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Special to the AmNews
It was not until the second panel
was seated at the sixth annual
State of the Black Union in
Houston last weekend that an
issue surfaced to spark a
debate, which, in effect, gave
the summit a feature character-
istic of the past.
When Minister Louis Farrakhan
of the Nation of Islam noted
that the previous discussions
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analysis, but no spiritual analy-
sis, he cited a comment Dr.
Farrakhan Ts oLet the house burn ? comment applaued, debated
house, aflame with injustice and
iniquity.
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people into a burning house, ?
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attempts to win the N.C. House District 8 Seatis Mary Williams (2nd from right) recently surprised Pitt
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representative Eugene James in this year Ts election. This photo from the M T Voice archives include Rev
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the fire, but the house is burning.
America must be burned, ? .
Farrakhan charged. oI don Tt
really care what anyone thinks.
We can Tt make a covenant with
death. ? "
~ Church and to viewers of C-
SPAN. Farrakhan praised the
book that was recently pub-
lished by Third World Press,
observing that it odemonstrates
our impotence. ?
Farrakhan Ts conclusions, which
must also be viewed within the
context of his lambasting
American hypocrisy, deceit, and
criminality, drew sharpre- _
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dressed the summit Ts theme, Farrakhan Ts impressions gave
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convener and moderator Tavis _ historical debates that enlivened their blood and sweat had
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The Story of the
Maroon Rebellions _
Professor Haile Gerima
By: Kwame Brathwaite
The Final Call
Ethiopia Ts famed award-
winning film producer, Haile
Gerima, spoke at Brooklyn Ts
Judge Hatchett is a nationally
syndicated weekday courtroom
series created to appeal to T
young adults as well as viewers
of all ages. Presiding in the
courtroom is Judge Glenda
Hatchett, one of the youngest
and most distinguished African
American women ever to serve
as the presiding judge of a state
court.
Glenda Hatchett is a compas-
sionate but tough advocate for
young people "trying to keep
families together, promoting
reconciled relationships and
showing young people in trouble
that they can do better:Out of
court, she Ts the same way "
trying to make sure that her two
adult sons know that they are
her top priority, promoting
children Ts welfare issues on the
lecture circuit . |
Judge Hatchett is admitted to
the bar in both Georgia and the
District of Columbia, Prior to
serving on the bench, Judge
Hatchett was a Senior Attorney
as well as National and Interna-
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Hatchett was selected by the
National Bar Association Ts local
.affiliate as the Outstanding Jurist
of the Year, and she was se-
lected by the Spelman College
Board of Trustees to receive the
Outstanding Community Service
Award. She also received the
1995 NAACP Thurgood
Marshall Award, and was
selected as the Outstanding
- Alumni of the Year by the
Emory University School of
Law. Judge Hatchett is a
member of the faculty of the
National Judicial College
sponsored by the National
Council of Juvenile and Family
Court Judges. She chaired the
National Forum on Youth
Violence for the U.S. Depart-
ment of Justice. She is a gradu-
ate of the Emory University
School of Law and of Mount
Holyoke College.
156-year old Berean Baptist
Church at a preview of his latest
film The Maroons, which
documents the story of rebellion
by African captives in the
Caribbean, South America,
Mexico and the US, and their
escapes from slavery.
Mr. Gerima, who is a profes-
sor of Film-making at Howard
University, is a fierce defender
of African culture. Many of us
know him for his very popular
film Sankofa, which was
released in 1993. No major
company would distribution
company, called Mypheduh
Films, and took it to 35 cities,
grossing over $3 million. He
now distributes not only his own |
films, but also quality films by
other Black filmmakers that
can Tt gain access to the
establishment Ts distribution.
His films are noted for their
exploration of the issues and
history pertinent to members of
the African Diaspora from the
continent itself to the Americans
and Western Hemisphere.
Often corrective of Hollywood
versions of slave stories, his
films comment on the physical,
culture and psychological
dislocation of Black peoples
during and after slavery. His
films are distinguished by
narratives told from the per-
spectives of Africans and
members of the African
Diaspora, rather than being
sanitized and/or misinterpreted
by more commercially oriented
filmmakers. His unique film-
making aesthetic is coupled with
a personal mission to correct
long held misconceptions akout
Black peoples T varied histories
throughout the world.
His films almost always deals
with our culture and stories
about our victories. Adwa, his
1999 films, a true story about a "
battle in 1896, wherein an
African nation, largely armed
with spears and knives, defeats
a well-equipped and organized
Italian military bent on coloniza-
tion. He is currently working on
Adwa, Part II- The Children of
Adwa, dealing with the return of
Italy to Ethiopia during World
War II and the gallant determi-
nation of the Ethiopians to
remain free.
Mr. Gerima Ts talk and screen-
ing of The Maroons Film
Project held the audience
spellbound, young, and old
alike. The documentary, which
features noted historians such as
Professor Asa Hilliard, Herbert
Aptheker, Keith Baird and
Dianne Baird N T Diaye, is
pegged as oa work in progress ?
because there will be a sequel
that reveals what has happened
in areas where Africans fought
and won their freedom and
established their own towns and
cities.
Although it is well known that
Africans rebelled in Jamaica,
Brazil, Mexico, and Haiti,
established their own ternitories,
the establishment never revealed
the fact that is happended here
in the US, for fear of inspiring
other revolutions.
Berean Baptist Church is a
historic Black church located in
the Crown Heights section of
Brooklyn. It was founded as an
outgrowth of the Abolitionist
Movement. It was incorporated
Aug. 15, 1850 " " 13 years
before the abolition of slavery in
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By George E. Curry
NNPA Columnist
Last Saturday, I celebrated a
homecoming. I was invited to
address the opening session
of an 8-week Urban Jountal-
ism Workshop, sponsored by
the Washington Association
of Black Journalists. Two
decades ago, I served as
founding director of the
workshop.
Next year will mark the 30th
anniversary of the St. Louis
Minority Journalism Work-
shop, a program that I helped
create and served as found-
Marian Wright Edelman
As tax season approaches,
the Children Ts Defense
Fund is helping to spread
some important good news
about tax credits and free
tax preparation help for
working families. Many of
the country Ts working poor
may not know they are
eligible for the Earned
Income Tax Credit (EITC),
arefundable tax credit for
people who work full- or
part-time but earn low
wages. These are the hard
working low- to moderate-
income families who are
playing by the rules but still
struggling to stay ahead.
James Clingman
They conceived him, they
created him, they sustained
him, they supported him, and
now he has turned on them.
We can break out our
popcorn and Mary Jane
candy because just like the
old Frankenstein monster
movies we used to watch, the
latest version of Frankenstein,
known as Frankenbush,
shows the dreaded monster
turning on his creators. That's
right; those metal things that
protrude from Frankenbush Ts
neck have been charged by
hundreds of lightning strikes
and now, because he has so
much power, he doesn Tt have
to obey his masters any more.
The Frankenbush monster
thumbed his nose at his
conservative creators by
threatening to cast his first
veto ever on the shipping
ports deal. Dr. Frankenstein
ing director before moving to
Washington. With the assistance of
the New York Association of Black
Journalists, I served as founding
director of a similar workshop there
after I left Washington. In all, about
15 workshops around the country
are patterned after the St. Louis
model.
Over the years, hundreds of high
school students who sat through
Saturday sessions have become
professional journalists. I call them
my journalism Be-Be Kids " they
don Tt die, they multiply. They
include: Ann Scales, an editor at the
Boston Globe; Marcia Davis, an
editor at the Washington Post;
Everett Mitchell, editor of the
Good tax news
This federal credit can generate a
cash refund for them of as much
as $4,400, and it can be even
more in states that offer a
supplemental state Earned
Income Tax Credit. In addition,
the Child Tax Credit can be
-worth up to $1,000 per child for
some working families. More
than 21 million workers collected
billions of dollars in EITC
refunds in 2003; and those
families were able to use that
money to help cover key ex-
penses like rent, utilities, food,
medical bills, child care, and
even to put a down payment on
ahome. The EITC is the most
effective work support and anti-
poverty tool we have today. But
even though most low-income
working families with children
qualify for both the EITC and the
Child Tax Credit, up to 20
percent of eligible workers do
not receive them.
Some unscrupulous commercial
tax preparers take advantage of
workers who are likely to be
Nashville Tennessean; Mark
Russell, managing editor of the
Orlando Sentinel; Ben Holden,
executive editor of the Columbus,
Ga. Ledger-Enquirer; Celeste
Garrett of the Chicago Tribune;
Andre Jackson, assistant managing
editor for business at the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch; Bennie Currie,
formerly of the Associated Press;
Russ Mitchell, an anchor/reporter
for CBS News; Warren Woodberry,
a reporter for the New York Daily
News; Jennifer Golson, a reporter
for the Newark Star-Ledger and the
list goes on. Three of my former
students " Alvin Reed, Marcia
Davis and Betsy Peoples " worked
on my staff when I was editor-in-
- eligible for these credits by
targeting them for orapid re-
funds ? through Refund Anticipa-
tion Loans (RALs). These are
short-term, high-interest loans
that tax filers take out against
their expected tax return,
Tax preparers aggressively
market these loans as a way to
get cash fast instead of waiting
for a tax refund, and most of
their customers are low-income
taxpayers whoneed their
refunds quickly to pay for basic
needs. During 2003, about 7
million low-income workers
purchased RALs. But these
loans undermine benefits like the
EITC by costing low-income
workers large portions of their
tax refunds in interest and fees.
Across the country, low- to
moderate-income working
families who claimed the EITC
lost more than $900 million of
their earned refunds during the
2004 tax season in exchange for
collecting those refunds about
10 days sooner, in some casés.
chief of Emerge Magazine.
In addition to directing three high
school workshops, I taught in
summer programs at the University
of Missouri, School of Journalism
and a Washington-based program
sponsored by Northwestern
University. Out of the Northwestern
summer program, designed to reach
students at historically Black
colleges, came Jacque Reed, an
anchor for BET News, David
Cummings, a reporter for ESPN
Magazine and Emile Wilbekin, who
served as editor-in-chief of Vibe
Magazine.
By no means did I do any of this
alone. In each city, the workshops
were sponsored and staffed by the
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local affiliate of the National
Association of Black journalists.
After I moved to New York, the
Washington workshop was directed
_ by Ken Cooper, a Washington Post
national correspondent and former
member of my St. Louis staff; Sonja
Ross and Darlene Superville of the
Associated Press and Robin
Bennefield of the Discovery
Channel. Keith Alexander, who ,
participated in the Pittsburgh
program started by Christopher
Moore, another former St. Louis
_ Staffer, taught in the Washington
program while serving as president
of the Washington Association of
Black Journalists.
Obviously, the instructors were as
enthusiastic about the workshops
as the students. In addition to Chris
Moore in Pittsburgh, Rochelle Riley,
who served on the Washington -
workshop staff, started programs in
Dallas. Cheryl Smith took over in
Dallas after Rochelle left for
Louisville, where she started
another program before moving to
Detroit.
Some of our former students not
only became professional journal-
ists, but started similar workshops "
Bennie Currie and Celeste Garrett in
Memphis and Mark Russell in
Cleveland.
When I looked into the bright eyes
of about 50 aspiring journalists on
Saturday, I told them about some of
the students that had gone before
them. Around the time I was
speaking to them, Mark Russell was
preparing to leave Orlando and
travel to New York, where he would
be serving as a juror for the Pulitzer
Prizes.
A profile on Mark in 2003 for the
McCormick Fellowship Initiative at
Northwestern University mentioned
our relationship. It noted, oAfter
watching Curry in action as a
reporter for the St. Louis Post-
Dispatch during the 1970s, he
decided that this is the guy I want
to be like. T Russell, then 17, aban-
doned his original plan to be a
football player or a banker making
lots of money. ?
On Monday, I received an e-mail -
from Juan Diasgranados, one of the
students in the audience on
Saturday.
o] just wanted to say that I have
many future hopes in being a TV
anchor or a radio personality one
day, and the words of wisdom you
told us really motivated me. I have
been let down by some people
saying I am not good enough, but I
really think I can. | just want to
thank you and wish you the best of
luck in your career. I hope one day I
could be like you. ? .
That Ts what Mark Russell said. It
wasn Tt so much about me as it was
about my profession. Like Mark, I
am sure Juan will realize his dream.
I'll be looking for him on TV.
George E. Curry is editor-in-chief
of the NNPA News Service and
BlackPressUSA.com. He appears
on National Public Radio (NPR)
three times a week as part of
oNews and Notes with Ed Gor-
don. ?
for working families
There are ways for families to
learn about the benefits for
whicl they are eligible and
receive free, fast, tax help at the
same time. "
Throughout tax season, the
Children Ts Deferige Fund and
others across the country are
operating free tax filing sites.
The Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance (VITA) program
was created by the IRS and is
supported and overseen by the
agency. VITA sites offer free tax
preparation help to families
making $38,000 or less per
year. Volunteers are trained to
help families claim the EITC and
other valuable federal, state,
and local tax credits to which
they are entitled and collect their
refunds quickly without the
unnecessary high fees of com-
mercial preparers.
Even those who aren Tt required
to file a tax return based on
earnings should file a return
because they may have had too
much taken out of their pay-
checks during the year or they
might qualify for a refund
through the EITC. Volunteers
are also able to help working
families who failed to file their
taxes or claim the EITC tax
credits.in the past claim them
now, because they have up to
three years to do so.
VITA sites are set up in conve-
nient locations such as shopping
centers, libraries, community
centers and schools. Families
visiting them are also able to
receive information about other
government benefits, including
food and nutrition programs,
health care, housing, child care
and energy assistance.
All of CDF Ts state offices in
New York, Texas, Minnesota,
Ohio, Mississippi, South
Carolina, Tennessee, California
and the District of Columbia
participate in the VITA pro-
gram. Child poverty would be
reduced by 20 percent and the
number of families living in
extreme poverty would be
reduced by 70 percent if all
families with children partici-
pated in the government pro-
grams for which they are
qualified, including the EITC.
The CDF is part of the move-
ment to help.make free tax _
assistance available, accessible
and well-publicized for every-
one who can use it.
Could the VITA program help
your family? To locate the site
nearest to you, call 1-800-829-
1040. If you have Internet
access, you can also learn more
by visiting the Tax and Benefits
section of CDF Ts Web site
(www.childrensdefense.org).
Marian Wright Edelman is
president and founder of the
Children Ts Defense Fund and its
Action Council whose mission is to
Leave No Child Behind and to
ensure every child a Healthy Start,
a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe
Start, and a Moral Start in life and
successful passage to adulthood
with the help of caring families and
communities.
The Return of Frankenstein Ts Monster
himself, Bill Frist, is leading his
clones " House Speaker
Hastert and the others " in an
attempt to stop Frankenbush, but
the monster is defiant and refuses
to capitulate to their commands.
Yes, the puppet is turning on the
puppet masters; Chuckie is on
the attack. Can anyone stop him
before it Ts too late?
As I have said many times, it Ts
always about the money, and you
would think, listening to the
moaning and wailing of othe
people, ? that we just discovered
this stark reality. Treasury
Secretary John Snow, and the
rest of those corporate crooks
who have been stealing every
dollar they can get their hands
on, have pulled off another
monetary coup with this port
~ deal. Everywhere you look there
1S aconnection from
Frankenbush to his corporate
cronies. And you thought he was
accountable to the Congress.
Silly you.
It was the Congress, at least the
majogity of Congress that cre-
ated bush, giving him all
the nourishment he required to
get stronger and stronger. Now,
hehasturnedonthemandis
exposing them as the weaklings
they are. All they can do, now
that the monster has been
unleashed, is try to destroy him.
If they don Tt come up with the
silver bullet Frankenbush will
destroy them in November
2006. Can Tt you hear Vincent
Price Ts spooky laugh in the
background as you slide down
in your seat, afraid to watch the
scary climax of this B-movie?
The minor plots abound. The
bride of Frankenbush, oCondi, ?
as he calls her, is threatening
folks all over the world. After
all, she has the monster on her
side. Again, I think about our
prophet, Gil Scott-Heron, when
he called Henry Kissinger, the
oInternational Godfather of
Peace. ? Just like Richard Nixon
and his boys wanted o a piece of
Laos, a piece of Angola, a piece
of Viet Nam, a piece of Cuba. ?
Condi also says she and
Frankenbush want peace, a
piece of Iraq, a piece of Iran, a
piece of Syria, a piece of
Afghanistan. Apparently the
Frankenbush peace process
calls for Condi to threaten
leaders of these countries, as
well as the duly elected leader
of Venezuela, Caesar Chavez.
Can anyone stop this monster?
Frankenbush, fresh from a re-
charge in 2004, hackneyed,
skewed, discombobulated, and
confused, is on the loose,
running rampant and destroying
everything in his path. He and
his bride are bent on taking over
the earth. It Ts Boris Karloff and
Elsa Lanchester reincarnated.
Keep your children in the
house.
Ihave to believe that any
person with an ounce of gray
matter knows Frankenbush is
an abject failure, at least as it
relates to governing this country.
But, as for filling his pockets
and those of his cronies, he has
been a rousing success. He has
done what he was told; they
trotted him out on the stage,
after wiring him with an ear-
piece, and he stood there and
delivered " exactly what they
told him to say. Of course, there
are always exceptions every
time Frankenbush makes his
feeble attempts to speak
without assistance.
_ His inarticulate ramblings and
mechanical movements and
gestures are striking indications
that Frankenbush is unsure of
his balance, insecure, and
unstable, at least that Ts the way
it used to be. Now, the monster
is walking on his own, still not
making very much sense when
he speaks, but he doesn Tt need
to, considering the raw power
he possesses.
Soon we will see how powerful
Frankenbush is as he has .
thrown down the gauntlet
before his creators. Now they
must find a way to destroy him
before he destroys them "- and
the rest of us. Can they do it?
Surely there is much awry in
this, the latest Republican
laboratory experiment. The
monster is running wild, not
obeying the orders from those
who thought they were his
masters; they didn Tt know he
had other masters; they thought
they had him under control, but
the corporate hidden hands are
giving Frankenbush his orders.
We are in deep trouble if he is
not neutralized soon.
Doesn Tt all of this make sense
now? Frankenbush said he
didn Tt know the levees would
break; he didn Tt know Osama
had plans to fly planes into
buildings; and he didn Tt know
about the Dubai deal; he didn Tt
know Hamas would be elected.
Isn Tt it obvious that he doesn Tt "
know about a lot of things?
After all, he is the most ignorant,
uninformed, and disconnected
president in the history of this
country. That Ts because he was
created in a laboratory by
devious, greedy, mad scientists
like Rove, Cheney, Wolfowitz,
Abramhoff, Ken Lay and the
rest of their diabolical surgical
team. .
Yes, they created a monster and
now, after turning on the people,
' the monster has turned on
Congress, a collective body that
assumed it had control of the
monster. Wow! I can Tt wait to
see the end of this horror movie.
James E. Clingman, an
adjunct professor at the
University of Cincinnati's
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, oBlackonomics, ?
and has written several
books, including Black-o-
Knowledge-Stuff.
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Extracted by:
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took root with little competition.
But if Japan didn Tt invent
at the beginning, but puzzlers
then get a sudden rush as a
Sudoku, America can Tt take
complete credit either. Sudoku
region contains exactly one of
each number. Each puzzle
tipping point is reached; at the
end, the numbers almost fill Note:
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A Royal Celebration . . .. Recently at the Comerstone V issionary Baptist Church in Greenville,NC
worshipers from area churchers and political officials gathered to give honor to the work that Bishop
& pastor of the Philippi Church of Christ, Randy B. Royal, (seated 3rd from left) has been involved in
during the years of his tenure here in Greenville. Bishop Royal is recovering from a recent surgery.
Along with all of our community we pray for the Bishop Ts continued recovery. |
| photo by Bro Jim Rouse
The Family that prays together . .. . Pitt County Businessman, Joe Wright and his wife, Deniece
with children Courtney and Joe were on hand to shoe their love and support for the service at
Comerstone Missionary Baptist Church held in honour of Bshop Randy B. Royal ~
photo by Jim Rouse
Three Generations of Deathcare .. .. Retired Funeral Director Dan Worthington of Norcott &
Co. Funeral Home was on hand to show support along with former Norcott affiliates (left to night)
Wife, April (Sutton) Williams with thrid generation Funeral Home Director and CEO of Willoughby
Funeral Homes Inc.J.T. Willoughby III and father Quincy of Norcott. photo Jim Rouse
Campaign Kickoff, . . at one of Greenville's top restaurant,Chef Ts 505, where Derrick Brown
who is campaigning fér a seat in the NC House(not pictured) is Derrick Ts father Atty. Earl Brown
(extreme left) and mother Dr. Hazel Brown with supporters of Derricks campaign.
. photo Bro Jim Rouse
PA? FOR AY THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT GEREK HM. BRO
to
Lorie
Michelle Tyson
Savage
Lorie has been nominated to the Who's
Who Among Students In American Universities & Colleges 2006 Honors Program.She is a member
of the Philippi Church Of Christ where the pastor is Bishop Randy B. Royal.She has two children:
Rodney Smith 10yrs, Alexis Savage 7yrs anda loving husband in the person of Roy Savage. Lorie is
currently majoring in psychology and socialology at Shaw University. She plans to become a licensed
professional counselor specializing in the field of substance abuse.Lorie gives God all the glory in her
life and thanks her mother who has been a strong spiritual inspiration in her life. Lorie say that oyou T re
shortif you don Tt believe that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.
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of the ideological turmoil of the
sixties when the Black power
movement was split by the
Given the aforementioned
- fireworks, the other two panels
on economic empowerment
race/class dichotomy, as well as and emerging leadership were
those who favored the differing
tactics and strategies put forth
by King and Malcolm X.
oThere is so much to be mari-
nated in this book, ? was
Smiley Ts retort, adding that he
was casting no aspersion on
Farrakhan. oThis book belongs
tous. It Ts a covenant with us,
and we must take control of
our destiny. ?
Cornel West, too, addressed
his remarks with love and
respect to Farrakhan.
oTresonate with love for my
minister, but he Ts not right in his
conclusions; West asserted.
. oPm notintegrating into a
Surning house. I want to tell the
truth about the house, and to
rescue people from it. ?
Rather than watching the
American house of misdeeds
and mischief burn, Belafonte
said the flames must be put out.
King, he said, would never say,
oLet it burn. ? He (Dr. King)
charged our morality: Do you
stand by and watch the house
burn? That Ts the choice we
have to make. We, Black
people, are morally responsible
for America Ts destiny. ? The
applause that followed
Belafonte Ts remark was almost
equal to the applause
Farrakhan received when he
was introduced.
tame by comparison, though
the latter, time wise, was given
short shrift. oWe are the direct
descendants of the civil rights
movement, ? said Malia Lazu of
the Institute of Policy Studies,
oand we must not only register
to vote, we must seek office
too. ? .
It would have been interesting
to see some of the emerging
leaders " Dr. Ian Smith, film-
maker Shola Lynch, Eddie
Glaude, Jamal Bryant and Trish
Millines Dzigoin "have an
intergenerational dialogue with
the likes of Rev. Al Sharpton,
* Wade Henderson,
Angela Glover Blackwell, and
Julianne Malveaux.
Since the panelists were
ordered to use the book to cue
their remarks, it perhaps made
sense that they, for the most
part, mirrored the guidelines put
forth by the text. Some of the
veteran activists must have
been struck by resemblance of
the ten-chapter Covenant to the
Ten Point Programs once
proposed by the Nation of
Islam and the Black Panther
Party, though the Covenant
hardly addressed African
affairs, the Diaspora, the prison
industrial complex, labor,
unemployment, housing,
homelessness, child welfare,
the pandemic of AIDS, political
prisoners, reparations, or
police brutality. These issues
were given but passing atten-
tion by the panelists, whose
ranks included no notable
Black nationalists or individuals
identified with the political left.
But as Smiley notesinhis
introduction to the book, othe
Covenant is not revolutionary,
- butevolutionary, ? which may
explain the absence of individu-
als from activist groups and
political formations currently
doing battle with a racist
society permeated by white
supremacy.
Among the highlights was the
appearance of Katrina survi-
vors. This was a nice touch and
it complemented all the criti-
cism leveled against the Bush
administration and its slovenly °
response to the Gulf Coast
disaster.
Practically every speaker found
a way to weave the hurricanes
and their aftermaths into their
comments.
Smiley and his entourage are
slated to host summits in six
more cities, including Brooklyn
this past Tuesday. By then they
should have received the
necessary tests and feedback
to assist in transforming the
Covenant Ts words into action.
Baseball: First woman elected
to the Hall of Fame
Baseball: First woman
elected to the Hall of Fame
Jack Curry
The New York Times
Effa Manley, a savvy busi-
nesswoman whose gravestone
reads, oShe Loved Baseball, ?
became the first woman
elected to the Baseball Hall of
Fame when 17 people from
the Negro Leagues and the
predecessor era in black
baseball were selected by a
special committee.
Manley, who co-owned the
Newark Eagles with her
husband, Abe, handled the
daily business operations of
the team and was considered
an expert in marketing and
advertising. She was also
diligent in fighting for better
conditions for the players on
the Eagles, who won the
Negro Leagues World Series
in 1946,
oWhile Abe had the money,
she was really the one running
the show, ? said Leslie Heaphy,
a Negro Leagues historian and
member of the voting commit-
tee.
Manley Ts mother was white
and her father was black, but
Larry Lester, a member of the
voting committee, said she had
been conceived in an affair her
mother had with a white man.
Manley, who had mixed-race
siblings and lived in a black
neighborhood, lived her life as
a black woman. She was
instrumental in making sure
that owners of Negro League
teams were compensated for
their players by major league
teams who signed them once
Jackie Robinson integrated
baseball with the Brooklyn
Dodgers in 1947. Branch
Rickey, the Dodgers T general
manager, did not pay the
Kansas-City Monarchs any
money for Robinson when he
signed him off their roster. .
The election was a byproduct
of Major League Baseball Ts
giving the Hall of Fame a
$250,000 grant for an in-
depth analysis of black figures
in baseball from 1860 to
1960. Before this election, 18
players from the Negro
Leagues were in the Hall.
Manley Ts challenging child-
hood had shaped her into an
aggressive executive. Manley
wrote letters to the Hall
lobbying for various Negro
Leagues players to be consid-
ered for induction before dying
at 84 in 1981. Now she is
joining the Hall.
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Honoring African Americans In
Song...
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Phyllis of the Exciting
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group and below is (front)
Joe Louis,Lil Willie,
(back row) Jarvis Jr, §
Johnnie Ray and Bobby of §&
the group Lil Willie and The
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was another successful
gospel program held at the
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entary School in
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Teacher of The
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Pitt County Schools will honor
Teacher of the Year candidates
at the Rock Springs Center on
March 16, 2006 with a
luncheon banquet beginning at
11:45 a.m. At that time the
county Teacher of the Year will
be announced as well as other
| outstanding employees.
The finalists for Teacher of
the Year are as follows
Michael Parker
Famnville Central High
School
Michael Flinchbaugh
J. H. Rose High School
H. B. Sugg Elementary _
School
Nicole Tillery
Belvoir Elementary
School .
The following winners will be
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Custodian of the Year
Office Employee of the
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. Teacher Assistant of the
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Books (BOB) district
competition will be held at 9:00
a. m. on Thursday, March 16,
2006.
BOB is a middle school
competition with a game-like
format with teams competing
against each other by answering
questions about 27 books they
have read during the school
year. The games will consists of
rounds of 12 questions with two
schools facing off far points.
The team with the most points
will be declared district winner
and the school Ts name will be
placed on a plaque. First and
Second place teams will receive
medals and a box of BOB
books. The winning team will
advance to regional competition
April 7 at Hertford County
Middle School. The winner of
the regional competition will go
to the state competition May 5
at UNC/Greensboro. Pitt
County was represented by
E.B. Aycock Middle in the
region last year and they
became the 2005 State
Champions.
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Saint James United Methodist
Church located at 2000 E. 6th
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25, 2006
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charged with second-degree
murder.
It was unclear whether the
suspects had attorneys, and
prosecutors had no comment.
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Calderon moved into the
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Two of the girls, ages 6 and 9,
have told investigators thatthe "
boyfriend singled out the boy
for regular beatings, which
included shoving him face-first
into walls.
Autopsy results were pending,
but police said there was
preliminary evidence that the
child had a fractured skull, a
damaged liver and atrophied
leg muscles, .
Police responding toa 911
call around 3.a.m. Monday
found Quachaun dead in the
family Ts filthy Bronx apart-
ment. They said the apartment
was in disarray, with cold air
blowing in through a broken
window, no food in the refrig-
erator and the children poorly
clothed.
Smith had told police the
television fell on the boy
Sunday and that he began
vomiting blood the next day.
In November, Administration
for Children Ts Services
caseworkers had visited the
apartment and reported it oto
be in order, ? agency head John
Mattingly said.
The agency underwent a
shake-up after the January 11
death of 7-year-old Nixzmary
Brown, who was allegedly
tortured, abused and beaten
by her stepfather. .
Reports of her suffering had
been made to several agen-
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and child welfare. Her death
followed recent homicides of
three other children known to
the agency
Jose Calderon, 18 is charged
with second degree murder .
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
was born in Baltimore, Mary-
land, on September 24, 1825 to
free parents. At the age of three,
her parents died and she was
sent to live with an uncle Rever-
end William Watkins, a teacher
* at the Academy for Negro
Youth and a radical political
figure in civil rights.
At the age of 13, she went to
work as a nursemaid, but she :
continued her education on her Hy ?"? Daath
own. She was allowed to use 3
the library of the family she
worked for and while still in her
teens began to write poetry. In
1839, Harper Ts first poems
were published in abolitionist
periodicals. In 1845, her first
collection of verse and prose
was published in a collection
entitled Forest Leaves.
In 1850, Harper left Baltimoré )
in order to become the first.) /
woman to teach at Union ~ ?
Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio.
Sarah Parker Remond was
born in 1826 in Salem. Her
mother Nancy was the New-
ton-born daughter of a man
who fought in the Continental
Army; her father John was a
free black who arrived from the
Dutch island of Curacao as a
boy of ten in 1798. The
Remonds settled in Salem,
where they built a successful
catering, provisioning, and
hairdressing business. Although
they were prosperous freer
citizens of Massachusetts and
protective parents, they could
not shield their eight children
from racial discrimination. The
family set great store on educa-
tion, and in 1835, Sarah and her
sister passed the examination to
enter the Salem High School.
Within a week, they were
forced to leave the school by a
segregationist school committee.
Outraged, the Remonds moved
to Newport, RI, where Sarah
attended a private school for
blacks. John Remond mounted
a campaign to desegregate the
Salem schools, and when he
succeeded in 1841, the family
returned home. Sarah continued
her education by reading widely
and attending concerts and
lectures.In 1856, at the age of
30, she went to work for the
American Anti-slavery Society.
She had first come to public
notice three years before when
she was ejected from a Boston
theater because she refused to
sit in a segregated gallery. She
was handled roughly by a
policeman, and successfully
sued the theater Ts owners for
$500 in damages. In 1856, she
began her career as a public
speaker, touring New York
State with a team of lecturers
that included her brother
Charles and another courageous
Massachusetts woman, Abby
Kelly Foster. Abby Foster Ts
example and encouragement
were critical in Sarah Remond Ts
decision to take the step of
becoming an anti-slavery
lecturer. o
oSeven Future Events That Will Shake
~The World T
Faith May
4. Two Dead Men Walking "
Revelation |1:3-12 predicts the
appearance of otwo Witnesses ?
who will proclaim the message
of Jesus in Jerusalem in the days
following the rapture. Their clear
message will be accompanied
by miraculous signs that indicate
their functions will be like that of
Moses (plagues) and Elijah (fire
from heaven). These are also the
two witnesses that appeared with
Jesus on the mount of
transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-
3). ,
The antichrist will suddenly turn
gainst these two men, kill them
and leave their dead bodies in
the streets of Jerusalem for public
9
In the last issue I gave you information from the Bible predicting
at least Seven future events that are destined to shake the world in
the olast days ?. I gave you three of the seven events. Here are
the other four.
days, they will be miraculously
resurrected and raptured into
heaven (Revelation 11:11-12).
This dramatic event will be
witnessed by the whole world,
presumably on satellite television.
It will serve as a final warning to
those who have rejected the
Gospel and been left behind
during the great tribulation.
5. Jewish Temple Rebuilt-The first
Temple in Jerusalem was built by
King Solomon. It was destroyed
in 586 B.C. by the Babylonians.
The Second Temple was built by:
Zerubbable in 515 B.C. It was
later remodeled by King Herod
and destroyed by the Romans in
AD 70. Today, there is no Jewish
Temple on the sacred Temple
Mount for more than 1,300 years,
since AD 691. Nevertheless, the
Bible predicts that the antichrist
( oman of sin T ? T) will enter the Jewish
Temple in the last days and insist
that he be worshipped as God (II
Thessalonians 2:3-4). This
prophecy presupposes the
existence of another Jewish
Temple in the future. Since the
Dome of the Rock and the
rebuilding of the Jewish Temple
in its place, perhaps under the
auspices and protection of the
antichrist himself.
6. Holocaust Eclipsed " One on
the most serious biblical
prophecies points to the invasion
of Jerusalem in the biblical last
days. While Israel is dwelling
securely, she will suddenly be
invaded by hordes of old Gentile
nations. Both the Old Testament
(Ezekiel 38:39; Joel 2:1-11;
Zechariah 14:1-3) and the New
Testament (Matthew 24: 15-28;
Revelation 16:1-2) predict an
assault on Jerusalem in the end
7. God Comes To Earth " The
great climax of biblical prophecy
is the triumphal return of Jesus
Christ described in Revelation
19:11-16. He returns from
heaven to earth to win the Battle
of Armageddon (Revelation
16:16), defeat the Beast and the
False Prophet and cast Satan in
to"the abyss for 1,000 years
(revelation 19:19-20:3). Only His
return will bring peace to the
planet and an end to human
hostilities. In the Person of Jesus
Christ, the Prince of Peace, God
comes to earth to reign and rule
in peace and righteousness. This
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exceeded by eternity itself when
all the saints of God dwell
together in the New Jerusalem
(Revelation 21-22).
The final prophecies of the
Revelation ends with an invitation.
Jesus speaks one last time, urging
us to otestify. . these things in the
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whoever will, let him come ?
(22:17). Prophecy is not written
to frighten us, but to invite us to
come to Christ while there is still
time. You and I have an invitation
to dine with the King. But we
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the US " and believed to be
the first Black congregation in
_ Brooklyn to erect an edifice
from the foundation. It is a
church determined to leave a
legacy of building structures that
edify and empower a commu-
nity, and building people that
edify and empower each other.
It Ts a pastor, Dr. Griffin,
states, oas we move into the
21* Century, we want people
who were disenfranchised and
dispossessed to be empowered. Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver may testify against
Clarence Norman at his trial on
chargesheillegallysought ,-
reimbursement for travel to and
from Albany.
We want them to determine
their social and political desti-
nies and to be players in forging
the society " not to be victims
of the situations they find
themselves in. ? AMEN
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Shelly may rat on Clarence Norman
As jury selection began for
Norman Ts third felony trial in
less than a year yesterday,
Brooklyn prosecutors identified
Silver as one of the witnesses
they plan to call.
If he takes the stand, Silver
likely would be asked if
Norman - his former deputy
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though the borough Democratic
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Norman, already sentenced to
two years in prison for the other
convictions, could face up to an
additional seven years if
convicted of larceny and 76
counts of filing a false instrument
for travel vouchers he submitted
in 1999-2002 totaling just over
$5,000.
Once a Brooklyn kingpin,
Norman was knocked from the
Crown Heights Assembly seat
he held for 23 years and his °
15-year chairmanship of the
Brooklyn Democratic Party
when a jury convicted him of
campaign corruption in
September. He was also
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Obituary
Mrs. Mable King Lang, born
October 20, 1915 to the late
Jack and Sarah McMillan King
of Robinson County, North
Carolina, passed Saturday,
March 4, 2006.
Mrs. Lang was a retired
educator of 37 years with the
Greenville Public School
System in Pitt County. She
received her elementary and
secondary education from the
Red Stone Academy in
Lumberton, North Carolina,
Bachelor of Science Degree
from Fayetteville State
University, Fayetteville, NC,
and pursued further studies at
North Carolina Central
University in Durham, East
Carolina Universi in
Greenville, and School of the
Arts in Chicago. She received
an Honorary Doctorate of
Human Letters Degree from
Shaw University Divinity School
in Raleigh, NC.
Mrs. Lang was not silent nor still
in her retirement. She moved
swiftly and humbly to
accomplish the tasks at hand.
She was an active member of.
the Sycamore Hill Missionary
Baptist Church in Greenville
where she has served as
President of the Junior Ladies
Auxiliary, President of the
Willing Workers Club, Sunday
School Teacher for the Junior
Class and Girl Scout leader;
President of the Women Ts
'- Auxiliary to the Middle District
Union of the Old Eastern
Missionary Baptist Association.
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As a retired school teacher,
Mrs. Lang continued to be
active in the community and in
education through her
involvement with the National
Education Association, the
North Carolina Teacher Ts
Association, Vice President of
the Retired Teacher Ts
Association, Vice President of
the North Carolina Girl Ts
. Counsel, Deputy of the United
Order of Tents, and member of
the NAACP. ~
Noted across eastern North
Carolina as an activist on behalf
of the Shaw University and
Shaw Divinity School, Dr. Lang
worked endlessly for the viability
of these two institutions. For
over ten years she has served
as coordinator and orchestrator
of Eastern North Carolina
fundraising efforts. Though not
a graduate of Shaw, her
commitment to Shaw is
unquestionable and unequivocal.
Dr. Lang was preceded in death
by her husband, the late James
H. Lang. She leaves to cherish
het memories: (3) Sons, James
H. Lang, Jr. of Huntsville,
, Alabama, Frederick D. Lang of
Greensboro, NC and Joseph J.
Lang of Greenville, NC & (1)
Daughter, Mrs. Annie Perry of
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Many were the people who
came to this country in
bondage. They adopted
- Christianity to become closer to
- the society that was rejecting
-. them. I realized that if the
~ religion of the country was
Hinduism, Buddhism, or even
Islam, they would learn it and
adopt it as a natural progression
towards acceptance. However,
at some point, an intelligent
_ person must ask, oWhat is
God's true religion? ?
at My religious classes taught me
= eaus did not like people who
ra gave lip service to faith. In his
ogospel he challenged his people
-~ to seek out the truth. Knock on
4
:) the doors of knowledge; do not
-be afraid to ask questions, He
* + implored his people to cut their
i © dependence on their Rabbis and
spiritual leaders. He says the
truth will set you free. Implying
that without the truth you cannot
be free. Though speaking to his
people, the Jews, this was a fact
that all nations could ponder.
Subjugated people cannot
establish God Ts laws and only
God Ts laws can release us from
tyranny. But you must be a free
people to establish God Ts laws.
The Jews knew very well their
" position as helpless captives in
their own land.
If mankind was to have a
chance at a better life, a people
must rise with God Ts
message. "a people free from
bondage. Jesus tells his
disciples a prophet was coming
after him, who would lead all of
mankind to all truths. Thus, the
opportunity to have absolute
freedom would be available to
everyone who wanted it. But it
was not coming from Jesus
because Jesus knew he was the
last prophet from the Children
of Israel, and the Children of
Israel were unable to act freely.
God was shifting this
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responsibility to the descendants
of Ishmael, Prophet Abraham Ts
first born son. Jesus was not
the first messenger from God
who predicted this. Moses in
Deuteronomy also spoke to the
Jews about this man and the
scholars of Jesus time asked
him if he was that prophet.
According to both messengers
of God, the last Prophet of
God, would be a religious
leader, a military commander,
and a statesman. Reviewing
history you find six hundred
years after Jesus, a Prophet
came from the Arabs, just as
Moses predicted. As Jesus
predicted he spoke to the
people words that did not come
from him. His name was
Muhammad and the words he
spoke are verses from the
Qur Tan. A Book God promises
to protect until the end of time.
In this Book God says He
perfected our religion and chose
for us Islam as the True Path to
Him.
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Bill Campbell Ts
Campaign for his Life
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Bill Campbell Ts Campaign
for his Life
by Maynard Eaton
Special to the NNPA from
the Atlanta Voice
ATLANTA (NNPA) - For
20 years Bill Campbell was
the consummate politician "
the quintessential child of the
civil rights movement who
courageously integrated a
North Carolina grade
school.
He then parlayed his
prestigious law degree into
an Atlanta city council seat
that suprisingly catapulted
him to stunning victories in
two bitter mayoral
campaigns against
Opponents pundits
perceived to be more savvy
and popular " former
Fulton County Chairman
Michael Lomax and, four
years later, former Atlanta
City Council President
Marvin Arrington.
Now Campbell, the
charismatic and
controversial former two-
term Atlanta mayor [1994 to
2002] is mired in a mess "
three weeks into a hotly
contested, racially charged
and contentious federal trial
~ that could imprison him for
decades because
prosecutors allege he used
his office as a criminal
enterprise.
Despite damning testimony
suggesting Campbell Ts
culpability for bribery,
racketeering and fraud " as
well as embarrassing
evidence of his salacious
five-year extra-martial love
affair with former WSB-TV
anchorwoman Marion
Brooks and other women
being unearthed during the
taxing and telling trial thus
far " the former Mayor has
employed and attempted to
engineer a public relations .
strategy that amounts to a
poignant political campaign for
validation and vindication.
It Ts perhaps the most critical
campaign of his life because it
really is for his life.
Campbell has been
omnipresent, appearing at Black
churches, public functions,
senior citizen homes and
Coretta Scott King Ts funeral
and defiantly maintaining his
innocence.
The Atlanta Voice caught up
with Campbell at a Midtown
media-mixer recently sponsored
by the Atlanta Press Club.
Q: How is the trial going from
your perspective?
A: It Ts now been two weeks
and virtually everyday has been
terrific. The first
Q: How long do you expect that
to last?
A: Everybody Ts saying I Tm great
or the trial. In terms of the
government Ts case, I think it will
go another two or three weeks.
Q: What do you think of the
prosecution thus far?
A: I Tve never thought much of
them.
It Ts a terribly flawed prosecution
and a terribly flawed
prosecution team.
Q: Can you give me one
example why?
A: It Ts like [Franz] Kafka said,
First the verdict, then the trial. T
This has been an almost eight-
year inquisition where they have
gone through every aspect of
my life. They T ve paraded every
friend that I have in front of the
Grand Jury " every golfing
friend, every poker buddy,
every African-American
businessman who did [City
Hall] contracts "they Tve all -
been hauled in. It is shameful
what they have done. Their
conduct has been nothing short
of disgraceful.
Q: Is race a factor here?
A: There is no doubt that race
plays a factor in this
prosecution. For anybody who
saw the disgraceful response to
Hurricane Katrina; anybody
who was living in some fantasy
land who thought that race does
not play a role in America today
that should have been a stark
reminder that race continues to
be a problem.
Q: Are black mayors and
politicians still being unfairly
persecuted in your opinion or
are you perceived as just a bad
apple who got caught with his
hand in the cookie jar?
A: Every Black mayor " [San
Francisco T ] Willie Brown,
[Houston Ts] Lee Brown, [New
Orleans Ts] Marc Morial,
[Newark Ts] Sharp James,
[Philadelphia Ts] John Street,
[Atlanta Ts} Maynard Jackson
and Andrew Young " it Ts no
accident that a roll call of every
Black mayor in America over
the past 20-years has been
investigated in some way, shape
or form. That Ts a shocking _
statement about how things are.
It Ts more of an indictment of the
system than it is of those
mayors.
Q: This is the trial of your life. It
has to be daunting and fearful.
A: The only thing that concerns
me is the entire weight of the
Justice department. They have a
courtroom full of FBI, IRS and T
government agents. When it is
all said and done, the case is -
paper-thin. It really has no
connection with me. But I will
prevail. I will be vindicated. I
don Tt know of acivil rights
leader worth anything that
hasn Tt had to endure the weight
of government investigations on
them. Name one. .
Q: This has been costly and
personally painful, has it not?
A: No doubt. It has cost both
financially and emotionally.
What hurts is to hear people
hurting about you.
Q: [heard you tell a well-wisher
that this is like a campaign
again. Is that how you see it?
A: Somebodythat Ts mayor of
Atlanta, you are always
campaigning in a sense. I used
to go out with Maynard
Jackson and Andrew Young;
you are always the mayor of
Atlanta, no matter where you go
or what you do. So to that
extent, itis always a campaign
- mode " people want to know
about you and what you are
doing. They are interested in
your life because you have
played such a role in their lives
in the city of Atlanta.
Q: When this trial is over and if
you are exonerated, what will
you say or do then?
A: I will go to church and give
thanks because I have had such
spiritual support. It has been
humbling to have the support of
so many people of faith. I don Tt
think I have walked by anybody
in Southwest Atlanta during the
past six months who hasn Tt said,
I Tm praying for you. T
Bill Campbell; the charismatic and controversial
former two-term Atlanta mayor is mired in a
mess ~ three weeks into a hotly contested,
racially charged and contentious federal trial "
that could imprison him for decades because
prosecutors allege he used his office as a
criminal enterprise. AP
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