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Ernie Chambers (D-Omaha) said that the plan in not segregation, but a way to let Black parents and citizens have a voice in how their children are educated. . ' “There is no intent to create “Leading the Challenge, Attorney Derek Brown poses with State President of the SCLC Mr. Bennie segregation, “ said Roundtree, and Mr. Billy Brown, as he become a lifetime member of the Pitt County Chapter of the Chambers, who represents a . SCLC. Hats off to Attorney Derek Brown for his political run for House of Representatives. district that is 71% black, Continue to do the work of the community Attorney Derek Brown. We are all proud of you and your efforts !! ye (photo by: Bro. = TING THE CHALLERCES— SIDEN Pact the Challenges of Community and Justice in the Midst of Crisis mother of two, African not enough, now Durham is As if the sordid allegations of American student, hoping to _ being visited by a group Submitted by Ms. Amina the racist and violent acts of he g lawyer, who happened _calling itself the “New Black Turner, Executive Director _ some Duke students with a to have a brief life as an Panther Party and according By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber _history of out of control escort service on the to media reports another -IL,North CarolinaNAACP _ behavior against a 27 year old, moming of March 14" were __racist/fascistic outfit, the State Conference President I'm standing here today with = Rev. James M. Smith, President of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Durham, Rev. Charles Smith, of the local NAACP, Rev. Joe Harvard, Rabbi John Freidmann and Bishop Elroy Lewis. African American Elders African American Elders Missing Out on Extra Help with Rx Costs individuals with disabilities are realizing substantial savings through Part D, while being protected from unseen costs inthe future. , This is a vital opportunity for older African Americans to get help paying for their medications. ButAfrican American enrollment in Part D has been low, to date. Dr. Sandra L. Gadson, President of the National Medical Association (the largest African American professional health organization), recently issued a call to action to Malte, African American community a ‘ ~ leaders to push for greater By Marie Smith ‘participation. AARP is adding y AARP President reeseta Mader non its voice to Dr. Gadson’s. Little Willie Center Receives Award Donation..,. Mother Arrington, Director & Founder of the significant change in its 40- Medicare beneficiaries need to _Little Willie Center received an award donation of $ 500.00 from The Ladies of the Golden Circle For years, AARP pushed for wa history. Millions of know about this new benefit Organization. The Little Willie Center is a place for latch-key kids, who parents work, and gives the prescription drug coverage to ve rn Ty. F and that they must enroll kids someplace to go in the afternoons where someone can help them with their homework and it just be added to Medicare. The !der Americans an before the May 15 deadline. gives them a safe place to go from school, photo De Jim Rouse Minority Voice May 12-26, 2006 pg2 OPINION _, URBAN PERSPECTIVE . LARRY AUBREY = = BETWEEN THE LINES | A. ASADULLAHS, SAMAD ‘Tegal ‘ Immingration: — _ Blacks and Immigration } Continuing Quagmire. Reform: Conflicted, But \ documented, and US citizens corporate interests. The huge expense. Partnerships and to Blacks at the end of the 19th They sell fruits, or flowers, or Angeles, there have Why ? t find . | cotmerted efforts to build Black gardeners but can’t m e silence of most Black Black/brown coalition since , Van ho That’s what One. It’s the same wi . leadership on the immigration 4. 1980s, makes this dangerous. housekeepers, babysitters, Are “illegal” immigrants issue. Not the least is their Arecent study by the Pew The fact that African Americans live-in nannies, and day ee a berandl me os Hispanic Center found that feel ts need to take position laborers. The competition tee Blacks answer inthe Elected officials’ sorry retort eae are needs ta be called into question. owen inn and ; “nity on affirmative. Does this reflect is that the ballot box i 1S their less likely to have high : There has been no Latino a eve s) stem rom as bias towards ndocumented _ ultimate accountability, enab- school diplomas, they are “litmus test” on HR 40 networks each creates that Latinos? Probably. ling them to govern with more likely to hold jobs. At (Reparation bill) oreven where Support their desire to work and (“Illegal” is an administrative impunity year after year the same time, other studies ~ Latinos stand on police abuse or improve their communities. or judicial determination — despite the array of critical show that even in a booming jailhouse attacks on African Only 25% ofall jobs in America Just as persons who commit _issues facing constituents. labor market, uneducated ‘In a strange twist of events A We tend to ate advertised. The rest are t “criminals” Current case in point: Where lack g . mericans. e tend to a ” Work j sare nO anced eR ene young b lack men are worse leading up to the “Day Without cooperate where we can, but “inside referrals. Work is The multi-dimensional gies relating tothe needs of 4 arica’s race-based Mexicans” protest, there was each community has its own ‘isappearing for African _ Immigrant problem brings their constituents on immig- double standard is as real as suddenly this overwhelming issues. Yet, “are you with us” is Americans because we want to out ration reform? How do they ever. Most blacks realize focus on where African nowaprevailing inquiry among be the only one on the job and the worst in people, including perceive the recent demons- that the same business Americans stood on the issue. Blacks and Latinos. Certainly Put little in the job “pipeline”. African Americans, for whom _ trations and pending congres- owners who knowingly ‘While this focus certainly was any group that knows the social Latinos refer who they know. it represents the latest sional legislation’s impact on accept fraudlent documents heightened by a half-cocked ch ; - Blacks used to do the same. development to jeopardize Black communities? and hire undocumented y al change history of Blacks in lac! 7 - their precarious existence. Conservatives’ response to the work Ted Hayes rollin’ into Leimert America (including the history Black could provide enough They give short shriftto the undocumented problem is ae refuse to hire African Park with Minutemen in tow, of the “Day of Absence” for erie everybody to work if various interationsof clear: from the Minutemen, Americans who check the ‘@/kin’ about Black people will which this protest was they’donly support themselves. pending immigration vigilantes patrolling the - box that indicates he or she help immigrants build an modeled)know that our In 1965, it was Jewish ~Keislation: tore satis eden has been convicted of a economy in ne. be involvement in social (and ones a ae ned v4: crime. ayes 18 Clearly the latest political change) is crucial, Blacks. In , Sra Felony MeL mela, opposit very clear African Americans should iteration of Sambo politics that Yeah this =e istargeting Koreans. NOW, Is init grants. no felondy if caught and Their spin is transparent: region elo bu advances the position of the Mexicans, but Haitians, And opposing Blacks think they guest workers provision; “Those people have no right must insist that such reform °"S¢'vativeright without any Jamaicans, and Africans are at help immigrants build their amend-ment to Senate Bill here and their very presence address concern of how crazy he really impacted by this bill. “own country”. Yeah, right? "—ho criminal penalties for nes ‘ unlawful act.” ongoing,deplorableconditions, makes Black people look. Of We should be allies in That's pure. thetoric and the Fennag uncocumented; tisobeneace vasctay” . i., poor education, inade- course, the media is there front advocating for compassionate source of the confliction on this coe i oust workers because he (and o thers for quate housing, police abuse, and center, while a few so- reform.Solidarity where poss- ‘sue—anissue not really ours. but ambiguous civil rights) was citizens, not An eve qui pro called “Black spokespersons” ible. That’s how it’s always Blacks can’t build their own on other key issues. “foreign scabs”.) ig is predicated ot adershi front off the whole race been, | economy here in America. Most African Americans Dr. King would instruct these elected and otherwiee uP escalating Black/Latino There are deeper issues here, We need not only play the role realize that slavery and its people on the need to protect setting aside traditional, self- tensions on a whole ‘nother The concern that immigrants f being victims. continuing legacy have the civil and human rights of serving priorities for a front simply because some folk take jobs from Black people _ Wanna know our issue? Black . pe wae gains: ub ' ae at and caution all . larger, want to scapegoat immigrants drives the opposition. It’sa false American’s focus should not be areas confirms the reality that probably vill sotrctiec eee ™ and play up the politics of fear premise that has nothing to do who’s taking jobs, but who’s America is still divided along compassion towards be part of the struggle for that permeate two already with immigration, and making jobs.” When Hes racial lines thatnow extend —_ people of color and the poor immigration reform, but exploited communities. These everything to do with leamhowto make work, they'll far beyond Black and White. — or undocumented Latinos. It implementation of such Negroes are trying to do to competition. Immigrants don’t have work. Immigration won’t (Latinos — undocumented, _ will, undoubtedly protect reform cannot be at our immigrants what America did take work — they make work, even be an issue. It’s not for any other community who are a subject ° discrimin- protests — many student collaboration are foregone Century when poor Whites other goods. simply make work for their though teirkisoreesed throvghout the ieee. MEEESitesivencurent —_ecredthatblcke weretaking tire jobs they fillarenot People to work. ough their histories an oughout the nation, espe demographics, underscoring or / aL _ | cultures differ significantly cially in Los Angeles where the need for principled their jobs because of jobs Black families looking for from Blacks’). 900,000 demonstrators flexed eran tive leadership. Civil African Americans find it paca muscle. , and \ difficult to empathize with lhe demonstration cause ; 2 myst Latinos — consternation among Blacks Sate pate i a Ze) Mee SS. whom they perceive as whose political capital contin- oda ee a “Za wy worsening their plight. ues to recede as Latino’s fiteadhe d, and Blacks —_*, —— (African Amer-icans had TISeS. must develop strong \ ; . similar feelings about Korean There has been much talk agendas and \ at merchants in the 1980s and among Blacks about collab- demand a place at the — Som . 1990s but following the orating with Latinos. decision-making tables since - ~ Rodney King verdict, the Similarities in respective like no people, we have . majority of those arrested histories of oppression been denied such access— => were Latino, not seem to make such collabora- and fundamental civil rights a ieee Black.) tion viable. However, talkis = ney iets ne There are many reasons for _all there’s been. In Los nt on. : —— licans were trying to distance The >“Show” White House ! ' What I mean by this is that, themselves from the former do have some things in position to speculate on how spokesman. Williams didn’t when the blizzard clears, it’! | KuKlux Klan leader.Snow common. Like me, Snow isa Snow might come across asa _ last. Snow won’t either. A | be pretty evident that Snow suggested that Duke was radio show host and a conservative White spokes- suspicious eye shouldbe cast By Dr. Firpo Carr -' doesn’t care about Black espousing some good newspaper columnist. He will | man for the “Snow” White upon such men who seem to President Bush introduced people either. Why do I say conserv-ative ideals, be—in the not-too-distant House. ~ lack moral fiber and i integrity. Tony Snow as the new White this? Well, Ibase my assess- _including family valuesand ——future—a spokesman fora For instance, Snow is Perhaps it’s more than a House press secretary, ment on the words and actions Opposition to welfare famous family whose son, brazenly disingenuous in coincidence that the animated ‘replacing the contentious and of the Snow man himself. dependency.” The Snow man, George W. Bush, is a leading accepting the job as White movie “Ice Age 2: The cantankerous Scott McClellan consistent with conservative world figure. Ihave been—in House spokesman since prior Meltdown” is being release In'so doing, the White House Consider these facts: values, openly defended and the recent past—a spokesman 0 his appointment he severely around the same time Snow moved up a notch from “lilly” publicly supported David for a famous family whose criticized Bush, reportedly descends on the White House. white to “Snow” white. If — _Agcording to the April 27, Duke. An aberration? The son, Michael Jackson, is also Saying on one occasion that Unlike the cartoon comedy, Hurricane Katrina demons- 006, issue of the Los Angeles _article continues: “In 2001, a leading world figure. We're “No president has looked this however, I have a frigid trated that, as Kanye West put Times, “In 1991, Snow, then a Snow wrote a column both teachers; and have both impotent this long.” Snow’s _ feeling that Snow is going to it, ‘George Bush doesn’t care speechwriter for President defending another former been to Africa. And while fellow conservative, Black leave African Americans in a about Black people,’ judging George H.W, Bush, defended klansman, Sen. Robert C. we're about the same age radio talk show host and socio-political ice age that’ll “. _ from his track record, we're some ideas 6 Louisiana Byrd (D-W.Va.), for his use _(51-ish), our commonalities columnist Armstrong Williams — ultimately end ina chilling about to feel the fury of an gubernatorial candidate David _ of aracial epithet.” abruptly end here. I mention similarly wasarabidcriticof collective emotional on-coming “Snow” Storm! uke at atime when Repub- Though we could not be these parallels because I feel © Michael Jackson, butjumped — meltdown too. 7 more dissimilar, Snow and1 —_ they put me in a unique at the opportunity to be his from the ninety-nine percent bag, which adds at least five hundred caloriesand seventeen grams of fat mostly to your thighs, reach for pretzels. _ which have little to no fat. 3. Eat your citrus, don’t slurp it. Downing a glass of orange juice is quick way to load up on calories. Instead, eat an orange and save sixty calories per day, and it will keep up feeling fuller longer. 4. Substitute condiments. Substitutions that won’t ~ assault your taste buds and | Diet —— What you Can Do Right Now 1. Say no to soda. A twelve- ounce can of soda can pack * 120 calories. Go with the ‘motto of “I’d-rather eat my calories” and you’ll find yourself sipping on water and diet sodas, both of which have no calories. _2. Skip the chips. Having an attack of the crunchies? Instead of reaching for the potatoe chips, especially have few to no calories: mustard instead of mayon- naise on turkey sandwiches, salsa, or hot sauce on a baked potatoe instead of butter. If you must dip into the breadbasket, go Italian and ask for olive oil instead of butter. 10 Signs you Need to Get Organized 1. You don’t want people to Visit because the house is a OMIM COMMUNITY VOICES FROM THE DESK OF MRS BEATRICE MAYE . “You stack books on the floor because there’s nowhere else to put them. 3. You can’t find your receipts when want to make returns. 4. You frequently have to pay late fees or bills. 5. You can’t find a place to work on your hobbies because clutter litters every flat surface. 6. You hate to put away clean laundry because your drawers are too full. 7. You can’t find your good tablecloths and candles when guests come over. 8. You put items on top of their containers instead of inside. 9. You have to search the entire house for supplies, such as. printer paper or glue. 10. You can’t find a place for food or new clothes when you come home from the store. From:Woman 's Day, May 05, 2006 Reflections 1) Register to vote, or shut‘up! 2) Take all that money out of those stocking caps, in cans, mattresses, and floorboards and invest money in something. For starters, invest in the food you eat and clothes you wear. 3) Learn another language. Ebonics does not count. 4) Stop using the “N” word in the year 2005, especially since Merriam-Webster has announced it isn’t changing the definition. 5) Buy something each week from a black vendor. 6) Stop blaming white folks for 98% of your problems, while giving them 100% of your money. . 7) Subscribe to Ebony, JET, Black Enterprise, Essence. Minority Voice May 12-26, 2006 pg3 AA t Then‘subscribe to one of the — three weeklies: Time, Newsweek, or US News and World Report. After we read about what’s going on in our world, how about knowing what’s going on in theirs? It is, after all, your world. 8) Stop walking past each other and not speaking. 9) Be on time for something, anything! 10) Get an annual gheck up; herbs do not cure everything! 11) In all thy ways acknowledge Him (GOD) and He shall direct thy path.” prioritize this as # 1. 12) Stop being jealous of one another, learn to look past the material things and see the person for who they are. 13) Get involved in at least one charitable or voluntary community service. 14) Say a prayer for — someone besides yourself: 15) Hug your child/spouse/ parent today. 16) LOVE ONE ANOTHER! 17) Learn to Let Go and Let God. 18) Stop talking about it, and be about it. 19) Let GOD order your steps instead of the world. 20) P.U.S.H.!! Pray Until — Something Happens! 21) In all that you do, get understanding, (turn off the TV, and open a book). Don’t just read this, DO IT and encourage others to take nothing for granted..... Tell people what they mean to you- TODAY! !{!!! to enact this measure, they ¥ slaves. Eventhough he knew Officers announced: “If ology. For more than a _Summary: of the widespread sine slavery is to be abolished then century, the pernicious story | The Confederacy had come Weis Pa 5 eae one loyalty to the Confederacy, he I take no more interest in our —_of the faithful slave took deep into the World to protect ra A y admitted that black battlefield _ fight.” The Southerners root in the American slavery and those leaders ho ON YOUR HUNee service could be purchased would give up their sone, imagination, where it still urged arming slaves by freeing neronai only by promising freedom to husbands, brothers, and provides an active, if them did so not despite soliders and their families. friends, and often without declining, currency in race their antebellum values but meeetitliataeen The Confederacy faced a murmuring, to the army; but _ relations. because of them. In pushing Respectfully submi 10 let f thei be Suejette A. Jones Confederate Emancipation desperate choice: et one of their negroes a} ~ (A well-written demolition | Independence or the loss of |—_ taken, and what a howl you MN uted tradition of ae i. — triot Thee! “md Confederate . | «“ ” e true Southern patrio MMR Came’ern*) gust give up the neg sive tationalissweredeernined | DQ YOU OMNIA STHEAll business? - David Blight is a professor rather than be a slave to do whatever it took to .of history at Yale University, hse Bea a indepe nde of Souther and gives an account and in , alter further . ; | ‘interpretation of B military setbacks, the idea of doing, preserve ultimate : Levine’ book. which : arming slaves developed control over blacks in the iawre youl eth thought of Starting pak! shi “highlights the plans of an influential followingamong postwar South. husiness? Southerners to free and arm «2 Small group of white In the late February and slaves during the Civil War. Southerners — among whom _ early March 1865, the ‘The idea of faithful slaves in WS Robert E. Lee. Public Confederate Congress . Coeupeyarcele cs: ( the Old South has been one of alls to enlist slaves orginated + adopted a half-hearted bill ry yes, thé most well-kept myths in Ut of the Union — occupied _ authorizing black enlistment. or if you would like to American history. Slaves’ sections of Mississippiand No slaves were to be faithfulness to their masters’ Alabama, andinthe wake of conscripted. Owners talk ab strategies cause — a falsehood the fall of Atlanta.(Remember had to come forward and for expandi nga constructed to support claims the movie “Gone with the give their slaves to the cause. a ditions ~ Wind”)? The law itself did not free business in West about slavery — has long In September 1864, five a single slave and operated as Greenville you are formed one of the staple Southern governors supported 4 “free-will offering.” a A arguments in Lost some kind of black- solider Gener al Lee ordered urgent invited to attend the Cause mythology. Inthe past Policy. A public debate action to usher black men West Greenville decade, some Civil War ensued over whether to into his army which was enthusiasts have outright purchase slaves about to collapse at Redevelopment Area contended that thousands of | ffomtheir owners—which —P ctersbure, els where) ~ small business African-Americans, slave and met with strong opposition. about'200 blacks were , free, willingly joined the Some labeled the plan an actually mustered into meeti ng. ome raised the spectors 0 combat, an , . “poneland”. —slaverevoltandracesmixing, of those who did wer — | At the meeting, you can join others for a roundtable A debate over the existence of veep rehearsed familiar conlederate ony discussion on the opportunities and challenges for small “black confederates” has © --—-—Pr-Stavery arguments about ate g busi tion and on in the West ewville seeped into academic the inherent inferiority way to Union lines. ness crea €xpa Gree conferences, historical of black people andthe ™. ~ One South Carolina planter Redevelopment Area. journals and many Wed sites, atural character of racial “remarked right after the fall The issue of competing slavery. To the Confederates, of Appomattox, Virginia, popular memories of driven the war was all about that he had believed that largely by the desire of current Preserving their “property” in “these people were happy, white supremacists to re- slaves. It is noted that one content, and attached to their legitimize the Confederacy Plantation mistress masters. But the conduct of while rejecting the condemned any attempt to the Negro in the late crisis of ; victories of the modern civil © armslaves because it would our affaits convinced me _ right movenent “destroy at one blow the that we have all been laboring In 1863, after numerous highest jewel in the crown.” under a delusion.” That Confederate military defeats, Our own North Carolina delusion Pot mac and oe Sot Gore cata ae meats bie lared that the quoted: “Our in nce is save th ; | ; | eerie a dilerna chiefly desirable for the wes republic by arming For more information call the ould, in time, preservation of our political acks, Pe eabjectod fice institutions, the prinicpal of At the end ofthe book, the City of Greenville at 329-4502 Confederates took the radical Which is slavery. Another author counters the “spirit of , step of arming spokesman for Confederate nostalgia” that has fueled the , | | “black Confederate” myth- Prensa — Minority Vo scho 12- ol s ped f . ol segregation...cont. front age scam with his "Chi . control of the schools over Asian/Native American, on record as because we have to look at should look ane aie Adjustments. , - to the parents and gives us according to school opposing the Chambers’ plan, current public policy, i: as . Cheha’ . id the right to elect out own —_ statistics. . 2 schoo) system spokesperson pp policy says that Black the an will go into effe ~~. ction, : a White 13% Black, Omaha NAACP Chapter children are intctsog by July 2008 barring a change as ’ ’ 0 ; inclusive.“ nd 7% Latino, and 2% President Tommie Wilson said definition and that is why our a result of a court ee Chambers noted that court- _ Asian/Native American, that while ordered busing was ended _ according to the 2000 her chapter has not taken a ba! years ago and Omaha’s Census Bureau count. position on the Chambers school district is segregated Nebraska hasa plan, she said the senator does County - now. Many students are not unicameral legislature, . not speak for the Black fam assigned to their local which means that it has community. a [ar schools anid Omaha, like one body: the senate. A “He speaks for Emie me \ A hools may cities in the country, is _bill that passes the senate | Chambers,” she said. “There | segregated by race on the goes to the governor for is definitely | basis of the neighborhood approval. The senate something wrong when the they live in, he said. — passed Chambers’ bill, legislature agreed to his plan. “My pee os on mention 31 for, 16 against, | oe saying ‘Okay, you Pitt County Schod s is accepting applications for race, “he said. “It’s the t and t but , White people who are not voting — take care your own.’ If there XECUTIVE D ‘CTOR FOR HUMAN talking about segregation, Before signing the bill is one. good . RESOURCES but segre-gationis already on April 14, Gov. Dave hing a vores out " ae — 1 per said Blacks Heineman (R) si “Itis Oenaha at people realize tha ~ Demostrated knowledge and successful experience with NC public schools are under-funded by motivation behind his is racist. Just like with school administration and teaching; comprehensive knowledge of NC the school district and its proposal is neither Hurricane Katrina, our school - public school law, governmental statues and regulations; ability to classroom teacher-students segregation nor_ system is making America coordinate and enhance the functions of personnel management; ratios are higher than the separation, but instead look at it (racism).” demostrated experience with personnel investigations, grievnace White schools. He saidhis the goal ofimproving auson sais re ee ue resolution, and negotiation; ability to monitor the recruitment and a ieee oe place siudent umsiveree of a aad said he norees i with 4 retention process for licensed and classified employees; exemplary residents so they can have oe Chambers’ critics that the plan interpersonal skills, ability to interface effectively with diverse better facilities, teachers, Some leaders of Omaha in segregation. populations in oral and written forms. and administrators, thereby disagree with the Both the national office of the producing higher test scores _Jegislature’s action. NAACP and the NAACP Four year degree related to Arsen or human resource management; among students. Sen. Pat Bourne (D- Legal Defense rn said they principal, public school, and central office experience preferred. a like the NFL to Omaha) sai afer the i: court challenge = 0 see Supervisory expertise required; qualifies for or holds a NC License as a “he said. “The rich teams “We will go down in id Sees eh have to share revenue with history as one of the first Dr. Ronald Walters, a the less profitable teams in states in 20 political scientist at the Interested candidates should remit a application to Pitt County Schools | order for the teams to have —_years to set race University of Maryland, said Human Resources Department, 1717 West Fifth Street, Greenville, NC parity. That’s what we are —_telations back.” Sen. that people should not rush to 27834, Call (252) 830-4242 for additional information. talking about here. Allof Gwen Howard (D- Judgement on Chambers’ Closing Date: May 26, 2006 the districts contribute toa © Omaha) action. common pot and ithas tobe said that “history will “This is a complex — distributed based on need.” —_not, and should not, situation,” Walters said. The school district of judge us kindly.” What Emie wants is Blacks Omaha is 46% white, 31% School Superintendent having control over their own black, 20% Latino, and3% John Mackriel has gone children’s education. I agree een abt dh bh haa DRS Join Bishop George Bloomer , and his guest Grammy Award Winning gospel Singer Pastor Shirley Caesar , and Keith | “The Wonder Boy” Johnson under the : [BOOKSTORE Big Top Tent May 2 Top 20 gospel/praise & worship Music, Clergy/Choir Robes, Church Supplies, Books, Bibles, Greeting Cards, Gifts, Wedding & Social Invitations, Songbooks, Sunday School & Vacation Bible School Materials and much morell! Sunday School Commentaries Now Available! Open Wednesday through Friday 12-6pm . 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He.also cleared the air concerning his remarks while appearing at Tavis Smiley’s. “State of Black America” forum in February; and his position on what is happening in Darfur, Sudan. Farrakhan’s warning was that Blacks do not realize that America no longer needs them. “White folk have let us go, except for the few that are in corporate America. The few that can fit in this society,” warned the Muslim leader. “The government has said wipe them out (Blacks in America), and we are on a death march.” It was clear according to some observers that the leader of the Nation of Islam was continuing with very clear and explicit instructions for the direction ~ that Blacks must take. James Mtume, one of the show’s hosts asked Farrakhan for a summation of his recent trip to Cuba; and for the need for Blacks to see themselves in the global paradigm. Farrakhan said that Katriria “unmasked the naked racism and ineptitude of government; and the non-caring attitude of government toward the suffering of Black people.” And since Cuba was only 90 miles away it made sense to go there to learn what they know about surviving disaster. “Cuba has been mobilized for 47 years to withstand disaster. There‘have been category five hurricanes that have hit the island and not one life was lost;” Farrakhan stated. “Tt is written in the Qur’an that Allah will bring one calamity after another until the enemy is laid low, so Hurricane Katrina is only one, but there are many more to come,” warned Farrakhan. He said that Blacks as the people suffering the most in America must be prepared to save themselves. He added that a documentary was being made of the recent trip; and he wanted to share what has been learned with churches and organizations. “We also want to work with city, state and the federal government, so that when the disasters strike, as they will, we can make sure that there is not the loss of life, the tremendous loss of property and dislocation that we saw with Hurricane Katrina.” Returning to the global concept, Farrakhan said that Blacks must understand that the poor of the world saw Black America, after the 1995 Million Man March, as hope for them, because they knew if we united, we could form a political base of power that could change, not only domestic policy, but influence foreign policy. “And now the doors to the world are open to us but we must be prepared now to go in and take advantage of the fact that we are an international people, a global people - we are not a minority - we are a majority on the planet and the whole world is looking to Black America because we grew up in the world leader. But what we need is a knowledge of self,” Farrakhan stressed. Judge Bob Pickett said that - many in the Black community throughout the nation have been critical of Black leaders, hip in general. “What is your view of Black leadership in America?” asked Judge Pickett. “I think the best of leadership is yet to come,” answered the Muslim leader. He then shared with the radio audience something told to him by the Hon. Elijah Muhammad concerning a force in the universe where a ‘star 1s being born in the darkness. That force that is in the darkness will bring that star into view. “What that is telling us is that we will never be bereft of leadership. And new leadership is required among Black people, because there is a sickness in our leadership,” he said. “I don’t want to put myself apart from that leadership, because none of us has done all we should do,” Farrakhan admitted. He added that the quality of Black leadership that won’t do anything offensive to whites must be over thrown; and a quality, ofleadership — must arise, that “will never ‘disrespect and be ungrateful ” to.the masses of Black people. A leadership that will never compromise principle because the former slave masters and their children are in the house.” Both hosts explained to Farrakhan the many calls they received concerning a comment that the minister allegedly made during his appearance in Houston concerning Smiley’s book “Covenant With Black America.” “I want the world to know that Farrakhan would never disrespect the work of so many that went into producing this marvelous book,” he said. “But, what I said was misunderstood - and sometimes when you hear a man and you think emotionally he is disrespecting your work, you don’t really hear him,” the minister continued. “I guess the shock of what I was saying caused that type of disturbance,” he added. Critics of Farrakhan have said that he said, “burn the house down” referring to America. “Now what I said was; no, no, no, don’t be a fireman, let the house burn. I didn’t mean to upset you to think that I would burn down the house wh our children in it. The sctipture says that we are born sin and shaped in inequity, : our spiritual house is also on fire, but from the ashes God said, I am going to make a new heaven and a new earth and you will be a new creature in Christ.” That is what Farrakhan was referencing, he stressed. “Now, when you make a covenant, a covenant is a solemn agreement between people who are’ declaring their integrity to live up to that which is in the covenant,” ‘have become Arabized and Farrakhan said what Black ; , who didn’t care about ‘arabian se h wee we people must examine is the lynching; and don’t care about “Are the leaders making a root reason why so many what Eiipaes eee covenant with Black America whites are crying tears for . don’t you be deceived that Darfur and not the suffering in they care about what is that we will never sell them out for friendship and favor with our former slave masters?” Farrakhan asked. He added that the covenant _ couldn’t be made with Black ~ America before “you make a coventnt with God.” happening in the Sudan,” he argued. “Black people wake up to the deceit,” Farrakhan state the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Palestine. “So what I say to Black people, when the former slave masters Turning his attention to the Hamp ton» ) Sudan and the reported > atrocities in Darfur, Farrakhan Ss } said that the medfa was omy < fit _— reporting that some Arabs in — the Sudan were enslaving oo | , Africans, so naturally this « We Leve Having you Here” breeds hatred in Black oom yur Ameri inst Arabs. | Farrakhan said the ruth is that Complimentary On the House hot breakfast the Arabs over time have Complimentary Wireless High Speed Internet mixed their blood with Convenient to shopping,restaurants and entertainment Africans of the North and they Complimentary Airport / Hospital Shuttle (9am-Spm) nor ; Champion’s Fitness Center Pass Islamic. “And the same racist poison that has poisoned the Same Day Dry Cleaning blood stream of Islam has Free Local Calls made the Arab North feel Outdoor Pool superior to the African South. 100% Satisfaction The same game that the enemy has played here and else where in Africa is being played in the Sudan in reference to skin color,” revealed Farrakhan. 252-355-2521 3439 S$. 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NCCU will be presented with its certificate of accreditation during the ACBSP Annual Conference in Chicago, Ill. on June 18,2006. According to Steven Pashal, director of accreditation for ACBSP, his association was . Impressed with what they found at NCCU. outcomes, “said Paschal. “I would say that it is the fastest that I’ve ever seen anyone gain accreditation. They did an excellent job and worked very very hard. “ In late November 2005, the ACBSP informed NCCU that its accreditation would be withdrawn effective December 31, 2005. This action did not result from. any academic deficiencies, but from an administrative oversight. Provost Beverly Washington Jones, with support from Chancellor Ammons and the Board of Trustees, provided new leadership for School of Business in January 2006, recommending Bijoy Sahoo as interim dean. 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We have said all along that we had to face this investigation, face whatever facts it reveals, and face the Justice those facts demand. We have said this case ought not be decided in the court of public opinion polluted by defense lawyer tactic, spin, innuendo, or sound-bite sensationalists. This case cannot be decided between the front page and sports page of the paper but must be decided between judge and jury without any swaying of power, prestige, or privilege. There has been an indictment now there must be a trial—a fair trail and an equal playing field. Let the facts lay where they lay. Let the truth be what it is. And let the justice — and punishment fit whatever — the final examination of facts demand. We have a team of experienced lawyers monitoring this process and we will not turn our backs. / Itis in this spirit that the State Conference of the - oldest and most effective Civil Rights Organization in the world, the NAACP, and the : Interdenominational ‘ Ministerial Allianceof . Durham and clergy of many - faith backgrounds, along with ‘ domestic and sexual violence ‘ practitioners are organizing ’ the Durham Conference on . the Moral Challenges of Our ‘ Culture: Domestic and Sexual ; Violence, Racism, Classism - and the Media at the First : Presbyterian Church at . ‘ 2:00pm on May 16, 2006. , : We will announce more about _ this on this coming Thursday, > May 4. : We believe that all of us, - Black and White, Christian, — ! Jew, Muslim, old and young, ' men and women, must not ' drive off, leaving the moral ' challenges raised by this _ ; current crisis. Allow me to ; Say a few things to those . purveyors of hate who would ' opportunistically, for their ' Own purposes come to - Durham uninvited. As many of you know, the true apostles of justice, call and ask: “What can I do to help, local leadership and those on the ground?” For example, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton, national leaders who have proven themselves over the years, have assured me and other leaders that they will do whatever we ask them to do to help with our twin agenda of Justice and ‘ Community if we ask. If we - extend an invitation. » We have also had commu- - nication with our own : Chairman Julian Bond and - CEO Bruce Gordon. We are - assured this group that has ; come to Durham uninvited — : although they have said - Mayor Bill Bell and the | * NAACP were consulted about : their visit, that is not true. - The NAACP is not opposed : to working with allies in the , : CONT PG8... 4 a e222 @ @ ese a's 2-P PMF SEP PTF P®eseeesse s a > oom Minority Voice May 12- 26,2006 _pg8° NAACP from pg7.... struggle for Justice and Community. Indeed, we are reaching out beyond our traditional friends, because the crisis in our community is so profound. And we are not opposed to agitators—outside and inside. Two weeks ago we - invited community leaders to join a joint strategy and over 40 church and community organizations responded. But agitation without organization is wrong. And agitation with a message of hate toward other minorities or anyone is wrong. You cannot fight hate with hate. You cannot fight misogyny and sexual violence with vigilantism. Constitutionally anyone or any group is free to exercise their 1* amendment rights of free speech and can come and go in America as they please and we support this. But no one has the right to use the name of the NAACP on flyers or suggest its support without express written consent and commitment to its already established goals. What we do not need is provocation, which takes the focus away from the clear goals, which have already been established by the justice community here. We must remember in our community blacks and whites, clergy, and males and females, Duke students and North Carolina Central University students have already come together to call for and stood for justice without unnecessary polarization of one another. This is the path we must continue. _ Allow me to conclude by repeating the principles we spelled out in our first statement on this crisis, about a month ago. We, the NAACP bring to this crisis the perspective of these historical experiences and wisdom. How we proceed will have great impact upon our ability to remain a community and meet the demands of Justice. The following are steps, which ought be taken to insure justice, integrity, and healing. The greatest divider or unifier of the community will be the perception of how the process will be carried out. That is why from the beginning we laid out a ten- point position and demand for the community. First, we must denounce any code of silence, which seeks to inhibit ascertaining the *. facts. Second, we must have deep compassion and concern Jor the survivor and challenge any attempts to demean or destroy her rather than to seek and ascertain the truth. Third, we must ensure the D.A. 8 investigation be completed thoroughly and promptly and that serious consequences be meted out if the allegations are proven. These allegations include: sexual violence/gang rape, racial slandering/hate crimes, underage alcohol use, and any prior history of racial bigotry and intimidation all must be fully investigated. We do not want a rush to judgment or a delay of Justice. . Fourth, Duke should be conducting its own thorough investigation: Who was at the party? Who violated Duke’s Code that night? How many times had they violated the:law or Duke's Codes before? the legal process to insure Justice is carried out in this investigation without special privilege or treatment to anyone. Our position as an organization, interested in civil rights and community justice is that the investigation of allegations are fair, meticulous, comprehensive, aggressive, and thorough. And that justice be rendered based on what the facts reveal. Sixth, those students and other community leaders who are calling for justice and fairness in the investigation must not be wrongly described as a “lynch mob” no matter how zealous one seeks to defend their client. Seventh, those who want to ensure justice must insist there are no short cuts to justice. We demand that the alleged perpetrators have rights to be protected. We must also be prayerful for whoever committed these acts _ because whoever did is suffering from a great sickness of the spirit and hatred for humanity. Eighth, we must face the truth and the justice that the truth demands. Ninth, we must consider in the wake of all that has and will occur, how we repent, repair, restore, and move forward. We must not engage in retaliatory violence. Our faith must insist that hope can still be rise out of hurt, what is meant for evil can yet be turned to good, and out of tragedy can still come triumph. 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Not only is he a skillful musician, he is also a jazz advocate, teacher, mentor and a personal manager to some of the best and brightest in the entertain- ment business: Levy is the great-grandson - of slaves and he arrived in this world in New Orleans, the Mecca of jazz, thus his . seemingly natural inclination iowards jazz. But his path to Is position of respect and admiration was not without peaks and valleys. Though early in life, he was told —— like so many young Black men ~~ to get a job, his eyes were onacareerinmusic, _ He left New Orleans looking for greemer pastures, grew up in Chicago and ended up in New York City, in 1944, where he “landed a gig” with the Stuff Smith Trio at the Onyx Club. There, Levy honed his musical skills as a bassist playing with jazz greats such as Buddy Rich, Errol Garner, Milt Jackson and the Great Lady Day, Billie Holiday, whom he accompa- nied at Carnegie Hall in 1948. Then in 1949, he joined the George Shearing Quintet tou- ring the country and eventua- lly took on the responsibilities of managing that led him to ° becoming a full time manager in 1951 opening John Levy Enterprises, Inc. He was the first Black personal manager in the business and has represented ; and continues to represent , a cadre of entert- ainers like no other individual. His roster of clients lists more ; than 100 entertainers and spans over a fifty-year period. A partial list consists of names such as Cannonball Adderly, Brook Benton, Jerry Butler, | nds.......John Levy Randy Crawford, King Curtis, Ja’Net Dubois, Roberta Flack, Herbie Hancock, Eddie 7a Harris, Donny Hathaway, Shirley Horn, Freddie Hubbard, Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef, Ramsey Lewis, Abby Lincoln, Herbie Mann, Letta Mbulu, Les Mc Cnn, Claudia Mc Neil, Wes Montgomery, Billy Paul, Marlena Shaw, Jimmy Smith, Dakota Staton, Stanley Turrentine, Sara Vaughn, Johnny Guitar Watson, Joe Williams and Nancy Wilson. His approach to personal management incorporated and encompassed the total client. As a manager, Levy used his business acumen and promotional skills to create a group of superstars, primarily in the jazz world, second to none. The successes he gained for his clients’ upward mobility and ultimate satisf- action won him praise, respect and an impeccable reputation in the entertainment industry from agents, promoters, entertainment attorneys, other managers, and record comp- any executives, Levy had the ability to exploit dormant talent that others —— even the talented — did not know was there; he was a talent ‘finder’, He seemed to be most suited to take artists from the beginning of their development and launch them to heights unimaginable to even they themselves. And added to the obvious obstacles and pitfalls, the Black artists he encoun- tered presented a unique set of hurdles to overcome and as a (Black) manager, he was supposed to have the sensit- ivity to understand that, and also to be supremely tolerant. Even though jazz is innately »Black music, the music ~ Endowment for the Arts Reyiew, he as asked, “What . musician in the jazz field to ye / Toner Refilling iying the high cost of cartridges? Servic | em it bel Why not refill your ink cartridges and save? yg ADDITIONAL Or save $$$ in generic cartridge purchases. ‘y 0% OFF! 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If these kids have not heard of Jackie Robinson, they surely have not learned about Duke Ellington.” (In Levy’s autob-iography (‘Men, Women and Girl Singers’ written with the assistance of his wife, Devra Hall Levy), the foreword recounts a story about a teacher who mention- ed the name ‘Duke’ and asks some Black students about him. Some though ‘Duke’ referred to John Wayne, and others thought it was person with that title from England. None of the students ever thought it referred to ‘Duke’ Ellington, a Black man. They had never heard of Ellington.) In 2005, the National Your day doesn’t end at 2 p.m. Why should your banking options? (NEA) proclaimed Levy as one of the seven legends of American music and he received the A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy, the nation’s ” highest honor in this Americs art form. 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