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DEDICATED TO THECONTRIBUTIONS OFAFRICAN AMERICANSOCT 2007 IssueComplimentary IssuePlease Take One(Retail Value: 50 Cents)Vol XXXOCT 2007ORITY VOI HKoN fla-Pitt C.Chamber of CommenceCANDIDATESLARUFUS HUGGINS FORCITY COUNCIL- CHIPLITTLEFOR _"MAYORPAT DUNN FOR MAYORROSE GLOVER FORCITY COUNCILReadying The Vote... Candiiates rade fect running for the_ Readying Toffice. of mayor to the city council, recently gathered at YorkMemorial AME Zion Church too answer policy questions frommoderators and members of the audience about Greenyille T Sfuture.Only 1 Out Of 8 RegisteredVoters... Voted Election 05...Election 07..?COMMENTARY: Over theyears, the Coalition AgainstRacism, The NAACP and theLocal Organizing Committeehave fought to the best of theirabilities on the behalf of justices,racial equality and peace, Toobtain justice for'the manyindividuals who have come tothem for paimeied andassistance, they have met withschool officials, with bosses onthe job and with city officials,They have given our solidarityand assistance, we have metwith school officials. They havemet with school officials, withbosses on the job and with cityOfficials. They have brought thecommunity to the streets. formarches and rallies on thebehalf of, against racist abusesof police power, and in supportof the legacy of Dr. MartinLuther King, Jr. Thesemovements has beenchampioning your interests 365,days a year._ Nowis the time for a newkind if politics. We believe thatby linking ostreet heat � withelectoral campaigns, theprogressive movement canmake greater strides toward ahe + especially large number of thisbetter alternative forGreenville. The key to building �the link is our politicalprogram, that was constructedes many months of f open:he Vote ............public meetings.These programs expresses |the interests of the community -and governs the public Tsrelation to the electoral process.In the weeks before theelections, there will becandidate forums, where wecan seé which candidates willagree to be held accountable tothe program. This in turn,determines who receivessupport from the coalition.This elections year hold theopportunity for progressivechange. There are 22 candidatesrunning, including 6 candidatesfor mayor. Though only a fewcandidates are willing to state °their political platform openly,you can be sure that eachcandidate represents theinterests of the group. Theyear: shows there is adisagreement about thedirections the city should take.Voting makes sure your voiceCm."pratt min ateis heard.In the last city elections,only 1 in 8 registered voterscame to the polls. This is a tinyfractions of eligible voters inGreenville. Under theconditions, even a few votescan make a very big difference.Imagine who could get electedif you don Tt stay home onelection day! On Tuesday, -November 6, voters registeredin Greenville can vote for citycouncilor representing theifdistrict, at-large city councilorand mayor.The city council is the finalauthority on matter relating toGreenville Ts government. It hasthe authority over police firedepartments, utilities, parks,libraries, how developmentsare carried out, and many othermatters. It controls a city budgetof around:68 million dollars.There is power in the vote,4 & a eey stileee % ak VS.By Mark ShermanAssociated PressWriterWASHINGTON (AP) " "A federal judge Ts :decision to slice a fewyears off a lengthy prisonterm has brought to theSupreme Court theracially tinged issue ofharsh T sentences fordealing crack cocaine,Derrick Kimbrough, aBlack veteran of the1991 Gulf War, receiveda 15-yea-priton term forselling both crack and powdercocaine, as well as possessinga firearm in Norfolk, Va. Mostcrack defendants in federalcourt are Black.Federal sentencing guidelinescalled for a range of 19 yearsto 22 years in prison, but U.S.District Judge Raymond A.Jackson said the higher rangewas oridiculous. �Whether Jackson has thediscretion to ignore theguidelines is the issue beforethe pg Court onA companion case po lowaalso involves a judge Tsdiscretion to impose a morelenient sentence in a drugcase, although BrianGallpleaded guilty to conspiracyto distribute ecstasy. In Gall Tscase, the judge decidedprobation was sufficientpunishment even though theguidelines called for prisontime.Federal appeals courts threwout both sentences, but thejustices accepted thedefendants T appeals,Crack vs invest pgspga aemh AECU noose case is inconclusiveECU noose case isinconclusiveByThe Daily ReflectorSaturday, October 06, 2007Though an investigation intoa noose-like piece of ropefound on campus wasinconclusive, East CarolinaUniversity officials saidFriday that they'll use theincident to further diversitydiscussions among students,ECU Chancellor SteveBallard said during a newsconference at MendenhallStudent Center that theuniversity is taking studentconcerns over a potential hatecrime very seriously, oEast Carolina University hasa zero tolerance forintimidation or harassment in Tany form, � Ballard said,a oWe intend to use thisincident as a springboard forserious discussion of diversityissues throughout the campus.We remain unconditionallycommitted to the principles ofdiversity and inclusion acrossthe university, �University police were unableto decide whether the piece ofrope found in the basement ofBelk Residence Hall was anoose, Officials said atFriday's gathering. They havebeen investigating sirice astudent reported finding it inthe basement of Belk HallSept. 19,About 30 people gatheredFriday to hear comments fromBallard and others at theMendenhall Student Center.Todd Johnson, interim viceprovost for student life, saidthe events will trigger moreinteraction between campuspolice and resident i vistes oThe campus police willinclude as part of itscommunity policing to go intothe residence halls and workwith RAs on issues like this, �Johnson said.The investigation includedinterviews with students wholive in the hall, a review ofsurveillance tapes fromsecurity cameras in the areaand an examination of theentire basement, Johnsonsaid,Some ECU student groupsrallied on Sept. 20 " the dayafter the rope was found "for six Jena, La., teenagerscharged with counts rangingfrom assault to attemptedmurder after a December2006 fight.That fight followed months ofracial tension in Jena, wherehooses sometimes hung fromtrees on the Jena High Schoolcampus.ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard speaks during a forumwithstudents at the college Friday afternoon, with ToddJohnson, interim vice provost for student , left, andJanice Harris, interim chief of policeOfficials are also. consideriJohnson said ECU's Office a new eas, equired for sng{fice of Institutional includes diversity issues,Diversity willlaunch anew " Johnson said.program to get studentsfrom different races and Josh Humphries can beethnic totalk about "_ contacted atrace relations in an " "" com andacademic setting. 329-9565

* Ee hagig x 5 ue aa een ea mace i cmt oor sired ponent ance ne . . c eee ate noone e met ys 2PERS sk shes ts ar oe ee ee ee So " . emer pA p den co 4: " eg asso gett tev tac 7 i tt Nai a pl aes eaOe Re one ete eae iclrcal ainsi pee S tie ee ee ak TEE i aE a ee si SAIC ne NE OSS a witness eare DRE Re id eae ca aPi MA ee ai RE reeme tiea oe eee a enMinority Voice October 11 - 18, 2007 pg?Civil Rights Giants 6s Ie enaby Hazel Trice Edney_ NNPA Editor-in-ChiefWASHINGTON (NNPA)-The rousing Tesponseto "unequal j justice involying sixBlack teens in Jena, La.,amounts to oa wake up call � tothe level of racism remaining -in America, says civil rightsicon the Rev. Joseph Loweryand six other cps? Blackleaders. oThis means two things thetcan take on epicsays Lowery, 85, co-founder ofthe Southern Christian 3Leadership Conference with ©Dr. Martin Luther King Jr i in1957. oOne is that it Ts a wakeup call tothe nationasawhole that racism is as alive |and as sick as ever in thiscountry and that there are �places that are as isolated andas remote that are just like .Jena, � says Lowery. oThe second thing is thatthere Ts areal awakening, a along prayed for awakeningamong our youth. No matter.how much adults try to takecredit for organizing and doingthis, this came up out of thebosom and the belly of ouryouth. And I say thank God;ae eyeAnd it can take on eternal |significance if there Ts a of the six who has been jailed* continuum because this _ inthe incident sinceincident is not isolated. It'll December, changed as an adult,happen again. � .| A Louisianna appeals court �_ Lowery Ts sentiments collet T " turned over his ¢ ie ithose of many who participated days leading up to the march,in the march and those who saying he should have been.watched from afar. Civil rights. tried.as.a juvenile. But Judgegiants asked tointerpretthe J.P. Mauffray Jr. has refused tomeaning of theJenaSix -_ "_release Bell while awaiting .injustices and protests, juvenile charges to be waged.involving a so-called oWhite against him. LeTree � and nooses, all say the ; matter is indicative of racism + Among the protest leaders, the- that has been entrenched since __ Rev. Al Sharpton, said he slavery. But, moreover,the . _ "- would lobby members oftremendous response by youth © Congress and the Justice -revealed a readiness to Department this week to get.continue the struggle, © ms federal involvement. HouseJudiciary Committee Chalpaieg. oWith all the gains that we John Conyers (D-Mich,) hasmade in America, the fight is promised to hold heenNot over, period, � says Myrlie the matter, =Evers-Williams, formerNAACP chairwoman, whose The Rev. jks Jackson Sr.,civil rights leader husband, another civil rights giant wheMedgar Evers, was marched alongside Dr. King,assassinated in Jackson, Miss. knows well the potentialin 1963. oMedgar, shortly impact of federal intervention.before he was assassinated, 7said to a group at a tally that it Just as Montgomery focusedWill be even more difficult to. 01 public accommodations and| hold on to the rights that we Selma the right to vote, Jenagain than the difficulty that it brings in the criminality of the» __rimninal justice systemEe eer pe touches a raw nerve all around Six Black teens have cometo the nation, � Jackson says. oIn_ that knowledge in the small the end we had to get federaltown of Jena, La: Now-known' _ intervention in Selma and i into �as the Jena Six, all were hit Birmingham because thewith extreme criminal charges __ states T righters rejected ourafter a brawl with a White. basic civil rights. �wie a = Reminiscent of the 1960s |perpetrating hate activity struggle, even after last week Tsagainst them, including the . march, the hate activity ahanging of two nooses froma _Persisted.Apickuptruck =so-called oWhite Tree �, have trailing two nooses was drivenreceived no such charges. close to departing protesters byWhite teens trying to provoke.Tens of thousands of protestors Also, a White supremacistwebsite has published the: wotll « oo 3Sep 20, 2007 at 12:00 AM- Anold English teacher of mineuse to trash everything I wrote,ap hte ianjust couldn Tt do anything rightin her eyes. I could write out thealphabet and turn itin, thenwhen I got it back it would looklike a chicken had danced on itin red ink. One day I read a 500word essay thatI wasparticularly proud of before theclass, and the class seemed tolove it. They were all smilingand applauding, and I stoodthere feeling self-satisfied and_ vindicated, soaking up my 15Thenseconds fame, the class °went silent, awaiting herseman Soba chiake, ,gathering her thoughts, thenback up at me and said, oEric �,and sort of chuckled, o you say .absolutely nothing mioreeloquently than any student that. T I've ever had. � Again, there wassilence until her message soakedin, then the class fell out.| laughing as I stood there totallydeflated, Since I was the onlyBlack male in the class, | was.convinced that her motive was.racist-that she wasions, � onation and its patriotism is. a week ox Peers ceananded: ,seis that PA adie iwBlack, After that, everything fell a3into place, and I began to see the- big picture. Now, every time Ipickup a pen, I think about thatlady-("When youmake a Oewas Ms. Emmel Tstake the time to tell me what Ineeded to hear, ratherthan whatI wanted to hear. Sometimes youpres ppb 4 on otruth, Tate Pehla oefree �), The same is true of anation, that Ts why I can Ttunderstand the olove it or leaveit mentality � of America Ts so-called patriots. They don Tt seemto understand the true hature of_ Patriotism. A true patriot is notcid chit says oMy country, right � T- "~people who say thatoe a patriot with afan, and a nation withir favorite football team. Thatattitude may be appropriate for a oSporting event, but it Ts bothunhealthy and infantile, when itinvolves the life or death of a .le. Truefor the upon which a, nation is founded, even whento be anything but patriotic.They're demonstrating that theyare more loyal to an individual,Coach Bush, than theyare to the p upon whichthis nation was{feedom june and te neolaw. re more outraged overbeget Cnwok, to as oGeneral Betrayus T, than they: _ te George Bush denying© prisoners of war their humanTights. That Ts sort of odd, .-- considering how much they~, claim to love America. After all,_ disparaging General Petraeus__ Inay indeed be discourteous, buteS violating a prisoner Ts human«rights is un-American. Onewould think a true patriot would -tell em what you mean, showem �), What I took as an insult, Sife than they'd be at Gen.Petraeus T critics for a lapse in�,� courage to fight be much more up in arms atBush for attacking our way of social graces. Of course, it couldbe that these true patriots love© America so much that they just_ can Tt stomach the disparagement» of a veteran who Ts put his life on~ the line for this country. But~ Wait a minute "wasn Tt it theseVery same people, who are soOutraged over the disparagement~ of Gen. Petraeus, that hadabsolutely no problem at all i adragging Senator John Kerry| military service through the °mud "even though he earnedthree purple hearts, a bronze anda silver star during the VietnamWar. So again, these opatriots �~ have proven to'be somewhatconfused. It seems that in reality, they don Tt love veteransper se-they Tre simply willing toexploit a veteran, if he Ts willingto promote their politicalagenda, So the room has fallensilent, America, and in thetradition of a great educator, I Tmabout to tell you need to hear,instead of what you want tohear, It may sound un-Americanbut get over it, because only thetruth will set you free: The fact ods, Ameriva, Your president andvice are demagogues,about your troops, and havebeen g your emotions likea ii since 9/11,Consider Where was theirone and concern forAmerica during the Vietnam_ War, when it was their turn to- the mlemegt Mychal eleNIONgibi: 4 5JenaSix. ©Such racism goes wellbeyond that small town of3,500, ae etongpresidentae absolutely no respect �for América, couldn't care less- oThere T s aJena evel " " Jenais [Amadou] Dillbeing shot 41 times in New. York by police and they walkaway; Jena is Rodney King inLA; Jena is why. you have -more Blacks in jail than incollege in every state, �Jackson says. oIt indicates : :_ number one - that we never, ;should have stoppedmarching in the first plaod._ because we are free, but not~~ equal. And there are - challengeable i issues that weot not Lend: witt ;Operation PUSH. oWere we. serious in maeTodd asks. oWhat Iam afraid 4 "of, and I just hope i it Ts nottrue, is there is a difference ~between a march on Aug. 28,1963, which helped to istreik~ America T $ eyes open andhelped to clear the 1964 Civil |' Rights Act-Theré Tsadifference between that andan event which has become acause celebre, T ifEven if thiere is differencethe bridge between the civilrights: movement of the 1960sand a ocause celebre � in 2007 _b, a 40 percent rise in hate groupswill be the connection andaan rea te Nahi,e ae bin, Mb saa ee Oe me res. oover the years, why a aren n't theyinsisting that their families "join in on the war against -terrorism? They say they loveour troops, yet, they Tre forcingour young people to make fourtimes the sacrifice of any othertroops in modern history, as_ their loved ones cheer them on - from the sidelines. Due to aJack of personnel, our troopsare being forced to placethemselves in harm Ts way .longer than any otherservicemen and women. Thetraditional 12-month tour of «duty in a war zone has beenextended to 15 months, and.the traditional one tour of waruivitenwee.with our troops havingres to rhqfhive and fourtimes, Then beyond that, whenit Ts time for them to get out ofthe military, they're being:- fotced to remain. That doesn Ttsound like love to me "itsounds like the worse kind ofinvoluntary servitude. Andwhile our kids ate-dying, Bushand his cronies are lying, Atfirst they said we were in Iraqto go after the weapons ofmass destruction. No weaponswere found, yet we stayed,Then they said that we had tocapture Saddam Hussein.Hewas captured and killed, yetwe stayed. Then they said wehad torrid the country of al-Qeada, an impossible task, yetwe stay. «A sah agmust stabilize the tag, alsomade up America Ts: gone from making rubber andis Wake t bp Call for the Nai ion |po omni fa a hak amenee andesleave + college campuses around |the nation and march on Jena,Says Evers-Williams. :~ oThave emphasized the need for ._ communication between thetwo generations, that those of uswho are experienced in the .struggle for freedom need toreach out more than what we doto embrace the new leadership __that T S coming along, � she says. oWe T ve got | to come together touse the wisdom of the past andthe enthusiasm of today to stilladdress these ills that face our.society. � eis oaToes ils are sO pervasive that_ Jena has only disappointed| Ronn. page tra oae_ against theEven so, fast week's protests i inJena gives more hope than ever || gers ae oThe outpouring of support inLouisiana shows that there isan enormous body ofericans who are concemedabout the gross civil rights_ Violations that are there and _that we see all over the country_andthey T we wiles svete. itime and travel to protest Tm » Bond says. oSo for people who think these |concerns vanished when "Martin Lutherthey have a brand new think~.. coming. There Ts still egregiousoe racism in the United States. �andBut, the fight must go beyondhe - marching, says the Rev. Williecs Barrow, a long-time member of: e oe the Rainbow/PUSH board of .ry epsonwhere we have left off eesociety, � says Height. oWe haveyet very much to do;..There'is more racism than I think any ofUs would have imagined. �In: an NNPA. News Servicearticle published a month ago,~ Mark Potok, director of The _Intelligence Project, a monitor.of race hate activity, interpreteda rash of apparent race-relatedcriminal justice cases and citedsince reas as pincicaioes of asteel, to making war. Without war,there is no money to be made, and- your children are being ground upin this war machine as the rawmaterial. That Ts right, America.DiscountWwww.piwill be added month!J -as requiredby 'NIC.G.S,| tax escrowPublic Service Announcement :Pay Your 2007 Taxes _Now and Receive a2007 Pitt County, City and Town propdty taxesare due September 1, 2007 and must be paid nolater than Monday, January 7, 2008: If you havehot-received a bill and would like to know how -much your tax Tbill i is, please visit our website at Z0V or contact our office at "(252) 902-3425. Due to printing difficulties, youmay experience a delay in receiving your tax bill,Please keep in mind that you can also visit ourwebsite at any time to view and pay your tax bill.If you pay your taxes by August 31, 2007, youwill receive a 2% discount on your bill, This doesNot apply to motor vehicle taxes, which followa separate billing schedule. All taxes not paid orpostmarked by the U.S. Post Office on or beforeJanuary 7th will be assessed a 2% interest chargeon January 8th. Additionally, interest of 3/4 of 1%°° If you have aaccount with y ourtx ent al uta| due or making a payment ar ngement, the tax ts_ | collections office i located at 111 §. WashingtonStreet, Greenville or you may call3425, Payments remitted by check . chou b beOfer Box 3, Gree Ne 7 ,Ppectadepis who also ieee to oYou T ve got to march, j oufind the a got to communicate, but,s, t n ha you T "ve got toboyoot peoplewho don Tt treat you ri F Quitgiving them " e nuiSays."Lowery agrees, eta hasnever been the whole mrewer.It Ts never been the total "answer, It Ts a means of ©drawing the attention of a nation to the evils that existand it Ts a means of prickingts conscience and it Ts a means of |tirring up within those whoPcl erence 7the excitement that Ts n $8Se :~ You're being had. Your childrenare dying, while old men arelying, and you dance around theflag. What a waste, Thank youMs. Emmel.Eric L. Wattree Et Eric, L. Wattree, Sr, can be reached attaxes are paid in full, :call (252) 902. * | King was alive,eS

_ COMMUMinority Voice October 11 - 18, 2007 pe3TWN EWS �Mrs Reece Maye Moméy Mistakes BlackWomen MakeBlack women make ee .mistakes, Financial experts~ identified some of the top money mistakes Blackwomen make:1. Addiction to shoes .and handbags.2 Putting their.financial lives onhold. They rentrather than- " purchase their ownhome. And tend not to save whilelooking forward toa future life with oPrinceCharming. � Too |many women waitto get marriedbefore gainingcontrol of their_ finances. :3, Nofinancial plan.Many women do_their financial planner, pay yourselffirst;_ priorities long- 2 2 ps te ead niegge~. term, It is shears" insurance_ wisetopay | iia purchase used rather» yourself first; start ..than new cars, calculate howmaking small ©. muchincome you need after " investments and _ retirement, devise a plan sadstart savingfor . sticktoit. "retirement early, ot4, Getting divorced. Food f Tecegit._ After a divorce, a "women Tshouseholds oThose who think they haveincome usually not time for bodily exercisedecreases by as will sooner or later havetomuch as 45%, find time for illness. �ee . We eiard Seaniey)5. Lack of asset: protection, losing | |a job, death of a oEmpowerment isall about Spouse, amajor letting go so that others canillness or accident, � get along. � (Kennethor divorce. These. Blanchard)- life-altering events~~ can affect you -financially, butmany Black | oA vacation is what you oewomen are not _ When you can no longer take_ prepared, poniee what you have been taking. �» adequate life. _ (Earl Wilson),insurance,* disabilityprnbenty and oThe dictionary is the only"insurance for place where success comes~ themselves and before work. � (Unknown)'. their spouses. A }three-to-six monthemergency fundis " oThose that say you can Tt takeamust, it with you " never saw a carpacked for a FAMILYa Vacation trip. � (Unknown)Financial experts recommendthat women take the |_ following steps: stop getting oVacation used tobe aly,deeper in debt, adevelopa but in today T s world ithas| insocial Medes and ud get help oA vacation i is over wheatbegin to yearn for your eiid Fishbein). cee oThe world i is full of willingpeople, some willing to work,the rest willing to let them. T 3(Robert Frost) | oSummertime is the BEST oPeople began to besuccessful the minute they "_ decide to be . � (HarveyMackay)_ oDon Tt be fooled "you are_ totally responsible for what isinside your locker. � oKnowledge is power. � . oIf you can Tt change your fate,. Change your attitude, � 2 SeyTan)time for family FUNTIME. � oNever be afraidtodo oBeautiful people areaccidents of nurture, but "beautiful old people are works,of art. � (Unknown) oTo acquire knowledge, onemust study; but to acquire. ©wisdom, one must deserve. 7(Marilyn Savant) " oBe decisive " standing inthe middle of the road is very _dangerous; you get knockeddown by traffic from bothsides. � (Margaret Thatcher)THE BOONDOCKS |something new. Remember,|. amateurs built the ark.~ Professionals built theTitanic. � (Anonymous)Who is MichelleObama?A working sister, +, jugglingthree schedules daily ".homework, piano and~ dance lesions and sportsa ports" be treated. That is more' important than how you look, ;activities for their twoyoung daughters, her ownbusy schedule as anexecutive at the University.of Chicago Hospitals, and4 just to keep thingsinteresting the nationalschedule for her husband_ US Senator Barack Obama(D-Illinois), nowpresidential contenderconstitutes the life of~ Michelle Obama. oIn May 2006, she was.promoted to Vice-Presidentfor Community and ExternalAffairs at the University of_ Chicago Hospitals, making_herresponsible for allprograms and initiatives thatinvolve the relationships: between the hospitals and thecommunity as well asmanagement of the hospitals Tbusiness diversity program.Michelle Obama, a olaude � graduate of PrincetonUniversity, met her husbandat Harvard Law School. Sheand the Senator instill in theirgirls, Malia and Sasha, ototreat people like you expect towhat you know, or what youare wearing. .oiout of youth. Does old may be self-absorbed andturning 50 signify that childish. |: lone solr -. So, how do you Lawes you'regag yetwetendtoregard -_- "-«Mature? You're a grownup| Suejette A. Jones this birthday as a when...sae Groymap? milestone. 1. You Euow theta bePeople like to document many things much50" birthdays with gag more important than oAls coitiin poles in one's gifts, At mine,| gota yourself, =| itt cleo eehorgonam cane and ani ear ae; Funny, huh? 2~ You're willing to say,How do you know when ual ee. |you're no longer a kid, 3, You T re attentive to thenalonges young? Well, footprints you willfor one thing, you start have left on the world,noticing that young~ people call you osir � or 4. You forgive the oma Tam �. Maybe _ carelessness of thesomeone holds the door young; regret thefor you when you could thoughtlessness ofperfectly well have your own youth,opened it yourself,Cini Holga til 5. You finally realize youoff with a warning for havenoonetospeeding; you know complain to._ you're going to getthe. ,ticket.Some things change, Growing up is achoice. The: mpi Sy oerne Rept with he |se Sa ha you are simplest of steps: identifyingF grown nildre in some accordingly, This meansi y?) In fact, there Pir iy pomp ioy older and pre or ler tere,fe ecomi life that has ai. . Unlike aging, middle and then just ends.4 | Extracted from an article by. : y Respectfully submitted bya : ; | Sucjette A. OE |t Me , {j a a a

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. J i, i ie, ee, ie ie 1 ee ee ee, iii,uate Minority Voice October 11 - 18, 2007 pg5History of Voting ====secen=secenennncenencceacce)CLICK CLICK CLIC K 1776 When this-country announced its independence from Britain, voting rights were based on property2 | ownership. This typically meant that those voting were white males over the age of 21 of Protestant religion.| ' 1787 In the newly drafted Constitution, states were given the power to set voting mandates and most werestill favorable to white males who owned property. 1830 Many states had dropped religion and property_ | Ownership as requirements for voting and with such a large percentage of the population at the polls,-| political parties were beginning to- develop. 1868 The 14th Amendment recognizes African Americans ascitizens, giving them the right to vote. However, state officials continue attempts to deny this right. 1776When this country announced its independence from Britain, voting rights were based on property ownership.This typically meant that those voting were white males over the age of 21 of Protestant religion. 1787 Inthe newly drafted Constitution, states were given the power to set voting mandates and most were stillfavorable to white males who owned property. 1830 Many states had dropped religion and property ownershipas requirements for voting and with such a large percentage of the population at the polls, political partieswere beginning to develop. 1868 The 14th Amendment recognizes African Americans as citizens, givingthem the right to vote. However, state officials continue attempts to deny this right. 1870 African Americanswere given the right to vote in the 15th Amendment. It prohibited any state or local government fromdenying that right.DY =Yolfors} (vem CoM CTa=Y-1a all (=As a lifelong Greenville resident and parent of two children, Chip Little is keenlyaware of the needs of families in our community. He has been involved in ourpublic school system. and parks and recreation department growing up in. Greenville and as a parent raising his own children. From these experiences, heunderstands and recognizes the needs of all families in our city. As mayor, he willwork to make Greenville a home where his Children and yours will want to remainand raise families of their own.The Little Family Supports: + Greenville Lite League* Literacy Volunteers of America . * East Carolina Pirate Club* J.H. Rose Academic Boosters * First Presbyterian Church. ; eee + J.H. Rose Athletic Boost * Boy Scout Troop 30African American Beauty ... caught by surprise, Inky nee Seva Sooo T TeDawson turns with a smile that would make the average * it Sane mn EB, Aycock Parent saci eisai, 4 Teacher Student Assoc. of Trey, 16 and Johnson, 12.man Ts heart melt at at at, oh well forget where, LOOK AT - | _ .T SMILE!!! , a8 ve bare. photo Jim Rouse | - Vote for an Effective Leader Dedicated to Greenville Ts Progress.a . 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By _to repeal the mandatory for youth ages 6 to 18 and serves as a committee+ contrast, just over a quarterof prison term for simple member with the Partnership for Children, Inc,: those convicted of powder possession and increase the : |; cocaine crimes last yearwere amountofcrackrequiredto. | of Cumberland County, |: Black, the commission said. trigger obligatory five-yearor | ~ |; more prison terms asawayto | ,: Kimbrough actually had much " focus on major drug | ! |} more powder than crack; but T ypaffiekers | co+ it was the latter that |; determined the lengthofhis The Supreme Court gave a | : |+ prison term. boost to judges T discretion | |: The 4th U.S, Clroslt Coun of when it ruled in 2005 that the a; the », Circuit Court of sentencing guidelines are | - T phopenie in gpa advisory, not mandatory, The Smithfield Foods is the world Ts largest pork producer. 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a Ae aTeiMinority Voice October 11 - 18, 2007 pg6Posted : Tue, 09 Oct 200712:12:08 GMT Author :Bharat Rathode ©Shamed US athlete MarionJones has handed over the ©three gold and two bronzemedals she won at theSydney Olympics in 2000:after admitting to using ©performance-enhancingbanned drugs.The latestmove follows her admission.to using these drugs threedays ago. Jones alsoaccepted @ two-yearsuspension from the U.S.Anti-Doping Agency. The banMeans Jones will not be ableto compete till Oct. 7, 2009.However the ban does not.make any difference to the32-year-old Jones who |announced her retirementfrom track,and field on Fridaylast. But Jones will also beasked to return the.Operation Gold bonus givento Olympic medalists."Wewill ask. her to makerestitution, � U.S. OlympicCommittee CEO Jim ScherrSaid. oIt is in excess of$100,000. � Another issue isthat Jones won two medalsin team events - gold in the4x400 meters and bronze inthe 4x100.Officials are nowasking teammates to returntheirs voluntarily. USOC' Chairman Peter UeberrothClarified, oIt Ts veryunfortunate but your resultinvolved cheating so theresult is unfair to the otherathletes of the world, soyou're not entitled to themedals. �Meanwhilecontroversy has been stirredup because Greek sprinterKaterina Thanou, who wonthe silver in the 100 metres,becomes eligible for Goldfollowing Jones T forfeiture.Australian Olympic chiefJohn Coates feels the Greek should not be. given themedal. oBut there may besome legal difficulties for theInternational Olympic- Committee to overcome inorder to reach thatconclusion, � he added. TaynaLawrence of Jamaica won thebronze in that particularevent.?AK UAL SENIORTIZENS CELEBRATION. Annu Senior izensme Celebration1977. 2007.Sy:Every Senior is Precious!Alpha Kappa Aliphe Soririky: tieTota Kappa Cinega Chia pierCOLA Reve High SiloG00 Meer: ArhiigSaxarday, May TR. 2007PSD sai

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