‘ ATTIANSEUS BY HERB BOYD Special to the AmNews Putting the final touches on their case, defense lawyers in the Amadou Diallo trail, where four white cops are charged with second-degree murder, summoned two officers and a professor of criminal justice to the stand. Officer Michael Barrow of the K-9 division testified to the dim- ness of the vestibule at 1157 Wheeler Ave.. where Diallo’s body was riddled with 19 of 41 bullets fired at him last February. “The lights were so dim that | had to use my flashlight to see,” Barrow told the court. The next witness, Sgt. Robert Patelli, who, like the accused officers, is a member of the Street Crime Unit in the Bronx, recalled the conditions of the officers following the shooting . He said Officer Kenneth Boss appeared pale and that Officer Sean Carroll's face was red and his eyes were welled with tears. Professor James Fyfe spent a good part Wednesday morning and afternoon telling the court about the training, standards and practices police officer go through, and corroborated the officers’ methods approaching and attempting to apprehend Diallo, who was unarmed and whose wallet, the officers be- lieved, was a gun. While their remarks substanu- ated previous testimony, they were anticlimactic compared to the stories the officers told when they took the stand, and none of the words from the officers were more dramatic than the teary testimony of Carroll. Carroll could not hold back the tears on Monday as he recalled the events surrounding the shoot- ing, and more than one spectator in the Diallo camp wondered where his compassion and understanding was that fateful night last February, when he held his pistol and fired 16 of the 41 shots that rained down around Diallo in the vestibule of his home in the Bronx. Visibly shaken, Carroll repeat- edly removed his glasses and covered his face as prosecutor Don Levin peppered him with questions. “I don’t know who fired the first shot,” Carroll an- swered, when asked about the sequence of shots, adding, “There was no pause in my shots...if there was a pause it came when Officer McMellon flew past me.” Whether there was a decisive pause in the volley of shots, and whether Diallo was still standing after the heavy fusillade are the questions at the core of this 2-week-old trial in Albany, which has been -attended each day by Diallo’s parents. “He was still standing,” Carroll continued. “My bullets seemed to have no effect... | thought he was wearing © a bullet-proof vest...and he never made a sound.” The officer said he continued to fire because he believed the muzzle flashes he saw came from the alleged gun that in reality was a wallet. “Did:you shoot Mr. Diallo while he was down on the ground?” Levin asked. “No,” Carroll responded. “Are you aware that the bullet that pierced Mr. Diallo’s foot came from your weapon?” Levin persisted. One of many objec- tions from the defense attorneys followed this question and Judge Joseph Teresi sustained it. Most of Carroll’s tears came when he recounted what hap- pened after he discovered that Diallo’s supposed gun was actu- ally a wallet. “I bent down over him, pulled back his coat and saw that he had two wounds ito his upper body,” Carroll told the jury of six white women, four Black women and two white men. “He was still breathing and | said, “Please don’t die, please don’t die.” | held his hand and checked his vitals. 1 put my hand to his chest and pumped a few times. Then somebody grabbed me by the shoulder and told me there was nothing | could do.” to Ins -e Fraud Don't Let lt Happen to You ‘ i INSURANCE FRAUD DON’T LET IT HAPPEN TO YOU _ By Faith May Rev. Aaron Pittman was born and. raised in,Edgecomb County. He worked on a_ farm, share- cropping. In 1976 Rev. Aaron Pittman started working in the insurance business as a way to earn a living. He became a licensed insurance agent/underwriter. When he first Started: out he was strictly into sells and making the money. He was not people oriented. At the time he was young all he thought about was selling insur- ance. For three years he was one of the top insurance salesman in North Carolina. : October 4, 1978 Rev. Aaron Pittman lost his mother. He found Out after his mother’s death that she had paid on a life insurance Policy for years. The person that Serviced her was very kind and polite. He seemed to be con- Pe his mother and her ‘amily, They did not have any aon to believe that they should ead Over the policy and had terms broken down and ex- ‘them 3 * ‘Because they trusted this person ‘the policy was never reviewed. His mother just kept paying religiously on the policy. After his mother passed, the money was not there for funeral expenses. Afier thinking that everything had been taken care of the family ended up borrowing money to bury his mother. The family was very hurt because of this situation. After working on the farm for years his mother was finally able to move off the farm and purchase a home of her own. She only spent one year in her home until she died. Rev. Aaron lost two sisters and his father in 1999. The Lord spoke cinematic to him then and let him know what his calling was. His calling was in the ministry with special anointing to help people with financial difficulties in obtaining home ownership. He can help people purchase affordable medi- cal and dental insurance also. He can also assist you in getting a loan for debt consolidation. Rev. Aaron Pittman believes in total life prosperity “spiritual growth and financial growth”. He says he serves El SHADDAI, and because he does he walks in prosperity and so can you. For more information contact Rev. Aaron Pittman at (252)-641-5103. "Shaw University comes to Eastern n NC! ’ Sycamore Hill Baptist Church presented a Shaw University concert | last Sunday. Shown posing for the Minority Voice camera are concert organizers Dr. James Abbington and Ms, Myriam Carraway. the Choir was outstanding! You missed a treat if you weren't there, y Photo by Jim Rouse ee AUWUGIT BaD ON SEBLZ " AKA's National President Comes To Greenville City ! AKA 2000 Founder's Day Banguet was held last. Saturday Greenville Mayor Pro Tem Mildréd A. Council, City Council w Norma S$. White, Ms. Harold. and Ms. Vines. Shown above are other Council Photo by Jim Rouse Clayton announces relief from home heat oil crisis Washington, DC - Congresswoman Eva M. Clayton (D-NC), announced to- day that she was very pleased that President Clinton decided to re- lease yesterday additional emer- gency home heating funds to relieve the impact on families with low-incomes of rising oil prices and unusually cold winter months this year. Of the $125 million released for the country, North Carolina will receive about $4.8 million. Rep. Clayton said, "Before we could recover from the devastation caused bby the storm winds and floodwaters of three hurricanes last fall, we were covered by Bg, va record snowfalls and extended unusually cold weather. This raised the misery index of many people who have meager resources to cope with such harsh conditions. It is fitting that the: federal government help relieve their suffeing." _ North Carolina received earlier this years about $4 million in emergency funds from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). These funds are available to people with in- comes up to 150 percent of the national poverty line, or up to 60 percent of the median income in the state. President Clinton also announced that he would request see as they pose for the Minority communities. zi ‘S are dedicated to the lives of ¢ Shown above are the brothers who are dedicate y cit Voice camera, that these men are de j % VOLUN. from Congress $609 wile in emergency supplemental funding for the LIHEAP to help more families through the current crisis at the Greenville Hilton. Shown AOE ABE oman Rose Glover, AKA National Président s AKA members along with Miss and to help others who will suffer. later this year when hot weather sets in. Rep. Clayton represents in Congress the First District of North Carolina which consists of 20 mostly rural counties in north central and astern North Carolina. She. serves on the Agriculture and B udget Committees. She also Chairs the Congressional. Black Caucus Foundation .and Co-Chairs the Congressional Rural Caucus. 4 a se Ll IP - ei accepting applications an hae Affordable Housing Loan Commitee : » Board of Adjustment "Citizens Advisory Commission on Cable Television Community Appearance Commission Environmental Advisory Commission _ Firemen's Relief Fund Greenville Utilities Commission Historic Preservation Commission | Housing Authority Human Relations Council | Mayor's Anti-Drug Coalition Pitt-Greenville Convention & Visitors Authority . Planning & Zoning Commission Police Community Relations Committee Public Transportation & Parking Commission Recreation & Parks Commission Sheppard Memorial Library Board 10 $ to serve on the — : c commissions: ie If you live inside the City limits of Greenville and would like to be considered for an appoint- _| ment, please call the City Clerk's Office, 329- 4423,.to obtain an application to indicate your interest or send a written request to the City's Clerk's Office, P.O. Box 7207, Greenville, NC 27835. Also, you can access a resume form | on the web at http://ci.greenville.nc.us/. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN CITY GOVERNMENT! ee were a ee oe oe 2. i. eZ < we grees pe oe “ _ Pitt County Chapter of NAACP Annual Banquet Speaker: Rev. W.B. Moore, Pastor Willis Building - 300 East 1st Street Greenville, NC - Donation - farch 18, 2000 $20.00 Time: 7:00 Tickets; 758-7645/752-3343 a ae ee eee. Ce a a oe a a ee ee ee i eae e * * ° 2 « * e Since our last round of com- mentary on. the Al hcts Corridor fight for local (minority) participation, the MTA decided that it would review the project’s hiring practices. The day after this editorial put ACTA on front street, a watchdog group brought a large of frustrated out of work trainees MTA's ‘monitoring committee and later | BETWEEN THE LINES Alameda Corridor Round 6: Scapegoating the Vic(tim) i in the Training Scam others have asked the same ques- tion), that if you are under scrutiny and you need to. show the project reviewers “who's performed” and who hasn’t, “the ones that have per- formed would be the ones that would continue in the project and the ones that didn’t would not, However, what appears: to be the case in this “coverdown” situation is that the ones that “haven't p id” need toured corridor sites—looking for perform ; Since the workers. . | fiat oy, Brough pci oe massive freedom march and rally. For weeks before the event, signs hold word in the black community. His picture appeared on a num- ber of television news shows and in | the various newspapers. On that fatéful Sunday, pastor Franklin had asked for the partici- - pation of at least 100,000 black | people. Instead, there were at least -300,000 black people waiting to take part in the march. They had begun to form as early as 8 or 9 a.m. .. The march was not scheduled to begin until about 2 p.m. . . Although the march had been advertised as a freedom rally or civil rights rally, as the people gath- ered, it was almost as if this was a sacred religious service. The high- est-ranking black police officer in the city, Lt. George Harge, was as- signed to meet Dr. King’s plane and to be with him throughout the day. This event had been so widely ballyhooed, that some of the big- gest liberal names in town came to take part in the march. The front row of the march was like the who’s who in Detroit liberal politics. An- other aspect of the march and rally was that it took place, on the 20th Parallel processes are underway locally to select a superintendent in the Los Angeles Unified School Dis- . trict, which has over 700,000 stu- dents and in neighboring Inglewood Unified School District with 16,000 students. Both districts are seeking a chief executive to improve educa- tional results and effectively mana age operations and finances— LAUSD’s budget exceeds $7 bil- lion annually and requires a team of accounting experts to understand its many ramifications. Most im- portantly, the superintendents must have a vision and strategy for re- versing the culture of failure, espe- cially for African American stu- dents who continue to languish at the lowest achievement levels. Although essential, management and political skills alone are not sufficient to effectively impact the complex challenge of providing every child in every school a sound education. However the political will of school boards and others of influence in any school district is critical for educational success. A community actively partici- pating in the process of selecting a new superintendent actually helps validate that process. Without com- munity involvement, school boards are left to traditional, unilateral self- serving decision-making. Histori- cally, this has been the rule rather than the exception; community par- ticipation has been little more than . window dressing, i.e., a “bragging point” for school boards with virtu- os 7 ‘ing in Detroit. The a » how- a. - ever, never grew impatient. The aura | were plastered all over town and _ |. the local radio stations played it up ~ for all it'was worth. The name of Dr. King was becoming a house- _ Dr. King’ spline saree ary. ‘of the day was that something won- derful was going to happen and “nobody wanted to miss a second of - whatever was planned. Finally, Dr. King pe I was prepared to see an average sized man, but instead, there was this diminutive, rather ordinary little man, with a hair line that looked as though it was ready to recede and a quiet, serious face. had never heard him speak, and was not quite sure what to expect. As a matter of fact, I might have even been a little dis- appointed in what I saw. The march took place without in- cident. Professor Thomas Shelby, minister of music at New Bethel, had pulled together a mass choir with about 1,000 voices. The choir had been sing- ing while the march was going on and the people were filing into Cobo Hall in Downtown Detroit. Never before in the history of Detroit, had there been such a gath- ering of black people in support of the civil rights struggle. As a rela- tively young newspaper reporter, this was the momentous event I had ever covered. ‘ My managing editor, Albert J. Dunmore, had given me the assign- ment because he knew I had never seen Dr. King, and that I had no ally no bearing on their actual deci- sions. There is little the community can do to ensure that its input is considered, except regularly remind school boards that they are ulti- mately accountable to the people. (Appeal to school boards’ integrity ;and good will have not been known . tq succeed.) The Los Angeles and Inglewood districts are faced with a plethora of old and emerging problems that call for a superintendent who must prac- tically walk on water. Both districts are seeking the community's views on what constitutes an effective superintendent. What do parents and other community members believe - are the important characteristics and skills of a superintendent? LAUSD established a Superin- tendent Criteria Selection Commit- tee which is scheduled to conclude its work by Jan. 24. Thereafter, the board will likely name a selection committee which will probably help screen candidates for the board’s consideration. A search firm has been hired to coordinate the selec- tion process. The top priority issues in both school districts reflect the need to improve achievement scores and address concerns around changing demographics. In addition, a host of other problems such as facilities, textbooks, teacher recruitment preparation and effectiveness are also pressing. In LADAD, SD, some key issues for ix velevision cameras — cameras and note paper during the microphone. Somebody on stage found a Coca Cola case and placed it behind the podium for him. As I took stock of my surround- ings, I realized I was standing next to an attorney from nearby Pontiac, MI., named Milton Henry. Henry had an impressive freedom-fight- ing resume behind him. He had been an infantry officer in the U.S. Army, but had given up his commission to enter fight training and become a member of the famed “Spookwaffe.” He had also been court-martialed for being one of the leaders of a group of black officers who went into a white officers club. It is my opinion that Milton Henry had a sense of the impor- tance of the day. He was an amateur photographer and was taking pic- tures all over the place. He had also brought his Nagra recorder and had recorded every word that was spo- ken in that packed arena that day. From a musical perspective, there probably will never be a choir as large and as well rehearsed as those voices in that hall. They didn’t need amplification. They were mo- tivatéd to sing the Songs of Zion the African American community include Magnet schools, raising academic achievement, improving attendance, upgrading school facili- ties, quality of school personnel, including principals and teachers, course selection (e.g.) Advanced Placement), safety in and around school campuses, school supplies, including textbooks and library books and increasing the number of African American students apply- ing for post-secondary education. To assist, the Criteria Selection Committee, the district provided draft criteria which included the need for a strong leader and manager to inte- grate all aspects of the district to sup- port student achievement; leadership, (e.g., consensus-building), manage- ment, (e.g., has record of transform- ing a large organization, including the business side); education, (e.g., must provide vision and instructional lead- ership), and strategic thinking, (e.g., proven record of charting) and imple- menting a strategy for a large, com- plex organization. In addition, aschool community questionnaire was widely circulated, soliciting the commtunity’s views on the most important criteria for the board to apply to candidates in selecting a new superintendent. The Inglewood Unified School District is also actively seeking com- munity input in the superintendent selection process. At least, one well- publicized Town Hall meeting has been held to hear the community’s thinking on what skills and qualities the board should be pokins for in rally. One of the things that stands out in mind as I recall all of the things which took place, was Dr. King asking for abox that he could to Present and we had to sare the speak . Platform space with them. | oq Tt was quite a struggle to juggle i fA microcosm of the black leadership. Then it happened. Pastor — essary ‘introductions. ‘It was truly a Franklin, introduced his friend and colleague. Dr. Martin Luther King _Jr., in the split second it took for ~ him to leave his seat and reach the podium, something wonderful hap- pened. The room fell silent. Totally silent. When he opened his mouth to speak, people moved forward in their seats. Children stopped crying and mothers did not have to tell their offspring to be quiet. His mere presence created a sense of spiri- tual revolutions. —- As he spoke, the Number 3 pen- cil with which I had been writing, broke for no apparent reason. My palms became wet and I could feel the hair standing on the back of my neck. When he talked about his chil- dren and white children playing to together and being judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin, I knew I had heard the greatest leader, the great- ,eSt preache, the greatest freedom fighter I would ever know. When he came to the climax of the sermon-oratory-speech and said, “In the words of the old Negro spiri- tual. “Free at last, free at last! Thank God Almighty, I’m free at last!” I could not see the podium. I was blinded by my tears. After that day, I never missed an opportunity to see and hear him. Unsan Persrcc ve Community Participation Critical in Selecting School Superintendents hiring a new superintendent (argu- ably, any school board’s most impor: tant responsibility is to select a super- intendent.) The Inglewood School Board’s outreach “recognize that the entire community has a al role in the process.” IUSD has also hired a ae ‘firm to coordinate its selection pro- cess and has sent surveys through- out the district “ ... The results will be used in recruiting, screening and interviewing of candidates for the - position.” LAUSD and IUSD are engaged in the critically important task of - finding a new leader, someone ex- ceptionally equipped to meet the daunting challenge of urban educa- tion. Inglewood’s problems and challenges are quantitatively but not qualitatively different from those in Los Angeles, the second largest district in the nation. The stakes are especially high for African Ameri- can students, who remain among the poorest. The selection process for a su- perintendent in Los Angeles and Inglewood should be informed by the needs of all students, particu- larly those most disadvantaged by the failure of public education, The community has a responsibility to participate in the superintendent selection process and both LAUSD and IUSD School Boards have a responsibility to seriously consider the community's opinions and con- cerns in choosing their next super- intendent. sponsible for seeing that the train- ees get work (which is the center of this controversy). This is also the group that hired the other trainer, CETI (the carpenter trades), and gave them $3 million,over 3 years when there’s no carpentry work on the Alameda Corridor (nobody’s yet to answer that question). ACTA Alameda Corridor Transportation — is supposed to monitor ance and contract com- prt of both the contractor and the training program. Now, none of these entities can tell you why train- ees aren't working (the project is up to about 10 trainees working on the corridor now—out of about 750 trained). The prime contractor hires t- ... he should know. The training administrator trains and peices : te unei al (two “road orrail-like” arrows flow- ing around a square with no end), which could be interpreted to stand for “the perpetual run-around,” So what do they do? They (are trying to) substitute the only functioning: portion of this little triad, OMG. OMG who was the project's “fa- vorite child” for it came, out that literally no investment had been made in its training component and its contract was up for renewal for “new terms.” But there's a story to that too, for which this scapegoat piece is sown. This whole series started when black contractors claimed they weren't working on the corridor. Some of the loudest “squeaks” in the “no work” wheel have been ever, not in the significant numbers .that were promised, After of meetings earn pa gresswoman called a the —bou me in the loop). Att been — HAC. ACTA makes ' 0 greased (let small contracts), how- out they're nonexistent except one, and we talk to her to try and get the- facts exact. And exact we got 'em. From that point, people come out of the woodwork claiming the train- ing is ascam. We ask OMG are any of your trainees working? She tells the truth and says no. The fest is easy work to track, but now she’s being labeled a whistleblower on the project, when every person who was led to be- lieve that if they were trained, they'd find work (which they were told) . blew the whistle. The whistle just got louder when the discussion be- came more eal Suddenly, the “fairhaired child of the project” no longer finds her services in need by the training ad- ot ministrator (they still can’t figure. er$ out what she does). In the mean- Babee ysl wy ioe ing with the posthdoaay ior “which ede to date, which is hire trainees and minority contractors—neither of which OMG is responsible for do- ing. This weird twist in what is sup- posed to be a review and rectifica- tion process, is only getting stranger _by the moment. I'm always going to advocate for the “little guy” or the underdog. It seems like OMG is the only one getting squashed in this deal, and all the dirty work is not done yet. While MTA is reviewing this training and hiring situation for . the Alameda Corridor, it might also look at retaliation protection for those coming forth to try to hon- estly and forthrightly correct a pro- cess gone awry. Or you can expect one of two things to happen, Others who speak in truth will also be pun- ished and be without work. Or they will be intimidated into silence and still won't get work. 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MEMORIAL DR. GREENVILLE, NC 27834 x 4, oS PS OYTO PSPLIID «LP FU] HSS ™ > Pg a Dr. Lenora Fulani ‘It’s Time To End Minority Politics The 2000 president election~not to mention the arrival of the new millennium--is a good moment to examine the political position of Black America. African-Americans are expected to turn out in significant numbers in November for the Democratic Party presidential nominee no matter who it is. The projected Black voter alignment is 9 to | Democratic. Sadly, the Black vote has become the forgone conclusion of American politics. But does this over-rchoarned d scenario represent ac America’s best interests? Where is the vision for the, Black agenda? Answering those questions re- quires taking a look at the current strategy. It’s one fundamentally geared to influencing the special interests corporations, industry, fi- nance, big labor in ways to benefit Black America. There is no ques- tion that this strategy has had some success. African-Americans have penetrated the political main- stream to a degree that was never the case before. We participate in the economic mainstream. And we are an undeniable force in the cultural mainstreams. But have we gotten where we want and need to go asa people~-and as a country? Decades of grassroots civil rights battles yielded the historic Brown v. the Board of Education Supreme Court decision | in 1954, the Civil — and Voting Ri ts Acts of 1964 and 1965 other structural . reforms which forced America to accommodate its Black citizens. Then, many of our Black leaders assembled in Gary, Indiana in 1972 at the National Black Political Convention to figure out how to consolidate these gains and Thomas F. Vines Greenville area noble was installed as Potentate of Rofelt Pasha Shrine Temple #175, A.EeAeO.NeMeSe Thomas F. Vines was installed as the Potentate of the Oasis of Rocky Mount. The Temple covers 20 counties east of 1-95 from the Virginia border southward to Wilson. The Desert of North . Carolina has 16 Temples through- out North Carolina. Rofelt Pasha Shrine Temple #175, a part of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine a charitable organization with international Temples, sponsors charitable con- tributions, several community en- hancement activities throughout the year from health initiatives, civic pride and awareness, youth _ mentoring and scholarship incen- tives to care for widows, orphans, and the elderly. The focus of the Rofelt Pasha Shrine Temple is community service, participation, and unification. Potentate Vines is a member of Philippi Church of Christ and employed by the Pitt County School System. He is a member of: Banner Cry Lodge #625 in Farmville, N, C. and the Roanoke Comet) #248, He is married to Gracie Mebane Vines, They’ have one son, Justin Mebane Vines. This is not to say Guat soene Back people aren't beter off today than Se eee Still, poverty been clinineeldrceabiee + has grown. Racial violence has not ebbed--it has continued There isa huge Black underclass, with mil- lions of young Black males in jail, on drugs, in the streets, and in something | isn’t working for Black laps major party presidential candidates will tell you that the solution is simply that American must do more. America must “close the gap.” America must “widen the circle.” This is Bill Bradley’s message. This is Al Gore’s message. When the major Republican contenders bother to speak about Black le, they will tell you ro the same But what if it’s the case that America cannot do more? What if America--as it currently is structured--cannot widen the circle or close the gap? What if the strategy--going back to the Gary Convention and the twenty years of struggles that preceded it--to impact the country’s controlling special interests has been maxed out? What if the Democratic Party--which is made up at its base of varied constituencies, all of —— are Leia with rane for thes thomsehioa hes Prothes done "roughly speaking, what it can do? That certainly is the message that the Clintonized Democratic Party has been sending us: that the party can only do for Black people, or any grouping of Americans, what is consistent with the Democratic PRAISE rp TABERNACLE CENTER CHURCH OF DELIVERANCE 1300 Dickinson Avenue cate for the Reform Party. Reform makes it feasible to create new partnerships based--not on influ- encing the special interests to get more eit ourselves through the existing institutions of political leverage--but on Americans com- ing together independently to cre- ate a new power base from which we jointly determine what needs — to be done in our interests. The ~ goal of this majority power coalis tion is not to advance the Democratic Party, or any Party te of ot Amen Sor justice for cans less of race, creed, color or political ideology. : «2s ee & ee OSION 2000. 5 soe : Greenville, North Carolina 27834 (252) 752-5471 Dr. George A. Hawkins, Pastor March 4, 2000 7:30 PM. SPECIAL GUEST: NORTH PITT HIGH SCHOOL GOSPEL CHOIR of Greenville, NC ATTITUDES FOR CHRIST ECHO VOICES OF PRAISE of New Bern, NC SPONSORED BY: TABERNACLE'S JUNIOR CHOIR a Ot em A RE ON AN ERS mE Ee EN A SEAMS UNIQUE Alterations & Sew Much More. 115 Red so Road = | ten cr A OL ET RSA BS SE RES Ee wwe +. eee & « #22 a @ # ee ee eae a a a RE aan aa Rw 19s Cre || feelings that he doesn't : > | whatothershavetosay. = “Mrs. Beatrice Maye te eg "Te Mr. Matthew T. Lewis Mr. Lewis, a veteran head deacon, ¢lerk/treasurer, Sunday School Teacher for Class #9, facilitator of the Bible Study/Prayer Meeting on Wednesday night at Sycamore Hill Baptist Church, 100] Hooker Road, Greenville, North Carolina. He is also a retired elementary school principal, retired from Stokes Elementary School, Pitt County, after giving 44-1/2 years of faithful and dedicated service to the Pitt County School System, missing only one day because of the illness of one of his four children. Incredible! Allow me to describe him in my own way. He is a supporter, humanitarian, warmhearted, car- ing, honorable and patient man. He's a good listener, giving every ©. . ” >peeet id his views He's a kind, usually peaceful and ne church, in his office by 8 o'clock am., accepting only He does what he does for. the Lord, says he. Aren't. those men rare? He is unique. He's the first to arrive and the last to leave. When no one else will, he'll come open the doors. "Just call me" he says. He takes g > gp man. He gives his service to ‘$12.50 weekly, saying he'd never’ take more though the church has. ‘tried so often to.give him more. We finally gave up on that issue. his calls personally, never using. an answering machine. Isn't that what God does? - He assists with baptismal service, running errands for the church, making necessary repairs espe- cially at the old site on 8th Street. Never taking a dime for anything he does or wherever he goes. Call him to your home, for he loves carpentry work, not a dime will he accept. What a man! Just once during the year, he's about his family's reunion. He is a commit- ted and reliable officer. If no other officer is present, you will always see Mr. Lewis in his designated spot. . Pastors and he has served under four - the last Reverend J.A. Nimmo, Rev. Charles R. Mosely, the last Reverend B.B. Felder and our present Pastor, Dr. Howard W. Parker, Jr. Friends, colleagues and congregational members love and respect him highly as a Christian gentleman and for, his service to the church. He is and has been the cornerstone. No one can replace him. He teaches, inspires, challenges effectively, enriching the living of so many people of all races, creed and color. Elaborating further on Mr. Lewis he has strength of character. Jesus is the center of his life. He yet @ his family, his friends, h and his community. He I his wife at 921 Melody Lane ne (the Meadowbook area), Greenville, North Carolina. His home was: ‘completely destroyed by the flood - Floyd - September 19th, 1999. Presently he's rebuilding. Mr. Lewis, I salute you. These lines summarize your life: "Growing old but not retiring, Lord, the battle still is on; I' Il go on without relenting, Till the final victory is won!" Beatrice Maye PARADOX OF OUR TIMES The paradox of our times is that we have taller buildings, shorter tempers; wider freeways, but nar- rower viewpoints. We buy more, but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conven- iences, but less time; we have more advanced degrees, but less common sense; more knowledge, but less good judgment; more medicine, but less wellness. We have multiplied our posses- sions, but reduced our values. We have higher incomes, but lower morals. We have been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We've conquered outer space, but inner space is still a mystery to too many of us. We have cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; split the atom, but not our prejudices. We talk too much, love too / and more divorces. You are invited to Mobile Home Park America's Best Ho | IN Wetwood Ullage wwe se Tee wart Located 2 miles north of Greenville airport America’s Best Homes Welwood Village Mobile Home Park. At America's BEST Homes in Wewood Vlillage ___we offer a great family living environment, — __ plus convenience to work and city transportation. ss ee. oe ee on display in y 9-7 Fri has new 2 or 3 bedroom homes setup and ready to move into. See for yourself over 20 new homes day Gar & Saturday 9-5 n and hate too often. illow relationships; world e, but domestic warfare, more e, but less fun; two incomes, It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom; a time when technology can bring a letter to you in seconds, and ‘you can choose either to make a difference or just hit "delete® Thanks, Ann Landers LEADERSHIP "Leadership" is: a word on everyone's lips. The young attack it and the the old grow wistful for it. Parents have lost it and police seek it. experts claim it and artists spurn it, while scholars want it. Philosophers reconcile it (as authority) with liberty and theolo- gians demonstrate its compatibil- ity with conscience. Everybody agrees that there is less of it than there used to be. Leadership is the pivotal force behind successful organizations and that to create vital and viable organizations, leadership is neces- sary to help organizations develop a new vision of what they can be, then mobilize the organization change toward the new vision. Some great leaders are Moses, Pericles, Julius Caesar, Jesus Christ, Ghandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Winston Churchill among many others. Management VS_ Leadership: Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing. Let's get rid of management. People don't want to be managed. They want to be led. Ask your horse. You can lead your horse to water, but you can't manage him to drink. If you want to/someone, manage yourself. Do that well and you'll be ready to stop managing. And : are times of steep profits tion, meaning for way any group, stall. or “ ali behind overarching goals of an organiza- tion. Talent, genius, education — will not make leaders, but persis- tence, determination are omnipo- tent, 0 AER ae Leaders might use five skills: 1. The ability to accept people as they are, not as you would like them to be. 2. The capacity to approach relationships and problems in terms of the present rather than the past, though we can learn from the past. 3. The ability to treat those who are close to you with the same courteous attention that you ex- tend to strangers and casual acquaintances. We tend to take for granted those to whom we are closest. 4. The ability to trust others, even if the risk seems great. 5. The ability to do without constant approval and recognition from others, It should not really matter how many people _ like leaders. The important thing is the quality of work that results from collaborating with them. It is the large part of a leader's job to take risks. To the successful leader, failure is a beginning, the springboard of hope. To worry puts obstacles in the way of clear thinking. Effective leadership negates pro- test, grievance and career change as well as resignation and apathy. Lao Tzu said, "To lead, we must follow" People want to do a good job and be associated with success. People will do a good job if: Management that Leads Their efforts are recognized and appreciated iw . ‘We attach no blame to "failure" Everybody assumes responsibility for the produce. We leave workers alone and allow them flexibility — The above will earn respect and belief, trust, satisfaction and fun. Lao Tzu said, "Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you; but of a good leader, who talks little, “when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will all say, "we did this ourselves". Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders to- gether. The accumulation of trust is a measure of the legitimacy of leadership. It cannot be mandated or purchased; it must be earned. Trust is the basic ingredient of all organizations, the lubrication that maintains the — organization. Personal qualities for leadership: persistence, self-knowledge, will-- ingness to take risks and accept losses, commitment, consistency and challenge. Above all, learn- ing. Leaders are perpetual learn- ers. Never mentioned were charisma, or dressing for success, of time management, or any of the other glib formulas that pass for wisdom in the popular press. "Power shows the man" Sophocles, "Antigone" We definitely need women and men who can take charge. We hope that you, the reader, will be among them, What can be more consequential and inspiring? Excerpts from LEADERS. THE STRATEGIES FOR TAKING CHARGE, by Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus WN HALL ami ’ PRINCEVILLE N. © pe UNITY. NTER ove heh GD: SAAB. Hf LST AGT RARER AR RR lll es pig7 LO Sage: =| History Files, — ne Brother Bobby Teel and his lovely wife Brenda (deceased) are shown in‘one of our file photos happier days. Sister Teel was very active in the community and had a radio talk show on WOOW. Ss was a lovely person with a joyful personality. We Salute Black History Month. ek mo ” File Photo Jim Rouse RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)—More than a dozen colleges in eight states have received racist hate mail since Christmas, with historically black schools specifically targeted. The letters, all containing Fayetteville postmarks, began showing up in college offices just Southern Poverty Law Center. in . — 7 @ Montgomery, Ala., which tracks eo ¢ ‘a wif hate crimes throughout the country. oul a “The total destruction of your race is our mission in life,” the letters state. As of Friday, the SPLC had re- ceived calls from schools and groups in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. “It’s the kind of thing you don’t want to get overly upset about, given that it’s coming from an anony- mous source,” said State Alexander III, executive assistant to the presi- dent at North Carolina's Livingstone College. “But youdon’t want to ignore it either.” The nation’s oldest historically black college, Lincoln University in Oxford, Pa., tightened security on campus after receiving the let- ters containing threats directed at schools and prominent black fig- ures, like Michael Jordan and the Atlanta, Ga's public schools visited Eastern NC under the direction of Dr. Holiday, shown with students from Atlanta's public schools to help with clean up efforts in Princeville, NC. Black Colleges Are Getting Racist Threats after Christmas, said Joe Roy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The letters warned that in 2000, “the war” against blacks will esca- late. And each letter ended with the words: “the white racé will be pre- served forever.” The letter to the historically black schools was among three dif- ferent versions apparently sent out about the same time, Roy said. The other two versions were sent to the American Jewish Commu- nity Center in Georgia and to chap- ters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. ~” All three versions were type- written in capital letters, laced with expletives and derogatory names. Confederate flags were printed at the bottom of two versions, and a swastika was placed at the bottom of the third. The letter to the colleges used the word “rahowa,” a term that means “racial holy war” among a group known as the World Church | of the Creator, a successor to the defunct Church of the Creator. Last fall, pipe bombs went off in restrooms at Florida A&M Univer- sity, the. state’s only historically black public university. Noone was injured in either blast. A man faces federal charges in that case. Church, ? Shown to the left is Reverend Clarence Gray and his lovely wife who is now deceased. Reverend Clarence Gray is the Pastor of Triumph Missionary Baptist Church which was lost ‘to Hurricane Floyd. The church’is in the process of building a new sanctuary. This is a historical - reflection of a great black man and woman. a File Photo: Archives ? Minority Voice 405 Evans Street | PO. Box 8361. Greenville, NC 27834 | Phone: (252) 757-0365 - Fax: 757-1793 Joy 1340 AM WOOW Radio Station Greenville, NC 27834 Joy 1320 AM WTOW Radio Station Washington, NC 27889 : Pictures received by The "M" | Voice Newspaper become’ the property of The "M" Voice ae ae Newspaper and we are not responsible for lost pictures. All articles must be mailed to the above address. If you have a complaint, please ad- dress it to the publisher, Mr. Jim Rouse, owner. : Member of NABOB-NC |: Association of Black | Publishers, National a Association of Black owned Broadcasters, NC Association Broadcasters, _NACCP SCLC, NCAB, NNA, BMI, |’ sees fo *. ee oe ee SESAC, ASCAP PCCP Elbert's Kitchen 252-756-9035 Southern Cuisine Tues - Thurs------4pm to 12am - | Fri - Sat----------3pm to 12am 411 Deck St. Greenville, NC 27834 ; Owner Curtis Cummings Meet the Candidate: Randy B. Royal Democratic Candidate For Pitt County Commissioner, District A on . Friday, March 3, 2000 Belvoir Elementary School 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Take this opportunity to meet other local/state government candidates and officals, ask questions and voice your concerns on the issues. It's your right! , Update your voter registration, or register to vote. Refreshments Will Be Served, — [Paid for by the Committee to Elect Randy — >: +o _—— ee —_ ay ‘ Ee ’ \ y Boal) 4a Triumph Missionary Baptist a oe ew 8 ee em eo ee ee ed . ma ELIJAH AND THE ~ ‘Some contend that Elijah must be earth; and it was evidently into ‘this “heaven” that Elijah was taken by the whirlwind that ended | his eventful life. (Genesis 1:8-20, 7:11,23.; Zechariah 2:6) The fact that in the figure- changing vision the disciples saw Elijah and Moses, does not mean that these two prophets were then actually alive some where in heaven. In coming down from the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus said to His disciples, “Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of Man be risen again from the (Hebrew 11:35, 39, 40) This transfiguration vision was of the kingdom of Christ when estab- lished to reign over the earth. All true Christians, then exalted to heavenly glory, will reign. ‘ Suejette Jones is currently enrolled in a religious studies program at Pitt Community College Three generations of happy tenants reside at Westwood Vi and daughter posed for the Minority Voice Camera. They live. WESTWOOD VILLAGE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE By Faith May Mr. Harold Dew purchased Colonial Mobile Home Park in June of 1997. His vision for the park was to make it a good, safe family environment. He has up- graded the park by getting rid of trash and cleaning up the park by cuttings down trash and weeds. Trees have been pruned and dead trees removed that were interfering with yard space. Trucks and old inoperable cars have been towed away. In addition, abandoned and derelict mobile homes had to be removed not only because they were an eye-sore but also because they were a danger to the health and safety of the community, The Colonial Mobile Home Park had large pot-holes in the street. They have been _ repaired. Conditions at one time was so bad that the park was called by some of the tenants “The Ghetto”. Mr. Harold Dew does not want Westwood Village —_ formerly Colonial Mobile Home Park to ever be referred to as “The Ghetto” again. He says, “There are good tenants living here and with the help of the tenants we have been able to clean up the yard around the mobile homes and keep the park clean so that everyone can be proud of the place they live in and the community around them. Moving to Westwood Villiage is easy because your home is already set up on the lot. Westwood Villiage is a safe place for you and your family because every meas- ure possible has used to ensure this by employment verification, lliage Mobile Home Park. Grandmother, mother say that Westwood Villiage is a great place to Photo by Faith May rental references, and criminal background checks being taken of every applicant. This measures are being taken to protect the children and families already in the park and to let applicants know that we are concerned about the safety and welfare of our tenants. America’s Best Homes moved the mobile homes here and set them up ready to be moved into, to make it easier for the buyers. There is a playground in the park also. Mr. Harold Dew would like to see safety of the parents and children remain intact. The children should be able to enjoy the park that they live in and the parents can be at ease knowing that their children are not in danger and do not feel threatened. Neighborhood watch is in effect also. The tenants take an active part in keeping the park safe. “Westwood Villiage A . Community For The People”. i culute to Black History Month | Jaen Mangal Me ae Carolina 27834 | Pastor George Hawkins relaxes at the Good-N-Tasty restaurant in Williamston. Pastor Hawkins and workers pose for the Minority Voice camera. Smith's. RFD 6 | ae F Photo Z Jim tos Convienient | store Fe 5 Riley Road Greenville, N i “Wilton "Buddy" in fi Pa si ith's convenient ith's Convenient Store, Mr. Wilton "Buddy" Langley stands in front of a sign at smit Mart Buddy has managed this store for over a decade. Come by for all your personal and household needs or call (252) 758-7313” a ee Ae ee D ME FESSEEEETIEEEEELEVISELELSSEETETITEEEEEEEIE: a uni | 44 DEMOCRATS =: a a“ 9 2 | ) in 4 tae! | 4 ol Va. . ! Vote For # @ = 4 Im ROUSE : Tf : > = " i | “ | “a i a NC House of Representative District 8 of 2222222: ; KKK KAKA AAA ARAL AA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAAS KY sglbho.t- uh. ss Photo by Faith May May Primary 2000 A Vote For Jim Rouse is a vote for the future | Paid For By The Committee to Elect Jim Rouse to State Hous Dr. George Hawkins ' BE Leda THYSELF ave been doing some thinking afr: the various runing here in itt County and surrounding coun- ties. The Word is being preached everywhere yet it seems as though the believers of the Body of Christ are getting worse. The Word is supposed to bring about a change in our lives. I have observed that the more believers attend church, the more Word they hear, the harder they get. The Word is a looking glass to our soul.. Instead of pushing it off on someone else and looking at someone else’s life, we should be raking that Word to ourselves and our focus should be on the Lord Jesus Christ. I hear believers witness to the - truth by “uh huh” and Amen, etc. and no sooner than the service has ended, nasty attitudes are mani- fested and attributes of the flesh are demonstrated before they can get out the door. The Lord has revealed to me that in the natural, these believers appear normal when looking at them in the flesh and it seems like they are receiving the Word, but if you could see their spirit man as God sees it, you would see that their spirit resembles that of a severely deformed person or as - preaching and fast. In any case, whenever and however they are manifested, right then and there is the time it deal with it. If you don’t, you will not grow Spiritu- ally. You will be spiritually all that He has ordained for you. We have really heard uel teaching. Nat are we doing with it? Is it justifying us or condemning us? Is it bringing us closer to the Lord or ing us further in the opposite direction? Only time will tell. Consider the parable of the wheat and the tares. Tares are nothing but weeds. The food seed was sown but fhe enemy came along and planted tares among the wheat and went his way. So to from uprooting the wheat (Good seed), the sower let them both grow together and at the time of harvest, the reapers were to gather together first the tates and bind them in bundles to be burned but gather the wheat into the barn. ' In conclusion, I leave you with a question to ponder. When the reaper (Jesus Christ) comes, will He gather you as a tare to be burned or will He gather you as wheat to be harvested? Take an inventory of yourself. Beloved, it is time to be true to thyself. 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Hart Asheville, NC John Harris Monroe, NC Robert King Wilson, NC + e494 ¢ cetieebieebibiiuon cco of Georgia in 1904 demanded and received the disenfranchisement of black people from the gains made after the Civil War. He said, “Black. people never founded a government nor made a single step toward civi- lization that did not soon lapse into barbarism, except under the foster- ing care and guidance of white people.” Historian Arnold Toynbee wrote in his 1934 history book “It will be seen that when we classify man- kind by color, the only primary race that had not made a creative contri- busionthany civilization is the black race.” Former President Richard Nixon was quoted in the Haldeman diary as stating that “the black race is the only race which never founded a. civilization.” Scientist and profes- sor R.B. Carrell concludes that sav- -. + ages, including: the whole Negro race should, on account of their low mentality and unpleasant nature, be ) painlessly exterminated. ‘Were white scholars and presi- : the world which were already thousands of years old. All the elements of civilization first began in Africa including reli- gion, art, science, government, min- ing, writing, mathematics, archi- tecture, engineering, and agricul- ture. Dr. Charles Nelson at the Uni- versity of Massachusetts states that animal domestication occurred in Kenya 15,000 years ago, and that agricultural sites have been carbon dated in Egypt to 18,000 B.C. The oldest numeration system was found in Zaire by Dr. Jean de Heinzelin with markings on the Ishango Bone dated 8000 B.C. She also said that the people were fa- miliar with prime numbers and multiplication by two since the markings were paired at 3-6, 4-8, and 5-10, Astronomy and astrology are be- lieved to have existed for almost 50,000 years. The oldest stellar cal- endar is dated 4241 B.C: It has 365 1/4 days and. 12 months with 30 days in each month, The ancient Africans were also the first to di- vide the day into 24 hours and to begin the day at midnight. “were > wai black civilizations © used i Ailteligions webalaipatiiove ‘ated paper about 4000 B.C., which made the recording of history and . ‘originated in Africa, including Hin- duism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. Gerald Massey states that § the religious records of all religions ‘including the Christian Bible are traceable and in many cases are direct copies of the religious records of ancient Egypt and Nubia. St. Augustine, one of the found- ing fathers of Christian theology wrote that “What is now called the Christian religion has existed among _ the ancients and was not absent from the beginning of the human race.” The ancient black Egyptians cre- science more practical for library storage. It is estimated that over 700,000 books were in the libraries of Egypt before Homer, the father of Western literature, ‘was even born. Could it be that black iteny i is the best-kept secret in the world or have politicians, including past . presidents denied black history to accelerate black disenfranchise- ment? done to environment. ENDS FOR ANN CAN A Plan for a Better Pitt Ms Increase value of education by promoting better pay and better resources. Because of Hurricane Floyd devastation, | would like to address the damages that were | would like to help improve the quality of life for our Senior Citizens. | would like to increase resources and incentives for our county employees. | would like to address health issues in our county by working with Pitt Memorial Hospital and other countywide health organizations. Commissioner el MA ancy 757-1692 OR 757-1 162 FAX 757-0018 Several Nice f 405 vind Street P.O. 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