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3A NEWS/tC^e Charlotte $a«t Thursday, June 22, 2006- N.C. bill would speed registration Continued from page 1A recently relocated and did not have time to register to vote. “It is tiifiir constitutional right (to vote),” she said. ‘Tf they have lived in a state for 30 days, they should not be discouraged to vote.” The bill would require proper identification, including a state dri ver’s hcense or photo ID card. Residents would also have to show proof of residency HB 851 is also backed by People of Color, a coalition of groups across North Carolina, including the state branches of the NAACP, The Rev. TOlliain Barber, presi- dait of the N.C. NAACP branch, said the bill would encourage voters to get out to the polls. “The bottom line is that we need to do everythir^ we can to get full par ticipation in this democracy” he said. “We can spend millions to send troops to other countries to provide them every opportunity to vote, so we should provide no less than that in our own state and country” i SUBSCRIBE - ADVERTISE 704.376.0496 Last lynching victim launched national museum Continued from page 1A was ever accused, arrested or charged with the murder of Cameron’s teenage fiiends, nor for the beating Cameron suffered. The near-lynching inspired Cameron to devote his life to fi^tdi^ racial injustice and discrimination. He helped start three NAACP chapters in Indiana during the 1940s and became the first NAACP president for Uxe organiza tion’s Madison County Branch in AndCTson, Indiana. Cameron also served as Indiana’s director of civil lib erties, investigating civil rights infi'actiorrs oft«i at the risk of his own life. It was these constant threats to him and his family that forced Cameron to move them to his birth state of Wisconsin in the early ’50s, settling in Milwaukee where he continued to work for civil ri^ts. During the ’70s, Cameron published literally hundreds of articles and booklets detail ing civil rights and occur rences ofradal injustices. Cameron chronicled his near lynching in a book tilled, “A Time of Iferror. ” Publishers published the book in 1982 after many rejections. The book—and Cameron’s notoriety as the nation’s only lynching survivor—caught the attention of the Amraican public, thrusting the author into the national spotlight where he recounted his expe rience to presidents, civil rights icons such as Coretta Scott King and media icons like Oprah TOnfi:ey In 1988, Cameon founded America’s Black Holocaust Museum, now located at 2233 North 4th Street, which docu ments the racial injustices suffered by people of Afiican descent. Eighteen years later, the museum is growing in promi nence and scope as a nation- aUy-known institution. Currently the muse\mi is hosting an exhibit titled “Hateful Things: Objects fiem the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia,” which will be on display until August 26. “James Cameron made a significant contribution both to our Ntilwaukee community and to this comtiy in his vision of a museum designed to reflect our holocaust here in North America,” said Taki Raton, principal and foimder of Blyden Ddany Academy “We owe it not only to our ancestors but to our children and generations to come to ensure, through America’s Black Holocaust Museum, that his vision and our histo ry is preserved, correctly interpreted, and taught through exhibits, forums, newsletters, lectures, and symposiums specific to this horrific ra’a.” Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett praised the histori an’s remarkable journey fixim near lynchir^ to statesman, adding that it “humbles us and inspires us. James Cameron was atrulyremark- able man and his life is a tes timony to faith and persever ance. It is incumbent upon US aU to not allow his determi nation and mission to fade fix)m our lives.” Governor Jim Dojde said Wisconsin lost “a great man” who spent a lifetime teaching people about compassion and hope. "There are two things that stand out about James’ char acter: how warm and kind a person he was and how com mitted he was to the Black Holocaust Museum. Almost every time I would meet bim, he would talk to me about a new exhibit or something that was happening there. ‘The museimi serves the profound need of the nation to never forget these atroci ties. James’ legacy is to lase history to show us the path to humanity and equality “He was devoted to some thing that was important not just to Milwaukee and the state, but to the whole coun try” Calling- Cameron “a fiercely gentle man,” Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton said Cameron will be remembered for his role—locally and nationally—in advancing the conversation on dvil ri^ts and race relations, and that he did so with “’relentless dig nity and honesty "As the only known sur vivor of a lynchii^, he embod ied a most shameful moment of our nation’s history And James Camaun made it his life’s work to fi’ame the horror of hate crimes in our collec tive memory in an instructive way in the ever-expanding exhibits of the Black Holocaust Museum and in his wiitii^,” she said. “T^ow it is up to us. Tb pmp- erly honor his legacy and put memory at the service of the advancement of our society let us resolve to address head-on our shortcomings in race relations in this state, and determine to improve them everywhere. 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