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The "Comeback K

By Randall Mikkelsen
WASHINGTON - U.S. President
Bill Clinton, once again living up
to his "Comeback Kid ? nickname,
charged back from months of
pummeling over the Monica
Lewinsky sex scandal to say mid-
term elections vindicated his poli-
cies.

After the elections, Clinton said,
"I think the message the American
people sent was loud and clear.
They want progress over partisan-
ship and unity over division, ?
before a meeting with his economic
team to discuss a planned
December conference on Social
Security reform.

The president said Social
Security was the top priority of his

Prostrate Cancer Claims

By Gaius Sims, Sr.,
Managing Editor, M-Voice Newspaper

Prostrate Cancer one of the
greatest killers of black men has
prematurely claimed the life of
"Black Power" Pan-Africanist and
activist Kwame Ture, formerly
known as Stokely Carmichael.
Stokely, died on Sunday, November
15th. Ture passed on in the capital
city of Conakry in the west African
country of Guinea, where he had
lived for the last 33 years. The Rev.
Jesse Jackson visited with Ture
three times during his trip to Africa
last week.

"In many ways he was at peace
with himself," Jackson said. "He
wanted for his last days to be in
Guinea. He wanted to be amongst
the people of Africa." He was 57
years old.

Carmichael, born in Trinidad,

Governor Hunt

Reverence your elder; for the man excelling in age excels f.
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post-election agenda, which was
also packed with renewed pushes on
education, health care and an

moved with his family to New York
City at the age of 11. In his youth,
he attended the academically elite
Bronx High School of Science in
New York and moved freely in a
liberal, middle- class white circle
that he later reviled as phony.
Although upon " graduation,
Carmichael was sought after by
many white universities, he chose
to attend Howard University in
Washington, D.C. and in 1964,
graduated from there with a degree
in philosophy. Later he would be
awarded an honorary Ph.D. from
Shaw University in Raleigh, NC.
In the early 60's, Carmichael
founded the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC,
i.e., "Snick") and became its chair-
man in 1966. He was succeeded by
H. s Brown, who is now living

Misplaced Homemakers Bill

RALEIGH- - Governor Jim Hunt
signed the Fund for Displaced
Homemakers Bill on Wednesday,
Nov. 4. This legislation will in-
crease funding for existing dis-
placed homemaker (DH) programs
and initiate new programs by
adding an additional $20 to the
divorce filing fee. An additional
$740,000 is expected to be gener-
ated annually for the Fund for
Displaced Homemakers.

The majority of displaced home-
makers experience their financial
problems as a result of divorce or
separation from a supporting
spouse. They have worked primar-
ily without remuneration to care for
the home and family and, for that

reason, have diminished market-
able skills, are unemployed or
underemployed and experiencing
difficulty in obtaining or upgrading
employment.

It is appropriate that funding for
services for this population should
come from fees generated in filing
for divorce, according to Elaine
Monaghan, state coordinator for
the Displaced Homemaker Program.

"We are delighted," Ms.
Monaghan said. "This is a great
victory for the N.C. Women Work!
Network and the more than
500,000 displaced homemakers in
North Carolina."

Presently, the N.C. Women
Work! Network is made up of 24

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int Hearings

id T Rebounds with Policy Push

increased minimum wage.

The comments were Clinton Ts
first to the public after the mid term
elections, in which the Democrats
gained five seats in the House of
Representatives and held their own
in the Senate. The outcome con-
founded speculation that voter dis-
gust with the Lewinsky scandal
would fuel strong Republican
gains.

Clinton brushed aside questions
about the future of the Republican-
led impeachment inquiry into per-
jury and cover-up allegations in
connection with his affair with
Lewinsky.

"That Ts a decision for them
(Republicans) to make. I Tm not
involved in that and I Tm not going

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Kwame Ture a.k.a., Stokely Carmicheal

1941 to 1988
in Atlanta and is known as Jamil
Abdullah Al-Amin. Subsequently,
Brown political activities effec-
tively erased the word "nonviolent"

from the SNCC Ts name.
In 1968, Carmichael became
prime minister of the militant
Black Panther Party. He called for

to comment on it, ? he said.

The president attributed the
Democrats T election performance to
a focus on policies of the sort, he
has hammered away at continu-
ously.

"If you look at all the results,
they Tre clear and unambiguous.
The American people want their
business, their concerns, their chil-
dren, their families, their future
addressed here, ? he said.

He made overtures to
Congressional Republicans, who
have been put on the defensive by
the election results.

Clinton said he had spoken with
House Speaker Newt Gingrich and
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott,
along with Democratic leaders, and

unity among the Black Panthers,
the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, NAACP and _ the
Nation of Islam.

Recently, when being compared
to Martin Luther King regarding
his radical transformation from
SNCC's chairman to becoming the
Panther Party's prime minister, he
said that the difference between
him and King was that King saw
nonviolence as a "way of life"
where he viewed it as a "tactic" and
that if it didn't tactic work you had
to resort to other "means."

While a student at Howard,
Carmichael, as a fearless, dedicated
and determined front line social
and political reformer, was active
in civil rights protests, sit- ins,
freedom rides, voter registration
drives and numerous life threaten-
ing demonstrations of civil disobe-
dience throughout the South. His
dedicated involvement, especially
in Mississippi, led him and his

Congressional Roundup...

By James Wright, Afro-American

Dellums to Write Book....

RONALD DELLUMS, who served
in Congress from 1970-1998, will
be writing a book on his experi-
ences as a representative for
Beacon Press. The book is sched-
uled to be published in the Fall of
1999 and will be co- written by H.
Lee Halterman, a former chief of
staff for Mr. Dellums. More than a
memoir, Mr. Dellums will write of
his status as an ooutsider on the
inside, ? an activist who took radi-

cal energy of 60s activism to
Congress and will show how to
enact fundamental social change
within the halls of power.

Black Men Losing "Right T

to Vote

LARGE NUMBERS OF Black men
voting age were not allowed to vote
in the Nov. 3 elections because of
felony convictions, even though
they had paid their debt to society,
according to a recent study con-
ducted by Human Rights Watch
and The Sentencing Project. In
(See Congressional Roundup - Page 6)

Black Voters Saved the Day...

Nationwide Turnout Helped Democrats Gain

Vie

SY First arian ;
*"" The Polls

African Americans played a key
role in determining the outcome of
many statewide and congressional
races; and three gubernatorial elec-

tions (Alabama, California and
South Carolina).

The Congressional Black Caucus
maintained its membership of 38 in
the House of Representatives.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones is the only
newly elected member of the CBC.
She hails from the IIth
Congressional District of Ohio,
replacing retired Congressman
Louis Stokes.

African American turnout made a
difference in key state-wide races in
South T Carolina, North Carolina,
New York, Nevada, California,
Wisconsin, Arkansas, Maryland,

Alabama and Georgia.

89% of African American voters
supported the Democratic Party, an
8% increase over 1994 elections.
This was their biggest turnout to
the polls in 10 years.

Mosely-Braun Loses
Senate Seat....

CHICAGO -- Carolyn Mosely
Braun lost to her republican chal-
lenger, State Senator Peter
Fitzgerald by a small margin of 2
percent. In spite of large African
American voter turnout Braun
could not overturn the numerous

Control
attacks on her record and criticism

of her 1996 visit with a Nigerian
dictator. Braun also could not
sustain attacks on her controversial
campaign spending record. Senator
Carol Mosley Braun had received
strong support from Hillary Rod-
ham Clinton who visited Chicago a
couple times on her behalf.

Carol Mosley-Braun was the first
African American woman to be
elected to the United States Senate
in 1992.

RALEIGH--Americans, to in-
clude North Carolinians like to

(See Black Voters - Page 6)

New DNA Evidence Confirms that Jefferson Fathered Black Children

by Huge B. Price, President
National Urban League

NEW YORK -- There Ts no deny-
ing the truth. One may not see at
first glance what the scientific
confirmation of Thomas Jefferson Ts
long liaison with Sally Hemings, a
slave at his Monticello plantation,
and an article extolling life in a
southern Black community during
the era of legal segregation share.

But, in fact, the controversy
surrounding Jefferson and Sally
Hemings and writer Russ Rymer Ts
assertion in his article in the New
York Times Sunday Magazine that
"Segregation hel Black busi-
ness; Civil rights helped destroy it"
have a great deal in common.

They both illustrate how power-
ful the dynamic of denial in
America about the realities of race
has been.

No _ single
American history has better illus-
trated how denial has worked
among many whites than their
refusal to contemplate what many
African Americans have long ac-
cepted: that Jefferson and Sally
Hemings were lovers, Now, the

DNA tests confirm that he fathered

not just one, but four or five of her

children.
Why was there so much resis-

controversy of

tance for so many years to that
possibility?

Did it stem from a refusal to
accept that Jefferson embodied the
great contradiction of the founding
of the United States: A nation
which wrapped itself in the rhetoric
of freedom and professed allegiance
to the inalienable rights of man
excluded all but a relative few
white men from the enjoyment of
those rights, and depended for its

prosperity upon the stolen labor of

Black slaves.

Thomas Jefferson Ts public role in
justifying slavery helped set the
country on a course that has long
borne bitter fruit. ;

Nonetheless, the confirmation
that Thomas Jefferson Ts direct and
indirect descendants _ include
Americans on both sides of the
color line should not be regarded as
a matter for African Americans to
jeer "we told you so" or to play the
"racial dozens."

Instead, all of America ought to
accept this news as apparently
many of Jefferson Ts white descen-
dants have " as a profound
addition to the accumulating evi-
dence of how intertwined are the
bloodlines and the destinies of
Americans all along the spectrum
of color, race and ethnicity.

Such a clarity of vision is what
Russ Rymer Ts article, astonishingly
titled, "Integration Ts Casualties,"
lacks most of all.

The best one can say about his

assertion that Black businesses
thrived under segregation and that
the civil rights victories of the
1960s caused the collapse of "the

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Congresswoman Clayton
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Congresswomen Eva Clayton
shown being congradulated by
Ted Tyler, her Republican chal-
lenger after his defeat.

(Photo: Jim Rouse)

Back to Capitol Hill

GREENVILLE-- Eva Clayton, the
first black elected in a hundred
years to represent North Carolina
in Congress, is going back for her
fourth term from the now newly
defined First District, as is Mel
Watt, who's 12th District was also
redrawn during the summer and
ended up with significantly less
black voters and more white
Republicans.

Both incumbents finished strong
against the GOP challengers.

Jesse Jackson Pulls Out

The Black Vote

LOS ANGELES -- Rev. Jesse
Jackson criss- cross the country
uniting Black Churches and urging
congregations to take election day
off and help get the vote out.
Jackson's last stop on his get out
the vote T tour was Baltimore.
Jackson's efforts © apparently
worked. Some cities reported

African American voter turnout as

high as fifty percent.

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asked them to join his effort to
overhaul Social Security.

U.S. Rep Bill Archer, a Texas
Republican, chairman of the House
Ways and Means Committee and a
frequent critic of Clinton, wrote the
president offering to lead a biparti-
san effort in Congress.

While praising Clinton for "far
sighted dedication, ? Archer also
said the president must take the
lead by submitting a reform bill, a
politically risky step Clinton has so
far been unwilling to commit to.

Clinton also called for regula-
tions of health maintenance organi-
zations " his "patient Ts bill of
rights ? " federal aid to school
construction, an increased mini-
mum wage and campaign finance

followers being arrested dozens of
times during that turbulent era.

He was reported to have said
while laying in a hospital bed at
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, with cancer beginning to
ravish his body just eight months
prior to death, that he was arrested
somewhere between 29 to 36 times

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reform.

But Clinton still faces a
Republican majority in both houses
of Congress, making any legislative
push a struggle.

"We are hoping that, despite the
fact that they are still in the
majority, the Republicans will get '
the message that people want to put
progress ahead of partisanship and
work with this/president on educa-
tion and health care and raising the T
minimum wage,; T Senior White
House adviser Paul Begala said.

Others at the White House tried
only a little to conceal a feeling of

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"Hey, Why Wasn't I Invited to the Party.!?"

the Life of Black Power Advocate

(he's unsure of the precise number)
in addition to being pursued by
armed whites in high speed chases,
and on foot, he had been beaten,
gassed, surveilled and expected a
bullet at any time. James Meredith,
himself had been shot dead just
weeks before he shouted oBlack
Continues on Page 5

and did nothing.
grow and for some reason

Former Greenville Mayor Ed Carter's (second from left) message of |
affordable health care, cooperative intra-county economics, youth
oriented technical training programs, etc., apparently wasn't a strong
enough message to get party line voters to break ranks send the
independent candidate and former Army officer to State Senate, despite
statewide support from the black caucus and other local politicians. But |
Brother Carter is still a winner in the eyes of his community because he
chose to challenge protocol, while a lot of people stood on the sidelines
S$ message might sink in as Greenville continues to
e black community seems to find their fair
share of the prosperity alluding them. Photo: Jim Rouse

News from Around the Nation...

Friend Says He Warned
Espy of Ethical Pitfalls
WASHINGTON -- An old
friend of former Agriculture
Secretary Mike Espy testified he
worried that Mr. Espy would be
judged by stricter ethical rules than
previous officeholders because he is

Black.
Richard Douglas, a former lobby-
ist and self-described Washington

| operator, said he warned Mr. Espy

to look out for ethical pitfalls when
he took office as President Clinton's
first agriculture chief in 1993.

Testifying Oct. 30 at Mr. Espy's
federal corruption trial, Mr.
Douglas likened Mr. Espy's nomi-
nation as the first Black agriculture
secretary to Jackie Robinson's
breaking the color barrier in major
league baseball.

If Mr. Espy stumbled, it would be
a setback to Blacks such as himself

who hoped for top jobs in

The War for Equality Ain't Over Yet

Washington, Mr. Douglas testified.
"White folks wanted Jackie
Robinson to fail," Mr. Douglas said
in a soft voice, as the mostly Black
jury listened intently. "He didn't
fail. so that opened the doors to
Black folks to play baseball."

Mr. Douglas is a key witness for
both sides in Mr. Espy's trial on 38
charges he took gifts from compa-
nies he regulated and tried to cover
it up. Mr. Espy pleaded innocent.

Black Man Burned Alive...
Jury Pool Nearing Completion
INDEPENDENCE, Va. - - The
pace of jury selection picked up
Oct. 29 in the murder trial of a
White man charged with burning a
Black man alive, and attorneys said
there's a fair chance of keeping the
case in Grayson County.

"] think we're proceeding at a
decent pace for selection," defense
attorney Jeffrey Dorsey told Circuit

Judge Colin Ca ll.
- (cain fone on Page 7)

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County Courthouse, During the
everything it stood for was ri

got there in the first place. Jim Crow "must" go! (Photo by

It's Not The Statue of Justice and It's NOT Ms. Liberty: Most
African-Americans can't help but notice with mixed feeli
sense of irony the statue of a Confederate soldier in front of the Pitt

and a
presidency Lenin's statue and

ued ten its foundation to include
political tradition, but this statue stands as a constant reminder,
especially to the many blacks entwined in the jerice syst

jim Rouse

HOW CAN PARENTS MAKE
SURE THEIR CHILDREN
BEHAVE?

How your child behaves at school

_ is an extension of the discipline he

hoe

has learned at home.
So, if the teacher reports your

. child is having a discipline problem
_ at school - - it could be a problem
_ at home, too.

Doing these things will help
ensure your child exhibits the best

. discipline at home and at school:

_ ** Set a good example. If you want
., your child to believe that hitting
. and other forms of physical vio-

_ conflict - -

lence are not the way to resolve
then don't rely on
physical punishment.

**Set clear and reasonable family

» Tules. Don't have too many rules to
» enforce.

' **Make sure your child knows
_ there are consequences for breaking
. the rules. Be consistent in_enforc-

Community Bulletin Board Finds the
Road to Success on the Web...

rat.

__ resources and links to guide you.

WASHINGTON, NC -- If you are
undecided about your career path,
want to find out more about your
career choice. or just want tips on
interviewing for a job, the road to
success is now on the web. Mandy
Jones and Rhunell Boyd. the
Career Center staff. invite you to
visit the Career Center web site at
www. beaufort.c.c.nc.us/stdserve/ca-
reer/career.htm. Whether you're
just beginning in the carcer plan-
ning process, self-assessment and
career exploration. or ready for job
placement, the Beaufort County
Community College web site has

On the Self-Assessment and
Career Exploration site find out
about the computerized career ex-
ploration program. Choices CT, on
campus. This program can assist

- users in assessing their interest
» areas and skills acquired through

past work experiences and identify
related occupations for further

exploration. For users who already

lockat and work out a solution.
F **Catch your child bei
| Praise your child's good
~ and accompli

~ suggestions. Criticism

ae

at ioai T tk wih the

ishments.
**Be positive. when

build resentment and |
esteem -- not
SOME PERSO

PRINCIPLES TO L

(These are President James A. itfield's

cherished personal principles:)

. Never be idle

. Make few promises.

. Always speak the truth.

. Live within your income.

. Never speak evil of anyone.

. Keep good company or none.

. Live up to your engagements.

. Never play games of chance.

9, Drink no intoxicating drinks.
10. Good character is above every-
thing else.
11.Keep your own secrets if you
have any.
12.Never borrow if you can possi-
bly help it.

13. Do not marry until you are able
to support a wife.

14. When you speak to a person.
look into his eyes.

15. Save when you are young to
spend when you are old.

16. Never run into debt unless you
see a way out again.

17. Good company and good
conversation are the sinews of
virtue.

18. Your character cannot be

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know their major interest areas, the
program has the ability to search
for occupations, program/majors.
schools, and financial aid based on
the user's personal criteria. In other
words, if the user wants to become
a veterinarian, the program can
identify all schools that offer
veterinarian training programs and
link the user to a selected school in
order to request information.

For BCCC's virtual visitors, there
is a link to The Career Key, a quick
and free interest inventory devel-
oped by Dr. Lawrence K. Jones at
NC State University. The Career
Key is a matching tool that helps
users to measure their interests and
identify jobs which may best fit
those interests. The key can be
taken on- line or printed for per-
sonal use.

Visiting the Job Search site will
provide links to Kaplan Career
Center where users can take an
interactive on-line mock interview,
The Hot Seat. Also Kaplan's site

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"COMMON SENSE, WIT AND
WISDOM FOR A BETTER
MARRIAGE"

From: A HUSBAND'S LITTLE BLACK

BOOK by Robert J. Ackerman, Ph.D.

1. Share the TV remote control.

2. Shampoo hair for her birthday.
3. Don't eat potato chips in bed.

4. Don't take more out of your
relationship than you put in.

5. Go for a walk and hold her hand.
6. Send her flowers on an ordinary

day.

7. Take turns driving the new car.
8. Fix household appliances with-
out muttering about how they
broke.

9. If she wrecks the car, ask her if
she is all right before you ask about
the car.

10.Write down her telephone mes-
sages correctly.

11. Go grocery shopping with her.
12. Do the grocery shopping to-
gether.

13. Help her wrap the Christmas
presents.

14, Buy the holiday and birthday
cards you send to your parents.

15. Marriage is our last, best
chance to grow up.

16. Listen when she talks about
her friends.

17. Visit her relatives, too.

18. See a movie of her choosing,

offers insightful tips on interview-
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link to the Employment Security 4

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up-to-date regional, state, and na-
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On Thanksgiving Day all over
America, families sit down to
dinner at the same moment -
halftime.

-- Anonymous

even if you don't want tos see it

1% Take her to bed and just hold her.
When you're wrong, admit it.

i Cook. r her when she is sick.

22. Laugh at her jokes.

23. Be honest, but don't tell her

things that might hurt her feelings.

24. Share the last bottle of soda.

25. Pick up your dirty clothes.

26. Get out of bed first on cold

mornings and turn up the heat.

27. Rinse the sink after your shave.

28. Help decorate the Christmas

tree.

29. Do the laundry - and don't
mix the whites with the darks.

30. Start a fire in the fireplace on
cold winter nights.

31. Only the strongest men are
gentle.

32. Take her away overnight
without the kids.

33. Take turns taking the children
to the doctor when they are sick.
34. Don't put your wife on a
pedestal, she doesn't want to be that
far away.

35. When you are sick, go to the
doctor.

36. When you are lost, stop and ask
for directions.

37. "I can live for two months on a
compliment." - Mark Twain

38. Remember her favorite color.
39. Give her praise.

40. Take turns.

41. Talk to her calmly.

42. Be polite.

43. Don't bring up her old boy-
friends.

44, "Rudeness is a weak man's
imitation of stréngth." - Eric
Hoffer

45. Call her in the middle of the
day, just to say "Hello".
46. Talk with her When you're

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49, Make Mother's Day a special)
day for her. 33

50. Find a moment aléne with her
on New Year's Eve.

51. Learn to argue fairly. Don't use
phrases that begin with "You
always", or "You never".

52. If you feel empty when she's
away, tell her when she gets back
53. Be on time for dinner.

54. Take turns balancing the
checkbook.
55. Discuss your chil-
dren's requests with your
wife before you give
them an answer.

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oBy Kisha Harris

GREENVILLE -- In the carly
years, we were taught in American
society that women should stay
home while men went out and
found jobs to take care of the
family. Society was not accustomed
to women working and because of
that. they were discriminated
against. Fortunately. society's views
have changed, but women are still
being discriminated against when it
comes to salary, appearance. and
age.

For example, a woman working
in a company. doing the same job
that a man is doing. performing

Sincere thanks to all for your votes and.
support. We had a great victory! We

domestic violence is not just a
problem for victims and their
families. It can also be a serious
problem for employers and co-
workers of domestic violence vic-
tims. If an abuser goes to the
victim's workplace and attempts to
attack his or her victim there, many
other people might be placed at
risk. Many employers have been
forced to fire good employees
because of the danger that is posed
when yictims of domestic violence
are contacted at work by their
abusers. By the same token, many
happily employed victims have

been forced to quit their jobs in
order to protect their friends and
co-workers or because they are
compelled to flee their home towns
in order to escape continued abuse.
Until now, North Carolina law
offered no financial help to such
victims. Because they were fired
"for cause" or "voluntarily quit"
their jobs, they could not receive
North Carolina unemployment in-
surance benefits during the time
they tried to put their lives in order
and search for new employment. In
the past, many domestic violence
victims have faced no other alterna-

__ New State Law will Provide Unemployment Benefits for Some Vitins of

tive than to apply for welfare benefits.

THE SOLUTION - Under the
terms of the new law, any otherwise
eligible person who leaves a job or
who is fired, as a result of domestic
violence, will now be entitled to
unemployment insurance benefits.
Such a person must be "adjudged
an aggrieved party as set forth in by
Chapter 50B of the General
Statutes." While it is not yet clear
how generously this language will
be interpreted, it is clear that if a
person loses a job or must quit
because of domestic violence com-
mitted against her or him (or his or

her child), that person can
unemployment insurance benefits
after they take two steps.

First, the victim should get a
domestic violence protection order
(sometimes referred to as a "50-B
order"). Such orders are obtained
by filling out a complaint with the
Clerk of Court's office. A judge, or
in some cases, a magistrate, must
then issue the order. While it is
better to be represented by an
attorney when secking a 50-B
order, the law provides a mecha-
nism for victims to obtain them for
their own. Similarly, if a victim

Discrimination Against Women in the Work Force

just as well as he, often receives
less pay. The cost of living is the
same for women as it is for men;
therefore, the wages should be the
same. Women refuse to live in a
male dominated world. Whether
women are waitresses, housekeep-
ers, or doctors, women shouldn't
have to receive less pay because of
our gender. Come on women, let's
take a stand. The problem won't
disappear until women fight back.
In "Fighting Back",. Stanley L.
Wormly Jr. says, "sometimes it
seems that fighting back is the only
way to command respect in this
world." (383)

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On the other hand, a woman's
appearance sometimes stands in the
way of her getting a job. For
instance, a flight attendant has to
be an attractive, slender-built per-
son. It shouldn't matter if a person
weighs 150 pounds or 350 pounds,
qualifications should be the main
focus. People tend to judge the book
by its cover. It has been said that a
person can dress inappropriately
when appearing for a job interview.
They may show up for an interview
at the largest law firm in town, and,
because the person didn't wear
appropriate clothing, they were
turned down for the position. Scott
Russell Sanders says in "The Men
We Carry In Our Minds",
Women...vearned for a say over
their future, for jobs worthy of their
abilities, for the right to live at
peace. unmolested, whole." (381).
Employers must accept women for
their abilities, not for their beauty.

In addition to other factors, age
plays a part in discrimination
against women in the work force.
After a certain age it becomes more
difficult to find jobs; consequently
employers tend to limit the salary
of elderly employees. They also
consider the fact that advancing
age renders them less time to

remain in the work force. For
instance, a sixty-five year old
school teacher who was in the best
of health, applied for a job as a
college professor. She was turned
down because the college instructor
felt that she was too old for the job.

Faces and Places...

Employers need to concentrate on
women's competencies rather than
their ages.

Because of the changes in
American society, women should

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Womens Conference - 1998

5th throu

These smiling faces were among the many women who attended The Anointed
One's Church Annual Womens Conference which took place from November
the 8th and hosted a number of well known women ministers who
spoke and lectured at the event. The topics that were covered were childcare,
health care and raising children. The Anointed One's Church 1s located in
Ayden and is under the direction of Dr. Ruth Peterson (shown on the night).

Local Religious

GREENVILLE -- Soon. Ms. Oona

Roberts will began her religious
talk show on WOOW Radio here in
Greenville. Roberts. a native of
Creswell. NC is the daughter of
Addie J. Roberts of East Hartford.
Ct... and Thurmond Owens of

oPoughkeepsie. NY.

According to Ms. Roberts. her
"greatest accomplishment was re-
ceiving Jesus Christ and the Holy
Spirit and among the inspirations
for her directions in life was her

-for more information and possible
assistance. ee
The second step for the victim

should be to contact the local

Employment Security Commission
office. As with domestic violence
orders, an attorney is not needed to
apply for benefits. The commission
will verify an applicant's eligibility
for benefits. Once.a person is found
eligible, he or she will receive a
portion of their previous pay (usu-
ally around half) while they look
for new employment. Applicants
who are denied benefits have a
right to appeal that decision. The
local Legal Services office may be
able to assist individuals who run
into problems in obtaining benefits.

As the new law regarding bene-
fits for victims of domestic violence
was just passed into law on October
28, it will take some time for
government officials to get used to
it. If you have been victimized by
domestic abuse and run into prob-
lems obtaining benefits for which
you think you are eligible, don't
give up. A private attorney or, if
you cannot afford one, your local
Legal Services office, may be able
to help. See your phone book for
the number of your local Legal
Services office or call (919) 856-
2564.

(NOTE: Rob Schofield is a
lawyer and lobbyist for the North
Carolina Justice and Community
Development Center in Raleigh,
N.C. "The Law and You" addresses
general legal issues. For answers to
your specific questions, contact a
private lawyer or call Legal
Services of North Carolina at (919)
856-2564, where you will be di-
rected to the Legal Services pro-
gram serving your area.)

Talk-Show Scheduled to Air on WOOW Radio

grandmother, the late Ethel Mae
Moore Roberts."

"Healing" began for her after her
grandmother passed. Her death.
Ms. Roberts indicating that her
grandmother helped raise her, "was
the first time I'd experienced
someone close to me--dying" and
leaving her. The grieving process
following her death was arduous
and very painful path, but "spiritual
one" Roberts stated.

"She didn't know a lot of

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scriptures, but what she did know
she showed through her loving
actions. I thank God for allowing
her to be an infiuence in my life."
said Ms. Roberts. "I now have a
different outlook on people who
have lost their love ones." she
remarked. "I've realized even more
so. not look to others to be there all
the time -- because they can't."

"Tam learning to look to God for
strength. guidance and love. Little
did I realize that God was using my
situations and my struggles for a
ministry." she added.

She strongly feels that "God will ?
lead her to where he wants her "to

"He said. in these last days that
he would pour out his spirit upon
all flesh..." Roberts quoted. "He
didn't say some flesh. He said all.
she added.

Robert's topics of discussion will
primarily focus on what religion to
the black community.

As Ms. Roberts said. "We attempt
to change our outward man and we
ignore the inner man." She added

Ms. Oona Roberts
that God wants us to heal inwardly.

Her program will be called
HEALING BEGINS " 'WITHIN'
MINISTRY and is scheduled to
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with your discussions and ques-
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oWe were aware of the fact that
death ig hand in hand with
struggle. So sustaining myself in
this period is not difficult When
you're trained that way in your
youth, then in your elderly days it
just becomes habitual, ? and as he
said in retrospect, oThe secret of
life is to have no fear; it's the only
way to function, you just wipe it
out. ? Laying in his hospital bed,
according to the writer, he was

talking about another time and a
different threat, about registering
black. voters in such near- war
zones as the Mississippi Delta and
rural Alabama in the 1960s, when
he was still known as Stokely
Carmichael, ohe was not referring
to the prostate cancer ? which was
at that time diagnosed more than
two years ago. ?

It was reported that others who
encountered this olanky under-
graduate ? from Howard University
described him as obrash ? and
obrilliant ? individual.

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Rider ? who with his SNCC cadre
registered close to 4,000 black
voters in Alabama's murderous
Lowndes County, where not one
had been on the rolls before the
oFreedom Riders ? arrived, also
spent 49 days Mississippi's brutal
Parchman Penitentiary.

As Cleveland Sellers, one of a
nucleus of activist students that
turned Stokely Ts Washington apart-
ment on Euclid Street into a
hangout and headquarters, wit-
nessed a furious and bitterly frus-
trated Carmichael upon posting
bond and getting out of jail in
Greenwood, Mississippi, promptly
rejoined the rally and began shout-
ing to his audience, What do you
want? T and the audience, bein
orchestrated by a fellow SNC
activist, Willie Ricks, responded,
Black power! T and Stokely keep
shouting until the responses be-
came a crescendo, 'What do you
want? T Black power!' And then
everyone cheered and embraced
him. ?

Althdtgh Carmichael did not
invent that phrase, oBlack Power, ?
it became the orallying cry ? that
energized the entire civil rights
movement and catapulted him into
national prominence, making

Carmichael a fixture on front pages
of newspapers and news broadcasts
worldwide.

It was also during that tumultu-

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ous chairmanship, in which non
violent tactics would induce serious

and often violent confrontations

with the police, that shifted SNCC's
policy from that of non-violence to
one of Black Power, a concept that
became known as one of political
and cultural empowerment.

During his time with the
Party, Carmichael as well as many
other blacks became disenchanted
with the Party after th ~~
forming alliances with other 60's
politically radical white groups

wanting to overthrow the govern-.

ment, saying that history showed

such alliances only oled to complete «

subversion of the blacks by the
whites."

Leaving the Panther Party in the
late 60's, Ture moved to Guinea
with his former wife Marian
Makeba, the famed South African
singer (the "Click Click" song) and
political activist and founded the
All African People's Revolutionary
Party and eventually became known
as Kwame Ture and later became
an aide to that country Ts Prime
Minister and President, Ahmed
Sekou Ture and continued to
promote economic and political
partnerships between Africa and
civil rights institutions in America.

As Jesse Jackson said, "He was
one of our generation who was
determined to give his life to
transforming America and Africa, ?

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the imagination of young people."
After he was diagnosed with

light is survived in his mother,
three sisters and two sons.

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camichas he one overs

and oHe was committed to ending |
racial apartheid in our country. ? He
helped to bring those walls down,"
Jackson said.

Similarly like Jackson, but too a
much greater extent, he was ac-
cused of being anti-Semitic, a
charge which he denied, but his
con tions of Israel and
Zionism activities, particularly be-

Prostrate Cancer is the Second
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fore US. campus audiences in the ee ace

early 1990s, led the Anti- , ctor Harry onte, now iF
Defamation League to say, "He |] Corniche and wits Sealey I
remains a disturbing, polarizing | Mayor Marion Barry, all have had to

fioure." confront prostate cancer. The disease

. oa. is the second leading cause of
For much of his life, he gave CA CER deaths among African
men, a Occurs mo! a
speeches around the world . to frequently among black rae in this
mostly black audiences, preaching country. The American Cancer |f
black power and championing so- [}. Society expects 34.000 cases to
cialism while condemning Ameri-
ca, capitalism and Zionism.

occur in this group each year.
The problem is that there is no
In responding to those who called

one treatment plan for prostate
cancer, since the disease varies,

o ) . depending on and race,
the slogan oBlack Power ? racist scientists don't know exactly why.
and inflammatory, he wrote that by _ || NPR's Wendy Schmelzer reports.

black power he meant political and

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psyche and culture that it almost
seems instinctive. Democrats won
big election day..... The Democratic
"straight party" ticket voting strat-
egy coupled with a recording from
President Clinton galvanized the

... for your vote of confidence on
November 3rd. I look forward to serving
as your representative in Raleigh.

Marian McLawhorn

African American community and
ave the party a desperate come-
ck.

Most African Americans were
not interested in running for of
fice....they were interested in re-
building our democracy. Blacks
saw this election day as an sports
nity to use the Democratic arty to
win back our coun for all its

le. That, after a
really worth winning. " Since
_ African Americans are largely
nsible for a voter turnout that

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resence of minorities in
ocratic party is not simply a
good thing... it is right, proper and
ust. No political party calling
itself a party of the people could be
anything but racially diverse. This
last election was an historical drive
for equal protection. If we as
Democrats use all our forces to help
propel the kinds of changes that
would open the door to a new way
of doing politics in America, we

should be able to walk through that
door together and reclaim our
country.

This writer used my resources
and time to organize a phone
to help get out the black vote. |
know that this made a great
, difference. Blacks came out in
record numbers, Never have I seen
voters standing in line at 7:30 pm
to vote. Believe it or not there are
candidates who won, already dis-
_ counting the Black vote but phone
banks can always work two ways.
In my opinion now is the time
inclusion oacross the board. ? There
are judgeships to be filled, appoint-
ments to made and even a
Speaker of the House to be chosen.
In conclusion, the Black commu-
nity should be handsomely re-

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warded for its' loyalty to the party
and its leadership.

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White House event.

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One ohing Clinton backers will

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. who takes a public
lead tn calling for the issue to be
quickly resolved - not unlike the
role Sen. Joseph Lieberman of
Connecticut played in voicing
Democratic concerns about the
president's actions.

"The Congress has to digest what
happened, and they Tll make their
determinations about how to go
on, ? White House Chief of Staff
John Podesta told reporters as he
mused about the election results.

The House Judiciary Committee
has scheduled a hearing on histori-

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. whole economic skeleton of the
Black community" is that it dis-
plays a breathtaking commitment
to denial.

One does not have to examine the
ugly moral premise of such an
assertion: That for Black business
men and women to prosper, they
had to have Blacks, as Rymer
himself so revealingly puts it,
"captive clientele. By destroying
the injustice, integration destroyed
the Black business T raison d Tetre."

In purely economic terms, this is
nonsense.

In fact, most Black business
districts in the South during the
decades of legal segregation lived a
hardscrabble existence precisely be-
cause Blacks lacked freedom.

Black workers were grossly un-
deremployed and exploited. The
Black middle class was tiny and
limited to preachers, teachers, doc-
tors and a few lawyers.

And the Black merchant class
was severely crippled. Without the
right to vote, Black merchants had
no way to influence the local and

state political decisions that were so
crucial to business development.

In other words, a aides
districts were y dependent
upon white good or at least
indifference, Just to literally -sur-
vive. The 1921 white riot which
completely destroyed the
Greenwood district of Tulsa,
Oklahoma " the "Black Wall
Street" of its time " provided a
stark example of that.

Furthermore, the vitality of Black
business districts in the North as
well as in the South began to fade
in the late-1940s, not the 1960s.

The continued discrimination in
lending by white banks wasn Tt the
only problem. The change of the
American economy away from
localism and regionalism to nation-
alism and internationalism severely
reduced the number of blue-collar
jobs and the wages of Black
workers " whose patronage was
the real backbone of Black busi-
nesses during segregation.

No one can deny (who would
wish to?) that even during the
harshest times of legal segregation,
many Black communities were
wonderful places to live and grow up.

Blacks Want
House

Speakers Job Gaining Focus.....| =

RALEIGH --- Citing the strong
African American vote as_ the

contributing factor in the
November Democratic coup in
taking back the House of

Representatives from Republican
control, many of the State's leaders
say that the Black community
should be handsomely rewarded for
its loyalty by electing an African
American Legislator as House
Speaker.

Over the next two weeks
Democratic Legislators will be
jockeying for the position to select
a new speaker.

Rep. Dan Blue (D-Wake) has
emerged as a desirable choice but
would likely by challenged by Rep.

James Black (D-Mecklenburg) for
the post. Blue is black and Black is
white. African Americans say they
are responsible for a voter turnout
and they expect something tangible
in return. Senator- Elect John
Edwards T strong showing among
Black voters in North Carolina
unquestionably was the margin of
victory. Incumbent Lauch Faircloth
out-distanced Edwards among
white voters by 230,000, but a
potent turnout of 310, 000 African
American voters put Edwards in
the win column by a 80,000 vote
advantage. Suffice to say, our new
Senator knows who put him over
the top. "This election emerged as
an excellent opportunity to bring

the key components of the
Democratic Party together. This
demonstrates how successful the
Party can be when we all work
together," commented Rep. Milton
F. "Toby" Fitch, (D-Wilson "I have
received numerous calls from
across the state....Black voters are
very clear about what they
want.... They desire to see Rep. Dan
Blue (D-Wake) back in the
Speaker's seat,"). Rep. Fitch further
stated. oAfrican American voters
literally saved the Democrats
butts.....and it is only fair that we
share in the fruits of this victory. |
fear a very serious backlash against
incumbents Democrats if they fail
to support the wishes of the people.

Supporting Rep. Blue for Speaker
is a fair and sensible thing to do in
this case." Rep. Fitch concluded.
Elections can be a good moment
to take a serious look at how and
what a political organization is
doing. Whether its activity is true
to its view. And whether its vision
is being adequately expressed by its
leadership. In this case the
Democratic Party has a lot to
consider. While Republicans were
foaming at the mouth it took a
larger than expected Black voter
turnout to turn back the Republican
conservatives. African Americans
put the Democrats first, now they
anxiously await to see whether they
[Democrats] will return the favor.

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displaced homemaker centers re-
ceiving $375,000 in state funds
through the N.C. Council for
Women (CFW). More than 18,000
participants, both women and men,
have been served since the project
inception in 1993-94, with an overall
job placement rate of 70 percent.

"Get the Skills to Pay the Bills T is

our [Displaced Homemaker Pro-
gram] slogan that we will use as we
continue to assist low-income
women and men to secure perma-
nent employment at a liveable T
wage through providing job train-
ing and search strategies," said
Juanita Bryant, executive director
of the N.C. Council for Women.
"Senator Beverly Perdue and

Representatives Alma Adams and
Wilma Sherrill were very instru-
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seven states; lowa,
Mississippi, New Mexico,
Tennessee, Washington, and
Wyoming, one in four Black men
cannot vote. In two states, Alabama
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After two days in court, Judge
Campbell has qualified 13 of 24

ive jurors needed in. the
preliminary pool, including one
Black. woman. Twelve jurors and
two alternates will be selected to
hear the capital murder trial of
Emmett Cressell. Prosecutors are
seeking the death penalty.

The high profile of the racially
charged trial and the large number
of people who knew the victim or
his family in the mountainous,
remote region of Southwestern
Virginia has made jury selection a
slow, tedious process that lasted
well into the evening.

Prosecutors say Mr. Cressell, 37,
and another White man, Louis
Ceparano, killed Garnett P.
Johnson after a night of binge
drinking at Ceparano's trailer. The
40-year-old handyman was doused

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A. White, Chancellor of the
Fayetteville campus of the
University of Arkansas, says he'll
lead a campus task force to
examine diversity among students
and members of faculty and staff.

During a presentation to facul
Oct. 29th, Mr. White said the tas!
force will have its first meeting
after Nov. 15, the deadline for
groups across campus to complete
diversity plans. .

Mr. White said increasing diver-
sity is one of his primary goals for
the campus.

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He said diversity among a com-

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He said the campus T student
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University figures show the num-
ber of Black freshmen declined by
10 percent this fall. .

Former Employees
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ATLANTA - - A federal appeals
court Oct. 30 upheld a Georgia law
requiring candidates to win more
than 50 percent of the vote in
primary elections, which was chal-
enged in a lawsuit by Blacks who
claimed the law was discriminatory.

A three-judge panel of the 11th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
affirmed a 1996 ruling by USS.
District Judge Richard C. Freeman,
who said the plaintiffs failed to
prove race was lawmakers T primary
reason for passing the law in 1964.

"Georgia's majority vote require-
ment does not eviscerate the ability
of minority voters to elect their
candidates of choice," said the three
judges, Stanley Marcus and Joel A.
Dubina of the 11th Circuit and U.S.
District Judge Robert B. Propst of
the Northern District of Alabama.

The panel could have forced the
state to lower the threshold of votes
needed to win future elections.
Now, if no party primary candidate
wins 50 percent plus one vote, the
top two finishers meet in a runoff.

A 1990 suit by 27 Black voters
claimed that diluted Black voting
strength. The appeals court said
Freeman was correct in ruling that
the plaintiffs had not established
that the majority vote provisions
were racially motivated. -

Attorneys for the state had argued
that the majority-vote requirement
was passed as part of Georgia's first
uniform elections code. Before
1964, counties were allowed to
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to 45 percent in general elections.
for all statewide offices, such as
governor and lieutenant governor.
Elections for Congress and the state
Legislature also fall under the
45-percent rule.

National Baptist _
Convention Endorses

Crown Boycott
BALTIMORE -- One of the
nation's largest Black churches is
backing a boycott of Crown Central
Petroleum Corp., saying the com-
pany has rebuffed good faith efforts
by union workers to end a long-
standing labor dispute.

Joseph Coale, a spokesman for
Baltimore-based Crown, mean-
while, termed the church's action
"economic McCarthyism."

The National Baptist Convention
is one of the largest Black denomi-
nations in the country with an
estimated 8.5 million members.

The group adopted the resolution
at its September 1997 general
session in Denver, Colo.

However, the convention with-
held it until recently, in case there
was progress between Crown and

the Oil, Chemical & Atomic
Workers union to resolve the
dispute.

The resolution is oasking all
Baptist churches and their members
not to buy products from Crown,"
said the Rev. Bennie Mitchell, a
director of the National Baptist
Convention's Office of Labor
Relations.

"Nobody wants a boycott, but
when you refuse to meet with
people and discuss things in a
rational and equitable way, you
have to use some means to get
people's attention."

About 250 workers at Crown's
Pasadena, Texas, refinery have
been locked out of work since Feb.
5, 1996, when contract talks broke
down over a company proposal to
save $2.5 million a year in labor costs.

In Maryland, about 200 churches
are affiliated with the National
Baptist Convention.

Baptists Set Summit on

Racism
ATLANTA -- An_ International
Summit of Baptist Against Racism
will be held Jan. 8-11, 1999 at the
historic Ebenezer Baptist Church

where both Dr. Martin Luther King

Sr. and Jr. preached.

The summit, chaired by Coretta
Scott King and the Rev. Billy
Graham challenges Baptist Unions

and conventions around the wari

to actively confront issues of racism
and ethnic hatred within their
areas,

Mrs. King said, "There is no
problem we can't solve if we corral
our resources behind it. That means
people; that means money; that
means the good will and coopera-
tion of a large segment of people."

Rev. Graham said, "Racism may
be the most serious and devastating
social problem facing our world
today... Racism is also one of the
greatest barriers to world evangel-
ism."

The purpose of the summit is to
ohelp every individual who attends
this summit to return home com-
mitted to work for racial and ethnic
reconciliation" and "to make a
positive statement to the Baptist
world, the wider Christian commu-
nity and the secular world that
Baptists are totally committed to
oppose racism and the ethnic
conflict in the name of Christ."

Among the workshops will be
Resolving Tribal and Ethnic
Conflict, Economics and Racism;
Indigenous Peoples; Struggle for
Dignity in the South Pacific;
Toward a Theology of Racial
Harmony; The Role of the
Congregation in Reconciliation;
Indigenous People and Struggle for
Dignity in Latin America.

For information call Ruby Burke
at (703)790-8980.

Clark Attackers Given
Probation

NEW ORLEANS --An African
American boy who wondered into a
Chicago Suburb was beaten uncon-
scious last year when attacked by
three white men. The men Victor
Jasas 18, and Michal Kwidzinski
21, both pleaded guilty last week in
court to reduced charges and
received probation and community
service. A third man Frank Caruso
19, was found guilty last month of
aggravated battery and a_ hate
crime. He was sentenced to eight
years in prison. Lenard Clark the
13-year old victim suffers from
brain damage.

Civil Rights Leader Son

Indicted

ATLANTA --- Robert Abernathy
Ill, the son of the late civil rights
leader, Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, Jr.
was indicted for filing false expense
forms as a state legislator. The state
legislator could not run for re-
election because his filing fee check
bounced. He now faced 35 counts,
which include forgery, theft and

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Council has voted to extradite or
deport an alleged terrorist back to*
Haiti. The council unanimously
voted to send Emmanuel "Toto"?
Constant, who has been living in
Queens since 1996, back to Haiti
where he can be tried for ordering
the murder of thousands of Haitians
during the coup there from 1991-
1994. Constant was one of the most
notorious leaders of the Front for
the Advancement of the Haitian
People (FRAPH). His followers
were instrumental in destroying the
Lavalas movement, which support
President Aristide, sources said.
The council's actions were pro-
moted by an ongoing campaign by
the Center for Constitution Rights
(CCR), which has_ represented
many Haitian victims of FRAPH
violence in federal lawsuits.

Civil Rights Museum

Begins Expansion

Tri-State Defender
MEMPHIS -- Bulldozers have
begun clearing land at the back of
the historic building on South Main
Street in Memphis where Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s a Tsassin
James Earl Ray, allegedly shot and
killed the famed civil rights leader.
The move marks the beginning of
the expansion of the National Civil
Rights Museum. After the expan-
sion, visitors will be able to see the
window where Ray allegedly fired
the fatal shot from the balcony on
which Dr. King died. The aban-
doned boarding house was pur-
chased by a family foundation, and
donated to the museum. It will
reopen with a multipurpose theater
and exhibits about King's shooting,
as well as the controversy that still
surrounds it. Another campaign,

that is part of the museum's
expansion project, is a push to raise
a significant amount of money from
Memphis T African-American com-
munity. Led by Herb Hilliard, a
Bank Tennessee bank executive,
organizers hope to form "The
Dreamers Club," named after Dr.
King's "I Have A Dream" speech.
Hilliard will enlist pledges from at
least 50 Black donors, who will T
form the core of the Club, sources said.

News from Around) the State...

Racial Slurs Painted on
Black Woman's Property
STATESVILLE -- An African
American Woman, Geerie Gillespie
says she was terrified by racial slurs
painted on her home and car.
Gillespie says she does not believe
her neighbors would invade her
property in that manner. She has
lived in the racially mixed commu-
nity for two years. Police investiga-
tors say the racial crime is under
investigation but they have no solid

leads.

NAACP Leadership Passes
from Local Family
CHARLOTTE -- For the first time
in the history of the local NAACP
the family name of Alexander will
not hold the leadership position.
The past election saw the state
organization elect without opposi-
tion, DeWayne Collins, founder of
the Citizens for Justice
Organization. Former President
Kelly Alexander was removed

among controversy over the misap-
propriation of over $700,000 of the
organization's funds. The national
office of the NAACP is reportedly
seeking return of a portion of
$700,000. Kelly Alexander has
focused on running the family's
funeral business.

Construction Worker
Awarded 2 Million
DURHAM - - A former construc-
tion company employee received a
$2 million award from jurors
agreeing with the worker's accusa-
tion he had been fired because he

was Black.

Benjamin Harris Smith, a foreman
trainee at Nello L. Teer Co., said he
and three other Black workers were
laid: off in 1995 and told the
company was shutting down its
curb-and-gutter operation.

Smith found out later the company
had bought a new curb-and- gutter
truck and hired White and
Hispanic workers to take his and

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his former co-workers T places, his
lawsuit said.
"I wouldn't have filed the lawsuit
until they called and asked me if I
would come back and help the
White guy who I had trained, ? Mr.
Smith said after Oct. 30's jury
verdict. "They didn't close the
operation down; they just got rid of
the Blacks."
After six hours of deliberations, the
jury decided to award Mr. Smith
$20,702.67 in back pay, $180,000
in compensatory damages, and $1.8
million in punitive damages.
The company has not decided
whether to appeal the ruling, said
Fran Burke, vice president and
regional manager of Nello Teer in
Durham.
"All I can say at this point is that
we are very disappointed with the
outcome, ? Mr. Burke said.
The lawsuit contended that Mr.
Smith's dismissal was a violation of.
the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the:
North Carolina Equal Employment.
Practice Act. The jury consisted of.
four Blacks, seven Whites and one.
American Indian.
Stewart Fisher, one of Mr. Smith's
lawyers, told jurors during closing
arguments that they could "move a
mountain to the sea" with a hefty
verdict against Nello Teer.

Pitt County Wants Piece

of Tobacco Deal Money |
GREENVILLE --- Pitt County:
commissioners are hoping Pitt
County will get a large portion of
the _five-billion-dollars North
Carolina is expected to receive
from the tobacco settlement.

Pitt County is the largest tobacco
producing county in the state.

County commissioners have de:

' cided to send a letter to the
' governor, attorney general, and

state secretary to remind them of
this fact. :

The commissioners want to maké
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Lord, behold our family here
assembled.

We thank thee

For this place in which we dwell;
For the peace accorded us this
day,

For the hope with which we
expect tomorrow;

For the health, the work, the

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our lives delightful,

For our friends in all parts of the
earth, and our friendly helpers...
Let peace abound in our small |
company,

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Prayer of Thanksgiving

.

By James E, Booker

NEW YORK--ROCK and ROCK
-PIONEER FATS DOMINO will
receive a National Medal of Arts
Award, and scholar Dr, Henry
Louis GATES got a_ National
-Humanities Medal when he,
President and Mrs. Clinton hon-
ored artists and educators in White
- House. ceremonies Nov. 5.
-- WITH NEW DNA EVIDENCE
~CONFIRMING = that Thomas
Jefferson fathered a child with Sally
HEMINGS, his "slave" and lover.
historians are scrambling to write
new history. Meanwhile, the new
~announcement has several Black
-descendants of Hemings announc-
ing that they want to be buried in
the Jefferson family graveyard at
-.his Monticello estate in Virginia. (1
_ wonder if he ever had to pay child
;- Support? Well | leave that one up to
the Historians. )
A SPECIAL MESSAGE
. CAME from President Clinton and
- a bouquet of roses was presented by
Rep. Charles RANGEL, but it was
.the presence of more than her close
relatives that was the highlight for
Mrs. Nissa LLEWELLYN's 100th
birthday celebration at New York's

plush Tavern- On-The- Green Oct. .

30. Her children - - nationally
.. prominent businessman. J. Bruce
LLEWELLYN. chairman and
CEO of the Philadelphia Coca Cola

. Bottling Company. and New York

- Dorothy L.

State Supreme Court Justice
CROPPER - - were
there with their families. as were
two of her well- known nephews.
retired 4- star Gen. Colin
POWELL and Senior U.S. Court
of International Trade Judge James
L. WATSON. and a number of
other relatives who have also
attained prominent positions in

_ government and industry.

FAMED ENTERTAINER
STEVIE WONDER and Dr. Ruth
J. SIMMON. president of Smith
Coilege. were among, the honorees
at the National Urban League's
Annual Equal Opportunity Dinner

oNov. 10 at the New York Hilton.

WITH AFRICAN-
AMERICANS NOW accounting
for more than half of new HIV
infections. the federal government
last week Iauuched a $156 million
program to create HIV prevention

campaigns and combat the epi-
demic in the most vulnerable
neighborhoods.

TO HIGHLIGHT WORLD
AIDS DAY on Dec. 1. national
African- American religious lead-
ers, led by AME (Church Senior
Bishop John Hurst ADAMS and

TV evangelist TD. JAKES. will
join in a special program al
Harlem's Mother AME Church to
help raise awareness of the AIDS
menace. under the sponsorship of
the Balm of Gileid
HOUSING AND REAI

ESTATE groups across the nation
this week were applauding " the
Richmond. Va. Circuit Court jury
decision awarding $110 million to
,a fair housing proup that had
accused the Natronside Mutual
Insurance Company of redjining
against Blacks tn ts.uing policies in
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MORIAL, last week filed a lawsuit
against the handgun industry, ac-
cusing them of being responsible
for the violence, police costs and
medical expenses in the city.

AFTER 8 1/2 YEARS of prob-
ing, the independent counsel inves-
tigating favoritism in the federal
Housing and Urban Development
during the tenure of Samuel R.
PIERCE Jr. the first and only
Black cabinet member in the
Reagan administration, made its
report to the courts last week, after
spending more than $28 million.
Pierce was never charged with any
criminal wrongdoings, although
there were 17 criminal convictions
in the probe.

That was Washington Mayor
Marion BARRY and his wife.
Cora. and New York labor leader
Dennis RIVERIA at the White
House state dinner for Colombian
President Andres ARANGO

ZENITH

in- Chief Archibald R.
MURRAY, who is righ after
more than 20 years wi agency
because of failing health. The
popular 62- year- old lawyer on
several occasions turned down of-
fers of a judgeship, preferring to
remain with the non- profit agency.

FRED W. BEAUFIAT, a former
dean at Wayne State University in
Detroit is taking over new duties as
the president of © the
Brooklyn- based New York City
Technical College, _ replacing
Charles W. MEREDITH, who was
forced to resign in 1996,

Over on the New Jersey side
SERVICES WERE HELD OCT.
31st in East Orange, N.J. for
William R. GILES, 72, founder of
EPC International, advertising spe-
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(the heavenly Bridegroom) and
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the "marriage contract". This con-

tract is a union of heart, interest,
love, and devotion. Any breaking of
this covenant would be a serious
matter and of the Bridegroom. The
Apostle Paul assures us: Faithful is
he that calleth you, who also will
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(I Thessalonians 5:24).
As we come to the end of this
Age, our Lord comes as the

Bridegroom to receive the Bride,

but he will accept only the "wise
virgins"- - those who have made a
covenant with him. Those who
have lived foolishly and carelessly
will not be counted worthy of

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The door will be shut against them
as shown in the parable (Matthew
25:1- 12). They will be shut out
from the great privileges and
blessings they might have enjoyed
had they been faithful. But thank
God (the God of a second chance)
the light of his word is shining
more clearly now. Repentance is at
hand, and the loss of such blessings
will be only a small punishment
compared to the great and eternal
riches of grace to those who shall
attain.

Youth Lock In

The Philippi Churh of Christ will
be presenting a Youth Lock
Saturday November 21*. The event
is scheduled to begin at 11:00pm
and last until 12:00pm Youth from
the ages of 6 to 21 years old are
urged to participate. There will be
workshops, spirtual speakers, food,
a talent show, gospel music, door
prizes and much more. The objec-
tive of this event is to learn
life- saving information about and
on difficult issues, to learn skills to
help cope with everyday complex
situations, how to interact with
other teens and concerned adults
and most of all fellowship and have

The church fellowship urges every-
one to "Let brotherly love con-

tinue." HEBREWS 13:1 and
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blessings from God!

For more information contact Min.
Lester Howard @ (252) 756-1065.

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acceptance. They will not be known

The roles of men and women are

| changing in family life. What was

viewed as normal or traditional 40
or 50 years ago is often not
accepted today. An example of
family life then was the man as
breadwinner for his family and his
wife as homemaker. But today's
technological era has forced both
husband and wife to work outside
the home, to such an extent where
one or both may have two jobs.
Some 1900 years ago, the Apostle
Paul wrote to the Corinthians
saying, "the scene of the world is
changing." (I Corinthians 7:31)
and how true those words are today.
The world is changing, and the
roles of men and women are also
changing. Unfortunately, many
people continue to view men and
women in terms of traditional, yet
unrealistic stereotypes.

Men have traditionally been
viewed as the breadwinners or the
sole income earners in the family.
Their roles also include coming

home after work, reading the paper, _/

watching the 6 o'clock news and
drinking beer. In the American
Culture a man is not considered a
real man unless he is married. Even
Sanders stated in his essay, "The
Men We Carry In Our Minds", that,
as a boy, he knew only about the

HIDDEN TALENTS

The Hidden Talents Fall
Craft Fair will be held on Nov.
21st from 9am until Spm and
on Nov. 22 from noon until 5
pm. This event will take place
at Marston Pavilion on board
Camp Lejeune. Over 125
crafters will be present selling
a variety of items. Everyone is
sure to find something they
want. This event is free and all
are invited to attend.

For further information
please contact (910) 353-5802.

Before. the
revolutions,

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fathers without giving a great deal U.S. A

of concern =. po ance
upbringing, than providi
food and clothing. But the 90's on
is displaying concern about his
children's lives by having an active
voice in their upbringing and their
career choices.

Also the 90's man will delegate
himself to the chores of the home.
Many husbands are beginning to
display affection openly to their
wives and children. These are the
positive and encouraging facets of
the changing roles of men.
Likewise, mothers have tradition-
ally been the mainstays of home
life. Until the 70's, the aprical
woman got married and had chil-
dren. She did not have to dress up:
she was not visible. But as women
began to work outside the home,
they had to compete for acceptance,
responsibilities and = promo-
tions- - and- - appearance counts.
Instead of working for economic
factors only, she must now spend a
part of her income on cosmetics
and a fashionable wardrobe. This
struggling under the load of two
major jobs - one at home and one
at work, she found to be both
stressful and burdensome. In the
meantime, her children are being
given all the modern gadgetry but
not the love and attention needed
from their mothers. While the
mother may not be dependent on
her husband's income, her children
are dependent on her for stability,
guidance, and options for problem
solving. Consequently, the mother's
role has been reversed negatively,
and she must now reevaluate her
priorities.

There are times when we are not
inclined to think in terms of the
nontraditional single parent homes.
But they do exist and we must
acknowledge their existence as a

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abandoned wives, single mothers, ©
and widows.(339) These children of
single parent homes may experi-
ence hardships and persecution
about their clothing, their homes,
or the family car. Unfortunately,
these res must bear the sole
r sibilities for ev of
their family's life; this a sludes
financial, emotional and physical
needs and this can be taxing.

Change is inevitable, and the
roles of men and women have
changed because the pressure of
this system has forced the family to
work harder and longer hours to
rovide the necessities and wants in
ife. Meanwhile our children are
being neglected and abused by
family members. Yes, families want
to be the traditional type, even
stereotyped, if it means being
accepted by their peers. They do
this by pretending that everything
is normal and by hiding behind the
power to purchase. The reality is
that mankind's role as loving and
nurturing creatures has been dimin-
ished and replaced with the love of
money and material possessions. So
we need to be vigilant to the issues
that are most important to our
families, realizing that relation-
ships are. tangible and must be
maintained. Therefore, all must put
in a concerted effort. Changes are
going to occur but the question is
ow are we going to deal with these
changes?

Southeastern Center For Contemporary
Art Awarded National Grant

WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- The
Southeastern Center for Contem-
orary Art was recently awarded a
8 112,500 grant from the Institute
of Museum and Library Services to
support general operating expenses.
The museum was one of only 186
museums selected from the 942
applications received for the grant.
Acting Director, Vicki Kopf,
commented "this is a very prestig-
ious grant for us to receive and we
are very proud to have once again
been awarded an IMLS grant."
Museums that qualify for a
General Operating Support grant
demonstrate outstanding perform-
ance in all areas of museums
operations. Each applicant per-
forms a complete self-evaluation,

involving every aspect of their
operations-from collections care
and maintenance to education pro-
grams and exhibits. Professionals
in the museum field, with an
average of 13 years of experience,
evaluate each application.

The Institute of Museum and
Library Services is a Federal grant-
making agency located in
Washington, DC. that strengthens
the nation's museums and libraries.
The General Operating Support
program is a priority program for
the Institute, since operating sup-
port is continually cited as the most
difficult type of funding for muse-
ums to raise. Nationally recog-
nized as awards for excellence,
General Operating Support grants

help recipients leverage other fund-
ing.

Diane Frankel, Director of the
Institute of Museum and Library
Services, commented," Since 1978,
IMS_ General ating Support
has taken a substantial role in
encouraging the best in museum
practice. The grant provides
national recognition for museums
that have the highest approval of

their peers. It is a stamp of
achievement that sparks vital
public-private partnerships.

Museums will use these awards to
do what they do best: educate,
fascinate, inspire, illuminate, in-
form, enhance and enrich the lives
of hundreds of thousands of visitors

each year."

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mmunity News' Pat STEVENSON
Civic Achievement Award to Karen

PHILIPS of the Abyssinian
Development Corp., and the special
board award to Carol P.
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20th wedding in the Caribbean.
FUNERAL SERVICES held
last week in California for Marvin
P. GAY Sr. 84, father of
Grammy- Award winner Marvin
GAYE. The elder Gay shot his son
14 years ago in a family argument
and was given five years probation.
FRESH FROM their nationally-
televised special, the Temptations

are due to headline in Atlantic City
Nov. 27-29, in the post
Thanksgiving shows.
ATTORNEYS FOR the Apollo
Theater Foundation due in New
York County Supreme Court Nov.
10 opposing State Attorney General
Dennis VACCO'S attempt to place
the theater into receivership and
replace six members of the board.

Eulogistic Services Held for
a

Samuel Novella Moore Clark,
daughter of the late Samuel Moore and
Pearlie Moore Mitchell, was born
August 23, 1925, in Greenville, North
Carolina. She received her education in
the local public schools.

Sammie was united in marriage to
William Bruce Clark. This union was
blessed with three children: Faye,
Billy, and Butch. She had resided in

Philadelphia since 1950, where she

was employed as a seamstress in the
garment industry. A member of the
Cornerstone Baptist Church, she
served as treasurer of the Unity Club.

A loving mother and devoted grand-
mother, Sammie cherished her family.
Though fiercely independent and a
very private person, she was also very
caring and generous. If at any time she
could help someone, she did so
willingly and cheerfully.

In the early morning hours of
Monday, October 26, 1998, Sammie

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mmy Novella Clark

experienced her transition from this
life. She leaves a legacy of love to her
children: Faye Clark White of
Greenville, N.C., William A. Clark and
Samuel B. Clark, of Philadelphia, Pa;
two grandsons, Alexander Wilcox and
Rashawn Clark of Philadelphia; one
great-granddaughter, Christina Wilcox
of Lillington, N.C.; a sister, Lillie
Moore Aldridge, of Greenville, N.C.,
special friends, Joan Beatty Eaton of
Greenville, N.C., and Flo Elkins of
Philadelphia; several nieces, nephews,
and a host of other relatives and
cherished friends.

The family received friends at the
Bruce Hawkins Funeral Home in
Philadelphia from 9:00 - 10:00 AM,
the funeral followed at 10:00 AM,
Saturday, October 31, 1998. Rev.
Benjamin Hackett, Associate Pastor of
Cornerstone Baptist Church, delivered
the eulogy. Interment followed in the
Mt. Peace Cemetery

Baptist
Church

During an asthma attack, the muscles

that wrap around the airways leading
to the lungs tighten. At the same time,
the linings of these airways become
swollen and congested, blocking them
even more. Breathing becomes very diffi-
cult. Asthma is the number one chronic
childhood disease and there is no cure.

The symptoms leading to an asthma
attack, however, can be controlled.
And the Pediatric Asthma Program at
University Health Systems of Eastern
Carolina helps asthmatic kids and their
families do just that. On a case-by-case
basis. Helping doctors develop detailed
asthma action plans for each child, so
that those kids can grow up as healthy
and happy as their friends.

The results, so far, have been dramatic:

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Fewer hospital visits, lower school absen-
teeism and shorter hospital stays. And as
part of this program, University Health
Systems shares its expertise on asthma
prevention with community hospitals,
schools and physicians throughout the
eastern part of the state.

But because the health of all children

in the region is important to us, University

Health Systems T Children Ts Hospital offers

10 "M" VOICE - NOVEMBER 18-24, 1998

HEALTH TIP
Learn to recognize carly signs that your child may have asthma and seek medical advice from
your physician. Early symptoms include frequent respiratory infections, coughing episodes
at night, wheezing, tightness in the chest, amitehy, sore throat, watery eyes and dark circles

under the eyes. Many of these symptoms resemble allergies and may occur after exercise.

many other outreach programs as well.

Education Nurse Specialists, for exam-
ple, visit schools, emergency rooms and
daycare centers to teach people about
CPR, pediatric emergencies and traumas.
The care needed by a child is very differ-
ent from that given to an adult, so this
training helps make sure children get the
right treatment when they are sick or hurt.

The Children Ts Hospital also provides
the only Level III neonatal intensive care
unit in the region, as well as a pediatric
intensive care unit. Special pediatric pro-
grams include surgery and services for
children who have cancer or diabetes,
or who need care for heart, kidney and
neurological problems. It Ts all part of a
dedication to excellence at University
Health Systems and a commitment to
providing the right care at the right
place through a network of outstanding
hospitals. For more information on the
University Health Systems hospital nearest
you, Pitt County Memorial in Greenville,
Roanoke-Chowan in Ahoskie, Heritage in
Tarboro, Bertie Memorial in Windsor or
Chowan in Edenton, please call 252-816-

4526. Or visit us at www.uhseast.com.

Oh, almost forgot, you can breathe now.