Se 1981 BY RUSS BYNUM Sentinel Wire services ATLANTA (AP).......... Curtis Mayfield urged black Americans to “Keep on Pushing “ at the height of the Civil » Rights Movement, with songs that preached pride and perseverance. His life imitated his art when an onstage accident in 1990 left him: a paraplegic, but failed to stop his ‘nusic. he continued to record new songs by singing flat on his back. The gentle voice that sounded more like a pensive philosopher than a raging revolutionary was silenced on DEC. 26 when Mayfield died at age 57. . Freddie's Dead™ With classics such as “People Get Ready.” “We're a Winner * and “ in the 1960s and 70s. Mayfield put civil rights at the forefront of soul music when black radio was dominated by love songs and dance tunes. You don’t have to ‘break anything over anybody's head. no matter what you re trving to sav. It doesn't have to be preached.” Mayfield told The Associated Press in a 1996 interview. “What's impor- tant for me is that it's said in a manner where it gives food for thought.” Music critic Nelson George dubbed Mavfield “black music's most unflagging civil rights cham- d Dead at 57 pion.” Rolling Stone magazine declared in 1997 that “black music as we hear it today simply wouldn’t exist without him.” Mayfield’s socially conscious lyr- ics paved the way for rappers more interested in gritty urban land- scapes than heavenly romance. The funk grooves on his album “Superfly” proved irresistible to hip hop samplers. Longtime manager and business partner Marv Heiman said Mayfield “wanted people to think about themselves and the world around them, making this a better place for everyone to live. “Mayfield was paralyzed when he was struck by a lighting rig that toppled while African American Sailor Pardoned by President Clinton After 55 Years By Kaia Shivers Sentinel staff writer Freddie Meeks and his wife Eleanor say they are thankful for the recent pardon President Bill Clinton granted to Meeks. a former black sailor that + was unjustly convicted of mutiny more than 50 years ago along with 49 other blacks-in the Naval force. Said Freddie Meeks. “I feel good about it because it was something that was held over our lives and it shouldn't have been. At that time we didn't know nothing about no mutiny.” Meeks is one of the three survuvors left from the 50 black soldiers impris- oned during World Il, following an explosion that left more than 200 dead and about 500 injured.A five year campaign to pardon Meeks was brought to a closing when Meeks receive the presiden- tial pardon on Dec. 23. aid Meeks, “This is something | can finally get off of my chest. “I’m 80 years old and now | can feel good that those charges of mutiny were lifted off of me.” At the time of the tragic blast on July 17, 1944, Meeks was in Oakland Ready,” “We're a Winner” and ~ Freddie’s Dead” in the 1960s and 70s, Mayfield put civil rights at the forefront of soul music when black radio was dominated by love songs and dance tunes. You don’t have to break anything over anybody's head, no matter what you're trying to say. It doesnt have to be preached,” Mayfield told The Associated Press in a 1996 interview. “What's impor- tant for me is that it’s said in a manner where it gives food for thought.” Music critic Nelson George dubbed Mayfield “black music's most unflagging 2 civil rights cham- pion.” Rolling Stone magazine declared in 1997 that “black music as we hear it today simpl\ wouldn’t exist without him.” Mayfield’s socially conscious Iyr- ies paved the way for rappers more interested in gritty urban landscapes than heavenly ro- mance, The funk grooves on his album “Superfly” proved irresis- table to hip nop samplers. on a three-day pass. “They sent word for us to come back to the base so they could get a count of the survivors. but we didn’t go back because we had a three day pass.” When Meeks and the other sailors returned they were thrown into the brig. Soon after. they were ordered to resume the dangerous and laborious task of loading the lilve munitions. while white sail- ors received 30 day passes. “We (back sailors) had a big pow wow out on the compound and talked it over. We talked to the lieutenant about it and he told us to write the Red Cross. The Red Cross told us that there was nothing thes could do for us “boys.” When the time came to resume duties. 50 men refused to load the munitions. The remaining black soldiers that consented to continu- ing their duties were shipped off to different places in the world, some even dishonorably — dis- charged. The men who refused were arrested and tried. “They wanted to shoot us to make an example out of us. but instead we Were shipped to Treasure black keys on the piano. In 1956, he joined church choir member Jerry Butler. brothers Arthur and Richard Brooks. and Sam Gooden in a group called The Roosters. They change their name to The Impressions two sears later. and has a No. 11 hit with “For Your Precious Love.” The group went on to record a string of hits, including “ Gypsy Woman”. “It's All Right ” and ™ I'm So Proud.” It was in 1964°s "Keep on Pusing “that marked a turning point for Mayfield. and broadened the pa- rameters of black music. Widely regarded as the first rhythm and blues song to rally blacks behing the civil rights movement, “Keep on Pushing ” become a Top R & 13 and pop hit. ued putting black pride and. social issues at the’ forefront in Impressions hits such as “We're A Winner.” “This is My Country” and “Choice of Colors.” asked: “How long nave you si Mayfield contin- . which _ ~ Island in San Francisco.” The sailors were initially given between eight and 18 years, but with the help of civil rights lawyer and first African American su- preme court justice Thurgood Marshall. sentences were reduced. Now. after years of maintaining his silence about the incident, Meeks is more than willing to tell his side of the story. “T-guess I'm still here to let people know what happened,” said Meeks. “I dont’t know if all the other men will. get pardoned, but | think they should. All we were there for was to serve our country.” Added his wife Eleanor, “Those 350 guys did what they thought was right. They stood up for what they thought was right and there was no such thing at that time for a black man. They just stuck to their faith, believed and refused to go back. Now his granchildren and great grandchildren can read about him in the history books and know that he did not back down.” After his accident. Mayfield found he could still sing by lying down, letting gravity put pressure on his chest and lungs. With vocals sometimes recorded lines at a time, Mayfield released his final album, * New World Order.” in 1996. Mayfield was a two-time induc- tee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame---as a member of the Impressions, and as a solo artist. Though his songs often invoked bleak surroundings, they never lost sight of hope. “Like a true nonviolent civil rights activist, Mayfield looked for the best in anatagonists as well as friends, gently prodding for change and rarely pointing an accusatory fin- ger in anger, “critic George wrote in his 1988 book, “ The Death of Rhythm and_ blues.” “There waws dignity in his ap- proach, a feeling that his ideals were for the elevation of his listeners. “ \ Baca Happy Bit bay Dr. - We Salute. King ie pricr to ” Statements. STVOIGOIYgd | A ‘te to the Nation's capital, shown above is Brother Rouse... Owner of WOOW Joy 1340 AM & W 1320 AM was in Washington, DC to speak to the FCC regarding low OW M Radio and Minoniies Brother Rouse is Shown with Retired Col. Powell's son, Micheal Powell who is a commissioner with the FCC. along with other NC Broadcasters. Also, shown is congressman John Conyers, who dined with brother ouse and Micheal Rowell for Lunch. ? Herbert A. Gardner has been nominated to receive the Congressional Committee’s 1999 Businessman of the Year Award. This award is given to top business leaders in the country who have been instrumental in helping to reform the IRS. pass the Financial Freedom Act of 1999 and maintain the Republican Majority in Congress. He was singled out to receive this prestigious appointment because of his generous financial support to the National Republican: to the White House in 2000. . % MIRANDA RIGHT IN JEAPORDY = re eo BY NISA ISLAM MUHAMMAD Soon you may not have a right to be forewarned of your rights, The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments early next year and decide in June whether or not to tinker with the 33 year-old ruling that "Mandates police to inform criminal suspects that “you have the ight to remain silent... . a warning better known as the Miranda rule. Some observers view this as the most important criminal case the Supreme Court will hear in years. : Miranda became law in 1966, but the Court must determine if a 1968 law passed by Congress overturns Miranda, The 1968 law allows federal prosecutors to use voluntary confessions even if the person was not read his Miranda rights. And while that law has never been enforced, ‘Attorney General Janet Reno told congressional members in 1997 that she viewed the congressional legislation as unconsti- tutional, The case that has brought Miranda to the Supreme Court is Dickerson vs. The United States. And oddly. it has made the Justice Department and Plaintiff Thomas Dickerson strange bedfellows, Mr. Dickerson was arrested in 1997 for driving the getaway car in an $876 bank robbery in Alexandria, Va. While in custody. Mr, Dickerson made statements to FBI agents that later Were used against him in court. | It was discovered that he had not been: perly read his Miranda rights, A federal judge in Alexandria | refused to allow Mr. Dickerson’ $ remarks $ as evidence becaise he had not been read his Miranda rights | 3 700 gathered at Medger Bvers Col: lege of the City University of New | York (CUNY) for the 10th Annual | Academic Convocation which was “held in the Cola Au sand televised to mx ‘other rooms. . +. With the. very) [dynamic and per- | sonable Dr. Edison. 0. Jackson at the. ‘helm as president, the college honored the Rev. Dr. Gardner C, :. Taylor, ' senior pastor emeritus of Concord Baptist Church of Christ; Iyanla ‘Vanzant, founder and executive ‘director of Inner Visions World- wide, and also.a minister, author, | orator and empowerment special- ist; and yours truly, with the hon- | -orary degree of Doctor of Humane Tethers Vanzant was also the very inspirational keynote speaker. . Also participating in the very moving program | were Dr. Kofi ’ - Lomotey, senior vice president and : provost, who presided; Dr. Taylor, -who gave the invocation and bene- diction; and Jackson, who. brought greetings, conferred the degrees, introduced the convocation speak- Dr. Matthew Goldstein, chancellor of CUNY, addressed the gather- ' ing; Kenneth Cook, member-of the board of trustees, brought greet- - dean of the School of Liberal Arts ind Education, beautifully. pre- 7 Republican chainehi: ©. ‘David - Williams, rector of St. George’s » the City Council; ‘er and gave the closing remarks. ings; and Dr. Mwalimu Shujaa, ay Also on. hand were honor : guards, . officers Paul Brown and oth Thostes, ‘acne 3 | come in the past. This is essentially Episcopal Church; Councilwoman Annette Robinson, who presented the honorees with citations from Lowite: Dr. “al I ‘Rosa, Downstate; Roderick Mitchell, president of Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation; and Alli- son Bledman Babb and Charles Palms of the same organization. Also on hand were retired Com- missioner Myrtle G. Whitmore; Ruth Lewis, widow of Assemb. Woodrow Lewis; Barbara Simons (Mrs. Calvin); Dr. Randall Bloom- field of Downstate; former Deputy Commissioner Carl I. Butler; Mal- colm McCoy, retired vice president of Citibank and his wife Dorothy; Leona Sharpe, wife of Glenn. Edward Sharpe, vice. came ear Citibank; Robin | ) AME ie h; Doctors James and Babie oxime nted the candidates our hon- a Councilwoman | .. | charges have been levied. They may -| or may not be true. These are things wife of Dr. John LaRosa, presi- " dent of SUNY Downstate Medical Center; Martha Thomas, also of '} the key to avoiding basic errors.. In recent weeks, we have seen a" variety of incidents involving young people. One of them has resulted in. adeath, with at least one other send- ing a young girl to the hospital with a severe knife wound. These are all major problems, which must be handled forthwith. In each of these cases, racial to be determined by courts of law or _| by whatever means necessary. Meanwhile, we need to take a ‘I closer look at the children we are rearing and ask ourselves if we are preparing them to deal with a world that is both hostile and friendly. ‘Some of the barriers have fallen. Some others have not. It is impor- tant that we teach our children to know the difference, and how to deal with either or both sets of cir- | cumstances. Of equal importance in this equa- tion is the role of the adult, i.e. the parent, grandparent, et al. Some- | where along the way, as we at- tempted to throw off the yoke of oppression, we failed to reinstitute something called respect. Such ac- tion has resulted in an almost-total breakdown of our society. In the “olden days,” African Americans said “Yes Sir, No Sir, sablishes ae of The Sentinel, used tokid me alot } about looking into the past. But he -1 also understood that the road to the | future lies within the problems over- - Jorma ofiegen Soap one th on vein, ‘they said the same thing to. - the school and the teachers for the dance to most African culture, older » people are venerated. They are re- ’ vered and they are respected. their parents and elders. In accor- -. When the concept of integration became the law of the land and the oppressive bonds wete thrown off, we began to think that because we ~ no longer said “Sir” and “Ma'am” to white people, we no longer needed to show respect to our own elders. What a sad mistake that | was. The concept of respect to our elders had not come out of fear, as it-had with white people. It had come from an African tradition of genuine re- spect. We lost it. We have not found it yet and our children are running rampant through the communities. It’s cold but it’s real. In our com- munity, the culprits don’t speak Spanish. They don’t have foreign accents. As a matter of fact, some of them can barely speak English be- cause they only thought they only needed to go to school long enough to learn to sign their names. And some of them are illegible. The problem is that we don’t stand behind the schools and the teachers. When a teacher sends a note home to a parent, like as not, the parent goes to his or her local armory, checks out an AK47 and then goes to school with killing the teacher in mind. Still, Johnny can’t read, write or decipher. Johnny and Jennie go to school with the notion of telling the teacher where he or she can go and the astray We cannot continue to > thew failure of our kids. These teachers: don’t teach our children to rob and - steal. They don't provide gun-han- ‘dling classes. These are things learned outside the classroom, and in some cases, condoned by the parents. There have been: several incidents where parents have bought weapons and given them to their children, - .Nobody wants to accept the blame for the lack of respect, the failure to learn and the unwilling- ness to be corrected on the part of our children, Every parent in the world, soto speak, will say, “I know my child and I know he/she would not do anything wrong..” When the wrong occurs, the par- ent is quick to explain they learned it from the television or from a neighbor's son. It simply was not the fault of the child or the parent. Horse Manure! It is too easy to cast the blame — off on someone else. The onus be- longs on the shoulders of the par- ents in most cases. In some cases, it is not the parents’ fault and this statement alone will give all par- ents an out. They will be quick to grab onto this little blurb and say, “Well, at least he’s not talking about me.” Wrong! In most cases, you are exactly the one I’m talking about. To misquote the Bard, “Methinks thou doth protest too much.” - Maybe nobody else wants to deal with it. But something has got to be pid.) 2) Somewhere along the way, we have got to wake up and understand that we have in fact bred a genera- tion of vipers (with apologies to Philip Wylie.) and now they have begun to bite us. this ain’t about race. This is about survival. We have turned deaf ears to the prob- lem, claiming this was the white man’s influence or his problem. He does not live in our community for the most part. He does not come into our community and break into our homes. He does not rob the mom and pop stores on the corners. These are our kids and we are look- ing for every kind of excuse in the world to excuse them. It just doesn’t wash and it is about time that we stopped trying to fool ourselves into believing the problems we have are somebody else’s fault. When we stopped teaching our children respect, we turned the cor- ner onto a one-way street. There is a brick wall at the end of that street. Perhaps it is too late for some of a ee e. next door poenetning,. a stu- the youngsters. It is not, however too | late for all of them. Let us look at the African traditions we have been given and if nothing else, follow the ones that are there in front of us. We must be able to look to the past in order to forge ahead for the future. After all, we have been com- plaining that this nation took our history from us. Well, there are some things they have not taken from us and we would do well to look at the past and see what lies ahead for us. co URBAN PERSPECTIVE Violence Prevention: Focus on Youth i? The California Wellness Foundation recently held its seventh annual Violence Prevention Initia- tive Conference in Los Angeles. Violence is a serious public health problem and arguably, violence prevention should be this nation’s top priority. Violence mirrors the direction and quality of life for youth, It also reflects the social justice and public policy Priorities of America. Gun viclence is a public health epidemic and the leading cause of death for California’s young people. The annual conference pro- vides an opportunity for all Violence Preven- tion Initiative participants to convene and strengthen the statewide network of advocates. The intention is to transform public discourse, inform policy development and create new community strategies for prevention. The VPI has several dimensions, one of which is a media or public information com- ponent. This provides background informa- tion which better enables participants and the general public to understand the complexities and challenges of violence prevention. Violence among America’s youth remains at historically high levels, and both offenders and victims are getting younger each year. Youth are the most frequent victims of vio- lence nationwide, with teenagers at least twice as likely as adults to become the victims of some sort of physical assault. Every day, 13 children under the age of 20 are murdered. Although there has been a 30 percent decline in juvenile homicides since 1994, homicides account for 20 percent of all deaths of the 10- ' 24 age group and is one of the leading causes of death for this group. On an optimistic note, national statistics show violent crime arrests fell 4 percent in 1995 for juveniles 17 and under, the first drop since 1987. Teenagers’ _ perception of violence or crime as the biggest problem facing their generation has also de- clined from 22 percent in 1994 to 7 percent in 1998. But despite violence prevention pro- grams and declines in rates of youth violence, juvenile-related crime continues ‘to take its toll. Once considered sanctuaries of safety and learning, American schools today are often perceived as dangerous places. With the re- cent media frenzy surrounding school shootings, the public has been inundated by images of children shooting classmates and teachers, leading to the belief that school- related violence is surging. Heightened con- cerns and exacerbated fears about school safety have also resulted in public policy initiatives. Statistics show, however, that the perceived “trend” in school violence may be more a media phenomenon of linking together sensa- tionalistic incidents than a pervasive problem. Of course, this is not to say that America’s youth face no threats to their safety. Guns have killed children in America 12 tinfes as often as they have killed children in other industrial- ized countries. The real dangers are not so much in schools, but away from them, as 99 percent of children’s deaths occur outside of schools. Tragically, 11 American children are killed every two days by their parents or care- takers. Resources for Youth i is a public education campaign funded by the California Wellness Foundation which seeks to provide California’s leaders and decision-makers with tools and in- formation to help promote increased public and private investment in violence prevention ef- forts and policies that reduce firearm injuries and deaths. RFY is acomponent of the ten-year, comprehensive Violence Prevention Initiative. (The VPI has three primary goals: change the view that violence is inevitable, stimulate and support innovative programs, and give Califor- nians a direction for dealing creatively with violence prevention.) RFY has developed a database of more than 15,000 opinion leaders and broad-based support from the grassroots as well as professional communities. The seventh annual Violence Prevention Conference offered speakers and a wide range of workshops and discussion sessions. These include Seizing Political Opportunities, Iden- tifying Allies and Making It Happen—by the end of this session, participants had the oppor- tunity to share experiences that have helped community-based organizations strategically position themselves in the political structure of their communities. Adolescent Violence: A Practical Perspective—Case Studies—by the end of this session, it was intended that par- ticipants be able to assess and/or identify risk factors associated with youth violence. Par- ticipants were to develop a management plan for an identified at-risk youth. Talking Out Loud About Juvenile Justice—by the end of this session, participants were to be better able to frame public health arguments about juve- nile justice. Fostering Youth Leadership—by the end of this session, participants should have had a good understanding of the knowl- edge of the ingredients for developing effec- tive youth leadership programs. Perhaps the most innovative and signifi- cant thing about the VPI conference is its strong focus on youth, both as leaders and participants. A future column will summarize the results of the seventh annual Violence Prevention Initiative Conference, which will likely be interesting and have important prac- tical implications. A personal note: One of the Wellness Foundation’s 1999 Peace Prize recipients is Los Angeles’ Ruben Lizardo, who works hard to better other communities as well as his own—a rare, invaluable trait. Thanks, Ruben. oe 2 With the mailing of the 2000 Cen- sus a little more ‘than three months away, there is * grest concern as to who is going to > count the African American com- 2 ’monity and how it will be done. We » Weren’t counted very well in 1990. = The total undercount for the 1990 : ccensus was an estimated eight mil- : > lion, a great majority of which were : ‘communities in urban centers like . Los Angeles, Chicago, Washing- “4 + SV OEES Cs s know ... us. And as a result, the African American community (in the col- lective) suffered major losses in Fepresentation, and certainly an op- portuni toestablisha greater voice | i = ton, D.C, and Philadelphia. You public resources (money), possibly BETWEEN THE Lines African American Civil Rights Census Committee: Making Sure We Get Counted nity seems to be repeating history with confusion around community hiring for crew leaders and enu- merators. The census offices in and around the African American com- munity seem to be misplaced and misdirected in terms of a high pri- ority strategy to reach the “hard to reach” and the “hard to hire.” The African American commu- nity is a “sub-committee” focus in the City of Los Angeles’ outreach or Not real high priority for a t of the community with 32 million in future state and fedetal revenues laying around it sources project that figure ‘(some will be as high as $227 million if ithe same level of count inaccuracy occurs), The community asked ‘questions but couldn't get “ig an- tye } resources, census offices in two key A games are being played relative to “who's going to receive the money,” “what processes will be used to sup- port census offices,” “how will the money be spent,” “where is the money going to be placed (part- ners, collaterals, etc.).” All of this is going on while other communi- ties have their monéy and resources in place, and are off and running with respect to their census support workplans. — The confusion around disclos- ing an African American approach | seemed to justify rumors that the African American community had been “written off.” Census officials deny this, but the proof is not in the words, but in the pudding (actual deeds). Allegations that hiring for inner city census jobs have been convo- luted with data base (job applicants) . The absence of local ommunities, be major lapses in both enumera- tion and hiring because of Census takers unfamiliarity with the area. The claim is that nothing more is being done than before, and what do you call doing things the same and expecting a different result? You call it insanity. Well, African American com- munities are preparing to deal with how to avoid “census insanity.” They are called African American “Civil Rights” Complete Count Committees, They are designed to prevent the census bureaucracy | from systematically excluding the African American communities from being fully and equitably in- volved in the execution and accu- racy of the census. Two weeks ago, Congress- woman Maxine Waters (co-chaired with Assemblyman Rod Wright) | Angeles’ African id American “Civil Rips" sonny 40 Vatts/ Committee in the p of U.S. announced Los partnerships, advertising and train- ing is concerned. This effort, which received the endorsement of Prewitt and U.S. Department of Commerce Regional Director John Reeder, will allow the black commutity to fast- track its efforts to educate the com- munity about the census and make sure that not only are we counted, but that we do the counting. It's extremely important that we, as @ community—with our many fiefdoms and sub-cliques, come to- gether on this one. Blacks can’t afford to be. miscounted, undercounted, or discounted this time around, Too much rests on this census count. This is not the Mil- lion Man March (you see what hap- pened when the National Parks Ser- vice attempted to enumerate us in one place, on one day), where you can ballpark and let it stand. oe re tofind ody Frits lank Poo yop pa that have to count a housing project and if unfamiliar with it, will walk right by it. Three hundred families become 50 on the census count. This process is how America divvies its pie, its Congressional representation, its federal dollars to the states and cities, its justification for infra-service and highway ser- vices—all are tied to who is counted inacommunity,. Our civil rights are many times funded by our _ community’s enumerated rights. Call (323) 292-3009 to find how you, your church or community or- ‘ganization can work with the-Afri- can American “Civil Rights” Com- sans eee is get ust any Complete Count Com- mittee. Remember, as far as the Census goes, if it ain't about your “Civil Rights” (in the name), it’s not about counting you. We need to count this time, and - HAVE Mie 3 eR ge CLOTHES, ON | HAVE ani es gin PF The changing face of Homelessness pictured former World War II Vet, now homeless. shown holding a hand written sign desribing his plight as he sad on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Hats off to all our former World War II Veterans who paved the way for America today. Photo By Jim Rouse THE CHANGING FACE OF HOMELESSNESS By Valerie Daye In the past two to three decades, this country has witnessed a rise in the number of men, women and children ‘living either in homeless shelters or on the streets. For those who have the good fortune of never having .to have been a part ~ of this ever growing population, it is quite easy to stereotype and dismiss the homeless community as not only "homeless" but also "helpless". We would wish only to get on with our lives and not think of "those other people." Unfortunately, "those other people" actually exist, not only in society at large, but at an increas- ing rate here in the City of Raleigh. It is estimated on a given night that there are well over 2000 homeless persons in our City. And while there is an alarming truth to the myths of drug use and abuse which are reported from the homeless community, there are untold realities which require our concern, attention and assistance as well In the City operated homeless shelter at 1420 S. Wilmington Street, between 250-330 men and women reside at the shelter on a given night. More than 43% have a medical condition or disability. 80% or greater suffer from some form of substance abuse. An even greater percentage of the residents in the city-run homeless facility suffer unresolved emotional or physical abuse issues. Of the female residents, at least 40-60% are victims of domestic violence, such violence oftentimes continuing during their stay at the shelter. While these statistics are stagger- ing, none of the problems are insurmountable and there is hope. More than 60% of the females and 80% of the males are regu- larly employed, either by an outside employer or through day labor services. Lack of money management skills, a failure to understand and utilize spending priorities and or bad credit histo- ries render home ownership of apartment renting unlikely without outside intervention. Assistance in the form of services is absolutely necessary to reverse the trend of homelessness in our locality and this factor cannot be overstated. Even more, however, in our encounters with the home- less, we must be vigilant in establishing proper boundaries, promoting self esteem, assisting in goal setting and maintaining a positive focus, wherever we can, however we can. The City's support in seeking homeless persons to employ dur- ing the Special Olympics created overwhelming enthusiasm at the Shelter and is but one example of how positive efforts by the City can be utilized to build positive self worth. . Teaching respect and dignity through example is equally as valuable, especially when we con- sider that many in the homeless community have never experi- enced a values system in their lives. This lacking need, unfortu- nately can be a breeding ground for anger, violence and abuse. Aiding those in need can have a tremendous positive impact on society, on the homeless commu- nity and on self. The best part of making a compassionate contribu- tion to those who have reached great levels of hopelessness and despair is that the only tool needed is the humanness of a_ beating heart. And, we all have one of those. . *The statistics used in this article are based on observation and staff estimates What is soul? Soul is the image of Billie Holiday, eyes closed, singing the blues. Sout is the image of hands raised, joined in a gesture of unity. Sou! is the image of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, who fought to keep Black History alive. Soul. You know it when you see it. ‘ http:/Awww. budweiser.com ©1990 Anneuser-Busch inc. Brewers of Budweiser Beer, St Lou, MO UPS TWO 1000 Bike Hoty by the Katee of Lous McKay toanee authorized by CMG Worldwide ine indipis, IN 46256. USA waw crgwew com BUDWEISER CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH BY RECOGNIZING THE PEOPLE AND PLACES THAT HELP SHAPE OUR WORLD. « McDonald’s® . celebratesthe |. legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. ‘i bicuneetry millions of indi- viduals were infected with a —-— simian virus—SV-40-—through “he & pola vaccine. Luckily, —_. In Germany, i in 1967, some workers there were not as lucky. They were infected with a Mar- burg virus from African green monkeys. The virus didn’t phase the monkeys; it killed those workers. Most likely the AIDS virus transfer occurred when the oral polio vaccine was squirted in - the mouths of the experimental subjects and it entered the | bloodstream through a sore in the mouth of the subject. And then further transfers of the vi- rus occurred by sexual contacts Rwanda and Burundi. That's also where the AIDS virus has been Mr. Hooper’s book doesn’t tie down the beginning of AIDS in hu- mans to oral polio vaccine testing in Africa as clear as 2 plus 2 equals _ 4; however, he put AIDS data with . the oral polio vaccine experiments information and it comes within a fraction or two of clearly adding up to the right number. There are two reasons for the scientific community's reluctance to find out if vaccine testing on Af- rican natives caused AIDS to be born. For one, it won’t go down too good with us, Black Americans and Africans. Another is that if the polio vaccine is the culprit, the - a Toceured in 1959 in re hint ae what was the Belgian Congo then, - was later Zaire, and now is Con- ~ go. The oral vaccine experiments. ‘were in the Congo, Uganda, © - with the virus; and both of those | numbers are steadily going up. . history. So far there are at least» | most devastating the earliest. "AIDS will kill more mee Oph ic Ag than any other known plague in 16 million people dead from AIDS and 33 million infected - That’s why ‘the scientific community. needs to know as much as it can about AIDS, in- cluding how it started. For one, | so that mistakes won "tbe made again. Also, the more scientists . know about AIDS, the more likely a vaccine or cure can be found. (Emory Curtis is a freelance writer based in Fair Oaks, Ca-. lif. He can be contacted.at (916) 967-9407, fax (916) 961-1596, or e-mail eccurtis@ hotmail.com. To read other columns by Mr. Curtis visit http://home.earthlink.net/ ~eccurtis.) 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Over the last year Sparrowgrass fully funded the publication of complete books, of poetry by five different authors and will sponsor two ‘more books at the end of 1999, allows them to share their work. Louima trial could expose cop silence Special to the Tri-State Defender NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a trial civil rights activists say will fur- ther expose the so-called blue wall of silence — a supposed code among police officers never to-.rat on each other. It’s also one defense attorneys hope will prove that former Officer Charles Schwarz was wrongly convicted in one of the most notori- ous brutality cases in city history. Jury selection for the trial — the second prosecution stemming from the 1997 assault on a handcuffed prisoner, Abner Louima, in a police station bathroom — began Monday in Brooklyn‘ federal court. Opening statements are tenta- tively set for Jan. 31. In a case that flamed tensions between police and minorities and sparked social unrest, Schwarz, who is White, was convicted last year of violating Louima’s civil rights by holding him on the 70th Precinct bathroom floor while. another White officer, Justin Volpe, sodomized the Black Haitian immigrant with a broken broomstick. Volpe pleaded guilty and has since claimed that the other officer in the bathroom was Thomas Wiese, not Schwarz. Schwarz, 35, Wiese, 37, and Officer Thomas Bruder, 34, now stand accused of obstructing justice by concocting to shield Schwarz from federal investigators. If convicted, they each would face a max- imum five years in prison. Joining other activists outside the courthouse Monday, the Rev. Al Sharpton told reporters, “What Justin Volpe did could not have been done without an active cover-up in the 70th Precinct. ... So to us, this is just as important as the first trial.” Schwarz’s wife, Andra Schwarz, said she expects the new trial to vindicate her husband, who has been in federal custody since his conviction in June. “We hope the truth is going to come out,” she said. . In the first trial, all three defendants were cleared of charges they beat Louima while taking him by patrol car to the station house. ‘Bruder and Schwarz “are looking forward to being acquitted a sec- ond time,” Bruder’s attorney, Stuart London, said following a brief pretrial hearing early this week. - Both London and Wiese’s attorney, Joseph Tacopina, said their clients still contend Schwarz was never in the bathroom. More than 500 people filled out 47-page questionnaires, the first phase of a jury selection process designed to screen out candidates tainted by pretrial publicity. U.S. District Judge Eugene Nickersor? plans to begin questioning finalists in his courtroom Jan. 19. 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For Europe, the ceil- ing is 47,000. These disparities are highlighted by a ~ Dec. | State Department ruling that termi- nated refugee family reunions for six Afri- can countries while leaving the reunions open indefinitely for European countries. Poo counties include Cameroon, Chad, jibouti, Liberia, Nigeria, Somalia and Uganda. “Yes, in general, there 1s a disparity. Fewer Africans are allowed in compared with Europe, Asia and the former Soviet Union”, said Mwiza Munthali, information specialist for the Washington-based TransAfrica. It would be easy to just call the disparity another form of racism. In FY 99 America allowed 13,038 African refugees to enter, In that same year 24,498 refugees came from Europe, 16,922 came trom the former Soviet Union and 14,156 came fréfn Kosovo. . ae “From the-inception of this country,ait has never offered justice to people of color. 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Another reason is the ignorance of the American people that the disparity even exists. “American citizens don’t know about this unfair treatment. The State Department has been able to carry out this policy be- cause the Americans don’t have refugees as a day-to-day issue”, said Mr. Krua. Whatever the reason for the exclusion of African immigrants, the facts still remain that Africans are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to refugee admis- sion. The roars of racism coming from the African immigrant communities is so strong that the Caucus of Black State Legislators overwhelmingly approved a resolution call- ing for the elimination of discrimination in U.S. refugee admission policies. The caucus resolution calls for the U.S. to “immediately institute a relugee admis- sion policy which offers fair and equitable race, religion and national origin, be ~ with an immediate hearing into acial quota system of the State Department.” treatment of all war victims isresy Massachusetts’s legislators. Swain and Gloria Fox, both democrats, sub- mitted the resolution in conjunction with UHRI. “By no means is this over, We just bought them some time. It is sheer racism to forever separate refugees from theirfami- lies, It is a move to disconnect them for- ever,” said Rep. Gloria Fox. U.S. refugee admissions are categorized into three categories: : Priority One—all nationalities are eligible to apply. Priority Two—discrete groups with unifying characteristics are identified and found to be in need of resettlement. Priority Three—access available to close relatives of certain nationalities. .The African countries were terminated from the Priority Three programs, which seeks to unite family members that have fled their homelands. The State Department said it terminated the refugee status because of the changing conditions of those countries. Many agree: that the new ruling is unfair. “We believe it should be based on merit not what country you come from. It should not be an extension of U.S. foreign policy,” said Mr. Mehlman. “The State department is run by a former refugee, Madeline Albright,” said Mr. Krua, “She would never have become Secretary of State in Czechoslovakia. She should understand the needs of refugees but the criteria are totally different for Africa. The problem is the racial quotas. 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And though most of us reasonable-think- ing folk can’t seem to understand why any- one would take their legal conflicts to TV to be tried under the glare of cameras and an “every time-I-give-a-ruling-I-try-to-be cute-with-my-statements-and-show-you- how-much-I-am-in-control-of-this-court- room” judge this doesn’t matter at all...not as long as dollars are made, careers are cat- apulted and TV viewers are happy to look at the misery of others from the comfort of their living rooms. Holy Moses! the . circus is in town Slowly but surely (taken as a whole), to- day’s televised religious programs (most of . them, anyway) are becoming a bigger sideshow than professional (?) wrestling. Whether it’s gaudy set decorations and gold leaf, gospel rap, end-of-the-world predic- tions, bigger-than-the-Memphis-Pyramid size audiences, white hair, pink lipstick and rouge, or ministers with the supposed pow- _er to “knock someone out” simply by the laying on of hands - this is the biggest car- nival act going bar none!. The only thing needed that isn’t featured now would be a three-ring circus set, a lion tamer, dancing elephants and a traveling caravan under the P.T. Barnum banner! The way things are going, nobody would think twice the day a UFO lands and three aliens abduct a minister in front of a live _ television audience. Viewers would simply think it was par for the course. Ricki’s show should be thrown in the lake Monday morning’s Ricki Lake show (the first of the new millennium) presented a 21: year-old Black, “religious,” male stripper who is.a virgin. He believes in the church enough to remain chaste but (obviously) not enough to abstain from flaunting his near- naked body on stage before a crowd of peo- pie: : oy Anyway...such was what set the pace for the new year on the Ricki Lake show. (How sad!) Between this, the new “millionaire” game shows, makeover tips, fights, court- room shenanigans, and “my wild teen needs to go to boot camp” programs — there really isn’t much need to turn your television set on before, say, 7 p.m.! What method behind | this mayhem is this? Tommy Lee’s (Pamela Anderson’s ex) new music project is labeled Methods of Mayhem. The group told The Bex music channel that it is composed of regular folk, and some “people” from the fourth dimen- sion. 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Welch ordered 26 juveniles moved jown ime Food Shaw Dog . heard that AIDS was started in {fom chimp to man tn deo TE from state-run boot camps. The judge ee ‘i Lots Of Fourtatn Fig Sudding : Puead” Africa, either deliberately or 40 0F 90 years’ And NTs said he was concemed about how the uw, ra toe a - Banana accidentally through anexper- |! make that jump? What gave abuses—which allegedly included out The Fuss Ades | - iment. A new book is out, _!! the wings to make that throwing a boy through a window and Cohen Gos 3 ; ‘Siato Salad “The River” by Edward Hoop- jump? a sticking another one in the eye—oc- Eat In.’ She CW Cabbage as . Cle Slaw er, that fingers the experimen- Saran GL) Eh EE curred in the first place. The boys are to Cateving hailubl Shaing aw * os + Suet Petatos Peceuages tal testing of an oral polio have been together in the or woman, the transfer was vaccine on about a million likely a blood to blood trans- cility. TUES-THURS----- spa BD beat Ie ha Congolese from 1957 to 1960 fer. That could occur from a Harry Langmead, the Department of FRI & SAT-----3pm to 12am Coffee as the culprit. scratch or bite when the Juvenile Justice official who oversaw the camps, said he was embarrassed by the ; revelations. During visits, the camp In Germany, in 1967, some workers there seemed nice, he said. A state probe of 4/1 Dark were not as lucky. They were infected with a Marburg virus from African green monkeys. The virus didn’t phase the monkeys; it killed those workers. This column is based on his findings. According to the author, the testing was done by a US. firm, Wistar Institute, with two Belgium firms joining them later. Of the 28 cases of AIDS in specified towns in Africa through 1980, 23 of those cases came from the same towns in which oral test- ing of a polio vaccine was un- -dertaken, or at least within 175 miles of those locations. Testing of the oral vaccine was also done in Sweden and at a women’s prison in New Jersey. No early AIDS cases occurred in Poland and Swe- deh and no early documented cases occurred here. But, in 1973 a New Jersey teenager had a baby who was ‘born with HIV. Is it linked to those tests? Scientists gener- ally agree that the ancestors for AIDS viruses were in the simian population. HIV-1, the virus that is most prevalent, derives from an immunodefi- ciency virus of chimpanzees: HIV-2 is most likely aN im- munodeficiency virus from the sooty mangabey monkey. Only a very small percent of simians have the immuno- deficiency virus. However, whether a small percent or a large percent have the virus is of no concern if it can’t make that jump from a chimp or monkey to us. The real question is, how does the HIV virus make that jump? Since man and chimps chimps were being killed for a meal or two. However, the natives in the Congo basin and many other places have been eating chimps and monkeys and hav- ing inadvertent blood to blood transfers for centuries—and AIDS was unheard of. The book, “The River,” points to oral polio vaccine batches contaminated with chimpanzee AIDS virus as the change agent for that chimp to man jump. Supposedly, that couldn’t happen because po- lio vaccine is made with cells from monkeys, not chimps. However, the author, Ed- ward Hooper, points out that a large colony of chimpanzees were in the area where the pri- mates were caught for oral vaccineexperiments. It is quite likely that some chimps were caught in the simian drag net for experimental subjects and their cells were used to make some batches of vaccine. And if they were, since the immunodeficiency virus is rare among the chimps, only a few random batches of the experimental oral polio vac- cine would have that virus. Then, only in certain places where the contaminated batches were given would the first HIV viruses show up. That happened. There have been cases of simian viruses jumping from monkey to man via polio vac- cine. In the ‘SOs and early 60s, Teenage boys who attended boot be moved to another secure juvenile fa- the camps was sparked by newspaper ar- ticles that said boys in at least one camp were regularly abused. All of the boys were from Baltimore and some 200 youths—convicted of various crimes, except murder—attend the camp each year. Polls: Blacks, whites believe cops use racial profiling A new Gallup poll found a majority of Americans, across racial lines, believes racial profiling happens all the time across the country. Three out of four young Black males polled said they had been pulled over just because of their race. Poll participants were asked what they thought about reports that motor- ists in certain racial and ethnic groups were stapped by cops because they were thought to be more likely to commit crimes. In addition, the poll found four of 10 Blacks, across age and gender lines, said they believe they have been stopped by police because of their race. The tele- phone poll, which included 2,006 respon- dents (including 1,001 Blacks) was con- ducted from Sept. 24 to Nov. 16 and has an error margin of plus or minus 4 per- centage points, was part of the annual Gallup audit of Black-white relations. A majority of Blacks had positive views about police officers. One-third had nega- tive views, and most males 18-34 had a negative view of cops. Urban League: Spend more on schools - Higher educational standards must be coupled with better teachers and facili- ties for students to succeed, said Hugh Price, president of the National Urban League, during a Dec. 10 press confer- ence in Washington, D.C. 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GREENVILLE, NC 27834 HOURS 8:30-6:00 TUES. - SAT. APPTS. TUES., WED., & THURS. PHONE (252) 757-1559 9 a oe “ete toe ~ have been. ch _: ing. And, Freedom sho’ ‘nuff ain’t free. «Citizens must be vigilant about freedoms ‘for a simple fact noted by Lord. Acton ‘around the turn of the century. Paraph: . it says: “Power corrupts, and absolute pow- to answer that question soon, adually chipped away to noth- er corrupts absolutely.” Individuals with power have a vested interest in ensuring that they retain their power by remaining vigilant in questioning every new or pro- posed policy to see if it fits the concept of freedom. A situation is now brewing that will test our resolve in ‘that regard. Lo The U.S Supreme Court will determine ‘shortly whether or not it is alright for.a Po ua _, liceman to chase and arrest an indivi “merely because he or she exhibits “suspi- cious” behavior. James Koch, an peed ‘who o s this position, recently arg a Fay sree the Fostices on the illegality ‘of policemen stopping people who run ‘from them. In a Chicago Dejender article, ‘Koch said, “We don’t want the police to de- cide everything that’s suspicious that might be. A lot of things that are suspicious to po- lice are not constitutionally acceptable. Koch’s client was reportedly standing in front of a building during lunchtime wai- ing for someone when four police an eight officers came down the street. we sass tale wake up one day . : find that our freedoms : cases of recent police abuses, more and mere presence of the police. For instance, Amadou Diallo and others listed in The Stolen Lives Project \end mute testimony to why growing numbers of African Ameri- more people are becoming fearful of the. cans, especially poor African Americans, might have reason to fear the police. In the best case scenario, if it is deter- mined to be alright for the police to chase -and arrest someone just because they be- haved suspiciously by running, everyone would behave alright and there would be no abuses. But the world is not perfect and, human nature being what it is, some un- scrupulous officers might be tempted to the breaking point to commit abuse. In other words, giving that kind of power to a cer- tain class of mean-spirited policemen would be like giving a child a boatload of candy and telling him not to eat. We must rt os our freedoms and we . cannot do this by giving them away. We hope the U. S. Supreme Court agrees. of felony weapon possession. ° ay yom f to the New York Daily News, Lopez guve “Puffy” a piece of her mind, ° hing out at the hip-hop mogul for getting her into a dangerous situation at a Times Square nightclub and tar- nishing her.image. When police were. processing the duo, a crying. Lops r2portedly screamed “Look at a trouble you got me into,” according tc a source. After the 14-hour ordeal - at the police precinct, there were no charges filed against Lopez, but Combs was charged with two counts Some people think that the words Christian and rap go together like crips and bloods, but a man. named Knolly Williams is trying to change all that. His Austin, Texas based Grape- tree Records is the music industry’s largest Christian rap label. “In: Nashville or L.A. or New York, you tend to make music that is geared to sound better than the guy across the street,” Williams told the Associat- ed Press. “There is nobody else here. The gangsta rapper comes up and says, ‘I’m in the ghetto. I’ve got to kill to survive. I’ve got to shoot you in the head.’ From a Christian perspective, we look at it like, ‘Man, I’m in the ghetto, too, but I know there is hope.” DAME GREASE On the way up These days Dame Grease is one of the most platinumized producers in the game. Producers are often stigmatized for attempting to enter the game as an emcee. But Dame Grease may be the exception. His new album is ti- ted, appropriately enough, Me and has 12 songs which feature the likes of Scarface, Memphis Bleek, DMX, NORE, NAS, and Drag-on. He’s currently in the studio working on another project. . CURTIS MAYFIEI 1 he Stars to gather in tribute legend Curtis Mayfield is on the minds of everyone in the Music i : Now a trib- ute album to Curtis, who was buried ae this past Vuesday, is currently in the works. According to Marv Heiman, his anager Of 30 years, there has been an outpouring of entertainers “wanting to do something to honor the man und his music. “We’re working right now, but many of ‘he major recording stars have ' centacted us that they want to do something,” Heiman told ww launch.com. “So, what I think we're gonna do is one memorial service where a bunch of the su- p.rstirs are going to. come togeth- e: te do a tribute musically to Cur- ts and we'll tie it together with some kind of charitable founda- . » Among the artists who've al- ‘1: asked to be involved are Er- ~lapion and Gladys Knight. ‘vminated for Golden Globe : We would like to give a big fat “You “go + to - Halle Berry. She was re- cently nomi- nated for a Golden Globe ©} for her role as , = Dorothy Dan- ove iit het HBO movie Intro- ‘orothy Dan-dridge. 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