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What You See Is, Is What You Get, What You Read Is What You Know & Save " Eastern North CarolinaTs Minority Voice
GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 27834
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18, 1988
PITT COUNTY BRANCH NAACP.
.. held annual Emancipation Proclamation Celebration New Horizons.
Theme"The Struggle: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow was held last Saturday at the Roxy Theatre.
Shown with the guest speaker Rev. Claude M. Odon, staff assistant for U.S. Senator Terry Sanford and
Chairman of Hertford County Commission, left to right Rev. Mills, Mrs. Odom, Mr. Odom, Mrs. Carney,
President Pitt County NAACP D.D. Garrett.
Missing: A freedman seeks
members of his family . . .
By Ira Berlin, Steven F. Miller
and Leslie S. Rowland
As a symbol of the grim reali-
ty of slavery, no scene rivalled
that of the auction block. Slave
sales exposed the full extent of
the slaveownersT power over
their human property and laid
bre the limits upon the slavesT
ability to control their own lives.
Whether private purchases bet-
ween individual owners, sales to
itinerant traders, auctions at ur-
ban slave marts or sheriffTs sales
from the courthouse steps"all
separated husbands from wives,
parents from children, borthers
from sisters, cousins from
cousins and grandchidren from
grandparents.
When at last it came, freedom
offered former slaves an oppor-
tunity to try to reverse the out-
come of the auction block. In the
years after the end of the Civil
War, freedmen and freedwomen
in every corner of the South sear-
ched out loved ones from whom
they had been separated.
Thousands took to the roads,
sometimes walking hundreds of
miles to find former homes and
long-lost kin. Others advertised in
newly established black
newspapers for relatives about
whose fate they often knew little.
Black churchgoers served as
communication centers, reading
aloud at their services the
newspaper notices and other
queries that arrived by mail or by
word of mouth. And hundreds of
former slaves sought assistance
from agents of the FreedmenTs
Bureau, a federal agency
established by Congress to
oversee the transition from
slavery to freedom.
Today the records of that
bureau are among the holdings of
the National Archives of the
United States, in Washington,
DC. Within their dusty volumes
and boxes lie large numbers of
letters and other documents from
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former slaves who were strugg}-
ing to reunite fragmented
families.
The Freedmen and Souther
Society Project, located at the
University of Maryland, is a col-
laborative effort to draw upon
these and other remarkable
records at the National Archives
to write a documentary history of
emancipation in the American
South. For three years, starting
in late 1976 (supported by the
universtiy and the National
Historical Publications and
Records Commission and later
by the NEH and the Ford and
Rockefeller Foundations), the
editors of the project selected
more than 40,000 documents"
some two percent of the items
they examined"from which they
are writing Freedom: A
Documentary History of Eman-
cipation, 1861-1867, a multi-
volume history combining inter-
pretive essays and documents.
Two volumes have reached print
thus far, both published by Cam-
bridge University Press: The
Destruction of Salvery (1985) and
The Black Military Experience
(1982.)
The document that follows"
one of hundreds yet to be
published"illustrates the efforts
of former slaves to reconstruct
their families. Its author, an ex-
slave in Texas, had been sold
away from Virginia as a
teenager. Time and distance,
however, had neither dimmed his
memories of childhood family
and friends nor diminshed his
emotional connection to them.
Twenty-four years after their
forced separation, he wrote to his
~dearest relativesT through the
FreedmenTs Bureau, introducing
himself to them, not as a boy they
had known, but as the man he had
become, The text below is faithful
to the original except that dashes
between the sentences are
replaced by periods and
paragraph breaks are created, to
make the document easier to
read.
(Galveston, Texas) May 11th,
1867 Chief of the FreedmenTs
Bureau, at Richmond
Dear Sir,
I am anxious to learn about my
sisters, from whom I have been
separated many years. I have
never heard from them since I
left Virginia twenty four years
oago. I am in hopes that they are
still living and I am anxious to
hear how they are getting on. I
have no other one to apply to but
you and am persuaded that you
will help one who stands in need
of your services as I do. I shall be
very grateful to you, if you oblige
me in this matter. oe
One of my sisters belonged to
Peter Coleman in Caroline Coun-
ty and her name was Jane. Her
husbandTs name was Charles and
he belonged to Buck Haskin and
lived near John WrightTs store in
the same county. She had three
children, Robert, Charles and
Julia, when I left.
Sister Martha belonged to Dr,
Jefferson, who lived two miles
above Wright's store. Sister
Matilda belonged to Mrs. Botts,
in the same county, My dear un-
cle Jim had a wife at Jack
LangleyTs and his wife was nam-
ed Adie and his oldest son was
named and they all belong-
ed to Jack Langley.
There are all my own dearest
relatives and I wish to corres-
pond with them with
visit them as soon as I ¢an hear
from them. My name is Hawkins
Wilson and I am their brother,
who was sold at Sheriff's sale and
used to belong to Jackson Talley
and was bought by M. Wright,
Boydtown, C.H.
You will please send the enclos-
ed letter to my sister Jane, or
some of her family, if she is dead
I am, very. respectfuly,
Your obedient servant,
Hawkins Wilson
Dear Sister Jane,
Your littler brother Hawkins is
trying to find out where you are
and where his poor old mother is.
Let me know and I will come to
see you. I shall never forget the
(Continued on page 2)
Municipal Response To
The Challenge " Part V
THE NORTH CAROLINA JOINT
COUNCIL ON HEALTH AND
CITIZENSHIP
The North Carolina Joint Coun-
cil on Health and Citizenship was
organized in August, 1960, as a
successor to the Pitt County
Group"an informal group of
volunteer citizens which had been
active in the development of a
program against ignorance and
poverty since February, 1957.
The Council was founded by Dr.
Andrew A, Best of Greenville as
a nonpartisan, nonsectarian, non-
profit, volunteer organization.
This Council is primarily con-
cerned with the promotion of
total health and total citizenship
through education.
The CouncilTs constitution in-
cludes the following purposes:
A. To provide a forum where
ideas, information, and opinions
may be co-ordinated, crystalliz-
ed, and translated into action.
B. To be a center for organizing,
harmonizing, and directing ac-
tion in the attainment of our com-
mon aim"the elimination of ig-
norance and poverty, along with
their by-products of illegitimacy,
juvenile delinquency, and
general maladjustment.
Now in its fourth year of the
organized activity, the council
has geared its primary program
to operate in co-operation with
the schools. This program is aim-
ed at increasing the over-all
academic attainment of students.
It also makes a major contribu-
tion through the resulting im-
provement of the health and
hygiene habits of the most under-
privileged segment of the
population.
Will young people mnake right decisions?
By age 21, todayTs young peo-
ple have faced more decisions
than their grandparents faced in
a lifetime. Will they make the
right decisions to positively in-
fluence the community in which
they live? Your schoolTs
counselor provides your com-
munity with tomorrowTs leaders
by assisting todayTs youth With
decision-making skills. Now is a
good time to take advantage of
the services your school
counselor can perform for you to-
day. They are trained profes-
sionals who can help school-age
citizens build self-confidence and
self-esteem, recognize their
talents and strengths, and
develop understanding and
awareness of the world around
them. Sound counseling is essen-
tial to educational excellence.
A Rare Breed...the Black Republican
BY VINNIE PEELE
Quite often it is assumed that if
one is Black then that particular
person is a Democrat. Over the
past six or seven years it has
become increasingly more likely
due, in part, to the minority
resentment of the Reagan ad-
ministration. However, within
our society there exists a rare
breed " the Black Republican "
and I happen to be one.
My reasons for being a Black
Republican vary from my per-
sonal options to my political
beliefs. In 1965, minorities were
given the opportunity to vote, and
at that time Blacks felt a great
allegiance to the democratic par-
ty due, in part, to the influence of
the late president, John F. Ken-
nedy. From this point onward,
many Blacks maintained a com-
pliance with the democratic par-
ty in the hope that his brother,
Robert Kennedy, would eventual-
ly become president.
In 1980, when I became eligible
to register as a voter, the
democratic party was suffering
from a defeat in the presidential
election. At election time, presi-
dent Carter had shouldered the
blame for a poor economy, gross
unemployment, and a hostage
situation which plagued his
presidency for over a year.
Consequently, my parents as
well as my peers were in a ~state
of frustration� and the consensus
was that this country needed a
~breath of fresh air� in order to
get back on the right track.
It overwhelmed me that prac-
tically everyone in my enviro- 4
ment decided to vote Republican
in the 1980 election. I constantly
continued to hear about the "
tic party being in disar-
ray wad that it had lost its effec-
as a ~candidate
tiveness pro-
ducer.� Historically, it is said . |
pn xpi were indeed
epublicans and changed course
over the years (owing to their
and Kennedy) to bec
f
Democrats.
The aforementioned reasons,
as well as my desire to see a
change in America, destined me
to become a Republican. I must
make it understood that I do not
whole-heartedly adhere to all of
President ReaganTs policies, but
I donTt disagree with all of them
either.
In the 1984 election, the
Democratic candidate-elect for
president was Walter Mondale, a
Carter crony and ex-vice presi-
dent. I voted for President
Reagan because I didnTt want to
see America with a sagging
economy, gross unemployment,
and an injust foreign affairs
policy.
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MUNITY RECOGNITION DAY
A present plan for expanding
the councilTs educational pro-
gram includes the circulation of
four or five council-trained and
supervised teachers through a
number of schools and com-
munities, teaching health and
hygiene, with the provision that
participating schools assign one
local teacher to the touring
teacher to learn from the touring
teacher in order to release her
the following year to a different
circuit of schools and com-
munities, while prepetuating the
program in the particular school
or community. :
Another significant council ac-
tivity is the sponsorship of a ten-
week class designed to increase
the competence and achievement
levels of students. The weekly
class is taught by Dr. Best and his
staff. At present, the volunteer
enrollment consists of 361
students from 22 high schools in
ten counties. Some participants
in the class travel more than 100
miles round-trip each week.
Local students from this pro-
ject dominate the group which
qualified to take advantage of
new job opportunities which
became available as a result of
adjustments in the employment
policies by local businessmen.
There have been four public
mass meetings held in connection
with the councilTs anniversary
celebration. Large numbers of
white Negro people gathered to
hear such prominent citizens as
Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, Governor
Terry Sanford, Congressman
Herbert C. Bonner, and
Secretary of the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare,
Anthony J. Celebrezze. More
than 5,000 people attended the
rally in Ficklen Stadium in
Greenville on November 10, 1963,
to hear Secretary Celebrezze.
These meetings have contributed
in race relations in eastern North
Carolina.
ADJUSTMENTS
During the past three years,
each of four of the large depart-
ment stores have hired Negroes
in sales positions. The Interracial
Committee has sought and is
reported to be on the verge of ob-
taining a package-commitment
by hotels, motels, restaurants,
and theaters to desegregate
simultaneously. Two motels
have, in fact, desegregated their
facilities and restaurant facilities
are desegregated on a special ar-
rangement basis.
The lunch counters and
drugstores have been
desegregated, and there are two
downtown restaurants which
serve Negroes. Another
restaurant will serve Negro
organizations.
The City has no public swimm-
ing pools. The old swimming pool
became unserviceable and was
filled in. The municipal library is
desegregated and is frequently
used by Negroes.
The County Hospital is
segregated.
There is no token desegrega-
tion in the schools, although East
Carolina College has some 60
Negroes enrolled. These students
take an active part in college ex-
tracurricular activities.
The Good Neighbor Council
was recently appointed by the
Mayor. It is attempting to create
employment opportunities for all
qualified Negroes.
JOHN MAYE, JR. AND DAUGHTER, CARMEN
Letter to the Editor
The progress of Black
Americans has occurred through
persistance and determination.
For those Black Americans who
imprived their lot, these ac-
complishments have happened
while too many other Black
Americans have fallen into
regression and despair. For those
who have accomplished and who
have not accomplished, the cur-
rent study in February of the
achievements of Black
Americans during Black History
Month should be inspiration for
i
speaker, Bernadette Watts, Edna Patrick
everyone"Black, white and all
other minorities"to excel
regardless of circumstances or
plight.
The late Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. once stated ~~that the
Black man and white man are in-
extricably bound together"
either we will choose to live
together in brotherhood or we
will all die together.� Presiden-
tial candidate Jesse Jackson has
been quoted as saying o~that the
(Continued on page 9)
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ve hues iil eA we |
ot Gyo at oe ea, te ae at
to live as near to n
He saw fit not to suffer us to meet
On earth, we might indeed meet
in Heaven. sh
I was married in this city on the
10th March 1867 by Rev. Samuel
Osborn to Mrs. Martha White, a
very intelligent and lady-like
woman. You may readily sup-
pose that I was not fool enough to
marry a Texas girl. My wife was
from Georgia and was raised in
that state and will make me very
happy.
I have learned to read, and
write a little. I teach Sunday
School and have a very in-
teresting class .
Bains
ny God, that if
Tell Mr. Jackson Talley how-
do-ye and give my love to all his
family, Lucy, Ellen and Sarah.
who, I know, have forgotten me
but I have not forgotten them. I
am writing to you tonight, my
dear sister, with my Bible in my
hand praying Almighty God to
bless you and preserve you and
piscopal church, col-
ored, Galveston, Texas. Give me
your P. Office and I will write
again. I shall drop in upon you
some day like a thief in the night
5 ~Your loving and affectionate
brother
Hawkins Wilson
The authors are co-editors of
The Freedmen and Southern
Society Project at the University
of Maryland.
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day, March 5, in Wright
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University Campus.
Kia Hardy will be one of 18 girls
to participate in the program.
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Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Conference at the Ramada Inn of
Ahoskie. The conference, spon-
sored by the Rotary Clubs. of
District 771 and 773, will be con-
ducted February 26-28, 1988.
Discussion leaders will address
such issues as Selling Your Ideas,
Goal Setting, Leadership Traits,
Leadership and Stress, and Look-
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Office of the Executive Television
Workshop; Krista Weih, Presi-
dent of Image Investments,
Washington, D.C.; and Dr. R. G.
Israel of the East Carolina
University School of Medicine.
The Honorable Clifton .E,
Johnson, North Carolina Appeals
Court Judge, will be the keynote
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1. The two female principals of
schools? Which schools?
2. The Black school principals?
ch schools?
_.3. Blacks on the Pitt County
~School Board?
' 4, The present Mayor and Blacks
_on the city council?
5. The president of the local
� chapter of the NAACP?
T-6) The president of the local
chapter of SCLC?
_ 1. The Black who served several
terms on the city council?
~8: ~The Youth of the Year� for the
Boys Club?
9. The president of the Student
Government at Hampton
T Institute?
10. Blacks who have been
oTeachers of the Year� in their
individual schools, 1987?
~Il. The pastors of the two Baptist
~churches in Greenville?
12. Blacks whose portraits/pic-
tures are hung in school
libraries?
13. Blacks on various Boards in
city government offices?
14. Schools named for Blacks and
their location? Libraries?
15. Names of assistant principals
in schools? Which schools?
16. Blacks in offices of leadership
in Pitt CountyTs Central Board of
Education?
17. Mayor Pro-Tem in Pitt Coun-
ty towns? dice
18. Names of B newspapers?
19. Black writers of news or news
editors for the Daily Reflector?
20. Blacks on TV stations as news
reporters?
21. Chairman of agricultural ex-
tension service for Pitt County?
Home Economist?
22. Blacks in the judicial/court
system or Pitt County
Courthouse?
23. Black lawyers/attorneys?
24. Number of Black teachers in
the school your child attends?
25. Streets, subdivisions named
for Blacks? What is the contribu-
tion of the person whose street
bears his/her name?
26. Black businesses"Do you
honor them?
27. Names of fraternal organiza-
tionsT presidents? Fraternities?
Sorosities? Do you know the
names?
28. Black personnel in Pitt Coun-
ty Health Department? Mental
Health Department?
29. In the banks, the Savings and
Loan Associations"Any Blacks
in managerial positions? How
many have their own desks?
30. Black physicians/doctors?
Dentists? Who owns his own of-
fice? How many are on the staff
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FAMOUS BLACK QUOTATIONS
1. If there is no struggle, there is
no progress."Frederick
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2. The problem of the twentieth
century is the problem of the col-
or line."W.E.B. DuBois
3. Would America have been
America without her Negro peo-
ple?"W.E.B. DuBois
4. We wear the mask that grins
and lies."Paul Laurence Dunbar
5. No person is your friend who
demands your silence, or denies
your right to grow."Alice
Walker
6. Injustice anywhere is a threat
to justice everywhere."Martin
Luther King, Jr.
7. If you want to keep something
secret from Black folks, put it
between the covers of a book."
African-American Folk Saying
8. Strategy is better ~than
6. Tos mong aaah TO tke
10. Say it loud. ITm Black and ITm
proud."James Brown
eae oe FOR TODAY
DouglasTs ~Strength for
TodayT: ~Some people live not in
homes but in houses. Many in-
dividuals living under the same
roof and related to each other are
not families in the moral and
emotional sense of the word but
are enemies in all but name. The
place many people call home is
only a hotel where those who bear
the same name come to eat and
sleep and go their separate ways.
Men and women who are indif-
ferent to each other have not
established a home but a
residence. What does it take to
make a home? The answer is
simple"it takes love. We pay our
way in the home through life not
by writing checks or handing our
pay envelopes, but by thinking
first of the people around us and
putting ourselves aside that may
be happy.�
KEEPING FAMILY RECORDS
Suppose the IRS ~invites� you
to produce your 1985 tax records.
Would you be able to find them
without a lot of fuss?
Where to Keep Important Papers
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records should be made: one for
your lawyer, one for your safe-
deposit box, one for two family
adult members and for a close,
trusted friend (perhaps a person
who witnessed your will). That
way, if an accident or unforeseen
illness should befall you or your
husband, those in charge will
have access to the papers they
need.
Finally, place your original
record-keeper in the very front of
your home file, so you can consult
it easily. In this way you will not
have to dig through drawers or
shoe boxes if a crisis in your
family occurs. You have just sav-
ed yourself a lot of time and a ton
of trouble.
Project. Pitt County was chosen
not only because of its location in
eastern North Carolina but also
because of the rural/urban mix,
diversity of jobs, etc., in the coun-
ty. The study will be directed by
Dr. Sherman A. James, a Pro-
fessor of Epidemiology in the
School of Public Health at UNC-
Chapel Hill.
The purpose of this study is to
investigate the influences of
stress and diet on hypertension in
Black men and women who live
in Pitt County. Besides stress and
diet, other factors of interest will
be body weight and general
health habits such as smoking
and exercise.
From mid-January through
May, 1988, the goal is to interview
approximately two thousand 25 to
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PROGRESS
Many great Black Americans
have contributed to the improve-
ment of life for all mankind.
George Washington Carver
Agricultural chemist who
made pioneer discoveries in the
early 1900Ts that led to major
changes in the farm economy of
the southern states. Carver
traveled through the South ex-
plaining to black and white
farmers that rotation of such
crops as peanuts, soybeans, and
sweet potatoes would be pro-
fitable and also renew the tired
soil. He invented many by-
products of the harvest, including
dyes, ink, soap, cheese, milk
substitutes, plastics, paper, syn-
thetic rubber, flour and breakfast
food.
William E. B. DuBois
The author of more than 20
books covering the history and
culture of black people, DuBois
was a leading spokesman for
blacks in their struggle for equal
rights. In 1909 he helped to
establish the National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Col-
ored People (NAACP), a civil
rights organization. He was one
of the founders of the Pan-
- ; ~ + . _ African Congress, a world body
~~ J 4 that supported the attempts of
__ a j the African and other colonial
peoples to win independence.
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thony Simpson (right) the very best, and expresses his pleasure of
having the opportunity to work with such fine athletes. Anthony and
Ellis were the only ECU football players who were invited to play
in post season bowl game. The ~m� Voice will feature these two
outstanding athletes in our next edition salute to our brothers who
make things happen for the athletic program at ECU.
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20th Century has produced
many great Black Americans
Louis Armstrong
Called AmericaTs musical am-
bassador to the world, Arm-
strong, with his appealing per-
sonality and impressive musi-
cianship, became known all over
the world in the years 1930 to 1970.
He fascinated audiences on three
continents with his trumpet play-
ing and singing. .
Ralph Johnson Bunche
World statesman, winner of a
Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 and the
Spingarn Medal of the NAACP,
Bunche made outstanding con-
tributions to world peace.
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
After serving as a military of-
ficer for 39 years with active du-
ty in three wars during the first
half of the 20th century, Davis
became the first black general in
the US Army in 1940. Throughout
his 50 years as a soldier, Davis
led efforts to eliminate racial
discrimination in AmericaTs
military.
William L. Dawson
A US Congressman from II-
linois from 1943 to 1970, Dawson
became an influential statesman
and the first black chairman of a
congressional committee. During
the 1940Ts,:he was chosen. vice-
chairman of the Democratic
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" The ca of the Nina, one ".
ColumbusT ships,
was Pedro Alonzo Nino. eh
" In 1624, the first black child,
William Tucker, was borninthe |
land that later became the-United _
States.
" In 1762, James Derham, the
first American black physician,
was born in Philadelphia.
" Lemuel Hayes, a black
patriot, was one of Paul RevereTs ©
Minutemen.
" In 1810, the first black in-
surance company, The American
Insurance Company of
Philadelphia, was established.
" Black troops fought in the
Battle of New Orleans under
Genral Andrew Jackson in 1814.
" Edward A. Jones was the
first black to graduate from col-
lege. He received an A.B. degree
from Amherst College on August
23, 1826. John Russwurm receiv-
ed a degree from Bowdoin Col-
lege on September 6, 1826.
" FreedomTs Journal was the
first Negro newspaper published
in the United States. It was
published in 1827 by Russwurm
and Samuel E. Cornish in New
York.
"Clotel, or The PresidentTs
Daughter, written by William
Wells Brown, was the first novel
published by an American Negro
in 1853.
" Capital Savings Bank was
the first black bank established in
the United States, in Washington,
D.C., on October 17, 1888.
" Matthew A. Henson was co-
discoverer of the North Pole with
Robert Peary and four Eskimos.
In 1909 he planted the American
flag on the spot designated by
Peary as the exact location of the
Pole.
" Richard Allen, in 1787,
founded the African Methodist
Epsicopal church, which became
the first major religious institu-
tion for blacks in the United
States.
" Prince Hall, one of
AmericaTs first black civil rights
leaders, founded the first
Masonic Lodge for black men in
1787.
" John Rock became the first
black admitted to practice law
before the US Supreme Court in
1865.
" By inventing a coupling
device, the Jenny Coupler, for
railway cars in 1896, Andrew J.
Beard is credited for making an
important advance in railroad
Safety
_ The first black woman to
graduate as a trained nurse in
Anrerica was ~Mary Eliza
Mohoney. She paved the way for
admission of other black women
to professional nursing. She
graduated from the New England
Hospital for Women and Children
in Boston.
" Dr. Daniel Hale, in 1893, per-
formed the first successful heart
surgery in America. He was
founder of the National Medical
Association, an organization of
black physicians. He also found-
ed Provident Hospital in Chicago,
the first U.S. hospital organized
by blacks.
" Two major public safety
devices were developed by Gar-
rett A. Morgan. In 1914, he devis-
ed a unique breathing helmet that
enabled rescuers to enter
dangerous areas filled with
smoke or gas. In 1923, he invented
an automatic stop-and-go light
which signalled the movement of
traffic at street crossings.
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50 year old Black adults, each of
whom will be selected at random.
The interviews will be done in the
home and should last approx-
imately 45 to 60 minutes,
on the success of "
Depending
this oet Ah ep follow-
up projects may be proposed. The
major focus of the follow-up
studies will be on the prevention
of hypertension as well as
upon
improving the treatment and con-
trol of hypertension in Blacks.
What will make the Pitt County
Hypertension Project a Success?
The most important thing is
your participation, if you are
selected for the study. Between
January and May, nearly one-
third of all Black households in
the county will be contacted.
Every person we can interview
will help us to learn more about
hypertension and the ways in
which it might be prevented. If
contacted, 45 to 60 minutes of
your time would make a big
contribution.
From the
Vice-President
of
The ~MT Voice
I know this boy, his name is
Lenny, I ask him did he have a
single penny he said no, so, I said
so, I want some money now to go.
Then he gave me a one hundred
dollar bill. I said thanks, Lenny,
you are an apple without a
peeling.
ABDUL ROUSE III
Duke
" Kennedy)
Blending smooth melodies with
unusual harmony and rhythmic
effects, the composer and musi-
cian pioneered modern jazz in the
fist half of the 20th century. He
won the Spingarn Award of the
NAACP in 1959 and the Presiden-
tial Medal of Honor in 1969.
Medgar Evers
An outspoken civil rights
leader from Mississippi, Evers
encouraged registration of black
voters and promoted the use of
economic boycotts to protest
violations of civil rights.
Lorraine Hansberry
BroadwayTs first black woman
playwright, Hansberry saw her
work A Raisin in the Sun, win the
New York Drama Critics Award
in 1959 and later become a
popular motion picture.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The youngest American in
history to win the Nobel Peace
Prize, King received the honor in
1964 for his dedication to achiev-
ing equal rights for blacks in the
United States by following a pro-
gram of nonviolence. King form-
= } : in 1957 to
throughout the United States.
A military hero on the first day
of World War II, navy messman
Miller shot « four enemy
planes Japanese at-
E
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December 7, 1941. He was award-
ed the NavyTs highet honor, the
Navy Cross. |
Julian Bond
Elected to the Georgia House of
Representatives in 1965 at age 25,
Bond was at first denied his seat
because he strongly objected U.S.
involvement in the Vietnam War.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling
helped him gain his seat back.
Re-elected, he worked to
organize blacks into a strong
political force and fought for im-
proved housing and higher
minimum wages.
Andrew Felton Brimmer
Working to create a stable
economy without rapidly rising
prices, economist Brimmer in
1966 became the first black to
serve on the Federal Reserve
Board, the agency contolling the
nationTs money supply.
Edward W. Brooke
The first black senator elected
in the 20th century, Brooke sup-
ported every civil rights bill in
Congress. He won election to the
U.S. Senate in 1966 and 1972 from
Massachusetts.
Jackie (John Roosevelt)
Robinson
By becoming the first black to
for black athletes to participate
in all major sports in America.
Able to m op
move fre
- come in 1920Ts because ae his
was able to gather evidence on
lynchings of blacks in southern
states and wrote about his fin-
dings in three books. His convin-
ia nega deere en a
| passage of a
federal poe Pe law.
Richard Wright
With publication of his
dramatic novel Native Sun in
1940, author Wright opened a new
ear of American literature
followed by other black writers
whose realistic stories centered
on the life of blacks in America.
Whitney M. Young, Jr.
Developing a ~~domestic Mar-
shall Plan� for blacks to include
them in the mainstream of
American life, Young created
numerous projects that were
later included in President Lyn-
don JohnsonTs 1964 anti-poverty
program.
Marian Anderson
The first black singer to appear
at New York CityTs Metropolitan
Opera (1955).
Arthur Ashe
The first black member of the
U.S. Davis Cup team, tennis
player Ashe helped break color
barriers in athletics.
James Baldwin
A popular spokesman for the
civil rights movement beginning
in the 1950Ts, author Baldwin was
recognized for his sensitive stud
of the personal and socjal pro
blems of black
Pies justice of N
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York CityTs Domestic Relations
Court in 1939, Bolin became the
first black woman judge in the
wie: ire Chisholm
In 1968, Chisholm became the
first black woman to sit in Con-
gress. From New York, she held
the highest elective post in the
United States ever won by a black
woman.
Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.
Following in the footsteps of his
father, a US Army career officer
and combat pilot, Davis became
the first black general of the Air
Force in 1954.
James Farmer
Director of the Congress of
Racial Equality, a nonviolent
American black protest organiza-
tion, Farmer led the first sit-in
and stand-in demonstrations in
1942 opposing segregation in
restaurants and theaters.
William H. Hastie
In 1949, Hastie became the first
black ever appointed a federal
judge in the United States. He
also served as the first black
governor of the Virgin Islands.
een Clark Hernandez
Elected in 1970 as the first
black president of the National
Organization for Woman (NOW),
Hernandez sought to make the
group more meaningful to the
needs of working women,
especially the ethnic and racial
minorities.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18-24, 1988-5
Jesse Jackson
ationwide programs to in-
crease black economic strength
and provide more jobs for black
people were deve in the late
1960's and early T70Ts by Jackson,
director of the People United to
Save Humanity (PUSH).
Percy Lavon Julian
A scientist, Julian won
worldwide recognition in the late
1930Ts for his discovery of an in-
expensive way of manufacturing
cortisone, a drug used in the
treatment of many diseases.
Credited with the discovery of
' physotigmine, a drug used in
treating glaucoma, he became a
leading medical research
authority in the United States.
Elizabeth Duncan Koontz
The first black educator to be
elected president of the National
Education Association in 1968,
Koontz created a new awareness
of the need to fight for educa-
tional improvements. In 1969,
President Nixon appointed her
director of the WomenTs Bureau
of the Department of Labor.
Thurgood Marshall
The first black to serve as an
associate justice of the Supreme
Court, Marshall was appointed in
1967. He was also the first black
to serve as solicitor genreal of the
United States, acting as the
governmentTs chief legal
spokesman from 1965 to 1967.
Asa Phillip Randolph
Labor leader Randolph
organized the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters in 1925, one
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~Conference participants, ' j a Boy ad ying a correly wh
selected by local Rotarians in active in the Boy Scouts as an
conjunction with school officials, assistant Scoutmaster of Troop
were chosen because of 131. Barnes is a graduate of C.M
scholastic achievements, school Eppes High School and North
and community involvement, and Carolina A&T University. He is
a desire for personal growth and currently employed with TRW, ~
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prominent Black artists. The ex-
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highlight such artists as Ernie
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Brown, Charles Haywood and
many others. Many of the pain-
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of the first effective Bia M ot h e r of provided counsel a to such (5 . F ; A d d U
unions organizations as the Pitt County mM
In 1964 poe at betaine the tional structure and develop-
highest-ranking black in the US This year the M shel: Cou : t. A former candidate for Pitt Saleem al-Uqdah formerly _ ple receive their W-2 federal in-
government when he was ap- Year Contest he ces be: ty Commissioner, Young known as Claude Atkinson Jr. come tax withholding forms from
pointed head of the US Informa- May 7 in FR ay. The currently occupies a seat on the was born in Greenville. He their employer, al-Ugah said.
tion Agency Pine acter " be: re ae of o graduated from C.M Eppes High The pace of the busindes varies
~ : y Ww. emocratic Party of Nort p : T
~ John H. r School, Class of 1964.Heisanac- he said "a rush at the beginning
Founder and president of the Wamted to join together for the ad- Carolina.
Négro Newspaper Publishers
Association, Sengstacke
established a chain of weekly
newspapers for blacks that in-
vancement of the ~o~coloredTT
people.
There are six regions in Pitt ©
County; each has a Vice Presi-
dent and will have an assistant
In discussing proposed
strategy for the Edmisten cam-
paign in Pitt County, Young
described, ~~a relatively low key
but well organized approach built
countant and also a farmer.
The seasonal nature of both his
professions allows him to com-
bine them to form his new
business, Mecca International
of the season, a rush at the end
and a steady flow in between.
oIf a person thinks he will get
a refund, he usually tries to get
his forms in early,� al-Uqdah .
fluenced Afro-American political Accounting & Tax Services at 418 said. ~But if he thinks heTll owe,
and social thought in the US for ae een Hail bir lin: Pocket eal ership at the N. Marietta St., he said. he usually waits until closer to the
over 30 years, and workers involved. Listed is oWe already have a good _ Thetaxandaccountingservice deadline.�
Roy Wilkins the regions/townships and vice county-wide network of in- Will be open all year, al-Uqdah inal timing works out perfect-
An outspoken officer of NAACP presidents with the assistants to dividuals who were active inthe ~%#id, but during the summer _ ly if youTrea farmer, he said. Tax
for over 40 years, Wilkins helped
lead the fight against lynchings,
and led in the civil rights strug-
gle and the protest movement of
the 1960Ts and 1970Ts.
~ Gwendolyn Brooks
In 1950, she became the first
black writer to win a Pulitzer
Prize for her collection of poems,
Annie Allen.
E. Sims Campbell
First black cartoonist and com-
merical artist to appear in major
magazines.
In highlighting historical
events, it is impossible to include
every important name, date and
activity. This list provides only a
small number of names of in-
fluential and important black
Americans during the 1900Ts or
any other period of history.
An all-inclusive list would con-
sume hundreds of pages in any
publication. For further study
and information consult school or
public libraries for additional
be announced at a later date.
1. Winterville, Arthur, Chicod"
William Elbert
2. Greenville"Rev. Farney
Moore
3. Ayden, Grifton, Swift Creek"
Josephus Burney
4. Farmville, Fountain,
Falkland"James Cobb
5. Bethel, Belvoir"Willie M.
Carney
6. Grimesland, Carolina,
Pactolus"Clarence Moore
Gifts will be awarded for the
Ist, 2nd and 3rd place winners. As
soon as your contestant is chosen
forward that name to Gail
Dove"Stevens 205 Whittington
Circle, Greenville, NC 27834 or
call Ms. Dougalis Faison at
753-4158, Farmville. Rhumel
Fuller, Secretary"D.D. Garrett,
President.
JIM YOUNG
Young named
PC chairman for
Rufus Edmisten
Dr. Jim Young of Greenville
has been named Chairman of the
Pitt County Campaign of Rufus
Edmisten for Secretary of State.
Young, who is Director of Institu-
tional Development at Pitt Com-
munity College, has for several
years been active in Democratic
Party politics at both the local
and state levels.
He was actively involved in the
1984 Edmisten for Governor cam-
paign and in 1986 worked with the
Pitt County Committee for Terry
Sanford. He has assisted in the
Pitt County Democratic Party in
1984 gubernatorial election. We
are currently adding strength to
this structure in each precinct,
and intend to have a full comple-
ment of committed supporters in
all 25 precincts within the next
few weeks.�
oA major focus of the cam-
paign,�T Young added, ~~will be to
inform the public about the role
of the Secretary of StateTs Office
and the ways in which this office
affects their daily lives. Many
people have limited knowledge
about this office, and they need to
be better informed. Rufus Ed-
misten has a credible career of
public service in North Carolina
and valuable Council of State ex-
perience from his two-term
tenure as Attorney General. This
record will serve as the basic
foundation of his campaign for
Secretary of State.�
months he also may have a
farmers market-style business in
the basement to sell the corn,
beans, tomatoes and other pro-
duce grown on his 25 acres of
leased farmland in Filbert, SC.
oITm not sure exactly what I
will do yet,� he said. ~But I plan
to combine the two somehow.�T
That plan is also the reason he
chose the name Mecca Interna-
tional for his business, he said.
oIn the Islamic relgion, all
things are centered around Mec-
ca,� he said. ~o~Everything here is
centered around the tax service.�
ThatTs turning things around a
bit. It was the farm that provid-
ed the capital to start the accoun-
ting service, said al-Uqdah, who
received his accounting degree
from Belmont Abbey College in
1983.
The busy tax season usually
starts in late January when peo-
time gets all the attention it needs
and so does the land.
oJanuary, February, March,
thereTs not much to do around a
farm,T he said. ~~In this area we
tend to have a late freeze, so itTs
best to wait until May to plant.�
Tax preparation prices vary
depending on the complexity of
the filing, al-Uqdah said. It costs
about $18 for him to fill out a 1040
EZ and state form. An itemized
1040 will cost about $60. The most
complex situations can run $115
and higher.
oIt really depends on a per-
sonTs situtaion,�T he said.
The fee also includes advice on
tax matters throughout the year,
al-Uqdah said.
Mecca International Accoun-
ting & Tax Services is open 8:30
a.m. to 9:00 p.m. weekdays, 8:30
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays ai.d
other times by appointment.
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cooperation and participation.
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3 concerned whether todayTs
Hannah Ss students will be able to meet
A tomorrowTs challenges in the
Convenient work-a-day world? If so, then
M a rt your schoolTs counselors could be
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looking for. Call and share ideas
5th & 14th Streets that you feel would help students
Greenville become better prepared for the
business world. School counselors
are valuable professionals and
the ones who help students
evaluate their interests, abilities
and values as they relate to
career choices. Take advantage
of the services your school
counselor can provide. Sound
counseling is essential to educa-
tional excellence.
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Farney MooreTs Collected
Pearls of Precious Price:
~The Negro in America is still
being underclassed by a
repressive, racist concept...
racism again is becoming
legitimatized in America.�
Vernon E. Johnson
oThe spotlight of history must
never forget the NegroTs beginn-
ings in America, and the nature
of his exodus from everywhere
along the West Coast of Africa.
Nor must it let others forget. It
must remember and remind that
God made man and He made him
good. Man therefore, was of
worth and made in His image,
whomever he was and wherever
he was. He was not a slave, and
was never intended to be. Poor,
rich, Black, White, Catholic, Pre-
testant or Jew made no dif-
ference. Therefore the .Black
man was of worth before he was
relegated to the debased sttae ef
captivity and slaveryhood. He
rules as kings and pharoahs in
the dawn of civilization...�
Y.T.
~o~T am black, but comely... as
the tents of Kedar.�T
Song of Solomon 1:5
oYou will have to teach us.�T
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therefore, we conclude for-
thrightly that we are bound
together as citizens of the human
race.
DAVID A. LEECH... has filed
as a Candidate for District Court
Judge for the 3rd Judicial District
composed of Pitt, Craven,
Carteret, and Pamlico Counties.
Letter to the Editor sconinued jrom page y
dicate, for example, that for
every Jackie Robinson there was
a Branch Rickey, that for every
Admiral Perry there was a Mat-
thew Hensen, that for every Har-
riett Tubman there was a Horace
Greeley and a John Brown, that
for every Glenn Miller there is a
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18-24, 1988-9
Wallace there is a Marting
Luther King, Jr. and a Robert
Kennedy and that for every Doug
Williams there is a Joe Gibbs.
When we as Americans can
look beyond the surface of skin
color, we should realize that we
pilgrims to this land are the same
opportunities and principles for
which we all aspire today. Let us
begin to achieve this excellence
during February of 1988 and
hereafter so that peace, justice,
righteousness, truth and love will
be the cornerstones of our life on
are a common people in spirit.
The same ~~GTs�T of God, Glory
and Gold� which brought the
Past accomplishments in- Dan Blue, that for every George this earth. ~~Let there be peace,
and let it start with me.�T
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Faces & Places...
Letters to the Editor
TO: EDITOR: I see from your
February 4-10 edition of The ~o~MT
Voice that Bil! Dansey is running
for the State Senate. Being a
friend of BillTs since he came to
Greenville with nothing in his
pocket and driving a 1941 Ford, I
have found over the years that he
has been a help, not only to me
but to the Black community
From your article, most peop!e
will know that Bill was on the Ci
ty Council. He was very in
strumental and responsible for
establishing the Eppes recrea
tional property by obtaining a
$1.00 lease from the City Schoo!
Board
As a member of the Recreation
oommission he was able to ac-
quire a $26,000 grant through a
police program and the Eppes
property was known as the Eppes
Police Club, originally. Thanks to
Bill, we not only have the Eppes
property, but the swimming pool,
in addition Bill, along with John
Taylor and Clarence Gray, was
responsible for the funding and
the construction of this pool
which is located at the Guy Smith
Stadium.
A friend of mine, Ray Rogers,
mentioned to me, also, that Bill,
when he was United Fund chair-
man, made him the first Black
division chairman in the United
FundTs history. RayTs wife
reminded me that if it had not
been for Bill Dansey the
Meadowbrook project would not
have been funded and that her
mother currently would not have
the housing which she now enjoys
since Bill ramrodded the Federal
grants that provided for the
restoration of the Meadowbrook
area.
Also, Bennie Roundtree or
Jessie Daniels may remember
when Bill helped the Gladiator off
. Afro-American History
Albermarle Avenue. In talking
with Ed Carter, he told me that
Bill visited him at Burroughs
Wellcome and was responsible
for his appointment to the school
baord in 1972.
I am pleased to finally see that
we have somebody who can com-
municate with the Black com-
munity and can be totally trusted
to deal with us above-board and
on a fair and equitable basis. I
am totally supporting Bill
Dansey for his state senate race
and would urge others to do so
too.
Mrs. Atkinson
Moyewood Projects
Dear Sir:
My name is John W. Richard-
son. I am the assistant principal
at West Bertie Elementary
School. I reside in Bertie County
(Aulander, North Carolina.)
It is my pleasure to endorse
Mr. James Rouse who is a can-
diadte for the position of County
Commissioner in your district.
I have known Mr. Rouse all of
my life. We attended elementary
and high school together. Mr.
Rouse has the ability to relate ef-
fectively to the public. He accepts
responsibility readily and carries
out his duties with efficiency and
dispatch. He seems to have the
ability to sense the needs and
feeling of others and make others
feel that they are a contributing
part of the whole picture. In that
field of community realtions,
especially, Mr. Rouse was able to
bring positive community in-
volvement that had been absent
before his positive approaches
brought results.
In short, Mr. Rouse has proven
himself to be an outstanding com-
munity person, and one you
would do well to consider serious-
ly for County Commissioner.
Sincerely,
John W. Richardson
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MILTON F G.K, JAMES LEELAND Q. REGINALD
FITCH, JR BUTTERFIELD, JR. WYNN, JR. TOWNS SCOTT
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Greenville Office
301 S. Evans, Suite 401
830-1900
* Personal Injury
* Real Estate
A Tribute To Black History Month
Fitch, Butterfield & Wynn
Attorneys At Law
Wilson Office
615 E. Nash
291-6500
Extensions
Raleigh - 829-0911 @ Rocky Mount - 446-ATTY
Over Twelve Years Of Dedicated Service
* Wills
* Criminal
The employees of Burroughs
Wellcome Co. join in the
commemoration of Black
History Month--a time to reflec
on the many contributions and
achievements of Black
Americans.
Burroughs Wellcome Co.
Manufacturing Div.
Intersection US 13 & SR 1590
Greenville, N.C. 27835-1887
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