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We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that
makes the heart too big for the body.

"Emerson

EASTERN NORTH CAROLINAT S MINORITY VOICE-SINCE 1981

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ISSUE OF DEC. 10 - DEC. 16

HOLIDAY SHOPPINGIII"Shown here doing some holiday shopping

with her lovely children. (Staff Photo)

E AAffirmative Action Fight Underway

By Cash Michaels

Stoff Writer
Although the holiday season has

begun, the glad tidings are few,,-

proponents of affirmative action in
North Carolina say, if recent
events that may threaten the con-
troversial civil rights policy mean
anything.

A week before the Thanksgiving
holiday, UNC system President
Molly Broad ordered a oreview? o/
admissions, hiring and financial
aid policies and programs that
could be legally construed as hav-
ing a racial or gender-based prefer-
ence at all 16 system campuses
throughout the state.

Realizing that her directive
would raise eyebrows on both sides
of the affirmative action debate,
Broad quickly cautioned that she
was not retreating on the systemTs
commitment to integration, but
said that recent court rulings in
Texas and Maryland made. such a
review prudent.

oI would be amazed if we did not?
make changes in affirmative action
policies, Broad told The Charlotte
Observer last week. oI donTt know
of any university in the country
that wouldnTt benefit from doing
what we are doing [to avoid a court
fight}.?

Reportedly, BroadTs call has al-
ready either diluted or sounded the
death knell for several programs
that were exclusively geared to-
ward helping black and other stu-
dents of color. N.C. State Univer-

sity is now integrating its Univer-
sity Transition Program, while
UNC-Charlotte officials are telling
sponsors of two scholarship pro-
grams for black students that they
have to change them, or else.
Prudent, maybe. But the timing
was no accident, say observers.

Broad, a former administrator in

the University of California Sys-
tem, was adroitly sidestepping the
bullTs-eye conservatives had
painted on the
UNC system
and its policies
in anticipation
of this weekTs
visit by Ward
Connerly, the
black conserva-
tive member of
the University
of California
Board of Re-

Town Of

From Staff Reports

Joyce Tyson Dunn has filed a $1
million dollar lawsuit in U. S. Dis-
trict Court against the Town of
Winterville and the Police Depart-
ment. The suit stems from Ms.
DunnTs alleged treatment by a
Winterville reserve police officer
following a traffic stop.

In addition to the monetary sum,
the Winterville resident is seeking
a public apology from town officials
and a court order to force the resig-

CONNERLY

NAACP Asks Probe Of Church Fire

caught and convicted. Alderman
Worthington states, oit must be
thorough, fast, and just.?

Chuich ( Prof

BY SHADOTA HARGETT
STAFF WRITER

Since the 1950Ts and 60Ts, church
fires have been a significant part of
Black history. Then--we knew the
church burnings were racially mo-
tivated. Now--weTre not so sure; at
least not in the church fire in
Pactolus. This is what leads the
NAACP to wonder what happened
to the Holiness Church.

The Pitt County Branch of the
NAACP held a press conference on
Dec. 4 to discuss the fire in
Pactolus that left about 72 mem-
bers without a church to worship
in.

oJust what happened! All we
want is to know what happened!?,
said Gaston Monk, President of the
Pitt County Chapter of the
NAACP. He, along with other
NAACP members, called the press
conference to discuss their con-
cerns about the church fire.

The SBI and the ATF have been
working hard to find answers to
owhy? and owho? started this fire
at the church. Monks feels the fire
starter is the olowest? kind of per-

son and he has ono love for anyone?
who starts a fire.

The fire caused significant dam-
age to the church. It will need a lot
of repairs done in order to resume
worship services. oThey need our

GASTON MONK

help?, said Alderman W.H.
Worthington, Jr., of Winterville.
The church was under-insured
which means financial assistance
is needed. Calvin Henderson, re-
gional vice-president of the
NAACP, said, oNo church is im-
mune to this; it is a very serious
matter.T

The NAACP members are confi-
dent that the ATF and SBI are do-
ing all they can to stay up-to-date

on the investigation.

The NAACPTs main concern is
whether or not the fire was a hate
crime. The members donTt assume
that it was a hate crime, but they
want to be sure. oItTs always suspi-
cious when there is a church burn-

ing?, said Alderman Worthington. )

The burning of churches has hit as
close as Jones County. oWe donTt
want this happening in Pitt
County,? said Mr. Monk.

Whether the fire was intentional
or accidental, the Pitt County
NAACP believes all churches
should be well insured and have a
sprinkler system. Sylvester
Hughey, chairperson of the
NAACP said, oChurches need
sprinklers.? Calvin Henderson also
added, oWe, as a community,
should be there for one another

_ and help one another.?

Although the investigation con-
tinues, the members of the NAACP
are still open to the possibility of
the fire in Pactolus being one of a
hate crime. If it turns out to be ra-
cially motivated--then the NAACP
expects the perpetrator to be

Kwanzaa: An Overview

BY BRIAN L. HAYNES, Ph.D.
Reports indicate that 20 million
people have commenced to cel-
ebrate Kwanzaa in the United
States, Canada, England, the Car-
ibbean and Africa. Kwanzaa, a
nonreligious, non-heroic, nonpoliti-
cal holiday, I a time to celebrate
African-American heritage, family,
culture and community. Kwanzaa
is celebrated through rituals, po-
etry, music and feasting. The seven
day celebration begins the day af-
ter Christmas and concludes on
New YearTs Day (Dec. 26 - Jan. 1).
Inspired by the Civil Rights
Movement, Kwanzaa was con-
ceived in 1966 by Dr. Maulana
Karenga. The word Kwanzaa is
Swahili and is taken from the Swa-
hili phrase omatunda ya Kwan-
zaa,? which means first fruits.

Kwanzaa is built on seven prin-
ciples known by the Swahili phrase
Nguzo Saba. Each day during the
Kwanzaa celebration a different
principle that is related to African-
American culture is stressed. The
seven principles are: Umoja
(unity), Kujichagulia (self-de-
termination), Ujima (collective
work and _ responsibility),
Ujamaa (cooperative econom-
ics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba
(creativity), Imani (faith).

One of the major rituals of

Kwanzaa is the lighting of a candle

on each of the seven days. The
candles called Mishumaa Saba are
the colors of the Black Liberation
Flag (red, black and green), The
candles are held in a candleholder
known as a kinara. There are three
red candles placed on the right of

the Kinara, three green candles
placed on the left of the Kinara and
one black candle placed in the cen-
ter of the candleholder. Each dayTs
candles are lit beginning with the
black candle. Candles are then lit
alternately from the left to the
right. Daily as candles are lit, a
principle is recited and its impor-
tance expounded upon by each per-
son participating in the ceremony.

Kwanzaa can also be a time of
gift giving. Gifts should include
books, games or toys, related to Af-
rican-American heritage. One of
the key points of Kwanzaa is that
gifts should be modest in nature
and not reflective of the over com-
mercialization that surrounds the
Christmas holiday.

Will you and your family cel-
ebrate Kwanzaa this year? °

-ers will hold their first Pre-Anni-

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.

The oGospelaires of Green-
ville? celebrated their 25th Anni-
versary on Sunday, Dec. 7. Minis-
ter Gregory Branch, of the Philippi
Church of Christ, delivered the ser-
mon; music was rendered by the
Mt. Calvary All-Male Chorus. This
annual fundraising service helps
provide gifts for area family-care
and nursing home residents.

Brother Lonnie Perkins, Taber-
nacle Center of Deliverance
Musician, was honored recently. A
musical concert featuring Sister
Deborah Dixon Trayhan and vari-
ous church choirs and groups con-
cluded the activities.

The New Beginning held Dedi-
cation Services Dec. 7. Bishop J.R.
Carney and the NoahTs Ark Church
family were guests.

The Cedar Grove Male Cho-
rus and Traveling Choir were
presented in concert in observance
of the Senior Usher Board Anniver-
sary on Dec. 7.

The Anointed Ones odeter-
mined By Faith? Gospel Sing-

versary Gospel Celebration at the
Next Generation Church in
Winterville at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday,
Dec. 14. Featured on this program
will be: Brother-To-Brother, The
Inspirations, The New Golden
Doves, Little Willie & The Fantas-
tic Spiritualaires, Mary Brown &
The Spiritual Singers, The

The Junior

_lohnsonaires,
J ) nsonaires, New Life, The
o(See CHURCH BRIEFS, P. 2)

gents, who ended race preferences
in its admissions policies in 1995,
and then successfully shepherded
the Proposition 209 anti-affirma-
tive action battle in California a
year later, outlawing racial prefer-
ences in state-run institutions. The
U.S. Supreme Court recently up-
held the new law.

Conservatives in North Carolina
hope that Connerly, who has been
heralded by right-wing
powerbrokers like Newt Gingrich
and Bill Bennett for his attacks on
President ClintonTs race initiative,
can jumpstart that kind of reform
here.

On Tuesday, the Carolina Con-
servative Coalition, a student orga-
nization reportedly committed to
the end of affirmative action in
both UNC admissions and hiring
policies, brought Connerly in to
speak at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Wednesday, Connerly, 57, was
the breakfast speaker for the con-
servative John Locke FoundationTs
daylong Academic Issues Forum at
RaleighTs Brownestone Hotel.

John Hood, president of the
Locke Foundation, told The Caro-
linian that while heTs interested in
fairness, he left no doubt that
ConnerlyTs role in North Carolina
this week was to ignite a serious
look at oquestionable? policies con-
servatives feel are ode facto racial
discrimination?

. oIf you want to strike up a con-
versation about something you
want to get people interested or in-
volved in, then one good way to do
that is to bring in somebody with a
lot of name recognition that kind of
excites things,? Hood told The
Carolinian Monday. oWe believe

(See AFFIRMATIVE, P. 2)

Winterville Sued

nation of Police Chief Don
Greenwaldt.

oActually, I feel like ITve suffered
more than a million. No amount of
dollars can replace what I feel like
1 Jest,? Ms. Dunn said recently.

Town Attorney Keen Lassiter
said Wednesday that he had not
seen the lawsuit and would reserve
most of his comment until after he
had reviewed the allegations.

oAs of this date, I am aware of
nothing the Town of Winterville,
an employee of Winterville, a town
official or an agent of Winterville
has done wrong,? he said.

The lawsuit stems from the reac-
tion of town officials following a
June 17 incident between Ms.
Dunn and former Reserve Police
Officer Keith Knox. She claims
Knox acted unlawfully in identify-
ing himself as a reserve police of-
ficer and threatening to give her a
traffic ticket for passing his vehicle
on a double yellow line. She claims
Knox, who was not in police uni-
form and was working for MooreTs
Driving School at the time, as-
saulted her by not letting her
leave.

A magistrate approved Ms.
DunnTs warrant against Knox for
simple assault, and a judge found
him not guilty in Pitt County Dis-
trict Court in July. The town has
since discontinued using reserve
police officers.

Ms. Dunn said her lawsuit cen-
ters not on Knox but instead on the
reaction of the police chief and
town to her complaints. The seven-
page lawsuit names as defendants:
Greenwaldt, Mayor Lin Kilpatrick,
and towm board members Tim
Avery, William Elbert, Velma
Harper, Wayne Holloman and Will-
iam H. Worthington.

oItTs caused a lot of headaches, a
lot of stress, a lot of worry. ItTs
been very intimidating,? Ms. Dunn
said.

She claims wrongful actions by
the town and police including: libel,
intimidation, defamation of charac-
ter, stress, loss of civil rights, men-
tal anguish, emotional distress,
economic losses, racial discrimina-
tion and pain and suffering.

Worthington, who serves as al-
derman and police commissioner,
said he was expecting the lawsuit
because of the on-going contro-
versy. Worthington said he did not
know at the time Knox or the
departmentTs practice of using re-
serve officers.

oI apologized to her in a meeting
in August or September, but I
guess that wasnTt satisfactory.
ThatTs her constitutional right (to
file a lawsuit) if she feels like her
rights were violated,? he said.

Town Manager Bobby Crawford,
who is mentioned in the complaint

(See SUED, P. 2)

HATS OFF TO OUR SISTERS"Shown here is Sen. Frank Ballance, Sister
Harold of Pitt County and Sister Hines, who were hanging out with the
AKAs in Martin County. (Staff Photos)

STVDIGOIYWad

the guy

F Nay boyiticnd and I broke up in May -T was feeling so
lonely I decided to go to a club to meet someone else. Well,
I met was very nice but he kept pressing me to go to
a ee Evy cnT Sell was rendy but efter blot of 3

"Still Lonely in Gre ©,
_Dear Still Lonely; Girlffiend, ing
"There i isnTt any one eason why WeT¥e allT
guys do this. Then, maybe} question. Bu you ddnce
there is because we allow them} to the oo te
to do this to us. As for you, the} piper... what kind oOf a
only thing you did was to al-| you expect Te ?

low someone else to pressure
you to do something you

Next time Nien er convic-
tion which is guided by your

didnTt want to do. spirit...wait till it guides you
Jackie to your true spint-mate.
Dee
Dear Jackie and Dee:

vy, am so embarrassed and hurt. A few months ago I
decided to make my old boyfriend who works with my son sit

up and take notice of me.

I wore the tightest and most

revealing (my shape, not my body) outfit I had and strutted in
~front of him when he was getting off work. What I didnTt
know was that my sonTs other co-workers were there too.
They used to respect me, now they think ITm a whore. I donTt

know what got into me! How
their respect back?

can I fix this situation and get

Too Late?

Dear Too Late?:

Believe me, respect is earned,
but in this case let sleeping
dogs lie. The most important
thing is that you learn from this
mistake.

Jackie

anna encanta RUN aM EERE

| Dear Jackie and Dee:

T

Dear Too Late?:

I agree with Jackie! While fashion
is a matter of individuality, taste,
occasion, and perception (one

manTs whore is anotherTs queen)
|

there is a line between looking
fashionably osassy? and whorish.
A line that for women, unfortu-
nately, is unconsciously crossed
from time to time. Try this: my
Tule of thumb is...to view myself
in a full-length mirror and if |
think three times about it...I donTt
wear it.

Dee

I am in love with a married man who I used to date. t

_ know that he also cares for me, he shows it every way he can

_ (we work together). He comes to my office three to four

_ times a day and lately we have become very flirtatious with
each other. I want to do the right thing but I suspect that
things might get out of hand. What should I do?

Me and Mr. Jones

e
Dear Me:

Believe me, the proof is in the
pudding. Stop while you are
-ahead of the game. Other-
' wise, you may begin to ques-
- tion what is the right thing.

' Jackie

Dear Mrs. Jones-NOT:

Short version: You want
somebody to love? Get a para-
keet honey because that dog is
getting ready to bite! I know
you love him, but youTre
walking on dangerous ground
and I donTt want you hurt.
Pray on it, ask for guidance
and I am sure you will do the
right thing.
Dee

Dear Jackie and Dee:

9 My husband and I are just ohousemates?. Sad to say, but
we have been married for less than a year. He is a workaholic.
] saw this same behavior before we were married, but I
_ thought things would get better after we married. I still feel

_ lonely and incomplete. HELP!

Housemate

' Dear Housemate:

| Whatever behavior you see

_ before marriage that is the
| same behavior you will see
| afterwards unless GOD inter-

| venes. Although communi-

| cating your feelings to your
| mate is a must, you need to
| keep in mind that a man
| doesnTt complete you, com-
| pleteness comes from the in-
| side knowing who you are,
| your purpose, and what you
| have been called to do.

Jackie

Dear Housemate:

JackieTs right...but also, give
him something GOOD to
come home to. YouTre still
honeymooners! Forget com-
plaining and pouting. Re-
member what you did to get
that first date, to get that
ring, then to get to the altar.
Recreate the love, excite-
ment, and romance you felt
early on. We forget too soon

what knockss a man to his

knees and keeps him

there...our righteous love.
Dee

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sibilance to characters or situations other than those expressly
reolied to is ourelv coincidental and strictly prohibited.

Patrentze Our Adocrtioers

a ae at ng

state legislature, in political cam-
paigns of the future.?

That oissueT is one that the state,
and the nation, has had to deal

_with ever since it was forced to ad-

mit that institutional racism and
itTs resulting systematic denial of
equal opportunity, was in clear
contradiction to the US.
ConstitutionTs prime credo that oall

o _ men are created equal.?

oYou do not take a person who,
for years, has been hobbled by
chains and liberate him, bring him
to the starting line of a race and
then say you are free to compete
with all the others, and still just
believe that you have been com-
pletely fair,? said President Lyndon
Johnson during his 1965 com-
mencement address at Howard
University.

These remedies are well over 100
years old, researchers note, start-
ing directly after the Civil War
during Reconstruction with the
FreedmanTs Bureau, to rectify the
vestiges of slavery. Only when the
federal government withdrew its
support, did those efforts falter.

During the 1960s, President
John Kennedy was the first to use
the term when he issued Executive
Order 10925, requiring federal con-
tractors to otake affirmative action
to ensure? equal opportunity in hir-
ing.

But it was with the passage of.

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights
Act that legal teeth were added to
the governmentTs affirmative ac-
tion policies, and now private in-
dustry was also compelled to fairly
consider all qualified applicants for
open positions, or else face punitive
measures.

According to the U.S. Commis-
sion on Civil Rights in October
1977, affirmative action is defined
as oany measure, beyond simple
termination of a discriminatory
practice, adopted to correct or com-
pensate for past or present dis-
crimination from recurring in the
future.?

Proponents stress that affirma-
tive action is meant to break down
barriers, both visible and invisible,
erected after decades of discrimina-
tion and unfair practices by the
white majority. By leveling the
playing field, itTs applied only in
situations where there is evidence
of past racial bias, and guarantees
qualified students and job appli-
cants only equal opportunity, pro-
ponents say, not equal outcome.

But conservatives rail against
the ocompensation? component of
the policy, saying that it creates
further division among the races,
and deprives whites who had noth-
ing to do with the past actions of
their forefathers, of a fair opportu-
nity. Minorities and women arenTt
being hired because they are quali-
fied, those critics say, but because
theyTre members of oprotected

groups?.
SUED

Continued from page 1

but not named as a defendant, said
the lawsuit had not been served to
the town yet.

oI donTt know how to react be-
cause this is brand new to me. I
know itTs been an on-going thing,?
he said.

The lawsuit could take months to
be heard. Ms. Dunn filed the law-
suit herself and is considering hir-
ing an attorney, she said.

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Kathleen Bitting Mock makes
her way up the walk from Old
SalemTs Main Street to the door of

the unused Greek Revival brick gone

church in Winston-Salem, N.C. She
has made this walk many times be-
fore, but not, since the late 1930's,
although she lives just across Sa-
lem Creek on oHappy Hill.?

Even though no service has been
held here since 1952, the pews re-
main in place. Mock recognizes the
potbelly stoves on each side of the
room that warmed the congrega-
tion in winter.

oI thought I would never see the
inside of this church again,? Mock
says. oIt is a good feeling. Those
were good times.?

Kathleen Mock was revisiting St.
Philips Moravian Church, known
until 1913 as the Negro Moravian
Church, founded in 1822, it is the
oldest black church in North Caro-
lina, according to Old Salem offi-
cials.

St. Philips represents a chapter
in Moravian history the 300,000
people who visit the beautifully re-
stored Old Salem Village each year
rarely hear--the period when the
Moravian Church owned slaves
and rented them to the white resi-
dents of Salem.

The popular image of Salem is
that of a village of thrifty, hard-
working, God-fearing people who
lived in cozy brick homes and
whose ovens produced delicious
sugar cakes and Moravian cookies.
They lived at all times under the
watchful eye of the Moravian
Church.

But what is missing from this
picture is that by the time the chil-
dren and grandchildren of the
original 1760 Salem settlers came
of age, they had become more
Southern than German. They em-
braced the SouthTs slave economy.

Although the modern Moravian
Church hasnTt tried to hide its
slave-owning past, it hasnTt gone
out of its way to publicize it, either.

oOwning slaves is not something
you want to beat your breast
about,? says Mel White, Old
SalemTs director of African Ameri-
can Programs.

oBut itTs the truth,? he says.
oAnd people want to hear the
truth.?

That truth, White says, will be
fully told in 1998 when Old Salem
opens an exhibit--oAcross the
Creek from Salem: The Story of
Happy Hill.? It will be part of an
effort to restore and reopen St.
Philips.

In the exhibit, old photographs,
books, documents, artifacts and
oral history will explain the 130-
year period when slaves and their
descendants walked Sundays from
Happy Hill to their church at the
bottom of SalemTs main thorough-
fare.

A log cabin served the congrega-
tion until 1861, when the Moravian
Church headquarters built for the
slaves the brick Greek Revival
church that stands today.

The story of St. Philips canTt be
separated from that of Happy Hill,
which before the Civil War was
known as the oslave quarters.?

After the Civil War, the Mora-
vian headquarters began selling
small plots to the freed slaves. The
church asked that the community
be named Liberia, after the African
nation founded in the 1830s by a
group of freed American slaves.

But by 1874, the freed Salem
slaves were calling their neighbor-
hood Happy Hill, perhaps because
freedom had brought happiness to
the village on a hill. The main thor-
oughfare, however, was named Li-

CHURCH BRIEFS

Continued from page 1

Anointed Spiritualettes, and The
Shekinah Glor y Mass Choir. There
is no admission.

The Shekinah Glory Fellow-
ship Choir invites all church
choirs, groups, and people in the
community to a oChristmas-Fest?
Gospel Singing Program at the
Selvia Chapel Free Will Baptist
Church, 400 Watauga Ave. in
Greenville, on Saturday, Dec. 13.
Registration begins at 7:30 p.m

The Third Pastoral Anniver-
sary Observance of Elder Cur-
tis Wilder, Sr., Pastor and
Founder of the Solid rock Church
of Christ held December 9 through
14 offered nightly services, culmi-
nating with Pastor Walter Blount
and the St. James Church family
guests at 11 a.m, on Sunday, and
Pastor Larry Baker and the Pleas-
ant. Grove Free Will Baptist
Church of Dunn, N.C, guests at 4

"Attend The
Church Of
Your Choice!

beria Street, and it remains as Sou

such, though most of the original
Happy Hill dwellings are long

Happy HillTs population is still
black, but most residents today
come from someplace else. Kath-
leen Mock, though, has never lived
anywhere else. Some Happy Hill
old timers trace their last names
back to the original Salem slaves,
who adopted the German names of
their masters: Bitting, Hauser,
Fries, Zevely, Waugh, Shober and
others.

Mel White says Old Salem hopes
to raise $1.5 million that would go
for restoring the church, and recon-
structing the original log church
and a barn that stood behind the
brick church.

If the Moravian headquarters
approves--the church will own the
building--Old Salem will reopen St.
Philips for weddings and other oc-
casions.

Old Salem leaders today regret
the Moravian ChurchTs slave-own-
ing past, but point out that the
church treated slaves better than
they were treated elsewhere in the

fan Church Has Slavery in Its Past

ie Moravians addressed

churchgoing slaves as obrother?

and osister.? The church educated
slaves. Some even learned German.
A slave named Jacob translated
English spoken by guests at Salem
Tavern into German so the tavern
keepers would understand.

In preparation for next yearTs ex-
hibit, Mel White has been using
ads in newspapers inside and out-
side North Carolina and announce-

ment at black churches to gather

old photos and artifacts.

The end of slavery changed
Happy Hill, but not St. Philips
church.

The ruling Moravian Church
continued to insist that the black
congregation be led by a white min-
ister and white Sunday school
teachers. Not until 1947, did a
black man, George Hall, occupy the
pulpit. Five years later, Hall
moved the congregation from Sa-
lem to Happy Hill.

The church has since moved
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Bishop James L. Smith knows

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oI have seen times when things
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Smith, pastor and founder of per pound.

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About two years ago, he founded

provides meals to abut 1,000
people monthly.

oWe're just down here working
for the Lord. I donTt know any
other way than by helping the
people.? Smith said. oIt was just
laid on my heart. The Lord just
kept driving me to help the people.
We found ot-about this Food Bank
of North Carolina, and after check-
ing into it, I found it was a way I
could buy some food and give it to
people.?

The Food Bank, in Raleigh, sells
bulk amounts of contributed food to
agencies that help the needy. Once
a month, Smith drives to stock up
on hundreds of items at 14 cents

MondayT trip yielded a bounty of
meats including chicken and fish

tion often varies, Smith said.
oWe're going to be passing out

the First Born Community Devel-' some good stuff this Saturday, the

opment Center, which currently Lord willing--but we donTt get that

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every time,? he said. oWe're liable
to go one time and they donTt have
(any) meat. I would like for it to be
so I could get 50 cases of this and
25 cases of that, but we canTt get it
like that. We just have to get what-
ever is contributed.?

Volunteers distribute boxes of
food at the center twice a month.
Families with incomes under
$13,000 and all welfare recipients
are eligible for assistance.

oWe give to white and black--
anybody who comes in. If you come
in and have a need and meet the
qualifications, we help,? Smith
said. oWe started out with the idea
of just helping the elderly and
people that lose their jobs. One
thing ITve seen down through the
years is young folks unable to get
any assistance when they lose their
jobs. ItTs very hurtful.?

Smith, who moved to Pitt County
in 1938, started First Born Church
about 30 years ago. The church
now has about 200 members.

The First Born Center has
drawn support from the commu-
nity, Smith said. Burroughs Well-
come Company and the United
Way of Pitt County each provided
$10,000 donations. The United
Way last year also accepted the
center as a continuing agency.

Still, while the building fre-
quently bustles with activity, it sits
unfinished. About $15,000 to
$20,000 worth of items and equip-
ment are needed, Smith said, in-
cluding bricks and a heating sys-
tem.

oItTs not quite completed, but
we've using it,? he said. oWe did
enough so we could get into it.
We're just waiting, hoping, and

praying that somebody will see
what we're trying to do and make
an attempt to help us.?

The center recently received a
Governor's Award from Governor
Jim Hunt, and a community ser-
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glory of God,? he said. oWhen I got
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on.T It just says somebodyTs looking
at you, somebody cares. But I did
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people for rewards.? " oe

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somebody's going to fall in and be a
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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.

Wrong Case, Wrong Message

Something happened in New Jer-
sey last week that will definitely
send shock waves through the black
community.

You may have heard about it al-
ready; if not, itTs on our front page.

Basically, a bunch of civil rights?

groups, including our own National
Newspaper Publishers Association,
got together and agreed to pay 70
percent of the settlement in a re-
verse-bias case.

The suit had been brought by a
white teacher in New Jersey who
was hired the same day as a black
teacher. When it came time to let
one of them go, the school board kept
the black teacher and the white
teacher sued.

Now,«the black teacher had a
masterTs degree, so it should have
been no contest. Unfortunately, at
the trial, the school board never
mentioned that fact.

They stonewalled, citing affirma-
tive action as their reason for choos-
ing the black teacher. The white
teacher won. That decision was up-
held on appeal.

That brought the case to the Su-
preme Court, and people started get-
ting nervous. It was too late to start
bringing up the qualification issue,
since the school board in its original
arguments had essentially stipulated
that the two were equal in every-
thing else.

Based on those narrow criteria,
the civil rights groups that had been
monitoring the case and the school
board itself were afraid that the de-
cision would go against them, with
widespread repercussions.

So the decision was made to fold,
with the help of some of our fellow
newspapers.

It is an understandable decision,
which has been applauded by every-
body from Jesse Jackson on down.
After all, it prevents yet another ad-
verse affirmative action ruling from
being set in stone.

Nevertheless, the case and the de-
cision to settle it will definitely come

back to haunt us.

The average citizen, black or
white, worker or manager, principal
or school board member, personnel
director or CEO, doesnTt worry
about such niceties.

~The message they will get will be
unmistakable. A white teacher, less
qualified than a black teacher, sued
because they kept the black
teacher... and won.

And civil rights organizations
knew they would lose, so they paid
the settlement fee.

None of that stuff what the de-
fense brought up or didnTt bring up
will make any difference at all.

It has long been understood that a
black applicant for the same position
had to be at least twice as qualified
as a white applicant to get the job.

Now, in the minds of much of
America, that requirement will have
been codified into law.

Personnel directors across the
country are going to ask themselves,
when considering applicants, oCan I
demonstrate in court, beyond a
shadow of a doubt, that this black
man is more qualified than these
white people??

For them to be able to say oYes,?
the difference is going to have to be

substantial.

Better yet, just to be safe, make
sure you hire the white guys in most
cases.

It probably wonTt be too long be-
fore white ocivil rights activists? are
scouring the records of companies to
see if too high a pércentage of its em-
ployees are black.

That would be hard evidence that
they had used oillegal? preferences
in their hiring policies.

Now, these probably wouldnTt
stand up in court. But, with the mes-
sage that has been sent by this case,
how many medium-sized companies
would take the chance?

It was an understandable decision.
But it will change the face of the
American workplace forever.

Get Paid On The Net

Katy does research and writes
rough drafts for term papers for col-
lege students. Last week, she made
$650.

Joan just attended a class to teach
her how to do her new job. She will
work transcribing notes for doctors.
If she gets seven of them to use her
service, she will make more than the
job she does now.

What do these two women have in
common? They are among the thou-
sands across the country who are
making their living on the Internet.

The future when we all would be
able to do much of our jobs from
home has been bogged down in the
need for special phone lines, mo-
dems, and retooling of offices.

But a few enterprising people
have decided that, if they have Inter-
net access and the company does too,
they donTt have to actually put to-
gether all that extra stuff.

It started with companies simply
becoming aware that the Internet
was out there and was a fantastic re-
source for information.

Then, companies realized that they
could use the resources it provided
to both advertise and sell their prod-

ucts.

Now, they are realizing that actual
work can be done over the Internet.

With the Internet, state (and even
national) boundaries donTt matter"
or even exist.

The number of people who are re-
alizing this potential is growing.

The Internet represents a gold
mine for black folks. If itTs going to
be harder and harder for African-
Americans to get hired by govern-
ment, schools and industry, there is
going to have to be a way to make a
living.

And the Internet could be the an-
swer. It-is a place where literally
millions of potential customers can
be contacted with little expenditure.

For the person who is savvy and in
touch, the Internet can be a way
out"and up"for his or her com-
pany.

Of course, for this to happen, black
folks have to learn to use computers.

Yes, itTs a $1,000 to $2,000 invest-
ment. But how many of us have
spent that and more on trips, car ac-
coutrements, and other trivia?

ItTs time to learn. ItTs time to in-
vest,

Bh robs

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Other Viewpoints

WHY THE BLACK PRESS IS STILL NEEDED
By Thomas C. Fleming

Special to the NNPA

A lot of things have changed in San Francisco since I
began my career as a journalist for the black press in 1944.

About that same year, the big hotels downtown started
letting blacks in for the first time. One reason was because
some papers were sending black correspondents to the Pa-
cific war, and because blacks started coming through the city
as captains and majors. The hotels didnTt like the negative
publicity generated when they refused accommodations to
these men.

The downtown hotels then had no black employees. They
did during the early years of this century. But when the
hotel workers were unionized in the 1920s and T30s, the
black workers were thrown out.

Racial discrimination was very powerful in San Francisco
in 1944. A lot of restaurants wouldnTt serve black custom-
ers"even the big restaurants in Chinatown. There werenTt
any black policemen or black firemen in the city at all. There
wasnTt a single black teacher in the public schools.

San Francisco had four daily newspapers, and Oakland
across the bay had two. But none of them hired a black
reporter until 1962.

The San Francisco Municipal Railway, which runs the
cityTs transit system, didnTt have any black employees until
about 1941. During the war, they had to hire blacks because
of the shortage of white manpower.

The black population of San Francisco jumped dramati-
cally due to the influx of war workers. When Roger Lapham
was mayor of San Francisco (1944-48), I was invited to a
press conference he held, and afterward, he came up and
asked, oMr. Fleming, how long do you think these colored
people are going to be here??

I looked him in the eye and said, oMr. Mayor, do you
know how permanent the Golden Gate is?? He said oYes.? I
said, oWell, the black population is just as permanent.
TheyTre here to stay, and the city fathers may as well make
up their minds to find housing and employment for them,
because they're not going back down South.? He turned red
in the face. That was the only exchange of words I ever had
with him.

When the Reporter began publication"it later became
the SunReporter"it was accepted right away by the black
community, because the daily press ignored the existence of
blacks almost entirely, with the exception of crime stories. I
think most black people still depend upon the black papers,
particularly for their social events and news about their
churches.

In the black press, you read the stories of the lynchings
when they happened, the jobs you could get, the instances of
discrimination, the hotels you could stay in. You wouldn't
see those stories in the daily papers. Without the black
press, black people wouldnTt have had any kind of voice at
all. The black press started as an antislavery tool, and it has
always led the fight for complete integration. The civil rights
movement started with the black press.

One difference with the black press today, compared to
the T40s, is that you no longer have national black papers
that circulate all over the country. Local black papers .are
now able to write about events in their own communities
better, and get them in the paper quickly. Now they have
black news services like the National Newspaper Publishers
AssociationTs News Service, that can send the news out to
the local papers and get it in the next issue.

Also, the black press now gets full-page ads from big cor-
porations, which it didnTt before. In the 1940s, they looked
upon it as charity, Then they realized that blacks bought in
the same quantities as whites.

When I look back at how much effect the black press has
had in solving racial problems, I can only say that itTs made
a slight dent, because the problems still exist. You can see
that by the adverse attitude about affirmative action, not
only in California, but nationwide.

I have no regrets about spending my entire career with
the black press, I might have enjoyed it better with the
white press, but I had no choice then. At least I tried to get
in, but they werenTt hiring us.

If a young black jougnalist asked me today whether he
should work for the black press or the mainstream press, I'd
tell him to get a job wherever he could, because jobs in the

media are very limited now. I donTt think itTs necessarily an .

advantage to start out working for the black press.

Today, the daily papers and TV and radio stations have
more objective coverage of the black community because of
the addition of black editorial staff members. They have sto-
ries about black events that at one time got only in the black
press. Black reporters might mdke suggestions about what
to cover. Their interest is greater, because their private lives
are spent mostly in the Black community,

But thereTs still a need for the black press. If the daily
papers covered all the different facets of black society the
way they do white society, there wouldnTt be a black paper in
existence.

As long as thereTs racism in America, there will be a

black press.

Copyright ©1997 by Thomas C. Fleming. A writer for
the Sun-Reporter, San FranciscoTs weekly African-
American newspaper, which he co-founded in 1944,
Fleming urote this essay in November 1997, on the oc-
casion of his 90th birthday.

VANTAGE
POINT

Articles and Essays by Ron Daniels

BREAKING THE CHAINS OF X-MAS

The rush of X-MAS is once again upon us. In the weeks
from Thanksgiving to the New Year consumers crazed by
capitalist induced consumerism will spend hundreds of bil-
lions of dollars thereby bolstering the bottom line of giant
retail establishments. In large measure the real meaning of
Christmas as the birthday of one who came to liberate hu-
manity from suffering and bondage has been buried by an
almost obsessive commercialism. Christmas has become a
prisoner of X-MAS. Unfortunately, African-Americans, an
oppressed people still plagued by racism and economic ex-
ploitation, are also caught up in this counterproductive cha-
rade.

An oppressed people must be deliberate and purposeful
about plotting their liberation. It should be clear, therefore,
that Africans in America cannot afford to participate in and
support X-MAS. El Hajj Malik Shabazz, Malcolm X, called
upon Black people to achieve liberation by oany means nec-
essary.? One of the most important weapons at our disposal

as an oppressed people in this capitalist, greed-driven nation .

is our hard earned, precious dollars"green power! By some
estimates black consumers now spend some $400 billion
each year, much of which goes to feed huge businesses/corpo-
rations"which are the pillars of U.S. capitalism"the he
backbone of this oppressive system.

Beyond a few jobs, these corporations contribute nothing
to the social and economic uplift of black communities. In-
deed, it is in their best interest to keep us in chains, slaves
to a mindless consumerism that drains desperately needed
resources from our communities to fill their corporate cof-
fers. X-MAS is an integral part of this scheme. I would ven-
ture to say that black consumer dollars constitute the criti-
cal margin of profit for most retail establishments during the
X-MAS season. In fact proportionately black consumers
spend more than any other group during X-MAS. And, since
X-MAS is the make or break season for retail-concerns, the
black dollar in effect is the major factor ensuring the profit-
ability of these giant companies on an annual basis.

We must break the chains of X-MAS if we are serious
about our liberation. If the Black Nation can mobilize mil-
lions of men and women for the Million Man March (MMM)
and Million Woman March (MWM), then we should be able
to educate, mobilize and organize millions of captives of X-
MAS to escape the plantation of self-destructive consumer-
ism, striking telling blows with an awesome weapon which
we have in our own hands"black dollars.

For years Bob Law, host of the nationally syndicated ra-
dio program oNight Talk,? has been urging Africans in
America to utilize economic sanctions as a means of advanc-
ing our struggle. Simply stated, economic sanctions is with-
holding our dollars from

corporations and business concerns outside of our commu-
nity for the purpose of investing those dollars in Black busi-
nesses and community-based economic development ven-
tures inside our community. For example, instead of spend-
ing $1,000 on X-MAS with retail establishments outside of
the black community, you could make a conscious decision to
spend $1,000 with black: businesses, or better yet, invest
$1,000 with one of-the economic development ventures being
organized by Dr. Claud AndersonTs Harvest Institute.

In addition to the economic sanctions concept, I have
been advocating a full-scale boycott of oWhite Christmas?
tied to the demand for reparations. Again, if we can mobilize
millions of people for massive demonstrations like the MMM
and MWM, we must use the same organizing skill, energy
and resources to mobilize millions of people to use their dol-
lars to target a specific political-economic objective like rep-
arations, There is no better time than the X-MAS season to
flex our economic muscle to strike a major blow for our lib-
eration. I am still advocating a highly publicized, well orga-
nized and effective boycott of X-MAS in the year 1999 to
carry us into the new century/millennium forcefully pressing
the demand for reparations.

An oppressed people must use any and all means at its
disposal to achieve liberation.

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cine at the University of Virginia
_ since 1996, will deliver the com-
_ mencement address at North Caro-
lina State UniversityTs fall gal
tion exercises on Wednesday, Dec
17, in Reynolds Coliseum.
Martin is an NC State alumnus
and a founding member of the NC
State Board of Visitors.

In his speech, oCommon
Threads,? Martin will focus on how
graduates of N.C. State are linked
together by the common threads of
educational and environmental ex-
periences, love for their alma
mater and pride in the Wolfpack.

ulty and trustees, Chancellor Larry
K. Monteith is expected to award

grees and more than 2,300 associ-
ate, bachelorTs, masterTs, doctoral
and professional degrees.

Graduation ceremonies will be-
gin with a concert by the N.C.
State British Brass Band at 8:30
a.m. and the academic procession
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SERVICE OF TRIUMPH"Husband, Gratz, family and friends say fare- beginning at 11:30 a.m. A joint
well to Ms. Mattie Olivia Macklin Norcott. She departed this life on Army, Navy and Air Force commis.
Nov. 26, 1997, at her home in Ayden, N.C. It is with love and fond sioning ceremony will be held at 4
memories that Mattie will be remembered by her husband of 48 p.m. in the Ballroom, University
years, Gratz Norcott, Jr. of the home; her mother, Bizzell Joyner Parker Student Center. a
of the home; foster son, Daniel Worthington; sister, Lela Dell M. Hinton Commencement activities will
of Rocky Mount, three brothers-in-law, and parents-in-law, Chartie begin on Tuesday, Dee. 16, when
and Marina Darden of Ayden, N.C., a host of nieces and nephews, a eran the graduating students
devoted companion, Lois Williams of Ayden, other relatives and

oseen cad MLSE ce bilities, Martin teaches
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Fever, Facts & Fallacies

(NAPS)"Did you know that
98.6° is not a normal tempera-
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most peopleTs normal tempera-
ture. What many people donTt
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onormal? temperature. In any
event, when a child gets a fever it
can be alarming, especially for
first time parents. The following
are some common misconceptions
and realities, compiled by Dr.
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fessor of emergency medicine and
pediatrics at Syracuse University,
that should help reduce parental
anxiety when a child runs a fever.

e Fallacy: A fever is an illness.

FACT: A fever is a positive
sign that the body is fighting an
infection.

¢ Fallacy: If a child has a fever,
place him in a cold or alcohol
bath.

FACT: Sponge a child in a bath
filled with tepid water (85°-90°).
Never add alcohol"it can cause
serious illness and possibly a
coma.

¢ Fallacy: Be sure to keep a
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Martin received a bachelorTs de-
gree in pulp and paper technology
in 1970 and a second degree in
chemical engineering in 1971 from
N.C. State. A member of the char-
ter class of the Eastern Virginia
Medical School, he earned a medi-
cal degree in 1976.

Martin is no stranger to public
service. As a commissioned officer
in the U.S. Public Health Service,
he served at the Public Health
Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. and
at the Gallup Indian Medical Cen-
ter in Gallup, N.M.

Martin completed his emergency
medicine residency training at the
University of Cincinnati in 1981.
Until 1995, he worked at Allegheny
General Hospital in Pittsburgh as
staff physician, associate director
for clinical operations, program di-
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neighborhood causes

Louis C. Henry, Jr. is

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As founder of the productive and giving
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Jackson, Mississippi
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by mentoring to
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Chairman Elect of the
Jackson Chamber of
Commerce, LeRoy is
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of his community and
to improving local
education and race
relations. This former
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THE FACES BEHIND THE CARDS"Ariists Bill Breedon and Lynn Beard design Christmas cards for American

CBST Hallmark Hall of Fame
movie, Ellen Foster, to be aired on
Dec. 14, will poignantly portray the
grim realities an abused child faces
after the death of her mother.

Unfortunately, the hundreds of

oEllen Fosters? right here in North

Carolina do not survive the way
Ellen did. ThatTs why N.C. statutes
call for a volunteer Guardian Ad
Litem to advocate on behalf of the
abused childTs best interest.

There are not enough volunteers
to go around. During 1997-98, over

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voice of a volunteer advocate.

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Drive, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
handled a Canned Food Drive, toys
were collected by Phi Beta Sigma
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their annual drive. All donated
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Annual Debutante Ball in Williamston. (Staff Photo)

Ms. Winston Delivers Youth Day Address

Ms. Shirlkeymu Winston, 17,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton
Winston, was the Youth Day guest
speaker at Rogers Chapel CME
Church in Fuquay-Varina during
the 3 p.m. service Sunday, Nov. 23.

The theme was oItTs Thanksgiv-
ing Time: How Much Harvest Will
You Bring In,? with scripture
taken from Acts 1:8 and 2:17.

The speaker encouraged the
youth to be spiritual witnesses for
Christ and not be ashamed to

and Sexuality.

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claim Him and magnify His name.

Shirlkeymu is currently a junior
enrolled at Enloe High School and
president of the Top Teens of
America, Raleigh Chapter.

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Baptist Church, had much support
from her family, adult and youth
friends of several churches, includ-
ing Bazzell Creek Baptist Church,
Fuquay-Varina; First Cosmopoli-
tan, Raleigh; Word of God Fellow-
ship Church, Raleigh; and First

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members from Willow Springs E]-
ementary School were present and
enjoyed the message.

Her uncle, Rev. Bobby Winston,
pastor of Rogers Chapel Church,
says he recognized early on
ShirlkeymuTs ministry as a special
gift from God and extended her the
opportunity to be Youth Day
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| Chase-Riboud is asking in a law-

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Amistad Lawsuit Questions

By John William Templeton when the news of this movie
An Analysis
Whose history is it, anyway?

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suit about who tells the story of
one of the most critical events of
African-American history.

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the biggest problems faced by

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Amistad was a ship that African
captives seized from their captors
and sailed into a U.S. port. Their
case made history because an
American court upheld their free-
dom, in a case argued by former
President John Quincy Adams.

The name Amistad, like that of
Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey and
the maroons, has become a symbol
of courage and commitment to fight
for freedom.

Chase-Riboud, who has built a

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Documentary Views Facts Of Slave Trade

For more than 300 years, the
transatlantic slave trade was one
of the most profitable businesses in

*the world. Slave ships made
roughly 39,000 voyages from Africa
to the New World, wrenching mil-
lions of men, women and children
from their homes and launching
what would turn out to be the larg-
est forced migration in human his-
tory. Both Africa and America are
still paying the price for this brutal
crime"but how much do Ameri-
cans know about its inner work-
ings?

On Thursday, Dec. 11 from 9-10
p.m. and 1-2 a.m., oSlave Ship,?
Discovery ChannelTs world pre-
miere documentary, examines the
facts: Who managed the slave
trade? Who profited? What role did
Africans play? How were the Afri-
cans enslaved, and under what
conditions were they shipped?

Clearly outlining the triangle of
economic dependency that linked
the U.S., Europe and Africa from
the 16th through the 19th centu-
ries, oSlave Ship? travels to AfricaTs
western oslave coast? and leafs
through the pages of European his-
tory"virtually every major nation
took part. It details the inhumane
conditions under which shackled
Africans, packed into the cargo
holds of filthy ships, traveled
through the infamous oMiddle Pas-
sage?"the ocean voyage to the
Americas. Viewers can oboard? a
period ship to get a feel for the
cramped slave decks and hear the
appalling observations of a British
doctor who in 1788 detailed what
he saw.*

oSlave Ship? also tells the story
of the Amistad rebellion, the only

time slaves in transit were able to .

fight back, win their freedom and
return home. The 1839 incident
and its tortuous aftermath cap-
tured the worldTs attention and re-
sulted in a U.S. Supreme Court
fight for liberty that pitted one
American president against an-
other. This epic event is also the
basis for Amistad, Steven

SpielbergTs forthcoming dramatic
film, set to debut Dec. 12.

oSlave Ship? weaves the story of
the Amistad into its broader inves-
tigation of the slave trade. In 1839,
on an illegal slave ship bound for
Cuba, 53 African captives broke
free and took over the ship. Forcing
a Cuban slave owner to sail them
back home, the slave owner instead
deceitfully sailed to the States in-
stead of back to Africa.

_ Captured off the eastern sea-
board, the Africans found them-

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selves at the mercy of the Ameri-
can justice system. Abolitionists
launched a court battle on their be-
half that went all the way to the

Supreme Court. There, President.

Martin Van Buren, courting South-
ern votes, sought to send the Afri-
cans to Cuba.

Former President John Quincy
Adams, ailing and doubting his ad-
vocacy skills, returned to Washing-
ton to plead for their freedom.
oSlave Ship? tells what happened
next, using AdamsT own words, and
rounds out the story using other
authentic records.

Period art; correspondence, jour-

nals and news accounts; archival
footage; illuminating maps and
careful dramatizations accompany
the insights of experts.

They include: Sheila Walker, di-
rector of the Center for Africa in
African American Studies at the
University of Texas at Austin; Paul
Lovejoy, distinguished research
professor at York University in
Canada; Cheryl LaRoche, archaeo-
Ingies] conservator for John Milner
Associates and the African Burial
Ground Project; W. Jeffrey Bolster,
associate professor of history, the
University of New Hampshire; and
Warren Marr, a writer and histo-

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JANUARY 15, 1998

Commission,

The North Carolina SweetPotato
Inc. will hold a referen-
dum among sweetpotato producers on
Thursday, January 15, 1998 between
the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. as
provided by the North Carolina En-
abling Act. (G.S. Article 50, Chapter
106). Purpose of such referendum shall
be to determine if sweetpotato growers
wish to approve continuation of assess-
ing themselves fifteen dollars per
planted acre for ofresh?, oprocessed?,
or ocanner? sweetpotatoes.

The purpose of this assessment is to
promote sweetpotato marketing, re-
search, education and consumption.
The polling place will be located at the
Wilson County Cooperative Extension
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Wilson, N.C. Colection of such assess-
ments shall be made in a manner man-
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Franco HarrisT oImmaculate
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"1972 AFC playoff game was exactly

the miracle the Pitisburgh Steelers

The Steelers had to get a touch-
down to beat the Oakland Raiders and
advance to the AFC Championship
- game, but with only enough time for
one more play and a long 60 yards to
the end zone, even the most loyal of
Steeler fans had cause for concer
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The ball was thrown ... deflected ...

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rian with Amistad Affiliates who is
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fullscale reproduction of the ship
Amistad at Mystic Seaport, Con-
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Tribune

Affirmative action advocates and
| Opponents are offering mixed re-
views over the high-profile case
| gettled byT the Piscataway, N.J.

a white teacher who claimed she

rights.

On Nov. 20, the school board de-
cided it would not appeal TaxmanTs
case before the U.S. Supreme

$443,500 suit.
The move came after the Black |
Leadership Forum (BLF), an alli- |

cludes the National Newspaper
Publishers Association (NNPA),
agreed to pay 70 percent of the
settlement.

Board members said they de-
cided to take this action because
they believed the nationTs highest
court has grown increasingly hos-
tile to race-based policies in recent

pected to yield a major ruling on
affirmative action in the process.
Taxman was laid off from her
teaching position in the business
department in 1989, while Debra
Williams, a black teacher, was re-
tained. Both were hired the same
day and were considered equally
qualified by the school board. But
while Taxman had more teaching

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3. Martha Wash Feat. RuPaul Sunday

oItTs Raining Men " The Sequel?
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4. Missy oMisdeameanor?
Elliott Feat. DaBrat oSock It 2 Me
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5. Uncle Sam oI DonTt Ever Want
To See You
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6. DestinyTs Child oNo, No, No?
(Columbia) New Entry

7. Naughty By NatureoMoum
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No. 3

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9. Mystikal oAin't No Limit? (No
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