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Black History Month V e : C ad Please Take One

Vol XV February Issue

SNOOP DOGG: AKA The Dogefather i _ BUSTA RHYMES: Keeping a vow of ;

silence

Local Leader Calls for IRV GOTTI: Born Irving Lorenzo

| Removal of Confederate THE RAP SHEETS say it all.

They Tve. got the- bod yu... 4
count and the prison cred,
the bootlicking posses and T
the adoring wanna-bes.
They drive luxurious cars
and flash wads of cash.

leader, Reverend Ozie Hail,
has ignited what could
become a dividing issue for
Pitt County Board of
Commissioners and other
area leaders, in his bid to
have a confederate solider

- monument, adjacent to the
entrance of the Pitt County
Court House, removed.
Reverend Hall

7 maintains that he has received o 3 story page5
numerous complaints about . .
Copearuh BIGGIE SMALLS: Launched the
confederate monument from . J unior Mafia
local African Americans and i |
Whites alike, whose Nee
ancestors refused to

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participate in the rebellion against the United States. / KE d | d { C b I]

In an earlier release Hall is quoted as saying, othe X-al e e passe money O amp c
presence of the monument sends the wrong message to the |

public. Furthermore, we recognize that some will say it is |
By JEFFRY SCOTT, BETH

only history; without a doubt it, the monument should be WARREN in a wad of tissue. oHe said, I emotions and caused audible judge paused testimony after a
removed from the entrance of the halls of Justice and sent to The Atlanta Journal- want you to go wherever | reactions from Campbell male spectator said, oThis is
a museum where it can truly be admired and appreciated by Constitution : g0. ? He said, Just be loyal. supporters, enough for U.S. [expletive] ? and stalked from
confederacy followers. Published on: 01/31/06 Don t embarrass me. District Judge Richard Story cont. pg5
The following is a draft of the proposed ordinance A trusted aide who lived in Clark's testimony fired to admonish the gallery. The
sent to the Pitt County Board of Commissioners: Bill Campbell Ts basement
apartment testified Monday
that he funneled money to
| the former Atlanta mayor to
PITT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS be used for gambling and
taking girlfriends on trips.
Proposed Ordinance Dewey Clark sobbed
repeatedly as he described
his relationship with
ANACT TO REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF THE Campbell and how he
CONFEDERATE bonded with the ex-mayor Ts
MONUMENT LOCATED AT THEPITT COUNTY "_ family. He was the first
COURT HOUSE, witness in the federal
| corruption trial against
Campbell to say that he saw
) . acontractor pass money to
WHEREAS, a monument was erected on the him.
grounds of the Pitt County Court House in 1914 dedicated Clark Ts weeping started
to the County Ts Confederate Dead; and barely 10 minutes after he
WHEREAS, said monument is located on the began testifying Monday
grounds of the present Pitt County Court House and afternoon. Later, he
located on the corner of 3rd Street and Evans Street in described his relationship
Greenville; and with Campbell after being
WHEREAS, the monument displays at its top a hired when Campbell
statute of an armed Confederate Soldier, and act Fay rust es ene Birthday Celebration . . the brothers got togetere for an evening or reminicsing on
fiends T ithe silky-voi nan Lawyer white,s birthday at the bachelor benedict. On hand was J ames ? Jimmy ?
cont. pages Clark said. burying his face Streeter,Rufus Huggins, John B. Smith, Zack Reddick, Tommy Harris, Robert White, the
. | birthday boy ?, Ben Dudley and Garland Allen. (* photo Jim Rouse
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The Minority Voice Newspaper February 14 - 28, 2006 pe

Both Congress and President
Bush have come up with their
budget proposals and both
sets of figures do the same
thing fi cut domestic programs
that would assist the poor
while extending tax cuts to
rich people who need them
the least. In other words, they
are pulling a reverse Robin
Hood by taking from the
needy and giving to the
greedy.

This is done under the guise
that the federal government |
has gone on a spending spree
and that domestic programs
are the culprit. That might
make for good propaganda,
but it is far from the truth.

JAMES CLINGMAN
"EXXON'S EXCESSIVE EX-
CESS",

The Wilmington Journal

Have you ever made so much
money that you were embar-
rassed about it? I didn Tt think
so; and it Ts very unlikely you
ever will. But in case you do,

it will probably be called excess
profit,which means surplus, ad-
ditional, or extra. I doubt if it
will be called excessive profit,
which means extreme, unwar-
ranted, unnecessary, and
disproportionate. Th@f's the
kind of profit posted
by Exxon Mobil so far. I would
add that the other
big oil companies, Dutch Shell
($25 billion), ConocoPhillips,
British Petroleum, Chevron,
and the whole gang of outlaws
are not so far behind Exxon.
They adroitly refused to appear

_ before a Congressional commit-

tee to explain their windfalls.

It must be nice for a company
to make the most money ever
in one quarter, $11 billion, with
a total of $36 billion in one year,
all in the face of disaster, grief,
oh yeah, and death along the

Gulf Coast. That happens to
be where U.S. oil is
turned into gasoline and sent on
its way to.a pump near you. |
wonder what it feels like to be
able to announce such excessive
profits and then thumb your
nose at Congress (I told you we
at ec Few aces xi or be-

that august hah ote or because
you are simply embarrassed
to discuss the topic before the

3 ri cut right to the chase.

We have seen all

osofts of Gas Out days, Gas

adie al

*

Overall funding for

defense, homeland

security, and international
affairs (whichincludes ,
funding for post-war (
operations and fae
reconstruction in Iraq and
Afghanistan) rose from 3.4
percent of the GDP [Gross
Domestic Product] in 2001

to 4.2 of GDP in 2006, an
analysis by the Center for
Budget and Policy

Priorities notes. By

contrast funding for

domestic discretionary
programs shrank during

this period, declining from

3.4 percent of GDP in
2002 to 3.1 percent in

2006.1 Bush is taking from

g a oReverse Robin |
| Hood o on the poor

_ GEORGE E. CURRY:

heat, even from some
moderate Republicans, .
for mismanaging the
federal deficit.

When he took office,
Bush inherited a record
$236 billion surplus. By
2000, a $158 billion
deficit had developed and
the White House
estimates that this year,
the figure will reach $400
billion.

Some of the deficits can
be attributed to Bush Ts
decision to wage war in
Iraq and Afghanistan. To
a much lesser degree,
there was also the
unexpected federal
expenditures associated
with Hurricanes Katrina °
and Rita. But a large and
avoidable reason the

* federal government is sinking
deeper into the hole is
because Congress and the
Bush administration have
enacted a series of tax cuts
that favor the wealthy.

The president defends the tax
cuts, the first to be enacted by
a U.S. president during
wartime..

American families all across
this country have benefited
from the tax cuts on.

dividends and capital gains,
he said in a Jan, 6 speech to
the Economic Club of

Chicago. Half of American

households that Ts more than

50 million households fi now
have some investment in the
stock market.

As is often the case with
politicians, it Ts what is not

The oil barons T billion dollar
oexcessive excess ?

ner gle

Out Weeks, and other cam-

- paigns to deal with these oil

thieves, the ones who met
with the ovice ? president and
wrote the nation Ts energy
policy, the ones who named
an oil tanker after Condo-
leezza Rice, and the ones who
lie to us on their way to the
bank. None of those tactics
has worked. So what can we
do besides complaining
about the high prices at the
pump and the excessive
profits of the oil barons?
Probably

nothing that will cause them
to hurt at all; so let Ts just
have some fun.

From this day forward, "
let Ts stop patronizing Exxon
Mobil gas stations.Let Ts stop
patronizing all stations that
purchase their gas from
Exxon Mobil. I Tm sure they T!
get a kick out of our méager,
insignificant, silly little
Davidian plan to bring Goliath
to his knegs. They T ll probably
sit back a laugh their heads off
at us, just like the Philistine
did.

After all, we T re just lowly
consumers, millions of cus-
tomers who need what they Tre
selling. What could we do to
possibly hurt them? Maybe the
reality of the situation is that
we cannot hurt them. But let Ts
Just keep our money away
from them anyWay, and spend
it elsewhere.

Watch your gas tank and buy
some gas, not when it Ts nearly
empty, but when you see a gas
station that is not ExxonMob-
il; buy a few dollars worth.

I know the other gas compa-
nies are ripping us off too, but
we have to start somewhere.
Unless you are willing to give
up your expeditin T, escaladin T ,
hummin T, and navigatin T ways,
and drive something a little
smaller and easier on gas, you
will be buying gas from one of
these ~ just don Tt let
Exxon be your gas of choice.

It is sharheful that some
companiess such as pharma-

oceutical, ba Tiny sob ico,
energy, health insurance,
and others are so greedy,
excessive, and dishonest in
their business practices that
it would lead their execu-
tives to do some of the

things we have witnessed in

the recent past. A few have
gone to jail, but many more
are still walking

the streets and sitting in the

every cent we have. You
know that too. So what are
you willing to do about it?

That Ts the question for those
of us who suffer from their
acts of piracy.

That Ts my take on it. That
will be my little insignificant
way of fighting back. But you
know what? It may be insig-
nificant to them, but to me its

said that you'd better
examine.

What this statistic ignores,
however, is that nearly two-

- fifths of this stock is held in
| fetirement accounts, such as
| 401 (k)s and IRAs, the Center
~ on Budget and Priorities
"points out. This distinction is
ctucial, because capital gains
5 and dividend income accruing

inside these retirement
accounts are not subject to
taxation, and thus would not

-receive a tax benefit from the

reduction in the tax rates on
capital gains and dividend
income.

So what Ts the real sgt

More than half 54 ce fi of

- all capital gains and dividend

income go to the 0.2 percent
of households with annual "
incomes of more than $1
million. By contrast, only 4
percent of this income reaches
the 64 percent of households
that have annual incomes of
less than $50,000, according
to the Center.

percent, more than double the
rate for middle-class families.
Yet, Bush brags that tax cuts
are working by reinvigorating
the economy. 5

The hon-partisan
Congressional Budget Office
disagrees. It observes:
increases [in the revenue
projections] occur mainly " }
because of a rise in projected
GDP, which derives from
higher prices in the economy,
not real economic activity. "

Finally, the wealthiest sector of
the U.S. population is being
showered with favoritism.

Some of the tax cuts that were
enacted in 2001 are still being
phased in, stated the Center on
Budget and Policy Priorities.
These taxes.are heavily tilted
to those at the top of the
income scale. These tax cuts
include the elimination of the
tax on the nation Ts4argest
estates, as well as two tax cuts
that started to take effect on
January 1, 2006 and will go
almost entirely to high-income

An analysis by the Urban households.
Institute-Brookings Institution . a
Tax Policy Center shows that The Tax Policy Center reports
tax legislation that has gone in that 97 percent of the tax cuts
effect since 2001 has from these two measures will
exacerbated the gap between _go to peoplé with incomes
rich and poor. The middle fifth above $200,000. As a result,
of households received an the tax cuts ultimately will be
average after-tax reduction of even more skewed toward
$742 or 2.6 percent. high-income households than
Households with annual they were in 2005.3
incomes of more than $1 As usual, that leaves poor and
million received an average middle-class citizens out in the
reduction of $103,000 or 5.4 _ " cold.

DID YOU KNOW

rs i: |

The Department of Veterans Affairs(VA) provides a
variety of memorial benefits to eterans, including
burial space. Presidential Memorial Certificates, A burial
flag and a headstone or marker. VA operates a system of
122 cemetaries throughtout the country and also helps
. 4% states build state cometgries,

millions of small stones at
this giant will have the same
effect

that David Ts one small stone
had on Goliath.

The ball is in your court.
Why would you stand still
and do nothing when some-
one is picking your pocket
and you know it? That Ts
what Ts going on with Exxon

caine iat eee

The ball is in your court. Why would you stand still
and do nothing when someone is picking your
pocket and you know it?

a NEN

boardrooms not having paid
a price for their mistreat-
ment of ;

their consumers " not yet

at least.

Remember: When oil execs
did testify in 2005, the
Senate Commerce Chair-

man, Ted Stevens (The guy

from Alaska with the bridge
to nowhere. Don Tt they also
have some oil up there
under the frozen tundra
too?), rejected calls by
some Democrats to

have the executives sworn
in, saying the law already
required them to tell the
truth. Are you kidding me?
Since when did the law
have anything to do with
these crooks and what they
do?

But let Ts concentrate on
Exxon for now.We cannot
continue to complain about
their billions in excessive
profits without doing
something, whatever we
can do, toreflectour
outrage. I know they have
no conscience; I know they
have no compassion; I
know they are unethical; |
know they are liars; I know
they are gouging us for

a tremendous step; it Ts great
for my psyche;it Ts more than -
just complaining. And if more
of us take a similar action
against this behemoth, our
collective act of slinging

and others, and they are
doing it to you. Don Tt stand
still and act as though their
picking your pocket is all
right. Do something! I know
what I am going to do. No
more Exxon Mobil

fill-ups for me. 7 will give my
few dollars to one of the other
thieves. We do have choices
you know.

Try it; it should be a lot of
fun, if nothing else.

Use excessive restraint to
decrease Exxon Ts excessive
profits.

James E. Clingman, a an adjunct
professor at the University of
Cincinnati Ts African American

Studies department, is former
editor of the Cincinnati
Herald newspaper and
founder of the
Greater Cincinnati African
American Chamber of Com-
merce. He hosts the radio
program, Blackonomics, ? and
has written several books,

including Black-o-Knowl-
edge-Stuff. To book

Clingman
for a speech or purchase his
books, go to his Website,
www.blackonomics.com or

call him at 513/ 489-4132.

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Mrs. Beatrice ye .
Dear Editor:

According to a study released
Tuesday, May 11, 2004, based
on a mail survey of 725 public
middle and high school
teachers and a telephone
survey of 600 parents of
public school students in
grades 5 " 12, the way
teachers see it, today Ts
classroom environment often
deserves a D-as in disrespect,
distracting and disheartening
enough to drive many of them
away.

Most teachers in middle and
high schools say misbehavior
by a handful of children is
such a disruptive, pervasive

~ force that a majority of

students suffer from it,
according to this study which
was financed by Common
Good, a bipartisan legal
reform coalition. oIf you start

totaling up the hours that
teachers could be teaching
and students could be
learning, it Ts just
staggering, ? said Public
Agenda President Ruth
Wooden.

More than three in four
teachers said they could
do their job more
effectively if not for
discipline problems. More
than eight in ten said most
students suffer because of
a few troublemakers.

The challenge, the study
found, is complicated.
Education colleges don Tt
prepare teachers to deal
with rowdy students.
Schools back down from
discipline when parents
threaten lawsuits and
children in special
education are treated too
lightly even when their
misbehavior has nothing
to do with their
disabilities. The biggest
cause of student behavior
problems, according to
teachers and parents, is
that too may parents fail
to teach their kids
discipline.

oCelebrating Community: A
Tribute too Black Fraternal,
Social, and Civic Institutions ?

To the Editor:

February 2006 African
American History Month is
observed annually. The
theme, oCelebrating
Community: A Tribute to
Black Fraternal, Social, and
Civic Institutions, ? is the 80"
celebration. Dr. Carter G.
Woodson, founder, is
nationally known, othe Father

of Black History Week. ?

Can we as a people be neatly
packaged in one month of the

year and that nonblacks are

only interested in our culture
for 28 (29, if it Ts leap year)
out of 365 days? We are the
achievers, the dreamers,
inventors, and wallbreakers,
the movers, the shakers, and
the bringers of the first
successful heart transplant.
We are the burden of
motherhood and the dream of
fathers, the bricklayers, the
runners, and the flyers, the
marchers, the dancers, and the
scholars, " the preachers,
teachers, and the doers.

AL BAYYINAH THE CLEAR
EVIDENCE

By Noria Namaz |

I was wandering, looking for
a purpose for my life. At
eighteen years old I
voluntarily excommunicated
myself from the church of my
child hood and from
Christianity all together. Now
I walked towards a distant
light hoping to relieve the
restlessness in my soul.

The stirrings said I made a
promise I had to keep. But I
could not remember what the
promise was. On my spiritual
search I saw many doors, I
remembered in the Gospel
Jesus saying oKnock and it
shall open up to you ?, so I
knocked and many doors
opened. This journey was like
riding on a magic carpet. I
visited many religious
viewpoints from atheism to
the mystical religions of the
Near and Far East. I was
impressed with their
similarities. In fact in
Hinduism | found Krishna, a
Hindu incarnation of god two
hundred years older than
Christ. The Hindus believe
god incarnated many times.
From this I came to
understand why Christianity
emphasizes the one
incarnation. I argued with my
intellect the existence of a
god. Amidst all this religious
confusion, how could I know
with certainty His true

religion? Again from the
Gospel of Jesus I knew I had
to search this out, I was
required to find the truth to

have a chance at salvation.

The Christian theology of my
childhood taught that Jesus
was an incarnation of god
and as Jesus god died for my
sins. I could not reconcile
this theology with the
stirrings of my soul. My soul
asked if God is merciful and
just, can he be unjust to his
own self. If god is not
created, how.can he
incarnate. What form of
creation could hold him? In
this form my spirit and my
intellect wrangled. One
wanted to deny God
altogether and other wanting
to rid itself of a persistent
itch. We made a promise we
musteep. Instinctively I
knew the promise was
spiritual and I knew the
promise must be fulfilled
before I die. I knew I would
be very sorry if I did not keep
this promise. My soul cried,
we must search for the truth
or we will be lost forever.

My search took me on a
global spiritual journey. |
followed the command Jesus
gave, seeking, asking and
knocking. Finally when the
haze cleared, the distant light
was Closer and under it I
could see a clear inscription
that read, oThere is no deity
worthy of worship except

- Allah ?.

Allah, I had heard that.name
in my childhood. I

recognized it as the God of

the Islamic religion. The

inscription spoke the truth. It
implied that in this world we
have many deities. I was
taught to worship Jesus, saints
and holy people. Others
worshipped other incarnations
and the sun, moon and the
stars as well. Yet Jesus in the
Lords Prayer taught us to
worship the God he
worshiped. My soul did not
like Christian theology, nor
did it prefer any of the others.
But upon reading this
inscription I could feel a
calmness covering my soul. Is
Islam the religion of my
search?

At first this leg of my journey
was also difficult. In this
country Islam took many
forms. However, my soul
said, oWe are close. ? Finally I
sat down to read a book. A
book revealed over fourteen
hundred years ago to a man
named Muhammad, the
Qur Tan.

It is there I found the source
of my promise. A promise to
the Lord of Lords, my Creator
and Sustainer, that Him and
Him alone would I worship. I
made that promise after the
creation of Adam "when
Allah pulled me along with all
of Adam Ts descendants from
his groin. Together would we
stood before our Glorious
Lord and bore witness that He

ois our God and He is Who we

will worship. With this the
restless stirrings of my soul
ended and it became at peace.
I said, oRest my beloved soul ?
and declared, oThere is no
deity worthy of worship
except Allah, and Muhammati
is His Prophet and Last
Messenger to the world ?.

The Minority Voice Newspaper February 14 - 28, 2006 pg3

Community Voice

From the Desk of Mrs. Beatrice Maye

Yes, we are unique. Our skin
is the color of strength,

_ Sweetness, and earth. Our

music makes us cry and shout.
We are the beacon of style and
expression. Whatever we
touch moves. We do not just
talk, we rap. We do not just
run, we fake, double take.
We're not just smart, we T ve
got game! We do not put
inventions to waste; we give
them sound and vibration, '
harmony, and soul. Who éan
do it like we do it? Yes, every
accomplishment, African
American throughout
American history, continue to

_ enrich the lives of present and

future generations.

Hints that a Black woman will
possibly make a Good Wife to
the Blackman......

1. She is attentive and a
good listener.

2. She enjoys going
partying but has an
equally good time at
home.

3. She will have a strong
spiritual commitment
that helps her

distinguish between

right and wrong.

She will be partially -

modest in her style of

dress.

5. She will like babies and
children and include
them in her life.

6. She enjoys cooking
and preparing special
meals or treats for the
Blackman.

7. She will respect her
parents, his parents,
and older people.

8. She has good personal
hygiene.

9. She does not wear a
ton of make-up.

10. She is proud of her

man and claims him no
matter who is present.

11. She keeps her house
at least half-way clean.



12. She is nota flagrant

spender and almost
manages her money.

13. She is truthful and
freely expresses her
sexuality and desires
when in private with
her man.

America Ts Return to the Wild T

14. She shares
voluntarily and
offers help when she
can.

15. She does not hold
grudges too long
and will apologize
when wrong.

16. She will go out of
her way to do
special things for the
Blackman.

17. She will speak well
of him when he is
not aroun.

18. She will defend him
against verbal
attacks from others.

19. She does not show
out or curse loudly
in public.

20. She smile when she
meets him.

21. She controls her
anger and does not
go wild when angry.

22. She will take
instructions on some
things without being
combative.

23. She is respectful of
Black men in
general.

5% eusi Clemons

A.M. talk radio Pontiff,
televisions T noted Hannity
and Colmes other spin
doctor, Ms. Laura Ingram,
recently ranted that a certain
people outside of America
are trying to destroy what
her great symbol stands for.
Wonder how she came up
with that one; moreover,
who was she talking about?

Clearly, she need look no
further than the Clanton Ts of
the O.K. Corral reincar-
nated cowboy boot, ten
gallon hat, red bandana
wearing bandit sons; in
particular, gun slingin T
Cheney, bullet proof Bush,
card shark Abramoff, lyin T
Kalifornia Cunningham,
cattle rustling outlaw Delay
and sneaky sneak Specter.

They T ve not only seized
the White House and 109"
Congress, but they have "
single handedly returned
America to the outrageous
ride em hard lore of the
Wild T Wild T West.

And to prove that

~ they Tre serious, they T ve

blown up every covered
wagon they T ve encountered,
from health benefits for the
elderly to student loans for
college and Smart Start
funding to name a few.

Back in 2000, when the
Republicans wrestled power
from the Dems, who would
have thought illegal wire

_ tapping, congressional kick-

backs and money
laundering, blatant thievery
and abuse of power would
become the norm for
American politics.

Add to that Cheney Ts
recent gun slinging battle.

Wild T West

Most everyone wants to
know why 78 year old
Whittington was playing
cowboys and Indians with
Mr. 65 year old - suppose to
have a weak heart- Cheney
while at republican lobbyist
Katherine Armstrong Ts
50,000 acre Texan ranch,
while she and her sister
watched the sporting horror
unfold? The question is who
in the tarnation would want
to watch Cheney shoot a

gun? Is he that good?

Of the near fatal accident,
Cheney is quoted as saying
othe image of him, Whitting-
ton, falling is something I'll
never be able to get out of
my mind. ?

Cheney, admits he had a
beer before the shooting
incident " but no one
bothered to ask him how
many. Was he drunk when he
shot his friend in the face?

Furthermore, if Cheney
could see that big burly guy
going down for the count, as
he is quoted as saying, how
could he miss the girth of
Whittington Ts head before
firing? Was this a failed
attempt at euthanasia?

If not, the rest of us don Tt
stand a chance. Besides,
Cheney has never completely
explained how he got priority
status to make millions off
Halliburton contracts not
only in Iraq but also New
Orleans. Remember anything
is possible with this bunch of
cowboys.

Ironically, Whittington Ts
shooting happened on the eve
of what sneaky sneak Senator
Arlen Specter and others had
know was about to become
his oEarmark ? spending
coming out party.

Specter has, over the past
four years, paid the firm of |

lobbyist Michael Herson, the T

husband of Specter Ts long
time legislative aide, Vicki
Siegel Herson, 48.5 million
dollars of Earmark money--
clearly a conflict of interest.
That Ts money Herson Ts
husband alleges not lobbying
Specter for, and money that
Specter says he did not know
was being paid to Henson Ts T

t y
f

Defense firm " which
Herson in turn directed to
six Clients.

Albeit, Specter is
trying to Comie Tacross like

the absent minded

professor, and that may be
the case considering that
he has not been in the best
health lately.

He has since said he
will ask all of his
legislative aids if they have
family members who are
lobbyist.

Okay so maybe Specter
didn Tt know, but Siegels
husband, Michael Herson
knew where the cash
windfall originated.

Sad to think however
that Mr. Herson Ts un-
ethical business practices
out-weighed his duty to
protect his beloved from
scandal, or himself for that
matter.

Maybe it true that
when one occupies a seat
of hidden unregulated
power for as long as
Specter, and some of
others in the 109"
Congress, corruption,
forgetfulness and looking
the other way is a most
jealous mistress.

Arlene Specter, Delay,
Abramoff, Cheney, Bush,
Cunningham and a heap of
others have made it quite
clear they have no desire
to play fair, or to be held
as trust worthy agents for
the people.

Therefore, they, having
demosnstrated with
regularity that their way is
the oNew American Wild,
Wild West ? - the vote is in
on the real liberty destroy-
ing culprits.

On that note, let the
real rush for Gold begin,
cause land squatting is
once again en T vogue.

Send Comments to Susie
Clemons at:

_ The Minority Voice Newspaper February 14 - 28, ons pe4

Reflections,

xpressions, & Views
Keeping the Tradition of the N egro Spiritual Alive .rn.' vas egmnt audiences spellbound. Many

of the renditions were sung A
American music. Capella (that is, without
the world can relate to it " _spirituals now often are who teaches black theology instrumental accompaniment)
" that Ts one of the reasons composed and arranged, and _at Union Theological ihe co Presented many "_and the blend of 4-part and
the songs are still alive. ? _ Sung in aconcert environment Seminary in New York. organi ized. One of its major somenmne 8-part voices was
sn! erarte TMessiah during the Christmas
W.E.B. DuBois call A debate continues over the Extracted |
_ spirituals othe articulate use of dialect, or traditional from the Associated Press season peaee the The Tarboro Jubilee Singers is
message of thé slave to the phrasing, in which words like | ae ina University Teas still in existence today " but T
cae a world. ? Negro spirituals link © heaven and children become Coda dat the 1982 not of the magnitude and
Suejette A. Jones the suffering and hope of oheb n ? and ochillum ?. That performe at the 1982 _ renown that it had under the
salvation of the slaves with brings authenticity to it, but it _ A Tribute to Walter | wenger a, a nOxy = TN; late Walter Plemmer. Some of
: They speak of sorrow, the suffering and salvation of | makes some people eed Nassau Bahamas (that was the Greenville natives who
oppression and strength. the Gospel " universal uncomfortable. Some say the ; arranged by the then sand with the arene wee
They cry for freedom and elements that transcend race _ reluctance by somee blacks to The Tarboro Jubilee Representative L. H. Fountain Selena pate 0 we
. faith, many of the words . and culture. Many credit the embrace spirituals may be Singers was founded and of Tarboro): sever al concerts Gracie Mepane wines Wi am
familiar even to the littlest Fisk Jubilee Singers, who attributable to the painful organized in the Spring of aired on WNCT.TV: TIALS ] estey
ones: oHe TsGotthe Whole toured the United States and thoughts they canconjure. _the Bicentennial year, appearances at Sycamore Hill 200 Wife» and Suejette Jones.
World in His Hands. ? But Europe in the late 19" century Blacks don Tt like toremember 1976, by the late Walter ae st Church, ee The memories of Walter
beyond the simple melodies With helping bring the Negro _ slavery, and there is adanger _ Plemmer of Tarboro, NC. Visca Methodist Church, Peirce een nea
and easy-to-remember lyrics _ Spiritual to a broader of appreciating spirituals eS Tabernacle Center of hearts
| that helped make them staples audience. (See Personal Note. simply for their entertainment accomplished musician, Deliverance (Dr. George A
of American popular music, at the end of the aricle.) value. They cannot be . having served as band ay Hawkins Pastor) snd obi Respectfully submitted by:
Negro spirituals are an properly understood unless Sine ctor, choral iris as ore sentations at churches Suejette A. Jones
| Over the years, the spiritual, there isa powerfulempathy _well as director of drama
| horde forbou_wichexpeeneda ? wihwhaifsiket bea ida arsinde fought Noth Cavin Paral Nate
solace and hope. More thana Teawakening during thecivil slave. You have to have the Tarboro Schools system. nentio * Johnella Frazer, my piano
century later, the message is rights movement of the capacity to identify in order to His great desire was to : teacher during my years at
no less powerful orinspiring. 1960s, has become more understand. have acommunity musical - Plemmer Ts arrangements'of Virginia State University, had
entwined with gospel music, a group that would express Negro svirituale e dhis as been a member of the Fisk
The founder of The more formal style that arose If our ancestors could get themselves creatively, to co he sttions were beautifull Jubilee Singers.
Spirituals Project, aDenver- in the urban North in the late through two and a half sing songs of intellectual rendered and kept the ,
based nonprofit group whose " :19" century and is centuries of chattel slavery, and aesthetic value, to _ :
mission is to preserve and characterized by present-day black people "_ "_ "perform monuments written
promote spirituals like « amangements and ought to be able to cope with _ by the world Ts outstanding
oSwing Low, Sweet Chariot" instrumentation. Originally __whateverthey Tre going -- "_masters of composition and
and oWade inthe Water ? accompanied only byhand- through in the inner city, _- "_ most of all to keep alive in
remarked, oPeople all around lapping and foot-stomping, according to Jame the hearts of people the

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