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by Michael Journee, The Jasper NewsBoy

JASPER,TX. A recent announce-
ment of arrests in the James Byrd,
Jr., murder was made to a national
media gathering indicative of the
disastrous proportions of this grue-
some case.

Jasper County Sheriff Billy
RowlesT announced on Tuesday,
June 9th of the arrest and arraign-
ment of three white men in the brutal
murder of Byrd who was black.

In custody and charged with
Byrd's murder were Shawn Berry,
22, of Jasper, Robert Russell
Brewer, 31, of Sulphur Springs,
Tx., and John William King, 23, of
Jasper. All three are being held in
the Jasper County Jail.

According to Rowles, Brewer
and King are believed to have had
ties with white supremacy groups

West Greenville CDC Holds Awards Banquet

(such as the Aryan Nation and Klu
Klux Klan) while serving prison
terms. Both are currently on parole,
while Berry is currently on proba-
tion. Due to the possibility of
the murder being a racial hate
crime, early in the case Rowles
contacted the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, which would have

jurisdiction in such a crime. But as

yet, Rowles says no determination
has been as to whether the case will
be tried in the federal or state

judicial system. According to a

statement by Berry to investigators
and information provided by
Rowles, Byrd was beaten, chained
and then dragged behind Berry's
vehicle for a distance of approxi-
mately three miles. At some point
while being dragged, Byrd's head

Rev. David Moore, CEO of the Metropolitan Low Income Housing of
Beaufort County recieiving award fom Barbara Fenner, Director of
the West Greenville Community Delopment Corporation.

The West Greenville Community Development Corporation
(WGCDC), a nonprofit agency located in inner-city Greenville sponsored
an awards banquet, last Saturday at the Ramada Plaza Hotel.
Approximately 150 persons were in attendance including the mayor of
Greenville, commissioner Jeff Savage, other invited guests and the general

public.

The Challenge Speaker was Rev. David Moore, CEO of

Metropolitan Low Income Housing CDC of Washington, NC. The guests
were entertained by the York Memorial AMEZ youth signers, Darius &
Sandra Shackleford, and Carroll Dashiell and his combo.

Awards were presented to individuals that have made a difference to
the work of WGCDC and the African American community. Specific
awards went to Linda Gunn of the NC Rural Economic Development
Center. Samuel Kosivi receieved the Directors Pacesetter Award. Eagle
Scout Walter Baker Council received the Community Service Award along
with Philippi Church of Christ. Marvin & Reneee Arrington received the
Academic and Protective Service Award. .Edgar Midgett of Floral Accents,
Al Peterson of AlTs Barber Shop, Daniel Bullock & family, Bobby Hardy,
Sr. & family of Headlines I & II, Nellie Rogers of Act one Personnel

Services, and William Nobles of the Dubois

their entrepreneurial ventures.

enter were recognized for

Mr. James Rouse of the Rouse Communications Group received the
Entrepreneurial Award. Helena Edwards of Pitt County Department of
Health received the Outreach Health Care Delivery Award.

Others receiving awards included the speaker Rev. David Moore and

Valerie Thomas of the Battered Women Center.

Businesses and

organizations that were recognized for sponsorship included BB&T Bank,
Wachovia Bank, ECU-Regional Development Institute, Pitt County

Development Commission and the Daily Reflector.

Organizations

recognized for their outreach educational programs included : Cornerstone
Baptist Church SOS Program, Right Step Academy, Terel Newton ECU
Jr. Pre-Medical Student, Shaw University and Pitt Community College.
Nike, Sports Graphics Inc. was recognized for good ocorporate

citizenship.?

FORMER BLACK PANTHER SUES FBI, LAPD
Geronimo Pratt Claims Agencies Withheld Evidence in His Case

LOS ANGELES - A former Black

panther freed after 27 behind
has sued the FBI and Los
Angeles Police ent, claim-

ing the agencies withheld evidence
that proved his innocence,

In the civil rights lawsuit filed
in the U.S. District Court on
Thursday, Geronimo ji Jaga, for-
merly Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt,
claimed he was framed for a 1968
murder he didn't commit.

The lawsuit alleges malicious

tion as well as evidence

tampering, said Brian Dunn, a law

firm associate of Johnnie Cochran, Jr.,
who Pratt in Los Angeles.

ti was arrested in 1970

and charged with murdering

teacher oe Olsen in a robbery
on a Santa Monica tennis court.

Pratt maintained he was in
Oakland attending Black Panther

meetings at the time of the sla;
and that FBI " hid an

dence that would prove it.

ee

The suit also states that prose-
cutors presented false evidence
during Pratt's trial, Dunn said.

"The FBI wanted to get rid of
the leadership of the Panther party
and they were happy to frame him
for something he didn't do," said
Stuart Hanlon, Pratt's attorney in
San Francisco. "We believe that
members of the LAPD and FBI
were involved in illegally locking
him up for 27 years.

I and LAPD officials could
not be reached for comment. .

Pratt was convicted in 1972
and sentenced to 25 years to life in
prison.

Orange County Municipal
Court uae Everett W. Dickey
freed Pratt from prison
after finding he didn't
trial. Pratt and others
numerous orp wth ~ ee
were trumped up e ng
the turbulent 1960s,

Prosecutors have appealed the

last year
a fair
ve said

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and right arm became separated
from his torso. Rowles said that
Byrd may have been alive when
initially dragged behind the truck.
According to police, Berry told
them he was driving Brewer and
King around Jasper in Berry's
primer gray pick-up truck r
12:45 a.m., Sunday, June 7, when
he saw a black man walking along US
96 North in Jasper. Berry told police
that he pulled over to give the man,
who turned out to be Byrd, a ride.

After Byrd was in the truck,
Berry told police, King became
upset that Perry had given Byrd a
ride, using racial epithets and
profanity in describing Byrd who
was riding in the back of the
pick-up truck.

After a brief stop at a local

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convenience store, Berry's state-
ment (detailed in a police affidavit
used to gain arrest warrants) said
that King started driving and that
he told both Berry and Brewer that
he wanted to scare Byrd...again
using racially derogatory language.

Upon stopping along a dirt
road, the police affidavit said Berry
told police that Brewer and King
began beating Byrd to the point of
unconsciousness. Berry contended
that at that time he ran a short
distance from the truck and the
beating scene. Shortly thereafter,
King drove the truck to where
Berry was standing with Brewer as
a passenger. Berry then entered the
truck and they drove away.

It was soon after, officers
related, that Berry said he realized

Byrd was chained to the back of the
truck and was being dragged.

The police affidavit said when
Berry protested, King threatened to

do the same to him.

According to Rowles, Byrd's
partial remains (which at the time
were still unidentified) were found
at approximately 8:20 a.m. on Huff
Creek Road just east of Jasper. The
head and right arm of the body
were missing. Rowles said that a
"trail of some type of brown
substance" was seen by investiga-
tors leading from the body.

Soon afterward, police were
notified that the head and arm from
the torso had been discovered in a
ditch about 1.2 miles from where
the rest of the body had been
discovered. At the location where

NORTH TEXAS?

_ Here are the facts... See Page Two for Commentary and Opinions

the head and arm were found, the
same trail of brown substance lead in
both directions of the road.

As investigators followed the
trail to its origin, several items
including tennis shoes, a shirt, a
wallet and other personal items were
found. Other items include a nut
driver, with the name. " " in-
scribed on it, a cigarette lighter
inscribed with King's nickname
"Possum" inscribed on it along with a
triangle that was identified as a
symbol of the Klu Klux Klan.

Arraignments have been_made
in the murder by Jasper County
Justice of the Peace Ronny Billingsley
and Rowles says investigation of the
case is still ongoing. A determination
about whether the case will fall under
federal jurisdiction will also be made
as soon as possible, says Rowles.

Monday at the courthouse square.

|More on James Byrd, Jr.

After attending a niece's bridal shower last Saturday night, James Bytd. Jr. bid farewell to everyone and
began his journey home on foot in the small town of Jasper, Texas. The wafk turned out to be his last because
the 49 year old father of three never made it home. His life ended when he was chained and dragged on the
back of a pick up truck by three white men who had suspected ties to the Ku Klux Klan. No determination has
yet been made as to whether the case will be tried in the federal or state judicial system. NAACP National
President Kweisi Mfume has urged the Justice Department to bring federal charges.

Byrd, a former vacuum salesman lived on disability due to an arm injury. He was described as an outgoing
and friendly person who loved music and had a beautiful singing voice.

The arraignment of the three men was telecast live on the Cable News Network and has been broadcast
worldwide by at least 150 media sources. The Jasper Ministerial Alliance and the Jasper Chamber of Commerce
have encouraged all Jasper residents to show their support for ByrdTs family. A prayer vigil was held on last

The Issue..."

Michael Dixon Says That, "Self-Empowerment Is

Dixon...

Michael Dixon, a Pitt County
two-term school board member,
applauds the work that the

Coalition Against Racism (CAR)

and the NAACP is doing in terms

of the protest against racism in the -

Pitt County School System. Dixon
does, however, feel that more
important issues need to be ad-
dressed that are adversely affecting
blacks in the school system.

oThe existence of racism is
nothing new and continuously
harping on it is not the most
effective way to change things. We,
as a people need to focus more on
pulling ourselves up by our own
bootstraps,? declares Dixon.

A te of UNC-Chapel
Hill with a degree in political
science, Dixon knows what it is
like to pull oneTs self up by his own
bootstrap. After graduating from
college, he was unable to get a

professional job in his field and
had to take a job in a manufactur-
ing plant where he worked for 14
years.

Frustrated that the systemT
did not work in terms of rewarding
him with a career that he deserved
as a college graduate, Dixon de-
cided to take matters in his own
hands: With a masters degree in
Theology, Dixon stepped out on
faith and fulfilled his dream of
becoming a full time minister.

oThe systemT seldom works
for a person in the way that he
wants, especially if you are black,?
says Dixon, who has been pastor of
the Refuge One Church of Christ
for the past 20 years. oYou have to
make it work for you. In the same
way the African American commu-
nity must come together about
some of the serious and pressing
issues and work toward solutions,?
explains _" Dixon. oSelf-
empowerment is the key. What are
we going to have to start doing for
ourselves if we want things to get
better."

Dixon feels that the school
administration has dealt with
many of the issues{ protested) as
well as any school administration
could have done. oWhile I am not
in agreement with all of the
administrationTs decisions, I do feel
that the system exhausted its power
in most of the cases,? says Dixon.
oEvery case is different and many
issues are very complex.?

o| feel that much harsher
punishment should have been ren-
dered for the Wintergreen teacher
who used the oN? word doing
Black History Month. It is more to
firing a teacher than realized. This

teacher was tenured with an exem-
plary record. There were also
technicalities surrounding who
heard the teacher say the oN? word.

Dixon, who also serves as the
International Chairman of The
Board of Elders for the Apostolic
Pentecostal Holiness Church, is
gravely concerned that black males
comprised 81% of the students who
were suspended from school in Pitt
County last year. oWhat are we
doing to help solve problems like
this one? Where are these chil-
drenTs parents?"

Dixon feels that leaders need
to focus more on things like parent
education, male mentorship and
drug prevention programs. oHow
much would firing the Wintergreen
teacher help toward black male
suspension??

Another issue that Dixon feels
that the black community need to
come together on is the lack of
black representation in key employ-
ment positions in the school sys-
tem. oWhere are the black
principals, teachers and top school
administrators? What are we going
to do to improve these type
situations?o Dixon. He also
questions the effect of integration
on black student achievement
since there have been fewer black
students honored during awards
day ceremonies.

Dixon feels that issues of
apathy in the black community
have added to the problems of
racism in general. Economic, po-
litical, educational, and social em-
powerment are issues that he will
continue to keep at the forefront as
a community activist and school
board member.

Whites Repent For
Nation's Worst Race

Riot in 1921.

Mabel Little had something
to say to those assembled on the
77th anniversary of one of the
nation's worst race riot in
Oklahoma.

"God bless you wonderful
people!" said Mrs. Little who lost
her church, her business and 35°
blocks of her community when
White mobs torched it in two
days of rioting on June 1, 1921.
Hundreds -both Black and White.
attended a emotional assembly of
repentance? in a bare lot where
Tulsa's thriving business district
once proudly stood.

Ishmael Reed Among

"Genius Grants'

An outspoken literary inno-
vator and a pioneer of the World:
of ogenius grants" from the
MacAuthur Foundation this year. |
week by the John and Catherine
T. Mac Arthur Foundation in-.
clude five year stipends of from.
$220,000 to $375,000, depend-
ing on the recipient's age. There
are no strings attached to how

the money is | eat

Effect on the National
"Chicago aoe
the only ones cheering Michael
Jordan. According to Fortune

reer has had a $10 Billion impact
on the U.S. economy in gate
receipts for the NBA, TV Ratings
and NBA sale of goods.

magazine, Jordan's stunning ¢& |

AIDS EPIDEMIC STRIKES EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

_ The Congressional Black Caucus, chaired by
African Americans between the sone of 25 and 44 years old. The problem of young blacks dying from
ing overall.

new AIDS cases are

US Rep. Maxine Waters, is calli

for a state of emergency over the skyrocketing death rate
AIDS is not emphasized anne the satire

The Congressional Black Caucus is calling on President Clinton and Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala to appropriate more
funding for high risk areas. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Blacks now represent 35 per cent of all reported cases and 43 per cent of new

cases, even though blacks comprise only 12
poverty, low self-esteem, drug use and the
addresses

high risk communities and should be considered a state of emergency,

for a

persons per 100,000 people in Pitt County are HIV
Holland reports that African-American Women is the fastest growing and most at risk group

erson infected with AIDS vitus and funds are limited," explains Ho spen
tt County ranks 10th of the 100 counties in North Carolina in HIV cases and Sth of the 100 counties for Actual AIDS cases. Currently 23.1
positive, "Eastern NC has one of the fastest growing rates of HIV in the state,"

are the fastest growing and most at risk groups in terms of age, with 5
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African-American males,' rts

PICASO, founded in 1987, ptovides health care and therapy for HIV and AIDS victims. Services

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PICASO should call 830-1660,

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ly and victim counseling, and

cent of the population. The problem of AIDS continue to be wi
ug use lack of education concerning the disease, The Pitt County AIDS Services
these issues. Statistics in the Pitt County are grim and the problems associated with the disease are
Mary Holland, director of PICASO, as evidenced in Pitt County, agrees that the problems of HIV and AIDS have reached epidemic

in the black community due to
on (PICASO) in Greenville

affecting many black families.

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in terms of financial funding. It costs $12,000 per year for

"For every dollar

in the country.

ided by the
programs concerning S. Anyone ng to find out more about

th
t on prevention, $42 taht stem

reports Holland.
People between the ages of 13 and 18
of the AIDS related cases 25 years and under

tion also include case

Gilbiahoniacs nets stosthaenneneasie

: Credo of the Black Press

The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racial
and natural antagonisms when it accords to every person, regardless of race,
color or creed, full human rights. Hating no person, fearing no person in the
firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back.

The brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr. of Jasper, Texas allegedly by three white men was a modern-day
lynching that recalls the atrocities of an ugly era when racial discrimination ruled American society.

Today racial discrimination no longer rules American society.

But the slaying of James Byrd, Jr. - yet another episode of racism taken to the extremes of deadly violence -
underscores the fact that racism remains a significant factor in American life.

For women as a group, and for blacks and other people of color, the substantial progress made in expanding
opportunity has not eliminated the barriers they face in the workplace - nor in just living their lives free of racist
and sexist violence.

Data on incidents of racism violence and hate crimes gathered by the Anti Defamation League and other
organization show that organized white supremacist hate groups still constitute a serious threat.

But even more worrisome, those who closely track hate crimes say that hate groups actually commit less than
5 percent of them. The rest are the work of individuals.

"We are actually into an era of freelance hate, " says Brian Levin, an expert on hate crimes, told USA Today
this week. "You may have people who go to a Klan rally, or tap into a web site, but they're their own franchise."

Those words, chilling as they are, should not dismay us. They should energize us to do the work that needs
to be done.

Mr. Byrd's murder, occurring as it did near the first anniversary of President Clinton's much-maligned race
relations initiative, also underscores something very noticeable - and pernicious - about the discussion of race
in America.

That is, that whenever an outrageous incident of overt racism such as this occurs, a deep silence seems to
blanket part of the nation's racial landscape.

No, I am not faulting those whites, in Texas and elsewhere who have forthrightly condemned the
reprehensible deed.

State and local officials in Texas appear to have acted with dispatch to arrest the men responsible for this
act of horrific savagery, and they have pledge to investigate the crime fully and prosecute it vigorously.

And, as our sympathy surround Mr. Byrd's family and friends, we also acknowledge the decency and courage
of Ronald L. King, whose son is one of the accused. The open letter of "apology" he issued last week was selfless
act from one who from the depths of his own sorrow, urges all of us to follow the path toward redemption.

"It hurts me deeply," Mr. King wrote with obvious anguish, "to know that a boy I had raised and considered
to be the most loved boy I knew could find it in himself to take a life. This deed cannot be undone, but I hope
we can go forward in peace and with love for all. Let us find on our hearts love for our fellow man. Hate can
only destroy.?

Who can deny the truth of that statement? We have seen and continue to see hatred's destructive force acted
out time and again in this country and around the world.

The looming question is: Will we go forward?

The challenge - has been posed in many different words this past week by those who have been urging the
nation toward such a discussion - among them President Clinton, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, invited by Mr.
Byrd's family to Jasper, leaders of the the Congressional Black Caucus, Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO of
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

But one group has been noticeably silent: Where is the comment from those who have be saying so
vociferously that we should not pay attention to race, that we should be blind to color?T

Now, where is the comment - the contribution - of those conservative and so-called centrist media
commentators, politicians, professors and think-tank fellows who've spent the past years disparaging the Clinton
Race Initiative.

I've looked for them these past few days.

Instead, I found that profound "silence" from them which signals their retreat behind the walls of darkness
and denial wait for the shock of the murder of James Byrd, Jr. to fade away, to wait for us to forget.

It's up to those of us who are not blind to reality to not forget the work that must be done.

That is why the National Urban League has joined with six other organizations to fight bigotry. Our partners
are: the Anti-Defamation League, Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, the National Conference for
Community and Justice, the National Congress of American Indians, the National Council of La Raza, and the
National Italian American Foundation.

We must remember that if we Americans don't unite against all forms of racism, bias and bigotry, intergroup
violence will continue to spread.

In that regard, it's not too late to improve the effort the President's Initiative on Race has made to encourage
a frank, positive discussion of America's racial difficulties.

Mr. Cliriton himself should devote more personal attention to it in order to sharpen its focus and tackle this
really tough issue.

That is one way America can "go forward," and in so doing, redeem the suffering, James Byrd endured and
repudiate the intent of his killers. so

Remember the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor,
Remember June First-98 and Remember PCMH!!

Submitted by Jean Leigh, Concerned Greenville Citizen

On June Ist 1998, Pitt County Memorial Hospital was given away by five county commissioners: Ed
Bright, Tom Johnson, Sr,. Kenneth Dews, Edith Warren and Mark Owen, Jr.. It was deeded to the "Corporation."
Would you care to guess who or what the "Coorporation is? If you find out, please let me know. Not to worry,
we have been told for sixteen months, "We will maintain control". My advise is don't listen to what they say,
even if some of what they say is true, there are always to many "wiggle" words. Read what they sign.

We have three educators, one business man and one attorney in this five voter block. Somehow they managed
to miss a vital legal constitutional guarantee. When you deed property to someone or a "corporation", it is gone.
Legally, a clear deed indicates clear ownership.

May I add that the three educators have been in education twenty to thirty years each. I ardently oppose
giving away the hospital, but looking at the track record of the schools, I would rejoice if we gave the schools
away. Then our students could learn on a olevel playing field". I can never accept that our teachers are
incompetent nor that 22% of our students are exceptional. However, if we look at the past sixth grade English
grammar book, the second rule reads, "ignore spelling, punctuation, and grammar, just write."

Mark Twain once wrote that when he was a boy of fourteen, he thought his old man was the dumbest man
he had ever seen, but when he became a man of twenty one, he was amazed at how much the old man had learned
in only seven short years.

Dave McRae, CEO of the "Corporation", the Board of Trustees of the "Corporation and the five voting block
of the County Commissioners for the "Corporation" have moved diametrically opposite of Mark Twain.

Sometime between 1974 and 1976 the citizens of Pitt County were given the usual "snow job", of how smart
we were, Our fiscal salvation was to vote to expand and build a medical center and start a medical school. We
listen to the politics, demagoguery, rhetoric and some plain lying. I, like most of the citizens, voted to raise our
property taxes to build the hospital.

In the last six months I, like you, have heard Dave McRae say that the public could not be educated to
understand such esoteric items as "level playing fields", HMOTs," doctors referral", etc., etc. As an after thought,
McRae said that we would have to get permission from the General Assembly to vote on the hospital. Our
constitution Federal and State, are badly crumbling but the last time I looked, the General Assembly is elected
by the same people that cannot understand why we have to give our hospital away.

Fellow citizens, may I remind you that general elections are held in even years. This gives us only five
months to learn what we need to know.. As a matter of fact, isn't it wonderful that we are smart for two or three
days every other year?

The main idea I suggest we think about are some plain arithmetic skills. No high level math is needed.
According to hospital's sources we are engaged with Chesapeake and Albemarle hospitals to build a hospital in
Dare County with eighteen beds for eighteen million dollars. I figure that is a million dollars per bed. Again,
according to the hospital sources, we can purchase Heritage Hospital in Tarboro for eighty million, actually
"$81,633,000". Heritage hospital has 127 beds. Our commissioners struggled valiantly for the best deal possible.
ono ig wee ara ghee nebmgir shaman ein C0 ytd

on t plan. Are we, and taxpayers, of Pitt County looking at seven hundred
millions dollar lost?

Americans seem to have memories even if they have short interest spans. Remember the Alamo, Remember
the Maine, Remember Pearl Harbor, Remember June first, 1998 and Remember the second Tuesday in November
when we get to vote and Remember PCMH.

Thurgood Marshall, the great NAACP attorney, was absolutely correct when years ago he said that if civiil
rights laws were passed, the physical behavior of anti-black racist would forcibly changed the mental behavior
and attitudes of the race bigots would remain poeple In other words, Marshall was saying that RESPECT,
even if given reluctantly, is a vital ingredient to the realization of the full, equal and essential citizenship of black
Americans.

Since the passing of civil rights laws in the sixties, black ny gains
greater respect, and progress towards establishing racial equality. We now have politicians like Carol Mosely
Braun, the first female black U.S. Senator, Dr. Paula Mahone and Dr. Karen Drake, the two black physicians who
delivered the world famous septupulets "alive and well" in lowa; Havard-produced, and lawyer-trained business
expert Franklin Raines, who recently resigned as the head of President Clinton's Office of Management and
Budget: Oprah Winfrey, leading talk show moderator in American, and Gen. Colin Powell, voted most popular
potential U.S. presidential candidate for the year 2000. Other blacks have demanded because of the
intelligence and knowledge they have shown in public through television shows such as Jeopardy" and "Wheel
of Fortune?.

But several stubborn impediments to full respect for blacks remain some relentless and stereotype -
perpetuating media- the newspapers, magazines, radio, theater, and televisions. Black people too often are not
presented with with accuracy, objectivity, and fairness of the media. But equally important is the distressing fact
fact that black people reveal the psychological carry-over of slavery by degrading themselves and other black .
people. Consider these examples,

**When I was teaching at Central State University in the seventies, a young black female student presented
a so-called "slice of Negro Life" for a cultural program in Robeson Auditorium. The audience was shock to hear
ner use very vulgar language in describing the so-called life in the ghetto. The program was suppose to be
" tural."

**When I went to Ohio University, I attended the senior recital of a black student graduating in drama. He
also recited a monologue concerning olife in the inner city" and it also detailed the alleged whoredom of an
imaginary sister, dope, drunkenness, and other revolting details of depravity. The audience, all white people except
for myself, loudly applauded this revolting narrative. When he ended his presentation I went to the stage and
berated him and declaring his performance a disgrace to his and my people. He then told softly, This s---t smells
but this s---t sells. That's the way it is.

** About ten years ago a drama teacher at Ohio University advertised for a person to portray an old black
man in a stereotypical "Uncle Remus" play containing "slave talk" for the black man and standard English for
the white children. I read the script and was outraged by the obsequiousness required of the make believe black
man. This piece of trash was never produced.

**When Alice Walker's The Color Purple appeared in book form, I brought a copy, but was unable to read
pass the first two pages because of the lewd and vulgar references to sexual organs and intercourse. It's tone of
moral degradation and mental poverty prevented me and others from reading further.

Black people are restricting their own progress by presenting themselves in movies, and on stage and
television as naturally depraved immoral buffoons seeking immediate gratification, which is very stupid and
unworthy of the civil rights progress won by the sacrifices of Dr. King and many others of both races.

An excellent and long-lasting service would be performed for the black community; if civic groups and civil
rights organizations, wealthy black business people, athletes and others would become the "patrons" of talented
and right thinking musicians, writers, and other creative people found in the black community. Just as it was and
is of those wealthy patrons in Europe who enabled musicians, artists and others to produce musical, literary and
artistic work of which all could be proud, so should wealthy black people Americans encourage blach Iterary
excellence and help win the respect ALL people can identify as their shared cultural endowment.

The suffering and the triumphs black have experience in America can be a rich source of creative excellence
and motivation that would draw intense emotional response and universal admiration for an upwardly mobile
people. Literacy, musical, artistic and other renditions of black excellence certainly will produce the respect
Thurgood Marshall indicated and would help bring into full flower the long overdue equal citizenship
requirements of all African Americans.

ple have made many gains toward achieving
peo

Jasper Speaks Out Against Byrd Atrocity

Special to M-Voice News fromThe Jasper NewsBoy/The Sunday Newsboy

From the Publisher, Jasper NewsBoy
By Willis Webb, Editor & Publisher

Unfortunately, a wonderful town filled with good decent people has blemished brought about by the
senseless, brutal and wanton act of a few individuals who are not representative of the true nature of Jasper
County.

the senseless killing of James Byrd, Jr. last weekend has focused world attention on the city and county of
Jasper.

Post in this community are in shock. Many are wondering how in the world a family can cope with such
a cruel incursion upon their lives. And what will someone say to those members of the Byrd family who are
desperately trying to come to grips with this tragedy?

This community (Jasper) can begin by coming together as one people and reaffirming everyone's
commitment to fairness, the equality of humans under law and in all minds. The coming together can continue
as we see to it that all elements of the criminal justice system pursue truth and justice in this case.

And finally, we have the opportunity to show the world in these next few days that there is-enough love and
understanding in Jasper to overcome and overshadow any unwanted, cruel bigotry that is thrust upon us.

From the Managing Editor, Jasper NewsBoy
Michael Journee/The Jasper NewsBoy

I really don't understand how people can be absolutely vicious to one another. -

Murder, drugs, drive- by shootings, gang activity and now a possible hate crime- all right here in Jasper.
What's going on?

It all sounds like things you would read about in the metropolitan newspapers. Well, that's not anymore.

For the second week straight, our lead story has been about people killing people as Jasper County lawmen
are in the middle of another murder investigation here in our typically quiet little town. James Byrd Jr.,49, was
murdered in a most horrendous way this past weekend. What was left of his body was found floating in Huff
Creek east of Jasper. Because of the circumstances surrounding ByrdTs death- it being a possible hate crime- the
Federal Bureau of Investigation will likely take over the case.

And the national media will take it over, too. Since I have started writing this column early Tuesday
morning, three metropolitan (Houston and Dallas) news organization have called to talk to me and get an
"inside" view of the community where such a thing could happen. But I'm just as perplexed as anyone - perhaps
a little more, because I am "inside" and do know Jasper. It's very hard for me to accept that there are people in
the town who could do such atrocious thing - obviously there are. ~

Human cruelty is perhaps the one thing in this world that truly sickens me most. It takes many forms -
with what happen to Byrd being the extreme. It would take someone filled with venom and hatred to be so
horrible and have such a heart of stone. My prayers and condolences go out to the Byrd family.

But this violent trend seems to be pervasive throughout our society. It must be if our small town is feeling
the shockwaves.

Since I returned home to Jasper a little more than one year ago to work here at The Jasper Newsboy, |
high we pave had more stories in the paper about serious crimes than ever appeared the entire time I was in

school.

I don't know this for sure- but in the Newsboy's 133- year history I'd be willing to wager there have never
been stories about two different murders in consecutive editions. Terrible- so very terrible.

Although this crime certainly warrants extensive coverage, | am beginning to have some qualms about the
one thing that bothers me about my colleagues in the media- their tendency to make a feeding frenzy out of a
tragic event. I know that the sheriff's office has been inundated by reporters of every stripe since Monday morning
and certainly there are more to come. For the sake of Byrd's family and justice I hope this does not turn into one
of those all too familiar "media circuses." It has all the making for it.

It seems that Jasper's most recent claims to fame - or infamy as the case may be - lately come along these
lines. A Jasper dateline was on the front page of the Houston Chronicle this in relation to Byrd's death.
The last time that happened was in August of last year when Adaberto Vega's body was discovered buried in a
shallow grave here. picture of Jasper this paints for the world certainly is not an accurate one in my eyes.

The intrusion of such despicable crimes into our town is ie. These are the severe ing pains
that will have to be dealt with if we are to continue to grow and f as a community. I feel like Jasper is
acm Ahaphg Aeade ay abrir Aastaceips Ral ey rat son ike the Boy's & Girls Club, some new

in the schools and with strong support our local law enforcement community receive from our residents.
Although there is obviously a long to go, and despite the very small extremes that condone such atrocities,
I believe we have a true community of neighbors here in my hometown.

EDTOR'S NOTE: The Publisher and the staff of the M-Voice Newspaper wish to thank the staff and
Publisher of The Jasper NewsBoy for its cooperation and help in providing this paper with facts and
opinions regarding the tradgedy that occurred in their community, Your comments and opinions are

Kitty J. Pope, Editor

DEGREES OF MURDER
The injustice of a senseless, wanton and barbaric act of murder perpetrated against James Byrd,
Jr., should never be a question in the eyes of the law, even though the idea of capital punishment

questions the morals within society everyday. While we were sleeping, our brother James Byrd was
ruthlessly dragged to his death...

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I SAMUEL 14:43-45 43 Then Saul

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and said, I did but taste a little honey
with the end of the rod that was in
mine hand, and, lo, I must die.

44 And Saul answered, God do so
and more also: for thou shalt surely
die, Jonathan.

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Shall Jonathan die, who hath
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head fall to the ground; for he hath
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and Diane I. Langley of 146
Edgewood Drive, Chocowinity.
N.C., recently completed a six-
month deployment to the Arabian
Sea and Persian Gulf aboard the

Q destroyer USS Ingersoll.

Langley departed his home
port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in
November as part of the multina-
tional interception force in the gulf
to support U.N. sanctions levied
against Iraq after the 1991 Gulf War.

While on " deployment,
Langley and crew members partici-
pated in exercise Iron Siren involv-
ing ships from the British Royal
Navy and the United Arab
Emirates. This training exercise
consisted of damage control. shi-
phandling drills and tactical en-
counters.

During a visit to Australia,
Langley and crew members enjoyed
Anzac Day. Blending our Memorial
Day, Veterans Day and the Fourth

of July, it's the only Australian
holiday dedicated to the military.
recognizing fallen veterans from
World War II. Korea. Vietnam. and
the Gulf War. Langley's ship par-
ticipated in several wreath-laving
ceremonies and benefit events, and
invited more than 10.000 visitors to
tour the ship including 150 from a
local children's hospital.

Destrovers. like Langley's
ship. have traditionally been the
workhorses of the U.S. Navy.
defending battle groups against
threats from land. air. above and
below the sea. Equipped with
Tomahawk cruise missiles. Harpoon
anti-ship missiles and Sea Sparrow
Missiles, USS Ingersoll is capable
of hitting enemy targets hundreds of
miles away.

In addition. Langley's ship
carries two helicopters with sonar
and torpedo capabilities, expanding
the ship's reach

He joined the navy in
September 1989.

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goats and produce meat, milk,
cheese and soap. These are the target
farms of the support campaign
Nationally farms average 470 acres,
well above the Tar Heel average.

The billboard, television, ra-
dio and newspaper campaign will
encourage consumers to buy fruits
and vegetables directly from small,
local farmers' markets and pick-
your-own operations.

"Consumers can make sure
they get the highest quality and
freshest produce possible," said
state Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Graham. "Produce buyers will
also keep small farmers farming
and prices competitive."

The campaign runs from May
through the growing season. It is
headed by Archie Hart, special
assistant to Commissioner Graham.

HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
BEGINS PROJECT |
HOPE

GREENVILLE " While the state
of North Carolina had a decrease
in the number of new HIV cases
last year, Eastern North Carolina
had an 11% increase! Pitt County
has one of the highest rates of
HIV/AIDS in North Carolina. HIV
has left no segment of the popula-
tion untouched. However, in Pitt
County, 80% of all persons who
have tested positive for HIV are
African-American. Many blame

, the lack of prevention education

and services for the increase in the

The Pitt County Health
Department and the Pitt County
Mental Health Center developed
Project Outreach almost 5. years
ago to increase prevention services
to the community. This month, the
Health Department began offering
expanded services to the citizens of
West Greenville. The Department
has developed Project HOPE,
(Health Outreach through
Prevention and Education), a new
component of the Reach for Me
Clinic. Through Project HOPE, the
Health Department will be provid-
ing HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B
prevention education and screen-
ing in the homes of Pitt County
residents.

Project Hope began offering
this door-to-door service in the
Moyewood Community the second
week in May. Nurses and other
Health Department staff will be
Offering information about many
health issues in addition to offering
these tests. They also want to learn,
from community residents, what
other services should be offered
door-to-door.

The Health Department will
continue to provide services at the
Reach for Me Clinic every Tuesday
and Thursday afternoons from
12:30 to 3:30. The Reach for Me

_ Cast.

Clinic is located next to the

Greenville Community Shelter at
1600 Chestnut Street. Entrance to
the clinic is from the back of the
building. If you would like more
information about Project HOPE,
please call Rene Williams at the
Pitt County Health Department at

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[NAACP PRESIDENT/CEO URGES US.D.A. TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF BLACK | L

action to prevent additional loss of Headquarters in

Baltimore, MD ~ NAACP incieesing dilemma the Alticon be a growing number of foreclo- assess the seriousness of this :
pennacees sand C2) Kawiat Nisin American farmers andthe NAACP sures on Black farms, and the problem so that African Americans _Black-owned farms." As a result, Maryland, within the
requested that the U.S. has been concerned for some time disclosure of widespread discrimi- are not rele ee the NAACP has established an Department,
Departmen ol Agee (omen now about long-term conse- nation in lending, with the consumer class only." Office of Rural Dev nate this effort.
take a much more aggressive ee backlog of several pend- stated that cline nadie tae Outreach. Further, at - The Office
Buckland fos oths isan Taba things ing civil rights cases, is alarming. tionship with USDA is paramount _request, the USDA has assi Devel Outreach will
Black land loss. " is an umaorpable Ther citintan te I believe we must move quickly to in developing an immediate plan of staff person to work at the National to help prepare NAACP branches
. Use oe to become advocates for small and
li Schol i unt acfoss the county wil benefit
Mm eetcaelites tie me mevenme Gri lea de cholars Ht units across the county
_.. ¢ration will be given to those rural
ne areas already besieged by
problem. Additionally, the NAACP
will be reviewing and investigating

requests for aid, identifying. short-
term solutions, and developing a
long-range and permanent ap-
proach to this predicament. "I don't
necessarily expect that this will b a
panacea,? said Mfume. "The proc-
ess will be a long and tedious one,
however, it is certainly the first step
in the right direction."
, Mfume went on to say that
otoday, in 1998, there are less than
16,000 African American-owned
farms across the nation. Overall,
500 small farms failed weekly, with
African Americans losing 9,000
acres at the same rate. African
American farmers are losing land
«at a rate of 1,000 acres a day. "The
Black Farmers Association, Inc.,
has protested, litigated, and met
with high-level government offi-
cials without an equitable solution.
It is evident that the discriminatory
practices of the Federal govern-
ment had resulted in a major
decrease in the number of Black
farmers in this country.
Accordingly, the NAACP joins
with members of the USDA
| Coalition of Minority Employees,
; and other organizations in support
| of the struggle of the Black
farmers," said Mfume. He added,
"all persons who believe in what is
| right must join together to urge the
| Federal government to settle all of
the claims of the Black farmers and
to take affirmative steps to ensure
that discriminatory practices across
the country are eliminated.

The Carol Wilson Caldwell Legal Scholarship Fund Banquet was held on Saturday June 21 at the ECU-Willis Building. Dr. Gloria Scott, President of Bennett College in Greensboro was

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Americans are eating a lower
percentage of total calories from fat,
they are eating more calories over-
all. This may. be due to confusing
public health messages that stressed
eating a low-fat diet without calorie
restriction. Contrary to some widely
circulated ideas about low-fat cat-
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' Studies also indicate that
Americans are more sedentary on
the job and in their leisure time.
Children are watching far more
television and are less physically

lifestyle strategies,such as calorie |
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activity, medications, and in some
cases, surgery. :

The American Heart
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and professional education, and
community programs. With more
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high blood cholesterol, high blood
pressure, sedentary lifestyle, and
now obesity. Heredity, increasing
age and being male are -also
regarded as risk factors by the
association, but they cannot be
changed.

The association upgraded the
status of obesity from a contribut-
ing risk factor to a major risk factor
for heart attack due to strong
scientific evidence of obesity's im-
pact on heart disease risk and due
to the increased prevalence of the
condition in the population.yU
Research ha shown that modest
weight reduction -- 5 to 10 percent
body weight -- can reduce high
blood pressure and total blood
cholesterol. Modest achievable
weight loss can also help control
diabetes in some people.

A recent survey (National
Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey Ill), conducted between
1988 and 1994, indicated that 22.5
percent of men and women ages 20
to 74 were obese.

If we broaden our definition
of obesity to include people who
are overweight, over 50 percent of
American adults are 15 to 20
percent of our children are over-
weight today.

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In Ohio, the Reverend
Lawrence Anderson is the Reform
Party candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, his third campaign for
pubic office as an independent
since 1992. The Reform Party
currently has intermediate party
status in the state of Ohio, and
Reverend Anderson and _ the
Reform Party ticket are aiming for
the 20% of the vote required this
year to move it to major party
status.

Finally, I am running for
Lieutenant Governor in New York,
seeking the nomination of the
Independence Party (the New York
affiliate of the national Reform
Party). My campaign like the
Norwood, Redmond, Griffin, and
Anderson campaigns--is designed
to expand our party's base in the
Black and Hispanic community and
among urban voters generally.
There's a new generation of voters
in our communities who feel our
lifelong loyalty to the Democrats
has not paid off. We're building a
party for them.

Lenora B. Fulani twice ran for
President of the U.S. as an inde-
pendent, making history in 1988
when she became the first woman
and African American to get on the
ballot in all fifty states. Dr. Fulani
is currently a leading activist in the
Reform Party and chairs the
Committee for a Unified
Independent Party. She can be

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through her home page at
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Commissioner Savage feels that
Black Reparation is a well placed
Savage? time 2 ne

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Reparation owould help toward
giving blacks the ability and
means towards self empower-
ment. Savage will on
different approaches to black self
empowerment for the 21st Century.

the foundation
Reparation claims.

The crises we face today as 7
Africans in America are directly

attributable to the African Hol-
ocaust and slavery: the destruc-
tion of African nations and
communities; . the. genocidal
destruction of African people on
an unimaginable scale; and
cultural aggression, the caleu-
lated attempt to de-Africanize
African people in order to retard

RON DANIELS
MT, a_"?,? The political freedom of the

Ttenaired. Reparations, restitu-

tion for the centuries of forced
labor which built this nation, is
& corrective and a.major ingre-
dient in the prescription to heal
our people. To: this point in
history the U.S. has refused to

T acknowledge its moral obliga-

tion to make restitution for the

1 damages done to African people
} by slavery.

_ After the Civil War, African
captives were simply ofreed?
and made citizens through the
13th, 14th and 15th Amend-
ments to the Constitution. But
there was no formal apology for
the crimes of capturing and
enslaving African people. And
there was no 40 acres and a

.. Mule, nogranting of property or

capital as compensation for the
long and tragic travail of slav-
ery. Though a Bill which would

have provided 40 acres and a °

mule did pass the Congress it
was vetoed by President And-

NC OFFICE OF WOMEN'S HEALTH REPORTS TO
GENERAL ASSEMBLY

the lifecycle.

SETVICES.

health concerns and focus to

by Sheila Cromer, RNC.MS.

The first report of the new NC Office of Women's Health, presented to the General Assembly,
calls for the development of a statewide strategic plan to address women's health needs throughout

The document focus on the need for coordinated planning, better promotion of healthy
behaviors, and ensuring that women's special needs are addressed in the provision of health care

_ forced to meet
our righteous
demand for

| Justice ... and
reparations!

rew Johnson. In effect Africans
in the U.S. were made citizens
and granted opolitical? rights
without osocial? rights.

The former slaves were
freed without any meaningful
provision for a substantial
economic base to undergird
their political freedom. Hence,
the former slaves were often
compelled to return to the very

plantations they were forced to "

work on during slavery. This
time they would be subjected to

- a new form of slavery/peonage
, as sharecroppers, tenant far-
_ mers and agricultural laborers.

former slaves was also chal-

lenged as white racist and

terrorist organizations like the
White Brotherhood, Knights of

the White Camellia and the Ku

Klux Klan unleashed a rein of
terror designed to drive Afri-
cans from the ballot box and
positions of power during the
Reconstruction period. A rigid

system 0! |
installed and enforced by mas-
sive lynchings, brutality and
terror. Thus the status of the
new ocitizens? of the U.S. was

U.S. can never achieve real
freedom until the condition of
economic dependency and
insecurity have been overcome;
In an article entitled Prophetic

Liberator of the Coloured Race

of the United States of America:
Command to His People, pub-
lished by New Age Print in
1913, Arthur Anderson spoke
as follows: oWe, the colored race

T of the U.S.A. and our represen-

tatives, your wards and half
brothers and sisters by blood
demand $600,000,000 indem-
nity for slavery, for the trail of
blood sacrificed ingagiman lives,
the loss of country. The years of
tyranny and oppression that

_ followed and continues today on

the ex-slaves and their off-
springs, created by the institu-
tion of a cruel slavery by the
American people of the U.S.A.?
Not merely content to accep:
the payment of cash as full
restitution for slavery, Mr. An-
derson went further to o...de-
mand of the U.S.A. Govern
ment a suitable territory, a part
of the United States, not some
distant land over the sea, but
the U.S.A. The land, every inch

blood of the Negro, shed in the
upbuilding of this empire.?
Anderson suggested that the
plight of Africans in the U.S. be

one of dependency, insecurity taken before The. World Court
and continued oppression. at the Hague if the demands for
' There have always been Af. indemnification were not met.
rican leaders and freedom For the last. few decades it "
fighters who have had the fore- | -W48 Queen Mother Moore, a
sight to see that Africansinthe brilliant warrior woman with

roots in the Garvey movement,
who relentlessly preached,
taught and pressed the crusade '
for reparations. Queen Mother
MooreTs essential message has
been that African people in the
U.S. can never achieve real
freedom and self-determination
until we have been paid repara-
tions as compensation for the
loss of our inheritance--the
damages resulting from slavery
must be repaired.

Heeding the teaching of
Queen Mother Moore and other
freedom fighters, the National
Coalition of Blacks for Repara-
tions in America (NTCOBRA),
has helped spearhead the cam-
paign for reparations. The
critical focal point of NTCO- |
BRATs work has been to mobi-
lize support for a Reparations |
Bill which has been introduced |

iis SF labia

oaf which fa hallowed by the.

in the U.S. Congress by Cong..
John Conyers of Michigan.
H.R. 40, as the Reparations

Bill is designated, would estab-
lish a commission oto study the ,

social and economic impact of
the institution of slavery on
Africans and their African-
American descendants and
make recommendations. for

appropriate remedies.? In the *

face of mounting support for
reparations in the African-
American community, hearings
on H.R. 40 are scheduled for
next month, before the Civil
and Constitutional Rights Sub-
Committee of the House Judi-
ciary Committee. These hear-
ings are an initial step in what
is likely to be a protracted and
difficult struggle to win repara-
tions. But, as Cong. Conyers
notes in a letter to his col-
leagues in the House, oIt is past
time for the Congress to ack-
nowledge the injustice and
inhumanity of slavery.?

(Editor's note: Among others at

war with the U.S. about repara-
tions is Atty. Robert L. Brock,
who has instituted legal action

in Los Angeles to force the U.S.

to admit that America has two
distinct forms of citizenship.)

Dr. Robert L. Capps
Dr. Mark S. Bowman

Cosmetic &
Reconstructive
Dentistry

1012 Charles Blvd.

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The Office of Women's Health was created
by 1997 legislation to "expand the State's public
include a
comprehensive outlook on the overall health
status of women." Located in the Department of
Health and Human Services. the office is headed

Specific issues singled out in the report include reducing HIV infection among women,
finding effective ways to blend public health and managed care strategies to provide optimal
women's health care and educating providers about the needs of disabled women.

The report stresses the need for better consumer education and more widely available
information about women's health issues. healthy behaviors and preventive health services.
Among the recommendations is the development of a women's health information network, which
would include Internet-accessible information.

Additionally, the report cites a need to increase health care providersT awareness of specific
issues in women's health, particularly where men's and women's health outcomes differ. For
example, the report notes that women with cardiovascular disease (the largest killer of women as
well as men) are under-diagnosed by physicians and suffer higher rates of advanced disease and
death because cardiovascular disease is widely viewed as "a man's disease.

The report is based on input from 11
diverse groups of women from across the state.
analyses of health data, and recommendations
from 130 experts in women's health who met at
the first NC Women's Health Summit carlier this

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It is unfortunate when any-
body dies. Our condolences go to
General Abacha's family and
friends.

General Abacha's death must
be turned into positive possibilities
for civilian democratic rule, and
Nigerians must heighten their
struggle for democracy.

General Abacha's leadership
was questioned by some and de-
nounced by others. However, we
may never know what motivated
him. He was said to have believed
he was acting in the best interest of
his people. However, democratic
rule has proven to be the form of
government that offers the best
possibility of serving all the people
with fairness and justice.

The Congressional Black
Caucus will stand with our brothers
and sisters in Nigeria in the pursuit
of a non-violent, just. and demo-

cratic society.

Washington, DC, NAACP com-
mends the Death Information
Center (DPIC) for its two studies
on racial disparity and the death
penalty in the United States.
DPIC's first study looks at the facts
proving that African Americans are
four times more likely to be
sentenced to death than members of
other ethnic groups.

This study coupled with
DPIC's second study showing that
90% of American chief prosecutors
empowered with the responsibility
to seek the death penalty are white.
This very troubling combination
raises real concerns surrounding
the racist application of the death
penalty addressed for decades by
the NAACP. This new study con-
tinues to support data brought to
light by Professor David Baldus of
the University of Iowa, in the mid
seventies which was validated by
the United States Supreme Court.
Much like the renowned Baldus of
the seventies which led to review of
this subject by the Supreme Court
in the McCleskey v. Kemp case, Dr.
Baldus is joined by George
Woodworth in this new study.

DPIC's study show that being
black in Philadelphia works as an
oaggravating factor" making a
death sentence more likely. The
study points out that it is compara-
ble to legitimate aggravating fac-
tors such as whether the victim was
tortured or whether the defendant
inflicted great harm, pain, or fear
on the victim.

The study goes on to show
that the average death sentencing
rate for African Americans in
Philadelphia was 38% higher than
the other defendants who commit-
ted like crimes,

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These statistics coupled with
data showing only 1% of our
nation's district attorneys responsi-
ble for death penalty charging
decisions are African Americans,
with an additional 1% being
Hispanic. This means that nearly
98% of all district attorneys respon-
sible for death penalty charging
decisions are White. Data from
other states where race and the
death penalty have been compiled
over the past two decades reveal
that in 93% of those states, death

sentences were more likely if the
murder victim was White than if
the victim was African American.
In almost half of the states, there
was evidence of race of defendant
discrimination.

These disturbing new statis- |

tics, once again, impress upon us
the need for comprehensive evalua-
tion of the death penalty and its
disparate impact throughout the
United States, and a need to
fashion legislation to remedy this
discriminatory problem.

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