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Serving Greenville, Ayden and Pitt County
By: Wiley Henry
Tri - State Defender
When Ronald Baldridge
joined the Gangster Disciples
at age 14, he pretty much
knew the consequences for
his action.
But it would take five bullets,
22 operations, three suicide
attempts, several broken
bones, and the compassion
of a friendly White
policeman for him to fully
get the message.
paraplegic is ona mission "
to save those who may be
following in his
footsteps.
In September 2004, several
days before six students tried
to ojump ? 15-year old Taurus
Williams into a gang called
oG-Unit ? in the bathroom
at Westside Middle School,
Ronald Baldridge was on the
campus trying to encourage
approximately 375 boys
to avoid gangs, respect
authority, finish school, and
choose a career that doesn Tt
lead to the slammer " or
death.
When Baldridge learned
that Taurus had died from his.
injuries, he felt he Td failed the
students at Westside, including
the six he Td talked to who
were charged with reckless
homicide:
Artavius Branch, 13; Jeremy
Henderson, 15; Damien
Farmen,13; Mack Lewis, 15;
Tyrus Strong, 13; and Antonio
~ Taylor, 14.
oMan, it really hurt me
when I heard that this kid was
killed at the school, o says
Baldridge, shaking his head in
disbelief.
Baldridge had attended
Westside as well, and
. only tried to convey to
students " particularly the
impressionable boys " what
he Td learned the hard way.
The deadline is June 21
The 27th Anniversary of the Greenville Industrial C. M Eppes High School Alumni Weekend Annual Reunion on June 30 - July 2, 2006
When he was 14, he joined
the Knight Hawks, a branch
of the Gangster Disciples, and
started stealing and selling
marijuana and cocaine.
oT got tried of my mom
working hard, tired of her
struggling and growing old, ?
says Baldridge, justifying his
membership in the gang and
he need to make fast money.
- oTheard her crying one
Now this / night, praying to the Lord to
help her raise her two sons. I
wanted to do something. So
I saw these guys selling drugs
and really making a nice piece
of change.
o[ just wanted to do what
I could to help my mom. |
had a five-year plan to do
what I could and get out. But
she didn Tt want the money;
she wouldn Tt take any of the
money. ? |
_The fast life was fruitful,
_ but dangerous nonetheless
" even though Baldridge
thought he was invincible.
At least that Ts what he told a
group of students at Sheffield
High School during one of
many speaking engagements.
But he was wrong " almost
dead wrong. At 17, a security
guard shot Baldridge in
the back during a botched
robbery.
oT got a tip that there would
be some money at this place.
My partner was supposed to
take care of the security guard
that was supposed to be shot
twice, we got into a fight, and
_ I got shot in the back.
oI laid on the floor dying. I
was scared, tying to hold on,
fighting and trying to breathe.
My breath got short because -
of my asthma. I asked this
White cop would I live. He
told me yes, Then my heart
stopped " twice; I flat-lined, ?
Baldridge recalls.
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Officer Steve Grisham, now
a lieutenant with the Memphis
Police Department, rode in
the JSGEENS ute Baldridge
to the hospital\-- oFrom 1985
- 1987, that guy was always
there. He had arrested me, -
harassed me, and testified
against me at Juvenile Court, ?
says Baldrige, whose hatred
for ocops ? and oWhite folks ?
fueled his wreckless ambition.
Baldridge had become a
paraplegic, but his near-death
experience on July 07, 1985,
didn Tt stop him from gang-
banging in his wheelchair. He
no longer had the use of his
legs, but he was just as mobile
"as anyone with two good ones
He was confined to
the wheelchair, but the
wheelchair didn Tt stop him
from fighting, bearing arms,
and raising a ruckus.
In 1987, he says he shot a
man who tried to rob him in
his home. A judge, he says,
ruled he had a right to protect
himself. But the trouble-prone
young man didn Tt need his
mother Ts words or the law of
the land.
It seemed that Baldridge
was committed to keeping
up hell. He was angry at the
world, but he would have
to pay-a hefty price for his
violent spurts and unlawful
behavior. |
oSoon as I get paralyzed
and in:a wheelchair, I get shot
four more times, And in
1987, even as a paraplegic, I
was thrown out of a car going
about 45 mph. oI also had 22
operations, three suicide
attempts, a broken left hand,
broken ankle, a dislocated
hip, and:a broken night leg.
They got all the bullets out
except one, ? says Baldridge,
pointing to his right leg where
a .38 slug is still lodged.
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On May 13, during a
oreconciliation conferenece ?
at Trezevant High School,
several speakers, including
Baldridge, conducted
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workshops, o so that the
teachers, students, and
parents, can have a role in
working together to do what Ts
best for our students, ? said
school Ts principal.
oWe have to convey to
everyone that they Tre part of
the system. The school is one
of the major components of
GIANT KILLER VISIT TS GREENVILLE __
Shaw University Annual Alumni.... On hand was Alumni Pres. Walter Council; (wife )
Mayor Pro Temp, Mildred Council, Keynote Speaker, Attn. Willie Gary and guest.
Attorney Gary was born
with medical complications
that forced his migrant
parents to mortgage and
lose their 200 acres of
farmland, something few
Blacks owned in the 1940s.
Yet, neither the hard life of
extreme poverty, working
in fields, nor living in a
shack with his parents and
10 siblings stopped him
from going after his dreams.
Now, 54-years after that
difficult birthday, he Ts being
cheered on by the masses
for conquering corporate
giants who bully the small
guy. Gary asserts, oSuccess
is about.an attitude. It Ts like
winning: you have to believe
you can do it. If you believe
in yourself, have a positive
attitude and deal with
adversity, things will get
better. ? And despite the early
difficulties he faced, things
did get better for Gary.
Today, he is recognized as
one of the nation Ts best trial
lawyers. He has won over
100 cases valued at more
than a million dollars each,
and he has achieved one of
the largest jury verdicts in
U.S. history-$500 million.
What makes his success so
extraordinary is the fact that
most of his clients are small T
working- men and women,
the rural poor and children.
Yet, most of his opponents
are huge, like hospitals,
chemical companies and
insurance companies.
Honoring Doctor Andrew Best... Pictured in the center is Dr. Andrew Best who was
honored at a gala affair. Dr. Best was also honored to have Humanitarian Award in his name.
History photo by Jim Rouse
(Agenda Page 10)
catia
Minority Voice June, 1- 16,2006 pg2
" OPINION
oe
2
We are devastated that,
once again, the word of a
young black woman has
been casually dismissed in
the media, a woman who
according to the grand jury
indictment was violated
in the most heinous way.
We are devastated that, as
we wait for the indictment
men to stand trial in court,
we must watch her on trial
in the media. In 2006, this
is unacceptable. People
of color have experienced
blame the victim T tactics for
centuries when they accuse
the powerful. These same
tactics are routinely used
against survivors of sexual
assault women of all colors.
Sexual assault must be a civil
rights priority for all people
of goodwill.
Only 40 years ago, Blacks in
America were dying for the
right to be treated equally and
then, as now, in many parts
of this nation the ptess was
used as a tool to distort truth,
and to defame our leaders
and innocent citizens. Yet it
was in this same time that the
courage and determination
of the press to record truth
helped awaken the conscience
of this nation. We call row
upon the media to reject spin
and report truth. Today, as
then, the truth will set us free.
_ AIDS
George Curry
NNPS Analysis
When a strange disease,
later known as AIDS, was
first detected at UCLA 25
years ago, it was difficult
to get African Americans
interested in what was largely
dismissed as oWhite gay
disease. ? Today, however,
AIDS is increasingly
considered largely a oBlack
disease ? that afflicts gays and
straights, males and females.
oToday, more than half of all
people living with HIV/AIDS
and newly-infected with HIV
each year in the United States
are Black, ? Phill Wilson,
executive director or the
Black AIDS Institute, said
The indicted men have hired
the best lawyers and PR
men money can buy. There Ts
~ areason that the defense
doesn Tt mention the racial
slurs that define this case, or
the extraordinary violations
of civil rights and liberties,
or that the survivor Ts life has
been damaged forever. But
there is no excuse for our
media to be silent about these
realities. This case does not
need spin; it needs truth.
When the Coalition of
the Concerned here in
North Carolina opened the
ourheartsworld.com website
dedicated to supporting the
assault survivor and millions
of other survivors of sexual
violence, hardly a drop of ink
was spent on the story. When
the defense team announces
its cherry-picked pieces of
evidence, throngs of reporters,
cameras and pens in hand,
oat & news tonférenceshere
Monday... oAmong women,
Blacks account for two-thirds
of all new infections. And
recent Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
studies estimate nearly half
of all Black gay and bisexual
men in some of American Ts
urban centers are already
infected.
These facts represent an
unprecedented crisis for
Black America. ? Wilson and
Pernessa Seele, founder of the
Balm in Gilead and a major
organizer of Black church
efforts in the US and Africa,
have had a major impact on
helping African American
realize that HIV and AIDS
are ravaging Blacks in the
US, and around the world,
especially in Africa.
The heightened awareness
was evident at the news-
conference called by Wilson.
Among those present to lend
Support were actor Danny
Glover, US Representatives
Charles Rangel, and Donna
M. Christenson, NAACP
President Bruce Gordon,
Reverends Gregory Smith of
Mother AME Zion Church
and Edwin Sanders of
Metropolitan Interdenomina-
tional Church; National Urban
League Senior Vice President
for Programs Donald Bowen;
i} Rachie! Guglielmo of the
Open Soeiety Institute, and
news media representatives
from the National Newspaper
Publishers Association
(NNPA), American Urban
Radio Networks, and Black
Entertainment Television.
All have signed on to Phill
Wilson Ts call to owin ? the
AIDS fight over the next
five years. His organization
issued a new report titled,
oAIDS in Black Face: 25
Years of an Epidemic. ?
Wilson said the report, which
chronicles Black America Ts
scramble to repeat carefully ~
crafted announce-ments as
T if they were objective truths.
The heavy scrutiny of the -
nation has successfully been
diverted from the actions
of the white privileged men
Rev. Dr.
William J.
Barber, II
The NC NAACP
Speaks
to the moral purity of the
survivor. The media calls
her othe stripper ?; She is a
US Navy veteran, a mother -
of two and an accomplished
student at North Carolina
Central University.
We are not called to the
offhand condemnation of
people, but to the righteous
hatred of sin. Where
is the chorus of moral
condemnation against holding
beer parties for 44 mostly
under-aged men, starting at
two on a Monday afternoon?
Where is the chorus of
condemnation about an
apparently common varsity
fades from White to Black
18 37% Black but African
AIDS epidemic, omake it
clear that a quarter century
into America Ts saga with 7
AIDS, the epidemic is more
Black than ever. ? The 25
years of AIDS is not an
anniversary one likes to
celebrate. And it Ts important
to not to get caught up in the
past, Wilson says. oWhile
this reports looks back at the
first 25 years of the AIDS
epidemic, it Ts not a report
about our yesterdays, ? he
said. oIt is a proclamation
about out tomorrows with
recommendations for individ-
uals, communities, and
elected officials on how to
end the AIDS epidemic in
Black America. ?
One can no longer dismiss
AIDS as a oWhite disease. ?
Some of the most notable
AIDS-related deaths of
African-Americans include
tennis great Arthur Ashe,
journalist Max Robinson,
Rev. James Cleveland, dance
choreographer Alvin Ailey and
rapper Eric oEasy E ? Wright.
The oAIDS in Blackface ?
report observes: oThe
epidemic Ts frontline is quickly
shifting from larger, northern
cities to the more dispersed
communities of the South.
Today, seven of the 10 states
with the highest per capita
AIDS rates are the TSouth, and
41% of people living with
HIV are in the Southeast, It is
particularly a Black epidemic.
Eight of the 10 blackest state
epidemics are in the South.
. A chart
in the report breaks it down
on a state-by-state basis. For
example, A frican-Americans
are 26% of the population
in Alabama, but 63% of the
AIDS cases; Blacks are 15%
of the population in Florida yet
account for 49% of the AIDS
cases; in Georgia, Blacks
represent 70% of all AIDS
cases while constituting 29%
of the population; Mississippi
An Open Letter to the N ation:
team practice of hiring female
entertainers? Where is the
chorus of condemnation of
men brandishing a broomstick
at women? Where is the
chorus of condemnation
against racial slandering
overheard by a neighbor,
oThank your grandpa for
my nice cotton shirt? ? Don Tt
let this case be decided by
innuendo, money, guess
work, superstar lawyers,
or community speculation.
,, Take it to the courts. These
allegations are too sad,
sinister, and sadistic to be
trivialized.
Duke was once called Trinity
College. In this case, there are
triune challenges of racism,
sexism, and classicism. In
this crisis is the ugly trinity
of human failure, humanity
deprivation, and human
exploitation. The only way
Out is a triune response. We
must face the evidence; face
whatever truth this reveals;
and face whatever justice
demands.
Rey. William J. Barber,
President, NC NAACP
Original 10 Point Principles
for Duke Lacrosse Team
Case. Issued by the North
Carolina NAACP April 4,
2006 (Anniversary of the
Martyrdom of Dr. King)
~ and ascertain the truth.
+ To'e"e"
We must denounce any code
of silence, which seeks to
inhibit ascertaining the facts.
We must have deep
compassion and concern for
the survivor and challenge
any attempts to demean or
destroy her rather than to seek
We must ensure the D.A. Ts
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 must
be fully investigated. We do
not want a rush to judgment
or a delay of justice. 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 Ts Codes before?
We must monitor the
legal process to insure
justice is carried out in this
investigation without special
privilege or treatment to
anyone. Our position as
organizations, interested in
civil rights and community
Justice is that the investigation
of allegations are fair,
meticulous, comprehensive,
aggressive, and thorough.
_ amoral compass, which keeps
Those 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. "
Those who want to ensure
_ Justice must insist there are
no short cuts to justice. We
demand that the alleged
rpetrators have rights to
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.
We must face this
investigation when all of the
facts are in.
We must face the truth and the:
Justice that the truth demands.
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. .
We must recognize that in a
moment like this moment we
need the guidance of God and
a o i eat =
us focused on the fact that only
the truth can set us free.
Americans are 73% of the |
AIDS cases; the Tennessee "
Black population is 16%, with
African Americans accounting
for just more than half " 52%
" of those with AIDS cases
there and Virginia, with a
19% Black population, has
a 59% share.
,, Blacks also represent
more than half of all AIDS
cases in Delaware (68%), the
District of Columbia (82%),
Eastern NC Association "
of Black Social Workers }
Receives National Award
April 14, 2006, at its 38th
Annual Conference in
Houston, Tx, the National
Association of Black Social
Workers (NABSW) with its
eadquarters in Washington,
DC awarded its local chapter,
ENCR-ABSW one of its
ighest and most igious
awards for professional
and community services
rendered by the leadership
and members of its various
chapters throughout the
United States, Canada,
Illinois (52%), Louisiana
(66%), Maryland (80%),
Michigan (58%) New Jersey
(55%), North Carolina
(69%), Pennsylvania (53%),
and South Carolina (73%).
Recommendations
include: Rejecting the idea
that HIV and AIDS is
inevitable; " Demanding
that proven weapons such
as needle exchanges and .
arming youth with more than
abstinence only information
Eastern NC Association of Black Social Workers
and the US Virgin Islands.
The award is the Cenie
oJomo ? Williams, Jr, Award.
Accepting the award at -
~ the national conference
were two local members
of ENCR-ABSW; Thomas
MeMillan and Curtis Best of
Grifton and Greenville, NC
respectively, | Eastern NC
Association of Black Social
Workers is also an affiliate of
the NC State Association of *
Black Social Workers with
headquarters in Durham, NC.
For more details and interest
in ENCR-ABSW contact,
Barbara Fenner, MSW and
be expanded; ment Ea
_ access to treatment! " Ending
the stigma asSociated with | |
HIV and AIDS. The report
stated, oIn the final analysis,
this epidemic isn Tt terribly
complicated: When we allow
politics, subjective notions o
of morality and profit-driven T,
health economics toreign
over public health, the most |
vulnerable in our society are * |
left for HIV to prey upon. ?
Annette Faison, Educator
/Co-conveners of the local
chapter at 252.752.9277,
The basic criteria for the
award were: the president 0
the local chaptef must submi
nomination; the recipients
embody the NABSW code
of ethics; the recipients
must have contributed to
the chapter and the African
American community; and
must be currently beaffiliated
with NABSW and exempli
the humanitarian qualities o
Mr. Cenie oJomo ? Williams,
a former president of the
national association,
Minority Voice June, 1 - 16,2006 pg3
_COMMUNITY NEWS
Mrs Beatrice Maye
FIVE FINGERS
When you fold your hands,
the thumb is nearest you. So
begin by praying for those
closet to you " your loved
ones.
The index finger is the
pointer. Pray for those who
teach " Bible teachers &
Preachers, and those who
teach children. (1 Thes. 5:25)
The next finger is the
tallest. It reminds you to pray
for those in authority over you
" national & local leaders,
and your supervisor at work.
(1 Tim. 2:1-2)
The fourth finger is usually
the weakest. Pray for those
who are in trouble or who are
suffering. (James 5:13
- 16)
Then comes your little
finger. It reminds you of
your smallness in relation to
God Ts greatness. Ask him to
supply your needs. (Phil.
:6, 19
uw
Pray for one another .
(James 5:13 - 18)
~ Just talk to God.
He wants to hear what Ts
on yur heart. Written by:
Anne Cetas
Our Biggest Health
Challenges
1. Clean your diet. Get
most of your meal at a take-
out window? Ifyou
want to stay fit and healthly,
revamp _-your eating
habits now. One study
found that 8% of women
ages 20 to 34 had severe
plaque buildup in their
arteries. The plaque is from
french fries, doughnuts,
sugary _ cereals, pastries,
chips, and late-night pizzas.
Degreasing and desugaring
your diet will also protect
you from diabetes.
2. Establish the exercise
habit. In research by
the Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Canada,
it was found that almost
establish the exercise habit.
In research by the Heart
and Stroke Foundation of
Canada, it was found that
almost 40% females b/w _
ages 12 - 19, were sedentary
as were 53% of women in
their twenties. US rates are
assumed to be similar, if
not higher.
3. Protect your bones.
Chronic dieting, eating
disorders, drinking cases
of sodas, smok-ing, alow ~
intake of calcium, too
much salt, and lack of
physical activity all rob
valuable bone from the
obank ?. You don Tt want to
end up in the hospital with a
broken hip.
4. Treat yourself " your
body with respect. Bag the
skinny media bodies and
concentrate on real, fit, and
healthly " looking role
models. If you love your
body, and are connected
to, it rather than isconnected
from it, you'll refuse to
hurt it with nicotine, alcohol,
unprotected sex, and junk
food.
5. Heads Up!! Build a
healthly body compos-
ition now. First, you'll
maintain a hot, calorie "
burning metabolism that
oBlack Rednecks
& White Liberals:
& Other Cultural
& Ethnic Issues ?
By: Thomas Sowell
The rampant violence,
chronic unemployment,
and sexual promiscuity
that pervade America Ts
ghettos can all be traced
to a root cause " slavery,
and its legacy of racism
and segregation. That, says
African American economist
Thomas Sowell, is the
conventional liberal wisdom,
and it is dead wrong. Poor
sputhern blacks acquired
their aversion to work,
b
é
,
Reflections
prone to violence, neglect
of education, and other
anti-social behaviors from
the people with whom they
lived most closely for a
century " poor Southern
whites, or rednecks. That
culture has now become
virtually synonymous with
oblack identity ?. If blacks
are ever to join the social
mainstream, says Sowell,
they will have to stop using
racism as an excuse for their
failures. Instead, they will
have to accept individual
responsibility and give
up their oblack redneck ?
culture.
Sowell further points out
that, despite living in a
racist culture, American
blacks made great strides in
education and other areas
after emancipation. As late
as World War I, northern
blacks were out performing
Southern Whites in armed-
forces tests. Disaster
came in the 1960s with a
vast expansion of welfare
programs, and a rising sense
of victimization in the black
community. These forces
undercut the black redneck
culture by encouraging
single parenthood,
destroying housing values
in black neighborhoods, and
creating counterproductive
attitudes toward education.
One writer comments
about this book, calling it
nonsensical and offensive.
He went on to say that
Sowell Ts stereotyping of
poor blacks and poor whites
is detestable. And his basic
point has a giant hole in
it: If poor whites could
not afford slaves, then no
slaves would be in their
company. So how could
the anti-social behavior of
so-called rednecks rub off
on blacks in the first place?
William Raspberry, a black
commentator and columnist
for The Washington Post
newspaper says in response:
oSowell says that the
redneck culture imported to
this country by immigrants
from Northern Ireland and
the Scottish Highlands
permeated the South,
becoming a developmental
millstone for both blacks
and whites. It Ts true that
Sowell minimizes the effects
of racism, which remains _
a cancer in our society.
But there Ts no longer any
denying his insistence that
blacks must take our destiny
into our own hands, instead
of dwelling on what was
done to us in the past. ?
Respectfully Submitted:
Suejette A. Jones
=e
Studies show that most schools
fall short of providing good
nutritional foods and adequate
physical activity for students.
will sustain you through
allfour hormonal mile-
stones. Second, _ if and
when you break an ankle and
get sick, your muscle mass
in there is longer while you
heal. Third, lifting weights,
and _ eating well give the
curves and glow that turns
heads. Finally, eating well
and moving your body is the
best natural antidepressants a
women can have throughout
her life.
HEALTH FACTS " TRY
THESE TO LOSE
WEIGHT...
Everyone Ts metabolism
naturally slows down with
age.
Smart people use these:
Eat whole grains such as
brown rice, wheat germ, dark
bread, whole grain cereal, -
oatmeal, and brain. Add
chicken, fish, and egg whites.
Eat more low fat yogurt.
Drink more water,
preferably distilled water.
Regular breakfast eaters
are often leaner than
breakfast skippers.
Establish a regular meal
oWinning With Diabetes ? is an all day diabetes self-care
people with diabetes and their families. Speakers from
who have bated diabetes for years wil offer encouragement and instruction on a variety of
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. newest and best products for diabetes care on the market There will be an opportunity for eve
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schedule by eating at the
same time each day. -
Switch to green tea.
Do not cut too many
_ calories.
Exercise your muscles
daily " try to push-ups,
squats, and abdominal
crunches.
Please walk briskly at least
twenty minutes three to four
times each week. Speed up
your walking as you gain
momentum and endurance.
Get active after eating instead
of sitting, napping or relaxing,
looking at TV.
Walk through the mall for
an hour daily, if possible.
Ten to fifteen minutes of
laughter each day will help
burn ten to fifteen calories
each time you laugh. Learn
to laugh a little.
Get your thyroid checked
every year. This practice
is particularly advised for
women thirty-five years and
older. Sleep at
least eight hours nightly.
STOP " DO SOMETHING
FOR SELF
5th Annual
Winning With Diabetes
" Conference:
A Community Program For People with Diabetes,
\ Families, Friends and Health Care Providers
Saturday, July 22, 2008
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This program is designed to empower people with diabetes to
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= IN IMS SPECIAL PROGRAM
Stop overextending
yourself " take care of you
first. We tend to take care of
everyone else first. Pause.
Stop four times a day for five
minutes so you can slash your
stress level. Brag, promote
yourself in a healthly and
non-abrasive manner, your
self-esteem will be enhanced.
You cannot please everybody.
Do not care too much about
what other people say about
you.
Reflect rightly about
your strengths and
accomplishments. Everyone |
has a category oNeeds
Improvement. ?
Read. Research on topics
that attract your attention.
Decide on what you want
to do instead of what others
want you to do.
Do not accept every
invitation. Learn to say oNO ?
sometimes.
Avoid negative thinking,
negative situation and
environments, and negative
people.
Take control of your life.
positive changes in their
team leader.
- additional program information,
Minority Voice June, 1 - 16,2006 pg4
Sheila Ingram International Ministries
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(Women In Pursuit Of
Understanding Purpose
Who Am I? Why Am I? Where
Am I?
Like everyone, you T ve probably
asked yourself the following
questions at least a dozen times.
Who am I? Why am I? and
Where am I going?
Maybe the knowledge that you
were very much wanted and
_planned for by your parents
still hasn Tt_ answered your
questions as to God Ts special
plan for your life, Perhaps you...
were the result of an unplanned
pregnancy or you grew up
feeling like your parents really
weren't excited about your
birth. You may have even
questioned your right to be
here, or may believe that you
are a mistake. Maybe painful
experiences have convinced
you that you are doomed to a
life of failure, disappointment
and unfulfilled dreams.
I Tm speaking out to all my
WINPOP women. All of you
who are in pursuit of your
purpose those of you who
_ want to turn things around and
keep it moving. I want you
to sit back and exhale, every
breath you take understand
that you are still in charge of
the direction your life is taking.
Time has permitted you to
make quality decisions as well
as decisions you would rather
not remember. Nevertheless it
all is a testimony of your life,
It Ts the story to be told to others
who will listen and understand
and embrace the total you
without passing judgment, |
want you to always remember
that mistakes are what we
do not who we are. Psalm
139: 15-17 the word of God
assures us that God ordained
Our existence, even before our
conception. So in case you
oforgot my sisters God does not
make mistakes.
Many have tried to find their
purpose through many things,
wrong male choices, wrong
friends, drugs, wrong jobs
choices and many other paths
that lead them to everything
but their purpose. First let Ts
talk about purpose. In order to
know the purpose of anything
we must always go back to
the creator of the thing for
original blueprint or purpose.
The creator God knows the
-contentment for all of his
creation lies in fulfilling the
purpose for which they were
created. It is living contrary
to God Ts will for your life
that will ultimately result in
frustration, lack of fulfillment
and most often self-abuse.
Where purpose isn Tt known
abuse is inevitable. Every one
of us is in search of who we
are and why we find ourselves
over and over in the same
situations. If we could just put
our finger on the button within
us and get the answers about
ourselves we would by pass a
lot of drama. Apart from God
you will never get connected
with you. It is God who created
you, that means he wired you
he set your emotions in place.
He knows your strengths and
your weaknesses. So why do
we look everywhere else to be
fulfilled. Think about it? You
will realize that the very thing
we look to be validated by is
also looking to be validated.
Your life message contains
the essence of what you have
lived for believed and strive to
accomplish during the course
of your lifetime. It Ts about your
existence. Our life message is
wv
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usually the result of a collection
of our life experiences, both
positive and negative. Every
event in our life, whether
pleasant or unpleasant still
. 9 ,
results in shaping us into the
persons we are today. Only
when we surrender situations
even the painful and challenging
situations upon the altar of
God, can he resurrect them
and caused them to result for
our good.
Your past is a rehearsal for
your future. God will use every
situation in your life as tool to
affect his own purpose and plan
for your life.
God has made provision for
your past in your future. God
is sovereign and he knew you
before you knew yourself. He
already knew the temptation
you would face. He knew the
person he had already called
you to become. Just as God
knew that the Apostle Peter, in
his weakenedtate, would deny
ever knowing Christ. He also
knew that once empowered by
the Holy Spirit Peter would
one day influence many to be
converted to righteousness.
Isaiah 46:9-11 Remember the
former things, those of long
ago: I am God, and there is no
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other, I am God and there is
none life me, I make known
the end from the beginning,
from ancient times, what is still
to come. I say: My purpose
will stand and will do all that
I please. What I have said, that
will I bring to about: What |
have planned; that will I do.
The areas of weakness or
tragedy in your past can one
day be the trumpet that sounds
your life message.
And remember Where
purpose isn Tt known, Abuse
in inevitable.
When nothing changes,
Nothing changes.
FATHER TS DAY
JUNE 19,2006
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Author Sheila Ingram is a
Pastoral Counselor, Pastor,
Recording Artist and Worship
Leader she lives in Greenville
N.C. and has a heart for women
to move from pain to power.
WINPOP - Women In Pursuit
Of Purpose is her women Ts
ministry under the Sheila Ingram
4nternational Ministries she can
be reached at 252-551-2922
or-email at Sheilaingram5 @
yahoo.com. She-s the wife
of Dr. Ernest Cameron and the
mother of 4. .
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Tune in to the WINPOP
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REDEMPTION front pg
the system. We Tre changing
a culture through building
relationships and defining
relationships, ? Willilams said.
Dr. Kenneth T. Whalum
Jr., the often controversial
pastor of New Olivet Baptist
Church, summed up the
conference this way:
oThis is warfare...we
have some children to raise. ?
Baldridge knows firsthand
about gang warfare on the
streets of North Memphis.
He uses his former tattered
life-style and riddled body
as examples to try to steer
wayward youth from a
miserable and potentially
deadly fate. oI tell them that if
they join a gang that there are
three ways out: the grave-
yard, a jail cell, or wheelchair.
This is my jail cell, my
wheelchair, ? says Baldridge,
gripping the wheels of his
lifelong prison cell.
oAs Paul would say, This
is the thorn in my side, a
constant reminder of the
choices I made in my life, ?
says Baldridge, noting that he
grapples with pain on a daily
basis. However, he adds, ?I Tm
blessed. I believe I was left
here to help these kids. ?
Sometimes the kids won Tt
listen, he says. Before and
during his stint in the gang, he
wouldn Tt listen either " not
even to the police officer who
would eventually give him
a calling card to use if he
needed his help for anything.
oWhen I finally called him,
he asked me out to dinner. |
started realizing that a White
man could actually mentor
a Black person. When |
was younger, Black people
would tell me that God and
Jesus love me, but wouldn Tt
get involved in my life. ?
Grisham get involved; he
wouldn Tt give up. Baldridge,
still consumed with anger,
started trusting the officer and
started going to church with
him at Bellevue Baptist. He
was eventually baptized in
1987 with Grishath assisting.
oT still was a part of the gang
even after I was baptized, ?
Baldridge confesses. oI was
still going to clubs in my
wheelchair. But as I learned
more about (Jesus)Christ, and
as Steve continued to talk to
me, I told him I wanted to get
out of the gang and that I was
tired of shooting at people and
was tired to people shooting
at me. So I laid down my flag
(bandana) and was voted out
of the Gangster Disciples. ?
Baldrige finally got his
life together arid avoided
the deathtrap that snared
some of his friends and the
graveyard where they lay.
With Grisham Ts persistence
and Baldridge Ts newfound
religious conversion, a
new way of life began to
unfold for the convert. He
no longegfelt the urgge to
gang-bag@y and no longer felt
invincible, He proclaimed
his discipleship only to
Jesus Christand committed
to saving the many girls and
boys on the fast track to an
eventual death. When the
old Baldrige died, a new
one emerged. What he Td
taken from others, he began
paying back trough PIANO,
a nonprofit organiz-ation he
started oto do for kids what
this White cop did for me. ?
PIANO, Baldrige explains,
is a twofold program where
he visits school, preferable
alternative schools, and do
a rap session with students.
oI Tm open and frank with
them, ? he says. oI show them
the bullet holes and scars.
Secondly, I mentor them and
take them to the hospital to
see gun-shot victims and the
blood. I also take them to the
graveyard to see some of the
people I grew up with. And |
I let them talk to the guys
on the streets who once sold
drugs and are now homeless.
Darryl Baldridge, Baldridge Ts
40-year old brother, assists
him with the program. oI Tll
talk to every gang member
" if they Td listen, ? Baldridge
says. oThese guys are getting
messed up. These kids are
being told to commit crimes
because they won Tt spend
that much time in jail. When
they do go to 201 Poplar
(Downtown jail), some of
them get raped, catch the
virus, and some of them turn
gay. ?
Gangs have flourished in
Memphis since the 1970s.
According to Shelby County
Dist. Atty. Bill Gibbons and
Shelby County Sheriff Mark
Luttress, approximately
15,000 gang members
currently wreak havoc in
Memphis and Shelby County.
They estimate roughly 5,000
are ruthless and hardcore,
5,000 are less violent, and
5,000 are wannabes looking
for male bonding and
camaraderie. oAlot of them
join gangs because of money
and protection, ? Baldridge
says.
oWhether it Ts an established
gang with national affiliation,
or a small neighborhood
gang, the young people
in our community should
understand that if you agree
to join a gang there is a good "
chance you will either end up
in prison, or worse, end up
getting killed at an early age,
o said Gibbons following the
court Ts decision to try the six
defendants who killed Taurus
as juveniles rather than as
adults in Criminal Court.
Gibbons and Luttrell have
each visited middle schools
in Memphis and Shelby
County warning active gang
members and wannabes
about the consequences
of joining a gang and
committing acts of violence.
Nowadays it Ts harder to get
out of a gang, Baldridge says.
oYou can get out by moving
out of the city and don Tt let
anyone know you were part
of a gang, sever your tides
completely, or experience
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Interview with Solider Danny isa -
real Gangster Story that has a Good
ending...... Randallstown, MD.......This
new book entitled
Interview with Solider
Danny by Author Don
Antonio is witty dialogue
born out of years of
Correspondent between Don
Antonie and, an Original
Jamaican Trailblazer know
widely and notoriously
as, Solider Danny while the
latter was incarcerated in
New York State Prisons
serving 20 years. Antonio
gets Solider Danny to go
back to the beginning of his
Journey in Kingston, Jamaica
to his migration to Harlem,
NY, to service in the US
Army that includes a tour
in Vietnam. He schools us ©
about the transformation of
the Jamaican Dancehall music
and venues, how it affected
socialization and ultimate
caused eparation. Solider
goes on to explain that all
Jamaican rude boys rallied
under one unity umbrella
in the early days when
Jamaicans were few in New
York, and how money, greed,
and jealously triggered wars
and division into posses as we
» know them today.
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Solider Danny takes us into
the world of Prisons and gives
vivid dramas, some tragic and
some humorous, about how
West Indians live/survive in
New York Prisons and how
they have earned a very high
level of respect. He speaks
highly of Hyacinth (Maggie),
a strong Black women, who
kept the family together
during his incarceration.
Finally,Solider Danny talks
about his Redem-ption
Transformation, Education
(he earned a Masters Degree),
and transition to society
since This released from
prison in 2004. He explains
further that in era where the
Prison Experience leave one
equipped to live in a world
that no longer exist, he was
blessed to have a very strong
family support and support
from Erudite folks such as
Dr. M. William Howard Jr.,
Dr. Angela Moses, C. Vernon
Mason, and Dr. Cornel West.
He showed that one of the
ways he earned this support
by working with at-risk
Juveniles in New York and
New Jer-sey and sitting on
panels discussing gang issues
and prison re-entry initiatives
at Rutgers University and
New Jersey City University.
For more information on
Interview with Solider Danny,
or contact:
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Road, Suite G
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(410) 496-6683
(410) 496-7357
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1898 REPORT
by CASH MICHAELS -
The Wilmington Journal.
Originally posted 6/5/2006
Now that the NC General
Assembly has the final report
on what NC NAACP President
Dr. William Barber called oThe
terrorist vigilante attack on
Wilmington Ts citizens ...by a
cabal of rich white men who
did not want to share any
political or economic power
with ordinary white and black
people ? in 1898, what will
lawmakers do to address the
impact of an event over one
hundred years ago that is still
devastating the port city Ts
African-American community?
That is not clear as state
lawmakers are still paging
through the 500-page report
just released Wednesday. The
13-member 1898 Wilmington
Race Riot Commission,
created in 2000 by legislation
sponsored the late State
Senator Luther Jordan [D-New
Hanover], has spent the past
year holding public hearings
across the state, and collecting
and confirming pieces of
information through the Office
of Archives and History in the
N.C. Department of Cultural
Resources to complete the
document.
At those public hearings, the
commission also collected
recommendations about what
the General Assembly should
do to address the social and
economic impact the century-
old white racist insurrection
still has today on Wilmington Ts
Black population.
According to the executive
summary, oThe report follows
a chronological format,
beginning with the Civil War
and Reconstruction and ending
with analysis of the impact of
the riot and the Democratic
Party Ts campaign of 1898 on
African Americans in New
Hanover County. Analysis and
discussion of African American
life in 20th century Wilmington
ends just before the advent of
World War I. ?
oWe believe this factual
historical document will help to
shape North Carolina Ts history
and provide an educational
component beneficial to
all North Carolinians, ?
Rep. Thomas Wright, the
commission chairman, said
in a statement. oIn addition,
I look forward to the next
phase of implementing the
recommendations sent forth to
the General Assembly. ?
Attorney Irving Joyner, vice
chairman of the commission,
says members did not
determine specific monetary
reparations.
oWe don Tt have any dollar
figures; that would be
impossible to come up with, ?
ONFIRMS BLACK HARDSHIP:
REPARATIONS UNCLEAR (RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THE 1898 COMMISSSION AT END OF ARTICLE),
WEEK OF JUNE 1-7, 2006
Carolina in the late 1890s,
conspired to do away with a
coalition oFusionist ? party
of Blacks and Republicans
who ran Wilmington city
"government, and threatened to
keep power.
Blacks in parts of North
Carolina at that time were
doing well not only in business,
but in politics, being elected
to both local offices and
the Legislature. Black men
were able to vote as part of
Reconstruction after the Civil
War.
Wilmington, the state Ts largest
city then, was considered
a shining example of black
power, with numerous
businesses and property
owners, as well as elected
officials in city government.
Blacks outnumbered whites,
and controlled what went on.
oThe overthrow or coup d T tat
took place within the context
of an ongoing statewide
political campaign based
on white supremacy, ? the
commission Ts report says.
oAn armed overthrow of the
legitimately elected municipal
government. ?
Powerful elite white racists,
including Josephus Daniels,
editor of the Raleigh News and
Observer at the time, plotted
to overthrow Wilmington
government, and take the port
city back from Black hands.
Other major white newspapers
across the state, including
the Charlotte Observer and
Wilmington Messenger and
Morning Star, also fanned the
flames of white insurrection
and%tonspiracy against Blacks.
Jack\Betts, columnist for The
Charlotte Observer, wrote
last December, oIn 1900 when
the state disenfranchised most
black voters by imposing a
literacy test and a poll tax, the
Observer said the move was
the result of a struggle of the
white people to rid themselves
of the dangers of rule by
negroes and the lower class of
whites. ?
A fiery editorial published by
the Wilmington Daily Record,
the Black newspaper then,
regarding Blacks and white
women, was used as the
pretense for an angry white
mob to go through the A frican-
American community, killing
people and burning down
properties.
The Black newspaper building
was bumed to the ground, and
the Wilmington City Council
was taken over at gunpoint.
New pictures, discovered
recently that are in the final
report, show owhere black
citizens were killed in the
violence that reigned in
Joyner, a law professor at North Wilmington on Nov. 10, 1898,
Carolina Central University Ts
School of Law, told reporters
during a Wednesday press
conference at the Legislative
Building. But he added that
didn Tt mean lawmakers
shouldn Tt try to come up with
something meaningful.
The report retells how the
Democratic Party of North
during the only documented
coup d Ttat in the United
States, ? a state press release
about the report says. oMost
notable among these images is
a view of the mob in front of
the black-owned newspaper
office... ? that had just been
bummed down.
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blacks were killed in the
conspiracy designed to end
black political power and
the progressive government
in Wilmington and establish
whit supremacy and a control
by a new government, ? the
release continues. o...Blacks
lost positions in government,
in professional arenas and
as skilled artisans. Black
businesses and workers
suffered economic decline... ?
The report adds, oOrganizers
of the coup instituted a
banishment campaign,
targeting political opponents,
black and white, leading to the
expulsion from the city of over
twenty targeted individuals
and a mass exodus of over
2,100 others. Consequently,
the Republican power base in
Wilmington was destroyed. ?
And untold numbers of
Wilmington Blacks were killed.
oOne result of the Wilmington
diaspora (the departure of
African Americans from.
the Port City, voluntary or:
otherwise) was a decline
in economic opportunity
for Black citizens, ? the
commission Ts report notes.
oAnalysis of statistical data
indicates that Wilmington Ts
Black businesses and workers
suffered losses after 1898 in
terms of job status, income, and
access to capital. ?
oAfter 1898, Black-owned
businesses suffered economic
decline as some businesses
closed or moved from the city Ts
business district to traditionally
black neighborhoods. ?
Ever since then, Black
economic and political power,
along with the population in
Wilmington and New Hanover
County, has steadily eroded.
oWe are still under the shadow
of this disfranchisement back at
the turn of the century, ? Jeffrey
Crow, deputy secretary of the
N.C. Office of Archives and
History, told The Charlotte
Observer last December.
oThis is clearly an indictment
of North Carolina government
" the Democratic and
Republican parties, ? Prof.
Joyner said. oIt impacted
negatively the African-
American community in
Wilmington, but eventually
throughout the state. From
1898 to 1990, there was a
political drought of A frican-
Americans in [North
Carolina]. ?
He added that 1898 also lit the
fuse for repressive Jim Crow
racial segregation laws to
spring up all across the South.
Some of the recommendations
made for the Legislature to
consider included making
sure the story of the 1898
massacre is included in North
Carolina history text books,
and taught in the state Ts public
school systems. Another
recommendation was to include
New Hanover County in the
current forty counties covered
by the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The Black population there is
over 20 percent, but only one
African-American serves on
the county school board, and no
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Blacks currently serve on the
county commission board. _
The commission and the final
report had strong critics from
researcher, LeRae Umfleet, was
Given the sensitivity and
pain the event still had on the
descendants of those who were
either killed or chased out of
Wilmington over a century ago,
many Blacks did not want to
talk with her, or give her any of °
their families T personal diaries,
fearing that they would be
misused. .
The commission was criticized
for not hiring a Black
researcher, even to work with
Umfleet, so that the community
could have more confidence in
the process.
Some say now, the whole truth
of 1898 will never be revealed..
Dr. William Barber,
NC NAACP president,
recommended that the
commission should remain
for another year to further
refine the report and continue
to receive information from
families all over the country
with roots in Wilmington: He
also suggested that a nonprofit
organization be created to
help locate those families and
continue further investigation;
Black newspapers be given
paid supplements that tell
the full history of the 1898
corporations involved in the
1898 massacre like the News
and Observer sponsor 25 four- _
year scholarships for Black * ~~
students to attend college
and major in journalism and
then be paid to intern with the
Black press; create a special
memorial on state Capital
grounds commemorating
the unique contributions by
African-Americans to the
state; address the economic
impact of the riots on Black
Wilmington; make a film
about events surrounding
information about the white
racist conspiracy that made
1898 happen.
oWe need to use this terrible
atrocity as an educational tool
for our people, as a springboard
for truth and reconciliation, and
as a benchmark for determining
appropriate material and moral
redress for the great wrongs
inflicted on our people, ? said
Rev. Barber.
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Giant Killer T Willie Gary Ts visit Hosted by
By Corey G. Johnson
The Daily Reflector
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
More than 50 years ago, a
poverty-stricken Willie Gary
was picking and shucking
corn underneath the sweltering
heat of an oppressive Florida
sun.In that America, if you
were black and poor, the farm
field: more often:than not was
your alpha and omega. But
apparently, Gary didn Tt get that
memo. Using the three oGs ? of
Guts, Grit and God, the man
known to friends and foes as
oThe Giant Killer ? transformed
himself from a dishwashing,
bean picking, migrant worker
to a ultimillion dollar advocate
for the downtrodden. On his
Monday trip to:Greenville,
Gary saw those same cornfields
of yesterday as he flew over
_ them in his own custom
designed Boeing 737. oIf you
keep God in your plans, there Ts
nothing you can Tt do, ? Gary
passionately remarked. oMan
can. do some things ... but God
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can do it all. ? More than
500 people crowded the
Cornerstone Family Life
Center to celebrate Gary Ts
oexample, The event was
spearheaded by the Pitt
County Chapter of Shaw
University Alumni atid
Gary Ts Shaw University
Classmate and friend,
Greenville Mayor Pro-.
Fem Mildred Council.
The dinner was intended
to be a fundraiser for the
_ United Negro College Fund,
organizers said.Although
a final tally had not been
completed, at least $10,000
had been raised from the
_ ticket Sales alone, alumni .
spokesman Ethelene Hardy-
Stover said. Butthe night -
had far more going on
than dollar bills. Mayor
. Don Parrott honored TGary
~ by giving him a gold key
to the city of Greenville.
Parrott said the gesture
was meant to affirm the
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philanthropy and work. oGary
has just done so much to help
raise funds for people to get
higher education, ? Parrott
said. oWe need more like
. him T ? Local governmental
and legal dignitaries, Shaw
University President Clarence
G. Newsome and scores of
Shaw graduates trumpeted
Gary Ts story to remind the
younger people present of the
power of historically black
- institutions. Shaw University
accepted Gary and other
_ nontraditional students, when
other schools turned their
backs. oAnd the best part is
still to come, ? Newsome said.
oShaw is in the business of
making a way for those who
- have no way. ? Linda Byrd, a
retired middle school teacher
and Shaw graduate who drove
from Fayetteville to see Gary,
said the event was a spirit
raiser. oSeeing Willie Gary
lets you know that no matter
who you are, if you work ard
you can make it, ? Byrd, 54,
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said. She added: oThe main
thing that children need to
know is that he put God first. ?
Born in 1947 to a migrant
farming family in Eastman,
Ga., Gary co-founded the
Stuart, Fla.-based law firm
of Gary, Williams, Parenti,
Finney, Lewis, McManus,
Watson & Sperando. The
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the electrocution of seven
rural sie in Palm Beach
County. In 1995, he won
a $500 million verdict for
damages " one of the largest
jury verdicts in U.S. history
" in a breach-of-contract
case that pitted a small-
business owner against a
Canadian-based funeral home
conglomerate. Five years
later, Gary won a $240 million
Shaw University of Greenville
verdict against the Walt Disney
Co. for defrauding two small
business wners. A key part of
Gary Ts message to the youth,
he said, was not allowing
racism and other obstacles to
bog him down. oYou Tre going
to always have those who are
going to dig ditches for you, ?
he said. oBut you Tve got to rise
above it. ? Corey G. Johnson
can be reached at cjohnson@
coxnc.com or 329-9565.
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