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Sharecroppers' son fi
its to reclaim his name
By LaWanda Johnson "_ and married three years ago, - =| came one day and took her." Sept. 25, 1918, and his brother
AFRO Assisstan for he confided. in her. ome Stoddard was 18 months old chose Sept. 16, 1912,Stoddard's
Without a birth certificate you
cannot go to school, get a pass-
Port or join the military,
Without a birth certiffcate,
you cannot prove who you are,
how old you are or where you
came from.
And you cannot retire without
benefits. oo,
David Stoddard, 86, has
known this kind of uncertainty
all his life.
Sitting on the back porch of
oHe would say, Alice, I don't
know who I am," she said. -"It
would break my heart,"
When the two were given a
honeymoon cruise that required
birth certificates, it was the fi-
nal push that she needed to un-
cover her husband's identity.
Using her husband's oral his-
tory as a guide, Alice Stoddard
learned that during the time of
her husband's birth in South
Carolina, African Americans
when his mother's brother ar-
rived to retrieve him and his
then 4-year-old brother. Both
were too young to tell their un-
cle, Judge Stoddard and his
barren wife, Maggie, what their
names were and how old they
were. The Stoddards made up
names for their little charges,
and David remembers that
Hoover was president.
A little over a decade later
found the boys homeless again.
brother, Willie, decided to take
advantage of Roosevelt's
Civilian Conservation Corps
under the Emergency .
Employment Act. The corps
provided employment and voca-
tional training for unemployed
youths and, to a lesser extent,
for war veterans and Indians,
through conservation and natu-
ral resources development
work..It also provided money
. for Willie Stoddard to send for
were the offspring of slaves. It was during the Great his brother's support, "
his home in Fredericksburg, . They were mainiy poor, unedu- ression, according to "Willie left David behind be-
Va., Stoddard looks down at his cated sharecroppers. Stoddard, when his aunt and cause he was too young to en-
stepchildren and grandchildren "Sharecroppers never broke uncle died within a few years of _list," said Alice Stoddard.
while absently stroking the even with the landowners," said each other.Stoddard said he David Stoddard, hoping to fi-
-head of his dog, Mariah. Ms. Stoddard, 65, who knew stayed alive by eating roots, nally go to school and escape
Though partially disabled by a life as a sharecropper in North herbs and berries out of the the poverty and violence
stroke he suffered two years Carolina. oThey really were still woods, and the generosity of against Blacks in the South,
ago, Stoddard smiles a toothless Slaves." . people like Mrs. Patterson. hopped a freight train to
grin and talks about his life In 1915, death and birth re- "Me and some other boys use Washington. _ ..
and growing up in South cords were just beginning to be- to go to Mrs. Patterson's house Everybody was thinking that
Carolina when Hoover was come a reality, and wait for food," he said. the North was the place to go,
president. How he met his fa- "Once they stopped register- "She worked at a hotel and she said Alice Stoddard. =
ther, Will Barksdale only once. ing us with their livestock, then would bring home the leftovers Everybody wanted to get out T of
He remembers walking through | _Ahey just didn't register us at to feed children who didn't the South. a ,
town with his father. wa all; �. she. said. have no family." Stoddard said Eventually, David and Willie
Stoddard's wife, Alice, helps David Stoddard says he was they would all gather outside Stoddard were reunited in the
to fill in the blanks. She says the third child of Lillian : her back door. This act would District and together embarked
she has heard his story a thou- Stoddard and Will Barksdale, . . . lead to trouble. upon what turned out to be a
sand times. . and was born around 1916, just Department of Health. in 1918, at age 35, of bronchial "One day the sheriff came and lifelong quest to prove their
"He remembered much more one year after the. government According to death records pneumonia during the influenza _said we stole a car," said identities. He lived in the
before the stroke," she said. began to keep track of the obtained from, the South epidemic; Woodrow Wilson was Stoddard. "We weren't even Distri¢t until Bill Clinton began
Alice Stoddard said she remem- births and deaths, according to Carolina Bureats-of Vital president. there. They put us on the chain serving his second term as
bers that when she and her hus-
EFF HERS RUM: VARS ed SH aaa
eae mont
Enpowering Womans Conference 2003. Rev. Smith who
Hilton Hotel. Evangelist Arrington who is the director of
the Greenville County
Statistics, Lillian Stoddard died
organized the womans conference here at the
the Little Willie Center. Photo by Jim Rouse
WCPS Radio Station shown above is the owner of WCPS,
oti
Tarboro, NC. JJ Johnson and staff, and commu-
"His mother was a sharecrop-
per on the same plantation that
her parents and their parents
paren Meir pare
-~ofh NAG. Deen. slaves, � said. Alice
Se d. © died, no-
�,� a. When : :
body even. knew the children's
tarded and David said the state
gshington AFRO,
on S
arecroppers' son fights to re-
claim his name."
The story was about David
Stoddard, $4 who was born in
a small town in rural South
Carolina at a time when the
state was just beginning to is-
sue birth certificates to African
gang for 30 days." Stoddard
said they dug ditches and cut
leaves. He remembers Roosevelt
Was president, oes
The boys Had up birthdays
cards to get a job. David chose
Dobbs-Farmer was able to con-
. firm that Willie and David were
in fact the sons of Lillie
Stoddard, but things changed
from that point on.
Lillie Stoddard died on
December 11, 1918, apparently
just months after giving birth to
David. The birth certificate un-
president,
David Stoddard had taught
himself how to read and write
over the years, but was never
able-to find anyone willing to
when it �,� necessary, un-, invest the time it would take to
hames or when they were.born. der President Roosevelt's New untangle his past. He relied
They had a sister who was re- Deal, to obtain Social Security heavily on his ability to remem-
ber every detail of his past,
AFRO reader helps sharecropper's
Son discover his lost past
By LaWanda Johnson brother, Willie, knew they were "It was not ungommon for peo-
AFRO Assistant Editor the children of a sharecropper ple to name children after peo-
Darlene Dobbs-Farmer, a sys- named Lillie Stoddard, who ple they knew," said Dobbs-
tems programmer with the died during the influenza epi- Farmer,
Pentagon, was wandering 7 demic. With Dobbs-Farmer's After being sure she had found
around trying to find something help, the Stoddards were able to the information, Dobbs-Farmer
_to eat when she saw the head- fill in the blanks of David called the AFRO and was put
line on the June 7 issue of the Stoddard's life. in touch with the Stoddards,
"What they have is a. prepon-
derance of evidence," said
Dobbs-Farmer. Evidence that
will prove that David Stoddard
was in fact 62 years old when
he initially applied for his
Social Security and was denied.
He was told that he was born in
20, now proven to be two
Americans. Raised by an uncle covered by a zealous clerk, years after his mother's death.
and given a new name, Jeanette Grayson, at the The Stoddards were elated.
Stoddard and his wife had em- Department of Vital Records in "Oh, my God," said Alice
barked on a quest to recover his South Carolina, belonged to Stoddard. "When she told me
true identity.
Dobbs-Farmer was immediately
intrigued. A genealogist re-
searcher by hobby, Dobbs-
Farmer took the newspaper to
her desk and went to work. She
soon hit her mark.
"I read the article," she said.
"Then I read the article again
and highlighted certain infor-
mation. Then | proceeded to
ut David's life together,"
bs-Farmer said it took her
an hour. "I realized I was on
the right track from the infor-
mation | found in the AFRO,"
she said.
With the help of the 1920
Census Report, she was able'to
find 3-year-old Willis Barksdale
and his 18-month-old brother,
listed on the report as "Baby"
Barksdale, living on Dials Road
Willie Stoddard. Dobbs-Farmer
says her work in methodical.
"I start with the present and
work backwards," she said.
"And you have to know the
laws of the state. South
Carolina is an interesting
state."She said that while doing
research for another family, she
was able to uncover some star-
tling information; she found
that some kind of forced labor
was going on even after the
Civil War. "I'm just a person
who is interested in history."
With the help of the Census
Report that contained informa-
tion supplied by David
Stoddard's grandmother, Cindie
Stoddard, Dobbs-Farmer found
that David and his brother were
living with their uncle, Mack,
and his wife, Lillian. The cou-
about what she had found, the
hair stood up on the back of my
neck. We had almost given up
hope. I never guessed this
much information could be
found."
And David Stoddard can't stop
smiling.
"Thanks to Darlene, he has a
life and a history, " said Alice
Stoddard. "You can't put a price
on that."
Dobbs-Farmer was even able to
tell David Stoddard that his
mother was buried in Mt.
Carmel.Cemetery, "We will
visit her grave this summer,"
said Alice Stoddard,
"The whole thing is Just mind-
blowing to me," said Dobbs-
Farmer, who has traced her
own family history, Because of
her research, she is one of just
te dio station needs your support, give to your with relatives in Laurens ple, thoughyto be barren, actu- _a few Black members of the
nity ihe ori a helping ont BBQ cookout. The radio station n Pb by sim Rowse County, S.C. ally had two sons, 18-year-old Daughters of the American
local radio station, its your | I sat down and found the in- David and 9-year-old Judge. Revolution. "Anything can be
prmation and I started to won- "David Stoddard wag nace, as done if the right person looks
der why no one else had found j
| made up my mind to fight your. power with: mine. But |
found out | was no.more against you than a grain of sand
against a mountain, because you beat me and then bot-
it," said Dobbs-Farmer, 44, "|
thought because they don't
have a vested interest, they
have nothing to gain by help-
not actually in the home at the
time," said Dobbs-Farmer. "I
checked the 1930 Census
Report and there was no men-
tion of him at all, �
at it."
Dobbs-Farmer, who is on the
Prince William County
Historical Commission, says
she will pursue her master's in
i z ing, " " | | 3 4
tled me up inside my own body and you've been keeping Davi Stoddard u had en Dav Pr Sad at rhe health information manage-
hg to find his true i | ili le, TE Wg! tas
me in jail inside myself ever since. | fer moat of his Iie fie ns Willis Barksdale, became Willi its excting when help some.
7 "Zora Neale Hurston a
i
College
& a - .
Not long ago, the Supreme
ments in Gratz y. Bollinger, a
challenge by.two'White stu- . -
dents denied admission to the
University of Michigan law
school. The rejected applicants
that without affording weight
to membership in the designat-
ed minorities, a small number
of such applicants would be
ted. It argued that failure
of the law school to enroll a
ocritical mass � of minority
groups adversely affects its
therefore, race is a valid con-
sideration for admission.
Several justices, particularly
Antonin Scalia, obviously felt
grades and law school ad
that the admissions policy of
the law school was discrimina-
tory and to justify it, in accor-
dance with established legal
precedents, the university
would have to show a ocom-
pelling interest. � Justice Scalia
suggested that if the diversity
desired by the university is so
ocompelling, � it could accom-
plish it by reducing its admis-
sions s generally. The
university argued that it should
not be confronted with a choice
between having an exceptional:
law school and, at the same
time, a diverse student body.
I have a problem with the
way the argument before the
Supreme Court took place. It
seems to me that both-sides
were acceding, perhaps unin-
tentionally, to the suggestion
college grades and law school
admissions tests are the basis
upon which the strength of
applicants to law schools
depends. It is curious to me
that this assumption seems to
underlie such arguments since,
Black slavery in
"_ : .
ee igh PU fe
RON WALTERS
AFRO File Photo
The recent story of a man,
now 104 years old, out of rural
isi serts that his fami-
ly was still jh slavery in the
1960s. I believe him.
In 1997, there was a story in
the Washington Post by Len _
Cooper, a Black journalist, who
said that he remembered stories
in his own family about people
who were still in slavery in the
South in the 20th century. This
prompted him to go to the
national archives to try to find
some information on this
hunch. He found it in the boxes
of materials on the National
Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People. co
I was shocked when I read �
the story, so I went to the
national archives in Washington
and asked for the NAACP
boxes for 1920-1940. In them |
found letters from Black people
in several places in the South .
saying, in effevt, thar Sey were
still in slave; ,. they were oeing
brutalized, they vould not gel
away and they were not being
paid. In their own words, some
Said that the sharecropper sys-
tem had them in a situation
oworse than slavery. �
Apparently, some of these
Cases were passed on to the
U.S. Justice Department for
igation. Now, the Justice
ment field offices in the
South often functioned in col-
lusion with the racist county
sheriffs who ran the convict-
lease system. Under this Sys-
tem, the sheriffs would charge
a Black person with a crime,
lock him up, and then lease
him out to the nearest planta-
Blackonomics
oin fact, grades and admissions
tests standing alone have not
proven to be good determinants
of success in the practice of
law. Indeed, for the rigitt price,
a number of companies make
money raising the scores of
affluent applicants.
I recall an incident that
try in abject poverty, by his
grandmother without either of
his parents. My classmate -
attended an unremarkable high
school in his small town T and, I
would certainly infer, enjoyed
little or no cultural advantages.
I don Tt know how my
grades and admissions tests.
_ law school in the nation Ts capi-
tal, the person, Black, White or
- Chartreuse, who can do that -
gets my vote.
It Ts interesting that the
strongest defenders of a so-
called neutral selection process
are always those who come out
_ best using it. If the process was ©
It is interesting that the strongest defenders of a
oneutral � selection process are
come out best using it. If the
always the ones who
Process was oneutral, �
why do the winners keep com ing out of the same -
Places? "
7
ccempinlieeizemmamntemenesie ne
occurred one afternoon at my
law school. I was studying in a
classroom a few desks away
from the only other person
present, a Black classmate
whom I had seen but did not
know personally, After a while,
we began chatting and I
learned that he had been raised
in the Appalachian coal coun-
eee : .
scores Compared to those of
my classmate, but I know
which application would have
impressed me more if I was on
the admissions committee.
Compared to his, my childhood
was a cakewalk. Whatever it
takes for someone to go from
an impoverished, parentless
Appalachian background to
, ene el
as oneutral � as some suggest,
why do the winners keep com-
ing out of the same places?
Why does someone whose per-
sonal accomplishments are
truly amazing need to do more
than show those accomplish-
ments to convince others that
he deserves a place at a law
school?
the 20th century? "
tion owner, who would often
put the prisoner. back in slavery,
legal slavery. By the way, this
iS permitted in the 13th
Amendment to the
Constitution, which outlawed
slavery oexcept as punishment
for crime whereof the party
shall have been duly convict-
ed. �
Cooper says that the last case
he found was in 1950. So, the
fact that some Blacks were still
in Slavery in the 1960s is not
far-fetched.
This means that in some
areas in the South in the 20th
century, even during the civil
rights movement, Whites were
still practicing slavery, because
can Tt instantly stop a practice
that existed for 246 years, from
1619 to 1865. It takes a long
time. And so it did with slav-
ery.
I can Tt help wondering how
widespread this was. When did
slavery actually end and how
many people can say that they
know where people were kept
We have to stop this lie that oslavery ended in 1865 � __
that so many people are tellin
ignorant of the facts.
g just because they are
missions tests
In the end, both sides of the
affirmative action debate face a -
dilemma. If we want to consid-
er people in all their fullness
for opportunities like a chance
to go to law school, it Ts impos-
sible to do that without discre-
tion in the selections process.
On the other hand, it is precise-
ly the existence of discretior,
that makes discrimination pos-
sible. I want.admissions com-
Mittees to be able to consider
the special qualities of people,
like my classmate, not because
he is Black, but because of.
what he has done with his life. -
Since I don Tt believe in the
existence of oneutral � admis-
sions criteria, I would rather
take a chance on what the
University of Michigan is try-
ing to do.
James M. Kramon, a
Baltimore attorney, is author of
oYou Don Tt Need a Lawyer, �
oSmart Business for
Contractors, � and over 50 arti-
cles dealing with legal issues.
lawsuits against the govern-
ment or private corporations. In
many Cases, the evidence rests
on the experience of our old
timers. Will more of them now
come forward to tell their
story?
_ A modern corrective on this
story is important because the
lie that slavery ended 138 years
ago is being used by opponents
of reparations and in general by
conservatives to block this
_ movement. But Blacks them-
_ Selves need to know that the
In any ause, the Justice
Department did investigate and
indict some slavers in the 20th
century To find is, you have w&
look in another set df 4
the Justide 4 me
1950, whete the files are
labeled oSlavery/Peonage. �
The last case that I saw was
the prosecution and sentencing
of the Dial brothers, who ran a
plantation 35 miles outside
Birmingham. Ala., and kept
Blacks in slavery in 1946. Len
if one oF two cases were dis-
covered, you can be sure there
were many others that were
nots But even this mild-evi- .
gedence also says that. we haveito-..
oStop this lie that oslavery ended �
in 1865 � that so many people ***
are telling, just because they
are ignorant of the facts.
Legal slavery might have
ended, but if you can enslave
Blacks legally by criminalizing
them, when did that end?
Common sense says that you
_ of this is true and if their sto-
4,
in slavery in 20th century
America? We need to talk to
our old timers to see how much
tivs-Cai, be substantiated in-vare...
ious localities. a
Some of the organizations
working on African-American
reparations, such as the
National Coalition for Blacks
for Reparations in America, or
the Famer-Pellman group, or
the Reparations Coordinating
Committee, have developed
link between slavery and their
lives in 2003 is much closer
than they think. If true, and it
is, how does that explain the
life circumstances of many
employment skills,-education .
_ Blacks with respect to wealth,
Ron Walters is a distin-
guished leadership scholar,
director of the African
American Leadership Institute
and professor of government
and politics at the University of
Maryland-College Park.
We have been programmed by programs
JAMES CLINGMAN .
NNPA News Service
Have you noticed every
time a problem arises between
African Americans and othe
establishment, � the usual result
is another program for Black
folks? Have you also noticed
that the programs we get usu-
ally result in economic
progress for the establishment?
Have you ever wondered why
we accept oprograms � as the
solutions to our problems, all
the while standing on the side-
lines and watching othe estab-
lishment � get progress in their
efforts to ohelp � us?
Well, I have noticed these
and other Black strategies
being implemented over the
years, and I have come to the
conclusion that we have,
indeed, been programmed by
programs
Let's look at some exam-
Ples, but first let me clarify
what I mean by othe establish-
ment. � It comprises members
of our local societies who
always seem to oget the call �
or come to the rescue when a
socially oriented problem
needs to be solved. They can
be Black, White or otherwise,
but they are considered osafe �
by those who really run the
show.
The two factions get togeth-
er and make the plans, which
more often than not result in
new (and sometimes old) pro-
grams for the rabble-rousing,
dissatisfied, angry Black folks.
But those who make the plans
are the ones who get real eco-
nomic progress. They get the
high-level positions; they get
the consultant contracts; they
get access to the funds allocat-
ed to set up the programs; they
get development rights to build
mor housing,
cy get progress; we get
programs.
And check this out. Even
when we get our programs,
such as affirmative action, set-
asides and the like, othey �
develop ways to get in on that
action as well. For instance,
ed White women more than
any other group. Hey, wasn Tt
that oprogram � developed in
response to past injustices
against Black people?
Changing the names of
those programs to owomen
business enterprise, � ominority
business enterprise � and
osmall business enterprise �
programs soon compromised
some of the set-aside pro-
grams, again originally desig-
nated for Black folks,
The result? Black business.
es, for which the programs are
written, get lost in massive
ocertification � paperwork - can
you imagine having to ocerti-
fy � your Blackness in order to
gel a portion of the meager
percentages set aside for all of
these groups? - and end.up, if
they are lucky, getting the
We have been programmed
mesmerized by programs,
put to sleep by programs,
of the 70 percent and even
some @f the 30 percent. They
get ord press we get programs.
We have been programmed
to believe that all we need is
vil program and things
will be just fine. We have fall-
en forithe ruse of corporate -
greed shrouded in a cloak of
Why do we keep buying the
same old song and dance?
Why do we keep allowing oth-
ers to play us that way? How
can we look at ourselves in the
mirror and not see the sad eyes
of our children who long for a
better world? How can we not
hear the desperate cries of our
by programs, Ss
hypnotized by programs,
and we are being
killed - literally and fit uratively - by programs that
put millions into the
crumbs that fall off the set-
aside biscuit.
To make it even Worse,
, White males get the lion's
affirmative action has benefit- »
share of the resources, without
having to certify they iire
White, and because they are
married to and are the fathers
of White females, they get in
on the WBE action as well.
In my hometown, White
males can now also get in on
the city Ts 30 percent osmall
business � set-aside program
because of its orace-neutral �
criterion and its increase in the
net worth ceiling of an indi-
vidual small business owner
from $325,000 to $750,000.
Thus, White males get the all
largegs toward Black people.
We hive accepted politicians
_ who pretend they are working
to oI@vel the playing field, � all
the while advancing them-
selves and forgetting about
thos@ upon whose shoulders
they ftand. We have been pro-
grammed by programs, mes-
merifed by programs, hypno-
tized by programs, put to sleep
by pfograms, and we are being
killed - literally and figurative-
ly - by programs that put mil-
liong into the pockets of others
and Rave us dangling by a
thin tring hoping there is a
safety net below. That safety
net? Another program, of
couse.
Let Your Opinions Be
v0Ckets of others...
ee I
youth, who are asking us to
stand up as Black men and
women and stop this madness?
How can we sleep at night
when what is happening to our
people is so blatant and overt
that even a child can recognize
it? When are we going to stop
feeding on the Pablum placed
before us, fighting over the
portions, which were original-
ly and entirely meant for
Blacks, only to end up with a
small percentage of the per-
centage designated for
ominorities, � women, and
osmall � business owners?
Programs would be all right
if they did what they were set
Up to do. But we have allowed
them to deviate so far from
their purpose that they have
become nothing more than a
joke - with Black folks being
the punch line. If White
women have been discriminat-
- ed against, they should have a
long talk with their fathers,
uncles and husbands. Blacks
didn Tt have anything to do
with that, so why should
White women share in our
programs? No other minority
has suffered the*horrendous
treatment that Blacks have suf-
fered in this country. So where
did those minority programs
come from? Small businesses,
according to various defini-
tions, can employ hundreds of
Persons, have receipts in the
millions and, as I said earlier,
comprise owners who have a
net worth - not income, but net
worth - of $750,000. How can
Black-owned micro-enterpris-
_ 8 and sole Proprietorships
compete with that, especially
within the same small business
program?
Yes, progratns have pro-
grammed us, and we had bet-
ter start deprogramming our-
selves, right now,
James E. Clingman is an
adjunct professor in the
University of Cincinnati's
African-American Studies
Department.
°
Pg3
tionc
OVERCOMING OUR
PRIDE
Greetings:
I would like to talk to you about
a spirit that is overtaking our
churches today, that spirit is
called pride. It is a Spirit that
~ has been around for a long time
but it is seldom recognized until
it has done some dama e.
Pride is the sin that deceives us.
Its effects are found everywhere.
It is the chief cause of human
strife and tragedy. Pride is the
original sin, committed
Satan resulting in his fall from
heaven, and by Adam and Eve
when they were sent from the
Garden. All other evil can be
traced back to pride.
What is this sin? Pride is an
undue sense of our own superi-
Ority; it is inordinate self.
esteem. It is the raising of our-
selves above others, As a result
of pride, our relationships with
God, with others and with vur-
selves are severely affected.
C.S.Lewis wrote, "Pride always
means enmity -- it is enmity.
And not only between man and
man, but enmity to God..:.A
proud man is always looking
down on things and people:
and, of course, as long as you
are looking down, you cannot
see something that is above
you.... As long as you are .
proud, you cannot know God."
We are God's creation, He-
_Claborately designed us and
brought each of us into being.
In every way God is vastly su-
perior to us. He is infinite; we
are finite. He is righteous; we
have sinned and are unright-
cous. He is wise; we are fool-
ish. When we are proud, we
deliberately choose not to ac-
knowledge God's Lordship in
our lives. Instead, we exalt our
own way of doing things, and
we say to God, "I'll do this my
-. way. Doi't interfere in my
life." But if we do not know
that God is immeasurably supe-
rior to ourselves, then we can-
not know him at all. Pride
alienates us from others. If we
Judge others. If we judge oth-
ers and deem them to be infe-
rior to us, we become cripple in
our ability to relate to them.
Pride wrecks relationships, set-
ting husband against wife, par-
ent against child, friend against
friend, worker against boss. In
our pride we can become iso-
lated and alone. Pride also
wreaks havoc in our own lives,
According to the book of
Proverbs, there is more hope
for the fool than for a proud
person. Indeed, a proud person
is the biggest fool of al? be-
cause pride will bring him low,
leading to his ultimate destruc-
tion. The symptoms of pride
can be likened to those of can-
cer. At first we are unaware of
the cancer, and it grows silently
inside our bodies. Then we.re-
alize that something isn't right.
If we ignore it, the cancer be-
comes a consuming and poten-
tially lethal disease. So it is
with pride. Once we recognize
the symptoms of pride in our
lives, we have two choices: we
can ignore the symptoms and
let pride destroy us, or we can
g0 to God and ask him to show
us the extent of the problem "
and trust him to help us deal
with is. The symptoms of pride
include:
Stealing from God's glory. To
have an honest estimation and
understanding of our God given
gifts and understanding of our
od-given gifts and abilities is
not pride. Such an assessment
is necessary if we are to de-
velop the talents that God-has
invested in us. However, it is a
dangerous form of pride that. -
Causes us to take credit for the
gifts that God has given us.
Self-centeredness. If, in the ex-
ercising of our spiritual gifts
and natural abilities, we ride
over the feelings of others and:
insist on getting our own way,
then we need to reexamine our
se
ree If we are not using our »
a
ilities to bring blessing to
others, then we are misusing
them.
A demanding spirit. The pride
of a demanding person is re-
vealed by his constantly bring-
ing attention to the things that
have not been done for him, -
rather than the things that have
n done. In demanding that
people do things our way, we
are saying, "I am superior to
you. �
Superiority. Pride causes us to
lieve we are more important
than others and to look down
on them. Such haughitiness re-
veals a belief that somehow we
are closer to God or better that
other people because of our
doctrines, actions and intrinsic
worth.
Sarcasm. Caustic comments
may be socially acceptable, but
they have no place in the
Kingdom of God. Sarcasm is a
thinly veiled attempt to impress
people by highlighting the
faults of others in a pseudohu-
morous way. Through sarcasm
we judge and reject people, for-
getting that they too are made
in the image of God.
A Judgmental and critical atti-
tude. Jesus died to make us
one, but criticism divides and
destroys churches. People who
are critical and judgmental have
difficulty seeing the good in.
others and, when they are con-
fronted with it, are quick to ne-
gate it through comparison. In
Judging another person we are
saying, "I can do it better, Why
don't they just move over and
let me do. it? �
Impatience. By being impatient
we signify that our ideas, pro-
jects, programs and schedules
are more important than those
of other people. Many times we
have to wait on others but be-
coming impatient at such times,
regardless of who is at fault, is
never justified. .
, An unteachable spirit. None of
us is above the need for correc-
tion in some area of our lives.
When we are con fronted, do we
listen? Or do we ignore what
that person is telling us? Do
we accept his reproof? Or do .
we become aloof and resentfi|
that he would dare to correct
us? If we can lay aside our
pride, we will benefit from the
insights of many wise and godly
people. However, if we are un-
willing to accept this kind of
correction, we have become un-
teachable.
Self-pity. Self-pity results when
we cling to our hurts, frustra-
tions and disappointments in-
stead of turning our problems
over to the Lord. We do this
because we enjoy. the attention .
that comes when someone feels
sorry for us and because we
think we can do a better job of
dealing with our problems thn
God can.
Is it possible, given the deceitful
human heart and the deceptive
nature of pride; to have victory
over pride? Perhaps our goal
should be not just freedom form
pride but the opposite of pride:
humility. Our focus should be
Christlikeness, the essence of
humility. Our concern then
would be focused not only on
getting rid of something but on
yielding to Christ so that He
can make us like Himself.
We can begin-to define humil-
ity by what it is not. Humility
is not being embarrassed by the
disclosure of our worst sins. It
does not come from being
shamed publicly, Humility is
not a form of self-hatred, nor is
it a low estimate of our gifts
and abilities. It is not aesthetic
withdrawal from the world, and
it is not a mystical experience.
What then is humility?
Humility is dependence on
. Humility is acknowledg-
ing our absolute and total de-
pendence on God, the Creator,
and daily looking to Him as the
one true Source of forgiveness
and mercy, as the One who
gives counsel and direction in
every decision in life. Humility
is a longing in our hearts for a
relationship and communion
"with God. Humility is the will
ingness to be honest with our- �
se
ves and with others, to be
known for who we really are.
We don't need to tell: everyone
everything about ourgelyes, But
we can come to terms With our
fears and failures, and share
them with godly people who
are close to us,
Honesty about our shortcom ings
should be a way of life. For
. example, if we fail to fulfill our
x ep ogele
responsibilities at work, we
should admit that we were
wrong and ask for forgiveness.
If we offend a family member,
we should humble ourselves
and apologize for our insensi-
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is that they are being full mem-
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rate celebrations a way to honor
students. who might otherwise
be overlooked. Earlier this .
month, the house hosted, a 150-
guest celebration for their Asian
graduates, .
Some opponents of affirmative
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many of the nation's colleges
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Populations, those students of:
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centers, they study in separate "
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dining tables and they unwind
at separate parties.
Another leading opponent calls
Separate graduation ceremonies
part of a well-intentioned but
counter-productive approach to
diversity. He says, "These cele-
brations are part of a larger
context of cultural centers,
black orientations, black stud-
ies, black housing. They are
part of an infrastructure of pro-
grams aimed at making stu-
dents feel wicome. * The
problem is that this whole en-
tourage of efforts has formed to
isolate students in cultural ghet-
tos."
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Blacks, it was not good at all, � . July 7, 2003
said Williams. "His problem is [ . . an
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cases we get are about proving August 14, 2003
a date of birth, not an identity. ,
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that we could to find three
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a very active Youth Division's Student-to-Student Mentoring Program, Summer Reading Enrichment Book Competitive salary, bonus Opportunities and an outstanding benefits package
Club and Beat the Streets entrepreneurial ventures. Since the facility also has a full-scale kitchen, a (including paid holidays and vacation, health insurance and a 401(k) program)
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference 619
Albermarle Avenue : :
Mr Bennie Roundtree cree Na Cain 7 Greenville GREENVILLE UTILITIES COMMISSION
Phone( -1785 (25 -4489 | re
I call upon the citizens of Pitt County. to be aware of what you read in the anece T EMP LOYMEN T OPP ORTUN ITY
newspaper. On Thursday June 19,2003 a statement was made by Bennie kK Ut ] ities WATER/SEWER SYSTEMS SUPERINTENDENT
Roundtree concerning the death of Eugene Boseman. One concern that I have PO BOX 1847 Positi ; 5
is it true that Mr. Boseman died from the disease that the autopsy said he had GREENVILLE NC 27835-1847 osition available for person to perform responsible supervisory
or the hands of the police My statement at the beginning of the incident af. and administrative work in the operation and maintenance
ter studying what had happened could have been made by the actions of the _ _ T
police. If they had used in fact the proper procedures in handling mentally ill Inspection and construction of Greenville Utilities water distribution and sewer collection systems. Person
aes ra Be nal ened we though eee will plan, and direct through. subordinate supervisors the work of large and small crews involved in the
blows that were applied to the head and body could have played a role in the death of Mr. Boseman. . installation, operation and repair of water and sewer mains and service connections. Additional
Myself and the concerns of others do believe that we have good police officers on the force,but there are a _
still some bad apples in the bunch and some of them use poor Judament and we ae sense in mak- requirements include administering the flushing Program, designing new programs to meet challenging
decisions. We also believe that police officers should call in back up help with the experience to eg ; oo, .
sup oa them in handling mental pati he The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC ) does needs and coordination with the wees Resources Engineering SET as it relates to job requirements,
strongly support officers in the line of duty to protect the rights of citizens but ee as step Qualified candidates must have a minimum of 10 years experience in the operation and maintenance of
ine of duty and make mistakes it should be steps taken to make them aware of the punishment that . An ; ; ;
ie at ; Pr Yu that the mayor, city council and the police chief will take measurements that will in- public water distribution and wastewater collection systems, Graduation from an accredited high school.
crease the comfort of citizens and make them believe in law officers, At times there have been officers is required with a preference for an Associate's Degree in Civil Engineering or a related field. The selected
who had wrote reports that the public had their doubts about because of wrong doing. | can mention / a .
cases that law officers made mistakes in murdering oo Shear ae an murdered, pee Ke candidate will have a thorough knowledge of methods, procedures, materials and T equipment used in the
incident Bill Murphy was handcuffed, shot and ki y law officers in Ayden. A guy by the . ,
il *P eanut" was shot ad Killed while running down the street when the street was named West construction, operations and maintenance of water and sewer systems. Excellent oral and written
Sth in front of Roscoe Norfleet Dry Cleaners. In conclusion, | am hoping that the community will take | ° communication skills and a basic working knowledge of computers are required. Special requirements
interest in the welfare of others and stand with me and other leaders to do the right things so God will ion ofa valid North Carolina Ci ee oe
be pleased with our right doings and continue to bless each and everyone of us as he always do. include possession of a vali orth Carolina Class A commercial driver's license or ability to obtain within
. six months, a Grade A certification in water distribution, and a Grade IV Certification in wastewater
collections. Applications accepted through July 31, 2003. Salary Range $55,328 - $82,284.
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Pitt Community College has taken to the radio to inform listeners about its programs and
academic opportunities, Pitt Connnunity College Outreach with Ernis Lee airs each
Wednesday from noon until 12:30 p.m., the college announced recently. Lee, director of
outreach for the college, interviews adminstrators and educators about topics from adult
education and job training to financial aid and associate degree programs. "There's a lot of
citizens in Pitt County that do not understand how to use the community college, what it's
for, how they can utilize it to enhance their lives," Lee said. Guests so far have included
A.J Tyson, director of the Job Links center,Michael Bridgers, who discussed disability
services and most recently Congressman Frank Ballance in a dsicussion on community is- |
sues and the loss of jobs in the community. The college has secured a one-year contract
with WOOW to air the weekly show. The station broadcasts on Joy 1340 AM.
Francena Wallace recently graduated
from D. H. Conley High School.
During the Senior Awards Program,
-Francena was awarded the North
Carolina Central Universi Book
Award Scholarship, The Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority Scholarship and the -
N.A.A.C.P. Scholarship.
Francena participated in a number of
organizations in high school but her
greatest joy was the band. During the |
| Band's Parent-Senior Night, she was
awarded trophies for her participation in the Marching Band and
the Symphonic Band. She was one of the students that repre-
sented D. H. Conley in the Pitt County High School Honor Band.
While in the band she played the clarinet, bass clarinet, bells and
xylophone. Francena continues to play the piano on Youth _
Sunday. at her church. Francena plans to attend North Carolina ©
Central University in the fall. She will major in Education with | � «2: ) " " _ " " "
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future plans to attain a degree in Library Science. This summer
Francena will do volunteer work at Pitt County Memorial
Hospital. She has already performed over one hundred hours in
volunteer service, Francena is the daughter of Arthur and Faye
Wallace of Grimesland and the granddaughter of Napoleon and
Catherine Minor of the Edward community.
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knowing the truth sometimes make people uncomfortable. Not
all people want you to know their family history, she said. "They
are surprised at how much you can uncover." _ het
But in Stoddard's case, it has bought only happiness and relief.
"Darlene is going to help-us find out everything, � said Alice ;
Stoddard, who says she cant wail nore tl case to Socia
ity, "Now. they can't deny him h . ,
stim tring to cfiange something, � said Dobbs-Farmer. When
they show Black people, they show the. worst possible thing { at
they can show and that's not always the case. The burden o
Boobs Farmer cad da she will continue to help the Stoddards
find as much information that is available about his familyShe
said, "I had to stop at 1930 because of the privacy act. But we lo
have enough information to prove who he is,
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Division Within the Administration Noted :
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fem t a forum Reld today at the Georgetown University Law School, several retired high-ranking
U.S. military leaders spoke out in favor of affirmative action as an effective tool in defending the nation Ts
national security.
«Citing the oincredible selflessness that is essential to teamwork and cohesion, � former Undersecretary of the
Army Joseph Reeder, pointed to the benefits of integration and the critical component of affirmative action
for p Bate, increasing the number of minorities in the officer ranks.
Organized by the Americans for a Fair Chance, a project of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Education Fund (LCCREF), the forum focused on the history of affirmative action in the military and the
potential consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court Ts pending decision in cases involving admissions to the
University of Michigan and the University Michigan Law School. NOTE: audio and video files available as
of 2:30 pm at www.fairchance.org. oe |
Appearing on the panel, moderated by Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, were Lt. Gen. Julius. W.
Becton, Jr., Adm. Dennis Blair, former Assistant Secretary of the Army Joseph Reeder and attorney Virginia
+ Seitz who was counsel of record on the military amicus brief. Becton, Blair and Reeder were among the
twenty-nine high-ranking military leaders who signed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in-support of
. the University of Michigan.
, EE " " " In introducing the panel, Wade Henderson, LCCREF counsel, said that the oT afens affirmative ac-
" . oa . i isi i i i facing the nation that will a erica Ts instituti
A Heritage Worth Knowing, Owning tion decision was oone of the most important issues facing the nati utions
d E lifyi P ide!" of higher learning, armed forces and businesses. �
and Exemplifying Pride!
Reeder also pointed to the sharp divisions within the Bush administration regarding the administration s
For the Descendants of Blount/Hemby and Perkins/Teel ee brief overruled se that creed General Olsen was opposed to supporting affirmative action in any
| July 4th through 6th 2003 . Dah A WAS over-re © ule House. ,
Hamilton Inn , . Recounting how much the Army had changed, Becton, who also served as President of Prairie View "
Memorial Dr. & Belvoir Highway Greenville,NC 27834 University, reviewed his 40-year military career. He cited segregation in the Army, the racial problems in
the 1960s and 1970s. Today, he said, oas long as there is disproportionate opportunity in K-12, we'll need
. 7 programs like affirmative action to allow minority youngsters to catch up as long as they meet the same
s 5 ae al oka j standards when they graduate, which is what the military academies have done. � .
wail, Who served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, cited the importance of affirmative action
in dealing with race riots and breakdowns in discipline in the Navy. oPart of reason, � he said, owas the lack
of leadership corps that looked like lowest enlisted ranks in the Navy. � In response to a question asked by
Dionne -about the class make-up of the U.S. armed forces, Blair supported some type of universal service for
all, saying osome Americans born on third base and thought they hit a triple. �
In commenting how the military amicus brief was constructed, Seitz stated that affirmative action can be
narrowly tailored and that onobody has done better than the military...it established high standards and that
all candidates meet those standards, they all successfully do it. �
Dionne, whose sister is in the Navy, reserve observed that owherever people stand on issue of affirmative ac-
tion, there is broad and deep consensus about the achievements of armed forces in overcoming racial injus-
tice � and that something all Americans are proud of is that the U.S. military ohas succeeded in promoting
achievement and high performance. �
E.J. Dionne, columnist for The Washington Post and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. .
Lt. Gen, J. W. Becton, Jr. = served in the U.S. Army for almost 40 years; including command of the 1* Cavalry
Division and VII US Corps in Germany, appointed 3" Director of FEMA, Served five years as president of Prairie View
, TF sinha . lined pet ery, wd eat served as Superintendent of the Washington, D.C. Public Schools.
aughter o ral Dennis Blair, retired 4-star, served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command (1999-2002), where he di-
D g f reeman Hemby . Emma ( Parker ) Teel : rected all Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force operations across more than 100 million square miles.
( former slave ) piano player at Fleming Chapel Hon, Joseph R. Reeder, the 14% Under Secretary of the Army (1993-1997), had oversight responsibility for admission
Ca roline Hem by . criteria for the U.S. Military Academy and the ROTC i
i Mi programs at our nation Ts universities, Virginia Seitz, an attorne
with the law firm of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP and Counsel of Record for military amici. ,
1938 Article recognizes former slave
"Freeman Hemby"
PRET Celebrating the Family
ville Colored Man The need exists "oy bring attention y the
biography organization known as the family. It has not been
= | highlighted, as it should. The family is the oldest
institution existing in our society. The today Ts family |
needs to be webbed as tight as it was in the past. There
are many reasons we (the Blount/Hemby and the
Perkins/Teel families) feel that family respect of the
bloodline is seriously needed. We need to know how
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apd Hurricane Floyd forced these families to look at
& wg & ourselves. This look made us realize that our family
oy on ow heritage needs strengthening. Not only did we see the
y erate n tome need to re-enforce the walls of the forty-five homes
cease ye eae. ees attacked by the flood but also attend to the walls of our
ences bloodvessels.
bia wcerras | We located an article published in the chronicles of
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the Daily Reflector of Tuesday, March 29, 1938, After
reading its contents we realized that we have the
strength, courage and wisdom to fortify ourselves. This articles written by Freeman Hemb
captured how he had endured slavery and even lost a part of his body. This ancestor took the
position by saying, "I did not allow this misfortune to inder my progress..." So we knew that
we had whatever it takes to move on.
The descendants of the Blount/Hemby and the Perkins/Teel are coming together during this
Fourth of July holiday to celebrate, We will honor our heritage and renew our love and
kinship. It has been noted that the Blount and Hemby descendants married members of the
Perkins and Teel descendants years ago. And today cupid continues to pull the bow of love
between them.
The newest matrimony occurred with the marriage of Miss Cherry Ann Purvis who is the
granddaughter of Alex or Elliott Blount and Elder Anthony Atkinson who is the grandson of
Efta Perkins Harris. Accordingly to research, the two families remain not to be blood related.
We are currently trying to rebuild our photography collections. And would like to copy
anyone's copy of any photography of any member of our family,
We are particular looking for copies of Frank Perkins, Sr., Jimmie Teel, Freeman Hemby,
Jack Williams, Mamie Foreman and many more. Please call 252-757- 3423 and leave a
message regarding who is in your photograph. Our family is supporting the copying of this
effort and would greatly appreciate everyone's assistance.
Please feel free to join in our celebration and we look forward to eeting friends and
neighbors to share in our joy on Sunday, July 6, 2003 at the J.H. Rose A itorium for worship,
Beginning at 9:30 AM, we will be in praise and worship with family a member who has
become professional singers. At 11 o'clock AM the ministers of the family will unite in a *
procession for worship.
The reunion committee selected Pastor Tammy Edwards and Pastor Rex Flemings deliver
to the family messages for moral structuring.
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