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VOTE
oct 99 1998
Commentary by: Hugh B. Price
President, National Urban League
Special to the M-Voice Newspaper
Matthew Shepard, an under-
graduate at the Univ. of Wyoming,
in Laramie, was different.
For one thing, although born in
Wyoming, he had lived abroad with
his parents, and spoke Arabic and
German.
But that's not what made him
"different" to the men who brutally
tortured and murder him.
What made him different to them
was that he was gay---moreover, he
was a homosexual who refused to
conceal his sexual identity.
To his killers, both those facts
made him a target for their twisted,
venomous rage. They lured him
outside a campus-area bar, kid-
napped him and drove him to an
isolated rural location. There they
pistol-whipped him, fracturing his
skull, and tied him to a fence,
where he hung for 18 hours before
a passer-by found him and called
the police.
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ard was slain not
Matthew Sh
because his killer wanted to rob
him. He died because they wanted
to punish him for being a homosex-
ua
He was slain because he was
different, and his difference made
all the difference to his murderers.
It enabled them to declare him
not human, and therefore, to
themselves act as men without
scruples, without a shred of de-
cently to their tattered souls; as
savages. By declaring Matthew
Shepard not human, his killers
could slip out of their own human-
ity in order to act out their
murderous rage.
This is the essence of the
lynching frenzy. It is essential to
the commission of crimes against
humanity.
African Americans are well ac-
quainted with this kind of horrific
behavior---murder motivated by a
bigotry that often includes a strong
element of a preserve psycho-sexual
desire. It was the foundation of the
base practice of lynching, which
took the lives of so many black
men, women, and children down
through the centuries of America's
existence, leaving a bloody stain
that has yet to fade.
Lynching was not just a murder-
ous way to impose and maintain an
oppressive social control over the
lives of black people. It was
witchcraft, an act of exorcism, a
compulsive attempt on the part of
the lynchers to let loose the demons
that were haunting them.
But, unfortunately, one need not
recall the reign of terror African
Americans endured in_ the
American South, or the near-
destruction of Native American
peoples in the American West, or
the Nazis T attempt to destroy
European Jewry during the 1930's
and 1940s , to find the unbearably
sad comparisons to this crime.
There is "enough material" we
can draw on from the present:
from such foreign territory as
Rwanda; from Indonesia, where
ethnic Chinese Indonesians suf-
fered terribly during that country's
recent upheavals; from Kosovo and
other okilling fields" in the
Balkans; and from here in
America, where the so-called "skin-
head murders" in Denver and the
awful murder of James Byrd, Jr., an
African American, in Jasper, Texas
last June showed---again--that
these kind of depraved human
beings exist everywhere.
Two men have been arrested and
charged with Matthew Shepard's
murder. If they are guilty, then by
their actions they have forfeited
their right to ever again be free.
Their imprisonment, no matter
how deserved, will not restore the
life of this young man.
But the larger community of
human beings does have a respon-
sibility to take action beyond
punishing those who committed
this evil deed.
The Congress should, as
President Clinton has said, amend
the current federal law against hate
EBRONICS: Leadership Roundtable Sets Agenda for ECU Leaders
GREENVILLE - The faces of
cognizant. students at ECU are
definitely changing. For the first
time in years, the African-
American student body at ECU is
stirring up the water. With the help
of a socially conscious freshman
class and a core group of dedicated
upperclassmen, minority voices are
being heard; and they are not
entirely happy.
On Oct. 07, Allied Blacks for
Leadership and Equality (ABLE) in
Dorothy Spruill Redford
Somerset Place Historical Site
The North Carolina
Humanities Council is proud to
announce that the 1998 recipient of
the John Tyler Caldwell award for
the Humanities is Dorothy Spruill
Redford, the manager of the
Somerset Place Historic Site, near
Creswell in Washington County.
conjunction with the Ledonia -
Wright African American Cultural
Center sponsored a Leadership
Roundtable for the African
American Student Organizations.
The agenda for the meeting was
to provide an opportunity where all
of the campus leaders could meet
and discuss current campus policies
and issues that are of importance to
the minority students. There were
17 students in attendance repre-
senting 9 organizations. Those
As Duke Historian Peter H.
Wood noted in his nomination of
Redford, she "turned Somerset
Plantation into a national landmark
of major significance."Once one of
the largest antebellum plantations
in North Carolina, Somerset Place
now is a remarkable site used to
educate citizens about the social
history of African- Americans and
whites in our state.
Born in Columbia, NC, Ms.
Redford was reared in Portsmouth,
and New York. Returning to
Portsmouth as a social worker in
the 1970s, Ms. Redford was trans-
formed by the television series
based on Alex Haley's seminal
work on African-American history,
Roots. Inspired, Redford spent the
next ten years on her personal path
to connect her life with those of her
ancestors. Returning to Somerset
Place, she organized a family
reunion, the "Somerset Home-
coming. � In 1986, over 2,000 folks
from all over the country, both
black and white, came to reconnect
their ties to the place back to which
all of them could trace their
ancestry. The next Somerset
Homecoming is scheduled for
North
organizations represented included
the following: Black Student
Union, ECU Gospel Choir, Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity Inc., ECU
NAACP, National Pan-Hellenic
Council, Ladies Elite, Muslim
Students Organization, New
Generation Ministries, Expressions
Magazine, and Thespians of
Diversity.
Through an open discussion,
each representative had an opportu-
Dorothy Spruill Redford Recieves Humanitarian Award
2000.
As Redford wrote in her 1988
book, Somerset Homecoming:
Recovering A Lost Heritage, (title:
italics) "we were finding our roots
here, connecting with family, cele-
brating strength and survival.
Slavery was horrible... But at
Somerset it also was about life...
We died here, but also gave birth
here. And we grew beyond this
place." It was, according to Dr.
Wood, "a milestone in the recovery
and understanding of the compli-
cated southern past."
The Caldwell Award for the
Humanities was inaugurated in
1990 to honor an individual whose
work in and for public humanities
is exemplary. That year the award
went to the person for whom it was
named, the late John Tyler
Caldwell. Among many other note-
worthy endeavors, Dr. Caldwell
was a founding member of the
Carolina Humanities
Council. He also was instrumental
in bringing the National
Humanities Center to North
Carolina. A distinguished group of
award recipients have followed
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nity to address any issue that his or
her organization was addressing
this year. However, the issue that
gained the most attention was
affirmative action. Each organiza-
tion wants to take a stand in
support of keeping programs and
scholarships that are funded or
backed by state-regulated affirma-
tive action programs.
A committee was formed to help
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sexual orientation, as well as race,
color, religion, and national origin.
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And the Wyoming state legislature
should join the 2! states which also
have such laws on their books.
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_...At the Black Family Rally held this past Sat., in Raleigh, is pictured
with Rev. David Moore of Metropolitan AME Church in Washington,
NC, is some of the family and members of the congregation, that took
3 buses to the Rally. (Photo - Jim Rouse)
current ABLE president, Ms. Diane
Hi!l, publish a monthly newsletter
to be distributed on campus and in
the community.
he ABLE Informant will be
hit'ing the street early next month.
This publication will highlight
campus events, as well as spotlight-
ing various students, faculty, and
staff advancing the causes of
Walker Named Vice President
of Human Re
Tyree Walker
Vice Pres; Human Resource-PCMH
GREENVILLE - Tyree Walker has
been named Vice President of
human resources. He replaces
Charles Fennessy, who retired in
August.
"With his years of experience and T
his understanding of PCMH, we
esources at PCMH
expect him to serve in an exem-
plary fashion," said Dave McRae,
PCMH president and chief execu-
tive officer.
Walker, a native of Flint, Mich.,
has worked at PCMH for three
years as assistant vice president of
human resources.
"I am honored by the support and
confidence that Dave McRae and
the executive team had in allowing
me to run the Human Resources
Division," Walker said. "My plans
are to run the division in a way that
will be conducive to meeting the
workforce needs of our ever-
changing and challenging health
care system. �
Walker has worked in health care
human resources for 17 years. He
has a bachelor's degree in public
administration from the University
of Michigan and a Master's in
Human Resources Administration
from Central Michigan University.
PCMH is a 731-bed tertiary
referral hospital. Affiliated with the
East Carolina University School of
Medicine, it serves 29 eastern
North Carolina counties. PCMH is
a constituent of University Health
Systems of Eastern Carolina.
African American students.
The Leadership Roundtable will
be held monthly to help keep the
African American student organi-
zations on the same track through-
out the year. However, there is a
desperate need for community sup-
port and outreach for the minority
student population here at ECU.
Among the topics discussed was the
breakdown of the communication
networks on and off campus.
Please contact the Director of the
Ledonia-Wright African American
Cultural Center, Mrs. Taffye
Benson-Clayton at 252-328-1680
for further details on upcoming
programs and events from the
minority student body.
{90 BLACK MEN
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WASHINGTON - Housing and
Urban Development Secretary ~
Andrew Cuomo praised members
of 100 Black Men Of America,
Inc., for donating thousands of
volunteer hours to help young
people build better lives and for
fighting to eliminate racism, and
thanked the group for honoring
him with its Excellence in
Legislative Leadership Award.
"Winning an award from 100
Black Men of America is a special
honor- - - not just for me for
HUD, but for the entire Clinton
administration," Cuomo told mem-
bers of the group at their Fall
Leadership Conference in
Washington.
"This award says we share your
commitment to end discrimination
and close the opportunity g
dividing white and black
Americans, and we share your
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Religious Institutions and Black Political Activisim
By Frederick C. Harris
EDITOR'S NOTE: Frederick C.
Harris is Assistant Professor of
Political Science and research asso-
ciate of The Frederick Douglass
Institute of Affican and
African- American Studies at the
University of Rochester.
During the modern Civil
Rights Movement religious institu-
tions provided critical organiza-
tional resources for protest
mobilization. As Aldon Morris T
extensive study of the southern
Civil Rights Movement noted, the
Black Church served as the "organ-
izational hub of Black life," provid-
ing the resources __ that
fostered- - along with other in-
digenous groups and _institu-
tions- - collective protest against a
system of white domination in the
South.
As an institution that is
indigenous to African- American
communities, Black churches are
intricately connected to various
kinds and sources of activism.
Their communication networks ca-
pacity to promote social interaction,
provide material resources, and
ive individuals the opportunity to
slearn organizing skills are critical
elements for successful social
movement or political mobilization.
Perhaps most importantly, their
sustainability over both time and
physical space all combine to make
churches the only Black institutions
consistently promoting the collec-
tive resistance to social and eco-
nomical inequalities by
African- Americans. ~ T Black
churches have performed these
functions throughout several his-
torical periods, shifting political
alliances and interests, and vastly
differing social and economic con-
texts for activism. Despite the
record of political achievement of
the Black Church based on these
kinds of resources, some scholars
and activists have raised concerns
may be displaced as exaggerated at
least based on the views of congre-
gation members, Although a 1991
Chicago Area Survey showed that
among Black church members
more than half reported candidate
visits at their churches, a 1980
NBC News/Associated Poll sug-
gests that few ministers, Black or
white, specifically endorse political
candidates. Ninety seven percent
of whites (N=2098) and 92 percent
of (Blacks N=178) reported that
they had not been asked by a
religious leader to vote for a
specific candidate in that year's fall
election. An overwhelming major-
ity of r dents (more than 80
percent of both Blacks and whites)
also felt that an endorsement of a
candidate by a religious leader
would have no effect on their
choice of candidates.
On the other hand, both Black
parishioners and political entrepre-
neurs view Black clerics as indige-
nous leaders. A 1984 USA Today
survey asked: "A variety of groups
and people occupy leadership roles
within the Black community. For
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NAACP
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as Community Leaders: i
each person or groups | mention,
please tell me how effective you
think (they) are as leaders- - very
effective, somewhat effective, or
not very effective?" Figure 1 shows
the "very effective" responses for
six leadership categories mentioned
in this order: local Black office
holders, national political leaders,
the NAACP, the Urban League,
Black ministers and clergy, and
Jesse Jackson. Jesse Jackson, a
minister- politician, ranked _ first
(65%), and Black ministers (40%)
as a group ranked second to the
NAACP (45%), as the most effec-
tive leaders. Black ministers were
perceived more effective than na-
tional Black litical leaders
oe , local Black elected officials
0% and the National Urban
e (26%), a civil rights or-
ganization. The clerical leadership
category even rivals the oldest and
most prominent civil rights organi-
zation for African Americans, the
NAACP.
Assuredly some commentators do
criticize the appropriateness of
Black clergy as representatives of
Black interests in the American
polity; on the other hand, many
liticians certainly woo the activ-
ist clergy within Black communi-
ties as a means to legitimize and
garner support for their political
peels Moreover, scholars C. Eric
incoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya's
survey of over 2,000 Black clergy
between 1978 and 1984 reveals that
Black ministers of the various
mainstream denominations over-
whelmingly approve of an activist
ministry.
Over 90 percent of Black
ministers, independent of age, edu-
cation and denominational affilia-
tion, supported cleric involvement
in civil rights demonstrations, and
religious leaders expressing their
views on social and political issues.
Lincoln and Mamiya also cite a
Gallup survey on a similar question
in 1968 that showed nonwhites
more supportive than whites of
ministers speaking out on social
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Candidate for the NC House of Representatives, Ed Carter of
Greenville, Out campaigning in Edgecombe, Greene, & Pitt Counties,
is shown above with Craven County Commissioner Johnnie cme,
who are encouraging everyone to go out and vote on Nov. 03, 1998.
By: M'bula Rouse (Photo ~ Jim Rouse )
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Beatrice Maye
A WOMAN'S TOP 10 REGRETS
1. Not enough education
2. Wrong career, wrong job, wrong
work situation
3. Marrying, marrying too early,
marrying too late, marrying the
wrong person
4. Having children too early or not
at all J
5. Not being self-disciplined
6. Not taking risks
7. Not having gotten along better
with parents, borthers or sisters
8. Not being assertive enough
9. Not spending enough time with
parents or not appreciating them
enough
10. Not having been more active in
neighborhood or community affairs
From: .PREVENTIVE MAGA-
ZINE, April 1998
PARENTS ;
Parents who want their children
to be intelligent and upstanding
citizens should send them to school
every day and teach them through
their own example that "family
values" are important. The fault of
bad parenting causes the lack of
values in children.
tell me,
* the world be better?
Ifthe whole world followed
:
if it followed you... would
FAITH: Three (3) F's: Faith-
- family-friends: the three most im-
portant things on this earth.
RIDING: Never ride with anyone
who has even one can of ,
You're risking your life.
REVERENCE: Reverence for God
would keep a lot of Dads out of
trouble.
| TO THE EDITOR
Courtesy costs nothing, yet it
buys things that are priceless.
There are so many concerns today
that too many parents and business
owners/managers are neglecting, or
things that should become a daily
habit in the home, the school, the
community and the work place.
I refer to the most important rule
of good manners - kindness and
consideration of others.
Allow me to cite some specifics:
the teller in the bank - "Can I help
you?" Do we know if you have the
physical strength your question
implies? Preferably - "May I help
you � or "How may I help you"; the
sales person rings up and gives the
ticket to the purchaser - nothing is
said - Common courtesy and good
manners or business ethics is the
reply, "Thank you" or "Thanks" as
she gives the receipt. Are you aware
we can shop somewhere else? The
customer is ignored as she looks for
a garment while the saleslady/man
stands idly behind the counter three
or four minutes, who finally yells,
"Can I help you?" Could a refresher
course on business ethics be profit-
able or do we need to read some
books on etiquette?
If we want our children, leaders,
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for onore things ppb «emg
taught.
Rules may ch: ange but common
courtesy and good manners will
take us further than money or
riches and they buy things that are
iceless, 1 repeat. Even our
fove and respect and respond to
requests rather than commands.
Mrs.Beatrice Maye
HEALTH FACTS
1. Which is more important, hered-.
ity or environment? If undesirable
traits are determined by heredity,
there is not much you can do to
improve human health or perform-
ance. Both heredity and environ-
ment are important, that how a
person turns out depends on a
complex interaction een the
two.
2. Are you programmed to die at a
certain age? Medical advances have
increased average life expectancy,
but they have not increased the
maximum life span. Few live
beyond 85.
3. If the genes can control aging,
why bother about good heal
habits? A person can have the
hereditary potential to live to old
age but accident, illness, or some
other environmental factor can
prevent realization of this potential.
You may shorten your life if you
smoke, fail to control high blood
pressure, and eat in such a way as
to increase the amount of choles-
terol in your blood. You may
enhance your chances of a longer
life if you keep your weight down,
get enough exercise and establish
other good health habits. "You can
choose not to age rapidly �.
4. The 10 systems: Nervous, endo-
crine, circulatory, respiratory, mus-
cular, digestive, skeletal, repro-
ductive, urinary, and the skin is a
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By: LEROY W. VAUGN, MD.
The original Haitians were
called the Ara-waks or Tainos.
Christopher Colum-bus wrote in
his log that the Arawaks were well
built with good bodies and hand-
some feature. He also reported that
the Arawaks were remarkable for
their hospitality and their belief in
sharing. He said that "they offered
to share with anyone and that when
you ask for something they never
said no."
The Arawaks lived in village -
communes with a well developed
agriculture of corn, yams, and
cassava. They had the ability to
spin and weave, as well as being
able to swim long distances. The
Arawaks did not bear arms nor did
they have prisons or prisoners.
Columbus wrote that when the
Santa Maria became shipwrecked,
the Arawaks worked for hours to
save the crew and cargo and that
they were so honest that on one
thing was missing. Arawak women
were treated so well in early
Haitian society that it startled the
Spaniards. Columbus said that the
Arawak men were of great intelli-
gence because they could navigate
all of their islands and give an
amazingly precise account of every-
thing
The chief source, and on
many matter, the only source, of
information about what happened
on the islands after Columbus
arrived was noted by a Catholic
priest named Bartolome De Las
_ Casas who lived during the time of
Columbus. He transcribed
Columbus's journal and wrote a
multi-volume "History of the
Indies." Las Casas says that
Columbus returned to America on
his second voyage with seventeen
ships and more than 1,200 heavily
armed men with horses and attack
dogs.
Las Casas said their arm was
clearly to obtain as much gold and
as many slaves as possible.
Columbus went from island to
island in the Caribbean, taking
Arawaks as captives. He ordered
everyone over the age of 14 years to
produce specific quantities of gold
every three months, and if the
Arawak could not produce his
quota, Columbus then had his
hands cut off, and left them to bleed
to death.
If the Arawaks ever tried to
escape, they were hunted down by
the attack dogs and either hanged
or burned alive. Within just two
years, half of the three million
Arawaks of Haiti died from murder,
mutilation or suicide. Bishop De
Las Casas reported that they re-
any distance, and
either rode the backs of Arawaks or
were carried on hammocks by
Arawaks who ran them in relays,
In other cases, the Spaniards
had the Arawaks
fan then wi
used
children were murdered and then
thrown into the sea. The Spaniards
were so cruel they though:
large leaves
ad others to
goose wings. Women
t nothin
of cutting off slices of human flesh |
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"Swing" the Voting
it is Just
from the Arawaks just to test the
sharpness of their blades. Bishop
De Las Casas wrote," My eyes have
seen these acts so foreign to human
as sex slaves and their »
Process
nature that
now I trem-
ble as |
write."
Christ-
opher
Columbus
started the
eee
slave trade
by _ taking
500 of the
healthiest
men back to
Spain to sell into slavery, arid the
PITT County
of unwanted animals.
license required.
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NE" Vote
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
PITT COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES
LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR |
(Budget Officer)(Salary Commensurate with Experience
- $36,831 - $41,925) Master's degree in public health
admin, from a 2-yr. program & 1 yr. of exp, in admin,
mgt.; or master's degree in an area of public health &
2 yrs. of admin.mgt.exp., 1 of which must be in a health
related program; or a master's degree in public admin.
or any health related field & 2 yrs. of admin. mgt. exp.
in a health related program; or grad. from an accredited
4 yr. college or university & 4 yrs. of exp. in a human
services field, 2 of which must have been in a health
related program with at least 1 yr. in a supervisory or
admin. capacity. Must have a valid NCDL, good driving
record & proof of Rubella immunity.
CLOSING DATE: 10/30/98
Apply on Pitt Co. or NC application to:
uman Resources Dept.j01717 W 5th Street,
Greentille, NC 278
Telephone: 252-830-6317
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
APPLY TO: CITY OF GREENVILLE
HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER'S HELPER
Performs general custodial work and as-
sists the Animal Control Officer with work
related to the operation of an animal shelter.
Must be sensitive to the care and disposal
$7.00 per hour 40 hours per week, employ-.
ment duration for 8 months. Valid NC driver's
Apply by 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 27,
8, to the: P ,
City of Greenville Human Resources Department
201 West Fifth Street,PO Box 7207,
Greenville, NC 27835-7208
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Empover -
Successful Candidate Must Pass A
Screening.
Greenville is An E rfl
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proceeds from the sale helped pay
for his third voyage. The massive
slave trade moving in the other
direction, across the Atlantic from
Africa to the Americas, was also
begun in Haiti and was started by
the son of Christopher Columbus in
1505. On his third voyage to Haiti,
Queen Isabelle's new governor,
Francisco De Bobadilla, had
Christopher Columbus and his two -
brothers arrested and sent back to
Spain in chains as prisoners for
their crimes against the Arawaks.
I wonder if we would still
celebrate Columbus Day if the real
history of Columbus was told from
the viewpoint of his victims.
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;\ leaders, employers must practice:
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of the tay and
with-
system in its own
provides a lini
in it, including hair and nails.
5. Infectious diseases can be trans-
mitted whether by infected animals
or people, or by contaminated food,
water or objects.
6. Contagious diseases are spread
directly from person to person.
Both are germs.
7, What causes insomnia? (Can't
sleep) Traffic, noisy neighbors, and
battered old mattresses, but among
the commonest reasons for insom-
nia are anxiety and depression. In
one study, 70% of the people who
had trouble sleeping suffered from
emotional difficulties.
8. Why do the elderly remember the
past but not the present? The
ability to acquire new memories
often declines in old age, partly
because of physical and chemical
changes in the brain.
9. Is_ intelligence inherited?
Intelligence is a product of both
environment and genes.
10. Can alcohol kill your brain?
Every time you drink, you kill
100,000 brain cells. Years of alco-
hol can lead to mental disorder,
degeneration of the cerebellum--the
part of the brain that governs
balance and posture, nerve damage.
11. What is Alzheimer's Disease? It
is a degenerative brain disorder,
whose victims sooner or later come
to forget everything--including how
to cook, drive, tell time, even tie
their own show laces. Ultimately,
the disease leads to coma and
death.
12. What are the dangers of high
blood pressure? Severe high blood
pressure can cause strokes or heart
attacks, even slight elevations-- if
cironic--can reduce life expectancy.
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high blood pressure is an aneurysm
which can be life threatening.
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-"Th¢ simple, painful truth is that:
is alive ad well in Ameria
»" Cuomo said.) '!:;!
"Wei must. work together as;
partner§, to T reduce discriminati
against African T Americans, and
make surd,the black child in
a city has the Tsame op ifies as
the white child in the sub-.
urbs." President Clinton's pro-
posed 1999 federal budget seeks
$22 million in increased funding
for HUD to intensify the fight
against housing discrimination,
said Cuomo.
"We cannot tolerate housing
discrimination that prevents mi-
norities from living in any home
and in any neighborhood they can
afford," Cuomo said.
"Our goal is simple justice, as
well as bringing our diverse nation
together as part of President
Clinton's One America Initiative."
In addition, programs targeted
for expansion and improvement in
the HUD budget that would have a
positive impact on minorities in-
clude: 103,000 new rental housing
voucher for people needing afford-
able housing, including those mov-
ing from welfare to work; $400
million in grants for a Community
Empowerment Fund to create and
retain an estimated 280,000 jobs;
funding for 15 additional urban
Empowerment Zones to stimulate
job creation and economic develop-
ment in inner cities; expanded
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Initiative and Clinton administra- | :
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Community Development Block *
Grants to local communities; and ;
train high school dropouts for jobs. .:
direction, rm)
HUD is also working to reduce the »
home ownership gap dividing mi- ;:
norities and whites, Cuomo said. "
According to the most recent data »
from the US Census Bureau, in the :
first quarter of this year the nation's -.
home ownership rate rose to. |
65.9%. However, while 72.1% of -
' white households owned their own «.
homes, the African home owner- «:
ship rate was only 46% and the .,
rate among Hispanics was just .;
44.4%. t
Founded in 1963, 100 Black Men .
of America, Inc., is a non-profit ::
organization dedicated to providing :-
support to 82 national and interna- .
tional chapters. More than 10,000
dedicated volunteer members have
touched the lives of over 120,000 .
youth. Through programs that ,.
emphasize the national focus on�"�
mentoring, education, health, and .-
wellness, and economic develop- :
ment, youth are empowered to ,
reach their fullest potential.
"You don't just talk about prob-
lems- - - - you work to solve |
them," Cuomo told the group. "You -
are investing your time, your
talents and your energy to help °
young African Americans over- :
come centuries of prejudice and |
claim their rightful share of the ©
American Dream. America owes |
you its gratitude for all the hard :
work and all the success you have :
achieved. Quietly and without :
headlines, you are transforming ;
lives in a profound and dramatic {
way that will change the course of -
our nation's history." 3
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On November 2, 1983 - President Reagan signs legislation to establish a national holiday
celebrating the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, life, and achievements. That is just
oné reason why you should CAST YOUR VOTE ON NOVEMBER 3rd. Your vote does
Count!! Be sure to cast your vote on November 3rd......
Church at 752-746-2722.
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WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE CONFERENCE 1998:
"BEHOLDING HIS GLORY IN THE YEAR OF JUBILEE"
November 5-8, 1998 at The Anointed Ones Church 600 North Edge Road, Ayden, NC 2.
Host Pastor is Dr. Ruth Peterson and the speak
Lakeland, FL; Pastor Virginia Smith, Aurora
| Woman's Conference Set to Take Place
resents the;
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November 6" at 9:30 am,11:00 am,1:00 pm, and 7:00 pm
one November 7" at 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 7:00 pm
November 8" at 10:30 am & 7:00 pm.
You are invited come enjoy a fresh move of the Holy Spirit. For more information call The Anointed Ones
ers include: Dr. Joyce Scott, Chester, PA; Dr. Shirley Arnold,
. NC; Pastor Denise Johnson, Orlando, FL; Co-Pastor Catherine
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Religious institutions and Black political activisim......
and political issues. Finally, th
found i a 1986 survey of Keine
Methodist Episcopal Church lead-
ers that nearly 90 percent ed
os pierre. in social issues
ile Only 3 percent agreed that
churches should keep out of politi-
cal matters altogether. Lincoln and
Mamiya conclude from these sur-
veys that "there is broad s
and consensus in the Black com-
munity, both within and without
the church, among clergy and laity,
for a social prophecy role for Black
churches. The attitude is pervasive
that churches should be involved in
- and express their views on everyday
social and political issues." They
further conclude, "It is also clear
that Black people generally support
a much more activist role for their
churches than do whites."
Although Lincoln and
Mamiya's extensive survey reveals
a consensus among Black clerics in
the post- civil rights period, they
may overstate the case by extending
this consensus to African
Ass survey
previously- mentioned asked two
questions: "Should the churches
and members of the clergy express
their views on day- to- day social
questions, or should they keep out
of social matters?" and "What
about politics? Do you think the
churches and members of clergy
should be involved in politics,, like
backing a candidate for public
Office, or don't you think so?" The
September 1984 USA Today Poll of
over 1,200 registered voters also
: "In general, do you think it
is right or wrong for religious
leaders to promote a particular
political point of view during
religious services?"
Figure 2 shows affirmative
responses to all three questions by
race. Blacks and whites equally
approved of churches and clergy
expressing their views on social
Figure 2
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involved in Pole! Meters by Rese
issues, alth Blacks approved.
Involved In Political Matter, By
Race slightly more than whites
(57% compared to 55%, with about
a third of both Black and white
r dents stating that churches
and clergy should not express their
views on social issues). However,
Blacks and whites differed more
dramatically in regard to the
explicit involvement of religious
institutions in politics. While less
than a third of whites thought that
churches or clergy should be able to
back political candidates (28%) and
that religious leaders had a right to
promote a particular point of view
during religious services (29%),
more than two- fifths (43%) of
Blacks oved of such involve-
ment and half (50%) ed of
clerics promoting a political point
of view during religious views.
THE EFFECTS OF BLACK
CHURCHES ON DIRECT
MOBILIZATION
The Black-white differences in
approval of church-based political
activism may simply reflect racial
differences in the incidence of that
activism. Those differences in ap-
proval may also reflect racial
differences in the actual effect of
church- based stimuli on political
participation. The 1984 USA Today
Poll asked about the frequency of
political discussions during relig-
lous services: "How often does your
(minister/priest/rabbi) discuss po-
litical issues as part of the service? �
Figure 3 reveals striking racial
variations among churchgoers.
Blacks were three times more likely
(28%) than whites (8%) to report
that their religious leaders dis-
cussed politics all the time or
frequently. They were also more
likely than whites (31% compared
to 21%) to report that such
discussions took place osome
times." Nearly three- fourths, or
71%, of whites reported that their
clerics seldom or never discussed
political issues during religious
services compared to only two-
fifths (40%) of Black respondents.
CONCLUSION
Figure3
Reporting Discussions by Leaader (%)
Frequneq of Cledcal Discissions of Politics, by Race 1
Religious institutions " within
African-American communities are
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from your presence. It affords a
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even then he was careful to remind
whites that he did not believe in
social equality for blacks, and that
if he had his way he would ship the
whole lot of them to Africa or an
island in the Caribbean.
Yet in the comedy," The Secret
Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer" we are
asked to believe that a black man
sits in the big chair at the White
House as a principal advisor to
Lincoln. Keep in mind this is
BEFORE the passage of the 13th
Amendment in 1865 which for-
mally abolished slavery.
The UPN farce not only stands
history on its head, it dismembers it
The producers trot out two shop-
worn lines to justify this historical
absurdity. They claim that it's only
comedy, and that history, even its
painful episodes, are fair game of
parody. The other claim is that
many blacks who have seen the
tapes of the pilot find nothing
wrong with it. Both are serving, if
not outright ridiculous, claims.
There is nothing wrong with
satirizing historical events. There
is everything wrong with falsifying
them. There is not a fig of historic
truth that Lincoln during the rigid
system of Jim Crow segregation in
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socially fraternized with African
Americans, let alone sought their
make a Jewish prisoner in a
concentration one of his trusted
advisors.
UPN producers also defend their
actions by comparing "Pfeiffer" to
the comedy "Hogans Heroes." This
won't fly either. The fact is that
there were American POWs in
Nazi prisoner of war camps during
World War II. They were mis-
treated. Some were beaten and
killed. But when the war ended
they were released, and returned to
their former lives. Blacks had no
such luxury. They were totally
stripped of their languages, cul-
tures, and humanity, and bought
and sold like cattle.
What about the claim that some
blacks approve of " Pfeiffer?"
Many blacks also mobbed theaters
and laughed at the ancient stereo-
types of crime, dope, guns, freaky
sex, cartoon caricatures, and hu-
man wrecks that are paraded across
the screen as the realities of black
life in the black themed movies of
the 1990's. So it's hardly surprising
that many blacks do not understand
that the monstrous violence, brutal-
ity, pain, suffering and degradation
of slavery can and should not be the
subject of humor.
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The Padibcations, Their Life Story..A TV Mini Series
-TV) "Must See
We is eduled to air a Movie
Mini-Series on the life and time of
the Temptations.
Legendary producer Suzanne de
(Lonesome Dove, The
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returns to her roots to tell the story
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veseae Father Bo Nobles who was
and reared here in
Greenville, has been writing
music for stars like Jackie
Wilson, and many others. Shown
with Father Bo Nobles is Brother
Jim Rouse and Captain Cecil
Hardy of the Greenville Police
Dept. (Photo - Jim Rouse)
of five talented young singers from
Detroit who came together to create
some of the most memorable music
of the last 40 years.
When it comes to the Motown
sound, no producer knows the
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The Temptations.
oWith a new lead singer, David
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factory with singles including "My
Girl," "I Wish It Would Rain," "Get
Ready" and "Ain't Too Proud to
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keep piling up, troubles begin to
appear. The embattled group splin-
ters, battles among itself and
reforms again and again to sing the
music America loves.
Ultimately, only one of the
original five survived to tell the
story behind the great legends of
American music.
Featuring some of the best-
known original recordings from the
1960s and 1970s, The Temptations
is filled with equal measures of joy
and heartache. It's one miniseries
sure to leave viewers on "Cloud
Nine."
The cast includes Leon as David
Ruffin, Terron Brooks as Eddie
Kendricks, D.B. Woodside
as Melvin Franklin, | Christian
Payton as Paul Williams and
Charles Malik Whitfield as Otis
Williams.
Along with Suzanne De Passe,
other executive producers include
Suzanne Coston, among whose
credits include Motown 40: The
Music is Forever, and Buffalo Girls
and David Picker.
The movie mini-series is sched-
uled to air November Ist
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The first Thanksgiving was a
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Thanksgiving Day with overladen
plates and houses aromatic with the
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However, not everyone can look
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special fund raising effort to benefit
the First Born Community
Development Center.
Dr. McCrea had a similar food
drive last year with excellent
results. "We were able to raise
enough money to buy about 1100
cans of food, I would like to raise
more than that this year. We will
really need the community's help
for this to happen. �
The Center provides food for
those in need throughout the year
and special fund raisers like that
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Executive Director
WANTED!!!
The United Way of Pitt County seeks a
proven leader in community building, re-
source developement, non-profit manage-
candidates must have ten years work experi-
ence as a senior executive, and five years
planning. Interested
plus management experience, preferably in
a non-profit organization. Candidates must
have experience in complex fund raising, a
commitment to health, human services, and
community building initiatives, in addition to
strong computer skills.
A Bachelor's degree is required, while post
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salary range is $55-$70k.
Salary will be negotiable based on qualifica-
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Racial Violence - - Democracy Defied
UNC- Ie Legety om
will deliver the keynote ce on
Friday night.
"The events in Wilmington, in
"" with the 1898 and 1900
ite campaigns,
marked a watershed in North
Carolina history," explains NC
Division of Archives and History
Director Jeffrey J. Crow.
"Disinfranchisement of African
American and poor white voters as
well as the legal separation of the
races followed the violent political
campaigns and riot."
That rioting included as assault
on the town's burgeon "
thiddle class and an overt ow of
the democratically elected Repub-
lican city aldermen at a time when
many blacks were Republicans. The
town's daily black newspaper, then
the only black daily in the country,
was destroyed. Many African
Americans fled the area.
In a centennial observance of the
incident, the symposium will exam-
aepeeg hag rel roots;
sex and comm itetary
cies and the of rth
American history. oat
icipants are fuiversiye Willis
Pirate, Duke University; Glenda
Gilmore, Yale Universtiy: David
Cecelski, UNC-Chapel Hill, Leon
Prather, Tennessee State
University, LeAnn Whites,
University of Missouri-Columbia.
John ey, UNC-Wilmington:
Beverly Washington-Jones, NCCU |
and others. Tyson-Ceceski are
co-editors of "Democracy Betrayed;
The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898
and Its Lpacy," recently published
by UNC Press.
The Division of Archives and
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petty officer, Merritt is ne to
ors
with hard work and dedication.
oCurrently I train recruits on
small-arm weapons and small arms
safety, � he said. oI like knowing
that I am a role model. for our
Navy Ts future. Just knowing that
the recruits pass the course without
injury show that our instructors
have reached the recruits. �
A 1980 graduate of Strawberry
Mansion High School on
Philadelphia, Merritt said serving
his country has turned out to be
quite an educational experience.
o] have learned that although
everyone is an individual, everyone
must learn to work as one, � he said.
Also on a gunmount, everyone must
work as a team or someone will get
hurt.
Merritt, hope to continue on with
his education and has definite plans
for the future.
oAfter the Navy, I would like to
seek employment in electronics or
lock smithing, � he said. of would
like to work for a major company or
phone company. .
Whatever direction Merritt Ts fu-
ture takes him, he knows he will
always be able to look back on his
time in the service and be proud.
Perhaps it Ts because he knows how
valuable his service was to the rest
of America.
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Banquet, a parade, a concert and
different class reunion functions.
Many Eva J. Lewis Alumni
Chapter members were in atten-
dance for the event scheduled and
they wish to thank the Greenville
community for their support during
the fund-raising process.
They would also like to
Continues irom Freat
Franklin; 1992-Doris Betts; 1993-
Samuel Ragan; 1994-Anne Firor
Scott; 1995-John Ehle; 1996-
William Finlator; 1997-Charles
Bishop Kuralt, awarded posthu-
mously.
The award is to be presented
at a dinner co-hosted by the North
Carolina Humanities Council
(NCHC) and Secretary of the
Department of Cultural Resources
Betty Ray McCain and Dr. John L.
McCain. The dinner will be held
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October 24, 1998 at The Gateway
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encourage ECSU to joi
them in their rt to scmlane
oviding scholarships for youths,
Frcludin youths in this area. For
more information you may contact
Ms. Mary Cates, President of the
Eva J. Lewis Alumni Chapter.
Gproil Redtord Recieve Humanitarian Award
Center in Rocky Mount. Randall
Kenan, author, and 1997 Southern
Writer-in-Residence at the Univer-
sity of Mississippi, will be fis
evening's keynote speaker. i
us and celebrate Dorothy hedtford's
achievements! Reception begins at
6pm, dinner at 7pm. Cost of the
dinner is $35.00/person.
Reservations are REQUIRED and
_ MUST BE RECEIVED by October .
19th. Call 336.334.5325 ext. 6 for
more information.
By Claire Wachsman
The long hard struggle continues
and we are from its end.
Accessible, safe reproductive health
care for women remains under the
threat of violent targeting and
attacks. The American Civil
Liberties Union has long been a
fierce defender of free speech and
the constitutional right to reproduc-
tive choice. We defend the rights of
women seeking abortions as well as
those of anti-abortion protesters.
We do not, however, (nor does the
US constitution) condone or pro-
vide refuge for violence; violence
against people and property is
illegal.
The recent attacks on two
women's health clinics in
Fayetteville, NC simply bring
closer to home the struggle between
women who are seeing reproductive
health care, including abortion
services, and people who take up
arms to see to it that they can't. It
doesn't matter where one stands on
the issue of abortion; everyone
ought to find violence at any health
care facility absolutely intolerable.
The violent tactics of these
lawless anti-abortion activists actu-
ally undercuts their cause. More
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appropriate to their avowed interest
in human life is advocating the
safety of already existing, living,
breathing, children. It is a constant
uphill battle to make the welfare of
these children anyone's business
other than their abuser's. Why is
"none of my business" coined in
defense of doing nothing on behalf
of abused children but it becomes
everyone's business to interfere
with a woman's right to seek health
oTh h f such viol
e hypocrisy of such violent
attacks is glaring. The anti-
abortion argument usually goes
something like this: human life is
sacred, to threaten/end a human life
is morally wrong, abortion threat-
ens/terminates "human life," there-
fore abortion is wrong. Substitute
"attacking health care clinics" for
"abortion" and you have the very
same logic condemning the rash of
violence targeted at reproductive
service providers and their clients.
Keep in mind I use the term
"reproductive service providers" be-
cause abortions are not the sole nor
primary function of these clinics.
The ACLU stands firm in de-
fending the right of women to
reproductive health care. We fought
for the enactment of the Freedom of
access to Clinic Entrances Act, a
federal law which was passed in
1994, and in 1997 our North
Carolina affiliate filed a successful
amicus brief defending its constitu-
tionality along with the North
Carolina No Obstruction of Health
Care Facilities Act. These laws
provide tools to counter clinic
blockades, shootings and bombings
of North Carolina's health care
facilities while maintaining the
rights of free and expression
of those who decide to peacefully
demonstrate their views opposing
abortion.
We urge the pubic as well as
federal, state and local authorities
to join us in condemning all acts of
violence such as the recent attacks
in Fayetteville. No one anywhere
can plausibly defend brutality
against women seeking health care
and against health care providers.
The safety of all individuals seek-
ing health care services demands
rigorous protection.
Claire Wachsman is the Public
Education Coordinator for the
American Civil Liberties Union,
and can be reached by writing Post
Office Box 28004, Raleigh, NC
Tough Times at the Apollo
"The "fit has hit the shan" at the
world famous Apollo Theater in
Harlem. The New York State
Attorney General Dennis Vacco
filed a lawsuit in Manhattan
Supreme Court, seeking to oust
seven of eleven Apollo Foundation
Board members, including board
chairman, Congressman Charlie
Rangel.
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have performed, and where the hit
dicated show "It's Showtime at
e Apollo" is taped, is managed as
a nonprofit enterprise by the foun-
dation board. But Rangel, who
represents Harlem and _ upper
Manhattan, has close ties with
Percy Sutton, chairman of Inner
City Broadcasting, which produces
"Showtime." That relationship is
the reason why millions of dollars
owed the Apollo Foundation has
never been collected, alleges the
state attorney general, which is why
he wants to dump all but four
members.
Sutton, in defense, has always
denied any wrongdoing, or that any
monies are owed to the foundation.
Rangel announced last week that he
will countersue Vacco for false
allegations. Meanwhile, the dollars
aren't exactly flowing at the Apollo
' Theater, which is in serious need of
a rehab.
keep the stars in
your eyes.
Cash Michaels
Wilmington Journal
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The CD Been Found is a
Must for Everybody s Collection
Thanksgiving not long ago:
Maya Angelou Ts (pictured above)
house in North Carolina. In her
basement Nick was playing around
the piano and inviting Maya and
Val to join him. Val took over the
piano and Maya began to talk to the
music at Nick's suggestion, with
Nick adlibbing vocals. A cassette
captured the moment and that was
the beginning of the first song for
the album: "I Remember All".
Who's on the record:
Seven of the eleven songs on
"Been Found" feature Maya
"History of The Black Church..."
(Photo - Jim Rouse )
George of York Memorial AME Zion Church in the above pictures
are family, friends and members of his congregation. They want to
extend an cordial invitation to the readers of the M-Voice to join them
in Sunday morning worship at their church for a spirit filled
companionship and fellowship. The church is located 201 Tyson
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Shown assembling with Pastor
Angelou speaking, Ashford &
Simpson singing. The other 4
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Featured performers on the album
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Clayton Announces School Summit Safety Plans.un
- Congresswoman Eva Clayton (D-
NC), today announced that she will
host a Summit on School Safety.
This announcement comes on the
day President Clinton hosted the
ite House Summit on School
Safety. Following the White House
model, Clayton plans to bring
together teachers, principals, par-
ents, ministers, law enforcement
officers, Superintendents, state leg-
islators and federal representatives
to discuss ways to improve school
safety. After the Summit, Clayton
will prepare a report, with recom-
mendations that she will present to
Education Secretary Riley.
T "Each day, across our television
screens and in our newspapers,
played out at places like the
playground of our schools, shock-
ingly, im ever increasing numbers,
children are killing children, � said
Clayton.
: "In serene and pristine
Springfield, Oregon, in friendly
and congenial Peduca, Kentucky,
even in the home state of our
President, in Jonesboro, Arkansas,
children are killing children," said
Clayton.
Since last October, there have
been six major school shootings
that took lives of fourteen students
and teachers and injured forty-
seven others. According to the
Department of Education, 6,093
students were expelled last year for
bringing a firearm into their
school.
"A church is bombed where
children went to worship, in
Illinois, and apparently, the bomb
was placed in such way that it was
intended to harm the children
attending Sunday services. And,
we learned with dismay that two
high school seniors had plans to set
off a bomb during graduation
exercises, � said Clayton.
The Clayton Summit will take
place on January 11, 1999, in
Edgecombe County.
"Although schools are generally
safer today than they were just a
few years ago, there is still much
more that can and must be done to
improve school safety. That is why,
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Maya Angelou is the author of
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Caged Bird Sings", "Gather
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Heart of a Woman", as well as five
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ural poem "On the Pulse of
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Clinton on January 20, 1993.
In theatre, she produced, directed
and starred in "Caberet for
Freedom" in collaboration with
Godfrey Cambridge at New York's
Village Gate; starred in Genet's
"The Blacks" at St Mark's
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Angeles in 1974. She wrote the
original screenplay for "Georgia,
Georgia" and wrote and produced a
ten-part TV series on African
traditions in American life.
In the sixties, at the request of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., she
became the northern coordinator
for the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference and in 1975
she received the Ladies Home
Journal Woman of the Year Award
in communications. She received
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- was appointed by President Jimmy
Carter to the National Commission
on the Observance of International
Woman's Year and by President
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Council. She is on the board of the
American Film Institute and is one
of the few female members of the
Director's Guild.
Maya Angelou is currently
Reynolds Professor at Wake Forest
University, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina.
"LIVING IN EARTH AS LOVE"
(Written For ALL The WOMEN Of The World. A Reminder to MEN,
Love, Cherish & Respect God's Gift of WOMAN TO MAN.....)
Just behold with me my love, for "my love" will come like the
judgment of the Lord.
Your present of being a woman in my life is very special to me.
Everyday without you is like a body without water something |
must have to live on.
You're a source of strength in my heart and mind.
The times I'm weak, my God gives you the strength to comfort me
and nourish me.
For I love God for bringing you forth to me.
I'll give you all my love, just as God gives his, all toward us.
We lie and cheat ourselves sometimes but that's just a simple test
we take when we're feeling lost about things.
For you are Wisdom and I am Knowledge.
Wisdom supports Knowledge.
Just like You will support Me, as Caring will support Feelings,as ,
God will support Us, as parents will support their children. .
You're like 120 Degrees in my circle and I'm another 120 Degrees,
which forms 2/3 of a Circle of Love.
Beware my love of the Evil that lurks on Our Love, to try and de-
stroy something that is Good towards ME and You.
Like a kidnapper, plotting to take away from US, Our Children.
I need your full cooperation of LOVE, in order to live a sound and
prosperous Rooted Life.
For I AM LOVE and you're MY PEACE that I hold on the inside
of me.
The Child that We bring in This LIfe will be HAPPINESS.
Which will bring a Full "LOVE", "PEACE", and HAPPINESS to
Our Lives!
As YOU and I add up to 240 Degrees, OUR CHILD will make an-
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Being 360 DEGREES.
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by is National Domestic
Violence Awareness Month, I want
to bring this disease of domestic
violence to the attention of women,
or to others who know may know
woman who are being victimized
by acts of domestic violence and
feel helpless to exert control on
their circumstances, and thinking
that there is no one able to help
them, I have news for the, there is-
help.
Some years back, I saw my
"Stepfather," victimized my mother
on numerous occasions. Frankly
this went on for so long I too,
began to consider myself a victim
of domestic violence. Vicariousl
experiencing these situations ef-
fected me deeply as well. Generally,
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Crimes Against Humanity......
goal will enable us to make sense
out of the senseless death of
Hate crimes laws do not give
some groups "special rights", nor
do they curtail freedom of thought
or speech.
They do penalize actions that
spring from a particular attitude.
They do warn bigot that society has
declared that crimes motivated by
prejudice are unacceptable and will
bring a punishment tailored to the
crime.
Beyond that, we in the larger
American community must work to
make the ties of tolerance between
us stronger.
For how to do that, perhaps we
can look to Jasper, Texas, the town
where James Byrd, Jr., was slain.
At the time the world's spotlight
focused them, its citizens said that
heinous act did not represent life
there. Well, now, according to a
recent Wall Street Journal story,
they're proving it: In large ways
and small, Jasper's citizens are
grappling with its racial past and
more importantly, its present and
future. They're trying to close the
distance difference has created
among them.
In doing so, they invite us all to
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move beyond the mere---and often
empty---expression of tolerance. to
an honest acceptance that others
as a results of those experiences |
had developed a tendency to began
to treat men with an indifference.
However, after being educated
on the dynamics of domestic
violence many questions regarding
this social phenomena and my
confusion were finally answered.
When a child grows up in a
violence and negative household it
who are different have as much
right to inhabit the earth as we do.
Committing ourselves to that
almost goes without saying that
chances are, that child, as an adult
is going to behave in the same
manner in responding to what they
may have experienced in their
childhood.
That behavior compounded by
the pressures of today's society, the
lack of employment, or decent
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erty, etc., especially within the
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tension and, anger within black
men, and dramatically impacts
upon the act of domestic violence.
But that still is no excuse to
attack someone they may profess to
love. That does not give the right
for a man to hit a woman (or vice
versa)!
Therefore as a hardworking sin-
gle black mother of four beautiful
daughters once again, in express-
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violence, or if you or someone you
know lives in a domestically vio-
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