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fee Town opens museum honoring Till GLENDORA, Miss. (AP) - Photographs that captured a moth er's grief and Emmett Till's mutilated body were on display as this tiny Mississippi Delta town opened a museum honoring the slain black teenager whose death was pivotal in the civil rights movement. Among the items on display are family snapshots and a picture of Till's mutilated body that stunned the nation after the 14 year-old Chicago boy was brutally murdered in 19SS. allegedly in retaliation for whistling at a white woman. " 1 want the country to see this moment as an historic event of how far we have come in the civil rights movement and to open peo ple's eyes to the many other injustices that have happened in other places besides the ? ueiia, said 1111 s cousin, rnscuia aienmg. r'" The town converted a cotton gin into the Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center, which includes oral histories, an audiovisual archive and a cotton gin fan like the one used to weigh down Till's body after it was dumped in the Tallahatchie River. 0 Two white men were acquitted in Till's case by an all-white jury. The two men later confessed in an interview with Look magazine. The FBI reopened the case in 2004 but decided in Match not to press charges. The case was turned over to District Attorney Joyce Chiles for possible state charges. The boy's case has never been for gotten in more then half a century. The National Conference of Black Mayors* commissioned the Till center as a model of revitalization for other small towns. Deputies accuse sheriff of racism LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Five Greenbrier County deputies have accused Sheriff Roger Sheppard of nepotism, neglect of duty and allowing employees to use racial slurs. Deputies R.A. Martin, J J. Martin, J.T. Williams, R.D. Baker and G.M. Baker sent a letter to the Greenbrier County Commission ask ing it for "a workplace with clear expectations, free from racism and bias, and equal ^punishment and privilege," according to The Register-Herald of Beckley, which obtained the letter. ?R.D. Baker and G.M. Baker are brothers, while R.A. Martin and JJ. Martin are not related. Commissioner Lowell Rose said the commission will investi gate the deputies' complaints. "They told me their concerns and we are trying to address them," Rose told the newspaper. An unidentified member of the sheriff's department allegedly used a racial slur against blacks during conversations with several deputies but was not reprimanded by Sheppard, the deputies' letter said. "It is the belief of the deputies that this is unfair and extremely prejudicial," the letter said. Sheppard 's two sons are employees Of the department and the deputies contend that he cannot fairly and impartially promote, or discipline relatives. Princeton to expand black studies PRINCETON, N J. (AP) - Princeton University announced last week that it would double the size of its faculty in African American Studies and establish a new center on teaching and researching about race in America. University President Shirley M. Tilghman said it's important that the Ivy League university, which *is constantly ranked among the top in the nation, addresses the complicated issues surrounding race. "As a university dedicated to 'the nation's service and the service or ail nations, mnceton must oe in a position to contribute to this quest through research that yields valuable insights into the nature of racial identity and social justice, and through education that trains new generations of lead ers to solve problems that have persisted too long, both in this country and abroad." she said. The .. university's African American Studies program already is star-studded. In 2002, Princeton hired Cornel West and K. Anthony Appiah away from Harvard and tried to convince Henry Louis Gates Jr., the chairman of that university's Afro-American Studies program, to fol low. Those three men are among the biggest names in the field. Princeton says the new center will increase the number of full time faculty positions in the department from five to 11 ; more faculty members can be involved in the program through joint appointments. Eventually, Princeton said, it will offer majors in African American Studies. Oprah says her lawyers overreacted NEW YORK (AP) - Oprah Winfrey says her lawyers shouldn't have gone after the man who is trying to promote her as a candidate for president. ? ? Not because she's running, mind you. "I feel flattered by it," the 52-year-old talk-show host told The Associated Press on Monday. "My lawyers overreacted, I think, by sending him a cease-and-desist order because it really is a flattering thing." It should have been handled in a phone call, said Winfrey, who said she's thinking of calling Patrick Crowe of Kansas City. Mo., her self. ? Crowe has been campaigning to urge Winfrey to run for president for years, setting up a Web site that has its own campaign song. A month ago, Winfrey's lawyers sent Crowe a letter demanding that he remove her picture from his Web site. Winfrey's smiling face remained on http://www.oprah08.net Monday. Winfrey was in New York to promote Oprah and Friends, which launched Monday on XM Satellite Radio. In February. Winfrey signed a three-year, $55 million deal with XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. to launch her new radio channel, which joins her nationally syndicated television show and her O, The Oprah Magazine. " XM Satellite Radio boasts more than 7 million subscribers. The Chronicle (USPS 067-910) was established by Ernest H. Pitt and Ndubisi Egemonye in 1974 and is published every Thursday by Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co. Inc., 617 N. Liberty Street. Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101. Periodicals postage paid at Winston-Salem, N.C. Annual subscription price is $30.72. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Chronicle. P.O. Box 1636 Winston-Salem, NC 27102-1636 KRTPhok Minister Louis Farrakhan is fighting a serious illness. Farrakhan turns over NOI control Leader says he is seriously ill BY GEORGE E.CURRY NNPA EDITOR-IN-CHIEF WASHINGTON - Likening his predicament to thai of Cuba's Fidel Castro. Minister Louis Farrakhan says he is facing some seri ous health challenges, causing him to turn over administration of the Nation of Islam to its executive board and cancel all appoint ments and personal appearances until further notice. Farrakhan said his illness is related to the heavy dosage of radi ation he received as a result of having prostate cancer in the late 1990s. He underwent surgery in November 2000 at Howard University and on a recent visit there was found to have an infec tion and inflammation. "I have been suffering from the after-effects of an extremely high dose of radiated seed implantation that indeed killed the can cer cells that had broken the prostate capsule, but over time, these seeds have done severe internal damage." he explained. Farrakhan said his illness represents "a period of testing" for his organization. "In this period of testing, you can prove to thi world that the Nation of Islam is more than the charisma, eloquence and person ality of Louis Farrakhan," he said 411 a letter to his supporters. "In this period of testing, you can prove that the Nation of Islam is under-girded by an Idea that represents the Kingdom of God on Earth, an Idea that can never be uprooted, never be destroyed and can only increase its power, effect and influence over the hearts and minds of the people of the Earth ." , During this period of recovery and testing, Farrakhan said, "I will be available to give guidance in any major situation that may - arise, but I would prefer that the Executive Board of the Nation of Islam help solve the problems of the Nation, without asking me." The Nation of Islam leader is recovering on his large farm in Michigan. In his letter. Farrakhan said: "Commandante Fidel Castro had a very serious operation and he relinquished power to his brother and all those who were trained to carry on in his absence. While See Farrakhan on A10 Candidate denies link to black GOP group BY JULIE CARR SMYTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio - A national group airing radio ads in Ohio cities accusing Democrats of starting the Ku Klux Klan listed Republican governor candidate Ken Blackwell on its original list of national advisory board mem bers, but Blackwell denies any association with the group. Blackwell spokesman Carlo LoParo said Friday that Blackwell, who is black, was approached in 2005 by the National Black Republican Association to lend his name to the list, but he declined. He said the group's listing of Blackwell as a founding adviser, which appears on an August 2005 blog of the group's chairwoman, was unauthorized. LoParo said Blackwell does not condone the ad, which accuses Democrats of starting the Ku Klux Klan, instituting the anti-black Jim Crow laws and siccing vicious dogs and fire hoses on blacks during the civil rights movement. The 60-second spot, fash ioned as a conversation between two female friends, also plugs President Bush's spending on education, health care and job training and criticizes Democrats' positions on abor tion, gay marriage and religion. "We find the advertisements inappropriate and distasteful," LoParo said. "I don't under stand the purpose that an ad of this type would serve." The same ad is running in Maryland, where Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, the black Republican nominee for Maryland's open Senate seat, dis avowed it Thursday as "insulting ?-to Marylanders." He said his campaign asked the black Republican group to stop running it. The Ohio ads were scheduled to end rnday. A message seeking comment Black well was left with Frances Rice, chairman of the National Black Republican Association. The ads were placed on urban radio stations aimed at black audiences in Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and Cincinnati by the association's politi cal entity, Black Republican Freedom Fund. The ad echoes the messages used elsewhere by the group, including on the Internet and in its glossy magazine. The Black Republican. The publication included a recent article entitled "The Real History of Affirmative Action," which highlighted the role of President Richard Nixon, a Republican, in bringing the con cept to fruition. It employed one of the same phrases used in the See GOP group on A15 Why go to the video store? START it whenever you're ready. PAUSE it when you're not. REWIND and FAST FORWARD too i> Movies On Demand - Channel 601 TIME WARNER CABLE 1 -866-TRIAD-TWCable Now Playing Now Playing Now Playing Starts ? 0/29 i HIGH SPEED ONLINE ??'IHiHliiHi'M j ? 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