Britain gets its first black member
Paul Boateng, a British lawyer, is the first; black person
appointed to the position of chief secretary to the treasury, a posi
non in Britain s camnei.
Boateng. 50, who was appointed to the
position by Prime Minister Tony Blair,
serves in the British Parliament and as the
Home Office and Finance minister, a posi
tion outside of the cabinet.
"First and foremost I am a cabinet min
ister," said Boateng. "My color is part of
me, but I do not choose to be defined by my
color. I work for a world in which people
are not judged by their color but by the con
tent of their character. 1 want to be judged
by my work in this position."
elected to Parliament in 1987, Boateng is one of 12 non-white
lawmakers in the House of Commons. Britain's minority popula
tion is more than 7 percent.
"I hope in future years we will see more non-white ministers
entering the cabinet," Labor Party lawmaker John Cryer told
reporters.
Pennsylvania Councilwoman says
police dog has attacked blacks
McKEES ROCKS, Pa. - Dolpho, a 5-year-old German
shepherd can tell the difference between marijuana, heroin
and cocaine but whether he can differentiate race could mean
life or death for the police dog.
A McKees Rocks councilwoman said the borough's lone
police dog targets blacks and should be put to sleep.
The dog was imported from Europe two years ago and is
trained in drug detection and patrol.
Recently, while K-9 officer Schawn Barger wrestled with
a drug suspect, he said a quick-release button on his belt was
activated, inadvertently opening a door to the K-9 wagon.
The dog bolted from the vehicle and bit a 9-year-old boy
on the leg, not the suspect, and dragged him for about 20 feet,
family members said. The boy is black.
Councilwoman Wanda Jones Dixon told the city council
that she has received six complaints about Dolpho in the past
year. Three involved people involved with drugs, who com
plained about attacks, but three others were black people who
believe the dog jumped at or attacked them because of their
race.
The 9-year-old boy was treated for a dog bite and released
Friday.
Experts differ on whether dogs can discern race.
A national expert on animal behavior at Tufts University
School of Veterinary Medicine said dogs not only can deter
mine race, but can develop prejudices similar to humans.
No decisjpn was made on Dolpho's future Monday.
Boatmng
NEA names Gary director
of human and civil rights
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Education Associa
tion has announced the selection of its new director of human
and civil rights, NEA veteran Warlene D. Gary.
For 21 years at the association, Gary has distinguished her
self as a manager with an exceptional talent for collaboration
with diverse communities and leadership on behalf of NEA's
mission of making every public school great for every child.
Most recently, Gary served as NEA manager of parent and
community outreach, through which she was instrumental in
developing and implementing dozens of parental involvement
initiatives in partnership with NEA affili
ates. Notably, Gary developed and led the
Family-School-Community Partnership
program, which has successfully created
rapport and support between schools and
families in thousands of communities of
color.
Gary previously served as manager of
intergovernmental relations, associate
director of governmental relations, and
associate director of human and civil
rights. She began her career as a teacher
of disabled and disadvantaged students in
Washington, D.C., and trained scores of
teacners or cniiaren witn special needs.
"I could not be more pleased to welcome Warlene to our
executive team," NEA Executive Director John Wilson said.
"Her wealth of experience in education policy and advocacy,
combined with her passion for the value of diversity and com
mitment to NEA, make her the absolute, ideal person for this
position. I know that Warlene will lead the human and civil
rights department to its utmost potential."
NEA's human and civil rights department, with a staff of
24, is responsible for programs that promote equity and com
bat discrimination. The staff networks with local, state, and
national organizations and trains NEA affiliates to work
against any form of intolerance.
Gary, who has assumed her new position, said she is ready
for the new challenge. "A safe, harassment-free environment is
as critical to learning as the latest technology or a quality
teacher," Gary said. "Respect for human and civil rights pro
vides the bedrock for opportunity that our students need to
achieve. Education is at its best when it embraces differences,
releasing energy and building cohesion."
Before joining NEA. Gary worked for Lynda Johnson Robb
on the President's Advisory Committee for Women and as a
professional associate at the Council of Chief State School
Officers.
A native of Washington, Gary received a bachelor of sci
ence degree in physical education and health from D.C.
Teacher's College and a master's of education in special edu
cation at Howard University. Gary lives in Silver Spring. Md.,
near her two adult daughters, one of whom is a public school
teacher in Maryland.
Gary
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CLASSIFIEDS BIO
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ENTERTAINMENT C9
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Major groups clash over S.C. flag
File Phom
People protest along the North Carolina/South Carolina border on behalf of the NAACP.
BY HAZEL TRICE EDNEY
NNPA CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON - The Con
federate flag once symbolized
national division over the issue of
slavery. Now. that same flag has
caused deep division among
black leaders, pitting top
NAACP officials against mem
bers of the Congressional Black
Caucus.
The melee started about two
months ago when Julian Bond,
NAACP board chair, and Kweisi
Mfume, the organization's presi
dent and CEO, wrote separate
letters to CBC members, asking
them not to hold a fund-raising
golf tournament in Charleston,
S.C. The CBC members wrote
back, accusing the NAACP of
being hypocrites because they
continue to hold their own events
in South Carolina, despite the
announced boycott.
The angry exchange of letters
was published on the front page
of the Charleston Chronicle, a
black-owned weekly. The Chron
icle obtained the letters and made
them available to the NNPA
News Service.
'To suggest that I do this
fundraising outside of the State is
an incredible request, especially
in light of the fact that your state
and local branches are continuing
to hold their fundraisers in the
state," wrote Jim Clybum, South
Carolina's only black representa
tive. "As Congressman Bennie
Thompson asked in his recent
letter to Kweisi, 'Why is it alright
for you to fundraise in South Car
olina and not alright for (me)?"'
Clybum, at the center of the
storm as sponsor of the tourna
ment, also defended himself from
an attack by James Gallnran.
president of the S. C. State Con
ference of the NAACP.
Gallman sent a memo to all
state branches accusing Clybum
and state Sen. Kay Patterson (D
Richland) of disrespecting the
boycott and declared them
unwelcome at NAACP func
lions.
"They seem to think it is all
right to bash the NAACP and
then expect us to embrace them
as comrades," Gallman wrote.
"Henceforth, that will no longer
be the case."
Clybum returned the fire in a
two-page letter to Gallman on
Senate letterhead - full of exple
tives - perhaps the biggest indi
cator of the viciousness of the
debate.
But Patterson litinto Gallman
in a two-page letter on state Sen
ale letterhead - full of expletives
- perhaps the biggest indicator of
the viciousness of the debate.
"It is my policy not to waste
any energy-and-resources
responding to 'Nut-Mail." obvi
ously written by a fool - but ip
this instance, I'm making an
exception for you!," he wrote to
Gallman. "Why would you
attack a U. S. Congressman of
color & a 'Colored-Senator' -
both paid in full Life Members?
Well. I'm gonna break your
See Flag on A4
New memorial honors civil rights leaders
BY ROBERT WELLER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DENVER - In sight of
mountaintops, a new 9-foot-8
inch high statue honoring
Martin Luther King Jr. was
unveiled Sunday, part of an "I
Have A Dream Memorial"
that is a pantheon of civil
rights leaders.
In a speech April 3, 1968,
in Memphis, Tenn., the night
before he was assassinated.
King said he didn't care what
happened to him. The memo
rial carries an inscription
explaining why: "Because
I've been to the mountaintop
... and I've looked over, and
I've seen the promised land."
On Aug. 28, 1963, in his "I
have a
dream"
speech,
the Nobel
Peace
Prize
winner
said
America
would be
truly
demo
cratic
when freedom rings from the
hilltops of New Hampshire to
the snowcapped Rockies of
Colorado all the way to Stone
Mountain of Georgia.
Much of that dream has
been achieved, said Rev.
"Billy" Kyles, who was with
King when he was assassinat
ed. "We've gone from being
three-fifths human to having a
man like (Denver) Mayor
Wellington Webb in the fourth
year of his third term" in a
city with a population that is
only 12 percent black.
"Now we are known for a
little more than the Lennox
Tyson fight." He said he was
pleased the statue wasn't
being unveiled "during Black
History Month. This is Ameri
can history."
The work of sculptor Ed
Dwight's three-layer, 26-foot
high pedestal also includes
works representing Rosa
Parks, Sojourner Truth,
Fredrick Douglass and Mahat
ma Gandhi in full view of the
Rocky Mountains.
The works are in a circular
plaza, ISO feet in diameter.
King's statue stands above the
other four leaders, all of
whom were influential in his
career.
Martin Luther King III,
King's eldest son. as well as
relatives of Douglass and
Truth were to attend the
unveiling ceremony in Denver
City Park.
The $611,000 for the
sculpture was paid by dona
tions. The rest of the $1.2 mil
lion cost came from city
funds.
Dwight, a former Air Force
test pilot who was the first
black American to qualify for
training as an astronaut, has
created 60 monuments and
memorials. After retiring from
the Air Force, Dwight earned
a master's degree in fine arts
from the University of Den
ver. His first job was a series
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of bronzes depicting the con
tribution of blacks in the
American West.
Dwight was recently com
missioned to create the largest
memorial to African Ameri
cans in history, the 90-fosi
long Black Patriots Memorial
that will be built on the
National Mall between tlje
Lincoln Memorial and the
Washington Monument. 1
King
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and approaches on NC-241
near Beulaville
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at Goldsboro to North of SR
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US-15-501 to East of SR-1521
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interchange to SR-2662 [
NC-49 from West of Irish Buf- Metric 10%
falo Creek to East of SR-2630
(Walker Road)
1485 (Charlotte Outer Loop) Metric 8%
from North of 1-85 to NC-27
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approaches on SR-1132 near
valley
RC box culvert at branch of English 9%
Catawba Creek and approaches
an SR-2445
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approaches on US-25/70 & .
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