[This text is machine generated and may contain errors.]

"Don't Forget to Vote in

You Don't Vote |

Don't Complain!!!" __

GREENVILLE. - hout the «
nation black voters have yet show a
-high level of interest. in the
upcoming politacal _ "_contests,
nationwideas well as locally.
Here in Greenville, in moving
eatly to generate momentum in this
years election, businessman Jim

WASHINGTON, DC - Civil rights
aeparizasion and ¢ onal lead
have issued alerts on the Bush
| administration's plans to cut back on
Section 8, the program that provides
tent subsidies Er struggling workers,
- the elderly and the disabled and allows
them to live in decent housing.

An NAACP action alert says that:

ce * The Section 8 housing voucher
ptogram is one of the most successful

housing assistance programs in the
sy of me federal government;
currently, two million American
families live in safe, decent, stable
homes because of Section 8.
* The Bush administration's
ree) changes to the Section 8
Eocene vouchers will result in fewer

THE DEAL IS Shely Willingham (eff) and Jim Rouse make it ofScial's they
| conclude their discussions on the newly created 3rd Disttict. The 3rd District was created to to live in safe, decent,
| politically accomdate shifts in population in the state, to and give constituates more equal

affordable
housing. .

the Upcoming Primaries i ERE.

AE REE NORD Se 5 Ny. EER RE TS

working American families being able th

| representation in the State Senate. Both Rouse and Willingham sought the seat, but rather to
;, fun against each other and dilute the vote, a toss of a coin determine which man would run.

African Ameri

STUART, FLA.- African
American leaders convened a
historic political summit in Florida
to discuss a comprehensive
national strategy of inclusion to
persuade, motivate and turn out
record numbers of voters in
November. The meeting was
convened and hosted by Attorney
Willie Gary, along with Clark
County Nevada Commissioner
Yvonne Gates, former Denver

» Shackel dq and
strategist Minyon Moore. -
Over 100 leading strategists,

donors, and organizers attended
the two day retreat to oturn on the
power ? and to discuss an Africane
American platform particularly as
it relates to urban issues and the
failure of President George Bush
to address pressing issues such as
jobs, housing, and economic
development. The sessions
focused on the role African
Americans _ will play "ih
battleground and other key states
that will determine the outcome of

Fort Worth Passes Re

FORT WORTH (NNPA) Community
leaders gained momentum in the
reparations movement as Fort Worth
City Council passed a resolution that
calls for the House of Representatives

Amagante Publisher (AP

NEW YORK CITY
aggressive follow-up to its

the 2004 presidential,
congressional and statewide

elections. The participants also
developed plans for 2004 election

strategy.

oThe African American
community will be unified this
electoral season to play an
influential role in helping

Democrats up and down the
ticket, said Gary. oOur plan is
simple: enlarge _ the Black
oe one AS isi

Our . citizens... to
in the " electoral
and to ensure
are there to
implement our

participate
ptocess

resources
successfully
strategy. ?

Added Oscar Joyner, President of
Reach Media: oWe know iiow to

win. In the last presidential
election, Black voters in key
states, including Florida,

represented more than our share
of the state electorate. With
leaders such as economist Dr.
Julianne " Malveaux, _ pollsters
Cornell Belcher and Dr. Silas

to establish a national commission to
study the issue of reparations for
slavery The resolution, HR 40 or
House 'Bill 40, is sponsored by Rep.
John Conyers (D-Mich.) The city of

API Black Newspaper Readership suddenly brought to - light a

Black

shers Meet In An

Black publishers met recently to jointly discuss market stra ies to initiate
more statewide and regional exposures for their readers ip, business

advertisers and political advertisers. Pictured above from left to.ti
ones, The Fayetteville Press, Mary Alice Jerva
ournal, a representative from The Winston-Salem Chronicle, Paul ervay
t. Pres. NC Black Publishers Assoc - The Carolinian, Val Atkinson,
Columnist/Talk Show Host, Foxy 107-104, Jim Rouse, The Minority Voice
- Greenville. Photo: Gaius "Guy" Sims

right, J.J:
Thatch, The Wilmington

Study released on March 31, 2004,
Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. today
announced the launch of the
PowerSpender monitor, an ongoing,
in-depth study of regular readers of

powerful, affluent consumer. group
that, for-years, has been overlooked
and/or
Dorothy Leavell, Chairman of API.
"Now that this group is being

totally ignored, T / said

the:

will

are surfacin
show that hes readers have the
highest confidence level in the
American economy of
consumer or ethnic group in the
coun
surprising facts to Come out of the

* As a result of continuing
problems in the American economy,

Lee, we are prepared to increase
our turnout " ten-fold "_ by
aggressively targeting a new
generation of voters to show up
on Election Day. ?

African Americans represent as
much as thirty percent of the
voting age population in key
battleground = states such as
Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania,
Missouri, Ohio and Louisiana.
Stated Wellington Webb, oThis is

el

ric

help T facilitate a three it
national votet education oand
registration drive to help elect
candidates to the U.S. Senate. ?
The group will focus added
attention of Black mobilization
in North Carolina,- South
arolina, Georgia, Florida,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Illinois and
Colorado. |

oThe South will be in play.
African Americans will play a
Strategic role in _ helping
Democrats win back the U.S.
Senate and Congress this fall, ?

Fort Worth now joins legislation that

has been endorsed by official in
several cities, inclu ing Dallas,
Detroit, Philadelphia, Atanta,

Cleveland and Chicago Houston

accorded interest commensurate
with its importance, it's essential
that it be tracked on an ongoing
basis." CNW Marketing Research,
Inc., the firm that designed and
executed the original study will also
design and execute the ongoing
study. Art Spinella, the President of
CNW, said it would consist of two
sections - the economic section and
the category/ product-specific
section. The economic section will
profile the Powerspender (regular
readers of Black newspapers)
against all African American
consumers, all Hispanic consumers,
all Hispanic consumers. who
regularly read Hispanic newspapers
and all consumers in general.
Confidence levels, attitudes and
Opinions and general economic
/demographic data will be measured
and compared. The second section
track specific "_ product
Categories, specific products and
specific brands measuring purchase
ata and quantifying total economic
values that each consumer group
represents. A selected number of
key advertisers and marketers
seriously interested in reaching the
PowerSpenders, will be invited to
participate in the on-going study.
The surprising new findings that
in this historic study

any
. "This is one of the most

API Black Newspaper Readership

Study/" said Art Spinella, President
of CNW Marketing Research, Inc.,

based.

da @r-1 a0) 1) a Fs
suEREEEIRSEeTpaneniiiseeninimeaemmnmemnmeniis

Villa

Rouse says he plans to T support
Shely Wiliaghamt of Rocky Neon
for 3rd District State Senate fg
Rouse says winning the State
Senate seat in this race is crucial to
meet the needs of black citizens and
recently announced his decision to
withdraw from the 3rd District State

requests for Section 8 housing
vouchers are i ing, yet

HUD's new policy will
fewer vouchers issued.

* As many as 250,000 Section 8
housing voucher recipients may lose
their much-needed housing assistance
because of these changes.

The Naticoal Coonel of Negro
Women has also issued a call to
action regarding the Section 8
housing voucher program, which says
about the same thing.

Meanwhile the Associated Press
reports that a group that includes
elected officials and anti-poverty
advocates says it will t any

in federal housing policy that
could lead to $200 million less for a
program that helps poor people pay

result in

eit rent. ,

It reported, "Members of the
newly formed Coalition to Save
America's Affordable " Housing
accused the U.S. Department of

said Shackelford.
State Senator Diane Wilkerson
of Massachusetts, Congressman

Kendrick Meek (D-Florida) and

Marcus. __Jadotte,

Deputy

Campaign Manager for John
and |

Kerry also "_ attended
participated in the summit.
The participants, which. also

included civil rights leader and -

historian Dr. Mary Frances |
Berry; Democratic National.

MHutima iy Presi dent ?

Men, Tommy. Dortch; .N
President of the Pan-Hellenic
Council Helen Owens and
Political Consultant. Donna
Brazile also drafted plans to
highlight issues that impact the
African American community
during the Summer convention
season. A key part of the
strategy will involve mobilizing
young people and implementing
voter protection and promotion
Programs to avoid the mistakes
of the last presidential campaign.

femains one of the only major cities
in Texas that has not passed such a
resolution.

"This completely places a large
burden on Mayor Bill White and city

Makes Sratei Move to Spotight Readers flack Newspaper

In an Black newspapers. 'The Black
historic ~Newspaper Readership Study has

the research company that designed
and conducted the study. "We have
measuring consumer confidence for
over 10 years but this is the first time
readers of Black newspapers have
ever been identified separately from
the African American population as a
whole." To validate the results,
CNW analyzed historical data and
found that readers of Black
newspapers consistently had a more
Optimistic view of the economy than
any other group

"We expect The PowerSpendersP
Monitor to' rapidly become a key
economic indicator and,
consequently API will release top
level results to. the media on a
quarterly basis / T said Mr. Spinella.

In addittion, Leavell commented
that "this means that our readers are
less likely to postpone Ynajor

urchases such as automobiles,
omes, etc. They are optimistic about
the economy and have confidence in
where the country is headed despite
the bleak predictions of many
authorities. Our readers have always
been strong believers in America's
future Sth is one reason they do
not hesitate to purchase what they
want when they see it."

Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. is
the nation's oldest media placement
firm tepresenting leading Black
newspapers from coast to coast. Its
43-years of experience dealing
ee uiee with Black newspapers, its
proprietary databases and __ its
exclusive "added value" programs
have made it the preeminent
authority on reaching and motivating
the African American consumer.

aia

Hee rE

§
$ :
: ; ogy , 4
Gil 4 a : i Lo
ee ee se: eo tae ks P . . 5 .

Oroleataslelalhilst-mct | alot = 1988]

Soe UE Sg cam ep peu an =

Chairperson onny Messiah | iles;

OT iTy

Complimentary Issue

Please Take One

(Retail Value: 50 Cents)

) Vol

wpa

Senate race, and flanked by his

friend and also candidate for the

same 3rd NC District Senate seat,
formally step aside June 3rd. .

According to Rouse, he and
Willingham share many of the same
ideas, friends and contacts, stating
that, "the historical value (of winning

Bush administration out to kill

Housing and Urban Development of
wrongly interpreting a congressional
appropriations bill to limit
reimbursements to state agencies for
the Section 8 voucher program. The
group threatened to sue if the money
is withheld." a.

The National Homeless
Organization has also issued an alert,
stating that the president's fiscal year
2005 budget would cut $1 billion
from the Section 8 program. It says
that the proposal contains no money
for new vouchers despite research by
the Department of Housing and
Urban Development showing that
the number of people with severe
housing problems has gone up.

In fact, according to the
non-partisan Congressional Budget
Office, this proposal is $1.6 billion
short of what is needed just to
maintain the program at current

levels.
NHO charges the Bush

ric Summit Slover oficially endorses Butterfield

eee

_ hundreds oof

wie ing a recent visit to the city , Also shown above
with Glover and Butterfield is Taffye Clayton. Photo: Gaiue "Guy" Sims, Sr.

17- Issue 8 June 2004

0 Show

the seat) for our people in this eastern
tegion and new district is more
important than me or Shelly."
Willingham is left to now contend
with incumbent Democrat Senator
Clark Jenkins and challenger Charles

Continues on Page 2

Section 8

administration proposal would
convert the housing voucher
program into a block grant to state
and local __ housing cies,
eliminating basic protections for
low-income families.

Two bills - HR 4263 and S 2467 -
have been introduced in the
Congress to prevent the Bush
administration from changing the way
the Section 8 program is administered.
The House bill has 100 co-signers; the
Senate bill has about 20. .

Organizations and citizens who
care about me working poor must
pay attention to these alerts and join
in the fight. We cannot afford to let
thousands of
low-income, elderly and disabled
families lose much or all of theit
federal housing assistance just
because the Bush administration
values fighting an unnecessary war in

Iraq higher than helping the poor at
home.

er support for G.K.

GREENVILLE, NC - Candidate
for Congress in the Ist
Congressional district, Justice G.K.
Butterfield. Butterfield recently open
his campaign headquarters on Martin
Luther King Drive here in
Greenville. While he was here he
visited with city officials, senior
citizens, the staff of the Life/Strive
Center and a local soup kitchen.

parations Resolutions

council of Houston, now that Fort
Worth has passed their resolution.
But we won't quit untl we see victory
here as well," said Kofi Taharka,
National Black United Front
(NBUF) Houston chairman and a
member of the Houston umbrella
reparations group the Local Action
Committee (LAC).

The resolution passed 6-3 with
dissenting members voicing concerns
that it made no sense. oI will not
support this because I don't think we
can solve anything by going back to
the past. I mean, what about the
women who suffered for hundreds of
years, including receiving low pay for
the same work a man does? Do we go
back and address that? ? said Council
Member Becky Haskin. City Council
members Ralph McCloud and Frank
Moss sponsored the resolution.

"With this win, we will use it to
continue momentum and _ gather
thousands of signatures for the
NDABA campaign," said Bryan

i An ap ck aS ding pat

Butterfield also got around to having
breakfast with a. number of
community leaders, supporters and
local citizens. Justice Butterfield has
served the state of North Carolina
for 15 years as a Superior and
Supreme Court Justice. He has
already received endorsements in his
bid from numerous leaders and
citizens throughout the state.

Muhammad, executive director and
president of Tarrant County POWER

(People Organized Working for Equal
Rights

Representation and
Reparations), the group who lead the
reparations resolution issue.

Michael Bell, spokesperson for the
Tarrant County Local Organizing
Committee, speaking to the press after
the resolution passage said, Fort Worth
can claim its position among dozens of
cities across this nation who are saying
that it Ts time now for us to repair the
damage done to African people in this
country. The brutal slavery conditions
reaped upon fellow human beings was
wrong and that debt must be paid. ?

"This is not ah old movement.
Callie House did the first organized
movement for reparation
compensation for African-Americans
as she worked to get slave pensions for
the newly freed Blacks during the
mid-1800s. We appreciate the council
assisting in bringing us closer to
Closure on this extremely important
issue," said Thomas Muhammad,
founder of Africans & African
Americans for Enslavement

Special to the NNPA from IPS/GIN

Thousands of Black South Africans will soon be able to buy back land taken

from them during the
White-owned farmland.

Landless Blacks are allowed to claim

apartheid era
If White. farmers refuse to sell, a new law lets the

government step in and forcibly buy the land at market price.

So far, about 20 percent of the

dd has been claimed. In some regions, such as
and KwaZuli-Natal, the figure is close to 50

percent.

far 45,000 of the total 70,000 claims have been settled. The government

aims to settle the rest by 2005.

The enforced selling law is only expected to be used in about 5 to 10 percent of
claims, chief land claims commissioner Tozi Gwanya told Reuters.

Durning the ap.

Apartheid ended in 1994, and the new government pro

FO er te eae denied the right to own lan.

to give back 30

percent of the farmland to landless Blacks within five years. But 10 years on, just 2
percent has been handed over. More than 90 percent is still owned by South

Afnica Ts White minority.

Several African countries are T involved in the controversial
redistnbuting land to Blacks. In Namibia, landless Blacks frustrated

practice of
with

goverment land reform programs have threatened to take White-owned land by
ree

And in Zimbabwe, President Robert M

gabe faced international criticism for

allowing Blacks to occupy and take White-owned farms. A number of White

farmers were killed in the process.

4

ee eee

cH
i

RF
ry

little interesting that no intrepid
reporter - or at least someone

pretending to be such a creature -

thought to ask the obvious

Hon about the racial makeup of
those losing sleep over the death of

Ronald Reagan, versus those who

eatin T. a F .
After all, there are really only

of the ran in Seale

culpe for his'mcist past befoce his
death " but the latter is as certain as

helming sanguine teaction by people of color
monochromy of their throng is no
surprise. But it has been more than a

to Reagan Ts death: namely, either
black and brown folks are poster
children for insensitivity, or petha
they know something that white f iks
don Tt, or would rather ignore.

The former of these is not likely -

~ after all, millions of black folks
actually forgave George Wallace for
God Ts sake when he did a partial mea

One of Black America's Most oBree Holidays

Juneteenth....

by Ryan Paul Ha:
Ellen immortalized

Ralph
oJuneteenth, ? the annual celebration
of the anniversary of June 19, 1865,
when the enslaved Africans in Texas

were emancipated, in his
posthumous novel of the same name.

Ellison's title refers to the date
when Union General Gordon
Grander rode horseback _ into
Galveston, Texas and announced to
no 250,000 slaves that President
A Lincoln, with a stroke of a
on the "_ Emancipation

on Januaty 1, 1863 " more than two Mis

Upon heating the news, the
reaction of the newly freed saves
wasn't a a+ . *
: however, " the

Emancipation Proclamation did not

free any slaves, its terms were carefully -

limited to those areas under the
control of the and thus
beyond the reach of federal law.

Indeed, it wasn't until.2.¥ years of this
Proclamation, when 1

but not for killing the chicken's
owner. Many other seaten Mere

a.
arrived in Texas with the news of
slavery's end, and the power to
enforce the proclamation, that
Lincoln's proclamation finally made

slaves free. This delay, Ellison said, & is
a "symbolic acknow t that
liberation is a never. task of
self, group and nation."

Today, Juneteenth is a vivid
historical e that obtaining
rights at law not necessarily

confer rights that have actual force. It
is for this reason that Juneteenth
celebrants are often conflicted.

On one hand, Juneteenth marks
the Republicans T critical recognition
that unless action was taken to
safeguard the freedmen's status,
Democrats would force Blacks back
into slavery, thereby sustaining the
economic dispute that led to Civil
War. In recognition of the

entrenched white resistance to Black

emancipation, the post-Civil War
Congress enacted the Thirteenth,
Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments, which ended slavery,
made former slaves citizens, and
protected them from future white

Supremacy by granting them the right
to vote free of racial discrimination.
On the other hand, Juneteenth marks

the time when the newly enfranchised
Black population in the South met
massive resistance from whites.
Among other things, this resistance
took the form of a century of poll
taxes, grandfather clauses, lit
requirements, and disfranchisement
policies.

The struggle continued with the
passage of the Voting Rights Act of
1965 and now many, but not all,
barners used to prevent Blacks from

the effective use of their votes are
unconstitutional or illegal. One
vestige of slavery, however, endures:
felon disfranchisement laws.

Felon disfranchisement laws are
State statutes that prohibit people
with felony convictions from voting.
In an attempt to prevent newly-freed

Blacks from voting after the Civil.

War, many state legislators tailored
their felon disfranchisement laws to
require the loss of voting rights only
for those offenses committed mostly
by Blacks. .
For example, the 1890
ississippi constitutional convention
ired disfranchisement for such
crimes as theft, and
receiving money
pretenses, but not for robbery or
discrimi said
iscriminatory laws were guided by
the belief that Blacks engaged in
crime were more likely to commit
furtive offenses than the more robust
Through the convoluted oreasoning ?
is provision, one would...be

New York to Alabama, have also
intentionally and effectively utilized
felon disfranchisement laws to
prevent Blacks and other racial
minorities from voting.

Not surprisingly, felon
disfranchisement _ statutes, _ "_as
intended, have _ served to
disproportionately weaken the voting
power of Black and Latino
communities. This disparate effect
results largely om the
disproportionate enforcement of the
owar on drugs ? in Black and Latino
communities, which has expanded

nentially the class of persons
subject to disfranchisement.

Today, with nearly 2.1 million
Americans incarcerated, the effects
of our nation's reliance on mass
incarceration as a primary means of

control in the era of the "war on T

drugs" is more profound than ever.
As a result, 4.65 million Americans
nationwide - an overwhelmi
number of whom are Black and
Latino " are disfranchised. Nowhere
are the effects of felon
disfranchisement more prominent
than in the Black community, where
1.4 million Black males, or 13
percent of the adult Black
population, are disfranchised.

The felon disfranchisement
henomenon is most destructive in
lack and Latino neighborhoods

because these communities are often

eracy disproportionately Plagued " with

socioeconomic ills -
including concentrated poverty and
substandard housing, healthcare and
education. As a result, people in
these communities have even less of
an opportunity to effect positive

numerous

false Main

ree At Last?

change through the political process.

Not only ht but felon
disfranchisement laws also serve to
discourage eligible and future voters
from Se the learned behavior
of voting. In doing so, these laws
create a culture of political
nonparticipation that erodes civic
engagement and marginalizes the
votes and voices of community
members who remain engaged, but
who are deprived of the collective
power of the votes of disfranchised
relatives and neighbors.

Although common in the United
States, felon disfranchisement statutes
are mot a necessary feature of our

articipatory democracy. Indeed,
Mai e and Vermont have no such
statutes and permit all people with
felony convictions " including those
both currently incarcerated and
formerly incarcerated " to vote. Some

"States restore voting rights to formerly

incarcerated persons once they have
served their entire prison sentence.
But similar to the slaves in Texas
many fo: incarcerated . per

are o0 informed that thelr Young
rights have T been restored, and
although technically free to vote,
remain voteless. In other states, the
difficulty of navigating one's way
through the impenetrable restoration
process turns many eligible, formerly
incarcerated voters away.

Unfortunately, more than a
century after General Granger
announced to the slaves in Texas that
they were free, and nearly 40 years
after the passage of the Voting Rights
Act of 1965, increasing numbers of
Blacks and Latinos nationwide are
losing their voting rights daily.

Today, there are new frontiers for
the expansion of civil rights, and old
battles that remain unfinished.
Reform of felon disfranchisement
laws is long overdue.

Ellison remarked that "there've
been a heap of Juneteenths gone by
and there'll be a heap more before
we're free." 1 Juneteenth
anniversaries certainly constitutes a
"heap." In the spirit of Juneteenth's
legacy, and in the interest of
experiencing the illusive freedom that
Ellison referenced, it is time for the
United States to break down the walls
that literally lock citizens out of the
political process so that next
Juneteenth we can move one step
closer to truly celebrating freedom.

Ryan Paul Haygood is an Assistant
Counsel dt NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), where be
Atigates Hayden v. Pataki, a class-action
lawsuit seeking to restore the vote to persons
incarcerated and on parole in New York
State for a felony conviction, along with The
Community Service Society ( CSS) and
Center for Law and Social Justice. LDF is
also part of Right to Vote, a national
campaign fo remove voting barners for people
with felony condictions,

THE SLAVE CONSULTANT'S NARRATIVE (1712)

The following narrative which was found
among a number of narratives was taken
the website www. junetenth.com - Ed.
Gentlemen, I greet you here on
the bank of the James River in the
year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and twelve. First, |
shall thank you, the gentlemen of
the Colony of Virginia, for bringing
me here. | am here to help you
solve some of your problems with
slaves. Your invitation reached me
on my modest plantation in the
West indies where I have
with some of the
pa area still the oldest methods
for control of slaves. Ancient Rome

would envy us if my is
implemented. As our boat sailed
south on the James River, named
for ur illustrious King, whose

agi alo cand
saw enough to know that your
problem is not unique. While Rome

~~

used cords of wood as crosses for
standing human bodies along its
old highways in great numbers you
are here using the tree and the
rope on occasion.

I caught a whiff of a dead
slave h from a tree a couple
of miles back. You are not only
losing valuable stock by hangings,
you are having uprisings, slaves are
running away, your crops are
sometimes left in the fields too
long for maximum profit, you
suffer occasional » your
animals are killed. Gentlemen, you
know what your problems are; |
do not need to elaborate. I am not
here to enumerate your problems,
I am here to introduce you to a
method of solving them.

In iny here, I have a fool
roof malo for controlling yout
lack slaves I guarantee everyone

of you that if installed correctly it

will control the slaves for at least
300 years. My method is simple.
Any member of your family or your
overseer can use it. I have outlined a
number of differences among the
slaves; and | take these differences
and make them bigger. I use fear,
distrust, and envy for control
purposes These methods have
worked on my modest plantation in
the West Indies and it will work
throughout the South. Take this
snp little list of differences, and
think about them. On top of my list
is "Age", the second is "Color" or
shade, there is intelligence, size, sex,
size of plantations, status on
plantation, attitude of owners,
whether the slaves live in the valley,
on a hill, East, West, North, South,
have fine hair or coarse hair, or is

- tall. or erpetually distrustful, Thank

you, gentlemen.

*\

ar

| What white folks ignore, but
what most black folks can never
forget, is how Reagan opposed the
Civ Rights Act at the time of its
passage, calling it an unwarranted

i

Maybe they have burned in their
memories the

only. aff
hamburger, or how Reagan fabricated
a story about a owelfare queen ? from

| Chicago with 80 names, 30 addresses,

and 12 Social Security cards, receiving
over $150,000 fey aire
That Reagan. pi i as the
site of this en ficti woman,
and not some white rural area
where there were plenty T of welfare
recipients too, was hardly lost on
African Americans.

Perhaps black folks and other

people of color remember the words
of former \ R Education
Secretary Terrell who noted in

his memoir how racial slurs were

intrusion on the rights of businesses, { {ie

and never repudiated his former
stand. -

Or that as Governor
struggle for fair and open housing, by
saying that blacks were just omaking

trouble ? and had no intention of |

movi into white
neighborhoods.

Perhaps they have a hard time
forgetting that of all the places
Reagan could have begun his
campaign for the Presidency in 1980,
he had to choose Philadelphia,

mostly

Mississippi: a town famous only for

the 1964 murder of three civil rights
workers. And perhaps they recall that
the focus of his speech that day was
ostate Ts rights, ? a longstanding white
code for Eling back civil rights gains
and longing for the days of
segregation.

California, Reagan dismissed the Zaey\, :

AR --
# (

, swoer I, 4
IV LP FE

} [ ¢ vé 880
fa wel + ;

'y
Communicator Ts ? White House
staffers, including common references "
to Martin Lucifer Coon, and osand T

wechdgin they. recall that Reagan

"supported tax exemptions for school T

that discriminated openly against
blacks. hey recall how his
Perhaps they ul how
Administration cut funds for
community health centers by 18

percent, denying
three-quarters-of-a-million _ people
access to services; how they cut federal
housing assistance by two-thirds,
resulting in the loss of about 200,000
affordable units for renters in urbary
"Or how Reagan |
how opposed
sanctions against the racist South

Continues on Page3

a ~

Reasons why more Black males are in

Judge Greg Mathis

The Justice Department recently
released its yearly prison population
report. As expected, the prison
population grew by 2.9 percent in
2003, even as the crime rate
decreased. Additionally, more Black
males remain in prison than in
college, the only group in the world
with this distinction.

The reasons that there are more
African American males in prison
than college are many, not the least
of which is failed education systems.

High Turn Out ov No Show

Contiues from Page 1

Johnson.

Rouse felt that it was the in the
interests of the black community to
have representation in a district that
has become heavily black " since
redistricting.

Willingham said he was
"extremely happy" with Rouse's
decision to support him. He added
that, "Mr. Rouse and I are ve
friends and he feels like he didn't want
to be in a position to take votes away
from me." He added that Rouse was
more in getting someone to represent

prison than college boys, Black or White

We frequently hear of the Black
male prison statistics, but rarely do
we hear about the Black male
educational Crisis. Indeed,
two-thirds of those in prison came
without a high school diploma,

Memonstrating a stron connection

§ between. .a.. failed edocotis ion...ai
prison incarceration. Combine a

. failed education with other societal

n...and

factors such as the unavailability of

unskilled employment, the
prevalence of drugs, as well as
racism and injustice, and it

becomes very clear how the lack of
quality education may lead to a
downward spiral toward prison.
Why is it, however, that African
American males are far more
affected than females? Once again
the answer can be found in our

educational _ " process. . Several
months ago, a study by the
Southern Regional ~ " Education

Board reinforced what educators
have known for a long time "
boys, Black or White than girls and
are less academically motivated.
The study collected data from
1,000 high schools throughout the
country and found stark differences
in attitudes about education
between the genders. For example,
84% of the girls thought it was
important to continue beyond high
school, while only 67% of boys
believed such. In testing, 31% of
boys scored "below basic" in

the district that will reflect the
majority composition of that district.

Willingham, a democrat, threw
his hat in the ring against Senator
Jenkins on May 7th. Willingham says
he will be running for this new
"Black Majority District - an atea
which is inclusive of all of
Edgecombe and Martin Counties and
half of Pitt County.

When Willin filed it was
reported that he felt there are "a lot
of issues that people are concerned
and that Jenkins was not addressing,"

good He mentioned that housing, health

care, jobs and education in particular
were among his concerns.

_ Jenkins on the other hand has
listed that his priorities were helping

By ;

You are
Invited to
Listen to
The Bev
Smith
at her New
Time from
7PM to 10PM
Mon thru Fri
On
AM 1340
Woow

Reading compared to only 20% of
the girls.

Researchers and scholars attribute
the differences to the way teachers
perceive and educate boys and girls,
a pattern that begins in elementai

,8chool, where nearly 80% of the

~ teachers are female. It is believed
that teachers perceive males as
inattentive, more active and profte
to behavior problems, and therefore,
receive different treatment than
girls. Consequently, many boys lose
interest in academic excellence and,
instead, grow up acting the way they
were treated by their teachers, that
is, problematic and educationally
uninspired. For Black males, the
situation is compounded by racism,
lack of job opportunity and a
criminal subculture that appears to
provide an easier way to success.

The solution to this problem is
external and internal. America's
public school systems must find
innovative ways to interest boys in
educational achievement during
their early years. On the other hand,
we as a community must work to
overcome the many obstacles that
are unique to African American
males. - .

(Judge Mathis is Chairman of the
Rainbow PUSH-Excel Board and a
National Board Member of the
Southern " Christian Leadership
Conference.)

small business, strengthening public
education and improving health care.
Willingham has previously served on
the Edgecombe .County Board of
Commissioners and in the state House.
Currently, Willingham is an
outreach specialist with the nonprofit
Down East Partnership for Children.
Jenkins said he would represent
all constituents in his district, citing as
evidence of his support for
Greenville's southwest bypass and a
Proposed " cardio-vascular _ disease
center at Pitt County Memorial
Hospital. .
Pitt County Elections Director
Steve Hines said that Rouse Ts name
would ap on the ballot even
though he has officially withdrawn.

The Minori ity Voice, Inc.
im Rouse
Publisher/Founder
| Managing Editor
Gaius O. Sims, Sr.

Home Office
405 Evsans St./P.O. Box 8361. |
Greenville, NC 27835
Phone: (252) 757-0365
Fax: (252) 757-1973
The Minority Voice |
a part of a
W Radio
Greenville NC
Wm, Cla, ¢ Gen, Mgr.
WTOW Radio
Washington, NC

_fellow
10}

; landmark court decisions and tising
| ?,?ducation have advanced the cause of
, tacial equality. Overt bigotry has been
{banished from public places, and polls
show that whi
prejudices than they used to. But these
improvements have not been enough.
tages persist, so long
,After most laws, minds, and practices
have changed? The answer is the
disparities of wealth. Whites are
wealthier than African Americans, and
-whites' wealth advantage i i

How can disadvan T

African regime, and even denied that
apartheid, under which system blacks
could not vote, was racist, noting that
its policies were omore. tribal than
racial. ?
And it isn Tt Surprising that few if
any Salvadorans or Guatemalans, who
Game to the U.S. in the 1980s, fleeing
m violence in their countries, were

. to be seen placing flowers outside

Reagan Ts library either.
+ After all, the former were forced to
seek refuge here precisely because
was sO intent on funneling
Money and arms to the murderous
death-squad governments who were
oresponsible for killing so many of
their countrymen and women; and the
latter no doubt recall how R
brushed off the genocidal policies of
Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt -
whose scorched earth tactics,
especially against the nation Ts
indigenous resulted in at least 70,000
deaths ~ by saying he was getting a
obum rap ? on human rights, and was
instead a man of ogreat personal
commitment, ? who was dedicated to
osocial justice. ?

_, That whites would view much of.

this as irrelevant, even whining or
Sour grapes on the part of

(communities of color, is only proof

Positive that for many if not most
such folks, the opinions of, and even

How Wealth Perpetuates

The Hidden Cost of Being African American

rs
Py

The following article was submitted to us by Ms.

Suejette Jones and is a commmentary written
oRood Ha, mad secre act
oThomas Shipiro's book, THE HIDDEN
COST BEING AFRICAN
AMERICAN (How Wealth Perpetuates
Inequality). -Ed.

Atncan Americans otten seem cut
off from the economic mainstream.
They face higher risks of poverty,
joblessness and incarceration than their
citzens do. Community

civil rights legislation,

whites harbor

fewer daily

ntages. i her. income
" ips eb i:

, the humani of black and brown. 19

-Nation is of s importanice to
the fact that Reagan - as many hav
been gushing these past few days - "
But how can healthy people feel
good about a leader who does and

says the kinds Of things mentioned

above? Obviously the answer is. by
denying that racism matters, or. that
its vicums count for anything. Even
more cynically, it is no doubt true
that big many of hag he was
precisely Reagan Ts policy of hostilit

to people of color that made hen
feel good in the first place. By 1980,
most whites were. already tiring of
civil rights and were looking for
someone who would take their
minds off such troubling concepts as
racistn, and instead implore them to
ogreatness, ? however defined, and

opride, ? however defined, and flag

waving. .
Whites have long been more
enamored of style than substance, of
fiction than fact, of fantasy than
reality. It Ts why we have clung so
tenaciously to the utterly
preposterous version of our national
istory peddled by textbooks for so
long; and it Ts why we get so angry
when anyone tries to offer a
correction.
It Ts why we choose to believe the
lie about the U.S. being a shining city
on a hill, rather than a potentially

we

or education. Whites start out ahead
because they inherit more from their
parents, and America Ts racially
segregated housing markets boost
whites' home equities, while depressing
those of African American families.
Shapiro concludes that African
Americans will not gain significant
ground in the wealth divide until
inheritance and housing _ policies
change. Wealth is the sum of the
important assets a person or family

owns--home equity, pension funds,

savings accounts and investments.
Wealth is better than income because it
is durable. People use income to meet
ily expenses, whereas wealth
accumulates. People who have wealth
tap it only to deal with emergencies or
re aks advantage of opportunities that
usually build more w

Wealth passes down from
generation to generation. The main
reason African Americans are curren T

. :
ech #

numbers.

The complaint referenced
here is, I think, valid. Generally
speaking. Black-owned businesses
are not patronized to the extent

| that its operators can realize

substantial profits. But placing the

blame for that situation
exclusively on Black consumers,
however, is a flawed concept. The

|| Black business owner as well as

"Why don't more Black people
_support Black businesses?

In informal discussions all across

oAmerica the subject of Black people

supporting Black businesses arises.

oAlmost invariably the complaint is
injected into the discussion that
Black support of Black-owned
businesses is not what it should be.

Hypothetical examples are

often given suggesting that "White

White-owned

people support

-businesses and do not support

Black businesses, therefore if Black
businesses are to prosper the

Support must of necessity come
from Black people in greater

Cuba: In Black

Cuba: In Blac

by: DeWayne Wickham
When US voters go to the polls in
November to pick a president, Florida -
and its heavy concentration of Cuban
Americans - may again play a central
role in determining who wins.
Nowhere will this contest be more
closely watched than in Cuba, whose
fate may be determined by the
election's outcome. More than 90
percent of Cubans in South Florida are
white; over 60 percent of te poopie
Cuba are b In this series,
BlackAmericaWeb.com examines
role that race plays in Cuba - and in the
f-war between the government of

Fidel Castro and Cuban exile leaders in
HAVANA, Cuba - On Easter Sunday

, strolled
, ebtieace, ndenda of CON Ded T which can't besa ee from the Cold

the Malecon, the winding,

the Black consumer share a
responsibility in the advancement
of economic development within
the Black Community.

The primary responsibitity of
making any business work lies
with the business owner. The
consumer must be sold upon the

idea that the money he or she

spends for goods and services will
be well spent This is not to
suggest that Black business
ownets must "make a better
mousetrap" but that they must be
competitive.

For generations _ "_ " Black
business owners had to compete
only with other Black business
owners. That was during the days
of blatant discrimination and at a
time when Black businesses were
in large measute ethnically
oriented. Today, with the
exception of ethnically oriented
businesses, the competition pool
has grown larger.

The area of Black-owned
businesses is one that has been
particularly slow in reaching the
level many of us think it should.
Many Black business men and

nor i y Ghat Protects this city Ts
northern sutging waters
of Ceabbeat Sex

The tip of Florida is just 90 miles
away, but if anyone in this crowd was
inking of stealing away to start a
new life in the United States, as. many
others have done since Fidel Castro
came to power in 1959, it was not

a t.

me le came to the Malecon
to fish in waters on the
other side of the thick stone. wall.

the Many others were young couples: in

the throes of the mating ritual
sptingtime ushers in all over the
world, As in the U.S., Sunday is a day
of leisure in this embattled country "
a pines dae a Metad fin Sh pe,
uba is a bastion of communism

ac is much bigger worse off than whites is that today Ts middle-class

le in Cuba are black.

and White - U.S. Election will have Great Imp

Bush T into

ae

_ June 15- 31,2004 The M-Voice Newspaper

great but thoroughly flawed place
muilt T on the. ruins and graves of
Native peoples, built by the labor of
enslaved Africans, enlarged by theft
rs Poy ail ee an - abeokute
regard for non- lives.
~~ AS Randall Robinson points out
America, when. such subjects. are

broached, the operative - response
from much of the white tribe i itd

more than, oOh, that. ?

Yes white man, that. That exactly.
That thing we were raised to gloss
over, to speak of in hushed tones, as
if by our diminished volume or
failure to audibilize it, it will go away;
that perhaps they will forget about it,
and instead join with us in praise of
our country, since that 1s most
definitely how so many of us
envision it.

White people, especially those

who T are upper-middle class and

above, have no reason on Earth to
be aware of the truth, let alone to

dwell on it. The truth is, after all, so

messy, so littered with the bodies of
dead Nicaraguans, and dead Haitians
murdered by Duvalier while Reagan
stood by him; so soiled by his
support for Saddam Hussein. Better
to ignore all that, and to go mushy

before the pictures of Reagan in his

wealth from their parents than today's
whites did. It is not hard to see why:
The generation of African Americans
now passed away accumulated

wealth because discrimination in theit
day kept most of them poor and
ae them opportunities other
Americans enjoyed. The disparity in

wealth not only persists, it mushrooms.

Without a cushion of inherited wealth,
emergencies hit harder, and people
who aE est eR have to let

portunities by. use of the
wealth deficit, Afticon Americans find
themselves more vulnerable to shocks
and less able to capitalize on breaks.
than whites with the same income. So
the next generation will inherit less,
too. The wealth gap will not close

t or
leverage an investment. Millions of

women are, for various reasons,
not meeting the challenges of the
broader competitive arena that
desegregation has fostered. Put
simply, the transition to
competing for money in a larger
society is not being made in too
many instances. There is an

adjustment many of us who were

adults prior to the end of legal
segregation in America have been
either unable or unwilling to
make. Success in business requires
proper training, planning, market
analysis and, importantly,
adequate capitalization.

Today, Black businesses have
less of a captive clientele than
they did, say, 50 years ago. Fifty
years ago and earlier, Black
business men and women could
get away with putting a smaller
amount of the revenue derived
from their businesses back into
their operations and as a result
were able to maintain a higher
standard of living than might have
been _ " possible were _ the
competition broader. That is no
longer the case. Most of us now
expect the same (or better) quality
of product and service from
Black-owned businesses as we do
from anyone else, and Black
business operators had better
understand that if they expect to
prosper. The result of that
expectation is that Black business
owners must invest a larger
percent-age of their revenues back
into their businesses than did
those of the previous generation.

War that ended for the rest of the
world when the Soviet Union
collapsed in 1989. It is wedded to this
bygone era by the economic embargo
the United States imposed on this.
island nation 44 years ago. Geopolitics
was the reason the em was
started; domestic politics is reason
why continues.

future of Cuba, a nation of 11

ee Peete were aey baked to
the U.S. by presidential politics and
pre ane a eT cant
opocket 0:

In the election, Cubans in

South: Florida voted overwhelmingly
for George ya His 537-vote
indebted him to Cuban American

cowboy hat, ? to remember a
President who, for all of his
murderous policies abroad and
contempt for millions at home, at
least he never made as Clinton
admitted recently, "a terrible moral
error ? in the Oval Office.

This is the twisted psychosis of
growing up privileged, as a member
of the dominant group: a group that
must view their nation as fair and
just, as a place struck off by the
literal hand of God, as a place where
oaverage ? guys like Ronald R
can become ogreat leaders. ? As a
place where an oaw shucks ? smile,
and a profound lack of knowledge
about the details of public policy ~
or even the names of foreign leaders
- 1s not only not cause for
embarrassment, but yet another
good reason to vote for someone;
where refusing to read up on
important policy details prior to a
key international meeting so one can
watch The Sound of Music on TV, is
seen as endearing rather than cause
forarecall. .

This is why we get people like
George W. Bush, for those who
haven Tt figured it out yet. Oh sure,
vote fraud and a pliant Supreme
Court help, but were it not for the T
love affair white Americans have

pay for their children's educations.
Others buy rental property. White
parents use wealth to send their
children to private schools or to give
their adult children down payments for
homes. They do not see how such
practices hand today's inequalities on
to the next generation.

Because neighborhoods, "_ are
racially segregated, African Americans T
ee
whites T do; hence, housing segregation
costs African Americans ten:
thousands of dollars in home equity.
Homebuyers look for
commonly found in predominantly
white neighborhoods. They pay extra

for parks, convenient shopping and
attractive views " "all of hich are

lacking; in these segregated housings.

Parents pay huge premiums for :

what they perceive to be good schools.
Few parents can judge schools
objectively. Instead, they use

easy-to-observe markers, including the
to mageofithestadents; cin 1 yagen

"BPs ta bes By are bs ae ie ets i vn ee ie Wels
PET Pe PAN! Oecd £. f tee cee
a oe i

Ve :

~ One successful Black

business man once told me that
one of his guiding philosophies of
business was to "grow slowly
through profits." Obviously, if
one has limited resources, the
level of service and/or product
offering will also be limited. What
then might be helpful would be
for Black business owners or the
likelihood that there are no
overnight successes in business.
In fact, in many instances,
depending on one's definition of
success, it must often be a

tens of -

with mediocrity posing as leadership,
c ings never could have gotten this

It's why a bona fide moron like
Tom DeLay can brag about not
having a passport (because, after all,
wlhiy would anyone want to travel
abroad and leave oAmur Tca, ? even.
for a day) and, not be séen as the

epitome of a blithering idiot, and

why he could probably be elected
again and again in thousands of
white dominated _ congressional
districts in this country, and not
merely in Texas. -

Having to grapple with the real
world is stressful, and people with
relative power and privilege never
know how to deal with stress very
well. As such, they long for and
applaud easy answers for the stress
that occasionally manages to intrude
upon their lives: so they blame
people of color for high taxes, failing
schools, crime, drugs, and jobs they
didn Tt get; they blame terrorism on
oevil, ? and the notion that they hate
our freedoms: a belief one can only
have if one really thinks one lives in
a free country in the first place.

In other words, delusion is both
the fuel that propels people like
Ronald Reagan forward in political
life, and then makes a: rational

These preferences raise the costs

~ that first-time homebuyers face when

they attempt to buy houses in these
mostly white neighborhoods. Marriage
and family structure also fit into the
cycles of accumulation, inheritance and
investment. Married couples
accumulate more wealth than single
parents do---which suggests the

SERNA EA ARRAN SE NERY AA: WAAR

| oEmbracing it:

- te tee
OR eed eR RRR RETR MRL Rae:
Ps

assessment of his legacy impossible
upon his death.

I think this is why so many white.

people remember him fondly, and are
truly crestfallen at the thought of his
physical obsolescence: simply put,
much of aie Ge para erons
Reagan; a re to tell ¢
everything is going ye O.K,; a kindly
old Wizard of Oz, to assure them that
image and reality are one, even when the
more cerebral parts of our beings tend
towards an opposite conclusion.

With Reagan gone, maintaining the
illusion becomes more difficult.

But knowing white folks " I am
after all one of them, and have been
surrounded by them all of my life " I
have little doubt that where there Ts a
will to remain in la-la land, we will
surely find a way.

Reagan has been released from the
lie, finally, and may his soul find

peace among the millions of dearly

departed victims of his policies
around the world.

Meanwhile, the rest of us must pull
back the curtain on all phony heroes,
Reagan among them, lest. we. create
many millions more.

Tim Wise is an antiracist essayist,
activist and father, He can be reached
at timjwise@

African American family issues, with its
disintegration and the tising rate of
out-of-wedlock births, must play a T role
in. the wealth gap. The long-term
damage of unequal wealth continues to
press the case for resolving America's
most stubborn and profound source of
racial division.

enerational attainment. Most
ighly successful businesses in
this country ate ones that have
spanned family generations. In
other words, if Black businesses

are to reach the level of
competitiveness many of us
desire, one approach might

include us séeing more "John Doe
& Sons" signage above the doors
of Black businesses. If this is how
it has philosophically worked for
businesses in general, then why
should not that same philosophy
work for Black business people?

At whatever. level, however,
competition drives business and

how well one meets the
competitive challenges _ will
determine the level of success "
simply being Black and having a
good idea is not enough!

(Webb is a noted journalist
and an internationally recognized
scholar and lecturer on the subject
of African American history and
socio-economic affairs.)

by Dr. Jujuan Taylor
1. Register to vote or shut up.

something.

definition.

9. Be on time.

2. Take all that money out of those stocking caps, in
cans, mattresses and floorboards and invest money in

3, Lean another language. "Ebonics"
4. Stop using the "N" word especially since
Merriam-Webster has announced it isn't changing the

5 Buy something each week from a Black vendor.

6. Stop blaming White folk 98 percent of your |
problems while giving them 100 percent of your money. |

7. Subscribe to Ebony, Jet, Black Enterprise ot
Essence. Then subsribe to one of the three weeklies,
Time. Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report. !
After we read about what's going on to our world, how |
about knowing what's going on in theirs? .

8. Stop walking past each other and not speaking.

10. Get an annual checkup. Herbs do not cure

Atrican Americans Need To Do

everything, "

| 11. In all your ways, acknowledge God and/He shall

| direct your path. Prioritize this as number one.

| 12. Stop being jealous of one another. Leam to look past
__ the material things and see the person for who they are.
|

|

does not count. |

13. Get involved in at least one charitable or voluntary
community service.

14, Say a prayer for someone else besides yourself.

15. Hug your child, spouse or parent today.

16. Love one another. .

17. Leam to let go and let God.

18. Stop talking about it, and be about it

19. Let God order your steps instead of the world.
20."P-U-S-H." Pray until something happens.

21. In all that you do get understanding. (Turn off the
TV and open a book.) :

Dr. JuJuan Taylor is communication arts professor and department chair, Schoolcraft
Callege/ Livonia, and associate professor, teacher education, Wayne State University.

leaders, who clamored fot a tightening
of the economic and political screws
on Cuba.

Since moving into the Oval Office,
Bush has done just that " and the
fear here in Cuba and elsewhere is that
he will do much more to bring sbout a
oregime change ? in this country if he
wins re-election in November. But as
much as politics is the main plot of
this tug-of-war, race is an important,
an

d unackn subplot.
While percent of Chane living in
the U.S. are white, a ing to the

Census Bureau, to two-thirds of

the people on this island are of

African descent. Put another way,

most of those who left Cuba for the

US. after Castro came to power are

~_ ; most of those who stayed ate
ck. .

The Cuba that many Cuban leaders
in south Florida fled after Castro came
to power was'a country in which
blacks were second-class citizens.
From 1902 when the country gained
its ind ce until Castro seized
control in 1959, Cuban blacks were
locked into a system of racial

tion that looked very much like
the Jim Crow practices blacks in the
U.S. suffered under for nearly a
century.

Castro promised to eliminate all
vestiges of that racist system and to
make blacks full partners in his
revolution. That hasn Tt happened, but
Cuba has made a lot of progress in
that direction.

_ Just how much of Castro Ts failure to
fully make good on his promise is due
to the U.S. embargo and the political

act on Cuba

influence of Cuban Americans, and to
what extent the Cuban government has
tolerated white privilege, is unclear.
What Ts undeniable is that the outcome
of the U.S. presidential election in
Carembes will have a great impact on
A lot of le in this coun
understand that From a fishermay
the Malecon to a doorman at a
sous hotel in the old section of
avana, qui turned the
grr aot vat han
Kerry has of defeating Bush
when they were corer fea a
ter.
It Ts a good bet that the Cold War won Tt
end for Cuba " and its majority black
tion " " as as George W.
ush is in the White House. _

Page 4 The M-Voice Newspaper | " Op ©
-When Stars have Spiritual Awakenings ==" a

June 15 - 31, 2004 | - | | | ci fas

Sammy Davis, Jr. in the 60's, but she

By Steve H album titled, o1 Can't Stop. ? which is not likely to happen since Hill says she is no longer 9 aye deny bgresedne iver tera
| Spas ee le Puce tained phase of wrdsiow Cheitiane and Jehorabt itnesses interested in show .business glamour ~ Mer Catholic faith dicated that she dp
a) Some people believe when he anniunced not long ago do not see eye fo eyeon most and the industry's inherent politics, as cick bedecog is ber of the
| that religion and- spirituality are that he had become Jehovah's religious matters. - ___ or in being a record industry product _ : ay Bae 7 to 1972 i
essentially the same thing But | LITTLE RICHARD created a She once described her music as = 1574 03 197% noe cal

according to another school of sensation in the mid-1950s and .

| again from 1974 to 1976 is now ips |

thought, they are quite different. The - played a bigger role than probably } spi oriented. She-is happy to
} Gost & begchy "of en Snes in regard to laying the foundation Ide the Wont, , she has né
kept operational by traditions, | | for rock n' roll, He is not problem in SAGO SUPEeme Kitts
an second has nothing to do with exagerrating much when he identifes aa ae
buildings, assemblies, ceremonies or himself as othe archetect of rock n'
. anything man has to offer. roll. He also flash, glitter dgeneral -
. In any event, celebrities often go _ Outrageosness into the marketplace.
one route or the other, and either __At the peak of his Career, ©
Way, it has an effect on the work they _ | Richard: quit rock n' roll to devote
himself to God, but that didn't last

do and/or the image they present to

|
the public. Sometimes the n are fy : q ong. "Moe Moar Spey ae "Good. :

subtle, uaSi at other times they are |. ' 7: » Miss Molly," he hed returned , .
at (SHIRLEY Myzoace |
Shoutd a performer keep. their Witness No doubt he was heavily quit again for thesame reason then " "E "
religious belie to themselves or influenced by his close friend, Larry once again made a decisiofi to return being owhere hip-hop meets pic
should they let them flow through Gtham, a longtime member of that to singing -Keep a Knookin'," Scripture." " " "
| their art? That could debated from sect. With his old group Graham Tall Sally" and Lucille T and doing _ " And -then of course there is anda singer. She was as feisty as she
1 now until there is peace in the Middle Central Station, Graham once just about everything else that made M.C. Hammer. He's out ther was talented. Interestingly, in her
East recorded an album titled, "Release! him Little Richard in the first place. preaching. (He still dances though.) later years she became a gospel

AL GREEN began adding Yourself." Its cover suggested that DONNA SUMMER, as far as Some say that Hammer was singer, traveling as part of the Billy

se

1 elements to his music in
1972, when one of his albums, "Call
Me" featured a song entitled, "Jesus Is

Waiting. ? As time went on, his beliefs

became increasingly evident in his
performances. He frequently
encouraged audiences to applaud not
just for Al Green, but also for "Him"
jointing upward). -
® In the late 70's, Green recorded
"Belle, ? a song about a man torn
between a woman and God. Belle It's
You That I WAnt But It's Him That I
Need.") By the mid-80's, Green had
decide to only sing only gospel,
despite the demand for "Love And
Happiness, ? "Let's Stay Together,"
etc.

However, inthe 2000's, Green
began sending mixed messages that
confused and sometimes frustrated
his fans. He had already put some of
his R&B hits back into his act, and

people should break away from
traditional churches. .
One of the most a
performers and writer of all time,
Prince made it clear that he would
no longer perform his salacious hits
(and p al pin plenty of them),
such as "Head," "Sexuality," "Let's
Prefend We're Manted," "Dirty
Mind" and oDarling Nikki. ? He
would, however, continue to sing the
others, including "When Doves
Cry," Kiss, ? "Sign 'O' the times" and
"Adore."
Meanwhile. Prince's discovery,
Vanity, is now a minister, using her
teal name, Denise Mathews. As
leaderof Vanity 6, she was singi
songs like "Nasty Girl," in which she
said she "needed six inches or more"
and would even "do it on a limosine
floor." .
But that was then. Mathews said

sing her first hit,

-based on the

we know. is not izing, but the
queen of disco " she literally
epitomizes the disco era " has had

a Christian experience. This, she-

says, makes it impossible for ler to
ny Love to Love You
Baby, ? with all of its Orgasmic
moans and sighs. If anything, she
will only an abbreviated
rendition of the song. (That is, just a
few lines of it, minus the excesses.)
Meanwhile, Lauryn Hill, who
made a huge impact with the
mega-seller, "The oMiseducation of

fauryn Hill," has been I using the

stage and the recording studio to get
I across her own unique messages of
God " and liberation. It doesn't
seem to be going over way well,

pee that her test album
was a sales disappointment and more
than a few people want Hill to get
off what they perceive to be a

_and"Nothin' Move But Money,"

receptive to the'calling because he

Graham Crusade, never failing to

had blown a fortuneand had to sing "His Eye Is Ona Sparrow."
declare bankruptcy. He had A few more artists who made
drastically overspent during the glory religious, changes: ,
petiod of "U Can't Touch This," "2.

" Pro-féotball. star Roosevelt
Grier (Los Angeles Rams, New York
Giants) became a minister. He also
sings and, suprisingly, is a master of
needpoint and he doesn't mind being
""Power & Greed, ? is leaving the teased about the latter).
music business to become a minister. - Candi Staton sings nothing but

Meanwhile, another rapper, gospel today, but she initially gained
Mase, has already exited the music fame recording "_ southern-tinged,
business to preach and teach. He gritty R&B songs such as Td Rather
even wrote a book. Mase was first be an Old Man's Sweetheart (Than a
heard on Puff Daddy's No# 1 hit Young Man's Pool)," "Mr. and Mrs.
from 1997, "Can't Nobody Hold Untrue, ? "As Long as He Takes Care
Me Down." - of Home" and Tm Just a Prisoner

Going way back in show (of Your Good ' Lovin T)."
business history, the legendary Ethel And then there's Shirley
Waters became one of the first Murdock. Best known for the1986
Black superstars, both as an actress hit "As We Lay" (a song about

Legit To Quit, ? etc.

_It has also been reported. that
DMX, who did guest raps on such
son as Money, Cash, Hoes,"

when the tim t

gh -
Like the song says, "Everything

must change.

at

Steve Holsey is the Entertaiment for the _.

(Circa 1972) Ed. |
Some people will always have it made... Some people will live in |}
poverty for the rest of their days... Time marches on - Yestetday is |}
dead and gone... Life is uncertain, let me hear you say yeah. 'Death is
final, yes it is... There'll be days of sunshine and laughter - but don't
forget you gonna have to shed some tears - oho. It's the law of the land
- my brother - oh. Whether you like it or you'll Smads de
hi It's the law of the land - hey hey hey hey. Laws made by almighty
Organization serving Wilson and men, Live by the good book if you're able. You must play your cards
ing counties. The academy | on top of the table. When you gamble you either win or lose...'In life
ccomplish to pings: he | ?,?v'tybody's got to pay some dues - well. It's the law of the land - well
tual "awareness, and vo | BY, Heyvitedbetaw, the law ofthe land: Whetheryoutiketeoryow't 4f
erie tal ce: Trees understand... It's the law, fe i ad Hee mae salgh
: Asaaee ang men. Peace of mind can't be found. Until you find yourself -
at-risk youths who are in need of 4 T | think son it. You might not like being who you are, but you better
wate paves wale Suspends abo start to like you. But you sure can't be nobody else... In other words: I
moo R eddies as vies can't be you - ain't no way, yeah - you can't be me. Well well, that's
wach as high iliterach rates high schoo! | how it is, my sisters an T brothers. And that's the way the good Lord
drop out rates by assisting students to

meant it to be - hey-ho. It's the law of the land - well, Whether you like
" eer bg mera : ie Price | obtain their GED, address delinquent | it or you'll understand - say say. It's the law of the land - hey yeah oh...
ffOOW Hai Gn he ie Stn Nn yw in meres | ee sms ? [La nue nga ? ee yh
of WOOW Radio. M ay wr tional Nighti and Albertina Walker.following the concert that, abuse, HIV/AIDS/STDS prevention | day is governed by clock... For your own protection your doors you |}
holding a plague honoring . walt Wilson, NC ° and awareness, crime and poverty. must lock. What goes around comes arouind. And what goes up, yeah,
was recently held at Fikes High School in Wils I aan This spectacular event took place at | must come down - aha. It's the law of the land - well well well well.
IN - Recently Calvin Suggs & Da tridge and the Vision Choir, and Emcee Rev. William L. Neill hit Fike High School in Wilson and turned | Whether you like it or you'll understand It's the law of the land - well
Te Cone Spite Bishop F.C. : Bore In Christ Mime Team, Mt the Stage for a big show in Wilson to out to be a very successful event. well well. Laws made by almighty men - aha. It's the law of the land -
Barnes & Company,

"THROW YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR" Sts: Sea

this year the releasean all secular she is hoping to help convert Prince, soapbox. ("Cabin in the Sky" And "Pinky") cheating), today she, too, is a gospel Michigan Chronicle. H
! ae eee | 1h... 1 : e AL? ) , "(It's The) Law Of The Land
" Summerville's 2nd Annual Pioneer Gospel Music Award touted highly successful Noman Whe
ee Ee BE eee c tee " eee These are Iyrics from the LAW OF THE LAND LP recorded by TEMPTATIONS:

ee Leanther Summerville Academy and
the Bishop F.C. Barnes Scholarship
Funds.

| _ The alternative school is a division
f, of Teaching Academics for Life
Learning Outreach Ministry for Life
j Laamins I Outwatch Ministry which is
Ja non-profitt, community-based

strives to

aa
Jomo eloenbihbonin Sas

controversial then, but perhaps not so
much today. Their hits like F "k the
Police caused ? much controversy.
N.W.A. reasoned, though, they were

promote a campaign to end violence.
Enter the late 1980s and Eric B.
and Rakim. It was this duo that is

responsible for the controversy of

rappers heavily sampling other artists T merely chronicling what was going on

- _ work and not being paid for the in the street. This has been the excuse
By Tim Butler now day's common 5) toc , Se ; |e privilege. As a result, today if you even today. .
T t State Defender common) expressions tk c ow : The Orig IN g of sample someone else's work, you Which takes Salt-N-Pepa and us UP}
your hands in the air/And wave em have to pay the originator for the use to the late 1980s. With their amazingly}

MEMPHIS - Hip-hop has become like you just don't care!" This was of his/her sample. And no doubt, popular "Push It" song, this trio}

Rap Music!/

such a pervasive beast in society today known as rapping. founding artists everywhere are catapulted to success. However, they T
that it's often good to look back and Of course, at that time "rapping , gratefull Cut, their teeth industry and didn't,
find out where the thing started. Of wasn't a known thing itself." censorship became-issue fought over It was Public Enemy who make a dime doing it. The inequities in}
course, it's not what it used to be - it's In those days, rapping was known in and out of court. changed the nature of rap from being contracts became a key issue at this'
been degraded and materialized now as "MC - ing. ? A lite bit later, Here | LL Cool J has been at it for a long a purely party thing to putting in time.
and sends out the wrong message to a_ focused on the turntables and let his time, _since some socially "_Salt-N-Pepa's debut album, Hoy, Cools
youth culture that is in need of some friends do their thing behind the mic. song Trans-Europe Express, Bambaata 1987. The political and Vicious stayed in the top of thes
good in their lives - but where did it all They were known as Kool Here and created his groundbreaking Planet Beastie Boys Messages. "_ "charts for over a year. The Grammy
start? What are Hip-Hop/Rap Ts the Herculoids. Rock, which itself influenced many, discovered However, with organization even created a new T
beginnings? With this in mind and Who was the first person to many of rap Ts classic records. Hail to him in 1984, themes of Black category. Best Rap Act, to honor suche
June being Black Music Month, there's "scratch"? That was Grand Wizard the African king, Bambaata, who laid when LL was tage and work. Salt-N-Pepa didn't attend the
no better time than today to at least Theodore, who discovered it down for others to follow! just a mere lad Li Cool) alienation, there ceremony when they found out the
shine a brighter beam of light on the scratching by accident. While his Roxanne Shante had one of of fifteen. LL ff yoary Rn much award wouldn't be a televised portion
subject. mother was complaining about the 1984's biggest records with her had the good perittey Nil Controversy to of the annugl ceremony. It was in 1991
loud music he was playing, he held Raxanne's mge, het answer to sense to add | Hes git? follow. PE's that these ladies released, Lets Talk
von back the record and it began to move U.T.F.O''s Roxanne, Roxanne. The an element of |. Enemy anthem, Don't About Sex and turned the, cables on
back and forth in the earphones. record was a massive hit, selling over sex to his Believe the Hype, men, looking at them as sexual objects.
Some experimenting with this 250,000 ocopies in New York alone. lyrics. The was the battle Adding a little bit of girl power did the
newfound concept allowed him to This was about the time that Run resulting, Rs cry for a trick.
create somethj people could DMC came on the scene, with their Need Love was (ai : eration. Actor Will Smith wasn't always an
understand and bounce to. new style of rap and wearing gold the first ever al foo bad, actor. He started out rapping in the
One of the first rap chains, leather jackets and unlaced rap ballad PP" ay today's rappers late 80s. With DJ Jazzy Jeff, was
recordings was the now [ | athletic shoes. Their (something hs believe the hype simple, vanilla plain and youthful. It
Seat! Delight. | oe | song, My Adidas was so truly new at F ublic Enemy and buy into a was also wildly popular. Enough said!
The dise went on to. "he eakenen | Popular that the shoe the time). : system that is Another factor today, Queen
become :an international | backinthe manufacturer paid the Who was using them
hit and the best selling band a six- sum instrumental and they don't
12-inch ever, scling over | rea. | (way back en) and in starting the even know it. It
million copies! is is | Sponsored their tour. "gangster rap would be nice to
where the phrase hip-hop | knoen one. Naturally, this was first movement"? Salt "N¥Pepa have more
was coined, | bands to be sponsored Well, we can : political themes
By the 1980's | by corporate America - credit KRS-1 in hip hop
Grand Master Flash had a trend that today has and DJ Scott music, With the
offered a demo to a group called the run to disastrous proportions! La Rock, who influence of
Furious Five, which was compose of You think today's videos are met at 4 Hip-Hop today,
Melle Mel, Rahiem, Mr. raunchy and sexist? Well, back in shelter for the peop
Ness and Kid Creole. Although they 1986, Luther Campbell and 2 Live homeless in hors J be. more
Hip-hop can trace its beginnings didn't like the song, The Message they Crew laid the foundation and created the Bronx, educated about
back to the 19708 with where recorded it and it went on to headlines actoss the country...people with this life than they are
Jamaican-born DJ Herc, who sell a million copies, all over America were criticizing their daring deed, now. Perhaps, Tai | |
moved to New York City in the late Planet Rock, with its infectious sexist lyrics, Perhaps, this contributes Their album, A this is why there Latifah dida't start out in Hollywood,
60s, bringing with him samething beat- courtesy of Afrika to the ge 's fame. Their album As Criminal Minded, was all about the gun are not more groups like Public cither, She was a rapper of i Soc
lied otoasting. ? Toasting involv Bambaata, became as influential a Nasty As They Want To Be was an culture. Strangely, or pethaps not, La Enemy today) Let's not forget about It was Latifah that aputed tt done
+ ised thymes over record as any in this new movement amazing hit and became the first Rock was gunned down in a street N.W.A, (aka, Dr. Dre, D ella, MC for other female rappers and gave us a
hae me ntal portions of records, thus in 1983. It was Bambaata who was album in the United States to be altercation that didn't even involve Ren, Eazy E, and Ice Cu ). N.W.A. picture of the strong Black female -
ing 4 totally new sound. It was influenced by a German band called deemed obscene by the legal system. him. (Isn't that always the case?) made their reputation on violence,
Kool that would yell out such KraftWork. nspired by Kraftwork's As A result, free speech and KRS-1 went solo and began to guns and the sort, It was CONTINUES ON PAGE 5

| 7 \

ae a
ite

sComme

witlai There Needs To Be

10m all bere today are a part of bstory We something that's gonna sam the Thats we have to have this dialogue in T generations of Black America T " in oof the Black omovement ? decided to
YF CONSELONS, we are not ous, ? neighborbood. It's a tool ? the tnt en . » Mhusic, speech, and general ostyle ? of abandon mass action. portions
Be, Woodson, 36, Co-Chair, ~ M-1 Mutulw, 32, Dead Prez ~ Ras Baraka, 34, Deputy Mayor, life " they ate secondaty to the of an intensely self-conscious Black
a tp Hop Political Convention oThe. Civil Rights Movement was lost Newark, NJ Political divide that occurred nearly oleadership class ? disconnected
ETE a Sp idalicing bip bop music as somewbere, blocked, not followed through. Whatever gaps divide the two generations ago when a segment nore T fom mass organizing,
TID | TANDS IN THE Alpe! 2m violence. Much credits due him was later acyuined of anempeed| Pebctine paynows wah opecmear!
THROW YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR for bringing in the debate of murder charges in a drive-by shooting | for oThe I Rave ? as a whole We are
" " " " | ar offensive lyrics. Parental Advisory incident. Remember NAS and Puffy's reaping the whirlwind of " the
Fcontmmuzs FROM PAGE 4 controversy and harsh lyrics that stickers were put on records, thanks controversial video where they: late-Sixties era political mission divide
| were aimed at the establishment. Ice to Ice-T. | depicted themselves up on crosses (ala "_ which gives the appearance of a
bree oy Cube. went solo with his album, Some say he's dead. Some say he's Jesus)? Well, NAS got his start in 1994. generational split only because those
which countered the male-dominated Amerikkka Ts Most Wanted. It went still alive. Either way, the with the Id-selling "Ilmatic." His, If who abandoned the omovement ?
. yal of Black women up to that gold in ten. days. Ice-T brought controversial TuPac Shakur came on I Ruled The World was even. mote | neatly 40 years ago (and their
same Long lives the queen! Sangsta tap more to the forefront with the scene in the early 1990s. It was his popular. Warren G. (Dr. Dre's | successors) have been allowed to
Pe The © fatly 90s brought more his lyrics about prostitution, drugs second album, Stri 4 My -brother) sold over four million | dominate Black politics to the present

N.1.G.G.A.Z, which established a
worldwide name for Pac. The violent

c

ils «

2 Ase

House of Pain from Los Angeles
had an enormous hit, Jump Arownd, a
top-I0 tune.

Much: is remembered from this
point in rap's history forward. But as a
refresher. course: Snoop Doggy
Dogg (as he was first known) got his
start in 1993, as a protégé of Dr. Dre.
Renee when he was arrested

call in order express (252)757-3046 - followifig his live appearance at the
a - 1993 MTV Music Video Awards? He

George Clinton at the Apollo
Part of the JVC Jazz
Festival, which will also feature
world music icons Femi Kuti and.
Angelique Kidjo, George Clinton
will team up once again with
Parliament/Funkadelic to bring
the P-Funk back to Harlem. Over
the past thirty years Clinton and
Parliament have created 40 R&B
hot 100 singles and four number
one hits including "Aqua Boogie"
and "One Nation Under a
Groove."
In

Fa aaa rf . ace ~ and poetic Shakur went out in a blaze
BY T Chicken BBQ & Seafood | | sr 0, she i sr nen
: : a 711 S. Memorial Drive Bs In 1992, hardcore Irish rappers,

°F

Parlia-ment were inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in
Cleve-land, Ohio for their
contribution to the music
industry. Clinton, who spent his
teenage years in New Jersey, is
coming back to the New York
area for the first time in years and
many of his new fans, introduced
to his music by Samples from his
hip-hop disciples like Dr. Dre.
Outkast and Missy Elliot will get
to see him for the first time.

Not only a musician, Clinton

The master. of
funk George
Clinton will be
bringing his
unique style,
along with the
Mothership, . to
# the Apollo on
i. Friday, June 25
Me and Saturday,
June 26 in two
. concerts which
will otear the roof off" the
venerable Harlem hall.

1997 Clinton and

a Movement of Political

units of his album, Regulate -G Funk do
Eta. Motivated by Black-on-Black '
violence, Warren G help negotiated to
Negotiate a truce between rival gangs in

Los Angeles. In 1997. In

Row. Records sev

jailed for nine

millions of dollars.

(Note: The above was written using |
Rapworld's history of rap as source

material.)

has also served as a producer,

most notably on the Red Hot Chili .

Peppers "Freaky Styley" album.
There is no better place for the
Funk to return than the Apollo,
the-national landmark which is
celebrating it's 70th birthday this
year. One of the first integrated
theaters in New York, the
Apollo and its world famous
amateur night have iven

performers from Lauryn Hill to ;
James Brown and Ella Fitzgerald '

their first breaks. In the midst of a

multi million dollar renovation, |

the Apollo will soon return to its

past glory, assuming it survives the

Mothership's landing that is.

Reggie

LL AE A a a em ce pea.

om fees Dalrbcl's & Bea
|} Satz:

Ph: 355-7133 & 757-

_-

years. TuPac's mother, '
Afeni Shakur, sued the company,
accusing it of cheating her son out of

y.

It is incorrect to characterize the
oCivil Rights Generation, ? which is
also the oBlack Power Generation, ?

| terscope | as having collectiv
Records, parent company of Death | th oHie Hon Gener om 8

its ties with
Death Row. And so did Dr. Drew and |
other artists signed to the label. Suge
Knight, producer and co-founder, was

the oHip Hop Generation ? " those
born after 1965. Actually, the more
SPportunistic elements of the broadly
i defined Sixties omovement ? -bailed
| Out on everybody but themselves,
including most of their young
contemporaries. They packed their
briefcases and strode briskly into the
new age that had been made possible
by the sactifice of their generational
| peers, the thousands who joined the
| Common jihad against legal American
apartheid. As we wrote in the June 10
edition of : .

Having won as many orights ? as
_ they actually wanted, but onienetad
in fundamentally alteri power
relationships in America, those
African Americans who perceived
Jim Crow as the only problem
disbanded the omovement, ? leaving
poorer Blacks to their own devices.
The pursuit of individual wealth is
Not a mass activity, although the
aggrandizers never hesitate to invoke
the plight of the Black masses when
it is to their advantage.

In truth, much of the Black
| oleadership class ? had not c in
the 100 years since slavery, holding
fast to a self-serving otrickle-down ?
theory of racial advancement " and

ievi in their version of
otrickle-down ? as fervently as an

businessman. For far too many of
these ambitious men and women "

+ Many of them quite young in the

Sixties and early Seventies " the
omovement's ? very purpose was to
advance those segments of the Black
population that were deemed oready ?

\ y the exception of young
_ ideologically committed Republican mi be er

The M-Voice Newspaper June 15 - 31, 2004 Page 5

Action in the Hip Hop Era

business ? of the struggle was to

further advance that class Ts fecurch
so that it might speak more effectiv
on behalf of ~ and provide role
models to inspire " the rest of Black
America. oHelp us become rich and
influential; ws good for the whole
community, ? said the post-1968 Black
leadership class, de ing support
from the ghetto while simultaneously
claiming personal credit for every
achievement.

Conned from the inside .

Much of the leadership class urged
Blacks to rely on elections as the only
post-Civil Rights form of mass
activity. African Americans were
instructed to fight for candidates on a
seasonal basis, but not for themselves,
or in any other forum. In effect, they
were told to stand down until called
upon at election time. Thus, the
omovement ? was disbanded, except
for those activities that di
benefited the oleaders. ? Mass B

litics, which according to Julian

d spawned 10,000 demonstrations
in the year 1963, was henceforth to be
confined to the polls. The decisive
Political domain would be limited to
elected officials, the broker-politics of
established churches, lobbying (a form
of brokering), and the expansion and

ights
victories. This kind of politics aoe
fine for the well-connected, who have
plenty of private social, economic and
political levers to pull every day of the
year, but otrickle-down ? Black politi
led to disaster for the masses of Black
ple, now captives of a class that
only its own interests in mind.

Black youth were especi

inalized by the leadership class Ts
inciecoce on oarow seta
brokered politics. Mass movements
cannot exist without the :
Creativity and risk-taking of youth "
but the post Civil Rigs leaden ship |
class did not want a mass movement,
nor was it interested in risking its
newfound mobility. Put simply, with

ple who
might be groomed to the
mobile, professional ranks, the
leadership class had nothing that it
wanted ora fay to do " other than
stay out of jail and avoid embarrassing
oThe Race. ? That admonition was
mooted a

id

2279222222272 22 2222222222222 722 2222222222 292227299992299799997

Automotive Answers:

22222227729 229299 22222222 2292292222222229922229229922999929997

bat vest Siebel T

oa see

ut

TIER Et
iclans ve GELS

PS) "The world Ts cleanest,
most fuel-efficient sport utility

vehicle recently passed a difficult

Pd

: ia
bi $3 #
is ae call Wy i
o 4 , Fi

healthcare.

our university system .
the creation of jobs, the
objectives. I truly believe
that together we can come up with creative ways to address all these issues and more,
through proper management of our state Ts assets.

The progress of our public schools, the continued excellence of
and community colleges, the protection of our environment,
well-being and safety of our citizens ~ all of these are my

%

You deserve representation in the State Senate by someone who understands our
people and our way of life. On July 20th I ask for your vote to send me back to the |
North Carolina General Assembly as your Senator from District 3.

me oiberieye

(0) ma 40) 0

N.C. SENATE,

Cee of

PAID FOR BY THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT CHARLES JOHNSON

www.CharlesJohnson2004.com

test with flying colors.

Ford Motor Company brought
its new 2005 Escape Hybrid to
New York City for the ultimate
fuel economy test "to see how far
it could be driven on a single tank
of gas. The objective: 500 miles,
equal to the total of every street
and avenue in Manhattan.

The Escape Hybrid combines
near-zero emissions and the fuel
economy of the full hybrid electric
system with the go-anywhere
capability, toughness and cargo
capacity of the Ford Escape, Amer-
ica Ts best-selling compact SUV.

That Ts good news for drivers
concerned about environmental
responsibility and also serves as a
good business model on ways to
deliver good products and a better
world.

oThe 2005 Escape Hybrid is the
embodiment of Ford Ts philosophy "
a fuel-efficient, cleaner-emissions
version of the capable Escape
SUV "and a crucial foray into the
rapidly growing hybrid vehicles
market, ? said Bill Ford, Ford chair-
man and CEO. oThis vehicle repre-

sents an important, viable part of
our strategy for sustainability in

vehicles and manufacturing. ?

Need a 529 college savings plan that gives
tax-free earnings |

investment choices

flexible contributions

choice of any college in the country?

You've got it with North Carolina's National College Savings Program.
You can enroll in the program directly or through your financial advisor.

, Begin building your child Ts future today. Call for a free enrollment kit.

North Conlin

National Collegerpf ?*
Savings Program

College Foundation of North Carolina
Helping You Plan, Apply, and Pay for College

1 j

800-600-3453
www.CFNC org/Savings:

© College Foundation, inc. 2004

you

The Ford Escape Hybrid is the
first go-anywhere hybrid electric
vehicle.

So just how far did the Escape
Hybrid go in Manhattan traffic?
After 37 straight hours, the
Escape Hybrid totaled 576 miles
using 15 gallons of gas. That Ts bet-
ter than 38 mpg.

With this exceptional fuel econ-
omy comes no compromise in per-
formance feel. The car Ts 2.3 liter,
four-cylinder engine and electric
traction motor can team up to pro-
duce acceleration performance
similar to that of the V-6 Escape
model.

Hand-in-hand with improved
fuel economy comes dramatically
reduced emissions. For more infor-
rar visit www.fordvehicles.com/

y

d.

|
:

Page The MVoice Newspaper. June 5-31.20 wads ;

WIAA Brown decision moved America forward

; cm a (Sbminod te models "to build from within." by the scientific revolution. Each of
! Columnist d to

instead of race asa -Strategy to
construct regional airports, athletic
complexes, convention centers, and
municipal services. saab

_. Also, whereas Brown cracked the
door for blacks to attend desegregated
schools, it kicked open the door for
whites in the © lower middle class to
attend the University of Vitpinia, Ole
Miss and other schools. = .

It is imprudent to. siggest that

Brown is a hilure because inner ¢ity
schools are fesegregating thetnselves.
It is the promise of Brown that has

CONTINUES ON PAGE 7

men, ruled the South. The Negro was
debased. Brown reshaped. the
South's politics, economy, class and
society. Brown threatened careers,
In truth Brown has cA mage
impacted more heavily on whites
blacks, Perchologialy, it freed whites
from the burden of ace, It
facilitated a new South. The
economic _ prosperity of
Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, Atlanta
and other urban T areas is indirectly
related to the collapse of Jim Crow.
_Most city and county governments
Now use demography and geography

bill: and the 1966 housing bill. Brown
encouraged joint-ventures to build
oAlice in airports, shopping malls, and other

_~ Perhaps the best illustration of
Brown's multiple impact is an
prison construction, federal and state
emp t, and most: businesses.
All of the above was stitched into
; itics: The Democratic Party
aang y @ private club which
excluded blacks and women: Thus, a
small cadre of white men, the "best"

DURHAM "io th, | they abandoned what is academically W. nd," many.
| probably impacted more

on -

jt » it leadership's

freed whites from the of race" transform,

Board of Education of Topeka ? in
Topeka, Kan. on May 17. °

. The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, the

former pastor of Birmingham's famed

16th Street Baptist Church, was the

featured - President George

He spoke on a platform in front of

the freedom T movement © in The Brown decision is symbiotic.
Montgomery in 1955, and the civil It is the Most recognizable icon of
rights movement in M in thecivilrightsera,
1968, ing ? hai That Although the decision is law, it
something was the abandonment of reaffirmed the 14th Amendment
the culture of academic excellence (1868) which later justified the 1964
and high expectations. Somehow the civil rights bill, the 1965 voting rights

notion emerged that an education is

*

Linda Brown ede "Fifty years
ago," Bush said, onine jud
announced that they had looked at
the Constitution and saw no
justification for the segregation and
humiliation of an entire race. ?

It was a ionate and emo-
tional speech, Linda Brown and U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Thomas were noticeably absent from

the program. |
As I observed the ceremony, I
reflected upon my attendance at a
sepregnted elementary and high
1001 in the rural South, I am a
cateer. professor. In: -
academically, I was as T pespared for

college as many contemporary youth
oa have access = aioe

equipment, new textbooks, and
computeri lab equipment. My
teachers imbued students with a sense

of urgency, a desire to achieve, and a
recognition of the need for a

continuous s :
Collectively, segregated schools

accomplished something that _ is

Ctitical to education.

Hillside, Ligon and other all-black
schools used theit history and tole

no longer the key to success:
The bimdonedt oTere case wee

South Carolina, Delaware, and
Washington, D.C. Legally, the issue
was "separate but equal," but socially,
the Topeka case was different.

judges filed in 1951, and later . to
irginia,

Whereas Topeka's elementary school |

was
was
Virginia and South Carolina enforced
Jim Crowism at all levels, Kansas,
Nebraska, Minnesota and elsewhere
in the middle west accepted some
levels of de tion. Black
publishers Chester Franklin and
Lucile _ Bluford attended the
University of Nebraska (1896) and
the University of Kansas (1926)

ated, the city's hi

respectively | !

The ceremony in» Kansas |
affirmed that many Americans have a
jaundiced view of the Brown
decision. It is not a

phenomenon. The Brown decision
coincided with the hysteria of the
Cold War, the collapse of "King
Cotton," Sputnik, the race to the
moon and the uncertainty unleashed

+ "* On the voter-
asks owhere you now live." If you"

More On Your Voti

| In North Carolina, being convicted
| of cocamatting 1 tuladantonat ioe
| Mot mean you lose your right to
; vote. You can even vote while
| Serving a sentence, To vote, you
| must follow the steps below so that
you can vote in the next election.
STEP 1 REGISTER TO VOTE

* If you are not already registered
to vote, you can: register by mail
using a mail-in voter registration
form. You may get one from your

County Board of Elections office, a
| public library, or on-line at
www.sboe.state.nc.us.

registration form, it

will be incarcerated on election day,
| use the prison address. Otherwise,

list the address where you will be
living after completing your
sentence.

|

| * Mail the completed form to. me
| County Boatd of Elections in die
| county "where you live," along with
| 9. copy of a valid N.C. Drivers

License, if you have one, or the last 7
| four digits of your Social Security

Number. If you do not have a
drivers license or a Social Security
Number, then you must send a copy
of either (1) a current, valid photo

identification or (2) a copy of one of |

the following documents that shows

your name and address: a current:

utility bill, bank " statement,
government check, paycheck, or
other government document

* The Board must receive your
form at least 25 days before the
election.» |

* The County Board will send a
card to the address you gave with the

ofame of your precinct and where

you:can go to vote (your "polling
place"). - .
STEP 2 VOTE

* If you are able, you can vote in
person at your Polling Place or at a
One-Stop Polling Site. You may also

DONT FORGET TO VOTE IN THE PRIM

ng Rights

In North Carolina, being

convicted of committing a
: misdemeanor ? and some elonies

s not mean you lose your right
|;
vote using an Absentee Ballot. If you
will be incarcerated on election day,
you cin vote by mail using an
Absentee Ballot.

* You can register to vote and
request an Absentee Ballot at die
same time. If you do so, be sure that
your request is T mailed early enough

to arrive at the County Board of.

Elections no later than 25 days
before the election.

* To vote by Absentee Ballot, you
must send a signed written request to
the County Board of Elections
during a petiod that begins as soon
as you register and ends at 5 p.m. on

the Tuesday a week before the
election day. An exception to that
tule is offered to a sitk or disabled
person, who can request an Absentee
Ballot up to 5 p.m. on die day befdre
the primary or election...

* If the County Board of Elections -
determines that you ate. qualified to
vote, they will mail the application
and ballot to you. You may be asked
to send a document showing your
nafne and address. Absentee Ballots :
are mhade available beginning 50 days
before the election.

If you are convicted of a felony in '
North Carolina, you temporarily lose

your citizenship rights, including the |

tight. to- "vote.--However, after
completing all terms of your.
sentence (including parole, probation
and restitution), you do. not have to,

CONTINUES ON PAGE 7

Mure

a eee Se eee

N

ne

| eee .
| tis the mark of an educated \ CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
mind to be able to entertain | F FFICER TRAINEE
thought without accepting it, JEN ASOT,
"Aristotle
eee

Responsible position with progressive fire department.
4 Personnel will perform two crucial functions for Greenville

. citizens - Firefighting and Emergency Medical Services.
Minimum qualifications include: 18 years of age; valid N.C.

_ Driver's license with approved driving record; high school
diploma or GED; successful completion of the city's physical
performance test, written entry exam, and medical and
psychological examinations,

Starting salary is: $27,102.40

Apel by 5:00pm, Friday Ju

Luther King, Je. Drive, P.
27835-7207 .

Specialist

0, 2004, to the City of |
. Bow 7207, Greenville, N.C.

If out of the area, contact 252-329-4492 for an. application
package.

Resume T will not be accepted in lieu of application package.
F/R applications cannot be downloaded from our website.

ae! submit an

application or resume to a

S Human Resource Women and minorities are encouraged to apply

Department. Call (252) City of sy sve Act

830-4242 for additional PRE I Equal Oppornnity/Afimatve Actin
information. Ployer

Paid for by the Committee to Eleet Kay Rouse Pitt County School Board

De

Successful candidate must pass a physical and drug screen.

Elite Properties
218 E. Arlington Bivd., Ste. 100
Greenville, North Carolina 27858

Business (252) 215-0015
ara 21.

Home (252) 355-5359
|

Cell (252) 916-6403

Pager (252) 757-4344
_E-Mail edwilliams21@yahoo.com

Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated

2 eee ome:

East
Greenville, NC

Full and Half Soles
Heel Replacement

RockportResolingkShoe Care
Products Shoe Shine Dye Work
, Key Copying
We Clean Timberlands

Mon - Sat 4 : -8PM
Telophens (anny ste

More On Your Voting Rights

? CONTIUES FROM PAGE 6
do anything to have your citizenshir
* rights, including your Voting Hae
" restored. Those rights are
"automatically restored. If you have
completed all parts of your sentence

for a felony conviction or have been
pardoned, you are eligible to vote in
North Carolina. In order to vote,
follow the steps listed below.
STEP 1 REGISTER TO VOTE

* Former corivicted felons must fill
out a voter registration form even if

you were registered to vote before

your conviction, You can register at

any point after completing all parts
of your sentence, :
* TYou can register to vote by mail.
Get a mail-in voter registration form
by writing or calling your County
Board of Elections office, visiting a
public library, or downloading it
on-line at www.sboe.state.nc.us.

a VIEWPOINTS

| CONTIUES FROM PAGE 6

failed and not the decision itself. One

+ debilitating issue of Brown that

1 Concerns: me is the. increased social
-, Vulnerability of black youth and

»,, fecent hey
been taught basic American History.

They are insensitive to the

immigrants. They have not .

. ee

rown decision
American dilemma on trace. As
America moves towards: Brown's
centennial around mid- century, they
ome easily fall prey to social and
political demagogues.
And finally, there is no
collective excitement about Brown.
But, the emotions, debate, and T

_ Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and
| ? mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experi-

ence helpful: Let those who do not, seek their own kind.

ym

Barbe
The DIVA")



weyers

eae
a

"

_ SEE Sonya ya lirewit ton for your:
| Colors « ot de oWr o4 Wasoes Weaps
All Style Weaves o Wraps and Cuts...

BARBERS: Erskin Moore, Geruis Leather, Detowlon

Moore and Terrence Frizzell

3128H 10th Street

controversy of Brown is

because it has shaped the sociological
construct of opinion which is
important to decision making and
interpersonal relationships. "_In
Topeka, I concluded that Brown is a
barometer of the rights and privileges
enjoyed by all Americans. Freedom is
not timid. The fight for freedom
begins everyday in the mirror.

Dr. H. Lewis Suggs is a scholar

in residence at N.C. Central
University Durham. Dr. Suggs
gtaduated from Rubinson High
School .in Winterville (Greenville
Metro), North Carolina. This article
appeared in the Durham Herald June

The M-Voice Newspaper J

* On the form, it asks "where you
now live. ? Use your home address.
(not a post office box). A postcard
confirming your registration will be
sent there.

* Mail in the completed form, with
copies of any, documents it requests,
so the County Board of Elections
receives it at least 25 days before the
election.

* The County Board of Elections
will send you a postcard, telling you
which precinct you will vote in and living in America. oThe average cost per
where you can goto vote. child per year for childcare " inchuch
ads the polling pce | Mf Zo percent in after school care and

* You can vote at the polling p the 30 percent full "i ?
listed on the card or by Absentee Ballot. | pauj Smith, a oay care " ap sar

* For directions on how to vote by | Children Ts Defense Fund, told
Absentee Ballot, see Step 2 on the -BlackAmericaWeb.com. Eon
previous page. For information one-year-olds, that cost increases to
about voter registration, absentee | ¢1 3,000. For $119 billion, the US. could

BlackAmericaWeb.com
As of yesterday, the war in Iraq cost
Americans $119.4 billion. That Ts a lot of
money for anyone Ts pockets, much less
all of America. But how are those dollars
are affecting the black pocketbook?
As of the 2000 U.S. Census, there

Royster-Hembry,

ballots, or how to locate your send
County Board of Elections, contact: 19,695,465 children older than one
State Board of to day care, and 9,153,846 children less.
£0, Bars ; than one to day cage.
Raleigh, NC 27611-7255 overage perrapsnag aint Snape y
(919) 733-7173. per year costs $1,420. By

4th, 2004.

website: www.sboe.state.nc.us | 1. tice of the war in Iraq could have

paid health insurance costs for
83,802,816 children. And at an average
cost of $654 per child per year, the war

| could have paid for 181.957 186 children

| to be immunized.

Smith also said that at a unit cost of
|} $6,934, $119 billion could send
17,161,811 children ages 3 and 4 to Head

organization, 31.5 percent are black.
| That Ts 6,006,633 black children " every
black 3- and 4-yeat-old over the next five
years " attending Head Start.

According to the US. Dept of

11055

py! fn R
IWCAL LU |

YOU'LL SAVE AT

Exchange beauty tips. It's
@ beauliful way to bond! Call me
to schedule the fun.

Lynette A. Whichard
Independent Beauty Consultant
www.marykay.com/lawhichard
(252) 258-2599

USAVE : MARY KAY"
CLEANERS give
WHERE WHITES tne Qirls
ut BE WHITER ocall.
AND gal Cae ne enky a
COLORS WILL BE put! Wie yorqmene ?
BRIGHTER Enjoy free makeovers.

:.

reenvil|

i
i

Memorial Dr]
LLG 1

nor Kin gar b Ammiinity { allana
A C Wun

O'S SSeS Se 8 8 8 Se SS eee Se CS EIS. 2 eS eS ee eee SRF PS SERBVETA Ss

(252) 754-2600 _

The most Qualified and Expericared Candidate
* Pastor of Holy Trinity United Holy Church = 24 115
* Member of the Pitt Comat
+ Presiding Bishop of the Southera District of the United Holy Church ~ over 2100 charches
* Past Chairman of thy Greenville Public Traasportation Commission

. * Past President of the Pitt County Black Ministries Conference:

{

ei t
P= - : Pape
9 ee : :
| | LOVE
; ,

or .
Pitt County Commissioner a

| | Bngraved

Neat A / Combines Districts 142

Board of Education ~ 12 vrs

A servant of the peaple with a wealth of experience end a preven
track record in public office in Pitt Couais Government.

Put "Love On Board" July 20, 2004

Re,

ry

@

Paid for by the Committee to elect |
Rolph "Bishep ? Lore i
County Commissioner |

a

Hemby.
Tarboro, NC
(252) 823-5129

Willoughby

oFamily

Mutts
Scotland Neck, NC
(252) 826-4406

Floral Creations
Scotland Neck, NC
(252) 826-5094

Serving Families ?

Hemby
Fountain, NC
(252) 749-3256

Willie's Marble & Granite
Designs Marker
(ault Tops
mae

(262 Me ivi Oe sase

oWith an

were 11,845,257 blacks under age 18

$2051 palo, according to the report by
the US. Energy © Information

une 15- 31,2004 Page?

RaQ - Counting te Cost of the Waring

Education, there were a little more than
school teachers in the U.S. in 1999-2000.
; new teacher salary of
$30,719, $119.4 billion could supply the
US. with 3,886,845 additional teachers "
or double the salaries of the existing
oAnd $119 billion is what has been
spent to date, ? Smith said. oBut the war

appropriated this year Ts dollars. The total
up through September 30th of this year

is 149 billion. ?

In addition, the war spent to date in
Iraq could provide inroads to students of
color into Corporate America, according
to Reginald Duhe, Managing Director of
INROADS, Inc. in Northern Califomia,
an organization that serves black, Native
Amenican and Hispanic students.

Duhe estimates the total cost to
provide students with internships and

dev
oTe Ts probably safe to say [the cost]
is $5,000 per student, ? Duhe said. oWe
have about 200 students here, but a safe
is that our national organization
eo maa opi
oThere Ts a lot of students that we
would love to service, but because funds
ate tight, we don Tt have the resources to
get to those students this year T Duhe

And for the $119 billion spent on
the war in Iraq, INROADS could have
made "inroads" for 23,800,000 students.
investment in black America Ts children,
the war in Iraq could also easily fund a
host of small businesses in South Africa.
According to Malcolm
Executive T Director of » African
Enterprise, it. takes less than $2,000
dollars to fund a shoe repait, laundry,
fence-building, beauty or " mining
business in South Africa, ,

__ And if $2,000 is the high side; that Ts
59,500,000 new black businesses.

Here are a few other: things the
money spent on the war in Iraq could
buy:

" It could pay tuition and fees for
2,653,333 people " nearly every black
child in high school in America " to
attend Howard University for four years,
based on the current cost of $10,935 per
year times four.

" Or 1,672,522,839
shares of Nike stock at $71.15 per
share " Or put 3,131,743 people in the
driver Ts sear of a 2002 model Cadillac
Escalade from Carmax that Ts one for

| Statt. Of the children serviced by this said

"every 12 black Americans.

" Or buy 17,024,320,457 boxes of
Just for Men Natural Black Hair tonic at
6.99 perbox, =| =

" " Or purchase a $2,749 owner's

suite on Royal Caribbean Ts Explorerof .

@ seven-night owestern
aie ete
43,433,975 people,or ever .
Peg oe
wat Ok. pitches % 487
gallons of gas, at 4 national average of

Administration.
- ea a
Love is friendship set on. fire.
. "Jeremy Taylor

eR

tL

Open San» Son SAAD RE

Mon » Fr

Call Steve Johnson If You Would Like To Rent A
1,2 or 3 Beroom Housing Unit

Since 1949

ection

«cline
spake.

eal Estate
Rem 907 Dikinson Ave, Greenville, NC (252) 757-3191 3e¢tf.

1900 South Pitt St.
Greenville, NC 27834

,
Go Be 4) a

A Sf TT et Ow et we
at Ryan Bi: a id pyres) a oe Re
Wigie i ie ee
tities i iat, " bad ?,?
yt a deh fatty a GA s

Ovvverers

-321-6991

or

aie s Watts

Family

dUNGRERE

Paid for by the Committee to elect Christine Fitch to Congress

Se patna ere an og _

norte eee

Page 8 The fh-Velce Nempaper June 15 - - 31, 2004

Free Poetry Contest Open to Greenville residents

OWINGS MILLS, MD '- The
International Library of Poet

has announced that $58,000.0

, in prizes will be awarded this
? year in the International Open
Poetry Contest. Poets from the
Greenville. area, particularly

Ten telltale signs is your Teen using Marijuana T

beginners, are welcome to try

to win their share of over 250:

prizes. The deadline for the
conte is September 30, 2004.
The contest is open to everyone
and entry is FREE.

oAny Post whether

teen drag use can be schoolwork or missing school.
seg ep 5. Increased secrecy about possessions
with mood and attitude or activities.
But sometim.s, changes are signs of 4. Use of incense, room deodorant or pupils
other issues on in their lives, such as . perfurnie to hide, since room deodorant
cmtjun a theum the most or perfume to hide smoke or chemical something
widely used illicit drug among America's odors.

a's in 5. Subtle changes in conversation with

Winterville Senior Citizens Chub also as a
Fund-tuiser to buy a van. The Winterville
patentee its 12
anniversaty on at Hotel
sad Bia in Genre. Mose tara 7
seniors and their guest attended. The
event was a fund-raiser for the

Senches in Winterville with
interville Senior Citizen Club member

as models. The highlight of the the The

Crank, Yet King end Queen contest
Selected King was 80 year old Jessie
Roberts, who fa retived Greenville

Schools and the Housing. He has
ge cites 12 pontine

Purpose ight great-grandchildren. Mr. Jessie

previously published or not,

can be a. owinner, ? stated
Christina Baylon,' Conte
Director. " When people learn

about out free poetry contest,

. mational.

oadh prizes, as well as gain
oe. recognition, ?
continued Baylon.

- To- enter,

original poem, any subject and

Get -rieliael ple childten, 11 |!
oWind rene a neo os

See ibe shy Hoel ad Bi,
"The first runner-up was Clara Clark 76

: speciale el 8 oe
DF She ssonived « bouper of

they suddenly realize that their style to: The International '
own poetic we of art can win Lihesty of Poetry Suite 19920, 1

mints to cover up smell of smoke. * choice for 66 percent fa
10. Bottles of e eye drops, which may be Aftcan-Amescan youths admited fo
wed 0 mak Soar os drug treatment.

2 ag od nacnwile ae fo man, Aiea
ofan daa volves dea ot want Americans make up 23 percent.
to take your child to the doetoe and ack .- Need free. materials and. more
ieee eo

PO peers bard aid te

Black. teens are more likely than
their White peers to say that all or most
Of their friends use marjuana regulatly or

substance abuse treatment

from Trade Oil,
Golden Cortal. Parker and Food Lion.

retired from PCMH in Food Service

certificates from Ryan and Trade T Oi . ini

Vices

@ world.

2111
lines or less, and the poet T
mame and address should

| sppear on the top of the page.
send T ONE-

tries must be postmarked or
sent via the Interne by September
-30, 2004. You may also enter
online at www. poetry.com

The International Library of

founded in 1982, is the
poetry organization in the

It's almost time for.
Hampton Jazz Fest

The 37th Anaual Hampton

Nearly 50 percent of all youth Jazz Festival is set for June
admissions ts 27 in Hampton, Vir. Among

the artists who will per-form
are Kee Se. Haight, The

Poetry Plaza, Owin Mills, MD.
The poem s ould be 20-
pens Rick Braun, Jonathan

Mills,
Floetry.

- accommo-dations

Gu Band, . Alex sii Patti

-Belle, Dave Koz and Friends

Butter, The Dells, Stephanie
Gerald Levert, and -

Tickets ota tvailahle dhiough

all Ticket-Master locations.

- Festival patroas can receive

additional _ in-formation . by
calling 757- 896- 1346 or go
online at

www. hamptonjazzfestival. com. "
Persons interested: in overni ht
information
the. Ham ston, |

can. contact

Visitor Center at 800-800-22023.

Tour operators and group.

travelers requiring itin-eraty and |
lanning assistance cam contact |

«Bruce Newpon at t p00 487-8778.

am Deck St, Sanvine NCS e7e34

Hidanthionad

The second runner-up was Irene

1992 with appromimately 16

is Bester Mortuary

of purchasing a van, which will be use for Robert received a boutonniere, free one surrounding areas to
trips and...outing activities. A fashion night stay at Hampton Inn trophy gi Meeting are hekLthe thitt Tuesday of 4
ee GOEL tee ont peated certificates from Trade Gina each month from 10:30 a.m. - - 2:00p.m

To id Rent, or Sell Real Estate,
Call the

ion y BROUGH Hey ee an UNG OINCE In Your Time of Nec Need :
ote ma vee FE, . e meet wit. ete to ?
Call us if you need someone to collect Secure vial sates P Exlihing times for services ian so Fou ent 27834.
You rent and manage your property. +h tring Phone: (26207522936
Severa nice building lots.. . P Assist with car seating arrangements, floral bearers and pall bearers
We Coordinate Schedules with: | aan
We handle Conv., HUD, VA, FHA Financing Burial Vaules & Casket Companies P nonin Services P Civic & Fraternal Groups
/ Realtor ¢ Notary Public e Accounting Peseta Documents:
| 606 Albemarle Avenue = Type, Prepare and Certify Death Certificates & Burial Permits
Provide obi information to rs and cler
(252) Hine ee oe P Prepare forma for the Social ar Veterans Administration 32 Pak Gicr Lecation
Arrange printing services for folders, r & acknowledgement cards and memori $ Highwa ast
or ( ) L L 62 Record Ceri and Tributes fom Ful, Friends sad ovens . a Oak City, North Carolina

Fax Number (252) ABU Phone: (252)798-3800

FAX: (252)798-3900

Wilbert Vaults Batesville Caskets
For More Information, call call Phillips B Brothers Mortuary

WE INSURE ANYONE - AGES 0-90

|
|
|
We supply your needs with ater aoe eeeereees |
|
{

WE HONOR URANCE POLICIES & PRE-NEED
| oni IAGTS MADE WITH ANY OTWEN FUNERAL HOME
a j

7 piggly wiggly!

AB Jackie Robinson Baseball League
: June» July Schedule (Partial)

Mon 06/21/2004 6:00P TheMax DST
Mon 06/21/2004 8:00P GHA Sertoma*
Tue 06/22/2004 6:00P North Care Philippi
Tue 06/22/2004 8:00P Conerstone 10th Masonic*
Wed 06/23/2004 6:00P TheMax Sertoma
Wed 06/23/2004 8:00P DST Philippi*
Thu 06/24/2004 6:00P GHA 10th Masonic
Thu 06/24/2004 8:00P North Care Cornerstone*
Mon 06/28/2004 6:00P DST Cornerstone
Mon 06/28/2004 8;:00P Sertoma 10th Masonic*
Tue 06/29/2004 6:00P The Max Philippi
Tue 06/29/2004 8:00P GHA North Care *
Wed 06/30/2004 6:00P Cornerstone Philippi
Wed 06/30/2004 8:00P 10th Masonic The Max*
Thu 07/01/2004 6:00P North Care Sertoma
Thu 07/01/2004 + =8:00P GHA DST*
Tue 07/06/2004 6:00P GHA Philippi
Tue 07/06/2004 8:00P DST Sertoma*
Wed 07/07/2004 6:00P DST 10th Masonic
Wed 07/07/2004 8:00P GHA Comer Stone*
Thu 07/08/2004. 6:00P. North Care The Max.
Thu 07/08/2004 8:00P Sertoma Philippi*

Tt-«

ooff. Ph eed ance in Kerry's _ closest campaign met with the Congressional Black Last month, Kerry " who has questions, and the negative media Cummings said. "One of the worst

reporters and

The Minority Voice June 15-31, 2004 Page 9

INION - Kerry needs to articulate vision for black America

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has a Patty's presumptive presidential
should fix.quickly.

's the Kerry campaign hhas tried and chairman, Rep. Elijah Cummings, several other blacks to senior "I think people are looking at this
~~ one that he homunee is doing enough to energize failed " to put this matter to rest. In D-Md., told me. positions in his presidential campaign campaign as a product, but it is a
black voters, March, the Massachusetts senator New appointments organization. But the nagging project "- a work in progress

t

some key bleck advisers, these Democrats say, are lily Caucus and assured its members that one black person among his four reports about his problems with things we can do is to continue

Pitas oho ion whether the white " a charge that Kerry's they would have input in, and access deputy campaign managers " blacks, the Democratic Party's most sniping at him (Kerry) when he is

supporters dispute. For weeks now, to, his campaign, the group's announced the appointment of faithful constituents, persist. trying to do some good."

He's right. Left to fester, this

: gnawing problem will undermine
@ | ' ; | Kerry's election bid in what appears to
a ~ : be a too-close-to-call contest. But
fester it does, despite the hand
wanging efforts of Kerry's backers to
at

Pp matter to rest.

"I know that our campaign has
been diverse from the very start, ? said

| of our staff is black and Hispanic. ...
We want people to judge us on the
facts, not what some people are
saying. "

It's time for Kerry to s up.
Its time for him to sech a high probe
public forum to quiet the bad talk
about his campaign's lack of diversity.
He should go on BET or TV One "
the nation's two leading black cable
television networks " to talk about
his vision for America.

Kerry should make the rounds of
black talk radio, seek a meeting. with
black newspaper publishers and meet
with a becod: coins section of black
leaders and activists to -
address the concerns that have been
raised about his campaign. He can't
leave this heavy lifting to the members
of his team, who have, thus far, failed
to put out this fire. This isn't the work
of surrogates.

Time to get serious |

Nine out of 10 voted for
Democrat Al Gore in 2000. If Kerry is
serious about giving blacks a place at
the table where his most important
campaign decisions are made, he
should :.y so in a way that leaves no
room for dispute.

Twenty years ago, Democrat
Walter Mondale was slow to answer a
similar rash of complaints about his
White House campaign.

Back then, some black leaders
complained that Mondale's campaign
had no strategy T for addressing the
interests of blacks, a failing that caused
Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young to
grouse to a gathering of black
journalists that Mondale's organization
was being run by a group of
"smart-ass white boys who think they
know it all."

That swi t a lot of media
attention a and 3 pelatedly threw
Mondale's campaign into
damage-control mode. Kerry shouldn't

ting The 0th Anniversary of Brown Vs. Board of Education 9 Sos

let it come to th

ae

at oumber
Reagan in his
landslide victory over Mondale.

"We've been assured that a plan is
Ss | _ being worked out as to how the Kerry
ee Se 44! campaign will reach out to the

y ? eee African-American community to
the Democratic Party's _ base,"
Cummings said.

Before that plan is unveiled,
Ketry has a lot of work to do to
answer his critics among black
Democrats The sooner he does this,

?,? less likely it is that his campai
willbe dena from within. me

DeWayne Wickham writes wee
for USA TODAY oty

POET'S CORNER

I'M FREE
T may not own an island
But :
' have no problem with that
T know who made it
I may not have money like you |
But ,
What I have is mine | |
Some people don Tt have any
I may not live in such a big house
But
Where I'm at, I'm home
Some people are homeless
T may not have two cars, a truck . |
A SUV, and a boat
But
What I have is paid for
Is that @ problem?
| may not have designer clothes
But
What | wear isn't torn
I'll boldly hold my head up and go on
T may not have a huge bank account
But
T can read, write, know arithmetic
And do use common sense

I may not have lots of friends
But
That's ok, One has me
And He's very good to me

I may not have lots of things
But

T refuse to i
Lote of things don't have me
Simply because

I'M FREE

oLy A Toco
Y | ® n° i; ,

-arbohydrates and 95 Calories per !2 0z

\

ommunity Voices
:k of Ms, Beatrice Maye

From the

To the editor -
On June 20, we will observe the

95th annual Father's Day celebration,

so happy Father's Day to all you
fathers out there!

The importance of a father in a
child's life is monumental. He is to

nurture his children by giving them
instruction, protection, sustenance,
companionship, assistance, love,
discipline and example. oAll children

_fieed a home where love provides

security, where what is taught is not
confused by what they hear and see".

The ideal father loves and
understands his children. What, then,
are his characteristics? He's a worker,
who rules by love and not fear, who
constantly doesn't scold the children
for scolding is a hurt to the soul
which is worse than a hurt to the
body, and often leaves lasting scars.
He praises instead of finding fault.
He 1s an example for the children.
He teaches them to use the name of
God reverently. He cuts out bad
habits because he knows they will
spoil the lives of the younger ones

who will imitate him. He takes the
family to Sunday school and church
and he's not ashamed to pray, and
thanks are always said at meals. He's
teaching his boys by example, how to

be the right kind of husband and.

father when they grow up. He's fair
and just with the children, not
playing favorite. He finds time to
associate with his children. The good
father plans with the family to
places and keeps his promises. The
greatest gift a father can give to his
children is himself and to love their
mother. Beatrice Maye

A Model for Christian Fathers.

Today the lack of right child
rearing is contributing to the erosion
of the. family unit, and the decline of
the family is a major cause of the
societal collapse we see taking place

around us. Juvenile ctime, drug
abuse, psychological problems
even suicide are on the rise.

Are you as a parent allowing God

to work your Human fathers
need to develop the qualities God
the Father exercises in caring for His

family. Let's look at a few.

A vital quality Christian fathers
need is right leadership. Notice
God's command: "Fathers, do not
provoke your children to wrath, but
bring them up in the training and
admonition of the Lord" (Ephesians
6:4)

For fathers to be truly respected,

they must- display compassion,
courage,. godly understanding and
firmness. Yes, your decisions as head
of the family will stand, but you will
use wisdom in making them, and you
will carefully consider the input your
wife and children offer. Your
children desperately need mature,
loving leadership from you.
God the Father is a

provider. He supplies all His Family's
needs. During the wedding ceremony
in God's church, the man vows,
before God, to provide for his wife.
This responsibility extends to any

Hundreds

children they produce. "God shows
His scorn for any. able-bodied: man
who refuses to work when He says,
"If anyone will not work, neither
shall he eat". (Thessalonians 3:10)

A father, not only provides
physical needs, but he must give
himself personally as well.. This
means snendinp timp with .

your family, especially at meals.
When was the last time you took
your family. on a special outing? Do
you plan ahead to spend meaningful
time with your wife and children,
fellowshipping with them, teaching
them and enjoying each other? A
father must provide emotional and
spiritual support for his family. _

Your children look to you for
guidance. God the father teaches His
children the right way to live, and He
commands you likewise to train up
your children in the way they should
go (Proverbs 22:6). Train your

children to respect their elders.

Teach them to take care of their
belongings and the possessions of
others. Expose them to the finer.
things of life. Leam to exercise
discipline properly. Remember, too,
that the example you set as head of

Fag

the home, teaches your children more:

than any number of lectures does. Do
they hear you belittle your wife - their
mother? .

God the Father is consistent. The
quality of consistency must be present
as well as the makeup of a Christian
father. _

God is not the author
confusion, but of peace (1 Corinthians
14:33), In a consistently peaceful and
teliable environment, your children

themselves and God's way of life.
Raising per apr sig in this
world. is a -real ¢
much of the responsibility in fathers.
But you as a father can meet this
challenge. God himself is. your model.
If you stay close to Him.and practice
what He teaches you in His Word,
you can produce some fine young
people who may be leaders in the
world tomorrow.

ee

of '

can develop a right confidence in

enge. God lays "

Paul encourages, "Watch ye, stand

fast in the faith, quit you like men, be
strong: Let all your things be done
with charity, love)" (1 Corinthians
16:14). You can be a truly Christian
father and God will be well pleased
with your efforts.

of College Students Share Their Secrets

The Makings Of A Morehouse Man |

Morehouse College in the Fall

2004 majoring in Political

~ Science with the intent of going

to Law School and becoming a
lawyer. A 2004 Honors graduate
of J.H. Rose High School, Logan
graduated in the upper 8% of the
class and wore seven honor cords
at graduation for National Honor
Society, Spanish Honor Society,
Social Studies Honor Society,
Science Honor Society, Junior
Marshals, Student Government,
and Tri-M Music Honor Society.
He earned $362,994 in
scholarship offers- four full
scholarships (tuition, room and
board) including Hampton
University's Presidential
scholarship, Morehouse College's
Academic Scholarship, Howard
University's Capstone

University-New Orleans. He also
received the prestigious North '
Carolina Teaching Fellows |
Scholarship: to attend A&T, the.
Mr. Esquire scholarship from the
University Sertoma Club, the Nu
Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi

Fraternity Achievement
Scholarship, and the Boulé
Foundation National |

Achievement Scholarship from |
Sigma Psi Phi Fraternity.

Logan served as Student
Government President and was |
actively involved in numerous
other activities, clubs, and

organizations in school and in the |

community including Varsity
Basketball, Symphonic Band, Boy |
Scouts, 4-H, NAACP, and SCLC. ;
His proud parents are Walter and |
Mildred Council and he has one |

(NAPSA)-Maybe one of the best ways to

Your Freshman Year"
Heads Books, $12.95).What's so special
about your freshman year? It's one of
the biggest transitions in a person's life..
The anticipation can bring on
stomachaches, _teeth-gtinding, and
parental feuds. Happily, this book
understands and asks former freshmen
all kinds of interesting and fun questions
about dating, roommates, money, free:
time, and yes, even laundry. Ultimately,
it helps new college students-all 1.7
milhon-get a jump-start on one of life's

(Hundreds of »

Don't Forget To Vote In The Primaries July 20

most exhilarating experiences. . The;
book's strength is its authenticity. The?
suggestions and comments are candid, T
heartfelt, and easy to. read-real advice:
from real people offering 800 personal;
stories and advice tdbits.Now in}
bookstores, this must-read for all college T
freshmen also makes a great gift. Visit?
www.hundredsofheads.com.Some :
sample advice: "Tackling your workload:
in college is like ? shoveling snow. Do a!
little bit every day and you'll get by."

Sa

sutvive your freshman yeat is to talk to
hundreds of college sophomores, juniors,

Scholarship, and North Carolina older brother, Baker, a 2001 |

A&T State University's National graduate of Shaw University.
Alumni Scholarship; and a tuition | and seniors who did survive (and even a

for only scholarship: from Xavier | ~ a thy new book "Hee otiered

nings

blessed. Remember the bible declares in

Logan Rishard Council

Logan Council heads

Spiritual Awake

my view, will just prompt us to be word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

Pastor George Hawkins
Greetings:

I was talking in bible study about
the fact that homosexuality is turning
up in our churches, we are setting idly

by, and not standing up for what is nght
in the sight of God. I realize that
homosexuality will be in this world
because of Romans 1:26-27 "For this
reason God gave them up to vile
passions. For even their women
exchanged the natural use for what is
against nature. Likewise also the men,
leaving the natural use of the woman,
bumed in their lust for one another,
men with men committing what is
shameful, and receiving in themselves
the penalty of their error which was
due." Have we forgotten that God has a
standard, and that is a standard of
holiness and nghteousness. If we don't
live by the standard that God has set for
us we will not inhent the kingdom of
God according to Scnpture, |
Connthians 6:9-10 "Do you not know
that the unnghteous*avill not inhent the
kingdom of God? Do not be deceived.

Neither fomuicators, nor idolaters, nor _

adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor
sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous,
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extorboners will inhent the kingdom of
God." Why have we fallen away from
whar ts nghteous, we have made wrong

. look ight and night look wrong, This is of treatment. Brachytherapy i availab
another problem that is filtering into the ; . snow «
churches especially the black churches, in eastern North Carolina thanks to a team
its called men on the "d low7", I : . sys .
was watching Oprah and "he fea ured effort involving staff and facilities at Pitt
story was about men who were on the : : :
"down low" this is when married ae eee Bee Private practice .
"heterosexual" men have strictly sexual physicians in our area and the Brody School

relanonships with men in secret. The
ton the show said that many times
oean pick up men at church. Is this
lifestyle prevalent? You may ask and the
answer would be YES! this is way more
common that one might think. One of
those people interviewed said that they
have three male friends who were
ymunent in church, leaders, and

ing double lives. Having been
delivered of this sin, they discuss it
somewhat openly to bnng hope to

those tin of Satan. The
"men bo down low! phenomena, in

more frank in our discussions of
sexuality in the church. It's not about

pointing fingers or pointing blame, it's
about = ore in our churches

re re) Lets, T Homes,
up? Okays We are eng the Devil

to come into our homes, schools-and
churches and he plots to steal, kill and
destroy us. How? I'm glad you asked,
he uses a method of divide and
conquer. In must of our churches we
are so busy fussing about some trivial
ttle mess while the devil is busy
tearing down our kingdom and it
should be the other way around.
When are we going to live according
to what the Scripture teaches and not
by what we feel. John 8:31-32 "Then
said Jesus to those Jews which
believed on him. If ye continue in my

And ye shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free." As
Chnstian we need to know truth so
that we can lift up a standard in our
Womes, schools .and most of all. iri our
churches. Until the next time, conunué
i*the Word of the Lord and be

Isatah 59:19, "So shall they fear the
name of the LORD from the west, and
his glory from the rising of the sun.
When the enemy shall come in like a
floor, she Sp

up a standard against* him." "Apostle.
George A. Hawkins

TANISHA (T-TEE) JOHNSON

A WAY OUT BAIL BONDING CO.
oIf You Are In, We Are Your Way Out ?

111 E 3rd St. Suite 2
Greenville, NC 27858

Office(252) 758-7884
Cell (252) 258-0290

iROf thesLORD shalblift! }

Emerald City Day Care
1104 Fairfax Ave Greenville
252-830-3005

NC

Announcing a
breakthrough t
for prostate can

doses of radiation

Brachytherapy is along word that means
big help for men with prostate cancer. It is
an effective treatment that delivers precise ,

minimal damage to surrounding tissue and
fewer side effects than many other forms

of Medicine. Ask your doctor if brachy-
therapy is right for you. Call 252-847-7777
or 800-816-7264 for more information.

to the tumor with

Pitt County Memoria Hospirac
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina

This tiny seed contains a radioactive material that fights prostate cancer,
In brachytherapy, these seeds are surgically implanted into the prostate
gland where they provide radiation therapy directly to the diseased tissue.

www.uhseast.com

Our partners

Eastern Urological Associates

The Department of Radiation Oncology
at the Brody School of Medicine

Carolina Radiation Medicine,

PA

Reflections, Expressions @ Reviews

High-maintenance "_automobiles.

The M- Voice Newspaper |

June 15 - 31, 2004 | Page 11

Community Voices

te . 4
medications work.

; alone. Pressing civic obligations. never shown up. Pyblishers that = don't weather. Plastic grocery store
Property taxes. Revolving charge Committee meetings. Social Clearing House mailing. Cheap gadgets that don't work. Baggies that don't open. Tax
accounts. Easy credits. Multiple committee. Noisy . neighbors. Telephone solicitors. Junk mail. Prescriptions medications that may returns

credit cards. Credit card debts.

Incompetent physicians. Lawsuits.

Having too much stuff. Alcohol.

solve one problem while creating

Sorry, but this is the real world

Not having time to spend with Delivery people who show up a Drugs. Cigarettes. Taxes. Unsafe another illness. Choosing an that we live in.
Our spouses. Children who are day late. Repair people who never sex. Dieting. Exercise equipment HMO. Note: (Not necessarily in this order.)
difficult because we don't have show up. Contractors we wish had we don't use. _ Over-the-counter Anger. Worry. Fear. Bad From: Living the Simple Life"

enough time to spend with them.
Ex-spouse. Family obligations.

_ Ailing parents. Stepparents. Family
expectations.

Having to hold down two jobs
to meet the big mortgages} |
payments, and the multiple car] f
payments. Long commutes. Heavy| }
traffic. Traffic jams. Traffic] f
accidents. Grudging co-workers. | f
Demanding clients. Staff meetings. | [4

Sea Edification of a New Generation

Reduction of a conflict suggests that handling conflict that we as parents
fem the point of A ite been and Chestons can demonstrate:

fer diluted. At least there perhaps has " Expect conflict to occur. As
occurred an understanding between long as there are two or more
the two parties that the reasons for persons it surely will. If we learn to

A key attitude that must be
demonstrated in reducing, and
resolving conflict in our howms is
altruism. We must be concerned for
the welfare of others, not just

Breakdown in communications. | [ their conflict may not be as expect it, we will learn more quickly ourselves.
Qiatatte nac Work we don't particularly enjoy. | fa important as they first thought. It how to reduce or manage it. oEverything is permissible ?----but
Suejette Jones Work we actively dislike. Working | ti may also be that a third party who is Admit when there is a conflict. not everything is beneficial or
too many long hours, even if it Ts objective and concerned about the. Pretending that everything is fine constructive. ?

Many things make life

work we love. Unemployment.
complicated for us. Here is a list: .

F welfare of both people has helped
Not having time to spend with] fj

create an informal agreement. In this

when it Ts not will not relieve a

oNobody should seek his own
conflict nor help you to manage it.

good, but the good of others. ? (I Cor.

Big house. Big mortgages. friends. Not having time to spend] | - agreement, both parties may have Each person must be willing to 10:23-24, NIV).
| given an opportunity to see that the resolve a conflict or contribute to its Source: Reclaiming Our Youth
disagreement does not have to effective management; howeyer, Author: Clarence Alston
VIOLATION: destroy their relationship. Conflict resolution will require _ " the Note To Readers: Ms May has a

reduction can often occur simply by
giving both parties an opportunity to
express themselves in controlled
situation and by assuring that
accurate information is shared.

. It is important to remember
that all conflicts cannot be resolved.
Resolution is not always possible. As
long as you, the world, the flesh, and

participation of all parties involved.

If a conflict is going to be
resolved or reduced, honest
communication is critical.

In our homes, conflict can be
resolved, reduced or managed
through biblical principles that God
has established. We cannot have the
minds and hearts of our children full

college degree in human services and has
worked six years on the Adolescent
Psychiatric Unit as a Mental Health

echnician. It is her firm belief that it does
no good to treat the mind and body and not

By Faith May
& d ' |
minister to the spirit. She continues to uplift
|

A conflict exists when two or
more persons are working against
each other because they are different,
The difference may be based upon a

different way of thinking, of different
feelings or emotions. The difference

DO NOT BE A PART OF AN ILLEGAL ACT.
EXERCISE YOUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE!

STARK ACT
The STARK ACT makes it illegal for hospitals to

spirits whenever she can, She especially prays
for our young people and hopes that: her
articles printed will help someone. She

encourage patients T health care that comes from may also exist because of varying the devil have power and pull at our of conflict while they are home and welcomes comments from her
soe : als, values, or desires. behavior, total resolution of all expect them to act differently at readers. You may write to her in care
gh HOES that hospitals IGS profit from. * A resolution is an atrangement conflict is not possible. school, at church, or in the of the newspaper.00
| ANTI-STEERING There ate several principles of neighborhood.

that settles a conflict between people.

Effective November 1997, it is illegal for any hospital
staff member to recommend any provider for home
health. It ts the responsibility of the hospitals staff to.
inform you of all providers in you area that can meet
your home health needs.

SUPPORT YOUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE
WERE YOU GIVEN THE RIGHT TO
CHOOSE OR HA VE YOUR RIGHTS BEEN
VIOLATED? i
Learn more
Wwww.ncpatientcatre.com

oLets Make Pitt County Great in

CLIFTON B. HICKMAN
A BETTER CHOICE FOR
COUNTY COMMISSIONER

DISTRICT A

v Equal Educational Opportunities

_ ¥ Economic Development & Jobs _
v Better Health & Housing _
V Efficient County Government _

| Edwards who was bom on July 27,
1986 and succumbing to an illness,

The Hickmans

This message was provided by
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Recently, Miss Tiffany Michelle

NEED HORE MONEY?) eemmtanetertaeneserrereets cei I cic

Dianne and Larry Edwards: She was a
junior at Farmville Central High
School and was an active participant
in the Early Childcare programs. She
visited various daycares and touched
the lives of all whom she came in
contact with. She was also a member
of Unity T Mass Choir. Her ? favorite

Together We Can Make A Difference

People are making
amazing part-time
incomes and

. songs were: Amazing Grace, I Told The
Storm, Lily In The Valley, What God

exiraor dinary Has For Me, and I Be gh
o ° Among those loved ones she
full-tme incomes Ea m leaves behind to chersh her memory
o12th Best Small Company in America ? abe tacy ae a ae a her

. Deanna Edwards, brother,

o «It sounds like health- Edwark, Jc, © speci ee
care before it turned into a Seats Johnson, all of the home.

She is also survived by her

tnilhon dollar industry. ?

The company that all of these publications
are writing about is now looking for
marketing reps in Greenville and other
areas. For a personal interview . . .

Pinetops, Grandfathers,
Columbus Edwards of Farmville, NC
and Joe Edwards also of the home;
eleven aunts and a host of cousins,
friends, and other relatives who will

dearly miss her.

YOU ARE
CORDIALLY
INVITED TO THE
ANNIVERSARY OF
MOUNT CALVARY'S
SENIOR. USHER
MINISTRY SUNDAY,
JULY 18, 2004 TIME:

\ 4:00 P M PLEASE
COME AND HELP US
LIFT UP THE NAME
OR THE LORD IN
SONGS WITH OUR
SPECIAL GUEST BIG
JAMES BARRETT
AND THE GOLDEN
JUBILEES

Mount Seth NL
Chure

411 Watauga Avenue
Greenville, North Carolina
Sis. Johnnie Dawson,
| Chairperson
_ Bishop Henry Brown, Sr.,
| Pastor |

Common Sense is knowing there is nothing common

about our customers T needs.

Fast CITIZENS BANK

Do something amazing,

firstcitizens.com
1-888-FC DIRECT
Mernber PIC

_ ? "Vote Shelly Willingham
Our Issues... NC State Senate District #3
Our Community... July 20. 2004


Our Time Has Come.

Interest
Until Jan
2005

REFRIGERATOR | ©2 Pull Width Glass Shelves = Oe ee ES
- seltClean Oven | ¢ Glee Crapers/Snack Pan i 91m sii nee
: wa . : : zm

Ra Se ; Super-Large Qven Capacity | | eNever Clean Condenser o an |
| *Gallon Door Storage © Ceramic Giaee Cookiop (FROST FREE) ae "
" ¢Never, Clean Condenser ¢ Ribbon Heating Elements |
GTS18GBR * QuickSet IV Oven Controls
: * ClearView?"? Window

| Horromnte NTO 24.8 CU FT

: . 490°"
M0 °
fs

" - Ve . F: . FAC184N o
REFRIGERATOR o » o JVM1430WDWW Rog ages |
HSS2 . oe: DB 3 P . 14 ft. . 18, 000 BIUS
Adal Glas Srtes vag T° | sTumtable | 5:200BTUS " "_easasgn
o| *Hotpoint® Filtration system Provides Cle = : _*#
Better Tasting Ice & Water Through The Light Ce oa ® [Sirhan cooking " ADDO ?
Porat saga em Q vg ae © Hab, Quick Defrost racizg | a
oAdjustable Gallon Door Bins eee S w * Auto / Time Defrost. a 25,000 BTUS
oe 199% = 299°
HOTPOINT ] ! Lighting
ai. 12,000 BTUS

+. : DISHWASHER HW ym AYT Energy Star Neptune Top " "
Toes Pair 549" pool DUSSOSWKQ AG Load Hi igh Efficiency Washer} a}
ip 7 ory hr Dishwasher : wea: # ay hed 4
Estate by + White Porcelain Bet ~ = 6 Clean Touche Cootrol Pads pay 4
* Double Action Agitator ° = Hig Teng Cycle Wash Option 4a\ i -,° i
WASHER ¢ 7 Cycles With Gentle our Delay Wash Option . ~ . |
° 3 Combinations ° An /Heat Dry Option 4h % a,
emperatures ¢ Rinse-Aid Dispenser with Signal Eye?"? Indicator : ?,? | Soa
° o4 Water Levels r
© Self-Cleaning Lint Filter +960"
TAWX700JQ . hn
DISHWASHER

a q Fi on RE hea b

}
|
| KitchenAid: KUDIOILBL {i WZ
* } . A
J | For the way i's made: | WASHER rebate DRYER. MDE6800AYW Rebate
: ¢ Energy Star® Qualified FAV ¢ Premium Porcelain-Enamel Top - Resists chips MCE8000AYW.
oDRYER © Traditional 4 inch Console Design . 6800AWW ad aeaeis 61 w.
* Whisper Quiet® Sound Package f * Priority OneSM Service -Ofers an On LED Tove Ped ee anlty Warranty Laundry Center
Rages See Copacly © Commercial Grade Stainless Stee! Interior 1E unprecedented level of after sale support . Previa Oneshl Serie Offers on
: *4 ana " " uh Sreen | 03 pat 2 Options including pry service scheduling. unprecedented lev ° Backed By The Morte Dependable
3 Temperatures (i in timer © Tali Tub - Our Largest Ever! © Backed By The aytag® Dependable of after-sale ee including priority service erformance?"? Warran
Reversible Swing boor * Extra-Large Silverware Basket 3 _ Performance?"? Warranty. scheduling. ° Prony OneSM Service : Toll-free assistance

° Hydro Sweep?"? 5 Level Wash System © Front Serie Makes it easy and less * Four-Point Suspension $ relied front _ and priority service scheduling,

Top expensive to re and rear suspension h: les heavy loads ® mht DuraCushion?"? Dryer Drum - - Chip-

e Mount Lint Filter | © Exclusive Qu: Coat?"? Cabinet Protection - Four protects ogunat wear.on the motor, and scratch-resistant and ¥

levels of protection help prevent rust and cabinet

. lifetime of tum
an ble Motion Tra n - Simph seer Fer ann
Dependal ransmissioi le . sion t
design is sealed for long life. sey had het

J
* StretchPlus Displays 4:3 pictures
gradient support : cl oe a
4 DetinEdge?"? VSM Enhances
° mattress meets your wor Pat tera tage cay.
a . "_ body's unique support * Three 480/480p/1080i Component Inputs
) Ys 35 : needs - from head to :2 Pulldown Compensation 65"
~ ~~ ra toe, helping to maintas: * Auto Film Mode (3:2 ) WS65313
Jus yy dy ?"? a st: . the spine Ts natural alignment. 55" 13 Cy Mm (gina

@ YAMAHA

4 4 PE Mey,
gai) soar ylelugyy Se

YHT-500

SONY FLAT SCREEN

" oVelocity Modulation
NATURAL SOUND ONE-BOX "esi
+ OLP?"?(Digtal Light Processing) TV HOME THEATER AUDIO tent
* Crystal Clear 1280 x 720P Resolution * Dynamic Focus And Picture
; North Rate Nal | Processor =,
eet ae it arc
+ Film Mode 3:2
aul * 3D VIC Digital Comb Finer oEnergy Star Compliant 7
© 2-tuner PIP with side by side spilt screen * Silver Finish
| at Sean eeeatiay
" ih __# No Screen aging or bum-in etfects i at KV13Fs110 13"
ee 46" +479
HLN467

_ KV24FS100 24" "KV20E8100 g@ ?

| mao" o279

Pin M @ititittys Your Local BR SNDSOURCE S hiela

CCV VE NTIV-RAS

* High Resolution VGA(853 x 480) Plasma
* D.I.S.T. 480p (Digital Image Scaling Technology
* Flicker Free High Resolution Picture

* Digital 4 Point Color Management

* 16:9 Aspect Ratio

*5.1 Channel Surround sound
| ¢ Infrared remote

* Expanded bass response

* Receiver with 4 video and 2 audio inputs