What You See Is, Is What You Get, What You Read Is What You Know & Save — Eastern North Carolina’s Minority Voice GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 27834 Self Determination Committee Seeking Reparation For Black People Due To Slavery Background on Reparations for United States Blacks of Slave and Slave Descent of African Origin— By warrant, authority and declaration in the year 1562, of Queen Elizabeth, a white English woman, war and African (negro) enslavement as acts of war began, an undeclared war without provocation or aggres- sion by the Africans (aggression and provocation was only on the part of the white people) when Sir John Hawkins, who was the first Englishmen, invaded the Conti- nent of Africa and committed acts of war against African persons-women-men-children- afterwhich, through plunder and pillage, the physical bodies of Africans were captured as enslavement as acts of war (as distinguished from the bodies of soldiers are captured as acts of war but not as acts of enslave- ment as war. Wars are fought for the taking of resources such as land, oil, gold, raw materials, violation of duty or rights, etc., but the war against Africans by the white Europeans was a war for the cap- ture of the body and its use ON- LY, and through the slave and triangular slave trade, war as acts of enslavement continued for three-hundred years, and as long as the Africans (now called negro, black, American, colored, etc.) are in captivity, the war of enslavement continues, even to the present date hereof. The Africans and their descen- dants lost their freedom and self- determinatin the instant and mo- ment of time when they were Cap- tured in Africa by white people; the Africans and their present Greenville’s newest gospel recording group, The Parakletos, con- sisting of group members Alfreda Fields, Marcellina Blount, Michelle Jones, Sharlice Smith, Jamie Mitchell, Montreal Brown, and Dante’ Dixon. oe ; 3 Fighting racism—ECU has been the scene for racism in recent weeks. It was all brought to light by the Teddy White case. Shown is the Brother Denis Schatzman, NAACP National legal director discussing the issue with Mayor Ed Carter. The Black Community | and ECU Black students will be sitting down to discuss these issues. LOIS CARAWAY descendants lost their land in Africa when they were forceful- ly transported away from Africa, as an act of enslavement as war, into the foreign jurisdiction of America without passport or im- migrant status; the African and their descendants were stripped naked and put on the slave auc- tion block, examined in their cavities and sold to a white per- son as an act of enslavement as war; the Africans were forced to work, labor and produce without pay for more than three-hundred years, and was an act of enslave- ment as war and supported by U.S. Constitutional provisions of the Fugitive Slave Act (1 Stat.302-305) pursuant to Article IV., Section 2, Clause 3 of the Con- stitution as an act of war. The Africans (now called negroes, colored, and black) Greenville’s Newest Gospel Group, The Parakletos, Record Their First Album Greenville’s newest gospel recording group, The Parakletos, just recorded their first album, entitled ‘Trust God’’, which will be released on cassette tape April 8 when the group make their debut in concert at the South Greenville School Auditorium, at 6:00 p.m. Other featured artists will be C. B. Boomer, Charlotte, N.C., Soloist Steven Terry from § Norfolk, Virginia, Songsters Reverend Allen and Ellen George, Richmond, Virginia; and Soloist Jan McManus, WBZQ Radio, Greenville, North Carolina. The Parakletos were featured guests on ‘Niteline’’, a satellite Christian Broadcast coming out of Greenville, South Carolina. Group members are Alfreda ‘Freda’ Hyman Fields, lead vocalist; Marcelllina ‘Marcie’ Blount, vocalist; Michelle Jones, vocalist; Sharlice ‘Sha-Sha’’ Smith, vocalist and drummer; Jamie ‘JJ’’ Mitchell, keyboard; Montreal ‘Monty’ Brown and Dante’ Dixon, keyboard and organ. The group’s manager is Reverend Dr. Nina E. Blount. Bookings can be made by calling 919-355-7380 or writing ‘The Parakletos’”’, P.O. BOX 7331, Greenville, N.C. 27835-7331. Caraway, owner of Carraway’s Creations I am Lois Caraway, owner and operator of Caraway’s Crea- tions. I came to Greenville in May, 1987 as a tailor for The Hub Big and Tall Men’s Clothing Store, transferring from the Raleigh/Durham area. Before working with the Hub I was employed for a number of years at S & W Tailors in Durham, N.C. During that time I was assistant manager for 15 years. Durham being adjacent to the Capital city I was exposed to quite a few celebrities. Buddy Hat- chett, James Coco, Mason Reese, C. Sanders, the African Olympic team participating in Summer Olympics at Duke University. One of my favorite people was Frank Sinatra’s mother. Since I have been in Greenville I noticed there is a tremendous growth process and I could detect a need for professional service in the line of tailoring. As Greenville grow those of us who want to go places could grow with the area. I havc acquired a business associate who is experienced in the field of marketing. Our main objective is to offer exclusive ser- vice in a totally professional manner and reaching those peo- ple who require quality care in all aspects of clothing. We offer tailoring alterations, designing, dressmaking and wedding apparel. THURSDAY, MARCH 16-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1989-THE ‘M’ VOICE were forced by white people, as act of enslavement as war to: 1. Lose their culture. 2. Lose their names. 3. Lose their religious worship. 4. Lose their language. 5. Lose their nationality. 6. Lose their morals. 7. Lose marriage and family. 8. Lose human status. 9. Mental captivity/slavery. The Black Americans were forced as acts of enslavement as war, into the political society of the United States under the burden of government and the denial of the right of inheritance of property, without freewill or jural and mutual consent. ANY AND ALL OF THE ABOVE ACTS PERFORMED BY SLAVE AND THEIR DESCENDANTS ARE ENSLAVEMENT AS ACTS OF WAR AND ANY DEMAND FOR As the summer began to fade away and Fall was just around the corner, the memory of my friend still fresh on my mind, I decided to go in seclusion wntil I could get the horrible sight of my friend out of my mind. SoI got a list of my books that I was to use in my senior year in school. The closer the opening date got, the sadder I got, because I knew that I would never hear the voice of my friend call for me every mor- ning as he passed my house on his way to school. I remember the times we had walking with the rest of the girls and boys as we hurried to get to school before the bell rang. I studied real hard that year because I had made up my mind that I would leave home and ge north after I graduated from high school. The school year ended May 31, 1941 and I was among the best students graduating with a B+ average, but that did not erase the memories of my best friend. I did what some folks thought was good, but I knew that I should’ve finished with straight A’s but sadness was still in my heart. After the graduating exer- cises were over I gathered my things together and planned to leave the next day, but this was not to be. I don’t care how far ahead you plan but you can not outplan God. So I decided to spend one more week with my mother whom I love very dearly, REPARATIONS MUST BE BAS- ED ON AND IN LIGHT OF ABOVE: Status-Enemy Aliens at War. WHY DEMAND REPARA- TION FOR’ U.S. SLAVE DESCENDANTS ?— According to the above acts of war as enslavement and the status resulting therefrom as be- ing: ‘enemy aliens in a state of war’, itis now incumbent on the Government of the United States of America and its sovereign white people and all other people in and of the free structure to pro- ve and determine according to in- ternational law that the war of enslavement of Africans (now called negroes) has ended, other- wise the reparations must be styl- ed: ‘War Demand by U.S. Slave Descendants For Reparation” We've Come A Long Way but I didn’t know that my aunt and my mother had already planned to give me a graduating present that included a trip to Baltimore. So June 21, 1941 we packed our clothes in the 1939 Buick owned by my aunt’s friend. After everything was packed in the car we said our goodbyes and headed for Baltimore. It started out to be a very lovely trip as we rode through northeastern North Carolina. The tobbaco was just beginning to grow and the early corn was just about to tassel out. It was harvesting season for white potatoes and as we rode through the country we could see the workers as they picked up the potatoes and carried them to the dumping truck. On one occassion we stopped and chatted with some of the workers. We finally reached the N.C./Virginia border after pass- ing through Weldon, N.C. Our next stop would have been Petersburg, VA but about six miles out of Petersburg we met another car driving on the wrong side of the highway and crashed head on into us. After the crash the only thing I can remember is getting out the car lying on the side of the road and then I black- ed out. I don’t know to this day when and how I got to the hospital. After I had been there about two days my mother came to see me, and I have never been so glad to see someone from The Queen Of Greenville last Sunday at Sycamore Hill Baptist Church the Juniors Ladies Auxiliary presented their annual family night. Over 400 gifts were given away. Shown is the president of the Junior Ladies Auxiliary Club, Mrs. Lillian Elks and receiving a special award for her hard work, Mrs. Beatrice Maye presents Mrs. O’Coma Queenie Wilson her present for a job well done. 3% board member Mary Williams is (left to right) Deek Duberry, na- tional promotion director, Mrs. Jim Rouse, Mr. Ed White, manager of recording star Vernon Jones, Mary Williams, and Fred of Gospel World Records. " “WHERE Fellowship Gathering—Shown at the home of Pitt County school and this come about through the following: 1. The forced working of Black people for fifteen to eighteen hours per day for seven days per week for up to sixty years of their lives without wages or compensa- tion, or pay which was PLUNDERED and used by white women, white men and white children and others of the free structure and their heirs to the present date are acts of war of enslavement, to present date. 2. Before reparations can be paid on a legal basis, the war of enslavement must be ended through international law whereby the Black slaves and their descendants obtain freedom and self-determination, repara- tion and repatriation can be joint- ly negotiated through interna- (Continued on page 4) By: Deacon James Vines home in my life. She came to the side of the bed and took me by the hand and began to pray. After she finished praying the only thing I could think of was ‘Mama, I am going to be a better boy.”’ After the ac- cident I had a lot of hatred and malice that had grown in me after what had happened to me and my friend. I believe God shows us how we should live in many ways. After my mother left the room they said I could have one more visitor so she left and my next visitor was Donovan Phillips who was just opening a new undertaking business in Greenville. I don’t know how to say I was glad to see a undertaker but I was glad to see him. He came up to the bed and said, ‘Litte Bro. how are you doing?’’ I said I was fine and and that I was glad to see him. Then he said to me, ‘I have come to take you home.”’ You know what kind of thoughts came into my mind, when he said home. So we packed what we had and the nurse came in and took me to the car and we headed back for North Carolina. Be sure to read the next episode of this true story next week. BLACK WOMAN BY: C.A. DAWSON Probably the most important gift God gave to this earth was woman, and his most important gift to Black Society was the Black Woman. Under the curls, ‘fros, locks, and perms, — under the smooth dark sl:in is the pure gold to our society. We as Black men do not own them as if they are slaves. They are our companions. They are the keys to our sur- vival. They bring new life into teh world. They mother us. They stand with, not behind us. We as Black men realize our worth through them. We as Black men must not use or misuse them. Though they are not perfect at all times, they are our strength for j, tomorrow. They are the BLACK WOMEN... ARE OUR CHILDREN GOING?” BY: DARION MALLARD AND C.A. DAWSON Where are your children? Are they doing homework? Are they on a corner selling or using dope? Are they out stealing? Are they in Church? are they sitting across from you watching you get high so they'll know how to later? In the city of Greenville, some (Continued on page 11) voli, Tiled ee Ni Dia. a TG ALD 5 i j i {4 ! t i 1 t i THE BE’S FOR 1989 1. Be understanding to your enemies. 2. Be loyal to your friends. 3. Be strong enough to face the world each day. 4. Be weak enough to those who need your help. 2-THRRAY, MARCH MARCH 22, 1989-THE ‘M’ VOICE 5. Be generous to those who need your help. 6. Be wise enough to know that you do not know everything. 7. Be foolish enough to believe in miracles. 8. Be willing to share your joys. 9. Be willing to share the sor- rows of others. 10. Be a leader when you see a Greenville Office 301 S. Evans, Suite 401 830-1900 * Personal Injury x Real Estate = WYN, JR. Fitch, Wynn & Associates Attorneys At Law Extensions Raleigh - 829-0911 @ Rocky Mount - 446-ATTY Over Twelve Years Of Dedicated Service caren “Your Friends-In-Law” Wilson Office 615 E. Nash 291-6500 * Wills * Criminal LEELAND Q. TOWNS REGINALD ScoTT path others have missed. 11. Be a follower when you are shrouded by themists of uncertainty. 12. Be the last to criticize a col- league who fails. 13. Be sure where your next step will fall, so that you will not stumble. 14. Be loving to those who love you. 15. Be loving to those who do not love you and they may change. 16. Above all be YOURSELF. GIVING ... WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED 1. Take your wife flowers for no particular occasion. Children, likewise, do the same for your parents. 2. Plenty of oppurtunities are available for us to serve others, but often we overlook them. The best place to start doing good to others is right in your own home. 3. How about giving your mate a cup of coffee or tea, or milk or juice, in bed come morning? 4. Men, when was the last time you put your arms around your wife and kissed her without selfish motives, or said those three little words women love to hear, “I love you,”’ in such a way that she knew you really meant is? 5. Children can be taught to show love for their parents too. Can any of you parents think of anything more precious than when your son or daughter 201 West 9th St. : S nS IPI TPR IIL LIE EL throws his or her arms around you and says, “I love you,’’? Even a 2-year old can be taught to show appreciation by saying, ‘Thank you.” 6. All of us can help ederly peo- ple or those not able to get about much. The best way is to pay them a visit and keep our ears open and our mouths shut. Often times, these people spend much of their time alone and what they need most is to have someone to listen to them. You can learn something, too, from someone who has wisdom gained by many years of actual experience in life. 7. Give with a postage-stamp. Take the time to sit and write a few words to interest them. The course of many a person’s life has been changed by a letter receiv- ed from someone who cared. 8. Mutual giving and receiving are part of the healthy rhythm of life. Let’s commit ourselves to giving—no strings attached. TEACH YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT GOD WHY TAKE THEM TO SUNDAY SCHOOL? We take them to the zoo, the planetarium, fishing, to the beach, to the park, to the movies, seldom to the library and never to Sunday School. And we wonder why the drugs, the alcohol, the unwed mothers with babies. Wake up parents before it is too late. Simply Fresh Call-in's Welcome DEBT TEST Are you having trouble manag- ing your debt, or do you think you might be heading in that direc- tion? Here’s a quick test from the National Foundation for Con- sumer Credit. 1, Are you borrowing to pay for items you used to buy with cash? 2. Is an increasing percentage of your income going to pay debts? 3. Is your saving cushion inade- quate or nonexistent? 4. Can you only make minimum payments on your revolving charge accounts? 5. Are you near or at the limit on your lines of credit? 6. Do you take out a new loan before the old one is paid off, or take out a new one to pay off the old loan? 7. Are you unsure about what you owe? 8. Are your monthly credit bills (excluding rent or mortgage) more than 15 to 20 percent of your net income? 9. If you lost your job, would you be in immediate financial diffuculty? If you answered yes to two or three or more questions, seek help right away from a nonprofit consumer credit couseling ser- vice. A free list of such agencies in your area is available from the National Foundation for Con- sumer Credit, 8701 Georgia Ave., Suite 507, Silver Springs, MD, 20910. THIS IS CONTINUING WITH MRS. MAYE PLACE RIGHT UNDER DEBT TEST DO YOU HAVE THE QUALITY OF BEING LIKABLE? If people like you, they’ll forgive just about anything you do wrong; if they don’t, you can hit everything right on target and it doesn’t matter. Some qualities likable people have... 1. Optimism. Optimists fre- quently ask other people for help. 2. Likable people lend a hand, mind their own business and laugh easily, especially at Easter Sale SAVE ON EASTER DRESS-UPS 25% OFF ALL BOYS’ SUITS SEPARATES AND SPORT COATS ALL GIRLS’ DRESSES $20 AND UP 25” OFF All” infants’ and and suits with hat. barrette. Eton suit for boys. Sale 10.50 toddlers’ dresses I Sale 16.50 Reg. $22. Dress 3.50 Every Day. Easter gloves. 2.50 Every Day. Straw bags. Sale $12 Reg. $16. Dress with $6 Every Day. Bonnets. $4 Every Day. Patent handbags. Sale 22.50 Reg. $30. 4-pc. Sale 16.50 Reg. $22. One- piece vestie, infant boys. Dress with barrette. Reg. $14 “Sale excludes JCPenney Smart Values. 25% OFF ALL DRESS SHOES FOR BOYS, GIRLS AND INFANTS Shop 10am til. 9pm Sunday 1pm til 6pm Phone 756-1190 The Plaza Youre looking smarter than ever »* ~ themselves. — 3. Likable people do not take themselves or their jobs too seriously. This is true in presen. tations and in one-on-one relationships. Seven people out of ten who lose their jobs, the reason isn’t - lack of ability. According to studies by executive recruiters, it’s personality conflicts. Be nice to your rivals. The per. son who fails to be nice to rivals throws away golden opportunities. “WE NEVER KNOW THE LOVE OF THE PARENT UNTIL WE BECOME PARENTS OURSELVES.” It’s almost impossible to change the way people think,” said Sarah Herbin, 72, of Greensboro, who was awarded for 30 years of work with the Na- tional Black Child Development Institute. ‘‘Black children need to establish a wholesome concept of themselves. So long as they are regulated to the back seat they will never have a good concept of themselves,” she said. ‘“Addi- tionally, she said, ‘‘Children wil] live up to whatever expectations are placed on them.” CONGRATULATIONS John “Big J’ Williams, the son of John and Josetta Godette Williams, who received the honor of being named ‘‘Boys Club of Pitt Coun- ty 1988.” The Eta Nu Chapter of Alpha Fraternity named D.D. Garrett the recipient of the 1989 Dr. Mar- tin Luther Knig, Jr. Community Service Award in the chapter’s fifth annual program com- memorating the birthday of the slain civil rights leader in Mendenhall Student Center at ECU, Monday, January 16, 1989. SOME CONCERNS PROBLEMS OF BLACKS... 1. Drug abuse and trafficking are soaring. 2. Black-Black Crime is rampant. 3. School dropouts. 4. Teenage pregnancies. Taken from THE BALTIMORE SUN, Sunday, Janaury 16, 1989. Shower your kids with love. Every mother knows a child who feels loved grows up to be a lov- ing, happy, confident individual. Remember, love isn’t love until it is.giyen away, - in an affection - pouch, a shared laugh, a moment of closeness, in hugs and ki§ses and lots of other ways. After disciplining your child, an important loving message is ‘‘ I don’t always like your behavior, but I always love you.” “People with great minds talk about ideas, People with average minds talk about events, People with small minds talk about other people.” Let me urge all students to become involved in getting a de- cent high school education and only you can do this by applying yourself, studying hard, getting decent grades, for many of us lack encouragement at home (and parents, teachers, :en- courage these kids daily), and too many youngsters coast through . school because’ 6f their athletic ability. Only hard work pays off. So often we want our sons and daughters to succeed because we never did; therefore, we make unrealistic demands on them. We want our children to be perfect because we never were. Maintain a positive attitude and continue to count your blessings. No matter What. You cna’t change people, you can only change yourself. Too many spouses are taken for granted and never rewarded. Instill values and goals in children - but be sure you have some first parents. Chinldren need examples. f POSITIVE THOUGHTS Don’t find fault. Find a remedy. _ Henry Ford The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side. — Margaret Carty A diamond is a chunk of coa) that made good under pressure. _ Classic Coyeaword Puizles _ Mrs. Beatrice Maye Column vic ne THE ‘M’ VOICE-THURSDAY, MARCH 16-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1999-3. If you keep on saying things are The theme is ‘Catch the Spirit.” Dr. Christine Fitch, leteachofus make justonecon- brother’s keeper. You cleaned RE AD going to be bad, you have a good Mrs. Beatrice Maye was the Grants/Research Officer atEast tribution to our American Socie- the porches and walkways of so chance of being a prophet. guest speaker for Black History Carolina University, gave the ty anddoitstartingrightherein many widows homes during last 6 . - — Isaac Bashevis Singer Month at her son’s school, adress at the 1989 Initiation Ban- Greenville/Pitt County. Us your week’s snow storm. We are so The M Voice Charlotte Wilson Middle School, quet at The Hilton Inn, Sunday, talent, your initiative, your grateful. In the long run, the pessimist on Wednesday, Febraury22.The February 12, 1989. agressiveness and let’s not wait ; Bae may be proved right, but the op- theme was “‘A Salute To Black Brenda Teel is the sorority for someone else to take that first oon timist has a better time on the History.” president. step - do it yourself. Many things trip. — Daniel L. Reardon Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. — Dr. karl Menninger No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. —Eleanor Roosevelt Rev. John W. Wallace, Jr., Pastor opf Dow Fellowship Bap- tist Church was the weekend guest of Mrs. Maye incuding her son John and his family from Charlotte, North Carolina. The following ladies were in- itiated into the Greenville Alum- nae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Soroity: Veronica Carter, Jacquelyn Davis, Cynthia Hargett, Kimi Jones, Karyn Gladys Sanders, Membership Chairperson and First Vice President. The monthly meeting of Delta Sigma Theta was hosted by Lucille Sayles, Saturday, March 4 at 5:00 pm. Now that Black History Month for 1989 is over, let us exert every energy to become better inform- ed about our heritage as well as lie waiting up ahead of us. All it takes is to ask. Make something happen’ worthwhile. The challenge is yours and your alone. Again if you have some news, please let us know. 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Pork Sausage 40 Ib. for $35.95 Open MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 8:00 A.M. — 6:00 P.M, Pollard Trading Post 100 Pollard Street | Behind Fred Webb's Grain Mill Greenville, North Carolina PHONE 758-2277 Owner and Operator _ George Whitley wie de Lrihei ie aaa ag eS i a - ie e = ae * rs *“ - ie = @ a a ccenuenoccevesaeGWebOt ceatccerssascaseacenceas #uéte eases 1 titiii ae kena ee Be SSPEARS ERHOCREAEEBEROBRBASRESRKRRAREEKRERH ESE TEED i=. 2 oe we = © a ge eee oo € 8 23 es eon oo? ©) oe ee » ©THURSDAY, MARCH 16-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1989-THE ‘M’ VOICE EDITOR’S NOTE: Developing good parenting skills is important to 4 . African American families more than ever before. This biweekly col- * umn will cover a number of topics that will be helpful to ALL - PARENTS; young, older, single and maried. ‘ TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND OUR COMUNTIY The United States has one of - the highest teenage birth rates « among the developed nations. : Over one million teenagers ; ,become pregnant each year in : the U.S., and over ‘one-half : million of them give birth. Within ’ teenagers are in the south. In Pitt joy Something Original. We start wah fresh, plump clucken rnd the Colonel's secret blend of 11 herbs and apices Then we preseure cook 1 10 seal afl that the U.S., the ten states with the highest percentage of births to En flavor into every pucy bite to change it now We've been doing chicken nght for over 40 years. We re not gomng County in 1987 more that 400 pregnancies to girls under 20 years of age were reported. Each year in our county the number of live births to girls aged 11 to 17 years increase. These pregnan- cies impose an enormous cost physically, emotionally, and morally to the teenagers themselves, and to society on a whole. It is difficult to separate the consequences of adolescent pregnancy from the causes, since negative outcomes often reflect pre-existing problems. The most prominent consequences include health risks for mother and child, and reduction in life chances. Adolescents are more likely to receive inadequate prenatal care than older women. Today, eight out of ten girls who become preg- nant before ‘their 18th birthday will drop out of school. Despite the difficulties facing them, some adolescent parents prevail and complete their educa- tion, rear children successfully and gain access to career-ladder jobs. Social support is significant to the attainment of life goals for teenage parent and child. Sup- port mediates the strain of pregnancy and_ teenage motherhood; and is associated with better mental health. Young mothers need support to com- plete their education, to have some relief from child care, to ob- tain vocational training, employ- ment, and adequate housing. Many young mothers need the op- portunity to interact with others in the same situation. The very act of sharing experiences with others may provide continual IMPORTANT NOTICE... Have You Missed Your Copy Of “The ‘m’ Voice”’ Newspaper? ??? Subscribe Today!! Yearly Rates $24.00 6 Month Rate $13.00 Don’t Miss Your Copy Of This Newspaper!! Let Uncle Sam Bring It To You In The Mail Each Week SUBSCRIBE NOW The M Voice 304 Evans Street Greenville, NC BELLS_FORK SQUARE. DISCOUNT) WHERE ' | ON EVERYTHING BUT QUALITY SHOPPING 1S J PLEASURE” eserve The Right To Limit Quantities We Accept Food Stamps and WIC Vouchers PRICES GOOD THRU SATURDAY! 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Project PARENTING is our local school based program. Project PARENTING is an ab- breviation for Proactive Assess- ment and Regulation of En- vironmental Nurturing and Teaching Interventions for Nor- mal Growth. It is an educational program for adolescent mothers (teenage mothers) and their children aged 0-3 years. The program focuses on 1. enhancing parent-child relation- ships, 2. decreasing school drop- out rates, and 3. enhancing growth and development. All of these goals are addressed under teh umbrella of teaching paren- ting skills. The program has been in existence since June 1986, and is a product of East Carolina University, Pitt County United Way, and Pitt County Schools. Referrals are received from the Department of Social Services, Health Department, and the Juvenile Court, and schols. This writer serves as the social worker for the program. 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Reparations must be paid and negotiated under new and mutual rules, laws, treaty, the United States must, through its three organs of government, as their mode of government pro- vide, then pay reparations, since the negro slaves and their descendants have never at anytime been a party to the U.S. Constitution and having disclaim- ed the entire U.S. Constitution », and the Fourteenth Amendment and ae Citizenship, ds ‘not suit “ filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, California on January 26, 1988 as Civil Case Number 88-004-19 KN by the SELF DETERMINATION COMMIT- TEE, ROBERT BROCK: REPARATION IS THE DE- MAND BY U.S. SLAVES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS, ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS INDIVIDUAL WHITE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND ALL OTHERS OF THE FREE STRUCTURE AND THEIR HEIRS FOLLOW- ING IN INTEREST, _IN- HERITANCE, USE AND BENEFIT THROUGH SUCCES- SION FOR PAYMENT AND (Continued on page 7) Benjamin , 120 W. Sth Street SERVIGTAR. 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The Greenville community has provided a viable support system for these young mothers. As a part of personal grooming and beauty for the mothers, local cosmetologists donated their plimentary perms, cuts, and styles as Christmas gifts. Par- pout salons include ’s, Shonita’s Hairstyling, Brenda’s, and Kennon’s Barber Styling Shop. These salons did much to help improve the. self- esteem of teen moms in our com- munity. Mary Kaye Consultant, Ann Brown, also donated a ses- sion on appropriate glamor adn ‘beauty for the moms. Sheila Bazemore and Valerie Neal donated their time and assisted in the beauty make-over session. Both Greenville Alumna Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and East Carolina University talent and time to give them com- Pitt County Schools Presents... 1989 Series Community Briefings Monday, March 13 Wednesday, March 15 Monday, March 20 (7:30 a.m.) Monday, March 20 D.H. Conley High School Thursday, March 23 Ayden-Grifton High School Each briefing will be conducted by Dr. Edwin L. West, Jr., Superintendent. Rose High School North Pitt High School Farmville Central High School Each briefing will be held in the High School’s Cafeteria at 5:30 p.m. unless otherwise listed. Topics of discussion will include the components of the 1989-90 school budget. *For further information, contact the Office of Public Information at 830-4258. Men’s Shoes By Allen Edmonds, Bass E.T. Wright, French Shriner Bostonian, Top Sider Nunn Bush & Stacy Adams & Others ericen 10% = 90% OFF REG. 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Reparations is the value in pay- ment for slave labor that Black people never received for four hundred years of slave labor that should have accrued to the pre- sent U.S. Slaves Descendants as their inheritance. Reparations is also the ‘forty acres and a mule” that Black people of slave and slave descent never recieved. Reparation is an economic emancipation that is long over- due Black people. P.O. Box 7326 Greenville, N.C. 27834 THE ‘M’ VOICE-THURSDAY, MARCH 16-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1999-7. (Continued from page 6) - The Indians received repara- tions from the United States and the Jews received reparations from Germany and presently the United States is paying damages (not reparations, which is pay- ment made outside of the law, the Japanese are citizens and their legal Constitutional rights were violated) to the Japanese. 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They go 500 East 62nd Street, New York, on to enrich society as scientists, NY 10021 lawyers, engineers and psychologists And give someone a chance to Now more than ever, your make a difference A mind is a terrible thing to waste. AX@ » COUN A Public Service of this Publicatio UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND CAMPAIGN MAGAZINE AD NO. UNCF-1963-85— 45" x 10” [110 Screen] the Black American slaves and their descendants are in slavery and captivity for four hundred years without any pay for labor and the fruits of their labor. It is the slave labor of Negroes, and not the free labor of whites and it is the uncompensated slave labor plundered by white people for more than three hundred years that have made the United States the richest nation in the AMERICAN CREDIT COMPANY At 3005 S. Memorial Drive Greenville, N.C. 27834 Jesse M. 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This was a deliberate act to deny Negro slaves any land for the purpose of forcing them to stay on the same plantation, and this fact is proven when one sees that cotton production reaches the same level as when the Negroes were chattels. To this add jim crow, black codes, lynching, etc. Negro slave laborers (not the industrial revolution) provided the muscle and labor, without pay for three centuries to clear a wilderness in United States and make the land productive (the whites and Indians did not do it.) Who got the three hundred years of slave labor, money, goods, and services that Black People created from slave labor?? A clue is given in the following statement of General Pickney at the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in which he stated that he’... was alarmed at what was said concerning the taxing of exports and stated South Carolina (whose population was two-thirds black chattel slaves during the year 1776) has in one year exported six hundred thou- sand pounds Sterling all of which was the fruits of (uncompen- sated) labor of her blacks .. .” And of course, those (the United States and its white people and heirs) who plundered and by U.S. Constitutional means (here it Is Gospel Blues, Jazz, {4 Solid < Classic, American \\ Music \" \ WOOVW | 1340 On Your a Dial; She Is eu \ . 08 Taw | Vee rad 4 ath ACE More Than Just ror ey a aa 9h Good News mia JOY Gospel, ee 7 . ‘Jim Rouse Prescats cee 737-0365 - The ‘m’ Voice Newsuepe By joy 184 AM Radio On Your Dial “® 8% 9% must be clearly understood ay Black People that the U.S. Con- stitution through Article IV, Sec- tion 2, Clause 3 forced the Black to be returned to captivity and slavery and to work without pay forthe reakaliheledltakc ed the United States. Government through Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 and Section 9, Clause 1 collected taxes on each slave) got the slave labor for three hundred years must pay it back. The concept of Black Repara- tions has grown over the past thirty years to include not only the forty acres and the mule, but Black awareness have led Blacks to now understand that “. .. damages range from harsh economic consequences of several centuries of chattel slavery and acre discrimination, inequitable civil rights, to that of wrongful acquistion, stealing, taking and exproportion . . . of un- paid slave labor ...’’, said D’AR- MY BAILEY, writing in the August 3, 1981 Commercial Ap- peal, Memphis; this stolen labor is now due Blacks as their in- heritance. See ‘Reparations For Blacks,” J.A. Williams 7/14/83. To quote another writer on Black Reparations: Stanley Robertson, (who now has a changed view point of repara- tions since 1969) in his Feature Column ‘‘L.A. 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Ota) Kod 397 pan ee wm REPArAtiONS conaant om prea August 13, 1981 stated: (B To Should Be Dattabureedy it we (negroes of U.S. Slave Des- cent) had not been victimized discriminated against, made to feel inferior and psychologically and economically raped and ex- ploited by this society (say white people),” he continues, ‘‘Do you really believe that is we had been treated fairly from the g of this country, there would be as many Blacks living in poverty, on welfare, in jails, and displaying anti-social behavior as there are today?’’ “I ask the question: If the Japanese-Americans are to be reimbursed for their emo- tional and financial losses, what about the millions of Black Americans who have suffered even longer (300 years) and with even more debilitating and lasting effects?’ ‘‘Shouldn’t, stated Robertson, “‘the United States Government repay us for what has been done to us Blacks (U.S. Slaves and Slaves Decendents of African Origin,) against our will, without justifica- tion, and without Constitutional foundation?”’ ISLAM IN FOCUS (Continued from page 7) finite and so he could not possess the attribute of Eternity. Only God is Eternal. Since Jesus was a creature, he was subject to change like all other rational creatures. Only God is unchang- ing. Thus, Jesus was not God.” (Jesus, A Prophet of Islam by Muhammad ’Ata ur-Rahim) Jesus himself said, FOR I HAVE NOT SPOKEN OF MYSELF; BUT THE FATHER WHICH SENT ME HE GAVE ME A COMMANDMENT, WHAT I SHOULD SAY, AND WHAT I SHOULD SPEAK. John 12:49 VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UN- TO YOU. THE SERVANT IS NOT GREATER THAN HIS LORD; NEITHER HE THAT IS SENT GREATER THAN HE THAT SENT HIM. John 13:16 Islam is a religion of reason. Throughout the Quran Allah in- vites us to think, to study, to reason. Knowledge is important to our salvation. Without knowledge we perish. Knowledge gives us a chance to overcome the evils that would destroy us physically and spiritually, a chance to destroy the evils which would destroy us as a people; as’ a nation. However, as much as - God loves us, forcing us to accept Him is simply not His style. LET THERE BE NO COM- PULSION IN RELIGION: TRUTH STANDS OUT CLEAR FROM ERROR: WHOEVER RE- JECTS EVIL AND BELIEVES IN ALLAH HATH GRASPED THE MOST TRUSTWORTHY HAND-HOLD, THAT NEVER BREAKS,.. AND ALLAH HEARETH AND. KNOWETH ALL THINGS..HOLY QURAN 2:256 ‘ Because the Unitarians fought and died to preserve “the true teachings of Christ, God reward- ed their progeny with understan- ding and blessed them to accept His last revelation sent to Pro- « phet Muhammad (Peace and ~ blessing of God be upon him). The faithful Unitarians who ; dominated most of North Africa, later became the Muslims who brought Islam to Southern Europe. Challenge #1—Is Jesus God? continues You may send inquiries or | questions to ‘Islam in Focus’’ c/o The 'M’ Voice newspaper. Listen to our weekly broadcast on Sun- day night at 8:30 on WOOW 1340AM. State Baptists Organize Fund Raiser For Shaw An ad hoc committee compos- ed of representatives from the _ General Baptist State Convention _ of North Carolina, Inc., the + Woman’s Baptist Home and | Foreign Missionary Convention, _ and the Shaw University Board of | Trustees and university staff, | met last December 7 to develop | a strategy to raise one-million . dollars for the university’s en- © dowment fund; Dr. C. R. Ed» ” wards, pastor of the First Baptist « Church of Fayetteville, and | legislator in the North Carolina — General Assembly, is ngas chair of Secretary ofthe Woman's B Missionary Convention, is | Nintendo the committee. Dr. & é. ci ve & Efforts are presently being made by the SELF DETER- MINATION COMMITTEE, ROBERT BROCK, President to assist and direct the U.S. Slaves Descendants to obtain REPARA- TIONS FROM THE NATIONAL WEALTH that was created by Negro slave labor. Presently the DEMAND for Reparations for Black People in the United States is being raised to a new level which will be articulated and ac- tion taken through National Speakers, Workshops, Working Sessions at the National Con- ference On Reparations For — People to be-held during GENITH & IT’S ALL ON SALE - S Model VR2650 VCR «14 #4 avent pro- ie timer #110. channel cable ible tuner ¢-40 ion wireless re- MAGNAVOX Model RH4812 25” COLOR TV eWith Remote Control *459 MAGNAVOX ; Model CVJ310 lapse ion high ~~ ny VHS MOVIE-MAKER odes - 5 aes © 1: « Model S$8915 19” COLOR TV a MO ay *Cable read’ *Rémote control $3995 ig Kite roy +f Wi m4 BE Pe CMRI AY sa % THE ‘M’ VOICE-THURSDAY, MARCH 16-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1989-9 Don’t Miss Your Issue of The M Voice We Take Care Of Your Taxes: ROLAND S. 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Alumni Affairs replacing I. Ben- ‘ni Singleton who announced his retirement last December. Dr. Graves is an alumna of Shaw ‘University (‘69) and a North Carolinian from Caswell County. ~She received an honorary doc- torate from Shaw in 1985 and is expecting her MA from North MY PRESIDENCY IS | DEDICATED To FIGHTING THE WAR ON DRUGS the North Carolina Carolina Asso Legislative Agenda Carolina Conf Carolina Central University this spring. She is past president of Educators, serving as vice- president prior to that. She is also past president of the North Classroom Teachers, chairper- son of North Carolina Women’s Educating Black Children. She also served on the Teaching Fellows Commission of North Carolina, the Executive Commit- tee of the Public School Forum and the Board of Directors of EQUITY. Dr. Graves is a member of the Martin Street Baptist Church in Raleigh, the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., and was a member of the Bridges for Peace delegation to the Soviet Union and Japan in 1986. She also taught school in Caswell and Guilford Counties. Association of ciation of and the North erence of WE'RE GOING TO MEET THIS GROWING MENACE HEAD-ON WELL DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO DEFEAT IT... PROVIDING IT WON'T COST MORE MONEY / Squeak too much and you could be replaced We have always been convinced beyond a doubt that the job cannot make a man im- portant; it’s the contrary, a man can make a job — no matter how lowly the job — im- portant. That statement should not be hard to understand, but in the event that there are those who find it difficult to understand, it may be put another way that those persons can see the light. In other words, it has truthfully been said that one should be careful whom he offends as he ascends the ladder, because he may just meet those same people when he is on the way down the ladder. In short, any student of military science knows that it is not always wise to burn the bridges as an army advances, because those ‘bridges may have to be vital links in an - orderly retreat. ’ For those who just can’t understand, _ they might be shaken by the words that my . mother used when speaking to those folk who thought that they had arrived because of titles or the job they held. Mom would say: “‘I knew you when you weren’t and you aren’t yet.’’ That made them think, and sometimes they would realize that they were not the bull of the pampas, nor the cock of the walk. On too many occasions on the local scene African Americans have suffered because the play for personal praise and the jockey- ing for positions have overshadowed a con- certed effort to reach worthwhile common goals. | Too often African Americans think causes must be lead by titled gentry, but we say it takes closed ranks by the big and the little working together to reach desired goals. Far too often we want personal praise when we should strive for progress for all. Too often we want to be the favorite son or daughter of the powerful majority, while our brothers of much stronger backbone bear the brunt of the ridicule from the ma- jority. Too often we watch our brothers cruci- fied and justify our do-nothing attitude by saying: ‘‘They didn’t do anything to me.”’ But, again we say, the plight of the least of the African Americans is a cause celebre for every African American and it would be good for those seeking praise, special favors or showcase positions to know that: ‘‘a squeaking wheel does not always get the grease. Sometimes it is replaced.”’ You have to do the job yourself to get it done What too many African Americans fail to realize and practice is their responsibility to their fellow African : Americans and to the African American community in general. African . Americans need to take it as a respon- sibility to solve any pro- blem that exists in the African American communi- ty. There is an urgent need for African Americans to re-evaluate themselves. Time is up for African Americans to look to the outside for help in promoting decency within the African American community. African Americans must initiate the determination to clean up the African American act. Too much emphasis in the past has been placed on Straight. Up Herman Horne monetary values. Monetary values at any cost. African Americans have allowed vices of every description, including the sale of drugs, to destroy the moral fiber of the community. All for the sake of profits derived by a few who then flaunt what they consider affluence before the masses in the com- “munity. Little thought is given to the demoralizing effect that such shenanigans have on African American youth. Paternalism should be taboo in every and all respects. No one can expect an alien, no matter how well in- tentioned, to look after one’s needs as well as one can do it himself. No one can expect an alien to understand the pro- blems that one faces as well as he himself can understand them. It should be off with the old and on with the new. African Americans should begin to realize that if the job is to be done, they themselves must do it. In the words of the apostle Paul: ‘‘Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and ... run with perseverance the race that is set before us.”’. How do schools respond to pregnant teens? By MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN We know that it would be better if our teenagers did not become pregnant or have children until they have finished school. We also know that many of them, unfortunately, do not wait. it is absolute- ly crucial to the future survival Of these young mothers — yes, and these young fathers — that their schools treat them fairly and try to help them stay in that dictates decent treatment for the pregnant and parenting teens in school. It’s the law. A federal law, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, pro- tects these students from discrimination. ite eee © © i i i ess Seti, ac! ables unin" Lids spain | ee ni. ¢ Deny pregnant or parenting students honors, such as valedictorian, special awards, certain scholarships, honor roll, or participating in gradua- tion? ¢ Give a student a poor recommendation (or refuse to give a recommendation) for a scholarship, a job, or continued schooling because of pregnancy or parenthood? © Counsel any girl who is pregnant or a mother — or any boy who is a father — not to go to college or get further training? © Put restrictions on teenage mothers that aren’t also put on teenage fathers? © Require a young mother to return to school after Too many of ‘‘the most visible of our black in- formation ” are ‘“‘overstating’’ the “repetitive song’ of self-help — especially ‘‘ar- ticles like Tony Brown’s can lie counterproductive and even damaging to the very people whom they are intended to help,’’ Lonzie Cox, Jr., wrote on the edito- rial page of the New Pittsburgh Courier. . ‘*Here’s what I mean. While I for one have always thought Tony Brown had a good grasp of our communities’ goals, needs and problems na- tionwide, he seems to have narrowed his view to the point where he thinks self-help is the only change that black America needs. While I agree with him that self-help is a vital compromise in our recovery to economic and social levels ... self- ‘help is not the only answer and should not be touted as such,”’ he added. In my opinion, Cox’ criticisms are very reasonable and typical — typical in the sense that he represents the point of view of the vast majority of black people. He would have to, or how else could you explain the fact that we spend 95 per- cent of our money with non-black people? I readi- ly concede that Cox is more representative of naive mainstream black disinformation than I am. I say naive because Cox expects ‘‘George Bush to be a President for all the American people,’’ after he accuses Bush of winning ‘‘the election by flat out racist tactics.’’ Think logically about what he is saying. He deduces that the man he accuses of bigotry will be color blind. That’s a contradiction — no, that’s wishful thinking. First, George Bush is not a bigot and did not win because of racism. Second, politics is a game of quid pro quo — you give to me and I give to you — not a social game of scrab- ble. Therefore, blacks gave Bush 12 percent of their vote and Bush gives them 12 percent of his attention. Tony Brown Comments Financial freedom breeds independence says Brown Cox’ logic consistently expects something for nothing: You can spend all of your money with white people and blame them for all of your pro- blems. You can give the Democrats all of your votes and expect the victorious Republicans to politically reward you. Logically, if logic were in vogue in the black community, it is Jesse Jackson from whom blacks should seek relief for their various miseries because it is to Jesse Jackson that blacks surrender their votes. If your political choice loses, so do you. That’s the way the game of quid pro quo politics is played. I know that I run the risk of being run out of the club for employing logic, instead of a constant barrage of demagogic blaming of white people. Cox proves this point: ‘‘When White America sees people like Tony Brown blaming all our problems on us, they’re more than happy to jump on the bandwagon — and blame us too.’’ Why should black people be concerned about white opinion at all? Only if you’re dependent on them financially, do you have to be. And you will be so long as you spend 95 percent of your money with them. We will be freed by the truth — not by replacing white lies with black lies. It seems to me that a more viable concern would be a plan to retain a larger percentage of our in- come, buy our freedom and let our resulting economic and political power shape white opinic. (since that’s so important to so many blacks). Cox seems to suggest, however, that if I and other blacks who believe in self-help, instead of white people — and white people’s goodwill — emphasize our primary responsibility, especially in the area of economics, in changing our condition, we become the enemy. This convoluted, mainstream, demagogic logic proves that white racism is not the primary pro- blem. It is an ignorance of the facts. Facts such as: white people, no matter what you think they owe you for slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, etc, are not going to pay up; black people are generally disliked and shunned; black people are near social and economic extinction in America; and time is See TONY BROWN COMMENTS, page 5 ‘‘Lean On Me,’ the just-out movie about New Jersey high school principal Joe Clark, is describ- ed by the folks who put it together as ’‘hugely entertaining.’’ And what could be more entertain- ing in white America than the story of a black man who uses a baseball bat to dispense ‘‘tough love’’ — black and a S. New Latino teenagers . depicted as Solutions stupid, violent, drug- addicted savages? ~ —~ : But we cannot afford to be entertained — .or misled — by those who intentionally underdevelop and miseducate.our children, who blame them and beat them up for their failures, and then try to sell us on a “‘happy ending’’ that has them looking forward to making it in a make-believe society from which racism and poverty have been careful- ly edited out. The fact is that our children are dying of drugs, of poverty, and despair. Who is responsible for the killing? The white, corporate-controlled media, all too often aided and abetted by the black establishment — our professional politicians, our professors, our ‘‘entrepreneurs’’ and our ‘“‘ex- perts’’ — want us to think it is our fault. We are told that we don’t teach our children the right values, so they end up with a bad attitude, bad friends, and bad morals. But I don’t believe that we, or our children, are to blame, and I don’t agree with the Joe Clarks of this world that the solution to drugs and dropping out lies in beating young people into obedience so that they can learn how to fit into a society that has no room for them, a society that neither wants nor values them. _ Listen to what another black educator, Barbara Taylor, has to say about it. Like Joe Clark, Ms. Taylor is also a school principal. But she is not a Dr. Lenora Fulani Joe Clarks of the world have the wrong idea says Fulani media-made celebrity, nor has she become a heroine to the Powers That Be. Because Barbara Taylor is not under the illusion that abuse equals education. Ms. Taylor is the founder of an in- dependent, community-based day care center and elementary school in Harlem which bears her name. “‘At the Barbara Taylor School we teach the children that they need to be political,”’ she says. ‘And what we mean by being political is knowing what’s going on in the real world and being willing to take the necessary risks to change it. Because when children don’t do that, they just end up get- ting used, and abused, and then told that it’s for their own good. That’s how the Democratic Party and the: Republican: Party, treat, the black com- | munity, andthat’s-how Joe Clark treats the kids in — his school. Our educational philosophy is based on a theory and practice of empowerment, not ad- justment to oppression.”’ Unlike Joe Clark, who has earned a name for himself — and the admiration of Ronald Reagan — by abusing black people (in the name of educa- tion, and unlike the makers of ‘‘Lean On Me,”’ who (in the name of entertainment) stand to make huge profits from it, an organization of pro- gressive educators helping professionals and at- torneys called the Association for the Develop- ment of Social Therapy has adopted the Barbara Taylor School as an experiment in bridging the gap between professional workers and the com- munity. The ADST has comntitted itself to sup- porting the BT School through a sustainer pro- gram, fund-raising, research, promotion, and training. The Barbara Taylor School and the ADST are, together, fighting back against a system that makes entertainment out of our children’s degradation, a system that makes heroes of those who perpetrate violence against them, a system that without fundamental change, offers our children only the future of the ghetto — drugs, despair, violence, and death. Life expectancy for whites continues to rise while that for blacks declined for two years in a row, the first time that’s happened in this century. According to federal statistics, the typical newborn white baby can expect to live 75.4 years; the average black infant, 69.4 years. And the gap IS SOWING. ganas pauasesiansneG SIDE Those aetna figures TO BE EQUAL signal a major health crisis — among Af- John E. Jacob that demands immediate federal action. The report from the National Center for Health The social disorganization caused by deep poverty and discrimination has serious negative on African American health. Public health crisis should be at top of agenda says Jacob It will probably come as a shock to most Americans who think that Medicaid solved the issue of access to health care, to learn that most poor people are not covered by Medicaid. A dozen years ago, it served only about two- thirds of the poor. Today, only a little more than a third of poor people are enrolled in Medicaid. Tightened eligibility requirements and attempts to control costs have made Medicaid a promise, not a reality. So we need national eligibility standards that assure Medicaid coverage for all poor people. Another barrier to access to health care is lack of private or employer-paid health insurance. Some 37 million Americans — one out of every six — don’t have health insurance. Another 50 million have inadequate coverage — policies that don’t cover major medical expenses. People in low wage jobs do not usually get ade- quate insurance coverage, although they need it most. Nearly half of all uninsured adults are in the labor force and most of them earn less than $10,000. They can’t afford to buy their own coverage and they are often ineligible for Medicaid. African American citizens are three times as likely as whites to be poor, so they form a pee jpeg og of the uninsured on M) people in poverty who are denied Medicaid There’s no need to look for exotic explanations of the decline in black life expectancy. Poverty increase stress and create situa- Pe ee eh eee eee ee By REP. LOIS W An organization or community has a personality just like each in- on the dividual; so does each session of the working General Assembly. The personality leadership each day. of the session is set in motion dur- The changes already made in this State Baptist coriued rom pm enable the university to reach or exceed its one-million dollar goal which will be matched by two- million dollars from the U.S. Department of Education by ALKER ing the election in November and and REP. ROBERT BRAWLEY _ begins developing when the General Assembly meets, and grows based of the personalities | providing input and June, 1989. The committee is con- fident that its goal will be Dr. J. Ray Butler, pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church, Winston- OUT OF SCHOOL? NO JOB? If you’re between 16 and 21 years old, did you know that the Job Corps will provide free vocational skill training, basic educa- tion, room and board? For further details, see me at the Pitt County Department of Social Services most Mondays. Call me first, toll free, 1-800-662-7030, any Fri- day. Cheryl Tripp, Job Corps Recruiter. session of the General Assembly in- dicate a changing personality. Just how much it changes and the direc- tion it changes will be determined over the next few months. The bills introduced since our last letter show a definite area of con- Salem, N.C., and moderator of the prestigious Rowan Baptist Association, presented a personal contribution of $1,300 to President Talbert O. Shaw. Dr. Butler, also a member of the ad hoc commit- tee, has been instrumental in for- mulating strategy for the effort. Dr. Butler initiated the idea of larger, sacrificial contributions from pastors. The committee was an outgrowth of the ‘New Vi- sions’’ conference held at Shaw in October, 1988, with Dr. Leon Ridddick, pastor of Charlotte’s Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, and Dr. George Ballentine, pastor of Raleigh’s Hayes Barton Baptist Church as speakers. Both leaders addressed the vital issues of rais- ing a new level of consciousness and preparing new leadership in colleges, especially North Carolina’s black Baptist college, Shaw University. 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Some of the new bills are: © HB-327 would provide for all law enforcement officers to have the authority to enforce the rules of the Wildlife Commission. © HB-328 would allow an income tax credit for individuals making below $15,000. The credit is to off- set the sales tax on food. The credit would go from $45 for one person to $75 for six or more people. ¢ HB-333 attempts to eliminate discrimination in advertising real estate available for housing. © HB-334 sets up provisions to eliminate discrimination against handicapped and family in housing. © HB-335 and HB-336 both deal with sexual harassment. HB-335 would make sexual harassment a misdemeanor if any unwelcome sexual advance is made during the renting or selling of residential pro- perty. Also a misdemeanor, would be a request for sexual favors or any other verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature. HB-336 does the same thing except it applies to the C e A e D awson (Continued from page 1) _ parents and the city itself is fail- ing our youth. Some parents could care less where their children are or what they are doing. Some of our so called Black Role Models ac- complish their goals, move out to the lavish neighborhoods, buy themselves a big house (which there is nothing. wrong with that) ans won’t even come back into the areas they grew up in to talk to our Balck Youth. The Recrea- tion Centers nor the Police Departments are the answers. The better equipped Recrea- tion Centers are in the upperclass neighborhoods of the city. The Boy’s Club is not far away yet it ACE Hardware THE ‘M’ VOICE-THURSDAY, MARCH 16-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1989-11 General Assembly assumes its own personality; bills reflect the changes in current group housing laws. © HB-339 would make the possession of any amount of co- caine or phencyclidine a felony. This should be a good bill if you oppose drugs, © HB-342 would prohibit the Department of Transportation from cutting down trees unless the trees pose an imminent danger to persons or property or cutting down a tree is approved by the district engineer. The Department of Transportation should only be cutting down trees which need to be cut now, so why should we take that decision from them and put it into law? ¢ HB-352 would change the definition of political action com- mittee to assure newspapers of not being treated as a political action committee because of an editorial endorsement. © HB-355 would direct the State Board of Education to develop and maintain alternative schools and alternative school programs for unruly students. ¢ HB-361 would establish a does not cater to the needs of the poor in this area. Look at the fees charged now compared to when the Boy’s Club was on Skinner STreet. Approximately 85% of the youth at the Boy’s Club are white or from the more promi- nent Black families. We (some of us) as parents want to leave it up to the Police Department. We want them in the streets. Yet, we care less if they commit a crime we just don’t want them to do any time. We must remember that all children are merely a diamond in teh rough. In my assumption we need more Wilson .McDowell’s, iNCREDIBLE BARGAINS ee 72666 3) Tune-Up Kit Handy tune-up kit for lawn mower. Kit includes condenser, spark plug and fly- wheel key. SOUTHERN GEMINI 4SVB, M1001 50547, 52369 a nf House mount box w/magazine hoops & piano hinge lid or rural-style with galva- nized steel and black baked enamel fin- ish. 19”x63%4"x8%4”. YOUR CHOICE 17 WHILE SUPPLIES ) LAST Saturday 8 to Noon 7532, 23, 22, 26 ) 72864, 71, 72,73) @ YOUR CHOICE ea. WHILE SUPPLIES Garden Tools Ne Your choice of cultivator, weeder, trowel, or transplanter. 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This should be decided based on whether it is in addition to or in place of the current Travel and Tourism Council. Mildren Council’s, more Jessie Daniel’s, more Ed Carter’s, more Phillip Higgs’, more Willie Mae Carney’s, more Melvin McLawhorn’s, more Jim Rouses’, more Ora Frizzell- Flynn’s and more Raymond Careney’s. Remeber: As one problem child told the prominent adult that attempted to help him. ‘‘To get where I’m at, you've got to go where I’ve been, do you dig where I’m coming from?”’ Mayor Ed Carter Gets National League of Cities Post _ The National League of Cities has appointed Greenville Mayor Edward Carter to its Transporta- tion and Communications Policy Committee. As a member of the committee, Carter will help formulate NLC policy on public transportation, streets and highways, air transportation, railroads and waterways, cable television and telecommunications. Carter was nominated for the post by the N.C. League of Municipalities and was appointed February 13 by NLC President Terry God- dard, mayor Phoenix, Arizona. His term expires November 29. Carter will meet with other NLC officials when he travels to Washington, D.C., for the NLC’s Congressional-Cities Conference in March and to the organiza- tion’s Congress of Cities in Atlan- ta, Ga., in November. A former mayor pro-tem of the Greenville City Council, Carter also chaired the Greenville Board of Education and serves as the Council’s liaison to the Greenville utility Commission and the Human Relations Council. He is employed by Burroughs Wellcome as department head of administrative services division. A Distinguished Military Graduate of Virginia State Col- lege in 1962 with a B.S. degree in physics, Carter is a former research physicist at Columbia University in New York and a graduate of the Department of Defense Information School. 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