ee ollie ey eee ar eee ieee, (eae ghia een Inside .. . Wee ak etek ce. eke ial Pitt/Greenville Beautort/Washington T 1E w’¥ OICE What You See Is What You Get, What You Read Is What You Know & Save EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA’S MINORITY VOICE — SINC E 1987 THURSDAY, MAY 18-WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1989 AR aetna ge Beso, Mr. J. B. Smith and wife, Charlotte ECU Announces Smith Award to Outstanding Student in Education By: Staff Writer East Carolina University recently announced the establish- ment of the J. B. Smith Award to be given to a 1988-89 school year graduate of the University from its education department. More specifically, the award is designated for an outstanding student whose area of concentra- tion includes either elementary or middle grades teaching. Mr. Smith, affectionately known as ‘‘Bar-B-Que’’ by some friends and colleagues, is the principal of E. B. Aycock Jr. High School in Greenville, N. C. Before Smith took over the reins at E. B. Aycock, it had been in- famously noted for its extreme violence and disciplinary pro- blems. Since Mr. Smith has become principal, the city’s only junior high school has enjoyed productive, but educational pro- gress without interruption. Before tackling the now non- existing ills at the school, Mr. Smith was principal of South Greenville School, one of the county’s most highly rated schools for its commitment to educational prosperity for all students. The mathematic scholar, educator, and community leader is married to a schoolteacher, also. Mr. Smith and his wife, Charlotte, who teachers Health and physical education have two children and reside in Greenville. The ‘M’’VOICE is proud to take this opportunity to salute and congratulate Mr. J. B. ‘‘Bar-B- Que’”’ Smith for attaining such high accalades from his peers and fellow colleagues. (Jim Rouse Photo} sine We've Come By: Deacon James Vines After I finished working for the day and the store had closed, I took off for the cook’s house. It was a very warm night and a lot of people were sitting outj on their porches with buckets or rags burning to keep the mos- quitoes from biting and to make it more comfortable sitting out. I arrived there and found her sit- ting in the swing on her porch talking to the next door neighbor. I turned up the walkway and when I got to the steps I spoke and asked her how did she like the hot weather. She said she lik- ed it because she didn’t have to sit in the house all the time. She then asked me to come in and have a seat and sit and rest awhile until she came from the store which was not far from where she lived. She was gone for about five minutes and when she got back she kept going in the house and asked me if I would like to come. I got up and follow- ed her into the living room where she pointed to the couch and ask- ed me to sit down until she got back from the kitchen. I sat there and listened to Gabriel Heater tell about how serious the war was getting and then she came back, sat down beside me, and said, ‘“‘Now that I have finished my work, we can talk. Let me begin by asking you a question and you know what it’s about. I didn’t want to interfere but I am curious about what’s been going on. I can’t do my work in the kitchen for her asking me about how to get men to notice her. So I asked her what she meant and she just said, any man. And I asked her what did she want the man to do and she said just to get them to notice her. I am not ugly and I dress well but I just can’t get some men to notice me. Then I asked why did she pick on the delivery boy and she said she just liked colored boys.” She stopped talking for a mo- A Long Way ment and got up from where she was sitting and went in the kit- chen and after she had finished in the kitchen she came back and took me by both my hands and told me to promise her that I would never talk to that woman again, but I told her that it was my job to go there and that it was her doing the talking. She said, ‘‘Well, you had better quit going there. Don’t you think that I’m good enough for you? Although I am older but I’ve known young men to like older women.”’ I sat there and listened to her for almost two hours before I had a chance to say anything at all and when I did try to say something she would cut me off and wouldn’t let me finish what I was saying. I finally got the chance to tell her that I had to go because it was getting late and I wanted to get some things from the store before I got home. I started to the door to leave and she asked me would I come again someday when I could stay longer and I told her that I would. The next day I decided to stay home and work on a very bad cold that I had and to get some rest, but I just couldn’t stay in bed because I was worried about what to do about those women. So I sent word to the store that I wouldn’t be in that day but I would be in the day after. I sat around the house un- til about 10 6’clock when I decid- ed to walk out on the corner. There were several of the boys out there just sitting around do- ing nothing but talking and wondering if they would be caught in the draft. After I had been there talking with the boys for about five minutes, we saw a man on a truck selling melons and other vegetables, so we decided to chip in and buy a watermelon together. After we picked a nice big ripe one, we took it under some large cedar trees and cut it and began to eat it when one of the boys said, Continued on page 7) Pitt County gets first African American magistrate tif peal; HOME GROWN BUSINESSMAN ...Brother Sam Jones is the owner and general manager of Divine Carpet Cleaning Ser- vice and is ready and willing to assist you in spring cleaning. Here he is pictured with part of his staff--his family. Settlement in Voting Lawsuit About Two Weeks Away Lawyers for the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners and the plaintiffs in a voting- rights lawsuit have said that a set- tlement is still about two weeks away. The commissioners’ lawyer in the case, Michael Crowell of Ra- leigh, said in a telephone inver- view this week that the details of ‘the settlement possibly will not be worked out until the board meets again May 29. “We are still discussing the terms of the agreement with the plaintiff's attorney,” Crowell said. Leslie J. Winner, lawyer for the 11-member group that filed the suit against the county, said Thursday, “Completing the paper- work is a slower process than we thought it would be.” , ¢ RY Bue yy 4 of wn ae | 4 er She and Crowell are having trouble coordinating their sche- dules, Ms. Winner said. But she said a settlement is “imminent.” The lawyers had indicated last month that they expected an agreement to be reached by now. The suit was filed in U.S. Dis- trict Court against the Board of Commissioners and the county Board of Elections a year ago by an 11-member group, the Concerned Citizens for Minority Affairs, headed by the Rev. David L. Moore of Washington. Its purpose is to establish a method of electing the commissioners that will make the election of a black more likely. This is the first suit filed by the group. A suit against the Beaufort (Continued on page 8) 4 , a o 4 ADVANCE AUTO PARTS GRAND OPENING .. .Ray Davenport, left and Advance’s newest store manager, Brother Preston Sutton paused during the Grand Opening of their new store on South Memorial Drive for our camera. They invite you to come on in and save! At a time when it seems as if discrimination on the basis of race in America has begun to diminish, the evils of bigotry are alive and lurking in darkness underground, literally. This time the victims of discrimination have banned together to effect drastic change. Who are these victims? You and your neighborhood funeral directors morticians. The National Funeral Direc- tors and Morticians Association, ‘w 4 Inc. (NFDMA) is screaming foul against one of the nation’s largest and most widely used casket makers because they have witnessed an _ inexplicable distribution of inadequate marketing. strategies instituted by the coffin maker. The Batesville Casket Company, a subsidiary of Hillenbrand In- dustries, has been unsuccessful in conveying satisfactory ex- planations of their marketing behavior to the African American (Voice Photo by Jeff Savage) group of burial professionals. While negotiations have been mainly. unsuccessful, the NFDMA has maintained an open- line of communications with Batesville’s CEO, Mr. Robert H. Irwin and implemented its boycott of Batesville caskets. The group promises that if a mutual agreement is not met ex- peditiously, the selective buying initiative will expand to include other products and services of the Hilln rand conglomerate. 5 ie sel Bhi tak ee tet tap er tees oy Greenville native Russell J. Hemby has been appointed to become Pitt County’s first African-American magistrate. A magistrate in Pitt County issues warrants for arrests and sets bail for alledged law breakers, among other things. Hemby could not be reached for comment. The past master of Mt. Herman Lodge #35 is a 1971 graduate of J. H. Rose High and assumed his duties as magistrate May Ist. The ‘M’ Voice salutes Russell Hemby! . Read The ‘m’ Voice Mr. Donovan Phillips, Presi- dent of the N.C. FDMA and Prexy of Phillips Brothers Mor- tuary, Inc., a Greenville firm, said in an interview, “the way thay have disbursed their funds for conventions and their hiring practices just do not appear fair and equitable ...”’ as it relates to the amount of revenue generated by the “truly last surviving enti- ty of the (Black) community in America” that has as its sole sup- porters, African Americans, REVEREND JESSIE KEYS. . .And wife with Asst. Pastor, Carlton Keys at Mary Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. (Voice Photo by Jim Rouse) In a letter from NFDMA Presi- dent Carlton C. Douglas to state presidents, Douglas urged members to return all financial contributions that were made by the (Batesville) casket maker toward conventions; solicit other (corporate) sponsors and to not buy any caskets or products made by Batesville as a show of unity with the position taken by the NFDMA. North Carolina is one of the states that have , alone adhered to and im- seculiil cac ti ht ehh atin Mee Oh Se Ral aI a mt ey ee ble ahem AfricanAmerican Funeral Directors Boycott CasketMaker plemented the requests from the national office. ‘This is a multi- billion dollar industry and a lot of that money comes from our com- munities and an equitable redistribution of those funds is not asking too nmwch,’’ says Phillips. In a telephone interview with THE ‘M’ VOICE, Mr. Hari P. Close, Convention Coordinator for NFDMA, said ‘We spent over 140 million dollars with Batesville last year alone and we do not in- } (Continued on page 10) 2-THURSDAY, MAY 18-WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1989-THE ‘M’ VOICE The tragedies in Central Park Parks, like children, should be synonymous with joy and the beauty of growth. There was a time -- within my 63 years - when music supposedly soothed (not aroused) the savage beast in every human. That was also the time when a man and wo- man had to produce a marriage license in order to rent an apart- ment and live together. We are told that during the dark of April 19, 1989, a rap mu- sic lyric inspired some children to commit assault, rape and at- tempted murder in Central Park. Let us pray that “‘at- tempted” remains part of the charges. It is important that the Man- hattan Borough President, David Dinkins, emphasized that the crimes against the wo- man jogger were not racially- motivated. Nor do they appear to have been drug: induced ~ un- less you posit chemical powers to a cesspool lyric. With regard to seeing the defendant’s on television, con- fessions, we must await a trial or broadcast on television. Con- sidering the questionable ethics of some news organizations, the tapes could reach the tube as hi- jacked footage. What of the con- fessional content? Presumably, each will be legally admissable. Will the children make morally sufficient confessions implicat- ing their parents? When minors commit crimes, their parents are tacit co- defen- dants. That applies whether the parents live in Howard Beach or in Harlem. In spite of statutes enacted by legislators, there re- mains the commandment to ‘Honor thy father and thy mother!’’ Children honor, or dishonor, parents with deeds. That is universally true for the rainbow of human skin colors. Genesis _ Trying to be clinical about a society may be futile, but we al- ways seem to ask ourselves diagnostic questions. Why? How? What? Who? Was the genesis of Central Park and Howard Beach the product of the ‘‘consciousness- raising’ sixties, the era when the parents of the Howard Beach and Central Park defen- dants were rebelling against WNCT-TV9 Account Executive WNCT-TV is looking for an ambitious, hard-working, self-motivated person to join their sales team as an Account Ex- ecutive. Previous media sales experience preferred. Excellent company benefits. Salary plus commission and _ car allowance. Send resume to: WNCT.-TV Sales Department P.O. Box 898 Greenville, North Carolina 27835 Attn.: Collins Cooper EOE EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Public Health Educator II RESPONSIBILITIES: The Public Health Educator II will be responsible for developing, organizing, and up- dating health education materials as well as plan- ning and administering programs and workshops for students in conjunction with other units on campus and community organizations. Serves as outreach coordinator for department. REQUIREMENTS: Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills as the position entails extensive public contact. Requires a master’s degree in public health education with one to two years related experience preferred; or an equivalent com- bination of education and experience. SALARY: $20,844 - $33,120. East Carolina University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer and As Such Encourages Applications from Qualified Women and Minorities. Federal Law Requires Proper Documentation of Iden- tity and Employability at the Time of Employment. their parents attempts to instill values to live by? Were the seeds of Howard Beach and Central Park planted - like a terrorist bomb -- by Ab- bie Hoffman or H. Rap Brown? Should the credit go to the Ku Klux Klan or the Black Pan- thers? Who should be the God- dess of the disaster... Bernadine Dohrn or Joanne Chesimar? And the God... Meir Kahane or Louis Farrakhan? What enter- tainment superstars deserve medals? Is the winner the acid- soaked ghost of Janis Jopland or the marijuana-reeking presence of Bob Marley? Per- haps the affliction began with Lyndon Johnson's Uptopian “Great Society,’’ and pro- gressed with Ronald Reagan’s ‘Vanquish the Vulnerable’’ eco- nomics. Isn’t it strange how what was ‘Avante Garde” or “‘counter-cul- ture’ or ‘‘progressive’’ can degenerate into something ghastly? Are the boys of Central Park the moral equivalent of the Greek letter fraternity brothers who ‘“‘date rape’ their way across our better college cam- puses? During his lifetime, Adlai Stevenson often reminded us, ‘There is nothing new, only dif- ferent.”’ The total Central Park atroci- ty defies rational explanation. And what the concept of ‘‘wild- ing’? Are parents completely disengaged? Don't they know that Tone-Lo¢’s recording ‘Wild Thing’’ is a dominant in- fluence on their children? If that is the situation, then Farrak- han’s Apr. 23rd assertion to the New Orleans African- American Summit was ominous. “With our increased bir- thrates,’’ Farrakhan told the meeting, “the Black man and woman can actually breed our- selves into power.’ No, not if the children of in- creased birthrates are permitted to propel themselves into penitentiaries rather then col- leges. Society’s public places are not playpens. Women’s bodies are not toys meant to provide ‘‘fun’’ for ruthless criminals of any color. Perhaps, in the hell of his soul, Robert Chambers knows that as he remembers Central Park with every tick of the clock. Train or visit During the Great Depression era, the John Dillingers and Ma Barkers tried to pass them- selves off as victims driven to crime only by poverty. (Some Blacks try to use racism as their sole justification for criminali- ty). Hollywood found drama in misadventures, but industry-en- forced rules prevented the glorification of crime; it could not be justified or rewarded. (Continued on page 8) The “M” Voice | JIM ROUSE Publisher Georgia Rouse Business Manager ABDUL JAMES ROUSE III Co-Publisher ) Office Address clo WOOW Radio Station 304 Evans St. Greenville, NC 919-757-0425 Jeff Savage ............ Sales Manager: Onanji Rouse .... Treasurer _Mbulu Rouse ..... . Secretary Modupe Rouse ......... Asst. Secretary Keii Rouse .......... Co-Founder Tamul Rouse ....... .. Co-Founder Solinor Rouse ......... _. Co-Founder ° FT SIX WEEK PRO *6é “Excludes Medical Fees GRAM 00 Offer ends Thursday *Product Fee Excluded | May 25, 1989 Sars I TIS 4 ' The Better Way To Diet ! Medical Weight Loss ¥ Systems Call 756-2611 610 Arlington Blvd. Arlington Village (Across From Dawsons) J EA _ A common problem for young couples is disagreement over money. Many don’t understand how difficult it will be to afford the lifestyle they want. Teens still have misinforma- tion about birth control, pregnan- cy, and other physical aspects about sex. , HUGGING, KISSING It’s hug time. It’s kiss time. It’s always time to stop whatever you’re doing and give hugs and kisses to your toddlers, parents. It’s also good for toddlers to see hugs and kisses between parents. WHAT’S BUGGING YOU Do you get the blahs on a rainy day? Clean out your closet, start a scrapbook, put those pictures in your album, plant a flower pot garden, plan and make a special meal for someone, hop around on one foot while you recite the “Pledge of Allegiance’’, paint each toe a different color, write that long overdue leter, rear- range the way your bedroom looks (get help with the heavy stuff). 1. Yelling at people does tend to kill the spirit in them. “‘Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts.”’ 2. There is a sense in which we need to go home again—and can go home again. Not to recover home. But to sanctify memory. 3. Nature so works it that everybody gets a turn at getting what they deserve in one way or another. 4. Just be a man. Everybody has some secret goals in life. 5. You can’t always get what you want but sometimes you can get what you need. 6. Everybody needs family and friends. You can trust a lot more people than you think. 7. Snow is God’s way of telling people to slow down and rest and stay in bed for a day. 8. People who teach us, bless us, encourage us, support us, uplift us in the dailiness of life, we never tell them. I don’t know why, but we don’t. 9. People who think good thoughts, give good thoughts. 10. Women are smarter than men. 11. I must let go sometimes. 12. Every person passing through this life will unknowing- ly leave something and take something away. 13. It’s never too late to fly. 14, Things come and go. Peo- ple. Years. Ideas. Everything. “‘Sometimes the world seems like a fine place. Don’t it?’”’ To be human it is to know and care and ask. Open Sundays 1 PM - 6 PM Mon.-Sat. 8 AM - 8 PM RETIREMENT Sometimes instead of a new beginning, retirement initiates a gradual self-destruction. Alcohol can be the instrument of that destruction, a new emotional crutch that the retiree uses to cope with change (or loss) or an old habit someone is unable to break. The effect of alcohol in older adults is potent. Their tolerance is not what it once was. Many persons turn to alcohol to cope with aging. BEWARE WOMEN Women who have affairs with married men should be aware that a married man is not an available man. Never mind the fun and games and wistful think- ing. The world is full of women who are hoping to snag a man any way they can. If he is mar- ried, they hope to pry him loose. They listen and pounce on any -weakness. ‘‘Poor me...”’ or ‘‘Poor you...’ or ‘‘Whatever works.”’ Nobody ever had a secret affair in any office. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool. The married man is looking for one thing and one thing only—SEX. A wife can tell if he is having an affair. No one has to tell her. He gives himself away. REASONS FOR’ HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS 1. To take a job (extra spending money). 2. Boredom. 3. Eagerness for means to finance a car of their own (remember the average age is 16). co In many cases parents agree to a job over school because it relieves household budget pressures. THERE ARE FIVE KINDS OF 211 JARVIS STREET 2 BLOCKS FROM ECU PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD: Those who WANT things to happen. Those who WAIT for things to happen. Those who WATCH for things for happen. Those who MAKE things hap. pen, and Those who WONDERED what happened. Mayor Ed Carter ‘‘A man is a Slave to whatever controls him.” 2 Peter 2:19 ‘‘ A dog comes back to what he has vomited, and a pig is washed only to come back and wallow in the mud again. That is the way it is with those who turn again to their sin.’’ 2 Peter 2:22 ‘‘Blacks’’, said Claudette Burroughs-White, President of the Greensboro Affiliate National Black Child Development In- stitute, conducted Wednesday through Saturday, April 20-22, 1989, in Raleigh, have few role models, face destructive pressures from drugs and peers and are not encouraged to set high academic goals. They do best, they said, when parents and teachers show a personal interest in their performance. Other statements include, ‘‘I feel if my Mom had been there for me, like in elementary school. 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Ac- cording to the pamphlet, “The Art of Tying a Cravat,”’ pub- lished in 1827, a man will dis- cover that the most critical and scrutinizing examination will be made on the set of his cravat, when he enters a social circle of taste and elegance. The pam- phlet sets forth 18 different les- sons on the subject. Times haven't changed very much (although nowadays, there are far fewer than 18 knots to master). While modern man may choose from a variety of colors and fabrics for his neckwear, there is still an art to knotting it. The fashionable man of 1989 will sport a tie with a small knot an elegant dimple in the fabric. The tie experts at Wemco, the largest neckwear manufacturer in the country, offer this advice for the man anxious to be in step with fashion: (a) Look for a tie that is made of a natural fabric or a blend such as Wemsilk. (b) Make sure your tie has been cut on the bias. The tie will give when pull- ed gently from both ends. (c) Your tie should also be slip- stitched to endure repeated knotting and have bar tacking closing the tie back to make a perfectly centered point. (d) Then tie the tie with four-in- = NEW WOMAN'S WEEKLY The most modern, elegant way to wear a tie A HIGH SILK PRICES - Wembley’s unique blended fabric, Wem- silk, is a fashionable alternative to expensive silk. With the trend toward woven designs, Wembley presents the Jeweled Jac- quards. Influenced by the growing importance of black, these ties take it a step further: from left to right, a teal ground accented in black, grey and rose; a grey and silvewer weave with scattered white highlights; a dusty rose ground distinguished by black, manent wrinkling. 3. Hang your ties after each wearing and most wrinkles will disappear. TO REDUCE STAINING: 1. Blot spills with a damp cloth and let dry. unless the tie is labeled wash and wear (Wem- lon), it may require dry clean- ing. To reduce wrinkling of all clothing, use a plastic bag over individual hangers. hand knot, pinching the fabric to create a dimple. Art Deco prints are the rage today in ties with lightweight silk being the favorite in a re- turn to the wider widths and smaller bottleneck of the For- ties. Colors, especially purple, and textures created from woven fabrics and patterns without restrictions charac- terize fashion ties. The basic stripes and dots of yellow and red power ties are passe. The life of your new tie depends largely on how you take care of it. Here are a few suggestions to help keep your ties looking like new. TO ELIMINATE WRINKLING: 1. Allow two or three days be- THE ‘M’ VOICE-THURSDAY, MAY 18-WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1989-3 THE BEST KEEPS GETTING BETTER ... Brother Dallas Rhome, second from left, is a counselor for the Teen Parenting Program at Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Washington, Rhome is shown here with teens who participate in the program. Rev. David Moore, pastor, said the annual Teen Parenting Banquet, which was catered by Rhome, was a success. Dr. Julius Mallette. a Greenville phvsician. was the banquet’s speaker. The program is one of the many vehicles Metropolitan uses to reach all members of the African-American Com- munities. The ‘M’ VOICE is proud to salute the Metropolitan Church family for its numerous contributions to eastern North Carolina. Bethel Elementary SASA Club The Bethel Elementary SASA Club (Students Against Substance Abuse) sponsored a visit to the school on May 5 by Phil Ford, assistant basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Ford arrived at the school around 1:00 p.m. and visited the kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms. At 1:30 p.m. there was an assembly for sixth through eighth grade students in the auditorium. At 3:00 p.m., Mr. Ford met with the SASA Club members for an autograph session. tween wearings. 2. Never leave your tie knotted after you take it off. 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Ld 102 W, 10th ST, (ACROSS FROM SCOTT'S CLEANERS) GREENVILLE ‘ ¥ ° 5 eit ane, Ce Gee et 4 THURSDAY, MAY 18-WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1989-THE ‘M’ VOICE Week’s Student Profile it Naeger fe r : S am Seven year old, Nicolette ‘work and for getting good grades. Megan Savage, was recently . .’ which she says are A’s, B’s, . chosen as the “Student of the Week” at Belvoir Elementary School where she is a second grade student at the Pitt County School, Nicolette, whose teacher is Mrs. Burney, said she was granted this distinction because of her displaying qualities of a “good student.” When asked what she thought were specific reasons for her being chosen, she stuck her finger into her mouth and began to rock and sway back and forth, as children usually do, and said, ‘“‘I didn’t get my name on the board and for being good.” That answer ultimately led us to ask “‘what is considered being good?” She then astutely replied, “I finished all my homework, I helped other people finish their ¢ and C’s, but she received a D in reading because, ‘I didn’t read any supplementary books.” Nicolette is the daughter of Mr. Joseph T. Savage and the grand- . daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Savage, all of Greenville. She also says she is now reading sup- plementary books and one day hopes to become a police officer, a doctor, and a ‘“‘superwoman!”’ The ‘M’ Voice is proud to salute Ms. Nicolette Megan Savage. EDITOR’S NOTE: Do you know of anyone who is a student on any level, at any age at anytime? Please send a picture and a brief profile to: The ‘M’ Voice, Student Profile, 304 Evans Street Mall, Greenville, North Carolina, 27858. spt spe lag ae woe ee ee i. NICOLETTE MEGAN SAVAGE Pitt County School News * Odyssey of the Mind World Championships p j ‘ Over 350 students in the Pitt County Schools participated in the Odyssey of the Mind pro- gram. 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As many of you know, there is no reserve funding to support our state finalists. Participating in World Finals is one of the most meaningful experiences that a young person could ever have. The Conley team is working very hard to raise their support, but they need our help. If you would like to make a donation, please contact Harry Jones at D. H. Conley High School (756-3440). Checks can be sent directly to Odyssey of the Mind Fund: D. H. Conley High School, Route 13, Box 230, Greenville, NC 27834. Let’s all get behind this team and cheer them on to Boulder! Challenges Grants Foundation Director Linwood Mercer of Farmville offered a challenge grant of $1,000 to the people in the Farmville Central Attendance Area to provide mini- grants in the 1988-89 school year for that area. Led by members of the Farmville Advisory Council and local members of the Pitt County Board of Education, the Farmville and Falkland com- munities raised $3,974 to match the challenge grant three times over. Bethe Elementary Schoo will hold K-2 Festival Bethel Elementary is holding a K-2 FESTIVAL DAY on May 26, from 9:00 until 2:00. This will be a very special non-traditional type of field day for the school. This will be a day where there is competition as well as coopera- tion where children have a choice whether to compete or not. The philosophy of the day is for each child to have a good time and feel good about what he or she does. This philosophy comes from the physical education program at Bethel Elementary called Every Child A Winner (Bethel Elemen- tary is one of 8 national demonstration sites for this pro- gram). Every child will be a win- ner as there will be no Ist, 2nd, or 3rd place winners in any event. “Winning” will come with each child doing his or her best. Each event is planned to allow success for all children regardless of physical or mental ability. The children will move through all the events on their own, using self- discipline skills which are also a part of the Every Child A Winner program. Arts activities, storytelling sessions, musical entertainment, special treats, clowns and mimes have been added to enhance the activities of the day. ' Volunteer Appreciation Day The annual Volunteer Ap- preciation Reception and Com- munity Schools’ Celebration will be held on May 9, 1989 at 7:00 -m, at Wahl-Coates School, | _ Volunteers from wap Pitt County have been invited to at- ‘tend this special event. The ‘theme, “Community + Schools _ = A Decade of Cooperation and (Continued on page 7) Today, many women and men choose to parent children without benefit of marriage. Many such parents raise healthy, well- adjusted children, too. North Carolina is among the states that no longer allows a mother to ran- domly give a child his/her father’s last name without the benefit of marriage. Many have said over the years, ‘‘What’s a name, or Is a name that impor- tant?” The plight of such children and the long term consequences for many such children include greater loss—that of life chances and benefits. The majority of the children do not receive any of the benefits ordinarily allowed to a child by its father. For example, these children cannot receive social security benefits from his/her father; cannot inherit from his/her father if the father did not leave a will; and usually cannot inherit from his/her father’s relatives, if the relatives did not leave a will before they died. Let’s love our children for a lifetime, regardless of the cir- cumstances of their conception. Remember the cliche Mama’s baby, Daddy’s maybe? Well Mamas its time for us to make sure our children get what is rightfully theirs! Such action is not begging nor does it show a lack of pride on the mother’s part. It in fact shows that mama is smart and can look beyond the small costs of milk and pampers in comparison to the expenses of high school college aged children. Laws have created several ways that a child can be legitimated. Legitimation en- sures (s)he will have all the rights of a child whose parents were married to each other. In- itially the parents may marry before the child is born. The child is then automatically legitimized even if the parents marry after the birth of the child. Secondly, fathers may establish paternity voluntarily or they can be brought to court by the mother. Establishing paternity involves the father filing a petition with | DISCOUNT (ON EVERYTHING BUT QUALITY ™~ FRESH % SLICED PORK LOINS FROSTY MORN FROSTY MORN BOLOGNA FROSTY MORN BACON =i OO the court saying he is the father. This can be an inexpensive pro- cess when done voluntarily or quite expensive if the father denies paternity. The expenses include blood tests and court costs. The Department of Social Services or an attorney can assist in this matter. Even if a father does not legitimize his child, he is still not relieved from his obliga- tion to support the child. The Department of Social Services through its IV-D Unit can help locate absent fathers and assist in collecting support. Finally, a more complicated procedure in- volves gaining social security benefits, insurance benefits, workmen’s compensation, or in- heritance rights from a deceased father who did not file a petition or legitimation or paternity. More information regarding this procedure can be obtained from the local Social Security office. How Concerned Should We Be About AIDS? Acquired Immune Deficiency cy virus, commonly referred to as HIV, ree causes AIDS, yi spe are unaware are fnfected and will therefore not seek early medical treatment. Victims of this disease include both children and adolescents. According to the Centers for Disease Control of the total number of reported. cases of AIDS in this country between May 1986 and March 1988, black adolescents comprised 35 percent of the cases for youths between the ages of 13 and 19. Of those cases 17 percent were Hispanic and 46 percent were white. These statistics reflect only reported cases. There may be larger numbers of infected adolescents since many are not likely to seek medical assistance or testing for HIV and AIDS as will their older counterparts. Our growing teenage pregnancy rate in Pitt County makes us all aware that many adolescents in our com- munity are sexually active whether they become pregnant or not. Parents must now be con- cerned with the possibility of the teenage members of their fami- ly becoming infected with HIV or AIDS. (Continued on page 7) Uncontested -KMAKKE Te ROBERT L. 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But I don;t agree with the of- ficial opposition of the NAACP’s leadership to the Bush Ad- ministration’s nomination of William Lucas to lead the Justice Department’s civil rights division. There is very little about the politics of Jesse Jackson that ap- peals to me. There is very little substance, in my opinion, in the things that he says that do make sense. And his ego is to enormous to allow a goos glimpse of his character. But on the issue of William Lucas’ nomination, I agree with Jackson 100% for backing him. At best, in my opinion, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s (which was sued by the NAACP to drop the ““NAACP”’ part of its name) op- position to Lucas is blasphemous. In the area of so-called “desegregation” of Black col- leges, the Legal Defense Fund is clearly on the side of the enemies of the Black community who want our traditional institutions turned into White schools. How this group of misguided liberal lawyers, a large number of who are White, can insert itself into deciding who will best repre- sent the Black community is an insult to our intelligence. Even though I disagree with the NAACP’s position on this one issue (as well as busing for the purpose of integration), I respect the NAACP’s role in our struggle as the premiere civil rights organization. I have one membership...in..the .NAACP,.... therefore I have one vote -- and My opinions also extens to the basic reason given by those who oppose Lucas: He is not qualified. Come on! The racists who oppose Black progress have over-used that one. Was Bobby Kennedy qualified to be Attorney General when he was nominated by his brother, President John Kennedy? Bobby Kennedy’s only experience was the result of his family’s contacts in Congress. These same civil-rights types did not raise the issue of qualifications about Kennedy because he was a White liberal. Which makes me suspect that they oppose Lucas because he is a Black Republican. He’s certainly as- qualified to run teh civil rights division as Dan Quayle is to be Vice- President; or Ronald Reagan was to be Governor of California or President of the United States; or Michael Dukakis was to be President. And he’s more qualified to run the civil rights division that Jesse Jackson is to run the country. - Yet, none of these groups op- _ posed Jesse Jackson -- or is like- ly to -- because of his lack of tions. And we know why. Jackson is popular with the masses of Blacks, first of all. Secondly, he is a Democrat. If Lucas’ its don’t want ot support a because he is a member of a political party they don’t like, then let them say 80. But if they persist in ing ‘a man with his public office and administrative record and his their character, and use svi eet ie it 6 date ie She ile on 5 ua aT ae ¥ + St-1*: e oe site / brilliantly documented the Hollywood system of racism in movies—how they create false White heroes at the expense of Black people; refuse to star Blacks in leading roles; exploit Black people psychologically and financially; and boast a flippant attitude of ‘So What?” One quote by producer Rob Cohen defined Hollywood this way: ‘Hollywood is a White, male, college-educated, Jewish milieu full of ambitious guys who want to play out their fan- tasies...” With that as a backdrop, Eddie Murphy and Spike Lee were highlighted as guest employees on the plantation (Murphy, the mega-star and Lee, the newcomer) in a nasty exchange of charges and countercharges. Lee: ‘‘Eddie has made a billion dollars for Paramount (in only 6 years). Yet, I don’t see any Black executives with real power at that place... Everybody he’s got working there (at Eddie Mur- phy’s own company) is related to him.” Murphy: ‘I don’t need anyone telling me how much social con- sciousness I should have...I’ve don;e a lot for my people...I’ve opened the door for Spike and now he’s throwing rocks at me!”’ Two statements by the com- batants, however, rang with undeniable truth. Murphy: “‘It’s their (the White owners of Hollywood) house... I’m just the brother of the mo- ment.” Just as Hollywood used Sidney Poitner as the House Negro for my generation, Eddie Murphy is, by his own admission, the only one invited to dinner from his generation. If 30 million Blacks can vicariously enjoy Murphy’s cars, houses, and swimming pools, that’s the only way they’re going to get them, Hollywood is suggesting. In a jab at Murphy, Lee scored with this one: ‘‘Clout isn’t just getting the best table at Snags. How’s that helping your people?” for a select few on the plantation is helping the masses? Or, how does the $1 billion that Murphy has made for Paramount help Black colleges or Black charities or the underprivileged Blacks? And how much of the $200 million that ‘‘Coming to America” made from a mostly Black audience last year come back to anyone Black other than Murphy and some of his friends and employees? And when Spike Lee boasts that his last film made $16 million (the figure on the charts is much lower) for the White people at Columbia Pictures, how much of that did Black people get? Lee, . who used to talk about film in- dependence for Blacks, now stresses jobs for Blacks on the plantation. The head of the Hollywood studio that Lee is now working for even believes that specific plans to hire Blacks is anti-White. Tom Pollock, the Chairman, said: “Affirmative action is hiring peo- ple because they are Black. We don’t employ Spike Lee (who’s directing ‘‘Do the Right Thing” for Pollock) because he’s Black.” ‘They believe they can make money with me. And the minute they don’ they'll get rid of me,” Lee admits. At least he knows he’s transient. So why trash Murphy for being the most successful Black on the plantation? The only difference I see in Murphy and Lee is that Murphy is more successful than Lee at doing what both are trying to do—become part of the Hollywood system that means Blacks are no good, ( _ I vote for a new system built for the libera Black peop a »NATIONALLY SYNDICATED COLUMNe repeat WILL NOT be returned to the Black community. And the announcement, intend- ed obviously to promote his new film, that Spike Lee is giving a $5,000 film scholarship to Blacks is not recycling the $2.2 billion that we spend with a racist White Hollywood. TONY BROWN’S JOURNAL TV series can be seen on public television. Unfair Beating of Adelaide Sanford on Her Aids Findings One of the most savage and un- fair beatings that I have ever seen administered in public is the one that Adelaide Sanford, a member of the Board of Regents of New York, is getting for repeating findings from studies on melanin—the dark pigment the body produces to protect the skin against damage from. sunlight; it makes Black people darker than Whites. Cynthia Jenkins, a Black New York legislator, wrote in a White newspapter that Sanford was one of the most ‘‘dangerous” Black leaders around. While she is ac- cused by some Blacks of pro- moting racism, many Whites in the media are possibly twisting Sanford’s scientifically valid statement about a connection bet- ween the amount of melanin in the body and drug addiction for their own purposes. . The New York Post said in an editorial that ‘“‘her theory enjoys no scientific support.” Alan S. Chartock, a White publisher, wrote: “It was a pretty stupid thing to say. . .there is no scien- tific study worth its salt that sug- gests any such thing.” The statement that expressed the epitome of self imposed ar- rogance, however, came from Dr. Ron Simeone, New York State’s top drug abuse researcher and director of research for the state Division of Substance Abuse. Said this mountain of » Ofcourse, one could ask Mur=~ scientific wisdom:.‘‘If. there-was phy and Lee how providing jobs such a study, I would know about it.” Contrary to what the Post said, Sanford has no theory (‘‘her theory”) on a relationship of melanin to drug addiction, the world of science does. And for Dr. Simeone’s edification, she quoting from a long list of scien- tific studies which have obvious- ly escaped him and the media know-it-alls. Therefore, I suggest to them the following information on the subject of melanin: (1) “Melanin: The Chemical Key to Black Greatness, The Harmful Effects of Toxic Drugs on Melanin Centers Within the Black Brain,”’ Barnes , Carol, Houston, Texas, 1988 (2) Barr, F. E., ‘Melanin: The Organizing Molecule,’’ Medical Hypothesis, Vol.11:1, March 1983; (3) Edels- tein, L.M., ‘““Melanin—A Unique Biopolymer,” Pathobiology An- nual, Vol. 1, p. 311, 1971; and (4) Eberle, Alex N., “The Melan- tropins, Chemistry, Physiology and. Mechanisms of Action,” eo Switzerland, S. Karger, To Sanford’s statement that “the melanin in the skin of children of African descent bonds (1) Larsson, B.° Tjolve, ‘ ms stage Mel “hy - ng to Melanin,”’ Biockemsleal Prarmacology Vol 28, p. 1181, 1979; @) Salazar, M. M., “* the Interac- tion of Drugs with Melanin,” Pore sree dings of Drugs and Its Implice- SGaOp 1183, 1984; (4) Bawe- R., “Competitive ja, to Isylnthitic dc Melanine,” Journal of Ph maceutical Sc Vol. 66 (1 And last week, NBC-TYV aired a program on Black athletes that said scientists have determined are the Times reported P it’s not Regent San- ford’s ed fueling of racist New York State spends $17.5 billion a year on a, but graduates fewer than half of the ford wants to know why, a pseudo-White liberal media diversion could have been created to twist her words on melanin and destroy her reputa- tion as a regen:; which will undermine her con- cern about the education of non- Whites in New York. This Way For Black Empowerment Fighting Back Against Systematic Child Abuse Under a new California law which holds parents responsible for the criminal activity of their children, Los Angeles police have arrested the mother of a 17 year old suspect in a rape case on the grounds that she condoned his membership in a gang. The mother and her son are Black. A New York City parochial school teacher whose students are mostly Black and Latino recently told an interviewer that the school curriculm places primary emphasis on language skills. The reason? ‘“‘Many of our children come from single parent families,” he explained, ‘‘and their mothers don’t take the time to talk to them.” Sue Simmonds, a _ Black educator and community leader who holds a master’s degree in elementary education from New York’s prestigious Columbia University, is locked in a court battle with the city’s Special Ser- . vices for Children department; her kids were taken away from her months ago by SSC, which falsely accused this sister of child abuse. The nightmare started when cops armed with shotguns and wearing bulletproof vests staged . a midnight raid on Sue Sim- . monds’ in ent school in Brooklyn early last fall. The in- vasion was part of a harassment campaign which the city, siding with her landlord in a dispute over the school ‘property, has been waging against her. Sue was thrown into a Rikers Island jail for five days. When she came out, her kids were gone -- taken into SSC custody ‘‘for their own pro- tection.” Sue Simmonds is not the only mother whose children have been taken away by the authorities -- family courts, so-called child pro- tection agencies and ‘‘special ser- vices’ for children under the pretext that they were in danger at home. All over the country tens of thousands of our children are being plucked from their families on the say-so of judges whose court proceedings are closed to the public, shunted from foster home to public shelter and back again, transferred from one school to another -- always new, rarely wanted or welcome, never “at home.’”’ Neglected, brutaliz- ed physically and emotionally, with no one to watch out for them or care about them, these children are systematically abus- ed by the very institutions that are supposed to protect them. It’s no coincidence that most of their mothers are poor women of color. Poor families, and poor women in particular, come in for a big share of the blame from those who cry crocodile tears over the breakdown of the American family. It’s the pious politicians, the professional “ex- perts,”’ the self-serving ser- monizers and sales-hungry sen- sationalizers who, by blaming us, condone and help to peroetrate systematic child abuse. We're so dumb, they say, that we let ourselves get talked into sleeping with men who won't or even support us; we're promiscuous sus who dn’ care we get t because “the ‘BY: DR. LENORA FULANI munities Organized to Stop Systematic Child Abuse. I am an active member of COSSCA. As a developmental psycologist, as a political activist, and as the mother of two Black children, I am deeply, deeply concerned about the systematic abuse of children in our society. COSSCA is taking on a case of systematic child abuse that in- volves Native American children who attend the Diamond Valley School in Alpine County, Califor- nia in the mountains just across the border with Nevada. All of the teachers at the school are white; more than half the children who attend are Indian. It’s common for the teachers to call these kids “stupid,” and hit them. Diamond Valley, which goes from kindergarten to the eighth grade, is the only school in the county -- so parents have little choice but to send their children there. Desiree and Terrance Cruz, Washoe Indians, who have two children in the school, have been leading a community protest against the abuse that goes on at the school. In realization, local police officers have begun harassing them, and Mr. Cruz is in danger of being driven out of business. On June 1, COSSCA will issue a human rights report for Alpine County, exposing the abuse; a lawsuit if being prepared against the county by COSSCA attorneys and founding members Alvaader Frazier and Kresky. Thanks to COSSCA the Indian parents of Alpine County don’t have to fight alone anymore to put a stop to systematic child abuse. None of us does. If you want to stand up with us, call Alaader Frazier at (212) 956-5550. Dr. Lenora Fulani is the na- tional chairperson of the New Alliance Party and a practicing Social Therapist in Harlem. She can be contacted at the New % Alliance Party, 2032 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10027 and at (212) 996-4700. Dr. Lenora Fulani America goes wilding BY: DR. LENORA FULANI The racial that spews forth from every institution is the fuel that drives America - backward. Everywhere we hear the Black people, in particular young than-human savages... Listen to what is being said about Harlem teenagers who are . being questioned regarding rape and beating of the woman in New York City’s Central last week. “‘I don’t know if it was out of control for these types of kids,” said the chief prosecutor for the Family Court Division of the city’s Law Department. “‘I think that kids like this,” he said, “given what I would call their . (Continued on page 7) * Political Shortages BY: WALTER E. WILLIAMS Courage, honesty, and just plain decency have always been in short supply amony politicians, and today it’s no different. But somehow we weathered the storm. Today, with government controlling over one-third of our gross national product and dic- tating many aspects of our lives, politicians have awesome power to do serious damage. A hint of this potential was seen in the political response to ex- Klansman David Duke winning a Republican seat in the Louisiana State Legislature. In part, Duke’s victory was a quotas in hiring and college admittance. Lee Alwater, chairman of the cp em Na- tional Committee, George Bush, and Ronald Reagan were the first to disavow him as a member of the GOP. Later on, other Republican and Democrat stalwarts chimed in with united voices of disapproval. " Here’s the $64,000 question that you won't hear asked at press conferences: Mr. Bush (or Mr. Atwater), since you repudiated Duke's political victory, won by his cam against race be- ing used as a criteria in hiring and admittance, does that quotas to curry favors with blacks while criticizing Duke? We face a potentially perlious threat to social harmony when the Klan, Skinheads, and people like Duke get a sympathetic hear- ing and make recruitment or political inroads among people who are not active racists. If we look at some of the injustices of uotas that offend every stan- ficult to see how some whites can fall prey to racial charlatans. Honest and courageous politi- cians, as well as courts, should ac tnow to defuse increasing racial polarization by a principl- ed stand, stating ly that race, as a determinant of who gets what, has no place in | America. Much of the foundation for quotas lies in President Lyndon Johnson's Executive Order 11246. Bush should exercise his 6THURSDAY, MAY 18-WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1989-THE ‘M’ VOICE Greenville Faces and Places. Washington pera | v *.. v9 fuaee’s SHAMPOO INTERIOR SCOTCH GUARD ENGINE CLEANING | Ag BUFFING WAXING aM. DEALERS: COMPANYS fm Pine THO ONO we ae ROLAND S. HANKERSON, CPA Ama none onze ,v \ Vi lV & CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT he es \ Y fae . ‘ : EDDIE YARRELL TRUCKING bY “ 1 Ad 311 West 14TH STREET. 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She will be responsible for general accoun- ting functions which include general ledger, accounts payable, payroll, contracts, and electronic data processing. Dix- on, who also is a certified public accountant, will be responsible for the hospital’s new cost management department, which oversees Cost accounting and the budget. A native of Pennsylvania, Dix- on most recently worked with West Baltimore/Constant Care Community Health Centers, a health maintenance organization based in Baltimore, Maryland. She was responsible for cost and budget, general accounting, claims processing and accounts receivable. Dixon says she is looking for- ward to developing a new cost ac- counting system for Pitt Memorial. Keeping costs in line is imperative to the hospital’s ability to remain competitive, she explained. She added that cost accounting is especially impor- tant to meet the capital needs associated with the hospital’s 143-bed expansion. Dixon graduated magna cum laude in 1979 from Morgan State University in Baltimore with a bachelor of science degree in ac- counting. Following graduation, Dixon prepared for the certified public accountant examination, which she passed in one sitting. In the fall of 1979, Dixon began a five-year tenure with Peat, Mar- wick, Mitchell & Co., a Big 8 ac- ‘VALERIE J. DIXON counting firm in Baltimore. From a previous summer job at John Hopkins University, Dixon developed a keen interest in cost accounting. She says her in- terests expanded into the finan- Cial aspects of health care. From 1984 to 1987, Dixon was a full-time lecturer at Morgan State Univer- sity in Baltimore where she taught accounting courses. She also opened her own business pro- viding financial, accounting and consulting services to small businesses. Dixon is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants and the National Association of Black Accountants. This Way For Black Empowerment (Continued from page 5) predatory nature, are people who, given the chance, would do something like this again. There really isn’t any way to control them -- at least we haven’t found it in the juvenile justice system.” Something very terrible hap- pened in Central Park that night. But we cannot let sensationaliz- ing salesmanship of the mass media and the pious hypocrisy of the politicians trick us into using our outrage at the de- humanization of this young woman as an excuse the dehumanize OTHER HUMAN BEINGS -- who because they are Black -- are violated and brutaliz- ed every day of their lives. This is not meant to condone in any way what happened on that. terrible, ugly night. But if we want to do something about it, we need to understand how it is that people -- young people like your children, like my children - come to prey on other people. How is it we as a society, this country call- ed America, is producing young people who go ‘‘wilding’’? Who brutalize and terrorize to get their kicks? Or to prove their manhood? I don’t believe we can begin to address those questions until we understand that it is not only young Black men who go wilding. This is a wilding society. And wilding is a respectable activity -- when it is conducted by the white corporate owners of America. From Viet Nam to Grenada to Nicaragua, from Angola to the Philliphines, all around the world and back again to the barrios and ghettos and reservations of this country, that savage gang of racist thugs prowl the earth raping, enslaving and Killing not just for the thrill but apotit of it. et se while diseases like tuberculosis -- long believed to be eradicated -- are claiming new victims at a ter- rifying rate. As the chairperson of the in- dependent New Alliance Party, I am profoundly concerned with all forms of anti-social ciolence -- in the home, in the schools and in the streets. But I understand that if anti-social violence is to be seriously addressed then we can do nothing less than seek fun- damental and radical structural changes in this city and this coun- try. We must root out the bi- partism corrupters who thrive personally and poltically on decadence and who hypocritical- ly scream bloody murder when their own policies come back to haunt them. Our lives, and the lives of our children and grand- children, are what’s at stake. Dr. Lenora Fulani is the na- tional chairperson of the New Alliance Party and a practicing Social Therapist in Harlem. She can be contacted at the New Alliance Party, 2032 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10027 and at (212) 996-4700. READ THE ‘M’ VOICE Foe eee eV ET EV EVE CTU Tere ee eT The Doctor’s Corner (Continued from page 4) Among adolescents, just as among adults, HIV and AIDS are transmitted primarily through sexual contact. Such sexual con- tact may be heterosexual (a per- son of the opposite sex) or homosexual (a person of the same sex) with persons with HIV or AIDS. Other means of contrac- ting this disease for this popula- tion include contaminated blood or blood products through transfusions, and intravenous drug use. Two of these factors, unprotected sexual activity and drug abuse, make this population especially vulnerable to AIDS. Most teenagers are not using con- doms although condoms provide some protection against AIDS transmissions. This fact remains although many teens know that condoms provide such protection, and that condoms are readily available. Further, drug abuse is widespread and increasing among adolescents. According to the U.S. Department of Educa- tion in 1987 more than 20,000 teenagers reported using drugs intravenously. Although the statistics for intravenous drug use among teenagers in Pitt County are not available, most of us in this community have been aware of the war waged against drugs by our local officials. The Greenville community must help our teenagers to become aware of the life-threatening implications of pre-marital sex and drug abuse. We must all—parents, educators, and others—wage war against AIDS. School News (Continued from page 4) A Future of Opportunities’’ reflects ten years of service to the citizens in Pitt County. Guest speaker and entertainer for the evening will be Carol-Ann Tucker. The Community Schools Pro- gram has been successful because of the strong support from government officials, school staff members, volunteers, other community agencies, and business and industry. This Celebration will be a special time to reflect upon the past . . .and dream for the future. Bus Drivers Class To Be Held There will be a bus driver class on Tuesday, May 23, Wednesday, May 24, and Thursday, May 25 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Wintergreen cafeterial. The in- Structor will be Mr. Bobby Congleton. Answers from King Crossword On Page 9 HAMBURGERS © ‘fa Ib.* Hamburger ¢ - with bacon add * Net weight before cooking. 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The other policeman then said we were shooting dice and he wanted us to give him the dice so he wouldn't have to arrest anyone, but we still continued to tell him that we had no dice. Then the real tall one came over to me and said ‘‘Nig- ger, don’t tell me no lie. Where are those dice, and I repeated again that we didn’t have any dice. So he decided to leave but before he left he turned to one of the other fellows and said that if they caught us shooting dice again they were going to lock us up and if we didn’t get a job they were going to lock us up anyway. I was very glad to see the next day, so I could go back to work, because I didn’t want to go to jail for vagrancy. Support the Advertisers of the ‘M’ Voice AMERICAN CREDIT COMPANY | AT 3005 S. MEMORIAL DR. GREENVILLE, NC 27834 IIS M. 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The story of Adam is the story life. Life is worth living to its illest. We are all unique. Each isis a personal thought from d. He planned for our ex- istence, and gave us all the essen- ls to live life fully, happily and rl SUSE Sly earth are if us Nave ve Can uSe rida Del COVE! ul m. I ordance to God’s will. \dam, the first man, sinned in presence of God. He, lked with God and was per ally taught by God, fell victim ur greatest enemy. No, not No two persons on alike. Even if they look alike, they are different. Every within a talent to make the ter place, not just for irselves, but for all the people. ynal responsibility to talents, and develop But this should be done in WAY 18- WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1989-THE 'M’ VOICE Louis Gossett, Jr. by Seli Groves “One of the nice things about being an actor,” Louis Gossett, Jr said, “is that you not only get to play all sorts of characters, you also have a wonderful chance to learn so much about the world and _ its people.” Gossett, one of the three stars of the rotating “ABC Mystery Movie” series (Burt Reynolds stars as “B.L. Stryker,” Peter Falk as “Columbo” and Gossett as “Gideon Oliver”) also feels that an actor not only has the opportunity to learn — “but, through the medium in which he works, he can bring something to people as well.” Some might say that was propa ganda; that it was putting selective information into a format that seems almost impossible to resist “Maybe it is propaganda in a strict sense,” Gossett said. “But if it's educational — if it's positive — if it enlightens and helps make people think, then I believe that it’s neces sary. I think that television and movies have the capacity to lead; to show the public what is happening and where the world is going. And that to be part of that is probably the most important role an actor can have.” Gossett’s “Gideon Oliver” whose newest adventure of the current season airs May 22 — is an anthropology professor who moves out of his Brooklyn classroom and across the world in search of adventure as well as academic enhancement Lou Gossett, Jr. moved out of Brooklyn to find a career that has Louis Gossett, Jr. kids look to it as that magic ticket to college and, perhaps, fame and fortune. Lou's wife, Cyndi James- Gossett will also be in the film. “One night last month was what | call a ‘Gossett Night’ on ABC,” Lou made an important decision about his future. “I was invited to attend the New York Knicks’ training camp out of NYU,” he said. “But I was already a professional actor, had been since high school. I could have e made his television debut in “The Nurses” and later starred in two series, “The Lazarus Syndrome” (ABC) and “The Powers of Matthew Star” (NBC). He played the late, great baseball star, Satchel Paige in the TV bioflick, “Don’t Look Back.” One of his most important roles was that of the couragous Egyptian leader, Anwar Sadat. It was Madame Sadat who asked for Gossett to play her martyred husband. World traveler though he may be, Gossett admits that while you can take the boy out of Brooklyn, you can’t quite take Brooklyn out of the man. “I like to remember,” he said, “what it was like growing up in Coney Island, going to Mark Twain Junior High and then to Lincoln High School, and playing basketball with other Brooklyn kids named Neil Sedaka and Art Metrano and playing baseball with a kid from Lafayette High School named Sandy Koufax.” When he’s not working, Lou enjoys staying home. “People spend fortunes trying to get to Malibu for vacations and I live here in a canyon that stays green 12 months a year because everything is watered by underground streams that flow through the area. Across the way is an orchid farm. I have about 45 fruit trees. My aunt came out from Brooklyn recently to visit me and | have about 25 avocado trees and the big, fat avocadoes keep falling to the ground. Well, she looked at me and she was angry and she said — ‘You're letting all that to to waste??? Do you know how much they cost in New York? Pick them up! “I tried to explain it would be a full time job picking them up. I don't name down there along with the names of Danny Kaye and Barbra Streisand and others from the bor- ough.” Louis and Cyndi have been mar- ried a year and a half. They share their home with his two sons, Satie and Sharron. A firm believer in the importance of a strong family struc- ture, Gossett has no patience with those who claim that all the wild behavior of some of the young people today can be traced to poverty or broken homes: “Many of these kids aren’t poor; many come from middle class backgrounds with two parents in the home.” What is missing, he felt, was a sense of common humanity. “In any case, we can't afford to ignore what is happening. We have to educate our young people to believe in themselves and to believe they have a future that’s worth working for.” Gossett agrees that there has been progress in the status of black actors. “But we still have a long way to go,” he said. “Still, it is happening. It’s evolving it's moving. And that's important. You can't stand still or you lose ground. “But you move only as fast as the day moves, as fast as the years move. It's when there's enough pressure in the forward movement that the membrane holding you back breaks — and you break through.” Gideon Oliver, the anthropologist, would agree with Louis Gossett that there’s a major evolutionary move ment going on that encompasses all the others: “The problems that affect some of us really affect all of us. This realization is bringing people together. After all, pollution doesn't tan. but ourselves. Satan is an wed enemy to us. But he has made him an international star. He's said. “I was doing ‘Gideon’ and just —_ played for the Knicks or do a play think she bought that.” just threaten whites or blacks or power over us unless we a Tony winner, having done some 30 before my show came on, Cyndi was _ called ‘Raisin in the Sun.’ I chose to This June, Louis Gossett, Jr. will Asians. It threatens us all. Bigotry power. But he knows our one plays over 30 yeats a5 an actor. He doing a ‘MacGyver’ episode.” do the play.” be going back to Brooklyn for avery threatens_us all. I believe we're akness. Believe it or not, it is toted up seven) Emmy SOUT BO Like a lot of New York kids — In 1961, he recreated the | role in special honor. “The Botanical Gar- beginning to understand that we freewill. Adam had always for his work in various television especially those who stood at least the film version of Raisin, which dens have a Brooklyn Walk of Fame _ need each other marked his debut as a movie actor. productions. He won an Emmy for 6'4” in high school as he did — Lou now, and I've been invited to put my his role as Fiddler in the 197 { planned to go to college on a fa production of “Roots,” and he basketball scholarship and, perhaps, suggestions to him ) carried off an Academy Award aS go into pro ball later on. But | . moots GkVRuniectee SSCS S08 (-GREENVILLE’S FIRST COMPLETE to go out on his own. As role in “An Officer and a Gentle- years he discovered the drama 1. He didn’t have any following God until eyed Gor Diems n Wal 1 made §$ ide nim as his foot left the ledge man.” department and he began appearing he recognized his peril. Louis commented on so-called in g¢hool plays. His English teacher ound himself doing Oscar jinx: “You win an Oscar,” he — jearned that the producers we a hing that God personally Eu, aa you oN work. hope play, “Take a Giant Step,” were de him to do, and realized and prayec that it wouldn't happen looking for a teenager to play the way out without God’s tO me, but it did. I punched doors jeaq “A year later,” Lou said, “I was and kicked walls for a while, and on Broadway.” then the ball started rolling again. He did get a basketball scholar- _ And au hasnt stopped. When ship to New York University where Gideon” goes on hiatus, Lou will £0 he studied pre-med. He also studied back in front of the movie cameras qgrama outside NYU and continued % iis guidance can be com- the guidance of parents Idren. We guide our 1 | m our own ex- nces, Warning them of the to do “Hoops,” a film about basket- jo get work on stage. In 1959 he ball in New York and how inner city that can overtake them in We instruct them to e ® f our ability, but there Tragedies In Central Park H ; a time when we must let God could have prevented (Continued from page 2) m from sinning. But then He uld have interfered in Adam’s The most memorable law-and- Greg Harmis is a national se- ft of hee will. Adam had to rn on his own the conse es of disobeying God. Once m knew teh limits of his own he could not remain happy e full presence of God. Just child who has over-stepped he limits set by his parents can r feel comfortable in his arents TORS, leaves as SOON as Adam, was no dif- erent. He immediately turned to od for forgiveness, and God ‘save him, then sent him to me our first prophet Adam did not despair in God’s order poster of those days was a stark, black & white photograph. It was of Dillinger’s name tag tied to a toe of his bullet-riddle corpses in the Chicago Morgue. The Examiner caption “The end.” When it comes to parenting, there is a military truism all ve terans will remember. “The more sweat lost in training, the less blood lost in battle. The parenting corollary is, ‘Train curity writer. He is Vice Presi- dent of the Gen. James chapter of the Air Force Association, and a member of the Tuskegee Airmen. RENEWAL It Is Time For Your Chicago o longe spoke volumes... WATCH YOUR GLASSES BEING MADE! BIFOCALS, TRIFOCALS, NO LINE BIFOCALS OR SINGLE VISION IN JUST... gi eq =, ONE HOUR ("cc25") as eC 1S able Subscription To Be Renewed! Please Remit $30.00 For One (1) Year Or rth to beco ercy. 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He had spoken of God’s mercy and love and understanding. He had been a shinning example, and no fault only g could be found in him. How’ parg herefore could this humiliating sp death be justified in the eyes of the people who knew and follow- ed him. What fears would be thrown in their hearts if they witnessed a blameless person’s persecution and death. He kne that God’d plans were always t, but he worried over thg nocent who would not find i to understand. He asked pass this cup away fro God answered his p CJ Yes, renew my subscription (] 1 Year (J 2 Years [] No, DO NOT renew Enclosed is $ subscription reng parental care, call it nurturing, tough love or whatever. Child- ren are precisely that, the sons and ‘daughters of specific men and women .Parents are solely responsible for teaching the core values... self esteem, in- tegrity and humanity. Those values can be enhanced by other | family members, churches and ° schools. 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In addition to the demands for greater support of NFDMA programs and con- ventions, Close said that addi- tional African Americans must be made to the roster of Hillen- brand employees in ‘‘decision- making”’ capacities, as well as, creating a position for Vice- President of Special Markets (focusing on the needs of the African American funeral direc- tors and morticians and the families they serve). The last meeting between the parties reportedly ended in a stalemate with heightened hostilities. As president of the 1800 plus member organization, Douglas stated, ‘‘We urge you members to maintain the boycott, however, Batesville will have to come back to the table, for they must unders- tand we are a part of the mainstream of this industry.” Subscribe fo The ‘M’ Voice AIDS and African Americans: A Community At Risk BY: KARL W. HAMMONDS, MD About 80% of children with AIDS received the infection before or during the birth process from their mothers. Prenatal in- fection is well known by health care providers. Most of these babies had at least one parent who was an IV drug abuser. Half of the mothers had no symptoms of AIDS, although nearly all of them had positive blood tests for HIV. About 17% of children with AIDS received the virus from various kinds of blood transfu- sions, particularly between 1979 and 1985. The major reasons for transfusions in these children were: prematurity (sick newborns), leukemia, anemias, and hemophilia. A few children with AIDS have undetermined causes (3%). Even though HIV infection can have a range of effects, from no symptoms at all to serve life- threatening illnesses, most children will have definite health problems. 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Each year, over half of them will die. Those who continue to sur- vive from month to month will have repeated illnesses, suppor- tive treatments, and hospitaliza- tions, due to the conditions listed above. An excellent team of health care professionals is need- ed to assist these children and their families. The team includes sensitive and caring doctors, nurses, therapists, clergy, counsellors, and social workers. A Family Perspective There are many issues facing Black families dealing with AIDS. The major issue is preven- tion of the disease, through avoidance of illicit drugs, safe sexual practices, and good general health. Special blood tests are available for anyone who is unsure of exposure to the AIDS virus. Careful selection of sexual partners and mates is of utmost importance. Getting to know a person’s background, especially sexual and drug history, is sensitive and time- consuming. It is, however, well worth the effort, considering the life-threatening alternatives. 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