Satcher headed back to Morehouse
U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher is headed back to More
nouse couege in Atlanta.
Satcher. who announced last year that
he would not seek reappointment, will be
the first director of the new National Center
for Primary Care at the Morehouse School
of Medicine.
For Satcher. the job will be a homecom
ing of sorts. Morehouse is his alma mater
and he was professor and chairman of the
department of community medicine and
family practice for four ye*n> until 1982.
Safcner was named srnpn general by TnliJm
President Clinton. The Bug) administration
criticized Satcher last year Ifter a report released by his office said
that abstinence-only programs, which promote sexual abstinence
while barring discussion of birth contrah do not work as well as
some groups have claimed
Actor receives artwork instead of plaque
LAL'DERHII.L, Ha. - Actor James Earl Jones reportedly
received artwork at the ciy's Martin Luther King Day celebration
Saturday instead of a corrected version of a plaque that mistakenly
honored "James Earl Ray," King's assassin.
City Commissioner Margaret Bates, chairwoman of the city's
King Day task force, said the plaque has picked up a "stigma" from
the mistake and the ensuing national news coverage that can't be
erased.
"We want the plaque to go its way, and we will go our way," she
said.
Instead. Bates said, Jones received a piece of African-American
art during the celebration in this Fort Lauderdale suburb.
Texas-based Merit Industries, the plaque's maker, has accepted
responsibility for engraving the plaque "Thank you James Earl Ray
for keeping the dream alive." Ray fatally shot King in Memphis,
Tenn., on April 4, 1968.
Merit officials said the mistake happened when an employee
was preparing Lauderhill's plaque at about the same time as one for
Ray Johnson. 0
March to protest lack of black
coaching slots in college football
The head of the American Football Coaches Association's
minority issues committee says he is thinking of holding a march on
Washington or a demonstration on National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) headquarters to protest the lack of black head
coaches at 115 Division A colleges.
There are still only four black head football coaches at 115 Divi
sion I - A schools, but there were no black candidates to fill 13 recent
vacancies.
"It seems like the new deal for athletic directors now is to say
they contacted a (candidate of color). But then you find out that they
really hadn't but they let it out to the media that they had and they're
left looking like pretty good guys," committee head Tony Pierce
said.
The number of black coaches is at the level of 3.5 percent rep
resentation. in a sport where slightly more than half of players are
black.
Ecumenical group has woman president
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - As the first woman president of a coali
tion of mostly black clergy, the Rev. Kathy Ogletree Goodwin has
made a habit of crossing boundaries.
Goodwin was the first black woman in Kentucky to be ordained
an elder in the United Methodist Church since 1968, when the
newly merged denomination integrated its racially separate juris
dictions.
Goodwin, who now is pastor of Coke Memorial United
Methodist Church in Louisville's Smoketown neighborhood, said
she's excited about serving as president of the Interdenominational
Ministerial Coalition.
Goodwin was elected in November to lead the group after
being nominated by outgoing President Walter Malone Jr., pastor of
one of Jefferson County's largest congregations, Canaan Mission
ary Baptist Church.
Goodwin, 44, said she respects those coalition members who
do not ordain women, but that her unanimous election is a clear
statement that they are willing to work with her.
The ecumenical group of Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal and
other churches does not delve into doctrinal disputes such as the
ordination of women. Instead, it seeks to present a unified voice for
black Christians on political and social issues.
Thcker will return as Image Awards host
LOS ANGELES - Actor/comedian Chris Tucker will host the
33rd NAACP Image Awards for the second consecutive vear. it was
announced last week by executive produc
er Suzanne de Passe, lite live presentation
will be taped on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the
Universal Amphitheatre and will air Friday,
March 1, on FOX at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
"We're thrilled to have Chris back as
host," said Kweisi Mfiime, president and
CEO of the NAACP. 'Chris's charisma and
quick wit are a huge asset to the Image
Awards."
Tucker is one of Hollywood's fastest
rising stars. His box office hits include
"Money Talks" and "Rush Hour," which
grossed more than $300 million worldwide.
In 2001, Tucker starred in "Rush Hour 2," which became one of the
five top grossing films of the year. His upcoming projects include
his live stand-up movie and starring in the highly anticipated film
"Mr. President," which is set for release in 2002.
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| Congress flunks NAACP's test
NAACP: Report
cards reveal
regression 'that
must be stopped'
BY HAZEL TRICE EDNEY
NNPA CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON - More than
half of the members of the United
States Senate and House of Repre
sentatives received a grade of F on
the NAACP's civil rights report
card.
The Legislative Report Card
covers issues considered impor
tant by the NAACP for the first
half of the 107th Congress, which
recently concluded.
Although the Senate is con
trolled by Democrats and the
House is controlled by Republi
cans, a majority of members in
each body received flunking
grades.
"It still clearly shows that so
many members of.the House and
Senate still don't have a clear
understanding or they really disre
gard the reqjfjjeeds and concerns
of the African-American commu
nity," said Hilary Shelton director
of the NAACP Washington
Bureau. "It's got to be one or the
other. They either simply don't
understand or they have no regard
for it."
Fifty-two of the 100 senators
received F's and J226 members of
the 435-member House received
F's on votes related to education,
election reform, foreign affairs,
discrimination, economic justice,
health care, hate crimes and chari
table choice.
The grading scale is A, 100-90
percent; B, 89-80 percent; C, 79
70 percent; D, 69-60 percent; F,
59-0 percent.
Among the most startling rev
elations in the report was the
grade of F for Sen. James Jeffords
(I-Vt.), who won accolades from
many liberal organizations when
he switched his party allegiance
from Republican to independent
last spring, tipping Senate power
to Democrats.
Jeffords, who voted correctly
only 55 percent with the NAACP.
did well on predatory lending,
hate crimes and AIDS prevention,
but fared poorly on public educa
tion and economic justice issues.
He also voted in favor of the con
firmation of Attorney General
John Ashcroft, who was opposed
by the NAACP, and voted against
the Patients' Bill of Right, also
supported by the NAACP.
Jeffords has gone from bad to
worse. His final grade was D on
the previous NAACP report card.
Curiously, the NAACP did not
include two crutjml votes by Con
gress after the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks. The first was the Sept. 14
See Congress on A4
Sen. James Jeffords won over many liberal allies when he left the Republican Party, but the
NAACP says Jeffords is not always friendly when it comes to civil rights issues.
HBCUs included in Bush's budget
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
U. S. Secretary .of Education
Rod Paige this week announced
that President George W. Bush's
budget request for the Education
Department will include more
than $350 million for programs
that will strengthen historically
black colleges and universities
(HBCUs), historically black
graduate institutions (HBGIs)
and Hispanic-serving institutions
(HSIs) - an increase of more
than $12 million over current
funding levels.
Paige described Bush's com
mitment to meeting the needs of
all America's students - particu
larly students from minority and
disadvantaged backgrounds -
during his remarks at a citywide
observance of the birthday of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. in Wash
ington, D.C.
Paige reflected upon the sig
nificance of Bush's commitment
to educating America's youths
through the No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001, which he
signed into law earlier this
month. Noting that Bush's com
mitment extends beyond elemen
tary and secondary schools to
expanding higher education
opportunities, Paige announced
that Bush will continue to sup
port funding increases for pro
grams that support higher educa
tion institutions serving large
numbers of minority students
and will ask Congress for more
than $264 million in federal sup
port for HBCUs and HBGIs for
fiscal year 2003.
Bush's budget request for fis
cal year 2003 also will include a
request for more than $89 mil
lion to support HSIs in order to
help close the attainment gap
between Hispanic students and
their peers.
'To honor the legacy of Dr.
King, we must continue to sup
port the institutions that offer our
minority and disadvantaged stu
dents opportunities through
higher education." Paige said.
"We have committed the
resources we need to get that job
done, and we will continue to
work to make sure that every stu
dent in America can achieve, and
no child is left behind." Paige's
announcement followed Bush's
comments during his weekend
radio address that he will contin
ue Co work to expand opportuni
ties for all Americans through
education and will ask Congress
to increase federal funding for
Title I grants to local education
agencies by $1 billion this year
in an effort to support the needs
of disadvantaged students across
the country. In his radio address.
President Bush also announced
that he will ask Congress to
increase funding for federal sup
port for states in meeting the
needs of students with disabili
ties by $1 billion.
Paige
This is Greg Errett
Greg's a planner with the city's Transportation Department. Recently he's
been working on the 2025 Multi-Modal Long-Range Transportation Plan. He
calls it the "LRTP" for short. It lays out the vision of how our transportation
system will look in 2025. It covers streets, highways, buses, commuter rail,
bicycles and pedestrians.
With it goes the Air Quality Determination Report. It discusses how the
quality of the air would be affected in Forsyth County if we built everything in
the LRTP.
Read his plan ... and the report
You can make Greg happy by looking over both documents and telling him
what you think of them. Copies are available in all branches of the Forsyth
County Public Library, in the town halls of all the municipalities in Forsyth
County, at the city's DOT office (100 E. First Street. Suite 307) and in the
state DOT office at 2125 Cloverdale Ave. You may view the document online
at www.cilyofws.org/dol/
Then tell him what you think...
Greg wants to hear what you think about both the plan and the report, but he
needs it in writing. And, he needs to hear from you by 5 p.m. Feb. 25.
Comments may be submitted by mail, fa* or e-mail.
Mail comments to: Greg Errett
Winston-Salem Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 2511
Winston-Salem, NC 27102 fl
Fax comments to: Greg Enett at 748-3370 |? I
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