_ ATLANTA, Georgia — Turning to a businessman to lead one of the nations seminal civil rights groups, the NAAGP’s board of directors an- don, a retired Verizon executive, will be its next president... “Civil rights leaders throughout this country did what they did and died, so my generation has full re- sponsibility to walk in the doors ose brave people opened,” Gor- don said after the board voted. “It’s fabulous, exciting, humbling.” Gordon was selected by a large majority: of the board to succeed Kweisi Mfume, former U.S, repre- marvel and a eens fot Seis in Maryland who resigned abru in November.(Read hore) ny Several ‘months later a report surfaced’ that his personal relation- ships with NAACP staffers had con- “tributed to widespread mismanage- headquarters in. Baltimore. One staff member threat- rd of dit enedito sue. nounced Saturday that Bruce §. Gor- meént at nation “-“ Described at's top-nntch leader and consensus-builder, Gotdon, 59, his cateer in 1968 as'a man- ‘agetnent trainee at Bell of. Pennsyl- vania. For 35 years, amid massive up- heaval in the telecommunications in- dustry, he helped the company navi- gate the string of mergers that led it ~ to become Verizon Communica- tions Inc. When he retired in December 2003, he was chief of Verizon's big- gest division — retail markets. Gordon's corporate background “means that he is accustomed to working within a system in which merit and achievement count the most,” Julian Bond, chairman of the mm erving Eastern North Carolina wee ee ee group's. board of directors, said in an interview. “That was attractive to us. Not to say that the NAACP didn’t iri have that. But with every. step we've taken ... we wanted to move up. | And we think he's going to bring us a quantitative move up.” Gordon's priorities... | Gordon said his first priorities will be to improve the organization's finances — its expenses have ex- ceeded its income for the last two years, tax documents show — by | working to build an endowment, increasing membership and pushing for more efficiency in operations, His civil rights priorities include working toward greater economic equality, he said. “People of color need to change and balance the trade deficit that ex- — ists between people of color and the . rest of society,” Gordon said. A National Association for the Advancement of Colored People search committee invited Gordon to apply for the position in February, __ More than 250 candidates were con- ‘sidered, Bond said. It became clear last week. that Gordon was the only presidential candidate under consideration, a choice that marked a striking change for the NAACP. Most presidents have been political or religious lead- ers — or prominent figures from the civil rights movement. “He's not a minister or a politi- cian, but this man’s been doing it all along,” said Eric Cevis, a vice presi- dent in Verizon's retail division who has known Gordon since 1986. “He has a social accountability that he's been preaching for years.” Cevis said. Gordon. pioneered diversity efforts at Verizon for blacks v OM I ore oe > ig mang Pee ey, and other minotities, consistently ushing the company to improve its ring and promotion practices. Gordon was born in Camden, New Jersey, and raised with four sib- lings by parents who-were both edu- cators and civil right activists. He serves on boards of South- ern Co. and Tyco International Led. SMILING HAPPILY FOR THE CAMERA: Above is Alge Crumpler, the Atlanta Falcons is pictured if seven young members of the Boys & Girls Club. Football All-Pro Tight End with with aR aoe: and is a trustee of Gettysburg Col- lege and the Alvin Ailey Dance Foun- dation. He was named one of For- tune magazine's 50 most powerful black executives in 2002 and-execu- tive of the year by Black Enterprise magazine in 1998. “I think he’s a godsend,” said Leroy Warren, a board member ftom ere Posing with 3 5 Ninority Communities Since 1988 ibs ‘ 8 oa] a : : Bes NM atte i. _ feurity, and three ry | se. DIT Gigmenta 4) Mt a 2 & ba LPR “g am, Fata fare Ears € tae nr L AC AaSe. Ta i © 1 ne ey = % Silver Spring, Maryla after the board voted. “ get back to real eivil-ti nomic development, intelligence to move forward.” ef contract negotiations Gor- don is expected to be'confirmed as president at the'aésociation’s conven tion in a few weeks,” Knead ims — 1 with war in Iraq: poll | WASHINGTON for the fir unc 2 sige +a , Jington Post-ABC News The survey found that Ameri-| cans continue to rank Iraq second} | _jonly to the economy in importance} ” — and that many are losing p -|tience with the enterprise. Nearly _ [three-quarters of Americans say the} » [number of casualties in Iraq is un- jaeceptable, while two-thirds sa thet # ||US military there is bogged down} and nearly six in 10 say the war} ; was not worth fighting. More than} four in 10 believe the US presence} | in Iraq is Pecoming analogous to}: the experience in Vietnam.. = | But what should be more alarm- ing for President Bush is the find-}° ing that 52 percent respondents} said war in Iraq has not contrib-| uted to the long-term security off the United States, while 47 percent said it has. It was the first time al majority of Ameticans disagreed] aris che contr takes B sh has! rend 0 bald Sales port for war: thar} | the fight there will make Americans| .’ er from terrorists at home: In late 2003, 62 per cent} thought the Iraq war aided US se-| months ago § ¥ ~|pere ene thought-vo: netic than half — 52 per cent — disap- prove of how Mr Bush is handling is job, the highest of his presidency. A somewhat larger majority —56| per cent — disapproved of Republi- cans in Congress, and an identical prion disprove of Deno The surge in violence in Iraq singe the new. Iraqi government took control + 80 US troops and more than 700 Iragis Crumpler, (from left to right) is Jolisa Gardner, Jordan, Taylor McNeil, Dynasty Williams, DeNeal. Below we find (from left to right) Jessica Warren, Kate Hanley, Director Jay Faran, Brittney Grillo and Aaron Atkinson in the back. row. In the front row (from left to right) is Sarah Hanley, Jasmine Tyson, Ashley Brown, Brian Purser, Alex White, Terrence Holloway Shanice Tyson, April Onteja Hunt and Bethany WASHINGTON, D.C. - Re- cently Congressman G. K. Butterfield welcomed more than 50 religious leaders from East- ern North Carolina as they took patt in a daylon dialogue with more than two-dozen Congres- sional leaders. “This is‘an opportunity for some members of our faith- based community to talk directly with national leaders about the issues effecting people in East- ern North Carolina,” Butterfield said. The event sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus, clergy from around other parts of the country joined religious leaders from eastern North Carolina with CBC Chairman and Congressman Mel Watt, D- NC welcoming all to the event. The gathering, which fol- ' ey and Joshua Keyes, (more Boys & Girl Club Pg. 4). Photo: Jim Rouse On a hot summer night in August 75 years ago, three men were dragged from a Marion, Indiana jail cell and one by one were hung from the neck on a tree about a block and a half from the City Jail. One survived. Awaiting an formal apology from the U.S. Senate and seated in a wheel. chair above next to Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., museum ‘curator, James Cameron, 91, is thought to be the only living survivor of a lynch- ing attempt. “I w Dozens of hate gro national battlefield lowed a discussion held in Rayburn House Office Building, touched on the budget, healt care, education, economic op- portunity, housing, foreign policy and Social Security. Among the members of Con- gress who lead the discussions were James Clyburn, D-SC, Albert Wynn, D-MD, Emanuel Cleaver, D-MO., Elijah See East Car, Leaders Page 7 By Sue Lin YORKTOWN Va. — Members of a group calling itself “America’s Nazi Party” waved flags bearing swastikas and shouted slogans like “Sieg Heil” at a rally on a national battlefield Sat- urday a week agg, while some 500 counter-demonstrators gathered on a field nearby, ; About 150 members of the Na- tional Socialist Movement and their ved by a miracle,” he said. ee story on page ) Up members meet at r Supporters gathered at the Yorktown Battlefied to honor George Washing- ton and other founding fathers whom they claim held separatist and anti- Semitic views—a position disputed by most scholars. Many wore Nazi uniforms with swastika armbands, while others iden- tified themselves as members of the Ku Klux Klan and various skinhead groups. llic. died in May alone amid:a rash of| bombi pte bce ; hy sing gloom above dhe verall fight By 50 per cent to 49 per cent, Americans approved of the: way Bush is handling the:campaign against terrorism, down ‘from 56 pc cent approval in April, equal- ing the lowest rating he has earned on the issue that has consistently been his core strength with the pub- tts on war and public opin- ion told the paper the $ indi- cate that pessimism about the war in Iraq has reached a dangerous level, “It appears that Americans are now realizing that the war in. Ira is not being won and may well prove unwinnable,” said retired Army Col. Andrew J, Bacevich, a professor at Boston University, “That conclusion bleeds over into a conviction that it may not have been necessary in the first place.” “This is sacred ground,” said Jeff Schoep of Minneapolis, : of the National Socialist Movement which bills itself as the largest Nazi party in'the United States, The counter-demonstratots, who came from as far away as New Jersey and Pennsylvania, gathered about 250 yards away, One group, Anti-Racist Action, marched in carrying @ pink and red banner with black Lena that said, “Smash racism. now,” “All we want to do today is to get as close as we can and let know ‘re not welcome to organiasiany. where,” protester Rob C The groups were sepatate by iron fences and police said no one was arrested. The US, Park Police said 15 law enforcement agencies were involved in mitintaini: security at the event. A helicopter circled field continuously throughoutthe two. hour tallies, The NSM had wanted the to be on the spor where tip ritist army surrendered to Washington. te end the siege of Yorktown—~and te Revolutionary War—on Oct, 19, 1781. Much of the park can be used by outside groups, but Mike Litterst, a spokesman for the National Park Service based at Yorktown, said Sur. render Field has always been off-lim. its, Sue Lindsey writes the AP NC - The grow- | Share of vice including |. theft, proba- _. drugs, mur- deaths of young Black dea y ver b the ages of 14 to en the obituary reveals afe younger. The Feud” recently’ encapsu- teenville's Daily Reflec- Page, June 19, 2005, myille’s bloody feudal Y and pictures of the aien, 1nUs noting a sad commen- Y spoken all too often: The ‘ fae death in the com- y: when is enough, enough? __Ahe stench of death, however lic in nature, permeates West Giving it a over cast even tM , the bullets ench of Youth of worship, located between Farmville Boulevard and Bancroft Avenue. And within the span has claimed the lives of one too many youth. The dead do speak 1 oa ike twenty-five years one spot therein and our youth are crying out for help, change and leadership with- out a visible spot or wrinkle! . That well known areas within this hub of Black life and urban liv- ing could began to resemble the war torn streets of Iraq beginning with boarded up dwellings, trash strewn Streets, the chronically unem- ployed, abusers of fortified wine and other reality numbing drugs as well as daylight prostitutes and you get a situation that cries foul play not against the city of Greenville but against West Greenville’s very own, and those who do business in the vicinity, : Notwithstanding realities of this degree are not only down right embarrassing, but they for some reason prove difficult in rousing the | community from self imposed States of sleep that fester hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil but mostly leave the evil alone. That — ily, and the community safe. matter perhaps is left for resolve They jointly and lovingly pro- allow the killing during mass community meetings vided a “straighten you out place” in the aftermath of death. for that crazy 4nd on the run New _ Sociologists have well docu- Death in ‘ 4 oe _ Mented the problems of sick (ill) _ worse its anticipation- when com- | goy OFROUGABED is no less in its struggles. Rem- ing, “it'll again?” - 7 FX | _¢dies for social ills suffered by the Back in the ole and not todis- | } community of West Greenville are tant day’s sista’s and mothers of ; the same as those proposed for the church- other communities tougher gun \ alike- would or bike patrols, better: well as curfews, = == Community citizenry patrols across the United States are noted on record for having put an-end to acts of violence to make their neighborhoods safe again. They believe and fight for the right to not live in fear, but in clean respectable neighborhoods and in homes that Sell above and not below market value. . . But whatever happened to self- respect, however, and to commu- lighting as pute and others to do it again? read this know, the extended fam- ily was crucial in keeping flaying family components together’ and crime curbed so it did appear. Big moma, her sister aunt Lossie Bell, her husband Fred- even if he did drink too much- made family fam- th en is enough. San enough? ae fay tat te gy thing called brotherly love- or deacons and pastors , gather in the streets control laws, beefed up police foot and pray and-sing women of ill-re- a holy cleansing. In following the word on the street would be “oh, so anid so is saved now.” Such acts of faith and belief made a differ- ence because the people believed in the God they served on Sunday morning and would rebuke you if you got in their way, They called on His name and believed that he’d show up and show out! No doubt He did for them; clearly, He’s able | It’s a new day folks, and God nity respect, as well as family and won't suffer anyone to compart- extended family? And as all. who mentalize or relegate his supreme Alpha and Omega power for self- ish gains only. He’s neither the master of confusion nor is he the | father of fear. The God spoken of will bring the fire so close that no question remains as to where the if problem lies and with whom. Per- haps harder to embrace is that he’ll his dearly beloved cries out: Enough Is Enough, Come now |¥ ler: Michael Jackson i - gy Be« Bie whatever happens to A ica ms to Black America first into the church for ack Community: to continue until s Vindicatec comes down ‘to it, no matter how White you become, at the end of the day, the ones who are pray- ing for you is your extended family of Black fans.” __ Contributing to this report were NNPA Washington Correspondent Ha- zel Trice Edney, National Correspondent Makebra M. Anderson and Special Contributor Tessa Corie Smith. Kindergarten-Con't on Page 4 beholden to Blair and Africa four for child molesti ing, one for at- on these kind of charges. So, in many had many prominent entertainers as robably 90 percent of the fans would tempted at molesting, four of ad- ways, it came out the way it was sup- clients, “ttsin ing that White fans be White.” ; ninistering alcohol to aid in the com- to come out.” iroughout the world traveled to Cali- According to Julia Hare, that’s the NGTON (NNPA)-Aftican- mission of a felony, and conspiracy Jesse Jackson said heavy-handed fornia because ent pom rapes problem. . tejoiced over Michael to commit child abduction, false im- law enforcement officials trans ed for his integrity than many Black ; T hope that Michael Jackson, at . Jackson be- — prisonment and extortion. If found Jackson from an alleged perpetrator If Michael Jackson were to come to this time, will sell Neverland [ranch] i, i ited guilty on all counts, Jackson could have 0 a victim, at least in the eyes of the the MCI Center [in Washington, and that he will come to realize who onday of ived more than 18 years in prison. public. D.C_] tonight, it would be packed and he is and learn his lesson in blackness child moles- Many media accounts had pre- - The very aggressive sheriff went | tation sumed that Jackson would be found into his home with 75 armed depu- Bush : , Not Built One New York Times head- ties,” Jesse Jackson said in an inter- -s ; because of a fine read, “Makeup of Jackson Jury view with the NNPA News Service. by Judge Greg Mathis on the African continent. Appar- firm beliefin — Seems to Favor Prosecution.” Andthe “They occupied his home and ran- en President Bush rallied the ently, President Bush is not familiar his inno- Associated Press had even predicted sacked his home. Many in the news UN and its member nations for sup- with the particulars of political pay- cence but that a guilty Michael Jackson would media indicted him before he was . Port for his back-not only did he refuse to re- because be assigned to the Corcoran State even tried. Then the judge was so - war on terror, consider his earlier refusals to they wel- Prison, “located 100 miles northeast ¢fous in allowing [the prosecutor] to his feeble double aid to Africa, he also stood es «come evi- of the gated estate where prosecutors bring up all this old stuff. It seems |. Stance was __ before the media and the world and ee ANY dence that c Jackson molested a.13-year- that the odds were against Michael. | strengthened, pledged an embarrassingly low dol- 5 tes. that the criminal jus- old boy.” ae In‘a great sense, at some point, | by the backing lar amount to support this cause: tice system; can treat Blacks faitly, At a news conference after the Michael’ became the victim. A pene. of British $674 million in emergency aid. many activists and civil rights leaders verdict was announced, many of the cuted hero is a different hero than a “Prime Minis- “If this sounds like a generous say. jurors said prosecutors failed to prove guilty hero. ter Tony Blair. amount, don't be fooled, Currently, “We have a double standard in their case. Many experts believe Michael Blair stood by the U.S. contributes 0.16 percent of this country,” says psychologist Julia “We expected probably better. Jackson can now put the emotional Bush, offering its national income to aid to poor Hare of San Francisco. “That's why evidence...something that was a little and often embarrassing trial behind both financial nations. This, despite agreeing three so many Blacks cheered this case on. more convincing, and it just wasn’t him. . and human years ago to increase aid to 0.7 per- They do not condone molestation. there,” said a person identified only He'll be able to bounce back, capital in the crusade. Surely Blair cent by 2015; 0.7 percent of the It's not even about Michael Jackson. as juror No. 10. says Attorney Hopkins. “He obviously thought he would reap the benefits U.S. economy is about $80 billion. Its about the injustices in the history On the other side of the country, has a worldwide fan base and the fans of his controversial support; after all, That's about the same amount the of this country. in Washington, D.C., some still be- may just want to rebel against those Bush would be indebted to him. Senate allocated for military spend- Joe Hopkins, a prominent attor- lieve that Jackson is guilty. who prosecuted him in the first lace Blair couldn't have been more wrong. ing. And it’s nowhere near last year’s ney in Pasadena, Calif, : “I think ict was wrong,” and go all-out to show that he hasn't As part of his activities as chair $100 ra corporate tax cut. “For African-Americans, this says Jan Mitchell, 21, a graduate of lost a thing, He's got rough Fesources of G8, Blair personally appealed to When asked why the U.S. can’t case, like the OJ. [Simpson] case, Howard University. “I think he needs © bounce back and wit the right Bush and other world leaders to se- commit more funds as other coun- was much bigger than Michael Jack- help, Either he needs to get public relations, he can go right back cure pledges to double aid to Aftica tries have, Bush remarked that it son,” he says “This case raises a ques- logical help or he needs to go to jail.” t the ri a ; over the next 10 years. G8, or Group “doesn’t fit into ou budgetary pro- tion of whether they — the dominant ‘Another Howard graduate, Public relations experts believe 8, is a member organization of the cess.” America’s budget has room society — can bring flimsy charges Melvin Barrolle, said he does not share Jackson, 46, can remain a major force world’s richest nations: Britain, for a war with no real enemy and no against a named celebrity and win.” that view. in the music industry for years to Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Ja- exit plan in sight, but none to hel er being in court for nearly “I believe he is innocent,” come, . ; pm Russia and the United States. prevent malaria deaths in thousands four months and deliberating for Barrolle says. “I felt that he did live in He will have an opportunity to ¢ group will meet tis July in Scot- of children, pat education for seven days, the all-White jury acquit- an alternate reality, but I didn’t feel restart his career, says Ofield Dukes, Jand to develop an agenda to, among __ girls and deve op youth-oriented pro- ted Jackson of all 10 felony counts- that that was to convict him @ public relations executive who has other things, put an end to Poverty grams in various parts of Africa? Pre-K Black Kids Getting Expelled at Alarming Rates by Makebra M. Anderson schools and Head Start and highest More than 2T million pte-school aged — Chicag-based African-American Im- tural differences that contribute to NNPA National Correspondent in faith-affiliated centers, for-profit children have benefited from Head ages, which publishes and distributes expulsion at such an early age. WASHINGTON (NNPA) - The childcare community- Start. books that promote self-esteem, col- “Without knowing the makeup number of African-American women settings. In classrooms where the But for some, Fograms are not lective values, liberation and skill de- of the staff, my first point is that teach- enrolling in college between 2000 and NO access to a psycholo- enough. Jawanza unjufu, head of velopment, believes there are also cul- ers simply do not allow for gender a was more than double that of — gist or poychietrey, students were ex- : ——— men, acco to a study re- _pelled twice as often, - | ! . leased by the Anais Council on Nationally, 10.4 percent of teach- COOPER ( COMMENTARY The Fortunes of War: Vietn Education. ers reported expelling at least one pre- Black men ineteased by 30,000. ki er during the past year, On April'30, 2005, Johnson's limousine as he traveled from place to place, The number of Black women in col- for an expulsion rate of 6.7 per 1,000 Vietnamese celebrated the Fervent opposition from humanitarians like Dr. lege rose by 73,000 during that same compared to ies 1,000 for stu- 4 thirtieth anniversary of their Martin Luther Kin turned public opinion against period. dents in K-12. The lowest rates of liberation from U.S. forces. Johnson. In 1967, made his famous anti-Vietnam Many experts think the gap be- ulsion were reported by teachers This occurred in 1975 with War speech which further convinced the world that the tween Black men and women can be er had an ongoing, regular relation- the fall of Saigon and hence, war in Vietnam was more about politics than in saving attributed to che'way Black children ship with a ioral consultant. In the humiliation and defeat of the South Vietnamese. are treated as young as pre-school. classrooms where the teacher had no American imperialism. The Tet Offensive in 1968 was the climax of the According to researches at Yale access toa behavioral consultant, stu- Though 58,000 Americans war, Seventy thousand North Vietnamese attacked more University, American children dents were expelled abut twice as of. were killed with another than 100 cities and towns. When the dust cleared, 37,000 in preki are twice as likely ten, 150,000 wounded, and esti- Viet Cong and 2,500 Americans were consumed. This | an as Hispanic and White Gilliam, who is also assistant pro- mated 3 million Vietnamese was the result of brilliant calculations by General Vo | children and more than five times as fessor of child peychiatry and psychol- perished. Nguyen Giap. Giap's strategy to avoid stalemate was to likely to be expelled as Asian children, at the Yale University Chi Study President Lyndon Stage massive, simultaneous attacks to surprise Ameri- According « most, a lack of support tet, believes chat access to sup- Johnson often about can forces and force them to “get the hell out of Dodge." in theclassroom is to blame. would make the dif- preventing the spread of Giap was willing to suffer heavy casualties for strategic, “These three and four year olds wells of whether a child is expelled | Communism in Southeast Asia, He ieved the U.S. long-term gains; are barely out of diapers. No one or remains in the classroom. had an urgent responsibility to save the South Vietnam- Many Americans remember the infamous My lai wants 06 think about children this “After decades of research in | ese from the Communist North. LB] in mas- Massacre, where American soldiers massacred one hun- being kicked out of school, es- education, we know that these | sive deception tactics to win support for his Vietnam dred ts, including women and children, This ially not theit parents and teach- p can signi y improve |. War efforts. : helped solidify Opposition to LBJ. The writing was on ers. All teachers in state-funded — children’s schoo readiness and help Johnson's infamous deception was Rigtligheed by the wall. Vietnam would serve as an "albatross around ee programs val put them on se path poe heures sal 1964 Gulf race inci a3 where Johnson retali- Lora neck". access to the support lifelong success,” ated against North Vietnam for an attack (supposed! y March 1967, Johnson's popularity was around need to effectively manage classroom said, against a USS Maddox destroyer) that never nae 30 percent, thanks to the Tet Offenave lrverestin y, in behavior, When they do, ion One program that has helped | In fact, the North Vietnamese wert provoked by aggres- 1963, LBY's popularity was 80 percent in the wake of rates are cut nearly in half,” said young chi make the adjustment | sive U.S. maneuvers in the Gulf. This was the prover- President Kennedy's assassination, What a drop! Walter Gilliam, author of the Yale to par ce is Head Start. Cre- | bial "straw that broke the camel's back." By April 1975, the last Marines had retreated (aban- University study “Prekindergartners ated in 1965, Head Stare is the most The United States went from 3,000 “military advi- doning South Vietnam), and Viet Cong tanks tolled into Left Behind,” successful, longest-running, national | sors” in South Vietnam under JFK in 1961 to more . Saigon, The war had cost America illions ‘of dollars to the study, state ex- school readiness program in the | than 60,000 US. troops in April 1965. Hence, Ameri- 8 fF served as a blow to her prestige and mj imperi- Preatig ghty imperi Pulsion rates States, Ie - | can forces became engulfed in a Dc that would alism exceed those in K-12 classes, Gilliam sive education, health, nutrition, and | rock the Johnson Presiden and dissuade LB) from Keith Cooper is Exec.Vice President of the found that expulsion rates are lowest t involvement services to low- seeking a second term in 1968, As a matter of fact, Greenville, N.C. Pitt County SCLC, Civic Activist and in classrooms located in public me children and their families. | angry protesters Sometimes threw eggs at President Educator, “ liaise | a Conference.) Africa is blessed with vast natu- ral and cultural resources, Despite this, most of the continent remains underdeveloped. Africa is the only continent that has grown poorer in the last 25 years. As a resul, the Af- rican people continue to live in ex- treme poverty. Increased ‘aid to Af- rica would allow théC6iitinent to reverse the damage war, civil unrest, disease, famine and other natural anid man-made disasters-including the slave trade-have caused. If President Bush is committed to ensuring the world is a more just place, shouldn't part of his efforts be t8 make ‘ure that justice means in- nocent people are not dying poverty- related Heaths ina world F riches Tony Blair's support of Bush caused a rift between him and the British people and both he and the Labor Party suffered during the last elec- tions. Through it all, Blair held up his end of the bargain. It’s now time for Bush to repay Blair for his loy- alty and seriously commit to help- ing rebuild Africa. (Judge Greg Mathis is Chairman of the Rainbow PUSH-Excel Board and a National Board Member of the Southern Christian Leadership differences and so the child that has the greatest energy is going to be Af- rican-American male children. They're going to have the shortest at- Continues on Page 4 she (a = 4 Some people kee hedgehogs as pers to get rid Ripe and othe Ouse pests. The Minority Voice ewspaper is Published b The Minority Voice, Inc. 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It is appropriate that the - great anti-lynching leader, Ida B. ells (1862-1931), who dscu-. mented the murder of nearly 5,000 Blacks at the hands of white mobs in the terror-filled years that followed the death of Reconstruction, be verbally hon- _ ored by Louisiana Democratic.” Senator Mary Landrieu and Vit-* 4 Senator | George Allen. Yet both Senators supported laws that will impose « uivalents of post- ... ginta Republican . draconian e Civil War “Black Codes” on in- ner. city youth, who will now be _ designated as criminal conspira- tors if they congregate in groups of three or more. . : No thank you, Senators Landrieu and Allen — the crime you committed against us in May vastly outweighs your weak apology in June. You have guar- anteed that hundreds of thou- sands more young Black people will be interned in your gulag - a crime against humanity. And both of you are determined to commit more crimes. Should we ask for an apology in advance? There can be no absolution for those who continue to profit from past crimes, and plot new Michael did by Wilbert A. Tatum Is it enough to just say con- . ome to Michael Jackson, is lawyers, his family and his. friends? Is it enough to simply say, “Thank God that Michael - is alive, and will not have to "spend any time in prison, that he is resting and perhaps on his way to recovery?” . To our way of thinking, it is not enough. A mad dog ofa dis- trict attorney has grievously in- jured him. An unfeeling, vicious media, who first and forward is Fox television news, with a scum of a program called “The Why are some Black folks so happy to hear an apology from. | calls himself fair and ones, Lynch law ‘was the effec- tive law of the South — and, truth be told, the rest of the United States - and the “lawful” au- thorities sanctioned it by refus- ing to pass 200 anti-lynching bills. THe terror of lynching cre- ated the social relationships that resulted in white households ac- cumulating ten to twenty times ~as much wealth as Black house- holds — our collective national inheritance. An apology will not d O’Reilly Factor” and a man - erhaps animal is a better term For him - who went beyond the _ pale in making an effort to con- vict Michael Jackson before he was ever tried. Even now, with Michael “|. feeling ill, or at least, sick at’ who need, heart, this fool O'Reilly, bake | is doing his program as if noth- '» ing ever happened, bringing on all those of his friends who in- sisted all along that Michael was guilty. And bringing on many others of his friends and col- leagues who didn’t go so far, but who insisted that Michael had to have done something, because he was indicted. This man, Bill O'Reilly, is a danger to everything that we hold dear in America, because he is of the vicious mind and body who takes anything dirty and makes it his anther, while not having the decency to believe that there is a man who loves children, who wants them to be happy because it makes him happy. So, this O'Reilly is a mean man. He’s a Is that what our movement has been about all of these gen- erations — to get an apology from pee le who became rich on our backs? There is a method to this racist madness, an assumption that African Americans can be bought by a simple nod from a few white people. Some of these racists, will not even give us a nod — the twelve or sixteen sena- tors who did not join in the anti- lyaching vote, all but one of them Republicans. The Repub- not need Fox TV Fair and balanced, my derriere vicious man.-And, a godle’s man who has no business on the air- waves anywhere in the United States. Our prayer has to be: God damn his soul! As for Michael, you will re- call that we haves Michael all along,"butthae’s nei ther here or there. We had no basis to believe iiv+him, except we did. We believed in his hon- esty and the purity of a man who loves children, and fot all intents and purposes is a child himself. € are in no position to of- fer Michael any advice about anything in his life right now, except to be well. Be shire, and return to your chosen profes- sion. Fortunately, Americans are a forgiving people, even when youve not done anything for it. They forgive you for being on the dirty end of a stick that is being stuck in your face. Michael is a victim of vic- tims, and there is nothing more horrible than a grown man sexu- ally abusing a child. That will be a shadow cre- ated by American media (white John Conyers and Deep Throat by Margaret Kimberley Deep Throat was the anonymous source who helped Wash- ington Post re- orters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein break the Watergate story. For the past 30 years the identity and in some cases the very existence of Deep Throat has been called into question until Mark Felt recently revealed him- self to be the mystery man. There have been many oppor. tunities for eager reporters to bring down the current White House oc- cupant, but no one in the corpo- rate media seems to want the job. At the end of 2000 Greg Palast, an American reporter working for the British press, revealed that Florida Governor Jeb Bush had removed thousands of eligible vor- ers, most of them black, from the voter registration rolls, thereby stealing the state for his brother George W. | At that time the media told us about hanging chads and butterfly ballots, but nothing about the true theft of Florida and the presidency. When Palast handed the story to CBS, the Washington Post and oth- ers, he was told that Jeb denied everything. In the current politi- cal climate a denial from a sub- ject, a powerful subject, that is, means the end of any reporting. i Margaret Kimberley Bob Woodward is now man- aging editor at the’ Washington Post. While he cut his teeth on the dethronement of a criminal presi- dency, he is now in bed with an- other criminal presidency. Wood- ward wrote Bush at War with the full cooperation of the Bush White House. Trusted by Bush, Cheney, Rove and company, Woodward now perfectly fits the definition of a comprorajeed journalist, There is plenty of evidence to bring articles of impeachment against this president. One mem: ber of Congress is trying to bring attention to information that stares the corporate media in the face but is rarely if ever acknowl- edged, Thanks once again to the Brit- ish media we have proof of what any thinking person already knew. The Bush administration lied about the need to go to war against and occupy Iraq. There was no nuclear capability, and no WMDs either. The evidence purporting to show that they did exist were all fabri- cated, An internal memo from Tony Blair's government said the follow- ing about the Bush administration argument in favor of war with Iraq: Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of ter- rorism and WMD. But the intelli- gence and facts were being fixed around the policy, Unlike in the early 1970s, the Washington Post didn't even have to do any work on this story, All the Post had to do was quote other newspapers. They finally did, but very late and with very little fan- fare. The Post reported the story weeks after the Times of London did, and to add insult to injur placed it on page A18. The Post's own readers angrily emailed their ombudsman and demanded that their newspaper do its job, only to be etic for daring to ques- tion that august publication. Democratic Congressman John Conyers of Michigan isn’t holding his breath waiting for the ress to tell this. story. He is ask- ing at least 100,000, Americans to sign a letter demanding answers to questions on the Downing Street memo. John Conyers sat on the House Judiciary committee that was on the verge of impeaching Richard Nixon, Conyers must be feeling a strange case of déja vu. He has seen a corrupt White House before, but in 1974 America still had a functioning press and Democrats were the majority party in the House of epresentatives, Thanks to Democratic party incompetence, that hasn't been the case since. 1994, Conyers and his colleagues have evidence of nu- merous impeachable offenses against George W. Bush, but they are unable to make themselves heard when their leaders won't buck the system and the media focus on missing person cases and celebrity criminal trials, Conyers isdoing his job as a member of Congress, the media's job as an investigative Because whatevey happens 1 happens to Black America first From The NAACP Archieves lican Senate Leader made sure that no member would have to go on record against lynching. However, are we supposed to be grateful for a non-binding resolution that ad- mits thousands of murders were committed with the complicity of the United States government, but that does not redress the wrongs in any way. Where is the sense of justice in this apology? What do the de- scendants of the terrorized class expect? That wrongs be righted, media, we might add) that he will have to live with for the rest of his life. But we were saying something different. What is he to do now? Num- “ber one: Michael, get straight with your soul. Pray a lot, if this is your way. But, don’t forgive anybody who has abused you verbally, physically, or mentally, during these horrible months and years in which you have been accused of some of the most heinous crimes imaginable. We would wish to advise you to get even. But, we cannot advise this to any man, except living well as you do God’s will is perhaps to have gotten even enough. Personally, we don’t think so. Yet, what would it profit you to spend the rest of your life ona vendetta against a vicious dis- trict attorney, and the liars and thieves you helped, had in your house and made life less miser- able for them for a little while? There must be a reward somewhere for you. At this mo- ment in our history our anger and resentment is because of force, and the Democratic party's job in opposing the Re- publicans. Not content to wear so many hats, John Conyers ig- nored the right wing attack on Felt, and planned to praise him with a House resolution. “As one who was a first hand witness to Watergate, I can only state humbly that Mr. Felt helped bring our country back from the brink of a constitutional crisis and an out-of-control White House.” He also knows that today’s gain absolution? -Genocide;” in an effort to ma Anternational law applicable to -the U.S. By this time, most of » or that those who h ave profited Lynching was genocide _ The United States Senate did . Not ratify the Convention on | Genocide until 1988, 40 years safter African Americans cifcu- lated the petition, “We Charge € the former Dixiecrats had be- - come Republicans, and felt safe in blaming their former party for their own crimes. The United States, controlled by a Republican majority and feckless minority of white Democrats whose greatest fear is their Black constituents, is now engaged in a grand venture to export the ideology of white’ “terror, planet-widé. They have “mot learned a thing. Having / Mever practiced democracy on _ their own shores, they claim a - Copyright.to the concept. The fact that nobody believes their claims does not phase them, be- / Cause they are marching to the tune of Manifest Destiny — the white man’s right to rule. It is | that belief that drew tens of thousands of whites to the lynching fields of Georgia and Indiana, for the sport of Negro- killing. Now they are in Iraq and Afghanistan, claiming moral au- thority. - The march of civilization goes on, leaving the United States be- hind. The bubble of news commu- nication fools only those inside. The rest of the globe sees its own interests, and recognizes white arrogance, intuitively. This intuitive knowledge, born of gruesome experience, what you had to go through. We can only imagine that God or Je- hovah, or whoever, or whatever, would allow the entire Jackson family to make an album called “The Jackson Family Sings,” us- ing all of their skills to make an album produced by Quincy Jones, playing the most wonder- ful tunes that the Jackson fam- ily can produce, selling them all over the world in such numbers as to give the Jackson family enough money to live on forever - with an ability to fight off gov- ernment, if needed, when this family is ever threatened again. We do not know whether an -album is the right thing or wrong thing, but it is the way Jackson made his money. It is probably the most certain way that he can immediately recoup the hun- dreds of millions of dollars spent since he was indicted, and lost trying to be good to other people, especially children. If this editorial sounds a bit bitter, it is because we are bit- ter about what happened to Michael Jackson and about what press is unprepared to do its job vis a vis the Bush administration. "Today it is unclear who will step up to the plate to expose the wrongdoing of the current admin- istration. Conyers knows that if we want this job done right we will have to do it ourselves. There is no “they” to help us. No political party, and no newspaper will come to our aid. Progressives must sign Conyers’ let- ter and step up to the plate to de- nounce the terrible crimes that have _ also informs Black Americans. Although surrounded by the same bubble of misinformation as the rest of Americans, Blacks smell the lie. The vast bulk of us see the “apology” for what it’ is — a scam, with no substantial benefits, and less good faith. Bur. there is a class that is paid to say “Yes sir,” on command. Most of us pay them no atten- tion. . Lynch law was no law at all. It was pure white power — the right to declare oneself a higher form of being, and reduce the “other” to charcoal. The current rulers of the United States are spreading lynch law to the far reaches of the’ planet. They claim the right to “pre-emptive” warfare, and reject all other peoples rights to live under col- ectively accepted rules. They wage war against the concept of international law, just as they violated every law that did not enshrine white privilege. Nothing has changed, ex- cept the world. We will not tol- erate such criminality, anymore. In fact, we have collectively called the behavior that white folks in the United States rou- tinely engaged in, criminal. It’s far too late for the U.S. Senate to pass a non-binding resolution announcing some vague objec- tion to lynching, when they pass legislation that makes it a crime to be Black and a youth, vote billions to fund a military ma- chine that seeks to enslave the planet, and rejects the guthor- ity of the World Criminal Court. In doing so, they have made themselves outlaws. We will not forgive, or ac- cept an apology that does not come with a change in power re- lationships. And we will reject any so-called Black leadership that makes its own deal. happened to so many other Black stars who have been falsely in- _ dicted by criminal prosecutors who wanted to make a name-for themselves and were able to do so because in the American jus- tice system it is possible to in- dict a ham sandwich. We can only wish that Michael grows older. doing the things he foves to do: helping chil- dren and others in’need - Whether they aré white or black, poor or well-off. He deserves having the pleasure of doing that. And for those who would continue to vilify Jackson, we say: a pox on all your houses, and may the good Lord help you by providing 747 wings for your descent into hell. Good luck, Michael! We have yet to hear your answer, and the scorecard is not yet prepared, as we list your enemies one by one, and try to get even for you. You can’t do it for yourself, Michael. You need those of us who are your friends to do it for you. God bless you, Michael! | Wilbert A. Tatum is Pub- lisher Emeritus & Chairman of the Board of the Amsterdam News -NYC been committed against Iraq and against this country. Just don't ex. pect to read anything about it in your local newspaper. ) Margaret Kimberley’s Free- dom Rider column appears weekly in BC. Ms. Kimberley is a freelance writer living in’ New York City. She can be reached via e- Mail at margaret.kimberley@ blackcommentator.com. You can read more of Ms. Kimberley's writings at ‘hetp:// freedomrider.blogspot,com/ a esa aan hee iON span, the | pre-school to | ratio e lation,” 12401 or 15-40 1 Serroidh badgpeny ther thing t ially . cuts its possible that you can haye one he pre-school level i 9 teacher, 20 students and a teacher's as- "Percent of the teachers are female.” sistant once or twice a week,” he ex- __ According to the National Cen- plains. “For a teacher, Black, White, ter for Education Statistics (NCES). male or female the ideal child is the one Oftthe 3.5 million teachers, approxi- that is quiet and can sit ail for $ pe- mately 861,000 (25 percent) are men, sods of time working independently on: ~ SMpated to 259,000 (75 percent) ditto sheets. If you two boys that ~ Mately 217,000) are Black men. ing and demanding your attention, it’s a oP ae ‘disappointed, is pet yee ae of ere ¢ de, Lynson Beaulieu, with the D.C. mes that based National Black Child Develop- ded the decision by the U.S. Sen- tee Rangel (D-Harlem) ap- GREENVILLE, NC - An incident mit po 17 yen 0 at the original Boys Club of Pee Country could have turned Alge Crumpler's life turvy. Instead, it taught then TO-jear olf a valuable jaune . « “It proved to me that I was strong enough to not run away from amy problems,” Crumpler said ednesday at a campaign kickoff for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Pitt | County at the club’s Minges Unit ‘on Firetower Road. “Kids toda are ‘80 afraid to step forward and ad- their mistakes.” ler, a Greenville native, _ UNC-Chapel Hill praduate and 27 ce? PP © & «= year old Atlanta Falcons All-Pro ight end, got up early each day to raise the American flag at the former Boys Club on Arlington Blvd. He'd return each night to lower, fold, and store it. One day, he inadvertently raised the flag up- side down. An elder member of the elub noticed the error and asked who did it. Mortified, but unwa- vering, Crumpler stepped forward. | was really embarrassed,” Crumpler recalled. “I'd been so proud fo fly the flag each day and say the Boys Club code.” ednesday, returned to Greenville Ben his Athans home to help launch a multimillion-dollar campaign to extend Boys & Girls Clubs services to 1,000 additional children and teens. Crumple, who spent most of his afternoons at the Boys Club from age 7 - 15, is the campaign’s honorary eee ign organizers aim to raise $5 million $7 million to build a facil- ity in northern Pitt County, replace inadequate facilities in Ayden and renovate the South Greenville unit on Howell, Street. New G a , _Noteworthy State Of Music (NAPS)—Some of rap’s hottest _ artists are pushing messages of nonviolence. For instance, hip-hop artist Prez-E-Dent, who cites such inspirations ag Bob Marley and Tupac Shakur, is considered a leader in the new “rap renuis- sance” that aims to spread a posi- tive message to listeners. “The industry is in a state of emer- Sta Jal ne After eas with the Relativ- ity label, his first single, “Gotta Be Like That” (recorded under the name 2020), was « commercial smash. But he soon became frus- trated with management prac- tices, paid back his advance and became squarely in charge of his His hot ted alb s y anticipated album “New World is expected to make a huge impact. With polit- leal and thought-provoking con- yy apology is ment Inst{cute, very and the various atrocities that fl institution, induding lynch- ings,” said Rangel. “A debate over the nature and amount of those fions is already underway in pote ergy Congress, in churches, homes and in- stitutions x psrprdmanalh coms th Rangel t reparations that would help to close the gap between whites and Blacks in the area of edu- cation and health care would be far reaching. . “The word ‘reparations’ is just another way of saying that a group of The northern Pitt County club will be built on land off NC 33 near Beloit. The 20,000 sq. ft. facility will serve youth from Bethel, Belvoir, Pactolus, Stokes, north Greenville and_ Crumpler is shown here with Greenville Area businessmen, fee usiness and Civic Kelly Barnhill (left) and C.R. Llewis, two who collectively are helping to spear- heading the campaigne to extend the Boys & Girls Club “It's a very situation. | co think we have a combineson of ei dren with very nging behaviors — and we have teachers that aren't trained to positi the chal- lenging behaviors could mean being essive, hitting other children, ing out at teachers, biting, cry- ’ ing, and children who have other 22S | no are 1 drugs and most programs really don't have the support services they need in order to know how to support chil- dren in those environments.” Beaulieu believes that in order to alleviate problems. in the classroom, individuals should teceive a set of benefits to make up for their unusual sacrifice or suffering,” said " York) did not address the question: of reparations, She did applaud the Senate’ mete 2 ene eles » “In failing time and. time to act against these atrocities, the Sen. ate had failed the victims, their fami- lies and the nation,” Clinton said. “This is a tragic reality that we can never ease, and while I believe this apology is long overdue, I am pleased an overhaul of the South Greenville pm, viors,’ she said. “Chal- extended 1098 as elk parents and teachers must work to- some Spaying opt armies selves,” | chal- Ceinatannleere if the news is not good news, >, but some still US pas In the seventy years from 1890 to 1960, at least 4,742 Americans were murdered as a result of being h ct d The vi ‘ is, tly Affi ’ Americans, often never receive jus- _ tice because the culprits wete rarely "> prosecuted. Desie ee kk House of Representatives and several J.S. presidents, the Senate failed to legislation that could have pro But Rangel said that more than logy is still needed. ne an every day in a controlled envi- unit on Howell Street will improve ronment didn’t leave a lot of room services to 400 existing club mem- bers and reach hundreds more chil- dren, officials estimated. It will take in this area. surrounding communities. The $1.5 million club will serve 500 youth. Harvey Lewis of E.R, Lewis Construction donated the land. “I know of no better investment to make as a business person or a pri- vate citizen than an investment in our youth,” Lewis said Wednesday. “And the Boys & Girls Club fills that need.” RicMiller, a Greenville City Council member and president of R.R Miller Construction, has do- nated his company’s time to build the Ayden club, a similar 20,000 sq. ft. structure that will be adjacent to Ayden Elementary School. “One kid's life could make a dif- ference in our community. And _we've got a prime example right here.” Miller said about Crumpler. “He's given a million times back what we have put into the clubs.” The new building in Ayden and $2.5 million more to complete that work. In addition, organizers plan to raise enough money for an oper- ating fund that will provide for utili- ties, upkeep and other operations; expenses associated with the new facilities. Crumpler has donated time and money to the campaign effort, said » hill Sr., chairman of the Kelly Kids under Construction campaign. He's fielping campai raise close to $ 3 million from sev- eral corporate and individual Pitt County donors. The 6 ft. 2, 263 pound Crumpler credits the Boys Club with helping keep him above temptation. “ Having the positive influence around me every day helped me not to stray from the beaten path,” he said. “I also had family and church, but that buffer zone from 3 to 6:30 ‘Christian Social Invitations, Bus: 252.752.3846 i : 7 i i Top 20 Gospel/Praise & Worship - Music, Clergy/Choir Robes, Church Supplies, Books, Bibles, Grecting Cards, Gifts, Wedding Songbooks, Sunday School & Vacation Bible Schoo! Materials and much more!!! 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Now, they are turning to the public to raise the remainder needed | expect the school to work on the problem without the fam- ily also working on the problem as 1.” : : Kunjufu, who has written several books. about Black male children in the education system, also blames parents for not recognizing their child's needs, many Black homes, when someone hits you, hit them back: In school, if someone hits you, you're supposed to tell the teacher. We have to resolve famili can soldiers, such as myself, after ser- vice in World War IT and thé Korean War benefited from its generous educa- ~ tion benefits. In my case the bill enabled a high school dropout to finish school, graduate ftom college and law school, and eventually enter: politics,” said Rangel. “That is one way to design repa- () . he militar “* order ; me , Th the kind apology that , like to . [ Y I . . ; . to meet Construction costs and cre- -ate sufficient funds for annual op- erating expenses. . The clubs have set up a secured location on their culture,” he : pe age aati ta child i isciplined, hes taught to respect adults. Secondly, if your child is only being disciplined with a belt and schools are not allowed to tise it what are schools to do? We have a di- lemma.” . Z ne - Discipline and cultural. issues aside, Gilliam incoming director of Yale’s Edward Zigler Center for Child ~ Development and Social Policy rec- ommends that children not be ex- pelled without ensuring that alterna- tive services has been accessed. a “When we fail to provide these supports, we place children and their ilies in a very difficult situation— where some children are- bounced from one program to the next and parents may end up. viewing their child as an educational failure well before kindergarten,” he says, He adds, “We also place teach- eis in a very difficult situation. As a former public school teacher, I know that no teachers want to give up on a child—especially not one who only learned to talk a year or two: ago. Without supports in place, these prekindergarten teachers...are’ forced to decide between the good of the individual child and the good of the “class. And that’s not fair to these teach- ers either.” Web site, www. bgepitt.org, for eople to donate to the campaign. Donors also can call the clubs at 355- Cy HONDA. 3300 S. Memorial Dr. - Greenville, NC 27834 Bob Barbour Phone (252) 355-2500 2345 ext. 202. / Derek Fax: (2§2)3$5-$308 Automotive Consultant Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorori By Ella Harris GREENVILLE - The Annual Senior Citizens Celebration of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror- ity, Inc. was held on Saturday, May 14 at J. H. Rose High School. 2005 was the 28th year of this celebration that began in May 1977, Historically, the lota Kappa Omega Chapter has invited community residents _ i Ba who are members of Senior Citizens Clubs to join them for the occasion. Program founders were Dr. Lilla Holsey and Mrs, Ethel Thomas who sponsored the first dinner on the ECU campus in the Ledonia Wright — Cultural Heritage Center. Twelve seniors comprised the first group of honorees: Mrs. Julia Calhoun, Mrs. Etta Durpee, Mrs. Lula Foster; Mrs. Lucy Johnson, Mis. Martha -Jones, Mrs. Addie Langley, Mrs. L. E. Latham; Mrs. C. K. Marshmond, ‘Mrs. Carrie Nobles, Mrs. L. R. Taylor, and - Mrs. Bertha Wooten. All the fIrst seniors are now deceased. Mrs. Ella Harris, Senior Citi- zens Celebration Chairperson, - presented the necrology service to. honor the memory of the “First Seniors” and the memory June 1'- 30, 2005 The Minority Voice Newspaper Page 5 of all seniors who have passed away during the year. Accord- ing the Mrs. Norma Warren, registration chairperson, 162 seniors enjoyed festivities which included a crafts fair showcased by Mrs. Beulah Moore; and health and wellness check-up stations for blood pressure monitoring and infor- mational brochures. Mrs. Sharon Mallette chairs the health and wellness committee. The theme for the 2005 cel- ebration was “Seniors in Mo- tion: A Healthier View.” Chap- ter President Laura Carmon pre- sented Sorority members who sang the National Alpha Kappa Alpha Hymn following the in- vocation by the Reverend John Elbert Jones. Special musical se- lections were sung by the “Swinging Singing Seniors” a ‘recover faster when they have a ty, Inc. Holds Annual Senior Citizens Celebration newly formed group of the Mu- sic Academy of Eastern Carolina. Mrs. Charlotte Smith led an ex- ercise for seniors’ session entitled “Seniors in Motion”. A “How to Talk to Your Doctor” forum was presented by Dr. Lisa Staton, ECU Assistant Professor of In- ternal Medicine, Ms. Cyncere Neal, FNP/Wound Care Special- ist, Dr. Brian Cabarrus, ECU Car- diology Fellow, and Dr. Julius Mallette, ECU/OB-GYN Senior | Associate Dean of Academic Af- fairs, Mrs. Delilah Jackson, Vice President of the chapter, invited all seniors to participate in the seg- “ment entitled “Seniors on Pa- rade” where all seniors “show off’ their fashions. The seniors have traveled from Greenville, Kinston, Ayden, Bethel, Winterville, Elm City, Hyde County, Chowan County, and Gates County. Gates County Se- niors won the prize for most se- niors dressed in the Sorority col- ors of pink and green. Prior to the luncheon seniors were fa- vored with door prizes, which included money hats and rolled - coins. Among the most prized gifts are the flowers and tomato. plants that have been the favor- ite take-home fayor for all seniors since the program’ inception. 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A group of 30 Arkansas Ministers mobilized a major protest against a show there by the ra per $0 Cent: Even the Rev. Al Sharpton has jumped on the bandwagon, condemning record companies for glamorizing and exploiting violence and vow- ing to take his complaints to the Federal Communications Com- mission. If this righteous backlash keeps gaining momentum, it will the most important, American cultural movement of this new century. That's because hip-hop is an attack on decades of black rogress. Thugs like Snoop Do and 50 Cent claim, “they'te a ing it real”, implying that African- Americans who aspire to achieve- ment, intelligence, and decency are inauthentic—indeed, suspiciously white.” But rappers present a ret- rograde version of black life that is in complete conflict with the reality of millions of people. € strides, and our community's true _. Stars are the legions of black doc- tors, lawyers, businessmen, and mayor. not _ pimps, ho’s and gangstas. Blacks, it's worth noting, now control the political infrastructure in many of the biggest cities of America. Hip- Hop will continue to dr culture down until it is reformed or constrained by the multitude of | black people it embarrasses. But let's realize what we're up against. From its humble beginnings inthe | ~ ghettos of New York's : South Bronx, hip-hop has grown into a formidable force on all Street. Its urban sensibility — permeates the Gap and Wal-Mart - and Nordstrom, ‘and where would _ ' MTV and the Grammy Awards be — without hip-hop? More than'70 percent of all -tap CD’s are bought by white kids. The sad truth is “negativity’ sells’. And there’s no shortage of buyers. As teens and record execu- tives make the worst of the BP pers very rich, it only increases the motivation for tap artists to pro- duce more violent, vulgar works. 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Tarboro, NC Hemby out of the barn door she went “Tee Mountains” ‘Fountain: NC (252) 749.3256 (252) 823-$129 f g Mrs. Beatrice Maye Our Youth: Our Responsibility _ An elderly woman said, “For those of you who are quick to criti- cize the younger generation, just don't forget who raised them” - or better yet, who did not raise them.” In the animal kingdom, adults take care of ~ ing of the you is cag " i take care of ewer a 2 chickens take care of chicks, bears take care of cubs, and dogs take care of . puppies. But many of us humans walk _ away from our responsibility as adults. The pride and treasure of our nation is our youth. Any nation that neglects the teaching and the upbring- th is a nation on the de- cline. But if we are honest, then we must confess that we as a nation have lost control of our young people. Too many of our most cherished posses- sions are wandering aimlessly rough | life, with little thought about tomor- row. 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Wayne Hines were in atten- dance. , Rev. James K. Brown repre- sented Gates County. Rev. Lacy Joyner and: Rev. Don Davis repre- sented Granville and Greene County respectively, Rev, Quientrell Butrell, Jr., Rev. Chance Lynch and Rev. Milton Jones represented Halifax County. Hertford County was repre- sented by Rev. Claude Odom and from Lenoir County Bishop J.E. Reddick and Rev. Rudolph Will- iams attended the event. - Canady represented Wilson County From Nash County Rev. FC. Barnes and Bishop R. T. McCarter made the journey. Rev. Carroll R. Dickens Sr., Rev. Timothy Edwards and Rev. Tony Flood represented Northampton | County WOOW/Minority Voice Newspaper CEO/President, James Rouse, Rev. Clarence Gray, Rev. Sidney Lock, : Rev. Howard Parker, Minister Rob- ert Muhammad, and Rev. Tyrone Tumage and Rev. William Johnson From Vance County Rev. William Clayton, II, Rev, Todd Hester and Rev. Curtis Donald made the trip. Rev. Vincent Brown, Rev. Shelton Daniel and Bishop James Daniel represented Wake County. Further west Warren County’s Rev. Cathy Alston-Kearney, Rev. Carson Jones, Rev. Erica Smith- Ricks, Rev. Danny Jones and Rev. Jeremiah Webb joined those who made the trip. Rev. Freddie Barnes _Tepresented Wayne County and Rev- erends M.K. 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They lis- ten not only to what we say, they watch what we do, and sometimes what we do speaks so loud that they cannot hear what we say. They see the con- tradictions, the hypocrisy, and the inconsistencies in our lives, in our talk as well as in our walk. Today, in many households, it is ‘nuclear who is in e. It seems in some cases that the children are rais- ing the parents rather than the par- ents raising the children, It seems in some cases that the children are rais- ing the parents rather than the par- ents raising the children. Where are we going as a people? NCCU Robert C. Pierce, Dean | School Of Law DURHAM, N.C. -North Carolina Central University (NCCU) received approval from the University of North Carolina Board of Governors Friday to add three new deans to its execu- tive staff in Academic Affairs. Raymond C. Pierce, a partner in the Cleveland Office of Baker & Hostetler, will serve as dean of the NCCU School of Law effective July 1,2005. Caesar R. Jackson, interim dean of the College of Aits and Sci- “ences-at North“ GarolinaA8cT* State University (NC A&T), will serve as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at NCCU beginning August 1,2005. Dr. Irene Owens, sesoriate rofessor and graduate advisor at the Ciniversity of ‘Texas at Austin School of Information, will begin her tenure as dean of the NCCU School of Li- brary and Information Sciences on June 1,2005. . “Weare adding these outstandin professionals to our team at a criti June 1 - 30, 2005 The Minority Voice Newspaper Page 7. How important are our children to us? Raising our children must become a top priority in our lives. Cultivat- ing their minds, strengthening their bodies, and elevating their spirits ought to be uppermost on our agenda. We must teach our young people to: | ake time to work - it is the price of success. ake time to think - it is the source of power (RES secret of perpetual youth Take time to read - it is the foundation of wisdom . Take time to worship - it is the ighway to reverence to a star time to dream - it is hitching one’s wagon Take time for friendship - itisa source of happiness Take time for God - it is life's only lasting investment. Now is the time to take time. Now is the time to put up or shut up. Now is the time. From: Hard Questions, Heart An- swers, Speeches and Sermons by the Reverend Bernice A. King (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s daughter) CHURCH ERSHIP Let's take a lesson from ants. “Ants pull together”. Ants also share oints Dr. Irene Owens, Dean School of Library & Information Sciences time inthe life of the university,” said Chancellor James H. Ammons. “We believe that our new appointees have the levels of expertise needed to ex- pand our program offerings in relevant areas and continue our tradition of excellence.” Pierce served for seven years as President Bill Clinton's Deputy Assis- tant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education and afierwatds was a candidate for mayor of Cleveland: prior to joltling- Baker & Hostetler. “I am absolutely honored to as- sume the leadership of this great law school,” said Pierce. “During my years in Washington developing federal policy in higher education, I envi- sioned that one day I would have the Opportunity to serve in academia. North Carolina Central University School of Law has an excellent tradi- tion for producing accomplished at- torneys that have provided outstand- with Private Baths All Utilities Free Parking Maid Services j { Wic: 14 ra OmAe, aoa. | G burdens that are too large for anyone OF two ants to carry. Most churches face the prob- lems of having a few leaders and a handful of people do most of the work nec to keep a congrey - tion thriving. The more people who can become involved in a church rogram, the more successful it is ikely to be. . Are we guilty of doing more than we need to do because we don’t want to share responsibility? After all, “It’s my job”, Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, suggested that Moses se- lect able men, competent men, Ossessing good judgment and eadership qualities and men who feared God, recognizing their ac- countability to Him in dealing. with the Israelites. What steps can a church take to overcome the lack of leadership? Here are some suggestions: 1. The congregation should seek out able people from their midst. Today we should consider an able person one who is intelligent, reason- ably well educated, and who possesses those qualities of personality that cause others to’ recognize him 4s a leader. 2. The people need to be challenged. It is easy for members in a church to get into a rut with the same people to ing setvice to the state of North Caro- lina and this nation. Being a part of North Carolina Central University is a privilege and I look forward to the challenges as the new dean of the law school _ Asa partner with the Cleveland firm, Pierce's practice concentrates in business transactions and public policy. He also serves state govern- ments in higher education and pen- sion investment-related matters, and works with the flrm’s*Washington- Based federal Policy Group to assist clients with government-related is- sues. During his term as Deputy As- sistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Pierce managed the enforcement of federal civil rights laws in education and the development of federal civil rights education policy. Pierce di- rected the fie of aes nation er education eseBrepe tion pani negotiated resolution agreements with six states resulting in increased funding and enhanced e-ucational ing for Histori- cally Black & and Universities. Through these efforts Pierce was the commencement speaker at graduation ceremonies for six HBCUs on behalf of the Clinton Administration. Prior to joining the Clinton Administration Pierce was employed by the L TV Corporation from 1986-1993 where he was an attorney in that company’s Corporate Law Department. At LTV, Pierce was a commercial transactions attorney primarily involved with the transportation section for railroads, barges and trucking Pierce is legal career in 1984 as a civil rights attorney with the John W, Walker Law Firm in Little Rock>Arkansas-whereshe-concem Affordable Housing Rates Weekly $175.00 Daily $32.95 Pay As You Go... No Lease To Sign... No Credit Check... e@ Spacious Fully Furnished Rooms Telephone, Cable with HBO Indoor Heated Pool & Courtyard GUESTS COMING FOR THE HOLIDAYS? ° me Now is the time to reserve your rooms - Deposit required a ai COLLEGE STUDENTS WELCOMED! | 7025. Memorial Drive Greenville, NC 27834 Bi | i ‘ ‘\ ‘ 4 ar. oo 7 a ; L204 ALS Meetings Functions or 4 "Our Banquet Facilties are ideal for Business “Wedding Receptions, Graduations Events, Family Reunions, Frat & Sororities TAS vere > Festive Ocassions..." 1 4 WWW.namitoninnnc.com There is a need for mentors and the tment in the College of Arts and Sci- ofthe EagleTeam, | ip of Chancel-* lor Ammons along with Provost Jones would be willing to serve if they knew - what to do. A congregation ought to have regular educational programs that not only teach the Bible but also. prepare its members to be teachers, youth leaders, deacons, elders, and other types of leaders needed by ev- : ery church. 4. Care must be taken not work the leaders. 5. Current methods and programs look at the p we have in our | local church. We must have the hu- mility to listen and the willingness to | change. need for qualified leaders. Why doesn't the church have more and better lead- ers? Who was is the mentor in your life? How can your church - our church - help people become effec- tive leaders? . a} Pity the church leader who adopts an Fwill-do-it-all philosophy of ministry and fails to delegate. Thanks to the advise of Jethro, Moses delegated some of his duties to faith | ful elders. ; Thought to Remember: “Many hands make a light work”. Three New Deans | trated on class. action employment a discrimination cases. _ Mt. Pierce. is a member of the _ Ohio, Arkarisas, and American bar. _ associations. He received his law de- gree from Case Western Reserve Uni- = _ versity School of Law/in 1983 and his bachelor’s degree in 1980 at Syra- cuse University. Jackson said he is: very excited about his new appoint- Cees on a bed by deienng and the NCCU central administra said Jackson. “The College of Arts and Sciences is. the heart and soul nee the University, impacting afeas ecam- pus and the surrounding community ‘through its arts and humanities, social sciences, health sciences, and natural, hysical, and mathematical sciences. | Punbly accept the role of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and I look forward to building on the college's suc- cesses and through this unit contribute new growth to generate a swell in the rising tide to for North Caro- lina Central University.” Jackson began his career at N.C. A&T State University in 1992 as an assistant professor of physics, He be- came associate dean there for Re- search and Graduate Programs in the College of Arts and Sciences in 1998, . Hehhas served as interim dean at NC A&T since May 2002. - During his appointment as in- terim dean, the hs of Arts and Sciences has received acentditation renewal for its theatre program, a joint master in social work, and the chelor of social work. Approval also was granted for a new bachelor’s de- gree in liberal studies and the college received approval to plan and impe - ment degree pr in. computa- tional sciences, liberal studies, and a technical writing concentration in the Department of English, | The college placed second among schools/colleges in reseatch grant awards received in 2003-2004 with significant increases in biology, math- ematics and physics. Some of Jackson's recent grant proposals have secured more than $ Teall in research dollars for NC A&T. From 1977 throu son worked for IBM Corporation located in Boca Raton, Fla. where he was employed as a junior engineer. He was later transferred to IBM Re- search Triangle Park Office where he was promoted to a staff engineer. Dr. Jackson earned his Ph.D. in physics from North Carolina State niversity, master's degree in electri- cal engineering from the University of Florida and his bachelor’s d in engineering technology from Florida A&M University, | Owens is looking forward to serving as dean of the Necu School of Library and Information Sciences, “ This is the greatest honor and responsibility of my career to serve a special university and my ‘profes- sion,” she said. y For ten years, Owens served the niversity of Texas at Austin Gradliate School of Information. She worked as an associate professor and: gradu- ate advisor for four years and six years a8 an assistant professor, She is a former head librarian at Howatd University School of Divini Press titled The t of Staffing in Libraries, She has written chapters in five books and served as editor of several books published by Haworth Press - Strategic Marketing in Lj. brary and Information Science and Acquisitions and Collection, Devel. opment in the Humanities, Dr. Owens earned her Ph.D. from the University of North Car- lina at Chapel Hill, M.ALR.S. at Howard University, M.L.S; at the University of and a B.S. at BarberScotia College. do the same things in the same old: way. we . a 3. The people must be trained. Many © to over- § 4 should be analyzed. It may help to 7 have a person om the outside take a @ ative _ staff, is an honor and pleasure for me,” | | | 1992, Jack- . ¢ 3 fi ¢ : a - _ & es : : WASHINGTON, DC - Congress ~- oman -G. K. Butterfield, who since ' {going to Congress has since be- - «come a memb pay Services Committee, made to Congressman Robin Hayes’ re- _ + »dence-of a connection. ~ + *~ » L sj 2 Zz. at 4 e af ge tee gb words. > Afheis right, it is a sad commen- en er of the House ing statement in nse cent claim CNN. that there is evi- between the PRESIDENT BUSH appa ¥ _ tary on the state of American democ- - .. The memo, recounting the de- tails of a July 23, 2002, meeting at - British Prime Miniter Tony Bers oo eee ig of ‘/- “Without Sascolsy Lynching ‘Bush and ro Die ay Peerage Ras bean son saaay anes, theo hunters divvied nt bloodied pants of Abram Smith, his Photography in America” showing lynchings. The above phota for was scanned from Hussein: Butterfield in responding to Hayes's statement said that, “America must complete the im- portant mission of creating a stable, viable and democratic Iraq” but that we must be honest with the American people. Butterfield ‘the memo’ official residence on 10 Downing St., . strongly suggested that the message had been sent across the Atlantic that the Bush White House had made the de- Cision to wage war on Iraq. The min- utes of the meeting indicated that Blair and his top-level intelligence and for- eign-policy aides were given clear sig- nil that military action was “inevi- table. * Bea le: | Rees out the years and as the ator goes, shee th naked lower body was cloth incloth in traditional depictions of Christ on the cross. Lawrence Beitler, a studio photogra- . pher, took this photo. For ten days and nights he printed thousands of copies, which sold for fifty cents apiece. ‘ Lyt photogra paler pefauik and by “Page 8 ‘The Minority Voice Newspaper June 1 - 30, 2005 went on to further to say that Con- gressman Hayes, Vice President Cheney and President Bush are ignoring the facts by holding up tragedies of 9/11 “as a justifica- tion for the war in Iraq," follow- ing Bush speech to the nation Tues- day (June 28). The former State Supreme Court Judge said, "exten- Butterfield: We must be candid with the American peo attacks of 9/11 and Saddam sive research revealed that the facts are "clear," Saddam Hussein and Iraq had nothing whatsoever to do with the terrorist attacks of 911 and as a member of the Armed Sefvices Committee he has seen no other evidence to sug- gest otherwise. Butterfield went further onto le on Iraq say that given the great sacrifices that have already been made and the difficult times ahead there must be “clarity and honesty."- Only by being candid with the American people can we expect to maintain the support that is needed to complete our mission," Butterfield said. "I do not believe in setting a deadline," Butterfield went on to say, "but we do. need the President to candidly and clearly layout the tasks that remains for the United States in Iraq and how they are to bé accomplished." Subsequent to Bush's speech as his poll numbers continue to fall, many Americans feel that the Bush policy on Iraq is adrift, — oO In the most disturbing assage of the minutes, the head of Britains MIG6 intelligence service, reporting on ‘his recent trip to Washington, told the up that “intelligence and facts were Being fixed around the policy” of a war to remove Saddam Hussein from power. Bush was finally asked about the memo directly this week, during a media availability with Blair. Bush tried to discredit the memo becatise d, One Survived Shipp, Abram Smith and ames Cameron roy a in a Klansman’s robe undreds of pictures exist. Inronically, Sen. Mary Lndrieu, D- raphy was a | above) one of the co-sponsors of the Senate’s apology was moved to act after recieving a copy of early documents dozens upon dozens of picture that work. - Ed. _ On the night of August 7, 1930, three young African Ameri- .' cans —-Thomas Shipp, age nine- ’ teen; Abram Smith, age eighteen; $ixteen-year-old James Cameron, faced the hideous wrath " ofa lynch mob in the Ku Klux Klan- dominated town of Marion, Indi- and ana. Only Cameron survived. At the time, James Cameron ‘ was a 16-year-old shoeshine boy in _ Marion, Ind., when an Aug. 6, 1930, incident — and what he claims was divine intervention — changed his life forever. I all began when Cameron ac- cepted a ride home that night in a 1926 Ford Roadster from his 18- year-old classmate, Tom Shipp. An- other teen, 19-year-old Abram Smith, also was in the car. By the end of the next night, Shipp and Smith would be dead — beaten and then lynched by an an- gry mob. The three teenagers, all of whom were black, drove along the river. At some point, Cameron te- lated, they came across a car and a white man named Claude Deeter, as well as an 18-year-old white woman named Mary Ball. Cameron said one of the other teenagers or- dered him to rob the couple at gun- _ point. “I opened the door and I said, ‘Stick them up,’ and this white fel- low gets out of the car, and he didn't recognize me because I had my hat pulled down,” he recalled. “And I notiged him just like that. He was my fflend, a real nice white fellow. I was his shoeshine boy. “And his girlfriend got out of the car. Her ice was so pale and lovely and frightened, and that scared me. So P took the gun, give it to one of my confederates. I said, ‘Here, I'm not going to have any- thing to do with you guys.’ ATTENTION BUSINESSES, ADVERTIS ERS AND WRITERS!!! “And I left that scene of the crime. I had gone about two or three blocks when I heard some shots ring out — bang, bang, bang. Well, I was foolish for being out there, but I sure in hell wasn't going to go back to see who was shooting who.” . . Shipp and Smith in the robbery- inspired murder of Claude Deeter, 23, a white factory worker from niearby Fairmount, Indiana, along with Cameron were accused of sexually assaulting Deeter’s white girlfriend, nineteen-year-old Marion resident Mary Ball. While the latter charge was never proven, such charges, however groundless, were easily assumed by racist whites and frequently served to incite lynch mobs to commit even greater atrocities. The three teens were arrested late that night and taken to the county jail, where they were held throughout the next day. By dusk, a rowdy crowd was gathering outside the jail, ‘but the sheriff ordered his deputies not to use their weapons because women and children were in the crowd. As Cameron went on to say, “I was still sore from the beating the police had given me. Somebody came back and shook me and said, “Wake up! Wake up! They're break- ing the windows! They're trying to break into the jail!’ And I got up and ran around the bullpen and looked out the window. From my _ Later James Cameron would go on of the timing of its disclosure — just days before Blair's re-election. But it is important to note that no one has challenged the authenticity of the memo nor the accuracy of its account of the meeting. - Bush also scoffed at the sugges- tion that the decision to go to war had been made by July 2002, nearly year before U.S. bombs began rain- ing on Baghdad. “There's nothing far- ther from the truth,” Bush told re- porters. “My conversation with the prime minister was, how can this peacefully?” Americans deserve to have a more intensive investigation and ex- pansive explanation to the extremely serious allegation that their govern- ment “ intelligence to justify a pre-emptive war. The White House wants to dismiss it as “old news” and the Republicans who control both houses of Congress assume they can shrug’ off the demands of a bloc of we do Democrats — led by Rep. John. Conyers, D-Mich. — for hearings on the Downing Street memo. There should be no statute of limitations — or shortness of public " attention span — on an issue that cuts to the core of this government's in- tegrity and credibility. Congress must fully investigate the actions in Wash- ington that led the highest officials in Great Britain to be convinced that the Bush administration was hell-bent on war and working to concoct a ratio- nalization for it. second-floor perch, I could see the crowd below, and sure enough they were hollering, “Turn them damn niggers over to‘us! We know how to treat them! We're going to hang ev- ery damn one of them!’ “ Shipp and Smith were ~ snatched from a jail cell only a block and a half from the giant oak tree where their bodies were soon to hang lifeless, beaten and hanged _ to death by the furious mob with- “out the beniefit of trail. Cameron was next. He, too, was badly beaten and nearly suffered an iden- tical demise, with a rope around his neck and his last prayers on his lips was saved at the last mo- ment by the intervention of a “voice” shouthed from the crowd, “Take that boy back, he didn’t have anything to do with any killing or | raping!” Cameron’s mysterious benefactor was never identified. to write a book entitled, A Time of Terror, from which the follow- ing account was taken he gave more of and account of what hap- pened that night. As he looked back on that night Cameron said it seemed as if there were thousands of Indianans carry- ing picks, bats, ax handles, crow- bars, torches, and firearms attack- ing the Grant County Courthouse, determined to “get those goddamn Niggers.” A barrage of rocks shat- tered the jailhouse windows, send- ing dozens of frantic inmates in search of cover. Cameron said he recognized familiar faces in the crowd — some schoolmates, and others, customers whose lawns he had mowed and whose shoes he had polished — trying to break down the jailhouse door with sledgeham- mers. Many of the police officers milled around outside with the crowd, joking. Inside, fifty guards with guns waited downstairs. being ripped from the wall, and a mob of about fifty men beat Tho- mas Shipp senseless and dragged him into the street. The waiting crowd ‘came to life.’ It seemed to Cameron that ‘all of those ten to fifteen thousand people were try- ing to hit him all at once.’ The dead Shipp was dragged with a rope up to the window bars of the second victim, Abram Smith. For twenty minutes, citizens pushed and shoved for a closer look at the ‘dead nigger.’ By the time Abe Smith was hauled out he was equally mutilated. ‘Those who were not close enough to hit him threw rocks and bricks. Somebody rammed a crowbar through his chest several times in great satis- faction.’ Smith was dead by the time the mob dragged him ‘like a horse‘ to the courthouse square and hung him from a tree. The lynchers osed for photos under the limb that held the bodies of the two dead men. “Then the mob headed back for James Cameron and ‘mauled him all the way to the courthouse square,’ shoving and kicking him to the tree, where the lynchers put a hanging rope around his neck. Cameron credited an unidentified woman's voice with silencing the mob and opening a path for his retreat to the county jail and, ulti- mately, for saving his life. After being tried and serving four years for Fis complicity of the crime, Cameron had since committed his life to retelling the horrors: of his experience and ‘the Black Ho- locaust‘ in his capacity as director and founder of the museum with the same name in Milwaukee, Wis- consin. Under magnification, one can see the girls in this photo clutching ragged swatches of dark cloth. According to the Tuskegee In- stitute 4,742 lynchings took place in the U.S. between 1882 and 1968. Of those, 3,445 victims were black, some 70% and 1,297 victims were white. In its sporadic occurrences over the next decades, lynching continued to be a vehicle of ter- ror and a last resort in opposition to the drive for political and civil rights through the 1950s, 1960s, and beyond. _ PAYS A LUMP SUM OF CASH FOR: OWNER-FINANCED MORTGASGAGE, PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENTS, ANNUITIES, AND LOTTERY WINNINGS 24 Hrs. Voicemail: 919-915-0236 Antonio Neison Private Note Investor www.nelsonfundingcompany.com Cameron recalled “the door new superintendent. Board IMPORTANT PITT COUNTY SCHOOLS INFORMATION The Pitt County Board of Education has. begun the search process for a OW | 1 members feel it is extremely important to gath- er valuable input from the community and Pitt County Schools employees. . before interviewing candidates. i » AS @ community member, you have two opportunities to voice your opin- ion.on the qualifications and expectations for the next Superintendent. The Board will hold six public forums and conduct on-line Surveys to gather this information. eI Public Forum Dates and Times June 13 @ 7:00 p.m, - D. H. Conley High School Cafeteria Hosted by District 5 Representatives June 16 @ 7:00 p,m. - Ayden-Grifton High Schoo! Cateteria Hosted by District 6 Representatives June 21 @ 7:00 p.m. - Farmville Central High School Cafeteria Hosted by District 4 Representatives , June 23 @ 7:00 p.m. = North Pitt High School Auditorium Hosted by District 2 Representatives July 5 @ 7:00 p.m, ~ South Central High Schoo! 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Pistons had won the NBA cham- pionship. I believe this even though their Game Seven loss to the Spurs meant that we've been spared a Mitch Albom col- umn about his experience watch- ing the game with Isiah Thomas, John Kennedy, James Naismith, and Morrie. The world would be better. But not because the Pistons are a terribly appealing team. Cen- ter Ben Wallace shoots free throws like he is trying to smite Cureton played in game six. heir best player is named auncey, — . No.’A Pistons win would have been a delicious slap in the face to what was becoming a well-orchestrated Pistons Back- lash. The Pistons had become a team that people hated, and seemed to enjoy hating, a little too much. The vibe was not dis- similar to how some people talk about the city of Detroit itself: a little too “street,” a little too “hip-hop,” a little too “urban,” all of which are code words for a little too Black. : One nationally syndicated columnist, Michael Cunningham, called the spindly Tayshaun Prince a “Whining Pterodactyl” that “should be ex- For The Pistons reactions to fouls were called the “Afro Pout” and Chauncey Billups had what Cunningham called a “Woof Whine.” This kind of commentary boggles the » mind. Was there no one to ad- vise Cunningham that compar- ing NBA players to tap-dancing animals might be a bad idea? Who is Cunningham’s editor, Trent Lott? Jesse Helms? Bill | Cosby? Standing up to the Piston’s backlash meant standing up to this tide. It also meant standin with perhaps the most aytcces player in the NBA not named Ron Artest: Rasheed Wallace. A second Wallace champion- ship would have been a sweet | sight indeed. Last year, there was perhaps no greater momént in July 1-15, 2005 ‘The Minority Voice Newspaper Page 9 David Stern. Imagine George W. Bush’s face if he had to give the Congressional Meda Honor to Mogtada Al-Sadr, or ebrating ‘Sheed. This is animus writ large — rife with reverbera- of tions that extend far beyond a clashing of personality and ego. | league... They look-at black ath- ~— letes like we're dumb-ass n—— n. It’s as if we're just going to "Shut up, sign for the money and ~ ~ do what they tell us.” d about as often as Vito Corleone see behind the lines. I see bes hind the false screens. I know — what this business is all about. I know the commissioner of this league makes more than three- quarters of the players in this _ Stern, who is challenged j in an Olive Garden, shot back, ~ ) Mr... Wallace’s hateful diatribe — was ignorant and offensive to all NBA players. I refuse to enhance | his heightened sense of depriva-. | ' tion by publicly debating with 3 him ae This year, it would have been even more fun to see an encore. | Recently, Stern has been hard ath work alongside Republican arch- : strategist Matthew Dowd abourg how to “help the NBA's appeal Supporting The Cause Of Education And Black History: Attending the Pitt County NAACP FREEDOM BANQUET from left to right retired educator and NAACP Chairman, Gaston Monk, Keynote Speaker Dudley Flood and former NAACP Chair- man and Real Estate Broker D.D. Garrett. Thank God for all the father who open the doors for our community... Jim Rouse/Publisher- Photographer errant pigeons. 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But individuals from Congressional leaders for the barbarous and heinous acts which my elder relatives from Louisiana still remember enough to say that justice has been served? Is the conviction of the murderers of James Byrd, Jr. whose flesh was by Ron Scott That's what | think abour as I look at the news about the conviction of Ku Klux Klansinan Goodman - * -s Sag i. It is ironi junior Senator Trent Lott, who recently apolo ar Ray pep. in the murders of civil rights } whose story was told in ut reflect on the long his- have: become synony- troubling that Mississippi's ized for his adoration of former fo join the 80 senators who recently voted to apologize for the the Federal Beker mist Strom Thurmond, and the sates senior senator, Thad Cochran, failure of t to arrest the wave of lynchings that oc- between the 1890s and the 1960s. rmond have failed to.do what many Mississippians are the prosecutor in the most recent hortific case result- conviction of James Prosecutor says that thi ing” murders. The Killen, in the “Mississippi Burn- charge against Killen is an at- *mpe to erase Mississippi's shameful history by seeking justice in cases like Oprah’s By: Deborah Mathis, Bla ericaWeb.com , Not many of us'can relate to shopping at the Hermes store in rn. — terra hot when the urpose was to buy an expensive ‘Watch for Tina Turner — ‘as wecan _ MOst certainly identify with the kind of exceptional treatment Oprah Winfrey got from the house of Hermes recently. _ According to informed sources, pa gs. rebuffed the queen of talk and queen of media — a le- rem entertainment mogul, a bil- Onaire philanthropist, a mover and shaker if ever there was one — be- cause they had been having “prob- lems” with North Africans and ap- ore saw African-American pfah as just another potential troublemaker, | rah is said to be furious and intends to present her case to her 22 million die-hard fans when “The Oprah Winfrey Show” returns from. summer hiatus. Indeed, hell hath no fury like a billionaire black woman with an in- ternationally popular TV show scorned. Actually, we could fill an entire network with stories like these. Some would be more dramatic, more out- rageous than others, but there would be no dearth of material to fill the broadcast hours. Programming for that piece of reality television would range from big picture, institutional affronts like redlining, to everyday slights, like being followed around a store by the security folks. As it stands, we will have to let the weight of the argument ride on Oprah's shoulders for now, but what capable ones they are. Her credibil- ity, her outreach and her influence are unshakable. She will leave no room for Hermes to wiggle out of this one. Holocaust survivors to prosecutors in Rote, who recently ten octogenarian former members of the Nazi SS for their massacre of 500 Italian villagers, would agree. that these kinds of organ crimes against any grow of ple are abhorrent and must be addressed ugh ight whenever they are bro it to brought to justice art in a 1944 ized But there is another element to this case, an element that lies deep in the Tallahatchie River that flows through northern Mississippi. It was in that tiver while searches were being conducted for the body of Emmett Till, a ill fourteen-year-old Chicagoan ed for allegedly whistling at a white woman in 1955, that the remains of African American: soldiers still clad in their military uniforms were discovered as apparent lynching victims. One trial and one victory in a reign of terror. which’ has pone on for centuries is a signal that ‘we must embar on the greater work o: eliminating domestic terrorism, As thousands of people die in Afghanistan and the Middle East in an effort to eradicate Al Qaeda, how is it at we have not yet been able to eradicate the Klan, founded in 1866? Maybe we're focusing our energies on the wrong front. Is an apology by Let Hermes Wiggle Out of its Blatant Racism The ultimate prize from the ex- posure will not be Oprah's scoring a series of apologies or special dis- pensations from the store, but for Hermes to abandon its discrimina- tory policy against the black men and women without famous faces who want to shop there. I can’t imag- ine why black people from anywhere would still choose to give their money to the place, but it should at least be their call (Then again, I wouldnt spend $6,500 on a putse if I had all the money in the world.). I had a similar brush with this. brand of discrimination nearly 30 ears ago,. when my oldest child was born, A wealthy colleague had given me an expensive christening gown for her which I did not need and decided to exchange. The tiny gown had come from a very exclusive store — really ex- clusive in the 1970s — and while at the counter, I overheard the clerk Kenya and Nigeria Left Out of Debt Relic NEW YORK (NNPA) - Much to the disappointment of leaders in both Kenya and Nigeria, both coun- tries were lefe off of the coveted “debt free” list announced this week by leaders of the developed world. Ran » the only East African nation that did not receive relief from the plan, currently spends 57 percent st its GDP on debr. The country has. honored its debt pay- menes in the past and leaders are shocked that the nation was not in- cluded, while three of their major trading partners — Uganda, Tanza- bia and Rwanda — received aid. ; Kenya's political and business leaders are looking at financing al- tfatives to remain competitive. € should suspend payment of the debe for five years and redeploy the money to needy sectors such as edu- €ation, health and infrastructure,” Kabete MP Paul Muite said. | Nigeria, the most indebted of ‘West African countries, did not qualify for immediate debt relief because it has not fulfilled the strict anti-corruption and economic liber- alization conditions of the World Bank's Heavily Indebted Poor Coun- try initiative. The $40 billion plan will initially benefit 18 nations worldwide, 14 of which lie on the African continent. An additional $11 billion has been earmarked for nine countries ex- pected to qualify for debt forgive- ness in the next 12 to 18 months. “We greatly appreciate the ini- tative,” said James Nsaba Buturo, the Information Minister of Uganda, which currently has $4.5-billion in debt, equivalent to 74 per cent of its annyal.production. “It is a chal- lengeéfor us to use the moneywe have been paying [in] debts to... better the lives of our people.” Critics of the plan say it does not go far enough to lift impover- ished nations out of debt. African observers pointed out that the Barbers & Beauticians Wanted 3112 MemorialBivd Greenville NC Phone: 355-7133 & 757-1930 Hours: Tues-FriStoG Saturday 8-6 a e ‘a 1 by } y | 8 Is ont “=, \% |CORNERSTONE LOAN CENTER, INC j ame old sedis , eo ft ala ] | Uregit WItN < ra TARE yIINI | | litical corruption that caused the debt | crisis was itself a product of the ex- | treme forms of capitalism and so- cialism imposed on Africa during the 1970s as part of the deals that guaranteed the loans. “Remember the West had a hand in promoting some of those leaders | because it suited them at the time,” Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican primate of South Africapsaid in a tele- vision interview yesterday. urging a white customer to complete an application for a store credit card. After ‘Xcompleted the return, I asked for an application just for the heck of it. The woman told me the store was no longer opening new ac- counts. I asked to see the manager. ‘A few minutes later, the clerk returned with the manager by her side. As they walked toward me with downcast eyes, the clerk whispered nervously to her boss — briefing her on the talking points, I presumed, The older woman looked up at me with a no-nonsense expression’ and beg an to ask how she could help ale milalialcimel cela: ripped from his body in. Jasper, Texas in 1998 enough? — | ah There is sompthitg deeper in America, and not just the South, that needs to be exp . We need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission like the one held in South Africa. We need to aggressively prosecute all unresolved racist murders during the last 100 years that went unheeded by the govern- ment sworn to protect us, and provide reparations to’ the victims of these murders as has been done for others. If the “Homeland” is to be truly secure, it must exorcise its own demons first. Ron Scott, a co-founding member of the Detroit Chapter of the Black Panther Party, is a long-time Detroit-area community activist, speaker, pro- ducer and radio/television talk show co-host. He is host and producer of For My People,” one of the longest-running African American-focused public affairs television programs in the nation. He serves as a spokesperson for the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, an eight-year organization that has been at the foreftont of fighting reached at detcoalition@sbcglo me when — Eureka! — she seemed to recognize me and broke into a smile. “Oh!” she exclaimed. “You're the girl on TV!” She whipped out an application. Never mind,” I said. “Some black woman might come in here with more money and a better credit history than I have, but.I guess she wouldn't get an application because she's not-on TV.” I have not set foot in that store since that day. And that’s where Oprah’s en- counter with Hermes strikes the sorest.nerve. While there is a dis- Mie. lice abuse and misconduct. Scott can be net. pute about whether the Hermes people recognized her. or if it was one of those they-all-look-alike mo- ments, the point is, it shouldn't mat- ter. As long as a black customer has to wear her resume on her sleeve, has to bring her walking papers, has to prove that she is a Super Negro, a business may as well hang up pre- tending to be fair. Unfortunately for Hermes, they didn't just shun a young shopper of modest means who happened to be on TV. They dissed the woman who is TV. And stepped in it, for sure. Cow wee + € Otc ee le «. VV tt araed F casrvisly with TH Patt 52 66 wm, < ¢ ign Sith ps hope pbc daca ct, mpons fight answers to the problem, Why arent more people 4 trying to find ways to understand and preven | a ty, © father than just adapting to it? - a ~ foe example, in ees at moré than petting bigger to accommodate bigger Americans. Tak ke Mage | recently widened from 18 inches to 20 inches. Or the Colorado ambulances that are now uipped with a And, aly anu winch capable of iting a 1,800-pound bu man. lastly, Indiana has a new ‘super-s casket that’s 38 inches wi rather than the standard 24 inches ‘Sines wie ___ Since these measures aren't solving the problem, how should we be think- ing about obesity? First, Wwe must take into consideration that the science of obesity is complex and still in its infancy. The hormone leptin, which is perme Ey fat cells and provides the chemical message to the brain that "helps ae excessive caloric intake, was only discovered in 1994 at er University. . It’s Decoming more obvious that fat is not a by-product of individual greed and guilt but rather an active organ in its own right, worthy of a significant scientific effort to uncover its complex cheiical and biologi- mysteries. 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Obesity affects more than 60 million Americans each year and has been directly correlated with causing diabetes, heart disease and even death. Recently, NASS kicked off its fourth annual patient educa- tion campaign, “Take a Load off Your Back,” to also focus wide- spread attention on the debilitating ~~ Accordin June 1 - 30, 2005 The Minority Voice Newspaper Page 11 strokes, Obesity isn't a condition we and adapt to. Before we con- tinue on this path, investing in the problem rather than the solution, it’s time ‘to identify a differ t approach: How can scientists help the lipid cell adjust to id increased. uality in the American diet? How do we get Americans out- doors again? Wh children, women, and minorities targets for obesity? effects of obesity on the spine. In conjunction with the aware- ness campaign, NASS produced an educational video focusing on obesity’s impact on patients’ back pain and encourages doctor, patient and community involvement to care- fully monitor the epidemic of obe- sity and back pain prevention. to Dr. Tom Facizewski, a leading orthopedic surgeon at the Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin and a NASS member, “People are coming in not by doz- ens but in eee of obe- sity and their back pain.” Dr. Facizewski is not alone in his observation. A startling 87 per- cent of spine professionals surveyed agree that obesity plays a significant role in back pain. The vast major- ity of those surveyed (94 percent) also said they recommendtycist loss as a treatment option for their Area MPO improvement Pr Works Department of the greenvillenc, "DRAFT" 2006-2012 STATE TRANSPORTATION PROVEMENT PROGRAM The “Draft” 2006-2012 State Transportation improvement Program (STIP) Is available for public review. .Coples of the Greenville Urban portion of the “dratt" STIP (also known’ as the “draft ogram, of MTIP) are available for review at the Greenville Public Works Facility, 1500 Beatty Streat, The entire “draft” 2006-2012 STIP can be viewed via Greenville Urban Area MPO web page under the Public City of Greenvilie's web site the nisipublic,_ works, dept; go to “Graeme Lian hoa MPO", than click on “3006- 2012 State Transportation Improvement Program’). A“TIP Open House” will be held fram 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, dune 30, 2005, at the Conference Room, Greenville Public Works Buliding (1500 Beatty Street). Written comments wil be accepted until July 13, 2005, by mall to the Greenville Urban Area MPO, 1500 Beatty Street, Greenville, NC 27834; by tax at (262) 320-4535; or by e-mail al revajkoveky@greenvillenc.qov. And, is investment in gastric b surgery, wider ferry seats, ambulance _ winches, and bigger caskets really the way to go? I know the answer-it’s a no : For more information on obesity, or to receive a free weekly health’ go online to www.HealthPolitics.com. , is a Senior Fellow report from Dr. M * Mike Mag obese patients and, in follow-up cant improvement in their weight loss. Physical activity is extremely — important and the most often pre- scribed treatment for spine health — since a patient”s back joints and | discs rely on motion to keep them healthy. The spine specialists at NASS offer these important tips to hel patients lose the extra weight and “take a load off their backs. 1. Eat a sensible, balanced diet. Extremely restrictive diets can cause loss of muscle and bone density in addition to fat. 2. Make sure you get enough _ calcium and vitamin D daily. Cal- cium is normally excreted from the body every day. When we don't re- place it, the body steals calcium from ones. 3. Stop smoking! Smokers are mote prone to back pain than non- smokers because nicotine restricts the flow of blood to the discs that cushion the vertebrae of your spine. 4. Bring an extra pillow to bed. Sleeping on your back puts 55 Ibs. of pressure on your spine. Putting a couple of pillows under our knees cuts the pressure in half Lying on your side with a pillow between your knees also JOIN THEEXCEL TEA Take A Load Off Your Back - Just carrying an extra 20 pounds can - cause pain. 5. Start a strength training pro- gtam. Resistance training not only Increases strength, it has also been, shown to improve balance, reduc: ing the risk of injury, and can help ;. maintain bone mass. 6. Stretch throughout the day, . : Stretching keeps your muscles flex- ible and helps avoid injury. , 7. Stand up straight. Bad pos-, ture can worsen back pain. This is especially true if you have excess weight in the form of a “beer belly.” 8. Check in with your doctor. You should have a.physical exami? nation before starting a weight loss and exercise program to ensure that you donOt have any underlying’ recautions. ’ health, visit www.spine.org. Insttuc~’ ‘tions for home exercises can be: found in the “For Spine Patients” section. r The North American Spine So-: ciety (NASS) is a multidisciplin- ary. organization that advances quality, spine care through education, re-, search and advocacy. a The safety of those working near electrical lines is important to everyone at Greenville Utilities. And in North Carolina, there is a law - the High Voltage Safety Act ~ to help keep you safe. This law applies lo anyone planning to: ° Work within 10 feet of an overhead high voltage power line * Use ladders or operate/install equipment that could approach within 10 feet of @ high voltage line during installation or maintenance. Look up..00k out, and practice the 10-1 rule, Remember,» simple call can keep you safe when you're working near overhead power lines. NC One Calt 1-800-692-4949, The person performing the work is responsible for contacting NC One Call (1-800-632-4949) and making sure all Safely precautions have been taken AT LEAST two days before work begins. Greenville Utilities will work with you to identify hazards and can assist you with imple- menting necessary safety precautions. 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