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If a race has no history....it stands in a of being exterminated. T
" Carter G. Woo
s0n
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TS MINORITY VOICE SINCE 1981
Is Ameri
can Justice Destroying the Blac k
by Trey Bankhead
Thirty years ago, during the
high-point of the Civi Rights
movement, many Blacks asked
themselves if their local police
officers were more of a danger to
them than a help. Ligh
Oday, many civil rignts groups
are beginning to ask the eine
question.
It is no secret that there is
prejudice and racism in this coun-
uy. Indeed, we live in a world
where a man can be beaten to
death, burned alive, beheaded, or
chained and dragged to death
behind a truck, merely because of
his skin color. While many groups
are advocating that inside, were all
the same, it appears that, as in the
past, a sense of fear and hatred of
that which is other is making a
dealy comeback.
For those living in such a reality
of unrelenting hatred, one would
assume that the police would be
in a position to help deter, and
prevent, such hatred from finding
the deadly expression of days long
gone, and days of recent past.
Granted, in the majority of cases,
that assumption would be an
accurate one. However, it some
cases, the police are not a part of
the solution to such a dangerous
situation.
In some cases, they are the
problem. In this country the me-
dia tend to portray Blacks in a
decidedly negative light. For ex-
ample, television news broadcasts
will rarely display images of
Blacks, or other minorities, en-
in an of positive
gaged Rather, "YP critics are
shown in the worst possible light:
having committed a crime, or
interviewing them in such a man-
ner as to display the interviewees
poor education. In comparison
with their White counterparts,
minorities in the media are shown
to have done something wrong far
more often. The popular television
program Cops is a prime example,
with the majority of their criminal
captures member of the minority
community.
This false media image has
contributed to the way minorities
are perceived, which results in
prejudgement based upon that
false information. When a great
deal of media propaganda por-
trays minorities to be drug dealers,
murderers, and thieves, it is no
wonder that many people begin to
believe that image. In the case T of
law enforcement officials, this bias
is demonstrated through their
records of arrests, convictions, and
sentencing.
The American Civil Liberties
Union, which has been investigat-
ing such problems for several
years, noted that scores of African-
Americans, including prominent
athletes, members of Congress,
actors and business leaders, have
experienced the humiliation of
being stopped on the nation's
roads for no other reason than the
alleged traffic offense derisively
referred to as Driving While Black.
One such _ investigation, _con-
ducted in the state of Maryland,
gives some insight into the nature
of the problem. Conducted over
the period of a year, it was
discovered that 73 percent of the
cars stopped and searched were
driven by " African-Americans,
while they made up only 14
percent of the people driving
along the interstate. For that
matter, only one in every five
motorists detained and searched
by state police was White, even
though three-quarters of the mo-
torists committing traffic violations
were White.
The findings of the ACLU
investigation were such that they
warranted federal or state lawsuits
against police departments.
Temple University Professor
John Lamberth, who provided the
ACLU with expert analysisof the
research data, said in his written
report that by statistical measures
the data compiled by the ACLU is
so "wildly significant T that _ its
statistical significance ois literally
off the charts." Although Maryland
police officials previously have
Claimed the racia skewing in the
search numbers is mere "coinci-
dence," Lamberth and the ACLU
strongly dispute that. According to
Lamberth's report, the "probability
that Black drivers are subjected to
searches at so high a rate by
chance is less than one in one
quintillion."
The harassment of being
stopped due to skin color is an
sue Da
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ann vale and an insult, but such
a difficulty is rarely physically
dangerous. However, in recent
days, there have been more and
more occasions of Blacks beinbg
killed by police in apparently
unprovoked shootings. Recent in-
cidents, for example, in New York
and California seem to demon-
strate a type of deadly contempt
for the Black community on the
part of some law enforcement
officers.
oJustice" continued on page 4
ECU professor questions Black leadership
Black Leadership and the
Presidential Crisis: A Different
Perspective on Impeachment
and the Presidential Race of
2000
by Tyson King-Meadows
Once again, the politics of race
has divided America and _ its
interpretation of social, legal, and
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political phenomena. Citizen per-
spective on the impeachment and
removal of President William
Jefferson Clinton seems similar to
that concerning the Jefferson-Sally
Hemmings orelationship, � the guilt
or innocence of O,J. Simpson, and
affirmative action. These issues
reflect more then simply the racial
divide, but the willingness of
American voters and _ interest
groups to take sides. For Blacks,
recently impeached President
Clinton, like former Secretary of
Agriculture Mike Espy, is a victim
oF a politically motivated witch-
hunt designed to attack a progres-
sive political agenda. For others,
the Chief Executive Officer vio-
lated his Constitutional duty to
faithfully execute the laws, and
manipulated his massive amount
of institutional resources to evade,
mislead, and crcumvent the judi-
cial process. Neither side has
conceded the tiny amount of truth
both perspectives may offer. Yet
rarely in this tale of heroes and
villains has Black America re-
examined its spirited efforts to
protect President Clinton, or ques-
tioned how the actions of Black
apologists have the potential to
widen the increasing racial divide.
Clifton Ts continued support among
otherwise morally conservative
Black America is particularly be-
wildering given the President's
admittance of having an improper
and sexual extra-marital relation-
ship with a subordinate.
espite that fact, Black
Democrats have expended their
political capital by holding press
conferences to denounce the
opartisan � action and have assisted
the osave the Clinton presidency �
rassroots campaign effort. Have
Black elected officials or Black
interest groups realized their role
in setting the stage for this political
ominstrel � show? In oblack face, �
Democrats played out the inter-
ests of America as one featuring a
DST speaker......Dr. Dudley E.
Flood, a retired school administra-
tor from Raleigh, NC, will be the
keynote speaker for the Greenville
chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Incs See
Recognition Day program, whic
will held in Greenville on
Sunday, February 14.
Dr. Flood, who holds a Ph.D.
from Duke University, served in
the North Carolina Department of
Public Instruction for 21 years, as
both Assistant and Associate State
Superintendent. He has been a
professor at Meredith
College and at the University of
North Carolina at Wilmington.
Most recently, he served for five
ears as Executive Director of the
orth Carolina Association of
School Adminstrators,
He has received more than 300
awards for civic service, and has
been presented with the Order of
the Longe of Pine, North
Carolinas highest civic award, by
two different Governors of the
state. He has received the
Outstanding Alumni Award from
East Carolina University, and the
Doctorate of Humane Letters
from the University of North
Carolina at Asheville.
He is a member of the Phi Beta
Sigma , and a member of the
Board of Trustees for North
Carolina Central University He
serves on the Extension Service
Advisory Council, the state PTA
board, and on several other public
service boards. He is a member of
Martin Street Baptist Church in
Raleigh.
The Delta Sigma Theta sorority
is hosting the event. Patricia.
Alexander, the Chapter President
of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc., invites the public to attend,
The Celebration Day Program will
be held at York ener AME
Zion Church, 201 Tyson Street in
Greenville, at 4:00, at which time
those persons in the news who
have made reputable contribu-
tions/achievements will be hon-
ored by receiving a certificate of
merit.
Reverend Joseph George,
Pastor, will conclude the program
with remarks, )
clash between the Democratic
ogood � of progressive politics ver-
sus the Republican oevil � of reac-
tionary
Democrats, like in 1992, parodied
sentiments. These
Black dress, speech, and song,
hoping to connect with the Blac
electorate for political gain, or at
least political status. Unlike the
minstrel shows of old, this show
did not provide commercial enter-
tainment, but it provided political
entertainment at the expense of
Black America. Black versus
Whites, in perception, politics,
and action for political profit. The
damage this time, however, is not
limited to the creation of disparag-
ing stereotypes of Black identity.
The damage this time centers on
the potential creation of two
equally damaging events: another
ite backlash against civil rights
policy, and another election
where Black voter expectations
enable the Democratic Party to
position itself as the only game in
Presidential politics.
The term oanother � is used to
reflect the reality of political
history. In Issue Evolution: Race
and the _ Transformation _of
American Politics, authors Edward
Carmines and James Stimson trace
the development of the
Republican and Democratic par-
ties to the racial concerns of its
tential and actual constituents.
ssue confirms how rhetoric and
actions of Presidents and _presi-
dential candidates within the
Republican party has shifted to
attract the racially disaffected
Southern Democrats who yearned
for racial conservatism (and state
determination) in national politics.
Their analysis of party platforms
revealed that not only did the
parties differ in racial progressive-
ness, but that the Democrats
articulated policy of racial liberal-
ism. This liberalism differed from
Republican racial conservatism,
and attracted what we now call
the Solid Republican South in
presidential races. Some of these
disaffected Southerners _ trans-
ferred their partisanship into the
Republican party and socialized
their children to accept, and vote
for, those ideals of limited govern-
ment power, individualism, law
and order, free-market capitalism,
and legislative restraint in the area
of civil rights.
Perhaps the 1964 Democratic
leadership did not contemplate
the potential long-term effects of
advocating for civil rights: be-
holden to campaign for the Black
vote, held to former President
Carter's standard regarding Black
appointments, and criticism for
not articulating a ition on
Africa, civil rights, affirmative ac-
tion, and urban politics. At the
same time, Democratic presiden-
tial candidates were told to recap
"Leadership" cont.'d on page 4
NAACP and NASA open school]
Academy established
Baltimore, MD The first day of
class for the NAACP/NASA Math,
Science & Technology Saturday
or elemen-
tary school children was held
Saturday January 9, 1999 at four
locations in the Baltimore
Metropolitan Area.
The Math and Science Saturday
Academy expands the NAACPs
commitment to educational op-
rtunity and _ excellence.
Sova and CEO of the NAACP
Kweisi Mfume said, "This is an
important partnership to help give
young students a competitive edge
in realizing their potential in the
fields of math, science, engineer-
ing and technology. �
Meeting at Baltimore Cy
Community College (Liberty
Campus), Dundalk Community
College, Essex. © Community
College
and Catonsville �
Community College, dasses will
be in session through May 29,
1999.
NASA funded this pilot pro-
gram to provide hands-on class-
room and laboratory instruction
for 125 students in grades 4, 5,
and 6. The program will also
provide support and oversight for
the parents of the participating
students.
Wyoming hate crime bill defeated
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Associated
Press) -- Four months after gay
college student Matthew Shepard
was beaten to death, a move to
pass a hate crimes bill in Wyoming
was scuttled Wednesday by a
legislative committee.
The committee killed two bills,
and supporters said that ended
their hopes for the year.
State lawmakers have rejected
similar measures four times since
1995.
After Shepard's death in
October, calls for a law increased.
Republican Gov. Jim Geringer for
the first time supported the pas-
sage of a bias crimes law.
Wea is one of nine states
without bias crimes legislation.
State Sen. John Schiffer, the
committee chairman, said he
hoped supporters of bias crime
legislation would come back in
future sessions with legislation that
would have broader support.
This legislation as written does
not fit with what this state wishes
to have in a bias crimes bill," said
Schiffer, one of three people who
voted against the bills.
Some opponents of the bills
objected to listing motivating fac-
tors, such as race, religion and
sexual orientation, saying they
offered special protection to cer-
tain groups. Others said no new
laws are needed, just strict en-
forcement of existing measures.
The measures that died in the
Senate Judiciary Committee
would have increased the maxi-
mum fine for a felony by up to
$5,000 and the maximum prison
sentence by up to five years if
prosecutors could prove the crime
was bias-related.
Wende Barker, state coordina-
tor for the Wyoming Bias Crimes
Coalation, said she was disap-
pointed but not surprised. Weill
move on from hah e Sree)
is going to stay together and w
areas mite pasar and uy
to come back next year," she said.
Civil rights groups sue Berkeley
SAN FRANCISCO (The Associated
Press) -- Civil rights groups sued
the University of California,
Berkeley on Tuesday on behalf of
high-a leving minorities who
were rejected, saying the univer-
sity system's flagship campus over-
emphasizes test scores and
advanced courses in admissions.
"This is an admissions process
that grants preferences to the
rivileped, said attorney Joseph
aramillo of the Mexican American
Legal Defense and Educational
Fund,
The weight given to the
Scholastic Assessment Test, an
examination of English and math
fluency, and advanced-placement
grades has a discriminatory effect
on Blacks, Hispanics and Filipinos,
and lacks educational justification,
the suit said.
Advanced-placement courses,
worth an additional grade point in
UC admissions ratings, are far
more available in predominant!
White high schools, Jaramillo said.
What advanced-placement and
SAT scores don't show is talent
and ability to succeed in college,
said one of the plaintiffs, Justine
Certeza, a freshman at UC San
Di who was rejected by
B ot
The lawsuit seeks court orders
requiring Berkeley to admit
Certeza and six other minority
students and adopt an admissions
policy that gives qualified Blacks,
ispanics and Filipinos a fair and
equal We
UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert
Berdahl said the campus retains a
ostrong commitment to access and
diversity" despite a new set of legal
limitations -- the ban on affirma-
tive action in all state and local
ment ams
tion 209, i
Minority enrollment neverthe-
less fell dramatically last fall in the
first freshman class at
affected by the regents T action.
U.S. ages are illegally using
racial s in admissions
are taking their case to the nation Ts
college n pers :
The newspaper ads by the
ewspaper ads by
Center for Individual Rights, a
conservative law firm representing
students suing universities, are
headlined "Guilty by Admission"
and charge that nearly every elite
college in the Unit
lates the law.
But many educators say the law
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overstated.
" efforts to bring
to their campuses.
The center issued two 30-page
handbooks it says are intended to
help students identify dis .
tion and to help institutio
from getting sued, but critics say
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referring to programs that don't
ee a student's merit.
"There's no need for a hand-
book."
Dartmouth spokeswoman
Lau Stavis said the college
would not comment until it had
seen the handbook.
Thelads started running
iN Campus newspapers
such as The Daily Dartmouth.
While that newspaper and those
at other Ivy League colleges have
occasionally rejected ads, such as
one denying the existence of the
Holocaust, such rejections are
rare, said editor Jacab Elberg,
"This Is clearly something that's
being debated all over the coun-
try," Elberg said.
The ads and handbooks are
part of a campaign to highlight the
use of racial preferences in admis-
sions, say conservatives, including
former " Education Secreta
William Bennett, who called col-
ege diversi ams oan an-
tithesis on hen civil rights
movement."
At a news conference
| in
Washington on hee they cited
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anecdotes and a handful of state-
specific studies as evidence that
race preference without merit is
widespread,
According to the government,
minority college enrollment was
25.3 percent in 1995, up from
16.5 percent in 1980.
Another group supporting the
campaign, The Center for Equal
Opportunity, was releasing a study
today concluding that the odds of
a White candidate being admitted
to the University of Virginia in-
stead of an equally qualifled Black
candidate are 45 to 1,
The data, based on 1996
applications for 10 public Virginia
universities, include the race, $ex,
SAT scores, class rank and high
school grade point averages of
72,000 applicants who were ad-
Re wood, executive
director. of Americans for a Falr
But K
Chance, a group that advises
colleges and community groups
on affirmative action, says man
preference programs are still
needed.
"We have studies that show that
there are communities that are
healthier because women and
minorities who become doctors
often return to those cammuni-
ties," Redwood sald.
Both sides in the affirmative
action battle cite the 1978 Bakke
case, in which a white student
denied admission to medical
schaol claimed specific slots for
minority students were unconsti-
tutional.
The Supreme Court decided
colleges could not have ate
pion a criteria. for minarity
students, but could consider tace
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n 1996, a federal als court
in the H case from Texas "
essentially contradicted Bakke and
barred the consideration of race in
admissions and financial-aid deci-
sions, citing other high court
rulings involving government con-
tracting.
The Supreme Court has refused
to hear Hopwood, but the appeals
court's deasion is binding only in
the its region of Texas, Louisiana
and Mississippi.
Universities also must consider
state ballot measures such as
California's 1996 Proposition 209
that ban many racial preferences.
"Colleges do not just seek racial
and ethnic diversity when com-
csing a class," said Deborah
Wilds of the American Council on
Education, a Washington group
representing 1,300 public and
prvate universities.
Black doctors cancel 2001 convention
SEATTLE (The Associated Press) --
An association that represents
Black doctors pulled its 2001
convention out of Seattle because
of the state's recent passage of an
anti-affirmative action measure.
"Such legislative enactment is
counter to the basic tenets upon
which the National Medical
Association was founded more
than 100 years ago," said Lorraine
Cole, the organization's executive
director.
Between 8,000 and 10,000
people usually attend the conven-
tion, said NMA _ spokeswoman
Tomeka Rawlings.
The Washington, D.C.-based
association, which _ represents
20,000 Black physicians, listed
Denver, Miami, Philadelphia,
New York, Baltimore, Nashville,
Tenn., and Orlando, Fla., as
potential new sites.
In November, nearly 60 per-
cent of Washington state voters
approved Initiative 200, although
a majority within Seattle voted no.
The initiative bars state and local
governments from giving preferen-
tial treatment to women and
minorities in contracts, jobs or
public higher education.
Mayor Paul Schell plans to ask
the association to reconsider,
spokeswoman Vivian Phillips said.
John Carlson, who headed the
drive to put the initiative on the
ballot, said "the medical associa-
tion's decision is their loss."
"Unless their organization was
founded on the tenets of racial
cuotes and preferences, they are
szrionsh: riisreadin 3 Initiative 209
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Court hears case on
race-drawn districts
WASHINGTON (The Associated
Press) -- A Supreme Court hostile
to elecion districts drawn with
race in mind soon may provide
important new guidelines for po-
licing the map-making efforts of
state and local lawmakers.
While hearing arguments in a
North Carolina case, the justices
wrestled with a key issue: How
much evidence is needed to
conclude that an election district is
the product of unlawful gerryman-
dering because racial considera-
tions played too large a role?
The court's decision, expected
hy late June, could have enor-
mous influence on political redis-
tricting nationwide after the 2000
CONSUS.
A redistricting plan based on
partisan politics cannot be ruled
unlawful just because "it happens
to correlate with race,"
Washington lawyer " Walter
Dellinger argued in defending the
makeup of North Carolina's 12th
congressional district, now repre-
sented by Democrat Mel Watts.
"This is a Democratic district
that makes sense," Dellinger told
the court.
Robinson Everett, a Durham,
N.C., lawyer representing voters
who successfully challenged the
12th District In a lower court, said
state legislators had "uged code T in
considering how to draw it in
We
"They said 'Democrats T but
these are particular Democrats
who are African-Americans,"
Everett contended in discussin
haw some of the district's bound-
ary lines were drawn.
In a series of decisions since
1993, the Supreme Court has
scuttled attempts by state and
local lawmakers to draw districts
that preserve or enhance minority
candidates T chances to win if race
was a "predominant factor." Most
of those rulings were reached by
5-4 votes that traced the court's
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Redrawing 12 congressional
districts after the 1990 census, the
North Carolina Legislature created
two majority-Black districts in
1992 -- the Ist and 12th -- and
voters that year sent the state's first
Blacks to Congress since 1901.
That 1992 redistricting sparked
two Supreme Court decisions, one
in 1996 that struck down the 12th
District as unlawful. The
Legislature redrew the district in
1997, one in which Blacks com-
prise 47 percent of registered
voters.
A three-judge federal court
ruled last April that the 1997 plan
was. unlawful, too. The three-
judge court did not conduct a full
trial but made what lawyers call a
osummary judgment" after consid-
ering the district's shape and its
racial makeup.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a
key member of the highest court's
slender majority in past redistrict-
ing cases, appeared sympathetic
ednesday to North Carolina's
district-drawing efforts.
There may well have been
sufficient evidence to preclude the
(lower) court from granting sum-
mary judgment," she told Everett
at one point.
But Justice Antonin Scalia
seemed to think the three-judge
court was entitled to take recent
history into account.
This is a legislature that has
been pulled, kicking and dragging,
into drawing a district that does
not take race into account," Scalia
said.
Questions and comments from
other justices suggested the court
may be closely divided again. Its
eventual decision is sure to be
studied by political map drawers
for new insights into the "dos' and
"don'ts" of redistricting efforts.
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symposium, sued the U.S. Justice
Department and the FBI.
Beatriz Morales Cozier's federal
lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Atlanta,
seeks access to the entire file the
FBI compiled on her during an
investigation almost five years ago,
when she was at Georgia State
Ms. Coziet, who immigrated
from Cuba in 1961, originally
asked for the file through the
Freedom of Information Act. The
FBI took 3 1/2 years to release the
file and then gave her only 30
pages of the 62-page file, the
lawsuit said, adding that many of
on her through her neighbors,
friends and family," said Gerald
Weber, one of Ms. Cozier's lawyers
from the American Civil Liberties
Union. He argued that there is no
reason national security would
apply to her case.
The FBI repeatedly interviewed
ae declined to comment
uesday.
While at Georgia State in 1994,
Ms. Cozier invited Jose-Luis Ponce,
then secretary of the Office of
Cuban Interests in Washington, to
a ; a
se St
A pon Pe
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agent arrived at Georgia State and
questioned Ms. Cozier, the lawsuit
says. Ponce's visa was revoked in
1996 by the United States, in
School loses admissions policy battle
BOSTON (Associated Press) -+
School officials will not ask the
Supreme Court to overturn a
ruling against its race-based ad-
missions policy at prestigious
Boston Latin School for fear a
negative outcome could damage
affirmative action programs na-
tionwide.
"This is not a case that would be
isolated to Boston," school
Superintendent Thomas Payzant
told The Boston Globe after the
vote Wednesday. "The whole
country would have to live with
the decision."
The unanimous decision came
two months after the board voted
to appeal a Nov. 19 ruling by the
1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
which found that an admissions
policy used to boost minority
enrollment at the nation's oldest
public secondary school was un-
constitutional.
The disputed policy required
policy.
half the students be selected salely
on entrance exam scores and
prades with the remaining slots to
e weighted by race considera-
tions,
The committee's reversal came
after consultations with civil rights
leaders, said chairwoman
Elizabeth Reilinger.
Those leaders advised that the
Supreme Court might rule against
the city, which could hurt race-
based primary: and secondary-
school admissions _ policies
throughout the United States.
"The Legal Defense fund of the
NAACP certainly was very strong
in their encouragement of us not
to appeal, as were a number of
cw rights organizations," Reilinger
said.
The appeals court in May
reversed a lower court's decision
that upheld Boston Latin's argu-
ment for having a race-based
The legal challenge was brought
by Sarah Wessmann, a white
student wha claims she was
denied admission to the school in
favor of less-qualified minority
students.
The U.S. Supreme Court has
yet to consider any appeal of
public schoal affirmative action.
The committee's decision will
not change the admission policy
for next year's classes at Boston
Latin and the city's two other
examination schools, While the
case was pending, the committee
decided to stop considering race
in its admissions process.
The panel said it will begin
working toward revising its exam
school admissions policies so they
will promote the city's goal of
diversity and withstand potential
court challenges.
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Cotton Mather and Ben Franklin.
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LARGO, Fla. (AP) -- Weeks after
buying an a Florida home
with the Rev. Henry Lyons,
Bernice Edwards spent her days
being shuttled to jewelry shops
and department stores, a taxi
driver told jurors.
Meanwhile, a friend of Ms.
Edwards testified that Lyons T al-
le mistress was living in
Milwaukee without a bank aé
count and worrying she'd be
kicked out of her modest home
for not paying taxes.
The portrait of Ms. Edwards T
dual lives emerged Monday in the
racketeering trial against her and
Lyons, president of the Nashville,
enn.-based National Baptist
Convention USA.
The pair is accused of swindling
more than $4 million from corpo-
rations seeking to do business with
the powerful Black church group,
using the money to finance their
own lavish lifestyles.
Josephine Hicks, a Milwaukee
diner owner, said she loaned Ms,
Edwards $3,000 for taxes she
owed on her home.
"She told me she was in a bad
situation at that time, around
Christmas time," Ms. Hicks testi-
fied about the woman she knew as
Bree Jones.
Ms. Hicks also cashed checks
for Ms. Edwards because: she did
not have a bank account of her
Eventually, Ms. Hicks opened
Eventually, Ms. Hi a
bank reat under the nae )&
H Associates so she would not
ine to cash the checks though her
usiness account, she testified.
Prosecutors say more than $1.6
million was funneled through that
account. Ms. Hicks said she was
unaware of that, but was informed
by the bank when a deposit
exceeding $200,000 was made to
the account.
"| asked, ls it legal? Where did
it come from? T My socal security
number is on that account
don't want to be involved with the
IRS," she told jurors.
Ms. Hicks believed the
was coming from Ms. E
job as public relations director for
the convention, she said.
Lyons also is charged with
grand theft, accused of stealing
about $250,000 from the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
intended to rebuild burned black
churches in the South.
He faces another trial this
ing on 54 federal charges of
k fraud, wire fraud, extortion
and money laundering.
Lyons T lawyers have said his
failed business deals are not
criminal matters.
School official attacked because
LOS ANGELES (Associated Press)
-- A White principal beaten
outside , his _ predominately
Hispanic elementary school re-
portedly sought outside help to
ease growing tensions twice be-
fore he was attacked this week.
Monday's assault on 65-year-
old Norman Bernstein, principal
of Burton Elementary in the
Panorama City section of the
city, is being investigated as a
hate crime.
Bernstein was ambushed as
he stepped from his car by two
men who held a sharp object to
his throat and punched him in
the head, said police Detective
David Escoto.
Bernstein described the men
as Hispanics. One attacker told
him, "We don't want you here,
White principal," Escoto said.
He was treated and released
from a local hospital.
The Los Angeles Times re-
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ported in recent editions that
ernstein had asked the Anti-
Defamation League last month
for help in dealing with what he
saw as growing anti-White senti-
ment at the 750-pupil school.
"He wanted advice regardin
what was potentially a discrimi-
natory situation he felt he was
experiencing," said Sue Stengel,
a lawyer for the group. The ADL
sent him complaint forms, but
they were not returned.
ernstein also called on Los
Angeles Unified School District
administrators for help, said Eli
Brent, president of the principals
union, =~
Instead, Bernstein was told he
might be dismissed or demoted
because his administration might
be responsible for the unrest,
Brent told the Times.
The attack occurred as the
nation's second-largest school
district struggles with teaching
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681,000 students from widely
different ethnic and cultural
backgrounds. The schaol where
the attack took place is 90
percent Hispanic. .
Those factors can sometimes
lead to racial tensions and mis-
understandings, school officials
said, but racially motivated vio-
lence against principals and
teachers is rare.
Teachers said some parents
are upset that Bernstein is not
Hispanic and does not speak
Spanish. Others said the attack
was simply a matter of disaf-
fected individuals using the
aM ae issue to spread
ate.
"Parents at all schools say they
want te change principals some-
times," said teacher's aide Pedro
Mendoza, who rushed Bernstein
to the hospital. oBut they
wouldn't go to the extent of
hurting an individual."
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Amnetice, gio no Oe
speaks for oun cularly
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most. ese , as we realize
that there is days of Black
ions of who will lead
| the future of Black America con-
ovoter,
': Republican National Chairman,
* Lee Atwater, hoped to garner 20%
stantly arise. The problems that
have faced us in the past still
: affect us today. However, the
methods we use in dealing with
~ them have changed considerably.
While the older generations dealt
with an overt form of racism, we
have grown up in the aftermath of
the Civil Rights Era. The prejudices
we face are usually far more
subtle, and infinitely more danger-
ous. Yet, overt racism is also on
the rise, as well. Unlike our
parents, we have to deal with
Also, most young Americans of
all nationalities are business
minded. Our generation contains
the biggest boom of entrepreneurs
on record. We believe the key to
success in America is to Own a
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piece of it Because of that, the
ing communications _tech-
nologies, and our interaction with
other nationalities, working . to-
er to achieve a greater
erica is evitable.
There is still much for youn
Black America to learn and to
teach, particularly since many
"Generation Xers T are now also
mothers and fathers. We under-
stand that our children must come
first, just as our parents felt we
were their future,. we believe that
our children are our future.
Whatever measure of success we
achieve is for the sole purpose of
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leaving a | for them, so that
ey nay ome up in a worl
er than our own . However, it
takes generations of men and
women to teach and encourage
the young. a
Yet the question remains, who
~aks for young Black America ?
What keeps Young America from
voicing their opinion on the state
of our nation? Where is the
opportunity to voice them? Does
anyone truly believe we have
nothing important to say?
Will you speak for young Black
America? Will anyone.?
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Young Black Americans: Our children, our future.
"Leadership":
continued from page 1
ture the dissatisfied White
American who wanted govern-
ment intervention without racial
preference. Republican presiden-
tial candidates were never equall
challenged to appeal to the Blac
althou the 1990
of the 1992 Black vote--ensuring
Republican dominance in presi-
» dential and congressional elec-
; tions. Recognizing this, Arkansas
o Governor
William "_ Jefferson
Clinton and Senator Al Gore
helped found the Democratic
Leadership Council in 1985. This
organization of centrist Democrats
was designed to develop unifying
political themes, both for party
and electorate. In 1992, these
- onew � Democrats took the presi-
Jackson during his own national
dential stage, only after distancing
themselves from a liberal, leftist,
old Democrat named Jesse
convention. This particular strat-
egy was predicated upon an
assumption that Black voters only
had one real choice. Blacks would
either a) vote Democrat; b) en-
dure the psychological damage of
voting for the party of Jesse
Helms; or c) endure the pain of
staying away from the polls as they
did in 1988 (in protest to Dukakis
dangling the _ vice-presidential
lum before Jackson). Perhaps in
ight of the impeachment melo-
drama, one can assume that
Clinton has again presented Black
America with similar alternatives
and similar dilemmas: Rally be-
hind Clinton or face the
Republican alternative.
his is an interesting proposi-
tion given the onew � Democrat's
past treatment of Lani Guinier,
enry Foster, Jocelyn Elders, and
Mike Espy, to name a_ few.
Moreover, given the voting history
of the American electorate, this
proposition places Black America
in a predicament. Immediate elec-
torate gratification may present
long-term effects if the coalition
supporting the Democrats splits
a ame with White America nies
whelmingly on one side and Black
America on the other. Expending
political capital on supportin
Clinton could prove misguided,
particularly if Black America re-
quires such capital for future
endeavors. Such capital is essen-
tial if Black America is required to
negotiate substantive coalitions in
the upcoming year 2000 presiden-
tial contest. Has Black America.
considered the credibility effects
of placing the future of Black
interests on an embattled presi-
dent and party? History confirms
the danger of White backlash
against Democrats who placed
civil rights protection center-stage.
Black America has moved away
from being the swing vote in
presidential races to being the
vote taken for granted. The 2000
presidential races would reconfirm
this. For example, suppose Clinton
resigns, or a Senate conviction
removes him from office. Vice-
President All Gore then must take
aver as Chief Fxecutive Officer.
His front-runner for the 2000
campaign is now called into
question: Does he distance him-
self from Clinton and the scan-
dals? Alternatively, does Gore
continue presenting an agenda
(seemingly) amenable to Blacks?
Choosing the former may present
Black America an opportunity for
increased political influence, or it
may close the door on future
influence. Black America must
consider whether presidential can-
didate Gore could survive ques-
tions about government's role in
assisting race relations.
Conversely, if Gore chooses the
latter, it may require Black
America to again resign itself to a
less prominent role in presidential
politics, a proposition of interest
gen its strong 1998 showing.
dditionally, could Gore with-
stand a strong Republican chal-
lenge, particularly with Black
Republican J.C. Watts, the incom-
ing Chair of the Republican House
Caucus, leading the call for Black
America to rethink its political
allegiance? Fven if Clinton sees
out his term, these questions
remain. The elite of Black
America seems not to have
thought of these challenges.
Instead, Black America is inun-
dated with press conferences,
iritual vigils, and pleas to contact
their member of Congress. Even
more disturbing, given the recent
victories of California Ts Proposition
209 and Proposition 200 in
Washington state, supporters of
affirmative action are politically
orunning scared. � Blanket support
without critical analysis and_re-
buke undermines Black America Ts
future position.
How can Black America criti-
cize the use of race for political
ain by Senators Jesse Helms and
ita Lott and simultaneously
applaud Clinton Ts usage of the
race card? During the recent State
of the Union Address, Clinton sat
civil rights movement icon Rosa
Parks in the row of the First Lady
for all of Black America and the
media to see. According to him, it
was to illustrate the courageous-
ness af Americans who auestion
institutionalized racism and thi
state of race relations. Well, wh
in Black America is questionin:
the Democratic Party's use o
racial language and racial imager
to keep Blacks as__partisar
Democrats? As cultural icons age
so must political sophisticatior
regarding how both parties hav
used race to their advantage, anc
to the collective disadvantage o
Black Americans. At no_poin
should Black America confine it
intellectual and political resource
to merely responding to thi
Republican agenda. Contrary t
pular beliefs, when _ Blac!
Republicans began voting for th
Democrats in the 1930's anc
1940's, it did not intend t
concentrate its resources into th:
Democratic party. Roosevelt had .
dismal record on civil rights anc
race during his earlier terms. Yet
Blacks voted for the Democrat
out of political necessity. But, fron
ee to ee they remaines
i independent of the party
tel ea pated of Blac
America seems to have forgatte:
"Justice":
continued from page 1
In New York, an unarmed man
with no criminal record was shot
and killed by four officers who
were searching for a serial rapist.
Amadou Ahmed Diallo, a 22-
year-old West African immigrant,
was _ killed February 4 in the
vestibule of the building where he
shared a small apartment with two
roommates. The four officers in-
volved fired a total of 41 shots.
We don't know what hap-
pen ; use we haven't spo-
en to them, but it looks like one
panicked and the rest fol-
owed suit," The New York Times
quoted an unidentified a police
official as saying. Three of the four
officers involved, all assigned to
the 43rd Precinct in the Bronx,
have been involved in prior shoot-
ing incidents. No criminal charges
were brought in two cases, and
the thid is still under investiga-
tion.
In California, a 19-year old
Black woman was killed by police
who apparently fired at least 27
bullets at her as she sat locked in
a car with a gun. A witness at the
scene stated that the victim, Tyisha
Shenee Miller, was unconscious,
and couldn't have raised a gun at
officers, as police claimed.
Police later rescinded earlier
statements that Ms. Miller had
fired a shot at officers. Relatives
also disputed that she grabbed a
un. "First they say she shot a gun,
then she didn't shoot," said Bernell
Butler, an uncle. "What will it be
tomorrow? That she made a gun?
They shot a sleeping woman.
In the California case, the
police department and the district
attorney's office are investigatin
the incident, and a federal civi
rights probe could follow.
That bias exists in the criminal
justice system is a_ given.
owever,the previous examples
notwithstanding, it is surprising
that so many law enforcement
officials continue to deny that
biases exist. In the state of New
Jersey, the Supreme Court re-
cently dismissed a challenge to the
states death penalty. Citing two
years of investigation and delib-
eration, the court came to the
conclusion that there was insuffi-
cient evidence to support the
. argument that Blacks are far more
likely to receive the death sen-
tence more than their White
counterparts.
Local civil rights activists were
outraged, and claimed that they
would appeal the Supreme Courts
decision. The case centered on
death row inmate Donald Loftin,
a Black man convicted of killing a
gas station attendant during a
1992 robbery. Loftin's attorneys
said an analysis of cases showed
Blacks had a higher risk of
receiving the death penalty for
comparable crimes than non-
Blacks.
Such suspicion regarding the
fairness of the sentencing process
is not confined to New Jersey.
Perhaps the most visible case
involving charges of racism in the
sentencing process is that of
Mumia A u-lamal author of "Live
From Death Row', and prisoner
on Pennsylvania's death row.
Mumia, who co-founded the
Philadelphia Chapter of the Black
Panther Party at age 15, later
became a journalist who reported
on cases of brutality and corrup-
tion of the Philadelphia Police
Department.
n December 9, 1981, police
officer Daniel Faulkner (who, ac-
cording to witnesses, was beatin
Mumia's brother, William Cools
was fatally shot on a Philadelphia
street. Mumia Abu-Jamal, who
had arrived on the scene, was also
shot, critically wounded and
beaten. Mumia was arrested for
the murder of the police officer,
and was tried before Judge Albert
Sabo in 1982.
Key points of why protesters
insist. that Mumia Abu-Jamal
should receive a new and fair trial
are include that Judge Sabo has
sent more people to death row
than any other seated judge in the
country and has a documented
bias against Black defendants.
Also, the prosecution claimed that
Mumia had confessed to killing
Faulkner, although initial police
reports state that Mumia made no
comments and the police only
"remembered" the alleged confes-
sion two months later. The writer
of the words "the negro male
made no comment T on a
December 9th police report,
Officer Gary Wakshul, was report-
edly "on vacation" during the '82
trial, and Judge Sabo did not wait
for his return.
Mumia was denied his right to
self-representation and was even
sent out of the courtroom during
Key portions of the trial.
ere was no concrete evi-
dence tying Mumia to the crime.
The medical examiner judged the
bullet that killed Faulkner to be
.44 caliber. Mumia's gun, a legally
registered .38, was not tested to
see if it was recently fired, and
Mumia's hands were never
checked for gunpowder residue.
Finally, the prosecution's star
witnesses changed their stories
reportedly, and any allegations of
bribery or threats against the
wtinesses was supressed by Judge
Sabo. A December 1995 edition
of the American Lawyer stated
that "flaunted his bias, oozin
partiality toward the prosecution.
The previous examples demon-
strate a dangerous bias that affects
the perception of the Black com-
any by law enforcement offi-
cials. In an era where we are told
to reach for the stars, it seems
clear that there are those deter-
mined to hold others back, either
from fear or a contaminated point
of view.
It would be fair to assume that
the majority of law enforcement
officers and officials are fair and
impartial in their dealings with the
minority communities. The diffi-
culty, however, comes from not
knowing what type of officer will
be coming to asisst you when
theres an emergency, or what type
of offical will us present during
legal difficulties. One hopes that,
at some point the law enforce-
ment establishment will acceot the
fact that they are human, too, and
that they are capable of bias, just
like everyone else.
Trey Bankhead is the editor of
the Minority Voice.
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IN HONOR OF MY SON,
WESLEY .
A SPECIAL MIRACLE CHILD
Submitted by his mother, Mrs.
Christine E. jetter
Dedicated to the Memory of My
Husband Glenn
Born on November 27, 1962
in Plymouth, North Carolina, at
the | Washington County
Hospital, Wesley, as he is affec-
tionately called by his family and
friends, lived his primary years in
Pantego, North Carolina. He
attended the Pantego public
schools for his first grade and
part of his second grade, for his
family relocated to Pitt County.
Wesley continued the remainder
of his informal education in Pitt
County, graduating from J.H.
Rose High School. Upon gradua-
tion, Wesley attended North
Carolina A&T State University in
Greensboro. Having attended
North Carolina A&T for three
years, he looks forward to his
ourth year and the completion
of his formal training in engineer-
ing.
- Living in Greensboro proved
fo be very beneficial for Wesley,
for he is yet surrounded by the
love and support of his family
and in-laws (the Hammond
Family), Pastor, church family
and friends. Wesley is shown
(above) here with members of
his immediate and extended
family. Harold Wesley had been
married to Cheryl Hammond
Patrick (LOCATION) for twelve
years. They have three lovely
children: Bethany, Trey, and
Hazel, and one handsome son,
Kentrall, whom they are raising
as their own. Harold was also
instrumental in helping to raise
his nieces, Cynthia and Michelle
Winfield and nephew, Tyrone
Rogers.
t birth, the medical physi-
cians thought that both Wesley
and | would not live, but God
was in control. | made a commit-
ment to God in my spirit the very
day of Wesley's birth that if He
spared our lives, then | would
rededicate my life and the life of
my miracle child back to Him.
God answered my prayers. As
Wesley grew older and acted as
if he had little concern about his
spiritual life, drifting in and out
of church; | would oftentimes
pray and ask of God: "Do you
really want Wesley as your
servant?" Wesley would always
listen respectfully to what | had
to say to him, but he would
never respond.
Wesley's spiritual life had be-
gun at the embryo stage and
continues on today. e at-
tended the St. Elizabeth
Missionary Baptist Church in
Pantego as well as other
churches in the community.
Denomination was not an issue
with our family so any church
that was available and willing to
accept us was attended. On
fourth Sundays, we visited the
First Baptist Church in Belhaven
and/or the Antioch Disciples
Church of Christ in Board Creek
where Rev. Boomer maintained
his membership. Whenever we
visited church, altar calls were
always held. |! would drag
Wesley to the altar for prayer.
Wesley would be pulling back,
but | would take him to the altar " p
anyway. Eventually, Wesley was
old enough to make his own
decisions to receive to altar
prayer. In Greenville, North
Carolina, Wesley united with
Cornerstone MB " Church.
Wesley was faithful at
Cornerstone, serving diligently in
Sunday School, the Youth Choir,
Baptist Training Union (BTU),
"Boy Scouts and other spiritual
church functions.
Prior to Wesley's third birth-
day, Wesley's father deserted the
family and | was left to assume
the roles of both mother and
father. Wesley was devastated,
as any young child would have
been. Wesley eventually suc-
cumbed to depression and a life
of being extremely unhappy.
Wesley Fnally began to emerge
from his state of depression and
Spee a desire to have a
father figure in his life. Five years
had passed since the desertion
of his father when Mr. Glenn
Jetter, Jr., appeared on the scene.
Glenn later became Wesley's
stepfather. Glenn truly fulfilled
the father-figure desire for not
only Wesley, but to many other
il ien who lived in our home-
-many of whom were not bio-
lopically related to the family.
Glenn's Pradice of expressin
love and concern to all, bo
young and old, was witnessed by
all until Glenn's death. Glenn
had enrolled Wesley, Jake, and
David in community programs
including Scouting to
elp en-
hance their potentialities, build
self-esteem and develop their
ersonalities and _ attitudes.
esley and his stepfather were
dose. Glenn taught him much
about growing into manhood
and surviving and enduring hard-
ships. Wesley learned a lot about
traveling as well as learning how
to prepare and pack for travel-
ing. Wesley provided quality
time with Glenn during his.
illness and continued to do until
Glenn's death. On many occa-
sions, Wesley would dress Glenn
and take him to church.
As indicated previously,
Wesley was very active in the
community. To my surprise, he
ave much of his time to helping
the elderly. It was only after
Wesley left for college that |
learned how much time Wesley
donated to assisting the elderly--
for there were many older peo-
le that continued to inquire
about him. Wesley had been
cleaning their yards, and keeping
them stocked in firewood. To his
belated andmother, Mrs.
Bertha Ensley, Wesley was a
" "
jewel He kept a close check on
er, especially when he wanted
to get away from home and have
more freedom. Unbeknownst to
Wesley, he was of great assis-
tance to me. is step-
prandmother Henrietta Collier,
is step-aunt, Margo Wynn, and
their families adored Wesley. He
made our home environment
pleasant and enjoyable when-
ever he visited our home from
the State of New Jersey. Wesley's
cousins treated him as if he was
their biological brother. There
are many miracle children in this
world but Harold Wesley
Boomer, Jr., is definitely a mira-
cle child.
His being a miracle child was
evidence enough for me that
God had a_ special calling
planned for Wesley's life. He
recently took his first steps in
pospe preaching; he preached
is initial sermon recently in
Greensboro, North Carolina, at
the Nu-Life Church of God in
Christ.
Today | am confident that
God worked things out for us as
He saw fit. | was uneasy with
Wesley preaching his initial ser-
mon, for | felt that he was not yet
adequately prepared to present
God's Word to God's people. It
was my thoughts that Wesley
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should wait a little longer and
overcome more valleys and
mountains in his life before
standing before a congregation
and declaring the Word of God.
| had no doubt that he could do
the job; | just wanted to feel
unequivocal assured _that
Wesley was prepared, steadfast,
unmovable and confident in the
knowledge that he was doin
what thus said the Lord regard-
less of how anyone else felt.
Nevertheless, | was wrong, for
God had dressed him up and
repared him for the task at
aa | could see that Wesley
was sure about his calling, for he
was willing and anxious to stand
up and deliver what God had
ied in his heart to tell the
waiting congregation. | was very
elated. | could see that Wesley
had studied in his lessons and
was fully prepared to declare
God's Word. My confidence
level rose from that day, for | had
the blessed assurance that
Wesley had moved on to the
next level of Christianity with
confidence in himself, regardless
of what the world may say about
him.
Pray for him that he will hold
to the gospel plow, be strong and
not be destroyed by the "wilds
of the devil." The extreme best is
yet to come as God continues to
mold him and to make him after
His own will. Wesley has made
a start and he has taken a big
step. He can never turn bac
now. He has now applied his
hand to the gospel plow there-
fore he cannot look back. He has
to remain focused and move
forward.
To God be the Glory for what
He has done and is still doing in
the lives of the Ensley, Jetter,
Boomer, Winfield, Rogers, and
Hammond families.
As a parent, grand-parent and
even a great-grandparent, | sin-
cerely believe that when parents
teach and train __ their
child/children starting from em-
bryo thru the developmental
stages teaching them properly,
steeing examples, doing the right
thing before them, sharing qual-
ity time with them, and supervis-
ing their activities, our children
will be what God require of
them to be, because we are to
train our children while they will
still listen to us.
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CURRENT BLACK HISTORY
FACTS
1. Nkem Chukwu, a Houston
woman, who recently became the
mother of the world's first surviv-
ing octuplets.
2. Michael Jordan is nation's fa-
vorite sports star.
3. Kweisi Mfume is national
president of the NAACP.
4, Famed comedian Flip Wilson
died.
5. Don King pledged an unspeci-
fied amount of millions of dollars
for the Shaw University gymna-
sium to bear his name.
6. Esther Rolle, who won fame
on the 70's sitcom "Good Times",
recently died.
7. Mark Whitaker named first
Black editor of NEWSWEEK
magazine. He's a 1979 Harvard
grac uate.
8. Nelson Mandela is South
orecently u
African president.
9. Retired ae one
to
show youth better images of
Blacks on TV.
10. Willie Mays ranked second of
eatest Black baseball players.
abe Ruth, first first).
11. Children are more likely to
excel in school when their par-
ents are involved.
12. Proper exercise is key to
pee ae health.
13. The late civil rights lawyer
Thurgood Marshall, who rose to
become the first U.S. Supreme
Court Justice, had a building
named for him in the nation's
capital on February 3, 1999.
14. Eva Clayton, the only Black
woman to ever represent North
Carolina in Congress.
15. More education equals higher
earnings in life.
16. Record high of 60-plus Blacks
working with Clinton at White
House, as of March 30, 1998.
17. Dr. Benjamin Solomon
Carson, Sr., renowned neurosur-
geon, heads the pediatric neuro-
surgeon unit of Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
He successfully separated the
Siamese twins in 1987.
18. Vanessa L. Williams, popular
recording artist and actress, be-
came the first Black woman
crowned "Miss America" on
September 17, 1983.
19. Martin Luther King, III, presi-
dent of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC).
20. ah Winfrey is. ized
as Peer worker in tel i-
sion. (MRS. B. C. MAYE - PAGE
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21. Toni Morrison in 1993 be-
came the first Black American to
win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Her latest-selling novel is
PARADISE.
22. Reverend Jesse Jackson,
President Clinton's family spiritual
adviser.
23. George Stevens, Jr., 16, has
overcome being born without
arms by using his feet the way
many would use their hands. He
uses his feet to excel in life.
24. Laughter is the best medicine.
25. Mary McLeod Bethune, one
of the most visible and influential
African Americans.
26. Shirley Chisholm, 1972 ran
for President of the United States.
27. Madame C. J. Walker taught
women feminine beauty with her
beauty care products.
28. Sarah McWilliams invented a
metal "hot" comb and a hair con-
ditioner (known as hair straighte-
ner) for Black women.
29. George Washington Carver,
most famous for his work with
the peanut, from which he de-
rived some 300 products; and
from the sweet potato more than
100 products. The George
Washington Carver Library lo-
cated on West Fourteenth Street
in Greenville is named in his
honor.
30. James Weldon Johnson wrote
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inted U.S. Supreme Court Justice
by Presiden George Bush following
Thurgood Marshall.
34, Colin Powell named Chairman
of the Joints Chiefs of Staff (a most
powerful military position in the
world) by President George Bush.
35. Marian Wright Edelman,
Founder Children's Defense Fund,
1973, fights for freedom and equal-
ity for Blacks and non-Blacks as a
civil rights activist and for her fight
for the moral and political health of
America.
36. The Bill Cosbys gave 20 million
to Spellman College.
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Businessman, human-
itarian, & mortician born in
1898 in Lenoir County, his
parents died while he was
still el ty young. He was
rear is grandparents .
Walter mOcaied to
Greenville in 1924, arriving
virtually penniless with his
major possession being a bro-
ken bicycle that he pushed
into town. Eventually he set-
tled on East Third Street with {fF
his first business location.
Even though there were no other Black funeral homes in
Pitt County at the time Walter still ran into opposition,
rimarily because Black residents were being serviced
ocal White funeral homes. Walter spent a great deal o
time sitting near the bridge that crosses the Tar River at
Greene Street, patiently waiting for passers-by who had
need of burial services. Finally, Walter received the sup-
port of a local Black Physican, Dr. J. A. Battle, who be-
came an instrumental part of his gaining acceptance in
the community.
In 1926, Walter become interested in real estate,After
excellent successes in the Greenville market, he decided
to expand his investments to Raleigh, and eventally to
New York, Washington, and Baltimore. Although real es-
tate proved to be lucrative for Walter, it also did not
come easy because of his color. He was often forced to
assume the role of a painter or carpenter to gain access to
certain real estate he wish to purchase. In 1932, the
Depression came and found Walter in the position of be-
ing an unofficial loan agency. He made interest-free unse-
cured loans to assist his friends and neighbors to save
their homes,
While real estate had been very good to Walter over
the years, he felt that he needed to concentrate on his
first love: the funeral home business. With a reputation |
for providing a high quality service, Walter slowly ex-
panded his services from the Greenville-Pitt County area
to the point where he now has offices in the following
neighboring communities: Bethel, Robersonville,
Vanceboro, and Williamston.
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Slavery and then my doom "if I "
may so call it "of being a race leader
dawned upon me. I'isked, Where is
the black man Ts governsient?
Where is his king ané%ingdom?
Where is his president, his country,
his ambassadors, his army, his navy,
and his men of big affairs? I could
not find them. I decided, I will help
tomake them. � .
Marcus Garvey founded the
Universal Negro Improvement As-
sociation (UNIA) in Harlem in
1918. By 1924 there were over 700
branches in 38 states and over 200
branches throughout the world as
far away as South Africa at a time
when there was no e-mail, televi-
sion, or even radio to advertise.
Those who could not hear Garvey
directly received his views through
his newspaper called the Negro
World; which boasted a circulation
as high as 200,000 by 1924. The
most -tecent speeches of Marcus
Garvey were published in addition
to T oigtticles on race pride,
self-reliance, and anti- colonialism.
oIn 1919, the UNIA and Negro
World were blamed for the numer-
ous violent colonial uprisings in
Jamaica, Grenada, Belize, Trinidad
and Tobago: British and French
authorities deported all UNIA or-
ganizers' and banned the Negro
World from all their colonies, but.
seamen continued to smuggle the:
paper throughout the world. In 1921,
the U.S. Marines invaded a UNIA
méeting in the Dominican Republic
and arrested every man, woman and
child in attendance. In Rhodesia
(Zimbabwe) in 1927 an African was
given life imprisonment for smug-
gling in only three copies of the
newspaper. Although. the Negro
World was banned in Kenya, Jomo
Kenyatta, the first president of in-
dapendent Kenya, told how osome-
one who could understand English
would read Garvey Ts Negro World
message to a group of Africans un-
til they were able to memorize it
They would then spread the mes-
sage far and wide throughout the
countryside. �
oRace first � was the first major
theme of Garvey in his attempt to
restore race pride and to destroy the
inferiority complex of black people.
Garvey demanded thatblackpeopie |
have black heroes: oTake down the
pictures of White men and women
from your walls and elevate your
own men and women to that place
of honor. Mothers! Give your chil-
dren dolls that look like them to
play with andcuddle. � He d&manded
that his followers abandon skin
lighteners and hair straighteners.
oGod made no mistake when he
made us black with kinky hair ...
take the kinks out of your minds
instead of your hair, � Garvey sand.
In religion, Garvey insisted that
black people should worship im-
ages of God and angels that look
like. them. Marcus Garvey also
thought history was extremely im-
portant and told his audiences: oWe
have a beautiful history and we shall
create another one in the future.
. When Europe was inhabited by sav-
ages, heathens and pagans, Africa
was peopled with a race of cultured
black men, who were masters.in art,
science and literature. Whatsoever
a black man has done, a black man
cando. � ©.
~ - Gelf-reliance and economic de-
: velopment was Garvey Ts second
- major theme. He founded the oNe-
- gro Factories Corporation � in 1919
*
with the: ultimate objective of
omanufacturing every marketable
commodity � and establishing fac-
tories throughout'the world, which
could also employ and train thou-
sands of black workers. Garvey.was
proud that his corporate stock was
only available to black people. Yet,
he still raised enough money in New
York City alone to operate three
_ grocery stores, two restaurants, A.
* printing plant, a steam laundry and °
* amen Ts and women Ts manufactur- |
ing department that made uniforms,
hats and shirts Tfor such groups.as
his Black Cross Nutses. Similar en-
terprises occurred throughout the
United States, Central America, and
the West Indies.
In order to distribute these prod-
ucts worldwide, Marcus Garvey Ts
: organization raised enough money
» within one year (1919) in.$5 stock
« certificates to purchase three ships
which hé cal
the oBlack Star
TAGE: Mare
Lime. � Hugh Mutzac, a black ship's
_ officer said that hundreds of thou-
sands of people throughout the
Western Hemisphere welcomed
them as conquering heroes wher-
ever they docked. He wrote: oThou-
sands of peasants came down from
the hills on horses, donkeys and in -
bath ~ nation. Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam in
"MARCUS GARVEY
makeshift carts, showering us with
flowers, fruits, and gifts ... we had
the first ship they had ever seen
entirely owned and operated by col-
ored men. �
oAfrica for Africans at home and
abroad � was another very strong
message from Marcus Garvey. He
believed that if black people could
not develop a strong country in Af-
rica as-a protective base, then white
people would eventually destroy all :
blacks especially African Ameri-
cans; just as they had done to the
Tasmanians, native Australians, and
native Americans. Garvey peti-
tioned the League of Nations, after
World War 1, to give the African
colonies of Germany back to native
Africans and to allow the UNIA to
gerve as custodian. He also negoti-
ated with Liberia for land that could
serve as a beachhead for trained ,
African Americans to spread mod-
ern.technology and scientific skills
throughout Africa.
Garvey sent thousands of dol-
lars of equipment to Liberia in
preparation of transferring his head-
quarters to Monrovia, but was
blocked at the last minute by ex-
treme pressure from the neighbor-
ig British and French colonies.
Garvey never gave up his dream of
ah independent African continent
and even created the red, black and
green flag in addition to a national
anthem for his future African Re-
public. -
The UNIA held a total of eight
international conventions but none
was more spectacular than the first,
which was held from Aug. 1-31,
1920. Over 25,000 black delegates
from around the world packed Madi-
son Square Garden and the sur-
rounding New York streets. Del-
egates reported to the convention
on the problems of their native coun-
try and many of their grievances
were contained in the oDeclaration
of Rights of the Negro People of the
World. � The major demands in-
cluded: oAll persens~of African.
descent anywhere in the world
should be accepted as free citizens
of Africa; Africans must set out to
win justice by whatsoever means
possible; blacks must not pe tried
by all- white judges and juries; Use
of the word nigger T must cease;
black history must be taught to black -
children; and there must.be nto taxa-
tion without representation. �
Black intellectuals, especially
W.E.B. DuBois, joined the NAACP
and other Garvey haters and de-
manded that the U.S. attorney gen-
eral have Garvey arrested and de-
ported back to Jamaica. They were
exceptionally jealous of Garvey Ts
ability to amass millions of black
supporters and raise millions of
dollars while refusing to accept any
money from whites. In 1922, Garvey
was arrested and charged with mail
fraud while promoting stock for the
Black Star Line.
The trial was a complete mock-
ery of justice. Even the judge, Julian
Mack, was a member of the
NAACP, which instigated Garvey T
deportation. Garvey was given th
maximum five-year prison sen
tence, but worldwide protests force
President Calvin Coolidge to com-
mute his sentence after two years
and have him deported. Marcus
Garvey moved from Jamaica to
London in 1935 and died of a stroke
on June 10, 1940.
, - Upon his death, the man who had
led. the largest, most widesprdad,
most powerful, and. most influential
movement among people of African
descent in world history was com-
pletely ignored by American text-
Pin
us
has uplifted. For example, Elijah
Muhammad was a former UNIA
member and while creating the Na-
tion of Islam, he adopted many of
Garvey Ts ideas like race first,
self-reliance, and a separate black
his youth was a seaman and once
spent several months in New York
regularly attending UNIA meetings.
Kwame Nkrumah, the first president
of Ghana, attended many UNIA
meetings as a student in New York
- and so admired Garvey that he named
~ Ghana Ts shipping company the
* oBlack Star Line � after Garvey Ts line.
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books. Fortunately, his spirit lives -
through the millions of people he ~
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Our black leaders in the N.C. State
House sure had a close call last
week, didn Tt they? We mean, they
came within a hair Ts breadth of elect-
ing one of our own to the most pow-
erful post in that legislative body, af-
ter our political masters the Demo-
crats had told us that it wouldn't be
_ proper to have him in that job.
As it was, it took 10 of our 17
elected orepresentatives � voting for
the other side to set things right.
And even then, it came within one
vote of happening.
Whew! That was close! But the
black community can breathe a sigh
of relief now. The ooutlaw � plan was
averted, and the Democrats will be
endlessly grateful to us for support-
ing them instead of ourselves. Like
they always are. Right? .
The outrageous plan (which
seemed like it had all of the Black
Caucus members T support) started
out as a way for blacks to flex their
own political muscle and put Dan
Blue in as speaker in spite of the
Democrats T decision to snub him.
No, no, no, the oreasonable � black
folks in political circles say. That Ts
not the way things work politically.
We're a minority. We have to remem-
ber that, and act like it.
If we want power, we can Tt elect
our own people, form our own coali-
tions that serve our own needs or get
things done on our own terms.
No, ,if we want power, we have to
vote for other folks who have our best
interests at heart, or at least are
willing to consider them when
they Tve finished taking care of their
own priorities.
And if we want our people in posi-
tions. of power, we have to wait "pa-.
5 in direct violation of the rules as out-
lined by the oNAACP Constitution
and Bylaws for Branches � and the
are right, and then ask, politely.
And don Tt forget -to say oplease. �
They hate it when we demand things
or act like we have some consider-
ations coming.
But, some of our people argue, how
could Dan and the caucus even think
about making a deal with the Repub-
licans? Sure, they were willing to
vote for him, but it was only for
purely ulterior political motives.
They don Tt love us for who we are,
like the Democrats do. Uh-huh.
oOne thing about last week Ts fiasco
puzzles. us. Black folks have had
nothing but contempt for the few
black Republicans in office, because
they don Tt put their race first.
When there is a conflict between
what Ts best for black people and
what the Republican Party wants,
they are clearly Republicans first,
and blacks second. Or third.
So how exactly are the black Demo-
crats who buckled and fled in sheer
terror in the face of the outrage of
the Democratic Party different from
those black Republicans we are sup-
posed to despise?
No, we aren Tt going to call those
blacks who voted against Dan Blue
traitors or onot black enough. � We
have always hated it. when dema-
gogues whipped out that favorite
catch-phrase.
No, those folks just made a bad de-
cision. We need to sympathize and
understand.
And we need to explain it to them
in simple, declarative sentences that
can Tt be misunderstood.
The black community needs repre-
sentation.
__ If they can Tt give it to us, we'll find
titi Thos we have helped -sarneané who can.
NAACP suspends
branch members aera
S President end C i Howard law alumn
_ NAACP President and CEO Kweisi
Mfume moved swiftly to suspend sev- elects new president
eral Dallas branch members for in- ;
stalling newly-elected officers on Jan. Attomey F. Malcolm Cunningham
Jr. has been elected the national presi-
dent of the Howard University Law
Alumni Association for a one-year
Election term. He has been an officer of the
roi for Branch ° 3,500-member association since 1996.
The Dallas Branch election held Dec. As president, Cunningham will be
5, 1998 was officially challenged and responsible for all alumni activities in-
until it is certified or a new election is cluding serving as an officer of the
called, leaves in place the officers who Howard Law School.
served during 1997-98. The branch was oMost of the year will be spend on in
notified of its status on Dec. 24, 1998. frastructure issues including the use 0!
oThe National Office is immediate- technology to enhance neeiaee
ly suspending everyone WhO" partici- among alumni, � he sa spend
pated in this unauthorized installation the rest of the time raising money bee
of officers, � Mfume said. The suspen- baw school, recruiting stueeits ie
sion period will run through Feb. 28 minding America that the mission Oho
or until the matter is adjudicated. law school is to produce x lawys
oSuch an affront to our are social engineers for J !
is intolerable. This behavior will not
be allowed in the Dallas Branch or
anywhere else in the country. There
ate clear directives that branches
. ions are challenged must
" cannot operate out-
:Tules, � Mfume said. _
__and National Bar associations.
A mana partner of ing-
ham Law Finn in West Palm Beach
Fla., Cunningham received his juris
doctor degree in 1980. He was admit-
ted to the Florida Bar that same year.
He is a member of both the American
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| look across Halifax from Right Step and | see a big empty field. |
dose my eyes and picture how our ancestors worked in fields four
times the size of that field. | can see how my great-great-great-
great-great-grandparents slaved over the cotton and tobacco fields
with their biisterin hands and feet continuing to work under the
unfair abusive conditions their masters formed for them. | can also
= how many times they tried to escape from this unfair way of
ife.
Walking barefooted in the blazing sun sweating to death for their
masters. In order to stay alive they groveled at their master's feet for
another chance to do better fal continue to live. Sometimes
refusing to rebel, the slaves continued to work under these abusive
conditions. The big tree at the center back of the field is where our
ancestors, many of their friends and fellow co-workers in the field
were tied to the tree and beaten like wild animals until they could
no longer stand on their feet and they were barely conscious
| can see them trying to escape from this harsh life in the far left
side of the field through the bushes. They hide in the bushes until
nightfall for the perfect escape then just when they get far enough
to think they're almost free... a faint but traveling dog's bark is heard
coming from all directions, coming to take them back to their
lantation where they belong. Dragged back to the "beating tree" |
= a slave cry for help in the dark and still night. Tying the slave
to the tree for his punishment for trying to escape. | can hear as the
slave owners crack the whip over his back as hard as they can
beating the slave unconscious. When regaining consciousness,
thinking to himself, he says, "One day, | will make it away from
here. | will one day live a better life."
Tracy Lovitt, the author of this poem, is a Junior at the Right Step
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By Ashley Staten
How can someone smile
when things are going wrong
But yet they still go on
And continue all the while?
How can can Se stand
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With destruction all around
But yet it makes no sound
To those within its will?
How can someone believe
In myths still left untold
And truths that won't unfold
But yet you're still deceived?
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As the sun begins to peer,
Through the limbs of the
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Life's essence becomes clear,
While winter winds grow
arsh,
The cloudless sky transforms
And manifests a veil
While winter takes its form.
Its first peak is a mist
So soft, so sweet, so warm;
It gently drifts and lands
But in a flash it's gone.
In the forest it clothes
And quilts every inch of
groun
As if to bespeak its love
To all that it has found.
While smoothly spread about
The scene bedazzled its grace
As forest, trees and limbs
Were covered with White
Lace.
Ashley Staten, the author of
"How?" and "Winter Lace," is
a Sophomore at
Farmville High School.
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