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CAROLINA GROUP
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GREENVILLE,

Eastern North Carolina Since 1981

Minority Voic

February 26 -March 16, 2001

What You See Is What You Get, What You Read Is What You Know And Save

- PRISON KILLING

Could guards have prevented it?

A surveillance camera is fo-
cused on a cell door at Upstate
Correctional Facility in Malone,
N.Y. Through the windo in the
cell door, seen from a distance,
two figures dart back and forth.
It is difficult to determine what's
going on until the voices are
heard.

"Say uncle, motherf----er, say
uncle," a man's voice demands.
There is a muffled reply. "Say |
win,? the voice screams once
more.

Again the response os barely
audible. Then, for the next 15
minutes, the two struggle with
each other, their bodies flying
from one end of the cell to the
other.

Finally, a guard arrives and
watches the altercation through
the window. After several
minutes, he calls another guard,
and the two of them witness the
fight with no thought of inter-
vening. By now, one of the
inmates has been beaten to a
pulp and is almost unconscious.
The cell is splattered with blood.
Minutes later, six more guards
arrive, along with a supervisor.
But they refuse to enter-the-celi
until the victorious inmate slips
his hands through the door to be
handcuffed. Like the other two
guards, they are all white. The
fighting inmates are Black.

While they await a response to

their order, the don white

smocks and plastic gloves.
They debate the situation,

occasionally laughing about the
carnage on the other side of the
steel door. When the rumble is
completely over, they move as a
group into the cell, grab the
semi-conscious man and flop
him ona gumey. He is a bloody

mess, and within a few hours he
will be dead.

With the injured man removed,
they throw his mattress, pillow
and other bloody articles out the
door. They wait a few minutes
and then the other inmate is
ordered to the door, handcuffed,
searched and taken away.

All of this happened on May
12, 2000. Last week, via
telephone from the Clinton
Correctional Facility, Donnell
Brunson, one voice on the
videotape, told his version of the
incident during a conference call
with his lawyer, Earl Rawlins,
and the Amsterdam News.

The problem started, Brunson
said, when he was placed in a
cell with a hostile inmate doing
life for murder who repeatedly
made sexual advances. oIn our
cell, the toiled and shower are
open and you are not allowed to
hang anything,? Brunson ex-
plained. "So each time | used
the toilet or the shower, he
would comment on my body,
telling me I had nice legs and a
shapely butt. I knew of his
reputation for stabbing people,

so 1 knew I had to be careful
around him.?

The man had often bragged
about his time in "The Box,? a
special housing unit comparable
to solitary confinement, Brunson
continued. "He had been sent
there for beating one of his bunk
mates,? he said. oThat is what
he told me and during the
hearing following his death,
documents were presented to
show what he said was true.

"He also told me he had been in
prison 16 years without a
woman, and he wanted me to
take care of his sexual needs."

In 1938 their was a man named
Luke Jasper Best that was reared
near Ballard Crossroad on a farm

owned by his father. Luke
worked in tobacco, cotton, and
com. He finished grade school
and he wanted a business of his
own.

So, on weekends he would go to
Ballard Crossroad where there
Were four grocery store . At that
time people had few cars. Luke
would wait around the store to see
if anyone needed a ride to
Greenville or Farmville. If so, he
took them where they wanted to
80 for 35 cents per trip and round
trip for 70 cents. For approxi-
mately three years this was his
extra income he earned and the

Tee is own business.

began to increase,
he later moved to Greenville and
rented a room on Bonners Lane
with Mrs. Rosa Darden and
worked in the city area. Later in

o

life, Luke chose to venture into
Cab business. He never finished
high school, but that never
stopped him from wanting his
own business. Later he purchased
a better cab car. The cab number
was no.34. He drove for a period
of time and certain areas in the
city he was not allowed. He was
not allowed in The Riggs House,
East Carolina College, and the
Bus Station. He especially wasn't
allowed to pick up students that
came in on the 4:30a. m. bus.

Finally, Mr. Best consulted a
lawyer, (Calvin Dish) regarding
his priviledges. His path was
finally cleared.

Luke owned his own cab busi-
ness in the name of City Cab.
Being the first African American
cab driver in Greenville, he en-
countered several problems. He
refused to give up! Latler he
moved to Bell Cafe on Albemarle
Avenue, where he became estab-
lished. LukeTs business grew by

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NEW YORK AMSTERDAM
by-HERB BOYD

Brunson recalled. "I told him I
wasn't with that, that I didn't go
tha: way. As time went on he
kept making sexual remarks, and
he even touched me a couple of
times. I told him to keep his
hands off of me.?

When Brunson learned that he
had a time cut and would be
leaving soon, completing his
nine-monthj sentence, his cell-
mated became more aggressive.

"He told me he was tired of
being a nice guy,? Brunson said,
"and that when the lights went
out, my butt was his. Knowing
this, | decided to keep my light
on until | knew he was asleep.

"It was about 2:30 in the
morning and I had the light on
and I was reading a_ book,"
Brunson went on to say. "Then
he got out of his bed and cut the
light off. The cell has two lights,
one big one and one night light
near my bunk. Each time he cut
my light off, I cut it back on.
Finally, he stood in the middle of
the room and said, "It's time to
get it on." | told him if we have
to fight, he'd have to come to
me. He did, and the fight was
on.? a

Brunson said that when a fight
breaks out in a cell they don't
come in until it's over. "With
this in mind, I knew that if he
knocked me unconscious he was
going to rape me and possibly
give me AIDS that wiuld kill me
anyway. \I knew I was fighting
for my life,? he said.

"We were fighting and he
penned me down in thé shower,?
Brunson related, "and he was
choking me and kicking me. |
was able to get free for a
moment and then he grabbed me
by my hair-l wear dreads-and

AN AFRICAN AMERICAN
WAN

Mr Luke Jasper
Best

leaps and bounds and hired many
drivers and high school students
as dispatchers. The business
excelled and he bought his own
place and became known through-
out the County. He also had
contracts with many businesses,
such as the airport, and American

Red Cross. LukeTs desire was to
go foward! He made a great
success!

The City Cab is still in business
today. They have nine drivers,
ten cars and many dispatchers.
Residing on the comer of
Albemarle and Martin Luther
King Drive. Services are 24 hrs a
day 7 days a week.

LukeTs motto was oA Winner
Never Quits and a Quitter Never
Wins!? On September 30, 1993,
Mr. Best passed away. The
business still goes on today by his
family and one brother, Moses
Best. Even though Luke had
many problems, he never gave up.
He had a succesful journey for 53
years. He will always be in our
thoughts, and greatly missed.

Neighbor CouncilT that later

became the NC Human

Célebration
of the
Life and

Legacy of
Dr. Andrew A. Best

On March 30, 31 and
April 1, oFriends of Andrew
Best", county, regional state
and national health care par-
ticipants will honor Dr.
Andrew Best. A local family
practice doctors with 46 years
of medical practice. Dr. Best
has provided the county, state
and nation with leadership in
many human services areas.
As a health/medical care
leader, he assisted the former
chancellor, Dr. Leo Jenkins
with the establishment of the
East Carolina UniversityTs
medical school. He is known
throughout the country as one
of the founding fathers of the
medical choc
Additionally, Dr. Best served
on the first state "Good

Relations Council. He is also
a former board member of the
Board of Governors and East
Carolina Univeristy.

The planning
Committee has scheduled on
March 30, Friday afternoon,
6:30 p.m. - 9:00p.m. at the
Ramada Plaza Hotel of
Greenville, a reception honor-
ing Dr. Best and his many suc- -
cesses. Participants will have
the opportunity to say othanks*
and to share their stories and
experiences with Dr. Best
Music and other entertainment
will be provided. On March
31, Saturda Ome 9:00
a.m. - 12:00 noon. The
Annual A.A. Best
Comprehensive Commuinity
Health Screening will be con-
ducted. Volunteers from dif-
ferent public health programs
and medical students and local
physicians will assist. Saturday
afternoon at 4:00 p.m., a se-
lected exhibit of Dr. Best's
medical and community activi-
ties will be on display at the

oHUMANITARIAN?
A TRIBUTE TO
oLillie Reid?

Daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Wille Monroe, the mother
of Charetta Walls and the grand-
mother of Billie Walls, was born
in the town of Rowland, North
Carolina in 1934. She is the
oldest of ten children, three boys
and seven girls. She finished
high school at Southside High
School in Rowland NC and com-
pleted college at Fayetteville
State University with a BS de-
gree in Elementary Education.
She worked in the Greenville
city schools as a teacher and li-
brarian for 25 years.

Being a lover and a promoter
of children, Lillie always stayed
willing, ready and able to sup-
port and encourage children.
She encouraged them to learn
and allowed them the opportu-
nity to excel in whatever task
they tried to undertake.

After marrying the late
Charles Reid, Lillie took it upon
herself to help raise her pr ok
ews, brothers and sisters after
losing their parents. Under her
advice and guidance, each of
them finished high school and
several of them completed their
college educationsT. :

After moving to Greenville in
1958, Lillie joined Cormerstone
Missionary Baptist Church. She

became very active during the
time that the church was located
on railroad street and Rev. Tilllet
was the pastor. She was instru-
mental in helping to organize
and maintain the scouting pro-
gram along with the late Bro.
James W. and Sis. Magdalene
Grimes with Mr. Ray Parker as
the scout master. Lillie worked
hard to help keep the scout min-
istry in focus. She organized the
girl scouts and provided many
outdoor as well as indoor learn-
ing experiences that taught the
students behavior, and survivor
skills many times using her own
resources, There were times
when she along with some of her
friends, would go and visit the
boy scouts during the weekend
of their camping trips to help out
if needed. This dedication
earned her several awards for her
hard work.

Under the pastroship of the late
Rev. O'Kelly Lawson, in the
year of 1972, Lilly was success-
ful in encouraging a group of
concerned members to attend the
National Progressive Baptist
Convention held in Charlotte,
NC for the first time. From this
experience, the board of
Christian Education, the Young
Adult Ministry and the Sunday

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FREE!

Ramada plaza Hotel. At 6:30
p.m. to 9:00 p.m., a Banquet
will be held honoring "The Life
and Legacey of Dr. rew
Best", with rile Chief Justice
Henry Frye, the Banquet
Speaker Also, selected par-
ticipants will provide 3 min-
utes of presentations of Dr.
Best'S achievements of selected
activities. On April 1, at 4:00
p-m., a musical con- =

ce

held at Cornerstone Missionary
Baptist Church honoring Dr.
Best's religious accomplish-
ments Sa) work,

Invitations will be
mailed to persons throughout
the country to attend the ban-
quet. However, the reception
and musical/religious concert is
open to the public.

Contact Persons are :
Dr. Donald E. Ensley, 744-
1109 (O), 355-9669 (H), Ms
Gracie Vine, 816-7959 (O),
355-6572 (H), Mrs Shonoda
Bullock, 328-4400 (W), 321-
5879 (H)

School were organized.. After
the church moved to its present
location, Lillie got approval from
then Pastor Griffin to let her run
a day camp to provide a safe
Christian environment for chil-
dren that became a great success.
Lillie also got approval to start a
Christian environment for chil-
dren that became a great success.
Lillie also got approval to start a
Christian childcare ministry that
would provide services to the
parents in the church and the
community. She named it oThe
ChildrenTs Learning Tree? and
then it was oBillie After School
ChildrenTs Center?

She served her family, friends,
church and community well. In
addition to all that above, Lillie
and her husband started a cater-
ing service called Occasional
Delights which was also well re-
ceived by the community, family
and friends. She has retired
from teaching due to health
problems but that has not
stopped her from inspiring and
motivating young children. She
is now working with children at
the Health Department. Her fo-
cus continues to be moving chil-
dren towards the future. Hats
off to Lillie and to God be the
Glory!

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But I felt | could not tarry.

I desired a change of dime,
oI thought it would be better;

mind, :
1 wrote and mailed a letter.

This letter was to Uncle Brock,
The one who loves me dearly,
He petted me when in frocks,
And sent me presents yearly.

I laid before him every plan,

1 asked him for assistance,

He said, oI'll help you all I can,
But you must be persistent.?







Long remembered it will be,
How my heart rejoiced;

When this answer came to me;
In tones of UncleTs voice.

A POEM

by G.R. Whitfield

1 did not eat a meal for days.

Although | was quite healthy;
: With mind all

When a boy my thoughts would amazed.

stray | packed for Philadelphia.

L'longed for education,

But scanty means as we may say,

Had blocked the situation. My welcome there was a very

grand,

He knew | had no money:

Placed $50 in my hand,

| felt relieved but funny

I:went to union to begin,
[entered there delighted;

There I made many friends,
But found my life was blighted.

raptured and

I entered the Sub-Freshman

Class,

| progressed here but slowly;
It was you know a jungled mass,
While this was burning on my I too was many the lowly.

Each year | found myself ad-

vanced,

I saw that | was climbing;
I took advantage of my chance,
And ceased from all repining.

| fou
beyond,

All those who lead us gladly;
My love for them is just a fan,

But ITm determined

Onward and up forever.

I'll not retreat, | will advance,
Ill gain my expectation;
When things are dark I'll make a

chance,

I} master situations.

Correction
Feb 16th - Feb 23rd

Issue

Mr G.R. WhitfieldT
printed as Mr George Raymond '
Whitfield. In correction his name

is recorded as Mr George Roscoe ls
Whitfield. Please do accept our

t and pushed myself

yet to fly,

S$ name was

most humble apologies.

| left for Lincoln full of glee,

My progress both in books and | janded and was greeted,

thought,
While there was ordinary:

I found it just the place for me,
| here was kindly treated.

I kept a longing to be taught.

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WORSHIP MUSIC

During the course of a worship
service, most churches use music.
Styles vary widely:
Congregations singing traditional
hymns while the pipe organ plays,
gospel choirs with piano accom-
paniment, a band with drums,
keyboards, and electric guitars
leading contemporary praise and
worship choruses, jazz ensembles
playing updated versions of clas-
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a expression and vocabu-
dary.

ry.. For the new generation, in
particular, you could argue. that

+ music has become their dominant -

language.
~The role of music in
Christian worship is central. But
there are numerous issues regard-
ing the use of music in worship--

| and the response to those issues

can be very controversial. Three
are important questions of wor-
ship/music debate: How much
music should there be, what style
of music should be used, and who
should lead the music in worship?
The answer is: There is not a
omagic? number of minutes that
represents the best answer. It
seems that there are four factors
that work together to determine
how much music is included in a
worship service. There should be
enough to: .
1. Focus people's attention on
God and on the act of worship;
2. Calm people down and
soften their hearts toward God;
3. Facilitate intimacy with
God
4, Stir their souls.
Uninterrupted worship music
should allow people to find a
means of expression to God
without having that flow disturbed

Things have changed a lot since

| the 1950's, when variety is critical

| to worship because music has.
become: such a vital: part of

music is enougl u 1 is based ed not on

This involves the music leader = J
reading the congregationT and

evalu

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worship

responses. The music leader
plays an important role in facili-
tating genuine church worship.

The use of dance is gaining in
popularity in worship service even
though some churches are slow to
embrace it. Someone remarked
that anytime you have anything
new, particularly when you. are
working with peopleTs religion,
one must be careful so as not to
be offensive or to shock. It is how
each church wants to interpret it
and some donTt want it at all.
They feel that dance has become
associated with vulgarity or ob-
scenity instead of reverence. For
that reason, they hesitate to bring
dance into worship service.
Dance originally was an act of
worship but remains controversial
among people of the Christian
faith as to its being immoral and
having no place in a believerTs
life. In some worship services the
trend is to use hand bells which
produce marvelous musical

sounds--quite different from other
instruments.

Pictured above..... judge James Wynn, Kathy Castillo and our man Javier Castillo. Mrs Caastillo is
all smiles and rightly so as they are heralded as Best Irons Humanitarians.

A Greenville couple has won
the Best-Irons Humanitarian of
the Year Award for their advo-
cacy on behalf of the areaTs
growing Hispanic community.
Javier and Kathy Castillo were
presented the award during the
annual ceremony Saturday night
at the Hilton Inn Greenville.
oIt is a very fine honor to serve
as a bridge between the two
communities,? Javier Castillo
said Monday. He _ said

j sharing their facia _
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state Supreme Court}, from the "
{NCCU} School of Law where

he trained. The mascot there is

including members of the N.C.
Black Caucus, former Gov. Jim
Hunt, Gov. Mike Easley, and the. the eagle, so from this day forth,
first African American to serve juctice Butterfield will be known "
on the states High Court, former 4. joggikagle == iaati((;;
N.C. Chief Justice Henry Frye, . She asians governor quipped to the
were in attendance: as Butterfield justices. _Eash added, oItTs a
was administered the oath Of elief to be before you when I ©
office. know canTt lose.?
Gov. Easley, who appointed |

Wilson native, who is the second.
African American to serve on the
court, says he will work very hard
to fairly interpret the law.

o| know the damage that is
inflicted on the state when a single
citizenis denied afundamen-tal
| right,? the new Associate Justice
told a jammed Supreme Court
Chambers, moments after being
sworn in. "

oI fully understand the judicial
system of this great state, and what
it means in the lives of ordinary
citizens.

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The justices and the audience

- Butterfield, told the justices how jayched. oWe welcome a well

proud he was to have a fellow

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The Castillos were nominated mental part of

by Sylvia McCreary, a past
winner of the award and leader
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Greenville-Pitt County. The
Castillos helped to provide hous-
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Hispanic family.

Hispanic program on WOOW
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ing at 6am. We congratulate
Mr. Javier Castillo.

o| have observed firsthand the

rapport this couple has with
people McCreary wrote in her

Greenville in particular, and the nomination letter to the
state of North Carolina in gen- Greenville Human Relations
eral, has made substantial in- Council, which chooses the win-
roads in recognizing the needs of ners,
Hispanics.

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of the honor.

His wife said the cityTs residents
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As Christians, we face many
problems and circumstances in our
daily walk with the Lord. You may
be led to believe that you are living
othis life? as best as you know how
but still things are just not working
out for you. There is something
going on that you just canTt seem to
put your finger on. At times you
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yourself under the ospiritual micro-
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remain the same. The circum-
stances only seem to get worse.
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something that is very seldom
discussed or taught in churches

| tious God, slow to an
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and forgiving wickedness, rebel-. fath

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| children for the sin of the fathers
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Lord your God that I am giving
you today; the curse if you
disobey the commands of the
Lord your God and turn from the
way that | command you today by
following other gods, which you
have not known.?

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sent them into the land of their

enemies- then when their uncir-

cumcised hearts are humbled and

they pay for their sin, I will
remember my covenant " with

Jacob and my covenant with

Isaac and my covenant with
Abraham, and | will remember
the land.?

Curses take away the quality of.

life. They can bring failure, shame,
sickness and even physical death.
They are temporal in nature, caus-
ing much grief. They are adminis-
tered to get our attention and
encourage us to turn back to God.
Those who are humbled by them,
repent and find restoration and
renewed freedom from the Lord.
Those who become angry, self-
righteous and rebel against what
God has permitted go deeper into
bondage and darkness.

The Scriptures reveal a two-prong
approach for dealing with genera-
tional bondage. We have to address
(1) Personal sins and also (2)
Generational sins (in the family)

At this point, I know that
many of you will reason, oI thought
that all the past is under the blood
when I received Jesus as my Savior!

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gracious with your
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past. You were led to repent of |
them and confess them specifically "Ham .

He wanted you to be free of any |
legal claims of the enemy upon your |
life. It had nothing to do with your |

salvation, but the quality and free-. jim
dom of your new life in Christ:
Why does God permit the enemy |
to be such a hindrance? . Because |
the Lord, in His sovereignty, can
use even the enemyTs activities to |
accomplish something good in our |
lives. Some of the effects include |
chastisement, testing of faith, a |
guard against complacency, humil- |
ity, and the motivation to pursue a.
sanctified life. . a
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personal and one for your family
(including parents and the members
of each of their families)
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ing for Your Love. . :
_ oWhen making this album, my goal was to
have a CD where the older fans wouldnTt dis-
agree with me,? says Wilson, oand the

er fans would feel me. | sang the way I
wanted and picked the producers I wanted to
work with. ThereTs something on this project
for everybody.? .

Over the span of WilsonTs 30-year career,
he has worked with the Eurythmics, Qui
Jones, Stevie Wonder, Dr. Dre, R. Kelly, Mas-
ter P, Mystikal and Aaron Hall. He has hopes
of working with Brian McKnight, Eric Benet,
Jermaine Dupri, Kenny Lattimore and Joe.

Although Wilson admits that becoming a
solo artist is sort of like starting over, he says
going it without the Gap Band behind him is
a wonderful feeling. The debut cut from the
solo project is the loverTs love song Without

~o) You, The video was shot at the salsa tango-in-

spired club, the Conga Room, in Los Angeles,
as well as a Malibu Beach mansion. Other

4 cuts include: Another Man featuring Case,

Charlie's Angel and Sweet Love. Some of his
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Busta Rhymes picks
Clive DavisT label

Much sought-after
multi-platinum rap star
Busta Rhymes, one of
the most recognizable
stars of hip-hop, has
chosen Clive Davi J
} Records as his new

home.

RhymesT career in-
cludes a history of
' chart-topping albums,
_" - and
Rh igh-profile movie
o" roles. In addition to

ara Records as an artist, the rapper also

ings Flipmode Entertainment, his own

a} record label that debuted with the gold-sell-

ing Flipmode Squad album last year.
According to Rhymes, oThe legacy of

a) Clive DavisT leadership is undeniable and

I respect him tremendously. What in-

j trigued me most about going to J was that

@ Clive believed in my vision as a whole. It |
f wasnTt about being in the Busta Rhymes

business, For him it was about being in
business with Busta Rhymes. What more

m could | ask for??

Pleased with his new signee, Davis says,

| oTo me, Busta Rhymes is the quintessential

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furnished by Brother J. J. Brown,
then Vocational
teacher at the

is perhaps the oldest Kappa
living in North Carolina- He
celebrated his 94th birthday on
February, 17, 2001.

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Kappa Line-Eta Psi- at ECU and
"one pine for the person who

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brotherhood and explained the y oat "_" . ~ f
reason for the assemblage.
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Following these remarks Brother

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ment stone is place at the
beginning of the trees lined from
the 3rd street intersection toward

ECU-Eta Psi 1974.

1974, were planted

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to give remarks.

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remarks and em-

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Practice Random
Acts of Kindness

1. Spend half an hour
in a hospital emergency room
and do one random act of
kindness that presents itself.

2. Offer to help people
who could use the assistance to
cross streets, seniors, the blind,
small children.

3. Plant a tree in your
neighborhood.

4. Yes, itTs a drag, but
why not put your shopping cart
back in its appointed place in
the parking lot?

5. Write a note to the
boss of someone who has helped
you, thanking him/her for hav-
ing such a great employee.

6. oPut your heart,
mind and intellect and soul even

to smallest acts. This is the
secret of success,? Swami
Sivanada~

7. oThe purpose of life
Robert

is a life of purpose.?
Byrne~

Marcus Aurelius~ :

Cultural Center
Expands Campus
Resources

The Ledonia Wright
Cultural Center (LWCC), lo-
cated in the Bloxton House on
west campus, has been expand-
ing and making great strides
over the past year under direc-
tor Nell Lewis.

The LWCC is an ac-
tive on-campus resource de-
signed to help students, faculty
and staff continue to become
more culturally aware and to
promote diversity within the

8. oDo every act of our as

life as if it were your last?

9. We cannot live only
for ourselves. A thousand fibers
connect us with our fellowmen;
and among those fibers, as sympa-
thetic threads, our actions run as
causes, and they come back to us
as effects?. Herman Melvill~

10. Open the phone book,
and select a name at random and
send that person a greeting card.
11. Walk around with a
instamatic camera and take peo-
pleTs pictures and give them to
them.

12. All of you reading
these words have loved someone,
have done kind deed, have healed
a wound, have taken on a chal-
lenge, have created something
beautiful, and have enjoyed
breathing the air of existence.
Never doubt how precious, how
vitally important you are. Every
moment you make a difference.
So, today, appreciate yourself as a
random act of kindness.

13. I donTt know what your
destiny will be, but one thing I do
know: the only ones among you
who will be really happy are those
who have sought and found how
to serve?. Albert Schweitzer~

14. oLove is not getting,
but giving. Not a wild dream of
pleasure and a madness of desire-
oh no, love is not that. Love is
that and it is the best thing in the
world and the thing that lives the
longest?, Henry Van Dyke~ ,

15. oKindness is more
important than wisdom, and the
recognition of this is the begin-
ning of wisdom? Theodore Isaac
Rubin~

university community.

oThe cultural center is
the place on campus where the
universityTs commitment to di-
versity takes on real life,?
Lewis said, oNo other place on
campus is designed to do what
the cultural center does for
everyone.

oThe cultural center
recognizes that our campus
expects itTs {LWCC} leader-
ship in preparing all of us to be
culturally competent in our
growing global society,? she
said.

Contained in the cul-
tural center are many new and
improved amenities available
to students.

These amenities in-
clude 14 computer worksta-
tions, given by _ the
microtechnology center; a read-
ing room with more than 100
books on different cultures, all
of which can be checked out;
and 41 multicultural magazines
and newspapers that represent a
variety of cultures.

The LWCC gallery
contains many displays of art
from cultures all around the
world. The works are on loan
from the School of Art. Lewis
plans to rotate the exhibits in

since the gallery is not big
enough to hold all works.

The LWCC newly im-

Mar 2- Mar 16,2001

Just Plain
Common Sense

1. Surely you didnTt drop your pa-

per or cigarette butt in the street.

2. Did you take a short
cut through someoneTs yard?

_ 3.. If you mistakenly dial
the wrong number, did you courte-
ously say, oI apologize, wrong
number??

4. How often did you not
walk to the right, whether in the
hall at school or in the mall? Then
you'll not bump into each other.

5. Ladies cross their legs
at the ankle; men, at the knee.

6. Men are never prop-
erly dressed unless they have a

handkerchief in their pocket.

7. Please donTt sneeze or
cough in your hand, then offer it to
be shaken. You're spreading
germs.

8. Move down on the
pew in church, so folk wonTt have
a hard time passing you. You have
not paid for any particular spot on
a pew, nor are you in school where
students are assigned a seat.

9. If you listen, you will
learn something.

10. DonTt hog the con-
versation, but please contribute.

11. DonTt hold grudges.

12. Use your mind. Read,
play a Scrabble, Wheel of Fortune.
Work crossword puzzles, visit the
library, check out books and read
an used mind usually ends up with
AlzheimerTs disease, a brain disor-
der caused by senility, mental or
physical infirm because of old age.

13. DonTt worry. Be
happy!!

14. Worry is interest
paid on trouble before it comes
due. William R. Engage

15.Get out of your rut.

plemented programs include
workshops on student leader-
ship, multicultural and diversity
sensitivity.

Lewis encourages in-

NaTim Akbar, chair of
the Minority Student Coalition,
works with the LWCC and
Lewis to create and implement
many of the programs.

oIt is a new adventure
every day working with Nell,?
Akbar said. oEverytime | work
with her, | see more and more
of her commitment to the
inclusion of all cultures and
what is happening on campus.

oNell has a wealth of
knowledge about a lot of
different cultures,? he said,
oShe is so helpful and commit-
ted.....No matter what you
come to the center for, you
leave with the desire to come
back.?

If students need infor-
mation for reports or for per-
sonal gain, Lewis says she is
more than happy to help that
individual locate the informa-
tion he or she seeks

Since the LWcc
opened in 1995, there have
been three directors.

Lewis says she enjoys
requests from professors to
visit their classrooms, leading
discussion on diversity. A five
minute video production is

Very often a change of self is
scene.

needed more than a change
- 16. oEach person must

take charge of developing his or
her own mind? Bill Cosby~

17.. oPeople who laugh
together may be willing to work
together? Bill Cosby~

18. oRather than trying
to bring the races of people to-
gether by talking about the differ-
ences, letTs try to bring them

together by talking about the simi-

larities? Bill Cosby~

19. Most people expect
clergy (preachers) to practice. what

they preach. Jesse Jackson has
frequently spoken to groups of
young people, urging them not to
engage in sexual activity before

marriage and pleading them to not

father or mother children out of
wedlock.

Corrections

Issue / Feb 16th - Feb 23rd

Rufus 'B

A young man who turned his
turned life around

aldy' Cooper

available, informing students of
the benefits and activities avail-
able at the center.

Lewis plans to send
requests to all professors to
show the video in their classes
on the first day of the semester.

oWithin the thrust for
multiculturalism in every as-
pect of daily life, we must have
a way to learn about other
cultures and the significance of
our own culture so that we can
thrive in the face of the greatest
challenge of the 21st century-
recognizing and appreciating
cultures that are different from
our own, Lewis said. oAnd the
cultural center is designed to
help us do just that.?

Lewis arrived at ECU
as a student in 1969, graduating
in three years. She returned to
campus last April when named
director of the LWCC. Since
then, more people than ever
have paid their first visit to the
center, a positive statistic that
Lewis hopes will continue to
improve.

A current tally of
4,067 people visited the cul-
tural center during the fall 2000
semester. Of that total, 2,193
were first-time visitors.

The LWCC has a re-
designed its Web page, which
can be accessed _"_ att
www.ecu.edwLWCC.

Mrs O' Coma. Wilson
An.angel who will truly be.
~ missed

BLACK HISTORY
CONTINUES

THE WOOTEN SCHOOL
OF MUSIC
ANNOUNCES THEIR
EXTENDED SERIES OF
oBLACK HISTORY
CONTINUES?
PROGRAM DURING
THE MONTH OF
MARCH. SCHOOL
OFFICIALS HAVE
STATED THAT THE
PROGRESS AND
EXPLOITS OF BLACKS
ARE TOO NUMEROUS
TO BE CRAMMED IN
ONE MONTH-
FEBRUARY, THE
SHORTEST MONTH OF
THE YEAR. AFTER
STUDIES OF THE
ORGIN OF BLACK

hours of operation are
open 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Monday-
Thursday and 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Friday. Questions and com-
ments should be directed to the
LWCC at 328-1980

This writer can be contacted at
news(@tec.ecu.edu.

Tribute to James
Ebron, Jr.

This first issue of the
LWCC Connections honors the
memory of Mr. James Ebron, Jr.,
an active member of the Ledonia
Wright Cultural Center
Development Board at the time
of his death.

Mr. Ebron was also
actively involved in other areas
of our campus including the East
Carolina University Endowment,
East Carolina University Black

Alumni _" Association, "_ East
Carolina University
Distinguished Alumni 1994m

and the East Carolina University
Pirate Club.

Last year, in a special
letter to ECU African American
alumni endorsing support of a
fundraising campaign, oMeeting
the Challenge,? Ebron stated,
oMy family is excited and happy

HISTORY BOOKS OR
EXPLAINED IN PUBLIC

SCHOOL CURRICULUM,TTHE
PRAISE DANCE TEAM.? THIS
IS A NEW INNOVATION OF
PRAISE WORSHIP MOLDED

. INTO DANCE AND |
PANTOMIME ROUTINES.

RAPIDLY SWEEPING THE =~

BLACK CHURCHES: THE:

SCHOOL IS CONDUCTING A
STUDY OF PRAISE DANCE -

TEAMS.

THE SCHOOL IS PLANNING A
PROGRAM OF THIS DISPLAY
OF WORSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC "

AND INVITING oPRAISE -

DANCE? AND oSTEP TEAMS?
FOR THEIR MONTH OF |
MARCH oBLACK HISTORY

CONTINUES? SERIES...
CHURCHES WITH THESE:

PROGRAMS, DESIRING TO
PARTICIPATE ARE ASKED TO |
REGISTER WITH THE SCHOOL "

OF MUSIC BY CALLING:

JOHNNY WOOTEN,@(252)757-
1023-(WORK) OR (252) 757-

1135(HOME) OR EDITH :

OUTTERBRIDGE@(252)757-348-
8. THE PROGRAM DATE WILL.

BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

to be contributors to the inaugu-
ral campaign for the Cultural
Center, and we hope you will
join us by pledging your support
when you are called? The sprit
of his commitment to see the:
Cultural Center expanded and
evolve into a focal point for
influencing cultural sensitivity
lives on!

Ledonia Wright Cultural Center

Contact Information

Ledonia Wright Cultural Center
Bloxton House
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858

Phone: 252.328.1680
Fax: 252.328.1983

www.ecu.edu/Iwcc
Operation Hours:
Summer Hours:
_ Monday - Thursday
Monday - Thursday
8:00am. to 8:00 p.m.
7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m

Friday
Friday
7:30am. to 11:30 9.m.

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

hats rening onthe tarmac.

+ oThat one was my favorite to
a ofy? hesaid.

_}. Surrounded by one of she dacgnst
. \eollections of WW II memorabilia,
i could not help but be overwhelmed

iby the sense of history that was in

ithe three-story hanger at 2772
4 Donald Douglas Loop North.

| Looking around one could see
af British Spitfires, P-51 Mustangs, a

s Hawker Hurricane and numerous

exhibits featuring items from the
- }tich history that the aviation indus-
try. has: brought to the area.

¥ | As smooth jazz played over the

an loudspeakers on this cloudy Sun-
day afternoon, Lt. Ellis began to
: irelax i in his seat and reminisce about
his buddies and the time he spent as
ia member of an elite. crew of Afri-
can-American aviators, the
Tuskegee Airmen.
The Tuskegee Airmen, along
/wiith members from the Buffalo
: Soldiers and other African-Ameri-
cans were on hand to celebrate the
~ accomplishments of African-
Americans in aviation, during the

PHYSICALS: 9:00 am Saturday, MARCH 10
South Greenville Recreation Center

REGISTRATION FEE:
Residents of Greenville: $10.00
Non-Residents: $15.00

2 fal than sunrise 830,000 fu"

- Ellis says. oe )
He spent his childhood years in.
. Columbus, Ohio, and it is there that

he found his love for flying.

oWhen I was 8 years old, my

mother took me to an air show. This

one plane was giving free rides over.
~ the airfield, but they said I was too

young to go up by myself,? Ellis
said with a smile on his face.

oMy mother just hiked up her
long dress and put on these trousers
they had given her. She grabbed me
and we both went up. ThatTs when I
knew I was sold on flying.?

Ellis was drafted on Feb. 17,
1943, right in the middle of WW II.
He joined a group of young men
who were just as eager as he was to
show that they could fly.

Ellis entered a group of pioneers
in the field of flying, not because
they had developed some new
method of flying, but because of
their race. "

These men would become the
first African-Americans to fly in

the Army and would set records for "

never losing a B-25 bomber to en-
emy fire and for their outstanding
training record.

oWe trained for 18 months and

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Asamember of the 332? Fighter

Group, Ellis and his fellow Airmen
flew missions over North Africa,

Sicily and Europe, earning 150 Dis-
tinguished Flying Crosses, Legions
of Merit and the Red Star of Yugo-
slavia.

Ellis: acknowledged the accom-
plishments of the Tuskegee Airmen
in their efforts to win the war, but it
was an opportunity to change the
way people viewed African-Ameri-
cans.

oWe did not believe in turning

the other cheek,? Ellis said. oWe
considered segregation and racism
to be that other cheek.?

Ellis recalled the day when 104
cadets violated base regulation 85-
2, which restricted African-Ameri-

cans from using the baseTs pool hall

and lounge.
oWe built that type of camarade-

IG were in? Ellis said as he gavea |
ohand shake to one of his fellow "

Airmen who was in attendance for _
the Museum of FlyingTs tribute to

Gist bows ts es eal tes aay
dua cmaose wae
that if she was on our side then we
had nothing to be afraid of.?

| assumes no res
| return of unsolicited manuscripts or

| scripts become the prt aa of The

African- American aviators through-
out history.

| oWe just walked up in there to-:
gether, boy you should have seen
the look on their faces when they .
saw us come in there. They arrested
us right on the spot.?:

The charges against the cadets
were dropped and this, according to

Ellis, was the beginning of desegre-

gation of the Army, which was com-
pleted in 1949 with President
TrumanTs signing of executive order
9981.

Ellis signed a few autographs and
took some pictures. with young and
old alike who hadcame to the mu-
seum to learn more about the contri-
butions that African Americans had
made to the art of flying.

He then turned his attention out
towards the cloudy sky and said,

oitTs a beautiful feeling, flying like a
bird. You have the freedom to go
wherever you want whenever you
want. ItTs all about freedom.?

The Minority Voice]

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'M' Voice paper
Address your complaints to:
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TAMIA |
Finally drops her Sophomore album

After three constructive years,
Tamia finally dropped her sopho-
more album, A Nu Day, last Octo-
ber, on a new label, Elektra.

Tamia left Quincy JonesT Qwest
Records. Now, from underneath the

legendary producerTs shadow, Tamia

is excited about her latest single,
Stranger In My House, but notes
that although the LP is what she
wants to talk and sing about, some
of the weighty issues, like that in
Stranger, have put concern in the
minds of her fans.

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accept bids for the constrcution of a new Joy Soup Kitchen facility,

located on Albemarle Street; Greenville North Carolina. Bids are

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Proud Mother......Mother Rouse relaxes after the banquet that was held in honour of her son, Bro Jim
Rouse who is the "Voice for the Voiceless".Maybe she's thinking , I'm glad somebody else cooked
cause that son of mine can eat.

N.C. quarter to be
unveiled Monday

has aviation theme
By TIM WHITMIRE

North Carolina's entry in the
parade of state-themed quarters
is scheduled for takeoff Monday
in Raleigh, when U.S. Mint
director Jay Johnson is to join
Gov. Mike Easley in unveiling
the state's design based on the
Wright Brothers' flight.

The mint said Tuesday it will

staff photo by M. Adams

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launch the coin in a 10 am.
ceremony at the N.C. Museum
of History, which is also to
feature a presentation of the first
N.C. quarter, actors portraying
Orville and Wilbur Wright and a
kite-flying demonstration.

Mint spokesman Michael White
said the mint has been striking
the N.C. quarters, which feature
the words "First Flight" and an
image of the Wright brothersT
biplane over the sands of Kitty
Hawk, since the last week of
February.

Some of the new quarters will

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Young WarTIOF nn. Br0 Muhaaaroed the new voice
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Banquet held in honour of Bro. jim Rouse.

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be handed out Monday to stu-
dents from North Ridge
Elementary in Raleigh. The rest
of us will have to wait for them
to make their way into pocket
change.

The coins will go from mints in
Philadelphia and Denver to the
nation's Federal Reserve banks,
then to local bank branches.
From there, they will be put into
circulation. _

White has said it can take
anywhere from a few weeks to a
couple of months for new quar-
ters to move into circulation
after the banks get them, de-
pending on factors such as
population density and the num-
ber of cash transactions indi-
viduals make.

The first N.C. quarters to reach
the state will most likely come
from the Philadelphia mint by
way of the Richmond, Va.,
Federal Reserve - and thus might
show up first along the N.C.-
Virginia border.

The N.C. quarter will be the
12th in a series of 50 being
released by the Mint over a
10-year period. The coinsT fronts

ave fantises of driving off into the

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State gets the chance to create @
unique design for the back of i
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South Carolina's quarter, eighth
in the series, was released lag
year. It features an outline of the
state; a palmetto tree; the
Carolina wren, the state bird
and the yellow jessamine, the
state flower.

Because coins are being re-
leased in the order in which
States were admitted .to the
Union, North Carolina will get
its aviation-themed quarter into
circulation a full year befors
Ohio - North Carolina's rival to
claim the Wright brothers ~
releases its coin. Se
Wilbur and Orville Wright were:
natives of Dayton, Ohio, where
in their bicycle shop they did the
pioneering work that led to
first flight. They chose Ki
Hawk for the historic first sugs
tained powered flight on Dect
17, 1903, because of its favor-
able winds. .

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: rte in the nationTs public

~~ future asa people.

_ - The power of education has always been

_ fundamental to the African-American experi-
ience. Today, more than ever before, informa-

tion and the ability to use that knowledge for

-_Toonstructive purposes are the foundation of

: FreedmenTs schools of our past to
At ay, African Americans have stepped
forward toTserve our public schools. That is

~~ \why, during Black History Month, we all

{should reserve a special place in our hearts for

those wonderful men and women who have

dedicated their lives to teaching others.

' My parents were determined that their chil-
dren would receive the formal education that
they had been denied, but their dream for us
could not have been realized without the
teachers and college professors who saw be-
yond our superficial limitations and gave sub-
Stance to our ability and will to learn.

: Toften return to the site of my childhood ele-
osmentary school in South Baltimore and thank "
God Poe the teachers who ance their faith in
our against the forces of poverty and prej-
udice. While sitting there, next to railroad tracks
and an elevated expressway, I remember the
owords that once were etched on our school sign.
» oWe are now becoming what we are to be,?
ithe sign declared, and the teachers in our
osmall, under-funded school transformed that
vision into our collective mission in life.

: Last week, I was thinking about my long,

personal journey from South Baltimore to the

_ Congress of the United States as I joined Con-

gressman George Miller (Calif.) and Dale

: Kildee (Mich.), along with 43 of our other

House colleagues, in co-s; ring the Excel-

lence and Accountability in Education Act

(H.R. 340).

» Educating all of AmericaTs children has

emerged as a national priority, but none of the

proposals previously advanced to accomplish

i that task had committed the federal funds that

, will be required. Our legislation would pro-

' vide significantly increased funding toward

: eliminating that contradiction.

| H.R. 340 would reauthorize the Elementary

and Secondary Education Act by providing in-

creased resources to our public schools while

to be

opting resonable, non-puntve acount
ability provisions. = 8 |.

Over the next five years, our plan would in-
vest an additional $110 billion in public edu-
cation " far more than the $25 billion to $35

We also would expand targeted federal sup-
port for the after-school, drug-free school, spe-
cial education and e-rate programs that address
crucial national priorities, while also funding

school construction and renovation, teacher ad-

vancement and class-size reduction initiatives.
Perhaps most important, our proposal

would progressively increase Title I federal

assistance to disadvan school children "

doubling that federal aid to more than $17 bil- |.

lion annually by 2006, while also holding Ti-
tle I schools accountable for boosting the per-
formance of all students. _

We would motivate our public schools to
close the unacceptable gaps in academic
achievement that continue to plague poor and
minority students. Unlike the PresidentTs educa-
tion proposal, however, our accountability plan
would not divert scarce federal funds from pub-
lic schools to private schools through vouchers.

Few human aspirations unite Americans
more strongly than our natural desire to educate
our children. Time and time again, wonderful
oppor ou public schol sad ing
to support our publi it is fitting
that we honor their contributions this month.

As a nation, however, AmericaTs investment
in public education has been woefully inade-
quate " especially where poverty and racial
prejudice conspire to deny our children the fu-
ture they deserve.

Now is the time to tangibly express the
gratitude we feel toward the teachers who
have devoted their lives to empowering us by
a renewed national commitment to education-
al excellence.

Congressman Miller recently declared that
o...We are now at a time in history when we
have both the will and the wallet to improve
public school education. We have a President
who has clearly indicated he has the will to
impose real accountability and fix failing
schools " but we must also provide real re-
sources to get the job done.?

I agree. oWe are now becoming what we
are to be,? and we must act now to create the
bright future our children deserve.

(Guest editorial by the Honorable Elijah E.
Cummings who represents Maryland's 7th
Congressional District.)

No owiggle roomT left

ew wee

for

ach year the General Assembl
has been able to wiggle out of fac-
ing up to serious tax reform. Their
owiggle room? is now rapidly
evaporating.
: The stateTs heavy reliance on the sales tax,
| coupled with the slump in consumer spend-
\ ing, has created a rising revenue deficit of at
Jeast $130 million. This shortfall must be
combined with the $100 million of one-time

funding used last year by the General Assem-
bly to obalance? this yearTs budget.

Pending litigation to equalize teacher

salaries across the state could add another
: $400 million to the shortfall. And TennCare,

the stateTs low-income healthcare p:
: of funds.
d educa-

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1
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Ld
i
'

'
pie "Sede an atone! infusion

5 uistTs recently propose
| tional initiatives bring the estimated revenue
! shortfall into the $800 million range.
; _ The good news, according to a recent
| Statewide poll, is that a growing number of
| Tennesseans recognize the for funda-
| mental reform of the stateTs tax structure.
| The bad news, as usual, is that they canTt
| agree on what to do.
| Ina mid-Jan
i

percent of

2001
nts said the stateTs tax

system needs an overhaul, while only 25 per-

ee arte. Ths poll was com
ductd for The Tennessean and Chattanooga
| Times Free Press

poll, as many as 65"

Tennessee Tax Woes

While support appears to be slowly build-
ing for the governorTs plan, the public sent a
clear message when it came to other mea-
sures for raising revenue. The poll showed
that 85 percent opposed a state property tax
(with 7 percent in favor). The poll showed 75
percent opposed a state tax on automobilies
(with 18 percent in favor), and 72 percent op-
posed a further increase in the state sales tax
(with 22 percent in favor).

Unfortunately, the Mason-Dixon poll did
not include questions about oThe Tennessee
Fair Tax Proposal,? a reform that could raise
revenues without burdening the vast majority
of Tennessee taxpayers, which has the poten-
tial for broad public support. This proposal

_ was the result of input and suggestions of
members of Tennesseans for Fair Taxation, a
grassroots group

The Fair Tax

ive income tax with g

tions, rather than the flat, across-the-board tax

propesed by Cov. Gaatgole. Under Casein
oO percent of taxpayers " persons of lower
rp reenter an add wi domed. by
es, 15 percent will pay about the same and
only 5 percent will pay more. The plan will
eliminate the state food tax and the Hall tax
on dividends and interest, and reduce the
state sales tax from 6 percent

pep ecrees the eer
proposal a gradua'

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Jackson shouldn't be
only Black protest voice

by Earl Ofari Hutchinson

he moment the news broke that
Jesse Jackson had fathered a
child out of wedlock, a parade of
Black elected officials, civil

, rights leaders, community ac-
tivists, and persons on the street immediate-
ly pleaded for prayer, understanding, and
forgiveness for Jackson.

Some éven praised him for publicly ad-
mitting his sexual dalliance. This was not
surprising. Blacks have been more than
willing to circle the racial wagons and for-
give, if not outright defend, their leaderTs
sexual misconduct.

Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton
Powell Jr., Martin Luther King Jr., Washing-
ton D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, and even
Black Baptist leader, Henry Lyons, quickly
come to mind.

They chalk their behavior up to the pres-
sures of racism, cite the need for racial unity,
and hint at Conspiracies and plots to nail
Black leaders. But even as many Blacks call
for forgiveness for Jackson, the troubling is-
sue is not his moral lapse but his leadership.

Jackson has been Black AmericaTs longest
standing voice of protest. He could be count-
ed on to pop up at a rally or lead a demonstra-
tion championing improved health care, edu-
cation, end to police violence, workerTs rights,
prison and criminal justice system reform, af-
firmative action, and Black political gains.

But the top heavy reliance pngackson to
rev up the crowds and carry the torch on the
burning social issues carries a steep price.
This was immediately apparent in the fallout

after his affair. Many Blacks expected him to
keep media and public attention locked on

their battle to torpedo the confirmation of At-

torney General designate John Ashcroft and
the continuing protests over allegations of
voter fraud in Florida.

But he abruptly announced that he would
temporarily withdraw from the public life.
This took the edge off the protests and caused
many Black activists to scramble to regroup.

The love-hate affair between Jackson and
the media and the public didnTt happen by
chance. From the moment Playboy Magazine
anointed him as the heir apparent to Martin
Luther King Jr. following KingTs assassination
in 1968, many editors and reporters dutifully
fell in line, not because they were enthralled
by his captivating personality, recognized his
considerable talents, or genuinely believed
that he was the next King, but because they
felt compelled to pick a Black leader that they
fell comfortable with, and whose views are
not considered too extreme.

Editors and reporters, and many public offi-

cials have gotten away with this crass and
cynical tactic because many Whites regard
Blacks as so far outside the political and so-
cial pale of American society that they filter
their view of Blacks solely through the prism
of a racial monolith. . ;

They are profoundly conditioned to believe
that all Blacks think and act alike. They freely
use the words and deeds of the chosen Black
leader as the standard to judge how African
Americans behave. When the chosen one
makes a real or contrived misstep, he be-
comes the handmade whipping boy to pub-
licly attack Blacks.

Blacks are blamed for being rash, fool-
hardy, irresponsible, and prone to eternally
play the race card on every social ill that be-
fall them.

The furor over vote irregularities in Florida
was a near textbook example of the danger of
over-dependence on JacksonTs leadership.
Gore backers were scared still that Republi-
cans would play hard on his status as the me-
dia-anointed leader of Black America, to fuel
White backlash, and divert public attention
from the legitimate issue of voter fraud.

The Republicans didnTt play the race card.
with Jackson but many in the media did.
CNN frothed that Jackson created a omini-ri-
ot? and ofomented turbulence.? The Washing-
ton Post railed that Jackson was oexciting
racial passions.? Bilt OTReilly, whose antipa-
thy toward Jackson is boundless, accused
Jackson of inciting racial and oclass warfare.?
MSNBC, Fox News, CNBC, the Boston
Globe, the Dallas Morning News, Newsday,
and the Detroit News, gleefully took up the
oJackson-is-a-race baiter? cry. Many Blacks
rapturously embrace prominent figures such
as Jackson as leaders for a simple reason.
They have been tossed to the far flung mar-

ins of American politics and are desperate to
ind someone, anyone, who appears to speak
boldly on their behalf. The susceptibility of
many Blacks to embrace this type of a pop-
ulist-sounding leader has been the cause of
profound pessimism about what and who a
leader is and should be.

This has caused many Blacks to throw up
their hands in disgust and brand Black lead-
ers, in some cases all Black leaders, as cor-
rupt, ineffective, selfish, and weak.

Jackson defenders insist that he will

.bounce back from the scandal and that he

will be as effective as ever. But if by effec-
tiveness they mean that he will once again
resume his role as the exclusive voice of
Black protest and that Blacks must look to
him to galvanize them on racial issues, then.

his fall will be their fall.

(Hutchinson is the president of the National
Alliance for Positive Action.) ,

The push is now on
for moral leadership

from the National Ei T revelation of

by Amos Brown sf, yp snow is
Tm angry that Rev. Jesse Jackson al- ing E headline oJesse Jackson's
lowed weakness to inhibit his ability Love ped ra inansdany of
to serve our people. Since Dr. Mar- Jackson and his paramour and our
tin Luther KingTs Jr. assassination, Black community great

?"? JacksonTs been our most visible and JacksonTs the butt of jokes from the Jay ;

brilliant African-American leader, Leno Show to offices and homes nation-

Whether imploring youth to avoid drugs _ wide. Instead of a moral force for

and choose education, up for

"Task Black America, where is the moral.

by supporting
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authority? If we look to our leadership for.
guidance in all matters of life and they fail

1] miserably then where do we turn? Are.
}| there no role models? Are there no men.
| who are real men of honor and character?,

Believe it, there are men who donTt

|| cheat on their wives. There are men who |
|| live as they profess. They are men who
lead by example. Those are the men we |

need to look to. Those are the men that

} embody all that is good about human de- ©
| cency,

ilding familial bonds and are be-
ing the bedrock of modern society. "

Anything less and we miss the mark.
We get situations such as we've just wit- '
nessed. Yes, no man is without faults.

_But some of us, the best of us, those
who seek to guide, others should know
oto whom much is given, much is re-
quired.?

There are many who want to forgive
and forget. But for some Black folk, the -
Black folk whoTve made the sacrifices, the
Black folk who remember chattel slavery,
the Black folk who felt the whips, the
chains the hangmanTs rope, those Black
folk have come too far to put up with bed-
room picadillos and whims of passion. To
them we owe a much greater debt.

As Donny Hathaway and Robert Flack
said in a song so long ago, oWhere is the
love?? And on that note, where is the "
moral fortitude that will carry Black folk?
We need a dose of sure-footed morality
and we need it right now.

. L.A. Emenari Ill,
Chicago

| eee pushes Ashcroft

for IN

Dear John,
I am writing to urge you to establish a -

full service Immigration and Naturaliza-

tion Service (INS) office in Nashville,

office in Nashville

@aas

| (Tennessee).

As you may know, the entire State of
Tennessee is serviced by a single office
located in Memphis, which serves all of
Tennessee, Arkansas, and North Mississip-
pi. Over the past 10 years the number of ~
cases handled by the Memphis office has .

risen dramatically. Applications for citi-

zenship and permanent residency alone
have increased by 126 percent since 1994,
Moreover, the backlog currently exceeds ©
7,000 cases. The INS estimates that there
are about 200,000 foreign nationals in the
Memphis officeTs jurisdiction, and a little
more than half are reportedly in some
state of the INS process. Clearly, some-
thing needs to be done to address this
problem.

There are several benefits to establish--

ing a full service office in Nashville.

First, there is an overwhelming need to "
provide adequate services. The number of
people requiring INS services in Ten-
nessee has increased sharply, and the INS
has already identified Nashville as ore of
the o15 Unlikely Immigration Hotspots.?

+ The fact that the Memphis office has a

7,000 case backlog clearly indicates that
more resources are needed to meet de-
mand. Moreover, approximately 46 per-
cent of the cases processed by the Mem-
his office originate in East and Middle _
ennessee. It is extremely difficult for
these residents to travel across the State;

-some are forced to drive eight hours each

way. Second, the establishment of a full -
service office in Nashville will improve

éfficiency and increase overall effective-

ness. A Nashville office"will help to alle-
viate the burden on the Memphis office |
by redaciag the backlog of cases and by |
allowing INS officials to more actively "

pursue enforcement operations.

As you may know, I sought additional ;
funding for the establishment of a full ser+
vice INS office in Nashville as part of the:
Fiscal Year 2001 Commerce-Justice-State'

opriations bill. ,

though specific funding was not ap- ;
iated, the Committee did direct the |

INS to ptepare a report examining the
need for offices at several sites around the
country, including Nashville. I am confi- !
dent that the report will underscore the.
need for a new office in Nashville, I urge;
ou to take action to address this problem
the establishment of a full :
service INS office in Nashville..

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oOf course, if you eat the way
your mom told you to, you may
not need to take any supplements.

and vegetables in the course of a
day is often a better way to meet
your daily vitamin requirements.
ItTs almost impossible to over-

Besides, fruits. and vegetables
seem to have other, hidden health
benefits. .

oFor good sources of vitamin C,
look to citrus fruits, potatoes,
strawberries, broccoli and leafy
green vegetables.?

The same issue contained a
section named oIN BRIEF?.
which displayed a color picture

Ra I a i

_ oIt used to be that heart disease
was something to worry about
late in life, but recent studies
have shown that. atherosclerosis,
the narrowing of the artieries that
lead to heart attacks and strokes,
can begin in children as young as
10. Some children ar genetically

" ee
ad

The education of African
Americans has been largely a
function of independent, private
schools and institutions founded
to meet the educational and
employment needs of African
Americans.

One of the earliest surviving
black independent schools,
Tuskegee Institute was estab-

instead? The Doctor states in the

Consuming five servings of fruits.

dose on such foods unless youTre:
eating truly gargantuan portions. .

of a cauliflower with the caption, °

vegetables, broccoli, cauliflowe
and cabbage stand out, es

cactatty
in. cancers of the bladder. :
Regardless of how many fruits "
and vegetables a group of 48,000.
men ate, only those eating broc- sf
colii and related cruciferous veg- |
gies reduced their risk of bladder

Cancer.

In the choice of produce, Dallas. sf}
nutrition director Georgia Kostas

advises, oGo for color Color, she. :
explains, is so much easier to. |
remember than individual vegeta-.
bles. A caption appearing under ©

a picture of fruits and vegetables
in the CHICAGO TRIBUNE
states, oColor is a tip-off to
finding flavonoids. for instance,
theyTre found in apple skins,
broccoli, celery, citrus peels, and
red pepper. But pale foods such
as soy protein, garlic and onions
are also good sources.?
(Information provided by The
Final Call)

lished in 1881 by an act of the
Alabama = general ~"_ assembly.
Booker T. Washington, the
school's organizer and first princi-
pal, established at the school a
curriculum which was to provide
black students with the means to
become economically _ self-

supporting.

The first postage stamp honoring

an African American was the ten
cent Booker T. Washington stamp
This stamp went on sale at
Tuskegee Institute in 1940.

Excerpt from BOOKER T.
WASHINGTON'S "Atlanta
Compromise Speech" (1895)

One-third of the population of
the South is of the Negro race. No
enterprise seeking the material,
civil, or moral welfare of this
section can disregard this element
of our population and reach the
highest success

of Greenville, NC. who woks

Clinton Ray Barnes Jr
Clinton Ray Barnes Jr., a positive young black role model,
graduated in the class of 2000 in Atlanta Ga. and has made a
positive step towards creating a brighter future for himself by
enrolling in the United States Airforce. Clinton Ray Barnes Jr.
is now stationed over seas in Germany.
Clinton Ray Barnes Jr. is the son of Clinton Ray Barnes

at GUC in Greenville NC

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