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GreenvillWTOW1320WashingtonAmistad LawsuitGiestidns History _ :toeCAMLigtagy . Pr RIOOICALS ©We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children thatmakes the heart too big for the body."EmersonEASTERN NORTH CAROLINAT S MINORITY VOICE-SINCE 1981WAST ARONA Nee Spit of Jebus ) :AUVUAIT a:ISSUE OF DEC. 10 - DEC. 16HOLIDAY SHOPPINGIII"Shown here doing some holiday shoppingwith her lovely children. (Staff Photo)E AAffirmative Action Fight UnderwayBy Cash MichaelsStoff WriterAlthough the holiday season hasbegun, the glad tidings are few,,-proponents of affirmative action inNorth Carolina say, if recentevents that may threaten the con-troversial civil rights policy meananything.A week before the Thanksgivingholiday, UNC system PresidentMolly Broad ordered a oreview? o/admissions, hiring and financialaid policies and programs thatcould be legally construed as hav-ing a racial or gender-based prefer-ence at all 16 system campusesthroughout the state.Realizing that her directivewould raise eyebrows on both sidesof the affirmative action debate,Broad quickly cautioned that shewas not retreating on the systemTscommitment to integration, butsaid that recent court rulings inTexas and Maryland made. such areview prudent.oI would be amazed if we did not?make changes in affirmative actionpolicies, Broad told The CharlotteObserver last week. oI donTt knowof any university in the countrythat wouldnTt benefit from doingwhat we are doing [to avoid a courtfight}.?Reportedly, BroadTs call has al-ready either diluted or sounded thedeath knell for several programsthat were exclusively geared to-ward helping black and other stu-dents of color. N.C. State Univer-sity is now integrating its Univer-sity Transition Program, whileUNC-Charlotte officials are tellingsponsors of two scholarship pro-grams for black students that theyhave to change them, or else.Prudent, maybe. But the timingwas no accident, say observers.Broad, a former administrator inthe University of California Sys-tem, was adroitly sidestepping thebullTs-eye conservatives hadpainted on theUNC systemand its policiesin anticipationof this weekTsvisit by WardConnerly, theblack conserva-tive member ofthe Universityof CaliforniaBoard of Re-Town OfFrom Staff ReportsJoyce Tyson Dunn has filed a $1million dollar lawsuit in U. S. Dis-trict Court against the Town ofWinterville and the Police Depart-ment. The suit stems from Ms.DunnTs alleged treatment by aWinterville reserve police officerfollowing a traffic stop.In addition to the monetary sum,the Winterville resident is seekinga public apology from town officialsand a court order to force the resig-CONNERLYNAACP Asks Probe Of Church Firecaught and convicted. AldermanWorthington states, oit must bethorough, fast, and just.?Chuich ( ProfBY SHADOTA HARGETTSTAFF WRITERSince the 1950Ts and 60Ts, churchfires have been a significant part ofBlack history. Then--we knew thechurch burnings were racially mo-tivated. Now--weTre not so sure; atleast not in the church fire inPactolus. This is what leads theNAACP to wonder what happenedto the Holiness Church.The Pitt County Branch of theNAACP held a press conference onDec. 4 to discuss the fire inPactolus that left about 72 mem-bers without a church to worshipin.oJust what happened! All wewant is to know what happened!?,said Gaston Monk, President of thePitt County Chapter of theNAACP. He, along with otherNAACP members, called the pressconference to discuss their con-cerns about the church fire.The SBI and the ATF have beenworking hard to find answers toowhy? and owho? started this fireat the church. Monks feels the firestarter is the olowest? kind of per-son and he has ono love for anyone?who starts a fire.The fire caused significant dam-age to the church. It will need a lotof repairs done in order to resumeworship services. oThey need ourGASTON MONKhelp?, said Alderman W.H.Worthington, Jr., of Winterville.The church was under-insuredwhich means financial assistanceis needed. Calvin Henderson, re-gional vice-president of theNAACP, said, oNo church is im-mune to this; it is a very seriousmatter.TThe NAACP members are confi-dent that the ATF and SBI are do-ing all they can to stay up-to-dateon the investigation.The NAACPTs main concern iswhether or not the fire was a hatecrime. The members donTt assumethat it was a hate crime, but theywant to be sure. oItTs always suspi-cious when there is a church burn-ing?, said Alderman Worthington. )The burning of churches has hit asclose as Jones County. oWe donTtwant this happening in PittCounty,? said Mr. Monk.Whether the fire was intentionalor accidental, the Pitt CountyNAACP believes all churchesshould be well insured and have asprinkler system. SylvesterHughey, chairperson of theNAACP said, oChurches needsprinklers.? Calvin Henderson alsoadded, oWe, as a community,should be there for one another_ and help one another.?Although the investigation con-tinues, the members of the NAACPare still open to the possibility ofthe fire in Pactolus being one of ahate crime. If it turns out to be ra-cially motivated--then the NAACPexpects the perpetrator to beKwanzaa: An OverviewBY BRIAN L. HAYNES, Ph.D.Reports indicate that 20 millionpeople have commenced to cel-ebrate Kwanzaa in the UnitedStates, Canada, England, the Car-ibbean and Africa. Kwanzaa, anonreligious, non-heroic, nonpoliti-cal holiday, I a time to celebrateAfrican-American heritage, family,culture and community. Kwanzaais celebrated through rituals, po-etry, music and feasting. The sevenday celebration begins the day af-ter Christmas and concludes onNew YearTs Day (Dec. 26 - Jan. 1).Inspired by the Civil RightsMovement, Kwanzaa was con-ceived in 1966 by Dr. MaulanaKarenga. The word Kwanzaa isSwahili and is taken from the Swa-hili phrase omatunda ya Kwan-zaa,? which means first fruits.Kwanzaa is built on seven prin-ciples known by the Swahili phraseNguzo Saba. Each day during theKwanzaa celebration a differentprinciple that is related to African-American culture is stressed. Theseven principles are: Umoja(unity), Kujichagulia (self-de-termination), Ujima (collectivework and _ responsibility),Ujamaa (cooperative econom-ics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba(creativity), Imani (faith).One of the major rituals of Kwanzaa is the lighting of a candleon each of the seven days. Thecandles called Mishumaa Saba arethe colors of the Black LiberationFlag (red, black and green), Thecandles are held in a candleholderknown as a kinara. There are threered candles placed on the right ofthe Kinara, three green candlesplaced on the left of the Kinara andone black candle placed in the cen-ter of the candleholder. Each dayTscandles are lit beginning with theblack candle. Candles are then litalternately from the left to theright. Daily as candles are lit, aprinciple is recited and its impor-tance expounded upon by each per-son participating in the ceremony.Kwanzaa can also be a time ofgift giving. Gifts should includebooks, games or toys, related to Af-rican-American heritage. One ofthe key points of Kwanzaa is thatgifts should be modest in natureand not reflective of the over com-mercialization that surrounds theChristmas holiday.Will you and your family cel-ebrate Kwanzaa this year? °-ers will hold their first Pre-Anni-BY FAYE WHITEAssociate Editor .EditorTs Note: If you wouldlike to have your churchTs spe-cial event included in this col-umn, please submit it to FayeWhite, MT Voice Church Calen-dar, at least two weeks prior tothe event.The oGospelaires of Green-ville? celebrated their 25th Anni-versary on Sunday, Dec. 7. Minis-ter Gregory Branch, of the PhilippiChurch of Christ, delivered the ser-mon; music was rendered by theMt. Calvary All-Male Chorus. Thisannual fundraising service helpsprovide gifts for area family-careand nursing home residents.Brother Lonnie Perkins, Taber-nacle Center of DeliveranceMusician, was honored recently. Amusical concert featuring SisterDeborah Dixon Trayhan and vari-ous church choirs and groups con-cluded the activities.The New Beginning held Dedi-cation Services Dec. 7. Bishop J.R.Carney and the NoahTs Ark Churchfamily were guests.The Cedar Grove Male Cho-rus and Traveling Choir werepresented in concert in observanceof the Senior Usher Board Anniver-sary on Dec. 7.The Anointed Ones odeter-mined By Faith? Gospel Sing-versary Gospel Celebration at theNext Generation Church inWinterville at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday,Dec. 14. Featured on this programwill be: Brother-To-Brother, TheInspirations, The New GoldenDoves, Little Willie & The Fantas-tic Spiritualaires, Mary Brown &The Spiritual Singers, TheThe Junior_lohnsonaires,J ) nsonaires, New Life, Theo(See CHURCH BRIEFS, P. 2)gents, who ended race preferencesin its admissions policies in 1995,and then successfully shepherdedthe Proposition 209 anti-affirma-tive action battle in California ayear later, outlawing racial prefer-ences in state-run institutions. TheU.S. Supreme Court recently up-held the new law.Conservatives in North Carolinahope that Connerly, who has beenheralded by right-wingpowerbrokers like Newt Gingrichand Bill Bennett for his attacks onPresident ClintonTs race initiative,can jumpstart that kind of reformhere.On Tuesday, the Carolina Con-servative Coalition, a student orga-nization reportedly committed tothe end of affirmative action inboth UNC admissions and hiringpolicies, brought Connerly in tospeak at UNC-Chapel Hill.Wednesday, Connerly, 57, wasthe breakfast speaker for the con-servative John Locke FoundationTsdaylong Academic Issues Forum atRaleighTs Brownestone Hotel.John Hood, president of theLocke Foundation, told The Caro-linian that while heTs interested infairness, he left no doubt thatConnerlyTs role in North Carolinathis week was to ignite a seriouslook at oquestionable? policies con-servatives feel are ode facto racialdiscrimination?. oIf you want to strike up a con-versation about something youwant to get people interested or in-volved in, then one good way to dothat is to bring in somebody with alot of name recognition that kind ofexcites things,? Hood told TheCarolinian Monday. oWe believe(See AFFIRMATIVE, P. 2)Winterville Suednation of Police Chief DonGreenwaldt.oActually, I feel like ITve sufferedmore than a million. No amount ofdollars can replace what I feel like1 Jest,? Ms. Dunn said recently.Town Attorney Keen Lassitersaid Wednesday that he had notseen the lawsuit and would reservemost of his comment until after hehad reviewed the allegations.oAs of this date, I am aware ofnothing the Town of Winterville,an employee of Winterville, a townofficial or an agent of Wintervillehas done wrong,? he said.The lawsuit stems from the reac-tion of town officials following aJune 17 incident between Ms.Dunn and former Reserve PoliceOfficer Keith Knox. She claimsKnox acted unlawfully in identify-ing himself as a reserve police of-ficer and threatening to give her atraffic ticket for passing his vehicleon a double yellow line. She claimsKnox, who was not in police uni-form and was working for MooreTsDriving School at the time, as-saulted her by not letting herleave.A magistrate approved Ms.DunnTs warrant against Knox forsimple assault, and a judge foundhim not guilty in Pitt County Dis-trict Court in July. The town hassince discontinued using reservepolice officers.Ms. Dunn said her lawsuit cen-ters not on Knox but instead on thereaction of the police chief andtown to her complaints. The seven-page lawsuit names as defendants:Greenwaldt, Mayor Lin Kilpatrick,and towm board members TimAvery, William Elbert, VelmaHarper, Wayne Holloman and Will-iam H. Worthington.oItTs caused a lot of headaches, alot of stress, a lot of worry. ItTsbeen very intimidating,? Ms. Dunnsaid.She claims wrongful actions bythe town and police including: libel,intimidation, defamation of charac-ter, stress, loss of civil rights, men-tal anguish, emotional distress,economic losses, racial discrimina-tion and pain and suffering.Worthington, who serves as al-derman and police commissioner,said he was expecting the lawsuitbecause of the on-going contro-versy. Worthington said he did notknow at the time Knox or thedepartmentTs practice of using re-serve officers.oI apologized to her in a meetingin August or September, but Iguess that wasnTt satisfactory.ThatTs her constitutional right (tofile a lawsuit) if she feels like herrights were violated,? he said.Town Manager Bobby Crawford,who is mentioned in the complaint(See SUED, P. 2)HATS OFF TO OUR SISTERS"Shown here is Sen. Frank Ballance, SisterHarold of Pitt County and Sister Hines, who were hanging out with theAKAs in Martin County. (Staff Photos)STVDIGOIYWad

the guyF Nay boyiticnd and I broke up in May -T was feeling solonely I decided to go to a club to meet someone else. Well,I met was very nice but he kept pressing me to go toa ee Evy cnT Sell was rendy but efter blot of 3"Still Lonely in Gre ©,_Dear Still Lonely; Girlffiend, ing"There i isnTt any one eason why WeT¥e allTguys do this. Then, maybe} question. Bu you ddncethere is because we allow them} to the oo teto do this to us. As for you, the} piper... what kind oOf aonly thing you did was to al-| you expect Te ?low someone else to pressureyou to do something youNext time Nien er convic-tion which is guided by yourdidnTt want to do. spirit...wait till it guides youJackie to your true spint-mate.DeeDear Jackie and Dee:vy, am so embarrassed and hurt. A few months ago Idecided to make my old boyfriend who works with my son situp and take notice of me.I wore the tightest and mostrevealing (my shape, not my body) outfit I had and strutted in~front of him when he was getting off work. What I didnTtknow was that my sonTs other co-workers were there too.They used to respect me, now they think ITm a whore. I donTtknow what got into me! Howtheir respect back?can I fix this situation and getToo Late?Dear Too Late?:Believe me, respect is earned,but in this case let sleepingdogs lie. The most importantthing is that you learn from thismistake.Jackieanna encanta RUN aM EERE| Dear Jackie and Dee:TDear Too Late?:I agree with Jackie! While fashionis a matter of individuality, taste,occasion, and perception (onemanTs whore is anotherTs queen)|there is a line between lookingfashionably osassy? and whorish.A line that for women, unfortu-nately, is unconsciously crossedfrom time to time. Try this: myTule of thumb is...to view myselfin a full-length mirror and if |think three times about it...I donTtwear it.DeeI am in love with a married man who I used to date. t_ know that he also cares for me, he shows it every way he can_ (we work together). He comes to my office three to four_ times a day and lately we have become very flirtatious witheach other. I want to do the right thing but I suspect thatthings might get out of hand. What should I do?Me and Mr. JoneseDear Me:Believe me, the proof is in thepudding. Stop while you are-ahead of the game. Other-' wise, you may begin to ques-- tion what is the right thing.' JackieDear Mrs. Jones-NOT:Short version: You wantsomebody to love? Get a para-keet honey because that dog isgetting ready to bite! I knowyou love him, but youTrewalking on dangerous groundand I donTt want you hurt.Pray on it, ask for guidanceand I am sure you will do theright thing.DeeDear Jackie and Dee:9 My husband and I are just ohousemates?. Sad to say, butwe have been married for less than a year. He is a workaholic.] saw this same behavior before we were married, but I_ thought things would get better after we married. I still feel_ lonely and incomplete. HELP!Housemate' Dear Housemate:| Whatever behavior you see_ before marriage that is the| same behavior you will see| afterwards unless GOD inter-| venes. Although communi-| cating your feelings to your| mate is a must, you need to| keep in mind that a man| doesnTt complete you, com-| pleteness comes from the in-| side knowing who you are,| your purpose, and what you| have been called to do.JackieDear Housemate:JackieTs right...but also, givehim something GOOD tocome home to. YouTre stillhoneymooners! Forget com-plaining and pouting. Re-member what you did to getthat first date, to get thatring, then to get to the altar.Recreate the love, excite-ment, and romance you feltearly on. We forget too soonwhat knockss a man to hisknees and keeps himthere...our righteous love.DeeAffinity: e srpestvecieieaet and logo pending) ) is asibilance to characters or situations other than those expresslyreolied to is ourelv coincidental and strictly prohibited.Patrentze Our Adocrtioersa ae at ngstate legislature, in political cam-paigns of the future.?That oissueT is one that the state,and the nation, has had to deal_with ever since it was forced to ad-mit that institutional racism anditTs resulting systematic denial ofequal opportunity, was in clearcontradiction to the US.ConstitutionTs prime credo that oallo _ men are created equal.?oYou do not take a person who,for years, has been hobbled bychains and liberate him, bring himto the starting line of a race andthen say you are free to competewith all the others, and still justbelieve that you have been com-pletely fair,? said President LyndonJohnson during his 1965 com-mencement address at HowardUniversity.These remedies are well over 100years old, researchers note, start-ing directly after the Civil Warduring Reconstruction with theFreedmanTs Bureau, to rectify thevestiges of slavery. Only when thefederal government withdrew itssupport, did those efforts falter.During the 1960s, PresidentJohn Kennedy was the first to usethe term when he issued ExecutiveOrder 10925, requiring federal con-tractors to otake affirmative actionto ensure? equal opportunity in hir-ing.But it was with the passage of.Title VII of the 1964 Civil RightsAct that legal teeth were added tothe governmentTs affirmative ac-tion policies, and now private in-dustry was also compelled to fairlyconsider all qualified applicants foropen positions, or else face punitivemeasures.According to the U.S. Commis-sion on Civil Rights in October1977, affirmative action is definedas oany measure, beyond simpletermination of a discriminatorypractice, adopted to correct or com-pensate for past or present dis-crimination from recurring in thefuture.?Proponents stress that affirma-tive action is meant to break downbarriers, both visible and invisible,erected after decades of discrimina-tion and unfair practices by thewhite majority. By leveling theplaying field, itTs applied only insituations where there is evidenceof past racial bias, and guaranteesqualified students and job appli-cants only equal opportunity, pro-ponents say, not equal outcome.But conservatives rail againstthe ocompensation? component ofthe policy, saying that it createsfurther division among the races,and deprives whites who had noth-ing to do with the past actions oftheir forefathers, of a fair opportu-nity. Minorities and women arenTtbeing hired because they are quali-fied, those critics say, but becausetheyTre members of oprotectedgroups?.SUEDContinued from page 1but not named as a defendant, saidthe lawsuit had not been served tothe town yet.oI donTt know how to react be-cause this is brand new to me. Iknow itTs been an on-going thing,?he said.The lawsuit could take months tobe heard. 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Shehas made this walk many times be-fore, but not, since the late 1930's,although she lives just across Sa-lem Creek on oHappy Hill.?Even though no service has beenheld here since 1952, the pews re-main in place. Mock recognizes thepotbelly stoves on each side of theroom that warmed the congrega-tion in winter.oI thought I would never see theinside of this church again,? Mocksays. oIt is a good feeling. Thosewere good times.?Kathleen Mock was revisiting St.Philips Moravian Church, knownuntil 1913 as the Negro MoravianChurch, founded in 1822, it is theoldest black church in North Caro-lina, according to Old Salem offi-cials.St. Philips represents a chapterin Moravian history the 300,000people who visit the beautifully re-stored Old Salem Village each yearrarely hear--the period when theMoravian Church owned slavesand rented them to the white resi-dents of Salem.The popular image of Salem isthat of a village of thrifty, hard-working, God-fearing people wholived in cozy brick homes andwhose ovens produced delicioussugar cakes and Moravian cookies.They lived at all times under thewatchful eye of the MoravianChurch.But what is missing from thispicture is that by the time the chil-dren and grandchildren of theoriginal 1760 Salem settlers cameof age, they had become moreSouthern than German. They em-braced the SouthTs slave economy.Although the modern MoravianChurch hasnTt tried to hide itsslave-owning past, it hasnTt goneout of its way to publicize it, either.oOwning slaves is not somethingyou want to beat your breastabout,? says Mel White, OldSalemTs director of African Ameri-can Programs.oBut itTs the truth,? he says.oAnd people want to hear thetruth.?That truth, White says, will befully told in 1998 when Old Salemopens an exhibit--oAcross theCreek from Salem: The Story ofHappy Hill.? It will be part of aneffort to restore and reopen St.Philips.In the exhibit, old photographs,books, documents, artifacts andoral history will explain the 130-year period when slaves and theirdescendants walked Sundays fromHappy Hill to their church at thebottom of SalemTs main thorough-fare.A log cabin served the congrega-tion until 1861, when the MoravianChurch headquarters built for theslaves the brick Greek Revivalchurch that stands today.The story of St. Philips canTt beseparated from that of Happy Hill,which before the Civil War wasknown as the oslave quarters.?After the Civil War, the Mora-vian headquarters began sellingsmall plots to the freed slaves. Thechurch asked that the communitybe named Liberia, after the Africannation founded in the 1830s by agroup of freed American slaves.But by 1874, the freed Salemslaves were calling their neighbor-hood Happy Hill, perhaps becausefreedom had brought happiness tothe village on a hill. The main thor-oughfare, however, was named Li-CHURCH BRIEFSContinued from page 1Anointed Spiritualettes, and TheShekinah Glor y Mass Choir. Thereis no admission.The Shekinah Glory Fellow-ship Choir invites all churchchoirs, groups, and people in thecommunity to a oChristmas-Fest?Gospel Singing Program at theSelvia Chapel Free Will BaptistChurch, 400 Watauga Ave. inGreenville, on Saturday, Dec. 13.Registration begins at 7:30 p.mThe Third Pastoral Anniver-sary Observance of Elder Cur-tis Wilder, Sr., Pastor andFounder of the Solid rock Churchof Christ held December 9 through14 offered nightly services, culmi-nating with Pastor Walter Blountand the St. James Church familyguests at 11 a.m, on Sunday, andPastor Larry Baker and the Pleas-ant. Grove Free Will BaptistChurch of Dunn, N.C, guests at 4"Attend TheChurch OfYour Choice!beria Street, and it remains as Sousuch, though most of the originalHappy Hill dwellings are longHappy HillTs population is stillblack, but most residents todaycome from someplace else. Kath-leen Mock, though, has never livedanywhere else. Some Happy Hillold timers trace their last namesback to the original Salem slaves,who adopted the German names oftheir masters: Bitting, Hauser,Fries, Zevely, Waugh, Shober andothers.Mel White says Old Salem hopesto raise $1.5 million that would gofor restoring the church, and recon-structing the original log churchand a barn that stood behind thebrick church.If the Moravian headquartersapproves--the church will own thebuilding--Old Salem will reopen St.Philips for weddings and other oc-casions.Old Salem leaders today regretthe Moravian ChurchTs slave-own-ing past, but point out that thechurch treated slaves better thanthey were treated elsewhere in thefan Church Has Slavery in Its Pastie Moravians addressedchurchgoing slaves as obrother?and osister.? The church educatedslaves. Some even learned German.A slave named Jacob translatedEnglish spoken by guests at SalemTavern into German so the tavernkeepers would understand.In preparation for next yearTs ex-hibit, Mel White has been usingads in newspapers inside and out-side North Carolina and announce-ment at black churches to gatherold photos and artifacts.The end of slavery changedHappy Hill, but not St. Philipschurch.The ruling Moravian Churchcontinued to insist that the blackcongregation be led by a white min-ister and white Sunday schoolteachers. Not until 1947, did ablack man, George Hall, occupy thepulpit. Five years later, Hallmoved the congregation from Sa-lem to Happy Hill.The church has since movedagain, out of Happy Hill. Its pastor,the Rev. 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Bishop James L. Smith knowsowhat itTs like to go to bed hungry. _* As a poor child growing up inJones County during the Great De-pression, he learned. to appreciate.meals when food was available.oI have seen times when thingswere very, very, very rough,?Smith, 69, said, oITve said things-will get worse and worse. But inmy spirit, I say they canTt get noworse than they have been with me-and my family in times past, be-cause we have been to the point we_didnTt have anything. But the Lord._provided, and He has done greatthings in these last days, and HeTs- still doing great things.?Smith, pastor and founder of per pound.First Born Holy Church inGrimesland, is now determined toend hunger for as many people as, fillets and beef patties. The selec-possible.About two years ago, he foundedprovides meals to abut 1,000people monthly.oWe're just down here workingfor the Lord. I donTt know anyother way than by helping thepeople.? Smith said. oIt was justlaid on my heart. The Lord justkept driving me to help the people.We found ot-about this Food Bankof North Carolina, and after check-ing into it, I found it was a way Icould buy some food and give it topeople.?The Food Bank, in Raleigh, sellsbulk amounts of contributed food toagencies that help the needy. Oncea month, Smith drives to stock upon hundreds of items at 14 centsMondayT trip yielded a bounty ofmeats including chicken and fishtion often varies, Smith said.oWe're going to be passing outthe First Born Community Devel-' some good stuff this Saturday, theopment Center, which currently Lord willing--but we donTt get thatafevery time,? he said. oWe're liableto go one time and they donTt have(any) meat. I would like for it to beso I could get 50 cases of this and25 cases of that, but we canTt get itlike that. We just have to get what-ever is contributed.?Volunteers distribute boxes offood at the center twice a month.Families with incomes under$13,000 and all welfare recipientsare eligible for assistance.oWe give to white and black--anybody who comes in. If you comein and have a need and meet thequalifications, we help,? Smithsaid. oWe started out with the ideaof just helping the elderly andpeople that lose their jobs. Onething ITve seen down through theyears is young folks unable to getany assistance when they lose theirjobs. ItTs very hurtful.?Smith, who moved to Pitt Countyin 1938, started First Born Churchabout 30 years ago. The churchnow has about 200 members.The First Born Center hasdrawn support from the commu-nity, Smith said. Burroughs Well-come Company and the UnitedWay of Pitt County each provided$10,000 donations. The UnitedWay last year also accepted thecenter as a continuing agency.Still, while the building fre-quently bustles with activity, it sitsunfinished. About $15,000 to$20,000 worth of items and equip-ment are needed, Smith said, in-cluding bricks and a heating sys-tem.oItTs not quite completed, butwe've using it,? he said. oWe didenough so we could get into it.We're just waiting, hoping, andpraying that somebody will seewhat we're trying to do and makean attempt to help us.?The center recently received aGovernor's Award from GovernorJim Hunt, and a community ser-vice award from the Pitt CountyUnited Way. Smith said he appre-LiteracyVolunteersSoughtThis Christmas, give yourself, or °someone you know, the greatestgift of all--the gift of reading. CallLiteracy Volunteers. We matchadults with volunteers tutors, whowork one-on-one to build readingskills. This service is free andconfidential. Call Literacy Vol-unteers at (919) 353-6578. ThatTs353-6578!ciates the awards but is not moti-vated by the promise of recogni-tion.oNo, no no. I didnTt have nothoughts (of that), not in my heartof in my mind. I was doing it to theglory of God,? he said. oWhen I gotthese awards, I said, Well, blessthe Lord, I'll take them and I'll goon.T It just says somebodyTs lookingat you, somebody cares. But I didnot go in to help feeding GodTspeople for rewards.? " oeBishop James L. Smith Show Heart Of PlentyT In FeedSmith wants o irscope of the center. He hasso more people can receive help.oI donTt reject anybody. I donTtcare where (what church) you be-long (go). If you come here andneed this food, if we've got it, youget it,? he said. oRight now, ITmsort of standirig on my own, but IdonTt have no doubts. 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V)melielanicCredo of the Black PressThe Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racialand natural antagonisms when it accords to every person, regardless of race,color or creed, full human rights. Hating no person, fearing no person in thefirm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back.Wrong Case, Wrong MessageSomething happened in New Jer-sey last week that will definitelysend shock waves through the blackcommunity.You may have heard about it al-ready; if not, itTs on our front page.Basically, a bunch of civil rights?groups, including our own NationalNewspaper Publishers Association,got together and agreed to pay 70percent of the settlement in a re-verse-bias case.The suit had been brought by awhite teacher in New Jersey whowas hired the same day as a blackteacher. When it came time to letone of them go, the school board keptthe black teacher and the whiteteacher sued.Now,«the black teacher had amasterTs degree, so it should havebeen no contest. Unfortunately, atthe trial, the school board nevermentioned that fact.They stonewalled, citing affirma-tive action as their reason for choos-ing the black teacher. The whiteteacher won. That decision was up-held on appeal.That brought the case to the Su-preme Court, and people started get-ting nervous. It was too late to startbringing up the qualification issue,since the school board in its originalarguments had essentially stipulatedthat the two were equal in every-thing else.Based on those narrow criteria,the civil rights groups that had beenmonitoring the case and the schoolboard itself were afraid that the de-cision would go against them, withwidespread repercussions.So the decision was made to fold,with the help of some of our fellownewspapers.It is an understandable decision,which has been applauded by every-body from Jesse Jackson on down.After all, it prevents yet another ad-verse affirmative action ruling frombeing set in stone.Nevertheless, the case and the de-cision to settle it will definitely comeback to haunt us.The average citizen, black orwhite, worker or manager, principalor school board member, personneldirector or CEO, doesnTt worryabout such niceties.~The message they will get will beunmistakable. A white teacher, lessqualified than a black teacher, suedbecause they kept the blackteacher... and won.And civil rights organizationsknew they would lose, so they paidthe settlement fee.None of that stuff what the de-fense brought up or didnTt bring upwill make any difference at all.It has long been understood that ablack applicant for the same positionhad to be at least twice as qualifiedas a white applicant to get the job.Now, in the minds of much ofAmerica, that requirement will havebeen codified into law.Personnel directors across thecountry are going to ask themselves,when considering applicants, oCan Idemonstrate in court, beyond ashadow of a doubt, that this blackman is more qualified than thesewhite people??For them to be able to say oYes,?the difference is going to have to besubstantial.Better yet, just to be safe, makesure you hire the white guys in mostcases.It probably wonTt be too long be-fore white ocivil rights activists? arescouring the records of companies tosee if too high a pércentage of its em-ployees are black.That would be hard evidence thatthey had used oillegal? preferencesin their hiring policies.Now, these probably wouldnTtstand up in court. But, with the mes-sage that has been sent by this case,how many medium-sized companieswould take the chance?It was an understandable decision.But it will change the face of theAmerican workplace forever.Get Paid On The NetKaty does research and writesrough drafts for term papers for col-lege students. Last week, she made$650.Joan just attended a class to teachher how to do her new job. She willwork transcribing notes for doctors.If she gets seven of them to use herservice, she will make more than thejob she does now.What do these two women have incommon? They are among the thou-sands across the country who aremaking their living on the Internet.The future when we all would beable to do much of our jobs fromhome has been bogged down in theneed for special phone lines, mo-dems, and retooling of offices.But a few enterprising peoplehave decided that, if they have Inter-net access and the company does too,they donTt have to actually put to-gether all that extra stuff.It started with companies simplybecoming aware that the Internetwas out there and was a fantastic re-source for information.Then, companies realized that theycould use the resources it providedto both advertise and sell their prod-ucts.Now, they are realizing that actualwork can be done over the Internet.With the Internet, state (and evennational) boundaries donTt matter"or even exist.The number of people who are re-alizing this potential is growing.The Internet represents a goldmine for black folks. If itTs going tobe harder and harder for African-Americans to get hired by govern-ment, schools and industry, there isgoing to have to be a way to make aliving.And the Internet could be the an-swer. It-is a place where literallymillions of potential customers canbe contacted with little expenditure.For the person who is savvy and intouch, the Internet can be a wayout"and up"for his or her com-pany.Of course, for this to happen, blackfolks have to learn to use computers.Yes, itTs a $1,000 to $2,000 invest-ment. But how many of us havespent that and more on trips, car ac-coutrements, and other trivia?ItTs time to learn. ItTs time to in-vest,Bh robsRFE INNIOI? biting mentor Gane viceAvaikaner, ATeinees@A0t.COMNorth America SyndicateOther ViewpointsWHY THE BLACK PRESS IS STILL NEEDEDBy Thomas C. FlemingSpecial to the NNPAA lot of things have changed in San Francisco since Ibegan my career as a journalist for the black press in 1944.About that same year, the big hotels downtown startedletting blacks in for the first time. One reason was becausesome papers were sending black correspondents to the Pa-cific war, and because blacks started coming through the cityas captains and majors. The hotels didnTt like the negativepublicity generated when they refused accommodations tothese men.The downtown hotels then had no black employees. Theydid during the early years of this century. But when thehotel workers were unionized in the 1920s and T30s, theblack workers were thrown out.Racial discrimination was very powerful in San Franciscoin 1944. A lot of restaurants wouldnTt serve black custom-ers"even the big restaurants in Chinatown. There werenTtany black policemen or black firemen in the city at all. TherewasnTt a single black teacher in the public schools.San Francisco had four daily newspapers, and Oaklandacross the bay had two. But none of them hired a blackreporter until 1962.The San Francisco Municipal Railway, which runs thecityTs transit system, didnTt have any black employees untilabout 1941. During the war, they had to hire blacks becauseof the shortage of white manpower.The black population of San Francisco jumped dramati-cally due to the influx of war workers. When Roger Laphamwas mayor of San Francisco (1944-48), I was invited to apress conference he held, and afterward, he came up andasked, oMr. Fleming, how long do you think these coloredpeople are going to be here??I looked him in the eye and said, oMr. Mayor, do youknow how permanent the Golden Gate is?? He said oYes.? Isaid, oWell, the black population is just as permanent.TheyTre here to stay, and the city fathers may as well makeup their minds to find housing and employment for them,because they're not going back down South.? He turned redin the face. That was the only exchange of words I ever hadwith him.When the Reporter began publication"it later becamethe SunReporter"it was accepted right away by the blackcommunity, because the daily press ignored the existence ofblacks almost entirely, with the exception of crime stories. Ithink most black people still depend upon the black papers,particularly for their social events and news about theirchurches.In the black press, you read the stories of the lynchingswhen they happened, the jobs you could get, the instances ofdiscrimination, the hotels you could stay in. You wouldn'tsee those stories in the daily papers. Without the blackpress, black people wouldnTt have had any kind of voice atall. The black press started as an antislavery tool, and it hasalways led the fight for complete integration. The civil rightsmovement started with the black press.One difference with the black press today, compared tothe T40s, is that you no longer have national black papersthat circulate all over the country. Local black papers .arenow able to write about events in their own communitiesbetter, and get them in the paper quickly. Now they haveblack news services like the National Newspaper PublishersAssociationTs News Service, that can send the news out tothe local papers and get it in the next issue.Also, the black press now gets full-page ads from big cor-porations, which it didnTt before. In the 1940s, they lookedupon it as charity, Then they realized that blacks bought inthe same quantities as whites.When I look back at how much effect the black press hashad in solving racial problems, I can only say that itTs madea slight dent, because the problems still exist. You can seethat by the adverse attitude about affirmative action, notonly in California, but nationwide.I have no regrets about spending my entire career withthe black press, I might have enjoyed it better with thewhite press, but I had no choice then. At least I tried to getin, but they werenTt hiring us.If a young black jougnalist asked me today whether heshould work for the black press or the mainstream press, I'dtell him to get a job wherever he could, because jobs in themedia are very limited now. I donTt think itTs necessarily an .advantage to start out working for the black press.Today, the daily papers and TV and radio stations havemore objective coverage of the black community because ofthe addition of black editorial staff members. They have sto-ries about black events that at one time got only in the blackpress. Black reporters might mdke suggestions about whatto cover. Their interest is greater, because their private livesare spent mostly in the Black community, But thereTs still a need for the black press. If the dailypapers covered all the different facets of black society theway they do white society, there wouldnTt be a black paper inexistence.As long as thereTs racism in America, there will be ablack press.Copyright ©1997 by Thomas C. Fleming. A writer forthe Sun-Reporter, San FranciscoTs weekly African-American newspaper, which he co-founded in 1944,Fleming urote this essay in November 1997, on the oc-casion of his 90th birthday.VANTAGEPOINTArticles and Essays by Ron DanielsBREAKING THE CHAINS OF X-MASThe rush of X-MAS is once again upon us. In the weeksfrom Thanksgiving to the New Year consumers crazed bycapitalist induced consumerism will spend hundreds of bil-lions of dollars thereby bolstering the bottom line of giantretail establishments. In large measure the real meaning ofChristmas as the birthday of one who came to liberate hu-manity from suffering and bondage has been buried by analmost obsessive commercialism. Christmas has become aprisoner of X-MAS. Unfortunately, African-Americans, anoppressed people still plagued by racism and economic ex-ploitation, are also caught up in this counterproductive cha-rade.An oppressed people must be deliberate and purposefulabout plotting their liberation. It should be clear, therefore,that Africans in America cannot afford to participate in andsupport X-MAS. El Hajj Malik Shabazz, Malcolm X, calledupon Black people to achieve liberation by oany means nec-essary.? One of the most important weapons at our disposalas an oppressed people in this capitalist, greed-driven nation .is our hard earned, precious dollars"green power! By someestimates black consumers now spend some $400 billioneach year, much of which goes to feed huge businesses/corpo-rations"which are the pillars of U.S. capitalism"the hebackbone of this oppressive system.Beyond a few jobs, these corporations contribute nothingto the social and economic uplift of black communities. In-deed, it is in their best interest to keep us in chains, slavesto a mindless consumerism that drains desperately neededresources from our communities to fill their corporate cof-fers. X-MAS is an integral part of this scheme. I would ven-ture to say that black consumer dollars constitute the criti-cal margin of profit for most retail establishments during theX-MAS season. In fact proportionately black consumersspend more than any other group during X-MAS. And, sinceX-MAS is the make or break season for retail-concerns, theblack dollar in effect is the major factor ensuring the profit-ability of these giant companies on an annual basis.We must break the chains of X-MAS if we are seriousabout our liberation. If the Black Nation can mobilize mil-lions of men and women for the Million Man March (MMM)and Million Woman March (MWM), then we should be ableto educate, mobilize and organize millions of captives of X-MAS to escape the plantation of self-destructive consumer-ism, striking telling blows with an awesome weapon whichwe have in our own hands"black dollars.For years Bob Law, host of the nationally syndicated ra-dio program oNight Talk,? has been urging Africans inAmerica to utilize economic sanctions as a means of advanc-ing our struggle. Simply stated, economic sanctions is with-holding our dollars fromcorporations and business concerns outside of our commu-nity for the purpose of investing those dollars in Black busi-nesses and community-based economic development ven-tures inside our community. For example, instead of spend-ing $1,000 on X-MAS with retail establishments outside ofthe black community, you could make a conscious decision tospend $1,000 with black: businesses, or better yet, invest$1,000 with one of-the economic development ventures beingorganized by Dr. Claud AndersonTs Harvest Institute.In addition to the economic sanctions concept, I havebeen advocating a full-scale boycott of oWhite Christmas?tied to the demand for reparations. Again, if we can mobilizemillions of people for massive demonstrations like the MMMand MWM, we must use the same organizing skill, energyand resources to mobilize millions of people to use their dol-lars to target a specific political-economic objective like rep-arations, There is no better time than the X-MAS season toflex our economic muscle to strike a major blow for our lib-eration. I am still advocating a highly publicized, well orga-nized and effective boycott of X-MAS in the year 1999 tocarry us into the new century/millennium forcefully pressingthe demand for reparations.An oppressed people must use any and all means at itsdisposal to achieve liberation. 2a *2 8 = -

8OPP PLP PPP PIPPI LID IOP Fmonecine at the University of Virginia_ since 1996, will deliver the com-_ mencement address at North Caro-lina State UniversityTs fall galtion exercises on Wednesday, Dec17, in Reynolds Coliseum.Martin is an NC State alumnusand a founding member of the NCState Board of Visitors.In his speech, oCommonThreads,? Martin will focus on howgraduates of N.C. State are linkedtogether by the common threads ofeducational and environmental ex-periences, love for their almamater and pride in the Wolfpack.ulty and trustees, Chancellor LarryK. Monteith is expected to awardgrees and more than 2,300 associ-ate, bachelorTs, masterTs, doctoraland professional degrees.Graduation ceremonies will be-gin with a concert by the N.C.State British Brass Band at 8:30a.m. and the academic processionat 9 a.m. Individual colleges anddepartments will distribute diplo-mas at various locations on campusSERVICE OF TRIUMPH"Husband, Gratz, family and friends say fare- beginning at 11:30 a.m. A jointwell to Ms. Mattie Olivia Macklin Norcott. She departed this life on Army, Navy and Air Force commis.Nov. 26, 1997, at her home in Ayden, N.C. It is with love and fond sioning ceremony will be held at 4memories that Mattie will be remembered by her husband of 48 p.m. in the Ballroom, Universityyears, Gratz Norcott, Jr. of the home; her mother, Bizzell Joyner Parker Student Center. aof the home; foster son, Daniel Worthington; sister, Lela Dell M. Hinton Commencement activities willof Rocky Mount, three brothers-in-law, and parents-in-law, Chartie begin on Tuesday, Dee. 16, whenand Marina Darden of Ayden, N.C., a host of nieces and nephews, a eran the graduating studentsdevoted companion, Lois Williams of Ayden, other relatives andoseen cad MLSE ce bilities, Martin teachesemergency medicine. He receivedthe 1994 Emergency MedicineResidentsT Joseph F. WaeckerleFounderTs Award, is a board mem- _reers. Va.ber of the Society for Academic- Emergency Medicine, and is presi- .dent of the Council of EmergencyMedicine Residency Directors.Aside from his patient responsi-students interested in medical ¢ ca- ,"#68Dostoevsky was one of those neurotics who. recover their healthand even their serenity when disaster at last occurs"V.S. PritchettOn behalf of the N.C. State fac- °two honorary doctor of letters de- |. families and friends from 5:30 to 7friends. p.m. in the University Studentheal hintsFever, Facts & Fallacies(NAPS)"Did you know that98.6° is not a normal tempera-ture? In fact, it is an average ofmost peopleTs normal tempera-ture. What many people donTtknow is that everyone has his ownonormal? temperature. In anyevent, when a child gets a fever itcan be alarming, especially forfirst time parents. The followingare some common misconceptionsand realities, compiled by Dr.Thomas Terndrup, associate pro-fessor of emergency medicine andpediatrics at Syracuse University,that should help reduce parentalanxiety when a child runs a fever.e Fallacy: A fever is an illness.FACT: A fever is a positivesign that the body is fighting aninfection.¢ Fallacy: If a child has a fever,place him in a cold or alcoholbath.FACT: Sponge a child in a bathfilled with tepid water (85°-90°).Never add alcohol"it can causeserious illness and possibly acoma.¢ Fallacy: Be sure to keep achild with a fever warmly dressed.FACT: If a child has a fever,dress him lightly and keep theroom comfortably cool.¢ Fallacy: A child with a fevershould stay in bed.FACT: A child with a fever canbe up and about the house, butshould not overexert himself.¢ Fallacy: EveryoneTs onormal?temperature is the same all thetime.FACT: EveryoneTs temperatureis highest between late afternoonand early evening, and lowestbetween midnight and earlymorning. f¢ Fallacy:TAn accurate temper-ature reading can only be achievedby taking it rectally.FACT: When your child doeshave a fever, an easy, convenientand accurate method of taking histemperature is with a BraunThermoscan?"? instant ear ther-mometer. It takes a temperaturein just one second by taking aopicture? of the infrared heatgiven off by the eardrum and sur-rounding tissue. The BraunThermoscan then calculates bodytemperature, converts it to anoral or rectal reading, and dis-plays # on the digital readout.Reducing the time and hasslesurrounding temperature takingcan help lessen the anxiety forboth parents and children.Center Ballroom.Martin received a bachelorTs de-gree in pulp and paper technologyin 1970 and a second degree inchemical engineering in 1971 fromN.C. State. A member of the char-ter class of the Eastern VirginiaMedical School, he earned a medi-cal degree in 1976.Martin is no stranger to publicservice. As a commissioned officerin the U.S. Public Health Service,he served at the Public HealthHospital in Staten Island, N.Y. andat the Gallup Indian Medical Cen-ter in Gallup, N.M.Martin completed his emergencymedicine residency training at theUniversity of Cincinnati in 1981.Until 1995, he worked at AlleghenyGeneral Hospital in Pittsburgh asstaff physician, associate directorfor clinical operations, program di-rector for the emergency medicineSAN |e~y1997 NISPUBLIC NOTICE "BANKS & FINANCIAL LENDERS WILL BE ATSAT. DEC. 139 AM - 6 PMTAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY!$ ONLYTHE PROGRAM CAR CAPITAL!Hondas, Toyotas, Fords, Chevrolets, Pontiacs, Jeeps, Nissans, Oldsmobiles, Lincolns, Cadillacs, Infinities, Lexus, BuicksTHESE CARS WILL BE SOLD REGARDLESS OF LOSS OF PROFIT!BUY NOW! BEFORE THEY GO TO AUCTION!ACQUISITION FEE AND YOUR TAX AND TAGS!THURS. .; 11 FRI. 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This formerhigh school teacherand football coach is atrue community activist,leader'and visionarycleray and schools toco tity needy oat risk?ens in St. Paul,nesota, and helpsteach them work andlife skills at his fourer-city McDonald'sHe's also ViceChairman of theMay 5 We kor eo pment Council,pporting studentaes whichprovide tutoring andjobs. Last summerlone, LowsTjedication andcommitment helpedfind 1,000 jobs torthe youth in hisconamunityWETRE GLAD TO BE IN A POSITION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.McDonald's is an equal opportunity franchisor by choice. For information, call Harry Coaxum, Asst. V.P., at 630/623-5836. ©1997 McDonald's Corporation

weepsCO-HOST MUSICAL EVENT"In celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday holiday, Central CityProductions presents the oThirteenth Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards?, a two-hour television tributeand awards show honoring contributions of the African-American Gospel music industry. Pictured are:- Miguel A. Nunez (1.) co-host, and Robin Givens (r.), a presenter.THE FACES BEHIND THE CARDS"Ariists Bill Breedon and Lynn Beard design Christmas cards for AmericanCBST Hallmark Hall of Famemovie, Ellen Foster, to be aired onDec. 14, will poignantly portray thegrim realities an abused child facesafter the death of her mother.Unfortunately, the hundreds ofoEllen Fosters? right here in NorthCarolina do not survive the wayEllen did. ThatTs why N.C. statutescall for a volunteer Guardian AdLitem to advocate on behalf of theabused childTs best interest.There are not enough volunteersto go around. During 1997-98, overGreetings. BreedonTs cards offen pictured charming New England village scenes and Victorian houseswhile Beard specializes in painting whimsical teddy bears in storybook settings.Ellen Foster Film To Air Dec. 14th3,000 children in North Carolinawill go to court without the strongvoice of a volunteer advocate.The North Carolina Guardian adLitem Program has issued a pleafor qualified volunteers.Its Carolina East MallFor The Style Of Your LifeThis Holiday Season.fe.".Frjoy casy access to over fifty * from fashion to loys & electronics to. vw . . e astores and shops where our " auulumotive service or eyecare.) Cnjoy the free entertainment weawarm down east hospitalily andfuntastic holiday decorations will schedule regularly or take a break inhelp get you into the spirit of the food court, Come to CarolinaChristmas. Youll find what you arelookInp for at Carolina Last Mall .CAROLINA EASTM A LLPrik, BRapyTs, Stans. K&W Carerenia & 50 starsOrin Monpay- Saturday LO 9, SUNDAY 1-6Citst Mall and enjoy Ure holidaysas they were Meant to be. fun.Christian Counseling (MinistriesJOIN IN GOODWILL DRIVE"The Serving Individuals, Families and GroupsZeta Phi Beta Sorority sisters ofShaw University recently joined in By APPOINTMENT - ®a goodwill drive for the holiday Vina Andrews Hassell, MA.Ed. Seas Ferd P. O. Box 1075season held on the university's | 1 iconsed Counselor 323 Clifton Street @campus. (See Story) (1 Samuel 3:1-10) Greenville, N.C. 27835(919) 756-8297 .The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On thecontrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.2 Corinthian 10:4"5Need A Job?Learn Job SeekingSkills That WorkIn Only Six Weeks!Pre-Employment Training =Shaw UniversityStudents Take PartIn Goodwill DrivesSororities and fraternities onShaw UniversityTs campus heldseveral goodwill drives this holidayseason. The Alpha Phi Alpha Fra-ternity, Inc., spearheaded a PennyDrive, Delta Sigma Theta Sororityhandled a Canned Food Drive, toyswere collected by Phi Beta SigmaFraternity, and Zeta Phi Beta So-rority coordinated a ClothingDrive.Many items including hundredsof dollars to purchase food Were se-cured by the organizations duringtheir annual drive. All donateditems, including purchased food,were displayed in the lobbyTof theWillie E. Gary Student Center onCarolina East MallGiteCertificatesFor those difficultto buy for peopleon your shopping list.Monday, Dec. 8. Students hand-de-livered the majority of the mer- mast Year 0% of HRD Graduateschandize collected to the Helping ither Began ANew CareerHand Mission in Raleigh. Or Eni led Ina . ing am! Certificates available at Ly nnTs Hallmaaeda "The Next Session BeginsJanuary 12, 1998 "Call TodayPitt Community CollegeAJ Tyson, Jr 321-4255A Mind IsA TerribleThing ToWaste.SantaTs hours are 1Jum-3pm and 4pm-8pm Monday thru Saturdayand Sunday from 1:30pm to 5:30pm. One large photo only $6.99,Extended holiday shopping hours December 12, 13, and 14,Friday and Saturday 9am to 9pm and Sunday 12pm to 6pm.cancuiea EASTBULK, BRODY'S, SEARS, KAW CAFETERIA & 50 SHOPSLOCATED ON HIGHWAY ff, JUST 2 BLOCKS SOUTH OF GREENVILLE Bip,

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Both Africa and America arestill paying the price for this brutalcrime"but how much do Ameri-cans know about its inner work-ings?On Thursday, Dec. 11 from 9-10p.m. and 1-2 a.m., oSlave Ship,?Discovery ChannelTs world pre-miere documentary, examines thefacts: Who managed the slavetrade? Who profited? What role didAfricans play? How were the Afri-cans enslaved, and under whatconditions were they shipped?Clearly outlining the triangle ofeconomic dependency that linkedthe U.S., Europe and Africa fromthe 16th through the 19th centu-ries, oSlave Ship? travels to AfricaTswestern oslave coast? and leafsthrough the pages of European his-tory"virtually every major nationtook part. It details the inhumaneconditions under which shackledAfricans, packed into the cargoholds of filthy ships, traveledthrough the infamous oMiddle Pas-sage?"the ocean voyage to theAmericas. Viewers can oboard? aperiod ship to get a feel for thecramped slave decks and hear theappalling observations of a Britishdoctor who in 1788 detailed whathe saw.*oSlave Ship? also tells the storyof the Amistad rebellion, the onlytime slaves in transit were able to .fight back, win their freedom andreturn home. The 1839 incidentand its tortuous aftermath cap-tured the worldTs attention and re-sulted in a U.S. Supreme Courtfight for liberty that pitted oneAmerican president against an-other. This epic event is also thebasis for Amistad, StevenSpielbergTs forthcoming dramaticfilm, set to debut Dec. 12.oSlave Ship? weaves the story ofthe Amistad into its broader inves-tigation of the slave trade. In 1839,on an illegal slave ship bound forCuba, 53 African captives brokefree and took over the ship. Forcinga Cuban slave owner to sail themback home, the slave owner insteaddeceitfully sailed to the States in-stead of back to Africa._ Captured off the eastern sea-board, the Africans found them-The Minorityfo} (orsm alexselves at the mercy of the Ameri-can justice system. Abolitionistslaunched a court battle on their be-half that went all the way to theSupreme Court. There, President.Martin Van Buren, courting South-ern votes, sought to send the Afri-cans to Cuba.Former President John QuincyAdams, ailing and doubting his ad-vocacy skills, returned to Washing-ton to plead for their freedom.oSlave Ship? tells what happenednext, using AdamsT own words, androunds out the story using otherauthentic records.Period art; correspondence, jour-nals and news accounts; archivalfootage; illuminating maps andcareful dramatizations accompanythe insights of experts.They include: Sheila Walker, di-rector of the Center for Africa inAfrican American Studies at theUniversity of Texas at Austin; PaulLovejoy, distinguished researchprofessor at York University inCanada; Cheryl LaRoche, archaeo-Ingies] conservator for John MilnerAssociates and the African BurialGround Project; W. 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Colection of such assess-ments shall be made in a manner man-| | dated by the Board of Directors of The_|North Carolina SweetPotato Commis-.| the best in NFL history!Franco HarrisT oImmaculate?* in the final seconds of the"1972 AFC playoff game was exactlythe miracle the Pitisburgh SteelersThe Steelers had to get a touch-down to beat the Oakland Raiders andadvance to the AFC Championship- game, but with only enough time forone more play and a long 60 yards tothe end zone, even the most loyal ofSteeler fans had cause for concerand panic.The ball was thrown ... deflected ...oFRANCO HARRISrian with Amistad Affiliates who ishelping to build an authenticfullscale reproduction of the shipAmistad at Mystic Seaport, Con-necticut.Discovery Channel is one of theUnited StatesT three largest cabletelevision networks, serving 72.6million households across the na-tion. 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