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have fought to the best of their
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individuals who have come to
them for paimeied and
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of the legacy of Dr. Martin
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_ Nowis the time for a new
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This elections year hold the
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By Mark Sherman
Associated Press
Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) "
"A federal judge Ts :
decision to slice a few
years off a lengthy prison
term has brought to the
Supreme Court the
racially tinged issue of
harsh T sentences for
dealing crack cocaine,
Derrick Kimbrough, a
Black veteran of the
1991 Gulf War, received
a 15-yea-priton term for
selling both crack and powder
cocaine, as well as possessing
a firearm in Norfolk, Va. Most
crack defendants in federal
court are Black.
Federal sentencing guidelines
called for a range of 19 years
to 22 years in prison, but U.S.
District Judge Raymond A.
Jackson said the higher range
was oridiculous. �
Whether Jackson has the
discretion to ignore the
guidelines is the issue before
the pg Court on
A companion case po lowa
also involves a judge Ts
discretion to impose a more
lenient sentence in a drug
case, although BrianGall
pleaded guilty to conspiracy
to distribute ecstasy. In Gall Ts
case, the judge decided
probation was sufficient
punishment even though the
guidelines called for prison
time.
Federal appeals courts threw
out both sentences, but the
justices accepted the
defendants T appeals,
Crack vs invest pgs
pga ae
mh A
ECU noose case is inconclusive
ECU noose case is
inconclusive
By
The Daily Reflector
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Though an investigation into
a noose-like piece of rope
found on campus was
inconclusive, East Carolina
University officials said
Friday that they'll use the
incident to further diversity
discussions among students,
ECU Chancellor Steve
Ballard said during a news
conference at Mendenhall
Student Center that the
university is taking student
concerns over a potential hate
crime very seriously,
oEast Carolina University has
a zero tolerance for
intimidation or harassment in T
any form, � Ballard said,
a
oWe intend to use this
incident as a springboard for
serious discussion of diversity
issues throughout the campus.
We remain unconditionally
committed to the principles of
diversity and inclusion across
the university, �
University police were unable
to decide whether the piece of
rope found in the basement of
Belk Residence Hall was a
noose, Officials said at
Friday's gathering. They have
been investigating sirice a
student reported finding it in
the basement of Belk Hall
Sept. 19,
About 30 people gathered
Friday to hear comments from
Ballard and others at the
Mendenhall Student Center.
Todd Johnson, interim vice
provost for student life, said
the events will trigger more
interaction between campus
police and resident i vistes
oThe campus police will
include as part of its
community policing to go into
the residence halls and work
with RAs on issues like this, �
Johnson said.
The investigation included
interviews with students who
live in the hall, a review of
surveillance tapes from
security cameras in the area
and an examination of the
entire basement, Johnson
said,
Some ECU student groups
rallied on Sept. 20 " the day
after the rope was found "
for six Jena, La., teenagers
charged with counts ranging
from assault to attempted
murder after a December
2006 fight.
That fight followed months of
racial tension in Jena, where
hooses sometimes hung from
trees on the Jena High School
campus.
ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard speaks during a forum
with
students at the college Friday afternoon, with Todd
Johnson, interim vice provost for student , left, and
Janice Harris, interim chief of police
Officials are also. consideri
Johnson said ECU's Office a new eas, equired for sng
{fice of Institutional includes diversity issues,
Diversity willlaunch anew " Johnson said.
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from different races and Josh Humphries can be
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Civil Rights Giants 6s Ie ena
by Hazel Trice Edney
_ NNPA Editor-in-Chief
WASHINGTON (NNPA)-
The rousing Tesponseto "
unequal j justice involying six
Black teens in Jena, La.,
amounts to oa wake up call � to
the level of racism remaining -
in America, says civil rights
icon the Rev. Joseph Lowery
and six other cps? Black
leaders.
oThis means two things thet
can take on epic
says Lowery, 85, co-founder of
the Southern Christian 3
Leadership Conference with ©
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr i in
1957. oOne is that it Ts a wake
up call tothe nationasa
whole that racism is as alive |
and as sick as ever in this
country and that there are �
places that are as isolated and
as remote that are just like .
Jena, � says Lowery.
oThe second thing is that
there Ts areal awakening, a a
long prayed for awakening
among our youth. No matter.
how much adults try to take
credit for organizing and doing
this, this came up out of the
bosom and the belly of our
youth. And I say thank God;
ae eye
And it can take on eternal |
significance if there Ts a of the six who has been jailed
* continuum because this _ inthe incident since
incident is not isolated. It'll December, changed as an adult,
happen again. � .
| A Louisianna appeals court �
_ Lowery Ts sentiments collet T " turned over his ¢ ie i
those of many who participated days leading up to the march,
in the march and those who saying he should have been.
watched from afar. Civil rights. tried.as.a juvenile. But Judge
giants asked tointerpretthe J.P. Mauffray Jr. has refused to
meaning of theJenaSix -_ "_release Bell while awaiting .
injustices and protests, juvenile charges to be waged.
involving a so-called oWhite against him. Le
Tree � and nooses, all say the ;
matter is indicative of racism + Among the protest leaders, the
- that has been entrenched since __ Rev. Al Sharpton, said he
slavery. But, moreover,the . _ "- would lobby members of
tremendous response by youth © Congress and the Justice -
revealed a readiness to Department this week to get.
continue the struggle, © ms federal involvement. House
Judiciary Committee Chalpaieg
. oWith all the gains that we John Conyers (D-Mich,) has
made in America, the fight is promised to hold heen
Not over, period, � says Myrlie the matter, =
Evers-Williams, former
NAACP chairwoman, whose The Rev. jks Jackson Sr.,
civil rights leader husband, another civil rights giant whe
Medgar Evers, was marched alongside Dr. King,
assassinated in Jackson, Miss. knows well the potential
in 1963. oMedgar, shortly impact of federal intervention.
before he was assassinated, 7
said to a group at a tally that it Just as Montgomery focused
Will be even more difficult to. 01 public accommodations and
| hold on to the rights that we Selma the right to vote, Jena
gain than the difficulty that it brings in the criminality of the
» __rimninal justice system
Ee eer pe touches a raw nerve all around
Six Black teens have cometo the nation, � Jackson says. oIn
_ that knowledge in the small the end we had to get federal
town of Jena, La: Now-known' _ intervention in Selma and i into �
as the Jena Six, all were hit Birmingham because the
with extreme criminal charges __ states T righters rejected our
after a brawl with a White. basic civil rights. �
wie a = Reminiscent of the 1960s |
perpetrating hate activity struggle, even after last week Ts
against them, including the . march, the hate activity a
hanging of two nooses froma _Persisted.Apickuptruck =
so-called oWhite Tree �, have trailing two nooses was driven
received no such charges. close to departing protesters by
White teens trying to provoke.
Tens of thousands of protestors Also, a White supremacist
website has published the
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Sep 20, 2007 at 12:00 AM
- Anold English teacher of mine
use to trash everything I wrote,
ap hte ian
just couldn Tt do anything right
in her eyes. I could write out the
alphabet and turn itin, then
when I got it back it would look
like a chicken had danced on it
in red ink. One day I read a 500
word essay thatI was
particularly proud of before the
class, and the class seemed to
love it. They were all smiling
and applauding, and I stood
there feeling self-satisfied and
_ vindicated, soaking up my 15
Then
seconds fame, the class °
went silent, awaiting her
seman Soba chiake, ,
gathering her thoughts, then
back up at me and said, oEric �,
and sort of chuckled, o you say .
absolutely nothing miore
eloquently than any student that.
T I've ever had. � Again, there was
silence until her message soaked
in, then the class fell out.
| laughing as I stood there totally
deflated, Since I was the only
Black male in the class, | was.
convinced that her motive was.
racist-that she was
ions, �
onation and its
patriotism is
. a week ox Peers ceananded: ,
seis that PA adie iw
Black, After that, everything fell a3
into place, and I began to see the
- big picture. Now, every time I
pickup a pen, I think about that
lady-("When youmake a Oe
was Ms. Emmel Ts
take the time to tell me what I
needed to hear, ratherthan what
I wanted to hear. Sometimes you
pres ppb 4 on
otruth, Tate Pehla oe
free �), The same is true of a
nation, that Ts why I can Tt
understand the olove it or leave
it mentality � of America Ts so-
called patriots. They don Tt seem
to understand the true hature of
_ Patriotism. A true patriot is not
cid chit says oMy country, right
� T- "~people who say that
oe a patriot with a
fan, and a nation with
ir favorite football team. That
attitude may be appropriate for a
oSporting event, but it Ts both
unhealthy and infantile, when it
involves the life or death of a .
le. True
for the upon which a
, nation is founded, even when
to be anything but patriotic.
They're demonstrating that they
are more loyal to an individual,
Coach Bush, than they
are to the p upon which
this nation was
{feedom june and te neo
law. re more outraged over
beget Cn
wok, to as
oGeneral Betrayus T, than they
: _ te George Bush denying
© prisoners of war their human
Tights. That Ts sort of odd, .
-- considering how much they
~, claim to love America. After all,
_ disparaging General Petraeus
__ Inay indeed be discourteous, but
eS violating a prisoner Ts human
«rights is un-American. One
would think a true patriot would -
tell em what you mean, show
em �), What I took as an insult, Sife than they'd be at Gen.
Petraeus T critics for a lapse in
�,� courage to fight
be much more up in arms at
Bush for attacking our way of
social graces. Of course, it could
be that these true patriots love
© America so much that they just
_ can Tt stomach the disparagement
» of a veteran who Ts put his life on
~ the line for this country. But
~ Wait a minute "wasn Tt it these
Very same people, who are so
Outraged over the disparagement
~ of Gen. Petraeus, that had
absolutely no problem at all i a
dragging Senator John Kerry
| military service through the °
mud "even though he earned
three purple hearts, a bronze and
a silver star during the Vietnam
War. So again, these opatriots �
~ have proven to'be somewhat
confused. It seems that in
reality, they don Tt love veterans
per se-they Tre simply willing to
exploit a veteran, if he Ts willing
to promote their political
agenda, So the room has fallen
silent, America, and in the
tradition of a great educator, I Tm
about to tell you need to hear,
instead of what you want to
hear, It may sound un-American
but get over it, because only the
truth will set you free: The fact
ods, Ameriva, Your president and
vice are demagogues,
about your troops, and have
been g your emotions like
a ii since 9/11,
Consider Where was their
one and concern for
America during the Vietnam
_ War, when it was their turn to
- the mlemegt Mychal ele
NION
gibi: 4 5
JenaSix. ©
Such racism goes well
beyond that small town of
3,500, ae etong
president
ae absolutely no respect �
for América, couldn't care less
- oThere T s aJena evel
" " Jenais [Amadou] Dill
being shot 41 times in New
. York by police and they walk
away; Jena is Rodney King in
LA; Jena is why. you have -
more Blacks in jail than in
college in every state, �
Jackson says. oIt indicates : :
_ number one - that we never, ;
should have stopped
marching in the first plaod.
_ because we are free, but not
~~ equal. And there are -
challengeable i issues that we
ot not Lend: witt ;
Operation PUSH.
oWere we. serious in mae
Todd asks. oWhat Iam afraid 4 "
of, and I just hope i it Ts not
true, is there is a difference ~
between a march on Aug. 28,
1963, which helped to istreik
~ America T $ eyes open and
helped to clear the 1964 Civil |
' Rights Act-Theré Tsa
difference between that and
an event which has become a
cause celebre, T if
Even if thiere is difference
the bridge between the civil
rights: movement of the 1960s
and a ocause celebre � in 2007 _
b, a 40 percent rise in hate groups
will be the connection and
aan rea te Nahi,
e ae bin, Mb saa ee Oe me res
. oover the years, why a aren n't they
insisting that their families "
join in on the war against -
terrorism? They say they love
our troops, yet, they Tre forcing
our young people to make four
times the sacrifice of any other
troops in modern history, as
_ their loved ones cheer them on -
from the sidelines. Due to a
Jack of personnel, our troops
are being forced to place
themselves in harm Ts way .
longer than any other
servicemen and women. The
traditional 12-month tour of «
duty in a war zone has been
extended to 15 months, and.
the traditional one tour of war
uivitenwee.
with our troops having
res to rhqfhive and four
times, Then beyond that, when
it Ts time for them to get out of
the military, they're being:
- fotced to remain. That doesn Tt
sound like love to me "it
sounds like the worse kind of
involuntary servitude. And
while our kids ate-dying, Bush
and his cronies are lying, At
first they said we were in Iraq
to go after the weapons of
mass destruction. No weapons
were found, yet we stayed,
Then they said that we had to
capture Saddam Hussein.He
was captured and killed, yet
we stayed. Then they said we
had torrid the country of al-
Qeada, an impossible task, yet
we stay. «A sah ag
must stabilize the tag, also
made up America Ts
: gone from making rubber and
is Wake t bp Call for the Nai ion |
po omni fa a hak amen
ee andes
leave + college campuses around |
the nation and march on Jena,
Says Evers-Williams. :
~ oThave emphasized the need for .
_ communication between the
two generations, that those of us
who are experienced in the .
struggle for freedom need to
reach out more than what we do
to embrace the new leadership __
that T S coming along, � she says.
oWe T ve got | to come together to
use the wisdom of the past and
the enthusiasm of today to still
address these ills that face our.
society. � eis oa
Toes ils are sO pervasive that
_ Jena has only disappointed
| Ronn. page tra oae
_ against the
Even so, fast week's protests i in
Jena gives more hope than ever |
| gers ae
oThe outpouring of support in
Louisiana shows that there is
an enormous body of
ericans who are concemed
about the gross civil rights
_ Violations that are there and _
that we see all over the country
_andthey T we wiles svete. i
time and travel to protest T
m » Bond says.
oSo for people who think these |
concerns vanished when "
Martin Luther
they have a brand new think
~.. coming. There Ts still egregious
oe racism in the United States. �
and
But, the fight must go beyond
he - marching, says the Rev. Willie
cs Barrow, a long-time member of
: e oe the Rainbow/PUSH board of .
ry epson
where we have left off ee
society, � says Height. oWe have
yet very much to do;..There'is
more racism than I think any of
Us would have imagined. �
In: an NNPA. News Service
article published a month ago,
~ Mark Potok, director of The _
Intelligence Project, a monitor.
of race hate activity, interpreted
a rash of apparent race-related
criminal justice cases and cited
since reas as pincicaioes of a
steel, to making war. Without war,
there is no money to be made, and
- your children are being ground up
in this war machine as the raw
material. That Ts right, America.
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pectadepis who also ieee to
oYou T ve got to march, j ou
find the a got to communicate, but,
s, t n ha you T "ve got toboyoot people
who don Tt treat you ri F Quit
giving them " e nui
Says."
Lowery agrees, eta has
never been the whole mrewer.
It Ts never been the total "
answer, It Ts a means of ©
drawing the attention of a
nation to the evils that exist
and it Ts a means of pricking
ts conscience and it Ts a means of |
tirring up within those who
Pcl erence 7
the excitement that Ts n $8
Se :
~ You're being had. Your children
are dying, while old men are
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flag. What a waste, Thank you
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Minority Voice October 11 - 18, 2007 pe3
TWN EWS �
Mrs Reece Maye
Moméy Mistakes Black
Women Make
Black women make ee .
mistakes, Financial experts
~ identified some of the top
money mistakes Black
women make:
1. Addiction to shoes .
and handbags.
2 Putting their.
financial lives on
hold. They rent
rather than
- " purchase their own
home. And tend
not to save while
looking forward to
a future life with
oPrince
Charming. � Too |
many women wait
to get married
before gaining
control of their
_ finances. :
3, Nofinancial plan.
Many women do_
their financial planner, pay yourselffirst;
_ priorities long- 2 2 ps te ead niegge
~. term, It is shears" insurance
_ wisetopay | iia purchase used rather
» yourself first; start ..than new cars, calculate how
making small ©. muchincome you need after "
investments and _ retirement, devise a plan sad
start savingfor . sticktoit. "
retirement early, ot
4, Getting divorced. Food f Tecegit
._ After a divorce, a "
women Ts
households oThose who think they have
income usually not time for bodily exercise
decreases by as will sooner or later haveto
much as 45%, find time for illness. �
ee . We eiard Seaniey)
5. Lack of asset
: protection, losing | |
a job, death of a oEmpowerment isall about
Spouse, amajor letting go so that others can
illness or accident, � get along. � (Kenneth
or divorce. These. Blanchard)
- life-altering events
~~ can affect you -
financially, but
many Black | oA vacation is what you oe
women are not _ When you can no longer take
_ prepared, poniee what you have been taking. �
» adequate life. _ (Earl Wilson),
insurance,
* disability
prnbenty and oThe dictionary is the only
"insurance for place where success comes
~ themselves and before work. � (Unknown)
'. their spouses. A }
three-to-six month
emergency fundis " oThose that say you can Tt take
amust, it with you " never saw a car
packed for a FAMILY
a Vacation trip. � (Unknown)
Financial experts recommend
that women take the |
_ following steps: stop getting oVacation used tobe aly,
deeper in debt, adevelopa but in today T s world ithas
| insocial Medes and ud get help
oA vacation i is over wheat
begin to yearn for your ei
id Fishbein). cee
oThe world i is full of willing
people, some willing to work,
the rest willing to let them. T 3
(Robert Frost) |
oSummertime is the BEST
oPeople began to be
successful the minute they "
_ decide to be . � (Harvey
Mackay)
_ oDon Tt be fooled "you are
_ totally responsible for what is
inside your locker. �
oKnowledge is power. � .
oIf you can Tt change your fate,
. Change your attitude, � 2 Sey
Tan)
time for family FUNTIME. �
oNever be afraidtodo
oBeautiful people are
accidents of nurture, but "
beautiful old people are works,
of art. � (Unknown)
oTo acquire knowledge, one
must study; but to acquire. ©
wisdom, one must deserve. 7
(Marilyn Savant) "
oBe decisive " standing in
the middle of the road is very _
dangerous; you get knocked
down by traffic from both
sides. � (Margaret Thatcher)
THE BOONDOCKS |
something new. Remember,
|. amateurs built the ark.
~ Professionals built the
Titanic. � (Anonymous)
Who is Michelle
Obama?
A working sister, +, juggling
three schedules daily ".
homework, piano and
~ dance lesions and sports
a ports" be treated. That is more
' important than how you look, ;
activities for their two
young daughters, her own
busy schedule as an
executive at the University.
of Chicago Hospitals, and
4 just to keep things
interesting the national
schedule for her husband
_ US Senator Barack Obama
(D-Illinois), now
presidential contender
constitutes the life of
~ Michelle Obama.
oIn May 2006, she was.
promoted to Vice-President
for Community and External
Affairs at the University of
_ Chicago Hospitals, making
_herresponsible for all
programs and initiatives that
involve the relationships
: between the hospitals and the
community as well as
management of the hospitals T
business diversity program.
Michelle Obama, a o
laude � graduate of Princeton
University, met her husband
at Harvard Law School. She
and the Senator instill in their
girls, Malia and Sasha, oto
treat people like you expect to
what you know, or what you
are wearing. .
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out of youth. Does old may be self-absorbed and
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Hs ok ~ The Pitt Memorial Hospital Foundation is aecépting letters of intent :
2 FR pain ay for grants or furiding to support projects in the program's focus areas;
g 2007-08 SEASON TICKETS* * Diabetes . :
oSeason tickets include all men Ts and women Ts home games * Access to Care
* Minority Health
* Senior Services
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- Community Benefits and Health Initiatives grants program, |
Grant funding for 2008-2009 is restricted to Pitt County and will not be
awarded for medical research: Only government entities or non-profit
oorganizations with 501 (c) (3) status are eligible for funding,
The grant period is for July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009.
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Pitt Memorial Hospital Foundation
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CLICK CLICK CLIC K 1776 When this-country announced its independence from Britain, voting rights were based on property
2 | ownership. This typically meant that those voting were white males over the age of 21 of Protestant religion.
| ' 1787 In the newly drafted Constitution, states were given the power to set voting mandates and most were
still favorable to white males who owned property. 1830 Many states had dropped religion and property
_ | Ownership as requirements for voting and with such a large percentage of the population at the polls,
-| political parties were beginning to- develop. 1868 The 14th Amendment recognizes African Americans as
citizens, giving them the right to vote. However, state officials continue attempts to deny this right. 1776
When this country announced its independence from Britain, voting rights were based on property ownership.
This typically meant that those voting were white males over the age of 21 of Protestant religion. 1787 In
the newly drafted Constitution, states were given the power to set voting mandates and most were still
favorable to white males who owned property. 1830 Many states had dropped religion and property ownership
as requirements for voting and with such a large percentage of the population at the polls, political parties
were beginning to develop. 1868 The 14th Amendment recognizes African Americans as citizens, giving
them the right to vote. However, state officials continue attempts to deny this right. 1870 African Americans
were given the right to vote in the 15th Amendment. It prohibited any state or local government from
denying that right.
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As a lifelong Greenville resident and parent of two children, Chip Little is keenly
aware of the needs of families in our community. He has been involved in our
public school system. and parks and recreation department growing up in
. Greenville and as a parent raising his own children. From these experiences, he
understands and recognizes the needs of all families in our city. As mayor, he will
work to make Greenville a home where his Children and yours will want to remain
and raise families of their own.
The Little Family Supports: + Greenville Lite League
* Literacy Volunteers of America . * East Carolina Pirate Club
* J.H. Rose Academic Boosters * First Presbyterian Church
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Minority Voice October 11 - 18, 2007 pg6
Posted : Tue, 09 Oct 2007
12:12:08 GMT Author :
Bharat Rathode ©
Shamed US athlete Marion
Jones has handed over the ©
three gold and two bronze
medals she won at the
Sydney Olympics in 2000:
after admitting to using ©
performance-enhancing
banned drugs.The latest
move follows her admission.
to using these drugs three
days ago. Jones also
accepted @ two-year
suspension from the U.S.
Anti-Doping Agency. The ban
Means Jones will not be able
to compete till Oct. 7, 2009.
However the ban does not.
make any difference to the
32-year-old Jones who |
announced her retirement
from track,and field on Friday
last. But Jones will also be
asked to return the.
Operation Gold bonus given
to Olympic medalists."We
will ask. her to make
restitution, � U.S. Olympic
Committee CEO Jim Scherr
Said. oIt is in excess of
$100,000. � Another issue is
that Jones won two medals
in team events - gold in the
4x400 meters and bronze in
the 4x100.Officials are now
asking teammates to return
theirs voluntarily. USOC
' Chairman Peter Ueberroth
Clarified, oIt Ts very
unfortunate but your result
involved cheating so the
result is unfair to the other
athletes of the world, so
you're not entitled to the
medals. �Meanwhile
controversy has been stirred
up because Greek sprinter
Katerina Thanou, who won
the silver in the 100 metres,
becomes eligible for Gold
following Jones T forfeiture.
Australian Olympic chief
John Coates feels the Greek
should not be. given the
medal. oBut there may be
some legal difficulties for the
International Olympic
- Committee to overcome in
order to reach that
conclusion, � he added. Tayna
Lawrence of Jamaica won the
bronze in that particular
event.
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