-Caveat Lector- Making a Stand Against Black Slavery by Arabs in Sudan Barbara Reynolds - The Washington Post Sunday, July 15, 2001; Page B08 When the D.C. police arrested me for protesting in front of the Sudan Embassy, I mentally connected myself with Martin Luther King Jr. and voting-rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. I was exhilarated by the crowd's cheers as Rep. Donald Payne (D-N.J.) and I were handcuffed and pushed into the paddy wagon. Hours later I was fingerprinted, photographed and given a bologna sandwich and a cup of Kool-Aid. Then I was put in Cell 41 in the women's lockup at the main police headquarters. A green door slammed shut behind me with a doomsday sound that extinguished all my feelings of excitement. ... Last year, WOL radio talk show host Joe Madison and Fauntroy had gone to Sudan, where they witnessed the purchase of more than 4,000 black slaves from their Arab captors. Most of the slaves were women and children, because many of the men already had been tortured and killed. Madison and Fauntroy talked with young girls who had been raped and forced to have children by their masters. They took pictures of children whose fingers and hands had been cut off for small infractions. Slaves were forced to denounce Christianity and choose Islam or death. I wondered how long black churches could remain silent on this issue. Payne had helped push through legislation called the Sudan Peace Act, which will bring the United States down on the right side of the issue in the 18-year-old Sudanese war, which has claimed 2 million lives. Sudan has one of the largest oil deposits in the world, and the Islamic government is ridding the oil-rich zones of black African inhabitants. The Peace Act, now in the Senate, would prohibit oil companies that do business in Sudan from raising money in U.S. capital markets. Protests and arrests at the South African Embassy helped free South Africa and Nelson Mandela. In the Sudan campaign I was the first woman to be arrested and Payne the first member of Congress. Together our efforts might keep a child or woman from being enslaved. As a descendent of slaves, that was the thought that finally comforted me through the night. -- Barbara Reynolds a Pentecostal minister and a journalist, is president of Save the Next Generation, a division of Harriet's Children at Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church in Washington. -------------------------------------------- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
