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EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S MINORITY VOICE - SINCE 1987

CAR Ts response to the Gallagher- Westfall findings

The Coalition Against Racism
has sat patiently by while the
Police Chief, City Manager,
Mayor, and City Council blindly
contended that there are no prob-
lems within the Greenville Police
Department. After receiving sev-
eral complaints from CAR, we are
led to believe that Chief Hinman
suggested to the Council to have
an outside agency, the Gallagher-
Westfall Group Inc., Virginia
based, Liability Management
Team, compare how the Depart-
menthas progressed from the 1991
study.

This Management Team was
paid by the City, given a selected
list of officers by the City to inter-
view and only viewed what files
the City had on file. In thirty-six
hours, this team was expected to
investigate three years of corrup-
tion. People should know that Pat
Gallagher himself recommended

Chief Hinman to be hired with the
Greenville Police Department.

Neither former Lt. Fordham, nor
Detective Cpl. Melvin were allowed
to be interviewed by the group.
How can an unbiased finding be
found if evidence used is only sup-
plied by the Police Department.

To give you some insight on how
ounbiased ? this, group was, Cap-
tain C.J. Hardy advised a CAR
member approximately two weeks
after the group had left that the
findings would be in the Police
Department Ts favor.

How can any agency compare
the Internal Affairs complaints
files within the Greenville Police
Department between black and
white officers, when the complaints
filed on some white officers are not
documented? The Lieutenant
working I.A. was demoted from
Captain for a complaint of Sexual
Harassment and now he is inves-

THE 1995 oNAACP MOTHER OF THE YEAR ?, Ms. Vivian

Parker of the St. Mary Baptist Church, is shown here with

NAACP President, Gaston Monk.

Staff Photo Jim Rouse

What is Oklahoma
City Ts Legacy?

President Clinton, that most
partisan of politicians, has lost no
time in finding a way to use the
Oklahoma City tragedy to his ad-
vantage. By assailingthe country Ts
popular and Populist talk shows
as opurveyors of hatred and divi-
sion, ? he has simultaneously re-
taliated against his most vocifer-
ous critics, and all but accused
them of being the authors of the
worst terrorist act ever committed
on American soil.

These expressions of American
disaffection and anger at our gov-
ernment " as vociferous as they
might get " are not the source of
the degeneration of civil society.
The blame for that degeneration
must be laid squarely on the shoul-
ders of our President and the bi-
partisan government, whose in-
cendiary disregard for the Ameri-
can people has lit the telephone
lines on every talk show in the
country and the fuse on the bomb
outside the Federal Office Build-
ing in Oklahoma City.

Mr. Clinton, together with our
Congress (including Mr. Gingrich),
and the intransigent and arro-
gant bipartisan political establish-
ment are blocking the urgent at-
tempts of Americans to reform the
way we do politics in America. In
his speech to the National Press
Club on Tuesday, no less a popu-
list than Ross Perot reinforced the
extent to which the two parties
have failed to respond to this
agenda. He pointed out how popu-
lar sentiment in favor of radical
campaign finance reform, against
the influence of corporate lobby-
ists, against NAFTA and GATT,
and for the Balanced Budget
Amendment, has been manipu-
lated and disregarded by both par-
ties. This kink of flagrant disre-
gard for democratic approaches to
opening up the policy-making pro-
cess creates a climate for fanati-
cism and terrorism. bipartisan
governmental arrogance and aban-
donment are more reckless, and
more dangerous to our democracy
than the oloud and angry voices ?
condemned by Mr. Clinton.

Notcontent with using the Okla-
homa city tragedy to try to censor
the dialogue of the American
people, President Clinton is also
using these frightening events to
drum up support for his ill-consid-
ered oOmnibus Counterterrorism
Bill ?. And he is not alone, Republi-

can leadership " including Sena-
tors bob dole and Tom Daschle,
Speaker Newt Gingrich, and Rep.
Henry Hyde, who in chairman of
the House Judiciary committee "
are tripping over each other to line
up in support of the
Administration Ts bill.

The bill creates a new crime "
ointernational terrorism ? T "which
actually doesn Tt cover anything
thatisn Tt already acrime. The sole
purpose of this bill appears to be to
allow law enforcement agencies to
avoid certain constitutional pro-
tections that currently apply to
Americans exercising their nght
to speak out and freely associate.
For instance, the bill allows for
oguilt by association. ? If an Ameri-
can supports the lawful, humani-
tarian activities of an organiza-
tion the President has declared to
be a oterrorist Torganization, that
American can go to jail for up to
ten years. If this bill had been in
effect when the African National
Congress was designated oterror-
ist ?, then an American who con-
tributed to freeing President
Nelson Mandela could end up in
jail. Anillegal and unconstitutional
investigation of me and my inde-
pendent presidential campaign
conducted by the FBI Ts counter
terrorism division in 1988 and
again in 1991 falsely branded me
oarmed and dangerous, ? a state-
ment the FBI was later forced to
retract. Presumably this bill could
make terrorists out of the more
than 100,000 Americans who have
contributed to my political efforts.

The bill suspends posse
comitatus "that time-honored
democratic principle which forbids
the military to get into the busi-
ness of civilian law enforcement.
It loosens the rules for wiretaps,
and reverses the presumption of
innocence "accused persons are
considered ineligible for bail.

The Oklahoma City bombing is
being used in the crudest and most
despicable king of political games-
manship by our President and
other politicians of both,parties.
The men, women and children who
diedin the blast deserve more than
cynical electioneering. Hopefully,
their legacy will be a more fervent
and independent coming together
of all the American people to take
our government and our country
back.

tigating misconduct of fellow of-
ficers.

The Gallaghér-Westfall Group
stated prior to presenting their
findings that aconsent form must
be signed by Fordham before they
could release information con-
tained in his personnel file. The
only information that was not re-
leased by the group was that
Fordham was cleared two-to-one
by the Hearing Board to be rein-
stated. The only board member
voted to terminate Fordham was
Battalion Chief Ronald Moore.
Moore was selected by Chief
Hinman; however, Moore agreed
with the Board, that Fordham
was charged with offenses which
were at that time and still is
common practice with the
Greenville Police Department.

The City Manager, Ron Kimble
and Chief Hinman both have
stated verbally and in writing that
Detective Corporal Melvin was
selected by Fordham to represent
him on the Hearing Board. They
had file tape of Melvin shown on
the news, and stated that she is
also the female officer that
Fordham visited while working.
This low tactic was used as a
smoke screen to hide the truth.
Fordham had no choice reference
his selection for the Hearing
Board, and even asked the City to
select someone for him because
he was denied by everyone he
asked. City Manager Ron Kimble
and Chief Hinman both had this
knowledge. Fordham Ts first selec-
tion was Jessie Harris.

Fordham supplied names of
other officers, as requested by
Chief Hinman, to support what
he was charged with was common
practice within the Police Depart-

ment. Chief Hinman used this in-
formation against Fordham by tell-
ing the officers that Fordham filed
a complaint against them.

This strategy was used to ostra-
cize and assure his fellow officers
would not support him, and they
did not, even though they knew he
was fired wrongly. Fordham not
only supplied names of other male
officers, both black and white who
not only visited Melvin Ts house
while working, but who visited
other female houses while work-
ing. To this date, no other officer
has been told he cannot visit any-
one while working. It should also
be known that female officers visit
members of the same sex while on
duty.

If you, the public, would be hon-

est, you know you have seen Police

Officers visit, shop, and take care
of any personal business they want
to while working. Had Chief
Hinman had other officers fol-
lowed, like he did with Fordham,
there would be no officers working
at the Greenville Police Depart-
ment. Prior to Fordham Ts charges,
no officer knew that this practice
was a Violation.

Let Ts deal with some fact. Prior
to Fordham filing charges against
his supervisor Captain John Ennis
inJuly 1994, Fordham had no docu-
mented violations. During this
month, Fordham was evaluated
and there was no mention of any
misconduct by this supervisor.
After Fordham filed his complaint,
Chief Hinman advised by Captain
Ennis of 18 violations allegedly
made by Fordham which are sup-
posed to be dated as far back as
February 1994. If this is the case,
Captain Ennisshould also be fired
for failing to perform his duties as

Correctional
Supervisor of the year

RALEIGH - Central Prison
Warden James B. French will be
named Correctional Supervisor of
the Year by the International As-
sociation of Correctional Officers,

(IACO), a Chicago based. profes-

sional organization.

French was one of approximately
75 nominees from around the coun-
try. He willbe officially recognized
for his leadership, honesty, and
professionalism during a banquet
on Capitol Hill May 6th.

French, 45, of Sanford, has been
employed by the Department of
Correction for 23 years. He began
his correction career as an officer
at Central Prison. French quickly
rose through the ranks to sergeant,
lieutenant, captain, and deputy
warden. He was appointed war-
den by Correction Secretary
Franklin Freeman last year.

In nominating French for the
award, Institution Command Man-
ager Gary Dixon said, oMr. French
typifies a Superbowl quarterback
who brings out the best in his
teammates by enabling them to
feel proud oftheir status as a highly
disciplined professional team. ?

oI Tm happy to see Mr. French
receive this award, ? Correction
Secretary Franklin Freeman said.

JAMES B. FRENCH

munication skills have earned him
respect throughout the prison sys-
tem. This honor not only reflects
well on the warden but the entire
North Carolina Department of
Correction. ?

IACO was founded ten years
ago as an advocacy group for cor-
rectional officers. The association
has 26,000 members in the U.S.,

oHis strong leadership and com-

Canada, and 13 other countnes.

MS. FRANCIS TRENT AND MISS, MARIA TRENT, wife

and daughter of Greenville physician Dr. Lee Trent, attended
the NAACP banquet. Maria provided part of the evening Ts

musical entertainment.

Staff Photo: Jim Rouse

Fordham Ts supervisor by not docu-

menting these violations at the
time of occurrence. So what was
Captain Ennis thinking in July
when he completed Fordham Ts
evaluation, or were these really
any violations?

What you have not been told is
that no one saw Fordham working
off duty when he was scheduled to
work. Fordham was charged with
Falsifying Time Records for visit-
ing a female officer and being al-
leged to have worked off duty, but
not tampering with the time
sheets. Fordham Ts Sergeant
handled the time sheets on his
shift, but Chief Hinman wanted to
think differently, so he also used
that charge as a smoke screen.

If Fordham is a thief then Chief
Hinman has a department full of
thieves. The Greenville Police De-
partment provides escort service
for several businesses in
Greenville, and to the bank, daily.
Officers who worked most of these
escorts, worked permanent day
shift. None of these officers were
called thieves nor were they
charged by Chief Hinman.

One ranking officer worked off
duty at the University Medical
Center as a Security Guard, while
working for the City as the only
Supervisor on the shift, for six
months or more. The officers had
to take paper work to him at the
hospital cause he could not leave.
He was being paid by the City and
hospital. Chief Hinman had knowl-
edge of this violation, but no
charges have ever been filed
against this ranking officer. This
same officer had his driver Ts li-
cense suspended and drove a po-
lice vehicle with a limited driving
privilege. This same officer Ts name
was placed on the Domestic Vio-
lence log, located at the Pitt County
Sheriff Department for beating his
wife and 19-year old daughter. This
white male Lieutenant was never
charged, suspended or fired.

A white male Sergeant had a
complaint of Stalking filed against
him. Captain Ennis witnessed this
Sergeant harassing the complain-
ant on her job and no action was
taken. This Sergeant stalked with
the complainant in his police ve-
hicle on city time, and this viola-
tion was reported to the Chief and
no action was taken.

A. white male, Captain Evans,
wrecked his police vehicle while
off duty, using city gas, transport-
inga family member, and was cited
for the accident. The Greenville
tax payers paid to repair his ve-
hicle and the vehicle he hit. Chief
Hinman was made aware "no ac-
tion was taken.

Major Simonwich transported a
female, unsworn personnel, in his

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police vehicle everyday for several
months, somewhere during the
lunch time hours. It became so
obvious, the female was trans-
ferred to the Brown Building. No
action was taken by Chief Hinman.

Captain Ennis met a white fe-
male every morning at Krispy
Kreme, at approximately 6:15 am
to 6:30 am for several months.
They would park in the parking
lot, and he would be driving his
police vehicle. This was common
knowledge to most, officers, Had
Chief Hinman had hiin followed
he would have known the fre-
quency of these meetings for non-
police purposes.

Only three known Sexual Ha-
rassment cases have been filed
within the Greenville Police
Department. In one caseya white
female police officer filed Sexual
Harassment against a white fe-
male Sergeant, white male Ser-
geant, and former Lt. Fordham.

(Continued on Page 4 )

Belhaven police
sergeant receives award

By Stefan Ward Duncan
Staff Writer

Sgt. Larrine Mackey received a

purple heart award after being |

struck by lightning while she op-
erated dispatching equipment. She
once removed an axe from a man
who was swinging it in rage at the
police department.

Hopefully, those are once-in-a-
lifetime events for police officers.
Usually when someone walks into
the department, they are asking
for directions or a criminal law
question, or reporting a crime.

Upon Sgt. Mackey Ts chest are

medals of membership and
achievement. They include a pin
from the North Carolina Law En-
forcement Officer Association, a
pin for meri torious service, a 15-
year-pin and an advanced certifi-
cation medal.

She has seen several police chiefs
come and go since her employ-
mentin 1976 She did clerical work
until 1982 when she completed a
Basic Law Enforcement course. o]
was asked to work here when
Randolph Hall was chief, ? Ms.
Mackey said. oI was appointed the

~first dispatcher position by the

town council. I like being informa-
tive. I like the system and working
with the public. Many come in and
just ask directions of travel or
places where they can stay. ?

On March 3, Ms. Mackey was
awarded one of the highest awards
in law enforcement- the advanced
law enforcement certificate. Many
courses in police trainingand hours
of experience are required before
the certificate can be obtained. She
is the first woman in Belhaven
and second woman in Beaufort
County to receive the award.

o| always try to do the job the
best I can. lamsortofan outgoing
person and get along with people, ?

Ms. Mackey said.

She usually works during the
day. On occasion, she makes an
arrest, or does it in the office when
criminals turn themselves in.

Ms. Mackey recalled two mom-
ments in her career she will never
forget. When dispatching on Aug.
2, 1989, lightning struck the radio
antenna. Ms. Mackey was taken
to the hospital.

oI Tm grateful I wasn Tt killed, ?
she said.

The other situation was when a
man who was angry at the police
department barged into the build-
ing and started swinging an axe.
Ms. Mackey was alone, although
she called for help to the one of-
ficer on patrol. oI had to get in the
middle of it and take it away from
him, ? Ms. Mackey.

Somehow, she did.

Ms. Mackey plans to stay in
Belhaven and has set a goal to
complete a Criminal Justice De-
gree,

oTlike Belhaven. It Ts a nice small
area, ? she said. oAnd my family
lives here. ?

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2. HEADACHES-About 50 per-
_ bystress or worry, says Robert G.
Ford, M.D., director of the Ford
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3. Abused kids feel totally
trapped, with no hope of rescue. "

4. BACK PAIN can be triggered
by anything from an injury, herni-
ated disk, sloppy posture,
osteoporosis or arthritis, to excess
weight, the simple wear and tear
of everyday life, or even emotional
stress. Sitin a hot shower to soothe
an achy back.

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5. Carry a free pocket record of
your medications.

6. Yes, kids need milk - calcium
for every age.

7. SHOPPING

Shop on Tuesdays or Wednes-
days - the slowest days of the week
at most grocery stores to avoid
long checkout lines.

8. Everyone must take responsi-

bility for the condition he or she Ts
in. We can blame people all we
want, but it Ts up to that person.

9. No safety pins or torn under-
wear, ever.

10. Never look at anything you
can Tt afford. Why eat your heart
out.

11. Accessories can make or
break an outfit.

12. Don Tt wear dark clothes on a
rainy day, the weather is depress-
ing enough.

13. Make sure your shoes are
shined.

14. Earrings and lipstick take
no time at all but finish a look
nicely.

15. A lace body suit or camisole
under a shirt is feminine and styl-
ish.

16. The family that plays to-
gether ... stays fit together.

17. Enjoy your kids. They are
only young once.

18. Children love to hear their
parents laugh.

19, Ask everybody what the best
part of the day was for them - the
school day- visiting Mom? Dad?
Grandparents?

20.You can be anything you
want.

21. The heart of the home is the
kitchen.

22. Hang pictures at eye level so
they can be fully enjoyed.

23. oParents should take their
responsibilities seriously and do
everything they can to keep their
marriages together ?. Hillary
Rodham Clinton

24. The TV interferes with fam-
ily communication. Call a friend,
read a book, go for a long walk.
Hillary Rodham Clinton

25. October is National Breast
Cancer Awareness Month. Get
your mammogram, especially if
you are over 40.

26. oWhen you look good and feel
good, you have positive outlook on
things and youcansay, oI did this ?.
Stacey Fields - oMrs. Michigan ?

27. oIf you areignorant, the world
is going to cheat you. If you are
weak, the world is going to kick
you. If you are a coward, the world
is going to keep you running ?. Dr.
Benjamin Mays

28. oNo person deserves to be
congratulated unless he has done
the best he could with the mental
equipment he has under the exist-

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you do so well that no man living
and no man yet unborn could do it
better ?. Dr. Banjamin Mays

29. Freedom is hard. The great-
est crime is to give up; the greatest
sin is to oaim low ?.

30. There is no doubt that we

have made some progress in race

relations, but you still have to keep
your eyes on the struggle against
racism in the world and the fact
that what the Negro has gained he
has gained through struggle, and
through the courts, and through
marching and boycotting ?. Dr.
Banjamin J. Mays late president
of Atlanta Ts prestigious Morehouse
College from The Last of the Great
Schoolmasters by Lerone Bennett,
Jr. NOTE: By all means read this
challenging and provoking book.

31. One should maintain a life-
long childlike approach to learn-
ing and a willingness to be taught.

32. Know when to tune out. If
you listen to too much advice, you
may wind up making other people Ts
mistakes. Ann Landers

33. oFollow in His footsteps: He
never sinned, never toldalie, never
answered back when insulted:
when He suffered He did not
threaten to-get even; He left his
case in the hands of God who al-
ways judges fairly ?. I Peter 2:21-
23

34. oGet rid of your feelings of
hatred. Don Tt just pretend to be
good. Be done with dishonesty and
jealousy and talking about others
behind their backs ?. I Peter 2:1

35. A father should never make
distinctions between his children.
oFor there is no respect of persons
with God ?. Romans 2:11

36. The best things you can give
children next to good habits, are

good memories. Sydney J. Harris
37. We too often love things and
use people, when we should be
using things and loving people.

School Parent Involvement Edu-.

cation is not received. It is achieved.
Families play a major role behind
children Ts success in school. Happy
families, the education of parents,
the quality of family life, intact
families, kids getting the atten-
tion they need at home, eating
meals together, and churchgoing
are essential. Stable and secure
families help kids cope with chal-
lenges in school and beyond.
Parents who get their kids to
school everyday, have books, news-
papers and magazines around the
house and turn off the TV, will do

well in school as against those ©

whose kids are absent, no reading
material and no limit to TV view-
ing, are encouraging a risky fu-
ture or I dare say, ofailure ?.

Let us be as adamant about our
kids hitting the books as they are
about sports and athletics. Too few
Blacks are enrolled in the hard
core subjects - trigonometry, cal-
culus - doing well, on the
cheerleading squad, as marshals
and receiving scholarships.

Strong families are a significant
factor in their children Ts success in
school.

Tactics for Waist Management

]. Refuse second helpings (ex-
cept for vegetables)

2. Eat smaller portions

3. Double your intake of fruits
and vegetables, especially raw

4. Choose crunchy foods (apples,
salads, toast, popcorn)

5. Eat less protein; 4 to 6 ounces
per day or meat, fish, poultry

6. Enjoy sweets and alcohol only
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8. Don Tt snack

9. Drink 4 glasses of water daily
and 4 glasses of other fluids

Source: The Balancing Act Nu-
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by George Kastas

With weight control, the best
predictor of long-term success is
exercise. Genetics plays a role in
where you carry fat on your body.
If your family is big, no program
will make you Sqall. Healthier,
yes, trimmer, yes, ~srnall, never.

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

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~A joint letter from a coalition of diverse organizations concerned about civil rights

: Inthe current climate of under-
~standable fury at the bombing in
~Oklahoma City and of justifiable
;pride in the accomplishment of the
~FBI and other law enforcement
~organizations, we urge you to ex-
~amine any new counterterrorism
~proposals with calm deliberation
~and in light of their constitutional
implications.
* Our hearts go out to the people
pf Oklahoma. Like all Americans,
we want to see all those respon-
eible for the bombing brought to
justice and quick rebuilding of the
Dklahoma community affected by
this disaster. The national gov-
érnment has a responsibility to
provide for the safety of the Ameri-
can people, but you are now con-
sidering measures that threaten
our basic freedoms.

We are strongly opposed to pro-
visions of the Omnibus
Counterterrorism Act of 1995, H.R.
896 or S. 390, which allow the
government to engage in activities
contrary to constitutional prin-
ciples of due process, free speech,
and freedom of association. We
are also strongly opposed to pro-

posals toincrease the government's
authority to monitor groups, do-
mestic and international, in the
absence of reasonable suspicion of
criminal activity.

We are fully supportive of law
enforcement, but history is clear
that when the nation has overre-
acted in moments of crisis, the
results have been bad for basic
freedoms and have diverted law
enforcement from its basic mis-
sion of apprehending criminals.

If federal law enforcement agen-
cies need more resources, we sup-
port that, as long as they are well
thought-out, focused on criminal
conduct and otherwise consistent
with constitutional principles. We
urge you not to act rashly. We urge
you to allow full public participa-
tion in your hearings and delib-
erationson any legislation. Finally,
we urge you to avoid undermining
constitutional protections.

This joint statement was en-
dorsed on April 26 by officials from
the following organizations:

Correspondents may direct in-
quiries to the following organiza-
tions and listed representatives.

Where is Judy Whitfield

the EMS team.

cluding prevention.

all ages!

approximately 750,000 EMS providers nationwide. The fair
will feature local EMT Ts, fire fighters, and other members of

WHEN: Saturday, May 20, 1995, 10:00 to 6:00

The Fair willbe held at the end of National EMS Week, May
14-20, 1995. oEMS: We're There For Life ? is the theme of
this local and national celebration. The Fair is sponsored by
the Pitt County Association of Rescue Squads & EMS, Inc.,
in conjunction with the Greenville Fire & Rescue Depart-
ment and ECU School of Medicine Ts Division of EMS in
order to promote awareness of emergency medicine, in-

WHERE: The Plaza Mall, Greenville Blvd., Greenville

WHO: Exhibits will feature both static and dynamic dis-
plays, presentations, and demonstrations of Pitt County Ts
oEMS team, ? along with other exhibits promoting accident,
injury and illness prevention. The reigning oMiss North
Carolina ? will be on hand along with other entertainment for

WHY: EMS providers are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days
a year. The EMS team is there in your time of need. oYour
life is worth our time, ? says Lt. Chuck Owens.

Roy T. Shackleford and his
date Miss Judy Whitfield at
the 1972 Greene Central prom.
Mr. Shackleford would like to
once again be reunited with
Ms. Whitfield. She may be
married now so, her last name
may have changed. If the
former Miss. Whitfield should
see this picture, please contact
Mr. Shackleford at 414 B
Cadillac Street, call him at 551-
7614 or contact the oM ? Voice
at 757-0365.

WHAT: The oThird Annual Pitt County EMS Farin honor |
of the approximately 350 career and volunteer EMS provid-
ers in Pitt County who deliver lifesaving emergency care.
This fair is part of National EMS Week which honors the

All phone numbers are in the 202 267-3820).
area code unless otherwise indi- "

cated.

American Civil Liberties Union
(Phil Gutis, 675-2312).

Americans for Tax Reform
(Grover Norquist, 785-0266).

American Friends Service Com-
mittee (Jennifer Hurley, 483-
3341). American Immigration
Lawyers Association (Jeanne
Butterfield, 371-9377).

Center for Democracy and Tech-
nology (Jerry Berman, 637-9800).
Citizens Committee for the Right
to Keep and Bear Arms (John
Snyder, 543-3363).

Gun Owners of America (Erich
Pratt, 703-321-8585).

Law Enforcement Alliance of
America (Steve Chand, 703-847-
2677). National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers (Leslie
Hagin, 872-8688).

National Rifle Association of
America (NRA Public Affairs, 703-

Lang
receives
degree

Mrs. Mable Lang has been rec-
ommended by the Board of Trust-
ees to receive the Honorary Doctor
of Humane Letters based on her
proven commitment to the Minis-
try of Jesus Christ, to community
and civic responsibilities, and
Shaw University and Shaw Divin-
ity School.

The Degree will be awarded at
the Shaw Divinity School Bacca-
laureate Service on May 12, 1995
at 6:00 pm in the chapel on the
Shaw Divinity School campus, lo-
cated at 509 Hilltop Drive, Ra-
leigh, N.C. Family and friends of
Mrs. Lang are invited to join in
this occasion.

Presbyterian Church (SA)

Washington Office (Elenora .
Giddings Ivory, 543-1126).

"(Joe Tartaro, 716-885-6408).

ee
fae .

Give drinking, wafer « hand,

GUC is celebrating its 90th anniver-

sary this year! What a great time to

discover a little more about your local
utility. As part of our yearlong anniver-
sary celebration, and in honor of National
Drinking Water Week, GUC will have an
OPEN HOUSE at the Water Treatment
Plant (WTP) on Saturday, May 13 from

10 a.m.'- noon. At that time, you can meet
the WTP staff and see firsthand how your

water is treated.
During National Drinking Water

Week, May 7-13, GUC will be focusing on
water quality issues of concern to custom-
ers. Today's topic is FLUORIDE. Fluo-
tide, which is commonly used in water
systems today, was discovered by a dentist
in 1902 as a way of preventing cavities. It
was first introduced into water supplies in

the 1950s.

Greenville Utilities water contains
fluoride in two ways. First, our 2 deep

wells (that provide 11% of our water)

contain fluoride naturally through ground-

National Drinking Water Week

May 7-13, 1995

water deposits. Second, we add a liquid
fluoride compound to the water that is
treated at the Water Treatment Plant.

Levels of fluoride in drinking
water are controlled by state and federal
regulations. Water supplied by GUC
meets or exceeds all of these regula-
tions. In the event that water supplied
by GUC failed to meet these regula-
tions, GUC would be required to notify
the public.

Along with other water systems
that add fluoride, GUC must submit
weekly reports and a monthly summary
of our levels of fluoride to state and
federal regulators. We continually
monitor our water to make sure that it is
safe for our customers.

We hope to see you at the OPEN
HOUSE at the Water Treatment Plant
located on Old River Road. It's May
13th from 10 a.m. - noon. For further
information or directions, please call
GUC at 551-1564.

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90

Years

1905-1995

Greenville Utilities Commission

In Loving /Memory
of Our /Mother
on Mother's Day

Ms. Barbara Brown

iad Yond ~ o~ b

February 10, 1945
We love you and miss you dearly-

Your Kids:...

Kery, Candi, Kimble,
Kenny, and Karl

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Va. Wa Wappen

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r

uly 25, 1992

Vapors

May 7-13.

water.

Name:

If you color my picture and send
it to GUC by May 13, 1995, we'll
put it on display at the Water
Treatment Plant, and we'll be
happy to send you a Free Fun Kit
and tell you about lots of ways
you and your family can save

National Drinking Water Week
May 7-13, 1995

KIDS!

Color Willy Water
And Get A
FREE Fun Kit

Hi, I'm Willy Water Drop, and
I'm here to help Greenville
Utilities celebrate National
Drinking Water Week -

Address:

Color Willy's picture, then cut out this ad
and return it to GUC, P.O. Box 1847,
Greenville, N.C. 27835

_ Att: Sue Bizzaro

90
Years

C2

1905-1995

Greenville Utilities Commission

A Proud Past...A Bright Future

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American Free Will Baptist

~ Church held a ground-breaking

bers who attended.
Congratulatory and encourag-
ing remarks were extended by dis-
tinguished guestsx: Mr. Rufus
Huggins, Mayor Pro Tem, of the
City of Greenville; Ms. Joyce
Mitchell, of Congresswoman Eva
Clayton Ts Greenville Office; Mr.

additions.

Job Opportunities

ing. Licensed to practice
Apply on Pitt County or NC atric nursing
application form (request special 8 4 Registered Nurse by the NC

icati t) Board of Nursing. Willconsider
application for law enforcement) Trainee 14-5-87.123.03

Office Assistant IV (Salary
1717 West5thStreetGreenville, Grade 59 - $18,146) Adult Ser-

vices. High school graduation and
_ two years of clerical experience. A

Mental Health Nurse (Salary highschoolequivalency certificate
Grade 69 - $29,001) Emergency °F experience on a year-for-year
Services. Graduation fromaState basis In clerical work may be sub-

f q stituted for formal education.
accredited school of nursing an CNG

to: Personnel Department
Pitt County Government Offices

NC 27834 Telephone 830-6317
Closing Date: MAY 12, 1995

one year of experience in psychi-

N » Mr. Linwood Mercer,
~NC House of Representatives; Mr.
Lee Smith and Mr. Frank
- geremonyforitsnew addition 1995. Thornton, Financial Specialists of
The Service began at 9:00 amon First Citizens Bank; Reverend
_ Saturday, April 1st. The service Clinton Anderson, confirmed bid-
began with praise and thanksgiv- der; and Reverend Kenneth
ing for the many blessings be- Joyner. Deacon Robert Carmon
stowed uponthembytheAlmighty nd Deacon Leroy Best, Senior
God. The Pastor, Elder W.H. Deacons of the church, gave re-
Joyner, presided and acknowl- ~marks onthe progress of thechurch
edged the many visitors andmem- body, Mother Carrie U. Best gave
abrief history of the church, start-
ing from meeting under a brush
shelter to its present facility.
Offering and pledges were made
to support the erection of the new

Friends and well-wishers en-
Jim Rouse of the oM ? Voice joyed a delicious breakfast.

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a home, come to Wachovia.
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If your church is having a spe-
cial event that you would like to
have included in this column,
please submit it to Faye White,
oM ? Voice Church Calendar, at
least two weeks prior to the event.

Solid Rock Church of Christ,
2205-B West Fifth Street,
Greenville, Invites you to Joy
Night Services. Minister! Debra

Perez of the Philippi Church of

Christ, will bring the message and
Evangelist Stephanie Winfield
will be the guest soloist on Friday,
May 12.

St. Peter Missionary Baptist
Church Ts Building Fund Commit-
tee is sponsoring an oOver 50 Tal-
ent/Fashion Program ? for Senior
Citizens on Sunday, May 21 at
3:00.

St. Mary Missionary Baptist
Church. Located on Staton Mill
Road, Greenville, will be conduct-
ing its annual revival, Tuesday,
May 16 through Friday, May 19.
Rev. W.T. Taylor of the Providence
Baptist Church in Robersonville
will be the guest evangelist. Pas-
tor William C, Williams invites

CHURCH CALENDAR "_ " "_ "__

the public to worship with them
and oLet go and let God ?. Come
out and receive a blessing.

The Pastor Ts Anniversary
Committee of Canaan Free Will
Baptist Church is sponsoring a
service at 7:00 pm on May 14.
Elder Timothy Ward and the Elm
Grove Church family will be
guests.

The Women Ts Day Commit-
tee of the Holy Trinity United
Holy Church will sponsor a oFirst
Ladies T Hour ? on Sunday, May 21

at 4:00. This is a service of fellow-
ship and unity, recognizing our
Pastors T wives. Mrs. Delores
Corbett, First Lady of the Commu-
nity Christian Church, will be the
speaker for this event.

Mount Zion Holy Church will
hold a oYouth Revival ? May 22-26.
Dr. James Corbett, Pastor of Com-
munity Christian Church, will be
the guest speaker. Dr. Charles
Dingle is the Pastor.

Noonday Prayer and Heal-
ing Service is held Mondays,

Tuesdays, and Wednesdays ofeach
week at the Solid Rock Church of
Christ. Elder Shelley Moore will
be ministering for your needs in
these services.

The Northeast oB ? Annual
Eldress Revival will be held at the
Canaan Free Will Baptist Church
7:30 nightly. May 22-26. Various
Eldresses will speak each night.

A3-Day Revival will be held at
the St. John Deliverance Temple
on Mayo Street, Maury, May 10,

11, & 12, 7:30 pm nightly. Pastor
Michael Deloach of Kinston will
be the speaker.

oA Hawaiian Laua ? will be
held at the Philippi Church of
Christ, 1610 Farmville Boulevard,
Greenville. This is an event to be
treasured. There will be singing,
special guests, many events for
the children, and other attrac-
tions. This event is sponsored by
the JOBA Counseling Agency.

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ne a gr
because she did not like the way
the three supervisors talked to

probation was extended for creat-
ing a hostile environment.

The first case of Sexual Harass-
ment filed by a black female of-
ficer was in 1992. This was acom-
plaint of stalking, threatening and
harassing at home and work. This
black male officer even threat-

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disciplined after he retaliated

: her during a conference. The against her for filing the initial

needs stop by charges were droppedagainstboth _ charge. He was then givenone day

_ : white supervisors; however, = karen met ae et was

' + or : Fordham was transfered to an- n advised by the Chief tocharge
East Carolina otherplatoon, andhis promotional him through the

Judicial System the next time
he harassed her. The officer is cur-

Center In the second case, white fe- rently working as a narcotics of-

male secretary filed Sexual Ha- _ficer. In 1993 this same black fe-

~) rassmentcharges againstablack male filed charges against a fellow

Ask for Byron Perkins male Captain for a year-old inci- detective (white male) for putting

355-3333 dent. The black male Captainwas _ his handsin her face several times.

1-800-849-3355 immediately placed on adminis- Chief Hinman ounfounded ? the
trativeleave,thendemotedtolieu- complaint.

Fax 756-6914 tenant. In 1994 this black female filed

sexual harassment charges
against her white male Sergeant,
black male Captain, and again on
the white male detective. Chief
Hinman ounfounded ? the charges
against both white males. Chief
Hinman stated he had taken ap-
propriate action against the black
male Captain. Chief Hinman
stated that the act:ion was taken
for the conversations the Captain
held with the black female, which
included asking her to prostitute
for $300.00. This Captain is cur-
rently the black female Ts supervi-
sor and has been charged by her
with retaliation.

What is wrong with this pic-
ture? Both white officers were
cleared prior to the investigation,
but the black female Ts charges were

more severe and criminal, but no
action was taken by Chief Hinman.

Howcan anyone make theclaim
of their not being racism in the
Police Department based on ev-
erything that Ts happened?

Black officers who are alleged to
have violated any policies are
placed on leave or transfered, while
the misconduct of white officers T

never reaches their personnel file.

The only two officers who have
made public statements in behalf
of the Greenville Police Depart-
ment are Officer Kelvin Jones and
Officer Robbie Williams. Both of
these officers together did not feel
as supportive of the current ad-
ministration prior to the dismissal
of Lt. Fordham. As a fact, they
devised a list of concerns they had
with this Chief, and were per-
suaded by a white male ranking
officer not tosubmit them toP.B.A.
Now using P.B.A. Ts name they say
that there Ts nothing wrong with
the Police Department.

Both officers were not on Chief
Hinman Ts best side prior to this
situation with Fordham. As a mat-
ter of fact, Officer Jones was de-
nied a transfer to the Juvenile
Unit because of his personal life.
During this time while married,
he was dating a white female of-
ficer. Why wasn Tt Jones followed
during this time? He was visiting
the residence of a female officer
while on duty, but Chief Hinman

CAR. Gallagher Westfal findings

had no problem with Jones. Both
of these officers were allowed to
co-habitate as husband and wife.

And Officer Williams had the
nerve to allude in one article he
wrote, that Fordham Ts alleged mis-
conduct should not be allowed.
Funny, he would say that. Why
wasn Tt he place on administrative
leave when a complaint of Sexual
Assault was filed against him.

The Coalition Against Racism
not only have witnessed, but have
received anonymous letters and
calls on the Chief and other offic-
ers violating their policies. Chief
Hinman has and is continuing to
practice racism and injustices, and
these practices are condoned by
the City Manager, Mayor and City
Council.

If the City Manager was really
for right, why did he allow a white
male Battalion Chief to get caught

_in his city vehicle, using city gas,

and have sex on duty with another
Police Department employee. He
only received three days off with-
out pay. But Kimble tells the pub-
lic, he will not allow misconduct.

For these reasons and more, we
will continue to march and fight
for the reinstatement of Angelo
Fordham, and for any officer who
is not scared to stand up against
wrong.

Now you have the facts and the
truth- the city got exactly what it
paid for from Pat Gallagher.

Fulani says new theory of
development will cure violence

Well-known African American
developmental psychologist and
political activist Dr. Lenora B.
Fulani says that a recently discov-
ered theory ofhuman development
holds significant promise for cur-
ing violence and other social ills.
But, she adds, this theoretical
breakthrough is not receiving the
recognition it deserves for narrow
political reasons.

oFor 20 years, my colleague Dr.
Fred Newman has been working
with developmental theorists,
clinical practitioners, educators
and researchers including myself

Stanford University-trained phi-
losopher, psychotherapist, author
and political strategist, and the
founder of social therapy.
According to Dr. Fulani, it was
the work of the 1 930 Ts Soviet psy-

chologist Lev Vygotsky which first
revealed that development is not
basically individualistic. His stud-
ies of very young children demon-
strated that development occurs

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subletting of the basic cleaning services will be allowed.

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Hill takes Pitt & Greene Electric Membersh

On April 6, 1995, Emma L. Hill,,
of Greene County, filed a lawsuit
in the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of North
Carolina against the Pitt & Greene
Electric Membership Corporation
(PGEMC). Emma L. Hill v. Pitt &
Greene Electric Membership Cor-
poration, et al, Civil Action No.
4:95-CV35-H1]

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The lawsuit alleges that PGEMC
has invaded Ms . Hill Ts property
rights by (1) emitting electromag-
netic radiation on to her property
and into her dwelling house at
frequencies that potentially cause
cancer and other adverse health
effects as established in numerous
scientificstudies, and (2)construct-
ing three high power electrictrans-

mission lines across her property
without her consent or payment of
just compensation.

The lawsuit also alleges that
PGEMC practiced racial and
handicap discrimination against
Emma L. Hill a 62 year old handi-
capped black female, by purchas-
ing property from all of Ms. Hill's
white neighbors to construct an

Stone contains first nonbiblical
citing of David Ts dynasty

A fragment of a stone monu-
ment containing the first-
nonbiblical reference to the dy-
nasty of King David has been
translated and went on display
Tuesday atthe Israel Museum.

The 1-square-foot fragment
with 13 lines of Aramaic script
apparently refers to a 9th cen-
tury B.C battle involving
David Ts great-great-grandson
Asa, king of,Judah, said Michal
Mendels, a curator at the mu-
seum.

Asa paid Ben-Hadad I, king of
Aram, to fight his enemy,
Baasha, king of Israel, as related

in I Kings 15:18-19.

The words oKing of Israel T,
oHouse of David ? and oHadad ?
appear on the monument, or
stele, which was discovered last
summer by Israeli archaeolo-
gists at Tel Dan in northern
Israel.

oAnd I slew of (the foot sol-
diers, chariots) and two thousand
horsemen...And I slew (the king)
of the House of David, ? one line of
the stele says.

Mendels said the dating of the
stele was an approximation,
backed by the inscription that
seems to match events of that pe-

riod related in the Bible. oBut we
still don Tt kriow enough to be 100
percent certain, ? she added.
Mendels said the find was impor-
tant because it was the first non-
biblical reference to the dynasty
founded by King David and be-
cause it was the first victory stele
found in territory that was part of
biblical Israel.

Archaeologist Avraham Biran
said at the time of the tablet Ts
discovery that it apparently was
commissioned by the Aramites
and later destroyed by invaders.

The stele was reused as a build-
ing block. It was found in a wall.

Honor thy mother, father, or a

veteran during May and June

People can honor someone they
know or the memory of a loved one
during May and June with a me-
morial or tribute given to the
American Heart Association.
Though memorials and tributes
can by made all year, the May. and
June drive targets Mother Ts Day,
Memorial Day, and Father's Day.
All money raised through memori-
als and tributes supports new re-
search and educational programs

that will reduce disability and

death from cardiovascular diseases
and strokes.

oThink of bypass surgery, pace-
makers, CPA courses and blood
pressure medication and your talk-
ing about advances made in part
by contributions to the American
Heart Association, ?said Robert J.
Applegate, M.D., President of the
North Carolina Affiliate of the
American Heart Association. In
North Carolina we have thousands
of volunteers joining in the

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diseases and we're winning some
battles. We believe that contribu-
tions to the association through
our memorial and tributes pro-
gram will help us win many more.

To pay tribute or to make a
memorial to a loved one, contact
your local American
HeartAssociation or call toll free
1-800-284-6601. Donations are
credited to your local county's
American Heart Association.

washing cars to raise funds to help with the cost of building their new edifice. With God Ts help
and this kind of cooperation and support, it won Tt take long for them to reach their goal.
Evangelist George Hawkins is their pastor.

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Ms. Hill has called for a prunning
of the top managers of PGEMC
and also an investigation by the
U.S.Department of Agriculture,
Rural Utilities Service who has
provided over $8.1 million in gov-
ernment assistance.

In a separate complaint to the
Office of the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA), Ms. Hill charges that
PGEMC has violated the terms of
their contractual relationship with
the USDA by practicing racial and
handicap discrimination while
using federal funds.

The issue of whether human
exposure to electromagnetic fields
causes cancer is unsettled by pri-
vate and government researcher.
However, because of the substan-
tial body of unrefuted epidemio-
logical and biological evidence that
supports that electromagnetic
fields do cause cancer and other
adverse health effects the Office of
Congressional Technology Assess-
ment and researchers from the
Carnegie Mellon University, and
host of other scientist advocate

from most PGEMC customers.
Experts say that ordinary house-
hold current EMF Ts can be easily
prudently avoided. The substation
and transmission lines that affect
Ms. Hill Ts residence have nothing
to do with providing electricity to
Ms. Hill Ts home. Ms. Hill's home is
exposed to EMF from the substa-
tion and transmission lines 24
hours per day seven days per week.
She cannot prudently avoid this
exposure short of either moving or
having the substation and trans-
mission lines removed.

Ms. Hill is asking Congress-
woman Eva Clayton, State Sena-
tor John Kerr, and State Repre-
sentative Linwood E. Mercer to
sponsor legislation at both the
State and Federal levels to estab-
lish ~rights of way T laws that will
prevent electric companies from
trespassing upon private property
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tions lines by telling

they present no more danger than

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become a controversial topic ever

since a series of epidemiological

studies, beginning in 1979 with

Colorado

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and Physicist Edward Leeper, have
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incidence of various forms of

cancer Ts and EMF exposures. A

recently completed study of work-
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Ph.D. of the University of North:

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Paine, Voltaire, Rousseau and the
Age of Enlightenment not with-
standing. Sally Heming was re-
portedly beautiful. "
» Beautiful or not, few female
slaves were spared that particular
shame. He was a white man anda
Slave master, and that Ts what men
do when women are totally at
their disposal. They help them-
selves. (Incidentally, male slaves,
too, were compelled to satisfy their
mistresses in a way that she would
not become pregnant, while her
husband was helping himself down
in the slave quarters, if one ever
wondered at the origin or profi-
ciency of certain sexual practices.)

But as slavery went, American
slavery was particularly abomi-
nable, and Jefferson was in it up
to his eyeballs. And he was a hypo-
crite about it. He wrote a set of
notes that was later compiled into
a book called Notes on the State of
Virginia.

In it, he gave forth with his opin-

Nick Nolte, miscast as Thomas
Jefferson, was the objection of some
people. As written, there wasn Tt
much more that could have been
done with this role. In my opinion,
he wasn Tt that bad. A rather tall
man with a large head would do.
That fits Nolte, and perhaps
Jefferson in more ways than one.

The search for great depth and
complexity should be abandoned.
If you want to know about some-
one, there are several people whose
opinion is worth more than all
scholarly research. Ask a wife or a
husband, ask a son or daughter,
ask an employee or ... a slave. The
rest is merely a mask to be put on
and taken off.

The multicultural agenda has

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concerning the insti- tution of
slavery and the worth of the Black
race years later.

He was, in his early years, op-
posed to slavery in principle, al-
though he was born into it. His
father was English and his mother
a common woman of American
birth.

Sally, Martha - half sisters
Jefferson, in fact, was one of the
largest slave owners in America,
at the time owning 400 slaves. He
inherited over 200 slaves from his
wife Ts estate, along with 500,000
acres. As a point of fact, his wife,
Martha Wales Jefferson, and Sally
Hemings, were half sisters!
Jefferson Ts wife Ts father, John
Wales, availed himself of Sally
Hemings T mother, Betsy.
Jefferson was a typical gentle-
man slaver. And slaves were a
major wealth. Jefferson incurred
his wife Ts father Ts debts along with
land and slaves. His debts were in
England, but Jefferson chose to

pay them, largely because he and

Jefferson in Paris T a

had its effect on Western cul-
ture. There Ts a rush to cement for
a new generation the Western his-
torical heritage. But they wish to
tell it before we tell it! In review-
ing their history in a mature way,
America has been forced to put
childish interpretations aside.

The ongoing re-evaluation of
Christopher Columbus, who
turned out to be no less than a
monster, has put a face and even a
name on those he oppressed. Other
post-Columbian figures are in for
the same re-evaluation.

Now Thomas Jefferson, the au-
thor of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, an American icon and a
goodly man, or so we've been led to
believe, is, in fact, very much a

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s

many of the founding fathers did
not want the American Revolution

to be seen as lawless. Many, in-

cluding Alexander Hamilton,
wished to persuade English banks
and financiers to invest in the new
nation. Were Jefferson not to pay
his debts by reason of the revolu-
tion, it would have set a bad ex-
ample.

Jefferson was a very, very pre-
cise man. He listed and recorded
everything. The names of all his
slaves were recorded in his farm
book. Black historian J. A Rogers
had a special ire of Jefferson and
complained about him in several
books. Because of slavery,
Jefferson was able to be the learned
gentleman, poring over his books,
reading the Greek philosophers,
studying Latin and Greek. But he
learned little from the Greek phi-
losophers he studied. Many of the
Greek philosophers were slaves,
but were still educated, some even
doctors and healers.

Refused slave education
Jefferson refused to educate any

of his slaves, even his own
children.by Sally Hemings. He did

not believe in educating slaves.
And, in fact, he did not even teach
them to read and write. Further-
more, although he knew exactly
what was going on at Monticello,
he personally removed himself

from direct contact with most |

slaves.

The trades taught on the plan-
tation were the making of nails,
which he sold around the entire
country. Jefferson reportedly
brought Sally Hemings T older
brother, James, with him to

France to learn French
pastrymaking, but conned him
into returning to America with
him by undermining his confi-
dence in himself.

As for his relationship with Sally
Hemings, he was the sub- ject of
newspaper stories at the time
(circa 1802). He would never
respond to the stories. Instead, he
hid Sally away in his house.

He had a secret staircase built
from his study to Sally Ts room.

Sally had his and her first- born
while in Paris, or shortly after his
return. His name was Tom, with
the last name taken as as Minton.
Reportedly the boy slave looked so

whitewash

man of his era, of his generation.
No more and no less.
Protecting his rep?

In many ways oJefferson in
Paris ? attempts to salvage his
reputation. And in doing so may
have made things worse. It
downplayed this and cleaned up
that, told the truth a little, and
didn Tt tell the truth a lot.

Much research was put into au-
thentic costumes, furnishings and
trappings of the late 1700s.
Jefferson went to Paris for a few
years as America Ts ambassador,
all but witnessing the French Revo-
lution, which he didn Tt believe
would have gone as far as it did.

The observations of pre-revolu-
tionary France were the film Ts

strong points, but what every-
one came to see, the relationship
between Jefferson and Sally
Hemings, his slave, was played
rather dry and empty on one hand
and dishonestly on the other.

Sally Hemings was a mere 14
years old when she got involved
with Jefferson, then 42. But the
film portrays the relationship as
being Sally Ts idea, and indeed her
fault. She seduced him, threw her-
self at him with her wicked buck
dance and chicken imitations! It
was more than a man could bear!
He was also trying to have a rela-
tionship with an artist, a Mrs.
Sonway, who was married to a
well-known English painter,
whom the film maintains was gay.

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much like Jefferson it was stun-
ning and embarrassing. :

Rather than send the boy to
Europe to be educated as some
planters did,filling many schools
with their guilty issue, he kept the
boy on the Virginia estate and did
not educate him at all! Nor did he
free him! At the age of 12, the boy
looked so much like Jefferson, he
sold him away to another planta-
tion nearby, the Woodson estate,
and no record of him was entered
into his solid- very-precise records.

Sally Ts other children were listed:
two sons and two daugh-ters. More-
over, there were other Black de-
scendants of Jefferson other than
from Sally Hemings. He had other
concubines, if only to keep Sally in
check.

According to the story,
Jefferson Ts wife, Martha Wales
Jefferson, made Jefferson prom-
ise on her death bed that he would
not marry and put her children
under another woman. It was a
foolish request, and Martha was a
soft and pampered woman. She
also reportedly requested that the
slaves be freed, but Jefferson could
only carry her requests so far. So
Sally was a concubine, to put the
best face on it.

In Arabcountries, the slave chil-
dren by the master were free and
had to be educated. Also, a master
could marry a slave, although it
was not encouraged. This was not
the case in American slavery. In
fact, it was against the lawin many
states. In Roman slavery, which
was

chattel slavery, the slaves weré
allowed to be educated, and could
buy their freedom and indeed live
in the same town as their former
masters.

It was interesting that Jefferson,
in the Notes on the State of Vir-

The historical onusis not against
Jefferson because he slept with
Sally Hemings, but because he
denied her, and her kin, and in-
deed all Blacks, their intellectual
and human dignity.

He was paternalisticand benign,
fully aware of the evils of slavery,
yet not able to singularly break
with the institution, which totally
supported him. Still, he wrote The
Declaration of Independence,one
of the great documents of the world.
That cannot be taken from him.

It is interesting to acknowledge
that it was great men and women
of color that forced America to live
up-to its Constitution.

As an additional note, a protege
of Jefferson, Edward Coles, influ-
enced by Jefferson Ts early ideal-
ism, approached him and sought
his opinion on Coles decision to
free his slaves. Jefferson advised

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ginia, made a comparison of an-
cient slavery with American sla-
very and came to the T conclusion
that the great slaves of Greece and
Rome, such as Epictetus, rose
above their slave state because
they Were white. Thus, Blacks were
naturally unable to reason.

So while the privileged son of a
wealthy planter was studying
Greek, Blacks were laboringin the
fields. He even had a Black boy-
hood friend named Jupiter, as the
fashion was to give Blacks Greek
names. In Boston, Rhode Island
and Connecticut, it was the style
to educate the Black boyhood com-
panion. Remember in the film
oGlory, ? where Lt. Colonel Shaw Ts
Black boyhood friend joined the
army to be near him? He was well
educated. ©

Learned Black men

Also, George Washington knew
that Jefferson Ts assessments were
faulty, as a learned group of Black
men had formed a federation called
the Free African Society and had
lobbied Washington to raise the
issue of the abolition of slavery
once and for all at the Constitu-
tional Convention. Charles Forten,
New England shipping magnate;
Rev. Richard Allen; Benjamin
Banniker, who wrote Jefferson a
scathing letter concerning his re-
marks and opinions - all these
Black men were known to the
Founding Fathers at the time of
the revolution.

At the time Jefferson was writ-
ing his Notes on the State of Vir-
ginia, Black men owned property
and had trade federations. Indeed,
Jefferson Ts words helped to disen-
franchise them because his posi-
tion as a Founding Father carried
so much weight. Thus, he becomes
an enemy of the Black race.

him-against it, maintaining that
it would be better if they were
cared for in the troubled times
ahead.

But Coles decided against
Jefferson Ts advice and carried all
of his over 200 slaves to Illinois
and there freed them, set up edu-
cational facilities and lobbied that
Illinois be a free state. He later
became governor of Illinois.

When Jefferson died in 1826, he
was deeply in debt, having lived
and entertained well. Much of the
property, including over 135
slaves, had to be sold. He did not
free Sally Hemings in his will,
perhaps feeling she had nowhere
to go. His daughter, Alice, freed
her two years later and she went
to live with her eldest son Madi-
son, whom Jefferson had freed in
his will.

Tuckson speaks at
sraduation ceromony

One of the country Ts leading Af-
rican-American academic
physicians,Reed V. Tuckson,M.D.,
president of the Charles R. Drew
University of Medicine and Sci-
ence in South Central Los Ange-
les, spoke at the ECU School of
Medicine Convocation .

The Convocation honored 73

ECU medical graduates. The Class
of 1995 is the 15th class of physi-
cians to graduate from the medi-
cal school.

Born in Washington, D.C.,
Tuckson earned his undergradu-
ate degree at Howard University
and his medical degree from
Georgetown University.

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