Mel Holder comes’ to Greenville pes / JaQuan Waller BLACK FINAN CIAL SECURITY DISCUSSED, -BY ERIC MAYES OF THE PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE (NNPA) Sen. Barack Obama’s economic plan would help African- — American families regain some of the losses they’ve experienced during the Bush years, campaign officials said this week. Key among Obama’s plan, . according to campaign officials, are plans to ' "increase the'threshold for the Earned Income Tax Credit, raise the minimum wage and — end Bush’s tax cuts for _ corporations that send jobs OvEeTSséas, The economic woes that have gripped the nation run _ highest level since 2003. “even deeper in the African-- . American community. “We're in the bottom of the boat, when the water comes in the bottom of the boat, we’re the first ones to notice, but it's the whole ship that is sinking,” said William ‘Spriggs, chair ofthe economics department at __Howard University. “We cannot afford as a nation for this ship to take on any more water.” According to unemployment numbers released last week, the national unemployment rate is 6.1 percent — its - For Blacks, the Statistics were even more grim with 10.6 percent of Aftican Americans jobs, helps small businesses, unemployed. . That figure is not the highest African Americans have seen ". under President Bush. During his administration, Black unemployment has gone as high as 11.5 percent, Release of the figures prompted Obama’s- presidential challenger Sen. John McCain, whose: - economic policies largely mirror Bush’s, to issue a statement pledging that he would create ‘wee if elected. “Americans are hurting and _ We must act to create jobs,” McCain said. “As president, I. will enact jobs for li, Ss Econo mi Dian that cre: , Written : i ey McBride, Special to the — NNPA from the Jackson Advocate, a Black slavery continued long after the Civil War under the guise of sharecropping and tenant farming, says a crusading California minister ‘ who has issued a call nationally for a four-day reparations march in ~-Washington beginning: October ye Pearle Megeris revealed in their July 7 edition the plight of a Mississippi family who had to besii the ise White-owned ie they were forced to work on up through the mid-1960s. 7 Famous c civil rights fighter’ ’ Fannie Lou Hamer shocked the nation when she told of her experience of being beaten and cheated out of her farm wages in the Mississippi Delta of the 1950s and 1960s. fithe same vein, Bishop Henry C. Williams of Oakland, Calif., a man keenly” sensitive to the involuntary servitude issue, has devised a national program to recover the lost wages, time, property and life’s chances that Black farm st were mecved of Vr _ Reparations Crusader Decries bShareeropper q anned for day. slavery. Calling his olen “The 40 Acres anda Mule Reparations March,” Williams i insists that “sharecropping-slavery” is the root cause of Black poverty in today’s United States. “I was born in Alabama,” Williams says, “I was locked into the slave-sharecropping system, like thousands and thousands of other Black people were. Without a doubt, I equate that system with pre-Civil War slavery. I was able to move out to California and was able to * the Teamsters and made ~ expands opportunities and opens markets to American goods,” | The Obama campaign. launched a media blitz, : hosting a conference call with reporters to drive home - Obama’s economic plan and” its impact on Blacks, During the call, former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, who served under fort er President Bill Clinton, said © __ more than 500,000 African ~ Americans haye lost their jobs since 2001, bringing to the total number of unemployed Blacks to 1.9 million. _ Going a step further, she ded that man of the 5 pains. Oe ; A sna macmy made by African Nicest since the 1950s have been reversed under Bush, Pee _ “We've lost good jobs:in our community, particularly in _ areas such as-construction and Hubbard Bros. [ite Goal 40 pease for ‘moment for our camera. Bill Hubbard of, Dir. of Ist Advance — Me inc Ws in sowa for Bro Geral’ wedding Asap ————" ill oh Pgh oy ying Che Men RL. * Minority Voice Sept 1, Sept 12, 2008 pg2 Summer vacation is over and we are back to work full-time. Our children are back to school and we as a family are about to face some new and interesting challenges. Regardless of the grade that your child is inthis year and regardless. of the many children that <;' you've already raised, this — Child is mire ; ocean td ew ode eve will join our children in the hall mge of eo new state level s some belongs will” have to face Regents exams oe fires one while " ee ae of course you will be invited to the first ew PTO meeting of the year, Before you know it reports cards will be distributed. If your child does well on the and return it without a fuss, If your child does not do as , well as you would like, then . ‘that will be a different story won'tit? Report cards, teachér conferences, class to tell a story, but are their story the whole truth? By now your child’s behavior — recommend.a CST (child — study team) meeting, to © discuss why your child is is not performing like other children of the same age. Why is your a child not paying attention in class? Why doesn’t he do his homework? Why doesn’ the | score high on exams? Why, Why? Why? Perhaps, shel are some of the same questions that were asked of Thomas Edison’s mother since young Thomas had to be. withdrawn from school after only three months because he was accused of day dreaming and not paying attention i ae class. Of course he went on to hold over 1000 patents for — original inventions. Maybe these same questions were | asked of Woodrow. Wilson’ s mother, since he seemed to be: slow in school and either’ dyslexic or ADHD, he didn’t read until he was twelve. ‘He went on to become the Presi- ” ~ dent of Princeton University, a _ Nobel Prize winner, and ihe « twenty-eighth President of the United States. This brings u the question of intelligence. According to Webster, intelli- ‘getice is the ability to. pepsin _ and to deal-with new-and t Situations, -It is the ability to to apply knowledge to manipulate one’s environment or to think | , came This ae - @Xams, and state exams seem. might have led the teacher to | not sound like an’ on a report card does 2 Yet many of us use that instrument as the sole — indicator to make a judgment about our child’s. intelligence. : Please, don’t misunder- pee Stand what I am saying, I am not saying that report cards are not good _ _ indicators of something; _Tam just saying that Me. report card is not the only instrument that we should use when judging our child’s intelligence. It indicates what the school has observed based on their tests, data, and ‘class- work, Let me. propose a question, could. an average student (based on report cards) grow up to be an exceptional adult?’ While you are pondering this answer let's try another question, could an honor student grow up to be a failure in life? This brings us to the question of intelli- gence. As we begin our new school year let me admonish you to pay attention to your child and take a fresh outlook on the subject of his/her intelligence. Look for their gifts, and instead of asking the question of how intelligent is my child? Ask how is my child intelligent? Knowl- edge that is required in ~~ the core curriculum i.e., Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, and Physical Education is certainly important and I Question of In ellio 29) Woeabeet Nt (Jan 26—Feb4) _ February.9 - February 26, 2009 (April 6 ~ April 15) a A — [GBept.15~Sept 24) September 39. 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Only li “ay 17, 20 (Berea Cis). want all children to at least _ __ have a Regents Diploma. However, Treally want them to - __ be who they truly are because + the world will judge them _ based on their. productivity. _ Howard Gardner wrote many "years ago. about Multiple Intelligences, He listed seven of them in his book, Frames of ;, Mind (1983). The names he assigned’to the Multiple Intelligences are: Linguistic, Musical, Logical-Mathemati- cal, Spatial, Bodily-Kines- thetic, Interpersonal, and _~ Intrapersonal, What he pro- ” posed and what I am proposing is that we begin to think . differently about the’ subject of intelligence, Most of the ° important people in our lives will demonstrate one of Gardner’s intelligences as well __-48 a little of the intelligences - listed on the Report Card. In our highly competitive world ,our children will need to have an “edge.” That “edge” will be the mastery of their gifts and talents. Those gifts and talents might manifest through one of the Multiple Intelligences listed or perhaps one not mentioned on this list. Each ~~ Child has a gift and each child has a talent. The,report card is , 800d but not enough to de- scribe the strengths and intelli- gences of all children. - Dr Ira Gerald , President and Founder — The Association for the Educa- tion of Young Parents Email to: | Educatedparents@aol. com” P.O.Box 352 Rooeyell NY 11575 or ~ State of the Black World’ en nce Conference Aims to | Set Post Election Black penda by Hazel Trice Edney NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Unemployment for Black people has crept back into double digits for the first time in three years; currently 10.6 percent in comparison tothe 5.4 percent unemployment rate of — Whites and the 8 percent rate of Hispanics. While Black unemployment hadn’t reached 10 percent since November 2005,a search of data bases of the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that White and Hispanic unemployment rates have not reached that high for at least the thy . decade - ifever._ Unemployment stats are just. . one illustration: of social and economic disparities that persist between the’ races in’ America: From education to health care to the criminal _ justice system, the adage still holds that when America gets a cold, African- Americans get pneumonia. as Oli TS) q & 252-7 "Aetrex Diabetic Shoes oer inoate conf and performance features that allow the footwear to meet your footcare needs!" - FEATURES Multiple removable insoles for tr and fing flexibility. Hidden Depth Rocker Soles. ‘Fin tel cotets, ‘High toe boxes ard much more, | qithwise Pharmacy 615 South Memorial Drive. Gr ieee aia omg es ; ede exhibanianis + #$ Gabriel Hardema “To The Chief Musician pa ed Soe Walia atte ime SAE Tae ee ee Orleans Nov. 18.23 well ater the Nov. 4 election - to discuss the: “state of the Black world.” “We? Te exited bout the _ prospect of a winning - "the White House,” says Dr. Ron Daniels, convener of the . conference, “But we must work to Create and advance a progressive Black agenda no matter who wins the White — House. The crisis afflicting New Orleans, before and tes Katrina, is a metaphor for the conditions facing Black people across America,” he mys : “We must not make the mistake of believing that the new President will be able to resolve all our problems - without a powerful grassroots movement to promote our agenda. This is very much in keeping with Barack Obama’s. position that change comes from the bottom uP Daniels, president of the New ; York-based Institute of the ~ Black World 21st Century, says the event will be a rare gathering of Black civil Tights — leaders from all walks of life. The line up reads like a who's who of the “Black world.” 2 " Deverly Crayford Rn To The Waters + #3” Marvin Winns More ot Thee #4 = Shirley Caesar One More Battle To To Fgh #6 Richard Smallwood - Anthem of Praise qi #7 . Brower Brothers t ers Th Church Devi jie ym Sak ¥ Minority Voice Sept 1, -Sept 12, 2008 pg3 instillation Test it Itwillgo aRREyou. - Beatrice Jones Maye = ‘dept dik ; SOMEONE WHO... ? | _ ~~” Beatrice Jones Maye is a i eo phate .. COMMUNITY NEWS tetired educator who was ae L. likes to be first in line? : one of the first to teach in uae .,.. 2,uses bad words? 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While the focus of the call was a discussion’on the impact of the recession on Spriggs pointed out that Americans overall have suffered the same fate— _it’s just that it has hada’ _ disproportionate effect on Blacks. Deh Rising unemployment is a stark contrast from record: Jow Black unemployment said, “When President Bush took over, Affican Americans were at a — record low unemployment rate, a record low poverty rate and a record high pe ~~. Reparations. ph Greenville, NC 27834 and 2.78 percent under the fewest jobs, except for “That 1.14-point difference, if Herbert Hoover, no onehas maintained for eight years, benefited from thiseconomy.” would yield 9.33 percent be See more income per person, Like Herman, he said, _| which is a lot more than MeCain would simply extend almost anyone can expect Bush's policies, oo" from a tax cut,” wrote Bartels. “The key problem with He also noted that higher: McCain is that he DAs sloped «ine satan showed the same policies fet have relatively stable gains failed us over the last eight regardless of who was in the” years, " Spriggs cae : White House but lower” Chief among those p 0 ic income families tended to fare contin ued tax bre sas fot those better sii a Democrat. | rs the upper bag c a “The less well-to-do ... fared | brackets ane ee _. much worse under ag +, orem hon $250,000. Republicans than under. - of, literally over the colrse Of ise: Spriggs or Herman “7 cars, trillions of dollars - commented on the study but ee em itey tls tin Republican the investinents im ont economic “trickle down” nation needs to make or » theory for the economic ho ag ’ and infrastructure, meltdown the country is he said. experiencing and said Obama will take a dramatically ‘we understandiwhat the ” trickle down, mote of the same failed policies,” Spriggs said. “They didn’t work for _ eight years — another eight years aren’t going to make ~~ them tun around,” a good living. AndIcan Buteau and theFreedmen’s Then. Today, we want to be. pe asafree Bank that provide fan sépanid.” RES laborer with that of people ~~ economic’ ase for former epee locked in that slavery slaves, Mentors and Money system that still exists in i BE nga OS . many places in this McCain Family Values Williams points out that country,” . 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Pointing out that the CEO of the Job Work — - of the history of exploitation Black homeless constitute Development Corporation of Black farmers and their nearly 40 percent of the total based in Oakland. children. y number, he proposesa. > | | he building program that would “T'm calling on my fellow . “MeCain’s great grandfather —_ engage these homeless in Black Americans to take a owned a 2000. acte plantation building shelter for stand, for your money and in Mississippi and had 52 themselves and others in need your land,” he says. “We. slaves in 1860,” Williams of housing. ‘Our goalisto are asking the President and says. “Those slaves picked develop a corps of mentors Congress for billions of , Over 1,000 bales of cotton, and a dedicated work force dollars per year to build and com and peanuts a year. that will be able to develop a rebuild the Black _ Slaves and sharec wide expansion of wealth communities all over existed on that farm from the based on the reparations paid _ America. There is a lot 1860s through 1958. This is for their past labor,” Williams more work to be done... W McCain's family gained says, Many people think that their wealthi, wealth passed pe such actions would down through the “T want to build confidence, bankrupt America. But that generations.” self-reliance and courage in isnotthe case.Wedonot our young people,” he says, want it all atonce, but = _ Williams holds presidential “Dr. Martin Luther King annually, like the Native. candidate John McCain summarized the reasons and Americans receive their le for ~ onting need for the kind of money.” ry in his reparations that I am , ee yhistory. proposing today. King said Williams cites the example oe that America has given Black of a $3.9 billion allocation “We want the McCains to pay people a bad check marked for Native Americans in the from their wealth the money “insufficient funds” in our 2006 federal budget. 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Eat fruits, vegetables, whole grain foods, and cut down on fatty and fried foods. Take off some weight. Even losing 10 pounds cuts your chances of getting diabetes. : Set goals you can meet and record your progress. Start by making small changes. Write down what you eat and drink and the number of ‘minutes you are active, es NORTH CAROLINA Health WB ill Seah Fe 2 TRUST FUND @ Wellness Wd 1, (he Contour Botte C aretoActNC.com « INE at 1-800-662-7072 , Oo i - _ -. a a ee nt ree ee aaa a ae te ee eee ee PS NE ORES pe RIN a2 i ea ee } ; j Minority Voice Sept 1, Sept 12, 2008 pgé IMAM MOHAMMEDRI E IMAM MOHAMMED REMEMBERED, by CASH MICHAELS The Wilmington Journal The Islamic leader who dared to veer away from his father’s teachings of black . nationalism to start his own highly regarded Muslim movement in America, is being remembered a kind, - wise and visionary man who always strived to do God’s will, and move the African- _ Atherican community forward, . . Imam W. Deen Mohammed, 74, died at his home in Markham, Ilinois Tuesday. At presstime Wednesday, a scheduled autopsy had not been completed to reveal an official cause of death. xe Gets He was called “America’s Imam,” x The death comes during Ramadan, one of the holiest religious observances of the ~ [slamic faith worldwide. Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1933, Wallace Mohammed was seventh of eight children to Nation of Islam leader, the Honorable ever, ofl Elijah Muhammad. ~ ‘Named after NOL founder Wallace Fard, young Mohammed served Side-by- side with his father in what ~ was commonly called Goring | the 1950’s and 60’s as the. along with such notables as’ NOI ministers Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, and then world heavyweight boxing ene Mybemnmad Ali, _ The movement taught self- love, self respect, self- reliance and an abhorrence of white racism during a time when the nation. was still. struggling with civil rights, Min. Elijah Muhammad told followers that the white man was “the devil” and that blacks needed to separate themselves, and “do for self” if they were to survive. Thus, many black-owned ‘businesses were started, and a membership estimated in the tens of thousands across the nation was born. In 1961, Wallace af Mohammed was sentenced to three years in federal . prison for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds, Upon rejoining the NOI, Wallace had subsequent theological differences with his father, and was forced to leave several times, only i return. Imam Mohammed, who has also taken part in numerous _ interfaith conferences with... . Christians and Jews in the US and around the world, also met with the Pope John Paul II in 1996 and 1999. - brother Imam W. Deen Mohammed, ” said Nation of Islam leader Min: Louis Farrakhan. “We thank Allah : “Black Muslim” movement, _ o j gos | jad” ibn Abdullah PB U, i) and his work of helping to create a better understanding and image of Islam in America and throughout the world. he t traveled frequently to vill ek Muslin and confer with. ~ beyond, the loss was Cae “profound. In 2003, Imam Mohat stepped down from pea i Obviously it it’sa ck loss of the American Society of forthe entire Muslim Muslims to focus on Projects community,” Dawud Walid, that would “change the -exécutive director of the negative image of Islam in the Council on American-Islamic United States ade Relations in Michigan, said, “He was encouraging his followers to accept the best of their humanity and to extend This was especially in important the moral and ethical values’ after the terrorist attackson. of Islam to the general - Sept. 11, 2001, when the civil American public, ” tights of American Muslims . | were put at greater risk. ” Imam Mohammed’s passing oe ee |... comes literally two weeks Dignitaries from around the: after his older brother, Jabir world, including Imam = Herbert Muhammad, best Mohammed’s former rival, known as the longtime paid tribute ‘to him ue word business manager for of his passing. : Muharimad Ali, died after _ heart surgery in Cee in s _ late cr ah “We moum the loss of our. ‘Herbert Muhammad, as he. . was Commonly:known, was — 70, | “oni sie 7 of - ‘Imam W. D. Mohammed | -i8sued a statement which said, in part, “We ask that you pray for our father and leader.” “Our prayers and-our thoughts A memorial service is are with the Mohammed scheduled to take place . family, with the followers and Saturday i in Chicago. a ~ who feel our great “He ie survived by his wife, : Shirley, nine children and several grandchildren, if sacha business eerepis ral g proval In Cash be we Advance Me, In: the money that helps yo /CALL TODAY TO FIND our HOW _ MUCH YOUR CHEE Is FOR! YOUR COPY E NEWSPAPER Al OR ASK FOR ET ¥ Caan! your NC 529 plan today Advantages of. North Carolina’ 3 529 college i savings plan include: : ? * Variety of individual funds and © age-based | options — , State i income tax deduction on contributions, for NC taxpayers as Tax-free earnings when used for aualtiee bi ip _ education expenses — : . 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North Carolina’s | Electric Cooperatives ) | You Texchwone Energy’ Conperaves QU | eww, ncelectriccooperatives.com Minority Voice Sept 1, -Sept 12, 2008 pg8 NATIONAL NEWS Portion of Slave Burial Ground Saved Special to the NNPA from the Richmond Free Press RICHMOND (NNPA) - A portion of a 250-yearold burial ground for slaves and freed Blacks that now lies beneath a parking Jot will be preserved and recognized as part of the city’s effort to confront its slave-trading history. The 50-by-100-foot section of the former “Burial Ground for Negroes” had been destined to continue as a parking lot under the ownership of Virginia Commonwealth University, However, VCU, which earlier this summer faced protests over its failure to recognize the burial ground, has changed its mind. VCU last week announced an agreement with the Richmond Slave Trail Commission to preserve that section of its parking lot for a future memorial and quit parking cars in that section. The university has blocked off the portion of the parking lot identified with the burial ground, but is parking cars on the rest of the acre-property at 1554 E. Broad St, that it bought earlier this year, No timetable has been given for development of the memorial. The commission is taking charge of that effort, Council Vice President Delores.L. McQuinn, who chairs the commission, praised VCU for its cooperation, She said she plans to hold at least three public hearings during the fall to gain citizen views on “creating a fitting memorial for this sacred ground.” The city-created panel is developing a series of historic stops to illustrate Richmond’s robust role in the slave trade and this would be one. Between 1808 and 1865, the city was the sécond largest slave auction site in the nation. The burial ground lies - just north of the former site of Lumpkin’s Slave Jail, which is part of the trail and where the commission is , undertaking an archaeological dig, Before the Civil War, the jail, dubbed the Devil's Half-Acre, was the largest holding pen for slaves. After the war, Lumpkin’s becamie the initial site for a school for newly freed slaves that eventually became Virginia Union : University. The site lies south of Broad Street near 15th street, , Kathleen S. Kilpatrick, director of the state Department of Historic Resources, which has played a key role in identifying the burial ground’s location, said, “We now have a commitment that will help the | community, ..do what is right by those people who lie ’ nearby,” The burial ground was used from around 1750 to around 1812, after Which the city approved a new cemetery for Black Richmond residents further north. According to the state history agency, Interstate 95 was built over the main portion of the burial grounds