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MAY 292;
SCHOOL ENDS JUNE Ith - LEAD YOUR KIDS 0
By James Wright
AFR j
O Staff Write A controversial plan by a of Omaha has been approved
By: James Wright Black state senator to set up by the Nebraska state
AFRO Staff Writer a majority Black school legislature and signed by its
district within thecity limits Republican governor. The :
. plan also sets up a majority
White district and a
predominantly Latino district
in the city.
Omaha Ts school
superintendent and the city Ts
two other state senators,
each are White, say that the
plan legalizes segregation
and it should be contested in
court. However, Sen. Ernie
Chambers (D-Omaha) said
that the plan in not
segregation, but a way to let
Black parents and citizens
have a voice in how their
children are educated. .
' oThere is no intent to create oLeading the Challenge, Attorney Derek Brown poses with State President of the SCLC Mr. Bennie
segregation, o said Roundtree, and Mr. Billy Brown, as he become a lifetime member of the Pitt County Chapter of the
Chambers, who represents a . SCLC. Hats off to Attorney Derek Brown for his political run for House of Representatives.
district that is 71% black, Continue to do the work of the community Attorney Derek Brown. We are all proud of you and your
efforts !! ye (photo by: Bro. =
TING THE CHALLERCES "
SIDEN Pact the Challenges of Community and Justice in the Midst of Crisis mother of two, African not enough, now Durham is
As if the sordid allegations of American student, hoping to _ being visited by a group
Submitted by Ms. Amina the racist and violent acts of he g lawyer, who happened _calling itself the oNew Black
Turner, Executive Director _ some Duke students with a to have a brief life as an Panther Party and according
By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber _history of out of control escort service on the to media reports another
-IL,North CarolinaNAACP _ behavior against a 27 year old, moming of March 14" were __racist/fascistic outfit, the
State Conference President
I'm standing here today with
= Rev. James M. Smith,
President of the
Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance of
Durham, Rev. Charles Smith,
of the local NAACP, Rev. Joe
Harvard, Rabbi John
Freidmann and Bishop Elroy
Lewis.
African American Elders
African American Elders Missing Out on Extra Help with Rx Costs
individuals with disabilities are
realizing substantial savings
through Part D, while being
protected from unseen costs
inthe future. ,
This is a vital opportunity for
older African Americans to
get help paying for their
medications. ButAfrican
American enrollment in Part
D has been low, to date. Dr.
Sandra L. Gadson, President
of the National Medical
Association (the largest
African American professional
health organization), recently
issued a call to action to
Malte,
African American community
a ~ leaders to push for greater
By Marie Smith participation. AARP is adding y
AARP President reeseta Mader non its voice to Dr. Gadson Ts. Little Willie Center Receives Award Donation..,. Mother Arrington, Director & Founder of the
significant change in its 40- Medicare beneficiaries need to _Little Willie Center received an award donation of $ 500.00 from The Ladies of the Golden Circle
For years, AARP pushed for wa history. Millions of know about this new benefit Organization. The Little Willie Center is a place for latch-key kids, who parents work, and gives the
prescription drug coverage to ve rn Ty. F and that they must enroll kids someplace to go in the afternoons where someone can help them with their homework and it just
be added to Medicare. The !der Americans an before the May 15 deadline. gives them a safe place to go from school, photo De Jim Rouse
Minority Voice May 12-26, 2006 pg2
OPINION
_, URBAN PERSPECTIVE . LARRY AUBREY = = BETWEEN THE LINES | A. ASADULLAHS, SAMAD
Tegal Immingration: " _ Blacks and Immigration
} Continuing Quagmire. Reform: Conflicted, But
\
documented, and US citizens
corporate interests. The huge
expense. Partnerships and
to Blacks at the end of the 19th
They sell fruits, or flowers, or
Angeles, there have Why ? t find
. | cotmerted efforts to build Black gardeners but can Tt m
e silence of most Black Black/brown coalition since , Van ho That Ts what One. It Ts the same wi
. leadership on the immigration 4. 1980s, makes this dangerous. housekeepers, babysitters,
Are oillegal � immigrants issue. Not the least is their Arecent study by the Pew The fact that African Americans live-in nannies, and day
ee a berandl me os Hispanic Center found that feel ts need to take position laborers. The competition
tee Blacks answer inthe Elected officials T sorry retort eae are needs ta be called into question. owen inn and ; onity on
affirmative. Does this reflect is that the ballot box i 1S their less likely to have high : There has been no Latino a eve s) stem rom
as bias towards ndocumented _ ultimate accountability, enab- school diplomas, they are olitmus test � on HR 40 networks each creates that
Latinos? Probably. ling them to govern with more likely to hold jobs. At (Reparation bill) oreven where Support their desire to work and
( oIllegal � is an administrative impunity year after year the same time, other studies ~ Latinos stand on police abuse or improve their communities.
or judicial determination " despite the array of critical show that even in a booming jailhouse attacks on African Only 25% ofall jobs in America
Just as persons who commit _issues facing constituents. labor market, uneducated In a strange twist of events A We tend to ate advertised. The rest are
t ocriminals � Current case in point: Where lack g . mericans. e tend to a � Work j
sare nO anced eR ene young b lack men are worse leading up to the oDay Without cooperate where we can, but oinside referrals. Work is
The multi-dimensional gies relating tothe needs of 4 arica Ts race-based Mexicans � protest, there was each community has its own isappearing for African
_ Immigrant problem brings their constituents on immig- double standard is as real as suddenly this overwhelming issues. Yet, oare you with us � is Americans because we want to
out ration reform? How do they ever. Most blacks realize focus on where African nowaprevailing inquiry among be the only one on the job and
the worst in people, including perceive the recent demons- that the same business Americans stood on the issue. Blacks and Latinos. Certainly Put little in the job opipeline �.
African Americans, for whom _ trations and pending congres- owners who knowingly While this focus certainly was any group that knows the social Latinos refer who they know.
it represents the latest sional legislation Ts impact on accept fraudlent documents heightened by a half-cocked ch ; - Blacks used to do the same.
development to jeopardize Black communities? and hire undocumented y al change history of Blacks in lac! 7
- their precarious existence. Conservatives T response to the work Ted Hayes rollin T into Leimert America (including the history Black could provide enough
They give short shriftto the undocumented problem is ae refuse to hire African Park with Minutemen in tow, of the oDay of Absence � for erie everybody to work if
various interationsof clear: from the Minutemen, Americans who check the @/kin T about Black people will which this protest was they Tdonly support themselves.
pending immigration vigilantes patrolling the - box that indicates he or she help immigrants build an modeled)know that our In 1965, it was Jewish
~Keislation: tore satis eden has been convicted of a economy in ne. be involvement in social (and ones a ae
ned v4: crime. ayes 18 Clearly the latest political change) is crucial, Blacks. In ,
Sra Felony MeL mela, opposit very clear African Americans should iteration of Sambo politics that Yeah this =e istargeting Koreans. NOW, Is init grants.
no felondy if caught and Their spin is transparent: region elo bu advances the position of the Mexicans, but Haitians, And opposing Blacks think they
guest workers provision; oThose people have no right must insist that such reform °"S¢'vativeright without any Jamaicans, and Africans are at help immigrants build their
amend-ment to Senate Bill here and their very presence address concern of how crazy he really impacted by this bill. oown country �. Yeah, right?
" "ho criminal penalties for nes unlawful act. � ongoing,deplorableconditions, makes Black people look. Of We should be allies in That's pure. thetoric and the
Fennag uncocumented; tisobeneace vasctay � . i., poor education, inade- course, the media is there front advocating for compassionate source of the confliction on this
coe i oust workers because he (and o thers for quate housing, police abuse, and center, while a few so- reform.Solidarity where poss- sue "anissue not really ours.
but ambiguous civil rights) was citizens, not An eve qui pro called oBlack spokespersons � ible. That Ts how it Ts always Blacks can Tt build their own
on other key issues. oforeign scabs �.) ig is predicated ot adershi front off the whole race been, | economy here in America.
Most African Americans Dr. King would instruct these elected and otherwiee uP escalating Black/Latino There are deeper issues here, We need not only play the role
realize that slavery and its people on the need to protect setting aside traditional, self- tensions on a whole nother The concern that immigrants f being victims.
continuing legacy have the civil and human rights of serving priorities for a front simply because some folk take jobs from Black people _ Wanna know our issue? Black
. pe wae gains: ub ' ae at and caution all . larger, want to scapegoat immigrants drives the opposition. It Tsa false American Ts focus should not be
areas confirms the reality that probably vill sotrctiec eee �"� and play up the politics of fear premise that has nothing to do who Ts taking jobs, but who Ts
America is still divided along compassion towards be part of the struggle for that permeate two already with immigration, and making jobs. � When Hes
racial lines thatnow extend "_ people of color and the poor immigration reform, but exploited communities. These everything to do with leamhowto make work, they'll
far beyond Black and White. " or undocumented Latinos. It implementation of such Negroes are trying to do to competition. Immigrants don Tt have work. Immigration won Tt
(Latinos " undocumented, _ will, undoubtedly protect reform cannot be at our immigrants what America did take work " they make work, even be an issue. It Ts not for
any other community who
are a subject ° discrimin- protests " many student collaboration are foregone Century when poor Whites other goods. simply make work for their
though teirkisoreesed throvghout the ieee. MEEESitesivencurent "_ecredthatblcke weretaking tire jobs they fillarenot People to work.
ough their histories an oughout the nation, espe demographics, underscoring or / aL _ |
cultures differ significantly cially in Los Angeles where the need for principled their jobs because of jobs Black families looking for
from Blacks T). 900,000 demonstrators flexed eran tive leadership. Civil
African Americans find it paca muscle. , and \
difficult to empathize with lhe demonstration cause ; 2
myst Latinos " consternation among Blacks Sate pate i a Ze) Mee SS.
whom they perceive as whose political capital contin- oda ee a oZa wy
worsening their plight. ues to recede as Latino Ts fiteadhe d, and Blacks "_*, " "
(African Amer-icans had TISeS. must develop strong \ ; .
similar feelings about Korean There has been much talk agendas and \ at
merchants in the 1980s and among Blacks about collab- demand a place at the " Som .
1990s but following the orating with Latinos. decision-making tables since - ~
Rodney King verdict, the Similarities in respective like no people, we have .
majority of those arrested histories of oppression been denied such access " =
were Latino, not seem to make such collabora- and fundamental civil rights a ieee
Black.) tion viable. However, talkis = ney iets ne
There are many reasons for _all there Ts been. In Los nt on. : " "
licans were trying to distance
The oShow � White House
!
'
What I mean by this is that, themselves from the former do have some things in position to speculate on how spokesman. Williams didn Tt
when the blizzard clears, it T! | KuKlux Klan leader.Snow common. Like me, Snow isa Snow might come across asa _ last. Snow won Tt either. A
| be pretty evident that Snow suggested that Duke was radio show host and a conservative White spokes- suspicious eye shouldbe cast
By Dr. Firpo Carr -' doesn Tt care about Black espousing some good newspaper columnist. He will | man for the oSnow � White upon such men who seem to
President Bush introduced people either. Why do I say conserv-ative ideals, be "in the not-too-distant House. ~ lack moral fiber and i integrity.
Tony Snow as the new White this? Well, Ibase my assess- _including family valuesand " "future "a spokesman fora For instance, Snow is Perhaps it Ts more than a
House press secretary, ment on the words and actions Opposition to welfare famous family whose son, brazenly disingenuous in coincidence that the animated
replacing the contentious and of the Snow man himself. dependency. � The Snow man, George W. Bush, is a leading accepting the job as White movie oIce Age 2: The
cantankerous Scott McClellan consistent with conservative world figure. Ihave been "in House spokesman since prior Meltdown � is being release
In'so doing, the White House Consider these facts: values, openly defended and the recent past "a spokesman 0 his appointment he severely around the same time Snow
moved up a notch from olilly � publicly supported David for a famous family whose criticized Bush, reportedly descends on the White House.
white to oSnow � white. If " _Agcording to the April 27, Duke. An aberration? The son, Michael Jackson, is also Saying on one occasion that Unlike the cartoon comedy,
Hurricane Katrina demons- 006, issue of the Los Angeles _article continues: oIn 2001, a leading world figure. We're oNo president has looked this however, I have a frigid
trated that, as Kanye West put Times, oIn 1991, Snow, then a Snow wrote a column both teachers; and have both impotent this long. � Snow Ts _ feeling that Snow is going to
it, George Bush doesn Tt care speechwriter for President defending another former been to Africa. And while fellow conservative, Black leave African Americans in a
about Black people, T judging George H.W, Bush, defended klansman, Sen. Robert C. we're about the same age radio talk show host and socio-political ice age that Tll o.
_ from his track record, we're some ideas 6 Louisiana Byrd (D-W.Va.), for his use _(51-ish), our commonalities columnist Armstrong Williams " ultimately end ina chilling
about to feel the fury of an gubernatorial candidate David _ of aracial epithet. � abruptly end here. I mention similarly wasarabidcriticof collective emotional
on-coming oSnow � Storm! uke at atime when Repub- Though we could not be these parallels because I feel © Michael Jackson, butjumped " meltdown too.
7 more dissimilar, Snow and1 "_ they put me in a unique at the opportunity to be his
from the ninety-nine percent
bag, which adds at least five
hundred caloriesand seventeen
grams of fat mostly to your
thighs, reach for pretzels.
_ which have little to no fat.
3. Eat your citrus, don Tt
slurp it. Downing a glass of
orange juice is quick way to
load up on calories. Instead,
eat an orange and save sixty
calories per day, and it will
keep up feeling fuller longer.
4. Substitute condiments.
Substitutions that won Tt
~ assault your taste buds and
| Diet " " What you Can
Do Right Now
1. Say no to soda. A twelve-
ounce can of soda can pack
* 120 calories. Go with the
motto of oI Td-rather eat my
calories � and you Tll find
yourself sipping on water and
diet sodas, both of which have
no calories.
_2. Skip the chips. Having an
attack of the crunchies?
Instead of reaching for the
potatoe chips, especially
have few to no calories:
mustard instead of mayon-
naise on turkey sandwiches,
salsa, or hot sauce on a baked
potatoe instead of butter.
If you must dip into the
breadbasket, go Italian and
ask for olive oil instead of
butter.
10 Signs you Need to Get
Organized
1. You don Tt want people to
Visit because the house is a
OMIM
COMMUNITY VOICES FROM THE DESK OF MRS BEATRICE MAYE
. oYou stack books on the
floor because there Ts nowhere
else to put them.
3. You can Tt find your
receipts when want to make
returns.
4. You frequently have to
pay late fees or bills.
5. You can Tt find a place to
work on your hobbies because
clutter litters every flat
surface.
6. You hate to put away
clean laundry because your
drawers are too full.
7. You can Tt find your good
tablecloths and candles when
guests come over.
8. You put items on top of
their containers instead of
inside.
9. You have to search the
entire house for supplies, such
as. printer paper or glue.
10. You can Tt find a place for
food or new clothes when you
come home from the store.
From:Woman 's Day,
May 05, 2006
Reflections
1) Register to vote, or shut up!
2) Take all that money out of
those stocking caps, in cans,
mattresses, and floorboards
and invest money in
something. For starters, invest
in the food you eat and clothes
you wear.
3) Learn another language.
Ebonics does not count.
4) Stop using the oN � word in
the year 2005, especially since
Merriam-Webster has
announced it isn Tt changing the
definition.
5) Buy something each week
from a black vendor.
6) Stop blaming white folks for
98% of your problems, while
giving them 100% of your
money. .
7) Subscribe to Ebony, JET,
Black Enterprise, Essence.
Minority Voice May 12-26, 2006 pg3
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t
Then subscribe to one of the "
three weeklies: Time,
Newsweek, or US News and
World Report. After we read
about what Ts going on in our
world, how about knowing
what Ts going on in theirs? It
is, after all, your world.
8) Stop walking past each
other and not speaking.
9) Be on time for something,
anything!
10) Get an annual gheck up;
herbs do not cure everything!
11) In all thy ways
acknowledge Him (GOD) and
He shall direct thy path. �
prioritize this as # 1.
12) Stop being jealous of one
another, learn to look past the
material things and see the
person for who they are.
13) Get involved in at least
one charitable or voluntary
community service.
14) Say a prayer for "
someone besides yourself:
15) Hug your child/spouse/
parent today.
16) LOVE ONE
ANOTHER!
17) Learn to Let Go and Let
God.
18) Stop talking about it,
and be about it.
19) Let GOD order your
steps instead of the world.
20) P.U.S.H.!! Pray Until "
Something Happens!
21) In all that you do, get
understanding, (turn off the
TV, and open a book).
Don Tt just read this, DO IT
and encourage others to
take nothing for granted.....
Tell people what they mean
to you- TODAY! !{!!!
to enact this measure, they
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slaves. Eventhough he knew Officers announced: oIf ology. For more than a _Summary:
of the widespread sine slavery is to be abolished then century, the pernicious story | The Confederacy had come Weis Pa 5 eae one
loyalty to the Confederacy, he I take no more interest in our "_of the faithful slave took deep into the World to protect ra A y
admitted that black battlefield _ fight. � The Southerners root in the American slavery and those leaders ho ON YOUR HUNee
service could be purchased would give up their sone, imagination, where it still urged arming slaves by freeing neronai
only by promising freedom to husbands, brothers, and provides an active, if them did so not despite
soliders and their families. friends, and often without declining, currency in race their antebellum values but meeetitliataeen
The Confederacy faced a murmuring, to the army; but _ relations. because of them. In pushing Respectfully submi
10 let f thei be Suejette A. Jones
Confederate Emancipation desperate choice: et one of their negroes a}
~ (A well-written demolition | Independence or the loss of | "_ taken, and what a howl you
MN uted tradition of ae i. " triot Thee! omd Confederate . |
« o � e true Southern patrio
MMR Came Tern*) gust give up the neg sive tationalissweredeernined | DQ YOU OMNIA STHEAll business?
- David Blight is a professor rather than be a slave to do whatever it took to
.of history at Yale University, hse Bea a indepe nde of Souther
and gives an account and in , alter further . ; |
interpretation of B military setbacks, the idea of doing, preserve ultimate :
Levine T book. which : arming slaves developed control over blacks in the iawre youl eth thought of Starting pak! shi
ohighlights the plans of an influential followingamong postwar South. husiness?
Southerners to free and arm «2 Small group of white In the late February and
slaves during the Civil War. Southerners " among whom _ early March 1865, the
The idea of faithful slaves in WS Robert E. Lee. Public Confederate Congress . Coeupeyarcele cs: (
the Old South has been one of alls to enlist slaves orginated + adopted a half-hearted bill ry yes,
thé most well-kept myths in Ut of the Union " occupied _ authorizing black enlistment. or if you would like to
American history. Slaves T sections of Mississippiand No slaves were to be
faithfulness to their masters T Alabama, andinthe wake of conscripted. Owners talk ab strategies
cause " a falsehood the fall of Atlanta.(Remember had to come forward and for expandi nga
constructed to support claims the movie oGone with the give their slaves to the cause. a
ditions ~ Wind �)? The law itself did not free business in West
about slavery " has long In September 1864, five a single slave and operated as Greenville you are
formed one of the staple Southern governors supported 4 ofree-will offering. � a A
arguments in Lost some kind of black- solider Gener al Lee ordered urgent invited to attend the
Cause mythology. Inthe past Policy. A public debate action to usher black men West Greenville
decade, some Civil War ensued over whether to into his army which was
enthusiasts have outright purchase slaves about to collapse at Redevelopment Area
contended that thousands of | ffomtheir owners "which "P ctersbure, els where) ~ small business
African-Americans, slave and met with strong opposition. about'200 blacks were ,
free, willingly joined the Some labeled the plan an actually mustered into meeti ng.
ome raised the spectors 0 combat, an , .
oponeland �. "slaverevoltandracesmixing, of those who did wer " | At the meeting, you can join others for a roundtable
A debate over the existence of veep rehearsed familiar conlederate ony discussion on the opportunities and challenges for small
oblack confederates � has © -- "- "Pr-Stavery arguments about ate g busi tion and on in the West ewville
seeped into academic the inherent inferiority way to Union lines. ness crea �,�xpa Gree
conferences, historical of black people andthe �"�. ~ One South Carolina planter Redevelopment Area.
journals and many Wed sites, atural character of racial oremarked right after the fall
The issue of competing slavery. To the Confederates, of Appomattox, Virginia,
popular memories of driven the war was all about that he had believed that
largely by the desire of current Preserving their oproperty � in othese people were happy,
white supremacists to re- slaves. It is noted that one content, and attached to their
legitimize the Confederacy Plantation mistress masters. But the conduct of
while rejecting the condemned any attempt to the Negro in the late crisis of ;
victories of the modern civil © armslaves because it would our affaits convinced me _
right movenent odestroy at one blow the that we have all been laboring
In 1863, after numerous highest jewel in the crown. � under a delusion. � That
Confederate military defeats, Our own North Carolina delusion Pot mac and
oe Sot Gore cata ae meats bie
lared that the quoted: oOur in nce is save th ; | ; |
eerie a dilerna chiefly desirable for the wes republic by arming For more information call the
ould, in time, preservation of our political acks,
Pe eabjectod fice institutions, the prinicpal of At the end ofthe book, the City of Greenville at 329-4502
Confederates took the radical Which is slavery. Another author counters the ospirit of ,
step of arming spokesman for Confederate nostalgia � that has fueled the
, | | oblack Confederate � myth-
Prensa "
Minority Vo scho 12- ol s ped f .
ol segregation...cont. front age scam
with his "Chi .
control of the schools over Asian/Native American, on record as because we have to look at should look ane aie Adjustments. ,
- to the parents and gives us according to school opposing the Chambers T plan, current public policy, i: as . Cheha T . id
the right to elect out own "_ statistics. . 2 schoo) system spokesperson pp policy says that Black the an will go into effe ~~.
ction, : a White 13% Black, Omaha NAACP Chapter children are intctsog by July 2008 barring a change as
T T 0 ;
inclusive. o nd 7% Latino, and 2% President Tommie Wilson said definition and that is why our a result of a court ee
Chambers noted that court- _ Asian/Native American, that while
ordered busing was ended _ according to the 2000 her chapter has not taken a ba!
years ago and Omaha Ts Census Bureau count. position on the Chambers
school district is segregated Nebraska hasa plan, she said the senator does County
- now. Many students are not unicameral legislature, . not speak for the Black fam
assigned to their local which means that it has community. a [ar
schools anid Omaha, like one body: the senate. A oHe speaks for Emie me \ A hools
may cities in the country, is _bill that passes the senate | Chambers, � she said. oThere |
segregated by race on the goes to the governor for is definitely |
basis of the neighborhood approval. The senate something wrong when the
they live in, he said. " passed Chambers T bill, legislature agreed to his plan.
oMy pee os on mention 31 for, 16 against, | oe saying Okay, you Pitt County Schod s is accepting applications for
race, ohe said. oIt Ts the t and t but ,
White people who are not voting " take care your own. T If there XECUTIVE D CTOR FOR HUMAN
talking about segregation, Before signing the bill is one. good . RESOURCES
but segre-gationis already on April 14, Gov. Dave hing a vores out " ae "
1 per said Blacks Heineman (R) si oItis Oenaha at people realize tha ~ Demostrated knowledge and successful experience with NC public
schools are under-funded by motivation behind his is racist. Just like with school administration and teaching; comprehensive knowledge of NC
the school district and its proposal is neither Hurricane Katrina, our school - public school law, governmental statues and regulations; ability to
classroom teacher-students segregation nor_ system is making America coordinate and enhance the functions of personnel management;
ratios are higher than the separation, but instead look at it (racism). � demostrated experience with personnel investigations, grievnace
White schools. He saidhis the goal ofimproving auson sais re ee ue resolution, and negotiation; ability to monitor the recruitment and
a ieee oe place siudent umsiveree of a aad said he norees i with 4 retention process for licensed and classified employees; exemplary
residents so they can have oe Chambers T critics that the plan interpersonal skills, ability to interface effectively with diverse
better facilities, teachers, Some leaders of Omaha in segregation. populations in oral and written forms.
and administrators, thereby disagree with the Both the national office of the
producing higher test scores _Jegislature Ts action. NAACP and the NAACP Four year degree related to Arsen or human resource management;
among students. Sen. Pat Bourne (D- Legal Defense rn said they principal, public school, and central office experience preferred.
a like the NFL to Omaha) sai afer the i: court challenge = 0 see Supervisory expertise required; qualifies for or holds a NC License as a
ohe said. oThe rich teams oWe will go down in id Sees eh
have to share revenue with history as one of the first Dr. Ronald Walters, a
the less profitable teams in states in 20 political scientist at the Interested candidates should remit a application to Pitt County Schools |
order for the teams to have "_years to set race University of Maryland, said Human Resources Department, 1717 West Fifth Street, Greenville, NC
parity. That Ts what we are "_telations back. � Sen. that people should not rush to 27834, Call (252) 830-4242 for additional information.
talking about here. Allof Gwen Howard (D- Judgement on Chambers T Closing Date: May 26, 2006
the districts contribute toa © Omaha) action.
common pot and ithas tobe said that ohistory will oThis is a complex "
distributed based on need. � "_not, and should not, situation, � Walters said.
The school district of judge us kindly. � What Emie wants is Blacks
Omaha is 46% white, 31% School Superintendent having control over their own
black, 20% Latino, and3% John Mackriel has gone children Ts education. I agree
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Min. Farrakhan issues a warning to Black New Yorkers
by SAEED SHABAZZ
Special to the AmNews
NEW YORK - This last
Sunday Hon. Min. Louis
Farrakhan appeared on New
York Ts popular radio show
oOpen Line � on WKRS-FM
98.7, and issued a stern
warning to Black New
Yorkers concerning the need
to do-for-self and the need to
be prepared for upcoming
_ disasters such as Hurricane
Katrina. He.also cleared the
air concerning his remarks
while appearing at Tavis
Smiley Ts.
oState of Black America �
forum in February; and his
position on what is happening
in Darfur, Sudan.
Farrakhan Ts warning was that
Blacks do not realize that
America no longer needs
them. oWhite folk have let us
go, except for the few that are
in corporate America. The few
that can fit in this society, �
warned the Muslim leader.
oThe government has said
wipe them out (Blacks in
America), and we are on a
death march. � It was clear
according to some observers
that the leader of the Nation
of Islam was continuing with
very clear and explicit
instructions for the direction
~ that Blacks must take.
James Mtume, one of the
show Ts hosts asked Farrakhan
for a summation of his recent
trip to Cuba; and for the need
for Blacks to see themselves
in the global paradigm.
Farrakhan said that Katriria
ounmasked the naked racism
and ineptitude of government;
and the non-caring attitude of
government toward the
suffering of Black people. �
And since Cuba was only 90
miles away it made sense to
go there to learn what they
know about surviving disaster.
oCuba has been mobilized for
47 years to withstand disaster.
There have been category five
hurricanes that have hit the
island and not one life was
lost; � Farrakhan stated.
oTt is written in the Qur Tan
that Allah will bring one
calamity after another until the
enemy is laid low, so
Hurricane Katrina is only one,
but there are many more to
come, � warned Farrakhan. He
said that Blacks as the people
suffering the most in America
must be prepared to save
themselves. He added that a
documentary was being made
of the recent trip; and he
wanted to share what has been
learned with churches and
organizations. oWe also want
to work with city, state and
the federal government, so
that when the disasters strike,
as they will, we can make sure
that there is not the loss of
life, the tremendous loss of
property and dislocation that
we saw with Hurricane
Katrina. �
Returning to the global
concept, Farrakhan said that
Blacks must understand that
the poor of the world saw
Black America, after the 1995
Million Man March, as hope
for them, because they knew if
we united, we could form a
political base of power that
could change, not only
domestic policy, but influence
foreign policy. oAnd now the
doors to the world are open to
us but we must be prepared
now to go in and take
advantage of the fact that we
are an international people, a
global people - we are not a
minority - we are a majority
on the planet and the whole
world is looking to Black
America because we grew up
in the world leader. But what
we need is a knowledge of
self, � Farrakhan stressed.
Judge Bob Pickett said that -
many in the Black community
throughout the nation have
been critical of Black leaders,
hip in general. oWhat is your
view of Black leadership in
America? � asked Judge
Pickett. oI think the best of
leadership is yet to come, �
answered the Muslim leader.
He then shared with the radio
audience something told to
him by the Hon. Elijah
Muhammad concerning a
force in the universe where a
star 1s being born in the
darkness. That force that is in
the darkness will bring that
star into view. oWhat that is
telling us is that we will never
be bereft of leadership. And
new leadership is required
among Black people, because
there is a sickness in our
leadership, � he said. oI don Tt
want to put myself apart from
that leadership, because none
of us has done all we should
do, � Farrakhan admitted.
He added that the quality of
Black leadership that won Tt
do anything offensive to
whites must be over thrown;
and a quality, ofleadership "
must arise, that owill never
disrespect and be ungrateful �
to.the masses of Black people.
A leadership that will never
compromise principle because
the former slave masters and
their children are in the
house. � Both hosts explained
to Farrakhan the many calls
they received concerning a
comment that the minister
allegedly made during his
appearance in Houston
concerning Smiley Ts book
oCovenant With Black
America. � oI want the world
to know that Farrakhan would
never disrespect the work of
so many that went into
producing this marvelous
book, � he said. oBut, what I
said was misunderstood - and
sometimes when you hear a
man and you think
emotionally he is disrespecting
your work, you don Tt really
hear him, � the minister
continued. oI guess the shock
of what I was saying caused
that type of disturbance, � he
added.
Critics of Farrakhan have said
that he said, oburn the house
down � referring to America.
oNow what I said was; no, no,
no, don Tt be a fireman, let the
house burn. I didn Tt mean to
upset you to think that I
would burn down the house
wh our children in it. The
sctipture says that we are born
sin and shaped in inequity,
: our spiritual house is also
on fire, but from the ashes
God said, I am going to make
a new heaven and a new earth
and you will be a new creature
in Christ. � That is what
Farrakhan was referencing, he
stressed.
oNow, when you make a
covenant, a covenant is a
solemn agreement between
people who are T declaring their
integrity to live up to that
which is in the covenant, �
have become Arabized and
Farrakhan said what Black
; , who didn Tt care about
arabian se h wee we people must examine is the lynching; and don Tt care about
oAre the leaders making a root reason why so many what Eiipaes eee
covenant with Black America whites are crying tears for . don Tt you be deceived that
Darfur and not the suffering in they care about what is
that we will never sell them
out for friendship and favor
with our former slave
masters? � Farrakhan asked.
He added that the covenant _
couldn Tt be made with Black ~
America before oyou make a
coventnt with God. �
happening in the Sudan, � he
argued. oBlack people wake
up to the deceit, � Farrakhan
state
the Democratic Republic of
the Congo or Palestine. oSo
what I say to Black people,
when the former slave masters
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oWe are extremely pleased
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oThe time frame in which our
accreditation was regained
says a lot about the leadership
in the School of Business and
the commitment of the faculty,
staff and students. In four
months, we completed a pro-
cess that normally takes from
12 to 18 months. Throughout
this process, we were confid-
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comprehensive and met the
standards outlines by ACBSP.
During its April meeting last
week, the ACBSP Board of
Commissioners voted
unanimously to grant accredi-
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Business.
NCCU will be presented with
its certificate of accreditation
during the ACBSP Annual
Conference in Chicago, Ill. on
June 18,2006.
According to Steven Pashal,
director of accreditation for
ACBSP, his association was
. Impressed with what they
found at NCCU.
outcomes, osaid Paschal. oI
would say that it is the fastest
that I Tve ever seen anyone
gain accreditation. They did
an excellent job and worked
very very hard. o
In late November 2005, the
ACBSP informed NCCU that
its accreditation
would be withdrawn effective
December 31, 2005. This
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academic deficiencies, but
from an administrative
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QI"! THE 64th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF MR &
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Durham needs to have its
brand of hatred added to the
* mix.
Those of us who live and
work in Durham, however
have a different perspective.
We are faced with two
overwhelming tasks. First,
we must help provide the
social equilibrium necessary
for our criminal justice system
to work. We have said all
along that we had to face this
investigation, face whatever
facts it reveals, and face the
Justice those facts demand.
We have said this case ought
not be decided in the court of
public opinion polluted by
defense lawyer tactic, spin,
innuendo, or sound-bite
sensationalists. This case
cannot be decided between
the front page and sports page
of the paper but must be
decided between judge and
jury without any swaying of
power, prestige, or privilege.
There has been an indictment
now there must be a trial "a
fair trail and an equal playing
field. Let the facts lay where
they lay. Let the truth be
what it is. And let the justice
" and punishment fit whatever "
the final examination of facts
demand. We have a team of
experienced lawyers
monitoring this process and
we will not turn our backs.
/ Itis in this spirit that
the State Conference of the
- oldest and most effective Civil
Rights Organization in the
world, the NAACP, and the
: Interdenominational
Ministerial Allianceof
. Durham and clergy of many
- faith backgrounds, along with
domestic and sexual violence
practitioners are organizing
T the Durham Conference on
. the Moral Challenges of Our
Culture: Domestic and Sexual
; Violence, Racism, Classism
- and the Media at the First
: Presbyterian Church at .
2:00pm on May 16, 2006. ,
: We will announce more about
_ this on this coming Thursday,
May 4.
: We believe that all of us,
- Black and White, Christian, "
! Jew, Muslim, old and young,
' men and women, must not
' drive off, leaving the moral
' challenges raised by this _
; current crisis. Allow me to
; Say a few things to those
. purveyors of hate who would
' opportunistically, for their
' Own purposes come to
- Durham uninvited. As many
of you know, the true apostles
of justice, call and ask: oWhat
can I do to help, local
leadership and those on the
ground? � For example, Rev.
Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al
Sharpton, national leaders
who have proven themselves
over the years, have assured
me and other leaders that they
will do whatever we ask them
to do to help with our twin
agenda of Justice and
Community if we ask. If we
- extend an invitation.
» We have also had commu-
- nication with our own
: Chairman Julian Bond and
- CEO Bruce Gordon. We are
- assured this group that has
; come to Durham uninvited "
: although they have said
- Mayor Bill Bell and the |
* NAACP were consulted about
: their visit, that is not true.
- The NAACP is not opposed
: to working with allies in the
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struggle for Justice and
Community. Indeed, we are
reaching out beyond our
traditional friends, because the
crisis in our community is so
profound. And we are not
opposed to agitators "outside
and inside. Two weeks ago we
- invited community leaders to
join a joint strategy and over
40 church and community
organizations responded. But
agitation without organization
is wrong. And agitation with
a message of hate toward
other minorities or anyone is
wrong. You cannot fight hate
with hate. You cannot fight
misogyny and sexual violence
with vigilantism.
Constitutionally anyone or any
group is free to exercise their
1* amendment rights of free
speech and can come and go
in America as they please and
we support this. But no one
has the right to use the name
of the NAACP on flyers or
suggest its support without
express written consent and
commitment to its already
established goals. What we
do not need is provocation,
which takes the focus away
from the clear goals, which
have already been established
by the justice community here.
We must remember in our
community blacks and whites,
clergy, and males and females,
Duke students and North
Carolina Central University
students have already come
together to call for and stood
for justice without
unnecessary polarization of
one another. This is the path
we must continue.
_ Allow me to conclude by
repeating the principles we
spelled out in our first
statement on this crisis, about
a month ago.
We, the NAACP bring to this
crisis the perspective of these
historical experiences and
wisdom. How we proceed will
have great impact upon our
ability to remain a community
and meet the demands of
Justice. The following are
steps, which ought be taken to
insure justice, integrity, and
healing. The greatest divider
or unifier of the community
will be the perception of how
the process will be carried
out. That is why from the
beginning we laid out a ten-
point position and demand for
the community.
First, we must denounce any
code of silence, which seeks
to inhibit ascertaining the *.
facts.
Second, we must have
deep compassion and concern
Jor the survivor and challenge
any attempts to demean or
destroy her rather than to
seek and ascertain the truth.
Third, we must ensure
the D.A. 8 investigation be
completed thoroughly and
promptly and that serious
consequences be meted out if
the allegations are proven.
These allegations include:
sexual violence/gang rape,
racial slandering/hate crimes,
underage alcohol use, and
any prior history of racial
bigotry and intimidation all
must be fully investigated. We
do not want a rush to
judgment or a delay of
Justice. .
Fourth, Duke should
be conducting its own
thorough investigation: Who
was at the party? Who
violated Duke Ts Code that
night? How many times had
they violated the:law or
Duke's Codes before?
the legal process to insure
Justice is carried out in this
investigation without special
privilege or treatment to
anyone. Our position as an
organization, interested in
civil rights and community
justice is that the
investigation of allegations
are fair, meticulous,
comprehensive, aggressive,
and thorough. And that
justice be rendered based on
what the facts reveal.
Sixth, those students
and other community leaders
who are calling for justice
and fairness in the
investigation must not be
wrongly described as a
olynch mob � no matter how
zealous one seeks to defend
their client.
Seventh, those who
want to ensure justice must
insist there are no short cuts
to justice. We demand that
the alleged perpetrators have
rights to be protected. We
must also be prayerful for
whoever committed these acts
_ because whoever did is
suffering from a great
sickness of the spirit and
hatred for humanity.
Eighth, we must face
the truth and the justice that
the truth demands.
Ninth, we must
consider in the wake of all
that has and will occur, how
we repent, repair, restore, and
move forward. We must not
engage in retaliatory
violence. Our faith must insist
that hope can still be rise out
of hurt, what is meant for evil
can yet be turned to good,
and out of tragedy can still
come triumph.
And tenth, we must
recognize that in a moment
like this moment we need the
guidance of God and a moral
compass which keeps us focus
that only the truth can set us
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the aura of a griot enamates
the reciting of history from
memory with the intent of
passing it on for the benefit
of generatiions to come. And
[by today Ts standards, he is
indeed a griot with lots of
history from which the present
generation in the music and
entertainment industries
can benefit. Levy was born in
1912 and he still looms among
ous � today, bigger than
life, and continuously touches
the lives of many in the
entertainment world in ways
that only he can. Not only is
he a skillful musician, he is
also a jazz advocate, teacher,
mentor and a personal
manager to some of the best
and brightest in the entertain-
ment business:
Levy is the great-grandson -
of slaves and he arrived in this
world in New Orleans, the
Mecca of jazz, thus his .
seemingly natural inclination
iowards jazz. But his path to
Is position of respect and
admiration was not without
peaks and valleys. Though
early in life, he was told " "
like so many young Black men
~~ to get a job, his eyes were
onacareerinmusic, _
He left New Orleans looking
for greemer pastures, grew up
in Chicago and ended up in
New York City, in 1944,
where he olanded a gig � with
the Stuff Smith Trio at the
Onyx Club. There, Levy
honed his musical skills as a
bassist playing with jazz
greats such as Buddy Rich,
Errol Garner, Milt Jackson
and the Great Lady Day, Billie
Holiday, whom he accompa-
nied at Carnegie Hall in 1948.
Then in 1949, he joined the
George Shearing Quintet tou-
ring the country and eventua-
lly took on the responsibilities
of managing that led him to °
becoming a full time manager
in 1951 opening John Levy
Enterprises, Inc. He was the
first Black personal manager
in the business and has
represented ; and continues to
represent , a cadre of entert-
ainers like no other individual.
His roster of clients lists more ;
than 100 entertainers and
spans over a fifty-year period.
A partial list consists of names
such as Cannonball Adderly,
Brook Benton, Jerry Butler, |
nds.......John Levy
Randy Crawford, King Curtis,
Ja TNet Dubois, Roberta Flack,
Herbie Hancock, Eddie
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Shirley Horn, Freddie
Hubbard, Ahmad Jamal, Yusef
Lateef, Ramsey Lewis, Abby
Lincoln, Herbie Mann, Letta
Mbulu, Les Mc Cnn, Claudia
Mc Neil, Wes Montgomery,
Billy Paul, Marlena Shaw,
Jimmy Smith, Dakota Staton,
Stanley Turrentine, Sara
Vaughn, Johnny Guitar
Watson, Joe Williams and
Nancy Wilson.
His approach to personal
management incorporated and
encompassed the total client.
As a manager, Levy used his
business acumen and
promotional skills to create a
group of superstars, primarily
in the jazz world, second to
none. The successes he
gained for his clients T upward
mobility and ultimate satisf-
action won him praise, respect
and an impeccable reputation
in the entertainment industry
from agents, promoters,
entertainment attorneys, other
managers, and record comp-
any executives,
Levy had the ability to
exploit dormant talent that
others " " even the talented
" did not know was there; he
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seemed to be most suited to
take artists from the beginning
of their development and
launch them to heights
unimaginable to even they
themselves. And added to the
obvious obstacles and pitfalls,
the Black artists he encoun-
tered presented a unique set
of hurdles to overcome and as
a (Black) manager, he was
supposed to have the sensit-
ivity to understand that, and
also to be supremely tolerant.
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placed in the same category "
with other forms such as
thythm & blues, disco and
rap; and because of this, jazz
continues to be relegated to
the back burner which makes
the jazz artist Ts work twice as
hard to accomplish the same
level of success as others.in
the music world.
About the country Ts educat-
ional system, Levy reportedly
said, oIn order to collect their
government subsidies, schools
are allowing most Black
students to graduate without
mastering the basic skills,
except in major sports. They
have no knowledge of
American history or Black
heritage. If these kids have
not heard of Jackie Robinson,
they surely have not learned
about Duke Ellington. � (In
Levy Ts autob-iography ( Men,
Women and Girl Singers T
written with the assistance of
his wife, Devra Hall Levy),
the foreword recounts a story
about a teacher who mention-
ed the name Duke T and asks
some Black students about
him. Some though Duke T
referred to John Wayne, and
others thought it was person
with that title from England.
None of the students ever
thought it referred to Duke T
Ellington, a Black man. They
had never heard of Ellington.)
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highest honor in this Americs
art form. He has been induct-
ed into the International Jazz
Hall of Fame; received a
Certificate of Appreciation
from Former Mayor Tom
Bradley; and a Lifetime Achi-
evement Award from the Los
Angeles Jazz Society.
In an interview with Jazz
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your greatest contribution to
American and World culture? T
Levy replied, oI would like to
be remembered as a man who
used his knowledge, and the
experiences that he gained
from being a performing
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several decades of
Gospel music, and
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