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1901: Laying the Foundation
for Reconstructing a Nation
Through Congress

By: Frank Dexter Brown

For people of African descent
living in the United States, repre-
sentation in the nation Ts highest
elected legislative body of gov-
ernment has long been difficult to
achieve. The enslavement of
African peoples, of course, lasted
long beyond the founding of the
federal government and election
of the first Congress in 1789.

Indeed, over the next seven
decades, while much of the na-
tional debate and legislation
passed in Congress addressed
issues tied to African enslave-

_ment, African men were not
allowed to vote or be elected to
office. These rights were not

the. Civil War, with Congress T
passage of the Reconstruction Act
of 1867, and the Supreme Court Ts
verification of the Act Ts constitu-
tionality. Ratification of the 14th
and 15th amendments to the
constitution, and eventually the
passage of the 1875 Civil Rights

Act, were other key legislative "

actions.
At the time, five states----
Alabama, Florida, Louisiana,

Mississippi, and South Carolina---
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various capacities of local, state-
wide and federal offices.
However, these numbers of Black
elected officers was dispropor-
tionately low for the African
population sizes throughout the
entire southern region. .
Emancipation ? Still, No
Guaranteed Rights.....

Indeed, though African people
had won the right to vote and seek
Office, these rights were still
largely opposed by whites.
Contested electoral victories were
the norm, and from the beginning,
men of African descent, elected to
serve their constituents, con-
fronted antagonism inside and
outside the halls of Congress.
Most were forced to spend a good
portion of their legislative time in
court defending their rights to
hold office, or arguing before
other members of Congress.

While the opioneering era o of

African American congressional -

representation , that began with
the reconstruction period of 1867,
led to 23 African men who served
from 1870 to 1901, most of these
men faced challenges to their
being seated. Five of the first
twenty were denied their seats, ten
others had their terms interrupted
or delayed. All faced charges that
were at best frivolous and most
frequently were fabricated, and
oftentimes went unproved (though
islators. were still not

many

from reactionary elements within
the GOP, as well as by

Democrats. And all were from -

the South.

James Lewis, John Willis Menard
and Pinchney B.S. Pinchback are
three examples of the challenges
these men experienced. All were
elected from Louisiana. All were
denied from taking their seats
despite that no charges had been
made by any person or group in
the state of Louisiana. Pinchback,
in 1868, would have been the first
Black to serve in the Senate; and
in 1869, Lewis and Menard would
have been the first Blacks to serve
in the House. In fact, when
Menard on February 27, 1869,
defended his credentials, he be-
came the first African person to
speak in the halls of Congress.
Pinchback, who had never been
enslaved (would later become
known as the first and last Black
to serve as governor of a state
until Douglas Wilder was elected
Virginia Ts T governor some 120
years later), was so impressive a
leader that he had been simultane-
ously elected to seats in both the
House and the Senate. He too

was twice certified by his state
legislatures. Nevertheless, mem-
bers of Congress challenged
Pichback Ts credentials on the ba-
sis of charges of voters fraud. -
And his three year fight to be
seated was forever doomed.

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Female pastors discuss the chal-
lenges of leading congregations

By RONNETTA S.
SLAUGHTER

"I can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth me."
" Philippians 4:13

When people first meet Pastor
Vivian Duff, many assume that
she is the wife of a minister, not
the leader of a congregation.
Amidst Sunday sermons, her
voice takes a powerful stand
against traditional stereotypes
which prohibit women preachers.
"God doesn Tt tell the men to do it
all," admitted Pastor Duff, who
leads The Anointed Gospel of
Truth Ministries. "Women have to
receive themselves in Christ and
listen to what the Lord is saying
about their lives."

Over the last 25 years, Pastor
Duff has experienced some rejec-
tion from fellow ministers and
church members. Her ministry
defies gender roles that specify
how women should assume a
more passive position within a
religious atmosphere. "(God)
doesn Tt care whether I Tm a man or
a woman," she says, noting her
desire to please God through
helping others.

Although the Bible outlines di-
verse relationships between men
and women, Pastor Duff ac-
knowledges that practices ban-
ning women in the pulpit still

It Has Always Been About The Money "

It Has Always Been
About the Money
By James Clington

With many of our oleaders ?
finally jumping on Booker T.
Washington Ts and Marcus
Garvey Ts economic bandwagon,
| think back to the movie,
oMarathon Man. ? The particular
scene that comes to mind is the
one in which Dustin Hoffman
was about to be tortured with
dental instruments by Laurence
Olivier, who kept repeating, oIs

- it safe? ?

It Ts the same question that some
of our leaders have been aski

for quite some time. Some 3
years after Martin Kin
r. was as

hyve apparently onswere that

La

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ais. Her congregation ti of 50.
members eagerly support her

outreach ministry and guidance.
Recently she baptized her neph-
ews and faced resistance from
their Alabama Baptist church
which initially refused to honor
the ceremony because a woman
had performed it. "There is defi-
nitely a change taking place. I Tve
seen my ministry touch a lot of
people Ts lives," said Pastor Duff,
Suggesting that more women ac-
cept their "calling" to the ministry
and assume pastoral leadership
roles.

As Rev, Vashti McKenzie became
the first woman bishop in the
African Methodist Episcopal
Church four months ago, Black
women pastors are steadily in-
creasing. African-American
women head approximately eight
churches in Indianapolis. More
than 50 women oversee associate
pastoral positions and specialized
ministries including prison out-
reach, chaplain services and
youth programs. In addition, nu-
merous Black women are cur-
rently attending local seminary
schools. .
"African-American women have
always been at the center of
church life, and the substance of
the Black church experience,"
said Rev. Angelique Walker-
Smith, executive director of the
Church Federation of Greater
Indianapolis.

By shattering myths about women

question with a resoundin
oYes. ? It Ts finally safe to dea
with economic empowerment
without offending the establish-
ment. .
During our ostruggle ? to gain

high-political office and high-
level corporate jobs, we felt it
was not safe to discuss eco-

nomic empowerment because

that guided many people towards

' beyond limited stereotypes, and.

not holding pastoral positions in. }
Baptist churches, Rev. Walker- °
Smith was ordained in 1983 at --
Convent Avenue Baptist Church . |
(New York City). She -recom--
mends that Black women and:
men work together to. understand
the religious discipline while de- -
veloping partnerships among one-
another. "
"Some churches are embedded in
their traditions, and will never- ::
accept African-American women

in ministerial leadership, ? said
Rev. Walker-Smith. Women must
break through theological barri-
ers, she says. eee
Dr. Willie Robinson, pastor .of
University Community Christian -
Church, believes that Black.
women have to conquer race,
gender and religion issues simul-
taneously when pursuing ministe-
rial positions. "A blessing is not
earned by your gender, but by
your deeds, ? he says. Black men.
must examine their own mission:
statements as pastors, and ac-
knowledge that egotistical ideas

go against Biblical references and -
Godly values. .
African-American women such as
Sojourner Truth clearly laid the
foundation for leadership roles

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salvation and confidence. Black
women exemplify abilities far

such diverse characteristics out-
line women succeeding as moth-
ers, daughters, wives and
ministers.

race. :
But economic

. ,

ing governments the country over, blatantly

Zero tolerance for drivers

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dren. Traffic crashes are the leading
cause of death for American children
= of all races. While driver ertors like
Ssspeeding and running red lights can cause col-
Bisions, most children killed in crashes die
, afrom another? more lethal form of negli-

=gence "six out of 10 of them are completely
ounrestrained. Nearly half of these kids would
«be alive today if drivers had only taken the
atime to properly buckle them up. It Ts the law
oin every state that children must be restrained.
We should be using every means possible to
make sure that every child is buckled up.
= At the National Organization of Black Law
oEnforcement Executives (NOBLE), we are
oparticularly' concerned about the incteased risk
Sondways. Recent ecarc by Yel Bep-
ways. t y the John Hor
*kins University and the Insurance Instutite for
Highway Safety shows that African-American
_ gchildren are three times more likely to die in
ocrashes than other children. Clearly we must
Zdo more to protect the youngest members of
oour community.
& That is why in May, NOBLE actively par-
ticipated with law enforcement agencies in all
%50 states to conduct Operation ABC Mobiliza-

Eevistoeis cain eae ?
- gare e ring children by neglecting to

obuckle them up properly. Drivers who did not
oobey child passenger safety laws were
- and enforcement action was taker.
= We know that these nationwide crackdowns

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F3 iolence! It seems to be the order

: of the day. And it seems to be
the order of the day within our

schools. For all of the news

¥ that Ts in the media about vio-

Slence in schools, how about the news we

"never hear?

p aad felis, Thos becvioeds tary ney
- - not have administrative talent, but as long as

in 1998 played a key role in prompting 19

*, Recent studies have found that a buckled dri-
. Ver is three times more likely to buckle up a
child. According to a study published in The

- than the national average, putting African-
_ American children at even greater risk of be-

Queries and more queries
on violence in our schools

: they are well known they are fair game for
have leaders, per se, but affairs were gov- way from the notion of individual leaders
___ emed by councils of elders much like primi- and look more toward leadership collabora- _| |
tive tribal cultures. This kind of group _tives, simply because individual leadership is |
_. iigadership does make perfect sense, because, " showing to be vulnerable to fickle circum-

a boat it is possible to bypass individual per- stances. And, now it Ts too easy to be oon the _
_ sohalities that are saturated with brainwash- "_ take ? for nal gain.
ii abilities. ae ~~ Then too, if the leader or head is cut off,
| {In modem society, more than often, anyone _the body is left to flop around wildly like a ?
"with any kind of name recognition is called beheaded chicken. Take a look at us now.
pon to be a leader. In fact, whenever two or - On the other hand, if leadership is a col-
_ bore people gather for any type of activity, __laborative or collective effort, it is shared,
_ ~ isbmebody emerges as a leader. Seemingly, the making sbomge ( yoff) difficult, if not im-
chosen few choose themselves. This is espe- possible. We. d, under close scrutiny,
_. Cially true of Black leaders in America today. "_that other groups, unlike African Americans,
_. With close examination, it is evident that the don Tt put disproportionate weights on the

gnes who have emerged as leaders arethe _ shoulders of their leaders. We also find that

ones who have decided that they want to African Americans seem to always look for
_ lead. They feel that they have jes that the Black leadership that has the White stamp |
- @an help the Black community navigate. of approval on it. When we know anything,
_.- through the waters of bigotry and oppression we have our leaders, whether to include the

~ here. Or, they have the charisma to mesmerize Black community Ts interest or whether to
the masses, having the wherewithal to lead _ "maaintain the status quo, which is almost al-
them where they want them to go. Moreover, waysthecase. =
enmasse, they can take them to their leaders. What we conclude, folks, is this. Freedom
Tijefe are (those out of media lights) and have _is an individual thing, and, we know now that
been some like Malcolm X and the late Dr. it is he whom the Son sets free...

Martin Luther King Jr. who have been excep- Now is the time for us to realize that we Tre

tigns "ready to go down for the real cause! all leaders; that we are all responsible for our

But, with a little more examination, we own destinies, which are determined by our

fidd that what often passes for leadership in _ characters and whatever love is shed abroad

America is actually a ocult of personality. ? in our hearts. Moreover, the collective destiny

Possibly, this is why athletes, rock stars, of a people is determined by collective char-

wtestlers and other entertainers are now lead- acter working together "in love "for the

common good of all humankind.

million more Americans to buckle up " the
largest, single-year increase in seat-belt use in
eight years. It is estimated that this increase
will result in 1,500 lives saved each year...

Nothing is more devastating to an officer
than breaking the news to parents that their
child has been killed or critically injured. And,
knowing that enforcement not only works but
will spare families a lifetime of pain and re-
gret, we must declare zero tolerance for dri-
vers with unbuckled children.

Our officers will also be stepping up en-
forcement on adult seat-belt laws, because it Ts
a proven fact that most adults who don Tt
buckle up themselves, don Tt buckle up kids.

Journal of Public Health, African-American
seat belt use is 10 percent to 12 percent lower

ing unbuckled.

We can no longer tolerate so many pre-
ventable tragedies " hurt and despairing fam-
ilies. We must stop drivers who don Tt buckle
up kids. Our children Ts lives depend on it.

_ (Guest editorial by Robert L. Stewart, exec-
utive director, National Organization of Black
Law Enforcement Executives.)

What role does the entertainment industry
play? Do ee Att right pry our
i youth violence that is some-
ane caine le? How about the vio-
lence in video games? Where does the re-
Se youngair who pk wp peas tad toe
or w up guns
others, either fellow classmates or family
members?
It Ts about time that parents, relatives, edu-
, businessmen and businesswomen,

Actually,

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| enemy we have. I focus on any and every
| fault-line in America Ts social structure,

qualifies to be President

by Sheldon Richman

he chief argument of the Democ-
rats against George W. Bush is that
he Ts not qualified to be president.
They Tre right. He Ts not qualified.
But, neither is Al Gore. Nor Dick
Cheney. Nor Joseph Lieberman.
0 No one is qualified to be president. NO
NE!

This is not a statement born of cynicism.
It Ts cold fact. How could anyone be qualified
to direct a $2-trillion-a-year behemoth " also
known as the federal government " designed
to micro manage the lives of every individual
in the U.S. and quite a few overseas as well?

The president of the U.S. is expected to
osteer ? the economy, but this grossly miscon-
ceives what an economy is. It Ts not a ship.
oThe economy ? is a figure of speech. In reali-

-| ty it Ts just a bunch of people engaging in pro-

duction and trade. oSteering ? the economy
translates into telling people what to do. Aside
from the moral issue involved (telling then
what to,do violates their freedom), no ones
knows enough to intelligently direct 265 mil-
lion people Ts activities. =

Perhaps some think the term ocental plan-

"ner" doesn Tt apply to the U.S. land of free en-
iecade Well, what, was the case. agai

crosoft if not an attempt to centrally p
computer software industry? The government
decreed that web browsers must not be inte-
grated into operating systems. Anti-trust chief
Joel Klein, bureaucrat, said so. Or, how about
his decision that MCI Worldcom could not
merge with Sprint, because a combined com-
pany would not conform to his vision of the
long-distance industry?

[he president hires the attorney gener-
al, who hires the antitrust chief. These are
just two examples of how the president
and his men design to plan- othe econo-
my ? " our lives.

The alphabet agencies staffed by the pres-
ident "EPA, OSHA, FDA, FTC, ad nause-
um "exit to enable social engineers to carry

Out their visions of our futures. Thanks, but
I have plans of my own, just as everyone
else does.

Gore and President Clinton feverishly take
credit for the last several years of economic
growth. They Td have us believe that their big
1993 tax increase and similar measures are re-

sponsible for all the good things we see in the
private sector. Clinton and Gore assumed of-
fice several months after a mild recession had
ended. The budget was deeply in deficit "
not because tax cuts reduced revenues in the
1980s (that myth dies hard), but, because the
government spent well over a buck for every
buck that taxpayers were forced to pony up.

The Clinton-Gore theory is that by showing
ofiscal restraint ? and attacking the deficit, the
administration reassured the ial commu-
nity, bringing down interest rates and stimu-
lating economic growth. Nice fantasy. Clinton
showed no interest in killing the deficit before
the Democrats lost control of the Congress in
1995, and then he dragged his feet. He never
advocated fiscal restraint " read his State of
the Union addresses. Non-military spending
has grown dramatically.

As the Cato Institute points out, the Repub-
licans were accomplices: the 106th Congress
is the biggest spending Congress since the
Jimmy Carter "Tip O TNeil years.

So what accounts for the prosperity? Tech-
nological innovation made possible by people
like Bill Gates and te innovation made
possible. by people like Michael Milken do.

~ Their accomplishments unleased by produc-..

tive efforts of millions of people, which in
turnfigoded the goverment coffers with sur-
pluegeven ¢ is at arecord.
take credit for anything. i's for-cutting the
capital gains tax in 1997.

Far from deservitig credit for the prosperity,
the Clinton bureaucrats still maintain impedi-
ments to productive activity. The President
can Tt bear the idea of a tax cut that doesn Tt
compel people to act in prescribed ways, and
he Ts pushing myriad new spending programs.

ig weet

~ Gore holds the same philosophy, motivated as

he is by his messianic environmentalism and
disdain. for industry. Would George W. Bush
be much different? Does oprosperity with a
purpose ? sound like a call for economic free-
dom to you?

Presidents can do a million things to
screw up an economy, but they can do only
one thing if they want general prosperity:
Leave it alone! Now that Ts what they Tre
qualified to do.

(Richman is senior fellow at The Future of
Freedom Foundation in Fairfax, Va., and edi-
tor of Ideas on Liberty magazine.)

| weak to the truth and t

| reer dreams, I know that time has come

o| Lynching ? it says the orace-hater is in-

by Rev, Gregory C, Guice

$ we continue this school year,
I would like to offer a special
message to our children, par-
ents and educators.

The ility of educat-
ing our children is not limited to just one in-
stitution nor to a select few. We equally share
amy pe nd fry ene
who provide that child Ts well-being.

The special message for the educational

system is one that wers us to cultivate

and develop our and to improve in

adh pr Mate ter ry vt onde

cee memati
a Y,

first must embrace our children with love and

guidance to structure for them a safe and
moral environment that will provide for them

Some special messages
for very special people

ate an institution of learning that demands
the best from its teachers, staff:and chil-
dren "an institution that sees the school in
partnership with the home.
To those of us within the community, in-
cluding businessmen, and politi-
cians, We must unde that it does take
an entire village to raise a child, Know that

Finally, to the children: Your task is the
one that cannot be overlooked, for no mat-
ter what others may or may not do, you
must still achieve, you must have the deter-
aera entne

you hope to
have the determination to

Seating according to The New Mart

| trata bedded Sot §
emotions about the sufferings of Black.

oP ee ee ee

including the shortcomings of Blacks. '
If I Tm scathing I hope you would un-
derstand my motives, rather than hope I
go away. That Ts what racists want of ._

| every Black man and woman who speak:

against their racist procrana- We're

y know it. Lies .
that sound good are believable to us, and...
this must be stopped by us. - "

Scathing? You bet! Black men being _
intimidated by-White cops using their |
badges as leverages of intimidation. A °
young daughter of a friend being told by
the White girl to, oShut up. I ought to
slap you, ? for answering a question in °~
class. Inherited racism. A campus cop -
tells her that this was not a threat. The °
White male teacher tells her he didn Tt:
want her in his class because she was a .
troublemaker. Reinforcements of young.
racists. Then she is told that she had
been deprived of a scholarship being a
4.0 student. This is Memphis State in the
year 2000. . ,

I feel scathing because we didn Tt fight |
hard enough the battle, to prevent our "_-
-young Black students from having to en--
dure historic T anguish.

Reparations for slavery is due, but my
feelings call for the end to depravation.
Because we Tve been and still are being T
blocked by racism from opportunity ad-
vantages, billions of dollars in income are,
being taken away from Black folks.
Thousands of Black doctors, lawyers, - : '
CEOs, et al we don Tt and won Tt have. © ;
Now our children are being targeted
putting our future in jeopardy. And we sit
back while the racists find it sporting to~
stand in their way. Yes indeed I feel
scathing!

When I think of the frustrations we _
vent on each other because of failed ca-

Vo de oY

for us to stop contributing to our own.
demise. Scathing yes, but it Ts not my in. +
tent. In the foreward of o100 Years of _..

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wardly a man who hates himself. ? And
that ohe finds it necessary to shift to oth-
ers his own unconscious feelings of +
guilt. ? This same principle applies to us
educated, sophisticated, misled, pro-
grammed intellectuals.

We immulate the racist Ts criteria for
success (and seperation). Over the last
five years I Tve tried to interest Black
folks in saving W.C. Handy Ts legacy. I hit
deaf ears, or onothing we can do, ? or total «
complacency. That man should be immor-
talized among all Memphians. Melrose 2
stadium should be a shrine to him erected o
by Black folks, because of his support
and yearly half-time interludes (standin
on a wooden box on the center of the 5
yardline), at the annual Blues Bowl
Game. The last two years he got up from
his sicks bed to do so. Now my perdiction =
has come true that the statue of WC. 4
Handy would be taken off Beale Street.
_ While it is still oHandy Park, it Ts be-
hind a wall. Contrary to the promise by =
ogood White folks, ? W.C. Handy Ts house =

vate E484.

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| is behind Ta tall fence. It protects abad- =

minton net for ogood White folks. ? Soon =
we Black folks will get our wish for
White folks to stop using oour ? Beale
Street to get rich " when it becomes
Elvis Presley Way. T And the statue of _
Elvis will be the one visible. we

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Scathing? Yes! We Tre still chasing the =.
oold ? American Dream; still looking for a =
piece of some imaginary pie. It is well =
past time for us to re-think and make =
relavent changes in our priorities. Net- =
working is a novel idea we can do. Net- o
working will bring us to unity as individ- «
uals and groups. ~

In parting I quote a friend who said =
he'd rather say oI is rich ? rather oIam =

poor. ? Rich in culture, Rich is pride. And *
tich in the pocketbook. And once we stop
inviting the downtown politicos to things =
we do, we can say with unity, pride, and o
without fear " oFree at last. ? *

T.R. Lawscha Sr, ©

Memphis ~

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Violated the real need of a broken down to the bare essentials of life reject it, because there is not higher honor than to stand in

opolitical infighting and social So let's stop this silly business
upheaval- "-that is a world of of sitting in judgement upon the

| illusion. Though we usually call insights of the Lord Jesus Christ. "
| it ? the real world ? , it is facade ide In this world, we are continually
| that is destined to fade away. confronted with the choice of
| What God calls reality is some- whether to accept the flimsy,
_ thing that exists beyond the flimsy fallible, "authority" of mere hu-
_} walls of this world, and it is far man beings of the certain, unfail- "
BP cee more teal and lasting than our ing, clear Word of the Lord Jesus
ee eee so-called "the real world." Our Christ. But as Christians, as
THE FORCES WE FACE __ eyes and minds are constantly people who bear the name of L
. . _ deceived by the distorted perspec- Christ; we must continually re- Samfon
7 . . tives, twisted beliefs, false values, duce every argument to this _ Birmingham, Alabama, describes
God is not interested in Religion, and temporary programs of this simple consideration: "Am.I to the tactics Kunstler offered to the
but He is tremendously interested dying world. accept this person's word--or the Chicago Seven, the American
in life. You cannot read the New ne Word of Christ? If this person's Indian Movement, Malcolm X ,
Testament without realizing that But when we come to the Bible, word. agrees with what the Lord Martin Luther King, and Jack
the Lord Jesus did not hesitate to we learn the truth. Here reality is says, then fine, it is truth. But if | Ruby, and paints a large sympa-
break the Sabbath regulations of laid before us, and we see the this person's word does not agree thetic portrait of a keen and anggy
His day when those regulations _ world as it really is. When we get with God's word, then I must man who believed there was no

human being for healing. God is and strip off all the confusing authority greater than that of God. _ righteous contempt of court.
not nearly so interested in stained- illusions, we find that life is |
glass windows, hanging chande- exactly what the Bible records it From: Spiritual Warfare by Reviewed by Ford Burkhart

liers, purple carpet, organ music, to be. Stedman. .

congregational hymns, or pastoral . Community Leader, . en
prayers as He is in producin We may not want to hear what William M. Kunstler: The Most awinte 5 nt F oRr Pe Re SIMPNST? TERS LENIN GY 5
love-filled " homes, generous the Bible has to say to us. We Hated Lawyer in America Note :William Kunstler came to Pictured is Rock Brown and his lovely wife, for years Mt

hearts., and brave men and may think the Bible's diagnosis of by David Langum oa | nity Ke
women who can live godly lives our condition is too harsh, or its Calin Acerca Os ory Fastet for young entrepreneurs to continue his legacy.
in the midst of a dark and evil prescription for our healing is too William-M. Kunstler (1919-1995) during the Jo Anne (Joan) Litthe- fe a ees eae wba? lett Photo by
world. His goal for our lives is difficult---but if we reject its truth, brought to the courtroom.an elo- murder trial. Attorney Paul was. Me Penge cailor!
what we be people of undefiled we only succeed in deceiving quent, sweeping contempt for representing Miss Little, a young:

North Carolina during the 1960s at_ Brown has been a pillar in the community leading the way

minds and undefiled hearts, living ourselves. We would prefer to racist laws, judges, prisons, cor- black woman _ on trial for the.
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character in a sin-ridden world. highlight the verses we like and whatever he saw as a source or Beaufort County jail.
edit out the verses that expose our injustice. He was a 1960's radical,
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ADAM CLAYTON POWELL,
JR. (D-NY): Ushering in the
Coming of Black Political
Power ? (145-67; 69-71 ).
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., in
22 years in the House, grew to be
the most powerful African
Ajnerican legislator ever( and one
of the most powerful ever of any
ethnicity), and possibly the most
powerful Black in the US at the
time. In 1961, Powell took over
as chair of the very powerful
Education and Labor committee.
From this post, he oversaw the
passing of more than 60 pieces of
egislation (most by any person of
Afican descent) as he chaired the
Ommittee during the major strug-
s for Civil Rights. In fact, over
ven years only two bills re-
Dred from his committee were
feated. Powell was thereby
ponsible for ushering in the
jost vital legislation beneficial to
ican Americans since recon-
truction. .
| Powell had come to Congress
after years of activism from his
arlem NY base, where he minis-
fred from the pulpit of the
@entury-old Abyssinian Baptist
ae ihurch. It was from Abyssinain
Pe - eh father had built into
: largest congregations in
¢ US, and from his position on
New York City Council and as
lisher and editor of

CLAYTON POWELL

orace man o who supported his
people in the face of US racism
and class warfare, but that he also
was a fighter for Pan Afrianism,
and against imperialism, and sup-
ported the rights of oppressed
people of color globally. He
attended the 1955 Bandung con-
ference of African and Asian

The Minority Voice|

By Sonya Ross
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON " Despite an outpouring of
help after Hurricane Floyd, devastated Princeville
Still must correct olong-standing deficiencies ? in
order to draw tourism and investment that are key
to the town Ts survival, a federal report concluded
Monday.

President Clinton recently received the final
report of the commission he created in March to
find how to help Princeville, which was
- established by former slaves more than a century
ago, and destroyed by floods when Floyd struck
last year. .

The council said Princeville immediately
needs a better dike and drainage system, to stave
off flooding, and housing that is sturdier in the
face of natural disasters. Over the long term, the
town needs othe capability to create and promote
tourism ? and attracts related industries.

oThis is the final report, but it Ts not the end of
the line, ? said Council Chairwoman Sally Katzen.
oWe are going to continue working to fulfill the
expectations that are generated by this report. ? _

Katzen presented the report at the White

House along with Princeville Mayor Delia
Perkins and Rep. Eva Clayton, D-N.C.

oMore people know about Princeville today
than ever knew before, ? Clayton said. oSo, in

some ways, the suffering had some redeeming"

grace in that they are now poised to build back
better than they were before. ?

Perkins said offers of help are pouring in from
around the country, and the town would be in a
better position to make use of the offers if it had
better infrastructure.

oLife in Princeville is much better now, ?
Perkins said. oWe are rebuilding, we are getting
our citizens back in town. We are just totally
grateful for all the help. ?

Princeville is considered the oldest U.S. town
chartered by Blacks. It was chartered in 1885 but
was established as Freedom Hill at the end of the
Civil War by former slaves who settled alongside
the Tar River under the protection of Union
troops.

In Sept. 1999, a rain-swollen Tar River
practically absorbed Princeville and neighboring
towns, killing 51 people. Clinton toured the area
and pledged to help the town rebuild; the
recovery has been steady, but slow.

,.Postal Service to establish a Princeville zip Tcode,
stamp and post office in the new town hall.

The council swggested three phases of
recovery: Returning the town to its pre-flood "
condition, implementing oan enhanced program
that would correct long-standing deficiencies in
services and infrastructure ? and initiatives that
would bring economic opportunities to the town
of 2,100.

Other elements of the recovery plan included:

* Federal Highway Admini-
stration assistance with plans to establish a

Princeville Heritage Trail, which would include a R .

park and restoration of the old town hall. The °}
administration would also look into funneling
fiscal year 2000 state highway funds to North
Carolina for use in Princeville.

* A $1 million pledge from the Sara Lee
Foundation to create a job training center that
would also house a Boys & Girls Club and a child
care facility.

* A new QVC home shopping channel
distribution center near Princeville that has
created 380 jobs and will eventually employ
about 900 people. ;

* Efforts between town officials and the U.S.

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| PRESIDENT CLINTON POSES with, from left, James Lee Wit, administrator of FEMA; Congresswoman Eva Clayton; Sally Katzen, ? |
deputy director of management, OMB and Delia Perkins, mayor of Princeville N.C. and members of a committee established to solicit |
federal aid with flood recovery in Princeville, NC. This is one of the oldest towns in the United States chartered by African Americans, "

Study says hurricane-devastated town
heeds infrastructure, jobs

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Marian McLawhorn is proud of her role in the NC House
of Representatives 1999-2000 accomplishments:

+ For two consecutive years, House and Senate approved
state budget before July Ist, the start of the new fiscal year

+ Raised teacher pay to national average

+ Gave state employees o 4.2% raise and a $500 bonus
+ Expanded the Smart Start program

+ Passed school violence/discipline control measures

* Increased funding for community colleges

+ Passed Clean Air and Clean Water legislation

+ Appropriated $120 million to rebuild state's Rainy Day ? fund following
Hurricane Floyd flood relief efforts

+ Appropriated $30 million for Clean Water Trust Fund

+ Appropriated $1.5 million to support East Carolina University's
transition to a Doctoral/Research institution

+ Supports Community College and University Facilities Bond Referendum
+ Appropriated $100 million for repairs/renovations of state buildings
+ Refunded $240 million in intangible taxes

Representative Marian McLawhorn

"She's Working for All of Us"

* Mayor, Town of Grifton, 1997-1998
¢ Commissioner, Town of Grifton, 1992-1997
+ 1999 NC Business and Professional Career Woman of the Year
+ Married 35 years to Richard McLawhorn;
4 children; 3 grandchildren
* B.S. in Business Administration, East Carolina University
+ Master in Library Science, East Carolina University

Vote to re-elect
Marian McLawhorn
Tuesday, November 7th.

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nations (later to become known as
the Non Aligned Movement),
which was a ground breaking
meeting bringing together pro-
gressiveness peoples and people
of color from newly independent
states, along with representatives
from various national liberation
movements. As such, he sup-
ported African " independence
struggles in Ghana, Kenya,
Algeria, South Africa, etc.
Needless to say, Powell, like the
early trailblazers, DePriest, and
others since, was targeted by his
opponents and eventually forced
from his congressional seat. Still,
his congressional record, and
feistness in the face of entrenched
racists, served as the ect
transition into next stage of Black
congressional representation: the
founding of the Congressional
Black Caucus, a iclaamn

As J. Wyatt Mondesire, in his
biography of Powell, High Priest
of Harlem, wrote: o He was

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Education: Graduated from Chicod High School

Attended NC State University

Attended Pitt Community College

Occupation: Agri Business
Church:

Commissioned Lay Preacher in Presbyterian Church

Member of Hollywood Presbyterian Church

Organizations/Offices Held:
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Hospital, 1973-82

Served Board of Trustees Pitt

1984-1992

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Pit Community College Plans for Change

PITT COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SIFE TEAM
ANNOUNCES PLANS TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON
OCTOBER 28 .

Students in Free Enterprise Join
Almost 2 Million Volunteers
Nationwide

As Make A Difference Day
participants, the Pitt Community
College SIFE Team is joining
almost 2 million Americans in
thousands of communities across
the country who will spend
Saturday, October 28-the tenth

annual Make A Difference Day-

involved in volunteer projects.
Make A Difference Day is the
largest national day of doing
good. In addition, SIFE is
extending its efforts throughout
the week of October 22-28 for
oSIFE Make a Difference Week ?.

The Pitt Community College SIFE
Team will share information with
local citizens concerning the up-
coming higher education bond
referendum at the Wal-Mart store
in Greenville from 8:00-1:00 pm
by passing out flyers and stickers.
oIt is important that citizens know

that the future of our economy
depends on passing these bonds
so we can continue to educate our

students and attract companies

that pay top wages ?, said Freer,
SIFE Team Advisor.

Students in Free Enterprise is a

non-profit organization that works

in partnership with business and
higher education to help college

students take what they Tre learn-
ing in the classroom and apply it
to real-life situations.

For further information contact
Leatrice Freer 252-321-4395.

The Issac Jacob Center

THE ISSAC JACOB CENTER

After three years of planning and
lots of hard work, we are pleased
to announce the construction of
the 5,000 square feet Issac Jacob
Center i is complete and the doors
Have opened to serve the needs of
the greater _ "Pitt County
Community. The facility is
named in honor of the visionary
leader-who led his congregation
in building a rural Center for the
purpose of providing Christian

based training and practical assis-
tance to disenchanted youth, fail-
ing families, and indigent
populations of this community.

On Saturday November 11, 2000,
the Holy Temple Church will hold
open house and dedicatory cere-
mony for the Isaac Jacob Center.
The open house will begin at 5PM
and the dedicatory ceremony will

begin promptly at 6: 00 PM. The -

Issac Jacob Center is a Christian
Training and Youth Outreach

Center and is located at 1587
Briley Road, Greenville, North
Carolina.

Contributions should be made to
Holy Temple Church in support of
the Center. All contributions
whether cash or in-kind will be
used exclusively to support the
Center. If

Additional information is needed T

lease feel free to contact Elder
'ssac J, Robinson at
252-830-9285.

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Ralph Campbell

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we vote for
Chief Justice

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Henry Frye

@ The nonpartisan business group NCFREE says Henry Frye
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@ The first African American ever to serve as Chief Justice
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That's why we need to
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The poverty rate of Blacks in "
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Carolina is among the highest.

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; that | way for

decades.

Growing up in the state,

Conroy correctly associated

* poverty with Blacks. If any-
thing his quip could have
| easily been taken as an effort
to call public attention to the

appalling poverty of Southern
Blacks.

| Three Black students didn't
: see it that way. They promptly
_ marched to the stage, com-
-mandeered the microphone,
- and demanded an apology.
| Conroy is a thoughtful com-
omentator on poverty and ra-
cial oppression and had fully

backed the NAACP's cam-
paign for the removal of the

Confederate flag from the

South Carolina statehouse.

~ Yet he was a White man who

ab Se See

had committed the unpardon-
able sin of speaking honestly
on the hypersensitive issues

- of race and poverty.
- When Conroy did his mea

. culpa and apologized for the

- commentator ~ Jimmy
- Greek, and Dodger executive

remark, he joined the ranks of

White notables Cincinnati

_ owner Marge Schott, Sports

the

Al Campanis victimized by

:- their mouths. The difference,

however, is that these three

: uttered racist epithets or made

remarks that pandered to the
most vile racist stereotypes
about Blacks. The colossal

. danger in lumping an inno-

cent such as Conroy in with

bigots is that it deepens racial ~~

resentments and heightens

Conroy spoke "

"N" word is a near textbook
case of this. When White
comedians, politicians, talk "
show hosts, and even educa-

tors have slipped and used the

word, there were firestorms
of protest. They are instantly

branded bigots. They quickly
apologize . and solemnly
swear never to do it again.

Yet Black rappers, comedians
and writers have made a
virtual fetish out of using the
word, and there are no angry
outcries from other Blacks.
Some Black writers even go
through tortuous gyrations to
justify using the word. They
claim that the more a Black
person uses the word, the less
offensive it becomes. They
claim that they are cleansing
the word of its negative
connotations so that racists
can no longer use it to hurt
Blacks. | Comedian-turned-
activist Dick Gregory had the
same idea some years ago
when he titled his autobiogra-
phy, "Nigger." Black writer,
Robert. DeCoy also tried to

apply the same racial shock °

therapy to Whites when he
titled his novel, "The Nigger
Bible."

Many Blacks say they use the
word endearingly or affec-

tionately. They say to each

other, "You're my nigger if
you don't get no bigger. ? Or,
"that nigger sure is some-
thing. ? Others use it in anger
or disdain, "Nigger, you sure
got an attitude. ? Still, others
are defiant. They say they

don't care what a White

person calls them, words can't
harm them. Comedian
Russell Simmons went to the
outer limits of racial self-
flagellation when he said:

Mississippi to the murder of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, is

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part of an on-going |

trated assault on Blacks. The |

racial paranoia theory

ttos were flooded with

drugs, alcohol, gangs and

guns. During 1980s,
AIDS was imported in.
The "White establishment"
wanted to stop Blacks from
developing unity, strong po-
litical organizations and pro-
grams to counter oppression.
The plot was to get Blacks to
self-destruct. There is no
evidence that any of this is
true.

However, a long parade of
Black politicians, ministers
and sports icons know the
drill well. Whenever they are
accused of or nailed for
sexual hijinks, bribery, cor-
ruption, drug dealing, and
even murder they reflexively
shout that they are victims of
a racist conspiracy. It's a
well-worn ploy but it's a sure
fire crowd pleaser because
many Blacks are conditioned
to belief that anything Whites
do or say is evil and mali-
cious. The problem is that the
victims of the misdeeds of
Black miscreants are almost
always other Blacks. The

well intentioned, but naive
Conroy was the latest to get
whacked hard by racial cor-
rectness. And as long as
many Blacks see racists un-
der every bed sheet he won't
be the last.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is the
author of "The
Disappearance of Black
Leadership." E-Mail him at
ehutchi344@aol.com.

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all Parent Conference Day

Grades K-8
October 30, 2000
12:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

(Optional teacher workday for Grades 9-12)
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October 31, 2000
11 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

(Optional teacher workday for Grades K-8)
Your Jocal school will be scheduling parent conferences to discuss your

child Ts progress. Please make plans to attend. For further information
or to schedule an appointment, contact your local school.

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Choreographed dramatization of the works of Harlem Renaissance
poet Langston Hughes with songs, music, and dance

Date: 10/28/00

Time: 7:00 PM

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Biography

~History degree from St. Lawrence
University. Graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

~Law Faculty Scholar, Wake Forest University.

~1992: Clerk at the Court of Appeals in
Raleigh, N.C.

~1993 to present: Attorney at the Public
Defender's Office in Greenville, N.C.

~Married to Colette Antinore, registered nurse
at the Pitt County Memorial Hospital.

Jim believes that a judge should...

~protect society from violent criminals.

~be impartial.
. ~follow the law. "
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" Jim is one of the best trial lawyers in the county
and possesses superior skills in the area of legal
research and writing. He has the ability, the integrity "

and temperament to be an outstanding judge."
Robert Shoffher Jr. :
Public Defender, District 3A

" Now is your chance to return some pride to Pitt
County, I urge you to consider Jim Antinore's
qualifications and elect him as Superior Court Judge.
He will serve Pitt County fairly, honestly and |
impartially, It is time for a change. Be part of a
better day for Pitt County and vote Nov. 7."
| Sandra Gaskins
Retired Clerk, Superior Court

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NEVER DIE EASY, AN
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
WALTER PAYTON

by:

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Walter Payton with Don Yaeger

Walter Payton, called
oSweetness, ? the most prolific
_ tanning back in the history of the
National Football League, the star
of the Chicago Bears T only Super
Bowl Championship, eleven
times voted the most popular
sports figure in Chicago Ts history.

Some excerpts:

Regardless of how much money
one has or how famous one was,
without good health none of it
mattered.

Look at the time we waste doing
trivial things.

Spend quality time with family
and good friends.

Children, think through the conse-
quences of your actions.

desires.

I talked with my Mom about
~ things I wasn Tt sure of

Sometimes you need to go
through tough times to prove

you Tre a tough person
Walter never complained
He led by example

In the midst of adversity, he Ts still

shine .
Set your goals impossibly high
Work hard.

_ He was humble and humorous,

loved and grateful.

Nothing lasts forever--nothing--

retirement
Leave while. you're on top.

Enjoy what you do, have fun,

enjoy people around you.
He despised people who com-
plained,

He played football for the love of

the game, not the money.

He loved laughter and music and
cars.

He was well-loved and respected
in the business world and he
thrived on helping people.

Too many of us take but never
give. Football made me wealthy
man. He was a role

model.

Fame is what you have taken,
character is what you give.
Jarrett was the first son to
introduce his Dad for induction to
the Hall of Fame. Jarrett was 12
years old.

My wife and family were the most
important people in my life.

My children brought me lost of
joy. He adored his children.
Please spend time with your
children, sit down, one on one,

It Ts what you do with the ability

and talk with your children.
you have.

From the day you Tre born, your

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The People's Lawyer.
The People's

Judge.

* Member, Pitt County Law Enforcement
Officers Association

* Current Chief Assistant District Attorney

* Assistant District Attorney since 1992
Assistan J * Attends Covenant United Methodist Church

, NC Victim's Assistant's Network
mon * Member, ECU Pirate Club

* Member, Pitt County Domestic Violence
Network

* Member, Democratic Party

* Member, Weed and Seed Initiative
Steering Committee

* Juris Doctor, Wake Forest University
School of Law

* B.S., East Carolina University
* Married to Ann Chambo Perry and
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Tough ¢ Fair *¢ Honest

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clock doesn Tt run forward, it runs " mess,

backward.

Life is more than all the great runs
and everything else. Life is to be
lived at every moment and you
gotta be courageous in life and in
death, and he was,

Call somebody, be there. for
somebody. Pray for somebody,
uplift somebody.

Make every day count.
Appreciate every moment. Hold
your head high because you have

every right to tell yourself you are

a great individual and believe in
yourself. You can make your life
anything you wish.

If you love someone, tell him or
her, for you never know what
tomorrow may have in Store.
Tomorrow is never promised to
you.

Never let a day go by where you
neglect to tell your loved ones that
you love them.

Remember me a_ winner. A
winner is somebody who has
given his best effort, who has tried
the hardest they possibly can, who
has utilized every ounce of energy
and strength within them to
accomplish something.

Life is about a fight, life is about
a struggle. Life is about every day
of your life being thankful for
getting up. Life is about making
a difference every day.

To love God is to love your
fellowman.

PASSING IT ON

Sincere, loving, caring, parents,
teachers, and friends have told
children: o You Tre just no good at
that ?, o Your room is always a

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anymore, ? o You Tre determined

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even while you are reading this,
are being told the most assuredly
destructive words, o you'll never
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1. Putting things off or procrasti-
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2. Smoking

3. Working too hard o not
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4. Arguing
5. Ignoring Problems
6. Over-Sleeping

7. Forgetting names or other

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it people, were the very char-

pos seeking to continue ex-

citizenship, to fight even harder.
, No doubt, T these were strong
African men. . The majority of the

23 legislators of the pioneering "

efa taught, and men of the
people---one a bricklayer by trade,
another a barber turned reporter

- and broker, still others, farmers.
--. ministers, lawyers, and labor

- ofganizers---who knew intimately
the needs and hopes of their
constituencies. Most importantly
there were men of conviction and
courage.

From the beginning, they estab-
lished a strong tradition of serv-
ice, commitment and
perseverance that was to be
modeled for generations. These
pioneers, so focused on their
cause of empowering a nation of
people once enslaved, and, build-

ing a truly democratic society,
pushed for a social agenda that
extended far beyond their own
congressional districts. | Even
while few in number, they pushed
hard. They pursed legislation to
address inequitable educational
Opportunities and facilities, to
improve health care, to enforce
civil rights and voting rights laws,

to protect small farmers, and to
bring lynchings to an end. They
also fought strongly and aggres-
sively for the rights of Native
Americans.
The largest number of Africans to
serve at one time during this
Perioe was seven, both in 1871 (
Alst & 42nd Congresses), and in
1875. In 19871, this included
Saar Hiram Rhoades Revels of
lississippi, and Representatives
Robert C. De Large (SC), Robert
Brown Elliot (SC), Jefferson F.
Long (GA), Joseph Hayne Rainey
(SC), Benjamin Sterling Turner
~ (AL), and Josiah Thomas Walls
(FL). In 1985, this included
Blanche Kelso Bruce (MS) in the

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acteristics that drove racist white:

_ploiting African peoples by main-
taining policies of second-class

bert Smalls (SC).
The State to elect the

South Carolina with te. North

Carolina had four members to be

credential in the House, Alabama
three, and five other states,

Georgia, Florida, Mississippi,
~ Louisiana, and Virginia, each

elected one Black. Except for

: Louisiana T s election of Pinchback

(who, as read above, never took
his seat), Mississippi was the only
state to elect a Black to the
Senate, with two being seated.
Below we profile the first two
African men to sit in each house
of Congress: Senator Hiram R.

Rivels and Rep. Joseph H.
Rainey.
Hiram Rhoades _ Revels:

Trailblazer in the Senate

Senator B. Hiram Rhoades
Revels, in 1870, was the first
African to be seated in the Senate.
He was elected to finish the
Mississippi Senate term of
Jefferson Davis, who had vacated
his seat to become President of
the Southern Confederacy, and to
fight the Civil War. Revels was
born in Fayetteville, NC, in 1827,
of free parents, attended schools
and seminaries, including Know
College in Galesburg, IL.

. He was a man of many deserve
skills and interests. But most of
all he was a man of strong

spiritual and ancestral beliefs. He
was ordained as a minister at the
age of 18 in 1845 in the African
Methodist Episcopal Church in
Baltimore, traveled to share the
word and assist in founding
churches in Indiana; _ Illinois,
Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and
became a pastor of St. Paul AME
in St. Louis in 1852. Eventually
his calling led him back to
Baltimore where he took a pastor-
ship in 1860. With the outbreak
of the Civil War, he assisted in
recruiting two African regiments
in Maryland, and served as a
regiment chaplain in Vicksburg,
Mississippi, while also founding

churches there.

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1H malonate eat

: i 1870, he was elected to fill
| mamber of Afticans to the ease
during the pioneering era was

term of Davis. Da wes be

poop ~ gotta rte

Congress, members blocked

his being seated, both physically

and legislatively. He eventually
won the right to be seated and was
confi rmed February 25, 1870.

Joseph Hayne Rainey: House
Pioneer. .

Joseph Hayne Rainey of South
Carolina was sworn-in as a mem-
ber of Congress on December 12,
1870, making him the _ first
African person to be seated in the
House of Representatives. He
became a member of the
Commitment on Freedom Ts
Affairs, and pushed civil rights

legislation, including those that

addressed the needs. and rights of
Native Americans. When in May
of 1874 he briefly- replaced House
Speaker James G. Blaine in the
Speaker Ts chair, he became the
first African to preside over a
House session. However, after
numerous challenges of accusa-
tions of voter fraud, including
challenges to his being seated in
1874 and 1876, following charges
of irregularities, he eventually was
defeated for office as the
Democratic Party regained con-
trol, and he left his seat on March
3, 1879.

REMEMBERING THE
PIONEERS

*** Shared Characteristics
Intelligent, well-read, gentlemen
(unlike many whites in congress),
with multiple degrees, diverse
professional undertaking, commit-
ted to their people, and the rights
of others of color.

el Issues addressed during
terms :
*** Issues addressed during
terms:

Lynching, land reform, voting
rights, economic empowerment,
protection of ports and harbors,

Samer amet 9 yen

Major step in the loss of African "

i and advances was the

amnesty given to southern insur-

rectionists (which led to the "

restoration of rights to confederate
leaders). The 1876 contested

Presidential election of Rutherford "
- B. Hayes.(R), which resulted in a

Republican/Democratic deal _re-

quiring the removal of federal.

troops in southern: states, was the

next major factor. These acts led .
to the other challenges that-came

through litigation, and voting tal-
lies being questioned, and altered.
There were also poll taxes, liter-
acy tests, and violent attacks
against. Black voters and elected
officials (the KKK, the Knights of
the White Camellia, the Pale
Faces, and the Brotherhood were
founded during this period as a
means of retaking power, includ-
ing elective representation). "

*** The Legacy

Their experiences, both positive
and negative, portended what
were to be common experiences
of almost all representatives of
African descent who have fol-
lowed.

THE 23 MEMBERS OF THE
PIONEERING ERA ..

SENATE:
HIRAM R. REVELS
(R-MISS.) 1870-71
BLANCHE K. BRUCE
(R-MISS.) 1875-81
EDWARD W. BROOKE
(R-MASS.) 1967-79

HOUSE :
JOSEPH H. RAINEY
(R-SC) 1870-79
JEFFERSON F. LONG
(R- GA) 1870-71

ROBERT B. ELLIOTT
(R- SC) 1871-73

BENJAMIN s. TURNER
JOSIAH T. WALLS
(R- FLA.) 1871-73.

RICHARD H. CAINE
(RSC) 1873-75; 1877-79

JOHN R. LYNCH

(R-MISS.) 1873-77; 1882-83

ALONZO J. RANSIER "
(R-SC) 1873-75

JAMES T. RAPIER ~
(R- ALA.) 1873-75

JEREMIAH HARALSON
(R-ALA.) 1875-77

JOHN A. HYMAN
(R-NC) 1875-77

CHARLES E. NASH
(R-LA.) 1875-77

ROBERT SMALLS
(R-SC) 1875-79

JAMES E. O'HARA
(R-NC ) 1883-87:

HENLY P. CHEATHAM
(R-NC) 1889-93
JOHN M.LANGSTON
(R-VA) 1890-91

THOMAS E. MILLER
(R-SC) 1890-91

GEORGE W. MURRAY
(R-SC) 1893-95: 1986-97

GEORGE H. WHITE
(R-NC) 1897-1901

PROFILE: GEORGE
H. WHITE

Rep. George H. White was the
last of the formerly enslaved
Africans, and the last Black
legislator of the pioneering recon-
struction period. In 1894, he lost
in an attempt to win the Second
District seat of North Carolina
when he ran against his brother-
in-law, Henry P. Cheatham. But
in 1896 he was victorious. He
was the sole Black representative
to take the oath of office in the
55th Congress in 1897, and in the

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nation in sooty over ig ra
On. January 20, 1900, Wh te
introduced the nation Ts first anti-
besa bill, making such acts a
ederal crime, punishable by.
death (between 1889 and 1922,
3,436 Blacks were ofeay?"?
designated " victims--+ '
thousands of others had similarly...

been killed, but were not offi icially .;
classified as victims of lynching)...
_ His actions were unprecedented-- "

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while others -had spoken out '
against lynchings, White was thé ©

first to introduce a bill.
never made it to the floor for a:

The bill.

vote, instead the judiciary com- T ,
mittee allowed it to linger. White ,

also fought for financial support

for two of his African colleagues '

elected to Congress but not al-
lowed to take their seats---Robert

Smalls and P.B.S. Pinchback. He :
sought financial support for other...

victims of white violence and
other forms of racism, and he
called for the enforcement of the

14th Amendment in states where T
disenfranchised. '

Blacks were
And while he won reelection in
1898, it soon became clear that
his presence on the Hill was no
longer to be tolerated. As the last -
of the formerly enslaved Africans
to serve in the House, White
delivered his now famous--
Congressional departure speech
from the floor in January 29,
1901, The following is an
excerpt, which has since proven
prophetic:

.. This. Mr. Chairman, is

perhaps the Negroes T temporary .
farewell to the American .
Congress. But let me say,
phoenix-like, he will rise up
someday and come again. These
parting words are in behalf of an -
outraged, heartbroken, bruised
and bleeding people, but God
fearing people, faithful, industri« .
ous, loyal people...rising people, .
full of potential force... ?

It would be almost three
decades before another Black was ©

to serve in the nation Ts highest -

legislative body.

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& Integrity "
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oRemove the horrid stain of
felon voting bans

A year ago the Sentencing require that a judge formally

Project, a Washington D.C. bar an offender from voting as a

prison reform group, issued a part of a criminal sentence,
report that found that seven due to the seriousness of the
states permanently barred ex- crime, or severity of the sen-
felons from voting. With the tence.

gaping racial T disparities in In fact, many offenders

prison sentencing, the vote don Tt even serve a day in |

ban has fallen heaviest on prison. They have been con-
Black men. One out of four victed of felonies such as auto
Black males were disenfran- theft or drug possession. They
chised by these laws. Civil lib- are more likely to receive a
ertarians screamed foul and fine or probation. Most of
called it a return to Jim Crow these offenders were young
segregation days when men when they committed
Southern states routinely used their crimes. The chances are
poll taxes, literacy laws, politi- good that they didn Tt become
cal gerrymandering, physical career criminals, but hold
harassment, threats and _ steady jobs, raise families and
intimidation to bar Blacks are responsible members of
from the polls. If they were theircommunities. _

appalled last year at the num- Yet the states that stamp
ber of states that permanently them with the legal and social
ban felons from voting, the lat- stigma of being a one-time
est report from the Sentencing felon deprive them of their
Project is even more appalling. basic constitutional right to
It. revealed that two more vote and relegate them to sec-
states have slapped a perma- ond-class citizenship in perpe-
nent ban on ex-felons voting. tuity. This cruelly mocks the
And the racial disparity is notion of rehabilitation and

even greater. Black men now gives lie to the fondly repeated "

account for one out of three ex- line that when criminals pay
felons barred from the polls. their debt to society they
Even worse, the number of deserve and will get a second

Blacks disenfranchised by the _ chance. /
anti-felon voting laws will " ile surveys show that a

probably soar even higher. majority of Americans think
More than 1 million Blacks are that the felon voting ban is
now behind bars. The dracon- bad. policy, only,.a handful of
ian drug sentencing laws, civil, liberties groups. and the
three strikes laws, racial pro- NAACP in Virginia and
filing, and the disparities in Florida have challenged these
prison sentencing virtually restrictive laws in court. At
insure that more Blacks will present the only recourse that
be arrested, convicted and sen- ex-felons have in the states
tenced more harshly than that permanently bar them
Whites. The estimate isthatin from voting is to seek a pardon
the next few years 40 percent from the governor. This is a
of Black men will be perma- dead end for most. Governors
nently barred from the polls in read the fierce public mood on
the states with this restric- crime, and know that many
otion. Americans consider ex-felons
o+This terrible, racially- pariahs that deserve any
stinged policy wreaks much treatment they get. So few ex-
ohavoc on African Americans. It felons even bother to request a
odrastically cuts down the pardon.
splimber of Black elected offi- Civil liberties groups have
tials, increases cynicism, ifnot urged state legislatures to
ooutright loathing, by many rescind the laws or at least
oyoung Blacks for the criminal resist the temptation to place
tice T system, and deprives new voting restrictions on the
ie communities of vital books. The only state to heed
ofinds and resources for badly their call and do the right
eeded services that result T thing is Delaware. Last June
Soom their increased political lawmakers in that state
apttength. restored voting rights to some

o*The rationale for keeping ex-felons. The exclusion of

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oatid putting more felon vote thousands of Blacks from the

yegns on the books in more voting rolls thirty years after
oetates is that-they make it the civil rights movement
rougher on lawbreakers. This waged a titanic battle to abol-
ois nonsense. The U.S. is the ish Jim Crow voting bans is
oonly country in the world with worse than a travesty of jus-
oblatantly discriminatory laws tice, it Ts a horrid stain on
that ban a person from voting American democracy. It Ts a
ofor life based on a criminal stain that state officials
offense. Many of the men that should immediately wipe
are stripped of their right to away. Earl Ofari Hutchinson

vote are not convicted murder- is the author of oThe
hers, rapists, or robbers. They Disappearance of Black
are not denied the vote Leadership. ? E-Mail:

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condition and circumstance, along with that goes many

|i undeclared God over his or her life! The abuser, in the
mind of the abused, will loom so large and so high and

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trigger i in that individual a will to change what is happen-
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strive mightily to earn degrees in these concepts to find
acceptance and approval of their abusers! When ones
will has been broken and ones pride has been smashed
and trampled upon under the heels of their abusers, the
abused will began to view the abuser as something of an

mighty, there is absolutely nothing imaginable that the

abused will not do to find recognition, acceptance and.

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is ent ,,. by Dr. Lenora Fulani
vi RICA GOES WEST
NGS.AND LEFT WING
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Theiefficial political analysts have
observed the following post-Labor
Day features of the presidential
race:
eo og ,,l)George Bush has lost a
13-point lead over Al Gore;
2) The two are now in a
statistical dead heat;
3) The Bush campaign is
floundering.on media and message;
and

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4) Al Gore has become a
populist.

' From this set of empirics, the ana-
lysts of record have deduced that;

\ 1)Gore might win, and
2)Bush might lose
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| Consequently, the media
ifocus is turning to factors like
iwhether Gore Ts arrogance will get
ithe better of him and turn off the
jvoters and/or whether Bush can
icreate a more intimate and vulner-
iable person by actually asking
1 Americans to vote for him.

t

, This kind of analysis is sort of fun

e

Emmys.
the equation in presidential poli-

tics.

George Bush constructed his
drive for the Republican nomina-
tion by positioning himself at the
center, well to the. left of the
party Ts previously dominant con-
servative wing. The majority of

the American. people have re-

jected social conservatism and
Bush has had. to put enough
distance between himself and the
far right to be viable.
Campaigning against the
calcification of the Beltway elite
is popular in American politics
nowadays and Bush did well with
it - well enough to establish a
commanding lead over Gore.

Of course, as a veteran of the
oChampagne Unit ? (the Texas
Air National Guard). Bush often
comes across (and is!) above the
Beltway, rather than outside of it.
As long as he managed to hold
on to the projection that he was
going beyond the usual conserva-
tive Republicanism to a pro-
People anti-establishment _ phi-
osophy, his biography of privi-
lege was not much of a negative.

But when Bush made his vice
presidential selection, his new
populist persona crumbled and he
tumbled in the polls. Dick
Cheney, a hard rightist and a
pillar of the Republican estab-
lishment sent out the wrong
message. Bush had flinched,
gone to the right, and left a
portion of the more left-leaning
electorate behind.

Al Gore, no doubt counseled by
the ever-wily Bill Clinton, was
quick to capitalize on the Bush
stumble. The pundits were a

aaa it is dramatically changing

that. But is was somethi
too. It was of Gore's effort

re-invent himself in accordance _

Gore Ts selection of Joe Lieberman
was the coup de grace on this score.
Lieberman is an anti-affirmative
action, pro-Wall Street Democratic
Leadership Council-style conserva-
tive Democrat. Thus,-he placated
the party Ts center and right, yet had
many negatives with Blacks and
liberals. But he was also a Jew.
And in the not-so-subtle lexicon of
American political culture oJew ?
equals oleft ?.

Thus Gore managed to go left with
Lieberman and populist with his
rhetoric without disturbing the cen-
ter and the right. Presto! He Ts
closed down Bush Ts lead. And,
what Ts perhaps most telling is that
he seems to have gotten away with
it, meaning that he made the play
without paying a price.

Now that Bush Ts lead has
plummeted to zero, the Texas
Governor must figure out how to
recover. Traditional conservative
voices like Bill Bennett are publicly
urging him to go on the attack
against Gore as too far left. But
Bush Ts Austin advisors are so far
resisting.

Austin is looking for their own
brand of populism, hence, Bush Ts
newfound emphasis on oreal plans
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credibility as a reformer, by under-
scoring the disconnect between the
Vice President Ts call for a campaign

finance overhaul even as Gore -

racked up an impressisve list of
campaign finance violations.

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progressive populism on the part of
the American people does not
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who combines explicit anticorpa-
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John Hagelin, the dark horse of the
independents, whose political. for-
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soon the courts, which will decide "
whether he or Pat Buchanan will be.

recognized as the Reform Party
presidential nominee.

As independent politics has turned
from a center/right movement pres-
sure to the Teamsters, the United
Auto Workers, Friends of the Earth,
and other labor and environmental
groups to sign on with him. They

have acquiesced. But Gore will
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contender. If he flinches, the
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