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54th NAACP Meet Elects Skip Alston "
' By Cash Michaels
Stoff Writer
NAACP State Conference Presi-
dent Melvin oSkip? Alston, ap-
pointed last May after months
serving as interim, overwhelmingly
won the vote of confidence he
sought from the majority of the 300
delegates attending the 54th an-
nual state convention in Raleigh
Saturday.
Alston, who aggressively worked
to ensure his mandate, polled 188
votes, or more than 63 percent, to
Duplin County Branch Pres. Jesse
SmithTs 68 votes, and District 8 Di-
rector Min. Curtis GatewoodTs 41
votes. Terry Darnell Belk, Political
Action Committee chairman of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg branch,
dropped out of the race Saturday,
throwing his support to Smith. He
tallied only 1 vote.
oITm just glad that people recog-
nize that weTve been trying our
best, weTve been trying to address
the issues... and when you get over-
whelming support like that, that
shows theyTre happy with whatTs
going on.? Alston told
He promised stronger lobbying
efforts now in the state Legisla-
ture, and that the state chapter
would be more visible in speaking
out about welfare reform and affir-
mative action rollbacks, and more
proactive on issues like economic
development, troubled youth and
education.
MAKE GRANT PRESENTATION"Sen. Martin and Rep. Linwood Mercer were on hand to make a formal
grant presentation at St. LukeTs Church of Christ in Princeville. The $45,000 grant, accepted by Princeville
Mayor Walter Plemmer, will be used for cleanup and maintenance efforts on the Princeville cemetery. The
funds will be used in an ongoing effort to get the cemetery recognized by the Federal Historical Registry.
Pictured are: (|.-r.) Rep. Linwood Mercer, Princeville Town commissioner Linda Worsely, Sen. Bob Martin,
Mayor Walter Plemmer.
Poetess Maya Angelou To Shaw Homecoming
Maya Angelou, renowned poet
and author, will be performing for
Shaw UniversityTs Homecoming on
Thursday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m. in the
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium.
The event is being held as a spe-
cial fundraiser to complete the fi-
nal stages of renovation of Estey
Hall.
Estey Hall was erected in 1873
as the nationTs first womenTs dor-
mitory on a coeducational campus.
It has been marked as a historic
site by the state of North Carolina
and is included in the National
Register of Historic Places.
AngelouTs autobiographical ac-
count of her youth, J Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings, was a PBS spe-
cial in 1979. She has more than 20
published works to her credit, in-
cluding oOn the Ptlse of the Morn-
ing,? which was written at the re-
quest of then-President-Elect Will-
iam Jefferson Clinton and deliv-
ered at his inauguration in 1993.
She has*many bestselling books q
of poetry and prose to her credit,
including Gather Together in My
Name, Oh! Pray My Wings are
Gonna Fit Me Well, The Heart of a
Woman and Wouldn't Take Noth-
ing for My Journey Now. Most re+
cently, she released an autobiogra-
A Mind Is
A Terrible
Thing To
Wasie.
phy titled, Even the Stars Look
Lonesome.
The award-winning author has
contributed articles to a wide vari-
ety of magazines including Es-
sence, HarperTs Bazaar, and the
New York Times Magazine.
In addition, she has made hun-
dreds of appearances on cable and
local television and radio talk
shows.
AngelouTs awards and honors
come from virtually every field. In
August she was named oWoman of
the Year? by the North Carolina
Black Publishers Association at its
first annual Awards Banquet.
She has received the Chubb Fel-
lowship Award from Yale Univer-
sity, a National Book Award nomi-
nation in 1970 for J Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings, a Pulitzer Prize
A ' 7
HEAD START AWARENESS MONTH"Shown here is the staff of the Martin County Community Action Head
Start Center and several well-wishers who attended a Head Start Awareness Breakfast. It was all a part of
the observance of October as Head Start Awareness Month. Pictured are: Jeffey Savage, Pitt County
Commissioner; The Hon. Nancy Jenkins, Mayor of the City of Gr, gra Chuck Autry, member of the
Greenville City Council; Melvin McLawhom, membr of the MCC
nomination in 1972 for Just Give
Me a Cool Drink of Water TFore I
Die, and a Tony Award nomination
for her 1973 performance in Look
Away.
She is the recipient of the Matrix
Award and has had more than 30
honorary doctoral degrees con-
ferred upon her from colleges and
universities nationwide.
A resident of Winston-Salem
Angelou was appointed in 1981 toa
lifetime position as the first Rey-
nolds Professor of American Stud-
ies at Wake Forest University.
Shaw University, founded in
1865, is the oldest historically
black institution in the South.
Since 1987 the university has been
under the leadership of President
Talbert O. Shaw.
wf,
AlstonTs landslide was the culmi-
nation of a three-day state confer-
ence convention that promoted
strong, positive messages for
youth, community and church in-
volvement, political activism, and
economic empowerment with the
theme, oAnd Still We Rise.?
Wake CountyTs three NAACP
branches, Raleigh-Apex, Wendell-
Wake, and South Central Wake,
were roundly applauded for
cohosting the 54th annual meeting.
There were signs long before the
first vote was cast Saturday, that
whoever the winner was, would
face healing the deep fractures
caused by the State ConferenceTsT
first hotly contested presidency.
Many members The CAROLIN-
IAN contacted, both moderate and
progressive, expressed the strong
feeling that the state chapter
needed a more decisive, deter-
mined direction in addressing the ~
issues that plague the African-
American community. They saw
new leadership as the first step to-
wards making that difference, and
wanted to make a change.
AlstonTs supporters, on the other
hand, felt that despite his decade-
long participation under the previ-
ous administration as first vice
president, he deserved a chance,
and a full term, to be the leader,
and show that he is capable of tak-
ing the state NAACP in that new
direction.
Even Alston, 40, acknowledged
that the divisions existed, but
seemed to challenge his opponents
to carry the responsibility of heal-
ing.
NEWLY ELECTED
GREENVILLE
CITY COUNCIL
NANCY JENKINS
Mayor
MILDRED COUNCIL
District 1
RUFUS HUGGINS
District 2
INEZ FRIDLEY
District 3
BLANCHE FORBES
District 4
MARY ALSENTZER
District 5
CHUCK AUTRY
At Large
¢ Winterville elects Doug
Jackson Mayor
Board of Directors; REginald Speight,
Executive Dir. MCCA; Myrtle Stallings, MCCA Program Director; Valerie Bell, St. GabrielTs Head Start parent;
Cathy Rivera, Greenville Det.; Cleatrice Herbert, St. Gabriel's Head Start Supervisor, Edward Bamett, St.
GarbielTs Maintenance; Pamela Harper, St. Gabriel's Head Start Family Service Worker, and Marcella
Perkins, St. Gabriel's Head Start Family Service Worker. (Jim Rouse Photo)
A PRETTY LILT FACE"Bright eyes, brilliant smile, and dimples to
boot...our camera captured this picture of happiness recently and we
just had to share it with our readers. (Jim Rouse Photo)
Congresswoman Clayton
Tells Of Bill Passage
Washington, D.C."Congress-
woman Eva M. Clayton (D-N.C.)
today announced passage of H.R.
1119, Defense Authorization,
which includes a much needed pay
raise of military families and hous-
ing improvements.
The bill authorizes a total of
$268.2 billion.
oI am happy that military fami-
lies will get a 2.8 pay raise,? said
Clayton. oWe have more than
11,000 military families receiving
food stamps to make ends meet.
This is not a good position for
servicemembers who are serving
their country.
oIt is important that we take
care of our military families,? said
Clayton. oI am pleased that we re-
ceived an overwhelming vote in the
House to support our service men
and women. I look forward to simi-
lar support in the Senate.?
The bill will provide funding for
the continued deployment of troops
to Bosnia beyond 1998 only if the
President makes a detailed report
to Congress regarding the purpose,
duration and exit strategy for the
operation. The agreement does not
Elureh
BY FAYE WHITE
Associate Editor
EditorTs Note: If you would
like to have your churchTs spe-
cial event included in this col-
umn, please submit it to Faye
White, MT Voice Church Calen-
dar, at least two weeks prior to
the event.
Holy Mission Holy Church
(1811 South Pitt Street in Green
ville) would like to remind every-
one that their Outreach Center is
open daily (Monday through Fri-
day) from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. oIf
we can be of help to you, please
give us a call? at 756-6944.
oLife Star Ministries? (produc-
ing lives that shine as stars be-
cause of the cross) -- presents the
drama oGod Remembers? at 6 p.m.
on Sunday, Nov. 9, at the W.H.
Robinson Elementary School (449
North Railroad Street in
Winterville), sponsored by Bishop
W.H. Mitchell and the Good Hope
Free Will Baptist Church Youth
Department. Life Star Ministries is
the
authorize any additional base clos-
ing and it includes language set-
ting out strict competitive bidding
rules for Air Force maintenance
contracts that effectively require
private contractors currently oper-
ating at Kelly and McCellan.
oI am hopeful that because of the
much needed dollars for military
families, the President will not
veto the bill due to the conflicts
with the military depots,? said
Clayton.
Clayton had earlier submitted an
amendment to reimburse Army Re-
serve and National Guard mem-
bers, who were deployed to Europe
on the second rotation of Operation
Joint Guard. The amendment was
stricken from the bill, but Clayton
will reintroduce it Thursday as an
independent piece of legislation.
oThis bill will facilitate reim-
bursement to the soldiers who used
personal funds to pay for shipment
of personal items which the Army
normally paid for in the past,? said
Clayton. oThe bill has been drafted
to cover all soldiers who may have
been affected while the policy was
still in effect.?
Saas 3
a nonprofit organization affiliate
with the St. Rest Holy Church. Our
mission is to reach the lost, restore
lives, and build strong solid fami-
lies for God.
The St. MaryTs New Horizon
Mass Choir will celebrate their
Ninth Anniversary at 3 p.m., Sun-
day, Nov. 9. Witness for Christ will
be presented in concert.
York Memorial AME Zion
Church will hold appreciation ser-
vices to honor their pastor, Rev.
Charlie O. Caldwell, Nov. 9-16.
Services will begin at 7:30 p.m.
nightly and 6 p.m. on Sunday.
Scheduled to participate in this cel-
ebration: Monday - Rev. Blake
Phillips and English Chapel; Tues-
day - Bishop T.L. Davis and Pro-
gressive; Wednesday - Rev. Sidney
Locke and Cornerstone; Thursday -
Bishop Ralph Love and Holy Trin-
ity; Friday - Rev. Howard Parker
and Sycamore Hill; and, Sunday -
Rev. Rosie OTNeal and Koinonia.
An Appreciation Benefit Dinner
(See CHURCH BRIEFS, P. 2)
: Dee Apetsi and Gackic Bourier Kaiper '
"
Dear Jackie and Dee: :
oMy boyfriend and I have been dating for about a year. He
is separated from wife and has custody of their daughter. |
really love this man and love his child as my own. His wife has
visitation rights every other weekend. About two months ago
she began coming over to visit during the week , now she is
spending @Very:other weekend with them"day and night. He
tells me there is nothing going on between them and that he is
doing this for his daughterTs sake.
When she is not there
everything between us is fine and he reassures me that he
loves me, but when she is visiting he tells me that | should not
call or come over. | have tried to be understanding " What
should I do?
Trying To Understand"...
Dear Trying to Understand
| commend you on being very
understanding. However,
let's take a look at what your
boyfriend is saying and com-
pare it with his behavior He
says he loves you, on the
other hand, his behavior is
conveying something else
He is sending mixed signais
to you and the woman he ts
separated from One would
have to wonder if they are
really separated Try pa-
tlence Patience always
brings us truth The more
patience one invests in a rela-
tionship the more truth is re-
vealed about the parties who
are involved Then and only
then can you make an intelli-
gent decision regarding this
relationship Forget what he
says After all, as an intelli-
gent woman you have a gut
feeling, donTt you????
Jackie
Dear Jackie and Dee
Dear/frying to Understated,
4
.
You've got one smooth opera-\
tor* HeTs seeing two different }
women on alternate ee
ends for his daughter's
sake © RIGHT! If you really
want to wait it out thatTs
fine. maybe he is onettie up-
and-up, in that case heTs worth
waiting for Or maybe he
really does love you (or both
of you) and Is trving to figure
out which of you he needs
then he deserves a little
time Give it some time and
give him the benefit of your
doubt but if your woman's
intuition tells you that this
turkey ts playing you, you've
got to let him go with dignity
and grace let him go
Dee
| have been dating a man for five years Well, | found out
he has been seeing another woman
began to communicate
The other woman and |
She pretended to be religious and
claimed that she had my best interest at heart This made our
mutual fnend very uncomfortable. Therefore the other woman
vave him an ultimatum and he married her Keep in mind that
he dated me all during his engagement without me knowing he
was envaved We had a date one week and he got married the
next week How cana human being do such a thing?
Left Hanging
Dear Lett Hanging
Girltriend. you were not left
hanging You are still stand-
ing and | hope with your
head held high Think about
it, who did wrong in this
situation? Both of them. She
practiced deception toward
you in order to befriend you
and he was deceptive to both
of you He did you wrong
and the girl he married So
why do you think marriage 1s
going to correct the decep-
tion in their lives? It will not
Their hearts have to be dealt
That's God's job) On
the hand. when a
woman has to give a man an
ultimatum to get to the altar,
it makes a statement that
says she wasn't chosen as a
mate, but is a part of a settle-
ment that was made lsually
settlements are made for selt-
ish reasons There aren t any
winners What happened to
a man asking for a woman's
hand in marriage? Don't for-
vet to forgive your ex for
hurting you and if vou find it
in your heart pray for the
Mrs. Take my word, she will
need it Ask God to help you
to wait to be ochosen?
with
other
Jackie
The Minority
Vo) (ero lalen
310 Evans St. Mall.
P.O. Box 8361
2/835
Greenville, NC
Lay
TT ree eet ee ROR
Dear Lett Hanging
AFTER A WHILE
bx Veronica A: Shotistall
After a while vou learn
The subtle difference between
Holding a hand and chaining
asoul And you learn
That love doesn't mean lean-
inz and company doesn t al-
ways mean security
And you begin to learn
That kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren t promises
And you begin to accept your
defeats with your head up
And your eyes ahead
With the grace of a woman
Not the grief of a child
And you learn to build
All your roads on todav
Because tomorrow s ground
is too uncertain and futures
have a way of falling down in
mid-flight After a while you
learn that even sunshine burns
if you get too much
So you plant your own garden
And decorate your own soul
Instead of waiting for some-
one to bring you flowers
And you learn that you really
can endure That you really
are strong And you really do
have worth. And you learn
And you learn. With every
good-bye you learn
Dee
~ CHURCH BRIEFS
Continued from page I
will be held in the Luther Brown
Fellowship Hall of York Memorial
at 6 p.m. Saturday. The public is
invited to share in this celebration
for.this great manservant of God.
For more information, contact ©
chairperson Johnny Wooten at 757-
1135 or York Memorial at 758-
6077.
HaddockTs Chapel Free Will
Baptist Church, Route 1,
Winterville, will hold Quarterly
Meeting Services Saturday and
Sunday, Nov. 8-9. Rev. Clinton
Anderson and the Rock Bottom
Holy Church of Winterville will be
guests for the 7:30 p.m. Saturday
service. Bishop Stephen Jones,
Pastor, the combined choirs and
ushers of Haddock Chapel and St.
Matthew, will be in charge of the
11 a.m. Sunday Service. Rev. Jerry
Parker and the White Oak
Baptist Church of Grimesland will
be guests 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
St. Rest United Holy Church,
Winterville, will observe SENIOR
CITIZENS DAY Nov. 9. Pastor
LeVanice Simmons, of Deeper Life
Church, Goldsboro, will deliver the
morning sermon. Music will be ren-
dered by St. RestTs Male Chorus.
Tabernacle Center Of Deliv-
erance will host Revival Novem-
ber 10-14. Services begin at 7:30
p.m. Prophetess Janie Suggs of
Brooklyn Tabernacle in Brooklyn,
New York, (a native of Pitt County)
will be the evangelist for the week.
The Canaan Free Will Baptist
Church is celebrating the churchTs
Fifth Anniversary, Nov. 12-16. Par-
ticipating in this celebration:
Wednesday, Elder James oShorty?
Wilkes; Thursday, Elder Tommy
Ford and Parks Chapel Church of
Fayetteville; Friday, Elder Mat-
thew Ward and HaddockTs Chapel;
and on Sunday, Bishop Paul Thom-
as and the Victory Christian As-
sembly.
New Vision Faith Church
(106 Ficklen Street) will celebrate
WOMENTS DAY, 3 p.m., Sunday,
Nov. 9. Eldress Betty Joyner will
be the guest minister. Music will
be rendered by the Anointed Gos-
pel Pearls.
The Tina Edwards Memorial
Scholarship Service will be held
at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 8, at En-
glish Chapel Free Will Baptist
Church. Scheduled to appear: The
Edwards Sisters, The Rock Island
Singers, The Junior Consolators,
The Virginia Aires of Chesapeake,
Virginia, Shekinah Glory Mass
Choir, Brother oSnap? and New Vi-
sion, oSlim? & The Southern Won-
ders, and oRevive? of Henderson,
North Carolina. Donations will be
accepted at the service, or, you may
send contributions to The Tina Ed-
wards Memorial Fund, Post Office
Box 1982, Greenville, N.C. 27835.
Selvia Chapel Free Will Bap-
tist Church (400 Watagua Ave.)
will host a Gospel Crusade, Nov.
10-14. Minister Robert Holland, of
Suffolk, Va., will be the guest min-
ister. Services begin at 7:30 p.m.
Call Made
For Black
Music Tapes
Nashville, TN"Demo tapes are
being solicited for a compilation of
contemporary black music. The an-
thology, tentatively titled oNo Op-
pression, is being assembled by
Nashville freelance writers Bill
Friskics-Warren and Grant Alden
for spring release on Checkered
Past, a Chicago-based independent
record label. The project is being
produced in cooperation with the
To All Veterans!
November 1 1th
at 11:00 a.m.
Veterans Day
Celebration!!!
at Downtown Commons
Greenville
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week's edition, it should have read: Pictured here is th4e structural beginnings of St. Peter's Church
(located on Red Banks Road in Greenville). Real Progress in the making. (Jim Rouse Photo)
Nashville-based Black Country
Music Association.,
oWe're looking for a broad range
of country music,? says Friskics-
Warren. oTapes needn't be profes-
sional demos, just good country
songs performed with feeling and
conviction.? The compilation is an
outgrowth of Friskics-WarrenTs
cover story on black country music
for the oNashville Scene?, and of
showcases the BCMA have been
conducting since February 1997.
Alden is coeditor of the alternative
country magazine oNo depression.
The deadline for submissions is
November 17, 1997. Tapes should
be sent to Grant Alden at 73 White
Bridge Rd., #103-203, Nashville,
TN 37205.
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THE MONSTER
Have you a monster in your life?
In your home? In your neighbor-
hood? In our city? Is the monster in
your head, constantly telling you,
oI canTt, you canTt, you canTt? Mon-
sters come in any form - friends,
family, cohorts, colleagues. Tal-
ented, educated, ignorant, young
or old; he is an equal-opportunity
demon. He comes in most crippling
forms: Insecurity, self-hatred, self-
doubt. So many of us have
struggled with our self-value: The
young man or woman pursuing a
diploma or a degree, a job promo-
tion, maintaining good grades, go-
ing to the head of the class, strug-
gling to overcome bad habits, not
knowing if people like you for your-
self or because of who your father
is or was, and people telling you,
oyou'll never amount to anything,
or you're never going to make it?.
The monster can be scary but
donTt give it power; instead, look
right into your fears, talk to your-
self, donTt listen to negative people
and negative thoughts, for you can
do anything you believe you can.
Read and listen to Harriet
Tubman, Colin Powell, Maya An-
gelou, Mary McLeod Bethune, your
parent, your grand parent, among
many others. These didnTt let mon-
sters seduce or destroy their
dreams. Immobilize, paralyze and
neutralize them into success. Only
you can turn your monster into re-
alities, causing your dreams to
come true.
LIVE LONGER
To help you live longer, health-
ily, the United States Department
of Agriculture and Health and Hu-
man Services has some dietary
suggestions that, if followed, could
help you live healthily. Their sug-
gestions are:
1. Eat a variety of foods (includ-
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ing all those from the seven basic
food groups).
2. Maintain weight.
3. Avoid too much fat from ani-
mal sources, saturated fat and cho-
lesterol (thereby practically elimi-
nating fried foods from your diet).
4. Eat foods with adequate
starch and fiber. Doctors say that a
daily diet of high fiber could reduce
your risk of colon and rectal cancer,
the second leading cause of cancer
deaths.
5. Avoid too much sugar.
6. Avoid too much sodium. Salt
reduction is necessary to control
hypertension, but most Americans,
nutritionists say, consume up to
three times more than the recom-
mended 2000 milligrams a day.
7. If you drink alcohol, do so in
moderation (no more than two
drinks a day).
And letTs not forget exercise or
physical activities, such as aero-
bics, jogging, calisthenics, tennis,
and walking. Routine physical ac-
tivity has been linked to reduction
Obituaries
PEARLIE MAE BROOKS
Ms. Pearlie Mae Brooks tran-
scended from this life at her home
on Thursday, Oct. 30, 1997. She
was born on Sept. 28, 1925 in Pitt
County. She was reared in the
Beaufort County area where she
attended public schools in Aurora,
N.C. She returned to Pitt County
as a young adult and remained in
the Greenville, N.C. community
until her passing.
Pearlie Mae retired from her em-
ployment as a Domestic Worker in
1990, but continued to ive of her
invaluable time by helping with
children. She was preceded in
death by her loving husband Jessie
Lee Brooks.
Pearlie Mae was loving, caring
and giving to her church, family,
friends and community. Even
through her extended illness her
smile, her gentle spirit and her
courage gave strength and encour-
agement to all who touched her.
She leaves to cherish her loving
memories: one daughter; Deloris
Ferebee of Greenville; three sons;
Jessie Lee Brooks and wife
Daniele of Greenville, Anthony
Brooks of Greenville, and Onession
Brooks of the home; four sisters;
Lizzie Williams of Greenville,
Ernestine Chapman of Ayden,
Margie Bell and Margaret Hayes of
Baltimore, MD, three brothers; Al-
ton Ray Dixon of Ayden, Rocky
Dixon of Philadelphia, PA and
Charles Robinson of New Castle,
Delaware, four grandcildren;
Shana Ferebee of Greenville,
Davon Clark of the home, Kandis
and Toni Brooks of Takoma, Wash-
ington, niees, nephews and a host
of other relatives and friends.
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of the risk factors related to several
ailments, particularly heart dis-
ease, which remains the No. 1
cause of deaths in the country.
Researchers believe that vigor-
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the blood, clears plaque from the
arteries, keeps blood pressure
down and promotes general good
health habits.
Periodic examinations are among
the most important steps you can
take to possibly add years to your
life, doctors say. If some life threat-
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enough, they can be cured.
10 COMMANDMENTS OF
LOVE
1. Put your spouse before your
mother, your father, your son and
your daughter - your mate is your
lifelong companion.
2. Do not abuse your body with
excessive food, tobacco, drink or
any foreign substance that goes
into your arm or up your nose.
3. Remember that cleanliness is
a virtue.
4. Permit neither your business
nor your hobby to make you a
stranger to your children; the most
precious gift a parent can give his
or her family is time.
5. Willingly share all of your
worldly goods with your mate.
6. Do, not forget to say, oI love
you.? Even though your love may
be constant, your spouse needs to
hear those cherished words often.
7. Remember that the approval
of your spouse is worth far more
than the adoring glances of a hun-
dred strangers, so be true to him or 3
her, and forsake all others.
8. Keep your home in good re- 3
LT. COL. MINNIE BEVERLY
Lt. Col. Minnie Beverly and
friends from North Carolina who
visited with Lt. Col. Ann Lawrence
of Fort Washington, Md. were
among those who were present for
a recent series of ceremonies for
the 1.8 million women who have
served from the Revolutionary War
to the present.
These women were honored with
the dedication of the Women in
Military Service for America Me-
morial, that was placed at the gate-
way entrance to Arlington National
Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
The $21.5 million womenTs me-
morial, which is a 35,000-square-
foot education center, was 13 years
in planning. Using computers, visi-
THE oM? VOICE--NOV. 5 :
Lt. Col. Minnie Beverly Among Those City
tors will be able to call up photo-
graphs and personal stories ex-
plaining the role women have
played in the armed services.
Vice President Al Gore told the
cheering crowd that oThis memo-
rial has been forged by the count-
less acts of bravery and sacrifice of
generations of AmericaTs
servicewomen.?
There was also a gala, featuring
star-studded entertainment in
honor of AmericaTs heroines in uni-
form. Stars of stage and screen told
the many stories in songs and trib-
utes to the courage and determina-
tion of women in the wars.
The reunion that followed the
next day rekindled camaraderie
and the personal sharing of memo-
ries with others, many of whom
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9. Forgive with grace, because
who among us does not need to be
forgiven?
10. Honor the Lord your God ev- E
ery day of your life, and your chil- =
dren will grow up and bless you.
Today, be a sweetheart. Call
someone you love and say, oI love
you.? Make two or three calls; who
says you canTt love more than one
person - in different ways, of
course.)
Go through your closets and give
all those clothes youTve been saving
until you lose 10 pounds to your fa-
vorite charity. Call someone whoTs
lonely and say, oITm thinking of
you?. Or, better yet, say, oI'll be
over tomorrow to take you to lunch,
or to give you a ride.?
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Credo of the Black Press
The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racial
and natural antagonisms when it accords to every person, regardless of race,
color or creed, full human rights. Hating no person, fearing no person in the
firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back.
Looking The Other Way
Black people, at least some of
them, are still having a tough time
when it comes to powerful blacks
and their feet of clay.
Consider the case of the late, unla-
mented Field Marshal Dr. Idi Amin
Dada, former president-for-life of
Uganda.
His cruelty, capriciousness and de-
pravity were the stuff of legend.
His thugs imprisoned, tortured,
and murdered hundreds of thou-
sands (some say more than a million)
young black men. They raped thou-
sands of young black women in vil-
lages across the country, simply be-
cause they knew they could.
The world was horrified. Amin
was universally reviled.
But in the United Sfates, Amin be-
came a hero of sorts among the black
elite, because of his open disdain for
and mocking of powerful whites.
The feeling was, if white America
finds this black man so revolting, he
canTt be all bad.
Fast-forward to two years ago. Ni-
gerian Gen. Sani AbachaTs strangle-
hold on his country is squeezing out
the fragile democracy movement.
Dissent, freedom of expression,
and crushing of any attempts to pull
the country out of its endemic cor-
ruption have made it a buzzword in
international circles.
International groups everywhere
had joined in calling for him to give
up power and release from jail the
man, Chief Abiola, who won the of-
fice of president fair and square.
Almost everywhere. From the
pages of black publications in the
United States came excuses.
The most amazing one was that
Western countries canTt impose
their style of democracy on Africa; it
must move toward democracy at its
own pace.?
The idea, apparently, was that this
was some kind of new oAfrican-style
democracy? that white people
wouldnTt understand.
A dictatorship. Crushing of dissent
isnTt a difficult concept, regardless of
oneTs ethnic background. Political
terror is terror; corruption is corrup-
tion; and jail is jail, everywhere.
Well, almost. A group of black
publishers went on a ofact-finding?
tour of Nigeria, bankrolled by the
Nigerian government.
They stayed in luxurious hotels
and were chauffeured about the
country by government officials,
where they were given the opportu-
nity to ask oordinary? citizens what
they thought of the government.
They reported, wide-eyed and
straight-faced, that there was no cor-
ruption or repression in Nigeria, that
the people loved their leader.
Then there was Dr. Henry LyonsT
recent shenanigans. With everybody
in the country lambasting him,
voices arose within the black commu-
nity to defend him.
Leave Dr. Lyons alone, they said.
HeTs ours, and itTs not any of your
business to choose who we follow.
That, unfortunately, seems to be a
recurring theme. The fact that white
people are outraged by certain
people, and are taking a great deal of
pleasure in reporting their shortcom-
ings, is viewed as reason enough for
the community to rally behind them.
It reminds us of the time when the
opponents of black freedom said Jim
Crow must be defended, because the
communists were reporting our
problems with such glee.
It was a silly argument then, and it
is now.
We need to decide, once and for
all, that if a black leader is killing,
torturing, raping, or even stealing
from and lying to other black people,
it is actually worse than if someone
from outside the community does it.
Not better.
Another Controversy
It was bound to happen.
The national black holiday, Kwan-
zaa, is starting to take off in the
black community.
After about 20 years of not know-
ing exactly what to do about the
new, omade-up? holiday, African-
Americans have incorporated it into
their holiday ritual.
It makes a nice bridge in the holi-
day season between Christmas and
New YearTs, which black folks have
not given up.
So it shouldnTt be too surprising
that, with its increased importance,
certain groups (possibly hoping to in-
crease their importance) have begun
pontificating on how it is and is not
to be observed.
A couple of years ago those
groups, notably that headed by
Conrad Worrill, demanded that
Kwanzaa-based advertising be
pulled by national chain stores. It
sullied the holidayTs spirit, they said.
The latest fuss is over Kwanzaa
stamps and merchandise to be issued
by the U.S. Postal Service.
The twist this time is that it is the
inventor of Kwanzaa himself, Dr.
Maulana Karenga, who is being tar-
geted by a watchdog group, the Na-
tional Leadership Council of Elders.
This group was furious that
Karenga, who understandably con-
siders Kwanzaa his holiday and his
the final word on how it should be
observed, made a deal with USPS
for the stamps and merchandise.
They said that in doing so, he was
guilty of oan affront to the African-
American community, an assault on
the preservation of the cultural in-
tegrity of Kwanzaa.?
What exactly made the ocultural
integrity? of this African-American
holiday their personal purview isnTt
clear, but they further demanded
that Karenga clear any future deals
on the holiday with them.
Uh-huh.
The whole argument seems pretty
silly to us. Not because it is Karenga,
and not this group, that should make
decisions about the holiday.
No, it is pointless because as of a
few years ago, nobody has that
power anymore.
The holiday is now the property of
the African-American people, not
Dr. Karenga and not any one or two
or three groups who have decided
that they and they alone know how it
is osupposed? to be observed.
It has its own life now, and will go,
for better or worse, in whatever way
it will.
The best each of us can hope to do
is to observe it in our own way, and
try not to get too worried about how
other people are doing it.
It won't help, anyway.
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CRACK STRIKES SMALL-TOWN A
MeRICA
Pets Are A
Danger To
All Writers
BY TREY BANKHEAD
I donTt care WHAT the so-called experts say...these ani-
mals in our apartment are plotting something!
ITve been trying for three hours to write this weekTs col-
umn. ItTs supposed to be on the United States Supreme
CourtTs rejection of a challenge to Proposition 209. If you'll
remember, that is the new Californian law that makes Affir-
mative Action programs illegal, as well as setting back mi-
nority and womenTs rights by decades.
ITm starting to wonder, though, if ITll EVER get the col-
umn finished! When I got home from classes, I went straight
to the computer and turned it on. I then left while it booted
up, and put my jacket away, and laid out all my other stuff
that I have to work on tonight.
I went back to the computer, only to discover one cat
(Sam) lying in the chair, and the other (Twinkie) lying on
the keyboard. Thanks to Twinkie, the computer was making
the most God-awful screech, the electronic equivalent of oGet
your big butt OFF me!? It wouldnTt have done the poor ma-
chine any good: TwinkieTs deaf, anyway.
I pulled Sam off, pulled Twinkie off, and looked down to
discover Sam BACK in my chair!
Have you ever had a moment while dealing with an ani-
mal when, although you canTt prove it, you just KNOW that
itTs laughing at you? Try it with two cats.
I grabbed Sam, snatched up Twinkie just as he made a
leap for the keyboard, and carried them to the living room. I
went back into the den and sat down, calling up my notes on
Proposition 209. While I was reading through them, Twinkie
brushed up against my leg. I just ignored him for a while.
The he jumped up into my lap, knocking my hands off the
keyboard in the process. ,
I dumped him onto the floor, and went back to my read-
ing. He repaid me by sinking his claws into my foot.
I jumped straight up, a hard thing to do when your legs
are under the desk. Needless to say, I hit the computer desk
with my knees, nearly sending the computer screen toppling
over, and definitely sending Twinkie scampering out of the
room.
(oHello? Humane Society? ITd like to report a case of ani-
mal abuse. No, it hasnTt happened yet, but it will if you canTt
get here soon...as in right NOW.?)
I was tempted. God knows I was tempted. Still, theyTre
just cats, and ITm human, so! figured they'd just give up.
Shows what I know.
I donTt know HOW he figured it out, but about ten min-
utes later, Sam unplugged the computer. I didnTt even know
he was in the room, let alone under the desk. So you can
imagine my surprise when, in the middle of my typing a
sentence, the computer shuts down. Any kids outside the
window learned some new words tonight.
I looked under the desk just in time to see a black and
brown tail disappearing out the door. ThatTs when I saw
what heTd done. I plugged the computer back in, then chased
him around the apartment, trying to catch him. (oHello, Hu-
mane Society? ITd like to report a peticide. No maTam, not a
PESTicide, although what I may be killing is a bit of a pest
right now. A PETicide. Well, a homicide is when you kill a
person, right? Well, our two pets are about to die.?)
Sam managed to hide under the couch, far enough back
so that I couldnTt get to him. ThatTs when I heard the com-
puter screaming for help again. I ran back to the den, and
cleared the door just in time to trip over a furry blur of
motion moving the other way. I lost my balance, hit a chair,
and hit the floor a second later. You know what it sounds
like when a 215-pound man hits a floor at full speed? No? Be
grateful. What it sounds like is nothing compared to what it
FEELS like, believe me!
By this point, ITd given up. The furdemons had won. I
shut down the computer, went out to the living room, and
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turned on the VCR and TV. Nothing like a good action flick
to get your mind off violence, right?
That notion lasted until Twinkie hopped into my lap.
TwinkieTs our anti-social cat. He HATES people. But then,
heTs been acting weird lately, anyway. I mean, THIS is the
cat whose eyes glow red when he hisses at something!
They planned it. I canTt prove it, but I just KNOW they
planned it. About thirty seconds after Twinkie got settled in
my lap, Sam came rocketing in from another room. He
jumped onto the arm of the couch, up to the back, down the
length of it, bounced off my head, down to the floor, and
whoooosh out the room. Twinkie just sat there, watching,
and ever-so-innocently pinning me to the couch while his
brother used me as a springboard
And they say cats arenTt intelligent. HA!
Want to guess what ITm tempted to do NOW? (oHere,
dear. I made you a pair of furry socks and some fuzzy mit-
tens. No, no special occasion. The cats? I donTt know. I
havenTt seen them moving around since | started on the
gloves.?)
WHY GARY, INDIANA STILL CRIES
By Harry C. Alford
President/CEO, National Black Chamber of Commerce
Gary, Ind. was once a very proud city. A literal suburb of
the great oWindy City,? Chicago, there should be no reason
why the wealth and vitality of its massive neighbor cannot
flow into its streets. But Gary gets none of theT economic
overflow of Chicago. Gary is no longer bustling. It has be-
come one of the most depressing cities in the nation and no
one is to blame but the people of Gary themselves.
Gary cries today because of a strategic error made by the
black leaders of the area. They decided to become politically
empowered without first, or even considering, becoming eco-
nomically empowered. This is a good study on how not to
govern a locality.
Politics controls everything in Gary. If you want a job you
must be approved by the local Democrat apparatus. If you
want to start a business or seek a loan, the local political
leaders must bless it. Nothing has to do with ability, poten-
tial or compatibility, it all has to do with politics. Sadly, the
politics is even one-sided"Democrats. Thus, Gary has very
little leverage with the state capital of Indianapolis. Demo-
crats take them for granted and Republicans wonTt give
them the time of day. The only gains that are made are
through the collective efforts and leveraging of the Indiana
Legislative Black Caucus. What we have in Gary is a few
political party cronies overseeing a population that is totally
alienated from the process.
Under the Richard Hatcher administration, Gary went
through 20 years of largesse. Every citizen with a hint of
ohustle? became a player. Former President Jimmy Carter
was a sucker for black cities such as Gary, Detroit, Cleve-
land, etc., and the federal grants poured in at a phenomenal
rate. More than $1 billion poured into Gary during the
Hatcher years and no one knows what exactly they got for
the money. There became a long line of indicted people who
were carted off to federal prison as the corruption became
apparent.
With the corruption at full scale, serious inflation, Clean
Air Act costs and the oil embargo, Gary, like many other
cities, faced serious decisions. Unfortunately, at this critical
time, Gary could not function as a normal governmental en-
tity. Big business became frustrated and began to leave.
With the quick reduction in job availability and a frustration
_ caused by the leadership void, youth began to leave as soon
as they graduated from high school. The talented and
unpoliticized black middle class also began to leave, follow-
ing the big flow of white residents.
People finally had enough of Hatcher and voted him out
in favor of Thomas Barnes. The Barnes administration
proved to be no more capable or less corrupt. The first big
decision this black mayor made was to eliminate the affir-
mative action plan put into place by Richard Hatcher. Imag-
ine, a black mayor of a black city abolishing affirmative ac-
tion. You see, affirmative action gets in the way of patronage
and corruption.
We would refer large black businesses to consider Gary
for opening up new offices and providing job growth. Every
one of them was ohit up? by the local politicals to the point of
disbelief and horror. Their positive attitudes quickly
changed.
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MEN OF GOD, STAND TALL!"Elder Timothy Ward (I.), Pastor of Re-
deeming Love Christian Center and Minister Lester Howard (r.) pause
from their busy activities outside of their new facility for our camera.
Redeeming Love is growing by leaps and bounds...attesting to GodTs
goodness. (Jim Rouse Photo)
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| DONTT FEEL NOWAYS TIRED"
Pictured here is Brother Golden
Frinks (I.) who has been taking a
stand for civil rights since the
days when he marched with
Martin Luther King, Jr., and a
brother (r.) who supports the ef-
forts of civil rights for all our
brothers and sisters. (Jim Rouse
Photo)
Home Tips
ORGANIZATION " When I go
grocery shopping, | do all the obvi-
ous things, such as putting my
coupons in an envelope and writing
my grocery list on the outside of the
envelope. In addition, I place the
amount of the coupon next to the
item.
When I start my shopping, my first
stop is the directory that shows where
items are located. I then mark the
aisle number by that particular item.
This saves me much time, plus I
avoid all the other aisles of tempting
items which I donTt need. Carol L.,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
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SHOE REPAIR " | often nick
the back of my shoes when driving. I
just use a fine-point permanent mark-
er to cover the marks. It works.
Pauline W., Glens Falls, N.Y.
ATTEND FOUNDERST DAY CEL-
EBRATION"Elder Terry Bynum (I)
and Brother Jeff Davis (r.) flank
Bishop Paul Thomas (c.) recently.
The three were gearing up to be
. " ready to receive all the blessings
| they knew would be shared dur-
) ing Victory Christian's FoundersT
Day celebration. That's what
happens when you ocall those
things which are not as though
they were?. Claiming your bless-
ings in advance, expecting to
receive!! (Jim Rouse Photo)
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EVERY DAY is a day of Thanksgiving... YES, EVERY DAY is a day of thanksgiv-
ing... We all have SO MUCH to be thankful for -- family, love ones, prosperity,
successes in life, health, yes, and even varying degrees of wealth -- all blessings
that many of us take for granted.
While we enjoy a ogood life?... WOOW and BRTS Restaurant would like us to
be reminded of those persons who may be less fortunate than we are... persons in i.
need of food, shelter, and clothing. We're appealing to you to reach WAY DOWN in " pins
your ostorehouses? and donate to a meal that will be served at BRTS Restaurant
from 10:00 AM - 1:00 P.M. on Thanksgiving Day. The menu: Turkey with dressing
& gravy and green beans. We need food items to prepare this meal. We will wel-
come donations of pies and desserts. All food items donated must be received by
Tuesday, Nov. 25. We're also asking for volunteers to help serve the food.
As HE keeps on blessing you, won't you be a.blessing to others?
For more information: Call Bill Bobinson at BRTs at 353-0590 or call WOOW
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What Is FarrakhanTs Wedding Gift?
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By John William Templeton
An Analysis
Anyone who plans to host one
million wedding guests should be
expected to give an appropriate
wedding gift.
According to estimates, Minister
Louis Farrakhan and the organiz-
ers of the Million Man March will
have brought at least an additional
$27 billion into the African-Ameri-
can community by the time of the
planned million families event in
1999.
ThatTs the tally from one of three
major consequences of the Million
Man March, despite what some say
is an extensive effort to erase the
memory of its effects from the
black consciousness.
The march is credited, in part,
with passage of the first increase in
the minimum wage rate in eight
years. That means between $9 bil-
lion and $20 billion per year for the
six million African-American work-
ers at the minimum wage.
Most of these workers are part-
timers, but many actually work a
full week without the benefits of
full-time. The lower figure reflects
the impact at 20 hours per week;
the higher figure at 40 hours per
week.
Another result attributed to the
march is a continuing drop in vio-
lent crime. According to the FBI,
murders were down 22 percent last
year nationally. Supporters say
this drop stems from one million
men and their friends embracing
the call for finding better ways to
resolve disputes, both among them-
selves and with the opposite sex.
Like the minimum wage, fewer
murders also have economic conse-
quences: longer work lives and
greater accumulation of wealth;
more willingness to establish busi-
nesses in safer communities and
less family wealth spent on recov-
ering from catastrophe.
As we remember, critics of the
Million man March said that the
only way it would be successful
was if it reduced crime. Well, crime
has gone down since the march.
There is also the derailment of
the Republican Contract With
America. Once one million men ex-
pressed their concern, other parties
such as the White House, retirees
and environmental groups seized
the opportunity.
Without the MMM, many say,
there would not have been the
presidential resolve to force a gov-
ernment shutdown. In fact, it is
said, the march may have had
more to do with the reelection of
President Clinton and the smaller
Republican House majority than
all the campaign contributions and
soft money.
Despite that victory, however,
two big challenges made it
through, welfare reform and Propo-
sition 209 in California.
Though there is disagreement as
to the. lasting effect, the march em-
powered local organizing coalitions
of existing grassroots organiza-
tions.
One march goal that goes unmet
is the creation of investment funds
for black economic development. If
you have a problem putting your
money into someone elseTs hands, it
is good enough to invest it some-
where through real estate, your
own business, stocks, bonds, annu-
ities, life insurance or foreign in-
vestments, particularly in Africa.
The community already has $36
billion of its $450 billion in invest-
able dollars, so it makes sense that
part of the MMM windfall should
go into enduring wealth.
I'LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA"Decacon Wheeler Brown proudly
shows off the love he feels for his mom...Mother Sadie Brown...who
was celebrating her birthday recently. Deacon Brown readily at-
tributes his success to the God-fearing upbringing he received from
mom. Even the Good Book? says the child that is brought up the way
he should be shall not depart from it. (Jim Rouse Photo)
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