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EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S MINORITY VOICE - SINCE 1981
Are African-Americans
treated equal
By staff writer Jim Rouse
The question as to whether or
not African-African are citizens of
the United States of American
entitled to equal protection under
the laws of the United States is
now before the Unites States Court
of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
in Richmond, Virginia.
This case arose out of an inci-
dent that occurred in Greenville,
North Carolina on February 9,
1993.
Ms. Jeannette Teel Taft, an Af-
rican-American female, her son,
age 15, her daughter, niece and
nephew (aged 10 to 16) brought a
claim for damages in the United
States District Court for the East-
ern District of North Carolina un-
der 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for police
brutality. Ms. Taft and her chil-
dren alleged that, during the stop
and search of her car suspected of
carrying a murder (who by the
way, wasn Tt in her car), the police:
o(1) conducted illegal body searches
of the ~female minor children T pas-
sengers that involved ~fondling and
mishandling T their ~buttocks,
breast and private body parts T, (2)
used excessive extreme force on a
15-year old male ~by grabbing him
in the groin and private body ar-
eas, causing him great pain and
physical harm coupled with ex-
treme mental distress T, and (3) ~vio-
lated the rights T of the children ~by
placing guns to their heads and
cocking and clicking the weapons. ?
As usual in these situations in-
volving African-Americans and in
this case, African-American chil-
dren, the police denied that such
atrocities occurred and the police
moved for summary judgment
without a trial on the grounds of
qualified immunity. United States
District Judge James C. Fox
granted that motion and dismissed
the case, Jeannette Teel Taft and
her family, who during these court
proceedings did not have an attor-
ney, then employed Robert L.
White, an African-American at-
torney in Greenville, North Caro-
lina who appealed this case to the
United States Court of Appeal for
the Fourth Circuit. On appeal, this
case was argued in Baltimore,
Maryland. The Teel family pooled
their money and sent representa-
tive of their family to Baltimore,
Maryland to hear attorney Robert
L. White argue this case on their
behalf. On November 16, 1995, the
4th Circuit reversed and ordered a
trial, stated that oeven under the
police officers T version of the facts,
the amount of force used may have
been unreasonable. But Judge
Motz of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dis-
agreed. In a strong dissent, he
argued that the case should have
been dismissed. He felt that opat-
ting the breast areas and search-
ing inside and outside of the legs
and private parts ? of the minor
girls (aged 10 to 16) oappear to-
tally consistent with a typical (sic)
HELPING TO GET oTHE WORD ? OUT. . . Brother Jim
Rouse (L) of WOOW in Greenville, joins Brother Reggie Jones
(R) of WCOO in New Bern to share a moment and exchange
ideas about what Ts happening in the world ofcommunications.
Staff Photo
AT 83 AND STILL GOING STRONG . . Father Ernest oRed ? Eaton has been an
police pat-down search. He dis-
missed the improper use of the
guns by stating that ono affiant
claimed that the guns were placed
against the children Ts heads. ? And
Judge Motz concluded that oap-
pellants here did not suffer any
(sic) injuries, let along grievous
ones. ?
In an unusual move, the U.S.
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
has recently granted the defen-
dants (police officers) a rehearing
en banc. This means that all active
Court of Appeals judges will re-
hear the case. The arguments in
this case will be heard in Rich-
mond, Virginia on April 2, 1996.
This case should be of great im-
portance to all AfricanAmerican.
While it is generally known how
young African-American males are
treated by the police, this case
shows that it now oopen season ? on
African-American females and our
minor children.
Ugly
charges in
Mandela
divorce
Forget the oWar of The Roses, ?
bad as it was, it was just a local
squabble. During a cross-exami-
nation of President Nelson
Mandelaat his recent divorce trial,
he cautioned the lawyers for his
ex-wife, Winnie, not to press him
too closely on the details of why
they separated. He maintained he
did not want to oreveal facts which
might damage Winnie Ts image and
bring pain to my children. ?
And what facts is he referring
to? According to the City Press of
Johnnesburg, S. Africa, Winnie
beat Nelson Mandela on oseveral
occasions. ? They named an uni-
dentified source close to the
Mandela family, who maintains
that Winnie attacked Nelson
Mandela omore than once ? after
his release from Robin Island af-
ter 27 years of illegal imprison-
ment.
The newspaper reported that
after one alleged attack, a body-
guard for Nelson Mandela drew
his firearm and threatened Mrs.
Mandela, saying he would not al-
low Mandela to be humiliated.
In yet another attack, a owell
known cleric was called to medi-
ate. ? Bishop Tutu?
Battered president?
Whoever he was, Mrs. Mandela
reportedly threw him out of the
house. The beatings allegedly con-
tinued until Mandela left his wife
in 1992, the year he became the
president.
Wow! Is there another side to
the story? According to sources
(Continued on page 4)
inspiration to many aspiring young brothers and sister for many years. Brother Eaton was a
pioneer in the business community in Greenville, operating Eaton Ts Shell Service Station, and
a lifetime member of Sycamore Hill Baptist Chyrch where he serves on the deacon board.
Photo by Jim Rouse
WEEK OF APRIL 6-19, 1996
MEMBERS OF THE TEEL FAMILY
Apartheid trials go on amid
media silence
After working so hard for the
liberation of South Africa, the post-
apartheid era seems to hold only
troubling reports. And many
people wonder where all those re-
sponsible for all that suffering have
gone. Have they left the country,
have they gone undercover or are
they still working to undermine
the ANC government?
Now, finally, there are some
answers. The trial of the former
defense minister Magnus Malan
and other senior military officers
was adjourned until April 15, af-
ter three grueling weeks of testi-
mony. At the trial, evidence in
detail had emerged concerning the
lengths to which the government
went to assure the continuation of
apartheid. Covert machinations
are designed to set Black against
Black and undermine confidence
in the ability of the Black majority
to rule themselves.
Inkatha hit squad
Post-apartheid government
prosecutor Tim McNally told the
court the accused had planned to
kill anti-apartheid activists using
supporters of the Zulubased
Inkatha Freedom Party (IF P) as a
covert hit squad.
BROTHER FRAGIER SANDERS AND HIS LOVELY LADY . . . Sister Gladys Sanders,
According to Reuters, political
scientist Alexander Johnston of
the University of Natal, South Af-
rica, said the trial was the first in
which apartheid secrets had been
revealed.
oFor many people it is a confir-
mation of what they have long
believed to be true, ? Johnston said.
According to political analysts,
the trial in Durban, on the eastern
coast, has greatly encouraged post-
apartheid politicians and commis-
sioners of South Africa Ts Truth and
Reconciliation Commission set up
toinvestigate human rights abuses
under apartheid.
oIt begins to create inroads
within the Afrikaaner movement
that still says apartheid was justi-
fied and that the state was under
attack. Now we see people turning
against their former masters, ?
University of the Western Cape
political analyst Sipho Maseko
said.
Malan, age 66, and 19 others,
including four generals, a vice ad-
miral, a police colonel, six Black
policemen and a senior Inkatha
official, are on trail for 13 mur-
ders, four attempted murders and
conspiracy to murder. The defen-
dants all pleaded not guilty.
The former military men are the
most important figures of the de-
funct apartheid government to face
justice for a violent campaign to
maintain white rule.
Malan, the most prominent
among the men in the dock and
defense minister from 1980 to
1991, has not been directly linked
to the murders by the wintesses so
far.
The state plans to expose a net-
work of repression, directed from
the top echelons of the military
and security forces, aimed at fan-
ning Black-on-Black strife to prop
up apartheid and undermine sup-
port for the now-ruling African
National Congress (ANC).
Witness for the prosecution
oThe prosecution will cast a shaft
of judicial light to a corner of our
history which has hitherto been
dark and secret. That process has
now begun. It is a process of truth
and justice, ? State Prosecutor
McNally said in outlining his case.
The first key witness, former
soldier and military intelligence
operative Johan Opperman last
week stepped out of the shadows
(Continued on page 4)
a both on hand when the Shriners sponsoreg their annual oEaster Egg Hunt ? for the
oungsters at the Tom Foreman park.
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~March 29, 1996
Dear Mrs. Maye,
We certainly appreciate the op-
portunity to share some of the rea-
sons for a successful marriage.
- William and I both tend to be tra-
ditional individuals about mar-
_ riage and family rituals.
We believe in celebrating every
aspect of marriage and family ritu-
| als such as anniversaries, birth-
days, family gatherings, gradua-
tions related to academic situa-
tions and above all to make every
occasion a great occasion in the
famous words of the late Mr. O.A.
Dupree. He made this profound
statement at our marriage cer-
emonyin Raleigh, North Carolina.
Even though there are many
worldy and outside obstacles which
attempt to negatively influence a
marriage, we must always remem-
ber that what God has joined to-
gether, no man must put asunder.
Therefore, a couple must be com-
mitted to their marriage vows,
believe in God and prayer, be able
to forgive and above all, communi-
cate truthfully and effectively with
each other.
Sincerely,
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and Brenda H. Teel
Mr. and Mrs Monty Frizzell:
Aman or woman united in mar-
riage, who speaks the truth, walks
upright and does the work of righ-
teousness, is one who doeth no evil
to his wife/ husband and children,
but gives them respect, honors his
or her position in their own home.
The woman is bound to her hus-
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her. For every marriage there is
success, but it seems to be behind
a door or wall. Nearly everyone
has built a wall around his mar-
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a situation which shuts off his/her
happiness. If you resent the suc-
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away your own happiness.
Taking an interest in your mar- °
riage, beinginterested in yourself, «:
your family, and enjoying what .
you are doing, willlead toa happy,
long and successful marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Frizzell continue
to say that you do not live in the
past, complain about your misfor-
tunes, talk too much about your
affairs, and let your family know
where you are.
Dr. and Mrs. Elbert E. Jones,
Washington, DC
(Mrs. Maye Ts brother
and his wife)
Living a Life of Love
(1 Corinthians 13:1-7
(March 28, 1996)
We have been married sixty (60)
years because we try to live ac-
cording the classic definition of
LOVE in 1 Corinthians 13. We
love each other.
Love is patient. Love is kind.
Love is not envious or boastful;
arrogant selfish, or rude. It does
not insist on its own way. It is not
irritable or resentful; it does not
rejoice in wrong doing but rejoices
in the truth. It bears all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.
It does not manipulate or intimi-
date, but liberates.
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
Compassion
Kindness (Goodness, Mercy)
Patience (Long Suffering)
Humility (Doing Justice)
Meekness ( Self-Control)
Forbearance (Trust)
(Unlimited) forgiveness
Reconciliation
Marriage is UNITY not UNI-
FORMITY. Marriage is UNITY
and INDIVIDUALISM.
Margaret (Booster) and Elbert
Mr. and Willie Barnes,
Greenfield Terrance on their 50th
wedding anniversary, December
27, 1995
A STRONG FAMILY = A
HEALTHY FAMILY
15 Traits To Make Yours Rock
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1. The healthy family communi-
cates and listens.
2. The healthy family affirms
and supports one another.
3. The healthy family teaches
respect for others.
4. The healthy family develops a
sense of trust.
5. The healthy family has a sense
of play and humor.
6. The healthy family exhibits a
sense of shared responsibility.
7. The healthy family teaches a
sense of right and wrong.
8. The healthy family has a
strong sense of family in which
rituals and traditions abound.
9. The healthy family has a bal-
ance of interaction among mem-
bers.
10. The healthy family has a
shared religious core.
11. The healthy family respects
the privacy of one another.
12. The healthy family values
service to others.
13. The healthy family fosters
table time and conversation.
14. The healthy family shares
leisure time.
15. The healthy family admits to
and seeks help with problems.
Our family is very appreciative
that you have chosen to celebrate
this special occasion with us.
May God continue to bless you
and yours.
Deacon Matthew and Mrs. Chris-
tine Lewis said, oWe are ready to
start on another 60 years ?. Con-
gratulations!
Commitment, dedication and
love are three requirements that
will cause a long, happy, and suc-
cessful marriage, states your
writer.
Karate for
children
The Greenville Recreation and
Parks Department inconjunction
with the BEMJO Martial Arts Cen-
ter (Bill McDonald Karate School)
will have pre-registration for the
sumer children Ts Karate and mar-
tial arts program on Tuesday, April
80 and Wednesday, May 1 at the
Jaycee Park between 6:00 p.m.
and 8:00 p.m. The class, which is
open to children ages 5-15, will
meet twice a week for a 12 week
riod. The fee for the session is
9.00 and includes a free karate
uniform.
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Sheppard Moore announces candidacy for U. S. House of Representat
SHEPPARD N. MOORE
I was born and reared on a fam-
ily farm in eastern North Caro-
lina. Iplayed sports at Jasper High
School where I completed a four-
year program of study in three
years. Upon graduation, | attended
North Carolina State University
at Raleigh, North Carolina for my
undergraduate work and two years
of graduate work. Upon transfer
to Atlanta, I completed three years
of graduate work at Georgia State
University in Management and
Public Administration. My wife,
Sarah Fortune Moore, was reared
in Brevard, NC. She graduated
from Brevard College, the Univer-
sity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, and completed her graduate
work at Western Carolina Univer-
sity. Our daughter, Lisa, gradu-
ated from UNC-CH and is attend-
ing Law School at the University
of Virginia. Our son, Neal, was
killed in 1992 while riding as a
passenger in a car driven by a
friend.
I served on active duty as an
enlisted member of the North
Carolina National Guard and as a
captain in the U.S. Air Force, ob-
taining the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel in the Air Force Reserve.
While in the Air Force, I com-
manded two squadrons and later
served on the Air Force Emer-
gency Operating Team at the Pen-
tagon.
I was on the staff of North Caro-
lina State University for seven
years. One of the more interesting
jobs that I had occurred during
this time while I served a three-
year period in Lima,
Peru, South heidi, I was the
Administrative Assistant for the
North Carolina State University
Staff and Economic Advisor to the
government of Peru. I also worked
with the Soil Conservation Ser-
vice and the U.S. Forest Service
prior to joining the U.S. Environ-
mental Protection Agency and
helping establish an office for
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Upon transfer to Atlanta, Geor-
gia, I became Chief of the Environ-
mental Assessment Branch. I ini-
tiated an annual seminar, at-
tended by an average of 300 envi-
ronmental leaders.
In 1988, I joined FPL as Senior
Coordinator, Environmental Af-
fairs. | managed an Environmen-
tal Licensing Team for a $500 mil-
lion Repowering Project. I reviewed
the sevicsutinntal procedures for
two nuclear power plants, wrote
major portions of this public
utility Ts Ten-Year Site Plan and
developed a comprehensive storm
water management program that
met USEPA storm water require-
ments.
Statement on Issues
1 . I decided to become involved
when it appeared to me that some
of our leaders were more concerned
in making the other side look bad
than in doing what is in the best
interest of our country.
2. [believe in a balanced budget.
However no one should be held
hostage while we are accomplish-
ing this. [became very angry when
I read that disabled vets might not
receive their checks. Anyone that
Hunt names four to commission on children with special needs
Gov. Jim Hunt appointed Gainel
B. Gaddy of Charlotte and Mary
Alice Yarborough of Greenville to
the North Carolina Commission
on Children with Special Needs
and reappointed Hughleta
Edmiston of Lenoir and Steven G.
Hinnant of Kenly. Members will
serve until July 31, 1997.
The commission is responsible
for studying and evaluating the
services provided by the state to
children with special needs. It also
evaluates the recommendations
and reports made by various state
agencies and reports these find-
ings to the state legislature. The
governor nominates four of the
12-member board.
oThis commission is vital to the
education of children with special
needs, ? Hunt said. oI know that
these individuals will continue in
the commission Ts work to ensure
that we provide the resources so
that all our children can grow up
to meet their full potential. ?
Gaddy is a customer account
representative with D.S. Food
Service. She is member of the
Randolph Middle School PTA and
serves as a lunch buddy to el-
United Cerebral Palsy volunteer hosts luncheon
Recently, George Griffin II], of
Williamston, hosted a luncheon
for legislators from northeastern
North Carolinaon behalf of United
Cerebral Palsy of North Carolina.
Also present were parents, UCP
volunteers, and adults who receive
services. Among the legislators
present was Representative
Marvin Aldridge of Greenville.
Mr. Griffin spoke to the legisla-
tors about the continued impor-
tance of private/public partner-
ships in order for persons with
disabilities to live successfully in
the community. United Cerebral
Palsy has been able to develop
children Ts services and residential
supports and employment for citi-
zens with cerebral palsy through
its partnering with local and state
government. Mr. Griffin stated
that oGovernment has an appro-
priate role in the lives of persons
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
and statewide conference
According to statistics compiled
by the State Center for Health and
Environmental Statistics, 23,001
young women between the ages of
10 and 19 in North Carolina be-
came pregnant in 1994. More than
15,000 of these pregnancies re-
sulted in live births. For the fifth
year ina row, North Carolina has
seen a decrease in the number of
adolescent pregnancies. That
doesn Tt mean we need to stop now.
Governor James B. Hunt has
proclaimed the month of May as
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
across North Carolina. This state-
wide campaign began in 1991 as
an education and awareness effort
by the Adolescent Pregnancy Pre-
vention Coalition of North Caro-
lina (APPCNC).
Each year local communities
come together and emphasize the
importance of a strong partner-
ship between the community and
the family in helping young people
develop responsible and healthy
attitudes about sexuality and en-
hance decision making skills that
lead to positive life choices. Reli-
gious organizations, media, busi-
nesses, schools, and community
agencies can assume a leadership
role by providing information, re-
sources, andeducational programs
for youth throughout the month of
May.
APPCNC, in addition to Teen
Pregnancy Prevention Month, will
be holding a statewide conference
on Tuesday, April 30, 1996. The
_conference will be held in Char-
lotte at the Hilton at University
Place from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00
p.m.. The theme of this year Ts con-
ference is oRelationships and
Power: Addressing Multiple Issues
of Adolescent Pregnancy Preven-
tion. ? Bringing in various topics
from sexual abuse to foundation
funding to pertinent legislation,
APPCNC hopes to address the is-
sues of the multitude and vanety
of people it serves.
The central purpose of
APPCNC Ts work is preventing ado-
lescent pregnancy across NC. The
role of relationships and power is
instrumental in the lives of ado-
lescents. Each workshop at the
conference will address these is-
sues and how they are relevant to
that particular topic.
with disabilities which is to foster
the greatest independence pos-
sible per the disability of each
individual. ? Mr. Griffin said he
wanted legislators to understand
that at some point, every family
with a child or adult with a dis-
ability will need the assistance of
the community.
United Cerebral Palsy is also a
member of Coalition 2001. The
Coalition is composed of 45 orga-
nizations which focus their work
on identifying statewide the pn-
orities and funding needs for citi-
zens with disabilities. As a pri-
vate non-profit, UCP relies upon
the support of volunteers and do-
nations. Mr. Griffin asked the leg-
islators present to support the
work of UCP and Coalition 2001
in the upcoming short session of
the General Assembly. The Gen-
eral Assembly convenes on May
13.
ementary students. Gaddy was the
recipient of several awards from
the Order of the Eastern Star, in-
cluding Most Supportive Supervi-
sor for Youth and Outstanding
Services Rendered Award.
Yarborough is the Title I Direc-
tor and Coordinator of Special Pro-
grams for Pitt County Schools. She
received her B.A. from the Univer-
sity of Alabama and her Ed.S. from
East Carolina University.
Yarborough is a member of the
North Carolina Association of
Compensatory Education and
served on the N.C. Task Force for
Gifted Education.
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ing local citizens and local govern!
ment in the decision-making pro#
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mental policies that are,based on
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4. I am pro agriculture, having oa
been reared on a family farm.Iam -
concerned about the voice of agri-
culture as those who feed our na
tion are now below five percent of
the population.
5. I am pro education. Tbeliews
every child should have an oppor:
tunity for a quality education. My
mother was a school teacher and
my dad was on the local school
board. My wife is in the publi¢ ;
school system. oJ
6. I believe in a strong military:
Strength is the way to maintain
peace. I joined the N.C. National
Guard when was seventeen, took
ROTC at N.C. State University
and became an Air Force Officer. I
will work hard to keep the military,
bases in North Carolina.
7. I promise to stick to the is-
sues.
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n Her attitude was incredulous.
She felt betrayed. She had, at great
toherself, kept his name alive,
the revolution alive, while
ather wives of imprisoned leaders
were quiet as a tomb.
As far as she was concerned few,
if any, questions should be asked
in that department, and she chal-
alee Nelson Ts lack of sophistica-
tion that amounted to madness in
her opinion.
~.In a play by Lawrence Holder
called oM, ? which concerned itself
with the relationship between
Nelson and Winnie Mandela,
Holder takes up the issue of out-
side interference. The play reveals
a relative of Nelson Mandela who
had sold out to the apartheid secu-
rity forces and whose collabora-
tion included feeding Nelson
Mandela assorted stories about
Winnie, close to the time of his
release. Priming him, as it were.
Asitis, there were reports of her
excessive drinking soon after
Nelson returned from prison. But
at the heart of the matter were
ideological differences between
Winnie and Nelson that the apart-
heid intelligence community
wished to manipulate.
A rift between Nelson and
Winnie was imperative to any
plans being made for a moderate
approach to dismantling apart-
heid.
Liberation necklaces
Winnie Ts 1989 statement still
rang in the ears of the Western
world: oWith our boxes of matches,
our necklaces, we will liberate this
country. ? Necklaces refers to the
burning tires placed around the
necks of alleged collaborators.
Thus Mandelacame out of prison
all forgiveness and mellowed to
perfection. Meanwhile, covert
forces were working on the other
end to create yet another rift be-
tween the ANC and Inkatha Free-
dom parties. News reports had al-
ready broken about F T.W. de Kerk Ts
financial assistance to elements
inside Inkatha, while news edi-
tors and columnists such as the
New York Post Ts Eric Breindel,
and Pat Buchanan maintained
Buthelezi was a more legitimate
leader of S. Africa than Mandela.
And the cause of organized confu-
sion was aided by charges that
Nelson Mandela was anti-Semitic.
Amid all this Winnie Mandela
reprtedly did take to the bottle
rather heavily and there was a
Winnie-made scandal when she,
reportedly drunk, attacked some
female guest of the household es-
tates. and beat the woman. The
beef was not clear but the woman
angrily went to the apartheid po-
lice with information about Winnie
she felt thev Td interested in. They
were, but the woman was con-
vinced to later retract her state-
ments and co-operate no further.
The Mandelas also fell out about
Nelson Mandela Ts acceptance of
the Nobel Peace Prize alongside of
de Klerk. Winnie maintained it
was a farce and apartheid blood
was still dripping from de Klerk Ts
hands. Nelson Mandela felt the
prize was an important step in the
right direction.
Winnie Ts criticism concerning
the lack of speed with which the
Mandela government was reliev-
ing the suffering of the very poor
led to the widest gap yet, with
now-President Mandela firing
Winnie from her cabinet post, only
to have to re-hire her because she
was duly elected and not ap-
pointed.
No sex, either
As if to gild the lily, during the
trial yet another charge was laid
on Winnie. Mandela maintained
in court that Winnie had not had
sex with him since he returned
from prison. He said she never
once came to his bedroom or
knocked on the door.
In fact, the main charge was
adultery. Heclaimed as correspon-
dent Dali Mpofu, Winnie
Mandela Ts attorney and personal
assistant. Nelson Mandela Ts law-
yers presented as evidence a so-
called love letter Winnie had re-
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portedly written to Mpofu. The
letter, if it Ts the same one, had
surfaced before. It was rather dry
as love letters go, no eroticism.
The same or a similar letter was
used to accuse Winnie of some
check scam a while back. How did
Nelson Mandela come by this let-
ter? A newspaper reporter showed
it to him. Why? See above.
But haven Tt these people ever
heard of divorce by mutual con-
sent. In fact they had. Mandela
asked for mutual consent divorce
in 1994, but Winnie, who first said
yes, got mad at Mandela and later
said no.
Mandela was granted a divorce
the end of March 1996. Winnie,
however, claimed she may contest
because her reputation was given
a sound thrashing by Mandela.
She claims the result could injure
the requested $5 million financial
settlement. Before she could make
good this latest threat, the court
upped the date of the financial
settlement hearing and awarded
Winnie zero, zip, assinamali.
The latest word is Nelson has
told the press he will, despite the
court ruling, grant Winnie a little
something. oI have instructed my
legal representatives to negotiate
an ex-gratia payment to her, anda
waiver of the court costs. ? Mandela
also said he was glad the whole
business was over and regretted
that Winnie ocould not bring her-
self to negotiate an amicable settle-
ment. ?
For her part she says there was
nothing meaningful between her
and Mpofu, and she doesn Tt have
him to fall back on. She is also
deeply in debt. Nelson Mandela is
77, Winnie is 60.
My advice is, win or lose, write a
book. Other than admitting to
murder, add all the juicy details
and cry all the way to the bank.
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grueling 10 days of cross-ques- « -
tioning by seven defense teams,
Opperman gave evidence that the
apartheid army set up and ran a |
warfare school for more than 200
Zulus.
The clandestine Belgas in
Namibia's Caprivi Strip formed
part of the South African Defense
Force Ts plan of support for Chief
Mangosuthu Buthelezi Ts IFP,
| Apartheid trials
code-named oOperation Marion. ?
oWe were going to f " up the
ANC. It was a very sensitive, se-
_ cret operation. I was told that we
were training Inkatha people
and...Inkatha would have been a
force which would then...combat
the onslaught of the ANC in this
country, ? Opperman told the court.
Opperman testified that he was
operational commander for 10
Caprivi trainees who carried out
oreo
the hit squad, killing off 13 people
in a botched operation to assassi-
nate an alleged opaymaster ? of
ANC guerrillas in 1987.
Willie Hofmeyr, a parliamentar-
ian with the ANC who helped draft
laws governing the Truth Com-
mission, said the trial held hope
for its mission to uncover the per-
petrators of past political crimes. '
Slave house stands in J ames City
By Bernard Bush
Visitors to the New Bern, James
City area can visit the Crockett-
Miller slave quarters, a two-fam-
ily slave cabin named after two of
its former owners. It is located on
Craven Regional Airport property,
at the end of Howell Road, in James
City.
According to architect Paul
Stephens, as reported in the Sun
Journal, December 17, 1995, the
house was designed as a two-fam-
ily slave cabin around 1850. It is
about 14-feet wide by 29-feet long
and is a 1 1/2 story, gable roofed
frame structure. On the first floor
are two rooms of roughly equal
size. Upstairs is a loft. Until the
house was moved in 1980, a large
brick chimney stood between the
two first-floor rooms.
The chimney was used on both
sides of the house, the unheated
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downstairs. They were reached by
two steep, open, ladder-like stairs
that rose along both sides of the
chimney, Stephens told the Sun
Journal.
According to John Green, his-
toric preservation consultant for
this project, relatively speaking,
as far as slave houses go, this one
was better than other slave houses
because the house was built next
to a plantation house and was de-
signed for house slaves or cooks,
probably.
Originally, the slave cabin stood
at Neuse and Clarendon Boule-
vards, in New Bern. When that
property was sold to Taco Bell, the
cabin was moved to another loca-
tion by the New Bern Preserva-
tion Foundation.
In 1994, the slave cabin was
donated to the James City Histori-
cal Society, located at 502 Vail
Street, James 8 City. Members of
the James City Historical Society
had the building moved to its
present location, which is the loca-
tion of 522 known Afnican-Ameni-
can graves, also.
According to Mr. Ben Watford,
Chairman of the Board of Direc-
tors of the James City Historical
Society, that organization plans to
restore the slave cabin, erect a
monument for the graves of the
former slaves and their descen-
dants buried at that gravesite, and
create an overlook to the airport.
oWe want to make this slave
cabin and gravesite a tourist at-
traction in order to further edu-
cate our people, especially our chil-
dren, about our past, ? said Mr.
Watford.
For moreinformation, interested
personscan contact the James City
Historical Society at 919-633-5059.
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Letters To The Editor
Dear Editor
My name is Debbie Davis and
my family, has been destroyed by
domestic violence. Even though
the marriage is over, my four chil-
dren and I have been on the run
from my husband since 1991. I
though the nightmare was over
last year, but today a judgment
was passed in court which has not
only stated the cycle of persecu-
tion over again, but also places the
psychological and physical well
being of my kids in grave jeopardy.
I feel powerless to protect my chil-
dren, I don Tt have the financial
means that my ex-husband has,
when it comes to waging a lengthy
court battle, but my children and I
need help, desperately. I Tm hoping
that sending this to you will be a
first step in getting help.
My husband, is a very vengeful
and violent man who has been
going to extreme lengths to hurt
my kids and I, since we escaped
his world of abuse. He hired pri-
vate detectives who tracked us
down even though we moved from
state to state and from shelter to
shelter. I fled my home in the
middle of the night with just hast-
ily packed suitcases and scared
children. We ended up in a shelter
at High Point, at three o Tclock in
the morning. We were allowed to
stay one night, but told to move on,
the next day, because they lacked
the proper security measures. We
were told that my husband Ts vio-
lent acts could put the safety of
ourselves and other people at the
shelter in jeopardy.
This wasn Tt the first time that
we had to flee to a shelter. We had
been in other domestic violence
shelters before, because of the beat-
ing I had taken from him, and
other forms of physical and men-
tal abuse, some of it directed at my
children. He always promised that
it would never happen again, and
I always went back with the hopes
of holding our family together. Fi-
nally, I realized that things were
never going to change, and that
the effect all this was having on
my children was going from bad to
worse.
My 4-year-old son was awak-
ened out of his sleep by a beating,
for leaving his tricycle in the wrong
area of the driveway. The other
kids were often sweared at, some-
times after my husband came home
drunk. To this day I have scars on
my back from being thrown across
a car, my husband felt there were
too many men at the car-wash I
just come home from. He often
flew into jealous rages for reasons
that would leave me crying out of
shame and disbelief, reasons that
hurt emotionally as much as the
physical pain-sometimes even
more.
After being asked to leave the
High Point shelter, we ended up at
the Salvation Army in Raleigh.
We were trying to get our life back
together, when Christmas came,
and with it my husband. He tried
to break in, but was stopped when
people who worked at the Salva-
tion Army called the police. Mean-
while, the staff took us out the
back door and sent us to another
shelter in Virginia. Because it was
very unhygenie and negatively
affecting my children Ts health, we
moved back to Raleigh.
This time we moved into an-
other domestice violence shelter,
until we could get into our own
apartment. I secured a job as a
manager ata local restaurant. One
morning at 6:00 a.m. we awoke to
the sound of my husband Ts voice:
he was outside our door, asking
my neighbor questions about me,
and whether or not I lived alone.
We became frightened. One of my
sons tried to hide in a box, another
gotinto a closet, my yougest daugh-
ter tried to hide under the bed, and
the oldest daughter began to
hyperventilate. I was afraid of my
husband might be planning out-
side the house, and for what might
happen to my children on the in-
side. I called the police, afraid that
he was there to kill us all, hoping
that the police would arrive and at
least talk him into leaving.
In a moment of desperation, I
called channel 22 hoping that
someone would be able to help me
and my children get out of this
alive, while my husband circled
the house with his car. Finally,
two detectives arrived at my house
and arrested my husband for car-
rying a concealed weapon and
stalking. The detective told me
that my husband had enough
money in his pocket to be out on
bond. With fear in my heart, I
packed up my children again and
we moved to New York where my
mother lived just to get my kids to
a safe place, at least temporarily.
Ireturned to Raleigh to fight the
battle for us to get our lives back
again, only to find out that he had
sexually molested my oldest
daughter when I was at work. We
tried to file charges against him in
Raleigh, but we were told we
couldn Tt because it didn Tt happen
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in Raleigh. So back we went, to
Union County, where we were told
that they would only detain him
for a short while, and would prob-
ably be out angrier than before,
especially because he wasn Tt her
real father.
So I returned to Raleigh, where
he was being held on the stalking
and weapons charges, to try and
stop the madness that was de-
stroying my family. When I en-
tered the courtroom, Ilearned taht
he was suing for custody of my
children, and the stalking charges
were dropped because I was late
getting to court. I was granted
temporary custody, but was still
homeless. We did find a friend who
let us sta, because I had once helped
her in her time of need. She got
tired of hleping us, and put us
back out on the streets again.
I was so afraid that having to
live in the streets was going to
make me lose my kids. Luckily, I
met someone who was living in
transitional housing, who helped
us to get a room in the Raleigh
Rescue Mission for one night. He
used some of his unemployment
check to get us into a hotel the next
day. I went to work as a cab driver
to support my kids and keep pay-
ing for the hotel unit] we found
somewhere more permanent to
stay. No-one would take my cus-
tody case because I didn Tt have the
funds to pay a $1000+ retainer
and because my case was in an-
other county. I was even turned
down by legal aid. I had no lawyer,
no real job, no real home, just love
for my children and plenty to pray
for.
Thanks to friends that I worked
with at the cab-stand, I was able to
get rides to and from the long,
drawn-out court battle. Eventu-
ally, I moved back to High Point
and got ajobas acook. Meanwhile,
my oldest daughter stayed behind
to attend college and get on with
her life. I secured another house
for us: we loved it and were very
happy, even though my husband
was granted visitation rights.
During one of his visits, in a
moment of rage, he threatened to
take the kids from me. Somehow,
I found the strength to tell him
that he Tll never get my kids, and
that we are tired of running from
him. We ended up in one of our
shouting matches and before I
knew what had happened, he hit
me across the face. I told the kids
to get into the car and we drove
away very quickly. Afraid that he
might follow me. I went to the
sheriff's station at High Point, in-
stead of going home, afraid that he
may follow us, I took out papers
charging him for assault on a fe-
male.
At some time after 1:00 a.m., my
husband showed up at my house.
Hethreatened to kill me if] showed
up at court: I wasn Tt even aware
that he knew where I lived! I took
out papers on him again, this time
for intimidating a witness. By the
time the case came to trial, the
intimidation charges were dropped
because I couldn Tt remember the
exact date that he came to my
house. Great- a man can follow me
from state-to-state, come to my
house with a gun, threaten to kill
me, but can get away with it if I
don Tt ask him to take a break from
terrorizing me long enough for me
to record the date on a calendar.
He was at least charged with do-
mestic violence, though this didn Tt
prevent me from having to live in
fear and hiding.
This year I won custody of my
children and was granted a di-
vorce. He was granted visitation
rights. He never showed up, he
had his phone cut off, and then
moved, with no forwarding ad-
dress. I tried to reach him, because
was told if I didn Tt, I would go to
jail. Every time we went, but he
failed to show, I called my lawyer
and reported that he was not there.
I was told to stop going then, but
continued trying to reach him out
of fear that the courts would take
my kids.
The state took him to court for
child support. The next day he
filed papers, charging me with con-
tempt of court for denying visita-
tion. Today he saw his kids for the
first time in a year. Meanwhile, I
have found a fulfilling job, yet an-
other home, and started rebuild-
ing my life. By granting this daddy-
fo-a-day visitation rights, then tell-
ing this man who was found guilty
of domestic violence and carrying
a concealed weapon that he could
get my address from the clerk of
court, the wheels of ~justice T have
started to slowly grind my life into
pieces again.
Based on his prior threats and
vindictive nature, I feel that this is
the last day that I'll ever see my
kids if they are forced to go with
him. They are being forced-they
are either terrified or in denial
over the upcoming visit. When they
came back from prior visits with
him, they told me that they were
made to sleep naked under the
sheets, even though they had pa-
a
jamas with them, even though they
COMPLAINED about being cold.
My 17-year-old daughter had to
sleep with her brothers, but they
were all afraid to say anything to
him, afraid to be punished. Just
what every mother wants to hear:
her older daughter was sexually
molested and now her youngest
daughter sleeps cold and naked
even though she has bedclothes.
Why? Out of plain meanness, or
something more wicked and per-
verse. Every time the question
come to mind, I try to block it out,
try to fight back the tears, tear of
anger and helplessness.
When she was just a baby, he
came home drunk one night and
started to urinate on us while we
lie asleep on the couch. Now, years
later, I wonder if I Tm doing some-
thing just as terrible to her, by
allowing the visitation. But what
choice do I have-get thrown in jail
for contempt of court, then lose all
my children? Meanwhile he has
the means to get my address. He
probably- learned from his last
mistake and will now be more de-
vious when he comes for us. Will I
awaken one dark night to his face
leering over my bed and a knife to
my throat? After he kills me, will
he run away with my kids, maybe
spend years punishing them be-
cause of me. Will he continue the
cycle of abuse in THEIR lives, a
cycle that the court, in all its wis-
dom could have ended? What
physical and psychological condi-
tion will they end up in when he
has total control over their lives?
I just hope that someone will
hear my plea and help me save my
children. When justice is blind, it
is up to us to restore its sight, and
with it our own sense of humanity.
If anyone out there has the means
to do so, please HELP ME and my
kids. Why should they have to
leave in fear and abuse because
their mother is trying to abide by
the law, the same law that wants
me to hand them over to their
abuser. Please call me at (919)
829-1222, if you can help.
Thank You,
Debbie Davis
Dear Friends:
Due to much encouragement
from my constituents throughout
eastern North Carolina, I have
decided to file for the North Caro-
lina Senate Seat, District 06, rep-
resenting parts of Pitt, Martin,
Edgecombe, Wilson and Washing-
ton Counties. This seatis currently
held by Senator Robert oBob ? Mar-
tin.
This race represents the best
opportunity ever to affect change
in our Gistrict. Based on past elec-
tions success as a Greenville City
School Board member and chair-
man (8 years), Greenville City
Councilman (4 years), and Mayor
of the City of Greenville (2 years);
I am confident that, with hard
work, we will be victorious.
There was no irony in my being
one of only two people ever having
been elected on a write-in cam-
paign in the history of Pitt County
(My 1985 election to the Greenville
City Council). There was no irony
in my having received the greatest
number of votes in my 1987 elec-
tion as Mayor of the City of
Greenville, just prior to the 1988
massive redistricting of voters in
the City. These victories are due to
the dedication and commitments
of my long-time supporters who
are committed to effective, honest,
and capable leadership.
lowing address: The Cocmallias
To Elect Ed Carter, Post Office T
Box 612, Greenville, N.C. 27835. "
Yours For Better Government,
Ed Carter
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With the political temperature
heating up, many conventions,
conferences and public reflections
on Black political strategy are tak-
ing place. So now is a good moment
to review the history of our cur-
rent strategies and where they
have brought us thus far.
In 1972 the National Black Po-
litical Convention was convened
in Gary, Indiana. Its purpose was
to formulate a long-term strategy
for advancing the Black Agenda
beyond the achievements of the
civil rights and Black Power move-
ments of the 1960s. Among those
participatingin the convention was
the then-Mayor of Gary, Richard
Hatcher, who advocated the for-
mation of a Black-led multiracial
third party that would organize
the demands for democracy and
social justice of the 1960s into an
electoral framework. Another par-
ticipant was the Reverend Jesse
Jackson, who supported the cre-
ation of a third party as well. But
the pro-third party sentiment
among some Black leaders was
overridden by the promise of po-
litical leverage inside the Demo-
cratic Party.
At the time Shirley Chisholm,
who would become the first Black
woman presidential candidate,
The American Social Health
Association encourages people to
learn about sexually transmitted
diseases, one of the nation Ts most
pervasive and urgent health prob-
lems, during National STD Aware-
ness Month in April. Through the
National STD Hotline, 800/227-
§ 8922, callers can get free, confi-
dential answers to their questions
and request free written informa-
tion on STDs.
ASHA is making information on
® STDs available to agencies all over
|) the country to use in their local
| awareness promotion campaigns.
Blue Ridge
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- conservation
~effort begins
_ The North Carolina Year of the
* Mountains Commission and the
* Raleigh-based Conservation Trust
© for North Carolina announce their
= joint formation of the oPreservers
® of the Blue Ridge Parkway ? fund.
| The oPreservers ? fund will seek
private donations from individu-
| als and corporations that will be
used to protect important vistas
and natural and historicsites along
the Blue Ridge Parkway.
National Park Service officials
consider a number of sites along
the Parkway Ts North Carolina
route to be critical to the future
popularity of the nation Ts oldest,
and longest, rural parkway. Many
of these sites are increasingly
threatened by residential and com-
mercial development currently
taking place in and around the
Blue Ridge.
Working on behalf of the Year of
the Mountains Commission and
in conjunction with the National
Park Service, the Conservation
Trust will use funds collected by
the oPreservers ? to protect lands
that are important to the
Parkway Ts scenic value and are
under threat of severe alteration
or destruction. The Conservation
Trust is North Carolina T s only
nonprofit land trust that operates
on a statewide scale. The Trust
will accept donations of land or
conservation easements on land
@ along the Parkway in addition to
protecting properties through out-
right purchase.
very penny raised for the oPre-
servers of the Blue Ridge Park-
way ? fund will be applied to the
purchase of land and essential
rights-of-way necessary to protect
the Parkway Ts value. All tracts
purchased will obtained for no
more than their appraised fair
market value from willing sellers
and will be owned by the Parkway.
Individuals, families, businesses
and organizations that contribute
3600 or more to the fund will re-
~Peive a beautiful, inscribed, full-
color certificate signed by the Gov-
~ernor of North Carolina that de-
clares the contributor a oPreserver
- of the Blue Ridge Parkway. ? Con-
tributions to the fund are tax-de-
: ductible.
} The Year of the Mountains is a
} statewide, bipartisan commission
appointed by Governor James B.
unt to identify challenges and
solutions in the areas of quality
economic growth and development,
preservation of the mountain
region Ts cultural heritage, and pro-
tection of the mountains T natural
beauty. oPreservers of the Park-
way ? ida resultofthe Commission's
efforts to fulfill its mission.
was preparing to run in the Demo-
cratic primaries. So was Senator
George McGovern, whose efforts
to reform the Democratic Party
after its turbulent 1968 conven-
tion in Chicago, where Black Pan-
ther Party members and anti-war
activists were beaten bloody by
the local police, had resulted in
changes in party rules that prom-
ised to enhance the political power
of African Americans, Latinos,
women, and peace activists. The
pressure to grab what appeared to
be a genuine opportunity inside
the Democratic Party was enor-
mous. And so the National Black
Political Convention voted to pur-
sue an empowerment strategy of
electing the greatest number of
Black public officials possible by
fielding candidates for office un-
der the auspices of the Democratic
Party.
After 1972, that empowerment
campaign took off in earnest; in
the 20 years that followed, Black
political representation increased
365%. However, while the num-
bers of Black faces in high places
grew substantially, the conditions
of the Black community overall
deteriorated. During the 1980s
Black poverty in the cities in-
creased by 49%. The War on Pov-
For 1996, the centerpiece of this
campaign is a colorful poster pro-
moting condom use through the
slogan oIn Your Heart, You Know
It Ts Right. ?
oWe want people to understand
that loving safely is a way for
couples to show they care about
each other, ? said ASHA president
Peggy Clarke.
STDs infect at least 55 million
Americans - one in four adults -
and are spreading at the rate of 12
million new cases each year. oDe-
spite the prevalence of these dan-
gerous infections, there seems to
be an alarming gap between pub-
lic awareness of STDs and the re-
ality of the epidemic, ? Clarke said.
A 1995 Gallup Organization
study commissioned by ASHA re-
vealed that 30 percent of respon-
dents in six countries - France,
Italy, Spain, Sweden, the United
Kingdom and the U.S. - knowsome-
one who has had an STD. How-
ever, one-third could not name an
STD other than HIV/AIDS. More
than half said their health care
providers spend ono time at all ?
discussing STDs with them.
oWe counsel people to become
well informed of the risks posed by
STDs and to learn how to protect
themselves and others from pos-
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erty was soon transformed into an
elaborate patronage system that
allowed Democrats to win and re-
tain elective office. In some cases,
Black activists were the beneficia-
ries of local political machine build-
ing. But the Black political infra-
structure that got created was not
independent. It was controlled by
the top movers and shakers of the
party, who were white and tied to
corporate and financial interests
which had no stake in Black eco-
nomic or social development.
Blacks got elected to office, only to
preside over worsening conditions
in the communities. And while
Black elected officials consistently
delivered Black majorities to white
Democratic Party candidates at
the state and national levels,
Black America had little politi-
cal clout. It was this dilemma that
Rev. Jesse Jackson Ts 1984 presi-
dential campaign hoped to address.
With Richard Hatcher as his
campaign chairman, Rev. Jackson
launched a political crusade to win
the Democratic Party nomination
for the presidency. He galvanized
hundreds of thousands of new
Black voters and shook the com-
placent Black establishment to its
foundations. He garnered three
and a half million votes. But even
sible infection, ? Clarke said. oFur-
thermore, we urge couples
to share the responsibility of
safer sex. ?
STDs have a disproportionate
impact on women, Clarke noted.
Because of anatomical differences,
women are more susceptible to
STD infection, less likely to expe-
rience symptoms than men are
and more difficult to diagnose.
Young people are also at high risk
for STDs. Two-thirds of new infec-
tions occur in people under 25 and
one-fourth occur in teenagers.
Viral STDs, for which there are
currently no cures, have a lifelong
impact on physical and emotional
health. An estimated 40 million
Americans have genital herpes
and 40 million have human
papillomavirus (HPV), the cause
of genital warts. One million
Americans are living with HIV/
AIDS, which is usually fatal.
Bacterial STDs can be treated
and cured, but are often undetec-
ted. Because chlamydia has no
symptoms in 75 percent of cases
among women and 25 percent of
cases among men, it has become
the most rapidly advancing STD,
with 4 million new infections each
year. Gonorrhea, also symptom-
less in many cases, accounts for
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ack political st
as he was generating a new energy
source for the Democratic Party "
at a moment when the Republican
Party had taken the White House
and political reaction was on the
rise " he ran smack up against
the limits of the Gary, Indiana
strategy. The open party rules
drafted by McGovern in 1972 had
been rewritten by Walter Mondale
in order to seal off the party from
political influence by Black and
other progressive voters. Rev.
Jackson Ts impressive popular vote
got translated into a shockingly
inconsequential number of del-
egates. Mondale, the party boss,
was the front runner for the nomi-
nation, and " not coincidentally
" the writer of the rules. He and
his anti-democratic Democratic
Party cronies ran the show.
But blocking entry to the corri-
dors of power was only half the
story of the Democratic Party Ts
response to Rev. Jackson Ts run.
The party hierarchy asserted its
authority to dictate not only to
Rev. Jackson but to the Black com-
munity as a whole who we may
and may not associate with; to tell
us which leaders are appropriate
and legitimate and which ones
aren't.
In the early stages of Rev.
April is National STD Awareness Month;
couples urged to love safely
800,000 new infections annually.
Both viral and bacterial STDs
can place the infected person at
high risk for HIV/AIDS. If un-
treated, chlamydia and gonorrhea
are particularly destructive to
women, causing pelvic inflamma-
tory disease (PID), infertility and
ectopicor tubal pregnancies. Some
strains of HPV are associated with
cervical cancer.
ASHA operates the National
STD Hotline, 800/227-8922; the
National AIDS Hotline, 800/342-
2437; and the National Herpes
Hotline, 919/361-8488. To order the
poster oIn Your Heart You Know
It Ts Right, ? send $4 per copy to
ASHA, Dept. PR62, P.O. Box
13827, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709. To order free guides to
sexual health communication call
800/972-8500.
Jackson's campaign, he received a
strong stateinent of support from
the Nation of Islam and its leader,
Louis Farrakhan, then little
known outside Muslim circles. In
an unprecedented break with po-
litical abstentionism, Minister
Farrakhan announced that the
Nation would support Rev.
Jackson Ts candidacy and that the
Fruit of Islam would provide secu-
rity to the candidate in his travels.
But as Rev. Jackson increasingly
demonstrated his capacity to gal-
vanize an independent base within
the party, the Democrats began to
impose conditions on him. In par-
ticular, they demanded that he
repudiate Minister Farrakhan. He
has no place in my campaign, Rev.
Jackson was forced to tell the
world. The political die was cast.
In the treatment of Rev. Jack-
son by the party hierarchy can be
read the whole story of the Black
political position in the Democratic
Party. We were the junior part-
ners in a coalition with white lib-
erals. Which meant that white lib-
erals would determine the terms
of that coalition. We were assured
that we would benefit by the alli-
ance, even if it meant sacrificing
right to choose our own
That was the Democratic
vention in 1984, when Walter |
Mondale was nominated as the
Democratic Party Ts presidential "
candidate, Rev. Jackson was given
40 minutes of prime time televi-
sion to apologize to the country for
his political incorrectness.
This scene had a profound ef-
fect on Black America. For many ~ "
of us, it encapsulated the experi-
ence of being African American in
liberal white America. On the one
hand, being Black meant youcould
make a special claim for social
justice and a piece of the economic
pie; on the other hand, that claim
could only be made within the con-
fines of a political framework that
protected the status quo and the
dominance of our senior partners.
This is why I believe the time
has come for a serious re-orienta-
tion of our political strategy. The
option of a third party for Black
America "raised but rejected in
Gary in 1972 " must become our
political method for the 1990s and
beyond.
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Washington Counties. Portions of these counties constitute the 6th North Carolina Senatorial District. As a
candidate for the State Senate from this District, I have been soliciting citizen input regarding issues impacting
on their quality of life. People in the District expressed concern over the loss of jobs, the increase in crime,
environmental pollution, lack of support for public education, increasing taxation and the absence of term limits
for elected officials.
During the past year 3,855 people have lost their jobs: Edgecombe County (1,740 people affected), Martin County
(660 people affected) and Pitt County (1,145 people affected). While the NC Employment Agency Ts statistics
were not available for Washington County, residents of that county have expressed identical concems about the
lack of jobs.
To further compound the jobless problem, the ever increasing temporary workforce continues to rob working #
people in their attempt to make a decent living. Temporary workers generally work for minimum wages and the #f:
temporary employment agency hiring them receive almost as much as the workers. The Employment Security
Commission of North Carolina considers these individuals to be employed. Therefore, the percentage of people
listed as being unemployed, remains low, reflecting favorably on the North Carolina Employment Commission.
When industries are contacted and asked to move to eastern North Carolina, some refuse because of the low ff.
unemployment statistics, suggesting that most people already have jobs. The end result is that poor and working
people suffer in our District, while the rich get richer on cheap labor.
One county in our District has resorted to considering hog processing plants, solid waste disposal sites and radio-
active waste dump sites in order to provide jobs for its citizens.
If elected to the NC State Senate, I will organize the State Senators and Representatives and we will work with
local leaders to formulate an envoy from eastern North Carolina for the purpose of recruiting jobs in the eastern
part of this great State. Although East Carolina University is the third largest university of the sixteen campuses
in the University System, it ranks thirteenth in the state in terms of the appropriations received per student.
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In the past several weeks,
America has come to learn of two
incidents of racist treatment per-
petrated by White police officers
upon two African American fe-
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Amsterdam newspaper, Dr.
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dropping her 70-year-old father
off for an early morning breakfast
and running some errands, she
was stopped by officer Henry
Hughes III, who told Jemison that
she had madea wrong traffic turn.
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"an eight-year-resident of Nassau
Bay, then threw down her keys at
the thought of being arrested and
taken down to the nearby police
station. oWhen I leaned down to
pick up the keys, the officer
grabbed my wrist and began twist-
ing it very painfully behind my
back. He ultimately pushed me
face down onto the dpavement and
completed handcuffing mein a very
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violation and having an outstand-
ing warrant, ? she said.
Later, Jemison, who lives near
the NASA flight facility, recounted
that she was otold I could not turn
my car over to my father, I could
not secure the checks that had
already been endorsed and were
sitting openly on the front, seat of
my car and I could not take cus-
tody of my purse. Furthermore, I
could not even call my sister, who
lives one block away, to come get
my car. Instead, I was told that my
car had to be towed. ?
Jemison, who was also made to
walk barefoot, obecause my soft
whoes were taken away from me
as possible weapons, ? later posted
bond and released... In another
statement released to the press,
Jemison denounced her treatment
as oextreme actions to what, at
best, can be called a benign situa-
tion resulted in bodily harm, men-
tal anguish and were intended to
humiliate me.
oThis incident was also unfortu-
nate because it has the potential
to take the focus off my life Ts work
in the science, technology and edu-
st treatment by police
cation fields, including my work
as .professor of Environmental
Studies at Dartmouth College, as
founder of the International Sci-
ence Camp; The Earth We Share
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tion advocate for Bayer Corpora-
tion. ?
Chief Holden could not be
reached for comment. The In-
former was also told by a Nassau
Bay receptionist that officer
Hughes owas not answering any
questions on the situation at this
time. ?
In recent weeks, the nation was
also shocked to witness a White
South Carolina police officer bru-
tally rough up 'a Black motorist on
a U.S. highway. Early this month,
a police videotape showed officer
W.H. Beckwith dragging Sandra
Antor from her car and shouting
obscenities. Beckwith was later
fired.
Concluding that his action did
not merit federal charges, the U.S.
Justice Department ruled this
week that no civil rights charges
will be pursued in the incident.
Beckwith still faces an investiga-
tion by the State Law Enforce-
ment Division while Antor plans
to file a lawsuit.
Editorial
U.S. Senate aspirant Harvey
Gantt invited executives, colum-
nists and reporters representing
the state Ts black press to the of-
fices of his Charlotte-based archi-
tectural firm last week. The net-
work of papers "known as the
North Carolina Black Publishers
Association " cover the state from
Greenville (The Minority Voice) in
the east, to Asheville (The Advo-
j cate) in the west and most of every-
thing in between. One could not
tell from the hubbub of activity in
this model office place of
multiculturalism that someone
here was running for a senate seat
thatirrepressible symbol ofall that
is the exact opposite mirror image
of Gantt Ts place of business, not to
mention his persona and politics.
NCBPA papers are read mainly by
some 250,000 African Americans
in a dozen newspapers each week.
North Carolinians who read these
black newspapers tend to vote more
than those who don Tt. And Gantt
knows well that political cam-
paigning is largely a media activ-
ity. Though not to the extent of
television, the press influences
elections, thus Gantt Ts appeal to
the publishers to endorse his can-
didacy. Getting to the point of rec-
ommending to their readers that
they vote for Gantt included mo-
ments of burdensome debate, and
the exchanges contained elements
of quarrelsome back-and-forth.
When Gantt ran against the field
in the Democratic primary and
later against Helms in 1990, there
was no debate. The fact is, in 1990,
Gantt was the candidate of choice
for virtually every Democrat opin-
ion leader "from liberal party
leaders to owatchdogs ? in the
state Ts thousands of black pulpits.
Getting to the basis of why some
black leaders " many well-known
to readers of the Association Ts pa-
pers " are either hedging on their
support of Gantt this time or are
outrightly supporting Charlie
Sanders, Gantt Ts opponent in next
month Ts primary, was the point of
debate in last week Ts historical
meeting with Gantt. However,
rather than signify a schism in the
black community, this endorse-
ment marks the diversity of opin-
ion that is as much a part of the
black community as it is a part of
other interest groups. We go on
record to support Gantt early on
for anumber of reasons which were
eloquently explained by him, al-
though we were already skeptical
of Sanders. For one, we do not
believe that Sanders is othe only
Democrat who can beat Jesse
Helms. ? We have examined the
exit poll data and precinct trends
from 1990. Clearly, Mr Helms T
narrow margin of victory over
Ganttin 1990 was a result of white
Democrats not supporting Gantt.
By his own admission, Sanders
was one of the less-than-yellow-
dog Democrats. Also, in 1990,
Harvey Gantt galvanized broad-
based support and came closer
than any of Helms T opponents up
to that time. oWhy are some black
leaders and party heavyweights
not supporting you? ? was the
$64,000 question posed to Gantt.
To that we agreed that Sanders
does appear to come off like the
Democrats T equivalent of Steve
Forbes in the Republican primary
presidential campaign, who, with
a pocket full of money, has crafted
an image of a deliverer on every-
thing but a white horse. We don Tt
think North Carolina voters, espe-
cially blacks, should or can be
bought this easily, under the guise
that only a wealthy candidate can
beat Helms. Neither do we like
what we don Tt know or seein Sand-
ers T record of relationships in the
African-American community. We
challenge the black leaders who
have sided with Sanders to speak
directly " in our pages " to the
signal theirchanged support sends
to young people in our state; does
it not say that a black person can Tt
win? In the end, the NCBPA pa-
pers those with a policy in place to
back candidates) are going on
record to endorse Gantt eagerly.
The Chronicle does so spiritedly.
Harvey Gantt, former mayor of
Charlotte, is our choice to unseat
Senator Jesse Helms. In taking
our stand with Gantt, we stand
against key opinion leaders in the
Democratic Party who support
Charlie Sanders. And what an
opportunity our differences make.
Our member papers " long stal-
wart of political opinion in our
respective communities " take
this opportunity to persuade and
compel, and maybe even embar-
rass those who stand against
Gantt, and to speak directly to
those who legitimate their leader-
ship: black voters of North Caro-
lina. The people deserve more from
their leaders than murmurs like
oHarvey hasn Tt called me since
1990. ? When did Sanders call you?
Isn Tt there a higher calling: to de-
feat Jesse Helms " which we can
do together "behind Harvey
Gantt.
Healthcare Consortium
receives grant
The Carolina East Behavioral
Healthcare Consortium has been
awarded a $304,900 grant by the
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
of Winston-Salem, Mr. Charles R.
Franklin, Jr., Chief Executive Of-
ficer for Carolina East Behavioral
Healthcare Consortium, said re-
cently on behalf of the
Consortium Ts Board of Directors.
The Carolina East Behavioral
Healthcare Consortium (CEBHC)
isa brandnew health maintenance
agency which was recently formed
to coordinate 10 Area Community
Mental Health Programs, includ-
ing Prit Mental Health Center,
represent 25 counties that are over-
whelmingly rural, sparsely popu-
lated, and include many of the
poorest counties in North Caro-
lina. The HC wae formed to
minimize the administrative costs
ofthe Carolina Altematives initia-
tive in capitated managed care for
Medicaid clients (children and
adults). Control of administrative
costs will promote two key goals:
1) to maximize the number of
underserved non-Medicaideligible
clients who are prwided needed
mental health and substance abuse
services; and 2) to enable the de-
velopment or purchase of needed
services missing from the
continuums of care of individual
Area Programs through economies
of scale.
Pitt County residents will see
significant benefits because more
services at lower costs will be avail-
able, according to Ms, Pat Tate,
_ Coordinator of Managed Care/
Employee Assistance Program for
Pitt Mental Health Area Program.