) Listen to WoOoW 1340 AM Greenville WTOW1320 AM AY \@2t=Jebbeletdasel Y & Bas HE "Minoan O1CE he is supposed to be doing at the moment. Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work —Robert Benchley EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA’S MINORITY VOICE-SINCE 1981 Calvin C. Henderson County Commissioner Candidate Calvin C. Henderson is a candi- date for County Commissioner, District. Henderson is married to Ms. Beatrice Henderson, a Pitt County native born in Winterville, N.C. The Hendersons have one daughter, Jeannette, and six step children: Vincent, Betty, Sandra, Dalton, Alton and Kelvin. Calvin Henderson attended W. H. Robinson, and graduated May 1956. From 1955 to 1956 he was in the U.S. Army Reserve. He went on the the U.S. Air Force for a 1956- 60 stint. In 1967 he attended Pitt Communty College in Plumbing & Heating. In 1973 Henderson attended the N.C. Institute of Governors. He was awarded an official con- tracting license by the N.C. Board of Examiners in Plumbing & Heat- ing, making him one of the first Blacks to gain a license in Kastern N.C. in 1976. Since, he has at- tended many training and work- shops in minority contracting at A&T State University and PCC. Jl Proclamation African-American history is one of the great human chronicles of all time. It iy the story of men and women who, with extraordinary courage and faith, prevailed against centuries of slavery and discrimination to build lives for them- selves and. their families and to contribute immeasurably to the strength and i character of our Nation. It is the story of millions of people who arrived on these § shores in chains, yet who had the greatness of heart and spnt to love this country é for its possibilities. It is the story of generations of heroes who with ther labor, § voices, viswn, and blood sought to change the essence of our society—our laws, institutions, and attitudes to reflect the fundamental American ideals of freedom, justice, and equality. African-American history ts ultimately the story of America’s struggle to become a more perfect union. Hach year during the month of February, we focus on a particular aspect of African-American history to broaden our knowledge and deepen our appreciation of the countless contributions African-Americans have made to the life of our Nation. This year’s theme, “African-Amencans in Business: The Path Towards Em- wacerment.”” presents an opportunity not only to celebrate these contributions, but > 1 : . also to build on them. Our Nation’s system of free enterprise has been a sure path to inclusion and © independence for generations of Americans, and today African-American entrepre- neurs are reaping its many rewards. In every facet of American endeavor, in the fields of health care, law, government, and education; as artists, bankers, scten- lixts, and computer programmers, African-Amencans are excelling and adding vonificantly to the strength of our economy. If current trends continue, Afnican- Americans will account for nearly 12 percent of the Amencan labor force by the year 2000. And even more promsing, according to the most recent data available from the U.S. Census, the number of businesses owned by African-Amencans has crown at an impressive annual rate and significantly faster than the number of new U.S. businesses overall. These statistics are a testament to the perseverance, hard work, and energy of African-American and of their enduring faith mn the American Dream. As we celebrate National African-American History Month, let us resolve to build on this record of success. We must ensure that every American shares equal access to a quality education—an education that will offer the knowledge and skills necessary to fill the jobs of the 21st century. We must strive to eradicate every trace of discrimination from our society and the American workplace. And we must work together -government, private industry, community organizations, ani Calvin Henderson is the co- founder of the Winterville First Health and Wellness Center, a pro- gram established between WCCD, Inc., E.C.U. School of Nursing and the Town of Winterville. In 1968 Henderson became in- volved in addressing many of the depressing conditions existing in the Black community including, poor housing, dirt streets, water and sewer conditions, unfair utility rates and many more. In 1969 he helped coordinate and lead the first ever mass protest march on City Hall to present a list of demands for fair and equal con- ditions in the Black community, be- cause Blacks were being taxed without being represented. In 1972 Henderson was success- ful in his bid to become the first black to ever serve on the local gov- ernment board. He served for more than 3 years as a member of one of the fist Metropolitian Sewer Treat- ment projects located in Grifton, N.C. He is a charter member. ATTEND KING EVENT—These young ladies, pictured at Washington’s Civic Center, has a great educa- Calvin Henderson has worked in many areas of government han- dling millions of dollars in budget- ary funds, and he was a leader in the fight for decent and affordable housing for the elderly and low :n- come citizens in Winterville. He re- quested the town to apply for sta- tus with the Mid-East Housing Au- thority. This brought more than sixty low income units to Winterville. He is also a former member of (See CANDIDATE, P. 2) tional outing and fun time leaming about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. recently. (Staff Photo) Continued Programs For Kids In today’s society, our young black males are classified as an “endangered species,” and are looked at as lazy, uneducated, and sometimes dangerous. Why is that we have a govern- ment that could provide programs for our young black children, so that they will not have to turn to the streets. We as taxpayers have a concerned citizens to invest in all our people, providing them with the tools they right to voice our opinion on what , (See PROCLAMATION, P. 2) FROM THE ARCHIVES—Still going great in '98 are some of the members of the C Seated (\.-t.): Brenda Weathington, Doris Teele (Deceased), Barbara Gainer Brown, Shirley Jones, Ruby Early Williams, (standing |.-r,) Janice Gatlin Crawford, Lester Blount, Barbara Watson, Donovan Phillips, Faye Clark White, Betty Jo Canady (Deceased). They look forward to the celebration of their 40th Anniversary. the government spends our money . ' ew any . M. Eppes Class of '58. on. There are a lot of programs that are here today as we speak, to help and be there for our young black children to give that alternative than the streets and they should be helped no matter what, by the gov- ernment. We have programs such as the Boys & Girls Club of Pitt County, that is in the South Greenville community and are there for the kids A short time ago, they were trying to raise funds to keep the doors open. Now, whether or not the govern- ment was there to help | dont know, but when it comes to any program that is willing to help, educate, and encourage our kids to stay in school and gives them somewhere to go instead of being out there on the streets, then the government should be willing enough to help and provide them with the funds to keep the doors open. There are some programs that don’t require so much attention at such late notice. For example, the Governor’s Crackdown for Chil- dren. I applaud Gov. Hunt for all that he is doing and trying to do, but really don’t you think it is a little too late. The reason I say that is because if you really look at the reality of it all, women have been taking care and raising children on their own for a number of years without help from these fathers. To be honest, I feel that it is too late, not that late, but all the recognition its getting for doing a job well done is bogus!! Why can’t we do something to do to give our young black males encour- agement and the drive to stay:in school and not on the streets. All the money we spend on the bill- boards about unnecessary bullshit, we can be creative and try to do something to attract the children’s attention to come and participate Urged For A Better Today in the various programs that we can provide. When you have a child that grows up in an environment that is full of nothing but negativity, then when that child walks out that front door, we as taxpayers should voice our opinion to the govern- ment to try and provide programs for the children so we can reduce the hanging out on the streets and the street corners. There should programs that just because a child is unhappy at home, that life is not always like that. You have a lot of children that their home life is un- happy and they believe that its al- ways like that, and when the home life is like that, that’s when they usually turn to the streets for com- fort and the love they can’t get from home. You have so many young men out there that are not being encouraged or given the op- (See YOUTH, P. 2) 4 SS TRE CALVIN C. HENDERSON Author Has Eastern N.C. Roots There will be a reading and dis- cussion of Just Plain Folks, a novel by Lorraine Johnson-Coleman, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. at Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh and Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Booksell- ers, Cary. An accomplished storyteller, documenting the life and history of rural North Carolina African- America, Johnson-Coleman has put much of this lore down on pa- per in her new collection. Though raised in Queens, NY., she was heavily indoctrinated with her mother’s Farmville, N.C. roots. So much so, that it developed into a lifelong passion for storytelling and folklore. She began telling tales .profes- sionally in Savannah, Ga., where she lived with her husband, to pav the bills. Her skills and reputation grew, and soon she was in demand. She has now attained a lifelong dream, having moved home to Greenville, where she works with the Green- ville-Pitt County Conventions and Visitors Bureau, developing black tourist opportunities. She and her husband, Lance, have formed. a company, Shantytown, whose aim is both to foster change and to preserve and highlight rural North Carolina black heritage. An excerpt from Just Plain Folks: a “Back then your neighbor was ‘bout as regular as pig tracks and I mean you could trust ‘em, really trust ‘em with your life if you had to, and many times we had to. | remember one neighbor in particu- lar, Sister Minnie, the school- teacher. She lived a good stone's throw away, up the road apiece. Times come when we ain't seen her for weeks, but somehow she was al- ways there when we needed her One time my mama got so sick that (See AUTHOR, P. 2) FOREIGN MISSIONARIES—Alfred and Shirley Willimas bring an un- usual blend of knowledge and commitment to Jesus Christ through their work as foreign missionaries. Their years of service inicude a 2 | month stay in Liberia each year for the past ten years. Through their ability to spark enthusiasm in every believer, God has inspired them both to fulfill their innermost dream...that is to help spread the gospel throughout the world, Their spiritual life has enabled them to share and deposit much nurturing, growth, and planting the seeds of faith in Africa. The couple resides in Stanhop, N.J. Alfred is pastor of United Pentecostal Holiness Church in Patterson, N.J. Shirley is the former Shirley Clark of Winterville, N.C. and laws of the egw ft sry st Feb, 1998 as National ican-American History Month. I call upon public officials; educators, librar- nn ee pes tc mropric pare history. of January, in the year of our Lind nineteen mre and Tedepanlily of the United States of America the tavo hundred and taeaty- ~second| CANDIDATE Continued from page 1 the Winterville Board of Adjust- ment, and presently serves as a member of the newly established Winterville Recreation Committee. This commission was established after a lawsuit was brought against the Winterville Board over illegal activities existing within past com- missions. The lawsuit was settled out of court. Winterville Concerned Citizens Organization was the plaintiff. A “born again Christian”, Hend- erson is an active member of Com- munity Christian Church where he servs in the music ministry. Rev. James Corbett is Pastor. Calvin Henderson is also an Ex- ecutive Board member of the Pitt County Branch NAACP, presently serving as first Regional Vice Presi- dent, and on the Legal Redress Committee. He is Vice President, presently serving with the Third Congressional District Minority Council. This District includes ap- proximately 18 counties across Kastern N.C. A former Boy Scout Commis- sioner with East Carolina Council BSA, Sunrise District, Henderson also serves as a scoutmaster for Winterville Troop No. 88, and has done so for more than 10 years. Calvin C. Henderson also has nu- merous volunteer experiences, and community honors. He feels that in 1998 he is the best choice for County Commission in District 5. He asks your vote and your sup- YOUTH Continued from page 1 portunity to show that they can be- come better individuals and can make it out here in the white man’s world. This is 1997, and you have so many children that are dropping out of school, clearly because they want to. Now, when you have a 15- or 16-year-old that would rather hang on the streets instead of in school to receive an education, then there most definitely is a problem When you ask a 15- or 16-year-old why they quit school, a lot of times you will hear the child say that the problems are either with the teach- ers or students, and a lot of times, with the teenage moms, they have to work to provide for the baby. I applaud any teenager that wants to take care of their child, but to quit school definitely is not the an- swer. Another reason, that’s when the government should step in and pro- vide these kids with help, finan- cially, mentally, and emotionally, but first encourage them to stay in school to receive an education. Pro- vide day care programs, night school programs, programs to show and teach the skills needed for jobs, so that they can provide for their families. In larger states. such as New York, Maryland, Connecticut, and larger metropolitan cities you hear talk about alternative programs for The Minority Vo) (ol [atom 7 a a kids that are homeless, with young children to raise, those who turned to drugs, and teenage moms, who want to get an education. These states have a government vthat wants to help their youth and show them that there is a brighter fu- ture for all of them. Why is it that we here in North Carolina don’t have anything like that? And if we do, I don’t hear about them, and I am in the media. Not only am | in the media, but I am also a mother of three, who and I am not ashamed to tell, but have also had my run-ins with the law. Let me clearly say, that when I mean run-in with the law, I don’t mean locally, I mean federal and it is not a pretty sight. I was one of those that became tempted by the streets and the fast life and that fast money, that in the mist of it all, I could lose everything. That’s including my children, family, hap- piness, life, and most of all my free- dom. So you see, when | was in school there were hardly any programs that were there for us kids, when we really needed it. When my daughters start getting older and the temptation of the streets starts looking nice to them, & being a mother of 3, I can’t always be there, so as a taxpayer, I would like for my tax money to be put to use. | would like for my money to she couldn't tend to me or any of. them other eight younguns. Papa’ as bout wore out from workin’ ie fields from sunup to sundown, d it was all he could do to keep kin’ enough so we wouldn’t all arve. Things was pretty lean i the at k then. Well, it seemed like it ‘all landed on me, the oldest, with a...: preat big thud, and it coulda took m@ out or at least knocked me errs wn, but I didn’t dare let it... “Well, we tried mighty hard to keep this misery bottled up real tight so none of the sadness would leak out. We was proud folks and didn’t want no whole lot of people in our business., Well, word must have leaked out to Miz Minnie somehow or ’nother ’cause she showed up one day with a big steamin’ pot of collards, seasoned with a generous helpin’ of neckbones. She took a quiet look- see to check on Mama and then grabbed a broom and started sweepin.’ In no time flat she had everything all put back together. “Later that evenin’ after she got them other eight to bed, she hugged me real close and whis- pered in my ear, ‘Sometimes if you just ask Him, the Lord will send you somebody to step in for the family that can’t make it round— somebody just to help you hold CONGRESSWOMAN EVA M. 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Come out and see the SAFE HAVEN and meet the staff. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED. CALL 830-2101 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED TRANSPORTATION. Sponsored by the CITY of GREENVILLE and the WEED & SEED STEERING COMMITTEE ee a Bs pista i ie oto 2 a \g . seme vice for Mr. James Edward Gra- ham, age 76, of 2310 Pepper Tree _ Road LaGrange, N.C. who died Wednesday, January 28 at Lenoir | Memorial Hospital in Kinston, N.C. _. Funeral service was held Satur- - day at 2:00 p.m. at St. James Dis- ciple of Christ Church in LaGrange, N.C., with Elder Claude - Daughety officiating. Burial Will _ Follow in the LaGrange Cemetery Jubilee Revival _ Mitchell’s Funeral Home an- | Rounces the death and funeral ser- _ He is survived by his wife, Mildred Graham of Goldsboro, N.C., one son, Percy Graham of Goldsboro, N.C., 1 sister, Louise ‘Bryant of LaGrange, N.C., 7 grand- children, 5 great-grandchildren, a number of nieces, nephews, other 4 relatives and friends. The body will be on view Friday from 2 to 8 p.m. at Mitchell’s Fu- neral Home in LaGrange For further information concern- ing this obituary, you may call Mitchell's Funeral Home in LaGrange. Telephone: 566-4042. ~ PAUSE FOR THE CAMERA—This proud couple stopped for our cam- era. They are members of Temple of Christ. The pastor is Bishop James L. Woolard. (Staff Photo) It's time eo / . 9 8 i i Ss ' SezE STOPS TO TALK—Candidate Mallison stops to talk with constituents and a photo opportunity. Mallison says this time the voters are going to do it. (Staff Photo) What Makes A Salesperson The Best? (NAPS)—If someone you know is among America’s approximately 14 million salespersons, you may be interested in a recent survey by Sales and Marketing Management magazine to determine the best sales force in the country. More than 100 companies were nominated and many of their cus- tomers were interviewed by the Gallup Organization which was com- missioned by the magazine to con- duct the survey among customers of the companies. Measurement was based on such key factors as: * Quality of training * Recruiting top salespeople * Credibility e Maintaining accounts ¢ Building partnerships. The winner, for the fourth time, was The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. It’s the nation’s eighth largest life insur- ance company with assets of more than $45 billion. It’s the largest company specializing in life and disability income insurance and annuities for individuals. Its prod- ucts are distributed nationally through 7,200 agents who have contracts to be the company’s exclusive agents. Headquarters are in Milwaukee. The company was founded in Wisconsin in 1857. According to the magazine’s editor, William Keenan, Jr., the company had near perfect scores in every category. 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There is of course story after story of local Black History Month obser- vances by churches, municipalities, museums, schools, state organiza- tions, even the U.S. Post Office and USS. Mint. That is as usual. However, this year in particular, we have seen something different. It is not just visible in the pages of The Carolinian, either. Anybody with cable or a satellite dish has seen it, too. Network after network is putting on its own Black History Month tribute. The Disney Channel. Odyssey. TNT. TBS (okay, those two are owned by the same people, but still it represents two basic cable outlets). The History Channel. Discovery. The Learning Channel. Nickelodeon. Not to mention HBO, Showtime, The Movie Channel, Cinemax, and any of the dozens of other all-movie channels. All have planned specials, movies, or features honoring the contribu- tions of black Americans to this country’s history. There are also special promotions being sponsored by the likes of McDonald’s and Kmart. It is true, some of them have marked the occasion for a number of years now. This year, however, it seems that almost everybody is pay- ing tribute to African-Americans. This is definitely a new phenom- enon. Even though Carter G. Wood- son started the celebration of “Ne- gro History Week” in 1926 and it was expanded to a month in the ’60s, it remained a closely guarded secret until the 1980s. Until that recently, the Black His- tory Month observance got the same attention in the mainstream press as Black History observances such as National Ar- chaeology Week or Prevent Blind- ness Month. Network news and mainstream newspaper would frequently have a special report on one of their news- casts, or a feature in one issue. Frequently. Not always. What a difference this February! The more cynical among our read- ers may well say, “These people are just trying to make a buck. They’re in it because they see a chance to make themselves look good.” Exactly. But that in itself points to a major change in attitude. Black people and their history have be- come accepted in American society to the point where corporations see recognizing and honoring black his- tory as being good for business. We remember when Nat King Cole’s immensely popular TV show died because no national corporation would sponsor it. So, who woke them up? Partly, awareness has been raised by the success of the Martin Luther King holiday, which serves as a per- fect lead-in. There is more to it, however. A lot of the success of both observances has to do with change. . Little by little, black Americans are being accepted as... Americans. We have been accused of being pessimists because we so often point up what is wrong with American so- ciety. We just thought we’d take this op- portunity applaud one place where things seem at long last to be moving in the right direction. Now don’t think that we’re saying everything is fine and dandy, be- cause it’s not. But in spite of all the negatives Af- rican-Americans have had to deal with in the past few years, there does seem to be reason to hope. We’re Learning The Carolinian has taken it as a personal crusade over the past couple of years to see to it that black people “get online” for the 21st cen- tury. Our arguments have been legion and passionate, and we won’t go back into them here. The main thrust of our effort, how- ever, has been toward the youth. We know that it is going to be hard to get most adults into the new age. That much is true for white Americans as well as blacks, so we aren’t that worried about adults. After all, a good 50 percent of Americans admit *that their VCR clock at home is flashing “12:00.” It’s the “old dog/new tricks” syn- drome. Adults are perfectly capable of learning; most simply refuse. They won’t even learn how to program their stereo remote. Don’t try to teach them about computers. But children, especially white chil- dren, are eating up the new technol- ogy. If you have trouble program- ming the channels on your new, sp- phisticated TV, give it to an eight- year-old. You'll be watching reruns of “The Wild Wild West” in no time. That has been our concern. While white children were eagerly learning how to manipulate the technology that will shape the next century, black children were learning the lyr- ics to rap songs. Part of it is cultural. Black kids tend to be more physically oriented. They want to be outside, to dance, play sports do things. Computers are too often seen as a “white people's pastime.” Not that there’s anything wrong with those activities. But one can do both. And computers aren’t for white kids. They’re for kids who want to have some control over how their adult lives will be shaped. We have recently seen signs of hope. A study indicated that young black single mothers were twice as likely as white ones to buy comput- ers for their children. We at The Carolinian are seeing an increase in requests from readers and black businesses for our e-mail address (it’s caroad@bellsouth.net). We are getting more and more ma- terial from black entrepreneurs who are starting to use the new technol- ogy, and technically oriented col- umns for black people. Maybe, just maybe, the message is starting to get across. We ourselves will be getting our web page on line within the next few weeks, We're doing our part. Keep doing yours. Learn! Ay “CAN \ WRITE You rh, A CHECK... ? lt i TThink Eve ANPONED THe FEXBLENN Witt you PUBLIC OFFICIALS NEED REALITY CHECK ; BY TREY BANKHEAD ‘ You know, every now and then, I get this crazy idea about running for public office. 1 mean, how hard could it be, right? Kiss a few babies, shake a few thousand hands until you think your arm will fall off, sit behind an desk and let everyone else make decisions for you. Sounds like fun, right? Seriously, that IS what I used to think public officials did all day. Shows what I knew. Still, back to my crazy idea. What would happen, I won- der, if I ended up in a position to, say, make all sorts of new laws. Naturally, I’d make a LOT on enemies. I mean, my sense of politics could never be considered “quiet.” I’d have to say I’m a liberal conservative. I know, it doesn’t really make sense now, but read on, and maybe it will make a little more sense. (No promises, though.) Okay. So, I’m the one making the rules. I’d start off with five new laws. Nothing extravagant, mind you. Just a few things to restore that old Southern pride North Carolina used to have. PUBLIC CLEANLINESS LAWS: Can someone please tell me why, whenever my wife and I go for drives around Eastern NC, we see old barns and houses that look like they've been falling apart for a hundred years or more, and just haven’t made up their minds about WHEN they’re fi- nally going to fall down? Seriously, who owns the property these wrecks are on? If I were in charge, I’d enact laws that would make it illegal to allow such eyesores to remain stand- ing. If you owned the property, you’d be fined for every month that the wreck kept fouling up the beautiful country- side and making property values fall. The same law would apply to cars that couldn’t even politely be called “junk” sit- ting for years in front yards. And, for that matter, any other kind of trash that some people seem to like collecting for everyone to see on their property. Maybe if the heavy fines hit them, they'll get the idea that North Carolina is sup- posed to be beautiful, not the “junk-heap state.” ESTABLISH A LOTTERY: I can hear some of the churches going up in flames right now at THIS suggestion. I'd create two state-sanctioned lotteries. The monies from lottery one would go toward the schools, finally giving them a source of funding that simply would never run out. Think about it: new schools, computers, more fair teachers’ sala- ries... you get the idea. Lottery two would be turned toward mental health and social service agencies, allowing people who NEED help to GET help. I’m tired of hearing “this child would do SO well in school if ONLY we had the funds to get her the resources she needs.” Put an end to the “if only” crap and get something done. A lottery should be established any- way, if for NO other reason than to stop the BILLIONS of dollars we lose to the states of South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia when OUR residents go over the state lines to play the lotteries in the other states! And don’t tell me that “gambling’s a sinful activity that Christians don’t participate in. If THAT were true, Bingo would not be so popular down here! Co MORE SCHOOLS: With the funding provided by the new lotteries, new schools would be a lot easier to build. A con- sultant recently told Pitt County that it needs to build new schools NOW, because most of our schools are woefully over- crowded, Unfortunately, the same holds true for pretty much the rest of the state, There IS a reason, you know, why Pitt Community College just expanded their remedial education programs... Pitt County schools doesn’t have the resources to teach effectively because no one will give them the funding they need, Why ELSE do you think home schooling, private schools and charter schools are moving in so quickly? MORE EFFECTIVE DRUG EDUCATION: Say this once with me—"prevention.” See, I knew you could, even thought this seems to be a concept none of the powers that be seem to comprehend, NC teachers are supposed to have the time to teach about drugs and drug avoidance in the regular class- rooms. Get real, They don’t have time, what with everything, LETTER TO THE EDITOR DEAR MR. ROUSE: We wanted to share some good news with you since you are one of our most loyal supporters. The Little Willie Cen- ter was recently honored at the Governor’s Summit in Greensboro, NC. It was chosen as one of eight exemplary programs throughout the state. It was especially an honor that such a small organization was chosen since the other 150 agencies that were nominated were so much larger than ours. We enclose a copy of selected pages from a program highlighting the eight programs honored on January 21-22 . Continue to pray for the Little Willie Center. There is still a lot of work that needs to be done. With your support, we can provide this program to a larger group of children. God bless you and your family. Sincerely yours, Renée Arrington Director, Little Willie Center To The Editor: To use the words of Dr. King to prolong or justify racism is pure hypocrisy. Let’s see if this will make any sense to the readers of the M. Voice. In addendum to the article, “Unjust - Posture” dated Jan. 14 thru 20 in the M. Voice. If race [should] no longer matter, implies that it does matter. If you establish a movement to rededicate America to creating a color blind society suggest to me that a color blind society does not exist. If conservatives both black and white admit to the preceding statements then they must admit that a racist society still exists in this country and this in turn gives credence to affirmative action programs and those organizations that fight racism on a daily basis. If racism was eradicated there would be no evidence of or rea- Thank you Donovan Phillips ELSE they have to deal with! I’d revamp and expand the DARE program to have a more permanent place in schools. Perhaps I'd make it a mandatory part of the state’s educa- tion curriculum, making students take two DARE classes during grade school to educate them about drugs and alco- hol, two DARE classes during middle school, and one class EACH year during high school. They say that “ignorance is bliss.” Where, there’s a LOT of kids out there who are pretty blissful, thanks to the drugs they’re taking, and the simple fact that no one has the guts to tell them exactly what drugs can do to them. Instead, parents seem to have the same attitude about drugs as they do about sex: “if we talk about it, they'll do it.” That is a childish, stupid, and illogical atti- tude, and it’s got to stop. Well, I'd say that those new policies would be enough to get me burned in effigy, hung, shot at, and generally hated by conservatives, religious fanatics, the PTA, and the PTO. The media, I’m sure, would have a lot of fun, though. But, tell me: did some of those ideas at least make a LITTLE bit of sense? At the very least, they would make our state cleaner, nicer to look at, and vastly improve our educational system. Then, maybe North Carolina won’t just be “First in ight.” Maybe we'll be first in education, too, instead of near ast. - , AUTHOR'S NOTE: (Don’t worry, though: I’m not seri- ously considering running for public office. Well, not TOO seriously, anyway. Okay, at least not right now. Still, Jesse Helms can’t stay in office forever, so maybe I'll start prepar- ing now. Or, maybe I'll run for president, instead. At least THAT way, if/when I get shot at, I'll have some effective protection. What do you think? “President Bankhead.” Doesn't it have a nice ring to it?) “The importance of the Negro press for the formulation of . Negro opinion, for the functioning of all other Negro institu- tions, the Negro leadership and concerted action generally, is enormous. The [black] press, more than any other institu- tion, has created the Negro group as a social and psychologi- cal reality to the individual Negro.” —Gunnar Myrdal, “An American Dilemma” Ce Le tect at. adn eat ee ea CORT ae ee eeevnreeee#- es **e er eevee eveeesveeene er eer Ee NN a ee POE Oe eee See eee ‘Bradley Universirty’s Center For Aging Extends Special Black History / ’ "Peoria, ILL. —Throughout gen- have been a source of strength for at Bradley University is committed : oat African-American women their families. The Conter on Aging to Sessa more about the special 70 YEARS YOUNG—Here i is Black History in the Flesh. Mother Sadie Cradel gets up early every morning to be one of the first callers on the “Wake Up Call’ on Joy 1320. (Staff Photo) roles of African American women. In celebration of Black History Month, the Center is asking for participation from African Ameri- can mothers of children who have Mental Retardation or other devel- aging. The identities pe are e oa disabilities such as Down are kept strictly confidential, and 800-244-4470 for more iaioetntion 7erome the researchers use results at the on how to share your experiences his study, funded by the Na- group level to provide information and thoughts. tional Institute for Child Health and Human Development, is con- ducted by Dr. Rachel Pruchno, a well known psychologist who stud- ies African American and Cauca- sian families in their middle and later years. Says Pruchno, “This is the first generation of parents to . face the challenges and rewards of i living to advanced age with an # adult son or daughter with mental | retardation. In order for policies and services to meet the needs of these families, it is especially im- portant that we speak with African |, American women.” Participating in the Aging To- gether study involves a single, pri- vate telephone interview. 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