Carbondale Poet Mack Martin Warns of Locked Doors
Carbondale writer Mack Martin, 25, discusses race, unity, and power in poems like The Present Darkness and The Dialogue. He critiques Negro separatism and white liberal rhetoric, links Black Power to economic independence, and warns that society is close to doors not opening, especially after the Poor People’s March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Hughes
Southern Illinois
Bryant
Milton
Poe
Shakespeare
Mack Martin
Carbondale
Martin
America
Land
Washington
South
Congress
Uncle Tom
Illinois
Detroit
Mich
Black
Earth
Carved statue found by Royaltaer collector in old Alto Pass set
John Reams of Royalton finds a hand carved statue among items bought from locals clearing an older home. The piece stands just under a foot tall with no identifying marks and has potential value. Readers with insights may write to Reams care of General Delivery Royalton.
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John Reams
Royalton
Alto Pass
Reams
Martin on the road with mule train toward Resurrection City
Martin, born in 1948 in Charleston Mississippi, travels with a mule train from the Southern states toward Resurrection City in Washington DC as part of the Poor People’s March. He lives in Carbondale with wife Joan Greer and six children and is a SIU student.
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Mack Martin
Resurrection City
Washington, D.C
Charleston
Miss
Carbondale
Attucks High School
Martin
SIU
Southern Illinois University
Jackson - Williamson Community Action Agency
Joan Greer
Terrance
Marcus
Valery
John
Christopher
Dianna
Springfield seminar on citizen police evaluation program
California criminologist Gordon Misner told Springfield businessmen that police chiefs may resist scrutiny and that a soft approach is best. He urged confidential access to records and warned grand juries only as a last resort, while stressing broader social aims in the state chamber of commerce led program.
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Robert E. Hartley Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
California
Gordon Misner
School of Criminology
University of California, Berkeley
State Chamber of Commerce
Misner
Law and Order
Chambers of Commerce, Business and
Law Enforcement
United States
State Chamber
Chamber
Board of Directors
Chambers of Commerce
Illinois
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