Gates to stay put for now
TRKNTON, N.J. - The head of Harvard University's
black studies department said he would not join two col
leagues leaving for Princeton in the coming academic year.
But Henry Louis Gates did not rule out such a move
altogether, telling The Harvard
Crimson and The Star-Ledger of
Newark that he would make a final
decision on Princeton's standing
offer this summer.
"It would be devastating to
Afro-American studies to leave
now. and I want to start rebuilding
the department waith my friends and
colleagues." he told the.Crimsom
which broke the story on its Web
site Friday.
By delaying a final decision.
Gates extends a drama that has
played out on the rival Ivy Leagjje
campuses since late last year. ; '
Two members of Harvard's Afro-Americajn studies
department, regarded as one of the nation's best; accepted
offers front Princeton earlier this year after a dispute with
Harvard's new president. Lawrence Summers.
Summers was criticized for not making a strong state
ment in support of affirmative action at an early meeting
with department members.
He also reportedly accused professor Cornel West of
allow ing grade inflation and rebuked him for recording a rap
CD and leading a political committee for the Rev. A1 Sharp
ton's possible presidential campaign.
West said he had been "dishonored," and accepted an
offer front Princeton in April.
Another professor. K. Anthony Appiah, was appointed to
Princeton's faculty in January. He cited personal reasons,
not the dispute with Summers.
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AKAs plan to donate more than
$100,000 during convention
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority will donate more than
$100,000 to four organizations whose missions mirror
AKA's program targets: education, health, the black family,
economics and the arts. The donation, which will be divid
ed among the four agencies, will be made during AKA's
national convention, which is scheduled to start today and
end Wednesday in Orlando, Fla.
In making the announcement. National President Norma
Solomon White declared that each recipient organization
has demonstrated its power to carry out its mission and
these contributions underscore AKA's support.
The recipients are:
?United Negro College Fund, whose work*at getting
African-American students scholarships to historically
black colleges is legendary
?National Council of Negro Women, which under the
leadership of Dr. Dorothy Height, has promoted the black
family through a host of initiatives, including its most recent
effort titled "Leave No Child Behind," which is dedicated to
helping all children, including those labeled "at risk."
?The Martin Luther King Monument, which operates
under the auspices of the Martin Luther King Center for
Social Change and is soliciting funds to erect a Monument
to Dr. King in Atlanta, Ga.
?IFESH for African Schools Projects, 1FESH (Interna
tional Foundation for Education and Self-Help) is a global
thrust founded by the late Rev. Leon Sullivan. Through this
effort, schools are being built and staffed in South Africa to
help children in rural areas gain an education. In collabora
tion with IFESH. Alpha Kappa Alpha has built nine schools
in South Africa; each is known as an Ivy AKAdemy South
Africa.
"Through these contributions. Alpha Kappa Alpha is
providing funds that will enable these organizations to con
tinue to strengthen African-American communities nation
wide." said National President White. "Ultimately, these
are the goals that Alpha Kappa Alpha shares and supports."
Interracial couple may be honored
BOWLING GRKEN, Va. - An interracial couple
whose marriage led to a change in segregation laws 35 years
ago may be honored on a historical monument after all.
Caroline County supervisors had initially rejected a pro
posal to fill one side of the monument with the story of Mil
dred and Richard Loving. The Caroline County couple's
marriage led to a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that over
turned laws against interracial marriage.
At a meeting last we#k with a committee of five black
residents appointed to revise the text for the monument,
supervisors got a new proposal that listed the Lovings
among other notable Caroline blacks.
The county has been grappling with what text to include
since a now-defunct tourism committee proposed a black
history monumenf for the county's courthouse square two
years ago.
After rejecting a proposal to feature the Lovings' story
prominently on the monument, as well as a failed slave
rebellion in 18(H). supervisors decided to pay homage to
Quakers and other immigrants on the monument instead.
The Loving case was placed on a plaque inside the Car
oline courthouse where the original trial took place.
Lloyd Fox, the committee member who wrote the new
text that mentions the Lovings. said he wasn't trying to
change the supervisors' minds.
"I was trying to give input as to what accomplishments
have been made in the African-American community that
people of the county would be proud of. The Lovings' case
is a groundbreaking accomplishment that changed laws up
to the federal level ..." Fox said.
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CLASSIFIEDS BIO
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ENTERTAINMENT C 7
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I New FBI freedoms cause concern
More than 30 groups send
letters of complaint to
members of the U.S. Senate
BY HAZEL TRICE EDNEY
NNPACORM SPt INDENT
WASHINGTON - Attorney General
John Ashcroft's plan to loosen FBI guidelines
may be illegal and could pose a threat to law
ful political and religious activities, charge
leaders of 33 civil rights organizations.
"This decision raises matters of constitu
tional authority that require immediate con
gressional attention," states a letter from the
diverse religious and political organizations
sent this week to leaders of the U.S. Senate
and House judiciary committees.
"We do not believe that the attorney gen
eral has the legal authority to pursue domestic
spying.,..We are also concerned that the
changes authorize unchecked surveillance of
lawful religious and political activity, and that
such surveillance will be targeted against
Arab-Americans, Muslims and immigrants,
among others."
The 33 groups include the NAACP. the
American Civil Liberties Union. People for
the American Way and the American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee.
Letters were sent to Senate Judiciary
Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and Orrin
Hatch of Utah, the ranking Republican leader;
and to House judiciary Chairman F. James
Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) and John Conyers
of Michigan, the ranking Democrat.
A Senate hearing set for today is expected
to raise the concerns with FBI Director Robert
Mueller.
"The changes that are being proposed are
quite horrifying in too many ways. We fought
very hard to make sure we could protect the
integrity and the anonymity of our member
ship records," said Hilary Shelton. director of
the Washington Bureau of the NAACP. "For
the Justice Department to be able to now spy
and actually get access to these kinds of
records and to be able to tie in those organiza
tions that (hey perceive might be participating
in terrorist activities is absolutely un-Ameri
can."
At the whim of an overzealous FBI agent,
the NAACP could be banned or discredited
similar to the manner in which its Alabama
State Conference was made illegal during the
Civil Rights Movement. Shelton said. The
organization was outlawed w hen it refused to
give its members lifts to state officials. When
the NAACP sued the state, the U.S. Supreme
Court in 1958 ruled that its First Amendment
rights had been violated.
Shelton is among several civil rights
activists who were taken aback by the new
guidelines announced by Ashcroft last week.
Also raising questions about the legality of the
guidelines are the National Urban League and
the Center for Democracy & Technology.
Civil rights organizations are in a precari
ous position, said Hugh Price, president and
chief executive officer of the National Urban
League.
"This is very tough stuff because we can't
just sort of blithely say you can't do anything,"
Price said. "But. we've got to be sure that the
powers they are seeking aren't excessive and
aren't abused and are fully rationalized.
"1 don't think the agency should be given
a blank check." he said. "1 think it'll have to be
monitored."
Both Price and Shelton are pushing for
congressional hearings on the guidelines.
Laura W. Murphy, director of the ACLU's
Washington National Office, said, "The gov
ernment is rewarding failure" just after FBI
Director Mueller admitted the'agency should
have done more to investigate warnings of
potential highjackers before Sept. II.
The new guidelines relax those put in
place 20 years ago after J. Edgar Hoover's
COINTEL-PRO operation spied on civil
rights leaders, broke into homes and violated
civil liberties. That program was used to
harass and attempt to embarrass Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., the Black Panthers and others.
After congressional investigations into the
King case, guidelines were issued to limit the
scope of surveillance and infiltration of reli
gious and political organizations in order to
avoid persecution, false jujcusations and false
arrests. Agents were not allowed to infiltrate
such organizations unless an official investiga
tion was under way. Under Ashcroft, this rule
has been relaxed.
"FBI field agents may enter any public
place that is open to other citizens unless they
are prohibited from doing so by the Constitu
tion or federal statute for the specific purpose
of detecting or preventing terrorist activities,"
says a Justice Department summary of the
guidelines.
See FBI on A10
? ik r/ioio
New rules were imposed on the FBI after the assassination of MLK. It was discov
ered that agents used all sorts of methods to keep tab on King,
Carter builds
homes for
the poor in
South Africa
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JOHANNESBURG,
South Africa - Former Presi
dent Jimmy Carter laid bricks
and
spread
concrete
Monday
while
helping
to build
a low
income
housing
project
in South
Africa.
Carter was among 4,5()0
volunteers organized by
Habitat for Humanity to build
100 homes this week in the
coastal city of Durban.
Every year. Carter, the
organization's best-known
volunteer, selects a housing
project to work on.
Since the Americus, Ga.
based Habitat for Humanity
was founded in 1976, it has
built more than 100,000
homes in 60 countries.
Carter said Monday the
organization "has turned out
to be the best thing in my life.
It has been an inspiration to
be part of helping others."
About 7.3 million South
Africans lack proper shelter,
a problem dating from the
apartheid era, when blacks
were confined to the econom
ic fringes. They were kicked
off prime land, which was
reserved for whites, and
moved into remote rural
homelands or townships on
the outskirts of cities and
towns.
Many live in one-room
shacks of wood, corrugated
iron and plastic that wer^
hastily nailed together at '
minimal expense.
Carter
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8.1661007 Widening, grading, drainage. NC-49 from West of Irish But- Metric 10%
paving & structure falo Creek to East of SR-2630
Mecklenburg (Walker Road)
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Wilkes structures from North of 1-85 to NC-27
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