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BY: LARRY REEVES
Is it really true that Jesse Jackson
and Al Sharpton,. two of the
nation Ts most powerful civil rights
leaders, are at war over the
direction of a potential nationwide
boycott of Burger King , and
possibly the leadership of the
protest movement.
According to a story that was
recently published in the Village
Voice, a leading alternative news-
paper based in New York, and
substantiated by some Sharpton
aides, a firestorm erupted when
Jackson allegedly tried to under-
mine the Harlem-based activist Ts
role in a franchise dispute.
According to the aides, the inci-
dent may have severly damaged
their once formidable alliance.
Late Monday, the Voice
reported, Sharpton dropped a
bomb that may further shatter
relations with the top Black
Democratic vote pusher: Green
Party presidential candidate Raplh
Nadar did speak at Sharpton Ts
House of Justice in Harlem, just
one day before the presidential
elections. Democrats like Jackson
feared that Nadar, given the
chance to appeal directly to
African Americans, could have
siphoned votes from Al Gore,
thus tilting victory to George W.
Bush. Of course that didn Tt
happen.....through ., . speculators
viewed it as an affront to Jackson.
Contacted in Chicago, an aide
said Jackson was traveling and
o+ T could not be reached for com-
-ment. There is a perception
among some activists in New
York, Chicago, and elsewhere that
Jackson Ts influence on the civil
- rights movement is wanning, al-
- though aides close to Jackson
shrug-off the notion.
A fretful letter from Burger
King CEO Colin A Storm on
Closes
-. By Robert Farrell
William Daley, the chair-
man of the Al Gore campaign said
early Wednesday the election
would not be conceded to
Republican George W. Bush be-
. cause the election was osimply too
close to call. �
Daley told a huge cheer-
ing crowd in Nashville, Tenn.,
that the earlier TV networks T
projections that Bush has won the
25 electorial votes of Florida--
giving him enough to clinch the
presidency--were opremature. �
George W. Bush had
projected as the winner of
Tuesday Ts presidential election,
and Al Gore called Bush to
congratulate him. However, when
the Democrats. learned that the
result of the pivotal state of
Florida had narrowed to a few
hundred votes, Gore made another
call to Bush to say he was not yet
ready to concede, |
With 99.9 percent of the
votes counted, ush had 2,
898,508 in Florida and Gore had
2,897,939--a margin of 569 votes
and that margin nay
~ Jesse Jackson And Al Sharpton Feud |
Over Direction Of Nationwide Boycott Of Burger King
i)
Oct.05 infuriated Sharpton, exac-
erbating simmering tensions be-
tween Jackson and Sharpton. It
was not Storm Ts declaration that
he was oextremely surprised and
disappointed � by Sharpton Ts deci-
sion to call for boycott of the
fast-food giant that kicked off the
activist, but reference to a secret
meeting between the executive
and Sharpton mentor Jackson,
which Sharpton publicly has ar-
gued ocan only be interpreted as
an attempt to divide the Black
community. �
What Storm and most observers
don Tt know is that for serveral
months Jackson and Sharpton has
been making on the national scene
to burnish his burgeoning political
profile. Tempers flared after
Jackson Ts sudden intervention in
the Burger King fiasco.
oIt is interesting that the
chairman of the board would
write me a letter telling me of a
meeting with Jackson that no one
had told me about, � Sharpton told
the Tri-State Defender.
oWhy would Jackson have
such a meeting and not call me? �
Sharpton would neither confirm
nor deny that he has expressed his
sentiments about tensions with
Jackson to aides say Sharpton felt
that Jackson odeliberately
avoided � associating himself with.
the Aug. 26 o Redeem the Dream �
_fally in, Washington, DC,,-which
: Of the
Sharpton T and member
family of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. had organized to protest racial
profiling. .
The night before the rally ,
Jackson and President Clinton left
for a scheduled trip to Africa.
oHe did not even send a represen-
tative, � says one side. oEveryone,
from Khallid Muhammad Ts New
Black Panther Party to Louis
Farrakhan Ts Nations of Islam, had
a stand-in. o
t Race In 40 Years
Result Still Uncertain
communities and the interests that
contribute to their growth and
development.
We can expect the gen-
eral framework of Clinton-Gore
adminstration policies and pro-
grams, based on knowledge and
experience of us, to change.
_ There were changes in
campaign style and technologies
noted on South Los Angeles
during this campaign: neither the
Republican not the Democratic
Parties made a significant invest-
ment in high profile street level
voter education and get-out-the-
vote activities in our communities.
The usual visual signs,
bumper stickers, local headquar-
ters oand street level activity were
not really there. More was done
through direct mail to high pro-
pensity voters, and phone banks
that directed their calls to similar
votes.
On the Democrat side,
Rep. Maxine Waters devoted her
considerable energies, resources
and talents to generate the late
establishment of a combined
Gore-Lieberman and California
Democratic Party campaign com-
mittee presence here,
She and her colleagues. in
the Congress, the Legislature, an
local officials supported interde-
nominational clergy "_ mobiliza-
tions, voter registration and
education outreach with. the col-
- laboration of community perform-
ing artists, They did motorcades
and facilitated get-out-the-vote ef-
forts. .
| Unions affiliated with the Brooks
i County Federation of Labor, pri-
Dur marily the Service Employees
v
~ has nothing to lose.
owho won 1,173. restaurants
on election day.
first | had departed this life were commemorated in a quiet and solemn
Oohorado Ts Lt Gov. Joe. manner that restored the memory of the traditional qualities and values
Rogers campaigned in the come: | | that have been such an integral part of historical African ~ American |
ons et mo sg . ~The culminatio n of the event and it's significance was rize
Jim Brulte, Secretary of | care Nghe dren to
- Jones and party chair T ee Cee
The aide speculates that ~
Jackson resents the sudden shift
by ocorporate types � to Sharpton, .
who executives now turn to for.
help to settle minority boycotts .
ainst " their | companies,
Sharpton, the aide adds, - has
shown these corporates moguls he. |
In the |
aftermath of the Redeem the: |
Dream rally, which kept Sharpton |
in the national spotlight, Jackson,
another Sharpton ally points out, .
cannot afford to allow the activist ©
to meddle in big boycotts like to
one shaping up against Burger |
King. ee
o He can Tt allow the CEQs of |
White corporations to run around |
saying that Al Sharpton is the guy "
to go to in order to get Black |
businessmen off your backs, � the
aide says. Sharpton said he
launced the boycott to protest
Burger King Ts dispute with
Detroit franchise owner La-Van
Hawkins and the Miami-based
company Ts treatment of Blacks.
He initially threatened a nation-
wide boycott, but. later relented ..,
and said it would begin on a T
city-by-city basis. an a
Sharpton said he chose New ~
York City as a starting point ©
because, although it has a large T
Black population, there is only
one Black franchise owner in the
city. Nationwide, Burger King
employ over 58,000 people. The
chain has about 11,150 restau-
rants, and employs some 300,000
workers. Sharpton met with
Storm in September to complain
about the lack of an African
American role in advertising con-
tracts and investment banking for
burger King Ts planned initial pub-
lic offering.
above are members of the Democratic Party while at 2 Democratic Ra eo
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Dr. Sonja Haywood
The Agape Community Health
Center is pleased to announce its
association with Sonja Haywood,
MD who has joined the commu-
nity based primary care practice as
the Medical Director.
Dr. Haywood, a native of East
Orange, New Jersey, earned her
undergraduate degree from Seton
Hall University, a Master Arts
degree in Science Education from
New York University and her
medical degree from New Jersey
Medical School. She completed
residency training in family medi-
cine from Mountainside Family
Practice Residency Program. Dr.
Reflections Of Moments To Remember
International Union and American For the very astute and articulate former English, Drama, Linguistics
Haywood will be directing the teacher of fifteen years ( from 1944-1959), and principal for the decade
seein or State, County and activities of the medical staff at the 1959- 1968/69 or the H.B. Sugg bi hot ae oe
cree Sere out their Agape Community Health Center. graduation of some one thousand students. from high school,
member based organizations to "° Will expand the clinical serv- Mr. Francis Howard Mebane, Il, Saturday, November 11, 2000 was a
ices of the health center to include
women Ts health issues, sexually
transmitted diseases, family plan-
ning, obstetrics and health care for
the whole family.
most joyful day as he reflected on some precious and memorable
xperiences that catapulted him to heights that most educators never
yet to enjoy. .
Mr. Mebane was honored by many persons whom he had taught and
vho had worked under his supervision. Educators came from near and
ar and included those who testified of how their lives and careers had
yeen impacted by Professor Mebane's tutelage.
The luncheon was held at The Bachelor's Benedict Club in Greenville,
North Carolina, and had all the ambiance of a rendezvous with
success. It was clearly a time of rejoicing as several of the guests
boasted of how Mr. Mebane's unselfish and generous gifts of sharing
had made their tenure at the workplace and their own exploits with
youth so. much the better.
Among the ones to gather and to spend a brief harmonious nostalgic
moment to drink in the essence of beauty and bonding were: Mr.
Mebane's wife of more than fifty years, Mrs.
Beulah Louise Whitfield Mebane; his daughter, Mrs. Gracie Mebane
Vines, her husband Thomas, and their son, Justin. Former students of
Mr. Mebane who attended were: Charles Maye of Burlington, North
Carolina, Edith Gay Barnes, Barbara Gay Campbell, ia Barnes
Dancy, Alonza Willoughby, Jr., and Laura Hi Wil " of
_ Farmville, North Carolina. Former faculty members, members
and friends who shared in this occasion were: Mrs. Pauline Anderson,
Mrs. Delores Brown, Ms. Myriam Carraway, Mr, Ed Carter, Mrs. Nora
mj Cobb, Mrs, Bettie V. Dickens, Mrs. Doris Dixon, Ms. Janet Evans, Ms,
i =©Tierney Evans, Mrs. Charlotte H. Maye, Mr. and Mrs, Marcus Johnson
i) = (Marjorie Scott), Ms. Catherine Moss, Mrs. Mary Horne Parker, and
Mr. WC, Vick.
A candlelight memorial was facilitated by Mr. W.C. Vick and Mrs.
1 Laura Willoughby. The names and services. of those individuals who
help with voters in general.
Among such coalitions
were African American 2000 and
the L.A. Metropolian Alliance,
with their " labor-community
church coalition work in several
sections of the county, including
South Los Angeles.
President Bill Clinton
made historic visits to the commu-
nity, at the rally at Baldwin Hills
Plaza and in the chicken-to-go
order he placed at Frank Ts Place
Restaurant during a fund-raising
foray in the city.
Media buys in black me-
dia were made by the national
parties, the NAACP and others to
address the importance of voting
Dr. Haywood will provide primary
medical care in the various aspects
of family medicine a the 118
Martin Luther King Blvd., loca-
tion. Dr. Haywood is now
accepting appointments and can
be reached at 940-0602.
Agape Community Health Center
118 Martin Luther King Blvd..
Washington, NC
Gov. Bush toured an area
elementary school. during a
teacher training session, and his
wife, Laura, visited the private
Marcus Garvey Schools,
The Bush convention
theme of inclusion was followed
at our community level by visits
from other Republican "
dignitaries--a campaign season "
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pwadpereed working people of all ove
ial- ethnicities need a progressive alternative to the agendz
as Pegi ae Y
ement to the ea of banning racial
rofiling. Among a
ndors
of corporate mis-
| conduct. and the domination and suffoca-
tion of the American political process by
private money "good themes that. are im-
_ portant to black people but do not directly
speak explicitly to the issue of racism and
al- the increasingly centrist, look alike estab-
ped lishment pertios,. the. Democrats and the
: Republicans. :
The National Rainbow Coalition, under
the leadership of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson,
of certainly had the potential for being amulti-
le racial, progressive third force or new politi-
- cal party of the oppressed in American poli-
tics. In one of the great failures of black
political leadership in the 20th Century,
~~ however, the Rev. Jackson refused to orga-
nize NRC as a third force outside the Demo-
_ cratic Party and thereby squandered an op-
portunity to build on the incredible momen-
tum generated by his electrifying campaigns
in 1984 and 1988.
In the wake of the demise of NRC, a
vibrant third party movement has emerged
around the country, mostly spearheaded by
white progressives eager to shatter the hold
of the establishment parties over political
life in the United States. In recent years,
rank and file union members and some la-
bor leaders have created a Labor Party based
on the assumption that a progressive third
party must be rooted in and represent the
interests of working people. The New Party,
Slave Labor Built Our
National Monuments
By AKILAH MONIFA
We built this country.
That Ts a common refrain you hear from
African Americans. In a general knowing
way, African Americans are saying with
that phrase that slave labor and underpaid
black workers made this country possible.
They not only picked the cotton, but also
laid the railroads, worked in the factories
and erected the buildings..
Recently discovered public records con-
firm the use of African American slave
labor in the construction of the two: most.
important structures in the country "the
U.S. Capitol and the White House. Slave
labor was also used in the making of two
significant statues in Washington, D.C., one
of which, the Statue of Freedom, was hoisted
atop the dome of the Capitol in 1863.
Ed Hotaling, a Washington-based tele-
vision producer, is the one who, made the
discovery. While he was doing research for
a program on the buildings, Hotaling un-
earthed U.S. Treasury promissory notes to
slave owners. These documents confirmed
that slaves were used in the construction of
the Capitol and the White House. The slave
owners were promised $5 a month for each
of their slaves used in the construction.
In fact, Treasury Department pay slips
show that more than two-thirds of the labor-
ers who worked on.the buildings (450 out of
650) were of African descent "400 slaves
d 50 free men. Twelve slaves were used
to Cast the Statue of Freedom.
The revelations are not surprising to
many African Americans and shouldn't be
to people with a knowledge of history. Con-
struction on these structures began in 1792,
and slavery wasn Tt banned by law until
1865. In a strange political coupling, con-
servative legislator and ex-football star. Rep.
J.C. Watts, R-Okla., and former civil-rights
seta fe. John Lewis D- Ga., have jointly
submitted a resolution to the House of Rep-
resentatives to establish oa special task force
to recommend an appropriate recognition
for the slave laborers who worked on the
construction. �
Watts says he hopes the bill will result in
a monument on the Capitol grounds honor-
ing the slave labor used. oWe have hun-
dreds of thousands of Americans coming to
the Capitol every year, � Watts said. oI think
it Ts good for the American people to see
something that denotes the contribution that
slaves made to this building. �
oI think this is a very important revela-
tion to know that African American slaves
did help build the greatest and most visible
symbol of our democracy: the Capitol, �
Lewis adds. oIt Ts important for not just this
generation, but for future generations to
know that these men had a role in building
the Capitol and the White House.
We have to find a way to recognize their
contribution and find some fitting way to
pay tribute to them. � A similar resolution is
being introduced in the Senate by Sens.
Spencer Abraham, R-Mich., and Blanche
Lincoln, D-Ark. The obvious irony here is
that the Capitol and the White House, which
stand for liberty, were mainly built by people
who were excluded from such liberty.
Watts does not rule out reparations for
the descendants of the slaves who worked
on these specific projects. Any descendants
would be difficult to trace, however, since
the promissory notes list only the first name
of the slave preceded by the word Negro,
although the full names of the slave owners
is given.
Many folks have a hard time with the
notion of reparations for slavery. But what's
there to argue with?
priority for any of the predominantly white
New York Chapter of CNT joined with a
Nader campaign, the st ggle against race
ism and white supremacy is notaconsistent _
third party formations. The Campaignfora
New Tomorrow, ablackandpeopleofcolor
led multi-racial independent political orga-
nization which grew out of my presidential
campaign in 1992, was the only national =
third party initiative which focused on the =
centrality of the agendas and leadership of |
black people and people of color. Unfortu-. "
nately, my all-absorbing work as executive
director of the Center for Constitutional
Rights made it impossible for me to devote.
the time required to make CNT the formi-
dable force it was intended to be.
The failure of CNT to materialize into a
full-blown black-led third party does not
diminish the need for or feasibility of build-
ing such an endeavor. With this in mind, the
number of progressive leaders and con-
Stituencies in this city to form the Unity
Party "a black-led political party. Nothing
more than the current presidential election
season and the dearth of discussion about
the color line in American society and the
world persuades me of the urgent need for
the Unity Party to succeed as a model which
can be emulated by black people all across
the country.
Accordingly, building a black-led party
in the United States will be a major item on
the agenda at the forthcoming State of the
Black Work Conference in Atlanta in Octo-
ber of 2001. It Ts time!
oe a black miale. oes ae
A black on killing an: unarmed black de highly eieniensite a
4 circumstances is no longer an oddity. In the past two years black copshave
ogunned down unarmed blacks in Chicago, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Baltimore,
- Washington, D.C., and Los. Angeles. The irony is that black leaders have
~. Jong clammored. for more black cops. They say that they would be less
likely to brutalize other blacks than racist white cops. This is pure fiction.
Arecent report by the Justice Department found that a majority ofwhite
_cops did not think that police were more prone to treat blacks more harshly
than whites. A sizeable number of black cops agreed. Despite massive
public attention and outrage over the blue code of silence, the Justice
Department survey found that 80 percent of police officers either believed
the code of silence was necessary to do good police work or feared
retaliation from other officers or even the brass if they squealed on bad
cops. Black cops were no more anxious to come forth to report misconduct
by other officers than white cops out of fear of not being seen as a team
player or that protesting abuse will damage their career. Worse, many
black cops are also infected with the oUs versus Them � police siege
_ mentality and will commit and then attempt to cover-up their misconduct
or brutal acts.
The problem of blacks using deadly force against other blacks will
probably get worse. Since the 1970s the number of black officers has
soared. There are now more blacks on big city police forces than ever
before. Many of them are young, inexperienced, recent recruits. Hopper
had only been on the LAPD three years. Many of them are often assigned
to work in low income, black neighborhoods. Since it Ts a sad, but undeni-
able fact that black and Latino males commit more major and violent
crimes than whites, many police are convinced that black communities are
a dangerous and risky place where violent thugs abound and every encoun-
ter is potentially life threatening.
Criminal justice experts agree that no matter how much training offic-
ers get, how they react in a situation on the streets depends on their own
apprehensions and prejudices and that police work tends to aggravate
whatever prejudices they have. Many black officers have those same
prejudices as whites. They do not live in or grew up in impoversished black
neighborhoods and see them.as hostile and alien places. Many of them are
just as jittery as white cops at the prospects of an armed encounter with
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other blacks.
But it Ts not just black cops that kill other blacks that Ts a growing
problem; it Ts also the blindspot many black police officials have toward the
shooting of unarmed blacks. This was glaringly evident in the killing of
_ Margaret Laverne Mitchell, a black,middle-aged, emotionally disturbed,
homeless woman who was slain in an altercation over a shopping cart in
~ May 1999 by an LAPD officer. After demonstrations, marches and angry
protests, LAPD Ts black chief, Bernard Parks, ruled that the officer used
obad tactics. � The L.A. Police Commission defied him and ruled the
~~ shooting oout of policy. � Yet more than a year later there is still no
-- o" jndication that Parks has done anything to punish the officer who shot
» Mitchell.
__ There Ts no reason to expect much will be different with Lee. Parks
would instantly discount Lee Ts horror that he was racially profiled by the
police. While other big city police departments in California and through-
out the nation have agreed to keep racial stats on stops, Parks resists. He
lobbied hard in 1999 to get California Gov. Gray Davis to veto a bill that
» would mandate that law enforcement agencies collect racial data to
_ determine if police do profile blacks and Latinos. The Los Angeles City
_ Council fed-up with Parks T obstructionism on the issue of racial profiling,
finally ordered him to come up with a plan to compile racial stats.
oNone of this is any consolation to Lee. He believed that he would be
~~ killed because he was black. He did not not know that he would be killed
~ byablack officer. But he was and that Ts a warning to blacks that black cops
are no answer to the corrosive problem of police violence.
(Earl Ofari Hutchinson is president of the National Alliance for Posi-
tive Action. E-mail: ehutchinson@natalliance.org «web site:
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Now that the
2000 Elec-
tion has se-
lected the
first presi-
piso of os next (true) millennium,
and the black community's role in
that, be it celebrated or
marginalized, is up for critical re-
view, is it time to also review how
we, as a community, will play in
the larger policy arena and ascer-
tain our truest interests. Do we re-
elected. We hold our collective
breath every four years because
our interests very much depend on
who gets elected: It Ts a lesson we
(the black community) fail to learn
election after election. Now the
question is, what did we learn from
this election, and where do we g0
from here? It's a question we've
been struggling with for 33 years
since Martin Luther King Jr. first
posed the question in his last book,
Where Do We Go From Here:
- Chaos or
Community?
Written before his death in 1967
the last time true public policy ac-
tually evolved from criticisms of
the social politic. Social activism,
it was called a combination of the
traditional civil rights (non-vio-
lence) movement, the black power
(youth) movement and the overall
society's passive resistance to the
elimination of overt racism.
As progressive as the next two
generations of social change activ-
ists think they are, both have failed
immigrants and affirr
have been successful, if not in roll-
ing back the policy agenda "cer-
tainly shifting the social attitudes
to the right. Blacks, on the other
hand, have offered (and continue
to offer) a passive resistance to
covert racism.
The result has been the rein-
cess or the other Ts defeat. In many
cases, Our communities were
courted last or not at all. Like wait-
ing for a date that is always late,
the black community can always
be counted on to be at home wait-
ing, and we'll always take ,
ever is left. If that is a sign
things to come, we're certainly
headed in a state of chaos in our
community. Partially caused by
those of us who don't take kindly
to being the odate of last resort, �
and still be expected to o ogive itup �
in the end.
There is an number
increasing :
in the black community that, at
least, want to make the Democrats
owork for it, � versus
enon ty al nd
. Same concerns, re
here do we go From Here?
wait until next year. But maybe, !
we learned a-lesson.
Many of us now know that re- |
gardless of what happened in last |
week's election, as we witnessed |
with the governor's election in :
California, ourcommunal interests
aren't secure with either party.Cer- |
tainly, individual benefit will be
greater with one party versus the
other, but blacks in every major
city in America will still have the
ess of who
is in office: failing education with
no reform timetable, low-wage (or
no wage) jobs in inner cities, con-
stant health care crises and little
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nile diabetes. Eating a diet where
plant products "especially grains "
"were the main foods consumed re-
| osulted in less type 1 diabetes.
_ "- The study, which was reported
~ in the June issue of The American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition, indi-
, cated that food energy derived from
meat and dairy products is associ-
ated with higher risk of type 1 dia-
:.betes. Conversely, food energy from
vegetable sources, especially cere-
vals, is associated with a lower risk.
© Total calorie intake did not predict
diabetes risk. So, does this mean
that serving oatmeal instead of
cheeseburgers will prevent your
child from getting diabetes?
i No, it Ts not that simple, experts
. " say. Type | diabetes begins in child-
«hood and requires insulin for treat-
oment. This type of diabetes prob-
oably arises from the complex inter-
oaction of environmental influences
o4nd heredity. The important role of
i dietary habits begins in:
infancy and even during preg-
_ Nancy.
oIt is very encouraging that there
is a relationship between diet and
: diabetes, because these may be
« modifiable risk factors, � says Rob-
ert P. Trevino. In his research as
. Mirector of the Social and Health
' Research Center in San Antonio,
, Texas, he has found that nutrition
and exercise may also play some
role in development of type 2 dia-
betes. Type 2 diabetes is different
: from type | and may not require
: insulin treatment.
as Altacce), and the beta blocker
s:meoprolol, (known as Toprol), sig- |
in Afri-
igment of the » :
oWhile thesenew. findings indi-
cate that high blood pressure among
a small percentage of the hyperten-
sive African American population
might be better managed with other
blood pressure medications, ISHIB
" urges all patients not to stop their
According to the Juvenile Dia-
betes Foundation, diabetes preven-
tion is extremely important because
every day, 35 more American chil-
dren are found to have type | diabe-
tes. Some of the symptoms of dia-
betes are: excessive thirst, constant
hunger, frequent urination, sudden
weight loss, sudden vision changes,
rapid breathing, drowsiness or ex-
haustion and fruity odor on the
breath.
Insulin i injections must be given
to these children several times each
day to lower high blood sugar. This
improves but does not cure the dis-
ease and doesn Tt entirely prevent
serious complications such as blind-
ness, heart attack, kidney failure,
stroke, nerve damage, and amputa-
tions.
Type | diabetics must check their
blood sugar several times daily by
pricking their finger for a blood
sample, to avoid excessively high
or low blood sugar, both of which
are life threatening. They must also
pay close attention to healthy diet
and exercise.
Instead of individual data, an
Italian Diabetes study analyzed
World Health Organization data to
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WORCESTER, Mass. " Three women have sued Oprah
Winfrey, alleging she Tinea tae them as victi
mestic violence. Tracy Hoaglunid, M:
ria Toney are seeking more than $75, :
A spokeswoman for Winfrey and her T production company,
Harpo Entertainment Group, said Witiftey wasn Tt aware of the
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lawsuit and declined to comment.
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plaint said.
The women agreed to appear in a taped segment to discuss
a computer training workshop operated by a woman who also
works with victims of abuse, the: lawsuit said. For the inter-
view, they were taken to-a nearby shelter for battered women.
None of the three women has ever been a victim of domes-
tic violence, and they did not discuss the subject in their inter-
views, the lawsuit said. But when the show was aired i in April,
the women were presented as. obattered women. � .
Since the show, they ohave-been approached by friends,
co-workers, and even complete strangers wishing to discuss
their alleged abusive pasts or demonstrating scorn, contempt
or ridicule of their appearance on the program, � the com-
of do-
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in damages.
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NEW ORLEANS " A Louisiana bank is suing Master P,
claiming the rap artist owes $739, oop on a line of credit se-
The lawsuit, filed late last ssceth in East Baton Rouge
Parish, claims Master P, whose real name is Percy Miller, has
fallen behind repaying a promissory note made by the bank in
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ictors two questions: 1)
& bd kidneys.and increased
protein in the urine? 2) Would my
blood. pressure bg better managed
using an ACE-inhibitor or beta
blockerto prevent a further decrease
in kidney function?
On the other hand, thy. AASK:
study found that the use of a cal-
cium channel blocker, also known
as a calcium antagonist or by the
More Fruits, Vegetables Can Help Diabetes
compare findings from 40 coun-
tries. Although interpreting this type
of data can be difficult, the results
are consistent with earlier studies
showing increased type | diabetes
risk with increased intake of cow Ts
milk and meat protein, as well as
with food additives and nitrates in
drinking water.
Earlier findings also suggest that
vegetarian diets may protect against
this and other chronic diseases. The
Italian researchers recommend fur-
ther study of diet during pregnancy
and early infancy to help determine
how diet may interact with inher-
ited tendencies as described in type
1 diabetes. They also emphasized
the importance of prevention
through diet.
Researchers also found that resi-
dents of wealthier, better educated
and colder countries less dependent
on farming were at greater risk of
type 1 diabetes "where they may
tend to eat more meat and dairy
products and less vegetables and
grains.
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By ARICA ae ae ,
We built this country. .
That Ts a common refrain you hear from
African Americans. In a general knowing
way, African Americans are saying with
that phrase that slave labor and underpaid
black workers made this country possible.
They not only picked the cotton, but also.
laid the railroads, worked in the factories
and erected the buildings.
Recently discovered public records con-
firm the use of African American slave
labor in the construction of. the two most .
important structures in the country "the
U.S. Capitol and the White House. Slave
labor was also used in the making of two
significant statues in Washington, D.C., one
of which, the Statue of Freedom, was hoisted
atop the dome of the Capitol in 1863.
Ed Hotaling, a Washington-based tele-
vision producer, is the one who made the
discovery. Whiie he was doing research for
a program on the buildings, Hotaling un-
earthed U.S. Treasury promissory notes to
slave owners. These documents confirmed
that slaves were used in the construction of
the Capitol and the White House. The slave
owners were promised $5 a month for each
of their slaves used in the construction.
In fact, Treasury Department pay slips
show that more than two-thirds of the labor-
ers who worked on the buildings (450 out of
650) were of African descent "400 slaves
and 50 free men. Twelve slaves were used
to cast the Statue of Freedom.
The revelations are not surprising to
many African Americans and shouldn Tt be
to people with aknowledge of history. Con-
struction on these structures began in 1792,
and slavery wasn Tt banned by law until
1865. In a strange political coupling, con-
servative legislator and ex-football star, Rep.
J.C. Watts, R-Okla., and former civil-rights
activist Rep. John Lewis D-Ga., have jointly
iia cetacean h
resentatives to establish o
for the slave laborers who worked on the
construction. �
Watts says he hopes the bill will result in
- amonument on the Capitol grounds honor-
ing the slave labor used. oWe have hun-
dreds of thousands of Americans coming to
the Capitol every year, � Watts said. oI think
it Ts good for the American people to see
something that denotes the contribution that
slaves made to this building. �
oI think this is a very important revela-
tion to know that African American slaves
did help build the greatest and most visible
symbol of our democracy: the Capitol, �
Lewis adds. oIt Ts important for not just this
generation, but for future generations to
know that these men had a role in building
the Capitol and the White House.
We have to find a way to recognize their
contribution and find some fitting way to
pay tribute to them. � A similar resolution is
being introduced in the Senate by Sens.
Spencer Abraham, R-Mich., and Blanche
Lincoln, D-Ark. The obvious irony here is
that the Capitol and the White House, which
stand for liberty, were mainly built by people
who were excluded from such liberty.
Watts does not rule out reparations for
the descendants of the slaves who worked
on these specific projects. Any descendants
would be difficult to trace, however, since
the promissory notes list only the first name
of the slave preceded by the word Negro,
although the full names of the slave owners
is given.
Many folks have a hard time with the
notion of reparations for slavery. But what's
there to argue "ith?
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The Pitt Co. 4 H All-stars organized in March of 1997, have been very active in 4-H activities and in their
community. They adopted 26 grandparents and or seniors at University Towers, by providing a "Mess of
sweet potatoes for them for the holidays. They picked up nearly truck load in Lenoir County. This 4H Club
also worked with the NAACP on Early Vote 2000 in Pitt County.
Mrs. Mildred A. Council is 4H leader. she is pictured with one of the seniors.
Pictured from left to right Devontreyl T. Horton, Marquivian Brown, (secretary) Jonathan fields, Kimberly
Nevelle, Pirre Westmoreland, President, Mark Westmoreland, and Jennifer Fields, acting Vice-president.
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Focus on the Lord
_ Greetings,
When we are in the midst of the
Storm, problems and obstacles
start igniting like bonfires across
scape. Our human reac-
tion is to try and put out each fire,
but sometimes it seems like the
omore we try, new ones spring up.
when we realize that we can't
_ keep up with the growing prob-
lems, panic sets in, Which fires
- Should we fight?
How will we fight them? What if
we can't put them out?
Frustration, discouragement, and
despair begin to set in and it
seems like we have begun to
spiral downward,
Satan is not always the source
of all our problems, but he can
sure capitalize on them at times,
. A large portion occur problems
come from us leaning on our own
understanding and working in our
own strength. After we begin to
experience the Consequences of
our fleshly decisions, our enemy
comes along and Suggests to our
thoughts that it is God's fault for
letting it happen, that it is some-
one else's fault or we are losers
and misfits that don't deserve to
have any victories in life. The
enemy will urge us to move
swiftly to fix the situation before
things get worse arid before we
know it, we end up digging
ourselves into a deeper hole than
we were in before. The enemy
may even show himself to some
during this time in order to
paralyze them with fear because
he is involved and trying to
we have to stop everything, step.
back to get a more objective view
of what's going on and then begin |
to follow the principles that T Go
has given us in His word. Paul's.
advice to the Philippians in
Chapter 4 can be-a great help at
this time. _ :
again I will say, Rejoice."(4:4).
We should begin to celebrate the
Lord, for He is greater than any
problem that we could ever face.
Even though you don't feel like it
you must direct your faith to the
character and attributes of God.
He is loving and Compassionate,
lie is all-knowing and all power-
ful, full of grace and mercy.
"Begin to rejoice in Him. �
2. "The Lord is near," (4; 5), He
is near because His Spirit is in
those who have received Jesus as
Savior.. He is near because He has
promised to bear and answer
those who trust Him and obey His
commands, (Jn 15:7). He is near
because He will not leave us to
fend for ourselves, (Heb.. 13 5).
3. "Do not: worry about any-
thing.." (4:6). First of all, what
will worrying accomplish?
Secondly, worry shows that we
are not trusting the Lord to help
us. Choose to trust Him no matter
what happens. Is not our faith in
Him more important than posses-
sions? How long will our posses-
sions last us anyway? They are
insignificant in comparison to
sep.
1. "Rejoice in the Lord always; ,
ord before His peace comes.
If you have to wait fiftéen
minutes, a half-hour or more than
an hour, wait until it comes, It will
be worth it!!! Many have missed
this blessing because they were
arrxious 0.300 $9 ething he
or to do something. But if F
transforming peace does
come, you will not fully
prepared for what God wants to
do with you from that point on.
It is this biblical process that our.
enemy wants to keep us from. He "
will press us to do something now
so that we do not get a chance to
"rest in the Lord." be ty
".let us throw off everything that
hinders and the sin that so easil:
entangles, and let us run with
perseverance the race marked out
for us. Let us fix our eyes on
Jesus, the author and perfecter of
our faith, who for the Joy set
before hint endured the cross,
is
not
be
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THE EDITOR:
Youth violence - why should
young people resort to violence
to resolve their problems, while
others face life's trials peacea-
bly?
Look at some of the societal
problems in our communities,
yes; in Greenville/Pitt. County:
deteriorating social and eco-
nomic conditions, families
_ stressed to the breakirig point;
easy access to guns, drugs, and
alcohol; and continued exposure
_ to television, video games, and
music that seem obsessed with
violent images. But a Key cause
reaches deeper and involves
what children begin learning
early in life.
4 Children learn first from
- parents and caretakers and the
lessons they provide have tre-
mendous impact. By not moni-
toring children's behavior, by not
showing children how to replace
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- New Beaufort County Commissioner ! !
shown above. is Deputy Jerry Langley
Children "copy what they see
Syracuse University.
-A large portion of young chil- |
dren are not learning skills to
solve problems in appropriate
ways. Efforts must be made to
eradicate poverty, to alleviate
family stress, to improve the job
outlook for young people, to
curb violence in the entertain-
ment media and to control access
to drugs and guns.
Janet Reno,. Attorney General
said, crime and violence are
still one of the great challenges.
that we face." (News and
Observer, Friday, October 27,
2000)
It takes courage, endurance and
knowledge to reach out to kids.
Beatrice Maye
11/1/00
HOW TO TALK
TO YOUR MAN
MAKE HIM FEEL LIKE
A STRONGER, MORE
WORTH WHILE PERSON BY
New County Commissioner
parents do", says Arnold
Goldstein, director of the Center
for Research and wageanes at
YOU"
1 TRULY BELIEVE YOU ae
MY " ~ ABOVE
| YOUR OWN." :
YOU MAKE ME FEEL MORE
OF A WOMAN
YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL
WAY OF MAKING ME
LAUGH."
YOU KEEP ME _ FROM
MAKING FOOLISH
MISTAKES
IM SO GLAD YOU'RE
BACK."
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TOUCH ME.."
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YOU
IN EVERY ONE OF THESE
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You SHOULD NEVER
ASK ADVICE FROM;
1-People who don't really know
you SRGRE et
2-People who know you but
aren't truly supportive.
3-Colleagues at work even if you
sense your restlessness is not
specifically about you.
4-Relatives who have a precon-
ceived notion of who you are and
what you need.
5-Friends who have a stake in
keeping you right where you are.
6-Anyone with an a T to grind.
7-Anyone who will condone
your attempt to Stall, postpone,
not try.
BEREAVEMENT
Reverent sympathy to the fol-
lowing families:
Myrtle Fleming, Rufus Spain,
Eugene Faison, Jean Elaine
Mills, Purvis Cohen, James
Ebron, Jr., Emma Whitehurst's
brother and to others whose
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Bessie Simpson,
"SPEEDY RECOVERY
To: Frank Norris, Jr, Leslie
Spaulding, Queenie Smith and
Lizzie Henderson and Pearl
Gardner of Winterville, Hattie
Thompson, Simpson, Daniel
Bullock, Sr., George Davies,
Carter as
well as unknown others
Recognition
h .
Ms. Annette Goldring, Vice
President, Greenville Alumnae
Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, was Mistress of
Ceremonies along with Bernard
Bush at the Hazel B. Neal's 13th
Annual Benefit Program in New
Bern recently, the Sheraton
Grand Hotel and Marina. -
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1. It is much easier to be critical |
than to be correct.
2. Before you question your
husband's judgment, remember
who he married.
q po a a eee ao know
something. ee
*hureh, Politics, and
5. The major reasons for divorce
are money, sex an ont -_
members.
6. If you can go through life.
without experiencing pain you
. probably haven't been born yet.
7, Children want and need to be
seen,
8. "Always" and "Never" are
attack words.
9. Character and honesty Au
sent a real man.
10. Live the values you want Ly
your child to eevee.
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billions of dollars in court is pre-
paring alawsuit seeking reparations"
- for American blacks descended
from slaves. ~
The project, called the Repara-
firmed by Harvard law professor.
Charles J, Ogletree and appears to
be the most serious effort yet to get
American blacks compensated for.
244 years of legalized slavery. Law-
suits and legislation dating back to
the mid-1800s have gone nowhere.
oWe will be seeking more than -
just monetary compensation, � - |
Ogletree said. oWe want a change
in America. We want full recogni- "
tion and a Tremedy of how slavery | e
stigmatized, raped, murdered and ~ }
exploited millions of Africans _
through no fault of their own. �
Ogletree said the group, which
includes famed attorney Johnnie
Cochran, first met in July and will.
hold its fourth meeting in Washing- ii
ton D.C: later this month.
oThis country has never dealt
with slavery. It is America Ts night-
maré. A political solution would be
the thost sensible but I don Tt have a
lot of faith that Ts going to happen.
_ So we need to look aggressively at
the legal alternative, � Ogletree said.
For now, there are more ques-
tions. than answers in the planned
litigation. Left to be determined are
when the suit will be filed, exactly
who. will be named as defendants
and what damages will be sought.
Qgletree declined to discuss spe-
cifigs but said the federal govern-
memf, state governments and pri-
vate entities such as corporations
and institutions that benefited from
slave labor could be targets of the
legal action.
oBoth public and private parties
will be the subject of our efforts, �
he said.
Ogletree said the Reparation
Assessment Group includes attor-
neys Cochran and Alexander J. Pires
Jr., who won a $1 billion settlement
for black farmers who claimed dis-
crimination by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture; Richard Scruggs,
who won the $368.5 billion settle-
ment for states against tobacco com-
panies; Dennis C. Sweet III, who
won a $400 million settlement in
the ophen-fen � diet drug case; and
Willie E. Gary, who won a $500
million judgment against the
A Robinson,
and African-American issues.
Robinson recently wrote the book.
oThe Debt: What America Owes to.
Blacks, � which argues for repara-
on tions.
tions Assessment Group, was con-"
- oThis.will be the most important
Case in the history of our country, �
Pires said Friday. oWe all agree the
suit has to tell the story of what
slavery has done to blacks in
JOHNNIE L. COCHRAN Jr.
... to join in reparations suit
America ...
oWe are still suffering from
Slavery Ts impacts today, � Pires said.
Ogletree said the assessment
group will call on experts in educa-
tion, politics, family development,
health and economics to help trace
how slavery's outgrowths such as
segregated schooling and neighbor-
hoods have affected society today.
Enslavement of Africans in
America began inthe 1600s. A slave
sale was recorded in 1619 in
Jamestown, Va. The opeculiar in-
stitution � helped to fuel the pros-
perity of the young nation, while
also dividing it. Slavery was not
officially abolished until1863, dur-
ing the Civil War.
Reparation supporters point to
recent cases where groups have been
compensated in cash for historic
indignities and harm.
A letter of formal apology and
$20,000 were given by the U.S.
government to each Japanese-
American held in internment camps
during World War II.
Austria last week established a
president of the
id TransAfrica Forum, a think tank "
specializing in African, Caribbean
_victims in the Nazi and Japanese-
American cases were directly _
harmed while many generations
separate enslaved blacks and their |
"modern-day descendants.
In addition, those opposed to " ||
teparations say it isn Tt fair fortax- |
_payers and corporations who never
owned slaves to be burdened with
possible multibillion dollar settle-
ments... Pus
Neither Ogletree nor Pires men-
§} tioned any industry or company that
_ could'be a target of the suit.
But Pires said there were over-
laps between the slavery of past
_ centuries and today Ts corporations.
He noted that. Aetna Inc., the
nation's largest health insurer,
~ apologized earlier this year for sell-
~. ing policies in the 1850s that reim-
-» bursed slave owners for financial
_ losses when their slaves died.
__InJuly, Connecticut's Hartford
Courant newspaper published a
front-page apology for running ads
_ for slave sales and the recapture of
runaways in the 1700s and 1800s.
Such advertisements were common-
place in many newspapers until the
Civil War. ,
Pires was one of the lawyers in
the assessment group who discussed
reparations in the November issue
of Harper Ts magazine.
Pires said he believes that any
monetary settlement or damage fig-
ure should be among the last items
discussed as the suit takes shape. He
said it is more important to tell the
story toall Americans of what slavery
did to the country oand let people
decide what should be done torepay. �
oMost people, � he said, odon Tt
like having dirt on their hands. �
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_ Disney Exec Apologizes to Jesse
_ Jackson for Black Hoes T Promo
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By SAMUEL WILLIAMS JR.
Sentinel Staff Writer
Jesse Jackson has holstered his
legal pistols aimed at the Walt
Disney Co., at least for now.
Disney agreed to pay $1.5 mil-
lion to settle two racial discrimina-
tion suits filed two years ago for a
promotion aired on KLOS-FM Ts
oMark & Brian � Show.
During that promotion, called
oBlack Hoes, � black plastic gar-
dening tools were given away as
gag prizes to listeners and advertis-
ers by the Disney owned station.
The discrimination suit was
based on allegations Disney allowed
the disc jockeys to use a double-
entendre involving a slang pronun-
ciation of the word owhore. �
Disney called the allegations
omeritless � and said they would
fight the lawsuits.
Jackson threatened to file acom-
plaint with the Federal Communi-
cations Commission about the pro-
motion. Jackson voiced concerns
about newspaper articles stating
Disney had paid out $2 million to
settle a similar lawsuit.
Early this week, Disney Presi-
dent Robert Iger called a meeting at
the, corporation Ts Burbank head-
quarters with two Rainbow/Push
Coalition officials and apologized,
Iger promised to monitor pro-
grams for racially insensitive pro-
gramming in the future as well as
implement diversity training and .
sensitivity programs for employees
and executives,
Jackson had called for the firing
of the employees and producers who
created the promotion, but that will
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not happen. In fact, the two morn-
ing show talk hosts have received
promotions because their show pro-
duced million of dollars in adver-
tiser revenue for Disney.
Officials from Rainbow/PUSH
Coalition said the organization was
convinced that after meeting with
Iger, any further action would be
halted ofor the time being. �
Microsoft Hit With Race
and Gender Bias Lawsuit
Microsoft Corp. is being sued
for allegedly using a subjective job
evaluation process that discrimi-
nates against black and female em-
ployees, the Bloomberg News re-
ported this week.
Microsoft, the world Ts No. |
software maker, opermits manag-
ers who are predominately white
males, to rate employees based upon
their own biases rather than based
upon merit, � Monique Donaldson,
a former program manager at
Microsoft, claims.
Well, it Ts me again! Back at one
of my eating establishments. You
know the funny thing about rating
restaurants and not Seine known
is that you can rate the service,
food and atmosphere and no one
knows who you are. My friends,
I remain your invisible rater, So,
remember if your service is good,
bad, or excellent, | may be the one
_ telling everyone about it! Without
_ furthe:
r ado, let's get ready. to
pee
Inland Restaurant
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The twice-yearly evaluations are
used to determine salaries, cash
bonuses, stock option awards and
promotions, according to the suit,
which seeks class action !stus.
Microsoft spokes wan Mark
Murray declined comment on the
suit Ts specifics, saying the com-
pany has not seen it.
Donaldson's suit, filed in a fed-
eral court in Washington state, asks
for unspecified damagesand acourt Carruth Ts celebrity and a series of
order prohibiting the allegedly
wrongful practices.
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__ Reparation opponents argue that _
This writer feels that the food is
good, however, a little too expen-
Sive for the budget.
orders are in little containers that
are too costly.
breakfast buffet was started, |
ventured in on a Saturday morn-
ing, and yes, readers, | must admit
the buffet did serve tantalizin
items such as sausage patties, lin
Sausage, oatmeal, eggs, grits and
_ Waffles. But the price! It almost
shocked me into the year 2010, 1
only want to say, that with Burger.
King, Peaden Ts and yes my favor-
ite B & E so close by, you owners
at Inland should rethink your
prices for the budget-wise con-
The. side
Recently a
sumers, Don't get me wrong, |
like the food, but after talking to
co-workers, friends and family, »
rethink the cost please?
Overall, | rate this a 3 spoons,
See Ya Next Week,
The Invisible Food Editor!
The Family That Prays
Together Stays Together...
family members, were on hand for the 7th Annual Minority Business Expo.
Rev Tyrone Turnage, pictured a
Jury selection began Monday in
Charlotte, N.C., for the trial of
Rae Carruth, former Carolina
Panthers wide receiver, who is
accused of contracting the murder
of his baby son Ts mother, 24-year-
old Cherica Adams, ~ last
November.
Adams was shot four
times as she drove in a residential
neighborhood in Charlotte, be
confessed triggerman Van Brett
Watkins, 40.
Watkins pleaded guilty to
second-degree murder and has
agreed to testify that Carruth paid
him $5,000 to kill Adams.
Carruth has mainstained
his innocence, claiming he was
miles away from the shooting and
had nothing to do with its
planning. 7
However, a tape of the
911 call that Adams made from
her car immediately after being
shot, along with statements she
made in the hours that followed,
implicated Carruth. -
oSomebody pulled up be-
side me and did this, � she told the
911 operator, gasping in pain, oI
think he did it, | don Tt know what
to think. �
In three pages of notes
that she scribbled after coming
out of surgery, Adams stated, oHe
(Carruth) was driving in front of
me stopped in the road...He
blocked the front. �
Adams was seven
months pregnant at the time and
gave birth by emergency
Caesarean section gthatg same
night to. Chancellor Lee Adams.
She died from her injuries a
month later, on Dec. 14.
Carruth is charged with
masterminding the plot to kill
Adams because he didn Tt want to
pay support for the baby she was
carrying. Facing a variety of
charges, including first-degree
murder, he is subject to the death
penaltyif convicted.
The case has attracted
national attention because of
bizarre twists and turns. f
According to a report in
the Charlotte Observer, Carruth
had paid Watkins $2,000 to beat
Adams and cause a miscarriage in
the weeks before her fatal shoot-
ing. The newspaper said Watkins
was hired Carruth to break into
Adams T home and beat her.
Watkins said he didn Tt take
Carruth seriously but later feared
Carruth might target him,. too,
because he had taken $2,000 and
done nothing.
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Watkkins reportedly de-
scribed how Carruth plotted the
attack on Adams and gave 25-
year-old = Michael Eugene
Kennedy $100 to buy a gun and
ammunition hours before Adams
was shot. After buying the gun,
Kennedy, Stanley Drew oBoss �
Abraham, 19, and Watkins and
Carruth, and Adams left the
theater. Kennedy, Watkins and
Carruth drove a Ford Expedition
in front of Adams, the Observer
said, the back Seat, the co-
defendants told police. When
Carruth stopped the Expedition,
Adams was forced to stop too,
and the men pulled alongside the
BMW, stopped and opended fire,
the newspaper reported.
----After being released on $3
million bond , Carruth was �,�Xx-
pected to turn himself in to police
if Adams died. But when she did
die December, 14th Carruth fled
to Tennessee with his friend,
Wendy Cole. FBI agents found
him the next day hiding in the
truck of Cole Ts Toyato Camry
outside a motel. According to
prosecutors, Carruth had $3,900
in cash in the truck, as well as
candy bars, a wireless phone and
bottles to hold his urine, which
they say, shows he was running
from authorities. He was taken
into custody and had been held
without bond.
The latest twist came just
days before jury selection began
in the Mecklenburg County
Courthouse, where Superior
Court Judge Lamm will allow
court TV the trial. Last week,
Carruth attorneys filed a motion
which they claim will exonerate
their clien. The motion claims
Watkins, expected to be the
prosecution Ts key witness, told a �
jail guard he shot Adams when:
she made an obscene gesture at
him, not because Carruth paid to
have her killed. oShe looked over
at the car and seen us, she flipped
me off... I lost it, I just started
shooting, �. Watkins is quoted as
saying in handwritten notes from
a sheriff's deputy included in the
filing.
The defense claims
Adams. was shot just hours after
Carruth refused to finance a drug
deal involving Watkins, Kennedy
and Abraham.
oIt was Rae Ts fault, � the
deputy recalled Watkins saying.
olf he had just given us the
money none of this would have
happened. �
Repar
Bill Signec
Gov. Gray Davis has signed into
law two bills introduced by Sen. Tom. *
Hayden that begin the ihquiry into: i
reparations for slavery and related
topics.
By ROBERT FARRELL
Staff photo jim Rouse | T
tions =
The bills received major support. :
from statewide African American "
organizations, community activists,
and academics in the University of
California and California State Uni-.
versity systems.
They and other actions will be
discussed at the First International
Conference on Reparations for Afri-
can Americans, Africans and Indig-
enous People on Saturday, noon to 5
p.m. inthe student lounge at Compton _
Community College.
For information, phone Neelam
Sharma at (323) 290-6146.
The bills augment the thrust of =. |
current national reparations activi-
ties seeking to uncover and evaluate
the economic profits from slavery,
amassed by slave owners -and their
businesses as well as corporations,
utilities and insurance companies and "
their predecessors.
SB 2199, the Slaveholder Insur-
ance Policies Bill, asks the state in-
surance commissioner to seek archi-
val records of insurance policies on
slaves during the American slavery
period from insurance companies |
doing business in California.
At least five insurance companies, _ .
including Aetna, are known to have
issued policies insuring slave owners
against the illness ordeath of their slaves.
SB 1737, the UC Slavery Collo-
quium Bill, asks that a research con-
ference be held to explore and iden-
tify the economic legacy of slavery in
America. The university would be.
aided by the California State Library,
which would use its resources to re-
search slavery, chattel slavery and
indentured servitude in California.
oThese bills begin research in a
long-neglected field of study, � said
Sen. Hayden.
oI'm hopeful that they will but-
tress existing efforts to analyze and
assess the economic value of slaves
in building this country. Uncovering
this information is uncovering
everyone's history. � he said.
Connie Brown. one of three co-chairs
of the Reparations Platform Committee
that mounted an informational demon-
stration and rally during the Demo-
cratic National Convention on the is-
sues of reparations, said the legislation
was oextremely significant. It lays the
groundwork for future activity, both
elegislative and grass-roots, �
Brown noted that the rally in Ex-
position Park contributed to a change
in the platform of the Democratic
Party. Under the oBuilding One
America � entry, the following lan-
guage was added to reflect the con-
cerns of the Congressional Black
Caucus and national community con-
cerns like those of the committee.
oTo that end, Democrats support
the creation of a commission of dis-
tinguished scholars and civic leaders
| to examine the history of slavery,
_ discrimination and exclusion suffered
by all minorities; to report on the
continuing effects of those tragic
chapters in our history; and to make
appropriate recommendations on be- "
half of the American people. �
Brown said the coalition |
lobby and keep its momentum going
through activities in the Los Angeles
area in coming months.
oReparations is an issue that needs
to be pursued, � she said. zh
\
NAACPis happy the issue came Jasper, Texas, by three white
wp because it presents an oppor- supremacists in 1998. The bill
tunity for the public to examine died in the state Senate.
Texas T current law andstudythe oThe predatory nature of
~ need for change. Byrd Ts murder is a stark
The NAACP has supported reminder that hate is still a
ssional efforts to pass destructive force in America, �
strong federal hate crimes legis- said Mfume. oIt is reminiscent
lation, although Congress _ of the lynchings that regularly
recently abandoned one such took place in this country when
bill =~ the NAACP was established, �
The proposed bill sought to said Mfume, adding, oSuch
give federal prosecutors new crimes require the most strin-
authority to prosecute hate gent sanctions and toughest
crimes against women, the dis- punishments that the law can
abled and gay and lesbian provide. �
_ NORTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL BRANCH OF
GOVERNMENT
DISTRICT COURT TRIAL COURT COORDINATOR
The Chief District Court Judge in Pi. County is seeking an individual to
perform a variety of administrative and case management fimctions. The
| Individual may manage the office in the absence of the Judge,
The position requires the completion of « certified paralegal program or
an associate degree program in legal secretarial science or business
administration and four years of progressive experience in a law office
Or Court system, OF & college degree in court administration, criminal
justice, public administration, business administration, or related field
and two years of progressive experience in a law affice or court system;
or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
State Government benefits with competitive salary.
Interested applicants may submit a Judicial Branch Application
(WWW.20¢. State. nc.us) and/or Resume to:
Hon, David A. Leech
Chief District Court Judge
Post Office Box 8147
Greenville, NC 27835
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A Word of Shanks
Thank you for your vote of confidence on November
7th. I am grateful for the support you have given me
throughout my last two years of service as your NC
House District 9 representative. Your support is vital
as we continue the progress we are making in Pitt and
Greene counties, and I will work to maintain your
confidence in the next term as your representative,
Again, thank you for allowing me to be your voice in
Raleigh.
Sincerely,
Rep. Marian McLawhorn
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EXPERT ON RELIGION
AT ECU |
One could not help having been
spellbound by the lecture on
World Religions by Huston
Smith, who is 81, delivered his
message on Monday night,
October 30 at the Medenhall
Center, East Carolina University.
His gentle, quivering voice and
sparkling: eyes reflected humil-
ity, humor and wit as he exhib-
ited his knowledge of Eastern
and Western religious cultures.
Smith grew up in China, the son
of Methodist missionaries and at
an early age became acquainted
with the Eastern religions. He
was exposed to Hinduism,
Buddism, Taoism, Islam and
Christianity. At age 17, he came
to the United States where he
pursued and received a doctorate
in the philosophy of religion
from the University of Chicago.
Afterward he taught in St. Louis
at Washington University and
retired from the University of
California at Berkeley. He
the world Ts
religions, he places Christianity
helm as his oforemost � FROM THE MESSANGER
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prayer. . _ rights organization. Labor activ-
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religion but perhaps his best- started the magazine in 1917. to
known is oThe World Ts advance to the black masses the
Religions � which has sold over cause of socialism. They be-
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a primary textbook in. many was the only one that would be
colleges and as a reference at free from racism and othe cheap,
Pitt Community College and peanut politics of the old reac-
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"_ TO THE EDITOR A white male officer took and nothing happened to him.
as) a black inmate to our lockdown A white male sergeant was
te;PLEASE HELP! pod, the inmate was scratched on brought up on charges of
ste both sides by this white officer, sexual harassment, the female
Dear Sir: again was told not to go into that was moved to another shift
a pool while the inmate was there. and nothing happen to the
pag My name is Terrence A white seargean sergeant. A white sergeant
Roberson and I feel that I have told another that he was not called an ex-officer a
heen discriminated against here in
Dare County where I live. |
Bi! worked at the Dare County
5 Petention Center for 11 years. |
te was the only black sergeant at the
"= detention center. | was threatened
we by a white inmate, after | tried to
pet the inmate to repeat his threat
tein front of another officer so that
SE Zould have had him charged with
communicating a threat. When
7 the inmate would not repeat the
e}Statement I then told him IF he
fs icame after me, I was going to hurt
tihim bad. | was called into the
*' Sheriff's office and told I had a
f hoice to resign or to be fired.
3 This i is where the discrimination
comes in,
Bs A white male employee
os oDf the detention center threatened
36 walk into a pod, shoot a kill a
ck inmate, This employee was
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sex with a 16-year-old student
. oa enteeed to serve 89 months in
going to give any of THEM
their birthdat off because ther
already have that NIGGER TS
day off(in reference to Martin
Luther King Jr.Birthday). A
white Cpl. and two white
officers pepper sprayed and
drug a black handicapped
inmate down a flight of stairs,
and nothing happpened to the
officers. A white sergeant
was brought up on assault
charges twice (pending DA),
and nothing happened to him.
This same sergeant slammed -
a inmates head into a counter
for asking, � can someone else
count my money? �, again
nothing happened to him. A
white sergeant tried to date a
white female officer on his
shift and nothing happened
him. A white male sergeant
was brought up on charges of
sexual harassment, the female
was moved to another shift
ntence Teacher
For Student Sex
1 had a relation-
the fall of 1998
mj ended in the winter of 1999, said
Kerner and the
ship that started
progecutors.
Kerner was arrested several months
ago after a probe by Edward Stancik,
the special schools investigator.
NIGGERLOVER in front of
a black female officer. When
she complained about it noth-
ing happened to this officer.
Two sergeants (white) was
charged with misdemeanors
and was not fired or anything.
In this county there are 5
police dept.and only | black
officer. In the sheriff's Office
blacks. So as you camse¢
feel I have been discrimnates
and have no where to turn. \f
you will PLEASE HELP.
am married with 3 kids and
there is no way my career
should be over like this.
Eleven years with no write
ups or disciplinary action. Do
this like fair to you? Thanks
for your time.
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