it?MjeaaeiaigL. A. REIDCALVIN "CJ" JONESey eelBABY FACEThinking of Malcolm, T91We pause this week to celebratethe 66th birthday of one of thegreat figures. Black leaders, andprogressive activists of the century,known the world over as MalcolmX. I recall first hearing of Malcolmwhen I was 10 years old, as a boypreacher attending elementaryschool in a Black middle classneighborhood in Queens, New York.It was scrawled all across the frontpages, and was the subject of ourcurrent events conversation thatMalcolm X had been killéd at theAudubon Ballroom in Harlem.He was described variouslythroughout the mainstream mediaas a hate teacher, as a Black mili-tant. And the implication was thathe got what he deserved. Yet some-thing of the mystique of him in-trigued me even at that young age,and several months later the firstbook that I seriously studied endedup being the Autobiography ofMalcolm X as told through AlexHaley.Malcolm Ts autobiography tre-mendously affected me and led meinto my boyhood adulation of AdamClayton Powell and Marcus Garvey,Powell being one of the few Chris-tian clergymen whom Malcolm ad-mired and Malcolm Ts father being afollower of the honorable MarcusAurelius Garvey.As I've ~in the movementI Tve never lost T my affection andrespect and admiration forMalcolm. I have met with andshared conversations both withthose critical of him and those whopraised him, those who knew himvery well and have talked to hisapparent strengths and allegedweaknesses, Still, knowing that noman is perfect and knowing that noman should be required to repre-sent perfection, 1 maintained adeep-seated respect and admira-tion for our Shining Black Prince.The historical Malcolm is impor-tant in several areas, and as wegather this weekend in Harlem forofficial observances, concludingwith a mass parade led by hiswidow, I must deal with what thehistorical Malcolm will mean, moreimportantly than the particularpros and cons of the personalMalcolm to whom people will al-ways try to reduce great debates.One, Malcolm was the chief pro-ponent of the Nation of Islam andthe Honorable Elijah Muhammad.He became a central figure in whatbecame and remains a growingtheo-philosophical thrust in whichElijah Muhammad helped upliftthe Black man Ts thinking andlifestyle from urban decadence backto its original form of cleanliness,productively and aspiring to noth-ing short of freedom, justice andequality.Unlike his contemporaries, i.e.,Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., JamesFarmer, A. Philip Randolph andothers. Malcolm came the way ofthe northern ghetto/street life/prison life rather than the South-ern church/mainstream college/seeking to be accredited by societybackground of the aforementionedleaders of his day. Therefore,Malcolm Ts orientation, projectionand ability to communicate werefar different from those who com-peted with him for the minds of hispeople. Malcolm in many ways wasthe first to legitimize the streetBlack Ts rise to an accredited, re-spectéd world figure. In realityMalcolm did for the smart, creativeBlack who became trapped in streetlife what Dr. King did for the aca-demic institutions. he freed themand gave them a credible optionBONDEDINSURED ~ o| oWE ARE THE DRY CLEANING STORE THAT COMES TO YOUR DOOR ?fdANDLICENSED ~*SiSame Day imeService A Gene nmetAvailable Mobile Dry Cleaning ServiceHave your Dry Cleaning And Laundry Picked UpAnd Delivered Back To Your Home Or Office!Priced Competively SAVEWe Take Personal With Area Stores. 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So in many waysMalcolm was the visionary whocontinued the Pan Africanist thrustof Garvey and _ others,contemporizing and making it liveandbreathein his own times, whichhas led with direct impact to thetranscontinental. vision that hisnow shared by many of Africandescent.Thirdly, Malcolm preached thephilosophy of self-sufficiency, in-dependence and self-empower-ment. It has become the theme ofhis people, while in his own time hewas castigated, criticized and os-tracized for not joining the integra-tion movement. History will provethat in the long run it was this self-empowerment " communitieshaving their own integrity andhaving their own power to developas separate entities and developagendas from power bases that wereseparate and self-sufficient "which ended up being the rule ofthe day rather than the extreme,isolated position that it was pro-jected to be in the early 60s.As we say oHappy Birthday ? toMalcolm, he has already been vin-dicated by history, because no ad-jective attached to him reduced hisstature. Children walk around 26years after his assassination withhis picture on their lapels and ontheir medallions and on their t-shirts, showing that he has out-lived all of his critics, and all oftheir oeffectiveness. ? Major motionpicture studios prepare to tell hislife story; bookstores are jammedwith books of his speeches and lifestories and interpretations. Sothough he suffered in life, he wasvindicated in history because hehad the courage to say somethingthat lived longer than his longings,longer than his heart, longer thanhis physical being. He stood for therights of human beings that will berelevant as long as there are hu-man beings.Why was Malcolm important? Itwas important for someone to stepout of the choir of subjugation, ofassimilation, of being co-opted, andto speak independently of behalf ofthe rights of human beings to riseup and live to their fullest degreecreative and self-empowered lives.Malcolm had the nerve to be at-tacked by the moderates as an ex-tremist and to be attacked by the| extremists as a moderate, and stillkeep his eye on the prize of hamants and human dignity.wish in retrospect we couldclamsome of those anxious nights thathe spent leading up to his death. Iwish that we give him backLaFace,thenewAtlantabased _ "to find the best music to reflect the emotional impact both to_ 4s the latest major move by own- The Damian Dame sound,a when they aresung right, ?Deah,| ers and founders L.A. Reid and "_ "shybridofR&B/Funk,finessedhip- born in Houston and raised in3 The mega hop with punctuated pop edges Northern California, says. __ ducer team, responsible for much has a refreshing feel to it. With Damian, a native of Battle_ ofthe best musicofplatinumplus § Monogamy in the 90s asits wise Creek, Mich., first heard Deah Ts| artists like Johnny Gill, Bobby § theme, oExclusivity ? has caught distinctive voiceonafriend TsdemoBrown, Whitney Houston, Karyn the record buying public's atten- _tape. oI lost it when I heard herWhite and Pebbles has launched _ " tion. The industry's buzzing, too. "_ sing, ? he recalls. oRight then ILaFace with Damian Dame, a _ " ~It garnered the most radio adds = knew together we would be per-dynamic male/female duo whose § the weekitdebutedonthecharts. _fect together musically. ?| debut single, oExclusivity ? is al- | The album Ts future will probably In the middle of a national pro-| ready a bonafide hit. be no exception... motional tour, Damian and Deah| Recently Damian Dame, re- oThe album captures both the come back to the Big Apple thisspectively Damian and Deah, essence of who we are musically; week for a posh buffet dinner and| werein New York promoting their it is also musically accessible toa listening party in their honor atself-titled album. He, Damian, wide audience, ? Damian asserts. | one of Manhattan Ts best eateries.tall, confident and quite person- There are also some impres- Truly the group is on it Ts way toable, seemed genuinely pleased siveballadsonthe LP,mostnota- _ the big time. No surprise though.with the way things were going bly, oLove Come Near Me, ? and With L.A. and Babyface in yourwith the act. She, Deah, a pretty, the passionate oRight Down To corner, there Ts no other way topetite sister, quite articulate, fo- It. ?cused and blessed with a limitless oI love singing ballads becauseLaF ace the music._| Listen to WOOW1340 AMwho gave us a lot of creative li-cense in the studio, we were ablereer has taken. oIt took a whilePUBLIC NOTICEdoing this project, ? she com-mented, owe went through a lot ofmusic, wrote a lot of songs andrecorded quite a few, too. Butworking with L.A. and Babyface,SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CHANGESPITT COUNTY, NCPitt County Board of Commissioners, meeting in regular session on May 20, 1991, made severaldecisions which changes solid waste management policies in Pitt county. These changes shouldincrease the remaining useage time for the existing landfill. 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