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! WEEKNIGHTS 7P-10P| BY MARC CAPUTO down in 1868 " three years Crist, who attended the floor a**
er a after the Civil War ended. vote, said, oFlorida is sorry 4 a
: The Legislature issued an ee : _ for the past transgressions and : c
apology Wednesday forthe . TI knew the facts, but to hear _unfair treatment and in some
state's Tshameful ? history in _ it put in those terms, I just fell cases just gross inequity as it
enslaving black people and "_ "_apart, ? Joyner said. Said exists toward members of the
passing laws that called for Bullard: * oI felt a pain that African-American .
savage lashings and even the " wouldn Tt go away. ? community. ?
nailing of their ears to posts
for crimes like burglary. After the measure passed ona Are there still inequities
voice vote without opposition today, considering that about
The Legislature expresses _in the Senate, where President _ half the state Ts prison 4
AI its profound regret for Ken Pruitt wanted no population of 96,000 is black,
~ Florida Ts role in sanctioning discussion or recorded vote, while only about 16 percent
and perpetuating involuntary the House did the same. of the state Ts total population
| servitude upon generations of House Speaker Marco Rubio is black?
# African slaves, ? said the thanked both Pruitt and the

resolution, sponsored by
black lawmakers.

Democratic Sens. Larcenia
Bullard of Miami and
Arthenia Joyner of Tampa
sobbed during the reading of
the resolution and the
recounting of the slave codes
passed by the Territorial
Council in 1822 and struck

black caucus for bringing uP
the resolution.

The measure stops short of
calling for reparations for
descendants of slaves, though
Republican Gov. Charlie Crist
said after the vote that he was
open to the idea oif we can
determine descendancy,
certainly. ?

*That Ts hard to determine.

~ You have to analyze these on

a case-by-case basis, ? Crist
said. Whether or not there
have been injustices in a case
based upon race must be
determined by the facts of
that case. ?

Rep. Joseph Gibbons, a
Florida cont. pg5......

Ken Pruitt embrace We Inesday

Sen. Tony Hill of Jacksonville, ear, and Senate te President |

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are over, but that doesn Tt mean
that the voter empowerment work
of the NC NAACPis finished.

If anything, itis just really just

The state Ts oldest and most
respect-ed civil rights organization
is inthe midst of its nonpartisan
Voter Registration, Voter
Education, and o Voter
Participation Plan Initiative
(VEPREP). The goal, to
NC NAACP President Rev.

~ William Barber, is not only. to

- Tegister at least 25,000 North
Carolinians to. vote by October, but
also educate all North Carolina
voters about the important issues
facing. the state and nation,
motivate ex-felons to reclaim
their

By Cash Michaels
Contributing Writer

DURHAM - She was the
first African American induct-
. ed into the N.C. Journalism
THE MINORITY VOICE | Hall of Fame alongside such

*journalistic. greats. like David

NEWSPAPER PICK UP
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; | Jervay Sr., founder/publisher
of The Wilmington Journal.

This pioneering Black
woman held literally every
position at The Carolina Times,
the Durham Black newspaper
her father, Louis Austin,
founded in 1922, ultimately

becoming its publisher in
o1971,

And when she finally
turned the state Ts oldest Black
newspaper officially over to
her son, Kenneth, in T 2002,

~ The historic May 6 primaries.

Vivian Edmonds

voting rights, and bolster Get Out
To Vote (GOTV) efforts across the
state -especially in communities
with tradi-tion low voter

participation. :

The NC NAACP Ts VEPREP
Initiative effort is spearheaded by
NC NAACP Political Action
Committee Chairman Dr. Jarvis
Hall of North Carolina Central
University

oThe NAACP has worked or
almost 100 years to encourage and
support the right to vote and fought
against those who try to stifle this
right, ? Rev. Barber said in a

- Statement,

oIn this critical election year, we

must ensure that people who are -

vot-ing for the first time ever know
their rights, and are educated
about the process. ? "_-

oWe are not assuming that North
Carolinais immune [to the ] Florida-
type shenanigans that we saw fin
2000], ? Barber continued. oThe
grass-roots Community must be

Vivian Austin Edmonds blazed
a historic trail for other African
American journalists to follow,

Six. years after her

retire-ment, Edmonds died
Sunday at N.C. Memorial
Hospital in Chapel Hill.
She .was..80.-years. old.. o My
mother was. dedicated
service that this newspaper
to the Black Press, and the
provided for our community, ?
Kenneth Edmonds, Vivian
Edmond Ts son and successor,
told The Carolinian Tuesday,

A Durham native,
Edmonds was revered in the
Bull City community for
always reflecting the pulse of the

in both The Carolina Times T

coverage of major events like
the 60s civil rights movement,

LN C NAACP mounts massive voter regist

organized,
coordinated and assertive. ?
Other goals of the NC
NAACP Ts VEPREP Initiative
include distribu-tionof the NAACP
National Voter Guides/
Candidates Questionnaires for
the November General Election;
distribution of the NC NAACP Ts
HK on J Legislative Report Cards
and promotion of the HK on J 14-
poinit People Ts Agenda; developing
public service announcements
for televi-sion, radio and print
publications to reach the
community T about the
importance of voter registration,
education and- participation;
engag-ing local communities and
college campuses statewide in

VEPREP Initiative effors.

There is no doubt that the NC
NAACP Ts election year voter
focusis riding a wave in the state.
New voter registration has
exploded beyond 100,000 in

and its piercing editorials in the
battle for equal rights for African
Americans.

A graduate of Hillside High
School in 1944, and North
Carolina Central University
four years later, young Vivian
Austin: worked: exhaustively
with her father to publish the
Times for several years before
finally returning to NCCU to
earn her masters degree in
guidance and counseling.

Continuing to work at the
Times part-time, Vivian Austin
Edmonds devoted 12 years to
serving as a. guidance
coun-selor for the Chapel
Hill-Carrboro City school
system. .

In 1971, after the death of her
father, publisher Louis Austin,

iar

cd

Rey William ] oe

North Carolina since J anuary
In last week Ts primary which
featured perhaps the hottest
A aperenL aa aa
to North Carolina in 20 years

helm as publisher full-time.
Beyond being inducted into
the N.C. Journalism Hall of
Fame in 1988 (her father was
inducted posthumously in
2006) and having a scholarship
fund in her name at the UNC
School of Journalism and Mass
Communication,Mrs.
Edmonds has also been hon-ored
with the Living Legacy Award
from Shaw University, and the
Durham YWCA Ts Women of
Achievement " pro-gram Ts
Outstanding Woman Award.
Edmonds has also been
recognized for her work and
community service by the Boy

Scouts of America, the Durham ~~"

Chapter of Squaws, Iota Phi
Lambda Sorority Inc. and
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity,

Vivian Edmonds took over the Inc

with senators Barack Obama
and Hillary Clinton, of the
5,811,778 registered voters in the
pe eg ai

Carolina Times publisher dead at 80

Edmonds was also a
mem-ber of the N.C. Black
Publishers Association.

A memorial _ service/
visita-tion in honor of Vivian
Austin Edmonds is scheduled
for Friday, May 16, at 6:30p.m.,
at St, Joseph's AME Church on
Fayetteville Street. Graveside
rites will be Saturday at 12
noon at Beechwood Cemetery in
Durham.

The family. asks that in lieu
of flowers, donations be made,
to the St. Joseph's AME
Cater iclership Fund.

"T think the debt issue is off the delegates that Barack Obama. a7 fact, in this context where
~ table, She does not need to cannot win white working working class votefs are the
* negotiate for Obama to pay her class votes. " most devastated segment of
} campaign debt, since Bill has ee ee the electorate, they are. -.
_ Way more than enough money Ia recent interview with = unlikely to go as a group to
do that. But, Democratic USA Today Clinton said that John McCain, but are instead
party leaders are hoping that she had ot broader base likely to split. Some will
2 will get out of the race and that, oSenator Obama Ts indeed go to McCain, some
oon under conditions that Support among working, hard yi) hold their nose and
. favor the party winning in the Working Americans, white support Obama and others "
fall-campaign, which means gee will stay home. Those who
9 - that she does not beat up the don Tt support Obama,
he Dos Won opresumptive nominee so badly (North Carolina pam however, should be made up
Columnist = vo that he limps into the election, 1 supporting me. ? This, by the huge numbers of new
i reference to ohard-working voters that his campaign is .
I remember that question. Yet, many people think thatthe whit People, ? was created by attracting. They cite voter
oWhat does Jesse want? ? odamaged goods ? scenario, conservatives in the 1980s as registration results of:
asked of Rev, Jesse which causes Obama to loose a euphemism for whites, a 200,000 new Democrats in
Jackson, Sr. by the media. the fall, is what she wants term which conveyed that Pennsylvania, 165,000 in
when he had been defeated Decause it would allow Hillary they were not lazy, welfare North Carolina, and 150 ,000
badly in the New York ~ © campaign again for cheating Blacks: This was in Indiana,
; Primary in his 1984 president in 2012. another rare a er by the oe
Fae ee 1,,... candidate, which rai " Barae 2's dazzling
6 St hoatiatt for ? Sica ie Pert vate in eyebrows because of the performance shows that in T
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clare an election that by every we Sei
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winning, we had an it will not endear the new party surrogates are making that the working class anxiety
Opportunity to further: = snaders to her 2012 candidacy. Democratic party needs blue-
empower our community, fh | calles whites, the ab-called
as I have previously Also, it will most certainly not oReagan Democrats, ? :
suggested here, nae ycdgrelaa arte Furthermore they are touting Bh gid
} su er then and he will be hi ba )
vom il a a aie party leader as a result pega rasa she Dr Ron Mortal ale
cuentsitistics, wich Soyer may rae cpealy Wie ees will Schae Bwee othe
have igi og far SUbport her if she causes their Gallup pol er salem
- votes, ae 160 pledged roa leg ihe an reg ie cates ve lage sd Pls a he ay gd
Super delegates, which srsiner dren defered within 3 of
gives him the overall ey percentage point
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Ftime to get the to winning in 2008, A hint of The study goes on to say that ;
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o | Minority Voce May 9- May 16, 2008 pg2

Marin Woh in,
homes on the banks of the:
' Potomac.

~ But many long-time local

- tesidents use Washington Ts
other name-the District of _
Columbia. While the District's
__ streets course through middle-

_ Tow houses fronting well-kept.

_ lawns, its overall | poverty rate
has reached. its highest level i in
| neatly ten years, Sadly, the

et Washington and the District of

_ over the past two decades.

~ Acc cord g to the D.C. Fiscal:

athde. Policy Institute Ts October 2007

Teport, oD.C. TsTwo
Economies: Many Residents T
Are Falling Behind Despite the
City T S$ Revitalization, ? the
__ wagé gap between D.C. Ts _

pe highest earners (the top 20
percent) and the lowest (the -
bottom 20 percent) is ie
, widest it has been since 1979,
And the number of © =
inerentct District resident

~ has grown, According to the

"income communities with neat

socioeconomic divide between :

_ Columbia has been widening

Shared by a considerable

ONS -

ston T Two Eeonomies-A Growing

? segment of the District's $.
_ Institute report, nearly 20°. Black population and the least
ae: percent, or one in five District educated residents who have
residents, have incomes remained sunken at the
_ below the poverty level. Since: bottom.
- the late 1990s, about 27,000. :
D.C. residents have fallen According tothe Institute
into poverty. _. Teport, the median income for
me White households in
Despite the recent economic Washington grew from
_ downturn, Washington Ts. .. . $55,000 in 1980 to $92,000 in
strong economy has been ©- "- "-2006 (in 2006 dollars). The
anchored by large employers. incomes of the least paid
such as the federal ? . _ workers (when adjusted for
2 government, the District inflation) have stayed
" government, universities, _ practically unchanged over
hospitals and corporate . __. the last three decades, The
offices. The city also has "incomes of Black households
- experienced Ta boom in ~ from 1980 to 2006 have.
~ commercial and residential _ Temained essentially flat at
construction. Long seen as $34,500. In addition, |
orecession proof, ? the: employment for Black adults
Washington economy is _has declined steadily since the
strong. The economy has _ ate 1980s, from 62 percent in
_ produced jobs for skilled and _ 1988 to 51 percent in 2006.
well-educated workers who Only two other U.S. cities,
have seen their incomes soar, _ Tampa and Atlanta, have
While a large segment of the worse income disparities.
_ Washington population is -One Ts level of education can
economically successful, that be critical for economic __
prosperity has not been Success, Just 51 percent of
D.C. residents with only a

| What Does Hillary Want?

volunteer. Jealous comes to the ae
NAACP as a scholar, having P.

- degree from Oxford
_ University, in Oxford,

Income Gap

high school diploma had jobs; site ais 0, The
this is the lowest level in first thing that must be done
nearly 30 years. _. is to improve the quality of

education at all levels-
One-third of the District Ts . preschool, elementary, "
children are poor, compared secondary and |
with 16 percent of adults ages postsecondary-as well as
18 t0.64, In 2004, provide job training

| approximately 22,000 District - programs that will « equip -
families with children had District residents with the
incomes below 200 percent of skills that will enable them
_ the federal poverty line, or less to participate and succeed in
than about $31 000 fora the city Ts economy. _
family of three. Seventy-four Residents who are stuck in
percent of these were working low-wage jobs and striving |
families with one or more to stay off public assistance
parents who. worked at least _rolls need T support. We must "
part of the year. About 12 000 provide that support by
of these low-income District establishing decent Tine
families with children-more wages, child care
than half-included adults who assistance, health care
worked miore than half of the coverage and affordable
year. In many cases, the housing. eS
parents worked full-time and
year-round, Overall, some ; Meta iin
47,000 District residents, . roshive! vba peed ie
including 27,000 children, Council whose 0
lived in families that were Behind} wision, ee
poor or near-poor despite Head Start, a Pair Start, a Safe
working most of the year. Start and a Moral Start in life
| . and successful passage to
This problem must be | pry ta ab help of
e communities.

mung brother

by Wilbert A. Tatum

Publisher Emeritus and
Chairman of the Board . .
A young Black man waa te
name of Benjamin Todd |
_ Jealous has been selected by
the board of the National
Association for the " J ;

_ Advancement of Colored mere Tine venga
People to be its president and " the 200 Black newspapers
chief executive officer. Jealous in America.
was sclocted recently after In each of Ben Ts positions "
long search. As peculiar as it, all at the level of executive
may seem, they could have " «ditector or piesident "he

found Ben in their own " has brou a8
ght to the es
backyard, for he has been _ organizations his formidable
active with the NAACP since i
childhood. He is now 35 ear Journalistic skills,

~ of age mae . Community organizing

background and familiarity

Inhis teenage years ses was a With all of the civil rights
community organizer "among organizations i in the Unite
other things "with the .. _, Stal ng
NAACP, and he very often
found himself returning to the
organization as a consultant,
speaker, member and -

earned a master of science

England, and a bachelor of arts
degree from Columbia

University in New York City,
He, incidentally, is a Rhodes
scholar. |

He comes directly to the
NAACP following his position _°O?"??"??"?Nity educator of the

wing his position NAACP legal defense fund
as president of the Rosenberg :

Foundation, a Private, sky nor ens ben

Abolish the Death Penalty,
managing editor of the
Jackson Advocate, and

institution that anppons one a Bh exheenty
rights a Prior to that, ote NAACP ad N ane io a

COMMUNITY NEWS _

Minority Voice May 9 - May 16, 2008 pg3

here no rreiake | in tommorow,
* fovitis yet unborn :
oWe should be concerned
about the only day left -

ales of} just one day. Iti is
aly when you and I add the
burdens of those awful
eternities " - yesterday and
tomorrow that we break
down. It is not the experi- _
i ae ence of today that drives man
Mrs Beatrice Maye _ mad - - it is remorse or
POINTS TO PONDER: . © bitterness for something
- +" which happened yesterday
| There are two days j in and the dread of what tomor-
every week about which . Tow may bring. Let us,
we should not worry - - therefore live but one day at a
two days kept free from __ time.
fear and apprehension. " ~ Reprinted from ADRDA. Les
One of these daysis + Vegas Chapter
yesterday with its mis- ot
takes and cares, its faults BITS AND PIECES
and blunders, its aches How To Find Happiness
and pains. Yesterday has . |
passed forever beyond " To find happiness you must
our control. All the " stop complaining and start
money in the world __ Praising. Stop looking for
cannot bring back yester- __friendship and start being
day. We cannot undo a friendly. Stop pining for
single act we performed; things you have not and be
we cannot erase a single content with what you have.
word we said. Yesterday Stop looking for someone to
is gone. help you and devote'yourself
The other day we should to helping others, Stop con-
not worry about is centrating on what you've
tommorrow with its accomplished-and nek on
possible adversities, its what others have doste for .
burdens, its large promise You. "
and poor performance. Wisdom
Tommorrow is beyond We must be silent, before we
our immediate control. can listen. We must listen

before we can learn, We must
learn before we can serve. We

Tammmarow s sun will .

ets

gining A World
Without Newspapers

For the news iPvpiiness,
the news ostinks ?, said one
reporter for an outstanding
newspaper. A new report 7
othe Pew Foundation Ts Projec
for Excellence i Jourralign
has
~ found that the 1 newspaper
industry Ts decline accelerated
- Jast year, with circulation
i ing 2.5 percent and.

Suejette A. Jem.

- advertising revenue falling
mh With revenues sinking,

_ Newspapers are cutting thei

' Reporting staff's and curtailing

- coverage. But, the Pew

report found, there is a

glimmer of hope. Newspa-
oes oe thought of as

websites and connecting with
~ teaders in new ways, In fact;
many of the top website
destinations are traditional
_ hews brands such as The New
York Times, proving citizens
still want what these compa-
nies produce " original
reporting. There Ts a problem,.
though: on the Web, readers
get it all for free. oThe
audience still sees alot of
value i in

"must serve before we can.

lead,
Friendliness
Sometimes the Christian life
boils down to the uncommon
expression of common vir-
tues. For example, you would

expect that people indwelt by

the Spirit of love would be
friendly. What a difference
practicing that virtue would
make in society!

Tim Sanders, in his book:
Likeability Factor, says that a
person who provides others

with "a sense of joy, happi-

ness, relaxation, or rejuvena-
tion" is more likely to be
hired or promoted, He main-
tains that some companies
have actually abolished
unfriendliness. They call their
system I.0.N.U.: "I observe
no unfriendliness."

That principle should be

practiced by the citizens of

Christ's kingdom. When "
people are asked what they

look for in a church, their
number-one f

friendliness. Unfortunately,
the reality is that many

churchgoers are as distant asa

star and as cold as space.

The Lord told ancient Israel
that He "loves the stranger,
giving him food and clothing"
(Deuteronomy 10:18). He
commanded them to emulate
His behavior (v.19).
Friendliness is not just a wise
business practice, it should be
a characteristic of all who
follow Christ. When you
attend your church today, act
in such a way that a new- -
comer could say, oI observe
no unfriendliness." oHaddon
Robinson

THINKING IT OVER What

.are the key elements that help

a church to be meaningful? -
"In a world wheremany
people couldn't care less,
Christians should be people
who couldn't care more." _

news found: in traditional
media, while bloggers spin
and analyze it. Finding out
what politicians don Tt want us
to know " whether in our

-hometowns or in Washington

or Iraq " is hard work, and
it Ts expensive. When newspa-
pers that now do that work
shed most of their reporting
staffs, or go out of business
entirely, what will everyone
else write about?

That Ts a truly scary thought.
Opinion-oriented websites
have contributed greatly to the.
national disclosure, but such
sites have small staffs and
virtually no reporters. Con-

_ trast that to The New york

Times, which has about 1,200

newsroom employees, or the
_ Washington Post, and Los

Angeles Times with 800 or
900 each. Yes, some may be
lazy or biased or sloppy. But

most are committed to ferret-

ing out information form the
dark places in which govern-
ments hide the truth. Out
political system relies on the
informed consent of its
citizens, and that means we,
need the information that

Newspapers are in the busi-

ness of digging up, Without it,

itis impossible not to wonder

what will become of not just
news but democracy itself.

Source: Teaching Points

Vacations: An Saiangned Te
Tradition

oiad cites oi aid ably
kick back fora week ona ~ "happ
sundrenched beach, But the. :

e ? the en

aM just doesn Tt take vacations

anymore. oAnd when I do, ?
she complains, I have my
computer, my email, and my -
phone with me at all times. ?
Jane might have qualified as a
workaholic a few years ago,
but now her obsessive behav-
ior has become the norm.

_ American workers, who

already take fewer vacations

than their counterparts in

other industrialized nations,
ohave pruned back their
leisure days.even more. ? A
stunning 60% of Americans
don Tt currently plan to take a

vacation during the future " )

the lowest rate since 1978.
oThe idea of somebody going
away for two weeks, ? said
AAA spokesman ois really
becoming a thing of the past. ?
There are several reasons
why: With a full tank of gas

Costing a lot, and air travel
Now So stressful and time-

consuming, many people have
soured on taking long trips.
And Americans have always
worked harder than everyone

. else, believing that otheir

identity and self-worth ?

depend on it. But the main
culprit is fear of job less in an
age of globalization and
outsourcing, One recent poll
found that only 35% of =
people now feel secure in
their positions. T Employers
exploit this anxiety to keep

workers from taking time off,
which is why it is time Con- .

THE EDITOR -

Are you one of the millions of

individuals who never have

time for self? You find your-

self tending to so many other
people that you never have
time to tend to yourself.
Leading a hectic life is a T
juggling act. Forget those
deadlines, those meetings,
those conferences. Are you at
peace with yourself? Do you =
feel energetic and full of life?
Are you in touch with your
inner spirit? Are you in good
health? The truth is too many
of you never take stock of
your lives, never stop long
enough to truly reflect on
your own wellbeing.

Too many of us never give
our physical or spiritual well-
being the attention each
deserves. What you may not
realize is that one nourishes

the other. When your spiritual -

self is cared for and nurtured,

- Capitalist society is just too

deeply ingrained. So is our
thirst for material goods.
Given the options of toiling
for a big-screen plasma TV or

going fishing, who wouldn Tt

choose thé former? Still,

"there must be a happy me-

dium. It is estimated that
Americans save their employ-

_érs-more $ 21 billion annually

in unused vacation time. But
these savings are illusory,
considering the cost of stress,

therapy, accidents, lost pro-

y, and other problems
flicting overworked, ex-
hausted employees. overtime,

| and sweat make for a healthy

. oBut so does well-

ony leisure. ?

Resbecchiaty submitted.....
Suejette A. Jones

Words of Wisdom

oExpect nothing, Live fru-

gally on surprise. ?
Alice Walker

oExcess on occasion in

exhilarating. It prevents

Moderation from acquiring
the deade |

ning
effects of a habit. ?
_ 'W. Somerset Maugham

oToo often we enjoy the

comfort of opinion without
the discomfort of thought. ?
: John F.Kennedy "

Pies «inna by is uestion

ater than by is answer ?

eo Voltaine

it helps to replenish, rejuve-
nate and safeguard your
physical self. And when it

Comes to our health we can

use all the help we can get.

Some may scoff at the con-
~ Rection between spirituality

and physical well-being.
According to the researchers,
churchgoers have a healthier
immune system than those
who don't attend services
regularly, and women appear
to benefit even more than
men. Spirituality not only
improves your immune _
system, enabling your body to
better fight disease, but it also

oact as a buffer against the ill

effects of stress,
Material goods may be lost,
people may come in and out
of your life, but your body
and soul will fortify the other.
Be concerned about your
health. Achieve total health -
a healthy mind, body and
spirit.

Beatrice Maye

oBetter to do something
imperfectly than to do noth-
ing flawlessly. ?

Robert Schuller

oAmericans will put up with
anything provided it doesn Tt
block traffic. ?

~ Dan Rather

oNo man needs a vacation so
much as the man who has just
had one. ?

Elbert Hubbard

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Minority Voice May 9 - May 16, 2008 ped

Sow A Seed

Joy R. Brown
To My Mother With Love

The month of May has been
exclusively designed to
celebrate and T honor
mothers. As I embarked
upon that special day, I
carefully captured the fond
memories of my mother. |
do not choose to, only
celebrate my mother once a
year, but every day that God
allows me to rise up early in
the morning, I thank Him for
the many blessings, and of
course, my mother is named
among them. I honor my
mother for being a true
woman of God and for
loving me past my many
flaws. | appreciate her for
the many sacrifices she

made for me to have what I }

Teed, " T appreciate her for

giving. of her: time. A

appreciate the many seeds
she sowed into my life,

My mother has always been
my greatest supporter in all
that I endeavor to do. She
always encouraged me to
never give up but to

continue on until I

ee ee ae ee Se hl ee

reach my goals.
Over twenty years

gave me a card that
I Tve treasured to this
very day. On the
front of the card, the
famous poem was
written, oDon Tt
Quit. ? Whenever I
want to hit the pause
button on life, J
remember. the
poem, and continue
tO move on.

special, but mine is
especially dear to me.
She holds a special place
where no one can ever
touch. Even though
every day has not been

the easiest for my ..

mother, she has

remained faithful to the

call-of duty as the
chosen mother for me.

Through every trial and test,
she Ts endured and for never

giving upon me...I salute my

mother on today.

I appreciate the love and the:

many prayers you Tve sent to
God on my behalf. I know they
were answered in more ways
than one, Each day I choose to
celebrate you and who you are
in God. I'll always respect and
honor you for being the woman
you are.

Dedicated to the world Ts
greatest mother. ..Ms.
Virginia L: Brown of T
Washington, NC

From the daughter who has
oelevated your prayer life to
another level...
Ms. Joy R. Brown

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_ All mothers are_

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Pembroke Park Democrat,
said the incarceration rate ois
a vestige of slavery... When
you don Tt have opportunities,
you turn to other things. . .
you get frustrated and don Tt
want to participate in the
system. ? - |

He said fellow black
lawmakers o*aren Tt going to
fall into that trap ? about
reparations because the
resolution wasn Tt oabout
people wanting to get paid. ?

Legislators in Alabama,
Maryland, North Carolina and
Virginia have recently issued
formal apologies for slavery,
and New Jersey became the
first northern state to
apologize in January,

according to The Associated ?

Press.

The curator of Florida Ts
historic Capitol, former state
house clerk John Phelps, read
legislators a history of the
slave codes in Florida and
listed statistics showing the
importance and brutality of
the slavery in the state,

Phelps said that, according to
an 1855 Senate journal, the
state had nearly 111,000
residents, 44 percent black.
And of Florida Ts $49 million
in property value at the time,
55 percent was in slaves.

Phelps singled out a letter
written by Gov. Richard Keith
Call to.a Northerner in the
hopes of explaining the

Southern mindset over

slavery to avert the Civil War.

Of blacks, Call wrote: oHere
was an animal, in the form of
a man, possessing the greatest
physical power and the _
greatest capacity for labor
and endurance. . . . A wild
barbarian, to be tamed and
civilized by the discipline of

slavery. ?

Call was a personal aide to

ofuture President Andrew

Jackson when the general
launched the Seminole Wars
and made Florida a territory,
in part to ensure that slaves

~_ escaping from Georgia had
no safe haven to the south.

Phelps ticked off the various

lashings " 39 in some cases
and a lethal 100 in others "
that slaves would suffer for

_ being accused of robbery,

burglary or for simply
walking around with a pass
from his or her white master.
Those convicted of rebellion
were executed. Seven slaves
together without a white
person couldn Tt travel public
roads. Slaves who gave false
testimony could have their
ears nailed to posts and were

whipped publicly.

"Jacksonville Sen. Jim King, a

Republican and past Senate
president, said he didn Tt
know about the specific
horrorsand supported the
resolution. But he
acknowledged that some
lawmakers might be

uncomfortable with the

-Tesolution because it could
lead other groups to push for _

reparations.

Indians? They were killed

_and shoved into a comer of
Places like Oklahoma, ? King
_Said. o oWhat about the

treatment of Japanese.
Americans in internment "
camps during World War If? ?

For many, the resolution is.
"too little, too late, But it Ts

better than not recognizing at

all that black slaves built.

Florida, ? said Marvin Dunn,
retired psychology professor

-and researcher of black

history in Florida. ae

Duin said the state

o*wouldn Tt dare ? approve |
reparations that would put
dollars into black residents T

bank accounts. Such a move |

would be unwieldy and
unrealistic, he said.

Adora Obi Nweze, president
of the Florida NAACP, said

she embraced the resolution
as a step that needed to be

T TThose who suffered are not
here to hear the words, ? she
said. But othe descendants of
those who were enslaved

deserve to hear the words

uttered that it did exist. ? T

Miami Herald staff writer
Andrea Robinson contributed
to this report.

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to the courthouse grounds for Day One last week. |
Attomeys in Kelly Ts child pornography case had chosen
eight of the 12 jurors needed to decide the singer Ts fate by the
end of the day Tuesday and still were at work at press time .
Wednesday, ,
Kelly, 41, is charged with 14 counts of child pom for allegedly
videotaping himself having sex with a teen. He has pleaded not oie
guilty and could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted. .
On Friday, the trial Ts first day, Kelly supporters arrived about 8 a.m. ready to let the world know how
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Armed with poster board signs stating that the Chicago-bom music superstar is the oWorld Ts Greatest
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