Poet Amiri Baraka, Nocturnal
Collective to perform March 1
Poet Amiri Baraka will speak at Wake Forest University
on March 1 at 9 o.m. in Carswell
Hall's Annenburg Forum. He will be
joined by Nocturnal Collective, a hip
hop group. The university's multicul
tural affairs office is sponsoring this
free event. It is open to the public.
Baraka. a poet and political
activist, teaches African studies at
State University of New York at Stony
Brook. His bocnjupodlude "Y's.
Why's, Wise." a collection of poetry;
Inuiugies, a collection or eulogies Barak a
he has written for celebrities, includ
mg James Haldw in and Dizzy Gillespie; and "Jes.se Jackson
and Black People."' a collection of essays on civil rights and
race relations. i
Baraka won the Wallace Stevens poetry prize in 1993
and was honored ac a "Living Legend" at the Black Drama
Festival in 1994. j '
Nocturnal Collective is a Winston-Salem hip-hop group
that performs at Thfca's House of Blues and other local ven
ues. They also have been featured on local radio stations.
Local sit-in will be celebrated tomorrow
Winston-Salem was
home to the state's
first successful sit-in
movement in 1960
FROM STAFF KKPORTS
The public is invited to a spe
cial program tomorrow to cele
brate the 42nd anniversary of the
lunch counter sit-in demonstra
tions that led to desegregation at
public places in Winston-Salem.
The ceremony will take place at
2 p.m. at the comer of Liberty
and Fourth streets in downtown.
Students from o Winston
Salem State University and
Wake Forest University took
part in the sit-ins, led by city
native Carl Matthews. The city's
sit-in movement began Feb. 8,
I960, one week after the more
famous Greensboro sit-in.
Demonstrations continued for
several months, including the
landmark sit-in on Feb. 23 when
white students from Wake joined
black students from Winston
Salem State. Winston-Salem's
sit-in demonstrations were the
first in the state to end in inte
gration, a feat that was reached
after 107 days of protests.
A historical marker com
memorating the 1960 sit-ins will
be rededicated during the cere
mony. The marker wip original
ly unveiled at the 40th anniver
sary celebration in 2000. The
marker was moved later that
year for construction of One
West Fourth Street, the building
built in place of the old Kress
Store.
Thomas K. Hearn Jr., presi
dent of Wake Forest University;
Harold L. Martin Sr., chancellor
of Winston-Salem State; and
Winston-Salem Mayor Allen
Joines will speak during the cer
emony. Wanda Starke, of televi
sion station WXII (Channel 12),
will moderate. The Burke
Singers, an a cappella student
group from Winston-Salem
State, will provide music.
Among the attendees will be
participants from the 1960 sit-in,
including School Board member
Victor Johnson. William Stevens
from Wake Forest, and
Matthews.
'There was hope that our
actions would be a success and
lead to social change," said
Stevens, who graduated from
Wake Forest in I960. "But we
had no idea that day what our
actions would look like 40 years
later."
Susan Faust, communication ?
instructor at Wake Forest, is
coordinating the event.
"Remembering how our
community solved its problems
and adapted to social change in
an earlier day can give us inspi
ration and guidance for resolv
ing current challenges," Faust
said. "The peaceful yet deter
mined young people who sat
down in order to stand up for
their rights in I960 can be our
models."
File Photo
Carl Matthews, with red coat, stands with other sit-in partic
ipants at a marker dedication in 2000.
California funeral home director
arrested for allegedly selling body parts
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. - A funeral home owner was
arrested for allegedly selling cadavers and body parts
intended for burial or cremation to mortuaries and medical
research centers, authorities said.
Michael Brown, 42, of Murrieta was charged Thursday
with embezzlement, mutilation of human remains and falsi
fying death certificates. If fcbnvicted, he could face more
than 100 years in jail.
The arrest capped a yearlong investigation into three
companies, Bio-Tech Anatomical, Pacific Cremation Care
Inc., and Pacific Family Funeral Home.
Authorities believe Brown - whose work included a con
tract to bury or cremate indigent people from Riverside
County - made more than $400,000 in the alleged body
selling scheme.
Riverside County Deputy District Attorney Karen
Gorham said cadavers and body parts were allegedly sold
for use in medical studies and to help morticians practice
their embalming skills.
Investigators have identified 81 victims, but said it
would be difficult to find remains shipped elsewhere.
Mathis to keynote racial dialogue meeting
ness in Greensboro and the sur
rounding region.
Luis Ibarra, president and
CEO of the Friendly House, a
community-based organization
in Glendale, Ariz., will also
serve as a speaker during the
conference. Ibarra, who will
speak at 9 a.m.. served as sen
ior vice president of the Valley
of the Sun United Way. Ibarra
has extensive experience in
health and human services,
organizational management,
staff development and multi
cultural education. He is a
graduate of Arizona State Uni
versity.
Mathis, who will speak at
3:45 p.m., is known for his
sharp wit and editorial com
mentary during cases that
come before him. His experi
ence as a former real-life Dis
trict Court judge qualifies him
to preside over real-life civil
disputes, which earned the
show's slogan "Real People
with Real Disputes before a
Real Judge delivering Real
Justice."
Mathis, who is an admitted
former gang member and drug
user, dropped out of high
school to deal drugs. He was
eventually arrested on a drug
offense and was sent to jail.
Before his trial, his mother,
Alice Mathis, visited him and
revealetj she was dying of can
cer. Her news forced Mathis to
re-evaluate his life. Fortunately
during the sentencing, Mathis
got off with probation and time
served.
He obtained his GED, went
on to law school and became
an attorney. In 1995, he was
elected to a judgeship in
Detroit, and in 1999, Mathis
was offered a court show. He
resigned his real-life bench
because he felt he could have a
positive effect on more peo
ple's lives from a television
courtroom.
Judge Greg Mathis
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GREENSBORO - Greg
Mathis, star of the popular,
syndicated television court
room reality show "Judge
Mathis," will be a highlight of
the fourth annual Shades of
Color Conference at The Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Greensboro on Saturday.
March 2.
The daylong conference
will be held in the Joseph M.
Bryan Building from 8:30
a.m.- 5 p.m. Sessions are open
to the public and pre-registra
tion is encouraged. The dead
line to register is Feb. 27. The
cost of the conference, which
includes lunch, is $8 for
UNCG students, $10 for non
UNCG students and $12 for all
others. Late registration and
on-site registration are $15.
Additional information is
available by contacting the
Office of Multicultural Affairs
at (336) 334-5090 or visiting
its Web site at
www.uncg.edu/maf.
This year's conference
theme. "Removing
Barriers...Creating Communi
ties." will focus on diversity
issues. The conference is
intended to help the communi
ty. the university and surround
ing communities gain a better
understanding of diversity
issues and to enhance cross
cultural communication. The
program reflects UNCG's
commitment to cultural aware
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Britain supports Annan Peace Centre
ACCRA, Ghana - Britain has pledged to support the
planned Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre in
Accra.
Colonel George Partington, of the Ghana Armed Forces
Staff College (GAFSC), said the U.S. and German govern
ments have also promised to support the project, set to
launch this year and to be built over three years.
Partington, speaking at a news conference during British
Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit to the college, however,
gave no details on the assistance.
Ghana had asked for support from the British govern
ment to establish the center named for the U.N. secretary
general.
Partington said it would be a center
for regional excellence offering train
ing in peace support operations, elec
toral monitoring and peace negotiation.
Some 100 participants from the sub
region and other African countries
would be trained annually.
Meanwhile. Blair held closed-door
discussions at the college with Ghana
ian government officials on how Africa
and the G-8 (group of industrialized
Annan
countries and Russia) could work I
toeether to nrevent thf? manv rnnflirts I
hindering development of the continent.
The meeting underscored the need for African countries
to urgently address local causes of conflicts such as politi
cal and economic exclusion, poor governance, corruption
and ethnicity.
Britain and other G-8 partners would be tackling the
conflicts with international linkages, such as halting the
flow of illegal arms.
Indiscriminate exploitation of mineral resources in con
flict areas and the weakness of international mechanisms for
dealing with conflicts in Africa would also be addressed.
A document on a Joint Action Plan for Peace and Secu
rity highlights the importance of the international commu
nity acting quickly and effectively to prevent conflicts,
build peace, support peacekeeping operations and post-con
flict reconstruction. The document also stressed enhancing
peace support operations and Africa's ability to deal with
conflicts.
Blair arrived in Ghana last Thursday on a three-day visit
as part of a four-nation African tour aimed at bolstering the
emerging partnership between his country and African
democracies.
He addressed the Ghanaian Parliament after his meeting
at the college and later visited the Cocoa Research Institute
at Tafo in the eastern region after a courtesy call on the
Okyenhene, Amoatia Ofori Panin at Ofori Paninfie at Kyebi.
Partington said Ghana has contributed 90.000 troops to
31 U.N. and sub-regional peacekeeping operations since
1960.
The country, which has 1,800 soldiers serving on U.N.
missions, has recorded 100 casualties from the global peace
operations.
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