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In Our 29th Year Issue No. 2014 January 2013 Associate Consultant Serving the Triad Free
the Smithsonian institution, as the 2013 recipient
of the Alston-Jones internationai Civii and Human
Rights Award. Prior to assuming her current post, Dr.
Coie—a distinguished educator, cuitural anthropol
ogist, and humanitarian—served as the president
of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, North
Carolina, and before that as the president of Spel-
man College in Atlanta, Georgia. Her career in higher
education includes professorial appointments at
Washington State University, University of Massa
chusetts at Amherst, Hunter College and Emory Uni
versity. Her numerous scholarly publications based
on fieldwork in Africa, the Caribbean, and the United
States have focused on such issues as gender, race
and class.
The International Civil
Rights Center and Museum
Will Reconize Dr. Johnnetta
Betsch Cole
The International Civil Rights Center & Museum
(ICRCM) will recognize Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole,
Director of the National Museum of African Art of
I Too Have A
Dream
BY Dwight Jones
For more than a half of a
century I have seemly lis
tened to a million comments
referring to the "I Have A
Dream" speech delivered by
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial on
August 18,1963. As well over the past twenty-five
years I have pondered an idea to quicken the con
tent of that speech.
Now I realized that a dream is an animated percep
tion suspended in time, inoperative, yet capable of
creating a transient state of cognitive ecstasy within
The Alston-Jones Award is ICRCM's highest citation.
It is named in honor of the Museum's co-founders,
local businessmen, and former elected officials:
Chairman Melvin "Skip" Alston [continued on page3]
the souls of human beings. In fact immediately
after the speech Mrs. Corretta King commented, "At
that moment it seemed as if the Kingdom of God
appeared. But it only lasted a moment."
Unfortunately her profound comment indicates
that the result of Dr. King appearing at the Lincoln
Memorial that day was ineffective. The thesis of the
speech beginning the third paragraph reads "we've
come to our nation's capital to cash a check"allud-
ing to the promissory note in which "every American
was to fall heir"according to the Constitution and
Declaration of Independence
Regrettably in the next paragraph Dr. King states
that America has given the Negro a bad check;
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It's here...A Mobile
Income Tax Service!
By John Raye
It's true! You no longer have to drive your car, look
for a parking space or sit and wait to have your in
come taxes done.,
The wait is over. It's finished. Done. A new Mobile
Income Tax Service is now available which means
the tax preparers come to you!
"You no !onger have to come to us, this time we
come to the client", said William Fulton, a long time
certified income tax preparer. "Just tell us what
time, address and location and we'll bring our mo
bile unit directly to your front door'; he said.
The Mobile Income Tax program is pioneered by
Comprotax, the nation's oldest and largest Afri
can-American owned income tax and bookkeep
ing firm.
"We have flexible operating hours and can send
our preparers directly to your home, work place or
place of business. The other good news is that we
also offer free pick up and delivery service'! said
Fulton, widely know for his long years of service
in the income [continued on page 12]
The Servant
Leader Who
Continues To
Serve
By John Raye
He is not as physically ac
tive as he used to be but
Winston Salem's legend
ary musician and music
instructor, Rudolph Boone
is still very much a man on
the move, an icon who con
tinues to serve and lead by
example.
One of twelve children,
Boone majored in music
and graduated from North
Carolina A & T State Uni
versity with a degree in
music education. He went
on to serve with distinction
in two branches of the mili
tary, the Air Force and Army
where he blazed a trail as a
pioneer by becoming the
first African-American to
serve in the 392nd Army
Band.
But that was not the first
time, Boone made history.
After completing military
service, he found himself
in the right place at the
right time, when by court
order, school segregation
was coming to an end.
[continued on page 6]
Inside This issue
International Civil Rights Museum pg 3
Dinner
Mental Illness Not Guns Is Real Issue pg 4
Urgent: Diabetes Myth Debunked, pg 7
The 12 Most Common Senior Health pg 14
Poblems