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imperative development of Muhammad mentioned the constituency. Asa result of the face- -
NEW YORK—In his 1954 grassroots organizations and Harlem Congressman in his slap of 1984, he said “Black
Savior's Day address, the Honorable _ institutions that would deal solely politicians are not sensitized in the

Elijah Muhammad talked about
Congressman Adam Clayton Powell
Jr., calling him a fearless politician.
The Honorable Elijah Muhammad
mentioned the Harlem
Congressman in his 1965 book
“Message to the Blackman,” saying
he was “the strongest politician of
our kind” who “is not afraid and
would not be easily bribed.”

Mr. Muhammad continued, “We
must give good Black politicians
the total backing of our
populaticn.”

“We've elected over 12,000
black elected officials since 1968,
yet our political system is moving

further to the right,” writes Dr. .

Manning Marable, director of the
Center for Contemporary Black
History at Columbia University. He
continues: “The politics of liberal
reform and integration has reached
an effective end, and it requires
serious and critical thinking from
the black community on where do
we go from here,” Dr. Marable
wrote in January 2002.

In an exclusive interview with

The Final Call, Dr. Marable said

* ‘that Blacks in America were, in his
opinion, in a period of “Post-Black

- Politics” where there has been a
retreat ftom, building strong
instiuutions. He said Adam Clayton
Powell Jr. tinderstoodsthe nature of
the struggle. “Congressman Powell

_,enjoyed a mandate from the
Harlem community to bring back
from Washington programs based
on reality,” Dr. Marable said.

Dr. Marable explained that the
reality of the “linked fate” of
Blacks—the context that created
the earlier Black politician—gave
Congressman Powell his agenda to
fight for better housing and more

with the needs of Blacks.
Analysts of the works of Mr.
Powell suggest that, while he
addressed the Black agenda, he
passed many bills that benefited all
Amesicans. For example, an
increased minimum wage and the
Defense Education Act that helped

generations of high school and‘

college students.

“As the wall of legal
Segr2gation no longer existed, we
began to elect Black politicians
that actively sought support from
Whites,” Dr. Marable said. But
after Congressman Powell, no one
emerged with the ability to deliver
to Black constituencies through a
Black Agenda and also serve the
needs of all people, Dr. Marable
Observed. .

“Adam understood that all
politics is local. He knew his place
in history,” Dr. Chuck Stone,
professor of political science at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and a former special
assistant to Mr. Powell, told The
Final Call.

“Blacks were elected because of
those rebellions—127 to ba
exact—and that still did not solve
the problems,” Dr. Stone said.
Black communities were still not
receiving equitable services, and it
was creating a backlash, he added.
“Adam cfeated a groundswell of
resentment in Washington when he
hosted a Black Power meeting in
the Rayburn Building in 1965.
There were afros and dashikis all
over, and the Whites were
alarmed,” Dr. Stone recalled, “That
is when his political enemies
decided that Adam had to go,” Dr.
Stone said.

The system began to attack Mr.

1965 book “Message to the
Blackman” saying he was
‘the strongest politician of
our kind’ who ‘is not afraid.

and would not be easily
bribed.’

 

Powell, accusing him of various
improprieties, and denying him his
seat in Congress. He was no longer
a player as the seventies began.
By 1970, four: million Blacks
had migrated north, a movement
that began in the 1940s, as America
moved from an agrarian to an
industrialized economy. Only 59
percent of the Black population
remained in the South. “Urban
ghetto formation gave rise to the
militant new Negro,” writes

Kenneth L, Kasmiet in his book “A *

Ghetto Takes Shape.” This
militancy led to Black mayors in
Detroit, Mich; Gary, Ind; Newark,
NJ; Cleveland, Ohio, and Los
Angeles, Calif., according to Dr.
Stone.

According to Dr. Clayborne
Carson, a professor of History at
Stanford University, mass
demonstrations at the local level
gave political leverage and
credibility to the national leaders

  
 
  
 
 

who spoke on their behalf. In 1994,
Dr. Carson wrote: “Black mass
protests and insurgencies of the
1950s and 1960s were -grassroots
movements that emerged with little
guidance from national African
American organizations and
leaders.” Dr. Carson said, “African
American militancy of the period
since 1965 has more often drawn
inspiration from the speeches of
Malcolm X than from the
organizational techniques
displayed by Bila-Baker.” <~ ° / «

Ms. Baker helped to develop the

Southern Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC) and the
Student Non-Violent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC).

Dr. Marable adds that the post-
Black political period defined itself
clearly after the 1984 presidential
campaign of Rev. Jesse Jackson,
which galvanized people around
the hope for modern day Black
institutions. However, the

realm of Black institutions; they
only respond to te need of the
Party.”

But analysts such as Dr. Carson,

Dr. Stone, Dr. Marable and: Dr. -

Jeffries say that there.is a need for
a revival of Black mass militancy.

“Blacks now have to take
control of their politics,” stated Dr.
Jeffries. He said that a Blaqk
Agenda should be followed that

stresses the program of the Nation |

of Islam under the guidance of the

- Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

“Mr. Muhammad said put your
own economics together, and by 4

- your own political and cultun|

institutions. The Million Man
March reminded us of our need te

Stay committed to what Mr.

Muhammad had said. And today,
we must construct our political
movement through a proven
philosophy of do for self. That is
the engine that must drive our

political movements,” Dr. Jeffries _

Stressed. “Elijah Muhammad is the

god-father of Black American
politics, he created our political
movement when he gave us the
mechanisms to control our own
destiny, and he warned us not to
cast our lot with political parties.”

Dr. Marable believes that Black

‘politicians: must now-disphay

integrity. “Adam Clayton Powell
understood the integrity issue,” Dr.
Marable added. “Blacks must
return to what got Adam elected,”
he warned.

“Adam taught Black people
how to live,” Dr. Stone said. He

said a political movement that does

not symbolize the aspirations of the
grassroots such as what Blacks
have been handed today is destined
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Alderman of Grimesland, NC, Evelyn
Little, Sister Little has worked hard for all
the Citizen's of Grimesland, the Minority
Voice ask Pitt County to show their
support for both Sister Council and Sister
Little in their bid for re-election.

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Service at Victory Dominian Church where, Pastor Zepp Sherpard honored Bro. Rouse with a
plaque for dedicated service.

will be celebratipg their 3rd anniversary at Edgecome Community College.

Pictured above is Sister Shirley McNeal, Regina, Joyce, Na’ Jons Francis (not shown) all of whom
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Office tells foundation to freeze accounts

The Associated Press wei] determined the
foundation was

  

_ RALEIGH — A drug and
alcohol counseling program
founded by U.S. Rep. Frank Bal-
lance, D-N.C., has been told, by
the state attorney general's
office to freeze its accounts fol-
lowing a critical audit. } general, told
The state auditor’s report the foundation
this past week identified that he would ask a judge to dis-
$325,000 in questionable solve the organization if it
expenses by the John A. Hyman spent any of the $238,995

conflicts of in-
terest.
Grayson Kel-
ley, a senior
deputy attorney

. Foundation. The audit also remaining in its accounts,

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riddled with be

“No further expenditures of
state-appropriated funds should
made without the express
consent of this office,” Kelley
wrote Thursday, a day after the
audit’s release.

The foundation, which has
received’ $2.1 million in state
money since 1994, paid thou.
sands of dollars to Ballance’s
relatives and campaign work.
ers, according to the audit.

Election records show at
least $16,400 has been donated

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to Ballance’s campaign from
pastors, their family members
and others whose churches or
day care centers have benefited
from foundation grants.
Ballance, a former state sena-
tor from Warren County elected
to Congress in 2002, has said the

audit showed some errors were .
made but added that public |

money was used to serve the
public good. The foundation
closed its doors last month after
the state cut off money,

Another Black Idol Bites The Du

‘By Wilbert A. Tatum
Kobe Bryant gets his day in court in a small town in Colorado today, He is being
accused of raping a 19-year-old woman who worked in a hotel where he was staying
while awaiting surgery for his knee, which was going out of whack. The place in
Colorado, Eagle, is a resort community that most of us never heard of.

Kobe is an idol for millions of kids who believe that basketball is the route to
riches or to heaven, whichever comes first. He is 24 years of age, and his accuser
Whose name has not been released but is available on the Internet, is 19, ,

His accuser is alleged to have gone to his room voluntarily sometime around mid-
night and to have left a short time later. The following day she made the charges
against Kobe that he had sex with her without her consent and against her will.

Kobe insists that the sex was consensual and that he did not, in any shape or form
force this young woman to submit to him. It is a case of she Says yes and he says ,
no otek ure no witnesses,

Whether the sex was consensual is somethin , that even a court cannot determi
with certainty, but the town of Eagle, Colorado, and its prosecutor are poised for the
biggest casé in their history, and Kobe’s lawyers are poised for what could be the
most important case in theirs.

 
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Sometimes I am at a loss
for words when it comes to
some of the things Black peo-
ple say and do, especially
when it comes to politics. I
have seen some of them grovel
before politicians and walk in
lock step with political parties,
even to the detriment of other
Black people. I have witnessed
our so-called Black leaders
compromise (a softer word for
sell out). I have seen them col-
laborate against their own peo-
ple. I have seen them stand
idly by and do and say nothing
when they see with their own

Parents

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Probably thinking of him-
self as being on the cutting
edge of the civil rights strug-
gle, rapper Snoop Dogg broke
his ties with Mantra
Entertainment - makers of the
“Girls Gone Wild” videos -
because it doesn't feature
enough Black and Hispanic
girls getting naked.

“Girls Gone Wild” is a per-
verted outgrowth of reality
TV. Producer Joe Francis has

_ ‘made a mint filming usually

drunk females exposing them-
selves at beaches, bars and
other public places. Francis
enlisted Snoop to bring
celebrity to his smut, but
Snoop doesn’t think Francis
Practices enough adults-only
itive action.

“If you notice, there hasn't
been no girls [of color] at all
or none of those tapes,”
Snoop disjointedly told The
Associated Press. “That ain't
cool, because White girls
ain't the only hos that get
wild.”

Noting that Black and

 

woman, an affluent woman -
answering questions about the
escapades of George W. Bush
and what he and his comrades
have done since his rise to
power. Tim Russert would ask
ber a question and you could
hear her voice quivering,
something I have not heard
before, shaking at the prospect
of having to say some of the
most ridiculous things ever to
come out of a person’s mouth.
She had to know that some of
her answers were not quite
true, not quite to the point, and
not quite convincing. She was
just there to cover for Bush.
Rice, also having worked

beware: Chain stores Oi

Hispanic “hos” have been
“complaining to me like
crazy,” he wants to produce
his own line of dirty videos to
“bring some flavor to the
table.”

That might have to wait,
because Snoop and Francis
are being sued by a girl who
appeared on the cover of their
“Girls Gone Wild Doggy
Style” video.

Jamie Capdeboseq alleges
she was only 17 years old
when they filmed her, and
that she was plied with drugs
so she would flash her breasts
for the camera during a 2002
Mardi Gras celebration in
New Orleans.

For Francis, this legal trou-
ble isin addition to the 22
counts of racketeering, drugs
and other illegal activities he
has been charged with in
Panama City, Fla. If convict-
ed, he faces a possible 30
years in prison. Police raided
4 condo rented by Mantra this
past April and seized 175
hours of footage from spring
break parties. Parents have
complained that their under-
age daughters were told to
say they were over 18 on

   

done since his rise to power.

George Tenet did the same
thing, and some underling
before him, to protect George
Bush.

By that time I was asking
myself how much more Rice -
and Secretary of State Colin
Powell - would take before
they speak out, before they
resign from this corrupt and
horrid administration.
Apparently they think they are
doing a great job or they are in
So deep they cannot find a way
out.

camera, and ‘prosecutors say
the footage contains alleged
minors performing sex acts, A
Francis attorney downplays
the charges, commenting, “It
doesn’t become child pornog-
raphy when you’re just deal-

ing with nudity.”

Classy.
“Girls Gone Wild” com-

nice image and she has cer-
tainly achieved a great deal on
4 personal level. As to the part
about “service to all people of
color” (whatever that means), I
don’t know.

Looks to me like she’s
doing more for people of non-
color, and if you count the
people of Iraq, Korea, Iran and
Syria as “people of color,”
then it is questionable if she is
living up to all of the award’s
credits. Of course we certainly
could not be talking about peo-

in the children’s section may
be just steps away from “Girls
Gone Wild” titles stacked at
kid-high level in the miscella-
neous section, such as “Sexy
Sorority Sweethearts, Volume
2” and “Forbidden Spring
Break.” To prove Snoop
wrong, by the way, Francis
also offers “Black Girls Gone

 

So what is it? What makes
Condo tick? What keeps her
going? Is it money? Probably
not, at least not to the highest
bidder. If this Condo is for
sale, it’s only to the Bushes,
or, as the title of this article
implies, this Condo comes
with the Bushes. Besides,
surely she has a little some-
thin’ lucked away from her
days with Chevron Oil. Is it
power? Probably so; power is
such an aphrodisiac to those
who already have all the mate-

iy

  

one Wild” selections
and similar titles through its
Web site, where kids can buy
anonymously. They can even
use the gift card they got
from grandma.

I checked out the Web sites
of similar retailers. Here's

eee
Large-scale electronic chains are making
it easier for these videos to get into the

hands of impressionable kids.

esses

mercials are a staple of late
night television, which adver-
tise the videos for sale direct-
ly from Francis’s company.
Since I thought purchasing
directly from Francis created
a barrier - albeit a thin one -
that kept minors. from pur-
chasing the videos, I was sur-
prised to recently find them
on sale at my local Best Buy.
The “Rugrats Go Wild” DVD

Wild: Funkin’ at Freaknik.”
Best Buy doesn’t sell

explicit pornography, but
“Girls Gone Wild” is close.
Their presence at a main-
stream store makes it more
likely these videos will get
into the wrong little hands,
Kids attempting to purchase
one may be thwarted by a
conscientious register clerk,
but this still doesn’t present

what I found:

* Goody got it! Sam Goody
and Suncoast, both owned by _
Musicland, boast the same 30
“Girls Gone Wild” and related
titles.

* Barnes and Noble also
has 30 titles and offers dis-
counts to member of their
“Readers’ Advantage” club,

* Amazon (which also sells
for Borders) has 22 titles.

Were going to find in Iraq.”

What in the world is “‘per-
fect foresight”? How much of
the future is foreseeable? On
another occasion, she justified
the Iraq debacle by saying the
terrorists are there now
because Iraq is the center of
the war on terror. Well, who
made it that way, Condo?

Yes, this Condo is for sale,
but, caveat emptor, Bushes are
included.

James E. Clingman is an
adjunct professor in the
University of Cincinnati's
African-American Studies
Department.

* FYE has 40 titles, but
Tower only has 14,

To their credit, Circuit
City, Target and Wal-Mart do
not sell titles from the “Girls
Gone Wild” collection.

Bookstores usually keep
dirty magazines on high
shelves or behind counters,
away from children.
Blockbuster refuses to rent
NC-17 and hardcore adult
videos altogether.

While Snoop Dogg strug-
gles to make the world of
adult entertainment color-
blind, it seems that many of
our large-scale electronics

_ Chains are making it easier for

these videos to get into the
hands of impressionable kids.

Don't want your kids to be
exposed to “Girls Gone Wild”
filth? Heré’s an idea: Don't
patronize stores that sell it.
Block their retail sites as you
would a porn site,

When it hits them in the
pocketbook, maybe then
they'll get the point.

David Almasi is the direc.
tor of the African-American
ae Network's Project

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Who should pay to rebuild: FAQS
"preemptive war. - that obligation to our children. We have a responsibility to what is necessary to enlist the Third, Iraq is not a poor
a | There is also a growing In the abstract, who could dis- . support our troops inthe fel, Support of other major nations nation, It has the second largest
, — awareness on the part of most _ agree? Hee and most Americans under- and the U.N., we will continue oil reserves in the world, worth |
~~ Americans that they - and their As a nation, however, we stand that the reconstruction of to ship scarce national -_ between $2.8 trillion and $5.5
pat ildren - are going to bear a must come to terms with an Iraq would be in our national —_ resources to the Middle East trillion at current world market
huge financial burden as a emerging reality. No éredible _ interest. Nevertheless, a funda- —_for the foreseeable future. rates, .
result of President Bush’s deci- evidence has been produced —_—smental question remains. There is a better, more equi- The U.S. should not have to .
sion to go to war without U.N. that would link Saddam Who should pay the cost? table way. __ Provide the Iragi people with
support, ~~ Hussein or Iraq to the The $166 billion that we _ First, there must truly be what they can provide for
Earlier this year, the Bush _ September 11 terrorist attacks. will spend in the Middle East shared sacrifice within the themselves. Yet, if we were to
administration requested, and _—_—it is reasonable to ask, there- this year is just a down pay- United States. We can maintain — maintain unilateral U.S. control
the ress approved, nearly _fore, if our invasion of Iraq has ment. Hundreds of billions of the small tax cuts for working _ of the reconstruction process
: $79 billion for U.S. costs in . ee a | _ wie using Lragi in
, Iraq. Now, six months later, a a | : to pay for some o faq's
‘According to an Oct. 12 the administration says thatit The 39 members of the Congressional Black =: ding and security costs,
Gallup Poll, only slightly more needs $87 billion more, | . ee apie nae age i serious questions would be
tan four in 10 Americans aq poling data ete acn’’. — Caucus unanimously agree with the public's ears pierre
si in poiling data reveals a soli . | . ..: 7 . _ UN. uild-
is “going well” As recently as majority of the American peo- evaluation that the United States should not ing process would make the
_ three months ago, however, the ple (57 percent) opposes con- . en se . . a a use of Iraqi oil resources far
public evaluation was the ae rena {pproval of this ia- = ANd need not - be Solely responsible for the ne. acceptable, both within
reverse, with 56 percent of est request, especially the $21 on as . ; . | oo Iraq and abroad. Participation
those polled expressing an billion earmarked for the rebuilding of Iraq. by major U.N. nations would
upbeat attitude. “reconstruction” of Iraq’s infra- rae , reduce the cost to the American
Even considering the enor- structure, TY ee Ss people, and a truly intemation-
mity of the “nation-building” Why, Americans are asking, truly made America a safer dollars more will be required to Americans, but the Bush tax al process of reconstniction in
task that the Bush administra- should we be building fire sta- place. . finish the job. giveaways to this nation’s Iraq would give far greater
tion has committed us to per- tions in Iraq when we are being The administration’s latest _ In the context of the admin- wealthiest two percent are legitimacy to the results, allow-
forming in Iraq, this is an forced to close them here at request for $87 billion comes at _ istration’s Massive tax cuts and more than we can afford and ing us to bring our'troops home
extraordinary turnaround in home? a time when we have not yet growing federal deficits, these must be repealed. as soon as possible.
public opinion. The 39 members of the Provided the additional federal funds must be borrowed, plac- Second, we must take We won the battle to oust
A number of factors have Congressional Black Caucus funding that our states and ing a burden upon future. gener- another hard look at outdated © Saddam Hussein. Now, we
contributed to this change in unanimously agree with the local governriitiits need to pro- _ ations. Because the Bush tax __ military expenditures - such as must act wisely if we are to
the national consensus, includ- _ public’s evaluation that the tect Americans from terrorism _cuts disproportionately benefit the Strategic Defense Initiative win the peace.
~~ ing the continuing rise in U.S, United States should not - and here at home. this nation’s most affluent citi - that no longer make sense in _
casualties and the administra. need not - be solely responsible That $87 billion, we must zens, that burden will fall most terms of our major security Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a
tion’s failure to find. any of the for the rebuilding of Iraq. recall, is more than twice the heavily upon America’s work- concerns at this time. The bil- Democrat, represents
“weapons of mass destruction” The president has declared entire Department of Homeland ing families, unless we adopt a —_lions saved then could be redi- Maryland's 7th Congressional
that the Bush team asserted as _that Wwe must assure America’s Security budget for fiscal year _—_ different strategy. rected to helping the states with District and chairs the
the primary justification for its security today and not leave 2004. Unless the president does our homeland security needs. Congressional Black Caucus.
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Condo fo
eyes gross injustice all around _for George H.B. Bush, George Whatever the situation, it is ple of color in this country, rial things they ever wanted.
JAMES CLINGMAN them. It’s as though some of W.’s father, is always there, shameful. Rice, recipient of except for the warm feeling - But, what about ethics?
NNPA Us just want to be accepted or always close to the village the NAACP’s president's some of us might get when we What about responsibility?
need to be validated by the idiot’s side to take the slings award for advancing the ideals see a Black woman walking What about principle? What
“The lie can be maintaine d White power structure, so and arrows that come his way. of the NAACP through image, just behind the President, stay- about truth?

h ti he state ‘UCh so that we are willing to She jumped to his rescue to personal achievement and ing at his ranch, going to In the midst of a storm such
ponipd dhe a alt he lie, distort and skirt the truth, defend those infamous 16 service to all people of color. ° Camp David with him, and as the one we are in, it sure
aa 7 ool ople from t . and run interference for our words in his State of the Union The NAACP president even sometimes whispering sweet would be great to see someone
ye eal, economic anor "former slave masters even Address. She fell.on her said those attributes accurately nothings in his ear for dramat- of her Stature stand up and
Rhee bonaenees i i ae today. Gabriel Prosser would sword, after CIA Director describe Rice. Yes, Rice has a ic effect. | a mt what we are

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for the truth is he na” National Security Advisor Here is a woman - a highly intelligent Woman, @ image that would make! What
| the lie, and thus by Condoleezza Rice explain on 9 . a role model for our children!
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Joseph Goebbels German ‘'¥@sinsulted andiwashun. iN Questions about the escapades of George — tition requested by Beer
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staff writer
Minority Voice
East Carolina University, in
cooperation with THE 'M'
VOICE newspaper, is bridging
the history gap. Together, they
are giving each African
American citizen of Greenville
and Pitt County the opportunity
_ to record their stories, their
family's history and the chance
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or that of a deceased loved one,
this unprecedented effort to re-
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by Bernice Powell Jackson
—Guest Columnist—

 

In Cleveland, Public Square is
the symbolic heart of the city. It is
neither east nor west in a city where
everyone is identified by whether
they live on the east side or the west
side. It is the place where the
Cleveland Orchestra holds its an-
nual free Independence Day con-
cert. It is the place where, until eco-
nomic hard times hit a few years
ago, there was an ice skating rink
set up amid the Christmas decora-
tions. It is the place where monu-
ments honor veterans and where
key Cleveland financial and corpo-
rate entities are located. It is also
the place where homeless persons
were attacked with stun guns while
sleeping last month.

Not too long after that attack, I
received an email and an essay
written by a seminary student in St.
Louis on the growing number of
attacks on the homeless across the
nation and I began to look around
me. According to the National Coa-
lition Against the Homeless, last
year there were 123 homeless per-
sons murdered by non-homeless
persons and another 89 violent at-
tacks which did not result in death.

These murders and attacks

at, _. against the homeless are not just
violent crimes, they are
hate crimes. They

pine er
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ies have neither seen nor had
available. -

This is a search for the truth,
an effort for black people's story
to be told.correctly and the
chance to look back to and
from which we have come. We
have the help of columnist and
retired librarian, Mrs. Beatrice —
Maye, to assist in compilin
names of area residents.
However, none of this is possi-
ble without you. You are the
person who really knows your
history. Let's go down memory
lane so that all can access the
truth and rich history of a peo-
ple who rose from a’ past that
includes memories too painful
to recall-and an array of accom-
plishments that were made
against insurmountable odds.
Do not let it be said that you
said nothing. What future gen-

ings with baseball bats, beheadings
and setting homeless persons on
fire. They are directed against
homeless persons because they are
homeless and vulnerable; mentally
disabled or addicted and vulner-
able; alone and vulnerable.

Some of the attackers are White
supremacy group members, such as
those in the Pacific Northwest, who
have attacked White homeless men,
telling them they need “more White

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This is one of the most impor-
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community. Be a part and be
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Violence against the homeless

lice target the homeless for arrest
for vagrancy and so-called “qual-
ity of life” violations.

As our society has de-human-

ized homeless persons over the past
decades and rendered them invis-
ible, attackers feel little remorse
about attacking homeless persons.
When talk show host Michael Sav-
age said last year that society

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up. throw them in a van and take
them to a work camp, he, in effect.
gave public permission to attack-

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agencies across the nation that
homelessness is rising. One of the
most frightening aspects of this in-

crease is the number of working
treat the most families with children now home-
vulnerable. less. There is no reason to believe

 

pride.” Some attackers are indi-
vidual citizens who harbor hatred
against the homeless or see them-
selves on a mission to cleanse the
world. Some attackers are thrill-.
seeking teenagers in some horrible
“Lord of the Flies” moment. In-
deed, most of the attackers of
homeless persons were teenagers,
and young adults.

The attackers assault the home-
less because they feel they can get
away with it. Crimes against the
homeless, except the most egre-
gious, receive little media attention.
Some of the attacks on the home-
less are never reported to the po-
lice, especially in cities where po-

North Carolina’s
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. . ‘ we can, monitor the activities of our
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they will be immune from this vio-
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As a society, we will be judged

not by our strength, but by how we
treat the most vulnerable. As com-
munities, we can insist that we stop
both criminalizing and ignoring the
homeless and find creative ways to
provide housing and human ser-

vices for homeless persons, even in

difficult financial times. As parents,

individuals, we can write our
Congresspersons and urge them to
include the homeless in hate crimes
legislation and insist that our na-
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FORMER NEGRO LEAGUE
PLAYERS FACE
HARD TIMES

In the past few years, former
Negro League baseball players
a have been honored with
congressional declarations, in-
vited to throw ceremonial first
pitches at major league jerseys
are in fashion, selling in sport-
ing goods stores alongside the
uniform tops and caps of to-
day’s stars.

But the former Negro League
players----one as old as 101----
say that while they are also

they don’t want any handouts, but
they could use some help.

Professional baseball was segre-
gated until 1947, when Jackie
Robinson broke the color barrier.
But the last team to integrate, the
Boston Red Sox, did not do so
until 1959. In 1953, half of the 16
teams denied black players the
opportunity to earn a major league
salary and the pension that went
with it, leaving open the question
of whether anyone should be
responsible for their financial
well-being now.

An undisclosed number of former
Negro Leaguers and their families
have gotten help from the
Baseball-funded charity that helps
former players, umpires, coaches
and scouts. The 64-year-old
widow of Hall of Famer Leon Day,
struggles today for clothing and
her many prescriptions, and she
could not afford to have her car
repaired when it broke down. Her
daughter also struggles with her
health; she and her son have slept
in the living room of her mother’s
two-bedroom apartment for more
than a year. There is no pension
plan that covers widows of Negro
Leaguers. Benjamin “Billy”
Felder, 76, who played from

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getting very old, becoming sick
and many of them, and their wives,
are dying poor. They get little or
no revenue from the merchandise
sales or from a museum that
honors them. Most of the living
former players are not eligible: for
a $10,000. Negro League pension
that has been offered by Major
League Baseball since 1997.
These players were playing base-
ball in the prime of their lives.
When they turned 65, there was no
money available for them except a
meager Social Security check.
Many of them live in destitution.

1945-1948 with various teams,
struggles to pay for his year-old
hospital bills from a_ heart
attack, can’t cover his prescrip-
tion costs and lives in a house
owned by his brother.

Several ex-players have
pleaded for an expansion of the
Major League pension plan that
Originates from an industry with
revenues in excess of three
billion dollars in 2001.
Democratic Senator Bill Nelson
of Florida says he has tried in
vain for two years to land a
meeting with the Commissioner

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inns and Reviews

calling for congressional hearings
on the matter. The NAACP
passed a resolution at its annual
convention in July in Miami
Beach. .

Raydell “Bo” Maddix, a left-
handed pitcher for the Indianapolis
Clowns, says he pitched against
Willie Mays, hung out with Ernie
Banks and brainstormed with
Jackie Robinson. “They could
give us a little something”, says’
Maddix of Major League
Baseball. “They could give’ us
something to last the rest our lives
with the baseballs they» throw
away.....Just give the old Negro
Leaguers a shot in the arm. It
don’t make me angry. It just
makes me disappointed, because |
know they could afford to do this
and it wouldn’t even be a drop in
the bucket.” (Current major
leaguers minimum salary in
$300,000 with a $16,200 annual
lifetime pension for each year of
service). —

Extracted from an article by
Steinberg and Sheinin

There are some of us who can
recall the days of «Herbert
“Briefcase” Simpson, Buck
Leonard (Rocky Mount, N.C.)

who played for the Homestead
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Wilmer
Virginia) and Ernest Burke, who
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Giants from 1946-1948.
noted Negro League teams were:
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Chicago

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Some

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Eight years ago, when Dr. C. DeLores Tucker,
national chair of the National Congress of Black
Women, urged her organization to adopt as one
of its initiatives a program to “lead the assault

’ against ‘gangsta rap’ and misogynistic lyrics that
are directed toward African-American youths and.
threaten the moral foundation of the African-
American farnily and community,” few could
envision the great impact this kind of music was
having on our families.

Dr. Tucker and her group went to war against
Time Warner, distributor of Inner Scope music,
and Time Warner stopped producing and selling
it. But Blacks soon emerged as the “fronts” and
rappers Continued to make millions by selling to
the White and Black communities songs that
degraded Black women and families, at the same

to the Black community that would not be toler-
ated. - ,
“They can expect that their whole holiday sea-
son is going to be made tough by the NAACP”
he said, according to the Times.

Hasbro, maker of Monopoly, issued a state-
ment: “We find this game to be reprehensible and
a Violation of our intellectual property rights. We
have sent a cease-and-desist letter to Mr. Chang.” |

In its Oct. 10 edition, the Massachusetts Daily
Collegian reported that Ghettopoly is being mar-
keted toward a young crowd, an excellent reflec-

» tion of the game’s maturity level.
The newspaper said, “Undoubtedly,
Ghettopoly is crude, racist and offensive. It
" advertises a message about a lifestyle highly pop-
ularized in our culture, and an inaccurate mes-

time creating a culture all its , 5age wallowing in the stereo-
own. ‘cee typical depths of ignorance.
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“entertainment genocide . elements of Tace the game miroring the sub-
that was trying to purposely, aii! ject matter o many, MEV 3s
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using the same language of ignorant, bit it’s shameful. It
gangsta rappers. promotes the absolute worst
Ghettopoly, now the subject of a growing of racism. It’s racial pornography’ It takes the

nationwide protest against Urban Outfitters, the
retail store that sells it, is just the kind of wake-
‘up call needed to once and for all show how
damaging bad music can be, not Just to the Black
community, but to the nation at large.

Ghettopoly is similar to Monopoly, but
instead of sporting a top hat, cane and mustache,
the Ghettopoly guy is a thuggish, bandana-wear-
ing Black man with bug eyes, peering over dark
glasses. He clenches a marijuana cigarette and
holds an Uzi in one hand and a bottle of malt
liquor in the other.

Game cards include “ghetto stash” and “hus-
tle” cards, a loan shark tray, 40 crack houses, 17
projects, pink-slip cards, seven game pieces
(“Pimp,” “Hoe,” “40 Oz.,” “Machine Gun,”
“Marijuana Leaf,” “Basketball” and “Crack”) and
counterfeit money. Players draw “hustle” and
“ghetto stash” cards with directions such as,
“You're a little short on loot, so you decided to
stick up a bank; collect $75” and “Steal $$$ if

worst elements of race prejudice and begins to
glorify it and raise it up.”

The National Asian Pacific American Legal
Consortium released a statement by Rep. Mike
, Honda, a Democrat, that condemns Urban
Outfitters for selling the racist board game and
demands that the company pull the product from
its shelves.

It further said that Ghettopoly (www.ghet-
topoly.com) spreads very damaging stereotypes
of African Americans in inner cities. “The fact
that Urban Outfitters would sell this game
demonstrates racial insensitivity, and a serious
lack of judgment,” the statement concluded.

Have the gangsta rappers heard the protest?
Do you think they have any knowledge of what
their music and ugly, insulting words have done
to their own community, where their mothers,
sisters, aunts and daughters live?

Those who understand the damaging effects
of all this should sign the petition being circulat-

you pass Let$ Roll.” ed on the Internet demanding that Urban
The Seattle Times reported that the local Outfitters stop selling Ghettopoly. At the same,
NAACP conducted a protest in front of the time they should join with Dr. Tucker and the

Urban Outfitters store, and forced it to remove
the game from its shelves. Seattle NAACP presi-
dent Carl Mack, the Times reported, said the
game's overt use of racial stereotypes is an insult

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discrimination lawsuit brought by African companies allow certain departments or
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U.S. food services unit. employees and managers while others are oa
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By William Reed the company discriminated against African boy” system never left. Middle-and-top ._
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Whites say “No;” blacks say “Yes!” decisions at many of its U.S. locations. Over as “go getters” and put them on “fast tracks.”
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Motivated discrimination during the past year, procedures. The ’ representative, Kerry information and decision-making. '
while a plurality of whites feels that blacks _Alan Scanlon, says that black managers “face a Although the Equal Employment
exaggerate the amount of discrimination they _ glass wall, as well as a glass ceiling, because Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alone
experience. Although hundreds of thousands of _ they have been shunted into dead-end ‘black’ handles over 85,000 racial discrimination cases
racial discriminati cases are filed each year by - Accounts that serve and are supervised mostly by each year regarding racial discrimination in
blacks, 69 percent of whites Say race relations: African Americans.” work places, the majority of the America’s
are “good or very good”. Sodexho Alliance was founded in 1966- ‘whites contend that racial discrimination is on
__¢__ Lhe business of America is business, and Today it is the world’s leader in food and _ the wane. To be sure, African Americans have
‘75 percent of Americans believe that Corporate management services. World-wide ithas made some gains among private and public
America has done an adequate-to-good job of _ 305,000 employees, operations in 70 countries sector companies and organizations. But the
fighting discrimination and protecting diversity and 22,200 sites. Sodexho Alliance is an _ bulk of blacks are two times more likely to be
in the workplace. “Corporate Responsibility” . endorser of the Global Sullivan Principles for unemployed as whites, and when they do get

policies have yielded many jobs and contracts _ Corporate Responsibility, jobs, few blacks, particularly males, can crack

for blacks in the past 30 years. Ironically, Sodexho, Inc. is the North American glass ceilings to the upper levels. There are only } Smell Funn
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remarks cost Texaco $175 million. Texaco’s services include: food service, housekeeping, treatment” of blacks, yet they still face an
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ri wife’s call to r her Complete what was lacking in a man that is 3. I know three or more other in music, theater, or other arts. 34. 1 know and am comfortable with

husband (Eph.5:33). A wife can

reflected in God’s call for a unique kind of adults (besides my parents or 18. I spend three or more hours people of different cultural, racial, or

ne Submission in marriage. Submission in no guardians) that I can go each week in religious services ethnic backgrounds.
ieee fer God hen yivten : Way diminishes a woman’s value, spiritual To for advice and support. or participating in spiritual ac- 35, | resist negative peer pressure and

role and responsibility for which equality, or place of honor te eticeshin. 4. My neighbors encourage and tivities

In the Garden of Eden, submission was sa Support me. 19. I spend ; h 36. | try t Ivé conflict Vio-
Since the fall, however, willful submission to 5. My school provides a anne a week in welt amore | tours ih ry to resolve conflicts nonvi

he: will be held accountable.
She respects him as an expres- a sinful man has become an act of

avoid dangerous situations.

Sion of her desire to honor the “y: encouraging environment. "OF participating in spiritual ac- 37} believe that I have contro! over
Lord. She gives weight to her maiperabite for a fhe: It Se 6. My parents or guardians help me _ tivities, many things that happen to me.
husband’s calling to protect and hens of deing what Vie tsin ; , succeed in school. 20. I go out with friends “with 38. I feel good about myself.

ide for her “just as Christ 8 se" protection wou 7. I feel valued by adults in my nothing special to do” two or

oved the m) dictate-working hard to control her husband
ithe churca (v.25) She so that she doesn’t experience the pain of his : .
doesn't take lightly see failure to love-she puts her hope security 8. I am given useful roles in my

sibility given to him . 2. .
It’s important to by, 4, in God (1 Pet. 3:5), not in her husband,

him remain true to his

 

community. ‘ fewer nights each week.

39. I believe that my life has a purpose.
40. I’m optimistic about my future.

: embering that one purpose of her a. *®.@ . : 7
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In The Minority Voice

NELSON HOPKINS, JR.

Nelson Hopkins was born February 22, 1891 in Pitt County. Died April 1, 1973
in the Quigges Clinic, Tarboro, N.C. at the age
of 82 and is buried in the Sunrest Memorial
Park, Farmville, N.C. He was the son of the
late Sina and Nelson Hopkins, Sr.

Mr. Hopkins grew up in a Christian home.
He went to school in Pitt County.

He married Miss Amanda Artis in 1913.
They lived in Farmville; while living in
Farmville, he ran Hopkins Theatre and Café. \.

When Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins separated, he |
moved ‘to. ‘Bruce, N.C. where he: ran the &

Later he bought a farm over the river in
which he had tenants and anything else from
farm products to animals. He had the prettiest

   
  
  
 
   
   

 

 

  
   
  

 

 

 

 

 

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d It has been my experience from

“Nep” as we sometimes called him served
parties as his home on his long back porch for
different organizations. His cheese biscuits
that he cooked on a wood stove were the best.
There were tourist facilities for persons that
wanted to get away from the busy city. He
wanted to live in the house by the side of the

he served on the Trustee Board, joined the Willing Workers and Dollar Clubs.

would invite other friends. | can distinctly remember Dadd saying to anyone that
would ask to take food with them. “Eat all the food with them. “Eat all the food
you can hold, but I’m a dam if you can carry food with you; if any food is delivered

Sm ree emcee

Him but they don’t will

a Really know Him as who He with Him in return He will reveal to
’ really 1s. . ; . aor
Honor Your Loved Ones , «# " We re living in a day and dernin hidden mysteries that is given

to those Christian that di ligently search

time that we Must know who the Scriptures. .
Jesus really is, My Pastor, Now, the question of how Strong is
Bishop T.D. Jakes ask us a your theology remains, Do you base
question at the last leaders your theology on what people ‘say of
conference that I attended and what God has spoken? Do you know
I’m going to ask you that very and believe that the Bible is the spoken
same question. How strong is Word of God. Do you know enough
your theology? At first it Scriptures to know that you have
sounded like a strange question passed from death to life? The
but when he began to analyze it question is personal and should be
I fully understood the essence of approached in a personal manner. We
Apositle George Hawkins what he Hed asking us He need to search the Scriptures, Study the
wanted to know are we asing Scriptures, and meditate on the
HOW STRONG IS . Our theological Scriptures because when you draw

i le deca on on what the near to God He will draw near to you.

eS OF ate we basing God has cliarge cach of us apostles and
~€vangelist.to.have a strong theological

 

passed down to us by tradition. foundation based on w
observing church folks that many You see we are living in a time Scriptures have declared. Our know
of them know about Jesus but they that most of us as Christians edge of the Word should be so great
don’t really know Him. It's one don’t even want to take the time that we can be like Job who desired the
thing to know about a person but and Study the Scriptures for Word of God more than his necessary
it’s another thing to really know ourselves we rather gain knowl- food. Strengthen your knowledge of
that I’m the Pastor of Tabernacle ige from the pulpit but the God and do all that is written and you
Center Church of Deliverance, you Bible declares in 2 Timothy will then Strengthen your relationship
may even know my age, the name 2:15 that every person should with Him. When your relationship
of my mother and father, but you study to show thyself approved with God is Strengthened your witness-
road to be a friend to mankind on eee | ae may not know me, yet you unto God, a ‘epee that ing will change then you can tell a
Mr. Hopkins was a member of the Cornerstone Baptist Church. While a member, will tell others that heal know me needeth not to be
shea ee you snow some mings mgntly vividing ine word of death and the gift of God is eternal life.
Each he would are a big dinner for his club members Sometimes he : S how it is wi * Tou see the strength of Get rooted and i

year prep: 8 | Jesus many people know about your theology (study of God) Brounded in that Word.

hamed, dying world that the wages of sin is

 

 

to anyone, I will deliver it, it’s my food.” Then he would break out in a big laugh.

 

 
 
  
   
   
    
   
  

He was very attentive to friends, the sick, relatives and others that were in need.
If they needed food or anything, he would take her class on a trip, he would get
if for her. He did that. One night he called and told her he had gotten $100 from
members of the Bar Association for her to take her class to Raleigh, N.C. These
were just some of the things Mr. Hopkins did to help people.

On December 9, 1970, he was made an honorary member of the Pitt County Bar
Association.

He was also honored by some of his friends with a Gala Affair on his 81*
birthday. We did have a great time that night and Dad was as happy as he could
be to know that his friends thought much of him. We ate barbecue with all of the
trimmings. He received many pretty and valuable gifts.

Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins’ seven children were Vernell Warren of New York City.
Rosalie Ross of Indianapolis, Indiana; Charles Hopkins of Farmville, N.C.’ J.E.
Hopkins (deceased); Arzrow and Nelson Hopkins of Jacksonville, N.C.,: and
James Milton Hopkins of Greenville, N.C. A foster son was Earnest Barrett

Because of all the outstanding work and deeds Mr. Hopkins did during his
lifetime, the Hopkins Park and Drive on Evans Street Extension was named in his
memory.

Sources: Interviews with family members, Mr. Hopkins’ obituary, personal
knowledge. of James Milton Hopkins

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STRANGE
THINGS
Democracy in action
When Laura J. Bertelli, a member of the

Longmeadow, Mass. School Committee
wouldn't sit in her assigned seat, Chair-

  
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
   
  
 
 
 
 

Haitian president
Calls for reparations

 

 

 

 

woman Ma an-Kusiak adjourned the respond to criticism with deeds, not words.
meeting less then a minute afier conven- In the News : by Saeed Shabazz The people of the world look to the United
ing it. -__ Staff Writer Nations for hope in implementing solutions
“It was about the refusal of one school Soulful Diva to their problems.” Mr. Hunte said. He ex-
committee member to follow rules that pro- | - UNITED NATIONS—Jean-Bertrand pressed his hope that the General Assembly
tect the school system, the meetings and the Black Entertainment Television Aristide. president of Haiti. after suating that was ready to break new gfound and record |
patie ee an-Kustak said. “It's not (BET), will honor legendary Queen of Slavery was a crime against humanity. told the Significant accomplishments. “However, that
rene She Sat. | Soul Aretha Franklin at the “Walk of | United Nations General Assembly on Septem- would require choosing principle over expe-
’ : Fame” celebration Oct. 28. The award- | ber 26, that his generation has the “duly” to dieney, recision over ambiguity, objectivity
Why don’t we do it in the road? winning superstar known for her gospel- | call for “restitution and reparations.” , over bak creative thinking over ile vibiity
Norwegian condom manufacturer RFSU charged, classic and soulful sounds will He spoke about the genocide inflicted on Mr. Hunte stressed. oe “ed
launched a campaign urging people to be the 9th star honored at BET’s Walk the Amerindians and then on the 15 million Mr. Hunte is Minister ol External Affairs.
have sex outdoors in public places, includ- of Fame. Alticans viken as slaves and brought to Hai- International Trade and Civil Aviation, it Seni
ing the country’s royal palace and parlia- tian soil in 1502. “For three centuries, mycon- tor and Member of Parliament, a Justice of
ment building. . tinent provide. 70 percent the Peace and a business
The ad Saeeee titled “Discover Oslo’s Howard Univ. renames of te world’s sok dte- . croaiiive. ,
' Pearls,” displays prominent tourist sites school after pioneer serves, which would equal But some diplomats

such as the Vigeland Sculpture Park, with
large, white arrows pointing out possible
spots for sex. RFSU manager Tone-Berit At its recent annual convocation,
Lintho conceded that some people may be
offended but believes the humor of the

2,849,000 tons of gold
evaluated at $36 billion:

, U.S. currency,” Mr.
Howard University renamed its School Aristide argued. hie added

spoke of a pessimism that
shrouded the world body.
*Felipe Perez Roquez.
Minister of Foreign Af-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

campaign will win out. Last summer, RFSU of Communications, The John H. that Haiti, though impov- fairs of Cuba said he be-
condom vans patrolled places where young Johnson School of Communications af- erished, would continue to lieved that all would agree
people gather, bearing the emblem “Need a ter John H. Johnson, legendary | shinelikea gleaming bea- | ane : that the role of the United
condom? Call this number.” The call sum- founder of Johnson Publishing Co., | con beyond the darkness of colonization. Nations was irrelevant, or at least. was on its
moned a driver with an emergency delivery. which produces Ebony and Jet maga- | . “Haitiis the mother of liberty, and its sons way to being so. oe JeanrBervand Wate
: : j Also h d was Earl G. | and daughters are the product of that liberty,” “Frankly, what role did the General As-
Foiled zines. Also honored was Earl G. tof that libe n a
ol again Graves, publisher-of Black Enterprise | Mr. Aristide said. He also said that Haiti was sembly play today?” asked Mr. Roquez. Al- a
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awaiting a hearing at the DeKalb County, ment Award and actor Ossie Davis Was The General Assembly loudly applauded —_ or practical role whatsoever, he commented. ihar and its
G Of liber
ked guthouse ter being hihi hag h named a siting professor to the school Mr. Aristide’s speech, after which a long line In his view sadly, international relations are 7
asked to use the bathroom. From there, inning i oft th ee 1. , ; we
climbed into the ceiling crawl space and ° beginning in October. of diplomats and officials waited to grecthim —_ not governed by the purposes or principleof §oOnsa nd daug hters
_ tried to escape. The attempt ended when the in the Indonesian Lounge located behind the the UN Charter or the respect for the sover- ;
barefoot prisoner crashed through the court- General Assembly hall. One diplomat, speak- _cignty of nations. “The unilateral action in are the prod uct of
room ceiling and landed in Judge J. Antonio . ing on the condition of anonymity, told The Irag, as well as the imposition of a near 4()- os
Delcampo’s chambers. The judge was in the Final Call that Mr. Aristide was “a Black revo- year cconomic blockade on Cuba was proof that liberty.’
cae al but a an who was fixing 0 ay i lutionary.” _ of that.” Mr. Roquez argued. 4
Judge s computer called security to ap- istide used the General AS.’ Tha ne der : . "4s
prehend the errant Rogozensky. y to ap . . TT | While le Aristide Test ue Catal As: Us om Onur SETS ee — Jea n-Bertrand A ristide,
@German police reported that a 42-year- onemen gee sembly debate to push for reparations, other on the honest and generous recognition bythe ident of Haiti
: Po — y diplomats spoke of the need to strengthen the only remaining superpower that it should con- . president o
old man tried a smash-and-grab robbery at a P pt aa
convenience store in Cologne but thwarted Oct. 16, 2003 General Assembly, tribute to, and not interfere with. the creation
his escape by getting his little finger Julian Robert Hunte of Saint Lucia, presi- of a peaceful planet, where everyone is cn- ity and development for, all.” Mr. Roques
trapped in a wooden display rack. Police . dent of the S8th session of the General As- _ titledto Justice and development,” Mr. Roquez —_ added. . .
representative Juergen Laggies said the sus- October 7, 2003 marks the sembly, called for the revitalization and said. Still. he saifhe believed that the inter- Some diplomats are saying that the only
pect was forced to wait until police arrived 106th birth anniversary of strengthening of the assembly. He said that national community should not relinquish solution is to reaffirm the power and prestige
to free, then arrest him. . the Most Honorable current global problems and challenges had multilateralism, of the General Assembly by having it share
. opened a window for the General Assembly “We cannot relinquish the United Nations the power with the Security Council on ques-
lrony of the week Elijah Muhammad. to broaden its impact on global affaits, and. and we cannot and should not relinguish the tions of peace and security, as conceived by
Officials in Ider, Ala., said a fire truck that in that regard. it needed to move boldly to struggle for a world of peace, justice, equal- the Charter signatories—one nation. one vote.
had just returned from an emergency call :
set the firehouse aflame. The truck’s engine
had been turned off, but a gasoline leak or Fall Parent Conference
other malfunction caused a flame under the
hood that quickly spread, destroying the Schedule
building and the vehicle.
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worker had a persistent problem of body for the appropriate date and time

odor, despite repeated counseling. “They

were stymied,” City Attorney Susan Mc- for Parent Conference Day.

Gannon said, explaining that the ban on (Originally Parent Conference

odors resulting ‘rom Aleck of good Hygiene Day for Grades 9-12 was

or excessive use of cologne or aftershave

“further details the city’s authority.” scheduled for October 13, 2003. )

@When Missouri's Kansas City Public Li- This is now a make up day for the

brary announced during its annual food dri- :

ve that each can or package of food donated cancellation of the first ERP

would reduce fines for overdue books by school. All students need to

$1, a patron with the last name of Muham- report to school on October 13,

mad brought in 600 packages of ramen noo-

dles. Since his family owed only $100, he 2003.

asked the library to apply the other $500 to .

the fines of anyone else with his last name. Pitt County Schools Make up Days

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ceive a monthly sex allowance from the has anew HOTLINE. for September |

government, a disabled Dutch man com- ber is 830-3535 and 19", 2003, due

plained that he can’t find a prostitute will- The number I ~ Hurricane Isabel

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to get his money, because they are worried pertinent information that PO) | calend
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THE Ist ANNUAL BLUES FESTIVAL
: SAT, NOV, 29,003 9PM - UNTIL

Starring

“SICK BOY TAYLOR

ALSO FEATURED
JUDY BROWN EYES

   
      
   
 
   
  

MELVIN "GUITAR "
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ADT AROWN EYES

ALSO FEATURED

" VOCAL DON "
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“NIGHT OF THE SHOW™ Delaxe Rooms Available / Discounted Rate
SAAD RENTALS . Hamilton Inn & Conference Center
REAL ESTATE HWY 11 NORTH « Greenville, NC 27834
907 Dickinson Ave. « PO. Box 774 Advance Tickets $1 3.00 « At the Door $1 5.00
abi eels " _ Tieket Information: (252) 830.4800 or 757.0365
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