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PERFEa ‘STRANGER’I ID Jumper Classic brings top riders togeth^ 1C Volume 32 No. 30 The Voice of the Black Community Reduce home energy costs vyith low-tech Ideas I Page 5D $1.00 Also serving Cabar ‘an inner strength’ PHOTOAA/ADE NASH A makeshift memorial at Umber Ridge Apartments Si'll draws mourners nearly two weeks otter Charlotte- Mecklenburg police officers Jeff Shelton and Sean Clark were gunned down. Amid tragedy, heroism emerges Police fatalities strengthen resolve of man who offered aid By Cheris F. Hodges cheris.hodges&hecha’iottepost.com The night two Charlotte- Mecklenburg police officers were gunned down in East Charlotte, Stephen McMickens didn't think twice when he ran to their side to help them. His mother, Stella A. McMickens, watched in awe as her 18-year- old son held a Shelton friend's tee shirt to the Officer Jeff Shelton’s wound and the office clung to his hand. Clark Center’s name to honor civic leader «»n«j;n*n5-0I6IT 28216 S12 Pi James B. Duke Library 100 Beatties Ford Rd Charlotte NC 28216-5302 AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER An architectural rendering of the new Afro-American Guttural Center, scheduled to break ground in December. The facility will be named after Chartotte architect Harvey Gantt, a national figure In politics and civil rights as well as the city's first African American mayor. inmadves launched 10 tackle disparity Education and economics top CMSA’s priority list By Herbert L. White he/t).wfi/fe@fhechartofteposf-com Closing disparities in education and eco nomics are the top priority of initiatives launched by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg African American Agenda, CM3A will publicly announce its first initia tives at an April 16 press con ference - 100 days after a town hall meeting that drew more than 2,200 participants to discuss issues of impor tance to black Charlotteans. “I run into people who want to know what’s next,” said Mike DeVaul, senior vice pres- Graham ident of organizational devel- $25 million facility to be named after Harvey Gantt By Herbert L. White hert).while®thecharlotteposf.com The Afro-American Cultural Center’s new home will be named after Harvey Gantt, Charlotte’s first black mayor. The $25 million Afro Center building, expect ed to break ground in December, is one of the Jewels in a new arts and cultural hub in Center City. Gantt, an architect who was Charlotte’s mayor from 1983-87, was surprised to have his name associated with the building. "It’s a momentous honor, but my gut feeling is there are other people who deserve the honor more,” Gantt said, including AACC foLmders Bertha Maxwell-Roddey and Mary Hopper. "I’m honored they would do this." Gantt’s contributions in civil rights, architec ture and politics make him an attractive choice, said Michael, Marsicano, director of Foundation for the Carolinas, a philanthropic organization that has pledged $1 million to the Arts & Science Council’s $83 million campaign on the AACC’s behalf. The Afro Center must raise $5 million by 2009 as part of ASC campaign for the Uptown complex. "We have a tradition in this community of lifting up people who are service leaders,” Marsicano said. 1 t\ think there’s “P”™ “ ■ • , ,, of Greater Cfiarlotte a groundswell ^ cm3A steering Gantt “There’s no question Harvey Gantt is one of the most recognizable service leaders in Please see CENTER/2A of people who want action and want to jump in. n CM3A steering committee member Michael DeVaul committee member. "I think there’s a groundswell of peo ple who want action and want to jump in.”. "The community has spoken and if the people will lead, the leaders will follow,” said N.C. Sen. Malcolm Graham, Please see EDUCATION/8A SHOCK JOCK IMUS AND HIP HOP NATION Shared denigration of black women Critics slam Caucus over debate partner 'It was an n n e r strength," she said. "My son wants to be a police officer. He knew he wasn’t sup posed to be there (because it was a crime scene). But he said if it was him, he’d want someone to help him.” Stephen McMickens said when he ran outside, he thought that there had been a fight, but as he turned the corner, he saw Shelton and fellow Officer Sean Clark lying on the ground. A friend told McMickens the officers had been shot. "Where?" he asked. In the head, McMickens' friend replied. Then McMickens saw the blood. Without giving a second thought, he jumped down beside them and tried to help. "Everybody was telling me don't touch them, wait for the By Hazel Trice Edney NATTONAL NEWSPAPER PUBUSHERS ASSOOAVON WASHINGTON - New York activist and former Democratic Presidential candidate A1 Sharpton says radio and televi sion talk show host Don Imus should be fired for calling a team of college basketball players "nappy-headed hos.” But, Sharpton, who has also spoken against gangsta rap lyrics that denigrate black women says blacks should also be held accountable for allowing it to hap pen. "I’ve called for his termination and announced that we're going to start picketing the station - to the point where Imus publicly called today and said he wanted to meet with me to talk about it. I said the only way 1 would want Imus to meet with him would be in front of a black audience,! Sharpton says in an interview. "This is blatant racism,” Sharpton said, “The (Federal Communications Commission] ought to take him off the air" and added that he was writing a let ter requesting that the agency does just that. But, Sharpton says black musicians and rap pers should also be held accountable for degrading slurs of black women. Please see SHARED/3A By Ahkiah Allen NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PUSUSHERS ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON - Rainbow/PUSH Coalition’s Jessie Jackson Sr. is among a string of activists denouncing the Congressional Black Caucus Institute’s planned presidential debate partnership with Fox News, calling for the decision to be reversed and for presiden tial candidates to boycott the debate. John Edwards, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have all pulled out of any Fox-spon sored debate. "I am disappointed by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute's partnership with Fox,” said Jackson in an interview with ColorOfChange.org. "And strongly encourage See DEBATE/2A Rx for success: For a century, Raleigh pharmacy put people first Please see GOOD/6A By Bonitta Best THE TRIANGLE TRIBUNE RALEIGH - The timing couldn’t have been more appropriate. On the very day that the city of Raleigh held a press conference to announce its plans for a yearlong centen nial celebration for the Hamlin Drug Company, owner John M. Johnson was celebrating a personal mile stone. Fifty years ago, on April 2, Johnson and fellow Howard University School of Pharmacy graduate Clarence C. Coleman pur chased the Hamlin Drug Store from Amelia Roberts Hamlin, daughter-in-law of original founder James Edwards Hamlin. Coleman passed away in 1990, leaving the oldest African American-owned business in North Carolina to Johnson, who is still going strong. "No, I never thought I’d still be working 50 years later,” Johnson said. "But time flies when you’re hav ing fun.” It was a family affair at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center earlier this month as descendants from Hamlin, Johnson and Coleman were in atten dance, along with members of the Hamlin Drug Please see PEOPLE/6A HAMLIN DRUG COMPANY Peoples Drug Store, founded in 1904, evolved into the Hamlin Drug Company, North Carolina s oldest black- owned business.. 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