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Black Panthers Push Plans

Civil Rights Activists Making a
Comeback

The Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Thirty
years ago, David Hilliard walked
the streets of West Oakland with a
black leather jacket on his back
and an M-1 carbine in his hands.

These days, the former Black
Panther chief of staff makes the
trip as a candidate for City Council
-- no gun in his grip, less hair on
his head, but the same rallying
cry: "Power to the people."

"This is the beginning of tryin
to really restructure and to rebuild
another movement," he says.

Hilliard is part of a political
flashback of sorts. His campaign is
being managed by Black Panther
co-founder Bobby Seale and was
inspired by the comeback of
another 70s icon, governor-
turned-mayor Jerry Brown.

But Hilliard says the old Black
Panther goals of better housing
and schools are still relevant.

"| want to resurrect our
dreams," he says.

THE STATE OF
BLACK AMERICA

Black Panthers Make
Comeback............cccccseseee 1

MLK Drive.: Honor or
Tmsult? ..........cccccsssssereeees 1

Authors Explore Black
School Reform Activist
Speaks about Schools.....5

NAACP Chair Speaks
about MLK Drive

For Hilliard, the dream began
as a young man growing up in
down-at-the-heels neighborhoods

in West Oakland.

"This is where we started," he
says while leading a bus tour
through streets lined with shabby
Victorians.

Stop No. 12 on the Black
Panther Legacy Tour is the street
corner where Bobby Hutton was
fatally shot by police in April 1968
after a protracted gun battle.

Stop No. 11 is the church
where the Black Panthers began
serving free breakfasts to poor
children.

Raising his voice above the
engine's rumble, Hilliard says both
sites are key to understanding
"probably the most misunderstoo
organization in the history of the
civil rights movement. You know
about our imagery and about the

uns ... but you don't know about
the (community) programs."

The Black Panther Party was
founded in 1966 by Seale and
Huey Newton, who met as stu-
dents at Oakland's Merritt Junior
College and were working at a city
anti-poverty center.

Seale, joining Hilliard at the
microphone for the bus tour,
remembers hatching the party's
founding manifesto, the Ten Point
Program, late one night. Seale
pecked out the program at a
typewriter while Newton bur-
rowed through law books for the
court ruling the pary would later
use as the ihe asis for shadow-
ing Oakland police.

The anti-poverty center, now
home to the Ebony Lady Salon,
overlooks another party landmark,
an intersection where the Panthers
demanded a signal light to help
schoolchildren cross -- and insti-
gated armed traffic patrols to
speed up city response.

For Seale and Hilliard, the tour
rovides bittersweet remem-
rances of things past.

Seale recalls cooking up pots of
chili for the young revolutionaries.
"| was not only the chairman of
the Black Panther Party -- | was
the cook of the Black Panther
Party," he says.

e confesses with a grin that
the Panthers, who paid the rent by
selling Mao Tse-Tungs Little Red
Book at a sizable mark-up, sold

"State

thousands of copies "before we
actually read the book."

"Stop right along here," Seale
orders the bus driver halfway
down one block when he recog-
nizes the site of a long-ag0
confrontation with police. Pulled
over by a cruiser, Newton refused
to surrender his gun on grounds
he had a constitutional right to
carry an unconcealed weapon.

"The cop is getting ready to pull
his gun and Huey says, If you pull
it out, I'll blow your brains out,"
Seale says, his raspy voice holding
listeners spellbound. "The people
are coming out on the steps. Some
little old lady comes out and says,
Don't yiall shoot the police. |
said, ~ oMaiam, we aint gonna
shoot him as long as he don't draw
his gun."

at incident ended peacefully.
But bloodier confrontations too
the lives of police and Panthers.

Emily Stoper, a 30-year
Oakland resident and _ political
science professor at California
University-Hayward, _re-
members the early days as "scary
parading with guns, But she later
worked with Panthers on "very

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Pictured Above: 1969 photo of Black Panthers founders Bobby

Seale (left) and Huey Newton at a oProtect Yourself" rally.

moderate kinds of coalition poli-
tics."

Hilliard says community service
was always on the Panther
agenda, with the breakfast pro-
grams growing to encompass
clothing, medical care and testing
for sickle cell anemia. He de-
scribes the guns as a_ violent

reaction to violent times.

"When America grew up, so did

the Panthers," he says.

The Black Panther Party col-
lapsed in the late 1970s, brought
down by deaths, defections and
infighting. Newton was shot to

"Panthers" continued on page 3

"MLK Drive: Honor or Insult?"

SPITTING ON THE LEGACY
OF DR. KING
by Trey Bankhead

Finally, after years of being
ignored by the powers that be in
the City of Greenville, a tribute to
a Black American hero will be
made. The section of Fifth Street
between Evans Street and
Memorial Drive will be renamed
to recognize the achievements of
the slain civil rights leader, the
Reverend Doctor Martin Luther
King Jr.

e purpose of the street's
renaming? To empower the Blacks
living in the areas that border it to
aspire to something more than
what they are, and perhaps strug-
gle for King's dream of racial
equality. It is said that "the road to
Hell is paved with good inten-
tions," and | have seen enough
examples of that maxim in my life
to know that it is true. Indeed,
human history is full of such
examples. Unfortunately, what
constitutes "good" is an extremely
subjective ideal, being interpreted

differently by each person. The
City of Greenville is doing a good
thing, a wonderful thing. In a city
where a statue of General Robert
E. Lee, which has offended and
dismayed Black residents " for
years, sits on the courthouse lawn,
an effort is being made to provide
an actual role model for the Black
community. And what better
choice for a role model than Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., whose
vision, ideals, and accomplish-
ments have lit a historic flame that
has passed through two genera-
tions, so far, and is inspiring a new
peneration as well? Unfortunately,
can not applaud the actions of
the City of Greenville's govern-
ment. In fact, | intend to never,
ever, drive down the new MLK
Street. I'll drive around it; | might
walk down it, if | have to; but, |
will never drive it.
| truly believe that the late Dr.
King was a great man. He strove to
accomplish the seemingly impossi-
ble, pursuing his vision of racial
equality like some great knight
fighting against the evil dragon of
intolerance and prejudice. | would

consider him to be a warrior for
education and healing . He sought
to teach us, the entire human
race, about ourselves, and taught
us to see past the superficial
colorings of our skin. In doing so,
he strove to heal the rifts in our
society, replacing hatred with un-
derstanding. Granted, he was a
Black man. But it must be remem-
bered and acknowledged that he
did not just fight for Black peo-
ee He sought equality for
VERYONE!!! So, along comes the
City of Greenville, who agrees to
rename a street to honor Dr. King's
memory and legacy. When | first
heard they were renaming a
street, | was ecstatic. Finally, they
were doing something immedi-
ately recognizable to the Black
community ! However, that warm
joy soon turned to a cold rage
when | learned the specifics of the
dedication. They're not renaming
Fifth Street, not in its entirety.
Instead, the section of Fifth Street
that will be renamed runs from
the corner of Memorial and Fifth
to the corner of Evans and Fifth.
That's all !!!. Just a piece of street

not even two miles in length in
order to "honor" a great man. It is
no coincidence that they chose
perhaps one of the poorest sec-
tions of - Greenville, inevitably a
"Black section," to run the rededi-
cated street through. For that
matter, | notice that the "better"
parts of Fifth Street are not
included in the rededication. East
Carolina University, the Pitt
County Offices, Pitt County
Memorial Hospital , Treybrooke
Apartments... they are all mysteri-
ously absent. Or, perhaps it's not
so mysterious, after all . Perhaps
the City of Greenville didn't want
those pristine T examples of
Greenville "contaminated" by the
obvious "Blackness" of the re-
named street.

Such things have happened
before. You might remember that,
a few months back in the news, a
school was to be renamed in
honor of Dr. King, but the parents
protested, claiming they didn't
want their children going to a
school with a "Black name. ? As a
result, the school wasn't renamed.

The City of Greenville could

have taken the name of Dr. King,
and honored his memory and
legacy by rededicating all of Fifth
Street, rather than carving it up as
they did. By incorporating all of it,
it would have encom e
examples that show what Dr.
King Ts dream was about, such as
ECU exempiitying teaching by
example, and the hospital signify-
ing his attempt to heal societal
rifts. Instead, the City of
Greenville has effectively isolated
the section. that's to be renamed,
isolating it to ojust the Black
community." They've segregated it
along racial lines, which is the very
thing Dr. Kin fought against! In
essence, they've spit upon the
dreams, the hopes, the life of Dr.
King. It would be so easy for me
to simply assign the blame of the
City of Greenville for doing this.
Indeed, a fair shame of the blame
does fall on their shoulders. But,
in truth, it is the residents of
Greenville who are more to

"MLK Drive" continued on
page 3

COLUMNS

From the Desk of Mrs.

Beatrice Maye..........0.000 5
Spiritual Thoughts......... 7
PLUS:

Woman turns 98 years
young 16
House of the Month.......6

America Heart Month...7

MLK Drive Pictures......9

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Greenville resident winner in
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Dallas Ray Little is the winner of
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variety show, and a counselor to
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The winner, who was nominated

his daughter, LaTonya
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Unity: Journalists of Color, Ine,, Announces New President

New President Plans to Set
Example for Media Diversity

ARLINGTON, Va: (PRNewswire)
-- As of the new year, Catalina.
Camia, national president of the
Asian American _ Journalists
Association, has assumed the
presidency of UNITY: Journalists
of Color Inc. Camia, a veteran
journalist of 12 years, is currently
a Washington correspondent for
The Dallas Morning News.

Camia says she Is excited about
the challenges of her new role as

UNITY president.

"It is time for us to seize power
within our industry and set an
example of how the news media

should responsibly achieve diver-

sity and incusiveness," Camia
sald. oProgress, unfortunately, has
stow. So we will come

together again in Seattle to dem-
onstrate the power of unity and
push our agenda for increasing the
numbers of journalists of color
and improving the coverage of our
communities.

UNITY: Journalists of Color,

Inc., is an alliance of journalists
working to improve the journalis-
tic profession by encouraging
newsrooms to reflect and include
underrepresented and diverse
perspectives. UNITY members
incude the Asian American
Journalists Association (AAJA), the
National Association of Black
Journalists (NABJ), the National
Association of Hispanic Journalists
(NAHJ), and the Native American
Journalists Association (NAJA).

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Families and
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America
By Lisbeth B. Schorr

oThe loss of community has hit
the poor and persons of color the
hardest. A host of economic

odevelopment and social ills-the
odecline of manufacturing, the

disappearance of well-paid jobs

«dor the unskilled, racial discrimina-
tion in both hiring and housing,

othe decreasing value of income
osupports, inferior and " over-

__ whelmed schools and services, the
o" flight of the middle class to the

suburbs, and an epidemic of drug

otrafficking, especially of crack-

have combined to form the inner-

Icity deserts, inhospitable to

ohealthy human development.
But in the last few years, new

* neighborhood transformation pro-

ojects, launched by citizens deter-
mined to make __ their
sneighborhoods decent places to

live, and supported by public and

: philanthropic monies, are re-

okindling hope. These efforts may
oalso contain the clues to reversing
othe decline of America's inner
cities. Grounded in the communi-

+ ties T own institutions and_ their

osocial networks, they address the

omultiple and inter-related prob-

olems of poverty-welfare, employ-

oment, education, child

development, housing, and crime
combining physical and economic

development with service and

education reform. There has been

o+a lot of trial and error about how

much can be accomplished with

severely constrained resources in

NEW STANDARDS, OLD
INEQUALITIES: The Current
Challenge for African-
American Education

oBy Linda Darling-Hammond

The education reform move-
ment has spurred states across the
country to develop new standards

ostudents must meet to graduate,
onew curricular and instructional
oguidelines, and new assessments
oto test students T knowledge.
oPresident Clinton has proposed a
new national test, and many
o oifidividual school districts across
the country are weighing in with
otheir own versions of standards-
obased reform as well.
The rhetoric of these reforms is
. appealing. But standards and tests
- alone won't improve schools or
ocreate educational opportunities
»'where they don't now exist. The
obottom line for .students, espe-
ocially African-American and other
ostudents of color, is whether
oinvestments in better teaching,
- curriculum, and schooling will
ofollow the push for new stan-
odards; or whether the new stan-
dards will simply be imposed atop
* the old foundation of educational
inequality-and thereby reduce the
now-limited access some have to
future education and employment
even more.
More than ever before in our
nation's history, education is not
- only the ticket to economic suc-
cess but to basic survival. Those
' who do not succeed in school will
be cut off from productive en-
gagement in society; those pre-
~~ pared only for the disappearin
x Pa 1e_ disappearing
ss! Jobs of the past will teeter on the
*: brink of downward social mobility.
i, Twenty years ago a high school
et dropout had two chances out of
*, three of getting a job. Today, he
«has less than one in three, and the
«job he gets pays less than half of
1 what he once would have earned.

"a

. very little,ti ut a
+ useful igggeing accu-
mulated which" justifies the hope

deal of

that «many attach to the new
initiatives.

Efforts in the South Bronx, for
example, have shown that the key
to achieving an ambitious commu-
nity agenda there was providing
socially entrepreneurial organiza-
tions that were well-rooted in the
community with a source of what
was essentially venture capital
(and providing them with a broad
menu of experts, good ideas, and
best practices).

This ready access to funds has
been used flexibly and quickly to
leverage additional monies and to
Suppor core activities it was so
difficult to fund from other
sources.

The partnership began with
teams of local residents, agencies
and business interests joining to
plan the physical space in their
neighborhoods. It was important
to engage people who lived and
worked in the neighborhoods in a
concrete task that required signifi-
cant decisions, in part use
they provided the opportunity to
show all how residents and com-
munity organizations could work
together with local government
agencies and private-sector con-
sultants.

At first, the effort focused on
deciding where parks, _ play-
grounds, and health and chitd
care facilities should be located,
what kind of housing should be
built on vacant sites, what stores
and banking would be needed,
and how residents could collabo-
rate with police to reduce crime.
Later, it took on the task of
creating neighborhood-based em-

Not surprisingly, the situation for
African-American youth is critical.

First, the effects of dropping out
are much worse for them than for
White youth. Secondly, even gain-
ing a high school diploma doesn't
guarantee parity of opportunity:
mong African-American hi
school graduates not enrolled in
college in 1993, only 42 percent
were working, compared to 72
percent of their White counter-
parts. Schools that serve large
numbers of African-American stu-
dents organized to perpetuate that
situation. They are least likely to
offer the curriculum and teaching
needed to meet the new stan-
dards. They are typically funded
at lower levels than schools serv-
ing a Whiter and more affluent
population. And they often lack
the courses, materials, equipment
and qualified teachers needed to
ive students access to the educa-
tion they will need to participate
in today's and tomorrow's world.

These structural inequities
mean that students from racial
and ethnic minority T groups face
persistent, profound barriers to
educational opportunity. This
must be changed if we are
eliminate the inequality gap.

The curricula of many urban
schools-beset by declines in per-
pupil expenditures, rising enroll-
ments from immigration, more
students needing costly special
educational services, and growing
numbers of unqualified teachers-is
based more on rote learning of
"basic T skills than on thoughtful
examination of serious literature
or assignments requiring frequent
and extended writing. Because
the new tests focus more on
reading for meaning and ask

students to construct written, in- |

terpretive responses, ese

schools T students are at a severe |

disadvantage.

"Education" continued on
page 3

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loyment services to reach the

ard-core unemployed and help
them to prepare for, acquire and
retain suitable jobs

In Savannah, Georgia, commu-
nity activists were convinced
earlier experiences that physical,
economic, social, and human
capital strategies had to be inte-

ated at the neighborhood level.

he result was the establishment
of neighborhood family resource
centers. The centers offer such
services as health and mental
health, nutrition, eligibility for
income support, and a family
advocates group. As important,
the centers are also home to
activities that welcome neighbor-
hood residents as neighborhood
residents-without their having to
define a problem to participate.
These include a soccer loa the
Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs,
conflict resolution classes, infor-
mation and referral services, and
day care-child development serv-
ices for infants, toddlers, and
young pre-school children. The
centers are governed largely by
community representatives, most
of whom are active in other
neighborhood activities, and have
status in the community. Their
programs are grounded in an
Afrocentric emphasis on the integ-
rity of community, the family, and
the individual. Community lead-
ers contend that middle-American
values of self-reliance, " self-
discipline, good work habits,
healthy ambition and the rein-
forcement of family and commu-
nity ties are made more accessible
to the children and families of the

"Community" continued on
page 3

THE FUTURE OF WORK AND
WHO WILL GET IT

By Julianne Malveaux, Ph.D.

For the past five years America's
economy has been expanding
relentldssly. The resulting euphoria
and the assumptions of continued
prosperity have largely submerged
economic issues and problems
that illustrate the unevenness of
the economic expansion and the
fact that a rising tide does not
necessarily lift all boats.

Those issues that define the
changing shape of the workplace
and the changing nature of work
have significant implications for
the overwhelming majority of
Americans who are wage earners,
and they have particularly serious
implications for African
Americans.

Too many people are not
benefiting from the economic
good news. For all workers, aver-
age hourly earnings rose a scant
38 cents, to $11.82 in 1996, from
$11.44 in 1995. Anecdotal evi-
dence suggests that many workers
are working longer hours and are
reluctant to ask for pay increases
because they worry about the
stability of their employment.

Thus, a critical economic rela-
tionship has been severed. Once,
economic expansion meant an
increase in worker well being.

Now, economic expansion
means an increase in the well
being for some, but not all,
workers. Once, hard work was a
sufficient condition for individual

THE RACIAL ASSET GAP

By Melvin L. Oliver and
Thomas M. Shapiro

One cannot fully understand
the scope and impact of racial
inequality on African Americans T
economic status without analyzing
private wealth. Such an analysis
reveals deep patterns of racial
imbalance not visible " when
viewed only through the lens of
such other measures as income,
and underscores the challenges
involved in improving the eco-
nomic position of " African
Americans at the dawn of the 21st
century.

The analytical distinction be-
tween wealth and other traditional
measures of economic status is
crucial. Income refers to a flow of
money over time, what people
receive for work, retirement, or
social welfare. Wealth is a stock of
assets owned at a particular time.
It signifies the command over
financial resources that a family
has accumulated over its lifetime
along with those resources inher-
ited across generations. Unlike
income, which most families use
for food, clothing, and shelter,
assets are more often used to
create opportunities, secure a
desired stature and standard of
living, or pass class status along to
one's children. Wealth captures
inequality that is the product of
the past because it taps not only
contemporary resources but mate-
rial assets that have historic ori-
gins. Thus, examining it sheds light
on both the historical and the
contemporary impacts not only of
race but class.

economic prosperity. Now, those
who are in the wrong industries,
or in the wrong areas, are learning
that hard work won't get them out
of poverty. In today's economy,
economic expansion _co-exists
with worker malaise, job insecu-

rity, and the constant threat of

layoffs.
Between part-time work, tem-
porary " work, and self-

employment, there are millions of
workers who survive at the periph-
ery of the traditional labor market.
Some of these workers are at the
bottom of the wage and occupa-
tional distribution, working as
cleaning service workers, as cleri-
cal temps, and in similar lower-
paying jobs. But consultants, ex-
ecutive temporaries, and others
earning much better paychecks
have as much uncertainty and as
little security The _ peripheral
workforce is likely to grow as the
welfare reform legislation is imple-
mented, pushing as many as 3.5
million women who receive public
assistance into competition for
jobs largely at the bottom of the
occupation and wage ladder-and
further erode the economic secu-
rity of those already holding jobs
there.

Workers whose economic inse-
curity stems from their temporary
and part-time work are now bein
joined by a growing number o
workers whose small- and
medium-sized employers do not
provide the pension and health
care benefits, vacation time, and

"Work" continued on page 4

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Apecheaneeamtndrawn, African
Americans will have to depend
more on their stored assets to
provide opportunities for them-
selves and their children. This
presents a significant problem

th the Selb effects of a
racial jase , rsistent
racial bias today, delthedan bias
that promotes asset accumulation
for the well-off at the expense of
the poor have left the African-
American community substantially
asset-poor. African Americans earn
less than Whites and possess far
less wealth. A 1988 survey of
American households showed that
for every dollar earned by White
households Black households
earned sixty-two cents. The
wealth data expose far deeper
inequalities. Whites possess nearly
twelve times as much median net
worth (all assets minus liabilities)

as Blacks. In even starker contrast,:

erhaps, the average White
ousehold controls $6,999 in net

financial assets (not . including
homes and vehicles) while the
average Black ,household retains
no nest egg whatsoever.

Differences in Black-White in-
come levels alone cannot explain
the large racial wealth gap. Even
among households oearning
$50, or more, where the
wealth fp is narrowest, Blacks
possess barely one-half the me-
dian net worth of their high-
earning White counterparts, and
the highest earning Black house-
holds possess just twenty-three
cents of median net financial
assets for every dollar held by
high-income White households.
Moreover, poor Whites control
nearly as many mean net financial
assets as the highest-earning
Blacks, $26,683 to $28,310. This
data indicates quite clearly that,
for those surviving at or below the
poverty level, poverty means one

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kind of buildup c of misunderstand- fistreet, such as Memorial Drive or ie have complained for
Greenville Boulevard? For all the eter the problems faced by
people who complain, constantly, Black students in the Pitt County
School system, yet very few
people show up at the array vad
the school board. People have
complained about racist policies

former Panther B Rush, a
congressman running for Chicago
mayor this year.

toper thinks the political ci-
mate may be right for revisiting
some of the racial and social issues
first raised in the angry 60s.

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it's too "Race seems to go on and off the flu ote ell have no right to complain if status
"Panthers": the 2000 City Council election. political agenda in this country," MLK Drive 4 they've not chic cede ins tion
sad yy But Hilliard has at least one she says. oWhen it's off, people icontinued from page 1 to stop injustice. As a wise man they'll
continued from page 1 itical veteran on his side with forget about it and they don't once said, oto ignore evil is labeled a trou
; ale, who ran for Oakland mayor " discuss issues and there isn't much ffblame. Why didn't we demand only to stren it, but tne, sevens Mi
" - in 1989 by a young drug in 1973 and has worked for effective dialogue so you get afthat they rededicate a more visible become a part of it." Ghandi, Buddha,
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cil, Hilliard said the Panthers laid
the foundation for a liberal like
Brown to win in Oakland and
joked, oJerry is talking like a
ther these days." Brown says

ing. It may come on the agenda
for a while now. In some ways
there'll be more irritation, but
there'll also be more understand-
ing."

about all the injustices u

ithem, where ise the indignation,
Peer the angry letters?
Nowhere to be found. ecause, as

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jusual, ee set cooared ocom- or practices at various businesses
; ; ; munity leaders" easy Way and organizations in Pitt Coun ou
"Community": ous investment in economic and investment to resurrect the na- flout. The City threw them a scrap, for saat but no one ever doe, y Bt comes down to a del
aaa human " "_ development, tion's inner cities has already fland_ they gladly swallowed it, anything about it. yestion: Will the Black
continued from page 2 community-building, and serv ized i sconlaal 8 : a peat or,
unity-building, and service begun to be realized in such areas icasually dismissing the fact that They're afraid. The Black nity allow an insult to the memory
neighborhood if presented withi reform-requiring that community as New York's Harlem, in Detroit, insult to his memory and cause. community has e a frac- and cause of Dr. Kin wi
an eAfrocentric. famework. The csdents, and local businesses and in Philadelphia. If this process [But we can't blame the "commu- tured, chaotic, apathetic entity in the rededication ot ONY 2 mae
hope is th i these cont . i and institutions be centrally in- achieves its promise, it will shatter Hnity leaders" entirely, either, be- Greenville. Very few e are part of Fifth Street? Or
ope a Centers will volved in the planning. The bulk precedent and enable communi- fcause the "normal folks" are the trying to effect progressive change. _will we continue to wallow in fear

e cornerstones of their
communities by instilling in. staff
and residents alike the feeling that
the centers belong to the commu-
nity, not the service agencies.

he federal legislation creating
Empowerment Zones to stimulate
community development. is an-
other mechanism with momen-
tous potential. It is the
government's most comprehensive
effort in 30 years to rebuild areas
of persistent poverty. Cities are not
told what to do, but. asked what
they could and would do to revive
their most distressed neighbor-
hoods, with a pledge of federal
help in getting it done. The
legislation foresees a long-term
(ten-year) scope, legitimizes the
neighborhood as a locus of
change, and mandates simultane-

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of the Empowerment Zone mo-
nies will g to just eight cities and
three rural areas (60 urban and 33
rural communities were desig-
nated "Enterprise Communities,"
as a sort of consolation prize with
fewer benefits.).

In addition to tax benefits and
tax credits, the staples of past
efforts to regenerate depressed
areas, each of the distressed
communities designated an
Empowerment Zone, is entitled to
$100 million in social services
funds. The legislation also enables
federal agencies to waive specific
pro am requirements so that
unds from different programs can
be combined and reallocated.
The potential of the
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effectively than in the
Community rebuilding efforts
under both public and_ private
auspices, add up to an extraordi-
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stunning implications for the fu-
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oAssets':
continued from page 2

thing for Whites and another for
Blacks. In other words, relying on
income alone seriously distorts the
existing Black-White economic
disparity Blacks and Whites with

ual incomes possess very une-
aual shares of Wealth. a

In our analysis, $43,000 in net
worth situates a household smack
in the middle of the White
community's wealth distribution;
but a household with the same net
worth in the Black community
ranks among the wealthiest one-
fifth. Similarly, a small nest egg of
$2,000 in net financial assets
places a Black household in the
richest one-fifth of the Black
community, whereas the same
amount puts a household only in
the fortieth percentile among
Whites.

Why is the wealth portfolio for
Blacks and Whites of equal stature
and accomplishment so drastically
different? We address this ques-
tion in three stages. In the first, we
examine how much of the existing

Everyone's afraid to upset the

Black-White wealth gap is related
to the fact that Blacks do not share
the same social and demographic
characteristics as Whites and how
much can best be explained by
race itself.

In the second, we look at
institutional and policy discrimina-
tion from the public and private
spheres in one particular arena-

e mechanisms _ surrounding
home ownership, most notably,
housing and mortgage markets.
Our purpose is to explore the
ways in which Blacks lack of
access to mortgage and housing
markets on equal terms severely
constrains their ability to accumu-
late assets.

In the third, we add a historical
dimension, examining the inter-
generational transmission of ine-
quality tg document how an
oppressive racial legacy continues
to shape American society throu
the reproduction of inequality
generation after generation.

Finally, we argue that, given the
political exhaustion of the welfare
state, new and bold policy initia-
tives are needed to help African

"Education":
continued from page 2

The concentration of Black and
Hispanic students in central-city
schools-they made up 55 percent
of all such students in 1993-inten-
sifies inequality. Not only do
funding systems and tax policies
leave most urban districts with
fewer resources than their subur-
ban neighbors, but schools with
high concentrations of minority
students receive fewer resources
than other schools within these
districts. Tracking systems further
exacerbate these inequalities by
segregating many Black and
Hispanic students within schools,
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classroom level.
African-American students T lack of
access to qualified teachers is a
critical factor in the achievement
gap between them and White
students. Schools with high con-
centrations of Black and Hispanic
students uniformly have the most
teachers with the least experience
and the least qualifications for the
subject they teach, especially in
mathematics and the sciences.
To be truly successful, the current
wave of curriculum and assess-
ment reforms must improve and
equalize access to educational
resources and support the profes-
sional development of teachers.
This means providing all teachers
with a stronger understanding of
how children learn and develop,
how to use a variety of curricular
and instructional strategies to help
them, and how changes in school
and classroom practices can sup-
port students T growth and achieve-
ment. Raising teacher standards
will eliminate the widespread
practice of allowing large numbers
of untrained newcomers to be
shunted to the schools whose
students are most in need of the
best teachers; and it will improve
the quality of instruction for all
students.
Building and sustaining a well-
repared teacher corps requires
local, state and federal incentives
to, among other things, strengthen
teacher Sentral and Sunes
tion, in part by requiring that a
schools of stent be accred-

ited; insist that all teachers pass
examinations for licensing that
demonstrate they can teach well;
male teacher salaries competitive
with those of college graduates in
other occupations who currently
earn 25 to 50 percent more,
depending on the field; and
recruit new teachers, especially in
the shortage fields and for the
shortage locations, through schol-
arships and forgivable loans.
The common presumption is that
education inequality is primarily
the result of inadequately pre-
ared or deficient students. The
act is, however, that American
schools are so poorly structured
that students routinely endure
dramatically unequal learning op-
portunities b on their race
and sodal status. If the
academic performances of minor-
ity and low-income children are to
improve, aggressive action must
be taken to change the caliber and
quantity of the learning opportuni-
ties they encounter. The interac-
tion between teachers and
students is the most important
of effective schooling.
Thus, reducing inequality in learn-
ing must significantly depend on
policies that provide equal access
to competent, well-supported
teachers. The American public
educational system ought to be
able to guarantee that every child
who is forced to go to school by
public law is taught by someone

who is prepared, knowledgeable,
competent and caring. That is real
accountability.

Vas

Americans accumulate assets to
undergird their own social mobil-
ity and that of their children.
The concept of asset building as
a Here Lit for change fark =
on the proposition that famili
a d achieve

can escape an
social mobility through savings
and investment, not the spending
and consumption that is charac-
teristic of our current welfare
policy. While programs providing
income for consumption are es-
sential, programs for the: accumu-
lation of assets invest in the ability
of families to become self-reliant
and to su their communities
stimulating education, job mo-
bility, home ownership, entrepre-
neurship, and equity.
- policy is not new in
the United States. An unapprec-

ated of America's i

and the « development fa broad
middle class is the story of
governmental encouragement of
asset building, via such measures
as the Homestead Acts, the
Federal Housing Authority, the Gl
Bill, and current tax policy. That
help has generally not been

available to half of the nation,
which is asset poor. As a nation,
we encourage, structure, and sub- °
sidize asset acquisition for the
non-poor while actively discourag-
ing the poor from building similar
resources.

Now, however, it is both possi-
ble and desirable to fashion new
asset-building policies that do not
discriminate against minorities and
the poor. Assets used for the
improvement of human capital
through such things as education,
home ownership, and business
development have the potential to
expand social mobility. One such
instrument, Individual
Development Accounts (IDAs)
may help promote asset accumu- °
lation among low-income and
other disadvantaged groups, thus

isproportionat itin

Get hace IDA's are dede
cated savings accounts, similar in
structure to Individual Retirement
Accounts (IRAs) that can only be
used for purchasing a first home,
education or job training expenses
or capitalizing a small business.
Small savings, then, can generate
big changes in the lives of many
Americans.

We should consider the mecha-
nisms and policies that have
cone oh poor ht Lees

e in the past.
Earl in the future. To do
less may be to consign African
Americans to the economic mar-
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technology needed in the work-

The assumption that individuals
can ably create better deals for
themselves in dynamic labor mar-
kets may be true for those with
unique skills in markets that value
those skills.

But workers at the bottom and
in the middle of the occupational
ladder-cashiers, salespersons,
even teachers, and so on-do not
have such power because the
work they do is not work for
which individual attributes are
valued. " Collectively-bargained
protections like tenure or seniority,
employment standards and mini-
mum wages, provide those work-
ers with some measure of security.
This is especially true for Hispanic
Americans and African Americans.

Only employers benefit when

collective val adi is under-

challenges and erodes employ-
ment security and well being. A
new set of inequities, based
overtly not on race or gender, but
employer size and access to
technology, will likely come to the
forefront. The civil rights move-
ment must take up issues of
employment protection and the
terms and conditions of work.
Issues of entrepreneurship be-
come equally important, given the
negative impact of supposedly
race-neutral legislation on African-
American ownership.

We also must look at the
impact African-American entre-
preneurship has within the larger
community. It makes no sense to
create several Black millionaires if
all they do is hire people under

"Never understimate the power of stat-

the same exploitative terms and

ship!

n seeking to build economic
power, the civil rights movement
needs to look at a set of emergin
trends, such as the rediscovery 0
service work, as the economy
bifurcates and trifurcates. The
African-American community has
essentially moved away from serv-

ice, but there may now be some

very lucrative opportunities in
such service areas as general
health care, elder care, transporta-
tion, and childcare.

In other words, the new, trans-
formed labor market may offer
less work to African Americans if
we are not prepared to take
advantage of emerging trends, and
unable to move beyond work to
deal with broader issues of eco-
nomic empowerment.

J [Clayton Assigned to Health Care Task Force

rights to the people," Clayton said.
The Task Force, one of four key
issue task forces organized by the

3 es ue _ oWashington,DC:- Democratic effort to devel

for leadership: in the home, Lets celebrate and live Black (Congresswoman Eva M. Clayton health care policy in the 106

school, cach and community, history every month (D-NC) was appointed to Co- Congress.
Young folks, are you polishing Remember: oThe turtle never Chair the Dempcratic Caucus " "As a leading representative in
crossing your leadership skills? Are you makes any progress until he sticks Health Care Task Force. She will Congress for a patients T bill of
sand trails | working towared academic excel- his neck oul | play a critical role in the rights, Representative Clayton has
part of the texture of America. lence, moral strength, making wise | mocrat's development of health demonstrated her commitment
" February is Black History choices, an im e character, iasiaaiiae care reform during the 106th to real HMO reform that ensures
Month. So, take the family, your worthwhile values, and a good i al 4 Congress. doctors and patients--not HMOs
mate, your date or a friend to visit reputation? Who will be the next | am pleased tobe a part of and _ insurance companies--make
some African-American muse- Jesse Jackson, Michael Jordan, such an important task force. This vital medical "_ decisions, T
ums, or other Black historic sites Maya Angelou, Dudley Flood, | position will allow me to advocate Democratic Caucus Chair Martin

in your own town or city. Check " Rosa Parks, John Thompson, Jim 3 or what many of my constituents Frost (D-TX) said. .

the newspapers, magazines, tele- Wynn, Eva Clayton, or Martin want....real health care reform. "Democrats won a victory last
vision and radio schedules for " Luther King, Jr.? | § Our god wil Be provide 1st November because fie) ad-
i j is j ime to highli care that will increase the hea r the concerns of American
al events and make a special This is a good time to highlight, care that wil incom oncare real famikes. intend. to. continue

supporting these concerns, and
health care is definitely important
to everyone," Clayton _ said.

Democratic Caucus, will lead the ,

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ome, where her parents took her
O prayer meetings at homes in the
community. She united with the
St: John Missionary Baptist Church
at the age of 12. She has served
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Senior Choir, and also as Treasurer

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of the Senior Choir. She has been
a member of the St. John's Mother
Board for 70 years. She still
attends church regularly.
Mother Adell cultivated her
rden at home with a hoe until
991. She also kept the weeds
from around her house because
her daughter was afraid of snakes.
She prepared delicious meals for
her tamily until 1993. Her eyes
are as sharp as they ever were; she
still reads the paper without need
of glasses.
he was married to the late
Julius Williams. They had three
boys and three girls: the late
Ernest, Willie, James, Carrie, Lula
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WHEREAS, for many years, February has been observed by an increasing number of Black

Americans of all ethnic and sociological backgrounds as African-American History Month, and

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Morning Market....Every Saturday morning Elder John Barnes (right)
can be found on the corner of Line Avenue and Farmville Boulevard
with fresh geen vegetables...and the seasoning meats to cook them
in. Bishop Randy Royal (left), Pastor of the Philipi Church of Christ,
Sister Addie Daniels (second from right) and their friendswill tell you
that the line forms early. Elder Barnes hopes you'll stop by and buy.

"When you make choices

in your life, make them
the best choices for YOU,
not anyone else."

HILLSVILLE, Va. (AP) -- A Black

302 South Edge Road is our House of the Month selection for
January 1999. Shirley and Robert Cox are the proud owners of this
beautiful red brick home.

The House of the Month is sponsored by South Lee Street
Neighborhood Improvement, Incorporated, and is designed to beau-
tify the South Lee Street neighborhood. Homes are rated accordin
to improvements, safety issues, cleanliness of the yard area, overal
care of the home, enhancement the home makes to the neighbor-
hood, and the residents T involvement in the community.

The winner each month receives: Name and picture in the news-

aper, oHouse of the Month" certificate, SLSNI t-shirt, gift certificate
ion one of our sponsors, and "House of the Month" sign in their
yard for the month. :

If you would like to enter your home or a home in your neigh-
borhood, call SLSNI at 746-7003.

lawyer defends Klansman

WHEREAS, Black Americans have contributed immeasurably to the success of our nation
from the days of early colonization to the present, despite hardships which included bigotr: ,
disenfranchisement, laws which prevented them from owning land, and slavery itself; and

WHEREAS, Black Americans have excelled in every facet of life, including educatio: .
science, medicine, the arts, politics, and every profession; and

WHEREAS, the great state of North Carolina and the City of Greenville appropriately boa::t
a rich and progressive history which includes numerous significant contributions made by Black
citizens who clearly had in mind and demonstrated the laudable purpose of making our city a better
place in which each person can live and develop; and

. WHEREAS, it is recognized that there is a need for each of us to know and understand our
past in order to better prepare for the challenge of our future.

a NOW, THEREFORE, I, Nancy M. Jenkins, Mayor of the City of Greenville, North Carolina,
»T*, do hereby proclaim the month of February, 1999, as

". AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH

lawyer representing a Ku Klux Klan

member used the opinion of a

Black Supreme Court justice to
_ bolster his argument that Virginia's
_ cross-burning ban is unconstitu-
tional.

The hearing Wednesday in was
David Baugh's second attempt to
pet a judge to dismiss the cross-

urning charge because it deprives
his White client of his right to free
speech.

Carroll County Circuit Judge
Duane Mink gave attorneys six
weeks to submit additional argu-
ments that he will consider before
ruling whether the law is constitu-

tional.

Barry Black, imperial wizard of
the International Keystone Knights
of the Klan, was charged on Aug.
22 with burning a cross in a public
place, a felony punishable by one
to five years in prison.

Black. 50, of Johnstown, Pa.,
was the leader of a KKK rally in a
farm pasture where 18 people
wearing robes with pointed hats
and carrying torches stood around
a 25-foot burning cross.

Baugh, a member of the
American Civil: Liberties) Union's
Virginia board of directors, cited a
1992 case in which the U.S.

Supreme Court struck down a St.
Paul, Minn., ordinance with lan-
guage similar to the Virginia law.
"The sole purpose of this statute
is to suppress an expression of a
group espised by the majerity,
augh said. "Il despise the KKK.
But if we are going to have a
democracy we are going to have
dissent and we must tolerate
political dissent."
Commonwealth's Attorney
Gregory Goad argued _ that
Virginia's law is different from
Minnesota's because it is ~~ view-
point neutral and equally prohibits
cross-burning by anyone, to in-

timidate anyone, for any reason."

Baugh said the state's argument
was "disingenuous."

"Everybody and their mother
knows a cross burning is a racist
political act," he said.

Baugh then quoted an opinion
by Justice Clarence Thomas in
another cross-burning case: "In
Klan ceremony, the cross is a
symbol of White supremacy and a
tool for the intimidation and
harassment of racial minorities."

If Mink upholds the law, Black,
who was not in the courtreom,
will be tried in March.

; ;
a This the 14th day of January, 1999.

; in Greenville and commend this observance to our citizens.

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Proudly Salutes Black History

1887-1940

4 It takes courage for a person to go against the odds

| and the thinking of the ee peop er

was such a person. He wanted to change

ple were being treated. He also felt that Blacks should take

a greater command of their

Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born on August 17,

, 1887, in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaican, the youngest of eleven

a children. His mother and father were of pure African heri-

" tage. At an earlyage, Marcus learned to take pride in his
elementary school in St. Ann's Bay.

Marcus was very bright student and could speak very well.

t He was an excellent reader who tried to read every book he

"| ccould find. He would often read the dictionary to increase

oI his work knowledge and reading skills. But, at age 14,

Marcus had to quit school and go to work to help support

le. Marcus Garvey
the way his peo-

destiny.

Garvey became a printer's helper in Kingstonn,
the Fob, he leaned val skills that
would be useful to hom later. In 1910, he went to Central
South America in search of better jobs. In each city he
viited, it disgusted him to see the prejudice aimed against

2 | In 1912, he went to London, England and studied

lege. There he me African students for the

:! first time.. Because of his new friends, he became intersted

i dence. He then begann to write for the

4| Africa Times and Orient Review. Upon

, eps cai book, Up From Slavery, he was deeply moved
n

reading Booker T.

; by 's teachings of Black self-improvement.
4 In 1914, Garvey returned to Jamaica, convinced
o\H]__ that Blacks must find ways to help themselves. So, he and a
y small group of friends founded the Universal Negro
, ee Association (UNIA). The UNIA promoted ra-
a cial unity through education, racial pride, business develop-
ment, and trade with African.

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Life sentence in

INDEPENDENCE, Va. -- After
being given a life sentence Frida
for his role in the death of a Blac
man who was burned alive and
beheaded, a White laborer apolo-
gized to the man's family but
refused to accept blame.

"| am factually innocent," said
Emmett Cressell, 38, who was
convicted in November of first-
degree murder.

ressell said he had been
falsely accused by his co-
defendant, Louis Ceparano, who
struck a deal with prosecutors to

avoid the death penalty. Ceparano
also was sentenced to life in
prison.

Cressell apologized to the fam-
ily of Garnett P Johnson for the
anguish they have suffered since
the July 1997 slaying, but didn't
accept blame for it before Circuit
Judge Colin Campbell imposed
the sentence.

The life sentence, plus a
$100,000 fine, had been recom-
mended by the jury There is no
possibility of parole except for

Virginia killing

ogeriatric parole" after he turns 60.
The sentence was the maxi-
mum that could have been im-
posed, because the jury opted to
convict him of first-degree murder
rather than capital murder, which
cae have carried the death

nalty.
Nees was doused with gaso-
line and set afire after an all-night
drinking party at Ceparano's trailer
in rural Grayson County.
Authorities found " Johnson's
charred corpse in a pile of debris

with his severed, burned head in
a freshly dug hole nearby.

Ceparano and Cressell are
White, and the slaying outraged
Black leaders across the country
and prompted a Justice
Department investigation into
whether the slaying was a racially
motivated hate crime.

The department said it would
review the case after the prosecu-
tions are completed.

Jeff Johnson, a cousin of the
victim, said: "This is the end of a

chapter and maybe Grayson

Black woman speaks for President Bill Clinton.

Continued from Page 5

I Tm going to take some time to address two of the
allegations of obstruction of justice against President
Clinton in Article II: first, the allegation related to the
box of gifts that Ms. Lewinsky asked Ms. Currie to hold
for her; second, the allegation related to the president Ts
conversation with Ms. Currie after his deposition in the

.Jones case.

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Here are some other remarks
made by Mills in defense of Pres.

Mills:
keeping very good company. He, like
the other prosecutors, does not

believe the record before you estab-
lished obstruction of justice. We
agree.

Before I close, I do want to take a
moment to address a theme that the
House managers sounded through-

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gested that by not removing the president from office,

the entire house of civil rights might well fall.

ing that the president is a good:
grave concerns because of the president Ts conduct in
the Paula Jones case. And some managers suggested
that we all should be concerned should the Senate fail

to convict the president, because it will send a message

that our civil rights laws and our sexual harassment |
laws are unimportant. .

I can Tt let their comments go unchallenged. I speak
as but one woman, but I know I speak for others as
well. I know I speak for the president.

Bill Clinton Ts grandfather owned a store. His store
catered primarily to African-Americans. Apparently his
grandfather was one of only four white people in town
who would do business with African-Americans. And he
taught his grandson that the African-Americans who
came into the store were good people, and they worked
hard, and they deserved a better deal in life.

_ The president has taken his grandfather Ts teach-
ing to heart and he has worked every day to give all of
us a better deal, an equal deal. I Tm not worried about

the future of civil rights. I'm not worried because Ms.
Jones had her day in court and Judge Wright deter-
mined that all of the matters we are discussing here
today were not material to her cases, and ultimately
decided that Ms. Jones, based on the facts and the
ae in that case, did not have a case against the pres-
ent.
I'm not worried because we've had imperfect leaders

in the past and we'll have imperfect leaders in the
future. But their imperfections did not roll back nor did
they stop the march for civil rights and equal opportu-
nity for all of our citizens.

Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglass, Abraham
Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. " we
revere these men.

We should. But they were not perfect men. They
made human errors. But they struggled to do humani-
ty good.

I'm not worried about civil rights, because this pres-
ident Ts record on civil rights, on women Ts rights, on all
of our rights, is unimpeachable.

Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, you have an
enormous decision to make. And in truth, there is little

more I can do to lighten that burden, but I can do this: I
can assure you that your decision to follow the facts and
the law and the Constitution and acquit the president
will not shake the foundation of the house of civil rights,

The house of civil rights is strong because its foun-
dation is strong. And with all due respect, the foun-
dation of the house of civil rights was never at the
core of the Jones case. It was never at the heart of
the Jones case. The foundation of the house of civil .
rights is in the voices of all the great civil rights lead-
ers and the soul of every person who heard them.

It Ts in the hands of every person who folded a leaflet

for change, and it Ts in the courage of every person who
changed. It Ts here, in the Senate, where men and -
women of courage and conviction stood for progress,
where senators, some of them still in this chamber,
some of them who lost their careers, looked to the
Constitution, listened to their conscience, and then did
the right thing.

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other blood vessel diseases claim
2,600 American lives every day.
That amounts to an average of one
cardiovascular disease-related
death every 33 seconds. Extracting
an annual death toll of about
960,000, cardiovascular disease
is, by far, the No. 1 killer of
American men and women today.
More than 40 percent of all
American deaths are attributable
to cardiovascular disease.

Each year the American Heart
Association recruits millions of
volunteers to join its battle against
this deadly foe. The association's

oHeart diseases, stroke and

unstinting commitment to contin-
ued progress in the fight against
heart disease and stroke requires a
determined effort--every day,
every week, every month and
every year.

In 1963, Congress officially
recognized the need to focus
national attention on heart health
when it mandated that the presi-
dent of the United States issue a

roclamation annually designating
ebruary as American Hea
Month. Since then the American
Heart Association has worked with
successive administrations in pre-

paring the annual proclamation.
The significance of American
Heart Month is not that it is a time
of intensified effort--the search for
expanded knowledge, preventa-
tive measures, cures, new medi-
cines and new _ technologies is
always intense. Rather, American
Heart Month is significant because
it is a time for all Americans to
learn about, recognize and appre-
ciate the strides the American

, Heart Association and other note-
worthy health organizations are

making to reduce the deadly risks
and consequences of cardiovascu-

lar disease.
To increase public understand-

ing, each February during
American Heart Month, the
American Heart Association

launches a nationwide educa-
tional campaign.

In 1999, the National Women's
Heart Disease and Stoke
Campaign, TAKE WELLNESS TO
HEART, once again will serve as
the theme for the American Heart
Association's observance of
American Heart Month. The asso-
ciation will continue to reinforce
messages of this campaign, includ-

ing the fact that cardiovascular
disease is the No. 1 threat to the
overall health and the lives of
American women. Cardiovascular
diseases claim more lives each
year than the next 16 causes of
death combined, including all
forms of cancer. Yet alarmingly,
only 8 percent of American
women recognize cardiovascular
disease as a serious health threat.
This year, the special message
to women is to oTake Charge" in
the fight against heart disease and
stroke. The "Take Charge" message
is intended to encourage
American women to learn the risk
factors and warning signs of heart

diseace and stroke and to take:
action to eliminate all changeable. a

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American Heart Month

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Greenville-- Dr. Donald Ensley
(pictured left) East Carolina
University associate professor and
Chairman of the Department of
Community Health in the School
of Allied Health sciences, has
been named to The Healthcare
Forum's 1999-2000 Cardiovasular
Health Fellowship.

One of 30 health professionals
selected from across the nation,
Ensley will develop a community
action project a dressing heart
diease as part of the fellowship.
The Healthcare Forum is an
organization that studis cardiovas-
cular diseases, such as strokes and
hypertension, ans _ establishes
community-based projects aimed
at reducing incidence and severity.

"I'm excited about being able to

study the communities of this
disease with experts from through-
out the country," Ensley said.
"Heart disease and stroke have
such prevalent mortality and mor-
bisity rates in eastern North
Carolina abd the Southern United
States. Thorough my project, |
hope to being more ihe aware-
ness to the issues surrounding
cardiovascular disease and its pre-
vention.

Ensley co-chairs the North
Carolina Heart Disease and Stroke
Prevention Task Force with state
Senator Ed Warren, and serves on
the executive committee of the
Stroke Belt Consortium which
encompasses 13 states. At ECU,
Ensley chairs the Department of
Community Health in the School

of Allied Health Sciences. He has
taught at the University for 21
ears, and serves on the Pitt
artners for Health Tak Force.

"We are fortunate to have
someone of his caliber and skill to
seve on the state task force for
such an importnat health concern
as heart disease," Warren said. "I
think selection to the fellowshi

aks well of not only his wor

roughout the state, but also at
the university.

A graduate of North Carolina
Central University, Ensley earned
his master's and doctorate's de-

ees from Michigan State

niversity, where he also served
as Assistant Director of Admissions
for the College of Osteopathic
Medicine. In 1976, he earned a

separate master's degree in Public
Health from the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte.

The fellowship is sponsored
through an unrestricted grant to
The Healthcare Forum from Astra
Merck. In 1996, the American
Association for World Health rec-
ognized the forum for its leader-
ship in creting _ healthier
communities. The fellowship will
begin in April with a meeting in
San Francisco, folowed by six
computer conferences throughout
the year, along with additional
meetings at different sites in the
United States. It will conclude on
May 2, 2000, with a conference in
Orlando, Florida.

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Keeping the Dream Alive....SCLC President Bennie Rountree (center)
is shown here after feeding hundreds of people at the SCLC Ts Poor
Man's Feast held each year during the Martin Luther King Day
Celebration. This year's feast, held at York Memorial AME Zion
Church in Greenville, featured speakers including Bishop Randy B.
Royal (not pictured), City Councilwoman Mildred Council (left) and
Pitt County Commissioner Jeff Savage (not pictured). This year's
celebration was made more special with the dedication of a new
street named in Dr. King's honor. (Photo by Jim Rouse)

Standing Tall......is Pitt County's newly elected Sheriff Mac Manning
(second from right) at the King Day celebration held at a local church.
The sheriff is flanked by Rev. Sidney Locks (right) and the Rev. Dr.

C.B. Gray, along with other area dignitaries. Many King

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observances were held throughout the community all day. T

Honoring the next generation....Mayor Nancy Jenkins (center)
at

School. The student

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thers present included

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City of Greenville Police Captain Cecil Hardee (Second from left) and
radio talk show host Monte Williams (far right). (photo by Jim Rouse)

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Future leaders.....Troop Leader Bill Sanders is shown with the Boy
Scout Troop from Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church, who
encourage young men to get involved with their community. They
suggest camping as an excellent method of teaching discipline,
prevaring our young men for their leadership of the future. (photo by
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Role model... Tobias "Toby" Crandol is shown here with his family and
friends as they gathered to share some love and congratulations with
him for having been selected as "Park Ranger of the Year" by the City
of Greenville Recreation and Parks Department. (photo by Jim Rouse)

On January 18, 1999, The Ciy of
Greenville officially unveiled the
newly dedicated Martin Luther
King, Jr, Drive. The Master of
Ceremoies for the occasion was

_ Mayor Nancy Jenkins.

The following is the speech pre-
sented r. Gaston Monk,
President of the Pitt County
chapter of the NAACP.

Members of the City Council,
Ladies and Gentlemen:

This is indeed an historic,
momentous occasion-- the Dedi-
cation Ceremony for the Martin
Luther King, Jr., Drive in
Greenville, North Carolina. When
| was asked to be on the program,

- | asked myself what could | say

about Martin Luther King, Jr., that
the people don't eee know.
His life and works have been on
radio, TV and other media sources
continuously for weeks. So | asked
myself, why was there a need for
one as Martin Luther King, Jr., if
we were all born equal and

aranteed the same rights under

e laws? My mind went back to
the year 1740 when the American
Colonies began enacting compul-
sory ignorance laws prohibiting
the teaching of slaves or free
Blacks. Despite the risk of punish-
ment and even disfigurement for
learning to read, thousands of
enslaved African Americans defied
the laws.

For a young Frederick Douglass,
gaining an education was a direct
route to freedom. Born in 1818
on the eastern shores of
Maryland, Douglas was raised by
his grandmother on a plantation.

He was sent to a new master in
Baltimore at age eight. At first, his
new master's wife encouraged him
to read and write until her
husband convinced her that
"learning would spoil the best
slave." The master forbade the
continuance of his instruction,
telling her that it was unlawful,
that it was unsafe, and could only
lead to trouble. To use his own
words, he said, "if you give a slave
an inch he will take a mile; he
should know nothing but the will
of his master, and learn to obey it.
If you teach him to read the Bible
there will be no keeping him, it
would forever unfit him for the
duties of a slave. As to himself
learning would do him no good,
but probably, a great deal of
harm--making him disconsolate
and unhappy If you teach him to
read, he'll want to know how to
write and with this accomplish-
ment he'll be running away with
himself." These words stayed with
Douglas and stirred up a feeling of
rebellion and made him under-
stand the direct pathway from
slavery to freedom. The yearnin

for freedom eventually manifeste

itself and the American Negro

began to move with a sense of
eat urgency toward the
romised Land of racial justice.

In 1954, the United States
Supreme Court ruled that sepa-
rate educational facilities for
Black and White children were
unequal and unconstitutional.
Further court decisions requiring
school integration produced vio-
lent reactions in the South. White
citizens T councils sprang up. in
attempts to nullify the court
decision, and the Ku Klux Klan
got out its sheets and hoods,
paraded, and set crosses on fire.
All public facilities continued to
be forcibly segregated. High taxes
at the voting poling places pre-
vented most Blacks from being
able to cast their ballots. In
Montgomery, some of the most
degrading acets of segregation
were e rules of the
Montgomery City Bus Lines.
Blacks were required to sit and
stand at the rear of the buses
even if there were empty seats in
the front section, which was
reserved for Whites.
Furthermore, Blacks had to pay
their fares at the front of the bus,
get off the bus and walk to the
rear to re-enter through the back
door. Drivers often pulled off and
left them after they had paid their
fares.

On December 1, 1955, Rosa
Parks, of Montgomery, Alabama,
refused to give up her seat for a
White man on a segregated bus.
It was a simple gesture of fed-up
defiance, but a defining moment
in the history of race relations in
the United States. Her bus ride
set in motion a movement that

made MLK, Jr., a national leader
and culminated in historic civil
rights legislation in the 1960's.

rs. Parks was arrested for her
refusal to give up her seat. Martin
was informed of the incident and
the arrest after bail had been
posted for Mrs. Parks. He organ-
ized a meeting of the leaders of
the community and they formed
the Montgomery Improvement
Association and elected King as

resident. A boycott was organ-
ized and started on December 5.
The success of the boycott led to
the Supreme Court's affirmation
that Alabama's laws requiring seg-
regation on buses were unconsti-
tutional.

On December 21, 1956,
Montgomery's buses were peace-
fully integrated. Inspired by the
Montgomery bus victory, move-
ments sprang up in other cities. As
Black Congressman John Conyers
later exdaimed, "Rosa Parks
moved civil rights issues from the
back of the bus to the front of
America's conscience." When Dr.
King Ts house was bombed in
Montgomery in 1957, crowds of
Black people rallied in front of the

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house, many with rifles, shot guns,
and pistols. The question of
self-defense was raised as an exact

response to its obvious need in
real life. National leadership was
thrust upon Dr. King by the media
when he commuted the crowds T
deepest and most immediate
emotions into a Black Christian
alternative. "If any blood be shed
-- let it be ours!" Newsweek and
Time magazines carried these
words and a part of America
confirmed Kings vision. The
church, the voice of Southern
Black religion and its professional
class would reassert its leadership,
and Christianity, now would be
the clothing democracy would
need. If we were righteous, we
would overcome, as the Bible and
Jesus promised.

On February 11, 1960, four
Black college students sat down at
a White-only lunch counter in
Greensboro. Their simple but

ave gesture--ordering coffee--
aunched the sit-in movement.
Non-violent protest movements
consisting mostly of Black youth,
(sit-ins) spread throughout the
South, eventually causing estab-
lishments to end their segregation-
ist practices or suffer dire
economic consequences. Like the
Montgomery bus boycott, sit-ins
galvanized people and proved that
non-violent action could bring on
momentous change.

In spite of all the positive
changes that have taken place,
today, January 1999, finds life in
America for a Black man still not a
comfortable existence. It means
being a part of the company of the
bruised, the battered, and the
scarred. Being a Black man in

America means trying to smile
when you want to cry. It means
having your legs cut off and then
being condemned for being crip-
pled. Being a Black man_ in
America means listening to politi-
cians eradicate affirmative action
while arguing in the same breath
that they are not racist. This
includes Ward Connelly and
Clarence Thomas, who both
benefited from affirmative action.
Being a Black man in America
means being subjected to some-
one pulling you behind a pick-up
truck until your body parts dis-
mantle. Being a Black man in
America means having swastikas
ainted on your mailbox and
hate-filled vu ga graffiti painted
outside your front door, as has
recently occurred to a well-known
Bishop here in Pitt County. Being
a Black man in America means
peing chosen and recommended
by the Executive Committee of
your political party to fill a vacancy
on the Board of Coun

Commissioners, and having it
rejected and overturned by six
White men of the same political
party so they could name one of

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their own, another White male.

It is impossible to create a
formula for the future which does
not take into account that our
society has been doing something
special against the Black man for
hundreds of years. How then can
he be absorbed into the main-
stream of American life if we do
not do something special for him,
in order to balance the equation
and equip him to compete on a
just and equal basis? In asking for
something special, the Black man
is not seeking charity. He does not
want to be given a job he cannot
handle. Nor does he want to be
told that there is no place where

- he can be trained to handle it.

Few People consider the fact that,
in addition to being enslaved for
two centuries, the Black man was,
during all those years, robbed of
the wages of this toil. No amount
of gold could provide an adequate
compensation for the exploitation
and humiliation of the Black man
in America down through the
centuries. Not all the wealth of
this affluent society could meet
the bill. Yet a price can be placed
on unpaid wages.

As you ride through the county
and state, you see roads named
for people whose only claim to
fame is that they own many acres
of land that was cleared by slave
labor and passed down from
enerations to generations within

e same family. Martin Luther
King, Jrs leadership and works
qualified him for this honor; he
got it the old fashioned way--he
earned it. | want to thank the
mayor, and the city council, for
honoring our request.

To those of you who live in

West Greenville, and those
who travel down Martin
Luther King, Jr., Drive, | want
you to feel a sense of pride
and remember the hard
work, the suffering, the deg-
radation it took to get us here.
Remember that the greatest
victory of our time has been
internal. As with other races
we have our share of drug
addicts and criminals. Yet the
real victory is in what has
happened to the mind of the
Black man. The greatness of
this time is that we have
armed ourselves with dignity
and self-respect. The great-
ness of this time is that we
have straightened our back
up. A man cannot ride your
back unless it is bent. As we
live on and travel upon
this--the Martin Luther King,
Jr., Drive--let us do so in
remembrance of the legacy of
non-violence that Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., left us. A
legacy we must strive to carry
forth.

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TOWN OF WINTERVILLE
SOUTHERN SEWER EXTENSION
1999

1 The work will consist of the following major items of
| works:

A. _ Install new duplex lift pump and pump tank.
B. _Install approximately 3680 linear feet of 8 inch
force main.
IC. Install approximately 11,600 linear feet of gravity
H SEWET.

All contractors are hereby notified that they must
I have proper licenses under the state laws governin
I their respective trades and have experience in periorm-
I ing the type of work specified.

Each proposal shall be accompanied by a cash

I deposit, certified check drawn on some bank or trust

| company insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance

I Corporation of an amount equal to not less than 5% of
the proposal or in lieu thereof a bidder may offer a bid
bond 5% the bid executed by a Surety Company li-
censed under the laws of North Carolina to execute
such bonds conditioned that the surety will upon de-
mand forthwith make payment to the oblige upon said
bond if the bidder fails to execute the contract in accor-
dande with the bid bond and upon failure to forthwith
make surety shall pay to the oblige an amount equal to
double the amount of said bond. Said deposit

shall be retained by the owner as liquidated damage in
the event of failure of the successful bidder to execute
the contract within 10 days after the award of to give
satisfactory surety as required by law.

TOWN OF WINTERVILLE
PO BOX 1459
WINTERVILLE, NC 28590

Sealed Bids for the constructio of the following major
elements of the works..

A. Install new duplex lift pump and pump tank.

B. _ Install approximately 3680 linear feet of 8 inch
force main.

C. Install approximately 11,600 linear feet of gravity
sewer mains.

Will be received by The Town of Winterville at the of-
fice of the town in Winterville, NC until 2:00 PM.,

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said office publicly opened and read aloud.

The Contract Documents may be examined at the fol-
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Office of the Engineer,

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| 102 Oakmont Drive

1 Greenville, NC 27858

Greenville:--On January 22, the
League of Women Voters of Pitt
Coun
ean Held at Pitt Community
College, the forum was desigr

to inform the community of the
advantages of charter schools, a
new type of Putty throu that
are ing rapi roughout
Noth Carolina.

North Carolina's 90 charter
public schools were North
Carolina's accountable _ public
schools because charter schools
are accountable to both the

rents and the taxpayers, said
one Robinson, President of the
NC Education Reform
Foundation, and father of the
state's charter school movement.
Robinson joined Richard Clontz of
the State Department of Public
Instruction in presenting informa-
tion and answering qustions.
Representatives from three area
sre schools rounded out the

nel.

"Charter schools are the only
public schools that are account-
able to the taxpayers for perform-
ance and accountable to parents
for customer satisfaction," said
Robinson. Charter schools only

7 get operating funds to the extent

at they perform. Failure to
perform means revocation of the
charter and closing of the school.

hosted an educational.

"Unlike public schools, which
have students forced to attend by
attendance districts and no other
choices available, the only way
charter schools keep their bud

is to keep parents satisfied. If the
parent is not satisfied with the
service the school provides, the
charter school no longer gets
money, for that child. If enough
children leave, the school is no
longer financially viable and is
closed. Since 1997, three charter
schools have been closed for just
such a difficulty. "Please let me
know the first time a district-run
public school is closed because it
did not do its job of educating
children," challenged Robinson.

"Charter schools are the great-
est success in public school reform
since the NC Constitution guaran-
teed a free public education.
Charter schools have shown how
to be better stewards of public
funds. with regard to providin
learning space, transportation an

ending learning dollars in the
classroom. Unfortunately, these
successes horrify the traditional
education establishment, and for
that reason this success story has
not been told," he said.

Robinson provided numerous
examples for charter school suc-
cess. The two top public schools,
according to NC Department of

10 - "M" VOICE - Jan. 24 - Feb. 1, 1999

Public Instruction " are
pe xe Charter T public school
and Exploris public charter school,
both ott: in Wake County.
Charter schools have also shown
ssupning acivevernens with regard
to oat-risk ? students. Healthy Start
Academy of Durham has a stu-
dent population that is 98% black,
80% single parents and over 70%
eligible tor the federal free and
reduced lunch program. While
these are the type of statistics that
school districts use as an excuse
for not teaching children, Healthy
Start Academy scored in the 99%
percentile for Kindergarten and
the top third for 2nd grade on the
lowa Test of Basic skills---both
nationally recognized systems of
standardized testing.

"Politicians and bureaucrats
have told you forever that they
wanted to put more money in the
classroom, and so they asked you
for more money," Robinson said.
"However, about half of it never
made it to the classroom. In
North Carolina, 52% of the per-
sonnel employed by school dis-
tricts do not teach a class, and that
number has been dropping for 20
years. Compare that to the
staffing ratio at Healthy Start
Academy (charter school) which
has 78% of its personnel teaching
a class. They contract out

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Ayden, NC 28513
(252) 746-8161

Thank you for your help!

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On June 19, 1999, | will be running in the Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon located in Anchorage, Alaska
to benefit leukemia patients. | am writing you to seek sponsorship for training and running in this race.
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(Eastern Standard Time), February 17, 1999, and then at |

Sealed proposals will be received by The Town of
Winterville, North Carolina
In the Town Offices until 2:00 P.M. loca time the 17th
day of February, 1999,
and Immediately thereafter opened and read for furnish-
I ing of labor, materials, |
and equipment entering into the installation of building
repairs.

Proposals must be enlcosed_in a sealed envelo
addressed to the Town of Winterville, City Manager, RO.
Box 1459, Winterville, North Carolina 28590. The out-
side of the envelope must be marked "BID FOR

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made on the blank forms provided for that pu
name, address, and license number of the bidder shall

ments will be open for inspection in the office of the
#] Engineer, Carolina Benchmark, 102 Oakmont Driver,
Greenville, NC 27858, the office of Associated General
Contractors, Raleigh, N.C., the office of the Pitt County
Health Department, Greenville, N.C., or may be ob-
ff tained from the office of the Engineer
i make a bid upon deposit of TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) in
i cash or certificed check. The deposit will be returned
only to those submitting a bona fide prpors provided
plans and semper are returned to the Engineer in
condition within five (5) days after the date set for
receiving bids.

SOUTHERN SEWER EXTENSION T, All proposals must be |
se, ine

be plainly marked on the outside of the sealed envelope. |

Complete plans, specifications and contract docu- |

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they don't have to pay that other
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there are paid 40% more than the

Durham school system pays.Th
also can, and do, fire we
teachers on the spot." Robinson
challenged the distric-run public
schools to state their own example
of when they had immediatelyter-
minated non-performing instruc-
tors.

Unlike traditional public
schools, Robinson noted, charter
schools don't haze beginning}
teachers with the bad assign-
ments, they don't haze beginning
teachers with tougher kids. They
expand the professional responsi-
bility of teachers and treat them
like professional and "pay the
A-team like the varsity, as opposed
to the union workrule pay chart
based on seat time in the class-
room," he said.

The most important success of
the charter school movement,"
Robinson said, both here and in
other states, ois that the system of
accountability to taxpayers and
parents shows the way all public
schools should be designed. In
this fashion, we will create educa-
tional opportunity for the vast
majority of children who will
remain in public schools in the

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"Of him are ye in Christ Jesus,
who of God is made unto us
wisdom, and righteousness and
sanctification and deliverance" (I
CORINTHIANS 1:30).

If you notice in this scripture
quote, WISDOM is given first,
which means that it is the most
important step in the plan of
salvation. The testimony of the
Wise Man also agrees with this,
saying "Wisdom is the principal
thing... with all thy getting, get
understanding." In all of our
weaknesses or strengths, wisdom
is necessary to our taking the
proper course. All intelligence
seeks for more knowledge and
wisdom. Foolish mistakes and

foolish decisions may not appear
at the time to be unwise or
foolish. This was the case of
Mother Eve who longed for
knowledge and wisdom. The for-
bidden tree from which ate
seemed to her to be a door to
wisdom, but little did she realize
that her thirst for it created her
first sin which was disobedience to

We all need a wise counselor to
guide us in the ways of pleasant-
ness and peace. What better
counselor that the Word of God...
the Scriptures? If Mother Eve,
whom God created perfect,
needed a wise guide, how much
more do we as her fallen imper-
fect children need such a guide.
Our Heavenly Father knows that
our own wisdom is not to be
depended upon and that the
wisdom of the Adversary (the
Devil) is meant for our bad.

Therefore, let us look to Jesus
Christ and his Word for our
spiritual enlightenment.

The very fact that the daughter of an Army officer
from Richmond, Va., ... can represent the president
of the United States on the floor of the Senate of
the United States is powerful proof that the
American dream lives. T

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fighting for my right to be a lawyer, by sitting in, and
carrying signs, and walking long marches, riding free-
dom rides, and putting their bodies on the line for civil

I stand here before you today because America
decided that the way things were was not how they're
going to be. We the people decided that we all deserved

a better deal. I stand here before you today because
President Bill Clinton believes I could stand here for

Your decision whether to remove President Clinton
from office, based on the articles of impeachment, I
know will be based on the law and the facts and the
Constitution. It would be wrong to convict him on this ,
record. You should acquit him on this record. And you

' must not let imagined harms to the house of civil rights

| persuade you otherwise.

The president did not obstruct justice. The president

did not commit perjury. The president must not be