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a Happy KwanzaaSERVING PRINCEVILLE TARBORO WILLIAMSTON AND PITT COUNTY SINCE 1980FREEDEDICATED TO THE en 6 | sguepeee " Complnenay iM =CONTRIBUTIONS OF | ET pet eeAFRICAN AMERICANS VY, - ¢ a an aes)DEC 2007 Issue | | ir 2 0 ta |INORITY Y OIDEC 2007 IssueEQANISS FAR Ay 3 Ath. nes IY 45 ? | ® g~.~~1)ZqQounChamber of CommerceIDREDThe Los Angeles Sentinel Ts LEGENDS by:Yussuf J. Simmondsp Win In H | became a landmark case inirates Win In Hawaii . judicial history because it, , ? SC OTT represented the core values ofthe American judicial system oA descended " what the US Constitutionfrom Black Africans, stood for " and why Blackwhether slave of free, is not People are still subjected to aa citizen of the United different judicial system, upStates, according to the US __ 0 and including the present.Constitution. ? This was made perfectly clearwhen a sitting associateUS Supreme Court, 1857 Justice of the US Supreme| Court reportedly saidThat was the gist of the US recently, oMy job, as I see it,Supreme Court decision Is to preserve the originalwhen the infamous oDred meaning of the Constitution.Scott vs. Sanford ? case was 10 fully understand thedecided in 1857 and it is essence of the Dred Scottstill reverberating today, 150 we ree impact oafter it was handed society, it is necessary toAlpha Kappa Alpha Owe. fede rd his wife revisit the circumstances thatoro et had e _led Scott to file a lawsuit PC A a anIncorponcted US Constinion aatitey . ~_ Board Changeover . . .. Newly elected mayor, Pat DunnTota Kappa Omega _ ost. The Dred Scott case and Elected Council Members at Swearing In 12/10/07Chapter "e 235" Anniversary :| SHARPTONHEIGHTENEDSECURITY ASTHREATS |INCREASE,by HAZEL EDNEY,TRICEThe Wilmington Journal* FCC Chairman visits PCM- and PC County Comm. Johnson.» ++ Shown above Rep. WalterB. Jones Jr, Cong. GK. Butterfield,FCC Chairman Dr. McRaefile photo -NNPA Editor-in-chiefMother prayed that was the feeling of all when Ms"Lucille Gorham prayed during the ceremony of the oath ofoffice for the elected officials in Greenville. photo M. AdamsWheepaseSrd AnnualTurkey ShakeA;WASHINGTON (NNPA)i % ~ The Rev. Al Sharpton,rid ee looking back on a year ofwae | volatile civil rights andese bs race cases, says despite "_l i the false alarm when aRa Tg Ree eee HE LITTLE WILLIECENTER The Gatlin Family o rhormetriet tere recently cel- _prisoner sent a harmless(Standing from left to right) D.D. Garrett, Sylvia English, Tracy ebrating the 75th Birthday of Ellis Gatlin. Family and friends substance to his NewDonohue, Mayor-Elect, Ms, Pat Dunn, Bee Behr, Holly Garris gathered at the home on Ward Street in Greenville. Afamily York headquarters lastrm mercer yeas and Geraldine Randolph of the Little Willie Center, Council- _that is well known through out the community. Everybody month, he is stillNEWSPAPER AND stare AN Larry Spell and Mort Stine, Seated from left to right Renee Knows Gatlin (smile) photo by Ay Jimmy Sreeter carmaety coneeaned forArrington, founder of the Little Willie Center, Edith Webber, | " ONT RAE i), "WISHING YOU,HAPPY HOLIDAYS LWC Honoree and her husband Carroll Webber, along with oWe're getting all kindsMarvin Arrington, Chairman-Board of Directors. of threatening calls. Thisis just one that hit the. papers, ? says Sharpton inPreaching an interview, oEspecially: since Jena and thenMachine around the time of theRev Kenneth Hammond was Washington ha igon hand at the celebration for time we're involved, weThe Bishop Randy B, Royal. pecan pd phonepictorial'pg 11 problem because that's continues pg 14...

Minority Voice December 14 - 21, 2007 pg2__Can Obama Save Black / oty ALTON oocan win the White House,the relevant question,nonetheless, is whether he~ can save Black America.Rev. Jesse Jackson, inarecent Chicago Sun-TimesOp-ed piece, apparentlywould answer thiswho is afraid toraisePe takon eagerto offer Black solutions. »Our if Isthat v we need som. rating heal ?aPhwarfare, environmentalwarfare, biological .warfare and T policeterrorism, Itis acontradiction i in terms forsomeone who wins theWhite House to also solveBlack problems. Again,Blacks are being asked toendorse and finance ourOwn oppression.Oppression cannot occurwithout the. gjuiescenceof the oppressed. The ~House is the.quartets for white- supremacy. It remindsBlacks of the oBigHouse. ? The doctrine ofstare decisis controls -public policy in theBic Ae wkwhile Blacks were inslavery. There is also the- doctrine of checks andbalances with a bicamerallegislature, a three-tiered -judicial system and animpeachment process for -both the judicial andexecutive branches of . government. A politicianhas a better shot atescaping from Alcatrazthan passing remedial~~ laws for TBlacks.Although Rev. Jacksonfails to say itinthese~. words, there is a nationalHogs conspiracy. against = odescendants of enslaved Africans. On the state andfederal levels, theexecutive, legislative andjudicial branches of os government are adicontinuing to conspire todeny to Blacks basic.human, economic andcivil rights. Even if -Obama had good- intentions, history eu :be against him. This "country assassinated TPresident Abraham _Lincoln and PresidentJohn F. Kennedy and:their credentials on racewere mixed. PresidentBill Clinton was able to; eager ie synonymous, .Jaws in this country Ts T |s~ history against Blacks._ Rev. Jackson put his_° finger on the problem " owhen he. wrote: oThe Rev.Martin Luther King sawOP)the movement to endsegregation and gainvoting rights as the first_ Stage of the civil rights- movement. ? Thee gainshave benefittedimmigrants from |historically-oppressedgroups. There have beenno further gains,Whites secured votingrights and the right topolitical and legal _representation in 1787,Blacks only secured a -semblance of voting rightsin 1965. He nevermentioned the continuingdenial of the Tight ofBlacks to enjoy political.and legal representation. " Polealyy, there is a widegulf between whites and "Blacks, Rev. Jacksonfurther wrote: oThe:ellis the system, My ty_ second stage should bepolitical and legalrepresentation. This is the_ bridge betweensegregation and votingrights, on the one hand,and economic justice andequal opportunity, on the .other hand.The right to vote and the:right of politicalrepresentation are notBe afi representation.The goal line in politics ispolitical representation.Blacks actually believe.ie ney are ESmerica? "tdinhidowns bic crossingmidfield. This explainswhy Blacks are mired inquicksand. We are putting. the cart before the horseahd we are equating oees political presence withpolitical representation. Aswe put more Blacks inpolitical offices, our.condition is worsening.There is a national -phenomenon that is |spreading its wings in theUnited States and it isensnaring all Blacks. Arecent study by the PewCharitable Trusts showsthat while the middle classof every other ethnicgroup is expanding, the |Black middle class is onthe decline, Black children 7will not fare as welleconomically as their _parents. In part, thisresults from Ta war onBlack males. To be sure,the Black maleissearching for solutions,See, for example, theMillion Man March in1995. More than twomillion Black malesassembled on the NationalMall. Since 1995, the waron Black males hasescalated with no solutionin sight.~ Without the right ofpolitical representation,Blacks can only act asproxies and pawns for those:who have aneconomic stake in this~ country. It y as never theintent of thé oFotindinigFathers ? to empower | -Blacks politically and _whites will cut off their_ hoses to spite their faces~ before Blacks enjoy T{Seles equality. ThePoe Se Se ee ee Og Segright to vote is notmentioned in theConstitution. TheFifteenth Amendment .authorizes Congress toenact legislation to keepdiscrimination out of the polling booth, For ninety-five years, voting rights.abuses were honored inthe breach. Voting rightsfocus, primarily, onpolling booths and not onlegislative arenas nor on_ political decision-making. The condition precedentto enjoying the right ofpolitical representation isthe exercise of the rights- under the FirstAmendment. These rightsinclude free speech;freedom of assembly,freedom of associationand petitioning the- government for a redressof grievances, Anyexamination of the legalhistory of the First "Amendment will showthat Blacks have not faredwell. There is a reasonwhy it is termed the oFirstAmendment, ? however, Itis the most important ofall the constitutionalamendments. Allelements of the FirstAmendment must bepresent to constitutepolitical representation.- Blacks are not allowed toengage in political speech.Cong. Adam ClaytonPowell found this out,_ When, he h hosted alerterenceof the first nails in hiscoffin, He had previouslycriticized the corrupt_.. practices of the NYPD. New York is stil a a policeHill. This ives one tite: This is why we are_ witnessing a legal charade -in Sean Bell et. al. AnyBlack person who: oengages in Political :speech is committingtreason. In 2007, Blacks "- tust still know their oplace. Jim Crow is stillalive, Forty years ago, Dr.King spoke out against the Vietnam War atRiverside Church inManhattan on April 4,1967. The following year,on April 4, militaryintelligence of the U.S.Army assassinated him inMemphis, TN, Connectthe dots. We must- strengthen our knowledge_ of our history.| Very few Blacks know thecauses of the Civil War. -Frederick Douglass,among others, knew thatBlacks had to have a."voice in the political_ debate. Thus, he helpedform the Libertyand, subsequently, theFree Soil Party. This isinstructive. To have avoice in:politics, anoppressed group musthave its own politicalparty. Our ancestors mustbe turning over in theirgraves. No self-respectingBlack person, in thenineteenth century, wouldhave enrolled in the oslave party. ? It still is. Aneffort was afoot after theCivil War for theDemocratic Party to...recapture its Blacks: Thecrowning jewel of this. ?,?ffort would be to make adescendant of enslavedAfricans its titular head.Next week Ts article: The~ Quid Pro Quo and the oJena 6. ?DEFINITION OF ~R DRIAL, L, oYOUNG BLACK AND LOCKED upKWANZAAvambes one e jailer represents a1 ni i ment instead of | state into five regions so that exception to the bumper-monumental national failure. Tehabilitation. confined youths would be . _ Sticker thinking of too many Kwanzaa is a uniquewithin driving distance of state leaders who pursue * . African AmericanMore and more of those who A 2003 US. Department of their homes. Each regionhas TTough on crime, ? TZero celebration with focus onenter the Prison Pipeline start Justice investigation into two facilities housing no tolerance, ? Lock em up ? the traditional Africanwith arrest records as young "_ conditions at Oakley and more than 40 young people. approaches to punish rather values of family,children, Earlier this year,a Columbia Juvenile Training than address the problems of community responsibilitypolice officer arrested seven- Schools in Mississippi found This Department of Youth " troubled youths, Increasing commerce, and self-year-old Gerard Mungo, Jr., _that juveniles there were Services focuses on intensive investments in health caré, improvement. Kwanzaa isin East Baltimore, Maryland, being hog-tied with chains, "_ individual counseling, quality early childhood neither political norclaiming that the child was _ physically assaulted by academic and vocational education, better schools and religious and despite someriding a dirt bike on the guards, sprayed with education, and positive: positive youth development in misconceptions, is not asidewalk. Gerard was chemicals during military behavior modification. Key . out-of-school time would not._ {Ik bstitute for Christmas, It- handcuffed and taken to a exercises, forced toeattheir features of the Missouri - only increase the number of * is simply atime of |* police station where Tofficers " own'vomit and put in dark: ' model are its integration of children reaching successful African. 'a | "took his fingerprints and mug solitary confinement cells mental health into all of its adulthood but increase public American people, theira . shot. after being stripped naked. rehabilitation components and Safety. The last thing a young | . ,The Wilmington Journal Mississippi T $ juvenile justice its comprehensive approach person needs is lessons inOriginally posted 12/1/2007 _ Incarceration is extremely system is now under a federal to treatment, which includes how to become a hardenedif e asked where the COStY. In California, state judicial decree because of family gli and . a criminal by exposure to adultv bed States ke T detention centers for young these and other violations counseling. : mentors in adultUnited States ranks among people cost $216,000) a year found by the Department of or callous adults inindustrialized countries on per child; county facilities Just ny Rach Gonfined youth is : ~ " eeelow birthweight, infant cost about $117,000, States brought together with nine fn qine is & change for oumortality or child poverty, a spend on average nearly three For some young people, being other teens who eat, study and Children ahd Ourantion Ts K |guess much higher than the times as much per prisoner assent to a youth detention live together as ateam, Bach 54 wanzaa has come to be |bottom on any of these social they do per public school facility can be a death team of ten is under the observed by more than18indicators would be wrong. pupil. In some States, the sentence. In January 2006, supervision of two trained For more information on the miltion say tag gs ngBut if you were asked where 9fWthin prison costs also " 14-year-old Martin Lee youth specialists. When a Children Ts Defense Fund's - ont Thos y whe NewAmerica stands on exceeds the growth in higher Anderson died of suffocation young person has a problem, " America Ts Cradle to Prison ore Lunes, VY Oen2 its citizens, you education spending. When it "_at a Tstate-run boot camp in s/he can call a meeting of the Pipeline report, visit| mt por diod to an ne : Costs more to detain a child Florida after seven guards team to work out a solution. "_childrensdefense, org/| that oe eveivone les: than to provide him a Head beat and restrained him. His Academic success is: cradletoprison.Ow illo tae saiiguies tae ? Start, we need to seriously death occurred the day after emphasized and a highpeople " over 2.3 million in "#8888 Our nation Ts values "_he arrived at the camp after "_ percentage of young people in Marian Wright Edelman is~ 9006 then ang other _ and priorities. While there violating for taking his Missouri's Department of President of the Children's, |[: country. Because justice is not seems to be no cap on prison Pesan scarforajoy Youth Services facilities earn Defense Fund and its Action |equally administered in the is schist gu ride, their GEDs. Missouri has ~~ ouncil whose Leave No Child iUnited States, Black males ! dramatically reduced youth Behind® mission is to ensure |] Pea mie pseu:pa disproportionately \ ps deel to seven pie oe a Healthy Start,a |} SWCrepes ? Yeesinntewstave ete detee, fees, felaefa eee ? 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Mrs Beatrice MastThe Editor:What is forgiveness?veness is a feeling ofvel ess, freedom andacceptance. We no longerwant to punish the peoplewho hurt us, but it freesourselves of moving on,forgetting and holdinggrudges, resentments andhatred because all have beenhurt by parents, lovers, "spouses, children, friends, co-workers, employers, teachers,preachers, peers, playmates "the whole system " schools,governments, criminal justicesystem, the media, even byourselves, We wonder whythey hurt us?We often have heard:Forgive and forgetLet bygones be bygonesTurn the other cheekKiss and make: up o To err is human; to forgiveis bakinaigh .c OF fie Bs APOE be oe eh tae essit aw errs hora ge alSuejette A. Jonesaddress these problems. TheCOMMUNITY NEWS.i a a ae Minority Voice December 14 - 21, 2007 pg3| tle Hcgiving deters the 4kind of person you are and} forgiving has a price.make peace with ourselves, for forgivenessbecomes an experience youwill treasure. Forgivenesshelp us all. Follow these identify the wrongs you have Tcommitted, acknowledge thehurt you Tve caused, and ask -_ the other person to forgive- «you; God forgives you!. _ Beatrice MayeTURN YOUR HOUSE_ UNTOA HOMERead these tips:1. Take off shoes forslippers immediatelyafter entering the~ house.2. Change the color ofyour walls.3. Try tapestries on thewalls and rugs on barefloors.4. Relax with a lighted »candle, light the_ fireplace is preferable.5. Tur off the overheadlight.6. Arrange your .furnitureconversationalShould oFaithBased ? SolutionsBeGivena= oIn the public square there ismuch debate concerning thepublicFunding of faith-based socialservice delivery, hye |rage in civic ee,churches,"javelin OF te Pah1 te, entoa theand economic crisisfe pee etersLed tical llFv, he eoulan Agence aAmerica have not and cannotovercome poverty and thesocial dysfunction faced by _these two communities. Theyhave not applied theresources needed, and there isho strategic agenda to suggestthey will act differently in the_. future, There are too many~~ other priorities. | " Second, it is not thegovernment Ts job alone toogovernment should do it Ts~ Part, but it cannot do it all,institution, These, Congregations are locatedwhere the problems are. They: head of the table whenas the table is round,8. Decorate the faanily~~ room with family,9, Throw out the remote_. control " cutting outso much TV-watching.The i inconveniencemay cause movinginstead of eit | toolong. 2 ee10. Put your treadmillnext to your favoriteeasy chair.11. Throw down someextra carpet padding inone room. You maydoa little bit ofaerobic exercise.12. Get more smokedetectors will makeyour home safer,13. Get a carbonmonoxide detector,14, Light up your way tothe b bathroom.15. Add a few plants t toyour home, getting ridof excessive_ formaldehype, causing |certain cancers.16. Batten down (buysome adhesive strips)to keep from slipping.17. Get a dog...at least adog dish. Dogs hearfootsteps long beforeyou do.18. Put a few real Tstickers in yourwindows and doors.Better still, install areal alarm system. .19. Keep curtains closedat night.20. Get a reinforced strikeplate. Most burglarsenter through the frontdoor. Let aprofessional hocksrrGihinstall it. |21. Nail down windows,22. Keep your doorslocked. It Ts amazinghow so } many people:congregations can play's amajor role in socialregeneration. For centuries,local congregations haveplayed a major role in thestruggles for economicjustice, a compassionate "government and civil rights.For at least a century, faith-based organizations have-been ~~- involved in education, health, "_ and welfare services, Theyhave provided effectivedelivery systems. In mostcommunities the church is theonly remaining viablehaye the resources to respond.Thy have the people, thebuildings, and the money.Most important, they have thehistoric and enduring mandateto serve their neighbors.To deny faith-based~ organizations the right butwould shut the door on a .service vitally needed to bringdown the wall of poverty andsocial disintegration, o (endof quote)Notes...Rev. Wilson Good directs aprogram that monitorschildren whose parentsprison. Yeahtoual litapeloton acho.purpose of the Lucille W.spectrum of community _services,Respectfully submittedMs..Suejette A, Jones aeeae- Four cities have been chosen.~ to host the 2008 presiden ssidentialand vice presidential debates. oNew Orleans, one of 16.finalists, didn Tt make the finalcut. City officials were told itwas because the city,devastated by HurricaneKatrina two years ago, wasn Ttready to host such a large-scale event, Interesting,considering New Orleans heldMardi Gras celebrations justsix months after the storm andhas attracted numerousconventions and conferences,many of which bringhundreds of thousands ofpeople into the city. Critics ofthe commission say New -Orleans was omitted from the:final list because politiciansdon Tt want to remind theworld that the government "failed the people of NewOrleans,In the days, months andweeks following Hurricane~ Katrina, the world watched asthe American governmentfailed to address the needs ofwalk out their frontdoors without locking "them. Also keep thedoors locked evenwhen you are at home.Ages of WomenAge 8:Looks at herself and sees:Cinderella/SleepingBeautyAge 15:- Looks at herself and sees:Cinderella/Sleeping Beauty/Cheerleader or if she hasPMS: sees Pimples/U gly( oMom, I can Tt go to schoollooking like this! ?) |Age 20:Looks at herself and sees: otoo fat/thin, too short/tall,too straight/too curly ? butdecides she Ts going outanyway.Age 30:Looks at herself and sees: otoo fat/thin, too short/too tall,too straight/too curly ? " butdecides sht doesn pve timeto fix it so she Ts going outanyway,Age 40:Looks at herself and sees: otoo fat/thin, too short/too :tall, too straight/too curly ? butsays, oAt least, I Tm clean ?and goes out anyway.Age 50:Looks at herself and remindsherself of all the people whocan Tt even see themselves inthe mirror anymore. Goes outand conquers the world.Age 70:Looks at herself and seeswisdom, laughter and ability " goes out and enjoys life.Age 80:Doesn Tt bother to look. Justputs on a red hat and goes outto participate in the world.Age 90:Can Tt see and doesn T t worryabout it!ee National politicians ignore N ewRRS Orleans, againbecame a perfect case studyof the country Ts inability toaddress issues of race andpoverty. Promises were madeto help rebuild the city. But, "as the media and thegovernment moved on to thenext hot topic, ihose promiseswere forgotten.The current presidentialcandidates are not doing .much to bring attention toNew Orleans either. Sure,Democrat John Edwardslaunched his campaign there.But the issues that NewOrleans shed light on "economic oppression,governmental neglect of poorpeople of color and more "aren Tt as prevalent in the -discussions as, say, healthcare or ending the war in Iraq.And we can Tt just blame theRepublicans: one of the co-chairs of the committeeresponsible for selecting thedebate sites, Paul G, Kirk Jr.,_ isa Democrat, The other,Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr., is aRepublican.Hosting the debates in NewOrleans would have given thecandidates an opportunity toexamine the intersectionbetween race and poverty andto unveil plans designed toadequately address the issue.Instead, the commission usedunfounded complaints to sayno to New Orleans,America needs to rememberhow the government failedNew Orleans. If the story isn Tttold often, the lesson won Tt belearned. The presidentialdebates would have onceagain shined a much néededlight on the city and would ;have exposed the bureaucracyand red tape residentswanting to rebuild muststruggle with. Instead, NewOrleans is once again tossedto the side. And so, too, arethe many poor people of colorall around the country whosaw their stories reflected inthose of the hurricane Tsvictims.An opportunity for growthand change has been missed.All we can hope for now isthat the candidates do whatthe debate commission wastoo cowardly to do: go toNew Orleans, talk to theresidents, learn what Ts reallygoing on and begin toformulate plans to make surewhat happened in NewOrleans in 2005 neverhappens again.(Judge Gre Mathis isHlaRainbowPUSH and anational board member of theSouthern ChristianLeadership Conference.)

~ Minority Voice December 14 - 21, 2007 ped ~ | ane rarerMary L. Cates serves as Homecoming Chairperson eoccooe MARRIED IN MIN ISTR # ADE tkeat Elizabeth City State University : : " pu sedisMary L. Cates, a retired Pitt county educator and Elizabeth City StateUniversity graduate, was chosen by the National Alumni Associationof ECSU to serve as the Homecoming Chairperson. +Cates, primary duties included identifying and recruiting Alumnifrom the different chapters to serve as contestants for the Mr, / Ms.Alumni contest. The contestant who raises the highest amount ofmoney for scholarship is crowned Mr. or Ms. Alumni.Cates, plans activities for the entire weekend of Homecoming, beginningwith the Coronation, where the Mr. / Ms. Alumni is crowned; the Ice-Breaker dance; theAfter Party; and the Prayer Breakfast.Cates, who was crowned Ms. Alumni in 1994, cutrently serves as the President ofthe Eva J. Lewis Alumni Chapter, Greenville, NC. She has also served as the Second-VicePresident, Recording Secretary and Corresponding Secretary of the National AlumniAssociation of ECSU. Cates is a committee member of the Awards Banquet, 1961 Class.agent for the 60 Ts Decade Reunion, member of the Presidential Scholarship Ball, and is alife member of ECSU National Alumni Association._ Cates, a member of Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church, Greenville, NC, servesas Lead Usher and Chairperson of the Hospitality Excellonpe Ministry. She also serves as oy :Chief Judge during Election. wi = }The Eva J. Lewis Alumni Chapter meets on the second Sunday of each month. For Royal Banijuet se Te Ministers Henty a sa Cynthia Tyson pose for the: Minority Voicefurther information, Please contact Ms. Cates at 758-5039. camera, Both Ministers are vety active i in the ministry in and outside of the church.his describes you, we ine you to join Golden Stale Mutual'sere aan meee prtpedoeds hho Greendie »and Rocky Mount Area,Wetec icrling entusiatic and gue cieniadSeMany people inc wali Ceca er deces, entmany have stayed a lifetime. For over 82 yearsGolden State Mutual has been serving financial serviceneeds for the Alro- Ameircan community.Cont Yo wut oy tneThere are a numberof ways to save water,WATER | and they all startUSEIT |WISELY. | with you.Install water-savingdevices such as early-Closing flappers on_ toilets. soOptions forNo (Uibam my) gal 2) acCheck all washing machine ~ ahose connections for leaks. Mie] d-Mait:(SMRLOMB]-Tele-1: Udelel cali MOlii-li-Ts OnlineFixing a leak can save 500gallons each month. :Tech a Cae vce et cr ne on uNChallenge yourself in course work t perneh Apsdeastin gue oad i) teach in our classrooms and labs. You will enjoy the ci ne ssityllity: | | of an education that caters to ee aeLimit hours of water-cooled air conditioners, What does this mean for you?A decree tom anestabisbed university. An copertunty fra brighter hve.real option for adultFor more easy ways to conserve water, visitWww.guc.com or wateruseitwisely.com. GreenvilleUtilitiesPO Box 1847 + Greenville, NC 27835-1847 » 752-7166 * wwwgue.com ge ea a

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s=x A.A. Jeffreys Distributing Co. LLCHAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM BUDWEISERba 4 f y Fa r?"? oat ims -a ¥ aie° ~= * sai =u *Sr Annual Tarkey Shake Party A SuccessPhotos & Stories: Gaius oGuy ? Sims, Sr.GREENSBORO, NC - Adding Rich Washington Rodeo Pro-sail poe moter Ist Annual Rodeo Awards Pre-sentation to this years 3rd Annual Tur-key Shake Party hosted by Tony Cham-bers, his band and his lovely wife Lindain Kemersville (Greensboro) was likeadding more spice to this years pump-kin pie. It gave their party an added de-| gree of excitement. Cuba Gooding (Sr.)| and the Main Ingredient performed atthis years party, and did they put on angreat show, Even with their star powerthis group was very approachable, Andfellas this party drew out the ladies, ItGuy Sims - DJWOOW RadioSATURDAY MORNING IN SOULSVILLEwas a nice scene. Locally, I gave away free tickets on WOOWPPEVONY CoamBeRs Bano,fa; oi* DRIVE SAFELYRadio in Greenville to promote this event. Down there I cer-tainly had fun covering it. It also turned out to be an eye openingevent as well. In spending the night on the campus of DudleyCosmetology University I was impressed by the size of the school.In reflection, I also discovered that DCU is the only University ofits kind in the world that helps the career cosmetologists tomakemore money by improving their attitude, self esteem, and skills whilelearning from other people and cultures through a technical arts pro-gram. As.a mater of fact DCU offers several classes of continuingeducation and has a number of campuses throughout the country,Iconsider myself to be well traveled but my visit to Dudley Uni-versity where the event was being held at the Yates Convention Cen-ter, one of their on-campus facilities turned out to be something of aneye opener. Later that evening that Center would be packed withseveral hundred party-goers and the parking lot would be ostuffed ?with a lot of shiny late model SUVs gleaming in the chilly night air.rs RY eR ary:Fi A cesta endadlchaih.. st shanafi}%éi.Gooding (far left) and her husband Tony (right) throw the spotlight on ashy Linda Chambers after she was coaxed from the audience where_ was enjoying her husband's performance. Linda is also an airlinepilot. "_ Once inside you found yourself greeted by the sound of anearth-quake disco sound system Which provided preshow entertainment.

ry] reviousNow this party was aBYOB affair but you didn Tthave to bring your own liquorunless you wanted too. Theliqour, food, festivities, and--entertainment by the Main In-gredients providing Las Ve-gas style entertainment wasincluded in the price of theticket... and for just $35 dol-lars per person that was a realholiday bargain. And get this- the buffet was hand pre-pared by the Chambers en-tourage themselves, not somecaterer plying you with weakice tea, watery potato salad,cold beans and the like, No- this party didn Tt shake outthat way. The food wassumptuous and the chickenwas fried on the spot. Therewere some people who weredisappointed because theywere not able to get osec-onds ? on the bird. I didn Tt getany. However the turkey.salad stuffed in tender crois-sant rolls was enough to fillin the empty spots.This was a P-A-R-TEE-Y Folks - classy andfun. I spent my second nightin nearby Clemens in spa-cious surroundings providedby Linda and Tony Chambersas their guest. During one ofour conversations Linda re-vealed to that she and her |friends had spent severaldays preparing food for. theevent. This was homecookedfood. She didn Tt have to tellme as I continued to dis-cretely and with great finesse opig out ? on her oleftovers. ?Aside glance from Tony madea little cautious about ap-proaching the remaining liquoroein the same manner - just kid-ding.My first night of accom-modation was spent on campusat the Dudley Hotel which wasjust a short walk from theYates Convention Hall. I hadonly planned to spend only anight in the city and then takethe train back to Rocky Mountthe next morning but becauseof some " wonderfulfellowshipping and some urg-ing from Rodeo Rich I changedthat plan. The neat thing aboutthat was if you planned on do-ing some drinking or you werea little tired from all of the fes-tivities, the lodgings on-campuswere quite comfortable. NowAmtrak to Greensboro was an-other pleasant surprise.Pricewise the round trip farefrom Rocky Mount to Greens-_ boro was. only $60.32. WhenI got there I was met by one ofTony Ts friends who took meStraight to the oparty spot ?some 14 miles down the road.It wasn Tt long before I show-ered, dressed; grab my cameraand my party was on.When I walk into the con-vention hall the scent of foodwas already filling up the air, Isaw some dude up on the stagetuning up the band and took afew preliminary snapshots, Atfirst I thought it was one of theband members. Later I discov-ered that it was Cuba Goodinghimself rehersing. After takinga few more. snaps I headed Tback to the hotel and met upwith oRodeo Rich. ?Rotleo & Trail Ride pro-moter Rich Washington of ojeans toCowboy Mania (and JimRouse Ts cousin) was preparinghis awards to present to mem-bers of the Black Trail RidersAssociation later on thatevening. This was a new eventand a extra added attraction forthe TURKEY SHAKEPARTY. It isn Tt everyday thatyou see black folks sharplydressed walking around inCowboy attire mixing in withthe rest of the crowd. And it istrue, the oGood Guys ? do wearwhite hats, and beige hats andblack hats too. So do the Cow-girls and I am looking forwardto seeing how they. lookdressed in blue jeans and sit-ting on a horse. According toRodeo Rich and Tony Cham-bers, a trailride and entertain-ment event is in the planningstages. They are rumoringMillie Jackson. And I imagineshe would still look good inWith Tony Chambers andhis band backing up The MainIngredient turned out to besmooth and top notch perform-ers. Adding to that Tony was asuperb vocalist. His skills as asaxaphonist border on genius.He was a man who was mas-terfully in charge of his instru-ment and as a person who hasspent decades in the radio busi-ness I can afford to be a criticand I was impressed. Tony cur-rently has two CD Ts chockedfull of original works (he hasstudio facilities in his home andSpends time fine-tuning his re-cording skills). The wholeevent was not only fun, but itwas relaxing as it was entertain-ing. :EBooks and Poenstiy ED rigorGifts of Inspiration, qtCourage and LoveHis wife Linda is also andextremely accomplished indi-vidual. Did I tell you what agreat cook she was... well rightI did tell you that, didn Tt I. Butthe story of Linda Chambers is "a lot more prolific then meets .the eye. Without going into agreat detail she is also an éx-perienced airline pilot and has "more than twenty years of fly-ing under her belt as the wouldsay. Since my father also flew,we were able to exchange afew stories there as well, I wasvery honored to be her com-pany. She was doing sornethingI had once dreamed to doing -fly! So with that in mind... thereare quite a few black airlinepilots out and a quite few ofthem are black women. So thenext time you left your eyes sky-ward and study the ovaportrails ?coming out of those Jet-liners... Linda (center of photowith Cuba Gooding, Sr. - pre-vious page) or someone likeher could be piloting that obigbird. ? Should you ever'be-come interested in a career asa pilot visit the The Organiza-tion of Black Airline Pilots(OBAP) website at http://www.obap.org. They havebeen around for more thenthirty years. And as far as the4th annual Turkey Shake Partyfor next year, Eplan on beingthere. Oh, don Tt forget to joinme oSaturday Mornings InSoulsville ? on AM1340WOOW-Greenville.OC aw FF yMinority Voice December 14 - 21, 2007 pg?YOUR ADCOULD BETHE MINORITY VOICENEWSPAPERCALL 252.757-0425ASK ror MIKEMENinsectsdJobenyM10'S BARBER SHOP\S HAIRCUT$10.00 T0 $12.00SHAVE $5.00EYE BROW ARCH$5.00 ,NECKLINE TAPERBEDGE» $5.00 :BOY'S HAIRCUT $8.00BEAUTICIAN'S PRICING. 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_ " CAE eeSte ae EE ail cE eee rs yr hhc Meee te eaeid5i:asib'i ;Pe ae- and for their childr_ Minority Voice December 14 - 21, 2007 pg8 oe en , ": | | ee Happy HowipaysDr ed Scott # eee | | B 0 an, Beseant -~~ owhether slave or free, is Emancipation Proclamation in never removed. They are still f =e BA ar OREnot a citizen of the 1865. lying there dormant on the : Out Bail Bong,United States according The thirteenth and fourteenth " (waiting to be resurrected), Do 4 7 4 .to the US Constitution; amendments were said to and that is why a large a - xtomea dt Wikesdaa .Pos Oe (this seems to reinforce have overturned the evil. segment of (White) society ii Greeti T Harte Camstici 7against his owner, Emérson/ the opinion of those T "_ " effects of slavery and the including an associate Bae) on eit ghJohn Sanford. Scott was who want to revertto _~ Dred Scott decision. But did Supreme Court justice, wants ae ed assent Peborn in 1799 as a slave of the the original meaning of they? And if they did oin to revert to the original j= | =f (252) 367-0993 (Cell)Peter Blow family in Virginia. the Constitution)... theory ? overturn them they meaning of the Constitution. . oPick up thé phone, (252) 353-1885 (Alt) _(The family included a 2. The ordinance of 1787 certainly did not oremove ? The late Associate Justice Af you: want to go home. ? : 13congressman). The custom - Couldnotconfer ".__ them from where they were Thurgood Marshall state, Pha.was not to allow slaves to freedom or citizenship o infamous lodged. (The oThe men. who gathered inread or write, consequently, with the'Northwest othree-fifths ? clause is still in Philadelphia in 1787 couldScott could neither read nor Territory to Black _ the Constitution.) For =~ "spothave imagined, nor wouldwrite. About 1830, the Blow people. © = * example, when a teenager is they have accepted, that thefamily migrated to St.Louis, 3, The provision of the convicted of a crime, his document they were draftingMissouri, along with their Missouri Compromise _ record is osupposedly ? seal. would one day be construedProperty, Scott, whom they were avoided asa. Butis it really? In recent by a Supreme Court to whichsold to Dr. John Emerson, a legislative act because "_ incidents, teenagers T had been appointed themilitary surgeon stationed at it exoeeded the powers osealed ? records have been _ descendant of an AfricanJefferson Barracks, oa of Congress, insofar as hurriedly unsealed, and that Ts slave. ? __ ae,Scott used to accompany it attempted to exclude because, they obviously were It is for this reason and much,Emerson to army posts in slavery and impart _not oreally sealed. ? So toois much more that Black peopleIllinois and the Wisconsin freedom and citizenship _ the othree-fifths ? clause in the have had to experience the Or mae yTerritory where slavery was to Black people in the Constitution and the Dred _Little Rock Nine, the ae Cl ROCICTIOX, _. wspoy tea northern part ofthe Scott decision, they have been Scottsboro Boys, the ate " ee oeMissouri Compromise, the Louisiana cession. Supposedly overturned but "_. Tuskegee Experiment, Plessy Whateay Miahotie Chane Sranaintiee: Ain |Wisconsin Enabling Actand There has been centuries of . a | v. Ferguson, and of course the Aetrex Diabetic Shoes offer innovative comfortthe Northwest Ordinance. different interpretations | _Jena Six. | and performai ¢ features that allow the footwearThen Emerson was Telative to the Dred Scott case " " " fo meet your footcare needs!"ransered to Lovisins, got and ithas been compared and WISHING YOU A MERRY | _ " Romer your: :mared 0 irene Sanford and "_ referenced with similar TIRISCTMAG CEATHPEC. Kate 5 te dpsent for the Scotts, Afterhe landmark cases in the _ CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS FEATURES: Multiple removable insoles for triple depthreturned to St. Louis, "Emerson died in 1843 and theScotts became the property ofbrother, John Sanford becameexecutor of John Emerson Tsshe illegally hired out thechildren " for which shecollected rent. Eventually,Emerson; she refused. |n for themselves,me ! justice had to rule thelived both in a free state anda Missour} Compromisefree territory, they were .. Unconstitutional. -legally free and could not be The biological aspect of thereverted back to being slaves. matter was never called intoThe Blow family paid the question therefore despite thelegal fees for the Scotts. The: " ruling, Black people werefirst trial ended being hinged biological human beings whoona technically andthe = just happen to possess a 4presiding judge granted a _ different skin color, Yet, insecond trial because hearsay referring to the Constitution Tsevidence had been introduced othree-fifths of all otherand Scott could not prove to persons ? to justify the "the court that he was or was decision, the Supreme Courtnot a slave. conveniently seemed toMrs. Emerson appealed the overlook another phrase, oforder for a second trial and similar and equal importance,the court ruled against her in in the Declaration of1848, In a new trial, a jury Independence which stated,ruled that the Scotts and their oaij men are created equal. ?children were legally free Also another landmark caseunder the Missouri andthen "_ which was decided fortyturned the responsibility of years afterwards, oPlessy vthe case over to her brother, Ferguson, ? revealed theSanford. The Court reversed, hypocrisy and the moral.the lower court Ts ruling and bankruptcy of the judicialreturned the Scotts to their system. The Plessy dictummasters once more as chattel. _institutionalized the concept(At that time, the Chief of oseparate but equal ? public.Justice of Missouri himself facilities. The results wereowned slaves.) the oseparate ? was alwaysHowever, the decision was rigidly, enforced but never therife with inconsistencies oequal. ? This paved the wayincluding that the Missouri for ojim crow ? segregation incourts had Previously ruled the South anda milder, lessand held the position that overt but still racist, versionslaves taken into free states in the North and the West.core automatically free. The The only other portions ofScotts Sued again for their. that law they rigidly upheldfreedom in federal court, and/or enforced were theThey lost again and appealed draconian sections thatto the United States Supreme adversely affected BlackCourt, (A presidential _ people.election was pending.) The ~ After the landmark ruling,Chief Justice of the US ~ Scott and his family wereSupreme Court delivered the _Teturned to slavery as themajority opinion that cast a of Mrs, Emerson.shadow over the status of She remarried and herPeople husband turned the Scottsa: "is t. Theit T hefarious ruling, the chiefargument was since they had| vert the Blow family int, Missouri, who freedAmerican judicial systemincluding oRoe v. Wade ? and oMarbury v Madison. ? But atthe time of the decision, the.meaning was clear thatBlacks were obeing of an.inferior order, and altogetherunfit to associate with theWhite race, either in social orinferior that they had no ~;rights which the White man. 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Be_ Alpha Kappa Alpha. Sorority, IncorporatedIota Kappa Omega Chapter35" Anniversaryin 1908, sixteen undergraduates on the campus of Howard University in Washington, DC foundedAlpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority, Inc. Under the current leadership of the national president, Ms.barbara McKenzie, the organization will celebrate its Centennial anniversary on January 15, 2008. Jota Kappa Omega1e 82 graduate members of Iota Kappa Omega are currently being led by President Delilah Jacksonand Vice President Sharon Mallette. The Chapter celebrated its 35" anniversary, oExemplary Serviceith a Purpose ?, the weekend of October 28", 2007. The festivities began with ogame night ? onfriday night, October 26", at the home of member, Ms. Laura Carmon: Sorority members worshipedpgether on that Sunday, October 28", at Wells Chapel Church of God in Christ and concluded thefPstivities with a banquet at the Greenville Hilton. The banquet Ts keynote speaker was Director of The» Marvelous Mid-Atlantic Region, Mrs. Ruby Batts Archie, ,With a combined membership approaching 200,000 across the United States, Africa, Asia, Europe ande Caribbean, the singular determination of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc is to be osupreme inservice to all mankind ?. :Minority Voice December 14 - 21, 2007 pg9©0000 0000000000 00800060000008088808eAlpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated?: Iota Kappa Omega Chapter® pA ate: 35 ? Anniversary |