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In Our 27th Year Issue No. 1964 February 2010 Associate Consultants Serving the Triad FREE
IN 1960,
A FIVE AND DIME
BECAME THE
CENTER OF CHANGE
IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT
Celebrating Black History 2010!
The Cry of Haiti
by Dr. Patricia Bailey-Jones
On January 12, 2010, the earth
literally quaked for 40 seconds. It’s
hard to believe that it only took 40
seconds to yield the kind of disaster
that has now become paramount to
our century. I find it a bit insensitive
to compare calamities; nonetheless
Haiti is not comparative, it is
immeasurable! The death toll is still
a mystery, simply because in the
Haitian culture, it is not uncommon
to have a family of 25 members
living in a one or 2 room shanty.
I had just returned home from
a mission to Western Sahara
where nearly 200,000 refugees
have been stranded in the
scorching Sahara desert for
over 3 years. Before I could
ever get acclimated to a faint
sense of home and normality,
I saw "Haiti Earthquake 7.3"
while watching the CNN
evening news. For over 10
years, MTM Global has worked
tirelessly in the nation of Haiti. In 2000 MTM
held a fundraiser and conference with Paula
White and others to raise money for our Widows
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CIVIL RIGHTS
MUSEUM OPENS
FIFTY YEARS later on February 1,2010
the surviving members of the Greensboro
four: Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and
Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair Jr.), along
side Museum chairman and co-founder
Melvin "Skip" Alston, co-founder Earl Jones,
NC Senator Kay Hagan, NC Govenor Bev
Perdue and many others, participated in
the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to officially
open the International Civil Rights Center
& Museum. The program commemorated
the Greensboro sit-ins and the subsequent
non-violent protests that defined a pivotal
moment inthe civil rights struggle.
[CONTINUED ON page 4]
Inside This issue
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When & Why to Eat Fruit
Pants on the Ground
Could Obama's Education
Plan Kill HBCU's? 12
Superfoods to Eat Now! 11