1 ee ee ge he TT ee a Tee ee ee en ee ' Listen to eastern North Carolina's gospel on WQDW 1230 AM Kinston, , lai 1320 AM Washington & WOOW 1340 AM Greenvill pea a2 fanaa Eastern North Carolina's Minority Voice Fi ¥ THE 'M' VOICE EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S MINORITY VOICE - SINCE 1987 Reparations Movement of Black Americans challenge taxation The Direction of Reparations Movement of Black Americans of Slaves’ Descent has changes from Pleading and Debate to that of ACTION and doing something about it such as a dramatic chal- lenge to pay no income taxes to the federal government based on asuit, which questions the legality of forc- ing Black Americans to pay taxes, according to Robert Brock, Founder of the Self Determination Committee, a Black Nationalist community based Organization whose aim is to assist and direct Black U.S. Slaves Descendants to obtain the right ofself-dermination and freedom, reparations, and repatriation.He said that the suit against the Internal Revenue Ser- vice was filed in April 1993, using International Law by Leonard Ashton who is refusing to pay taxes.The pleading and debate, which involves waging and filing complaints or making statements of what happened to Blacks in the pastis what reparations have been about, but that is what is changing.The basis of the suit, Brock said, common law attorney for Ashton, is that emancipated slaves never agreed to be governed by the United States. Because they never mutually established alle- giance with the federal govern- ment, they are not required to per- form the duties of citizenship, one of which is being taxed by the government.As the suit slowly moved through the United States District Court in Los Angeles, Ashton filed a motion for Request and Order for Judicial Notice of status of citizenship and the Fouteenth Amendmentunder Rule CONCER! together Toby Fi 201, andin opencourt before Judge John Davies, at a hearing on Octo- ber 4, 1993 madea “bold disclaimer to the Court of the:1. U.S. Consti- tution,2. 13, 14th Amendments, and Civil Rights Laws,3. and all other laws, statutes, rules, regula- tions, orders and commands of the United States on the grounds that Leonard Ashton and 49 millions of U.S. Slaves’ Descendants of AfRIcan Origin National Ances- try had never consented, agreed to, or voted on or swore to uphold the U.S. Constitution and its laws and statutes, one of them being the I.R.S.Presently, the suit, on appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, lists four issues on which the refusal of slaves descen- dants to pay taxes is based, said Brock:A. Mutuality,B. Disclaimer,C. Domicile, andD. Jurisdiction based on Slavery.There is no showing, nor have the U.S. Courts answered, of any mutuality or consent through a jural process by Black slaves descendants to the U.S. Constitu- tion and laws as to associatio by citizenship, and it appears that the United States has agreed to this issue by their silence and re- fusal to answer, said Brock.In sup- port of Ashton’s issue on mutual- ity, Brock pointed out that the following seven slave clauses in the U.S. Constitution negates any mutuality to the U.S. Constitu- tion, and further, said Brock, “the U.S. Constitution, used to enslave Blacks cannot be the means to free or make Blacks citizens.” Slave Clause: “The Migration or Importation of such Persons as ITIZENS. The annual Concerned Citizens | e banquet broug ale who make things happen. Shown alone is a Majority Whip Representative who was the keynote speaker. Bennie Roundtree, State President for the Southern any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such Im- portation, not exceeding ten dol- lars for each Person.” Constitu- tion, Article I, Section 9, Clause 1) Slave Clause: “The United States shall protect...,andon Application of the Legislature, or of the Execu- tive against domestic violence.” (Constitution, Article IV, Section 4) Slave Clause: “No person held to Service or Labourin one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any law or Regulation therein, be discharged from Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.” (Constitution, Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3) Slave Clause: “To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions” Article I, Section 8, Clause 15) Slave Clause: “...provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thou- sandeight hundred andeight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Sec- tion of the first Article”. (Constitu- tion, Article-V) Slave Clause:“No Capitation\or other direct Tax, shall be laid, unlessin Proportion to the Census of Enumeration herein before di- rected to be taken”. (Constitution, Article I, Section 9, Clause 4) (continued on page 2) pegs. WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 5, 1994 TRIPP STANDS ALONE. Greenville Police officer and Pastor, Rev. James Tripp, receives a special thank you from the community and Greenville elected officials at a banquet in his honor, helf last week at the DuBois Building. Shown posing for our cameras: (Left to right) Greenville Housing Authority Director, Mr. Barnes, Mr. & Mrs. James Tripp, Greenville Police Chief Hinnant, Greenville Mayor Nancy Jenkins, Greenville City Manager Ron Kimble. The M Voice salutes Brother James Tripp and may he coniinue to shine. Beg ry, ee a ‘ ® Y) He "1.458 mee eda - LADIES OF KNOWLEDGE. Shown posing for our camera at the Concerned Citizens Annual Banquet is Miss E. Dupree. The CBC steps out $ % oe Ms M Voice Photo By Jim Rouse M Voice Photo By Jim Rouse Christian Leadership Conference, Mr. Henry Aldridge, Rev. Alonza Mills, Executive Director The Congressional Black Cau- flexed its political muscle at its ice. Mr. Mfume was had. So was of the Concerned Citizens for Justice. M Voice Photo By Jim Rouse — nnuallegislativeconference the Black Caucus...That’s a politi- cus—now 40 members strong phere wane clancalie cntaotienie the It did so by publicly embracing chairman of the Black Caucus Minister Louis Farrakhan, the ought to know better. Perhaps his a leader of the Nation of Islam, and membership can teach him. i extending a welcoming hand to _! have never seen any sugges- f i me, the chairperson of the Black- tion in the Times (or any other led, multi-racial New Alliance whitenewspaper)that the (mostly | Party—the two Black leadersmost white) Republican Party has been feared and disliked by the prima- “mugged” by Pat Robertson—who i '@ rily white powersthat-be of the advocates such overtly ; i Democratic Party. unAmerican positions as the es- "| And those powers-that-be tablishment of a theocracy in this | wasted no time in attempting to country—norany warning that the pull the reins. Within a week of (white) Republican leaders the convention, which was at- “needn't be threatened or guilt- tended by several thousand Afri- tripped into sharing platforms Hy can American leaders, entrepre- with someone of his ilk. ie neurs, and activists from allover | At the same time, Melvin a the country, the New York Times Salberg, national chairman of the hed an editorial entitled Anti-Defam lack Caucus Gets Mugged,” B'nai B'rith, and its national di- the Caucus and in par- rector Abraham Foxman havesent lar its chair, Congressman 0 on misingione. heighten nhomere Slave Clause: “Representative and direct Taxes shall be appor- tioned amomg the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respec- tive Number, which shall be deter- mined by adding to the whole Num- beroffree Persons, including those pictures. The Minority Voice Inc. WOOW P.O. Box 8361 310 Evans St, Mall, Greenville, NC 27835 919-757-0365/ Fax: 919-757-1793 WTOW P.O. 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In descinding order, Brock shows a negation of mutuality as following: “ The 14th Amendment was forced on Black slaves and their deccendants The Dred Scott Decision was forced on Blacks, The U.S. Constitution was forced on Blacks, The territorial jurisdiction AND laws are forced on Blacks, The taxing, tax codes and laws are forced on Blacks. There is no lawful showing on the part of the United States in thisuit of any mutuality or con- sent to ANY ACT OR LAWS OF THE United States, thus, said Brock, the acts of taxation is by force, and acts or attempts to ar- rest Blacks for not paying taxes before proof, hearing, or dismissal by the Court and the United States is a Violation of International Law and law of self-defense and is war continued, and this causing direct action is what is changing in the strategy of Blacks to direct action said Brock. 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For more information, see the Gospelfest poster at a McDonald's near you.. maintains that the federal gov- ernment shall prove citizenship by association of 49 millions Black slaves descendants of African Na- tional Origin before any Blacks are obligated to pay taxes to the LR.S.Brock is personally provid- ing forms to any andall U.S. slaves descendants in support of this suit and disclaimer of paying taxes, and Black people as agroup orga- nized can nowchange from plead- ing to direct action, which is do- ing something about our condition.In support of Ashton’s disclaimer, the United States and the Courts are put on Notice by filing the following war clause: “That in view of this war pres- ently continuing, Blacks, Appel- lants, who also has the rights to enforce a decision, suspends this war in favor of legal means through this suit in an attempt to resolve this war, by Defendants LR.S. and U.S. stop and not con- tinue to use law and motion until after and before a judicial deter- mination of STATUS AND DIS- CLAIMER, beginning at the point of the 13th Article of Amendment.” DOMICILE (3) Domicile, unless the United States can show that there has been a change of 49 million Blacks’ “Alien status” by mutuality and consent, said Brock, all acts from the original war (taking captive Blacks from:Africa) and captivity continous as one act and one continous act to the present date hereof. Unless the United States can show mutuality in place of sla- very, the domicile of all 49 million Blacks of slaves descent is that of the place of captivity and war — Africa. Domicile being a rersidence and official place by choice as to where one want to live, then Black have never estab- lished domicile here in America in that Blacks for 300 years were held as property as seen in the Constitution Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3, and later by the 14th Amendment was “made” a “juris- tic artifical person” with residence citizenship under the 14th Amendment, but no domicile.As to domicile, Brock said: “The do- micile gained by free birth of Afri- can in Africa cannot be changed by a slave birth in the United States, and the Rules are: 1. It lies upon the other side (U.S. & I.R.S.) to shew, that the clear, unquestional domicil, gained by birth of Africans in Af- rica was abandoned and given up. 2. That the domicil of origin ia the domicil of every person, until that is abandoned, and another 3. That no domicil can be ac- quired, until the person is free and sui juris JURISDICTION BASED ON SLAVERY (4)The Defendant United States contended in its Appeal Brief that: “Itis simply indisputable thatin abrogation of the DRED SCOTT DECISION:-the 13th and 14th Amendments abolished slavery and made each and every person born or naturalized in the United States citizens of the United States.” This statement is an ad- mission by the United States that the present jurisdiction is based on slavery and not free and mu- tual choice of Blacks. The jurisdic- tion and negro slavery existed be- fore the Dred Scott Decision and it existed afyer the Dred Scott Deci- sion, and the 13th Admendment only ended and abolished chattel and individual ownership of slaves as chattel, said Brock, and it cer- tainly did not end captivity and physical slavery. The suit having alledged didclaimer, mutuality, domicile,and jurisdiction based on slavery as defenses for Blacks not to pay taxes, until the Defendant LR.S. ans U.S. overcome these defenses, the suit also alledged two jurisdictional Rules: ‘RULE 1: “That in view of the true and legal status of Appellant Leonard Ashton, and all other 49 millions of Appellants’ class or group of: United States Slaves and Slaves’ descendants of African National Origin, an ethnic group, resident in the territory of the United States, as per their contract of citizenship, wherein there is a dis- claimer of citizenship and associa- tion, no indictment can lie in ab- sence of proof of crime. RULE 2: “The government of the United States must havejuris- diction of Blacks of Slaves’ De- scent, and that there is no pros- ecution in the absence of jurisdic- tion, and before a crime by 49 mil- lion of Blacks for not paying taxes, etc., there must be a violtion of the law and the violator must be sub- ject of the law, and the Court must havejurisdiction.Ifthge Court does not have jurisdiction to hear this matter at-Law, it also does not have the jurisdiction to make a determination, judici~] to Dismiss such matter or to use any other such rules and law and orders. Labor Day holiday. 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What this all boils down to is that white leaders, some of whom are Jewish, still think they have the right to tell Black leaders—in this case, leading members of the United States Congress—with whom they may and may not asso- ciate, This attitude is epidemic both in the press and throughout society. Recently, New York’s Village Voice attempted to pillory New York State Senator David Paterson for accepting financial and political support for his public advocate campaign from me, another inde- pendent Black leader deemed “un- acceptable” by the mostly white Democratic Party and those who speak for it. | CBC steps out The Caucus’ public embrace of Minister Farrakhan and the wel- come extended to me throughoutthe weekend (I spoke on a panel, co-sponsored by Con- gressman Mfume, which ad- dressed “The Mistrials of Black Women”) were acts of political cour- age for which the CBC should be applauded, not assaulted by the New York Times, the ADL or any- one else. What the CBC did at its confer- ence was an expression of a new and very significant unity among Black leaders across the political spectrum who have learned from harsh experience that we must stand up with and for each other. This was not always the case. As Wilbert Tatum, the editor of the Amsterdam News, New York’s leading African American paper, put it in the paper’s October 2 issue: “We remember with great pain how we reacted at the willful political and personal destruction of Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. DuBois, Paul Robeson. 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More Since its inception, BLACK BUSINESS EXPO has enabled African American entrepreneurs — Third Annual Miss Soka planned West Greenville Community Development Corporation is again planningits 3rd annual Misa Soka. The event is “an African-Ameri- can Youth Festival” for Eastern North Carolina and Pitt Commu- nity scheduled for October 1, 1994 from 10am -6pm at the Downtown Commons located at First and Greene Streets. Sports activities, vendors, pro- fessional and youth performances, and motivational speakers will encourage youth to enjoy, explore, and compete artistically, This event will also encourage cultural awareness for youth in our com- munity. We are currently seeking sev- eral parties interested and willing to host this event. In the past, this event has attracted various youth groups in Greenville, Wilson, Grimesland, and New Bern, North Carolina. 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Af ll fii Maza DY” tle act Mat nel RO eral Buck ¢ _ Celebraring 20 Years And 25 Thousand Relationships ting Your Youngsters Back To School : New York, NY — This Fall ES- SENCE shows you how to revital- ize your look with soft make-up, fresh hair styles, and a wardrobe with classics that are designed to last. In addition, they’re back — school days, that is! If you have youngsters at home, you know that means it’s time to get busy pur- chasing the clothes and supplies to move your child from sun fun to school rules. This month ESSENCE is the guide that will give you answers to all of your needs. FEATURES THE COLOR THING — With her dark-chocolate skin and vo- luptuous lips, Carolita Blythe a native of Jamaica, never recalls having to deal with the color issue — until she moved to LosAngeles and started working and socializ- ing in the Hollywood scene. A few states away in Colorado, Donna Stewart, tall, fair with long hair and light eyes was excited about her new job at the University of Colorado as an admissions coun- selor. Her job would require her to travel the country explaining to African-American students why the University of Colorado would be worth their serious consider- ation. But the excitement sur- rounding her new position began to tarnish when a Black parent petitioned the chancellor saying “I wantjustification for why you hired her.” Stewart recalls being over- whelmed by people who didn’t feel she would represent Black issues. Why in the midst of our Afrocentric renaissance, should there be a bet- ter shade of Black? This month ESSENCE examines this critical issue. (Page 79) ESSENCE ON THE ISSUES:SHOULD CHILDREN BE TRIED AS ADULTS? — The portrait of the American criminal is changing. Increasingly it bears the face of a child. It’s five Brook- lyn boys ranging in age from 14 to 18 charged in the brutal rape and assault of a 43-year-old jogger. It’s a chubbycheeked 10-year-old De- troit youngster who served as a lookout in a botched robbery thatresulted in the shooting death of a pregnant woman. While the overall violent-crime rate has lev- BREN Si Fae BPs ac: we Se ue where the sentencing is harsher. ESSENCE talked with national and local leaders as well as private ers and the brutality of their of- citizens. | JOB OPPORTUNITIES PITT COUNTY GOVERNMENT Apply on Pitt County or NC application form to: Personnel Department _ Pitt County Government Offices 1717 West 5th Street Greenville, NC 27834 Telephone 919-830-6317 CLOSING DATE: September 2, 1994 : HUMAN SERVICES COORDINATOR Ill (Salary Grade 68 - $25,714) Challenge House. Master's degree from an accredited school of social work and one year of social:-work or counseling experience; or a bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of social work and two years of social work or counseling experi- ence; or a master's degree in a counseling field and two years of social work or counseling; or a four-year degree in a human service field or related curriculum including at least 15 semester hours in courses related to social work or counseling and three years of social work or counseling experience; or graduation from a four-year college or university and four years of experience in rehabilitation counseling, pastoral counseling, ora related human service field providing experience in the techniques of casework, group work, or community organization. Transcript required. Mental Health experience preferred. 14-5-90-121.02 MECHANIC III PERFORMS DIFFICULT SKILLED MECHANICAL WORK IN REPAIRING AND MAINTAINING AUTOMOBILES, LIGHT AND HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS, HEAVY EQUIP- MENT, TRANSIT BUSES AND DIFFICULT WELDING FUNCTIONS. SUPERVISES SUBORDINATE MECHAN- ICS AND SERVES AS GARAGE SUPERVISOR IN THE ABSENCE OF THE GARAGE SUPERINTENDENT. GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND SUCCESS- FUL COMPLETION OF FORMAL AND ADVANCED COURSES AND TRAINING IN GASOLINE AND DIESEL ENGINES AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT REQUIRED. CON- SIDERABLE EXPERIENCE IN MECHANICAL MAINTE- NANCE, SUPERVISION, AND A VALID NC COMMER- CIAL DRIVERS LICENSE (CDL) WITH PASSENGER EN- DORSEMENT REQUIRED. ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS PREFERRED. STARTING SALARY RANGE: $ 25,334.00 - 30,846.00, DEPENDING UPON QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERI- ENCE. APPLY BY 5:00 PM, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1994 TO THE CITY OF GREENVILLE, PERSONNEL DEPART- MENT, 201 W. STHSTREET, POBOX 7207, GREENVILLE, NC 27834. 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Fs.o 23 —- & “UU ® 5 eee ts Se 3 —< oy O ScOrx€t — ~~ VU > a 2 5 a "4 —— iMIM OL LN253Ud 28 LON 032N HOA om en “” 066s 's 1425 ¢ a! 6252 =2 vod sa at i wind os 7 O isten to Wwoow & L ‘rll quarlap registration Wnastkay » saplenivar (3 Whatever your academic goals or occupational interests, there are plenty of reasons to consider Martin Community College. 1 We offer individual classes, certificates, diplomas and two-year programs. Take a look at what we have to offer. Vocational & Technical * Electrical Installation * Physical Therapist Assistant * Accounting * Equine Technology * Welding ' Adi stralive Office * General Office ( Technical * And more... Tech noloey Specialty) * Air Conditioning, Heating 6 * General Technology College Transfer Refri ration Curriculum Core * Pre-Business Administration * Automotive Service Technician * Industrial Maintenance * Pre-Liberal Arts * Business Administration * Machinist * Pre Social Work * Commercial Refrigeration * Medical Assisting * Pre-Teaching (Elementary Technician * Microcomputer Systems and Special Education) * Cosmel logy Technology $ Pre-Teaching (Secondary ) 1161 Kebukee Park Road: Williamston « North Carolina 27892-9988 « 919-792-1521 Ext. 243 or 919-794-2924 Ext. 243 Martin Community College Is An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Institution BP SD NO SD SS E L ot fall, students will have more cer-. tificate program offerings in the Industrial Programs area offered nights and weekends than ever before. “By offering certificate pro- grams in the evening, people who - are working during the day can still obtain an education,n Indus- trial Programs Unit Dean Randy Parker said. “It will open more doors for more people.” LCC offers certificate programs in Air Condi- tioning, Heating and Refrigera- tion, Automotive Technology, Drafting and Design Engineering Technology, Electronics Engineer- ing Technology, Industrial Man- agement, Welding Technology, Industrial Engineering, and four certificate options in Industrial Maintenance Technology - electri- cal installation, machinist, me- chanical, process systems. Indus- trial Maintenance covers a wide variety of subjects, Parker said, thus the need for different certifi- SUBJECT: Property and Ca- sualty Pre-Licensing Insurance Course Offered The Continuing Education Unit of Lenoir Community College will be offering a Property and Casu- alty Pre-Licensing Insurance course beginning on September 9, 1994. The class will meet in the Bullock Building the weekends of September 9-11, September 17 and 18, and the weekend of September 24 and 25. Preregistration is re- ‘quired and will be heldon Wednes- day, August 31, 1994, at 12 Noon in the Bullock Building, Room 125A. Interested persons should contact the Division of Continuing Education at 527-6223, Extension 708 for further information. SUBJECT: Welding The Con- tinuing Education Unit of Lenoir Community College will offer an Intermediate ARC Welding Course beginning September 10, 1994, and ending November 19, 1994. This class will meet on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Bul- lock Building, Room 107. Prereg- istration is required and will take place Tuesday, September 6, 1994 through Friday, September 9, 1994. . I COUNTY COMMISSIONER BD JIM ROUSE Jim Rouse: Capable of providing objective and positive leadership. Dedicated to the Economic Growth of Greenville/Pitt County Committed to supporting quality education for all students in the Pitt County School System. Dedicated to recruiting new Industry/Business to Greenville/Pitt County. Successful Political i ae ne Successful Businessman in Pitt County. Long Term Resident of District 1. Supporter/Organizer of Many Community Projects. citizens and incr od pies manpower. VOTE JIM ROUSE FOR ) % Here's Some Facts You Should Know About € Dedicated to reducing crime through political support, education of Sensitive to Healthcare Issues on the local, state and ee REMEMBER YOUR VOTE COUNTS! 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A few hours after he was admitted to the local hospital, he was transferred to PITT JOB OPPORTUNITIES PITT COUNTY GOVERNMENT Apply on Pitt County or NC application form to: Personnel Department Pitt County Government Offices 1717 West 5th Street Greenville, NC 27834 Telephone 919-830-6317 CLOSING DATE: September 2, 1994 BUILDING CODES INSPECTOR (Salary Grade 65 - $22,204). Any combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from high school, supplemented by course study in a variety of inspection specialities, and considerable experience in the building construction trade. A valid NC driver's license is required. Ideal applicant will have Level | certifications in all of the State code fields enforced (building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical), but consid- eration will be given to applicants with one or more certifications or with the ability to obtain probationary certifications by the State of North Carolina in all of the State code fields enforced and to complete at least Level | certifications in the four areas within two years of employment. Salary negotiable depending upon experience. 10-4-35-121.01 DETECTIVE (Salary Grade 66 - $23,322) Drug Enforcement. Certi- fication as alaw enforcement officer and one year of experience with narcotics investigations. Prefer two years experience as Narcotics Detective. 10-4-31-121.72 JOB OPPORTUNITIES PITT COUNTY GOVERNMENT Apply on Pitt County or NC application form to: Personnel Department Pitt County Government. Offices 1717 West 5th Street Greenville, NC 27834 Telephone 919-830-6317 CLOSING DATE: September 2, 1994 REVALUATION FIELD PERSON (Salary Grade 61 - $18,304) Temporary full-time 1218 months. Real estate appraisal or revaluation experience preferred. REVALUATION CLERK (Salary Grade 59 - $16,562) Temporary full-time 12 - 18 months. Two years clerical experience including data entry required. Revaluation experience preferred. SOCIAL WORKER Ili (Salary Grade 68 - $25, 714) PENPAL. 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Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse by the NC Board of Nursing. 14-6-62-121.14 AIRPORT OPERATIONS COORDINATOR/ARFF CHIEF AND TRAINING OFFICER/SAFETY OFFICER Working administrative and technical Position responsible for the direction, training and implementation of the Airport's Fire Fighting and Rescue Activities, including management Seca atin ch dieisgmert ol ; manuals to ensure that Airside and Landside operations are svocmediin aovordance wih FAA FAR Paris 107 and 199 of God the fever finally went after 28 days in the Inten- ve Care Unit. * He was transfer to Rehab unit for two months. In the unit he very hostile, very mean, and wouldn't even eat are talk too hardly any- one. One day the lord finally sent him back home with his family after being for 6 months. This person wouldn’t even eat, talk, or walk; because he couldn’t accept the fact he was BLIND. Some time past and the doctor said he would never see again because the tumor had damage his eye sight. He couldn’t accept the fact he wasn’t going to be able to see again. One day something great hap- pened for him. He began to see just a little. Since that day his life has totally changed. He missed a whole school year and wouldn’t be able to graduate with his class the spring of 95. The lord will make away, young people if you only believe and have faith. This young man had faith but the Devil tried to steal this young man’s joy. Glory be to God he did not let this hap- pen. Soon after he got home he began to go to his physical therapy classes and his home-bound teacher came to work with him in his blindness. He began to do his school the whole summer. While most of you were enjoying your summer vacations this young was cramming work into his brain. He did it! He took a test and scored 70% higher than some of you who went to school all 9 months . He has even gone to summer school this year. When the school bell rings on August 23 it will ring twice; so that , everyone will know that this young man that will be returning even those he left last as ajunior. He will be joining them as asenior. This young man put forth effort and went to work even he had a visual handicap. He will be receiving his diploma in June of 95. I speak of Mr. Antwone D. Whitfield. Antowne had a lot of people pulling for him. Through a lot people praying he conquered a goal that each young person should keep trying to do. FYOUKNOW where yagi aspokes person toall young people. You can tell them, they can do all things through Christ that strengthens them. So Antwone their a lots people that are proud aptly 6 abe che ‘ou may go as far in life as the lord would let. Keep on looking up to JESUS. Again too all you youngster keep your head up high don’t bow down to DRUGS, STEALING, - TECTED SEX. 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Merchandise enlarged to show detail. | AS] Vi A | | ® TO he hh ® 2 CR CIN : Valen C filly AA AST JUIN 751-0026 ye want to know who yoy dle 10-THE “M"-VOICE - WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 5, 1994 : oe Proud Sut Pitt County Schools’ Double Standard oe eens their rights . ° dren in the Pitt County Public School system this year. Sad as it is to say, our Subti odhatl Wise S908 bak Met sree tice racism, A case in point is a young African American female in a Pitt County el- ementary school who reported other mother in the school bathroom on two consecutive days while the teacher lost account of the children’s whereabouts. According to the parent, two young males Gates Open 11:00 AM — es Si ot ee several times while explaining the sever- ity of the situation, only to be informed ? . that the Superintendent was too busy. r ogr a m a — Finally, the parents went to the Superintendent's office. After persis- e ° ; tence, the Superintendent agreed to see them. The parents insisted that the school a ] n O r in e involved had made several attempts to cover up the alleged molestation. Finally, school officials agreed to sus- pend the male students involved for five days. Correct me if I am wrong, but this at the least represents criminal behavior on the part of the two students. It would have been much better if the school sys- tem had taken interest in this little black child in the same manner they would have their own children. The principal waited two days before reporting this attack tothe Superintendent's office. She also neglected having a conference with the parents of all the children involved. The school did not call Pitt County Social Services, the Greenville Police or offer to provide this child psychiatric attention. In fact, the school treated the parents as if they were second-class citizens. We wonder what would have happened ifthe principal had been black and the child had been white? Our children deserve the same rights and protection as do others. The school system should not pick and choose cases to pursue based on race and socio-eco- nomics. Had this been a white female who had been involved, no stones would have been left unturned. Pray for these parents and their child who have been treated differently be- cause they happen to be black. NAACP The recent firing of the National Ex- ecutive Director of the NAACP, Ben Chavis, says more about the ineptness of the organization that it does about Chavis. Admittedly, Mr. Chavis misguid- edly made decisions without board sanc- tions. No corporate body should allow representatives to pay off a private scan- dal with company funds without confer- ring with that body. After all, this body has to answer to corporate sponsors. Here lies the problem: For years the NAACP has been controlled by the phi- losophy of its corporate sponsors, This has greatly diluted the integrity and power of this dying organization. The Board of Directors for this organization (the Black Who’s Who in America) has become philosophically itinerate in its scopes of the future, trying to articulate the aspirations of blacks while depend- ing on financial survival of white corpo- rations, has greatly compromised the potency of the organization. You cannot beg for their money and then berate their prejudice at the same time. It is hard to believe that a group with the power and persuasion as the NAACP could have lost its way. This organiza- tion has a combination of disciples of Roy Wilkins and Martin Luther King the board, One would thingthat such a group would represent the dream and aspira- tions of all African Americans. The real problem is we live in a differ- ent world with different problems: Black are now killing other blacks on a more rapid scale than whites are killing blacks; more drugs are increasingly and more rapidly being used and sold by blacks that at any other time in our history; there exists a widening disparity between the have’s and nave not’s in the African N aw é American community; gangs are on the Bd Se >