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EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S MINORITY VOICE - SINCE 1981
Gantt calls for a renewed
commitment to seniors
(Charlotte) U.S. Senate can-
didate Harvey Gantt brought his
campaign for otraditional values
and new ideas? to Wilson today,
where he toured the site of the
future Wilson County Senior Ac-
tivities Center and spoke to both
seniors and Jaw enforcement of-
ficials
"Tapplaud you for all the work
you've done to build a place that
seniors in Wilson County can
turn to, not only for recreation,
but for help in getting the ser-
vices they need,? Gantt said. ~We
need to make sure that in these
changing times, our seniors are
not. forgotten especially by
those we send to Washington to
represent us.?
Gantt pledged to strengthen
Medicare and protect Social Se-
curity: oPeople who work hard
all their lives and contribute to
Medicare and Social Security
should know that they will be
there when they need them.? And
Gantt, whose campaign for Sen-
ate has focused on old-fashioned
values and new ideas, outlined
several of his ideas to help people
who have worked all their lives
to retire with the security they
deserve.
You are our parents and our
grandparents " and you deserve
Keeping a watchful eye
on public institutions
BY J. BARLOW HERGET
Raiph Campbell is sitting in
his office on Salisbury Street in
Raleigh showing a guest the state
auditor's home page on the
Internet. He clicks a couple of
keys on his lap top computer.
The menu shows a number of
topics includin
oa list of current
im
"RALPH CAMPBELL
audit reports. Says Campbell,
oIf you want the recent audit
report on the Wildlife Resources
Commission, you can order it
right from your computer.? He
clicks again to show a state job
application and continues, oWe
also have used our home page as
an inexpensive recruiting tool
When we goto college campuses,
for instance, we set up our lap
top in the booth so that it dis-
plays the page on a larger screen
for students to view. They not
only can read about the Auditor's
Office, but they can even print
up an application form right
there at the booth. o Campbell,
"THE RIGHT STEP", , .Right Step Acade
49, is completing his first term
as State Auditor, and he reflects
on one of the stateTs oldest public
duties. oThe colonial constitution
set up 12 auditors in 1669 to
keep track of early crown prop-
erties,? he observes wryly, obut
we can't find any record that
they ever dad anything. o The
1868 Constitution first estab
lished a State Auditor to be
elected by the people, but it
wasnt until 1955 that the cue-
rent role of the Auditor was de-
fined. oWe perform five major
functions,? Campbell explains
oThere are financial audits which
are the ~heart and soulT of the
office. There are performance
audits which look for ways that
government can work better and
smarter. We conduct electronic
d -aprocessing audits that work
in tandem with the financial
audit teams to check on the elec-
tronic machines that actually
crunch the public's financial
numbers. And there's the confi-
dential ~hotlineT that provides
direct communication to our of-
fice from anyone"in or out of
government"who has a gripe or
question or tip about government
fraud and abuse. We also review
financial records for certain non-
profits that receive $25,000 or
more in state or federal funds,
and we are responsible for Smart
Start partnerships. o
What most citizens donTt know
isthe extent of the AuditorTs mis
sion. The office provides audits
for state government and vari-
ous Council of State offices such
as the Departments of Agricul-
ture and Labor, and it also re-
views the books for the 16 cam-
puses in the University of North
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to retire with some security;,?
Gantt told the seniors gathered
in Wilson. That means both per-
sonal security, so that y ou can
walk in your neighborhoods and
feel safe. And it means financial
security " you must be able to
live out the rest of your lives with
dignity.?
oI support putting more police
on our streets. If police are walk-
ing the beat in our neighbor-
hoods, then they can prevent
crime before it happens. And I
believe in eliminating parole for
violent criminals, so that they
serve their full sentence.?
oA secure retirement is part of
the American dream,? Gantt
said. oIn this new world, workers
need to bring their pensions with
them from job to job. I will fight
to make pensions portable, so
workers can hold on tothem even
if they switch jobs. And I believe
we need tough new rules to pe-
nalize companies who raid em-
ployee retirement plans.?
Mr. GanttTs visit in Wilson 1s
~ part ofa campaign swing through
the East. Yesterday, Gantt vis-
ited Lumberton, Whiteville, Bo-
livia and Jacksonville. Earlier
today, Mr. Gantt spoke about
education and training in New
Bern and Rocky Mount. He will
end the day at a rally in
Groonvylle
Native sons take
right step
Charter
School a
choice for our
community
Right Step Inc. will file an ap-
plication with the State Board of
education this week seeking to
establish a charter school here
in Pitt County.
Right Step an organization
that operates two charter schools
in Minnesota was founded by
Greenville NC native William D.
Pierce The charter schools con-
cept according to Pierce is just
what we as African Americans
need to get involved in our
childrens education.
In general the charter school
legislation passed by the North
Carolina General Assembly in
June of 1996 allows parents
teachers and other interested
(Continued on page 3)
r
my, that is! Brothers Judus Best, Willie Best,
Marvin Strogen, and William Pierce stopped by the WOOW radio facilities recently to help
enlighted the public about the advantages of charter schools. Their enthusiasm was positively
contagious.
Staff photo by Jim Rouse
Minority Voice
What You See Is What You Get, What
You Read Is What You Know & Save
ICk
WEEK OF OCTOBER 17-24, 1996
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5
BLACK MEN STANDING TALL . . . These brothers are members of the "Final Call
Ministries". It is their practice to be neat and clean at all times. Sisters,,,Don't they look
handsome.
Staff Photo By Jim Rouse
Bob Dole highlights the Clinton
Administration oIntegrity Gap?
Statement by RNC Chair-
man Haley Barbour
Bob Dole posed an important
question to the American people:
Does this nation deserve a Presi-
dent who has betrayed the pub-
fic trust. ordo we deserve a Presi-
dent who can restore integrity in
public office?
The Clinton administration
has been marked by an endless
series of ethical failures, and a
pattern of excuse-making and ali-
bis. It is truly astonishing when
you line them up side by side:
More than 30 officials investi-
gated, fired or forced to resign
due to ethical improprieties, 4
independent counsels appointed,
Filegate and the unexplained six
month gap in the FBI file log;
Travelgate; the use by White
House staff of presidential ma-
rine helicopters for golf outings;
the indefensible use of oExecu-
liver pivilepeT isuppressing the
release of an FBI report critical
of ClintonTs drug policies; simi-
lar stonewalling of the details on
Mrs. ClintonTs health care task
force and billing records; the dan-
gling of pardons before convicted
felons who might implicate the
president; and, most recently,
news of millions of dollars of po-
litical contributions from foreign
business interests to the Clinton
campaign and the Democratic
all
National Committee.
WhatTs just as reprehensible is
the Clinton administration con-
tinual reaction to being con-
fronted with questions about
their ethical lapses: they duck,
th: ., they conceal and they
make excuses. As Senator Dole
put it, oThe buck stops nowhere.
When Bob Dole resigned from
the Senate, Democrat Senator
after Democrat Senator stood up
and praised Bob Dole for being a
man of his word. His word, they
all said, is his bond. How Bill
Clinton must have cringed to
hear these compliments from
people who could never utter such
words about him.
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hy,
BLACK POWER! Members of the North Carolina Black Publishers Association met with
members of Webb Paterson Communications (one of the top black advertising agencies in
North Carolina). "When two or more are gathered...touching and agreeing..." who better to
bring black issues to the table than our black brothers!!!
What should African Americans do
in Campaign °96?
Within the last several weeks
America has witnessed two very
good political shows. As Cam
paign 96 moved into full throttle,
the Republican National Conven-
tion andthe Democratic National
Convention, seemed as though
they were staging ocoming-out?
parties for the new image they
would like the public at large to
absorb. The Republicans put
onadazzling display of precision
exercises and showcased promi
nent African Americans such as
T.C. Watts, a congressman form
Oklahoma, to exemplify a new
generation of conservative ideol-
ogy that they wishfully hope will,
penetrate hearts and minds of a
newly-emerging African Amert-
~an an middle class.
And, of course, who can forget
the moving eloquence by Gen-
eral Colin Powell, who bravely
and courageously came out for
affirmative action and the call
for an end to corporate welfare at
the same time that cuts for the
poor are being enacted. They
were clearly not gping to have a
repeat of 1992, when their sharp-
edged oBuchananesque? image
drove many mainstream voters
into the shadows. The Demo-
crats, in their effort to look
more'like the party of he middle
class as compared to the oRepub-
lican elite,? focused on . issues
like crime, wage improvements
and family, while being carefull
not to look too beholden to ospe-
cial interests, oa term that has
largely come to be a code for
ethnic support, including Afri-
can -American. But contrary to
what some view as a difficult
decision for African Americans,
considering the oKemp Factor,?
the latter being a long-standing
and outspoken advocate for both
equal opportunity and the inclu-
sion of African Americans in the
Republican Party, and the
oPowell Factor,? who would no
doubt hold a significant post of
historic proportions in a Dole
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2-THE oM"-VOICE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 17-24, 1996
[from Page 1
Carolina System, the 58 Commu-
nity Colleges, the 100 Clerks of
Court offices. ItTs a big assignment
and Campbell, the first African-
American elected to a North Caro-
lina Council of State position, has
no illusions about the glamour of
running such an office.
He jokes when recalling his first
year in office after he doggedly
toured the state, introducing him-
selfto all the chancellors and presi-
dents and their respective boards
in the university and community
college system: oI quickly found
out that most people didnTt know
who the auditor was; they didnTt
know what his duties were; and
that they really didnTt give adarn!?
Campbell has worked hard since
then to profile his office, and he
started at home, in Raleigh. As a
former auditor in several state
agencies himself, he quickly earned
the respect of his small staff by
equipping all auditors with up-to-
date equipment, namely personal
computers at every desk and a lap-
top computer for every field audi-
tor. The fact that he served four-
terms on the Raleigh City Council
also gave him an understanding
and perspective of local agencies
such as community colleges and
non-profits.
His openness to the business
and government communities
have brought respect. Says busi-
nessman and UNC University
President Dick Spangler, oItTs
important that the State AuditorTs
Office look into the fiscal affairs of
the many activities of the state of
North Carolina. From my stand-
point as President of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, I consider
it an asset to have an outside audi-
tor review the many expenditures
which are made each year by our
16 campuses. Of course, not every-
thing is correctly done. State Au-
ditor Campbell has been particu-
larly sensitive in recognizing the
importance of the proper correc-
tion of items which were not
handled properly. In my opinion,
his role as State Auditor has been
carried out quite effectively. o
He also has won plaudits from
the General Assembly which has
closely reviewed any new budget
requests. Campbell, for example,
obtained funds for additional au-
ditors as well as new equipment in
the 1996 long session. Even so, the
AuditorTs office operates with only
178 total employees including nine
branch offices in Wilmington,
Greenville, Fayetteville, Elizabeth
City, Greensboro, Winston-Salem,
Charlotte, Morganton, and
Asheville. oT believe,? offers
Campbell, othat legislators in both
parties recognized that we can save
money in the long run if we keep
track of government spending and
provide timely oversight.o To
illustrate, Campbell points to sev-
eral recent cases: oWe conducted a
performance audit on the Depart-
ment of CorrectionTs Inmate
Health Services. The state was
spending about $55 million for the
services. We found that some in-
mates were abusing the service,
and we recommended that the
Department charge a $3 co-pay-
ment when inmates visited the
Infirmary for non-medical reasons.
We also recommended charges in
physician staffing.?
Campbell continues, oSecretary
Franklin Freeman accepted our
recommendations and requested
approval from the legislature to
implement the ideas. The changes
saved the department about $5.7
million annually and the depart-
ment also increased its coverage.?
Campbell tells about another case
of preventive management.
The 100 Clerks of Court handle
over 90 percent of their transac-
tions in cash. The AuditorTs office
prior to 1993, reviewed the offices
on a five to seven year cycle, and
the clerks came to Campbell re-
questing more timely audits, es-
pecially because some of the larger
counties were processing as much
as $133 million in cash a year.
Campbell recognized the poten-
tial ~or problems and implemented
a review cycle of annual audits for
the 10 largest counties with the
remaining counties on a two-year
cycle.
oThatTs one of the reasons the
General Assembly agreed to fund
more auditors,? he explains. He
also cites examples where state
auditors discovered embezzlement
in public programs including one
instance at the Board of Cosmetic
Art Examiners in which the bra-
zen employee continued to steal
money during an on-site audit. The
employee was exposed and later
pled guilty. State auditors also un-
covered the $238,000 embezzle-
ment in a Winston-Salem agency
that contracted with the Smart
Start partnership there.
When asked how the AuditorTs
office affects the stateTs business
community, Campbell lists three
RE-ELECT
eff
Watchful eye
key areas: oOur first and obvious
mission is to assure honest and
efficient government. This can
have a direct impact in saving the
taxpayers money. But there are
two other, less visible ways in
which the office affects the private
sector: one, our audits have a bear-
ing on bond rates that are issued
by government entities such as
universities, and two, our over-
sight for non-profit groups brings
us into direct contact with many
business leaders who serve on.
those boards.?
The AuditorTs work with non-
profits prompted one of CampbellTs
latest initiatives. Explains Bob
Slade, CampbellTs executive assis-
tant, oWe are working with Duke
UniversityTs Continuing Education
program to educate board mem-
bers and directors of non-profits
on financial management. The
workshops are sponsored by our
office and taught by Clifton Flood,
a CPA here. We try to show par-
ticipants how to prepare an an-
nual report and discuss good ac-
counting procedures for internal
controls. o
Campbell believes that he is
building on a tradition of conser-
vative management in the Audi-
tors office, and he notes that his
two predecessors, Ed Renfrow and
Henry Bridges are both available
for advice. For example, he cites
the departmentTs hotline which
had been in place when he arrived.
Since then, he directed that new,
voice mail technology be installed
so the Hotline(800-730-8477) could
be operated 24-hours a day, seven
days a week.
Campbell is proudest of his staffs
professionalism and notes that two
of his deputies, Jimmy Benson and
Wesley Ray have 32 years and 19
years experience respectively. He
counts the upgrade in office tech-
nology one of his top initiatives
along with a strong push for con-
tinuing education for staff. He sees
the AuditorTs office more involved
as a ostrategic business adviserT to
state clients. oWe want to ~partnerT
our resources with other agencies,?
he states. oWe've made a good start,
and I believe we can build on that
foundation o (The Auditor OfficeTs
Home page on the Internet is: http:/
/www.osa.state.nc.us/OSA/)
(J. Barlow Herget is a Raleigh
writer and president of World
Tradelink Group, an export trad-
ing company.)
BEATRICE MAYE
Youth Day
Speaker
Shauna Brown, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, of
302 Oakgrove Avenue, gave the
Youth Day address at Sycamore
Fill Baptist Church, Sunday, Oc-
tober 5 in the 11 o'clock service.
Her subject: oWhat Will You
Choose This Halloween:
Trick or Treat?? She used an
acrostic to contrast her speech.
TRICK: Devil)
T - Temptation
R - Revenge
I - Incessant
C - Cunning
K - Keen
TREAT: (God)
T - Treat
R - Righteousness
E - Everlasting Life
A - Able
T - Time
She used scripture to substan-
tiate each word. Her closing ques-
tion: So, what will you choose this
Halloweeen, trick, the Devil or
Treat, God.
Shauna is a senior at J.H.Rose
High School.
TIPPING
Your friends hate it when you
stiff the waiter. If the service is
OK, you should tip 15 percent. If
you donTt want to tip, then don't
eat at restaurants. (Dave Barry,
Tribune Media Services, Chicago,
ILL.)
SAVAGE
Pitt County Commissioner
District A
"A Vision for Pitt County's Future
Jeff Savage will:
¢ listen to the people;
¢ be a strong voice for Pitt County's citizens;
¢ maintain a sincere commitment to serve the people;
¢ promote development of sewer service in unincorporated areas;
* encourage public/private development of a Convention Center for
Pitt County
¢ encourage better working relationships with area governments and
agencies;
¢ work diligently for continued success of Pitt County's hospital; and
¢ promote quality growth for Pitt County through total quality
management; and
¢ promote a cleaner environment
VOTE ON NOV. Sth
(Paid for by the Jeff Savage Campaign Committee)
NO-WIN
SITUATION
oAmong you there must not be
even a hint of sexual immorality?.
Ephesians 5:3
One thing has not changed.
GodTs Word still says that sexual
immorality is wrong. Young people
who practice immorality - the girl
and the guy - need to realize that
violating such a clear teaching of
the Bible can lead to nothing but
trouble. ThereTs no way around it.
Sex before marriage is a no-win
situation.
TONGUE TIPS
oWith the tongue we praise our
Lord and Father, and with it we
curse men?. James 3:9
One hundred business execu-
tives were asked what qualities
they like tc see in their eDployees.
HereTs their Top Five list of things
that are characteristic of good
workers.
1. They are on time for work and
all appointments.
2. They donTt tell off-color jokes
or make inappropriate remarks.
3. They listen more than they
talk.
4. They donTt criticize another
employee openly.
5. They avoid gossip.
Notice that four of the five traits
suggest being careful in communi-
cating with others. ThatTs good
advice that goes beyond how we
act when carrying out groceries or
waiting tables at Pizza Hut. ItTs
how we should be in all the rela-
tionships of life. oLet go of your
anger but hold your tongue?.
~A HAPPY
HEART
Because I love you, I will:
1. Not insist that you always
agree with me.
2. Encourage you in those as-
pects of your life that make you
you.
3. Love you even though I donTt
understand you.
4. Accept you for who you are,
not for what you Icok like or wear.
5. Acknowledge that loving-you
helps me to grow.
6. Let you meet some of my needs.
7. Listen until I know exactly
what you are saying.
8. Warn you when I feel that you
are headed in the wrong direction.
We need to work on building
these attitudes into our relation
ships. We can make them part of
the way we get along with enjoy-
able people as well as the impos-
sible ones in our lives. When we
do, we will discover that we havea
happy heart.
oWe begin to live when we learn
to love?.
Name
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I MET GOD IN
THE MORNING
Author Unknown
I met God in the morning, When
my day was at its best, And His
presence came like sunrise, Like a
glory in my breast.
All day long it stayed with me
And we sailed a perfect calmness.
So I think I know the secret
Learned from many a troubled
way, You may seek Him in the
morning If you want Him through
the day.
CHARACTER
TRAITS
Five additional traits educators
will introduce in the Durham
School system for the 1996-1997,
school year; Citizenship, honesty,
perseverance, kindness and self
discipline. These are for students
to work on. Parents, won't you
work on these too? Character edu-
cation is a lifelong journey.
DID YOU KNOW
THAT?
Fifty-eight (58) percent. of
Americans cannot name half. of
the 10 Commandments?
Fifty-nine (59%) said they
didnTt have time and 40% said the
Bible was too hard to understand?
Nearly two out of every five
children in the United States do
not live with their fathers?
...Thirty percent of all children
are born outside of marriage?
Governor Hunt said, oWe've had
to build a lot of prisons. If we donTt
stop our young people from becom-
ing criminals, we can't build
enough prisons?.
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administration, , decision T96" is
really quite simple, if one goes
beneath the surface. The Re-
publicans put on a very good show
and would even have open-
minded, clear thinking. African
Americans hopeful of some pro-
gressive change within the party.
But, they have a problems that
will not be overcome until they
suffer their second consecutive
defeat for the White House. That
will give them the justification
they need to significantly alter
their ideological anchor. Their
problems is called the oReligious
right.
George Bush as president, was
clearly a decent, honest and | re-
spected leader around the world.
During the Gulf War, he gar-
nered the highest approval rat-
ings of any modern president. o
As soon as he moved to compro-
mise with Democrats on taxes,
the conservative wing of the party
pulled the rug out from under
him and to further demonstrate
its control over the party, the
Religious Right completely
withdrew its support and Presi-
dent Bush became ® Citizen Bush
as he went down in stunning
defeat
Inarecont TV show document
ing oThe Rise of the. Conserative
Movement Michael Deaver.
| /From Page |
Right step
groups to apply ter permission to
operate their own school. What
parents need to know is that they
do not have to pay tuition for
their childrent to attend a char-
schools are funded
state and lecal
terschool Thi
with
based onthe number:
resources
Pstudents
enrolled in the sc \ charter
school can be flexible in the de-
hool
sign of its programming and
schediuialing but at must comply
with epen enrollment require-
ments and meet accountability
standards
Judas (Kent) Best whois from
Greenvilles Movewood projects
and is the Director of Operations
for Right Step indicates that ex-
ceeding standards is what we
expect. Our children need to
know that we care once they re-
alize that they not only meet but
they exceed our expectations
The Right Step philosophy to
cuseson discipline and individual
achievement. The planned char
terschool willoffers |-1teacher
tostudent ratto an outcome based
model that rewards achievement
requires students to wear uni-
forms and encourages parent
involvment in all phases of the
educational process
It is expected that Right Steps
application will be approved and
the residents of, Greenville will
have another choice of how their
children receive educational ser-
vices. The school which will have
a capacity during its first year of
120 students plans to open in
July 1997. For further informa:
tion about Right Step or Charter
Schools call 757-3452.
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former deputy White House
Chief of staff, stated that
oGoldwater, in his 1964 Republi-
can nomination acceptance
speech, whish is largely viewed
as the birth of the conservative
movement, had you rattling your
teeth because he was so harsh.?
Deaver alsosaid, oWheras
*Ronald Reagan, in 1964, exem-
plified what we thought we were
as conservatives, he said it softer.
As we continue to see evidence
of major socio-political shifts that
run; in 30-year cycles we have
seen the real ending of liberal-
ism, which began with the first
term of the Roosevelt era back in
1932, started descending in the
first term of the Johnson era in
1965.
Now, we are witnessing the
beginning of the.end of conser-
vatism as well. One of the great
things about Americans is that
they adjust to extremism like an
elastic band and that is why our
democracy will continue to evolve
While Bill Clinton should be
able to receive the support of the
African America community, it
is not for the reasons that tradi-
tional Democrats would think.
Big government Democrats con-
tinue to play on the fears, inher-
entin the African American com-
munity, that without the protec-
tive layer to shield us from the
ire of extremists, we will be de-
void of both security and oppor-
tunity
While the White House gets
high marks, the party itself has
demonstrated precious little evi-
dence that it is interested in the
development of the tools that will
contribute to the ultimate self
empowerment of African Ameri-
cans and liberate them from the
shackles of socio-economic sla-
very
Instead, the Democrats have
come to largely take the African
American vote for granted, while
at the same time, attempting to
project an image to mainstream
middle class voters that they
don't need it to win elections,
especially presidential elections.
African Americans should send
President Clinton back to the
White House because he has
demonstrated a personal com-
mitment to the issue of trying to
do the right thing in our commu-
nities, even when there are those
in his own party who woulTd ar-
gue against it. He should also be
returned so that African Ameri-
cans will not suffer at the hands
of uncalculated change to a Re-
publican admininstration driven
by a Newt Gingrich Congress, no
matter how well intended Bob
Dole, Jack Kemp and Colin
Powell might be at this.
Unlike 1992, when Amerlcans
really wanted change and then
put an exclamation.mark on that
desire in 1994, this election is
really about the anxieties that
all Americans share as we ap-
proach the new millennium..
The election in the year 2000.is
likely to be a Kemp/Powell,
Powell/Kemp vs. Al Gore or Dick
Gephart race guided by oprogres-
sive? moderation.
But this election will mark the
beginning of a period of socio-
economic and political.maturity
* Numbness in
975-4600
within the African Arnerican
community. It will mark atime
when we begin to exercise the.
kind of Political agility that has
been developing since the end of
slavery, and onethat neither can
afford to take for granted. Afri-
can Americarns will be wise to
utilize the independence of their
voting strength. Dr. Lenora
Fulani, head of the United Inde-
pendent Party and a 1988 inde-
pendent presidential candidate,
just threw the support of her
party behind the reform-effort of
Ross Perot. This is the tip of the
iceherg in the African American
community.
Other efforts will emerge and
they should, because the time
has come for an evolutionary lift
of democracy.
This lift is the result of some-
thing of which all Americans can
be proud. Namely, the constant
pursuit of the question, oHow
can this country facilitate the
growth and development of all of
its citizens to operate at the high-
est level??
The answer to that question is
one which African Americans can
no longer afford to ignore.
(Sidney Morse, a resident. of
Los Angeles, is a stratégic devel-
opment consultant and author of
the forthcoming book, oStrategic
Progressivism. A Solution for
African American Empower-
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Asaconsultant tothe NC Part-
nership for Schools and Roads, I
want to alert you to two major
bonds issues which we will have
an opportunity to pass on No-
vember 5th. There will be a $1.8
billion bond for school construc-
tion and a $950 million bond for
road projects.
These bonds provide funds for
schools and roads in all 100 coun-
ties. For our low wealth, rural
counties, the state bonds may be
the best hope for getting much
needed new schools built and sec-
ondary roads paved.
Ihave enclosed a flyer with the
specifics of what the bonds will
do. I have also enclosed a sheet
listing the dollar amounts that
will go to your county if we pass
the bonds. Please share this in-
formation.
As a business owner, you know
the importance of having good
schools and good roads in main-
taining a strong state economy.
North Carolina is a good place to
do business because of the many
opportunities created by our ro-
bust economy.
Because the bonds are public
dollars, state law mandates that
contracts over $100,000 should
have goals for minority-owned
businesses. If your county or city
school district does not have an
MBE goals program in place, now
would be an excellent time for
you to get acommitment toimple-
ment a program.
5 oM-VOICE- - WEEK OF OCTOBER 17.24, 1996
Si Soure of statewide bonds for schools and roads
The NAACP and NC Associa-
tion of Minority Businesses are
communicating with state offi-
cials in the NC Department of
Transportation regarding what
they will do to increase utiliza-
tion of MBEs with the proceeds of
the road bonds.
As a long time supporter of
minority-owned businesses, ITm
convinced that we must take ad-
vantage of these opportunities. I
urge you to do two things. First,
contact your superintendent and
school board members to estab-
lish an MBE program. Second,,
vote and encourage your employ-
ees, family and friends to vote for
the bonds.
Thank you in advance for your
support of the bonds.
America is slowly burning away
America is burning! As quiet as
itTs kept. It is much like a smol-
dering, slow-burning southern
California wildfire. Alarms and
smoke abound! In this presiden-
tial election year we are in the
throes of the oquiet riot? that
many predicted after the Simpson
verdict of last October. Many
Americans now feel comfortable
dropping any pretense of racial
tolerance and reciprocal respect;
but it is smoke...designed to
shroud the ugly truth.
Doubters need only stop and
pay attention to the things that
are happening around us daily.
For starters, please join in ana-
lyzing and synthesizing a few of
the many current events that are,
in my estimation, extremely
alarming and great cause for
pause.
eThe most obvious example is
the recent rash of Black church
- burnings across America. The Vil-
lage Voice (July 16) reports a
particularly disturbing 1993 case
in Boligee, Ala. A Black circuit
judge fined two white youths
$30,000 in restitution for van-
dalizing three churches. The
judgeTs telephone lines were cut
and a shotgun was fired into his
home on the day the youths were
to commence payment. Investi-
gations have not turned up many
clues in this case or others.
¢ The Southern League, a stu-
dent organization atthe Univer-
sity of Alabama, is demanding
that they be allowed to fly the
Conferederate flag at all home
sporting events-with police pro-
tection-and that oDixie? be played
at home football games.
e And just when you thought
you had heard it all, the Redneck
Shop recently opened and closed
in Laurens, S.C. The store opened
in March (with the goal of rais-
ing money to open a Ku Klux
Klan museum), specializing in
memorabilia such as Klan robes
and pictures of cross burnings. A
dispute between the shopTs owner
and the owner of the business
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e And in recent months, the
Supreme court, with Clarence
Thomas as its poster child, has
been decidedly hostile toward
African-Americans in its rulings
on affirmative action, which is
intended as a corrective mea-
sure for over 400 years of en-
slavement and oppression of Af-
ricans in America. To name a
few:1) Its rejection to voter re-
districting designed to correct
years of race-driven gerryman-
dering and to increase the repre-
sentation of Blacks and other
minorities in Congress and the
Senate, 2) The recent ruling that
shot down the admission of ap-
plicants to theUT Law School
based on minority status, and 3)
Ruling that scholarships ear-
marked for minorities at the
University of MD were unconsti-
tutional. (Ironically, Blacks were
only granted admission with the
protection of the National Guard-
to AmericaTs non-Black univer-
sities in the 1960s, a decade in
which countless Blacks died for
the right to vote, to hold political
office, and just to be. I think
sometimes we forget these
shameful facts; but memory,
unfortunately, is so often short
and selective.)
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recently.
During this pleasure-filled break at home, Brother
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RE-ELECT
From Page 2
GANGS are a nightmare; teen
age pregnancy is epidemic; drugs
are a copout, We in the churches
can do something about it?.
Irma Duke, Director of
WomenTs Missionary Union,
THE DAILY REFLECTOR, Sun-
day, March 31, 1996
Whose responsibility it is to
teach values and morals - the par-
ent, the teacher, or the commu-
nity?
People in committed relation-
ships take care of each other.
STRESS is something to man-
age, not someting to avoid. Setting
priorities and setting limits are
most important in avoiding stress.
Be a caretaker, donTt avoid that
nap.
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1. Talk slowly, it could save your
life. The simplest way to calm
down when your blood pressure is
going through the roof: Speak
slowly.
2. The Gallop Poll revealed that
men and women are equally intel-
ligent.
3. There are 24 hours in a day
How many belong to you?
4. Eye contact is as effective as
a solid handshake.
5. Stand tall. Good posture
shows others that you respect your-
self and that can make them re-
spect you.
6. Buy premium gasoline. Your
car will run better.
7. Usea pretty flowerpot to hold
your dishwasing supplies. The
saucer will keep your sink area
puddle free.
8. Use aclean, empty shoebox to
store envelopes of dry mixes in
your cupboard.
9. Store the makeup you use
daily in one small basket.
10. An old-fashioned candy box
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History
1957-61 United States Air Force
196] -65 ECU. football! and track
1965 - Flight instructor, ECU FIP program
1965-68 " Pilot, Piedmont Airlines
1969-70 Teacher/Coach, Walter Williams, Burlington, NC
1970-71 Teacher/Head Football Coach. North Lenoir HLS.
1971 - 75 NCCU Law School
1975-77 Assistant Distnct Attorney - Pitt County
1977-79 Private Law Practice
1979-80 District Court Judge - Pitt County. Appointed by Gov. Hunt
1980 Elected District Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District, Pitt County
Memberships past and/or present
Wheat Swamp Runtan
Bethe] Rotary
Greenville Kiwanis Club
ECU Pirate Club
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
North Carolina State Bar Association
Pitt County Bar Association
North Carolina Association of District Court Judges
Attend Rose-Hill Free Will Baptist Church
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11. Store an extra blanket in a
zippered pillow case on the couch.
12. Buying furniture? Choose
end tables with drawers.
13. Mount a wall rack to hold
brooms, mops, and rakes in place.
14. Instead of stacking extra
blankets in the closet, fold them
and tuck them into a pillow sham
on your bed.
15. Make sure wedding gowns,
christening gowns, have been
cleaned before ycu store them. A
reputable dry cleaner will clean
and box them.
16. Unplug all appliances when
they are not in use.
17. Stop loose clothes from slip-
ping off wire hangers by winding a
couple of thick rubber bands Ralph Campbell, Jr.
around the end of the hanger.
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18. Slip your old keys into the experience and leadership to make the
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ALDRIDGE
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Open LeETrTeR To THE VOTERS OF NC 97H DISTRICT:
ItTs been an honor representing you the past two years. I ran for office to
change a government that didnTt seem to represent its people anymore. ITm
happy to report that things are better, and much of our government is back
in your hands. Making changes is hard work, but I like challenges. Determi-
nation pays off. Here are two examples from my first term:
ECU ScHOOL OF EDUCATION:
The ECU School of Education needed funds for its Model Clinical Teaching
Program (MCTP), an award-winning program that has revolutionized stu-
dent-teacher training. The state had no money to give. I believed in the
MCTP and wanted to see it continued, but House leaders said getting funds
for the program was impossible.
Nevertheless, | went to the Committee to discuss the MCTP and address its
needs. The committee agreed that the program was extremely worthwhile,
and awarded $350,000 to keep the MCTP growing!
Dowpy-FiCKLEN STADIUM
As a former ECU baseball player and past president of The Pirate Club, ITm
keenly interested in the growth of ECU athletics. As a local businessman,
I know the impact of ECU sports on our economy. For those reasons | want
to see Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium expanded.
When money for the expansion Was lett out of the state budget, something
had to be done. | knew there must be a way to help ECU fund the project.
After months of my persistence, the Speaker committed $6 million to help
expand the stadium!
These are two examples from my ettective first term. When re-elected, I'll
keep fighting for you, opposing any proposal that builds bureaucracy,
increases the burden on businesses, or sends more of your ny to the
government. Thank vou for vour vote November 5. :
ep. Hen ridge
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A quick review of books about the
O.J. Simpson trial
By J.D. SPELL
Special to the AmNews
oThe Run of His Life: The
People v. O. J.Simpson? By
Jeffrey Toobin (Random
House)
Only Orenthal James Simpson
knows the absolute truth as to
whether he killed his ex-wife,
Nicole Brown Simpson, and her
friend Ronald Goldman. Every
other conclusion about his guilt
or innocence is either conjecture
or theory, be it the court-sanc-
tioned onot guilty? verdict in the
double homicide trial or public
support or condemnation of that
decision in the public arena.
Three recent books purport to
tell the true story of the facts
surrounding the Simpson trial.
One, oThe Run of His Life,? is
written through the eyes of a
reporter, Jeffrey Toobin, as-
signed to the Simpson trial by
The New Yorker magazine. In it,
Toobin concludes that the oover-
whelming? evidence presented by
the prosecution proved Simpson
guilty.
The second oJourney to Jus-
tice,? by chief defense attorney
Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., is auto-
biographical, and the Simpson
trial is not actually discussed
until Chapter 10 of a 15-chapter
book. Cochran, of course, fought
the battle and won a courtroom
victory of onot guilty? for
Simpson.
The third book, oThe Killing
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Raymond P. Briggs, recounts the
evidence pre sented at the trial
as it revolves around the actual
time frame in which the mur-
ders were committed and poses
- different scenarios and theories
as to what actually happened
thatnightin Brentwood. Toobin
asserts that Johnnie Cochran
and Robert Shapiro knew from
the start, before the trial or the
presentation of any evidence,
that Simpson was guilty and that
the answer to how a guilty man
could be defended wastocreatea
reality in which Simpson was
situated as the victim of an elabo-
rate police conspiracy.
Toobin gives a comprehensive
account of the events that started
on June 12, 1994, by all players,
major and minor. He not only
recounts in detail the sometimes
quirky behavior of the trial law-
yers, but in his story telling man-
ages even to tell why they, and
others related to the case, acted
the way they did.
Toobin claims to have inter-
viewed over 200 people connected
to the trial, and to have had ac-
cess to all trial transcripts, grand
jury testimony and all other per-
tinent documents. Toobin abhors
the fact that main stream jour-
nalists were, at the trial and now,
paternalistic in owriting about
race.?
Were they otherwise, Toobin
implies unedited ver sions of
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SimpsonTs suicide note would
have appeared in the media re-
plete with grammatical and spell-
ing errors. There seems to be an
informalstandard that exists
with Caucasian journalists
which allows them to question
the intellectual limitations of
members of their own race, but
not with African-Americans, for
fear of being called racist. An
obvious truth to Toobin was that
Simpson was an uneducated,
semiliterate ex-athlete who could
barely understand much about
the legal proceedings against
him.? Theimpression of Simpson
assisting in his own trial pro-
ceedings was another defense
strategy to create an impression
of Simpson being an oAfrican-
American of stature? around
whom other African-Americans
wouldrally. He does concede that
the Los Angeles Police Depart-
ment operated for decades as a
racist institution and it was this
environment that the defense
exploited in positing Simpson as
just another Black man victim-
ized by a racist justice system. It
should be noted that Toobin first
introduced Mark Fuhrman and
his racism to America in a New
Yorker article that appeared just
one month after the murders.
Toobin decries SimpsonTs ascen-
dancy, in much of Black
America~ as the bellwether of
legitimate racial victimization,
calling the defense strategy oan
obscene - parody of an authentic
civil rights struggle.? Toobin also
knows why the case was lost.
Apparently it was the arrogance
and ineptitude of the Los Ange-
les District AttorneyTs office that
turned what should have been a
clear-cut guilty verdict in a rou-
tine domestic violence case into
atravesty which allowed a guilty
man to go free.
oJourney to J ustice?
by Johnnie L. Cochran
Jr.(Ballantine);
Toobin, in his book, Condenses
Johnnie CochranTs life story to
six and a half pages. He says
that Cochran discovered there
was obig business? in litigation
which charged police brutality,
that Cochran omilked? the city
coffers on behalf of victims of the
LAPD, and that he and members
of his firm worked with great
zeal to exploit the cityTs racial
climate for profit.? ToobinTs
working definition of the word
oexploitation? as it applies to re-
dress for victims of the LAPD'S
systemic racism is redefined as
advocacy in Johnnie ie
CochranT "Journey
toJustice. Journey ~Is
CochranTs life story, from his
birthplace in Shreveport, La., to
Alameda in northern California,
where his father worked in the
shipyards as part of the war ef-
fort in Los Angeles where
Cochran attended UCLA and
later graduated from Loyola Law
School. CochranTs story is pep-
pered with strong moral influ-
ences from his family and church,
which emphasized a strong work
ethic, the value of education and
the responsibility to care for those
less fortunate. It was from this
structured and spiritual upbring-
ing that he settled into his life
work as advocate for individuals
as well as for the law, Udefending
the principles of justice outlined
in the Constitution.?
The city of Los Angeles has a
long, well documented history of
officially sanctioned brutality to-
ward African-Americans and
other minorities. The commis-
sion that was created to study
the LAPD after the insurgence
following the fIrst Rodney King
trial concluded that the problem
of excessive force (in LAPD) is
agera vated by racism and bias.
(Continued on page 7)
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O.J. Simpson civil trial called ~legal lynchi ingT
By FRED BEAUFORD
Special to the AmNews
Black people across the coun try
will be closely following the O.J.
Simpson civil trial. One rea son is
that the overwhelming majority of
Blacks feel that theT former foot-
ball great was innocent of the
murders of his ex wife Nicole and
her friend, Ronald Goldman.
Recently, this writer sat down
with John L. Burris of Oakland,
Cal., perhaps the countryTs best
known Black legal analyst, to ask
him to give an ongoing ac count of
the trial for the benefit of Black
readers nationally. Burris is one
of the few lawyers who have expe-
rienced a high profiled civil trial.
He served as co-counsel for the
Rodney King civil trial and helped
win $3.8 million for King.
Beauford: First, what is a civil
suit and how is it different from
the first criminal trial?
Burris: In a civil trial the dis
pute is about money. In this case
Q.J. Simpson is accused of having
unlawfully killed two people. The
From Page 6
oJourney
derpinnings of that sanitized con-
clusion and humanizes the re-
cipients of that excessive force.
From Leonard Deadwyler who
was shot dead after being stopped
for specding while taking his
pregnant wife to the hospital, to
Phillip Eric John, who was shot
dead in his bed after the LAPD
mistakenly entered his apart-
ment whilesearching for another
inan, to Geronimo Pratt, targeted
hy the FBP'S COINTELPRO, to
the young 13-year-old Latina who
was sexually assaulted in her
own home by a uniformed mem-
her of the LAPD, Cochran advo-
cated for and represented them
all. Cochran asserts in a Jour
ney .. that it was never the
defenseTs contention that a shad-
owy cabal of Los Angeles police
officers set out to frame Simpson
hecause he was a Black man.?
Rather, laziness and incompe-
tence, racism and deceit joined
to reveal a mountain. of
acircumstantial? evidence which
the defense claimed was contam1-
nated, compromised and cor-
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families of the two decedents are
saying that under the law, the
deaths were unlawful and they
have suffered greatly as a result.
So they are seeking monetary dam-
ages.
The proof of what is required to
win the case is in favor of the
plaintiff, the Brown and Goldman
families. All they have to show is
what we in law call othe prepon-
derance of evidence.? In other
words, it is more likely true than
not. The burden of proof is only 50
percent plus one. So whoever can
tip the scale of justice ever so
slightly in favor of their client,
wins. This is very different than a
criminal case where the prosecu-
tion has the burden of proving
beyond a rea sonable doubt that
the allega tions against the defen-
dant aretrue. In addition, in the
state of California, a unanimous
vote is not required for conviction.
A 9 to 3 verdict will do.So instead
of needing only one person to hang
a jury as in a criminal trial, in a
civil trial you need at least four.
Quick review
rupted from the start. As an ad-
vocate, Cochran believes that
there can be no minimization of
ethical, competent or unbiased
investigation in the search for
justice The culture and history
of the LAPD as it related to the
African-American community
was often the antithesis of that
mandate and to assume other-
wise is not dealing in reality. So
to present acase to ajury and not
factor in the very real probabil-
ity of a perjyured testimony, in-
competency or racism 1s not a
search for justice, and neither is
it a plea to right all wrongs, past,
present and future. Cochran con-
sidered SimpsonTs analy sis and
advice to be Ushrewdly? intelli-
gent and revealed that Simpson
did cooperate in trying his won
case.
oThe Killing Time?
by Donald Freed and
Raymond P. Briggs
(MacMillan)
oThe Killing Time? is an in-
vestigation of the Brown,
Goldman murders which delves
extensively into thetime line of
1979
12/91 - Present
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Beauford: Do you believe that
O.J. Simpson will receive a fair
trial now that the courtroom has
been moved to Santa Monica in-
stead of downtown Los Angeles?
Burris: It seems from first ac-
counts that there will be a broad,
cross section of potential jurors,
but we will have to wait and see
what kind of jury is finally se-
lected . I donTt think there is any
doubt in anyoneTs mind that if 10
of those jurors are white, O.J. will
be found guilty. What worries me
more is that aside from what kind
of jury we may have, we may al-
ready be witnessing a olegal lynch-
ing,? a opayback.?
Beauford: Legal lynching, what
do you mean?
Burris: A legal lynching means
that the system could deny him a
fair trial by setting up every bar-
rier possible to pre vent him from
getting a fair trial. The way they
do that is to give every advantage
possible to the plaintiff to ensure
that they present the most com-
pelling case to the jury. By setting
opportunity for the homicides as
determined by irrefutable
oclocks,? those being instances
which for the most part were
pegged to phone records of those
involved in the case. The book
tells and retells the crime story
from contrasting points of view
offering, when contradictions are
revealed in both the prosecution
and defense ac counts, several
possible scenarios suggested by
the facts of the case. Freed cred
its unnamed sources both within
and outside of law enforcement
with some of the more provoca-
tive information also contained
in the book. An entire chapter 1s
devoted to the othe world of drugs
and violence surrounding the
Simpsons and Goldman? dat ing
back to Simpson's stay in Buf
falo. For people who believe in
SimpsonTs innocence or want to
draw their own conclusions based
on the time line of opportunity.
oThe Killing Time,? invites you
to be a juror while also offering
scores of leads, issues and ques
tions that were never reported o1
brought out in tral.
up ob stacles, the court could suc-
cess fully neutralize O.J.SimpsonTs
ability to present a compelling case
for himself.
Beauford: IsnTt this where O.J.Ts
high priced lawyers earn their
money? CanTt they prevent some-
thing like this from hap pening?
Burris: Lawyers are impor tant,
no question about that. But in a
case like this the judge is the most
important player. The judge of the
civil trial has al ready shown signs
that he is not going to allow O.J.
Simpson to present arguments
that were made in the criminal
case: i.e., evidence of Mark
FuhrmanTs use of the?N?Tword;
Mark FuhrmanTs racial bias his-
tory and Mark FuhrmanTs.use of
the Fifth Amendment, all of which
is important for the defense to
show that the most significant of-
ficer at the scene, first, had a his-
tory with O.J. SimpsonTs wife, be
cause he had responded to earlier
domestic violence reports, and that
he had a notorious his tory of being
racially bigoted to ward Blacks.
The judge also said that he was
going to limit the defense in rais-
Ing questions about the con
tamination of evidence, although
there were credible concerns raised
in the criminal trial about how the
blood got on the sock and in the
car. He has accepted the plaintiffs
lawyersT argument that just be-
cause there was sloppy police work
in collecting the evidence, that does
not mean that what was collected
oA Time To Change?
fellow North Carolinians, black |
Harvey Gantt and Senator Jesse
Helms are once again on the cam-
paign trail. It has been six years
since Jesse played on racial fears
and managed to beat Harvey Gantt
by a very slim margin. However,
1996 is a new year and time for
North Carolina, and I hope that all
people of this state will be fair and
open-minded enough to look be-
yond racial differences and vote
for acandidate that stands to fight
for issues like tax breaks for the
working and middle classes, im-
proved education and job opportu-
nities, increase and protection of
Medicare and Medicaid for the eld-
erly.
North Carolina has never hada
black senator, and I think the rea-
son for this is obvious. Jesse Helms
has served for twenty-four years,
playing on North CarolinaTs racial
division and bigotry. Please, my
is not valid.
Finally, the judge will not al low
the introduction ofthe osome one
else may done it? argument, i.e.
the oColumbian necktie.?
and white, on election day, let us
show the rest of the nation that we
are no longer an oisland? prone to
being misled by divisive racial ads
and code words. Let us prove that
we can cast an educated vote that
is not manipulated by smoke
screens of intolerance and bigotry.
Harvey Gantt is not just a black
man, but a qualified, intelligent
human being who has earned his
right to be this stateTs senator. He
has proven that he wants a pro-
gressive, not a regressive North
Carolina, and if we want to truly
be a united state and nation, we
must learn to work together de-
spite racial and religious differ-
ences (we did it during Fran). Vote
for Harvey Gantt on November
5th so that we can change the past
and move on to the future.
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- Farrakhan blasts journalis
t's a criticism secn and heard
vies often right on the pages
of Black press. But at the recent
National Association of Black
Journalist convention held in
Nashville, Tenn., Nation of Is-
lam leader Min. Louis
Farrakhan, blasted Black jour-
nalists working for white media.
oThe people who own the
newspapers for which you work,
have an opinion, they have a
philosophy, they have a guiding
principle that they skew (as) the
news. A scared to death Negro is
a slave. You slave writers, slave
media people.
oWhite folk did not hire you to
really represent what Black
people are really thinking and
you donTt really tell them what
you think because you are too
afraid. This does not protect de-
mocracy.? He said the media feed
people filth and skewer the news
to fit their own philosophies.
Farrakhan urged the group
and Black journalists in general
to get in touch with God and the
church to overcome fear of their
white media masters.
The NABJ showed courage
by inviting Farrakhan, whom the
white press and Washington is
painted as the worst person in
America. The NABJ itself came
under fire from several local af-
filiates including the New York
Association of Black Journalists
for their failure to support
Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former
NABJ member, and for holding
their last convention of the day
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he was to be executed.
While Farrakhan received a
standing ovation on several oc-
casions during his speech, not
everyone was in accord with his
criticism. Jesse Shipp, writer for
_ the New York Daily News, took "
issue with her, as everything
she writes these days pleases
her white masters. Her salary
and notable awards attest to that
pleasure. But others objected
also. Some felt white journalists
have the same problem as Black
journalists have with regards to
telling the whole truth about
being out of work.
There is another point to be
made. While Black magazines
usually pay a good wage, they do
not deal with day-to-day hard
news issues. They are sometimes
accused of serving up pabulum
to appease advertisers.
Black Newspapers
Most Black newspapers rely
on freelance, or per diem report-
ers to provide news. They get
very little money, no benefits, no
paid vacations, holidays, sick
leave, no health insurance.
~The more they tell it like it is,
the greater repetition they get
and the less valuable they are to
the white press who will not hire
known outspoken pro-Black
journalist. If they do, they donTt
last long. Witness the long his-
tory of the Daily News, via its
Black writers. "
The Black press knows this
and takes advantage of Black
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writers by not paying them or
providing benefits even after
years of service. So if they like it
they are just as likely to get fired
or frozen out, or cut back as a
Black reporter who tells it like it
is in the white press.
The future of the Black press.
as we move towards the new
century is in peril, from without
and from within. Major media is
jockeying for the hearts and souls
of Black people. They have the
resources to over community
news better than the Black press.
And advertisers discriminate
against the Black press with the
excuse that they donTt have the
readership to warrant ads. The
little money it would take to put .
ads in the Black press is less
them one tenth of one percent of
their advertising budget and
would not even be missed.
Theonly thing that Black press
has going for it is that the white
press is p0 racist and so divjsive,
and selective of BlackT ~news; if
they plan to fool Blacks for a
ec watateunsily
report Black news, sooner or let-
ter an issue would arise such as
Crown Heights, where otheir phi-
losophies? as Farrakhan main-
tains would reveal itself.
Historically, the need for a
strong Black presshavremained
constant. Books like oVoices of a
~Black Nation: Political Journal-
ism in the Harlem Renaissance?
edited by Theodore G. Vincent
(Ramparts Press); oHarlem On
My Mind? (Random House); oThe
Black Press USA? by Roland E.
Wolseley; all these books attest
to the vital importance of a free,
functioning Black press.
But Black reporters who
would and could be positive
forces for change have to make
to decision to work for the white
press and eat, pay their rent,
buy clothing, raise a family, have
a life, or sacrifice everything for
the Black press, which does not
pay even a living wage, and be-
~ing poor for the rest of their
_ lives.
Good journalism is a full time
job. Your every waking moment
you are looking for a story, lis-
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mediums, taking calls, making
calls, weighing issues. Being a
part time doctor or lawyer. ItTs a
profession, a full time one. ItTs
the fourth estate, and either you
is or you ain't.
The same courage and God is
snepded: for Black ,
to.
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masters, as their white ones.
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Dr. Bruce said. oTo make sure
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By applying wrinkle cream to
it is working.?
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Another key
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oIf you are still
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» oYou canTt fight sun damage
while triggering new damage.?
Men and women should use a
facial moisturizer with SPF 15
or higher every day even if they
do not use a wrinkle cream. oItTs
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