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WEEK ENDING JANUARY 17, 1997

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by Aisha Molake
As the media-fueled debate

~ about Ebonics raged through the

Black community, Oakland, Ca-

- lif.. Unified School Board mem-

bers met with the Rev. Jesse Jack-
son on Dec. 30 in an effort to clear
misconceptions about their deci-
sion earlier that ignited a national
debate about the legitimacy of
oBlack English.?

Board members, who rendered
a policy Dec. 18 to use Ebonics as
a method to teach Black students

_ standard English, claim that me-
» dia distortions of the Ehonics pro-

gram resulted in harsh criticisms
from city officials and prominent
Black leaders, including the Rev.
Jackson.

However, Rev. Jackson retracted
his initial statement that Ebonics
is oteaching down? to our children
and that the program is oborder-
ing on disgrace,? offering his sup-

port to the program.

oTheir intent is to teach the chil-
dren standard English. If the in-
tent were not to teach the stan-
dard English I would object,? he
said following his meeting with
board members.

oThis past week gave us a very
clear indication of the power of the
media,? Oakland Superintendcnt
Carolyn Getridge told The M Voice,
oThe fact that all across America
people did not understand the goals
and intent of the board can be
directly linked to the message that
was portrayed in the media. I want
to be clear that we are not teaching
Ebonics ... our goal is that every
student in our school district
speaks, reads, and writes profi-
ciently in English.?

During OaklandTs winter break,
students were overwhelmed by
reporters, who often stopped them

on the street to ask about Ebonics.
oThey were unaware of the policy
so of course the studentsT response
was, ~well, we donTt need to be
taught slang,? Ms. Getridge said.
However, parents have grown sup-
portive after learning of the boardTs
ojectives. Calls have also poured
in from other predominately Black
districts around the nation that
have expressed an interest in the
Ebonics programs, she said.

In a Dec. 25 statement Supt.
Getridge said she hoped others
who have criticized the school
boardTs decision will take time to
obtain the boardTs policy, as Rev.
Jackson has done. Public figures
such as Oakland Mayor Elihu
Harris, State Supt. of Instruction
Delaine Eastin, NAACP President
Kwesi Mfume, poet Maya Angelou,
and historians and linguists at uni-
versities around the country have

g Black Talk?

criticized the school through the
media.

oThe Rev. JacksonTs primary con-
cern was how the decision was
played in the media and how it
was perceived in our village,? board
member Toni Cook said of the Dec.
30 meeting.

At the outset, Oakland residents
appeared convinced by media re-
ports that the school board was
using Ebonics as a ploy to obtain
federal funding. oThis is the way
many in our village heard the story.
They did not know the city, the
district, and school board were pre-
dominately Black. But, Rev.,
JacksonTs visit and The Final Call
newspaper brought clarity, so all
praise is due to Allah,? Ms. Cook
said.

Black students in Oakland ac-
count for 53 percent of the districtTs
population.

Call-in radio forum is held to discuss recent murders
Community leaders look for, ask public for solutions

By Dawn Bryant
The Daily Reflector

Churches, parents and residents
need-to join efforts with the police
department to solve GreenvilleTs re-
cent rash of murders and make the
city safer, local leaders said Wednes-
day.

City, county, school and civic lead-
ers participated in a two-hour call-

* in forum Wednesday spon sored by
o WOOW radio
The group, which included Mayor

Nancy Jenkins, Pitt County school
board member Michael Dixon, three
city councilmen and Bishop Randy
Royal, discussed several solutions:
getting thecommunity, churches and
parents involved; organizing a task
force and giving young people in
West Greenville"-where the mur-
ders happened"alternatives to
hanging out on the street.

The police department cannot

do it by themselves,? Bennie

Rountree, president of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference,
said. oWe all must take a part.? Jim
Rouse, owner of WOOW radio and
West Greenville resident, organized
the commercial-free session. oIn
1997, our community is being
plagued by young men killing each
other,? he said. oSometimes itTs not
about money but dealing with prob-
lems that are in front of us. We
made progress (Wednesday) because
we brought white folks and black
folks together to the table.? Four
black males have been shot to death
in West Greenville since Christmas
Eve, three killings occurring Jan. 2-
4. Police have made only one arrest
and still arenTt sure whether the
killings are related.

Several of the panelists, including
Greenville Police Chief Charles
Hinman, said drug activity played a
role in each of the murders. County
Commissioner Jeff Savage hada dif-
ferent view.

oIt could very well be not drug
related,? he said. oITm not quick to
write it off to the drug culture. We
could have a psychopath on our
hands.? The group agreed it will
take more than the police
departmentTs efforts to keep crimes
from occurring. Churches should
reach out tothe community, parents
should become more involvedin their
childrenTs lives, andresidents should
take a more active stand in revort-

ing crimes and keeping crime out of

their neighborhoods, panelists said
Residents who do have information
about the murders or other crimes
are afraid to go to the police, one
caller, who did not give her name,
said.

oTf all of us start talking they canTt
kill us all,? Rountree said. oIf people
would talk today they would prob-
ably solve it by 5 o'clock.

oThe police department does not
know whe killed these people but
the people in the community know.

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heir continued patronage and support with a holiday party, Smiling faces were the order
Of the day. (BELOW) Sisters Ruby Taylor (L) and Doris Hansley (R) are ready to put the
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So open your mouth.? Fourteen
residents called with questions and
comments. Brenda Smith said the
violence isnTt limited to one area.
oItTs not where we live and how much
money we have that makes things
look bad,? she said. oPeople are just
mean now. You canTt stop that. We
can pray for the people.?

Royal recommended a task force
be appointed within the next couple
of days. Instead of forming a new
group, some of the cityTs established
boards, including the Weed Task
force, should become involved, Ms.
Jenkins said. oWe know that it is
going to take all of us working to-
gether,? she said. oIt is going to take
every single one of us.? Compared
with other cities, Greenville has been
fortunate to not have had more vio-
lent activity, Ms. Jenkinssaid. oThis
has never occurred here,? Savage
said. oWe donTt want this to be the
norm in 1997.?

Supreme Court

Rejects Request

The U.S. Supreme Court has
ended the complex legal battle over
the role of race in drawing Louisi-
anaT s congressional districts, nar-
rowly rejecting a request by Con-
gressman Cleo Fields of Baton
Rouge to reconsider the map that
eliminated his majority black dis-
trict. Tracking recent rulings
against what the court has called
racial gerrymandering, thejustices
voted 5-4 to reject an appeal by
Fields and the stateTs Legislative
Black Caucus to rehear the case.

The decision killed any hopes
of overturning LouisianaTs current
congressional districts. That
means the new map, which con-
tains just one majority black dis-
trict, will likely remain in effect
until the next round of redistrict-
ing after the 2000 census. The
ruling brings to an end a battle
that has been waged since four
Lincoln Parish residents filed suit
against districts drawing after the
1990 census. oThis is all over,?
said Ray Hays, one of the residents
involved in the suit filed in 1992.

Under the old map, FieldsT dis-
trict meandered across the state in
a pattern resembling a giant oZ.?
The district was drawn to link up
pockets of black voters around the
state to create a second black-ma-
jority district, in keeping with Jus-
tice Department policy that states
maximize black voting strength.
But the Supreme Court questioned
that policy and recent decisions
have resulted in states redrawing

maps to eliminate a number of

majority-minority districts at the
congressional, state and local lev-
els. The Louisiana Legislature re-
drew the map to make the 4th
District more compact, but a panel
of federal judges threw that one
out and drew its own, leaving one
black majority district in New Or-
leans. The Supreme Court's deci-
sion leaves intact an 8-1 ruling the
high court made in June that de-
clared a challenge by Fields and
the Justice Department legally

moot.

W.E.B. DuBois and Martin
Luther King Jr. some of the
country's greatest orators.

As teacners learn more about
Ebonics, they not only gain a
better anderstanding of
Jents but can show students how
to turn those cultural attributes
into strengths. The state of Cali-
fornia and the federal govern-
ment have been finding the re-
search that has gleaned these
simple truths for two decades.
As long as a few academics ban-
died the theories about, no
cared. But programs like Dr.
LemoineTs have discovered that
the targeted children do learn
standard English better when
taught this way. Oakland teach-
ers have piloted the Standard
English Proficiency program, of-
ten at their own expense for three
years, attending conferences, do-
ing their own ad-hoc in-service
and sharing their results with
whoever would listen. The deci-
sion to adopt their strategies on a
district-wide basis is an object
lesson in schoo] reform"-not fod-
der for talk-show hosts. !

People like Delaine Eastin, the
superintendent of schools, who
automatically attach lower stan-
dards with oBlack? do not set foot
in these schools where parents
and teachers and students are
tackling textbooks and curnicu-
lum that do not meet their needs.
Black parents particularly are
fed up with the osoul murder?
being committed on their young-
sters before they even reach the
fourth grade. If school choice and
parental input are meaningful
concepts, then these programs
that are makinga difference must
be nurtured, refinery and dupli-
cated. It is time to stop the sys-
tematic-demotivation that Carter
G. Woodson, father of Negro His-
tory Week, wrote about in 1931
in oThe Miseducation of the Ne-
gro.? I would urge any critic of
the Oakland program to read that
book first before commenting on
the program.

San Francisco-based writer
John William Templeton man-
agesan independent pub- lishing
house that provides social science
and pedagogy books to Califor-
nia school districts. He s also edi-
tor of Griot, the African-Amert-
can, African and Caribbean busid
ness

BY John William Templeton

The coverage of the Oakland
School BoardTs decision to em-
brace the Standard English Pro-
ficiency program district wide an
example of ostraw-man journal-
ism.?

Some reporters have pulled a
ogotcha? on high-ranking state
and federal officials by asking
them ifthey embrace the district
oteaching Black English.? Be-
trayed by their ignorance of the
linguistic and pedagogy issues
involved, those officials have is-
sued truly loony statements.

Since 1991, it has been a policy
of the State Board of Education
to recognize Ebonics, the
syncretization-of African and
European languages, while de-
signing curriculum strategies.
Dr. Ernie Smith, a Southern Cali-
fornia linguist, developed the
term and the research behind
the findings. Dr. Noma Lemoine
put the theory to work in Los
Angeles with the Language De-
velopment Program for African-
American Students, which has
been in effect in dozens of Los
Angeles schools for more than
five years.

Like many who hear a snap
characterization of oBlack En-
glish,? I was somewhat skeptical
of the concept before hearing Dr.
Lemoine explain it. Simply, the
primary human language acqui-
sition occurs before age four. Any
language learning after that has
to occur on the foundation of that
original language acquisition. A
French person who learns En-
glish still thinks in French. The
language patterns common to Af-
rican-American communities
across the Western Hemisphere,
whether expressed in English,
French, Spanish or Dutch, carry
a common set of grammar and
syntax rules that are traced to
the languages of the Niger-Congo
region of Africa. Those patterns
are not just incorrect English,
but an intentional retention of
that culture.

Ebonics is far more than non-
standard use of oto be? and com-
bining consonants. It is also the
magical use of simile and meta-
phor, the mastery of inflection
and tone and the persuasive
qualities that have made people
like Paul Robeson, Sidney
Poitier, Mary McLeod Bethune,

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Sadie Brown... who was celebrating her birthday recently.
Deacon Brown readily attributes his success to the God-
fearing upbringing he received from mom, Even the oGood
Book? says the child that is brought up the way he should be
shall not depart gr it.

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WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 5, 1997

Hearing on proposed voting district plan draws littie response

By Dawn Bryant

The Daily Reflector

GreenvilleTs proposed Voting dis-
trict plan didnTt receive much criti-
cism or praise at a public forum
Monday. Only three residents,
three City Council members and
three city employees attended the
session at Thomas Foreman ParkTs
Eppes Recreation Center. oI think,
maybe, people are comfortable
with it and they donTt see it as
having an adverse impact,? City
Attorney Dave Holec, who con-
ducted the meeting, said. The
proposed plan will move 5,604 resi-
dents into new distncts. The
residents attending the forum said
they wanted to see how the changes
would affect them and their com-
munities.

oItTsimportant that I know what
happens to my elected officials and
make sure (the change) doesnTt
affect the people I want to vote
for,? District 2 resident Theresa
McKoy said. The changes wonTt
effect Ms. McKoy, but she said she
was concerned for the residents
who would move into new districts.

Former Pitt County school board
member Donovan Phillips, who
helped with the school redistrict-
ing a few vears ago, soon will move
into the city limits from the county.
He wanted to see how the plan
would affect that area, he said. oI
wanted to see what is going to
happen in the community I grew
up in, Phillips said. oI have no
major concerns whatsoever (with
the plan). It could be much worse.?
The new boundaries. drawn by
South Carolina consulting demog-
rapher Bobby Bowers, are needed
to even out the cityTs growth since
1990, when the last redistricting
occurred. Since then, 2,468 people
have become city residents through
annexation. The city has to ad-
here to the one-person-one vote
concept by having districts that
are close in population size. Un-
der the 1965 Voting Rights Act,
Greenville also has to have
preclearance from the U.S. De-
partment of Justice when annex-
ations occur to make sure the ma-
jority minority districts are not
diluted by the additional residents.

Districts 1 and 2, repre-

sented by Councilwoman
Mildred Council and Coun-
cilman Rufus Huggins re-

spectively, are the majority Tar River

minority districts. The plan
would move 365 District 1
residents into District 2.
Huggins and Ms. Council
said they did not oppose the
change. oI donTt have any
real problems with it at this
point,? Ms. Council said.
oITm anxious to hear what
the citizens have to say
about it.? The second pub-
licforum is at 7 p.m. Thurs-
day at Elmhurst Elemen-
tary SchoolTs cafeteria, 1815
W. Berkley Road. City
Council will sponsor a pub-
lic hearing during its Feb.
13 meeting when it likely
will vote on the proposal.
The justice department
needs to review and rule on
the changes before the fil-

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The proposed
changes to city
voting districts

The cityTs proposed new voting
districts, which affect 5,604
residents, would move:

+ 365 District 1 residents living

| In the area bordered by Farmville

Boulevard, Line Avenue,
Dickinson AvenueT and
Memorial Drive Into District 2.

¢ 2.178 District 3 residents
living In the area bordered by
Green Mill Run, Elm and 14th
streets Into Districts 4.

e 2,354 District 4 residents
living In the area bordered by
Brownlea Drive, 10th Street,
Greenville Boule vard, 14th and
Kingsbrook streets Into District

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. 707 District 5 residents In the
area bordered by Green Mill Run,

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Charles Greenville and
Arlington boule vards and
residents between Charles and

ing period for fall munici-
pal elections begins this
spring, Holec said.

Greenville boulevards and Elm
Street Into District 4.

Winterville lodge receives grant fromthe NC ~Train A Child & Change A Future
Martin Luther King, Jr., commission for youth

The Winterville Masonic Lodge
#232, Railroad Street in
Winterville, received a mini-grant
in the amount of $1,500.00 for a
community service project de-
signed to promote the iegacy and
philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. It will provide partial
funding to assist the development
of creative projects.

The grant will be administered
for services to be rendered to the
community by the Winterville

Youth Knights of Pythagoras
Council #88, Boys between the ages
of 8 and 18.

The group held a meeting re-
cently at the Masonic Hall. Marcus
Smith was appointed master
Knight and Johnny Ray Smith,
Jr., Senior Knight. Other youth
knights present were: Michael
Jones, Guy Joseph Ingram III, and
David Earl Reese. Adult Lodge
Brothers present were: Reloyd
Edwards, William Elbert, Joseph

Carr-Chairman, Kelvin Futrell-
advisor, Guy Ingram, David Reese,
and Anninias Smith"Past Deputy
Director.

The youth knights group will
sponsor affairs to include the girlsT
auxiliary"The Gleaners. The
Knights group attended the cel-
ebration in honor of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.,on January 20 at
the Ayden Recreation Center.

SUBMITTED BY: Anninias
Smith

Delta Sigma Theta Chartered

The Pitt County Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority was char-
tered on January 11, 1997 at the
Ramada Plaza Hotel. Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, founded on the
campus of Howard University on
January 13, 1913,is a private non-
profit organization whose purpose
is to provide services and programs
to promote human welfare. Nettie
Faculon, Regional Director and
Caldonia Gibson, Regional Secre-
tary delivered the charter. Dr.
Renee Ivey, The Equal Employ-

ment Opportunity Coordinator for
Atlanta Public Schools was the
Guest Speaker. The Charter Mem-
bers are: Debra Cherry Albritton
(Journalist), Lorene Anderson,
Jacquelyn Barrett, Patricia Can-
non-Battle (Recording Secretary),
DeDe Carney (President) Latabia
Cephus, Michelle Darden, Renee
Wilkins-Darden, Joan Eaton,
Argie Cannon-Ebron (Parliamen-
tarian), G. G. Foster (Correspond-
ing Secretary), Eugenia Fulton,
Valarie Gatlin-Best (Sergent-At-

Arms), Eunice Gay, Kristinia Har- |

ris, Renee Ivey, Jonna LaGrone,
Lillian Outterbridge, Regina
Reddick (Financial Secretary),
Gladys Sanders, Lucille Sayles,
Patti Sanders-Smith (Vice-Presi-
dent), Edna Ward (Chaplin), Grace
Wilkins (Treasurer), Claudette
Wilkins, and Stephanie Wilkins.
For more information about the
Pitt County Alumnae Chapter con-
tact DeDe J. Carney at 321-3990.

of South Greenville

On Jan. 8, 1997, WOOW Radio Station, along with city, county, & community leaders came

together to hold a oRoundtable Discussion? on the crime & violence that has been taking
place in the South Greenville area. The forum was held to discuss the problems and come
up with solutions that need to be addressed in our communities, as well as the city.

Pictured above are the guests that participated in our oRoundtable Discussion? at WOOW
Radio Station. At top from left to right:
Cauncilman Ramey, Michael Dixon - Pitt County School Board, & Bishop Randy Royal -
Philippi Church of Christ. Bottom, left to right: Police Chief Hinman, Councilman Rufus
Huggins, Councilman Chuck Autry, Mayor Nancy Jenkins, and County Commissioner Jeff

Savage.
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Shown in front of Victory Christian Academy is Bishop Paul Thomas and staff and children

who are enrolled at Victory Christian Academy. God Bless our children and our future.

On September 3, 1995, Victory

Christian Academy (VCA) opened

their doors to eleven African-
American students. Their motto
is oTrain achild, change a future...?
VCA is committed to providing
Christian families with an alter-
native. educational system-"one
which unites the dynamics of
Christ, structured learning and
strong parental involvement.
Every child is offered a Bible-

centered educational environment

which provides an atmosphere that
enriches lives and encourages full-
time Christian service. Througha
proven system of educational ex-
cellence and Christian maturity,
all children can successfully grow
into the leaders of tomorrow.
Christian education teaches chil-
dren obedience to God, love for all
people, morality & decency, re-
spect for law and order, and cour-
tesy to others.

The Accelerated Christian Edu-
cation (A.C.E.) curriculum is an

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excellent alternative to public edu-
cation. One of the distinctives of
this curriculum is that the basic
learning tool is a PACE (Packet of
Accelerated Christian Education)
rather than a textbook. Students
work in PACEs from preschool
through the 12th grade level. Some
notable features basic to PACEs
are: bite-sized units of instruc-
tional material, specific and un-
derstandable goals for the student,
appropriate activities for drill,
practice and mastery, students see
tangible results of their progress,
PACEs teach responsibility,
PACEs are geared to learning and
not to teaching, and they provide
self-instruction and individualiza-
tion.

The A.C.E. program is: (1) Indi-
vidualized - Students develop skills
while working at their own aca-
demic level and within the limits
of their ability, and according to
their own background; (2) Multi-

Photo by Jim Rouse

Graded - A.C.E. students are as-
sessed to determine current levels
of achievement. This makes it
possible to prescribe a curriculum
at the studentTs actual level of per-
formance. Grade level is deter-
mined by ability, not age; (3)
Achievement Oriented - Goal and
progress charts combine to build
self-discipline and success con-
sciousness. The A.C.E. program
minimizes failure and boredom in
the classroom; (4) Computer As-
sisted Learning - State of the art
computer programming and com-
puter interactive videos bring high-
tech learning into the classroom;
(5) Bible-Centered - All A.C.E.
materials are based on the foun-
dation of the Book of Life, The
Holy Bible. Daily scripture exer-
cises enable the student to see life
from GodTs point of view.

Forty students are currently
enrolled at Victory Christian Acad-
emy.

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Los AngelesT all-news KF°WB AM,
. was on the air within minutes of the
- announcement that OJ. Simpson
' had just won custody of his two
, youngest children, Sydney and Jus-
~ tin. Oakes, who also covered the
K@ Yi.T criminal trial, and had told me that
\ he believed that Simpson had mur-
@ | dered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown
- Simpson, andher friend Ronald Lyle
Goldman, was explaining to his lis-
' tening audience that the law pretty
| much sided with Simpson through-
out the custody suit. Then he threw
in this biased caveat: oThe children
were awarded to Simpson because
he had beaten the [murder] rap.?
And soit goes in the continuing saga
of O.J. Simpson; whether or not he
killed two white people on the night
of June 12, 1994. The media thinks
he did it, from the highest towers of
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and. the mass media have taken it
upon them selves to right the al-
leged wrong. Down at the ocean front
Santa Monica courtroom, termed
o0.J By the Sea,? media bias against
Simpson sticks out like a sore thumb.
Consider, for example, how differ-
ently the mainstream media cov-
ered two of SimpsonTs expert wit-
nesses; renowned blood expert
MacDonell and noted forensic pa-
thologist Michael Baden.

Last week, MacDonell could not
be shaken from his expert analysis
that blood from the torsos of Brown
Simpson and Goldman was planted
ontoSimpsonTs socks allegedly found
in his bedroom and that the infa-
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noon session after his morning testi-
mony and the media literally ig-
nored him. It was a different story,

however, for Baden, whose resume .

includes involvement in the cases of
John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther
King, John Belushi and a host of
other highsprofile deaths. Ed
Medveng; the quintessential oPhila-
delphia lawyer? who represents the
plaintiffs suing Simpson, launched
intg a sophistic line of questioning
which was designed to embarrass
Baden. Sophistry is the ancipnt
Greek art of making half-truths And
outright distortions appear credit-
able and factual. Badenhadclaimed,
both in the criminal trial and in the
civil one, that the scars on SimpsonTs
finger couldnTt have been made by
Brown SimpsonTs fingernails. He
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that his knuckles were seriously
bruised. Yet Medvene asked ques-
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swer - not oyes? and ono? as the
lawyer wanted, but with responses
like, oyes, but . .., no, but,? or olet me
explain? or olet me clarify.? Re-
sponses like those are like blood toa
shark for cross-examining attorney
or a biased reporter. Predictably,
reporters jumped at the bait. They
skewered Baden in their coverage.
Another example came tolight when
this columnist encountered former
L.A. County District Attorney/now
trial analyst Ira Reiner in the trailer
of a television network. While the
network producers and we were dis-
cussing the stormy relationship of
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oto interview Pierre Emannuel

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- Rwandan Mission to the United
Nations, on my weekly public affairs
television show, Fulani! I invited
him to share his insights on the

_ complex crisis unfolding in Rwanda

and neighboring Zaire.

' , Thecrisisescalated this week with

Mobutu Sese SekoTs return to Zaire,
-after a four month stay in Europe for
cancer treatment. Much of the
~ regionTs misery can be attributed to
_MobutuTs 31 year reign of terror.
Among other crimes, Mobutu was a
staunch ally of the former extremist
regime in Rwanda which was over-
thrown by the Rwanda Patriotic
Front "Mr. UbalijoroTs government
"twoanda half years ago. Mobutu
appears now to be trying to ralley
his military for an assault on the
pro-democracy rebels who have

. taken control of the eastern part of

the country and liberated hundreds

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In the course of four months in
1994, this extremist Rwanda regime
organized the mass murder of hun-
dreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis,
as well as thousands of ethnic Hutus
who opposed the regime and its geno-
cidal policies. The genocide was a
last ditch attempt by the corrupt
and dictatorial regime of the late
President Juvenal Habyarimana to
hold on to power in the face of strong
internal and international pressure
to move to a power-sharing agree-
ment with the Rwanda Patriotic
Front and other Rwanda opposition
parties. The western press usually
reports that 500,000 people were
eliminated by the regimeTs killing
machine. In reality, Mr. Ubalijoro
told us, over a million people died "
sometimes at the rate of 10,000 a
day. The international community
did nothing to stop the slaughter,
worse, the United Nations Security
Council, under strong pressure from
the United States, reduced the small

peacekeeping force stationed in
Rwanda, oleaving the Rwandans to
themselves.? ,

The killing only abated when the
Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
launched a major offensive, driving
the army and its lynch mobs into the
west of Rwanda, and family, into
Zaire. As they fled, officials and sol-
diers of the former government de-
stroyed or stole everything of value,
and caused over two million Hutu
civilians toflee with them into neigh-
boring Zaire and Tanzania by con-
vincing them they would be killed by
the RPFTs new government if they
stayed.

The Tanzanian Government at-
tempted, with some success, to dis-
arm the refugees and their military
oleaders? a they arrivedin their coun-
try. But in Zaire, the situation was
quite different. Mobutu permitted
the former Rwandan armed forces
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cidal militias ruled the refugee
camps. Mr. Ubalijoro told us that,
oin order to reach the refugees, the
international relief agencies had to
deal with the militias, who used the
refugees as bargaining chips.? The
Rwanda war criminals imposed
taxes on the refugees (using the rev-
enues to buy weapons), forced young
men and women to undergo military
training, and, Mr. Ubalijoro added,
oexported their genocidal ideology
to Zaire.? That is, the Rwandan ex-
tremists linked up with the corrupt
army of Mobutu and began carrying
out oethnic cleansing? operations
against Zairian Tutsi communities,
murdering thousands and driving
them from their farms and busi-
nesses.

Facing extermination, these Tutsi
communities joined with an array of
anti-Mobutu guerrilla organizations
" the Alliance of Democratic Forces
for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire "
and attacked the camps, routing the
Rwanda militias and their Zairian

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allies, and liberating the refugees.
For the past two months, hundreds
of thousands of refugees have re-
turned to Rwanda, many bearing
machete and bullet woundsinflicted
on them by the militias in an at-
tempt to prevent their leaving.
Now Mr. UbalijoroTs government
must face the challenge of re-inte-
grating there refugees toan economy
and society still reeling from the
genocide and destruction of 1994.
Mr. Ubalijoro emphasized that the
international community must drop
its talk of deploying a military force
to the region, and shift its mission to
providing economic assistance tothe
new Rwandan government. In addi-
tion, the work of the International
Tribunal " which the United Na-
tions promised to set up to try war
crimes " must be expedited, if the
cycle of impunity is to be broken. In
a step toward national reconcilia-
tion, Rwanda has passed a law es-
tablishing graduated degrees of cul-
pability for the genocide, and pro-
viding arnnesty for some crimes in
return for full confessions and ac-

ciety, we must learn how

Clearly, one of the on uses? of
the Central African tragedy is the "
Mobutu regime. The solution to the
crisis is in the hands of the demo-.
cratic forces of Central African "
the Rwanda Patriotic Front, the Al-
liance of Democratic Forces for the
Liberation of Congo-Zaire, and?
ZaireTs constitutional democracy
movement led by the popular
Etienne Tshisekedi " who deserve
the full support of the international
community.

Lenora B. Fulani twice ran for
President of the U.S. as an indepen-
dent, making history in 1988 when
she became the first woman and
African American to get on the bal-
lot in ali fifty states. Dr. Fulani is
currently a leading activist in the
Reform Party and chairs the Com-
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Black History Month

1798-1866

James P. Beckwourth was a true pioneer. He was a lover of adventure, a fur
trapper, scout, and trader. He was adopted by the Crow Indian nation. This mountain man discovered a
passage through the Sierra Nevada Mountains which helped many settlers reach California more easily.

Beckwourth was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on April 6, 1798. His father, who was White,
fought in the Revolutionary War. His mother was a slave in his fatherTs house. Beckwourth had twelve
brothers and sisters. After completing only four years of schooling, he then worked as a blacksmuthTs
helper for five years in St. Louis, Missouri.

As a young boy, Beckwourth had heard stories about the mountain men who lived in the West. He
dreamed about being an explorer and living in the western wilderness. When he was 18 years old,
Beckwourth decided to seek adventure in the West. Because he was Black, he had a difficult time
finding work. In 1823, he found both work and adventure. He joined up with General William Henry
AshleyTs Rocky Mountain Fur Trading Company.

Living in the wilderness, Beckwourth soon became an expert hunter and fur trader. He quickly
became a crack shot, who never wasted a bullet. He learned the ways of the Indians including their
languages. He could throw a tomahawk and bowie knife with the best of them.

In 1825, Beckwourth left the trading company and went to live among the Indians for six years. He
was asked to join the Crow and Blackfoot Indian tribes. He was adopted by the Crow nation when a
woman Claimed that he was her long-lost son. The Crows made Beckwourth a chief and called him
oBullTs Robe.? He fought bravely in many of their tribal wars and became a mighty warrior.

At the age of 40, Beckwourth left his Indian friends and returned to the life of a mountain man. He
opened and operated two trading posts. He fought in the Seminole War in 1842 and the war for
California in 1846. In 1848, Beckwourth and his Indian wife met General John C. Fremont.
Beckwourth was asked to become his chief scout.

In 1850, while on a scouting journey, he made an important discovery. Just a few miles from what
is now Reno, Nevada, Beckwourth found a passageway through the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

James Pierson Beckwourth

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fort North Carolina since the a
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I am currently a Junior at East
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improved welfare for all.

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Clara Brown

1803-1885

Clara Brown dedicated her life to finding her lost family.

Clara Brown was born a slave in Gallatin, Tennessee, in 1803, but grew up in Kentucky. She later
married and had four children. Life for Clara was hard, but she found a way to survive. She found comfort in
having her family with her. However, in 1835, most of Clara BrownTs family was divided and sold to
different slave owners. For the next 20 years, Clara would search for her family, uselessly.

After the death of her owner, in 1858, she paid $100 toward her freedom. In 1859, gold was found in the
mountains of Colorado. The news spread fast that men and women were making fortunes. So began the
Colorado Gold Rush. The famed oFifty Niners,? as they were called, came from everywhere just for one
reason " to find gold. To some people, gold was not the most important thing to be found in Colorado. Clara
Brown had heard that one of her daughters, Eliza, might be there.

Clara Brown found a job as a cook on a wagon train traveling west. She walked most of the 600 mile
trip, which took eight weeks to complete. She lived in Denver for a while but later moved to Central City.
She worked with the miners in the hope of hearing information about her daughter. She started a very good
laundry business. Brown turned her home into a shelter for the homeless. Her home also served as hospital
and a church. Because of her kindness, she became known as oAunt Clara?.

After the Civil War, Aunt Clara had saved over $10,000! Some of the money was used to buy land in
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for 16 other newly freed slaves. She helped find jobs for many of them.

In 1882, Aunt Clara heard that her daughter, Eliza, was living in a town in Iowa. She was, by this time,
almost 80 years old. She was happy because her long journey was now over. Both mother and daughter
fnally met in a happy, yet tearful, reunion. Many well-wishers and newspaper reporters covered the event.

In 1885, the famous oAunt Clara Brown? died in Denver, Colorado, at the age of 82. She left a warm
feeling in the hearts of all who knew her. Her kindness and charity were famous, as judged by the many
friends that attended her funeral. A plaque honoring Clara Brown was placed in the St. James Methodist
Church; Clara Brown was believed to have been the first Black settler in the city, and a seat in the cityTs

Thousands of settlers, pioneers, and those seeking gold could now reach California through the Opera House was named in her honor.

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pend the Surgeon General of the
United States ae :
Moderate physical activity brings
important health benefits:
stairwalking, bicycling, pushing a
stroller, social dancing, walking,
gardening, washing and waxing a
car.

Moderate exercise however, can help
shield us from many diseases:
Cardiovascular disease
Adult-onset diabetes

Osteoporosis

Depression and anxiety

Colon Cancer ,

It's never too late to start becoming
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YE! HEAR YE!

1. Never miss a chance to keep your

mouth shut.

2. Some people pay a compliment as

if they expected a receipt.

3. Be a fountain, not a drain.

4. One of the greatest victories you

can gain over someone is to beat him

at politeness.

5. Nearly two out of every five

children in the U.S. do not live with

their father.

. 6. Thirty percent of all U.S. children

are born outside of marriage.
7. Sunday morning is the most
segregated time in America.

8. Could this be you? Whenever
there's a telephone message, you
say, "Just a moment, let me get a
pen/pencil ora piece of paper." Why
not keep a pen/pencil and paper
beside the telephone?

9. A man says what he knows, a
woman says what will please.

10. Never...be mean in anything;
never be false; never be cruel.

11. Do not speak ill of the dead.
12. Do not-kick against the pricks.
13. Patience is the best remedy for
every trouble.

14..Practice yourself what you
preach.

15. Nothing can be created from
nothing.

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couple often engaged in confronta-
tions after they had both been drink-
ing, the resulting tiffs amounted to
the civil legal act of ocontributory
negligence.? To which Reiner re-
sponded, oYea, she didnTt duck.? The
subject of media bias was first
brought up last month in acolumn I
wrote for The Los Angeles Sentinel /
NNPA where I named the names of
those reporters who I knew were
biased against Simpson. When I
came to the courtroom last week,
one network talk show anchor based

in Fort Lee. N.J., approached me
and thanked me for mentioning his
name in the article. Later he joked,
oIf you ever want to quote me, just
spell my name right, R-o-g-e-r C-0-s-
s-a-c-k,? spelling out the name of
another talk show host on another
net work. Similarly, Bernard Katz,
the former Superior Courtjudge who
comments on the trial for alocal Los
Angeles station, thanked this writer
for not (and rightfully so) including
hisname on thatlist ofbiased scribes.
Next year, the civil trial convenes
along the Pacific Ocean. The biased
reportingis certain not tostop. Why?

Mainly because the editors, publish-
ers and owners of these media out-
lets are just as biased as the report-
ers. Mortimer B. Zucllerman, owner
of U.S. News and World Report, is
just such an example. Following the
criminal trial, Zuckerman wrote a
scathing Oct. 16, 1995, editorial
blaming Black America for ogetting
Simpson off.? He said that Blacks
are used to violence and the verdict
handed down by the predominantly
Black jury was proof positive. When
the bias comes from as high up as
Zuckermarl, no wonder the report-
ers are turning in anti-Simpson

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news copy. Dennis Schatzman, a |
former district court judge in Pitts-

burgh, is an NNPA columnist, jour-
nalism professor at California State
University at Fullerton and co author
of oThe Simpson Trial in Black and
White.?

Mr. Harvey Newton

MitchellTs Funeral Home an-
nounces the death and funeral ser-
vice for Mr. Harvey Newton age 76
of 116 West Corbett Avenue
Greenville, N.C. who died Thurs-
day, January 2, 1997 at Pitt Memo-
rial Hospital in Greenville, N.C.

Funeral service were held Sunday
at 2:00 P.M. at Dilda Chapel Free
Will Baptist Church Fountain, N.C.
with the pastor, Elder Melvin Payton
officiating. Burial was in the Sunset
eur Gardens in Farmville,

Mr. Newton was a native of Pitt
County where he attended the
bounty Gihool * He was amember of

lida Chapel Free Wij aptis
aioe p ~ee Will Baptist

Heissurvived by his wife, Eldress
Maggie M. Newton of the home, 5
Rosa Walker of
Greenville, N.C:, Shirley Latham of
Robersonville, N.C., Linda Newton
of Ashland, Va., Patricia Younger of
Danberry, Ct., and Dorothy Brockett
of Washington, D.C., 3 sons: Harvey

| Newton, Jr. of Vineland, N.J., Leroy

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at times of challenge and

controversy.?

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Parents are often interested in
finding the most effective style of
education for their children as soon
as they begin asking those ~whyT
questions. Learning is recognized
as the key to accomplishing long
term goals which will shape a
childTs future. Choosing learning
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possible parents can enroll their ?,?
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Asa nation we've come a long way in
recognizing the dignity and civil rights of each
and every individual. We owe that progress in
large part to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. his

wisdom, vision and faith touched all our lives,
and continues to do so in countless ways. But
thereTs still much progress to be made before the
dream is fully realized. As we celebrate his birth,

we renew our pledge to work toward that goal.

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Black History MonthT
WILLIAM ALEXANDER

LEIDESDORFF
1810-1848

In the early days of America, California belonged to Mexico. Because of the efforts of
a Black American pioneer, California became a part of the United States. William
Alexander Leidesdorff was a land owner, diplomat, ship owner, and one of the first Black
millionaires in the United States.

Leidesdorff was born in 1810, on St. Croix, in the Virgin Islands. He was one of three
sons born to a Danish father and an African mother. He and his brothers went to New
Orleans to work in the familyTs cotton business. Leidesdorff later inherited money from
the sale of this business. In 1841, aboard his ship the Julia Ann, he left New Orleans and
headed for California.

When he arrived, San Francisco, California, was still a part of Mexico. There were
very few city comforts. There were no hotels, stores, or roads. Yet, Leidesdorff was able
to get the Mexican government to give him two large pieces of land. He later built a store
and a home on the land. He quickly became very popular with the Mexican officials.
Wanting more land, he became a Mexican citizen in 1844, and obtained a 35,000 acre
ranch. He named his ranch Rancho Rio de Los Americano.

In 1846, the Mexican mayor of San Francisco gave Leidesdorff land within the city.
By this time, he was the city treasurer, a council member, and chairman of the school
board. Though California was owned by Mexico, the United States and England were both
trying to capture the land. Leidesdorff played a key role in the struggle for California.

Though a Mexican citizen, Leidesdorff aided the Americans by telling them about the
cityTs defenses. The American Navy waited off the coast of California. In July of 1846,
U.S. Marines landed and took over the cityTs governent. The day before, Leidesdorff
warned the citizens what was about to happen. He translated the soldiers orders from
English into Spanish for those who did not understand. Two weeks after the invasion,
Leidesdorff gave a victory party for the Americans at his home. The Americans allowed
him to keep his land, property, and titles.

Leidesdorff built San FranciscoTs first hotel and opened the stateTs first public school.
He was the first to bring steamboats and horse racing to California. Leidesdorff built a
warehouse and leased it to the U.S. government. He also was named American Consul.

LeidesdorffTs successful career and fame did not last very long. He died of typhus, or
brain, fever, on May 18, 1848, at the age of 38. In a brief time, he had become a man of
great political power and wealth. His land holdings alone, valued at over $1.5 million,
were later sold for a mere $75,000. A street in the heart of San Francisco bears his name.
William Leidesdorff was truly an historic Black American pioneer.

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~Whereas, for many
per February has
een observed by. an
increasing number of
Americans of all ethnic
and sociological back-
grounds as African-

American History
Month; and
Whereas, Black

Americans have con-

tributed immeasur-
ably to the success of
our nation from the
days of early coloniza-
tion to the present,
despite hardships
which included bigotry,
disenfranchisement;
laws which prevented
them from owning
land, and slavery itself;

and "

Whereas, Black
Americans have ex-
celled in every facet of
life, including educa-
tion, science, medicine,
the arts, politics, and
every profession; and

Whereas, the great
state of North Carolina
and the City of

Greenville appropri-
ately boast a rich and
progressive history
which includes numer-
ous significant contri-
butions made by Black
citizens who clearly had
in mind and demon-
strated the laudable
purpose of making our
city a better place in

which each person can
live and develop: and
Whereas, it is recog-
nized that there is a
need for each of us to
know and understand
our past in order to bet-
ter prepare for the chal-
lenge of our future.
Now, Therefore, I,
Nancy M. Jenkins,

the month of Febri :
1997, asAfrican-Ameri-4
can History Month inj;
Greenville and com-:
mend this observance#
~ to our citizens. This the®
23rd day of January,
1997. i

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Staff Writer

African Americans across the

pation were stunned in August

_ whentheSan Jose Mercury News

_ published a three-part series that
, alleged the CIA was aware that

Contras were selling drugs to

-' street gangs in South Central

~Los Angeles. The charges sent
shock waves through the nationTs
black communities and outraged
elected officials, community lead-
ersand, concerned citizens joined

_ in demanding federal, state and

local investigations.

CIA Director John Deutch met
with a raucous crowd here in Los
Angeles in November and vowed
to conduct a full investigation.
Then Deutch was out as CIA
head andhis, successor, National
Security Advisor Anthony Lake,
has yet to make a similar com-
mitment.

While B-list celebrities from
Loni Anderson to Pamela Ander-
son Lee brought scattered atten-
tion to Superior Court in 1996, it
was a drop in the ocean com-
pared-to oO.J. by the Sea.? The
only case worthy of its own me-
dia encampment, the O.J.
Simpson wrongful death trial in
Santa Monica held just about
every local news agency and doz-
ens from out of town in thrall for
the last half of the year.

oO.J. II? gave oKato? Kaelin a
second chance at fame, made
Americans face the quiet ramifi-
cations ofa gag order and put the
phrase ougly-ass shoes? in the
vernacular.

More significantly, the defen-

dant took the stand for the first

time, and testified not only that
he didnTt kill his ex-wife Nicole
and her friend Ronald Goldman,
but

never beat her as the plaintiff's
alleged.

The case will start again Jan.
6, with an off-day scheduled for

_Jan. 7. Simpson is expected to

return to the stand next month,
followed by rebuttal testimony,
closing arguments, instructions
and deliberations. U.S. Com-
merce Secretary Ron Brown was

can business leaders on a trip
promoting investment in the
former nation of Yugoslavia in
April when his Air Force plane
crashed, killing him and 32 oth-
ers. An Air Force investigation
into the cause of the crash ended
the careers of several high rank-
ing Air Force officers. Last year
saw Compton City Council-
woman Pat Moore convicted by a
racially-mixed jury of taking
nearly $50,000 in bribes, after
claiming she was entrapped and
targeted for prosecution because
she is black.

She intends to appeal her con-
viction, and to demand a con-
gressional inquiry into the
government's investigation of
political corruption in Compton.

Former Rep. Walter Tucker,
D-Compton, who was convicted
last year of taking $30,000 in
bribes in the same sting that
netted Moore, also claimed, tobe
a victim of government entrap-
ment. He called the case against
him oasetup from the beginning.?
He is serving a 27-month sen-
tence.

After waiting 25 years,
former Black Panther Party
leader Elmer oGeronimo? Pratt
was granted a hearing to deter-
mine if there is enough new evi-
dence to grant him a new trial.

Pratt, 49, was convicted in 1972
of shooting Caroline Olsen to
death on a Santa Monica tennis
court and of critically wounding
her husband during a December
1968 robbery that netted $18.
Pratt has always claimed he was
at a Panther meeting in Oak-
land when the crime occurred.

The hearing, which will resume
after the holidays, began Dec. 16
in Santa Ana before Orange
County Superior Court Judge
Everett W. Dickey. Johnnie
Cochran is representing Pratt
and the hearing is focusing on
recent revelations about key
prosecution witness, Julius
oJulio? Butler, a former Panther
and former Los Angeles County
sheriff's deputy who testified that
Pratt confessed the Olsen mur-
dertohim. Also inT96, the final
chapter to one of the most divi-

Whitener appointed to Board

Tammy Suggs Whitener, a
Greenville native has been ap-
pointed by the Board of Directors
at the State EmployeeTs Credit
Union to serve a two year term on
the Greenville Advisory Board.
The Advisory Board serves as a
liaison between the members of
the Credit Union and the Board of
Directors. The Board makes a
large contribution toward the ex-
pansion of membership and im-
provement of services.

Ms. Whitener is a North Caro-
lina A and T State University
graduate. She has been employed
with the North Carolina Depart-
ment of Transportation as a Right
of Way Agent for 10 years. If you
have any concerns or comments
feel free to contact me.

From the PastorTs Desk |
oBLACK MEN AND EARRINGS -

FASHION OF IDOLATRY?

As we look at the state of Black
America today, it almost seems as
if one Black murder is destroying
our future and sending many of
our young people to anearly grave.
Gang violence and crack cocaine
are destroying our neighborhoods,
our schools, and many young lives.
The increase in teenage pregnan-
cies and single parent households
are guaranteeing poverty for an-
other generations of youths.

In 1995, Back-on-Black murder
was so brutal in New Orleans (at
one point 21 people were killed in
one week) that Mayor Morial him-
self thought the city may have
been under a curse. And if there is
any physical sign of acurse among
Black men, one may easily find a
connection with Black men wear-

ing earrings.
Besides being a symbol of Sla-
very, research shows that men

wearing earrings is also a sign of
idolatry and witchcraft, which also

law enforcement officials, God and
this country.

If idolatry, is related to false
gods and worship of evil things,
just think about what happens
when Black youths, clad with ear-
rings and dark, baggy clothes make
acommitment to gangs. They make
a pledge for violence, murder, re-
bellion and toward every evil thing.
The other side of idolatry is decep-
tion. Many Black men today are
operating under a major force of
deception. Under such deception,
many Black men believe they're in
a war, a war with each other over
territory they donTt even own. But,
for some reason, they donTt mind
dying for it. ItTs almost as if they
live to die or live to kill. For many
of them their lifeTs agenda is three-

fold:
~ KILL...
~ STEAL...
sd and to DESTROY.

The Connection Between Ear-
rings and Idolatry in Genesis
35:1-4, Jacob is about to travel to
a place called oBethel?, which
means oHouse of God?, He was
going there to renew his covenant
with God. He commanded all those
traveling with him to oput away
prio nga

your gar-
ments?. It was very common in
those days in Eastern culture to

sive periods in Los Angeles his-

tory was written when U.S. Dis-
trict: Judge John G. Davies de-
clined to send former Los Ange-
les Police Department officers
Stacey Koon and Laurence
Powell back to prison. Davies,
whose lenient sentence of the
two men was upheld by the U.S.
Supreme Court, ruled the offic-
ers convicted of violating Rodney
KingTs civil rights need not spend
any more than the 30 months in
federal prison they had served.

Popstar Michael Jackson made
a brief appearance in federal
court last year, popping in for
one day to testify that he never
promised to appear on aJackson
family TV special that ended in
millions of dollars in losses for
the producers. The case ended in
amistrial. Former Rams defen-
sive star Darryl Henley, con-
victed months earlier in Santa
Ana for helping ship cocaine
cross-country, found himself in
more legal hot water, this time
in Los Angeles.

He admitted conspiring to kill
his cheerleader ex-girlfriend,
who had testified against him in
Orange County, and the federal
judge who presided at the trial.
He now faces 41 years in federal
prison.

The guard who gave Henley a
cellular telephone to plot the
murders decided to go to trial,
and was convicted in November.
Rodney Anderson claimed he
helped Henley because he was
threatened by Marion oSuge?
KnightTs brother. Ron Knight,
was indicted with Henley and
Anderson, but the charges were
dismissed and his case was
sealed.

oSuge? KnightTs legal troubles
are far from over, though.

Federal prosecutors want his
probation for firearms traffick-
ing revoked because he allegedly
smoked marijuana in violation
of the terms of his supervised
release. KnightTs probation on
a state court assault case already
has been revoked, which could
mean trouble for his pioneering
Death Row rap music label.

Weeks before his latest legal
problems, Knight survived a

drive by shooting in Las Vegas

that left Tupac Shakur, one of
Death RowTs top performers, fa-
tally wounded. There also was
mixed news for African Ameri-
cans on the education front.

On the same day as a land-
mark settlement of a class-ac-
tion lawsuit requiring the dis-
trict to begin over hauling its
special education programs was
approved, Superintendent Sid
Thompson announced he would
be stepping down as head of the
nationTs second-largest public
school district when his contract
expires in June. Thompson,
who became the districtTs first
black superintendent in 1993,
said it is time to move on after
more than 40 years with the Los
Angeles Unified School District.

The 65-year-old administrator
and former teacher said the job
had grown increasingly demand-
ing and that he could not see
himself handling it as he ap-
proaches 70.

oI'd like to think ITm Super-
man, but ITm not,? he said.

The Board of Education has
started a nationwide search fora
successor, despite protests from
Latino parents, students and
community activists who want
Ruben Zacarias, ThompsonTs
deputy, appointed. The reason-
ing is that the district is over-
whelmingly Latino, so Zacarias
should get the job. The board
also began to implement other
changes as well, adopting a re-
vised omaster plan? for English
language learners, developing
new academic standards for stu-
dent performance and adopting
a new standard test to replace
the older Comprehensive Test
for Basic Skills. | But CTBS
scores released in December
showed that district students
continued to lag behind the na-
tional averages. Scholastic As-
sessment Test scores rose an
average 3.5 points, but were still
well under national averages.

The district also experienced
tragedy in 1996.

On Feb. 22, Figueroa Street
Elementary School teacher
Alfredo Perez was struck in the

head by a stray bullet from a "

gang shooting while standing
before his fifth-grade class.

Perez survived, but he suffered
brain damage that required him
to begin an extensive rehabilita-
tion. The incident led to another
symbol of the troubled T90s"in-
stallation of bulletproof windows
at the school.

The trial of two teen-agers
charged in the shooting ended in
a mistrial in October 7, after a
chief witness equivocated on
what he had told authorities ear-
lier. A retrial is under way in
Compton.

In other judicial proceedings,
ajudge ordered a free-lance jour-
nalist to pay Michael Jackson
damages for telling oHard Copy?
he had seen a video of the pop
star molesting a teen-age boy.

Death Row Records loomed
large in the cityTs criminal courts
system in 1996, beginning with
Snoop Doggy DogTs acquittal in a
murder case and ending with the
rap labelTs co-founder jailed for
assault.

It was Feb. 20 when Snoop,
also known as Calvin Broadus,
left the Criminal Courts Build-
ingina Rolls-Royce, having been
cleared with bodyguard
McKinley Lee of the 1993 shoot-
ing death of a gang member in
Palms.

The 24-year-old rapper and
father of a 2-year-old boy went
onto enjoy more commercial suc-
cess, with the top selling album
oThe Doggfather.? But the good
fortune didnTt last for the billion
dollar label.

In September, Death Row lost
a big moneymaker when the late
Tupac Shakur was fatally shot
in a gangland-style drive-by
shoot ing in Las Vegas.

And by November, the 300
plus-pound man who had been
driving the BMW that Shakur
was riding in, Death Row co-
founder Marion oSuge? Knight,
was on his way to prison.

The reputed former gang mem-
ber was convicted of violating his
probation on a 1995 assault con-
viction for joining Shakur in a
brawl a few hours before the rap
star was fatally wounded.

Knight spent the holidays be-

hind bars awaiting sentencing,
while federal authorities inves-
tigated his company for possible
links to street gangs, money laun-
deringand drugtrafficking. And
by yearTs end, ShakurTs mother,
who last week won a court battle
forcing Death Row and two other
firms to stop selling unautho-
rized Tupac gear, had hired an
independent auditor to see if the
label shortchanged her son his
royalties.

According to reports, Shakur
owed his label $4.9 million at the
time of his death, despite CD/
eassette sales of more than $60
million .

Other long-running criminal
cases were finally resolved in,
1996. It was Halloween, three
years to the day that they had
slaughtered a trio of trick-or-
treating boys in Pasadena, that
three gang members learned of
their fate" death. "_ Lorenzo
Newborn, 25, Herbert McClain,
26, and Karl Holmes, 20, had
been convicted in December 1995
of the ambush, mistaken iden-
tity murders. With the OJ.
Simpson civil trial miles away in
Santa Monica, there was little
evidence left of the 1995 otrial of
the century.? But that changed
briefly in early October.

Former LAPD Detective Mark
Fuhrman resurfaced, leaving his
new home in Idaho to plead no
contest to perjury. The charge:
lying when he testified in
SimpsonTs criminal trial that
he had never in the previous 10
years used the word on___,? to
describe a black person.

Attorney General Dan
Lungren said the vilified inves:
tigator who went over the wall
of SimpsonTs Rockingham estate
to find a bloody glove ois now a!
convicted felon and will forever
bebrandeda liar.? The renewed
focus on the Simpson case
couldnTt have come at a worse
time for District Attorney Gil
Garcetti. He barely managed to
turn back a challenge by Deputy
District Attorney John Lynch in
a race that sharply divided the
office and led to the ~relocationT of
several deputies who supported
Lynch.

Hampton Leads Black Colleges

Hampton University has the
highest graduation rate among
large, historically black colleges,
according to the autumn issue of
the Journal of Blacks in Higher
Education. Fifty-three percent
of the universityTs students earn
their diplomas within six years,
a rate that outpaces 17 other
historically black colleges nation-
wide. The survey was based ona
report that ranked graduation

rates for students and student
athletes at 305 NCAA Division I
colleges. oI really think itTs due
to the teaching-learning environ-
ment thatTs created at Hamp-
ton,? said Elnora Daniel, the
universityTs executive vice presi-
dent and provost. oThereTs a defi-
nite plan for mentoring our stu-
dents and creating a nurturing
environment.? Carlton Brown,
vice president of planning, said

the 53 percent graduation rate is
actually lower than the rate in
the previous three years, falling
5 percentage points from 1994.
Ms. Daniel said the university
has also received grant money in
the past four years geared to-
ward student retention, which
allows the Virginia-based uni-
versity to provide additional tu-
toring by faculty members. Al-
though HamptonT s graduation

rate has traditionally ranked
high among historically black
colleges, it still lags behind many
top-rated mostly white colleges.
The University of Virginia's
graduation rate for blacks is 84
percent, the highest graduation
rate for blacks among thenationTs
large public universities in states
where the blackT population ex-
ceeds 5 percent. William and
MaryTsgraduation rate for blacks
is 77 percent.

A new foundation established

After going through the finan-
cial struggles from having a sick
child to care for, Marlene Ander-
son and Connie Gorham-Walston
established The Bone Marrow
Foundation of Eastern North
Carolina. This Foundation is a
non profit organization that will
help families with members that
are stricken with Leukemia or
Aplastic Anemia. There are a lot
of needs to be considered such as

use earrings and nose rings in dif-
ferent forms of idolatry. Many
people in those days carried little
handmade idols carved out of wood,
Today, many Black youths use
their own version of idols; ear-
rings, nose rings, hair picks in
their hair, gold teeth, medallions,
tattoos, and gangster style clothes.
These are some of the outward
signs that they are involved in a
system of crime, rebellion, mur-
der, hate and they doit religiously.
To the point where many of them
canTt even sleep unless they com-
mit some evil deed. Black men
today want to dress in a manner
that identifies with crimes, gangs,
rappers, and every evil thing.

EARRINGS AND DRUG USE
(WITCHCRAFT)

Another symbol of Black men
wearing earrings is witchcraft, also
known as sorcery. Witchcraft, is
derived from the Greek word,
opharmakon?, which means
odrug?. egal drugs are destroy-
ing Black America. Black men are
dying everyday from the crack co-
caine epidemic. When Blacks, or
any race of people are involved in
drugs, research shows they are

Continued on page?

monthly bills, gas, food etc. We
are trying to make it as easy as
possible for families that are re-
ally going through difficult times.
Families should not have to
worry about finances when try-
ing to deal with sickness. We
have experienced these things
first hand and we know howhard
it is. There are a lot of Founda-
tions out there, but none that

support financial needs. We are
praying that this Foundation will
grow strong and businesses will
make donations to help these
families. All donations, of course,
are tax deductible. We will con-
tinue to have fund-raisers to put
money into the Foundation and
we area soliciting help from the
community. No one ever knows
when a tragedy will hit home,

Hardworking & dedication, heel sew quik, located at The Carolina East Mall - Owner

but if it does we are hoping that
this Foundation will be a re-
source. For further information
you can contact Marlene Ander-
son 756-7297 or Connie Gorham-
Walston 355-7012. For donations
send checks to: Bone Marrow
Foundation of Eastern NC, c/o
Attorney Earl T. Brown, P.O.
Box 2216, Greenville, NC 27836-
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q ~Sohenited by. Sandra Boyd

. When I lived on the West side of

~Gree (on Third Street) and
aw some of the things that were

~lowing « : (a) How sick am
*ofit? (b) How tired am I of it? (c)
{How long will Ibe willing to put up
st swith it? (d) Do I want to get in-
otvolved? (e) Is it any of my busi-
ness, or do I leave it to the police?
(f) Will I be considered a busy-
body in othersT affairs? (g) Will it
be worth it? (h) If ITm going to get
involved, what is the first step I
should take?

I knew then that I had to take

some actions on my own. The
following is how I went about it...
- with GOD leading the way.
- I contacted the police sources
. with names, addresses, license
: plate numbers, and descriptions
: of individuals that I knew did not
. -live in my neighborhood, but who
.-had a frequent habit of visiting
~others who had just moved in the
neighborhood.

I listened to what the elderly on
my street would tell me had gone
on during the day while my hus-
band and I were at working (Such
as names"if they knew, what they
looked like, and which house they
would frequent. The elderly will
talk; but, because they fear some-
thing might happen to them, they
donTt want anyone to see them
talking to the police.)

Next, I found out who owned
these residences and took to the
phone book and street and con-
tacted these landlords and in-
formed them that I personally
would not put up with what was
taking place in my neighborhood.
I told them that I would only give
them a certain length of time to do
something with their tenants
(three days max.) and that, if they
did not take some action, I would
certainly take the matter a step

: further and go as far as I needed to

go because I was sick and tired of

~it.

- If the landlords had not taken

any action against their tenant(s)

~(the ones I contacted did), my next

step would have been the Section 8

. Office on Broad Street to find outif

the tenant(s) were receiving any

government assistance to help

them with their rent. I was going

to report what was taking place in
these residences.

If it had gone this far (which it
didnTt) and Section 8 didnTt move
fast enough, my plan was to con-
tinue to call the landlord and Sec-
tion 8 everyday until I got some
action. If nothing resulted in a
week, or maybe two, then I would
have contacted the City Council
representative for my District and

Continued from Page Four

share the results with others, looks
back at the experience and en-
courages the child to think what
they have learned that is impor-
tant to remember. Ideally the child
will further connect the learning
to real life situations and finally
will use this information in per-
forming another activity or apply
to a similar situation. The experi-
ential model of learning is an ex-
cellent experience for youth to ac-
quire and retain information. It is
appropriate for youth at young ages
and it is often utilized in group
settings.

The primary steps of expe-
riential learning, experience,
share, process, generalize, and
apply are easy to relate to the
scientific process of acquiring and
testing knowledge. This higher
level of thinking and acquiring
information will be an asset as a
child becomes a functioning citi-
zen in the community and society.

The North Carolina 4-H
Program has adopted this learn-
ing by doing experiential style of
learning for youth who participate
in 4-H activities. The project ma-
terials are currently being reevalu-
ated and redesigned to bring the
materials in line with this style of
learning. Each child will have the
option of selecting projects which
interest them and as they utilize
the 4-H project material, they will
process through the experiential
steps. Learning acquired experi-
entially is more complete and re-
tained longer because it is con-
crete and can be compared to ac-
tual real life situations.

The 4-H program is open to
youth between the ages of 5 and 19
and offers a variety of learning
experiences, clubs, special work-
shops, camps, school enrichment,
and after school programs.
Through 4-H youth are encour-
aged to develop their potential as

, Lasked myself the fol- ~

future citizens and community |

leaders. For more information
about participating in 4-H pro-
grams, contact the Cooperative

County Center, 757-2802.

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viewed my feeling and complaints.
In other words, talk and complain
until you see results.

I had no choice but to take the
action that I took when an elderly
person tells me that they sat on
their front porch and watched a
very nice-looking young lady put a
needle in her vein in broad day-
light, right out in the open, as if it
were nothing. I had no choice but
to take the action that I took when
I go to sit on my porch on a nice
Saturday night to get some air
and, as I walk out of my front door,
the first thing I see is a drug deal
going down right in my front yard,
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took when I walked out of my back |
door and I see drug deals going
down in the parking lot ofa Church
- day and night - with no respect
for GODTS house. I had no choice
but to take the action I took when
you hear ~an elderly lady with a
sick husband ready to give up theirT
home that they worked and paid
for and then get so frustrated that
they want to give it all up. It
shouldnTt have to come to this.
When God blessed my husband
and me with a home we moved off
of Third Street, everyone that I
had complained about had moved
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that I hadn't just sat by and done
nothing. You donTt always have to
be visible; you can also work invis-
ibly. Ido and I plan tocontinue. I
may not live on the West side any
longer, but I have an elderly
mother, an aunt, and other rela-
tives and associates still on the
West side who havenTt arrived
where] am yet. So Istill have a lot
of work to do.

The Greenville Police Depart-
ment canTt do it all and we, as
citizens, canTt do it all, but we all
can do something together. We
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license plate number a day, one
license plate number a week, one
license plate number a month.
There could maybe even be one
person per block designated to take
notice of any unusual individuals
who start to hang around in our
neighborhoods whom they haven't
been seeing and whom they know
donTt live in that particular area
who would report such activities
to someone they trust. This per-
son can, in turn, report it to the
local authorities.

I donTt see how any of us can
continue to sit by and not be con-
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on our city in the past several |

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weeks. I already have a particular
street in mine to check on and |
have a source who con-

fides in me about all the ill

activity thatis taking place at this
very moment. My pad and pen are
ready to take down license plate
numbers, addresses, descriptions,
and landlord names.

We need to remember that GOD
has not given us the spirit of fear;
but HE has given us the spirit of
power, the spirit of love, and a
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All of this furor over the

Ebonics issue gets to be a bit much.
- For the past several weeks, we
have listened to the pros and cons
of teaching teachers in the Oak-
land area how to relate to various
African American students dents
~ and the language they use.
'. Some things ought to be clear by
now. Although some of the alleged
scholars maintain that there is an
Afrocentric language, the bottom
line is really kind of simple.

This is the United States of
America and the principal lan-
guage is now and has always been
English. This does not pre clude
the fact that other languages are
spoken here and in all probability,
will continue to be spoken here.
But Ebonics, in my estimation,
should not be one of them.

If we examine the use of lan-
guage in our society, we will see
that we have learned to-use words
that did not always mean what
they appeared to mean. This was

done as a meatis of being able to
communicate with each other and
not alerting the enemy as to what
our plans, thoughts and concerns
might have been.

This was done at a time when we
considered all non-blacks either
an enemy or potential enemy. It
had nothing to do with
Afrocentrism. It still does not. It is
simply a case of not wanting to be
accused of trying to ~ be White.?

When we realize that men like
Rev. Ben Hooks, Johnnie Cochran,
Martin Luther King Jr., A. Philip
Randolph, Thurgood Marshall,
just to mention a few, all came
from basically the same back-
ground, we can easily jsee they
have more than mastered the lan-
guage of the land. |

None of these men were born
rich or given special tutors to teach
them to speak English. They went
to public schools. They went to
Southern colleges, if they went at
all. They learned to master the
language as well as any Harvard
graduate. They did not need any

special instructions about how to
talk like black people.

This whole notion that some spe-
cial classes have to be given to
teachers to teach black children
how to talk is ludicrous. Did some-
one teach James Earl Jones how
not to sound like a ~ poT cullud
man?? What about Roscoe Lee
Browne? Or maybe even Paul
Robeson?

If that takes you back too far,
then try Congressman John
Conyers or Mayor Willie Brown.
Who can forget the eloquence of
the late Barbara Jordan? Or
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke? The
list is end less and we are steadily
making excuses for the lack of skills
exhibited by our children. The an-
swer all of this may very well come
down to the idea that we have set
our standards too low.

Through the years, we have man
aged to come up to the standards
of their general community and in
most cases, we have surpassed oth-
ers. Now all of a sudden, when we
are faced with some kind of educa-

~We Still Making Excuses for the L:

tional crisis, we would turn back
the hands of time the days when
we had to be talked to in pidgin or
patois.

First of all, we need to realize we
are members of the American soci-
ety. As such, we must learn the
language of that society. The hu-
man relations manager at a major
corporation is not going to look too
kindly on a person who walks into
his establishment, seeking employ-
ment and unable to speak the
prevailing language.

The cold hard fact of the matter
is we are Americans. Not Afri-
cans. If we choose to become Afri-
can, then we had best make cer-
tain we have some special kind of
skill. Then we should apply for
immigration to the African nation
of our choice.

The next step should then be to
spend at least a year learning the
language and grammar of that
country. Then if we are lucky, we
might be admitted on a trial basis

- asaresident. That how ever, is not

to this country to become edu

and then to back to their nations
and apply whatever knowledge
they have acquired. They use the
system to their best advantage.

In the meantime, we jive, talk
trash and make al] manner of ex-
cuses about the system. It is not
the system. It is us. When Afri-
cans, Europeans and Asians come
to this country as adults and learn
the language from scratch, there
is no excuse for us, native born and
reared, not to become at least as
proficient as they are.

We need Ebonics like we need
another hole in our heads. What
we need are some strong parents
who run their homes and some
dedicated teachers who under
stand the problem.

If we are going to win this skir-
mish, then we need to Bet some
real men in the game. The punks
who now call themselves men are
the same ones who allow the chil-
dren to run over them at will and

are two different things. It o
to mean that we have master

the language of the nation as well "
as the historical overview of the "
various languages of our African
forebears, yea

What it seems to mean today,is "
an excuse for not taking the time "
to learn or having the guts to take
on something might require alittle
gray matter. The notion of Ebonics
defeats all of the years that we
have worked to bring our people
into the mainstream of society. To
be sure, there is racism in our
society today. ;

Further separating us through
the spoken or written word de feats
the purpose.

In all candor, we need to throw
Ebonics out of the window and go
back to learning just plain old
English.

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By DENNIS SCHATZMAN many people believe the fix is al benefitsfromthatchildmorethan ment , the net loss is $ 173,269. 25 year-old waiter just making thecase at hand? Although Brown
Contributing Writer readyinonthiscase(conventional the financial costs they expect to Similarly, if the child dies at age mini mum wage and tips will not Simpson worked barely more than
wisdom suggests that this case bear on behalf ofthe child. oThey 18, the net loss is reduced to always remain a waiter. With two months, she did bring O J.

The 18th Century poetSamuel has the right judge, presiding in explain that ifachildis born and $120,360. In the issue athand, Brown Simpson, whoonly worked Simpson into the family. The de-

Johnson once said: oIf a person
says heTs doing something not be-
cause of the money involved, but
for the principle of the thing, itTs
the money! o Which brings us to
the subject athand. How much are

the right courtroom buttressed by
the right amount of mass media
and talk show host support) that
one question re mains: How much
is the loss of love actually worth?
The question was posed to a char-

lives to be 19 years old, it is antici-
pated that a parent, or parents,
have invested about $10,000 per
year for the care and upkeep of
that child at a financial benefit of
$5,208 per year. Ifachildis owrong-

what would the deaths of Brown
Simpson and Goldman be worth
financially to their parents at the
age they and Goldman be worth
financially to their parents at the
age they were wrongfully killed,

a total of two months as a wait-
ress, and two weeks as a sales
person, it is harder to measure. In
the second article, oThe Use of y
Value of Life Estimates in Wrong-
ful - Death Matters,? economists

fendant, in turn, put the Brown
family in the Hertz Rent A-Car
business and paid for the educa-
tion of Brown SimpsonTs other sis-
ters. In a civil case like the
current one, it is clear to many

the civil trial plaintiffs goingtoget termemberofthe American Acad- fullykilled?atthatageoryounger, according to the formula estab- James - Ciecka and Seth Epstein that 0. J. Simpson will lose the
from 0. J. Simpson should they emy of Economic and Financial the parent(s) ~loss of future ben- lishedbyIrelandand Ward? These of Depalll University in Chicago, case and some compensation will
prevail in this latest ~murderT ExpertsduringarecenttriptoLas efits, both financial andemotional experts would say that a 25-year- correctly deduce that ono amount _ be granted to the plain tiffs. It will

trial? Lawyers for the plaintiffs,
the families of Nicole Brown
Simpson and Ronald Lyle
Goldman, said recently that the
. punitive and compensatory dam-
ages

are worth $50 million. This
seems rather peculiar since it was
the Goldmans who have publicly
stated r that their civil action
against Samson had nothing to do
with money.

The action is about money, and
one should understand that. Since

Vegas. He responded by citing the
Winter, 1995 edition of the Acad-
emy-published Journal of Legal
Economics which contained two
very interesting and pertinent ar-
ticles on that very subject. In the
first article, oThe Investment Ap-
proach to a Parental Loss in the
Death ofa Child,? economists Tho-
mas R. Ireland and John Ward of
the University of Missouri Kansas
City, explain that owhen parents
decide to have a child, they are, in
large part, valuing the anticipated

Marvin Gaye: Pride & Joy

His music mesmerized an entire generation. He was the Marvelous
One, the Prince of Motown, The Shy Guy. He was Marvin Gaye!
Undeniably one of popular musicTs most enduring icons, Marvin GayeTs
musical biography is presented in a two hour radio special available for
broadcast on April 1 & 2, 1997 - the anniversary of his untimely death
and what would be his 58th birthday. Listen as his colleagues and
_- friends reminisce about this musical genius. Narrated by urban radio
news veteran Ron Brewington, thereTs exclusive interviews with Berry
Gordy, Anna Gordy, Smokey Robinson, and Stevie Wonder plus Diana
Ross, Mary Wilson, Gladys Horton and more!

A RICH MUSICAL HERITAGE

There s no artist in the history of R&B who has affected an entire
generation in the same manner as Marvin Gaye. His music wove an
insightful story of the state of society. His love songs exuded uncommon
levels of raw emotion, his poignant attempts at Sinatra-like grandeur
while unsuccessful, still emanate a very special talent. You'll get it all
with Marvin Gaye: Pride - Joy. From his earliest hits to the famous
duets with the ladies of Motown to the seminal WhatTs GoinT On to the
once in a lifetime version of the Star Spangled banner at the 1983 NBA
All-Star Game. MarvinTs music is alive in this radio tribute.

Your station can become part of the celebration today! The program
will be available via reel on March 25. 1997. ThereTs 12 local avails and
12 national avails, plus weTre ready to work with your station to develop
local add sales solutions (promotional opportunities, exclusive Marvin

Gaye giveaways. etc. )

Call Your Hannibal Group Rep Today!

Like to get your station cleared for this great radio special? All you've
got to dois call us at (818)508-4519. We'll send you the affiliate contract

is far greater than the child lives
to"say"age 58. Ireland and
Ward estimate that the earlier a
child is wrongfully killed, the
greater the financial loss to the
parents. They cite, for ex ample,
that if a child is born in 1977 and
dies wrongfully the next year,
based upon a parent ~ investment?
of $10,000 at a real three percent
rate of return (estimated at $
17,024) the net loss of the parents
is $242,303. If the child is killed at
age 9, at the same rate of invest-

old waiter would be worth $87,913.
Brown Simpson, who was 35 when
she was killed, would have cost
her parents $51,791 in lost finan-
cial benefits. Had each of them
lived to be age 58 before they were
killed, they would have been worth
$22 to their parents. That is, as-
suming they both worked all their
lives at the same rate of current
pay. In GoldmanTs case, it is hard
to measure. One can guess that a

of compensation? emotionally sat-
isfies a grieving parent.? Ciecka
and Epstein say that opeople with
larger incomes have a greater
value of life than poor people, and
awards based on the value of life
may lead to granting richer people

more compensation for the lostjoy .

of living than poorer people.? There
fore, the economists say othe value
of life is larger when income is
larger.? What does that mean in

not be $50 million as the plaintiffs
envision, but it will be something.
In granting an awardin a wrong-
ful death suit, there is no attempt
to make a victim or dependents
whole; it is simply a recognition
that every one wrongfully killed is
entitled to be compensated equal
to the value of a statistical life,
assuming, of course, that Simpson
is oliable? in the wrongful death of
the Brown and Goldman children.

SLNI receives $40,000 grant

The North Carolina Rural De-
velopment Center has awarded a
$40,000.00 grant for the fiscal year
1997 tothe South Lee Street Neigh-
borhood Improvement, Incorpo-
rated. Grant funds will be used for
staff support and community de-
velopment activities.

Founded in 1995, South Lee
Street Neighborhood Improve-
ment, Inc. is a non-profit commu-

nity owned and operated develop-
ment corporation that seeks to
eliminate poverty, rehabilitate
housing, create jobs, and improve
the overall quality of life for South
Lee Street neighborhood of Ayden,
North Carolina. By working to-
gether as a team with the commu-
nity in equal partnership, South
Lee Street Neighborhood Improve-
ment plans to build new housing,

create new jobs, and foster a new
sense of community pride.

South Lee Street Neighborhood
Improvement'Ts area is two census
blocks which covers 40% of the
Ayden population andisestimated
to include half of the townTs build-
ings. The organization will also
seek other funding for various pro-
grams and activities.

SLSNITs Executive Director,
Sherrian Brown said othis is a
major building block for us, a re-
ally good sign that we are moving
in the right direction.? Our motto
is oWe're puttingit all together, all
we need is you?. With the commu-
nity and SLSNI working together,
we will accomplish our goal!

Graham addresses Farm Bureau Federation

WINSTON-SALEM " Cur-
rent and proposed regulations
on farming are making farmerTs
jobs more difficult, North Caro-
lina Agriculture commissioner
Jim Graham said in his address
to the Farm Bureau Federation
meeting Monday.

Graham pointed to the pro-
posed rules on buffers for river
basins, the attempt by individual
counties to regulate the livestock
industry and the federal estate
tax laws which impact farms as
examples.

oWe, the agricultural family,

our neighbors when they are in
need. We support our churches,
our school and our government.
We are good citizens; contribut-

_ ing over $45 billion to the stateTs

economy. Agriculture cannot be
taken for granted. We are the
backbone of this economy and
one of the few positive trade bal-
ance exports.?

Graham said solutions to envi-
ronmental issues, such as requir-
ing buffers along river basins,
need to be balanced between do-
ing what is right for the environ-
ment and allowing farmers to

the bad guys in the quality is-
sue, while al the same time mu-
nicipal sewage plants have dis-
charged hundreds of thousands
of gallons of raw human waste
into creeks and rivers, oGraham
said. oI'll be the first to admit
agriculture has contributed to
problems in the Neuse River, but
we are not alone. ITm willing to
take my share of the responsibil-
ity, just as I know you are.

oWe need to plant buffers that
fit both a conservation plan and
a plan for production agricul-
ture. But we cannot sit back and

A cooperative effort at finding
solutions is needed, Graham
added.

Graham also unveiled the
departmentTs desire to change
its name to the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services to better re-
flect its mission. The change
would have to be approved by
state legislators.

oChanging the name better re-
flects the work the department
does on a daily basis,? Graham
told the gathering. oWe service
the publicTs needs in the area of

and affidavit forms right away. Look out for a demo of the program jake great pride in uur honest makealiving. Thesolutionneeds allow agriculture to be the mar- food and drug testing, inspec-
within the next three weeks. toils of labor and the return we to involve all contributing par- tyr, thinking that eliminating _ tions of gasoline and gas pumps,
givetothecommunity,?Graham ties andnotjust the agricultural agriculture will cure the Neuse meat and poultry inspections,

WeTre proud to co-produce the Marvin Gaye Radio Special with B&B
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Pastor S D esk, continued from Page 7.

actually engaging themselves with
evil spirits. ItTs more than just a
mind altering experience.

When a Black men begins to
change his clothing by wearing
othuggish? or ogangster style?
clothes combined with an earring,

Americans can know that the ear-

ring thing is more than just a fash-
ion statement. If you look at the
problems facing Black men today,
you'll see the increase in illiteracy,
poverty, full potential in life be-
cause they are either killed or
placed in jail for killing someone,

said at the 61st annual meeting
heldin Winston-Salem. oWe help

community, he said.
oFarmers are made out to be

or any other river basin in the
state, o he said.

structural pest control and other
consumer-related area. o

Justice makes peace with Medgar
Evers in 'Ghost of Mississipp1'

By TALISE D. MOORER

Whoopi Goldberg, the hardest
working woman in show busi-
ness, vacates comedic genre to
assume the dramatic role of
Myrlie Evers, widow of slain civil
rights activist Medgar Evers in

20. oGhost of Mississippi? is a
true story about the trial ~sur-
rounding the murder of Medgar
Evers in the driveway ofhis home
inJackson, Miss. Nearly 30 years
would pass before the perpetra-
tor would be brought tojustice, a
plight kept alive by the persis-

The idea of making a major
feature film around the Medgar
Evers case was initiated by pro-
ducer Frederick Zollo (oMissis-
sippi Burning?). On a visit to
Jackson, Miss. during the 1994
trial, Zollo attempted to attend
the verdict but could not do so

learned more about the injus-
tices, I wanted to take the case,?
stated Bobby Delaughter. Three
major moments for me during
the process were: meeting Myrlie
Evers, finding crime scene pho-
tos, and ultimately coming up
with the murder weapon.

it is normally a sign of a gang in most cases, over drugs. oGhost of Mississippi,? a feature tence of Myrlie Evers. In]964,an due to its overflow crowds. At times I was afraid of what
activity,criminal activity, anddefi- TheimageofaBlackmantoday film released by Castlerock En- all-white, all-malejurycouldnot Frind and Pulitzer prize win- may happen to mv children and
nitely drug use. Parents shouldbe as portrayed on TV in most cases tertainment. Joining Whoopi in render a verdict; however, the ning author Willie Morris wit- whether I was putting them at
able to identify that right away. _is an earring wearing man with this deeply penetrating produc- second time around was acom- nessed most of the proceedings ri sk, since I was awarded
More and more Black men are goldteeth, dressedindarkclothes tion are Alec Baldwin, assuming _ plete reversal. and suggested to Zollo that the customdy of my kids following a
wearing earrings on their jobs. In and concerned about nothing but the role of Bobby Delaughter, oI loved playing the role of storyofthetrialswouldmakean nasty divorce. I was hounded by
essence, they are enslaving them- rap music, drugs and theworldof the ingenious district attorney Myrlie. SheTs a deep, likeable uplifting motion picture. extreme groups of people about
éelvesrightbeforetheiremployerTs women. WecanTtblame Hollywood prosecuting white supremacist person who kept the light going. | Whataddsdepth tothe film is this case; one group pressing for
éyes. They have found a symbol anymore about the Black manTs Byron De La Beckwith, played MyrlieTs friendship with Bobby themeticulouspreparationofthe justice regardless of the evidence,
that has no substance to it. image. We are doing this to our- by actor James Woods. Delaughter took some time to cast. Alec Baldwin actually vis- and the others becoming irate
There is definite connection be- selves. And as you sit down and =ooCyaig T. Nelson stars as Ed develop, She made Bobby earn ited Mississippi to meet with that we weuld consider reopen-
; tween drug and Black men wear- observe Black men today, look at Petorg: Darrell and James Van her trust,every smile, and every BobbyDelaughtertodiscusshow ing the case,? adds Delaughter.
. ingearrings.DruguseintheBlack their dress code, red divection Evers play themselves in the hello, I was amazed at this hefeltwhileconductingthetrial. In summation, oGhost of Missis-
community has been on the rise ere Tae wilesethocm? flick; and Yolanda King, daugh- woman's strength, covering a oWhen ImetMyrlie,Ifoundthat sippi? is a familial, historical
7 i rbd Hasrnp: crery sention wilh dlgeac rebellion ioe terofthelateRev.MartinLuther span of30years,andI wantedto she was not like others who piece of work and should be sup- |
an oapi ort ava hediniaaes ¢ "King, is cast as Reena Evers, beapartofsomethingthatsays grieved over a homicide. ported by thecommunity-atlarge "
Oy just the bestneing. New Black " Prayerfully submitted, SadigeiTs tly daughter. Thefilm the system can work,? stated At first I was curious. As |
Dr. Howard WParker, Jr, opens nationally on Friday, Dec, Whoopi. i

as a step away from films com-
prising oBlack exploitation.? a

vith,
ceo

| ~The first shots of the Civil War
- were fired in South Carolina. The
Southern troops rallied under the
banner of the Confederate flag,
andthe battle was lost. Lives were
lost, property was destroyed anda
racial divide was formed. In 1962,

THEM VOICE - ~ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 17, 1997
lost the Civil War and must not win the flag war

the South Carolina legislature

voted to place the Confederate flag "

on the dome of the State Capital
building in Columbia, S.C.. The
flag flies in what is deemed a place
of honor just. below, the United
States flag and the Official State
flagofSouth Carolina. Recently,
the governor of South Carolina,

proclaimed that he had conferred
with God and received a revela-
tion that the flag was racially divi-
sive. The governor proposed to
bring the flag down from the State
Capitol Building and place it in
the | front of the building next to a
Confederate soldierTs statue. While
it is honorable for the governor to

compromise to bring the flagdown,
many now believe that the flag
will be even more divisive. Sort of
an oin your-face? kind of thing.
Many people had to look up to see
the flag on top of the building, now
all they have to do is look straight
ahead and it is directly in their
faces. Biblical scripture teaches
us that we must be as wise as a

We Salute His Dream

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

serpent and calm asa dove. While
it may seem like a victory for pro-
ponents of the flag removal, there
are some issues that remain un-
solved. The flag is deemed a sym-
bol of racism and hate to many. It
is used by the Ku Klux Klan and
many white supremacist groups,
not only in South Carolina, but
throughout this country. The re-
cent guilty verdict rendered in the
case of the Caucasian couple who
beat a nine-year-old African-
American boy. The two years the
jury sentenced them to, only 6 to 8
months will more than likely be
served. (Was justice really
present?) Can you imagine what
the sentence would have been if it
had been the reverse, African-

Lumber Co.,Inc.

American couple guilty of beating
9-year-old white boy; the drive-by
shooting in Pelion, S.C. by two
young angry Caucasian men who
had just left a Klan rally, held in

Continued on page I1

Sharing oINSIGHTS ON BONE MARROW? are these two

very talented, capable ambassadors... Sister Marlene
Anderson (L) and Connie Gorham-Walston (R). They can be
heard on Radio Station WOOW weekly as they share
information about this,dreadful sickness. They solicit and
welcome your support.?

(STAFF PHOTO: Jim Rouse)

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 19 - 6:00 P.M.
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SPEAKER: Rey. Ernest R. Sutton
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Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Inspirational Selections: Gospel Ensembles of Apostolic Church of Faith and
Fresh Anointing Choir of Philippi Church of Christ

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Black History Month

~Paul Cuffee

1759-1817

During slavery, most Blacks wanted their freedom granted in

America. However, some Blacks felt that it would be better to leave and
return to Africa. People who favored this back-to Africa idea were called ocolonists.? Paul Cuffee
was an early pioneer of this movement. He also became a wealthy ship builder and landowner.

Paul Cuffee was born near New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1759. He was the seventh of ten

children born to Cuffee Slocum and Ruth Moses. His father was an ex-slave, and his mother was an
Indian. PaulTs father died when he was only 13 years old. He and his brother later sold their family
farm. Paul then decided to use his fatherTs first name CUFFEE and became known as Paul Cuffee.

Cuffee had always loved ships and the rugged life of the sea. He taught himself to read and
write so that he could learn about sailing large ships. At the age of 16, Cuffee went to sea. Most of
his trips were along the eastern coast of America. In 1783, at age 24, he married Alice Pequit, who
was a member of his motherTs Indian tribe. They later had six daughters and two sons.

On one sailing voyage, near the start of the American Revolution, Cuffee was captured by the
British. When he was released, three months later, he returned to his family. From the money he
earned while at sea, he bought a farm for $3,500. He later decided to build his own ships. He
became a merchant and trader. Cuffee built five ships, but lost them and their cargo to pirates.
Through it all, his business still grew.

Following the American Revolution, Captain Cuffee, as he was now known, built a major
shipping company. In 1810, Cuffee and a business partner built the 109-ton Traveller and the 268-
ton Alpha ships. With his great wealth, he also bought a large amount of land.

Cuffee, although rich himself, was troubled about the problems facing most Blacks in America.
He built a school on his farm in Massachusetts, hired teachers, and opened it to the public. Captain
Cuffee and his brother helped pass a law giving free Blacks in Massachusetts the same rights as
Whites. The federal government would later pass similar laws for ~the entire Black population in
America.

Most Blacks in early America lived under the cruel laws of slavery. There were efforts,
however, by both Black and White persons of good will to change the laws and end slavery.
However, some people still believed that it would be better for Blacks to leave America and return
to Africa. Paul Cuffee, because of his worldly experience, also believed that this was a quick
solution to the problem of slavery.

In 1810, a group of colonists, called the Society of Friends, made it possible for Captain Cuffee
to sail to the African country of Sierra Leone. He was to study whether colonization could work.
Upon returning to America, he gave the Society a favorable report.

On December 5, 1815, along with 38 Blacks, Captain Cuffee sailed the Traveller back to Sierra
Leone. He also paid the fare for 30 of his passengers. Cuffee stayed with the settlers for three
months before returning to America. He was convinced that the settlement would be a success and
began planning for his return. Unfortunately, Paul Cuffee became ill and died on September 9, 1817,

at the age of 58.

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The recent murders of four black
males in West Greenville should
bring us to our knees in prayer.
GodTs people of all races must unite
togetherin intercessory prayer for
our city and our nation. Prayer is
without a doubt a ChristianTs
greatest weapon to combat evil.
Often God instructs us to put legs
on our prayers in the form of direct

~ action, and all too often we don't

respond. In light of this, I felt it valuable service

appropriate to pay tribute to the
owner of WOOW radio, Jim Rouse.
The recent radio forum was orga-
nized by Bro. Rouse, providing a
two hour commercial-free session.
We should all be appreciative of
this businessman who has a genu-
ine concern for the community.

its tithe giver aodiiwhins ;
is due.

Patrick Nelson
P.O. Box 7005
Greenville, NC 27835

Letter to the Editor

To Whom May Concern,

In the name of Jesus, I pray and
ask of you; that if youcould air this
testimony and blessing that I have
received from our Heavenly Fa-
ther, in hope and blessing that it
would encourage the oneTs thatTs
living in the darkness, to be
brought to light. For God is the
way, the truth, and the light.
Amen.

First, but the most and only; I
think God for waking me up this
morning to praise His name as
well as to listen to (1340 WOOW)
gospel radio station and spiritual
guidance to gain knowledge, un-
derstanding, and wisdom. Most of
all to keep serving Christ fervently.

My name is Lennie Phillips, a
native of Greenville, N.C.. For
older, but mostly younger genera-
tion whoTs learning; God is the
answer and the best policy to save
your lives from this world of de-
struction, which Satan is playing
the betrayal of it. Let me tell you
my brothers and sisters, and ITm
speaking of all races, because I
canTt get through our Lord Jesus,
if I donTt have the love for everyone
as God wilt, ITve learned through
Jesus, that no matter how compli-

January 9, 1997 (FHTNC) "
Navy Seaman Kenneth McCall,
son of Myrtle McCall of 405 Ra-
leigh Ave., Greenville, N.C., re-
cently returned from a six-month
deployment aboard the fast com-
bat support ship USS Supply.

Home ported in Norfolk, Va.,
McCall was one of more than 550
Sailors aboard the ship who trav-

BLACK HISTORY

701 West 14th Street

cated things get, with the way of
life today, you can always believe
and reneweth your heart and mind
in God. I was born into a trouble
family of negligence, abuse, aban-
don, and never felt loved. I ended
up in 2 different foster homes, and
was mistreated as well. ITve expe-
rienced emotional depression from
past relationships as well as mar-
riage, of which the thought oc-
curred in my mind to commit sui-
cide. ITve been to prison twice and
now ITm back again for the third
time and forrobbery. For 31 years,
from remembrance of my child-
hood, all ITve ever wanted was
someones undivided attention,
love, devotion, and moral support,
but never found it.

From May of 96, until December
13, 1996, the day I was arrested; I
found myself being alone, because
the people I reached out and
helped, wouldnTt help me in time
of need. Even my own mother
whoTs living in New Jersey, who
abandoned me twice, abandoned
me again. Being frustrated, con-
fused, emotionally depressed, and
stressed out, caused me to start
doing drugs and I felt no need for
living anymore.

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included eight tactical aircraft
squadrons, seven combatant ships
and two submarines.

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- African-American youth. South
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- where it can never be torn down or

burned. Where its story can be
retold to the generations to come.
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are many South Carolina African-
Americans who fought against the
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people which are called by my name
would humble themselves and
pray, and seek my face,,and turn
from their wicked ways, then |
would hear from heaven, and
would forgive their sins, and heal
their land.? The South lost the
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Christmas Day. May all our
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other for our problems and the
wisdom to check ourselves first.
Let us remember that we pay a
price for the olessons? that we
olearn? in this life and that, no
matter how smart or tough we
think we are, we can be had.

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the swift and greedy. Let us be
the same... whether we live in
abundance or poverty. No one is
perfect; people are all human and
make mistakes. Replace in our
hearts a desire to knoweach other
better; life is too short to waste
time on things we canTt change.
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today, for tomorrow is not prom-
ised to anyone.

To lose the one you truly love is
painful. Noone evertoldus about
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should pass through during this
loss... shock, emotional turmoil,
emptiness, - loneliness, depres-
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tite, being so deeply involved with
your thoughts and feelings. Ev-
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attention. Deep preoccupation
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often finding yourself seeking
escape from pain"doing any-
thing to escape being oalone?, but
no matter what, you'll still feel
lonely and miss that special per-
son.

Love is like death; itTs a part of
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things you did to get that person,
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them; always talk in a nice and
humble way for a better under-
standing, and help in every way
you can. Sacrifice some things;
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each other, especially if your mate
is striving to do their best. En-
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your oquality? time... use it to
love each other better. Be rav-
ished with each otherTs love and
feelings at all times. Never let
anger buildup againsteach other.
Build your house on love and
respect. Never talk about each
other badly to people. Always
say good things which will build
up your character and love for
each other. Love can be known
only from the action it prompts.
Whatever we do for our loved
one"whether big or small"no
matter how great it may seem, if
it is not done in love, it will profit
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