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EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TS MINORITY VOICE SINCE 1981
ISSUE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 9 -18, 1998
Strong Support Shown for Eva Clayton
VOTE TUESDAY!
Dr. Fred Price Exposes
Racism in the Church
By LAURA STAFFORD
Staff Writer
next century in the midst
of controversy.
The founder of the church
has taken on the task of expos-
ing the church Ts role in the op-
pression of black folks from sla-
very to the present.
Dr. Frederick K. C. Price
dves not mince words either in
his Sunday morning sermons or '
, Just plain conversation: o*...the
most racist place inthe world is .
the Church in America... ? he
, Says.
oAnd you know. why,
because... white people by and
large believe that they are supe-
ror... ?
Dr. Price has preached over
43 sermons on oRace, Religion
and Racism, and he says he has
no idea when they willend. His
hope is for people to understand
the true nature of the problem.
oYou know if you really
t looks like the Crenshaw Christian Center (which is not on
Crenshaw, but at 7901 S. Vermont Ave.) will be moving into the
DR. FREDERICK K.C. PRICE
think about it, racism is economics. Racial, ethnic and color prejudice,
that Ts another thing, that usally goes under the label of racism. But
racism is a power thing. And it Ts about those who have the power, and
those who don Tt. Those who have the power, can make the rules.
oSo when they make the rules, they re always going to make the rules
in favor of themselves, unless you have a very benevolent person. And
that s been the crux of the matter here, that this nation has, down through
time, claimed to be a Christian nation, but it Ts acted very un-Christian in
its application of its so-called Christian principles, in reference to ethnic
groups and particularly the black man. ?
What type of man takes on America Ts Christian church? Price was
born right here in Santa Monica, California in 1932.
He went to McKinley Eiementary School, Foshay Junior High, |
Manual Arts and Dorscy High schools. He also completed two years at
. I
Los Angeles City College. Price Ts
ministerial degrees are all from the
Friends International Christian Uni-
versity in Merced. In 1992, he re-
ceived a doctor of philosophy degree
in religious studies.
It took seventeen years for Price to
find what he calls *...the missing
dimension "the demonstration of the
power of the Spirit of God. ? or what
the Bible terms othe gifts of the Spirit. ?
During that !7-year search, Price
was a minister in four different de-
nominations. He was an assistant min-
ister in the Baptist church from 1955
to 1957; then aminister inthe African
Methodist Episcopal (AME) church
in Val Verde, Calif. trom 1957 to
1959: then on to the Presbyterian
church; and finally in 1965, the Chris-
tian and Missionary Alliance.
Butit was 1973 betore Price estab-
lished the Crenshaw Christian Center
in Inglewood, Calit. with just 300
parishioners. In just ten years the
church outgrew that facility, and in
1984 relocated to the former
Pepperdine University Los Angeles
campus. They built the FaithDome.,
which seats 10.146 people, one of the
largest church sanctuaries in the,
United States.
Currently the Crenshaw Christian
Center, has a membership in excess
of 17,500 and continues to grow. The
center also has a ministry training
institute, an elementary, middle and
high school, and the oEver Increasing
Faith ? television, radio and tape min
istry.
A spokesperson for the center, says
the Nielsen ratings show that the oEver
Increasing Faith ? program reaches
more than 33 million households in
23 markets throughout the United
States.
So the question becomes, has the
nearly year-long series of sermons on
oRace, Religion and Racism ? made a
difference in Dr. Price Ts congrega-
tion?
Campaign Trail 98 - Shown above at the Franklin Brick Center outside of Enfield, NC is Gary Grant, Vice-
President of the National Black Farmer Ts Association, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, John Hall, owner of WYAL
and County Commissioner, Halifax County, Pitt County Commissioner Jeff Savage and Congresswoman Eva
Clayton with supporters for her re-election in the special election on Tuesday, September 15, 1998.
Price says, oReally, | wasn Tt ex-
pecting to see that much change in my.
sowncongregation. Twas expecting to
see a change in the body of Christ as
a whole. Cause, my congregation 1s
primarily black, and I don Ttthink that
they had too much of a problem with
racism.
oT think there's been definitely a
hightened awareness of our self-
worth. And that Ts something that has
been commented on by alot of people,
coming into knowledge of a lot of
information that they didn Tt have be-
fore about themselves and about the
relationship that they have with this
country. So from that standpoint, it's
been very positive. ?
The church world outside the
Crenshaw Christian Center, Dr. Price
says, has yet to respond to his more
than 43 hours of sermons: oFrom the
standpoint of the rest of the church
world, | haven't heard a mumbling
word from them! ?
But Price has heard from his na-
tionwide teley ision audience. He says
THE REAL MILLION YOUTH MARCH-Commentary
By Hugh Price: President, National Urban League
If you think you've missed
the Million Youth March, put that
out of your mind.
There's plenty of time for you
to join in.
I'm not talking about that
event in Harlem last weekend that
was never meant to be anything
more than a platform for the odious
antics of Khallid Abdul
Muhammad.
Although some newspaper
columnists and politicians insist
upon acting as if Muhammad had
some significant following in the
black community, there's never
been any evidence that the over-
whelmingly majority of African
Americans think so. There was
none, again, in Harlem last
Saturday.
No, the march I'm referrin
to- - the real Million Yout
March- - is the one going on in
neighborhoods all over country: the
longstanding one in which black
youngster, often against daunting
odds, strive to do their best in
school and strive to be of service to
their communities as they march
toward adulthood.
We've seen wave after wave of
young African Americans make
that march. Some of them have
come and are coming through the
National Urban League Incentives
to Excel and Succeed (NULITES)
youth program, now almost a
decade old. Some we inducted last
spring into the new Thurgood
Marshall Achievers Society, of
our Campai for African-
American Achievement.
Many have come through the
youth?"?program of our civil rights
counterpart, the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, or thr the
vast network of national and local
social- service groups, fraternities
and sororities, and community
organizations. Still others come by
way of a devoted family, or school
teacher, or caring adult.
However they come, the evi-
dence that black youth continue to
follow the well- trod path to
achievement is voluminous.
Do we need to inspire more
youth to follow that path? You bet
we do.
That is the point such leaders
as the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and
Kwesi Mfume, of the NAACP, and
the Reverend Joseph E. Lowery,
former president of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference,
made by their presence and their
remarks at the Million Youth
March Movement gathering in
Atlanta last weekend.
One should not dismiss that
event merely because it drew such
a small number of young people:
from the first this kind of march
faced serious logistical and -
izational problems that its. models,
the precedent- setting Million Man
March in 1995 and the 1997
Million Woman March, did not.
Rather, one should focus one's
attention on where the action is: in
or neighborhoods and in our
schools.
In that regard, then, the
Million Youth Movement will have
served its purpose if it reminds
more of us that the opening of
schools is the equivalent of New
Year's Day for school- age on
sters. It's a season of fr
beginnings and new _possibili-
ties- - a chance for them to step
onto and move further along the
path of achievement.
We adults should also take it
as an occasion to make some
pledges about our children's prepa-
ration and future that we'll never
break to them, or to our people,
State after state is raising the
standards for what our children
must know and be able to do in
order to get a high school diploma.
Yet, the signs are that the
achievement gap is widening
again, pushing black children in
urban school systems further and
further behind academically.
Fortunately, black parents are
getting the message. A recent survey |
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photo by Jim Rouse
Congresswoman Eva Clayton Pushes Hard for
for Her Reelection Bid....
Javier Castillo (far right) is
shown with his wife (far left)
along with visiting Mexican
Consulate Arturo Chavarria
and his wife-center.
GOVERNOR Jim Hunt has
named fifteen North Carolinians
to the Governor Ts Advisory
Council on Hispanic/Latino at-
fairs. Javier Castillo of Greenville
and a radio show host at WOOW
was one of those named by Hunt.
The council was formed to give
Hispanics a stronger voice in
government and to bring a greater
awareness to the issues which
affect the Hispanic/Latino commu-
nity throughout the state.
GREENVILLE - Congresswoman
Eva Clayton has represented North
Carolina's First District since 1992.
Clayton brings to Congress more
than 27 years of experience in both
government and the private sector,
including more than 14 years
experience as an elected official.
Clayton currently serves as a
member of the Agriculture and
Budget Committees and is the
ranking minority member on the
artment Operations, Nutrition,
and Foreign Agriculture Subcom-
mittee of the House Rural Caucus.
Clayton has received numerous
awards for legislation in the areas
of agriculture, nutrition, and rural
economic development, including
awards from Housing Assistance
Council and the Food Research
Action Committee, and Bread for
Assistance Council and the Food
Research Action Committee, and
Bread for World. She is a strong
advocate for education and voca-
tional training, economic develop-
ment, rural health and increases in
the minimum wage.
In 1992, Congresswoman
Clayton made history by becoming
the first woman elected to represent
the State Of North Carolina. She
was elected President of the
Democratic Freshman Class, the
first woman ever to hold the Office.
Right Step Academy Gets Community Support
About 30 people came out last
Thursday to show there support for
Right Step Academy and other
charter schools. Supporters n-
cluded parents, teachers and ad-
ministrators from area charter
schools. The group felt that charter
schools have positive impacts on
students and that the state should
ut more into supporting schools
ike the Right Step Academy.
The meeting which was held at
the Right Step Academy by the NC
Education Reform Foundation.
Those present voiced how Right
Step has served to put a lot of
children on the rite track. Right
Step Academy and other charter
schools across the country serve to
give families more educational
alternatives. "We need charter
schools to work for the sake of the
schools for the country because
public schools are writing off a
whole segment of children who
tend to be poor and minority,"
explained Anne Woodard, director
of a charter school in Wilson.
Charter schools. receive their
funding from the government and
are run by nonprofit organizations.
Students with problems can attend
at no charge. Supporters claim that
charter school are helping students
who may not have gotten any
special attention.
North Carolina charter schools
have been studied for the past two
. They have been criticized
being racially imbalance. The
State has categorized most of the
schools as olow performing".
Right Step Academy students,
teachers and administrations are
predominately black. It failed to
meet state academic requirements
the first year and its enrollment
dropped the first year.
ing school officials ex-
plained that charter schools need
more time to prove themselves.
Vernon Robinson, founder of the
NC Education Reform Foundation,
said that the General Assembly has
not done enough to support the
institutions. Melvin Cox, president
of Right Step Parent Teacher
Organization claimed that charter
schools have put a lot of children
on the right track.
Pitt County Sheriff _ Billy
Vandiford, was the moderator for
the meeting. Vandiford, who is
running as Republican candidate
for District 9 in the NC State was
invited to attend the meetin
because his opponent Sen.
Warren is a part of a committee
who has refused to allow a Senate
hearing on charter schools.
Those who attended the meeting
were encouraged to vote for politi-
cians who supported continued
funding of charter schools,
Take a minute and consider: Why
is it that. the vast majority of
African Americans continue to
offer unwaverin, to
President Clinton in his trials, but,
in contrast almost all are anxious to
view the Rev. Henry Lyons hanging
from the strongest tree they can
find in the state of Florida? -
To some, there is an amazing
amount of similarity in the two
cases. They both involve public
perceptions of sex and money.
Discussions went on daily~ about
Clinten being called before a grand
jury regarding allegations of hav-
ing had sex with White House
intern Monica Lewinsky, and on
charges Lyons faces arising from
his wife, Deborah, having set fire
to a plush waterfront home Lyons
owned with another woman.
No serious argument is being
made here that Clinton, or Lyons, -
is not guilty of at least some of the
offense for which they are accused.
But questions should be posed
regarding how they are discussed
my
Yea igh
ititon's case, B ~ say:
"Okay, A ip OO} odid a few things he
shoulg.frot have done. Anyway,
these/ things shouldn't be," They
say the president's-persecutors are
the real danger to the republic;
their partisan, .out-of-control: with
hunt is\far worse than the allega-
tions th investigating. Blacks
are peeved ohat Clinton isbeing
hounded by sith~#investigations,
particularly because he's hired so
many Blacks to high positions in
his administration -- a number of
whom have their own investiga-
tions by federal persecutors.
On the other hand, check out the
amount of support Lyons gets
among African Americans. Blacks
feel he betrayed them, the National
Baptist Convention USA
(NBCUSA), and his wife. Except
for the Black Print Press, most
Blacks have left Lyons to "Hang in
the wind." Although he received a
vote of confidence from the
NBCUSA, and set up meritorious
*
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gas rsp a a
ment plans for USA members
through collective buying " clout.
with the Revelations Corporation
and for members T funeral services,
Lyons has become a pariah in most
African-American conversations of
him.
The case on Clinton is hardly as
simple as a mere dalliance around
the Rose Garden. There is the
Whitewater investigations, about
the $60 million that failed savings
and loans in Arkansas cost taxpay-
ers, the possibility of obstruction of
justice regarding millions, and
whether trade pacts were made
with Chinese officials for contribu-
tions. An audit of Clinton's alleged
"misconduct" money trail totals
over a quarter billion dollars, a
hundred times the $5 million
amount Lyons is accused of scam-
ming from The Loewen Group
funeral home operation.
Lyons is accused of using his
leadership position in the Baptist
group to solicit contributions that
collective marketing and employ-
CHILDHOOD INFLUENCE
(Parents make the biggest impact
on their child's values.)
Here are some suggestions, to help
our children in school:
Examine our family Ts priorities.
We need to put our children at the
top of the list and make our lives
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of Mrs. Beatrice Maye...
ess hectic. Some changes in the
ways families use their time should
concern us.
One great time consumer is the
television. Our children average 29
hours of television per week, but it
takes only 30 hours to do a full
time job. How does this impact our
children? ,
The attention span needed for
viewing is only three to five.
seconds. From television children
can pick up some undesirable
values, such as violence and greed.
They also see an unrealistic world
where people have everything
imaginable. They get depressed
when they cannot have all of those
things, and they feel like failures.
One doctor challenges families to
turn off the television sets com-
pletely for one week with the
assurance that we will get to know
each other better during that week.
He further recommended limiting
television viewing to one hour a
day and choosing what our children
watch.
One priority that we need to
include is time to read to our
children every day and to let
children see us read. Children
mirror their parents' behavior. If
they see us read, they will read also.
All families need a spiritual base
on which we build our values and
set our family priorities. Through
this foundation, we all have a
purpose and meaning in life.
Setting aside time for homework
is another priority which helps your
child in school--15 minutes of
reading and 15 minutes of other
homework for young children every
night.
The way we discipline children
also teaches lessons to them.
Although it is difficult for some
parents, it is fine to tell our
children "NO".
What we do and how we live
greatly influence our children much
more than what we say. We instill
values in all that we do around our
children. An encouraging note is
that 85% of our children return to
he is said to have spent to support
his lavish lifestyle, including coun-
try club memberships, trips cars,
jewelry and houses. Lyons, along
with the convention's former direo-
tor of public relations, who was
director of meeting and conven-
tions, allegedly used multiple bank
accounts to bilk the corporation
and the convention.
It could be said both used their
positions unscrupulously. But,
Blacks don't. It is unlikely Clinton
will be impeached for his affairs.
But, he's still under fire from the
independent counsel Kenneth
Starr and faced Congressional
hearings. Lyons and his NBCUSA
group are scheduled to convene in
Kansas City in September. He faces
a maximum 815 years in prison
and $25 million in fines.
Blacks seem willing to go all the
way with Clinton, but are prepared
to stand at the jailhouse door for
the Lyons "send off". Is that proper
justice?
PHILADELPHIA AREA
RESIDENTS and =§$African-
American barristers nationwide are
mourning the ing of Judge
Juanita Kidd STOUT, 79, retired
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Jurist.
She died on Aug. 21 after a long
bout with leukemia. In 1959, she
became the first Black woman
elected a justice in the USA when
she won a seat in the Philadelphia
Municipal Court.
THE OAK BLUFFS summer
residents crowded into the Union
Chapel on Aug. 22 for a memorial
Service for novelist Dorothy WEST,
91, one of the last living members
of the Harlem Renaissance move-
ment among Black writers, whose
novel, "The Wedding," was pub-
lished in 1995 and later made into
a film.
PROMINENT WASHINGTON
INSIDER and "First Friend" attor-
ney Vernon E. JORDAN, who with
his wife hosted the 52nd birthday
party for President CLINTON at
their Martha's Vineyard home last -
week, may be heeding the advice -
that it is always good to have a:
second career. He plays the role of:
a judge in the upcoming movie to
be released this fall, oRounders, ?
starring Matt Damon. He had a role
last year in Robert Altman's film,
"The Ginger bread Man."
MORE THAN 500 civil rights
activists from across the coun
journeyed to Greenville, S.C. on
Aug. 22 to pay tribute to former
NAACP national board chairman,
Dr. William "Doc" GIBSON, the
pioneering dentist from the
"Palmetto State," who gave thou-
sands of his personal funds and
often led protesis throughout the
South in the crusade for civil
rights. Among the dinner speakers
were former NAACP officials and
board members, including A.J.
POOLE of Florida and New York's
Dr. Annie B. MARTIN.
TRUSTEES AT LINCOLN
UNIVERSITY, PA. are expecting
a resolution at their Sept. 19
EA eC seeking the ouster of
their parent' values.
Although most parents have
good intentions, we can all benefit
from examining our lives and our
priorities...indeed, these sugges-
tions extend beyond helping our
children in school; they also help
them in life and our families T
quality of life.
"Children need strength to lean
on, a shoulder to cry on and an
example to learn from."
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YOUNGSTERS PROBLEMS
Some of the big problems our
youngsters face are drugs, murder,
rape, teen-age pregnancy, gross
disregard for authority and scoring
dead last, or nearly so, on interna-
tional comparisons of academic
achievement. These problems
threaten the nation's future and
what do we do? We cover the
"entrances next door"-- and go
after teen smoking.
(Walter Williams, writer,
Creatdrs Syndicate)
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GET DRESSED IN 10
MINUTES OR LESS
Even if you never remember--or
have the time--to plan your outfit
the night before, you can still zip
out the door looking perfectly put
together--just follow our easy
guidelines.
** Organize your closet so
workday and weekend wear are
separate.
This narrows your choices and
makes it easy to see what works
together.
** Don't waste time riffling
through your bureau for the right
pair of hose or underwear: fill a
drawer with emergency provisions
such as extra hose in a variety of
shades, a seamless nude bra and a
body shaper.
** Put clothes in a ready-to-wear
condition. If something needs
pressing, do it before you put it
away.
** Never put away a garment
that's missing a button, losing a
hem or that needs dry cleaning--
otherwise you may find yourself
making multiple wardrobe changes
when you should be heading out
the door!
** No time to iron? Stick with
knits - not only do they pack plenty
of polish, but they're also wrinkle-
resistant.
** It's super-easy to get dressed
when you build a wardrobe in the
same color range. If you buy a few
good mix-and-match pieces, you'll
?"? never be at a loss for something to
dQ wear.
KR KR KOK KF
YOUNG MEN: STEPPING OFF'
ISN'T COOL....
"Stepping off" is a teenage slang
_ for backing away from a challenge
* you cannot handle. When a young
man fathers a baby too soon and
then runs out on his responsibili-
ties, his male friends see him as
"stepping off." More and more,
they are not impressed.
A group of young men, quoted by
sociologist Dr. Mercer Sullivan in
| his 1985 study "Teen Fathers in the
| Inner City", had few kind words for
| other young men they knew who
| made babies and walked away.
"I know quite a few who say, I
got a daughter who lives over here
and a son who lives over there T and
the way they say it, it seems like
they don't care... They don't get no
respect from me on that... it ain't
nothing to brag about."
"I know one guy named Rick and
he got a baby by this girl. He don't
take care of the baby right".
"I've seen what happens on both
side of that situation. There's the
girl. She's got nobody to take care
of her and the baby. And the guy,
too. He loses his self-respect. Not
only that buy everyone else loses
respect for him too."
Fathering a child he cannot
support wil not make a young man
look bigger in the eyes of his peers
or anybody else. What it will do is
put him under pressures he is not
yet ready to handle. Young men
who have not finished school or
who cannot find a job will have a
hard time finding money to meet
their own needs, let alone those of
a baby.
All if us, adults and teens, need
to start talking sense to our young
men about what it means to become
a parent too young. Nearly two-
thirds of America's male teens are
sexually active today, but too few
are getting the message that they
have half the responsibility if a
baby is the result.
We can begin by making it clear
to our young men that irresponsible
behavior is not "cool" and does
have consequences for them.
Several new teen pregnancy pre-
vention posters from the Children's
Defense Fund are aimed specifi-
cally at young men. Put one up in
your school, church, health clinic,
or library.
Don Tt Forget to
Vote
Tuesday,
September 15th
President Dr. Niara SUDARKASA,
whose handling of school funds is
being probed by the state. Dr.
Sudarkasa, head of the University
since 1987, said she was unfazed by
the efforts to oust her.
IN FAILING HEALTH for
several years, suffering from blind-
ness and diabetes which caused the
amputation of both his legs, noted
civil rights legend James
FARMER, 78, said he will take
medical leave from his professor-
ship at Mary Washington College
in Fredericksburg, Va. and retire in
January.
THE NAACP NATIONAL of-
fice has suspended the officers of
the Las Vegas, Nevada Chapter for
failure to file its 1996 financial
report; and Edward LEWIS, presi-
dent of the tri-State Conference has
taken over until new elections are
held in December.
A BOY, BORN four months
prematurely to Illinois Rep. Jesse
JACKSON JR. and his wife,
Sandi JACKSON, died shortly '
after delivery last weekend at the
University of Utah Medical Center.
TWO OF THE nation's biggest '
money superstars are continuing to
rake in the green! Michael "I want
to smell like Mikey" JORDAN,
while not expected to continue his
basketball winning streak with the
Chicago Bulls, has his line of
cologne passing the $200-million
in sales, with a shaving collection
in the works. His marketing people
are telling corporations that bid-
ding for his endorsements start at
$2-million a year for ten years. His
Airness draws down roughly $47
million a year in off-the-court
deals. Official reports on the other
Michael, "The Gloved Father"
JACKSON, claim that his
"Thriller" album is the all-time best
seller in the United States with over
25 million copies sold.
LIONEL HAMPTON, AMER-
CA'S Ambassador of Music, is
slated to join Manhattan Borough
President C. Virginia FIELDS,
Rep. Charles RANGEL, Gov.
George PATAKI and other political
and entertainment nabobs at the
ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the
newly-reopened Showman's at 375
West 125th St., on Aug. 26 and 27.
THE SOUTHERN QUEENS
Park Association has lined up an
attractive list of entertainers for its
afternoon-long "Peace and Luv"
Concert on Sept. 5 in the Roy
Wilkins Park.
MOVIE BUFFS FEEL that
Hollywood for a change has por-
trayed Blacks in a real normal
situation in "How Stella Got Her
Groove Back," starring accom-
plished actress Angela BASSETT
and newcomer Taye DIGGS. It is
still among the box office top
attractions after being released
several weeks ago and being
panned by some White movie
critics who may not really be
qualified to determine what is a
good Black movie!
UP NORTH...
ON THE HEELS of the attor-
neys for the Million Youth March
going into federal court to obtain a
permit to hold their march and
rally in Harlem on Sept. 5, lawyers
for the Black Israelites last week
sued the city to regain their permit
to use sound ems in Times
Square, although they had spoken
and used the area for years,
preaching the message that Christ
was Black and will return to
enslave Whites, Bruce TEITEL-
BAUM, Mayor GIULIANT'S chief
of staff, had canceled the permit
reportedly after receiving a com-
plaint that the group used profane
and abusive language.
C. VIRG FIELDS,
Manhattan Bor President;
Rep. Charles GEL and the
Rev. Al N are joining
with State Sen. " David
PATERSON, Councilman Bill
PERKINS, church and youth
group leaders in a series of
meetings this week to resolve
matters over the Million Youth
before court hearings re-
sume on Aug, 26 .
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The Philippi
i sionary Baptist Church}
oCelebrating Homecoming 98 on Sept. 6th, 1998"
In the Spirit of Unity
A. C. Batchelor, Pastor |
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bor arbitrator, called in to help
mediate the APPOLLO Theater's
stagehand dispute in time for the
production for the new season of
"It's Showtime At The Apollo."
Local 1 of the Theatrical Stage
Employees Union flooded 125th St.
with union members on Aug. 23 in
support of the Apollo workers,
causing a new rash of downtown
media to come uptown to rehash
the Apollo controversy. The Apollo
Foundation expected to sign a new
contract with Percy SUTTON'S
Inner City Group this week to allow
the new filming.
THE CITY OF Mount Vernon
has agreed to pay $250,000 to
Raymond GERMANO, _ former
head of its Housing Authority, who
charged he was fired because he is
a White man in charge of a
predominately Black housing pro-
gram.
OUT BROOKLYN WAY resi-
dents are happy to see the father-
son team of veteran Congressman
Edolphus TOWNS and Assembly-
man Darryl TOWNS campai
together in their re-elections te in
the Sept. 15 Democratic primary.
MONROE COLLEGE IN The
Bronx has been named as a
national leader among private jun-
ior colleges for its high rate of
graduating African Americans and
Hispanics, ranking among the top
15 in the country.
SEEKING TO KEEP alive the
memory of the late Alice Wragg
KORNEGAY, the tireless housing
crusader and community activist, a
committee headed by Percy DAVIS,
Amber GREEN and _ Theresa
Freeman JOHNSON, is holding a
gala dance on Sept. 5 at the 369th
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Aug. 22 to Allen
HARDING, a partner in the Patios
bistro in Brooklyn
LEGAL MINDS WERE joined
last week when attorney Kira
WATSON, a law associate in a
Philadelphia law firm and daughter
of New York Times general counsel
Solomon WATSON, married attor-
ney Alvin YEARWOOD, an
Assistant District Attorney in The "
Bronx.
WHEN CO-DISTRICT
LEADERS of the Martin Luther
KING Democratic Club, Rep.
Charles RANGEL and_ Inez
Dickens RUSSELL, co-hosted
their club's annual Unity party at
the Central Harlem Senior Citizens
Center last Friday, guests cheered
loudly as U.S. Senate candidate,
Rep. Chuck SCHUMER. danced
the "macaranian" upstairs and rival
candidate, Public Advocate Mark
GREEN, swung a mean lindy hop
downstairs on the two-tiered patio.
Warm applause and cheers were
also given when community appre-
ciation honors were awarded by the
club to Gloria WRIGHT, dedicated
civic worker; statesman Percy E.
SUTTON, whose plaque was ac-
cepted by Lloyd WILLIAMS,
President of the Greater Harlem
Chamber of Commerce, the Rev. Ed
CULVERT; Nathan MARIUS ac-
cepted the posthumous honor given
to his late wife, Elaine MARIUS,
founder of the Center; and North
General Hospital President Eugene
MCCABE, presently hospitalized,
whose award was accepted by
Deborah COFER, director of
Women's Health Services.
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GREGATIONS and a long list of
"Who's Who" in the religious and
secular communities from all
around New York State will be
coming into Harlem on Sept. 18 to
honor the founder of the A.M.E.
Church, Bishop Richard ALLEN,
America Ts Apostle of Freedom, at
the Schomburg Center and
Metropolitan A.M.E. Church.
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native of Greenville, North Carolina, is
Professor of Music at University of
Massa-chusetts Boston. He is also one
of the founders of the internationally
renowned Kuumba Singers in 1970 at
Harvard University.
An interesting phenomenon
takes place in the world of nature
when the larvae of the Monarch
butterfly goes through the period of
metamorphosis in the protective
cover of the cocoon and emerges as
one of the most beautiful butterflies
in North America. This phenome-
non seems to be an appropriate
metaphor to use in our discussion
of the African-American Music
Idiom. This idiom was developed
and nurtured in the "cocoon" of the
Black Church, while undergoing
the "metamorphosis" of slavery,
second-class citizenship, and segre-
gation and emerge as the beautiful
Black musical, "Butterfly," which
stands as the very foundation of the
only true American music. A casual
look at the world of popular music
would reveal that African-
American music and musicians are
being imitated the world over. As
itish litical, social, and - economic
id 7 ated in an
interview almost three decades ago,
"We are all trying to sing colored."
It is also becoming clearer that
this "colored" attitude of singing
was devel in the environment
of the Black Church, Leroi Jones
stated in 1963. .
The early black Christian
churches or the pre-church opraise
houses" became the social focal
points of Negro life. The relative
autonomy of the developing Negro
Christian religious gathering made
it one of the only areas in the
slave's life where he was relatively
free of the white man's domination.
The "praise nights ? or "prayer
meetings" were also the only times
when the Negro felt he could
express himself as freely and
emotionally as possible.
Rock and roll is another music
that effects this kind of historical
background. Rock and roll was not
really a new type of popular music,
for, as Fats Domino--a popular
Black recording artist--stated,
"what they call Rock and Roll, |
have been singing for fifteen years
as Rhythm and Blues."
During the 1960s, there was an
increase in demand for materials
relevant to Black cultural experi-
ences due to widespread Black
protests. These materials suggest
that there is such a thing as an
"African-American _ Aesthetic,"
and that this "esthetic" has its roots
deep in the soil of Africa; and,
contrary to the opinions of many,
these Africanisms survived the
horrors of American slavery. As
Leroi Jones reminded us, oIt is
certainly immediately apparent that
all forms of political and economic
thought which were two of the most
profound sophistications of African
culture, were suppressed immedi-
ately. The extremely intricate po-
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of the West Africans were,
of course, done away with com-
pletely in their normal manifesta-
tions. The much praised olegal
systems" known could not function,
except very informally, in the
cotton fields of America. The
technology of the Africans... iron-
working, wood carving, weaving,
etc... died out quickly in the United
States. Almost every aspect of the
African culture took a new less
obvious form or was wiped out
altogether... Only religion (and
magic) and the arts were not
completely submerged by Euro-
American concepts. Religion and
art certainly are important aspects
of any culture and it is a well-
documented fact that, during the
years 1702-1705 the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts sent clergymen to
the colonies to minister to the
slaves and to convert them to
Christianity. The missionaries be-
lieved that converting the slaves to
Western Christianity would make
them more "docile" and "humble",
thereby producing a more obedient
slave. The missionaries devised
"slave catechisms" to insure that
the message of Black inferiority
and divinely ordained white domi-
nation would be instilled in the
slaves.
"It does not take a seminary
education to know that white
missionaries were distorting the
gospel in order to defend the
enslavement of Blacks, but white
Europeans did not succeed; and
Black history is the record of their
failure." And of course no where is
the record of this failure reflected
better than in the time-honored
songs known as spirituals, the first
real body of music developed by the
transplanted African and the body
of song that is the foundation for
all other types of Black music
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created in the United States.
The Black Church during the
period of slavery was known as the
"invisible church. ? This church was
not located in a building as such,
but in the areas far away from the
plantation big house, where slaves
assembled at night and devel
those songs based on the Old
Testament stories of the struggles of
the Hebrew children in captivity
and eventual freedom in the lands
of Egypt and Babylon. Many of
these songs were based on African
melodies as well as melodies picked
up from the missionaries and
plantation owners, but they were
tinged with a particular "African-
American Attitude" towards the
elements of music, namely melody,
rhythm and harmony. Following
the Emancipation years, 1863-
1865, the ous Fisk Jubilee
Singers presented their version of
these songs on a tour that took
them to England and other foreign
countries during the years 1871-72.
That was the first time that the
newly developed _ " "Affrican-
American Music Idiom" was heard
outside the United States.
Towards the end of the 18th
century, some Blacks were allowed
to worship in the same buildings
with whites, but confined to sit in
the balconies. The story of Richard
Allen and his friends being re-
moved bodily from their seats at the
Old St. George Methodist Church
in Philadelphia is well known.
Incidents like these were the rea-
sons that many Blacks began to
establish their own churches. With
the establishment of their own
congregations, Blacks were free to
worship as they pleased and in their
own manner. The earliest perma-
nent congregation in the nation was
year.
According to Leroi Jones, oblues
began in slavery, and it is from that
iar institution, as it was
own euphemistically, that blues
did find its particular form." And,
if slavery dictated certain aspects of
the blues form and content, so did
the so-called Emancipation and its
subsequent problems dictate the
path blues would take." Following
the Emancipation, Blacks were
allowed to travel outside of the
South and, of course, they took
~ their music with them. The "idiom"
now began to take on more
"secular" aspects as Black music
has always been a social art and the
music is reflective of whatever
condition Black people find them-
selves in at that particular moment
and time.
Following the end of WWI and
WWII, large numbers of Blacks
began moving to the large cities in
the north. In the early 1930s,
Thomas A. Dorsey, who was a
musician at the Pilgrim Baptist
Church in Detroit, began compos-
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CHICAGO - The granddaughter of
the late John Sapees, longtime
chairman 0 Sengstacke
Enterprises Inc., publishers of the
pioneering daily Chicago Defender
and a chain that includes several
other newspapers, is engaged in a
desperate battle to keep the news-
papers in the Sengstacke family.
But Myiti Sengstacke, 26, faces a
difficult battle because the chain's
board of directors, including
Sengstacke's son and her father,
Robert, and its minority sharehold-
ers voted to sell the business to pay
off some $4 million in estate taxes.
Sengstacke Enterprises was
quickly taken off the auction block
when Myiti Sengstacke dismissed
the Northern Trust Co. as the
family trustee, fearing that its
commitment to Mr. Sengstacke's
instructions - that his heirs have
maximum financial security -
would result in the sale of the
newspapers.
She is in the process of seeking
another trustee, investors to help
pay off the tax debt, and looking
into possibly reorganizing the com-
pany under either a merger or
issuance of additional stock.
Another possibility suggested by
her advisers would be to have an
investor pay off the debt in
exchange for non- voting preferred
stock.
The Sengstacke chain, with
weeklies also in Detroit, Memphis
and Pittsburgh, is valued at $10
million to $12 million before taxes.
Black business and professional
leaders in Chicago are cautiously
watching the granddaughter's ef-
forts and have raised concerns that
the granddaughter's failure to save
the newspapers could also mean
the end of Black ownership.
Reports are that some are even
preparing their own purchase plans
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thought. the : would
remain under Sengstacke's control
"Robert Sengetncke, Mi fa
e, Myiti's father
and only living child of the chain's
founder, said the quandary over the
estate should not be un ed.
He said no clear heir was
groomed to take over the business.
He said he was shunned in favor of
his children because of a feud with
his father.
"We never saw eye to eye about
my grandfather's intentions for the
company," Myiti Sengstacke said in
a published report. "This is some-
thing we've given a lot of thought
to, and we understand the trust has
to be funded and we have to be
taken care of."
Acting as a proxy for her
brothers and sister, Myiti
Sengstacke said removing Northern
Trust "is in the best interests of the
family."
It is Mr. Sengstacke's will that a
family trust would be established as
the legal owner of the estate's
assets, selecting Northern Trust as
the trustee. He also named his six
grandchildren as the beneficiaries
of the trust.
He left two sets of instructions.
To Northern Trust, which he
named trustee in 1975, he gave
orders that his heirs have maxi-
mum financial security.
To his oldest granddaughter,
Myiti, he convinced her to promise
that the newspapers would stay in
the family.
But for Northern Trust the
immediate issues were settling the
estate and raising the money to pay
the taxes. A sale of the newspapers
seemed in order, the race of the
buyer irrelevant.
One nationally noted expert in
estate planning said many people
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Church
Many
me to on ng plan to
e people it will a suggesting
that both Northern Trust and the
Sengstacke heirs were on different
channels.
"You wouldn't expect a trustee to
have a broader interest than the
financial interest," the expert said.
Northern Trust expressed disap-
pointment in the Sengstacke grand-
children's decision.
"We regret that those beneficiar-
ies who have the ability to remove
the trustee have taken this action, ?
the company said.""We believe we
have acted from the outset to follow
faithfully the clear directions left by
John Sengstacke in the trust and to
serve the best interests of all the
trust beneficiaries."
"Nonetheless, our duty as trustee
now requires us to cooperate in any
way we properly can to accomplish
an orderly transition, and we intend
to do so. We have not been
informed that any successor trustee
has yet been selected. ?
"As for the sale of the Chicago
Defender and the other newspa-
pers, we understand that the board
of Sengstacke Enterprises Inc.,
which had initiated the sales
process, has now voted to tempo-
rarily suspend efforts to sell the
papers."
Elias Matsakis, a lawyer with
McBride, Baker & Cole, the firm
representing the. Sengstacke grand-
children, said that while finding a
new trustee may be difficult, more
than a half dozen banks had
already met with Myiti Sengstacke.
"We're pleased with the recogni-
tion that a number of major
financial institutions in Chicago
have for the legacy this family is
attempting to preserve," he said.
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bank, which also serves as the
executor. of the estate.
The Defender was founded in
1905, when the late Robert S.
Abbott, the son of former slaves,
drew up the first issue with 25 cents
worth of pencils and paper. He was
soon to become one of America's
first Black millionaires, as the
Defender became a national voice
for African Americans.
John Sengstacke inherited the
company from his uncle and estab-
lished his own legacy as a leader in
the publishing industry and busi-
ness and civic world.
When John Sengstacke died last
year, Myiti was attending Hampton
University. Two generations before,
Robert Abbott had sent John
Sengstacke there to learn the
business.
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of Public Agenda shows that
parents want public schools to
concentrate on lifting the achieve-
ment levels of their children.
But we cannot stop there. Let
me propose five principles that
parents should insist schools in
their communities follow.
_ First, every child has the right
to attend a pre-school program that
gets them off to a solid start.
Second, every child has the
right to be taught by fully qualified
teachers who believe they can
achieve.
Third, every child has the
right to take rigorous courses that
challenge them to reach their
fullest potential.
Fourth, every child has the
right to attend a well run, well
equipped and well maintained
school whose primary mission is
teaching and learning. =
Fifth, every child has the
to participate in constructive after-
ograms that can promote
healthy development and keep
them out of harm's way.
_ These principles are the foun-
dation of the Urban League's
educational programs. More than
90 of our affiliates across the
country are participating in our
third annual "Doing the Right
Thing" celebration September 19 to
honor ambitious and accomplished
and hopeful young people in their
communities.
These youths, part of the
historical and contemporary move-
ment of African Americans into the
American mainstream, underscore
that putting young people on the
path to achievement pays huge
dividends for all of American
society.
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co.
Chairman Phil Condit will meet the
Rev. Jesse Jackson Friday in an
effort to allay concerns about
alleged racial discrimination at the
aerospace group, a company
spokesman said.
Condit spoke with Jackson by
telephone after a newspaper re-
ported the civil rights leader was
frustrated he had been unable to set
up a meeting to discuss improving
working conditions for blacks and
other minorities at Boeing.
He (Condit) wanted to reaffirm
that Boeing takes these issues very
seriously and that fundamentally
the reverend's goals are the same as
Boeing's goals," Boeing spokesman
Peter Conte said.
Condit rearranged his schedule to
make time for a meeting with
Jackson in Seattle Sept. 4, Conte
said.
Jackson's interest in race rela-
tions at the manufacturer stems
from a lawsuit filed in March by 41
employees who charge a pattern of
discrimination against blacks and
other minority workers.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, who
are seeking class- action status on
behalf of about 15,000 black work-
ers at the company, charge they
work in a hostile environment
where racial slurs are common and
less- qualified white workers rou-
tinely win promotion over more
senior minorities.
Boeing is defending itself against
the claims, but also has acknowl-
edged that it needs to do more to
promote diversity in its work force
of 238,000, which is about 82
percent white.
Jackson is seeking Boeing's com-
mitment to allow women and
minorities to participate in its
decision- making processes, to es-
tablish a plan for women and
minorities to advance through the
corporate ranks and to set up a
minority supplier program across
all business sectors.
oThose are goals we embrace
wholeheartedly," Boeing spokes-
man Larry McCracken said.
BALTIMORE - The historic March
on Washington was held 35 years
ago at the Lincoln Memorial.
There, hundreds of , thousands
heard the eloquent and prophetic "I
have a Dream" speech about equal-
ity delivered by the Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.
NAACP Chairman Julian Bond
and President and CEO Kweisi
Mfume urged Americans not to let
the fond nostalgia about this day
skew the real purpose or intentions
of King's speech or the march.
"During this time of reflection, it
is important to focus on the issue
that is setting the stage on the
battleground for the civil rights as
we move toward the 21st century:
affirmative action."
Bond said, "As quiet as it is kept,
Martin Luther King supported
affirmative action. The critics like
t quote his dream from 1963 that
one day his children would be
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remains a distant dream today."
However, as Bond noted, in 1967
King said, "A society that has done
something special against the
Negro for hundreds of years must
now do something special for him."
Mfume added, "We want the
American people to understand that
discrimination is not an article of
the past, it is an article of the
present. Discrimination is present
today, and affirmative action is one
weapon against it. Equal opportu-
nity should be living reality for the
majority and not just a mere dream
for many minorities."
Mfume went on to point out that
the so-called "playing field" of
equal opportunity in this county is
still not level. "A 10 percent set
aside means that we're still setting
aside 90 percent for white men in
this country who, for centuries now,
have had the privilege to think and
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for the advancement of colored
people who come in all colors,
whether on the political, economic,
education, health or military fronts.
The call to action remains equal in
opportunity for service and for
action available to each of us,
wherever and whomever we may
happen to be. The NAACP is
prepared to march as Dr. King and
the thousands who marched with
him, before and after him did. But
we are also prepared to continue to
work our way to civil rights
through the difficult business of
organizing, knocking on doors, one
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social justice, dollar by dollar.
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rumored that he was born in 1748,
but no record of birth by church or
by state, has been found there, and
none in Boston. All 11 countries
were searched and churches with
baptismal records were examined
without finding the name of Prince
Hall.
The widely circulated rumor
states that "Prince Hall was free
born in British West Indies. His
father, Thomas Prince Hall, was an
Englishman and his mother a free
colored woman of French extrac-
tion. In 1765 he worked his passage
on a ship to Boston, where he
worked as a leather worker, a trade
learned from his father. During this
time he married Sarah Ritchery.
Shortly after their marriage, she
died at the age of 24. Eight years
later he had acquired real estate
and was qualified to vote. Prince
Hall also pressed John Hancock to
be allowed to join the Continental
ore
Army and was one of a few blacks
who fought at the battle of Bunker
Hill: Religiously inclined, he later
became a minister in the African
Methodist Episcopal Church with
a charge in Cambridge and fought
for the abolition of slavery." Some
accounts are paraphrased from the
generally discredited Grimshaw
book of 1903.
Black Free Masonry began dur-
ing the War of Independence,
when Prince Hall and fourteen
other free black men were initiated
into Lodge # 441, Irish
Constitution, attached to the 38th
Regiment of Foot, British Army
Garrisoned at Castle Williams
(now Fort Independence) Boston
Harbor on March 6, 1775. The
Master of the Lodge was Sergeant
John Batt. Along with Prince Hall,
the other newly made masons
were Cyrus Johnson, Bueston
Slinger, Prince Rees, John Canton,
Peter Freeman, Benjamin Tiler,
Duff Ruform, Thomas Santerson,
Prince Rayden, Cato Spain,
Boston Smith, Peter Best, Forten
Howard and Richard Titley.
When the British Army left
Boston, this Lodge, # 441, granted
Prince Hall and his brethren
authority to meet as a lodge, to go
in procession on Saints John Day,
and as a Lodge to bury their dead;
but they could not confer degrees
nor perform any other Masonic
"work". For nine years these breth-
ren, together with others who had
received their degrees elsewhere,
assembled and enjoyed their limited
privileges as Masons. Finally in
March 2, 1784, Prince Hall peti-
tioned the Grand Lodge of
England, through a Worshipful
Master of a subordinate Lodge in
London (William Moody of
Brotherly Love Lodge # 55) for a
warrant or charter.
The warrant was granted on
September 29, 1784 under the
name of African Lodge, # 459 on
the register of the Grand Lodge of
England by authority of then Grand
Master, the Duke of Cumberland,
delivered in Boston on April 29,
1787 by Captain James Scott,
brother- in- law of John Hancock
and Master of the Neptune. Prince
Hall was the first Master of the
lodge which was organized one
week later, May 6, 1787.
The warrant to African Lodge #
459 of Boston is the most signifi-
cant and highly prized document
known to the Prince Hall Mason
Fraternity. Through it, our legiti-
macy is traced, and on it more than
any other factor, our case rests.
Charles Robinson
Charles Robinson is __ the
Republican challenger to Howard
Boney for the position of District
Attorney for Nash, Edgecombe. and
Wilson County. This election is of
major historical interest to Eastern
North Carolina because it marks
the first time Boney will be opposed
in a general election since he took
office in 1977.
Robinson is the first Republican
to run for the position of District
Attorney in the tri-county area. He
is also the first African-American
to run for the post. Robinson has
been a Republican since the days
when he was a Marine in the
1980's.
It was while he was in the
Marines that he became interested
in the Republican party due to his
association with some of the black
officers who were Republican.
"There were not very many black
officers in those days and many that
were .officers were republicans,"
explained Robinson. "This captured
my interest and | began to talk
more with the officers."
"I feel that the Republican party
presents the most opportunity for
political diversity. Diversity is
"Thank God for
My Parents..."
These were the words spoken to
M-Voice Publisher by Carl Harris,
Jr., the son of Carl Harris, Sr.,
who has promoted and encour-
aged other young black men to
own their own _ businesses.
Following his father's advice, he
now has own Barber Shop on
West 14th street. You are
encourage to drop by and meet
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needed in education, religion and
_ politics. Blacks must be a part of
every facet of the political system,"
says Robinson :
"It should not be assumed that a
person is a Democrat just because
he is black and a black person must
not assume that he must be a
democrat for political power. We
are making progress when we break
political molds. | want people to
vote for me because I'm qualified
and not just because I'm black. ?
Robinson, 44. has been married
to Dr. Lisa Nelson-Robinson who is
a surgeon in Rocky Mount. They
have three daughters, Ava, Dallas.
and Dara.
Robinson. who received his law
degree in 1983 from Washington
and Lee University School of Law
in Lexington. Virginia, also has a
masters degree in criminal justice.
He practices primarily criminal law
with the Rocky Mount law firm of
Battle, Winslow. Scott & Wiley.
PA.
Robinson served as an Assistant
Attorney General with " the
Tennessee Office of the Attorney
General from 1990-1993.
He served as Treasurer and
Secretary for the North Carolina
Bar Association's Section on
Constitutional Rights and
Responsibilities. He was a captain
and military prosecutor in the U.S.
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tutor and board member for the
Rocky Mount Boys & Girls Club,
the Rocky Mount Chamber of
Commerce and others. He is chair
of the Triangle East Community
Penalties Program, Inc. and is the
Treasurer for the Carolina East
Business and Professional League.
Robinson, 44, has been married
for 15 years to Dr. Lisa Nelson-
Robinson who is a surgeon in
Rocky Mount. They have three
daughters, Ava, Dallas, and Dara.
cated and in safekeeping, is be-
lieved to be the only original
charter issued from the Grand
Lodge of England still in the
possession of any Lodge in the
United States. African Lodge al-
lowed itself to slip into arrears in
the late 1790's and was stricken
from the rolls after the Union of
1813 although it had attempted
correspondence in 1802 and 1806.
In 1827, after further unreplied
communication, it declared its in-
dependence and began to call itself
African Grand Lodge # 1. It is
interesting to note that when the
Massachusetts lodges which were
acting as a Provincial Grand Lodge
also declared themselves an inde-
pendent Grand Lodge, and even
when the present Grand Lodge of |
Massachusetts was formed by the
amalgamation of the two separate
lodges, African Lodge was not
invited to take part, even though it
held a warrant every bit as valid as
the others.
The question of extending
Masonry . arose when Absalom
Jones of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
appeared in 1791 in Boston. He
was an ordained Episcopal priest
and a mason who was interested in
establishing a Masonic lodge in
Philadelphia. Delegations also trav-
eled from Providence, Rhode Island
and New York to establish the
African Grand Lodge that year.
Prince Hall was appointed Grand
Master, serving in this capacity
until his death in 1807.
Upon his death, Nero Prince
became Grand Master. When Nero
Prince sailed to Russia in 1808,
George Middleton succeeded him.
After Middleton, Petrert Lew,
Samuel H. Moody and then, John
T. Hilton became Grand Master. In
1827, it was Hilton who recom-
mended a Declaration of
Independence from the English
Grand Lodge.
In 1869 a fire destroyed
Massachusetts T Grand Lodge head-
quarters and a number of its
priceless records. The charter in its
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That charter, which is authenti-
metal tube was in the Grand Lodge
chest. The tube saved the charter
from the flames, but the intense
heat, charred the paper. It was at
this time that Grand Master S.T.
Kendall crawled into the burning
building and in peril of his life,
saved the charter from complete
destruction. Thus a Grand Master's
devotion and heroism further con-
secrated this parchment to us, and
added a further detail to its already
interesting history. The original
Charter # 459 has long since been
made secure between heavy plate
glass and is kept in a fireproof vault
in a downtown Boston bank.
In 1946, the Grand Lodge of
England again extended recogni-
tion to the Prince Hall Grand Lodge
but withdrew it the same year. In
1994, the Grand Lodge of England
finally accepted a petition for
recognition by Prince Hall Grand
Lodge of Massachusetts. "England
cited several reasons recognition
was witheld, ? Nicholas B. Locker,
Grand Master of Prince Hall from
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ing what has come to be known as
Gospel. Music. Dorsey was an
exceptional musician and was com-
fortable in writing and performing
African-American music in many
styles. His most famous composi-
tion is entitled, "Precious Lord,
Take My Hand." Prior to his
composing this song, Dorsey was
the accompanist for Ma Rainey,
one of the famous "blues" singers of
this period. Dorsey was able to
apply the musical idioms, that were
developed in his hometown church
in Georgia, to the new and different
social situations found in the larger
urban cities. The result is some-
thing that Michael Harris calls
"the gospel blues." This might be
an appropriate term to describe the
"idiom" as it is used in this context.
If one listens closely, the African-
American attitude towards melody,
rhythm, and harmony in the blues
is quite similar to these elements in
the gospel song. It is clear that both
the spirituals and the blues were
nurtured within the confines of the
Black Church. It was here that the
singers applied their unusual vocal
qualities and harmonies of existing
song and to those created from their
own imagination. The "sliding"
and "slurring" effects in African-
American music were developed in
the Black Church. Listen to any
recording of Aretha Franklin sing-
ing "Respect" and then listen to
her rendition of "How I Got Over"
from the gi 1972 recording,
"Amazing Grace." A keen musical
ear will observe the unusual vocal
nastics characteristic of Aretha,
in both of these recordings. It must
be pointed out that Aretha did not
learn to sing at one of the nation's
music conservatories. Aretha devel-
and sI ed her art in her
father's church long before she
became a recording star. In fact
Reverend C. L. Franklin, Aretha's
late father said, "if you really want
to know the truth, Aretha has never
really left the church."
It is a rather interesting fact that
the growth and dissemination of the
"African-American Music Idiom"
has occurred almost simultaneously
with the growth and development
of the recording industry. Black
musicians were among the earliest
to record their music. "The earliest
recordings of Black musicians that
can be documented came in 1901
when Victor Talking Machine
Company recorded Bert Williams
and George Walker singing popu-
musicals to the period." The earli-
est recording of a Black female
singer took place on February 14,
1920, when Mamie Smith sang
"You Can't Keep a Good Man
Down" and "This Thing Called
Love." By this time, the idiom was
popular throughout the nation, and
recording companies to label
recordings by Black artists as orace
records ? to distinguish them from
recordings made by white artists. In
many ways, the recording industry
has a blessing and a curse to
the idiom. Without the industry,
many people would not have heard
this beautiful "butterfly". On the
other hand, the idiom, in most
cases, has always been presented to
the public by white "imitators" of
the idiom, who were always able to
reap huge financial profits from
their efforts because of the peculiar
racial character of the American
public in the early years, as well as
today. The category of "race re-
cords" was given to recordings
made by Blacks from 1920 until
June 25, 1949, when Billboard, a
music trade magazine, introduced
the term rhythm and blues to define
the Black popular music idiom.
Rhythm and blues had its origin in
PRINCE
lar songs and songs from Black
HALL....? (Continued from Page 6)
the Black Church also. Many of the
1992-1994, said in an interview in
June 1996. "One was territorial
boundries, T because the Grand
Lodge of England had already
recognized the white Grand Lodge
of Massachusetts, which shared the
same jurisdiction with us. "Another
factor was that Prince Hall owed
back payment of dues to the Grand
Lodge. Back 200 years ago, there
were no checks, and often dues for
England were put in the hands of
sailing ship captains. It was several
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months before the ships arrived in
England, and money was lost. So it
wasn't possible to say for sure that
Prince Hall paid all his dues."
The ties were arranged to be
formalized in June 1996. In its 212
years, the Prince Hall Grand Lodge
has spawned over 44 other Grand
Lodges. The subordinate lodges
receive recognition once their
grand lodges are recognized.
Today, the Prince Hall fraternity
has over 4,500 lodges worldwide,
forming 44 independent jurisdic-
tions with a membership of over
300,000 masons.
Prince Hall is buried in a
cemetery overlooking the
Charlestown naval yard in Boston's
north end. His grave is situated
near a large tree, his wife's grave is
directly behind his. The site is
marked by a broken column; a
monument erected 88 years after
his death by Most Worshipful
Prince Hall Grand Lodge F. &
A.M. of Massachusetts. Still today,
believers in the Deity and travelers
from all walks of life can be seen
winding their way to that sacred
spot to pay homage at the final
resting place of the first Grand
Master of the "colored" Grand
Lodge of Masons. This great
Mason, Statesman, and Soldier,
having traveled to that undiscov-
ered country from whos bourne no
traveler returns; remains as the
pillar of wisdom, strength, and
beauty to all black masons today.
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Sr ag singing
period were formerly members of
groups like the
and the Soul
Stirrers. Sam Cooke and Jackie
Wilson were formerly members -of
these groups.
The idiom has left its impression
on what. we shall call Euro-
American Music to identify,
European Classical music that has
been the foundation of academic
music study since the early 1800s
in America. On December 2, 1923,
Roland Hayes (1881-1976), an
African-American concert singer
from Georgia, became the
Black artist to perform at the
famous Boston Symphony Hall. On
this program, Hayes performed a
group of French, German and
Italian art songs, and closed with a
group of Negro Spirituals. This
concert was the beginning of a long
and illustrious career for him, on
the great concert stages of the
world. He was really the first great
American concert singer.
For many years Hayes' contribu-
tions to American music remained
unnoticed, but in January and
February of 1996, the city of Boston
celebrated his accomplishments in
the world of music with a series of
Our purpose it is important to
members of the Ebenezer i
Church in Boston for many years.
Hayes had very positive ideas
regarding the importance of Negro
folk music. He once said in an
interview: My people have been
very shy about singing their crude
little songs before white folks.
They thought that they would be
laughed at-and they were! And so
they came to despise their own |
heritage if, as I truly believe, there
is purpose and plan in my life, it is
this: that I shall have my share of
rediscovering the qualities we have
almost let slip away from us; and
that we shall make our special
contribution only a humble one
perhaps, but our very own human
experience.
Were he here today, Mr. Hayes
would be amazed to see that this
humble contribution has become
the foundation for the truly
American music, and indeed the
"esthetic base" of this magnificent
period in the history of music
which Henry Pleasants and many,
many others have labeled "The
Afro-American Epoch,"
Today, the Black Church is still
related sctvitien. For the
ococoon. ?
cocoon is the silky and fibrous
in which the larvae of the butterfly
ins about themselves to shelter it
uring the pupa stage. With time
and patience, and great struggle,
"metamorphosis" takes place, and
the beautiful butterfly floats above
the earth. The African-American
music idiom was dev | and
nurtured in the "cocoon" of the
Black Church. In the fullness of
time, the idiom overcame the
"metamorphosis" of slavery,
second-class citizenship, and segre-
gation and exploitation described in
this essay, and emerged as the
beautiful "Black Butterfly" energiz-
ing the "aesthetic" which is at the
base of African-American culture,
and today, even world culture.
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divided by weight class. A Master's
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PROPOSED PITT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION PROCEDURE 1.102
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREAS
The Pitt County Board of Education has determined the primary considerations
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¢ Fair and equitable education defined as comparable educational programs,
services, and resource allocations. 7
* Building capacity and usage defined as maximum use of the facility.
¢ Transportation requirements not to exceed a bus ride of 90 minutes for any
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* Racial balance
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of Local Union #65. She was a
member of A.M.E. Zion Church in
New York, New York, where she
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served as a Mother of the church, a
member of the Vesper Choir, Vice
President of Class #15, Financial
Secretary of the Pastor's. Aid
Society, and Recording Secretary of
the Leaders Board.
Her survivors include: 3 grand-
children: Cynthia Williams and
Euguene Williams of Laurel, Md.,
and Linda Gray of Washington,
D.C.; one great- granddaughter,
pe Black History-September
September 1, 1891 - Hallie T.D. Johnson heotmes first woman of any race to practice medicine in
Alabama.
September 2, 1958 - Frederick M. Jones patents control device for internal combustion engine.
September 3,
September 4,
September 5,
September 6,
September 7,
September 8,
September 9,
1979 -
1962 -
1960 -
1848 -
1954 -
1907 -
1968 -
Robert Maynard editor-publisher of the Oakland (California) Tribune, becoming the
irst African American to head a daily newspaper.
New Orleans Catholic schools integrated.
Leopold Sedar Senghor elected president of Senegal.
Frederick Douglass elected president of National Black Political Convention in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Md., public schools integrated.
Negro Leagues baseball star Buck Leonard born.
Arthur Ashe Jr. wins the first U.S. Open Tennis Championship.
Jeamiter Woods; one September 10, 1855 - John Mercer Langston elected township clerk of Brownhelm, Ohio, becoming first
great- grandson, Andre Harrison; black to hold elective office in the U.S.
two brothers, Adam Garrett of New September 11, 1959 - Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington wins Springarm Medal for his achievements
York, New York, and Dennison D. in music. . . | |
Garrett, Sr., of Greenville; a sister, September 12, 1992 - Dr. Mae C. Jemison becomes first African American woman to travel in space.
Naomi Garrett Dupree of New September 13, 1886 - Literary critic Alain Locke, first African American Rhodes Scholar, born.
York, New York; 3 sisters-in-law, September 14, 1921 - Constance Baker Motley, first African American appointed federal judge, born.
Mamie M. Garrett, Carolyn Garrett, September 15, 1963 - Four African American girls killed in Birmingham church bombing.
and Clotea Garrett, all of |] September 16, 1923 - First Catholic seminary for Black priests dedicated in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Greenville September 17, 1983 - Vanessa Williams becomes first African American woman named Miss America.
inal : etal a September 18, 1895 - Booker T. Washington delivers famous Atlanta Exposition speech.
rien r DD. G: tt. S a 1204 September 19, 1893 - Elbert R. Robinson patents electric highway trolley.
home of D. D. Gk , al September 20, 1830 - First National Convention for Free Men agrees to boycott slave- produced goods.
West Fifth Street in Greenville. September 21, 1815 - General Andrew Jackson honors courage of Black troops who fought in Battle of
New Orleans.
September 22, 1862 - Emancipation Proclamation announced.
9 September 23, 1863 - Civil and women's rights advocate Mary Church Terrell born.
Don t Forget to September 24, 1957 - Federal troops enforce court-ordered integration as nine children integrate Central
High School in Little Rock, Ark.
\V ote September 25, 1974 - Barbara Hancock becomes first African American woman named a White House
Fellow.
, September 26, 1962 - Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson to win heavyweight boxing championship.
September 27, 1912 - W.C. Handy publishes "Memphis Blues".
Tuesday September 28, 1895 - National Baptist Convention organized.
T September 29, 1910 - The National Urban League founded in New York City.
b 15 September 30, 1962 - Under the protection of federal marshals, James Meredith enrolls as the first
eptem er { African American student at University of Mississippi
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