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BY HERB BOYD
Special to the AmNews
Putting the final touches on their
case, defense lawyers in the
Amadou Diallo trail, where four
white cops are charged with
second-degree murder, summoned
two officers and a professor of
criminal justice to the stand.
Officer Michael Barrow of the
K-9 division testified to the dim-
ness of the vestibule at 1157
Wheeler Ave.. where Diallo Ts
body was riddled with 19 of 41
bullets fired at him last February.
oThe lights were so dim that | had
to use my flashlight to see, ?
Barrow told the court.
The next witness, Sgt. Robert
Patelli, who, like the accused
officers, is a member of the Street
Crime Unit in the Bronx, recalled
the conditions of the officers
following the shooting . He said
Officer Kenneth Boss appeared
pale and that Officer Sean
Carroll's face was red and his
eyes were welled with tears.
Professor James Fyfe spent a
good part Wednesday morning
and afternoon telling the court
about the training, standards and
practices police officer go
through, and corroborated the
officers T methods approaching
and attempting to apprehend
Diallo, who was unarmed and
whose wallet, the officers be-
lieved, was a gun.
While their remarks substanu-
ated previous testimony, they
were anticlimactic compared to
the stories the officers told when
they took the stand, and none of
the words from the officers were
more dramatic than the teary
testimony of Carroll.
Carroll could not hold back the
tears on Monday as he recalled
the events surrounding the shoot-
ing, and more than one spectator
in the Diallo camp wondered
where his compassion
and understanding was that fateful
night last February, when he held
his pistol and fired 16 of the 41
shots that rained down around
Diallo in the vestibule of his home
in the Bronx.
Visibly shaken, Carroll repeat-
edly removed his glasses and
covered his face as prosecutor
Don Levin peppered him with
questions. oI don Tt know who
fired the first shot, ? Carroll an-
swered, when asked about the
sequence of shots, adding, oThere
was no pause in my shots...if there
was a pause it came when Officer
McMellon flew past me. ?
Whether there was a decisive
pause in the volley of shots, and
whether Diallo was still standing
after the heavy fusillade are the
questions at the core of this
2-week-old trial in Albany, which
has been -attended each day by
Diallo Ts parents. oHe was still
standing, ? Carroll continued.
oMy bullets seemed to have no
effect... | thought he was wearing ©
a bullet-proof vest...and he never
made a sound. ?
The officer said he continued to
fire because he believed the
muzzle flashes he saw came from
the alleged gun that in reality was
a wallet. oDid:you shoot Mr.
Diallo while he was down on the
ground? ? Levin asked. oNo, ?
Carroll responded.
oAre you aware that the bullet
that pierced Mr. Diallo Ts foot
came from your weapon? ? Levin
persisted. One of many objec-
tions from the defense attorneys
followed this question and Judge
Joseph Teresi sustained it.
Most of Carroll Ts tears came
when he recounted what hap-
pened after he discovered that
Diallo Ts supposed gun was actu-
ally a wallet. oI bent down over
him, pulled back his coat and saw
that he had two wounds ito his
upper body, ? Carroll told the jury
of six white women, four Black
women and two white men.
oHe was still breathing and | said,
oPlease don Tt die, please don Tt
die. ? | held his hand and checked
his vitals. 1 put my hand to his
chest and pumped a few times.
Then somebody grabbed me by
the shoulder and told me there
was nothing | could do. ?
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_ By Faith May
Rev. Aaron Pittman was born and.
raised in,Edgecomb County. He
worked on a_ farm, share-
cropping. In 1976 Rev. Aaron
Pittman started working in the
insurance business as a way to
earn a living.
He became a licensed insurance
agent/underwriter. When he first
Started: out he was strictly into
sells and making the money. He
was not people oriented.
At the time he was young all he
thought about was selling insur-
ance. For three years he was one
of the top insurance salesman in
North Carolina. :
October 4, 1978 Rev. Aaron
Pittman lost his mother. He found
Out after his mother Ts death that
she had paid on a life insurance
Policy for years. The person that
Serviced her was very kind and
polite. He seemed to be con-
Pe his mother and her
amily, They did not have any
aon to believe that they should
ead Over the policy and had
terms broken down and ex-
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Because they trusted this person
the policy was never reviewed.
His mother just kept paying
religiously on the policy. After
his mother passed, the money was
not there for funeral expenses.
Afier thinking that everything had
been taken care of the family
ended up borrowing money to
bury his mother.
The family was very hurt because
of this situation. After working
on the farm for years his mother
was finally able to move off the
farm and purchase a home of her
own. She only spent one year in
her home until she died. Rev.
Aaron lost two sisters and his
father in 1999. The Lord spoke
cinematic
to him then and let him know
what his calling was. His calling
was in the ministry with special
anointing to help people with
financial difficulties in obtaining
home ownership. He can help
people purchase affordable medi-
cal and dental insurance also. He
can also assist you in getting a
loan for debt consolidation.
Rev. Aaron Pittman believes in
total life prosperity ospiritual
growth and financial growth ?. He
says he serves El SHADDAI, and
because he does he walks in
prosperity and so can you.
For more information contact
Rev. Aaron Pittman at
(252)-641-5103.
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Sycamore Hill Baptist Church presented a Shaw University concert |
last Sunday. Shown posing for the Minority Voice camera are concert
organizers Dr. James Abbington and Ms, Myriam Carraway. the Choir
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Clayton announces relief from
home heat oil crisis
Washington, DC -
Congresswoman Eva M.
Clayton (D-NC), announced to-
day that she was very pleased that
President Clinton decided to re-
lease yesterday additional emer-
gency home heating funds to
relieve the impact on families with
low-incomes of rising oil prices
and unusually cold winter months
this year. Of the $125 million
released for the country, North
Carolina will receive about $4.8
million.
Rep. Clayton said, "Before we
could recover from the devastation
caused bby the storm winds and
floodwaters of three hurricanes
last fall, we were covered by
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record snowfalls and extended
unusually cold weather. This
raised the misery index of many
people who have meager resources
to cope with such harsh
conditions. It is fitting that the:
federal government help relieve
their suffeing." _
North Carolina received earlier
this years about $4 million in
emergency funds from the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP). These funds
are available to people with in-
comes up to 150 percent of the
national poverty line, or up to 60
percent of the median income in
the state. President Clinton also
announced that he would request
see as they pose for the Minority
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for the LIHEAP to help more
families through the current crisis
at the Greenville Hilton. Shown AOE ABE
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s AKA members along with Miss
and to help others who will suffer.
later this year when hot weather
sets in.
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Congress the First District of
North Carolina which consists of
20 mostly rural counties in north
central and astern North
Carolina. She. serves on the
Agriculture and B
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Committees. She also Chairs the
Congressional. Black Caucus
Foundation .and Co-Chairs the
Congressional Rural Caucus.
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Since our last
round of com-
mentary on. the
Al hcts Corridor fight for local
(minority) participation, the MTA
decided that it would review the
project Ts hiring practices. The day
after this editorial put ACTA on
front street, a watchdog group
brought a large of frustrated
out of work trainees MTA's
monitoring committee and later |
BETWEEN THE LINES
Alameda Corridor Round 6: Scapegoating the Vic(tim) i in the Training Scam
others have asked the same ques-
tion), that if you are under scrutiny
and you need to. show the project
reviewers owho's performed ? and
who hasn Tt, othe ones that have per-
formed would be the ones that would
continue in the project and the ones
that didn Tt would not, However,
what appears: to be the case in this
ocoverdown ? situation is that the
ones that ohaven't p id ? need
toured corridor sites "looking for perform
; Since the
workers. .
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massive freedom march and rally.
For weeks before the event, signs
hold word in the black community.
His picture appeared on a num-
ber of television news shows and in
| the various newspapers.
On that fatéful Sunday, pastor
Franklin had asked for the partici-
- pation of at least 100,000 black
| people. Instead, there were at least
-300,000 black people waiting to
take part in the march. They had
begun to form as early as 8 or 9 a.m.
.. The march was not scheduled to
begin until about 2 p.m.
. . Although the march had been
advertised as a freedom rally or
civil rights rally, as the people gath-
ered, it was almost as if this was a
sacred religious service. The high-
est-ranking black police officer in
the city, Lt. George Harge, was as-
signed to meet Dr. King Ts plane and
to be with him throughout the day.
This event had been so widely
ballyhooed, that some of the big-
gest liberal names in town came to
take part in the march. The front
row of the march was like the who Ts
who in Detroit liberal politics. An-
other aspect of the march and rally
was that it took place, on the 20th
Parallel processes are underway
locally to select a superintendent in
the Los Angeles Unified School Dis- .
trict, which has over 700,000 stu-
dents and in neighboring Inglewood
Unified School District with 16,000
students. Both districts are seeking
a chief executive to improve educa-
tional results and effectively mana
age operations and finances "
LAUSD Ts budget exceeds $7 bil-
lion annually and requires a team of
accounting experts to understand
its many ramifications. Most im-
portantly, the superintendents must
have a vision and strategy for re-
versing the culture of failure, espe-
cially for African American stu-
dents who continue to languish at
the lowest achievement levels.
Although essential, management
and political skills alone are not
sufficient to effectively impact the
complex challenge of providing
every child in every school a sound
education. However the political
will of school boards and others of
influence in any school district is
critical for educational success.
A community actively partici-
pating in the process of selecting a
new superintendent actually helps
validate that process. Without com-
munity involvement, school boards
are left to traditional, unilateral self-
serving decision-making. Histori-
cally, this has been the rule rather
than the exception; community par-
ticipation has been little more than .
window dressing, i.e., a obragging
point ? for school boards with virtu-
os 7 ing in Detroit. The a » how-
a. - ever, never grew impatient. The aura
| were plastered all over town and
_ |. the local radio stations played it up
~ for all it'was worth. The name of
Dr. King was becoming a house-
_ Dr. King T spline saree ary.
of the day was that something won-
derful was going to happen and
onobody wanted to miss a second of
- whatever was planned.
Finally, Dr. King pe I was
prepared to see an average sized
man, but instead, there was this
diminutive, rather ordinary little
man, with a hair line that looked as
though it was ready to recede and a
quiet, serious face. had never heard
him speak, and was not quite sure
what to expect. As a matter of fact,
I might have even been a little dis-
appointed in what I saw.
The march took place without in-
cident. Professor Thomas Shelby,
minister of music at New Bethel, had
pulled together a mass choir with about
1,000 voices. The choir had been sing-
ing while the march was going on and
the people were filing into Cobo Hall
in Downtown Detroit.
Never before in the history of
Detroit, had there been such a gath-
ering of black people in support of
the civil rights struggle. As a rela-
tively young newspaper reporter,
this was the momentous event I had
ever covered.
My managing editor, Albert J.
Dunmore, had given me the assign-
ment because he knew I had never
seen Dr. King, and that I had no
ally no bearing on their actual deci-
sions.
There is little the community
can do to ensure that its input is
considered, except regularly remind
school boards that they are ulti-
mately accountable to the people.
(Appeal to school boards T integrity
;and good will have not been known .
tq succeed.)
The Los Angeles and Inglewood
districts are faced with a plethora of
old and emerging problems that call
for a superintendent who must prac-
tically walk on water. Both districts
are seeking the community's views
on what constitutes an effective
superintendent. What do parents and
other community members believe
- are the important characteristics and
skills of a superintendent?
LAUSD established a Superin-
tendent Criteria Selection Commit-
tee which is scheduled to conclude
its work by Jan. 24. Thereafter, the
board will likely name a selection
committee which will probably help
screen candidates for the board Ts
consideration. A search firm has
been hired to coordinate the selec-
tion process.
The top priority issues in both
school districts reflect the need to
improve achievement scores and
address concerns around changing
demographics. In addition, a host
of other problems such as facilities,
textbooks, teacher recruitment
preparation and effectiveness are
also pressing.
In LADAD, SD, some key issues for
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cameras and note paper during the
microphone. Somebody on stage
found a Coca Cola case and placed
it behind the podium for him.
As I took stock of my surround-
ings, I realized I was standing next
to an attorney from nearby Pontiac,
MI., named Milton Henry. Henry
had an impressive freedom-fight-
ing resume behind him. He had been
an infantry officer in the U.S. Army,
but had given up his commission to
enter fight training and become a
member of the famed
oSpookwaffe. ? He had also been
court-martialed for being one of the
leaders of a group of black officers
who went into a white officers club.
It is my opinion that Milton
Henry had a sense of the impor-
tance of the day. He was an amateur
photographer and was taking pic-
tures all over the place. He had also
brought his Nagra recorder and had
recorded every word that was spo-
ken in that packed arena that day.
From a musical perspective,
there probably will never be a choir
as large and as well rehearsed as
those voices in that hall. They didn Tt
need amplification. They were mo-
tivatéd to sing the Songs of Zion
the African American community
include Magnet schools, raising
academic achievement, improving
attendance, upgrading school facili-
ties, quality of school personnel,
including principals and teachers,
course selection (e.g.) Advanced
Placement), safety in and around
school campuses, school supplies,
including textbooks and library
books and increasing the number of
African American students apply-
ing for post-secondary education.
To assist, the Criteria Selection
Committee, the district provided draft
criteria which included the need for a
strong leader and manager to inte-
grate all aspects of the district to sup-
port student achievement; leadership,
(e.g., consensus-building), manage-
ment, (e.g., has record of transform-
ing a large organization, including the
business side); education, (e.g., must
provide vision and instructional lead-
ership), and strategic thinking, (e.g.,
proven record of charting) and imple-
menting a strategy for a large, com-
plex organization. In addition, aschool
community questionnaire was widely
circulated, soliciting the commtunity Ts
views on the most important criteria
for the board to apply to candidates in
selecting a new superintendent.
The Inglewood Unified School
District is also actively seeking com-
munity input in the superintendent
selection process. At least, one well-
publicized Town Hall meeting has
been held to hear the community Ts
thinking on what skills and qualities
the board should be pokins for in
rally. One of the things that stands
out in mind as I recall all of the
things which took place, was Dr.
King asking for abox that he could
to Present and we had to sare the speak
. Platform space with them. | oq
Tt was quite a struggle to juggle i
fA microcosm of the black leadership.
Then it happened. Pastor "
essary introductions. It was truly a
Franklin, introduced his friend and
colleague. Dr. Martin Luther King
_Jr., in the split second it took for
~ him to leave his seat and reach the
podium, something wonderful hap-
pened. The room fell silent. Totally
silent. When he opened his mouth
to speak, people moved forward in
their seats. Children stopped crying
and mothers did not have to tell
their offspring to be quiet. His mere
presence created a sense of spiri-
tual revolutions. "-
As he spoke, the Number 3 pen-
cil with which I had been writing,
broke for no apparent reason. My
palms became wet and I could feel
the hair standing on the back of my
neck. When he talked about his chil-
dren and white children playing to
together and being judged by the
content of their character rather than
the color of their skin, I knew I had
heard the greatest leader, the great-
,eSt preache, the greatest freedom
fighter I would ever know.
When he came to the climax of
the sermon-oratory-speech and said,
oIn the words of the old Negro spiri-
tual. oFree at last, free at last! Thank
God Almighty, I Tm free at last! ? I
could not see the podium. I was
blinded by my tears.
After that day, I never missed an
opportunity to see and hear him.
Unsan Persrcc ve
Community Participation Critical in
Selecting School Superintendents
hiring a new superintendent (argu-
ably, any school board Ts most impor:
tant responsibility is to select a super-
intendent.) The Inglewood School
Board Ts outreach orecognize that the
entire community has a al
role in the process. ?
IUSD has also hired a ae
firm to coordinate its selection pro-
cess and has sent surveys through-
out the district o ... The results will
be used in recruiting, screening and
interviewing of candidates for the -
position. ?
LAUSD and IUSD are engaged
in the critically important task of -
finding a new leader, someone ex-
ceptionally equipped to meet the
daunting challenge of urban educa-
tion. Inglewood Ts problems and
challenges are quantitatively but not
qualitatively different from those
in Los Angeles, the second largest
district in the nation. The stakes are
especially high for African Ameri-
can students, who remain among
the poorest.
The selection process for a su-
perintendent in Los Angeles and
Inglewood should be informed by
the needs of all students, particu-
larly those most disadvantaged by
the failure of public education, The
community has a responsibility to
participate in the superintendent
selection process and both LAUSD
and IUSD School Boards have a
responsibility to seriously consider
the community's opinions and con-
cerns in choosing their next super-
intendent.
sponsible for seeing that the train-
ees get work (which is the center of
this controversy). This is also the
group that hired the other trainer,
CETI (the carpenter trades), and
gave them $3 million,over 3 years
when there Ts no carpentry work on
the Alameda Corridor (nobody Ts yet
to answer that question). ACTA
Alameda Corridor Transportation
" is supposed to monitor
ance and contract com-
prt of both the contractor and
the training program. Now, none of
these entities can tell you why train-
ees aren't working (the project is up
to about 10 trainees working on the
corridor now "out of about 750
trained). The prime contractor hires
t- ... he should know. The training
administrator trains and
peices : te unei al
(two oroad orrail-like ? arrows flow-
ing around a square with no end),
which could be interpreted to stand
for othe perpetual run-around, ? So
what do they do? They (are trying
to) substitute the only functioning:
portion of this little triad, OMG.
OMG who was the project's ofa-
vorite child ? for it came, out that
literally no investment had been
made in its training component and
its contract was up for renewal for
onew terms. ? But there's a story to
that too, for which this scapegoat
piece is sown.
This whole series started when
black contractors claimed they
weren't working on the corridor.
Some of the loudest osqueaks ? in
the ono work ? wheel have been
ever, not in the significant numbers
.that were promised, After
of meetings earn pa
gresswoman called a
the "bou me in the loop). Att
been " HAC. ACTA makes ' 0
greased (let small contracts), how-
out they're nonexistent except one,
and we talk to her to try and get the-
facts exact. And exact we got 'em.
From that point, people come out of
the woodwork claiming the train-
ing is ascam. We ask OMG are any
of your trainees working?
She tells the truth and says no.
The fest is easy work to track, but
now she Ts being labeled a
whistleblower on the project, when
every person who was led to be-
lieve that if they were trained, they'd
find work (which they were told)
. blew the whistle. The whistle just
got louder when the discussion be-
came more eal
Suddenly, the ofairhaired child
of the project ? no longer finds her
services in need by the training ad-
ot ministrator (they still can Tt figure.
er$ out what she does). In the mean-
Babee ysl wy ioe
ing with the posthdoaay ior owhich ede
to date, which is hire trainees and
minority contractors "neither of
which OMG is responsible for do-
ing.
This weird twist in what is sup-
posed to be a review and rectifica-
tion process, is only getting stranger
_by the moment. I'm always going to
advocate for the olittle guy ? or the
underdog. It seems like OMG is the
only one getting squashed in this
deal, and all the dirty work is not
done yet. While MTA is reviewing
this training and hiring situation for .
the Alameda Corridor, it might also
look at retaliation protection for
those coming forth to try to hon-
estly and forthrightly correct a pro-
cess gone awry. Or you can expect
one of two things to happen, Others
who speak in truth will also be pun-
ished and be without work. Or they
will be intimidated into silence and
still won't get work. And public
works scams will continue to roll -
through u
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It Ts Time To End
Minority Politics
The 2000 president election~not
to mention the arrival of the new
millennium--is a good moment to
examine the political position of
Black America.
African-Americans are expected
to turn out in significant numbers
in November for the Democratic
Party presidential nominee no
matter who it is. The projected
Black voter alignment is 9 to |
Democratic. Sadly, the Black vote
has become the forgone conclusion
of American politics.
But does this over-rchoarned d
scenario represent ac
America Ts best interests? Where is
the vision for the, Black agenda?
Answering those questions re-
quires taking a look at the current
strategy. It Ts one fundamentally
geared to influencing the special
interests corporations, industry, fi-
nance, big labor in ways to benefit
Black America. There is no ques-
tion that this strategy has had
some success. African-Americans
have penetrated the political main-
stream to a degree that was never
the case before. We participate in
the economic mainstream. And we
are an undeniable force in the
cultural mainstreams. But have we
gotten where we want and need to
go asa people~-and as a country?
Decades of grassroots civil rights
battles yielded the historic Brown
v. the Board of Education Supreme
Court decision | in 1954, the Civil
" and Voting Ri ts Acts of 1964
and 1965 other structural
. reforms which forced America to
accommodate its Black citizens.
Then, many of our Black leaders
assembled in Gary, Indiana in
1972 at the National Black
Political Convention to figure out
how to consolidate these gains and
Thomas F. Vines
Greenville area noble was
installed as Potentate of Rofelt
Pasha Shrine Temple #175,
A.EeAeO.NeMeSe Thomas F.
Vines was installed as the
Potentate of the Oasis of Rocky
Mount. The Temple covers 20
counties east of 1-95 from the
Virginia border southward to
Wilson. The Desert of North .
Carolina has 16 Temples through-
out North Carolina.
Rofelt Pasha Shrine Temple
#175, a part of the Ancient
Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine a charitable
organization with international
Temples, sponsors charitable con-
tributions, several community en-
hancement activities throughout
the year from health initiatives,
civic pride and awareness, youth
_ mentoring and scholarship incen-
tives to care for widows, orphans,
and the elderly. The focus of the
Rofelt Pasha Shrine Temple is
community service, participation,
and unification. Potentate Vines is
a member of Philippi Church of
Christ and employed by the Pitt
County School System. He is a
member of: Banner Cry Lodge
#625 in Farmville, N, C. and the
Roanoke Comet) #248, He is
married to Gracie Mebane Vines,
They T have one son, Justin
Mebane Vines.
This is not to say Guat soene Back
people aren't beter off today than
Se eee Still,
poverty been
clinineeldrceabiee + has
grown. Racial violence has not
ebbed--it has continued There isa
huge Black underclass, with mil-
lions of young Black males in jail,
on drugs, in the streets, and in
something | isn Tt working for Black
laps major party presidential
candidates will tell you that the
solution is simply that American
must do more. America must
oclose the gap. ? America must
owiden the circle. ? This is Bill
Bradley Ts message. This is Al
Gore Ts message. When the major
Republican contenders bother to
speak about Black le, they
will tell you ro the same
But what if it Ts the case that
America cannot do more? What if
America--as it currently is
structured--cannot widen the circle
or close the gap? What if the
strategy--going back to the Gary
Convention and the twenty years
of struggles that preceded it--to
impact the country Ts controlling
special interests has been maxed
out? What if the Democratic
Party--which is made up at its
base of varied constituencies, all of
" " are Leia with rane
for thes thomsehioa hes Prothes done "roughly
speaking, what it can do? That
certainly is the message that the
Clintonized Democratic Party has
been sending us: that the party can
only do for Black people, or any
grouping of Americans, what is
consistent with the Democratic
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Greenville, North Carolina 27834
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Dr. George A. Hawkins, Pastor
March 4, 2000
7:30 PM.
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Mr. Lewis, a veteran head deacon,
¢lerk/treasurer, Sunday School
Teacher for Class #9, facilitator of
the Bible Study/Prayer Meeting
on Wednesday night at Sycamore
Hill Baptist Church, 100] Hooker
Road, Greenville, North Carolina.
He is also a retired elementary
school principal, retired from
Stokes Elementary School, Pitt
County, after giving 44-1/2 years
of faithful and dedicated service
to the Pitt County School System,
missing only one day because of
the illness of one of his four
children. Incredible!
Allow me to describe him in my
own way. He is a supporter,
humanitarian, warmhearted, car-
ing, honorable and patient man.
He's a good listener, giving every
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He's a kind, usually peaceful and
ne church, in his office by 8
o'clock am., accepting only
He does what he does for. the
Lord, says he. Aren't. those men
rare? He is unique.
He's the first to arrive and the last
to leave. When no one else will,
he'll come open the doors.
"Just call me" he says. He takes
g gp man. He gives his service to
$12.50 weekly, saying he'd never T
take more though the church has.
tried so often to.give him more.
We finally gave up on that issue.
his calls personally, never using.
an answering machine. Isn't that
what God does? -
He assists with baptismal service,
running errands for the church,
making necessary repairs espe-
cially at the old site on 8th Street.
Never taking a dime for anything
he does or wherever he goes. Call
him to your home, for he loves
carpentry work, not a dime will he
accept. What a man! Just once
during the year, he's about his
family's reunion. He is a commit-
ted and reliable officer. If no other
officer is present, you will always
see Mr. Lewis in his designated
spot. .
Pastors and he has served under
four - the last Reverend J.A.
Nimmo, Rev. Charles R. Mosely,
the last Reverend B.B. Felder and
our present Pastor, Dr. Howard W.
Parker, Jr. Friends, colleagues and
congregational members love and
respect him highly as a Christian
gentleman and for, his service to
the church. He is and has been the
cornerstone. No one can replace
him.
He teaches, inspires, challenges
effectively, enriching the living of
so many people of all races, creed
and color.
Elaborating further on Mr. Lewis
he has strength of character. Jesus
is the center of his life. He yet
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his family, his friends, h
and his community. He I
his wife at 921 Melody Lane
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Meadowbook area), Greenville,
North Carolina. His home was:
completely destroyed by the flood
- Floyd - September 19th, 1999.
Presently he's rebuilding.
Mr. Lewis, I salute you.
These lines summarize your life:
"Growing old but not retiring,
Lord, the battle still is on; I' Il go
on without relenting, Till the final
victory is won!"
Beatrice Maye
PARADOX OF OUR TIMES
The paradox of our times is that
we have taller buildings, shorter
tempers; wider freeways, but nar-
rower viewpoints.
We buy more, but enjoy it less.
We have bigger houses and
smaller families; more conven-
iences, but less time; we have
more advanced degrees, but less
common sense; more knowledge,
but less good judgment; more
medicine, but less wellness.
We have multiplied our posses-
sions, but reduced our values. We
have higher incomes, but lower
morals.
We have been all the way to the
moon and back, but have trouble
crossing the street to meet a new
neighbor. We've conquered outer
space, but inner space is still a
mystery to too many of us.
We have cleaned up the air, but
polluted the soul; split the atom,
but not our prejudices.
We talk too much, love too
/ and more divorces.
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the show window and nothing in
the stockroom; a time when
technology can bring a letter to
you in seconds, and you can
choose either to make a difference
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Thanks, Ann Landers
LEADERSHIP
"Leadership" is: a word on
everyone's lips. The young attack
it and the the old grow wistful for
it. Parents have lost it and police
seek it. experts claim it and artists
spurn it, while scholars want it.
Philosophers reconcile it (as
authority) with liberty and theolo-
gians demonstrate its compatibil-
ity with conscience. Everybody
agrees that there is less of it than
there used to be.
Leadership is the pivotal force
behind successful organizations
and that to create vital and viable
organizations, leadership is neces-
sary to help organizations develop
a new vision of what they can be,
then mobilize the organization
change toward the new vision.
Some great leaders are Moses,
Pericles, Julius Caesar, Jesus
Christ, Ghandhi, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, and Winston
Churchill among many others.
Management VS_ Leadership:
Managers are people who do
things right and leaders are people
who do the right thing. Let's get
rid of management. People don't
want to be managed. They want
to be led. Ask your horse. You
can lead your horse to water, but
you can't manage him to drink. If
you want to/someone, manage
yourself. Do that well and you'll
be ready to stop managing. And
: are times of steep profits tion,
meaning for
way any group, stall. or
o ali behind
overarching goals of an organiza-
tion. Talent, genius, education "
will not make leaders, but persis-
tence, determination are omnipo-
tent, 0 AER ae
Leaders might use five skills:
1. The ability to accept people as
they are, not as you would like
them to be.
2. The capacity to approach
relationships and problems in
terms of the present rather than
the past, though we can learn
from the past.
3. The ability to treat those who
are close to you with the same
courteous attention that you ex-
tend to strangers and casual
acquaintances. We tend to take for
granted those to whom we are
closest.
4. The ability to trust others, even
if the risk seems great.
5. The ability to do without
constant approval and recognition
from others, It should not really
matter how many people _ like
leaders. The important thing is
the quality of work that results
from collaborating with them. It
is the large part of a leader's job
to take risks.
To the successful leader, failure is
a beginning, the springboard of
hope. To worry puts obstacles in
the way of clear thinking.
Effective leadership negates pro-
test, grievance and career change
as well as resignation and apathy.
Lao Tzu said, "To lead, we must
follow"
People want to do a good job and
be associated with success.
People will do a good job if:
Management that Leads
Their efforts are recognized and
appreciated iw .
We attach no blame to "failure"
Everybody assumes responsibility
for the produce.
We leave workers alone and allow
them flexibility "
The above will earn respect and
belief, trust, satisfaction and fun.
Lao Tzu said, "Fail to honor
people, they fail to honor you; but
of a good leader, who talks little,
owhen his work is done, his aim
fulfilled, they will all say, "we did
this ourselves".
Trust is the emotional glue that
binds followers and leaders to-
gether. The accumulation of trust
is a measure of the legitimacy of
leadership. It cannot be mandated
or purchased; it must be earned.
Trust is the basic ingredient of all
organizations, the lubrication that
maintains the " organization.
Personal qualities for leadership:
persistence, self-knowledge, will--
ingness to take risks and accept
losses, commitment, consistency
and challenge. Above all, learn-
ing. Leaders are perpetual learn-
ers. Never mentioned were
charisma, or dressing for success,
of time management, or any of the
other glib formulas that pass for
wisdom in the popular press.
"Power shows the man"
Sophocles, "Antigone"
We definitely need women and
men who can take charge. We
hope that you, the reader, will be
among them, What can be more
consequential and inspiring?
Excerpts from LEADERS. THE
STRATEGIES FOR TAKING
CHARGE,
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happier days. Sister Teel was very active in the community and had a radio talk show on WOOW. Ss
was a lovely person with a joyful personality. We Salute Black History Month. ek mo
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) "More
than a dozen colleges in eight states
have received racist hate mail since
Christmas, with historically black
schools specifically targeted.
The letters, all containing
Fayetteville postmarks, began
showing up in college offices just
Southern Poverty Law Center. in
. " 7 @ Montgomery, Ala., which tracks
eo ¢ a wif hate crimes throughout the country.
oul a oThe total destruction of your
race is our mission in life, ? the
letters state.
As of Friday, the SPLC had re-
ceived calls from schools and groups
in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
oIt Ts the kind of thing you don Tt
want to get overly upset about, given
that it Ts coming from an anony-
mous source, ? said State Alexander
III, executive assistant to the presi-
dent at North Carolina's
Livingstone College. oBut youdon Tt
want to ignore it either. ?
The nation Ts oldest historically
black college, Lincoln University
in Oxford, Pa., tightened security
on campus after receiving the let-
ters containing threats directed at
schools and prominent black fig-
ures, like Michael Jordan and the
Atlanta, Ga's public schools visited Eastern NC under the direction of Dr. Holiday, shown with students
from Atlanta's public schools to help with clean up efforts in Princeville, NC.
Black Colleges Are
Getting Racist Threats
after Christmas, said Joe Roy of the
Rev. Jesse Jackson.
The letters warned that in 2000,
othe war ? against blacks will esca-
late. And each letter ended with the
words: othe white racé will be pre-
served forever. ?
The letter to the historically
black schools was among three dif-
ferent versions apparently sent out
about the same time, Roy said.
The other two versions were sent
to the American Jewish Commu-
nity Center in Georgia and to chap-
ters of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People. ~ ?
All three versions were type-
written in capital letters, laced with
expletives and derogatory names.
Confederate flags were printed at
the bottom of two versions, and a
swastika was placed at the bottom
of the third.
The letter to the colleges used
the word orahowa, ? a term that
means oracial holy war ? among a
group known as the World Church |
of the Creator, a successor to the
defunct Church of the Creator.
Last fall, pipe bombs went off in
restrooms at Florida A&M Univer-
sity, the. state Ts only historically
black public university. Noone was
injured in either blast. A man faces
federal charges in that case.
Church,
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Shown to the left is Reverend
Clarence Gray and his lovely wife
who is now deceased. Reverend
Clarence Gray is the Pastor of
Triumph Missionary Baptist
Church which was lost to
Hurricane Floyd. The church Tis
in the process of building a new
sanctuary. This is a historical -
reflection of a great black man
and woman. a
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~ Some contend that Elijah must be
earth; and it was evidently into
this oheaven ? that Elijah was
taken by the whirlwind that ended
| his eventful life. (Genesis 1:8-20,
7:11,23.; Zechariah 2:6)
The fact that in the figure-
changing vision the disciples saw
Elijah and Moses, does not
mean that these two prophets were
then actually alive some where in
heaven. In coming down from the
Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus
said to His disciples, oTell the
vision to no man, until the Son of
Man be risen again from the
(Hebrew 11:35, 39, 40)
This transfiguration vision was of
the kingdom of Christ when estab-
lished to reign over the earth. All
true Christians, then exalted to
heavenly glory, will reign.
Suejette Jones is currently enrolled
in a religious studies program at
Pitt Community College
Three generations of happy tenants reside at Westwood Vi
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WESTWOOD VILLAGE
A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE
By Faith May
Mr. Harold Dew purchased
Colonial Mobile Home Park in
June of 1997. His vision for the
park was to make it a good, safe
family environment. He has up-
graded the park by getting rid of
trash and cleaning up the park by
cuttings down trash and weeds.
Trees have been pruned and dead
trees removed that were interfering
with yard space. Trucks and old
inoperable cars have been towed
away. In addition, abandoned and
derelict mobile homes had to be
removed not only because they
were an eye-sore but also because
they were a danger to the health
and safety of the community,
The Colonial Mobile Home Park
had large pot-holes in the street.
They have been _ repaired.
Conditions at one time was so bad
that the park was called by some
of the tenants oThe Ghetto ?. Mr.
Harold Dew does not want
Westwood Village "_ formerly
Colonial Mobile Home Park to
ever be referred to as oThe
Ghetto ? again. He says, oThere
are good tenants living here and
with the help of the tenants we
have been able to clean up the
yard around the mobile homes and
keep the park clean so that
everyone can be proud of the place
they live in and the community
around them.
Moving to Westwood Villiage is
easy because your home is already
set up on the lot. Westwood
Villiage is a safe place for you and
your family because every meas-
ure possible has used to ensure
this by employment verification,
lliage Mobile Home Park. Grandmother, mother
say that Westwood Villiage is a great place to
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rental references, and criminal
background checks being taken of
every applicant. This measures are
being taken to protect the children
and families already in the park
and to let applicants know that we
are concerned about the safety and
welfare of our tenants.
America Ts Best Homes moved the
mobile homes here and set them
up ready to be moved into, to make
it easier for the buyers. There is
a playground in the park also. Mr.
Harold Dew would like to see
safety of the parents and children
remain intact. The children should
be able to enjoy the park that they
live in and the parents can be at
ease knowing that their children
are not in danger and do not feel
threatened. Neighborhood watch
is in effect also. The tenants take
an active part in keeping the park
safe. oWestwood Villiage A .
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' BE Leda THYSELF
ave been doing some thinking
afr: the various runing here in
itt County and surrounding coun-
ties. The Word is being preached
everywhere yet it seems as though
the believers of the Body of Christ
are getting worse. The Word is
supposed to bring about a change
in our lives. I have observed that
the more believers attend church,
the more Word they hear, the
harder they get. The Word is a
looking glass to our soul.. Instead
of pushing it off on someone else
and looking at someone else Ts life,
we should be raking that Word to
ourselves and our focus should be
on the Lord Jesus Christ.
I hear believers witness to the -
truth by ouh huh ? and Amen, etc.
and no sooner than the service has
ended, nasty attitudes are mani-
fested and attributes of the flesh
are demonstrated before they can
get out the door.
The Lord has revealed to me that
in the natural, these believers
appear normal when looking at
them in the flesh and it seems like
they are receiving the Word, but if
you could see their spirit man as
God sees it, you would see that
their spirit resembles that of a
severely deformed person or as
- preaching and
fast. In any case,
whenever and however they are
manifested, right then and there is
the time it deal with it. If you
don Tt, you will not grow Spiritu-
ally. You will be spiritually
all that He has ordained for you.
We have really heard uel
teaching. Nat are
we doing with it? Is it justifying us
or condemning us? Is it bringing us
closer to the Lord or ing us
further in the opposite direction?
Only time will tell.
Consider the parable of the
wheat and the tares. Tares are
nothing but weeds. The food seed
was sown but fhe enemy came
along and planted tares among the
wheat and went his way. So to
from uprooting the wheat (Good
seed), the sower let them both grow
together and at the time of harvest,
the reapers were to gather together
first the tates and bind them in
bundles to be burned but gather the
wheat into the barn.
'
In conclusion, I leave you with a
question to ponder. When the
reaper (Jesus Christ) comes, will
He gather you as a tare to be
burned or will He gather you as
wheat to be harvested? Take an
inventory of yourself. Beloved, it
is time to be true to thyself.
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of Georgia in 1904 demanded and
received the disenfranchisement of
black people from the gains made
after the Civil War. He said, oBlack.
people never founded a government
nor made a single step toward civi-
lization that did not soon lapse into
barbarism, except under the foster-
ing care and guidance of white
people. ?
Historian Arnold Toynbee wrote
in his 1934 history book oIt will be
seen that when we classify man-
kind by color, the only primary race
that had not made a creative contri-
busionthany civilization is the black
race. ?
Former President Richard Nixon
was quoted in the Haldeman diary
as stating that othe black race is the
only race which never founded a.
civilization. ? Scientist and profes-
sor R.B. Carrell concludes that sav-
-. + ages, including: the whole Negro
race should, on account of their low
mentality and unpleasant nature, be
) painlessly exterminated.
Were white scholars and presi-
: the world which were
already thousands of years old.
All the elements of civilization
first began in Africa including reli-
gion, art, science, government, min-
ing, writing, mathematics, archi-
tecture, engineering, and agricul-
ture. Dr. Charles Nelson at the Uni-
versity of Massachusetts states that
animal domestication occurred in
Kenya 15,000 years ago, and that
agricultural sites have been carbon
dated in Egypt to 18,000 B.C.
The oldest numeration system
was found in Zaire by Dr. Jean de
Heinzelin with markings on the
Ishango Bone dated 8000 B.C. She
also said that the people were fa-
miliar with prime numbers and
multiplication by two since the
markings were paired at 3-6, 4-8,
and 5-10,
Astronomy and astrology are be-
lieved to have existed for almost
50,000 years. The oldest stellar cal-
endar is dated 4241 B.C: It has 365
1/4 days and. 12 months with 30
days in each month, The ancient
Africans were also the first to di-
vide the day into 24 hours and to
begin the day at midnight.
owere wai black civilizations © used i
Ailteligions webalaipatiiove
ated paper about 4000 B.C., which
made the recording of history and .
originated in Africa, including Hin-
duism, Buddhism, Christianity and
Islam. Gerald Massey states that §
the religious records of all religions
including the Christian Bible are
traceable and in many cases are
direct copies of the religious records
of ancient Egypt and Nubia.
St. Augustine, one of the found-
ing fathers of Christian theology
wrote that oWhat is now called the
Christian religion has existed among _
the ancients and was not absent from
the beginning of the human race. ?
The ancient black Egyptians cre-
science more practical for library
storage. It is estimated that over
700,000 books were in the libraries
of Egypt before Homer, the father
of Western literature, was even
born.
Could it be that black iteny i is
the best-kept secret in the world or
have politicians, including past .
presidents denied black history to
accelerate black disenfranchise-
ment?
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