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blacks to vote. VOTE
May 2ND in the Primary
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After centuries
of slavery and
segregation, the
reason for the ©
" Voting Rights
defend the right of
- granted
By: Demetrius Patterson
It Ts a misnomer to think that
African Americans are a poor
group of people. With steady
growth of Black Americans
receiving college degrees "
and many getting higher paying
jobs, African Americans wield
a whopping $762 billion in
buying power, according to a
recent report by a New York
based market research firm.
By 2010, that amount is
expected to juixp to $981
billion. But even with the strong
spending power that the African
American community exhibits,
many companies and
mainstream (White) advertising
agencies still pay far less
attention to the Black market
than they do to the white-hot
Hispanic market.
The purchasing power trends
of African Americans were
researched and put in a report
by Packaged Facts, a division
of MarketResearch. com, which
is a provider of industry-specific
market research reports. The
Packaged Facts study looked at
Black spending power from a
regional perspective. According
to the study, African Americans
in the West and Northeast
havehigher average incomes
than those in the Midwest and
the South.
Black consumers will s
advertisers that they matter?
The
serving Eastern North Carolina Ts
As a result, the West and
Northeast account for a
disproportionate share of the
aggregate income of African
Americans.
Don Montuori, publisher of
Packaged Facts, told the
Chicago Defender _ that
perception plays a big part as
to why the African Americans
community is ignored by some
companies, compared to the
amount of care those firms
show in courting the Hispanic
community,
oAfrican Americans (and other
minorities) are subjected tothe
whims of the marketing
_ community, and since 2003,
C
Buying power of Blacks taken for
pend $981 billion by 2010, so why do they have to keep proving to
ee
when the Census Bureau
revealed that Hispanics
outnumbered African Ame-
ricans, the focus of marketing
and advertising efforts has
shifted to be more Hispanic-
focused, or in an attempt to be
inclusive, multicultural, ?
Montuori said.
oMedia stories played up the _
growth of the Hispanic
market,which is dramatic, no
question, and the consequential
growth in Hispanic buying
power. I don Tt think there was
a conscious effort to dismiss or
ignore Black communities.
Instead, it Ts an attempt to go
Judge Glenda Hatchett Yields "
Record Attendance at 5"
Annual College Round-Up
By Susie Clemons
Staff Writer
Whoever said opportunity
does not land at your feet is
clearly misinformed. Just ask
any Edgecombe County high
school student or neighboring
learner, for want of a college
opportunity, about College
Round-Up or about Bob
Whitehead.
This year, on March 18
and for the 5" consecutive
year, Tarboro, North Carolina
native Robert oBob ?
Whitehead yet again proved "
that nothing is: impossible as
TV Ts Judge Glenda Hatchett,
anationally recognized
authority on juvenile and
social issues, HBCU
admissions and financial aid
personnel traveled not to
Charlotte or Washington D.C.
to meet potential campus
scholars and future leaders,
but to the tucked away city of
Tarboro, NC.
And this year was no
exception, as a record crowd
in excess of 1000 filled
Edgecombe Community
College (ECC) Mobley
Atrium for a chance at on the
spot interviews with HBCU
Reps. Also available were
offers of scholarships from
Ms. Iris Settles of Atlanta,
application fee waivers,
enrollment guarantees for
qualifying students, SAT
information, and special
assistance provided to those
needing help closing the gap
to college enrollment.
Colleges and Universities
on hand for the event included
Livingston College,
Laurinburg Institute, A & T
University, NCCU, Elizabeth
City State University, Shaw
University, Benedict
University of South Carolina,
Winston Salem State
University, Fayetteville State
University and Virginia State
University
Later that morning larger
numbers spilled into the aisle
of the ECC Ts adjoining Keihin
Auditorium to hear Judge
Hatchett Ts key note address.
Respectively, Princeville and
Tarboro Mayors Elect and
Tarboro School
Superintendent were on hand ,
for the welcoming address,
following Hatchett Ts escort
through the standing room
only auditorium by local area
Judge Milton oToby ? Fitch.
Judge Hatchett
In addition to her televised
judgeship, the former Delta
Airlines lead counsel is also
the national spokesperson for
Court Appointed Special
Advocates (CASA), and for
eight years also Georgia Ts first
h
4
African American Judge of a
state court, and the
department head of one of the
largest juvenile Ts court
systems in the country.
_ I believe I can fly...she
told the captivated audience.
You all know the song. I love
that song but I have issues
with the songwriter, startling
all to attention with her
commanding voice and
frankness.
For no less than twenty
minutes, the fiery Judge,
adorned in a well appointed
black pant suit, openly
attacked the troublesome
truths about modern day
parenting issues and
misbehaving youth. She
spoke to trends that some
parents purchase hotel rooms
on their credit cards for their
sons and daughters after prom
parties, to admonishing teens
about the hazards of gangs
and parental disobedience,
and especially about the
importance of an education.
You parents should set
high standards for your
- children, they Tll one day thank
you for it, said Hatchett. Be
Clear about your rules. As for
you teens, I want you to meet
with destiny not with death,
failure, disease or incar-
ceration , let Ts rewrite history.
Further cementing her
position on the relationship
between children and elders,
she insisted that anyone under
21 get up and give their seat
to any standing adult. And
most if not all did. Many of
whom, at the Judge Ts
invitation, joined her on the
Stage seating themselves on
the floor in a half circle about
her feet.
oT T'm ole T school and that Ts
how we did it. RESPECT
for my elders is why I Tm here
today. I gained access to my
incredible journey upon the
shoulders of praying parents
and a community of wise
elders, They believed in
giving back to community and
they passed the torch on to
my generation. ? [We want
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is. ? _American buying market, and
the buying power of other
Mary Olvera, president of minorities, as well.as those who
Cultural Marketing Comm- ; are non-Hispanic.
unications, a°Chicago-based-:;
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company, said, conscious. African Americans, Asian
effort or not, major advertisers: Americans,
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Bob Whitehead and Faye Smith
Minority Voice ar 1 - 15, 2006 pg2
4
OPINION.
High School Dropouts:
. The Silent Epidemic
By George E. Curry
If you listen carefully, you
still can Tt hear it. It Ts the
sound of a third of high
school students dropping
out before receiving their
diploma. For people of
color, the figure is almost 50
percent and that has
profound implications not
only for the students, but for
the society that failed them.
oThe Silent Epidemic:
Perspectives of High School
Dropouts ? is an important
report on the dropout
problem told from the
viewpoints of true experts "
the students themselves. The
study, which focuses on
polling and focus groups, is
a joint project by the Civic
Enterprises and Peter D.
Hart Research Associates
for the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation.
In 2003, about 3.5 million
youth 16 to 25 did not have
a high school diploma and
were not enrolled in school.
The report begins with oAn
Open Letter to the American |
People ? that gets directly to
the point: oThere is a high
school dropout epidemic in
America. Each year, almost
one third of all public high
school students " and nearly
one half of all blacks,
Hispanics and Native
Americans " fail to graduate
from public high school with
their class. Many of these
students abandon school
with less than two years to
complete their high school
education. ?
And society has plenty of
reasons to care.
oThe decision to drop out is a
dangerous one for the
student, ? the report
continued. oDropouts are
much more likely than their
peers who graduate to be
unemployed, living in poverty,
receiving public assistance, in
prison, on death row,
unhealthy, divorced and single
parents with children who
drop out from high school
themselves. ?
The report on this silent
epidemic allows us to listen to
what those who quit say about
their predicament.
oThe central message of this
report is that while some
students drop out because of
significant academic
challenges, most dropouts are
students who could have, and
believe they could have,
succeeded in school, ? the
study said. oThis survey of
young people who left high
school without graduating
suggests that, despite career
aspirations that require
education beyond high school
and a majority having grades
of C or better, circumstances
in students T livesandan
inadequate response to those
circumstances from the
schools led to dropping out. ?
We tend to think of high
school dropouts as being "
incapable of handling the
academic workload and there
is some evidence that supports
that view. For example, 35
percent of those polled said
ofailing in school ? was a
major factor in the decision to
drop out. And 32 percent had
repeated a grade before
dropping out.
Nearly half of the former
students " 47 percent - quit
not because of the academic
challenge, but because they
found classes uninteresting.
oThese young people reported
being bored and disengaged
from high school, ? the report
said. oAlmost as many (42
Judge Greg Mathis
By: Judge Greg Mathis, Special
to BlackAmericaWeb.com
Rising tuition rates and cuts in
the federal Pell Grant and
state aid programs have
caused more students to rely
on student loan debt to pay
for their college education. As
such, the average student's
debt increased by more than
50 percent over the last 10
years. With an increase in
pent loan interest rates
ming " rates are schedule
to go up July 1 " current and
e
percent) spent time with
people who were not
interested in school. These
were among the top reasons
selected by those withhigh
GPAs and by those who said
they were motivated to work
har ? .
An even larger number of
students " 69 percent " said
they were not motivated or
inspired to work hard. In
fact, two-thirds said they
would have worked harder
had it been required of them.
Naturally, there were other
real life factors that caused
some students to drop out.
Approximately a third said
they had torget a job and
make more money, 26
percent said they became a
parent and 22 percent said
they had to care for a family
member.
There was also a significant
number of students who fell
behind in the early years and
never felt they caught up " or
could catch up " with their
classmates.
oThe majority of parents
were not aware T or just
somewhat aware T of their
child Ts grades or that they
were about to leave school, ?
the report said. oNearly half
of the respondents said their
parents T work schedule kept
them from knowing more
about what was happening at
school and 68 percent said
their parents got more
involved when they became
aware their child was on the
verge of dropping out. ?
Clearly, we all need to be
more involved.
George E. Curry is editor-in-
chief of the NNPA News
Service and
BlackPressUSA.com. To
contact Curry or to book him
for a speaking engagement, "
go to his Web site,
WWW. georgecurry.com.
future student loan borrowers
will see large percentages of
their future income go
towards repaying their
education debt. With the
increasing cost of higher
education, one would expect
that a college degree would
guarantee a secure future.
That is no longer the case. As
more and more American jobs
are taken overseas, we will
see more of our young people
invest in a college education
that cannot guarantee them a
job in a rapidly changing
global economy. We
can blame congress-ional
budget cuts for the pending
rise in student loan interest
rates. The increase will result
in payments that are 20
percent higher than those
made on loans locked in
under lower rates. A drop in
direct aid " money that
doesn Tt have to be paid back
" also contributes to the rise
in student debt. Congress
eevee reer ees
ys ooo! THis IS
for!
Local Citizen Sounds off on
tate of Black Males in Black
merica
by Susie Clemons
Local citizen Jeff Savage is
not only a dear friend but an
old high school buddy, whose
opinion though often critized
merits moe mention. No
matter he and I butt heads on
varying social and political
issues, still I find his current
comment on the state of Black
America, in particular the
Black male, is noteworthy of
serious consideration. The
following is an unedited
reprint (by permission) of his
recent e-mail. By way of
background, Jeff was
responding to a suggestion.
about recent news headlines I
made in an e-mail to him:
Hey, Sue,
Shouldn Tt we also be asking
ourselves why the condition of
the blacks in America
worsens! This is consistently
the case with the blacks all
across America. The 2006 °
National Urban League Ts State
of Black America report
conclusions, too, are
consistent with that thought.
Conversely, the conditions of
every other racial group in
America, as a whole,
improves...again! I am unable
hasn Tt increased the Pell Grant,
the most common direct aid for
low-income students, since
2003. As a result, low-income
students are carrying a
disproportionate amount of
student debt. Not surprisingly,
people of color are carrying
more than their fair share of
student debt. According to the
Project for Student Debt, one-
fourth of low-income students,
many of them African-
American, have more than
$27,000 in loans. The numbers
will increase as rates go up.
A country Ts economic growth
is significantly impacted by the
number of adults that have a
college degree. By making it
difficult for its citizens to pay
for higher education, America
is jeopardizing its chances for
continued success in the global
marketplace. Countries with
large populations, like China
and India, that educate a large
numbers of students, are
to conclude that an absence
of this or that program
that Ts geared toward helping
black (males) is the problem
or holds the solution. The
delilmma facing the blacks
in America can only be
addressed and satisfied with
Reparations. We (blacks)
tend to expect white
America to wantingly
embrace our race as an
equal. We somehow believe
that one day there will be
oa ? black president of this
country and then something
is proven. What? It Ts almost
as if we don Tt notice the, to
use this word again, the
consistently 99.9% white
US. Senate. It has been that
' way throughout 99.9% of
this country Ts history. There
are 535 members of the
U.S. Congress. I believe
history will show a
maximum number of blacks
in these chambers at 41
(during all congressional
terms.) That Ts 41 out of 535
members. Negro leadership
is wrong to suggest that if
we just do this or do that
everything then will
somehow be alright. They
should stop it and shut up if
they are not going to tell the
truth. The truth is:
reparations. Reparations,
posing a serious threat to the
way. the U.S. does business.
Already, nearly half a million
Americans have been laid off
because their jobs were
outsourced to foreign
countries, where the labor
force is educated and much
cheaper. Experts expect the
number of outsourced U.S.
jobs to grow to 3.3 million
by 2015; causing about
250,000 layoffs a year. While
discussing the outsourcing
trend, President Bush
recently remarked, oLet Ts
make sure people are
educated so they can find "
fill the jobs of the 21st
century. ? There is no doubt
that an education increases
an individual Ts ability to
compete in the workforce.
However, as it currently
stands, America is asking its
citizens to invest time and
money in an education that
doesn Tt guarantee sustainable
employment.
Susie Clemons
Sue. Reparations. You
see, a lack of self respect
persists amongst us as
long as, we as a group,
wronged by the U.S.
Government, fail to
demand reparations since
this is rightly owed us
because this government
devised policy to
deliberately oppress the
slave Ts descendants up to
this present moment.
(Whew! that was a long
sentence!) Thanks for
listening while I vented.
Hope to talk to you soon.
Keep up the good work,
Sue.
Top of the morning to ya,
Jeff Savage
College aid decreasing as graduates Job worsen
With the cost of education
so high and no relief in
sight, it Ts no wonder that
more young people are
putting off college. If
policymakers want to
ensure America Ts place in
the marketplace, they
must enact legislation that
controls the cost of higher
education while increasing
aid to students. This
country Ts future as an
economic powerhouse
rests on its ability to
ensure a college education
is within financial reach of
its citizens.
oe
Judge Greg Mathis is
national vice president of
Rainbow PUSH and a
national board member of
the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference.
Minority Voice Apr 1 - 15, 2006 pg3
COMMUNITY NEWS _
COMMUNITY VOICE. mos oeseor us exrnice nav
The Art of Marriage
A good marriage must be -
created. In marriage, the
little things are the best
things.
Never being too old to hold
hands.
_ Remembering to say oI love
you ? at least once a day.
Never going to bed angry.
10 Way
ys to Avoid Road _ Having a mutual sense of
Rage values and common
( Here are some suggestions objectives
from th ; ;
imine AAA ) Standing together facing the
1. Be courteous behind the world.
heel. |
me Forming a circle of love that
2. Don Tt honk your horn gathers in the whole family.
ively.
emeessINe'Y Speaking words of appre-
ciation and demonstrating
3. Don Tt block the passing
gratitude in thoughtful ways.
lane.
Having the capacity to
forgive and forget, and then
forgetting what you forgave.
4. Don Tt switch lanes without
signaling first.
5. Don Tt take up more than
one parking lot. Giving each other an
atmosphere in which to grow.
6. Don Tt let the door hit the
car parked next to you. Not only marrying the right
person, but being the right
7. Don Tt tailgate. partner.
8. Avoid the use of high
beam lights, -
TO: Black Girls in Particular
I. God has given you
only one temple; therefore,
you are required to take care
of it " the interior (your
heart and spirit) oas well as the
9. Don Tt inflict your loud
music on nearby cars.
10. Allow plenty of time for
every trip... os,
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2. So, learn to do just
that: To love, respect, honor,
and take pride in your
temple.
3. Turn that stuff from "
the media off (especially that
raunchy music on TV and the
radio!) and get enough sleep.
4. Learn to exercise your
body.
5. Learn how to keep a
healthly and balanced diet.
6. Drink lots of water.
7. Keep your body clean.
8. Keep your
surroundings (like your
room) neat and clean for
your own sense of order and
peace. (You need to think in
there!)
9. Learn how to properly
care for and pamper your
skin, hair and nails.
10. Be mindful of what
you put in your body that
harms it physically (including
cigare-ttes, alcohol, drugs,
and junk food).
I. Rise early (yes, early)
and appreciate the dawn of
each and every day, first buy
thanking God in prayer and
reading His Word.
12. Praise God for
thinking enough for you to
choose (yes, choose) you to
see another day, another
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13. Breathe long and
deeply the air that God has
provided.
14. Be quiet, attentive,
and awake in your classes at
school.
15. Be respectful of
authority, of your parents
and your elders, and of your
peers, for they have much to
teach you.
16. Practice self-respect
and self-control.
17. Take time for
yourself to think and reflect
about yourself, your world,
and your place within it.
18. Walk in the sun, run
through the rain, and play in
the snow.
19. Rejoice and be
thankful for God Ts
goodness, grace, and mercy
to you as you pull yourself
up to the table that the Lord
has provided.
20. Thank God for the
movement of your limbs and
brain matter, for laughter
and tears.
21. Show care and
concern for the things you
put in your emotional,
physchological, and spiritual
temple by monitoring what
you read, listen to, and
22. Surround yourself
with owhat is true and good
and right. ?
23. Think about things
that are pure and lovely, and
dwell on the fine, good
things in others.
24. Think about all you
can praise God for and be
glad about (Philippians 4:8)
. Avoid things that pollute
your spirit (Matthew 15:19)
(Galatians 5:19- 21), as
Well as the people who bring
such pollution into your
personal space.
25. Go to the library and
begin to read good books on
African American history
and literature.
26. Listen to all kinds of
music.
27. When given the
Opportunity, go to recitals,
concerts, the ballet, the
opera, art galleries, and
museums.
28. Take mental notes so
that you learn to recognize
good things (as well as
garb-age!) when you see
and hear them.
29. Pay attention to how
broad and sweeping God Ts
creativity is in
humans.....how God Ts gifts
and talents in us are not
narrow and one-
dimensional.
30. Ask God to show you
your own creative talens,
whether those be music,
drawing, sewing, cooking
(learn how to do that!),
knitting, gardening, writing,
acting, Whatever! God has
given you those things. The
Spirit will reveal them to
you if you ask.
31. Value your talents and
use them in service to
others.
32. Develop pride and
respect for your family.
Thank God for them.
33. Talk to members of
your extended family and try
to track down your physical
features through your family
tree.
34. Choose to believe that
God loves you and wants
only the best for you.
Suggestion: Read Luke
15. What does this passage
teach you about youth?
About wisdom? About
repentance? About God Ts
grace?
An old Negro spiritual says,
I Tm working on a building,
It Ts a sure foundation
I Tm bolding up the blood-
stained banner for my lord.
As soon as I get through
Working on the building,
I Tm going up to heaven to
get my reward,
Build sure. Build solid.
Build joyfully.
The Holy Family awaits
occupancy,
From: oThe Real Deal ?, A
Spiritual Guide for Black Teen
Girls ? by: Billie M. Cook
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father (the late Clyde
Albritton) talk about his two
years. in attendance there
(circa 1911) where he was
studying to become a doctor.
After graduating from Albion
Academy (a private
Presbyterian School) in
Franklinton, NC (now
defunct), he entered Leonard.
4 After two years of study, he
© withdrew to enter Renouard
Mrs Suejette Jones
The Leonard Medical
School at Shaw
University
There are many people
today " especially the
younger generation and and
probably the preceding
generation " who never
heard of the Leonard Medical
School (for blacks) in North
Carolina. Rightly so, as it
existed from 1882 - 1918.
Even being an octogenerian
(80+) I, too have no
recollection of its existence
except through hearing my
) School of Mortuary Science in
New York " the only Black
in a class of 25. He
completed the course, became
a licensed mortician and
opened the first black-owned
funeral home in Kinston, NC
(circa 1914). It still exists
today as Albritton-Carraway
Funeral Home. I can
vaguely remember, as a child,
riding with my parents at
various times to exchange
visits with his former
schoolmates and their
families: Dr. Furlong of
Smithfield; or Dr. Riveria of
Mount Olive; or Dr.
Codrington of Dunn; or Dr.
DuBisette of Goldsboro; Dr.
Lemuel DeLaney (of the
famed DeLaney family of
Raleigh) was the chief
surgeon at the St. Agnes
Hospital in Raleigh (a training
facility for Black nurses)
would travel to Kinston to
visit with Dr. J. P. Harrison
who at that time was on the
Board of Directors for St.
Agnes Hospital (now
defunct). It was unusual at
that time to hear of Blacks
having last names as some of
the above. I might note that
many medical students at
Leonard were from the islands
like Jamaica, the Bahamas and
others in the West Indies.
They came to Leonard to
pursue their careers. So much
for my personal interjections.
My interest in searching for
more detailed information was
sparked when I attended
(about 3 years ago ) a forum
at the Brody School of
Medicine on oBlack
Physicians in the South ?. The
lecture was facilitated by Dr.
Todd Savitt who is an
associate _
of humanities in the School of
Medicine and associate
professor of history at East
Carolina University. His
research focuses on black
health in the US. After the
lecture, I introduced myself
and informed him of my
interest and why I was in
attendance (not being a .
medical student). He pointed
me to one his writings that
was published in a book,
oBlack Americans in North
Carolina and the South ?. |
immediately went to Sheppard
- Library to retrieve it.
Afterward, I contacted him by
phone to get permission to
extract his article on , oBlack
~ Physicians at Shaw
University ?. He
wholeheartedly granted me
the privilege.
Leonard Medical School
(hereafter written as LMS)
was established by
Northerners for freedmen
following the Civil War which
ended in 1865 and was the
beginning of the
Reconstruction Era. LMS
was founded for the purpose
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of providing medical care to a
generally poor, undereducated
racial minority in the late 19th
and early 20th century. These
black doctors were to severe
mostly rural areas of North
Carolina primarily; however,
many went elsewhere. LMS
was named after Judson Wade
Leonard (White) who was
from Massachusetts and a
great contributor and financier
for Shaw University. LMS
was an addition to the already
established Shaw.
During the period from
1865-1920, Shaw offered
college preparatory, college-
level, and theological courses,
as well as, for various lengths
of time, legal, pharmaceutical,
medical, and missionary
courses. Henry Tupper
White, as Massachusetts
minister, engaged in
missionary work in Raleigh
under the auspices of the _
American Baptist home
Mission Society. In 1865 he
established Raleigh Institute
later named Shaw University
for Elijah Shaw, a woolen
manufacturer from Massa-
chusetts who TA"
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financial resources to begin a
collegiate institution. Tupper
served as its first president
and had decided as early as
1866 to add a medical school
at Shaw. He quoted: oThe
colored people at present are
without educated Physicians,
and thus are subject to all T
manner of quackery and
impositions, and inay suffer
and die for want of medical
attention. ? Charles Meserve
(White) who succeeded
Tupper in 1895 recalled how
the Governor of Alabama
wrote a letter which quoted:
oPlease send us Physicians.
We have a county with 22,000
colored people with no
physicians among them of
their own race. ?
To be continued in my
next article
Acknowledgement to:
Dr. Todd Savitt for allowing
this article to be published
(with my own personal
interjections)
Respectfully submitted,
Suejette A. Jones
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By: Micheal Barret
Community Journal
"Tarboro " "
Unmila Smith Ts collection of
artifacts and souvenirs
detailing the history of blacks
in the United States isn Tt all
for the faint of heart. But
then again, neither is the
history itself. A pair of
replica wrist shackles in her
home evoke the bondage
forced onto slaves brought
from Africa. For a Black
History Month display Smith
made some time ago, she
affixed a noose " purchased
and fashioned herself from a
" length of hemp rope.
She even has a bag each of
rice and cotton to signify othe
reasons we were brought over
here. ?
oThis was for real, ? she said,
dangling the rope in her living
room. This wasn Tt no joke. ?
The darker items " the ones )
calling to mind the horrors of
slavery and the Jim Crow
South " are far outnumbered
by positive ones. Collectively,
the mementos prove her
determination to remember
everything that has brought
blacks to their current place in
the United States. Airmen and black sports
heroes such as baseball Hall
oT Tma pack rat, ? she said of Famer and Rocky Mount
with a laugh. oI Tve always _ native Buck Leonard.
saved stuff. ? The collection
oA variety of pins, including one from the March on
Washington, decorate one of Urmila Smith Ts hats.
is as large as it is impressive.
Collectable butions, tins and We came from kings and
photos commemorate queens, Smith said,
renowned jazz musicians handling a jar of soil a
such as Rocky Mount native riend Sansa her from
Thelonious Monk, Miles Africa. oOur history goes
Davis and Louis Armstrong. back long before slavery.
Other pictures pay tribute to Smith even has her
-icons like Rosa Parks and program from Aug. 28,
SEE TSU te 1963, when she attended
Greensboro lunchcounter jp, March on Washington in
sit-ins of the 1960s. the nation Ts capital. -It Ts one
There are African inspired _-°# the many things she on
instruments, candles, lose herself in when going
artwork, flags,and dolls. through the collection and
reminiscing.
Tribal figurines are 7
countered by modern ones " It i nas no rhyme or
honoring the Tuskegee reason, ? she said. oI find
BROWN SEEKS DISTRICT 8
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by staff writer
Derek Brown Runs for House Seat 8,
Strong on Education, Jobs, Community
Growth With less than a month before the
state wide primaries, the bulk of North
_Carolina Ts House Seat 8 candidate Derek
Brown time is spent not only rigorously
campaigning against incumbent Edith
Warren, but making sure that while on this
historical journey he opens the door wide
enough for others to pass through.
Historical in that the district itself was
redrawn to ensure majority win ina
minority district. When first established,
the district voting bloc included all of Pitt,
Greene, Martin and Edgecombe counties. .
The late Linwood Mercer was the first to
occupy this seat carved out specifically for
under represented historically Black voting
districts. For the 2006 election, District 8
has been reapportioned to include all of
Martin county and portions of Pitt county.
On an interesting note, the result of a
1984 meeting between the North Carolina
State Board of elections and the U.S.
Justice Department and Jim Rouse, owner
of WOOW and Minority Voice News,
resulted in the establishment of District 8
and the seats now occupied by Pitt County
Commissioner Melvin Mclawhorn, District
A of Districts 1 and 2; and respectively Pitt
County Commissioner Dave Hammmond,
District 1.
The campaign has up to now been mostly
quiet, given that it Ts off season and that
most candidates are running unopposed.
Moreover, perhaps because the bulk of
voters relied upon for this campaign win
reside in Martin County and that each
R
oate Hines. vA
pepe
candidate has name recognition on Pitt
County home front.
Brown is the son of area veteran dentist
Hazel Brown and attorney Earl Brown. .
His professional experience includes that
of practicing attorney since 1996, business
entfepreneur and legislative counsel to
former Congressman Frank Ballance.
In a recent interview with the Candidate,
he spoke on the matter of having been
legislative counsel to the since indicted and
imprisoned Congressman. Specifically,
Brown offered that his professional
affiliation with Mr. Balance was his most
important business association to date as
Ballance proved for him a knowledgeable
and altruistic mentor. And too, Brown
added that he wholly served his district
and the peoples of North Carolina well, no
matter the fall out of events following.
To that end, Brown vows to avgressively
represent the people down east should the
people elect him to office. Furthermore,
he is passionate about ensuring that down
east youth have a fair chance at equal
education and career employment options.
To accomplish that he looks to sponsor
legislative bills that increase jobs creation,
_ community resources and infrastructural
opportunities that will assist in building
better educational facilities.
_ In our estimation Brown will serve
eastern North Carolina and its constituents
well.
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myself going from one thing
to another. ? A native of
Jamaica, NY., Smith is a
licensed practical nurse who
moved to Tarboro in 1988 to
_ becloser to her mother Ts
family. Her knack for
collecting things originated as
a teenager, when she sought
to broaden her horizons by
reading everything she could
about black history.
Over the years, she has
been asked to use her
keepsakes in school and
cultural center displays. Her
oldest son, Chy Davidson,
said her passion rubbed off on
the rest of the family. -
oT think it did have an
effect, ? said Davidson, now
an assistant prinicpal at a
From The Archives of The Minority Voice Newspaper
Pictured above is Mrs Taffye Clayton and Husband Rueben
Minority Voice Apr 1 - 15, 2006 pg5
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of Diversity and Equity at East Carolina University.
school in New York who was
visiting with his family. oI
learned the importance of
telling young people about
our struggles and our history.
Though she still gets
enjoyment out of her
collection, Smith would like
more people to benefit from
it. oI would like to share it
more, ? she said. oI Tve always
said, someday I Tm gonna have
a museum. ?
Eddie Jones
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and First Nation peoples all
have more rapid population
growth than non-Hispanic
Whites, ? Olvera said. oThese
groups also have a larger and
more youthful population,
which should, in- theory, make~
them more attractive than the
general market. Why then is
this not the case?
oAnd how has Hispanic
marketing taken off over
marketing to African Americans
who command such a hugh
buying power, or Asian
Americans who also command
a very high buying power?
Then again, if you are Native
American, you already know
that there are few if any
corporate marketers, trying to
knock at your door. ?
Olvera has her theories as to
why advertisers point their
dollars
more toward the Hispanic
market than it does toward
African American and other
minority groups. In her
opinion, the rationale behind
those marketing techniques
isn Tt just because of Census
figures.
oLet Ts look at what Ts happened
with Hispanic marketing first, ?
Olvera said. oHispanic
marketing has its roots from the
time Cubans first came to the
US . Many of these Cubans
were established marketers in
Cuba and had large agency
contacts in the US. When they
came here, they educated these
contacts and created a need for
corporate America to look at
marketing to Hispanics as a
special group. oThere Ts also a
color issue. Hispanics are
portrayed by the media as
generally white Hispanics, or
mestizo (spanish and indian).
Most of all programming that
originated through Telemundo
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American programming also
was heavy on these two
groups and minimally, if
~ anything, on lobos (hispanics
of mixed African and Indian
descent). When marketing to
Hispanics, I doubt that-most
marketers are thinking of
Afro-Cubans, Afro-Puerto
Ricans, Afro-Brazilian, etc. ?
Robert Dale, owner of
Chicago Ts RJ Dale Advertising
and Public Relations, said he
and other Black advertising
firms seem to have to educate
some companies every 10
years about the importance of
focusing ad dollars toward the
African American community.
oT Tve been in this business
since 1973, and I Tve found
that we have to constantly re-
educate companies on our
sophistication and our brand
loyalty, ? Dale said. oPart of
this problem is racism, and
some companies don Tt value
the Black community.
oThe other thing they
(companies) say is by in large
we speak the same language
as White people. They see the:
language difference as a
culture difference. ?
Jetta Bates, associate
director of public relations for
E. Morris Communications in
Chicago, agreed with Dale Ts
assessment. |
oT think it Ts about educating
the marketing departments at.
some of these corporations, ?
Bates said. oI don Tt think they
have a good understanding of
how we spend money, or what
appeals to us. ?
Bates described a recent
commercial for a hair product
tht she found disturbing. She
said the commerical had one
token Black in it, and it
through
involved characters living
in a trailer.
oNow, there is nothing
about a trailer that appeals
to me or my friends when
trying to get us to try a hair
product, ? Bates said. oYou
have to take into count the -
cultural differences, and the
differences in the regions
also. ?
Some commericals, like to
recent Dove advertisement
that shows different shaped
womenof various
ethnicities, do register with
a broad group of people,
Bates said. But she
stressed those are far and
few in-between ads.
Although it seems to be
clear that companies aren Tt
paying the same attention
to Blacks and other groups
as they are toward Whites
and Hispanics, is there
anything African
Americans should or can be
doing to get more of a
focus on them?
oT don Tt think the
African-American
community is doing
anything wrong, ?
Montuori said. oFor that
matter, I don Tt think any
group that marketers
ignore is doing anything
wrong, particularly if that
group has and spends
monéy. It Ts more of a
failure or neglect on the
part of marketers in not
recognizing that all people
llike to be marketed to in a
way that resonates " be it
messaging, context, etc. o
But Dale says that Blacks
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economics, if you will. We
have to have greater control
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buying power at an early
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Olvera sees the issue of
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yearly event but also flew in
Judge Glenda Hatchett.
Robert Whitehead, in an
earlier message to a packed
house, set forth the reminder
that his College foundation is
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to pass the torch to you, it Ts
your turn.) Turn those
headlines around, let them be
about a generation driven by
success, she said.
Teens having cheered
throughout were noticeable
quieted by their tears, perhaps
brought about the jolt of
reality calling for unarguable
change and focus if they are to
participate in a global
economy. Closing out she
reminded youth, since claimed
as her own, hold on to their
dreams she shouted, hold on
to your dreams!
Following resounding
ovation and an amazing
performance by a local high
school gospel choir, the Black
Heritage Museum of Atlanta,
GA. presented roses and
service dedication awards to
Judge Hatchett and Tarboro,
NC native Fay Smith, College
Round-Up Chair and the local
brains behind this year Ts event
success also cousin to founder
Robert Whitehead College
Day Round-Up Founder).
Robert Whitehead too was
presented with an award from
Tarboro area citizens for his
commitment to community
and youth.
I caught up with Judge
Hatchett as she headed for her
personal SUV and driver, L.T.
Bundy, who awaited her
further instruction. Of all that
she Td said that morning, I
especially wanted to know
what our communities could
do to help youth " during
their brief but all too
important transitioning
years " stay out of harms
way.
Then with a huge smile
and a waving of her index
finger she began, communities
need after school programs
between the hours of 3:00 and
6:00 pm. Those are the hours
during which most youth
crime and other problems
happen. We have to get them
off the streets away from
predators and gang activity
and out of homes where they
are often alone as latch key
children and prime targets for
internet predators. That Ts
start.
I recommend letting the
children design their own
programs. There Ts notable
success with inner-city
programs where this has
occurred. Let the youth tell
you what they want...they
know. More specifically, we
adults need to do more of
what we tell them to do,
listen. I also highly .
recommend the Boys and
Girls Club... she said stopping
momentarily to sign the
autograph of an elderly lady
who said she'd traveled a
distance just to see her...
As a side bar, Marion
Edelman Wright Ts Children Ts
Defense Fund Website,
childrensdefensefund.org,
cites that on any given school
day, a uniformed police officer
is Safer during the hours of
3:00 and 6:00 pm than a child
under the age of sixteen.
Robert Bob T Whitehead
Mr. Whitehead Ts
organization, The Black
Heritage Museum and
Cultural Center of Atlanta,
GA, not only organizes the
about ensuring that each
teenager who wants a college
education gets that and more.
Mr. Whitehead implored
school administrators and
teachers to get better about
the business of educating
' Black children.
There Ts no such thing as a
bad kid! And as for you
\_ teenagers, time out for
dropped pants and knot head
rags, you can Tt go around like
you just left nowhere "you
have to bring something to get
something, he stated.
Accordingly, Mr.
Whitehead said that he Td like
to see even larger numbers at
next year Ts events. That
includes Pitt County, Beaufort
and Martin Counties, From
what I understand Black -
youth living-east of the 95
corridor need what College-
Round-up offers. Unlike the
door slam in your face to
ANNUAL COLLEGE ROUND-UP
which many of these kids are
accustomed, we at College
Round-Up don Tt discriminate
based on parental income or
zip codes.
Furthermore, he added, I,
Bob Whitehead, aminthe
business of providing
opportunity; but I Tm worried
that the greatest minds of this
generation are being sidelined,
not by that which is
insurmountable, but by design
at the hand of a few who
perpetrate the status quo of an
social isolation ism T that no
longer fits into the scheme of
a global society.
These are youth I claim as
my own. I love these kids and
I Tm outraged by the pittance of
love and care they receive. We
can only look to two places for
what Ts going on, that Ts at home
and in the classroom. Therein
lies a disconnect that must be
Minority Voice Apr I - 15, 2006 pgll
healed and renewed if we
want our youth to progress in
greater numbers...grown
folks have got to do better.
College Round-Up is
about giving back to youth
often overlooked as.
candidates for a college
education or for having the
potential of acquiring any
degree of measurable success.
My point, you see, is that
local television media was not
on hand to record this day;
however, had this been the
scene of a huge hip hop
dance down T (surely destined
for an undercover
investigation of drug money
involvement) or a gang
member shoot out we Td not
only be morning headlines but
evening start up with live
footage and all. College
Round-Up is a histéric event
for Black youth and for
eastern North Carolina period.
Clearly, I want all to know
that Black America is still in
the business of giving back to
- its own, especially its youth.
...Meanwhile, I'll be back
every year until someone
somewhere gets the message
that preparing kids for college
and sustainable lives with
careers, not detention hall or
prison, is the right thing to do
everyday of the year.
Mr. Whitehead ended his
conversation with a forward
nod of certainty and
dedication while being pulled
away to meet yet another
parent wanting to talk about
what else, college admissions.
Event filled weekend
The March 18" weekend
of events began on Friday
night at Tarboro Ts Stacks
Restaurant with a fund-raiser
dinner and star-studded
entertainment that included
Jacksonville Ts Oletha Sloan Ts
Motown Review. A catered
affair for family and friends
was held on Saturday evening,
and the Melrose Place
Mansion in Rocky Mount, NC
was the site for Sunday Ts
brunch and the kick off
meeting for 2007 College
Round-Up events.
Special mention to Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Hewlett, Mr.
Joel Glastnight; Mr. and Mrs.
Finney Greggs, owners/
curators of the Jacksonville,
North Carolina Montford
Point Marines Museum; Mr.
Picard of Columbus Ohio, Dr.
John Bradshaw of Louisburg,
NC; world traveler and
international art collector Mr.
Leon Freeman of Memphis,
Tennessee; Mr. Potts of
Detroit, Michigan and Ms.
Caroline Smith, News
Reporter from St. Louis, .
Missouri and a host of others,
each of whom found the time
within their hectic schedules
to travel east in support of
this event.
Richard Joyner (left) and Melvin
Muhammad (right) thank Sen. Clark Jenkins
for his efforts to help young people succeed.
oWhen Clark Jenkins learned we
needed help getting The Factory Road
Project T started, he rolled up his sle
and got to work "for us! Now,
to our Senator, we are helping young
oSenator Jenkins is always ready to listen. He is an effective leader, and
that's what we need in Raleigh. ?
- Rev, Richard Joyner, Pastor
Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
