Black History Month V e : C ad Please Take One Vol XV February Issue SNOOP DOGG: AKA The Dogefather i _ BUSTA RHYMES: Keeping a vow of ; silence Local Leader Calls for IRV GOTTI: Born Irving Lorenzo | Removal of Confederate THE RAP SHEETS say it all. They’ve. got the- bod yu... 4 count and the prison cred, the bootlicking posses and ’ the adoring wanna-bes. They drive luxurious cars and flash wads of cash. leader, Reverend Ozie Hail, has ignited what could become a dividing issue for Pitt County Board of Commissioners and other area leaders, in his bid to have a confederate solider - monument, adjacent to the entrance of the Pitt County ‘ Court House, removed. Reverend Hall 7 maintains that he has received “ 3 story page5 numerous complaints about . . Copearuh BIGGIE SMALLS: Launched the confederate monument from . J unior Mafia local African Americans and | Whites alike, whose Nee ancestors refused to ° | participate in the rebellion against the United States. / KE d | d { C b I] In an earlier release Hall is quoted as saying, “the X-al e e passe money O amp c presence of the monument sends the wrong message to the | public. Furthermore, we recognize that some will say it is | By JEFFRY SCOTT, BETH only history; without a doubt it, the monument should be WARREN in a wad of tissue. “He said, ‘I emotions and caused audible judge paused testimony after a removed from the entrance of the halls of Justice and sent to The Atlanta Journal- want you to go wherever | reactions from Campbell male spectator said, “This is a museum where it can truly be admired and appreciated by Constitution : g0.” He said, ‘Just be loyal. supporters, enough for U.S. [expletive]” and stalked from confederacy followers. Published on: 01/31/06 Don t embarrass me. District Judge Richard Story cont. pg5 The following is a draft of the proposed ordinance A trusted aide who lived in Clark's testimony fired to admonish the gallery. The sent to the Pitt County Board of Commissioners: Bill Campbell’s basement apartment testified Monday that he funneled money to | the former Atlanta mayor to PITT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS be used for gambling and taking girlfriends on trips. Proposed Ordinance Dewey Clark sobbed repeatedly as he described his relationship with ANACT TO REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF THE Campbell and how he CONFEDERATE bonded with the ex-mayor’s MONUMENT LOCATED AT THEPITT COUNTY —_ family. He was the first COURT HOUSE, witness in the federal | corruption trial against Campbell to say that he saw ) . acontractor pass money to WHEREAS, a monument was erected on the him. grounds of the Pitt County Court House in 1914 dedicated Clark’s weeping started to the County’s Confederate Dead; and barely 10 minutes after he WHEREAS, said monument is located on the began testifying Monday grounds of the present Pitt County Court House and afternoon. Later, he located on the corner of 3rd Street and Evans Street in described his relationship Greenville; and with Campbell after being WHEREAS, the monument displays at its top a hired when Campbell statute of an armed Confederate Soldier, and act Fay ‘rust es ene Birthday Celebration . . the brothers got togetere for an evening or reminicsing on fiends ’ ithe silky-voi nan Lawyer white,s birthday at the bachelor benedict. On hand was J ames” Jimmy” cont. pages Clark said. burying his face Streeter,Rufus Huggins, John B. Smith, Zack Reddick, Tommy Harris, Robert White, the . | birthday boy”, Ben Dudley and Garland Allen. (* photo Jim Rouse Ld a The Minority Voice Newspaper February 14 - 28, 2006 pe Both Congress and President Bush have come up with their budget proposals and both sets of figures do the same thing fi cut domestic programs that would assist the poor while extending tax cuts to rich people who need them the least. In other words, they are pulling a reverse Robin Hood by taking from the needy and giving to the greedy. This is done under the guise that the federal government | has gone on a spending spree and that domestic programs are the culprit. That might make for good propaganda, but it is far from the truth. JAMES CLINGMAN "EXXON'S EXCESSIVE EX- CESS", The Wilmington Journal Have you ever made so much money that you were embar- rassed about it? I didn’t think so; and it’s very unlikely you ever will. But in case you do, it will probably be called excess profit,which means surplus, ad- ditional, or extra. I doubt if it will be called excessive profit, which means extreme, unwar- ranted, unnecessary, and disproportionate. Th@f's the kind of profit posted by Exxon Mobil so far. I would add that the other big oil companies, Dutch Shell ($25 billion), ConocoPhillips, British Petroleum, Chevron, and the whole gang of outlaws are not so far behind Exxon. They adroitly refused to appear _ before a Congressional commit- tee to explain their windfalls. It must be nice for a company to make the most money ever in one quarter, $11 billion, with a total of $36 billion in one year, all in the face of disaster, grief, oh yeah, and death along the Gulf Coast. That happens to be where U.S. oil is turned into gasoline and sent on its way to.a pump near you. | wonder what it feels like to be able to announce such excessive profits and then thumb your nose at Congress (I told you we at ec Few aces xi or be- that august hah ote or because you are simply embarrassed to discuss the topic before the 3 ri cut right to the chase. We have seen all “softs of Gas Out days, Gas adie al * Overall funding for defense, homeland security, and international affairs (whichincludes , > funding for post-war ( operations and fae reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan) rose from 3.4 percent of the GDP [Gross Domestic Product] in 2001 to 4.2 of GDP in 2006, an analysis by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities notes. By contrast funding for domestic discretionary programs shrank during this period, declining from 3.4 percent of GDP in 2002 to 3.1 percent in 2006.1 Bush is taking from g a “Reverse Robin | | ‘Hood “ on the poor _ GEORGE E. CURRY: heat, even from some moderate Republicans, . for mismanaging the federal deficit. When he took office, Bush inherited a record $236 billion surplus. By 2000, a $158 billion deficit had developed and the White House estimates that this year, the figure will reach $400 billion. Some of the deficits can be attributed to Bush’s decision to wage war in Iraq and Afghanistan. To a much lesser degree, there was also the unexpected federal expenditures associated with Hurricanes Katrina ° and Rita. But a large and avoidable reason the * federal government is sinking deeper into the hole is because Congress and the Bush administration have enacted a series of tax cuts that favor the wealthy. The president defends the tax cuts, the first to be enacted by a U.S. president during wartime.. American families all across this country have benefited from the tax cuts on. dividends and capital gains, he said in a Jan, 6 speech to the Economic Club of Chicago. Half of American households that’s more than 50 million households fi now have some investment in the stock market. As is often the case with politicians, it’s what is not The oil barons’ billion dollar “excessive excess” ner gle Out Weeks, and other cam- - paigns to deal with these oil thieves, the ones who met with the “vice” president and wrote the nation’s energy policy, the ones who named an oil tanker after Condo- leezza Rice, and the ones who lie to us on their way to the bank. None of those tactics has worked. So what can we do besides complaining about the high prices at the pump and the excessive profits of the oil barons? Probably nothing that will cause them to hurt at all; so let’s just have some fun. From this day forward,— let’s stop patronizing Exxon Mobil gas stations.Let’s stop patronizing all stations that purchase their gas from Exxon Mobil. I’m sure they’! get a kick out of our méager, insignificant, silly little Davidian plan to bring Goliath to his knegs. They’ ll probably sit back a laugh their heads off at us, just like the Philistine did. After all, we’ re just lowly consumers, millions of cus- tomers who need what they’re selling. What could we do to possibly hurt them? Maybe the reality of the situation is that we cannot hurt them. But let’s Just keep our money away from them anyWay, and spend it elsewhere. Watch your gas tank and buy some gas, not when it’s nearly empty, but when you see a gas station that is not ExxonMob- il; buy a few dollars worth. I know the other gas compa- nies are ripping us off too, but we have to start somewhere. Unless you are willing to give up your expeditin’, escaladin’ , hummin’, and navigatin’ ways, and drive something a little smaller and easier on gas, you will be buying gas from one of these ~ just don’t let Exxon be your gas of choice. It is sharheful that some companiess such as pharma- “ceutical, ba Tiny sob ico, energy, health insurance, and others are so greedy, excessive, and dishonest in their business practices that it would lead their execu- tives to do some of the things we have witnessed in the recent past. A few have gone to jail, but many more are still walking the streets and sitting in the every cent we have. You know that too. So what are you willing to do about it? That’s the question for those of us who suffer from their acts of piracy. That’s my take on it. That will be my little insignificant way of fighting back. But you know what? It may be insig- nificant to them, but to me its said that you'd better examine. What this statistic ignores, however, is that nearly two- - fifths of this stock is held in | fetirement accounts, such as | 401 (k)s and IRAs, the Center ~ on Budget and Priorities "points out. This distinction is ctucial, because capital gains 5 and dividend income accruing inside these retirement accounts are not subject to taxation, and thus would not -receive a tax benefit from the reduction in the tax rates on capital gains and dividend income. So what’s the real sgt More than half 54 ce fi of - all capital gains and dividend income go to the 0.2 percent of households with annual — incomes of more than $1 million. By contrast, only 4 percent of this income reaches the 64 percent of households that have annual incomes of less than $50,000, according to the Center. percent, more than double the rate for middle-class families. Yet, Bush brags that tax cuts are working by reinvigorating the economy. 5 The hon-partisan Congressional Budget Office disagrees. It observes: increases [in the revenue projections] occur mainly — } because of a rise in projected GDP, which derives from higher prices in the economy, not real economic activity. — Finally, the wealthiest sector of the U.S. population is being showered with favoritism. Some of the tax cuts that were enacted in 2001 are still being phased in, stated the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. These taxes.are heavily tilted to those at the top of the income scale. These tax cuts include the elimination of the tax on the nation’s4argest estates, as well as two tax cuts that started to take effect on January 1, 2006 and will go almost entirely to high-income An analysis by the Urban households. Institute-Brookings Institution . a Tax Policy Center shows that The Tax Policy Center reports tax legislation that has gone in that 97 percent of the tax cuts effect since 2001 has from these two measures will exacerbated the gap between _go to peoplé with incomes rich and poor. The middle fifth above $200,000. As a result, of households received an the tax cuts ultimately will be average after-tax reduction of even more skewed toward $742 or 2.6 percent. high-income households than Households with annual they were in 2005.3 incomes of more than $1 As usual, that leaves poor and million received an average middle-class citizens out in the reduction of $103,000 or 5.4 _— cold. DID YOU KNOW rs i: | The Department of Veterans Affairs(VA) provides a variety of memorial benefits to eterans, including burial space. Presidential Memorial Certificates, A burial flag and a headstone or marker. VA operates a system of 122 cemetaries throughtout the country and also helps . 4% ‘states build state cometgries, millions of small stones at this giant will have the same effect that David’s one small stone had on Goliath. The ball is in your court. Why would you stand still and do nothing when some- one is picking your pocket and you know it? That’s what’s going on with Exxon caine iat eee The ball is in your court. Why would you stand still and do nothing when someone is picking your pocket and you know it? a NEN boardrooms not having paid a price for their mistreat- ment of ; their consumers — not yet at least. Remember: When oil execs did testify in 2005, the Senate Commerce Chair- ‘man, Ted Stevens (The guy from Alaska with the bridge to nowhere. Don’t they also have some oil up there under the frozen tundra too?), rejected calls by some Democrats to have the executives sworn in, saying the law already required them to tell the truth. Are you kidding me? Since when did the law have anything to do with these crooks and what they do? But let’s concentrate on Exxon for now.We cannot continue to complain about their billions in excessive profits without doing something, whatever we can do, toreflectour outrage. I know they have no conscience; I know they have no compassion; I know they are unethical; | know they are liars; I know they are gouging us for a tremendous step; it’s great for my psyche;it’s more than - just complaining. And if more of us take a similar action against this behemoth, our collective act of slinging and others, and they are doing it to you. Don’t stand still and act as though their picking your pocket is all right. Do something! I know what I am going to do. No more Exxon Mobil fill-ups for me. 7 will give my few dollars to one of the other thieves. We do have choices you know. Try it; it should be a lot of fun, if nothing else. Use excessive restraint to decrease Exxon’s excessive profits. James E. Clingman, a an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati’s African American Studies department, is former editor of the Cincinnati Herald newspaper and founder of the Greater Cincinnati African American Chamber of Com- merce. He hosts the radio program, Blackonomics,” and has written several books, including Black-o-Knowl- edge-Stuff. To book Clingman for a speech or purchase his books, go to his Website, www.blackonomics.com or call him at 513/ 489-4132. % eli Col gr- 1-140) o) [al tedat Mrs. Beatrice ye . Dear Editor: According to a study released Tuesday, May 11, 2004, based on a mail survey of 725 public middle and high school teachers and a telephone survey of 600 parents of public school students in grades 5 — 12, the way teachers see it, today’s classroom environment often deserves a D-as in disrespect, distracting and disheartening enough to drive many of them away. Most teachers in middle and high schools say misbehavior by a handful of children is such a disruptive, pervasive ~ force that a majority of students suffer from it, according to this study which was financed by Common Good, a bipartisan legal reform coalition. “If you start totaling up the hours that teachers could‘be teaching and students could be learning, it’s just staggering,” said Public Agenda President Ruth Wooden. More than three in four teachers said they could do their job more effectively if not for discipline problems. More than eight in ten said most students suffer because of a few troublemakers. The challenge, the study found, is complicated. Education colleges don’t prepare teachers to deal with rowdy students. Schools back down from discipline when parents threaten lawsuits and children in special education are treated too lightly even when their misbehavior has nothing to do with their disabilities. The biggest cause of student behavior problems, according to teachers and parents, is that too may parents fail to teach their kids discipline. “Celebrating Community: A Tribute too Black Fraternal, Social, and Civic Institutions” To the Editor: February 2006 African American History Month is observed annually. The theme, “Celebrating Community: A Tribute to Black Fraternal, Social, and Civic Institutions,” is the 80" celebration. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, founder, is nationally known, “the Father of Black History Week.” Can we as a people be neatly packaged in one month of the year and that nonblacks are only interested in our culture for 28 (29, if it’s leap year) out of 365 days? We are the achievers, the dreamers, inventors, and wallbreakers, the movers, the shakers, and the bringers of the first successful heart transplant. We are the burden of motherhood and the dream of fathers, the bricklayers, the runners, and the flyers, the marchers, the dancers, and the scholars, — the preachers, teachers, and the doers. AL BAYYINAH THE CLEAR EVIDENCE By Noria Namaz | I was wandering, looking for a purpose for my life. At eighteen years old I voluntarily excommunicated myself from the church of my child hood and from Christianity all together. Now I walked towards a distant light hoping to relieve the restlessness in my soul. The stirrings said I made a promise I had to keep. But I could not remember what the promise was. On my spiritual search I saw many doors, I remembered in the Gospel Jesus saying “Knock and it shall open up to you”, so I knocked and many doors opened. This journey was like riding on a magic carpet. I visited many religious viewpoints from atheism to the mystical religions of the Near and Far East. I was impressed with their similarities. In fact in Hinduism | found Krishna, a Hindu incarnation of god two hundred years older than Christ. The Hindus believe god incarnated many times. From this I came to understand why Christianity emphasizes the one incarnation. I argued with my intellect the existence of a god. Amidst all this religious confusion, how could I know with certainty His true religion? Again from the Gospel of Jesus I knew I had to search this out, I was required to find the truth to have a chance at salvation. The Christian theology of my childhood taught that Jesus was an incarnation of god and as Jesus god died for my sins. I could not reconcile this theology with the stirrings of my soul. My soul asked if God is merciful and just, can he be unjust to his own self. If god is not created, how.can he incarnate. What form of creation could hold him? In this form my spirit and my intellect wrangled. One wanted to deny God altogether and other wanting to rid itself of a persistent itch. We made a promise we musteep. Instinctively I knew the promise was spiritual and I knew the promise must be fulfilled before I die. I knew I would be very sorry if I did not keep this promise. My soul cried, we must search for the truth or we will be lost forever. My search took me on a global spiritual journey. | followed the command Jesus gave, seeking, asking and knocking. Finally when the haze cleared, the distant light was Closer and under it I could see a clear inscription that read, “There is no deity worthy of worship except - Allah”. Allah, I had heard that.name in my childhood. I recognized it as the God of the Islamic religion. The inscription spoke the truth. It implied that in this world we have many deities. I was taught to worship Jesus, saints and holy people. Others worshipped other incarnations and the sun, moon and the stars as well. Yet Jesus in the Lords Prayer taught us to worship the God he worshiped. My soul did not like Christian theology, nor did it prefer any of the others. But upon reading this inscription I could feel a calmness covering my soul. Is Islam the religion of my search? At first this leg of my journey was also difficult. In this country Islam took many forms. However, my soul said, “We are close.” Finally I sat down to read a book. A book revealed over fourteen hundred years ago to a man named Muhammad, the Qur’an. It is there I found the source of my promise. A promise to the Lord of Lords, my Creator and Sustainer, that Him and Him alone would I worship. I made that promise after the creation of Adam—when Allah pulled me along with all of Adam’s descendants from his groin. Together would we stood before our Glorious Lord and bore witness that He “is our God and He is Who we will worship. With this the restless stirrings of my soul ended and it became at peace. I said, “Rest my beloved soul” and declared, “There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, and Muhammati is His Prophet and Last Messenger to the world”. The Minority Voice Newspaper February 14 - 28, 2006 pg3 Community Voice From the Desk of Mrs. Beatrice Maye Yes, we are unique. Our skin is the color of strength, _ Sweetness, and earth. Our music makes us cry and shout. We are the beacon of style and expression. Whatever we touch moves. We do not just talk, we rap. We do not just run, we fake, double take. We're not just smart, we’ ve got game! We do not put inventions to waste; we give them sound and vibration, ' harmony, and soul. Who éan do it like we do it? Yes, every accomplishment, African American throughout American history, continue to _ enrich the lives of present and future generations. Hints that a Black woman will possibly make a Good Wife to the Blackman...... 1. She is attentive and a good listener. 2. She enjoys going partying but has an equally good time at home. 3. She will have a strong spiritual commitment that helps her distinguish between right and wrong. She will be partially - modest in her style of dress. 5. She will like babies and children and include them in her life. 6. She enjoys cooking and preparing special meals or treats for the Blackman. 7. She will respect her parents, his parents, and older people. 8. She has good personal hygiene. 9. She does not wear a ton of make-up. 10. She is proud of her man and claims him no matter who is present. 11. She keeps her house at least half-way clean. > 12. She is nota flagrant spender and almost manages her money. 13. She is truthful and freely expresses her sexuality and desires when in private with her man. America’s Return to the Wild’ 14. She shares voluntarily and offers help when she can. 15. She does not hold grudges too long and will apologize when wrong. 16. She will go out of her way to do ‘special things for the Blackman. 17. She will speak well of him when he is not aroun. 18. She will defend him against verbal attacks from others. 19. She does not show out or curse loudly in public. 20. She smile when she meets him. 21. She controls her anger and does not go wild when angry. 22. She will take instructions on some things without being combative. 23. She is respectful of Black men in general. 5% eusi Clemons A.M. talk radio Pontiff, televisions’ noted Hannity and Colmes other spin doctor, Ms. Laura Ingram, recently ranted that a certain people outside of America are trying to destroy what her great symbol stands for. Wonder how she came up with that one; moreover, who was she talking about? Clearly, she need look no further than the Clanton’s of the O.K. Corral reincar- nated cowboy boot, ten gallon hat, red bandana wearing bandit sons; in particular, gun slingin’ Cheney, bullet proof Bush, card shark Abramoff, lyin’ Kalifornia Cunningham, cattle rustling outlaw Delay and sneaky sneak Specter. They’ ve not only seized the White House and 109" Congress, but they have — single handedly returned America to the outrageous ride ‘em hard lore of the Wild’ Wild’ West. And to prove that ~ they’re serious, they’ ve blown up every covered wagon they’ ve encountered, from health benefits for the elderly to student loans for college and Smart Start funding to name a few. Back in 2000, when the Republicans wrestled power from the Dems, who would have thought illegal wire _ tapping, congressional kick- backs and money laundering, blatant thievery and abuse of power would become the norm for American politics. Add to that Cheney’s recent gun slinging battle. Wild’ West Most everyone wants to know why 78 year old Whittington was playing cowboys and Indians with Mr. 65 year old - suppose to have a weak heart- Cheney while at republican lobbyist Katherine Armstrong’s 50,000 acre Texan ranch, while she and her sister watched the sporting horror unfold? The question is who in the tarnation would want to watch Cheney shoot a gun? Is he that good? Of the near fatal accident, Cheney is quoted as saying “the image of him, Whitting- ton, falling is something I'll never be able to get out of my mind.” Cheney, admits he had a beer before the shooting incident— but no one bothered to ask him how many. Was he drunk when he shot his friend in the face? Furthermore, if Cheney could see that big burly guy going down for the count, as he is quoted as saying, how could he miss the girth of Whittington’s head before firing? Was this a failed attempt at euthanasia? If not, the rest of us don’t stand a chance. Besides, Cheney has never completely explained how he got priority status to make millions off Halliburton contracts not only in Iraq but also New Orleans. Remember anything is possible with this bunch of cowboys. Ironically, Whittington’s shooting happened on the eve of what sneaky sneak Senator Arlen Specter and others had know was about to become his “Earmark” spending coming out party. Specter has, over the past four years, paid the firm of | lobbyist Michael Herson, the ’ husband of Specter’s long time legislative aide, Vicki Siegel Herson, 48.5 million dollars of Earmark money-- clearly a conflict of interest. That’s money Herson’s husband alleges not lobbying Specter for, and money that Specter says he did not know was being paid to Henson’s’ t y f Defense firm— which Herson in turn directed to six Clients. Albeit, Specter is trying to Comie’across like the absent minded professor, and that may be the case considering that he has not been in the best health lately. He has since said he will ask all of his legislative aids if they have family members who are lobbyist. Okay so maybe Specter didn’t know, but Siegels husband, Michael Herson knew where the cash windfall originated. Sad to think however that Mr. Herson’s un- ethical business practices out-weighed his duty to protect his beloved from scandal, or himself for that matter. Maybe it true that when one occupies a seat of hidden unregulated power for as long as Specter, and some of others in the 109" Congress, corruption, forgetfulness and looking the other way is a most jealous mistress. Arlene Specter, Delay, Abramoff, Cheney, Bush, Cunningham and a heap of others have made it quite clear they have no desire to play fair, or to be held as trust worthy agents for the people. Therefore, they, having demosnstrated with regularity that their way is the “New American Wild, Wild West” - the vote is in on the real liberty destroy- ing culprits. On that note, let the real rush for Gold begin, cause land squatting is once again en’ vogue. Send Comments to Susie Clemons at: _ ‘The Minority Voice Newspaper February 14 - 28, ons pe4 Reflections, xpressions, & Views Keeping the Tradition of the N egro Spiritual Alive .rn.' vas egmnt audiences spellbound. Many of the renditions were sung A American music. Capella (that is, without the world can relate to it— _spirituals now often are who teaches black theology instrumental accompaniment) — that’s one of the reasons composed and arranged, and _at Union Theological ihe co Presented many —_and the blend of 4-part and the songs are still alive.” _ Sung in aconcert environment Seminary in New York. organi ized. One of its major somenmne 8-part voices was sn! erarte ’Messiah during the Christmas W.E.B. DuBois call A debate continues over the Extracted | _ spirituals “the articulate use of dialect, or traditional from the Associated Press season peaee the The Tarboro Jubilee Singers is message of thé slave to the phrasing, in which words like | ae ina University Teas still in existence today — but’ cae a world.” Negro spirituals link © heaven and children become Coda dat the 1982 not of the magnitude and Suejette A. Jones the suffering and hope of “heb ‘n” and “chillum”. That performe at the 1982 _ renown that it had under the salvation of the slaves with brings authenticity to it, but it _ A Tribute to Walter | wenger a, a nOxy = TN; late Walter Plemmer. Some of : They speak of sorrow, the suffering and salvation of | makes some people eed Nassau Bahamas (that was the Greenville natives who oppression and strength. the Gospel — universal uncomfortable. Some say the ; arranged by the then sand with the arene wee They cry for freedom and elements that transcend race _‘ reluctance by somee blacks to The Tarboro Jubilee Representative L. H. Fountain Selena pate 0 we . faith, many of the words . and culture. Many credit the embrace spirituals may be Singers was founded and of Tarboro): sever al concerts Gracie Mepane wines Wi am familiar even to the littlest Fisk Jubilee Singers, who attributable to the painful organized in the Spring of aired on WNCT.TV: TIALS ] estey ones: “He’sGotthe Whole toured the United States and thoughts they canconjure. _the Bicentennial year, appearances at Sycamore Hill 200 Wife» and Suejette Jones. World in His Hands.” But Europe in the late 19" century Blacks don’t like toremember 1976, by the late Walter ae st Church, ee The memories of Walter beyond the simple melodies With helping bring the Negro _ slavery, and there is adanger _ Plemmer of Tarboro, NC. 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