question na by NAYABA ARINDE Amsterdam News Staff Originally posted 4/13/2006 A New York lawyer told the AmNews that the charging this week, of four Harlem eens with murder in the fatal chase incident, may Just be a political device to appease the baying critics looking to avenge the death of a young white NYU student. “The D.A. is concerned about trying the case [on a lesser charge] in Family Court for political reasons, because it would appear like they were Caught Smokitie in the school bathroom, rather than robbing a young man and setting this chain of events in motion,” Atty. Ron Kuby told the AmNews on Tuesday afternoon. He added that that the teens may instead be indicted on a lesser charge. “Wolf Packs” and “Teen Thugs,” proclaimed this week’s tabloids, regarding the arrests of 13-year-olds Denzel Fell and Humberto Guzman, and 15-year-olds Hassan Mayfield and Andie Johnson, who are being treated as adults in the fatal robbery/ chase case which happened on After centuries of slavery and segregation, the reason for the Voting Rights - Act was to defend the right of| blacks to vote. VOTE May 2ND i in the Primary at April Ist, yet seemed to slip under the radar. Taking flight after allegedly been accosted by four youths in a robbery attempt, Broderick Hehman, 20, was hit by Mercedes Benz on 125th Street. This weekend 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement called for the community to come forward with information, and a day later four boys were in custody to be charged with second-degree murder and robbery. While saying that he was not a suspect on Tuesday, police interviewed a fifth teen. Even though the story was slugged as a possible “bias crime” by the press, which stated that witnesses said that the teenagers yelled, “Get the white boy,” Police Commissioner Ray Kelly declared on Monday that the NYPD was not treating the case as a hate crime because robbery, not race was the motive. Apparently, Hehman was visiting a friend, when he was spotted talking on a cell phone by the teens as they stood outside a Popeye’s Chicken restaurant on 125th Street. Fleeing, the NYU student ran into the path of a Mercedes Benz and died almost a week inorit: br Se i i "CC Serving Eastern North Carolina's Minority Communities Since 1980 AY) 0 : « F Please Take One Vol XVI later from his head injuries in an area hospital. Under New York law there is a variety of different cases of conduct that can be classified as murder, said Kuby. “Tt is a stretch in this case, but they could be charged with felony murder: where if a group of people intend to commit a felony, such as robbery, and somebody dies in the course of, or flight from the felony - than everyone is guilty of murder. But this is the first case in which it would be applied to somebody fleeing after being robbed - but that’s not to say that it can’t be applied. But it’s a stretch,” the lawyer said. “Then there is depraved indifference, which is if your conduct is so reckless that it constitutes a depraved indifference to human life - you can be held liable for a murder even if you didn’t [intend] to kill someone; it means that your actions were such that you didn’t care if ’ somebody died or not. But in this case that’s a stretch too.” The charge of murder in the second degree, (plus robbery) will be difficult to be sustained, said Kuby, “but not impossible.” Gang assault is an alternative charge that could be THE GARRETTS 64th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY considered, said Kuby, but “as angry as people are with this young man’s death,” he predicted that forces would push for the maximum. Plus, in New York, “when a 13 year old commits the ultimate crime and takes a life, the law Says, we are going to treat this matter severely. This is the Willie Bosket law.” The case has sparked much debate from newsrooms to living rooms. Some people have referenced the Central Park jogger case, the subsequent media barrage and after many years of incarceration, the eventual overturning of the convictions of the five defendants who had been in prison since their teenage years. Other observers are querying why the four teens from Harlem were not given bail; , and also why the two 13 year- olds had to do the perp walk, and were brought out in handcuffs, in full view of the media cameras. “They told me that the two 13-year-olds were not going to be taken out front,” Pamela Fell, mother of Denzel Fell told the AmNews. When the AmNews asked the NYPD why the latter happened, a spokesman replied, “They were arrested. It is a public street and they of crime “hori pee : By Erin Rickert The Daily Reflector When Wilbert Garner lost his wife to an automobile accident nearly five years ago he was not sure he could go on living. 'T had a very negative atti- tude," Garner said Sunday night. "I was lost ... I remem- ber not wanting to go on." A call from a fellow Sycamore Hill Baptist Church member a day after his wife's funeral, assured him everything would be all right. Garner said the voice helped to change his life and the life of his daughter, Dedra — pounseling him and offering parenting tips. {"She came in and took over," Garner said, shaking his head aS he looked at his teenage daughter. "I owe my life to her." Sunday Garner was one pf more than 100 people at a "Reminiscent Gala" honoring the life of longtime Pitt County resident, Beatrice C. Jones Maye. Gala honors life of Beatrice Maye Maye was among the first educators to teach in a deseg- regated school in Pitt County in the 1960s. She spent many years teach- ing at W.H. Robinson and E.B.Aycock. Her picture now hangs in the media center at E.B.Aycock after school officials recognized her as the facility's first librarian. In 2003, a garden park on Farmville Boulevard in West Greenville was dedicated in honor. cont.page 6... A cont. pgl2 THE PASTORIAL ANNIVERSARY OF DR RUTH PETERSON i — OER sian, yO ge _ Minority Voice Apr. 28 - May 15 2006 pg? _OPINION FROM THE DESK OF RON WALTERS Py iorities, Politics, and the Pastor By: Ron Walters Recent offers by Illinois State Sen. James Meeks to forge a new coalition of African Americans and white social conservatives is putting some African American voters in abind. While African Americans strongly support the economic elements of a Democratic platform, and oppose Republican trickle- down economics, Democrats are not delivering jobs, educ- ations and health care in pro- portion to their vote. At the same time some in the African American religious commu- nity are opposed to the Dem- ocrat’s social tenets of choice and gay marriage. Should African Americans legislature turned it down and & Gov. Blakojevich made region’s greatest area of need. vote their economic interests automated calls across the The history of Democrats and or their religious convictions? state against it while publicly Republicans got us here. The In James Meeks they may find cJaiming to be the education _ traditional view is that Demo- both. Sen. Meeks in appeal- governor. - crats are for workers and ing to their basic economic protect civil liberties, while interests by demanding more Second is a public/private Republicans are for business _ money for education and jobs. _ partnership using private and the upper class. Polls But Rev. Meeks is also tapp- _ money to build a long awaited show that Democrats get ing intotheirreligious and —_third airport in the South elected on bread-and-butter moral sensitives about suburbs at no cost to economic issues, and Repub- _ abortion and gay marriage. Bie i would aaa licans on defense and national , ; ; New jovs by In security. Change came with _ What Meeks is really doing an area with a diverse but the aoe of fi civil rights eee board Jarge African American movement in the 1960s and population where, insome —_7)’s, and the departure of the Democrats have failed to communities, there are 60 Cold War in the 80's, adequately address, while people for every job. At best, Increased, economic demands making a political appeal to the current governor and the —_ hy African American for more conservative white evangel- Democratic establishment jobs, equality in education, icals and Roman Catholics have given itlipservice. At health care and housing and who oppose abortion and gay worst, they tried to transfer social demands of choice for mariage. If he runs and pulls contro! from the black women and rights for homo- it off, that’s a significant communities that did the sexuals drove some Demo- political force. work, to the white communi- rats away from this liberal Two issues in Illinois reflect ties that opposed it for three economic and civil liberties black voters resentment decades. Political promises agenda and toward the more toward a Democratic gover run hard and fast, but broken narrow interests of business nor and Democratically- promises have shot legs. and social conservatives. controlled House and Senate. Goy, Blagojevich can break First, Meeks has offered a ground and create jobs by With a weakened Demo- comprehensive educational simply signing a lease that cratic commitment to econ- reform plan to Improve transfers land set aside foran omic inclusion and less fear of opportunity for all Illinois airport to the Abraham. communism and African students, and he traveled =| incoln National Airport Americans, white Republicans around the state promoting it. Commission. Withasimple designed anew political _ What was the governor’s and signature, an unprecedented strategy ——a religious legislatures response? A level of economic develop- appeal around conservative - Democratically—controlled ment will take place in the “social issues” and traditional If White Men Ruled theWorld....Forever By: Askia Muhammad . Permitted to write and re- write history in their likeness forever, a xenophobic White supremacist mind like those which in fact rule America might conjecture a “history” in the 21st Century, of how things might look today, had the South won the Civil War in the 19th Century. Funny. I’ve been arguing for a decade that The South had finally “won” the Civil War they’ ve been re-fighting all along, when conservative, modern-day-segragationists from the South took over the leadership of both the House and Senate in 1996. The Southern Dixie-crats, from whatever party, dominated the White House through much of the 20th Century. But there’s a new movie, some kind of staged documentary, in which the fimmaker reckons what life would be like today, if The South never lost. Of course we know that the South never truly “lost”. The “40 acres and a mule” proposal was vetoed by the President. No land was forfeited by Whites. The Reconstruction period was shot down with the "s Hayes-Tilden Compromise, Federal troops were removed from the South, there was no protection for the newly freed slaves from the armed plantation owners— the Confederates, the Rebels, the ones who committed treason against the United States of America. The slaves were politically disenfranchised and violently forces into lives as sharecroppers and tenant farmers by the same ones who had been their slave masters. But I digress. So this new film: “C.S.A. Confederate States of Ameri- ca,” picks up as though there had never been that uncondit- ional surrender at Appomattox But the 4 in this, and other myopic, White supremacist viewpoints, is that Black folks are nothing more than objects for measuring the greater humanity of White folks. The film is said to have modern day faux-TV-commericals for runaway slaves, using exagg- erated, racist slang and sterotypes. Excuse me. Has anyone considered what the lowly slaves would have been doing during that 135 or so years from the Confederate military victory? Considering that salve rebellions took place in this country going back to the 17th Century, and considering that the Black population would have been even more concentrated and numerically superior, the Confederates today would have to be obsessed at all times with security. Let’s remember that by 1962 in South Africa, the Sharpeville Massacre had already taken place, and armed rebellions were spreading through Africa against White colonial rule. There were Mau Maus in Kenya, fighting a war against Th th 6 tag \. Se most Saglainly also infected the Blacks in the Confederate States of America, wouldn’t it have? When then, would Black Confederate subjects have picked up the gun against their White masters? What kind of Baptist preacher might Martin Luther King Jr. have been had be been born into the Confederate State of Georgia, instead of the United States of Georgia? Might the need and the circumstances have made of Martin Luther King, Jr., a preacher like Nat Turner, had he grown up in the Confed- erate State of Georgia. And what would the people of Birmingham have been willing to face if they were living in the Confederate State of Alabama. Those seem to me, to be more realistic appraisals of contemporary history that might have been, had the outcome of the Civil War gone in favor of the slavers. Which brings me to the contemporary American world view, and why I believe White people tend to go along with ’ Pres. George W. Bush, even though he has bungled everything he’s touched, and spent everyone’s nest-egg doing it. Mr. Bush has responded precisely the way practically every thinking White Man in America would have responded in his position. It’s the “White “ thing to do! Like the premise of the movie “C, S. A.” _ In order to feel more secure, whether it’s Windsor Castle, Berlin, or on the West Bank in Palestine, or on the Texas- Mexico international frontier, the “White “ thing to do when feeling insecure is to build a wall, a fence. Attack and conquer more territory farther and farther from home. That will make the folks back home more secure. That’s the Bush Doctrine. It’s the White thing to do in order to increase homeland security. ‘And that, I’m afraid is wrong, and out of syne with the tide of | history. “moral values”. Who can be against moral values? And polling showed that political support for such issues as school prayer and the Ten ~ Commandments in public places, and opposition to abortion and homosexuality are quite popular among some African American and Latino -Teligious conservatives. The political tactic was obvious. Such social issues will attract and unite a segment of the African American and Latino religious communities with white social conservatives around a “values” theme. At the same time, these “wedge issues” will weaken black economic liberals who are - overwhelmingly Democratic. At election time, economic and social liberals join forces to nominate Democrats that will challenge the Republican Parties’ philosophy of weakening democratic government, their policy of tax cuts wasteful military spending. But by not meeting their base constituent’s economic needs, and by making choice and April 26, 2006 Contacts: Ethelene Stover, (’74) 252-321-3278 Jeffrey E. Savage, (°90) 252-347-5620 The Giant Killer Comes to Greenville GREENVILLE, NC - “A mind is a terrible thing to waste” is the provocative longtime slogan of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). The non-profit group provides education scholarship to deserving students attending one of America’s Historically. Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) like Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Shaw University Pitt County Alumni Association has launched its efforts to raise money for UNCF. The Pitt County Alumni chapter will host a banquet featuring keynote speaker Shaw University alumnus and famed defense attorney Willie E.. Gary (71) of Stuart, Florida. Attorney Gary, who as a child was a migrant seasonal farm worker, is legendary for his success in litigating numerous cases in which he amassed — settlements totaling hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients. The June 12th banquet fundraiser will take place 7:00 PM at The Cornerstone Family Life Center located 1059 Allen Road in Greenville. gay rights a virtual litmus test for Democrats, the party has allowed these conservative social ssues to entice some . African Americans to vote Republican or to be cooler toward Democrats. If nothing is done to satisfy Sen. Meeks’ appeal to meet the legitimate economic needs of the black community, there could be big trouble for Democrats in November. African Americans comprise of large percentage of Democrat voters in Illinois, with more than 90% voting for Gov. Blagojevich in 2002. Historically, African Americans have been loyal even though Democrats failed to meet their economic needs. That sacrifice may be coming to an end. Democrats will be hard pressed to stay in office should this solid dependable vote disappear. Sen. Meeks’ ability to offer a compelling alternative to black voters — combining social conservatism and economic liberalism —— should not be taken lightly. SS RELEASE “We’re very fortunate that Attorney Gary, a man of his accomplishments who is known all over the world, remains committed to educating young people,” says chapter president and Greenville City Mayor Pro- Tem Mildred A. Council (’71.) We all are just so delighted and excited that he would adjust his schedule to come to - Greenville and help us achieve our commitment to raise funds earmarked for students at our alma mater, Shaw University.” Council says she and her fellow alumni “believe everyone wanting a college education should have the ~ Opportunity and not be denied due to a lack of financial aid,” and, she added, “the UNCF organization is consistently ranked at the top as it relates to responsibly distributing its scholarship funds which means people can feel confident that their donations will benefit some young person seeking an education.” Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for those 17 and younger. They can be purchased by contacting Shaw University CAPE Extension, 2611 East Tenth Street, call 252-439-5339, and event co-chairs Mildred Council, 252-757-1037 or Vanish Green (’92) 252-321-1195, -30- Minority Voice Apr. 28 - May 15 2006 pg3 COMMUNITY NEWS COMMUNITY VOICES FROM THE DESK OF MRS BEATRICE MAYE Mrs Beatrice Maye The Editor — A young man was being interviewed for a position in a small business firm. He hada neat appearance made a good impression owner. He had also prepared an excellent resume in which he listed his pastor, his Sunday School teacher, and a church deacon as references. The owner of the business studied the resume for several minutes, then said, “I appreciate these recommendations from your church friends, but what I . would really like to hear from someone who knows you weekdays.” Sorry to say, there is a sharp contrast between the way some Chrisitans act in church and how they behave in the The Leonard Medical School at Shaw University (A sequel to my previous article) In 1881, a 34 ~toom medical dormitory was completed. In 1882 the medical school was constructed adjacent to the Shaw campus. (This building has since been renovated and still stands today as Leonard Hall.) Tupper then secured the services of some of the leading white physicians of Raleigh to teach at the school and obtained partial support from drug manufacturers for establishment of a dispensary so “that our medical students may have the advantages of clinical instruction.” Hence, the Leonard School of Subscribe To The M’Voice Newspape call today at (252) 757-0425 . Fax :757- 1793 | ) email: mvoicenews @ yahoo.com world. The principles they ~ progress on Sunday should be _ practiced every day. We _ should not live by a double / standard. Our daily conduct should be consistent with our "spiritual values. Your walk in the world should be in ~ harmony with your walk with God. Would our church friends be shocked if they observed our actions and heard our speech at our job or in our home? A good Sunday Christian will also be good weekday Christian! “A hypocrite is a person who is not himself on Sunday.” Beatrice C. Maye Time is a commodity we cannot borrow or steal: The richest g us cannot buy it, the poorest among us cannot sell it. We cannot hoard it as best we can. Night comes, Jesus says, time runs out, doors are closed, opportunties are gone. We run out of both time and opportunity, so any good you want to do with your life, any love you want to express to another, any services you want to render to God, friends, do it now. Do it now ! “In the journey of life, you don’t have to carry everyone’s baggage.” “Don’t clutter your mind with unnecessary worry.” “Don’t let possessions ~ clutter your life.” “It takes courage to stay uninvolved in life.” Beware Wives!! Every female who goes into the Pastor’s Study Office is not going there for counsel or business. And don’t blame the ladies, look at the fall of preachers today, the divorce rate! Learn to love yourself, ladies, by complimenting yourself, smiling, standing tall, giving yourself a pep talk (I love you), expressing yourself, changing your negative voice to a positive voice, imagining your ideal you, fulfilling your dreams, making a wish list (eating smaller portions) and, above all, implemen Ing the wish list. Barbara Jordan, one of four inductees, National Women Hall of Famers 1990. August 26, is Women’s Equality Day, marking the 70th anniversary of the ratification. Barbara Jorda, one of the first Black ~ women from the South, — elected to Congress. And let us not forget the older Reflections Pharmacy was established. Thanks to the generosity of northern friends of Shaw, the lecture rooms-and laboratories were soon stocked with supplies and anatomy models. In January 1885, the 25-bed Leonard Hospital opened its doors to the sick and poor of the local black community and to the medical students of LMS. Clinical instructions, increasingly recognized as an essential component of good medical education, was now provided. Unfortunately for patients and students, for those months when school was out of session, the hospital Closed. Again, as with all other aspects of LMS’s devel- opment, private northern philanthropy and local black fund-raising through fairs and community appeals financed the school’s program. The American Baptist Home Mission Society allocated to money. The first LMS’s graduation Class was in 1886. Six students had successfully completed their studies and exams. Practically all secured their medical licenses with a high degree of expectancy, and were prepared to enter into practice. Dr. Lawson Scuggs was Valedictorian and main speaker of the class. He practiced medicine in Raleigh and assumed teaching respon- sibilities at LMS Dr Marcellus T. Pope also practiced in Raleigh. His home is now a historic preservation site operated by the State Archives. All of his personal papers, letters and medical books from LMS are stored there. (I might mention here that one of his two daughters , Ruth,taught Home Economics in Kinston and resided at my home while there. Ruth passed away a few years ago at age 96.) Dr. Savitt’s article shows a picture of the first graduating class. Several have all-white features, as was the pattern of slaveholders who fathered children with their slaves. Finally, LMS closed because of underfinancing, because no individual or organization was ever willing to step in and rescue it from its debts, deficits, and decline. LMS needed an endowment and operating capital to pay professors, buy equipment, maintain teaching and clinical laboratories, and provide for the other usual expenses of a modern medical school. Instead, the school had to draw off funds from the rest of the university, reversing the growth of the larger University,Shaw University. So having satisfied a need for 36 years and producing a cadre of black doctors (some 400) LMS passed quietly from existence. Of the black medical colleges of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, only Meharry and Howard survive today. ~ Acknowledgment to Dr. Todd Savitt for permitting this article to be published (with my own personal interjections) Respectfully submitted, Suejette A. Jones folks. Our society and our churches, particularly, accent our youth for the most part. Advertisements are aimed at young people, products are sold to keep people looking young, and fashions have a youthful appeal. Churches promote and use the young regularly. All of that is not so terrible, if we don’t overlook the older folk in our midst. Just give them a visit, give them a telephone call, a ride to Sunday school and church if there’s no bus, let them make some telephone calls to remind members of some delinquent deed or give them the opportunity to serve on a committee. Worlds of wisdom and know- ledge are trapped up in these older folk. You may do well to listen to them and they’re so depen- dable. They have been where learn something.” Be a good listener. Let’s listen, be calm and avoid the loudness, the yelling, the music in the streets from young men carrying juke boxes (to be heard); instead, read the newspapers, listen to the news on radio & TV. Give your minds food to feast on. Then you'll have something to talk about other then people. “Small minds discuss people.” Five Reasons Why Single Parenting Is So Tough 1. There’s not enough money. Paychecks for young people are small, jobs insecure, child support not very reliable. 2. There’s not enough time. Between jobs, daycare and child trade-offs, the available parenting hours can disappear. 3. There’s not enough outside support. War windows and needs one, sometimes the other. Ultimately, any parent is just one person. Two is better. | From: “T’ll Be the Parent, You be the Child “ by: Paul Kropp — - The Home There are only two institu- tions in society that are of divine origin: the home and the church. The home might be likened to the foundation of a building, and the church to its superstructure. If the foundation of a building were weak, then all of its other members will unsteady, even unsafe. | The second records reveal that when God is wisdom and love established the first family on earth, He revealed to them His will concerning an acceptable pattern of worship and devotion, the chief comerstone of the home. God meant that the first home on earth should be a dedicated home, a home, patterned according to His purposes. 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THE PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE — Jesus promised His followers, “Because I live, you shall live also.” Not surprisingly, no one in the Bible speaks more about the resurrection than Jesus. In John 11:25-26, for example, He said , “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.” Jesus was saying that although those who believe in Him may die physically, the real person, which is the soul and spirit, will never die. In John 5:24, Christ taught, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me © has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life,” Prior to the death, burial, resurrection of Jesus Christ, all people who died were taken to a place known as Sheol or Hades. This place THE PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE had two compartments separated by a large chasm or gulf. The first section was known as “paradise” of the “place of comfort.” This is where the Old Testament saints would go following death. On the other side of the great gulf was the “Place - of torment” where those who died without faith were held (see Luke 16:26). Ever since Jesus’ resurrection, believers have not gone to the “place of comfort” in Sheol, but rather have been instantly transported to heaven to be with the Lord(see Corinthians 5:8). Nonbelievers, on the other hand, are still taken to the “place of torment” in — Sheol/Hades.. The word “heaven” appears nearly 600 times in the Bible.” I can refer to three different places: 1). the atmospheric heaven or sky;2).the planetary heaven where the sun, moon, and stars reside, or 3). the _ third heaven, which Paul speaks of in 11 Corinthians 12, where God dwells with His angels and His people. This is where believers who died are today. Everything that is truly precigus to us as Christians will be in this third heaven, including the triune God, our loved ones who are believers, our inheritance, our citizenship and our eternal rewards. In other words, everything of eternal value will be there. When the rapture occurs, we who are believers will instantly receive our new, immortal, resurrected bodies. At the rapture, Christ will come to take us home to the Father’s house in heaven (John 14:1-4), Many of us look forward to that glorious day when we see the unfath- omable magnificence of heaven, be reunited with loved ones and come face to face with Jesus, our Savior. There are many things that will take place following the rapture. We will explore them in the next issue. You don’t want to miss it, it concerns you.... Excerpted from The National Liberty Journal February 2006 Minority Voice Apr. 28 - May 15 2006 pg4 By Susie Clemons Just recently the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ran the discussion fetching article, Teaching Americans to Behave Abroad. According to the non-profit entity, Business for Diplomatic Inc., who will be providing one day training seminars for American business travelers, this is not necessary but mandatory instruction. America must salvage its down trodden image currently held by foreigners. What with American military forces on the ground in Iraq, this is not good news. At this article some big name companies, among them Lowe’s and American Airlines, are signing up employees for classes aimed at improving the image of ~ the “ugly American,” which WSJ used to refer to anti- U.S. sentiments abroad. It just so happens the Japanese think that Americans should know better than to hold eye contact for more than a second or two. Not to be © out done, the Greeks think Americans should know that to them a wave hello or goodbye is an insult. It’s conceivable that neither foreign country could care less that direct eye contact (stare-downs) or waving is about as apple pie and Chevrolet as they get—they just know they don’t want any parts of it. Before teaching Americans how to behave abroad one must, however, first tackle the congenital problem of Good Manners Begin at Home rudeness on the home front. Right many Americans are rude, spoiled and selfish. Sociologists have, as of late, documented research that ._ Shows rude American parents are to blame for their rude American children. To think that in a time of war Americans are accused of flying thousands of miles from home, on business, to talk about American pride, brag about personal wealth or about Husseins’ arrest, (albeit the point man, of no fewer than 7 feet tall, still very much has his liberty and possibly residence at the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C), is unthinkable. Either way, if the bad manners story made WJS, then perhaps foreigners have had enough of American bravado, gall and the arrogance of ultra important people who assault officers in uniform when asked to show identification. That news worthy foul ups stream across the tube at every turn exposing a President out to prove that he’s the decider, and too revealing how Exxon makes _ off with billions in price gauging profits— surely the Japanese and the Greeks understand the swell of American pride. Then again, to rethink that posture, do they really care that some Americans who, dressed in Armani suits and ride around in chauffeured Benz’s, with regularity steal pension funds from their employees? Surely they feel even less distress for the ugly Americans whe blatantly betray the trust of people they’ ve been elected to serve. Furthermore, it’s down right classist and egregious to think foreign governments have a problem with pedophiles in priest collars, or elected officials who leave storm tossed tax paying citizens to bake in the sun or who force elderly citizens to trade food for medicine, visiting their country. That aside, no doubt foreign heads of state are not ~ concemed with travelers who say they’re coming to visit for the weekend, yet end up staying forever with one goal in mind: change everything. Could it be that our friends across the water are saying to the ugly American business class travelers: 1). We understand your place as ‘Super Power’, but when visiting our country you must treat our people with respect 2). you must have some idea about our culture — not everyone wants to speak English 3). leave your clanky-ti-clank apple pie Chevrolets at home and 4). please stop bragging about your oft times stolen wealth, lastly 5). use your stolen wealth to invest in real educational curriculums for the thousands of high school graduates unable to compete in an economy that the ugly American flaunts as “globalism” No doubt some Americans have less than desirable manners, but for these home is about bragging rights, American pride and oft times ill-gotten wealth. In absence of the means to engage air seeps out of the puffery much like it seeps out of the chest cavity upon death. Overhauling ones ideology from time to time is to be expected. The question is will the overhaul make things worse or better for the ugly American or for foreigners fresh out of hospitality? 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Farmville A Precinct (Paemville Conmmmanity Comer, 417 8. Main St.) Fermville B Precinct (P ian Charch, 4438 Grimmersbarg 5¢.) __ Fountain Preciact (Fountain Library, 6740 Wilson St.) Griftoo Precinct (Gtiton Fire/Potice Station, 106 S. Highland Ave.) Grimesland Precinct (Grimesland Town Hall, 1135, Pitt St.) Simpson A Precinct (Congregation Bayt Shalom, 4351 5. 10th St (Hwy 33 EB) Simpson B Precinct (Simpson Fire Station, 205 Virginia St.) _ Pactotas Precinct (Pactobas Fire Staion, 5858 Hwy 264 E.) Swift Crock Precinct (Gardnerville Pire Station, 9521 County Home Ri.) Wisterville Bast Precinct (H. Boyd Lee Park, $184 Corey Rid.) Winterville Comtral A Precinct (Kiwanis Club Building, 186 W.. Portines Rd.) Maroney rh aoe ok een ae nabbed Sx) Green inct (VFW Building #7032, 1106 Mumford Rd.) Greenville #3 Precinct (W. Greenville Recreation Center, 04 Nash St.) Greenville #4 Procinet (Mt-Calviry PWB Church, 411 Watauga Ave.) A= Greenville #5A. Precinct (Victary th, 102: x » Dr) Greenville #5B Precinct (American Post #39, 403 St. Andrews Dr.) Greenville #% Precinct (First oatal Hotiness Church, 204 Brinkley Rd.) Greenville #7A, Precinct (St, James United Methodist Charch, 2000 B. 6th St.) Greenville #7B Precinct (Elm Street 1058 Elm St.) Greenville #7C Precinet (Maranatha FW | 1407 E. 14th St.) Greenville #8A Procincs (Willis Building, 300.8, Ist $1} Greenville #8B Precinct (Cypress Glen Auditoriam, 100 Hickory $1.) Greenville # Precinct (Hooker Memorial Church, 1111 Greenville Btvd.) Greenville #10A, Precinct (Oakmont B Church, 1100 Red Banks Rd.) Greenville #108 Precinct (Unity Church, 2725 B. 14th St.) Groenville #1 LA Precinct (Ch. of Jesus Christ of Saints, 307 Martinsborough Rd.) Greenville #143 Precinct. (First FWB Church, 5. Charles Blvd.) Grocnville #12A Precinct (Koinonia Christian Ch., 1405 8W Greenville Blvd.) Greenville #128 Precinct (Faith & Victory Church, 3950 Victory Ln.) ry y £ var toe a Las ’ ¥ ead liiad 4. 1) You may apply for an absentee ballot to be mailed beginning Monday, March 13, The deadline for applying for absentee ballots to be mailed is Tuesday, April 25, Voters who become ill or disabled after Tuesday, April 25 at 5:00 pm may y for absentee ballots until Monday, May 1 at 5:00 pr. All absentee ballots must be returned by » May 1 at 5:00 pm in order to be counted pursuant to G. 8. 163-234(1), You may also vote carly at either of the following One-Stop locations from Thursda » April 13 to Saturday, April 29. Hours are Monday through from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM a Saturday, April 29 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Elections Annex Community Schools Building 1800 N, Greene St, 4561 County Home Rd. Greenville, NC 27858 Greenville, NC 27858 For additional information please contact the Pitt County Board of Elections | at (252) 902-3300. \ Sheila Ingram Ministries Now In Greenville, NC Where Are My Sisters? Sheila Ingram After relocating to Greenville N.C. from a world very different than the one I’ve come to know in the past 2 months, I realize although I wake up each morning to the birds chirping a melody that sounds light and fresh I continue to have a burning desire to share, i impart and get connected to the mainline of sharing hope love and sincere concern for my sisters, those I know by name and those that my destiny will connect with. For so many years growing up in the heart of Harlem N.Y.C. I found myself challenged with opportunities, distractions and derailed dreams. As I found my way through a cycle of up’s downs, turnarounds tragedies and triumphs here I am rerouted to a strange land called Greenville North Carolina A place I would have bet in my B.C. days (Before Christ) that I would never be in. But if you are one who continues to seek direction and success-you will come to realize sooner or later hopefully sooner that your story has already been written by the master. It just somehow doesn’t click for some of us until we come to the end of ourselves and finally surrender to the one ‘who has manufactured us. And because he holds the key to all of our dreams and aspirations ~ it would only make sense to . Surrender to his will for our lives. One day I realize I had to ~ stop running into myself and run into God. In doing so I was greatly challenged to change my - lifestyle and thinking, separate myself from people, places and things. Life’s circumstances often result in a series of events that speak death to every vision and dream God has placed within you. Negative thoughts are strongholds assigned to smother and kill the divine purpose within. The natural carnal mind refuses to release you from past and present hurts. Being a woman you can find yourself wearing so many hats in a day that one day you stop and realize you can’t find yourself. People places and things have found a way to erase you and replace you with things that only pull on you finding yourself giving out and never receiving in. It's time to move on and deal with every thing that has held you captive. Being a prisoner in your own skin is not your purpose for life. There is nothing you have done that should bring you down. within your own being. You who are victims of abuse and neglect can get back up again and regain the power you have over your life, as you allow God to repair and restore your brokenness. You can make it. Just as I was challenged for years to fight for my peace you will be too. But the great thing is you will win. You Can Get BackUp ~ Don’ t live in denial. Denial will choke the life out of you. Stop playing the blame game and get up again. There is always time to complete your life’s purpose, no matter what your age, size, skin color education bank balance is. Regardless of your past, you can make it. If low self-esteem and poor self- perception have held you captive, I encourage you to’ look at what God says about and not what man thinks or says. Keep your eye on the prize. Learn to embrace yourself, weaknesses as well as strengths. Stop running into yourself and rut into God. I use tO Tun into myself all the time until I decided to run into God. How are you running into your self today, is it with anger, fear, or unforgiveness? Have you my sister been molested, divorced, and addicted to drugs? What is it that holds you captive? Choose to be fee today. Liberate yourself from those who have hurt and disappointed you. Running into yourself can only bring defeat. Running into God will bring you victory. Author Sheila Ingram is a Pastoral Counselor, Pastor, Recording Artist and Worship Leader she lives in Greenville North Carolina and has a heart for women to move from pain to power WINPOP (Women In Pursuit of Purpose is her women’s ministry under the Sheila Ingram International Ministries she can be reached at = 252-551-2922 or sheilaingram.org you can also email her at: sheilaingramS @ yahoo.com eK Pitt County SOW Alumni A Minority Voice Apr. 28 - May 15 2006 pg5 ssociation Host Scholarship Banquet Pictured North Carolina A&T University Alumni left to right Berita Demery, Treiste Newton, Annie Brown, Laura Carmon, Seated: Frances Mebane and Shonda Bullock, Center: Justice Henry Frye, Tyrone Walson, President: Minerva Freeman, Melvin McLawhorn, Banquet Chairperson: Tanya Tucker-Dawson and Lavette Ford The Pitt County Alumni Association held its Annual Spring Scholarship Banquet on Saturday, April 08, 2006, at the Taft Christian Life Center, in Greenville. This year’s theme was ‘ An Evening with Just-Us’. The theme was centered on the keynote speaker, Justice Henry-Frye an A & T Alumnus. Justice Frye’s wife Shirley accompained him to the banquet. Justice Frye spoke words of encourage- ment, promise, and strength. He also made references to the Pitt County Alumni Association’s theme “No Steps Backward: Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow.” The Annual Spring Banquet serves as a fundraising effort of the Pitt County A & T Alumni Association. The 2006-2007, president for the Pitt County A & T Alumni Association in Minerva Freeman, Vice President is Lavette Ford, Secretary, Darryl] Jarmen, Assistant Secretary, Annanias Smith and Treasurer , Ethel Sutton. Chairperson for this year’s banquet was Tanya Tucker- Dawson and Co- Chair was Shonda Bullock. A & T Alumni, Comm. Melvin McLawhorn introduced the keynote speaker on behalf of the alumni association, county government and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Entertainment was provided by members of the J.H. Rouse High School Gospel Choir. A candle lighting dedication was performed by Sharon Malette and Laura Carmon. Last year’s president Denise Moore-Wilkes presented information about an academic scholarshiphonoring the late Bernard Haselrigh to be awarded to a graduating senior at Ayden Grifton High School or J. H..Rose High School during it’s Annual Senior’s Day. This annual scholarship was established by Trieste Newton. - Attorney Derek Brown, Dr. Julius Malette, Dr. Hazel Brown, DDS, Attorney James ‘Jimmy’ Streeter, Attorney Earl Brown, Dr. Isaac Artis and Dr. Edward Treadwell were Just a few of the illustrious members from the community in attendance. The Pitt County A & T Alumni Assoicatio meets every first Wednesday of the month at the Sheppard Memorial Library. The next scheduled is May 03, 2006. This will be the last meeting before the Associations breaks for the summer. If, you would like to become a member or you have questions regarding the Pitt County A & T Alumni Association , please call 252 - 758 - 0964. College 7. New investment options from The Vanguard Group increase your investment choices from 5 to 15, service, makes it easier to accelerate your savings, Foundation of North Carolina A new connection with Upromise? a free rewards U To learn more about North Carolina's 529 plan, visit CFNC. org/Savings or call 800-600-3453. North Carolina's National College Savings Program Now Offers You More... More Options. More Ways to Save. heen 4 1 Minor Voice Apr. 28 - May 15 2006 ne PITT COUNTY CHAPTER SHAW ALUMNI UNCF DRIVE LUNCHEON The Pitt Comaty Chapter of Shaw University Alumni Association sponsored the UNCF Fund Drive Luncheon at Riverside Steak House on 1 March 4, 2006. Guest Speaker f for this luncheonwas Dr. Cleon Thompson, Special Assistant to the President of Shaw University. Vanish Green and Mildred A. Council were co-chairs of this event. Left to Right Seated ... Thelma Brown,Sheryl Thompson,Pauline Anderson,Pattie Leary,Rev Cl Standing . . Brenda Green,Rev Barry K.Berryhill,Doris Dixon,Joyce Jones,Iris Daniels,Linda nce B.Gray,Garfield Thomas,Ruby Williams and Aydrey Nobles rvis,Addie Everett, Vanish Green,Mildred A.Council,Dr Cleon: Thompson,Speaker,Samuel C. Boyd,Ethelene Hardy-Stover,Beasley Dixon,Curtis Best, and Wayland Moore Continued from front page... Gala honors life of Beatrice Maye She has been a member of thing, she becomes likea He said Maye helped make his Delta Sigma Theta Sorority force of nature —unrelent- home a comfortable place since the age of 18. ing." — again. To date she teaches a Retire- Maye's only son John W. Dedra, who will turn 13 next ment Living course to senior © Maye Jr.expressedwhata —_ month, is thriving in school citizens at the Pitt County blessing it was that his and extra curricular activities Council on Aging, and is mother was still abletodo because of Maye's influence. planning the release of an- things on her own, suchas —_—""Everything we are, it's all other book late this year. drive. because of Ms. Maye," Garner Portriats of her life and "This is a blessing from said. "She is like my mother. I accomplishments were shown —_ Jesus," he said. "Most owe her a lot." to former students, friends, children with parents this family and colleagues in a age need home health care." Erin Rickert can be contacted video presentation celebrating Maye willalwayshavea —_at erickert@coxnc.com and Maye's 90th birthday on special place in Garner's 329-9566. Sunday. heart. The event was the culmina- , tion of six months of planning by Maye's family and friends. During nearly two-hours, stories about Maye's influence on their lives were shared. Malcolm Jones, traveled from California, to share his feelings about his aunt. Jones said she always stood out in a crowd, but one characteristic really set her apart from the rest. What really sets her apart is her perseverance," Jones said. "When she goes for some- The Anoninted Ones Ministries presents Convocation 2006 THE SET TIME TO FAVOR ZION Monday,May 22 - Sunday,May 28 Special Guest: Co-Pastor Susie Owens Greater Mount Calvary Holy, Wash.DC Co-Pastor Susie Owens is the Co- Pastor of Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church in | & VS for her allowing her ti minister 6n platforms to tens of thousands Fot More information please contact us at: www.anointedones.org 4271 North Edge Road Ayden 28513 252-746-2722 i ‘apell ps 26 at PN See yo Re ; PITT COUNTY SCHOOLS ‘Washington,DC. She has been in the ministry for over 30 years and her gift has made room CC Convenience Mart — 1900 South Pitt St Greenville, NC 27834 252-321-6991 Shop CC’s for your fresh Cakes & Breads . Qpen Sam 7 —_ Tor} Bewwn Bong Ut | Estate NC (382) 757 3191, Resorts Date: April 29, 2006 Time: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. JOB FAIR Representatives from 35 Pitt County Schools will be present to discuss employment opportunities for the 2006-2007 school year. Who should attend? © Teacher candidates in all areas e Administrative candidates e Teacher assistant candidates _ ® Clerical, school food service, facility services, transportation, and custodial applicants _. © Bus driver and substitute teacher applicants Where? J. H. Rose High School 600 West Arlington Bivd. Greenville, North Carolina 27834 For More information Contact: Pitt County Schools snare: 289-000-4242 1717 West Fifth Street Fax: 282-830-4266 Greenville, North Carolina 27834 Email: www.pitt.k12.no.us Minority Voice Apr. 28 - May 15 2006 pg7 SWEET HOPE FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH BREAKING NEW GROUND On Saturday, April 1, 2006, Elder Melvin Murphy offici- ated a groundbreaking cer- emony to mark the first day of construction of the New Sweet Hope Free Will Baptist Church. The ceremony was held onsite. Construction for the new edifice is estamated 7 to 8 months to complete. The Presiding Bishop, C.R. Parker ” _ . os attended, pictured with Pastor Concert Clip... pictured above is left to right, Pastor Tammie Edwards, Keith “The Murphy. (tor). Other mem- Wonderboy” Johnson and promoter Ada Barnes caught by the M’ Voice camera Ls oP, Ee eS Fee ae ae eee ee ee ee ee ee ae we a a ow bers of the church family were niviobeaeona_ClVil Rights: The Prison Problem ... _nity to break ground. _ | By Angela Bronner, AOL Black Voices Prison is big business in America. So establishes the abstract for the Urban League’s essay on Prisons in their 2006 “The State of Black America Report.’ Written by reputed journalist (and " former head of ‘Emerge’ magazine) George Curry, “Racial Disparities Drive the Prison Boom,” _ Offers an in depth analysis of several studies, culminating in & the point that not only is prison big business, but blacks in this country help to fuel it. oe 68 ek eee ee ae | Prison populations have seen a explosively in the 1990s, mostly . due to the “War on Drugs’ | policy instituted by President Ronald Reagan. By the time the ‘turn of the century rolled around, the prison and jail population | reached 2.1 million people. The total of 581,000 arrests in 1980 nearly tripled to a record high of almost 1.6 million by 1997. The United States has 100,000 more persons behind bars for drug : eum a Offenses alone than the entire European Union has incarcerated — and the EU is larger than the bag —" U.S. by 100 million people. spectacular boom, growing | Moreover, Black men especially do not bode favorably in this social justice analysis. Black men are arrested at higher rates and they are sentenced to do longer time. For instance, it was found | that of the sentences issued in 12 crime categories in the State Courts, sentences for black males | were longer than white males in all of them. The proportions of Black men arrested and | incarcerated for drug offenses is in gross disproportion to their actual numbers in this country. If one were to read between the lines, then, one knows that more than simply losing a very large and viable segment of the black community, the bi-products of prison include public health crises such as tuberculosis and HIV infection; joblessness; poverty; loss of political power, and a vicious cycle of these problems being perpetuated through generations. Free Financial Aid Information For Students & Parents ® figura out the financial ald process ® find Information about scholarships and grants ® save money on education loans for studants and parents @ talkto a financial ad wb ® complete aid forns oniing CFNCorg College Helping You Plan, Appi os Foundation and Pay for Collage of Nerth Caredina ~—ainnoo twee me on ihe Se eee die-hhe CIN LH Cintggs ew tee, ane wa Minority Voice Apr. 28 - May 15 2006 pg8 Brown Seeks ==. ANNUAL NAACP BANQUET Brown Seeks Historic : Political Win with House Seat = ; Safer communities, educa- tion and a stronger job market ‘is what Democratic candidate Derek K. Brown pledges to -Martin and Pitt county voters. Brown’s victory would be historic. He would become the first African American to hold the legislative seat specifically carved out for minority voter representation by the U.S. Department of Justice in the mid-eighties. When first established, the district 8 voting bloc included all of Pitt, Greene, Martin and Edgecombe counties. The late Linwood Mercer was the first to occupy the seat followed by current incumbent Edith Warren. For the 2006 election, District 8 has been reapportioned to only include Martin county and portions of Pitt. With a recent campaign headquarters grand opening in Martin County, Brown has been relentless in his effort to let the voters know that he is hard at work on the campaign trail. His political opponent— the incumbent, retired educator and principal, Edith Warren— has held the legislative post since 1998. In an earlier cited statement Brown is quoted as saying that he was not running against Mrs. Warren, but that he was running for the people. With close ties to the community and region, Brown looks forward to bringing much needed improvement down east. Furthermore, he believes that the some of the basic requirements to ensure area growth have either been overlooked or down right | disregarded. During a candid interview Brown is quoted as saying, “this is about the people, making their lives better and down east stronger.” Brown acknowledges that the lack of sustained jobs creation, educational resources as well as the slowness of infrastructure, to points east of interstate 95, have not been all that it could. There is tremendous room for improvement. Improving upon these circumstances to the good of all down easterner’s is just what I intend to do, he said. Similarly, Brown concedes that time spent as legislative council, to former Congressman Frank Ballance, allows him the skill and discipline necessary to develop and maintain strong relationships with state leaders; moreover, the altruism needed to keep his ear to the concerns of his constituents. Pitt County native, Brown, is the son of area veteran dentist Hazel Brown and attorney Earl Brown. A practicing attorney for 10 years, Brown currently serves as assistant district attorney for Prosecutorial District 6-B domestic violence unit, inclusive of Hertford, Bertie and North Hampton Counties. Derek Brown was educated at the North Carolina School of Math ndScience, North Carolina A T State University and awarded a Jurist Doctor from Campbell University School of Law Rep. 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And Brimmer, as became the assistant secretary. one of the governors really en aoe ie ea He remained there through Brimmer was born in part of the Johnson administration until 1966 Neen Lea. eer ont sharecroppers in an area evi ebiniea of me Federal Reserve System. He vee ater iehs ° " arable was the first Black to be so harder. He attended racially ee byt open for _ segregated local elementary yeas. ’ returned to Harvard as a ‘University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina is, committed to improving the health of the people of eastern North Carolina. That's why we're one of five University Health Systems hospitals going tobacco free on May 31st. We are doing this to promote healthy lifestyles for our patients, employees and communities. We know this is the right thing to do because tobacco use is the number one cause ra professor of economics before forming his own consulting company — Brimmer & Associates — in 1976. Brimmer’s expertise has been in great demand in the private sector providing strategic investor counseling to major US and international corporations. In addition, he has done other specialized work in developing and implementing corporate positioning and communi- cations programs for public and private corporations. He is a founding member of ‘Joele Frank, Wilkinson, Brimmer, Katcher that works with clients on investments, public relations and crisis ‘management. Besides economics and public relations, he brings to his Clients an array of peripheral products and services includ- ing complex restructurings and reorganizations. One of his better-known public offering assignments was helping United Parcel Service (UPS) with its $ 5.47 billion of preventable deaths in the state of North Carolina, As healthcare providers, we're committed to providing patients and visitors, as well as employees, with a healthy environment. As part of this change, we're offering smoking cessation classes to the community. For information on our smoking cessation resources, call 847.6501 or visit online at www.uhseast.com. The change will do you good. Prrt County Memoria Hosprrar University Health Systems of Eastern Carolinaw. ‘Initial Public Offering’ - (IPO). Brimmer was elected to the Washington Academy of Sciences; has been a member of the Association for the Study of African Americans Life and History; appointed chairman of the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee University; is currently President of the _ North American Economics and Finance Association; and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Rescue Committee, the world’s leading non-profit organization providing relief and resettlement services of refugees. His bibliography consists of “International Banking and Domestic Economics Policies,” and “Economics Costs of Discrimination Against Black Americans.” According to news reports, he was considered the most scholarly spokesman for Blacks in the economic field and he recommended that _ Blacks assimilate into AT MO'S the American White economy rather than trying to go into business on their own. This was during the Civil Rights Era of the sixties. And Brimmer also saw integration as the best possible route to _ Black economic self- sufficiency and dismissed Blacks’ efforts at entrepreneurship, including the acquistion and operation of black banks. As a member of Economists of Peace and Security, he recently cosigned a letter to the Secretary of State, Condolezza Rice, appealing for the release of one of their colleagues, a detainee of the Ethiopian government on charges of treason. Brimmer returned to the Federal Reserve in 1997 and after two years became its vice chairthan. Since leaving public service, Brimmer has been utilizing his talents and rendering services as an economist and its related fields, in defense against minority shareholder squeeze- outs and megalo-mergers that tend to cripple the “small” business owner. Copy Or THE M'VoOICE NEWGPAPER Auditions “Seventh Heaven” by Austin Strong. Magnolia Arts Center, Greenville’s only comprehensive arts organization, announces auditions for its upcoming — production, “Seventh Heaven” by Austin Strong. Auditions for the cast of 11men and 5 women will be held at Pitt Community College, May Sth from 7-10pm in room 143 Leslie Bldg., and May 6, & 7 from 2-5pm in room 153 Fulford Bldg. . The production will be August 5, 6, 7, 11,1 2, & 13, 2006. Set in Paris during WWI, the play is a love story that looks at how war affects the families left behind and the faith it takes to get them through. Tech people wishing to work on the production should come to auditions to fill out an application. 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He goes to the an after school program The alternative is areduced Kingdom Hallwithme.He’s attended by Fell, “He’s a good charge to be triedin Family ™y only child, who was justin 4 he told the AmNews, Court, Gotling said. “Denzel’s the wrong Place at the wrong «qs, was always punctual and dream is to be a lawyer to time.” respectful. So, I don’t know protect children who can’t ; where this comes from - on protect themselves,” Pamela vo iid wate avon any angle. He’s popular with Fell, told the AmNews. “I place, when police arrived at the other kids, he’s always want to give my condolences , The Minority Voice Newspaper is the leading print news provider for Minorities in Eastern North Carolina To advertise in the M’Voice call 252-757-0365 today. Afri . m American Students Rally Around Rape Victim Source: New America Media by Cash Michaels DURHAM, N.C. (NNPA) - They came to pray, hope and cry. More than 250 students of North Carolina Central University (NCCU) rallied in a candlelight vigil Apr. 3 to show their support and love for one of their own—the alleged victim of a brutal gang rape by several members of the predominately White Duke University lacrosse team at a wild off-campus party over four weeks ago. Though many of the students at this small historically Black university had heard about the crime on the news when it first broke, they were not aware until recently that the alleged victim was also an NCCU student. They immediately came together to embrace her, sponsor drives to raise money for her support, and use the opportunity to speak out in a unified voice against domestic violence, sexual abuse and racism. “This is a family member,” Teresa Garrett, a junior, told the crowd. “We’re here to show our support that we love this young woman, and we are here [for her.” Another NCCU junior, Maya Jackson, 19, said sexual assault is an issue Black females have been dealing with for a long time. “A lot of us are sick and tired of our women, our sisters and our mothers being violat We need to take a stand. Though not pleased with how Durham authorities have handled the investigation thus far, the students pledged to give the system a chance to bring those responsible to Justice. Renee Clark, NCCU Student Body president, read a | statement from NCCU Chancellor James Ammons. “These allegations of what occurred at the Duke University lacrosse team’s party are disturbing, inhumane and insensitive,” the statement read. “Further, we stand against the use of racial slurs and the vilification of anyone. Every human being has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. Our students, faculty and staff are outraged by what has been alleged, but are also mindful of the fact that an investigation is still under way and no charges have been filed.” The halls of justice Duke, one of the world’s most prestigious halls of higher learning, where the children of corporate, political and entertainment leaders attend, is considered a school of privilege in the midst of a small, racially divided Southern city where the _ median income is less the $43,000 annual tuition. That stellar reputation has — now been put to the test by what many say is one of the most brutal crimes in the university’s otherwise illustrious history. During the NCCU rally, students brought out three green rolls, which they-invited : the community to write messages of encouragement to the alleged victim on. “All of our love and prayers go out to you and your family,” David Summers, an NCCU student, wrote. “Justice will be done. Rest assured.” Recent developments have resulted in the willing resignation of Coach Mike Pressler and lawyers for the lacrosse players have been busy trying to defend their clients by bringing to light apparent photographic evidence that they say will help their case. The willing to participate and volunteer and he is always smiling. I definitely wouldn’t believe that he would be involved.” Fell said, “I just want everything to work out the best for my son: I want him to fight this, and for everyone to know that my child did not do is. I want the world to know that my child did riot do this.” “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life... as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” Booker T. Washington photographs supposedly show s ‘ the alleged victim arriving to the party already cut and bruised. With regards to a malicious email sent recently by one of the lacrosse team — members which describes inviting over strippers and “killing the b——es as soon as the[y] walk in,” the defense | team touts the email as simply _ a reference to a movie entitled American Psycho, which some — of the players have reportedly _ | watched. “There’s an old saying that the | absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence,” said Peter Neufeld, e Innocence Project. co-founder and co-director of Full eHalf Soles Heel Replacemnet | Rockport Shoe Care Keys Made * Re- establish Your Credit with a... “CORNERSTONE LOAN” ; wv Fine Preowned XK Automobiles! : NO CREDIT POOR CREDIT! OR SLOW CREDIT! Many models to chose from $1000 Down and DRIVE AWAY!!! CORNERSTONE LOAN CENTER, INC 3004 S, Memorial Drive/R.O. Box 30745 NC 27834 Greenville, [Offices (252) 324- 3634 Fax: ane 321-8699 In business, it’s all about connections. 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That does not and should not éxcuse job discrimination, however. Researchers also pointed to the high number of miserably failing inner-city public schools as partly responsible for the slide of young black inales. Certainly, poor schools have turned thousands of young black males into éducational cripples. These Students are desperately unequipped to handle the tapidly evolving and demanding technical and professional skills needed to compete in the public sector and the business world of the . 21st century. They are also far -more likely than whites to be expelled or suspended for violations.that often times. go... unreported or unnoticed when White students commit them. The staggeringly high suspension and expulsion rate of young black males from schools enraged NAACP officials. They announced last year that they would hold hearings on the problem. While school administrators should be called on the carpet for racial double standards in school discipline, bad- behaving students and their parents must also be called on the same carpet. They must work.doubly hard to push at- risk students to improve their conduct and their studies.Civil rights leaders, the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Democrats must relentlessly challenge the Bush administration and private industry to create more jobs and training opportunities, support programs for parents and skills-training programs for prisoners to help young black males out of their quagmire. But they must also challenge young black men to take greater responsibility for their own lives and be the achievers they can be, and not statistics and stereotypes endangered in Ameanswers that the researchers fingered to explain the crisis. Democrats, for their part, pound President Bush and say that his fiscal and economic policies have resulted in the loss of millions ‘of jobs during his years in office. His slash-and-burn of job training programs and dearth of tax incentives for the working poor have certainly helped fuel the crisis.But the cont next page Minority Voice Apr. 28 - May 15 2006 pgl4 Endangered crisis among young black men can’t be totally blamed on Bush’s dubious fiscal and economic policies. During the Clinton era, when the economy was booming, the unemployment rate for young black males was still double and in some parts of the country triple that of white males. At the same time, state and federal cutbacks in job training and skills programs, the brutal competition for low- and semi-skilled service and retail jobs from immigrants and the refusal of many employers to hire those with criminal records have sledge-hammered black communities.In fact, before the big run-up in black male. unemployment in the last few years, the California Assembly Commission on the Status of the African-American Males reported that four out of 10 felons entering California prisons were young black males, and less than half of lower-income black males under 21 lived in two-parent households. The study was done in California, but almost certainly a similar pattern would be found in other poor urban communities nationwide. It’s true that many employers refuse to hire young black males due to racial fears and ignorance. It’s also true that many young blacks feed that fear and ignorance by their own actions. The studies made only passing mention of that. The urban riots of the 1990s reinforced white fears that all young black males are inherent drive-by-shooters, gang bangers, drug dealers, are lazy, have foul attitudes, are chronic underachievers and eternal menaces to society. When some young blacks turned to gangs, guns and drugs and terrorized their communities, that seemed to confirm whites’ worst fears. The explosion of gangster rap and the spate of Hollywood violence-themed ghetto films have convinced even more Americans that the thug lifestyle is the black lifestyle. They have ghastly visions of the boys-in-the-hoods heading for their neighborhoods next. No matter whether a young black is a Rhodes scholar, National Science medal winner or junior achievement candidate, they could be tagged as a gangster. Many young black men reinforce the damaging racial stereotypes by aping and exulting the thuggish bluster and behavior of gangster rappers. 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