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ISSUE WEEK JULY 17-AUGUST 4, 1998
Local NAACP Head Views Education As Key
GASTON MONK
By Kitty J. Pope
Editor
Gaston Monk has been President
of the Pitt County NAACP for the
past 10 years. A retired principal,
he has been a member of the
NAACP for as long as he has been
an educator. Before becoming
President of the NAACP, Monk
had worked in the field of educa-
| tion and civil rights for 33 years.
As a youth, Monk had dreams of
going into medicine to become a
medical doctor. He was unable to
pursue his ambition because
hardly any medical schools were
available to blacks at that time.
He was drafted into the Army
before he finished college. Because
he had college credits and had done
well on the SAT, the Army initi-
ated an engineering career for him.
Not wanting to become an engi-
neer, he pursued his career in the
field of education once he got out of
the Army.
After getting his degree in El-
ementary Education, he began
work as a head teacher and became
a principal after teaching for a
year. His first principalship was
with only three teachers. By the
end of his career, his school con-
sisted of 40 teachers.
While working in the school sys-
tem, Monk remembers having to
drive to Greensboro every Satur-
day to North Carolina A&T State
University to work on his master Ts
degree.
MLK III Installed At SCLC Meet
By Kitty J. Pope
Editor
The 41st Annual Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
Convention was held in Washing-
ton, D.C. July 25-29. Martin
Luther King, III was inaugurated
as the fourth president. The inau-
guration took place at the Jerico
City of Praise in Landover, Md.,
where his family, leaders and dig-
nitaries from all over the world at-
tended.
King, III succeeded Rev. Joseph
Lowery as the new preside;.t of the
organization that his father, the
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
cofounded more than 40 years ago.
After the presidential inaugural,
King gave his presidential address
on Sunday. In his address, King,
II] said that the spirit of past lead-
ers must merge with the youth
leaders of today.
oLeaders must share problems
and solutions, � he said. oThis
marks a beginning of new leader-
ship and it is time to update our
methods and find a new way T for a
new day. T
oUpdating includes improving
communication methods by the use
of websites. One of our missions is
to have the Internet in every Afri-
can-American church, � said King,
III. oWe must have knowledge of
what Ts going on in the superhigh-
ways of the website because knowl-
edge is power, � he added.
King, III went on to say that or-
ganizations such as the SCLC
must utilize the youth or drugs and
violence will. oIt is time for the
SCLC and other organizations to
help youth to find their calling and
be willing to help them to learn
how to serve, � he emphasized.
oWhen many of our children are
being locked up T instead of helped
up, T something is wrong because
God did not design us to be in jail.
It is up to us to prepare the youth
for the new millennium. �
A prayer breakfast was held that
Monday, with the Rev. Bernice
King as speaker. The breakfast
was followed by the SCLC opening
plenary meeting. After the meet-
ing, an awards luncheon was held,
with actor Tony Ford of the TV
show oMartin � and oNew York Un-
dercover � as featured speaker.
That evening, poet Maya Angelou @
hosted the Inaugural Gala at the
Omni Ballroom.
Tuesday Ts focus was on the
youth, which featured a youth lun-
cheon, a youth/adult issues forum
and a youth town hall meeting.
After a prayer breakfast and
SCLC business session on the clos-
ing day, U.S. Surgeon General
David Satcher addressed the con-
ference, speaking from the subject,
oHealth is Wealth. �
The SCLC was founded following
the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The
organization Ts activism inspired
the Birmingham Public Accommo-
dations Movement in 1963, the
Selma Voting Rights Campaign
which wrought the 1964 Civil
Rights Act and the Voting Rights
Act of 1965.
The SCLC has supported every
great social justice movement in
this country and abroad. The orga-
nization has been recognized by
the White House for the effective-
(See SCLC, P. 2)
Dr. John H. Clarke, Historian, Dead At 83
By Cash Michaels
Editor
1 want to make it clear that the
black race did not come to the
United States culturally empty-
handed. The role and importance of
ethnic history is in how well it
teaches a people to use their own
talents, take pride in their own his-
tory and love their own memories. �
oIn order to fulfill themselves
completely, ...it is important that
the teacher of history of the black
race find a definition of the subject,
and a frame of reference that can be
understood by students who have
no prior knowledge of the subject. �
From oWhy Africana History? �
by historian Dr. John H. Clark �
Several years ago, The Black
Collegian magazine asked Dr.
Clarke to recommend several books
he felt would best inform African-
American students about the true
history of their people.
Among the 14 titles he suggested
was From Slavery to Freedom, the
groundbreaking 50-year-old work
by Duke University historian, Dr.
John Hope Franklin.
On Monday, after being informed
that his dear friend and colleague
had passed last week, a reflective
Dr. Franklin gave praise.
oA great and good friend of
many, many years is gone, � Fran-
klin told The Carolinian exclu-
sively from his home in Durham.
oHe was a distinguished historian
and great teacher. �
o(Dr. Clarke] made a great con-
tribution through his teachings
and his writings. �
Renowned historian Dr. John
Henrik Clarke, considered one of
the world Ts foremost authorities on
African and African-American his-
tory, died July 16 in New York of a
heart attack at the age of 83. His
funeral was held Tuesday at
Harlem Ts Abyssinian Baptist
Church, with its pastor, Rev.
Calvin Butts, presiding.
He is survived by his wife, Sybil
Williams-Clarke of New York.
Civil rights leaders, community
activists, and academicians from
across the country said their final
goodbyes to the man many say
knew more about black history
DR. JOHN H. CLARKE
than any living being.
More importantly, they said, he
would put that knowledge of self to
work, and inspired others to do the
same.
oHe made the connection be-
tween scholarship, community ser-
vice, and community education
that many scholars talk about, but
don Tt really implement, � Columbia
University Professor Dr. Manning
Marable told WABC-TV Monday
night.
Dr. Kamau Kambon, co-propri-
etor of BlackNificent Books and
More in Raleigh, says Dr. Clarke Ts
oAfrican world view � was essential
for a complete knowledge of self.
oHe was one of three or four this
century "Dr. Clarke, Dr. Yosef
Ben-Jochanan, John Henry Jack-
son "all of these are phenomenal,
phenomenal scholars, � Kambon
told The Carolinian.
oThey have forgotten more than
most of us will ever know, but Dr.
Clarke was known as the Master
Teacher. �
oThe history of the modern world
was made, in the main, by what
was taken from African people, �
Dr. Clarke wrote in Why Africana
History?
oEuropeans emerged from what
they call their Middle-Ages, T
people-poor, land-poor and re-
sources-poor. And to a great extent,
culture-poor. They raided and
raped the cultures of the world,
mostly Africa, and filled their
homes and museums with trea-
sures, then they called the people
primitive. �
Dr. Clarke continued, oThe Eu-
ropeans did not understand the
cultures of non-Western people
then; they do not understand them
now. �
oHe never worried about daily
events, � activist Rev. Al Sharpton
told the N.Y. Daily News. oHe
wanted us to understand how they
all fit into history. We're ripples on
a long wave. �
A native of Union Springs, Ga.,
this son of sharecroppers with only
an eighth-grade education, took a
freight train to New York City,
making Harlem his home since
1933. Soon he became politically
active, culturally aware, and his-
torically inspired, calling, among
other notables, Malcolm X as a
friend and confidant.
Dr. Clarke is credited with writ-
ing and editing 27 books about
such figures as Marcus Garvey,
Malcolm X, and Nat Turner, in ad-
dition to numerous short stories,
(See DR. CLARK, P. 2)
oAt that time blacks were not al-
lowed to attend East Carolina Uni-
versity, so I had to go to
Greensboro and take some exten-
sion courses in Rocky Mount and
Kinston in order to get my master Ts
degree, � recalls Monk.
Monk, who went on to get his
master Ts degree in Education Su-
pervision, says that one of his ear-
liest experiences of racism in the
school system was having to walk
to school while the whites rode
buses. oEven as a boy I noticed that
our schools were inferior and we
were given ragged and outdated
books and this made me upset, � re-
calls Monk.
When he began his career as an
educator, Monk noticed that his
»
NEWLY INSTALLED SCLC PRESIDENT "Martin Luther King Ill (I.) was re-
school was still given damaged and
outdated books. He immediately
got in touch with the superinten-
dent to get better books. The super-
intendent responded by delivering
new books, but dumping them out-
side on the school grounds.
oAt least we got some good
books, � said Monk.
Ail of this prompted Monk Ts in-
terest in the fields of education and
civil rights. He knew that the two
were connected and he knew he
had to take action. He went on to
become an active member of the
NAACP and he continued his ca-
reer in education. He has contin-
ued to work for civil rights and
educating his people to this day.
(See EDUCATION, P.2)
cently installed SCLC President. He is pictured here with his mother,
Coretta Scott King, and former SCLC President Joseph Lowery (r.).
NAACP Pledges Support
To Million Youth March
By Nicole Lee
Stoff Writer
Organizers of the Million Youth
Movement (MYM) focused on the
importance of voter education, and
voting for young people at a press
conference held at the Georgia
World Congress Center recently.
Dennis Rogers, national chair-
man of the MYM, said young
people aged 1824 are the target
category for voter registration. He
stressed education as_ the tool to
teach black youths the olegacy, his-
tory, and importance � of voting.
Rogers stated that the lack of
education concerning political poli-
cies such as affirmative action and
Proposition 209, is the primary
reason for the minimal voter turn-
out of young adults. He added that
it is imperative to bridge the
intergenerational gap between the
older generation of civil rights pio-
neers and the youth of today in or-
der to develop the leaders of tomor-
row.
Kweisi Mfume, President/CEO of
the NAACP, was on band at the
press conference to pledge the sup-
port of his group for the Million
Youth Movement. In line with the
national convention Ts theme,
Mfume said that in order for the
NAACP to continue to be the most
influential African-American orga-
nization in the country, members
must be willing to mold and en-
courage younger generations.
Voter education workshops and
other activities have been sched-
uled by MYM organizers in order
to bring young people to the polls.
The Million Youth Movement will
take place in Atlanta Labor Day
weekend, Sept. 4-7.
National NAACP President
National
NAACP Meet
Termed Success
By Kitty J. Pope
Editor
National NAACP President/CEO
Kweisi Mfume said that the annual
National NAACP Convention held
this year in Atlanta was a success.
He said in a press conference on
the last day of the convention that
this was one of the best that they
have had in terms of attendance,
accomplishments and enthusiasm.
More than 6,000 NAACP del-
evgates attended the six-day confer-
ence. Delegates held workshops,
riveting and voted on issues per-
ooing to he organization and
black America in general.
Featured speakers included Vice
President Al Gore, Gen. Colin Pow-
ell, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Attorney
Johnnie Cochran, BET news an-
chor Tavis Smiley and many other
distinguished leaders.
Performers for the convention in-
cluded Patti LaBelle, Jennifer
Holiday, Kirk Franklin, Peabo
Bryson and the groups NEXT and
the GAP Band.
During the conference, Mfume
and the delegates discussed issues
facing the black community. He
challenged black people to be more
strident in their effort to fight dis-
crimination and rejuvenate the
NAACP. oRacism, sexism, bigotry
and pain continue to terrorize our
country and polarize our people, �
he said.
.Mfume stated that along with
combatting injustice, the NAACP
will focus on health issues facing
(See NAACP, P. 2)
Hispanic Labor Impacts The South
By Myra Blue-Lane
Stoff Writer
Construction jobs, house paint-
ing, commercial painting, roadway
labor were all jobs where blue col-
lar black workers once enjoyed a
virtual monopoly. Many black
males who had opted not to attend
college in search of the more white-
collar, professional jobs, often
sought vocational training for one
of several other opportunities. Un-
til recent years, they were in rela-
tively plentiful supply. "
Social commentators have noted,
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has changed significantly due to a
recent influx of Hispanics into the
South in recent years.
Just five years ago, it was no big
deal to see Hispanic crews working
together on various day labor jobs
on the West Coast. The only bone
of contention was that employers
were constantly being taken to
task for exploiting the laborers by
employing them to do the same
jobs as American laborers at basi-
cally half the pay "sometimes less.
This was possible because many
a
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the African-American way of life. (Jim Rouse Photo)
of those laborers had migrated ille-
gally across the border from
Tijuana into Chula Vista, which is
the first southern California city
due north of the Mexican border.
Many illegal immigrants were
willing to work for no more than
room and board because conditions
in northern Mexico were so de-
pressed, even to the extent that
many did not even have indoor
plumbing, Sometimes as many as
10 or 12 lived in a three-room
house. So, cheap day labor mi-
(See LABOR IMPACT, P. 2)
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Myrlie Evers-Willlimas, Julian Bond and others.
TO: All Concerned Citizens
FROM: Gaston Monk, President
SUBJECT: Membership Drive
The NAACP is the oldest, largest
and most consulted civil rights or-
ganization in the United States. It
began its fight in 1909, 80 years
ago. Among its many accomplish-
ments are implementing desegre-
gation in the American school sys-
tem, gaining free access to the bal-
lot for black voters and champion-
ing the passage of landmark civil
rights laws such as the voting and
civil rights acts.
Thanks to the NAACP, discrimi-
nation in public housing, eating
places and public transportation
were outlawed. These privileges
are taken for granted today, but
they were not obtained without a
struggle and sacrifice.
Why, then, do we need the
NAACP today?
oWe need the NAACP because
every single day the NAACP is out
working to better the quality of life
for all Black Americans. Every day
they go into some courtroom in
some city to fight the battle for
those who cannot fight their own. �
The NAACP Ts strength and effec-
tiveness lies in its membership. If
you believe in equal rights, join the
NAACP today.
Sincerely,
Gaston Monk
President
oM � Voice Editor, Kitty Pope, who was the delegate for the Pitt
County NAACP in Atlanta is pictured with NAACP National Presi-
dent, Kweisi Mfume.
Rapping with the youth at the NAACP Convention is SOSPEL
Artist Kirk Franklin.
VP Al Gore shakes hands
of NAACP Delegates
MYRLIE EVERS-WILLIAMS Coretta King applauds speech
83rd Spingarn Award Winner of VP Al Gore
KRISTINA POPE
Youth Delegate
" ASHLEA POPE
Youth Delegate "
Mfume Presiding At National Convention
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Sharing @ moment at the NAACP Convention are Dept. of Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater (left)
and Former US Ambassasor Andrew Young.
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at the assembly as the oldest chap-
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Since its inception, The Links,
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more than $20 million to local and
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including the United Negro College
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Peentien of t the children and
heats them in school are issues
that Monk will put at the forefront
of NAACP Ts agenda for Pitt
County.
oThe children are our future and
they must get an education to bet-
ter themselves, � says Monk.
Though all will not go to college,
Monk believes that they must at
least finish high school.
oWe have too many black stu-
dents being suspended and failing
their grades, � says Monk. He says
that the Pitt County NAACP
agenda will include continuing to
fight racism and developing pro-
grams to help keep children in
school.
Monk and his wife Virginia, also
a retired educator, both grew up in
homes that stressed education. Be-
cause their parents knew the im-
portance of education, both at-
tended boarding school, where they
first met. The couple, who have
continued stressing their parents T
tradition of getting a good educa-
tion, have four children who have
all attended college.
SCLC
Continued from page 1
ness of its drug program. The
SCLC was very much involved in
the fight against apartheid and the
release of Nelson Mandela.
SCLC President Bennie Round-
tree and the SCLC would like to
thank all churches and organiza-
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Convention. Your continued help is
important. Please register to be-
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NAACP
Continued from page 1
blacks. He urged African-Ameri-
cans to be odisciplined consumers �
and to demand economic equity
from all businesses.
The NAACP president also chal-
lenged the delegates and those
present to make youth outreach a
priority. He encouraged members
to pay attention to conditions in Af-
rica because African-Americans
have a responsibility in promoting
social and economic development
for their brothers and sisters there.
The NAACP also expressed sup-
port for justice for black farmers.
On a beginning day of the con-
vention, the NAACP delegates
marched through downtown Atlan-
ta in an effort to draw attention to
the AIDS crisis. The NAACP has
called on the government to declare
AIDS a state of emergency in the
black community since it is the
leading killer of blacks aged 25-44
and African-American women rep-
resent 56 percent of the total AIDS
cases among females.
Mfume Ts sharpest challenge to
the delegates came on the issue of
African-American youth. He
praised ACT-SO, the NAACP Ts pro-
gram dedicated to the educational
enrichment of youth, for challeng-
ing and uplifting youth people to
strive for their personal best.
However, he also acknowledged
that otoo many of our young people
are going to jail. We must strive to
give them a sense of purpose and
belonging. � The NAACP Conven-
tion also included many programs,
and workshops as well as enter-
tainment for the youth.
Included in the organization Ts
mission are six points: civil rights,
educational excellence, economic
empowerment, voter education,
registration and turnout, and
youth health outreach. Mfume en-
couraged members to keep their
eyes focused on these six points in-
stead of becoming distracted.
oWe must never get hung up on
reading our headlines when there
is so much work to be done, � he
said.
The NAACP must olook at what
we do best and see where we can
move forward. We are not a perfect
organization... this is not a perfect
country... but God still calls us to a
perfect mission, � said Mfume. oIf
we are not prepared to make the
commitment, no one else will do it
for us. �
DR. CLARK
Continued from page 1
and essays.
He was also founding president
of the African Heritage Studies As-
sociation, founding member and
chair of the Council of Elders of the
Association of the Study of Classi-
cal African Associations, and the
Black Academy of Arts and Let-
ters.
Clarke started the black studies
program at New York Ts Hunter
College, and was a visiting profes-
sor of African history at Cornell
University, Twhere a library of
Clarke was also associated with
the world-renowned Schomberg
Center for Research in Black Cul-
ture in Harlem.
oHistory, I have often said, is a
clock that people use to tell their
political time of day, � Dr. Clarke
once wrote. oIt is also a compass
that people use to find themselves
on the map of human geography.
oHistory tells a people where
they have been and what they have
been. It also tells a people where
they are and what they are. Most
importantly, history tells a people
where they still must go and what
they still must be. �
LABOR IMPACT
Continued from page 1
grated across the border and took
its share of blue-collar opportuni-
ties in the state of California.
All of this comfortably occurred
in a state located 3,000 miles from
North Carolina and the South.
Then, almost as if overnight,
Hispanic crews began to make an
appearance in various capacities in
this state. Their presence was felt
so significantly that the educa-
tional system had to readjust to
make special allowances to educate
their children. In the summer of
1993, several reading and writing
educators were solicited to teach
summer school sessions specifically
designed to prepare Hispanic stu-
dents to omainstream � into the
next school year.
Quite possibly the most signifi-
cant area Hispanic presence is hit-
ting home is in terms of a decline
in employment opportunities
within the black community.
Hispanics are taking over roles tra-
ditionally held by black men.
Dean Chapman, a former De-
partment of Transportation em-
ployee who has started up two local
businesses, Presigio Custom Cloth-
iers and a commercial cleaning
business, thinks the reason
hispanics have been able to muscle
out blacks in some of these jobs is
because of what he calls a ohunger
for the opportunity. �
oI Tm not going to say blacks had
become complacent in these jobs,
maybe a little comfortable, but why
not, when these had been jobs that
had not previously been threat-
ened? � he said.
oI believe, however, that employ-
ers are attracted to the drive and
relentlessness the Hispanics
show. �
Citing personal experience as a
business owner, Chapman said
that he had always had other
blacks working with him in this
cleaning business and had not re-
ally had any problem. oSo what I
think is happening is not a matter
of what we [black men] are doing
wrong, it Ts a matter of what they
(hispanics) are doing right, � Chap-
man said.
oFor instance, oI had
� he said,
gotten into the habit of always
showing whoever was helping me
on a particular job, how to set up
the equipment and get prepared for
a cleaning job. But every time we
had another job to do, I would still
come prepared to set the equip-
ment up before we began. Often-
times my help would just wait for
me to go through this step.
oHowever, I recently had an oc-
casion where I got a Hispanic to
help me on a two-day job because
the person who would have helped
me was not available, � Chapman
explained. oSo the first night I got
there and set up the equipment
and we got the job done with no
problems. �
However, what happened next is
what Chapman says got his atten-
tion.
oThe next night when I arrived
with the equipment and every-
thing, I was going through looking
at the building and noting what all
had to be done, and when I got
back the fellow who had helped me
the night before had set up the
equipment and had everything all
set to go.
oI was amazed. Almost as if with
photographic memory, that fellow
had remembered every single thing
I had done, and instead of waiting
for me to get back for us to begin
the job, he had done everything I
would have had to do. He made it
extremely clear to me that he des-
perately wanted that work, � Chap-
man said.
oHe showed me that whatever it
was going to take to get the oppor-
tunity to work with me again, he
was willing to do. �
Chapman stated that he is by no
means looking to replace his loyal,
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long-standing black help with His-
panic help, oI Tm just trying to help
everyone understand why it is His-
panic labor is muscling some of us
out of our jobs. � Chapman said that
if anything, he is trying to contrib-
ute to the information. African-
American men may need to hold
onto their jobs.
Tony O TNeal, a local African-
American painting contractor, says
he once held a long-standing repeat
business relationship with
MerryLand Properties which man-
ages several apartment complexes
across the country, to paint various
complexes in and around the city of
Raleigh. Most often, he provided
labor to paint the interior of apart-
ments as tenants moved.
O TNeal says he often simply did
these jobs himself unless there
were several painting needs at
once. He was also qualified to pro-
vide exterior painting as well. For
several years, O TNeal enjoyed a
strong relationship with the man-
agement team and received only
high praises for his consistently
above standard work.
Even so, currently, one of Merry
Land Ts larger complexes in
Raleigh, Sommerset Place is un-
dergoing an exterior paint over-
haul by what appears to be a com-
pletely Hispanic crew providing la-
bor on the contract. Complex resi-
dents say they have only seen
Hispanics doing painting on the
job, no whites, and definitely, no
blacks.
In addition, the crew that was
contracted to provide an interior
plumbing overhaul back in the
spring for the same complex ap-
peared to be completely Hispanic
also. Residents say they definitely
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did not see any blacks on the job.
So what does the ever-increasing
influx of Hispanics mean for Afri-
can-American labor opportunity?
oThat. they're taking over our
jobs, � said Orlando Fenner, an auto
mechanic who is also employed as
a maintenance service technician
for.a private school in Raleigh.
oYou don Tt see crews of them tak-
ing over office jobs, do you? � he
asked. oThey're taking over jobs
that typically were many of ours
[blacks T].
oIt Ts just like anything else.
Here is another area where if we
keep our place. We provide just as
good labor if not better, we just
need to be careful not to let these
opportunities continue to slip away
from us. �
Fenner warned that nowadays, if
a black doesn Tt like something
about the way his job is going, he
needs to learn to talk things out
and not entertain thoughts of
walking off a job, thinking that an
employer is going to suffer.
oThose days are gone, � he said.
oWith the new kids on the block,
handling employment improperly
could now mean the end of it.
don Tt watch out, we run the risk of Someone else is definitely waiting
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oAmericans in general tend to let
people of other countries come in
here and get ahead.
oLook at the big businesses the
Japanese run and look at how
many restaurants from other cul-
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We begin tonight by telling you man or a lady. As Jesse Jackson Greenville . North Carolina 27889
how my grandfather became the says, oAny man can get a baby, but Overton's Washington, No arolina
man he is today. it takes a real father to rear him. � .
Born in 1918, James Williams is Would your son nominate you as ee OLESEN Home Beeper
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the son of Jesse and Della Williams
of Pitt County.
Like most of us, he came from
humble beginnings but that never
stopped him from doing great
things.
And no one would argue that one
of the greatest things was his mar-
riage to Mildred Purvis. Five chil-
dren came from their marriage and
those of you who have children
know that raising one isn Tt easy,
let alone raising five.
But my grandfather worked dili-.
gently to make sure his family had
everything they needed including a
home on Davenport Street.
To accomplish this feat he
worked for 15 years as a courier for
the Home Savings and Loan Asso-
ciation of Eastern Carolina.
Early in his career, he braved
the elements to help lay the foun-
dation for many buildings on the
campus of what we now call East
Carolina University.
Outside of family, one of his
loves was and still is the church.
For 13 years he served as president
of the Senior Usher Board of Sy-
camore Hill Missionary Baptist
Church.
His next love is nature.
Most of you have visited the
Williams home and you know that
when you enter the yard, you're
met by three massive pine trees
which line the property.
What you probably didn Tt know
was that many years dgo, my
grandfather cultivated the soil,
planted and nurtured those pine
4 \ trees and even today, still main-
" tains the trees.
, I think those three beautiful pine
trees are a metaphor for the three
things my grandfather cares most
about in life. They are his church,
; _ his family and his community. To-.
day, all of these institutions are
stronger because of his unselfish
love and generosity.
It is for these reasons, we are
here to extend our thanks and to
say we love you, James Williams.
; I leave you with this thought,
one gets from his community what
one puts into it.
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DETROIT, Mich. "Michael Jack-
son has joined the team of Detroit
businessman, Don Barden to own
and operate a billion-dollar enter-
-tainment complex to be called the
- Majestic Kingdom.
The project will be located on
S more than 75 acres of land that
Barden controls near the Detroit
River, east of the Ambassador
Bridge. The entertainment complex
| will feature the oMichael Jackson
Thriller Theme Park, � a 800-room
oMansion In The Sky � Hotel Re-
sort, and a location for the Majestic
Star Casino.
Majestic Kingdom will also fea-
ture a large underground
aquarium that will contain dol-
phins and other members of the
aquatic kingdom. In its entirety,
Majestic Kingdom will contain an
environmentally friendly network
of aesthetically pleasing, land-
scaped area and scenic views. Bo-
tanical gardens, children Ts the-
atres, nightclubs and restaurants,
and an amusement park are a few
of the other features of the oKing-
dom. �
An open-air feature during the
warm weather months, while being
enclosed in a transparent bubble
during the winter will enable the
Michael Jackson, Detroit Businessman Team To Develop Theme Park
active video tower will be strategi-
cally located and wired for audio
access throughout the park. The
tower will also serve as the visitor
information and orientation center.
Barden and Jackson formed a
joint venture a number of months
ago to explore domestic and inter-
national business opportunities, in-
cluding investments in the hotel,
casino, and theme park industries.
Since April, the pair have trav-
eled to Las Vegas, St. Croix, in the
Virgin Islands, Namibia, and
South Africa, on fact-finding mis-
sions identifying potential projects
for investment.
-to attend the 80th birthday cel-
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scheduled to coincide with the re-
turn visits of Barden and Jackson
to Africa, for scheduled meetings
with the president of the Demo-
cratic Republic of Congo (formerly
Zaire), the King of Swaziland and
ebration of South Africa President
Nelson Mandela.
It will be up to Detroit voters to
decide the fate of the Jackson-
Barden Majestic Kingdom project,
which they can do by voting oYes �
on Proposal 1 and oNo � on Proposal
2 on Aug. 4.
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mark her birthday. Which one? Well, it Ts not proper to ask a lady her age...but, our news o snoopers � have
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round. Planners say this advanced
technology will allow the Majestic
Kingdom to operate regardless of
weather, as a major tourist desti-
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