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APRIL 28- MAY 7, 1997

Race, media, American law and O.J. Simpson

by Dennis Schatzman

JUSTICE WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS, noted
Nat Hentoffin a post O. J.Simpson civil trial
verdict column, used to say that othe history
of liberty is the history of due process"and
its abuse.?

Hentoff, a leading authority on the Bill of
Rights, explained that although SimpsonTs
second trial owas a civil trial, he (was) tried
for the same crimes twice, and very few of
the legal experts and other commentators
seemed concerned by this basic violation of
due process, even though it is permitted.?

oAnd because the civil trial has lower
standards of proof,? Hentoff continues, oit is
obviously easier to convict the second time
around.?

Funher, Hentoff adds: oMost Americans
are not expert in the law and react viscerally
when they believe a murderer has been
allowed by ~the systemT to go free. Yet if the
charge had been that Simpson had mur-
dered his first wife, who is black, (instead of
the white Nicole Brown Simpson and the
Jewish Ronald Lyle Goldman) would the
public and legal experts nave been inter-
ested for more than a month? AndifSimpson
had been acquitted of that crime in a crimi-
nal trial, would there have been a second
trial??

To understand this saga is to understand
that many social, political and legal aspects
of this case were largely about race. Oh, it
was about other issues as well, the violation
of due process, as mentioned above; media

and judicial bias, even murder, and who
many people obelieve? committed them. But
essentially, both the criminal and civil tri-
als, and how the media, the juries, the vari-
ous ethnic publics, and the legal system
reacted to them was all about race. Pure and
simple.

Hentoff wasnTt the only respected author-
ity to take exception to what many consider
unapologetic violations of SimpsonTs right to
due process. Bruce Morton of Cable News
Network said of the civil trial: oThis is a
second trial for the same offense with real
penalties. In that sense, this is double jeop-
ardy.?

Yale Kamisar, a law professor at the Uni-
versity of Michigan told the New York Times:
oItTs really a second crack at O. J. The reason
most people donTt mind is because most
people, or most white people, think that O. J.
did it. ItTs so easy to forget about principles.?
Seven of the eight jurors and alternates who
spoke with the media after they awarded
the Goldman and Brown families $25 mil-
lion in punitive damages claimed that orace
had nothing to do with? their verdict. When
I heard that, I could not help but be re-
minded of the words of the late Baltimore
Sun journalist H. L. Mencken: oItTs hard to
believe that a man is telling the truth when
you know that you would lie if you were in
his place.?

Lisa Theriot, a 25-year-old administra-
tive assistant for an outdoor advertising
agency, sat on the civil jury. She told a
March 13, 1997 audience at Los AngelesT

Loyola Marymount University that she held
for the Browns and the Goldmans because
Simpson ohad time to commit the murders.?

Since then, Theriot says she has had sec-
ond thoughts about the culpability of
Simpson since she admits that she is now
privy to evidence"the lack thereof"not in
her possession during the civil trial. Yet she
told an audience at California State Univer-
sity at Fullerton that she sticks by her juryTs
decision to saddle Simpson with a $33 mil-
lion liability. But race, she says, ohad noth-
ing to do with it.?

The lone black juror to survive the trial,
however, disagreed. She said race had ev-
erything to with the verdict. SheTs right, of
course. And she has 355 years of legal
history to back her up.

On due process and disparate treatment
the legal annals are chocked full of examples
of how race plays into the verdict equation
frequently when the displites are between
blacks and whites. In his classic legal text-
book, oIn the Matter of,? and also in his more
recent treatise, oShades of Freedom: Racial
Politics and the Presumptions of the Ameri-
can Legal Process,? retired Federal Appeals
Court Judge A. Leon Higginbotham cites a
number of them dating back to pre-Revolu-
tionary days.

In 1640, for example, John Punch, a black
indentured servant, ran away from his white
master along with two Dutch servants in

Jamestown, Virginia. They were captured ,

and brought before the local justice of the
peace. The two white servants were given

Protest at Piggly Wiggly

and she had her 1 5-year old daughter with her. The white
woman decided to send her daughter, into the store to buy

by Gary L Davis

Let me first say that I was a picketer, so this will not be the
Piggly Wiggly version of the story. I was a member of the picket
line on the first day and I was on the picket line on the last night
with many cold and rainy days in between. I am not a card
carrying member of the Coalition Against Racism (CAR) so I feel
Ican be objective. I am, however, a dedicated member of Philippi
Church of Christ, and there is a special place in my heart for
Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church. However, what follows
will be the facts as I know them and if you have a problem with
what I write, send your comments in letters to the M-Voice

editor. I will be happy to hear from you.

Let me tell you that CAR was not the only civil rights organi-
zation involved in the protest. The effort included participation
by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the
National Association of Colored People (NAACP), the Local
Organizing Committee of the Million Man March (LOC), as well
as many other independent people and groups opposed to racism
and discrimination. Support even came from students at ECU
and from people who just felt compelled to support the cause.

Early in protest, Pastor Royal asked other local pastors to
support him so that he could present a united front to Piggly
Wiggly. He initially received active support from one local
pastor, Rev. Sidney A. Locks, who would later return to help
resolve the situation. Other pastors not only did not support
Bishop Royal, but a couple would cross the picket lines many
times to shop at Piggly Wiggly. Bishop T.L. Davis and Bishop
Ralph Love were frequent shoppers at Piggly Wiggly up until the
final three weeks of the protest when they finally had a change

of heart.

In August, Shawan Sutton and another cashier of the Piggly
Wiggly store approached CAR complaining that they were un-
fairly suspended for doing their jobs. CAR asked them to tell

their story, and this is that story:

cigarettes.

The 15-year-old went through Shawan SuttonsT checkout
and asked for the cigarettes. Shawan noticing that the young
white girl seemed a bit young asked her for proper identifica-
tion. The girl told Shawan that her mother was out in the car
and had sent her to get the cigarettes. Shawan stood by her
guns and said that her mother would have to get the cigarettes
for herself. The 15 year old went out to the car and told her
mother that the cashier would not sell her the cigarettes. So
the mother got out of the car and went storming into the store.

The woman went straight to Shawan and started telling her

cashier

exactly how she felt. For some time the white woman berated
Shawan, even using racial epithets to get her point across.
Finally Shawan could stand no more and started returning the
angry words and terrible language back to the woman. Another

joined Shawan in rebuking the white woman. The white
woman was shocked to hear black women talk to her in such a
manner. The white woman decided that she would go to the
assistant manager of the Piggly Wiggly and have those inso-
lent black women dealt with. The owner/manager Rick Jack-
son was called and told about the situation. Rick decided to not
do anything over the weekend and planned to deal with it upon
returning to store on Monday. When Rick returned on Monday,
he interviewed Shawan and the other cashier who was in-
volved and decided to suspend them for one week without pay.

Another incident involving Shawan Sutton would later occur
at Piggly Wiggly. A former

employee, Sanday May, came out to the picket line and told

A white woman pulled up into the Piggly Wiggly parking lot,

Rep. Clayto

Dear Mr. Rouse:

In an attempt to address the needs of
constituents and employers within the
First Congressional District, I am spon-
soring a Job Fair in my District. The Fair
will provide individuals an opportunity to
meet potential employers within the area.

I invite you to participate by joining us
on Monday, June 9, 1997 at Pitt Commu-
nity College Learning Resources Center
located on US Highway 11 South in
Greenville for my oIst Annual Job Fair?.
The event will be held from 9:00 A.M. to
1:00 P.M. The event will give employers
an opportunity to interview potential
employees and take applications and/or
resumes. If your company is able to par-
ticipate, we would greatly appreciate your
sending one or two company representa-
tives and appropriate displays, job appli-
cations and information about your com-
pany. There is no fee to participate in the
Fair.

Please note that I am not asking your
company to commit to any specific num-

ber of jobs. It is my hope that by partici-
ting in the Job Fair, your company will
terview or meet individuals that could

me this story: Sandra May said that she was in the break area
eating a burger that she had purchased from a local fast food
restaurant. Sitting on the counter next to her was a sandwich

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be assets in terms of employment with
your organization.

Thope your company will join me in this
effort to make a positive impact in the
community. Please call Ms. Tallee Dillard
in my Greenville District Office at 1-800-
274-8672 or locally at 768-8800 if you
require additional information or if your

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company would like to participate. If you
are interested, please respond by May 16,
1997,

I look forward to seeing your company
at the Job Fair.

Rep. Eva Clayton
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four additional years on their indentured
servitude, along with a public flogging in the
town square.

Punch was not only beaten before his turn
before the judge came up, he was also beaten
soundly after the judge remanded him to
remain an indentured servant ofor the rest
of his life.?

In law the term, ostare decisis,? means,

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has relevance here. Stare decisis is the basis,

for what is called precedence, the historical VA

road map for al! jegal rulings. What oIn Re:

John PunchT turned out to be was the prece- |
dent case establishing the legal slavery of
the black man in America.

Continued on Page 12.

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Community Christian Church. Shown above is Pastor James Corbett
and his wife, Delores Corbett. Recording star William Beckon and the
Rev. from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who is a Christian rapper who played before
Beckon's live concert at Community Christian Church. The Church was
jumping to Jesus, live all the way! Long live the word!

~ (Fhoto by: Jim Rouse)

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Moyewood Project...

The community came together last Saturday for the annual Fun Day that
took place in the Moyewood Housing Project. Shown above is Greenville
Housing Authority Community man, Brother Best, shown with a yound
resident who is expressing her love for Brother Best as they pose for our

camera.

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Health Talk...

(Photo by: Jim Rouse)

The Post office is where good conversation and old friends meet to
discuss issues especially when each of these ladies make there living in
the medical field. Left to right, Young Miss Artis, Dr. Best's office
assistant, and Doctor Artis' wfie, are shown talking health. :

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(Photo by: Jim Rouge) -

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Mrs. Beatrice Maye

HEARSE

When the hearse goes by -

Those who are properly reared
ow that you should pull over to
e shoulder of the road and re-
pectfully wait until the entire pro-
sion has passed by. Surely the
five minutes it takes will not put
too much ofa wrinkle into anyoneTs
schedule. There should always be

time to be polite and respectful.

CONGRATULATIONS!

The birth of Noah Alexander,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Faison, Jr. Grandparents: Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Faison, Sr. Noah
Alexander was born, Wednesday,
April 16, 1997 in Columbia, Mary-
land

Salita Lynn, the daughter of
James and Kathy Streeter Greene,
Wednesday, February 12, 1997 in
purnam North Carolina, and

Brianna Simone, the daughter of
Brian and Hope Streeter Tyler,
born Saturday, April 12, 1997 in
Rocky Mount North Carolina.
These babies are the granddaugh-

. to the Rufus Gardner, the Lucy

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Tips to Keep Your Child Away
from Tobacco

1. If you donTt want your chil-
dren to smoke, tell them so.

2. Set a good example. If you
smoke, quit. If you donTt smoke,
donTt start. Statistics show that
teens are more likely to smoke if
their parents do.

3. Point the irony of smoking to
your child. Most kids smoke be-
cause they want to be cool. Yet itTs
really immature, not acceptable
from a health stand point and not
acceptable in many social circles.

4. Help your children build self-
confidence so they can withstand
peer pressure. They need to be
able to stand up for themselves
and say, oNo?.

5. Point out the social conse-
quences of cigarette smoking, such
as the high cost of cigarettes, holes
in clothing, yellow teeth, bad
breath and the fact that no one
likes to kiss a smoker.

6. Also point out the health
risks of smoking - addiction, can-
cer, lung diseases, premature
wrinkles, danger to unborn ba-
bies, etc.

7, Encourage your child to take
a part in school, church and other
youth groups where smoking is
unlikely to be an issue.

8. Know where your kids are,
who they are with and what they
are doing.

Meet their friends and their par-
ents to make sure they have the

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same values as you do.
9. Have zero tolerance from

\ smoking and other illegal activi-
) ties.

With evidence like this, itTs a

/ wonder anyone would ever light

up. Yet, after a 20 year decline, the
rate of smoking is increasing
among our youth. A recent report
from the American Cancer Society
shows that smoking has increased
by 30 percent among eighth grad-
ers from 14.3 percent in 1991 to
18.6 percent in 1994. During the
same period, smoking rates among
tenth graders have increased from
20.8 percent to 25.4 percent. In
Nebraska, 32 percent of the 2,037
youth who took part in the 1995
Youth Risk Behavior Survey Of
Nebraska, adolescents had smoked
at least one cigarette every day for
the past 30 days. ~

Why are American youth ignor-
ing the well-publicized dangers of
tobacco? This is a question health
experts and youth advocates across
the nation are pondering. Part of
it may the teen mentality, says
Mary Peterson, program director,
American Lung Association,
oTeens think they are invincible.
That nothing is ever going to hap-
pen to them?. They arenTt worries
about premature wrinkles, can-
cer, or other diseases.

Let me strees, cigarettes donTt
make you cool. They donTt make
you grown up either. Grow up,
young man, young lady.

Beware! Ladies cross their legs
at the ankle, not the knee.

Things That Money
Cannot Buy

Have you ever thought about
the things that money cannot buy?

_ Some of them are listed below:

1. Money can buy a house,
but it cannot buy a home.
2. Money can buy medicine,

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but it cannot buy health.

3. Money can but a clock,
but it cannot buy time.

4. Money can buy a picture,
but it cannot buy a sun
set.

5. | Moneycanbuy awedding,
but it cannot buy love.

6. Moneycanbuy pésple, but
it cannot friends.

7. Money can buy expensive
items, but it cannot buy
happiness.

8. Money can buy eye
glasses, but it cannot buy
sight.

9. Money can buy clothes,
but it cannot buy charac
ter.

10. Money can buy an educa

tion, but it cannot buy

wisdom.

Importance Rating

Rate the followingitem from 1 to
10, with 1 being the lowest and 10
being the highest rating possible.
Owning a large home
" Studying the Bible daily
Helping needy people in
the community
Visiting exotic places
Being a millionaire
Sharing the Gospel
Serving in the church
Buying a sports car
Praying daily
Going to the country club
Having a good family
Being the president of a
large company

Do Southern Men Make
Better Husbands?

Condensed from: JET, Febru-
ary 3, 1997

Some women maintain that
Southern men make better hus-
bands for these reasons:

1. Accept a woman uncondition-
ally

2. More nurturing

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3. Higher respect for their
mother, which determines how he
treats a Date

4. More traditional with values
instilled

5. Hardworking, the family
comes first

6. Children are products of their
environment. If father puts the
family first, you'll be that way as a
husband .

7. Believed to make better hus-
bands because of how they are
perceived

8. More courteous, sensitive,
religious and family-oriented be-
cause in the South the church is a
major base.

9. Northern men are perceived
as overaggressive, fast-paced,
ambitious, insensitive and arro-
gant, but these geographical dis-
tinctions are fastly eroding.

10. More determined and com-
mitted toward making a relation-
ship work, which more than likely
make them a better marriage part-
ner

11. They value family

12. They are viewed as role mod-
els and considered ogood men?.

Memorization

Has memorization become
obsoletein schools today? How
many children know the follow-
ing?

1. oThe Gettysburg Address?

2. the Preamble to the Constitu-
tion

3. AnthonyTs funeral oration over
Caesar - oBrutus is an honorable
man?

4. Lady MacbethTs famous line -
oTomorrow and tomorrow and to-
morrow o

5. oTwas was the Night Before
Christmas? ,

6. oOnly God can make a tree?

7. oListen, my children, and you
shall hear/Of the midnight ride of
Paul Revere? ~

8. Some proverbial wisdom from
oPoor RichardTs Almanack?

9. oSunset and evening starT,

' from oCrossing the Bar?

10. Langston HughesT oMother
to Son?

THE WORLD NEEDS MEN
.. who cannot be bought;
whose word is their bond;
who put character above
wealth;
who possess opinions and
a will;
who are larger than their
vocations;
who do not hesitate to take
chances.
who will not lose their in
dividually in a crowd;
who will be as honest in
small things as in great
things;
who will make no compro
-mise with wrong.
whose ambitions are not
confined to their own self
-ish desires;
who will not say they do it
obecause everybody else
does it.?
who are true to their
friends through good re
-port and evil report, in
adversity as well as in
prosperity.
who do not believe that
shrewdness, cunning, and
hardheadedness are the
best qualities for winning
success;
who are not ashamed or
afraid to stand for the
truth when it is unpopu
lar, who can say ono? with
emphasis, although all the
rest of the world says

o ?

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by Susan K. Wilson

Nearly twice as many women
will die this year of heart and blood
vessel disease as from all forms of
cancer combined, including breast
and lung cancer.

For black women, the statistics
are even worse. This group will
have a 69 percent higher rate of
death from cardiovascular disease
_ than their white female counter-
parts.

Yet few women are aware that
heart disease, an equal opportu-
nity killer, stalks them in num-
bers almost equal to men. And
even more black women than black
men die of heart disease.

oMost women, black or white, do

not know that the No. I killer for
women is heart disease,? says
Cheryl R. Martin, M.D., a cardi-
ologist in private practice in Mil-
waukee, Wisc. oYet American
women are the sixteenth longest-
living group of women on earth,?
she says. In contrast, oJapanese
women as a group live the longest.
All American women are doing
poorly, but African-American
women are doing worst of all.?

Martin spoke at the American
Heart AssociationTs conference
oSaving Our Lives: African Ameri-
can Women Fighting Heart Dis-
ease? recently held in Washing-
ton, D.C.

Statistics from the AHA show
that of the approximately 487,000

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heart attack deaths that occureach
year, nearly half are women. An-
other 91,000 women die each year
of stroke. Heart and blood vessel
disease " largely coronary heart
disease and stroke " combined
claim more than 500,000 womenTs
lives each year.

Black women are at the high
end of this risk spectrum. Not only
is their death rate from heart at-
tack about one-third higher than
their white female counterparts,
but the death rate from heart at-
tack between the ages of 35 and 74
is more than 38 percent than that
of white women. According to the
AHA, in 1991 the death rate from
cardiovascular disease among
black women was 69 percent higher
than for white females.

Why are American women. and
particularly black women, dying
in such large numbers from a dis-
ease in which so many of the risk
factors are lifestyle-related? And
more. importantly, what can

' women do to reverse this grim

trend?

Education and counseling about
heart disease, including its causes
and the preventable risk factors,
seem to hold out the best hope.

According to Debra Judelson,
M.D., a cardiologist with the Car-
diovascular Medical Group of
Southern California in Beverly

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Hills, there are significant differ-
ences between men and women
when it comes to coronary artery

disease.

oThe fact is, the typical woman
is as likely to have a heart attack
as a man,? she says. But the typi-
cal woman is at least a decade
older, has more body fat, less
muscle mass, and a different me-
tabolism. She has been exposed to
a different hormonal cycle, is more
likely to have diabetes and high
blood pressure, and is exposed to
stress through non-medical con-
cerns relating to family and family
care. And she is more likely to be
non-white than the typical male
cardiac patient.

Black women frequently lack
access to health care services, and
as a result may be less informed
about heart disease, its risk fac-
tors and prevention. Lack of ac-
cess can mean a delay seeking care
for potential cardiac problems, and
can lead to the increased likeli-
hood of heart attack or stroke out-
side the hospital setting.

The female patient also tends to
present her symptoms to the phy-
sician differently than the male
patient. She will report to the
emergency room approximately an
hour later than her male counter-
part because she doesnTt believe
sheTs having a heart attack. Be-
cause she is usually older and less
active, she will be less likely to
have the classic chest pressure or
pain than a man; her complaint
may more often be shortness of
breath or lack of physical energy.
She may not appear to be as sick.
Or she may appear hysterical to
the doctor, and be treated for an
anxiety or panic attack when in
reality she is having a heart at-
tack.

She will be less assertive about
her symptoms. Where aman might
enter a hospital emergency room

. shouting oITm having a heart at-

tack,? a woman may say, oI donTt
feel well.? The man will be taken
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a woman is thought to have heart
disease, she is only half as likely as
a man to receive invasive testing
such as cardiac catheterization,
even when other tests strongly
indicate the presence of coronary
disease, says Patricia Davidson,
M.D., acardiologistin private prac-
tice in Washington, D.C.

The AHA is working to increase
awareness of womenTs risk of heart
disease among both physicians and
women. But what action can
women take to protect themselves?

oLearn what your personal risk
factors for heart disease are,? says
Anne L. Taylor, M.D., an associate
professor of medicine in the Divi-
sion of Cardiology at Case West-
ern Reserve School of Medicine in
Cleveland. oThen, be aggressive in
seeking advice and education from
a physician.?

Risk Factors That CanTt Be
Changed

Some factors affect everybody's
risk, whether male or female. They
include:

* Increasing age " The older
one gets, the more likely one is to
develop heart disease.

* Gender " Men develop heart
disease earlier than women. But
after menopause, the gap between
men and women narrows rapidly.

* Heredity " If other members
of the family have had heart dis-
ease, you are more likely to de-
velop it. Black Americans are at
even higher risk, in large part be-
cause they have higher average
blood pressure levels.

Risk Factors That Can Be
Changed

There are some risk factors
people can reduce through chang-
ing their lifestyle. Focus on these:

* Stop smoking " This may be
the single most significant risk
factor for women. Smokers are at
two to four times greater risk of
heart attack than their non-smok-
ing counterparts. The best advice
is, if you smoke, make every effort
to stop now.

¢ Monitor and control high
blood pressure " On average, 58
percent of all women over age 55
have high blood pressure. An as-
tonishing 73 percent of black
women age 65-74 have high blood
pressure, compared with 53 per-

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Monitor and control blood cho-
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blood cholesterol level, the
likely that fats and cholesterol wilt
build up in your artery walls, nar

flow. n left untreated,

condition can lead to a heart at,
tack or stroke. H

Get physical " The AHA lista
physical inactivity as one of the
four leading risk factors. More than}
40 studies have shown that hear}
disease is almost twice as likely tor
develop in inactive people as in}
those who are more active. Andj
women are much less active than!
men at all ages, beginning at age}
six. ~
Lose excess pounds " Body,
weight (obesity) is an importants
independent risk factor for women,
which, in combination with other
factors such as adult-onset diabe-
tes, high blood pressure, high lev-
els of bad cholesterol, smoking and/
or sedentary lifestyle, increases
risk for heart disease.

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your hormonal status " During;
the years a woman is menstruat-,
ing, her risk of heart disease is,
low. After menopause, however, a.
woman may be a candidate for
estrogen replacement therapy.:
Hormonal therapy is prescribed.
on an individual basis, weighing,
all risks and factors.

Learning about heart disease
and taking steps to control it are
two of the most important actions
a woman can take to preserve her
good health, the doctors agree.

If a woman suspects she has
heart disease, says Dr. Davidson,.
oShe needs to be sure she is seeing,
a physician who also will aggres;;
sively look at the disease.?

oShe needs to be in touch with.
hersymptoms,? adds Dr. Judelson.T
She should be able to describe them;
accurately to her physician, and if
she feels she is not getting satis-
factory attention or answers to hen
questions, she should not hesitate;

to seek a second, or even third

opinion.

For more information about
women and heart disease, contact
your local American Heart Asso-
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By George Wilson

In spite of denial by some, there are
very few African Americans who canTt
trace their roots back to a farm. Current
actions by the U S. Department of Agri-
culture threaten to put African American
farmers in the same category as dino-
saurs.

African Americans say that the USDA
forecloses on farms owned by African
Americans at an accelerated rate, delays
the issuance of certain types of loans and
generally, makes life miserable for those
who earn their living from the land and
who happen to be African American.

Joe Boyd is a third generation farmer

| ,Ac THEM" VOICE WEDNESDAY, APRIL2° oaA 7, 1997

ice... Down On The Farm

who raises poultry and some grains on his
farm, which is located in Mecklenburg
County, Virginia. Boyd also heads the
National Black Farmers Association.
During a recent conversation, Boyd care-
fully outlined the plight of African Ameri-
can farmers and the lack of activity on the
part of the Agriculture Department to
come to their aid.

oOur struggle has been with the De-
partment of AgricultureTs discrimination
in its lending program, racial bias and
even fraudulent practices. We, in the
National Black Farmers Association, be-
lieve that there is a 1,500 case backlog of
complaints against the USDA, with 163
~occurring in the state of Virginia. To my

knowledge, only one of these complaints
has been resolved. We protested in front
of the White House in December and the
Secretary of Agriculture (Dan Glickman),
declared a moratorium on foreclosures.
However, they have not adhered to that
decision. The Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral for the department. stated there have
been over 1,000 foreclosures since Decem-
ber. Myself and others are being forced to
wonder when is the department going to
do right by Black farmers??

According to Boyd and others, in 1940
there were approximately one million Af-
rican American farmers in the U.S. In
1997, that figure is down to 18,000. The
U.S. Civil Rights Commission has indi-

National Black Farmers Demonstrate

Black farmers in the United States are
about to become extinct because of racism
and discriminatory practices on the part
of the United States Department of Agri-
culture (USDA) and its field agents. Ac-
cording to the 1997 report issued by the
USDATs Civil Rights Action Team, field
agents in the past routinely denied loans
toblack farmers, cut the amount requested
without legitimate reason, took three
times as long to process black loan appli-
cations, denied them access to subsidy
programs designed to help them, and ag-
gressively foreclosed with the loans feel
behind.

The National Black Farmers Associa-
tion (NBFA) called for a demonstration on
April 23 at the USDA, located at Indepen-
dence Avenue and 14th Street, S.W., in
Washington, D.C.

According to John W. Boyd, Jr., presi-
dent of the National Black Farmers Asso-
ciation, oWhat is at stake is the existence
of the small family farms.? Said Boyd,
oAlthough the USDA has come a long
way, thereTs still a long way to go.?

After the farmers demonstrated in

Washington in December 1996, the USDA
held olistening sessions? around the coun-
try to investigate civil rights abuses in
USDA programs. Then it issued a report
showing that systemic abuses have oc-
curred. The report included 92 recom-
mendations for change. However, few of
those have been implemented. oMost
pressing now is the issue of money for
spring planting?, said Boyd.

Between 1920 and 1992, the number of
Black farmers in the U.S. declined from
925, 710 to 18,816 or by 98 percent. Afri-
can Americans are losing land at a rate of
9000 acres per week. In 1950, Black farm-
ers owned 15.6 million acres of farmland
nationally. In 1982, Black farmers owned
3.1 million acres of farmland nationally.
oAlthough African Americans have suf-
fered the greatest loss, the issue of dis-
crimination within the USDA affects all
small family farmers,? says Gary Grant of
the Land Loss Fund, Tillery, N.C.

Farmers who have been denied loans to
plant their crops in the past are not get-
ting them this spring. If something is not
done, they will be that much further be-

hind as another crop cycle begins. Black
farms have been disappearing even faster
than other farms, and report after report

has shown that they are on the verge of "

extinction.

The Coalition of Minority Employees of
the USDA, which has been battling for
fair treatment of employees, has pledged
to support the farmers. Lawrence Lucas,
president of the coalition, said, oItTs all
part of the same problem "the culture in
the Department of Agriculture.?

The march and rally is an effort to keep
these issues before the USDA in order to
ensure that progressive action is taken.
Speakers included: Congresswoman
Maxine Waters (D) Calif., (Chairperson of
the Congressional Black Caucus?; Con-
gressman Bennett Thompson (D) Miss.;
Lawrence Lucas (President-Coalition of
Minority Employees, USDA); Dick Gre-
gory (invited guest; John Boyd (Presi-
dent-National Black Farmers Associa-
tion); Gary Cornelius (Farmer-Iowa),
Eddie Ross (Farmer-Miss). Phil Givens
(Farmer-OK); Gary Grant (Director-CCT/
LLF); Kaye Ginnis (Farmer-SC). A press

cated in a report that if the current land
loss continues, Black farms will be extinct
by the year 2000. As we march headlong
into Spring, most farmers are planting
their corps. Unfortunately, too many Afri-
can American farmers are still waiting for
checks from the Agriculture Department.
If USDA takes its usual six months for
more to fully process loans, African Ameri-
can farmers will be damaged more by
stumbling bureaucracy than bad weather
or insects could ever do. The flight of
African American farmers has a profound
effect on all of us who eat. In addition,
history has taught us that a land less
people is indeed a powerless people. It isa

frightening prospect to think that there
could be a circumstance in this country
where African Americans can no longer
have a hand in the food we consume. The
National Black Farmers Association is
not sitting on their plows. They are re-
turning to Washington to once again press
their case to the Agriculture Department
and any others who will listen and take
action. Members of the Congressional
Black Caucus, African American employ-
ees at USDA and others will visibly show
their support. And a fully dressed mule
will participate to symbolize what our
ancestors walked behind for free while
this nation was being fed.

Support for Farmers! Shown above is Gary Grant who has appeared on
C-Span with the Congressional Black Caucus to support Black Farmers
at the TV taping of Minority Voices show that was cancelled by WITN.

conference is scheduled for noon. At 12:30
the march will start at the USDA and end
in front of the Capitol. Representatives
also met individually with farmers to hear
their complaints and try to find solutions.

A number of other organizations, in-
cluding the Concerned Citizens and the
Land Loss Fund of Tillery, pledged to
support the farmers in this effort and '
future efforts.

More than A Million Americans To Gather for May 1 National Day of Prayer

Colorado Springs, CO - On May

litical and socio-economic back-

ily breakups continue to plague
us,? says Shirley Dobson, Chair-
man of the National Day of Prayer.

of the Lord our God.? Mrs. Dobson
notes, oAt a time when so many
people rely on symbols of power,

is the observance at the Capitol in
Washington, D.C., which features
prominent political, religious, and

military leaders. To contact a coor-
dinator in your area for a list of Force.
local events, please call the office

of the National Day of Prayer Task

grounds will gather nationwide for
the 46th annual National Day of
Prayer. The prayer celebration has
grown to over a million partici-
pants, making this yearTs NDP the
largest in American history. Ob-
served the first Thursday of May
each year, NDP is a unifying force
among all denominations of Chris-
tians, Jews and those sympathetic
to the need for God in our culture.

oOur nation is in desperate need
of a spiritual renewal, as crime,
drug usage, child abuse and fam-

oThere is no other answer for these
staggering social ills than to ap-
peal for the mercy and grace of
God. America was birthed in
prayer, and its future depends on
the trust and devotion with which
we began.?

The theme for 1997 is oIn God
We Trust.? This well-known phrase
has been imprinted on all Ameri-
can currency since 1865. The NDP
theme is based on Psalm 20:7,
oSome trust in chariots and some
in horses, but we trust in the name

the National Day of Prayer re-
minds Americans to re-focus their
attention and trust in God.?
Locally-organized celebrations
are held simultaneously across the
nation. Nearly 40,000 volunteers
organize more than 15,000 prayer
events in churches, schools, state-
houses, courthouses, stadiums,
prisons, hospitals, and nursing
homes. School campuses are a
popular gathering place for stu-
dent-led assemblies. One of the
most visible gatherings each year

Hays scheduled to visit Barton Library

Wilson, N.C."Barton College
Friends of Hackney Library will
welcome David Hays, co-author of
oMy Old Man And The Sea? and
founding artistic director of the
National Theatre of the Deaf, to
the campus for an evening of din-
ner and selected readings on Tues-

day, April 29. The annual spring
literary event will begin with a
reception in the Barton Art Mu-
seum at 6 p.m. Dinner will follow
at 7 p.m. in Hardy Alumni Hall.
Tickets are $20 with reserva-
tions accepted through Apmnil 25

while space permits. Members of
the Barton College Friends of
Hackney Library may reserve tick-
ets for $15 with reservation prior-
ity until April 18. Contact Carol
Sabella at 399-6505 for reserva-
tions or additional information.

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Some of the programs offered for youth are:

Cheerleading Camp

Eppes Recreation Center Day Camp
Jaycee Park Day Camp

South Greenville Day Camp

Tot Lot

Teen Center Day Camp
Nature ExplorerTs Camp
Advanced Outdoor Living Skills Camp

Baseball Camp

Golf Camp

Tennis Camp

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Registration for city residents is April 29
and April 30, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM; On May 1

Mr. Jim Rouse
310 S. Evans Street
Greenville, NC 27634

Dear Jim:

recognize Roscoe Norfleet.

sincerely,

kK

Rufus Huggins
Mayor Pro-Tem

I am writing regarding your request to rename a street in the name of Roscoe Norfleet. This is
something that I can support and feel that it is a worthwhile honor to bestow on one of our
leaders that was involved in the struggle for equal justice during the early stages. He never
stopned fighting for the equality of all people. We have already named a street after Dr. Best, a
naik after Tom Foreman, a football field atter Percy Daniels, and it would be beneficial to

There are some things that need to be done to start the process. Research would have to be done
on Hudson Street to determine why it is named Hudson Street. It is very difficult to change
numbered streets such as Fifth and Sixth Streets because they are in numerical order. Another
possible street would be Fleming Street, where Roscoe lived until both parents died.

Meetings need to be held to discuss plans or methods to achieve this. I will see what research the
City can do on Hudson Street from Fifth to Fleming and on Fleming from Fourteenth Avenue to |
the east end. In the meantime, I would appreciate it if you would contact me of a time and day of |
any planned meetings and also contact me on any other help you feel I can be concerning this.

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Son of Greenville resident helps

evacuate Americans from Albania

by David G. Schmidt

ONBOARD USS NASSAU "
-Whatstarted out asa routine Medi-
-terranean deployment for Marine

Cpl. Madison Bailey, developed
into a real-time, life or death op-
eration, recently as the Sailors and
Marines of USS Nassau were called
upon to evacuate American civil-
ians from the nation of Albania.

~Tm pleased my unit could be a
part of something that has had a
positive effect,? said Bailey, son of
Hassell Bailey and Shelby Bailey,
both residents of Greenville, N.C.,
(27858 and 27834). oWe've trained
for this exact kind of mission and
in that respect, ITm glad we had
the opportunity.?

While a major role of the Navy is
to protect the United States from
our enemies in time of war, it also
supports U.S. foreign policy in time
of peace.

Ships like USS Nassau are for-
ward deployed around the world
to maintain a U.S. presence and
provide rapid response in time of
crises, such as the Albanian evacu-
ation. Sailors and Marines like
~Bailey are often the first to arrive
in situations ranging from humani-

tarian relief efforts to combat op-
erations.

olTma machine gunner for Bravo
Company. I was on a osparrow
hawk? or, short notice stand by
team,? said Bailey. ;

The mission of an Amphibious
Ready Group, like the one Nassau
is the lead ship of, is to support the
operations of a Marine Expedi-
tionary Unit (MEU), which nor-
mally consists of a reinforced in-
fantry battalion, a helicopter
squadron reinforced with the fixed-
wing AV-8 oHarrier? jets, and a
MEU service support group.

Onboard Nassau, the 26th MEU
is the Marine contingent assigned
to support and take action during
situations that develop in its area
of responsibility.

Nassau and its support ships
were operating in the southern
Adriatic, and helicopters from the
USS Nashville were the first to
begin evacuating the civilians. By
the time theevacuations were over,
400 American citizens and 489
third-country nationals had been
evacuated.

Albania had been enduring civil
violence since January, during
mass protests by people who had

Cpl. Madison Bailey

lost their life savings in failed pyra-
mid investment schemes. By
March, Albanian officials had de-
clared a state of emergency due to
the escalating violence which has
resulted in the evacuation of
American civilians.

After the Albania encounter the
crew of the Nassau were called to
another ~hot spotT off the west coast
of Africa. The Nassau ARG is part
of ajoint task force standing by for
a possible evacuation mission in
Zaire, should the clashes between
rebel forces and government troops
endanger U.S. citizens.

Tutu Questions Amnesty Effort

CAPE TOWN, South Africa
(AP)}"Despite promising coopera-
tion, the governing African National
Congress has yet to submit sufficient
applications for amnesty to the Truth
and Reconciliation Commission,
chairman Desmond Tutu said.

Tutu told the South African Press
Association he would meet with top
ANC |eaders to discuss the matter
Friday, just over three weeks from
the deadline for seeking amnesty for
political crimes during the apartheid
era.

The meeting comes less than a
week after the Truth Commission,
formed to investigate apartheid-era
political crimes and grant amnesty to
people making full confessions, for
the first time issued subpoenas re-
quiring anti-apartheid figures to tes-
tify.
Since it began its work in Decem-
ber 1995, the Truth Commission has
devoted most of its attention to ille-

gal activities of apartheid security
forces. But some of its work also has
studied crimes by anti-apartheid
groups.

The white-led National Party,
which governed during apartheid,
has accused the commission of be-
ing biased against whites, a charge
Tutu denies.

He said the meeting with ANC
officials would examine a lack of
amnesty applications from ANC
members, including top party offi-
cials known to have committed po-
litical crimes such as sabotage.

oThe last time we met (the ANC),
the assurance we got was that they
supported the process andthere were
applications inthe pipeline, but these
have not been forthcoming,? said
Tutu, the retired Anglicanarchbishop
who won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize
for his anti-apartheid activities.

Tutu previously threatened to quit

- as chairman of the panel because

ANC officials indicated they would
refuse to apply for amnesty.

ANC officials have said any acts
committed to fight aparthcid were
justified and should never be equated
with the actions of apartheid police
and others in enforcing the system of
discrimination and oppression.

On Sunday, the Truth Commis-
sion announced it issued subpoenas
requiring two anti-apartheid figures
to testify, including Robert McBride,
an ANC official convicted inthe 1985
bombing of a Durban bar that killed
three white women. McBride was
freed under a 1992 amnesty negoti-
ated by the ANC and the then-ruling
National Party. Previous subpoenas
issucd by the commission were for
former police officers.

The Truth Commission is consid-
cred a cnucial exercise in revealing
apartheid-era atrocities, forgiving the
perpetrators and deciding on repara-
tions for victims.

A-Muse-Ment for impotence

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Whenever a wife brings her hus-
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time, she isconcerned about his abil-
ity to have or sustain an erection,
which is medically known as impo-
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though impotence is troublesome to
the wife, I can only tell you that it is
not very amusing to her husband,
whether he be young or old. In fact,
most of the time, his wife may ac-
cuse him of having extra marital
affairs, which is often not the case.
This suspicion has broken up many
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take it easy on them.

Itisimportant to realize, however,
that erectile dysfunction can be
caused by such medical conditions
as diabetes, hyper tension, thyroid
disorders, sickle cell anemia, smok-
ing, alcohol abuse, cocaine, water

pills, prostate surgery and many oth-
ers. As there are many causes, there
are also many treatments. The most
common cause of this condition is
arterial disease, and the second most
common cause is diabetes.

Treatment for erectile dysfunction
can include everything from sex
therapy to penile revascularization
(bypassing of a blocked artery lead-
ing tothe penis). Usually a urologist
will determine the type of treatment
necessary based upon his findings.

Well, wives, you can now tell your
husbands (especially if they havenTt
read this column) that thereisa new
product, or should I say medication,
thatcan makeeverybody, andI mean
every body, happy. This medication
appears to be very promising in the
treatment ofimpotence. Now, I donTt
want to build up any false hopes, but
nothing is worse than a failure but a
try. ©

The chemical name for this medi-
cation is Alprostadil (Al pros-ta-dil),
and is known in the market place by

the name of Muse. I guess the manu-
facturers adapted the name from
the word a-muse-ment (which means
to entertain in a light or playful
manner). Anyhow, Muse has the
ability to produce and sustain an
erection in the record time of 10
minutes and lasts for a total of 45
minutes to an hour.

The medication, which is in the
form of a pellet, is inserted into the
urethra(a tube running through the
penis), andis absorbed into the erec-
tile sensitive tissue, causing the erec-
tion. There are some side effects of
this medication, which are minimal.
There are also contra-indications in
using this medication. A physician
should always supervise its use.

In closing, let me say that impo-
tence is not amusing but there ap-
pears to be some promising treat-
ments on the ho-rizon. Finally, im-
potence should be thoroughly evalu-
ated by a urologist. If you have any
additional questions about Muse, you
can call toll free. 1-800-MUSE.

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By Kweisi Mfume ~
and Carole Shields

A cross all racial and gender lines and
trasnscending the ideological borders of
our political parties, one belief should
unite us as Americans: that public educa-
tion should be a consistent national com-
mitment to every child.

As long as we commit to keeping our

oWhat threatens our children and what
threatens our childrenTs schools? A perni-
cious, steal-from-the-poor-and-give-to-
the-rich scheme known as vouchers.?

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he brings good news, surprises, or (you know) bills, he always greets you
with a bright smile.

Staff Photo: Jim Rouse

strong schools and making our weak
schools better, we know that our children
can do anything. But now, our nationTs
covenant with our children is in question.
That is why two organizations committed
to strong public schools"the Nation al
Association for the Advancement of Col-
ored People and People for the American
Way"are proud to announce a Partner-
ship for Public Education. This partner-
ship seeks to ensure that public education
will remain a fundamental guarantee for
all our children. What threatens our
children and what threatens our childrenTs
schools? A pernicious, steal-from the-poor-
and-give-to-the-rich scheme known as
vouchers. Voucher proposals, now pend-
ing in both houses of Congress as well as
nearly two dozen state legislatures, would
take money away from our public school
students and give it to private schools.
And abandon many of our children in the
process. These proposals represent a dire
threat to public education in this nation.

What is wrong with vouchers? Plenty"
but our foremost objection is this: They
leave children behind. There arenTt enough
classrooms and there arenTt enough desks
in private schools to hold all of the chil-
dren who might want to be included. And,
private schools are selective. Unlike our
public schools, they are not required, nor
are they inclined many times, to regard
children as equally desirable to their school
when it comes to race, gender, faith, na-

tional origin, disability, educational chal-
lenge. Vouchers take us to a world in
which private schools cherry-pick the best
and the brightest, leaving the other chil-
dren behind to languish in schools that
are robbed of precious funds.

Skin color, religion, economic class, lan-
guage group, need for remedial work"all
of these things would be barriers to accep-
tance and success in a system designed
around the choices of the private schools,
not the choices of the parents and stu-
dents. And what happens when private
schools dolet economically disadvantaged
kids in? In the few places where voucher
programs exist "Milwaukee and Cleve-
land, for example"vouchers pay only part
of the tuition bills. Parents pay the rest.
Transportation costs? Parents pay. Ex-
tracurricular activities, such as sports or
band? Parents pay. Books for learning?
You guessed it "parents pay.

Although none is so pressing as the
attack they represent on our childrenTs
future, other problems exist with respect
to voucher proposals. Vouchers would as-
suredly result in many Americans paying
more in property taxes"either directly or
through higher rents. Urban school dis-
tricts, faced with an even greater exodus
of students and dollars, would be forced to
prevail upon state legislatures for multi-
rnillion-dollar bailouts, or they would dis-
integrate altogether. And last, but not

happen if public tax do
to private schools, including sectarian
ones.

Voucher proponents argue that the peb-
lic schools are like sinking ships. But they
are trying to throw life pre servers to a
few, select children. We know that itTs
better to make our public education ship
seaworthy and safe. We can do this by
taking an interest in our schools, by at-
tending school board meetings and par-
ent teacher conferences, by asking our
kids what they did at school that day "
and listening closely to their answer. ;

The NAACP and People for the Ameri-
can Way formed a Partnership for Public
Education because we feel it is time to
reclaim our public schools, and our na-
tional commitment to the opportunity of
every child. Every child counts. All chil-
dren need free and open access to quality
education. And not one child must be left
behind!

NOTE: Kweisi Mfume is president of the
NAACP, the nationTs oldest and largest
civil rights organization. Carole Shields
is president of the People for the American
Way, a national organization dedicated to
promoting respect for diversity and toler-
ance of difference.

The East Carolina Bank Launches EXPRESS Phone Banking

Engelhard, North Carolina - The
East Carolina Bank (ECB) has recently
introduced to the public a new 24 hour
banking convenience with XPRESS
PHONE BANKING, XPRESS PHONE
BANKING will allow ECB customers to
access their accounts toll-free, 24 hours
activity, and transfer funds between ac-
counts. Accounts that can be accessed
include checking, savings, money market
accounts, certificates of deposit, individual
retirement accounts, loans and credit
cards.

ECB customers, along with the general
public, can use the system to gain valu-
able interest rate and ECB product infor-
mation as well. A Merchant Check Verifi-
cation feature is also available. Further-
more, a Commissary Bulletin Board fea-
ture will be fully implemented over the
next several months which will act as an
information resource to the communities
ECB serves. ~

oXPRESS PHONE BANKING will al-
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PRESENTS

MEMORIAL DAY

Monday, May 26, 1997

The Anointed Ones Church
600 S. Edge Road

Ayden, NC 28513

Doors will open at 6:00 p.m.

THE ANOINTED ONES CHURCH

Yolauda Adams

One Night and One Night Only!
Concert will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Dr. Ruth Peterson invites the public.

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while at the same time providing a much
needed time-saver to our customer base,?
commented Arthur H. Keeney, III, the
BankTs President and CEO, oWe antici-
pate this form of ~convenience bankingT to
be a hit with the consumer.?

Any ECB customer, prospective cus-
tomer, or area merchant wishing to uti-
lize XPRESS PHONE BANKING should
simply dial 800-957-ECBI or 925-2012 to
access the system.

The East Carolina Bank is a77 year old
state-chartered community bank head-
quartered in Engehard, North Carolina.
ECB currently operates 13 branch offices
and 9 automatic teller machines in Hyde,
Dare, Tyrrell, Washington, and Pitt Coun-
ties, Pending regulatory approval, ECB
plans to open its 14th full-service branch

~in Avon, North Carolina during the sun)-

mer of 1997.

Artsplosure T97: A Spring Jazz &

Art Festival

Artsplosure needs about 500 volunteers
to help make the 18th annual Spring Jazz
&Art Festival asuccess. ItTs acommunity
event which is FREE to the public. Stu-
dent volunteers and others can also re-
ceive community service hours. Sign up
now and you'll receive great new benefits:

¢ Free commemorative festival pin

¢ Deep discount on T-shirt

¢ Free refreshments at the Hospitality
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¢ Prize drawings including free din-

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THINGS

Well put

In Honduras, legislator Julio Villatoro,
reacting to the bigamy charged filed by his
wife said: oI have problems with my wife,

even though she knows a handsome man is
~not for every woman but for several. God
gave me a physique attractive to women,
oand I take advantage of it.?
And in Lesotho (Africa), King Lestie, 23,

~ imploring other southern African monarchs "

and dignitaries to help him find a wife

said, oThe pressure on me to find a wife
soon is heavy, especially from my mother.
. I sometimes get jealous when I see other

leaders getting partners with such remark-
cable ease.?

Not nice to fool...

Two Chilean police officers who stopped

40 motorists for using cellular telephones
while driving in SantiagoTs wealthy eastern
suburb discovered that 15 of them were

' only pretending to talk on their phones,
-and they were made of plastic or wood. oI
was only doing it to look better,? the news-

opaper La Tercera quoted one driver as
telling the police. Another pointed out that
in Chili people have to oshow off? to get
ahead, and using a fake phone was cheaper
than the real thing.

Criminal motives

In Boynton Beach, Fla., Kevin Carter,
21, and Michael Harrison, 26, were
charged with murder and armed robbery.
Their motive: to raise money to attend the

~ police academy.

- And in Appleton, Wis., Darrel Vocks, 38,

- was sentenced to 10 years in prison for

stealing $100,000 worth of pigs from his
employer. His motive: to pay for breast

_ implants for a stripper at a club he patron-
ized.

«lt can help!

_. At New JerseyTs Middlesex County jail,

- Ralph Bailey, 78, a Baptist preacher who
has played the accordion at the jail for 40

. years, said that accordion music can help

- fehabilitate prisoners. oIt seems to reach
their souls more quickly than words ever

~ could. The music gives them a measure of
serenity they couldnTt get any other way.
Sgt. Joe de Matteo agreed, smirking,

: oAfter the sessions they become real
pussycats.?

~IntriguingT idea

According to a recent story in the

Nashville Tennessean about state govern-

ment engineer Ken RobichauxTs whose
lonely, 10-year crusade to wipe out both

--the U.S. system of measurement and the

~metric system, in favor of one that com-
bines weight, length, and volume into a
single set of measures denominated as
orobies,? has finally met with some accep-
tance. He said Al Gore called the idea
ointriguing.?

Gun play

Timothy Foreman, 21, a psychology stu-
dent at Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
returned to his apartment after a night of
drinking and discovered that a sandwich
was missing from his refrigerator. He jok-
ingly told roommates that he would shoot
the person who stole the sandwich. To
make his point, he got a handgun and fired
at a paper bullTs-eye he had taped to the
wall of his room. The bullet went through
the wall and wounded a roommate in the
next room. Indiana County Coroner Tom
Streams said that when Foreman realized
what had happened, he shot himself in the
head and was pronounced dead at Indiana
Hospital.

Comes with the job

In addition to their journalistic duties,
reporters at Orion Radio in the southern
Rumanian town of Cimpulung have to take
turns climbing on the radio stationTs roof
and shooting at the scores of crows that
have taken to rousting on the antenna.
Their weight causes the antenna to shake,
interrupting broadcasts.

Strange doings

Four strippers at the Scene Karaoke and
Coconut Karaoke bars in Pattaya, Thailand,
were fined a total of $80 for indecency for
an act in which live ducklings were placed
inside plastic bags (with air holes) and
inserted into the womenTs bodies; they
would olay? the eggs, which would then
hatch.

_ Big mouth

The 26-year-old driver of a 1989 Ford
Probe that ran off the road and into a tree
in rural Anne Arundel County, Md., told a
motorist who stopped to help that he was
intoxicated and needed to get out of the

, area before police arrived. The driver of

«the second car identified himself as

: Detective Thomas Middleton, an undercov-
er police officer who said that the drunk

driver then admitted also having 14 grams
.Of marijuana,

~Oops!

John O'Neil, 73, had to be rescued by
. firefighters in Huntington, N.Y., after he
. wondered out of a bar late at night and
somehow got wedged between two build-
ings. He was stuck so tight that he had to
obe pulled out from above.

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happy faces show the love of African Americans in Eastern, N.C. The bottom photo shows a mother and her

daughters shopping on a Saturday afternoon.

Brain Attack Warning Signs Need Emergency Care

Ifyou miss the warning signs of a brain
attack, you may be putting your senses,
speech and memory in danger in a mat-
ter of minutes.

Brain attacks, commonly known as
strokes, affect different people in differ-
ent ways. When a brain attack occurs,
severe injuriesin mental and bodily func-
tions"even death"can result. Knowing
the warning signs of stroke and seeking
immediate medical treatment if you no-
tice any signals are critical in avoiding
the No. 3 killer in the United States,
according to the American Heart Asso-
ciation.

American Heart Association volunteers
work year-round, particularly during
Stroke Awareness Month in May, to re-
duce the incidence of brain attack. The
theme for this special month is oStroke
Isa Brain Attack. Know the Warning
Signs.?

AHA volunteers nationwide are pool-
ing their efforts to conduct awareness
campaigns about brain attack"the lead-
ing cause of serious disability in the
United States. Stroke Awareness Month
is designed to alert the public about
strokeTs warning signs, how it might be
prevented and resources available
through the American Heart Associa-
tion.

Stroke killed 154,350 people in 1994

and accounted for about one of every 15
U.S. deaths. ItTs the third largest cause of
death, ranking behind diseases of the
heart and cancer, according to the Na-
tional Center for Health Statistics.

A brain attack occurs when the blood
supply to the brain is cut off. Both brain
attack and heart attack are diseases of
the circulatory system caused by ruptur-
ing or blocking of arteries. During a brain
attack, the brain is starved for oxygen
and brain cells begin to die within min-
utes. That is why immediate medical
attention is crucial.

oMuch of the general publicis unfamil-
iar with the warning signs of a stroke,?
said Dr. James R. Harper, Jr. MD, presi-
dent of the American Heart Association
North Carolina Affiliate, oStroke must
be treated with the same sense of ur-
gency as a heart attack. In order to re-
ceive immediate treatment, people must
be able to recognize the warning signs of
stroke.?

The warning signs associated with
stroke are:

¢ Sudden weakness or numbness of the
face, arm or leg on one side of the body.

* Sudden dimness of loss of vision,
particularly in one eye.

* Loss of speech, or trouble talking or
understanding speech.

* Sudden, severe headaches with no

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AFRICA DIGEST
ZAIRE

New fighting erupts

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Zairian rebels and
Rwandan soldiers
began a new wave of
fighting in eastern Zaire
this week which has

caused at least 60,000
Rwandan refugees to flee squalid jungle
camps.

Rebels barred aid workers for a third day
from entering the camps south of Kisangani
on the Zaire RiverTs west bank to help the
refugees or even what was happening to
them. The rebels say their forces and former
Rwandan Hutu soldiers started fighting after
Zairian residents near the camps went on a
rampage, blaming the refugees for the killing
of six local people. The mobs looted food
supplies and attacked aid workers and jour-
nalists.

SOUTH AFRICA

Armed robbers get $1 million

In Pietersburg, South
Africa, armed robbers
set up a roadblock on a
major highway and
forced an armored car
to stop, then fled with
about $1 million on cash.

About 15 men surrounded the vehicle
after forcing it to halt on the NI highway
between Pietersburg and Louis Trichardt. A
shootout left one robber seriously wounded.
His companions dragged him into a waiting
get-away Car.

BURUNDI
100 Killed in fighting

A Burundi army
a spokesman said this
2 © | week that about 100

people have been killed *
in fighting between the
army and rebels in
southern Burundi.
Makamba province Gov. Gilbert

Manirabona told state-run Radio Burundi that
fighting has been going on in the area since
April 14. Lt. Col. Isaie Nibizi blamed Hutu
rebels for the killings in Kayagoro, a village
in the Vugizo community of Makamba
province, an area where there have been his-
toric clashes. He said the rebels had sum-
moned the people of Kayagor village, where
Hutu , and Tutsis lived together, to meet and

. then shot them all.
(Photo by: Jim Rouse)

Gov., rebels sign peace pact

apparent cause.

* Unexplained dizziness, unsteadiness
or sudden falls, especially along with any
of the previous symptoms .

If you experience one or more of the
warning signs of brain attack, get medi-
cal helpimmediately. Early intervention
can minimize brain injury, and preven-
tive care may reduce the risk of stroke,
according to the American Heart Asso-
ciation.

oAbout 10 percent of brain attacks are
preceded by ~temporary strokesT,? said
Dr. Harper, oThesecan occur days, weeks
or even months before a major stroke.?

Temporary strokes, also known as tran-
sient ischemic attacks or TIAs, result
when a blood clot temporarily clogs an
artery and part of the brain doesnTt get
the supply of blood it needs.

oThe symptoms are like those of a full-
fledged brain attack. They occur rapidly
and last a relatively short time, usually
from a few minutes to several hours,? Dr.
Harper said.

High blood pressure is one of the risk
factors of stroke. The higher your blood
pressure. the greater your risk of stroke.
Some groups are more prone to develop-
ing high blood pressure than others. In
this country, African-Americans, Mexi-

Four southern rebel
groups and SudanTs
Islamic government this
week signed a peace
treaty to end a 14-year-
old civil war.

Under the treaty, signed by SudanTs Vice
President Lt. Gen. Zubaie Mohammed Saleh
and rebel leaders, a referendum will be held
after a four-year interim period in which
southerners will decide whether their large
and underdeveloped region should secede or
remain in Sudan. The treaty also gives the
mostly Christian and animist south more
power in running their daily affairs, including
using their local customs instead of the
Islamic law that is applied in the north.
Mohammed el-Amin Khalifa, head of
SudanTs-Peace Council and who negotiated
the accord, said an amnesty will be granted to
the rebels, who will be allowed to keep their
weapons during the interim period.

~ ZIMBABWE

Too many elephants

ZimbabweTs game
parks have twice as
many elephants as they
should, and the big ani-
mals are smashing
23 down trees, digging up
roads, flattening farmland and attacking other
animals and humans.

The game reserves, which make up 13 per-
cent of the countryTs surface is facing an eco-
logical problem of major proportions, an
international environmental agency said this
week. There are now approximately 65,000
elephants roaming around in various locations
and destroying the land, the agency said.
They claim the parks can only support about
35,000 elephants. Zimbabwe officials are
campaigning for an international convention
on elephant products in an effort to bring the
rising population to a manageable level.
Internationally, elephants are on the endan-
gered species list and the exportation of ele-
phant products is banned in many countries
including the United States. Zimbabwe has a
unique problem, the agency said, that will call
for some creative solutions. Poaching the ele-
phant populations for ivory should not be on
Zimbabwe's agenda.

ANGOLA 7

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The State Department this week warned
Americans against traveling to Angola
because of unsettled political and milit
conditions and violent crime, and it advised
Americans in Nicaragua to be cautious,

oTravel within Angola remains unsafe due
to the presence of bandits, undisciplined
police and unsettled troops,? the department
said in a comunique to the embassy the

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can-Americans, Cuban-Americans,
Puerto Ricans, and Asian-Americans of-
ten have higher blood pressure than other
groups. Compared to whites, young Afri-
can-Americans have a two-to-three-fold
greater risk of cerebral infarction, and
African American men and women are
2.5 times more likely to die of stroke.
Millions of people are challenged by
the devastating aftermath of stroke. Until
recently. no formal, national network
linking members of the stroke commu-
nity existed to aid in their emotional and
physical recovery. The American Heart

Est:

Support Programs

special needs

®& Statewide network of Parent to Parent

®& Central Directory of Resources, a
resource center that gives families and
professionals easy access to information
about specific health problems and
disabilities, services, agencies, and other
resources for children with or at risk for

® Foster Family Resource Library

AssociationTs Stroke Connection is a grass
roots network of alliances, coalitions, out-
reach programs and more than 1,000
stroke support groups dedicated to im-
proving the quality of life for survivors
and caregivers. If you or someone you
know has had a stroke, you can reach the
Stroke Connection at 1-800-553-6321.

For more information on brain attack
prevention and Stroke Awareness Month
activities call your nearest American
Heart Association at (919) 968-4453 or 1-
800-AHA-USA- I or online at http://
www.amhrt.org

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Family Support Network

of North Carolina
offers services and information to
families, physicians & service providers
who care for
children with or at risk for special needs

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The children are all of our concerns.
Look at the love on these faces.
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(Photo by: Jim Rouse)

Reception
for NCCU

Students

Chancellor Julius L. Chambers and Mrs.
Chambers hosted a reception for North
Carolina Central UniversityTs interna-
tional students Sunday afternoon April
13 at their home. Attending were 41 inter-
national students and almost as many
faculty and staff members.

Nations which are represented in
NCCUTs international student popula-
tion of 122 include the Bahamas, Bahrain,
Barbados, Bermuda, Bosnia, Cameroon,
China, Denmark, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
France, the Gaza Strip, Ghana, Grenada,
India, Iran, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Leba-
non, Liberia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan,
Sierra Leone, South Africa, the Soviet
Union, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania,
Thailand, Trinidad, Turkey, United King-
dom of Great Britain, Venezuela, Viet-
nam, Zaire, and Zimbabwe. The number
includes some naturalized citizens and
permanent residents of the United States.

Attending the reception were students
from Bahrain, Bermuda, Bosnia,
Cameroon, China, Ghana, India, Iran,
Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Nige-
ria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Tanzania,
Trinidad and Vietnam.

Mrs. Vivian Chambers served her guests
an expansive buffet including chicken and
vegetable dishes.

During the program, the international
students heard descriptions of services
made available to them at NCCU.

MASTERTS
THESIS
EXHIBITION

Wellington B. Gray Art
Gallery
APRIL 28 - MAY 23, 1997

The Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery is
proud to present the work of four artists
graduating from the MasterTs program in
the School of Art at East Carolina Univer-
sity. The exhibiting artists are Cynthia
Blamire, Jonathan Mugmon, Margaret
Angell Shields Volney, II and Linda
Werthwein.

Jonathan Mugmon received a BFA in
painting and drawing from the Univer-
sity of Central Florida in 1995. He says of
his work oNewness rises from repetition,
it is the unfamiliar found in the midst of
the most familiar sight.?

Margaret Volney received her Bachelor

of Fine Arts degree in Environmental
Design from East Carolina University in
1983. oHaving been born and raised in
New Bern, North Carolina, I have always
loved New Bern and her historic land-
marks. My grandmother, Annie Shipp
Shields, was a strong influence guiding
me to understand and appreciate the pas-
sion she had for preservation, as she
worked diligently on saving the Judge
William Gaston House located in New
Bern, North Carolina.?
Linda Werthwein has studied at nu-
merous institutions including Northern
Illinois University, University of Utah,
andthe University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.
Linda says of her large contiguous paint-
ing, oFrom the quiet stirrings of begin-
nings to the full culmination of life, my
work is inspired by the presence of the
living God and my life in the West Indies.
On an environmental scale semi abstract
imagery features contemplation ofa tran-
quil sea, moving to an ever increasing
power, sun, rain, earth forming, foliage
culminated in a blossom.?

Cynthia Blamire received her Bachelor
of Fine Arts in ceramics from the Univer-
sity of Florida, Gainesville in 1973. Her
sculptural ceramic art reflects her urban
roots. The work takes a humorous look at
pop culture.

The Wellington B. Gray Gallery is lo-
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the campus of East Carolina University
in the Jenkins Fine Arts Center. The
gallery will be open for viewing 10:00 AM
- 5:00 PM Monday through Saturday, and
until 8:00 PM on Thursdays, April 29 May
9. Starting May 10 summer hours for the
Gray Gallery will be Monday through
Thursday, 10:00AM-5:00PM and Fridays,
10:00-11:30 AM. All exhibits and recep-
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Jenkins Fine Arts Center is handicapped
accessible.

For more information, please contact

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From Page One, O.J.

turn before the judge came up, he
was also beaten soundly after the
judge remanded him to remain an
indentured servant ofor the rest of
his life.?

In law the term, ostare decisis,?
means, olet stand what has al-
ready been decided,? has relevance
here. Stare decisis is the basis for
what is called precedence, the his-
torical road map for all legal rul-
ings. What oIn Re: John Punch?
turned out to be was the precedent
case establishing the legal slavery
of the black man in America.

Many legal commentators have
blamed SimpsonTs wealth and fame
for the criminal trial acquittal in-
stead of the obvious lack of real
evidence and overabundance of
planted and tainted evidence. His-
tory shows that wealth has no bear-
ingon a black person who is pitted
against mainstream interests
whether the person is a defendant
or a plaintiff.

In 1668, for example, Hannah
Warwick, a white servant was ac-
cused of stealing from her em-
ployer, a black innkeeper, also in
Jamestown, Virginia. Although the
justice of the peace found Warwick
guilty of the infractions, he nei-
ther gave her any jail time nor
required her to pay a fine because,
othe person she was bound to obey?
was a black man. Even though the
black innkeeper made more money
than thejudge, the black employer
had no social or legal standing in
the eyes of the judgeTs court.

oRacism has been perpetrated
by the court,? reminds Judge
Higginbotham, odue in part to the
insensitivity of judges.? I

n recent years oIn Re: Hannah
Warwick? has been psychologically
used to strip down many other
wealthy blacks in the eyes of the
court.

In Southern California, pop
singer Rick James was arrested
after he was accused of torturing
one of the two white women he was
smoking crack cocaine with over a
three-day period. According to the
other white woman, JamesT girl-
friend, the accuser was loving ev-

Nonetheless, James was held on
$1 million bond, tried, convicted
and sentenced to several years in
jail.

Meanwhile, other stars have
been accused of slapping their
spouses or girlfriends around
(Dudley Moore, Burt Reynolds,
Geraldo Rivera and others) and
were, in most instances, not even
charged with a crime. Why? Could
it be that none of the above men
were black men accused of harm-
ing white women?

Which brings us to the subject of
interracial sex and marriage and
what it means in social and legal
American history and the Simpson
trial.

Derrick Bell says that although
the laws banning miscegenation
have been struck down by the
courts, othe concern over interra-
cial unions remains pervasive.?
Even the jury foreman in the

Simpson civil trial was on record
as opposinginterracial marriages.

In his book, oRace, Racism and
American Law,? Bell, former dean
of the University of Oregon School
of Law and a professor on leave
from Harvard Law School, reminds
us that interracial sex was com-
mon in all the English colonies.
Quoting from historian Winthrop
JordanTs 1968 book, oWhite over
Black,? Bell, reminds readers that
white men routinely slept with
and often married black women
with no legal ramifications. How-
ever, that was not the case for
black men sleeping with or marry-
ing white women.

In 1664, Maryland established a
law entitled, oAn Act Concerning
Negroes and Other Slaves,? pro-
viding that oany white woman who
married a slave, too, became a
slave.? In other words, that white
woman became oinferior.?

It wasnTt until 1948, in the case,
Perez vs. Sharp, (32 Cal. 2nd 711,
198, P2d 17 [ 1948]) that the Cali-
fornia Supreme Court struck down

the stateTs miscegenation statute
by a slim 4-3 vote.

Even as recently as 1967, in the
U.S. Supreme Court case, Loving
vs. Virginia (388 U.S, 1[1967]) the
Court noted that the trial judge,
after sentencing the interracial
couple to one year in jail, told the
court: oAlmighty God created the
races white, black, yellow, Malay
and red, and He placed them on
separate continents. And but for
the interference with His arrange-
ment there would be no cause for
such marriages. The fact that He
separated the races shows that He
did not intend for the races to
mix.?

In his 1941 seminal study on
race, oAn American Dilemma,?
Sociologist Gunnar Myrdal lists
what he describes as the owhite
manTs order of discrimination.?

1. Interracial marriage

2. Sexual intercourse by non-
whites with white women

3. Use of public facilities

4, Political franchise

5. Legal equality

6. Employment

On the flip side, Myrdal found
that in the scheme of things, omis-
cegenation was not high on
(blacksT) list of grievances against
white racism.? It ranked last.

Perhaps a more telling indica-
tion of what race means to the
mainstream when it comes to is-
sues involving blacks, other mi-
norities and whites, can be seen in
Professor Oliver CoxTs famous 1948
treatise, oCaste, Class and Race.?

oBoth the Negroes and their
white exploiters,? noted Cox, oknow
that economic opportunity comes
first and that the white woman
comes second; indeed, she is merely
a significant instrument in limit-
ing the first.?

Which brings us to the real issue
involved in the second Simpson
trial. The money. Revisiting, what
CNNTs Bruce Morton said: oThis is
a second trial for the same offense
with real penalties.?

While the civil trial jury took
SimpsonTs present and future
money, rendering him a pauper,

the opposite occurred when a fed-
eral jury sentenced two Los Ange-
les Police Department cops to jail
time for the violation of black mio-
torist Rodney KingTs civil

rights. This happened after a
Simi Valley state jury acquitted
four officers for the March 3, 1991,
brutal beating of King. After the
second trial, the two officers be-
came millionaires as they sat in a
minimum security federal prison.

In legal practice, wealth and
property rights always supersede
human rights. The prevailing wis-
dom is that the life of wealth and
property is operpetual? while hu-
man life lasts but only a short
time.

In issues involving race, influ-
ential mainstream interests will
often claim the money and prop-
erty as the real prize in a dispute .
In 19th century Frederick, Md.,
for example, white bankers with
political allies seized the property
of my ancestors, the Murdocks and

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cruise circuit.

Louisiana-born Marcia Ball :
made an indelible impression at °
her first Carolina Lite Blues Festi- ;
val in 1992. She returns this year :
with critical praise still ringingin -

her ears. That praise underlies

the current opinion of blues con- "

noisseurs who believe that Marcia
Ball is simply the best live female
performer working the blues cir-
cuit today.

Filling the Chicago blues slot
this year is Luther oGuitar Jr.?
Johnson, a Muddy Waters alum-
nus from the 1970Ts. But JohnsonTs
roots run deeper into the West
Side Chicago blues scene. Arriv-
ing in Chicago from his native
Mississippi in the mid-1950Ts,
Johnson developed his guitarstyle
by listening to Magic Sam and
Otis Rush. After a long appren-
ticeship with Magic Sam, Johnson
joined MuddyTs touring unit. A
Grammy award-winning artist
and powerful live performer,
Johnson tours regularly with his
backing band the Magic Rockers.

Zydeco returns to the Carolina
Lite Blues Festival this year with
Blind Pigrecording artists Chubby
Carrier and the Bayou Swamp
Band. Their ferocious accordion/
rub board/percussion sound has
earned Carrier and the Bayou
Swamp Band engagements at the
New Orleans Jazz Festival, the
Bull Durham Blues Festival, and
the Chicago Blues Festival.

Traditional blues is always a
mainstay at the Carolina Lite
Blues Festival and Alvin
Youngblood Hart is one of the hot-
test new acoustic blues perform-
ers. Rounding out this yearTs line
up is GreensboroTs own Johnny
Whitlock and the Blues Caucus.
Whitlock, the 60-year-old blues
singer with the rich, deep voice, is
backed up by an impressive as-
sortment of local blues talent, fea-
turing guitarist Max Drake (Min-
ister of Sinister, The
Extrordanaires), Bryan Smith
(The Charismatics), and bassist
Bobby Kelly (Tornado).

For more information on this
event, call (910) 275-4944. The
Piedmont Blues Preservation So-
ciety is a non-profit, volunteer or-
ganization dedicated to keeping
the blues alive.

The Greensboro Area Conven-
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pendent, nonprofit, governmental
authority. Its mission is to pro-
mote economic development
through travel and tourism,

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JOYNER

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07-19-96: $2,975.12

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Hair: Brown

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Height: 5'10"

Weight: 140 Ibs.

Last Known Whereabouts:
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Past Due Support As Of
07-24-96: $18,866.76

Age: 39

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Height: 5'5"

Weight: 135 Ibs.

Last Known Whereabouts:
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Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Height: 5'5"

Weight: 160 Ibs.

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Weight: 160 Ibs.

Last Known Whereabouts:
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03-06-96: $9,951.20

Age: 39

Hair: Black/Gray

Eyes: Brown

Height: 5'7"

Weight: 170 Ibs,

Last Known Whereabouts:
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Occupation: Factory Industry

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Past Due Support As Of
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Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Height: 5'8"

Weight:

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Museum (Ca. 633087 [1990)).

In that case, the plaintiff, Glenna
Wilson, a deeply religious security
guard with supervising and train-
ing responsibilities, was placed on
probation for ounsatisfactory pro-
fessional conduct? shortly after she
complained that she had been the
subject of racial slurs.

Even though WilsonTs attorneys
cited a litany of cases supporting the
admission of racist statements,
Fujisaki ruled that the slurs could
not be introduced to the all-white
jury because the evidence tended to
be prejudicial against the defendant.
Yet he allowed the defense to intro-
duce statements from WilsonTs sub-
ordinates claiming that she had
made sexual advances towards them.

As my late University of Pitts-
burgh track coach, James E. Ban-
ner, once told me: oLeopards donTt
change their spots.? Perhaps this
was why Fujisaki was chosen tohear
this case. Knowing that the lives of
Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald
are, unfortunately, no longer sig-
nificant, the families went after the
property and wealth of the person
whose life is technically still signifi-
cant. O. J. Simpson. In doing so, the
legal system established a sort of
unwritten nouveau stare decisis,
which was explained in one of my
columns following the civil verdict:

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Adding fuel to this insult was the
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media pool of predominately white
and Jewish journalists and, worse,
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Unfortunately, the African Ameri-
can/Jewish perception of the trial
coverage is important here because
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College Law Professor Nei] Gotanda
points out, a Jewish omodel? minor-
ity against the African American
minority refereed by a omiddleman
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nal, whose editor, Marlene Adler
Marks, openly editorialized in its
March 31, 1992 edition that the sup-
port of Judge Karlin owas a Jewish
cause celebre.?

Furthure, Nat Weinstein, author
of the oThe Legal Lynching Or 0. J.
Simpson,? published in the March,
1997 issue of Socialist action, and
his editor, Michael Schreiber told a
reporter ofhow they, like many Jews,
received a solicitation letter from
Fred Goldman early last year. Sev-
eral blacks living in Chicago, New-
York and Los Angeles, with Jewish
sounding namesalsoreport that they
received the same letter.

I knew and covered both trials
alongside nearly all of the journal-
ists, legal commentators and have
appeared on all the major talk shows.
Most of the journalists have openly
told me and others that they obe-
lieve? Simpson ogot away with mur-
der.? Among them, Mike Fleeman of
Associated Press, Ira Reinerof NBC,
Roger Cossack of CNN, Thomas
Elias, formerly of Scripps-Howard
and co-author of our book, oThe
Simpson Trial in Black and White:?
Stephanie Simon and Henry
Weinstein of the Los Angeles Times,
Dan Abrams of Court TV, Jeffrey
Toobin of The New Yorker Maga-
zine, Stan Goldman of Fox Broad-
casting, and talk show hosts Geraldo
Rivera, Gloria Allred, Tammy Bruce,
Gil Gross, Charles Grodin and Larry
Kine, just to name a few.

The coverage these men and
women provided was less than ob-
jective by anyoneTs measure, largely
because most of the media pool
loathed Simpson and revered the
vitriolic Goldmans.

This is not to say that all Jewish
journalists and commentators cov-
ering the trial were biased against
Simpson. Linda Deutsch of Associ-
ated Press, Shirley Perlman of
Newsday, Professor Laurie
Levenson of Loyola Law School were
consummate objective journalists.
All of them are Jewish. But most
Jewish journalists who covered the
Simpson trials did little to hide their
contempt for Simpson.

For example, the Associated PressT
Fleeman was absolutely livid after
the criminal trial acquittal. I be-
lieve he carried his contempt for the
verdict into his coverage of the civil
trial as well.

One morning during the civil trial,
Fleeman leaned over to me and ex-
plained how Judge Fujisaki was
practically telling Goldman family
lawyer Daniel Petrocelli what to say
sohe could rule in his favor. oHe does
that all the time,? Fleeman told me
inearshot of reporters from National
Public Radio and the Chicago Tri-
bune. oKnowing where FleemanTs
sentiments lie, I just set him up.
oAre you going to write about that,
Mike?? I asked sheepishly. oNo,?
Fleeman answered. oI'll let you write
about it.?

Fleeman was not the only reporter
who overlooked the obvious bias in
FujisakiTs courtroom. Reporters like
the Los Angeles TimesT Simon gave
Herbert MacDonell, one of the
worldTs leading blood experts, just
one paragraph on his testimony
about how the victims ~ blocd was
planted onto SimpsonTs socks. The
rest of her, and other reportersT sto-
ries, focused on noted pathologist
Michael Baden and whether or not
he waslyingona oRivera Live? broad-

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cast when he said Goldman could ~Simpeoa, wes

have stood and hisattacker(s)
for upwards of 10 minutes. But dur-
ing brutal cross n, Baden
admitted that Goldman might have
stood on his feet as little as four
minutes.

What was not reported was that
Baden confirmed that Goldman
stood long enough to have pounded
on his assailant(s) so hard that he
bruised his knuckles and presum-
ably the bodies of his murderer(s).
No bruises were found on Simpson
in the days following the murders.
The reporters, however, didnTt think
that fact was newsworthy. Since the
trial was not televised, as was the
criminal trial, the readers and view-
ers have to take their word for it.

Also, the stories about the alleged
photos of the Bruno Magli shoes
unanimously missed one important
fact. In the 30 shots deemed to be
oauthentic? by the FBI, Simpson is
wearing a sports jacket with a stick-
pin in the lapel and a silk handker-
chief in the top pocket. In the other
photo considered a ofake,? by the
defense, he is wearing a different
sports jacket sans the stickpin and
hankie. But both photos have
Simpson wearing the same trousers
and, of course, the Bruno Magli
shoes. Both sets of photos are said to
have been taken at the same Sept.
26, 1993 Buffalo Bills football game.

To paraphrase the late actor James
Mason in his role as the cantanker-
ous lawyer Concannon in the movie,
oThe Verdict?: oWhich (photo) is the
truth and which is the lie?? We get
nohelpin thisregard from the main-
stream news media.

Further, every night the non-se-
questered civil jury went home where
they were exposed to the local and
nationally syndicated radio and tele-
vision talk shows and also the Los
Angeles Times. Combine that with
the steady onslaught of negative
publicity prior to the civil trial
against not only Simpson, but also
against the predominantly black
criminal trial jury and the majority
of African Americans who agreed
with the criminal verdict and what
you have is a form of embracery, the
act of attempting toinfluence ajuror
or jury in its most high-tech form.

The embracery didnTt stop after
the trial was over. On the first day of
jury deliberations, a never-before-
heard audio tape of a suicidal

get. The story ran on the interna-
tional wires. a

Attheturnofthecentury,awoman
who ran a boarding house in Chi-
cago was accused of killing one of
her tenants with arsenic. The police
could find no sign of the poison in the
womanTs house though, anditlooked
as if the prosecution would have no
case.
The Chicago AmericanTs Arthur
Pegler, however, conducted a thor-
ough search and found a container
of arsenic in the cellar.

That was enough for thejury which
then sentenced the woman to death.

Pegler had actually gotten the
arsenic from a photographer and
planted it in the cellar because he
owas convinced of the womanTsguilt.?
Eventually, PeglerTs editor discov-
ered the ruse. But instead of disclos-
ing the fraudulent evidence, he
started acrusade calling for the state
to show compassion for the opoor,
misguided killer.? The womanTs sen-
tence wascommuted to life in prison.

The key phrase here is that Pegler
owas convinced of the womanTsguilt,?
lack of evidence notwithstanding. A
former college teammate of mine, a
corporate attorney in

Pittsburgh, Pa., asked merecently
whether I thought justice was served
with the civil trial verdict. My re-
sponse was that oretribution was
meted out rather than justice being
served.?

This retributive civil verdict re-
minded Temple University Journal-
ism Professor Linn Washington of
how a message was sent to recalci-
trant America-bound slaves on
Gorree Island off the coast of West
Senegal . The wayward slaves were
not hanged by the neck until dead.
Rather, the slaveship owners would
hang them by the waist in the hot
sun and let them slowly die of star-
vation. Then they would let the rot-
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care of some business. Pahoa
went on break and seeing Sandra
May eating her food asked for a
little bit. Sandra May said she
gave Shawan apiece of her burger.
Shawan then noticed the other
meal next to Sandra May and
asked her who it belonged to.
Sandra May said she told Shawan
that the sandwich was purchased
for the male employee. According
to May, Shawan said that she just
saw him leave the store and she
did not think he would be back.
Fact is, however, Shawan and two
other employees shared the sand-
wich. Shawan later offered to pay
the male employee for the food,
but he went and complained to
Rick. Rick decided to only termi-
nate Shawan.

CAR would meet with Rick Jack-
son many times seeking to resolve
the incidents concerning Ms.
Sutton. CAR informed Jackson
that Sutton was not treated fairly
and that she should get her job
back. Rick said he would never
hire her back, and that he would
close before considering any re-
quests by CAR. CAR decided that
a picket line at the Piggly Wiggly
store would be an effective strat-
egy to inform customers and con-
vince Jackson to relent.

Picketing began on November 1,
1996. CAR was initially hoping
that the issues of the

protest could be resolved quickly
even after the picketing had
started. Communications were
established with the other owners
of the Piggly Wiggly, and attor-
neys Jerome Ramey for CAR and
Catherine Piwowarski for Piggly
Wiggly became involved. After one
week of protest, CAR announced
that a resolution was near and
that the protest would be sus-
pended. Some of the picketers even
began to shop at Piggly Wiggly
again as a sign of good will on
November 10th.

There was a meeting at City
Hall between CAR and Piggly Wig-
gly store owners Rick Jackson and
Dexter Floyd which lasted for two
hours. This meeting, however,
would serve as the last face to face
negotiations between CAR and
Piggly Wiggly. All of a sudden,
negotiations were called off and
Piggly Wiggly stated that they
would nolonger communicate with
CAR. The protest resumed the fol-
lowing day.

I personally believe that the rea-
son the initial negotiations fell
through, was because certain indi-
viduals convinced Rick Jackson
that the protest could be broken
without him admitting that he
made a mistake. Jackson said that

B - MAY 7, 1997

From Page One, Piggly

the Sutton would not get her job back,
no one can tell him how to spend
his profits, and that he would never

admit that he was wrong. Piggly |

Wiggly then began a very costly
campaign to break the resolve of
CAR and to discredit Ms. Sutton.
On Thursday, Piggly Wiggly an-
nounced that it would donate
$3,000 to the South Greenville
Boys & Girls Club, create a schol-
arship for a Dickinson Avenue area
student to attend Pitt Community
College, and start a ~Church Re-
ceiptsT program. Jackson was try-
ing to undermine the resolve of the
picketers and gain the sympathy
ofthe black community at the same
time. I must admit that I thought
that

he had succeeded.

On November 22, CAR held a
press conference where a report
from a hearing held by the Em-
ployment Security Commission
(ESC) was released. The hearing
was held on November 15th and
was attended by Rick Jackson,
Shawan Sutton and other wit-
nesses. The decision mailed five
days later concluded that: oThere
is . .. no sufficient competent evi-
dence upon which to base a conclu-
sion of misconduct or substantial
fault in connection with the work
of Shawan Sutton.? The ESC re-
port short circuited any successes
Jackson would later claim and the
protest continued in earnest. Clas-
sic strategies such as a slow mo-
torcade around the store were held
on certain days. Picketing times
were staggered to keep Piggly Wig-
gly and its security force offguard.

Piggly Wiggly had hired a pri-
vate security firm to supposedly
keep driveways clear and custom-
ers, picketers and employees safe.
Pro-Tek Services went beyond
their stated purpose and used
many strike breaking tactics to
harass and threaten the picket-

ers. Security would drive their

vehicles in a reckless manner
speeding towards picketers and
avoiding them at the last moment.
They would also park in front of
the picketers and blast country-
western music from their vehicles.
Piggly Wiggly would later do their
part by having speakers mounted
on the roof of the store and using
loud music to annoy the picketers.

Even Piggly Wiggly employees
harassed the picketers, certain
baggers would come out and throw
the middle finger at the picketers
and shout profanities at them. The
picketers were constantly harassed
by one of the assistant managers.
He called the police more than
once exaggerating incidents to try
to get the picketers arrested or at
least moved off the property. He
constantly referred to the picket-
ers as ~those peopleT even though

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The picketers were uently
schol of threatening the cus-
tomers and employees. There is
one thing I can assure you, the
picketers never used profanity to-
wards anyone. The customers,
however, used profanity daily,
threatened constantly, and at-
tempted to attack picketers at least
three times. Black people laughed
as they went into the store, one
night someone even pulled down
their pants and bared their behind
at the picketers. Never before, have
I ever seen such' conduct by black
people.

On November 20th, Piggly Wig-
gly published an open letter to
CAR and to the people in

general extolling the virtues of
the Piggly Wiggly store. The care-
fully crafted letter basically reem-
phasized the fact that Piggly
Wiggly would never give in to the
demands of the picketers. CAR
promptly published an open letter
describing its relationships with
Piggly Wiggly in the past involv-
ing other employees and its cur-
rent involvement with Shawan
Sutton.

The Public Forum of the Daily
Reflector became a battle ground
where some very racist

comments from a Mike Walston
were printed. Mr. Walston at-
tacked the reputation of Bishop
Randy B. Royal, who is one of the
leaders of CAR. Walston used
many racist code words to inflame
the white community and the white
community responded by coming
to shop at Piggly Wiggly in droves.
Walston also ridiculed all of the
good work of Dr. Martin Luther
King and using innuendo accused
King of some very terrible things.
Mr. Walston seemed to be trying
to make a name for himself by
attacking CAR but all he really did
was convince CAR that they were
doing the right thing.

A group calling themselves the
Concerned Businessmen of Pitt
County purchased a half

page ad in the Daily Reflector
appealing for people to cross the
picket line. I am unsure of the
success of this ad, butit once again
shows that Piggly Wiggly would
do anything to try to break the
protest.

Acandlelight vigil was held De-
cember 5th in the parking lot of
the Piggly Wiggly store. This was
another rainy and cold night, but
it helped to once again solidify the
resolve of the picketers.

Otherinteresting facts were that
Texaco, Avis, and even Wal-Mart
were exposed in cases

of discrimination that even made
Dennys look good. Racism is real
and it cannot be ignored. Pagers
in Durham began receiving num-

bers that connected them to hate
ee by white supremacist

eBishop Royal had never stopped
seeking support from the other
pastors in the cornmunity. Early
in December the pastors came to-
gether, this group included Rev.
H. Parker, Rev. Caldwell, Bishop
T.L. Davis, Bishop Love, and Rev.
Locks. Bishop Royal was able to
get them to commit to honoring
the picket line even if they would
not join it. Once the pastors were
committed, they began toearnestly
try to end the protest. The owners
of Piggly Wiggly, who had publicly
stated that they would not ever
negotiate with CAR again, would
decide in the end to talk to the
group of pastors led by Rev. Locks.
Piggly Wiggly stated that Bishop
Royal and Rev. Clarence Gray
could not attend the negotiations.
Rev. Locks became the principle
negotiator for the pastorial coall-
tion.

Rev. Locks diligently worked to
pass information back and forth
between Piggly Wiggly owner Dex-
ter Floyd andShawan Sutton. CAR
advised Ms. Sutton that it would
support any decision she might
make concerning the negotiations
with Piggly Wiggly. Ms. Sutton
ultimately received terms that she
was pleased with and she was able
to settle with Piggly Wiggly.

On Friday, December 20th, the
protest at the Dickinson Avenue
Piggly Wiggly store officially
ended.

In theend, another strategy was
beginning to develop where cer-
tain members of the black commu-
nity were taking it upon them-
selves to call on CAR to stand
down. These individuals were try-

ing to imply that the need for a
grocery store in the neighborhood
required us to accept certain lev-
els of racism or discrimination.
They also implied that the em-
ployees as a whole were more im-
portant than any one individual.
Luckily, no one told Rosa Parks
that the need to ride the bus to
work was greater than her desire
to be treated cqually as a cus-
tomer. Otherwise, we would still
be riding in the back of the bus and
giving up our seat to white folk
just because theyTre white. Once
again, we must remember that rac-
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Elder John Barnes, Rev.

Dr. Clarence Gray, Deacon Bill
Worthington, Brother Bennie
Roundtree, and sister Shawan

Sutton. There were many, many
others who either walked the line
or supported the cause and ~they
are all appreciated.

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very hard at workevaluating cases
from all over eastern North Caro-
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