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Meeting promotes action,
on challenges facing black

By T. Scott Batchelor
The Daily Reflector .

A litany of issues affecting Greenville's black community echoed in the Dubois Center on Thursday during. what
organizers hope was the first of many "town hall" meetings. Education, violence, economic growth,
discrimination and health care were some of the topics addressed by a panel of civic leaders and audience
members during the forum, sponsored by the Pitt County Black Caucus, The Minority Voice Newspaper, WOOW
~ AM and Millennia Community .
Anderson, the evening's modetator, told the crowd of about 250 gathered in the center off Hooker Road. She |
urged members of the community to seek out the plethora of government grants for everything from starting
small businesses to education tuition.
"So many of the monies that come into Greenville really do not trickle down to the people with ideas, great
ideas," Anderson said. However, she said, "If you don't have a place to stay, it's all about nothing. ?
Councilwoman Rose Glover said leaders and rank-and-file residents need a "road map" to guide the black

community. "So many times we talk but don't do anything," she said. She decried the ravages of drugs on the |

community, especially in west Greenville, and "absentee landlords ruining our communities,"

Bennie Rountree, president of the state Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said, "Many problems we

have is because our leadership is not together." .

AACP in Pitt County, Calvin Henderson, pledged to strive for success in serving his
constituency, "It's really time for work," not just talk, he said, adding that the local NAACP would be the arm
for helping pore ae health, ion, community development, and veterans affairs. _

City Councilwoman Mildred Council urged residents to "tap the sleeping giant" of neighborhood resources.
"These organizations can help us if you tap them and use them well," she said.

Tying his message with the celebration o February as Black History Month, keynote speaker U.S. Rep. Frank

way from Africa to here, and a long way from the back of the bus to the front, referring
to the defiant stance taken by civil rights protestor Rosa Parks, .
He lambasted President George W. Bush for Opposing universities T use of affirmative action in the admissions
process "It.is my considered opinion that he is opposed to Black History Month," Ballance said. "What is Black
Thank blacks poirot i fil a Am | high th ,
se problems still in America, "you can rise as hi as you want to," the congressman said.

During the question and answer section of the town hall meeti ng, one man asked Ballance, " Why can't you shut
down convenience stores that sell alcohol in West Greenville

© member said 100 percent of the troubled students she works with are black, and almost all
of them males, "I'm vd to understand; what can we do as a community to give them hope?" she said. "They
longer know Who they are, what their sense of place is in this community.
Another woman wanted. to know the"real causes behind the persistent, chronic Suspensions of black males" in
irman | f the Pitt County Board of Education, said the school

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"You know all about a dream," Parrott

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The Daily Reflector Program Guide, which contains Organizations that receive the
informationon events happening award must have an active
The 2003 Best-Irons Human- at ECU and in the community, affirmative action program; pro-

itarian Award on Saturday was
bestowed on a woman described

Myrick also

pointed to Lewis T
work in organizing a committee
of health professionals to create

vide leadership seminars and
Directions for upward mobility;

have an educational scholarship "

- and determination" during @ an event which will encourage program; promote local and state
banquet at the Hilton Greenville. healthy lifestyles © among uman relations affairs; and
© Nell Lewis, director of the African-Americans, have initiated at least one human
Ledonia bide i Cultural Center Niagara Parkes, a social worker relations effort.
at East Carolina University, was "_with the Pitt ounty Department Other nominees for the 2003

nominated for the award by
Brenda Myrick.
The 2003 award for an organiza-

- tion went to STRIVE, a job-
: Feadiness training program in

of Social Services, nominated
STRIVE for the Best-lrons
Humanitarian Award to an or-
ganization. She said the three-
week training program stresses

individual award are Evelyn
Carmon, Clifton Hickman,
Harvey G. Jackson, Beatrice
Maye, James Speight, Dr.
Edward Treadwell and Dr. Ear!

: Pitt County that helps people discipline and compliance and _ " Trevathan.
- become employable. The yearly oworks towards the betterment of
. awards are handed out by the the community,"

' Greenville Human Relations

"STRIVE deserves this award,

- Council, as they offer this training free of
. In her nomination letter, Myrick charge to the community at
| recounted Lewis T 29 years as an large,she said, "STRIVE is will-
- @ducator and her rise to the ing to work with anyone that
. position she now holds at ECU. wants to go to work, to increase

Through the strong and viva- their job-seeking skills, job-

yes leadership of Nell Lewis,

' the Ledonia

ight Cultural
Center has flourished," the letter

. states, "The ona of Not
' tors, college students, hi
: School, elementary school and

readiness skills, as well as
working with them on work-
lace behavior,"

e Best-Irons Humanitarian
Award was established in 1990
in honor of Dr. Andrew A. Best

: primary school students, as well ° and Dr. Malene G.-Irons « the
as community-based " first recipies of the award in

- tions, [has] increased." Myrick 1992 - for their belief on the
credited Lewis with organizing issues of equality and human
and leading the Cross-Cultura rights, os

- Communication Committee, Criteria for the individual award
a mission is oto | ry ae activi pi foramen rl
eadership; direction and moti- affnirs, otion of community
vation cross-cultural and human betterment, involve-

communication for more aware-
ness and involvement in diver-

sity programming as an

ment in at least one activity
worthy of human relations rec-
ognition and pbsitive attitudes

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vr Pacey = rks a aoe aed ting, real estate, and rental office in Pitt County, si Eastern
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home, she made a wrong turn, drove
night and wound up 250 miles away in

Woodman to a motel, where several em-
ployees offered to drive her home. She de-
cliaed and decided to drive herself.

Ss lost again. Tuesday afternoon,

and herself in Edgeworth, Pr

flagged down Edgeworth resident Nancy
Merrill, who noticed she seemed exhaust-
ed and drove her to the police station.
Woodman spent Tuesday night at a mo-
tel, then made the five-hour trip home
Wednesday afternoon in a limousine rent-
ed by her son. :

Curses, foiled

Police in Edmonton, Alberta, arrested two
youths who allegedly accosted a pizza de-
ages 17 and 18, then decided to take his car
instead, Their getaway was thwarted be- |
cause they didn Tt know how to drive a stan-
ane caer

man Wes Bellmore said, adding that the
were apprehended after officers ar-

the home where the pizzas were to be

Thailand Ts health ministry announced it
is dispatching a troupe of dancers to _
show women how to increase their bust
sizes. Thai women who have been bom-
barded by media images of big-busted
women often feel inadequate and resort
to wearing ill-fitting brassieres, accord-
ing to Pennapa Subcharoen, deputy direc-
tor-general of the neg dh department
of traditional medicine. o any women

~are not aware that wearing an appropriate
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Worth the risk

Increased cellular phone use has led to
more car accidents, but the value users
place on being able to call from the road
roughly equals the accidents T cost, ac-
cording to the Harvard Center for Risk
Analysis. The center's study concluded
that the yearly cost of accidents caused
by cell phones, including aerate
and property damage, 8 illion.
This figure is virtually the tune as re-
searchers arrived at for the value of calls
made while driving.

First things first

@ Willmar, Minn., resident Tyler
Bratsch, 25, was sentenced to a year in
jail after he admitted visiting pornograph-
ic, sports and miusic Internet sites and
checking e-mail instead of watching his
13-month-old son, who drowned while
taking a bath unattended.

@ Police in Placentia, Calif., charged
Janet Chen, 31, with leaving her two
young children home alone for nearly
three weeks while she went to North Car-
olina to visit-a man whom she met on the
Internet. Officers, who discovered Chen Ts
7-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son
after neighbors reported hearing them
crying inside the apartment, said the chil-
dren had been living on frozen meals,
Bagel Bites and cold cereal. Chen told -
investigators that she had a falling out
with the man but slept in her rental car
for the next week rather than come home
because she didn Tt want to pay for a new
airline ticket.

Lucky... not

Paul Smith, 37, survived his van rolling
down an embankment outside Moosic, Pa.
After climbing back to the highway and
walking a half-mile along the shoulder,
ries he was killed by a hit-and-run

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A group of French chefs, writers and
celebrities announced it would

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peans, but many of the people who kidnapped those for this trade were Africans and Arabs.

Another source for large numbers of slaves was prisoners captured in inter tribal conflict or warfare. It was
them to other tribes or slave traders for sell at the coast to shippers

common practice to kill captives-or trade
in the slave trade.
The trade was banned
British Royal Navy was
the end of 19th century. _

For the British to énd the slave trade, significant dbstacles had to be overcome. In the eighteenth century
the slave trade was an integral part of the Atlantic economy. The economies of the European colonies in the
Caribbean, the American colonies, and Brazil required vast amounts of man power to harvest the bountiful
agricultural goods. In 1790 the British West Indies, islands such as Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad, had a

by international agreement in the eatly 19th century, but this ban was ignored and the

ordered to enforce the ban, this succeded in eliminating the Atlantic slave trade by

slave population of 524 000, while the French had 643 000 in their West Indian possessions.

; Other powers such as Spain, the Netherlands, and
Denmark had large numbers of slaves as well. Despite
these high populations more slaves were always required, Harsh
conditiees and ic i left the stave popula-
tion with well below replacement fertility levels. .

By 1800 the English had imported around 1.7 million slaves
to their West Indian possessions since 1600, the fact that there
were well over a million fewer slaves in the British colonies
than had béen imported to them illustrates the conditions in
which they lived, ;

The immorality of slavery was excused by economics. Slav-
ery was involved in some of the most immensely profitable in-
dustries of the time. Seventy percent of the Slaves brought to the
new world were used to produce sugar, the most labor intensive
crop. The rest were employed harvesting coffee, cotton, and to-

These eproden acts woekd te ae Europe or Africa. Th

shipped to or Africa. The
ships from Europe would then return cafrying manufactured
materials and foodstuffs.

The ships from Africa would return carrying slaves. The en-
ire economy of the Atlantic sector depended on fresh supplies
of slaves to the West Indies, and this triangular Atlantic trade
formed the core of maritime trade throughout the world. These
colonies were some of the most important possessions of each

wer.
France in 1763, for instance, agreed to lose the entire vast
colony of New France in exchange for keeping the minute is-
land of Guadeloupe.

By far the most successful West Indian colonies in 1800 be-
longed to the United Kingdom. -

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- The British islarids T produced the most sugar, and quickly
British p became the largest consumers of sugar. West In-
dian sugar ubiquitous as an additive to Chinese tea.

-Products of American slave labor soon permeated every level
of British society with tobacco, coffee, and especially sugar all
being indispensable elements of daily life for all classes.

To its colonies Britain also had the largest fleet of
slave ships, mostly operating out of Liverpool and Bristol.

In Liverpool, by the late seventeenth century, one out of every
four ships that left harbour was a slaver. They were highly prof-
itable ventures and played very important economic roles in
those two cities.

How did the abolition of the slave trade occur if it was SO eco-
nomically important and successful? The historiography of an-
swers to this question is a long and interesting one. Before the
Second World War the study of the abolition movement was
performed primarily by British scholars who believed that the
anti-slavery movement was probably among the three or four
perfectly virtuous pages in the history of nations.

This opinion was controverted in 1944 by the West Indian his-
torian, Eric Williams, who argued that the end of the slave trade
to economic transitions totally unconnected to any morality.

iams T thesis was soon brought into question as well, how-
ever. Williams based his
Indian colonies were in decline at the early point of nineteenth
century and were losing their political and economic importance
to Britain. This decline the slave system into an econom-
ically burdensome one that the British were only too willing to
do away with. .
ihe main difficulty with this argument is that the decline on-

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1807 before which slavery was flourishing economically.

The decHine in the West Indies is more likely to be an effect of
the suppression of the slave trade as the cause. The falling prices
for the commodities produced by slave labor such as sugar and
coffee can be easily discounted as evidence shows the falls in
Price lead to great increases in demand, actually increasing total
profits for the importers.

Profits for the slave trade remained at around ten percent of
inyestment and showed no evidence of being on the decline.

Land prices in the West Indies, an important tool for analyz-
ing the economy of the area did not begin to decrease until after
the slave trade was discontinued. The Sugar colonies were not in
decline at all, in fact they were at he peak of their economic in-
fluence in 1807,

Williams also had reason to be biased, He was heavily in-
volved in the movements for independence of the Caribbean
colonies and had motive to try to extinguish the idea of such a
munificent action by the colonial overlord.

A third generation of scholars lead by the likes of Drescher
and Anstey have discounted most of Williams arguments, but
still acknowledge that morality had to be combined with the
forces of politics and economic theory to bring about the end of
the slave trade.

The movements that played the greatest role in actually con-

vincing Westminster to outlaw the slave trade were religious.
The " of evangelical protestant groups coupled with the
These were certainly a minority, but they were a fer-
vent one many dedicated individuals. These groups also
a a parliamentary presence controlling 35-40 seats at
ous positon of the governs
Known as the osaints ? this group was led by William Wilber-
force, the most important of the anti-slave campaigners. These
parlimentarians
against slavery as a divinely ordained crugude.
British ended their own slave trade, the were forced
other nations into placing themselves in
Would become uncompetitive with those of other nations,
The against the slave trade by other nations
was an policy effort.

viewing slavery as a blight upon humanity.
and their numbers were magnified by the precari-
were extremely dedicated and often saw their
personal battle
After the T
the same economic staightjacket, or else the British colonies
a'small player in the international slave trade, and

mereacitering the sugar colony business late British naval su-

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the United States banned the trade during the same period as
Great Britain.

Other small trading nations that did not have a great deal to
give up such as Sweden quickly followed suit, as did the Dutch,
who were also by then a minor player.

Five nations objected strongly to surrendering their rights to
trade slaves: Spain, Portugal, Brazil (after its independence),
France and the United States. a

Britain used every tool at its disposal to try to induce these nations
to follow its lead. Portugal and Spain, which were indebted to
Britain after the Napoleonic Wars, slowly agreed to accept a large
cash payments to first reduce and then eliminate the slave trade.

By 1853 the British government had paid Portugal over three
million pounds, and Spain over one million in order to end the
Slave trade. Brazil, however, did not agree to stop trading in slaves
until Britain took military action against its coastal areas in and
threatened a permanent blockade of the nation Ts ports in 1852.
"For France the British first tried to impose a solution during
the negotiations to at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, but Rus-
sia and Austria did not agree. The French people and govern-
ment had deep.misgivings about conceding to

Britain Ts demands. Not only did Britain demand that other
nations ban the slave trade, but also demanded the right to po-
lice the ban.

The Royal Navy had to be granted permission to search any
Suspicious ships and seize any found to be carrying slaves, or
equipped for doing so. It is these conditions especially that kept
France involved in the slave trade for so long.

While France formally agreed to ban the trading of slaves in '

1815, they did not allow Britain to police the ban, nor did they

do much to enforce it themselves and thus a large black market

Also such a reformist movement was viewed as tainted by the
conservative backlash after the revolution.

The French slave trade thus did not come to a complete halt
until 1848.

While slavery had been abolished in the U.S. following the
Civil War, it took another 100 years before apartheid was final-
ly outlawed. .

argument upon the idea that the West.

to manifest itself after slave trading was banned in T

Where Black History began

by Valerie Cunningham
Special to the Tri-State Defender

For more than a century Africans and black Americans were
openly bought and sold throughout the colony along with other
imported items. Surviving documentation shows that slave mer-
chandising in Portsmouth was conducted according to common
business practices of the day.

Samuel Moore, a ship owner and captain whose enterprises
involved trips to the slave coast of Guinea, sold two male slaves
to Archibald McPhaedres in 1726.

The accounts of Hugh Hall show him importing slaves from
Barbados aboard his ship the Katherine in 1729 and 1730. The
New Hampshire Gazette advertised slave sales from ships trad-
ing between Africa, the West Indies and America, as in this ex-
ample: oTo be sold ...a few Negroes, lately imported in the snow
Gen. Townshend . . . from the West Indies . .. at Stavers Tavern. ?
Some slave sales occurred at public meeting places. One adver-
tisement announced that a slave could be purchased "opposite
the north door of the State House. ?

There were also private sales: To be sold by Mrs. Dorcas
Bradford, a likely Negro woman about thirty years of age, suit-
able for any business. ? .

Although the importation of slaves was not a major business,
it occurred frequently enough to be an unremarkable event. De-
parting ships carried purchase orders from wealthy area resi-
dents, perhaps specifying a preference for "Guinea" Slaves direct
from Africa or "seasoned" slaves, those already trained in West-
ern ways and with particular skills learned in the American
south or Caribbean Islands.

Two slaves from Barbados, a man and woman, were ordered
and delivered to Jeremiah Wheelwright in 1752 but when the
pair arrived in poor health and unable to perform productive
work, Wheelwright sued the shipmaster, Archibald Smith of
Somersworth, for damages.

John Moffatt's ship, the Exeter, returned from Africa in 1756
with 61 slaves: 20 men, 15 women, 7 "man boys," 2 "women
girls, ? 10 boys and 7 girls. The ship's carpenter, John Winkley,

ad contracted with Moffatt to receive in exchange for his labor
on the trip free passage and his choice of "a prime slave ? at the
price paid T"on the coast of Guinea." |

John Moffatt acquired one slave by stealing him from his.
Massachusetts owner and taking him on a voyage to Portugal;
Moffatt was convicted in, 1725 for the kidnapping. 36 slaves al-
80 were available from brokers at major American auction cen-
ters from Boston to New Orleans.

Slaves were owned by well-known and affluent northern fam-
ilies who benefited from a thriving economy -- an economy that

ironically was partially based on the international slave trade.

The 1727 oInventory of the Polls and Estates of Portsmouth,"
showed two or more slaves living in the households of Capt.
Walker, William Vaughn, Col. Wa den, Richard. Wibird, R. Wa-
whose and George Jeffries; at least thirty-five additional
slave&Mived "singularly" in other households,

This pattern continued until the revolutionary period when -

one-third, (or a total of at least 81) of the families represented by
names on the Association Test list of 1776, :
Next week, How bad behavior made slaves prices godown.

enslavement of Africans and their transport

of the ships were owned and crewed by Euro-

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| Prophet - over the past four years, .

__ Violent

German aid worker as he drove up to his
residence in the Kenyan capital at the week. »

No arrests have been made in connection T. :

| with the murder, Mwangi said.

Violent robbery and car hijackings are
common in Nairobi.

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| Sharia law moves to south

Islamic sharia law is making inroads into,
the predominantly Christian south of Nigerta '
at atime when religion is expected to be a .
crucial issue in looming general elections.
Muslim officials have set up sharia courts °
in Lagos, Nigeria Ts biggest city, and in the °° _

civil matters as divorce, inheritance ques-
tions and contract disputes, " 2,
The courts are for Muslims only and do :
not extend to criminal matters, which caused
much controversy in the 12 predominantly »:
Islamic northern states that implemented o
sharia - canonical law based on the teachings
of the Qu Transand the traditions of the 5

oThe course is clear to the introduction of .
sharia to those states in the south that have "
significant Muslim populations, ? says Lateef
Adegbite, head of Nigeria's Supreme Coun-:
cil for Islamic Affairs. oThere is no constitu: |
tional or legal impediment to the extension eat
of Sharia to the south. ? te

Adegbite says the Qu Tran tells Muslims ta ?:
follow sharia, so Muslims need to have ac- rey
cess to sharia courts to live a full Islamic "yt
life. at

oWe have repeatedly told non-Muslims ! :
that sharia will not be extended to them, ? ' -
Adegbite told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa,.";
oThe application of sharia to the Muslims °
should not be their concern. ? ea

Nigeria Ts constitution gives Muslims the i:
right to practice their religion freely and that:
includes organizing sharia courts, says Is- we
Haq Akintola, director of Lagos-based Mus:*:
lim Rights Concern. 24)

oWe're not talking about introducing crim.
inal sharia in southern Nigeria at all, ? says ,
Akintola. oWe Tve seen how it created doubts:
and gulfs between the people and generated Adi
fear. ? o
Protests in Christian enclaves
some gfates of northern Nigeria. Worst-hit -
was Kaduna, where an estimated 2,500 peor
ple died in religious clashes. ~~

UGANDA
HIV vaccine trials begin

Ugandan researchers have begun inject-
ing volunteers with one of the world Ts few .
prototype HIV vaccines targeting the strain;
of the virus ravaging east Africa, the re-
search team said this week.

The trial will involve uninfected volun- : .
teers in Uganda considered to be at low risk:
of HIV infection who will be given the vact,
Cine to see whether it is safe and creates im:
munity. :

oThe trials will go on for about two year$
after which we hope we can move it to the:
next phase, ? principal researcher Pontiano .
Kaleebu told reporters. 7

About half a million people have died in T:
Uganda from the deadly disease and it is es:
timated that about 1.5 million are infected .
with HIV, the virus that causes Aids.

The vaccine being tested does not contaift
HIV and cannot cause HIV infection,

Kaleebu said. + :

Researchers say the vaccine is the only |
one being tested on humans that is tailored T
to the virus common in Uganda and other :
east African countries, HIV subtype A.

Most vaccines being tested on humans o
are for subtypes other than A, the re- - \
searchers said. It was possible that different:
vaccines may have to be developed to treat T:
different subtypes prevalent in various re- *.
gions, they added. :

Making a vaccine against HIV is difficult
because the virus integrates itself into cells T.
and attacks the very immune cells that are '
normally stimulated by a vaccine.

ZAMBIA
Minister stoned in Zambia

A leading opposition politician in Zambid.
has been stoned by his supporters for ac-
Cepting a ministerial post, 7

orum for Democracy and Development::
(FDD) Supporters stoned Jeff Samukonga, ©:
leaving the forehead,

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him with a cut on
when he visited his constituency before be-
ing sworn in as deputy commerce minister: .

resident Levy Mwanawasa has int-:
?,?d eight opposition MPs to minister posts
in a bid to reconcile opposition parties wha'
are challenging his election in court. i;

D rejected his offer, but T r
Samukonga and two other FDD MPs ac-
cepted posts o

D leader Christon Tembo said the tric
should consider themselves expelled, Ex-

pulsion would cost them their seats and
posts. , 7

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In Exodus 4:1-2 we find these

words "And Moses answered
and said, But, behold they will

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unto my voice: for they will say,
The LORD hath ner 2
unto thee. And the LORD said
unto him, What is that in thine
hand? And he said, A rod." |
want to ask you that question
today, "What is that in you
4 hand? What is that that God has
given you and what is that that
God has i
What is that that's in your
hand." Moses saw in his hand a
rod and so often ;

Bors

special thing in our life and
given us a i
special anointing. And we are
just like Moses was, it's just a
rod. But what Moses did not
understand that what he had in
his hand was not just a rod, it
was "A Rod" and "A Rod" was
about to become "The Rod". It
was about to become the Rod of
God in Moses T hand. And |
want to tell you, you might look
around today and say what is it
that I have, whose going to
listen to me, what can I do. |
just have a Rod. I just have a
stick. I don't have anything
special. But what we will find
Out as we look at the life of
Moses is that it was more than
just a Rod in his hand. It was
vinely T allowed10 be placed. in
Moses hand to be used at a later
time. And may | submit unto

ou today that God has en-
trusted and put the right thi
in your hand to be used at

TRITUAL. REFL

ing the sheep of Jethro. That's
not really 7 tip what is
important is that God allowed
Moses to use what he had that
was familiar to him. You see
one day while on the back side
of thé mountain Moses saw a
bush burning but the fire did not
consume it. He decided to go
and take a closer look at it and
when he did he heard the voice
of God call him by name
"Moses, Moses" and he an-
swered and said here am 1, God
identified Himself to Moses and
pn him that I have seen the
afflictions of my people and |
have heard their cthes by reason
-of their task. masters, And-I am
come down T to deliver them out
of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up out of that
land unto a Bood land and a
S large, unto a:land flowing with
milk and honey. Now therefore,
behold, the cry of the children
of Israel is come unto me-. and
I have also seen the oppression
wherewith the Egyptians op-
press them. Come now there-
pare and the will send thee unto
*haraoh, that thou mayest ring
forth my people the children of
Israel out of Egypt (Exodus 3).
You see Moses up in the
house of Pharaoh, so the life
style of the Egyptian was very
familiar to him. All he needed
was the courage to use what
God had already given him.
When God told Moses, He was
sending him to Pharaoh, that he
may bring the children of Israel
out of Egypt, Moses had reser-
vation, he question God, yes,
saints we can question God.
"And Moses said unto God,
Who am I, that I should go unto
Pharaoh, and that I should bring
forth the children of Israel out

of Egypt? And he said,
Catan I will be with thee;
and this shall be a token unto
thee, that I have sent thee:

ECTIONS

the people out of Egypt, ye shall

serve God upon this |
_ And Moses said unto God, \

when I come unto the
children of Israel, and shall say
unto them, The God of your
fathers hath sent me unto you;
and they shall say to me, What
is his name? what shal] | say
unto them? And God said unto
, Moses, | AM THAT I AM: and
he. said, Thus shalt thou say T
unto the children of Israel, |
AM bath sent me unto you.
(Exodus 3; 1 I- | 4)
Moses was in the presence
of the God, God prepared him
with signs and wonders that
would remove the fear and the
doubt that God's power was
greater than Pharaoh's. God
didn't use anything new to show
Moses his power He used what
Moses already had in his hands
"A Rod'@ And he said, Cast it
on the ground: And he cast it on
the ground, and it became a
serpent, and Moses fled from
before it. And the LORD said
unto Moses, Put forth thine.
hand, and take it by the tail.
And he put forth his hand, and
caught it, and it became a rod in
his hand: That they may believe
that the LORD God of their
fathers, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God |
of Jacob, hath appeared unto
thee. And the LORD said
furthermore unto him, Put now
thine hand into thy bosom. And
he put his hand into his bosom:
and when he took it out, behold.
his hand was leprous as snow.:
And he said, Put thine hand into
thy bosom again. And he put his
hand into his bosom again; and
plucked it out of his
and, behold, it was turned again
as his other flesh.

___ God showed Moses these
Signs not to frighten him but to
prepare him to get the job done.
Moses, like many of us, had
reservations about the task that
was set before him, but he loved
God enough and he feared God
enough that he. If you study the
life of Moses you will find that
he was chosen from the very
foundation of the world to work
for God. Some of you that's
reading this article *; As chosen
from the foundation of. the
world to do God's will but you
have reservation, betttise of
FEAR.

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Mrs. Beatrice Maye
To The Editor

| February: African -

American (Black) History

Month Let's Learn More
About Blacks,

1.There are five Pitt County

Schools named for Blacks.

Name them and give their

location.

2. Name five streets or subdivi-
_ $ions in Greenville named from

Blacks.

3. Who. are the two Blacks on

the Pitt county Board of

Education?

4.Who are the two Blacks on

the Pitt County. Board of

Commissioners?

State co

RALEIGH (AP) -

North Carolina officials are
consider- ing financial compen-
sation for people who were -
sterilized through a. state-
sponsored pro- gram because
they were men- tally handi-
cai or consid- ered geneti-
cally inferior. .

State Rep. Larry Womble, D-
Forsyth, said he plans to also
introduce legislation within the.
next... few: weeks requesting
money. for oe of the state's
Cugenic sterilization program.

."We need to do what i can,
whatever we can, to compen-
sate those folks, to make them
whole again," Womble said

Tuesday, "I don't think that sort
of thing should have been going
on in the United States, where
we pride ourselves on individ-
ual rights,"

About 65,000 people nationally
were sterilized during the eugen
ics movement, which adhered to
the belief that sterilization
would eliminate mental illness,
genetic defects and social ill-
ness..

North Carolina sterilized more
than 7,600 people between
1929 and 1974, the third most
in the country after California
and Virginia. Children as young
as 10 were sterilized, though by -
the 1960s the program's main

Thursday. (Feb. 20th)

5.( Who is president of the
NAMCP chapter in Pitt County?
6. Why is president of the local

S$ organization?

7.What does NAACP mean?
SCLC?

8. Who founded Negro History

Week? What year?
9. Who are the two Blacks that

_@ park in Greenville is named
from? a
10.There is a Black library in

Greenville named from a Black.
Give the name, the street and
from whom it is named.
11.There is a Black bank in
Greenville. Give the name and
location.

12.There are two missionary
Baptist Churches in Greenville.
Give the names and locations.
13.There's a Black Radio

Station in Greenville. Give the

name, the street and the owner.
14,There are two Blacks on the

City Council. Who are they?

15.Name some of the Black
doctors.

16.Give the name of the Black
Fire Chief. Who preceded him?
17.Who is the assistant nutri-
tionist at the Pitt County
Council on Aging?

18.Who is manager of the Joy
Kitchen on Albemarle Avenue?
19.Name one Black business

nsider's

target was young black women,
The Winston-Salem. Journal
first reported many of the
details of the program in a
series of stories published in
December.

Carmen Hooker Odom, the
Secretary of the state
Department of Health and
Human Services, will lead a

committee studying whether to .

pay reparations. The group is
to meet for the first time

looks ns-committee will
review North - Carolina's
gram and other states' responses
to similar sterilization _pro-
grams, Cari Boyce, a spokes-
woman for Gov. Mike Easley,
said Tuesday.

The committee will include a
representative from the Divi-
sion of Mental Health and two
representatives from the state
Department of Cultural
Resources, which manages the
archives where more than
100,000 documents about the
program are stored.

In December, Easley followed

officials in Virginia and Oregon
by apologizing for the steriliza-
tions. South Carolina issued an
apology last month.
"I want to take it further than
that," Womble said.""These are
people whose lives were de-
stroyed. It became very close to
me tO genocide."

owned and operated by a Black.
20.Name a Black newspaper in

Greenville.

21. What benefits do we gain
from observing Black History
Month?
22.James Weldon Johnson
wrote the "Negro National
Anthem". Do you know the
words? Is it sung in your in
your group, organization, or
church during the month of
February?

23.Greenville has had a Black -
~ Mayor. Do you know his name?

24.Name some Black schools

_ that have been abolished or

have been made primary or
grammar schools. Do you know
any?

25.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
stressed freedom, peace, togeth-
erness and love. Talk about
Blacks accomplishing these
goals.

26. Negro spirituais express the

trials and struggles of Black

folks. Can you name some?

27. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..
Stressed or have made a differ-
ence in our culture and accom-
plishments?

28. What are some concerns of
Blacks?

29.Ask yourself. What am |

doing?

Victims celebrated word of the
committee and the chance that
the state would make up for its
mistakes,

Nial Cox Ramirez, 56, of

- Riverdale, Ga., was sterilized in

1965 when she was 18.

"I feel real good about this,
because somebody needs to do
something" Ramirez told the
Winston-Salem Journal.

Doriane Coleman, a Duke
University law professor who
teaches a course about genetics,
genomics -and. the law, oSaid
reparations are appropriate for

30. There is strength in UNITY.

Why not join the NAACP?
The SCLC?

WHO CARES?

These are the times that try
educators, yes parents souls -
for far too man boys and girls
are not using their time wisely
in school - home work suffers,

giggling, talking behavior that "

IS unacceptable, behavior that
interrupts teaching and learning
by those students who want to
learn.

What part does a parent play in
his child's school day? Who
encourages and sees that his
child behaves at schools thatehe
does his homework and makes
good grades, or at least be, quiet
and attentive?

Do we ask - Tell me about
school today? Were you put
outside the door for bad behav-
ior? Did you sit quietly and
respond in class? Were you sent
to the principal's office? Let me
see your homework. Parents, do
you attend teacher conferences?
Most time the parents who need
to go, never show up.

Do you visit the school? Tour
your child's classes? Do you
know. his teachers? Does he

eugenic sterilization victims,
who were often forced to submit
to the procedures,

A law permitting sterilization
of the mentally ill or mentally
retarded "for the public good"
remains on the books in North
Carolina, but isn't used.
Coleman recommended that
legislators strike it.

"It looks bad and potentially
could be used," she said.

Paul Lombardo, the director of
the law and medicine program
at the University T of Virginia

From T Desk Of Mrs Beatrice

know that you'll follow up on
bad behavior at home? Do you
limit TV viewing? Are we using
wisely what we have? Wake up
parents and send teachers stu-
dents who go to school to learn.
Disciplined children at home
will be disciplined children at
school.

TACTICS FOR WAIST
MANAGEMENT

1.Refuse second helpings
(except for vegetables)

2.Eat smaller portions.
3.Double your intake of fruits
and vegetables, especially raw.
4.Choose crunchy foods
(apples, salads, toast, Popcorn).
5.Eat less protein; 4 to 6 ounces
per day of meat, fish poultry,

6.Enjoy sweets and alcohol

only in moderation.

7.Cut back on fat. Fat makes

food tasty, but it's loaded with

calories.

8.Don't snack.

9. Drink four glasses of water

daily and four glasses of other
uids,

Source: The Balancing Act
Nutrition and Weight Guide

Center for Biomedical Ethics,

said he also consid red repara-.

tions reasonable.

"This is not a brand new idea,'
Lombardo said. "We have about
15 states that have laws on the
books to provide compensation
for people who have been
wrongfully imprisoned.

"That kind of process has
turned out to be very affordable.
It's only rarely invoked and
generally speaking I've never

_ Seenany public outcry -aver a

government saying, "We made a

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Five or more servings of fruits
and vegetables each day help
fight cancer and heart disease.

Beta-carotene, found in dark
green, orange and yellow pro-
duce, may help protect against
heart disease stroke and some
cancers,

Vitamin C, abundant in citrus
fruits, green Peppers, cabbage,
and cantaloupe, ray work as an
antioxidant to strengthen our
built-in defenses against dis-
ease.

Editors Note:

Mrs. Beatrice Maye was also
nominated for the Best Irons
Awards For 2003.

We applaud Mrs. Beatrice
Maye for her continual work in
the education of our people.

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Woman Striving For
Excellence

compensation after sterilization

mistake. We ruined your life
and we're going to try to do
something to make it better for
you."

Lombardo, who has studied
eugenics programs for the past
20 years, said he knew of no
other state where high-level
discussions of reparations have
Started. .

Money wouldn't make up for
what was taken from victims,
but may help restore some. of
their self worth, Lombardo said, _

BURGER KING SALUTES
BLACK HISTORY MONTH

two oun 2003 URBAN EVERYDAY HEROES

Fontana, California
Barrow is a mentor on a mission.
Through her Newport Beach,
California-based Women of
Excellence, she has redoubled
her commitment to turning
today Ts promising girls into
~ tomorrow's fierce women. Her

organization works to provide
a new generation of women with
the tools they'll need to succeed

in the adult world.

Denver, Colorado

As the publisher of the Urban
Spectrum newspaper, Harris-Diaw
seeks to make the media a more

Angela Brown

Atlanta, Georgia
Angela Brown is at the forefront of
the environmental justice movement.
She has worked for Greenpeace
and leads the Youth Task Force,
one of the oldest human rights
| Organizations founded by youth of
Color in America. Called oanother
drum major for justice, ? her efforts
have served as a wake-up call to young
people, urging them to acknowledge
their own ability to shape their
Surroundings and take charge of their future.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Although her experiences have run

the gamut from military work to
police investigative work. it is

Elliott's dedication to community
service that truly informs
everything she's done. Elliott
founded Gwen's Girls, an
empowerment agency that teaches
young women ages 8-18 to be goal-

directed and self-sufficient. Elliott
believes that this mindset will enable
these young women to break through
whatever barriers might stand between
them dnd their goals.

inclusive world. She's the founder of
the Denver-based Urban Spectrum

Youth Foundation, training youth of
Color for careers in journalism. The
program has mentored 60 youths,
three of whom have received Scribes
Fin Excellence student awards from
the Colorado Association of Black
Journalists. Instead of complaining about
the media's lack of diversity, Harris-Diaw

prepares youth of color to succeed against the

challenges they'll face.

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Stanley P. Newsome
St. Louis, Missouri

Stanley P. Newsome oncé bought an old gas station to
house shoeshine workers who didn Tt have Spaces of
their own in which to ply their trade. He did it because

of his deep humanitarian impulses and from a desire to
empower other workers to conquer the Challenges they
might encounter. Once named the Most Outstanding
Employee by the State of Missouri, the retired fire chief's
list of community accomplishments includes founding one
of the first Black firefighter Organizations in the country.

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Statement on behalf

of Michael regarding

UK Sunday Press
Allegations |
LONDON:

In response to a number

Of allegations made
against Michael Jackson.
in the Sunday
newspapers, in the
United Kingdom,
Michael has authorised
the following statement
to be made.

Michael Jackson is authorising
the release of excerpts from
videotape taken while Bashir
was interviewing Michael
Jackson, in which Martin Bashir
was

scenes of Martin Bashir praising
the way Michael treats children
and commenting on how good a
father he is. These video excerpts
were taken in the eighth - and last
- month of Bashir Ts shooting with
Michael and after the time Bashir
and Michael were in Bertin. In his
film, Bashir says that it was in

Berlin that he began to change his
mind | Michael's treatment
of his

children.
Yet; the Jackson footage
clearly: shows that Bashir was
actually continuing to praise

Michael. On the face of it, either
Martin oBashir Was lying to
Michael or was misleading his
audience in his voice-overs on the
film. Bashir knew that Michael's
personal cameraman was filming
at various times during the
course of his interviews.

in relation to the 1993

allegations made by Jordy
Chandler which have again been
recycled by certain newspapers,
Michael has authorised the issue
of the following: Michael cannot
understand why Jordy Chandler
ever made these allegations over
10 years ago.

Michael Jackson then, and has
ever since, vehemently denied
that these events ever took place.
Michael does not know who
manipulated Jordy Chandler to
make these allegations at the
time, nor has he ever understood
why, other than the motives of
some people to exploit both Jordy
and Michael, for.financial gain.
The reason Michael chose to pay
Jordy Chandler a considerable
sum of money, rather than be
publicly vindicated following a
trial, was to avoid being subjected
to a media circus. Despite his
profound hurt at the allegations
made by Jordy, Michael did not, at
the thme,,think it os ee te
to subject a 4 year ¥ to
Glonged litigation, the effects of

_ whieh on Jordy appeared to be of

little concern to those

manipulating Chandler at the | ¢.

time. Michael Jackson has
respected the og rton er
confidentiality imposed on all t

parties to the prior proceedings,
yet someone has chosen to violate
that confidentiality and use
Jordy Ts 1993 statements to further

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should be at

the time, the confidentiality
Obligation was a mutual one,
designed as much to Lechgars
Jordy, who was then 14 years b
provennd Michpe free meee
-Whoever is now leaking this
material rl showing wots
disregard Jordy as they are
determination to attack Michael.
Michael is aware that certain
former em are, or are
Planning to; sell certain stories
to the press. ;
| As with all celebrities, he is
vulnerable to being exploited
and abused by anyone who
chooses to betray his trust, in
return for financial gain. Michael
Jackson said Sunday: oI am
bewildered at the length to which
People will go to port me so
negatively. 1 will say again that I
have never, and would never,
harm a child. It sickens me that
people have written things that
portray me as a child abuser. ?
Meanwhile, look for the rerun
of the Michael Jackson ex
this weekend on VH-1 cable, and
Jeff Zacker, president of the
NBC Entertainment says look for
some onew information ? on
Michael :
NBC Ts ? special report Monday
night at 10 p.m.

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[Guest Columnist]

I spent part of the weekend
with a large group of some of
America Ts most invisible people.

They're not actually invisible,
of course; this wasn Tt a conven-
tion of ghosts. In fact, they're
very much flesh-and-blood and
focused on being productive and
doing well in the real world.

That means I wasn Tt among

those timeworn. figments of the ©

fevered imaginations of the oppo-
nents of affirmative action "the
ounqualified ? black youth unde-
servedly occupying seats at lead-
ing colleges and universities,
Instead, I was at the annual
conference of the African-
American Student Union of the
Harvard Business School. It
brought nearly 500 HBS students
and alumni (and a large contin-
gent of undergraduates from var-
jous colleges) together in
Cambridge, Massachusetts for
three days of discussion, advice
and #etworking. id
The conference Ts theme was
oRedefining Wealth: Claim It,
Grow It, Sustain It! ? But, as
Rayford L. Davis and Raquelle E.
Thigpen, the organization's co-

ia:

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presidents, stated, their intent
was oto view net financial worth
as only one facet of what being
truly wealthy really means. ? To
that end, many speakers on the

_ Various panels made much of the

necessity of acquiring wealth,
not merely for self-satisfaction,
but in order to aid the economic
development and political
progress of black communities,

As the Supreme Court pre-
pares to rule on the University of
Michigan's affirmative action
program, this was a gathering
that underscored with crystalline
clarity two things.

The first thing it makes obvi-
ous is what affirmative action has
done for the larger American
society. :

Last weekend Ts was the 31st
annual conference staged by the

HBS black student union "a fact T

which refers in outline to the sig-
nificant numbers of African-
American students who have
graduated from Harvard and
other business schools during the
past three decades and gone on to
contribute to innumerable corpo-
rate bottom lines, staff in grow-
ing numbers the faculties of
Harvard and other business
schools, and enrich the larger
American society. ;

The second thing conferences
like this make obvious is why
some people are against affirma-

* tive action.

For it is at gatherings like these
that one can see those people who
are at the center of the raging
debate over affirmative action,
but who are rarely actually talked
about and talked to: black stu-

©

Affirmation Action Ts Invisible People

dents and alumni from top-rung
colleges and universities who
represent both compelling indi-
vidual stories of achievement
and the individual examples of
an entire ethnic group Ts advance
deeper into the American main-
stream. . oo
oIt is at gatherings like these
that one gets a powerful sense of

the depth and breadth and vari-

ety of achievement orientation
among black Americans.

The writer Albert Murray
referred to this drive in The
Spyglass Tree, a fictionalized
memoir of his youth; as the
indelible oancestral imperative to
do something and become some-
thing and be somebody. ? It was a

quality fully evident in the

resumes of the panelists, which
contained
degrees, academic honors, and
post-graduate achievements in
the business world to impress
even the most jaded.

It was even more apparent in
the intensity of the spirit of the
many panelists. Whether they
were conservative corporate
types or the relatively more free-
wheeling entrepreneurs, their
commitment to the pursuit of
achievement was almost palpa-
ble.

And it was apparent in atten-
tiveness of the undergraduates
among the throng to every word
their elders spoke.

David A. Thomas, an HBS pro-
fessor and an authority on execu-
tive development and diversity in
the workplace, who's attended
many of the conferences, said
among the most important of
their functions is that othey make

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It is good, for a change, to.be four-square behind a pro!

posal of government that makes so much sense.

ny wi assed a reso. ~-
That Ts the view of many others This week, the Wilmington City Council passer
who inhabit the real world of lution naming the bridge on the Martin Luther King

affirmative action.

It was that clarity of vision
which impelled both Condoleezza
Rice and Colin Powell to support
its use recently "in effect, disput-
ing the position against affirma-

tive action taken by President -

Bush.

It Ts that clarity of vision which,

according to a recent story in the
New York Times, has provoked
odozens ? of significant American
corporations to prepare to file
briefs with the Supreme Court in
support of affirmative action.
And \t's that clarity of vision
which has caused officials of the
nation Ts service academies "the

United States Military Academy,

the United States Naval
Academy, and the United States
Air Force Academy "to proclaim

Parkway over Smith Creek, McRae Street and the CSX

Railroad tracks in honor of the late state Sen. Luther H.
Jordan, Jr., | . aces
We are proud to say that the resolution was introducec
by Mayor Harper Peterson, Mayor Pro tem Katherine
Moore, and City Councilwoman Sandra Spaulding \.

Hughes, a

The next. step in the process is to have the state.

Department of Transportation to sign off on the propos:

al, which could take a while. SO |
But the fact remains that gracing the MLK Parkway with
thename of a devoted, dedicated public servant who gave
so much to this city, county and his community, is indeed,
very fitting. oe
Sen. Jordan, who died last April of throat cancer, was a
man who always worked hard for what was best for New -
Hanover County. He believed in education and economic
development, and fought hard for the issues he knew real-

the value of their own use of; ly affected people Ts lives.

affirmative action in admissions.

Finally, it Ts that clarity of vision,
about the value of affirmative
action which Massachusetts
Senator Edward Kennedy cap-
tured when he said, referring to
the military academies, oClearly,
diversity in our military is a
national priority. But it Ts also a
national priority for our colleges
and universities, which are the
gateways to opportunity. If we fol-
lowed the administration's poli-
cies, we'd be a lesser nation, a
lesser society. ? ~\

-.. man who gave his all for others.

Contidence is the sex;

We miss him.
While serving sixteen years on the Wilmington City
Council before going to the state Senate, Luther Jordan
could always be counted on to give the powerless an
important voice at the decisionmaking table. Here was a
man who walked with kings, as they say, but never lost
the common touch. |
Jordan Ts colleagues all admired and respected him. Even
if some disagreed with his positions on several issues,.
they trusted his honor and integrity enough to be more:
than willing to work towards a compromise that would;
make all sides happy. ;
It is truly befitting to have the name of Luther Henry
Jordan, Jr. adorn a bridge - a true symbol of bringing peo-
ple who are separated, back together again. It is an honor
that we can share with our families for generations to
come.
It would give our community, in particular, hope that
even better days arecoming. |
And it would add another positive chapter in the legacy
of the Port City. .
We hope that the powers that be at NCDOT don Tt take too
long make this great proposal happen. The agency is
already under tremendous scrutiny by the African-
American community regarding allegations of racism. ;
It's time to turn that image around, NCDOT, and
you can start with honoring the life and community of a

Chie. aig:

Luther H. Jordan, Jr.

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What if there were no Black people. ..
This is a story of a little boy named Theo, who woke up One morning and asked God,

oWhat if there were no Black people in the world ?
Well God thought about that for a moment and then said,

oSon, follow me ian today and let Ts just see what it would be like if there
were no Black people in the world. Get dressed and we will get started. ?
Theo ran to his room to put on his clothes and shoes. But there were no shoes, and his clothes were all wrinkled.

He looked for the iron, but when he reached for the ironing board, it was no longer there. You see Sarah Boone, a Black woman, invented

the ironing board and Jan E. Matzelinger, a Black man, invented the shoe lasting machine. oOh well, God said, go and do your hair. ?

Theo ran in his room to comb his hair, but the comb was not there. You see, Walter Sammons, a Black man, invented the comb.
Theo decided to just brush his hair, but the brush was gone. You see, Lydia 0. Newman, a Black female

invented the brush. Well, he was a sight, no shoes, wrinkled clothes, hair a mess without the hair care inventions of

Madam C.J. Walker, well, you get the picture. God told Theo, oLet's do the chores around the house and then take a trip to the grocery

store. ? Theo's job was to sweep the floor. He swept and swept and swept. When he reached for the dustpan, it was
not there. You see, Lloyd P. Ray, a Black man, invented the dustpan. So he swept his pile of dirt over
in the corner and left it there. He then decided to mop the floor, but the mop was gone.
You see, Thomas W. Stewart, a Black man Anvented the mop.
Theo thought to himself, oI Tm not having any luck. ? oWell son, ? God said. oWe should wash the clothes
and prepare a list for the grocery store. ? When he was finished, Theo went to place the clothes in the dryer,

but it was not there. You see, George T. Samon, a Black man, invented the clothes dryer.

Theo got a pencil and some paper to prepare the list for the market, but noticed that the pencil lead was broken,
well he was out of luck because John Love, a black man, invented the pencil sharpener. He reached for a
pen, but it was not there because William Purvis, a Black man, invented the fountain pen. As a matter of fact,

Lee Burridge invented the type writing machine, and W.A.Lavette, the printing press.

So they decided to head out to the market. Well, when Theo opened the door, he noticed \* grass was as

high as he was tall. You see the lawn mower was invented by John Burr, a Black man, ey made their

way over to the car and found that it just wouldn Tt go, You see, Robert Spikes, {Black man, invented the

automatic gear shift and Joseph Gammel invented the supercharge system for internal combustion engines.

They noticed that the few cars that were moving were running into each other and having wrecks because therer

were no traffic signals. You see, Garrett A. Morgan, a Black man invented the traffic light.

Well, it was getting late, so they walked to the market, got their groceries and returned home. Just when they
were about to put away the milk, eggs and butter, they noticed the refrigerator was gone. You see,
John Standard, a Black man, invented the refrigerator. So they put the food on the counter. By this time,
they noticed it was getting mighty cold. Theo went to turn up the heat and what do you know, Alice Parker,

a Black female, invented the heating furnace, Even in the summer time they would have been out of luck

because Frederick Jones, a Black man, invented the air conditioner. It was almost time for Theo's father to arrive home. He

usually took the bus, but there was no bus because it precursor was the electric trolley, invented by another Black man,

Elbert T. Robinson. He usually took the elevator from his office on the 20th floor, but there was no elevator because
- Alexander Miles, a Black man,

invented the elevator. He usually dropped off the office mail at a nearby mailbox,
but it was no longer there because Phillip Downing,

the postmarking and canceling machine. Theo sat
he asked, oWhy are you sitting in the dark? ? Why??
the light bulb. Theo quickly learned what it woul

a Black man, invented the letter drop mailbox and William Barry invented
at the kitchen table with his head'in his hands. When his father arrived,
Because Lewis Howard Latimer, a Black man, invented the filament within

d be like if there were no Black people In the world. Not to mention if he
were ever sick and needed blood. Charles Drew, a Black scientist, found a way to preserve and store blood which led to his

starting the'world Ts first blood bank. And what if a family Member had to have surgery. This would not have been possible
without Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a Black doctor, who performed the first open heart surgery. So if you ever wonder, like Theo,

where we would be without Blacks? Well, it Ts pretty plain tg see, we could very well still be in the dark!!! _

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Black Hi:

Rafts, Expressions, and Reviews

| - 7 oAs an African-American
=. male, I ant am sick and
"- tired of the opoverty pimps ?
among us who profit from
our despair. Yes, slavery
was wrong, and America
still has a long way to go
before past injustices can be
totally forgotten. But as __
blacks, we need to. start
getting our own houses in

Susjette Jones order:
A FORWARD LOOK 1.Educate our children
. "about proper values and
Congratulations to 100 Black good ethic work ethics.
Men _of Eastern North 2.Teach our young sisters
Carolina: As I continue to - that it is not right to have
read about your meeting a child out of wedlock---
announcements, I am en- especially children they
couraging you to continue "_can Tt afford to take care of
your efforts to comply with - On their own.
Randall Robinson Ts urging 3. Tell our young brothers,
of blacks males who are oIf you do have a child out
readers of the Minority of wedlock, you should
Voice newspaper, please take full responsibility for
take heed that you are that child. ?
needed to join the 100 Black ~ 4.Stop committing crimes
_ Men to help fight the social against one another.
| particularly those that 5.Quit pointing fingers at
are . perpetrated by the everyone else for what
African-American male. | goes wrong within black
would like to share acom- communities.

I am through blaming white
Americans for our problems. |
won Tt get caught up in the
destructive game of race bating.
Other groups have faced hard

mentary that was written in
the USA Today by an
African-American male. .

I quote:

times, yet they Tve realized the
American Dream: It is time all
of us exercised the same privi-
leges. We must start with
black leadership. And the
sooner we realize that rec-
ognizable figures such as
Jesse Jackson and Al
Sharpton are not our lead-

- ers, the better off we will be. -

The real black leaders today
are those in our community
who are trying to make a
positive difference: the
black police officer in my
hometown who coaches

youth basketball; the hard-

working church volunteer
who helps out jn the soup
kitchen and other social-
Outreach programs; the
neighborhood block cap-
tains; etc.

If we are to improve the
social picture of black .
Americans, we will have to
come to grips with the fact
that it Ts not about ous
against them ?, but rather
odoing for ourselves and
moving forward without
looking back. ?

Respectfully submitted:

Bravo To The 100 Black
Men of Eastern North
Carolina

Faith May

The Bible teaches us to see the value

importance of
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be afraid. The happiness and,inner emotional health God offers is eternally
to lose in the process.

At first, the Bible Ts approach to self-esteem will seem to go against all of
because God sees everything more clearly than we do. He knows that we
if we learn to see the importance of loving, hating, and dying to ourselves.

LOVING OURSELVES

He said, oYou shall love your neighbor as yourself ? (Mt. 22:39),

Our own experience will
clothing, and protecting them. We naturally look after our own rights and ar
or angry if others try to take advantage of us. We care for
ourselves so much that when we don Tt measure to either
our Own expectations or those of others, we can become
very unhappy with ourselves,

What we sometimes miss, however, is that the only
reason we are dissatisfied with our appearance or
discouraged by our failures is that we natural y care about
ourselves. If we didn Tt , we wouldh Tt care what we
looked like. We wouldn Tt care what others thought of us.
We wouldn't care whether we were hurting inside. We
wouldn Tt spend time with the image we see in the mirror.
If we didn Tt love ourselves, we wouldn Tt even entertain
thoughts of whether we'd be better off dead.

But now comes the real mind-stretcher. According to
the Bible, if you really, love yourself, you will also hate

yourself.

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In the midst of the sweeping educational reform, known
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comes this sneaky little five-paragraph provision that has
parents and educators seeing red.

High schools are not compelled to release the names,
addresses and telephone numbers of all juniors and seniors,
unless parents or the respective students submit a written
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Remember, our country has an all-volunteer military.
Young people are free to join if they wish, and there's
certainly nothing wrong with serving your country in the
armed forces if that's what you ultimately choose to do.

But thanks to the zeal of some Republican lawmakers in
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raise an eyebrow, let alone

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smiling wide and | %%* ngs they want t
claiming And if the school

have refuses, the whole school
" fo » district can lose federal
compassion. funding, have the military

pay it a visit, or even have
the governor pressure it to shape up, or else.

Can parents selectively opt-out of sending the military
information, but gladly give colleges and corporations
access?

No.

If Harvard and IBM get it, so must the military, or else no
one does.

In a nutshell, this is a clear and classic case of the Bush
Administration flexing its Big Brother muscle, all the while
smiling wide and claiming to have "compassion."

The only compassion "Dubya" has is for his old oil buddies
who can't wait to tap onto some of that Iraqi crude the
moment Saddam takes his last breath.

The bottom line is this military recruitment provision
stinks to high heaven. The very fact that it was buried in the
670 page, and no one debated it before it was passed, and then
no one knew it was in the law until literally nine months
after the president signed it, and three months after it
actually took effect, means that powers that be knew it was a
political hot potato from the start. |

But the most troubling part of this has been whether
parents and students have been duly notified by the schools.

Shoving the announcement in a multi-paged handbook,
making it an insignificant notice among many that gets sent
home with the report card, or worse yet, assuming that
everybody's going to find out one way or the other, is not
exactly what one has in mind when it comes to something
this important.

' There are issues of student privacy and the government
(of which the military is a significant part) having undue
access to a child's personal information.

: There is also the issue of a school system's right, indeed
duty, to protect the privacy of its students.

| The problem is our public schools can't exist with federal
money, and as long as they accept one dollar from Uncle
Sam, they have to dance to his tune.

' Parents and students need to be proactive about this now.

If you want the military to have access to your child's
personal information for the expressed purpose (so they say)
of military recruitment, then do nothing. That's your right,
and no one should judge you for it.

But if you have real concerns about that fact that you
knew nothing about this before you read our story and
editorial, then you need to contact the principal's office of
your junior or seniot Ts high school, and find out what you
need to know in order to make an informed decision.

And if you've already made up your mind, based on what
you've read, that you do not want your child's info released
by the school, then immediately write a letter to that effect to
the principal today. :

An informed community is an empowered community,
and you have the right to be informed.

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of three boards and commissions for
New Hanover County encouraged
me to write this letter.

I am appalled by the fact that
they did not include an African
American community commission
to enhance Castle Street and
Fourth Street. These are two vital
areas in the African American
community that could be of utmost
importance to the residents of
Wilmington.

Castle Street, as it is now, is

ladies of the night. This street could

cultural, and entertainment area.
It is dark and desolate, has young
people hanging on corners and
lurking in dark places, has boarded
up buildings, buildings that should
be either torn down or renovated,
and a few stores that close before dark.
There is a town hall that could be

used for exhibits, conferences,

children activities, adult seminars
conducted by prominent speakers,
and be the cultural center of the
area. Fourth Street has the same
personification.

My suggestion is for the officials
to establish such a board that
could help revitalize these areas,
help the African American small
businessman get established and

Stay in business, renovate the area,

brighten it up, and make it tasteful
and inviting to the general public.
The African American business
people need assistance from the
City, County, and the State to
acccmplish such a task. This
renovation project would give the
African American community
something to be proud of and it
would remove the apathy that now
exists inthecommunity.

Novella-C, Spencer _
Wilmington, NC

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Editor's Note: The Guys in Kuwait :
Military men of distinction are .

This poem was written By Dr. You are fattigul in all that wean .
Lydia Wilson in tribute to You protect our country and we love you; a,
Ronald Rogers, who is | Greater men we never knew. -
presently serving in Kuwait May God bless you as you protect our ;
Whether you're in the air or on the sand ;

Continue to be faithful and true. vs

God is protecting you each day, _

While we in the U.S.A. continue to pray. he

War is hell, as we all know. .

But heaven is where we want to go. RK

So, as you fight for our country with great loyalty, =
We'll petition the Master from sea to shining sea. _

When you come home, we'll greet you with open arms; .

We trust you'll be safe and free from all harm. - Y

To my son, Ronald Rogers .

( From your mother, Barbara be

(January 21, 2003)

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Would Not
Die!

By Herbert
Harris, Jr.

As the period of the great
captivity draws to a close, there is
a deep yearning to re-establish
that ancestral connection between
Africans of the Homeland, who
were spared the middle passage,
and the kidnapped Africans who
now populate the shores of
America,

The Kidnapped Africans began
their involuntary journey into
the great captivity afflicted with
the endless horror of being taken
in the night from their families
and loved ones. They were
dragged across Mother Africa in
chains, in pain, in fear of a
terrible bondage from which
there was nu escape but death.

Mighty warriors were hunted
and trapped by godless cowards
without valor, respect, or conscience.
Descendants of kings and prophets
were captured in nets, placed in
chains, then subjected to the

The Bush Administration is
lucky that Americans have
exceptionally short memories,
because if that were not the case
Americans might be asking... "So
tell me again, is it the biological
and chemical weapons, nuclear
weapons, the Way Saddam treats
her neighbors, his intractable
character, the fact that he fires
weapons in the air and waves
swords; or is it the oil, or maybe
it's his ties to Osama Bin
Laden... ? Pick your choice, There
are enough reasons to go around.
The main point is that the Bush
Administration has decided that
they want Iraq to be ruled by the
U.S. Military instead of Saddam
Hussein.

I personally believe that war is
inevitable now. There's no retreat
route for the troops already,
amassed on Iraq's borders. The

political embarrassment and lost

Picking Our Forei

operation of a coward Ts vanity
and ego.

Oh! it must have been some

feeling of vile exhilaration for the

vicious slave hunter to watch

proud African men of royal

descent broken down, beaten, and
tortured to the rhythm of constant
pain systematically inflicted.

BUT, THE KIDNAPPED
AFRICAN WOULD NOT DIE!

Beautiful African women were
kidnapped from the .bosom of
Mother Africa - torn from her
magnificent breasts and taken
across an ocean of tears to a
hostile land which gave her no
respect or praise. ~

In the new world, the Kidnapped
African was whipped, tortured,
and mutilated into submission or
death. They who survived this
cruel destruction of body, mind
and spirit became the slaves of
America. This dehumanizing
process transformed the Kidnapped
African into human property to
be possessed and used at the
whims and fancies of a heartless
master.

BUT, THE KIDNAPPED
AFRICAN WOULD NOT DIE!

of military: confidence are too
much for this administration to
bear: They rather fight an unjust war
and waste hundreds of thousands
of lives than switch plans.

This Administration would
have us believe that there are only
two options: (1) Attach and
conquer Iraq or (2) be militarily
defeated by her in the near future.
The problem with this logic is
that it could apply to every nation

on the planet. Mexico could one

day rise up and attack us with
Weapons not yet developed because
She doesn't like our current
immigration policy, Egypt, Jordan,
Syria, Libya, Lebanon or even a
not yet created Palestine could be
a potential enemy using this
administration's logic. And what
about France, Germany, Russia
and China? Certainly a couple of
these guys might get the nerve to
jump us at some point. Three of

Kidnapped African into the
American slave had as its intent
the total destruction of the
African mind, consciousness, and
spirit. Penetrating every level of
existence, the vicious slave
master attempted to destroy all
that made the Kidnapped African
human.

The male was valued for the
strength of his back and the
power of his seed, The female was
valued for her fertile womb and
the lustful pleasures which could
be taken at will. The family was
destroyed by separating the men,
women and children.

BUT, THE KIDNAPPED
AFRICAN WOULD NOT DIE!

Then, the final indignity was
inflicted upon the Kidnapped
African. Rewriting this bloody
saga of captivity and affliction,
the ruthless slave master
attempted to close the eyes and
minds of his human property to
the past and land from which
they had been stolen in the night -
hiding forever the greatest wrong
ever committed by one people
against another.

The pain and horror of the
captivity were replaced by endless

The transformation of the s of silence and insincere
Leesan comed OBeS_
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deep

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apologies. The muffled screams of
Black men hanging were drowned
out by pompous speeches loudly,

_ proclaiming the American drearty .

for all.

BUT, THE KIDNAPPED
AFRICAN WOULD NOT DIE!

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The faint remembrance of the T
African Homeland was deeply
buried deep within their souls+
deeper than the whip could reach"
deeper than the hangman's noose -

within the bosom of theif
God. 2

Mother Africa is now calling for ?

her sons and daughters of the
captivity to unite once more with
the sons and daughters in het
bosom, to begin again to builti
another dream which will neve
be destroyed.

bs)
The Kidnapped African who did
not die, heeding the call of the
eternal mother, is now set
to remake the universe in the
image of good, in the image of
God, in the image of the
distant glory from whence
they came.

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FOR, THE KIDNAPPED *.
AFRICAN WOULD NOT DIE!

gn Policy Choices

these guys (France, Russia and
China) have nuclear weapons.
Russia has tested nukes, biological
and chemical weapons on its own
people, China has a population
problem and might see territorial
expansion as its only means of
survival. Germany might get a
leader that's a little soft on the
Neo-Nazis and France... well how
can you trust a bunch of wine
drinkers who won't send their
troop to die for the administration's
war in Baghdad?

The truth of the matter is that
the coin that was chosen by the
Bush Administration (kill Saddam
on one side and the death of
America on the other) wasn't the
only coin on the table. There
were and still are other coins on
the table that have two other sides
that haven't even been considered
yet. What about dealing with the
Saudi's regarding their citizens

1a
attacking the twin towers and the
pentagon? What about dealing
fairly with the Israeli / Palestinian
problem? What about a real
introspective look at American
foreign policy, especially our
Middle Eastern foreign policy?
And another thing - when we cry
out that Iraq is not living up to UN.
Resolution X or U.N. Resolution Y,
we ought to be mindful that there
are a couple of Resolutions that.
the Allies (U.S.A., UK and Israel)
haven't lived up to either. What
about U.N. Resolution 242 that
requires Israel to withdraw from
the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip? There has been no real
movement on that Resolution at
all. I guess it's like Picking two
sided coins from the table; maybe
we get to pick and choose which
Resolutions we adhere to as well.
Contact Val at:
JonesStreet@nc. rrcom