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Will Winston-
Salem State
stand by
Division I
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IN RELIGION
Crouch’s music
beyond format
Andrae Crouch breaks
barriers of music and
race to reach gospei.
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Roberts
Committee
tackles
immigrant
relations
By Herbert L. White
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Concerns about potential lifts
between Afiican Americans and
Latinos over eco
nomics and immi
gration is leading
to a public hear
ing.
Mecklenburg
County
Commissioner
Jennifer Roberts
will contrene the
ad-hoc Community Building
Committee July 25 at the
Government Center, Room 267,
The meeting, scheduled for 1
p.m., is open to the public
Roberts said a heated
exchange over immigration at a
recent Tuesday Morning
Breakfast Forum led her to con
vene tile panel. Forum partici
pants grilled Latin American
Coahtion Executive Director
Angeles Ortega-Moore on the
influx of Latinos in Charlotte.
“It sounded like leaders in the
African American community
weren’t comfortable with immi
gration and it’s impact on the
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Were Fla.
‘terrorists’
trapped by
the feds?
By Wendell P. Simpson
THE PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
PHILADELPHIA - In the lan
guage of George Orwell’s double
speak, war is peace, truth is lies.
And 2006 is 1984.
In today’s post-9/11 environ
ment, Big Brother’s prying eyes
peer into your phone records, your
Internet conversations and the
Ultimate transactions of your life.
And thought crime, by the reck
oning of some legal and law
enforcement experts, is apparent-
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PHOTOAOURTIS WILSON
Courtney and Deja Snowden got into the patriotic
spirit at a Charlotte Knights baseball game.
The night sky sparkled during
It’s the most American of holi
days, a time of remembrance
and thanks.
Thousands of Carolinians cel
ebrated Independence Day
Tliesday with parades, base
ball, and, of, course fireworks.
PHOTO/PARAMOUNT'S CAROWINDS
the annual “Night of Fire” exhibition at Paramount’s Carowinds.
For many it’s a time to chow area to Knights Stadium in
down with the requisite barbe- Fort Mill, S.C., thousands
cue. Others reflected upon what turned out for the arumal rite of
makes the nation great with
mihtary observances and the
pageantry of parades.
From Charlotte’s center city
Independence Day - spectacu
lar displays that ht the
Carolina night.
Herbert L. White
PHOTO/WADE NASH
New Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Superintendent Peter Gorman held his
first news conference Wednesday.
listen
learn,
teair
CMS superintendent seeks
public input for schools
By Erica Singleton
FOR THE CHARLOTTE POST
New Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Superintendent Pet^ Gorman walked into
his first media briefing smilir^, shaking
hands and completely at ease.
For most people, a room full of media does
not generate such self-confidence, but for
Gorman, the newness hasn’t quite warn off
and the honeymoon is still in full swing; at
least for now.
Seated beside Chief Operating Officer
Maurice Green, Gorman held a briefing with
reporters to discuss his first days on the job,
his aitry plan, and to answer questions.
In his first days Gorman visited the Levine
Museum of the New South and Discovery
Place, leaining the types of programs each
offers and their relationship with the school
system. Gorman even met parents of CMS
students that walked up and spoke to him
“I was excited to talk with them,” said
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NEWS, NOTES & TRENDS
Torrence Lytle
grads push to
preserve campus
By Erica Singleton
FOR THE CHARLOTTE POST
The former Tbirence Lytle School
looks hke an abandoned building, but
to Betty J. Caldwell and other alumni
who walked through its halls, it’s a
place of promise.
“The schcxal was a beacon of hope,”
said Caldwell. “Tb see it now, it’s
bhghted, but inside those doors lay
our hope.”
T3rrence Lytie opened in 1937 bring
ing high school education to rural
blacks in north Medd^iburg Cormty
At that time it was a “union schoci” for
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Dynasty Bookstore owner James
Muhammad signs deal to publish
with St. Martin’s Press/1 D
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