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Members of the National

Baptist Convention, U.S.A.,
moved into a new era as they
elected a president who hopes to
move them beyond the shadow of
the scandal that surrounded their
former and now-imprisoned
leader.

The Rev. William J. Shaw of
Philadelphia came out ahead of a
field of 10 other candidates by
about 200 votes to head one of the
nation Ts largest predominantly
African-American denominations.
The convention Ts annual session,
held Sept. 6-10 in Tampa, FL.,
was a study in contrasts. Arriving
delegates and visitors -- estimated
to be in the tens of thousands -
were greeted in the airport by
campaign workers dolling out
buttons and flyers for their fa-
vored candidates.

Some of those same campaigners
worked through the night to place
stick newsletters and prayer rally
announcements for individual
guests to read as they left their
hotel rooms.

But by the last day, when Shaw Ts
election was a done deal, the
Baptists appeared united behind
the man they had chosen.

Shaw, a 65-year-old man with
distinctive white sideburns,
preached his first presidential
sermon, cheered on by supporters
of different former candidates
standing on their feet.

oThere are no hostilities as this
transition process begins, ? Shaw
told the crowd gathered in the Ice
Palace Arena. He had defeated
two other front-runners - the Rev.
W. Franklyn Richardson of Mount
Vernon, NY, and the Rev. E.V.
Hill of Los Angeles.

Shaw began a five-year term as
president succeeding interim

president the Rev. S.C. Cureton of
Greenville, SC. Cureton took
over the convention after the Rev.
Henry J. Lyons term was cut short
by scandal.

Lyons, a former St.
Petersburg, FL, pastor, pastor in a
prison about 100 miles away,
convicted in march of grand theft
and racketeering. A Florida jury
found that he had stolen more
than $200,000 intended for

burned Black churches and swin-

By Stephen Johnson
'"M" Voice Editor

County Commissioner Jeff
Savage arrested and charged with
drunk driving and resisting arrest.
Yet he alleges police brutality and
misconduct. While the Chief of
Police says, oOfficers acted prop-
erly in arresting the County
Commissioner. ?

Police brutality is no stranger to
the African-American community,
even to men and women in high
profile positions. A_ lot of

uestions have arose since

ommissioner Savage's arrest.
oWhy was he drinking and driv-

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dled millions from corporations
seeking to market their products
to denomination members.

oThe only way we can move
forward is to deal with our past, ?
preached Shaw. oGod Ts got to
give us a new nature, not just a
reformation...If God makes us a
new people, then he Tll give us a
new day. ?

Before he was elected, Shaw had
chosen five vice presidents for his
administration -- leaders of state
conventions of Baptists -- and had
made plans for a financial audit to
determine the status of the de-
nomination Ts affairs. The long-
time pastor of White Rock Baptist
Church in Philadelphia, Shaw was
welcomed by supporters and non-
supporters alike.

o| think we got a good president, ?
and the Rev. Charlie Clark, pastor
of Compton, CA church. Clark,
69, voted for Hill, but said,
owhoever gets the presidency you
have to support. ?

Erma Moore, a Shaw supporter
from Kansas City, Kan., said she
thinks his election was the answer
to many prayers.

oEven though some of us were
for different candidates, we
wanted God Ts will to be done, ?
said the 52-year-old real estate
agent. oThe convention is going
to be stronger now. ?

To many of his followers in the
National Baptist Convention
USA, the troubles of the Rev.
Henry Lyons have come as a
terrible shock. How could such a
gifted man go so wrong ? The
answers lie in the shadows of his
past.

The man Henry Lyons called
Daddy was righteous and steady
and God-fearing. Booker T.
Lyons was his name, but most

people called him Deacon.

A tile setter by trade, he
gave most of his free time to the
church, tending its graveyard,
counseling his fellow Christians,
raising money for church projects.
During services he occupied the
first pew, a sign of his status.

A young Henry was there
with him, Sunday after Sunday.
The whoop of the preacher, the
cry of the choir, the silent hour of
prayer: This was Lyons T inheri-

ing in the first place?, ? says one
Greenville resident, oAnd what
did he do to provoke officers? ?
Sad when you think about,
Commissioner Savage who has
dedicated a strong portion of his
life to defending the rights of
Greenville Ts African-American
community, can not find the
support he needs from that same
community. America is supposed
to be based on a democracy where
a man is innocent until proven
guilty. Only three men know
what happened that night. The
two white officers who felt the
need to smash his window and
pepper spray the Commissioner
and Commissioner Savage, an
advocate for Black America.
Savage said he drank two or
three beers at the car wash, and
received no warning when the
officers stopped there. He left one
hour after they talked to him. He
also said no one told him he was
under arrest before he asked for
more witnesses and rolled up his
window -- his response to
Brewington Ts request for him to
get out of the vehicle.
Savage said he did not fight back
as officers smashed his window
with a flashlight, doused him with
pepper spray and pressed his face
to the asphalt. Brewington trans-
ported Savage to Pitt County

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tance.

As part of it, anyway. The man
Henry Lyons called Daddy was
not his father but his grandfather.
His father was something else
entirely.

Lyons T real daddy, Gene Lyons,
was only 16 when Henry was
born. Genial and smooth-talking,
he drifted in and out of Lyons T
life, calling himself a father but
never really doing the job. He
shot dice, chased women and told
extravagant lies.

He was as likable rogue but still
a rogue. He had a good time and
died young and probably wouldn't
have seen a connection.

Lyons rarely mentions the prodi-
gal Gene Lyons. Instead he talked
endlessly about humble, upstand-
ing Booker, whose name he list
under oFather ? on his marriage
license applications. oI saw him
stand up when something was not
right, and | saw him compromise
when he needed to, and | bor-
rowed from that, ? he once said.
But he borrowed from someone
else, too Lyons carries the genetic
material of two markedly different
men: his Daddy and his father.
Gene Lyons couldn't interpret
scripture and Booker wouldn't
have dreamed of pulling a scam,
but Henry, versatile Henry. could
do both.

All his life he has straddled the
line between con man and confes-
sor, between scoundrel and saint.

Now Lyons has a_ long-term
prison term for using the presi-
dency of the National Baptist
Convention USA to steal millions
of dollars. From corporations.
From banks. From charities. To
the people who had heard his
unforgettable sermons, Lyons T
downfall seems unreal. How

could such a gifted man be so
deceitful.?

But few of the Christians
he inspired really knew him. for
the longest of times, most people
saw only the Booker in Henry
Lyons, but Gene was part of him
all along.

limit of 0.08%,

Drunk Dr

Memorial Hospital because
Savage positioned himself on the
back seat of the police car and
was unresponsive to officers, oas
if he had passed out, ? Hinman
said. The shattered glass from the
window made small cuts in
Savage Ts face, he said. At
PCMH, Savage received stitches
for his cuts and gave blood for the
blood alcohol test. Police usually
take DWI suspects directly to Pitt
County Detention Center for a
breathalyzer test, because Savage
needed medical attention they
gave him the analysis at the
hospital. Hinman said if Savage's
blood alcohol " concentration
comes back as less than the legal
the District
Attorney will decide whether to

drop the DWI charge.

Regardless of what decision is
finally handed down there is
another strong Black leader who
is in trouble and needs the support
of Black America.

If you would like to show your
support, please send letters to:
WOOW, 405 " Evans " St.;
Greenville, NC 27835; Attn.:
Minority Voice Newspaper Editor

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Democracy is respect for persons; religion, trust in God; education, devotion to truth - Luther A. Weigle

The National Baptist Convention
elects new Preisident

Mayor Candidate visits WOOW after the devastation of Hurricane Floyd knocked WOOW off
the air by flooding transmitter facility located on
by the studio because she knows WOOW is t
concerned people like Kerna. Miss Hilts rem

the Town Commons. Concerned, Kerna stopped
he voice of the community. Hats off to those
inds us all to get out and Vote Nov. 2nd. Staff Photo

Kerna Hilts, one of the changing faces of politics. At the ripe old age of 29 this go getter has
singled handedly decided to change the world or at least Greenville. Kearna intends to be the next

mayor of Greenville.

She believes the current mayor is lacking in her responsibilities to the

residents of Greenville and even more importantly the African-American community. As a member
of Phillipi Church she has gained a lot of wisdom and foresight from Bishop Randy B. Royal.
Also. she has gained a lot of momentum and support from ECU students and the nontraditional

voter.

Kearna intends to be the type of mayor who doesn Tt make promises but changes.

Furthermore. she intends to bring Greenville into the 2Ist Century by showcasing it as the

metropolitan city we are.

A County devastated by flood waters, in a matter of hours flood waters brought by Hurricane
Floyd brought Pitt County to a stand still. Hurricane Floyd can truly be called the flood of the
century. The flood destroyed communities and set some Greenville residents back at least 100
years (pictured) an aerial view as residents were rescued from their homes.

Photo by Brenda Rouse

A Trip

to the
Holy Land

Trip to the Holy Land!

Dr. Kenneth Hammond. Pastor
and The Union Baptist Church
Family are sponsoring a (2)
week Trip to the Holy Land in
the new millennium " --
Tuesday, December 26th, 2000.
If you've always wanted to go
the Garden of Gethsemane...
To meditate as you watch the
rich, warm sunset on the banks
of the River Jordan...Walk
where JESUS walked... Send
your name, mail-to-address,
and telephone number to:
Union Baptist Church; 904 N.
Roxboro St.; Durham, NC

27702; Attn.: Dr. Kenneth
Hammond, Pastor. Celebrate
Y2K Christmas Season... and
Bring in the Year 2001 in the
Holy Land!

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Millennia Community

Bank

Recieves Charter to operate

Millennia Community Bank re-
ceives charter.(Greenville, NC)
Millennia Community Bank an-
nounced this week that it has
received its North Carolina
Banking Commission charter to
operate.

Receiving the commission's
charter is a vital step in the
establishment of a banking insti-
tution, granting a proposed bank
permission to incorporate as a
full-service bank. The banking
commission voted and approved
the charter during a hearing on
September 22, 1999,

oWe are pleased and proud to
have been issued our charter from
the commission, ? T.F. (Butch)
Congleton, bank president, said,
oThis is their stamp of approval
on the mission, structure, and
Operating procedures developed
and presented to them by our
board of directors. We now are
North Carolina Ts newest bank and
the first community bank to have
been chartered in Greenville in at
least ten years. ?

Still, before the bank may open

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complete its capital requirements
and comply with other pre-
opening conditions. The bank
must sell a minimum of 500
thousand shares of stock, equiva-
lent to $5.5 million in starting
capital. Shares currently are
selling at $11 per share with a
100-share minimum.

According to Congleton, the
bank to date has sold approxi-
mately 80% of its minimum share
required. Congleton predicts that
the balance of stock needed to be
sold before opening will be met
by the end of October 1999,

Millennia Community Bank Ts
mission is to service the banking
needs of the entire community,
including small business, young
professionals, Spanish-speaking
residents and other minorities.
The bank owns property and
plans to build its headquarters on
Arlington Boulevard at the inter-
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I'm a lifelong
baseball fan. It
was my first love
as a child. I still enjoy it today
attending about a dozen games a
season. During the recent Major
League Baseball Hall of Fame In-
ductions in Cooperstown, New
York, you heard a lot of talk about
delayed recognition for those who
have contributed much to the game
but were yet to be accepted in the
Hall of Fame.

Orlando Cepeda got in after a
10-year campaign to overcome a
drug possession conviction. The
Veteran's Committee finally put
him in saying his conviction had
nothing to do with what he did on
the field. The same argument is
being used to campaign for
oShoeless ? Joe Jackson and Pete
eit Rose Ts induction into othe hall. ?

ei Both are ineligible from consid-
f eration because they are on lifetime
oeee suspensions. Jackson, a White Sox
a infielder with hall of fame creden-
obee tials, for his role in throwing the
hoe 1919 World Series ( othe Black
ee Sox's Scandal). Rose, baseball's all-
ect. time hit leader with the Reds and
! Phillies (winning championships
with both teams), for gambling
while manager of the Cincinnati
Reds, where he bet on baseball
. Yet the campaign wages on

for both that include some very high-

BETWEEN THE LINES »
Curt Flood Ts s Campaign: Hall of Fame Time for the Father of Free Agency T

profile names, including baseball
legend, Ted Williams. There are
other campaigns to get more of the
legendary Latin (or Dominican)
players in othe hall, ? including
former Cincinnati Red, Tony Perez
(more home runs than any player
not in the hall of fame), multiple
batting champion, Tony Olivia (who
led the American League in hits
five times and batting three times),
or flame-thrower Luis Tiant and
several others who had so-called
borderline ohall of fame ? numbers
but are not in the hall of fame.

However, there is one player who
changed the game of baseball for-
ever and has yet to get his due rec-
ognition. It is now time the public
demands that Curt Flood, the man
who first challenged baseball's
oslave clause, ? be recognized for
his contribution to the game "free
agency. The public should start with
us because history-makers are only
recognized when contributions are
aptly cited. Curt Flood is history.
His ultimate oprops ? would be in
baseball's Hall of Fame.

Curt Flood Ts credentials don't
exactly make his claim to the ohall ?

gome social osympathy ? cause, He

was a star of his day, and his num-
bers are better than some already in
the oHall. ? Curt Flood had 1,861
hits, scored 85.1 runs, had 85 home
runs, - rns batted in (RBIs),

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squirrel to peek over a branch.

time.

This is a rather
- unusual story. It
a deals with a
woman who had to make her own
im way in a hostile world in a time
l= when women were expected to be
barefoot in the winter and pregnant
_ in the summer.

Gracie Smith was an unusual
woman in that she was a black woman
who lived in the hills of Kentucky.
She went hunting or fishing almost
every day. She knew all of the best
fishing spots and could sit under a
tree for three or four hours with a
.410 over-and-under, waiting for a

If he showed his head, he was
- toast. Gracie never missed. For the
, uninformed, a .410 over-and-under
was a.410 gauge shotgun with a .22
caliber rifle barrel underneath the
shotgun barrel. It was almost two
guns in one. It was a favorite among
rabbit and squirrel hunters of that

People driving along highway
30 would sometimes have wrecks
| when they watched Gracie coming
back from a fishing jaunt. It was not
unusual for her to catch as many as
20 fish in one day. Twenty big fish.

En route home, she would stop
+ at the homes of people she knew
and give them three or four fish for
their dinner. Then she would go
home and you could smell fish fry-
+ ing for miles around.

Gracie was not an old woman.

mo Kuzaver Ts KuppIne
The Strange Adventures of Greasy Gracie

Actually, she was very young, prob-
ably in her early to middle twenties.
She lived in the hills because her
parents had been killed in a fire that
consumed their home back in the
woods. Nobody knew about the fire
for more than a year. Houses were
sometimes miles apart.

By the time the fire became gen-
eral knowledge, Gracie was in her
early teens and had been taking care
of herself since the death of her
parents. Stories that whispered
around said her father had treated

her like a boy and when she was

small, had her doing all the chores
that boys would normally do in those
times. So the die was cast and she
followed the pattern in front of her.

Her formal academic skills were
very limited. She understood the
alphabet, little else, the Bible was
her mainstay. By reading and strug-
gling through the Bible, she was
able to learn more than most people
who had gone to school.

She came down from her place
in the hills four or five times a
week. She spoke to people she knew,
but never lingered any where very
long.

Her nick.ame of oGreasy
Gracie ? came about one year when
she helped some of the neighbors at
hog-killing time. Because of her
prowess with a butcher knife and a
boning knife, she was in demand at
hog-killing time. She would start
the rendering of the fat to make lard

The Minority Voice: September I 6,1999- October 4,1999

and quite often, the grease from the
animal would cover her from head
to toe. Hence, Greasy Gracie was
neighborhood or local legend, since
there were really no oneighbor-
hoods ? for black folk in that town.

With the exception of hog-kill-

ing time, she was always neat and .

clean. The exception was when she
had been sitting on a river bank all
day or all night, or had been stalking
some game for a long period of time.

Although she was fairly attrac-
tive, (or would have been if she had
been afforded an opportunity,) she
was never seen with anyone of the
opposite sex from a personal per-
spective. People just assumed she
was asexual.

It was thought by some that she
would be like Miss Lucy, another
hill woman who never married nor
had children. She died at about 80
years old, alone in her shack on the
side of the hill.

One day, in the early spring, a
new fella came to town. The war
was over and he was looking for a
quiet place to build a farm and fam-
ily. He was about six feet-plus and
weighed around 200 Ibs. He could
lift a railroad cross-tie with ease
and walk a mile with it on his shoul-
der. He got a job working on the
railroad nearby and started looking
around for the land he wanted. He
had saved all of his mustering out
pay as well as most of the $37
monthly he had been paid in the

army for three years.

He didn Tt drink nor hang around
with the railroad workers. He got a
room at Mr. O TBannion Ts house and
would sit on the steps every evening.

One day, Gracie came by with
several squirrel over her shoulder.
She stopped to give Mrs. O TBannion
a squirrel and she saw the new fella.
More important, he saw her. They
exchanged pleasantries and Gracie
left. But she kept looking back and
the fella kept looking at her.

Now, Gracie passed this way
everyday and the fella was sitting
on the steps, waiting for her. There
was never much conversation be-

- tween the two of them. Then one

day, the fella stood up when Gracie .
arrived. He took off his cap, walked
to within a foot of her and said,
oLet Ts go get married. ?

Gracie didn Tt blink an eye. She
just reached out took his hand and
said, olet Ts go. ?

Gracie died a while back. She
was the mother of 11 children,
grandmother of 22 and great-grand-
mother of six. When she died, her
husband was standing at the foot of
the bed. She was 89 and he was 92.
He said, oI'll be seeing you. ?

Three days later, he sat down in
a rocking chair and closed his eyes
for the last time. The doctors said
they could find nothing wrong with
him other than his age. They didn Tt
understand.

A recent report by the Applied
Research Center in Oakland ex-
amines various aspects of

teaching policies and practices. The report is

entitled oCreating Crisis: How California Ts
Teaching Policies Aggravate Racial Inequali-
ties in Public Schools. ? It supplies information
little known to the general public and sheds light

| onthe problems and complexities of urban edu-

cation. As a matter of community education,
excerpts from the report follow:

California has a teaching crisis. In the 1997-
98 school year, the California Commission on
Teacher Credentialing issued a record 33,994

"emergency permits and credential waivers. This

summer, school district recruiters scrambled to

- find 27,000 new teachers. Abundant evidence

shows that well-trained, fully-credentialed teach-

ters can help students reach their academic po-

| tential. That is not what is happening in Califor-

. nia today. The teaching shortage is, in effect,

T also acrisis in teaching quality and thus, a crisis
of the entire public school system.

Given the need, it would seem that state
education officials and local districts would move
decisively to sweep away barriers to recruit-
ment. Instead, teacher training programs are full
of roadblocks, including high costs, standard-
ized tests which bear no measurable relationship
to teaching success, and low pay and lack of
respect for those who do jump the hurdles. Once
hired, new teachers find few supports to help
them become successful in their new profession.

Perhaps most alarming is the disproportion-
ate impact of the teacher crisis. The highest-
need schools, mostly in large urban areas, bear
the brunt of the crisis. These schools have the
highest concentrations of people of color, low-
income students, and those whose primary lan-
guage is not English. Yet, these schools also
have the majority of the state Ts undercredentialed
teachers. This situation aggravates existing ra-
cial, economic and academic inequities.

In the past 30 years, the racial and cultural

URBAN PERSPECTIVE #
Teaching Policies Aggravate Racial Inequalities in Schools

face of the student population has changed dra-
matically. California Ts public school students
today are 60 percent of color, frequently born
into homes where English is not their parents T
language, and often foreign-born. Yet there has
been little change in the racial composition of the
teaching force "nearly 4 out of 5 of the state Ts
teachers are white. Though being academically
proficient in teaching does not depend on one Ts
race, the ability to understand and relate to stu-
dents often has everything to do with race.

There is a voluminous body of literature on
every educational problem. There are also vast
numbers of experiments, initiatives and innova-
tive models in the field. Although this report
makes extensive reference to the literature, its
focus derives from interviews.

Over a period of three months, the Applied
Research Center talked about the teaching crisis
with scores of individuals associated with K-12
public education in seven key California school
districts: Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego,
Fresno City, San Francisco, Oakland and San
Jose. Those interviewed included: teachers, para-
professionals, school administrators, students,
parents, present and past school board members
and district recruitment offices. The Center also
interviewed members of the education faculties
at private institutions and at various schools in
the California State University system, as well
as administrators at the State Department of
Education.

Based on this research the report outlines di-
mensions of the problem from training to recruit-
menttoretention. Itdescribes who currently teaches
and examines teacher education. It includes de-
scriptions of the form the teaching crisis takes in the
state Ts seven largest districts. And, to give the full
flavor of the problem as those at the ground level
experience it, the report adds extended accounts
from a teacher recruiter, a teaching candidate tak-
ing the C-BEST test and an experienced teacher of

color watching newcomers being disempowered
and unsupported by the system.

No short report on the teaching crisis can
pretend to be exhaustive. Although many facets
of the problem are dealt with in the report, other
significant ones are not touched upon. In par-
ticular, this document leaves aside the thorny
issues created by fragmented governance of edu-
cation. Local school boards, the State Depart-
ment of Education, teachers T unions, organized
parents, right-wing ideologues ad politicians at
every level and of every stripe vie to preserve
and extend their influence over the schools.

The chapter, oWho's Teaching California Ts
School Children,? ? investigates the demographic
profile of current teachers and explores the edu-
cational value of increasing the racial and cul-
tural diversity of the profession. oPathways to
Teaching ? explores the history and practice of
teacher training. oSome Views from the Teach-
ing Trenches ? presents in-depth interviews. And,
oA Look at Seven School Districts ? details thc
racial dimensions of the crisis in teaching in
those districts.

The report's main recommendations to ex-
pand the quality, quantity and racial diversity of
California Ts teaching force areas follow: 1) Fully
invest in the development of teaching talent and
resources at high-need schools by creating olo-
cal education actions projects, ? one of whose
features would be to recruit and train local resi-
dents to become high-quality, long-term teach-
ers in their local schools. 2) Develop a fully-
prepared, highly-skilled teaching force, better
trained and supported in dealing with the diverse
California school populations. 3) Eliminate bar-
riers which prevent qualified people from be-
coming teachers, including the C-BEST. 4) In-
crease teacher compensation and provide incen-
tives for teaching in high-need schools. 5) Ag-
gressively institute programs to attract more
teachers of color.

.The Applied Research Center believes these
measures would significantly improve teaching
in California Ts racially and culturally diverse
public schools.

with acareer batting average of .293

over a 15-year career. A career cut

short by a political decision on the
owners T part and a moral decision
on Flood Ts part. Flood Ts numbers
exceed Luis Aparicio who had 83
homers, 791 RBIs, and a lifetime
batting average of .263. His num-
bers exceed Nellie Fox who had 35
HRs, 790 RBIs, and a lifetime bat-
ling average of .273. His numbers
exceed the recently deceased oPee
Wee ? Reese who many thought
didn Tt have ohall of fame ? numbers
with 126 HRs 885 RBIs and and a
lifetime batting average of .269.
Reese's claim to fame was that he
helped usher in othe other change ?
baseball experienced, the breaking
of the ocolor line ? when he be-
friended Jackie Robinson. His oquiet
leadership on and off the field ? got
him his oHall of Fame ? pass.
Flood was a leader also. He
played on two World Champion-
ship teams (1967, 1968) with the St.
Louis Cardinals (more than two of
the four named above)..He was at
the top of the class in fielding every
year. Between 1961 (when baseball
went from awarding one to three
outfielders Golden Gloves for field-
ing excellence, which is the case to
this day) and 1972 (the year after

Flood left baseball), only two other

outfielders won more Golden Gloves
than Curt Flood, Roberto ey

se CC ees

won 12, Willie Mays won 11, and
Curt Flood won seven (and he didn Tt
even play in 1970 and most of 1971).
Flood also batted over .300 six times
during those years. The other two
are in the Hall of Fame. But not
Curt. Why not? Particularly, when
it was he who broke othe money
line ? in professional sports. Before
then, owners paid what they wanted,
when they wanted. But not now.
Isn't that worth the same (if not
more than Reese's contribution), to
not just black players, but to all
players whose careers were length-
ened, and values were increased
because of his sacrifice? I would
say so, and so should every ball
player who left their original team
to sign a millign- dollar contract
with another team, oof their choos-
ing, ? by selling their skills.

For all to really understand
Flood's contribution to America Ts
game, baseball, you have to under-
stand the politics of baseball and
the status it holds in this nation.
Baseball has only undergone two
significant changes in the last 100
years, One was social, the other
was economic.

Both changes were followed by
the other sports (football and bas-
ketball) who waited to see what
baseball was going to do.

Baseball was one of the few in-
dustries exempt from the nation Ts

anti-trust laws, which are policies
designed to restrict monopolies and
promote competition in free mar-
kets. The way one would promote
competition was to allow players to
sell their services to the highest
bidders. Well, -this was illegal in
any industry except baseball
whereby players were owned for
life and could be traded, sold, or
cut, or paid what owners thought
they were worth.

Teams like the New York Yan-
kees, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the
St. Louis Cardinals literally held
monopolies over other teams, and
nothing competed with baseball.
When owners thought you were
othrough, ? they could trade you,
cut your salary, demote you (to the
minors), or cut you period. There
was no playing out your option.
You had no options. You were the
owner's property, a slave to your
contract, When the St. Louis Cardi-
nals tried to cut Flood Ts contract, he
refused to take the cut. When they
traded him, he refused to report
saying, ohe was nota piece of meat. ?
Baseball punished Curt Flood for
that move. He went to case and lost,
but two years | later, Andy
Messersmith, using Flood's same
argument, won, and baseball play-
ers started selling their services to
the highest bidder, or the teams of

their ssid Visa their contracts.

expired.

There would be no $105 million
dollar man in the Dodgers Kevin
Brown, had there not been a Curt
Flood, Nearly every professional
sportsman has been able to prolong
his career because of free agency. It
used to be when management said
your career was over, it is. Now
players whose careers are on the
down side still get top dollar as
orole ? players. Baseball Ts desig-
nated hitter rule in the American
League is a direct advent of free
agency, where players whose field-
ing skills had diminished but could
still hit, were no longer benched but
inserted in starting line-ups in lim-
ited roles. Curt Flood sacrificed his
career but changed the game, and
the way players did business.

Now it Ts time for us to be about
the business of making sure Curt
Flood gets his due honors. This is
the start of a national campaign
among journalists (black and white)
to get Flood Ts application before
the Hall of Fame Veterans Commit-
tee. Send letters to Mr. Edward W.
Stack at the National Baseball Hall
of Fanie.and Museum at P.O. Box
$90, Cooperstown, New York
13326, or fax them at (607) 547-
2044, Let him know you support
this campaign. A campaign to honor
the man who ofreed ? professional
athletes from slave contracts to mil-
lion dollar contracts.

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The Minority Voice: September 16, 1999 - October 4,1999
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: By FeRDINAND PROTZMAN collection of page eeamgenonie yin artists and packed into the back seat of a limo like
Special to The Washington Post celebrities who have passed the sardines, dead to the world. oThey were beat.
, mid-Atlantic region. oThe only people I Got into the limo after her show ani passed
a was working on.a mas- haven't shot are Aretha and the Artist straight out, ? Ogburn says.
oa ter's degree in urban studies at How- formeriy known as Prince ? he says. oAndthat =. Catching such scenes sounds easier than it
. ard University in 1971 and teaching could still . is. Ogburn has a fine eye for composition and
when a friend asked if He has also served as campaign photogra- a rare knack for capturing stars in unguarded
| he could shoot some promotional i of for President Carter and former mayor © moments. That talent is particularly
musicians visiting a local radio station. Al- falter Washington, shot the Watergate hear- given the egos he has to deal with. Some stars
though he had no experience, Ogburn ings and documented his travels as a research are more cooperative than others.
jumped at the chance and a remarkable career assistant working for the late Chancellor oMichael Jackson can be tough to shoot
| was born. . Williams, a pioneering scholar of African because he wants to control everything, ?
oTm the kind of individual that when I get American history and author of the book © Ogburn says. oThe way I like to work is just
into something, Tm really into it, ? says oThe Destruction of Black Civilization. ? The hang out and see what happens. So in that
Ogburn, whose candid, lyrical photographs exhibition includes a series of photographs of cage, I've got to go with what he wants. Fm
can be seen in an exhibition titled oBackstage Williams that are being shown in public for not there to get into people Ts faces about what
Pase ? at the Auditorium Lobby Gallery at the the first time. I want for a picture. I'm there to catch them
University of the District of Columbia. oSo Ogburn Ts photographs are almost all can- doing their thing. ?
when I started going into the darkroom at 5 did, black-and-white shots taken whilehewas A of the Rev. Al Green taken
in the afternoon and coming out at 3. am,, I ing out with stars such as Michael at a 1996 concert date in Washington is a fine
knew something was going on. Then I got Jackson, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, example of Ogburn Ts work, although in this
involved with the music scene. Dizzy Gillespie and Bob Marley, justtoname instance he gives much of the credit to the
Involved is putting it mildly. Over the past a few. They have been shown in exhibitions singer. oAl Green is a pro's pro, ? Ogburn says.
27 years, Ogburn has been commissioned by in the United States and China and published " oHe gives you so many different looks in the
record companies, publications, radio sta- in major magazines ranging from Billboard first 10 minutes of his set that you'd have to
tions and promoters to shoot a mind-boggling and Jet toUS. News & World Report.Hehas he blind not to get a good picture. ?
_ _________ worked for most of the major record Qgburn Ts show is the second in a new
page pe series of art exhibitions at UDC featuring
(CA, Motown and Polygram. work by minority and female artists. Manon
oYou can see where life has been "_Cjeary, the coordinator of the university's art
holiday for me, ? Ogburn says. oThe program, says the focus was chosen because
past 27 years went by fast because I it reflects the student body.
. Wo ee 1 alts oA lot of our students are working women
ait Pa ae 1S who take classes at night. We want to be a
, eating working rests venue for people who deserve attention but
mene staying in the best Ut for whatever reason haven't gotten it, ? Cleary
ing in limos, . ibe says. oSo we've been really happy to show
wb Oe bees a a cK ? artists like Pat Goslee, who was our first
er even holidays can be dang show, and Oggi because their work is so
ous, Growi » i and strong and our students can relate to it. ?
friends get into serious difficulties a chance to emphasize the non-music side of
because of their use of drugs. Hang- i photography, which he hopes will Inspire
ing around the intense partying on students as well as other viewers.
r the music scene confronted Ogburn Tm locked into the music thing. That Ts
what people know me for, ? he says. oBut a lot

with similar temptations. But he
says his work with Williams, who
was blind, helped keep him ground-

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Washington. NC - Judy 0.
Washington has joined The East
Carolina Bank (ECB) as a Loan
Officer in the Banks new branch at
1422. Carolina Avénue " in
Washington.Prior to joining the
ECB team, Washington served as

- Loan Officer for Cooperative Bank
and Branch Office Administrator
for Edward Jones Investments.
Washington is a_ graduate of
Washington High School and has
completed Banking and Supervisory
courses at both Pitt Community
College and Beaufort Community
College. Originally from
Washington. she is marred to Kevin
Washington and has son-Brandon,
and a daughter-Allison. In the
community, Washington is involved
with the local PTA and volunteers
with the American Cancer Society.
Headquartered in " Engelhard,
North Carolina, The East Carolina
Bank is a 79-year old state-
chartered, independent, community
bank insured by the FDIC ECB
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services through 15 offices across
Eastern North Carolina in Beaufort,
Currituck, Hyde, Pitt, Tyrell,
Washington, and Dare counties.

Phyllis Weaver has been named
director of pharmacy

Weaver

of the music business is here today, gone
tomorrow. I've done a lot of other work,

ed. oe pone like Jimmy Carter, Desmond
As: , Ogburn Ts photos gi utu, Mandela, Chancellor Williams.

an unvaciahed account of ie inside I take a lot of pride in that because those
the music business. Behind the glitz people are in the history books.
is a world of egos, entourages, road Oggi Ogburn, at University of the District of
gigs, promotional ap in- Columbia Auditorium Lobby Gallery, 4200
terviews and exhaustion. One of his Connecticut Ave. NW, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and
most telling images showsthesinger during auditorium events, through April
Sade and two members of her band,* 21.Call 202-274-5119, Ext. 4.

Methodist Healthcare

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at Methodist
healthcare "
?"? South Hospi-
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ly she was
manager of
pharmacy ser-
vices at
Methodist
Central.

She earned
an executive
MBA in
strategic man-
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Christian |
Brothers Uni-

Lindsa

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Clinton names two
to Executive Office

President Clinton has named Mark
F. Lindsay as assistant to the presi-

dent for Man-
agement and
Administra-
tion and
Bradley J. Ki-
ley as deputy
assistant.
m They will di-
farect all man-
3 agement and
administra-
tion functions
of the entire
Executive Of-
fice of the
president.

Brooks Announces Candidacy

Richard Brooks announces his
candidacy for Washington City
Council. Brooks is retired from E.
|. Dupont in Kinston. He currently
operates a private maintenance
service. The candidate is married to
Mary Little Brooks and they have
one daughter, Flora May, and one
son Richard Lee. The Brooks have
one granddaughter Keisha Langley.
The family resides at 820 Boston
Avenue. Brooks was appointed to
the | Washington Board of
Adjustments in 1982 and served on
that appointed board i)ntil 1997. He
was the chairman of the Board of
Adjustments for 3
years. The family are active mem-
bers at The Temple of Jesus Christ
in Washington.Brooks serves as the
chairman of the trustees in addition
to other committees. He also serves
as president of the Boston Avenue
Community Association. Brooks
has served as an Washington volun-
teer fireman for 19 years. "I have
been interested and involved in
community affairs for many years.
Now that I am retired, | feel that |
have the time to contribute to help
improve our
community so that it will be a good
place to live. | enjoy helping peo le
and | want to make sure that

everyone in our community is
treated fairly, The only promise that
| will make is that I will listen to
everyone's opinion before | make a
decision on City Council."

versity and a master of science de-
gree in hospital pharmacy from the
University of Wisconsin. She re-
ceived a bachelor of science degree
in pharmacy from Xavier University
of New Orleans as well as a bachelor
of science degree in biology from
Memphis State University.

She is a member of the American
Society of Health Systems Pharma-
cists.

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The Minority Voice: September 16, 1999 - October 4,1999°

Faith & Inspiration

of Mrs. Beatrice Maye

To the editor -

Though Floyd was somewhat
sudden, devastating and cruel, caus-
ing lives, homes, communities,
businesses, farms and farmers in-
come destroyed, some schools and
churches destruction, with millions
or perhaps billions of dollars
needed to reconstruct or retrieve
them, teachers and students becom-

ing antsy, yet kindness and acts of

generosity have blossomed and
patience, one of the virtues, has
been tested. It has been an humbling

experience to see, read and hear of

people far and near who have
reached out to touch during this
catastrophic crisis. There are no
barriers. All the barriers are down.
It's just love. God has shown us that
He is the "great Equalizer". Many
have remarked, "God's giving us a
~ wake-up call". Are we listening?

Beatrice Maye
Greenville, NC

CONDUCTING A MEETING

There are 8 steps the chair can take
to move the meeting from

beginning to end T.
1. The chair presides
2. Call the meeting to order

3. Hear the minutes of the
previous meeting

4. Hear reports of officers, boards,
standing committees

5. Hear report of special commit
tees.

6. Hear announcements

. 7. Go on with the unfinished

business of the last meeting

8. Take up new business
end the meeting (adjourn)

There are 7 things that should be
included in the minutes:

1: The name of the group

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The kind of meeting (annual,
regular, etc.)

3. The place, date, and time of the
meeting

4. The name of the presiding
officer

5. Approval of the minutes of the
previous meeting

6. A list of the motions introud-
ced, their proposer, and what
finally happened - whether the
proposals passed or failed

7. The time of adjournment of the
meeting

From :
HOW TO RUN A MEETING,
by David Guy Powers

STOP BACTERIA: WASH
YOUR HANDS

From: " Cooperative Extension
Service. Handwashing is the num-
ber one ways to prevent the spread

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harmful bacteria. | Bacteria is
present everywhere and we can not
get rid of it but we can minimize its
harmful effect. Proper hand wash-
ing is the first step. Proper hand
washing should follow a few guide-
lines:

1. Always wash your hands after
using the restrooms, changing dia-
pers, after handling dirty liners,
before handling food, after sneezing
and after dressing a wound. Never
handle food with hands that have
cuts, bruises or sores on them.

2. Use hot water and plenty of soap.
Hands should be washed at least 20
seconds. You may need to check
your watch to see just how long 20
seconds will be.

3. Rinse with warm water and dry
them with a disposal towel. Use the
towel to turn off the faucet.
Remember. you used dirty hands to
turn it on.

Children need to be taught how to
properly wash their hands

and may need some supervision to
make sure they do it correctly.

The importance of hand washing
can not be over emphasized as a
means to cut down on the spread of
microorganisms which may be
harmful.

10 LESSON FOR LIVING

1. It is not easy for us to change.
But it is possible. And this capacity
is our glory as human beings.

2. The only way to assure being
loved is to be a person worthy of
love.

3. If you desire greater wisdom,
you can find it inside of you.

4. Integrity is never painless.

5. We are incapable of loving
another unless we love ourselves.

6. True listening is love in action.

7. It is through love that we elevate
ourselves, And it is through our
love for others that we assist others
to elevate themselves.

8. It is our sense of commitment
after the wedding that makes possi-
ble the transition from falling in
love to genuine love. And it is our
commitment after conception that
transforms us from biological into
psychological parents.

9. Learning from our children ts the
best opportunity we have to assure
ourselves of a meaningful old age.

10. The farther one travels along the
journey of life. the more joy and the
more pain one " experiences.
However, for all that is given up,
even more is gained.

11. Set deadlines and stick to
them.

12. As soon as you think of
something you need to do. do it.

13. Come up with a way to reward
yourself for completing something
you have put off.

14. Do a startup task. sometimes a
little action is all you need to
get started.

15. Team approach. If you can't
bring yourself to do something
alone, such as studying or exercis-
ing, find a friend to do it with you.

16. Give it five (or 10). Force
yourself to devote at least five
minutes to a task you've been
putting off. Seta timer if you must.

17. Inch by inch. Instead of taking
an "all or nothing" attitude, try

to break up a major project into
smaller tasks that are easier to
manage.(Remember: How do you
eat an elephant?) One bite at a
time).

18. Make a list comparing the
rewards you'll get from completing
a task with the benefits you get from
putting it off.

From: Kathy Sprau, a professional
speaker and trainer who leads
seminars in procrastination and
time management

GOOD THOUGHTS

|. It's the rubbing that brings out
the shine,

2. When you think you've done

your best. dig a little deeper.

3. Christians proclaim brotherly

love - love for your neighbor, peace
on earth and other notions, but

they often do not practice them.

4. Children need strength to lean
on, a shoulder to cry on, and an
example to learn from.

5. Every child has a right to be
both well-fed and well-led.

6. A pint of example is worth a
gallon of advice.

7. A good example is the best
sermon you can preach.

8. Satan hinders prayer, but prayer
hinders Satan.

9. "Kneeology" will do more for
the world than "theology".

10. God never tires of hearing us in
prayer.

11. If the church is ever to get on
its feet, it must get on its knees.

12. Courtesy is the quality that
keeps a woman smiling when a
departing guest stands at the open
door and lets the flies in.

13. Why are husbands and wives
more courteous to strangers than to
each other?

14. Be courteous to everybody. You
never know who might show up on
the jury.

ole

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS

Dr. ae Hawkins

Divine Healing

Note

A few Sundays ago, my scriptural
text. to the Congregation was,
oThe Five Miracle of the Cross ?;
namely, salvation, forgiveness,
grace, prosperity and healing.
This writing will deal expressly
with one of these miracles--divine
healing, as ordained hy our Lord
Jesus Christ and purposed in the
Work of God as direct proof that
divine healing is a reality and that
miracles can happen. Several
members in this church, through

faith and divine intervention, have

been healed of various infirmities
that medical science had diag-
nosed oterminal ?. This evidence
is an actuality that Tabernacle is
a supernatural ministry of healing
and deliverance in mind, body,
and soul.

There is a belief that since Jesus
performed miraculous cures, and

the Apostles in the Early Church
healed the sick by miracles. -
working power, Christians today
should be able to do the same.
The basis for this belief is found
in JOHN 14:12to the effect that
his disciples would be able to
accomplish the same mighty
works, and even oGreater works ?.
Those who have no faith in a
higher power are not tempted to
believe along this line, but those
who do believe in God and have
faith that He is able to do all
things. Are easily Convinced that
they should expect Him to heal
them.

We cannot deny the fact that the
Bible has much to say about
divine healing. God is represented
as a Great Physician who heals all
the diseases of His people (Psalm
103:3). The prophet Isaiah fore-

told at time when othe inhabitant
shall not say. | am sick o(Isaiah
33:24). He also prophesied that all
the blind eves would be opened.
and All the deaf ears unstopped.
He also promised that the lame
would leap and the dumb sing
(Isaiah 35:5)

The Apostle John. describing the
meaning of the vision given to
him by Christ on the Isle of
Patmos. said that a time was
coming when there would be no
more pain nor death. and sorrow
and = sighing ~=would " and
(Revelation 21:4). Because of this
established purpose of God,
through Christ. as se find it in the
Bible. no true believer in the
Scriptures will deny that divine
healing is a part of the Christian
program for the sin-cured and
dying race. The Apostles Peter.

who practiced divine healing
came across a lame man who sat
oat the Beautiful gate of the
temple oAsking for alms (Acts 3:1
-16). This man had been lame
from the time of his birth; but
when Peter gave the work of
Authority, he was restored to
soundness of limb. When the
people asked by what authority-
and power this man had been
healed, Peter explained that it was
through Jesus of Nazareth, when
they had crucified . But Peter did
not stop with this answer to their
question. Instead, he explained
that after Jesus Christ returned,
there would be otimes of restora-
tion of all things T. He also
explained that it had been foretold
by the mouth of all God Ts holy
prophets since the world began
(Acts 3:19 -23)

If Christians today are to prac-
ticed divine healing because
Jesus and the Apostles did, then
it should be possible by faith to
call forth divine healing. If the
Leader of the church is to be a
covering for his people and an
example to the Believer, he
should be able to put into
practices anything that the Bible
teaches; however, the Holy
Spirit is the only enabling power
by which it can be done. It is the
avenue by which all spiritual
enlightenment omes.

Zechariah 4:6 reads, oNot by
might, nor by power, but by my
Spitit saith th e Lord of hosts ?.

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Pitt County |
= Schools October 4, 1999
Dear Parents of Pitt County Schools: |

As we reopen our schools, we understand that many
things have changed since our last day of school on
September 15. The devastation experienced by Pitt
County and our neighboring counties is unprecedented
and something that will take a great deal of time from
which to recover.

Many students, teachers, and staff members are without
homes, food, and clothing. We want to keep this
uppermost in our minds as we attempt to bring some
degree of normalcy back to our school operation.
Having missed thirteen student days, we are all anxious
to return to the regular academic schedule, but we want
to make sure that we do this in a way that reflects a
sensitivity to the personal losses of those around us and
an understanding that patience and flexibility will be
required. Counseling teams will be made available at
each school for those who are in need of these services.

A revised school calendar will be considered the Board
of Education on October 4. We are pleased that we have
been able to protect the Winter and Spring breaks thus
far and build a calendar that still provides 180 student
days. To accomplish this, most of the previously
scheduled teacher workdays and staff development days
are being converted to student days. Unfortunately, if we
lose additional days due to inclement weather, our
make-up opportunities will be very limited. Once
approved the calendar will be printed and copies made
available through your child Ts school.

Although some of the school structures did experience
leaks and minor roof damage and a few others had
standing water for a brief time, we are fortunate that the
schools are generally in good shape for the reopening.
We expect few facility problems.

Bus routes will be altered based upon the conditions of
the roads and the ability to provide safe travel. Some
roads and bridges have been washed out or may have
been identified as unsafe by the Department of
Transportation. New stops and new routes will be
developed accordingly.

Students who have had to relocate as a result of the
flooding are being asked to return to their home school,
of possible. If this is not possible, these students should
attend the school in the attendance district where they
are now living. We will work cooperatively with those
who have lost textbooks and school supplies.

We do anticipate a dramatic shift in student populations
because so many families who have lost their homes have
either found temporary housing in other parts of the
county, have moved out of the county, or are now living
with relatives. Likewise, students displaced from other
counties may now be in Pitt County. We will work with
these students and their families as best we can. This may
mean that classrooms are extremely large in some
schools and small in others. It may mean that we have to
temporarily create classrooms in media centers,
mnasiums, or in computer labs. We will do the very

est that we can to meet the needs of all our students
recognizing it may take several months for enrollments
to settle. We ask for your patience and understanding as
we work through this unusual time together.

We look forward to reopening school and working with
you to ensure a successful academic school year for
students.

Thank you for your continued support.

Ne L. doer

Howard Sosne
Superintendent

Pitt County Public Schools

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Cops miffed after changes resulting from
Louima police torture case; lawsuit filed

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NEW YORK - Officer Inger Barron said she Ts still coming to
grips with being transferred to the 70th Precinct in Brooklyn sole-
ly on the basis of her skin color.

oWhen I entered the police department I thought the color
barrier had been torn down, ? she said. oBut in reality it Ts only
become worse. ?

Barron is one of 22 minority officers " 16 Blacks and six Lati-
nos " who have filed a federal lawsuit questioning the police de-
partment Ts right to transfer officers solely on the basis of race.
Following the police torture of Haitian immigrant Abner Louima
in August 1997, Police Commissioner Howard Safir did just
that.Safir transferred 28 Black and Latino officers to the 70th
Precinct, which at that time was 74 percent White in a mostly mi-
nority community.

oI believe it Ts very important that all of our precincts reflect the
communities they serve, ? Safir said at that time.

Some of the officers who were transferred decided to sue the
city. This week, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin said in
a pre-trial ruling that a jury can decide whether the police depart-
ment acted properly when it resorted to the race-based transfers.

The judge also said the city bears the burden of proving at trial
that the operational needs of law enforcement can constitute a
compelling enough state interest to permit such transfers. No trial
date has been set.

Linda Cronin, a lawyer for the police union, the Patrolmen Ts
Benevolent Association, said the plaintiffs in the case believe the
transfers have stalled their police careers. The inroads and con-

tacts they made at their former precincts were lost in the transfers.
Gone were the chances for promotion or being assigned to a pres-
tigious detail, Cronin said.

oThey had to start all over again, they were in the bottom of the
barrel, ? she said. The transfers have been hard for the plaintiffs,
some said at a news conference. }

Officer Marva Gardner said the community looks upon the
precinct officers with disdain because of the Louima incident.

_ oWe didn Tt do anything wrong, and we're taking the blame for
it. ? Gardner said. oThe department should have asked for volun-
teers to come here. ?

Officer Gary Johnson lives near the precinct Ts boundaries.
While off-duty, sometimes he would see perpetrators he had ar-
rested." This puts myself and my family at great risk, ? Johnson
said.Of the 28 officers transferred to the 70th Precinct, two were
promoted to the rank of sergeant and transferred, said attorney
Joan Cresap. Three others were granted transfers, she said. :

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oAfrican Family: Foundation of Our Struggle

By CONRAD WORRILL -

The crisis of the African American fam-
ily continues to be a major issue that we
must address.

Several years ago Newsweek Magazine
featured a comprehensive examination of
African family life in America focusing in
on oA World Without Fathers "The
Struggle To Save The Black Family. ?

This beautifully packaged series of ar-
ticles on the African family in America
contained important data and trends we
should all be aware of. These articles fell
into the category of people outside of our
community addressing an issue we should
be addressing ourselves.

Since the early 1900s, Black and white
scholars have written much on the African
family. When one examines the card cata-
logue of any library in America they will
find volumes of books, articles and news-
paper clippings discussing some aspect of
African family life. So we can add
Newsweek's feature to the list. Most of this
research, over the years, has been aimed at
the African family in America. What we
need in the African community in America
is a framework to examine and solve the
problems of Black family life on our own
terms.

The capturing of African people, who
were placed in chattel slavery in North
America, has left some devastating scares

_ on the most basic unit or any group "the
family.

There is no question that the family has
been that unit that provides the basic foun-
dation for any group of people to survive

and develop.

Families constitute grandmothers,
grandfathers, mothers, fathers, brothers,
sisters, uncles, aunts and in-laws: Some-
times families extend beyond blood rela-
tives to those persons we bring into our
families for whatever reason.

Families function in the context of their
racial and ethic identity. This identity is
shaped by the historical and external forces
of a given society.

Although the problems of the African
family in America appear to be very com-
plex on the one hand, on the other, the
problem is very simple.

First of all, African people who were
captured and introduced into the western
hemisphere as property and commodities
were removed from their land and institu-
tional arrangements of African life.

Second, this process of white takeover
of African life, through the most brutal
form of oppression -the slave trade and the
eventual enslavement of African people
on the plantations of North America, has
been a back breaking experience for our
people.

Even through our survival techniques
have been superior, in the face of brutal
psychological and physical violence against
us, we are now al the crossroads.

We face the challenge of preserving
some of the traditions of the Black family,
developed by our ancestors, who fought so
hard against racism and white supremacy
in this country.

This must be done, in part, through the
rising and growing African Centered Edu-
cation Movement. As renown thinker Dr.

Crucial Hour in the Battle for
the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal

By CARL DIX

Imagine a case in which a person isn't
allowed to represent himself ... witnesses
are threatened or even arrested on the
stand ...aman charged with killing a cop is
tried by a judge who is a lifetime member of
the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) ..
[the ] appeal is heard and denied by acourt
where five out of [the] seven judges have
either received campaign contributions or
campaign endorsements from the FOP ...
[and] a oconfession ? was manufactured. |
don't have to imagine such a case. It Ts
mine.

Mumia Abu-Jamal in Source magazine,
February 1999.

Nineteen Ninety-nine is a crucial year
of decision in the fight to stop the execution
of Mumia Abu-Jamal. And Mumia Aware-
ness Week, Sept. 19-25, is a pivotal hour of
outreach and activity, to culminate in
marches and rallies in dozens of cities on
Sept. 25.

Last year, the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court unanimously rejected Mumia Ts ap-
peal of an unjust conviction. Before the end
of October, his lawyers will file his appeal
in federal courts. This filing will initiate
the crucial and ofinal ? rounds of the legal
battle.

To be blunt, unless there is tremendous
political pressure brought on the power
structure, Mumia will be killed within the
next few years. It is urgent that we send up
a roar that will rattle the cowardly hearts of
the powers-that-be with our message: We
will not let you kill Mumia. We weren't
able to stop the assassination of Malcolm X
or Fred Hampton. But we can and must do
everything to stop the government from its
legal assassination of Mumia.

Mumia ts the only political prisoner on
death row. He's been there since 1982. His
railroading typifies how the U.S. govern:
ment deals with political opponents "es-
pecially revolutionaries who connect with
those on the bottom of society.

On Dec. 9, 1981, Mumia was driving his
cab on a downtown Philadelnhia street He

saw acop beating his brother, and he rushed
to the scene. When the smoke cleared,
Mumia was shot in the chest. Nearby, Phila-
delphia cop Dantel Faulkner lay dying from
bullet wounds. Mumia was charged with
Faulkner's death. The prosecution sup-
pressed evidence, removed 11 qualified
African Americans from the jury, threat-
ened and bribed witnesses, and used
Mumia Ts history in the Black Panthers to
argue for the death sentence.

As a teenager in Philadelphia, Mumia
was the Minister of Information of the Black
Panther Party. Later, as a radio journalist
he was known as the ovoice of the voice-
less. ? He supported the MOVE organiza-
tion and exposed the racism and police
brutality against these black revolutionar-
ies and others. At age 26, he was elected
chair of the Philadelphia chapter of the
National Association of Black Journalists.

But for the past 18 years Mumia has
been on death row "locked in a cell 23
hours a day. His mail, including confiden-
tial correspondence with his lawyer, has
been opened and copied by prison authori-
ties. He was put into punitive detention for
writing his book, Live From Death Row.
His commentaries have been censored on
the radio. As Mumia putit, oThey don Ttjust
want my death, they want my silence. ?

In 1995, a worldwide campaign stopped
Mumia Ts execution just 10 days before the
government tried to put this brother to death.
But the authorities have continued to esca-
late threats on Mumia Ts life, intensifying in
recent months. To stop his execution now
will take a diverse and determined struggle
many times more powerful.

The battle for Mumia Ts life has grown
by leaps and bounds, which 1s very positive
and heartening. Our struggle has held up
the executioner Ts hand. but it Ts not yet
strong enough to stop it from coming back
down. Recent attacks on Mumia and his
supporters make it clear that the death threat
sull hangs over him,

November 2, 1999

Rose Glover

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How do we stop
police brutality? |

Rodney King, Terrence Johnson and thousands of others. These names are familiar to
those who shudder each time another Black person falls victim to police brutality. But
the scandal being unveiled this week in Los Angeles-called the worst in 60 years "has
even the hard core citizens reeling in disbelief.

According to the Associated Press a cop who pleaded guilty Sept. 8 to stealing $1
million worth of cocaine, has been cooperating with investigators under terms of a plea
bargain.

So far, investigators say, the former undercover narcotics officer has told of
handcuffing and shooting a man, planting evidence, lying in court, and witnessing still
other police abuses during a raid in which one person was shot to death and another
paralyzed for life.

But what is so scary about the L.A. scandal is that everyone knows that police
brutality is rampart throughout the United States and nothing is really being done about
it.

The Human Rights Watch says that:

Police brutality is one of the most serious, enduring, and divisive human rights
violations in the United States. The problem is nationwide, and its nature is
institutionalized.

oPolice officers engage in unjustified shootings, severe beatings, fatal chokings, and
unnecessarily rough physical treatment in cities throughout the United States, while their
police superiors, city officials, and the Justice Department fail to act decisively to
restrain or penalize such acts or even to record the full magnitude of the problem. ?

They also say that oHabitually brutal officers " usually a small percentage of officers
on a force " may be the subject of repeated complaints but are usually protected by their
fellow officers and by the shoddiness of internal police investigations. ?

In Los Angeles, the details now being revealed happened in an 8-square-mile
neighborhood containing one of the city Ts largest immigrant communities. It has been
called the worst scandal since the 1930s, a time when the LAPD was notorious for
cormuption and T renegade officers were known to sometimes bomb the homes of people
who stood up to them, AP reported.

We believe that the first step to take in stopping police brutality is to make all decent
officers aware that they are just as guilty when they allow their fellow officer to commit
these kinds of crimes. Every single officer in this L.A. police district where the brutality
took place should be disciplined for not revealing what was happening. Every
commander, captain, lieutenant should be demoted. Only when each and every police
officer becomes his brother Ts keeper can we stop the police brutality in this country. |

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AIDS; one in 160 Black women has the
virus. In 1998, the ional Black
Caucus requested that the federal gov-
ernment declare a national state of health
emergency because of HIV/AIDS in
Black communities.

oPerhaps one of the many reasons
for the alarming AIDS profile of Black
Americans is that Black churches have
been slow to take leadership in
attempting to curtail the epidemic, ?
says Pernessa C. Seele, founder/CEO
of the Balm In Gilead.

BET partners with
Internet giants

In a deal believed to represent
the largest investment in an
African American Internet ven-
ture, BET Holdings Chairman and
CEO Robert Johnson says his ca-
ble and publishing empire will
partner with four of the nation Ts
largest media and technology
conglomerates to create
BET.com, a new Internet portal
that will become the leading on-
line destination for African Amer-
icans. The emergence of BET.com
marks the most significant eco-
nomic foothold in the Internet
Space by an African American-
fpwned company.

_ BET Holdings, along with Mi-
crosoft Corporation, Liberty Digi-
tal, LLC, News Corporation, Inc.,
_ and USA Networks, Inc., will fund
the joint venture with an initial
cash investment of $35 million. In
addition, the partners will provide
millions of dollars of in-kind con-
tributions for marketing and pro-
motion. BET will have majority
ownership and control of the ven-
lure.

- BET.com will be designed to ap-
peal to African Americans of all
ages and walks of life. The site
will offer a broad array of content,
covering topics relevant to African
Americans in channels such as
news, entertainment, sports, edu-
cation, health, family, history, fi-
hance, careers, technology and
travel.

Coast Guard Academy
nationwide competition

The United States Coast Guard
Academy is now accepting and pro-
cessing applications to the Class of
2004. Appointments are tendered
on the basis of an annual nation-
wide competition with no congres-
sional nominations or geographical
quotas. Applications must be sub-
mitted to the director of admissions
prior to Dec. 15. Candidates must
arrange to participate in either the
SATI or ACT prior to or including
the December 1999 admission.

_ Appointments are based on the
candidate Ts high school record, per-
formance on either the SATI or
ACT, and leadership potential as
demonstrated by participation in
high school activities, community
service and part-time employment.
Most successful candidates rank in
the top quarter of their high school
class and have demonstrated profi-
ciency in both mathematical and
applied science.

. Candidates must be unmarried at
the time of the appointment, have
no legal obligations, and must have
reached the age of 17 but not 23 by
July 1, 2000. Candidates must be
assured of high school graduation
by June 30, 2000.

. For more information, call (800)
883-8724.

Thompson releases
report on TVA dispute

U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN)
has released the results of a General
Accounting Office (GAO) investiga-
tion he requested into the dispute be-
tween the Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA) Board of Directors and the
TVA Inspector General (IG).

In its report to Thompson, the
GAO concluded that oThe (TVA)
chairman Ts actions could be viewed
as an attempt to undermine the inde-
pendence of the IG. ? We found no
evidence of TVA credit card misuse
by the IG for the period we analyzed
in depth... On the issue of whether
the expenditures were in accord with

licable TVA policy, we deter-
mined that all of the questioned
charges " including charges for ho-
tels, restaurants, golf, and liquor "
had been incurred as a result of activ-
ities undertaken at (TVA) Director
Hayes T direction and conformed to

A policies. ?

BellSouth adds

online auction

BellSouth and uBid.com, a lead-
ing online auction and e-commerce
site, recently announced T an agree-
ment making uBid.com the premiere
provider of online auctions on Bell-
South xmeret Portal, BellSouth®
B www.bellsouthbuzz.com).

In association with the agreement,
BellSouth Buzz has launched a new
auction channel for its users, who

The Minority Voice: September 16,1999 - October 4,1999

Ford announces

anti-crime grant

Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. (D-
TN) announced Monday that the U.S.
De of Justice has awarded a
$125,000 oWeed and Seed ? grant to

the City of Memphis for prevention F

and law enforcement programs.

The grants is funded through the
U.S. Justice Department oWeed and
Seed ? initiative which provides re-
sources to local law enforcement to

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International Corporation (NYSE:EIN) "_ damages wrought by Hurricane Floyd,
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acre site on Mud Island. This project people dead, thousands of homes and
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Park. This site is located just north of the
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harbor from the Pyramid arena.

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By Ty Down

It Ts 8:45 in the morning and I'm
looking in the mirror. I've taken
my shower and | look good and
healthy. | am feeling good today.
I am putting on my lucky tie, that
in the past has brought me good
luck and that's what | need, that
and a job. Today is the day (unlike
the past few days) in which I will
find a job. I sit down to look at
the morning paper that has al-
ready been read by my roommate
who is now gone to work. As I've
done everyday this week. | look
for the help wanted ads in the
classified section. While doing so
| see a very big full page
advertisement for a fitness club
looking for new members to join.
This would be a great club to join
it seems, but I can barely pay my
rent, let alone membership dues
for a Fitness Center. The pictures
of very healthy looking women in
workout clothing (meaning ; not
hardly any clothing) keep my
attention focused to the page that
reads, olet us help you maintain
these everyday fitness goals ? |
take my eyes away from the
photos and read on for oFree hints
to a healthier lifestyle. ? Maybe,
since this is my lucky day I'll find
a job soon, and will be able to join
this club. Lets see what it says and
what I'll say to this after | get my
job today. on my lucky day.

The ad reads as follows: 9 Steps

1. For 3-5 days a week, for at least
20-30 minutes a day, do an
aerobic activity such as walking.
I Tve been walking for at least 3
hours everyday up and down this

town trying to find a job, and
while | haven't " specifically
checked my heat rate | know it
has been beating faster than it
does when I Tm just sitting on my
couch without a job doing noth-

ing.

2. Flex and Stretch everyday!
After walking all day I like to
come home stretch my legs and
my tired back and neck and be as
flexible as | can.

3. Use resistance training 2-3 days
a week. Well, with all the compa-
nies and employers resisting to
hire me for a job I think | can
Safely say I Tve been getting my
resistance training in everyday.

4. Eat foods cooked as close to
their natural state as possible.
Everyday, after my resistance
training and walking the last thing
1 want to do is fry some food

while I Tm starving and waiting to
eat. It Ts straight out of the car for
me, guys, and who can afford

Ty Down

some gourmet dinner with no job
anyway?

5. Take the Stairs and park your
car far away in the Parking lot at
work so you can incorporate
workouts in your everyday life.
Well, there are no elevators or
cars in my everyday life , so until
I can incorporate a corporation or
company hire me for a job. I'll be
exercising my walking legs all
day.

6. Get a regular sleep pattern of
6-7 hours a night. By the time |
get home from job searching all
day and | eat something, I Tm so
tired that sleep is never a problem.
Some mornings, in fact I think |
may even be sleep walking, still
tired from the day before but |
now I have got to get up ,and like
a zombie, | do.

7. Allow time for fun activities.
As | stated before in Step 2, I go
hiking daily, and | get a massage
everyday too. Hiking the streets
for employment isn Tt as much fun
as hiking on a trip to the
mountains, but I Tve got a moun-
tain of bills piling up on me , so
it Ts what I must do. I Tm sure
getting a massage from someone
else would be more fun than
doing it myself, too, but I can Tt
afford it, and neither can my tired
neck and back!

8. Drink more water and _ less
caffeine. As hot as it gets waiting
for the bus and walking, excuse
me ohiking ? around the streets all
day, you can believe I Tm stopping
at every water fountain and every
convenience store | see to fill up
on some water. My body would
love to drink coffee or soda and

get some more caffeine for en-
ergy, but my wallet always says
ono ?. | do believe about 2 quarts
of water a day, sometimes taking
the place of complete meals I Tm
missing, is more than enough
liquid.

9. Plan ahead. Put exercise on
your calendar and make it a part
of your daily lifestyle. This is how
the advertisement ends and this is
where my new outlook on life
begins.

| had no idea I was so healthy
already. | didn't know I was
following the 9 steps to a healthier
lifestyle with no job and no
money. | knew I worked healthy
today. | also know my lucky tie
would work for me. Now lets just
hope I can use my totally healthy
hiking workout experience to
work and find some real work
while doing my future resistance
training. Once again this morning,
upon leaving | think I Tll take the
stairs on the way out.

Lengthy Terms
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in 7-Year-Old

_ Boy Ts Death

_ Three gang members who ac-
cidentally killed a seven-year-old
boy and wounded his 10-month-old
brother during an assault rifle at-
tack in an Inglewood park were
sentenced last week to long prison
terms. a7}

Superior Court Judge James
Brandlin sentenced Charles Baker

to 26 years to life for the Dec. 8, -

1997, murder of Evan Foster.

The judge gave Kevin Bookman
and Ollie Wilkins 21 years to life
apiece after an emotional two-hour
herving, in which members of the
dead child Ts family addressed the
defendants.

Deputy District Attorney
Valerie Rose-Cole contended that
Wilkins, 20, armed like Baker, 23,
but that the gun jammed when he
tried to fire it after jumping out of
a car driven by Bookman, 22.

All three pleaded guilty in July
to one count of second-degree mur-
der and three counts of attempted
murder.

Baker also admitted using a fire-
arm to commit the crime. The other
two defendants admitted to allega-
tions that they participated in a
crime that involved the use of a
firearm.

Evan Ts mother was signing
him up for basketball at Darby
Park, near the Great Western
Forum, when he was struck by a
bullet meant for an Inglewood
man in ared car, Rose-Cole said.
The man was not a gang member,
she said.

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Project RAFT is looking for individuals,apartment

Relief owners, and organizations who are in need of their
After homes and facilities cleaned out

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The Minority Voice: September 16,1999 - October 4,1999

With many of our facilities flooded, the only way to access them
is by helicopter or boat. Top photo, left, Water Resources Eng T-
neering Coordinator Howard Corey is shown directing an airlift
of critical supplies and equipment to our Hooded sites. Middle
photo, left, is the Water Treatment Plant, which is located on Old
River Road just west of the Pitt Greenville-Airport. Our employ-
ees have worked around the clock, sandbagging critical equip-
ment at various sites. The photo at bottom left shows sandbags
around the generator at the Water Treatment Plant. Top right,
GUC's 230 kV substation where our entire power supply 's
delivered. The substation is now under approximately 9 feet of
water, but continues to provide power to our customers. Lower
right, our Operations Center on Mumford Road. The Operations
Center was home to Engineering, the Control Center, Ware-
house, Garage, Metering Resources, and the Transformer
Shop.

YOUR SUPPORT KEEPS US GOING!

e can Tt thank you enough for

your words of encouragement

during this crisis. It has made
all the difference as we fight the battle to
keep electric, water/sewer and natural gas
service going. It has been " and contin-
ues to be " a challenge that has tested us
to the limits. :

We hope these photographs give you
some idea of what we are contending with.
It Ts not easy. Our employees are working
long and hard, in difficult conditions.

Sometimes against all odds. But through ingenu-
ity, faith and a heroic team effort, we have made
it work, so far.

The support from the community has been over-
whelming. We can Tt tell you how much it means
to us.

We pledge to do everything humanly possible to
continue to provide you with electric, water/sewer
and natural gas services. Again, we are grateful
to you for your understanding and support.

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