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National News

Blacks should be counted in census — and it’s not

too late

WASHINGTON (NNPA) — The 1990Census missed 4 million people, 1.6 percent of the total population. “When we looked at the numbers, the undercount rate was four times higher among African Americans than all others,” said Samuel H. Johnson, Project Director for Census 2000. “The census missed a total of 1.4 African Americans which was 4.4 percent of the total

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A census undercount causes a serious imbalance in power. According to Florida Congresswoman Carrie Meek, D-Fla. “If they don’t know that you are there then you don’t get your share,” she said. “I will admit that I did not fill out my census in 1990 because I thought it was a waste of time,” said Delaware resident Ebony Fuller. “The more I see how easy it is and how it affects money rendered to my community, I am probably one of the first to have returned my form.” *i do not plan on filling out my census forms now or ever,” said 25-year-old Michael Allyn. “I honestly do not believe that the information will be kept confidential and anyone will be able to access it like my creditors,” the Philadelphia native said. However, the information taken from the census will be held highly confidential. Census-takers are interested in the numbers, not policing. “We could wind up marginalized if we are undercounted, “ says Melanie Campbelll, Director of the National Coalition on Black Voter Participation. “If we are undercounted, there’s no telling what it will mean to be treated as if we are only 8 or 9 percent of the population. I don’t want to find out.” April 17 is the encouraged deadline for returning questionnaires, however if it is not completed and returned by then an enumerator will take the informatiotfemanually. , “People need to participate in the census because assistance distributed for local communities through federal programs, school systems, and community planning depend heavily on the results,” Lloyd said. “The government is working hard to try to help make communities better as well.” — April Daniels Black women celebrate Height birthday, home on Capitol Hill and new plans for expansion WASHINGTON (NNPA) — The National Council of Negro Women Inc. made history when African-American women from across the country gathered late in March to commemorate the 88th birthday of Dr. Dorothy Height, chairwoman and president of NCNW, and to launch the “Bum the Mortgage-Legacy Initiative.” “This birthday will mark the kick-off for the ‘Bum the Mort-gage-Legacy Initiative’ as we ex-

perience the magic that happens when we all come together for a common goal,” said Dr. Height, who is internationally recognized for her leadership in developing the legacy of the NCNW. “Across the country, women will meet in homes, churches, and community centers. Here, at the headquarters building located between the White House and the Capitol, the only Black-owned ... institution on the Hill, the group will celebrate by gathering reports in an initiative that will enable NCNW to expand its services to women and their families today and for decades to come,” Dr. Height said. The gathering of more than 300 women and representatives at the reception and dinner celebrated, in part, the completion of the mortgage on the house at 633 Pennsylvania Ave. Another portion of the celebration, the initiative, aims at increasing NCNW’s membership by 200,000 before the end of the

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Dr. Height’s birthday, was also commemorated as visitorsenjoyed an evening of jazz, entertainment, corporate gifts and special guest appearances, including a birthday message from President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hilary Rodham Clinton. Other birthday well-wishers included Mayor Anthony Williams, Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman, Director of the National Park Service Robert Stanton and Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater. The National Council of Negro Women is a nonprofit agency founded by Mary McLeod Bethune in 1935. The NCNW has an outreach of more than 4 million women in 250 community-based sections and 38 affiliates in the U.S. and Africa. Amtrak struggles with national race discrimination suit WASHINGTON (NNPA) — The legal representatives of a group of African-American plaintiffs presenting a class action suit against Amtrak have decided to upgrade their case to a national claim of discrimination. Amtrak currently has no African Americans in management positions. The case, Campbell, et al, v. National Railroad Passenger Corporations, et. al, was originally filed in November 1999 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of 21 currentand former African-Ameri-can employees in Amtrak’s Intercity Strategic Business Unit (SBU). The suit now includes 71 plaintiffs and covers the entire Amtrak rail line operating in 29 states. “The information we have been receiving from our clients regarding Amtrak’s treatment of its Afri-can-American employees clearly reflects a lack of understanding of our nation’s civil rights laws,” said Robert Childs and Timothy Fleming, lead counsels for the plaintiffs at the law firm of Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins and Childs.

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