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) Listen toWoOoW 1340 AMGreenvilleWTOW1320 AMAY \@2t=JebbeletdaselY & BasHE "MinoanO1CEhe is supposed to be doing at the moment.Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isnTt the work"Robert BenchleyEASTERN NORTH CAROLINATS MINORITY VOICE-SINCE 1981Calvin C. Henderson County Commissioner CandidateCalvin C. Henderson is a candi-date for County Commissioner,District. Henderson is married toMs. Beatrice Henderson, a PittCounty native born in Winterville,N.C. The Hendersons have onedaughter, Jeannette, and six stepchildren: Vincent, Betty, Sandra,Dalton, Alton and Kelvin.Calvin Henderson attended W.H. Robinson, and graduated May1956. From 1955 to 1956 he was inthe U.S. Army Reserve. He went onthe the U.S. Air Force for a 1956-60 stint. In 1967 he attended PittCommunty College in Plumbing &Heating.In 1973 Henderson attended theN.C. Institute of Governors.He was awarded an official con-tracting license by the N.C. Boardof Examiners in Plumbing & Heat-ing, making him one of the firstBlacks to gain a license in KasternN.C. in 1976. Since, he has at-tended many training and work-shops in minority contracting atA&T State University and PCC.Jl ProclamationAfrican-American history is one of the great human chronicles of all time. Itiy the story of men and women who, with extraordinary courage and faith,prevailed against centuries of slavery and discrimination to build lives for them-selves and. their families and to contribute immeasurably to the strength and icharacter of our Nation. It is the story of millions of people who arrived on these §shores in chains, yet who had the greatness of heart and spnt to love this country éfor its possibilities. It is the story of generations of heroes who with ther labor, §voices, viswn, and blood sought to change the essence of our society"our laws,institutions, and attitudes to reflect the fundamental American ideals of freedom,justice, and equality. African-American history ts ultimately the story of AmericaTsstruggle to become a more perfect union.Hach year during the month of February, we focus on a particular aspect ofAfrican-American history to broaden our knowledge and deepen our appreciation ofthe countless contributions African-Americans have made to the life of our Nation.This yearTs theme, oAfrican-Amencans in Business: The Path Towards Em-wacerment.�� presents an opportunity not only to celebrate these contributions, but 1 : .also to build on them.Our NationTs system of free enterprise has been a sure path to inclusion and ©independence for generations of Americans, and today African-American entrepre-neurs are reaping its many rewards. In every facet of American endeavor, in thefields of health care, law, government, and education; as artists, bankers, scten-lixts, and computer programmers, African-Amencans are excelling and addingvonificantly to the strength of our economy. If current trends continue, Afnican-Americans will account for nearly 12 percent of the Amencan labor force by theyear 2000. And even more promsing, according to the most recent data availablefrom the U.S. Census, the number of businesses owned by African-Amencans hascrown at an impressive annual rate and significantly faster than the number ofnew U.S. businesses overall. These statistics are a testament to the perseverance,hard work, and energy of African-American and of their enduring faith mn theAmerican Dream.As we celebrate National African-American History Month, let us resolve tobuild on this record of success. We must ensure that every American shares equalaccess to a quality education"an education that will offer the knowledge andskills necessary to fill the jobs of the 21st century. We must strive to eradicateevery trace of discrimination from our society and the American workplace. And wemust work together -government, private industry, community organizations, aniCalvin Henderson is the co-founder of the Winterville FirstHealth and Wellness Center, a pro-gram established between WCCD,Inc., E.C.U. School of Nursing andthe Town of Winterville.In 1968 Henderson became in-volved in addressing many of thedepressing conditions existing inthe Black community including,poor housing, dirt streets, waterand sewer conditions, unfair utilityrates and many more.In 1969 he helped coordinate andlead the first ever mass protestmarch on City Hall to present a listof demands for fair and equal con-ditions in the Black community, be-cause Blacks were being taxedwithout being represented.In 1972 Henderson was success-ful in his bid to become the firstblack to ever serve on the local gov-ernment board. He served for morethan 3 years as a member of one ofthe fist Metropolitian Sewer Treat-ment projects located in Grifton,N.C. He is a charter member.ATTEND KING EVENT"These young ladies, pictured at WashingtonTs Civic Center, has a great educa-Calvin Henderson has worked inmany areas of government han-dling millions of dollars in budget-ary funds, and he was a leader inthe fight for decent and affordablehousing for the elderly and low :n-come citizens in Winterville. He re-quested the town to apply for sta-tus with the Mid-East Housing Au-thority. This brought more thansixty low income units toWinterville.He is also a former member of(See CANDIDATE, P. 2)tional outing and fun time leaming about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. recently. (Staff Photo)Continued Programs For KidsIn todayTs society, our youngblack males are classified as anoendangered species,� and arelooked at as lazy, uneducated, andsometimes dangerous.Why is that we have a govern-ment that could provide programsfor our young black children, sothat they will not have to turn tothe streets. We as taxpayers have aconcerned citizens to invest in all our people, providing them with the tools they right to voice our opinion on what, (See PROCLAMATION, P. 2)FROM THE ARCHIVES"Still going greatin '98 are some of the members of the CSeated (\.-t.): Brenda Weathington, Doris Teele (Deceased), Barbara Gainer Brown, Shirley Jones, RubyEarly Williams, (standing |.-r,) Janice Gatlin Crawford, Lester Blount, Barbara Watson, Donovan Phillips, FayeClark White, Betty Jo Canady (Deceased). They look forward to the celebration of their 40th Anniversary.the government spends our money. 'ew any. M. Eppes Class of '58.on.There are a lot of programs thatare here today as we speak, to helpand be there for our young blackchildren to give that alternativethan the streets and they should behelped no matter what, by the gov-ernment.We have programs such as theBoys & Girls Club of Pitt County,that is in the South Greenvillecommunity and are there for thekids A short time ago, they weretrying to raise funds to keep thedoors open.Now, whether or not the govern-ment was there to help | dontknow, but when it comes to anyprogram that is willing to help,educate, and encourage our kids tostay in school and gives themsomewhere to go instead of beingout there on the streets, then thegovernment should be willingenough to help and provide themwith the funds to keep the doorsopen.There are some programs thatdonTt require so much attention atsuch late notice. For example, theGovernorTs Crackdown for Chil-dren. I applaud Gov. Hunt for allthat he is doing and trying to do,but really donTt you think it is alittle too late.The reason I say that is becauseif you really look at the reality of itall, women have been taking careand raising children on their ownfor a number of years without helpfrom these fathers. To be honest, Ifeel that it is too late, not that late,but all the recognition its gettingfor doing a job well done is bogus!!Why canTt we do something to do togive our young black males encour-agement and the drive to stay:inschool and not on the streets. Allthe money we spend on the bill-boards about unnecessary bullshit,we can be creative and try to dosomething to attract the childrenTsattention to come and participateUrged For A Better Todayin the various programs that wecan provide.When you have a child thatgrows up in an environment that isfull of nothing but negativity, thenwhen that child walks out thatfront door, we as taxpayers shouldvoice our opinion to the govern-ment to try and provide programsfor the children so we can reducethe hanging out on the streets andthe street corners. There shouldprograms that just because a childis unhappy at home, that life is notalways like that. You have a lot ofchildren that their home life is un-happy and they believe that its al-ways like that, and when the homelife is like that, thatTs when theyusually turn to the streets for com-fort and the love they canTt getfrom home. You have so manyyoung men out there that are notbeing encouraged or given the op-(See YOUTH, P. 2)4 SS TRECALVIN C. HENDERSONAuthor HasEastern N.C.RootsThere will be a reading and dis-cussion of Just Plain Folks, a novelby Lorraine Johnson-Coleman,Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. at Quail RidgeBooks, Raleigh and Nov. 12 at 7:30p.m. at Barnes & Noble Booksell-ers, Cary.An accomplished storyteller,documenting the life and history ofrural North Carolina African-America, Johnson-Coleman hasput much of this lore down on pa-per in her new collection.Though raised in Queens, NY.,she was heavily indoctrinated withher motherTs Farmville, N.C. roots.So much so, that it developed intoa lifelong passion for storytellingand folklore.She began telling tales .profes-sionally in Savannah, Ga., whereshe lived with her husband, to pavthe bills.Her skills and reputation grew,and soon she was in demand. Shehas now attained a lifelong dream,having moved home to Greenville,where she works with the Green-ville-Pitt County Conventions andVisitors Bureau, developing blacktourist opportunities.She and her husband, Lance,have formed. a company,Shantytown, whose aim is both tofoster change and to preserve andhighlight rural North Carolinablack heritage.An excerpt from Just PlainFolks: aoBack then your neighbor wasbout as regular as pig tracks and Imean you could trust em, reallytrust em with your life if you hadto, and many times we had to. |remember one neighbor in particu-lar, Sister Minnie, the school-teacher. She lived a good stone'sthrow away, up the road apiece.Times come when we ain't seen herfor weeks, but somehow she was al-ways there when we needed herOne time my mama got so sick that(See AUTHOR, P. 2)FOREIGN MISSIONARIES"Alfred and Shirley Willimas bring an un-usual blend of knowledge and commitment to Jesus Christ throughtheir work as foreign missionaries. Their years of service inicude a 2 |month stay in Liberia each year for the past ten years. Through theirability to spark enthusiasm in every believer, God has inspired themboth to fulfill their innermost dream...that is to help spread the gospelthroughout the world, Their spiritual life has enabled them to share anddeposit much nurturing, growth, and planting the seeds of faith inAfrica. The couple resides in Stanhop, N.J. Alfred is pastor of UnitedPentecostal Holiness Church in Patterson, N.J. Shirley is the formerShirley Clark of Winterville, N.C.

and laws of the egw ft sry st Feb, 1998 as Nationalican-American History Month. I call upon public officials; educators, librar-nn ee pes tc mropricpare history.of January, in the year of our Lind nineteen mre andTedepanlily of the United States of America the tavo hundred and taeaty- ~second|CANDIDATEContinued from page 1the Winterville Board of Adjust-ment, and presently serves as amember of the newly establishedWinterville Recreation Committee.This commission was establishedafter a lawsuit was brought againstthe Winterville Board over illegalactivities existing within past com-missions. The lawsuit was settledout of court. Winterville ConcernedCitizens Organization was theplaintiff.A oborn again Christian�, Hend-erson is an active member of Com-munity Christian Church where heservs in the music ministry. Rev.James Corbett is Pastor.Calvin Henderson is also an Ex-ecutive Board member of the PittCounty Branch NAACP, presentlyserving as first Regional Vice Presi-dent, and on the Legal RedressCommittee. He is Vice President,presently serving with the ThirdCongressional District MinorityCouncil. This District includes ap-proximately 18 counties acrossKastern N.C.A former Boy Scout Commis-sioner with East Carolina CouncilBSA, Sunrise District, Hendersonalso serves as a scoutmaster forWinterville Troop No. 88, and hasdone so for more than 10 years.Calvin C. Henderson also has nu-merous volunteer experiences, andcommunity honors. He feels that in1998 he is the best choice forCounty Commission in District 5.He asks your vote and your sup-YOUTHContinued from page 1portunity to show that they can be-come better individuals and canmake it out here in the whitemanTs world.This is 1997, and you have somany children that are droppingout of school, clearly because theywant to. Now, when you have a 15-or 16-year-old that would ratherhang on the streets instead of inschool to receive an education, thenthere most definitely is a problemWhen you ask a 15- or 16-year-oldwhy they quit school, a lot of timesyou will hear the child say that theproblems are either with the teach-ers or students, and a lot of times,with the teenage moms, they haveto work to provide for the baby. Iapplaud any teenager that wantsto take care of their child, but toquit school definitely is not the an-swer.Another reason, thatTs when thegovernment should step in and pro-vide these kids with help, finan-cially, mentally, and emotionally,but first encourage them to stay inschool to receive an education. Pro-vide day care programs, nightschool programs, programs to showand teach the skills needed forjobs, so that they can provide fortheir families.In larger states. such as NewYork, Maryland, Connecticut, andlarger metropolitan cities you heartalk about alternative programs forThe MinorityVo) (ol [atom7 a akids that are homeless, with youngchildren to raise, those who turnedto drugs, and teenage moms, whowant to get an education. Thesestates have a government vthatwants to help their youth and showthem that there is a brighter fu-ture for all of them.Why is it that we here in NorthCarolina donTt have anything likethat? And if we do, I donTt hearabout them, and I am in the media.Not only am | in the media, but Iam also a mother of three, who andI am not ashamed to tell, but havealso had my run-ins with the law.Let me clearly say, that when Imean run-in with the law, I donTtmean locally, I mean federal and itis not a pretty sight. I was one ofthose that became tempted by thestreets and the fast life and thatfast money, that in the mist of itall, I could lose everything. ThatTsincluding my children, family, hap-piness, life, and most of all my free-dom.So you see, when | was in schoolthere were hardly any programsthat were there for us kids, whenwe really needed it. When mydaughters start getting older andthe temptation of the streets startslooking nice to them, & being amother of 3, I canTt always bethere, so as a taxpayer, I wouldlike for my tax money to be put touse. | would like for my money toshe couldn't tend to me or any of.them other eight younguns. PapaTas bout wore out from workinTie fields from sunup to sundown,d it was all he could do to keepkinT enough so we wouldnTt allarve. Things was pretty leanithe at k then. Well, it seemed like itall landed on me, the oldest, with a...:preat big thud, and it coulda tookm@ out or at least knocked meerrs wn, but I didnTt dare let it...oWell, we tried mighty hard tokeep this misery bottled up realtight so none of the sadness wouldleak out. We was proud folks anddidnTt want no whole lot of peoplein our business., Well, word musthave leaked out to Miz Minniesomehow or Tnother Tcause sheshowed up one day with a bigsteaminT pot of collards, seasonedwith a generous helpinT ofneckbones. She took a quiet look-see to check on Mama and thengrabbed a broom and startedsweepin.T In no time flat she hadeverything all put back together.oLater that eveninT after she gotthem other eight to bed, shehugged me real close and whis-pered in my ear, Sometimes if youjust ask Him, the Lord will sendyou somebody to step in for thefamily that canTt make it round"somebody just to help you holdCONGRESSWOMAN EVA M. 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pista i ie oto 2 a\g .semevice for Mr. James Edward Gra-ham, age 76, of 2310 Pepper Tree_ Road LaGrange, N.C. who diedWednesday, January 28 at Lenoir| Memorial Hospital in Kinston,N.C._. Funeral service was held Satur-- day at 2:00 p.m. at St. James Dis-ciple of Christ Church inLaGrange, N.C., with Elder Claude- Daughety officiating. Burial Will_ Follow in the LaGrange CemeteryJubilee Revival_ MitchellTs Funeral Home an-| Rounces the death and funeral ser-_ He is survived by his wife,Mildred Graham of Goldsboro,N.C., one son, Percy Graham ofGoldsboro, N.C., 1 sister, LouiseBryant of LaGrange, N.C., 7 grand-children, 5 great-grandchildren, anumber of nieces, nephews, other 4relatives and friends.The body will be on view Fridayfrom 2 to 8 p.m. at MitchellTs Fu-neral Home in LaGrangeFor further information concern-ing this obituary, you may callMitchell's Funeral Home inLaGrange. Telephone: 566-4042.~ PAUSE FOR THE CAMERA"This proud couple stopped for our cam-era. They are members of Temple of Christ. The pastor is Bishop JamesL. Woolard. (Staff Photo)It's timeeo/ . 9 8i iSs 'SezESTOPS TO TALK"Candidate Mallison stops to talk with constituentsand a photo opportunity. Mallison says this time the voters are goingto do it. (Staff Photo)What Makes A Salesperson The Best?(NAPS)"If someone you knowis among AmericaTs approximately14 million salespersons, you maybe interested in a recent survey bySales and Marketing Managementmagazine to determine the bestsales force in the country.More than 100 companies werenominated and many of their cus-tomers were interviewed by theGallup Organization which was com-missioned by the magazine to con-duct the survey among customers ofthe companies. Measurement wasbased on such key factors as:* Quality of training* Recruiting top salespeople* Credibilitye Maintaining accounts¢ Building partnerships.The winner, for the fourth time,was The Northwestern MutualLife Insurance Company. 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Credo 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.SWaking Up ToIf you have been reading the pagesof The Carolinian these past coupleof weeks, you will have noticed an in-teresting phenomenon.There is of course story after storyof local Black History Month obser-vances by churches, municipalities,museums, schools, state organiza-tions, even the U.S. Post Office andUSS. Mint. That is as usual.However, this year in particular,we have seen something different. Itis not just visible in the pages of TheCarolinian, either.Anybody with cable or a satellitedish has seen it, too. Network afternetwork is putting on its own BlackHistory Month tribute.The Disney Channel. Odyssey.TNT. TBS (okay, those two areowned by the same people, but still itrepresents two basic cable outlets).The History Channel. Discovery.The Learning Channel. Nickelodeon.Not to mention HBO, Showtime,The Movie Channel, Cinemax, andany of the dozens of other all-moviechannels.All have planned specials, movies,or features honoring the contribu-tions of black Americans to thiscountryTs history.There are also special promotionsbeing sponsored by the likes ofMcDonaldTs and Kmart.It is true, some of them havemarked the occasion for a number ofyears now. This year, however, itseems that almost everybody is pay-ing tribute to African-Americans.This is definitely a new phenom-enon. Even though Carter G. Wood-son started the celebration of oNe-gro History Week� in 1926 and itwas expanded to a month in the T60s,it remained a closely guarded secretuntil the 1980s.Until that recently, the Black His-tory Month observance got the sameattention in the mainstream press asBlack Historyobservances such as National Ar-chaeology Week or Prevent Blind-ness Month.Network news and mainstreamnewspaper would frequently have aspecial report on one of their news-casts, or a feature in one issue.Frequently. Not always.What a difference this February!The more cynical among our read-ers may well say, oThese people arejust trying to make a buck. TheyTrein it because they see a chance tomake themselves look good.�Exactly. But that in itself points toa major change in attitude. Blackpeople and their history have be-come accepted in American societyto the point where corporations seerecognizing and honoring black his-tory as being good for business.We remember when Nat KingColeTs immensely popular TV showdied because no national corporationwould sponsor it.So, who woke them up?Partly, awareness has been raisedby the success of the Martin LutherKing holiday, which serves as a per-fect lead-in.There is more to it, however. A lotof the success of both observanceshas to do with change. .Little by little, black Americansare being accepted as... Americans.We have been accused of beingpessimists because we so often pointup what is wrong with American so-ciety.We just thought weTd take this op-portunity applaud one place wherethings seem at long last to be movingin the right direction.Now donTt think that weTre sayingeverything is fine and dandy, be-cause itTs not.But in spite of all the negatives Af-rican-Americans have had to dealwith in the past few years, theredoes seem to be reason to hope.WeTre LearningThe Carolinian has taken it as apersonal crusade over the pastcouple of years to see to it that blackpeople oget online� for the 21st cen-tury.Our arguments have been legionand passionate, and we wonTt goback into them here.The main thrust of our effort, how-ever, has been toward the youth. Weknow that it is going to be hard toget most adults into the new age.That much is true for whiteAmericans as well as blacks, so wearenTt that worried about adults.After all, a good 50 percent ofAmericans admit *that their VCRclock at home is flashing o12:00.�ItTs the oold dog/new tricks� syn-drome. Adults are perfectly capableof learning; most simply refuse. TheywonTt even learn how to programtheir stereo remote. DonTt try toteach them about computers.But children, especially white chil-dren, are eating up the new technol-ogy. If you have trouble program-ming the channels on your new, sp-phisticated TV, give it to an eight-year-old. You'll be watching rerunsof oThe Wild Wild West� in no time.That has been our concern. Whilewhite children were eagerly learninghow to manipulate the technologythat will shape the next century,black children were learning the lyr-ics to rap songs.Part of it is cultural. Black kidstend to be more physically oriented.They want to be outside, to dance,play sports do things. Computers aretoo often seen as a owhite people'spastime.�Not that thereTs anything wrongwith those activities. But one can doboth. And computers arenTt for whitekids. TheyTre for kids who want tohave some control over how theiradult lives will be shaped.We have recently seen signs ofhope. A study indicated that youngblack single mothers were twice aslikely as white ones to buy comput-ers for their children.We at The Carolinian are seeingan increase in requests from readersand black businesses for our e-mailaddress (itTs caroad@bellsouth.net).We are getting more and more ma-terial from black entrepreneurs whoare starting to use the new technol-ogy, and technically oriented col-umns for black people.Maybe, just maybe, the message isstarting to get across.We ourselves will be getting ourweb page on line within the next fewweeks,We're doing our part. Keep doingyours. Learn!Ay oCAN \ WRITE You rh,A CHECK...? ltiTThink Eve ANPONEDTHe FEXBLENN Witt youPUBLIC OFFICIALSNEEDREALITY CHECK; BY TREY BANKHEAD You know, every now and then, I get this crazy ideaabout running for public office. 1 mean, how hard could it be,right? Kiss a few babies, shake a few thousand hands untilyou think your arm will fall off, sit behind an desk and leteveryone else make decisions for you. Sounds like fun, right?Seriously, that IS what I used to think public officials didall day. Shows what I knew.Still, back to my crazy idea. What would happen, I won-der, if I ended up in a position to, say, make all sorts of newlaws. Naturally, ITd make a LOT on enemies. I mean, mysense of politics could never be considered oquiet.� ITd have tosay ITm a liberal conservative. I know, it doesnTt really makesense now, but read on, and maybe it will make a little moresense. (No promises, though.)Okay. So, ITm the one making the rules. ITd start off withfive new laws. Nothing extravagant, mind you. Just a fewthings to restore that old Southern pride North Carolinaused to have.PUBLIC CLEANLINESS LAWS: Can someone pleasetell me why, whenever my wife and I go for drives aroundEastern NC, we see old barns and houses that look likethey've been falling apart for a hundred years or more, andjust havenTt made up their minds about WHEN theyTre fi-nally going to fall down? Seriously, who owns the propertythese wrecks are on? If I were in charge, ITd enact laws thatwould make it illegal to allow such eyesores to remain stand-ing. If you owned the property, youTd be fined for everymonth that the wreck kept fouling up the beautiful country-side and making property values fall. The same law wouldapply to cars that couldnTt even politely be called ojunk� sit-ting for years in front yards. And, for that matter, any otherkind of trash that some people seem to like collecting foreveryone to see on their property. Maybe if the heavy fineshit them, they'll get the idea that North Carolina is sup-posed to be beautiful, not the ojunk-heap state.�ESTABLISH A LOTTERY: I can hear some of thechurches going up in flames right now at THIS suggestion.I'd create two state-sanctioned lotteries. The monies fromlottery one would go toward the schools, finally giving thema source of funding that simply would never run out. Thinkabout it: new schools, computers, more fair teachersT sala-ries... you get the idea. Lottery two would be turned towardmental health and social service agencies, allowing peoplewho NEED help to GET help. ITm tired of hearing othis childwould do SO well in school if ONLY we had the funds to gether the resources she needs.� Put an end to the oif only� crapand get something done. A lottery should be established any-way, if for NO other reason than to stop the BILLIONS ofdollars we lose to the states of South Carolina, Tennessee,Virginia, and Georgia when OUR residents go over the statelines to play the lotteries in the other states! And donTt tellme that ogamblingTs a sinful activity that Christians donTtparticipate in. If THAT were true, Bingo would not be sopopular down here! CoMORE SCHOOLS: With the funding provided by the newlotteries, new schools would be a lot easier to build. A con-sultant recently told Pitt County that it needs to build newschools NOW, because most of our schools are woefully over-crowded, Unfortunately, the same holds true for pretty muchthe rest of the state, There IS a reason, you know, why PittCommunity College just expanded their remedial educationprograms... Pitt County schools doesnTt have the resources toteach effectively because no one will give them the fundingthey need, Why ELSE do you think home schooling, privateschools and charter schools are moving in so quickly?MORE EFFECTIVE DRUG EDUCATION: Say this oncewith me""prevention.� See, I knew you could, even thoughtthis seems to be a concept none of the powers that be seem tocomprehend, NC teachers are supposed to have the time toteach about drugs and drug avoidance in the regular class-rooms. Get real, They donTt have time, what with everything,LETTER TO THEEDITORDEAR MR. ROUSE:We wanted to share some good news with you since youare one of our most loyal supporters. The Little Willie Cen-ter was recently honored at the GovernorTs Summit inGreensboro, NC. It was chosen as one of eight exemplaryprograms throughout the state. It was especially an honorthat such a small organization was chosen since the other150 agencies that were nominated were so much larger thanours. We enclose a copy of selected pages from a programhighlighting the eight programs honored on January 21-22 .Continue to pray for the Little Willie Center. There isstill a lot of work that needs to be done. With your support,we can provide this program to a larger group of children.God bless you and your family.Sincerely yours,Renée ArringtonDirector, Little Willie CenterTo The Editor:To use the words of Dr. King to prolong or justify racismis pure hypocrisy. LetTs see if this will make any sense to thereaders of the M. Voice. In addendum to the article, oUnjust -Posture� dated Jan. 14 thru 20 in the M. Voice.If race [should] no longer matter, implies that it doesmatter. If you establish a movement to rededicate Americato creating a color blind society suggest to me that a colorblind society does not exist. If conservatives both black andwhite admit to the preceding statements then they mustadmit that a racist society still exists in this country andthis in turn gives credence to affirmative action programsand those organizations that fight racism on a daily basis. Ifracism was eradicated there would be no evidence of or rea-Thank youDonovan PhillipsELSE they have to deal with! ITd revamp and expand theDARE program to have a more permanent place in schools.Perhaps I'd make it a mandatory part of the stateTs educa-tion curriculum, making students take two DARE classesduring grade school to educate them about drugs and alco-hol, two DARE classes during middle school, and one classEACH year during high school. They say that oignorance isbliss.� Where, thereTs a LOT of kids out there who are prettyblissful, thanks to the drugs theyTre taking, and the simplefact that no one has the guts to tell them exactly what drugscan do to them. Instead, parents seem to have the sameattitude about drugs as they do about sex: oif we talk aboutit, they'll do it.� That is a childish, stupid, and illogical atti-tude, and itTs got to stop.Well, I'd say that those new policies would be enough toget me burned in effigy, hung, shot at, and generally hatedby conservatives, religious fanatics, the PTA, and the PTO.The media, ITm sure, would have a lot of fun, though. But,tell me: did some of those ideas at least make a LITTLE bitof sense? At the very least, they would make our statecleaner, nicer to look at, and vastly improve our educationalsystem. Then, maybe North Carolina wonTt just be oFirst inight.� Maybe we'll be first in education, too, instead of nearast. - ,AUTHOR'S NOTE: (DonTt worry, though: ITm not seri-ously considering running for public office. Well, not TOOseriously, anyway. Okay, at least not right now. Still, JesseHelms canTt stay in office forever, so maybe I'll start prepar-ing now. Or, maybe I'll run for president, instead. At leastTHAT way, if/when I get shot at, I'll have some effectiveprotection. What do you think? oPresident Bankhead.�Doesn't it have a nice ring to it?)oThe importance of the Negro press for the formulation of .Negro opinion, for the functioning of all other Negro institu-tions, the Negro leadership and concerted action generally,is enormous. The [black] press, more than any other institu-tion, has created the Negro group as a social and psychologi-cal reality to the individual Negro.�"Gunnar Myrdal, oAn American Dilemma�Ce Le tect at. adn eat ee ea CORT aeeeeeevnreeee#-es**e er eevee eveeesveeene er eerEe NN a ee POE Oe eee See eee

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PHILADELPHIA, Pa."From the_. Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, to Big| Ben in London, to the Catacombs~ of the Vatican, the immortal wordsof Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,| oLet Freedom Ring!�, were epito-mized in a world bell ringing -cer-emony led by Dr. C. DeLoresTucker, President of the Philadel-. phia Martin Luther King, Jr. Asso-© ciation for Nonviolence, Inc., and' U.S. Secretary of Interior BruceBabbitt.Since the holiday began, Ms.Coretta Scott King commissionedthe Philadelphia Martin LutherKing, Jr. Association for Nonvio-lence to commence the bell-ringingceremony in Philadelphia at noonat the Independence Hall.At that time bells in the 50states, Big Ben in London, and theCatacombs of the Vatican, wouldring in unity to honor and com-memorate the life and legacy of theslain civil rights leader.Former bell ringers include: Ms.Rosa Parks, oMother of the CivilRights Movement�; Vice PresidentAl Gore; General Colin Powell; Dr.Benjamin Hooks;: Dr. Dorothy I.Height; and, Dr. Joseph Lowery.Another highlight of the day wasthe luncheon held at the statelyWyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel,also sponsored by the MartinLuther King, Jr. Association forNonviolence, Inc. 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ITRANSFERPhone (919) 946-4420Fax ax (919) ict hiceWHEN THE SPIRIT MOVES YOU" ,This dignitary coub not resit, as Come One Come All!the spirit took hold and he beganto dance! The MT Voice Camerawas there! (Staff Photo) To: Mt. Sinai COC318 N Pierce St.; Washington, NC 27889Mint To MakePhone # (919) 975-1977Coins In Honor Pastor: Bishop A. McCarterT :Of Black Patriots when: March 22, 1998On a cold day in early March1770, a shot was fired by a Britishsoldier triggering the start of theAmerican Revolution. It killed theone of the first persons to die forthe liberty we take for granted to-day. As we celebrate Black HistoryMonth in Feb., it is appropriate tonote that this victim of liberty wasa former African slave. His namewas Crispus Attucks. This yearmarks the 275th anniversary of hisTime: 6:00 P.M.Guest: Candi StatonDoors will open at 5:00 p.m.Come early to get a seat. No charge for admissionfirst come, first serve. We will be asking for a nice love offering.birth. | Come and be blessedAttucks was one of more than of the Lord in music5,000 African-Americans who and the word.fought during the American Revo-lution and one of many who gavetheir lives so that men, women andchildren in this country"indeed,around the world"are living free.For more information contact:As we approach the next millen- Church (919) 975-1977nium, a memorial dedicated to Pastor (919) 244-1758Black Patriots of the Revolution is Secretary (919) 923-1481being planned.THE NATIONAL BLACK FAMILYDAVE ZOLA OA EO ACOs D NDAson eae enh ae A RUE NR NN NER ce meme et emt RatTh 1) BLACK Stu DENT LEADER! 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