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EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S MINORITY VOICE - SINCE 1981
Black church burningsescalate
The burning of Black churches
in America continues to escalate.
The major media has paid slight
attention to these incidents of des
ecration of our houses of worship.
Talk show hosts feature guests
who question the racial basis for
these burnings. In fact, the media
and the pundits make all efforts to
dismiss these burnings as usual
vandalism by juveniles or disorga
nized miscreants. The Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
(SCLC), has assumed a leadership
role in protesting the burnings,
pleading to Jaw enforcement offi
cials to bring the cnminals involved
to justice. As an SCLC member
andavery concerned citizen activ
ist, lamrunning relevant excerpts
from the recent statement made
by our SCLC President, Dr. Jo
seph Lowery, concerning the
burnings before the Judiciary Com
mittee of the U.S. House of Repre
sentatives on Tuesday, May 21,
1996. The excerpts are as follows:
oMr. Chairman and members of
the Judiciary Committee: The
Department of Justice, through
the Assistant Attorney General of
the Civil Rights Division, has ad-
vised us that, as of April 24, 1996,
they have investigated fires and
incidences of desecration at 46
different houses of worship in 15
states, since 1990. Of the 46 inci-
dents listed, 29 remain unsolved.
Thus far in 1996, 25 incidents
have been reported and 23 re-
main unsolved.
We have been outraged at these
continuing attacks on places of
worship"and sorely disappointed
that until recently, law enforce-
ment, in particular, as well as
government and media, in gen-
eral-have seemed only mildly in-
terested in focusing on these acts
of terrorism. Scant notice was
given by the national media until
achurch, where the assistant pas-
tor was a well-known professional
football star, was torched. In late
1995, the SCLC intensified its pro-
test and plea to law enforcement
resourcesf to bring these crimi-
nals to justice.
In early 1996, we visited the
sites of burned churches in Ala-
bama and Louisiana. Subse-
quently, Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral Deval Patrick visited our of-
fices in Atlanta to assure us that
the investigation of these fires
would be given top priority. An
official in the enforcement divi-
sion of the Treasury Department,
the ATF, also called and informed
us that aJoint Task Force with the
Justice Department, consisting of
approximately 100 person, had
been assigned to the investigation.
We were advised that two of the
officers originally assigned to the
task force had been removed after
it was discovered that they had
been amony ATF agents attend-
ing a ~Good Ole Boy Roundup,�
where shameful racist activities
took place.
Gov. Hunt appoints task force to
target racial and religious violence
Gov. Jim Hunt is forming a task
force of top law enforce
government officials
and black leaders "with Attorne J
General Mike Easley as chat
designed to protect black churches
around the state from
motivated fires.
oNorth Carolina is
tolerate racial or religious violence,
and we're sending that message
ministers
racially
not going to
oud and clear,� Hunt said. oWe
need law enforcement experts,
community leaders and concerned
citizens to focus on one common
goal: how can we stop these violent
attacks on our churches? And we
need tougher penalties to make
sure that those who instigate such
violence are punished appropri-
ately.�
In addition, Hunt and the Legis-
lative Black Caucus are develop-
ing legislation to stiffen penalties
for church burning. The legisla-
tion"drafted by the GovernorTs
staff"would increase the penal-
ties for damaging a church with
fire or an explosive device; reclas-
sify church arson as a violentcrime;
and stiffen the maximum sentence
for church arson from four to six
(Continued on page 4)
1: Voice
WEEK OF JUNE 6-21, 1996
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discussed. Shown above are Dr. Diane Campbell, Eva Clayton, Dr. Gwendolyn Knuckles and
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Paul Jones appointed to district
court judgeship by Governor Hunt
When Congress goes out of ses-
sion for one of many recesses, those
of us who cover the Hill get the
opportunity to pursue other types
of stones.
In the case of this columnist, my
travels took me to a courtroom in
the D.C. Superior Court to observe
the case which involves former
NAACP Executive Director Ben-
jamin Chavis and Mary E. Stancil,
who has filed a lawsuit against
Chavis andth eNAACP for alleged
sexual harassment and breach of
contract. She is seeking in excess
of $200,000 fo her loss of employ-
ment and the alleged harassment.
The third party in this lawsuitis
the NAACP, the nationTs oldest
civil rights organization. The
NAACP takes the position that
they shouldnTt be held liable to pay
Ms. Stancil and that Chavis should
Paul L. Jones, director of com-
munity legal services at North
Carolina Central University
School of Law, has been appointed
as district court judge for the
Eighth Judicial District which in-
cludes Greene, Lenoir and Wayne
sense of justice to this post,� Hunt
said. oHe will serve the people of
Greene, Lenoir and Wayne coun
ties well.�
Jones served as a staff attorne:,
and assistant clerk of court for the
U.S. Supreme Court.
He also served as chief legal as-
sistance officer for the 2nd Ar-
mored Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.
He was discharged in 1979 after
three years of service after reach-
ing the rank of Captain.
Jones also served two years as
the managing attorney for East-
ern North Carolina Legal Services
Inc., in Wilson. He was in private
practice from 1982-1992. He served
as supervising attorney for the
Civil Rights Litigation Clinic at
the N.C. Central University School
of Law from 1992 to 1995.
Jones received his B.S. fromN.C.
A&T State University in 1971 and
his J.D. from N.C. Central School
of Law in 1974. He also graduated
from the U.S. ArmyTs Judge Advo-
cate OfficerTs basic and advanced
training courses in Charlottesville,
Va.
He is a former president of the
Lenoir County Bar Association and
past president of the Eighth Judi-
cial District Bar Association.
sad spectacle
pay of the jury finds that he is
liable. The result of these conflict-
ing interests is a table full of law-
yers and some graphic testimony
describing sexual liaisons between
Chavis and Ms. Stancil. And at
least, one other member of the
groupTs executive board.
The trial has given a obirdTs eye�
view of how the nationTs premier
civil rights organization works.
What seems to emerge is an orga-
nization with over 60 board mem-
bers. This number of persons would
appear to be too many to effec-
tively arrive at any conclusion ona
given subject. It also becomes clear
that persons not of African Ameni-
can ancestry exercise control over
the organization. This is readily
apparent when you observe who is
arguing the case on behalf of the
NAACP.
Unless some pages have fallen
out of my history books, I thought
that the NAACP was a group that
fought for the inclusion of African
Americans into every realm of
American society, including the
legal profession. If that is the case,
why are the African American at-
torneys playing a secondary role
in the trial? It would appear that
the nationTs oldest civil rights or-
ganization is subscribing to the
old wisdom which held that, oOne
manTs ice 1s colder than your own.�
In courtrooms, there are win-
ners and losers. However, in this
case, itTs difficult to see and clear
cut winner emerging, no matter
what the jury decides. If the jury
decides that the claims of Ms.
Stancil have merit and that Chavis
alone has to pay, itis clear that the
(Continued on page 4)
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Inmates work in Kinston
KINSTON - A bus loaded with
35 minimum custody inmates
leaves Greene Correctional Cen-
ter at 7:30 Monday through Fn-
day mornings taking the men to
their jobs working for the city of
Kinston.
oWe were looking for a way to
save money and get more things
done,� said Ervin Keaton,
KinstonTs assistant city manager.
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The inmates have painted build-
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oWe look for inmates who have
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The city oversees their inmate
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cityTs appearance and free city
employees to work on other duties.
Three inmates working for the
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have built a twobedroom home on
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sell the home to a needy resident
for about $25,000.
oWe've put about $6,000 into the
construction so far and expect that
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Keaton. oThese inmates and our
staffbuilt the house from the foun-
dation up.�
Greene Correctional Center con-
tracts with eight state and local
government agencies to work 132
inmates. The inmates work in
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Wilson.
In North Carolina, 581 inmates
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governments and 27 state agen-
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RALEIGH " North CarolinaTs
tobacco industry remains a strong
$1 billion crop in the face of oppo-
sition, but growers should be pre-
pared to leap more hurdles in the
months and years ahead, state Ag-
riculture Commissioner Jim Gra-
ham told a tobacco organization
here Friday.
oFriends, the tobacco industry
stands at a crossroads,� Graham
told members of the Flue-Cured
Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization
Corp. oWe are heading into a new
century. Many challenges are be-
fore us. We have been able to leap
a number of obstacles that were in
our path. But some await.�
Graham repeated his opposition
to a proposal that the fedleral Food
and Drug Administration regulate
nicotine as a drug.
oNicotine should not be regu-
lated as a drug,� he said. oItTs the
first step toward a total ban, and
we know that prohibition doesnTt
work.
oAs for underage smoking, no-
body wants our young people to
use tobacco,� he said. oI say en-
force the local and state laws al-
ready on the books. DonTt write
new federal laws.�
The Flue-Cured Tobacco Coop-
erative Stabilization Corp., cel-
ebrating its golden anniversary,
administers the U.S. Department
of AgricultureTs flue-cured tobacco
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Graham praises tobacco group,
pledges support for golden leaf
price support program. Flue-cured
tobacco states are North Carolina,
South Carolina, Alabama, Florida,
Georgia and Virginia.
oThrough the years, the tobacco
program has been a stabilizing
force, oGraham said. oWe need to
maintain this program. I fully sup-
port it.�
Graham called 1995 a oyear of
ups and downs for tobacco.� Pro-
duction, hurt by blue mold and
target spot, was down, he said, but
prices were good. oDespite all of
the challenges and hardships, to-
bacco remains the bedrock of North
Carolina agriculture,� Graham
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said. oIt also plays a large role in
running North CarolinaTs economic
engine.� :
Graham reminded corporatidn
members that tobacco" the stateTs
top cash crop " has provided the
capital for agricultural diversifi-
cation, helping North Carolina
climb to first in turkey and sweet
potato production and to second
nationw;de in hogs, cucumbers and
trout. ~
oThere is more good news,� he
said. oExports and manufacture
products continue on.an upward
spiral. This is good for growers
and workers.�
Dr. Willie L.
Morris, III
The son of Willie L. Morris, Jr.
and Connie Morris, has
completed the requirements for
the degree of Doctorate of
Musical Arts from the University
of Missouri at Kansas City
Conversatory of Music. Dr.
MorrisTs degree emphasis was in
saxophone performance and jazz
pedagogy. His 364 page
dissertation is titled oThe
Development of the Saxophone
UMKC campus.
Aria Competition.
Director of Bands at SAFES.
Graduation ceremonies were held on Saturday, May 11 on the
While a student at the conservatory, Willie served as a graduate
assistant to Dr. Michael Parkinson, director of jazz studies at
UMKC. He also taught saxophone through the UMKC Community
Music Program. He was active in many musical ensembles and
served as president of the student chapter association of the
International Association of Jazz Educators. In 1992, Mr. Morris
was the wind finalist for the UMKC Conservatory of Music Concerto
Dr. Morris attended J.H. Rose Senior High School from 1974 -
1977. He received his Bachelors of Music Education degree from
East Carolina University in 1982. Dr. Morris attended Stephen F.
Austin State University from 1982 - 1984 where he recejved the
Masters of Arts degree. He also served as a graduate assistant to the
Dr. Morris has served on the faculties of Alcorn State University
in Lorman, Mississippi and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama where he taught applied saxophone and jazz. studies
including the jazz bands at both institutions. He is currently teaching
at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio where he teaches
applied saxophone and is Director of Jazz Studies, Director of the
University Jazz Ensemble and Assistant Director of Athletic Bands.
Dr. Morris is also active as a saxophone performer and clinician.
He recently performed at the North American Saxophone Alliance
National Conference in Gainesville, Florida and will be performing at
several colleges and universities in Indiana, Tennessee, Mississippi
and Louisiana in October of this year.
Willis is married to Shirley Elaine Morris whom he met while he
was a graduate student at Stephen F. Austin. They have three sons,
Willie TV age 5, Matthew Sterling age 4 and Joseph Doyle age
eighteen months. They are expecting their fourth child in late
December. Willie is a member of the South Dayton Presbyterian
Church where he performs with the worship leadership band and is
the Pointman for Promise Keepers at the church. He adds that he
give thanks to the Lord for being his strength and to his parents for
raising him to become the man he is today.
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~Hunt has issued an Executive
Order creating the Governor's
Task Force on Racial or Religious
Violence and Intimidation. It will
py 21 members, including
BI Director Jim Coman; Sec. of
Crime Control and Public Safety
Richard Moore; a district attor-
ney; a U.S. attorney; a police chief;
a sheriff; a state Senator and state
Representative; a Federal Bureau
df Investigation representative, an
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms rep-
resentative; four ministers; four
gitizens; and a member of the Hu-
Task Force
man Relations Council and the
Martin Luther King Commission.
Hunt, who will appoint the task
force in coming days, has charged
the group with developing strate-
gies designed to protect religious
freedom, including:
¢ Establishing a uniform state-
wide system for reporting, record-
ing and responding to incidences
or arson, vandalism and bomb
threats against racial or religious
groups.
¢ Establishing a central loca-
tion for the collection of data
relatingf to racial/religious vio-
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dures, and laws pertaining to hate
group activities and racially moti-
vated violence and intimidation.
* Establishing a statewide as-
sistance and support network for
racial or religious groups that are
victims of racial violence.
¢ Educating the public and law
enforcement officials about racial
and religious violence and intimi-
dations and provide training in
responding to such activities.
¢ Coordinating all activities re-
lated to racial and religious vio-
lence and develop a plan of imple-
mentation and monitoring.
~ The task force will report to Gov.
Hunt at regular intervals and sub-
mita final report by Dec. 31, 1996.
oWe must do all we can"and we
must work together"to stop
church arsonists,� Hunt said. oITve
been meeting with church leaders
in recent weeks to discuss how
best to do that, and we will con-
tinue work side by side to protect
our places of worship.� Almost two
weeks ago, Hunt began discussing
with church and NAACP leaders
the idea for the task force and
tougher penalties.
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By Dr. Lenora Fulani
As I travel the country, advocat-
ing for Black voters to join with
independent white voters to cre-
ate a new political party, report-
ers often ask me, usually in an
accusatory manner, how Blacks
and whites " how liberals, mod-
erates and conservatives " could
build a party together. You all
have different positions on immi-
gration, on welfare, on affirmative
action, on the death penalty, on
education, these reporters say.
How could you possibly build a
party together? I find that ques-
tion astonishing. After all, we built
this country together ... with our
differences. We went to war to-
gether ... with our differences. It
does not seem at all far fetched to
me that any people who came to-
gether in diversity to create and
defend a country, but had it taken
away fromthem,can come together
in a diverse political party to take
it back.
But what about the racial issue?
many people ask. The country is
torn by racial antagonism. IsnTt
the gulf too wide to bridge? ArenTt
the interests of Black America and
white America too divergent?
I think not. Frankly, I think if
we can break out of our own ideo-
logical mindsets, we will discover
that both oAmericas� are saying
something very similar.
The Black men at the Million
Man March on Washington last
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Robinson Baseball field. Who knows? With proper mentoring, encouragement, and support
from their coaches, parents, family and friends, there just may be a future member of the major
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year were saying: We are deeply
concerned about our future, about
our children. We want to re-create
who we are " as men, as fathers
and husbands, as members of our
community. When Minister
Farrakhan told them that in the
area of politics, Black America
must become an independent third
force, he was saying that African
Americans could not trust the ex-
isting political institutions " we
have to reconstruct ourselves po-
litically.
When 19 million white Ameri-
cans voted for Ross Perot four years
ago. they were saying: WeTre going
to break a cardinal rule. WeTre not
going to vote for a presidential
candidate because we believe he
will necessarily win. We are vot-
ing for him because we are con-
cerned about our future, about our
children. We no longer trust the
institutions that run this society.
We want to reconstruct how poli-
tics is done, how budgets are done,
how policy decisions are made and
who makes them.
Black and white America have a
basis on which to come together.
Still, even people who see the com-
mon need for a new party will ask:
DonTt we have to solve the race
problem in order to come together?
No. In fact, itTs just the opposite.
ItTs the process of bringing white
Americans and Black Americans
together to build a new party that
solves the race problem in America.
The Black community has in-
vested a great deal in the Demo-
cratic Party. But our return on
that investment is diminishing
rapidly. Bill Clinton wants our sup-
port, but not our participation.
ThatTs why he calls for curfews in
Black neighborhoods and still ex-
pects us to vote for him. Some
Black leaders are working over-
Famous quote
Hope is a good breakfast, but it
is a bad supper.
Francis Bacon
Prosperity doth best discover
vice, but adversity doth best dis-
cover virtue.
Francis Bacon
Everything is funny as long as it
is happening to somebody else.
Will Rogers
The art of pleasing consists in
being pleased.
William Hazlitt
ItTs time to reinvest our political cap ta
time to convince the Black com-
munity that we have to support
Clinton, because there is no other
choice.
I believe that we do have an-
other choice. It would serve the
African American community well
to go independent in 1996, and to
do so by depriving Bill Clinton of
enough votes to cost him the elec-
tion A Black exodus to the Reform
Party, together with other F sia
tionally liberal voters who feel in-
accomplishes two
ings. It tells both political
things a:
not be taken for granted. And
propels the Reform Party into t
position of creating a new plural :
ity coalition in American politics. "
In a three-party situation, theone ~
with the plurality wins. That is
why my message to the Black com-
munity this year is Dump Clinton ~
and Build Reform.
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By A. ASADULLAH SAMAD
The continuing discussions about breaking up the nationTs second
largest school district, Los Angeles Unified School District, has again
made student instruction the cen-
ter of attention. Needless to say,
it has always been the center of
attention in ocertain schools�
among ocertain people.�
Just follow the distribution and
application of educational re-
sources to ascertain which ones
were ostudent� focused on in-
structional learning and which
ones are oadult� focused on ad-
ministrative politics. Where you
find schools focused on instruc-
tion, you find creative alterna-
tives to public education bureau-
cracy that give schools the neces-
sary empowerment to make deci-
sions regarding a childTs learn-
ing.
Where you find a school fo-
cused on administration, you find
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resistance to alternatives that empower the school (and the surrounding)
communityTs ability to make decisions regarding a childTs learning. And
when you examine where the creative alternatives are, the LEARN
schools and the Charter schools, not only are very few in our communities
but the resistance to expanding these opportunities are great.
EverybodyTs trying to get out of LAUSD, to get into refocusing and Te-
establishing public educationTs instruction base that focuses on children
again. Yet, our schools are being encouraged to swim a gainst the tide and
reject a movement that everybody else (and their children) are accepting
as the first steps of public education reform. Why is this? It makes no
sense.
Just like big business is downsizing and public agencies are privatizing
to run more efficiently and more cost-effective (profitable), public educa-
tion is slowly but steadily being privatized as the basis for the re-
establishing instructional based education for children. Private school
performance has literally forced public school reform and it has come in
the form of the LEARN project and in this latest wave of charter school
proposals.
LEARN has proven, among its skeptics, to be an excellent model to
institute public education reform initiatives. It operates out of a very
fundamental premise that oevery child can learn.� Not a position espoused
very often in inner city schools, many of which have become holding tanks
for the prison system.
While inner city private schools, like the University of Islam and
Marcus Garvey School, has espoused for years that there is no such thing
Ts LEARNing Course by Privatized Education
as an incorrigible child and that every child can be taught, public inner
city schools continued to promote the notion that social environment
prohibits our children from learning. Meanwhile, LEARN incorporated
many private sector business attributes to education that refocused
public schools back on instruction.
By allowing schools to manage their own budgets, reducing the ratio
of administrators to line staff, establishing clusters that put students on
educational feeder patterns that allowed students to receive community
services before their parents, decentralizing management services which
allow school stakeholders (students, teachers, parents, community) to
have a greater input into the direction of the school and most impor-
tantly, getting rid of bad (and ineffective) teachers, LEARN has created
the kind of educational collaborative that encourages learning. Yet
there is only one cluster attempting to go LEARN clusterwide and less
than a half dozen LEARN sites in South Central Los Angeles.
Schools eligible for LEARN in South Central have been bogged
down with misinformation, union politics and manipulation by admin-
istrators that spend more time trying to educate teachers on LEARN so
they can vote on it than educating the children that can bene fit from what
LEARN proposes. So public education reform is passing us by.
Charter schools, another public education reform initiative looking
to head-off the mass exodus that public choice (voucher) initiatives
would bring about, is another alternative where instruction curriculum
can be modified to accommodate the learning focus of the child.
URBAN PERSPECTIVE
Ron Brown: An Emotional, Insightful Speech By a Great Man
By LARRY AUBRY
On Jan. 25, Commerce Secre-
tary Ron Brown spoke at the
National Policy Institute in
Washington, D.C., a quadrennial
gathering of black elected offi-
cials, civil rights leaders, com-
munity activists, clergy and
policy experts. I attended the in-
Stitute and was struck by the
spontaneity and sincerity of Ron
Brown's speech.
Ron Brown discarded his pre-
pared text and spoke with pas-
sion about the need for African
Americans to assume leadership
and adapt to the dramatic changes
taking place in the world. He
also warned that blacks must re-
sist efforts to reverse the gains of
the 1960s and °70s, and work
cooperatively with those who
share our interests.
Of course, just two months
later, Ron Brown was the victum
of a tragic plane crash in the
Balkans. The speech at the Na-
tional Policy Institute was one of
his last and most poignant. bx-
cerpts from that speech are as fol-
lows:
oTam very appreciative and very
pleased to be here in your warm
embrace. With all I go through ev-
ery day, | need a warm embrace!
oITm going to remember the ad-
monition of my father, who always
LARRY AUBRY
told me, ~Ron, your speeches do not
have to be eternal to be immortal.T
I came tonight with a prepared text
and have decided not to use it ...
because ITm among brothers and
sisters who understand what the
struggle is all about.
oITm going to tell the truth to-
night. To be here with a group of
leaders"leaders of organizations,
people who are connected to our
communities"and to have achance
to dialogue with you and feel your
energy and strength is a very spe-
cial privilege.
oWe live inextraordinarily chal-
lenging times. We have many chal-
lenges within our own community,
and it is certainly appropriate for us
to focus on those challenges. But it
seems to me if we're really inter-
ested in making a difference, we
need to put our concerns into some
broader perspective. We need to
understand what is going on in the
world around us and how that re-
lates to us and how that causes us to
re-evaluate the way we think and
the way we approach things. Change
is going on all over this globe and
we are now more interrelated and
interdependent than we have ever
been before.
oWho in this room, for example,
would have considered eight years
ago that there would be no more
Soviet Union? It doesnTt exist any-
more. Who would have believed or
predicted enormous changes taking
place in Eastern and Central Euro-
pean countries that have been mov-
ing from dictatorship and totalitari-
anism to democracy, and from state-
controlled economies to market-
driven economies? And who would
have predicted what is happening
in China? We have to be in China if
we are to protect our commercial
interests and create economic
growth and jobs here at home.
oConsider Latin America. We
had a summit of the Amenicas in
Miami, Florida in December 1994,
the first one in almost three de-
cades. In the 1960s, almost all the
leaders who attended came in mili-
tary uniforms. This time, the par-
ticipants came in civilian dress,
popularly elected by the people of
their nations.
it feels no real interest in you, or
even in protecting you. That's a
pretty scary thing and we've got
to change that mentality.
oThose of us who have had
opportunities and achievements
need to always remember that we
can never disconnect ourselves
from our communities. And those
of you on whose shoulders we
have stood should not leave us
out there by ourselves.
oWe must have unity. But
unity doesnTt mean that youcanTt
walk down different paths and
take on different responsibilities.
Unity means looking out for each
other. It means understanding our
commonality. It means under-
standing your responsibility to
your community.
oWe must be steadfast and
focused. We must plan together
and struggle together and reach
out to each other and embrace
each other and love each other.
oI think we have a special re-
sponsibility and that responsibil -
ity 1s to lead.
oLook at South Africa. Just five
years after Nelson MandelaTs re-
lease, he is leading his country from
the ugliness of apartheid to the
beauty of nonracial democracy.
These are all dramatic, incredible
changes that have got to influence
the way we think about our role in
America and the world.
oFor the first time, we in America
are realizing that we have a tremen-
dous advantage in this new world
because we have the most diverse
society in the world. Look at where
the new markets are in the world.
They are in Asia, Latin America
and Africa. America has substan-
tial numbers of people from these
countries. Maybe, just maybe, for
the first time in all of U.S. history,
women and minorities will be
looked at as assets instead of li-
abilities.
oYou know some of our adver-
saries in America have a very inter-
esting way of operating. Whenever
you step out beyond your commu-
nity, they label you as something
different, so that you feel no re-
sponsibility for yourcommunity and
MINORITY REPORT
Black Males Going Into Jails as Black Girls Study Social Whirls
love each other and there should be nothing wrong with that.� Johnson
and other black men who date white women are condemned by
BrownTs black women and their names are posted on the dormitory
room door of one oneglected� black female student.
One factor affecting black women at Brown Univ. is that for
every four black women on campus there are only three black men.
Brown has 211 black female students and only 154 black males. Ona
nationwide basis, the ratio is even worse. The U.S. Department of
Education reports that for the approximately 900,000 black women in
college, there are only 550,000 black men.
Various reports show that the wide differences in the number of
college-attending black women and college-attending black men exist
~ because the black family traditionally has valued its women more than
its men.
The black family seemed to think that a black male could get a
job, work hard and be a man by finding and marrying a good woman
and raising a family. The young black man could not get pregnant and
could not get raped.
But the girls in the black family usually by tradition have been
ospecial.� They needed more family protection, the reasoning goes,
and therefore they needed whatever special advantages a family could
bestow. Their options increased when they had a college degree and
they did not have to owork in the white folksT kitchens.� With college
training she could find a job teaching school, be a respectable lady and
a good ocatch� for a professional man such as a doctor, lawyer,
teacher, merchant or undertaker.
With this education and status she would become an influential
and contributing member of the local black community. Her parents
and kin folks, therefore, would grow in community status and in
sel f-pride. .
Moreover, the parents of black girls knew some who had
oworked out in service,� seldom came back home to visit and never
became married. Some had half-white children by the white heads
of households and were trapped in shame and unimportance, un-
trained except for menial service outside the black community. Her
family loved her but felt pity and embarrassment for her. The
thinking black family followed this reasoning and used its limited
resources preferably to educate the young black female.
The same reasoning in reverse usually applies to white fami-
lies and their young white males. The white young male has been
looked.upon as a potential family and community leader and de-
fender. He was becoming a WHITE MAN. The family image was
tied to HIS success. HE would perpetuate the family name and the
family fame.
White girls, on the other hand, have never been prized as
highly as white boys and if only one sex could go to college,
preference went to the white boy.
For many years, only white males were admitted to the
highest-rated schools such as Harvard, Yale and other private
colleges.
Long ago,.the black family should have sought upward mobil-
ity by training its black men as well as its black women. Yesterday,
the choice was kitchen work or teaching for girls. Today, it 1s
becoming either college or prison for the boys.
(James E. Alsbrook, PhD, is professor emeritus at Ohio
University.)
} By JAMES ALSBROOK, PhD
Hundred of young black women attending historically white
colleges are condemning young black men for dating white women.
Some of their complaints are reported in the May 10 issue of
the prestigious and widely-circulated Chronicle of Higher Educa-
tion. Its front page features an
integrated couple walking onthe
campus of Brown University,
the highly-respected Ivy League
pride of Providence, R.1.
The large photo shows
Rachel Davidson, a white
sophomore, clinging to the arm
of Ralph Johnson, a black
sophomore and treasurer of
Brown UniversityTs largest
black student group, the Orga-
nization of United African
Peoples. Johnson spent much
time scheduling speakers for
Black History Month and once
each week he serves as mentor
to black high school students at
a community center in Provi-
dence.
The Chronicle reports
that Johnson said, oTwo people
JAMES E. ALSBROOK, PhD
Gantt: "Defend Our Own Churches"
By Cash Michaels
Stoff Writer
Democratic U.S. Senatorial hope-
ful Harvey Gantt says that, given
the rash of black church burnings
across the South and possible rac-
ist conspiracy behind them, the Af-
rican-American community oshould
defend our churches.�
oIf we donTt get the protection
from the normal law enforcement
functions in the cities"police and
sheriffs departments"we have to
protect ourselves,� Gantt, 53, told
The CAROLINIAN exclusively dur-
ing his visit to state Democratic
Party headquarters in Raleigh Sat-
urday.
oWe have to increase our own se-
curity, and [there] may be a sacri-
fice to it, but we should defend our
churches. That is the last institu-
tion we've got left in the commu-
nity.�
last occurring in Greenville, Texas
Sunday night when the New Light-
house of Prayer suffered extensive
damage 40 miles east of Dallas.
ing, two days earlier, of the historic
Matthews-Murkland Presbyterian
Church in the Queen City. A 13-
year-old white female was arrested
and charged Monday with starting
the blaze in the rear of the 93-year-
old structure June 6 which had not
been used for several years, and
' was slated for renovation.
Authorities say the teen acted
alone with no apparent racial moti-
vation, and no national connection
to the crime.
It was the second of three black
church burnings since June 3, the
Several black pastors in Wash-
ington D.C. Monday disagreed,
though, saying it was the
governmentTs job to safeguard their
places of worship.
oYou cannot talk about black folk
preventing those who are caught
up in white racist, white suprema-
cist idealogy from destroying their
churches. If you do that, you create
a war,� warned Rev. Mac Charles
Jones, Associate General Secretary
of the National Council of
Churches,
oThat means ITm gonna have to
sit out in front of my church with a
gun... [and the violence] will not
stop in rural areas given the cli-
mate of this country. It will be like
a tinderbox, and this country will
explode. It is that serious.�
Gantt, a former Charlotte mayor,
was Clearly disturbed by the torch-
So far, 36 black church fires, in-
cluding some in Washington, New,
York, New Jersey, and Arizona; |
have been investigated by federal
authorities in the last 18 months,
according to ABC News, leading to
6 arrests, and two convictions.
STRONG STANDS"Like President Clinton, who visited a burned
out church in South Carolina yesterday, Democratic U.S. Senatorial
' hopeful Harvey Gantt made it clear that he deplores the epidemic
of black church terrorism and says if law enforcement can't do the
job, then African-Americans have to protect their places of wor:
ship. (Photo by Cash Michaels)
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By Herb Boyd |
Even while 38 Black pastors
Were meeting in Washington,
_D.C., this past weekend to discuss
_ the burning of their churches with
government officials, another
- church was torched in Greenville,
Tex., on Sunday. Over the last
year and a half 32 Black
churches"most of them in the
rural southeastern part of the
nation"have been firebombed.
A 13-year-old white girl has been
arrested and charged with setting
fire to one of the recent churches
in Charlotte, N.C. Neither the
girlTs identity nor motive has been
established. And three suspects"
two white men and a Hispanic"
have been apprehended for the
Sunday night fire in Greenville,
Tex. They are also being held on
alcohol-related charges.
oThey have been burning down
our buildings,� said Rev. Dennis
Lawson of Canaan AME Baptist
Church in Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.,
obut the church continues.�
LawsonTs church was attacked in
January 1995.
This message of resiliency and
resolve echoed from minister to
minster during the two-day as-
sembly in Washington that in-
cluded meetings with Attorney
General Janet Reno, Treasury
Secretary Robert Rubin and Con-
gressional appointments with each
pastorTs respective representa-
tives. The pastors also participated
in a mini-revival at Rev. John
ChaplinTs Pleasant Lane Baptist
Church.
oOne of the good things about
these meetings,� said Rev. Dr. Jus-
tice of the National Council of
Churches. and pastor of St.
StephenTs Baptist Church in Kan-
sas City, Mo., owas the opportu- tional agenda, reverberated all the
nity toexchangeinformationabout way to the White House. On
the church burnings, to dialogue Wednesday, President Bill
with government leaders and Clinton, who has already de-
among ourselves.� nounced the burnings on his na-
Rev. Jones and the NYCC, along erie aeetiea a scheduled to
with the Center for Democratic visi fng ceremonies of
Renewal of Atlanta and the Cen- Rev. Terrence MackeyTs rebuilt Mt.
ter for Constitutional Rights in ZionAMEChurchinGreenleyville,
New York City, have spearheaded S.C.
the action to combat what many _~ There is speculation that Presi-
believe are race-motivatedcrimes. dent Clinton has chosen to attend
The fellowship and solidarity this ceremony"which has been
among the pastors, and their de- accelerated to meet the demands
termination to place the epidemic ofhisschedule"to focus attention
of domestic terrorism on the na- onchurch fires in a state that has
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burnings escalate
the highest number of reported
fires and the fastest growing chap-
ters of the Ku Klux Klan. Informed
sources have also disclosed that a
member of a hate group, the SS,
led by a white supremacist who
calls himself Adolph, has confessed
to burning a church as part of his
initiation into the organization.
He alleges that other initiation
rites included lynching a Black
man and riddling a Black house-
hold with shotgun blasts.
Meetings with Reno and Rubin
were highly productive, the pas-
tors said, with each of them pledg-
ing to look into charges that agents
from the FBI and the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are
insensitive to the plight of the vic-
tims. oWhile we hav eyet to see
any conspiracy in the church
burnings, racial animus seems to
be driving these incidents,� said
Deval Patrick, assistant attorney
general.
oWe will investigate every lead
and check on charges that agents
have been insensitive,� Rubin told
the pastos, who seemed pleased
that the investigators were going
to be investigated. Many of them
had reported that the agents were
more concerned with interrogat-
ing the victims than looking for
the perpetrators. oIn too many in-
stances the victims were suddenly
the suspects,� Jones complained.
Another result of the Washing-
ton gathering will occur this week
on Capitol Hill, where Cong. John
Conyers (D. Mich.) will introduce
a bill to combat racially motivated
terrorism and hate crimes. Accord-
ing to Patrick, 20 of the crimes
have been white males with con-
nections to hate groups.
A major problem with arson
cases, Patrick noted, was othat all
the evidence burns, but we have
200 investigators in the field and
this is the largest civil rights in-
vestigation at this time,� he added.
While federal authorities are re-
luctant to suggest a conspiracy in
connection with the fires, it is the
conclusion of many of the Black
pastors and their supporters. oAnd
if itTs not a conspiracy,� charged
Ron Daniels, director of the Cen-
ter for Constitutional Rights, othen
itTs even worse because that indi-
cates that the climate for such
actions reaches beyond a few hate
groups.�
In an effort to show their con-
cern for the gravity of the situa-
tion, both Patrick and Jim
Johnson, an assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, attended the ecu-
menical service at Pleasant Lane
Baptist Church in the southeast
sector of the city. They heard
graphic accounts of church
burnings from several ministers
at an affair that was moderated by
Rev. Joan Brown Campbell of NCC,
and which included Reggie White,
the Green Bay Packer linebacker,
who has been among the most out-
spoken foes of the terrorism since
his church was fire-bombed in
January, 1996.
oI am disappointed in the media
and the response of the Black com-
munity, and my fellow Black ath-
letes to these atrocities,� White
bellowed. oI say to the professional
athletes in the major leagues-
whether you play baseball, foot-
ballor basketball-our churches are
burning, and what are you going
to do? Our Black entertainers need
to step up and do something sbout
this situation. Whereis Bill Cosby,
Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan,
Denzel Washington? Our churches
are burning.�
Reverend Patricia Clowman,
whose St. JohnTs Baptist Church
in Dixiana, S.C. was burned to the
ground in the summer of 1995,
moved the overflow crowd at the
church with a spirited rendition of
oHis Eyes Are on the Sparrow.�
Among New Yorkers in atten-
dance were Ron Daniels, director
of the Center for Constitutional
Rights, Rev. Timothy Mitchell of
Ebenezer Baptist Church in Flush-
ing, and Rev. Lucius Walker of the
Interfaith Council and Pastors for
Peace.
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