"Don't Forget to Vote in . I¥¥You Don't Vote | Don't Complain!!!" __ GREENVILLE. - hout the « nation black voters have yet show a -high level of interest. in the upcoming politacal _—_contests, nationwideas well as locally. Here in Greenville, in moving eatly to generate momentum in this years election, businessman Jim WASHINGTON, DC - Civil rights ‘aeparizasion and ¢ ‘onal lead have issued alerts on the Bush | administration's plans to cut back on Section 8, the program that provides tent subsidies Er struggling workers, - the elderly and the disabled and allows them to live in decent housing. An NAACP action alert says that: ce * The Section 8 housing voucher ptogram is one of the most successful housing assistance programs in the sy of me federal government; currently, two million American families live in safe, decent, stable homes because of Section 8. * The Bush administration's ree) changes to the Section 8 Eocene vouchers will result in fewer THE DEAL IS Shely Willingham (eff) and Jim Rouse make it ofScial's they | conclude their discussions on the newly created 3rd Disttict. The 3rd District was created to to live in safe, decent, | politically accomdate shifts in population in the state, to and give constituates more equal affordable housing. . ‘the Upcoming Primaries i ERE. AE REE NORD Se 5 Ny. EER RE TS working American families being able th | representation in the State Senate. Both Rouse and Willingham sought the seat, but rather to ;, fun against each other and dilute the vote, a toss of a coin determine which man would run. African Ameri STUART, FLA.- African American leaders convened a historic political summit in Florida to discuss a comprehensive national strategy of inclusion to persuade, motivate and turn out record numbers of voters in ‘November. The meeting was ‘convened and hosted by Attorney ‘Willie Gary, along with Clark County Nevada Commissioner Yvonne Gates, former Denver » Shackel dq and strategist Minyon Moore. - Over 100 leading strategists, donors, and organizers attended the two day retreat to “turn on the power” and to discuss an Africane American platform particularly as it relates to urban issues and the failure of President George Bush to address pressing issues such as jobs, housing, and economic development. The sessions focused on the role African Americans _ will play —ih battleground and other key states that will determine the outcome of Fort Worth Passes Re FORT WORTH (NNPA) Community leaders gained momentum in the reparations movement as Fort Worth City Council passed a resolution that calls for the House of Representatives Amagante Publisher (AP NEW YORK CITY aggressive follow-up to its the 2004 presidential, congressional and statewide elections. The participants also developed plans for 2004 election strategy. “The African American community will be unified this electoral season to play an influential role in helping Democrats up and down the ticket, said Gary. “Our plan is simple: enlarge _ the Black oe one AS isi Our . citizens... to in ‘the — electoral and to ensure are there to implement our participate ptocess resources successfully strategy.” Added Oscar Joyner, President of Reach Media: “We know iiow to win. In the last presidential election, Black voters in key states, including Florida, represented more than our share of the state electorate. With leaders such as economist Dr. Julianne — Malveaux, _ pollsters Cornell Belcher and Dr. Silas to establish a national commission to study the issue of reparations for slavery The resolution, HR 40 or House 'Bill 40, is sponsored by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) The city of API Black Newspaper Readership suddenly brought to - light a Black shers Meet In An Black publishers met recently to jointly discuss market stra ies to initiate more statewide and regional exposures for their readers ip, business advertisers and political advertisers. Pictured above from left to.ti ones, The Fayetteville Press, Mary Alice Jerva ournal, a representative from The Winston-Salem Chronicle, Paul ervay t. Pres. NC Black Publishers Assoc - The Carolinian, Val Atkinson, Columnist/Talk Show Host, Foxy 107-104, Jim Rouse, The Minority Voice - Greenville. Photo: Gaius "Guy" Sims right, J.J: Thatch, The Wilmington Study released on March 31, 2004, Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. today announced ‘the launch of the PowerSpender monitor, an ongoing, in-depth study of regular readers of powerful, affluent consumer. group that, for-years, has been overlooked and/or Dorothy Leavell, Chairman of API. "Now that this group is being totally ignored,’ / said the: will are surfacin show that hes readers have the highest confidence level in the American economy of consumer or ethnic group in the coun surprising facts to Come out of the * As a result of continuing problems in the American economy, Lee, we are prepared to increase our turnout — ten-fold —_ by aggressively targeting a new generation of voters to show up on Election Day.” African Americans represent as much as thirty percent of the voting age population in key battleground = states such as Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Ohio and Louisiana. Stated Wellington Webb, “This is el ric help’ ‘facilitate a three it national votet education “and registration drive to help elect candidates to the U.S. Senate.” The group will focus added attention of Black mobilization in North Carolina,- South arolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, Illinois and Colorado. | “The South will be in play. African Americans will play a Strategic role in _ helping Democrats win back the U.S. Senate and Congress this fall,” Fort Worth now joins legislation that has been endorsed by official in several cities, inclu ing Dallas, Detroit, Philadelphia, Atanta, Cleveland and Chicago Houston accorded interest commensurate with its importance, it's essential that it be tracked on an ongoing basis." CNW Marketing Research, Inc., the firm that designed and executed the original study will also design and execute the ongoing study. Art Spinella, the President of CNW, said it would consist of two sections - the economic section and the category/ product-specific section. The economic section will profile the Powerspender (regular readers of Black newspapers) against all African American consumers, all Hispanic consumers, all Hispanic consumers. who regularly read Hispanic newspapers and all consumers in general. Confidence levels, attitudes and Opinions and general economic /demographic data will be measured and compared. The second section track specific —_ product Categories, specific products and specific brands measuring purchase ata and quantifying total economic values that each consumer group represents. A selected number of key advertisers and marketers seriously interested in reaching the PowerSpenders, will be invited to participate in the on-going study. The surprising new findings that in this historic study any . "This is one of the most API Black Newspaper Readership Study/" said Art Spinella, President of CNW Marketing Research, Inc., based. da @r-1 a0) 1) a Fs suEREEEIRSEeTpaneniiiseeninimeaemmnmemnmeniis Villa Rouse ‘says he plans to’ support Shely Wiliaghamt of Rocky Neon for 3rd District State Senate fg Rouse says winning the State Senate seat in this race is crucial to meet the needs of black citizens and recently announced his decision to withdraw from the 3rd District State requests for Section 8 housing vouchers are i ing, yet HUD's new policy will fewer vouchers issued. * As many as 250,000 Section 8 housing voucher recipients may lose their much-needed housing assistance because of these changes. The Naticoal Coonel of Negro Women has also issued a call to action regarding the Section 8 housing voucher program, which says about the same thing. Meanwhile the Associated Press reports that a group that includes elected officials and anti-poverty advocates says it will t any in federal housing policy that could lead to $200 million less for a program that helps poor people pay result in eit rent. , It reported, "Members of the newly formed Coalition to Save America's Affordable — Housing accused the U.S. Department of said Shackelford. State Senator Diane Wilkerson of Massachusetts, Congressman Kendrick Meek (D-Florida) and Marcus. __Jadotte, Deputy Campaign Manager for John and | Kerry also —_ attended participated in the summit. The participants, which. also included civil rights leader and - historian Dr. Mary Frances | Berry; Democratic National. MHutima iy Presi dent ? Men, Tommy. Dortch; .N President of the Pan-Hellenic Council Helen Owens and Political Consultant. Donna Brazile also drafted plans to highlight issues that impact the African American community during the Summer convention season. A key part of the strategy will involve mobilizing young people and implementing voter protection and promotion Programs to avoid the mistakes of the last presidential campaign. ‘femains one of the only major cities in Texas that has not passed such a resolution. "This completely places a large burden on Mayor Bill White and city Makes Sratei Move to Spotight Readers flack Newspaper In an Black newspapers. 'The Black historic ~Newspaper Readership Study has the research company that designed and conducted the study. "We have measuring consumer confidence for over 10 years but this is the first time readers of Black newspapers have ever been identified separately from the African American population as a whole." To validate the results, CNW analyzed historical data and found that readers of Black newspapers consistently had a more Optimistic view of the economy than any other group "We expect The PowerSpendersP Monitor to' rapidly become a key economic indicator and, consequently API will release top level results to. the ‘media on a quarterly basis /’ said Mr. Spinella. In addittion, Leavell commented that "this means that our readers are less likely to postpone ‘Ynajor urchases such as automobiles, omes, etc. They are optimistic about the economy and have confidence in where the country is headed despite the bleak predictions of many authorities. Our readers have always been strong believers in America's future Sth is one reason they do not hesitate to purchase what they want when they see it." ‘ Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. is the nation's oldest media placement firm tepresenting leading Black newspapers from coast to coast. Its 43-years of experience dealing ee uiee with Black newspapers, its proprietary databases and __ its exclusive "added value" programs have made it the preeminent authority on reaching and motivating the African American consumer. aia Hee rE ‘ § $ : : ; “gy , 4 Gil 4 a : i Lo ee ee se: eo tae ks P . . 5 . Oroleataslelalhilst-mct | alot = 1988] Soe UE Sg cam ep peu an = Chairperson onny Messiah | iles; OT iTy Complimentary Issue Please Take One (Retail Value: 50 Cents) ) Vol wpa Senate race, and flanked by his ‘friend and also candidate for the same 3rd NC District Senate seat, formally step aside June 3rd. . According to Rouse, he and Willingham share many of the same ideas, friends and contacts, stating that, "the historical value (of winning Bush administration out to kill Housing and Urban Development of wrongly interpreting a congressional appropriations bill to limit reimbursements to state agencies for the Section 8 voucher program. The group threatened to sue if the money is withheld." a. The National Homeless Organization has also issued an alert, stating that the president's fiscal year 2005 budget would cut $1 billion from the Section 8 program. It says that the proposal contains no money for new vouchers despite research by the ‘Department of Housing and Urban Development showing that the number of people with severe housing problems has gone up. In fact, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, this proposal is $1.6 billion ‘short of what is needed just to maintain the program at current levels. NHO charges the Bush ric Summit Slover oficially endorses Butterfield eee _ hundreds oof wie ing a recent visit to the city , Also shown above with Glover and Butterfield is Taffye Clayton. Photo: Gaiue "Guy" Sims, Sr. 17- Issue 8 June 2004 0 Show the seat) for our people in this eastern tegion and new district is more important than me or Shelly." Willingham is left to now contend with incumbent Democrat Senator Clark Jenkins and challenger Charles Continues on Page 2 Section 8 administration proposal would convert the housing voucher program into a block grant to state and local __ housing cies, eliminating basic protections for low-income families. Two bills - HR 4263 and S 2467 - have been introduced in the Congress to prevent the Bush administration from changing the way the Section 8 program is administered. The House bill has 100 co-signers; the Senate bill has about 20. . Organizations and citizens who care about me working poor must pay attention to these alerts and join in the fight. We cannot afford to let thousands of low-income, elderly and disabled families lose much or all of theit federal housing assistance just because the Bush administration values fighting an unnecessary war in Iraq higher than helping the poor at home. er support for G.K. GREENVILLE, NC - Candidate for Congress in the Ist Congressional district, Justice G.K. Butterfield. Butterfield recently open his campaign headquarters on Martin Luther King Drive here in Greenville. While he was here he visited with city officials, senior citizens, the staff of the Life/Strive Center and a local soup kitchen. parations Resolutions council of Houston, now that Fort Worth has passed their resolution. But we won't quit untl we see victory here as well," said Kofi Taharka, National ‘Black United Front (NBUF) Houston chairman and a member of the Houston umbrella reparations group the Local Action Committee (LAC). The resolution passed 6-3 with dissenting members voicing concerns that it made no sense. “I will not support this because I don't think we can solve anything by going back to the past. I mean, what about the women who suffered for hundreds of years, including receiving low pay for the same work a man does? Do we go back and address that?” said Council Member Becky Haskin. City Council members Ralph McCloud and Frank Moss sponsored the resolution. "With this win, we will use it to continue momentum and _ gather thousands of signatures for the NDABA campaign," said Bryan i An ap ck aS ding pat Butterfield also got around to having breakfast with a. number of community leaders, supporters and local citizens. Justice Butterfield has served the state of North Carolina for 15 years as a Superior and Supreme Court Justice. He has already received endorsements in his bid from numerous leaders and citizens throughout the state. Muhammad, executive director and president of Tarrant County POWER (People Organized Working for Equal Rights Representation and Reparations), the group who lead the reparations resolution issue. Michael Bell, spokesperson for the Tarrant County Local Organizing Committee, speaking to the press after the resolution passage said, Fort Worth can claim its position among dozens of cities across this nation who are saying that it’s time now for us to repair the damage done to African people in this country. The brutal slavery conditions reaped upon fellow human beings was wrong and that debt must be paid.” "This is not ah old movement. Callie House did the first organized movement for reparation compensation for African-Americans as she worked to get slave pensions for the newly freed Blacks during the mid-1800s. We appreciate the council assisting in bringing us closer to Closure on this extremely important issue," said Thomas Muhammad, founder of Africans & African Americans for Enslavement Special to the NNPA from IPS/GIN Thousands of Black South Africans will soon be able to buy back land taken from them during the White-owned farmland. Landless Blacks are allowed to claim apartheid era If White. farmers refuse to sell, a new law lets the government step in and forcibly buy the land at market price. So far, about 20 percent of the dd has been claimed. In some regions, such as and KwaZuli-Natal, the figure is close to 50 percent. far 45,000 of the total 70,000 claims have been settled. The government aims to settle the rest by 2005. The enforced selling law is only expected to be used in about 5 to 10 percent of claims, chief land claims commissioner Tozi Gwanya told Reuters. Durning the ap. Apartheid ended in 1994, and the new government pro FO er te eae denied the right to own lan. to give back 30 percent of the farmland to landless Blacks within five years. But 10 years on, just 2 percent has been handed over. More than 90 percent is still owned by South Afnica’s White minority. Several African countries are’ involved in the controversial redistnbuting land to Blacks. In Namibia, landless Blacks frustrated practice of with goverment land reform programs have threatened to take White-owned land by ree And in Zimbabwe, President Robert M gabe faced international criticism for allowing Blacks to occupy and take White-owned farms. A number of White farmers were killed in the process. 4 ee eee cH i RF ry little interesting that no intrepid reporter - or at least someone pretending to be such a creature - thought to ask the obvious Hon about the racial makeup of those losing sleep over the death of Ronald Reagan, versus those who eatin’. a F . After all, there are really only of the ran in Seale culpe for his'mcist past befoce his death — but the latter is as certain as helming sanguine teaction by people of color monochromy of their throng is no surprise. But it has been more than a to Reagan’s death: namely, either black and brown folks are poster children for insensitivity, or petha they know something that white f iks don’t, or would rather ignore. The former of these is not likely - ~ after all, millions of black folks actually forgave George Wallace for God’s sake when he did a partial mea One of Black America's Most “Bree Holidays Juneteenth.... by Ryan Paul Ha: Ellen immortalized Ralph “Juneteenth,” the annual celebration of the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when the enslaved Africans in Texas were emancipated, in his posthumous novel of the same name. Ellison's title refers to the date when Union General Gordon Grander rode horseback _ into Galveston, Texas and announced to no 250,000 slaves that President A Lincoln, with a stroke of a on the —_ Emancipation on Januaty 1, 1863 — more than two Mis Upon heating the news, the reaction of ‘the newly freed saves wasn't a a+ . * : however, — the Emancipation Proclamation did not free any slaves, its terms were carefully - limited to those areas under the control of the and thus beyond the reach of federal law. Indeed, it wasn't until.2.¥ years of this Proclamation, when 1 but not for killing the chicken's owner. Many other seaten Mere a. arrived in Texas with the news of slavery's end, and the power to enforce the proclamation, that Lincoln's proclamation finally made slaves free. This delay, Ellison said, & is a "symbolic acknow t that liberation is a never. task of self, group and nation." Today, Juneteenth is a vivid historical e that obtaining rights at law not necessarily confer rights that have actual force. It is for this reason that Juneteenth celebrants are often conflicted. On one hand, Juneteenth marks the Republicans’ critical recognition that unless action was taken to safeguard the freedmen's status, Democrats would force Blacks back into slavery, thereby sustaining the economic dispute that led to Civil War. In recognition of the entrenched white resistance to Black emancipation, the post-Civil War Congress enacted the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, which ended slavery, made former slaves citizens, and protected them from future white Supremacy by granting them the right to vote free of racial discrimination. On the other hand, Juneteenth marks the time when the newly enfranchised Black population in the South met massive resistance from whites. Among other things, this resistance took the form of a century of poll taxes, grandfather clauses, lit requirements, and disfranchisement policies. The struggle continued with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and now many, but not all, barners used to prevent Blacks from the effective use of their votes are unconstitutional or illegal. One vestige of slavery, however, endures: felon disfranchisement laws. Felon disfranchisement laws are State statutes that prohibit people with felony convictions from voting. In an attempt to prevent newly-freed Blacks from voting after the Civil. War, many state legislators tailored their felon disfranchisement laws to require the loss of voting rights only for those offenses committed mostly by Blacks. . For example, the 1890 ississippi constitutional convention ired disfranchisement for such crimes as theft, and receiving money pretenses, but not for robbery or discrimi said iscriminatory laws were guided by the belief that Blacks engaged in crime were more likely to commit furtive offenses than the more robust Through the convoluted “reasoning” is provision, one would...be New York to Alabama, have also intentionally and effectively utilized felon disfranchisement laws to prevent Blacks and other racial minorities from voting. Not surprisingly, felon disfranchisement _ statutes, _—_as intended, have _ served to disproportionately weaken the voting power of Black and Latino communities. This disparate effect results largely om the disproportionate enforcement of the “war on drugs” in Black and Latino communities, which has expanded nentially the class of persons subject to disfranchisement. Today, with nearly 2.1 million Americans incarcerated, the effects of our nation's reliance on mass incarceration as a primary means of control in the era of the "war on’ drugs" is more profound than ever. As a result, 4.65 million Americans nationwide - an overwhelmi number of whom are Black and Latino — are disfranchised. Nowhere are the effects of felon disfranchisement more prominent than in the Black community, where 1.4 million Black males, or 13 percent of the adult Black population, are disfranchised. The felon disfranchisement henomenon is most destructive in lack and Latino neighborhoods because these communities are often eracy disproportionately Plagued — with socioeconomic ills - including concentrated poverty and substandard housing, healthcare and education. As a result, people in these communities have even less of an opportunity to effect positive numerous false Main ree At Last? change through the political process. Not only ht but felon disfranchisement laws also serve to discourage eligible and future voters from Se the learned behavior of voting. In doing so, these laws create a culture of political nonparticipation that erodes civic engagement and marginalizes the votes and voices of community members who remain engaged, but who are deprived of the collective power of the votes of disfranchised relatives and neighbors. Although common in the United States, felon disfranchisement statutes are mot a necessary feature of our articipatory democracy. Indeed, Mai e and Vermont have no such statutes and permit all people with felony convictions — including those both currently incarcerated and formerly incarcerated — to vote. Some "States restore voting rights to formerly incarcerated persons once they have served their entire prison sentence. But similar to the slaves in Texas many fo: incarcerated . per are “0 informed that thelr Young rights have’ been restored, and although technically free to vote, remain voteless. In other states, the difficulty of navigating one's way through the impenetrable restoration process turns many eligible, formerly incarcerated voters away. Unfortunately, more than a century after General Granger announced to the slaves in Texas that they were free, and nearly 40 years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, increasing numbers of Blacks and Latinos nationwide are losing their voting rights daily. Today, there are new frontiers for the expansion of civil rights, and old battles that remain unfinished. Reform of felon disfranchisement laws is long overdue. Ellison remarked that "there've been a heap of Juneteenths gone by and there'll be a heap more before we're free." 1 Juneteenth anniversaries certainly constitutes a "heap." In the spirit of Juneteenth's legacy, and in the interest of experiencing the illusive freedom that Ellison referenced, it is time for the United States to break down the walls that literally lock citizens out of the political process so that next Juneteenth we can move one step closer to truly celebrating freedom. Ryan Paul Haygood is an Assistant Counsel dt NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), where be Atigates Hayden v. Pataki, a class-action lawsuit seeking to restore the vote to persons incarcerated and on parole in New York State for a felony conviction, along with The Community Service Society ( CSS) and Center for Law and Social Justice. LDF is also part of Right to Vote, a national campaign fo remove voting barners for people with felony condictions, THE SLAVE CONSULTANT'S NARRATIVE (1712) The following narrative which was found among a number of narratives was taken the website www. junetenth.com - Ed. Gentlemen, I greet you here on the bank of the James River in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twelve. First, | shall thank you, the gentlemen of the Colony of Virginia, for bringing me here. | am here to help you solve some of your problems with slaves. Your invitation reached me on my modest plantation in the West indies where I have with some of the pa area still the oldest methods for control of slaves. Ancient Rome would envy us if my is implemented. As our boat sailed south on the James River, named for ur illustrious King, whose agi alo cand saw enough to know that your problem is not unique. While Rome ~~ used cords of wood as crosses for standing human bodies along its old highways in great numbers you are here using the tree and the rope on occasion. I caught a whiff of a dead slave h from a tree a couple of miles back. You are not only losing valuable stock by hangings, you are having uprisings, slaves are running away, your crops are sometimes left in the fields too long for maximum profit, you suffer occasional » your animals are killed. Gentlemen, you know what your problems are; | do not need to elaborate. I am not here to enumerate your problems, I am here to introduce you to a method of solving them. In iny here, I have a fool roof malo for controlling yout lack slaves I guarantee everyone of you that if installed correctly it will control the slaves for at least 300 years. My method is simple. Any member of your family or your overseer can use it. I have outlined a number of differences among the slaves; and | take these differences and make them bigger. I use fear, distrust, and envy for control purposes These methods have worked on my modest plantation in the West Indies and it will work throughout the South. Take this snp little list of differences, and think about them. On top of my list is "Age", the second is "Color" or shade, there is intelligence, size, sex, size of plantations, status on plantation, attitude of owners, whether the slaves live in the valley, on a hill, East, West, North, South, have fine hair or coarse hair, or is - tall. or erpetually distrustful, Thank you, gentlemen. *\ ar | What white folks ignore, but what most black folks can never forget, is how Reagan opposed the Civ Rights Act at the time of its passage, calling it an unwarranted i Maybe they have burned in their memories the only. aff hamburger, or how Reagan fabricated a story about a “welfare queen” from | Chicago with 80 names, 30 addresses, and 12 Social Security cards, receiving over $150,000 fey aire That Reagan. pi i as the site of this en ficti woman, and not some white rural area where there were plenty’ of welfare recipients too, was hardly lost on African Americans. Perhaps black folks and other people of color remember the words of former \ R Education Secretary Terrell ‘who noted in his memoir how racial slurs were intrusion on the rights of businesses, { {ie and never repudiated his former stand. - Or that as Governor struggle for fair and open housing, by saying that blacks were just “making trouble” and had no intention of | movi into white neighborhoods. Perhaps they have a hard time forgetting that of all the places Reagan could have begun his campaign for the Presidency in 1980, he had to choose Philadelphia, mostly Mississippi: a town famous only for the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers. And perhaps they recall that the focus of his speech that day was “state’s rights,” a longstanding white code for Eling back civil rights gains and longing for the days of segregation. California, Reagan dismissed the Zaey\, : AR -- # ( , swoer I, 4 IV LP FE } [ ¢ ‘ vé 880 fa wel + ; ‘'y Communicator’s” White House staffers, including common references — to Martin Lucifer Coon, and “sand’ wechdgin they. recall that Reagan "supported tax exemptions for school’ that discriminated openly against blacks. ‘hey recall how his Perhaps they ul how Administration cut funds ‘for community health centers by 18 percent, denying three-quarters-of-a-million _ people access to services; how they cut federal housing assistance by two-thirds, ‘resulting in the loss of about 200,000 affordable units for renters in urbary "Or how Reagan | how opposed sanctions against the racist South Continues on Page3 a ~ Reasons why more Black males are in Judge Greg Mathis The Justice Department recently released its yearly prison population report. As expected, the prison population grew by 2.9 percent in 2003, even as the crime rate decreased. Additionally, more Black males remain in prison than in college, the only group in the world with this distinction. The reasons that there are more African American males in prison than college are many, not the least of which is failed education systems. High Turn Out ov No Show Contiues from Page 1 Johnson. Rouse felt that it was the in the interests of the black community to have representation in a district that has become heavily black — since redistricting. Willingham said he was "extremely happy" with Rouse's decision to support him. He added that, "Mr. Rouse and I are ve friends and he feels like he didn't want to be in a position to take votes away from me." He added that Rouse was more in getting someone to represent prison than college boys, Black or White We frequently hear of the Black male prison statistics, but rarely do we hear about the Black male educational Crisis. Indeed, two-thirds of those in prison came without a high school diploma, Memonstrating a stron connection § between. .a.. failed edocotis ion...ai prison incarceration. Combine a . failed education with other societal n...and factors such as the unavailability of unskilled employment, the prevalence of drugs, as well as racism and injustice, and it becomes very clear how the lack of quality education may lead to a downward spiral toward prison. Why is it, however, that African American males are far more affected than females? Once again the answer can be found in our educational _— process. . Several months ago, a study by the Southern Regional ~— Education Board reinforced what educators have known for a long time — boys, Black or White than girls and are less academically motivated. The study collected data from 1,000 high schools throughout the country and found stark differences in attitudes about education between the genders. For example, 84% of the girls thought it was important to continue beyond high school, while only 67% of boys believed such. In testing, 31% of boys scored "below basic" in the district that will reflect the majority composition of that district. Willingham, a democrat, threw his hat in the ring against Senator Jenkins on May 7th. Willingham says he will be running for this new "Black Majority District - an atea which is inclusive of all of Edgecombe and Martin Counties and half of Pitt County. When Willin filed it was reported that he felt there are "a lot of issues that people are concerned and that Jenkins was not addressing," good He mentioned that housing, health care, jobs and education in particular were among his concerns. _ Jenkins on the other hand has listed that his priorities were helping By ; You are Invited to Listen to The Bev Smith at her New Time from 7PM to 10PM Mon thru Fri On AM 1340 Woow Reading compared to only 20% of the girls. Researchers and scholars attribute the differences to the way teachers perceive and educate boys and girls, a pattern that begins in elementai ,8chool, where nearly 80% of the ~ teachers ‘are female. It is believed that teachers perceive males as inattentive, more active and profte to behavior problems, and therefore, receive different treatment than girls. Consequently, many boys lose interest in academic excellence and, instead, grow up acting the way they were treated by their teachers, that is, problematic and educationally uninspired. For Black males, the situation is compounded by racism, lack of job opportunity and a criminal subculture that appears to provide an easier way to success. The solution to this problem is external and internal. America's public school ‘systems must find innovative ways to interest boys in educational achievement during their early years. On the other hand, we as a community must work to overcome the many obstacles that are unique to African American males. - . (Judge Mathis is Chairman of the Rainbow PUSH-Excel Board and a National Board Member of the Southern — Christian Leadership Conference.) small business, strengthening public education and improving health care. Willingham has previously served on the Edgecombe .County Board of Commissioners and in the state House. Currently, Willingham is an outreach specialist with the nonprofit Down East Partnership for Children. Jenkins said he would represent all constituents in his district, citing as evidence of his support for Greenville's southwest bypass and ‘a Proposed — cardio-vascular _ disease center at Pitt County Memorial Hospital. . Pitt County Elections Director Steve Hines said that Rouse’s name would ap on the ballot even though he has officially withdrawn. The Minori ity Voice, Inc. im Rouse Publisher/Founder | Managing Editor Gaius O. Sims, Sr. Home Office 405 Evsans St./P.O. Box 8361. | Greenville, NC 27835 Phone: (252) 757-0365 Fax: (252) 757-1973 The Minority Voice | a part of a W Radio Greenville NC Wm, Cla, ¢ Gen, Mgr. WTOW Radio Washington, NC _fellow 10} ; landmark court decisions and tising | €ducation have advanced the cause of , tacial equality. Overt bigotry has been ‘ {banished from public places, and polls ‘show that whi prejudices than they used to. But these improvements have not been enough. tages persist, so long ,After most laws, minds, and practices have changed? The answer is the disparities of wealth. Whites are ‘wealthier than African Americans, and -whites' wealth advantage i i ‘How can disadvan’ African regime, and even denied that apartheid, under which system blacks could not vote, was racist, noting that its policies were “more. tribal than racial.” > And it isn’t Surprising that few if any Salvadorans or Guatemalans, who Game to the U.S. in the 1980s, fleeing m violence in their countries, were . to be seen placing flowers outside Reagan’s library either. + After all, the former were forced to seek refuge here precisely because was sO intent on funneling Money and arms to the murderous death-squad governments who were “responsible for killing so many of their countrymen and women; and the latter no doubt recall how R brushed off the genocidal policies of Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt - whose scorched earth tactics, especially against the nation’s indigenous resulted in at least 70,000 deaths ~ by saying he was getting a “bum rap” on human rights, and was instead a man of “great personal commitment,” who was dedicated to “social justice.” _, That whites would view much of. this as irrelevant, even whining or ‘Sour grapes on the part of (communities of color, is only proof Positive that for many if not most such folks, the opinions of, and even How Wealth Perpetuates The Hidden Cost of Being African American rs Py The following article was submitted to us by Ms. Suejette Jones and is a commmentary written “Rood Ha, mad secre act “Thomas Shipiro's book, THE HIDDEN COST BEING AFRICAN ‘AMERICAN (How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality). -Ed. Atncan Americans otten seem cut off from the economic mainstream. They face higher risks of poverty, joblessness and incarceration than their citzens do. Community civil rights legislation, whites harbor fewer daily ntages. i her. income — ips eb i: , the humani of black and ‘brown. 19 -Nation is of s importanice ‘to the fact that Reagan - as many hav been gushing these past few days -— But how can healthy people feel good ‘about a leader who does and says the kinds Of things mentioned above? Obviously the answer is. by denying that racism matters, or. that its vicums count for anything. Even ‘more cynically, it is no doubt true that big many of hag he was precisely Reagan’s policy of hostilit to people of color that made hen feel good in the first place. By 1980, most whites were. already tiring of civil rights and were looking for someone who would take their minds off such troubling concepts as racistn, and instead implore them to “greatness,” however defined, and “pride,” however defined, and flag waving. . Whites have long been more enamored of style than substance, of fiction than fact, of fantasy than reality. It’s why we have clung so tenaciously to the utterly preposterous version of our national istory peddled by textbooks for so long; and it’s why we get so angry when anyone tries to offer a correction. It’s why we choose to believe the lie about the U.S. being a shining city on a hill, rather than a potentially we or education. Whites start out ahead because they inherit more from their parents, and America’s racially segregated housing markets boost whites' home equities, while depressing those of African American families. Shapiro concludes that African Americans will not gain ‘significant ground in the wealth divide until inheritance and housing _ policies change. Wealth is the sum of the important assets a person or family owns--home equity, pension funds, savings accounts and investments. Wealth is better than income because it is durable. People use income to meet ily expenses, whereas wealth accumulates. People who have wealth tap it only to deal with emergencies or re aks advantage of opportunities that usually build more w Wealth passes down from generation to generation. The main reason African Americans are curren’ . ‘: ech # numbers. The complaint referenced here is, I think, valid. Generally speaking. Black-owned businesses are not patronized to the extent | that its operators can realize substantial profits. But placing the blame for that situation exclusively on Black consumers, however, is a flawed concept. The || Black business owner as well as "Why don't more Black people _support Black businesses? In informal discussions all across “America the subject of Black people supporting Black businesses arises. “Almost invariably the complaint is ‘injected into the discussion that Black support of Black-owned businesses is not what it should be. Hypothetical examples are often given suggesting that "White White-owned people support -businesses and do not support Black businesses, therefore if Black businesses are to prosper the ‘Support must of necessity come ‘from Black people in greater Cuba: In Black Cuba: In Blac by: DeWayne Wickham ‘When US voters go to the polls in November to pick a president, Florida - and its heavy concentration of Cuban Americans - may again play a central role in determining who wins. Nowhere will this contest be more closely watched than in Cuba, ‘whose fate may be determined by the election's outcome. More than 90 percent of Cubans in South Florida are white; over 60 percent of te poopie Cuba are b In this series, BlackAmericaWeb.com examines role that race plays in Cuba - and in the f-war between the government of Fidel Castro and Cuban exile leaders in HAVANA, Cuba - On Easter Sunday , strolled , ebtieace, ndenda of CON Ded’ which can't besa ee from the Cold the Malecon, the winding, the Black consumer share a responsibility in the advancement of economic development within the Black Community. The primary responsibitity of making any business work lies with the business owner. The consumer must be sold upon the idea that the money he or she spends for goods and services will be well spent This is not to suggest that Black business ownets must "make a better mousetrap" but that they must be competitive. For generations _—_— Black business owners had to compete only with other Black business owners. That was during the days of blatant discrimination and at a time when Black businesses were in large measute ethnically oriented. Today, with the exception of ethnically oriented businesses, the competition pool has grown larger. The area of Black-owned businesses is one that has been particularly slow in reaching the level many of us think it should. Many Black business men and nor i y Ghat Protects this city’s northern sutging waters of Ceabbeat Sex The tip of Florida is just 90 miles away, but if anyone in this crowd was inking of stealing away to start a new life in the United States, as. many others have done since Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, it was not a t. me le came to the Malecon to fish in waters on the other side of the thick stone. wall. the Many others were young couples: in the throes of the mating ritual sptingtime ushers in all over the world, As in the U.S., Sunday is a day of leisure in this embattled country — a pines dae a Metad fin Sh pe, uba is a bastion of communism ac is much bigger worse off than whites is that today’s middle-class le in Cuba are black. and White - U.S. Election will have Great Imp Bush’ into ae _ June 15- 31,2004 The M-Voice Newspaper great but thoroughly flawed place muilt’ on the. ruins and graves of Native peoples, built by the labor of enslaved Africans, enlarged by theft rs Poy ail ee an - abeokute regard for non- lives. ~~ AS Randall Robinson points out America, when. such subjects. are broached, the operative - response from much of the white tribe i itd more than, “Oh, that.” Yes white man, that. That exactly. That thing we were raised to gloss over, to speak of in hushed tones, as if by our diminished volume or failure to audibilize it, it will go away; that perhaps they will forget about it, and instead join with us in praise of our country, since that 1s most definitely how so many of us envision it. White people, especially those who’ are upper-middle class and above, have no reason on Earth to be aware of the truth, let alone to dwell on it. The truth is, after all, so messy, so littered with the bodies of dead Nicaraguans, and dead Haitians murdered by Duvalier while Reagan stood by him; so soiled by his support for Saddam Hussein. Better to ignore all that, and to go mushy before the pictures of Reagan in his wealth from their parents than today's whites did. It is not hard to see why: The generation of African Americans now passed away accumulated wealth because discrimination in theit day kept most of them poor and ae them opportunities other Americans enjoyed. The disparity in wealth not only persists, it mushrooms. Without a cushion of inherited wealth, emergencies hit harder, and people who aE est eR have to let portunities by. use of the wealth deficit, Afticon Americans find themselves more vulnerable to shocks and less able to capitalize on breaks. than whites with the same income. So the next generation will inherit less, too. The wealth gap will not close t or leverage an investment. Millions of women are, for various reasons, not meeting the challenges of the broader competitive arena that desegregation has fostered. Put simply, the transition to competing for money in a larger society is not being made in too many instances. There is an adjustment many of us who were adults prior to the end of legal segregation in America have been either unable or unwilling to make. Success in business requires proper training, planning, market analysis and, importantly, adequate capitalization. Today, Black businesses have less of a captive clientele than they did, say, 50 years ago. Fifty years ago and earlier, Black business men and women could get away with putting a smaller amount of the revenue derived from their businesses back into their operations and as a result were able to maintain a higher standard of living than might have been _— possible were _ the competition broader. That is no longer the case. Most of us now expect the same (or better) quality of product and service from Black-owned businesses as we do from anyone else, and Black business operators had better understand that if they expect to prosper. The result of that expectation is that Black business owners must invest a larger percent-age of their revenues back into their businesses than did those of the previous generation. War that ended for the rest of the world when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1989. It is wedded to this bygone era by the economic embargo the United States imposed on this. island nation 44 years ago. Geopolitics was the reason the em was started; domestic politics is reason why continues. future of Cuba, a nation of 11 ee Peete were aey baked to the U.S. by presidential politics and pre ane a eT cant “pocket 0: In the election, Cubans in South: Florida voted overwhelmingly for George ya His 537-vote indebted him to Cuban American cowboy hat,” to remember a President who, for all of his murderous policies abroad and contempt for millions at home, at least he never made as Clinton admitted recently, "a terrible moral error” in the Oval Office. This is the twisted psychosis of growing up privileged, as a member of the dominant group: a group that must view their nation as fair and just, as a place struck off by the literal hand of God, as a place where “average” guys like Ronald R can become “great leaders.” As a place where an “aw shucks” smile, and a profound lack of knowledge about the details of public policy ~ or even the names of foreign leaders - 1s not only not cause for embarrassment, but yet another good reason to vote for someone; where refusing to read up on important policy details prior to a key international meeting so one can watch The Sound of Music on TV, is seen as endearing rather than cause forarecall. . This is why we get people like George W. Bush, for those who haven’t figured it out yet. Oh sure, vote fraud and a pliant Supreme Court help, but were it not for the’ love affair white Americans have pay for their children's educations. Others buy rental property. White parents use wealth to send their children to private schools or to give their adult children down payments for homes. They do not see how such practices hand today's inequalities on to the next generation. Because neighborhoods, —_ are racially segregated, African Americans’ ee whites’ do; ‘hence, housing segregation costs African Americans ten: thousands of dollars in home equity. Homebuyers look for commonly found in predominantly white neighborhoods. They pay extra for parks, convenient shopping and attractive views——all of hich are lacking; in these segregated housings. Parents pay huge premiums for : what they perceive to be good schools. Few parents can judge schools ‘objectively. Instead, they use easy-to-observe markers, including the to mageofithestadents; cin 1 yagen "BPs ta bes By are bs ae ie ets i vn ee ie Wels PET Pe PAN! Oecd £. f tee cee a oe i Ve : ~ One successful Black business man once told me that one of his guiding philosophies of business was to "grow slowly through profits." Obviously, if one has limited resources, the level of service and/or product offering will also be limited. What then might be helpful would be for Black business owners or the likelihood that there are no overnight successes in business. In fact, in many instances, depending on one's definition of success, it must often be a tens of - with mediocrity posing as leadership, c ings never could have gotten this It's why a bona fide moron like Tom DeLay can brag about not having a passport (because, after all, wlhiy would anyone want to travel abroad and leave “Amur’ca,” even. for a day) and, not be séen as the epitome of a blithering idiot, and why he could probably be elected again and again in thousands of white dominated _ congressional districts in this country, and not merely in Texas. - Having to grapple with the real world is stressful, and people with relative power and privilege never know how to deal with stress very well. As such, they long for and applaud easy answers for the stress that occasionally manages to intrude upon their lives: so they blame people of color for high taxes, failing schools, crime, drugs, and jobs they didn’t get; they blame terrorism on “evil,” and the notion that they hate our freedoms: a belief one can only have if one really thinks one lives in a free country in the first place. In other words, delusion is both the fuel that propels people like Ronald Reagan forward in political life, and then makes a: rational These preferences raise the costs ~ that first-time homebuyers face when they attempt to buy houses in these mostly white neighborhoods. Marriage and family structure also fit into the cycles of accumulation, inheritance and investment. Married couples accumulate more wealth than single parents do---which suggests the SERNA EA ARRAN SE NERY AA: WAAR | “Embracing it: - te tee OR eed eR RRR RETR MRL Rae: Ps assessment of his legacy impossible upon his death. I think this is why so many white. people remember him fondly, and are truly crestfallen at the thought of his physical obsolescence: simply put, much of aie Ge para erons Reagan; a re to tell ¢ everything is going ye O.K,; a kindly old Wizard of Oz, to assure them that image and reality are one, even when the more cerebral parts of our beings tend towards an opposite conclusion. With Reagan gone, maintaining the illusion becomes more difficult. But knowing white folks — I am after all one of them, and have been surrounded by them all of my life — I have little doubt that where there’s a will to remain in la-la land, we will surely find a way. Reagan has been released from the lie, finally, and may his soul find peace among the millions of dearly departed victims of his policies around the world. Meanwhile, the rest of us must pull back the curtain on all phony heroes, Reagan among them, lest. we. create many millions more. Tim Wise is an antiracist essayist, activist and father, He can be reached at timjwise@ African American family issues, with its disintegration and the tising rate of out-of-wedlock births, must play a’ role in. the wealth gap. The long-term damage of unequal wealth continues to press the case for resolving America's most stubborn and profound source of racial division. enerational attainment. Most ighly successful businesses in this country ate ones that have spanned family generations. In other words, if Black businesses are to reach the level of competitiveness many of us desire, one approach might include us séeing more "John Doe & Sons" signage above the doors of Black businesses. If this is how it has philosophically worked for businesses in general, then why should not that same philosophy work for Black business people? At whatever. level, however, competition drives business and how well one meets the competitive challenges _ will determine the level of success — simply being Black and having a good idea is not enough! (Webb is a noted journalist and an internationally recognized scholar and lecturer on the subject of African American history and socio-economic affairs.) by Dr. Jujuan Taylor 1. Register to vote or shut up. something. definition. 9. Be on time. 2. Take all that money out of those stocking caps, in cans, mattresses and floorboards and invest money in 3, Lean another language. "Ebonics" 4. Stop using the "N" word especially since Merriam-Webster has announced it isn't changing the 5 Buy something each week from a Black vendor. 6. Stop blaming White folk 98 percent of your | problems while giving them 100 percent of your money. | 7. Subscribe to Ebony, Jet, Black Enterprise ot Essence. Then subsribe to one of the three weeklies, Time. Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report. ! After we read about what's going on to our world, how | about knowing what's going on in theirs? . 8. Stop walking past each other and not speaking. 10. Get an annual checkup. Herbs do not cure Atrican Americans Need To Do everything, — | 11. In all your ways, acknowledge God and/He shall | direct your path. Prioritize this as number one. | 12. Stop being jealous of one another. Leam to look past __ the material things and see the person for who they are. | | does not count. | 13. Get involved in at least one charitable or voluntary community service. 14, Say a prayer for someone else besides yourself. 15. Hug your child, spouse or parent today. 16. Love one another. . 17. Leam to let go and let God. 18. Stop talking about it, and be about it 19. Let God order your steps instead of the world. 20."P-U-S-H." Pray until something happens. 21. In all that you do get understanding. (Turn off the TV and open a book.) : Dr. JuJuan Taylor is communication arts professor and department chair, Schoolcraft Callege/ Livonia, and associate professor, teacher education, Wayne State University. leaders, who clamored fot a tightening of the economic and political screws on Cuba. Since moving into the Oval Office, Bush has done just that — and the fear here in Cuba and elsewhere is that he will do much more to bring sbout a “regime change” in this country if he wins re-election in November. But as much as politics is the main plot of this tug-of-war, race is an important, an d unackn subplot. While percent of Chane living in the U.S. are white, a ing to the Census Bureau, to two-thirds of the people on this island are of African descent. Put another way, most of those who left Cuba for the US. after Castro came to power are ~_ ; most of those who stayed ate ck. . The Cuba that many Cuban leaders in south Florida fled after Castro came to power was'a country in which blacks were second-class citizens. From 1902 when the country gained its ind ce until Castro seized control in 1959, Cuban blacks were locked into a system of racial tion that looked very much like the Jim Crow practices blacks in the U.S. suffered under for nearly a century. Castro promised to eliminate all vestiges of that racist system and to make blacks full partners in his revolution. That hasn’t happened, but Cuba has made a lot of progress in that direction. _ Just how much of Castro’s failure to fully make good on his promise is due to the U.S. embargo and the political act on Cuba influence of Cuban Americans, and to what extent the Cuban government has tolerated white privilege, is unclear. What’s undeniable is that the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in Carembes will have a great impact on A lot of le in this coun understand that From a fishermay the Malecon to a doorman at a sous hotel in the old section of avana, qui turned the grr aot vat han Kerry has of defeating Bush when they were corer fea a ter. It’s a good bet that the Cold War won’t end for Cuba — and its majority black tion —— as as George W. ush is in the White House. _ Page 4 ‘The M-Voice Newspaper | — Op © -When Stars have Spiritual Awakenings ==" a June 15 - 31, 2004 | - | | | ci fas Sammy Davis, Jr. in the 60's, but she By Steve H album titled, “1 Can't Stop.” which is not likely to happen since Hill says she is no longer 9 aye deny bgresedne iver tera | Spas ee le Puce tained phase of wrdsiow Cheitiane and Jehorabt itnesses interested in show .business glamour ~ Mer Catholic faith dicated that she dp a) Some people believe when he anniunced not long ago do not see eye fo eyeon most and the industry's inherent politics, as cick bedecog is ber of the | that religion and- spirituality are that he had become Jehovah's religious matters. - ___ or in being a record industry product _ : ay Bae 7 to 1972 i essentially the same thing But | LITTLE RICHARD created a She once described her music as = 1574 03 197% noe cal according to ‘another school of sensation in the mid-1950s and . | again from 1974 to 1976 is now ips | thought, they are quite different. The - played a bigger role than probably } spi oriented. She-is happy to } Gost & begchy "of en Snes in regard to laying the foundation Ide the Wont, , she has né kept operational by traditions, | | for rock ‘n' ‘roll, He is not problem in SAGO SUPEeme Kitts an second has nothing to do with exagerrating much when he identifes aa ae buildings, assemblies, ceremonies or himself as “the archetect of rock ‘n' . anything man has to offer. roll. He also flash, glitter dgeneral - . In any event, celebrities often go _ Outrageosness into the marketplace. one route or the other, and either __At the peak of his Career, © Way, it has an effect on the work they _ | Richard: quit rock ‘n' roll to devote himself to God, but that didn't last do and/or the image they present to | the public. Sometimes the n are fy : q ong. "Moe Moar Spey ae "Good. : subtle, uaSi at other times they are |. ' 7: » Miss Molly," he hed returned , . at (SHIRLEY Myzoace | Shoutd a performer keep. their Witness No doubt he was heavily quit again for thesame reason then ——E — religious belie to themselves or influenced by his close friend, Larry once again made a decisiofi to return being “where hip-hop meets pic should they let them flow through Gtham, a longtime member of that to singing -Keep a Knookin'," Scripture." —— — | their art? That could debated from sect. With his old group Graham Tall Sally" and Lucille’ and doing _— And -then of course there is anda singer. She was as feisty as she 1 now until there is peace in the Middle Central Station, Graham once just about everything else that made M.C. Hammer. He's out ther was talented. Interestingly, in her East recorded an album titled, "Release! him Little Richard in the first place. preaching. (He ‘still dances though.) later years she became a gospel AL GREEN began adding Yourself." Its cover suggested that DONNA SUMMER, as far as Some say that Hammer was singer, traveling as part of the Billy > se 1 elements to his music in 1972, when one of his albums, "Call Me" featured a song entitled, "Jesus Is Waiting.” As time went on, his beliefs became increasingly evident in his performances. He frequently encouraged audiences to applaud not just for Al Green, but also for "Him" jointing upward). - ® In the late 70's, Green recorded "Belle,” a song about a man torn between a woman and God. Belle It's You That I WAnt But It's Him That I Need.") By the mid-80's, Green had decide to only sing only gospel, despite the demand for "Love And Happiness,” "Let's Stay Together," etc. However, inthe 2000's, Green began sending mixed messages that confused and sometimes frustrated his fans. He had already put some of his R&B hits back into his act, and people should break away from traditional churches. . One of the most a performers and writer of all time, Prince made it clear that he would no longer perform his salacious hits (and p al pin plenty of them), such as "Head," "Sexuality," "Let's Prefend We're Manted," "Dirty Mind" and “Darling Nikki.” He would, however, continue to sing the others, including "When Doves Cry," Kiss,” "Sign 'O' the times" and "Adore." Meanwhile. Prince's discovery, Vanity, is now a minister, using her teal name, Denise Mathews. As leaderof Vanity 6, she was singi songs like "Nasty Girl," in which she said she "needed six inches or more" and would even "do it on a limosine floor." . But that was then. Mathews said sing her first hit, -based on the we know. is not izing, but the queen of disco — she literally epitomizes the disco era — has had a Christian experience. This, she- says, makes it impossible for ler to ny Love to Love You Baby,” with all of its Orgasmic moans and sighs. ‘If anything, she will only an abbreviated rendition of the song. (That is, just a few lines of it, minus the excesses.) Meanwhile, Lauryn Hill, who made a huge impact with the mega-seller, "The “Miseducation of fauryn Hill," has been I using the stage and the recording studio to get I across her own unique messages of God — and liberation. It doesn't seem to be going over way well, pee that her test album was a sales disappointment and more than a few people want Hill to get off what they perceive to be a _and"Nothin' Move But Money," receptive to the'calling because he Graham Crusade, never failing to had blown a fortuneand had to sing "His Eye Is Ona Sparrow." declare bankruptcy. He had A few more artists who made drastically overspent during the glory religious, changes: , petiod of "U Can't Touch This," "2. — Pro-féotball. star Roosevelt Grier (Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants) became a minister. He also sings and, suprisingly, is a master of needpoint and he doesn't mind being ""Power & Greed,” is leaving the teased about the latter). music business to become a minister. - Candi Staton sings nothing but Meanwhile, another rapper, gospel today, but she initially gained Mase, has already exited the music fame recording —_ southern-tinged, business to preach and teach. He gritty R&B songs such as Td Rather even wrote a book. Mase was first be an Old Man's Sweetheart (Than a heard on Puff Daddy's No# 1 hit Young Man's Pool)," "Mr. and Mrs. from 1997, "Can't Nobody Hold Untrue,” "As Long as He Takes Care Me Down." - of Home" and Tm Just a Prisoner Going way back in show (of Your Good ' Lovin’)." business history, the legendary Ethel And then there's Shirley Waters became one of the first Murdock. 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Barnes Scholarship Funds. | _ The alternative school is a division f, of Teaching Academics for Life Learning Outreach Ministry for Life j Laamins I Outwatch Ministry which is Ja non-profitt, community-based strives to aa Jomo eloenbihbonin Sas controversial then, but perhaps not so much today. Their hits like F—k the Police caused” much ‘controversy. N.W.A. reasoned, though, they were promote a campaign to end violence. Enter the late 1980s and Eric B. and Rakim. It was this duo that is responsible for the controversy of rappers heavily sampling other artists’ merely chronicling what was going on - _ work and not being paid for the in the street. This has been the excuse By Tim Butler now day's common 5) toc , Se ; |e privilege. As a result, today if you even today. . 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The inequities in} course, it's not what it used to be - it's In those days, rapping was known in and out of court. changed the nature of rap from being contracts became a key issue at this' been degraded and materialized now as "MC - ing.” A lite bit later, Here | LL Cool J has been at it for a long a purely party thing to putting in time. ‘ and sends out the wrong message to a_ focused on the turntables and let his time, _since some socially —_Salt-N-Pepa's debut album, Hoy, Cools youth culture that is in need of some friends do their thing behind the mic. song Trans-Europe Express, Bambaata 1987. The political and Vicious stayed in the top of thes good in their lives - but where did it all They were known as Kool Here and created his groundbreaking Planet Beastie Boys Messages. —_—charts for over a year. The Grammy start? What are Hip-Hop/Rap’s the Herculoids. Rock, which itself influenced many, discovered However, with organization even created a new’ beginnings? With this in mind and Who was the first person to many of rap’s classic records. Hail to him in 1984, themes of Black category. Best Rap Act, to honor suche June being Black Music Month, there's "scratch"? That was Grand Wizard the African king, Bambaata, who laid when LL was tage and work. Salt-N-Pepa didn't attend the no better time than today to at least Theodore, who discovered it down for others to follow! just a mere lad Li Cool) alienation, there ceremony when they found out the shine a brighter beam of light on the scratching by accident. While his Roxanne Shante had one of of fifteen. LL ff yoary Rn much award wouldn't be a televised portion subject. mother was complaining about the 1984's biggest records with her had the good perittey Nil Controversy to of the annugl ceremony. It was in 1991 loud music he was playing, he held Raxanne's mge, het answer to sense to add | Hes git? follow. PE's that these ladies released, Lets Talk von back the record and it began to move U.T.F.O''s Roxanne, Roxanne. The an element of |. Enemy anthem, Don't About Sex and turned the, cables on back and forth in the earphones. record was a massive hit, selling over sex to his Believe the Hype, men, looking at them as sexual objects. Some experimenting with this 250,000 “copies in New York alone. lyrics. The was the battle Adding a little bit of girl power did the newfound concept allowed him to This was about the time that Run resulting, Rs cry for a trick. create somethj people could DMC came on the scene, with their Need Love was (ai : eration. Actor Will Smith wasn't always an understand and bounce to. new style of rap and wearing gold the first ever al foo bad, actor. He started out rapping in the One of the first rap chains, leather jackets and unlaced rap ballad PP" ay today's rappers late 80s. With DJ Jazzy Jeff, was recordings was the now [ | athletic shoes. Their (something hs believe the hype simple, vanilla plain and youthful. It Seat! Delight. | oe | song, My Adidas was so truly new at F ublic Enemy and buy into a was also wildly popular. Enough said! The dise went on to. "he eakenen | Popular that the shoe the time). : system that is Another factor today, Queen become :an international | backinthe manufacturer paid the Who was using them hit and the best selling band a six- sum instrumental and they don't 12-inch ever, scling over | rea. | (way back en) and in starting the even know it. It million copies! is is | Sponsored their tour. "gangster rap would be nice to where the phrase hip-hop | knoen one. Naturally, this was first movement"? Salt "N¥Pepa have more was coined, | bands to be sponsored Well, we can : political themes By the 1980's | by corporate America - credit KRS-1 in hip hop Grand Master Flash had a trend that today has and DJ Scott music, With the offered a demo to a group called the run to disastrous proportions! La Rock, who influence of Furious Five, which was compose of You think today's videos are met at 4 Hip-Hop today, Melle Mel, Rahiem, Mr. raunchy and sexist? Well, back in shelter for the peop Ness and Kid Creole. Although they 1986, Luther Campbell and 2 Live homeless in hors J be. more Hip-hop can trace its beginnings didn't like the song, The Message they Crew laid the foundation and created the Bronx, educated about back to the 19708 with where recorded it and it went on to headlines actoss the country...people with this life than they are Jamaican-born DJ Herc, who sell a million copies, all over America were criticizing their daring deed, now. Perhaps, Tai | | moved to New York City in the late Planet Rock, with its infectious sexist lyrics, Perhaps, this contributes Their album, A this is why there Latifah dida't start out in Hollywood, 60s, bringing with him samething beat- courtesy of Afrika to the ge 's fame. Their album As Criminal Minded, was all about the gun are not more groups like Public cither, She was a rapper of i Soc lied “toasting.” Toasting involv Bambaata, became as influential a Nasty As They Want To Be was an culture. Strangely, or pethaps not, La Enemy today) Let's not forget about It was Latifah that aputed tt done + ised thymes over record as any in this new movement amazing hit and became the first Rock was gunned down in a street N.W.A, (aka, Dr. Dre, D ella, MC for other female rappers and gave us a hae me ntal portions of records, thus in 1983. It was Bambaata who was album in the United States to be altercation that didn't even involve Ren, Eazy E, and Ice Cu ). N.W.A. picture of the strong Black female - ing 4 totally new sound. It was influenced by a German band called deemed obscene by the legal system. him. (Isn't that always the case?) made their reputation on violence, Kool that would yell out such KraftWork. nspired by Kraftwork's As A result, free speech and KRS-1 went solo and began to guns and the sort, It was CONTINUES ON PAGE 5 | 7 \ ae a ite < sComme witlai There Needs To Be 10m all bere today are a part of bstory We something that's gonna sam the Thats we have to have this dialogue in’ generations of Black America’ — in “of the ‘Black “movement” decided to YF CONSELONS, we are not ous,” neighborbood. It's a tool” the tnt en . » ‘Mhusic, speech, and general “style” of abandon mass action. portions Be, Woodson, 36, Co-Chair, ~ M-1 Mutulw, 32, Dead Prez ~ Ras Baraka, 34, Deputy Mayor, life — they ate secondaty to the of an intensely self-conscious Black a tp Hop Political Convention “The. Civil Rights Movement was lost Newark, NJ Political divide that occurred nearly “leadership class” disconnected ETE a Sp idalicing bip bop music as somewbere, blocked, not followed through. Whatever ‘gaps divide the two generations ago when a segment nore’ fom mass organizing, TID | TANDS IN THE Alpe! 2m violence. Much credits due him was later acyuined of anempeed| Pebctine paynows wah “pecmear! THROW YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR for bringing in the debate of murder charges in a drive-by shooting | for “The I Rave” as a whole We are — ——— | ar offensive lyrics. Parental Advisory incident. Remember NAS and Puffy's reaping the whirlwind of — the Fcontmmuzs FROM PAGE 4 controversy and harsh lyrics that stickers were put on records, thanks controversial video where they: late-Sixties era political mission divide | were aimed at the establishment. Ice to Ice-T. | depicted themselves up on crosses (ala —_ which gives the appearance of a bree oy Cube. went solo with his album, Some say he's dead. Some say he's Jesus)? Well, NAS got his start in 1994. generational split only because those which countered the male-dominated Amerikkka’s Most Wanted. It went still alive. Either way, the with the Id-selling "Ilmatic." His, If who abandoned the “movement” . yal of Black women up to that gold in ten. days. Ice-T brought controversial TuPac Shakur came on I Ruled The World was even. mote | neatly 40 years ago (and their same Long lives the queen! Sangsta tap more to the forefront with the scene in the early 1990s. It was his popular. Warren G. (Dr. Dre's | successors) have been allowed to Pe The © fatly 90s brought more his lyrics about prostitution, drugs second album, Stri 4 My -brother) sold over four million | dominate Black politics to the present N.1.G.G.A.Z, which established a worldwide name for Pac. The violent c ils « 2 Ase House of Pain from Los Angeles had an enormous hit, Jump Arownd, a top-I0 tune. Much: is remembered from this point in rap's history forward. But as a refresher. course: Snoop Doggy Dogg (as he was first known) got his start in 1993, as a protégé of Dr. Dre. Renee when he was arrested call in order express (252)757-3046 - followifig his live appearance at the a - 1993 MTV Music Video Awards? He George Clinton at the Apollo Part of the JVC Jazz Festival, which will also feature world music icons Femi Kuti and. Angelique Kidjo, George Clinton will team up once again with Parliament/Funkadelic to bring the P-Funk back to Harlem. Over the past thirty years Clinton and Parliament have created 40 R&B hot 100 singles and four number one hits including "Aqua Boogie" and "One Nation Under a Groove." In Fa aaa rf . ace ~ and poetic Shakur went out in a blaze BY’ Chicken BBQ & Seafood | | sr 0, she i sr nen : : a 711 S. Memorial Drive Bs In 1992, hardcore Irish rappers, °F Parlia-ment were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in Cleve-land, Ohio for their contribution to the music industry. Clinton, who spent his teenage years‘ in New Jersey, is coming back to the New York area for the first time in years and many of his new fans, introduced to his music by Samples from his hip-hop disciples like Dr. Dre. Outkast and Missy Elliot will get to see him for the first time. Not only a musician, Clinton The master. of funk George Clinton will be bringing his unique style, along with the Mothership, . to # the Apollo on i. Friday, June 25 Me and Saturday, June 26 in two . concerts which will “tear the roof off" the venerable Harlem hall. 1997 Clinton and a Movement of Political units of his album, Regulate -G Funk do Eta. Motivated by Black-on-Black ' violence, Warren G help negotiated to Negotiate a truce between rival gangs in Los Angeles. In 1997. In Row. Records sev jailed for nine millions of dollars. (Note: The above was written using | Rapworld's history of rap as source material.) has also served as a producer, most notably on the Red Hot Chili . Peppers "Freaky Styley" album. There is no better place for the Funk to return than the Apollo, the-national landmark which is celebrating it's 70th birthday this year. One of the first integrated theaters in New York, the Apollo and its world famous amateur night have iven performers from Lauryn Hill to ; James Brown and Ella Fitzgerald ' their first breaks. In the midst of a multi million dollar renovation, | the Apollo will soon return to its past glory, assuming it survives the Mothership's landing that is. Reggie LL AE A a a em ce pea. om fees Dalrbcl's & Bea |} Satz: Ph: 355-7133 & 757- _- years. TuPac's mother, ' Afeni Shakur, sued the company, accusing it of cheating her son out of y. It is incorrect to characterize the “Civil Rights Generation,” which is ‘also the “Black Power Generation,” | terscope | as having collectiv Records, parent company of Death | th “Hie Hon Gener om 8 its ties with Death Row. And so did Dr. Drew and | other artists signed to the label. Suge Knight, producer and co-founder, was the “Hip Hop Generation” — those born after 1965. Actually, the more SPportunistic elements of the broadly i defined Sixties “movement” -bailed | Out on everybody but themselves, including most of their young contemporaries. They packed their briefcases and strode briskly into the new age that had been made possible by the sactifice of their generational | peers, the thousands who joined the | Common jihad against legal American apartheid. As we wrote in the June 10 edition of : . Having won as many “rights” as _ they actually wanted, but onienetad in fundamentally alteri power relationships in America, those African Americans who perceived Jim Crow as the only problem disbanded the “movement,” leaving poorer Blacks to their own devices. The pursuit of individual wealth is Not a mass activity, although the aggrandizers never hesitate to invoke the plight of the Black masses when it is to their advantage. In truth, much of the Black | “leadership class” had not c in the 100 years since slavery, holding fast to a self-serving “trickle-down” theory of racial advancement — and ievi in their version of “trickle-down” as fervently as an businessman. For far too many of these ambitious men and women — + Many of them quite young in the Sixties and early Seventies — the “movement's” very purpose was to advance those segments of the Black population that were deemed “ready” \ y the exception of young _ ideologically committed Republican mi be er The M-Voice Newspaper June 15 - 31, 2004 Page 5 Action in the Hip Hop Era business” of the struggle was to further advance that class’s fecurch so that it might speak more effectiv on behalf of ~ and provide role models to inspire — the rest of Black America. “Help us become rich and influential; ws good for the whole community,” said the post-1968 Black leadership class, de ing support from the ghetto while simultaneously claiming personal credit for every achievement. Conned from the inside . Much of the leadership class urged Blacks to rely on elections as the only post-Civil Rights form of mass activity. African Americans were instructed to fight for candidates on a seasonal basis, but not for themselves, or in any other forum. In effect, they were told to stand down until called upon at election time. Thus, the “movement” was disbanded, except for those activities that di benefited the “leaders.” Mass B litics, which according to Julian d spawned 10,000 demonstrations in the year 1963, was henceforth to be confined to the polls. The decisive Political domain would be limited to elected officials, the broker-politics of established churches, lobbying (a form of brokering), and the expansion and ights victories. This kind of politics aoe fine for the well-connected, who have plenty of private social, economic and political levers to pull every day of the year, but “trickle-down” Black politi led to disaster for the masses of Black ple, now captives of a class that only its own interests in mind. Black youth were especi inalized by the leadership class’s inciecoce on oarow seta brokered politics. Mass movements cannot exist without the : Creativity and risk-taking of youth — but the post Civil Rigs leaden ship | class did not want a mass movement, nor was it interested in risking its newfound mobility. Put simply, with ple who might be groomed to the mobile, professional ranks, the leadership class had nothing that it wanted ora fay to do — other than stay out of jail and avoid embarrassing “The Race.” That admonition was mooted a id 2279222222272 22 2222222222222 722 2222222222 292227299992299799997 ‘Automotive Answers: 22222227729 229299 22222222 2292292222222229922229229922999929997 bat vest Siebel’ oa see ut TIER Et iclans ve GELS PS)—The world’s cleanest, most fuel-efficient sport utility vehicle recently passed a difficult Pd : ia bi $3 # is ae call Wy i “ 4 , Fi ‘ healthcare. our university system . the creation of jobs, the objectives. 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For more infor- rar visit www.fordvehicles.com/ y d. | : Page The MVoice Newspaper. June 5-31.20 wads ; WIAA Brown decision moved America forward ; cm a (Sbminod te models "to build from within." by the scientific revolution. Each of ! Columnist d to instead of race asa -Strategy to construct regional airports, athletic ‘complexes, convention centers, and ‘municipal services. saab _. Also, whereas Brown cracked the door for blacks to attend desegregated schools, it kicked open the door for whites in the © lower middle class to attend the University of Vitpinia, Ole Miss and other schools. = . It is imprudent to. siggest that Brown is a hilure because inner ¢ity schools are fesegregating thetnselves. It is the promise of Brown that has CONTINUES ON PAGE 7 men, ruled the South. The Negro was debased. Brown reshaped. the ‘South's politics, economy, class and ‘society. Brown threatened careers, In truth Brown has cA mage impacted more heavily on whites blacks, Perchologialy, it freed whites from the burden of ‘ace, It facilitated a new South. The economic _ prosperity of Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, Atlanta and other urban’ areas is indirectly ‘related to the collapse of Jim Crow. _Most city and county governments Now ‘use demography and geography bill: and the 1966 housing bill. Brown encouraged joint-ventures to build “Alice in airports, shopping malls, and other _~ Perhaps the best illustration of Brown's ‘multiple impact is an prison construction, federal and state emp t, and most: businesses. All of the above was stitched into ; itics: The Democratic Party aang y @ private club which excluded blacks and women: Thus, a small cadre of white men, the "best" DURHAM "io th, | they abandoned what is academically W. nd," many. | probably impacted more on - jt » it leadership's freed whites from the of race" transform, Board of Education of Topeka” in Topeka, Kan. on May 17. ° . The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, the former pastor of Birmingham's famed 16th Street Baptist Church, was the featured - President George He spoke on a platform in front of the freedom’ movement © in The Brown decision is symbiotic. Montgomery ‘in 1955, and the civil It is the Most recognizable icon of rights movement in M in thecivilrightsera, 1968, ing” ‘hai That Although the decision is law, it something was the abandonment of reaffirmed the 14th Amendment the culture of academic excellence (1868) which later justified the 1964 and high expectations. Somehow the civil rights bill, the 1965 voting rights notion emerged ‘that an education is * Linda Brown ede "Fifty years ago," Bush said, “nine jud ‘announced that they had looked at the Constitution ‘and saw no justification for the segregation and humiliation of an entire race.” It was a ionate and emo- tional speech, Linda Brown and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas were noticeably absent from the program. | As I observed the ceremony, I reflected upon my attendance at a sepregnted elementary and high 1001 in the rural South, I am a cateer. professor. In: - academically, I was as’ pespared for college as many contemporary youth oa have access = aioe ‘equipment, new textbooks, and computeri lab equipment. My teachers imbued students with a sense of urgency, a desire to achieve, and a recognition of the need for a continuous s : Collectively, segregated schools accomplished something that _ is Ctitical to education. Hillside, Ligon and other all-black schools used theit history and tole no longer the key to success: The bimdonedt “Tere case wee South Carolina, Delaware, and Washington, D.C. Legally, the issue was "separate but equal," but socially, the Topeka case was different. judges filed in 1951, and later . to irginia, Whereas Topeka's elementary school | was was Virginia and South Carolina enforced Jim Crowism at all levels, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and elsewhere in the middle west accepted some levels of de tion. Black publishers Chester Franklin and Lucile _ Bluford attended the University of Nebraska (1896) and the University of Kansas (1926) ated, the city's hi respectively | ! The ceremony in» Kansas | affirmed that many Americans have a jaundiced view of the Brown decision. It is not a phenomenon. The Brown decision coincided with the hysteria of the Cold War, the collapse of "King Cotton," Sputnik, the race to the moon and the uncertainty unleashed + —* On the voter- asks “where you now live." If you" More On Your Voti | In North Carolina, being convicted | of cocamatting 1 tuladantonat ioe | Mot mean you lose your right to ; vote. You can even vote while | Serving a sentence, To vote, you | must follow the steps below so that you can vote in the next election. STEP 1 REGISTER TO VOTE * If you are not already registered to vote, you can: register by mail using a mail-in voter registration form. You may get one from your County Board of Elections office, a | public library, or on-line at www.sboe.state.nc.us. registration form, it will be incarcerated on election day, | use the prison address. 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Get a mail-in voter registration form by writing or calling your County Board of Elections office, visiting a public library, or downloading it on-line at www.sboe.state.nc.us. a VIEWPOINTS | CONTIUES FROM PAGE 6 failed and not the decision itself. One + debilitating issue of Brown that 1 Concerns: me is the. increased social -, Vulnerability of black youth and »,, fecent hey been taught basic American History. ‘They are insensitive to the immigrants. They have not . . ee rown decision American dilemma on trace. As America moves towards: Brown's centennial around mid- century, they ome easily fall prey to social and political demagogues. And finally, there is no collective excitement about Brown. But, the emotions, debate, and’ _ Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and |” mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experi- ence helpful: Let those who do not, seek their own kind. ym Barbe ‘The DIVA") ‘ weyers eae a — _ SEE Sonya ya lirewit ton for your: ‘| Colors « ot de oWr “4 Wasoes Weaps ‘ All Style Weaves o Wraps and Cuts... BARBERS: Erskin Moore, Geruis Leather, Detowlon Moore and Terrence Frizzell 3128H 10th Street controversy of Brown is because it has shaped the sociological construct of opinion which is important to decision making and interpersonal relationships. —_In Topeka, I concluded that Brown is a barometer of the rights and privileges enjoyed by all Americans. Freedom is not timid. The fight for freedom begins everyday in the mirror. Dr. H. Lewis Suggs is a scholar in residence at N.C. Central University Durham. Dr. Suggs gtaduated from Rubinson High School .in Winterville (Greenville Metro), North Carolina. 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For information one-year-olds, that cost increases to about voter registration, absentee | ¢1 3,000. For $119 billion, the US. could BlackAmericaWeb.com As of yesterday, the war in Iraq cost Americans $119.4 billion. That’s a lot of money for anyone’s pockets, much less all of America. But how are those dollars are affecting the black pocketbook? As of the 2000 U.S. Census, there Royster-Hembry, ballots, or how to locate your send County Board of Elections, contact: 19,695,465 children older than one State Board of to day care, and 9,153,846 children less. £0, Bars ; than one to day cage. Raleigh, NC 27611-7255 overage perrapsnag aint Snape y (919) 733-7173. per year costs $1,420. By 4th, 2004. website: www.sboe.state.nc.us | 1. tice of the war in Iraq could have paid health insurance costs for 83,802,816 children. And at an average cost of $654 per child per year, the war | could have paid for 181.957 186 children | to be immunized. 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Tarboro, NC (252) 823-5129 Willoughby “Family Mutts Scotland Neck, NC (252) 826-4406 Floral Creations Scotland Neck, NC (252) 826-5094 Serving Families” Hemby Fountain, NC (252) 749-3256 Willie's Marble & Granite Designs Marker (ault Tops mae (262 Me ivi Oe sase “With an were 11,845,257 blacks under age 18 $2051 palo, according to the report by the US. Energy © Information une 15- 31,2004 Page? RaQ - Counting te Cost of the Waring Education, there were a little more than school teachers in the U.S. in 1999-2000. ; ‘new teacher salary of $30,719, $119.4 billion could supply the US. with 3,886,845 additional teachers — or double the salaries of the existing “And $119 billion is what has been spent to date,” Smith said. “But the war appropriated this year’s dollars. The total up through September 30th of this year is 149 billion.” In addition, the war spent to date in Iraq could provide inroads to students of color into Corporate America, according to Reginald Duhe, Managing Director of INROADS, Inc. in Northern Califomia, an organization that serves black, Native Amenican and Hispanic students. Duhe estimates the total cost to provide students with internships and dev “Te’s probably safe to say [the cost] is $5,000 per student,” Duhe said. “We have about 200 students here, but a safe is that our national organization eo maa opi “There’s a lot of students that we would love to service, but because funds ate tight, we don’t have the resources to get to those students this year’ Duhe And for the $119 billion spent on the war in Iraq, INROADS could have made "inroads" for 23,800,000 students. investment in black America’s children, the war in Iraq could also easily fund a host of small businesses in South Africa. According to Malcolm Executive’ Director of » African Enterprise, it. takes less than‘ $2,000 dollars to fund a shoe repait, laundry, fence-building, beauty or — mining business in South Africa, , __ And if $2,000 is the high ‘side; that’s 59,500,000 new black businesses. Here are a few other: things the money spent on the war in Iraq could buy: — It could pay tuition and fees for 2,653,333 people — nearly every black child in high school in America — to attend Howard University for four years, based on the current cost of $10,935 per year times four. — Or 1,672,522,839 shares of Nike stock at $71.15 per share— Or put 3,131,743 people in the driver’s sear of a 2002 model Cadillac Escalade from Carmax that’s one for | Statt. 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Ph eed ance in Kerry's _ closest campaign met with the Congressional Black Last month, Kerry — who has questions, and the negative media Cummings said. "One of the worst reporters and The Minority Voice June 15-31, 2004 Page 9 INION - Kerry needs to articulate vision for black America Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has a Patty's presumptive presidential should fix.quickly. 's the Kerry campaign hhas tried and chairman, Rep. Elijah Cummings, several other blacks to senior "I think people are looking at this ~~ one ‘that he homunee is doing enough to energize failed — to put this matter to rest. In D-Md., told me. positions in his presidential campaign campaign as a product, but it is a black voters, March, the Massachusetts senator New appointments organization. But the nagging project —- a work in progress t some key ‘bleck advisers, these Democrats say, are lily Caucus and assured its members that one black person among his four reports about his problems with things we can do is to continue Pitas oho ion whether the white — a charge that Kerry's they would have input in, and access deputy campaign managers — blacks, the Democratic Party's most sniping at him (Kerry) when he is supporters dispute. For weeks now, to, his campaign, the group's announced the appointment of faithful constituents, persist. trying to do some good." He's right. Left to fester, this : gnawing problem will undermine @ | ' ; | Kerry's election bid in what appears to a ~ : be a too-close-to-call contest. But fester it does, despite the hand wanging efforts of Kerry's backers to at Pp matter to rest. "I know that our campaign has been diverse from the very start,” said | of our staff is black and Hispanic. ... We want people to judge us on the facts, not what some people are saying. " It's time for Kerry to s up. Its time for him to sech a high probe public forum to quiet the bad talk about his campaign's lack of diversity. He should go on BET or TV One — the nation's two leading black cable television networks — to talk about his vision for America. Kerry should make the rounds of black talk radio, seek a meeting. with black newspaper publishers and meet with a becod: coins section of black leaders and activists to - address the concerns that have been raised about his campaign. He can't leave this heavy lifting to the members of his team, who have, thus far, failed to put out this fire. This isn't the work of surrogates. Time to get serious | Nine out of 10 voted for Democrat Al Gore in 2000. If Kerry is serious about giving blacks a place at the table where his most important campaign decisions are made, he should :.y so in a way that leaves no room for dispute. Twenty years ago, Democrat Walter Mondale was slow to answer a similar rash of complaints about his White House campaign. Back then, some black leaders complained that Mondale's campaign had no strategy’ for addressing the interests of blacks, a failing that caused Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young to grouse to a gathering of black journalists that Mondale's organization was being run by a group of "smart-ass white boys who think they know it all." That swi t a lot of media attention a and 3 pelatedly threw Mondale's campaign into damage-control mode. Kerry shouldn't ting The 0th Anniversary of Brown Vs. Board of Education 9 Sos let it come to th ae at “umber Reagan in his landslide victory over Mondale. "We've been assured that a plan is Ss | _ being worked out as to how the Kerry ee Se 44! campaign will reach out to the y ” eee African-American community to the Democratic Party's _ base," Cummings said. Before that plan is unveiled, Ketry has a lot of work to do to answer his critics among black Democrats The sooner he does this, € less likely it is that his campai willbe dena from within. me DeWayne Wickham writes wee for USA TODAY “ty POET'S CORNER I'M FREE T may not own an island But : ' have no problem with that T know who made it I may not have money like you | But , What I have is mine | | Some people don’t have any I may not live in such a big house But ‘ Where I'm at, I'm home Some people are homeless T may not have two cars, a truck . | A SUV, and a boat But What I have is paid for Is that @ problem? | may not have designer clothes But What | wear isn't torn I'll boldly hold my head up and go on T may not have a huge bank account But T can read, write, know arithmetic And do use common sense I may not have lots of friends But That's ok, One has me And He's very good to me I may not have lots of things But T refuse to i Lote of things don't have me Simply because I'M FREE “Ly A Toco Y | ® n° i; , -arbohydrates and 95 Calories per !2 0z \ ommunity Voices :k of Ms, Beatrice Maye From the To the editor - On June 20, we will observe the 95th annual Father's Day celebration, so happy Father's Day to all you fathers out there! The importance of a father in a child's life is monumental. He is to nurture his children by giving them instruction, protection, sustenance, companionship, assistance, love, discipline and example. “All children _fieed a home where love provides security, where what is taught is not confused by what they hear and see". The ideal father loves and understands his children. What, then, are his characteristics? He's a worker, who rules by love and not fear, who constantly doesn't scold the children for scolding is a hurt to the soul which is worse than a hurt to the body, and often leaves lasting scars. He praises instead of finding fault. He 1s an example for the children. He teaches them to use the name of God reverently. He cuts out bad habits because he knows they will spoil the lives of the younger ones who will imitate him. He takes the family to Sunday school and church and he's not ashamed to pray, and thanks are always said at meals. He's teaching his boys by example, how to be the right kind of husband and. father when they grow up. He's fair and just with the children, not playing favorite. He finds time to associate with his children. The good father plans with the family to places and keeps his promises. The greatest gift a father can give to his children is himself and to love their mother. Beatrice Maye A Model for Christian Fathers. Today the lack of right child rearing is contributing to the erosion of the. family unit, and the decline of the family is a major cause of the societal collapse we see taking place around us. Juvenile ctime, drug abuse, psychological problems even suicide are on the rise. Are you as a parent allowing God to work your Human fathers need to develop the qualities God the Father exercises in caring for His family. Let's look at a few. A vital quality Christian fathers need is right leadership. Notice God's command: "Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord" (Ephesians 6:4) For fathers to be truly respected, they ‘must- display compassion, courage,. godly understanding and firmness. Yes, your decisions as head of the family will stand, but you will use wisdom in making them, and you will carefully consider the input your wife and children offer. Your children desperately need mature, loving leadership from you. God the Father is a provider. He supplies all His Family's needs. During the wedding ceremony in God's church, the man vows, before God, to provide for his wife. This responsibility extends to any Hundreds children they produce. "God shows His scorn for any. able-bodied: man who refuses to work when He says, "If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat". (Thessalonians 3:10) A father, not only provides physical needs, but he must give himself personally as well.. This means snendinp timp with . your family, especially at meals. When was the last time you took your family. on a special outing? Do you plan ahead to spend meaningful time with your wife and children, fellowshipping with them, teaching them and enjoying each other? A father must provide emotional and spiritual support for his family. _ Your children look to you for guidance. God the father teaches His children the right way to live, and He commands you likewise to train up your children in the way they should go (Proverbs 22:6). Train your ‘children to respect their elders. Teach them to take care of their belongings and the possessions of others. Expose them to the finer. things of life. Leam to exercise discipline properly. Remember, too, that the example you set as head of Fag the home, teaches your children more: than any number of lectures does. Do they hear you belittle your wife - their mother? . God the Father is consistent. The quality of consistency must be present as well as the makeup of a Christian father. _ God is not the author confusion, but of peace (1 Corinthians 14:33), In a consistently peaceful and teliable environment, your children themselves and God's way of life. Raising per apr sig in this world. is a -real ¢ much of the responsibility in fathers. But you as a father can meet this challenge. God himself is. your model. If you stay close to Him.and practice what He teaches you in His Word, you can produce some fine young people who may be leaders in the world tomorrow. ee of ' can develop a right confidence in enge. God lays — Paul encourages, "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong: Let all your things be done with charity, love)" (1 Corinthians 16:14). You can be a truly Christian father and God will be well pleased with your efforts. of College Students Share Their Secrets The Makings Of A Morehouse Man | Morehouse College in the Fall 2004 majoring in Political ~ Science with the intent of going to Law School and becoming a lawyer. A 2004 Honors graduate of J.H. Rose High School, Logan graduated in the upper 8% of the class and wore seven honor cords at graduation for National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Social Studies Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Junior Marshals, Student Government, and Tri-M Music Honor Society. He earned $362,994 in scholarship offers- four full scholarships (tuition, room and board) including Hampton University's Presidential scholarship, Morehouse College's Academic Scholarship, Howard University's Capstone University-New Orleans. He also received the prestigious North ' Carolina Teaching Fellows | Scholarship: to attend A&T, the. 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Remember the bible declares in Logan Rishard Council ‘Logan Council heads Spiritual Awake my view, will just prompt us to be word, then are ye my disciples indeed; Pastor George Hawkins Greetings: I was talking in bible study about the fact that homosexuality is turning up in our churches, we are setting idly by, and not standing up for what is nght in the sight of God. I realize that homosexuality will be in this world because of Romans 1:26-27 "For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, bumed in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due." Have we forgotten that God has a standard, and that is a standard of holiness and nghteousness. If we don't live by the standard that God has set for us we will not inhent the kingdom of God according to Scnpture, | Connthians 6:9-10 "Do you not know that the unnghteous*avill not inhent the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fomuicators, nor idolaters, nor _ adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extorboners will inhent the kingdom of God." Why have we fallen away from whar ts nghteous, we have made wrong . look ight and night look wrong, This is of treatment. Brachytherapy i availab another problem that is filtering into the ; . snow « churches especially the black churches, in eastern North Carolina thanks to a team its called men on the "d low7", I : . sys . was watching Oprah and "he fea ured effort involving staff and facilities at Pitt story was about men who were on the ‘ : : : "down low" this is when married ae eee Bee Private practice . "heterosexual" men have strictly sexual physicians in our area and the Brody School relanonships with men in secret. The ton the show said that many times “ean pick up men at church. Is this lifestyle prevalent? You may ask and the answer would be YES! this is way more common that one might think. One of those people interviewed said that they have three male friends who were ymunent in church, leaders, and ing double lives. Having been delivered of this sin, they discuss it somewhat openly to bnng hope to those tin of Satan. The "men bo down low! phenomena, in more frank in our discussions of sexuality in the church. It's not about pointing fingers or pointing blame, it's about = ore in our churches re re) Lets, ’ Homes, up? Okays We are eng the Devil to come into our homes, schools-and churches and he plots to steal, kill and destroy us. How? I'm glad you asked, he uses a method of divide and conquer. In must of our churches we are so busy fussing about some trivial ttle mess while the devil is busy tearing down our kingdom and it should be the other way around. When are we going to live according to what the Scripture teaches and not by what we feel. John 8:31-32 "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him. If ye continue in my And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." As Chnstian we need to know truth so that we can lift up a standard in our ‘Womes, schools .and most of all. iri our churches. Until the next time, conunué i*the Word of the Lord and be Isatah 59:19, "So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a floor, she Sp up a standard against* him." "Apostle. George A. 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Noisy . neighbors. Telephone solicitors. Junk mail. Prescriptions medications that may returns ‘credit cards. Credit card debts. Incompetent physicians. Lawsuits. Having too much ‘stuff. Alcohol. solve one problem while creating Sorry, but this is the real world Not having time to spend with Delivery people who show up a Drugs. Cigarettes. Taxes. Unsafe another illness. Choosing an that we live in. Our spouses. Children who are day late. Repair people who never sex. Dieting. Exercise equipment HMO. Note: (Not necessarily in this order.) difficult because we don't have show up. Contractors we wish had we don't use. _ Over-the-counter Anger. Worry. Fear. Bad From: Living the Simple Life" enough time to spend with them. Ex-spouse. Family obligations. _ Ailing parents. Stepparents. Family expectations. Having to hold down two jobs to meet the big mortgages} | payments, and the multiple car] f payments. Long commutes. Heavy| } traffic. Traffic jams. Traffic] f accidents. Grudging co-workers. | f Demanding clients. Staff meetings. | [4 Sea Edification of a New Generation Reduction of a conflict suggests that handling conflict that we as parents fem the point of A ite been and Chestons can demonstrate: fer diluted. At least there perhaps has — Expect conflict to occur. As occurred an understanding between long as there are two or more the two parties that the reasons for persons it surely will. If we learn to A key attitude that must be demonstrated in reducing, and resolving conflict in our howms is altruism. We must be concerned for the welfare of others, not just Breakdown in communications. | [ their conflict may not be as expect it, we will learn more quickly ourselves. Qiatatte nac Work we don't particularly enjoy. | fa important as they first thought. It how to reduce or manage it. “Everything is permissible”----but Suejette Jones Work we actively dislike. Working | ti may also be that a third party who is Admit when there is a conflict. not everything is beneficial or too many long hours, even if it’s objective and concerned about the. Pretending that everything is fine constructive.” Many things make life work we love. Unemployment. complicated for us. Here is a list: . F welfare of both people has helped Not having time to spend with] fj create an informal agreement. In this when it’s not will not relieve a “Nobody should seek his own conflict nor help you to manage it. good, but the good of others.” (I Cor. Big house. Big mortgages. friends. Not having time to spend] | - agreement, both parties may have Each person must be willing to 10:23-24, NIV). | given an opportunity to see that the resolve a conflict or contribute to its Source: Reclaiming Our Youth disagreement does not have to effective management; howeyer, Author: Clarence Alston VIOLATION: destroy their relationship. Conflict resolution will require _— the Note To Readers: Ms May has a reduction can often occur simply by giving both parties an opportunity to express themselves in controlled situation and by assuring that accurate information is shared. . It is important to remember that all conflicts cannot be resolved. Resolution is not always possible. As long as you, the world, the flesh, and participation of all parties involved. If a conflict is going to be resolved or reduced, honest communication is critical. In our homes, conflict can be resolved, reduced or managed through biblical principles that God has established. We cannot have the minds and hearts of our children full college degree in human services and has worked six years on the Adolescent Psychiatric Unit as a Mental Health echnician. It is her firm belief that it does no good to treat the mind and body and not By Faith May & d ' | minister to the spirit. She continues to uplift | A conflict exists when two or more persons are working against each other because they are different, The difference may be based upon a different way of thinking, of different feelings or emotions. The difference DO NOT BE A PART OF AN ILLEGAL ACT. EXERCISE YOUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE! STARK ACT The STARK ACT makes it illegal for hospitals to spirits whenever she can, She especially prays for our young people and hopes that: her articles printed will help someone. She encourage patients’ health care that comes from may also exist because of varying the devil have power and pull at our of conflict while they are home and welcomes comments from her soe : als, values, or desires. behavior, total resolution of all expect them to act differently at readers. 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