fk desing CED e : od: ee s ¥ iV - Mar. 7, 2003 Feb. 21 FREE! | But the new head of the N | the county schools, Meeting promotes action, on challenges facing black By T. Scott Batchelor The Daily Reflector . A litany of issues affecting Greenville's black community echoed in the Dubois Center on Thursday during. what organizers hope was the first of many "town hall" meetings. Education, violence, economic growth, discrimination and health care ‘were some of the topics addressed by a panel of civic leaders and audience members during the forum, sponsored by the Pitt County Black Caucus, The Minority Voice Newspaper, WOOW ~ AM and Millennia Community . Anderson, the evening's modetator, told the crowd of about 250 gathered in the center off Hooker Road. She | urged members of the community to seek out the plethora of government grants for everything from starting small businesses to education tuition. "So many of the monies that come into Greenville really do not trickle down to the people with ideas, great ideas," Anderson said. However, she said, "If you don't have a place to stay, it's all about nothing.” Councilwoman Rose Glover said leaders and rank-and-file residents need a "road map" to guide the black community. "So many times we talk but don't do anything," she said. She decried the ravages of drugs on the | community, especially in west Greenville, and "absentee landlords ruining our communities," Bennie Rountree, president of the state Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said, "Many problems we have is because our leadership is not together." . AACP in Pitt County, Calvin Henderson, pledged to strive for success in serving his constituency, "It's really time for work," not just talk, he said, adding that the local NAACP would be the arm for helping pore ae health, ion, community development, and veterans affairs. _ City Councilwoman Mildred Council urged residents to "tap the sleeping giant" of neighborhood resources. "These organizations can help us if you tap them and use them well," she said. Tying his message with the celebration o February as Black History Month, keynote speaker U.S. Rep. Frank way from Africa to here, and a long way from the back of the bus to the front, referring to the defiant stance taken by civil rights protestor Rosa Parks, . He lambasted President George W. Bush for Opposing universities’ use of affirmative action in the admissions process "It.is my considered opinion that he is opposed to Black History Month," Ballance said. "What is Black Thank blacks poirot i fil a Am | high th , se problems still in America, "you can rise as hi as you want to," the congressman said. During the question and answer section of the town hall meeti ng, one man asked Ballance, " Why can't you shut down convenience stores that sell alcohol in West Greenville © member said 100 percent of the troubled students she works with are black, and almost all of them males, "I'm vd to understand; what can we do as a community to give them hope?" she said. "They longer know Who they are, what their sense of place is in this community. Another woman wanted. to know the"real causes behind the persistent, chronic Suspensions of black males" in irman | f the Pitt County Board of Education, said the school Ss " let i i aa a ad . + Wit ry etl ATE ee ee ee ipa Ballance said it's a lon be el dank. " Together, we have so many things we can talk about," Minnie © don't have teachers , be = i uy "This is the core of our communi for revitalization undertaken by ¢ beginning of the meeting, which ran for more than 21/2 hours, Mayor Don Parrott said’ F d downtown before he decided te ok enn , y, and we're letting it deteriorate," he sai € council, which he said represents a "You know all about a dream," Parrott T.Scott Batchelor can be contacted at sbatchelor@cox news.com he toured | displaying a map showing the vision said. "You've got to have a dream." not talk, to take community, city v Bink ls peak ot." i “0%, ; . ace eee o ponsored itt County Black Caucus; WOOW J / 1340 AM Radio, and Millennium Community Bar Lown Hall Meeting at the black owned DuBois Center, Black fk came out in shong numa oa cit -—— high utility bills, teen violence, dru: housing discrimination and other ‘the city Guat te event besflbg orcnktarteg as Bla ions f The been scheduled for May. aacael : \ Pi "Petite powerhouse "claims Humanitarian Award “© a8 a “petite powerhouse of drive . The Daily Reflector Program Guide, which contains Organizations that receive the informationon events happening award must have an active The 2003 Best-Irons Human- at ECU and in the community, affirmative action program; pro- itarian Award on Saturday was bestowed on a woman described Myrick also pointed to Lewis’ work in organizing a committee of health professionals to create vide leadership seminars and Directions for upward mobility; have an educational scholarship — - and determination" during @ an event which will encourage program; promote local and state > banquet at the Hilton Greenville. healthy lifestyles © among uman relations affairs; and © Nell Lewis, director of the African-Americans, have initiated at least one human Ledonia bide i Cultural Center Niagara Parkes, a social worker relations effort. at East Carolina University, was —_with the Pitt ounty Department Other nominees for the 2003 nominated for the award by Brenda Myrick. The 2003 award for an organiza- - tion went to STRIVE, a job- : Feadiness training program in of Social Services, nominated STRIVE for the Best-lrons Humanitarian Award to an or- ganization. She said the three- week training program stresses individual award are Evelyn Carmon, Clifton Hickman, Harvey G. Jackson, Beatrice Maye, James Speight, Dr. Edward Treadwell and Dr. Ear! : Pitt County that helps people discipline and compliance and _—‘Trevathan. - become employable. The yearly “works towards the betterment of . awards are handed out by the the community," ' Greenville Human Relations "STRIVE deserves this award, - Council, as they offer this training free of . In her nomination letter, Myrick charge to the community at | recounted Lewis’ 29 years as an large,she said, "STRIVE is will- - @ducator and her rise to the ing to work with anyone that . position she now holds at ECU. wants to go to work, to increase Through the strong and viva- their job-seeking skills, job- yes leadership of Nell Lewis, ' the Ledonia ight Cultural Center has flourished," the letter . states, "The ona of Not ' tors, college students, hi : School, elementary school and readiness skills, as well as working with them on work- lace behavior," e Best-Irons Humanitarian Award was established in 1990 in honor of Dr. Andrew A. Best : primary school students, as well ° and Dr. Malene G.-Irons « the as community-based — first recipies of the award in - tions, [has] increased." Myrick 1992 - for their belief on the credited Lewis with organizing issues of equality and human and leading the Cross-Cultura rights, os - Communication Committee, Criteria for the individual award a mission is “to | ry ae activi pi foramen rl eadership; direction and moti- affnirs, otion of community vation cross-cultural and human betterment, involve- communication for more aware- ness and involvement in diver- sity programming as an ment in at least one activity worthy of human relations rec- ognition and pbsitive attitudes AWARD RECN NELL LEWIS - 2003 Best- Irons Hunmanitarian Award toward improving human rela- Recipient poses for “the tions, M'Voice Camera photo by Jim Rouse b } elected officials and some government officials answered questions : next meeting ns , $ ik ad eG e868 * a t roan "Exum Convenient Store..." | Shown above are the owners of the Exum Convenient Store located on Hwy. 33 in Princeville, NC. The beautiful face of Mother Exam is all smiles as her husband looks ‘on with a bi ile. Drop by and pay them a visit !!!! seers peasy Staff Photo: Jim Rouse "Easter Black Soi Workers... wa! ! ’ wn above are the women of the Eastern Black Social Workers Association tall with Historian vr Pacey = rks a aoe aed ting, real estate, and rental office in Pitt County, si Eastern ial Workers has this ye $ occasion at Pitt Community College . D. D. Garrett wil laughing as he tells stories of black folks from the Vor ’ “a =o iy’ . taff Photo: Jim Rouse eo at _ Baden, Pa. A man at.a-gas station directed she found herse riving on the scene spotted one of them en- Ze ‘ ‘Michigan Ave., Chicago, Il. 60616, y -ellagelpelaegsmebaalng allt home, she made a wrong turn, drove night and wound up 250 miles away in Woodman to a motel, where several em- ployees offered to drive her home. She de- cliaed and decided to drive herself. Ss lost again. Tuesday afternoon, and herself in Edgeworth, Pr flagged down Edgeworth resident Nancy Merrill, who noticed she seemed exhaust- ed and drove her to the police station. Woodman spent Tuesday night at a mo- tel, then made the five-hour trip home Wednesday afternoon in a limousine rent- ed by her son. : Curses, foiled Police in Edmonton, Alberta, arrested two youths who allegedly accosted a pizza de- ages 17 and 18, then decided to take his car instead, Their getaway was thwarted be- | cause they didn’t know how to drive a stan- ane caer man Wes Bellmore said, adding that the were apprehended after officers ar- the home where the pizzas were to be Thailand’s health ministry announced it is dispatching a troupe of dancers to _ show women how to increase their bust sizes. Thai women who have been bom- barded by media images of big-busted women often feel inadequate and resort to wearing ill-fitting brassieres, accord- ing to Pennapa Subcharoen, deputy direc- tor-general of the neg dh department of traditional medicine. “ any women ~are not aware that wearing an appropriate i taking bosom- their wish come we are training 12 true,” she said, “So 2. ‘i OT mal- chested and one large-chested instructor. Worth the risk Increased cellular phone use has led to more car accidents, but the value users place on being able to call from the road roughly equals the accidents’ cost, ac- cording to the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. The center's study concluded that the yearly cost of accidents caused by cell phones, including aerate and property damage, 8 illion. This figure is virtually the tune as re- searchers arrived at for the value of calls made while driving. First things first @ Willmar, Minn., resident Tyler Bratsch, 25, was sentenced to a year in jail after‘he admitted visiting pornograph- ic, sports and miusic Internet sites and checking e-mail instead of watching his 13-month-old son, who drowned while taking a bath unattended. @ Police in Placentia, Calif., charged Janet Chen, 31, with leaving her two young children home alone for nearly three weeks while she went to North Car- olina to visit-a man whom she met on the Internet. Officers, who discovered Chen’s 7-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son after neighbors reported hearing them crying inside the apartment, said the chil- dren had been living on frozen meals, Bagel Bites and cold cereal. Chen told - investigators that she had a falling out with the man but slept in her rental car for the next week rather than come home because she didn’t want to pay for a new airline ticket. Lucky... not Paul Smith, 37, survived his van rolling down an embankment outside Moosic, Pa. After climbing back to the highway and walking a half-mile along the shoulder, ries he was killed by a hit-and-run ver. Francofollies A group of French chefs, writers and celebrities announced it would ae a 2 CORSISE © Compiled by Real Times, Inc., 2400 §. "| The history of or Westerners, the slave trade specifially denotes the . by economics to press lav BLACK HISTORY MONTH = {across the Atlantic to North America and the Caribbean. Ot _ The slave trade began in America in the 16th century; most Pa x oe 3 ever avery rye OE r FS poe a meee Cole ae ko a to America and beyond peans, but many of the people who kidnapped those for this trade were Africans and Arabs. Another source for large numbers of slaves was prisoners captured in inter tribal conflict or warfare. It was them to other tribes or slave traders for sell at the coast to shippers common practice to kill captives-or trade in the slave trade. The trade was banned British Royal Navy was the end of 19th century. _ For the British to énd the slave trade, significant dbstacles had to be overcome. In the eighteenth century the slave trade was an integral part of the Atlantic economy. The economies of the European colonies in the Caribbean, the American colonies, and Brazil required vast amounts of man power to harvest the bountiful agricultural goods. In 1790 the British West Indies, islands such as Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad, had a by international agreement in the eatly 19th century, but this ban was ignored and the ordered to enforce the ban, this succeded in eliminating the Atlantic slave trade by slave population of 524 000, while the French had 643 000 in their West Indian possessions. ; Other powers such as Spain, the Netherlands, and Denmark had large numbers of slaves as well. Despite these high populations more slaves were always required, Harsh conditiees and ic i left the stave popula- tion with well below replacement fertility levels. . By 1800 the English had imported around 1.7 million slaves to their West Indian possessions since 1600, the fact that there were well over a million fewer slaves in the British colonies than had béen imported to them illustrates the conditions in which they lived, ; The immorality of slavery was excused by economics. Slav- ery was involved in some of the most immensely profitable in- dustries of the time. Seventy percent of the Slaves brought to the new world were used to produce sugar, the most labor intensive crop. The rest were employed harvesting coffee, cotton, and to- These eproden acts woekd te ae Europe or Africa. Th shipped to or Africa. The ships from Europe would then return cafrying manufactured materials and foodstuffs. The ships from Africa would return carrying slaves. The en- ire economy of the Atlantic sector depended on fresh supplies of slaves to the West Indies, and this triangular Atlantic trade formed the core of maritime trade throughout the world. These colonies were some of the most important possessions of each wer. France in 1763, for instance, agreed to lose the entire vast colony of New France in exchange for keeping the minute is- land of Guadeloupe. By far the most successful West Indian colonies in 1800 be- longed to the United Kingdom. - aw " plan lela SES om cboliegie be, ' i Pein 7 was, Génie i , ' nine ops - The British islarids’ produced the most sugar, and quickly British p became the largest consumers of sugar. West In- dian sugar ubiquitous as an additive to Chinese tea. -Products of American slave labor soon permeated every level of British society with tobacco, coffee, and especially sugar all being indispensable elements of daily life for all classes. To its colonies Britain also had the largest fleet of slave ships, mostly operating out of Liverpool and Bristol. In Liverpool, by the late seventeenth century, one out of every four ships that left harbour was a slaver. They were highly prof- itable ventures and played ‘very important economic roles in those two cities. How did the abolition of the slave trade occur if it was SO eco- nomically important and successful? The historiography of an- swers to this question is a long and interesting one. Before the Second World War the study of the abolition movement was performed primarily by British scholars who believed that the anti-slavery movement was probably among the three or four perfectly virtuous pages in the history of nations. This opinion was controverted in 1944 by the West Indian his- torian, Eric Williams, who argued that the end of the slave trade to economic transitions totally unconnected to any morality. iams’ thesis was soon brought into question as well, how- ever. Williams based his Indian colonies were in decline at the early point of nineteenth century and were losing their political and economic importance to Britain. This decline the slave system into an econom- ically burdensome one that the British were only too willing to do away with. . ihe main difficulty with this argument is that the decline on- y 1807 before which slavery was flourishing economically. The decHine in the West Indies is more likely to be an effect of the suppression of the slave trade as the cause. The falling prices for the commodities produced by slave labor such as sugar and coffee can be easily discounted as evidence shows the falls in Price lead to great increases in demand, actually increasing total profits for the importers. Profits for the slave trade remained at around ten percent of inyestment and showed no evidence of being on the decline. Land prices in the West Indies, an important tool for analyz- ing the economy of the area did not begin to decrease until after the slave trade was discontinued. The Sugar colonies were not in decline at all, in fact they were at he peak of their economic in- fluence in 1807, Williams also had reason to be biased, He was heavily in- volved in the movements for independence of the Caribbean colonies and had motive to try to extinguish the idea of such a munificent action by the colonial overlord. A third generation of scholars lead by the likes of Drescher and Anstey have discounted most of Williams arguments, but still acknowledge that morality had to be combined with the forces of politics and economic theory to bring about the end of the slave trade. The movements that played the greatest role in actually con- vincing Westminster to outlaw the slave trade were religious. The — of evangelical protestant groups coupled with the These were certainly a minority, but they were a fer- vent one many dedicated individuals. These groups also a a parliamentary presence controlling 35-40 seats at ous positon of the governs Known as the “saints” this group was led by William Wilber- force, the most important of the anti-slave campaigners. These parlimentarians against slavery as a divinely ordained crugude. British ended their own slave trade, the were forced other nations into placing themselves in Would become uncompetitive with those of other nations, The against the slave trade by other nations was an policy effort. viewing slavery as a blight upon humanity. and their numbers were magnified by the precari- were extremely dedicated and often saw their personal battle After the’ the same economic staightjacket, or else the British colonies a'small player in the international slave trade, and mereacitering the sugar colony business late British naval su- aks ae ‘ ee the United States banned the trade during the same period as Great Britain. Other small trading nations that did not have a great deal to give up such as Sweden quickly followed suit, as did the Dutch, who were also by then a minor player. Five nations objected strongly to surrendering their rights to trade slaves: Spain, Portugal, Brazil (after its independence), France and the United States. a Britain used every tool at its disposal to try to induce these nations to follow its lead. Portugal and Spain, which were indebted to Britain after the Napoleonic Wars, slowly agreed to accept a large cash payments to first reduce and then eliminate the slave trade. By 1853 the British government had paid Portugal over three million pounds, and Spain over one million in order to end the ‘Slave trade. Brazil, however, did not agree to stop trading in slaves until Britain took military action against its coastal areas in and threatened a permanent blockade of the nation’s ports in 1852. "For France the British first tried to impose a solution during the negotiations to at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, but Rus- sia and Austria did not agree. The French people and govern- ment had deep.misgivings about conceding to Britain’s demands. Not only did Britain demand that other nations ban the slave trade, but also demanded the right to po- lice the ban. The Royal Navy had to be granted permission to search any Suspicious ships and seize any found to be carrying slaves, or equipped for doing so. It is these conditions especially that kept France involved in the slave trade for so long. While France formally agreed to ban the trading of slaves in ' 1815, they did not allow Britain to police the ban, nor did they do much to enforce it themselves and thus a large black market Also such a reformist movement was viewed as tainted by the conservative backlash after the revolution. The French slave trade thus did not come to a complete halt until 1848. While slavery had been abolished in the U.S. following the Civil War, it took another 100 years before apartheid was final- ly outlawed. . argument upon the idea that the West. to manifest itself after slave trading was banned in’ Where Black History began by Valerie Cunningham Special to the Tri-State Defender For more than a century Africans and black Americans were openly bought and sold throughout the colony along with other imported items. Surviving documentation shows that slave mer- chandising in Portsmouth was conducted according to common business practices of the day. Samuel Moore, a ship owner and captain whose enterprises involved trips to the slave coast of Guinea, sold two male slaves to Archibald McPhaedres in 1726. The accounts of Hugh Hall show him importing slaves from Barbados aboard his ship the Katherine in 1729 and 1730. The New Hampshire Gazette advertised slave sales from ships trad- ing between Africa, the West Indies and America, as in this ex- ample: “To be sold ...a few Negroes, lately imported in the snow Gen. Townshend . . . from the West Indies . .. at Stavers Tavern.” Some slave sales occurred at public meeting places. One adver- tisement announced that a slave could be purchased "opposite the north door of the State House.” There were also private sales: To be sold by Mrs. Dorcas Bradford, a likely Negro woman about thirty years of age, suit- able for any business.” . Although the importation of slaves was not a major business, it occurred frequently enough to be an unremarkable event. De- parting ships carried purchase orders from wealthy area resi- dents, perhaps specifying a preference for "Guinea" Slaves direct from Africa or "seasoned" slaves, those already trained in West- ern ways and with particular skills learned in the American south or Caribbean Islands. Two slaves from Barbados, a man and woman, were ordered and delivered to Jeremiah Wheelwright in 1752 but when the pair arrived in poor health and unable to perform productive work, Wheelwright sued the shipmaster, Archibald Smith of Somersworth, for damages. John Moffatt's ship, the Exeter, returned from Africa in 1756 with 61 slaves: 20 men, 15 women, 7 "man boys," 2 "women girls,” 10 boys and 7 girls. The ship's carpenter, John Winkley, ad contracted with Moffatt to receive in exchange for his labor on the trip free passage and his choice of "a prime slave” at the price paid’"on the coast of Guinea." | John Moffatt acquired one slave by stealing him from his. Massachusetts owner and taking him on a voyage to Portugal; Moffatt was convicted in, 1725 for the kidnapping. 36 slaves al- 80 were available from brokers at major American auction cen- ters from Boston to New Orleans. Slaves were owned by well-known and affluent northern fam- ilies who benefited from a thriving economy -- an economy that ironically was partially based on the international slave trade. The 1727 “Inventory of the Polls and Estates of Portsmouth," showed two or more slaves living in the households of Capt. Walker, William Vaughn, Col. Wa den, Richard. Wibird, R. Wa- whose and George Jeffries; at least thirty-five additional slave&Mived "singularly" in other households, This pattern continued until the revolutionary period when - one-third, (or a total of at least 81) of the families represented by names on the Association Test list of 1776, : Next week, How bad behavior made slaves ‘prices godown. enslavement of Africans and their transport of the ships were owned and crewed by Euro- \ > From Atrica a “i 1. Other cultures as well have traded ‘in slaves, oS as ain (inde ty Frencty poople-haainally been as opposed to te us the B SOeiame 2 matter of national pride -rebibdied.t Ww: then ts to be dictated to them by the British. 7: | southwestern state of Oyo,’ to deal with suck | Prophet - over‘the past four years, . __ Violent German aid worker as he drove up to his residence in the Kenyan capital at the week. » No arrests have been made in connection’. : | with the murder, Mwangi said. Violent robbery and car hijackings are common in Nairobi. te 4 ’ | Sharia law moves to south Islamic sharia law is making inroads into, > the predominantly Christian south of Nigerta ' at atime when religion is expected to be a . crucial issue in looming general elections. Muslim officials have set up sharia courts ° in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city, and in the °° _ civil matters as divorce, inheritance ques- tions and contract disputes, — 2, The courts are for Muslims only and do ‘: not extend to criminal matters, which caused much controversy in the 12 predominantly »: Islamic northern states that implemented “ sharia - canonical law based on the teachings of the Qu’ransand the traditions of the 5 “The course is clear to the introduction of . sharia to those states in the south that have " significant Muslim populations,” says Lateef Adegbite, head of Nigeria's Supreme Coun-: cil for Islamic Affairs. “There is no constitu: | tional or legal impediment to the extension eat of Sharia to the south.” te Adegbite says the Qu’ran tells Muslims ta”: follow sharia, so Muslims need to have ac- rey cess to sharia courts to live a full Islamic "yt life. at “We have repeatedly told non-Muslims‘! : that sharia will not be extended to them,” ' - Adegbite told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa,."; “The application of sharia to the Muslims ° should not be their concern.” ea Nigeria’s constitution gives Muslims the i: right to practice their religion freely and that: includes organizing sharia courts, says Is- we Haq Akintola, director of Lagos-based Mus:*: lim Rights Concern. 24) “We're not talking about introducing crim. inal sharia in southern Nigeria at all,” says‘, Akintola. “We’ve seen how it created doubts: and gulfs between the people and generated Adi fear.” “ Protests in Christian enclaves some gfates of northern Nigeria. Worst-hit - was Kaduna, where an estimated 2,500 peor ple died in religious clashes. ~~ UGANDA HIV vaccine trials begin Ugandan researchers have begun inject- ing volunteers with one of the world’s few . prototype HIV vaccines targeting the strain; of the virus ravaging east Africa, the re- search team said this week. The trial will involve uninfected volun- : . teers in Uganda considered to be at low risk: of HIV infection who will be given the vact, ‘Cine to see whether it is safe and creates im: munity. : “The trials will go on for about two year$ after which we hope we can move it to the: next phase,” principal researcher Pontiano . Kaleebu told reporters. 7 About half a million people have died in’: Uganda from the deadly disease and it is es: timated that about 1.5 million are infected . with HIV, the virus that causes Aids. The vaccine being tested does not contaift HIV and cannot cause HIV infection, Kaleebu said. + : Researchers say the vaccine is the only | one being tested on humans that is tailored’ to the virus common in Uganda and other : east African countries, HIV subtype A. Most vaccines being tested on humans “ are for subtypes other than A, the re- - \ searchers said. It was possible that different: vaccines may have to be developed to treat’: different subtypes prevalent in various re- *. gions, they added. : Making a vaccine against HIV is difficult because the virus integrates itself into cells’. and attacks the very immune cells that are ‘' normally stimulated by a vaccine. 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What is that that God has given you and what is that that God has i What is that that's in your hand." Moses saw in his hand a rod and so often ; Bors special thing in our life and given us a i special anointing. And we are just like Moses was, it's just a rod. But what Moses did not understand that what he had in his hand was not just a rod, it was "A Rod" and "A Rod" was about to become "The Rod". It was about to become the Rod of God in Moses’ hand. And | want to tell you, you might look around today and say what is it that I have, whose going to listen to me, what can I do. | just have a Rod. I just have a stick. I don't have anything special. But what we will find Out as we look at the life of Moses is that it was more than just a Rod in his hand. It was vinely’ allowed10 ‘be placed. in Moses hand to be used at a later time. And may | submit unto ‘ou today that God has en- trusted and put the right thi in your hand to be used at TRITUAL. REFL ing the sheep of Jethro. That's not really 7 tip what is important is that God allowed Moses to use what he had that was familiar to him. You see one day while on the back side of thé mountain Moses saw a bush burning but the fire did not consume it. He decided to go and take a closer look at it and when he did he heard the voice of God call him by name "Moses, Moses" and he an- swered and said here am 1, God identified Himself to Moses and pn him that I have seen the afflictions of my people and | have heard their cthes by reason -of their task. masters, And-I am come down’ to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a Bood land and a S large, unto a:land flowing with milk and honey. Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me-. and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians op- press them. Come now there- pare and the will send thee unto *haraoh, that thou mayest ring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt (Exodus 3). You see Moses up in the house of Pharaoh, so the life style of the Egyptian was very familiar to him. All he needed was the courage to use what God had already given him. When God told Moses, He was sending him to Pharaoh, that he may bring the children of Israel out of Egypt, Moses had reser- vation, he question God, yes, saints we can question God. "And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, Catan I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: ECTIONS the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this | _ And Moses said unto God, \ when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shal] | say unto them? And God said unto , Moses, | AM THAT I AM: and he. said, Thus shalt thou say’ unto the children of Israel, | AM bath sent me unto you. (Exodus 3; 1 I- | 4) Moses was in the presence of the God, God prepared him with signs and wonders that would remove the fear and the doubt that God's power was greater than Pharaoh's. God didn't use anything new to show Moses his power He used what Moses already had in his hands "A Rod'@ And he said, Cast it on the ground: And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses fled from before it. And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine. hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God | of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold. his hand was leprous as snow.: And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. ___ God showed Moses these Signs not to frighten him but to prepare him to get the job done. Moses, like many of us, had reservations about the task that was set before him, but he loved God enough and he feared God enough that he. If you study the life of Moses you will find that he was chosen from the very foundation of the world to work for God. Some of you that's reading this article *; As chosen from ‘the foundation of. the world to do God's will but you have reservation, betttise of FEAR. Feb, 21 - Mar. 07, 2003 ee Mee club this year, Says Angel Savage, children show growth in four time county champion and blue Citizenship and Civic Education, Pu Youth Today Blazers 4H Club Show above from left to right are: Ryan Savage, lyanla Savage, Sheronda Nicholson, Ashley Bond, Japhry Carmon, Shannon Givens, Akeem Savage, Yolanda Gardner, Naima Savage, Ronicia Washington, Teena Barnes, Christina Stokes, Tiffany Dixon, Tyecia, Stevie, and Kiara Nicholson. ° » Way", at Education and booksigning of "Born To Win", ader. laborative efforts of NC Cooperative Extension and Youth Today Inc., personal development education. Also, honored for their record books were Ryan Savage, Electricity and Naima Savage who is a ribbon winner in the areas of Personal blic Speaking, and Celebrating Health. tt academic success. 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OS Evans Street ‘Greenville, NC 27834 \ Feb. 21 - Mar, 07, 2003 ‘ . ‘ Mrs. Beatrice Maye To The Editor | February: African - American (Black) History ‘Month Let's Learn More About Blacks, 1.There are five Pitt County Schools named for Blacks. Name them and give their location. 2. Name five streets or subdivi- _ $ions in Greenville named from Blacks. 3. Who. are the two Blacks on the Pitt county Board of Education? 4.Who are the two Blacks ‘on the Pitt County. Board of Commissioners? ‘State co RALEIGH (AP) - North Carolina officials are consider- ing financial compen- sation for people who were - sterilized through a. state- sponsored pro- gram because they were men- tally handi- cai or consid- ered geneti- cally inferior. . State Rep. Larry Womble, D- Forsyth, said he plans to also introduce legislation within the. next... few: weeks requesting money. for oe of the state's Cugenic sterilization program. ."We need to do what i can, whatever we can, to compen- sate those folks, to make them whole again," Womble said Tuesday, "I don't think that sort of thing should have been going on in the United States, where we pride ourselves on individ- ual rights," About 65,000 people nationally were sterilized during the eugen ics movement, which adhered to the belief that sterilization would eliminate mental illness, genetic defects and social ‘ill- ness.. North Carolina sterilized more than 7,600 people between 1929 and 1974, the third most in the country after California and Virginia. Children as young as 10 were sterilized, though by - the 1960s the program's main Thursday. (Feb. 20th) 5.( Who is president of the NAMCP chapter in Pitt County? 6. Why is president of the local S$ organization? 7.What does NAACP mean? SCLC? 8. Who founded Negro History Week? What year? 9. Who are the two Blacks that _@ park in Greenville is named from? a 10.There is a Black library in Greenville named from a Black. Give the name, the street and from whom it is named. 11.There is a Black bank in Greenville. Give the name and location. 12.There are two missionary Baptist Churches in Greenville. Give the names and locations. 13.There's a Black Radio Station in Greenville. Give the name, the street and the owner. 14,There are two Blacks on the City Council. Who are they? 15.Name some of the Black doctors. 16.Give the name of the Black Fire Chief. Who preceded him? 17.Who is the assistant nutri- tionist at the Pitt County Council on Aging? 18.Who is manager of the Joy Kitchen on Albemarle Avenue? 19.Name one Black business nsider's target was young black women, The Winston-Salem. Journal first reported many of the details of the program in a series of stories published in December. Carmen Hooker Odom, the Secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, will lead a committee studying whether to . pay reparations. The group is to meet for the first time looks ns-committee will review North - Carolina's gram and other states' responses to similar sterilization _pro- grams, Cari Boyce, a spokes- woman for Gov. Mike Easley, said Tuesday. The committee will include a representative from the Divi- sion of Mental Health and two representatives from the state Department of Cultural Resources, which manages the archives where more than 100,000 documents about the program are stored. In December, Easley followed officials in Virginia and Oregon by apologizing for the steriliza- tions. South Carolina issued an apology last month. "I want to take it further than that," Womble said.""These are people whose lives were de- stroyed. It became very close to me tO genocide." owned and operated by a Black. 20.Name a Black newspaper in Greenville. 21. What benefits do we gain from observing Black History Month? 22.James Weldon Johnson wrote the "Negro ‘National Anthem". Do you know the words? Is it sung in your in your group, organization, or church during the month of February? 23.Greenville has had a Black - ~ Mayor. Do you know his name? 24.Name some Black schools _ that have been abolished or have been made primary or grammar schools. Do you know any? 25.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stressed freedom, peace, togeth- erness and love. Talk about Blacks accomplishing these goals. 26. Negro spirituais express the ‘trials and struggles of Black folks. Can you name some? 27. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Stressed or have made a differ- ence in our culture and accom- plishments? 28. What are some concerns of Blacks? 29.Ask yourself. What am | doing? Victims celebrated word of the committee and the chance that the state would make up for its mistakes, Nial Cox Ramirez, 56, of - Riverdale, Ga., was sterilized in 1965 when she was 18. "I feel real good about this, because somebody needs to do something" Ramirez told the Winston-Salem Journal. Doriane Coleman, a Duke University law professor who teaches a course about genetics, genomics -and. ‘the law, “Said reparations are appropriate for 30. There is strength in UNITY. Why not join the NAACP? The SCLC? WHO CARES? These are the times that try educators, yes parents souls - for far too man boys and girls are not using their time wisely in school - home work suffers, giggling, talking behavior that — IS unacceptable, behavior that interrupts teaching and learning by those students who want to learn. What part does a parent play in his child's school day? Who encourages and sees that his child behaves at schools thatehe does his homework and makes good grades, or at least be, quiet and attentive? Do we ask - Tell me about school today? Were you put outside the door for bad behav- ior? Did you sit quietly and respond in class? Were you sent to the principal's office? Let me see your homework. Parents, do you attend teacher conferences? Most time the parents who need to go, never show up. Do you visit the school? Tour your child's classes? Do you know. his teachers? Does he eugenic sterilization victims, who were often forced to submit to the procedures, A law permitting sterilization of the mentally ill or mentally retarded "for the public good" remains on the books in North Carolina, but isn't used. Coleman recommended that legislators strike it. "It looks bad and potentially could be used," she said. Paul Lombardo, the director of the law and medicine program at the University’ of Virginia From T Desk Of Mrs Beatrice know that you'll follow up on bad behavior at home? Do you limit TV viewing? Are we using wisely what we have? Wake up parents and send teachers stu- dents who go to school to learn. Disciplined children at home will be disciplined children at school. TACTICS FOR WAIST MANAGEMENT 1.Refuse second helpings (except for vegetables) 2.Eat smaller portions. 3.Double your intake of fruits and vegetables, especially raw. 4.Choose crunchy foods (apples, salads, toast, Popcorn). 5.Eat less protein; 4 to 6 ounces per day of meat, fish poultry, 6.Enjoy sweets and alcohol only in moderation. 7.Cut back on fat. Fat makes food tasty, but it's loaded with calories. 8.Don't snack. 9. Drink four glasses of water daily and four glasses of other uids, Source: The Balancing Act Nutrition and Weight Guide Center for Biomedical Ethics, said he also consid red repara-. tions reasonable. "This is not a brand new idea,' Lombardo said. "We have about 15 states that have laws on the books to provide compensation for people who have been wrongfully imprisoned. "That kind of process has turned out to be very affordable. It's only rarely invoked and generally speaking I've never _ Seenany public outcry -aver a government saying, "We made a pg e Five or more servings of fruits and vegetables each day help fight cancer and heart disease. Beta-carotene, found in dark green, orange and yellow pro- duce, may help protect against heart disease stroke and some cancers, Vitamin C, abundant in citrus fruits, green Peppers, cabbage, and cantaloupe, ray work as an antioxidant to strengthen our built-in defenses against dis- ease. Editors Note: Mrs. Beatrice Maye was also nominated for the Best Irons Awards For 2003. We applaud Mrs. Beatrice Maye for her continual work in the education of our people. % An African American Woman Striving For Excellence compensation after sterilization mistake. We ruined your life and we're going to try to do something to make it better for you." Lombardo, who has studied eugenics programs for the past 20 years, said he knew of no other state where high-level discussions of reparations have Started. . Money wouldn't make up for what was taken from victims, but may help restore some. of their self worth, Lombardo said, _ BURGER KING SALUTES BLACK HISTORY MONTH two oun 2003 URBAN EVERYDAY HEROES Fontana, California Barrow is a mentor on a mission. Through her Newport Beach, California-based Women of Excellence, she has redoubled her commitment to turning today’s promising girls into ~ tomorrow's fierce women. Her organization works to provide a new generation of women with the tools they'll need to succeed in the adult world. Denver, Colorado As the publisher of the Urban Spectrum newspaper, Harris-Diaw seeks to make the media a more Angela Brown Atlanta, Georgia Angela Brown is at the forefront of the environmental justice movement. She has worked for Greenpeace and leads the Youth Task Force, one of the oldest human rights | Organizations founded by youth of Color in America. Called “another drum major for justice,” her efforts have served as a wake-up call to young people, urging them to acknowledge their own ability to shape their Surroundings and take charge of their future. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Although her experiences have run the gamut from military work to police investigative work. it is Elliott's dedication to community service that truly informs everything she's done. Elliott founded Gwen's Girls, an empowerment agency that teaches young women ages 8-18 to be goal- directed and self-sufficient. Elliott believes that this mindset will enable these young women to break through whatever barriers might stand between them dnd their goals. inclusive world. She's the founder of the Denver-based Urban Spectrum Youth Foundation, training youth of Color for careers in journalism. The program has mentored 60 youths, three of whom have received Scribes Fin Excellence student awards from the Colorado Association of Black Journalists. Instead of complaining about the media's lack of diversity, Harris-Diaw prepares youth of color to succeed against the challenges they'll face. » Stanley P. Newsome St. Louis, Missouri Stanley P. Newsome oncé bought an old gas station to house shoeshine workers who didn’t have Spaces of their own in which to ply their trade. He did it because of his deep humanitarian impulses and from a desire to ‘empower other workers to conquer the Challenges they might encounter. Once named the Most Outstanding Employee by the State of Missouri, the retired fire chief's list of community accomplishments includes founding one of the first Black firefighter Organizations in the country. ORO Mg, Com, i‘ INVEST IN YOUR HERITAGE SUBSCRIBE TO THE M'VOICE NEWSPAPER .: To apply for your subscription write: ope SUBSCRIPTIONS 405 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834 ® & © 2003 Burger King Brands, inc. All rights reserved. . ee a yee ee a , om . MIC Subscribe to the Minority Voice Newspaper .Feb. 21 - Mar. 07, 2¢ WHY ARE $0 MANY HiSTORCALL'Y BLACK COLLEGES STRUGGLING ? IM et ee, 5 ORES = * go> < + ~ 3 tb Sass - aun i] EY. WE. ANT CONTROL, HOW WER slit! i 1668 Ful _ ARE POOR MANAGEMENT AND INEPT FUNDRAISING THE REAL CuLPRiT$> Statement on behalf of Michael regarding UK Sunday Press Allegations | LONDON: In response to a number Of allegations made against Michael Jackson. in the Sunday newspapers, in the United Kingdom, Michael has authorised the following statement to be made. Michael Jackson is authorising the release of excerpts from videotape taken while Bashir was interviewing Michael Jackson, in which Martin Bashir was scenes of Martin Bashir praising the way Michael treats children and commenting on how good a father he is. These video excerpts were taken in the eighth - and last - month of Bashir’s shooting with Michael and after the time Bashir and Michael were in Bertin. In his film, Bashir says that it was in Berlin that he began to change his mind | Michael's treatment of his children. Yet; the Jackson footage clearly: shows that Bashir was actually continuing to praise Michael. On the face of it, either Martin “Bashir Was lying to Michael or was misleading his audience in his voice-overs on the film. Bashir knew that Michael's personal cameraman was filming at various times during the course of his interviews. in relation to the 1993 allegations made by Jordy Chandler which have again been recycled by certain newspapers, Michael has authorised the issue of the following: Michael cannot understand why Jordy Chandler ever made these allegations over 10 years ago. Michael Jackson then, and has ever since, vehemently denied that these events ever took place. Michael does not know who manipulated Jordy Chandler to make these allegations at the time, nor has he ever understood why, other than the motives of some people to exploit both Jordy and Michael, for.financial gain. The reason Michael chose to pay Jordy Chandler a considerable sum of money, rather than be publicly vindicated following a trial, was to avoid being subjected to a media circus. Despite his profound hurt at the allegations made by Jordy, Michael did not, at the thme,,think it os ee te to ‘subject a 4 year ¥ to ‘Glonged litigation, the effects of _ whieh on Jordy appeared to be of little concern to those manipulating Chandler at the | ¢. time. Michael Jackson has respected the og rton er confidentiality imposed on all t parties to the prior proceedings, yet someone has chosen to violate that confidentiality and use Jordy’s 1993 statements to further 7 7 & ® sully Michael's character. It should be at the time, the confidentiality Obligation was a mutual one, designed as much to Lechgars Jordy, who was then 14 years b provennd Michpe free meee -Whoever is now leaking this material rl showing wots disregard Jordy as they are determination to attack Michael. ‘Michael is aware that certain former em are, or are Planning to; sell certain stories to the press. ; | As with all celebrities, he is ‘vulnerable to being exploited and abused by anyone who chooses to betray his trust, in return for financial gain. Michael Jackson said Sunday: “I am bewildered at the length to which People will go to port me so negatively. 1 will say again that I have never, and would never, harm a child. It sickens me that people have written things that portray me as a child abuser.” Meanwhile, look for the rerun of the Michael Jackson ex this weekend on VH-1 cable, and Jeff Zacker, president of the NBC Entertainment says look for some “new information” on Michael : NBC’s” special report Monday night at 10 p.m. NEXT WEEK - The birth of KaLa and Aretha gets a new attorney. an e-line at A Phenomenal New Conce t for Home & Auto Ownership With NO LOAN!!! Dear Prospect: The company | represent the three they focus on is, co history and wit ait : ‘ ' title to This service | am in business for myself helping peo home and auto ownership (with no loan). ; is Hope For You Now. They have many services available, but lete Debt Elimination (not consolidation), Home & Auto Pur- chasing and becoming Financially FREE!' 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In fact, they're very much flesh-and-blood and focused on being productive and doing well in the real world. That means I wasn’t among those timeworn. figments of the © fevered imaginations of the oppo- nents of affirmative action—the “unqualified” black youth unde- servedly occupying seats at lead- ing colleges and universities, Instead, I was at the annual conference of the African- American Student Union of the Harvard Business School. It brought nearly 500 HBS students and alumni (and a large contin- gent of undergraduates from var- jous colleges) together in Cambridge, Massachusetts for three days of discussion, advice and #etworking. id ‘The conference’s theme was “Redefining Wealth: Claim It, Grow It, Sustain It!” But, as Rayford L. Davis and Raquelle E. Thigpen, the organization's co- ia: s presidents, stated, their intent was “to view net financial worth as only one facet of what being truly wealthy really means.” To that end, many speakers on the _ Various panels made much of the necessity of acquiring wealth, not merely for self-satisfaction, but in order to aid the economic development and political progress of black communities, As the Supreme Court pre- pares to rule on the University of Michigan's affirmative action program, this was a gathering that underscored with crystalline clarity two things. The first thing it makes obvi- ous is what affirmative action has done for the larger American society. : Last weekend’s was the 31st annual conference staged by the HBS black student union—a fact’ which refers in outline to the sig- nificant numbers of African- American students who have graduated from Harvard and other business schools during the past three decades and gone on to contribute to innumerable corpo- rate bottom lines, staff in grow- ing ‘numbers the faculties of Harvard and other business schools, and enrich the larger American society. ; The second thing conferences like this make obvious is why some people are against affirma- * tive action. For it is at gatherings like these that one can see those people who are at the center of the raging debate over affirmative action, but who are rarely actually talked about and talked to: black stu- © Affirmation Action’s Invisible People dents and alumni from top-rung colleges and universities who represent both compelling indi- vidual stories of achievement and the individual examples of an entire ethnic group’s advance deeper into the American main- stream. . oo “It is at gatherings like these that one gets a powerful sense of the depth and breadth and vari- ety of achievement orientation among black Americans. The writer Albert Murray referred to this drive in The Spyglass Tree, a fictionalized memoir of his youth; as the indelible “ancestral imperative to do something and become some- thing and be somebody.” It was a quality fully evident in the resumes of the panelists, which contained degrees, academic honors, and post-graduate achievements in the business world to impress even the most jaded. It was even more apparent in the intensity of the spirit of the many panelists. Whether they were conservative corporate types or the relatively more free- wheeling entrepreneurs, their commitment to the pursuit of achievement was almost palpa- ble. And it was apparent in atten- tiveness of the undergraduates among the throng to every word their elders spoke. David A. 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It’s that clarity of vision which, according to a recent story in the New York Times, has provoked “dozens” of significant American corporations to prepare to file briefs with the Supreme Court in support of affirmative action. And \t's that clarity of vision which has caused officials of the nation’s service academies—the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the United States Air Force Academy—to proclaim Parkway over Smith Creek, McRae Street and the CSX Railroad tracks in honor of the late state Sen. Luther H. Jordan, Jr., | . aces We are proud to say that the resolution was introducec by Mayor Harper Peterson, Mayor Pro tem Katherine Moore, and City Councilwoman Sandra Spaulding \. Hughes, a The next. step in the process is to have the state. Department of Transportation to sign off on the propos: al, which could take a while. SO | But the fact remains that gracing the MLK Parkway with thename of a devoted, dedicated public servant who gave so much to this city, county and his community, is indeed, very fitting. oe Sen. Jordan, who died last April of throat cancer, was a man who always worked hard for what was best for New - Hanover County. He believed in education and economic development, and fought hard for the issues he knew real- the value of their own use of; ly affected people’s lives. affirmative action in admissions. Finally, it’s that clarity of vision, about the value of affirmative action which Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy cap- tured when he said, referring to the military academies, “Clearly, diversity in our military is a national priority. But it’s also a national priority for our colleges and universities, which are the gateways to opportunity. If we fol- lowed the administration's poli- cies, we'd be a lesser nation, a lesser society.” ~\ -.. man who gave his all for others. Contidence is the sex; We miss him. While serving sixteen years on the Wilmington City Council before going to the state Senate, Luther Jordan could always be counted on to give the powerless an important voice at the decisionmaking table. Here was a man who walked with kings, as they say, but never lost the common touch. | Jordan’s colleagues all admired and respected him. Even if some disagreed with his positions on several issues,. they trusted his honor and integrity enough to be more: than willing to work towards a compromise that would; make all sides happy. ; It is truly befitting to have the name of Luther Henry Jordan, Jr. adorn a bridge - a true symbol of bringing peo- ple who are separated, back together again. It is an honor that we can share with our families for generations to come. It would give our community, in particular, hope that even better days arecoming. | And it would add another positive chapter in the legacy of the Port City. . We hope that the powers that be at NCDOT don’t take too long make this great proposal happen. The agency is already under tremendous scrutiny by the African- American community regarding allegations of racism. ; It's time to turn that image around, NCDOT, and you can start with honoring the life and community of a Chie. aig: Luther H. Jordan, Jr. t th np YOu can Wed! Vyxudweliex Mar. 07,' 2003 Pg9 What if there were no Black people. .. This is a story of a little boy named Theo, who woke up One morning and asked God, “What if there were no Black people in the world” Well God thought about that for a moment and then said, “Son, follow me ian today and let’s just see what it would be like if there were no Black people in the world. Get dressed and we will get started.” Theo ran to his room to put on his clothes and shoes. But there were no shoes, and his clothes were all wrinkled. He looked for the iron, but when he reached for the ironing board, it was no longer there. You see Sarah Boone, a Black woman, invented the ironing board and Jan E. Matzelinger, a Black man, invented the shoe lasting machine. “Oh well, God said, go and do your hair.” Theo ran in his room to comb his hair, but the comb was not there. You see, Walter Sammons, a Black man, invented the comb. Theo decided to just brush his hair, but the brush was gone. You see, Lydia 0. Newman, a Black female invented the brush. Well, he was a sight, no shoes, wrinkled clothes, hair a mess without the hair care inventions of Madam C.J. Walker, well, you get the picture. God told Theo, “Let's do the chores around the house and then take a trip to the grocery store.” Theo's job was to sweep the floor. He swept and swept and swept. When he reached for the dustpan, it was not there. You see, Lloyd P. Ray, a Black man, invented the dustpan. So he swept his pile of dirt over in the corner and left it there. He then decided to mop the floor, but the mop was gone. You see, Thomas W. Stewart, a Black man Anvented the mop. Theo thought to himself, “I’m not having any luck.” “Well son,” God said. “We should wash the clothes and prepare a list for the grocery store.” When he was finished, Theo went to place the clothes in the dryer, but it was not there. You see, George T. Samon, a Black man, invented the clothes dryer. Theo got a pencil and some paper to prepare the list for the market, but noticed that the pencil lead was broken, well he was out of luck because John Love, a black man, invented the pencil sharpener. He reached for a pen, but it was not there because William Purvis, a Black man, invented the fountain pen. As a matter of fact, Lee Burridge invented the type writing machine, and W.A.Lavette, the printing press. So they decided to head out to the market. Well, when Theo opened the door, he noticed \* grass was as high as he was tall. You see the lawn mower was invented by John Burr, a Black man, ey made their way over to the car and found that it just wouldn’t go, You see, Robert Spikes, {Black man, invented the automatic gear shift and Joseph Gammel invented the supercharge system for internal combustion engines. They noticed that the few cars that were moving were running into each other and having wrecks because therer were no traffic signals. You see, Garrett A. Morgan, a Black man invented the traffic light. Well, it was getting late, so they walked to the market, got their groceries and returned home. Just when they were about to put away the milk, eggs and butter, they noticed the refrigerator was gone. You see, John Standard, a Black man, invented the refrigerator. So they put the food on the counter. By this time, they noticed it was getting mighty cold. Theo went to turn up the heat and what do you know, Alice Parker, a Black female, invented the heating furnace, Even in the summer time they would have been out of luck because Frederick Jones, a Black man, invented the air conditioner. It was almost time for Theo's father to arrive home. He usually took the bus, but there was no bus because it precursor was the electric trolley, invented by another Black man, Elbert T. Robinson. He usually took the elevator from his office on the 20th floor, but there was no elevator because - Alexander Miles, a Black man, invented the elevator. He usually dropped off the office mail at a nearby mailbox, but it was no longer there because Phillip Downing, the postmarking and canceling machine. Theo sat he asked, “Why are you sitting in the dark?” Why?? the light bulb. Theo quickly learned what it woul a Black man, invented the letter drop mailbox and William Barry invented at the kitchen table with his head'in his hands. When his father arrived, Because Lewis Howard Latimer, a Black man, invented the filament within d be like if there were no Black people In the world. Not to mention if he were ever sick and needed blood. Charles Drew, a Black scientist, found a way to preserve and store blood which led to his starting the'world’s first blood bank. And what if a family Member had to have surgery. This would not have been possible without Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a Black doctor, who performed the first open heart surgery. So if you ever wonder, like Theo, where we would be without Blacks? Well, it’s pretty plain tg see, we could very well still be in the dark!!! _ x = Black Hi: ‘Rafts, Expressions, and Reviews | - 7 “As an African-American =. male, I ant am sick and —- tired of the “poverty pimps” among us who profit from our despair. Yes, slavery was wrong, and America still has a long way to go before past injustices can be ‘totally forgotten. But as __ blacks, ‘we need to. start getting our own houses in Susjette Jones order: A FORWARD LOOK 1.Educate our children . "about proper values and Congratulations to 100 Black good ethic work ethics. Men _of Eastern North 2.Teach our young sisters Carolina: As I continue to - that it is not right to have read about your meeting a child out of wedlock--- ‘announcements, I am en- especially children they couraging you to continue —_can’t afford to take care of your efforts to comply with - On their own. Randall Robinson’s urging 3. Tell our young brothers, of blacks males who are “If you do have a child out readers of the Minority of wedlock, you should Voice newspaper, please take full responsibility for take heed that you are that child.” needed to join the 100 Black ~ 4.Stop committing crimes _ Men to help fight the social against one another. | particularly those that 5.Quit pointing fingers at are . perpetrated by the everyone else for what African-American male. | goes wrong within black would like to share acom- communities. I am through blaming white Americans for our problems. | won’t get caught up in the destructive game of race bating. Other groups have faced hard mentary that was written in the USA Today by an African-American male. . I quote: times, yet they’ve realized the American Dream: It is time all of us exercised the same privi- leges. We must start with black leadership. And the sooner we realize that rec- ognizable figures such as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are not our lead- - ers, the better off we will be. - The real black leaders today are those in our community who are trying to make a positive difference: the black police officer in my hometown who coaches youth basketball; the hard- working church volunteer who helps out jn the soup kitchen and other social- Outreach programs; the neighborhood block cap- tains; etc. If we are to improve the social picture of black . Americans, we will have to come to grips with the fact that it’s not about “us against them”, but rather “doing for ourselves and moving forward without looking back.” Respectfully submitted: Bravo To The 100 Black Men of Eastern North Carolina Faith May The Bible teaches us to see the value importance of BF... acute ~~.) Well-being and happine: M4 a sags tet wo a ee ~Oursel point you may be wondering whether you want to continue reading be afraid. The happiness and,inner emotional health God offers is eternally to lose in the process. At first, the Bible’s approach to self-esteem will seem to go against all of because God sees everything more clearly than we do. He knows that we if we learn to see the importance of loving, hating, and dying to ourselves. LOVING OURSELVES He said, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Mt. 22:39), Our own experience will clothing, and protecting them. We naturally look after our own rights and ar or angry if others try to take advantage of us. We care for ourselves so much that when we don’t measure to either our Own expectations or those of others, we can become very unhappy with ourselves, What we sometimes miss, however, is that the only reason we are dissatisfied with our appearance or discouraged by our failures is that we natural y care about ourselves. If we didn’t , we wouldh’t care what we looked like. We wouldn’t care what others thought of us. We wouldn't care whether we were hurting inside. We wouldn’t spend time with the image we see in the mirror. If we didn’t love ourselves, we wouldn’t even entertain thoughts of whether we'd be better off dead. But now comes the real mind-stretcher. According to the Bible, if you really, love yourself, you will also hate yourself. | Phillips Brothers } Mortuary 1501 West 14th * Greenville | » Phones (252) 7522536 er 152th = Fem (52) 142820 As owner of Phillips Brothers Mortuary, | find it appropriate to express my sincere appreciation and » Gratitude to the community at large for the success of the business. One year, one month ago when I acquired the business, the challenge was to continue o ering our |] » Services in the same professional manner established ty the original owners, Roderick and Donovan || illips, Sr. Perspective to our own. The path to this kind of eventual self-esteem, | owever, is challenging. The Scriptures do more than acknowledge the loving ourselves. 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A FAST ONE In the midst of the sweeping educational reform, known as the No Child Left Behind Act, that public school officials here and across the country are still trying to understand, comes this sneaky little five-paragraph provision that has parents and educators seeing red. High schools are not compelled to release the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all juniors and seniors, unless parents or the respective students submit a written opt-out prior to that release. Remember, our country has an all-volunteer military. Young people are free to join if they wish, and there's certainly nothing wrong with serving your country in the armed forces if that's what you ultimately choose to do. But thanks to the zeal of some Republican lawmakers in Congress, and the laziness of Democrats in Congress to even raise an eyebrow, let alone sal diecanitd 2 fiche this is a clear and now have unfettered Classic case of _ freedom to call your child the Bush at home, come visit, uninvited at home, clog up Administration _ your mailbox with tons of flexing its recruiting materials, visit your child in school when Big Brother they want, and just be as muscle, all the while aggressive as they want, smiling wide and | %%* ngs they want t claiming And if the school have refuses, the whole school " fo » district can lose federal compassion. funding, have the military pay it a visit, or even have the governor pressure it to shape up, or else. Can parents selectively opt-out of sending the military information, but gladly give colleges and corporations access? No. If Harvard and IBM get it, so must the military, or else no one does. In a nutshell, this is a clear and classic case of the Bush Administration flexing its Big Brother muscle, all the while smiling wide and claiming to have "compassion." The only compassion "Dubya" has is for his old oil buddies who can't wait to tap onto some of that Iraqi crude the moment Saddam takes his last breath. The bottom line is this military recruitment provision stinks to high heaven. The very fact that it was buried in the 670 page, and no one debated it before it was passed, and then no one knew it was in the law until literally nine months after the president signed it, and three months after it actually took effect, means that powers that be knew it was a political hot potato from the start. | But the most troubling part of this has been whether parents and students have been duly notified by the schools. Shoving the announcement in a multi-paged handbook, making it an insignificant notice among many that gets sent home with the report card, or worse yet, assuming that everybody's going to find out one way or the other, is not exactly what one has in mind when it comes to something this important. ' There are issues of student privacy and the government (of which the military is a significant part) having undue access to a child's personal information. : There is also the issue of a school system's right, indeed duty, to protect the privacy of its students. | The problem is our public schools can't exist with federal money, and as long as they accept one dollar from Uncle ‘Sam, they have to dance to his tune. ' Parents and students need to be proactive about this now. If you want the military to have access to your child's personal information for the expressed purpose (so they say) of military recruitment, then do nothing. That's your right, and no one should judge you for it. But if you have real concerns about that fact that you knew nothing about this before you read our story and editorial, then you need to contact the principal's office of your junior or seniot’s high school, and find out what you need to know in order to make an informed decision. And if you've already made up your mind, based on what you've read, that you do not want your child's info released by the school, then immediately write a letter to that effect to the principal today. : An informed community is an empowered community, and you have the right to be informed. * rod : 1 ae ied tllibalnitl. diet tcaaial dite’ bate cam Yaak Oe es ny - Your Voice = cata Officials need to establish | board to revitalize || depressed areas - ‘Thearticle in the local daily paper. || recently, about the establishment | of three boards and commissions for New Hanover County encouraged me to write this letter. I am appalled by the fact that they did not include an African American community commission to enhance Castle Street and Fourth Street. These are two vital areas in the African American community that could be of utmost importance to the residents of Wilmington. Castle Street, as it is now, is ladies of the night. This street could cultural, and entertainment area. It is dark and desolate, has young people hanging on corners and lurking in dark places, has boarded up buildings, buildings that should be either torn down or renovated, and a few stores that close before dark. There is a town hall that could be ‘used for exhibits, conferences, children activities, adult seminars conducted by prominent speakers, and be the cultural center of the area. Fourth Street has the same personification. ‘ My suggestion is for the officials to establish such a board that could help revitalize these areas, help the African American small businessman get established and Stay in business, renovate the area, brighten it up, and make it tasteful and inviting to the general public. The African American business people need assistance from the City, County, and the State to acccmplish such a task. This renovation project would give the African American community something to be proud of and it would remove the apathy that now exists inthecommunity. Novella-C, Spencer _ Wilmington, NC controlled by the drug dealers and be made to be a central shopping, . ‘ Feb. 21 - Mar. 07, 2003 os © ALMANAL "NO, ERIC, I'M AFRAID I DON'T BT KNOW WHO INVENTED THE AUTOMATIC | GEAR SHIFT, THE ALMANAC, BLOOD PLASMA BAG, ELEVATOR, GAS MASK | OR THE SPARK PLUG. *ELEVATOR ALEXANDER MILES | BENIN BANNEKER © GG MASK - GARRETT MORGAN BLOOD PLASMA BAL -CHARLES DREW — *SPARK PL -EDMPND BERGER x Pp. 7G 5 | cet s Lorner i 4, ° . @ %,° Editor's Note: The Guys in Kuwait : Military men of distinction are . This poem was written By Dr. You are fattigul in all that wean . Lydia Wilson in tribute to You protect our country and we love you; We'll petition the Master from sea to shining sea. _ When you come home, we'll greet you with open arms; . We trust you'll be safe and free from all harm. - Y To my son, Ronald Rogers . ( From your mother, Barbara be (January 21, 2003) » r Would Not Die! By Herbert Harris, Jr. As the period of the great captivity draws to a close, there is a deep yearning to re-establish that ancestral connection between Africans of the Homeland, who were spared the middle passage, and the kidnapped Africans who now populate the shores of America, The Kidnapped Africans began their involuntary journey into the great captivity afflicted with the endless horror of being taken in the night from their families and loved ones. They were dragged across Mother Africa in chains, in pain, in fear of a terrible bondage from which there was nu escape but death. Mighty warriors were hunted and trapped by godless cowards without valor, respect, or conscience. Descendants of kings and prophets were captured in nets, placed in chains, then subjected to the The Bush Administration is lucky that Americans have exceptionally short memories, because if that were not the case Americans might be asking... "So tell me again, is it the biological and chemical weapons, nuclear weapons, the Way Saddam treats her neighbors, his intractable character, the fact that he fires weapons in the air and waves swords; or is it the oil, or maybe it's his ties to Osama Bin Laden...” Pick your choice, There are enough reasons to go around. The main point is that the Bush Administration has decided that they want Iraq to be ruled by the U.S. Military instead of Saddam Hussein. I personally believe that war is inevitable now. There's no retreat route for the troops already, amassed on Iraq's borders. The political embarrassment and lost Picking Our Forei operation of a coward’s vanity and ego. Oh! it must have been some ‘feeling of vile exhilaration for the vicious slave hunter to watch proud African men of royal descent broken down, beaten, and tortured to the rhythm of constant pain systematically inflicted. BUT, THE KIDNAPPED AFRICAN WOULD NOT DIE! Beautiful African women were kidnapped from the .bosom of Mother Africa - torn from her magnificent breasts and taken across an ocean of tears to a hostile land which gave her no respect or praise. ~ In the new world, the Kidnapped African was whipped, tortured, and mutilated into submission or death. They who survived this cruel destruction of body, mind and spirit became the slaves of America. This dehumanizing process transformed the Kidnapped African into human property to be possessed and used at the whims and fancies of a heartless master. BUT, THE KIDNAPPED AFRICAN WOULD NOT DIE! of military: confidence are too much for this administration to bear: They rather fight an unjust war and waste hundreds of thousands of lives than switch plans. This Administration would have us believe that there are only two options: (1) Attach and conquer Iraq or (2) be militarily defeated by her in the near future. The problem with this logic is that it could apply to every nation on the planet. Mexico could one day rise up and attack us with Weapons not yet developed because She doesn't like our current immigration policy, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Libya, Lebanon or even a not yet created Palestine could be a potential enemy using this administration's logic. And what about France, Germany, Russia and China? Certainly a couple of these guys might get the nerve to jump us at some point. Three of Kidnapped African into the American slave had as its intent the total destruction of the African mind, consciousness, and spirit. Penetrating every level of existence, the vicious slave master attempted to destroy all that made the Kidnapped African human. The male was valued for the strength of his back and the power of his seed, The female was valued for her fertile womb and the lustful pleasures which could be taken at will. The family was destroyed by separating the men, women and children. BUT, THE KIDNAPPED AFRICAN WOULD NOT DIE! Then, the final indignity was inflicted upon the Kidnapped African. Rewriting this bloody saga of captivity and affliction, the ruthless slave master attempted to close the eyes and minds of his human property to the past and land from which they had been stolen in the night - hiding forever the greatest wrong ever committed by one people against another. The pain and horror of the captivity were replaced by endless The transformation of the s of silence and insincere Leesan comed OBeS_ JONES STREET— BY VAL ATKINSON ‘deep rn as apologies. The muffled screams of Black men hanging were drowned out by pompous speeches loudly, _ proclaiming the American drearty . for all. BUT, THE KIDNAPPED AFRICAN WOULD NOT DIE! “Of. 7a The faint remembrance of the’ African Homeland was deeply buried deep within their souls+ deeper than the whip could reach"> deeper than the hangman's noose - within the bosom of theif God. 2 Mother Africa is now calling for” her sons and daughters of the captivity to unite once more with the sons and daughters in het bosom, to begin again to builti another dream which will neve be destroyed. bs) The Kidnapped African who did not die, heeding the call of the eternal mother, is now set to remake the universe in the image of good, in the image of God, in the image of the distant glory from whence they came. r * > FOR, THE KIDNAPPED *. AFRICAN WOULD NOT DIE! gn Policy Choices these guys (France, Russia and China) have nuclear weapons. Russia has tested nukes, biological and chemical weapons on its own people, China has a population problem and might see territorial expansion as its only means of survival. Germany might get a leader that's a little soft on the Neo-Nazis and France... well how can you trust a bunch of wine drinkers who won't send their troop to die for the administration's war in Baghdad? The truth of the matter is that the coin that was chosen by the Bush Administration (kill Saddam on one side and the death of America on the other) wasn't the only coin on the table. There were and still are other coins on the table that have two other sides that haven't even been considered yet. What about dealing with the Saudi's regarding their citizens 1a attacking the twin towers and the pentagon? What about dealing fairly with the Israeli / Palestinian problem? What about a real introspective look at American foreign policy, especially our Middle Eastern foreign policy? And another thing - when we cry out that Iraq is not living up to UN. Resolution X or U.N. Resolution Y, we ought to be mindful that there are a couple of Resolutions that. the Allies (U.S.A., UK and Israel) haven't lived up to either. What about U.N. Resolution 242 that requires Israel to withdraw from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip? There has been no real movement on that Resolution at all. I guess it's like Picking two sided coins from the table; maybe we get to pick and choose which Resolutions we adhere to as well. Contact Val at: JonesStreet@nc. rrcom