AUGUST 15 - 22, 2003 “The Young Men of Mo's Barber Shop..." Shown above ‘aré the young men that are work in the second location of Mo's Barber Shop, located off of 10th Street, behind Food Lion. Stop by, visit, and tell them that The Minority Voice asked you too. Left to "The blessings of marriage " Shown above is Mr. & Mrs. r ight....Erkskine Moor e, Gervis Leather: 8, Rodney Bullock, and Zeke Moore. Frank Streeter, who recently renewed their wedding vows. The (Staff Photo by Jim Rouse) young couple celebrated a glorious 50 years of marriage. . . a ~ | Congratulations and many many many more 50 years. We love you both dearly from The Minority Voice Newspaper staff. To buy, rent, or sell real estate, Call the D. D. Garrett Agency. "Since 1946" Call us if you need someone to collect your rent and manage » your property. Several nice building lots. We handle conv., hud, va, fha fiancing. 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Moynihan's analysis, in fact, igned - served as @ major impetus in base theater. ee een reare te - Nazis, wth ded, “were” welfare system, treated better than we were." _— In his 40-year career in and _ Brown, a union otganizer and . out of government, he was ualist before the wat, retired among the first to identify new ne with a renewed determi- | problems and propose new, if nation to challenge American — PEOPLE WHO SPOKE OUT _not easy, solutions, most fa- _ Tacism. He became managing | ml in auto safety and masseter of New Mass, the let Danie! Patrick Moynihan transportation, urban decay and wing | a Pa ished the — 1927-2003 the corrosive effects of racism. ks of Ralph Ellison, , When Senator Daniel Patrick After leaving the Johnson ad- Langston Hughes, Ernest Moynihan was a 38-year old as- —_—_‘ministration he continued to set Hemingway, and others. In sistant secretary of labor in the off a firestorm of controversy. 1950 he began working jointly _ Johnson administration, he His use of the phrase “benign with Paul Robeson, the singer wrote a seminal report on pov- neglect" to characterize an ap- and rights advocate, co- _ erty that sparked a major politi- _proach to racial policy caused wahlne ring his column for cal controversy. In the report, an uproar, though Moynihan - | 8 Harlem newspaper titled "The Negro Family:The claimed the remark was misin- by Robeson. Case for National Action”, terpreted, and that he was call- Brown also worked with — Moynihan warned that the dis- ing for a cooling-off period ~ Robeson on his 1958 autobiog- ~ integration of black families after the inflammatory remarks raphy, Her 1 Stand, which fo- and the rising rate of out-of- » _of the civil rights era. wused on the singer's demands wedlock births were major im- Moynihan died recently at age x causality for African pediments to black advance- 16. imericans and on the cam- ment. Liberal academics — ign to silence him in the immediately savaged the docu- The Harlem Activist McCarthy era. Brown's novel ment, accusing its author of ra- Loyld L, Brown (1913-2003) Iron City, based partly on his . cism and "blaming the victim.” Loyld L. Brown never forgot experience as a union organ- Martin Luther King Jr.. warned _the harsh and bitter racism he izer, was published in 195] and that it would be "used to justify experienced while serving in recently reissued. (Visit your lo- neglect and rationalize the Army Air Force during cal Barnes and Noble bookstore sion." Stung by the criticism, ° World War II. While stationed for a copy). Brown died re- Moynihan later remarked, "The at a B-17 training base in cently at age 90. Artists and Craftsmen, enter now The Blind Center Craft Show to be held on October 10" and 11" AUGUST 2003 _ + SUBSCRIBETOTHE __. M'VOICE NEWSPAPER a To apply for yo Subscription write: *” SUB SCRIPTIONS 405 Evans Street . _,,.Srgenville, NC 27834 eh SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENT MUST BE INCLUDED ‘WITIT YOUR ORDER: 6 mibhe subscription Name: Address: _ INVEST IN YOUR HERITAGE . « awe wenden a Res Leesevent. ahaa © ¥S bevaeertas Phase ~teva- mmm HE + _ees — © ett Cone Bavacs evset he Bvne¥aes The Minority Voice Death Sta ks Cabbies on hae “ City: State: Zip: inside space - $30, Outside space - $20. Please come and pay to reserve your space. The Blind Center announces the Opening of a year-round Thrift Shop located at | the Center and has quality second-hand items for sale including children’s clothes, shoes, toys, bedding, adult clothing, blankets, hedspreads, decorative. items plus more. The Thrift Shop is separate from The Blind Center Gift Shoppe, which sells blind made products and is also open year-round. The Blind Genter is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting the blind and visually impaired in remaining as independent as possible. Proceeds from both the Gitt Shoppe and the Thrift Shop go toward funding Blind Center programs. . a Both Shops are located at 221 N. Harvey Street, (corner of Third and Harvey Streets) in Washington, NC. Hours: 10:00 — 4:00, Monday through Friday. * For questions, please call Dottie Walker or Sally Moler, 252-946-6208 . #* ej Pe, iii —. FTFTETEHTHTHTHTHETE—e_Ee0w0ee Don't wait. Spaces assigned on . first, come first served basis. The Blind Center is located at 221 N. Harvey St., Washington, NC 252 - 946-6208 - 10:00 to 4:00 Monday through Friday Contact persons: Dottie Walker or Sally Moler