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By Kwaku Person-Lynn, PhD
Special to The Sentinel

* In February 1926, Dr. Carter G.
Woodsoon, the reputed father of
black history, started T Black
History Week. In the 1960s, it

oexpanded to a whole month.

Through time, consciousness amd
terminology evolutions, many now
refer to it as African American
History Month. Some go even
further and call it African
American History § Month.
Whatever the title, the purpose is
generally the same; a time to
reflect upon a lost history that was
written out of the history books
during the time of the slave trade
and slavery. This basically
occurred around the 14th,- 15th
and 16th centuries when European
Christians and Jews involved
thhemselves in the illegal transport
of Africans to the Americas &- "

western Africa. Arab Muslims
had already began their version of
the slave trade approximately 600
years prior on the eastern coast of
Africa, which still exists to this
very day in the northeastern region
of the contiment.

All of this, from a Western
perspective, could probably be
traced to some earlier events in
Europe. During the 1200s, Nicolo
and Maffeo Polo, the father and
uncle of Marco Polo, starting from
Venice, traveled throughout cen-
tral Asia all the way to China
(then called Cathay). They re-

In. 1271,

out for China again. On their
return journey, they took a differ-

ent route back, which exposed
them to India. In 1298, Marco
published a book, Description of
the World. This fired the imagina-
tion of the Europeans regarding
the exotic lands and potential
treasures to be captured.

In 1492, Spain, which was
suffering its oown economic woes,
along with its desire for explora-
tion and the possibility of convert-
ing so-called- pagans to
Christianity, saw these new new-
found wealth. By the way, we call
indegenous people of America
oIndians ?, and the Caribbean the
oWest Indies ?, because Columbus
lied to the Spanish crown in
reporting that he had landed in
India; his ultimate destination.

This was the beginning of a
European explosion of world ex-
ploration. When new lands were
found, the immediate need to
exploit these territories was labor.

The indegenous people of these
newly discovered lands did not
work out as a new labor force. The
church also opposed using them,
preferring to make them converts T
and servants of the faith.

The church had no oppostion in
using Africans as the labor force
for these new lands. In fact, it
even used biblical stories, such as
the curse of Ham Ts descendents,
theoretically black people, to jus-
tify enslaving Africans. The curse
was said to have turned Ham Ts
descendents black, making them
heathen and non-human, which is
not in. the Bible at all. . Since
Afficans were now classified as
nonhuman, this released the guilt
Christians might have felt other-
wise. Thus, it was not difficult of

them to rationalize the first ship to
illegally otransport. Africans to
America, was called oJesus ?...
They didn Tt stop there. This was
also a time when Africans were
excluded from world history, or
depicted as people who. had no
history or culture of any conse-
quence. Thus, Africa was labeled
the Dark Continent. This trend
would continue for centuries and
laid: the foundation for white
supremacy and racism. The true
history of African people in the
world has only begun to seriously:
surface in the last three decades;
though there were isolated exam-
ples that were hard to find*
Publishers and bookstores owned
by people of African descent have
made significant difference in
making this literature available by
black scholars and writers.

Dr. Woodson would be proud of
those who use February as a time

to rekindle a history long denied.
Unfortunately, there are those who
have reduced it to eating events,
fashion shows, dinner dat :
parties and other social events
have-absolutely no historical sig-
nificance. There is nothing wrong
with the events themselves; it Ts
just that the purpose for the month
are completely lost within them.
Minister Malcolm X Shabazz
once made the statement, oThe

worst thing the white man did to -

us was to teach us to hate
ourselves. ? That hatred is mani-
fested in not knowing who we are.
Even. in the. ancient

in Africa, they stated oMan Know
Thyself. ?

Bennett College host White Breakfast

Bennett College "White Breakfast", shown are some of the lovely ladies in attandance wh ecognize
as phenomenal women for the year 2000. Hats off to all phenomenal elma, for their aaa vontibut ons to
community, church and home.May all of them continue their efforts into the year 2001.

Bennett College Coastal Carolina
Alumni Association

Saturday, February 12,°2000 at
11:00 o'clock, Bennett College
Coastal Carolina Alumni
Association Ts Ist oWhite
Breakfast ? was held at the
Bachelor Benedict Club on 707
att Street, Greenville, N.C.

White Breakfast was one of
the ways Dr. David Jones and
Mrs, Susie Jones, former _presi-

dent of Bennett College and his
wife, felt lasting values and tradi-
tions could be i

ton be imparted.
The traditions was in place by
1932 because the

ts Woe

Breakfast. ?
The White Breakfast was reinsti-
tuted as an Alumnae weekend
activity in 1976 during the Golden
Anniversary of Bennett College, a
collegiate institution for women in
Greensboro, N.C,
Our pinged thinks so much of the
tradition that it is part of our Fi
Celebration. Mie Teal ig
our president, will preside and the
group will sing the traditional
eee Ms. Jacqueline Barrett
elcomed the and Dr.
Jacqueline Garner introduced the
speaker of the day, The
for the Breakfast is Dr.
Colston, Director. of Alumni
Affairs at Bennett College.
Coming with her from Bennett
will be Mary Jacobs, Saundra
Johnson, Mia savage a student
from Greenville, and Dr,
Brenedette Watts, a former
Greenville girl. Mrs. Beulah W,

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Photo By Steve Johnson

Mebane will respond to the
speaiar followed by the singing of
oTell Me Why ? accompanied by
Mrs. Betty Boyd,

Our White Breakfast buffet was
catered by Monte Ts. The litany
ceremony was led by Renee Purvis
and Elaine Tyson. Mrs. Lucille
Sayles will recognize special
guest Each year one or more

henomenal women are presented.
Arnella Chance will recognize the

that

in many temples in the Nile TValley "

» m by Devin Hatley

, that, ?

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Great man visite ECU,

pictured above Dr. Denard, Gary Moore Asst. to Chancel



As we enter into the new

I millennium which features high

technology, corporate mergers, and

_ global business, community bank-
| ing as it used to be is fading away

with the 1900 Ts.
Millennia Community Bank

| (MCB) however, wants to bring

back the old traditions of banking.
oThe days of going to your bank
service as well as social visits are
gone, and we want to remedy
said TF oButch ?

Congleton, CEO of MCB.
For Congleton, the concept all

1} began when realized that some-

thing was missing from today Ts
mainstream banking industry.
That osomething ? was community
service. oCommunity banking is a
concept whereby the financial
institution is 100% in tune to all
aspects of the community, ? said

eton.

When Congleton started his
career in being over 17 years
ago, community banking was the
norm, but over those years he saw
that trend slowly dwindle away
into mainstream and profit-driven
banking. He felt it was time to
bring back that service mentally
from the past in the form of a
community bank Greenville.

In order to do that, MCB must'be

able to relate to the diversity
within the community. And in
Eastern North Carolina, diversity
is as common as barbecue and
football,

As the minority
eastern North Caroli

ation of
continues

to rise, it has impacted the local "

business makeup gm as busi-
ness practices. ith approxi-
mately 35 percent of the
K ong Greenville, New

mi-
economic front for Eastern North
Sarolina is. creating a greater

oe

! , ;

Bee. Ag ie

king on the Past forthe New

In particular the Hispanic/Latino

population has grown rapidly
which has presented a language
barrier as the primary hurdle.
Recognizing the need that commu-
nications is an important issue,
Congleton believes that it is
critical that clients feel com-
fortable during business transac-
tions. oWe want to have a staff
that is knowledgeable and can
deliver the services they need in a
personal manner, as well as in
multiple § languages, ? "_ "said
Congleton.

Along with the community, the
Board of Directors for MCB also
represents a very diverse back-
ground, but all from Eastern North

Carolina. There are doctors,.

lawyers, and business people rep-

resenting the black, white and

Hispanic sectors of the commu-
nity, However, each director has
the same approach; they owant to
make sure that the community is

lor and Minister Edward Muhammad, were all in -
attendance to greet and welcome Iman W. Deen Muhammad, the son of the late Eliljah Muhammand. Iman
W. Muhammed poses with the Diversity Committee Students of ECU. ( front row L to R :Yolanda Thigpen,
Elenah Godbolt, Christy Oxendine, Iman Mohammed, and Jay Newby. Back Row (L to R) Israel Acosta,

Ramsey Connor, Patrick Suarez, and Na'im Akbar lower right corner Abdul H. Wahid. .
Photo by Jim Rouse

enum
balanced, ? said Congleton. \
The population makeup is chang-
ing, and we want to be able to
cater to that , but it is also
important to have minority busi-
ness leaders in our community, ?
said Congleton. .

With the scope of banking
focused more on profits for
survival, it could be difficult for a
community bank to exist in today Ts
society. However, the founders of-
MCB are confident that. they can.
bring back the old traditions of
banking such as personal. atten-
tion: and full. service, with the
power of 21st century technology.
oWe want to be involved with the
community development programs
and issues, but we Il also focus on
small businesses within this com-
munity and make sure that they
have the financial services they.
need to prosper, ? said Congleton.

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From the mi

"rons Sobty Teel and his lovel
0 photos during

in the commun and had don
person and a jo

nority voice History files,

ife Brenda (deceased) are shown

er days. Sister Teel was very active
show on WOOW. She was a love
| person all the time We Salute Black History Month -

atino motorists. To prove they don Tt, the police
hiefs agreed to keep racial tallies on the drivers they stop.

County Board of Supervisors recommended that

sa do the same. He flatly refused to do it. Instead he
_ Offered to monitor complaints from the public to see if
A he problem. It Ts well-known that blacks and Latino are far

_ less likely to file complaints against abusive police officers because of

a Baca also claimed that it would be too costly and time consuming to
__ . keep racial stats. This is just as flimsy an excuse. Police chiefs in the other

_ Gites have found time and the money to compile the figures and they have
Rot complained about the cost and effort. In fact, if cost was really a big
Obstacle the California Highway Patrol would: probably squawk the
loudest. It makes more traffic stops statewide than any other state police
_. agency in the country. Yet CHP officials voluntarily began compiling
stats in 1999, and they did it without any complaint.
._ Baca Ts excuses make so little sense that one has to think he refuses to
_» keep stats because he is afraid of what he may find. And with good reason.
. In recent years, swelling numbers of African-Americans and Latinos,

. many of them respected elected officials, busines spersons, professionals, .

'. and that includes a black state senator and judge, have accused law
enforcement agencies in L.A. County of targeting them for odriving while
. black and brown. ? In Northern California, the ACLU has filed a class
. action suit against the CHP on behalf of Latino motorists who claim that
| they were racially targeted. Nationally, a Justice Department study found
| that blacks comprise about 14 percent of the population, yet account for
more than 70 percent of all routine traffic stops.
_._ Racial profiling has ignited more impassioned fury among black and
. Latino leaders than almost any other issue. It has sparked demonstrations,
' lawsuits by dozens of black and Latino motorists, denunciations by many
: State and national officials, and a demand by Democratic presidential
. contender Bill Bradley that Gore prod Clinton to Sign an executive order
_ banning racial profiling. The practice is so prevalent and damaging that
__ the Justice Department in December wrung a promise out of state officials
oin New Jersey to stop racially profiling motorists. .
_ But Baca certainly must know that black and Latino leaders can
_ complain all they want about odriving while black and brown ? abuses. Yet
| there Ts no way for them to prove their claims without producing hard
_ fhumbers on who's being stopped, the reasons they're stopped, and
' whether a search and arrest was made as a result of the stop.
| The actions of police agencies in L.A. County are intently watched and
| frequently emulated by other departments across the country. If Baca had
' agreed to the Supervisors T proposal it might have spurred police and city
' Officials elsewhere who have dodged or foot-dragged on the issue of racial
| profiling to take action on the Problem. It also gave him the golden
_ Opportunity to silence once and for all the legions of critics who contend
_ that the Sheriff's department routinely harasses and intimidates blacks
and Latinos on the streets and highways.

Since Los Angeles County is the nation Ts largest county with blacks,
Latinos, and Asians soon to make up a majority of the population, police
officials should be duty bound to quell all doubts that they treat minorities

_ unjustly. Though Baca blew his chance to do this by rejecting the
Supervisor Ts proposal, they must keep pressing him to do his duty.
(Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a nationally syndicated columnist and the
_ director of the National Alliance for Positive Action. He can be heard on
KPFK Radio, 90.7FM, Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m.) .

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Avon Women of Enterprise Awards Honorees: Maria de Lourdes
Sobrino, President/CEO, Lulu Ts Dessert Factory; Janet Lasley, Owner,

_ Lasley Construction, Inc.; Whoopi Goldberg, Oscar winning actor and

keynote speaker; Sarian S. Bouma, President/CEO, Capitol Hill Building

Maintenance, Inc.; Marion Luna Brem, President/CEO, Love Daimler

Chrysler Plymouth & Love Chrysler Dodge Jeep, Inc.; and Rhonda K.

, half-measure that does absolutely nothing to.

Howerton, Avon Leadership Sales Representative.

As we begin an-
other Negro His-

tory Month), we must use this time
not only to look at where we've
been but also where we're going, as
a people. Individually, we must all
assess what we stand for, and what
we stand against. Particularly if we
call ourselves leaders.

Leadership is more than being
seen out'front, or being in the loop
behind closed doors, or attending
receptions. Critical analysis of real
black leadership is part of the na-

tional discussion now, in terms of

" how to best effectuate the African
di in America,

of the most comprehensive

' analysis of the leadership question

tory Week (what now is Black His-.

BETWEEN THE LINES
oNew Leaders or New N

says that, oLeadership that happens
to be black is egocentric, individu-
alistic and often uses their Black-
ness as a ofront ? to fulfill a personal
agenda for personal aggrandize-
ment. This type of leadership builds
fan clubs and call them organiza-
tions and suffers from delusions of
grandeur while building personal-
ity cuts, not collective leadership. ?

This position is clearly an in-

dictment of what we know takes.

place, self-promotion under the
guise of organization. It Ts difficult
for many in our opersonality driven ?
communities to understand what
drives leadership and what derives
from oreal ? leadership; outcome,
driven measures of progress and a
far-reaching involvement in any and
every initiative that seeks to com-
pesos. sage
our permanent oquality of life ?
interests. Leaders who make deci-
sions ofor the whole ? aren't always
popular and don't want to be
everybody's friend.
We don Tt know leadership be-
©, asa , are | to -
leadership (a slavery draw-
ones,

- to keep us enslaved for more than

» 100 years.

history of our forebearers because
of the efforts of aman named Carter

Woodson Ts constant quest to find

people led to the writing of several

books as well as the formation of an.

was to make certain our deeds : ure.

recorded and the history: we have

cteated lives on through the years.

~~ His involvement was no acci-

dent. He started out his professionaP
life with the primary intent of learn-

ing more about himself and where

his people had sprung.

Born on-Dec. 19, 1875, in New
Canton Va., Dr.. Woodson was the
oldest of nine children born to James
and Anne Elisa Woodson. Both of
his parents were former slaves.

Instead of going to school as a
youngster, he worked in the coal
mines. .... Researchers indicate that
all the time, there was something in
him that made him want to do more.
and know more. .

At the age of about 17, (Som
researchers say he was 20), his fam-
ily moved to another town, Fayette,
Va. It was here that he was able to
enroll in high school. He was so
adept, that he completed all of his
high school courses in one and half
years. After high school gradua-

The first in a se-
ries of Town Hall
Meetings leading to the Thomas
Kilgore Jr. Convention was held
Jan. 22, at Second Baptist Church
_in Los Angeles. The purpose of the
Community Convention is to bring
together African Americans
throughout Los Angeles to discuss
issues and unite for community
empowerment and mobilization.
Panels and community interac-
tion at the first Town Hall Meet-
ings focused on political mobiliza-
tion, the criminal justice system,
including Proposition 21 "the Ju-

_ venile Crimes Initiative "the three

strikes law and growth of the prison
industry; health and welfare, edu-
cation and jobs. The other town
hall meetings will be held in March
and April; the series culminates
with the Community Convention
in June at Los Angeles Southwest
College.

The need for African Ameri-
cans to come together around key
issues has never been greater. Unity,
i.e., intragroup collaboration is nec-
essary before viable partnerships
with other groups can take place.
The Community Convention series
is focusing on issues identified by
community participants in previ-
ous meetings and is an attempt to
provide a framework for effective
collaborative action on multiple

out more about himself and his

principal of the very high s

from which he had graduated,
In point of fact, we celebrate the

Douglass High School. This was in

1900. He did not earn his degree
NNN, ces

. From 1903 until 1906, Dr.
Woodson supervised schools in the
Philippines, traveled in Asia, North
_ Africa and Europe, studying and
teaching. He even attended the Uni-

versity of Paris, Bos ss

Returning to the United States
in 1909, Dr. Woodson taught his-
tory, English and Spanish at Dunbar
High School in Washington, D.C.
By taking correspondence courses
and attending summer classes at the
University of Chicago, he had re-
ceived his bachelor Ts degree in 1907
and his master Ts degree in 1908. In
1912, he received his doctorate from
Harvard University. He remained
at Dunbar until 1918. 2,

It was while he was at Dunbar
High School that he started the Jour-
nal of Negro History. He also
founded the Association for the
Study of Negro Life. It would later
be called the Association for the
Study of Negro Life and History.

In 1919, Dr. Woodson became
the head of the graduate faculty and
dean of the school of Liberal Arts at
Howard University. He then became
the Dean of West Virginia Colle-

giate Institute. While at West Vir-

ginia, he organized Associated Pub-
lishers, which has been considered

URBAN PERSPECTIVE
Thomas Kilgore Jr.

fronts. Everyone knows that such
collaboration is critical but rela-
tively few actually work in partner-
ship with other African Americans
to alleviate problems that affect all
of us. Such is the bane of acontinu-
ing legacy of racism.

It should also be clear that as
long as racism is still a factor in this
country, (and it will be for the fore-
seeable future), race and ethnic- :
specific strategies are essential.
Some blacks are in a state of denial,
claiming that race and color are not
as significant as in previous times
and, therefore, should no longer be
the focus of strategies to alleviate
social political and economic prob-
lems. These people may be in sync
with white liberals but their posi-
tion has little to offer the black
community (especially poorer
blacks) which continue to fight sys-
temic inequities based on color on
a daily basis.

The moderator of the first Town
Hall Meeting was Dr. Mervin
Dymally "U.S. Congress (Re-

tired). Presenters addressed arange ~

of subjects, previously listed, Pan-
elists included Supervisor Yvonne
Brathwaite Burke, Congressman
Julian Dixon and Congresswoman
Juanita McDonald, who stressed
the importance of a complete and
accurate census for African Ameri-
cans. State Senator Richard

oForgive Them Father ? (for they
know not what they do), in terms of
understanding why conditions in our

, communities never change, oif you

want to know the answer, you have
to ask the question. ? Are we creat-
ing onew leaders ? or we creating
onew Negroes, ? who will emulate
much of what's been done (and not
done) before "to gain favor and
status? Moreover, how can anything
be termed onew, ? if the result is the
same?

Those of you who challenge the
legitimacy of this notion of onew
leaders, ? only have to watch circles
of power to notice a lack of young
leadership presence on issues of

communal significance.

Former Congressman and Lt.
Gov. Mervyn Dymally, who has
mentored two generations of politi-

cal operatives, makes a point of
noti atl ey - os

i conspicuous ia,

sence at anything not attached to
litz and glamour. Former 100
lack Men of Los Angeles Presi-
prs itn kr 6 all more
shed ned when he said,

or
fd ?

community. Classic observations of

how another gerferation of people

are making money in our commu-
nity, selling what othe community

needs ? but never really: affecting

more than a relative few "and being
alright with that. oCan Tt help every-
body, ? oGet rich quick on poverty
dollars ? is the history of many a
Negro leader. This Negro behavior
has transcended to another genera-
tion who would rather be oup front, ?
than oupright ? in terms of making
sure the community benefits too.
Not that you have to be perfect,
you just have to make sure you're on
point for those you say you repre-
sent. The Negro leader has always
benefited from community misery
and efforts to rectify it. But to chal-
lenge the causes of that misery is not
part of the deal. It's s c of
owanting to be everybody's friend, ?
and not taking a position on contro-
versial issues that might upset the
mainstream (white/Jewish, what-

ever) power structure. And that Ts.
classic oNegro ? behavior, What

makes articles like Barron's, and
another article by Dr, Kamau

the public schools. |
.. To-countermand this, hé wrote
The Negro in Our History which "

people. Al

shown him that black peopfe had a

_ tremendous past and history, he also

saw that all of this was patently
being ignored in the history books
that were being given to children in

was published by Associated Pub-
lishers. He believed that young

black men and women should grow -
up with strong and driving knowl-

edge of their own past and histori-
cal accomplishments. . Oddly

enough, he wrote:the book with the

hope that whites would also read it
and have a better understanding of
black people in this country.

Tt should be noted this was not his
first book. In 1917, he wrote and had
published, The Education of the Ne-
gro Prior To 1861. This is thought to

_be his most important work.

_ In an essay, Jason McNeal says,
oWoodson, an esteemed journalist,
had a passion for the promotion and
preservation of. the black history
and culture that he had grown to
love so dearly. His writing exper-
tise was demonstrated in helping
preserve black history. ?

Seeking to pay homage to his
hero, Frederick Douglass, Woodson
chose Douglass T birthday as a start-
ing point. This evolved into the cel-
ebration of Negro History Week.
The year was 1926. Contrary to
much convention, the celebration

Polanco, A. Anthony Samad, Den-
nis Duncan, (Families Against
Three Strikes) and Percy Pickney
(BAPAC) discussed problems, sta-
tistics and potential solutions con-
cerning the criminal justice system
and the. dangers of Proposition 21
on the upcoming March 7 state bal-
lot, which proposes that juveniles
increasingly be treated as adults.
The implications T for African
Americans in each of these were
Cited.

The final presenters were Con-
gressman Rod Wright, Professor
Sidney Morse, Al Washington
(SEIU Local 99), Loretta Stevens,
(SEIU Regional Home Care Coor-
dinator) and this writer. Topics and
discussion included new jobs and
technology, AIDS-HIV, African
Americans and organized labor, and
the crisis in public education as it
affects African Americans. (In-
volvement with African American
youth was discussed in the plan-
ning phase, but still received inad-
equate attention at this meeting.
This must be rectified in the fu-
ture.) ;
Audience participation was an
unscheduled highlight of the first
Town Hall Meeting. The outcomes
of this and subsequent meetings
will constitute the basis of recom-
mendations to be adopted for ac-
tion at the Community Convention

people aspire to be leaders; more to"
separate (them from us "the dispari-
ties socially inflicted upon poor
people), than to elevate othe masses. ?
We have finally figured it out.

It Ts a constant debate to try to
discourage another generation from
following down many of those same
paths, the paths of sameness, easy,,
pacification arid compromise. In
fact, we have a group in Los Ange-
les called the oNew Leaders. ? They
are a variation of the oYoung Black
Professional (YBP), ? educated
groups of young professionals that
emerged in the '70s and the '80s to
try and oreach back. ? And they're
oso vain, they probably think this
piece is about them, ? to paraphase
Carly Simon's "70s song (daa, ya
gr and being considered oout
of step ? with changing times.

What we ore from YBP
groups was that leaders were ex-
posed to new fortunes and access
that, when it came time to challenge

the status quo, made them vulner-

able "jeopardizing their new indi-

les the birthday of

history was limited to a single

through efforts of the Association,

week, and then in 1976, mostly:

which is now called the Associa. |

tion of African American Life and

History, the week was extended to
include the entire month of Febru-
It is intetesting to note that mest
historical documents only note the

month of Douglass T birth, Febru-
ary, a8 opposed to the date. It T is
believed that this is because no true
accurate records were kept of "

slaves T birth except in a generic
sort of way. . .

-Woodson Ts concern for the accu-.
racy of information regarding the
history of African Americans was
so acute that he edited the journal he
had started, for nearly 40 years. His
life seemed to be dedicated to edu-
cating people about the history black |
people. He never married. On April
3, 1960, he died of a heart attack at
his home in Washington, D.C.

This month, we celebrate the
history of black men and women,
but as we do we should remember
the genesis of such a celebration.

There will probably never be a
national holiday for Dr. Carter G.
Woodson, but each time we recog-
nize the accomplishments of black
men and women, there should be a
special place in our hearts and minds
for the man who gave his life that |
we might have a better sense of who |
we are and from whence we came.

Community Convention.

this June. .

The Rev. William Monroe:
Campbell, Clergy and Laity United:
for Economic Justice is the coordi-.
nator and driving force behind the:
Thomas Kilgore Jr. Community T:
Convention series. CLUE grew out
of a meeting in early 1999 between.
African American religious lead-:
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Coalition of Black Trade Union-:

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Second Baptist Church, First AME ;
Church, Los Angeles Urban.
League, Organization Us and other :

community organizations came to- :

gether as sponsors of the Thomas :
Kilgore Community Convention. -

Dr. Thomas Kilgore Jr. was a:
friend and confidant of Dr. Magn °

Luther King Jr. He served as pastor -

of Second Baptist Church in Los -

Angeles for over 22 years and was :

nationally renown for his spiritual :
and community leadership. It is:
because of Dr. Kilgore Ts unwaver- -
ing commitment and broad com- :
munity accomplishments that the ;
Community Convention proudly :

carries his name. Hopefully, orga- :
nizers and the community alike are :

prepared to sustain Dr. Kilgore Ts *
legacy by accepting responsibility -
for developing strategies and con- -

nity interests,

egroes? ? Someone Has to Ask the Question :

The notion that there is a new:
oblack leadership ? emerging is mis-
leading if nothing really changes.
but the faces. Discussion taking
place all over the country is whether
those who call themselves leaders
are actually leading, or are they just
following the mold created by the

old Negro; to protest to gain atten- ;

tion, than cooperate with limited
access which creates the classism

in our interface that whites have |

created in the larger society,
That's what black America is up

- against; the notion that another gen-

eration of leaders will be self-seek-

ing compromisers, or oclassic Ne-

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bers in the Legislature are among
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four members of the assembly. They

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Herb Wesson, chair of the govern-

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policy issues can be directed to of the cau
Assemblyman Wright at Legisia- -has been selected by the

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Sacramento, Ca. 94249-0001.

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District. Pea aeie:

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facing our community statewide as

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innumerable years. As a matter of fact; if were not for older Ame:

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respected and honored for their invaluable services to their communities:
There are many reasons why elderly citizens deserve much attention:

Senior citizens have contributed a great deal to Pitt County ty for | a4

First, they are generally stigmatized and devalued in America (unlike |
China and many other non-Western cultures). Also, too many senior

Citizens are regarded as non-producers in a , which values

productivity. Secondly, Social Security and other pension benefits don Tt ,
compensate, adequately, for the loss of wages made prior to retirement. |
Thus, many seniors are forced to visit Joy Soup Kitchen and other social.
programs. Nest, as older Americans become even older, the

service
likelihood of a divorce or separation increases. Therefore, senior women,
for example, will need extra help with household chofes and other basic
responsibilities. "

In early January, I asked the Pitt County Board of Commissioners, to

proclaim the second week in May (Older Americans Month) as Senior |

Citizens Appreciation Week. .

They did. I later asked Greenville City Mayor Nancy Jenkins to do the

same for the City of Greenville. Mayor Jenkins went a step further.

She-Bless her heart-declared the whole month of May as Senior Citizens
Appreciation Month for the City of Greenville, effective January 31, |

2000. Senior citizens will be

forever grateful for the - aforesaid
proclamations.

Too often, when proclamations are made,
___ | We practice a fraction of the honorable ide
Let Ts narrow the gap between lofty ideals and harsh realities.

Give senior citizens due respect and recognition, boosting self-esteem and morale among them; a
oEncourage general support for a group too often ignored;
Establish camaraderie among senior citizen: .
Give participating senior citizens a token of appreciation for their outstanding services to the city;
Encourage community leaders and grassroots supporters to build coalitions to support senior citizens;
Educate the city about issues impacting our elderly population;
Help the elderly maintain their cherished independence and avoid institutionalization; and
Promote intergenerational activities to encourage a bond between senior citizens and the youth.

I encourage churches, businesses, local government, and other institutions and individuals to plan activities
for May. Inviting guest speakers to address elderly concerns is one way to focus much needed light on the.|
plight of our seniors. Also, organizing information booths in stra
another of numerous ways to address issues, health and oth

they are not actualized in meaningful and appreciable ways. If|
als on paper, we'd have a much better, more prackastive sotiaty ;

tegic locations throughout the county is yet T|
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funds in the coming year?

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Black North Carolina Chief jode
Supreme Court, Banker, and
Businessman .

"Big Jim" Graham-
W. Kerr Scott
"Mr. Agriculture" for over twenty-

~ five years Former Governor with
huge impact on agriculture and
business

William Friday-

President of the University of
North Carolina System whose
vision and energy established the
University System as the greatest
in this nation while merging the

NORTH

FAMOUS -
CAROLINIANS OF THE 20TH
CENTURY

- Charles Aycock -
Education Governor

7 Jim Holshouer -
First Republican Governor in this

century former predominantly Black col-
leges into the University System of
Jim Hunt - governance and inclusion.

Four-Term Governor with huge

impact in Education, Tourism, and Leo Jenkins-

Economy Vision for eastern North Carolina
to be on "equal footing" with the
Terry Sanford - piedmont to build East Carolina

into an outstanding institution;

Former Governor and Senator,
shepherded the development on the

Former President of Duke

University ECU Medical School.
Thad: Eure - Prezell Robinson-
Secretary of State of Sixty Years President of St. Augustine's

College, and huge player in the

and the "oldest rat in the barn"
work with the United Negro

Daniel Blue - College Fund

First Black Speaker of the House

. Lewis C. Dowdy -

Liston Ramsey - President, then Chancellor of

Speaker of the House over twenty North Carolina A. & T. State

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Benjamin Chavis

Advocate for equal rights. and

member of the "Wilmington Ten"

E.E. Bazemore -

Teacher, Deacon, Leader, and First
Chairperson of the Union County.
Commissioners

Frank McDuffie. -
Founder of Lauringburg Institute

Harvey Grant -

First Black Mayor of Charlotte
and First Black Graduate from
Clemson University

The Reverend Billy Graham -
"Nation's Preacher" and Advisor
to Nine United States Presidents

Dr. J.B. Humphrey -

No finer preacher than former.
Pastor of First Baptist Church-,
West in Charlotte for over forty
years R

The Reverend Lorenzo Lynch -
Former Pastor of White Rock
Baptist. in Durham--Scholar,
Leader ; Disciple

The Reverend Joy Johnson -
Outstanding Legislator for the
people of southeastern North
Carolina

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Paul Rabenaesi

Lawyer, "All-America, Football
Player, Actor, Singer, "The
Greatest Othello ? who performed
faite Chambers - .

President of North Carolina
Central University Architect of the
historic "Swann vy, Charlotte-
Mecklenberg Decision" and

- Former Lead -

*Ronald Mcnair -

MIT Ph. D. in Physics with under-
graduate de from North Caro-

Tina A.&T. State University in

Greensboro, and Astronaut

Dorothy Counts -

One of the students who led the
integration of Charlotte schools
with her enrollment at Harding
High School.

Doris Duke -
Benefactor of the Duke tobacco
fortune, and philanthropist

Richard Petty -

"King Richard" on the NASCAR
circuit and winner of over fifty
NASCAR races

Dr. Sonya Stone -

First Black Afro-American
Professor at UNC-CH and historic
figure in the advancement of Black
Student interests at this institution

The Reverend W.W. Finlator -

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Clarence "Bighouse" Gaines -
Winston-Salem State University
Men's Basketball Coach for over
Forty Years, Olympic Coach

Dean Smith -

UNC-CH Basketball Coach, All-
Time Major College Winningest
Coach, Olympic Head Coach

Jim "Catfish" Hunter -
Baseball Pitcher from Hertford

Brian Piccolo -

Former Wake Forest Football
Standout whose courageous battle
with cancer and endless friendship
with Gale Sayers inspired the
movie, "Brian's Song".

Dr. Craig Phillips -
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction

Jonathan Daniels -
Founder of oThe
Observer" in Raleigh

Willis Whichard -
Founder of "The Daily Reflector"
in Greenville: who provided news

News and

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NCCU ack coach who
pes some of this nation's "
greatest NBA basketball player
ever,

Hugh Morton
Developer an and Political Kingpin

James Shepard -

President and Founder of North
Carolina Central University in
Durham

PB. Young -

Founder of the "Norfolk Journal
and Guide," a newspaper for
primarily Black North Carolinians

. from the early 1920's through the
1960's

Floyd McKissick -
Civil Rights Leader and Founder
of Soul City, North Carolina

Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice -
North Carolina Tar Heel Football
Great

David Thompson -

North Carolina State University
Basketball giant who led his team
to 1974 NCAA Championship.

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Maye Jr., the son of Mrs. Beatrice
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mission to study the feasibility of paying
oreparations to the black descendants of the _ U
victims of slavery. The bill authored by
House Democrat John Conyers Jr. would "

allocate $8 million to fund the commission.
The city council Ts endorsement of the bill

drew the instant wrath of the white council

_ They claimed that the reparations issue
is too murky and messy, will deepen racial

fault lines, demonize the federal govern-

ment, dredge up a long by-gone past that

should be buried, unfairly compare the.

plight of blacks with other victim groups
that have received reparations, and ignores

the huge economic and social gains blacks "

have made since slavery. The slim majority

Of the council that passed the resolution
| dismissed these objections. But the reasons

the council members objected to it can Tt
easily be dismissed.

' They, like many Americans, bristle at
the notion of paying blacks for slavery.
They fervently believe that the passage of
three civil rights bills, numerous affirma-
tive action statutes, piles of court decisions
that guarantee civil rights and civil liber-
ties protections, a tepid acknowledgment

» from President Clinton that slavery was

wrong, and massive government spending
on business, education, housing, health and

' social programs for blacks have done much

to right the historic injustice of slavery and
its legacy. Since the toppling of legal seg-
regation, the spectacular rise of a wealthier,
better-educated, and more upwardly mo-
bile black middle class, they say, is con-
-vincing proof that blacks have gone far in

shaking loose the legacy of slavery. They

also raise these troublesome questions on
the reparations issue.
* White liability. The U.S. government,

mately ended slavery. Northern industrial-

ists supplied weapons and financing forthe

wat and many white churches relentlessly

called for the total destruction of slavery.

Moreover, millions of European immigrants
came to America decades after the Civil
War ended and slavery was formally abol-
ished in 1865. They derived no tangible
economic benefits fromit. = = = =~
* Money and consequences. No one has
yet come up with a credible sum that should
be paid, nor a method to pay it for slavery.
If the U.S. government is indeed liable, the
burden of payment would fall on taxpayers.
This would ignite a monumental backlash
among many whites to the use of their tax
dollars for reparations. It would cause night-
marish jitters among many African-Ameri-
cans, who regard the reparations issue as
too little too late, that they would be targets
of massive scorn and vilification for harp-
ing on an issue that is many decades past. It
would prompt Chinese Americans, Mexi-
can Americans, and Native Americans to
rightly claim that since they were racially
abused, viciously exploited for their labor
and had their lands ripped-off, so they are
also entitled to compensation. At the very
least, they would justly claim that their tax
dollars should not go to pay reparations for
slavery. _
Reparations to others. Japanese-Ameri-
cans, Holocaust survivors-:and the Korean
comfort, women bagged big cash payments
for atrocities committed against them. But
there Was near universal public and official
consensus that they were the victims of

that cost thousands of white lives, and ulti-

ojewelry to them. The bankers shamefully ©

clear obligation to repay them for their

In 1997, the black survivors and family ©

members of the two-decade long syphilis: @
experiment begun in the 1930s by the U.S.

Public Health oy iriver end

guinea pigs got $10 million from the gov-
were victims of medical genocide conducted

_ with the full knowledge and approval of the
U.S. government. The government was duty

~ bound to pay and apobogize to them for
their suffering. Cea

These are the objections that many "
Americans repeatedly make whenever the.
demand is made to pay for slavery. But = ?
these objections don Tt alter the fact that
slavery was a morally monstrous system
that wreaked severe pain and suffering on
America, generated stupendous profits for
bankers, industrialists, and big landown-
ers, saddled many blacks with the horrific -
legacy of poor schools, a drug and crime T
plague, high rates of incarceration, family

deterioration and racially-isolated neigh-
borhoods. .

If it takes a federal commission to help
explain if, why and how reparations should
be paid for slavery, then Congress should
move quickly and set it up. This just might
do a lot to make reparations much less of a
touchy question for many Americans.

(Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a nationally

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of the Nation of Islam. Born Malcolm Little, he replaced]
his surname with the designation "X" (for the unknown
African tribe of his origin) in the early 1950s and
articulated a political vision more concerned with chal-
lenging white domination than racial segregation perl)
se, using rhetoric that was distinctly harsher and more
separatist than that of the mainstream civil rights move-

ment. With an ever-searching intellect, Malcolm X also}
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Jesus Christ: =

The Work declares in
II Timothy 3:12 - 13 oYea, and all
that will live godly in Christ Jesus

_ Shall suffer persecution. But evil
men and seducers shall wax worse
and worse, deceiving, and being
deceived. ?

We live in a time today, in

which we must know who we are
in Christ Jesus. Another transla-
tion states oEveryone who wants
to live. as God desires, in Christ
Jesus, will be hurt. But people
who are evil and cheat others will
go from bad to. worse. They will
fool others but they will also be
fooling themselves. Can you imag-
ine evil men getting anymore evil
than they already are and seducers
getting worse that what they
already are? But the Word said it
would be and the Word is the
absolute. The persecution is not

going to come so much from»

_ withcut but from within. A man Ts

enemies are the men of his own
house (Micah 7:6).

We can learn from Jesus. 1 know
of no man that suffered so great a
persecution as He did, but He
stood His ground. What people
thought or said about Him did not

Shake him. He came to do the will
of His Father and that He did.
A majority of Jesus T persecution
. did not come from the sinners but
from obelievers ?. The sinners re-
ceived Him more readily than the
believers. The sinners were the
ones receiving salvation, miracles
and deliverance. He met their
needs because they believed and
received Him. They believed the
Word. When Jesus stood within
the synagogue and read from the
Old Testament scroll according to
Isaiah; the spirit of the Lord is
upon me, He listed purposes of the
spirit Ts ascension upon Him. First
of all , it was to anoint Him to go
about His ministry unto the Father,
to preach the gospel to the poor, to
heal the broken-hearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives and

back in the right direction. Be

careful that you are not deceived.

Beware of wolves in sheep cloth-
ing. Ask the Lord to anoint your
eyes and discernment. It is yours
for the asking. Ask and it shall be
given. Seek and ye shall find.
There are no big oI Ts ? and little
oyou's ?,

It is important to know
who your are in Christ and where
you stand with Him. This is a
know-so-thing. Regardless of what
people think about you, regardless
of the way they feel about you,
regardless of the way they treat
you, you must know for yourself!
You must know who you are in
Christ and you cannot be shaky
about it! You must know your
rights! You must know your
authority and exercise it! You
must know where you stand with
Christ! I cannot stress to you the
importance of this! You have got
to know! Proving time is at hand!
There are people in the church that
the devil has raised up to try to
block your progress (note I said
try) if you let them. The devil can
do no more than YOU allow him
to do. oChurch ? people that try to
hinder and hurt you oIN THE
NAME OF THE LORD ? are not
of God but of their father the devil.
They are wolves in sheep clothing
and venomous snakes.

Jude verse 17 says these
people complain and blame others,
doing the evil things they want to
do. They brag about themselves
and they flatter others to get what
they want (New Century Version).

The Lord said in prophecy
to the church that we are going to
know who He the churches, which
He has already begun to do. We
may not understand why God
moves the way He does but He
said His thoughts are not our
thoughts, neither our ways His
ways.

" Toften think about Jesus T ministry

here on earth. He was awesome!
He was able to meet every
circumstance and situation with

He did it; where deliverance was
needed, it was done; when He had
to be hard, He was able to do that
too. When the time came for Him
to give His life for the sins of the
world, He willingly and obedi-
y.
surrendered Himself to be nailed
alive to a tree. He wasn't a
weaking but He demonstrated the |
power of an Almighty God. He.
was a man in a class by Himself.
Jesus knew how to minister in.
every given situation. When the
devil roared in His face, the Holy
Spirit rose up greater in Jesus. The
devil never got the upper hand.
Jesus was always victorious. He
was always thhe conqueror. We
have the same power/authority
that Jesus had while here on earth.
He lives on the inside of each of
us that has of our sins.
He said greater works than these
shall we do.
God was pleased with Jesus
because He obeyed Him. If we
want to please God, we must obey
Him. Obedience is better than
sacrifice and to hearken than the
fat of rams.
In conclusion, I say unto you
beware of evil men and seducing
spirits. When you see that some-
thing or someone is hindering your
spiritual-growth and process, you
should do just like J did in
the case of Potiphar's wife, run for
your very life! Run just as fast and
as hard as you possibly can in the
other direction because your very
life is at stake. Wherefore by their
fruits ye shell know them.

Yours in Christ,
Pastor George A! Hawkins

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A MOTHER MOURNS "Mrs. Nancy Johnson is
shown as she left the funeral services held at the .
Rollins Funeral Home, Washington, D.C., for her
Kenneth. (Scarface) Johnson. Mrs. Irene Plum-

BEATS CHAIR.

Tot sitter Ts

mer, nurse, is assisting her,

Scarface T rests

in h... minister

WASHINGTON

oThe deceased now rests in

hell. ?
The Rev, Walter

. C. Jones

ices for Kennéth (Scarface)
Johnson, 26, of 172 N. Pulaski
St., Baltimore, Friday.3

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what it may have seemed; the

o| Jehovah's Witnesses T minister

explained to the AFRO.

o1 was not assigning Mr,
Johnson te any place after
death. Only God can do that. ?
After the service at Rollins
Funeral Home, 4399 Hunt Pl,

NE, at 1 p.m., Johnson was
buried dt Lincoln Memorial
Cemetery, ee

oA SIX-FOGOT former boxer

Jj with a long scar on the left

cheek, Johnson was fatally shot

!as he and a smaller companion
held up Willie and Catherine
| Richardson

in their home at 603

Franklin 'St., Baltimore,
In what the holdup victims
later described as o a night of
terror, ? the two men accosted

)Mr. Richardson at knife point

as he put the key in his door,

| (Continued on Page 3)

oThe only evidence to indi-
cate that any violence was com-
anywhere but in the
bedroom is the bloodstaing lead-
ing up to the attic. The explana
h Of the man going into the
attic with a knife is pure specu-
lation. y
oAll you have on rape is the
endant Ts statement that some
type . of force was used. The

(Phote'on Page 3).

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BUT his implication was not |.

State has failed to prove rape.

oThere is nothing to indicate
that he was trying to kill her to
mouth. j
is no evidence to sus-
tain a conviction of. first-degree

| Murder under the facts or the}

law. ?
the prosecution Ts

ilton Allen ar-
thusly in. a tense:and

ment or death in the
chamber, .
block S. Paca St., was sentenced
to 18 years in the Penitentiary
for the Oct. 4: fatal stabbing of
his estranged wife Ts sister, Miss
Shirley Blocker, 16. ;
i erry Hill

High School student was stabbed
seven tintes, she was:.baby. sit-
ting for Best Ts two small T chil-
dren and her younger brother.
The slaying took place at 2213
Ww. Hamburg St., Mt Winans.

*

PRESTON PAIRO,. assistant
State Ts attorney, asked Chief
Judge Emory Niles, presiding
in Youth Court, to find the de-
fendant guilty of first-degree
murder,

The proseeutor contended
that Miss Blocker had been
raped, and that the case came
under the State Ts murder-felony..
law which called for a. convic-
ten is fe Sat degree, a

n his fina argumen , Mr.
Pairo said:

body received seven
stab wounds and it Ts imposs-
wey te (noth ones.
way est .
oThe defendant would have

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WARNS OF MARCH "The Rev, Mar:
tin L. King Jr., Montgomery, chair-
man of the Southern Leaders Con-
ference, reads the telegram warning
President of a mass pilgrimage on

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Yuhingten, Pech a enine the te on
e reign 0} or ing the South.
The conference chad op

Teans on Feb, 15,

e

speaks out.

(SPECIAL-TO THE AFRO) .

NEW ORLEANS "Shocked because President Eisen-
hower has turned a deaf ear to their pleas that he
out against the rising wave of violence in the
tending desegregation of schools and other public facilis
ties, colored leaders here this week announced plans for
@ pilgrimage to Washington unless the Chief

ously approved at a two-day
ptist Ministerial Alliance held

The plan was unanim

(Story in Columa t) T

at

tive

#« |meeting of the Louisiana Baptist



in New Or-

Leaders Conference,
the southern states. °

oThis will not be a
deep spiritual faith, ?

ments,

Hash News In brief

at New Zion Baptist Church, the Rev. A. L. Davis, pastor, -

The announcement was made by the Rev. Martin
Luther King of Montgomery, president of the Southern
comprising 97 leaders.from all of

eee , ,
THE REV. MR. KING, also head of the Montgom-
ery Improvement Association which led a successful
«|year-cng bus boycott movement in Alabama Ts capital
city, told newsmen he did not know exactly what form
j |the pilgrimage would take.

He added, however, that thousands of colored peo-
ple, joined by thousands of whites
and South, would go to Washington.
political march. It will be rooted
the Rev. Mr. King pointed out.
:{, The press session was called after a telegram had
; been sent-to Mr. Eisenhower imploring him to speak.

jout against lawlessness in areas where integration was
» taking place,

in both the North

* @ ¢
THE MESSAGE is the third addressed to the Presi-
dent by this group since the first of the year. On Jan. 11,
the Leaders Conference asked the President to speak
anywhere in the South. Later, the Rev. Mr. King asked
Mr. Eisenhower to speak anywhere in the nation about
the violence erupting in the South.

_ The President, after consulting with. the Jus...
. tice Department, replied that he would be unable te
do so, despite pleas from many individuals and ore
ganizations that. he publicly discourage lawless ele-

The telegram also urged the -President to call'a
White House conference on the maintenance of law
land order. cee

oWE BELIEVE such a conference can help develop

in the South and in the nation an orderly T growth to-
ward civil_rights, ? the telegram said.

oSince our last appeal, ? the telegram stated, ovio
lence has continued to erupt by night and by day. It has
grown to alarming proportions. Some of the acts of vio-
lence would be unbelievable were the grim ruins not

mute testimony. ?

you believe that he was fighting
a. wild woman. The only reason
she was a wild woman was be-
cause she was fighting to keep

(Continued on Page 3)

$350,000 fortune
fails to excite
two Miss, sisters

ST, LOUIS, Mo. "Falling heir
& $350,000 fortune has failed
to excite Mrs. Florence Crowell.
a retired schoolteacher, and
sister, Miss Emma Green,
vee ene Miss.
fortune i ene nas My
Dona attorney said.
money was willed to them
Mrs, Caroline Wilkinson,
a barber, i
sband, Edwards, who
rated a: barber
Chamber of Com-
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DETROIT "Harry C, Hackett,
law clerk for U.S. Judge Frank
A. Picard, hag just-been ap-
pointed Federal bankruptcy ref-
eree,in Michigan, the first col-
ored lawyer to: be given this
position, He's a native of Bir.
ymingham and a graduate of

The Week's Report Of Progress

boards of Newport News and
Norfolk, Tuesday, were given
until August 1§ fo integrate
classes under their jurisdic.
tion, The order. was given ay
US, Judge Walter E, Hi
members
they need not fear action by

The Rev. F. L. Shuttlesworth, leader of the fight

state authorities, as he would jagainst bus segregation in Birmingham. Ala, whose
home like that of the Rev. Mr. King has also been

stand behind them,

* @ @

ANN ARBOR, Mich. " The

University of Michigan has been
asked to cancel its football

game fall

for hext
with the University of Georgia.

(Continued on Page 2)

Wayne University. law. school.

NEW YORK "The Federal
pee merteoen insu =
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ok who Vislete the
= lg York's Met.
calfe » Baker jaw prohibiting
eres bias in heuting. ~~
was the pledge. ommis.
sioner Norman P. Mason gave
aoe Anes, Germs of

State Commission Ageinst
Discrimination, Friday.
RICHMOND, Va. "Colston A,
Lewis, Richmond attorney, an-
nounced plans last week to seek
a seat in the Virginia House of
Delegates, yp to the July
7 Democratic primary,

coach as Dunbar wins cage title.

od it was

od i wan going to be Ik

NORFOLK, Va. = School |

Everybody deserves credit, T says

A judgment of $35,000 from a
trust fund left by the late
Charles E, Russell was awarded
the NAACP in a court order
granded by District Judge
dames T McGuire, this, week,

The remaining $35,000. in the
$70,000 fund was. awarded to a
Standdaughter, Mrs, Louise
Gibrede of San Francisco, Calif;

The grants, were in accord:

NAACP gets $35,000

and one of the founders of the
NAACP,

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19-year-old will; the NAA
Wor 00s one. Bel of Mp, Rus-
's estate following the death
of his widow and son

gnatched the
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PEACE AND HARMONY REIGN

Shriners honor Allen

er, Nobles of the Mystic
. The loca

bombed, remarked that the group was not trying to
othreaten the President ? with the telegram. .

HE CITED from the message: ; .
oIn the absence of some early and effective remedial
action, we shall have no moral choice but to lead a pil

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Mrs, Juanita E. Heggie,; 4,
10% Argyle Ave., identified
as @ prominent church leader
was ordered held in $2,500 bail

2

for grand jury action on a T lot-
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A a wasetharon NEWSPAPER FOR WASHINGTONIANS

_WASHINGTON, DC, SEPTEMBER 12,

1936

UNIA Meeting
Ends in n Canada

TORONTO 0 (ANP) "More
than 500 officers and mem-
bers of the Universal Ne-

gro Improvement Associa-
tion (U.N.LA.), headed by

Prices: 7c in D.C.; 1c: Evowhons

Victim 40th
Since 1925

Second Jury Ts Freak Verdict

Suspect While
Sheriff Sleeps}

DALTON, Ga. "A. L. Me-

" ||dust for Fun Jesse

Ga. Mob Hangs|

Continued on page 2, col. 6

What a Whale of a Difference a Few Years Make
Lateet photo of Marcus Garvey, founder of Universal Negro Improvement League,
who attended a league convention in Montregl, Canada, last week. Ten years ago
he was more pépular in New York than Father Divine. The best he could do was to
2° to Toronto. He is barred from the United States. New York has forgotten him.

andr not by. any .overt act or
J acts ? onthe part of his vic-

J white policeman, in Logan Cir-

Frees Slayer

of CCC Man

Following twenty-two

charged, Officer Vivian H.

the night of August 31.

Lawrence Basey was the fortieth colored per-
son shot to death by Metropolitan police since 1925.
Every officer involved has been exonerated. Most of
the victims were under 21 years of age.

fiberdtions, during which one coroner Ts jury was dis-

Ninth precinct, was exonerated late Tuesday night in
the fatal shooting of Lawrence Basey, 27, a CCC enrollee,

hours of hearings and de-

Landrum, white, of the

reported at-10 p.m., almost;
five hours. - after it retired.
based its verdict on the as-|
sumption that Landrum
feared for his life as a re-
sult of oa mental process,

tim.

, Pleads Mental Vision |
Landrum had testified, when
asked whether any of the five
CCC men he had placed under
arrest just before the shooting
had actually struck him, that he
did not give them a chance, as
a ovision of Officer Kennedy at
Truxton Circle flashed feu
my mind. ?

He was apparently referring
to the slaying of Milo Kennedy,

Continued on Page 6, Col. 7

The second jury, which/

Hung Jur in Basey
Case Thought First
in History of D.C,

So far as this city Ts oldest
lawyers can remember, the
coroner Ts jury which on Sat-
urday considered for twelve
hours the fatal shooting of a
CCC enrollee by a white
policeman, was the first ever
discharged here without
reaching a verdict.

John R. Pinkett, Jr., 22, of
122 V Street, Northwest, was
a member of the six-man
jury. The other five were
white.

According to reports, five
jurors favored exoneration of
the officer, while one is said
to have held out for grand
jury action. It was generally
assumed that Pinkett was the
lone juror opposing exonera-
tion of the officer.

Soviet Reds Admit They
Are Wiser Than God

RUSSIA FOR SOCIAL EQUALITY
PROVIDED GOD IS AGAINST IT

One white Georgian and a white Texan, while not-expressing
themselves as being for or against jim crow schools, said they
thought that mixing would odisturb ? the races, that oGo din-
tended for the races .to.be apaft, ? that mixing omight result in
social eqliality and intermarriage, ? etc., etc.

- The, writer. pointed out to the Southern gentlemen that
quality and mixing of the 165 nationalities in Soviet Russia only
resulted in complete harmony, whereas under Czarist rule, when
there Was separation and segregation, the country was overrun
-with continual racial disturbancés and programs, ie. lynchings.
oe | e Soviets came to power, abolished: God and threw all
; gether, the result has been brotberty love and harmony,
ne ipetore the Revolution, when: there was a God, racial
separation and perpetual»bloody feuds and strife, the Bible -
belt gentlemen were asked whether they: thought the wisdom of:
athe comementiats or the wisdom of God preferable. . But there

MRS. FAUSET: HEADS

u: S. Tein Who Say
God Intended -Races
Not to Mix Severely;
Heckled.

ooo

By WARVEY WARTWELL

MOSCOW " Separa schools,
with'their scholarships out of the
gjate, their inferior training for

youth, and their. salary
fferentials for teachers, found
owot one supporter ina T canvass
@aade among Americans visiting
a during the T past summer.
Relow are given the comments
at weveral. Americans who were
approach by the AFRO on the

very idea of the separation of chil.
dren of the basis of race creates a
feeling of inferiority and supen-
ority, Even where the appropria-

JUNE PURCELL GUILD
anember: of: the. staff of
w Union University: oSeg-

Spaulding Wants
F. D. Re-elected

fice this week. Rufus Cain and
Lindsey Graves. have been named
deputies and the sheriff has an-
nounced he will appoint a third
as a plain clothes detective at
the salary of $100 monthly,

Camy, 21, arrested after
breaking into the house of
a widow, was lynched here,
Sunday, by a mob of about
200 white hoodlums while
Sheriff J. T. Bryant slept.

McCamy was shot down by the
mob, which surrounded the jail,
as he attempted to escape after
the leaders took him from his cell.

More or less dead, he was strung
up to a telephone pole and his

body riddled with bullets.

quarters adjacent to the jail. He
said that when he arrived at the
scene of the lynching McCamy
was dead and the mob had dis-
persed.
Year Ts Twelfth ie

McCamy Ts death marks the
twelfth lynching of the year, the

| last being in Fort Smith, Ark., in

July, when officers and citizens
shot down a preacher-farmhand,
Charles Evans.

This community will be remem-
bered as that in which Miss Juli-
ette Derricotte, national YWCA
official and Fisk University fac-
ulty member, was fatally injured
in an auto accident, in 1930, and
was refused admission to the local
hospital.

Sheriff Names Three

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (ANP) "
Three persons will be on
the staff of J. Carroll Cate, Knox
County sheriff, who assumed of-

_ Sheriff Bryant was asleep in his

Whether or ps the GOP wins its figh esse C
at least they have sotan Ts a Runflower - his opattoaioler

rene

Says Bill "But GOP. Say
Owens Is for Landon

last week announced his

Presidential nominee. ?
This bulletin was sent
on Tuesday.

for Landon or any other politi-
cian, ? says Bill (Bojangies) Rob»
inson, unofficial Mayor of Harlem
and world-famous tap dancer
when interviewed at the Lincoln
Theatre where T he headed the
stage show which inaugurated the
theatrical season pere last week.

ol T've known Jesse for quite a
number of years and I have a
genuine regard for his future and
I advised him not to get tahgled
up with it. ?

Landon for President and told Representative Joseph ¥
Martin, Jr., white, Republican Eastern campaign manas
ger, that he would take the stump for the Republicag

oJesse Owens will not stump).

NEW YORK= " oJesse Owens, world Ts fastest runr

support of Gov. Alfred .

cé

out by G.O.P. headqu

Won't Allow

oTt absolutely won't T allow
Owens to stump for Governor
Landon or anybody else or to take
any part in politics, ? Marty For-
kins, white, Owens Ts pro manager,
told the Associated Negro Press as
soon as the news T reached him.
oJ didn Tt even know about this
statement at headquarters. I
wouldn Tt have allowed him to
take any side in the political cam-
paign if I had known about it.

o{ don Tt think he Ts interested
much one way or the other in

politics. He told me he voted, the T

Republican ticket but beyond that
didn Tt pay much attention to poli-

tow und cali be Gabbling tn ¥
litical matters. ?
With these two

headquarters at 41 East
Sirent ond pet srwspaper maa
Mr. Martin Ts afternoon press ¢
ference. The Olympic cham

arene. Te Cunvle Soi

to go

tics. He Ts in the public Ts hands

Insurance Head Had Been
Listed as G.O.P. Speaker

-C. C, Spaulding, preside
Mutual Life Insurance
AMERICAN, Tuesday.

oI feel that a change
time of national economic

on a sound basis, it would
tence. ?

oThe publishing of my name as G.O.P. cam-
paign speaker is without my knowledge or consent, ? .

wise. To my way of thinking, if the present ad-
ministration had done little else than revive con-
fidence i in the banking business and place banks

of the North Carolina
pany, told the AFRO-

in administration at this
improvement would not

attending the Epworth

have justified its exis-

was given the reply:

stitute here voted against unification
with the M.E. Church, South, 467 to 17
on the ground that the plan called for
segregation of colored brethren.

They also voted to boycott the Louis-
ville and Nashville Railroad because of
its jim-crow cars. Bishop Blake, quoted

as saying, oWhat else did you expect? ?

Young White Methodists Vote |
Down Unification, 147-17 |

BEREA COLLEGE, Ky. "White youth

League In-

leaders,
detailed here

vice-president

oWe expect you to live Christianity.
or quit talking about it. ?

Conservative churchmen sought duy--
ing the year to curb the liberal move+ fj
ment among young people. Two white ? Az
Kirkpatrick and Oven b

where. The understanding was that they)

were too progressive,
Juanita Jackson of Baltimore, is a" i

i

last year, were sent else

of the body.

DURHAM, N.C. " Em-
phatically denying that he
would speak for the elec-
tion of Governor Alfred M.
Landon, C. C. Spaulding,
President of the North Caro-
lina Mutual Life Insurance
Company and the Mechanics
and Farmers Bank of Dur-
ham, N.C.; stated that he!
favors the re-election of!

S. Baker,

Baker Brothers, Alleged Embezzlers
of Bank Funds, Released from Prison

Pictures on Page 2

Edward A. and Clarence
former cashier

t

tice Cox took cognizance that

pleaded guilty were committed

he offenses to which the brothers

tlal, to collect 100 per cent
assessments on their stock
toward satisfying the bank's

WOMAN ACCU

1]

SLAYING INTRU

Charged with the fatal sh

ing of Raymond Jones, 35,
is alleged to have broken intc
home, in the 1400 block §
Street, Northwest, Tuesday,
Mary Price, is detained at

phe said cores reetive, in|

|tions' and other things are equal,

schools are a distinct disadvantage

_ Continued on page ool.

The. AFRO-AMERICAN :

arate :

WOMEN DEMOCRATS

nag kh pleated ean | or nearly so, the jim crow school

m F 1 desirable. ?

po ial facilities to: both races, "72420. ae blealy NTT EROON NEW YORK=ir. Crystal

bode ha law: demands: it, cae: student, University of Byrd T Fauset, of phia, was
colored people al- Wisconsin: oI think that jim crow hamed by the T Democratic Na-:

tional Committee to: head up the |:
women's division .campaign for

the Democratic party, Friday.

Mrs, Fauset, proniinent in peli-
ties, and civic work, is a tormer
international. secretiry of the

YWCA T and hag .been ¢.e head
oor of the WPA work at
i ; . emacs eae,

President Franklin D, Roose-
velt,
o
ams firm believer in

and bookképer, respective-
ly, of the Prudential Bank,
have been released from
Lorton Reformatory, where
they were serving embezzle-
ment. sentences of from
eighteen months to three
years each,

Their release followed a suc-
cessful plea by their attorneys on
Friday that Justice Joseph Cox

in 1931, prior to the Indetermin-
ate Sentence Act.

The brothers are required to
report to J, ¥, Reeves, white,
District probation officer, once a
month during their probationary |

period. They were: granted per-
mission to leave Washington and
are reported to T have " gone .to
Richmond. ,

$100,000 Reported Missing

The brothers T were originally

sentenced on pleas of guilty to

. | vaeate the ore it, which he

one count each of :separate in-
amount involved

bligations.
Susties Cox is believed to have

been. influenced to some extent
by numerous appeals by friends
and acquaintances on behalf .of
the Baker brothers.

%

Bishop Intercedes

- "Those said to have T made such| heart.

quien

1410 G COCR ak M
Hamilton

appeals, either in writing or in
persons, "

ames Freeman of
cores Cathedral; the Rev.

herve J. Brow, Episcopal rec-
tor emeritus of St, Luke Church;
Dean William

B. West, of Howard

Martin, Col, W

Women's Bureau, pending ai
quest,

Jones died on Tuesday m
ing shortly after he was cat:
to Freedmen' Ts Hospital suffe:
nan y, eet See

UNDENTFED mr BO

pihide

ry

_ blacks have contributed significantly to
_- Republican Party in the Tpast, a poll con-
ducted this spring for the Black American
surveyed feel the Republican Party has ig-

: -nored the African T American community. :

African Americans have the same concerns
as other Americans who grapple with soci-
etal issues. Do we need more parental in-
volvement in local schools rether than more
_government? When do we take criminals
off the wer soon do bhcinahiar
returg? How do we promote strong moral:
aie in our communities? These are the
types of questions the Republican Party
asks of active African Americans who par-
ticipate within the Party. History has shown
that the Republican Party cannot success-

fully address these critical issues without

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happy couple have a long, blessed life together!

Congratulations and Happy Birthday Mr. James Herman Wilson Mr. James
Herman Wilson son of James and Mary Wilson, was born February 9, 1923. Mr.
Wilson is a native of Pitt County. He left Greenville, NC 57 years ago and joined
the air force. Later he moved to New York City. Mr. Wilson says he was the first
black man to buy a house in a block where there was only white families before.
He then moved to Freehold New Jersey and worked as a watch repair person.

! worked in my community to help the young people. It was a good life. I decided
to move back to my roots in North Carolina. I then married Ernestine Rowe on
July 3,1999. I want to thank all my friends and family. Especially my best man
Ben Chapman. My birthday is next month, my wife is giving me a big turn-out
February 12, 2000. Happy Valentine's Day and thank you to my sweet new wife,
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processes strane to death;
- possibly before he had the di-

of seeing
ak record is dhat her he
was translated that "he should not
see death." . °

Sucjette sain : Poa, in fe a chapter of
ebrews, includes Enoch among
No Man ah el the faithful ones of the past, con-

Heaven" cerning whom he said, othese all

died (Hebrew 11:5, 13) In Genesis
No heavenly promises were given 5-24 we are told that Enoch "was
to God's faithful servants prior to - not; for God took him." A similar
the first advent of Jesus; and the expression to this is found in
Master himself makes it plain that Jeremiad 31:15, where, in de-
, up until that time no one had gone scribing the condition of Rachel's
" toheaven. We quote Jesus T words: dead children, it says that they
oAndie man hath ascended up to "were not." The evidence is con-
heawéli--but He that came down vincing, then, that whatever else
front ? o higaven, even the Son of may be implied in the thought of
Fie (John oul Tegner Enoch's translation. He did not
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Durham, NC

Sharen A. McGlothen
Durham, NC

Bertha oBert* Breese
Durham, NC
Missouri Morris
Durham, NC

Bobby R. Webb, Jr.
Durham, NC

Runice K. Turner
Durham, NC

Winona Gee
Durham, NC

Eryn Gee

Durham, NC
William oBill ? Lucas
Durham, NC

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Durham, NC

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Durham, NC

Eugene B. Davis
Wilmington, NC

Rosa B. Davis
Wilmington, NC

Helen C. Grear
Wilmington, NC

Joyce T. Grear
Wilmington, NC

Karen Blanks
Wilmington, NC
Attorney Peter Grear
Wilmington, NC
John Chisholm
Wilmington, NC
Gloria Chisholm
Wilmington, NC
Gregory Blanks
Wilmington, NC
Michael Blanks
Wilmington, NC
Kathy Grear
Wilmington, NC
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Wilmington, NC
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Wilmington, NC .
Gerry McCants
Wilmington, NC
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Jackie Peoples
Wilmington, NC
Catherine Moore
Wilmington, NC
Golden Peoples, Jr.
Wilmington, NC
Malvenia Peoples
Wilmington, NC

Kenneth Weeden
Wilmington, NC

Roas Webb

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Windell Daniels
Wilmington, NC
Wayne Lofton
Wilmington, NC
James Goodson
Wilmington, NC
Jimmy Smith
Wilmington, NC
Willie E. McCrae
Wilmington, NC
Michael M. McCants
Wilmington, NC
Doris M. Johnson
Wilmington, NC
Martha H. Simpson
Wilmington, NC
Lottie Wilson
Wilmington, NC
Teresa H. Williams
Leland, NC
James R. Goss
Castle Hayne, NC
Jesse Hannible
Wilmington, NC
Frank Brown
Wilmington, NC
Joyce Wright
Wilmington, NC
Shaekima Nixon
Wilmington, NC
Darry! Nixon
Wilmington, NC
Thomas Wright, II
Wilmington, NC
Delton Costin
Wilmington, NC
Valarie Costin
Wilmington, NC
William Green
Wilmington, NC
George Vereen
Wilmington, NC
Bessie Funderburg
Wilmington, NC
Harry Fordon
Wilmington, NC
Harold Troy "
Whiteville, NC
Evelyn Troy
Whiteville, NC
Ladeen Powell
Whiteville, NC
William Mason
Wilmington, NC
Leon Devone
Wilmington, NC
Gracie Hooper
Wilmington, NC
Sandra Hooper -
Wilmington, NC
Mamie Davis
Wilmington, NC
B, Mae Harris
Fayetteville, NC
Clark Dillahunt
Payetteville, NC
Timothy Dillahunt
Fayetteville, NC
Hazel Massey
Fayetteville, NC

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Payetteville, NC
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Fayetteville, NC
Elaine Jones
Fayetteville, NC
Jeanne Williams
Payetteville; NC
Carolyn Chapman
Fayetteville, NC
Ethel Burns
Fayetteville, NC
Dorothy Warren
Fayetteville, NC
Aileen Hardy
Fayetteville, NC
Leroy McCullough
Fayetteville, NC
Louis McCormick
Fayetteville, NC
Cornelius Williams
Fayetteville, NC
Saundra Clagett
Fayetteville, NC
Melvin Alexander
Fayetteville, NC
Freelon Young
Fayetteville, NC
Cynthia Doss
Fayetteville, NC
Judy Merntt
Fayetteville, NC
Amon Harris
Fayetteville, NC
Robert Atkinson
Princeton, NC
Louise McQueen
Fayetteville, NC
Glonus Fowler
Fayetteville, NC
Willie Simpson
Payetteville, NC
Cheryl Mace
Cameron, NC
Reverend Curtis Worthy
Fayetteville, NC
Joyce Malone
Fayetteville, NC
Wilson Lacy
Fayetteville, NC
Herman Wilson, Jr.
Fayetteville, NC
Carlton Wyatt
Fayetteville, NC
Dr. Floyd W. Johnson, Jr.
Fayetteville, NC
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Floyd
Fayetteville, NC
Albert Bryant, Jr.
Fayetteville, NC
IJ. McNeil
Fayetteville, NC
H.M. Crenshaw
Momsville, NC
Dennis McNair
Fayetteville, NC
The Honorable Dock Brown
Weldon, NC
Helen B. Brown
Weldon, NC

oDonnell Thomas

Weldon, NC
Joseph Cotton
Weldon, NC

Earlie Brooks
Weldon, NC
Florence Barnes
Weldon, NC
Sheree Anderson
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Anthony Robinson
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Edward C. Garner
Garysburg, NC
Otis Williams, Jr.
Garysburg, NC .
Carl Britt
Garysburg, NC
Ray Ramsey
Garysburg, NC
Shirley M. Brown
Weldon, NC

Cora Ciotti
Weldon, NC

Ollie Royster
Littleton, NC

Ruth Cheatham
Weldon, NC

Buck White
Williamston, NC
Attorney Ronnie Reaves
Weldon, NC

Dr. John Powell
Weldon, NC
Warren Henderson
Lake Gaston, NC
Vernon Bryant
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Lloyd Lawrence
Weldon, NC
Frankie Young
Halifax, NC

Charles Edwards
Wake County
Inez Hayes
Wake County

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Raleigh, NC
Louise Sewell
Smithfield, NC

Lucy. Washington
Smithfield, NC
Charles Williams
Smithfield, NC
Carolyn Ennis

Smithfield, NC

Eloise Hillard
Clayton, NC
Dorothy Johnson
Clayton, NC
Jackie Lacy
Selma, NC

Florence Williams
Four Oaks, NC

Pred Nelson
Benson, NC

Barbara McMillan
Dunn, NC

Debra Galbreath

* Lillington, NC

Ernestine McLean
Bunn Level, NC
Pauline Keith
Curry, NC
James Hall
Clinton, NC
Reverend Cozelle Wilson
Kinston, NC

Dr. Lafayette Parker:
Jacksonville, NC

Attorney Thomasine Moore
Jacksonville, NC

The Honorable Jim Richardson
Charlotte, NC

Phyllis D. Lynch

Charlotte, NC

Attorney John Harmon
New Bern, NC

Attorney Prank Emory
Charlotte, NC

Attorney Jonathan Charleston
Raleigh, NC

Jerry Camp

Greensboro, NC

June McLaurin-Jeffers
Durham, NC

Talmadge Killens

High Point, NC

Dr. J. L. Morgan

Sanford, NC

Mary E. Perry

Wendell, NC

Helen Blue

Dunn, NC

Bill Windley

Raleigh, NC

Weston Butler

Raleigh, NC

Phyllis Watson

Raleigh, NC

Rudy Watson

Raleigh, NC

Dr. William Thurston
Raleigh, NC

Reverend James Lee
Raleigh, NC

Linda Yon

Raleigh, NC

Marjorie Young

Raleigh, NC

Ida Perry

Raleigh, NC
Reverend Norman Davis
Raleigh, NC

Reverend William Simmons
Raleigh, NC

Nancy High

Raleigh, NC
Reverend Franklin Rush
Raleigh, NC

Mary Pool

Raleigh, NC

Lt. Isaiah Green
Raleigh, NC

Sam Boone

Raleigh, NC

George Sanders
Raleigh, NC

Deloris Wilson
Raleigh, NC

Arthur L. White
Raleigh, NC

Virginia Harris
Raleigh, NC

Mose Bailey

Wake County
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Wake County

Hon. Vernon Malone
Raleigh, NC
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Greenville, NC
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Durham, NC
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New Bern, NC

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Asheville, NC

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Martin County
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Martin County
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Martin County
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Martin County
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Martin County
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Pitt County
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Williamston, NC
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Martin County
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Martin County
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Martin County
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Martin County
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Martin County
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Halifax County
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Martin County
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Chowan County
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Martin County
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Martin County
Daria Smith
Martin County
Eunice W. Green
Martin County
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Martin County

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Fayetteville, NC
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Fayetteville, NC
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Charlotte, NC

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Franklinton, NC
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Charlotte, NC
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"Tabernacle of Faith Revival center held their annual Singles banquet
Saturday february 2, 2000 at 7:00 PM. The theme of the banquet was

"Livin" Single Victoriously in Y2K..pastors Richard and pearline -
_ Moore encouraged the single men and women to strive for excellence.
below are three lovely young ladies that were in attendance at the
banquet. from left to right: Babara Randolph, Gracie Flemming and
denise Suggs.

. Photo by Faith May

|

Love Birds, shown above Mr. and Miss Mebane who has been married

_ 50-years and stil enjoy courting, both are retired educators and love

- the Lord and encourage everyone to take it to Jesus.
: Photo by Jim Rouse

-deavors has oles major hit.

1. Stingrays and will be on. os res
4 serve for a few weeks. es

oOn Putfy Ts album.

. from Bad Boy. titled oThank You. ?

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_jured his ankle while playing bas- | mi kills half es consum-
| ketball for the International | gr ers, and could take 10 million lives
~ ketball League Ts San Diego " : : annually by 2030 with 70 percent

from developing countries, WHO

~ Director General Gro Harlem

Brundtland said Priday at a confer-
ence in New Delhi. .

4 If countries do not act soon, to-

| bacco will kill more people in the

next 30 years than the combined

toll from malaria, tuberculosis and

. child diseases, Brundtland warned.

She spoke at a conference on

According to Launch. com,
Brandy has made a deal with a
man some percieve as the music
industry. Ts Evil Emperor. She re-

onds "4 million preventable deaths

_ afinually. But she said health risks.

from tobacco are widely underesti-
mated,

oThe tobacco industry subverted ©

science, economics and political
processes to market a lethal and
inherently defective product. that
imposed a massive burden T of dis-
ease and death on countries, ? she
said.

Inaugurating the conference,
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari

kills one eninge ng eight sec-

measure is control the consump-
tion of tobacco must be actomipa-

nied by job creation for. those who

_ how work in the tabacco industry. 3

India is the third-largest

of tobacco, with nearly one million
_ people involved in its cultivation.

Some 4.5 million others are.en-

gaged in making bidis, cheap hand-
rolled gigarettes. .

oTobacco control must be seen

to confer the riches of good health,

while advancing the health of

economy, ? Vajpayee said.

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Read Your Black
-***Book Review***

| William Amos Mann IV arrived |
on his grandfather Ts doorstep in |
a wicker basket with a simple |
~ note attached that read: Eddie Ts |
Bastard. On the third of August F
1970, Thomas Mann Junior, an |
herbalist and a failed entrepre-|
neur, was living alone in his fam- |
ily Ts legacy, a ramshackle;
farmhouse. After drinking whis- |
key for breakfast, lunch, and
dinner on his birthday, he stum- |
bles outside to find the crying |
baby on his doorstep. _ Having |
-recently lost his son-Eddiein thet
Vietnam War, Thomas is filled |
with pride when he realizes that |
he will not be the last of the Mann [
family--in this abandoned baby |
in a basket, he sees hope. :

Thomas is an eccentric and a/
loner who with the help of his}
longtime friend, Dr. Conner, sets F
out to raise young Billy the best |
way he knows how. With a disre- |
gard for the traditional institu- |
tions of church and _ school, |
Thomas educates Billy himself |
despite the repeated pleas and}
arguments of Dr. Conner. The;
boy is-able to read Steinbeck and |
Livy Ts The Early History of}
Rome at a remarkably young|
age, and is amazed by his grand- |
father Ts many stories and a
treasured Civil War diary be-}|
longing to his great - grandfather |
and namesake. Billy Ts childhood |
is a marvelous adventure full of |
love and attention. He has a natu- |
ral curiosity about his parents, |
but he seems content to live with |
what little knowledge he has of |
them -- until a posthumous letter |
from Dr. Conner reveals the}
identity of his mother and cir-|
cumstances of his birth.

Note: : :
In this novel the ties of family |
and the importance of personal |
history are revealed through a}
story with humor and the magni- |
tude of a true American epic.

Submitted by: Suejette Jones

" - [From the time she was a little girl, || | oe
[Josephine Baker was drawn to the glam-|} || I

our of the theater. Despite living in thel] |)

: = - to give up her seat toa white man on |

| Fsfoms of St. Louis and being pulled out of school beforel}.

|| she turned ten, she found the courage-and had enough}
talent-to follow her dreams. Baker danced in vaudeville|}.
houses and joined a traveling dance troupe when shell

« |-was sixteen. In 1923, she landed a chorus line spot in|}

|| the Broadway show Shuffle Along. But it was in Paris

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two years later that she stepped fully into the spotlight,

exotic, known for her magnetic stage presence, lush

| body, deep red lipstick, and outrageous promotional
| antics, including her famous walk with a leopard down
the Champs Elysees. A politically courageous woman,

Baker spoke and acted against racism throughout her
life and was a member of the French Resistance in
World War II, for which she earned both the Medal of
the Resistance and, later, the Legion of Honor.

la Montgomery, Alabama, bus on December 1, 1955, |
|| Her subsequent arrest, pictured here, resulted in a mass | |

boycott of city buses and brought the civil rights move-

| ment and Martin Luther King Jr. to national prominence.

Yet the popular view of Parks's catalytic action as that
of a simple, tired seamstress is not altogether accurate.

. || Though indeed a woman of quiet dignity, Parks was
| in La Revue Negro. Baker fell in love with Paris, andj]
the city responded in kind. She was irreverent and|

also a longtime mover in the Montgomery NAACP
and a well-trained, disciplined activist, attuned in every
respect to what she was setting into motion. Parks and ||
her husband, Raymond, moved to Detroit in the wake |
of the bus boycott, and for many years she worked in
the office of Michigan congressman John Conyers. Still
lending her energies to the struggle for equal rights,
Parks remains a pone figure of hope and inspiration
to millions.

m Brown Funeral Home Proudly Salutes

Black History Month

Sojourner Truth
(1797 - 1883)

Sojourner Truth was, and in some ways
¥ still seems, ahead of her time-as a femi-
nist in an abolitionist movement: in

| which "slave" typically meant man and as an activist

|| for African American rights in a suffragist movement ||
| in which "woman" typically meant "white middle-class
- | woman? T If there was ever a person fit to take on the

- problem of black female invisibility, however, it was

4 the electrifying Truth. Like Harriet Tubman, Truth was

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Martin Community College Proudly Salutes
Black History Month "

MARCUS GARVEY
(1887 - 1940)

Fl Marcus Garvey articulated a powerful
@a vision of self-determination
oa for peoples of African descent that,

| though ahead of its time, has inspired and informed

movements for black economic and political power up
to the present day. A native of Jamaica trained as a
printer, Garvey had his first taste of political activism |}.
as a union organizer, Travels he made starting in 1910
furthered his interest in black history and black national-
ist thought-and in actualizing the ideals they contained.
In 1914 Garvey founded the Universal Negro |
Improvement Association, which at its peak in the mid- ||
[920s had some 8 million followers, making it the largest |
international movement of African peoples in history.
Though his efforts to launch a modern back-to-A frica

movement-based on the view that blacks would never
|| truly prosper in societies where they were in a minority: ||
did not ultimately succeed, Garvey's legacy of black.|
pride and independence was is profound ; and lasting. And |
and green flag of Athens iseabesi that |