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Serving Eastern North Carolina Since 1981

Wherever you see a successful business, someone has made a courageous decision -PETER DRUCKER

October 22 - October 29, 1999

Taunting revenge ? Where is the Money!

If a one-year term in the U.S.
Senate and a high criticized visit
to a former Nigerian dictator
wasn Tt enough, now former U.S.
senator Carol Moseley-Braun is
facing an irate Southern senator
who wants to prevent her selec-
tion as U.S. Ambassador to New
Zealand, all because she calléd
him a racist after he taunted her
by whistling Dixie T.
She once called him a racist, T
and some say it was because he
continued to taunt her be whis-
tling Dixie T each and every time
she was near her.
Now after losing a second term
in the U.S. Senate and being
highly criticized for visiting a
former dictator in Nigeria while
she was in office, the nation Ts first
Black female elected to the U.S.
Senate is being faced with yet
another hill to climb.
Sen. Jesse Helms, whose
opposition has sunk both treaties
and nominations, took aim again

at former colleague Carol
Moseley-Braun Ts bid to be ambas-
sador to New Zealand.

An Illinois Democrat who was
the nation Ts first Black female
senator, Moseley-Braun comes to
the Senate for confirmation under
oan ethical cloud, ? asserted
Helms, R-N-C., chairman of the

Rev, Jack

Foreign Relations Committee.
Helms clashed with Moseley-
Braun during her one term in
Congress, most memorably on
the Senate floor over use of the
Confederate Flag. She later
accused Helms of taunting her in
an elevator by singing oDixie ?.

The conservative, combative
committee chairman suggested his
panel would scrutinize allegations
raised in Moseley-Braun Ts 1998
re-election campaign, including
never-proved ones that she used
1993 campaign funds to pay for
personal luxuries.

Democrats suggested Helms was
giving Moseley-Braun a hard time
to settle an old score.

oI hope he won't do that. ?
President Clinton told reporters.
Clinton called it yet another sign
of oa new isolationism in this
country, that we don Tt really care
whether we have ambassadors in
some of these places ?.

The president made similar oisaja-

tionism ? accusations last week
when the Senate turned down a
nuclear test ban treaty that he had
championed. That Senate action
drew condemnation from around
the world. by refusing to hold
hearings for two years. He also
torpedoed the 1997 nomination
of former Massachusetts Gov.

William Weld to be ambassador
to Mexico by refusing to hold
hearings.

This time, Helms announced in a
statement that he would hold
hearings on Moseley-Braun to
oexamine serious charges of ethi-
cal misconduct in her past. ?
oCharges of ethical lapses led the
voters of Illinois to determine she
was not fit to represent them in
the U.S. Senate, ? Helms said.

oIf it turns out in the course of
those hearings that all these
reports are false, the committee
will consider her nomination, ?
Helms said. Clinton had an-
nounced the nomination on Oct.8.
Helms also cited oreports in the
New Zealand press ? suggesting
that the government of New
Zealand was concerned and had
oappealed to the Senate to exam-
ine her record. ?

New Zealand officials denied
that was the case. oThe New
Zealand government has certainly

never asked for any sort of probe
at all, ? said James Funnell,
spokesman for the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade. ° Her--
- Ms. Moseley-Braun Ts --- name
was put forward and we agreed to
it. Full stop. That's it. ?

"Get out and Vote,

-get out and vote.

Cast Your Ballot, from the "M" Voice vintage photo files pictured is the Rev. Jesse Jackson busy on his
campaign trail when he ran for President. Rev Jackson is shown addressing the citizens of Greenville
where he encouraged more minority voter registration as well as addressing other important issues of the
time. We at The Minority Voice Newspaper WOOW Joy 1340 & WTOW 1320 encourages everyone to

The KKK is coming to town. Their
rally, which is scheduled for Oct. 23
outside 60 Centre St. in Manhattan,
is in honor of oWhite Pride Month, ?
a Klan-designated celebration.
Many Black leaders, who maintain
that the KKK has the constitutional
right to march, are actively de-
houncing the group, Mayor Rudolf
Giuliani, who claims to oppose the
Klan and the rally, has taken official
action to block the Klan Ts permit.

_ oI want to see if the Giuliani
administration, which falsely called
the Million Youth March a hate
march, will now, in fact, fight
against a real racist hate march, ?
said Rev. Sharpton, who acknowl-
edged the Klan Ts right to march
under the law. oLet us see if
{Giuliani is] consistent with {his}
handling of this situation, ? he
added.

The purpose of the rally, according
to Gr and. Dragon James Sheely of
Walden, N.Y., is to oexercise our
First Amendment constitutional
sright to free speech, as well as to
ocelebrate White Pride Month. ?
*Sheely said participants of the 2
ip 1m, rally will be wearing robes and

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°

*

hoods. oWe have not found any
documented evidence that the Klan
has ever held a rally in New York
City, so we thought it was time to
make history, said the 48-year-old
Sheely. Lt. Eric Adams, chairman of
100 Blacks in Law Enforcement.
said it Ts telling that the Klan has
chosen the Big Apple over thou-
sands of other cities across the
country to celebrate its annual
White Pride Month.

oAn organization that has histori-
cally limilted itself to the southern
region of our country is now
comfortable selling its philosophy
in a new city during this administra-
tion, T said Adams.

He said his organization will
request that the Police Department
allow Black and Jewish cops to be
assigned to the rally. oIn this way
we will make a very clear statement.
Although we strongly disagree with
the Klan Ts philosophy, we do agree
with constitutional safeguards, ?
Adams declared, Norman Siegel,
who heads the Civil Liberties
Union, said he is confident the rally
will proceed as planned because the
reason given by the Giuliani ad-

i]

K.K, Plans March in NYC

ministration for denying a permit
will not stand up in court. oI think
the reason the city gave was
pretextual, and will be defeated, ? he
added.

However, should the Klan win the
court battle, it may face some
interruption on the day of the event.
An advocacy group, the Partisan
Defense Committee, announced its
opposition to the rally and called for
a mass labor-centered mobilization
to stop the Klan. Reacting to the
support Sharpton and other Black
leaders have given to the Klan

to stage a oracist provocation, ? Ed
Kartsen, who chairs the committee,
issued the following written state-
ment:

oOnly in a city where the working,

people and minorities have grown
accustomed to the abrogation of
their basic democratic rights by
high-handed Mayor Giuliani could
you have the grotesque spectacle of
Black and gay leaders as well as
civil rights groups defending the
Klan Ts_ right to march as a civil
liberties issue, ? Kartsen declared.

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Where is the Money },

Council at large Chuck Autry.

is the question that was ask at Wednesday's press held at WOOW. Greenville's
residents wanted to know when will they receive the money that had been promised so they may begin
rebuilding their lives. On hand to ask and ansewer some of these questions were (from L to R) Pastor
Charles Covil Pitt County NAACP branch Vice- Preisdent Calvin Henderson City Council member
Rufus Huggins Pastor James Corbett County Manger Tom Robinson City Manger Ron Kimble And

Photo by Faith May

Greenville.

Naomi Parker a retired employee of ARC was present at the press-conference held at WOOW October
27.1999. Sister Parker is concerned about her community. family and friends. Along with many others
sister Parker has lost her home and is currently residing w ith her son. She is a Meadowbrook Community
Leader and was on hand to find out what will be done to to help the citizens from the North side of

Photo by Steve Johnson

By Faith May

A press conference was held at
WOOW radio Station,
Wednesday, October 27, 1999 at
10:00 a.m. Present at the confer-
ence was city and county officials,
local pastors and concerned citi-
zens. Speaking on behalf of the

county was Commissioner Jeff

Savage and County Manager,
Tom Robinson. Speaking cn
behalf of the city, City Manager
Ron Kimble. Council Member
at-large Chuck Autry and Council
member Rufus Huggins.Other
city leaders included NAACP
Vice President, Calvin
Henderson, Law enforcement,
Dallas B. Lanier. From the
George Garrett Center. Rose
Glover. Weed & Seed
Chairperson. Rose " Glover.
Westbrook Community Leader,
Naomi Parker. Local pastors pre-

sent were Pastor James Corbitt,

Pastor Randy Royal. Pastor
Charles Covil. Pastor Mary
Phillips. Pastor A.C. Batchelor

and Pastor Jack Richardson.
Media present was WITN,WNCT,
and WCTI.

Some of the issues discussed
were:

I. The devastation of
Meadowbrook. Shady Knolls
MHP and other area on the North
side of Greenville.

2. Funds to help rebuild churches
and homes destroyed by the flood.

3. Funds available for Hurricane
Floyd Victims and disbursement
procedures.

The first step for assistance is to
call FEMA for help. 1-800-462-

9069. Also business owners were

Pitt Social Services Offers

Pitt Social Services Offers Relief
Funds Pitt County Relief Fund
Begins Disbursement October 26,
1999 - Greenville, N.C. - The Pitt
County Department of Social
Services will begin taking applica-
tions for the Pitt County Disaster
Relief Fund on October 27, 1999.
Over $70000 in donations were
collected by the Pitt County
Financial Services Department, and
will be awarded to residents based
on family need with a maximum
award of $400 per family. To
quality, applicants must be residents
of Pitt County and must have

suffered damage or loss from
hurricane related flooding. A man-
agement team composed of County
residents will screen the applica-
tions for these eligibility require-
ments. Applications will be
accepted from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, in the
Social Services Building until the
flinds are exhausted. Families who
have received assistance from other
relief organizations may _ still
quality for Pitt County " funds.
Applications will be taken on a fust
come, first served basis.

encouraged to fill out an applica-
tion for a loan. If you believe that
you will not qualify, fill out the
application anyway. When your
application is processed if your
business was destroyed by a
natural disaster you may automati-
cally be put in the ogrant ?
category.

There is a buy-out program
offered through FEMA. If you
had 50% or
more of a building destroyed you
may be paid the market value of
the structure. For buy-out applica-
tions call 329-4466.

We were all encouraged to take
advantage. of the help that is
available. To lift each other up
emotionally. We were reminded
to check on neighbors and
friends, so that we may get
through this ordeal victoriously,
one day at a time.

Relief Funds

Social Services Begins
Applications for LIEAP

Social Services will also begin
taking applications for the Low

Income Energy Assistance Program

(LIEAP) from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
on the following dates: November
Et, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Sth, 8th, 9th,
10th, 12th, and 13th The program
awards a one time payment to low
income families who need assis-
tance with heating related costs, and
are not related to flood relief efforts,
LIEAP benefits are issued in
February of 2000, |

_ Throughout our history on these hostile shores,
Africans in America have had a tradition of
aE convening conventions, conferences and-sym-
posia to assess the state of the race and discuss/
debate strategy and tactics for moving the Black
_ Freedom Struggle forward. This tradition was
opicked up and carried forth by scholars and
Ps ~- activists in the latter half of the 20 ? century
~ through the convening of a number of important

a gatherings. From the Black Power Conferences
of 1967 and 1968, to the historic National Black Political Conven-
tion in 1972, the founding conventions of the National Black
Independent Party and the National Black United Front in 1980, to
the State of the Race Conferences in 1994 and 1997 and the Black
Radical Congress in 1998, this tradition has been kept alive. One of
the most important gatherings of the latter half of the 20 ? century in
this regard was the Congress of African People convened in Atlanta
in 1970.

The decade of the 60s witnessed convulsive changes in black
America as the civil rights revolt shook apartheid to its foundations
in the South and the passage of various civil rights laws appeared to
erase the status of blacks as second class citizens in this country. By
the mid-60s, however, the goal of integration as articulated by the
mainline civil rights organizations came under attack as Black
Power, black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism burst onto the scene
and gained prominence within the black community. Black Power
advocates unleashed excruciating critiques against the traditional
civil rights leaders, often labeling them ohandkerchief heads ? and
ouncle Toms. ? The civil rights leaders fired back that the young
militants were reckless and irresponsible adventurers whose actions
threatened to destroy the progress that blacks had made towards
integrating into American society.

It was against this backdrop of acrimony, tension/conflict be-
tween various ideological tendencies that poet-playwright-political
activist Imamu Amiri Baraka, chairman of the Committee for a
Unified Newark, worked tirelessly to convene a Congress of African
People. This initiative was notable for the effort to include black
scholars, activists and leaders from across the political spectrum,
from the Nation of Islam to the National Urban League. In addition,
in the spirit of Pan-Africanism, there was a concerted effort to reach
out to African people from the continent and all parts of the
Diaspora. Indeed one of the highlights of the Congress was the
participation of a delegation of aborigines from Australia.

My recollection is that more than 3,000 people from around the
U.S. and the Pan- African world participated in this great gathering.
As if yearning for a truce in the ideological shoot outs between Black
Power advocates and the traditional civil rights leaders, the partici-
pates listened enthusiastically to a range of speakers from Whitney
Young of the National Urban League, Owusu Saduakai of Malcolm
X Liberation University to Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation
of Islam. The Congress was a splendid display of ounity without
uniformity ? as Baraka described it, a glimpse of the possibilities of
a ounited front ? formation to address the multifaceted issues and
concerns of the Black Nation. It was an exhilarating experience. As
an outgrowth of the Congress of African People, Baraka organized
local networks of scholars, activists and organizers, modeled after
the Congress of African People, in several cities across the country.
Indeed, it was the example of the Congress that set the stage for the
historic National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Ind. in
1972.

As we celebrate the dawning of a new century and millennium,
it would seem appropriate, even necessary, for Africans in America
to convene another Congress of African People. Though the times
are considerably different from 1970, in many respects one could
make the case that nothing has fundamentally changed for Africans
in America and the Pan- African world. DuBois T prophesy that the
color line would be the principal problem confronting black people
in the 20th century is still relevant as we enter the 21st century. The
question is can African people at least come together to assess the
crises we face as black people from our various political perspec-
tives, and discuss some approaches that might be useful for trans-
forming our condition as oppressed people as we enter a new
millennium. Despite our previous failures, can we examine the
prospects for forging some type of broad united front as a mecha-
nism to foster joint work around issues of mutual agreement in the
face of a common and recalcitrant opposition? In the spirit and
memory of our beloved Kwame Ture, who believed so fervently in
and work indefatigably to promote the concept of a united front, I
believe we should give it a try.

Accordingly, as | move around the country inthe coming months,
I will be discussing the idea of convening a Congress of African
People in the year 2000 with anyone who is willing to listen and lend
their support. In the name of our ancestors, we need to start the 21st
century with a renewed commitment to the total liberation and
reconstruction of African nations and communities everywhere. We
need a progressive Pan-African Agenda for the 21st century and
there is no more appropriate forum to air and discuss such an agenda
than at an international Congress of African People.

_,

United States. It does, in fact, offer
some food for thought on both sides
of the issue. "

More than 40 years ago, author

Philip Wylie wrote at least two

major books. One, A generation of
Vipérs dealt with a notion called
oMomism. ? The Tsecond was entitled
The Disappearance.

It is the second book, The Disap-
pearance, that was the partial gen-
esis for the column.

Wylie Ts vivid and highly active
imagination created a tome in which
at a given point, all of the women in
the world disappeared in the minds
of the men. Insofar as the women
were concerned, all of the men dis-
appeared at the same time.

Please note. Both groups occu-
pied the same space at the same
time. The difference was the man-
ner in which they handled the day-
to-day matters of life and living.

The men took on all of the duties
that had previously been handled
by women and they carried on. The
women, of course, did the same
thing in reverse. Many men had to
learn new skills, such as cooking,
sewing, cleaning, balancing check-
books, and getting their male chil-
dren to school. And the list goes on.

Women had to take on mascu-
line perspectives and become sole

" breadwinners, carpenters, mechan-
oo lar column nei-
ther condemns nor condones the
idea of a female president of the

ics, plumbers, and electricians, et
al.
Clearly, this was a brand new

_ way of life for both groups. There

was a major difference however in
the problem-solving process. Men
fought and killed each other over
petty differences, while women
sought to talk out the problems and
come to an amiable solution that
would be satisfactory to all con-
cerned.

Based on Biblical history, on
which our society was built, men
have been the leaders of our vary-
ing societies. They have been at the
forefront of every major circum-
stance since the beginning of re-
corded time. They have been the
generals and admirals in the wars.
Men have headed the financial in-
stitutions, the business conglomer-
ates, with few exceptions.

Now, for the first time, women
are standing in the door of major
political and societal change. The
candidacy of Elizabeth Dole for the
Republican presidential nomination
is real, however imperiled it might
seem. Madeline Albright is the first
female secretary of state this coun-
try has ever known. There may very
well be others to follow in her foot-
steps.

Several years ago, former Con-
gresswoman Shirley Chisholm, a
black Democrat from New York,
announced she was going to run for

i ts About; a Woman. as s President

president, Well, that was a short
and sad episode in the history of
politics. It did not become a func-

tional reality.

Barbara Jordan, the first black
congresswoman from Texas, after
delivering a brilliant keynote speech
at the Democratic National Con-
vention some years ago, was men-
tioned as a possible vice presiden-
tial candidate. That too, fell flat.

One of the things that seem to be
paramount is the fact that male poli-
ticians don Tt understand that women
are women and they don Tt neces-
sarily see things the same way that
men do. They have their own vi-

sions, attitudes and ideas.

All too often, women are pooh-
poohed by men because of those dif-
ferences. This brings us back to The
Disappearance. Wylie points out that
women were not as concerned about
who was the strongest and most pow-
erful among them. They were more
concerned about solving whatever
problem existed in the most effec-
tive and efficient manner.

Factually, it is not likely that we
will see a female president for at
least another decade. In the mean-
time, we must come to recognize
that when a woman is elected presi-
dent of the United States, and it is
going to happen one day, we would
do well not to expect her to be the
carbon copy of any man who has
ever held that office.

Whoever she is, she will, most

likely have her own agenda and her
own ideas about dealing with gov-
ernments across the world. She will

also have her own ideas about

simple things like poverty, children,
child care, welfare and most likely,
she will not adhere to any prescribed
party line.

There are still those among us

who believe that the world leader- "

ship belongs in the hands of men.
That will be a hard change to ac-
cept. Some men will never accept
the notion, no matter what the vot-
ers say.

We must, however, remember
the only thing in this earthly realm
thatis essentially certain, is change.
Change is inevitable. We cannot

stop change. When we attempt to ~

stop change, we attempt to curtail
progress (whatever that is). So we
must reconcile ourselves and make
peace with the notion that one day,
a female will sit at the helm of this
nation and we will have to learn to
live it, whether we like it or not.
From still another perspective.
African Americans as well as other
minorities might well benefit from

such a step. Women, by and large, .

do not harbor all of the built-in

prejudices that men bring as a part .
of their functional baggage. The:

female by nature is more compas-
sionate than her male counterpart.
Of course, there are exceptions. to
that rule. But, it could bode well for
the nation and the world as a whole.

BETWEEN THE LINES
Good Bye Football Folly, Hello Real Economic Development (Santa Barbara Plaza?)

Pant Ill

Dr. Gary Y. Okihiro, professor of history and
director of Asian Studies at Cornell University,
was interviewed by the staff of the advisory
board to the President's Initiative on Race and
was not impressed. Okihiro concluded that the
Initiative would simply provide a forum for a
wide discussion on the subject of race without a
legislative agenda or programmatic outcomes.
oLike other presidential initiatives, this one was
to be limited to talk "politic, bloodless, and
cheap. ?

Okihiro believes that the advisory board T S
focus on dialogue was excessive and that such
talk "focused, systematic, prodigious "has been
going on for years. He notes that some politi-
cians and white Americans might have discov-
ered race as aresult of the president's /nitiative,
but that scores of other Americans, especially
racialized minorities have long understood the
sting and consequences of race in their daily
lives.

Okihiro reminds us of the presidential com-
mission report written some 30 years ago. oThis
is our basic conclusion. ... Our nation is moving
toward two societies "one black, one white "
separate and unequal. ? oWhat white Americans
have never fully understood "but what the Ne-
gro can never forget "is that white society 1s
deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institu-
tions created it, white institutions maintain it
and white society condones it. ?

The addendum to the /nitiative on Race re-
port provides statistics that show a greater com-
plexity to the figures of race in America than
those of 30 years earlier. In 1998, the nation was
more diverse. African Americans made gains in
education, employment and income, although
the gap between themselves and whites has re-
mained essentially unchanged over the three
decades. Asian and Latinos, due in large part to
immigration patterns, reveal very different and
mixed profiles. Asians are among the most highly
educated of all racialized groups and have higher
median family incomes than whites, but they
also have poverty rates that exceed those of
whites by more than 50 percent; Latinos, as

URBAN PERSPECTIVE *
Another Perspective on President
Clinton Ts Race Relations Initiative

compared with African Americans, have con-
siderably lower educational levels and slightly
higher poverty rates, but lower unemployment
rates.

Those contrasts under late capitalism point to
a manifest conclusion about race in America,
i.e., it was never a binary of white and black
alone. And despite gestures toward the more
inclusive universe of race, the president Ts advi-
sory report is mired in the racial binaries of
white and black, white and non-white, both of
which foreground and privilege the Position of
whiteness, says Okihiro.

Despite the new racial and ethnic mercer
ages in the report, it cites the white-black para-
digm and, in particular, the enslavement of Af-
ricans as foundational to subsequent and appar-
ently less important unfoldings of white-non-
white relations. As Dr. John Hope Franklin re-
marked, oThis country cut its eye teeth on rac-
ism in the black/white sphere. ... It learned how
to impose its racist policies on other people, at
other times, because it had already become an

expert in this area. ? Okihiro observes that the

report portrays racism and racial subjugation as
exceptional and as aberrations in the nation Ts
past or as othe darker.side of our history. ? An-
other reading might suggest that slavery was
among several forms of labor and racial bondage
and exploitation and that a central and recurrent
feature of America Ts history is that odarker side. ?

The board Ts notions of racism as largely an
individual, and not a social matter and of its
eradication as a product of reaching a mutual
understanding and, thereby, appreciation through
dialogue, surciy influenced its readings of the
past. A paraliel concept is the largely correct,
though misleading view that each group has its
own history and circumstance. according to
Okihiro. For example, one member of the advi-
sory board, referring to Native Americans, stated,
oTheir history is unique, their relationship with
our federal and state governments is unique and
their current problems are unique. ? And, as if
racism could be measured and redress conferred;
oWhile not large in numbers, their situations
tugs at the heart. ? However, racial paralles are

just as important as unique pasts and presents.

For Okihiro, the parallels, the connections,
enable a far more comprehensive appreciation
of race and race matters than that propose by the
advisory board. He offers examples in Asian
American history, although comparable ex-
amples can be raised by all other racialized
groups. .

Asians first-tested America Ts racist defini- "

tion of acquired citizenship in a California fed-

eral court in 1878 in the case In re Ah Yup. Ah ©
Yup and two co-litigants claimed that Asians ©

were included under the category owhite, ? a

\ strategy that was followed by all subsequent

claims almost without exception, the ruling by a

federal Circuit Court against Chinese natural- ~ T
ization employed the argument that formed the ~:

crux of later decisions that the Chinese, by
everyday speech and scientific evidence, were
onon-white. ?

Although some Asian Americans might have
claimed whiteness on the basis of racial and
cultural affinities, some African Americans

sought distance from Asians on the basis of "

citizenship and history. oThe Negro is an Ameri-
can citizen whose American residence and citi-
zenry reach further back than the great majority
of the white race, ? wrote Howard University
professor, Kelly Miller, in 1924. oHe has, from
the beginning, contributed a full share of the

glory and grandeur of America and his claims to »

patrimony are just and rightful due. The Japa-

nese, on the other hand, is the eleventh hour ~

corner, and is claiming the privilege of those ~

who have borne that heat and burden of the day. ?
Okihiro asserts that unlike the alien Japanese,

Miller argued African Americans deserved

America Ts promise of equality as citizens and as

their ojust and rightful due. ?

The separations among racialized minorities _

were assuredly accompanied by solidarities
crafted across racial divides, according to

Okihiro. He says that in order to forge a new ©
future as the President Ts Initiative on Race pro-

poses, there must be arealization of racializations ,

as constructions that uphold the relations of
power and a determination to dismantle them.

Finally, we can

get some relief

from the football folly that has

preoccupied real inner city eco-

nomic development for the past four
years. NFL football ended up where
many thought it would go, Hous-
ton. It surely did not end up where
most (objective analysis) knew it
would never go, the onew ? Coli-
seum. Proposals for a onew ? Coli-

_ seum was folly Ts folly. It was never
serious consideration for the NFL.
It was just the leverage for the BBD
(bigger and better deal).

One Coliseum commissioner
stated that the Coliseum is like othe
picture of the pretty girl you show
to make your girlfriend jealous. ? |

have one better: the Coliseum is:

like the girl oyou do ? for years, but
_ never have any intention of marry-
ing her. It's oa momentary thing ?
whose best days are behind her once
the chase ended, but you never say
no to her on a lonely night. The
NFL even brought a deal back from
the dead (Hollywood Park) so it
seg t have to marry the Coli-
seum. All the glitz and glamour in
the , "t bringing this old
biddy back to life, And everybody

could see that, less one or two
people. As a basis for inner city
economic development, it was (and
is) nonsense.

No publicly funded stadium deal
in America is making money; the jobs
are low-wage, the businesses are sea-
sonal. As for promises on contracts
on construction work, you only have
to look at the Coliseum Ts $135 mil-
lion earthquake work and the refur-
bishing of the local Leimert Park to
find out how many locals would be
hired once the deal was done. I, for
one, am glad this pipedream has been
smoked up. And I could really bash
with oI told yous ? for the next four
weeks, but I won't. The oreal dealers ?
knew what the real deal was, and it
wasn't the Coliseum.

Everybody in Los Angeles
knows, including the NFL, that Los
Angeles would have a team now if
they had stuck with former Dodger
owner Peter O'Malley. The NFL
would have handed it to him on a
silver platter. Councilman Ridley-
Thomas leveraged into the deal on
the Staples Center when the mayor
needed his vote to get public funds.
He got the mayor to push O' Malley
(and his 35 years of professional

ownership/management, plus 35
years of civic loyalty) off the ledge,
and signa oprop ? letter for the Coli-
seum. Once he got out in the water
on this one, he found out it was a
different game.

The mayor gave his word on the
Coliseum, not necessarily his sup-
port. The mayor was real lukewarm
on football once he got his Staples
Center. It wasn't the same passion he
gave the charter, or the school board
takeover. Meanwhile, olittle Caesar ?
was out there overplaying his hand
and began believing his own hype.
Including the othis is about us ? rheto-
ric, In the end, it'was never about us.

This whole football award thing
amounted to what most reasonable
people (including myself) stated this
would become once a second team
emerged to salvage the first deci-
sion deadline, stall time for a otes-
tosterone contest ? (bidding war)
amongst'the billionaire boys club.
Well, as Los Angeles found out,
when the Texans whipped it out, it
was long enough. As Richard Pryor
once said, othe water was cold ...,
and deep too... ? Los Angeles
couldn't go deep enough. Never
could, : 2

Discussions about real problems
in the area were masked in mockery
and protests (against community
outsiders) about saying what was
really true about the economic re-
alities of some areas in our commu-
nity. None of these billionaires
would have been talking about
spending a billion on games and
toys before they built up their own
communities. They didn Tt have to
make a choice between ofootball ?
and oquality of life ? issues in their
communities.

Certainly, South Central resi-
dents have dignity, but it does not
mask the enmity associated with
comments expressed by others about
our community, mucli of which, as
callous as it sounds, we know are
true. We know there are areas around
the Coliseum that have run down for
years, and should have been built up
years ago. The money has never been
there for local economic deyelop-
ment until football became the fo-
cus, which is not right. If nothing
more, maybe now the policymakers

and elected omouths ? will acknow!-
edge the economic shortcomings of
our communities and resolve them
before othe condition of our com-

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Loesch? Gc ia a etal al nha ibd eh tamale

munity ? becomes fodder for come-
dic commentary when fantasy foot-
ball is revived (whenever that will
be).

Now maybe we can talk about
real community economic develop-
ment. How do we bridge the ocapi-
tal gap ? in South Central? How do
we get manufacturing (with high
wage jobs) into the inner city? Can
we find a way to get the Los Ange-

les Community Development Bank -

out of shambles and get deals on the
Street (wasn Tt it started for capital
and manufacturing purposes)? How
do we bring commercial develop-
ment (beyond low-income housing,
strip malls and supermarkets) to the
inner city?

And speaking of commercial de-
velopment, now that the football
deal is dead, can the Santa Barbara
Plaza, the most lucrative commer-
cial venture (with two dozen black
businesses in the mix and $150 mil-
lion in development opportunities)

in the black community, be taken .

off ostall? ?

Businesses are dying on the vine
in Santa Barbara Plaza because the
local football politics conflicted
with local community development

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politics when Magic Johnson sided *

against the Coliseum. Magic was
ocourted ? back to the Coliseum with

assurances his deal would fly when o

the Coliseum deal flew. Now that

that mean Santa Barbara Plaza is

grounded also? I hope not. Stand ©
posted for a big community fight '

over this one. In fact, expect one.

But I, for one, don Tt want to hear *
a thing, not another mention of a © "

the Coliseum is ogrounded, ? does

onew ? Coliseum. Find $400 million |" |
in private community development o"'

investment (with parking) for some-

thing that Ts not sports- or entertain- ©

ment-related, or not withinastone Ts °
throw of USC or downtown Los *:
Angeles. Go find inner city capital :
to build a commercial enterprise to o

go with the obeautification ? and in-

frastructure dollars. Let Tstalk about

a new Normandie and Exposition, a

new King and Vermont, anew West- ~ a

ern and Vernon, a new Santa Bar-

bara Plaza. Football was political _

folly; billionaires battling for tax

write-offs. And one person's ©

pipedream to be in the mention for ,;
mayor. Oh, well, Now's the time to ,
get to work on some real economic
development, ?

The Minority Voice October 22 - 29, 1999

MYRA WOOTEN

Five years ago when Leon Waller
saw the American youth dying
because of violence, he was upset.
But when the epidemic spread
closer to home, with the death of
arelative, Leon became active. He
decided that our youth needed to
be saved, and maybe with the help

of many others he could do just and the T children of Project "~ CS VISA T | Toll Free 1-800-768-1130 FOR MORE

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problem was he picked a town
that seemed to be dying.

They are also part of the
North Carolina Food Bank, taking
up mission to fight hunger in
North Carolina. oWe.get lots of
people who come in and say, I
can Tt pay my light bill can you

help? T said Phyllis, owe tell them,

we can Tt pay your bill but we can

For the Wallers at the many other
volunteers these things are not out
of the ordinary. oWe have to reach
out to the community, because
when these kids leave here, they
have to go home, ? said Phyllis
oand if we know that they don Tt
have any food at home we fix
them a basket to take with them. ?

But what about the fact that
they sit in the middle of a poverty
stricken town, with a population
of 2100 that is 99% Black?

oYou know what. in the Bible
they said the same thing about
Jesus ?, Phyllis said, ocan any
good thing come from Nazareth?
People have said, can anything
good come from Princeville? My
answer to that is Yes it can! ?

For the Wallers, the volunteers

responds, oI Tm gonna show you ?.

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Princeville. Steeped in history, |
Princeville sits inside Edgecombe
County. Its streets are dotted with
youth that stand on corners, and
lean outside of convenient stores
that are plentiful inside the town
limits.

There are no institutions of
higher learning, no chamber of
commerce, and no hospital. But
what this town does have is a
spirit that will not say die, and a
champion in the form of Project
PROUD (Princeville Reaching
Out & Uniting against Drugs).

With a base in spirituality

Project PROUD is a community
outreach, tutor & mentor juvenile
program that serves about seventy
kids weekly. It serves as ohome-
work central ?, a recreation center,
and a place where teens can
gather and share their thoughts.

oIt helps me do my homework
and let's me see my friends, ?
9-year old Jasmine Brown said.
Jasmine, a fourth grader at Pattillo
Elementary says the program has
helped her improve in math, and
while she still may not like it she
is doing much better.

oIt's so exciting to see these kids
come in, bright eyed and bushy-
tailed ?, said Representative Edith
Warren, othey are on the move for
sure ?.

Warren, a native of the area
growing up at Mayo Ts Crossroads,
is quite proud of Princeville and
never misses the opportunity to
visit the program. In fact the
program itself is becoming quite
popular outside of its four walls.
With visits from television sta-
tions. and opportunities to speak
at state functions they are show-
ing the community the power of
a grassroots organization.

oFor me, Princeville is the Black
experience. said Founder Leon
Waller, oand I Tm proud that
Princeville is a part of my
heritage. ? The town first called
Freedom Hill, and then later
Princeville when it become incor-
porated in 1885 is one of the
oldest. if not the oldest Black
town in America. "_ "
Every Wednesday from 6 to 8 PM : ot
youth across Princeville and West
Tarboro gather in the side area of
the St. Luke Church of God in
Christ Church where they can be
tutored by certified teachers, and
then fed a hot meal before they
leave.

oIn the beginning, we only had
10 kids, ? Phyllis Waller said,
onow we've outgrown our space,

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Phyllis says. The program is a true
test of faith at work. In the
beginning the Wallers funded the
program out of pocket along with
their church pastor. Now thanks to
Phyllis, the program has a grant
from the Zsmith-Reynolds
Foundation.
oThat Ts how | know it was God,
I just wrote what he gave me. ?
Phyllis said laughing. But the
program has not stooped with just
mentoring to children. They have
branched out in so many areas
that they require the support of at
least 20 volunteers weekly.

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_ and think some and draw and
paint and sing and dance and play
and work every day some

Take a nap every afternoon.

When you go out into the world,
watch out for traffic, hold hands
and stick together.

Be aware of wonder. Remember
the little seed in the Styrofoam
cup: The roots go down and the
plant goes up and nobody really
knows how or why, but we are ail
like that.

ALL I REALLY NEED TO
KNOW I LEARNED IN
KINDERGARTEN

Goldfish and hamsters and white
mice and even the little seed in
the Styrofoam cup, they all die.

So do we.
Most of what | really need to

know about how to live and what
to do and how to be | learned in
kindergarten. Wisdom was not at
the top of the graduate school
mountain, but there in the sand-
pile at Sunday school. These are
the things | learned:

And then remember the Dick-
and-Jane books and the frist word
you learned, the biggest word of
all, LOOK.

Everything you need to know is in
there somewhere. The Golden
Rule and love and basic sanita-
tion. Ecology and politics and
equality and sane living.

Share everything.

Play fair.

Take any one of those items and
extrapolate into sophisticated
adult terms and apply it to your
family life or your work or your

government or your world and it
holds true and clear and firm.
Think what a better world it
would be if the whole world
had cookies and milk about three
o'clock every afternoon and then

lay down with our blankets for a

Don't hit people.

Put things back where you found
them.

Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.

Say you're sorry when you hurt
somebody. Wash your hands be-

fore you eat. nap.

And it is still true, no matter how
old you are. when you go out into
the world, it is best to hold hands
and stick together

Flush.

Warm cookies and cold milk are
good for you.

Live a balanced life - learn some

By: Robert Fulghum, author

BASIC PRINCIPLES TO
MASTER IN PUSHING
PEOPLE UP

By: A. L. Williams, a former
coach and insurance agent and the
founder of the A. L. Williams
Foundation

|.Everybody wants to be some-
body.

2. Treat people "good".

~ 3. Build personal relationships.

4. The secret-praise and recogni-
tion - These are the most powerful
forms of motivation.

5. The forgotten power - Leaders
need to recognize the "power of
the partner" in the success of
people.

6. freedom with responsibility -
Judge people on the basis of
individual performance.

7. Basic principles to master in
developing leaders:

A. Stand for something.
Character and reputation are more
important than technical expertise
and business savvy.

B. Total commitment is the first
step to greatness.

C. Become a crusader - Have a
cause that you commit to and
believe in

4

D. Develop a positive attitude.

E. Get your priorities straight
Happiness is the successful com-
bination of all areas of your life:
business, family. and spiritual

F, Know where you are going; set
goals for the future.

G. Don't be afraid to fail. Leaders
must learn to eliminate fear for
their lives in order to take the
risks necessary to win big.

H. You've got to pay the price.
Nothing worth having comes
easy.

|. Do it first. No one will follow
a leader who asks others to do
what he won't do.

J. Build with quality. Build
everything right, no short cuts.

K. Always move ahead+; keep the
organization moving forward.

L. Remember the giving princi-
ple; failure to remember the
power of giving causes many
successful people to reach a point
where they can no longer move
ahead.

M. Never give up. No one can
ever be truly defeated if he never
stops trying. The road to success
has many disappointments, but
the person who makes it to the top
is the person who never gives up.

DON'T STAY AWAY FROM
CHURCH
Don't stay away from church:

Because you are poor. There is

~ no admission charge.

Because it rains. Most of us go
to work in the rain.

Because it is hot. It is sometimes

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The Minority Voice October 22 - 29, 1999

hot in your house, too.

Because no one invited you.
People go many other places
without being invited.

Because you have little children.
We have a lot of children in our
church; they need to be taught
how to worship.

Because you don't like the pastor.
He's human just as you are.

Because there are hypocrites at
church. You associate with hypo-
crtes every day.

Because you have guests in your
home.They will admire your loy-
alty if you bring them along.

Because you need a little week-
end vacation occasionally. No
one can take a vacation from God.

Because your clothes are not
expensive. Qur church is not a
fashion show.

Because our church standards are
too high. Are they higher than the
Biblical standards for a church?

From High to Low

If you talk fast but find your
thoughts are slow, You need to
switch your gears from high to
low.

When We Fuss and Wrangle

When we fuss and wrangle
About that which Is right. We may

lose the battle Although we win
the fight.

TO YOU
In the long run. we hit only what
we aim at.

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, the pretty girl you show
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like the girl oyou do ? for years, but
never have any intention of marry-
ing her. It Ts oa momentary thing ?
whose best days are behind her once
the chase ended, but you never say
no to her on a lonely night. The
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once again to voice disapproval:
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bias lawsuit filed by the
farmers.

Testifying before a House
agriculture subcommittce Oct.
14. the farmers said it was
oracist ? business-as-usual at
USDA and the agency was not
acting in good faith to pay
farmers T settlement claims.

oNothing has changed at
USDA. They're still playing
games and using every trick in
the book to avoid paying Black
farmers for past wrongs. ? said
Gary Grant. president of the
Black Farmers and
Agriculturists Association
(BFAA). BFAA filed the
lawsuit against USDA on
behalf of the farmers in 1997
and is appealing the current
setement agreement reached
with USDA and signed by
Judge Paul Friedman. The
lawsuit accused USDA of
denying loans and services to
Black farmers because of their
race.

Lawyers have filed a motion
for extension of the Oct. I]
deadline for farmers to file
lawsuit claims, citing problems
othousands of farmers ? face in
getting their paperwork in by
the deadline. oHurricane Floyd
destroyed records and caused
delays in North Carolina, South
Carolina and elsewhere. Then
you have many homebound
farmers where lawyers have to
go to them, as well as many.
many farmers who've just
found out about it. ? said John
Zippert. Alabama director of
the Federation of Southern
Cooperatives (FSC).

The FSC wants an
additional 60 days for farmers
oto get the claims packages and
then get them in. ? according to
communications director
Heather Gray.

In a press release. the
National Biack Farmers T

Association (NBFA) reported ||
farmers came to Capitol. Hill othat oseveral law firms will not |:

be finished preparing claim
packages by the deadline. ?
NBFA is seeking a 180-day
extension on the deadline.

Court records indicate that
51.000 claims packages have
been sent out and more than
17.500 claims have been
submitted by Black farmers.
Thus far 60 percent of the claims
have been rejected by the
government for lack | of
sufficient documentation.
oFarmers are being held to an
unreasonable standard of proof
by the government after telling
us that filing claims would be
as oeasy as tying your shoes, ? ~
Mr. Grant said.

Farmers told committee
members that little has been
done at USDA to remedy
systemic discrimination. They
say only 15 USDA employees
have been reprimanded for their
actions and punishment usually
consisted of obeing transferred
or sent home one day without
pay, and onobody has been
fired. ?

Testimony by Rosslyn Gray.
USDA civil rights director,
assuring changes were being
made fell on deaf ears.

One of the more outrageous
incidents related to the
subcommittee was the case of a
USDA employee in Virginia
who kept a gun in his office desk
drawer. He was only
reprimanded by the department.

It's not clear whether the
farmers T last ditch effort for
more time to submit
discrimination claims will be

successful. According to -
BFAA Ts Gary Grant. Ms. Gray
said USDA Secretary Dan
Glickman is onot opposed to an
extension. ? Others believe that
the government will grant
extensions in hardsip cases but
not change the overall deadline.

Either way. advocates say.
Black farmers will no longer
exist shortly into the new
millennium "unless drastic
measures are taken.

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Current Memberships and Community

Involvement _

Sixth term on Greenville City Council (four terms

as Mayor Pro-Term)

Employed with Monumental as a Service Repre-

sentative

Life Underwriter Training Counselor Fellow,

(LUTCF)
VFW

Past Adjustant and member of American Legion

Post #160

Releat

Parents for Public Schools
League of Women Voters

NAACP

Chairman of Straight talk

Memorial Library Board

N.C. Farm Bureau

Past Community Involvement and Recogni-

Member and Past-Secretary of Mt. Hermon Lodge

Sycamore Hill Baptist Church

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

City Council Liaison to community Appearance
Commission City Council Liaison to Sheppard

Jones County Improvement Association

Literacy Volunteers of Pitt County

District 2

reenville City Council

Past Chairman of Greenville Energy Commission

Past Chairman of Pitt county Nursing Home Committee

Mgior fund raiser
Received numerous national
achievement " National Qua

Award

Appointed by the Governor to t

Served four years in United States Air Force
for the Jackie Robinson Baseball League

fional awards for outstanding

lity Award and National Sales

Waste Study Committee

Served on the Executive Committee for the democratic party

for 19 years

years

Served as Precinct Chairman f

he North Carolina Solid

or the democratic party for 18

Executive Committee for Partnership for Progress

Served as a member of pitt County development Commis:

sion

Phoenix Organization

Awards

Jackie Robinson Base

Philadelphia House

ball Appreciation Award

Modeling Troupe Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding

Achievement in Government 5

N.C. Joint Council on Health Community Service Award

Award

tions

Past Chairman of Greenville Recreation and Parks

Commission

Past Chairman of Human Relations Council

Concern Citizens for justice Citizen of the Year Award
AKA Citizen Award

The Links Community Service Award |
Greenville Parks and Recreation Distinguished Service

Partnership for Progress Recognition Award

Human Relations Council Distinguished Service Award

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The Minority Voice October 22 - 29, 1999

Experince

Go For What

You Know!

Re-Elect Rufus

Huggins

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Proven Record is Why We Should Re-lect Ruff Huger

the other community leaders in

One of the things that | take great
pride in is being an effective City
Council member and sensitive to
the community. There are hardly
any areas in the Black Community
that | have not had an impact on.
Just some months ago, Chuck
Autry and TI spearheaded the clean
up in the New Town, Coopertield,
and Riverdale areas. The City has
a department that is focusing on
this now. When we had a situation
with the Boys Club over th South
Greenville, Chuck and | spear-
headed the effort to raise neces-
sary money and it was able to
continue. Chuck and | had a
meeting with the Boys Club
_ Official and the concerned parents
prior to:raising the money. We
had a celebration at the South
Greenville Gym after raising the
money.

When Mount Calvary Church
was building their new church, |
spearheaded the effort on the City
Council to close the street beside
the Church and turn it over to the
Church. | made myself available
to them in any other area that |
could possibly help. | spearheaded
the effort for the City to close the
ditch up behind Phillippi Church
and help the church with their
additional parking that they
needed.

When we had the situation at
Piggly Wiggly, | immediately
called a meeting at City Hall with
the owners and community lead-
ers involved to try to reach a
solution. We were unable to do
that. | picketed at Piggly Wigg]
several times and was there po
Sunday for the motorcade. | also
brought refreshments, Through
this effort and the involvement of
other people in the community,
Piggly Wiggly came back to the
table and an agreeable solution
was reached. | was there from
start to finish.

At the same time, | was meeting
with the housekeeping employees

a ates ;
| ORE phe eames hg Pom meee a bes

from ECU at Phillippi Church. |
wrote the Chancellor a letter on
their behalf. When they scheduled
their march, | marched with them.
| spoke to the group on the
Chancellor's doorsteps and
pledged my continued support to
them.

When we had the Fordham
situation in the community, |
attended the meeting at Phillippi
Church. | marched with them
three times, and paid for one
permit. During the Fordham situa-
tion, Mildred and | was continu-
ally meeting with the City
Manager to try to resolve this
situation. When additional infor-
mation came to my attention in
regards to Fordham, | advised
some of the leaders that the
Fordham situation belonged in the
court system and that the commu-
nity was not being provided all
the information that could not be
given to them by the City
Manager. | met with this group
again with Reverend Mills being
in attendance. Rev. Mills advised
the group that the situation needed
to be in court. Because of the
additional information, | withdrew
from having an active part. This
information also caused me to
withdraw from being involved
with Officer Melvin. The group
was just not being told all of the
facts. Of course, we know that it
is now in the courts.

| also met with the Boys Club
officials regarding Bishop Love's
son. | was able to get them to
extend his pay period. The num-
ber of instances that I have gotten
Greenville Utilities Commission
to work with people about paying
their utility bills are many. Not to
mention, that | have had our
Human Relations Division to
identify money for people who
needed assistance with their mort-
gage and rent payments. On
several occasions, | have called
Social Services and gotten money

from them for people who needed
assistance. Mildred and | spear-
headed the efforts to help Barbara
Fenner and the West Greenville
Development Program with fi-
nancing, grants, and City owned
property. | initiated the setting
aside of land in the New Town
area for the purchase of low and
moderate income homes. | ap-
proached the City Attorney sev-
eral months ago, about the City
renovating dilapidated type struc-
tures and having the owners repay
the City through rent charges.
After going through Raleigh to
check the legal aspects of this and
how we can do this, | am happy
to say that we are now doing this.
| made the statement to the City
Council that low and moderate
income homes are not being
provided for by the private sector.
| felt it was the responsibility of
the elected officials and that we
had to take the lead in doing
something for low and moderate
home owners. The spring off from
this was the Million Dollar Bond
Referendum and the homes that
were built off Hooker Road.
Efforts were being made to turn
the Moyewood Center back over
to the City. | stood alone in my
fight to have it turned back over
to the Housing Authority because
they could get the fluids to
manage it. | was able to convince
the majority of my fellow Council
Members. Of course, we know
that is a beautiful facility today
with all types of activities going
on.l marched through the Fifth
and Fleming Streets area four
times; twice with D. D. Garrett to
bring attention to the drug prob-
lem in those areas. It has been
reduced substantially. Mildred
and | marched " through
Moyewood with the citizens to
focus on the drug and crime in
that area.

We worked with James

Barnhill to make it a_ safer

environment. It is much better
today.

| instructed the City Manager to
notify me immediately of a homi-
cides in the City and that has
always been done. When we had
the shooting spree in the City,
along with Council Member
Ramey, we spearheaded an effort
to form the drug/crime
Committee. It was my understand-
ing that Council Member Ramey
at that time would attend the
meetings because of my work area
being in Wilson, North Carolina.
At this same time, Chuck and |
sponsored two public forums at
his business. They were very
successful and helped gained the
support that we needed to form a
police and community commis-
sion.

| personally raised over $15,000
for the Jackie Robinson League
and lead the effort on the Council
for them to have a ball field and
also a meeting place at the
American Legion building.

We had a bad situation with the
cab drivers in the City. Chuck and
| met with them on_ several
occasions and was able to mediate
an agreement to take back to the
City Council. This also lead to the
creation of a commission to
basically oversee the taxi situation
in the City. Tom Foreman Park
was owned by the school system
and the purchase being pursued
by the private sector. | lead the
effort with the Recreation and
Parks Department to have the City
to purchase this property. | made
the recommendation to have this
park named after Tom Foreman
because of his recreational in-
volvement in the City. Through
Senator Tom Taft, | was able to
get $5,000 toward the cultural
center and the gym. With the help
of Howard Pierce, we were able
to get the Recreation and Parks
Department to get a tennis court
at Tom Foreman Park. Mildred

took the lead in the beautification
of the park and | provided her my
support in having this done.
Around the same time, the City
was looking at a location for a
swimming pool. The recommen-
dations were coming in for other
areas in the City that would have
to be purchased. It was my
contention at that time that we
owned the Guy Smith Stadium
area and someone needed to tell
me why we couldn't put it there.
There is where it is now located.

When it was brought to my
attention that there were no Black
supervisors at the School of
Medicine, | immediately met with
the Chancellor, Jesse Harris, and
Russell Hemby to address this
situation. The Chancellor was not
aware of this and immediate plans
were made to rectify this situa-
tion. Rev. Arlee Lee Griffin,
SCLC, NAACP, and I met with
the Hospital Board with Leroy
James, board member being pre-
sent to discuss the situation of
Blacks being in administrative

positions at the hospital. From this .

effort, the hospital began in-house
training with the help of Pitt
Community College and this lead
to the change of very few Blacks
being in administration. | met
with Malcolm Green on numerous
occasions concerning no Blacks
being in upper management and
very few in Administration.
Through this effort and with the
help of Mildred Council and John
Hughes, we were able to get a
position and with the help of Jim
Rouse we were able to start the
hiring of more blacks in adminis-
trative positions. | intervene in the
financing of Sycamore Hill
Baptist Church and was able to
get First Citizens Bank to get
involved and make a commitment.
When the development was being
requested in the Greenfield
Terrace area, | sent a letter to Ed
Carter, James Ebron, and some of

Paid for by the committee to Re-Elect Rufus Huggins Ann Huggins/Russell Hemby, Co- Chairperson

the area making them aware of the

situation. From this Mildred and I .

me with the Neighborhood

Association and they informed us »

of their position. When this
seemed to be their final position,

| supported it. When Sylvan:

Chapel was having its problems
with the school board, I called a

meeting at City Hall with the.
Council :
Division, Bishop Hartfield, and

Human Relations

his group to address this issue. |

offered as much help as | could.

Before his death, Rev. Mills and
| went to the schools in the area
in regards to many situations that
were happening to Black students.

Each time we were able to make :

a difference. | have always been
accessible to the community and
will respond when | am called

upon. In the early 70's when we :

had the racial problem in the City,
| marched with SCLC, | picketed
the Police Department, and |

contributed as much as | could.

financially. With the help of
people such as Dr. Land and his
wife holding meetings at his home
with every day citizens and their
efforts in the community with
myself and other people we began
° make a even greater impact on
the
situation in this city. People such
as Walter Morehead, Ernest
Brown, Dr. Trent, Dr. Land, and
others began to move to
Greenville and provide an even
fresher look through their imme-
diate involvement. | was there.
This is an incomplete listing of
some of the things that | have
done and been involved with. This
listing was designed more to give
an idea of my being the person
who firmly believe in getting
things done and having positive
results, In taking a look at me, |
ask that you look at my record and
if you have any questions | want
you to feel free to contact me.

J

The Minority Voice October 22 - 29, 1999

Love Across the Color

By neria Diedrich)
Reviewed by Henry

This narrative is about the pas-
sionate love affair between
Frederick Douglass and Ottilie:
-Assing. ,

- On a summer day in 1856, a
:37-year old German journalist
named Ottilie Assing knocked on
the door of Frederick Douglass's
home in Rochester, New York,
-seeking an interview with the
great antislavery- leader. That
meeting marked the beginning of
an intimate, mutually enriching,
-but also tragic relationship.

- On and off, the African
American abolitionist and the
German writer spent 26 years
together. Assing passed delightful
osummers at Douglass's home (de-
spite the disapproval of Douglass's
wife, Anna, (whom Assing de-
spised), and Douglass often stayed
oat Assing Ts residence in Hoboken,
oNew Jersey, taking refuge there
when he was a hunted man after
-John Brown's raid on the Harper's
-Ferry arsenal. In her articles for
oGerman publications, Assing took
up the cause for African American
Liberation. She translated
Douglass's second autobiography,
oMy Bondage and My Freedom, ?
and she worked closely with him
during the Civil War, drafting
articles and speeches.

* Unlike Douglass's previous
friendship with the Englishwoman
Julia Griffiths and his subsequent
-marriage to another white woman,
-his relationship with Assing es-
caped the attention of the press. A
prominent German actress who
knew the couple quotes: oOur
good Ottilie was entwined in
opassionate love with the beautiful
dark fred....but she honored his
marriage bond ?. The author's as-
-sumption was that despite the
oabsence of solid evidence, that

Lines

Assing and Douglass did not honor
his marriage bond to Anna Murray
Douglass but had an intimate
sexual relationship. In any case, it
is clear that Assing was passion-
ately attracted to Douglass and
ocertain that he would eventually
marry her ?.

Assing who was half-Jewish,
reached out to Douglass, whose
father was white, oas a white
woman with all the privileges of
whiteness, yet seasoned with the
wisdom of the ohalf-breed. ? The
author asserts that Douglass was
torn between two races tortured by
his double consciousness of being
both and neither. She saw in
Douglass an ultimate longing for
an identification with his father Ts
whiteness. His love of white
women allowed him to claim as
his the territory, from which his
father-master had exiled him. He
reclaimed a manhood, a self which
he could only perceive as white.

Assing was in Europe in 1882
when Douglass wife died. She did
not race back to America to claim
her lover nor did Douglass seek
her out. Early in 1884, newspapers
carried the story of Douglass's
sudden marriage to Helen Pitts, a
white woman 20 years younger
than he. In August, Assing sat
down on a park bench in Paris and
drank a bottle of poison, ending
her life. Her will left a substantial
bequest to Douglass.

Note: If you are interested in
reading this book, visit Barnes
and Noble. They will gladly order
it for you in the event that it is not
in stock.

Submitted by Suejette A Jones
a retired educator and currently a
tutor at Pitt Community College

Vote Chuck Autr
City Council AT - LARGE
On Nov. 2

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Chuck Autry Will Mean A Better West Greenville

Dr. George Hawkins
From the Pastor Ts Desk:

Tabernacle Center Church of
Deliverance recently ended its
First Annual Women 5 Conference
with oThe Cry of the In-Time

Church ? as its theme. The
awesome, dynamic woman of
God, Pastor/Evangelist Wynell
Johnson of Cherry Hill, N.J. held
the congregation spellbound with
her unusual style of ministering
the gospel. The greatest impact of
her delivery came on Wednesday
night, when she intensified and
called forth the manifestation of
the Holy Spirit. As she closed the
service, she commanded the
whole church to leave ospeaking
in tongues. ? There were many
visitors who had been in their own
churches desiring the Pentecostal
experience but had been unable
to vield to the power of God. But
on that particular night. the
anointing was so powerful that the
Shekinah Glory (Wycliffe s Bible)
came forth. They had an experi-
ence according to the Word of

ral manifestation over which they
had no control. For them, it was

a new birth as they began to

speak the oheavenly language ?.
The following Sunday during our
regular church service, seven
persons came forward desiring to
be new creatures in Christ. oAnd
the Lord added to the church
daily such as should be saved ?.
(Acts 2:47)

A Relationship with the Lord

The month of October has been set
aside for the study of: The Vision
for Tabernacle Center Church of
Deliverance. Our theme is based
on Proverb 29:18, oWhere there is
no vision the people perish, ? and,
Psalm 127:1, oExcept the Lord
build the house, they labor in vain
that build it:; except the Lord keep
the City the watchman waketh but
in vain. ? The four goals set for
discussions are:

1. Win the lost for the Lord Jesus
Christ.

2. Become mature in the things of
God.

3. Come out of religion into a
relationship with the Lord Jesus
Christ.

4. Complete wholeness for spirit,
soul, and body. This writing will
deal with the third goal:
Relationship with the Lord.

The Bible does not refer to a
personal relationship with the
Lord, not in these exact words, but
the idea everywhere shows impor-

God that brought on a's rmatu--

this,
knows me. (Jermiah 9:23-24)

A relationship with the Lord has
many of the same traits as the
relationship between two friends:
each knows the other, each ap-
proaches the other, each. shares
with the other, and each honors the
other. If our relationship with
Jesus is real, we will welcome
Him into our lives. Our actions
will show that we believe He is
the kind of person we want in our
homes, our plans, in our laughter
and in our tears.

There are some who say they
have encountered the Lord in a
vision, heard Him speak through a
voice and felt the touch of His
hand. Such experiences are
possible. The Old and New
Testaments both have accounts of
these supernatural events and
miracles and encounters with God
that forever changed their lives.
(Isaiah 6:1-8) God has shown
throughout the Bible that He is
free to reveal Himself in any way
he chooses. These spiritual en-
counters did not happen to
everyone. In my previous writing
on the oGifts of the Holy Spirit:
(April 1-14, 1999) I quoted that
not every person receives the same
gift, but God. but so did prophets

those who want to hear, He can be -
constantly
the wisdom of His Book the
Bible. There in an opportunity to
hear Him on every . Wedo
not have to go to church to meet
the Lord because He does not use
scheduled services and addresses.
He can show up anywhere at any
time. He is not limited to location,
it is a matter of whether we have
place in our hearts for Him. He
wants to make our hearts His
home. James 4:8 reads, oDraw
near to God, and He will draw
near to you. ? The Apostle James
told us to humble ourselves before
the Lord (4:10) He gave us reason
to believe that wherever we seek
Him, the Lord will meet us there.
God is as close as a humbled
heart. David (the man after God Ts'
own heart) was deeply humbled
by the Lord Ts constant presence
and he shows us why this is true
as he writes in Psalms 139:1-6,
oWhere can I go from your Spirit?
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The Minority Voice October 22 - 29, 1999

National plan will
eliminate syphilis

The Memphis and Shelby County
Health Department, in collaboration
with the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), is conduct-
ing an intensified intervention effort,
oSyphilis Blitz, ? this month. This
initiative is in conjunction with the
National Plan to Eliminate Syphilis
in the United States, which was
Jaunched Oct. 7, from Nashville. :

Vincent Glover, manager of the
Infectious Disease Program, says it
is important to eliminate syphilis in
Shelby County because 97 percent
of cases are among African Ameri-
cans and the infectious syphilis rate
in Shelby County for African Amer-
icans is 40 times greater than the rate
for Whites.

For further information, please
call the Memphis and Shelby
County Health Department at (901)
544-7600.

States rewarded for
reducing birth rates

Earlier this month Health & Hu-
man Services Secretary Donna E.
Shalala announced that $100 mil-
lion in new bonuses were awarded
to four states and the District of Co-
lumbia for achieving the nation Ts
largest decreases in out-of-wedlock
births between 1994-1997,

The recipients " receiving $20
million each " are D.C., Alabama,
California, Massachusetts and
Michigan. Under the 1996 welfare
reform law, $100 million was made
available annually for the program.

oThe welfare reform law trans-
formed the welfare system not only
by requiring work and parental re-
sponsibility, but also by focusing
on the reducing of out-of-wedlock
and teen births, ? said Shalala.
oThis is an important way to help
reduce the risk of welfare depen-
dency, and we Tre pleased to be
making this first award of bonuses
to these states and the District of

Latumbia. ?

VIEWS FROM
THE BLACK PRESS

(Excerpts from editorials)
Rondage of Perception
The Chicago Crusader

Chicago, Illinots
(October 2, 1999)

new times in the world. we will. no
doubt. see changes in the way that life
is perceived. For example. Blacks are
uniformly considered to be an op-
pressed people. [sy this a fact? A better
question would be oHow ty this accom-
plished? The answer hes in propaganda,
inthe fabrication of a view of reality
that is so anti-Black and pro-white that
many African Americans have bought
into the hype ... lock. Stock and the pro-
verbial barrel.

It is the self-perception of inferior-
ity which the sea of minds surrounding
us willingly accommodates through a
process of sympathetic vibration that at-
tracts those things we perceive and ex-
pect. Viewed in this light. if Blacks were
to be sent to another planet free from
Earth's politics. it would not be long be-
fore poverty. disease and the like would
follow. This is because the world
around us conforms to our thoughts and
expectations and not the other way. We
must accept the responsibility for our
life's circumstances, We must impreg-
nate the sea of minds surrounding us
with success. love for each other and
Mastery.

False hopes, false
expectations raised
by statistical adjustments

New York Amsterdam News
New York, New York
(Sept. 30-Oct. 6, 1 999)

oEven though the bureau will statis-
tically adjust the 2000 census, our study
reveals that heavily undercounted
nerehborhoods will remain heavily
undercounted despite adjustinent, and
overcounts memany areas Will actually
be increased. ? said board co-chairman
J. Kenneth Blackwell

oFalse hopes and false expectauons
have been raised among groups with the
most to lose if they are not accurately
counted and counted where they live
African-Americans. Latinos, Asian-
Americans, Native Americans and chil-
dren. ? said Mr. Blackwell. This report
is a warning to everyone concerned
about the and systematic
undercount of isolated and minority
communities in the 2000 census "sta-
listical adjustment alone has no hope
of correcting large undercounts in To-
cal areas.

oClearly. statistical adjustment will
fail the very communities that depend
on the census most for the schools.
healthcare and child care that come with
being counted. ? the report noted. oLo-
cal and state leaders T efforts to get con-
stituents counted will do much more to
ensure a fair share of political represen
tation and funds for vital services than
statistical adjustment ever could ?

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As we approach the beginnings of

Jamaican Beauty Contest Under
Fire for Selecting Brown T Winner

By HOWARD CAMPBELL |

Sentinel Wire Services

KINGSTON (IPS) "The
beauty contest, long a favorite lei-
sure event for Jamaicans, has come
under fire recently for what critics
call a bias against darker -skinned
contestants.

It has been almost one month
since Desiree Depass was crowned
the 1999 Miss Jamaica, but promot-
ers have been accused of being
prejudice since the selection.

Depass, a contestant of mixed
race, was declared the winner on
Sept. 4. A clear favorite from the
elimination round in July, her se-
lection was still greeted with criti-
cism by those who believe there is
little chance for a contestant with
an Afro appearance to win.

Writing in the opinion pages of
one local daily newspaper, one citi-
zen said, oFor the past four years,
the girls we have chosen to repre-
sent us have been brown skinned
and have long hair. T Why do we
stereotype Our astute African prin-
cess? ?

Barbara Gloudon, a respected
journalist, joined the debate in her
weekly newspaper column. She
agreed that the selection of Miss

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Jamaica had become nothing more
than a cosmetic process.
According to Gloudon, judges
of local pageants are caught in a
time warp and are out of touch with
the times.
oThe triumph of Wendy Fitz-

William [Miss World 1998 of

Trinidad and Tobago] should have
served notice to our beauty contest
organizers that the world is chang-
ing, ? she wrote. oThe Paris fashion
runways are ruled by dark women. ?

Fitz-William is an Afro-
Trinidadian.

Gloudon also pointed out that in
the United States, the Miss America
pageant is no longer limited to glam-
our, but has been transformed into a
contest that calls for beauty with
brains.

In Jamaica, however, class atti-
tudes also prevail. Most of the con-
testants "and winners "are from
the middle or upper class. Some are
not even residents of the country.

In a bid to stem the flow of criti-
cism the contest has drawn over the
years, Mickey Haughton-James,
who has promoted the event since
1978, expanded the elimination pro-
cess to rural areas.

Winners from each county auto-
matically gain qualification for the

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national pageant. Their runners-up
are also afforded opportunities. But,
even though eight girls from work-

ing class backgrounds made the fi-

nal 20 this year, only two were
named among the top five finish-
ers.

Jamaicans T fascination with
beauty contests goes back to the
1950s and 1960s, when the pillars
of British rule were not yet toppled.
It was accepted that Miss Jamaica
should be white or near- white.

When the 1963 Miss Jamaica,
Carol Joan Crawford (of mixed de-
scent), went on to win Miss World,
her predecessors were almost all
carbon copies.

Not until 1978 "under
Haughton-James T ownership "did
Joan McDonald, a black contestant,
win. She brought hope to the work-
ing class that one of their own could
be Miss Jamaica. But, that has not
been so. Since McDonald's victory
21 years ago, only three holders of
the Miss Jamaica crown have been
of direct African descent.

With the trend of the obrown ?
Miss Jamaica gathering momentum,
beauty contestant buffs believe that
women of color will shy away from
the Miss Jamaica pageant, feeling
they have little chance of winning.

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Employment Development (EDD) has
with their financial partners and vendors involved in the tr
sion of electronic data to ensure a smooth and efficient tr
into the year 2000.

All EDD mission-critical: systems used to collect taxes are

ready for the date changes associated with Y2K.

Although EDD' Ts'systems are ready, the financial partners al a
vendors that you interact with may not be. If you file or pay~

electronically and encounter problems, you should be aware of the
following options:

* Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) or Telefile if you or your
financial institution experience problems with your EFT payment

due to Y2K that would prevent you from paying by EFT, you must

still file and pay on time. You will need to mail .a paper DE 88
coupon and payment for payroll taxes that are due.

* Magnetic Media, Telefile, and Electronic Data Interchange -

(EDI) For problems associated with Magnetic Media, Telefile, or
ED{ that would prevent you from reporting electronically on time,
contact EDD at the numbers listed below.

Prior to Jan. 1, 2000, you should have on hand'a supply of the
forms you use. You can download DE 88 coupons and other forms
from the EDD website (www.edd.ca.gov). These forms are also
available at your local Employment Tax Customer Service Office.

You can also request a supply of DE 88 coupons through EDD
Web site Ts Internet Order Form. Be sure to request a supply of DE
88 ocourtesy return envelopes ? to mail your DE 88 coupon and
payment.

For more information about filing electronically, or if you have
problems filing or paying because of Y2K, please contact EDD at:
EFT, (916) 654-9130; Magnetic Media, (916) 654-6845; Telefile,
(800) 796-3524; or EDI, (916) 255-1649.

To locate your local Employment Tax Customer Service Of-
fice, look in the Government pages of your phone book under State
Government Offices, Enployment Development Department, Pay-
roll Tax Information.

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CHILD AND ADULT CARE PROGRAM °

The Corne?stone Christian Child Development Center, Inc.

announces the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded Child and Adult Care Food Program. The same meals will be
available at no separate charge to enrolled participants at the center(s). below, and will be provide without regard to race,

color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. Any person who believes that he or she has been discriminated against should

write immediately to: Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302.

insert Name of Center(s) and/or Home(s) Here: Mt. Calvary Christian Center

THE FOLLOWING HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND INCOME STANDARDS ARE USED TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY:

HOUSEHOLD
SIZE YEARLY MONTHLY WEEKLY _
Free Reduced Free Reduced Free Reduced
1 10,712 15,244 893 1,271 206 294
2 14,378 20,461 1,199 1,706 277 394
3 18,044 25,678 1,504 2,140 347 494
4 21,710 30,895 1,810 2,575 418 595
5 25,376 36,112 2,115 3,010 488 695
6 29,042 41,329 2,421 3,445 559 795
7 32,708 46,546 2,726 3,879 629 896
8 36,374 51,763 3,032 4,314 700 996
For each
household
member add: +3,666 +5,217 +306 +435 +71 +101

ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS FOR THE CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1999 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2000.

Enjoying country cooking, these young brothers were enjoying some of Monte's Dinning good
old ashion country cooking. Yet, they took time to pose for our "M" Voice roving camera.

| Monte's Dinning is located off of Memorial Dr. so stop by when your in the mood for some
home cooked country stlye dinning.

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Dear District 5 Neighbors,

| would appreciate your serious consideration of my candidacy for City Council when you
vote on November 2nd this year.

o Chemist/Functional Leader (DuPont Company 31 years)

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0 1998/1999 President of the J.H. Rose Advisory Council

o Current President of the Carolina East Neighborhood
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KEY ACTIONS:
1) Continuous education programs...enabling improved loyalty, innovation,
creativity and a sense of ownership thus creating World Class strategies to
become and maintain an ALL AMERICAN CITY status.
2) Engage Task Force to define and correct conditions that cause Pitt
County/Greenville to be identified as the third most dangerous place to drive
in North Carolina.
3) Crime: Step up city Ts crime prevention plans.

4) Work to improve heavy traffic conditions.

If you really want to help yourself and me for the next 2 years, | ask only for your

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When many of our homes, businesses, and
facilities were flooded, we had no clue on what to do
next. Rose Glover visited communities and the many
families in shelters. She prepared meals in her home
and carried the food to the shelters. While there, she
accessed the needs of the people and took her
information straight to the people we elected. Rose
Glover Ts first concern to them was and still is: what are
we going to do to help the people recover their losses
and rebuild their lives and communities?

Rose Glover Ts commitment did not stop there. If
you, or someone you know: has been affected by the
disaster that hurricane Floyd left and feel you.are not
getting the correct information, you need to take the
following steps:

1) Apply to the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA). If you receive money and the amount
will not cover your damages, then write a letter of
appeal and request the amount that will cover the
damages (up to $10,000). .

2) Apply for the Small Business Administration
(SBA). Once they review your application, they will
make a decision according to the information on your
application.

3) The Individual Family Grant officials will
review your case if the SBA is not able to help you.

Rose Glover pledges to do everything humanly
possible to work for you and your community.

e can Tt thank you enough for your vote

and continued support. When Rose Glover
decided to run for City Council in District # 2 she
knew a change was needed. She also knew that if

there was going to be a change it would be us

making the difference.
Is it fair just to hold an office and not listen and
give the citizens of this community a chance to do

x something: about what we view as fixable problems?
Ke We think not.

We deserve the opportunity to seek revenues
that will deliver the kinds of services enjoyed by our
more advantaged neighbors. We can Tt stop and we
will not stop until our elderly are secured and

es satisfied in their homes, until we fund home

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ownership for low income families, until crime is
ousted from the community, until our youth have
intervention and prevention programs, until we the
people of District 2 are apart of the growth and
expansion of the City of Greenville.

- oT thank God for allowing me the opportunity
to serve you and your family. With God Ts help we
can and will make the difference and overcome the
problems in our community. ?

She Glover

Vote

November 2, 1999

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