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Now we're going to demand that the institutions provide funds to start this thing where start the course curriculum with funds, which is highly important here. And the fifth thing, which has already been stated that catalog should goto the only black communities but to high schools. So

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the counselors there in the high school can point out to the youngsters that they will be represented in the black institution once they decide to go off to college. Cut it out, cut it out. Oh, but

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we have faculty committees that work on this sort of thing. The dean of instructions Office, Dr Mix Office evaluates the potential of a curricular suggestion. And this is this is the way curriculum is developed. This recommendation sometime ago was received by the college officials and put

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in this channel for consideration. Uh, reaction isn't must be studied. Uh, there indications today at the rally that these are in fact, stalling tactics and not due process of consideration. Well, they aren't stalling tactics. It's just the fact that we don't develop instant curriculum. Sid Walton,

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a counselor at Merritt, started the rally with a call for a black curriculum at the institution, pointing to a 26% black student enrollment there and saying that the black student wants an education that teaches the true history of Afro Americans and their role in present day

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society. His theme was seconded by Dr Clyde to bury newly elected Western regional chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, who said that what was being attempted at Merritt was the beginning of a core drive to establish black curriculum in many colleges and public education facilities.

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He lifted the goals in the third thing besides the black hiring black people to do black jobs and black institutions. The third thing is Thio have the courses started by fall in in all white institution, also all black institutions, by the way, for black youngsters, rally

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was marred by a fight which broke out between several white onlookers and some members of the Black Panther Party, the Panthers, claiming one of the whites was calling the speakers *** and had started the fracas by grabbing a panther. The Caucasian denied it. Walton and other

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speakers charged a foot dragging attitude on the part of the school administration on the black curriculum idea. Dr John Done, superintendent of the Peralta Junior College District, which includes merit, talked to that point and the curriculum idea itself. There is another argument involving Walton and the

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school administration, that of his application for the post of dean of student personnel and community services. He was one of several applying and did not get the job. Some at the rally charged it was because he was black. Doctor Done labeled those charges somewhat paranoid. FATTO

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Brian K P I X News in Oakland.