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Serving Eastem North Carolina Gince 1981 June 28, 2002
Redistricting Maps Set To
Weaken The Black Vote
Dems Pin Hopes on
Feds in Redistricting...
By: Cash Michaels
of The Carolinian
There may be no November
_ elections if the current bat-
tle over legislative contin-
ues unabated, at least one
black lawmaker says. Two
weeks ago, the Democrat
led State Board of Elections
petitioned a three-judge fed-
eral panel in Washington,
DC, to review the
Republican-majority = NC
Supreme Court's April 30
decision to strike down the
Democrat-controlled _ state
Legislature's House and
Senate redistricting maps.
The Carolinian has learned
that at least one of those
federal judges is a
Democrat, appointed during
President Jimmy Carter's
administration. If at least
one of the remaining judges
is also a Democrat, state
Republicans may have
something to worry about.
The State Board of
Elections T hope is that by
applying federal, not state
law to the review, those
judges will not only reverse
the state High Court's ruling
that the original maps were
unconstitutional per North
Carolina law, but strike
down Johnston County
Superior Court Judge Knox
V. K Jenkins T subsequent
maps which have been sub-
mitted to the US
Department of Justice for
preclearance, and rule that
the state Constitution's man-
date not to split counties
while drawing redistricting
maps, is in itself contrary to
the US Constitution, and
violates the principle of one
man-one vote, and ulti-
mately the 1965 Voting
Rights Act.
On Friday, Democrat legis-
lative leaders § House
Speaker Jim Black and
Senate leader Marc
Basnight asked that federal
panel to restore the
Legislature's original map
that the state Supreme Court
struck down as_ violating
NC's Constitution by today,
Thursday. They voted that
the US Justice Department
precleared that map.
Black and Basnight added
that if Judge Jenkins T maps
are allowed to stand, then
many black candidates may
lose because of the likeli-
hood that there won't be a
runoff primary if they come
in second.
"Without these runoff elec-
tions, majority-black dis-
tricts may no longer serve
their purpose of providing
an equal opportunity for
African-American voters to
elect candidates of their
choice," the Democrats mo-
tion to the court said.
Federal officials have never
been asked to rule directly
about the constitutionality
of the "no splitting coun-
ties" before , though the
state was forced over a span
of 30 years to redraw maps
because lawmakers held to
it. After calling the redrawn
maps the Legislature pro-
duced in special session
"unconstitutional" without
stating a reason why, Judge
Jenkins substituted his own
maps earlier this month
which make the
Republicans very competi-
tive in this fall's races in
both houses. Winners in the
November elections would
then draw new permanent
maps that would, if ac-
cepted, last until 2012.
But while white Democrats
argue that their districts
have been gutted so that
Republicans have a better
shot at taking them over,
black Democrats complain
that many of them were
"packed" into majority-
black districts, a violation
of the 1965 Voting Rights
Act.
Not surprisingly, __ state
Republican leaders _ like
Senate Minority Leader Leo
Daughtry, along with others
who've been patting them-
selves on the back for
successfully guiding their
lawsuit against the redis-
tricting maps from one con-
servative judge to another,
Thumbs up T NFL hero
aids local fund-raiser
By Jenna Hunt, The Daily
Reflector
The relationship between a
local doctor and an injured
NFL football player has led
to a fund-raising event to
help an area nonprofit pro-
gram for children and fund
research to find a cure for
paralysis.
A dinner banquet started off
the T Dream Ameriga-Mike
Utley Celebrity oGolf
Classic on Friday at the
Hilton Greenville. The golf
tournament starts today at
Bradford Creek Golf
Course.
Dream America is a new
Greenville-based, nonprofit
tutoring and mentor pro-
gram for children. The pro-
gram will benefit from a
portion of proceeds
raised during ofirst-ever golf
tournament.
"Every kid deserves a
chance to succeed," said
Utley, who was paralyzed
during an NFL game more
than a decade ago and has
become famous for his
courage and the "thumbs
up" gesture he gave while:
being carried off the field
after his injury. He has
served aS a motivational
speaker for, hundreds of
children's events since the
injury.
Utley's fighting spirit has
enabled him to regain the
ability of his arms, hands
and fingers and helped him
lead an independent life full
of adapted sports, strength
training and the energy to
lead his own foundation, he
said,
His recovery has amazed
the medical community and
he said he plans to keep
are now concerned that the
feds may cancel out all of
their hard work with one
stroke of the pen, and have
asked this week that the
State Elections Board re-
quest be postponed as not to
delay this fall's elections.
At the rate this political and
judicial drama is playing,
there seems to be no guar-
antees that the long post-
poned May primaries will
held in late August or
September as some have
speculated.
In fact, if the Democrats
and Republicans continue
to battle it out to the highest
court in the land, there may
be no November elections
either.
What happens then, espe-
cially when a new General
Assembly is scheduled to
take office in January?
"If nothing is done in time
for this election to take
place in November for the
Legislative races, it's not
inconceivable (that) the cur-
rent (General Assembly)
members would be held
over until the next year,"
Martin, who is also a 13th
Congressional District
candi- date, added.
"That could be constitu-
tionally done if necessary if
there's not enough time to
hold an election, T he said.
'There are several different
things up in the air. We just
won't know. for at least a
few more weeks.
"Or a few more months."
That's exactly what the
Democrats would love to do
to hold onto power, the
Republicans charged in
their brief this week before
the U.S. District Court in
Washington,
D.C.. This court action
serves no purpose other
than delaying the (Voting
Rights Act] Section 5 re-
view and creating a plat-
form for other parties to
attack the validity of the
court's plan and the Justice
Department's review, T the
GOP said in their motion to
hold the State Board of
Elections T petition.
The Republicans want the
U.S. Justice Department to
preclear Judge Knox
Jenkins T redistricting maps
first before any judicial
review, and ignore the state
Supreme Court's ruling, so
that the September prima-
ries and November elec-
tions can he held.
Democrats counter that the
Legislature's original maps,
though drawn to ensure
Democratic dominance for
the next 10 years, were
perfectly legal under federal
law because they upheld the
one man-one vote" federal
principle, validated by the
preclearance of the U.S.
Justice Department.
Besides, Democrats argue,
40 counties in North
Carolina that fall under the
Voting Rights Act are al-
ready split to ensure voting
rights enforcement for
hlacks and other people of
color.
And for the past 20 years,
North Carolina has submit-
ted redistrictng plans that
routinely split counties to
meet federal guide-
lines,without nary a whisper
from Republicans.
Meanwhile, members of the
N.C. Legislative Black
Caucus holding their 17th
annual scholarship confer-
ence and banquet in the
Research Triangle Park last
weekend raised concerns
about how Judge Jenkins T
redrawn maps impact ma-
jority black districts.
Fourth-term Rep. Flossie
Boyd- McIntyre was drawn
out of her Guilford County
majority-black district, and
placed into a white major-
ity district. - I
Jenkins also reduced the
percentage of black voters
in. Rep. Dan Blue's
majority-minority Wake
County district to below 50
percent, creating eight
House districts that could
lean more favorably to
Republicans. Though not
Officially involved, the state
NAACP has vowed to
monitor how the redistrict-
ing court case progresses.
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Thumbs up T NFL hero
aids local fund-raiser
pushing to the next level
until someday he will defy
the odds and walk.
His motto is otough times
never last, tough people
do," he said Friday night.
Utley has teamed with local
physician Dr. Anton Usala
to help research possibilities
with cell regeneration to
rebuild nerves and tissues
damaged after spinal inju-
ries. Usala owns Ectocelle,
a new cell regeneration
research company based in
Greenville. He also is a
part-time professor at the
Brody School of Medicine
at East Carolina University .
in pediatric endocrinology.
"We think it's a great fit,"
Usala said of his partner-
ship with Utley.
The golf classic proceeds
also will benefit the re-
search through the Mike
Utley Foundation. Utley
wants to fund research that
will lead to functional im-
provements in people with
spinal cord injuries, He
hopes someday to find a
cure through research that
leads to successful clinical
trials in neural repair or
regrowth giving him and
others the ability walk and
run again, he said.
"The bottom line is to get
appropriate research to find
the cure for people with
spinal injuries," Utley said.
"We are looking for doctors
and researchers wl » come
together and work together
for a cure for paralysis. We
need to pull together."
Utley, 36, is a native and
resident of Washington
state. Utley's love of sports
landed him a college schol-
arship and eventually
launched him into a profes-
sional football career.
In 1989, he began his
professional career for the
Detroit Lions as a starting
right guard. He suffered
injuries in his first and
second year before the
career-ending injury in his
third year. Utley broke his
neck in a game against the
Rams on Nov. 17, 1991.
His first major sporting
event after the spinal cord
injury was the annual Mike
Utley Celebrity Golf
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Tougher sentencing needed
in drive-by shootings
ast Saturday, another child in
Memphis was injured by a odri-
ve-by shooter ?. This madness
has to stop! The persons respon-
sible for this latest and other re-
cent shootings appear to internalize few
sitive values and have no respect for
uman life.
We have more churches and oprograms ?
than ever before and the problem simply
worsens and the oso-called ? rehabilitative
efforts of our penal institutions have failed
miserably.
In absence of positive values and re-
spect for human life, the existence of
shyster T money-hungry lawyers and weak
sentencing guidelines, there is little dis-
couragement for last week Ts and other re-
cent senseless shooting tragedies.
When individuals who commit crimes
such as this are apprehended and brought
to trial, judges are handcuffed by weak
laws. In addition, lawyers operating under
the cover of oeveryone deserves a fair trial ?
bleed the perpetrators and their families un-
til all'their money is gone and then advise
to ocop a plea ? to a reduced charge (Dis-
trict Attorney General Bill Gibbons boasted
a ono plea-bargaining policy a couple of
years ago. What ever happened to that?).
The problem is about values and those
entities in our society that teach and instill
values aren Tt getting the job done. The
parents, the churches and the oprograms ?
aren Tt getting the job done.
City Councilman Myron Lowery has
proposed raising the Crimestoppers re-
ward from $1,000 to $5,000. While that
will provide more incentive to turn these
heathens in, stiffer penalties once they
come to trial is the order of the day.
The solution? The penalty for any first
degree murder should be stiff. But when
an individual (adult or juvenile) commits
such a crime and a child is injured or
killed, when that individual is apprehend-
ed and convicted, the mandatory sentence
should be a minimum of life in prison
with no chance of parole " no plea bar-
- gaining " no work release upon incarcer-
ation " just rot in jail!
The people who built Alcatraz years ago
had the right idea " we need to learn
from that.
City school board
makes the right move
na long overdue move, the Mem-
phis City School Board voted 8-1
to mandate school uniforms in our
city Ts public schools.
While all the particulars have yet -
to be worked out, the move will go a long
way in helping restore the type of disci-
pline many parents, students, teachers and
school officials crave.
Uniforms are not a cure-all for the many
problems that are experienced in an urban
school district but any barrier that is re-
moved that will enhance focus on the pri-
mary purpose of school attendance " ed-
ucation " should be welcomed. Any other
benefit is secondary and should be recog-
nized as such.
The lone dissenting board member,
Hubon Dutch T Sandridge, reportedly
said that students dress is the responsi-
bility is of the parent. That responsibili-
ty, however, includes using good judg-
ment relative to the environment in
which children exist. It is apparent some
parents don Tt internalize that responsi-
bility appropriately.
We are confident that as the specific
guidelines are developed by our school
board members they will take all factors
into consideration with the result being
policies that will enhance the educational
environment for our future citizens.
In scientist Ts vision, all
Jefferson Ts progeny unite
magine an endless, boundless
dream filled with all God Ts people,
a consciousness within which we
know and understand everyone who
has ever lived.
It Ts the theory, one of ultimate brother-
hood, by which rocket scientist Werner
von Braun explains our destiny.
Nothing in the universe, he said, can be
destroyed. Matter and consciousness can
only be changed, and in his vision of the
great beyond, all minds and spirits become
a single consciousness, united in a vast
otherworldly awareness.
If that state of everlasting, living knoy!-
edge occurs, then people will become as
one. Families will enjoy true unification in
an external family of man, one that em-
braces all of its members, one that is pro-
foundly unlike the worldly descendants of
Thomas Jefferson and his beloved Sally
Hennings.
T Researchers believe and science con-
firms that Jefferson and Hennings, a slave,
produced offspring. Historians declared it
official two years ago in a scholarly jour-
nal, the William and Mary Quarterly.
In the von Braun view of the heavens,
heirs of both the Hennings side and on the
White Jefferson side will, for eons, rejoice
with our famed founding father at the
same table, in the same state of trans-
formed being.
That figures to be a far different exis-
tence than is our present worldly state,
where Jefferson Ts White progeny refuse to
permit the Black descendants to join the
Monticello Association, the White Ts exclu-
sive club. It excludes his beloved Sally Ts
descendants and forbids their burial in the
White Ts cemetery.
The White side argues that it lacks ouni-
versally acceptable information ? about
Jefferson and Hennings.
For now, that Ts the state of affairs. In
the distant future, we would love
to be there when old Tom Jefferson and
von Braun and all Hennings and Jefferson
brothers and sisters pat backs, nudge el-
bows forward to handshakes and rejoice in
heavenly, universal acceptance of one an-
other.
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Racial divisiveness: Perception
is not necessarily reality
by Arthur L. Webb
s it a fact of life that perception is re-
ality in the mind of the perceiver?
The answer to this question is obvi-
ously yes. The key however, is
whether or not the perception is
valid. Attitudes are developed based upon
perceptions. When perceptions are based on
misinformation or a lack of information the
danger exists that attitudes will be formed
void of rational justification.
Because attitudes determine in large mea-
sure the manner in which people interact, it is
important that perceptions be based on expe-
riential discovery. In a segregated society,
positive interaction does not result as a natur-
al byproduct of the interaction itself but must
rather be consciously developed " often in
spite of preconceived attitudes.
The Attitudinal divide
Inherent in the evolution of attitudes of
separate groups of people who have little
contact with one another are stereotypical de-
finitions of each group by the other. A White
individual need not be an aggressive racist in
order to be victimized by stereotypical think-
ing which can result in bigotry toward
African Americans. Similarly. an African
American need not he personally or overtly
victimized by bigotry in order to form a
stereotypical distrust of all Whites.
Whether segregation is imposed or whether
it is circumstantial, the inevitable stereotypi-
cal attitudes that result begets discrimination.
In a segregated society many Whites T experi-
ence only minimal exposure to African
Americans except through the media. If
African Americans are stereotypically por-
trayed as criminals. vagrants or welfare
abv-ers in newspapers. on television and in
the heaters it is easy to understand that many
Whites will place oall ? African Americans in
those categories.
It is also understandable that as socio-eco-
nomic class definitions become more evident
within the African-American community,
many middle class African Americans will
form a similar stereotypical attitude about
poor and inner-city African Americans. One
contemporary phenomena that fosters this at-
titudinal divide is the radio talk shows that
play the demagogue role and help to perpetu-
ate stereotypes of all kinds.
When school desegregation began, many
White families whose economic circum-
stances allowed them to provide their children
with excellent pre-school advantages or who
could at a minimum relocate to areas outside
the city limits, withdrew their children from
the city public schools. This pattern continued
until African-American children constituted
the overwhelming public school population
majority. Many of these children lived in
poverty and had extremely limited pre-school
exposures. The result was that overall
achievement test score averages dropped.
Many White citizens and some African
Americans as well, formed the opinion (and
media has not seen fit to editorially address
this with any degree of consistency) that city
public schools (i.e. African-American
schools) headed by what is now a majority
African-American school board, three succes-
sive African-American superintendents and
other African-American administrators were
and are woefully inadequate. The fact of the
matter is that the opoor ? scores were always
there. They were simply ohidden ? by the
scores of those students (many of whom hap-
pened to be White) who had the economic
(not intellectual) advantages of positive pre-
school and away from school exposures.
Today, if African-American families whose
circumstances lend to positive pre-school and
positive away from school exposures were to
withdraw their children leaving only the chil-
dren of poor families in our city public
schools, we would witness an even greater
drop in overall test score averages.
Another attitudinal phenomena that results
from segregation is that many Whites who do
interact with African Americans in the work-
place often view those African Americans as
being odifferent ? . A parallel example of this is
the attitude of earlier years in instances where
White families who viewed their African-
American maid or nanny as oalmost like a
member of the family ? while being totally un-
comfortable in the company of other African
Americans whom they normally had little con-
tact.
(Webb, is a nationally recognized historian
and a staff writer for the Tri-State Defender)
by Michael King
or fans of science fiction and
mysteries like me, the acronym
TANSTAAFL means a lot. It
refers to the notion that if some-
thing is too easy it is either too
good to be true or has much larger and
harsher consequences down the road.
When it comes to the reparations debate,
Black America needs to learn about
TANSTAAFL. oThere Ain Tt No Such T
Thing As A Free Lunch. ? Many of us be-
lieve the government oowes ? us reparations
for the years of slavery in the United States
and British Crown Colonies. Members of
the so-called Black elite T such as former
TransAfrica head Russell Robinson and
Congressman, D-Mich., hold that view.
Robinson authored The Debt: What Ameri-
ca Owes To Blacks in which he lays out his
case for government reparations for Black
Americans. Conyers repeatedly introduces
legislation for reparations payments to the de-
scendants of slaves in the United States.
Robinson and Conyers hang their hat on
the concept of o40 acres and a mule. ? It Ts
the failed Reconstruction idea to give freed
slaves 40 acres of farmland and a mule to
Plow it. This notion, championed by Gen.
illiam Sherman after the Civil War, was
vetoed more than once by President An-
drew Johnson. The misconception of a
government promise to provide land and
abor to emancipated slaves persists today.
On talk shows from coast to coast, peo-
ple sell the sizzle of a payment in the form
of land, money or both. Hucksters set up
scams, promising to create a massive class
action lawsuit to force the government to
oenforce their own promise. ? You must,
however, pay them ives in advance oto
help defray legal cos:s. ? Others claim to
offer reparations payniwiis if the quilible
imply provide ines vredil Cure GunwelD.
people poli oct tie Jallwctes relate
+ fing to the wep pation, dooete, aud they are
Slavery reparations
aren't a free lunch T
Black themselves, they are derided as sell-
outs, oUncle Toms, ? oOreos ? and far worse
names. They are told they have forgotten
who they are and that they are helping the
oWhite devils ? keep the Black man down.
But these people seek to point out rational
and reasonable truths: there are no living
slaves left. If the government gave money to
every descendant of every slave, the govern-
ment would quickly go bankrupt. Finally, if
the government were to make payments,
how could the government determine exactly
who descended from slaves and who de-
scended from free Blacks in the North, free
citizens from other countries or whose ances-
tors immigrated after slavery was abolished?
In the rare instances where reparations
were paid te-ethnic groups for past injustices,
they were paid to the individuals to whom the
injustices were inflicted or immediate family.
I know there isn Tt a single slave and probably
no immediate family member left alive to re-
ceive government reparations from when
slavery was legal for less than 100 years.
That Ts right. Slavery was legal in the
United States for only 89 years. It may not
have been right in the eyes of God, but it
was right and legal in the eyes of the law of
the era. Should the government apologize
for slavery? Yes and no. Yes, apologize for
the wrongful treatment of the countless
Blacks enslaved in this country. However,
no apology is necessary for the fact that, at
the time, it was legal. You don Tt see the
government apologizing for not granting
women the right'to vote prior to 1920.
All | want people to do is think rationally and
get from the emotionalism that the so-
called leaders are using to rabble-rouse us.
Trying to fon push and bleckmall the
government into paying out what amounts
to a wi lottery check to Black Ameri-
cans is more than trying to ont
something for nothing. And, as we all know,
there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
(King is a member of the
can Leadership Network 21.)
Boycott
Tyson
Dear Editor;
Mike Tyson is a Black racist fascist. He
slurs Whites including Jewish people,
women and gays.
He said Whites are gay cowards " we
will not fight back. Are the firefighters in
N.Y. cowards? We should get one of them
to fight him. He states that the more he
slurs us the more we will go to see and
watch his fight on cable. Are we only inter-
ested in money? Will we have self-esteem
or will we prove his slurs are true? Are we
money hungry, gay cowards or not?
He is also a racist and a rapist who abus-
es women as sex objects " not an ounce of
respect for them. He degrades all the
women reporters and sexually harasses
them. The Women Ts Movement and Gays
should join in the boycott.
He has a chip on his shoulder " an old
grudge. Does he think,we Tre genetically
guilty of slavery (another big fascist lie) or
that we're guilty of not paying enough wel-
fare?
He says he Ts from Brownsville-Brooklyn
but so was Willie Randolph of the Yankees
and he is a gentleman as were also other
heavyweight champions who had no prob-
lems.
Now he says it Ts an act. I say it Ts a bad
act and his only answer should be to apolo-
gize or be boycotted.
I Tm also from Brooklyn. the neighboring
area of East New York, and have no prob-
lems. I was in the Golden Gloves in 1977
and would fight Tyson even though I'm 44
" or we could get a firefighter, etc. to do it
We need some self esteem not denigra-
tion of our heritage, people and race (Euro-
pean Whites including Jewish people).
As a consolation prize I hope that Lewis
(my Joe Frazier, Great White Hope) knocks
out Tyson. Nevada refused the Tyson fight
and I hope the fans in Memphis do the
same. I wrote and called the Nevada Box-
ing Commission and called talk sports ra-
dio. You can do the same concerning the
Tyson fight which was approved without
any notice to the public or to me in Brook-
lyn.
Anthony Curci,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Memphis
is wonderful
Dear Editor;
] had a first time visit to your fine city in
early May. I was so overwhelmed with ab-
solutely everything including the people. |
tried to capture Memphis, | share the fol-
lowing:
A Portrait of Memphis .
Just as the Iris captured Van Gough,
Memphis captures me. A powerful yet gen-
tle city. An important City mentoring social
change to the world, sifting through the
winds of change, keeping that which is im-
portant. From the banks of the mighty Mis-
sissippi " can you see the riverboats plying
their trade? " to the ducks splashing in the
fountain of the timeless lobby of The
Peabody hotel.
All my senses are overwhelmed as I sa-
vor that last morsel of rib before heading
across Beale Street to be immersed in the
blues. The next day I sit solemn over break-
fast at the Arcade restaurant. Did Elvis look
out these windows as I do now wondering
about the state of youth today? What would
Elvis have been thinking?
After breakfast I easily walk the short
walk to the Lorraine Motel, the walk that
took Martin, Meredith and others 300 years
and many miles to get there. I stand at the
balcony reflecting one more time before
turning to head North to home. Walking
away I look over my shoulder to witness a
scene from Calvary high in the clouds. The
gentleness of Memphis is the gentle spirit
Dr. King left. It is his legacy.
Now when I gaze at Van Gough Ts /ris, |
see Memphis in all its captivating glory, its
history, its culture and the beautiful people
who have passed through and those who
have stayed.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Ten
Black male judges in
four Pennsylvania
counties from 1991 to
1994 were more likely
to mete out jail time
than those handed
down by 80 White coun-
terparts in the same
counties during the
same period, a recent
study found.
Authored by Darreil
Steffensmeier a pro-
fessor at Penn State
University and
Chester L. Britt, of
the Arizona State
University, the study
was an attempt to as-
sess the role of a
judge _s race on sen-
tencing in criminal
cases.
The report titled
"Judges _ Race and
Judicial Decision
Making: Do Black
Judges Sentence
Differenrly?" was
initially published
in the Decémber 2001
issue of Social
Science Quarterly.
When its results were
publicized in
Philadelphia in re-
cent days, it became
an important topic
for discussion.
Though short on con-
to why
Black judges handed
harsher sen-
tences on average
than their White
counterparts, the
study seemed to sug-
gest background, not
race is more of a fac-
tor ina judge _s deci-
sion. A Black judge
who wished to remain
anonymous commented
as much in the study.
"Really, as far as
toughness, the Black
judges I know are as
x
tough or tougher than
White judges," the
judge said. "They
(Black judges) know -
in a personal way how
crime affects the
lives of people and
will feel in a per-
sonal way the need to
do something about
it."
Researchers looked at
records from
Philadelphia,
Allegheny, Dauphin
and Lawrence counties
where the only Black
judges in the state
were located at the
time of the inquiry.
Pennsylvania was cho-
sen for the study be-
cause its judges are
allowed more sentenc-
ing discretion than
judicial systems with
similar guideline
structures, the re-
searchers said. The
discretion could al-
low a higher likeli-
hood of sentencing
disparity from judge
to judge.
The study looked at
more than 38,500 sen-
tences decided by the
90 judges. Although
the White judges were
more likely to give
longer prison sen-
tences, the differ-
ence on average was
about a month, the
study found.
Of more interest was
the finding that
Black judges were 12
percent more likely
to sentence offenders
to prison and six per-
cent more likely to
jail drug offenders,
the study said.
Robert Muhammad, a
long time defense at-
torney in the city,
told The Final Call
the study did not sur-
prise him.
"TI think the Black
judges are probably
. ufider tougher
o tiny,"he said. "They
scru-
have to show they are
willing and able to
give out the type of
punishment that
their administrators
or supervisors or the
public really wants
them to give out."
But, he added, "You
need to look at the
cause of something
and then look at its
root cause if you
really are sincere
about solving the
problem."
"When many of these
judges make the
statement they have
been personally af-
fected, I say, and so
what? That means
there 1s even a
greater demand on
their part to deal
with the cause, as
well as the problem,"
he said.
The Barristers
Association and the
Pennsylvania Bar
Association would
not provide comment,
saying they were not
familiar with study.
Attorney Leon
Williams, a recent
candidate for
Philadeiphia dis-
trict attorney,
doubted there was
much to the study.
"T haven_t seen Black
judges being
tougher. I have seen
some Black judges who
have felt, just like
Black cops, who like
to show White people
how tough they are
with Black people. I
can t say however
that is the rule.
Most of the Black
judges that I know,
when I am in front of
them, they ten to try
to be fair," he said.
7/1102 Police
re Day ocr
First-degree burglary
, reporied, Saturday
A first-degree burglary
was reported on
Saturday at 4:40 a.m.
when someone entered
a home through the
back rear window dam-
aging the glass and
frame, according to the
Greenville Police
Department. No one
was injured, and nothing
was stolen during the
burglary on Whitaker
Drive, the police report
said.
Woman assaulted
A 59-year-old woman re-
ported her boyfriend,
Donnie Maye, hit her in
the face with his fist and
threw her bicycle from a
second-floor window
during a domestic as-
sault on Saturday at 7:45
p.m., according to police
reports. She had minor
injuries, the report said.
Maye was charged with
assault on a female and
damage to personal
property and placed in
the Pitt County Detention
Center without a bond,
according to an arrest
report.
"Sune 28, 2002 - July 5, 2002
Assault reported |
A 36-year-old woman re-
ported she was hit about
the body and punched in
the face by her boyfriend
at her residence on Pitt
Street Friday. night. She
reported minor injuries in
the assault, which did
not specify if any arrests
were made, according to
the Greenville Police
Department.
CD player stolen
A 1992 Honda Accord
was broken into on Red
Banks Road overnight
Thursday, and $550 in
compact discs and a
$200 compact disc
player were reported
stolen, according to a
police report
Carolina as a FEI Scholar.
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Napoleon is the son of Arthur and Faye Wallace of Grimesland and the grandson of
Napoleon and Catherine Minor of Edwards.
Arthur Napoleon Wallace
Arthur Napoleon Wallace recently graduated from
North Carolina Central University. Napoleon, a
business major with a concentration in marketing
and finance, maintained honor roll status for four
years. As a scholarship recipient, he received the
John V. Turner Scholarship Award. the Board of
Trustees Scholarship, the Catherine Wallace
Ruffin Scholarship, and the Mutual Community
Savings Bank Scholarship Award.
Last summer, Napoleon was awarded scholarship
funding to attend University International, the
Center for Bilingual Multicultural Studies in
Mexico. Living with a host family. he learned to
speak Spanish fluently.
This past year, he was chosen from the business
department to serve as a paid intern trainee at
Mechanics and Farmers Bank Ts Corporate Office in
Durham. He was honored by Financial Executives International Chapter of Northern
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He was a graduate of Farmville High School Class of 1941, and
attended State Teacher's College in Fayetteville, NC. When he was
inducted, he was employed at the Naval Air Station in
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A Welcome Home
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for Walter Baker Council II]
on his arrival from the
International Fellows
American University in
Cairo Egypt on June 6.
2002. 6:30pm at the Hilton
Hotel in Greenville. NC.
The event was sponsored by
friends and love ones in the
community. Walter shared
his experiences while in
Egypt accompanied with a
will be applied to his studies
at Shaw. Baker is a Senior
Presidential Scholar gradu-
ating in 2003. While at
Clark University in Atlanta
he bacame a member of
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On Friday, March
1, 2002, Greenville
businessman, Jim
Rouse, announced
his second attempt to
unseat the incumbent
for the North
Carolina 8th District
House of
Representatives.
Mee The 8th District com-
completed Baker will attend
graduate school to pursue a
Masters Degree in
International Affairs. Any
interested College
Sophmore who would like
to apply for this program
please contact Walter &
Mildred Council at ( 252 )
757-1037. This is a five (5)
year program and all es-
penses are paid.
prises, in part, Pitt,
Martin, and Greene
Counties.
Jim Rouse first ran
for County Comm-
issioner in 1984. At
that time he recog-
nized that Blacks did
not have representa-
tion in the legisla-
ture, although they
worked hard and
paid taxes for this
service in Eastern
North Carolina. Four
years later, he ran for
the same seat in the
City Council; two
years ago he ran for
increases and de-
creases in health care
benefits. There is a
rising lack of afford-
able housing and a
continual disrespect
of and unconcern for
senior citizens.
Why is Jim run-
ning again? He says
that today, more than
ever, we are in need
of dedicated people
to get involved with
all decisions being
made about the com-
munities in which we
live. Leaders like
Mr. Rouse are
needed to bring forth -
new ideas that ad-
dress those important
issues that affect our
citizens in the 8th
District every day.
Rouse goes on fur-
ther to claim that the
current representa-
tive of the 8th
District has failed
Hurricane Floyd, or
any new ways to
counteract the loss
and lack of high
wage-paying jobs in
the counties of the
8th District.
Other issues that
prompted Rouse to
reenter the race in-
clude the absence of
major highway pro-
jects, the skyrocket-
ing costs associated
with basic health
care and the the need
to improve access to
affordable health
care, and the burden
taxpayers have to
bear to house inmates
in North Carolina's
jails and prisons.
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House" campaign com-
mittee is seeking volun-
(eers.
The committee needs
people to assist with
many different forms of
advertising Mr. Jim
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program he will receive an
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individual winner will be.
The field is crowded and
may become even more
crowed. After it's finally
decided which legislative
district everybody belongs
to, then we'll have new
filing dates. With new
legislative lines and a new
filing date, we may have
13th Congressional District
candidates filing for legisla-
tive seats and legislators
filing for the new 13th. The
13th Congressional District
is an open district and open
districts always attract a
wild bunch, Folks who
wouldn't even think twice
about running for office
against an incumbent will
run in an open election at
~The current Democratic
candidates are Ronnie
Ansley of Wake Forest,
Lawrence Davis of Raleigh,
Gene Gay of Charlotte, Bill
Martin of Greensboro,
Robin Britt of Greensboro_
and Brad Miller of Raleigh.
Republicans who've filed
are Graham Boyd of
senate will be felt with the
loss of Martin and Miller.
African Americans will
play a pivotal role in the
Democratic primary as
well as the general elec-
tion. African Americans
make up a sizable portion
of the Granville, Person,
Caswell and Rockingham
County vote.
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that over 51 percent of the
new district is in Northern
Wake County, the remain-
der of the district stretches
upward and westward to
cover Granville, Person, '
Caswell and Rockingham
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Suejette Jones
A Double Standard
Whose fault is it if a
person living in the same
house is involved in rarcot-
ics? According to the
Supreme Court. the entire
household is at fault.
Recently the court backed
rules that permit evictions of
families of federally subsi-
dized housing if any family
member or guest is involved
in drugs. Public housing
directors can evict entire
families for drug, use by one
member, regardless " of
whether the use was on
public housing property ot
if anyone else knew about it.
Should grandma and baby
Jane be forced to find a new
place to live because of the
Knucklehead who sleeps in
the same house T
The court has endorsed a
rule that) further divides
those who live in- public
housing trom the general
poptlation. The rules are
different because the rest-
dents are receiving govern-
ment assistance. Their
rights to live in decent
housing are pulled from
underneath them if a person
has used drugs. What
would it look like if we
applied that same principle
to persons not living in
public housing? Couldn Tt it
be argued that a family
should be evicted when a
person in the household gets
stopped for a DWI? Why
not? Shouldn Tt we blame
everyone in the house?
People in public housing
don Tt get the benefit of the
doubt. Since the home
environment was such that a
person in the home used
drugs. the entire household
will be punished.
The court ruling follows a
new trend in the way people
look at the substance abuse
problem. It has long been
understood that drug addic-
tion is a disease. Despite
the research to justify the
need for more substance
abuse treatment facilities,
the few services offered to
addicts are being closed.
Insurance companies are
making it harder for people
to get treatment for addic-
tions. Those who are ad-
dicted and in search of a
way to change their lives are
finding it harder to locate a
place to get help. Now the
court has taken things to
another level. Not only do
we refuse to help you with
your problem, we're going
to punish you and your
family because of you. The
opinion of the court failed
to take into account the
nature of addiction and the
impact the disease has on
the entire family. Four
California senior citizens
received eviction notices
because of drug use by
relatives or caregivers. The
court ruled in favor of the
decision to kick grandma
out because of the habit of
another person. The sad-
dest thing is the senior
citizens didn Tt know about
the drug use.
There is a double standard
in the way we deal with the
poor. The issue of sub-
stance abuse touches all of
us. The bad news is we
think differently about the
way to approach the issues
based on the income of the
persons involved. Last
year, President Bush's un-
derage daughters were
caught trying to buy alcohol
(which is also a drug) in a
Texas restaurant, and his
niece, the daughter of
Florida Governor Jeb Bush,
was admitted to a drug
treatment center in February
after being arrested on a
prescription charge. Most
would agree that their prob-
lems are not to be blamed
on he president or Jeb Bush.
It would be foolish to assert
that the president should
vacate the White House.
We can Tt hold him responsi-
ble for what happens under
his nose. Why????
Because he doesn Tt live in
public housing.
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GRASPING FOR THE
WIND
Reaching out and trying to
catch a piece of a breeze is
an exercise in futility. You
may as well be attempting to
tame a tornado or harness a
hurricane. Chasing fulfill-
ment in life can seem just as
impossible,
you're looking in all the
wrong places. Listen to
someone who learned the
hard way.
|...was king over Israel in_
Jerusalem. And | set_my
especially if
heart to seek and search out
by wisdom concerning all
that is done under the sun ?
this burdensome task God
has given to the sons of
man, by which they may
have exercised. I have seen
all the works that are done
under the sun; and indeed,
all is vanity and grasping for
the wind (Eccl. 1:2-14).
To this author, life ounder
the sun ? appeared to be
nothing but vanity, futility,
meaninglessness. He strug-
gled to find significance in
the pleasures and pains of
everyday existence.
In trying to understand the
book of Ecclesiastes, it
helps to know who the
author is and why he wrote
his journal. He never
identified himself by name.
But his self-description as
othe son of David, King in
Jerusalem, ? as well as his
comments about wealth,
power, wisdom, great
achievements, and many
wives, point to King
Solomon (see 1:1,12,16;2:4-
9; 7:26-29;12:9). If we
accept Solomon as_ the
author, then we see in
Ecclesiastes glimpses of the
dramatic story of a king
who began his reign well
but then lost sight of what Ts
most important in life (1 Ki.
11:1-13). In his latter years
he reviewed how he had
spent his days. The conclu-
sions he came to are both
troubling and hopeful.
eline: Edification
f The New Generation
Solomon found out that
even though he was able to
accumulate vast amounts of
knowledge, he still had a
huge void in his life. As he
grew older, he tried to fill
that ache for something
more by seeking answers
from the gods of the nations
around him (1 Ki, 11:1-13).
All his knowledge, though,
could not fill the emptiness
he felt. Solomon eventually
recognized that he had got-
ten off track.
So I said in my heart, oAs
it happens to fool, it also
happens to me,-and why
was | then more wise? ?
Then | said in my heart, |
oThis also is vanity. ? For
there is no more remem-
brance of the wise than of
the fool forever, since all
that now is will be forgotten
in the days to come. And
how does a wise man die?
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GIVE US OUR LAND!!!
share with others to en-
hance and enrich their lives.
Salt is use as a pre-
servative; it prevents cor-
speech and speech seasoned
with salt. Salty speech is
offensive, sarcastic, sharp,
Witter, and biting. Speech
STEALS NG
seasoned with salt is attrac- ruption in meat. Likewise, x A Came
tive, appetizing, flavorful, othe meat of the Word, ? i se " a tne
and tasteful. It fulfills the which we share with others. -DCECHIAB
very words of Jesus who EDCE E
rds 0! . can be kept pure and uncor-
urged His disciples to ohave rupted when our speech is
salt in yourselves. ? (Mark well seasoned with salt.
9:50). Salt produces thirst.
__In sharing our faith Well-salted speech can actu-
with others, we need to be ally incite a thirst for the
able to capture their interest Water of Life. The salt
and keep their attention. Jesus was referring to sym-
One way to do that is to bolized the unction, fresh-
Let your speech be always make sure that our speech is ness, and vital liveliness
with grace, seasoned with well seasoned with salt. which characterizes the
salt, that ye may know Just as salt adds appeal to Holy Spirit's presence and
how ye ought to answer food, so it adds appeal to work in a man.
each man. Colossians 4:6 our witness to others. Without salt in qur
Salt enhances and en- speech, our words will be
riches; it adds flavor to that dull, boring, and uninspir-
which is dull, bland, and ing. Prayer makes the
Greetings. tasteless. Well seasoned difference. A consistent life
county /!
Dr. George Hawkins
EDGECOMBE COUNTY LAND RESTORATION GROUP
-CONETOE- N. C. Deciding that enough was enough, about 20 Black landowners in the |
-Conetoe/Penny Hill area of eastern Edgecombe County, fed up with their land being |
stolen and occupied by white developers, came together at Mildred's Chapel Missionary
__ [here is a tremendous speech adds flavor to the of daily prayer keeps the Baptist Church last month to form the Land Restoration Group. The group was set up |
difference between salty Bread of Life which we salt in our lives from losing oto halt the loss of Black owned land thru the use of a combination of legal and protest |
its flavor. tactics and to improve the quality of life for Black people in the area.
CURR ee
Is Your Speech Seasoned?
The group has engaged several attorneys familiar with legal questions concerning WO, |
including the Land Loss Prevention Project, located in Durham. White developers with |
powerful connections in the courthouse in Tarboro over the years have used |
questionable and flatly illegal tactics to take land acre by acre from Black ownership. |
Because of the lack of political power of Blacks in Edgecombe County, although Blacks
are in the majority, comprising 60% of the county, whites were able to have their way. |
Thanks for a Truly,
However, it appears that things may be about to change. Ronald Wilkins and Deborah |
Arrington were arrested in separate incidents when they stood up and protested white .
incursion on their land. Ronald, after being advised by an attorney, was able to defend |
himself in district court in Tarboro and win a dismissal of the charges. Deborah, |
represented by civil rights attorney Theresa Smallwood of Windsor, had her charges |
dismissed as well. In both instances, Ronald and Deborah were supported by members |
of the group who held silent vigils outside the courthouse before the trials began.
e |
- In a related incident, two members of the Land Restoration Group, Black activists
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Thomas have the support of the Justice and Witness Ministries of the United Church |
of Christ and the North Carolina ACLU is looking into the case. |
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Bike Tour in Detroit.
the sidelines.
Tournament at Desert Mountain Golf Club in Arizona, where helped raise more
than $200,000 from 1992-1995. In July 2000, he started the annual Thumbs Up
He now lives with his wife and gym partner, Dani, in Wenatchee. Wash.. where
he enjoys all types of outdoor sports. he said. He is active in everything from
skiing. boating. kayaking, scuba diving, to hand cycling. sky diving and hamming
it up with golfers. he said.
Golf was never his preferred game, but he enjoys cheering his fellow golfers from |
"I've been a winner all my life. and I'm not stopping now." he said. "I want |
Greenville to know that Mike is here. This event is going to be very productive. ? |
Utley received a key to the city from Mayor Don Parrott on Friday.
Jenna Hunt can be contacted at jhunt
Bro Odoms
Greetings:
Let me once again begin
by saying, what follows
are the things that bring
questions to my mind
about everyday life. You
may have asked yourself
questions and just didn't
know where to find an
answer. Hence the title
"In My Spirit". You may
not agree with what | say
(We do have freedom of
speech in America) and if
by chance you think | am
talking about you, don't
flatter yourself. Moving
On! In My Spirit?
Voting!!! Is anybody
Voting!!! voting. What's up with not with us is against us "
Why is it that we are so| | the poor turn outs of Can you find that?
easily taken by the people | | guess who? My brothers Nuff Said ! ! !
who visit our churches, | | and sisters, Actually, if Michael Adame
our lodges and meeting you don't vote - t
2 Spirit a
places? For instance, it
was a little while ago that
we were anticipating
changes in our govern-
ment and every day life
because of the people
elected to several offices.
It doesn't matter which
take your pick. Okay, let
me pick, Ooops the
names have beert changed
to protect the innocent.
One particular candidate
was running for a particu-
lar seat and he visited this
certain church. He was all
smiles and stated that he
believed in moralistic liv-
ing and had high hopes
for our youth. Well this
same person today enters
the court room and even
most whites hate to see
him come. What's wrong
people? Did you forget
his prior record of hard-
balling. Sit in his court-
room and you see
prejudice oozing from his
pores. Unfortunately for
all it is directed at youth
of all races and of course
minorities, Bet we won't
make that mistake again!
(Nuff Said) Speaking of
Complain. Listen! ! ! If
the vote didn't count or
matter please tell me why
did someone in Florida
call on State Troopers to
delay black voters from
getting to the polls. |
don't think it takes that
much to figure that one
out. Now, all together.
Nuff Said.
Oh but listen to one
excuse. Why vote, they
gon do what they wont to
do anyway. Who is they.
WHO IS THEY! !
And to those who are in
office; Stand for your
people OKAY.
You have not arrived
because you are in of-
fice. You know who you
are. One person got in
a race against another
black person and you
know that would split the
vote, well, were you paid
or what? I. know, you
thought you were the
better candidate. How
about working with the
more popular candidate.
And that was.
" IN MY SPIRIT "
Jesus said. " He that is
. fs | . rsh Te * we ;
Moti soak reno res
Meanwhile the Land Restoration Group has served notice that it will not stand by and |
watch Black land being taken by illegal means. The group is planning other activities |
to highlight the struggle in eastern Edgecombe County. For further information contact |
Mrs. Alice Smith at 627- 5820 and Ronald Wilkin's at 823-1579.
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June es 2002 - July 5, 2002
From The Desk Of Mrs Beatrice
Beatrice Maye
To the editor,
Marian Wright Edelman,
Director and President of
the Children's Defense Fund
says, oOur children are
growing up today in an
ethically polluted nation
where instant sex without
responsibility, instant grat
fication without effort,
stant solutions without
sacrifice, getting rather than
giving, and hoarding rather
than sharing are the too-
frequent signals of our mass
media ?.
Are today's parents really
concerned? With most chil-
dren now arriving at an
empty house afterschool.
does late-aftemoon televi-
sion fare matter? Does it
matter if, instead of leaving
our children to Beaver, we
leave them to Beavis? Does
viewing primetime influ-
ence their thinking and act-
ing? Does the media mold
us? Mirror us? Or both?
By the end of elementary
school, the average child
views some 8,000 TV mur-
ders and 1.900.000 other
violent acts. In the enter-
tainment world, implied
acts of sexual intercourse
over-whelmingly occur be-
tween unmarried people. In
soap operas, for example,
unmarriéd . partners have
outnumbered married part-
ners 24 to |.
oTragically, there are more
young Black males in prison
than college", Deborah
Prothrow-Stith points out.
Again the number confirms:
in 1991, there were $17,000
Black male collegians at all
levels, and some-550,000
Black males behind bars,
Are these statistics frighten-
ing? Perplexing? Concerns?
As parents, it's up to us to
make changes in our home
first.
Beatrice Maye
Boys and Girls Learn
Differently: A Guide for
Teachers and Parents,
by Michael Gurian
Some Facts:
|. Girls' brains mature earlier
than boys T
2. Girls tend to have better
verbal abilities and rely
heavily on verbal communi-
cation; boys tend to rely
heavily on nonverbal com-
munication
3. Males are impulsive and
fidgety
4. Girls bond first and ask
questions later. boys might
be aggressive first and ask
questions later
5. Girls and women hear
things better than voys and
men; sometimes a loud
voice is needed for boys and
men. This fact makes an
interesting basis for keeping
boys near the front of the
physical classroom
6. In music six times as
many girls can sing in tune
as boys
7. Females generally see
things better in a darkened
room; boys/males in bright
colors
8. The female nose and
palate are more sensitive
than the male
9. Boys can store trivia
better than girls for a long
period of time
10. Males are not as tough
as we think; often females
are emotionally tougher
11. Boys shut off emotions
and go to work whereas
girls become aggressive and
shut down after a crisis at
home or a humiliation at
school
12. Females produce more
words than males
13. Girls are better listeners
than boys
14. Boys are bored more
easilv than girls
15. Girls do not generally
need to move around as
much while learning. 37%
of high school athletes are
girls, the rest boys. Boys
tend to be louder, more
physically aggressive and
more prone to attention
getting devicgs in class-
rooms than girls, resulting
in more teacher attention
going to boys. ; .
16. Boys are approximately
2 to 4 points ahead of girls
in math and science scores
tracked by the U. S.
17.Boys score _ slightly
higher than girls on SAT
CONGRATULATIONS TEKARIA
Fe Be ert
|
CORNERSTONE CHILD CARE'S VERY OWN
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TEKARIA HARRIS
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AP ly
and other college entrance
exams
18.For every boy who at-
tempts suicide, four girls
do. 90% of fathers of
children born to teen girls
abandon the girl and child
19. Girls make up the
majority of student govern-
ment officials, after-school
club leaders, and school
community liaisons
20. Girls choose to take the
harder courses in middle
school and high school at a
higher rate than boys do,
they study harder on aver-
age for all courses than
boys
21.Girls receive approxi-
mately 60% of the A'S and
boys receive approximately
90% of the D'S and F'S
22. Girls are approximately
one and one and a half
years ahead of boys in
reading and writing compe-
tency, according to statistics
tracked by the Federal
Department of Education.
COMMUNITY NEWS
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Hooker Road. visited her
family in New York re-
cently.
Ms. Wanda James, from
Atlanta, Georgia, home for
a few days
IN SYMPATHY
Mrs. Eula Edwards, the-
death of her son
The William Anderson
Family
The family of Mrs. John
Taylor. the death and funeral
of Mrs. Taylor T incllies
The family of Lucille Taylor
Daniels and Mrs.. Mabel
Hooks, Winterville NC
The Daniel Bullock Sr.
Family
And all others whose names
are not known
IN HONOR
The dedication of the Willie
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and St.. Mary's Missionary
Baptist Church
CONGRATULATIONS
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