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eee PEAmER Pb LEtEMEC THE PEOPLE Gi WAESTC: PeaTERA meee PE i SALEM Uinta A CONSTITUTION THAT f GUARANTEES THE RIGHT TO LIVE characteristics of a fish pond, in that the peopie of this area wonder around sfrom day to day worrying about where their next meal is going to come from, }and other basic necessities denied them by this greedy capitalistic system. Most of the people are unemployed and being welfare recipients have to worry a lot about where their next meal is going to come from when their food stamps run out, Alot ofthem don’t even know how to apply for food stamps - PEOPLE STARVE HERE, This is directly related to the system of exploitation that we now live under. lt is related because it is typical of this system that a lot of people should Mago lacking, while a few have plenty of Z everything, with those in-between re- A ceiving a tiny part of that, which is a rightfully theirs. m6. Education of the children of ‘‘The Pond’? is not much at all, With the school board’s new plan jor desegre- M cation it is probable that this year ig there will be no education at ali pro- 3 zt ae ci Ta ER 8. As 8 at a Hon, woman and child in the society, Justice according to lawis not known ed it was. hie oer an fn tat adi #6 bi Lh Pochette (the Bosloi G : tira f ihe pevt le toads to the streels ii. bor to repay pigs, Puss who thought ii their duty to kecp niggers in their place by beating a blood tv NOt PEL Eh eds bd #Le Winston- Salem Constitutional ° Convention Information Center death on his own front porch, The whole community witnessed this act of aggression and responded by driving ‘the pigs out of their community, Housing is another area in which the people are denied. Mrs. Louise Ames, a 104 year old resident of ‘‘The Pond’’ has been struggling for all these years. She states that she pays $55.00 a month to a slumlord (W.F, Baldwin) for this house that doesn't have a bathtub, hot water, sufficient heating or adequate wiring for prober lighting; she is tired but she continues to struggle, and she recognizes the need to change the con- stitution that allows all these injustices to be perpetrated against her, her ‘family and her people. . The present system of government - has failed to provide the basic ne- cessities for survival - land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice oo ern wee and peace, It (the system) has denied : these necessities to Black people throughout Babylon, And so wearenow demanding a change in the system that allows these necessities to be denied, Bhere, andtherefore peaceisas tranger?> we are demanding that the constitution ah WE OSE mee sree oT pga war Note ah cn aS - Oe ee a