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MAY 16 - 22, 19397

Bryant brothers going to federal pen
74-year-old mom gets home detention

By Emanuel Parker
Los Angeles Sentinel
Staff Writer

A leader of the notorious Bryant
crime family and his ex-deputy
sheriff brother were sentenced to
prison Monday while their mother
was given a year of home deten-
tion for hiding nearly $800,000 in
suspected drug proceeds from the
IRS.

Jeff Bryant, cofounder of the
Bryant gang, wassentenced to 110
months in federal prison and fined
$100,000. His brother, Ely Bryant,
a former Los Angeles Sheriff's
Deputy, drew 37 months in prison

Chavis
criticizies
efforts
Former NAACP
leader upset

about attempts

to defrock him

Former NAACP leader Ben-
jamin Chavis criticized a recom-
mendation to defrock him as a
Protestant minister for joining the
Nation of Islam.

oThe God who called me to the
Christian ministry is the same God
who called me to the ministry of
Islam,? Chavis, who now uses the
name Benjamin Chavis
Muhammad, said Friday.

It was his first public statement
since a commission of the United
Church of Christ voted on Thurs-
day to recommend his termination
as minister for joining the black
Muslim sect.

Chavis, ordained in 1980 as a
minister in the Cleveland-based
church and former head ofits Com-
mission on Racial Justice, an-
nounced in February that he had
joined the Nation of Islam. He did
not notify UCC officials before
making the announcement.

Finding that he had left the
Christian faith, the church tempo-
rarily suspended him last month
from preaching, administering the
sacraments or performing other
pastoral duties for the 1.5-million-

/ member denomination.

- During a Friday news confer-
ence in Los Angeles, Chavis ar-
gued that he never left his Protes-
tant church and did not need its
permission to join Minister Louis
FarrakhanTs sect.

oThereTs only one God,? Chavis
said. oThe God of Judaism and the
God of Islam is the same God.?

Chavis appeared with other
Nation of Islam members at the
Vermont Avenue mosque that
serves as the groupTs Western re-
gional headquarters.

Chavis was scheduled to speak
Sunday at both the United Church
of Christ pulpit and a mosque,
despite the churchTs ban on preach-

hh,
e Rev. Madison T. Schockley
_I, a longtime friend and pastor
- - who invited Chavis to speak, said
- the minister would not be opreach-
ing? but engaging in a odialogue?
members at the Congrega-
inal Church of Christian Fellow-

p.
Members of the Church and the
_ Ministry Commission of the UCCTs
) Bastern North Carolina Associa-
otion decided in a split vote in
Durham, N.C., that ChavisT adop-
tion of the Islamic faith was in-

See Chavis On Page 12
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and a $75,000 fine.

Their mother, Florence Bryant,
got one year of home detention
from U.S. District Court Judge
William Keller.

The judge said he would have
sent the mother to prison too, if
she was not 74 years old. He said
her sentence was "rather tepid"
considering her offense.

All were found guilty in July of
trying to block an Internal Rev-

~enue Service probe, a charge that
carries a maximum of five years in

prison and a $250,000 fine.

Jeff Bryant also was convicted
of tax evasion, Jeff Bryant report-
edly founded the family gang with
his brother, Stanley, and ran it
from his jail cell during prison
stints for drug trafficking.

The judge wondered why Ely, a
bright law enforcement officer with
a college degree, would launder
drug proceeds for his brother.

"Why he'd get dirty with his
brother is beyond me, but he did,"
Keller said. "That money was ab-

financial support.

Robinson League Starts

Shown at the C.M. Epps Fielda are elected officials for the
start of the baseball season for many young African-
American boys. They are (left to right, top photo) Boyd
Lee, director of Parks and Recreation; Rep. Linwood
Mercer; Greenville City Councilman Chuck Audry;
Mayor Pro Tem Rufus Huggins, County Commission
Farney Moore, and State Senator Bob Martin. They
were on hand to encourage our young brothers and give

(Photoe by Jim Rouse)

solutely laundered. There was no
other source? of income.

Ely Bryant deposited money in
bank accounts in amounts less
than $10,000 to avoid triggering
transactions reports to federal
authorities, prosecutors said. He
and Florence Bryant then used
the money to buy real estate, busi-
ness equipment, pay taxes, mort-
gages and pay off other financial
debts without ever reporting the
cash as income.

Federal prosecutors said the

money came from brother Jeff's
involvement in drug dealing,
though none of the defendants were
~harged with drug trafficking.

As Ely Bryant left court, after
being stripped of his coat and tie,
he whispered, "I'm innocent."

After Keller sentenced him, Ely
said, "With all due respect to your
opinion, I've sat here all these
months, and I've always under-
stood the burden of proof was on
the prosecution. It just appears to
me I've been inferred (sic) to prison.

I'm looking for what has been
proven. I just don't see it.?

The Bryant family ran a power-
ful 200-member San Fernando
Valley crack ring that brought in
as much as $100,000 a week in
proceeds, said federal prosecutors.

Stanley Bryant and gang mem-
bers Donald Franklin Smith and
LeRoy Wheeler were sentenced to
death in October 1995 for their
involvement in a Lake View Ter-
race quadruple murder that in-
cluded killing a two-year-old girl.

Stanley Bryant, nicknamed
"Peanut Head," Smith and
Wheeler were convicted of the Aug.

See Family On Page 12

White is 2nd place all-around

Nykia places at
Region VIl
Championship

Once again, Nykia O. White, and
his family would like to sincerely
thank each and every one who
support Nykia, materially and
spiritually, in his endeavors to
show other oyoung males,? what
can be accomplished by sacrifice
and extra effort and a little hard
work.

Nykia finished the 1997 gym-
nastic season as a Class 4 gymnast
with a solid performance at the
1997 Region VIII MenTs Champi-
onship in Marrieta, GA. on April
12. His individual efforts earned
him second place all-around, while
winning medals in four skills and
the second place AA medal. He

Nykia O. White

posted a score of 8.25 on the floor
exercise (second place); high bar,
7.9 (third place); vault, 8.675
(eighth place); parallel bars, 7.8
(tied for eighth; pommel horse, 6.12
(12th place); and rings, 7.0 (20th

place) out of 55 competitors from
eight states of the Southeastern
Region: Tennessee, Georgia, Loui-
siana, Alabama, Mississippi,
Florida, South Carolina and North
Carolina.

Nykia and his Class 4 - 12 years
and older, teammates, Brandon
Lennox and Chip Burti, have domi-
nated Class 4 gymnastics the en-
tire season, bring ohome? to
Greenville, three first place team
trophies (the Peachtree Classic
Invitational, and the North Caro-
lina State Championship and now
the, Southeg ts)» Reaonals. Ga
team go!

This was the boys last competi-
tion as Class 4 gymnasts. Begin-
ning next season ( in October),
they will be competing on the na-
tional level, on their way to becom-
ing world-class athletes.

Thank you all again.

The White family.

If your would like to encourage

See Nykia On Page 12

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_Black-Owned Business Opens

The proud owners of the new"$1 to $5 Store," which is located in Winterville in the Food
Lion Shopping Center are Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Herring (left). They encourage everyone to
visit their lovely store and check out the low prices. You can also meet the store manager,
Ms. Beverly Nowack. Drop by and visit the new $1 to $5 Store.

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Exhibit shows slave child who mixed with London's oreat

Sancho, born on slave ship, was
~bestT black writer of his time

Ignatius Sancho, who was born
on a slave ship and matured into a
notable figure in the cultural life
of London 200 years ago, is back in
the limelight.

His revival is part~of the search
for the historical and cultural
achievements of Afican people in
Europe.

An exhibitionabout him at
London's National Portrait Gal-
lery challenges popular belief that

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black history in Britain only be-
gan withimmigrants fromJamaica
arriving in 1948 to fill jobs for
which labor was in short supply.

Sancho died in London in 1780,
when it is estimated that there
were between 5,000 and 20,000
blacks in the country.

Blacks often appear in their roles
as pages, servants or grooms in
portraits of the nobility and landed
gentry of those days.

A portrait of the Duchess of
Portsmouth, mistress of King
Charles II, done in 1682, shows
her with ablack boy servantnamed
Francis Barber.

Sancho, who described himself
in a letter as a ocoal-black, jolly
African,? became a friend of the
novelist Laurence Sterne and the
actor David Garrick, and was
painted by Thomas Gainsborough.
The portrait has been loaned to
the exhibition by the National
Gallery of Canada in Ottowa.

Sancho wrote a theory of music,
composed music and songs, be-

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came a Methodist and spent his
last years running a grocery near
Piccadilly Circus.

He died in 1780 before the cam-
paign againstT slavery got under
way, but his letters were used by
abolitionists to support their cause.

The exhibit, oIgnatius Sancho:
An African Man of Letters,? at the
gallery through May 11 was as-
sembled by Reyahn King, a mu-
seum curator, who discovered
Sancho while searching the gal-
lery archives.

oI was looking for names of black
people in British mony and there

were few although there had been
thousands of them in Britain as a
result of exploration, trading and
slaving,? Ms. King said in an inter-
view.

oSancho is now regarded as the
best writer among black people of
his time. Whatimpresses me about
him is the warmth and humanity
of his letters,? she said.

Sancho is mentioned by Thomas
Jefferson in his oNotes on the State
of Virginia? in 1787.

oSancho is the only 18th-cen-
tury black with an entry in the

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The Burden siiatn
will record live

~album and videoT

The legendary gospel quartet
singer WILLIS PITTMAN andhis
group, The Burden Lifters will
record their first live project and
video, to be distributed by CSG of
Nashville.

The live recording session will.?

be held in Rocky Mt., North Caro-
lina, at the Ebenezer Baptist
Church, 652 Riley Road on Mon-
day, May 19 at 6:30 p.m. This
evening of great gospel music also
feature Robert Blair and The
Violinaires of Detroit, The Silver

Stars from Blanch, ,C» Elder
Ronzell Bell and The Whenever
Baptist Church Combined Choir
will also perform. The Rev. Dr.
Thomas L. Walker is pastor of
Ebenezer Baptist church.

WILLIS PITTMAN, who is best :

known forgospel classics oI Wanna
Go Where The Thunder Rolls?, and
oLittle Johnhy? , is excited about
recording his\new live project and
video in Rotky Mt., and invites the
public~to béTa part of this spirit
filled night gf music.

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milk?? The theme reminds consumers that the worst thing that can happen is to run out of milk, so
they should always keep plenty of milk on hand.

Milk is a natural sports drink, which makes it the perfect beverage to give you plenty of energy
for summertime activities~whether your plans include miles of in-line skating, a fun beach volleyball
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a manual for raising children.
Baptist ChildrenTs Homes of
North Carolina, caring for 400
children on any given day, is pro-
ducing oStage Coach - Coaching
Tips for 10 Tough Life Stages? and
is offering the book free of charge.

oStage Coach? will be serialized
through BCHTs monthly newspa-

per Charity & Children, and of-
fered free in book form to anyone
who requests it by writing Editor,
PO Box 338, Thomasville, NC
27361-0338.

oStage Coach,? written by BCH
staff with hundreds of years com-
bined experience in caring for chil-
dren with behavioral issues, of-
fers coaching tips to help parents
appropriately discipline pre-
schoolers, choose good day care,
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handle teenage rebellion, help a
child leave the nest and to be a
good grandparent.

Authors include a oteacher of
the year,? marriage and family
therapists, social wogkers, a
daycare supervisor and trainer,
and BCH President Michael C.
Blackwell.

oStage Coach is another BCH
effort to help families deal with
issues that threaten their stabil-
ity before those issues tear the
family apart,? said Blackwell. oIt
will help families prosper at any
stage of their lives.?

Baptist ChildrenTs Homes of
North Carolina serves more than
1,400 children each year through
four residential campuses, two
homes for girls with difficult be-
havioral issues, a maternity home,
and a home for teenage mothers
and their babies.

Two teenagers
chargedin "
alleged assault
of 15-year-old .
at local school

Two juvenile boys, ages 14 and
15, have been charged in connec-
tion with an alleged sexual as-
sault on March 13th on a 15-year-
old black girl at Greene County
Middle School.

The Coalition Against Racism
called a meeting at the school on
Monday tocriticize school officialsT
actions for their treatment of a
child who was described as being
mentally retarded.

It was reported that two white
boys attempted to force the black
girl to perform oral sex outside the
gymnasium during her physical
education class.

According to the Greene County
Sheriffs Department, the 15-year-
old boy was charged with indecent
exposure and attempted rape, and
the 14-year-old was charged with
aiding and abetting.

It was reported that the boys
have suspended fro the remainder
of the school year and were re-
leased in the custody of their par-
ents.

The school of under the supervi-
sion of Principal Carolyn Spain of
Kinston, who is black.

According to reports, the par-
ents of the girl were not notified of
the incident until approximately
eight hours after it occurred when
a teach and a teaching assistant
went to the girlTs home. School
officials had tried to contact the
parents sooner, but had an out-
dated telephone number, accord-
ing to Acting Greene County
Schools Superintendent Steve
Mazingo.

A juvenile hearing has been
scheduled for April 15th.

This incident involving minors
had to be handled in compliance
with state law which prohibits
names of juveniles being made
public.

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Colin Powell says
racism still a problem
in U.S. despite progress

Racism remains a serious bar-
rier to equal opportunity in
America, retired Gen. Colin Powell
said recently in urging the contin-
ued use of affirmative action to
help minorities.

Powell, co-chairman of the sum-
mit on volunteering that opened
in Philadelphia two weeks ago,
also said heTs bothered by the ef-
fects that last yearTs law overhaul-
ing the U.S. welfare system will

still make a difference in this coun-
try. We still need the kind of pro-
grams that break down
barriers...And thatTs why affirma-
tive action is till so very, very im-
portant.?

Asked about comments by
Woods, the young golfing sensa-
tion who won the Masters Tourna-
ment, that he prefers not to be
called black because he come from
a variety of backgrounds, Powell

have on legal im- said, oIn this
migrants and oWe'vegottorealize country, which!
others who may that the revolution is love to the depth
lose benefits. of my heart and

oWe may have not over,? soul, if you look
gone too far both Gen. Colin Powell like me you are.

with respect to
the legal immigrants and I think
we will have to watch very care-
fully in the months ahead to see
whether or not we have ripped
apart too much of the social safety
net,? he said recently on NBCTs
oMeet The Press.?

Powell, a Republican, has had
fundamental differences with more
conservative GOP lawmakers on
the need for social safety nets and
programs to promote minority par-
ticipation in jobs, contracts and
education.

oWe've got to realize that the
revolution is not over,? he said of
the drive to end discrimination in
America.

oThe suggestion that weTve
reached a point in this country
where yourskin color doesnTt make
any difference " itTs fine if you're
Tiger Woods or Colin Powell, (but)
it doesnTt mean the same thing to
a young black kid in the inner
section of Philadelphia.?

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Powell said that although he has
white and Indian blood, oITm a black
American, an African-American,
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easily.?

Powell said he hasnTt thought
much about whether the Census
Bureau should create anew omulti-
racial? category for people such as
Woods, whose father is black and
mother Asian.

NAACP President Kweisi
Mfume, interviewed recently on
ABCTs oThis Week,? said the new
listing owould make it difficult for
federal agencies to track discrimi-
nation and to remedy it.? He said,
oThe declaration of a multiracial
person multiracial does not de-
crease the amount of discrimina-
tion they face.?

oIt puts people in an impossible
situation,? said Rep. Thomas Petni,
R-Wis., who has proposed legisla-
tion adding a multiracial category
on the census.

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Telethon set for May 3.

The Methodist Episcopal Church
is sponsoring a drive-in TelethonA
People Affair at 2111-A Dickerson
Avenue in Greenville, NC on May
31, 1997

The telethon will be held to raise
funds for the support of the minis-
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appreciated.

During the day prizes will
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The winnersTs names will be an- ~

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Refreshmenta will be served.

On his way to North Carolina A&T University, Brother
Michael Hobbs, who is the son of Julie Hobbs, has been
blessed with a four-year scholarship to NC A&T to play
football. Young Michael Hobbs enjoys computers and
plansto major in Computer Technology. God has blessed
our young Brother with four sisters and a good mother.
May God continue to bless him in college. A 1997 D.H.
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Fight for unl children

The way to reduce juvenile crime
is to stint on funding efforts that
help young people by detouring
them from negative activities, try
those charged with committing vio-
lent crimes as adults, and, if they
are found guilty, lock them up with
adult offenders. .

So asserted the House of
Representatives earlier this month
in passing a bill that would offer
states $1.5 billion to fight juvenile
crime if they change their laws to
require youths accused of violent
crime to be tried as adults: The bill
also provides funds to build more
correction facilities.

This draconian measure, which
still has to be considered by the
Senate, is no way to fight juvenile

This bipartisan Summit was
inspiring and raised hopes that our
society will finally understand that
an ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of imprisonment. Or at least
that sensible public policy would
invest in a balanced approach.

Sadly, it seems that 286 mem-
bers of the House werenTt tuned
into the Summit, even though the
saturation coverage was hard to
miss, for this legislation ignores the
message not just of the Philadelphia
Summit but of numerous programs
and anti-crime efforts around the
country: ItTs more effective to
detour young people from a life of
crime in the first place.

Those who voted for this measure
ignored the wise advice of people

To Be Equal

By Hugh B. Price

crime. In fact, its lock-them-up
approach virtually guarantees con-
tinued serious difficulty in reducing
crime by young people.

The best way to do that is to offer
young people positive guidance and
programs which take advantage of
the natural desire of most of them to
want do well.

That the idea was the focus of
President ClintonTs Summit for
AmericaTs Future, which captured
the nationTs attention less than a

month ago.
There, all of the nationTs living
presidents, Democrat and

Republican alike, joined forces with
General Colin Powell to launch a
national mobilization campaign to
place mentors in the lives of urban
and rural youth.

on the front lines of the juvenile
anti-crime effort"including expe-
rienced police officers, Robert
Woodson, head of the National
Center for § Neighborhood
Enterprise, and officials of the
Alliance of Concerned Men. They
urged the House to allocate federal
funds and charitable tax credits for
community-based after-school and
gang prevention programs.

That is something we know
works to reduce juvenile crime. ItTs
been underscored by the dramatic
success of such efforts in Boston,
which has seen a sharp decline in
youth killings"from 16in 1993 to
none at all last year.

Boston Mayor Tom Menino and
its Police Commissioner Paul
Evang. attribute this cheering

progress to a mix of strategies:

One facet of it was that cops
cracked down on the bad guys, the
gang leaders... And thatTs as it
should be.

_ But the city also invested heavily

in a variety of prevention efforts
ieee to detour youngsters from
involvement in crime"efforts such
as summer jobs, after-school pro-
grams and summer camps.

President Clinton, in convening
the Philadelphia Summit, under-
scored the importance of investing
in both punishment and prevention.

In announcing his own plan to
curb youth crime, he called or soci-
ety to be otough when you should
be tough, smart when you should be
smart, compassionate when you
should be compassionate.?

And he has condemned the
House vote in particularly harsh
language, saying that it is oweak on
guns and it walks away from the
crime prevention initiatives that can
save a teenager from a life of
crime.?

Mr. Clinton also said, othe plain
evidence of what is working right
now to save our children is nowhere
apparent in this bill. ItTs the same
old tough rhetoric without any pre-
vention (and) without any change in
the environment to make it harder
for gangs to function.?

The PresidentTs words and ideas
are right on the mark here. We at
the National Urban League urge
him to continue"in the spirit of the
Summit he convened"to fight for
AmericaTs children by vetoing any

juvenile crime bill passed by

Congress that doesnTt allocate fed-
eral resources for prevention.

Mr. Clinton must draw a line in.

the sand on this issue. The future of
all of AmericaTs children is at stake.
Hugh B. Price is President and
Executive Director of the National
Urban League.

Justice denied: Police brutality and us

In New York City two Hispanic
men are killed when they are shot
from behind 28 times and another
Hispanic man is choked to death
after his football hits a police car. In
Pittsburgh an African American
businessman is choked to death
after being stopped for a traffic vio-
lation. A St. Petersburg FL African
American motorist is shot to death
also after a traffic stop. A New
Haven CT African American man

. terize the system as the criminal

injustice system and most European
Americans would not. A New York
Times columnist recently wrote
how, in the course of writing a
book, he has ~asked African
American men across the nation
whether they have ever been has-
sled by police. Most of them can
tell a story of being stopped in a
store or in their car while driving in
a white neighborhood. Some may

Civil Rights Journal

By Bernice Powell Jackson

suffers the same fate. In each case
the killing occurred while the men
were in police custody or in the
course of a police action.

These are just a few of the stories
which were heard at the National
Emergency Conference on Police
Brutality held in New York City
recently. Sponsored by the Center
for Constitutional Rights, this con-
ference brought together people
who had experienced police brutal-
ity from across the nation, includ-
ing Kentucky, Georgia, Ohio,
Florida, New York, and New
Jersey.

Indeed, criminal justice is the
issue which seems to show the
greatest racial divide in this nation.
Most people of color would charac-

have been questioned simply
because they were at a phone booth
or in a mall. It doesnTt matter
whether they are well dressed or
what their occupation. Even
off-duty or plain clothes police offi-
cers have been stopped, or occa-
sionally even shot while on duty.
Few European American men have
had this experience.

Not only are hundreds, perhaps
thousands of people of color vic-
tims of police brutality every year,
but they seldom find justice in the
courts. Take the case of Johnny
Gammage, an African American
businessman and the cousin of
Pittsburgh Steelers player Ray
Seals. Mr. Gammage was choked to
death after a routine traffic stop

outside Pittsburgh in 1995. Last
month the judge in the case dis-
missed charges against the police
officers accused in his killing, say-
ing that prosecutors unfairly sin-
gled them out.

Or take the case of Anthony
Baez, the young New Yorker who
was choked by police after his foot-
ball hit a patrol car. The officer
accused in his murder was acquit-
ted of all charges in a non-jury trial.

It is important to note that while
police brutality disproportionately
impacts communities of color that
the number of European American
victims is growing. A_ recent
Montel Williams show focused on
white victims, for instance. And it
is also important to note that while
most of the police officers are
European American, there are offi-
cers of color who occasionally have
been found to be violent.

Finally it should be noted that
brutality is not just found in police
officers. It is also present in correc-
tions officers, immigration officers
and others in the criminal justice
system. And its victims are also

women, often those who are incar-
cerated.

What are the reasons for the
increase in police brutality cases
and what can we do about it? Next
week I will turn to those issues.
Bernice Powell Jackson is execu-
tive director of the United Church
of Christ Commission for Racial
Justice and DeBorah White is pub-
lication assistant.

Many parents play by the rules and still "
canTt afford health insurance |

of

Peter and Deborah
Norristown, Pa., have suffered the

kind of physical setbacks that
remind us all how important it is
that we Stand for Healthy Children

on June | in every state and com-
munity across America.

Ten years ago, Peter was forced
to quit his $50,000-per-yer job
when he developed a spinal hemor-

thage. His wife, Deborah, gave up

her role as an at-home mom and
went to work as a certified nurseTs

aide. Her employee offers family .

insurance coverage, but she cannot
afford the $190 monthly premium
In February, their three children,

ages 6, 10, and 12 came down with
sore throats and fevers, but Peter

and Deborah could not afford to
take them to see a doctor. Instead
she treated them with over-the-
counter medicine, and they
remained sick for two weeks, each

missing three to four days of

school. oIt makes me feel like a
bad parent when | canTt afford to
take my children to the doctor,?
Deborah says. oMy heart aches
inside. I love my children and they
suffer.?

The Harkinses are like many par-
ents all over America, who work
hard every day and still canTt afford

to send their children to the doctor

when they get sick. Nationally,
there are 10 million children"one
in seven"who are uninsured.
Ninety percent of them have par-
ents who work, and over 60 percent
live in two-parent families. The
poorest children get Medicaid and
wealthier families can buy insur-
ance, even if employees don't pro-

vide it. But millions of parents oin

the middle? get little or no help

Racial problems to grow
with return of school segregation

A detailed study by Harvard
University reveals that the discred-
ited oseparate but equal? doctrine
condemned by Thurgood Marshall
and the U.S. Supreme Court in
1954 is being dredged up and
revived by politically conservative
federal judges appointed by
Presidents Nixon, Reagan and
Bush.

This trend toward resegregation
is caused by racism, the desire to
keep children in their neighbor-
hoods, the lower performance of
public schools generally, the
desire of middle class whites to
keep their children ouncontaminat-
ed? by the culture of working class
whites, Blacks and Hispanics,
yearnings for bygone Dixie segre-
gation and more.

Some Black people are also
responsible for this turn toward
resegregation. Black talk show
hosts and politicians including
Clarence Thomas, Armstrong
Williams and other radio and tele-
vision personalities in California,
Colorado, New York and else-
where have ogiven permission? for
the white power structure to
destroy the gains Marshall and the
NAACP won in 1954 and led to

equal public accommodations and

the Civil Rights laws of the sixties
and later.

The climate that made possible
this trend toward reviving segre-
gated schools includes the stereo-
typing of Black people by police
and by the media. For many years
in many cities most evening news
on television included police raids
on ocrack houses? in Black com-
munities but did not include signif-
icant crime in the much larger
white communities. This lopsided
presentation of the news was con-
trolled indirectly by police who
notified or failed to notified or
failed to notify the media camera
crews whenever arrests were in the

making.

from employers, and earn too little
to afford private coverage.

Over the past several years, it has
become even more difficult for par-
ents to get private health insurance
for their families. Since 1989, the
number of children without private
insurance has grown by an average
of 1.2 million a year, or nearly
3,300 a day. One in four workers
has an employee who does not
make family insurance available at
any price, and unless we act now,
nearly 13 million children will be
uninsured in the year 2000.

Every parent knows how impor-
tant it is for children to have health

incomes too high to qualify for .
Medicaid would receive vouchers, ,
which their parents could use either .
to buy employer-sponsored insur-
ance or to enroll their children in ;
private health plans. Vouchers
would pay all or part of health pre;
mium costs, with families that earth | :
the least and children with disabili-* |
ties receiving the most help. ty
One June 1, 1997, when we
Stand For Healthy Children in local
rallies all over America, we will be
joining thousands of other citizens
who understand how important it is .
that all children get health coverage, . }

and that parents who get up each -

) Child Watch

By Marian Wright Edelman:

insurance. A large majority of
uninsured children with asthma and
recurring ear infections never see a
doctor during the year. Many of
them are hospitalized for acute
asthma attacks that could have
been prevented or suffer permanent
hearing loss from untreated ear
infections.

Fortunately, Senators Ornn
Hatch of Utah, and Edward
Kennedy of Massachusetts, recent-
ly introduced the bipartisan CHILD
(ChildrenTs Health Insurance and
Lower Deficit) bill, which will
make health coverage affordable
and accessible for all uninsured
children. Under the bill, uninsured
children in working families with

The NAACP, Essence magazine,
Ebony magazine and some Black
organizations have tried to offset
the unfair images projected against
Black people by the white media.
They have sponsored television
shows, award programs and other
features emphasizing positive con-
tributions by Black actors on the
stage, screen and television.

Also, television personalities
such as Carol Simpson, Bernard
Shaw, Lyn Vaughn, Bryant
Gumbel, Renee Pussaint, Norma
Quarles and others have done
much to picture Black people in a
favorable light. They helped offset
the degrading stereotypes too fre-
quently shown repeatedly and sick-
eningly by Black Entertainment
Television after midnight and by
television stations near big cities

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morning, go to work, and play by -
the rules should be able to afford
insurance for their families.

For information on how you can

Stand For Healthy Children in your
community on June 1, 1997, call 1-
800-663-4032.
Marian Wright Edelman is presi-
dent of the Childrens Defense
Fund, which coordinates the Black
Community Crusade for Children
(BCCC), whose mission is to leave
no child behind and to ensure every
child a healthy, head, fair, safe, and
moral start in life. For more infor-
mation about the BCCC, call 202-
628-8787.

en and collard greens? stereotypi-
cal remark he made after Tiger
Woods won the Masters golf tour-
nament.

Those Blacks who favor the
return to neighborhood schools at
all costs should remember these »
things about racially segregated
schools:

*When public schools are racial-
ly segregated, the better buildings,
equipment, supplies and other .
necessities usually go to the white
schools.

*When public schools are racial- -
ly segregated, the latest innova-. '
tions in content, method and con-
cept are usually sent to the white
schools first.

*When visiting specialists are
available for consultation or
advice, emphasis will be placed |

Minority Keport.

By James E. Allsbrook, Phd

and catering to the lower standards
of underclass Blacks and whites.

However, positive images of
Black people have been shown on
televised productions like oWheel
of Fortune,? oJeopardy,? and other
shows. Many Black people seem
not to realize that when they per-
form as buffoons and ingnoramus-
es on television they are sending
strong messages to millions of peo-
ple of all races. Many viewers
enjoy seeing performances that
seem to verify and reinforce their
own racial prejudice and miscon-
ceptions.

White business management dis-
played awareness of damaging
stereotypes when Kmart fired
Fuzzy Zoeller for the ofried chick-

primarily on the needs of white *
children. Do not be surprised if "
Black children are short-changed.
Most important, however, is the.
finding made by the Supreme
Court in 1954: When schools are :
segregated on the basis of race,
whether by accident or by design, ,
Black children suffer from a false, :s is S
sense of inferiority and white chil-
dren suffer from a false sense of ~.
superiority. These psychological : \
damages tend to follow both Black °
and white children into adulthoodT: ;
and afflict both with misconcep- | é ~
tions and restraints injurious to the: ' 4
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total community,
James E. Alsbrook, Ph.D., ints

Professor Emeritus at Ohio;

University. ue

Raleigh - The NC Legislative
Black Caucus announces its
Twelfth Annual Legislative Edu-
cation and Scholarship Weekend
Conference. The conference will
be held May 30 31, 1997 at the
Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Con-
vention Center in Research Tri-
angle Park, North Carolina.

For the twelfth consecutive year,
the NC Legislative Black Caucus
will support the stateTs eleven his-

Hometown

MARINE PVT.
HAROLD D. HYMAN

Marine Pvt. Harold D. Hyman,
a 1996 graduate of Southeast High
School of Halifax, N.C., recently
completed basic training at Ma-
rine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris
Island, S.C.

Hyman successfully completed
12 weeks of training designed to
challenge new Marine recruits
both physically and mentally.

Hyman and fellow recruits be-
gan their training at 5 a.m., by
running three miles and perform-
ing calisthenics. In addition to the
physical conditioning program,
Hyman spent numerous hours in
classroom and field assignments
which included learning first aid,
uniform regulations, combat wa-
ter survival, marksmanship, hand-
to-hand combat and assorted
weapons training. They performed
close order drill and operated as a
small infantry unit during field
training.

Hyman and other recruits also
received instruction on the Ma-
rine CorpsT core values " honor,
courage and commitment, and
what the words mean in guiding
personal and professional conduct.

Hyman and fellow recruits ended
the training phase with The Cru-
cible, a 54-hour team effort, prob-
lem solving evolution which cul-
minated with an emotional cer-
emony in which the recruits were
presented the Marine Corps Em-
blem, and were addressed as oMa-
rines? for the first time since boot
camp began.

Hyman joins 41,000 men and
women who will enter the Marine
Corps this year from all over the
country.

NAVY PETTY OFFICER
PAUL J. WINTROBE
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class
Paul J. Wintrobe, a 1989 graduate
of Manteo High School of Manteo,
N.C., was recently selected as Jun-
ior Sailor of the Quarter and re-
ceived a letter of Commendation
while serving with Carrier Air-
borne Early Warning Squadron
78, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, VA.
Wintrobe was chosen as the
unitTs top performer and was cited
for outstanding professional ac-
complishment, proficiency, lead-
ership, initiative and military bear-
ing.
He joined the Navy in Septem-
ber 1992.

NAVY SEAMAN
PENNY L. HARRIS

Navy Seaman Penny L. Harris,
daughter of Mary S. Harris of
Route 1, Greenville, N.C., recently
completed recruit training with
honors.

During the cycle at Recruit
Training Command, Great Lakes,
III, recruits are taught general
military subjects designed to pre-
pare them for further academic
and on-the-job training in one of
the NavyTs 85 occupational fields.

Harris was recognized for out-
standing performance in all phases
of training which include instruc-
tion in seamanship, military regu-
lations, close-order-drill, first aid
and naval history.

She is a 1991 graduate of
Farmville Central High School of
Farmville, N.C. Harris is a 1995
graduate of Kast Carolina Univer-
sity, Greenville, N.C., with a BS

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Twelfth annual Legislative Education and Scholarship weekend set

NC Legislative Black Caucus will hold meeting on May 30, 31 in RTP

torically Black colleges and uni-
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tin, is very excited about the many
opportunities this type of confer-
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nity. oThis conference, in its en-
tirety, is about strengthening the
communities we serve by bringing
people from every level to network
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Enrollment Announcement
- Head Start Program

Martin County Community Action, Inc. Project Head Start is now
accepting applications for the 1997 Fall Enrollment for children and includ-
ing children with disabilities. Eligibility is determined by HHS Income
Guidelines, family needs, disabilities, and/or special conditions of the child.

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

Head Start is a comprehensive developmental program for children ages 3-
5 yeas old. This program is based on the premise that children share certain
needs and that children from low-income families, in particular, can benefit
from a program designed to meet those needs. Head Start operates nine (9)
months of the year, - September through May. The centers are open Monday
through Friday and the hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Head
Start has been operating in the Martin County area since 1965, currently
there are 192 children. Nine (9) classrooms are comprised 4-5 year old and
one (1) classroom consists of three year old must become three by October
16th; Beaufort County has been operating since 1977 and presently serving
99 children. Five (5) classrooms of 4-5 year olds are accommodated in this
county.

Pitt County originated in 1985 and serving 222 children in twelve (12)
classrooms accommodating 4-5 year olds.

Funding for Martin County Community Action, Inc.

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

1996 FAMILY INCOME GUIDELINES FOR
HEAD START PROGRAMS

1996 FAMILY INCOME GUIDELINES FOR ALL STATES (EXCEPT
ALASKA AND HAWAID, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND PUERTO
PICO

Size of Family Unit Income
$7,470
$10,030
$12,590
$15,150
$17,710
$20,270
$22,830
$25,390

oOrARNrAMDo " we

For amily Units with more than 8 members, add $2,560 for each additional
member. Please contact the Family Service Worker at the Head Start center

in your area:
Martina Co: North Everetts 792-5353
Pitt Co: St. Gabriel (752-9753)

Ayden ("46-4298
Farmville (753-8036)

Beaufort Co: 264 W:shington (946-5632)
Aurora ( 322-5543
Belhaven (943-3006)

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

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Hate crimes up against
blacks 50 percent in LA

The number of reported hate
crimes in Los Angeles County
jumped 25.5 percent last year over
1995, with dramatic increases in
reported crimes against blacks and
gays, figures show.

Hate crimes against black men
increased 50.5 percent while at-
tacks against homosexuals and
bisexuals were up 43.3 percent.

]There were 995 crimes based
on race, ethnicity, religion, gen-
der, disability or sexual orienta-
tion in 1996, up from 7783 the pre-
vious year, the county Commis-
sion on Human Relations an-
nounced Thursday.

Clear clusters of racially moti-
vated crimes were recorded in the
Antelope Valley, the Harbor Gate-
way, Van Nuys and Westchester.
The Long Beach and Hollywood
areas emerged as pockets of hos-
tility toward gays, according to
the report.

The commission called for a hu-
man relations summit conference

oto develop a comprehensive un-
derstanding and response to in-
ter-group conflict situations.?

The commission said the in-
creases appear to indicate better
reporting of crimes by the public
rather than an actual jump.

However, othis increase is sig-
nificant,o said Lea Ann King, com-
mission president.

Crimes involving race or sexual
orientation accounted for 88 per-
cent of the total, the commission
said in its 17th annual report.

More than half of the crimes re-
ported involved murder, attempted
murder, rape or other violence.

The increase odoes not say it has
become open season on African
Americans? but reflects increased
hostility as blacks move to areas
populated by other ethnic groups,
the report said.

Crimes against Hispanics and
Asians dropped slightly and the
number against Jews remained
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an exclusive interview Black Pan-
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calls home. We also offer, tips on
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tell how tojoin an investmentclub.
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standing on unemployment lines,
Vivica A. Fox had a role in the box-
office hit Independence Day that
made Hollywood take notice. Hear
what Fox has to say about her
superstardom and how she got
there. (Page 68)

PRISONER IN PARADISE"
In 1979 Black Panther Assata
Shakur, in prison for a crime she
says she didnTt commit, master-
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lives in Cuba. In this exclusive
interview, Shakur talks about her
life in exile 20 years after her con-
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can-Americans think sex outside
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Today we celebrate the struggle

of a people through the lives of

young African-American athletes.
Hundreds of young African Ameri-
can baseball players wanting to
participate in AmericaTs game were
relegated to life in the Negro
League. The conditions were re-
flective of the current conditions
in society.

These young men barnstormed
across the United States often play-
ing in front of sellout crowds. The
crowds were very distinctive. Jim
Crow rules applied as the audi-
ences reflected the bus that Ms.
Rosa Parks rode on that famous
day in Montgomery, AL.

Negro League players had no
alternatives. They were not al-
lowed to play in the Major Leagues
because of the color of their skin.
These young Afncan American
players believed they could com-
pete in the Majors. America, how-
ever, did not embrace integration
in Major League sports.

The Negro League teams flour-
ished from 1898 to 1946. Young
African American men from every
possible background exhibited
their skills in a segregated league.
We would like to take this oppor-
tunity to mention a few of these
talented young men.

Leroy oSatchel? Paige

The best pitcher to ever play
baseball. He spent time with the
Pittsburgh Crawfords, Kansas
City Monarchs, New York Black

Yankees, and Satchel PaigeTs All
Stars among other teams. Satchel
had a 25 year career. Satchel be-
came the oldest rookie ever sign-
ing with the Cleveland Indians at
42 years of age. His record was
estimated to be nearly 2000 victo-
ries with about 500 loses. He
pitched nearly 100 no-hitters. He
became famous for calling in the
outfield. Satchel became the first
Negro League player elected to
the National Baseball Hall of Fame
in 1971.
James oCool Papa? Bell

oCool Papa? reportedly stole 175
bases in one season and hit .480 in
another. He taught himself to
switch hit. He played nearly 29
years in the Negro Leagues with
the St. Louis Stars, Detroit Sena-
tors,and Homestead Grays among
others. As an outfielder he was
considered the fastest man to ever
play. He was thought to be so fast,

he could turn the light switch off

and be in bed before the lights
went out. James oCool Papa? Bell
was elected to the National Base-
ball Hall of Fame in 1974.

Henry oHank? Aaron

In 1951, Henry Aaron began as
a 17 year old outfielder with the
Indianapolis Clowns. Aaron bat-
ted .462 that year with the Clowns.
In 1952, Hank Aaron was signed
by the Milwaukee Braves. He be-
came the most prolific home run
hitter of all time. He surpassed
Babe RuthTs record of 714 home

runs on April 9, 1974 with the
Atlanta Braves. Hank Auron was
elected to the Hall of Fame in 1982

Willie oSay Hey? Mays

In 1950, W
outfielder with the Birmingham
Black Barons. That same year he
signed with the New York Giants
Willie served two years in the mil
tary from 1952 to 1954. Willie was
best known for his range in
centerfield. He led the League in
home runs 4 times. He is third on
the career home run list with 660
only Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron
have more. He moved to San Fran
cisco with the Giants in 1957. He
joined the New York Mets in 1972
His best moment is the famous
catch off Vic Wertz in the 1954
World Series. He is also in the Hall
of Fame.

William oBuck? Leonard

A Rocky Mount native and cur
rent resident. He began his career
with semi-pro baseball clubs in
Rocky Mountand Wilson. In 1933,
his first year as a professional,
Buck played with the Brooklyn
Royal Giants. In 1934, Buck signed
with the Homestead Grays for
which he played until 1950. Buck
and Josh Gibson teamed to win
many championships with the
Grays. As a first baseman, Buck
was credited with developing the
split. He was inducted into the
Hall of Fame in 1972.

David oStick? Barnhill
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~ihe was a 19 year old

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As a pitcher Dave played against
Buck Leonard as a semi-pro when
he played with the Wilson team.
Hie also played against several
other eastern North Carolina
teams in Durham, Tarboro,
Smithfield, etc. Stick signed with
the Negro League New York Cu-
bans, New Orleans Stars and the
St. Louis Stars. Dave played 8
years in the League. He played
with many of the greats!
John Roosevelt
"Jackie" Robinson
He is probably the most signifi-
ant racial figure in American his-
tory. It has been 50 years since
Branch Rickey offered Jackie a
contract. Jackie fulfilled his re-
sponsibility admirably by being
named Rookie of the Year and MVP
two years later. What type of man
he was?

Jackie spent his entire career
under a spotlight. The type of ridi-
cule and degradation be experi-
enced on the field was very similar
to that he faced off the field. Jackie
was chosen to make history of his
personality.

A 27-year-old short stop with
the Kansas City Monarchs would
change the complexion of the Ma-
jor League Baseball. Branch
Rickey had a very elaborate plan
to integrate the sport of baseball.
However, he was very aware of
how the majority would respond.
As a result, Mr. Rickey searched
far and wide for the right player.
The name he continued to hear
was John Roosevelt Robinson.
Jackie grew up in a desegregate
neighborhood. He was an excel-
lent athlete in high school and

college (UCLA). He spent a short
time in the US Army. Jackie was a
fierce competitor on the field but
yet he was very friendly off the
field. A non-drinker non-smoker,
Jackie impressed all with his
athleticism and intellect.

Jackie signed with the Brooklyn
Dodgers and began his career in
the Major Leagues. His teammates
threatened a mutiny. They did not
want to play with the Negro. Other
players often called him names
and used other forms of degrada-
tion. However, Jackie would not
respond.

Jackie played very well on the
field his rookie year, but off the
field was a nightmare. He found
hate letters at home, threatening
him with death, and/or harm to
his family.

JackieTs triumph over these in-
credible pressures and his undeni-
able contribution led to the Dodg-
ers pennant in 1947. Jackie later
used his influence to encourage
some and educate others. Today
we are more aware of the contribu-
tions of this great man

Jackie Robinson is in the Base-
ball Hall of Fame. He has also set
the table for other greats to have
the opportunity to strive for their
measures of fame. Many have ben-
efited. On April 15, 1947, what do
you think might have been going
through JackieTs mind when he
took the field as a Brooklyn
Dodger? What might have gone

through his mind nearly 50 years
later as Tiger Woods walked down
the 18th Fairway 12 strokes ahead
of the field only moments later
becoming the first African Ameri-
can to win the Masters Golf Tour-
nament in Augusta, Georgia.
Just how might Jackie have felt

as several very optimistic men sat .

in the South Greenville Recreation
Center in the Spring of 1990. These
young men were dreaming of a
league for young children to par-
ticipate in baseball who otherwise
may not participate.

Jackie, Cool Papa, Stick, Buck,

Judy, among others just wanted to _

play ball. All had opportunity, as
they loved these experiences in
the Negro Leagues. None com-
plained about the life in the Negro
Leagues only their inability to com-
pete against all of the very best.

The same Spring Jackie took ,

the field for the Dodgers, Josh
Gibson died. Many others were
pass their prime or for some other
unforeseen circumstance never
played in the Majors. The players
commitment to baseball is evident.

Whose responsibility is it to con-
tinue this commitment? Is there a

Dave Barnhill standing on this.
field today? Might a young Tiger -
Woods be among the group? Do:
you believe you can make the sac- ~

rifice that Rosa Parks made? Let

us not forget those sacrifices that
laid a groundwork for our lifestyle

today.

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In Milwaukee, Wis., the Milwaukee
Journal newspaper reported that a local
woman, 66, and her husband are searching
for a surrogate mother of their deceased
sonTs sperm so they can fulfill their longing
to be grandparents.. And in Milan, Italy,.a
newspaper reported that a 35-year-old
woman was three monthsT pregnant with
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surrogate mothers. Blood tests after birth
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No justice, no where

Suspecting that a drug dealer might have
sold her counterfeit crack cocaine, Rosie
Lee Hill complained to Pensacola, Fla.
police. She was arrested after an investigat-
ing officer determined the two cocaine
rocks were real. Hill said she had paid $50
for the drugs. But when she tested them
she thought they were baking soda. oItTs
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believed she was getting ripped off.?

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} police officer Colin Norris instead. Norris
took TarantinoTs order for two bags of
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| For whom the bell tolls

In Caltanisetta, Sicily, Nunzio Saita, 70,
a priest, received a suspended sentence and
7 had his church bell confiscated after a cou-
ple in the town complained that Father
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fuined their sex life.

Impaired judgement

In a Virginia case reported in the Mental
Health Law News, Susanna Van de Castle,
was awarded $350,000 in her lawsuit
against her psychiatrist-husband Robert,

_ for malpractice. According to the suit, after
~ having diagnosed her as suffering from

~ multiple personality disorder, he then mar-
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beginning of this year, 795 people have

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in Zimbabwe last year out of 792,061
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those said Zairian villagers attacked their
refugee camps with machetes, killing hun-
dreds, and that KabilaTs forces opened fire
on at least one camp. Kabila, in giving the
UN. the ultimatum, said the airlift could
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port in Goma on the Rwandan border. The
60-day deadline will begin today.

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A young man, one
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stabbed to death an
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seeking amnesty -
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The victim, Amy Biehl, 26, a Fulbnght
scholar from Newport Beach, Calif., was
killed Aug. 25, 1993, while driving Black
friends home to Guguletu, a poor settle-

~ment outside Cape Town. The man,
Mongezi Manquina, 25, was reportedly
one of four men convicted to 18 years in
prison for the killing. The Truth
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led government to investigate apartheid~.
era abuses - from both Blacks and Whité.
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racial division, the commission can grant
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By Candace Garrett

Jesus Christ did not come to be
a political revolutionary. His mes-
sage was not based upon social
reform or the economic empower-
ment of the masses. He did not
strive to amass to Himself.a group
of angry political activists. No in-
deed. While JesusT message and
His life radically changed the
course of history, we cannot fail to
acknowledge the ultimate purpose
of His life, message, death and
resurrection. Hecame, notsomuch
to change history, but to change
the hearts of men. His messages
were filled with power"not of po-
litical influence or the opinions of
the majority, but He spoke with
the authority of God. All of Heaven
backed His words, and everyone
listening knew it, even those who
so violently opposed Him.

Jesus said of Himself, oIf you
have seen Me, you have seen the
Father.? (John 14:9) His presence

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May 13, 1997 2111-A Dickerson Avenue
Box 13/P.0. Box 633
Greenville, North Carolina 27834
(Church) 355-9287 (Home) 946-7588
; Rev. David E. Williams. Jr. Pastor
Dear Friends:

On May 31, 1997 at 9am til 4pm, the Metropolitan Mission of The Christian
Methodist Episcopal Church will sponsor a drive-in Radiothon at 2111-A
Dickerson Avenue Greenville, NC.

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ministries of the newly established mission, and to aid in the religious
development in the Pitt County Communities.

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persons who have registered on the Radiothon and who will receive one of the
many prizes we wish to give away at that hour.

Therefore, we are in need of your support. We, the members and pastor
are hoping that your company or your business will give a donation for the
purchase of prizes to help support the great cause. We thank you in advance
for your consideration and your prayers.

Respectfully yours,

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introduce this center to the Greenville Community, we are planning and "In Touch
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will have games, contests, races, singing, step dancing, and lots of food and drinks.

As per our conversation on May 1, we are looking forward to having WOOW broadcast
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5 The Glorius Church

ator. That was His only purpose,
and to ensure the success of His
mission, He only did what He saw

~the Father do. (John 5:19) To those

who witnessed His life and heard
His words, there could be no doubt
about the unity that existed be-
tween the Father and His Son.
Just as Jesus represented the
fullness of God in bodily form
(Heb.1:3; Col. 1:15), so is the
Church called to be the Body of

Christ (Col. 1:18; Eph.1:22,23). The

Church is the organism (not insti-
tution) ordained by God to demon-
strate His likeness to a world that
does not know Him. As Jesus told
His followers, oWhen you see Me,
you have seen the FatherT, the
world should be able to look upon
the Church and know, without
doubt, that they have seen Jesus.

During His earthly ministry, the
crowds tried to force Jesus to be
their king (John 6:15). They were
eager to use the power they saw in
Him as a means of political gain.
But Jesus would not allow Him-
self to be swayed by their zeal. He
understood what they did not: That
the Kingdom of God cannot be es-
tablished by human effort (John
18:36). His mission was to usher in
GodTs Kingdom where it would be
truly effective"in the hearts of
men.

The power of JesusT ministry was
based in His complete obedience
to the Father. His delight was in
pleasing Him (John 8:29). The
ChurchTs power will be evidenced
as we commit to the same reckless
submission to the will of our Lord.
The Church cannot afford to be.T
lured or manipulated into any

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and his members are dedicated to the Word. Shown
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battle for any reason. There are
those who would use the influence
of the Church for selfish purposes
and agendas that are not from the
heart of God. Meanwhile, the cap-
tives will remain prisoners until
we learn to walk in our true lib-
erty"the Spirit of God (IICor.
3:17).

We have received a commission
from our Lord, and along with His
orders, God has equipped us with
weapons with which to carry out
His plans. These weapons are not
natural, and they are not the prod-
ucts of human skill or wisdom (II
Cor. 10:3-5, Eph.6:10-18). Rather
than leave us an easy prey for the
enemy (who is not a natural en-
emy, but supernatural), our wise
Commander has given us strate-
gies and artillery born/ut of His

power and glory. Too often, the
Church has scorned the methods
of warfare designed by God, and
we have opted to wage battles us-
ing the weak and feeble ammuni-
tion of the world and its system of
ideology. We will never walkin the
victory of Christ if we do not follow
Him completely. Therefore, we
cannot deviate from His example:
We must do only those things
which we see the Father do.

The revelation of the heart and
mind of God that we need will
come when we dedicate ourselves
to seeking His face. When we see
Him with our hearts, we will be
changed more and more into the
likeness of His character (II Cor.
3:18; Eph. 1:17-19). Our change
will bring change to a world that

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(British) Dictionary of National
Biography,? said Vincent Carretta,
professor of English at the Univer-
sity of Maryland in College Park,
oMd., who is editing SanchoTs let-
ters for publication in the United
States in 1998. :
oHe was a celebrity and was

Church

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so desperately needsit. Sowe must
never forget that God is calling us
to BE like Him more than He is
calling us to DO anything else.
Our focus must never be moved
away from the purpose of our

~Family

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28, 1988 shotgun massacre of
Andre Armstrong, James Brown,
Brown's girlfriend, Loretha Ander-
son, and her 2 1/2 year-old daugh-
ter, Chemise in Lake View Ter-
race.

Bryant lured Armstrong to his
Wheeler Avenue house, where ad-

Chavis

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compatible with his standing as
an ordained Christian minister.

The associationTs board of direc-
tors will make the final decision on
ChavisT status in May or June.

Chavis also was embroiled in
controversy at the National Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People. He became execu-
tive director in 1993 and was fired
the next year after disclosing that
he had allocated more that
$330,000in NAACP funds to settle
a sexual discrimination case
against him.

Chavis has been a frequent
Farrakhan ally and helped orga-
nize his 1995 Million Man March
in Washington.

At the news conference, Chavis,
49, vigorously defended the Na-
tion of Islam and Farrakhan
against allegations of anti-
Semitism and said he did not be-
lieve that Iran or Libya, which
have been friendly to Farrakhan,
support terrorism, as charged by
the Clinton administration.

oThe Nation of Islam does not
have a history of anti-Semitism.
ThatTs an unfair, unsubstantiated
allegation and charge thatTs al-
ways brought up,? Chavis said.

Nykia

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the team, you can write them at:
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known as much for whom he knew

as for what he did,? Carretta said
during a visist to London.

oHe is also the only black we
know of to have voted a in
Parlimentary election in 1774 and
1780. The vote in those days was
limited to property owners and he
qualified as he had his shop in
Westminster,? Carretta said.

It is not know where SanchoTs
parents were abducted into sla-
very. He was born halfway across
the Atlantic Ocean on the Middle
Passage, the slave shipTs voyage

Lord...bringing many sons to glory
(Heb. 2:10)

We must not become engaged in
the futile attempt to convert the
world system to righteousness. The
Bible clearly states that the sys-
tem of the worldis a direct product
of manTs rebellion against God in
the Garden of Eden. All of creation
fell as Satan gained the position of

mitted drug dealer Jon Preston
Settle, who was convicted of vol-
untary manslaughter and sen-
tenced to 21 years and four months
in prison, and Smith ambushed
the crime family's former hitman
for trying to extort money from
Bryant.

Moments later, Wheeler killed
Brown in the entryway, then
walked outside and shot Anderson
and her daughter, who were in a
car and still wearing seatbelts.

Los Angeles Superior Court
Judge Charles Horan, who sen-

from West Africa to the SpanishT Miguel Corva:

West Indies " now Columbia and
Panama.

oSanchoTs mother fell ill soon
after he was born and she died in
the colony. His father is believed
to have committed suicide rather
than endure slaver,? he said.

Their son was baptized Ignatius
at Cartagena and sent to England
when he was 2 years old. He was
given to three sisters who named
him Sancho because they thought
him like a chubby Sancho Panza,
the servant of Don Quizote in

authority that Adam lost because
of his sin. Only in Jesus, the Sec-
ond Adam, is there redemption
from the downward spiral of hu-
manity and all of its philosophies
and principles"including those of
politics, governments and econom-
ics (Rom. 6:12-21; Rom. 8:19-21).
the Father never intended for the
kingdom of darkness to be con-

tenced the men to death, said, "It
is true and inescapable that the
two males in this case were killed
in a brutal and cowardly way."

While the judge said he "sheds
no tears" over the death of hitman
Armstrong, he added, "But then
there's the other stuff, and that
includes that moment after (the
men were killed), (Wheeler) hadn't
hadenough. That's what's so mind-
boggling."

"After blowing the scalp off one
(man), and it must have been a
bloody, screaming mess, he went

servant and.gave him no school-

. But gheir neighbor, the Duke
of Montagu.) owner of estates and
slave in the Caribbean, was im-
pressed by SanchoTs intelligence
and lent him books.

Sancho eventually became but-
ler to the Duchess of Montagu.
When she died in 1751, she left
him alegacy and an annuity for life
which was continued by her heir.

Sterne published a servon in
1760 referring to the bitterness of

verted, but He decreed that His
light would drive the darkness
away. Likewise, the Church can-
not be satisfied with superficial
remedies such as amendments to
governmental policies, but we must
press on to see the darkness in the
hearts of men displaced by the
light of His glory and the wisdom
of His Word. (Isaiah 60:1-3; John
1:1 5, 9, 12, 18).

out there with a shotgun and hand-
gun and killed the mother...and
then the baby..." said Horan.

Anderson's baby son survived
the fusillade. Police found the child
under his mother's blood-soaked
body.

Prosecutors portrayed Stanley
Bryant as a drug lord, based in a
Pacoima pool hall, who oversaw
hundreds of employees and a $6
million-a-year cocaine enterprise

via a network of crack houses?

throughout the San Fernando Val-
ley.

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slavery, inspiring Sancho to write
to suggest he devote more time to
the subject.

That led to correspondence as
SterneTs father had died of feverin
Jamaica after being sent there with
his regiment to put down a slave
uprising. Sterne subsequently
wrote about slavery in his novel,
oTristram Shandy.?

SanchoTs ill health cut short his
service with the Montagu family
and led him to open his grocery
where he was helped by his black
wife Anne Osborne and their six

As we battle with tactics that
God never designed or intended
for us, we only prolong war and
delay victory. In the mean time,
souls continue to be lost"souls for
whom Jesus died.

So the Church must ostick to her
guns?, being mindful of her Lord,
her purpose and the arenain which
she has been called to fight. As we
walkin Hiscompassion and might,
everything that opposes our Lord
will ultimately have to bow its
knee and give way to His righ-
teousness. All yokes of bondage
will be destroyed by His anointing
flowing through us (Isaiah 10:27).
Then we will be able to proclaim
for all eternity: The kingdoms of
this world have become the king-
doms of our Lord and of His Christ
and He shall reign forever and
ever!!! (Rev. 11:15)

children. ee

His letters are really essays inT
which he comments on the difficul-. |

ties of running a small business

on political and literary lifein Brit-

ain and new plays inthe theaters: -
" he had ambitions to be an actor ©
butaspeechimpedimentmadethat _"
impossible. He once spent his last. ©
shilling on a performance by. .

Garrick of King Richard ITI.

In his shop, Sancho met aristo-:
crats and society people who wereT
intérested enough in his opinionsT
to correspond with him. :

In one letter, Sancho used a
Shakespearean character to de-
scribe himself, saying: oFigure to
yourself, my dear Sir, a man of a
convexity of belly exceeding
Falstaff " and a black face into
the bargain.?

Besides selling tea and soap,
Sancho dispensed tobacco and
sugar, the products of slavery.
While he deplored the exploitation
of his fellow Africans, he believed
in the potentially benevolent in-
fluence of commerce.

His book oLetter of the Late
Ignatius Sancho? in two volumes
was published in 1782 two years
after his death and attracted 1,182
subscribers. It ran into four edi-
tions and a fifth was issued in
1803 by his son William who had
become a publisher, bookseller and
librarian.

A concert of SanchoTs music as
well as readings from his letter is
being given at the National Por-
trait Gallery on May 4.

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