| Oe he ERN LIisTeEnms <> W—WeOAOWW T3240 AKA Gj] REEMYVILLE WTOwis2o AmMaA WASHIEIMGaGTOonm EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S MINORITY VOICE - SINCE 1981 As for | Violent Crime Grows in West ricco Page5. 5 | INC! to a} THE M oo olce the me and my house, we Waeantel a will serve Lord. Joshua Ihe pina es Cn MARCH 7 - MARCH 16, 1997 Black actor says he is getting threatening calls and boycotts By J. ZAMGBA BROWNE Amsterdam News Staff All-out negative response this week by whites and even some African-Americans to the con kept of a Black Jesus shows that racism is alive and well in the United States and even affects their per- ception of God, accord ing to a graduating senior at New York Theological Seminary. Colin Moore observed that it’s all right for a Black actor to por- tray Herod, Judas or Satan, but certainly not Jesus. He said this is ironic since the irrefutable record shows that the historical Jesus was in fact a man-of African an- cestry. Moore, whois majoring in Black liberation theology, fur ther noted that all of the early portraits of the Madonna and child show Mary as a Black woman and Jesus as a dark complexioned baby. He added that the image o f Jesus at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem also shows Jesus as a Black man sporting an Afro hair style. “The Roman mo- saicin the Basilica of the Damianco in Rome shows Jesus as a Black man,” Moore declared. According to Moore, the most persuasive ex- ample of Jesus’ African identity is found on the coin minted during the reign of Roman Emperor Jus- tinian II. He said it portrays the face of a Black man with wool hair. “Therefore, the white response to the idea of a Black Jesus reveals a profound ignorance of the au- thentic identity of the historical Jesus Christ,” Moore declared ina telephone interview. Roman Catholic priest Lawrence Lucas said the negative response shows the stupidity and ignorance of those who claim to be Christian, particularly of Catholic persua- sion. “What are they going to do when on-their way to Hell they find that Jesus is a good African brother?” asked Lucas. He added that those so-called Black Roman Catholics whom the Photo by Jim Rouse after the wedding. Hats off to iis ae Nothing But The Best Gospel, Jo Clark is shown with his wife, fi Williamston, N.C. 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But tobe afraid to acknowledge his Africanness is again indicative of how ashamed these folks are of themselves. “Anyone reading the Bible and knowing anything about geogra- phy and history cannot possibly consider that Jesus in his human- ity was anything other than Afri- can,” according to Lucas. He added that until the 12th century, one would be hard pressed to find any representation of Jesus and Mary in Christendom was anything other than African. The Rev. Al Sharpton stressed that the negative response to the concept that Jesus was Black shows the ultimate expression of white supremacy. “For whites to threaten a Black man for playing Jesus, who was Black, reminds me of how they crucified Jesus in the first place,” said Sharpton. He said the fact is many whites who call themselves Christians don’t want to admit that Jesus was of African ancestry. “I wonder what they are going to do on Judg- ment day when a Black man comes out as Jesus Christ to judge them,” he added. Meanwhile, the controversy which sparked this debate is over Desi Arnaz Giles who showed up last Sunday to participate in a drama atthe Performing Arts Cen- ter in Newark, N.J., playing the role of Jesus Christ. The reaction was swift from whites, many of whom canceled their tickets. Giles’ life was also threatened. Giles remembered a particular phone call from a woman who told him point-blank that she wasn’t interested in seeing a Black man portraying Jesus. How America Can Overcome Racism As we approach the 21st century the fundamental challenge to our nation remains the same as it was at the end of the 18th century: the problem of racism. Racism is not easily eradicated from America because it is such an integral part of the American experience. Sla- very was the economic backbone of the original thirteen colonies and the idea that an African American counted as only 3/5ths of a person was institutionalized in the Con- stitution. Certainly, the character of American racism has changed over the past two hundred and twenty years. African Americans are now legally entitled to all the rights of full citizenship. Though this en- franchisement has not been pow- erful enough to overcome the so- cial and economic obstacles to full equality. Can racism ever be over- come? Not in America as we have known it. As long as power in America is concentrated in the in- stitutions that pre-date the aboli- tion of slavery than racism will never be overcome.. Reforms, con- , cessions, increased tolerance, yes, we have won these things. But racism has not been overcome. The Republican Party ended sla- very. One hundred years later, the Democratic Party put itself at the Black Indians In 1920 the historian Carter G. Woodson, founder of Black History Week, wrote that entire libraries were devoted to studies of the rela- tionship between Europeans and the Africans they enslaved and be- tween Europeans and Native Americans. But, said Woodson, the third part of the triangle remained unexplored. “One of the longest unwritten chapters in the history of the United States is that treat- ing of the relations of the Negroes and the Indians.” And what of people who are both? The very notion of a black Indian has most whites shaking their heads in disbelief or smiling at what sounds like a joke, a myth, or an unlikely play on words. No one remembers any such person ap- pearing in a textbook, a Western novel, or a Hollywood movie. But in the 1920s the anthropolo- gist Melville J. Herskovits, re- nowned for his documentation of African cultural retentions in American life, concluded that be- tween a quarter and a third of African Americans had at least one Native American ancestor. Today that figure is closer to 95 percent. Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Lena Horne, Alex Haley, Jesse Jackson, Alice Walker, Langston Hughes, and LL Cool J are just afew of the African-Ameri- cans who have acknowledged their Indian ancestry. Yet few black Americans realize that their fa- milial ties to Native Americans are evidence of an important histori- cal process. When Europeans first yarrived in what would become Continued on Page Three, head of our civil rights movement. But in neither case were African Americans full partners in build- ing a new America. We wrenched our freedom- and dignity from a basically, white power structure that was more or less disposed at that particular time in history - to accommodate our demands. The major parties enlarged American democracy to “include” us and other “disadvantaged” constituen- cies not as partners, but as purely passivevoting(or non-voting) blocs. The politic of coming to white America to get things for Black America has failed, and will con- tinue to fail. This approach locks us into the politics of identity victum. We have to reach out to other Americans willing to work with us as full partners and build a new American democracy. A new democracy means in- creased citizen participation where all Americans are activists, and take responsibility for the country Continued on Page Seven A Salute to Mr. Shivers, this picture was taken in 1994 at Fleetway Cleaner, a place where Great Fathers from the Black Community would talk about one problems and thing would get done after thage aout f for our camera is Mr. created Carver Libr: West Greenville. Hoy Black man; put it in shook Roscoe mene botte ae kL eatrice Maye _ Mrs. Beatrice Maye Whether or not your child does well in school may, in large part, depend on you. Here’s how you can both achieve high marks. 1. Make reading automatic. Reading is the key to school suc- cess and, like any skill, it takes practice. If he reads haltingly, one word at a time, without ex- pression or meaning, he needs more practice. 2. Provide equal opportunity in theclassroom. Sittingin the same classroom, different children get very different educations. Teach- ers tend to give most of their attention toa handful of students, usually the top third of the class. 3. Teach thinking. Is your child learning to remember informa- tion or to use it? Does she memo- rize a math formula, or does she ' learn how it applies to all the circles of her life? Does he know the battles and dates of the Ameri- can Revolution, or does he also know thereasons for these events, the ways they changed the world and still shape out lives? Know- ing what an idea or a principle means, and howit can be applied, helps the child learn better and remember longer. 4. Review before proceeding. This is most important. 5. Have classmates help. More and more schools are trying team- work, or, as educators call it, “co- operative learning”. After the teacher has presented a lesson, the class divides into small groups in which students help one an- other master the lesson. There are some important bonuses to team study. Self-esteem goes up. Students learn the value of coop- eration and develop better atti- tudes toward classmates with dif- ferent ethnic backgrounds or physical handicaps. Parents can help children organize study teams outside the classroom for homework. 6. Educate at home. According to the experts, what happens in your home is a better predictor of success in school than is any I.Q. orachievement test. In the homes of top achievers, homework and reading are given priority over play or television; parents encour- age their children’s intellectual interests and praise school achievement. Family members talk together and do things to- gether. DOES YOUR HOME ENCOURAGE LEARNING? Score Two Points for each state- ment that is “almost always true” of your home; score one point if it’s “sometimes true”; score zeroif it’s “rarely or never true”. 1. Everyone in my family has household responsibility, at least one chore that must be done on time. 2. We have regular times for members of the family to eat, sleep. play, work and study. 3. Schoolwork and study come before play, TV or even other work. 4. I praise my child for good schoolwork, sometimes in front of other people. 5. My child has a quiet place to study, a desk or table at which to work and books, including a dic- tionary or other reference mate- rial. 6. Members of my family talk about hobbies, games, news, the Bncimarx MORTGAGE CORPORATION JACQUES THIGPEN Call Today for FREE Consultation! 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At dinner, or some other daily occasion, our family talks about the day’s events, with a chance for everyone to speak and be listened to. 10. I know my child’s current teacher, what my child is doing in school and which learning mate- rials are being used. 11. I expert quality work and good grades,. I know my child’s strengths and weaknesses and give encouragement and special help when they’re needed. 12. I talk to my child about the future, about planning for high school and college, and about aim- ing for a high level of education and vocation. If you scored ten or more, your home ranks in the top one-fourth in terms of the support and en- couragement you give your child for school learning. If you scored six or lower, your home is in the bottom one-fourth. If you scored somewhere in between, you're av- erage in thesupport you give your child for school learning. This research came from Ben- jamin S. Boom, on how a child learns, say Bloom. It is as impor- tant as the quality of teachers or curriculum. Inside almost every poor to average student, there’s a smart kid yearning to get out. With these ideas, we can help to MAKE TALKING PART OF YOUR FAMILY’S EVERY- DAY ROUTINE Here are some ways to make talking routine: 1. Talk in the car. If you pick your child up from school or after school care. 2. Talk the minute you or your child get home. That can be your “break” time together. 3. Have an “after dinner” talk. Make it a habit to spend some quiet time with each child indi- vidually to see how things are going. 4, Talk as you tuck your child into bed. Less talkative children often open up in the car or when the lights are out, because they feel more comfortable when you're not looking at them. Also a child is more likely to talk about his day if you tell hem about your day first. CHANGES AFFECTING STUDENTS In how Students Have Changed: A Call for Action, the American Association of School Administrators have identified ten significant society changes affecting U.S. students since the 1960's: 1. Thenumber of dysfunctional families has grown. 2. Technology has influenced school work and home life. 3. Children face more crime, violence and poverty. 4. Communities are becoming more diverse. 5. Mass media’s influence on earlier age. : 6. Students are more likely to question authority and shun tra- ditional values and responsibili- ties. 7. The hurry-up society often lacks a sense of community. 8. The workplace demands higher levels of literacy. 9. Knowledge oflearning styles requires new kinds of education. 10. Peers exert a more power- ful influence on values. A LESSON TO LEARN Thomas Huxley once wrote, “Perhaps the most valuable re- sult of all education is the ability to make yourself do the things you have to do, when they ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned...and it is probably the last lesson learned thoroughly”. Qualities That Make A Woman Beautiful (1 Peter 3:2-4) Respect, Pure Behavior, Godly Life, Be Beautiful Inside- In Your’ Heart, Gentle and Quiet Spirit. | Qualities Of A Man Are More’ Important Than Riches (1 Timo-: thy 6:10-11) Work at what is right and good, trust God, love others, patience,’ gentleness, fight on for God, hold tightly to the eternal life. Questions: Which of these quali- ties dol possess? Which doI lack? : Success Attributes: Determina- tion, attitude, pride. 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Viceroy Nicholas de Ovando, who over saw Spain’s holdings on the island of Hispaniola (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) said that his enslaved Africans had “fled among the Indians and taught them bad customs and never could be captured.” Alarmed, European authorities sought to eradicate black-Indian contacts and to pit the two groups against each other. A royal order to Hernando Cortez in 1523 banned Slack Vudiaus Africans from Indian villages. “Di- vision of the races is an indispens- able element [of control],” wrote a representative of the Spanish gov- ernment. And a French colonial official declared, “Between the races we cannot dig too deep a gulf.” Blacks and Native Americans gave early colonists reason to fear them. Beginning in the 1680s in the Dutch colony of Surinam, in South America, fugitive Indian and African slaves formed a commu- nity called the Saramakas and built ‘a powerful military alliance. The Saramakas and fugitive bands like them became known as maroons. (The word derives from the Span- ish term cimarron, which in the sixteenth century referred to domestic cattle that escaped into the hills on the Spanish Caribbean islands. Eventually the Anglicized term maroon was used to describe African or Indian slaves who fled into the mountains, jungles, and B.J.’s Chicken * BBQ ¢ Seafood Featuring Drive Thru & Carry Out Call in order express! 757-3046 711 S. Memorial Drive, Greenville, NC Open 10 am - 9 pm yO Jimmy Nobles forests outside colonial settle- ments.) Living in the shadow of Europe’s New World empire, the maroons acquired a reputation as relentless fighters. Some formed outlaw bands, becoming raiders who preyed on whites, Africans, and Indians alike. Others estab- lished communities dependent on farming and herding and sought peaceful relations and trade with their former masters and overseers. European officialdom judged ma- roons to be, in the words of one French historian, the “gangrene of colonial society.” Their indepen- dence and prosperity refuted white claims of African and Indian infe- riority, and their villages served as havens for any slave on the run. When well-trained colonial armies were ordered to crush the outlaws, they met with stiff resistance. Ma- roon “self-respect grows because of the fear whites have of them,” a white Brazilian wrote to King Joao of Portugal in 1719. Maroon songs resonated with victorious pride: Black man rejoice White man won’t come here And if he does, The Devil will take him off. At first most maroon Leaders were African-born, but after 1700 leadership fell increasingly to those of mixed heritage. Foreign soldiers had little stomach for warfare in the wilderness against black Indi- ans, so Europeans hired or con- scripted Native Americans and Af- ricans as soldiers. The conscripts were skilled frontier fighters, but their loyalty was dubious. In 1732 Spanish officials in Venezuela threw 150 Indians and Africans and 100 white soldiers against Juan Andresote, a black-Indian maroon leader. When Andresote’s guerrilla fighters surrounded the invaders, the soldiers of color on the Spanish side defected. The musket fire of Andresote’s men fin- ished the work, killing or wound- ing more than half the whites as the rest fled. , North American colonists as well worried about relations between blacks and Indians. According to Theda Perdue, the author of Sla- veryand the Evolution of Cherokee Society, Europeans—who enslaved Native Americans throughout the colonial period—had few qualms about selling Indians they had cap- tured in battle to slave traders. In fact, Native Americans were not exempt from enslavement until well after the American Revolu- tion. The besieged Indian nations needed allies, and the runaway African slaves, who soon came to see the Indians’ villages as safe havens, proved eager to help fight the colonists. In the 1720s African slaves belonging to Louisiana’s gov- ernor, Etienne de Perrier, formed a military alliance with the Natchez Indians that resulted in the de- struction of a French settlement. Perrier warned that this “union EX SN = SS IS > | AZALEA HOMES GREENVILLE O had * 53 ee ld 6 388) bub wea a8 mm Why Buy from Azalea Homes? 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When the Af ricans were finally turned over, they boasted of the freedom they had enjoyed wfth the Natchez and Choctaws and showed, accord- ing to Perrier, a new “spirit of lazi- ness, independence and insolence.” During the 1763 Michigan upris- ing, led by the Ottawa chief Pontiac, an onlooker reported that though the Ottawas and their confeder- ates were killing white they were “saving and caressing all the Ne- groes they take.” And Native Americans allowed their villages to serve as stations on the network of safe houses that became known in the early 1800s as the Under- ground Railroad. Indeed, many African-Americans who sought freedom in Indian villages were treated as sisters and brothers, and some groups, like the Mohawks’ in New York, encour- aged intermarriage with them. The children of these unions were treated as full members of the tribe and served as a bridge between the two cultures. 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Over the next four decades the Seminoles fought the U.S, Army, Navy, and Marines to a stand still in three wars that cost the United States more than fif- teen hundred soldiers and $40 mil- lion. At one point the Seminoles managed to tie up half the U.S. Army. “This, you may be assured,” said Gen. Thomas Jesup in 1837, “is a Negro, not an Indian war.” In reality it was both. The Seminoles fought to protect their land, but they also fought to protect their African brethren from re-enslave- ment. When captured, black Semi- noles were sold into slavery whether or not they had been born free. From early colonial days on, ev- ery treaty with Native Americans included provisions for the return of slaves. But compliance was an- other matter. As Kenneth W. Por- ter explains in his book The Black Seminoles, few Indians re turned fugitive slaves, even though whites tried to bribe them with valuable pro visions such as animal skins, blankets, and muskets. 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Patrice Henderson, a Lumbee Indian from Raeford, i serves as presidgpt of ECNAO, “One of the goals this year has been to bridge unity among the minority popu- lations at ECU. We, as a minority group on campus, have to support one another and create situations in which we can share our cultures with each other.” Joey Crutchfield, Alumni Advisor and a Monacan In- dian says, “Dr. Haines and the Minority Affairs staff at ECU provide excellent support for ECNAO and the POW # WOW. Many African-American people, up to two-fifths | have some Native American blood in their family. A Pow Wow like the one at ECU may provide an opportunity for 1 people to learn more about that side of their family. The ECU POW WOW is fun for the whole family. We invite all African American people in Pitt County to attend.” For more information, call the Minority Student Af- fairs Office at 328-6495. Sycamore Hill’s New York Fellowship Trip Dr. Howard W. 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Within three months, Pitt County (especially West Greenville) has seen a rash of vio- lent crime that could have been avoided or deterred with sound, meaningful policies and plans. Further, people like Chuck Autry (City Councilman) have organized informal gatherings of elected offi- cials, clergymen, professionals, and others to discuss the crime question and suggest solutions to combating violent crime that threatens security and peace in the county. Unfortunately, many people who attended the meetings seemingly want to grandstand and accomplish absolutely nothing sub- stantive. Serious about crime, I developed a comprehensive crime control and prevention plan part of which has been successfully implemented and sustained by progressive cities throughout the country. The package consists of the following: Community Polic- ing, Curfew Laws/Ordinances, Cash/Gift Certificates for Hand- guns, Around-The-Clock Toll-Free Hot Line for Counseling Drug Ad- dicts, Zero-Tolerance Plan, Digi- tal Display System, Neighborhood Watch Coordinator/Director. Community policing involves foot and mobile patrol (car, bike, mopeds, etc.). This could be done in conjunction with a few police sub-stations in strategic areas around Greenville. More un- marked police cars will be a plus. If such a program is to become successful, police chiefs would need support from the following groups: the community, elected officials, the media, community agencies, and the police department. The police chief should build con- sensus among the five groups us- ing a calculated, verifiable strat- consider sending its officers to class specializing in community policing. Numerous police depart- ments use effective community policing. This is key to building confidence in the police deparft- ment while giving average citi- zens input in the process. Indeed, the face-to-face interactions be- tween the police and community are imperative for encouraging personalized, safe neighborhoods. Curfew laws could comprise a dusk-to-dawn program to prevent and combat youth violence. The rules should apply to youth under 17 years of age. Thanks to Presi- dent Clinton, the Justice Depart- ment has issued some guidelines to promote effective curfew pro- grams within the country. The fol- lowing guidelines are based on some of the broad suggestions of the Justice Department: Curfew centers to receive violators, cen- IN JAIL!!! WE BAIL!!! IN JAIL!!! WE BAIL!! Gardner's Bail Bonding, located at 1798 N. Greene Street in Greenville. In jail and need to get out in a hurry, Gardner's Bail Bonding is the one you need to call!! The Number Is 757-1421 Ask For Herb or one of his professionally trained bondsmen. 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The literature and verbal information (i.e. via radio, television, newspa- Cornerstone Missoinary Baptist Church 1095 Allen Road Greenville, NC Invites You To THEIR Mortgage Burning Cel- ebration & Worship Ser- vice! Palm Sunday, March 23, 1997 8:00 A.M. Guest Speaker: Rev. Arlee Griffin, Jr., Pastor, Berean Missionary Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY Spend the whole day with us, as we give God the Glory There will also be an 11:00 A.M. Worship Service For details call: 752-4156 WhenYouMakePhoneCallsin YourExpandedLocalCallingArea,AreAllYourConversations ThisHurried? Then sign up for the Value Caller Option and take your time. As a residential customer”, you'll pay a low, flat monthly rate, instead of a per minute charge for all calls in your expanded local calling area SO your phone bill is the same month after month, regardless of how often you call or how long you talk. If you regularly make calls in your expanded local calling area, sign up for Value Caller. 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In brief, a digital display system could coordinate crime-related in- formation from the police depart- ment, City Council, commission- ers, and business community where data relating to violent crimes, drug statistics, etc. will be displayed. This is another way of educating the public. A neighborhood watch coordi- nator should be employed to drive through neighborhoods periodi- cally and report suspicious activi- ties. This is a type of citizen patrol. At the end of each shift, the civil- to the eoordinster: ‘The esarlieg tor will complete a weekly sum- 2, mary report at the.end of each ; work week. A copy will be for- ° warded to the police department. « Citizens patrols will have a radio « but no guns on duty. He/She will - be required to check in tothe base: every 30 minutes. A Citizen Patrol . Academy may be established as ° funds permit. Prospective students " may receive scholarships in ex-* change for their services. This al- « lows students to receive a college . education and commit themselves to community service. Incentives * should be offered by the business * and non-business community to stimulate participation. Elected officials and others : should welcome the aforemen- tioned innovative approaches to crime deterrence and prevention. Elected officials who play politics with public safety and the need for community peace should be de- nied re-election. They need to stop pussyfooting around and promote domestic tranquillity. Keith Cooper ian patrol officer will complete a shift patrol report to be submitted North Carolina Consultant Wins Mary Kay Car Dallas...Mary Kay Inc. Independent Beauty Consultant, Cathy Perkins of Greenville, North Carolina, is on the road to success. She recently qualified as a team manager and earned the free use of a 1997 red Pontiac Grand Am. To qualify as a team manager, Perkins had to meet specific sales and recruiting requirements. 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There are more than 425,000 independent Mary Kay beauty consultants operating their own businesses in 25 countries worldwide. Enrollment Announcement Head Start Program Martin County Community Action, Inc. Project Head Start is now accepting applications for the 1997 Fall Enrollment for children and includ- ing children with disabilities. Eligibility is determined by HHS Income Guidelines, family needs, disabilities, and/or special conditions of the child. Children who will be enrolled will be exposed to a broad educational curriculum that will prepare them for preschool social and educational experiences. Health, nutrition and mental health are also important factors in the development of these children. These areas are also facilitated in the daily routines of the children. Parent Involvement and other program services as mandated are required and are fully utilized by the program. Ten percent (10%) of Head Start Enrollment is identified as: "health impairment, emotional/behavior disorders, speech/language impairments, mental retardation, hearing impairment/deafness, orthopedic impairment ,visual impairment/blind, learning disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injury, and other impairments for children who require special education and related services. Head Start is a comprehensive developmental program for children ages 3- 5 yeas old. This program is based on the premise that children share certain needs and that children from low-income families, in particular, can benefit from a program designed to meet those needs. Head Start operates nine (9) months of the year, - September through May. The centers are open Monday through Friday and the hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Head Start has been operating in the Martin County area since 1965, currently there are 192 children. Nine (9) classrooms are comprised 4-5 year old and one (1) classroom consists of three year old must become three by October 16th; Beaufort County has been operating since 1977 and presently serving 99 children. Five (5) classrooms of 4-5 year olds are accommodated in this county. Pitt County originated in 1985 and serving 222 children in twelve (12) classrooms accommodating 4-5 year olds. Funding for Martin County Community Action, Inc. Project Head Start is received from the Administration for Children, Youth and Families Unit, Department of Health and Human Services. In order for children to qualify, they must meet the family income guidelines. Below are the guidelines. 1996 FAMILY INCOME GUIDELINES FOR HEAD START PROGRAMS 1996 FAMILY INCOME GUIDELINES FOR ALL STATES (EXCEPT ALASKA AND HAWAII), THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND PUERTO RICO. Income $7,470 $10,030 $12,590 $15,150 $17,710 $20,270 $22,830 $25,390 Size of Family Unit Bro LwWNHe For Family Units with more than 8 members, add $2,560 for each additional member. Please contact the Family Service Worker at the Head Start center in your area: Martin Co: North Everetts 792-5353 Pitt Co: St. Gabriel (752-9755) Ayden (746-4298 Farmville (753-8036) "Beaufort Co: 264 Washington (946-5632) Aurora ( 322-5543 Belhaven (943-3006) For more information or to enroll a child, please call Ms. Teresa Greene, Social Services Coordinator or Ms. Gloristeen Matthewson, Disability Services Coordinator at (919) 792-7141 or come by the Martin County Community Action Head Start Administrative Office at 106 South Watts Street in Williamston, North Carolina. WILLIE MOORE ville - Mr. Willie Moore saat 1997 at Pitt ty Memorial Hospital. 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The goals of the conference, according to the plan- ning committee, are: “to stop the trend of African-American land loss and the disappearance of fam- ily farms, establish a regional network in support of the sustain- able economic development of ru- ral resources, communicate the rural voice of Americans effec- tively across all cultural, racial and geographic boundaries, serve as a clearinghouse to disseminate ideas and alternativesin response to poverty and injustice in North Carolina and the world.” The initiative for the confer- ence comes from the Concerned Citizens of Tillery and its Land Loss Fund because of the steady and rapid decline of Black farm- ers and landowners. “African- Americans are losing land at a rate of 9,000 acres per week. In | 1920, one in every seven farm- [2s was African-American. By | 1982, only one in every 67 farm- | ers were Black. In 1950, Afri- planned in North Carolina can-Americans owned 1.2 mil- lion acres of land in North Caro- lina, but by the 1980s they owned less than 400,000 acres,” said Gary R. Grant, executive direc- tor of the organization. He says, “I have watched as my commu- nity, a resettlement community under FDR’s New Deal, as more than 200 family farmers dwindled to less than five.” Besides the decline of African- American family farmers and landowners, “many rural south- ern communities have endured environmental degradation, health risks and loss of economic vitality as part of a nationwide trend of environmental racism,” Grant went on to say. The conference is open to all. For farmers, there is a small fund available, on a first-come, first-serve basis, to assist with travel, housing, food and lodg- ing for the conference. For fur- ther information, contact Gary R. Grant by phone at (919) 826- 3017; by fax at (919) 826-3244; or write to The Land Loss Fund, P.O. Box 61, Tillery, NC 27887 or e-mail at tillery@aol.com J Greenville will be blooming Greenville, NC - Greenville will be in bloom on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 from 10:00 am until 6 pm as the Friends of the Ronald McDonald House host a spring garden tour to benefit the Ronald McDonald House. The third bien- nial garden tour will showcase 8 unique gardens, ranging in sizes and gardening styles. Tickets are $12.00 each and are available at Accents, Jefferson’s, Now & Then Designs, Ronald McDonald House, and Sunshine Garden Center. Seven of the gardens on display belong to private homeowners, and the eighth features the Ronald McDonald House. There will be Garden Boutique under the tents at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Jack Welch. Merchants will offer gar- den-related accessories, books, plants, porcelains and gift items. A gourmet boxed lunch is also available at the Welch home. The ticket for the lunch is $8.00 and is available by advance purchase only. Please contact Patti Clark at 756-4519 for luncheon tickets or for special seating arrangements. Join the Friends and enjoy some of Greenville’s gardens. While hav- inglunch under the trees, you may also shop Garden Boutiques for gifts and garden accessories. Tour the gardens at your own pace and in which order you choose anytime between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm on Tuesday, May 6, 1997. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House, a haven for families with seriously ill children visiting the Children’s Hospital of Eastern North Carolina. For more infor- mation, please contact Christy Angle at 830-0062. Children and Families Enjoy Spring Open House at Avcocks Birthplace Wednesday, March 19 Wagon rides, farm animals and living history demonstrations pro- vide the perfect remedy for spring fever and an opportunity to learn about farm life during the 1800s. On Wednesday, March 19, from 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. the Charles B. Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site will welcome first grade classes from Fremont, Northeast and Northwest Elementary Schools along with whoever else want to join the fun during its annual spring open house. As one of several kick-off events for the Fremont Daffodil Festival, the Aycock Birthplace open house offers various activities young visi- tors and families will enjoy. At the mid-1800s farmhouse, historically dressed staff people will cook over an open-hearth fireplace and shell and grind corn. While in the site’s one-room schoolhouse a “school- master” will explain what school -life was like for children during the late-1800s. Boykin and Hogg, Inc. will bring out its beautiful Belgian draft horses for wagon rides and a pet- ting zoo will be set up on site. Additionally, children can visit with the site’s resident sheep and fowl. Young visitors will explore his- tory by going on a scavenger hunt through the homestead and can even experience a bit of the 19th century by playing a period game called “Chicken Market.” Admission to the site and all activities are free. The Aycock Birthplace is located nine miles north of Goldsboro. Take Gover- nor Aycock Road off U. S. 117 for about 1/2 mile, brown historic site D. Dawson Realty Residential/Land/Commercial 410 W. 14th St., Suite Sales & New Construction “Bringing people together and == making them happy” 919-758-0456 Ae Greenville, NC 27834 ri —— = MLS DANIEL DAWSON Realtor®/Broker, Gri, Crs WILLIE ~ DAWSON Realtor® DORIS HARRIS MARGIE VAIL MCCALL SMITH Realtor® Realtor® Realtor® signs will indicate the direction. For more information, call 919- 242-5581. following Saturday. For more in- formation about the festival which will be heldin downtown Fremont, Don’t forget to also come to the _ please call 919-242-5111. 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Some groups, like the Seminoles, used their slaves as interpreters and advisers, since their blacks were fluent in both English and the Seminoles’ Muskogean dialect. Native Americans also came to rely on African Americans as cultural navigators, taking advantage of their familiarity with white America’s customs. Slavery among the Indians allowed Africans a measure of independence un- - thinkable within the plantation system, and many of the Indians’ slaves acquired their own land and livestock, constructed sturdy homes for themselves, and freely hunted and fished on Native American property. Many white Southerners, angered by what they saw as the Indians’ lax attitude toward slave owning, demanded that Native Americans invite whites into their villages to help bring their slaves under control. Though the Five Civilized Tribes conformed to Southern mores by adopting Christianity and owning slaves, whites still saw them as standing in the way of settlement. Congress sought to eliminate this obstacle by passing the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Vigorously sup- ported by President Andrew Jackson, the act ordered the mass deporta- tion of the Five Nations from their homeland, in the Southeast, to reservations in Oklahoma and Arkansas. The Cherokees sued the state of Georgia to prevent the confiscation of their lands and eventually took their case to the Supreme Court. Though the court ruled in the nations’ favor, Jackson refused to recognize the decision. The Indians would have to go. The Five Nations, with their thousands of African slaves, embarked on a series of infamous forced westward marches, which the Cherokees called the “Trail of Tears.” After they began settling their new lands, in the 1830s and 1840s, slavery became even more entrenched among them. Though the Indian populations decreased over next thirty years, their slave holdings increased. Despite this, intermarriage between the two groups continued. By 1860 African-Americans had mixed so thor- oughly with Native Americans of the Five Nations that some white legislators wanted to revoke the Indians’ taxexemptions. The Civil War tore the Indian nations apart. Surrounded by Confederate troops and influenced by Confederate agents, most Native Americans in Oklahoma Territory felt they had little choice but to follow the Confederacy. Despite this, in November 1861 hundreds of black and red Indians, led by the Creek chief Opothle Yahola, fought three pitched battles against Con- federate whites and Indians to reach Union lines in Kansas and offer their services. After the war the Indian nations emancipated their former slaves with varying speed. The Chickasaws and Choctaws, most of whom had sided with the Confederacy, proved the most resistant to change, while the Seminoles freed their slaves immediately. Among Creeks, Seminoles, and Cherokees black people made economic strides rarely duplicated within the larger society. Black Cherokees ran schools and owned barbershops, general stores, and restaurants. They be came printers, ferry operators, cotton-gin managers, teachers, and postmasters. In 1879 black Cherokees petitioned for full citizenship within the Cherokee Nation, declaring that it “is our country; there we were born and reared, there ale our homes... there are our wives and children, whom we love as dearly as though we were born with red, instead ofblack skins.” The Seminole Nation elected six blacks to its postwar governing council, and black Seminoles, like black Cherokees, built thriving communities and attended Nation schools, such as the Creek-Seminole College in Boley, Oklahoma. Black Choctaws and Chickasaws who had fought for the Union often found themselves denied full membership in their nations. In 1884, as the Chickasaws argued the merits of granting equality to blacks, a convention of African-Ameri cans announced that the Chickasaws were their “friends and we know by the experience of the past that we can live with them in the future in a close union.” Despite these hardships, most African-American freedmen wanted to remain in Indian territory. Whatever they may have suffered from the Prom Page Oue, Ouercome Raciam It means restructuring the deci- sion-making process to give all citi- zens a stronger voice, using tech- nology to update the electoral pro- cess and make it more accessible. And enacting term limits to elimi- nate “professional politicians.” It means getting the two parties out of over-controlling America: it means depoliticizing government, our economy and our culture. 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