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1981BY RUSS BYNUMSentinel Wire servicesATLANTA (AP).......... CurtisMayfield urged black Americansto oKeep on Pushing o at theheight of the Civil » RightsMovement, with songs thatpreached pride and perseverance.His life imitated his art when anonstage accident in 1990 left him:a paraplegic, but failed to stop his nusic. he continued to record newsongs by singing flat on his back.The gentle voice that soundedmore like a pensive philosopherthan a raging revolutionary wassilenced on DEC. 26 whenMayfield died at age 57.. Freddie's Dead?"?With classics such as oPeople GetReady. ? oWe're a Winner * and oin the 1960s and70s. Mayfield put civil rights atthe forefront of soul music whenblack radio was dominated by lovesongs and dance tunes. You don Tthave to break anything overanybody's head. no matter whatyou re trving to sav. It doesn'thave to be preached. ? Mayfieldtold The Associated Press in a1996 interview. oWhat's impor-tant for me is that it's said in amanner where it gives food forthought. ?Music critic Nelson Georgedubbed Mavfield oblack music'smost unflagging civil rights cham-d Dead at 57pion. ? Rolling Stone magazinedeclared in 1997 that oblack musicas we hear it today simplywouldn Tt exist without him. ?Mayfield Ts socially conscious lyr-ics paved the way for rappers moreinterested in gritty urban land-scapes than heavenly romance.The funk grooves on his album oSuperfly ? proved irresistible tohip hop samplers. Longtimemanager and business partnerMarv Heiman said Mayfield owanted people to think aboutthemselves and the world aroundthem, making this a better placefor everyone to live. oMayfieldwas paralyzed when he was struckby a lighting rig that toppled whileAfrican American Sailor Pardonedby President Clinton After 55 YearsBy Kaia ShiversSentinel staff writerFreddie Meeks and his wifeEleanor say they are thankful forthe recent pardon President BillClinton granted to Meeks. aformer black sailor that + wasunjustly convicted of mutiny morethan 50 years ago along with 49other blacks-in the Naval force.Said Freddie Meeks. oI feel goodabout it because it was somethingthat was held overour lives and it shouldn't havebeen. At that time we didn't knownothing about no mutiny. ? Meeksis one of the three survuvors leftfrom the 50 black soldiers impris-oned during World Il, followingan explosion that left more than200 dead and about 500 injured.Afive year campaign to pardonMeeks was brought to a closingwhen Meeks receive the presiden-tial pardon on Dec. 23.aid Meeks, oThis is something |can finally get off of my chest. oI Tm 80 years old and now | canfeel good that those charges ofmutiny were lifted off of me. ? Atthe time of the tragic blast on July17, 1944, Meeks was in OaklandReady, ? oWe're a Winner ? and ~Freddie Ts Dead ? in the 1960s and70s, Mayfield put civil rights atthe forefront of soul music whenblack radio was dominated bylove songs and dance tunes. Youdon Tt have to break anything overanybody's head, no matter whatyou're trying to say. It doesnthave to be preached, ? Mayfieldtold The Associated Press in a1996 interview. oWhat's impor-tant for me is that it Ts said in amanner where it gives food forthought. ?Music critic Nelson Georgedubbed Mayfield oblack music'smost unflagging 2 civil rights cham-pion. ? Rolling Stone magazinedeclared in 1997 that oblackmusic as we hear it today simpl\wouldn Tt exist without him. ?Mayfield Ts socially conscious Iyr-ies paved the way for rappersmore interested in gritty urbanlandscapes than heavenly ro-mance, The funk grooves on hisalbum oSuperfly ? proved irresis-table to hip nop samplers.on a three-day pass. oThey sentword for us to come back to thebase so they could get a count ofthe survivors. but we didn Tt goback because we had a three daypass. ?When Meeks and the other sailorsreturned they were thrown into thebrig. Soon after. they wereordered to resume the dangerousand laborious task of loading thelilve munitions. while white sail-ors received 30 day passes. oWe (back sailors) had a big powwow out on the compound andtalked it over. We talked to thelieutenant about it and he told usto write the Red Cross. The RedCross told us that there wasnothing thes could do for us oboys. ?When the time came to resumeduties. 50 men refused to load themunitions. The remaining blacksoldiers that consented to continu-ing their duties were shipped offto different places in the world,some even dishonorably " dis-charged. The men who refusedwere arrested and tried. oThey wanted to shoot us to makean example out of us. but insteadwe Were shipped to Treasureblack keys on the piano.In 1956, he joined church choirmember Jerry Butler. brothersArthur and Richard Brooks. andSam Gooden in a group calledThe Roosters. They change theirname to The Impressions twosears later. and has a No. 11 hitwith oFor Your Precious Love. ?The group went on to record astring of hits, including o GypsyWoman ?. oIt's All Right ? and ?"?I'm So Proud. ?It was in 1964°s "Keep on Pusing othat marked a turning point forMayfield. and broadened the pa-rameters of black music. Widelyregarded as the first rhythm andblues song to rally blacks behingthe civil rights movement, oKeepon Pushing ? become a Top R &13 and pop hit.ued putting black pride and. socialissues at the T forefront inImpressions hits such as oWe're AWinner. ? oThis is My Country ?and oChoice of Colors. ?asked: oHow long nave you siMayfield contin- .which _~Island in San Francisco. ?The sailors were initially givenbetween eight and 18 years, butwith the help of civil rights lawyerand first African American su-preme court justice ThurgoodMarshall. sentences were reduced.Now. after years of maintaininghis silence about the incident,Meeks is more than willing to tellhis side of the story. oT-guess I'm still here to letpeople know what happened, ?said Meeks. oI dont Tt know if allthe other men will. get pardoned,but | think they should. All wewere there for was toserve our country. ?Added his wife Eleanor, oThose350 guys did what they thought wasright. They stood up for what theythought was right and there wasno such thing at that time for ablack man.They just stuck to their faith,believed and refused to go back.Now his granchildren and greatgrandchildren can read about himin the history books and know thathe did not back down. ?After his accident. Mayfieldfound he could still sing by lyingdown, letting gravity put pressureon his chest and lungs. Withvocals sometimes recorded linesat a time, Mayfield released hisfinal album, * New World Order. ?in 1996.Mayfield was a two-time induc-tee to the Rock and Roll Hall ofFame---as a member of theImpressions, and as a solo artist.Though his songs often invokedbleak surroundings, they neverlost sight of hope. oLike a truenonviolent civil rights activist,Mayfield looked for the best inanatagonists as well as friends,gently prodding for change andrarely pointing an accusatory fin-ger in anger, ocritic Georgewrote in his 1988 book, o TheDeath of Rhythm and_ blues. ? oThere waws dignity in his ap-proach, a feeling that his idealswere for the elevation of hislisteners. o\BacaHappy Bit bay Dr.- We Salute.Kingie pricr to ? Statements.STVOIGOIYgd |A te to the Nation's capital, shown above is Brother Rouse... Owner of WOOW Joy 1340 AM &W 1320 AM was in Washington, DC to speak to the FCC regarding low OW M Radio andMinoniies Brother Rouse is Shown with Retired Col. Powell's son, Micheal Powell who is acommissioner with the FCC. along with other NC Broadcasters. Also, shown is congressman JohnConyers, who dined with brother ouse and Micheal Rowell for Lunch. ?Herbert A. Gardner has been nominated to receive the Congressional Committee Ts 1999Businessman of the Year Award. This award is given to top business leaders in the countrywho have been instrumental in helping to reform the IRS. pass the Financial Freedom Act of1999 and maintain the Republican Majority in Congress. He was singled out to receive thisprestigious appointment because of his generous financial support to the National Republican:to the White House in 2000. .%MIRANDA RIGHT IN JEAPORDY = re eoBY NISA ISLAM MUHAMMADSoon you may not have a right to be forewarned of your rights, The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oralarguments early next year and decide in June whether or not to tinker with the 33 year-old ruling that"Mandates police to inform criminal suspects that oyou have the ight to remain silent... . a warning betterknown as the Miranda rule.Some observers view this as the most important criminal case the Supreme Court will hear in years. :Miranda became law in 1966, but the Court must determine if a 1968 law passed by Congress overturnsMiranda, The 1968 law allows federal prosecutors to use voluntary confessions even if the person wasnot read his Miranda rights.And while that law has never been enforced, Attorney General Janet Reno told congressional membersin 1997 that she viewed the congressional legislation as unconsti- tutional,The case that has brought Miranda to the Supreme Court is Dickerson vs. The United States. Andoddly. it has made the Justice Department and Plaintiff Thomas Dickerson strange bedfellows, Mr.Dickerson was arrested in 1997 for driving the getaway car in an $876 bank robbery in Alexandria, Va.While in custody. Mr, Dickerson made statements to FBI agents that later Were used against him in court. |It was discovered that he had not been: perly read his Miranda rights, A federal judge in Alexandria| refused to allow Mr. Dickerson T $ remarks $ as evidence becaise he had not been read his Miranda rights |

3 700 gathered at Medger Bvers Col:lege of the City University of New| York (CUNY) for the 10th Annual| Academic Convocation which was oheld in the Cola Ausand televised to mx other rooms. .+. With the. very)[dynamic and per-| sonable Dr. Edison.0. Jackson at the. helm as president,the college honoredthe Rev. Dr. Gardner C, :. Taylor,' senior pastor emeritus of ConcordBaptist Church of Christ; Iyanla Vanzant, founder and executive director of Inner Visions World-wide, and also.a minister, author,| orator and empowerment special-ist; and yours truly, with the hon-| -orary degree of Doctor of HumaneTethers Vanzant was also the veryinspirational keynote speaker.. Also participating in the verymoving program | were Dr. Kofi T - Lomotey, senior vice president and: provost, who presided; Dr. Taylor,-who gave the invocation and bene-diction; and Jackson, who. broughtgreetings, conferred the degrees,introduced the convocation speak-Dr. Matthew Goldstein, chancellorof CUNY, addressed the gather-' ing; Kenneth Cook, member-of theboard of trustees, brought greet-- dean of the School of Liberal Artsind Education, beautifully. pre-7 Republican chainehi: ©. David- Williams, rector of St. George Ts» the City Council; er and gave the closing remarks.ings; and Dr. Mwalimu Shujaa,ay Also on. hand were honor :guards, . officers Paul Brown andoth Thostes, acne3 | come in the past. This is essentiallyEpiscopal Church; CouncilwomanAnnette Robinson, who presentedthe honorees with citations fromLowite: Dr. oal I Rosa,Downstate; Roderick Mitchell,president of Bedford-StuyvesantRestoration Corporation; and Alli-son Bledman Babb and CharlesPalms of the same organization.Also on hand were retired Com-missioner Myrtle G. Whitmore;Ruth Lewis, widow of Assemb.Woodrow Lewis; Barbara Simons(Mrs. Calvin); Dr. Randall Bloom-field of Downstate; former DeputyCommissioner Carl I. Butler; Mal-colm McCoy, retired vice presidentof Citibank and his wife Dorothy;Leona Sharpe, wife of Glenn.Edward Sharpe, vice. came earCitibank; Robin |) AME ie h;Doctors James and Babie oximented the candidates our hon- aCouncilwoman |.. | charges have been levied. They may-| or may not be true. These are thingswife of Dr. John LaRosa, presi-" dent of SUNY Downstate MedicalCenter; Martha Thomas, also of'} the key to avoiding basic errors..In recent weeks, we have seen a"variety of incidents involving youngpeople. One of them has resulted in.adeath, with at least one other send-ing a young girl to the hospital witha severe knife wound. These are allmajor problems, which must behandled forthwith.In each of these cases, racialto be determined by courts of law or_| by whatever means necessary.Meanwhile, we need to take a I closer look at the children we arerearing and ask ourselves if we arepreparing them to deal with a worldthat is both hostile and friendly. Some of the barriers have fallen.Some others have not. It is impor-tant that we teach our children toknow the difference, and how todeal with either or both sets of cir-| cumstances.Of equal importance in this equa-tion is the role of the adult, i.e. theparent, grandparent, et al. Some-| where along the way, as we at-tempted to throw off the yoke ofoppression, we failed to reinstitutesomething called respect. Such ac-tion has resulted in an almost-totalbreakdown of our society.In the oolden days, ? AfricanAmericans said oYes Sir, No Sir,sablishes aeof The Sentinel, used tokid me alot} about looking into the past. But he-1 also understood that the road to the| future lies within the problems over-- Jorma ofiegen Soap one th onvein, they said the same thing to.- the school and the teachers for thedance to most African culture, older» people are venerated. They are re- T vered and they are respected.their parents and elders. In accor--. When the concept of integrationbecame the law of the land and theoppressive bonds wete thrown off,we began to think that because we~ no longer said oSir ? and oMa'am ?to white people, we no longerneeded to show respect to our ownelders.What a sad mistake that | was.The concept of respect to our eldershad not come out of fear, as it-hadwith white people. It had come froman African tradition of genuine re-spect. We lost it. We have not foundit yet and our children are runningrampant through the communities.It Ts cold but it Ts real. In our com-munity, the culprits don Tt speakSpanish. They don Tt have foreignaccents. As a matter of fact, some ofthem can barely speak English be-cause they only thought they onlyneeded to go to school long enoughto learn to sign their names. Andsome of them are illegible.The problem is that we don Ttstand behind the schools and theteachers. When a teacher sends anote home to a parent, like as not,the parent goes to his or her localarmory, checks out an AK47 andthen goes to school with killing theteacher in mind. Still, Johnny can Ttread, write or decipher.Johnny and Jennie go to schoolwith the notion of telling the teacherwhere he or she can go and theastrayWe cannot continue to thewfailure of our kids. These teachers:don Tt teach our children to rob and- steal. They don't provide gun-han- dling classes. These are thingslearned outside the classroom, andin some cases, condoned by theparents. There have been: severalincidents where parents have boughtweapons and given them to theirchildren,- .Nobody wants to accept theblame for the lack of respect, thefailure to learn and the unwilling-ness to be corrected on the part ofour children, Every parent in theworld, soto speak, will say, oI knowmy child and I know he/she wouldnot do anything wrong.. ?When the wrong occurs, the par-ent is quick to explain they learnedit from the television or from aneighbor's son. It simply was notthe fault of the child or the parent.Horse Manure!It is too easy to cast the blame "off on someone else. The onus be-longs on the shoulders of the par-ents in most cases. In some cases, itis not the parents T fault and thisstatement alone will give all par-ents an out. They will be quick tograb onto this little blurb and say, oWell, at least he Ts not talking aboutme. ?Wrong! In most cases, you areexactly the one I Tm talking about.To misquote the Bard, oMethinksthou doth protest too much. ?- Maybe nobody else wants to dealwith it. But something has got to bepid.) 2)Somewhere along the way, wehave got to wake up and understandthat we have in fact bred a genera-tion of vipers (with apologies toPhilip Wylie.) and now they havebegun to bite us. this ain Tt aboutrace. This is about survival. Wehave turned deaf ears to the prob-lem, claiming this was the whiteman Ts influence or his problem. Hedoes not live in our community forthe most part. He does not comeinto our community and break intoour homes. He does not rob themom and pop stores on the corners.These are our kids and we are look-ing for every kind of excuse in theworld to excuse them. It just doesn Ttwash and it is about time that westopped trying to fool ourselves intobelieving the problems we have aresomebody else Ts fault.When we stopped teaching ourchildren respect, we turned the cor-ner onto a one-way street. There isa brick wall at the end of that street.Perhaps it is too late for some ofa ee e.next door poenetning,. a stu-the youngsters. It is not, however too |late for all of them. Let us look at theAfrican traditions we have beengiven and if nothing else, follow theones that are there in front of us.We must be able to look to thepast in order to forge ahead for thefuture. After all, we have been com-plaining that this nation took ourhistory from us. Well, there are somethings they have not taken from usand we would do well to look at thepast and see what lies ahead for us.coURBAN PERSPECTIVEViolence Prevention: Focus on Youthi?The California WellnessFoundation recently held itsseventh annual Violence Prevention Initia-tive Conference in Los Angeles. Violence is aserious public health problem and arguably,violence prevention should be this nation Tstop priority. Violence mirrors the directionand quality of life for youth, It also reflectsthe social justice and public policy Prioritiesof America.Gun viclence is a public health epidemicand the leading cause of death for California Tsyoung people. The annual conference pro-vides an opportunity for all Violence Preven-tion Initiative participants to convene andstrengthen the statewide network of advocates.The intention is to transform public discourse,inform policy development and create newcommunity strategies for prevention.The VPI has several dimensions, one ofwhich is a media or public information com-ponent. This provides background informa-tion which better enables participants and thegeneral public to understand the complexitiesand challenges of violence prevention.Violence among America Ts youth remainsat historically high levels, and both offendersand victims are getting younger each year.Youth are the most frequent victims of vio-lence nationwide, with teenagers at least twiceas likely as adults to become the victims ofsome sort of physical assault. Every day, 13children under the age of 20 are murdered.Although there has been a 30 percent declinein juvenile homicides since 1994, homicidesaccount for 20 percent of all deaths of the 10-' 24 age group and is one of the leading causesof death for this group. On an optimistic note,national statistics show violent crime arrestsfell 4 percent in 1995 for juveniles 17 andunder, the first drop since 1987. Teenagers T_ perception of violence or crime as the biggestproblem facing their generation has also de-clined from 22 percent in 1994 to 7 percent in1998. But despite violence prevention pro-grams and declines in rates of youth violence,juvenile-related crime continues to take itstoll.Once considered sanctuaries of safety andlearning, American schools today are oftenperceived as dangerous places. With the re-cent media frenzy surrounding schoolshootings, the public has been inundated byimages of children shooting classmates andteachers, leading to the belief that school-related violence is surging. Heightened con-cerns and exacerbated fears about school safetyhave also resulted in public policy initiatives.Statistics show, however, that the perceived otrend ? in school violence may be more amedia phenomenon of linking together sensa-tionalistic incidents than a pervasive problem.Of course, this is not to say that America Tsyouth face no threats to their safety. Guns havekilled children in America 12 tinfes as often asthey have killed children in other industrial-ized countries. The real dangers are not somuch in schools, but away from them, as 99percent of children Ts deaths occur outside ofschools. Tragically, 11 American children arekilled every two days by their parents or care-takers.Resources for Youth i is a public educationcampaign funded by the California WellnessFoundation which seeks to provide California Tsleaders and decision-makers with tools and in-formation to help promote increased public andprivate investment in violence prevention ef-forts and policies that reduce firearm injuriesand deaths. RFY is acomponent of the ten-year,comprehensive Violence Prevention Initiative.(The VPI has three primary goals: change theview that violence is inevitable, stimulate andsupport innovative programs, and give Califor-nians a direction for dealing creatively withviolence prevention.) RFY has developed adatabase of more than 15,000 opinion leadersand broad-based support from the grassroots aswell as professional communities.The seventh annual Violence PreventionConference offered speakers and a wide rangeof workshops and discussion sessions. Theseinclude Seizing Political Opportunities, Iden-tifying Allies and Making It Happen "by theend of this session, participants had the oppor-tunity to share experiences that have helpedcommunity-based organizations strategicallyposition themselves in the political structureof their communities. Adolescent Violence: APractical Perspective "Case Studies "by theend of this session, it was intended that par-ticipants be able to assess and/or identify riskfactors associated with youth violence. Par-ticipants were to develop a management planfor an identified at-risk youth. Talking OutLoud About Juvenile Justice "by the end ofthis session, participants were to be better ableto frame public health arguments about juve-nile justice. Fostering Youth Leadership "bythe end of this session, participants shouldhave had a good understanding of the knowl-edge of the ingredients for developing effec-tive youth leadership programs.Perhaps the most innovative and signifi-cant thing about the VPI conference is itsstrong focus on youth, both as leaders andparticipants. A future column will summarizethe results of the seventh annual ViolencePrevention Initiative Conference, which willlikely be interesting and have important prac-tical implications.A personal note: One of the WellnessFoundation Ts 1999 Peace Prize recipients isLos Angeles T Ruben Lizardo, who works hardto better other communities as well as hisown "a rare, invaluable trait. Thanks, Ruben.oe 2With the mailingof the 2000 Cen-sus a little more than three months away, there is* grest concern as to who is going to count the African American com-2 Tmonity and how it will be done. We» Weren Tt counted very well in 1990.= The total undercount for the 1990: ccensus was an estimated eight mil-: lion, a great majority of which were: communities in urban centers like. Los Angeles, Chicago, Washing- o4 + SV OEES Cssknow ... us.And as a result, the AfricanAmerican community (in the col-lective) suffered major losses inFepresentation, and certainly an op-portuni toestablisha greater voice |i = ton, D.C, and Philadelphia. Youpublic resources (money), possiblyBETWEEN THE LinesAfrican American Civil Rights Census Committee: Making Sure We Get Countednity seems to be repeating historywith confusion around communityhiring for crew leaders and enu-merators. The census offices in andaround the African American com-munity seem to be misplaced andmisdirected in terms of a high pri-ority strategy to reach the ohard toreach ? and the ohard to hire. ?The African American commu-nity is a osub-committee ? focus inthe City of Los Angeles T outreachor Not real high priority for at of the community with32 million in future state andfedetal revenues laying around itsources project that figure (somewill be as high as $227 million ifithe same level of count inaccuracyoccurs), The community asked questions but couldn't get oig an-tye } resources,census offices in two key Agames are being played relative to owho's going to receive the money, ? owhat processes will be used to sup-port census offices, ? ohow will themoney be spent, ? owhere is themoney going to be placed (part-ners, collaterals, etc.). ? All of thisis going on while other communi-ties have their monéy and resourcesin place, and are off and runningwith respect to their census supportworkplans. "The confusion around disclos-ing an African American approach |seemed to justify rumors that theAfrican American community hadbeen owritten off. ? Census officialsdeny this, but the proof is not in thewords, but in the pudding (actualdeeds).Allegations that hiring for innercity census jobs have been convo-luted with data base (job applicants). The absence of localommunities,be major lapses in both enumera-tion and hiring because of Censustakers unfamiliarity with the area.The claim is that nothing more isbeing done than before, and whatdo you call doing things the sameand expecting a different result?You call it insanity.Well, African American com-munities are preparing to deal withhow to avoid ocensus insanity. ?They are called African American oCivil Rights ? Complete CountCommittees, They are designed toprevent the census bureaucracy |from systematically excluding theAfrican American communitiesfrom being fully and equitably in-volved in the execution and accu-racy of the census.Two weeks ago, Congress-woman Maxine Waters (co-chairedwith Assemblyman Rod Wright) |Angeles T African idAmerican oCivil Rips" sonny 40Vatts/ Committee in the p of U.S.announced Lospartnerships, advertising and train-ing is concerned. This effort, whichreceived the endorsement of Prewittand U.S. Department of CommerceRegional Director John Reeder, willallow the black commutity to fast-track its efforts to educate the com-munity about the census and makesure that not only are we counted,but that we do the counting.It's extremely important that we,as @ community "with our manyfiefdoms and sub-cliques, come to-gether on this one. Blacks can Ttafford to be. miscounted,undercounted, or discounted thistime around, Too much rests on thiscensus count. This is not the Mil-lion Man March (you see what hap-pened when the National Parks Ser-vice attempted to enumerate us inone place, on one day), where youcan ballpark and let it stand.oe re tofindody Frits lank Poo yop pathat have to count a housing projectand if unfamiliar with it, will walkright by it. Three hundred familiesbecome 50 on the census count.This process is how Americadivvies its pie, its Congressionalrepresentation, its federal dollars tothe states and cities, its justificationfor infra-service and highway ser-vices "all are tied to who is countedinacommunity,. Our civil rights aremany times funded by our_ community Ts enumerated rights.Call (323) 292-3009 to find howyou, your church or community or- ganization can work with the-Afri-can American oCivil Rights ? Com-sans eee is getust any Complete Count Com-mittee. Remember, as far as theCensus goes, if it ain't about your oCivil Rights ? (in the name), it Tsnot about counting you.We need to count this time, and-

HAVE Mie3eRge CLOTHES, ON| HAVEanies gin PFThe changing face of Homelessness pictured former World War II Vet, now homeless. shown holding a handwritten sign desribing his plight as he sad on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Hats off to all our formerWorld War II Veterans who paved the way for America today.Photo By Jim RouseTHE CHANGING FACEOF HOMELESSNESSBy Valerie DayeIn the past two to three decades,this country has witnessed a risein the number of men, women andchildren living either in homelessshelters or on the streets. For thosewho have the good fortune ofnever having .to have been a part~ of this ever growing population, itis quite easy to stereotype anddismiss the homeless communityas not only "homeless" but also"helpless". We would wish only toget on with our lives and not thinkof "those other people."Unfortunately, "those otherpeople" actually exist, not only insociety at large, but at an increas-ing rate here in the City ofRaleigh. It is estimated on a givennight that there are well over 2000homeless persons in our City. Andwhile there is an alarming truth tothe myths of drug use and abusewhich are reported from thehomeless community, there areuntold realities which require ourconcern, attention and assistanceas wellIn the City operated homelessshelter at 1420 S. WilmingtonStreet, between 250-330 men andwomen reside at the shelter on agiven night. More than 43% havea medical condition or disability.80% or greater suffer from someform of substance abuse. An evengreater percentage of the residentsin the city-run homeless facilitysuffer unresolved emotional orphysical abuse issues.Of the female residents, at least40-60% are victims of domesticviolence, such violence oftentimescontinuing during their stay at theshelter.While these statistics are stagger-ing, none of the problems areinsurmountable and there is hope.More than 60% of the femalesand 80% of the males are regu-larly employed, either by anoutside employer or through daylabor services. Lack of moneymanagement skills, a failure tounderstand and utilize spendingpriorities and or bad credit histo-ries render home ownership ofapartment renting unlikely withoutoutside intervention.Assistance in the form of servicesis absolutely necessary to reversethe trend of homelessness in ourlocality and this factor cannot beoverstated. Even more, however,in our encounters with the home-less, we must be vigilant inestablishing proper boundaries,promoting self esteem, assisting ingoal setting and maintaininga positive focus, wherever we can,however we can.The City's support in seekinghomeless persons to employ dur-ing the Special Olympics createdoverwhelming enthusiasm at theShelter and is but one example ofhow positive efforts by the Citycan be utilized to build positiveself worth. .Teaching respect and dignitythrough example is equally asvaluable, especially when we con-sider that many in the homelesscommunity have never experi-enced a values system in theirlives. This lacking need, unfortu-nately can be a breeding groundfor anger, violence and abuse.Aiding those in need can have atremendous positive impact onsociety, on the homeless commu-nity and on self. The best part ofmaking a compassionate contribu-tion to those who have reachedgreat levels of hopelessness anddespair is that the only tool neededis the humanness of a_ beatingheart. And, we all have one ofthose. .*The statistics used in this article arebased on observation and staff estimatesWhat is soul?Soul is the image of Billie Holiday,eyes closed, singing the blues.Sout is the image of hands raised,joined in a gesture of unity.Sou! is the image of Dr. Carter G. Woodson,who fought to keep Black History alive.Soul. You know it when you see it.http:/Awww. budweiser.com©1990 Anneuser-Busch inc. Brewers of Budweiser Beer, St Lou, MO UPSTWO 1000 Bike Hoty by the Katee of Lous McKay toanee authorized by CMG Worldwide ine indipis, IN 46256. USA waw crgwew comBUDWEISER CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH BY RECOGNIZING THE PEOPLE AND PLACES THAT HELP SHAPE OUR WORLD. «McDonald Ts®. celebratesthe |.legacy ofMartin Luther King Jr.

i bicuneetry millions of indi-viduals were infected with a "- " simian virus "SV-40- "through ohe & pola vaccine. Luckily, "_.In Germany, i in 1967, someworkers there were not as lucky.They were infected with a Mar-burg virus from African greenmonkeys. The virus didn Ttphase the monkeys; it killedthose workers.Most likely the AIDS virustransfer occurred when the oralpolio vaccine was squirted in- the mouths of the experimentalsubjects and it entered the |bloodstream through a sore inthe mouth of the subject. Andthen further transfers of the vi-rus occurred by sexual contactsRwanda and Burundi. That's alsowhere the AIDS virus has beenMr. Hooper Ts book doesn Tt tiedown the beginning of AIDS in hu-mans to oral polio vaccine testingin Africa as clear as 2 plus 2 equals_ 4; however, he put AIDS data with .the oral polio vaccine experimentsinformation and it comes within afraction or two of clearly adding upto the right number.There are two reasons for thescientific community's reluctanceto find out if vaccine testing on Af-rican natives caused AIDS to beborn. For one, it won Tt go downtoo good with us, Black Americansand Africans. Another is that if thepolio vaccine is the culprit, the -a Toceured in 1959 in re hintae what was the Belgian Congo then, -was later Zaire, and now is Con-~ go. The oral vaccine experiments. were in the Congo, Uganda, ©- with the virus; and both of those |numbers are steadily going up. .history. So far there are at least» |most devastating the earliest."AIDS will kill more mee Oph ic Agthan any other known plague in16 million people dead fromAIDS and 33 million infected -That Ts why the scientificcommunity. needs to know asmuch as it can about AIDS, in-cluding how it started. For one, |so that mistakes won "tbe madeagain. Also, the more scientists .know about AIDS, the morelikely a vaccine or cure can befound.(Emory Curtis is a freelancewriter based in Fair Oaks, Ca-.lif. He can be contacted.at (916)967-9407, fax (916) 961-1596,or e-maileccurtis@ hotmail.com. To readother columns by Mr. Curtis visithttp://home.earthlink.net/~eccurtis.)Salut Salle | rB my Dy Di400 Martin Luther King, Jr.Greenville, NC 27834Studio - (252) 7158-7674oto aerive, Suite# | 12FOR "1" DAY ONLY JANUARY 22/00LADIES ONLY (3) 8X10 (3) POSESNO SITTING FEE ONLY $25.00REFRESHMENTS SERVEDCALL TO SIGN UP FOR10 MIN. 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Heed God's warnings NOWwhile there is still TIME.evil.14. The Word of God only makes "_only churches of God.15. The men who make history arenot the ones who write it; atsdon't have time.16. You go out of your way to helpsome people, and instead of themthanking you, they complain,"Why didn't you help me more? ?17. Belong to Christ, not to adenomination, and be simply amember of his body, the church.18. Not all skeletons are in thecloset; some may be in shelvingroom with the flesh still on them.19. The first step in getting onyour feet should be getting on ourknees.20. We must be resolved to followthe Bible and that alone, even if itmeans sometimes standing alone,if we are to be found faithful toGod :21. What a person stands fordetermines what he stands against.Treat others: as you would like tobe treated.American moms are teachingtheir children all sorts of lessonsand American children are lis-tening! Here are a few of the._ lessons learned from their moms.Be honestBe fair.People are more important thanthings.Express yourself !Don't let people say you can't dosomething because you're a girlEat your veggies!AFeel for other people.Check your workDon't talk to people when they 'rereading.Your can have as many bestfriends as you wantAlways have a sense of humor.Don't grow up too fastDo what makes you happy. Don'talways follow the crowd!Respect people, plants, and ani-mals.Tell people when you have aproblems Don't just keep it toyourselfDon't cut your hair by yourself!You get what you pay for.Listen to others, and they'll listento youNo matter how big or small thegift, it's the thought that counts.Don't bug Mom when she's on thephone!Don't sit too close to the T. V.Cleanup what you messed up!Look around in different places tofind your friends.Stop and talk it out Don't fight!It's 0. 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And we reward all the new poets "at ish with a special giftsubscription to the "ypular - and _ informative _parrowgrass Poetry Newsletter. -| POEMS WANTED FOR ~NEW NATIONAL CONTESTfor entry in §Awards. poetry contest. Cashprizes totaling $1,000 will T beawarded, including a $500 grandprize. The contest is free to enter.Poets may enter one poem only,20 lines or fewer, on any subject,in any style. oContest closesFebruary 29, 2000, and poets areencouraged to send their work assoon as possible. Poems entered inthe contest also will be consideredfor publication in the Fall 2000edition of " Poetic VoicesofA merica, a hardcover anthologyto be published in September2000. Anthology . purchase maybe required to ensure publication,but is not required to enter or winthe contest. Prize winners will beannounced on April 30, 2000."Poetry is more popular thanever," says Jerome P. Welch,Publisher. "Our contest offers apublic forum for new poets thatthat we oPoems are now being accepted . popeentry in Sparrowgrass Poetry.Forum's new Poetic Achievement ©ae :4 pee,Ve welcome poetry of all stylesand themes. Many of our contest winners are new poets with newideas." Poem should be sent toSparrowgrass Poetry Forum,Dept. L, 609 Main St., PO Box193, Sistersville, WV 26175.ABOUT THE CONTESTSPONSOR: Sparrowgrass PoetryForum has sponsored poetry con-tests for over 12 years. During thistime Sparrowgrass has dedicatedits efforts to encouraging andrewarding young, aspiring poets.At the same time Sparrowgrasshas also actively promoted thecareers of experienced poets withits Poets of the Year program.Over the last year Sparrowgrassfully funded the publication ofcomplete books, of poetry by fivedifferent authors and will sponsortwo more books at the end of1999,allows them to share their work.Louima trial couldexpose cop silenceSpecial to the Tri-State DefenderNEW YORK (AP) " It Ts a trial civil rights activists say will fur-ther expose the so-called blue wall of silence " a supposed codeamong police officers never to-.rat on each other.It Ts also one defense attorneys hope will prove that former OfficerCharles Schwarz was wrongly convicted in one of the most notori-ous brutality cases in city history. Jury selection for the trial " thesecond prosecution stemming from the 1997 assault on a handcuffedprisoner, Abner Louima, in a police station bathroom " beganMonday in Brooklyn federal court. Opening statements are tenta-tively set for Jan. 31.In a case that flamed tensions between police and minorities andsparked social unrest, Schwarz, who is White, was convicted lastyear of violating Louima Ts civil rights by holding him on the 70thPrecinct bathroom floor while. another White officer, Justin Volpe,sodomized the Black Haitian immigrant with a broken broomstick.Volpe pleaded guilty and has since claimed that the other officer inthe bathroom was Thomas Wiese, not Schwarz.Schwarz, 35, Wiese, 37, and Officer Thomas Bruder, 34, nowstand accused of obstructing justice by concocting to shield Schwarzfrom federal investigators. If convicted, they each would face a max-imum five years in prison.Joining other activists outside the courthouse Monday, the Rev. AlSharpton told reporters, oWhat Justin Volpe did could not have beendone without an active cover-up in the 70th Precinct. ... So to us, thisis just as important as the first trial. ?Schwarz Ts wife, Andra Schwarz, said she expects the new trial tovindicate her husband, who has been in federal custody since hisconviction in June. oWe hope the truth is going to come out, ? she said. .In the first trial, all three defendants were cleared of charges theybeat Louima while taking him by patrol car to the station house. Bruder and Schwarz oare looking forward to being acquitted a sec-ond time, ? Bruder Ts attorney, Stuart London, said following a briefpretrial hearing early this week. -Both London and Wiese Ts attorney, Joseph Tacopina, said theirclients still contend Schwarz was never in the bathroom.More than 500 people filled out 47-page questionnaires, the firstphase of a jury selection process designed to screen out candidatestainted by pretrial publicity. U.S. District Judge Eugene Nickersor?plans to begin questioning finalists in his courtroom Jan. 19.Potential jurors were asked whether they think police discriminateagairist minorities, what oblue wall of silence ? means, if it Ts wrongto second-guess officers and whether they have heard or read anymedia accounts about Schwarz Ts role in the attack on Louima.Last month, Volpe was sentenced to 30 years in prison. The formerpatrolman had admitted ramming the stick up Louima Ts rectum in ablind rage, thinking " mistakenly " that his prisoner had sucker-punched him outside a Brooklyn nightclub. Prosecutors saidLouima Ts cousin actually punched the officer. 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But it has one of the smallest num-bers of refugees admitted to the UnitedStates each year.. -The numbers are startling. For fiscal year(FY) 2000 there is a ceiling of 18,000 Afri-can refugees. For Asia and the Near Eastthe ceiling is: 16,000. For Europe, the ceil-ing is 47,000.These disparities are highlighted by a~ Dec. | State Department ruling that termi-nated refugee family reunions for six Afri-can countries while leaving the reunionsopen indefinitely for European countries.Poo counties include Cameroon, Chad,jibouti, Liberia, Nigeria, Somalia andUganda. oYes, in general, there 1s a disparity.Fewer Africans are allowed in comparedwith Europe, Asia and the former SovietUnion ?, said Mwiza Munthali, informationspecialist for the Washington-basedTransAfrica.It would be easy to just call the disparityanother form of racism. In FY 99 Americaallowed 13,038 African refugees to enter,In that same year 24,498 refugees camefrom Europe, 16,922 came trom the formerSoviet Union and 14,156 came fréfnKosovo. . ae oFrom the-inception of this country,aithas never offered justice to people of color.HUN et aygyFirst CITIZENS BANK "BUSINESS QUEST CHECKINGThe law$and their implementation have.rulings are racially based ?, said Torli Krua,executive director of Universal T HumanRights International (UHRI), a Boston-' -based group that promotes African refugeeissues,But according to the Federation forAmerican Immigration Reform (FAIR),a. national organization that believes theAmerican immigration policies should bereformed, racism. is not the reason for ex-clusion. oWe Tre still fighting the cold warwith refugee status. Countries with highnumbers of refugee admissions are coun-tries (governments) that America doesn Ttget along with, ? said Ira Mehiman, FAIR'smedia director, explaining that Cuban refu-gees can come because of the U.S. policyagainst Fidel Castro. oJust because we disagree with a countrydoesn Tt mean everyone is a refugee, ? he said.Another reason is the ignorance of theAmerican people that the disparity evenexists. oAmerican citizens don Tt know aboutthis unfair treatment. The State Departmenthas been able to carry out this policy be-cause the Americans don Tt have refugeesas a day-to-day issue ?, said Mr. Krua.Whatever the reason for the exclusionof African immigrants, the facts still remainthat Africans are getting the short end ofthe stick when it comes to refugee admis-sion. The roars of racism coming from theAfrican immigrant communities is so strongthat the Caucus of Black State Legislatorsoverwhelmingly approved a resolution call-ing for the elimination of discrimination inU.S. refugee admission policies.The caucus resolution calls for the U.S.to oimmediately institute a relugee admis-sion policy which offers fair and equitablerace, religion and national origin, be~ with an immediate hearing into acialquota system of the State Department. ?treatment of all war victims isresyMassachusetts Ts legislators.Swain and Gloria Fox, both democrats, sub-mitted the resolution in conjunction withUHRI. oBy no means is this over, We justbought them some time. It is sheer racismto forever separate refugees from theirfami-lies, It is a move to disconnect them for-ever, ? said Rep. Gloria Fox.U.S. refugee admissions are categorizedinto three categories: :Priority One "all nationalities areeligible to apply.Priority Two "discrete groupswith unifying characteristics are identifiedand found to be in need of resettlement.Priority Three "access availableto close relatives of certain nationalities..The African countries were terminatedfrom the Priority Three programs, whichseeks to unite family members that have fledtheir homelands.The State Department said it terminatedthe refugee status because of the changingconditions of those countries. Many agree:that the new ruling is unfair. oWe believe it should be based on meritnot what country you come from. It shouldnot be an extension of U.S. foreign policy, ?said Mr. Mehlman. oThe State department is run by a formerrefugee, Madeline Albright, ? said Mr. Krua, oShe would never have become Secretaryof State in Czechoslovakia. She shouldunderstand the needs of refugees but thecriteria are totally different for Africa. 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Ree sandwiched between~The Hot Boys the yet more-of-the-game videos the chan-~ Mel already airs too:much of.~~ Nat nly was the pieces of concert :_ fhotage badly:filmed, but what was offered: din low grade, as well. The-Hot Boys@uvenile, B.G. and'Lil T Wayne) were -jhown merely jumping afllering. That Ts it! None of the camera an-es were close-up shots. The net result wastrue mess, and a very disappointing nightfpr fans of the group looking forward tosfeing the boys in concert as the networkPromised!Brown puts gaveldown on careerThis item from the| oRiding the WaveWhile It Lasts ? De-partment: Once April_ arrives, CriminalCourt Judge Joe| Brown Jr. says he willstep down to focus onhis Hollywood career.y Brown wants to de- T vote his all to his suc-_ iy Fy cessful syndicated: court room program,ahi The Judge Joe BrownShow. He believes he can best servesthepublic by concentrating on TV show.But who can blame him? On the onehand, you have the prestigious, make-a-dif-ference-in-the-world occupation of criminalcourt judge. On the other hand, you havethe glitzy, highly-paid, Hollywood job ofpresiding judgé on one of those oh-so-pop-ular courtroom shows on TV today. (Nowyou make the choice!).And though most of us reasonable-think-ing folk can Tt seem to understand why any-one would take their legal conflicts to TVto be tried under the glare of cameras andan oevery time-I-give-a-ruling-I-try-to-becute-with-my-statements-and-show-you-how-much-I-am-in-control-of-this-court-room ? judge this doesn Tt matter at all...notas long as dollars are made, careers are cat-apulted and TV viewers are happy to lookat the misery of others from the comfort oftheir living rooms.Holy Moses! the .circus is in townSlowly but surely (taken as a whole), to-day Ts televised religious programs (most of .them, anyway) are becoming a biggersideshow than professional (?) wrestling.Whether it Ts gaudy set decorations and goldleaf, gospel rap, end-of-the-world predic-tions, bigger-than-the-Memphis-Pyramidsize audiences, white hair, pink lipstick androuge, or ministers with the supposed pow-_er to oknock someone out ? simply by thelaying on of hands - this is the biggest car-nival act going bar none!.The only thing needed that isn Tt featurednow would be a three-ring circus set, a liontamer, dancing elephants and a travelingcaravan under the P.T. Barnum banner!The way things are going, nobody wouldthink twice the day a UFO lands and threealiens abduct a minister in front of a live_ television audience. Viewers would simplythink it was par for the course.Ricki Ts show shouldbe thrown in the lakeMonday morning Ts Ricki Lake show (thefirst of the new millennium) presented a 21:year-old Black, oreligious, ? male stripperwho is.a virgin. He believes in the churchenough to remain chaste but (obviously) notenough to abstain from flaunting his near-naked body on stage before a crowd of peo-pie: : oyAnyway...such was what set the pace forthe new year on the Ricki Lake show. (Howsad!) Between this, the new omillionaire ?game shows, makeover tips, fights, court-room shenanigans, and omy wild teen needsto go to boot camp ? programs " there reallyisn Tt much need to turn your television seton before, say, 7 p.m.!What method behind| this mayhem is this?Tommy Lee Ts (Pamela Anderson Ts ex)new music project is labeled Methods ofMayhem. 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pa te 2 eee ee eterrere Sie iis ae +Bee rene ares .am- doesn't preach unit_ leader Louis Farrakhan is not theperson to preach unity for all racesand religions, Associated Press re-ported this week. .Graham told Fox News that Far-rakhan could not be the unifying fig-| ure he now says he wants to be. oI doubt if he could, ? Graham saidnoting that Farrakhan had asked tomeet with him. oHis views and myviews will be very far apart, and: itwould be very difficult for us. We- could be friends, but it would be verydifficult for us to say that we are theSame, or that we could be the samereligiously. ?. ; In Deceauber, Fartakban made iisf first public appearance. in months_ Farrakhan following a bout with prostate cancerand a radiation-related rectal ulcer. Criticized for making anti-Whiteand anti-Semitic remarks in the past, Farrakhan said his health prob-lems have changed his outlook. oOnly through our act of atonement can we be forgiven for whatwe have said or done to injure other human beings - a member of an-other race or a member of another religious group, another nation oranother ethnic group, ? Farrakhan said at that time.Graham also offered comments on controversial plans by theSouthern Baptist Convention, his own denomination, to send evan-gelists into Chicago to try to convert Jews and Muslims. oI normally defend my denomination. I Tm loyal to it, ? Grahamsaid. oBut I have never targeted Muslims. I have never targeted Jews.I believe that we should declare the fact that God loves you, God Tswilling to forgive you, God can change you, and Christ and his king-dom is open to anybody who repents and by faith receives him asLord and Savior. ? =.In the same Fox News interview, Graham said it was owonderful ?to hear Texas Gov. George W. Bush name Jesus Christ as thephilosopher or thinker who had the most impact on his life. oIt was a wonderful answer, ? Graham said. oI mean, to millions of.young people especially in the United States, Jesus Christ is thegreatest man in this - in the history of the world. And to me, he Ts thegreatest person in the history of mankind and the universe. We can Ttprove it, I can Tt put it in a test tube or in an astronomical formula, butby faith I believe it because the Bible teaches it. ?During a debate last month in Iowa, Bush responded to the ques-tion on who was philosopher or thinker who had the most influenceon his life by naming Christ. oWhen you turn your heart and life over to Christ, when you ac-cept Christ as your savior it changes your heart, ? Bush said.Two other Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Orrin Hatchand Gary Bauer, also mentioned Jesus.trination makes them more " shall wesay odiscriminating ? im who they detain,but not in a negative way. .Just because someone is young and/orAfrican American or of foreign extrac-tion: mow not send up an automatic redag. ws . Vi mdCoons officials say who will be sin-gled out for pat-down and body searches,as well as scanner probes will remain aaseTHE;REENVILLEGLEN COWARDSALES CONSULTANT252-756-1738991 GREENVILLE BLVD. Voice Mail 252-413-3924HWY. 264 BY PASS _GREENVILLE, NC 27834 Home 252-747-5779wesSe Coe Ey oer ore15-Owen Burney, Jr.President252-439-0069 9SALUTEHave you realizedthe power of your money?Are others depending on you to build the future? Are you confidentthat you've got the right tools? We are here. To show you how to makethe most of your money today afd to help you plan for tomorrow.Because the future is closer than you'think. Call 1 800 WACHOVIA.CHOVIAcans, women and other )been unjustly stopped and searched byoverzealous and biased customs agents.Maybe that will change now.& $"DREAM"Owen Burney, Sr.Vice-PresidentGB) Burney & Burney Construction, Inc. oQuality From Start co Finish ?We Build Homes And People!!!!!!For more information call (919)~- 752-8000snes i ESR alWachovia Bank is a member FDIC. ©©Wachovia Corporation, 1999

ripen 4. NOS SS de eeThe Minority Voice Jan. 7 Jan, 14,2000TOE BUY. RENTOR SELL | .AL ESTATE CALL4 ee 1946"Call Us If You Need Someone To Collect Your Rent AndManage Your Property!Several Nice Building Lots. We Handle Conv., HUD,VA & FMA, Financing.606 ALBEMARLE757-1692 OR 757-1162FAX 757-0018SAAB RENTALS-, 2-, and 3- bedroom housing unitsREAL ESTATE |Open Monday Since 1949 {Friday: 9-5From the "M" Voice Archives, shown above is Mrs Rosa Bradley owner of Rosa Bradley home for theElderly. She is pictured with her Family.Photo By Jim Rousej : yn en Ai - camps in Western Maryland told a judge is Saandutches Yo + Seeet ShtatovMet Comma ame re amcae | | ty nee betenand abused by guar Wi cory = heT places iro! After listening to the testimony and re- Gayle's Chichen Brasst Ret Sandwich Ouonttial Soin) al ste virus Just viewing written complaints, Judge Mar- ; ny Biittany Burges 6 ae_ I'msure many of you have decide to make that jump tin P. Welch ordered 26 juveniles moved jown ime Food Shaw Dog .heard that AIDS was started in {fom chimp to man tn deo TE from state-run boot camps. The judge ee i Lots Of Fourtatn Fig Sudding : Puead ?Africa, either deliberately or 40 0F 90 years T And NTs said he was concemed about how the uw, ra toe a - Bananaaccidentally through anexper- |! make that jump? What gave abuses "which allegedly included out The Fuss Ades | -iment. A new book is out, _!! the wings to make that throwing a boy through a window and Cohen Gos 3 ; Siato Salad oThe River ? by Edward Hoop- jump? a sticking another one in the eye "oc- Eat In. T She CW Cabbage as . Cle Slawer, that fingers the experimen- Saran GL) Eh EE curred in the first place. The boys are to Cateving hailubl Shaing aw * os + Suet Petatos Peceuagestal testing of an oral poliohave been together in theor woman, the transfer wasvaccine on about a million likely a blood to blood trans- cility. TUES-THURS----- spa BD beat Ie haCongolese from 1957 to 1960 fer. That could occur from a Harry Langmead, the Department of FRI & SAT-----3pm to 12am Coffeeas the culprit. scratch or bite when the Juvenile Justice official who oversaw thecamps, said he was embarrassed by the; revelations. During visits, the campIn Germany, in 1967, some workers there seemed nice, he said. A state probe of 4/1 Darkwere not as lucky. They were infected witha Marburg virus from African greenmonkeys. The virus didn Tt phase themonkeys; it killed those workers.This column is based on hisfindings.According to the author,the testing was done by a US.firm, Wistar Institute, withtwo Belgium firms joiningthem later. Of the 28 cases ofAIDS in specified towns inAfrica through 1980, 23 ofthose cases came from thesame towns in which oral test-ing of a polio vaccine was un--dertaken, or at least within175 miles of those locations.Testing of the oral vaccinewas also done in Sweden andat a women Ts prison in NewJersey. No early AIDS casesoccurred in Poland and Swe-deh and no early documentedcases occurred here.But, in 1973 a New Jerseyteenager had a baby who was born with HIV. Is it linked tothose tests? Scientists gener-ally agree that the ancestorsfor AIDS viruses were in thesimian population. HIV-1, thevirus that is most prevalent,derives from an immunodefi-ciency virus of chimpanzees:HIV-2 is most likely aN im-munodeficiency virus fromthe sooty mangabey monkey.Only a very small percentof simians have the immuno-deficiency virus. However,whether a small percent or alarge percent have the virus isof no concern if it can Tt makethat jump from a chimp ormonkey to us.The real question is, howdoes the HIV virus make thatjump? Since man and chimpschimps were being killed fora meal or two.However, the natives in theCongo basin and many otherplaces have been eatingchimps and monkeys and hav-ing inadvertent blood to bloodtransfers for centuries "andAIDS was unheard of.The book, oThe River, ?points to oral polio vaccinebatches contaminated withchimpanzee AIDS virus as thechange agent for that chimpto man jump. Supposedly, thatcouldn Tt happen because po-lio vaccine is made with cellsfrom monkeys, not chimps.However, the author, Ed-ward Hooper, points out that alarge colony of chimpanzeeswere in the area where the pri-mates were caught for oralvaccineexperiments. It is quitelikely that some chimps werecaught in the simian drag netfor experimental subjects andtheir cells were used to makesome batches of vaccine.And if they were, since theimmunodeficiency virus israre among the chimps, onlya few random batches of theexperimental oral polio vac-cine would have that virus.Then, only in certain placeswhere the contaminatedbatches were given would thefirst HIV viruses show up.That happened.There have been cases ofsimian viruses jumping frommonkey to man via polio vac-cine. In the SOs and early 60s,Teenage boys who attended bootbe moved to another secure juvenile fa-the camps was sparked by newspaper ar-ticles that said boys in at least one campwere regularly abused. All of the boyswere from Baltimore and some 200youths "convicted of various crimes,except murder "attend the camp eachyear.Polls: Blacks, whites believecops use racial profilingA new Gallup poll found a majorityof Americans, across racial lines, believesracial profiling happens all the timeacross the country. Three out of fouryoung Black males polled said they hadbeen pulled over just because of theirrace. Poll participants were asked whatthey thought about reports that motor-ists in certain racial and ethnic groupswere stapped by cops because they werethought to be more likely to commitcrimes.In addition, the poll found four of 10Blacks, across age and gender lines, saidthey believe they have been stopped bypolice because of their race. The tele-phone poll, which included 2,006 respon-dents (including 1,001 Blacks) was con-ducted from Sept. 24 to Nov. 16 and hasan error margin of plus or minus 4 per-centage points, was part of the annualGallup audit of Black-white relations. 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LoThe U.S Supreme Court will determine shortly whether or not it is alright for.a Poua_, liceman to chase and arrest an indivi omerely because he or she exhibits osuspi-cious ? behavior. James Koch, an peed who o s this position, recently arga Fay sree the Fostices on the illegality of policemen stopping people who run from them. In a Chicago Dejender article, Koch said, oWe don Tt want the police to de-cide everything that Ts suspicious that mightbe. A lot of things that are suspicious to po-lice are not constitutionally acceptable.Koch Ts client was reportedly standing infront of a building during lunchtime wai-ing for someone when four police aneight officers came down the street.we sass tale wake up one day . :find that our freedoms :cases of recent police abuses, more andmere presence of the police. For instance,Amadou Diallo and others listed in TheStolen Lives Project \end mute testimony towhy growing numbers of African Ameri-more people are becoming fearful of the.cans, especially poor African Americans,might have reason to fear the police.In the best case scenario, if it is deter-mined to be alright for the police to chase-and arrest someone just because they be-haved suspiciously by running, everyonewould behave alright and there would beno abuses. But the world is not perfect and,human nature being what it is, some un-scrupulous officers might be tempted to thebreaking point to commit abuse. In otherwords, giving that kind of power to a cer-tain class of mean-spirited policemenwould be like giving a child a boatload ofcandy and telling him not to eat.We must rt os our freedoms and we .cannot do this by giving them away. Wehope the U. S. Supreme Court agrees.of felony weapon possession. °ay yom fto the New York Daily News, Lopezguve oPuffy ? a piece of her mind, °hing out at the hip-hop mogul forgetting her into a dangerous situationat a Times Square nightclub and tar-nishing her.image. When police were.processing the duo, a crying. Lopsr2portedly screamed oLook at atrouble you got me into, ? accordingtc a source. After the 14-hour ordeal -at the police precinct, there were nocharges filed against Lopez, butCombs was charged with two countsSome people think that the wordsChristian and rap go together like cripsand bloods, but a man. named KnollyWilliams is trying to change all that.His Austin, Texas based Grape-tree Records is the music industry Tslargest Christian rap label. oIn:Nashville or L.A. or New York, youtend to make music that is geared tosound better than the guy across thestreet, ? Williams told the Associat-ed Press. oThere is nobody elsehere. The gangsta rapper comes upand says, I Tm in the ghetto. I Tvegot to kill to survive. I Tve got toshoot you in the head. T From aChristian perspective, we look at itlike, Man, I Tm in the ghetto, too,but I know there is hope. ?DAME GREASEOn the way upThese days Dame Grease is oneof the most platinumized producersin the game.Producers are often stigmatizedfor attempting to enter the game asan emcee. But Dame Grease may bethe exception. His new album is ti-ted, appropriately enough, Me andhas 12 songs which feature the likesof Scarface, Memphis Bleek, DMX,NORE, NAS, and Drag-on. He Tscurrently in the studio working onanother project. .CURTIS MAYFIEI1heStars to gather in tributelegend CurtisMayfield is onthe minds ofeveryone in theMusic i :Now a trib-ute album toCurtis, whowas buriedae this pastVuesday, is currently in the works.According to Marv Heiman, hisanager Of 30 years, there hasbeen an outpouring of entertainers owanting to do something to honorthe man und his music. oWe Treworking right now, but many of he major recording stars have 'centacted us that they want to dosomething, ? Heiman toldww launch.com. oSo, what I thinkwe're gonna do is one memorialservice where a bunch of the su-p.rstirs are going to. come togeth-e: te do a tribute musically to Cur-ts and we'll tie it together withsome kind of charitable founda-. » Among the artists who've al- 1: asked to be involved are Er-~lapion and Gladys Knight. vminated for Golden Globe: We wouldlike to give abig fat oYou ogo + to- Halle Berry.She was re-cently nomi-nated for aGolden Globe©} for her role as, = Dorothy Dan-ove iit het HBO movie Intro- orothy Dan-dridge. Theeto MOVIE Was about the lifeie Vest Black woman nominat- their ogun ? |Separation of religion and raptot) ACudenay Award,}s&&&.&a eae

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