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1981
BY RUSS BYNUM
Sentinel Wire services
ATLANTA (AP).......... Curtis
Mayfield urged black Americans
to oKeep on Pushing o at the
height of the Civil » Rights
Movement, with songs that
preached pride and perseverance.
His life imitated his art when an
onstage accident in 1990 left him:
a paraplegic, but failed to stop his
nusic. he continued to record new
songs by singing flat on his back.
The gentle voice that sounded
more like a pensive philosopher
than a raging revolutionary was
silenced on DEC. 26 when
Mayfield died at age 57.
. Freddie's Dead?"?
With classics such as oPeople Get
Ready. ? oWe're a Winner * and o
in the 1960s and
70s. Mayfield put civil rights at
the forefront of soul music when
black radio was dominated by love
songs and dance tunes. You don Tt
have to break anything over
anybody's head. no matter what
you re trving to sav. It doesn't
have to be preached. ? Mayfield
told The Associated Press in a
1996 interview. oWhat's impor-
tant for me is that it's said in a
manner where it gives food for
thought. ?
Music critic Nelson George
dubbed Mavfield oblack music's
most unflagging civil rights cham-
d Dead at 57
pion. ? Rolling Stone magazine
declared in 1997 that oblack music
as we hear it today simply
wouldn Tt exist without him. ?
Mayfield Ts socially conscious lyr-
ics paved the way for rappers more
interested in gritty urban land-
scapes than heavenly romance.
The funk grooves on his album
oSuperfly ? proved irresistible to
hip hop samplers. Longtime
manager and business partner
Marv Heiman said Mayfield
owanted people to think about
themselves and the world around
them, making this a better place
for everyone to live. oMayfield
was paralyzed when he was struck
by a lighting rig that toppled while
African American Sailor Pardoned
by President Clinton After 55 Years
By Kaia Shivers
Sentinel staff writer
Freddie Meeks and his wife
Eleanor say they are thankful for
the recent pardon President Bill
Clinton granted to Meeks. a
former black sailor that + was
unjustly convicted of mutiny more
than 50 years ago along with 49
other blacks-in the Naval force.
Said Freddie Meeks. oI feel good
about it because it was something
that was held over
our lives and it shouldn't have
been. At that time we didn't know
nothing about no mutiny. ? Meeks
is one of the three survuvors left
from the 50 black soldiers impris-
oned during World Il, following
an explosion that left more than
200 dead and about 500 injured.A
five year campaign to pardon
Meeks was brought to a closing
when Meeks receive the presiden-
tial pardon on Dec. 23.
aid Meeks, oThis is something |
can finally get off of my chest.
oI Tm 80 years old and now | can
feel good that those charges of
mutiny were lifted off of me. ? At
the time of the tragic blast on July
17, 1944, Meeks was in Oakland
Ready, ? oWe're a Winner ? and ~
Freddie Ts Dead ? in the 1960s and
70s, Mayfield put civil rights at
the forefront of soul music when
black radio was dominated by
love songs and dance tunes. You
don Tt have to break anything over
anybody's head, no matter what
you're trying to say. It doesnt
have to be preached, ? Mayfield
told The Associated Press in a
1996 interview. oWhat's impor-
tant for me is that it Ts said in a
manner where it gives food for
thought. ?
Music critic Nelson George
dubbed Mayfield oblack music's
most unflagging 2 civil rights cham-
pion. ? Rolling Stone magazine
declared in 1997 that oblack
music as we hear it today simpl\
wouldn Tt exist without him. ?
Mayfield Ts socially conscious Iyr-
ies paved the way for rappers
more interested in gritty urban
landscapes than heavenly ro-
mance, The funk grooves on his
album oSuperfly ? proved irresis-
table to hip nop samplers.
on a three-day pass. oThey sent
word for us to come back to the
base so they could get a count of
the survivors. but we didn Tt go
back because we had a three day
pass. ?
When Meeks and the other sailors
returned they were thrown into the
brig. Soon after. they were
ordered to resume the dangerous
and laborious task of loading the
lilve munitions. while white sail-
ors received 30 day passes.
oWe (back sailors) had a big pow
wow out on the compound and
talked it over. We talked to the
lieutenant about it and he told us
to write the Red Cross. The Red
Cross told us that there was
nothing thes could do for us
oboys. ?
When the time came to resume
duties. 50 men refused to load the
munitions. The remaining black
soldiers that consented to continu-
ing their duties were shipped off
to different places in the world,
some even dishonorably " dis-
charged. The men who refused
were arrested and tried.
oThey wanted to shoot us to make
an example out of us. but instead
we Were shipped to Treasure
black keys on the piano.
In 1956, he joined church choir
member Jerry Butler. brothers
Arthur and Richard Brooks. and
Sam Gooden in a group called
The Roosters. They change their
name to The Impressions two
sears later. and has a No. 11 hit
with oFor Your Precious Love. ?
The group went on to record a
string of hits, including o Gypsy
Woman ?. oIt's All Right ? and ?"?
I'm So Proud. ?
It was in 1964°s "Keep on Pusing
othat marked a turning point for
Mayfield. and broadened the pa-
rameters of black music. Widely
regarded as the first rhythm and
blues song to rally blacks behing
the civil rights movement, oKeep
on Pushing ? become a Top R &
13 and pop hit.
ued putting black pride and. social
issues at the T forefront in
Impressions hits such as oWe're A
Winner. ? oThis is My Country ?
and oChoice of Colors. ?
asked: oHow long nave you si
Mayfield contin- .
which _
~
Island in San Francisco. ?
The sailors were initially given
between eight and 18 years, but
with the help of civil rights lawyer
and first African American su-
preme court justice Thurgood
Marshall. sentences were reduced.
Now. after years of maintaining
his silence about the incident,
Meeks is more than willing to tell
his side of the story.
oT-guess I'm still here to let
people know what happened, ?
said Meeks. oI dont Tt know if all
the other men will. get pardoned,
but | think they should. All we
were there for was to
serve our country. ?
Added his wife Eleanor, oThose
350 guys did what they thought was
right. They stood up for what they
thought was right and there was
no such thing at that time for a
black man.
They just stuck to their faith,
believed and refused to go back.
Now his granchildren and great
grandchildren can read about him
in the history books and know that
he did not back down. ?
After his accident. Mayfield
found he could still sing by lying
down, letting gravity put pressure
on his chest and lungs. With
vocals sometimes recorded lines
at a time, Mayfield released his
final album, * New World Order. ?
in 1996.
Mayfield was a two-time induc-
tee to the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame---as a member of the
Impressions, and as a solo artist.
Though his songs often invoked
bleak surroundings, they never
lost sight of hope. oLike a true
nonviolent civil rights activist,
Mayfield looked for the best in
anatagonists as well as friends,
gently prodding for change and
rarely pointing an accusatory fin-
ger in anger, ocritic George
wrote in his 1988 book, o The
Death of Rhythm and_ blues. ?
oThere waws dignity in his ap-
proach, a feeling that his ideals
were for the elevation of his
listeners. o
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Baca
Happy Bit bay Dr.
- We Salute.
King
ie pricr to ? Statements.
STVOIGOIYgd |
A te to the Nation's capital, shown above is Brother Rouse... Owner of WOOW Joy 1340 AM &
W 1320 AM was in Washington, DC to speak to the FCC regarding low OW M Radio and
Minoniies Brother Rouse is Shown with Retired Col. Powell's son, Micheal Powell who is a
commissioner with the FCC. along with other NC Broadcasters. Also, shown is congressman John
Conyers, who dined with brother ouse and Micheal Rowell for Lunch. ?
Herbert A. Gardner has been nominated to receive the Congressional Committee Ts 1999
Businessman of the Year Award. This award is given to top business leaders in the country
who have been instrumental in helping to reform the IRS. pass the Financial Freedom Act of
1999 and maintain the Republican Majority in Congress. He was singled out to receive this
prestigious appointment because of his generous financial support to the National Republican:
to the White House in 2000. .
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MIRANDA RIGHT IN JEAPORDY = re eo
BY NISA ISLAM MUHAMMAD
Soon you may not have a right to be forewarned of your rights, The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral
arguments early next year and decide in June whether or not to tinker with the 33 year-old ruling that
"Mandates police to inform criminal suspects that oyou have the ight to remain silent... . a warning better
known as the Miranda rule.
Some observers view this as the most important criminal case the Supreme Court will hear in years. :
Miranda became law in 1966, but the Court must determine if a 1968 law passed by Congress overturns
Miranda, The 1968 law allows federal prosecutors to use voluntary confessions even if the person was
not read his Miranda rights.
And while that law has never been enforced, Attorney General Janet Reno told congressional members
in 1997 that she viewed the congressional legislation as unconsti- tutional,
The case that has brought Miranda to the Supreme Court is Dickerson vs. The United States. And
oddly. it has made the Justice Department and Plaintiff Thomas Dickerson strange bedfellows, Mr.
Dickerson was arrested in 1997 for driving the getaway car in an $876 bank robbery in Alexandria, Va.
While in custody. Mr, Dickerson made statements to FBI agents that later Were used against him in court. |
It was discovered that he had not been: perly read his Miranda rights, A federal judge in Alexandria
| refused to allow Mr. Dickerson T $ remarks $ as evidence becaise he had not been read his Miranda rights |
3 700 gathered at Medger Bvers Col:
lege of the City University of New
| York (CUNY) for the 10th Annual
| Academic Convocation which was
oheld in the Cola Au
sand televised to mx
other rooms. .
+. With the. very)
[dynamic and per-
| sonable Dr. Edison.
0. Jackson at the.
helm as president,
the college honored
the Rev. Dr. Gardner C, :. Taylor,
' senior pastor emeritus of Concord
Baptist Church of Christ; Iyanla
Vanzant, founder and executive
director of Inner Visions World-
wide, and also.a minister, author,
| orator and empowerment special-
ist; and yours truly, with the hon-
| -orary degree of Doctor of Humane
Tethers Vanzant was also the very
inspirational keynote speaker.
. Also participating in the very
moving program | were Dr. Kofi
T - Lomotey, senior vice president and
: provost, who presided; Dr. Taylor,
-who gave the invocation and bene-
diction; and Jackson, who. brought
greetings, conferred the degrees,
introduced the convocation speak-
Dr. Matthew Goldstein, chancellor
of CUNY, addressed the gather-
' ing; Kenneth Cook, member-of the
board of trustees, brought greet-
- dean of the School of Liberal Arts
ind Education, beautifully. pre-
7 Republican chainehi: ©. David
- Williams, rector of St. George Ts
» the City Council;
er and gave the closing remarks.
ings; and Dr. Mwalimu Shujaa,
ay Also on. hand were honor :
guards, . officers Paul Brown and
oth Thostes, acne
3 | come in the past. This is essentially
Episcopal Church; Councilwoman
Annette Robinson, who presented
the honorees with citations from
Lowite: Dr. oal I Rosa,
Downstate; Roderick Mitchell,
president of Bedford-Stuyvesant
Restoration Corporation; and Alli-
son Bledman Babb and Charles
Palms of the same organization.
Also on hand were retired Com-
missioner Myrtle G. Whitmore;
Ruth Lewis, widow of Assemb.
Woodrow Lewis; Barbara Simons
(Mrs. Calvin); Dr. Randall Bloom-
field of Downstate; former Deputy
Commissioner Carl I. Butler; Mal-
colm McCoy, retired vice president
of Citibank and his wife Dorothy;
Leona Sharpe, wife of Glenn.
Edward Sharpe, vice. came ear
Citibank; Robin |
) AME ie h;
Doctors James and Babie oxime
nted the candidates our hon- a
Councilwoman |
.. | charges have been levied. They may
-| or may not be true. These are things
wife of Dr. John LaRosa, presi-
" dent of SUNY Downstate Medical
Center; Martha Thomas, also of
'} the key to avoiding basic errors..
In recent weeks, we have seen a"
variety of incidents involving young
people. One of them has resulted in.
adeath, with at least one other send-
ing a young girl to the hospital with
a severe knife wound. These are all
major problems, which must be
handled forthwith.
In each of these cases, racial
to be determined by courts of law or
_| by whatever means necessary.
Meanwhile, we need to take a
I closer look at the children we are
rearing and ask ourselves if we are
preparing them to deal with a world
that is both hostile and friendly.
Some of the barriers have fallen.
Some others have not. It is impor-
tant that we teach our children to
know the difference, and how to
deal with either or both sets of cir-
| cumstances.
Of equal importance in this equa-
tion is the role of the adult, i.e. the
parent, grandparent, et al. Some-
| where along the way, as we at-
tempted to throw off the yoke of
oppression, we failed to reinstitute
something called respect. Such ac-
tion has resulted in an almost-total
breakdown of our society.
In the oolden days, ? African
Americans said oYes Sir, No Sir,
sablishes ae
of The Sentinel, used tokid me alot
} about looking into the past. But he
-1 also understood that the road to the
| future lies within the problems over-
- Jorma ofiegen Soap one th on
vein, they said the same thing to.
- the school and the teachers for the
dance to most African culture, older
» people are venerated. They are re-
T vered and they are respected.
their parents and elders. In accor-
-. When the concept of integration
became the law of the land and the
oppressive bonds wete thrown off,
we began to think that because we
~ no longer said oSir ? and oMa'am ?
to white people, we no longer
needed to show respect to our own
elders.
What a sad mistake that | was.
The concept of respect to our elders
had not come out of fear, as it-had
with white people. It had come from
an African tradition of genuine re-
spect. We lost it. We have not found
it yet and our children are running
rampant through the communities.
It Ts cold but it Ts real. In our com-
munity, the culprits don Tt speak
Spanish. They don Tt have foreign
accents. As a matter of fact, some of
them can barely speak English be-
cause they only thought they only
needed to go to school long enough
to learn to sign their names. And
some of them are illegible.
The problem is that we don Tt
stand behind the schools and the
teachers. When a teacher sends a
note home to a parent, like as not,
the parent goes to his or her local
armory, checks out an AK47 and
then goes to school with killing the
teacher in mind. Still, Johnny can Tt
read, write or decipher.
Johnny and Jennie go to school
with the notion of telling the teacher
where he or she can go and the
astray
We cannot continue to thew
failure of our kids. These teachers:
don Tt teach our children to rob and
- steal. They don't provide gun-han-
dling classes. These are things
learned outside the classroom, and
in some cases, condoned by the
parents. There have been: several
incidents where parents have bought
weapons and given them to their
children,
- .Nobody wants to accept the
blame for the lack of respect, the
failure to learn and the unwilling-
ness to be corrected on the part of
our children, Every parent in the
world, soto speak, will say, oI know
my child and I know he/she would
not do anything wrong.. ?
When the wrong occurs, the par-
ent is quick to explain they learned
it from the television or from a
neighbor's son. It simply was not
the fault of the child or the parent.
Horse Manure!
It is too easy to cast the blame "
off on someone else. The onus be-
longs on the shoulders of the par-
ents in most cases. In some cases, it
is not the parents T fault and this
statement alone will give all par-
ents an out. They will be quick to
grab onto this little blurb and say,
oWell, at least he Ts not talking about
me. ?
Wrong! In most cases, you are
exactly the one I Tm talking about.
To misquote the Bard, oMethinks
thou doth protest too much. ?
- Maybe nobody else wants to deal
with it. But something has got to be
pid.) 2)
Somewhere along the way, we
have got to wake up and understand
that we have in fact bred a genera-
tion of vipers (with apologies to
Philip Wylie.) and now they have
begun to bite us. this ain Tt about
race. This is about survival. We
have turned deaf ears to the prob-
lem, claiming this was the white
man Ts influence or his problem. He
does not live in our community for
the most part. He does not come
into our community and break into
our homes. He does not rob the
mom and pop stores on the corners.
These are our kids and we are look-
ing for every kind of excuse in the
world to excuse them. It just doesn Tt
wash and it is about time that we
stopped trying to fool ourselves into
believing the problems we have are
somebody else Ts fault.
When we stopped teaching our
children respect, we turned the cor-
ner onto a one-way street. There is
a brick wall at the end of that street.
Perhaps it is too late for some of
a ee e.
next door poenetning,. a stu-
the youngsters. It is not, however too |
late for all of them. Let us look at the
African traditions we have been
given and if nothing else, follow the
ones that are there in front of us.
We must be able to look to the
past in order to forge ahead for the
future. After all, we have been com-
plaining that this nation took our
history from us. Well, there are some
things they have not taken from us
and we would do well to look at the
past and see what lies ahead for us.
co
URBAN PERSPECTIVE
Violence Prevention: Focus on Youth
i?
The California Wellness
Foundation recently held its
seventh annual Violence Prevention Initia-
tive Conference in Los Angeles. Violence is a
serious public health problem and arguably,
violence prevention should be this nation Ts
top priority. Violence mirrors the direction
and quality of life for youth, It also reflects
the social justice and public policy Priorities
of America.
Gun viclence is a public health epidemic
and the leading cause of death for California Ts
young people. The annual conference pro-
vides an opportunity for all Violence Preven-
tion Initiative participants to convene and
strengthen the statewide network of advocates.
The intention is to transform public discourse,
inform policy development and create new
community strategies for prevention.
The VPI has several dimensions, one of
which is a media or public information com-
ponent. This provides background informa-
tion which better enables participants and the
general public to understand the complexities
and challenges of violence prevention.
Violence among America Ts youth remains
at historically high levels, and both offenders
and victims are getting younger each year.
Youth are the most frequent victims of vio-
lence nationwide, with teenagers at least twice
as likely as adults to become the victims of
some sort of physical assault. Every day, 13
children under the age of 20 are murdered.
Although there has been a 30 percent decline
in juvenile homicides since 1994, homicides
account for 20 percent of all deaths of the 10-
' 24 age group and is one of the leading causes
of death for this group. On an optimistic note,
national statistics show violent crime arrests
fell 4 percent in 1995 for juveniles 17 and
under, the first drop since 1987. Teenagers T
_ perception of violence or crime as the biggest
problem facing their generation has also de-
clined from 22 percent in 1994 to 7 percent in
1998. But despite violence prevention pro-
grams and declines in rates of youth violence,
juvenile-related crime continues to take its
toll.
Once considered sanctuaries of safety and
learning, American schools today are often
perceived as dangerous places. With the re-
cent media frenzy surrounding school
shootings, the public has been inundated by
images of children shooting classmates and
teachers, leading to the belief that school-
related violence is surging. Heightened con-
cerns and exacerbated fears about school safety
have also resulted in public policy initiatives.
Statistics show, however, that the perceived
otrend ? in school violence may be more a
media phenomenon of linking together sensa-
tionalistic incidents than a pervasive problem.
Of course, this is not to say that America Ts
youth face no threats to their safety. Guns have
killed children in America 12 tinfes as often as
they have killed children in other industrial-
ized countries. The real dangers are not so
much in schools, but away from them, as 99
percent of children Ts deaths occur outside of
schools. Tragically, 11 American children are
killed every two days by their parents or care-
takers.
Resources for Youth i is a public education
campaign funded by the California Wellness
Foundation which seeks to provide California Ts
leaders and decision-makers with tools and in-
formation to help promote increased public and
private investment in violence prevention ef-
forts and policies that reduce firearm injuries
and deaths. RFY is acomponent of the ten-year,
comprehensive Violence Prevention Initiative.
(The VPI has three primary goals: change the
view that violence is inevitable, stimulate and
support innovative programs, and give Califor-
nians a direction for dealing creatively with
violence prevention.) RFY has developed a
database of more than 15,000 opinion leaders
and broad-based support from the grassroots as
well as professional communities.
The seventh annual Violence Prevention
Conference offered speakers and a wide range
of workshops and discussion sessions. These
include Seizing Political Opportunities, Iden-
tifying Allies and Making It Happen "by the
end of this session, participants had the oppor-
tunity to share experiences that have helped
community-based organizations strategically
position themselves in the political structure
of their communities. Adolescent Violence: A
Practical Perspective "Case Studies "by the
end of this session, it was intended that par-
ticipants be able to assess and/or identify risk
factors associated with youth violence. Par-
ticipants were to develop a management plan
for an identified at-risk youth. Talking Out
Loud About Juvenile Justice "by the end of
this session, participants were to be better able
to frame public health arguments about juve-
nile justice. Fostering Youth Leadership "by
the end of this session, participants should
have had a good understanding of the knowl-
edge of the ingredients for developing effec-
tive youth leadership programs.
Perhaps the most innovative and signifi-
cant thing about the VPI conference is its
strong focus on youth, both as leaders and
participants. A future column will summarize
the results of the seventh annual Violence
Prevention Initiative Conference, which will
likely be interesting and have important prac-
tical implications.
A personal note: One of the Wellness
Foundation Ts 1999 Peace Prize recipients is
Los Angeles T Ruben Lizardo, who works hard
to better other communities as well as his
own "a rare, invaluable trait. Thanks, Ruben.
oe 2
With the mailing
of the 2000 Cen-
sus a little more
than three months away, there is
* grest concern as to who is going to
count the African American com-
2 Tmonity and how it will be done. We
» Weren Tt counted very well in 1990.
= The total undercount for the 1990
: ccensus was an estimated eight mil-
: lion, a great majority of which were
: communities in urban centers like
. Los Angeles, Chicago, Washing-
o4 + SV OEES Cs
s
know ... us.
And as a result, the African
American community (in the col-
lective) suffered major losses in
Fepresentation, and certainly an op-
portuni toestablisha greater voice |
i = ton, D.C, and Philadelphia. You
public resources (money), possibly
BETWEEN THE Lines
African American Civil Rights Census Committee: Making Sure We Get Counted
nity seems to be repeating history
with confusion around community
hiring for crew leaders and enu-
merators. The census offices in and
around the African American com-
munity seem to be misplaced and
misdirected in terms of a high pri-
ority strategy to reach the ohard to
reach ? and the ohard to hire. ?
The African American commu-
nity is a osub-committee ? focus in
the City of Los Angeles T outreach
or Not real high priority for a
t of the community with
32 million in future state and
fedetal revenues laying around it
sources project that figure
(some
will be as high as $227 million if
ithe same level of count inaccuracy
occurs), The community asked
questions but couldn't get oig an-
tye } resources,
census offices in two key A
games are being played relative to
owho's going to receive the money, ?
owhat processes will be used to sup-
port census offices, ? ohow will the
money be spent, ? owhere is the
money going to be placed (part-
ners, collaterals, etc.). ? All of this
is going on while other communi-
ties have their monéy and resources
in place, and are off and running
with respect to their census support
workplans. "
The confusion around disclos-
ing an African American approach |
seemed to justify rumors that the
African American community had
been owritten off. ? Census officials
deny this, but the proof is not in the
words, but in the pudding (actual
deeds).
Allegations that hiring for inner
city census jobs have been convo-
luted with data base (job applicants)
. The absence of local
ommunities,
be major lapses in both enumera-
tion and hiring because of Census
takers unfamiliarity with the area.
The claim is that nothing more is
being done than before, and what
do you call doing things the same
and expecting a different result?
You call it insanity.
Well, African American com-
munities are preparing to deal with
how to avoid ocensus insanity. ?
They are called African American
oCivil Rights ? Complete Count
Committees, They are designed to
prevent the census bureaucracy |
from systematically excluding the
African American communities
from being fully and equitably in-
volved in the execution and accu-
racy of the census.
Two weeks ago, Congress-
woman Maxine Waters (co-chaired
with Assemblyman Rod Wright) |
Angeles T African id
American oCivil Rips" sonny 40
Vatts/ Committee in the p of U.S.
announced Los
partnerships, advertising and train-
ing is concerned. This effort, which
received the endorsement of Prewitt
and U.S. Department of Commerce
Regional Director John Reeder, will
allow the black commutity to fast-
track its efforts to educate the com-
munity about the census and make
sure that not only are we counted,
but that we do the counting.
It's extremely important that we,
as @ community "with our many
fiefdoms and sub-cliques, come to-
gether on this one. Blacks can Tt
afford to be. miscounted,
undercounted, or discounted this
time around, Too much rests on this
census count. This is not the Mil-
lion Man March (you see what hap-
pened when the National Parks Ser-
vice attempted to enumerate us in
one place, on one day), where you
can ballpark and let it stand.
oe re tofind
ody Frits lank Poo yop pa
that have to count a housing project
and if unfamiliar with it, will walk
right by it. Three hundred families
become 50 on the census count.
This process is how America
divvies its pie, its Congressional
representation, its federal dollars to
the states and cities, its justification
for infra-service and highway ser-
vices "all are tied to who is counted
inacommunity,. Our civil rights are
many times funded by our
_ community Ts enumerated rights.
Call (323) 292-3009 to find how
you, your church or community or-
ganization can work with the-Afri-
can American oCivil Rights ? Com-
sans eee is get
ust any Complete Count Com-
mittee. Remember, as far as the
Census goes, if it ain't about your
oCivil Rights ? (in the name), it Ts
not about counting you.
We need to count this time, and
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World War II Veterans who paved the way for America today.
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THE CHANGING FACE
OF HOMELESSNESS
By Valerie Daye
In the past two to three decades,
this country has witnessed a rise
in the number of men, women and
children living either in homeless
shelters or on the streets. For those
who have the good fortune of
never having .to have been a part
~ of this ever growing population, it
is quite easy to stereotype and
dismiss the homeless community
as not only "homeless" but also
"helpless". We would wish only to
get on with our lives and not think
of "those other people."
Unfortunately, "those other
people" actually exist, not only in
society at large, but at an increas-
ing rate here in the City of
Raleigh. It is estimated on a given
night that there are well over 2000
homeless persons in our City. And
while there is an alarming truth to
the myths of drug use and abuse
which are reported from the
homeless community, there are
untold realities which require our
concern, attention and assistance
as well
In the City operated homeless
shelter at 1420 S. Wilmington
Street, between 250-330 men and
women reside at the shelter on a
given night. More than 43% have
a medical condition or disability.
80% or greater suffer from some
form of substance abuse. An even
greater percentage of the residents
in the city-run homeless facility
suffer unresolved emotional or
physical abuse issues.
Of the female residents, at least
40-60% are victims of domestic
violence, such violence oftentimes
continuing during their stay at the
shelter.
While these statistics are stagger-
ing, none of the problems are
insurmountable and there is hope.
More than 60% of the females
and 80% of the males are regu-
larly employed, either by an
outside employer or through day
labor services. Lack of money
management skills, a failure to
understand and utilize spending
priorities and or bad credit histo-
ries render home ownership of
apartment renting unlikely without
outside intervention.
Assistance in the form of services
is absolutely necessary to reverse
the trend of homelessness in our
locality and this factor cannot be
overstated. Even more, however,
in our encounters with the home-
less, we must be vigilant in
establishing proper boundaries,
promoting self esteem, assisting in
goal setting and maintaining
a positive focus, wherever we can,
however we can.
The City's support in seeking
homeless persons to employ dur-
ing the Special Olympics created
overwhelming enthusiasm at the
Shelter and is but one example of
how positive efforts by the City
can be utilized to build positive
self worth. .
Teaching respect and dignity
through example is equally as
valuable, especially when we con-
sider that many in the homeless
community have never experi-
enced a values system in their
lives. This lacking need, unfortu-
nately can be a breeding ground
for anger, violence and abuse.
Aiding those in need can have a
tremendous positive impact on
society, on the homeless commu-
nity and on self. The best part of
making a compassionate contribu-
tion to those who have reached
great levels of hopelessness and
despair is that the only tool needed
is the humanness of a_ beating
heart. And, we all have one of
those. .
*The statistics used in this article are
based on observation and staff estimates
What is soul?
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eyes closed, singing the blues.
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joined in a gesture of unity.
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who fought to keep Black History alive.
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i bicuneetry millions of indi-
viduals were infected with a
"- " simian virus "SV-40- "through
ohe & pola vaccine. Luckily, "_.
In Germany, i in 1967, some
workers there were not as lucky.
They were infected with a Mar-
burg virus from African green
monkeys. The virus didn Tt
phase the monkeys; it killed
those workers.
Most likely the AIDS virus
transfer occurred when the oral
polio vaccine was squirted in
- the mouths of the experimental
subjects and it entered the |
bloodstream through a sore in
the mouth of the subject. And
then further transfers of the vi-
rus occurred by sexual contacts
Rwanda and Burundi. That's also
where the AIDS virus has been
Mr. Hooper Ts book doesn Tt tie
down the beginning of AIDS in hu-
mans to oral polio vaccine testing
in Africa as clear as 2 plus 2 equals
_ 4; however, he put AIDS data with .
the oral polio vaccine experiments
information and it comes within a
fraction or two of clearly adding up
to the right number.
There are two reasons for the
scientific community's reluctance
to find out if vaccine testing on Af-
rican natives caused AIDS to be
born. For one, it won Tt go down
too good with us, Black Americans
and Africans. Another is that if the
polio vaccine is the culprit, the -
a Toceured in 1959 in re hint
ae what was the Belgian Congo then, -
was later Zaire, and now is Con-
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were in the Congo, Uganda, ©
- with the virus; and both of those |
numbers are steadily going up. .
history. So far there are at least» |
most devastating the earliest.
"AIDS will kill more mee Oph ic Ag
than any other known plague in
16 million people dead from
AIDS and 33 million infected -
That Ts why the scientific
community. needs to know as
much as it can about AIDS, in-
cluding how it started. For one, |
so that mistakes won "tbe made
again. Also, the more scientists .
know about AIDS, the more
likely a vaccine or cure can be
found.
(Emory Curtis is a freelance
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door to discontent and despair. We
often want to blame someone else
for the results of our own choices.
2. Wrong choices bring negative
consequences. Right choices bring
rewards !
3. Many adults are influenced by
the opinions of others and are
reluctant to go against the crowd.
4. When life is trouble free, we
tend to become complacent.
5. God's time is best,
6. You can do more than you think
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7, We don't want something until
we're told we cannot have it.
8. We reap what we sow.
9. We all suffer for our mistakes.
10. God is always moved by the
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Check your work
Don't talk to people when they 're
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friends as you want
Always have a sense of humor.
Don't grow up too fast
Do what makes you happy. Don't
always follow the crowd!
Respect people, plants, and ani-
mals.
Tell people when you have a
problems Don't just keep it to
yourself
Don't cut your hair by yourself!
You get what you pay for.
Listen to others, and they'll listen
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No matter how big or small the
gift, it's the thought that counts.
Don't bug Mom when she's on the
phone!
Don't sit too close to the T. V.
Cleanup what you messed up!
Look around in different places to
find your friends.
Stop and talk it out Don't fight!
It's 0. K. to make mistakes.
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expose cop silence
Special to the Tri-State Defender
NEW YORK (AP) " It Ts a trial civil rights activists say will fur-
ther expose the so-called blue wall of silence " a supposed code
among police officers never to-.rat on each other.
It Ts also one defense attorneys hope will prove that former Officer
Charles Schwarz was wrongly convicted in one of the most notori-
ous brutality cases in city history. Jury selection for the trial " the
second prosecution stemming from the 1997 assault on a handcuffed
prisoner, Abner Louima, in a police station bathroom " began
Monday in Brooklyn federal court. Opening statements are tenta-
tively set for Jan. 31.
In a case that flamed tensions between police and minorities and
sparked social unrest, Schwarz, who is White, was convicted last
year of violating Louima Ts civil rights by holding him on the 70th
Precinct bathroom floor while. another White officer, Justin Volpe,
sodomized the Black Haitian immigrant with a broken broomstick.
Volpe pleaded guilty and has since claimed that the other officer in
the bathroom was Thomas Wiese, not Schwarz.
Schwarz, 35, Wiese, 37, and Officer Thomas Bruder, 34, now
stand accused of obstructing justice by concocting to shield Schwarz
from federal investigators. If convicted, they each would face a max-
imum five years in prison.
Joining other activists outside the courthouse Monday, the Rev. Al
Sharpton told reporters, oWhat Justin Volpe did could not have been
done without an active cover-up in the 70th Precinct. ... So to us, this
is just as important as the first trial. ?
Schwarz Ts wife, Andra Schwarz, said she expects the new trial to
vindicate her husband, who has been in federal custody since his
conviction in June.
oWe hope the truth is going to come out, ? she said. .
In the first trial, all three defendants were cleared of charges they
beat Louima while taking him by patrol car to the station house.
Bruder and Schwarz oare looking forward to being acquitted a sec-
ond time, ? Bruder Ts attorney, Stuart London, said following a brief
pretrial hearing early this week. -
Both London and Wiese Ts attorney, Joseph Tacopina, said their
clients still contend Schwarz was never in the bathroom.
More than 500 people filled out 47-page questionnaires, the first
phase of a jury selection process designed to screen out candidates
tainted by pretrial publicity. U.S. District Judge Eugene Nickersor?
plans to begin questioning finalists in his courtroom Jan. 19.
Potential jurors were asked whether they think police discriminate
agairist minorities, what oblue wall of silence ? means, if it Ts wrong
to second-guess officers and whether they have heard or read any
media accounts about Schwarz Ts role in the attack on Louima.
Last month, Volpe was sentenced to 30 years in prison. The former
patrolman had admitted ramming the stick up Louima Ts rectum in a
blind rage, thinking " mistakenly " that his prisoner had sucker-
punched him outside a Brooklyn nightclub. Prosecutors said
Louima Ts cousin actually punched the officer. Volpe and Louima are
expected to testify at the second trial.
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"by Nisa islam Muhammad
It is an international refugee case of oif
you Tre Black get back, brown stick around T
~ and white you're all right. ?
Africa, according to the United Nations
High Commissioner of Refugees, has the
largest number with 4.9 million, roughly
one third of the world Ts 13.6 million refu-. .
gees. But it has one of the smallest num-
bers of refugees admitted to the United
States each year.. -
The numbers are startling. For fiscal year
(FY) 2000 there is a ceiling of 18,000 Afri-
can refugees. For Asia and the Near East
the ceiling is: 16,000. For Europe, the ceil-
ing is 47,000.
These disparities are highlighted by a
~ Dec. | State Department ruling that termi-
nated refugee family reunions for six Afri-
can countries while leaving the reunions
open indefinitely for European countries.
Poo counties include Cameroon, Chad,
jibouti, Liberia, Nigeria, Somalia and
Uganda.
oYes, in general, there 1s a disparity.
Fewer Africans are allowed in compared
with Europe, Asia and the former Soviet
Union ?, said Mwiza Munthali, information
specialist for the Washington-based
TransAfrica.
It would be easy to just call the disparity
another form of racism. In FY 99 America
allowed 13,038 African refugees to enter,
In that same year 24,498 refugees came
from Europe, 16,922 came trom the former
Soviet Union and 14,156 came fréfn
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The law$and their implementation have.
rulings are racially based ?, said Torli Krua,
executive director of Universal T Human
Rights International (UHRI), a Boston-' -
based group that promotes African refugee
issues,
But according to the Federation for
American Immigration Reform (FAIR),
a. national organization that believes the
American immigration policies should be
reformed, racism. is not the reason for ex-
clusion. oWe Tre still fighting the cold war
with refugee status. Countries with high
numbers of refugee admissions are coun-
tries (governments) that America doesn Tt
get along with, ? said Ira Mehiman, FAIR's
media director, explaining that Cuban refu-
gees can come because of the U.S. policy
against Fidel Castro.
oJust because we disagree with a country
doesn Tt mean everyone is a refugee, ? he said.
Another reason is the ignorance of the
American people that the disparity even
exists. oAmerican citizens don Tt know about
this unfair treatment. The State Department
has been able to carry out this policy be-
cause the Americans don Tt have refugees
as a day-to-day issue ?, said Mr. Krua.
Whatever the reason for the exclusion
of African immigrants, the facts still remain
that Africans are getting the short end of
the stick when it comes to refugee admis-
sion. The roars of racism coming from the
African immigrant communities is so strong
that the Caucus of Black State Legislators
overwhelmingly approved a resolution call-
ing for the elimination of discrimination in
U.S. refugee admission policies.
The caucus resolution calls for the U.S.
to oimmediately institute a relugee admis-
sion policy which offers fair and equitable
race, religion and national origin, be
~ with an immediate hearing into acial
quota system of the State Department. ?
treatment of all war victims isresy
Massachusetts Ts legislators.
Swain and Gloria Fox, both democrats, sub-
mitted the resolution in conjunction with
UHRI. oBy no means is this over, We just
bought them some time. It is sheer racism
to forever separate refugees from theirfami-
lies, It is a move to disconnect them for-
ever, ? said Rep. Gloria Fox.
U.S. refugee admissions are categorized
into three categories: :
Priority One "all nationalities are
eligible to apply.
Priority Two "discrete groups
with unifying characteristics are identified
and found to be in need of resettlement.
Priority Three "access available
to close relatives of certain nationalities.
.The African countries were terminated
from the Priority Three programs, which
seeks to unite family members that have fled
their homelands.
The State Department said it terminated
the refugee status because of the changing
conditions of those countries. Many agree:
that the new ruling is unfair.
oWe believe it should be based on merit
not what country you come from. It should
not be an extension of U.S. foreign policy, ?
said Mr. Mehlman.
oThe State department is run by a former
refugee, Madeline Albright, ? said Mr. Krua,
oShe would never have become Secretary
of State in Czechoslovakia. She should
understand the needs of refugees but the
criteria are totally different for Africa. The
problem is the racial quotas. The smallest
numbers are assigned to Africa. ?
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Brown puts gavel
down on career
This item from the
| oRiding the Wave
While It Lasts ? De-
partment: Once April
_ arrives, Criminal
Court Judge Joe
| Brown Jr. says he will
step down to focus on
his Hollywood career.
y Brown wants to de-
T vote his all to his suc-
_ iy Fy cessful syndicated
: court room program,
ahi The Judge Joe Brown
Show. He believes he can best servesthe
public by concentrating on TV show.
But who can blame him? On the one
hand, you have the prestigious, make-a-dif-
ference-in-the-world occupation of criminal
court judge. On the other hand, you have
the glitzy, highly-paid, Hollywood job of
presiding judgé on one of those oh-so-pop-
ular courtroom shows on TV today. (Now
you make the choice!).
And though most of us reasonable-think-
ing folk can Tt seem to understand why any-
one would take their legal conflicts to TV
to be tried under the glare of cameras and
an oevery time-I-give-a-ruling-I-try-to-be
cute-with-my-statements-and-show-you-
how-much-I-am-in-control-of-this-court-
room ? judge this doesn Tt matter at all...not
as long as dollars are made, careers are cat-
apulted and TV viewers are happy to look
at the misery of others from the comfort of
their living rooms.
Holy Moses! the .
circus is in town
Slowly but surely (taken as a whole), to-
day Ts televised religious programs (most of .
them, anyway) are becoming a bigger
sideshow than professional (?) wrestling.
Whether it Ts gaudy set decorations and gold
leaf, gospel rap, end-of-the-world predic-
tions, bigger-than-the-Memphis-Pyramid
size audiences, white hair, pink lipstick and
rouge, or ministers with the supposed pow-
_er to oknock someone out ? simply by the
laying on of hands - this is the biggest car-
nival act going bar none!.
The only thing needed that isn Tt featured
now would be a three-ring circus set, a lion
tamer, dancing elephants and a traveling
caravan under the P.T. Barnum banner!
The way things are going, nobody would
think twice the day a UFO lands and three
aliens abduct a minister in front of a live
_ television audience. Viewers would simply
think it was par for the course.
Ricki Ts show should
be thrown in the lake
Monday morning Ts Ricki Lake show (the
first of the new millennium) presented a 21:
year-old Black, oreligious, ? male stripper
who is.a virgin. He believes in the church
enough to remain chaste but (obviously) not
enough to abstain from flaunting his near-
naked body on stage before a crowd of peo-
pie: : oy
Anyway...such was what set the pace for
the new year on the Ricki Lake show. (How
sad!) Between this, the new omillionaire ?
game shows, makeover tips, fights, court-
room shenanigans, and omy wild teen needs
to go to boot camp ? programs " there really
isn Tt much need to turn your television set
on before, say, 7 p.m.!
What method behind
| this mayhem is this?
Tommy Lee Ts (Pamela Anderson Ts ex)
new music project is labeled Methods of
Mayhem. The group told The Bex music
channel that it is composed of regular folk,
and some opeople ? from the fourth dimen-
sion.
Yet their first single is titled Get Naked.
| (Go figure!) .
| Aren Tt entities from higher dimensions
supposed to be more enlightened than we
. lowly people of the third dimension
' (Maybe not!)
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without resorting to revenge or retaliation. A .
country in need of healing devoured his
}deathhe helped usheal,
That is why King Ts wife, Coretta Scott King,
was so successful in her efforts over the past
decades to raise money and put to use taxpayer
dollars for the construction of the King Center,
an archive of her husband Ts personal papers.
| by which the public could share and learn from
the intimate thoughts of one of its cultural
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_ leader Louis Farrakhan is not the
person to preach unity for all races
and religions, Associated Press re-
ported this week. .
Graham told Fox News that Far-
rakhan could not be the unifying fig-
| ure he now says he wants to be.
oI doubt if he could, ? Graham said
noting that Farrakhan had asked to
meet with him. oHis views and my
views will be very far apart, and: it
would be very difficult for us. We
- could be friends, but it would be very
difficult for us to say that we are the
Same, or that we could be the same
religiously. ?
. ; In Deceauber, Fartakban made iis
f first public appearance. in months
_ Farrakhan following a bout with prostate cancer
and a radiation-related rectal ulcer. Criticized for making anti-White
and anti-Semitic remarks in the past, Farrakhan said his health prob-
lems have changed his outlook.
oOnly through our act of atonement can we be forgiven for what
we have said or done to injure other human beings - a member of an-
other race or a member of another religious group, another nation or
another ethnic group, ? Farrakhan said at that time.
Graham also offered comments on controversial plans by the
Southern Baptist Convention, his own denomination, to send evan-
gelists into Chicago to try to convert Jews and Muslims.
oI normally defend my denomination. I Tm loyal to it, ? Graham
said. oBut I have never targeted Muslims. I have never targeted Jews.
I believe that we should declare the fact that God loves you, God Ts
willing to forgive you, God can change you, and Christ and his king-
dom is open to anybody who repents and by faith receives him as
Lord and Savior. ? =.
In the same Fox News interview, Graham said it was owonderful ?
to hear Texas Gov. George W. Bush name Jesus Christ as the
philosopher or thinker who had the most impact on his life.
oIt was a wonderful answer, ? Graham said. oI mean, to millions of.
young people especially in the United States, Jesus Christ is the
greatest man in this - in the history of the world. And to me, he Ts the
greatest person in the history of mankind and the universe. We can Tt
prove it, I can Tt put it in a test tube or in an astronomical formula, but
by faith I believe it because the Bible teaches it. ?
During a debate last month in Iowa, Bush responded to the ques-
tion on who was philosopher or thinker who had the most influence
on his life by naming Christ.
oWhen you turn your heart and life over to Christ, when you ac-
cept Christ as your savior it changes your heart, ? Bush said.
Two other Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Orrin Hatch
and Gary Bauer, also mentioned Jesus.
trination makes them more " shall we
say odiscriminating ? im who they detain,
but not in a negative way. .
Just because someone is young and/or
African American or of foreign extrac-
tion: mow not send up an automatic red
ag. ws . Vi md
Coons officials say who will be sin-
gled out for pat-down and body searches,
as well as scanner probes will remain a
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ial Soin) al ste virus Just viewing written complaints, Judge Mar- ; ny Biittany Burges 6 ae
_ I'msure many of you have decide to make that jump tin P. Welch ordered 26 juveniles moved jown ime Food Shaw Dog .
heard that AIDS was started in {fom chimp to man tn deo TE from state-run boot camps. The judge ee i Lots Of Fourtatn Fig Sudding : Puead ?
Africa, either deliberately or 40 0F 90 years T And NTs said he was concemed about how the uw, ra toe a - Banana
accidentally through anexper- |! make that jump? What gave abuses "which allegedly included out The Fuss Ades | -
iment. A new book is out, _!! the wings to make that throwing a boy through a window and Cohen Gos 3 ; Siato Salad
oThe River ? by Edward Hoop- jump? a sticking another one in the eye "oc- Eat In. T She CW Cabbage as . Cle Slaw
er, that fingers the experimen- Saran GL) Eh EE curred in the first place. The boys are to Cateving hailubl Shaing aw * os + Suet Petatos Peceuages
tal testing of an oral polio
have been together in the
or woman, the transfer was
vaccine on about a million likely a blood to blood trans- cility. TUES-THURS----- spa BD beat Ie ha
Congolese from 1957 to 1960 fer. That could occur from a Harry Langmead, the Department of FRI & SAT-----3pm to 12am Coffee
as the culprit. scratch or bite when the Juvenile Justice official who oversaw the
camps, said he was embarrassed by the
; revelations. During visits, the camp
In Germany, in 1967, some workers there seemed nice, he said. A state probe of 4/1 Dark
were not as lucky. They were infected with
a Marburg virus from African green
monkeys. The virus didn Tt phase the
monkeys; it killed those workers.
This column is based on his
findings.
According to the author,
the testing was done by a US.
firm, Wistar Institute, with
two Belgium firms joining
them later. Of the 28 cases of
AIDS in specified towns in
Africa through 1980, 23 of
those cases came from the
same towns in which oral test-
ing of a polio vaccine was un-
-dertaken, or at least within
175 miles of those locations.
Testing of the oral vaccine
was also done in Sweden and
at a women Ts prison in New
Jersey. No early AIDS cases
occurred in Poland and Swe-
deh and no early documented
cases occurred here.
But, in 1973 a New Jersey
teenager had a baby who was
born with HIV. Is it linked to
those tests? Scientists gener-
ally agree that the ancestors
for AIDS viruses were in the
simian population. HIV-1, the
virus that is most prevalent,
derives from an immunodefi-
ciency virus of chimpanzees:
HIV-2 is most likely aN im-
munodeficiency virus from
the sooty mangabey monkey.
Only a very small percent
of simians have the immuno-
deficiency virus. However,
whether a small percent or a
large percent have the virus is
of no concern if it can Tt make
that jump from a chimp or
monkey to us.
The real question is, how
does the HIV virus make that
jump? Since man and chimps
chimps were being killed for
a meal or two.
However, the natives in the
Congo basin and many other
places have been eating
chimps and monkeys and hav-
ing inadvertent blood to blood
transfers for centuries "and
AIDS was unheard of.
The book, oThe River, ?
points to oral polio vaccine
batches contaminated with
chimpanzee AIDS virus as the
change agent for that chimp
to man jump. Supposedly, that
couldn Tt happen because po-
lio vaccine is made with cells
from monkeys, not chimps.
However, the author, Ed-
ward Hooper, points out that a
large colony of chimpanzees
were in the area where the pri-
mates were caught for oral
vaccineexperiments. It is quite
likely that some chimps were
caught in the simian drag net
for experimental subjects and
their cells were used to make
some batches of vaccine.
And if they were, since the
immunodeficiency virus is
rare among the chimps, only
a few random batches of the
experimental oral polio vac-
cine would have that virus.
Then, only in certain places
where the contaminated
batches were given would the
first HIV viruses show up.
That happened.
There have been cases of
simian viruses jumping from
monkey to man via polio vac-
cine. In the SOs and early 60s,
Teenage boys who attended boot
be moved to another secure juvenile fa-
the camps was sparked by newspaper ar-
ticles that said boys in at least one camp
were regularly abused. All of the boys
were from Baltimore and some 200
youths "convicted of various crimes,
except murder "attend the camp each
year.
Polls: Blacks, whites believe
cops use racial profiling
A new Gallup poll found a majority
of Americans, across racial lines, believes
racial profiling happens all the time
across the country. Three out of four
young Black males polled said they had
been pulled over just because of their
race. Poll participants were asked what
they thought about reports that motor-
ists in certain racial and ethnic groups
were stapped by cops because they were
thought to be more likely to commit
crimes.
In addition, the poll found four of 10
Blacks, across age and gender lines, said
they believe they have been stopped by
police because of their race. The tele-
phone poll, which included 2,006 respon-
dents (including 1,001 Blacks) was con-
ducted from Sept. 24 to Nov. 16 and has
an error margin of plus or minus 4 per-
centage points, was part of the annual
Gallup audit of Black-white relations. A
majority of Blacks had positive views
about police officers. One-third had nega-
tive views, and most males 18-34 had a
negative view of cops.
Urban League: Spend more
on schools
- Higher educational standards must be
coupled with better teachers and facili-
ties for students to succeed, said Hugh
Price, president of the National Urban
League, during a Dec. 10 press confer-
ence in Washington, D.C.
As school districts nationwide adopt
tougher standards for graduation, prob-
lems like unqualified teachers, outdated
books, overcrowded classrooms and
crumbling facilities need to be ad-
dressed, Mr. Price said. The education
investments should start in preschool,
he said.
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_: ing. And, Freedom sho T nuff ain Tt free.
«Citizens must be vigilant about freedoms
for a simple fact noted by Lord. Acton
around the turn of the century. Paraph: .
it says: oPower corrupts, and absolute pow-
to answer that question soon,
adually chipped away to noth-
er corrupts absolutely. ? Individuals with
power have a vested interest in ensuring
that they retain their power by remaining
vigilant in questioning every new or pro-
posed policy to see if it fits the concept of
freedom.
A situation is now brewing that will test
our resolve in that regard. Lo
The U.S Supreme Court will determine
shortly whether or not it is alright for.a Po
ua
_, liceman to chase and arrest an indivi
omerely because he or she exhibits osuspi-
cious ? behavior. James Koch, an peed
who o s this position, recently arg
a Fay sree the Fostices on the illegality
of policemen stopping people who run
from them. In a Chicago Dejender article,
Koch said, oWe don Tt want the police to de-
cide everything that Ts suspicious that might
be. A lot of things that are suspicious to po-
lice are not constitutionally acceptable.
Koch Ts client was reportedly standing in
front of a building during lunchtime wai-
ing for someone when four police an
eight officers came down the street.
we sass tale wake up one day . :
find that our freedoms :
cases of recent police abuses, more and
mere presence of the police. For instance,
Amadou Diallo and others listed in The
Stolen Lives Project \end mute testimony to
why growing numbers of African Ameri-
more people are becoming fearful of the.
cans, especially poor African Americans,
might have reason to fear the police.
In the best case scenario, if it is deter-
mined to be alright for the police to chase
-and arrest someone just because they be-
haved suspiciously by running, everyone
would behave alright and there would be
no abuses. But the world is not perfect and,
human nature being what it is, some un-
scrupulous officers might be tempted to the
breaking point to commit abuse. In other
words, giving that kind of power to a cer-
tain class of mean-spirited policemen
would be like giving a child a boatload of
candy and telling him not to eat.
We must rt os our freedoms and we .
cannot do this by giving them away. We
hope the U. S. Supreme Court agrees.
of felony weapon possession. °
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to the New York Daily News, Lopez
guve oPuffy ? a piece of her mind, °
hing out at the hip-hop mogul for
getting her into a dangerous situation
at a Times Square nightclub and tar-
nishing her.image. When police were.
processing the duo, a crying. Lops
r2portedly screamed oLook at a
trouble you got me into, ? according
tc a source. After the 14-hour ordeal -
at the police precinct, there were no
charges filed against Lopez, but
Combs was charged with two counts
Some people think that the words
Christian and rap go together like crips
and bloods, but a man. named Knolly
Williams is trying to change all that.
His Austin, Texas based Grape-
tree Records is the music industry Ts
largest Christian rap label. oIn:
Nashville or L.A. or New York, you
tend to make music that is geared to
sound better than the guy across the
street, ? Williams told the Associat-
ed Press. oThere is nobody else
here. The gangsta rapper comes up
and says, I Tm in the ghetto. I Tve
got to kill to survive. I Tve got to
shoot you in the head. T From a
Christian perspective, we look at it
like, Man, I Tm in the ghetto, too,
but I know there is hope. ?
DAME GREASE
On the way up
These days Dame Grease is one
of the most platinumized producers
in the game.
Producers are often stigmatized
for attempting to enter the game as
an emcee. But Dame Grease may be
the exception. His new album is ti-
ted, appropriately enough, Me and
has 12 songs which feature the likes
of Scarface, Memphis Bleek, DMX,
NORE, NAS, and Drag-on. He Ts
currently in the studio working on
another project. .
CURTIS MAYFIEI
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Stars to gather in tribute
legend Curtis
Mayfield is on
the minds of
everyone in the
Music i :
Now a trib-
ute album to
Curtis, who
was buried
ae this past
Vuesday, is currently in the works.
According to Marv Heiman, his
anager Of 30 years, there has
been an outpouring of entertainers
owanting to do something to honor
the man und his music. oWe Tre
working right now, but many of
he major recording stars have '
centacted us that they want to do
something, ? Heiman told
ww launch.com. oSo, what I think
we're gonna do is one memorial
service where a bunch of the su-
p.rstirs are going to. come togeth-
e: te do a tribute musically to Cur-
ts and we'll tie it together with
some kind of charitable founda-
. » Among the artists who've al-
1: asked to be involved are Er-
~lapion and Gladys Knight.
vminated for Golden Globe
: We would
like to give a
big fat oYou
ogo + to
- Halle Berry.
She was re-
cently nomi-
nated for a
Golden Globe
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, = Dorothy Dan-
ove iit het HBO movie Intro-
orothy Dan-dridge. The
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fall heir. This note was the promise that
all men, yes, black men as well as white
men, would be guaranteed the unalienable
Rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.
J?,? is obvious today that America has de-
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These famous words of
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