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What You See Is What You Get, What You Read Is What You Know And Sa
Serving Eastern North Carolina Since 1981 Sep
Marking the 115th anniversary of his birth
Who was Marcus Garvey?
Special to the WASHINGTON
AFRO-AMERICAN NEWS
Marcus Garvey and the
Universal Negro Improvement
Association formed a_ critical
link in Black America's
centuries-long struggle for free-
dom. justice and equality. As the
leader of the largest organized
mass movement in Black history
and progenitor of the modem
"Black is beautiful" ideal,
Garvey is now best remembered
as a champion of the back-to-
Africa movement. In his own
time. he was hailed as a re-
deemer. aT ~Black Moses. "
Though he failed to realize all
his objectives, his movement
still represents a liberation trom
the psychological bondage of
racial inferiority. Garvey was
born on Aug. 17. 1887, in St.
Ann's Bay, Jamaica. He left
school at 14. worked as a
printer, joined Jamaican nation-
alist organizations, "_ toured
Central America and spent time
in London. England. Content at
first with accommodation, on his
return to Jamaica, he aspired to
open a Tuskegee type industrial
training school. In 1916 he came
to America at Booker [ Washin-
gton's invitation. but arrived just
after Washington died. Garvey
arrived in America at the dawn
of the "New Negro" era. Black
discontent. punctuated by East
St. Louis. bloody race riots in
1917 and intensified by Postwar
disillusionment. peaked " in
1919's "Red Summer." Shortly
after arriving, Garvey embarked
upon a period of travel and
lecturing. When he settled in
New York City. he organized a
chapter of the UNIA. which he
had earlier founded in Jamaica
as a fraternal organization.
Drawing, on a gift for oratory,
he. melded Jamaican peasant
aspirations for economic and
cultural independence with the
American gospel of success to
create a new gospel of racial
pride. "Garveyism" eventually
evolved into a religion of suc-
cess, inspiring millions of Black
People worldwide who sought
relief from racism and colonial-
ism.
To enrich and strengthen his
movement, Garvey envisioned a
great shipping line to foster
Black trade, to transport passen-
gers between America, the
Caribbean and Africa, and to
serve as a symbol of Black
grandeur and enterprise: The
UNIA incorporated the Black
Star Line in 1919. The line's
flagship, the S.S. Yarmouth,
made its maiden voyage in
November and two other ships
joined the line in 1920. The
Black Star Line became a pow-
erful recruiting tool tor the
UNIA, but it was ultimate!y
sunk by expensive repairs. dts-
contented crews and top-level
mismanagement and corruption.
By 1920 the UNIA had hun-
dreds of chapters worldwide. It
hosted elaborate international
conventions and published the
Negro World, a widely dissemt-
nated weekly that was soon
banned in many parts of Africa
and the Caribbean. Over the
next few years, however, the
movement began to unravel
under the strains of internal
dissension, opposition from
Black critics. and government
harassment.
In 1922. the federal government
indicted Garvey on mail-fraud
charges stemming from Black
Star Line promotional claims
and he suspended all its opera-
tions. (Two years later, the
UNIA created another line, the
Black Cross Navigation and
Trading Co.. but it, too, failed.)
Garvey was sentenced to prison.
The government later commuted
his sentence. only; to deport him
back to Jamaica in November
1927. He never returned to
America. In Jamaica, Garvey
reconstituted the UNIA and held
conventions there and in
Canada, but the heart of his
movement stumbled on in
America without him. While he
dabbled in local politics, he
remained a keen observer of
world events. writing volumi-
nously in his own papers. His
final move was to London, in
1935. He settled there shortly
betore fascist Italy invaded
Ethiopia and his public criti-
cisms of Haile Selassie's behav-
ior after the invasion alienated
many of his own remaining
followers. In his last years, he
slid into such obscurity that he
sutfered the indignity of reading
his own obituaries a month
before his death on June 10,
1940.
Get Out To Vote Rally......At the Get Out To Vote Rally Mrs Eva Clayton who retired from her
seat in the 3rdCongressional District giving het support for hopeful nominees. To the left of her
is the president of GOTV Campaign committee Bishop Randy Royal,President of the Pitt County
Black Caucus Rev Michael Dixon and PastorJyroneTurnage. All ate long time advocates for the
rights of all people in the voting process.
Photo by Jim Rouse
Sal ~
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_CONGRATULATI
ONS!!!
Christine Fitch happily
congratulates her opponent
for the 1st Congressional
District seat, Frank
Ballance at the conclusion
- of the Democratic Primary
Race knowing that the
race is only just beginning.
In November we will all
have a chance to support
this wellT deserving nomi-
nee who stands tall with
18yrs of legislative experi-
ence. An effective advo-
cate for all people, Senator
Frank Ballance.
photo by Jim Rouse
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CAROLINA GROUP ECU
GREENVILLE NC
27834
African American Alzheimer's Conference...... Many distinguished guest were on hand for
the 3rd Annual African American Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver Conference. These lovely ladies
greeted everyone with a wholesome smile. On hand (to the extreme left) is our very ows
ouncilwoman Rose Glover and (second from the right Councilwoman Mildred Council). The
goal of this conference was to address the needs of African-American caregivers of persoris
with AlzheimerTs disease (AD) and other related memory. ( pictorial inside)
photo by Jim Rouse
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
oT
Reverend David L. Moore,
pastor of the Metropolitan
A.M.E Zion Church of
| Washington Nerth Carolina
gave the keynote address at
the 3rd African American
Alzheimer's Disease
Caregiver Conference which
was held at the Hilton Hotel
in Greenville,NC . Pastor
Moore who has started homes
for the elderly and HIV pat-
ents spoke from on hand ex-
periences.
photo by Jim Rouse
Born White / Raised Blac
Born White: N.C. Woman
Raised Black Says color is ~a
state of mindT
By Elizabeth Leland-The Charlotte
Obxerver
Forest City, N.C.---Linda Fay
McCord was raised in the 1950s
as a Black child by adoptive
Black parents. She rode in the
back of the bus. She drank from
"Colored" water fountains.
When classmates taunted her as
"high yellow" because of her
light skin and hazel eves,
Mccord yelled back, "I'm
" black!"
Years later, when a co-worker
at her new job confided he was
glad the boss hadn't hired a
"Colored girl," McCord scolded
him. "I'm black," "No you're
not.� "Yes, | am."
The last time she corrected
anyone was four years ago,
when a stranger telephoned,
claiming to be her neice.
McCord confronted her: "You
can't be my niece," she remem-
bers saying. "You sound like
you're a white girl." |
"I am White," the caller said,
"and so are you."
Oh, my God. The caller mailed
McCord a copy of a faded birth
certificate from Surry County,
northwest of Winston-Salem.
Linda Fay Alderman, it said in
typed letters. Place of birth:
Toast, N.C. Date of birth: 18
November 1946. Color or
race: White.
"| don't even know who | am,"
McCord now says. I'm caught in
the middle of something. My
mind says I'm black. Then |
look at my skin, and it says I'm
white. I've come to the conclu-
sion that color is just a state of
mind."
McCord is 55, a big-boned
woman, 5-foot-7, with freckles
dotting high cheekbones, and
curly hair turned gray. She talks
with pride about raising six
children as a single mom with-
out welfare. She cooked,
painted, cleaned White people's
homes, worked as a nurse's aide
in a convalescence center and
inspected cloth at a mill. She
now cooks at a nursing home.
She's been married 6 1/2 years to
Mac McCord, a Black man and
retired engineer who says the
first time he met her, he won-
dered if his friend had set hime
up with a White woman.
McCord always felt her
adoptive parents disliked her
because of her light skin. She
has a twin sister, Brenda Kay,
who has darker skin and seemed
to fit in better.
McCord says when freckles
popped out on her face at age 6,
her adoptive mother whipped
her and tried to scrub them off
with a Brillo pad.
She was 12 when she and
Brenda found out they were
adopted. She says her mother
told them that their real mother
gave them away.
As best as she now can figure
out, McCord's biological mother
was Dutch Irish, a fair-skinned
woman who worked as a house-
keeper in Mount Airy. Her
father was half-German, half-
Cherokee, an alcoholic who
made his money--when he
worked--digging wells and
painting houses. He disap-
ared for days on drinking
inges. .
Linda and Brenda were taken
from the home when they were
3, maybe because he'd left on a
binge and their mother couldn't
provide for them,
Somehow they ended up with
a Black couple from the town of
Ruth, in Rutherford County.
There are no adoption records,
no one who can sort out the
truth. A second birth certificate
is on file in. Rutherford County
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What You READ is What you
KNOW and SAVEIII"
EDITORIALS
Jim Rouse Publisher
Michael Adams Editor
Cynethia Griffin Asst. Editor
Fire protection fees " one
less reason to flee Memphis
itizens living in unincorporated
areas of Shelby County are in
a dither about the increase in
the fire protection fee they
must pay in order to enjoy the
same sense of safety Memphis residents
take for granted. The recent fee hike im-
posed by the Shelby County Fire Depart-
ment brings the amount those affected
Shelby Countians must pay on an annual
basis to $288.
Fire protection fees for residents in the
unincorporated areas of Shelby County
have more than doubled over the past fif-
teen veais. The increase, according to
Sheiby-County Fire Department officials
bas been caused by the annexation of
much of the incorporated territory to the
City of Memphis. The officials point out
that even though there has been a reduc-
tion in the number of unincorporated area
residents resulting from the annexation,
the territory the Shelby County Fire De-
partment must cover has remained con-
stant. With fewer residents paying into the
pool, they say each resident must now pay
more.
This situation simply illuminates the
folly of families leaving Memphis in order
to avoid city taxes. The fire protection fee
situation also points out the foolishness of
operating dual fire departments The Shel-
by County Fire Department will be con-
stantly faced with the need to periodically
raise their fees and residents of the non-
incorporated areas might as well under-
stand that as a given. The only alternative
is an increase in the Shelby County prop-
erty tax rate that all of us will be forced to
assume..
City of Memphis residents, of course,
do not pay extra fees for fire protection,
private garbage pick up ahd other charges
associated with the oI donTt want to live in
Memphis� philosophy.
In addition, if one would check crime
Statistics (particularly those that effect
property such as burglary, robbery, etc.) it
would be discovered there is no signifi-
cant difference as can be found in so-
called oinner-city� areas. Whatever other
reasons might exist to justify leaving our
wonderful city, econagpcs (or crime ei-
ther) is not one of thefn.
Sooner or later, our misguided friends
will realize this. In the meanwhile, May-
ors Wharton and Herenton would do well
to take a hard look at merging these two
fire protection agencies as a cost saving
measure for all citizens involved.
Two compelling reasons for
us to vote this November 5
or two very key reasons, Blacks,
other people of color and all true
Americans should make it their
business to go to the polls on
Nov. 5.
There was a time, not too long ago, when
Black folks, particularly many of us in the
South, could not participage " through the
dreaded poll tax, gerrymandering districts
and just plain old intimidation and threats
of violence " in the election of public offi-
cials who would duly represent them and
their varied interests.
But thanks to the Civil Rights Move-
ment and the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
those days are a dark remnant of a shad-
Owy past.
But there is another threat to the accumu-
lating power at the polls in America for
Black and other persons who do not vote "
and itTs called apathy.
America 2002 is saddled, temporarily
with a president who did not win the popu-
lar vote, who did not come close to winning
a majority, simply because many Americans
did not bother to come out and cast their
ballots.
In just about two months, we have a
chance to try it again.
Blacks especially, have an opportunity to
improve upon their increasingly great
turnout numbers of 2001 at the polls.
On Nov. 5, we " all Americans, but es-
pecially Blacks, must exercise our franchise
to the fullest and vote.
In a nation as great as America, we
should not shirk our citizenship duties to
elect our political representatives.
This then, is a call, most importantly in
this time of national remembrance and
mourning for 9/11/01. for all citizens to get
registered, then vote.
It is our unity, our resolve to live in a
democracy that sets us apart from those
who would seek to destroy America and
its great ideas of diversity and political
destiny.
In the wake of 9/11/01 and in tribute to
those who gave their lives for our precious
rights as Americans on that fateful day, we
must be registered to vote on 11/5/02 and
then fully exercise that right.
It is our democracy and willingness to ex-
ercise that keeps us strong.
Bush hell bent on attack "
let Congress decide on Iraq
hat if you gave a war ... and
nobody wanted to help you
wage it? The U.S. and Pres-
ident Bush face an analo-
gous dilemma as Arabian
and European allies have made it quite clear
that America would stand virtually alone in
any future beef it may have with Iraq
strong-man Saddam Hussein.
Our allies seem to be abandoning, or at
least not siding with the U.S., on a possible
USS. strike against Iraq " in stark compari-
son to last fall when the world, it seems,
was lining up against the oaxis of evil�
mounted by mega-terrorist Osama bin
Laden, the suspected architect behind hor-
tific attacks on the World Trade Center and
the Pentagon.
German Chancellor Hosni Mubarak, con-
sidered a staunch ally of America, has said
that, ostriking Iraq is something that could
have (far reaching) repercussions and post-
strike developments. We féar chaos happen-
ing in the region.�
We fear chaos and hysteria smothering
the entire world id Hussein crazily unleases
a oweapon of mass destruction� that the
U.S. suspects him of having at his disposal.
oA preemptive strike would be wrong and
(Germany) ounder my leadership will not
take part in that,� German Chancellor Ger-
hard Schroder said.
Even all of the presidentTs men and
women (including Secretary of State
Colin Powell and National Security Ad-
visor Condaleeza Rice) are split,
dove/hawk on whether Hussein presents
enough of a clear and present danger to
world peace and stability to risk losing
thousands, maybe millions of Americans,
allies and Iraqis in a massive ground
and/or nuclear war.
The answer to what the U.S. should do,
must come from Congress, acting through
the will of the American people.
oI think that the war to crush terrorism is
going to be a unilateral American act,� a de-
fense analyst with the Bush-backed, Wash-
ington, D.C.-based Lexington Institute has
said.
For the sake of societyTs world peace,
safety and serenity, we certainly hope not.
stand.
Most of the people who have scaled the heights, who have
climbed the mountains, who have gone through the valleys of
their lives have not been people who were contented to just
"C.L. Franklin
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ollowing the stolen election of
2000. the United States economy
was healthy and experiencing the
greatest period of economic pros-
perity it lias ever enjoyed. From
1992-2000, the federal government had a $1.5
trillion surplus. It only took nine months for the
surplus to be given to the rich (corporations
that profit from war) at the expense of the poor.
On Aug. 29, 2002, The Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities stated, The 5.6 trillion
dollar surplus projected last January has de-
clined by $5.3 trillion, or 94 percent. The Cen-
ter also notes that ilast yearis tax cut is the
largest single reason the ten-vear surplus has
shrunk since January 2001.
Although, the Bush administration claimed
there was no money for election reform, ex-
panded educational opportunities, civil rights
enforcement or environmental cleanup, the
- federal government immediately found $43
million to begin the iwar on terrorismi after
Sept. 1. Currently, the United States spends $2
million a day in the war. Imagine the impact if
America spent $2 million more per day on
our educational system.
Why not utilize the $2 million a day for
public policy benefiting the
people? Such money could fund: Improve-
ments for public school buildings; health care
for working Americans: prescription drugs for
senior citizens: capital for small- and mid-size
COMMENTS
Bombs Over Baghdad or
domestic policy for the people?
by Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
|| There is a difference between
businesses; funding for public education; ade-
quate funding fog Head Start; and optical scan
voting machines throughout the country.
Albeit, the national surplus is important, and
there is a vital human need to eliminate terror-
ism from the world, there is also the need to
support the ileast of thesei in our country.
The majority of the land troops in
Afghanistan and possibly Iraq are African-
Americans and Hispanics. Yet, the Bush ad-
ministration will not provide adequate health
care, education or housing for the most desti-
tute populations in the United States, who are
all too often African-American and Hispanic.
If Blacks and Browns are American enough to
die in war, are they not American enough to
have the full benefit of a quality life in peace?
Presently, the historically rejected stones of
American society are the cornerstones of the
country. They (African-Americans and His-
panics) are promoting democracy worldwide.
But, the families of these warriors are not pro-
tected from hate crimes in America, they are
subjected to an unfair criminal justice system,
and they are faced with inadequate education-
al systems. Yet, these soldiers continue to
fight. Our modern day patriots will return to a
country where they will continue to be dis-
criminated against. Regrettably, in such cir-
cumstances, it takes more strength to hope
than to despair.
Keep hope alive!
(Jackson is founder and president of the
Chicago-based Rainbow/Push Coalition.)
by Tony Allen & Leland Ware
he Northwest, Westside and
Northeast neighborhoods of
Wilmington Delaware, which
are largely poor and many of
whose residents are African
American, have been beset by the scourge
of drug-trafficking.
Certain street corners and blocks in these
neighborhoods are well-known as the
otransfer points� for illegal drugs from the
hands of traffickers to individual users.
In the last three years these areas have en-
dured 182 shooting incidents, resulting in
199 victims. African Americans made up 87
percent of the victims, and 80 percent of the
suspects. Robbery was a motive for about
one-quarter of these crimes; drugs were for
at least one-third of them, although itTs like-
ly that the true percentage is much higher.
Residents, describe themselves as living
under a state of siege from the traffickers, a
description which is no surprise to us. Nor
is their justifiable anger.
ItTs this emergency that has provoked
Wilmington city officials to undertake a
new effort to rid the areas of their known
drug bazaars. Last June two special police
squads began raiding street comers that are
known areas of drug trafficking. The tactic
of the squads, comprised of up to 20 offi-
cers in marked and unmarked cars and
vans, is to rush to a location and detain all
Suspicious persons within reach. Those are
lined up against a wall and searched for
weapons and other contraband.
The police strategy is based on a 1968
Supreme Court ruling in Terry v. Ohio that
lice can stop, search and briefly detain
individuals if an officer has oreasonable
suspicion supported by articulate facts that
criminal activity may be afoot�. The court
determined that reasonable suspicion is a
standard above a hunch, but somewhere be-
low, oprobable cause�.
The police action, which has sharply re-
duced drug trafficking in these areas, has
drawn widespread support from residents of
these beleaguered neighborhoods " with
good reason. In WilmingtonTs poor and mi-
nority neighborhoods, as elsewhere, the
scourge of drug trafficking is an oimported
phenomenon�. Drugs arenTt grown in these
communities, and, given that the overwhelm-
ing majority of AmericaTs drug users are
ite, the majority of ocustomers� for illegal
drugs donTt live in them. They've become the
Crack down on drugs
trafficking, not civil rights
who are found not to be carrying contra-
band and are not arrested.
City officials say the photographs, with
the individualTs names and addresses, are
being used to create a database of opotential
suspects� to investigate ofuture crimes�.
This has provoked a vigorous debate in
Wilmington about whether the taking and
compiling of photographs of individuals
based on the belief that they might commit
a crime in the future violates the Fourth
Amendment of the ConstitutionTs protection
against unreasonable searches and seizures.
We think it does, and we say so without
fear of being accused of being osoft on
crime�, which some like to use to silence
questions about the constitutionality of
some police tactics.
Why are pictures of individuals not arrest-
ed for any past or present crime being taken
and stored? Is that justified by the assump-
tion that they could possibly commit a crime
at some point in the future " a reasoning of
future-expected-guilt-by-present-association?
We have no doubt that some of the indi-
viduals frisked but not charged with any
crimes in these routine roundups were at
least thinking about being up to no good.
That suspicion, however, isnTt good enough.
ItTs also clear that many of the mostly mi-
nority men were completely innocent, they
happened to be walking through the area on
their way to and from home when they
were stopped and photographed. Their pic-
tures are on file now. When a future crime
is committed, will they be called in, or visit-
ed by the police for questioning for no rea-
son other than their photograph is on file?
Some, including some law-abiding
neighborhood residents, have said weTre
quibbling over constitutional onicities�
when the emergency calls for tough action.
One answer to that is numerous other
cities have found ways to aftack drug traf-
ficking in poor neighborhoods without
trampling on the Constitution. Wilmington
ought to tweak its, yes effective, program
So that it does too.
A second answer is that raising questions
about the constitutionality of government ac-
tions isnTt onuisance work�. ItTs the very
foundation of American democracy. The con-
stitutional safeguards for the rights of individ-
uals arenTt onicities�, to be set aside whenever
they Prove inconvenient. They're to be ad-
hered to always " especially in tough times,
pec they reall that stan between the in-
vidual citizen and an abusive government.
Our ConstitutionTs Fourth Amendment
nf nationTs drug bazaars precisely because they __ still applies in the :hood� " drug crisis or
8, stories, and advertisements that are poor and predamicenny asin Effort no pa crisis. o
to push the drug trade out are not only to be
has been the best mnepereds they 1 tobe demanded (Allen and Ware are, res ly, presi-
ity communities But we are troubled by the police squadsT dent of the Metropolitan timing Del. "
ve, plenae ang ot all thoes tiny inbielty stop Urban League and professor of law at the .
and frisk in roundups " even those University of Delaware.)
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terrorists of old and today
Dear Editor;
People are talking about terrorists more
than ever. But it seems that they donTt real-
ize how long terrorists have been in Ameri-
ca.
Years ago, it was While terrorists who
brought Blacks to America as slaves.
Blacks have been attacked ever since. The
difference between the terrorists of years
ago and some of them today is those of
years ago only attacked Blacks. Terrorists
today are attacking all races in America re-
gardless of race creed or color.
For those who live to read about the ter-
rorists of the past in America, read the One
Hundred Years of Lynching or Without
Sanctuary. You will see the pictures of some
of the worst terrorist acts that have ever
happened in the world.
Webb Evans
Increased sales tax
saves us but dooms us
Dear Editor;
I appreciate the recent action of the pro-
income tax legislators who switched their
votes in order to break the deadlock that
was preventing the Legislature from provid-
ing the desperately needed funds for operat-
ing the stateTs programs. I was sorry that
this was done by increasing the sales tax,
but that was better than having a full state
shutdown and it did provide necessary
funding. .
The added sales tax, however, further in-
creases the unfairness of the state tax struc-
ture because it forces low income families
to pay still higher fractions of their incomes
to state taxes than do high income families.
An income tax package, which came
Close to getting majority support in the
Legislature in the last few weeks, would
have been much fairer. It would have en-
sured adequate and continuing support for
schools and state parks and other needed
programs. It would also have removed the
Hall tax, taxes on food, clothing and non
prescription drugs, and reduced the sales
tax on other items. This would have low-
ered total sales taxes for many lower-in-
come families. Although high income
families would have paid more, the frac-
tions of their incomes paid in taxes would
still have been no more than those of low
income families.
To achieve the advantages of an income
tax package in the near future, we need to
elect supporting candidates in the coming
general election. Now is the time to ask
candidates where they stand on state taxes.
Would they continue with this new absurdly
high and unfair sales tax? If not, would they
adopt a suitable income tax plan, or would
they just cut the budgets for the programs
we all want and expect?
Fred Sweeton
Is there a difference between
Black leadership, personalities?
Dear Editor;
Ms. Chinta Strausberg mislabeled the
Blacks commenting on the holiday issue as
being Black leaders. All may be better
called activists and habitual whiners. Black
leaders have not called for Blacks to not
participate in the Fourth of July national
holiday.
There is a big difference between ac-
tivists, protesters high-profile Black per-
sonalities and Black leadership. The
want-to-beTs will speak at the drop of a
hat, about any and everything for they
have no cause to be responsible for what
they say.
We are blessed in that most Blacks do
not listen to the comments made by the
activists. While they may be against
everything, they have nothing to offer in
return.
As flawed as our nation may be it is still
the crown jewel of the worldTs nations.
Blacks have contributed greatly to our na-
tionTs greatness.
We do not own a grain of sand in Africa
or any other place in the world. If the whin-
ers are so unhappy in America, they are free
to leave and go where life is better, yet they
are still among us. Leaders they are not.
Hollis Chester
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A Week Of Prayers
Monday - Wash [)ay
Lord, help me wash away all
my selfishness and vanity, so |
may serve you with perfect hu-
mility through the week ahead.
Tuesday - Ironing Day
Dear Lord. help me iron out all
the wrinkles of prejudice | have
collected though the years so that
I may see the beauty in others.
Wednesday - Mending Day
0 God, help me mend my ways
so | will not set a bad example
for others.
Thursday - Cleaning Day
Lord, help me to dust out all the
many faults | have been hiding
in the secret corners of my heart.
Friday - Shopping Day
0 God, give me the grace to
shop wisely so [ may purchase
eternal happiness for myself and
all others in need of love.
Saturday - Cooking Day
Help me. my Savior, to brew a
big kettle of brotherly love and
serve it with clean, sweet bread
of human kindness.
Sunday - The Lord's Day
SpiitunlRetbetons
Dr. George Hawkins
Nobody's Perfect
Greetings in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ:
It is common today for people
to excuse their faults with the
attitude, oHey, nobody's _per-
fect!" This is true enough.
People can only be expected to
be human-and that means falli-
ble.
Unfortunately. though. few peo-
ple take that reality seriously
enough. Indeed. when it comes
to their standing before God,all
too many take a different
stance: they may not be perfect,
but they're "good enough."
The questioin is, are they good
enough for God? Romans 3 says
they are not. That's what Paul
means when he wntes, "all are
under sin" (v.9) and then writes
a number of Old Testament
pasages to back up his claim
(vv. L0- 18).
It is not that people are evil
through and through, or that
they never do any moral good,
quite the contrary. People are
capable of impressive acts of
courage, compassion, and jus-
tice. But in Ight of God's holy
(morally perfect) character,
wlilch is the ultimate standard
against which people's goodness
is measured, people are indeed
far from perfect. Their good
behavior turns out to be the
exception rather than the rule.
The good news that Paul writes
about in Romans, however, is
that God has reached out to
humanity despite its imperfect
ways. His attitude has not been
one of rejection as if to say,
"They're not good enough for
me," but one of grace and
compassion that says, in effect,
"| will make them into good
people--people as good as |
AM-by means of Christ my
Son."
Sow A
Joy R. Sos
Sow A Seed
"And let us not be weary in well
doing; for in due season we
shall reap. if we faint not.�
Gal. 6:9
| was thinking about an athlete
who concentrates on running
track. I can envision the athletes
as they kneel and prepare them-
selves for the kick-off. As the
sound of the gun alarms, the
athletes dash toward the finish
line. | can imagine each runner
with a vivid picture of himself
or herself, framed beautifully in
the corridors of their minds, as
a snapshot is taken of them
being the first one to cross the
finish line. Even though the
athletes may get tired and weary
during the race, they never stop
or give up, because they know
that there is victory at the end of
the race.
As | was thinking about an
athlete and the endurance that
has been instilled in them, |
began to meditate on Gal. 6:9.
Paul was encouraging the be-
lievers concerning the promises
of God. Paul said, "And let us
(Joy) not be weary (to grow
tired, to get discouraged, to give
up) in well doing (that which is
pleasing in the eyes of our
Father) for in due season (at the
appropriate time ordained by
God) we (Joy) shall (it must
come to pass) reap (gain a
harvest of blessings both natural
and supernatural) if we (Joy)
faint not (to lose heart; give in).
Just to encourage your hearts
on today ... even when it seems
as though the more you do and
the harder you work, no results
are being manifested. [ suddenly
began to realize, it's not what |
see that should excite me, but
it's what I don't see that should
make me rejoice continually.
If you walk in righteousness,
which is simply being in right
relationship with God, no good
thing will He withhold from
you.
The Harvest that is in store for
you can not be totally seen with
the human eyes. Just know that
God wants to bless you and the
blessings of God addeth no
sorrow. He will give to you
what you are capable of han-
dling at that appointed time.
Don't grow weary when nothing
appears to be moving in your
life. Just know that God is doing
HIS best work behind the
scenes.
In closing, seasons ... we all
have a favorite season. My
favorite season is due season.
This season can last as long as
| walk in obedience to God's
word and plan for my life. My
prayer for you is that you get
locked into your due season and
reap the bountiful blessings that
are in waiting just for you.
Thought to meditate on :
Don't conform to the seasons
because seasons change; but let
the seasons conform to you. If you
are established in God's word, you
will never change, Therefore your
seasons shall remain the same.
J. Renee Brown
0 God, I have prepared my
house for you. Please come into
my heart as my honored guest
so | may spend the day and the
rest of my life in your presence.
Author Unknown
One -Sentence - Sermons
| .Be fishers of men ...
you catch'em, He'll clean'em.
2. A family altar can alter a
family.
3 .A lot of kneeling will keep
you in good standing.
4. Don't put a question mark
when God put a period.
5. Don't wait for six strong men
to take vou to church.
6. Exercise daily, walk with the
Lord.
7. Forbidden truit creates many
jams.
8. Give God what's right, not |
what's left.
9. Give Satan an inch and he'll
be a ruler.
10. God doesn't call the unquali-
fied, He qualifies the called.
11. God grades on the cross, not
the curve.
12. God loves everybody, but
probably prefers "fruits of the
Spirit over religious nuts.
13. God promises a safe landing,
not a calm passage.
14. Having truth decay? Brush
up on your Bible.
15. He who angers you, controls
you.
16. He who is good at making
excuses is seldom good for any-
thing else.
Serio St 3
,
17. One's faultfinding is a sure
sip of his own unhappiness.
18. Don't borrow trouble; the in-
terest is too high.
19. Three ingredients for happi-
ness: Have something to do,
someone to love. and something
to hope for.
How Can I Be a
Woman, If You Won't
Be a Man?
Husbands love your wives ...
Ephesians 5:25
When you stay out late at night
And you treat it rather light.
When you fail to talk to me
And pretend that I don't see.
When you act so unconcerned
And think | can't discern I'm not
in your plans...
%
How can I be a woman, if you
won't be a man?
bd
When the monthly bills are doe
And you seldom
help me
through. When you say that work
is long And you sing the poor
man's song. When you seldom
take a stand And provide with
able hands For your needy clan...
How can | be a woman, if you
won't be a man?
When you drop me off at church
And leave me in the lurch.
When you will not take the time
To renew and change your mind.
When you never feed your soul
And your heart grows hard and
cold But you reach for my warin
hand... .
How can | be a woman, if you
won't be a man?
Racism is alive and well after
September 11 attacks
OF THE NNPA
WASHINGTON (NNPA)"Early
attempts to ease the racial divide
in the aftermath of the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks have apparently
faded as White Americans have
returned to a business-as-usual
attitude toward racism, many
grassroots and civil rights lead-
ers say.
oPost 9-11 we still face the same
inequities and even more because
of the obvious freedoms that are
now being challenged under the
guise of terrorism,� says the Rev.
Wendell Anthony, president of
the Detroit Branch of the NAACP.
oBut the fact that we have known
terror and thereTs still no legiti-
mate move to address the domes-
tic terror thatTs visited upon
African Americans and people of
color, i.e., racial profiling, hate
crimes, the terror that goes with
police abuse of their authori-
ty...the fact that there is no
national sense of urgency to
address those concerns still
leaves a void among the races.�
Anthony cites congressional
bills drafted to fight racism that
never move out of committee
year after year, such as bills
against racial profiling, outlaw-
ing the death penalty, protecting
against hate crimes and ending
disparate sentencing in the crim-
inal justice system.
oThey have been pushed to the
back burner and Black folk have
been challenged to assume the
posture of patriotism,� he says.
James H. Buford, president
and chief executive of the Urban
League of Metropolitan St. Louis,
agrees. He says complaints of
housing and employment dis-
crimination handled by his office
has increased by 15 percent to 20
percent in the past year.
oThey've worsened. Nine-
eleven has exacerbated race rela-
tions,� he says. oAnd it has been
consistent.�
Buford says the St. Louis
Urban LeagueTs human services
caseload also has increased from
66,000 in all of last year to approx-
imately 72,000 so far this year. oI
think the stereotyping that the
White community is doing is
accelerating the situation in
many ways.�
The impact has been felt on the
West coast, says the Rev. Asbury
Jones, director of faith-based
relations for the Nehemiah
Corporation, an urban housing
and economic development
agency based in Sacramento,
Calif.
oBeing way out here on the
West Coast, we saw superficial
improvement where everybody
said, ~Oh wow brothers and sis-
ters, we're all Americans.T I
mean, we definitely felt that out
here,� he says. oBut I think that
was brief and short-lived and
then on a deeper level, at a sub-
stantive level in this country,
nothing has really changed.
ThereTs still a tremendous wealth
gap between particularly Whites
and Blacks...In terms of opportu-
nity and the chance for upward
mobility, there still is a correla-
tion with race.�
On the other hand, New York
Times and CBS News poll report
that a growing number of New
Yorkers say they have seen a
remarkable improvement in race
relations since the Sept. 11 terror-
ist attacks at the World Trade
Center. The poll said that people
were not only more tolerant, but
less likely to complain about per-
ceived injustices or prejudices.
The poll found that 53 percent
of African Americans, 56 percent
of Hispanics and 69 percent of
Whites believed that race rela-
tions are generally good. Just two
years ago, only 16 percent of
African-Americans believed race
relations were good.
But a National League of
Cities poll of 73 cities and towns
last March revealed that 41 per-
cent of citizens say that race rela-
tions have improved since Sept.
11 and 59 percent said race rela-
tions had either not changed or
worsened.
oIf I go to a different neighbor-
hood or need a particular service
or if I donTt look a certain way}
that dictates how people think,T
says Damali Baxter, an African
American finance student ai
Strayer University in Arlington.
Va. oIt hasnTt gotten any better. |
donTt think it has changed. WeTre
still fighting against racism and
discrimination.�
And civil rights advocates now
have new battles.
Over the past year, Congress
passed a string of new laws giv-
ing law enforcement agencies
broad surveillance powers that
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oI do believe we can be patriot-
ic and still question the wisdom
of some of the policies being
instituted by President Bush and
Attorney General Ashcroft, who
prior to 9-11 as we all know, were
no friends of human rights and
civil liberties,� Anthony says.
oSo, what makes us think that
after 9-11 thereTs going to be any-
thing but what theyTve been prior
to that?�
While African-Americans have
long been victims of racial profil-
ing and hate crimes, a surge of
violent attacks were experienced
by Arab-Americans immediately
after Sept. 11. The 19 highjackers
who crashed the three planes
were all from the Middle East.
In direct response, right-wing
extremist hate groups increased
by 12 percent last year, according
to the Southern Poverty Law
Center, based in Montgomery,
Alab.
And some of that hate was
directed at Arabs.
oThe first month was frighten-
ing,� says James Zogby, president
of the Arab American Institute,
an advocacy group for Arab inter-
ests in political and social issues.
oNot just Arabs. ... Muslims who
were Pakistanian and Indian and
African-American were getting
targeted. People with beards were
getting singled out for taunting.
Cab drivers were getting
harassed.�
But the rash of attacks on
Arabs were short-lived, Zogby
says.
oIt was a difficult situation.
But the situation turned around
and there was a significant out-
pouring of support when the
leadership of the country became
aware of how damaging this
was.�
Some see such harassment as
commonplace in the Black com-
munity, while leadership says lit-
tle or nothing about it.
Some see a positive to the neg-
ative behavior.
oAs an African American
whoTs been a victim of racial pro-
filing, itTs good that there are oth-
ers whoTve been saying what
we've been saying for many, many
years,� Anthony says. oAnd so,
while I am very sympathetic to
my Arab brothers and sisters, itTs
like welcome to the club now.�
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By Ron Walters
Coming off of the successful gathering in
Washington, D.C., on Aug. 17, the reparations
movement has a formidable task, but a show of
support from everyday people who came to
voice their belief that African Americans are
owed a return on their unpaid labor during
slavery and their oppression right up until this
second. So, it is fair to ask the question: Now
what?
To begin with, one must take the call for
operational unity seriously, as voiced by Ron
Daniels and Minister Louis Farrakhan. Having
said that, it as impressive to see that all factions
of the leadership of this movement were
represented at the Millions for Reparations
March. In fact, it can be said that despite the
occasional bickering, there is already a rough
operational unity among the groups making a
level of communication possible. But perhaps
the dream of Daniels and Farrakhan for a
formal structure will be difficult to achieve,
(A round-up of news shorts
The Next Steps In
iSities
given the different roles that the groups
involved have adopted.
Second, there needs to be a web site which
functions as a clearinghouse for information
about the various activities involved. The
National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in
America has an excellent website and there are
a few others such as
Reparations Central that ©
have the making of
excellent sites, but which
need to be maintained and
constantly updated. The
continued progress of the
movement is defined by the
ability of people to buy into the
various activities, all of which
presume that they know what
the agenda of the various
groups, both national and
local, consist of.
Some of these activities
do not lend themselves to
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Mass participation, such as the drafting of
legal briefs; others do, such as the holding
of panels, workshops, meetings and the
like. NCOBRA, the Black United Front
and the December | 2th Movement all stand
to benefit by an expanded membership and
set of activities. provided that the
organizing takes place to take advantage of the
motion created by the gathering in Washington.
~Third, the law suits need to come, but they
also need some level of coordination because
of the danger that random actions could
prejudice the efforts of the various groups, by
setting up precedents that make it easier for the
courts to invalidate subsequent suits. So, this
needs to be done caretully. It also needs to be
done with the depth of research that might
impress the legal system and at the same time,
provide new information tor those outside of
the legal arena.
Part of the task of the reparations
movement is to re-educate America about the
depth of the contnibution of African peoples to
the construction of this country. But the other
aspect is to demonstrate the way in which
oppression has worked to maintain blacks in a
subordinate status. To this end, a research
conference will be held this fall in New York by
the African American Research Institute at
Columbia University.
Daniels also ts right that there needs to be
a Campaign to pass the bill by Rep. John
Conyers (D-Mich.), HR 40. Such a campaign
should be pushed off this fall with the demand
for 100 percent support of the bill by black
members of Congress, some of whom have
not signed on to it. Moreover, there 1s plenty
work for the mass organizations: signing up
local organizations and personalities to put
pressure on local officials to support bills in
city councils, state legislatures and the national
Congress. As Conyers said at the march. this 1s
an election year and it should be hard for a
politician, black or white. to ask for the black
vote unless they hear the question, ~Do you
support African reparations, and how will you
prove it?�
By the way. I was happy to see the
NAACP represented at the March and
speaking rally the night before. But where
were the other civil rights organizations,
including the Pastor Al Sharpton, Jesse
Jackson. Dorothy Height, Joseph Lowery,
Hugh Price. Kweisi Mfume, Wade Henderson,
Bill Fletcher of TransAtnca and etc. Were they
invited to speak? If not, this was a sorry show
of unity by the organizers, but if they were, then
the demand for accountability to this issue
begins at home. .
Ron Walters is Distinguished Leadership
Scholar, director of the African American
Leadership Institute and professor of
government and politics at the University of
Maryland College Park. His latest book is
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found, a nationwide talent search is underway for American
Indians interested in stand-up comedy or writing scripts for TV
and film. The search will stop in Vermillion, S.D. on Nov. 3.
This search is an attempt to expand the roles of Native
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STAMFORD, Conn.-Concern for improving student diets has
motivated school officials to remove some snacks and soft
drinks from menus at elementary and middle schools. High fat
content snacks like potato chips will be replaced by reduced-fat
potato chips, pretzels, popcorn and granola bars, officials said.
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Greenville Utilities Commission, a progressive and innovative provider of
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a Director of Finance. Position reports to the General Manager's Office and
directs a 25 person department and a $1,3 million budget. This person will
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goal are 2.5 and 9.9 percent respectively.
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Blacks, Hispanics suffer in weak economy
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WASHINGTON - A comprehensive report of the U.S. economy released Sept. 1 reveals that Black and Hispanic families are disproportionately more affected by the loss of benefits and wages §
in the current recession than White families. .
The "State of Working America 2002-2003," published by the D.C. based "State of Working America 2002-2003,� published by the D.C. based Economic Policy Institute (EPI), suggests ~that
in the last decade, the civil rights gains of Blacks and Hispanics that propelled them into a viable economic force, are receding.
The book, the eighth in a series published biennially since 1988, incorporates data through the first half of 2002 in a roadmap through the economy as U.S. working people and their families
experience it. It examines the strong economy that persisted throughout the 1990s, when historically low national U.S unemployment figures combined with faster productivity growth to lift
economic fortunes of working families. It also examines the end of this period and the labor recession of 2001 that continues to the present.
"The tight labor markets of the late 1990s brought the first persistent, broad-based prosperity in decades," noted EPI President Lawrence Mishel, who also coauthored the report. oBut now, with
the boom gone bust, American workers are heading back to an economy marred by slow growth, no job growth,with wage and income disparities widening again.�
According to EPI,since 2000, the recent two-percent jump in unemployment (from four to now six percent) has slowed wage growth to only one percent per year.
Described as a "jobless recovery," report report co-author Jared Bernstein said for decades, economic progress for working families was stifled by an array of forces that included loss of quality
jobs, union, key-industry deregulation, increasingly lopsided trade and the loss of the US manufacturing base.
Rising unemployment among Blacks was 10.7 percent for the second quarter of 2002. Overall,however, the pain of unemployment has been more widely shared across education groups in this
recession than previous ones, the report said. Between the end of 2002, the increase in unemployment stayed fairly uniform among those who
didn't finish high school, those with a high school diploma and those with some college(2.0,2.1 and 2.3 percent, respectively).
"Even a college degree provided less protection in this recession than in the past," said the report.
The average household income of Black families between 1995- 2000 rose by 17 percent and even faster for Hispanics (27 percent) during the same period.
As wages grew during the boom, so did the hours worked by parents, married or single. The average middle- income, two parent family now works 660 more hours per year --- or 16 more weeks
--- than in 1979. However, mid-income Black, and Hispanic families worked many, more hours than White families to reach the same level according to the report.
On average, Black families worked 12 weeks more a year than Whites. Hispanics families worked 15 hours more, said the report.
Despite all the attention that has been focused on the stock market, the vast majority of American families still depend on their paychecks, not their portfolio,"said the co-author Heather Boushey
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DURHAM.N.C.North Carolina
Central University Chancellor
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nized recently as a recipient of
the "2002 Guardian of Our
Legacy Award" given at the first
Annual Harlem Week National
Black college fair and Expo.
Ammons was on of four leaders
of historically black colleges
and universities selected for the
inaugural award."This was a
hard choice because a lot of
university leaders have done
exceptional things for their insti-
expo co-chair. "North Carolina
Central University has jumped
leaps and bounds under Dr.
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He was one of the logical
choices." Majette said the or-
ganization was aware of the
local and national attention that
NCCU had received since Dr.
AmmonsT arrival in June 2001.
Additionally, several committee
members were familiar with him
not only as chancellor at NCCU,
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Ammons received the "2002
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Spanish from the University of
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specialists for the North
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ws named Division of Youth
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addition to leading the state-
funded Juvenile Justice Institute
at NCCU, Chunn teaches a
course on administration and
management of criminal justice
organizations.
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A New Generation
WHY TEENS REBEL : PART TWO
THE VANISHING HOMEMAKER
In 1955, 60 percent of U.S. households had a working father, a
stay-at-home mom and two or more school-age kids. A "model
family." Most 14-year-olds could expect mom (or their
grandmother, or at least their neighbors) to be home during the day.
These kids had full-time moms. Obviously there was a lot of
parental involvement in their lives. In the U.S. of 100 children born
today: 17 will be out of wedlock. 48 will be born of parents who
divorce before the child is 18. 16 will be born to parents who
seperate. 6 will be born to parents of whom one will die before the
child reaches 18. That leaves 13 kids who will reach age 18 having
two parents with their marriage intact.
That was only 47 years ago. Such families virtually
evaporated--within a single generation. By the 1970's both parents
worked in 50 percent of families with school-age children. In 1986,
1955-family model made up only 7 percent of our homes. Today,
three of four moms with school-age kids have left home to join the
Faith May work force.
Sociologists studying this trend plainly state how this change has
affected the lives of today's teens.
"The Carnegie Corporation points out that 30 percent of eighth graders are on their own after
school, some as long as five hours a day, which gives them much more private, personal space than
their postwar predecessors ever enjoyed. Seventy-five percent of sexually active teenagers cite their
home (or their boyfriend's home) as their usual meeting place, since the coast is inevitably clear.
"Unsupervised time after school,T the Washington Post reported in 1992, ~is the most common occasion
for adolescents to have sexual intercourse, often at a boy's house while his parents are at work" (Grace
Pallidino, Teenagers: An American History).
When teenagers spend a full day at school packed in with other teenagers, and then spend most of
their spare time either alone or in completely unsupervised social situations with other teenagers, there
are bound to be problems. Again, God has given us plain instruction that largely goes unheeded: "The
rod and reproof give widom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame" (Prov.29:15).
Later we'll go deeper into the instruction contained in that verse.
Parents have traditionally been very present in their children's daily lives. It hasn't been until recently
that teens have been, in many cases and for a lot of the time cut loose. What unhappy results this
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See Church Bombing Acquittals
Aiding Civi
| Rights Proposals _
Baptists
vote end to
color line
PHILADELPHIA
Two minds with but a single
thought?
While northern Baptists
were voting here last week to
open the doors to all clergymen
and laymen, their south-
ern brethren voted in Chicago |;
for an end of resistance to in-
tegration of the races.
The American Baptist Con- |;
vention adopted unanimously
here Friday a resolution that |
says oEach Baptist church
shall choose its minister on the
basis of charaeter and abiltty
without regard to Tacial back-
ground.�
Continuing, the resolution
adopted by the northern Bap-
tists said:
oOur convictions demand that
we speak because we believe
that God has made all men in
His image, and therefore all
men have equal rights. Our
history demands that we speak.
Our fellowship demands that}.
we speak because millions of
colored Americans and other
minority people are not only our
brothers in Jesus Christ, but
are also members of the same
family of Christian faith in Bap-
ust. churches.
¢ ¢ @
oOUR CONSCIENCES de-
mand that we speak, for we
know that alienation from any
of: GodTs people is a sin that
alienates us from Him.
oOur faith demands that we
speak because we believe that
men can be reconciled to eacn
other as they are reconciled to
God through faith in Jesus
Christ.
oBecause we accept these
(Continued on Page 2)
King and Nixon
meeton June 13
WASHINGTON " Vice Pres-
ident Richard M. Nixon has
mapped plans to discuss racial4
problems with the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. on June 13 in
a conference here, Dr King
announced in Mortgomery last
week.
Arrangements have. already
been made for the confab be-
tween the noted Motgomery,
Ala., bus boycott leader and
the Vice President. :
The Rev. Mr. King met Nixon
in Africa last March during
Ghana's independence day cele-
brations und suggested a discus-
sion on violence against colored
Americans in the South.
Nixon reportedly agreed to a
discussion on June 13.
tion of Colored WomenT
Mayor H. R. Nichols, of Longview,
Association's
community clean-up program. The
Washington, on the
competition, es
CONGRATULATIONS ° are extended "
to Mrs. Irene McCoy Gaines, national
president of the National Associa-
tion with
s Clubs by
in conjunc-
the Sears-Roebuck Foun-
dation, was climaxed with a dinner
at Association House, Saturday night.
Others shown from left to right are
Congressman Russell Mack and Har-
ry N. Osgood, of the Sears-Roebuck
Foundation.
~Dixie cry of
jury right
dealt blow
BULLETIN
| evidence supplied Memorial
Day by twe bombing suspectsT
acquittaf, in Montgomery,
~Ala, that. no southern jury
~will coavict white men for
crimes committted against
colored ~people, the Senate
_dudictary. Committee, Mon-
oday, ampnded the civil rights
j bill ~te guarantes the right of
| trial by jury te persons whe
~have beer. charged with con-
~tempt of. court in injunction
, " CourtTs rvling.
~WASHINGTON "The acquit:
tal by an all-white jury of two
;| confessed bombers of a Mént-
gomery church will definietly
help Congressional advocates
of civil rights legislation.
That wae the opinion shared
not only by NAACP Secretary
and Senate this week.
For one thing, the Alabama
case snatches the rug from un-
der Southerners, who have
Johnson warns
of bell amidst
heaven, hellT
oWe aren't going to know]
anything about the war until
we get on the elevator and ring
the oell between heaven and
hell.�
So warned Dr. Mordecai W.
Johnson, president of Howard |
University, in the event Sof
atomic war, He made the|
warning Sunday while deliver.
ing the baccalaureate address
on the Howard campus.
oWe won't know because our
government doesn't tell us that |
we have put these weapons in
such a place that we have no
power to determine when they
shall be eo Dr. Johnson
said.
He spoke to 555 graduates
and some 3,000 visitors in the
open air before Frederick:
Douglass Memorial Hall.
oWe hdve delivered our-
selves into the hands of one
man,� he said by way of dis-
counting any act of Congress
(Continued on Page 2)
~By EDWARD PEEKS
The dead. canTt harm you.
The speaker was Bishop C.
Greensboro, N.C.: |
oIn my opinion, Father Di-
vine is dead and has been for
| several years.�
| He was further quoted as say-.
|ing the Divine group at head-
quarters in Philadelphia o is us-
oT donTt talk about the dead. |
A
lot of peoplé are dead, but they
havenTt been buried yet. See?�
iM, (Daddy) Grace in the Grace
|Family Home, No. 11 LoganT for a Memorial Day meeting at ,
~Cir, NW, on Memorial Day, | the House of Prayer, 1700. block
when asked about his statement Seventh St.,
_| that Father Divine is dead,
Daddy Grace was quoted last ~for Daddy in the dining
week as telling an audience in
ing somebody else's voice� on
} Von'ttalk about
the dead "Grace�"�
tape~at feasts and gatherings to |
conceal the death, of the lead-
er called God by his followers.
e @:-h ° ;
Thursday over his dinner in the
family dining room. He return-
ed here from his Southern tour
NW.
An elaborate reception ala
a dozen young girls and misses,
half of them in blue and white
uniforms. They helped him
conduct the interview.
oPut it down like Dad-
gray blouse urged the reporter,
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Pleads guilty fo
Butler's vote helps
cripple civil rights
By LOUIS LAUTIER
WASHINGTON (NNPA) "
Forgetting pledges to Mary-
land constituents, Sen. John M.
Butler (R., Md.) Monday voted
with Mississippi's Sen. James |d
O, Eastland to saddle the civil
rights bill with a crippling
oright of jury trial� amend-
ment.
The vote in the Senate Judi-
clary Committee was 7 to 3 to
substitute she jury. amendment
for a oright to work� amend-
ment offered earlier by Sen.
other members of the commit-
tee was interpreted to mean
they did not , belleve in, the | oy.
right to vote provisions of the
panne 5.7
* i td ee! aa
I he ? Carty
"? A
~ epposine ~Ta ,
wey Ens et
was given added sybstance by
the flagrant action of an all-
white Alabama jury in freeing
two confessed bombers of a~
Montgomery chureh on Thurs-
ay.
In addition . to. Butler and
Eastland, other Senators who
supported the move to make
the civil rights -bill virtually
meaningless were: :
Sens. Estes :Kefauver (D.,
Tenn.) Olin Johnstoh (D., C.)
Sam Ervin (D., N.C.) author
of the amendnient; John Me-
hg Ark.) aud » Joseph
ahoney f Wye)
and
.
embezzlement
fore Judge Burnita §
morning.
Smith of 1139 Oates St.,
on three counts of an ind
embezzlement, larceny
first count.
$952
ingchecks and money whic
he was to deposit for
tution with
eorgia Ave.
ernment of
seai's
who ia
Willie J. Smith, 25, pleaded
guilty to embezzlement of $952
on a three-count inaictnet bee
at-
thews in District Court Monday
NEF
withdrew a plea of not guilty
¢ a
ment which charged him with
after
trust, and grand larceny, and
entered a plea of guilty on the
SMITH IS * recused of taking
e Pro-
Smith hdd made plans of resti-
f br. Neary R. Peters,
tena of larceny aietline
oe al
another said,
about. his shoulders,
truth,� the girls choroused.
se @ @
THE ~TEASING lookT dissolv. | �"�
(Continued on Page 2).
He was surrounded by narly
oDon't twist it-a cound,�
Daddy turned to them and
winked, his gray hair flowing
oThese
hewspaper people are a mess.T
oSweet Daddy Grace, it's the
ed on Daddy's bronze-colored
been arguing the Eisenhower
bill wou eny the right of
trial by jury. \
The action of the Montgom-
ery jury makes it fairly clear
that Southern white juries find,
it impossible to be guidéd by |
the law and evidence in cases
canTt get justice in jury trials:
involving bombing and murder, |
they will not get justice in jury:
trials involving denials of the
right to vote,� Mr. Wilkins
DADDY GRACE spoke ~Pointed out.
oIt is thig kind pf justice,
(Continued on Page 2)
Bomb case jurors
MONTGOMERY, Ala, " Fol-
lowing are the names and oc-
cupations Of the jurors who
freed two Klansmen on Memor-
ial Day of charges of bombin
the Hutchinson Street Baptist
Church, Jan. 10.
oPeter B. Mastin, oe silt:
dy Grace says,� a girl in a'man, foreman; Jack C
thews, clerk; Peter Co oly,
machinist; Robert M. Dent,
sdtesman; Ingram B.. Comil-
lion, service station operator;
David B. Gorrie, lumber. busi-
ness: officer; John H. Haardt,
real estate dealer;
state department of agriculture;
Styles Murrell, farmer; Donald
M, ~Parker, service station own-
er; L..C. Parker, merchant;
and Robert W. Wooltolk, sales-
man,
me, says
By LOUIS LAUTIER
aah goat to 5 cea
ieee a
sownel
, ny ~i Nee Sed fre ase Pap ge rts heverd sie wow
i wied he sg ~ ® e a ) ro
oWASHINGTON (NNPA) "
amendmentT which Southerners
intend to offer to the civil
Beer of the drug store on/rights bill in the douse.
~Ia # fyndjcatdd column. writ:
ten for * Souther newspapers
Pearson misquoted
Roosevelt
Souther, View regarding ~trial
wth Ms suhere. view� is that
ae Pasrmaey ieee tle pete es say saidT Ded civil sights billie
was emplo ere las hi ay: 48 raw J. dpe ' "
His ~atjorney, Willian . 5. Peirven had misinterpreted | jheir jeter apa q joy trig a
Thompson, tok othe court that} his "views on ~the trial by jury |.
A KRY, i te abe
AdmisistxationTs pill a theT pro-
ris ek soe |
of offter civil rights.
Vital to the '
' -WASHINGTON " Despite
cases involving interference
regarding -� o
fe conform te the Su-
~William B. Kessler, examiner ||
ae to | eam
ye
Fs Cae 04
Warr Mee
hos
'tack that he will leave
oThe Rev.
will not preach. His con
not serious,TT one of th
the AFRO late Monda
noon.
The 48-year-old Pow
where the racial question is aj stricken - while detivering a
~sermon made famous
~father almost twenty years ago.
oIF COLORED. (PEOPLE: According to plan Powell Was
~to have spoken on
- REP. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
By LOUIS E. LOMAX
NEW YORK " Adam Clay-'
Roy Wilkins, but man leaders ton Powell Jr., has recovered | The sermon emphasizes the
of both parties in the House sufficiently from his heart at-' freedom of prayer, decency, him oin private.�
ter-politicianTs top aides told
~Hubby says
~slain wife
shot him
George Ruth, gas station pp-
erator, accused of shooting to
death his common-law wife last
August 22, took the stand in
his own defense, Monday, and
shouted, ~I didnTt shoot Ethel,
.. I didnTt shoot myself.�
With his left arm and fing-
= |ers in a cast and braces, Ruth,
Sutfors heart attack in pulpit
It to ~leave
al for rest
| Rights Not DeniedT at both
{the 10 a.m. and noon services.
the hos- and integrity, and comes to a,
~that the ultimate freedoms of!
es # 8
-be in the pulpit Sunday, but
dition ig | JUST BEFORE entering the
e minis-' Pulpit for the earlier service
the Rev.
y after- |
~147, denied that he shot Mrs.
Ethel Worlds and then attempt-
ed to take his own life with a
12-guage shotgun in an early
morning fraca®
The shootmg of Mrs. Worlds
allegedly took place at 612 T
St., NW. shortly after Ruth
closed his gas station at Fla.
Ave. and T St., and went to bed
in their joint living quarters.
THE GOVERNMENT is
pressing charges of second de-
gree murder, for which, if con-
victed, Ruth could get life im-
prisonment.
RuthTs defense is that the
shooting of Mrs. Worlds was
accidental and resulted from
his trying to wrestle the gun
| from herTafter she shot him.
It was -in the interest of this
argument that Ruth took the.
stand Monday morning haf
tdge Burnita Sw
| Ristriet Court. - ad
, obs ORD a ee)
THIS WAS Ruth's gtory® we
Ulysses Grant, husband °-
Mrs. Worlds before-she &
Ruth began their commonlay
relationship oclose to thr
years ago,� came to the room
ing house at 612 T St, NWe
shortly after Ruth closed the
station for the night.
Grant, Ruth said, asked him
1. |
and Mrs. Worlds to talk. with
He said Grant told him that
pital Tuesday and spend sever- Climax with the proposition }. had heard that they were
al days of rest in seclusion.
Mr. Powell wil] | the mind are available to al
not getting, along and that he
| wanted to help them get things
straight.
T
e®¢ ¢
RUTH REJECTED Grant's
Mr. Powell told an! assistance, and went upstairs
~assistant, the Rev. O. D. Demp-'to bed without any argument,
~sey, that he did not feel well | Mrs, Worlds followed him, and
and asked the younger cleric :
to assume the pulpit.
The Rev. Mr. Powell remain-
ed in his office during the serv-
ice but did receive several
Close church associates and:
told the chairman of the dea-
ell was
by his.
oSome '
28th trafficde
died at D.C. General
Sunday morning,
28th District traffic fat
the year.
on the morning of Ma
for a lacerated left .ey
*\fractured right khee
Man, 82, becomes
He was admitted and treated
General, and was pronounced:
dead early Sunday morning.
~con board that he felt
and worn.T
| year-old son of the controversi-
ial Powell and Concert Pianist
| Hazel Scott, attended the 10
|a.m. service and did not know -
ath
An 82-year-old motorist who that his father was ill.
Hospital Some 2,000 persons attended
became the the noon service and had no
ality forT inkltng ~that Powell was ill.
About midway his sermon Pow-
Thomas Smith, of 26 L St. la becaine il¥ and brought his
NW, colliedT with the garage to: message to an abrupt ending.
the new-WomenTs Bureau in the} He then summoned the Rev.
8 rear of 1016 N, Capito}
St., NW;
a Mr. Dempsey wha concluded
y
the.service. The Rev. Mr. Pow-
ell left the pulpit under his own
power and was taken to the
New ~York Hospital, Cornell
(Continued on Page 2)
e and a
at D.C.
to
Adam Clayton Powell 3d, 10.
Grant left, the house.
Upstairs, Ruth said, Mra.
~Worlds asked him, oGeorge, pa |
~want to ask you something.
Did you pay any attention
'Grant?�T
oNo,� Ruth said he answee
otired | eq, then undressed and
bed. »
Mrs. Worlds did not undre&s
(Continued on Page 2) d
Gifts to NAACP :
still deductible
NEW YORK " Contributions
made to the NAACP Educa-
tional and Legal Defense Fund:
Inc., are still deductible for tax
purposes, Thurgood Marshall, °
its director-counsel, told the
AFRO Saturday.
A podket magazine last week
erroneously reported from
~(Continued on Page 2)
The Happiest
ert, Samuel Hasson, 14,
of a Laamleol reigned.
as class pres
tegrated Longfellow
ceremony May 30 and
$10. .
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from »
aye
bs ~ mee t sgeah
SAN ANTONIO; Texas"Rob-
dent at newly in-
HighT School, but served ' as| voted
chairman of. the graduating
ed the welcome address, Thé
school has four colored ~stu-' will be chosen without regard
dents odt of an enrollment of
TALLAHASSEE, PlanPout
tlef the five -bille designed ¢
4 ey New York's Chu
News Of The. Week |
his Congressional Gaties. for
more than a month, �
PHILADELPHIA ~ te
American Baptist . Convention
unani Friday te
end racial discrimination in its
6,300 member churches, ~Hence.
forth ministers and members
the son
not only
Junior
deliver-
to race of national
. SAN. ANTONIO ~The best
the NAACP were tert. spellers Emerepn Junier Hi
[eae 9 at the | schoolT here is .Menigiy lliaa-
, Thé only ene passed ex. | bettr ~Adams, 12, who: Wants to
the life ~of a special| be A singer. She won the school}:
tive, investigating com- championship. 1 The s¢ =
two years. twas this 19 other colored . pupils:
mittee which framed the | Monica ont of an. cnligient of
discarded proposals, = 600. 5 .
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released rie
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NEW YORK"The NAACPT
Educational and Legal Fund
Inc, has not lost. its tax
emption status, as. ois
reported last week by
ti magazine, Thurgood
its director - counsel af
in, outed the AFRO Saturday, *-°
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