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COMMUNITY IN P IT COUNTY, NORD i

CAROLINA. Rev.

Introdacti :

This report was
prepared -by the Local
Organizing Committee for the
Pitt County Black Leadership
and Community Roundtable.
This report is a compilation of
data from a variety of sources
and is not intended to be
compreliensive. The report Ts
purpose is to provide a general

_ overview of the conditions that

presently exist in the Black
community in Pitt County,
North Carolina. It is intended
that this information be used as
a basis for informed discussion
and positive action.

_ Brief Historical Background

Pitt ..County . was
founded in 1760,. It was
originally a part of Beaufort
County. . The. 1762 official
census showed there was not a
single free Black person in Pitt
County, Blacks were severely
mistreated by White slave
masters in Pitt County. Around
1775 White Pitt County Court
and local residents burned a
Black female slave known as
oRose ? at the stake in a public
spectacle. Shortly thereafter
Black slaves attempted to
organize a slave insurrection
but were discovered and
severely beaten. About 250
Black slaves escaped, In the
1880's Pitt County Delegates
meeting to ratify the U.S.
Constitution. opposed Black

1780 an 1865, Blacks in Pitt
County were routinely worked,
beaten, flogged, hanged,
bought, sold, used as collateral
for loans, and bequeath (to
transfer property by an heir) by
Whites.

On July 23, 1863, up to
750 unarmed Black men,
woman, and children fleeing
slavery were openly massacred
by gun fire from Confederate
soldiers and Pitt County
residents between Little
Contentnea Creek Bridge in
Scuffleton and the Burney
Plantation in southern Pitt
County, After the Civil War the
Klu Klux Klan was active
terrorizing Blacks in Pitt
County, suppressing voting
rights and. Black progress. In
1914, White supremacist
erected a. Confederate
Monument at the Pitt County
Court House with the Official
Confederate Seal of
Confederate State of American
as if it still existed. The Pitt
County Board of
Commissioners supported the
erection of the monument with
public funds. Black voting
rights were suppressed at that
time by local White supremacy
tefrorist groups.

The Black community
in Greenville settled along the
Tar River and developed a
thriving community. They
were forced to move to west
Greenville when Whites

of the U.S. Supreme Court and
after the Civil Rights Act of
1964 the oWhite Only ? signs
began to come down amidst
strong opposition by Whites.

Many: opportunities
opened to Blacks and many
obtained college education and
moved away from Pitt County
to areas of the United States
that were friendly toward Black

people.

Whites in Greenville
resisted naming an entire street
in honor of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. beginning in 1989.
About 2,000 White E. 5* Street
area residents voted for Jesse
Helms for the U.S. Senate after
his filibuster of the Dr. King
National Holiday Legislation in
the U.S. Senate and Helms
open anti-Black rhetoric.
Whites actively opposed school
desegregation in the 1960's,
1970's, and 1980's. In 2006, the
White Greenville Parents
Association opposed racial
balancing Pitt County Schools.
In 2003 the Black community
was energized when 41 year old
Eugene Allen Boseman died
after he was beat in the head by
White Greenville Police
Officers. No action was taken
by City Officials for the
violation of Boseman Ts civil
rights by Officers who beat him
in the head. The Pitt County
Medical Examiner....who
reported the Boseman had been
beat in the head ruled the

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retaliatory vote decided to
remove Dr. Martin Luther

King, Jr. Ts name from a west

Greenville street located in the
heart of Greenville Ts Black
community over the objection
of Black residents and Black
Elected Officials. A section of
W. 5" Street was named Martin
Luther King, Jr. Drive in 1998
only in the west Greenville area
because of White opposition to
naming any other street outside
the Black community in honor
of a Black man. In 2007, White
Greenville City Council
members openly slandered the
Black community and
disrespected Black elected
officials and the entire Black
community on television.

Since about 1992,
Black majority election districts
for the 8" N.C. House of
Representatives and the 3"
N.C. Senate District have been
occupied by Whites who have
generally not served the interest
of the Black majority. There are
unclaimed Black majority
election districts for the Pitt
County Board - of
Commissioners and Pitt
County Board of Education.
Local Towns use illegal at-large
election schemes where Blacks
are entitled to additional elected
representation on the Town
Commissions of Farmville,
Bethel, Winterville, Ayden, and
many other Towns in Pitt
County.

~The: -U,S. Census
Bureau (2005). reports Pitt
County Ts total ion as
145,619. Pitt County T $s Black

opopulation as of the 2000

decennial census is 44,854 or
32.9 percent of the total.
Between the years 2000 and
2005 Pitt County Ts Black
population declined as a
percentage of the total
population and in real numbers
by approximately 165 persons.
The trend of Black Ts leaving
Pitt County is in part due to lack
of opportunities to
advancement, unemployment,
racism, and disunity of the
Black community that results in
lack of opportunities. for
Blacks, |

Rev Hall speaks to a
group of concerned

people becoming citizens ofthe decided to take their land and official cause of death as In an historicevent, the Citizens atthe C.M. Eppes
United States. Delegates from force them out. Blacks oAgitated Delirium. ? c?"? mmunity in Pitt Recreational Facility
| A County included Sterling developed a thriving Officers were return to workin County is coming together to photo by M. Adams:
ne eory Robert Williams, community in west Greenville thecommunity. Aboutone year achieve mutual progress and {
Richard Moye, Arthur Forbes, which began to decline after later, Kenneth L. Suggsclaimed " hyild a better future for this and
- and David Perkins at the first racial integration became legal to have been severely beatenby the next generations, The Pitt County's largest

conference in Hillsboro, The
second conference. .at
Fayetteville included William
Blount, Shadrach Allen, James

_ Armstrong, Samuel Simpson,

and James Bell as delegates
from Pitt County, Between

in Pitt County. The era of
integration destroyed Blacks
being forced to be united and
support each other
economically, Whites

iaplemenisiicn of the Foci
ner ne

Greenville Police. He died
about fifteen days later.

In 2006, White
Greenville City Council
Members in what appeared to
be a racially motivated

Black community has a long
track record of progress in Pitt
County in the face of vicious
White racist, Blacks achieved
and will continue to achieve in
Pitt County.

city is Greenville, Greenville Ts
total population is
approximately 60,476,

including a Black population of
Black community
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| a 7 wn ER , oe ey snities and and protect communities. It - justice. 7 - 3
* WEEK OF MAY 3-9, 2007 prisons will eventually retum Prison to return to the same reenter ols eofamunuties and ce public safety and |

. The Wilmington Journal to the community. That means environment which saw them . save taxpayer dollars. It is the | am convinced that any
Cea PEO: TN) eae cothoy ster ds Ota That's why Ihave sponsored humane thing to do. ain effort wp ciliate the
wanes released from state and - "= "«additional barriers to reentry: the bipartisan SecondChance reentry of men 2,
federal prisons andretum serious physical and mental Actot 2007 (HR1593) along It sthe responsible thing to with criminal records to civ
back to civilian life, health problems, no place to with Representatives Cannon, 40 tis the righ thing to do. society must be prepared do

stay and lack of education or Conyers, Coble, Scott of ° two things.

Selva : Virginia, Smith of Texas, The Judiciary Committee held |
qualifications to hold a job. ne Ohio, Forbes, Schiff, hearings on the bill last month First, we must be prepared to
Sensenbrenner, Chabot, and quickly voted to send the help with drug treatment on
| | bill to the full House. I fully demand for everyone who

These men and women
deserve a second chance. As a result two out of three
Their families, spouses and _Will be rearrested.for new :
children, deserveasecond cfimes within the first three Jackson-Lee of Texas,

irc iti ears after their release. Cummings, Johnsonof - "»«-_-©Xpectittopassvery soon. "_ requests it. Second, we need
. _ Oe ee ee mes o Youthful offenders are even Georgia, Clarke and 75 other The billhas the support of _ "_to find work for ex-offenders.
ers Se a second chance means an . 4... Imore likely to re-offend. Members of Congress, A more than 200 criminal : Progr ams won t sup ply jobs.
: a REN ey fe a life Ter ae 7 companion bill ($1060) has Justice, service provider, faith After ex-offenders have
, around. Fete break the o One third of all correction _been introduced into the based, housing, = "___undergone rehabilitation and
= 1.) grip of adrug habit, Achance departments provide no Senate sponsored by Senators 80vernmental, disability and T received appropriate training
ue aie | to support a family, to pay services to released offenders, Biden, Specter, Brownback, _ Vil rights organizations. employers will have to open
~\. + BY CONGRESSMAN taxes, to be self sufficient, and most departments do not Leahy, Obama and 10 other President Bush has signaled their hearts and put these men
=. DANNY K-DAVIS a OS eee transition al program, Senators. | his support of the legislation and women back in the work
wo hae more pfite T Today few of those who. ~_ placing a heavy burden on eS force or they will surely and
America has more of its |" setur to their communities families and communities. | The Second Chance Actwil. | stating Ceatanthy eno ack In
other developed nation in the or receive any supportive... incarceration(asmuchas _assistance to assist ex- is going to solve the reentry "_you will join me in speaking
| world ~-more than two °°" services. When the prison $40,000 per year) and all the offenders in coping with the T1sis we are facing, butthe up in favor of a Second _
million. door swi . social and economic costs of challenges of reentry. It will | Second Chance Act isa good Chance in your community.
a fehl DG pa ; tees d divi start. I hope that with the ' United States Congressman
Pe offender may receive a bus crime to the community it Ts Teduce recidivism. f this bill ar als \OngTees
The vast majority, 95% of the ti-tet and spending money for just common sens¢ to act to . oo So a a a UR Davis is
"-t-} men and women in our a day or two. Many leave a help ex-offenders successfully It will help reunite families : gin a new era in Crimin D iioaih at fr om I llinois *

Pe __ Is it God Who Requires Faith, T
fi eyes Men ms saa ed hoy or is Man Trying to Create God
Den Mie MOCUS Was Misewhere in His Own Image?

one in five children are Chinese and Japanese By: Eric L. Wattree, Sr. the Biblical version of the among other passengers in the

creation of man. Now, I don Tt Bible, Chronicles 16:30 - .
raised in poverty "40% to _ "_ central bankers, Even have anything against the which states, othe world is

single mothers. former celebrants of free sak fey ty Bible-it was created by man firmly established, it cannot _
Williams might sensibly,» thoughts, asthey:begin to o»- to task over:my. alluding tO unfortunately, it hasn Tt been that says, oThe Lord set the
have asked the candidates realize that literally tens of _ ¢VOlutionin my article "_ysed by man with the same Earth on its foundations; it
what they would do to millions of jobs are at risk oRepublican Talking Point: benevolence, and too many of can never be moved. ? But
address poverty in South of outsourcing. Can You Feel Me? ., us have embraced it in its today it is universally
Carolina and across the Sporarcally, he indicated, . entirety on ofaith ?, to the oneal Fa possible
| j inawould " "ule evolutionary theory 1S detriment of the good, common ?,?XCeption of a few fanatics
country. Poverty 18 the true South Carolina would _ nothing more than sense that God vave us. here or there " that Galileo
Srphant inthe room, ? but, ave been a.good propaganda passed along as was right and the Bible was,
Williams asked Joe Biden backdrop for such science. All true science is I remember reading about a let us say, less than fully
about his tendency to talk questions. But Williams based on the scientific child that needed a blood understood.
By: Rev. Jesse Jackson too much instead, devoted the brief method. One of the steps is transfusion to live, but the 7
odomestic policy ? portion based on the scientific parents refused to allow it My point here is this " when
: Crime and incarceration " of the debate largely to method requires that a because it was against their you start to have more faith in
and our racially scarred abortion and:gun control. hypothesis be tested. To set religion. They decided that what man says than in what
The Democratic presidential criminal justice system " And of course, South up a test requires intelligent they would pray over her God has clearly done, you're
contenders had their first might logically have beenon Carolina would have been input, Therefore, any testing instead, and if it was God Ts will ot believing in God, you're
; ; of the evolution theory is "_ for her to survive, he would believing in man " and
debate last week, Itwasheld the agenda. South Carolina 4 good place to talk about defeated before it anes perform a miracle, Of course, _YOU Tre going to pay a heavy
in Charleston, SC- but you "_ranks first for : violent civil rights and the state of "_hecause the experiment is the child died. She died of her price for it. We've already
would not have known from crime rate and ifth for race in this country. Dean contaminated by the parents T ignorance. They were _ Paid a heavy price, in both the
the questions. The Property crimes. It's seventh Stanton, the local application of intelligence to ignorant to realize that when Needless loss of life over the
moderators "even the local inthe percentage ofits commentator, did ask a that is anathema to God gave the man the years, and the fact that we've
NBC moderator from South population that is. question on the evolution. In instead of "_ intelligence to perform a blood. tetained mired in state of
Carolina - virtually ignored . . incarcerated. controversy over the _ experimentation, one could transfusion, he did his parthe Td needless ignorance,

. | , simply use observation to already performed his mitacle mie
This isn Tt just a South Confederate flag that stil validate a theory. However, when he provided us with the [H?,? Very people who

~ their surroundings.
Careline Carolina challenge. This ueS #tthesstatchouse. But since evolution allegedly intelligence to perform a blood °®Vinced us that the Bibl

beyond that, we could takes thousands, millions or sion- the rest w was the word of God,
of imprisonment inthe. have been in New bilions of years, observe U8, nn? couldn't have believed it
of imprisonment in the . Hampshire. the process is impratical, | themselves, since they had us
world. We lock folks up at Science has had to contend in chains while they were
five to eight times the rate of No debate has the time to In response I pointed out _ with this kind of ignorance teaching it to us, and they.
other industrial countries. review every concern, But that he was wrong in his from various religious groups have our minds in chains to
Only the Staggering costs of Democrats chose South position that it takes ever since man first began to this day. Clear evidence that
prisons are beginning to Capollan ws an carty millions of years to observe define his environment through | Ur minds are still enslaved is
fltén states to lock ot rimary state to elevate the °V°ltution at work. Millions the usé of his intellect rather _in spite of the fact that the
sensible alternatives to conned of African- Seance A tad vere, em haar ead mpecittion, SAC) Dou Boma ih Oy

, , Smallpox, Flu, and various Every scientific discovery that taught us describes Jesus as
so oe a a incarceration. But the prison American voters. The other vaccines every year. differs from a version of reality having hair like'sheep Ts wool,
men ut, and minorities industrial complex wasn't on networks responded by The scientific reasoning aid out inthe Bible has been | ?"?any Black churches

mt ei a og dala dispatching Whites-only behind those vaccines is thatvehemently attacked by the continue tohave him
Seen eS South Carolina would bea. Shows tocover the by introdueng a greatly religious community. We se it | Reaping
Lmagine Brian Wiliams, good place task about ®bAle and by ignoring ~~ teduced instanee of those today inthe controversy over - ai and deepblne eyes,
Pra he dae ade ind US tnatiilectar the questions logically diseases int x y it stém cell research. We'see the How me lack images of
who : ? manufacturing. framed by South allows one Ts an bodies to same kind of ignorance today : ) You see portrayed
had noticed where it was The state has watched the Carolina's realities evolve ? to the point that " that Galileo faced in 1632 when 0n those expensive church

taking place, Rather than flight of its textile jobs, It they build up a resistance to he wrote his book, Dialogue. . house windows that you paid

feraehan Hopefully, when the the disease. That Ts ~ Concerning the Two Chi so dearly for? And
wasting has struggled with the | g ef y for? And how man
i ota sia of be ti and the | __bte heads o Towa, the evolution at work, right World Systems, where he Blond hair, Bue-eyes
focused on poverty and what decline of wages ~ Next moderator won't before our very eyes. agreed with Copernicus that the . ts have you known to
ot ads oaaa att forget to ask about the ring this iaue up because Eat *0Wed around the Sun : bom in the Middle Bat
could ny nome _ farmers and rural * When came Out the Many, I would guess, So
Cana has the third-highest Te ited T States snow ates, _ ost people who challenge Catholic Church went into such if you can't even trust chem to
iy unemployment rate in the running massive and the Theory of Evolution in you what he said o1
unsustainable trade deficits an that they brought tel You y said over two
Country. It Ts near the bottom _ this day and age, challenge before the Inquisition thousand years ago,
) ? mpper-capita income. Nearly Ving our economy amie itfor religious reasons. as a heretic, You see, his
* | nh vulnerable to the whims of They feel that it contradicts, otheory ? was at odds with,

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Minority Voice

_COMMUNITY NEWS

May 11-25, 2007 pg3

Mrs Beatrice Maye

BRAVO ! BRAVO !!

Al

BRAVO

TO: BROTHER JIM ROUSE
& THE STAFF OF THE
MINORITY VOICE
NEWSPAPER & WOOW
RADIO STATION

How excited I am to write this
article, expressing congratu-
lation and Thanks for your
enduring efforts to bring news
and pictures to our community
!! Without your media,
African-American specifically
would not be exposed for your
generously attend functions "
like the churches, banquets, or
reunions, professional,

I challenge others to follow in
his footsteps, leaving a legacy
to carry the business. Do not

let it fade out, I beg you. Too

many Blacks suffered, bled,

and died to see the ofruits of

their labor ? boarded up, eaten ©

up in taxes for the city to
purchase, or for some whites
to ofix up the place ? to put
renters in who disgrace the
neighborhood. Young people,
I challenge you to stay in
school, get a job, buy instead
of rent, and send your
children to school daily.
Teach them to work and stay
off the streets. Certainly, you
are aware that it takes time,
work and talent to maintain a

- business. Say a word of

thanks instead of criticism.
You never know the task until
you walk in those same shoes.

As Senior Pastor, Alfred
Smith of Allen Temple
Baptist Church in Oakland
California says, oIt is time to
get up from the rocking chair
of laziness. ?

The Editor: ©

educational, and social affairs

" using your photographic
skills and enhancing themso
completely through the paper.
Oh, how you highlight our
achievements and accomplis-
hments !

Thank you, Brother Rouse! tt

Suejette A. Jones
Lotto Makes
Sense Even for Losers

CharlesAdams,

oWhere Are the Men ? in
Darryl D.Sims, ed., oSound
the Trumpet Again ?, asks a
question that we canniot

evade: What are we going to

do about the fact that 50% of
Black makes from age
twenty-one to T sixty- -five are

- functionally illiterate; 30% of
Blacks are unemployed; 50%

of Blacks are high school |
dropouts; 20% of Blacks are
hooked on dope; 35% of
Blacks do not belong to .
anything " not the Elks, the
Masons, the PTA, The
NAACP, the Book Club or
the Church? Black babies
are eight times more likely to
get AIDS, five times more
likely to land in prison, and
ten times more likely to die
before they have had a chance
to live!!!

What can be done to give
purpose to lives without
purpose, to redeem lives that

- up to now have been wasted?

To the point, what do we do
to stimulate purpose and
power to those who are:
misdirected? The first

. Strategy is based on a
. patriarchal model of integrity.

Such was the home
environment of the late Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
oDaddy King, ? as his father
affectionately was called, a
model husband and father -
who loved, protected, and
provided for his family.
oDaddy King ? exposed him to

_ upright male leaders such as

Dr. Benjamin Mays and .
Thomas Kilgore, Jr.

After Mama and Papa have
done their part, after the
preacher and teacher have |
done their part, after your
prayer partner and God have
done their part, your own
strategy of personal
motivation must go to work.

Let nothing stop you; let

nobody turn you around!!

HEALTH FACTS " TRY
THESE TO LOSE WEIGHT

1. Everyone Ts
metabolism naturally
slows down with age.

2. Smart people use
these:

a. Eat whole
grains such as

Community News

East Orange, New Jersey Ts
magazine March " May 2007,
featured oDesign for Success ?
Debonaire Men Ts Wear a
Fixture on Central Avenue for
over 25 years with Mitchell
Williams, the son of James
and Mildred Williams, 1212
Davenport Street, Greenville,
NC, designer , owner, and
CEO of Debonaire Group,
Inc., which has provided a
men Ts clothing store where
some prominent performers

. have walked his floor.

brown rice,
wheat germ,
dark bread,

Whole grain |
cereal, ' |
oatmeal, and
brain.

3. Add chicken, fish and
egg whites.

4. Eat more lowfat
yogurt.

5. Drink more water,
preferably distilled
water.

6. Regular breakfast
eaters are often leaner
than breakfast
skippers.

7. Establish a regular
"meal schedule by

According to Williams,
celebrities such as "
Mohammad Ali, Joe Clark,
oLean on Me ? movie
inspiration, and jazz legend
Lionel Richie have dressed in
clothing from his store. Also,
Leo Hampton met with
President Bush, in his first
term, wearing one of

-Debonaire Ts custom designs.

Although Mitchell has
outstanding business
achievements, he still does
not glorify his success. He
says, oI am a believer that if it
had not been for my spiritual

eating at the same
time each day.

8. Switch to green tea.

+ 9. Do not cut too many

calories.

10. Exercise your muscles

daily " try push ups,
squats, and abdominal

Crunches.

LL. Please walk briskly at
least twenty minutes
three to four times
each Week. Speed up
your walking as you
gain more momentum
and Endurance.

12. Get active after eating
instead of sitting,
napping, or relaxing,
Looking at TV.

positioned me in this place at
this time, I could not have "
been successful. I give all the
honor and the praise to our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,

for without Him nothing

would have been possible.

He is the Past President of
Merchants Association from
1982-1984 and Past Second
Vice President of the East
Orange Chamber of
Commerce.

Greenville North Carolina
and the Davenport Street Club
salute Mitchell !!!
Congratulations !!!

nature and my belief that God

eflections

: A nationwide survey found
that lotteries are by far the

most popular form of -

gambling, with some 66% of

US adults having played in

the previous year, and 13% on

a weekly basis. Generally,
experts say, state lotteries
return players about 50 cents

~ onadollar. There are many
_ people who seem to

compound their folly by

buying hundreds of tickets at

- atime, Lottery tickets are not

an investment buta

disposable consumer

purchase, which changes the

equation. Like a throwaway

lifestyle magazine, lottery
tickets engage transforming
fantasies. Because it is pure
luck, the lottery is easy to

grasp and allows for plenty of

perfectly loopy " " and very
enjoyable " number

"Superstitions, Your birthday
digits never won you a dime?

~ Try'your marriage date; your

favorite psalm verse; the day
your bullying father-in-law

died. T Or perhaps, reverse the
order. In studies, ©

psychologists have found that

_ ticket holders are very

reluctant to trade their tickets
for others, preciously because
they have any illusion of
control from having picked

of power infuses the waiting
period with purpose, And the
hope of a huge payoff,

: however remnote, is itself a

apeniee

source of pleasure. In brain-
imaging studies of drug users,
as well as healthy adults

_ placing bets, neuroscientists

have found that the prospect
of a reward activates the same
circuits in the brain that the
payoffs themselves do. It Ts
not just winning the money
but anticipating winning the
money that is exciting, and
the two experiences are
similar,

People who gorge on lotto
tickets, buying 100 at a time
even after years of luckless ©
playing, are no less rational
than anyone else making big
bets. And lottery odds are
neutral and fair, after all, not
biased toward any social elite.
Seeing a Georgia truck driver
win the Mega Millions proves
that in players T minds. Large
rewards make most people
reckless, whether they're on
the winning or losing end. A
study found that lottery
players who said they
atone to receive potential

thought to be safer than
receiving the money all at
once, in a lump sum " often

» changed their minds when
they actually won. And the

magical numbers. This sense "

aap aa Peychcogical,

big or small. And once you Tre
into it, you think: oWell, why
not take a bigger loss, if
there Ts some chance I can turn
it into a gain? ? Similarly,
people who feel that the
opportunities to succeed in
life are narrowing, are more
likely to play the lottery, or
play more often. Households
with regular players spend an
average of about 2% of their
income on the lottery. The
proportion is higher among
very-low income households.
But in most cases all the odds
and numbers seem to pale,
next to the simple pleasures
of possible winnings.

oT don Tt know what I Tll do if I
win, ? said one man standing
in line to purchase a ticket.

oIt Ts too much money to think .

about, ?
Exactly !! Extracted

eo

Fear; America Ts New Model

We are now living in the Age
of Fear, said one social
theorist. After 9/11, w seen
now that the learned people
were'right: Everything has
changed, In ways both subtle
and profound, Americans now
perceive the world as a
perilous and even malicious
place, where innocent people

, going about their lives can be

suddenly gunned down or
vaporized by acollapsing

sea
ee ney

skyscraper. This new model
marks a shift in consciousness
as fundamental as those
wrought by the Great
Depression, the assassinations
of John F. Kennedy, Martin
Luther King, and the Vietnam
War. :

The sniper spree played right
into our acute new sense of
vulnerability. That Ts why that
story became a national
obession. Like, the 9/11
terriorists, the snipers erased
strangers randomly with total
indifference, leaving millions
of people afraid to leave their
homes. As the toll of victims
went into the double digits,
many people felt a flashback
to the gut-level terror of the ©
terrorists and anthrax attacks.
One poll found that 82% of
Americans " from Maine to

- Florida felt threatened by the

shooting spree.

In this new Age of Fear,
hijacked planes and hidden
bombs and snipers and child
abductions are all of a piece.
America has the world
form new concepts and
changed their perceptions of
our country ~ and for the
foreseeable future, fragility
and fear will frame the way
we see things,
Submitted

Respectfully By,

Suejette A, Jones

Healthwise Tip For
Your Health "

Keep Your Feet Fit For Life
Checklist

Did you know that the feet
often provide the first sign
of more serious health
issues, such as diabetes?
That Ts why it Ts important to
have your primary care

_ physician or family doctor

oknock your socks off ? and
check your feet every time
you go in for a check up.
After all, foot and ankle
health is important to your
overall well-being, mobility,
and pursuit of fitness.

People with diabetes need to
pay special attention to their
lene yee aad
any

Here Ts a checklist of Do Ts
and Don Tts for you or your
family members who have
diabetes: "

Do's...

Inspect feet daily for cuts,
blisters, scratches, redness
and swelling.

Remember to inform every
doctor you visit that you
have diabetes.

Wash feet daily; always dry
carefully between the toes,

Powder feet, lightly after
bathing

Cut toenails straight across,

preidhliltage Paatecy

Minority Voice May 11 - 25, 2007 pg4

college student Ts recollection

News Release
City of Greenville

uid

DATE: April 24, 2007
SUBJECT: Two City Leaders Graduate, One Wins Top Honors
CONTACT:

Thomas Moton, Assistant City Manager, 329-4433

Assistant City Manager Thomas Moton, Jr. and Police Chief William Anderson have graduated
from the 2006-2007 Municipal Administration Course of the School of Government, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The program is designed specifically for officials whose responsibilities require a broad
understanding of functions beyond their individual areas of specialization, The course is
approximately 150 class-hours and covers law, organization and management, finance and
budgeting, personnel law and administration, development planning and regulation, and the
delivery of specific city or county services.

At the April 19" graduation ceremony, Mr. Moton was named as winner of the George C,
Franklin Award. The North Carolina League of Municipalities presents the award each year to
the class member with the most distinguished record. The award is given in honor of the
League's former general counsel, George C. Franklin. This is the first time someone
representing the City of Greenville has woit the award.

Mr. Moton and Chief Anderson are two of 65 people to graduate this year, and are now part of
the program Ts more than 2,500 alumni. The School of Government began offering the course in
1954.

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Yolanda King unity and global ofthe 1963 desegregation or -D» A. R. E,. Program comes to South Greenville
| transfongation, Caper ~ Birmi : at the Runyan Ts & Mrs, Symon Ts need to-avoid involvement in
Da f te Kino. Birmingham, Ala. On April 20, 2007, at the - Runyan Ts & Mrs, Symon
ughter 0 company Ts Web site, King ay fifth erade classes. Outof drugs, gangs, and violence.
M sy -described-her mission as_ " South Greenville Elementary grade Classes. | a T
artin Luther : She also urged the audience at School certificates were | each class there were students DARE.
4 . ee encouraging personal growth oe that ed special award
3 King, Civil and positive social change. Ebenezer to be aforcefor _-_ awarded to some of it Ts fifth al TECeIVved Specié 4 We recommend the DARE
a ° ace and love, and to use the grade students. that partici- who decided to write short ~
if RightsCham 10n pe ; niet hat the DARE program as a good tool that
ee _ P King was also an author and King holiday each year to ask pated Ay me . ee cabin ted them The should be used in all Pitt
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L advocate for peace and tough questions about their eter tal cater |; County schools, because it
3 nonviolence, and held own belies on freiees Majer Retin Seaclite with perma . shied our kids alternatives to
a memberships in the Southem pr - the Greenville Police Alex Hall drugs and drug use. The
i Christian Leadership " We must keep reaching Department informed th Mrs. Jones Ts class DARE program encourages
: Conference " which her across the table and, in the ih oan hing th . our kids to continue to stay in
3 father co-founded in 1957 " _ tradition of Martin Luther ; Ids, a th Tying on Armanee Adams school and that education is "
and the National Association King Jr. and Coretta Scott = U-AN Ih PUUBTAM BN ? 8 Mrs. Runyan Ts class FIRST!!! !
for the Advancement of King, feed each other, ? King With (hen tious - he ; | -
Colored People. Her death "_ "Said. | they could share what they Paul Tennison , Shown below are some of
comes little more than a year pba a P stds th fo their Mrs. Symon Ts class, Paul the students that participated -
after the death of her mother, | When asked then by The Te of drug use ind the Tennison. in the peberat long ae
Coretta Scott King. a evithteioeothe T effects it has on ourcommun- These students will now op an ar came 10
She appeared a numerous mother, King responded: oI Hes. pers: eaten, We should al , .
films and played Rosa Parks © Connected withherspiritso Officer Kevin Mills. GPD a ve SHOUC always SUPpOr our
Snvieariae Ki in direc biter world who will benefit from ids in whatever they show a:
in the 1978 miniseries King. Strongly. am in direct contact was the program coordinator D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse love for, whether it be
She also appeared in Ghosts With her spirit, andthathas = - Who gave the certificates and Re sk Education). th OND FOE, WIEUEE It
oaf Micciecinn] and £ h peace and ; ) esistance Education), the reading, writing, school, or
of Mississippi and founded a __$!Ven me so much pe special awards to the students highly acclaimed program hine oth
production company called 80 much strength. ? . from Mrs. Jones Ts, Mrs. at sives kids the skills they ber mg Omer.
; Higher Ground Productions. | es ele . annie bce
. me A flag at The King Center,
7 - Bom in 1955in Montgomery, Which King Ts mother founded
ee: oa Ki ust an i here she was a
. Yolanda Denise King, Ala., King was just an infant. 1 1968 and w |
han daughter and eldest child of | When her home was bombed board member, was lowered
; the Rev. Martin Luther King during the turbulent civil to half-staff on Wednesday.
; Jr., has died, said Steve rights era. ".
Klein, a spokesman for the , | Yolanda King is survived by
King Center. She was the most visible and _her sister, the Rev. Bemice A.
outspoken among the Kings T Aas os oe s Martin
: King died late Tuesday in four children during activities ? Luther King Ill and Dexter |
Santa Monica, Calf, a age honoring this year Ts Martin Scott King; and an extended
: 51. Klein said the family did Luther King Day inJanuary, family.
: not know the cause of death __ the first since Coretta Scott :
but that relatives think it King Ts death. Arrangements were to be
might have been a heart ! : oannounced later, the family
problem. At her father Ts former Atlanta Said in a statement.
» church, Ebenezer Baptist, she
The actor, speaker and performed a series ofone- " ___ Associated Press
producer was the founder and ctor skits on King Day this
head of Higher Ground year that told stories including
Productions, billed as a a girl Ts first ride on a
ogateway for inner peace, desegregated bus and a

] Includes: Children Activities, FREE food, fun & Pellowship

Every Sunbay Beainninoa May 13, 2007 ar 10 A.M,
Pastor Corbett will be rm inietering

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won, 649 or 34.1 percent. Pitt

County Ts second largest
municipality is Winterville.
Winterville Ts total population is
4,791, including a Black
population of 1,838 or 38.4.

. The Town of Ayden is third

with a 49.5 percent Black

_ population followed by the |

Town of Farmville with a 50.1
percent Black population.

Poverty

Approximately 28
percent of all Black people in
Pitt County live below the

federal poverty line compared

to only about 14 percent for
Whites. Pitt County Ts official
unemployment rate as of March
2007 was 4.8 percent. The City
of Greenville Ts official
unemployment rate was 4.1
percent. Black unemployment
rates are generally more than
double the official rates. In
some areas that are densely
populated by Blacks the
unemployment rates is as high
as 40 percent for Black adults
and 75 percent for Black youth
such as in west Greenville.
There are also income
disparities between Blacks and
Whites. For example, the
median household income for
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businesses, and collectively
improve economic conditions
through enterprise. Economic
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the Black community and there
are no comprehensive or
consistent efforts to combat the
same. Black Pitt County
residents entrust millions of
dollars each year to the Church
who, with the exception of a few,
do not prudently reinvest in the
economic development of the
Black community.

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gauging schemes, interest rate
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schemes, rent- to own
schemes, and other predatory

lending schemes. Black Pitt

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medical providers.

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Ironically, although there
have been several instances
of harassment and
interference with the duties
and responsibilities of Chief
Smith over the years; there
had not been any action
taken against hith with
respect to either of the
positions until The Final Call
began investigating the
apparent false arrest of Ms.
Slaughter, via telephone calls
in early February to the City
Attorney and Judge of the
Recorder Ts Court for the city
of Unadilla. (Coverage of
Ms. Slaughter Ts ordeal was
featured in the Apr. 10, 2007
edition of The Final Call
newspaper, Vol. 26, No. 27.)

In a letter dated February 12,
2007, Unadilla City Attorney
Toni Sawyer wrote the City
Council to apprise them of
her discussion with Attorney
Tom Richardson, who is the
attorney representing the city
as defendants in the case
filed against them by Ms.
Slaughter.

oAccording to Mr.
Richardson, ? Atty. Saywer.
wrote, oChief Smith is Ms.
Slaughter Ts key witness. Not
only has Chief Smith
informed Ms. Slaughter that
the arresting officer
committed an unlawful
arrest, he affirmed his
position in a conversation
with Mr. Richardson. Of
course, Mr. Richardson is
very concerned about the
situation ....

oAs well, Chief Smith should
never have discussed the
matter with Ms. Slaughter. At
no point should he have been
conversing with her about
the situation. If you recall, I
have forewarned you on
occasions to be careful of the
Statements you make, as .
these statements could very
well work to the detriment of
thecity...

oAccording to Mr.
Richardson, Ms. Slaughter
would not have a case had it
not been for Chief Smith
affirming to her that her
rights were violated. His
actions in doing so have

ice

effectively resulted in
litigation against the city ... ?

These very incriminating
words written by the same
city attorney, who said she
knew nothing about this case
when contacted in Janu
about $2,800 still owed to the
Slaughters for bail, related to
Ms. Slaughter Ts arrest, which
was never prosecuted or even
processed in the Unadilla
courts at that time, according
to Chief Smith.

Chief Smith also talked about
his telephone conversation
with Atty. Tom Richardson,
who inquired about the June
2, 2004 arrest of the
Slaughters and the actions of
Officer David Smith. He said
he told Atty. Richardson that
the former officer did not
handle the situation
oprofessionally, ? but Atty.
Richardson countered that he
[Smith] could not say that
about one of his officérs. In
response, Chief Smith said, T
oTf he was wrong, he was ?
wrong, ? and since that
conversation, Chief Smith

claims he has heard nothing .

else from Atty. Richardson:

Up until April 4, 2006, Chief
Smith had also served asa "
sergeant for the Ft, Valley
Police Department (Peach
County) before coming to
serve in Unadilla, initially as
a Sergeant in 2000 and the
first time as Interim Chief in
2002. He went from interim
chief to sergeant major and

back to interim chief for

Unadilla several times, as
other permanent chiefs quit;
resigned or were relieved.

It should be noted that the
charges of conflict with a time
card for Unadilla should not
have existed since no other
Police Chief, a position which
is also a CEO position of the
city, has had to sign or now
punch a time card. Chief *
Smith served under, at least,
three Police chiefs. In fact,
contended Chief Smith, the
agreement was made between
the City Council of Unadilla
and the police department of
Ft, Valley which allowed the

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years,

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Chief Smith believes that two
of the plaintiffs under the
guise of oCitizens of
Georgia, ? are former Unadilla
Mayor Sidney Hughes, who. -
resigned under questionable
reasons in August 2006 after
being in office since 2000, -
and former Unadilla
Councilman Russell
Anderson. Both men have
worked with Chief Smith in
the past.

There have-also been other
areas of personal conflict
between former councilman,

Russell Anderson, which had:

to do with a friend and former
councilman, James Dupree,
whose son and a-grandson
were stopped by Chief Smith
and charged with a DUI in
March, 2004. This resulted in
a private meeting between
them and joined by City

Manager Charles Walker. The

purpose was to encourage
Chief Smith to drop the
charges, which he did not do.

oThis harassment from
Russell Anderson has to

stop, ? wrote Chief Smith ina :

memo to the Mayor and City
Council dated April 4, 2006.
oThis is the second time he

has been to my other job. This

is nothing but stalking by law
in the state of Georgia. I will
be pressing charges on Mr.
Anderson if this continues. ?

At this point, both Chief
Leonard Smith and Angeletha
Slaughter are waiting at the
crossroads of the justice ....
system in Unadilla, Georgia.
As a result of the
investigation and attention,
Ms. Slaughter now has

'... Atlanta, Ga.-based lawyers,
looking into her case.

If the trials faced by Chief
Smith are not beyond his
burden to bear, it can be
expected that his leveraging
of this case would be founded
upon the truth of events, as

opposed to the concern for the |

city. When considering the
obvious experience in events
like this in the past, with
respect to the letter from City
Attorney Toni Sawyer to the
City Council, this may be the

one case which-can bring light ,

to a history of injustice in this
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When we began dating, we
asked everyone for advise but
oMama. ? At that tender age
of opuppy love, ? we believe
mothers are ancient and know
little to nothing about our
feelings as a yourig person
ofalling in love. ? But as we
become mature in our
relationships, we begin to
realize oMama ? was right and
we were wrong. Many times
as a youth, developing into
adulthood, I questioned my
mother Ts decisions; decisions

such as waiting to date during -
_my later teenage years,

double dating, curfews at
9:00 pm during the week and
11:00 pm weekends. I
thought the whole concept of
dating showed a sign of
maturity and decision
making. I thought dating was
my avenue to regurgitate all
the teachings fed to me during
my oteachable ? years.
However, as a seasoned adult,
I realize mother was only
Sheltering me from
unnecessary disappointments
and hurts. Society has

- documented on _ several

occasions, oexperience is the
best teacher. ? Fortunate for
me, I disagree, If I had
accepted the advice of mother
in my era of dating and
developing friendships and/or
relationships, as an adult,
unnecessary pitfalls would
have been prevented. Do I
regret some of the
relationships I was involved
in? No, however, valuable
lessons were learned to sow
into my future children and
god-children Ts lives.
Hopefully, they will be the
recipients of attentive ears.

A valuable lesson I Tve
learned throughout the years

. Of processing and analyzing

relationships is this, be
careful who you connect

yourself with, especially

emotionally. Many times we
believe oharmless ?
relationships or friendships
are just the normal brotherly/
sisterly love. What we fail to
realize, the more you invite
people to enter into your life
who do not belong there, you
are decreasing your self
worth... Why do I state this
fact? We have to process the
purpose of why people enter
into our lives. Is this person
entering my life to add to or
take away from me?

[ received an email that
explained three facts; people
enter into your life for a
reason, for a season or for a
lifetime. Many times we miss
out on the purpose of .why
someone enters into our lives
by stating, oThis is a lifetime
friend, ? when, in actuality,
this person was allowed to
enter your life for a season or
areason. We, especially from
the female perspective, have
attached ourselves to
seasonal and oreasonal ?
people, I know reasonal is

not politically correct but for

me, it is. We become
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emotionally
people that were

our lives for a.
eason...to assist
in starting a
business, to help
with a major
project, or to fix
the car. We have
been emotionally
connected to those who were
allowed for a season. I believe
God chooses those people to
enter into our lives for a season
to redirect you to the right path
or to encourage you at some of
the lowest times in your life.
Reason and Season folks are
there temporarily but we treat
them, oespecially women ? as
lifetime friends. Ones that have
been released in our lives
forever are very few. These
people have been exclusively
designed to weather the storms
of life with you. Lifetime
friends are sensitive to the times
that you need them the most and

will always be available, For

example, I have a friend who
lives in Atlanta, Ga. Both of us

-have extremely busy lives,

however, when I truly need a
friend to talk to, she will call and

we will talk for hours. She is -

such an encourager and

connected to

allowed to enter.

administers great advice.

_ That Ts a lifetime friend. She is

not always tangible but always
accessible,

I just want to encourage you to
analyze your relationships.
Don Tt become involved with
everyone you meet. Ask
yourself what position this
person will take in your life.
Becoming emotionally
attached can cause unnecessary
rollercoaster rides with your
emotions. That Ts why it Ts so
difficult to release someone
from your life when God has
announced, oTheir time is up. ?
We have a tendency to hold
onto what God is saying to

Telease. When a person has

completed his or her course in
your life and you continue to
hold onto them, it opens up a
door to ~ hurt, pain,

disappointment and even

frustration. Take it from
someone who knows. When a
person has served their time

and fulfilled their purpose in |

your life, let them go. Remain

who you are but choose who -

you allow to assist in molding
you into your purpose, the plan
for your life, and your destiny.

Sowing a seed into your life,

Joy R. Brown

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