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WASHINGTON, DC - The-United
tates plans to withdraw about
0,000 troops from Europe and Asia
an a major realignment of American
Military presence prompted by the
end of the Cold Wat and the
ee Peginning of the "war on teizorism",
ie US officials said on Saturday.
President George Bush will unveil
the move to make the high-tech
military much more mobile in a
speech on Monday to the Veterans
of Foreign Wars in Cincinnati, Ohio,
ee said the officials.
F "The president is going to make
=) 2 announcement about a major
|] initiative to reduce the burden on
_ They confirmed a report in the
Financial Times of a total shift of at
Fie) least 70,000 troops from overseas to
|) home bases. The British newspaper,
citing people briefed on the plan,
By Njuguna Kabugi AllnewsNet Wire
Saying that freer trade pro-motes
ecoriomic growth and political stability,
President George Bush today signed into
law a bill that his administration hopes
_ will improve African economies by pivi
couhiines-dutystree access to 1,S, matkers,
By Barry Schweid -
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State
Colin Powell, a Republican centrist who
is popular with moderate voters, intends
to skip the GOP convention in New
York that will nominate President Bush
for a second term.
"The secretary does not plan to attend,"
State Department deputy spokesman
Adam Ereli said Tuesday. He drew
attention to Powell's remarks last week:
at a convention of minority journalists
that he was obliged as secretary not to
take part in "parochial debate."
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| GREENVILLE, NC- Golden Asro
Frinks - a flamboyant civil rights
activist who resided in Edenton NC,
was called home to rest Monday July
19, 2004 at the age of 84. Golden
| built a reputation for walking and
| marching protests, leaving indelible
footprints all over Eastern North
Carolina and the South. Friends and
followers celebrated his jouthey
through life during, a three hour
funeral Saturday July 24, 2004 at John
} A. Holmes. High School, as they
reflected on Frinks T contributions to
ithe oMovement �.
Golden Frinks was the tenth
child of the eleven children born to
Mark and Kizzie Frinks in Horry
County, SC on April 26, 1920. The
family moved to Tabor City, NC
when Golden was very young, He
as always a bit different from his
siblings, wanting to know a little more,
Golden Asro Frinks...
FROM THE M-VOICE PHOTO ARCHIVES: Pictured with Golden |
| Frinks is Attorney Robert L. White, left, and on the right Attorneys Toby |
| Fitch and G.K. Butterfield This picture was taken during the Hetitage
| Festival sponsored by the. North Carolina Black Caucus during Family Day |
| in Raliegh several years years ago. All of the above men pictured above have |
| been cival rights activists for many years. Photo: Jim Rouse |
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said two-thirds of the reductions
would be made in Europe, mostly
in Germany.
"Germany is definitely a place
where there will be a major
rearrangement," one US official
said of plans to bring two big
armoured units back to the United
States from there.
The Washington Post reported
on Saturday that as many as
100,000 US troops could eventually
be returned to the United States as
the realignment evolved in years
ahead.
Pentagon officials have been
carefully studying US commitments
US forces adopted in the Cold War
and make the American military
more mobile in the new war on
terrorism declared by Bush after
the 2001 attacks on America.
The measure known as the AGOA
Acceleration Act of 2004, a revision of
the African Growth and Opportunity
Act passed in 2000 and signed by
President Clinton extends trade
advantages for many sub-Saharan
spations and was widely. odin
The Republicans gather for the
four-day convention beginning Aug.
30.
With Bush in a close race against
Democratic nominee John Kerry,
Powell's stature with both Republicans
and Democrats who favor a cautious
approach to world problems could be
an asset to the president.
In fact, Powell has defended
Bush's foreign policy in interviews and
speeches, dismissing Kerry's assertions
that the president is inclined to go it
alone in dangerous overseas ventures
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do a little more, and see a little more
than the rest. He had ambition and
exhibited an active and aggressive
nature. Golden also had a ogift of |
gab �. He was swell rounded in
school, acadertically, socially, and
athletically. In fact, while singing in
the school Glee Club was when he
first answered the call to lead,
Golden Ts choir was singing at a local
high school for white students when
he dis¢overed that the stage. had
curtains ~ something that his school
did not have. Knowing that his
school deserved the same, he
discussed the curtain issue with his
mother. She immediately sent him
to the hardware store for fabric and
then proceeded to make a curtain for
his school as well. That incident
foreshadowed o life Ts work ~ the
struggle for equality for all.
Rinnie oTinks worked for. a
wealthy family in Tabor City and the
aw
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» There are currently more than
100,000 American troops in Europe,
including about 70,000 in Germany,
and another 100,000 in the
Asia-Pacific region. About 150,000
additional troops are now in Iraq and
will take years t
said one Pentagon
°
"This
complete, �
official, who refused to discuss the
number of troops involved. "It will
onot, it will not, result in any reduced
commitment to our friends and
allies. Wherever people go down,
- weapons and technology will more
than make up the difference."
A senior administration
official travelling with Bush in
Portland, Oregon, said the
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week how the United States will
structure its military capabilities to
meet the threats of the 21st
century with new technologies and
new capabilities."
"It's important not that our
military posture reflect the Cold
War but the new threats of the
21st century," said the senior
official.
Washington and Seoul
announced earlier this year that the
United States was removing about
12,500 of the 37,000 troops
stationed in South Korea _ for
decades and sending many of them
to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan.
One US official said on Saturday,
however, some of those troops
realignment includes plans to use
bases in Eastern European
countries of the former Soviet bloc
as transit points to quickly send
forces from the United States to
. both the Senate and thé House of
Representatives.
"One way to spread peace is to
encourage political T and economic
reform across Africa by opening
markets-here," Bush said in a si
Powell won't attend Republican convention
and favors pre-emptive action.
.__ Kerry has placed special emphasis
on consulting with allies and other
foreign governments. He has faulted
Bush on the war with Iraq, saying the
president's approach alienated Arab
-and European governments.
In response, Powell told Unity:
Journalists of Color Convention last
Thursday that Bush took his advice to
onot act unilaterally" and made the case
against Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein at the United Nations in
September 2002.
family exposed Golden to many
things to which colored boys did not
have privy, such as horseback riding,
tennis, a wide variety of reading
material, and motivational an
inspirational talks, encouraging hi
to be the best that he could be and
to help his people to make their lives
better. While working as a helper in .
the store owned by a rich white
family in Tabor City, Golden began
to notice the subtle differences that
racism made for Negroes living in
the South.
In 1937 in route to Norfolk, VA
to seek employment, he stopped in
Edenton to visit the daughter of his
former employer in Tabor City. The
Dorsey Pruden family needed a
companion/caretaker for their son
George, to accompany them to Nags
Head. They hired Golden. This was
the planting of Golden Ts roots in
Edenton, NC.
He met friends and became a
friend. He met Mildred Ruth Holley
and before he left to serve in World
War II in 1942, she became his wife.
They became the parents of a
daughter, Goldie Ann Frinks. Their
62 plus year marriage withstood
periods of separation by Army duty,
job assi ts, education pursuits,
civil mghts activities, and jail
sentences for civil disobedience.
The years in the Army, the years that
followed in Washington, DC at the
Schurlar School of Photography,
Youngstown University, and life as a
young Negro male in America gave
itth to the oleader �, oorganizer �
and ochampion for justice �.
Believing T that God has a
specific assignment for each of His
creations ~ Golden Ts assignment was
to ofight for the wa of his
fellowman �. In the 1960's, Golden
Frinks was the most important civil
rights organizer in Eastern NC. The
oEdenton Movement � produced
some of the first civil rights victories
in North Carolina. As an NAACP
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trouble spots. such as the Middle
East and northern Africa.
While tnany soldiers would be
brought home from both Europe
and Asia, sophisticated weaponry,
By Kathy Barks Hoffman, AP
FLINT, Mich. (Aug. 13) - A day-after
Vice President Dick Cheney criticized
John Kerry, Democratic Sen. John
Edwards defended his ing mate
on Friday, saying he spilled "his blood
for the United States � and accusing
_ the Republican of distorting Kerry's
words. -
Cheney told voters in Ohio
Thursday that Kerry had called for a
"more sensitive" war on terror and
mocked that notion as something that
won't impress the Sept. 11 terrorists
of the Islamic militants who have
beheaded U.S. citizens.
Edwards, returning to the
campaign after a three-day break,
took issue with Cheney's comments
and his target - Democtatic
presidential nominee erty, a
decorated Vietnam War veteran.
"He took that word and distorted
and tried to use it to argue John Kerry
will not keep the American people
safe," Edwards said. "He's talking
about a man who still carries shrapnel
in his body. He's talking about a man
who spilled his blood for the United
convention last week, Kerry said: "I
believe I can fight a more effective,
more thoughtful, more strategic, more
Proactive, more sensitive war on
terror that reaches out to. other
Edwards Blasts Cheney's Warc
i President Bush Extends Law Giving African Countries Access to U.S, Markets
Office Building, adjacent to the White
House. "It's important for our people to
understand, by opening U.S. markets,
we make it more likely there will be
peace on the continent of Africa, � he
oExecutive For too long, Bush said; "too miich
Yet Powell also acknowledged,
"The intelligence community apparently
got it wrong on stockpiles of weapons
of mass destruction. I do not expect
huge stockpiles to be found."
He said Bush officials knew that if
"the United Nations ultimately did not
act, and we didn't solve it diplomatically,
we knew then that it might be necessary
for us to solve it through the use of
military force."
Powell's differences with Bush and
his senior advisers who are more
conservative occasionally is an issue. He
favors abortion rights and affirmative
action.
A Soldier Called Home
volunteer, Frinks:was soon involved
in similar protests in other small
towns around the Albemarle Sound.
One of his early campaigns involved
regular protests of an Edenton
theater where blacks were required
to enter through a side door and sit
in a balcony. Associates said Frinks
led a group that protested outside
the theater every Sunday for six years
until the policy was changed to 1962.
"Golden Frinks wore shoes that
were made for walking, � said the
Rev. Ernest Sutton of Pasquotank
County, as he reflected on the
oMovement �. "He walked for
justice. �
His relationship with _ the
P
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC) began during the
Edenton Movement when Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. sent funds to
help bail him and other civil-sights
demonstrators out of the local jail.
Frinks often protested by re-fusing
to obtain a permit and leading
marches with school children, a
tactic that bedeviled authorities. His
tactics often led to jail which he wore
like a badge of honor, boasting that
he had been arrested 87 times in the
name of civil rights. Some whites
labeled Frinks an "outside agitator.
His supporters Saturday called him
"the great agitator." Frinks also
prided himself on the term. He told
audiences in the past that he didn't
mind the description, because an
agitator was the part of a washing
machine that gets the dirt out.
He was asked by Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. to join the staff of
the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference in 1963, He became
North Carolina Field Secretary and
served the National SCLC in helping
to otganize marches in Alabama,
Mississippi, Georgia, and the 1963
March on Washington, DC. The
Rev, James Orange, a former Frinks
associate from Georgia, said Frinks
had a way of getting people
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Edwards T visit to Flint focused
on issues polls show are even higher .
than security on Michigan voters T list fi
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"What, it is is an effort T to
distract, not to talk about the
problems here in Flint, Michigan,"
the North Carolina senator told the
audience of about 1,500, who
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Prior to the rally, Edwards held
a front-porch meeting with some f
Flint voters.
One was Susan Duffiny, who
was laid off in 2002 from her factory
job in Auburn Hills. The Flint
woman was tetrained as a computer "
network administrator but has yet to
land a job in that field.
You asked: In presidential
polling, what do they mean by
olikely voters?"
"I'm sure there are a lot of
people in trouble who. don't have
health care," Duffiny told Edwards.
told her. "For us, jobs are a big
issue."
Twenty-seven percent of likely
Michigan voters surveyed recently
by Lansing-based EPIC/MRA said
improving the economy and
providing jobs was their biggest
concem, neatly twice as many as
those listing health care ot terrorism,
which tied for second. .
national rate at 6.5 percent. Flint's
unemployment rate was 14.5 percent
in June, while the rate in surrounding
Genesee County was 8.5 percent
attentign has been focused on donor aid
for Africa." He added that there is
nothing wrong with aid, reminding close
to 30 African ambassadors at the
ceremony that his administration has
increased those funding to African
nations.
"There is a growing consensus in both
ya and. the United States that open
oand inter-hational, investrtignt. are
the surest and fastest ways. for Africa to
make progress," stated President Bush.
"AGOA nations are strengthening the
tule of law. They are lowering trade
barniers. They are combating corruption
and eliminating child labor. They are
set-ting an important example for the
entire continent, demonstrating that
governments that respect individual
rights and encourage the development
of their markets are mote likely to grow
economically and achieve _ political
stability," he said.
Thirty-seven sub-Saharan "_ African
nations have qualified for the AGOA
ptogram, which economists say has
created more Jobs in Africa while
opening more markets for U.S. goods.
According te. .Florizelle. Liser, assistant
U.S. Trade Representative for Africa,
AGOA has generated more than $340
million worth of US. investments in
Africa. "By extending the agreement, we
hope to build on that success, � she added.
"In this closely divided and often fractious
Senate, the bipartisan: passage of trade
legislation without amefidment was an -
succeed, even in othe most difficult
circumstances, � said Sen. Richard Lugar
(R-Indiana), chaitman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee and a
sponsor of AGOA.
AGOA III extends: the third country
fabric provision, originally set to expire in
September, until 2008, It also extends
overall AGOA benefits until 2015 while
providing new benefits that include
technical assistance, investment
incentives, and links in the fields of
transportation and infrastructure.
"See, when you sell goods in Africa, it
means somebody is finding work here at
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committed and a way of getting
them arrested. But he said the
activities led to needed changes and
helped gain approval of the federal
civil rights and voting legislation.
Frinks proved to be an
extraordinary civil nights leader. He
possessed both extraordinary
courage and a streak of wildness that
repeatedly unnerved white leaders
and won civil rights victories.
Between 1963 and 1968, Frinks had
been a lightning rod for civil rights
activism in Eastern NC. By 1968, he
had played a leading role in civil rights
movements in Halifax, Washington,
Martin, Bertie, Chowan and
Pasquotank counties. During the
Edenton Movement in 1961-62,
Frinks developed a pattern to wear
down Jim Crow T with civil
disobedience, picket lines, slowdowns,
strikes, and boycotts. As a result of
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omy people
said I needed to do something for
when I got older," says
Frinks. "She. forgot about color just
. .have~a little boy around. |
rem..mber that véry well."
As Frinks was growing up Mrs.
Lewis and life provided more
. encounters that would cement his
f. resolve'to make a difference? "At an
eatly age I went to the white
i} Methodist Church," Frinks says.
"The white children to play and
they'd always get me. They took me
as Mrs. Lewis T boy and everything
they did I was in it." Frinks fondly
fecalls the Sunday school, games and
church «picnics. "Once .in a, while
- thete would be a little. trouble, but
.. they'd carry me along, � he says with a
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
* Staff Writer- Chowan Herald -
_ EDENTON - Golden Frinks has not
spent his 80 plus years as a spectator.
oEvents since childhood seemed to
impress and groom him to face the
ostruggle and join the battle against
* man's inhumanity to man. Those events
would lead him to a man with the
ovision to lead the struggle. One who
would launch a cause that would
| change the world.
Frinks grew up in Tabor City,
T North Carolina. He doesn't remember
too much of his father who was a
Millwnght working in a town far from
home. But he does remember the
mother who cared for her home and
.in an effort to earn extra money; she
cared for the home of Mts. Fannie
1 Lewis. "There were eleven children in
the family and my mother pulled
~ through with it," says Frinks. It was
Lewis that - little
1 there with Mfrs.
Golden Frinks first
humanity.
a Southerner.
"One day I went up there to work
with my mom," Frinks says. "She,
» Mrs. Lewis, asked who I was and my
- mom said I was her son, I found out
later that this woman had had a young
" 4sonijust-about my age that had died."
Mrsi- Fannie «Lewis!...told:: Golden's
mother to bring him up toi her house
» everyday.
Fannie Lewis didn't teach little
«Golden anger or hostility, but told him
the
oRepublican Party, and how blacks and
whites got along m Delaware. "She
Abraham Lincoln,»
about
Golden Asro Frinks,.. A Soldier
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those movements, the schools were
Integrated, the movie therater seating
was changed, and restaurants were
learned of
"Mrs. Fannie Lewis was a white
lady from Delaware who had married
» smile. "They. fotgot. about color. too
and. I-\was. surrounded by. friends,
o(They took care of me."
For. Golden Frinks the
reminders of differences sometimes
came in the subtlest ways. While
singing in his school choir they were
asked to perform at a nearby white
school. "They® had this nice "
curtain," he says referring to the
Stage curtain. "They could pull a
string and it would open and close.
That thing excited me." Golden
became so engrossed by the curtain
that he missed his cue for a solo
part. | got to watching that curtain
and forgot my time to sing, � he adds
with a laugh. "From then on I
figured our school was different."
He went home and told his
mother about the curtain. They sat
down together and made a curtain
for his school. "Those kinds of
things made a difference in my life,"
he says softly.
As he got older he started seeing
more and more of those differences.
Frinks was making his way to
Norfolk to join. the Navy when he
ended up in Edenton. As he puts it,
he got tangled up with William
Dossey Pruden, an attorney: "The
lady working for the newspaper
introduced me to the Prudens," he
says with a smile. "They were
looking for someone to be with their
little boy George and she thought |
would be good forhim.") 5...
vo Brinks settled in: Edenton: and
ithe: years to.come: married. his wife
oRuth, He became T.a T -businessman
owning a local nightchib called the
Mexicana. *
. "By 1946 I was serving as
Secretary of the NAACP," he adds.
It was during a NAACP meeting in
Edenton that he graduated from
opened to blacks.
The Williamston Freedom
Movement took place from 1963 to
1965. Many civil rights victories
were won. Frinks led the fight. to
observer to doer. During the meeting
about fifteen black youngsters came
in, "They wanted to go'to the local
movie theatre, right through the
front door," Frinks says. | "The
NAACP turned 'em down." Frinks
told the youngsters to go to his
home and wait for him. " When I got
home, by golly there about seventy
children waiting for me, he says
laughing. According to Frinks their
children had talked among
themselves and decided they were
through having to go down the alley
in order to see the movie. "They had
read about this young. girl in
Oklahoma City who had staged a
sit-in and this inspired them," he
says.
Frinks, encouraged . by their
, youthful spirit, required each child to
get a note from their parents giving
opermission for them to hold a
peaceful demonstration in front of
the local theater during the next
Sunday Ts Matinee. oThey all brought
their notes, � Frinks say, shaking his
head. I was worried about getting
them out of jail, but I was the first
one to get in jail. From then on I
started trying to intergrate the library
and drugstores. �
From 1955 to 1962 the effort
for desegregation continued in
Edenton.
What Frinks didn't realize vas
his efforts had not gone unnoticed.
Returning from a fi to
Youngstown, Ohio, Frinks found
many people at its home. "I thought,
what in he world are they doing
here?" he says. "Some lady told me
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that Civil
Rights man wanted to see me the
next day." Frinks discovered his wife
Ruth, a schoolteacher, had told all
her friends and they were helping her
celebrate. "Some how or other he
had heard my name and what was
going on here," Frinks adds.
Frinks contacted King's office
and found out the noted leader
wanted to met with him in Norfolk,
Virginia the next day. Frinks was
asked to bring two character
witnesses. "I carried Preacher
LeGuard, my pastor, and ,,/Mr.
.Norman Brinkley, Ss. "Dr. King « Frinks
asked as if he could trust me," says
-Frinks . "I told;him "Yes, Sir'.""
King turned to his
Administrative Assistant Wyatt T.
Walker and said, "I want him on
board. oThat thing yoade me feel
mighty good," Frinks says with a
smile
free JoAnn Little and many others
who were victims of racial injustice.
He led one of the most sustained and
successful protests of the civil rights
movement " the 1968-69 School
Bridge Class and Classism
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a mystery whether Autumn Jackson is
Cosby's child, but no mystery that he
was sending her mother support
money. And hey-be man-be, did-be
tyou-be think-be- we-be
forgot-be-Fat-be Albert-be?
Sean "Puffy" Combs has been
pushing abject materialism for years
and Russell Simmons is famous for
scalling other Blacks "Nigga." And, oh
yes, the gaudy wheels that spin around
were made famous by Latrel Sprewell.
Materialism works from the top down,
a]
not the bottom up.
Fifty years ago, the Supreme
Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of
By Judge Greg Mathis
During the nightly parade of camera
time at the national Democtatic and
Republican conven- tions this
summet, there are many groups
whose platforms have gotten or win
get national expo- sure and party
attention. There is one group,
M(y)=VOICE OD/EDs
Because whatever happens to America
happens to Black America first,,
Education stated that separating
Blacks based on mice brings. on
feelings of "inferiority as to their
status in the community that may
affect their hearts and minds. ih a
way unlikely ever to be undone."
The oppression of a people
leaves, emotional scars, which run
deep into the self-esteem of the
oppressed, grows within the
community and perpetuates itself as
efficiently as folk tales, songs and
disease. It can only get worse with
other Blacks now dogging us out.
We don T t need anyone to
pontificate on how bad things are,
because as bad as the situation is, the
badness is overly apparent. What we
Democrat and Republicans
however, that will not be sharing the
stage: the homeless.
Over the past year, the National
Law Center on .Homelessness &
Poverty estimates that over three
million people were homeless and
the demand for care at homeless
shelters increased by 13 percent.
With the reality of homelessness
being only a missed paycheck, health
crisis ot unpaid bul away, this crisis
is one that demands national
, attention and a national platform.
The pundits on both sides
should cate about and address. the
homeless. problem, Con
to
popular belief, homeless people are
not aimless. lazy people. According
to a survey of 27 major American
cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago
and Washmgton. DC, 44 percent of
the homeless work. 67 percent are
single parent families and 50
percent � African American. When
44 percent of the homeless
.
need now is action. ..
Unfortunately, many of the
people weighing in are selfish, elitists
who deep down inside must hate
themselves and manifest that hatred in
the hyper criticism of poor Blacks.
They will criticize, but take little, if any
action.
These people are classists. And
they have no class.
DARRYL JAMES - LAUNCHED THE
ONLY BLACK OWNED RAP MUSIC
PUBLICATION, RAP SHEET IN 1992. HE IS
THE AUTHOR OF BRIDGING THE BLACK
GENDER GAP. WHICH IS ALSO THE
BASIS OF A NATIONAL SEMINAR SERIES.
HE CAN BE REACHED AT
DJAMES®THEBL.ACKGENDERG AP.COM.
population is made up of working
people, the blame is attributable to
the lack of a living wage, the
increase in poverty, a lack of
affordable housing and the
inattention of the _ federal
government to this growing
problem.
The current proposals from
both major political parties and their
presidential candidates appear to fan
short of meeting the needs of
homeless Americans. President Bush
has largely ignored the homeless
problem, instead . giving more
attention to tile needs of his wealthy,
corporate patrons. The Bush
economy has pushed people across
several demographic groups into
homelessness in numbers that have
hot been seen since the 1980s.
Democratic candidate John
Kerry's plan would address the
middle class squeeze by creating
good-paying jobs, cutting middle
-
cra
; Civil Rights Fighter Asa Frinks tecalls efforts to win equality among races
_ From 1962 on Frinks says if Dr.
King was seen marching Frinks had
been there first. "I was appointed
National Field Secretary," he goes on
to say. "That put me out there in
Louisville, Kentucky, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina,
and Florida." The responsibilities
took him Washington DC where he
stood by King's side as the classic "I
Have A Dream" speech was
delivered. "It was something to
stand there, see his face, and watch
his mouth as he spoke, T Frinks says
almost reverently. __
It was in Canton, Mississippi
where Frinks says he felt the closest
to Martin Luther King, Jt. They were
there to take up the march for the
murdered James Meredith. "They got
us with tear gas, it was a terrible
time," Frinks says. "But, I remember
as we struggled together through the
gas Dr. King looking up and saying
there were going to be more times
just like this and we had to stick with
it."
According to Frinks, King not
only looked out for his staff, but he
stressed filling the mind I with the
wisdom of the masters of humanity.
"I had always tead, but Dr. King
made us read more. We read Gandhi
and others," Frinks says. There were
many ways that King encouraged
and supported those closest to him,
but one that Frinks tecalls was the
presentation to King of the Pulitzer
Peace Prize. "He bought each staff
member a new car and shared the
cash left over," Frinks says, smiling.
"I got $96.40."
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther
King stepped out onto his motel
balcony to speak to his chauffeur. As
he leaned over the balcony, a single
shot from a high-powered rifle rang
out and King was gone.
Golden Frinks had not traveled
to Memphis in advance of Dr. King
for the rally. He has not been to
Memphis since then. He remembers
that day as the darkest in his life.
Frinks did remain with the
Southern Christian _ Leadership
Conference until 1977. Things were
changing and I needed, a rest." says
tinks of his retirement from the
organization.
__ If you, ask, Frinks what got him
through the brightest and the darkest
of those days he has a ready answer.
"My undying spirit. I did it in spite of
all the fears, frights, and criticism."
He says. "I just Tfelt that to keep on
going was best. My internal spirit
alled Home
Boycott in Hyde County, NC. For
an entire year, the county Ts black
citizens refused to send their children
to school in protest of a
desegregation plan that required the
daily for five months, marched on the
State capitol in Raleigh, and drove the
Ku Klux Klan out of the county in a
massive gunfight. This movement
had the support of the SCLC at the
national level.
Frinks often wore a jumpsuit
| with a big, swaying copper medallion
held by a thick chain-link necklace,
which he said was 4 constant
reminder of the yoke of slavery. He
counseled nonviolence but . used
Creative tactics to gain attention. He
once had protesters release chickens
at a demonstration to create a
disturbance. Milton P. "Toby" Fitch
Jr. of Wilson, a state Superior Court
judge, led the audience in a refrain
Frinks used to rally followers. "I am,"
he said as the crowd roared its
refrain, "somebody. | may be black,
but I am somebody." Fitch said
4
Class taxes in order to raise middle
class incomes, cut the deficit and
investigate jobs in the new-tech.
hi-tech areas. The Democrats T plan
addresses some of the factors of
homelessness, but still falls to
directly address the problem.
By and large, the homeless lack
the presence of other election year
catered to groups. The widespread
political belief is that the homeless
do not vote. When survival is a daily
concern that mindset may not be
too far from the truth. Even in on
election years, the centrist view is
the centrist view is that homeless
advocacy is too liberal and therefore
too risky for re-election purposes.
The point is, however, that someone
needs to speak for the homeless.
When at least 39 percent of the
homeless population is made up of
children, the urgency of the
homeless problem cannot _ be
ignored.
was
kindled
by
realistic
experiences."
Frinks goes on to
say he was
non-violent to begin
my
with, "but the more I worked under -
Dr. King I became even more
non-violent," he adds.
Frinks realizes there are. still. -
lingering racial issues today, "The
thing is we are just 150 years out of ~
slavery. We are only 40 years out of -
the 60s," Frinks. oThat's
says
nowhere in the time of history. And.
there are still folks, black and white,
who remember and some who want
things to be like they. were back
then. �
Frinks knows that people can be .
unkind to each other and offers
some insight. "I always say, begin to
deal with self first. Do you have that
same unkind spirit in you?" he says.
"Try to reconcile the differences by
recognizing the fact that you are
both human beings. You need to sit
down and sup together. Parents need
to teach their children to treat
everyone right. We have got to live
together because this is America. We
have got to love this country,
together. If we love this country,
then we love each other."
Golden Frinks believes the
world had the greatest chance for
peace among people snatched from
it when Martin Luther King, Jr. was
murdered. He believes if Martin
Luther King. Jr. had lived there
would have been a much broader
understanding between the races.
"Martin Luther King, Jr. was a gift.
He was sent here by God," says
_Frinks. "He was a visionary, opening
up the, way for all of us. Had he
lived we would have been able to see
even farther. We miss having that
insight he would have brought us.
He would have led us into an even
brighter day."
Golden Frinks also knows that
the job is never completely finished
as long as racism, in any form, exists
anywhere in the world. He feels the
struggle he and othets endured is
something that should never be
forgotten. "Racism won't hit if
children are taught to build. Don't go:
to anger with it," He says of racism.
"Pick out some person to emulate
and follow their example," he stresses.
"Learn and read. Get something in
that head cause the rest of it is already
made for you. We struggled for that."
oComing up in the struggle they
had a picture of me with George
Pruden sitting on my shoulders and
they called it the Black Man's
Struggle," says Frinks. "The burden is
off now unless a black man decides to
sit on his own shoulders. He has to
recognize that. It is left up to each
individual, black or white, to make
sure that humanity survives."
The following story first appeared in the
Chowan Herald and is reprinteted by
permission. Other iformation appeears by the
coulesy of Pamela Johnson of the E:mdge
Agency whose research, writings and
vompostions contribute to the balnce of this
article
Frinks used to rally followers. "I am,"
he said as the crowd roared its
refrain, "somebody. I may be black,
but I am somebody." Fitch said
Frinks was not intimidated by
threats, arrest or criticism. "Golden
Frinks went to jail not for me, not
for you, but for us," he said.
Referring to the frequent marches on
fulfilling his assignment to ofight for
the rights of his fellowman �. When
the aging process accelerated, he
became an unconventional,
nontraditional resident of Britthaven
of Edenton, NC (for three years, he
would leave the nursing home at will
to take care of things he deemed
important " often matters related to
SCLC and/or civil rights). People
continued to seek him for advice
pertinent to today Ts issues affecting
them and for historical information
on the oMovement �.
Hundreds of mourners packed
the auditorium of John A. Homes
High School in Edenton for the
service that rang with chants like
those Frinks had shouted in
churches, in schools and on street
comers. Bennie Rountree of
Greenville, a longtime friend and
As our economy struggles to
recover from nearly four years of
business and job loss, national
leaders must take notice and address
the needs of the homeless
Americans affected by the wrecked
economy. With homelessness
affecting men arid women. African
Americans and Caucasian
Americans, veterans and
non-veterans, urban and rural, the
problem is obviously more serious
than can be solved during national
party convention good timing.
The homeless problem can only
be addressed by giving real time,
effort and resources to establishin
adequate income, affordable bousing
and viable social services. Until such
time as Republicans and Democrats
give real consideration to these
economic employmentand _ social
concerns, too many Americans will
live with the worry of being
homeless.
those Frinks had shouted in churches,
in schools and on street comers.
Bennie Rountree of Greenville, a
longtime friend and colleague of
-Frinks, stepped to the podium
shouting "Soul: power, black power,
people power." The audience
repeated each phrase. Rountree, State
SCLC president, told the audience that
in the memory of his loving and
supportive wife, Ruth Holley Frinks of
the home; his daughter, Dr. Goldie
Ann Frinks-Wells of Greensboro, NC;
one granddaughter, Evangelist Kelli
Wells Johnson (District Superintendent
Charles J. Johnson III) of Rochester
Hills, MI; three great granddaughters,
Falon Johnson, Kelci Johnson, and
Bhali Johnson, all of Rochester Hills,
MI; two sisters, Mrs. Flossie Wilson of
Hampton, VA and Mrs. Cecelia
Daniels of Brooklyn, NY; special son,
Jarrett Slade (oh the home); godsons,
Mr. Phillip Higgs of Greenville, NC
and District Superintendent Jerald I.
Perry, Sr. of Edenton, NC; and a host
of loving nieces, nephews, cousins, and
friends.
oOUR STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS IS NOT OVER. �
---Golden Asro Frinks
ignoring the homeless
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sons. A | of the atrocities of
slavery, it signifies 4 communal
protectiveness of black men, from: the
coddling of toddling boys to. a
reluctance to report rape and incest.
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card. It's bom ols watiness of
authority, especially «white authority,
~ learned ones those stories about how
your light-skinned sister got those gray
eyes and your dark- skinned cousin got
that keen nose, from those
photographs of white lynch mobs and
the beaten body of Emmett Till, a
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wolf whistle.
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black women have had to come to
the aid of black men who were
falsely being accused of sexual
assault. Remember the _ movie
Rosewood T? That's what it was all
about," says Sharon Shelton, the
senior program manager of the
YWCA Greater Los Angeles Sexual
Assault Crisis Program in Compiae.
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now addressed in self-help
books and at rape crisis centers
created specifically to serve
minorities, such as the Rosa Parks
Sexual Assault Crisis Center in South
Los Angeles. It was also the focus of
. half a dozen workshops at the
National Sexual Violence Prevention
Conference held here in May.
At her workshop, © CeCe
Norwood, a counselor from Toledo,
Ohio, gets right to the point. "With
white audiences, � she says, "there are
usually very basic questions they
want to know: How is it different "
why are we black people less likely to
report when these things happen?
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For African American rape victims, a culture of silence
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Why don't more black people seek
help? Why do we keep it to ourselves?
"Black culture makes it
different, � she says. "Our culture
makes us less likely to report." She
bases this explanation on her own
experiences as a sexual abuse survivor
"three times over," years of counseling
and surveying others, and federal
Statistics.
The black culture she refers to is
a storytelling culture, rooted in the
South before the decline of. American
apartheid. It comes with its own set of
tules. "Blackisms," Norwood calls
them during her presentation. She
cites a few, as many black workshop
participants chant along with her, such
as: "What goes on in this house, stays
in this house. �
Protect, don't expose
Walter B. Jones..
"Historically, we have learned
the system, which in our minds is
white folks, is not to be trusted," she
says. Historically, she adds, black
people like herself are expected to
protect, mot expose, the black
community.
Norwood says that when she
finally told her family about being
abused by her stepfather, . they
refused to believe her. Sceking
information about incest and black
women, she went to a public library.
"When I started in '89 with my
own recovery, there was only one
book I could find, Crossing the
Boundary T by Melba Wilson. I found
nothing else: specifically about the
African American experience,"
Norwood says. Charlotte
Pierce-Baker's "Surviving the Silence:
Black Women's Stories of Rape," the
first book on that topic, came out in
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At the conference, sponsored by
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, the U.S. Department of
Justice, and the California Coalition
Against Sexual Assault, Norwood
displays two current books: "No
Secrets, No Lies: How Black
Families Can Heal From Sexual
Abuse" by Robin D. Stone, and "I
Will Survive: The African-American
Guide to Healing from Sexual
Assault and Abuse � by Lori S.
Robinson.
"It's really clear that African
Americans are having a particular
" o
problem," says Robinson, here from
upstate New York to lead a
workshop on confronting sexual
violence in black and Latino
communities. She asks for "culturally °
specific" reasons that black women
remain silent.
"The sisters don't want to report
the brothers because we know what's
going on in penal institutions, � says
Terry L. Stevens, who works, with
the Farhily Service League in
Waterloo, Iowa.
Robinson herself grew up in a
family protective of black men "
especiauy of her older brother, who
while away at college was falsely
accused of mugging a white woman.
This protectiveness runs deep in
many black families. a
"My parents are older, and they
were from the Deep South. My
father's from Louisiana, and my
mother's from Arkansas," Robinson
savs, recalling how they reacted to a
news story about a black man who
was accused of sexually abusing a
white woman not far from their
suburban Maryland home.
"I'm pretty sure my mom's
response was, This is just racism. T
And my response was, 'Are you
ry
kidding? If a white woman is not safe
from him sexually abusing someone,
you think a black woman's safe? � Part.
of it, depending on a person's age,
comes out of history and feeling the
need to protect black men because of
lynching and whatever it is that you
have seen in your history. �
Another culturally specific reason
revealed at Robinson's workshop:
black ministers untrained in rape
counseling.
Remember
when then
heavyweight champion Mike Tyson
was convicted of raping a beauty
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By Tom Noble
MELBOURNE, AUSTRAILIA -
An experimental cancer vaccine being
otested for its safety and toxicity has
produced startling results, appearing to
provide immunity from the disease
and leaving most patients cancer-free
after more than two years.
Patients at two Melbourne hospitals
given a protein found in many cancers
and a drug to boost immunity
developed strong immune responses,
producing antibodies to the protein as
well as helper T-cells and killer T-cells.
Patients given just the protein or a
placebo had a weaker immune
Cancer vaccine startles researchers
response. Many have developed
secondary cancers.
The results of the trial on
post-operative cancer patients by
doctors at the Ludwig Institute for
Cancer Research at the Austin
Hospital, and the Peter MacCallum
Cancer Centre, are published today in
the prestigious Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences.
Lead investigator Jonathan Cebon
said the results were a surprise
because the trial was designed to test
whether the drug produced adverse
reactions in the first tests on humans.
"We didn't know we were going to
get these results, � he said. "This was
never intended as an end point of the
study."
Of 23 melanoma patients given a
placebo or part-treatment, 14 have
since developed cancer, compared
with only two of 19 melanoma
patients given the combination
treatment. While the sample size was
small, no other factors, such as the
patient's age or the stage of their
cancer, appeared to significantly |
influence the results.
Associate Professor Cebon " said
patients given the combination
treatment developed a strong
immunity to the protein. "We found
if we increased the dose of the
vaccine, the immune response got
stronger," he said. "We don't know
how long the immunity persists for."
Researchers have begun recruiting
melanoma patients for further studies,
one part-funded by a $U'S600,000
($820,000) grant from the Cancer
Research Institute in the United States.
If it can prevent cancer from coming
back, can it get existing cancer to
regress?
-JONATHAN CEBON,
researcherOne will be a randomised
study, to see whether the trial results
can be repeated. A second will test the
vaccine on patients with an inoperable
disease. "If it can prevent cancer from
coming back, can it get existing cancer
to regress? � Professor Cebon at wo
He said the protein NY-ESQ-1 wy
present in about 40 per ceff of
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Public Health Officials Confirm Measles Case in Martin County
RALIEGH, NC - State health
officials have confirmed a case of
measles in an 11-month-old Martin
County child) The child " | was
apparently exposed to the disease from
an 11-year-old family friend owho
contracted measles after traveling to
England, where immunization rates
are lower than in the United States.
No additional cases have been
identified. As far as health officials
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Staff with the Division of Public
Health's Immunization Section arc
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public health authorities to determine
who might have been exposed to the
disease. People who may have been
exposed and who have " not
previously received two doses of
measles vaccine are being contacted
so that that they should be
immunized jimmediately. The public
health investigation has confirmed
that a contact of one of the infected
children attended the Eastern 4H
Center camp in Columbia, North
Carolina (Tyrell County) during the
week of July 2, Because the disease is
highly contagious, State Health
Director Lean Devlin stresses that
children who attended the Eastern
4H Center camp Julv 2 must be
vaccinated against the disease before
entering school, if they have not
already been immunized.
Local authorities are also
checking vaccination records for all
school-age children in Martin; Tyrell,
and Washington counties. Any child
who has not been fully vaccinated
against measles must be vaccinated
before starting school, Martin and
Washington county T schools start
Wednesday, Aug. 4, Tyrell schools
start Monday, Aug. 9.
Measles ts a serious viral disease
that can cause ear infections,
inflammation of the brain,
pneumonia, and even death. Prior to
vaccine licensure, the disease caused
thousands of deaths worldwide;
however, measles cases have
dramatically declined since 1991
because of efforts to ensure children
are age-appropriately vaccinated with
the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)
vaccine," said Dr.Devlin,"If your
,child hasn't yet been fully vaccinated
against measles, then parents would
be aware of the symptoms of the
disease, which include tash, high
fever, cough and runny nose.
Vaccination is the key to disease
prevention, � she added.
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1. Is polite when entering or leaving
4 toom. Acknowledge your fellow
man's presence on the planet with a
smile and a hello, in general, but
especially in close quarters.
2. Graciously answers," Yes, Miss A,"
when called or "No, Mrs. B" should
the reply require such. Neither your
mother nor your friends nor your boss
is interested in being addressed with
"Yo," "What," or "Huh."
3. Uses "Please," "Thank you, �
"Excuse me," "Good morning, � and
"Good-bye" as part of her daily
speech.
4. Does not chew pum in public.
Chews gum with mouth closed.
Knows to ditch gum when involved in
a conversation, interview,
accepting an award.
5. Awaits her turn; never brusquely
pushes ahead. Er, today this one is a
matter of survival, to avoid a
beatdown.
6. Plays fair and works fair.
7, Does not take things that belong
to another. You'd be surprised at the
lack of comprehension of this
concept.
8. Avoids T loud and borsterous
or when
. laughter and conversation. The folks
on the bus or in the supermarket line
are not interested in recap of your
madcap antics with Latrell or your
drunken take on world events. Keep
it down, Toots.
9. Does not laugh at the mistakes
of misfortunes of others. Try! Try!
Try!
- 10. Develops a clear, resonant
voice and is able to speak well,
enunciate clearly, pronounce words
correctly, and talk interestingly of the
subjects of the day. Let's cut the
politically correct nonsense. With the
Sorry exception of rappers and
ballplayers, you will never go far on
Ebonics, for shizzell!
1. Does not talk constantly about
herself. A boor is a bore.
_ 12.Isn't a killjoy. Uses tact. Refrain �
from making mean-spinted or hurtful
comments under the guise of telling
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the truth. Understand that nine out
often times it ts your truth, based on
your experiences, perspective, and
reality, and it probably won't serve
the person. it was meant to ohelp. �
Think before you speak. T From:
Beautylicious by Jenyne M. Rainers
According to a study released
Tuesday, May 11, 2004, based on a
mail survey of 725 public middle and
high school teachers and a telephone
survey of 600 parents of public -
school students in grades _ five
through twelve, the way teachers see
It, today's classroom environment
otten deserves a D-as in disrespect,
distracting and disheartening enough
to drive many of them away. .
Most teachers in middle and
high schools say misbehavior by a
handtul of children T is such a
disruptive, pervasive force that a
majority of students suffer from if,
according to this study which was
financed by Common Good,
bipartisan legal reform coalition. "If
you start totaling up the hours thir
teachers could be teaching and
Students could be learning, it's just
Staggering, � said Public Agenda
President Ruth Wooden.
More than three in four teachers
said they could do their job more
effectively if not for discipline
problems. More than eight in ten said
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most students suffer because of a few
troublemakers.
The challenge, the study found,
is complicated. Education colleges
don't prepare teachers to deal with
August 4 - 20, 2004 The Minority Voice Newspaper Page 7
rowdy students. Schools back down
trom discipline when parents threaten
lawsuits and children in special
education are treated too lightly even
when their misbehavior has nothing
to do with their disabilities.
The biggest causes of sturident
behavior problems, according: to
teachers and parents fail to teach their
kids discipline. Beatrice Maye
By Faith May
THE DISAPPOINTMENTS
OF LIFE
It Ts no secret that our lives often
tall short of our expectations. Some
of us, have lost so much. Early
relationships weren Tt what we wanted,
and our present relationships aren Tt
much better. Yet rhost of us would
rather keep busy and pretend these
disappointments don Tt exist. Some try
fo escape the pain through a variety of
addictions.
Honestly struggling with
disappointment, however, is a better
way. God can use these
disappointments to help us discover
how much we want Him "the One
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for whom our hopes and desires
were made.
We won Tt realize how much we
want God unless we are honest
about our disappointments: Only by
facing them can we cooperate with
God Ts Spin. Only by facing life we
will discover that God occasionally
leads His children ° into the
wilderness of loss. There He
lovingly lets us become so hungry
and aware of our emptiness that we
Start to want Him more than
"anyone or anything.
If owe stay in our
disappointment long enough, we can
eventually = make another
discovery "that God cares for us far
more than we ever realized. We may
not sense His involvement as much
as we would like. There will still be
times when we won Tt feel His loving
arms around us. But His seeming
lack of care actually makes us want
Him more. And as we slowly realize
that our desire for Him is our
deepest longing, we put ourselves in
a better place to recognize Him
when He makes His Presence
known. ,
Disappointment doesn Tt go
Edification of a New Generation
away until we go to heaven. But
struggling with the inconsolable ache
of life can reveal, little by little, a
desire tor God that will begin: to fill
our hearts. That's what Asaph
discovered while struggling with |
disappointment. He wrote, oWhom
have Tin heaven but You? And earth
has nothing I desire besides You �
{Ps. 73:25}. Surrendering. to our
desire for God frees us to resist the
urge to control or escape pain.
Struggling with the
disappointment of our sin doesn Tt
mean that we just stop making wrong
choices. Struggling with our faults
means that we acknowledge our
helpless condition.
- Only by throwing ourselves on
the mercy of God can we be in a
position to accept His forgiveness.
Only by the immeasurable price
Christ paid can we know that this Is
not a cheap forgiveness. The agony
experienced by our Savior on the
cross shows how much God hates the
sin that has brought such pain and
darkness into His world. Yes, He
hates our sin. But His desire to
forgive us 1s even stronger.
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On Thursday, August 5th was Philippi
Child Care Center Fun Day and we
had FUN, FUN, FUNIINIt! My what a
day!
The best of today was the youth's
Talent Show. Oh yeah, the STAR
SEARCH was in the Center!
The vistors of the day were from
the Bethel, N.C. area. The Promise
learning Center is located at 1717
South Main Street, Bethel, N.C. and
the phone number is 252- 825-0711.
The Director is Mrs. Betty Hillard, a
member of Philippi Church Of Christ
Disciples Of Christ at 1610 Farmville
Blvd., Greenville, N.C. The Pastor is
the very fine Bishop Randy B. Royal,
D. Mins. Mrs. Hillard also has a second
Great nurses. Great hos
Outstanding care.
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_ Child Care Center located at 2504
This is an awesome hospital. You can
grow with it. The quality of nursing
1s very high " our nurses are both
experienced and knowledgeable. In
this hospital, nursing is a profession,
not just @ job. It's doing the very best
you can for your patients. The
emphasis ts always on patient
satisfaction. And that means high
Job satisfaction for nurses. Our
management also listens to the nurses T
concerns and communicates those
concerns to our hospital leadership.
Patrice Thompson, RN
Medical Intensive Care Unit
Pitt County Memorial Hospital is part of University Health
Systems, which includes community hospitals, physician
practices, home health and other independently operated
health services, University Health Systems Is affiliated with
the Brody School of Medicine at. East Carolina University,
JoJo Time with Brenda T
Dickerson Ave., Greenville, N.C.
Both of the Child Care Centers are 5
open at 6:30AM. until 12:00
midnight. Today there were 27
students present. : a
Now, allow me to introduce the
Creme de la Cream, the Director of
Philippi Child Care Center is Mrs. |
Sandra Jones, also a member of the PI
fabbreviation for the Philippi Church
nickname}. The Center's Assistant
Director is Mrs. Jacqueline Mitchell, a
PI also.
The teachers
follows: ;
Mrs. Carolyn Maye teaches 5 yrs.
old age group and mentors an
After-School Program, THE
LIGHTHOUSE YOUTHS. -
Mrs. Maye is a member of The PI as
well as the Vice Presidents of the
Ministerial Associations, and our very
own community local residential
artist.
Ms. Jewell Williams teaches group
2 yrs. olds age. .
PMs. Sintwan
Pre-Kindergarden. .
PMrs. Nashana Haddock teaches.
olds group age 5 years and up and
mentors an After-School Program,
THE LIGHTHOUSE YOUTHS.
The Infant Teachers are Mrs.
Jeanette Drake and Mrs.Mable Tripp
who are responsible for the 0 - 12
month old age group.
Ms. Trinta is a Volunteer teacher
and Director of Sister To Sister In
Actions, a mentoring program, as well
as teaches the 4yrs. old age group.
Evang. Brenda Tyson-Durumba
is a Volunteer teacher in storytelling
JOJOTIME IN BIBLELAND. with
MEMORIES of Ora Okera
Fnizzelle-Flynn, the orginal storyteller
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radio dial.
The Summer Intern Volunteer Aids
were Ms. Jasmine Royal, a 13-ycars
old, Ms. Laronica Maye, a 13-years
old, and Mr. Zachariah Hopkins, a
16-year old. They were also the judges
for the talent show.
he Star Search Talent were:
PMs. Lauren Bordeaux, age 5. years
old, the fairy dancer "Thank You Lond"
teaches
present were as. �
RBC Ministries
The Break-Down _ Cheeta
Girls/Steppers, Ms. Naisa Howard.
yage 5 years old, and Ms. Jaida Haddock,
age 4 years old.
PJarmar Tolliver, age 4 years old,
Nursery Rhyme
"Can You Bake A Cake"
PDuet of oJesus Loves Me" by Ms.
Seanice Short, 7 years old, and
Ms.Mersedez Ebron, 8 years old.
PA Promise Learning Center chorus of
Ms. Apnl Lynn, Tiara Gritfen, Tracy
Hillard, Donita Wiggins, and Leeza
Wiggins singing "Santuary".
PKevin Johnson, 10 years old, a
Gospel Rapper.
P Zachariah Hopkins, a tribute dance.
The Guest Entertainer was
Checker The Clown', who delighted
the children with hilarious antics
involving the audience, and the event
closed out with Cotton Candy for
everyone. We give special thanks to the
Guest teachers Ms. Sandra Ebron, Asst.
Director of Promise Learning Center,
Ms. Aprilynn Jenkins, age group 5 - 10
years old, and Ms. Keisha Statin, age
group 4 years old and all participating
parents and guardians. Thank You
All!
P. S. Miss Chynna Lucas, age 14
years old thank you for your voluteering
On service summer internship at the PI'
Center.
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pageant contestant,
Washington? The nation's largest
black religious denomination
supported him with a rally and
petition drive to keep him out of jail.
Our brother needs us," the Rev. TJ.
Jemison, then President of the
8.5-million-member Nativnal Baptist
Convention, said at the event, which
was also sponsored by the Nation of
Islam, whose leader, Louis Farrakhan,
had plenty to say:
"You bring a hawk into the
chicken yard and wonder T why the
chicken got eaten up. You bring Mike
to a beauty contest and all these fine
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Mike's eyes begin to dance like a
hungry man looking at a Wendy's
beef burger or something. She said,
No, Mike, no. T I mean how many
times, sisters, have you said 'No' and
you mean "Yes'?"
Little help at church
oSometimes going to your
pastor can be the worst thing you
_ can do," Robinson says, qufoting a
minister she interviewed for her
book. In "I Will Survive," the Rev.
Linda H. Hollies, a United Methodist
clergywoman who lives in Grand
Rapids, Mich., makes this comment:
"Can I say something that will be
extremely controversial? Pastors and
ims, a culture of silence
- foxes just parading in front of Mike.
church folk are often the worst folk
in the world to go to for confession
and absolution. The average pastor
does not have a clue about
counseling. And what pastors need to
do when they find somebody in a
situation like ours is to refer them to a
counselor, refer them to a spiritual
director, refer them to a chaplain,
refer them to somebody who knows
what they're doing with somebody's
emotions."
Hollies, like Robinson, is also a
rape survivor.
During her workshop, the author
remembers: "May 15th, 1995, was a
Monday.... I drove home around 10
or 11 that night.... I was a little
startled because I noticed two men
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melanomata, and was also found in
lung, bladder, breast, head and neck
cancers. "It has the potential to be
applied broadly to a range of cancers,
but not to all cancers, � he said. .
The protein was discovered about a
decade ago by researchers at the
Ludwig Institute in New York. The
immunity drug was developed by the.
Melbourne-based company CSL.
"This vaccine is unique in two
respects. Most vaccines have not
Cancer vaccine startles
researchers
taken a full-length protein and put it
into a vaccine and, second, few
studies have been able to get this
broad immune response," Professor
Cebon said.
Patients were given three injections
at four-week intervals and tested for
their level of antibodies and T-cells.
Adverse reactions included muscle
pain, fever, fatigue and headaches,
although researchers said the vaccine
was well tolerated.
Stuart Wilson, 44, who joined the
the program.
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cancerous growth removed, had a sore
arm and flu-like symptoms after his
first injection. "I had one of the
strongest reactions, � he said.
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brothers minding their own
business? � "She called the police the
night she was raped. Within 24 hours
she was on her way to counseling,
accompanied by her mother, her
sister and the new boyfriend who is
now her husband.
"I didn't get the victim-blaming.
comments that many people get, I
think because what happened to me
is people's stereotypical idea of rape:
strangers with a weapon. But onily
�"�% 2 rapes involve a weapon. And
the fhajority of people who are taped
are raped by someone they know."
Robinson's co-presenter, Marta
Sanchez, was at her grandmother's
house. Her attacker was a family
member. Like CeCe Norwood's, and
Robin Stone's.
Stone is not at the conference,
but many participants carry copies of
her book, "No Secrets, No Lies."
"1 don't know if it is.harder for
children to tell," Stone says by phone
from New York, "but there are some
factors that keep children from
August 4-20, 2004 The Minority Voice Newspaper Page 9 .
telling. We talk a lot about fear and
shame."
Black children have another
burden: "Culturally, there's this fear
of betraying the family by turning
someone in to the system," Stone
says. Families try to cope, "and
meanwhile the offender is left- to
continue to offend. They really do
Operate in silence. It's the silence and
secrecy that enables them to thrive."
An uncle molested her when she
was a child, she says. Two decades
later, she told her parents. "I had-the
Opportunity presented to me to tell
what happened. It was at my
going-away party. The party was to
be at this uncle's house. | said, 'I
don't want to go, T and my parents
asked why."
Stone's parents believed _ her.
Aishah " Shadidah Simmons, a
Philadelphia filmmaker, says her parents
did not.
Simmon's "_ documentary-in- :
"NO!" is premised on Pao
can women breaking silences. In
the film, many women " including her
mother " reveal how they were
traitors. At :
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attempted sexual assault because the
attacker was the highest-ranking black
faculty member at the university, or a
hero in the T civil rights movement, or a
black student on a campus where police
officers were harassing black men.
Using the film to educate, Simmons |
wants black women who have the
courage to tell to be trusted, not labeled as
about being raped while a college student
studying Spanish in the Yucatan. ("He .
didn't take my no T for an answer.") She is.
also out as a child incest survivor "
though she identifies her assailant only as
a male telative and has never reported |
him.
"Why am I protecting a family
member? Because | haven't confronted
him, that's why. I feel like if I had
confronted him, then I would feel OK."
Simmons says during a recent trip to Los
_ Angeles. "To put it out thete without
even talking with him. ... �
_ Why coddle a black man who hurt
her?
That's a question for many African
American women.
New generation of black Americans returns to South
By Martin Savidge
ATLANTA - A lot of attention has
been given to the migration T of
Hispanics and Asians in America, but
a just-released report finds another
population on the move. Their
journey represents a historic change
for one part of the country.
This started happening in the
1970s, � said demographer William
Frey, obut then it was only kind of a
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trickle, but during the 1990s it really
started taking off. �
With his charts and graphs, he
tracks people on the move. He is
watching a people resettle, returning
to their American roots.
"There is a full circle reversal of
old black migration out of the
South back into the South in very
large numbers," he said.
To understand what's happening,
you need to know what happened.
The peak of a black exodus happened
about 60 years ago, as more than 1.5
million African Americans moved out
of the South and headed. North,
looking for. work and to escape an
oppressive racial climate.
Now many are backtracking.
Between 1995 and 7000 the U.S.
Census Bureau says 680,000 African
Americans retumed. The South is
now home to 55 percent of the
nation's black population.
Ironically, many are coming back
for the same reasons they left " jobs
and a sense of racial equality.
. Tayi Carter recently moved to
Atlanta from Boston and found both.
"I've always been the minority,
and it really feels good to walk into
any given room and be a part of the
majority, � said Carter.
Returning African Americans are
finding a new South transformed
racially and economically.
"It's a better place, � said Rep.
John Lewis, D-Ga. oIt is a different
place. The only place you would see
the old South today is in a museum,
on a video, in a book."
Latge cities like Atlanta and
Orlarido have'become black migration
magnets " each seeing
African-American populations
growing by more than 60 percent in
10 years, accoréling to the Brookings
Institution.
Smaller towns like Orangeburg,
S.C., ate also sharing in the boom.
Charles and Barbara Owens were
both born in the South, left in the
1950s. Now they've come back to
retire.
oThe dollar goes so much farther
here, � he said.
His wife said, oI like
quietness, the friendliness. �
Experts say, with no sign of
ending, the population shift is a
stunning reversal of _ history,
transforming the South and redrawing
the map of black America.
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Having children is like having
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opened until filled.
Interested candidates
should submit an
5 yee or resume to
be S Human Resource
rtment. Call (252
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reporting a rape or al
by J Greg Mathis
Since they have failed to find weapons
of mass destruction in Iraq, the Bush
administration says their invasion of
Iraq was a legitimate move to free
Iraqi citizens from tyranny and
inhumane treatment. Currently in
ww ree. | ; .
southern Sudan, tens of thousands
of Black Sudanese are being killed in
what human rights groups describe
as oethnic cleansing � slaughter by
Arab. militias who are armed and
supported by the Sudanese
government. Yet, neither the United
tual Reflections
CORI ~ "eREE
Pastor Geo, Hawkins
Where Will Judgment Begin?
Greetings: Just look around you not
at.the world but at the churches, are you
alarmed at what you see? The Bible
~ come that ju
days of Noah were, $0 shall also the
coming of the Son of man be. For as in
the days that were before the flood they
were eating and drinking, ing and
iving in martiage, until the day that
Noah entered into the ark. And knew
not until the flood came, and took them
all away; so shall also the coming of the
Son of man be. We are living in a time
that we can't distinguish the church
o members from the world. Nevertheless,
_I want to REMIND you of what God
said in 1 Peter 4:17-18 For the time is
dgment must begin at the
house of God: and if it reads at us,
what shall the end be of them that
fot the gospel of God? And if the
righteous scarcely be saved, where shall
the ungodly and the sinner appear? We
are treading on dangerously thin ice, the
return of Jesus could be any minute
now and we the church people are
acting like the world. | just want to tell
is telling us to take setiously
States nor the United Nations has
chosen to provide military
intervention.
For the last 17 months, Arab:
Sudanese gunmen have killed nearly
30,000 Afri Sudanese villagers
and driven more than 1 million from
You had better grabya hold of the horns
of the altar'and stay there until Jesus
change heart toward that which is
dbs: 1 I could allow to
reminisce, back to when I was a child
those church mothers would work with
wool ak 85 Shove young men as. the
bible tells us to. CHRISTIANS, you are
a Christian because you chose to be no
one mide you become a Christian. Yes,
I know that no one can: come to the
Father except the Spirit draws you, but
a choice still have to be made on your
part. You see if you are not striving to
Pietra eta a
the sign. After all, why are ing to
HELL cturiped up when you cen ge in
style? Let's take closer look holiness.
The first thing I would like to share with
you about holiness is this: HOLINESS
IS NOT AN OPTION IT'S A
REQUIRMENT. According _to
Hebrews 12:14 we are to "Make every
effort to live in with all men and
to be holy; without holiness no one will
see the Lord � So the writer of Hebrews
the
necessity of personal, practical holiness.
When the Holy Spirit comes into our
lives at our salvation, he comes to make
US, should intervene in Sudan s Black genocide
their homes. The U.S. Agency for
International Development estimates
that nearly 350,000 could die by the
end of the year if nothing is done.
This scenario sounds very similar to
the Rwanda genocide a decade
,ago "where the United States and
at least a yearning in our hearts to live a
holy life pleasing to God, we need to |
seriously question whether our faith in
Christ is genuine. It is true that this
desire for holiness may be only a spark
at the beginning. But that spark should
-_ grow till it becomes a flame - a desire to
live a life wholly pleasing to God. True
salvation brings with it a desire to be
made holy. When God saves us
through Christ, He not only saves us
--from the penalty of sin, but also from
its dominion. The whole purpose of our
salvation is that we be oholy and
blameless in His sight", Ephesians 1:4.
To continue to live in sin as a Christian
is to go contrary to God's very
for our salvation. One of the writers of
three centuties ago put it like this:
"What a strange kind of salvation do
they desire that care not.for holiness. . . .
They would be saved by Christ and yet
be out of Christ in a fleshly state.... They
would have their sins forgiven, not that
they may walk with God in love, in time
to come, but that they may practice
their enmity against Him without any
- fear of punishment." Holiness, then, is
Not ni i
- ~ that would be salvation by works -but
as a condition of salvation
ay
August 4-20, 2004 The Minority Voice Newspaper Page Il
the United Nations sat on their
hands while 500,000 members of thé
Tutsi ethnic group were slaughtered
over a 90-day period by members
and supporters of the Hutu-
dominated government in Rwanda.
Why is it that when Black Africans
are being victimized by the tens of
thousands, no one intervenes to free
them from tyranny and genocide?
We are quick, however, to intervene
"You are to give Him the name Jesus
[which means Jehovah is salvation'],
because He will save His | from
their sins" (Matthew 1:21).
Therefore, we may say that no
One can trust in Christ for true salvation
unless he trusts in Him for holiness. This
does not mean the desire for holiness
must be a conscious desire at the time a
person comes to Christ, but rather that
the Holy Spirit who creates within. us
saving faith also creates within us
| the [
desire for holiness. He sitnply does not
Paul. said,
self-con t and godly lives in
_this present. age � (Titus 2:11-12). The
salvation. teaches.
living. We cannot
receive half of God's grace. If we have |
Us to renounce ungc
experienced it at all, we will
cet only Sorgivennte of cur eax bus alas |
freedom from sin's dominion. So again I
Say to you it's holiness or hell. God
command is, "BE HOLY, FOR | AM
HOLY." But as victims of sin's warfare,
Christians are often prone to give up the
in
whenever where is a threat of mass ,
illings and human rights violations.
Oot ne ia cada showing its
If hundreds of thousands of:
non-Black citizens of a country were
on the verge of genocide based on an
agenda of ethic cleansing, the United
States, oNATO, and the United
Nations would have intervened a long
time ago. We must pressure out
government and the United Nations
to step in immediately to end the
- Slaughter of Black Sudanese by their
Arab countrymen. To sit on our hands
again and watch another African |
slaughter would be a travesty.
(Judge Greg Mathis is chairman of the
Rainbow PUSH-Excel board and a
national board member of the
Southern Christian " Leadership .
Conference.) oo
create one without the other.
"For the grace of God that brings Ties oa Ca ae
Salvation has appeared to all men. Ie ; ef
rach (0 say No' to ungodiines and |Boyyiep Ts Consyiting E)
Turorvat Services, Ine,
Iraq, Kosovo and elsewhere;
Id eo
lack of respect for Black human lives:
declares in Matthew 24:37-39 But as the
you that IT'S HOLINESS OR HELL.
as a part of salvation that is received by
us holy in practice. If there is not, then, _ faith in Christ. The angel said to Joseph,
4-H Mini Society youths complete seminar
income and _ inflation), Citizenship
(harmonious community living),
Government Law " (democracy,
tepublic, dictatorship) and
Success Is Taking One S
- at the Youth Today Center on 400
Mumford Road here in Greenville.
As a result of the week long
program which lasted six hours daily
these young these young 4-H Allstars
Members received their Certificates
of Recognition at CiCi Ts Pizza for
GREENVILLE, NC - Recently the
4-H Mini "Society® Program, an
butreach program implemented by NC
oopetative Exteusion Pro at
North Carolina A&T State University
eld a business training seminar for
hich took place daily from June, 28th
mall Step At A
- Cooperation (working together and
| earnings). Mrs. Shelly Moore was
Mildred A. Council were Volunteer
Assistants. Valencia Speight, Jonathan
Fields wete Teen Leaders. Guest
Lawrence Turner, Champion For Kids,
Angel Savage, Youth Today Director,
Guy Sims, Minority Voice, Mildred
Council, Greenville City Council, the
Assistant Manager of Cici Pizza Ts,
Anne Suggs, Retired..4-H Assiociate
- and Business Owner, and Marion
Booth, Pitt County 4H Program
oAssociate,
Top Photo
In the top part of the photo we
find Marion Booth; (Pitt 4-H Program
oAssociate), Douglass Fields; (4-H
Volunteer Leader /Parent), Gloria
Fields;(4-H Volunteer Leader and
Patent), Shelly Moore;(4-H Mini
"Society Facilitator), Ann Speight;(4-H
| Volunteer Leader and Grandparent),
Luella Wills; (Parent and Volunteer),
yeand = Mildred =~ A. Council,
. Founder/Volunteer Leader 4H
AllStars Club and Parent)
Bottom Photo
Found in the photg T on the
bottom are the course graduates. In the
back tow from left to right are
Catherine Wills, De Tvonte Blount,
Jonathan Fields, Zackia Parker,
Dreginalle Daniels, Kevin Burns,
Valencia Speight, and Marian Booth,.
In the front row are graduates Ella
patticipating in the 4H
Mini "Society® Program. oHow to
Start A Business. � This program was
developed and implemented:in 1996
| Facilitator, Ann C. Speight, and. |
| Speakers during the week included o
fight, or at least to compromise sin |
in its more difficult forms, Chose Christ .
. Jacqueline Harper
. Pebsan Harper is the
} Owner and director of Bouvier's
} Consulting and Tutorial Services,
Inc. A veteran Pitt County
educator with over 23 years of
experience, she has also served as
a Parent Involvement
Coordinator for "Parents for
Public Schools", Charter School
director. After-school
Coordinator, and was the 2003
:} es recipient of the Above and
. ; Beyond the Call of Duty (ABCD)
God Bless Our Fathers... Award. Bouvier's Consulting and
A proud Black Veterans of World sutoal Services Inc. provides a
War Il, and a father who has SU�"�mmer Enrichment _prograin
experienced Black Folks having their during the summer months and
own credit unions. Father Pete Hagin After-school tutorial during the
poses for our cameras at Mt. Calvary school year for students in Ist -
during a concert by Exnest 6th grades, - The curriculum
Silver. Father Hagin can recall consists Of test-taking strategies,
segregation in North Carolina and the homework _ assistance, cultural
dald days arts, educational: field trips, and
barb a REPRE ta meee, scheduled ~enrithinent activities
such as Spanish, tennis! Science,
piano lessons, and golf.
Enrichment activities also include
4-H, Odyssey of the Minds, and
Home- Schooling. _ Previous
educational outings have included
The Imagination Station in
Wilson, NC, an Amtrak passenger
train ride, tours of the Greenville
Water Treatment Plant,
Greenville _ Fire
Jerome Ramey "
Attorney and Counselor at Law
112 S. Pitt Street Greenville, NC 27835
program by Marilyn L. Kourilsky.
After spending a wegk in clasees rh
above 17 youths were familiarized
with the business disciplines: Starting
a Business, Record Keeping: Ethnics
and Decision Making, Ideas, and
Principles, | Economics (money,
Roberson, Mules Evans, Jamaiqua
Maye, Megan Fields, Martina Evans,
Melanie Fields, Melinda Fields, Justin
Steeler, and Mrs. Shelly Moore. Not
shown in the photo is Garratte Jones
who also completed the course.
The man is a teacher. Posing for out
camera outside of Roundtree Rest.
with his grandson. T Father Herbert,
Department,
Lowes Foods, and the voting
; polls. The After School Program
ours: will be Monday through
Friday 2pm - 6pm. Student pick
ups will be made from the
following schools: Sadie Saulter,
Buy - Sell - Trade oF
1456 D. Worthington Road, Greenville score: i wor ington & Cait Hore Ad)
Phone: (252) 321-1236 ® Fax: (262) $21-1267
Ask far John Deaver, Gaorge Rightmyer or Billy Johnson
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711 S. Memorial Drive
j Monday-Saturday 10-9
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South Greenville, Wahl-Coates,
who is 84 years old of age, has been Wintergreen, St. Peters, W.H.
Painting for over 50 years and he is Robinson, and A.G. Cox Middle
not your ordinary painter. He teaches
reaenes School. For information on
young people the art of painting enrollment and a tour of the
houses. Inside hats off to Mr. Herbert facility, please visit at 210 W. 10th
Rouse. St. or call (252) 754-0774
Northwest Elementary Receives Grant
Gch pangromne fos doe cite. �
JOB DRIVE
August 26, 2004" 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
_ Pre-Qualification Required - Applicants
_ must apply in person prior to August 26th
This event is to assist job seekers in finding potential
employment and to assist employers in identifying qualified
jobséekers. Come to the Pitt County JobLink -
Center ot Community Square Shopping
Center on Memorial Drive next to Pitt Community
_ College. Positions available include:
* Customer/Field Service Rep * Co-Managers
* Community Based Services * Truck Drivers (CDL)
ParaProfessionals * Hard Top Builder
* Personal Care Aide/ * Touch Up
ay ely
* Pickers, ers, rs ¢ esign Technician
* Materials Norden? #4 ion Systems Support
* Crew Members
Call JobLink at
321-4534 o
321-4578.
for more information.
#
of identity theft can tell you the
°
Ways
By Carolyn M. Brown
Anyone who has been the victim . ch
emotional and financial drama of
, When Identity Theft Happens te You.
ig
ye
ying to clear her name and undo
the hi
ngering damage caused by the
perpetrators. The harsh reality is
that it can take two months or two
d Means: Restoring Your Good Name
years to recover your good credit
and name. . .
If you've obeen victimized
unknowingly by criminals, you'll
need a plan of action to repair your
credit report and recover your good
name. :
Many victims report spending
months hassling with credit
agencies, financial institutions and
police departments. Some even
have had to take time off from
work to write letters, make calls,
collect evidence and demand
action. The typical identity theft
vicim will spend 600 hours of
private time trying to sort out
affairs and potentially thousands of
dollars in legal and accounting
transition to acceptance.
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They maintain the highest ethical standards recognize and appreciate local
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Their goal is to help the grief stricken survivors of a loved one get through the
Service expenses to correct credit
bureau records and to be
~fe-instated for credit at banks,
brokerage firms, credit
companies and so on.
There is a section of identity
card
theft law that limits the victim Ts
liability to the first $50; the balance
is met by businesses (credit insurers
and merchants) through _ their
indemnity insurance. In 2003,
commercial businesses suffered $47
billion in losses. Since credit report
repair is time and money to. credit
insurers, they are slow in response
in hopes that identity theft victims
will back down.
Outside of the financial burden
on the victim, there Ts also the cost
_ OF anxiety and mental suffering.
___ Victims of identity theft report that
Policy agencies are sometimes
dismissive or even abusive, credit
and credit grantors disbelieving.
When victims are. actually accused
Of committing crimes, they are
sometimes repeatedly detained T by
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which " stresses w y it is so
important you safeguard your
personal information as outlined in
Ways and Means:Identity Theft.
) As part of its Citi Identity
Theft Solutions. (800-950-5114),
Citibank has a team of specialists to
help credit cardholders who are the
victims of ID theft through each
step of resolving fraudulent activity
and restoring credit standing, which
includes placing a oFraud Alert � on
credit reports, contacting other
creditors to close unauthorized
accounts, and filing a police report.
You can check with the bank
that issued your credit card to see if
they have-a similar program. But
for the most part, you Tre on your
own. In the event that identity theft
and fraud occurs and you Tve been
victimized unknowingly by
action to repair your credit report
. fraudulent
Convince law enforcement officials:
fot the person they want. All of
criminals, you'll neéd a plan of
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Emergency Drive to close August 15
The traffic route to the PCMH Emergency Department will change effective
August 15, 2004. As of that date, Emergency Drive off NC Route 43
(West Fifth Street) will be closed permanently due to a construction project
at the Brody School of Medicine.
Beginning Monday, August 16, ail traffic coming from Route 43 to the
August 4 - 20, 2004 The Minority Voice Newspaper Page 13
and recover your good name.
~ File your complaint with the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
oYou need backup. Contacting
the FTC will help you with law
enforcement agencies and creditors.
The agency has develeoped the ID
Theft Affidavit to help victims
restore their good names. For a
copy, . Visit
www.consumer.gov/idtheft or call
877-IDTHEFT.
Gather as much
documentation as you can to prove
your case.
Since many creditors require a
police report to resolve your
dispute, you will have to be
persistent when dealing with local
authorities. As proof, provide your.,
notorized FTC affidavit, credit
teports, and other evidence of
activity to file a
complete police reptort. If your
local police tell you they can Tt take
a police report, try the county or
state police. You also can ask to file
a oMicellaneous Incident Report, �
if local authorities don Tt view
identity theft as a crime.
Follow up with credit agencies.
Victims of identity theft are
entitled to free copies of their
credit reports. Obtain copies of
your report from the three major
credit bureaus and put circles
around items that you dispute.
Request the information be deleted
or corrected but be sure to give
facts and explain why. Again, send
a copy of your notorized FTC
affidavit. For the letters you'll need
to write to repair your credit, you
may have to write to over 100
agencies. Get the Identity Theft
Survival
www.identitytheft.org.
. Contact individual creditors.
Most victims can get accounts
closed and debts dismissed by
completing the creditor Ts fraud
paperwork. Include copies of your
police report and ID Theft
Affidavit. Insist on a letter from the
creditor stating it has closed all
disputed accounts and have
discharged you of your fraudulent
debts. You'll also need to have
these letters for backup when
dealing with the credit bureaus and
debt collectors. A creditor must
respond to your complaint within
30 days and resolve the dispute
Kit Ae
within two billing cycles (or no more
than 90 days). Also, refer to oHow to
Dispute Credit Report Errors and
Fair Credit Reporting � "at
www.consumer.gove /idtheft.
Keep records.
Use cerufied mail and return
receipt request, so you can document
what the credit bureaus and creditors
received and when. Keep
photocopies of all letters and
documents. Also, take notes on the
date, time, and names of anyone you
talk to regarding your dispute. You
will also want to notify other federal
and state agencies. For instance, you
will want to contact the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC: 800-934-3342), for bank
fraud.
Consider
identity.
Meaning, you can set up a
company identity such as a family
creating another
limited partnership, sole
proprietorship, or limited liability
company. Although this is an
alternative, it Ts not a simple process
or a quick fix. -
Bear in mind that the credit ;
bureau Ts investigation must be
completed within 30 days (45 if you
provide additional information). If
the agency considers you dispute
frivolous it must do so within five
business: days. Otherwise, it must
forward all relevant documents to an
information provider for
investigation. The credit bureau must
give yoy written results upon
completion of the investigation.
Note that any disputed information
that cannot be verified must be deleted
from your file. Also, if your report does
contain efroneous information, the
credit bureau must correct it and send
notices to anyone who received your
_ teport in the past six months,
Always. remember the onus is
you to reclaim your identity. It may
seem unfair that as the victim you
will be given the hard time, but the
bottom line is that you will have to
be steadfast, disciplined and
aggressive in your efforts to repair
your credit.
First: published: July 13, 2004
About the Author
Carolyn M. Brown is a business
finance writer and editor living in
New Jersey. She authored The
Millionaires T Club and Nobody's
Business But Your Own.
Ex-Motown president says technology
lets bad singers succeed
BRYANT, Ark, " Listen Britney
and Beyonce. Al Bell, former Stax
record owner and Motown
~ président, thinks*~fancy - digital
recording equipment is a crutch for
today's pop singers. "What I've seen
it do ts allow a person with
mediocre talent excel because of the
technology and = maintain that
mediocrity," Bell said recently. "So
they get onstage with the headsets
and they're lip-synching because
they can't really sing as well as they
sound on the record."
The man who wrote the lyrics to
the Staples Singers' I'll Take You
There and brought the worltfHie
funk of Isaac Hayes and the catchy
Whoomp! There It Is used analog
24-track reel-to-reel machines in the
1960s:
But the studio he works in now has
computers, boards with hundreds .
of -dials --and--a~-balf-dezen TV
screens to view musicians.
"It's not as it was in the past." he
said. "When we were doing it with
Otis Reddtng or Isaac Hayes, they
were in the studio for two days
doing 40 or 50 takes before they
captured the magic."
Bell, 64, now works as a consultant
for independent Alpine Records in
Bryant, a suburb of Little Rock.
The company has studios filled with
the latest gadgets that can record
today's sound but that can also,
with Bell's ear, catch yesterday's
soul
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as follows
MacGregor Downs Road to Arlington Boulevard
Arlington Boulevard to Heart Boulevard
Heart Boulevard to the Emergency Department
Signs placed on Route 43 will direct drivers to the Emergency Department
via the new route.
Traffic bound for the Emergency Department from US Route 264
(Stantonsburg Road) will not be affected.
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by Titus Ledbetter IIT :
PTON, Va - A day before
filmmaker Michael. Moore's
oFahrenheit 9/11 � opened nationwide,
he stood in Washington with several
members of the Congressional Black
Caucus, on the steps of a legislative
office building, as they praised the film.
After President George Bush
turned down an invitation to speak in
Philadelphia at the annual NAACP
convention, the " aivil nghts
organizaton = sponsored a free
screening of the anti-Bush film,
drawing at least 2,000 people on July
13, according to the New York Times.
NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, in
introducing the movie, likened it in
importance to Harriet Beecher Stowe Ts
novel oUncle Tom Ts Cabin, � the book
that boosted the abolitionist cause
before the Civd War and became the
first social protest novel published in
the United States.
The movie makes the argument
that the United States never should
have invaded Iraq, and he maintains
that Blacks are being used.
A poll conducted by the D.C..
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner. Res-earch
surveyed 1,000 likely voters after the
movie's first week. It did not break
down those it surveyed by race, but the
survey showed that the largest
percentage of voters that had seen it
were in the 18-29 age bracket and that
86 percent of those who had seen the
movie planned to vote for John Kerry.
Despite the lack of racial stanstics,
there is much to suggest that
oFahrenheit 9/11 � is resonating with
many Blacks. Mr. Moore has plugged
the film on radio Ts syndicated oTom
Joyner Morning Show � and on oThe
Tavis Smiley Show � on PBS.
Kimberly Thompson, executive
vice president of the Johnson
Development Corp., which runs the
Magic Johnson Theaters in six Black
communities around the country, said
that the movie is doing overy well �
there.
The movie makes the argument
that the United States never should
have invaded Iraq and he maintains
that Blacks are being used.
Some Black moviegoers agreed.
Jennifer Mowbrey, 21, a recent
graduate of Hampton University, says
Mr. Moore Ts point about the
recruitment of poor Blacks to serve in
Iraq hit home.
oAfrican Americans should pay
attention to the fact that, according to
the movie, most of the (American
mulitary) recruitment takes place in
poor neighborhoods, � said Ms.
Mowbrey. oThe poor people are going
to fight and the nch people are making
all the decisions. Fhey are selling them
the promise of a college education. �
She saw oFahrenheit 9/11 � within
the first two weeks of its June 25
release, and said she was one of the
tew Blacks in the movie theater.
oI felt Black people should watch
the film but, unfortunately, they will be
the least likely to see the film, � she
added. oBlack people seem to be the
least interested in politics or anything
that affects them in the future. �
Mr. Moore follows two Manne
recruiters who seck candidates at a
working-class mall outside Flint, Mich.
Many of ther contacts are with Black
men in their teens and carly 20s. The
recruiters talk about the success of
David Robinson of the National
he
The price of greatness is respon-
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consider becoming an automotive
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There's a nationwide shortage of
automotive service technicians,
oThere are tens of thousands of
unfilled career positions available
right now, � said James Willingham,
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Today, a group representing man-
ufacturers and franchise dealers.
A majority of auto dealers say
they need to hire at least one new
technician in the next six months.
Today's automotive service centers
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Basketball Association . and rapper
Shaggy, and imply that the atmed
forces could be the road to success
for a would-be pro basketball player
of musician. :
oYou know, they try to play on
the ignorance of Black ir or
poor people, � said Joseph Tobe, of
Hyattsville, Md., an energy technician
who said he, too, was. struck by the
segment. oThey try to sell them all -
this hoopla: about what they can
have � if they enlist.
consultant from Germantown, - id,
said he appreciated the film becauge it
was Courageous of Moore to bring th
light secrets that need exposure. He
called the movie �,�xcellent . and
well-documented... ~
oIf nothing more, oit oraises
awareness of the issues that go on in
the country, � he said. Hopefully, it
will cause people to faise questions
when we start talking about who we
really want as the
United States. � .
a junior © at
Glen Lomax, 52, a training
Deidra Squire,
president of the.
Ss CU
Hampton University, said she was
struck by the interview with.a Black
soldier. who had setved in the T war,
but said he'd rather go to jail than
return fo
fight again. The fact that
ohe'd accept imprisonment spoke to
ohow setious this thing is, � she said:
Mr. Moore interviews a group of
young Black students, most of whom .
say they have a friend or family
member who has served in the war.
oThey don Tt have any other way
to escape: impoverishment, � said Ms.
Squire, speaking. of the * Black
Sag dg SG pga wegio
oStudents. oIf: they. don Tt joint the
armed forces, they don Tt have any
Other. option. �
She said she knows that the film
might stir up fears and memories that
many people would like to forget. She
thinks T that watching the movie will ©
inform those votng in the:
upcoming 2004 election,
oT understand trying T to. protect.
your emotions, � said Ms. Squire. oBut
Sometimes you have to face it, If you T
tty to ignore problems, they are not -
going tobe solved. it Ts better to relive
she said. oNo on should have to relive
ia i i tale
it on screen than later on in teal life. �
Not all Black people are eager. to
see the movie, Some say: they do not
" to relive that: September day in
bea ass
Susan Simpson, 34, who has lived
in: New York, . said. she considered _
herself overy neutral when it comes to-
politics, � and said she did not want-to
see T the tiovie after she heard the
words oPahrenheit � and o9/11. �
oT wouldn Tt see Fahrenheit o/iT
because J think it was a yery sad day, �
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