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dgecombe and Pitt County Home for 26
Rosenwald Schools seiricvswise x ninver

located at various sites Providence.

By: .C. Rudolph Knight across the county. The Each community that sought a

?,? Rosenwald rural school following Rosenwald schools school had to provide enough
building program was a major are listed in order of land for playgrounds
effort to improve the quality construction dates: - and agriculture production;
of public education for 1921-22, Logboro No. 1 and two acres was the minimum.
African-Americans White Ts Chapel; 1922-23, Labor, land, and materials
in the early 20th century - Acron Hill, Bellamy, furnished locally counted as a
South. The schools are Chinquapin, Kingsboro and cash contribution at current
named for Julius Willow Grove; 1923-24, market value. Each }
Rosenwald, who at the time Bryan, Dogtown (Keech), community had to guarantee
of the program Ts inception Harry Knight, Lawrence, to equip, furnish and maintain
was the president Logboro No. 2, St. Luke and _ schools after they were built.
of Sears, Roebuck and Co, Tarboro; 1924-25, Coakley, | |
Rosenwald had become * Dixon, Draughn, Lancaster, Rosenwald Fund would only
friendly with black Leggett, Living Hope, Marks support construction if the
educator Booker T. Chapel, Mount Olive and school term was at least five
Washington and began to Wimberle oo .
make charitable donations 1925-96, Pittman Grove; and story cont. pgs
to the black secondary .
schools and colleges that
Washington Ts Tuskegee °
Institute was helping to UU MOSENWaid s
establish. Washington asked
if a small portion of Teachers Grades Pt spils*
one $25,000 gift could be Chinquapin 4 18 110
used for elementary School tee eee. .--- "é iE:~Si*t Ls @hinquapin 2... .
programs and-Rosenwald Hickory | View ......3 r 14 110
agreed, with one stipulation; Kingsboro ....3..3° 4-6 =) Hi
give the money to the black L '
communities, he wanted SUE SI eeconcar 3 1-6 110
to match funds that the people Living Hope ...... 12 1-8 500
had iron themselves to fund Mount Olive....... 3 (146 110

e schools. A couple
of years later, he set up the P rovidence sees 4 1-8 180
Rosenwald Fund to continue Saint Luke........ 3. O16 110
this work on a larger scale. 2
North Carolina was home to Bellamy ees 3 1-6 150
more Rosenwald schools than Dixon..........., 2 1-4 90
any other state. All but Marks Chapel ..... 2 1-4 100

seven of the state Ts counties
had at least one Rosenwald

Willow Grove...... 2 «13 110

school, although most are Wimberly ......... 4 1-8 200
concentrated in the Piedmont Acorn Hill ........ 4 1-8 180
and Coastal Plain. ;

Built between 1917 and 1932, Coakley........., 2 13 100
these small, wooden Lawrence ........ 3. 146 140
structures are in the state Ts White: sChapel....2 1-3 100
rural counties, and once
served as the center of rural " + prospective number

black community life.

Edgecombe County had 26

1,000 or more attend Greenville T s first N ational NI right O Out

Councilwoman Rose Glover

By Corey G. Johnson night I Tve had in over 20- re ""

The Daily Reflector some years of police work. ? credited Police Chief William Samm Ss , |

Wednesday, August 02, 2006 More than 50 Greenville Anderson for backing the
ednesday, August 02, vent | :

At least 1,000 people filled police officers and numerous

Thomas Foreman Park on representatives from East , eee tice e en
Tiersen ieiien Carolina University and Pitt - vues vlick t s
Greenville Ts first National County Memorial Hospital host kt vn . oes
"Night Out celebration, police Were at the event. oak nee
When the children ata overwhelming, ? said Glover,
the exact rane were still dunking booth couldn Tt hit who oe meet ons a
being tabulated, but police their mark, ey ee ro Newchictand ne on
estimates ranged from 1,000 and pushed it, anyway. Their leadership. ?
to more nearly 3,000. The victims; Capt. Thomas Forrest Ki Ay anevent
numbers underscore the and Major Kevin Smeltzer, P i _ o dh
thusiasm felt by officers oOh well, I guess I Tmnotas °F inator, cee
7 oan hee for Young as I used to be, ? sid pleased with how community
te initiative which seeks to Seltzer, his smile glowing cuted ana
build strong ties between pangvine ae water dripping eee sve mae the re
rian citizens, organizers Children sod parents wanting calls to ask for support, there
said. ; ; were no debates and no
oThere are people sts mt elt Pilea bit animal negotiations, ? Gaskins said.
haven't soothed rep u manned by Tim Langley of If you look in the dictionary |
sweden the Greenville vimal control for a definition of partnership Judge Ts Night Out. . . District Court Judge Joe Blick who is running for re-election(center) was
Highland of the ae has Even some came up and and unity, a picture of this present for the National Night Out which was sponsored by the Greenville PD, is flanked by
Police Department. oThis has tips, ? he said, event should be right there. ? Council Members, Chip Little (1)and Ray Crate the event was a tremendous success,
been the most fun in one story cont. pg5 photo Mike Adams

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Minority Voice August 1 - 18,2006 pg2

By George E. Curry
NNPA Analysis

George W. Bush - or his
speechwriters " unglerstands
the indignity of slavery and
its impact on the United
States. I was at the
NAACP Ts national ;
convention last week when
Bush said:

oFor nearly 200 years, our
nation failed the test of
extending the blessings of
liberty to African-
Americans. Slavery was
legal for nearly a hundred -
years, and discrimination
legal in many places for

nearly a hundred years more.

Taken together, the record
placed a stain on America Ts
founding, a stain that we
have not yet wiped clean. "

oWhen people talk about
America Ts founders they
mention the likes of

By James Clingman Jr.

The saddest part about
this issue is the fact that
we could see this one
coming. Now that it has
hit its mark, right
between our eyes,
maybe the pain will be
severe enough not only
to get our attention but
also to hold our
attention long enough
for us to rally our forces
and fight back. The
Black Hair Care Industry
(BHCI) has, once again,
become a hot topic
among folks other than
Koreans.

Now that an investigative
documentary has been
produced about the industry,

obviously shocking Black " °

people once again, maybe
some of us will resolve to do
something to reclaim at least

_ aportion of that vertical

market. After all, the last
time I checked, no one is
using Black hair care

/

OPIN

George Bush Ts Bigotry of ~ Expectations

Washington and Jefferson and
Franklin and Adams. Too
often they ignore another "
group of founders " men and
women and children who did
not come to America of their
free will, but in chains. These
founders literally helped build
our country. They chopped the
wood, they built the homes,
they tilled the fields, and they
reaped the harvest. They
raised children of others, even
though their own children had
been ripped away and sold to
strangers. These founders
were denied the most basic
birthright, and that Ts freedom.
... They toppled Jim Crow
through simple deeds:
boarding a bus, walking along
the road, showing up
peacefully at courthouses or
Joining in prayer and song.
Despite the sheriff Ts dogs, and
the jailer Ts scorn, and the
hangman Ts noose, and the
assassin Ts bullets, they
prevailed. ?

Sitting there in the
Washington, D.C. Convention
Center, I remembered hearing
Bush utter similar remarks at
the National Urban League Ts
2003 convention in

Pittsburgh.

products except Black folks.
The documentary discloses
information, none of which
was news to BHCI insiders,
about the ownership of stores
businesses and create wealth
for their families. Oh yeah,

| we still get to look good, and

we are quite willing to pay for
it, but is looking good better
than odoing good ? " for
yourself?

The three questions again
come to mind: What? So
what? Now what? At this
stage, since we have ignored
the oso what? ? stage, we must
deal with the onow what? ?
What are Black people going
to do, if anything, about this
situation? On the video, there
are calls for boycotts, which
could be done simply by
buying your products at Black
owned stores that get their
products through Black
owned channels of
distribution. Oops, I almost

- forgot; we don Tt have very

many of those, do we?
But, we do have some, so let Ts

_ Start there. We also have a

relatively new organization,
called BOBSA, the Black
Owned Beauty Supply
Association (see bobsa.org or
call 650 357 0073). Every

_ venture begins with a first

step, so our onow what? ? step
must be taken from where we
are, with what we have, and
with whoever will go. If
Black people are serious
about slowing down the
Korean Black Hair Care
Express and revving up an
economic engine of our own
in this industry, we had better

oRecently, on my trip to
Africa, I visited Goree Island
in Senegal, where for
centuries, men and women
were delivered and sorted and
branded and shipped. It Ts a
haunting place, a reminder of
mankind Ts capacity for cruelty
and injustice, ? he said at the
time. oYet Goree Island is
also a reminder of the strength
of the human spirit, and the
capacity for good to overcome
evil. The men and women |
who boarded slave ships on
that island and wound up in
America endured the
separation of their families,
the brutality of their
oppressors, and the
indifference of laws that
regarded them only as articles
of commerce. Still, the. spirit
of Africans in America did
not break. All the generations
of opptession under the laws
of man could not crush the
hope of freedom. And by a
plan known only to ~
Providence, the stolen sons
and daughters of Africa
helped to awake the
conscience of America. The
very people traded into
slavery helped to set America

. free. ?

e Black Hair Care Tragicome

get busy buying from one
another, expanding the Black
channels of distribution we
already have, creating
investment pools to build
warehouses and wholesale
facilities, and all the other
things it take to become
oplayers ? once again.
BOBSA is advocating for "
those changes and more, but it
needs help from you, the
consumer, on two fronts.
BOBSA needs you to become
a working member and

osupporter, and it needs you to

commit to redirecting your
spending. In addition, if you
are serious, you should locate
every Black hair care products
store in your area and ask the
owners to support BOBSA by
becoming members. From
that effort a nationwide
database can be developed
and posted on BOBSA Ts
website, and no matter where
you are in the country, you
can find a Black owned store
from which to purchase your
products.

Now these suggestions are not
coming from an expert in the
industry; there are folks who
know much more about this
than I. Call upon them and get
their ideas; use them as
consultants to help recapture a
portion YOUR market. Do
everything it takes to hold on
to what is probably the last
vestige of an industry
developed and maintained by
Black people. .

It is, quite frankly, shameful,
as I think of the great brothers
and sisters I teach about in my
Black Entrepreneurship class,

The problem with Bush is that
he uses all the right words

~ while, more often than not,
doing the wrong thing. Let Ts
take the landmark University
of Michigan affirmative
action cases. On Jan. 15, 2003
~ Dr. Martin Luther King Ts
birthday " Bush announced
his opposition to two
Micitigan programs, one for
undergraduates and one for
the law school.

g Again, there was the studied

compassion: oI strongly
support diversity of all kinds,

including racial diversity in

higher education... ?

Then the real George W. came
out: oAt their core, the
Michigan policies amount to a
quota system that unfairly
rewards or penalizes
perspective students based
solely on their race. ?

A Supreme Court dominated
by Republican appointees,

. disagreed. The court upheld

the University of Michigan Ts
law school program while
striking down a more
rfumbers-oriented
undergraduate admission
program.

Even more disturbing than
Bush Ts duplicity is his

y

that we have allowed this to

happen. Nothing against the

Koreans for taking care of
their business and beating us
out of our own game, but are
they really that much smarter
than we are? Are they more
capable of running this
business than we are? Are
they that much better at
marketing to our people than.
we? Oh, it Ts about the money
isn Tt it? It always is. Do they
have more money than we?
Or, is it that they use their
money collectively to help
their group a lot more than we
do?

Now we're getting to meat of
this issue, right? We can come
up with all the excuses and
reasons for being behind in a
race that only Black people

_ Tan in for years, but we cannot
_ truthfully say that we are

consciously disturbed enough,
collective enough in our
thinking, and willing to make
the sacrifices necessary to do
what other groups do to build
their wealth. Watch the video
and you will see how it Ts
done, just in case you have
forgotten.

I end with this challenge.
Make a commitment and then
follow through on that
commitment to purchase
Black manufactured hair care
products from Black owned
outlets. Let Ts write a happy
ending to this tragicomedy.
One more thought: Don Tt
envy the hair that Brandy
wears; buy your own, from
your own

willingness to manipulate or or
misstate the facts.

In announcing his opposition
to the Michigan programs,
Bush said: oAt the

undergraduate level, Mricant!i-

American students and some

Hispanic students and Native °W

American students receive 20
points out of a maximum of
150, not because of any
academic achievement or life
experience, but solely because
they are African American,
Hispanic or Native American.
oTo put this in perspective, a
perfect SAT score is worth
only 12 points in the
Michigan system. Students
who accumulate 100 points
are generally admitted, so
those 20 points awarded
solely based on race are often
the decisive factor. ?

To be blunt, Bush lied about
the Michigan undergraduate
point system. It was not
restricted to people of color.
Bush neglected to note that 20
points were awarded to any
disadvantaged student,
regardless of his or her color.
He did not mention that 20.
points were automatically

awarded to all scholarship

athletes. He ignored the

a

Dear Editor:

Recently, I was asked why I
did not attend the march
protesting the resistance
exerted toward the renaming
of East (and the remaining
portions of West) Fifth Street
to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Drive. Initially, I felt
defensive, but, I quickly
reitterated my support for the
naming of some thorouhfare
in Greenville in Dr. King Ts
honor. I further reminded the
civic-minded gentleman of a
proposal I floated with Mr.
Bennie Rountree, Mayor
Parrot and Mayor Pro-Tem
Council, among other civic
and community leaders. First
of all, like most Greenville
citizens, I resent the bickering
between well-intended
protesters on both sides. But,
to coin a phrase, oI have a
dream ? about what I think
would be a fitting tribute to
Dr. King Ts legacy in
Greenville. Think for a
moment about Dr. King Ts
work and its purpose to bring
about an end to racial
discrimination and to bring
about peace in the world.
Now, imagine enjoying a
peaceful moment to oneself in
a place dedicated to the
harmonious co-existence of
Americans and we, together,

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provision that allows the
university Ts provost the
discretion to give 20 points to
any student.

He also was disingenuous in
discussing the SAT points.

a perfect SAT score was
rth only 12 points. And
that Ts because the University
of Michigan gave greater
weight to grades than
standardized tests. A straight-
A student, for example, was
awarded 80 points, more than
seven times the weight given
for a perfect SAT or ACT
score. Even C-students were
awarded 40 points under this
system.

In discussing African-
Americans, Bush likes to talk
about the bigotry of low
expectations. I am more
concerned about the bigotry
of people for whom we have
high expectations.

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,

oWWW. georgecurry.com.

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created a monument fitting of
the slain civil rights leader.
My dream, if you will, would
come alive in the form of the
oKing Memorial Gardens ?
located on the banks of the
Tar River. The Tar, symbolic
in itself of King Ts cry for
Justice to roll down like a
mighty stream; the Town
Commons, which once was
home to Greenville Ts
segregated black citizens, is
where many Greenvillians
currently go to enjoy nature,
to relax, to introspect, to
socialize and to read. This
monument would be made of
marble and encrypted with a
message for all who love
peace. In my dream, this will
be a place that fosters peace,
tranquility, introspection and
most of all, it will promote
love and respect for each
other. I support the renaming
efforts, but in my dream, I
found peace. Come and share
in it with me.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey E. Savage Pitt County
Commissioner 1992-2000

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Minority Voice August 1 - 18,2006 pg3

ITY NEWS

Others as you want to be
treated.

Do the best you can.
Anything worth doing is
worth doing night.)

Suejette A. Jones

Christianity.
and Money

From the Apostle Ts Paul Ts

warning that olove of

money is a root of all kinds
- of evil ? to churches T critical

Let me know where you are,
so I don Tt worry. If you
change your plans, let me
know.

Be careful when you drive. A

moody. .

Take care of your pet or don Tt "

have one.
Use the phone responsibly
and keep your calls a

Reflections _

response to the spending
excesses of American
televangelists. Christians
have tended to view money
with a suspicious eye. There
is a general feeling among
experienced church people
that the way churches have
handled money

needs some work. One
professor of church
administration says, oIt is

not simply a questions about

raising money. The way
churches have thought

about money needs to be
theologised. And at the same
time it needs to be.

subjected to greater
responsibility and general
accounting practices. ?

One particular church lost its
building as payment for back
taxes and penalties. The
federal government charged
the church with failing to.
withhold income taxes of
employees from 1987 to
1993, The church maintained
the payments were gifts, not
wages, and therefore not
subject to taxes. A federal
court sided with the
government, and the church
now has no home. Such
disputes could be avoided, if
only churches would embrace
a more businesslike mindset
and apply basic money
management strategies

to their operations. Year after
year, many churches fail to
pay their property

taxes when due and
consequently have to be
advertised year after year.
Such is a classic example of
poor money management

strategies. One fallacy found.
in churches is that they trust
one person to handle the
financial affairs. Churches
need checks and balances so
there is not one person who is
in the position of being able
to take money with no one
else knowing. There should
be a division of financial
responsibililty among

the minister, a treasurer, and
deacons or other elected
church leaders.

Also, a fact sheet of
collections and disbursements
should be distributed
periodically among the church
members. It is the duty of the
church to let the members
know how their contributions
are managed. Some clergy
and churches do not see
money and budgets and

auditing as having

any religious or spiritual
content. And that is a bad
theology.

Whatever problems do exist,
it Ts likely that churches won Tt
deal with them effectively
until they can learn to talk
about money and let their
members know where and
how their money is being
spent. And right now,

even that appears to be |
significant hurdle. There is a
widespread reluctance

on the part of the church
leaders to talk about money.
Money seems to be

the last taboo.

From: Religion News Service

(Respectfully submitted by:
Mother Suejette Jones)

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Be nice to your enemies. You car is a lethal weapon when _reasonable length. Keep your room clean and matches, even while bowling.
_ have to learn to get along not used safely. Learn appropriate table orderly. A gentleman may keep his hat
with people, even the ones Do your chores responsibly, manners and social graces. © Take care of your possessions. 0 in spaces which are
you don Tt like. on time, and without being Don Tt cheat. Play by the rules When you lose your own indoors but serve ooutdoor ?
Don Tt talk back to your asked. or don Tt play at all. things, don Tt expect another to functions
parents. Be able to speak up Don Tt have anything to do If you want to be successful, be bought foryou. (i.e. a shopping mall
and express your opinions, with hitchhiking. Don Tttake "_look the part. Good grooming Don Tt litter or abuse Mother concourse, train station,
but show respect to or give rides to strangers. and appropriate dress are Nature. Do your part forthe _ platform or glass sheltered -
parents, teachers, and elders. Take time to know your God. important. environment. bus stops).
: 7 Take care of your body. Eat Attend services at your | Don Tt take things that don Tt If you have a sibling, youtwo _A gentleman may keep his
a a healthly diet, get your church or temple on a regular _ belong to you. Stealing isnot should get along. Stop head covered indoors if the
Mrs Beatrice Maye exercise and sleep, and work _ basis. acceptable. Earn the money _ fighting and work things out _traditions of his religion
at staying healthy. Know when to stop pushing _to buy the things you want. _ by talking. require it.
" ' Speak the truth so that others when your parents say oNo ?. When you need your parents T Set a good example for your _A lady may keep her hat on
The 46 Things Every Teen can trust your words. Ask for what you want, but help, plan for it early. Parents brother and/or sister. When indoors (even in churches,
Should Know....... Take time to practice. don Tt become a nuisance. _are not last minute servants. _you are older, you Tre expected restaurants and private
Anything worth learning takes Limit your time with telev- Be polite. Being courteous tobe a model. homes) provided sheis
Don Tt be a slob. Put things practice. ision. means being concerned about dressed up in formal daytime
where they belong. Don Tt give up without trying. | Study hard. Doing well in the feelings and sensitivties of clothes.
Don Tt put things off. When You miss every opportunity school and going to college others. Wearing Hats... Ladies may wear hats during
you finish it early, you don Tt you never take. are the best ways to get ahead. Be on time for stated curfews dressy evening events. These
have to cram. Save sex for marriage. It Tsa | Borrow and lend responsibly. and call early when there is Here are the rules about hats are more elegant.
Don Tt take yourself so mistake to experiment with Don Tt borrow without asking "_any problem with meeting hats...... The exceptions for women
seriously. A sense of humor is sex before you are committed. and return things promptly. your commitments. are:
one of the best assets you can If you choose to have sex, Be confident in who you are. Don Tt put down other people. A gentleman, regardless of his | a. Alady may not wear a
have. don Tt have sex without taking Take pride in what you If you must gossip, keep age, is expected to take off his hat indoors at her own home.
Say oNo ? to drugs, cigarettes, precautions, accomplish and don Tt put positive gossip. hat in theaters, schools, b. A lady may not wear a
and alcohol. Never be slave Learn to save your money, or yourself down for mistakes. Don Tt handle your frustrations airports, trains, inside baseball cap indoors.
to any chemical. you won't have money when When you are old enough to _or anger with cursing, buildings, inhomes, andin _ *** This is because baseball
Don Tt drink and drive or get you need it. vote, vote proudly. Be a swearing, or taking God Ts church. Caps are considered unisex
into a TCar with someone who Pick your friends wisely. You responsible citizen. name in vain. A gentleman may wear his hat and women wearing them
has, are known by the friends you Have a positive attitude about Listen to or read instructions _at indoor sporting events such must abide by the same
Live the golden rule " treat hang around with. life. Don Tt be complainer or as hockey games or wrestling

rules that apply to men.

Student Achievement......
Francena Wallace, a native
of Grimesland, North
Carolina,

served the spring semester as
student intern for Campus
Ministry. She was recognized
by the Student Affairs
Division for her outstanding
leadership in organizing
students for the

National Baptist Student
Union Retreat.

Francena provided leadership
in the reorganization
initiatives of Christian Student
fellowship and coordinated
social and mission
opportunities for UCCM.
Francena is the daughter of
Arthur and Faye Wallace and
is a member of Philippi
Baptist Church in Greenville,
NC. She is a rising senior

Majoring in Elementary

Education.

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consecutive months and with a large cloakroom Coakley area, but has not consists of unpainted
would only provide teachers _ projection in front. The been used as a school since weatherboards walls with
homes if the school term school plan was Floor Plan = "-:1947. _____ exposed rafter eaves. All but -
was at least eight months. No. 2-C Today it is hard to imagine its _ one of the several large nine : |
Currently, after a limited . (Two Teacher Community roots alive with the sounds of _ pane over nine pane sash NEEM Alexander
investigation by this writer, _ School) from the Rosenwald an average of 126 pupils windows are missing. Pick Up YOUR ¥
the Gogtown School, Fund and is located on State im its first year of operation. Most of the Rosenwald _ Copy OF THE Sci
Coakley School and Mount Road 1526. An earlier school on this site schools were discontinued in| M TVOICE NEWSPAPER 7s
Olive are the three known There is no decoration at all. Wasinsuch poor condition the mid-1950s-with the AT Mo's
surviving structures in Tongue-and-groove interiors in 1925 that it was valued at _ consolidation of the one- a
Edgecombe County. and plain weathered $25. a teacher and two-teacher
The Dogtown (Keech) boarded exterior walls are Accordingly, application was _ schools into county
school is one of the most typical. After the last classes aa " at Rosenwald elementary schools. sia
altered of Edgecombe were held in 1948, the und for » WhIC wanld @e ef on sales een
County's g urviving J original windows were all together with about $500 Rosenwald Schools Pitt Co Bryan | Detowion waco,
Rosenwald schools. It was replaced when the building from local black residents, c et MEN s |
built in 1925 by D. H. was converted to a house. helped build this two-room "_[ayden 4 1919-1920 $10.00 TO $12.00
Harris & Son, the usual The owners also erected frame school. Bethel 6 1925-1926 SHAVE $5.00
contractor for such schools, numerous partitions inside, The two classrooms form a CherryLane 4 1918-1919 EYE BROW ARCH
with funds coming from living there.until they builta .tectangular mass witha gable farmvitle 6 1922-1923 $5.00 |
local African-Americans new house closer roof. A front hipped " Fitzgerald NECKLINE TAPER & EDGE
citizens and the Julius to the road. The other _Toof pavilion overhangs one High (Ayden) 9 1926-1927 $5.00
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growing, and we needed more
facilities, off-street parking and
an area for our young people. ?
Farrior & Sons Construction
Superintendent Mike Folen
orchestrated the coronation. It
was his first, he said.

The steeple came with
manufacturer Ts installation
instructions. Folen followed them explicitly. a

oIt Ts amazing that they can send you instructions on something like this (securing a steeple) and
everything goes smoothly, ? Folen said Wednesday, shortly after he Td guided the steeple into place.
oWhen you Tre doing something outside the realm of your expertise, you have to install according
to the manufacturer Ts recommendations. ?

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5,000 pounds should future church members decide they want a larger one. For now, though,
they Tre overjoyed with the one they have.

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for food and gave free Janice Bryant, 39, and Kelley _the police in a good way, I
screenings for people Alford, 27, said the event did a think it will help to motivate
wanting to know their blood "_lot to allay community distrust |The towns of Winterville and
sugar fevels. Sam Ts Club of police. Ayden also held events.
kicked in $1,000 for food

and supplies. Minges

Bottling Group provided

refreshments. Target, the

national sponsor of the

event, provided gifts cards to
those who attended. For
those seeking jobs, recruiters
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College and East Carolina
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By: Dr. Maulana Karenga

Somewhere beyond the
barbecuing, the beach and
backyard parties, the
fireworks, the proforma flag-
flying and perfunctory
parades, are the original
meaning and motivating ideas
of celebrating of the indepen-
dence and creation of a
country that would protect
and promote the God-given
inalienable rights to olife,
liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. ? After all, the

- Declaration of Independence
advocated and promised it. .
But even before the indepen-
dence of the country, there
were contradictions. For
those seeking freedom for
themselves were enslaving us;
those proclaiming the right to
life were enslaving us;
those proclaiming the right to
life were committing
genocide against Native
Americans; and those
advocating equality rejected
the priniciples and practice
when applied to us, Native
Americans and even their
own women. They had not
encountered the Latino and
Asian yet, but the pattern of
oppression had been put in
place and would continue in
various forms and fashions to
this day.

It is because of this
continuing contradiction that
African Americans and others
similarly situated hve mixed
feelings about the Fourth of
July. It Ts not that we don Tt
welcome, like others, another
day to rest and recreate
ourselves. Nor is it
that we don Tt want to concede
to good life some of us live
here because of the struggle
of our people and others. It
is, above all, because we "
experience in our daily lives a
continuing contradiction
between the self-
congratulatory claims of the
country and its everyday
practices, and because of a
deep historical and ongoing
sense that whatever
independence was achieved in
1776, it didn Tt include us.
And so, even when we deny
or don Tt know it, we still
stands with Frederick
Douglass at Rochester, NY in
1852 as he gives his classic
lecture, oThe Meaning of July
4th for the Negro. ? And with
him, we are asking ourselves
and the ruling race-class of
this country, owhat hve I or
the people I represent have to
do with your national
Independ-ence? Are the great
prinicples of political freedom
and natural juices, embodied
in the Declaration of
Independence, extended to
us? And am] therefore,
called upon to bring our
humble offering to the
national altar and to confess
the benefits and express
devout gratitude forthe.
blessings resulting from your
independence ? Douglass T
questions are both real and
rhetorical. For we know the
anwers already, as he and they
did. As he says, o would to
God, both for your sakes and
ours that an affirmative
answer could be truthfully
returned to these
questions....But such is not
the case. ?Douglass lists
several things that prevent
him from seeing the Fourth as
a day of celebration for him
and his people. Among those
are oa said sense of the
disparity between us ?; othe
immeasurable distance
between us ?; the fact that othe
blessings ? and othe rich
inheritance of justice, liberty,
prosperity, and independence
bequeathed by your fathers, is

HEALING THE RACIAL DIVIDE IN
Renaming 5" Street for Dr.

By Rev. Ozie Lee Hall, Jr.

Last year Southern Christian
Leadership Conference Ts North
Carolina State President Bennie
Rountree set off a controversy
by calling for the Black
community to boycott the
annual Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. oUnity ? Breakfast that is
supported by the City of
Greenville, East Carolina
University, Pitt County
Memorial Hospital, and the Pitt
County Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Rountree got fed up with
what many considered the
hypocrisy of the event and
decided to revive the more than
seventeen year struggle to name
an entire street in the City of
Greenville in honor of Dr. King.

East Carolina University Ts
Chancellor Steve Ballard
responded by appointing a MLK
Street Naming Ad Hoc
Committee. The Ad Hoc
Committee hired a Consultant
and conducted feel good forums
to allow citizens to discuss
_ feelings about naming an entire

street and to receive suggestions
from the community on how to
resolve the issue. The Ad Hoc
Committee was Co-Chaired by
Dr. Don Endsley, an ECU Vice
Chancellor and Greenville City
Councilwoman, Hon. Rose H.
Glover. The Ad Hoc Committee
issued a report that identified
three alternative resolutions,
including (1) complete the
renaming of all of 5 Street with
signage denoting oFormerly
Historic Fifth Street, ? (2)
rename 10th Street/Stantonsburg
Road including the proposed
10" Street connector, or (3)
name the proposed 264 Bypass.

The Consultant. report noted
that naming all of 5" Street to
honor Dr. King was the omost
discussed option by all forums ?

and.a, straw poll favored 5"...
Street. It further noted the
major opposition to the most
popular alternative is ostrong
resistance of some White
owners to having to say their
address is Martin Luther King,
Jr. Drive. ? Some community
leaders say the effort to rename
all of 5" Street should continue
and that the other options of
10th Street and the future 264
Bypass are too remote to be
seriously considered and present
other insurmountable barriers.
Some also point out that these
other options have been
proposed by Whites who have
already vehemently opposed
renaming East 5" Street.

A preliminary survey by the
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Blvd. Memorial Committee
indicates that many people in
the East 5" Street area support
the name change but many fear
to publicly support it because of
fear of reprisals from
Confederate Flag waving White
Supremacist.

Over seventeen years ago'the
late Rev. Alonzo Mills and Mr.
Rountree began a camp-aign to
name a Greenville City street in
honor of Dr. King. Several
options were explored but there
was opposition by Whites to
renaming any street for a Black
outside of the Black community.
Ultimately West 5" Street from
Memorial Drive to Washington
Street was renamed in honor of
Dr. King but Black leaders
vowed to revisit the struggle in
the future in more favorable
times. It was believed that over

_ time Whites who opposed the
street renaming would have a
change of heart as Dr. King Ts
message of love and
brotherhood settled in to their
hearts and minds. It was
believed that over time even the
most bigoted White racist would
transform their thinking and
would be proud to have a whole
street honoring Dr. King.

Over the past year a coal-ition
of Blacks and Whites organized
by Mr. Keith Cooper and Mr.
Joshua Fisher under the banner
of the MLK Completion
Committee have worked to heal
the racial divide in Greenville

and have conducted two
peaceful permitted marches
down East 5 o Street to show a
united front between the Black
and White communities. During
the second march held on July
29, 2006, a known White
Supremacist was first observed
along the marching route and

:

Lg i

Active White Supremacy hate
groups like the National
Alliance, the Council of
Conservative Citizens, the

World Church of Christ, Neo-

Nazi Ts, Skinheads, and others
have members that have already
been convicted of hate crimes in
other areas of the State and

Nation. Rev. Hall says these

oH 2 Ege Cee Seen gt ete bs a ae

says this is terrorism against
US. Citizens by White
Supremacy hate groups who,
generations later, still support a
failed terrorist Confederate
government. The Confederate
Flag is a foreign flag of a
terrorist rebel government who
committed acts of terror against
the United States. One of the

ye ata

then the racially mixed group of
marchers was confronted by a
group of White men who
derided the marchers and
shouted epithets as a
Confederate Battle Flag hung
from the balcony of 703 East 5
Street. One 21 year old White
male and member of Pi Kappa
Psi Fraternity acknowledged the
Confederate Flag is a symbol of
oRacism. ?

The Daily Reflector denou-
need the use of intimidation by
this group of Whites in an
Editorial and some residents "
denounced the acts of this group
and noted their fears of
becoming the victims of
retaliation. Some community
leaders have discussed filing a
complaint with the U.S.
Department of Justice or the
U.S. Department of Home-land
Security to ask the federal
government to protect White
East 5" Street area residents
who support changing the name
of the street from reprisals by
White Supremacist. One
marcher said that oit is a sad day
when Whites try an terrorize
other Whites in our own
neighbor-hood. We won Tt be
deterred by these bigots. This is
like the civil war all over again. ?

Rev. Ozie Lee Hall, Jr., and
Mr. Keith Cooper requested the
Pitt County Board of
Commissioners remove the
Confederate Monument located
at the Pitt County Court House
earlier this year. They claimed
it is a rally point for White
Supremacy hate groups that are
currently active in Greenville, is
intimidating to Blacks, and
offends Whites of conscious.
The Confederate Monument
contains the Official Seal of the
Confederate States of American
as if the Confederacy was still
the active government in Pitt
County. It bears the Latin °
inscription oDeo Vindice ? which
means oGod will vindicate. ?
The Monument stands as a
bce to White Ha
and attempts to justify their
ancestors fight to keep Blacks in
slavery during the civil war,

groups are a significant threat to
progress in the City of

_ Greenville and Pitt County and

federal, state, and local law
enforcement agencies and
government officials should be
concerned about their activities
in this community.

Rev. Hall says that White
Supremacy groups connected to
the Confederate Monument have
been actively involved in the
suppression of Black progress
dating back several generations.
Rev. Hall says the Greenville
Parents Asso-ciation, a recent
group of White parents, who
oppose their children attending
school in the Black comm-unity
of West Greenville have.
members whose ancestors are
connected to the Monument. He
says their Attorney, Charles
McLawhorn, Jr., has family
connections to the placement of
Monument in 1914. Rev. Hall
says there is still a strong
element in Pitt County and the
City of Greenville who are
actively anti-Black. He says
that oalthough past generations
of racist are dying out many
young Whites are following the
foot steps of their parents and
are being attracted to the
Conservative teaching of
WhiteSupremacy hate groups. ?

The recent intimidation and
terror tactic by White
Supremacist on July 29" on East
5" Street underscores the racial
divide in Greenville, says Hall.
The Greenville Police
Department and East Carolina
University have been requested
to investigate the use of
intimidation and terror tactics by
White Supremacist in the East
5" Street areas. Rev. Hall says
that many good people who live
in that area support the
renaming of East 5" Street in
honor of Dr. King because they
understand the man and the
principles for which he stood
and died. Hall says many of
East 5" Street area residents fear
speaking out in support of

the street name |

because they fear retaliation by

White Supremacist. Rev. Hall

conditions imposed by the
Federal government after the
civil war for North Carolina
being readmitted into the Union
was their pledge of loyalty to
the United States of America.
On July 29" when that group of
White men displayed that
Confederate Battle Flag it was
like making a declaration of war
against Blacks and all Whites
who support Blacks citizenship
rights. It sent a message of
intimidation to Whites in the
community who would dare
support naming a street in the
White community in honor of a
Black man. The organizers of
the Confederate Flag display at
703 East 5" Street had to have
known that news media would
be covering the march. Rev.
Hall says the flag display was
intended to call White
Supremacist to action to oppose
the street renaming. Hall says a
prominent local White
Supremacy leader was seen in
the area just before the flag
display. .

Pitt County and the City of
Greenville Ts Black and White
communities must rally together
and say racist terrorism will not
be tolerated in this community,
says Rev. Hall. Our City and
County have made substantial
progress but has a long way to
go. One thing it can do now is
take a stand to close the racial
divide.

The renaming of all of 5"
Street from the City limit to 10"
Street and the relocation of the
Confederate Monument will '
make an important statement to
the world that racial
intimidation will not be
tolerated in Greenville or Pitt
County.

To understand the racial divide
in Pitt County and the City of
Greenville it is important to
have a history lesson. 5" Street
officially became a City street in
1774, nearly two years before
the U.S. Constitution was signed
in 1776, Many White residents
in the areas ( Blacks
being made U.S. Citizens at the
founding of the Nation. Many

East 5" Street area residents
opposed the Missouri
Compromise Act of 1820 that
would have limited the
expansion of slavery. Many
White Churches split from their
Northern Congregations in the
1850 Ts over the issue of slavery
and taught doctrines to support
slavery and White Supremacy.

Many East.5* Street area
residents supported the
secession and the Civil War to

"maintain slavery. Much of the

local economy was built on the
backs of Black slave laborers.
Many family fortunes of
property owners in the East 5
Street area and throughout Pitt
County today trace back to
wealth accumulated from slave
labor and the oppression of
Blacks, many of whose
descendants now live in poverty.

Many East 5" Street area
residents opposed Recon-
struction laws after the Civil
War that gave freedoms to
Blacks, including the right to
vote. Blacks were oppressed
and terrorized after the Civil
War and in 1914 the Confed-
erate Monument was erected at
the Pitt County Court House at a
time when Blacks were
suppressed from voting. The
Monument has served as a ratly
point for organized White
Supremacy groups since it was
erected in 1914.

Many East 5" Street area
residents opposed the U.S.
Supreme Court Ts decision in the
landmark school desegregation
case of Brown vs. Board of
Education. Many White
citizens in Greenville resisted
implementation of the decision
through the 1960 Ts, 70 Ts, 80 Ts,
and 90 Ts. In 1984 U.S. Senator
Jesse Helms received 1947 votes
from residents in the East 5"
Street area in a race against
Governor Jim Hunt for the U.S.
Senate after Helms attempted to
block the King National Holiday
law that was proposed by
Congressman John Conyers.
Pools showed the Helms
Opposition to the King National
Holiday law improved his
standing among White voters.
Senator Helms argued that Dr.
King was Communist inspired
but Dr. King had long ago
answered that question by
saying that he was inspired by a
man named oJesus. ? Dr. King
won a Nobel Peace Prize for his

~ Work and the U.S, govern-ment

created a National Holiday to
honor the man. A National

eal

/ Minority Voice August 1 - 18, 2006 pg7

GREENVILLE:
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Memorial is under construction
on the Capital Mall in
Washington, D.C. Dr. King
stands with George Washington,
Thomas Jeff-erson, and
Abraham Lincoln as one of the
greatest men America has ever
produced.

ECU Geography Professor,
Dr. Derek Alderman did a study
of street renaming of streets
named to honor Dr. King

- around the nation. Dr.

Alderman Ts research showed no
evidence that renaming a street
to honor Dr. King results in a
loss of property value or any
other decline attributable to the
street renaming. Dr. __
Alderman Ts research dispels all

_ the myths about the negative

effects touted by White
Supremacist they claim will
result if a street in named in

honor of Dr. King.

The City of Greenville Ts
recently approved West
Greenville Revitalization Plan,
is already underway. The
current section of West 5 o
Street that is already renamed to
honor Dr. King is already
having dilapidated housing torn
down to make way for new
houses, streetscapes, and a
major face lift. Fifth Street (5"

Street) and Martin Luther King, .

Jr. Drive is already a major
thoroughfare. It contains
entrances to Pitt County
Memorial Hospital, the new
ECU School of Nursing, it will
be a major entrance to the new
Cardiac Center. It contains the
Pitt County Office Complex for
Pitt County Government, Pitt
County Schools, and Pitt
County Social Services. The
new Greenville City Hall, a
major entrance to East Carolina
University Ts main campus, and

- other significant landmarks

exist along the street.

Naming all of 5" Street in
honor of Dr. King, from the
City limit to 10" Street, will
connect all the major
institutions located in the City
of Greenville and will connect a
historically White and a
historically Black community.~ T
This is in essence Dr. King Ts
dream.

In the 1980 Ts a controversial
book came out called oThe Bell
Curve. ? Many people were
offended because the book
claimed that Blacks IQ Ts were
lower than Whites, and Whites
were lower than Asians. One
thing the book did point out is
that Blacks 1Q Ts are just as high
as Whites and all other groups .
when they are not subjected to
racism, exploitation, and
economic oppression.

The history of racism in Pitt
County, the City of Green-ville,
and the East 5" Street area is
well documented and can be
researched in the North
Carolina Collection at the
Joyner Library at East Carolina
University. Many senior
citizens, Black and White, have
told me stories about the history
of racism in Pitt County, says
Rev. Hall.

Rev. Hall says that otrue
healing will only take place
after a frank and open
discussion of the facts. We are
not discussing this issue to
create antagonism. We pray
that healing will come about
and we can rename all of 5"
Street in honor of Dr. King with
broad support from all the
citizens of this community. ?
Rev, Hall says othe poverty,
ignorance, and disease that
plague the Black community is
the result of years of oppression
and lack of hope. ?

Rev. Hall says that opreachers
have a responsi-bility to
transform this community into a
community of brotherhood. ?
He quotes Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. who, speaking to
preachers, said owe have the
ears of more people then
anybody else in the community
week after week. If we would
commit ourselves, ?

A ITIPIWWATTr %Wrmar wrrahnrn=.

Minority Voice August 1 - 18, 2006

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Fierce-opposition from
southern conservatives
failed to stop the US House

last week from renewing the

Voting Rights Act, but a
second battle looms in the
Senate where law-makers
from southern states have
one more chance to

derail the legislation.

The House voted 390-33 to
pass the Fannie Lou
Hammer, Rosa Parks, and
Coretta Scott King Voting
Rights Act Reauthorization
and Amendments Act of
2006. The Senate

must now consider the bill,
_ which the White House has
promised to sign into law.
Civil rights veteran and US
Rep. John Lewis

(D-Ga.) said House
lawmakers defeated
Republican amendments to
gut the essence of the VRA
that if successful, would

have killed the bill vote, o Lewis said during

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and led the nation back into

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Automotive Classes:

Driver Improvement
Hours: 8 Cost: $45 SEF

_ Pitt County Safe Communities Coalition in conjunction with Pitt
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Hours: 22 Cost: $125 SEF

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The course is held on Friday evening, all-day Saturday & all-day
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' Course. Participants must be 16 years of age, but are not required
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completion of the course, participants will be able to forego the
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Hours: 8 Cost: $55 OE

The eight-hour course is designed to prepare auto technicians

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Digital Photography - Introduction

Hours: 30 Cost: $60 OE

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Hours: 30 Cost: $60 OE

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Topics covered include hardware and software applications.
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covered. Adding printers, digital cameras and other hardware will be
taught. Upon completion of the class you'll have an understanding
how to use and maintain your own PC.

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Home Networking Workshop

Hours: 12 Cost: $55 OE

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How to Use Windows XP

Hours: 24 Cost: $60 OE

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managing the resources onthe PC.

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Microsoft PowerPoint Fundamentals

Hours: 18 Cost: $55 OE
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speaker notes and handouts for the audience. You can dress up your
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text, graphics and charts. You will also create hyperlinks, work with
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Microsoft Word Fundamentals

Hours: 30 Cost: $60 OE

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creating a web page using Word, using mail merge to create form
letters and mailing lists. This class will also prepare individuals for the
MOUS Word certification exam.
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Web Design for You!

Hours: 30 Cost: $60 OE

This course will cover the basics of HTML to create your own

web pages. This easy-to-learn language does not require previous
programming experience. You will be introduced to inserting graphic
images and setting up hyperlinks. You will gain an understanding

of how to make your, pages accessible on the Internet and web page
design is introduced. Learning and using FTP clients will be covered
to fully implement your web pages to a remote server.

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Nursing Assistant:

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Hours: 144 Cost:$87.25 OF

Nursing Assistant I is a 144-hour course which prepares graduates to
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classroom, lab, and clinical learning experiences. Students desiring
to enroll in this class must meet admission requirements and have a
HS diploma or GED. The successful graduate will be certified through
the Division of Facility Services in Raleigh, NC. A State Nursing
Assistant I Test must be passed with 80% to become certified with the
Division of Facility Services. Employment opportunities may include
employment at Long-term Care Facilities, Home-Health Agencies,
and occasionally at the Hospital level.

*Pre-requisites are Required.

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student have a HS diploma or GED. This is not a certification course
and involves no clinical rotation. °

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Small Business Center:

Notary Public

Hours: 6 Cost: $55 OE

This course covers information necessary for persons wanting to apply
for notary public commissions. Prior to being appointed, first-time
appointees must successfully complete this course as one of the state
requirements. A textbook is required and must be purchased at the
PCC Bookstore prior to class,

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Small Business Bookkeeping

Hours: 12 Cost: $55 SBC .

Even if you have an accountant, it Ts important to understand the basics »
of bookkeeping. How do you set up your books properly? How should
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assets, liabilities, equity, and expenses? What do you need to know

about debits and credits? This seminar will help the onon-accountant ?
business owner.

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From

State Convention

Close to Home
At a recent press conference
in Goldsboro, NC, The

_ Minority Voice Newspaper
caught up with the state
president, Rev. Dr. William J.
Barber. Dr. Barber had this to
say: oWe come here today to
announce the gathering of the
63?"? convention of the North
Carolina NAACP State
Conference of Branches
during the 97" year of the
NAACP Ts storied history.
This momentous event shall
take place October 12-14 here
in the city of Goldsboro, in
the county of Wayne, on the
site of the Goldsboro-Raleigh
District Assembly. The gavel
will sound at 10:00 a.m., and
the convention will open to
do the work of Civil Rights.
_We are also coming on-the
70* anniversary of the Youth
and College Division of the
NAACP, when in 1936, the
youth demanded their place
and part right in the middle of
segregation, to be engaged in
the works of civil rights and
justice.

On Thursday, we will open
with Religious Emphasis day
and send a call our to
NAACPERs and clergy
throughout the state to

converge gn Goldsboro, " __.

Thursday night a public mass
meeting and worship service
will be open to everyone.

All persons interested in the
cause of justice are welcome
and can either register as a
delegate, member, or an
observer.

Our purpose at this
convention is to continue to
move forward, to. come and

ae the work of strategy and
planning around civil rights

the Desk of:

issues so that we can
continually be there in the
debates, at the grassroots in
the process to.insure fairness

and equality. ©
- We gather to teach and train
so that we can take action, so

that we can demand-action on
the relevant Civil Rights
issues of our time

In the area of Public
Education, we are convening
to teach and train so that we
can take and demand actions
regarding:
+ Ensuring resource
equity
Challenge and
change the
- continuing legacy of
re-segregation
Increasing teacher
quality
Promoting parent
and family
engagement

_ literacy initiatives
On Friday, during the
convention at 5:00pm, the
entire convention will
gather for an education
action press conference, to
draw attention to the sad
legacy of re-segregation and
inequality in education that
allows us to foster systems
that engage in what we
believe is legalized child
abuse and what Judge
Manning calls educational
genocide. This convention
will make it clear that the
North Carolina NAACP will
never sound retreat when it
comes to our children Ts
welfare and we will use
every resource, every

ocoalition, and every method

at our disposal to fight for
equity and to close the
achievement gaps.

In the area of Economics, we
ate convening to teach and

~ train so that we can take and
demand action:

- Ensuring economic
reciprocity with
business (we will
present the national:
report card on
businesses)

._ discrimination-free
employment and
workers rights to
organize through
labor unions |
Ensuring fair and
equitable home
ownership policies
and practices

Promoting
community wealth
building through
savings and
investment
Promoting
entrepreneurship

In the area of Healthcare, we
are convening to teach and
train so that we can take and

demand action: "

Ensuring access to
high-quality,
affordable
healthcare
Reducing obesity
disparities and
related diseases "
heart disease,
hypertension
Eliminating
disparities in HIV/
AIDS

Eliminate policies,
practices and
behaviors leading to
disparities in
contraction and
treatment of HIV/
AIDS

Reducing disparities
in respiratory '
diseases

Promoting the
development of good
mental health
practices and
programs

and practices that
lead to disparities

In the area of Housing, we are
convening to teach and train
so that we can take and
demand action:

Providing and
guaranteeing
opportunity for fair,
descent, and

_ affordable Housing

Buffalo Soldiers congregate in Greensboro

by Melde Rutledge
Carolina Peacemaker
Originally posted 7/28/2006

Buffalo Soldiers from across
the nation assembled in
Greensboro from July 24-29
to take part in their 140th
annual reunion in
Greensboro-being held in
North Carolina for the first
time.

From July 24-29, various
events was scheduled during .
the gathering, including a
parade downtown, and a
ceremony for the late Buffalo
Soldier and Greensboro
native, William McBryar.
About 500 people took part in
the reunion, headquartered at
the Koury Convention Center.
The origin of the Buffalo
Soldiers dates back 240 years.
In July 1866, U.S. Congress
passed legislation launching
two cavalry and four infantry
regiments (later consolidated
to two) whose enlistment was
to be made up of African
Americans.

These new mounted
regiments "the majority of
whom served in all black
units inthe Union Army
during/the Civil War "were the
9th arid 10th Cavalries. They
were later nicknamed
oBuffalo Soldiers ? by the
Cheyenne and Comanche

Native Americans. }
According to the International
Museum of the Horse, many
Native Americans dubbed the
9th and 10th Cavalries as
Buffalo Soldiers in respect for
the troopers T bravery and
valor.
We had each other Ts.back, ?
said Henri LeGendre, who
became a Buffalo Soldier in
1942. oNever let it be said
that a Buffalo soldier ran
away from a fight and left
your comrade stranded. ?
Earnest Collier was stationed
in the Philippines for 10 years
as a Buffalo Soldier-
following in the footsteps of
his father. Collier recollected
the crash course troopers
received in learning how to
ride a horse.
"Four o Tclock in the morning,
they get you up and go to the
stables, ? he recalled.
Albert Curley, who became a
- Buffalo Soldier in 1940, also
remembers the experience of
mounting a horse for the firs
time.
"If the horse threw you, they
made you get back on the
horse again until you learned
to ride it, o he explained.
Curley is also treasurer for the
Ninth & Tenth Calvary
Association and served in
World War II, Kofean War
and Vietnam War. |

Until the early 1890s, the 9th
and 10th Cavalries constituted
20 percent of all cavalry
forces on the American
frontier.

The 9th and 10th Cavalries T
accomplishment in subduing
Mexican revolutionaries,
hostile Native Americans,
outlaws, comancheros and
rustlers was as invaluable as it
was unrecognized.

"First of all, you got to
remember that white folks
controlled the press, ?
LeGendre said about the
recognition of Buffalo
Soldiers. oWhite folks only
like to publish what blacks do
as crime.

"Those of us who were
educated, they didn Tt put that
on the front page, ? he added.
LeGendre left the military as
a corporal and now resides in
Charlotte. .
Buffalo Soldiers campaigned
over some of the most rugged
and inhospitable country in
North America. Some of the
troops T adversaries included
Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Billy
the Kid, and Pancho Villa.
Less recognized, but just as
significant, the Buffalo
Soldiers explored and mapped
immense regions of the
southwest and strung
hundreds of miles of
telegraph lines.

In the area of Criminal
Justice, we are convening to
teach and train so that we can
take and demand action:

Ensuring felony re-
entry

Promoting a
moratorium of the
death penalty

In the area of Civic
Engagement, we are
convening to teach and train
so that we can take and
demand action:
- Ensuring voter
empowerment (we
will present our 2006
legislative report
card)
Ensuring voters T
constitutional rights
are protected
Monitoring
redistricting and
nsus |

ce ~\
Promoting ballot "
initiatives to address
social justice issues

We convene because the
empirical data and public
policy information says yes
we have over the years
advanced the cause of civil
rights but we still have much
work to do.

Whenever the NAACP has
stood up for justice it has
always made America, North
Carolina, and our
communities better.

We are convening to focus on
the challenges of Civil Rights
and-to breathe fresh vigor into
the cause of justice for all
people, especially minorities
throughout North Carolina.
Let it be clear the NAACP is
not a social club, not a social
service organization we are a
multi racial civil rights
organization with a clear
mission and purpose. ?

Note: The NAACP State

63" Convention will be

held October 12-14". It will
be hosted by the Goldsboro
Wayne County Branch.

The Buffalo Soldiers
consistently received some of
the worst assignments the
Army had to offer. They also
faced fierce prejudice to both
the colors of their Union
uniforms and their skin by
many of the citizens of the
post-war frontier towns.
"Fighting racial segregation
was the big thing to me, ? said
LeGendre, who was stationed
at Fort Clark, located in
Texas.

In June 1943, LeGendre left
Fort Clark, on his way to
Greensboro. He was going to
take part in a U.S. Army-
sponsored program at N.C.
A&T State University. When
his train stopped in Atlanta,
LeGendre happened to drink
from a owhite Ts only ? water
fountain.

And I got locked up for six
hours until my train left, ? he
said.

Despite their hardships, the
troopers of the 9th and 10th
Cavalries developed into two
of the most distinguished
fighting units in the Army.

"1 don Tt call it prejudice, ? said
Albert Curley, who became a
Buffalo Soldier in 1940. oI
call it jealousy.

_ "Whites were jealous of what

the Negroes could do. ?
The 9th and 10th Cavalries
disbanded in 1944.

Minority Voice August 1 - 18,2006 pgil

IMPORTANT
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2006-2007 Open House
Pitt County Schools will hold a system-wide open house on August 24.
The first day of school for students is August 28.

Open House Schedule:
K-8 Schools 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
6-8 Schools 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
9-12 Schools 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

High School Freshman Orientation
* Ayden-Grifton August 22 6:30 p.:m " 8:00 p.m.
*D. H. Conley August 23. 5:00 p.m. " 7:00 p.m.
oFarmville Central © August 24 3:00 p.m. " 5:00 pm.
*J.H. Rose August 22, 9:00 a.m._ " 1:30 p.m.
*North Pitt August 21. 5:30 p.m " 7:30 p.m.
oSouth Central August 22 6:00 p.m. " 8:00pm.

For more information, please contact your child's school,

REMINDERS

August 17 -First Day for Staff
August 28 "First Day of School for Students

It is important to register your child for kindergarten now,
if you have not done so already!

School Supply Lists
The 2006-2007 School Supply lists are now available. You can access them

by visiting our website at www.pitt.k12.nc.us. They are also on display at
Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target, Office Depot and Staples,

IMPORTANT
HOPE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Beginning Dates

Optional Mini-Football Camp August 16-17
Football August 21
Cheerleading August 22
Volleyball August 29

Any student interested in Football, Volleyball or Cheerleading must
have all the necessary forms filled out and turned into the school by
the first day of practice. Students participating in the OPTIONAL
Mini-Football Camp must have their forms completed by the first
day of camp on August 16, 2006.

Please contact the school at 355-7071 to inquire about these forms,

At least twenty Buffalo
Soldiers have received the
Congressional Medal of
Honor, including McBryar.
McBryar served with H.
Troop, 10th Cavalry, from
January 1887 to April 2, 1895.
He received the Medal of
Honor for his bravery against
the Apaches in Arizona.
McBryar Ts ceremony was on
July 26, across from the old
post office on East Market
Street. A marker will
ultimately be placed on the
site. This is the first ttme the
city has officially recognized

McBryar Ts accomplishments.
A parade took place on July
29 from 10 a.m. to 12:30
.m., beginning at Smith
treet, down Greene Street
and ending on Washington
Street.

Buffalo Soldier, Floyd Brown
stopped for our camera while
visiting his nephew,Charles
Sayles while on his way to
Greensboro,

_ photo Jim Rouse

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