or to Washington, DC, 210. We have the address on the screen right now, and we will show it again before we go off the air. I'll tell you, at least two people and we discussed it during our break have been rethinking how we've dealt with the whole issue of nuclear armament and so forth. We thank you both. Brenda and Gregory. John, thank you. Thank you for have from the organization Blacks Against Nukes. We'll take a break and come right back with Tim. On to your and the news. Stay with us. Good afternoon. Topping today's news cab in a strong attempt to show their frustration with overcrowded conditions, prisoners in a Brazilian jail are killing themselves and each other to cut down on their numbers. We get a report from ABC News. Relatives of the prisoners are holding a vigil outside the jail in Belo Horizonte. Neither inmate's nor relations know if they will see each other again. The prisoners have started a suicide lottery as a drastic measure to curb overcrowding. Inmates draw lots to determine who will die next. If a prisoner doesn't comply, he's beaten and hanged anyway. 13 prisoners have died in three months. The suicide lottery started as a protest against inhumane and unsanitary conditions at Laguna. The jail houses 300 prisoners with an average of 12 men for sale. And more prisoners are arriving at the jail almost daily. A court has ordered a reduction in the prison population, but the order has yet to be implemented.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=1872.12,2071.55"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Now, the prisoners have given the authorities an ultimatum reduce the number of prisoners at Laguna or will continue to kill each other by lottery. Authorities have until Thursday to comply with the prisoners demands. Pneumonia and tuberculosis are widespread in the jail dump and unhygienic conditions are taking their toll on the inmates. But it's the bizarre suicide lottery, which means the cell doors of Laguna Jail will never open again this summer. The family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr has demanded a personal apology from a medical school in Memphis after a course instructor. There used autopsy photographs of Dr. King to illustrate high powered gunshot wounds. Officials of the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences last week made a public apology to the King family. But Coretta Scott King says the family still considers the matter unresolved. More blacks and other minorities should consider entering the education field because by the end of the century, the population of the nation's schools will be one third minority. So says Mary Hardwood Futrell, president of the National Education Association. Futrell bases her statements on figures provided by the National Center for Education Statistics, which projects that by 1987 there will be a shortage of some 28,000 teachers throughout America. Arthritis. It's the nation's number one crippling disease affecting over 36 million Americans more than any other chronic disease. But what is arthritis and how does it impact on the life of those who have the disease? Joining me now to discuss arthritis and its medically related progress is Dr. Margaret Fallon, a spokesman with the Arthritis Foundation. Good afternoon, Dr. Thornton, and thank you for joining us today. Thank you. You are an arthritis specialist. How would you succinctly describe the disease? Arthritis primarily is a disease which is manifest by inflammation and a joint.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=2072.42,2185.43"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And that means that you have retinas, heat, swelling, pain and difficulty moving the extremity. And a lot of people will have a lot of stiffness associated with it. There is arthritis, a fatal disease. It is usually not a fatal disease, although it can be. Lupus is specifically one of those diseases that can be fatal depending upon its manifestation and the person that it presents. And sometimes it is very mild, although it can be very severe and can result in death. Arthritis, like AIDS, we can say, is somewhat of a mystery disease because we don't know what causes it still. Is that correct? That is correct. A lot of these diseases are still being studied. We are looking at heredity. We are looking at certain types of environmental antigens. A lot of these things are being looked at, but specific in regards to what causes it are unknown. The immune system may also make a difference in these diseases and certainly in rheumatoid arthritis that's been looked at heavily. Dr. Felton What types of preventive actions can people take and what are the symptoms of arthritis? As I stated, the symptoms are generally the inflammation which or the pain, the swelling, the tenderness, the difficulty moving the extremity. And the second part of your question, I'm sorry. What preventive actions if someone detected early? I know black people have a tendency to wait longer to go to the doctors. And when we talk about arthritis in the black population, what kind of conclusions can you draw in terms of preventive medicine or preventive actions that we can take to lessen the severity of the disease? I would suggest to people that they see the doctor earlier stated, if you have a stiffness in your joint that lasts for an unusual period of time, please see a physician to have a specific diagnosis.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=2185.86,2291.12"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"There are over 100 different types of arthritic diseases, and each one of these particular types have their own individual treatment regimen. And certainly the diagnosis must be made specifically on each person so that this can be scheduled to that person. Have there been any recent medical breakthroughs in terms of arthritis and its treatment? Yes, there has been. The breakthrough primarily is in the area of surgery where the perfection of joint replacement has been improved and also in areas of inflammation where new non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents are now being developed to more specifically treat these diseases in terms of the inflammation that I mentioned earlier. Dr. Fountain, one final question. We cannot let you get away without having you address the Providence situation. You are a key figure in that situation there. Providence and its problems have been lingering on for six months now. Are we any closer to a resolution of the internal problems at Providence than we were six months ago? Well, we are hoping we we certainly have an ongoing discussions regarding this, and we're hoping that we're very close to a solution of this problem. At this point, are you still barred from entering the institution? Yes, unfortunately, I am. Okay. Dr. Margaret Fountain, thank you very much for joining us this morning. Thank you. Briefly in other news, teens killing teens, adults abusing babies and people seeking refuge in alcohol or drugs. The problems caused by mental illness are numerous and varied. That's why the psychiatry department at Providence Hospital is sponsoring an open community forum on the current state of mental health. That community forum, which is free and open to the public, will be held this evening from 5 to 8 p.m. at Carla Hall in Columbia, Maryland. More information about that event, which promises to be stimulating, may be obtained by contacting Dr.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=2292.08,2396.12"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Louise Johnson at 4482 600. That number again is 4482 600. And finally, Kisha Minion Lilly, a talented and industrious fourth grader at James McHenry Elementary School, is Cityline student of the week. Nine year old Keisha loves to read. In fact, she's even won awards for her favorite pastime. Keisha has won awards for her dramatic reading, her reading as a personal activity and award for her participation in spelling bees. When she grows up, Keisha says she'd like to become an executive secretary, like her mom, and put all of that reading to good use. Congratulations and continued good reading to Keisha Minion, Nelly City Times, Student of the Week. And that is today's news cap. I'm t monte. Up next, an interview with exciting novelist, playwright and author Maya Angelou. Stay with us. Good afternoon. We're back live on the line. And joining me today is Miss Maya Angelou, the noted author, playwright. Etc., etc., etc. and we could go on and on. Ms. Angela, you certainly have come a long way in your presentation and your overall contributions to the literary world since I believe. What was your first publication? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing. How would you, in your words, describe overall your progression from then to now? Well, this volunteer. That's a very difficult thing. It's always difficult to take a person or a piece out of context. You see, I mean, I didn't begin with Caged Bird. It is true as far as the book was concerned. That was the first book of the autobiographical series. But always one has to go further back and, you know, to say, I started here and I start. And then you keep going in the in writing and publishing books. I have now eight books, four autobiographies, a fifth coming out soon called All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=2396.42,2605.77"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Four books of poetry when nominated for the Pulitzer. And. I have plays, screenplays and stage plays and I write everything. So I seem to always have been working and I'm working now, and it seems to me I shall always be working. You see. So to say, to look at that odyssey which began long before I was born, I just picked up a piece of it and continued. I hope to be continuing. The autobiography as a farm was really set, set for Black autobiography, particularly by Frederick Douglass in his slave narrative. It's still one of the richest pieces, pieces of English, you know, let alone the story that it it it contains. I follow in that footstep in those footsteps. Your degree of creative expression has certainly blossomed over the years, from writing books to place to poem to doing television. What would you say is your main source of inspiration that allowed this one struggling black woman during the days of caged bird to blossom into the now majestic, regal person that she is when she walks on stage? She commands the attention of all those in her presence. I'm inspired by so many things in this moment here at at once. I'm a practicing Christian. It means a lot to me. I take a great deal of courage from religion. I take a great deal of courage from women. And from black people and from some white people. I can take courage from that plant that is behind us, behind me. And courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue with consistency, you see. So I look always for courage. Courage to say when I'm displeased. And courage to say when I'm pleased. Courage to say thank you very much.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=2607.33,2746.55"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And courage to say don't do that. That will not. I will not indulge that. It takes a great deal, but it is there and you see it. I have a theory, and I believe it's more than a theory. I believe that every person born is born with talent. The poet says, We come from the creator trailing wisps of glory, every person. Usually, unfortunately, it's knocked out of us by the time we are three or four. You see? Stop that. Shut up. Sit down. Don't paint. Don't you know? But every person has it. We don't understand it. And respond here. None of us understands creativity. We don't understand electricity either. We can plug into a socket, keep that camera going, light up a cathedral, a synagogue, an operating room, or we can electrocute a person trapped and strapped in a chair. Electricity makes no demands. He says I'm here. If you are stupid, you will use me destructively. If you're intelligent, you will use me intelligently. Well, I think talent is like that. The theme that runs through your writings and in your oral presentation seems to be a universal theme that transcends all racial and class lines. Was that intentional on your part? Yes, although it's always intentional. I speak through the black voice. That's what I know. I cherish it. I'm always talking about us, about the species, about human beings, always and everything. I do not just in my written word, but in the way I live everything. Because if one isn't care for one has to invent one's own self every day. You must be bodacious, because if you're not careful, someone else will invent you and hand you that picture and say, Here you are and that's all you are. I won't have it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=2747.24,2863.83"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Maya Angelou, thank you for taking this time with us today. Thank you, Miss Monty, You're very lovely intern. It's my pleasure. Thank you. Thank you very much. More of city up next. Please stay with us. Hi, I'm Howard Anthony. On today's edition of the Entertainment Page, we'll be focusing in on the gutsy, soulful sound that has become the unmistakable trademark of Thelma Houston. Much like many of the black female vocalist performing today, Miss Houston's roots are firmly planted in gospel music. Her association with gospel began early in life, and by the time she had entered high school, her singing skills were home to a point sharp enough to hook the attention of the fame hard vandals of the grand old singers. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Mr. Reynolds, he is the man credited with founding one of the first groups to succeed at a rock gospel crossover. While she was with the group, she sat on a promotional tour for Capitol Records and realized that life on the road and performing for live audiences was her first love. The natural next step for Thelma was a solo career, which blossomed for her immediately. She now has to accredit six albums for Motown, two on the RCA label, as well as being featured on the soundtracks for numerous motion pictures, which include Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Thank God it's Friday and Bingo Long's traveling all Stars and Motor Kings. After receiving a Grammy for her worldwide hit called Don't Leave Me This Way, Ms.. Houston realized that our potential was boundless, and she's now set her sights on an acting career. Now, this by no means is an indication that she plans to drop her singing career. As a matter of fact, some people believe that her latest LP, called Qualifying Heat to be her finest work ever.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=2865.73,3091.87"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Here's Thelma Houston with a medley of hits from that LP. Sorry, baby. It's coming to my head this morning. I made your favorite things for breakfast. I just can't live without. So are you going to come home for dinner tonight? You still owe me. Sometimes before, you know. Just when you think you got it all, just. Till now. Always and forever. She. Streaming could be so nice. We paid. Why is it gonna go back to people just same? Living in a fancy. Today. But. You guys. You were never one to break stride. It's easy. Always swinging like a. It's so. What's. Six. We live in a fantasy. Show. The real. Nothing. They live in a fantasy. Hi. And. Stop making promises to me that didn't keep. I'm sorry. Would you please give a wonderful welcome to Thelma Houston. You know when. Do you? You know. And. Hungarian. From her hot new LP called Qualifying Heat. That was Thelma Houston with a medley of hits. And before I leave, I want to remind all you young potential entertainers out there that the Arena Players has announced that applications are now being accepted for two summer youth theater sessions. Session one from June 19th through July 10th is for youths from 5 to 11 years old. Session two from July 11 through July 31st is for youths from 12 to 18 years old. For further information about the Arena Players Youth Theater Summer program, call 7286 500. But you better hurry because the deadline for applications is June 10th. And with that, I'll have to close another edition of the entertainment page. I'm Harold Anthony, hoping you all have a good Sunday. I don't know why Harold did that. That's. That's new to me. You surprised? Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201#t=3092.47,3490.43"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105479/file/206201/transcript/48892/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Well, what we'd like to do before we close out today's show is to give you the address of Blacks against nukes. One more time. We've already received calls from people who are quite interested in that, and we'd like to give that to you now. It's the Blacks against Group or Ban is the name of the organization and the address is 3728 New Hampshire Avenue, Suite 202 Washington, DC 200100. That's right. Next week we have an interesting show Coming up, we're going to look at the teen pregnancy problem from an interesting perspective. That is the teenage father. And we'd like to invite you to join in the show. If you're a teenage parent on either side, father or mother, you might want to be with us. Yes. And we'd like to for you to make seat reservations right now. Call us at 481 13, 13. You know, so many times we don't hear the side from the male point of view. And that's what we'd like to get as of next week's show. Baltimore, by the way, has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the country. We need to be talking about that issue. Please be with us. That's our show for today. I'm Betty Dudley. I'm Jackie Hall. 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