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EASTE RN NORTH CAROLINA'S MINORITY VOICE- SINCE 1987

By Dr. Lenora Fulani

The indictment of Qubilah
Shabazz, Malcolm X Ts 34-year-old
daughter, on charges of conspiring
to assassinate Minister Louis
Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of
Islam, has all the earmarks of a
govemment set-up designed to fur-
ther confuse and divide the Black
community. Moreover, it comes at
a time when Black leaders have
embarked on a path to overcome
divisions.

Ms. Shabazz is accused of plot-
ting the assassination of Minister
Farrakhan with Michael
k'tzpat a an old high school
ois now planning to tes-
tify against her. Fitzpatrick is a
professional government infor-
mant. He has been hving under
the F.B.L Ts witness protection pro
~ since he was 17 when he
VW mn metnbers of the Jew-
ish De fons se League (Fitzpatrick 1s
half Jewish) D.L.
activists to pnson in exchange for
after he was arrested
for borubing a bookstore that sold
Soviet hooks in New York City in
1977. Fitzpatrick, who now goes
by the name of Summers, was ar-
Hanae for ~sston last
year, ' ich no doubt irate ated
him to make another off fering to
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against him are apparently being
dropped.

Itis the timing of this particular
incident that I find most interest-
ing. It was just a year and a half
ago, in September of 1993, that
Minister Farrakhan and the Con-
gressional Black Caucus (CBC)
announced a covenant whereby
this divergent partnership could
seek common cause in the interest
of the African American people.
The attacks from the press on this
emerging alliance were immedi-
ate. The New York Times, for ex-
ample, warned Congressman
Kweisi Mfume, then chairman of
the CBC, to back off from the cov-
enant.

In January 1994, shortly after
Minister Farrakhan addressed
25,000 African Americans in New
York City Ts Jacob Javits Conven-
tion Center, the Anti-Defamation
League of the B Tnai B Tnth printed
a full-page adin the Times quoting
controversial excerpts from a
speech delivered months before at
a smal} college in New Jersey by
Minister Khallid Muhammad, a
spokesperson for the Nation of Is-
lam. Both the United States Sen-
ate and House of Representatives,
in unprecedented attacks on free
speech, voted to condemn Khallid Ts
remarks. Brooklyn Congressman

Major Owens, a member of the

The Shabazz arrest: another perfectly
timed government set-up

CBC, denounced the Nation of Is-
lam as a ofringe hate group, � and
many Establishment Black lead-
ers joined Owens in the ritual of
publicly attacking Minister
Farrakhan and the Nation of Is-
lam. Even after he demoted
Khallid, Farrakhan remained the
object of relentless press attacks,
which cul minated in a Time maga-
zine cover story entitled oMinistry
of Rage. �

Nonetheless, the plans for a
Black Summit suggested by Min-
ister Farrakhan at the CBC meet-
ing in September moved ahead,
organized by Dr. Benjamin Chavis,
then executive director of the
NAACP. In June 1994 the Summit
was held at the NAACP headquar-
ters in Baltimore. It included the
full spectrum of our community's
religious leaders, scholars and po-
litical leaders from around the
country. It was the most inclusive
such meeting in African American
history, a forum created by Black
leadership to include the full range
of viewpoints and options avail-
able to the Black community.

In the wake of the Summit, the
attacks on Chavis immediately
picked up steam. Already facing
criticism in the press and from
some members of the NAACP Ts
Board for organizing the Summit
and for his financial managemen

Bill Clinton and Newt
Gingrich are in the same boat

by Jr. Lenora Fulani

Inhist ind-a-half-long State
of the Union address, Bill Clinton
didn't once mention us.

Since tt was the Black vote that
gave the Democrats their margin
of victory in the few races they
managed to salvage in 1994 "like
~harles Robb Ts win over
Oliver North in Virginia and Sena

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tor Dian ne i einstein Ts reelection in
Cea TO 1a-~you would think that
he Td be a little more responsive.

But the] Yemocrats are stil] count-
ing on our loyalty, no matter how
often they insult us, abuse us, or
exclude us

By contrast, the president did
take pains to make his pitch to
independents. The first half of his
speech sounded like it had been
written by Ross Perot. Why? In
1992, 20 million people broke with
both the Democrats and Republi-
cans and voted for Perot because
he talked about opening up the
political process and taking
Amenica back from the corrupt
politicians

So far,

Newt

Republican

Gingrich has managed to capital-
ize somewhat better than oNew
Democrat � Bill Clinton on the an-
ger of the voters. But Clinton and
Gingrich are ultimately commit-

ted to preserving the two-party
arrangement «nd may end up in
the same boat- "the one the Ameri-
can people want to turn over.

With the Cold War ended, we
find ourselves face to face with a
new set of social and economic
problems. The U.S. is not suffi-
ciently competitive in the global
economy. We confront a stagger-
ing national debt. Our education
system is failing. Domestic, street,
and racial violence haunt urban,
suburban, and rural areas alike.
Drug use has reached epidemic
proportions. Social and moral deca-
dence are found everywhere. Can
the Bill Clintons and Newt
Gingriches come up with work-
able solutions? Maybe.

But the real questions is: can
their proposed solutions "con-
tracts with America, new cov-
enants, or whatever "be realized?
Only if the American people, "of
all races and economic back-
grounds " are building the popu-
lar consensus and the will to real-
ize these solutions.

Do the conditions exist for this
type of activism? No. American
democracy is far too restricted,
controlled by big money, central-
ized and top-down. That Ts exactly
what the American people are so

angry about. °

How do we address this? WIth a
thoroughgoing restructuring of
American democracy "including
term limits; full nght to initiative,
referendum and recall, automatic
voter registration; mandatory tele-
vised campaign debates; and bal-
lot access reform. Most impor-
tantly, we need to go well beyond
the conservatizing two-party sys-
tem of professional politicians, to
a participatory multi-party democ-
racy of ordinary Americans.

During the civil rights move-
ment, Black people raised the is-
sue of fairness and inclusion and
changed democracy for all Ameri-
cans. In the 1990s we must once

_ again make the issue of demo-

cratic process the burning issue of
America, this time with a total
political restructuring that allows
African Americans "as members
of the total American community "
to determine a new direction for
our country.

To speak with Dr. Fulani and
obtain information about her work;
call Cathy Stewart, national orga-
nizer for the Committee for a Uni-
fied Independent Party at 212-496-
0534. For media booking call
Madelyn Chapman at 212-941-
8844.

SHOWN HERE ARE PASTOR JAMES CORBETT, his lovely wife, Delores, along with
Mayor Nancy Jenkins, City Councilwoman Mildred Council and other notables at the Grand
Opening of the community Christian Church Kids Academy.

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of the organization, a sexual ha-
rassment charge against him was
pumped up in the press, and by
August Dr. Chavis was forced out
of his job.

Meanwhile, in New York, / was
running against then-Governor
Mario Cuomo in the Democratic
Party primary. I came under a
steady barrage of attacks by Black
and white Democrats. Governor
Cuomo refused to debate me, his
only primary opponent, just as
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan,
refused to debate his only primary
opponent, the Reverend Al
Sharpton.

This is what Black leaders have
faced for daring to reach out and
attempting to work with each
other. The arrest of Sister Shabazz
is simply the latest in the steady
stream of attempts to divide the
Black community in response to
our unprecedented steps toward
creating a genuinely inclusive na-
tional Black dialogue.

To speak with Dr. Fulani and
obtain information about her work
call Cathy Stewart, national

organizer for the Committee for
a Unified Independent Party at
212-496-0534.

For media booking call Magelyn
Chapman at 212-941-8844.

WEEK OFFEBR UARY ev, 1995

MR. CHARLES SHIVER, descendant of Mrs. Lizzie Kearney,

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MANY CONCERNED CITIZENS of Greeriville and Pitt County met recently to pl:

strategies for demonstrations and protest marches against Greenville

of former Greenville police officer Angelo Fordham.

Justice a ~Long Time
Coming T in Birmingham

By Dr. Lenora Fulani

On September 15, 1963 four little
Black girls were killed when the
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
in Birmingham, Alabama was
bombed by white racists.

I was 13 years old at the time,
and I will never forget it. The bomb-
ing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist
Church showed the lengths to
which white racists would go to
stop Black empowerment. The fact
that it took nearly 20 years to get
even a single indictment in the
case indicates the extent to which
the authorities were tied to the
forces of violence and reaction.

In the three decades since that
terrible Sunday morning, only one
person, Robert Chambliss, has ever
been indicted for the crime despite
the fact that the FBI named at
least four other suspects in its in-
vestigative reports. Chambliss was
brought to justice thanks to Pete
Smith, a young relative of
Chambliss who had the courage to
testify against him. As a result of
his testimony, Smith had to leave
Alabama and live incognito for
many years, Smith has recently
written a book, Long Time Com-
ing, which provides an intimate

and often disturbing look at the
events which led up to and fol-
lowed the bombing.

Thad the great privilege ofinter-
viewing Mr. Smith recently on my
nationally syndicated weekly cable
television show. Smith is calling
on Birmingham Mayor Richard

Arrington, and the city Ts chief of

police Jimmy Johnson, along with

Alabama Attorney General Jeff

Sessions and U.S. Attorney Gen-
eral Janet Reno (all of whom have
received acopy of Long Time Com
ing) to reopen the investigation of
the Sixteenth Street tragedy and
to look into the hundreds of other
murders committed during the
Civil Rights era.

Mr. Smith is joined in his call for
justice by the Reverend Fred L.
Shuttlesworth, a leader of the Bir-
mingham civil rights movement,
who in his introduction to Long
Time Coming writes: oTo me, fi-
nally, this book urgently calls by
its pages of unanswered questions
for a coalition of freedom and jus-
tice lovers tounrelentingly demand
by petition and legal efforts the

opening, under the Freedom of

Information Act, of all files in pos-
session of the FRY Justice Depart-

Police Dept. in supp.

ment, and local law enforceme
agencies; and for the full revel
tion of all the sordid acts and de
sions made by the FBI and lo
authorities, especially as they ri
late to involvement "or la
thereof "in the Deep South du
ing the Civil Rights Era. I will
gladly volunteer my name as lead
of such a coalition. . . �

I will as well, and] amcalling
all leaders of conscience
and white, local and national
use their influence to press for t!
reopening of the inves
the bombing of

Birmingham Ts Sixteenth Stre
Baptist Church.

There is much talk these day
about olaw and order. � But wh:
can the politicians possibly meai
by their olaw and order � rhetoric if
they continue to turn a blind ey:
toward the killing of four littl
girls 32 years ago?

To speak with Dr. Fulani and
obtain information about her work
call Cathy Stewart, national orga
nizer for the Committee for a Uni
fied Independent Party at 212-496
0534,

For media booking call Madelyn
Chapman at 212- -941-8844.

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Ul lithe Weta. plorers to the New World. Pedro scholars as a black man, arrives
Blacks are among the first ex- Alonzo Nino, identified by some with Christopher Columbus.
. . _ 1501- Spain
The Spanish throne officially
approves the use of African slaves
The sporty Vere ine in the New World.
Ae 1502-Latin America

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Portugal brings its first shipload

Hemisphere.

1526-South Carolina

The first group of Africans to set
food on what is now the United
States are brought by a Spanish
explorer to South Carolina toerect
a settlement. However, they soon
flee to the interior and settle with
Native Americans.

1619-Jamestown, Virginia

Twenty African indentured ser-
vants arrive aboard a Dutch ves-

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sel. Most indentured servants are
released after serving one term,
usually seven years in duration,
and are allowed to own property
and participate in political affairs.
The arrival of these indentured
servants is the precursor of active
slave trade in the English colo-
nies.

1629-1637 "The
Colonies

African slaves are imported into
Connecticut (1629), Maryland and
Massachusetts (1634), and New
Amsterdam (1637).

1670-Virginia

Voting rights are denied to re-
cently freed slaves and indentured
servants. All non-Christians im-
ported to the territory, oby ship-
ping, � are tobe slaves for life. How-
ever, Slaves who enter Virginia by
land route are to serve until the
age of 30 if they are children and
for 12 yearsif they are adults when
their period of servitude com-
mences.

1705-Virginia

The Virginia assembly declares
that ono Negro, mulatto, or Indian
shall presume to take upon him,
act in or exercise any Office, eccle-
siastic, civil or military. � Blacks
are forbidden to serve as witnesses
in court cases and are condemned
to lifelong servitude, unless they
have been either Christians in
their native land or free men in a
Chnistian country.

1749-Georgia

Prohibitions on the importation
of African slaves are approvedina

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law which also attempts to protect
slaves from cruel treatment and
from being hired out.
1769-Virginia
In the Virginia House of Bur-
gesses, Thomas Jefferson unsuc-
cessfully presses for a bill toeman-

setts

Peter Salem, Salem Poor, and
othe blacks fight heroically during
the Battle of Bunker Hill.

1783-The United States

At the end of the American Revo-
lution some 10,000 blacks have
served in the continental armies "
5,000 as regular soldiers.

1791-Louisiana

Twenty-three slaves are hanged
and three white sympathizers de-
ported, following suppression of a
black revolt.

1797-North Carolina

Congress refuses to accept the
first recorded anti-slavery petition
seeking redress against a North
Carolina law which requires that
slaves, although freed by their
Quaker masters, be returned to
the state and to their former con-
dition.

1817-The United States
Mississippi enters the union as
a slave state. New York passes a
gradual slavery abolition act.
1832-Boston, Massachusetts
The New England Anti-Slavery
Society is extablished by twelve
whites at the African Baptist

. Church on Boston Ts Beacon Hill.

1841-Virginia

Slaves aboard the vessel Creole
revolt en route from Hampton,
Virginia to New Orleans. The
slaves overpower the crew and sail
the ship to the Bahamas, where
they are granted asylum and free-
dom.

1850-New York

Samuel R. Ward becomes presi-
dent of the American League of
Colored Laborers, a union ofskilled
black workers who train black
craftsmen and encourage black-
owned business.

1852-Boston, Massachusetts

The first edition of Harriet
Beecher Stowe Ts controversial
Uncle Tom Ts Cabin is published.

1857-Washington, DC

Incase of Dred Scott v. Sandford
decision, the United States Su-
preme Court, by a 6 to 3 vote,

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opens federal territory to slavery,
denies citizenship rights to blacks,
and decrees that slaves do not be-
come free when taken into free
territory. The Dred Scott decision
is followed by a ruling that blacks
are not entitled to land grants.
1865-Washington, DC

Abraham Lincoln is assassi-
nated. The new President, Andrew
Johnson, calls for ratification of
the Thirteenth Amendment, but
opposes black suffrage.

1875-Washington, DC

Congress passes civil rights leg-
islation prohibiting discrimination
in such public accommodations as
hotels, theaters, and amusement
parks.

1896-Washington, DC.

The National Association of Col-
ored Women, a politically active
self-help group, is formed.

1905-Fort Erie, New York

Twenty-nine militant black in-
tellectuals from 14 states organize
the Niagara Movement, a forerun-
ner of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People.

1917-New York, New York

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Over 10,000 blacks parade down
Fifth Avenue in New York, New
York to protest against lynchings
and the East St. Louis riot. March-
ers include W.E.B. DuBois and
James Weldon Johnson.

1917-Washington, DC

In the case of Buchanan v.
Warley, the United States: Su-
preme Court declares that a Lou-
isville oblock � segregation ordi-
nance is unconstitutional.

1926-The United States

A. Philip Randolph founds the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por-

ters.

1937-Pennsylvania

A new state law denies many
state services to unions discrimi-
nating against blacks. °

1940-Washington, DC

The United States Supreme
Court rules that black teachers
cannot be denied wage parity with
white teachers.

1945-New York

The first state Fair Employment .

Practices Commision, which was

established in New York as a re-

sult of the Ives-Quinn Bill.
1948-California

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assassination of Malcoim X. Not only is itimpertant to recognize
the significance of his lite and death, but itis equally important
that we, as individuals, recognize the significance Of our lives as
Afncan-Americans. History is notyustinsome faraway land, city
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Events

The California Supreme Court
declares the state statute banning
racial intermarriage unconstitu-
tional.

1954, March 4-

Washington, DC

President Eisenhower appoints
a black, J. Ernest Wilkins, as
Undersecretary of Labor.

1956, November 13-

Washington, DC
. The United States Supreme
Court rules that the segregation of
city buses is unconstitutional.

1960, August-The United States

Asof August 1, osit-ins � have led
to the successful desegregation of
lunch counters in 15 American cit-
ies.

1963, April 3-

Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tar-
gets Brimingham for a drive
against discrimination. The pro-
testers are driven back by police
armed with water hoses and at-

Anders
Knutsson's
retrospective
exhibition
at Gray
Gallery

East. Carolina University in
Greenville, North Carolina is
proud to present the first retro-
spective exhibition of the
paintings of internationally
known artist Anders Knutsson
in Wellington B. Gray Gallery
from January 20 to March 3,
1995. Anders will present a slide
lecture in Speight Auditorium
on Thursday, January 19, 1995,
at 7:30 PM. A reception for the
artist will be held in Gray Gal-
lery following the lecture.

Anders is originally from
Malmo, Sweden. He now has a
studio and livesin Brooklyn, New
York. His work has been exhib-
ited nationally and
internationally including solo
shows at the Albright-Knox Art
Gallery, Buffalo, Williams Col-
lege Museum of Art,
Williamstown, Lunds Konsthall,
Sweden and galleries in New
York, Chicago, Stockholm, Lon-
don and Seoul, Korea.

Anders T early work was prima-
rily minimalist. His main concern
was the emotive quality of color.
In the late ~70 Ts and early ~80 Ts he
began to experiment with a tech-
nique that is unique, even by
today Ts standards.

He mixed phosphorous pig-
ments with various media. The
paintings that resulted challenge
our notion of how the viewer ex-
periences art. To fully appreciate
these paintings they must be
viewed not only in the light but
also in total darkness.

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which has been captured on. film,
awakens public opinion across the
country.

1964, December 10-

Oslo, Norway

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is
awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

1965, July 13-

Washington, DC

Thurgood Marshall is nominated
as Solicitor General of the United
States, the first black person to
hold this office. ;

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OF FEBRUARY 6-17, 1995

oStill Going On �: A Musical
~Celebration

. Indeed, the composer Will-
iam Grant Still goes on through
his music. Still is often called the
oDream of African
~ American Composers � and
his work is being heard across
North Carolina. To help celebrate
the 1995 centennial of
: §till Ts birth, the N.C. Arts
Council (NCAC) has helped fa-
tvilitate collaborations between
~arts groups and educational
institutions.
~The celebration kicked-off
with a NCAC sponsored meeting
in Charlotte of arts administra-
tors in November, 1993.
Participants at oPreparing for
the William Grant Still Cente-
nary � learned more about the

composer Ts life and music and
met his daughter, Judith Anne.
They also discussed various ways
to appropriately honor Still Ts ac-
complishments one hundred
years after his birth including
performances, lectures and pub-
lications.

oHe was the first African
American composer to do three
things, � explains William
Dargan, head of the St.
Augustine Ts College Department
of Music and chairman of the
William Grant Still Centenary
Committee. oHe was the first to
have his work performed by ma-
jor European or American
orchestras, to have a work per-

formed by a major opera

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related field is required. Resumes must be
received no later thant 5:00 pm on Friday,
February 10, 1995 by Robert J. Paciocco,
Executive Director, Mid-East Commission,
PO Box 1787, Washington, NC 27889.
Interviews of successful candidates will be
scheduled for Thursday afternoon,
February 16 in Williamston, NC. The Mid-
East Commission is an Equal Opportunity
Employer. Applicants must be willing to

company, and the first to have
another opera performed on na-
tional television. �

In North Carolina, Still Cen-
tenary performances started in
October, 1994 and will continue
through October, 1995. Perfor-
mances will include chamber
works, organ and piano pieces,
symphonic works and songs. Lec-
tures, art exhibits and slide
shows are also part of the obser-
vances taking place in
Cullowhee, Charlotte, Salisbury,
Greensboro, Hickory, Winston-
Salem, Durham, Raleigh and
Elizabeth City. Additionally, two
new works by other African
American composers are being
commissioned, funded through
an NCAC grant.

oKevin Scott in New York
and William Banfield in Illinois
have been selected to do new
works, � adds Dargan. oThis is
Stills legacy and they take the
mantle. They are young, mean-
ing they were born after 1955.
They can relate to young people,
relate to the rap generation. �

Born in Woodville, Miss. on
May, 11, 1895, William Grant
Still grew up in an intellectual
home environment during Re-
construction. Still Ts mother was
a music lover; his father (who
died in Still Ts youth) had been a
musician and band director. For-
tunately for young Still, his
stepfather continued to nurture
his interests.

oHe grew up listening to op-
era, � Dargan continues, oand
experienced all kinds of cultural
experiences from the romantic
Victorian era of his youth. He
made his mark by doing what
had to be done. First he was a
blues and jazz arranger, but he
never lost the vision that he
wanted to become a master of
the concert tradition of composi-
tion. �

Still attended Wilberforce
College, becoming a music major
during his second year and aban-
doning plans to become a doctor.
After college he joined the navy,
then attended the Oberlin Col-
lege Conservatory of Music on a
family inheritance. In 1930 Still
composed the Afro-American
Symphony, which became his
most widely preformed concert
work.

2900 N. Heritage St.
Kinston, NC
522-7171

Events at the NC Museum of History |
Commemorate Black History Month

February at the N.C. Mu-
seum of history in Raleigh is a
time to search for your roots
Various programs help visitors
look at who they are and where
they come from. Of special focus
for Black History Month, is the
African American culture.

A three part series of all-
Black musical productions from
the 1930s and 40s will explore
the way Hollywood depicted Af-
rican Americans. All three films
will be introduced by Barrett A.

Silverstein. A panel discussion -

following each film will help place
the films in historical perspec-
tive. Dr. Freddie Parker, Dr. T.J.
Anderson, Dr. Joseph Gomez and
Boyd Gibson will discuss the ste-
reotypes and attitudes portrayed
in the films showcasing such
stars as Lena Horne, Eddie Roch-
ester Anderson and Bill
Robinson. See enclosed sheet
concerning schedule of the pan-
elists and their areas of expertise.
The panelist will also focus on
the characteristics and formats
of the music used and the inno-
vations in film productions. A
brief question and answer ses-
sion will follow.

There will also be special
programs to help children ex-

plore their ancestry and _

oHistorians say that between
930 and 1950 this work was
performed by more than 34 or-
chestras worldwide, and it made
hisnameinclassical music circles
almost a household word, � notes
Dargan. The N.C. Symphony
Orchestra will perform this piece
October 6-7, during the conclud-
ing weekend of this observance.

Dargan explains the success
of the Afro-American Symphony
cameasaresult of Still Ts years of
training and dogged determina-
tion. After leaving Oberlin, Still
worked in New York as a writer/
arranger for W.C. Handy, the
African American who popular-
ized and first published the blues.

The period of the 1920 Ts and
~30 Ts gave rise to the Harlem
Renaissance when poets, musi-
cians, dancers, writers and
dramatists produced works de-
fining and celebrating the
African American culture.
Harlem became a mecca for
James Weldon Johnson, Gene
Toomer, Langston Hughes and
other important intellectuals.
During this time, Still made his
mark and won distinction as a
composer.

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themselves. Admission to the
N.C. Museum of History is free
as are the programs unless oth-
erwise indicated. For ~more
information call 919-715-0200.

Sunday, Feb. 5, 3 - 5:15
p.m. Video and Panel Discus-
sion: The Green Pastures
(1936). This is the first of the
three films featuring African
Americans during the 1930s and
1940s. The Green Pastures re-
tells the Bible story as a fable
seen through the eyes of African
American children. Spirituals
like oJoshua Fit the Battle of
Jerico, � showcase the talents of
such famous players as Eddie
oRochester � Anderson and
Myrtle Anderson. A panel dis-
cussion with Dr. Freddie Parker
and Dr. T.J. Anderson follows
the film.

Friday, Feb. 17, 6-8 p.m.
Family Night: Searching for
Your Roots. Cost is $2 per per-
son $5 per family. Learn how to
keep all oral history while re-
cording a favorite family
memory. Pose for a family por-
trait, draw your own family tree
and put it all in a book to take
home. Join the Healing Force as
they present oThe Rhythm of the
Drums, � illustrating the use of
storytelling to preserve family

oThe blues and spirituals are
the crowning symbol of the Afri-
can American oral tradition, �
continues Dargan. oThe written
tradition was without a voice
until Still wrote the Afro Ameri-
can Symphony. In it, the African
American tradition andthe sym-
phonic tradition form an artful
merge that is original and mas-
terful. It reflects a full
understanding of both. �

. oHe basically listened to his
own music over and over, listen-
ing for flaws, � explains his
daughter, Judith Anne Still. oMy
father was on a mission. I guess
because he was first, he felt he
had tobe a pioneer in many ways.
~ " However, following his suc-
cessin New York, she remembers
that Still found that things
changed in California, which he
moved to in 1949. Initially there
were many jobs and visibility; he
arranged for Paul Whiteman,
Artie Shaw, Sophie Tucker and
others. He conducted for the
major radio networks and televi-
sion, and wrote music for the
films oLost Horizon, � o Pennies
from Heaven, � and oStormy

(continued on page 5)

Vickie Harrington
Manager

Phone: 919 752-4141

history.

Sunday, Feb. 19, 3 - 5:15
p.m. Video and Panel Discus-
sion: Cabin in the Sky (1943).
This second in the museums se-
ries on all-Black films is a musical
starring Ethel Waters and Eddie
oRochester � Anderson. Anderson
plays a husband whois a likable
gambler, but cannot resist temp-
tations of the flesh. Lena Horne,
Louis Armstrong, and Duke
Ellington with his orchestra
showcase their considerable tal-
ents in such songs as oHappiness
is a Thing Called Joe � and oTak-
ing a Chance On Love. � A panel
discussion with Dr. Freddie
Parker and Dr. Joe Gomez fol-
lows the film.

Sunday, Feb. 26, 3 - 5:15
p.m. Video and Panel Discus-
sion: Stormy Weather.
Twentieth Century Fox rounded
up the country Ts top African
American artists for this non-
stop explosion of song and dance.
Lena Horne and Bill Robinson
play a romantic duo. The film
spans a quarter of a century
(1911-1936) in the evolution of
African American music and uses
a revue format to present a Se-
ries of characteristic songs,
dances and sketches. A panel
discussion with Dr. Freddie
Parker and Boyd Gibson follows
the film.

Monday, Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m.
Spirituality Signified: Black
Women Speak and Sing. To be
held atthe Kenan Recital Hallon
the Peace College Campus. Rev.
Dr. Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, assis-
tant professor in the Department
of Religion and Philosophy at
Meredith College, presents this
topic as the first in a series of
three lectures on Southern
women sponsored by Peace Col-
lege, the N.C. Museum of History
and the N.C. Humanities Coun-
cil. For more information about
this series, please call Sally
Buckner at Peace College, 919-
508-2241.

The N.C. Museum of His-
tory, administered by the N.C.
Department of Cultural Re-
sources, 1s located at One East
Edenton Street between the
Capitob and Legislative build-
ings. Admissionis free and hours
of operation are Tuesday through
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sun-
day 1 - 6 p.m. and closed on
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1994 FAMILY INCOME

ENROLLMENT ANNOUNCEMENT - HEAD START PROGRAM

Martin County Community Action, Inc. Project Head Start is now accepting applications for the 1995 Fall
Enrollment for children including those with disabilities. Eligibility is determined by HHS income guidelines, family needs,
disability and/or special conditions of the child.

Children who will be enrolled will be exposed to a broad educational curriculum that will prepare them for preschool
social and educational experiences. Health, nutrition, and mental health are also important factors in the development of
these children. These areas are also facilitated in the daily routines of the children. Parent involvement and other program
services as mandated are required and are fully utilized by this program. 10 per cent of Head Start enrollment is identified
as: ohealth impairment, emotional/behavior disorders, speech/language impairments, mental retardation, hearing impair-
ment/deafness, orthopedic impairment, visual impairment/blind, learning disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injury, and
other impairments for children who require special education and related services. �

Head Start is a comprehensive developmental program for children ages 3-5 years old. This program is based
on the premise that children share certain needs and that children from low-income families, in particular, can benefit from
a program designed to meet those needs. Head Start operates nine (9) months of the year, - September through May. The
centers are opened Monday through Friday and the hours of operation are 8:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. Head Start program has
been operating in the Martin County area since 1965, currently there are 193 children. Nine classrooms aré comprised of |
4-5 yr. old and one classroom consists of three year old who must become aged three by October 16th; Beaufort County
has been operating since 1977. Presently, 98 children are enrolled, This center accommodates five classrooms of 4-5 yr.
old; Pitt County originated in 1985 now there are 222 children in the program. Twelve classrooms accommodat 4-5 yr, old.

__. Funding for Martin County Community Action, Inc. Project Head Start is received from the Administration for
Children and Families Unit, Department of Health and Human Services. In order for children to qualify, they must meet the
family income guidelines. Below are the guidelines.

Income
1 $ 7,360

9,840
12,320
14,800
11,280
19,760
22,240
8 24,720

NOMS ® P

For family units with more than 8 members, add $2,480 for each additional member.

For more information or to enroll a child, please call Ms, Teresa Greene or Mrs. Gloristeen Matthewson at (919) 792-7141
or come by the Martin County Community Action Head Start Administrative Office at 106 South Watts Street in Williamston,

HEAD START PROGRAMS
(EXCEPT ALASKA AND HAWAII), THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND PUERTO RICO
Size of Family Unit

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DEACON JAMES EDDIE VINES, an ECU retiree, reflects

back to a time when blacks were fired from ECU for oReckless
Eyeballing � and when blacks had to go off campus to get a

drink of water. Salute to black hist

Ory. photo by Jim Rouse

Letter to the editor

To: Ayden
School Staff,

Elementary

We feel it necessary to respond
to your perception concerning our
efforts to remember some of th
children during the holiday sea
son with a small toy, candy, and
fruit. It is our understanding that
as a faculty, you concluded tha
this stigmatized the children or
labeled them as opoor. � You «
veyed that one teacher even said
someone gave her something when
she was small and this
her feel opoor. � There are however
other countless stories of children
who have been given, and the
have felt loved and grateful.

We apologize to you, the stati
who feel our efforts stigmatized
the children. This was not our in
tent. Just as al] students dont
~ have the same abilities, al] don Tt
have the same material
Sickness, bills, u

Clayton
announces
cops fast
grant for AQ |
counties

Congresswoman EvaM. Clayton
announced Cops Fast grants to
taling more than $2 million dol
lars that will provide 16 officer
for 40 counties in the First Con
gressional district

The Cops Fast grant was devel-
oped by the Department of Justice
under the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
to provide more officers for com
munity policing.

oThis grant is a positive step in
the right direction toward increas-
ing protection for our citizens, �
said Clayton. oThese gr
vide essential resources that will
aid in reducing crime in our com-
munity. �

Forty counties
matching grant funds to provide
police officers for increased com:
munity safety.

The forty areas receiving Com
- munity Oriented Policing Services
Funding Accelerated for Smaller
Towns (Cops Fast) are: Bladen,
Chadbourn, Chowan, Columbus,
Craven, Edenton, Elizabeth City,

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~ants pro-

will receive

Wlizabeth Town, Enfield;Town of °

Farmville, Town of Garysburg,
Town of Gaston, Greenville,
Grifton, Hamilton, Havelock,
Hertford, county Sheriff's Depart-
ment, Hertford Police Department,
Kenansville, Kinston, Lenoir,
Martin, Murfreesboro, New Bern,
Norlina, Pasquotank, Pikeville,
Plymouth, Rich Square, Roanoke
Rapids, Robersonville, Seaboard,
Tarboro, Warren, Washington,
Town of Whitakers, Whiteville,
Town of Winfall, Winton and
Woodlawn.

se

ndother msfortunes have caused

es to be unable to have
nyoyable holidays. Many social
gencies locally and nationally step

in to hft up, help out, or show

n, especially this time of the
vear. figuratively speaking, they
eel they are in some instances
their brothers T keepers. We feel
1s Way also with regard to the
When we began the project three
we asked you to set the
uidelines regarding who, how,

vears ago,

ind when. We complied endeavor-
athe | «lp. Not only did we
sut offer remembrances at Chnst-

{to fill requests
thing items, help

remergency situations,

ind recog in the way of stu-
ntawards. We realize vourjobis
ne and involves the

valuable asset

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Yves

Paquette

exhibits
sculptural
ceramics

Yves Paquette will exhibit an
installation of large scale sculp-
tural ceramics. Yves uses
architectural elements from a
wide variety of contemporary,
historical and cultural contexts
combined in such a way as to
challenge the viewers perspec-
tive on architectural conventions,
scale, space and proportion.

Technically his ceramic work
is very impressive due to the size
~and nature of the processes used
to create each work.

Yves will lecture and give work-
shops that outline these
techniques. His exhibition will
run from January 20 to March 3,
1995.

Wellington B. Gray Gallery is
located off of 5th and Jarvis
Streets on the campus of East
Carolina University in the
Jenkins Fine Arts Center. The
gallery is open Monday through
Saturday from 10:00 AM until
5:00 PM and on Thursday eve-
nings until 8:00 PM. All
programs are free to the public.
For more information, contact
Scott Eagle, interim gallery di-
rector, at (919) 328-6336.

in any community (the children).
Our efforts are to help and not
hinder or stigmatize.

Again, we offer sincere apolo-
gies to the staff, and to the parents
and students who feel our efforts
caused low self esteem or the feel-
ing of being opoor. � Our sole intent
was and is to show love and con-
cern and add some extra Joy dur-
ing the holiday season through
our sharing. We realize that re-
ceiving 1s important to younger
children, expecially this time of
the year. We further realize that
others must help the staff mem-
bers of our local schools meet the
challenges that he before them
today.

Suggestions, comments, inquir-
ies, etc. are welcomed and may be
addressed to Anointed Ones Min-
istries, P.O. Box 126, Ayden, NC
28513.

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Weather. � Untilit became widely
known that he was black.
oWhite composers became
jealous, � Still notes. oThey set up
networks and by the time he was
in his fifties he was becoming
unknown. It was hard to get
work. They would say ~Still Ts
passe, not up to date, T or some-
thing negative about his music. T �

father was never accepted in the
upper echelons of music. oHe
tried to get recognized among
the brotherhood his whole life-
time, but it took more time than
he had. �

Yet she reports that her fa-
ther had noregrets, that he knew
he was doing what he needed to
do. She remembers them having
a lot of friends when she was
growing up, even though Still
had made an interracial mar-
riage.

oI think it Ts still hard be-
cause of stereotypes, � she
continues. oIn February sympho-
nies do work by African American
composers, and get an African
American conductor. � But she
maintains that these conductors
should be employed all year con-
ducting all kinds of classical
music.

Composer T. J. Anderson,
professor emeritus at Tufts Uni-
versity, agrees that the structure
Still was up against still exists.
He says there are no major com-
missions to African American
composers. Few major organiza-
tions commission operas,
symphonic works or chamber
music by African Americans ei-
ther. As an African American
composer of concert music, he
says he must be true to himself.

oT Tve had the training, I Tm
for culture, � he insists. oIt Ts not
my job to make them happy. � He
says blacks have to get to the
point that they can appreciate
their ancestry, and know their
culture. oIf you don Tt know your
history, there is no history. We
can Tt blame whites for that. �

Anderson finds the black
music scene to be less varied
than in the past, saying there
are fewer bands and that they
play less varied music. He notes
many once great black college
bands are gone, that few churches
or colleges still have touring
choirs, and that serious musi-
cians should be able to perform
gospel, blues and jazz. To appre-

THE oM"-VOICE- WEEK OF F

Musical Celebration "

ciate and perform classical mu-
sic, he maintains that African
Americans need good music
training. This willalsoleadthem
toknow.and appreciate the likes
of William Grant Still.

oI'm a Still fan, � Anderson
stresses. oI would like to see both

black and white become familiar

with him. This is American mu-

1-37

understand it you don Tt value
what American music is. �
Dargan believes more expo-
sure will get more Americans
interested in concert music and
opera. He says this partnership
should help make that happen.
Besides being presented in North
Carolina, the exhibition and
some of the performances will
travel to some southeastern

states and to New
For additional i

about Still Rasnrel o

tact Peter MacBeth, music
section director at the N.C. Arts
Council, 919/733-2821. _ ens

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~The Royal Highland and Agricultural

Society of Scotland

By James F. Devine
Neither tam nor kilt adorned
gentleman Scot farmer but the

tire at the 1994 North
~Carolina State Fair, yet John R.
. Good, secretary of The Royal High-
~land and Agricultural Society of

T Scotland, opted for shirt, tie and

slacks.

RHAS puts on a four-day an-
nual farm show. Located on 240
acres on the outskirts of
Edinburgh, the June exposition is
billed as othe biggest, 4-day, single
venue event held annually in Scot-
land. �

oExpose the public to farming �
is 65 percent of the RHAS Ts goal,
Good said. His reason for visiting
the N. C. State Fair was oto find
out what drives this (State Fair)
successful operation and what
methods it uses to achieve this
success. �

Good was in the United States
and Canada to see the structure
and operation of fairs. He also
wanted to learn how producer or-
ganizations reach markets. Good
spent two days at the 1994 N. C.
State Fair. He gave the Tar Heel
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Trained in banking, Good, 53, is
from Kirkcudbright, Scotland. He
is married with three children. He
wants to apply the knowledge
gained on his U.S:-Canadian fair
tour to his show Ts operation.

Exhibited are 900 agricultural
trade stands as they are called by
the Highland show. Stands repre-
sent agriculture, forestry, hort-
culture, processors, producers,
crafts and retail interests. Also,
4,000 head of livestock, including
horses, are seen by the show Ts
150,000 visitors. Premiums total
$165,000.

Though its visible function
seems to be the Royal Highland
Show, the 14,000 member society Ts
primary objective is to promote
agriculture. The show is part of
that promotion but according to
Good, society Ts original purpose,
dating from 1784, was road im-
provement, new crop development

and breeding superior livestock. ~

oWe still promote this, but research
is done now by the universities
and institutes. � Governed by 57
elected directors, Secretary Good
and Hywel Davies, chief adminis-
trator, are responsible for the
society Ts day-to-day operation, the

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Rev. Irvin Moore accepts
Chaplain position at Duke

Hospital

REV. IRVIN MOORE

The Reverend Irvin (Irv) Moore,
Jr., staff chaplain for over 7 years
at Pitt County Memorial Hospital,
a constituent of the University
Medical Center of Eastern Caro-
lina in Greenville, N. C., will as-
sume a clinical chaplain position
at Duke University Medical Cen-
ter re Durham on Febru-
ary 1. At DUMC, Chaplain Moore
will be assigned to the Emergency
Department and Trauma Services.
He will also continue teaching in
Shaw University Ts C.A.P.E. pro-
gram in Rocky Mo yunt

During his tenure in Greenville
he was mister at
sionary Baptist
verend

an associate m
Cornerstone Mis

Church where the Re

Sidney A. Locks, Jr. is senior pas-
tor. Rev. Moore was active with
the Church School and the Young-
at-Heart ministry.

He was involved in community
and civic activities which included
serving on the following boards:
Pitt County Council on Aging as
secretary, Pitt County Meditation
Committee, Pitt County AIDS Ser-
vice Organization (PICASO), and
Habitat for Humanity of Pitt
County. He was vice president of
the Eastern N. C. Regional Asso-
ciation of Black Social Workers.
He also was co-host of AWAKEN
on WNCT-TV, Channel 9. Rev.
Moore worked as a volunteer with
the Creative Living Center and an
AIDS support group.

He continues to be involved as
president of the Pitt County A&T
Alumni and the North Carolina
State Association of Black Social
Workers. He is into his first term
as secretary of the North Carolina
Chaplains Association. Heis acer-
tified chaplain with the College of
Chaplains.

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increasing number of Americans of all ethnic and sociological "
backgrounds as African-American History Month; and

WHEREAS,
success of our nation from the days of early colonization to the
despite
disenfranchisement; laws which prevented them from owning land, and
slavery itself; and

present,

WHEREAS,
including education, science, medicine, the arts, politics, and
every profession; and

WHEREAS,
Greenville appropriately boast a rich and progressive history which
includes numerous significant contributions made by Black citizens
who clearly had in mind and demonstrated the laudable purpose of
making our city a better place in which each person can live and

develop; and

WHEREAS ,
to know and understand our past in order to better prepare for the

challenge of

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Nancy M. Jenkins, Mayor of the City of

Greenville,

February, 1995, as

in Greenville and commend this observance to our citizens.

This the

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for many years, February has been observed by an

Black Americans have contributed immeasurably to the

hardships which included bigotry,

Black Americans have excelled in every facet of life,

the great state of North Carolina and the City of

it is recognized that there is a need for each of us

our future,
North Carolina, do hereby proclaim the month of

AFRICAN-AMBRICAN HISTORY MONTH

24th day of January, 1995,

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wage
increase

Congresswoman Eva M.
Clayton joined fellow lawmak-
ers today at a White House press
conference to show support for
an increase in the minimum
wage.

oThe president Ts proposal
will go a long way in pushing
millions of Americans out of pov-
erty, � said Clayton. oMost
minimum wage workers are poor
Americans and many of them

" have children. �

President Bill Clinton pro-
posed an increase in the
minimum wage from $4.25 to
$5.15 over two years, through
two 45 cent increases. The last
increase, passed with a biparti-
san vote in increases. The last
increase, passed with a biparti-
san vote in 1989, was also a 90
cent increase in two 45 cent
stages.

oI support welfare reform, �
said Clayton. oThe best welfare
reform is ajob, at alivable wage. �

For a full-time, year-round
minimum wage worker, a 90 cent
increase would raise their yearly
income by $1800.

oIn this country, a person
can work, every day, full-time,
and still live below the poverty
level, � said Clayton. oWork is a

, | UNITED
sh prize when a full-time worker
nie can earn enough to pay for life Ts

necessities. It is a penalty when
a person can achieve a better
quality of life when getting pub-

lic entitlements rather than |
holding a job. �

February 1995 begins the 70th
celebration of National African-
Amercian History month. The
Theme: oReflections on 1865: Dou-
glas, Dubois, Washington �

The purpose is to highlight, edu-
cate, electrify, inform, and glorigy
the contributions and achieve-
ments of African-Americans for
their many accomplishments and
honors, which are well-known,
though are not so visibly cited and
applauded as should be in printed
and nonprinted material as well
as on television, radio and the
movies.

When a unit on poetry is taught,
why not include more widely Maya
Angelo, Gwendolyn Brooks, James
Weldon Johnson among the many
others.

The average student only knows
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when
he or she is asked to identify an
outstanding African-American.

Yes, educatiors agree that Afn-
can American studies should be a
daily emphasis instead of a one
month emphasis, that it should be
included as an integral part of the
school curriculum.

As Booker T. Washington, race
leader and educator said, omore
and more we must learn to think
not in terms of race or color or
language or political boundaries,
but in terms of humanity. �

Beatrice Maye

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Quotes worth remembering
by blacks - 1995

1. oCast down your bucket where
you are �. Booker T. Washington

2. oIf there is no struggle, there
is no progress. I am content with
nothing for the Black man short of
equal andexactjustice �. Frederick
Douglass

3. oKnowledge of ~modern cul-
ture T-without, Black Americans
would have to accept white leader-
ship �. Dr. W.E.B. DuBois

4. oDon Tt buy where you can Tt
work �. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

5. oI am mindful that the struggle
is not over...it will not be until
every American is able to find his
or her own place in our society,
limited only be his or her own
ability and his or her own dream �.
Colin Powell, retired chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff

6. oI hope that progress will con-
tinue until everywhere through-
out this land intelligence will be
respected, whatever the color of
the skin �. Doug Wilder, first black
governor of Virginia

7. oYou can be whatever you
choose to be �. Clarence Thomas,
106th Justice of the Supreme Court

8. oNo race can prosper til it
learns there is as much dignity in
tilling the field as in writing a
poem. It is at the bottom of life we
must begin and not at the top �.
Booker T. Washington

9. oOur destinies are tied to-
gether; none of us can make it
alone �. Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.

10. oTo be the father of a nation
is a great honor, but to be the
father of a family is a greater joy.
But it was a joy I had far too little
of �. President Mandela

Identifications of Current
Blacks, 1995

JOHN H. JOHNSON, the most
influential publisher to the Negro
consumer market in American
History.

JESSE JACKSON, political
leader, ran for Democratic nomi-
nation for the presidency in 1984
and 1988. His agenda: oEmpower-
ment �

ALEX HALEY, oRoots: The Saga
of an American Family T, inspired
millions of African-Americans to
search and research their roots.

BILL COSBY, comedian, actor
of the 20th century - 1969, oThe
Bill Cosby Show �. he focused on
that which unites people, not what
separates them. Cosby is best
atcomic, wit, humor(ist) and
storytelling. The Cosby Show ran
from 1984 to 1992. His books: Fa-
therhood 1985, Time Flies 1987
and Love and Marriage, 1989.

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
1939 - civil rights activist, most
prominent advocate for America Ts
neediest'children, among whom a
dispropertinate number are black
and white.

She became the first woman to
pass the Mississippi State Bar in
1965, a civil rights lawyer.

She founded the Children Ts
Desense Fundin 1972 - mostinflu-
ential lobbying group for a gamut
of children Ts and family issues;
teenage pregnancy, school drop-
outs, miseducation, child health
care, child abuse, youth unemploy-
ment, intergenerational poverty
and others.

COLIN POWELL 1937 - the re-

tired chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, the most influential policy
makers in the world, a most potent
symbol of the Black struggle to be.
As head of the Pentagon and the
chief military adviser to the Presi-
dent of the U.S., Powell shapes
and influences policies that affect
Blacks and nonBlacks or military
and nonmilitary matters, like the
defense budget, communication
between the president and the
military in which a disportionate
number are African-Americans,
and action plans for the mightiest
military force in the history of the
world.

Powell served from 1979 - 1981
in the Carter administration as
executive assistant to the secre-
tary of defense 1983-1986.

President Bush named him
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, the most powerful military
position in the world.

DOUG WILDER, first Black
governor of Virginia in 1989, the
first elected Black governorin U.S.
history.

RON BROWN, 1941- Chairman

of the Democratic National Com-
mittee, the first African-American

ever to chair a major American

Political Party. Given his role in
the election of Bill Clinton as the
42nd President of the U.S. in No-
vember 1992.

CLARENCE THOMAS, 1948,
the 106th Justice of the U.S. Su-
preme Court, succeeding Thurgood
Marshall, the second American of
African descent. He was confirmed
by a 52-48 Senate vote. He was
nominated on July 1, 1991 by
George Bush, a 43 yr. old Black
man. oYou can be whatever you
choose to be �.

President Reagan appointed him
to the Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission (EEOC) which
oversees compliance with federal
policies and laws against discrimi-
nation in the private sector.

Frederick Douglass, Sojourner
Truth, Harriet Tubman, Mary
McCloud Bethune, Martin Luther
King, Thurgood Marshall - A. Leon
Higginbothan, Jr., civil rights ac-
tivist and chief judge emeritus of
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Third Circuit, wrote an open letter
to Clarence Thomas of the Black
struggle to be of Thomas �s moral
obligation as justice to produce
decisions that will help the masses
of Blacks and nonBlacks and
women who still suffer the effects
of racism and sexism in American
life.

ROSA PARKS, 1913 - 81 yrs. -
she Ts the spark thatignited Blacks
in their struggle over nearly four

centuries in America. She became
secretary of the Montgomery Chap-
ter of the NAACP from 1943-1956,
13 years. December 1, 1955, she
refused to give up her seat to a
white man, on December 2, 1956,
the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a
lower court ruling that Montgom-
ery buses had to desegregate.
From: Columbus Salley Ts THE
BLACK 100. Salley is an author,
educator and entrepreneur.

DR. JOHN B. TURNER, dean
emeritus - when the $8.7 million
School of Social Work is completed
in June 1995 at the University of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill, itwill

tbe the first academic building on
campus named for a Black
achiever.

ATTORNEY FRANK EMORY
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(N.C.) Country Club.

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Society of St. Andrew receives
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Big Island, VA - The Society
of St. Andrew is pleased to an-
nounce that they have receiveda
$45,000 oHelping the Helpers �
grant from Philip Morris Com-
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in late December, was given in
support of the Society of St.
Andrew Ts Seed Potato Program.

The Philip Morris grant is the
first corporate grant given in
support of the Seed Potato Pro-
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Mr. Jay Barton, Director of
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Potato Project Director of Op-
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Andrew is Mrs. Marian
Buchanan. She sees the Seed
Potato Program as a positive
example of a workable self-help
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oThe Seed Potato Program is
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of seed potatoes for low income
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United Methodist Church, both
in North Carolina, each received
a tractor trailer load of seed po-
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The last shipment of 1994 was
delivered to the Blackfeet United
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highest paid athletes for third
straight year -$30.01 million, 1995.
Forbes magazine reported in its
December 19, 1994 issue.

DR. DOROTHY YANCEY

named first woman president of
Johnson C. Smith University.
_ BESSIE COLEMAN, the first
Black woman pilot, is featured in
the U.S. Postal Service Ts 1995
Black Heritage Commemorative
Stamp Series.

THE REV. DR. HENRY J.
LYONS takes him as president of

New GOP
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Report cards give Mom and Dad
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dren, but the men and women who
will guide the national legislature
for the next two years, and they
consistently get oF's � in subjects
you need to have them get oA Ts � in,
you have to more than worried "
about your future, and the future
of your children.

You ought to be terrified that
these failures are now in a power-
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successful, your future less hope-
ful and your children Tss chance
dimmer. The newly inaugurated
Republican leadership of the U.S.
Senate and the House of Repre-
sentatives fails a oLegislative Re-
port Card � compiled by the Wash-
ington Bureau of the National
Association for the Advancement

of Colored People. (NAACP).

IRS Holds
Refunds

(Greenville, NC) In an antici-
pated move, the Internal Revenue
Service has withheld approxi-
mately 40-50% of the Earned In-
come Credit refund payments from
taxpayers. Citing fraud detection
as a reason, IRS has not paid a
significant portion of the Earned
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income individuals.

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DR. JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN,
- the country Ts most esteemed his-
torian, Duke University professor
emeritus, speaks out on the ways
race still shapes the lives of Blacks
and whites. (News and Observer,
Tuesday, January 17, 1995)
.DR. W.E.B. DUBOIS - the Uni-
versity of Massachusetts in
Amherst namedits library in honor
of the great sociologist W.E.B.
DuBois. DuBois was the first Black
awarded a doctorate from Harvard

University.
SOJOURNERTRUTH, civil was
heroine and abolitionist, who never
learned to read or write, but for 40
years she was one of the most
famous lecturers in America on
thesubject of slavery and women Ts
rights.
GEORGE FRANCIS GARRETT
- Mayor Jenkins proclaimed Sat-
urday, October 15, 1994, oGeorge
Francis Garrett Day �, honoring his
90th birthday. He was an activist
and humanitarian.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS, poet

laureate, received the National
Book Foudation Ts Medal for Dis-
tinguished Contribution to Ameri-
can Letters, stated JET magazine,

- October 24, 1994.

BARBARA JORDAN, the Presi-
dentially-appointed Chair of the
Commission on Immigration Re-
form, and former U.S. Congress-
woman, embraces the label, and
the challenge.

DEXTER KING is named CEO
of the king Centerin Atlanta, Geor-
gia. He Ts the son og the late Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., and Mrs.

Coretta Scott King.

U.S. SUPREME COURT JUS-
TICE THURGOOD MARSHALL,
a gleamy nine story federal office
building recently (JET magazine,
June 13, 1994) was named in honor
of U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall in the nation Ts
capital. Marshall Ts hard work shat-
tered segregation in publicschools.

MAYAANGELOU, poet, author,
actress, the 79th recipient of the
Spingarn Medal, instituted 1914
for achievement in their respec-
tive field.

JOSEPHMCNEIL, FRANKLIN
MCCAIN, BILLY SMITH AND
CLARENCE HENDERSON, four:
North Carolina N.C.A. & T. State
University students, sit down at
an all-white lunch counter of F.W.
Woolworth Co., February 1, 1960,
in Greensboro, where they were
refused service. The Smithsonian.
Institution in Washington, D.C.:
has the counter on display.

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of St. Augustin Ts College in Ra-
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Grifton Shad Festival Ts
25th Anniversary

A design by Pitt Community
College commercial art and
graphic design student Monty
Brown of Greenville has been se-
lected for a special T-shirt to
commemorate the 25th anniver-
sary of the Grifton Shad Festival,
according to festival publicity co-
ordinator Janet Haseley.

Monty Ts design shows a shad
holding a birthday cake with a
single line of vertical lettering to
the left saying o25th Grifton NC �
and oShad Festival � in a double
line of horizontal letters across the
top. The design is clean and crisp
and eye-catching, according to fes-
tival souvenir co-chair Jona
Maynard. The cake, o25 � and the
oS � of oShad Festival � are in bright
yellow while the fish and other
lettering are blue.

A student of Pitt Community
College commercial art and
graphic design instructor George
Baka, Monty has been interested
in drawing since childhood. Amem-
ber of the 1991 class of J.H. Rose

High School in Greenville, he was
inspired by his high school art
teacher Mr. Stenson to develop his
skills. He hopes to pursue a career
as an illustrator.

the 23-year-old artist is also
very interested in music and plays
keyboard for the East Carolina
Gospel Choir of Koinonia Chris-
tian Center. He plays by ear andis
self-taught. He composes much of
the music he plays and is particu-
larly interested in jazz and
contemporary gospel. He also en-
joys basketball and other sports.

Monty lives with his mother,
Mrs. Gracie Ward, stepfather
James Ward, and 3-year-old sister
Dominika.

The anniversary design T-
shirts will be available at the
official Shad Festival souvenir/in-
formation building on the Town
Common during the festival April
5-9.

For further information about
the Shad Festival or any of the 30
events planned, call 919-524-4356.

Local students get close
up view of D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. " A
total of 49 high school students
and teachers representing five
North Carolina high schools will
travel here next week (February
5, 1995) to learn, first hand, how
American government operates.
The students will be participating
in the Close Up Foundation gov-
ernment studies program for high
school students. The high schools
include: Bishop McGuinnes in

;Winston Salem, Ragsdale in
Jamestown, J.H. Rose in
Greenville, Parkwood in Monroe

nd East Mecklenburg in Char-
otte.

(Names of the teachers and
students are enclosed. oAC � after
a name is the teacher oS � is the
student, oOT � is other teacher, and
oAD � is school administrator.)

During their week in Wash-
ington, the students will attend
seminars with members of Con-
gress. and meet with a
representative of the Washington
press corps, lobbyists, government
officials and political figures to
learn more about the governmen-
tal process. Time will also be
allowed to tour the city, to visit
local universities and for cultural
activities. OO

The students will be mixed
with students from other areas of
the country in workshop groups
where they will have daily discus-
sions and activities on current
events and on the governing pro-
cess,

oWe offer the students the op-
portunity to see Washington as a
living city by taking them into the
buildings they often see only on
television and then questioning
law- and policy-makers they may
only read about. Through the ex-
perience we have found that they
return home with an interest in
both national and community af-
fairs. They want to become
involved, � said Steve Janger, presi-
dent of the Close Up Foundation.

Janger said that one of the
main goals of the program is to
show the students that one person
can have animpact on the commu-
nity.

A teacher from each of the
North Carolina schools will accom-

pany the students not as a chaper-
one but as a participant in a
program designed to acquaint
them with issues and newer edu-
cational methods.

Close Up provides fellowships
for low-income students and for
teachers which are provided by a
Congressional appropriation and
matching funds from a number of
local individuals and businesses
which support Close Up Ts work in
civiceducation. Glaxo Inc. also pro-
vides funds for individual student
participation.

The Close Up Foundation is a
nonprofit, nonpartisan organiza-
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opportunities to learn about the
democratic process and the role of
the individual. Since 1971, more
than 370,000 students and teach-
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Washington programs.

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farmers

Wayne D. Causey, Rural Eco-
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seeking minority farmers who may
qualify for a special farm lending
program. Causey stated that
RECDS has set aside loan funds
specifically to assist minority farm-
ers who wish to purchase and op-
erate farms. Due to a lack of appli-
cants, all funding has not been
used in past years. Causey is con-
cerned that many farmers who
could benefit may not be aware of
the program Ts existence. The pro-
gram provides loans to eligible
minority farmers, unable to se-
cure credit elsewhere, to purchase
land and to operate a farming op-
eration.

Anyone interested in the pro-
gram, may obtain information by
calling the local RECDS office at
(919) 752-2025. The office is lo-
cated at 403 Old Creek Road,
Greenville, NC 27835.

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