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In 1995, he served time in a juvenile center for stabbing a black man who was standing at a gas station. CONGO INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES AS GOVERNMENT HOPES TO MOVE ON TO RECONSTR On June 25 the Secretary General of the United Nations released a report on human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire). The report was compiled by a special investigative team sent to the Congo in the summer of 1997, shortly after a liberation movement headed by now-president Laurent Desire Kabila ended the 32 year old dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko. The team was to investigate allega- tions that Kabila's Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Zaire (ADFL) com- mitted massacres against the Rwandan Hutu refugee populations who were fleecing ahead of the ADFL troops. Presumably, Markhasev did not learn to hate black people in his native country, the Ukraine, where the black population was near zero. Nor was he likely to see America's intolerable, stereotypical movies and television programs about blacks, which were not shown in the Soviet Union before the killer and his family moved to America in the late 1980s James Baldwin wrote in his book 'THE PRICE OF THE TICKET’, "The will of the people, or the State, is revealed by the State's institutions. There was not. then, nor is there. now. a single American institution which is not a racist institution." Yes, racism and prejudice are omnipresent and eternalized in America's institutions. media and myriad entities. Here are a few examples: * The Voting Rights Act signed by President. Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 will expire in 2007. Congress once again will decide whether African Americans will be "al- lowed" to vote. No other Americans are subjected to this oppressive nonsense. * African-Americans. as well as all Americans, are brainwashed every day to respect and revere slave- Sending this human rights mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo was viewed by many in the region, as well as by some international observers, as a cynical attempt by the international com- munity to deflect blame away from its own role in the region's tragedy. For it was the Western. powers’ complicity with the criminal re- gimes of Zaire's Mobutu and Rwanda's genocidal Hutu Power movement that help set up condi- tions in which war, death, disease, revenge killings and refugees crises could be the only possible outcome. During his trip to Africa this past spring, President Clinton ac- knowledged this burden of guilt. Speaking to genocide survivors in if Prince Hall Mason Honors It's 80 Plus Year Old Members Flashback foto by Jim Rouse A Mason Foto The appreciation ceremony was a magnificent ideal designed to show appreciation to all members of Lodge #35, and recognize members eighty-plus years of age, and to encourage members to be more active in Masonic projects and in the community. Recognized for their years of diligence and dedication to Lodge #35 were: D. D. Garrett, Earnest H. Eaton, James Ebron, Sr. W. H. Jones, and Thadeus J. Wooten. George Davies received special recognition for his support to Worshipful Master Frizzell. Greetings were given by District Deputy Grandmaster, District #10 PG.M., Howard Pearce, and also by District Matron O.E.S., District #10 PH. Affiliate, Yvonne Pearce. After the welcome and greeting, presentations were given to some of the members and leaders of the Greenville community. Benjamin Braswell, James Rodgers and Anthony Foreman recognized dignitaries present and James Dixon introduced the speaker. Monty Frizzell gave background information on he oe € sya Or. vest Shields, Jr., had inspiring remarks in his message. '§ presentation was aa around what a mason is or should be. Two of the honorees--Earnest Eaton and W. H. Jones (pm) worked on the repair and beautification Fetecs.. roof work, painting, and ceiling. rother W. H. Jones (Chaplain) and Ernest Eaton (Treasurer) are both eighty plus years of age. They are retired carpenters who worked on the building with brothers James Dixon, James Rodgers, Ronnie Cannon and Monty Frizzell. Community activities include: scholarship workshop, youth valentine social, meeting place monthly for youth organizations, The highlight of our masonic year was the Grand Lodge which was attended by James Dixon, secretary; Earnest Eaton, treasurer, and Monty Frizzell, worshipful master, Pearl Frizzell and Joan Eaton, both members of the Ladies Delight, Chapter #10, O.E.S., also attended the PH, Mason, Grand Lodge of the state of North Carolina. A special thanks to James "Pete" Hagans for all of his support. owners and people who clearly ' waffled about race. In truly, the enslavement of millions of Africans immeasurably enriched the treasur- ies of America's government and individuals. Interestingly, several slave-owners' images are on America's paper currencies; George Washington($1), Thomas Jefferson ($2), Alexander Hamilton ($10), Andrew Jackson ($20), Ulysses Grant ($50) and Benjamin Franklin ($100). Grant was the last U.S. president to own slaves. Even Abraham Lincoln ($5) said, "I do not stand pledged to the prohibition of slave trade between the states... 1, as much as any man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the White race." * God and most Christian holy people artistically have been recre- ated in images of whiteness. This shrewd propaganda undeniably lessens the worthiness of most of the Earth's people. Because of those visual constructs. the churches have a deep problem with race. * America’s educational institu- tions’ dictionaries define "black" as "harmful, hostile, disgrace, un- pléasant aspects of life." "White" is described as “decent: honorable: auspicious, without malice." Kigali. Rwanda, he said that the international community must bear its share of responsibility for this tragedy... We did not act quickly enough after the killings began. We should not have allowed the refu- gee camps to become safe haven for the killers. We did not immediately call these crimes by their rightful name: genocide. Indeed, the United Nations not only failed in its obligations to intervene and pre- vent the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, but took other steps which had the effect of spreading Rwanda's mur- derous ethnic conflict of Zaire, and guaranteeing that Zaire's transition to democracy would not be a peaceful one. For instance, when the geno- cidal Hutu Power regime was on the brink of defeat by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a UN-sanctioned intervention force headed by France and code-named Operation Turquoise stepped in and allowed the regime's soldiers, militias and government leaders to escape, with all their weapons, across the border to Zaire. Along with them came more than one million civilian Hutu refugees, frightened into flee- ing by radio broadcasts falsely announcing that all Hutus would be killed in revenge by the new Rwandan government. The arrival of these refugees in Zaire provoked a humanitarian operation which, despite the good intentions of many heroic aid workers, was a disaster in itself. The United Nations failed to disarm the refugees, or to separate civilians from combatants. They allowed the camps to be set up close to the border with Rwanda, and the soldiers sheltered there used the camps as staging grounds for attacks on the new Rwandan government. The extremist Hutu Power government-in-exile — re- established itself in the camps. Incredibly, the aid agencies related _* A medical school at the University of Texas in Galveston ‘conducted a controversial study primarily on black babies from 1956 to 1962. The researchers withheld an essential fatty acid from the babies' formulas that humans need for the growth of the whole body and nervous system. Those: black babies were used as laboratory animals, and several of the infants died during the course of the study. Previously, this re- search had been done on dogs. This is just one of several unethical medical studies on African- Americans that has been documented. Also, racism negatively has impacted African-Americans' health. Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, a Harvard psychiatrist says, "Some research suggests that the high prevalence of hypertension among African-Americans. compared to whites. is related directly to the stresses associated with being a black person, living in a racist society." * D. W. Griffith's 'THE BIRTH OF A NATION’, an undisguised racist film, was recently rated by the American Film Institute as No. 44 of America's top 100 films. This movie depicted black people as subhuman creatures.’ UCTION AND ELECTIONS to this regime as a legitimate authority over the refugees, entrust- ing these criminals with the distri- bution of food and other survival needs. The leaders sold the donated food on the black market and purchased weapons. The Rwandan Hutu Power regime had been allied with the Zairian dictator Mobutu. and when the ADFL's offensive against Mobutu began, the Hutu troops garrisoned in the refugee camps were the only soldiers in the country wiling to fight. (The rank and file of Mobutu's own army mostly deserted.) This situation placed innocent Hutu refugees in mortal danger. Kept from returning home by their own soldiers, who used them as human shields or as bait to attract supplies from aid agencies, some 200,000 embarked on a forced march across Zaire. Perhaps tens of thousands of them died. Their fate was the subject of the Secretary General's investigation. Because the investigative team was perceived as politicized. the new. Congolese government did not fully cooperate with it, and little actual forensic work was accom- plished. Although the investigative team assembled ample evidence that many, many people met violent deaths during the Congo's civil war. it did not prove that the ADFL forces deliberately committed viola- tions of humanitarian law or crimes against humanity, This finding. together with the Congolese gov- ernment's announced intention to initiate its own investigation. will hopefully put and end to the international community's largely gratuitous exercise. Perhaps al long last, the new Congolese government will be permitted to turn its full attention to the needs of the surviving victims of this tragedy. and to the rebuilding of a demo- cratic Congo. 444 * Gangs. such as the Ku Klux Klan, unite because of racial hatred. A gang will convince themselves that they are racially superior to "outside" groups. which must be harmed or eliminated. Violence is prevalent in America. According io Gavin de Becker's research in his book "THE GIFT OF FEAR’. "The energy of violence moves through our cul- ture... Our country's murderers rob us of almost a million years of human life every year... In the past to years alone. more Americans died from gunshot wounds than were killed during the entire Vietnam War." USA TODAY recently pub- lished a report from Pride. a nonprofit drug-prevention —_pro- gram. Pride's survey shows that nearly one million school kids (grades six through 12) carried guns to school during the 1997-98 school vear. Fifty-nine percent were white, 18% were black. More than half also used an illegal drug on a monthly basis. Ennis - William Cosby was shot and killed in a middle-to- upper income, predominately white community. The misperception im- mortalized daily by the media and other entities is that crimes are committed in poor neighborhoods inhabited by dark people. All African-Americans, regard- less of their educational and eco- nomic accomplishments, have been and are at risk in America simply because of their skin colors. Sadly, my family and I experienced that to be one of America's racial truths. Most people know that facing thetruth brings about healing and growth. When is America going to face its historic and current racial realities so it can be what it says it is? 40064 by Kitty J. Pope New Black Panther Party Emerges after Byrd Slaying | "We have come to say very simply , by the power of our God that the black man and black woman must stand up and defend themselves at all costs. " Those were the words of Khallid Abdul Muhammad, representing the New Black Panther Party at the funeral of James Byrd, Jr. The New Panthers came in response to the brutal killing of Byrd who was dragged to his death by three white men who have been accused of the crime. The same organization calling themselves the New Black Panthers showed up for the Ku Klux Klan march weeks later to denounce the group. The Klan said that they were marching to. declare that the three men charged with the murder was not a part of their group.One Klan member shouted this is Klan country. Another New Panther leader Malik Z. Shabazz who is reportedly the attorney for the group. came with at least 50 other members carrying guns and shouting black power. The New Panthers were also joined by members ofthe Black Muslim group and its leader Quanell X of Houston. The New Panthers held a counter-Klan demonstration. "These men are here to freely exercise their divine and constitutional rights to defend ourselves and carry arms and loaded weapons to defend the Black community against this murderous and hypocritical outfit known as the Ku Klux Klan," said Shabazz. (Cont'd on Page #) mangoes and other fruits can be ordered by mail from Sonoma Dried Fruits, 4791 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, CA 95448. Recently Home From Duties — The world’s most widely eaten fruit is not the apple or banana, but the marvelous mango. Dried at the U.S. Senate... tee . es Oe, years.. (Photo: Jim Rouse) out North Carolina, each year the Mills familly comes together during July 4th Weekend to celebrate their family heritage and their religeous beliefs. Shown above is Sister Marther Mills with her sister Debbie on the right. Marther who grew up in Pitt County has_work in the U.S Senate for the last twenty-five Like many many families throught Top Dissident Dies Suddenly In Nigeria... Former Political Prisoner Abiola Stricken During Meeting with U.S. Officials Nigeria's most famous politi- cal prisoner, Moshood Abiola, died Tuesday after getting sick at a meeting with visiting AMerican officials lobbying for his freedom. Abiola, 60, began coughing and wheezing soon after the meet- ing began in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. He had been meeting with a delegation led by US. Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering. "We all helped to put him in a car," said Pickering, a former ambassador to Nigeria, in an interview with CNN. "There was no ambulance immediately avail- able." President Clinton said in Washingtort that U.S. officials then \ watched Nigerian doctors al a government clinic try to save Abiola's life. Abiola had been in jail since June 1994. He had proclaimed himself Nigerian president afler elections in 1993 were annulled just as he was about to win. Nigeria's government said the cause of death was a heart attack. The State Department said there was no reason not to believe Abiola died of natural causes. Abiola's family had been warning that his health was dete- riorating after four years in deten- tion under harsh conditions. ponies politicians said Abiola's mn death would spark suspt- cions of foul play. They predicted that unrest would erupt in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country at 103 million people. "He may have died in front of Pickering, but what happened to make him die in front of Pickering is another question," said Nigeria expert Richard Joseph of Atlanta's Emory University. "The govern- ment will have a hard time convincing Nigerians that he didn't die because of the harsh conditions he suffered in prison." One of Abiola's daughters, Hafsat Abiola, said in an interview with CNN that the timing of her father's death was suspicious. "It was too convenient," said Hafsat Abiola, who lives in Bowie, Md. "All of a sudden at the even of his release, he dies." Rioting erupted in parts of Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city. Gangs of young people, shouting that Abiola had been murdered, at- tacked cars and shops in parts of the city. There were demonstrations in other cities as well. Abiola's death came just as the end of his imprisonment ap- peared imminent. Nigerian military ruler Abdulsalam bakar had made some mioves toward demo- cratic rule since he replaced dicta- tor Sani Abacha, who died suddenly of a heart attack June 8. Abubakar had ordered the release of at least 30 political prisoners and had opened talks with Abiola. (Cont'd on Page 4) ener ener een A A oe Credo of the Black Press The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racial and natural antagonisms when it accords to every person, regardless of race, color or creed, full human rights. Hating no person, fearing no person in the firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back.. History: Five Black U.S. Presidents..!? by Leroy Vaughn, MD Joel A. Rogers and Dr. Auset Bakhufu have both written books documenting at least five former presidents of the United States had black people among their ancestors. If one considers the fact that European men far outnumbered European women during the founding of this country and that the rape and impregnation of an African female slave was not considered a crime, it is even more surprising that these two authors could not ‘document black ancestors among an even larger number of former presidents. The presidents they name include Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. The best case for black ancestry is for Warren G. Harding, our 29th president from 1921 until 1923. Harding himself never denied his ancestry. When republican leaders called on Harding to deny the "Negro" history, he said. "How should I know whether or not one of my ancestors might have jumped the fence." William Chancellor, a white professor of economics and politics at Wooster College in Ohio, wrote a book on the Harding family genealogy and identified black ancestors among both parents of President Harding. Justice Department agents allegedly bought and destroyed all copies of this book. Chancellor also said that Harding's only academic credentials included education at Iberia College which was founded in order to educate fugitive slaves. Andrew Jackson was our seventh president from 1829 to 1837. The Virginia Magazine of History Volume 29 says that Jackson was the son of a white woman from Ireland who had intermarried with a Negro. The magazine also said that his eldest brother had been sold as a slave in Carolina. Joel Rogers says that Andrew Jackson, Sr., died long before President Andrew Jackson, Jr.. was born. He says the president's mother then went to live on the Crawford farm where there were Negro slaves and that one of these men was Andrew Junior's father. Another account of the "brother sold into slavery story" can be found in David Coyles book entitled "Ordeal of the Presidency" (1960). Thomas Jefferson was our third president from 1801 to 1809. The chief attack on Jefferson was in a book written by Thomas Hazard in 1867 called "The Johnny Cake Papers." Hazard interviewed Paris Gardiner who said he was present during the 1796 presidential campaign when one speaker stated Thomas Jefferson was a mean-spirited son of a half-breed Indian squaw sired by a Virginia mulatto father. In his book entitled "The Slave Children of Thomas Jefferson." Samuel Sloan wrote that Jefferson destroyed all of the papers, portraits, and personal effects of his mother Jane Randolph Jefferson when she died on March 31.1776. He even wrote letters to every person who had ever received a letter from his mother asking them to return that letter. Sloan says, "There is something strange and even psychopathic about the lengths to which Thomas Jefferson went to destroy all remembrances of his mother, while saving over 18,000 copies of his own letters and other documents for posterity.” One must ask. "What is it he was trying to hide?" Abraham Lincoln was our 16th president from 1861 to 1865. J.A-Rogers quotes Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks, as saying that Abraham Lincoln was the illegitimate son of an African man. William Herndon, Lincoln's law partner, said that Lincoln had very dark skin and coarse hair and that his mother was from an Ethiopian tribe. In Herndon's book entitled "The Hidden Lincoln", he says that Thomas Lincoln could not have been Abraham Lincoln's father because he was sterile from childhood mumps and was later castrated. Lincoln's presidential opponents made cartoon drawings depicting him as a Negro and nicknamed him "Abraham Africanus the First."V V5 Coolidge was our 30th president and he succeeded William Harding. He proudly admitted that his mother was dark because of mixed Indian ancestry. However. Dr. Bakhufu says that by 1800 the New England Indian was hardly any longer pure Indian because they had mixed so often with blacks. Calvin Coolidge's mother's maiden name was Moor. In Europe the name Moor was given to all black people just as the name Negro was used in America. All of the presidents mentioned were able to pass for white and never acknowledged their black ancestry. Millions of other children who were descendants of former slaves have also been able to pass for white. American society has had so much interracial mixing that books such as "The Bell Curve" discussing IQ evaluations based solely on race are totally unrealistic. , Are So Few White Males Behind Bars? Ofari Hutchinson By For the last few years the Sentencing Project, Washington, D.C.-based public advocacy group, has issued a report on crime and punishment in America. It's findings are well-known and predictable. Nearly one out of three young Black males are in prison, on parole or on probation. And they make up nearly half of those incarcerated in America's prisons. The response to the report is just as predictable. Many Blacks and liberal critics of the criminal justice system say Blacks are jailed in huge numbers because of racially biased judges, juries, and prosecutors, discrimination in the enforcement of drug laws, poverty, lack of education, and the prison construction boom. Many conservatives, and law enforcement officials say it's because young Blacks commit more crime than Whites: their crimes are more violent and that much of the public, including many Blacks, demand that they be locked up. While both sides debate the issue of why so many Black males are behind bars they don't ask why so many White males who commit crimes aren't. The recent shoot-out between the LAPD and two young White bank robbers in North Hollywood makes this more of a crucial question than ever. Few would argue that the two would-be hold up men were dangerous criminals. One of the bandits had three arrests and two felony convictions. One of the convictions was for a weapons violation in L.A. The other was a felony conviction for real estate fraud in Denver. After pleading guilty to the charge in Denver he fled the state to avoid sentencing. The other bandit had a felony conviction for the weapons charge. Yet the fact that the pair were on the streets of North Hollywood and not behind bars raises the following questions about the workings of the criminal justice system. . *When they were stopped in Los Angeles in 1993 with what one expert called a "bank robbers kit" of legal and illegal weapons and military equipment in their car and arrested, did authorities thoroughly check to determine if they were wanted for crimes in other states? Did they discover that one was a wanted felon? If so, why wasn't he extradited to Colorado for sentencing? Did the Denver police send notices about his flight to the FBI and local police agencies nationally? - *When they were released from jail why were some of their ordered by the court to return them. But the presiding judge in authorized release of their weapons only after the district attorney "agreed" to the release objection" to their release. So who did what? And why? *When other White males are arrested on weapons charges and police confiscate their banned firearms, what charges are filed against them? How vigorously are they prosecuted? If the charges are subsequently dropped, are their guns returned to them? *When young White males who are repeat offenders are arrested and again convicted of serious crimes, how many actually receive and serve their prison sentences? How many are allowed to plea bargain lesser sentences, receive probation, community service, are fined and make restitution, are referred to diversion or rehabilitation programs, or are placed under house monitoring? a The North Hollywood bandits are probably not the exception. In 1990, 32,000 more young White juveniles were arrested for murder, forcible rape, robbery and assault than young Blacks. Yet more Blacks than Whites were imprisoned and more Blacks than Whites were tried as adults. In 1991, more than 70 percent of males arrested were White, and 25 percent were Black. But between arrest, trial and prison many seemed to disappear from the system. Only 35 percent of Whites were held in custody while 44 percent of the Blacks were held. According to annual FBI Uniform Crime Reports since 1991, more Whites are arrested for murder, rape, robbery, assault and drug related crimes than Blacks, but they are less likely to be imprisoned than Blacks. The gaping disparity between arrest and imprisonment is greatest in California. Although Blacks are seven percent of the population, they account for 20 percent of felony arrests, and 31 percent of those imprisoned. By contrast Whites are 53 percent of the population and account for 33 percent of felony arrests, but only 29.5 percent of those are imprisoned. Blacks are 4.7 times likelier to be arrested than Whites and 7.8 times more likely to be incarcerated. Even if we accept the argument that Blacks disproportionately commit more crimes than Whites, and avoid muddying the issue by claiming a racial taint to the enforcement of California's three strikes law, it still does not explain why so many fewer Whites that are convicted of felony crimes are imprisoned than Blacks who commit If the answer is legal incompetence, official indifference or racism, we should say so. As the tragic events in North Hollywood proved, when violent offenders no matter what their color are allowed to slide through the legal cracks, we all pay a heavy and deadly price. 7 wa Earl Ofari Hutchinson is the author of The Assassination of the Black Male Image and Beyond O.J.: weapons returned? The police said they were the case disputed that. He indicated that he and the police had "no Race, Sex and Class: Lessons for America.* fie, - Minority Business: America's Competitive Advantage... By William Reed , Business Exchange Like so many of her fellow African-Americans in the workplace, Joan Parrott-Fonseca is in a job that is here today but could be gone tomorrow. Parrott-Fonseca is director of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and like many other programs in Washington. D.C. designed to help minorities get a leg up in American society. the MBDA is in constant danger of elimination by a Congress that's had enough of such assistance programs. But that threat did not stop Ms. Parrott-Fonseca from convening the 14th annual observance of Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week this past September. "MED Week is a time to celebrate the many achievements of America's minority business community. This year's theme, "Minority Business: America's Competitive Advantage." is most appropriate as we prepare to enter the global economy of the Ist Century," says Parrott-Fonseca, whose job is to direct MBDA's minority business development initiatives through the agency's funded network of community-based technical assistance centers throughout the U.S. MED Week is a yearly conference held in Washington and is co-sponsored by the MBDA and the Small Business Administration (SBA). It is the culmination of many federal. state and local MED Week events held throughout the previous month. The conference provides opportunities to learn how minority firms contribute to the economic prosperity of the U.S. by capitalizing on diversity and innovation in marketplaces. The conference activities included an awards banquet which honored government agencies, corporations and advocates dedicated to the cause of minority business development and successful minority business enterprises. It incorporated two different trade fairs, one for corporations and government to display their opportunities for minority contracting and suppliers, and one for minority vendors to display their wares to potential buyers. Discussions included updates on legislative items, national issues and government programs and regulations. Attendees got an opportunity to meet and talk with members of both houses of Congress, while seminars featured experts in vital business areas of: information technology, domestic and international market development. government regulations, capital access, bonding, procurement, contracting and insurance. To bring corporations and minority businesspeople to the table, Joan Parrott-Fonseca got two top-flight African-Americans to co-chair the MED Week Public-Private Sector Committee. Joy Crichlow director of New York-based ConEdison's minority business program and James McGhee an Auburn, Washington minority entrepreneur. "They bring many years of successful experience in minority business ownership and corporate management of minority programs," says Parrott-Fonseca. Corporate executive Crichlow said, "It is significant that I am co-chairing this event with a minority entrepreneur. As we move towards the year 2000, it is important that more events and efforts are typified by such unions. Joint ventures, second tiering and team projects will become the wave of the future in the minority/small business arena. In addition, it encourages the utilization of these valuable businesses and their services. "Teaming" helps us to overcome obstacles aimed at hindering the progress of minority businesses." The MBDA and MED Week were initiated during the Richard Nixon presidency, whom many Blacks say was the best presidential sponsor of Black enterprise. Currently, Black-owned enterprises have grown to over 700,000 with business receipts totaling $34 billion a year. The majority of Black-owned firms, 54 percent, are concentrated in service industries and account for 34 percent of business receipts. The retail trade industry accounts for the next largest concentration of Black-owned firms at 14 percent of the firms and 22 percent of the receipts. But, minority enterprise programs and legislation are under fire. The Small Business Administration's 8A Program, a $6 billion set-aside program, is set to be abolished by Rep. Jan Meyers, chairwoman of the House Committee on Small Business. Concern about the 8A program is based on figures that say the noncompetitive contracts awarded to 8A companies are 20 to 25 percent above actual market value and costing American taxpayers up to $1.2 billion above market value for 8A contacts. And critics say 8A program contracts go to a handful of well-positioned companies, more than $1 billion to 25 companies in the Washington, D.C.area while more than half of all 8A-registered firms receive no contracts. A strong minority business community is essential to the nation's ability to maintain its competitive posture in the global market, and it's essential that people like Parrott-Fonseca be in place to assure that minority businesses are incorporated into the American enterprise mainstream. But, African-Americans have to support people like Parrott-Fonseca while also taking more personal action toward their own economic development. Until we renew the fervor and vision that sustained us in our fight for political equality, we will not achieve our rightful place in the economic mainstream of this great nation. For information on MBDA programs contact them at: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 14th & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, (202) 482-4547 or (202) 482-4045. William Reed is publisher of Who's Who in Black Corporate America, 2054 National Press Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20045, (202) 547-4125. : "First God made idiots," observed Mark Twain. "That was for practice. Then HE made school boards." From what I have read in the papers, learned from frustrated students, apprehensive teachers, inundated in school administrators and angry parents, it appears we are in for another great experiment in education. These experiments usually occur just before the public is so fed up that they are ready "to throw the bums out." . May I remind you that most of these experiments have happened before and failed. But just before this once crashes and burns, the superintendent will appear before the county commissioners, again, and explain, again, that what he needs to fix the problem, again, is 25-50 million more dollars. The state and federal programs are equally as bad. When the state funded the basic education program about ten years ago, the public believed that at long last our students would have help with the three "R's." Sorry folks, not a penny out of beings. Does anyone remember the old 'McGuffey Reader?” It taught phonics and children learned to read. Does anyone really believe that, "Look Dick. Look Jane. See Spot Run" will hold any five or six years old attention for longer than three seconds. The "whole language” doesn't work but is still the practice. Never mind that Polly Williams, a politician, Marva Collins, Marcus Garbey, and the Ivy Leaf School and hundreds more have proved that inner city poor kids can learn, Proof, we have the most successful criminal class since prohibition. Look folks, we can't blame GOD for this. We elected these people and put them in charge of our chil- dren's future. Probably the most important vote we cast every election is for the school board. The hospital board of trustees is appointed by our county commissioners and the UNC board of Governors. But, no, fellow citizens, we cannot shirk our responsibilities. We elected the county commissioners who appoint them. We were inundated for 16 months by the monotonous chant "We will be in charge." Sorry folks, we "ain't" and they "ain't." There were two "no" votes in raising prices at the hospital and the county only appointed one of these trustees. Where were the other ten? I distinctly remember a commissioner saying that if the hospital made $30 million last year, they were charging too much. Sorry, Mr. Commissioner, they did. But you still gave them the hospital on June 1 and the trustees raised the prices on June 16. So much for "we will still be in charge." There are many boards which I shall cover later. I hope you will not consider this sacrilegious, but the Bible says "Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord," but will HE vote these people out or leave it to us, regular, ordinary, tax paying citizens, to practice good sense. ‘ »M” VOICE ~ JULY 8-JULY 14, 1998-3 The power of a Grandma. Children have a very special relationship with Grandma and Grandpa. That's why grandparents can be such powerful allies in helping keep a kid off drugs. Grandparents are cool. Relaxed. They're not on the firing line every day. Some days a kid hates his folks. He never hates his grandparents. Grandparents ask direct, point-blank, embarrassing questions youre too nervous to ask: "Who's the girl?” "How come you're doing poorly in history?” "Why are your eyes always red?” "Did you go to the doctor? What did he say?” The same kid who cons his parents 1s ashamed to lie to Grandma. Without betraying their trust, a loving, understand- ing grandparent can discuss the danger of drugs openly with the child she adores. And should. ¢ The average age of first-time drug use among teens is 13. Some kids start at 9. © | out of 5 American kids between 9 and 12 is offered illegal drugs. 30% of these kids receive the offer from a friend. And 12% named a family member as their source. ¢ [legal drugs are a direct link to in- creased violence, to AIDS, to birth defects, drug-related crime, and homelessness. As a grandparent, you hold a special place in the hearts and minds of your grandchildren. Share your knowledge, your love, your faith in them. Use your power as an influencer to steer your grandchildren away from drugs. If you don't have the words, we do. We'll send you more information on how to talk to your grandkids about drugs. Just ask for your free copy of "A Parent's Guide to Prevention." Call 1-800-624-0100. Grandma, Grandpa. Talk to your grand- kids. You don't realize the power you have to save them. Office of National Drug Control Policy Partnership for a Drug-Free America DRUGS DON’T WORK! The Governor's Prevention Partnership 800-422-5422 www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov - Panthers-Cont'd from Pg.1 virth of the New Black Panther - In an interview, Shabazz country. : - gaid that the party has been The original Black Panther ae ee Party, which was founded in 1966 as a group f by Bobby Seale and Huey Byes rua muni, He tepred Tes 000 members naonwide group is actively recruiting : } na 3 all across the state of Texas and There were chapters in more than will begin to open branches in half of American and an interna other cities by the end of the year. tional branch in Algeria. The The New Black Feather Party original Black Panther Party fed dressed in black tee shirts, bla the hungry, helped to protect some wearing the old tradi- of the citizens from racist police tional Black barets (symbolic of and presented a new pardigm o the original Panthers) appeared to Black political and social activism. be ready for defense in the event of trouble. Although there were no reported incidents of violence, the The white power structure and most white people still saw the original Panthers as militant and Black and oppressed communi 7,.We want an end to federal, state, county, ci a jury of peers for al the Laws of this country. The Original Black Panther Party Platform* 1, We want freedom, We want power to determine the destiny of our 2.We want full employment for our people. 3. We want an end to the robbery by the capitalists of our black and op- | pressed communities. 4. We want decent housing, fit for the shelter of human beings. 5. We want decent education for our Pl raed that ex the true nature | of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present-day society. 6 We want completely free health care for all black and oppressed peo- e. lice brutality and murder of black ople, other people of color, and all oppressed people inside the United States. 8. We want an immediate end to all wars of aggression. 9. We want freedom for all black and oppressed le now held in U.S. and military prisons and fails. We want trials persons charged with so-called crimes under 10. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice, peace and people’s community control of modern technology. *The preceding represents an abbreviated outline of the Black Panther political platform and mandates. Contact the M-Voice for the complete manifesto of the Black Panther Party political platform and1 dates. President Nelson Mandela soth Birthday Celebration South African Ambassador, NAACP & Howard University Host Tribute... BALTIMORE The _ Honorable Franklin A. Sonn. Ambassador of South Africa, NAACP President and CEO Kweisi Mfume and Howard University President H. Patrick Swygert will host an 80th birthday celebration in honor of Nelson R. Mandela. the president of South Africa. "I can think of no one more deserving of this great tribute than Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. who emerged from almost 29 years of imprisonment without bitterness and worked tirelessly and without equal for reconciliation and nation- building in South Africa," said Ambass: or Sonn. "President Mandela is a bea- con of light that shines around the world. His greatness is unparalleled in the struggle for freedom. human kindness and self-determination. It is indeed an honor to salute Mr. Mandela on his 80th birthday." added Mr. Mfume. The reception will be held in the Armour J. Blackburn Center ballroom on the main campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., Friday, July 17, 1998 from 6:30 PM. to 9:00 PM. Howard University President Swygert pointed out “during his historic 1994 tour, Nelson Mandela visited only one institution of higher learning: Howard University, where he received an honorary degree. Certainly, we are once again delighted to host this grand celebration in honor of this great man." President Mandela's was born birth date on July 18, 1918. : © : pee: Mian The chairman of President Clinton's advisory board on race relations said recently that the dragging death of a black man in Texas last month was "nothing new'," just a flagrant example that racism still exist in America. John Hope Franklin said the killing June 7th of James Byrd. Jr. was unusual only in it's level of cruelty. Byrd was chained to a pickup by his ankles and dragged for 2 1/2 miles in what authorities have said was a racially motivated killing. Three white men have been charged. "I don't want to sound cal- loused, but that's nothing new, " Franklin said in Nashville, Tenn., last Tuesday, after delivering the keynote address at the 32nd race Relations Institute at Fisk University. Franklin, a history professor at Duke University, said the killing lends no more urgency to the board's task "than the burning of black churches in previous years" and that subtle forms of racism, such as exclusion, can be just as devastating. He said the president's advi- sory board on race expects to present Clinton with a final report in September. 4464 Greenville eee a Randy Pag CM E a Rte po Hoge with ancy Jenkins. The City of Greenvi out the red carpet dariag the July 4th weekend to cekcrabe that has been made since ae when the old C.M. Eppes School producced some the best professional talent of that day. has been a staunch supporter of the reunion for the last 18 however we do need to have our year, Comment & Photo: Jim against the bbe ee even though they sponso drives, free Realth clinics, and free break- fast pro for children. This view of the Panthers led to the murder and imprisonment of sev- | ateme eral panther members by the law enforcement agencies. Those killed included 20 year old Fred Hampton who was gunned down with fellow Panther Mark Clarke in an early morning raid of the Panthers headquarters in 1969. The attack was masterminded by the city's police force and an FBI program. The original Panther Party died when its leaders Huey Newton was killed and Bobby Seale was imprisoned. Other Panther chapters and leaders across the country was targeted by police agencies and the FBI and many died in raids or were imprisoned. Before the original Panther Party systematically died out in the mid - 70's, it had attracted some of the most vibrant and rev@utionary minds including H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis and Mumia Abu-Jamal. The legacy of the original Panthers and its leaders as well as the young revolutionaries have remained in the minds of many people as more than a militant organization. They are often remembered as examples of men and women who were unafraid of taking power in their own hands to defend the rights of their people and to fight oppression at whatever cost to themsevles. The new Black Panther Party like the original is being tossed into the limelight by the media who is depicting them as a quasi-military group or Black mili- tia. While all of the objectives and platforms of the New Panther Party are not fully known, it is conceiv- able that many bold and daring black youth will be attracted to this new organization. Whether this New Black Panther Party will be able to play as a significant role in social reform as the original is yet to be seen. 4004 Abiola Passes Suddenly (Continues from Page 1) Some experts said Abiola’s untimely death would force Nigeria's military rulers to move quickly toward restoring civilian tule. "Abiola's death will. put more pressure on the government to open thing up more dramatically. more quickly and more completely." said Africa specialist James Zaffiero of Central College in Pella. lowa. Nigeria's most prominent opposition politician was a multi- millionaire businessman. During his detention, the business interests that made him one of Africa's richest men crum- bled. One of his wives was assassi- nated by unknown gunmen in Lagos in 1996. A stocky man with a deep growling voice and a broad smile. Abiola was an accountant by training. He worked for a while for . the U.S. International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. and rose to become vice president for Africa and the Middle East in 1971. But then he branched into business for himself. Preninrseyy Quy Dy The Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are deeply saddened and share a pro- found sense of loss by the untimely death of Nigerian President-elect Moshood K.O. Abiola. We send our deepest regrets to the family and friends of the late President in both the United States and Nigeria. The shock of his death comes at a time when we were receiving reports which pointed to the release of President Abiola. Indeed, in recent days, we had witnessed the welcoming of our diplomats to Nigeria and were thrilled to hear of their plans to meet with President Abiola in prison. In addition, we were extremely encouraged by General Major-General Abdulsa- lam Abubakar's release of some twenty-six prominent political pris- oners. We also were encouraged by U.N. Secretary General Kofi An- nan's statement, following his with General Abubakar, meeting “that he believed all remaini w pedrigene ty oeres tag The CBC had _ spared - no efforts in denouncing the imprison- ment and treatment of President Abiola, who was elected to lead Nigeria in 1993, only to be imprisoned when he sought to claim his office by the recently by _ deceased dictator General Sani - Abacha. His death leaves us terri- bly disheartened. At this moment, we can only mourn the loss of President M.K.O. Abiola. We will say a prayer for the the Nigerian. family of President Abiola and for - "i evoMreint hee ney Recipes INGREDIENTS: 1 (12 oz.) can StarKist Solid White Tuna in Spring Water, drained, chunked % cup chopped celery ¥, cup light mayonnaise or plain yogurt 2 tablespoons chopped black olives or sweet pickle relish 1 hard-cooked egg, chopped 2 teaspoons lemon pepper seasoning 2 teaspoons lemon juice 8 slices bread DIRECTIONS: In medium bowl, combine all ingredients except bread, mix well. Chill several hours. Divide tuna salad onto 4 slices of bread; top with remaining bread. Makes 4 sandwiches. Flashback Fotos from the Archive | M-Voice Bees are the only insects that — produce food eaten by humans. 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SM/LE! SMILE! SMILE! TEN MAXIMS FOR AGING *** Live for today. *** Keep busy. *+** Manage your time. *** Love with all your heart, mind, and soul. *** Strive to cheerful. *** Develop a friendly. comfort- able relationship with yourself. *** Learn to be charitable. even indulgent. toward others’ short- comings. *** Remain sympathetic and un- derstanding toward young people. *** Develop a genuine interest in others' problems. stay well and " ##* Keep growing day by day. Desk THOUGHT QUESTION: Why do you suppose suffering is So i nt in the Christian life? What are the five evil quali- ties in our lives that | PETER Chapter 2, Verse 1, say to thrust aside? IF WHEN YOU'RE TROUBLED.. "Remember that people who hurt you often do so out of their own problems, not out of their percep- tion of you." "Remember that we often fail because we try for something bigger than ourselves, and that is what we should be doing." "When defeat, sorrow, death, the loss of a loved one, you've been let . go of a job that gave meaning to your existence, you've done some- thing wrong, a beloved child is in . trouble, someone you love has left you... find a compassionate person to whom you can talk to from the bottom of your heart; then reach out and help somebody." "Link yourself to the great inex- haustible power that spins the universe." "Live one day at a time, or better still, take one step at a time. Get the job done you've been putting off. Wash your own socks. Look around you in the love world of nature." Finally, practice gratitude. Every day, look for reasons to be gratcful. You may find yourself saying. "Just to have been born, just to have lived at all... how wonderful that is!" It's hardly ever that we can get through even a day without some hurt, some trouble, some problem. but we can rise, walk again and be grateful for life. ALARMING Do you know that there may be as many as 60 million adults who cannot read the front page of a newspaper? Congress was told Thursday, July 30, 1985. The Census Bureau also showed that 835,620 adults in North Carolina lacked educational skills « of Mrs. Beatrice equivalent to an 8th grade educa- tion and another 701,000 adults did not have a high school diploma WHAT LEADS TO A SUPERBOSS? Dr. Warren Bennis, Professor of Management at the School of Business Administration at the University of Southern California, says Five (5) traits his superleaders had in common: ** VISION: the capacity to create a compelling picture of the desired state of affairs that inspires people to performance. +** COMMUNICATION: the abil- ity to portray the vision clearly and in a way that enlists the support of their constituencies ** PERSISTENCE: the ability to stay on course regardless of the obstacles encountered. ** EMPOWERMENT: the ability to create a structure that harnesses the energies of others to achieve the desired result. te ORGANIZATIONAL ABILITY: the capacity to monitor the activities of the group. learn from the mistakes and use the resulting knowledge. WORDS TO LIVE BY ** If you don't know where you are goin’, you will probably not wind up there. **# Don't make excuses unless you have to. ** Always try to do the right thing unless your conscience tells you otherwise. ** If you've got to cry, do it by yourself... and be quiet about it. ** Most people don't look dumb.... until they start talking. ** To save energy, do not go out lookin’ for trouble, chances are, it will find you soon enough. ** Always be nice to your mama. ** Whatever you do, try to have a reason to do it. ** Nobody ever got into trouble by keeping his mouth shut. ** Always be ready to take a chance: Look what it did to Rocky. ** If you can't sing good... sing loud. ** People not to talk back to: -- Your teacher £ Youve Got What It Takes, We Want You On Our [eam C Wi: play to win and people notice. CP&L’'s commitment to high- performing minority and owned businesses is winning praise from people who know. The Carolina Minority Supplier Development Council recognized CP&L for the bridges we've built with minority business. The Sterling Consortium, a diversified group of minority entrepreneurs, singled out CP&L as women- the Corporation of the Year. ? The Piedmont Minority Supplier Development Council likewise recognized CP&L. as the Corporation of the Year. And singled out our own Jerry Fulmer as MBE Coordinator of the Year. The Raleigh-Durham Minority Development Agency also honored Jerry Fulmer And people notice. — as Minority Business Advocate of the Year. And CP&L was recognized by the North Carolina Institute for Minority Economic Development for its continued dedication and support of mimorty business in North Carolina. We're always scouting new talent. If you're in top form, we want you. Together we have what it takes to be a winning team. Just remember, we play to win. To learn more about CP&L's Supplier Diversity and Business Development Program, write to Jerry J. Fulmer, Supplier Diversity and Business Development Manager, P.O. Box 1551, CPB-2C3, Raleigh, NC 27602, or call 91 9-546-2193. cP&L The Power to Lead Maye ~~ Ist Sergeants -- The police -- Your mama ** Life is like a rubber band: the , harder you go forward, the harder you snap back. So do not make slip-ups. ** If you see a line, go stand in it. Probably can't hurt nothin’. *+* Always say "thank you", even if you don't mean it. ** Always save enough money for one phone call and one use of a pay toilet. ** Do not eat anything if you do not know what it is. ** There are times when you cannot let the right thing stand in your way. ** Do not cry over skim milk. FROM: Gumpisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Forest Gump by Winston Groom. JAMES WILLIAMS - CELEBRATES HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY: Friday, July 3rd at 6 o'clock, p.m. at the DuBois Center on Hooker Road, the five children of James and Mildred Williams: Jimmy, Mitchell, Ronald, Diane and Rosalyn, sponsored an elabo- rate celebration, honoring their father, including memorable pres- entations and tributes from rela- tives and _friends with approximately one hundred persons in attendance. Specials guests from New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and Maryland attended. A backyard barbecue in the Williamses home on Saturday af- ternoon was attended by thirty-five relatives and friends. The birthday celebration ended with a social hour in the adjacent room at the DuBois Center. An elaborate meal was enjoved by all. The children's gift to their father was a gold I.D. bracelet. "The glory of children are their fathers." (PROVERBS 17:6) was the theme throughout the celebration. RR KKK EE "These days it is easier for kids to find drugs than it is for them to find hugs." Dr. Joycelyn Elders. RALEIGH-—A $12,000 pilot pe - gram ‘which granted local systems money to buy fresh pro- duce from small North Carclina farmers resulted in about $40,000 in sales to local growers, a 300 percent return on the grants. Fifteen counties were se =| to participate in the Arthur N. Wallace Arthur Napoleon Wallace re- cently received the Chancellor's Academic Scholarship and plans to attend NC Central University to pursue a degree in pre-medicine. Other scholarships were awarded by Professional services of Greenville and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. Inc.. of which his father is a member. Napoleon is listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students. Other awards have in- cluded: the D.H. Conley High school offensive player of the year in football, the Big East All- Conference Award and the Daily Reflector all team award. He is the first black to become a member of the D.H. Conley golf team. Napoleon is the son of Arthur and Faye Wallace of Grimesland and the grandson of Catherine and Napoleon Minor of Edward. including: Bertie, Craven, purkam, Granville, Hertford, —_Iredell- Statesville. Jones, Macon, Nash- Rocky Mount, Pitt, borin, easy Stokes. Surry, Warren, and Wilson. "Our goal was to increase small and minority farmers’ expo- sure to buyers and help them create more business.” said N.C. Ag Commissioner Jim Graham. "Many of the participating school systems found the quality and freshness of the produce so good, they bought more produce and spent considera- bly more money than they received in grants.” School systems purchased fresh strawberries, sweet potatoes, tomatoes and onions in April and May with the funds. The program is a partnership between the N.C. Department of Agriculture and © Consumer Services. the N.C. Department of ' Public Instruction, the US. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Defense. "| am pleased with the success of this program." Graham added. "We have seen a steady decrease in the number of small farmers, particularly minority farmers, in the past few years. We'd like to see that trend reverse because small farms are important to the economy of this state." Highway Marker Honors Journal @ Guide Publisher NNPA -- A North Carolina native and late publisher of the Journal & Guide (Norfolk. Va.) has been honored by his home state with a highway marker in his The BUDGET STORE with MENS SHOES! Famous names stscht 28 c.ccccccoees *ROCKPORTS :BALLY -ALLEN DESMONDS ¢ BOSTONIANS & MANY MORE Most Priced Under $50 "LARGE SELECTION to choose from LADIES SHOES *EASY SPIRITS ‘HUSH PUPPIES + SOFT SPOT just to mame a few. We also have Large Wide Width Sizes THE SHOE OUTLET Corner of 9th & Washington Streets such as O0Ceeeeseresneoes [To get your M-Voice by Mail write: | The M-Voice Newspaper 310 Evans Street Mall Greenville, NC 27834 SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENT MUST BE INCLUDED WITH YOUR ORDER: Name: C) YES, | would like a 6 month subscription by mail for $20.00 CO) YES, | would like a 12 month subscription by mail for $35.00 Address: i City: name. PB. Young Sr., who was born in the town of Littleton, in Halifax County. was the publisher and owner of the Journal & Guide for 52 vears. The marker was dedicated last June 28. after Halifax County Minister William Bennett submit- ted a request for the tribute to be placed on Highway 158, 150 yards from Young's birthplace. The ceremony was attended by a host of dignitaries including: Littleton mayor, the Hon. Mason Hawfield, Mayor Kai Hardaway of nearby Enfield) N.C., _ state Representative L.W. Locke and Willie Gilchrist. superintendent of Halifax County public schools. ’Kevnote speaker was Dr. Henry Lewis Suggs. professor of history at Clemson University. The family was represented by Davis Young grandson of PB. Young. Other attendees included current publisher of the New Journal & Guide. Brenda H. Andrews. A national spokesman for Blacks. Young. Sr. had published the Journal & Guide for more than 50 years when he died in 1962. He arrived in Norfolk in 1907. fresh out of college and was hired as a reporter for the then Lodge Journal & Guide. By 1910, after increasing the paper's circula- tion from 600 copies to 1,000, Young purchased the paper for just over $3000. He was just 27 years old. Over the next half a century, Young gained local, state and national stature as a community leader and astute businessman. The Journal & Guide also became increasingly recognized for its excellence in publishing and at one time was the largest employer of Blacks in the South. The Minority Voice Inc. 110 Evans St KA P.O. Box % Greenville, Ni ve "Mi VOICE = JULY 8-JULY 14, 1998 202) ‘ig e Sy Renee raed TEE ake? 24" OREO NES IGH— A__ Settlement Provides Full Tax Exemptions and $799 Million in Refunds. Representatives of federal, state and local government retirees have reached:a Settlement with the State of North Carolina. As a result. qualified retirees will no tonger be taxed on their government retire- ment benefits. North Carolina will also pay $799 million in partial tax refunds. The Settlement successfully concludes nearly a decade of litigation between government re- tirees and the State of North Carolina. The Settlement benefits taxpayer who, before August 12. 1989," had five years of creditable service with federal, North Carolina state or local govern- ments, or who were otherwise vested in certain government retire- ment plans. The settling ‘class actions started. because of North Carolina's response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in ‘Davis v. Michigan." This decision held that federal and state retirees must be taxed the same. North Carolina then enacted legislation which eliminated long- standing full tax exemptions on state and local government retire- ment benefits. In ‘Bailey v. State of North Carolina,’ state and local retirees challenged the legislation as an unconstitutional breach of promise by the State. The State claimed that increased retirement benefit formu- las made up for the lost tax exemptions. Yet, state and local retirees proved at trial in 1995 that the increased benefits were not equivalent to tax exemptions and ATLANTA -- Coretta Scott King will present Myrlie Evers-Williams with the NAACP's 83rd Spingarn Award at its annual convention on July 16 in Atlanta. The Spingarn Medal is considered the highest award in the civil rights arena. The first medal was awarded in 1914. The distinguished award rec- ognizes the African American with the "highest or noblest achievement during the preceding year or years." The purpose of the award is to bring attention to distinguished merit and achievement and to serve as a reward for such achievement and as an inspiration to minority youth. "I cannot think of anyone more deserving of this medal than Myrlie Evers-Williams." _said NAACP President Kweisi Mfume. "Her dedication to the cause of equal opportunity is unparalleled in our community. NAACP) Chairman — Julian Bond said he is proud of his predecessor's work to restore the association to greatness. "Myrlie Evers-Williams was the right per- son at the right time to bring integrity, accountability and stabil- ity back to this historic organiza- tion." Bond said. In 1963, Ms. Evers-Williams accepted the Spingarn Award post- humously on behalf of her slain husband. Medgar Evers. With the award going to her this year. it marks the first time in the history of the medal that it has gone to two members of the same family. Among the distinguished win- ners of the Spingarn Medal in the past: W.E.B. DuBois, A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King. Jr.. Langston Hughes. Duke Ellington, Rosa Parks. Lena Horne. Bill Cosby. Jesse Jackson. Colin Powell. Barbara Jordan. and Maya Angelou. Ms. Evers-Williams is the author of a book. 'FOR US. THE LIVING.’ (Doubleday and Company, 1967), that depicts the life of her late husband Medgar and the civil rights struggle in Mississippi in the 50's-60's. The book has been recently re-released in paperpback by the University of Mississippi Press. In March, 1983. PBS "American Playhouse" pre- sented a ninety-minute treatment of the book. In a separate historical film detailing the events culminat- ing in the death of Medgar Evers, Mrs. Evers-Williams also anchored a special HBO __ production. "Southern Justice. the Murder of Medgar Evers". Her fight for justice was also the subject of a Rob Reiner film, "Ghosts of Mississippi." Her other literary achieve- ments including —_ contributing Fditor, Ladies Home Journal. She was one of the magazines’ editors who covered the Vietnam Peace Talks in Paris. France. Her many articles received wide acclaim. Determined to continue as an active participant in her struggle for justice and equality. Ms. Evers- Williams lectures extensively be- fore civil rights groups, women's organizations, social groups and at universities. Her attributes as a role model to young people have en- RESERVE YOUR SPACE IN OUR BACK-10-SCHOOL UE NOW! Myrlie Evers-Williams Receives Spingarn Medal couraged many to pursue careers in law, education and social service. On February 18, 1995, Myrlie Evers-Williams was elected to the position of Chairman of the NAACP. Faced with the challenge of rebuilding the organization, she won election by one vote. One year later, she was re-elected unani- mously by the 64 member Board of Directors to her second term and Chairman. With the support of a strong member base of the NAACP. she is credited with sprearheading the operations that restored this association to its original status as the premier civil rights organiza- tion. In 1998, she handed the chairmanship to another civil rights pioneer--Julian Bond--and the NAACP Board of Directors honored her with the title "Chairman Emeritus." Today. she also oversees the Medgar Evers Institute and directs MEW Associates. Inc. The insti- tute, founded in 1998. is dedicated to leadership and development. MEW Associates. Inc.. founded in 1997, is a lecture and consulting firm. re Fisttitte Pis a7 Quick Mart & Grill Ad Alse Tihs } @ ed Stoney & Sissy Roberson -Owners Hwy 64 & Prison Camp Road Williamston, NC Phone: 792-6988 did not even keep up with inflation. The North Carolina Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of the Bailey retirees. Federal retirees, in ‘Patton y. State of North Carolina,’ sought to eliminate the tax on their retirement benefits so that federal and state retirees are taxed the same. The Settlement resolves all of these class actions. Class member retirees will receive full tax exemp- tions. State and local class mem- bers will also receive initial refunds of approximately 95% of the taxes paid on their government retire- ment benefits for the last nine years plus interest. Federal class mem- bers will receive approximately 70% of the tax refunds potentially recoverable through further litiga- tion. Administration and litigation costs and attorneys fees will be Another Flashback Foto from the Archives of the M-Voice subtracted from these refund amounts. Initial payments to fed- eral retirees are lower because some aspects of their claims are less certain and final resolution of the federal retiree lawsuit promised to take much longer. The Settlement becomes final when the General Assembly enacts appropriate legislation and Superior Court Judge Jack Thompson gives final approval. A hearing on any objections, alloca- tion of Settlement funds, and payment of costs and attorneys’ fees will be laid at the Wake County Courthouse in Raleigh, N.C., on July 22, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. The deadline for requesting exclusion from the combined Class Action and proposed Settlement ("Opting out") is July 15, 1998. 4440444 BETCHA ‘$100! IT’S THAT SIMPLE: YOUR LOAN APPLICATION WiLL BE APPROVED OR WE'LL PAY YOU $100! CALL SHANE TODAY Get Ready....Here they come. These Pitt-Greenville Alumni hailed from all over the world as they were caught enjoying at last years reunion (1997) when they then converged on Tom Foreman park for their annual pilgrimage. (Photo: Jim Rouse) My Carr 3B Vpoves ra | ey ricenses To Buy Rent or Sell Real Estate Call D.D. GARRETT AGENCY “SINCE 1946" Available!! Several Nice Buildings And Lots. 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DURHAM--North Carolina Cen- tral University School of Law is pleased to announce the appoint- ment of the second Charles Hamilton Houston Chair, Professor Jerome McCristal Culp, Jr. of Duke University School of Law. Professor Culp will serve as the Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law for the summers of 1998 and 1999. and Spring semester 1999. Professor Culp will coordinate a seminar series each summer named for civil rights pioneer Charles Hamilton Houston and focusing on current issues in racial justice, Professor Culp's area of research and teaching expertise. The seminar will be open to members of the North Carolina Central University School of Law community and will meet several times in July and August. Each meeting will focus on a paper to be Reverend Charles “Eddie Boy” Gray a native of Greenville of C.M. Eppes High School will be — at Bell’s Chapel Holiness Church | Sunday, July 19, 1998 along with his congregation from Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Winston- Salem, NC. 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In addition to teaching law at Duke since 1984, Professor Culp | has served as law clerk to federal Court of Appeals Judge Nathaniel Jones, also a former lecturer at NCCU School of Law, and been a Resident Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation and a MacArthur Distinguished Scholar at the Joint Center for Political Studies. His subjects include Black Jurisprudence, Employment Discrimination, Labor Law, and Law and Economics. The Charles Hamilton Houston Chair was endowed by a generous gift by Susie Powell and Franklin Anderson and was the first endowed chair on the NCCU campus. Professor Culp succeeds the first Houston Chair, Professor Robert Belton on the Vanderbilt Law School. | “We Have Prompt and | | Efficient Service Within Any Income. | | Robersonville, NC 27871 | _ (919) 798-4001 CONCORD, NH- - For the 10th ture is Martin Luther King Jr. witha state holiday. “Folks, we have to do this.” state Rep. 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However, Price said voucher plans, which many in Congress support, could undermine a shared societal re- sponsibility in educating all of the nation's children. "Vouchered schools do not play by the same rules governing admissions, discipline and expul- sion. What's most offensive, vouch- ers could subsidize the flight of White students. The persistence of unofficial segregation is problem enough in public education without underwriting it with taxpayer's money," said Price. The Urban League president praised President Clinton for issu- ing a "call to action" to make America's education system the envy of the world. "Answering that call is the urgent domestic chal- lenge facing the nation. And the stiffest -- and most compelling -- task is to lift inner-city and rural youngsters who chronically lag behind to globally-accepted stan- dards. | | 1 e a 7 Cu. 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