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_ Mrs.
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House Passes bill to limit illegal immigration...

Tilegal immigration reaches five-year high,
report says...

By Claudio E. Cabrera,
Special to the AmNews

A new report released by the
Center for Immigration
Studies found that close to
eight million people moved to
the United States in the past
five years.

The report comes as the
House passed a bill to limit
illegal immigration by increas-

ing border security and requir-

~ ing workplace enforcement of
immigration laws. Legislators
left the issue of what to do
with the 11 million undocu-
mented workers in this coun-
try until next year.

The House legislation, billed
as a border-protection, anti-
terrorism and Illegal Immigra-
- tion Control Act, includes
a measures as eee

entrants and reeling Fetinisy-
ers to-verifu the legal status of "
their workers. It authorizes the
building of a fence along parts
of the U.S.-Mexico border.
The bill will also charge illegal
immigrants with a felony.

Democrats said changing the
law to make illegal presence
in the United States a felony

instead of a civil offense would

turn all illegal immigrants includ-
ing nearly 2 million children into
felons.

Representative Brad Miller, a
Democrat oposed the bill,
labeling it as unfair.

oThis bill does more to push
the people who are here into

immigration problem, ? Miller
said.

Representative Howard
Coble, a Reublican, supported

. the bill, but like Miller, believes

more needs to be done to deal
with the needs of immigrants
already here.

We need to ensure that the
workers who are here and are
interested in jobs are alright, ?
Coble ae ~My farmers tell

: si 2 jobs that they c cant get

Americans to-do. ?

Mexico Ts Foreign Relations "
Secretary, Luis Ernesto Derbez,

labeled the bill owrong, ? and
called-for protests against it
from U.S. groups.

oThis type of law that builds
walls, puts more people on
border patrols, or hardens the

sanctions against those who hire
an undocumented person, don Tt
lead to adequate solutions, ?
Derbez said.

There are currently 35.2 million
foreign-born people living in the
United States, according to the
Census Buréau Ts oCurrent
Population Survey. ? An esti-
mated nine to 13 million people

the shadows than solve the ~~ _ are here illegally.

oThe 35.2 million immigrants
living in the country in March
2005 is the highest number ever
recorded. It is two-and-a-hald
times the 13.5 million during the
peak of the last great immigra-
tion wave in 1910, ? said the
report by Steven Camarota,
Director of Research for the

Center for Immigration Studies,

which advocates tougher
policies on illegal immigration
and favors attracting immigrants

About 12.1 percent of the
current U.S. population was
born in another country, the
highest percentage since 1920,
according to Census figures.

But Angela Kelley, Deputy
Director of the National Immi-
gration Forum, said it Ts impos-
sible to deport 11 million illegal
immigrants, who make up about

five percent of the U.S. work
force.

oThere isn Tt fair dust that is
going to make the 11 million
people go away, ? Kelley said.
oTt would be far more sensible
to give them a chamge to join
the American family ona
permanent basis. ? ;
A recent study by the Pew
Hispanic Center found that
immigration levels peaked
around 2000, and dropped in
2002 and 2003. Nevertheless,
immigration levels remained

high.

Audrey Singer, an immigra-
tion fellow at the Brookings
Institution, said, oThere Ts no
doubt that we are at a high in

The Minority Voice Newspaper February | - -14,-2006

inori

ofe tis

immigration to the United
States. ? Singer said immigrants
are attracted by economic
opportunities and social ties to
people living here.

President Bush has proposed
a guest worker program that

would allow immigrants to

stay in the country temporarily
to fill jobs unwanted by
Americans.

The guest worker provision is
not part of the House Bill.

The main arguments on immi-
gration center around national
security from possible terrorist
immigrants, while others argue
that the economy would col-
lapse without the cheap labor

ta

provided by undocumented
workers.
The Center for Immigration

Studies report says that immi-
grants, on average, are less
educated and more likely to live
in poverty'than people born in
the United States. |

The Pew Hispanic Center,
however, sayds that education
levels are improving among
recent immigrants.

Mexico is the largest supplier
of immigrants to the United

~ States, followed by East Asia,

Europe, the Caribbean,
Central America and South
America, accotding to the
report.

BLACK AMERICAN FIRSTS

Attorney and former U.S. Senator
Born: 8/16/1947
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois

Derek K. Brown announces

bid for House seat

Moseley-Braun made history

tothe U.S. Senate, becoming

the first black woman to do so.
She upset two-term incumbent

_ Alan Dixon in the Democratic

primary and went on to defeat
Republican candidate Richard
Williamson. As a senator, she
sponsored several progressive
education bills and championed
strong gun control laws. She
served on the judiciary, banking,
housing and urban affairs, and_

small business committees. Ser

. revealed that the oped campaign |

money to cover personal
expenses, helped to loosen legal
restrictions to facilitate the sale
of two broadcasting companies,
and promoted legislation that
favored a corporate donor. She
lost her 1998 reelection bid. In
1999 she was confirmed as
ambassador to New Zealand.

continued page 14

decisively inorder tosecurea HazelJ.BrownofGreenville, health as the reason forhis
growing and prosperous future has practiceddentistry formore _Tesignation, butthe federal
for our community. Itis time to . than 25 years. investigation that led to his
bring some innovative solutions indictment was going on at the
' tothe Legislature withahome- Browniscurrently the assistant "_ time.
grown flavor. ? district attorney for Prosecutoral
District 6B Ts domestic violence Brown said that working on

Farmville resident and retired unit. Ballance Ts staff gave him the

educator Edith Warren currently a opportunity to develop strong

holds the seat, which represent The district includes Bertie, relationships with state, county

northwestern Pitt County and all Hertford and Northampton and local officials throughout the :

of Martin County. She was first Counties. 23 counties in the IstCongres- | to Right First Row: Kevin Bizzel, Solomon Banks, Danielle Wilder, Nylah Singleton

elected in 1998. Effortstoreach sional District of NorthCaro- "_ ang Briana Brown Second Row: Reginald Watson, Anthony Rook, Tywanna Franklin,

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Peeetal counties.

: force, continuing job creation,

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¢ ren), I Tm running for myself. I to affordable health care, and the cooperation at the local, : late the young artists on their
believe there are things we need building safercommunitiesfor county, state and federal levels, ? " Family and friends gathered outstanding performance

The Daily Reflector toaccomplish thathave been __thecitizensofPittand Martin = Brownsaid. ~ for an evening of music .
An assistant district attorney overlooked, ? Brown said.~ counties, rown said. oMy experience in Congress recently as piano students of Student performers included:
living in Pitt County is seeking Brown left Farmville Central Inanewsrelease announcing "_ increased my abilitytodiscover Gloria Hines were presented " Solomon Banks, Kevin
the Democratic nomination for High School in 1989 to attend _his candidacy, Brownciteshis _ creative solutions that exist at in an annual piano recital. Bizzell, Briana Brown,
the state House 8th District and graduate from the N.C. experience working in various levels andleamhowto " The recital washeldinthe Victoria Corey, Tywanna
seal. allance T sional office. integrate them eo Ramily 1 j

| School of Science and Math- _Ballance Ts congres ce grate Cornerstone Family Life Franklin, Dedra Gamer,
Derek K. Ce who once ematics. Ballanice is currently serving a ae Students in ae 3 Anthony Rook, Nikhaule
served as legislative counsel for , . four-year prison sentence after ough 8 were feature Singleton, Nyla Singleto

He attended N.C. Agricultural year prison st gieton, Ny gieton,

sith us. Rep. pan W. fies and Technical State University pleading guilty in October2004 ff LISTEN. playing classical music, hymns Reginald Watson, Danielle
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one of the reasons for his bid. Campbell University's law pea eat woow Areweti held -
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asa community we need to " Bi petit wih he cee congressional offibe before Choir room of the Family Life
change, ? Brown said. oWe must T being indicted. He cited poor Center where family and

eight years. His mother, Dr.

Somehow, I can never get used
to White people asking Black
actors, |
athletes and entertainers what
they think on issues beyond the
range and reality of their
intellectual competence. They
do not ask Barbra Strefsand to
explain Israel Ts occupation of
Palestine or Richard Dreyfuss
to explain the Jewish concept
of ochosenness ? in a
multicultural world which
stresses the equal dignity and
divinity of every person and
people. They ask the appropri-
ate persons who are grounded
in the topic or area. Surely,
anybody can say anything
within the framework of
respect for others T rights; but
one does develop a

healthy suspicion of white
motives when Blacks are
trotted out to condemn people
and things Black, distort or

cnhatining degree of igno-

q

Soon after the enactment of
the Voting Rights Act of
1965 and the publication of
oBlack Power ? by Stokeley
Carmichael and Dr. Charles
Hamilton, I prepared a
proposal for funding Blacks
to secure political control *
over Black Belt counties in
Georgia extending from
Columbus to Albany.
I submitted the proposal to
the Voter Education Project
of the Southern Regional
Council. The first clue was
its name. It was not the
oPolitical Education
Project. ? Blacks still need a
political education. We
stepped off on the wrong
foot in 1965. President
Lyndon Johnson knew
plantation politics.

Political ignorance, CIA-

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- by Maulana Kauranga

rance, insensitivity

and willingness to be used.

So, when 60 Minutes touted last
Sunday Ts edition with the acad-
emy award winning actor Mor-
gan Freeman by airing his
contrived controversial position
on Black History Month, some
of us braced for the song and
sound of oracial ? T/ethnic suicide
which whites religiously request
and |
urge from those whom they
advertise and give the opportu-
nity. Thus, the

hype and feigned horror around
Freeman Ts statement of no race
and no Black History Month,
should be seen not only as an

, attempt to increase their Black

audience, but also, as is the
custom, a move to strike an
ever-ready blow against
Afrocentric thinking, to promote
an idea while pretending to
question it and to put the attack
on Black History Month in the
mouth of a Black celebrity. This

unavoidably calls to mind how

oBlack men and women millions

Freeing Morgan Freeman:
| Reaffirming Black History

to self-mutilate in public, to sing
and say degrading things about
thems¢lves and their people
which whites could not say
without being

condemned and opposed as
racists.

Let me rush to say I see no
conspiracy in this. My assump-
tions are more concretely
focused. What I see is a system
of racism which set in motion in
1776 in this country and even
before, continues to operate
unless and until it is stopped. It
is a system which denies and
deforms peoples T history and
humanity and assigns them a
level of human worth and social
status based on how close they
look or act like white folks.

Thus, you have self-mutilation
by peoples of color, i.e., the
yellowing of hair, blue contacts,
chopped-off cheeks, narrowed
noses and the relining of lips, in
order to look like and please
the people who cause the
pathology of self-hate in them in
the first place.

ge uege tits m

"part ofthe tonic and terrible

- effect of racism. Thus, I won-

dered if Freeman Ts statement
that he was against the Missis-
sippi flag and its confederate
logo because oit excludes Jews,
N " and homosexuals ? and
then, for/no apparent reason,
walking'toward Miké Wallace
mocking a flamboyant
homosexual, wasn Tt in part an
attempt to hide or minimize
Blackness and Black maleness
which are so threatening to
Whites. His inclusion of

other excluded groups "

though not others of color, his

use of the oN ? word to refer
to us and not the oK ? word
for Jews or the oF T word for
homosexuals and his mockery
of homosexual flamboyance,
all speak to a

pattern well-established in the
white media. For the initiative
was not to present one of the
most accomplished and skillful
actors of our time in dignity-
affirming ways. Rather it was, as
racial protocol demands, to
present him as a problematic _
personality, a denier of the value
of Black, and a defector from
the people who brought him into

~ being and informs the artful way

he acts on screen. It was said

that Freeman took this stand

identity and one history isa

him beyondrace But oven

Searching for the mom insult.. level.

of VEP, a person who is now
one of the most politically
connected Blacks in the United
States, told me. personally that
the voting rights legislation
would not allow Blacks to
exercise political power. This
revelation threw me for a loop.
Blacks would become political
pawns.

Two years ago, I wrote, in this
column, that Blacks in New
York City should first seek to
control the City Council.
Although whites are a distinct
minority (30%) in New York
City, they still control the City
Council by a slim margin of

oone councilperson. Twenty-six

whites sit on the City Council.

The remaining twenty-five
councilpersons are either
Black, Latino or Asian with
Blacks employing the balance
of power. In reality, Black
elected officials are pawns of
the Democratic Party with
deep roots in Dixie. Black
voters are being used to en-
dorse white. power.

White councilpersons feel
comfortable running for the
post of City Council speaker
knowing that Black, Latino
and Asian elected officials will
not upset the applecart. Stated

was roundly rejected. The head the nal on nthe head. Accord-

ing to Sharpton, Blacks are
oaddicted to crackers. ? Thus,
the insistence of Blacks to

worship a white Jesus is only

symptomatic of the virulent
disease of Negro inferiority
and the belief in the divine
rights of whites. Malcolm X
summed it up this way: oWe
sick boss. ?

Dr. King, Malcolm X, Fannie
Lou Hamer, Medgar Evers,
Kwame Ture, Jamal Abdullah
A]-Amin, and Adam Clayton
Powell, Jr., among others,
shared a common trait. They
were political dissenters.
Today, all Black dissenters of
white supremacy are either
dead, on punishment or in
exile and Blacks are warmly
embracing political pacifists
and racial accommodationists.

Municipal government in New
York is based on minority
tule. To enjoy standing in
formulating public policy, the
policy maker must be male
and pale. Only the mayor and
the City Council speaker can
make policy decisions and
dispense patronage.

Council members receive
bribes to keep quiet and to
monitor political dissidents.
This comes, mostly in the form

virate " governor, majority
leader of the New York
Senate and speaker of the
New York Assembly. Only
whites can campaign for
policy-making positions. The
Black vote has as much value
as a three-dollar bill with
Little Richard Ts face on it.
Representation is the sine qua
non of a republican form of
government. It was the issue
for colonized whites in the
eighteenth century. It is the
challenge for colonized Blacks
today. Unfortunately, we are
hooked on Black faces in high
places. This is pacifism.
Elected officials and promi-
nent Black spokespersons, for
example, are unable to lift one
inger for my reinstatement to
practice law because they
have already received consid-
eration to help keep Blacks
politically impotent and as
sitting ducks in kangaroo
proceedings. The mere fact
that a person is in possession
of a ballot is not prima facie
evidence that this person is a
opolitical ? holder in due
course.
The essence of citizenship is
political and legal representa-
tion. If you need any further

proof, of our lack of represen-

tation, study the biographies
of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

pause and

money "ask Oprah who has
~ omore "may improve social

status, but not racial

. Status, and it won Tt until we

Jit . : * . ; a

"| Butregardless of 60 Minutes T

motives and Freeman Ts con-

scious or

unconscious collaboration in
them, this provides us with an
opportunity to critique the
media Ts racial (racist) protocol
in presentation of Africans and
other peoples of color. And it
also provides an opening to
revisit and reaffirm the meaning
and message of Black History
Month and Black history as a
whole. Black History Month is
a special time of focus, but
Black history is everyday. And
since,-as our ancestors in Egypt
taught us, we are not just in
history, we are history, we
already

discuss ourselves, our thoughts
and actions, everyday and all
year.

No one seriously complains
about only one day for Christ-
mas and

Hanukkah, or one month for
Ramadan. For they know there
is aneed for a special time to
mark messages and meanings
that should enrich and guide our
daily lives. It is the same with
King Day, Malcolm Day, Fannie
Lou Hamer Day, Kwanzaa
week and Black History Month.

So we have a special time when
we, as a national and world "
community of African people,
focus on the ancient and ongo-
ing record and struggle of our

| people intheinawesome march :

through htinan history We ©

are forbidden from exercising
political power. Because
colonization is mostly mental,
it has been difficult, if not

* impossible for activists to

connect the dots. Mental
paralysis only exists ina
colony.

Speaking of mental paralysis,
Blacks are poised to over-
whelmingly support New
York State Attorney General
Eliot Spitzer Ts bid to become
New York Ts next governor
even though he has argued in
court that Black children are
only entitled to an eighth
grade education under
Cummings v. Richmond Co.
Bd. of Educ., decided by the
Supreme Court in 1899.

He favors the death penalty.
He has not only destroyed
BUEFNY and the Hale House
but he is also refusing to
disclose exculpatory materials
in the Tawana Brawley case
and is vigorously opposing my
reinstatement to practice law
in a civil rights lawsuit I
initiated in Brooklyn Federal
Court.

Sharpton is Spitzer Ts main
cheerleader in the Black
colony. This unwavering
support demonstrates the
absence of an insult level. On
the other hand, Republicans
are calling for Spitzer Ts

pay: homage to those who
paved the paths down which

we now walk, absorb their
spirit of struggle and possibil-
ity, extract and emulate their
models of human excellence.
and achievement, and study

the lessons of our history that "

lie as a rich resource for our
self-understanding and
self-assertion in the world. ©

Yes, Morgan, we are African-
Americans and thus an indis-
pensable and central part of
American or rather U.S.
history, like Native Ameri-
cans, Latino Americans, Asian
Americans and Euro-Ameri-
cans. But each of us

has our own history and it is
this combination of histories
that make U.S. history, just

_ like the combination of T

peoples maké up the country.

Thus, to deny and eliminate
these histories, intertwined as
they are, is in a real sense, to
deny and eliminate the exist-
ence of the peoples who make
and are these histories.

Dr. Maulana Kareng T, Profes-
sor of Black Studies, Califor-
nia State

University-Long Beach, Chair
of The Organization Us,
Creator of Kwanzaa, and
author of Kwanzaa: A Cel-
ebration of Family, Commu-
nity and Culture, [www.Us
Organization. on and

Chairman John Whitehead

claimed that Spitzer threat- (
ened him after he criticized
Spitzer in a Wall Street

~Journal article. Spitzer alleg-

édly asserted, oMr. White-
head, it Ts now a war between
us and you T ve fired the first
shot. ... I will be coming after
you. You will pay the price. ?
In the same retaliatory vein,
Spitzer is behind the decision
to evict my family from an
apartment of more than thirty
years. His office has jurisdic-
tion over the apartment
complex and is able to bully
the owners. Before Blacks put
Spitzer in office, I had no |
landlord-tenant problems. "
On January 19, I must appear
in Part A on the 5th FI. of the
Manhattan Housing Court,
111.Centre Street at 9:30 a.m.
to fight a rigged eviction
proceeding. My only crime is
standing up for colonized
Blacks and, unlike many
Black activists, I have refused
to betray my people:

If I had buried my head in the
sand while injustices were

_ Tunning amuck in New York, I

would still be practicing law.
The life of Denmark Vesey
will give you some historical

_ perspective on my legal plight.

When a people is unable to
overcome a false conscious-

controlled Black radio and "_ "_ another way; Black, Latino and °f Committee assignments. or the Scottsboro Boys. When;
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Everyday Oranges

Worn down by the daily grind?
Try the daily rind. Oranges and
other citrus fruits contain
complex carbohydrates that can
keep your energy levels con-
stant. They are rich in fiber,
which helps you feel full "a
key to keeping your weight
under control and of course,
they are high in Vitamin C,
which is essential for healthy
skin and strong bones.

Slice a pink grapefruit with the
kids T breakfast or pour a glass
of the juice. Pack an orange for
lunch. Keep a fruit bowl on the
dining room table and aim for a
citrus fruit every day, on top of
other fruit and vegetable con-
sumption.

| Some Truths

~ Sport activities pult families

away from the pews into the
bleachers.

Clergy (preachers) complete for
slots on Sunday schedules.

Praise - little children cry for it,
grown ones die for it.

Great leaders, successful
business people and excellent
parents are all ll good at praising.

Rudyard Kipling T s
poem...honest, serving men
(they taught me all I knew); their
names are what and why and
when and how and where and
who.

Never criticize, condemn or
complain. Be positive and
cheerful. Keep your problems
to yourself.

Love is the cure for the most of
our problems.

The greatest robber of human
happiness is, and always has
been, fear of some kind - fear
of failure, fear of rejection, fear
of criticism, fear of losing
someone Ts love or respect, fear

of ill health, fear of not measur-
ing up to other people Ts expec-
tations of us and a generalized
fear of not being good enough.

Whenever you feel negative or
angry for any reason, you can
immediately cancel the thought
by saying very firmly, oI am
responsible! ? ?

Whatever the difficulty or
problem, you probably got
yourself into it.

Don Tt blame someone or
something for a hurt you have
suffered.

Our lives are punctuated by
events such as marriage, di-
vorce, illness, the birth or death
of loved ones, unexpected

, trauma or good fortune, ad-

vancement or failure in work,
retirement, war, flourishing
times. We use the term omarker
event ? to identify an occasion of
this kind, which has a notable :
impact upon a person Ts life.

Some Tips For Living Longer

Stop smoking " quitting for
five years adds two years to the

average life expectancy.

Exercise " 90 minutes aday
for more than three years adds
three years, 20 minutes a day

- for that long adds one year.

Cut fat " if less than 20
percent of total calories, adds

otwo years.

Reduce blood pressure "
below 120/80 adds three years

Cut bad cholesterol " below
100 adds one year.

Boost good cholesterol "
above 55 adds a year.

Prevent diabetes " adult onset
diabetes cuts a year.

Eat fruit and vegetables - five
servings a day adds one year.

Mate well - a happy marriage
adds two years for a man and
one for a woman.

Socialize - seeing three social
groups once a month adds two
years.

Use seat belts and child car
seats.

Protect kids " immunize,
eliminate household hazards,
teach swimming, avoid gangs.
Practice safe sex.

Drink in moderation.

page3 The Minority Voice Newspaper February 1 - 14, 2006

Community News

From the Desk of Mrs. Beatrice Maye

Get tested - between 40 and
45, begin routine tests for
prostate, breast and colon
cancer.

The Most Important Thing

* Being there for the family is the

best way to show love and
loyalty. The most important
thing toa person is their family.
People have told us three
reasons why family is so impor-
tant to them; source of strength
for each other, supporting each
other no matter what, and
encouraging each other.

First, family isthe sourceof
strength for each other, and their
love for each other will live
forever. For a person to know
that his family is for him
strengthens him fully. They also
motivate a person to do their
best in any situation - good or
bad. When necessary, they

.. May even discipline them. Also,

family members listen to each
other and help each other make
the right decisions. Therefore, if
a person is looking for strength-
ening, tell that person to go
home to his family.

Next, family members always
stick together no matter what.
They support each other fully.
Aperson Ts family will support
them no matter what because
they love them. Ifa person is

on the topes, the one thing that
would help them is their family.
When a person goes off to

college or out into the world,

they know that wen times get
bad their family will catch them
when they fall. When every- "
thing has left a person and there
is nothing to live for; the family
will help them breathe again.

Finally, family encourages,
comforts, understands, and
teaches each other to love ,
everybody - even the people in
the world who don Tt make the
right choices. Family encour-
ages a person to do well in
every aspect of their lives.
When a person is down and
needs someone to comfort
them, call the person Ts family.
Everyone can count on them in
that situation. Family also
understands you, even if others
don Tt. Family teaches how to
love and care for each other
because family is the only thing
a person always has.

Supporting each other no matter
what, a source of strength for
each other, and encouraging
each other are the perfect
reasons family is so important
thing to anyone. Family shows
their loyalty by loving andcare -
for each other; and ultimately,
they will live together in heaven.

Reflections, Expressions, & Views

by Suzette Jones

How to Honor Dr. King

Not that I see one on the
horizon, but if y Tall ever deign to
make my birthday a national
holiday, please celebrate it by
going to work and sending your
children to school.

oBut Big Papa, ? you say, oyour
_ birthday is in the middle of the
summer, when schools are
closed. ? Don Tt care, make Tem
~ goanyway.

Watching kids hang out at the
mall, in video arcades, while
their parents look for bargains
each King Day makes me
wonder oHow in the hell are
they honoring Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.? ?

The answer is, oThey are not. ?

Dr. King Ts birthday didn Tt

become a holiday until 1986, by

which time I Td been out of

~ school and out in the world for
nearly a decade. As an unin-
spired student, I Td have wel-
comed any respite from school
"but still would have ques-
tioned what my hanging out on
the basketball court had to do

T with honoring the dude.

You know all of those interfaith
religious services, parades and
speeches commemorating
King? Great stuff; just do it on
the weekend or after school.
Taking King Ts birthday off "
from work, from school " is
akin toa mountain climber Ts
nearly conquering his highest .
peak and then lying down to
take anap instead of reveling in

X .

the.accomplishment, pirding his
loins for the final push.

Despite the unimaginable ? |

progress we T ve made over the "

past 40 years, no one would
say we T ve reached that mythical
mountaintop of which King

dreamed. Now is not the time

for napping, or taking off.

. Playing hooky from work or
school, even if it is officially
sanctioned, is not the way to
honor his memory. Those of us
who hold jobs and positions to
which we couldn Tt even have
aspired 40 years ago should:

make it a point to go to work an

make our children take advan-
tage of educational opportuni-
ties to which previous genera-

. tions didn Tt have access.

Alas, too many of our children
are not doing that. That is
evidenced by the woeful perfor-
mance of way too many black
kids on standardized tests,
where their scores lag behind
almost every other group Ts.

You want to honor Dr, King?
Here Ts a good start. Make ©
your children go to school and
learn something. It Ts presump-
tuous to think you know what a
man who Ts been dead for 35
years would think, but I'd bet
my oAl Sharpton for President ?
lapel button " I found it " that
King would feel more honored
by your kids learning to conju-
gate verbs than hanging out at
the food court. Or even attend-
ingaserviceinhisname.. *
Tuskegee Institute founder,

Booker T. Washington, who

favored vocational training over
book learning, wrote, oNo race
can prosper until it learns there
is as much dignity in tilling a field
as in writing a poem. ?

That may have been true 100
years ago in an agrarian society,
Booker T., but the only thing
tilling a field will make you

today, is irrelevant.

By this time next year, black
parents should be lobbying their
kids T school district and de-

manding that school beinon ,
Ring's birthday. tf not, . they
may find their kids still living at
home 10 years from now "
looking for a field to till.

(Note: this witty and humorous
article was written by Barry

Saunders and submitted to you
for your evaluation.) .

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Why Virtues "Still Matter

From a young age, our parents
teach us the difference. between "
right and Wrong T oAs We stow '
up and our perspective broad-
ens, we naturally question those
early lessons. We observe the
all-too-human shortcomings of
our parents and wonder
whether there truly exist moral
absolutes to come into our lives.
For a teenager feeling those first
twangs of shortcoming in his
parents, the world can seem like
a meaningless universe.

For the better part of 2,000
years, religion helped fill the
void. Still, every once ina

by Hen vy

i " aah,

owhile the elevated p primate
makes a power play and places
himself at the center of the
universe. Because we have
that kind of luck, we happen to
inhabit such an era. It started
with the industrial age. At the
turn of the century, technological
advancefnent empowered man
as never before to exert his will
upon nature. As that mechani-
cal engine purred along, man
realized he could create the
world he wanted "complete
with skyscrapers and micro-

No oCommUNITY Unity ? in
Greenville sy searrier

The SCLC, NAACP and CAR lead the march to the MLK march to the

Pitt County courthouse

An annual event sponsored by
Greenville-Pitt Chamber of
Commerce, The Office of
Mayor and the City of
Greenville organized to observe
the Dr. Martin Luther Kinf Jr.
Holiday and bring our commu-
nity together is being boycotted
by Bennie Rountree, State
SCLC President made the
announcement on WOOW
1340 Thursday, January 12,
2006 to boycott the Commu-
nity Unity Breakfast. Rufus
Huggins, President-elect of the
Pitt County SCLC and Calvin

Henderson, President of the
Pitt County Chaprer of
NAACP united to express
discontentment with the lack of
urgency given to issues impor-
tant to the African American
community, which have been
neglected by city officials. All
three leaders were passionate
and solidified in their decision
that Greenvill is in need of
change. Former Pitt County
Commissioner, Jeff Savage,
hearing of the boycott, called to
cancel his RSVP to the event,
saying, oboycotting the break-

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inform city officials, it won Tt be
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computers. He began to use up
the world around him. There
was consequently, a tendency
for man to place himself at the
center of the world that was _
rapidly reconstructing.

Allelse quickly became relaxed.

We want to know the result?
It Ts plain to see: crime is ram-
pant. Drug dealers occupy
entire blocks, stalking through
the streets with their guns.
Criminals are glorified symbols
of empowerment in the popular
culture. Wealthy neighborhoods
suffer from the same affliction.
It is no real surprise that school
shootings, like what we wit-
nessed at Columbine, occur in
neighborhoods by wealth,
where materialism increasingly
reigns as the most desirable goal
in life. In environments where
mean personal vanity reigns
supreme, spirituality twists
inward and horrible violence
erupts. Of course, it Ts nor
uncommon for adolescents to

. test the extremes of their

existence. And so they drift
from.one whim to another,
unable to curve their moral
indifference. God helps provide
a foundation to arbitrate our
decisions: Without this founda-
tion we are condemned to live
essentially formless lives. In
other words we move beyond
our Own vain rituals in order to
discover the truly spiritual
possibilities and blessings of life.

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oFora thousand years in thy Church. Interment: Snow Hill o p.m y;

sight are but as yesterday, wheaf! _

itis past, and as awatchinthe

night. Thou carry them away as

with a flood. So teach us to

number our days, that we may

apply our hearts unto wisdom.
oPsalms 90:4, 5 & 12

Let me thank you and welcome
you to this grand occasion and
my final stage debut on earth.
As I look back over my life and
think things over, I can truly say
that I T ve been blessed... HAVE
ATESTIMONY.

It was on April 25, 1953 in
Elizabeth City, North Carolina,
on a beautiful, sunshining day
that I made an entrance upon
the stage of life...

Yes, I was a charming lad and
became a humble servant of the
LORD. i was saved at the
early age of 16 and started
preaching at 19. My favorite
scripture became, oI believe that
we can do all things through
Christ who strengthens us. ?...

I graduated in 1971 from North
Eastern High School in Eliza-
beth City, and I acquired an
avid thirst for knowledge and
matriculated at various institu-
tions of higher leaming including
the following: University (B.S.,
Business Education, (1974) and
New Covenant Bible College,
Certificate, 1996)...

It was on August 30, 1980, that
I was united in holy matrimony _
to the late Annette Joyner

Sutton, and to this union one

son was reared. Annette and I
shared many happy and won-
derful memories.

As ateen, I developed my
talents and used them to the
glory of God. These skills were
demonstrated and utilized in
human services in the following
Capacities: Department od
Community Institute and Hy-
giene " Occupancy Control;
Belk Ts Department Store "
Retail/Sales; Sheraton Inn "
Night Auditor; Neuse Mental
Health Center " Performing
Arts Coordinator; Lutheran
Family Services " Co-man-
ager; Pride in North Carolina-
Therapeutic Counselor, NOVA
" Theater Arts Teacher; and
Gateway Community Outreach
Center " Founder, CEO. ...
Many nights I would be awak-
ened and inspired to write.
oEverything Must Change. ...
oHappy Mother Ts Day, ? and
award-winning and soul-saving
drama, oMy Lord What a
Moming. ?...

I was favored by God to obtain
many milestones and achieve-
ments consisting of Founder of
Gateway Production Company,
CEO of Pitt County Modeling
Troupe and Founder of Chris-
tian Awareness Organization. ..,
recipient of many awards:
Toastmaster Award, North
Carolina Central University,
Play Writer (five successful
plays), key to the City of
Greenville, five times Winner of
the WALJO Gospel Music

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Then. . and Now. . . NCCU Celebrating 95 Years of Truth and Service

salary of $500 to $1 000 per Manufacturing Research Insti- _t is often said that an academic |
month. Their pay was indexed "_tyte and Technology Enterprise. instituti onis the lengthening
to their degree and teaching He noted that the new facility shadow of one man. Dr. James
experience. and science complex will E. Shepard was one of the
; .._ generate new curriculums and quintessential leaders of the
SED ea programs for our students. 20th century. He founded and
Wothe ecpwenaaatety 109 Also, NCCU has been desig- _ guided North Carolina Central
students arrivedin the ohorse ? _22#@4@ oFocus ? institution University for almost 37 years.
redvehicles. The 1910 because.. lt is one of the fastest a .
stale listed cour, growing institutions in the The university will celebrate its
oa 0g Hs fe COUISES On University of North Carolina 95th anniversary is an excellent
Feagion, emnics, Pedagogy . system. Chancellor Ammons time to reflect upon Shepard Ts
geography, andmath. ALiter- believes thaf NCCU students vision, the first year, the first
AY Department Petpet are well prepared academically ° commencement, and the T
ce ie loud {talk and for careers and challenges university Ts history.
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rights leader, born. Atlanta,Ga., graduated _ "_.
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in Atlanta, King became (1954) minister of the Dexter Ave. Baptist Church in Montgomery,

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Alabama to Obadiah (Obie) father Ts footsteps as civil rights home by white supremacists, ¢mocracy movementsallover __ Initially, she was unable to January 14, 2006, Mrs. King
and Bernice McMurry Scott. "_ activists. Mrs King was vocal Coretta Scott King stood by the the world;and asaconsultant speakormoveherrightside. = gata last public appearance
Though her family owned the in her opposition to capital cause and her husband, from © World leaders including She wall released fort in Atlanta at a dinner honoring
land, it was often a hardllife.All punishment and the 2003 the Birmingham jail to the steps _ President Corazon Aquino of See Horie Atlanta On herhusband Ts memory.
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A New Civil Rights Movement

One of the cruelest aspects of
Slavery was the way it wrenched
apart black families, separating
husbands from wives and children
from their parents, .

Itis ironic, to say the least, that

now, nearly a century and a half
after the Emancipation
Proclamation, much of the most
devastating damage to black
families, and especially black
children, is self-inflicted.

You don Tt have to be Sherlock.
Holmes to know that some of the

Most serious problems facing

blacks in the United States- - from
poverty to incarceration rates to
death at an early age - are linked
. in varying degrees to behavioral
issues and the corrosion of black
family life, especially the absence
of fathers.

Another devastating aspect of
Slavery was the numbing
ignorance that often resulted from
the prohibition against the
education of slaves. It was against
_the law in most instances for
slaves to even learn to read. Now,
with education widely (though
imper-fectly) available, we have
entire le-gions of black youngsters
turning their backs on school,
choosing in-stead to wallow ina
self-imposed ig-norance that in
the long run. is as de-structive as
a bullet to the brain.

Healing black America, from
within.

I remember interviewing a
17-year-old dropout in
Brooklyn who had already
fathered two children by two
different girls. He wasn Tt
working and he wasn Tt helping
to support either child. I asked
if he had considered going back
to school. He looked at me,
puzzled. oFor what? ? he said.

Most black people are not

Bpor. Most are not.criminals.
ost are leading productive

lives. The black middleclassis

larger and more suc-cessful
than ever. But there are millions

who are still out in the cold, .

caught in a cycle of poverty,
ignorance, illness and violence
that is taking a horrendous toll.

Nearly a third of black men
in-their 20s have criminal
records, and 8 percent of all
black men between the-ages of
25 and 29 are behind bars.

HIV and AIDS have literally
become the black plague.
Although blacks are just 13
percent of the over-all.
population, they account for
more than half of all new HIV
infections. Black women
account for an astonishing 72
percent of all new cases among
women. This is frightening.

Black children routinely get a
rough start in life. Two-thirds of
them are born out of wedlock,

_and nearly half of all black children

brought up in a single-parent
household are poor. Those kids
are much more, likely to drop out
of school, struggle economically,
be initiators or victims of violence,
and endure a variety of serious
health problems. . ?

We can pretend that these
terrible things are not
happening, put they are.
There Ts a crisis in the black
community, and it won Tt do to
place all of the blame on
society and government.

I Tve spent years writing
about un-faimess and appalling
injustices. Society is unfair and
racism is still a rampant evil.
But much of the suffering in
black America could be
alle-viated by changes in
behavior. What Ts more, those
behavioral changes would
empower the community in
ways that would make it easier
to successfully confront
Opponents in government and
push the society in a more
equitable direction.

The problems facing black
people today are comparable
in magnitude to those of the Jim

| Crow era of the 20th cenitnry,

There were leaders in those
days who were equal to the
challenge:

I believe that nothing short of a

new. movement; comparable in |p

scope and dedication to that of
the civil rights era, is required to

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bring about the changes in values
and behavior needed to halt the
self destruction that is consuming
so many black lives. The crucial
question is whether the leadership
exists to mount such an effort.

A good first step would be
a summit meeting of wise and
dedicated men and women
willing to think about
cre-ative new ways to
approach such problems as
crime and violence, out-of-
wedlock births, drug and
alcohol abuse, irresponsible
sexual behavior, misogyny ?: ,
and so on.

Addressing issues of values
and behavior within the black
community should not in any
way imply a lessening of the
pressure on the broader
society to meet its legal and
ethical obligations. It should
be seen as an essential
counterpoint to that pressure.

Most important, it should
be seen as a crucial
component of the obligation
that black adults have to
create a broadly nurturing
environment in which
succeeding generations of
black children can survive
and thrive. . Despite the
sometimes valiant efforts of
individuals and organizations
across the country, we are
not meeting that obligation
now. And that Ts because
there Ts a vacuum where our |
leadership should be.

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January 15 marked the 98th girls in The Fashionetta Scholar-
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_ ity, Inc. was founded in 1908 on Omega chapter has sponsored

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with the the late Addie R.Gore high scholarship, sagas an
as its first president. Among exemplary character Tota

_ those who gave constant more / Kappa Omega members serve
and financial support werethe | 48 mentors to the undergradu-
late Andrew A. Besr and the aes a ee velpha Paes

Frizzell. of East Carolina University.
late Deacon Monty Frizzell Theta Alpha chapter was
The 16 charter members chose _ chartered on November 11,
as its umbrellarheme oCommu- 1973. With membership
nication through Service. ? approaching 200,000 the
Since chattering the chapter has singular determination to be
established itself as acommunity osupreme in service to all
leadeer in programs of social mankind ? reverberates through-
action and service. Among out the United States; Africa,
special projects of the chapter _ Asia, Europe, and the Carib-
are the RIF (Reading Is bean.
Fundamenral) distribution of a
20,000 books to areaelemen- _ Delilah Jackson serve as
tary schools, the Ronald president of Iota Kappa Omefa
McDonald House room dedica- Chapter and Sharon Mallette
tion and refurbishing and serves as Vice President.

Lontributions to United Cerebral Dionne Dockery serves as
Palsy of Pitt County, the Jackie gtaduare advisor to Theta Alpha
Robinson Baseball League, (ECU).

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with African American themes.

The world Ts largest retailer said
in a statement that it was
oheartsick ? over the racially
offensive grouping and that the
site was linking oseemingly
random combinations of titles. ?

oIt Ts just simply not working
correctly, ? said Mona Williams,
vice president of corporate
communications for Wal-Mart
Stores Inc.

The company said it was alerted
to the problem early yesterday
afternoon after word began
spreading among bloggers.
When visitors to Walmart.com
requested oPlanet of the Apes:
The Complete TV Series ? on
DVD, four other movies were
recommended under the
heading oSimilar Items. ? Those
films included oMartin Luther
King: THave A Dream/
Assassination of MLK ? and
oUnforgivable Blackness: The
Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. ?

Williams said similar titles were
called up when the DVD of the
movie oCharlie and the
Chocolate Factory ? was
requested. There were three |
such combinations involving
those two movies and African
Americans films, she said.

Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-
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planned to shut down its entire
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sites, including Amazon.com,
Wal-Mart Ts site directs users
searching for movies to other
titles that might interest them;
Wal-Mart calls the process
omapping. ? Wal-Mart said last
night that the system was
malfunctioning but did not.
explain why or how.
Williams said the company hds
oabsolutely no evidence ? that

the problem was intentional. A
company statefpent said that the
site had also linked African
American films to the movies
oHome Alone ? and oThe
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a spokesman, said the company "
is investigating.

Williams said news of the
problem was first posted on a
blog. The company then learned

_ about the offensive
combinations when a reporter
called to ask about it.

The blog Firedoglake, run by
Jane Hamsher in Oregon,
posted news of the TCombination
yesterday afternodn under the
heading oSo Wrong. ?

The incident illustrated how
quickly a firestorm can build on
the Internet, Two minutes after
the post appeared on
Hamsher Ts blog, it was up on
the Crooks and Liars site,
Within hours, more than 100
comments were posted to that
site, questioning such things as
Wal-Mart Ts agenda and the
technicalitiesof mapping. . |

Wal-Mart has been in a public
relations battle over the past
year. In May, the company
apologized for a newspaper
advertisement in Arizona that
equated a proposed state

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oOne of the leaders of a torture
farm said he played with his
child during the day and at night
gave people electric shock. He
said in order to survive he had
to split himself, ? Tutu said.

South Africans under apartheid
throughout the 1980s and early
1990s. In 1984, Bishop Tutu
received international acclaim
when he was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize for his
efforts.

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pride and the shame of its by the psychological and moral Tutu said she was encouraged
racial history, Naomi Tutusaid. erosion that the torturing and = "_ "that many of the country Ts
during a Wednesday night maiming of black South poorest victims refused huge
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the truth of race and racism
today. Tell the truth of
dispossession of the Native
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community centers to be
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oIf those who suffered the
worst continued to think of
what Ts best for the country; it
made me say, oThere is still
hope, ? ? Tutu said.

Tutu works as associate
director inthe officeof
International Programs for
Tennessee State University in
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Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes.

We will have to repent in this

_ generation not merely for the
hateful words ahd actions of the
bad people but for the appalling
silence of the good people.

" oLetter from Birmingham
Jail, ? April 16, 1963

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Gaston Monk. These gentlemen were a part of a mentoring program for Tonio White,
Quinton Godley, Marcus Grindle, and Bobby Godley who all expressed desires to excel in
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CHICAGO - The owners of a Chicago nightclub where 21 people died in a stampede have agreed
to pay $1,5 million to settle dozens of lawsuits brought by victims and their families, attorneys said
Wednesday Dozens of people were crushed in a narrow stairwell at the E2 nightclub when someone
used pepper spray.to break up a-dance floor fight and sent the crowd into a panic. Bodies jammed
the door as people still inside tried to push their way out.

The agreement by now-bankrupt club owner Dwain Kyles and business partner Calvin Hollins Jr.
would settle 21 wrongful death and 95 injury claims, said Robert Phillips, an attorney representing
more than 100 plaintiffs.

Phillips said the money ois not nearly enough to begin to compensate the families of the victims, but
under the circumstances, we want to see them get some type of recovery. ? The agreement still
requires a judge Ts approyal.

Cook County Judge Kathy M. Flanagan said Wednesday she would review the agreement. The next
hearing in the case is scheduled for March 8.

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Hollins Jr. and Kyles, a former lawyer for the city, also have pleaded not guilty to contempt of court
charges in a separate Housing Court case accusing them of violating an order to close E2 because of
building code violations.

The city has also been sued for allegedly failing to ensure the building was safe.

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Dr. Jocelyn Edwards
Ist Black Female
Surgeon General

The
First Black Millionaire
Sarah Breedlove Walker

(Madame C. J. Walker)
businesswoman, philanthropist
Born: 12/23/1867 Died: 5/25/1919
Birthplace: Delta,La.

First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement | After a series of bereavements that left her orphaned at
oe I 6and widowed at 20, she and her daughter A TLeli
Featuri g K eynote Spe aker and widowed at 20, she and her daughter a

moved to St. Louis to start over. She worked days as a
. VY | | washerwoman and went to night school before inventing
Congressman GK. Butterfield, NC- I (1905) a process for straightening the hair of African-
rida _ Americans. Her process, combining her unique formula
Friday ? February I 0, 2006 : . . with brushes and heated combs, caught on, and with the
10am money from her successful business she and her daugh-

. | ter moved to Denver. She married Charles J. Walker,
Hendrix Theater

and began promoting her product and process under the
| | | | name of Madame C. J. Walker. She opened a perma-
Mendenhall Student Center nent office in Pittsburgh in 1908, which her daughter ran,
| East. a Cn SO ae | ee Band in 1910 she formed Madame C. J. Walker Labora- _
EE EEO Veroivy ? tories in Indianapolis, where she developed products
~ Spotisored by ) o~~ and trained her beauticians, known as oWalker Agents. ?
The Office of Equal Opportunity and E quity The agents and the products were recognized in black
And | communities throughout the U.S. and Caribbean for
The Ledonia Wri ght Cultur promoting the philosophy that cleanliness and loveliness
al Comer could advance the plight of African- Americans. At her
death, the multi-million dollar estate was left to various
philanthropic organizations and to her daughter, whose

philanthropic endeavors were key to funding the Harlem
Renaissance.

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The City of Greenville has functioned too long with unsettled serious
issues. The reason for this is we have no-leaders relying on God for
wisdom to handle these concerns. Without Godly principles we can do
nothing and will not be effective. God ordained laws of the land and
expect ALL of us, including the one executing them to abide by them.
Our homes, churches, communities and city is divided and neither will
stand. We must now come back together with love to heal our land and
| boldly address pertinent issues which affect us all,

Joln us,
Community Meeting
Friday, February 10, 2006
Come out to be introduced to the newly formed organization:
CITIZENS FOR JUSTICE

oHave your questions ready and possible solutions
oWe plan to act as a liaison between the community and local government, the
school system and the Police Department.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!
BE APART OF THE SOLUTIONS AND NOT THE PROBLEM!

| PROVERBS 29:2 :
oWhen the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice, bul when wicked beareth rule,
the people mourn. ?

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Black Firsts

A Chicago native and lifelong
resident, Moseley-Braun
graduated from the University of
Illinois at Chicago in 1969 and
eamed a law degree from the
University of Chicago in 1972.
She was an assistant U.S.
attorney from 1972 to 1978,
when she was elected to the
Illinois House of Representa-
tives. She served in the state-
house for 10 years, making
education reform her priority.
From 1988 to 1992 she was
Cook County recorder of
deeds. In Sept. 2003, she
announced her candidacy for
U.S. president but pulled out in
Jan. 2004, giving her endorse-
ment to Howard Dean. She was
married to Michael Braun from
1973 to 1986 and has one son.

First
successful
Open Heart
Surgery

Williams, Daniel Hale

Williams, Daniel Hale, 1858-
1931, American surgeon, b.
Hollidaysburg, Pa., M.D.
Northwestern Univ., 1883. As
surgeon of the South Side
Dispensary in Chicago (1884 "
91), he became keenly aware of
African Americans like himself
as doctors and nurses. As a
result he organized the Provi-
dent Hospital, the first black
hospital in the United States. In
1893, Williams performed the
first successful closure of a
wound of the heart and pericar-
dium. In the same year Presi-
dent Cleveland appointed him
surgeon in chief of Freedmen Ts
Hospital, Washington, D.C.,
and during his five-year tenure
there he reorganized the hospital
and provided a training school
for African American nurses.
From 1899 until his death he
was professor of clinical surgery
at Meharry Medical College,
Nashville, Tenn.

First Network
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Nate King Cole

Cole, Nat oKing, ? 1919-65,
American musician and com-
poser, b. Montgomery, Ala., as
Nathaniel Adams Coles. A jazz
pianist, he played Los Angeles
nightclubs and in 1938 formed
the original King Cole Trio.
Later he tumed to singing and
became internationally popular ©
for his smooth, velvety voice
and broodingly romantic hits,
such as oUnforgettable ? and
oMona Lisa. ? He was one of
the first African-American artis
to star in a radio show (1948-