Hampton names
female chaplain
HAMPTON. V?. - Hampton Um*ersit> ha? named the Rev
Detora L Haggms a? the uniserstty's first female chaplain in the
lmtituDoo's l40->ear historv As chapiim. Haggins ?iil serve as
pastor of the HL" Memorial Church, director of the Religious
Studies Program and handle all rehpou.>
affairs far the unisersm
She will also serve as the first ferrule
executive secretary of the .Annual HU
Maunen' Conference the Largesi garner
ing of uiterdenominanonal Afncan
Amencan clergy m the world
? "This appointment makes a strong
statement to the w orld that w e are all &lled
and can be chqsen for any, particular task,
so we need to be prepared to be sent wher
ever we are heeded." said Haggms
Haggms aims to boost interfaith mm
In Hfguu
istry and student involvement on campus, provide pastoral care
and counseling, a*) expand the Memorial Church into "a viable
amy on campus ~
Haggms replaces Dr. Timothv T Boddie. who now serves as
the senior pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta
Pnor to hfr arrival at HU Haggins served as the interim pas
tor of the historic Queen Street Baptist Church in Norfolk. Va
Arab Americans favor Obama
WASHINGTON - Democratic candidate Barack Obama
holds a substantial 21 potnt lead over Republican John McCain
among Arab American voters. This was one of the findings of a
poll of Arab American voters conducted bv Zogb> International
for the Arab American Institute
The AALZogbv International poll was released at a press con
ferrnce last week at the St.
Regis Hotel in Washington.
DC Conducted between
Sept 8 - 13. the poll surveyed
the political altitudes of 501
random!) selected Arab
American voters and had a
margin of error of +A 4 5%.
The poll also found that
Obama's 54 percent - 33 per
Dr. James Zogby is president of
the Arab American Institute.
cent lead over McCain
dropped to 46 percent - 32
percent when independent
candidate Ralph Nader and
Libertarian Bob Barr were included in the survey questions
Other key findings of the AAI Zogby International study:
The most important issues for .Arab American voters are
jobs economy ifar and away the greatest area of coocerni. fol
lowed b> the war in Iraq peace foreign affairs, and health care.
.Approval ratings given to the Bush Administration's perform
ance are low 23 percent for overall performance. 19 percent for
economic policy and 31 percent for foreign policy
The shift in party identification continues The
Democrat Republican break in 2000 ?as 40- 38 Now it is 4620
Dr James Zogby.. president of the .Arab .American Institute
noted thai "The .Arab .Amencan vote can be important in several
battleground states and a number of critical House and Senate
Contests." Noting that Arab Americans in Michigan represent
about 5 percent of that stale's electorate, while in Virginia and
Ohio they comprise almost 2 percent of the vote, he noted that
"the strong shift from Republican to Democratic party identifica
tion can play a role in close contests."
Serena Williams to write memoir
NEW YORK ( APi - A memoir by Serena Williams will be
released in 2009 by Grand Central Publishing, which beat out a
handful of other publishers bidding for the life story of the No. 1
racked w omen 's tennis play er
"Serena Williams is one of the world's most remarkable ath
letes." Grand Central editor Karen Kosztolnyik said Tuesday in a
statement "We've watched her nse to No. 1 despite physical and
emotional setbacks, and her hard work and determination have
inspired legions of young and old. Serena will give her mem
oir a strong motivational slant."
Financial terms for the book, currently untitled, were not dis
closed. although a publishing official with know ledge of the nego
tiations said bidding reached at least SI 3 million The official. cit
ing the confkkmalitv of the negotiations, declined to be identi
fied
WUhams. 26. has won nine Grand Slam titles and. with sister
Venus Williams, woo a gold medal in women's doubles at the
recent Olympics in Beijing
Grand Central Publishing is a division of the Hacheae Book
Group
Former councilman gunned down
BALTIMORE ( Afro- American New spaperVNNPA ) -
Former Baltimore City Councilman Kenneth Hams w as murdered
Sept 20 outside a jazz club within the dis
Harm
tnct he represented in Northeast Baltimore
Hams, who represented Baltimore
City's Fourth District. w as lulled during a
robbery attempt at the New Haven Lounge.
\a long-time jazz club at Nonhwood
Shopping Center near Morgan State
University according to police
Police report that Hams came to die
lounge at approximately 1:30 am. and vis
ited with the club's owner Keith Covington
and borrowed a corkscrew from him w-hen
three masked gunman approached and
grabbed Covmeton Two of them took the
Haven's owner into the lounge Hams ran to his car where be was
shot in the chest by the third gunman
He was elected to the City Council in 1999. In addition to pol
itics. Hams was an execuuve with Comcast Cable He leaves his
wife. Annette, daughter. Nicole, and son. Ken Jr.
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DNC is pushing for " enormous ...
huge " African-American voter turnout
BY HAZEL T*K EDNEY
V?T* EPfTOK
WASHINGTON - Now
leu m*n two weeks before Oct
6. the deadline for voter nrgi>
trauoo id most state*, and
Democratic National
Commiaee Chairman Howard
Dean dn be ? confident that
both African- Americans and
manv Whites will \ote in record
numbers for the Democratic
octet because of the high stakes
issues and histoncttv of the elec
tion C
"People get what this is
about - at least those people in
m> generation I was a college
graduate w hen Dr feanc and
Robert Kennedy were assassi
nated. k'sa different ume no*
We've learned a lot over 40
years." Dean sa>s in an inter
view with the NNPA News
Service. "Now. some of the
most segregated counties are
represented by Afriean
Americans although the) are 90
percent White So. it's a differ
ent time, but it's our tune Our
generation worked very hard for
this. So. we've got to do every
thing we can to win."
Dean was referring to a time
when the Civil Rights
Movement meant fighting for
Black people's ngfat to vote and
against segregated public facili
ties in which Blacks and White*
across the South were legally
lf>* U lArr
Local Barack Obama volunteer i register a voter at last week's
Rock the Block.
prohibited from drinking from
che same * .iter fountain or using
the same public bathroom
Nw that America has its
first Black Democratic nominee
for president. Dean and others
sa> while Blacks will \oce for
Obama in order to forge Black
progress and because of his
understanding of issues. Whites
will also vote for him to contin
ue what was started decades ago
when Blacks largely marched in
the streets demanding change
*tufc \fclut< lawmakers were
torced 10 establish a.
"Before we worked tog em
ct ?epameh Now we're work
ing together together" Dear:
??ays "hsjust aa extraordmanh
iJurHing time But. I think the
message is resonating all over
the country This is a new gener
ation ~
Dear likened the Obama v
McCain race to (he 1960 cam
paign between Democratic Sen
John F. Kennedy and
Republican Vk* President
Richard Nuoc Kennedy - like
Obama - drew targe crowds a>
man) claimed he w*s too young
and loo inexperienced, and his
Republican opponent Vice
President Richard Nixon was
?lewed as representing the old
guard
Kennedy got 49.7 percent of
the voce and Nixon got 49.6.
"Change is always difficult
Change is always scary. So.
change elections are always
closer Dean says.
This is why Democrats are
hitting the pavement for last
minute registranons anywhere
they can get them But.
Democrats are vigorously cam
paigning for votes in what they
call battleground states, includ
ing New Hampshire.
Pennsylvania. West Virginia.
Florida. c Ohio. Michigan.
See Voters oc AS
SCLC founder Harvey is remembered
THE LOUISIANA WEEKLY
NEW ORLEANS (NNFA)
- The Rev. Dr. Simmie Lee
Harvey, a founder of the
Southern Chnsuan Leadership
Conference, and longtime vet
eran of the historic Civil
Rights Movement, died on
Wednesday. Sept 10. due to
complications fron? a massive
stroke. He was 90.
Only three, months earlier
Rev. Harvey stood before a
crowd of about 400 at the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference's 50th convention
in Kenner. La . and passionate
ly pleaded for every one in the
room to re -commit themselves
to the civil nghts movement
He spoke of the hardships,
trials and tribulations that he
had to endure while fighting
for justice and equality
throughout this country .
This w as one of the last
public appearances made by
the great civil rights pioneer
and co-founder of the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference
Those who knew and
respected the civil nghts leg
end remembered the charis
matic, dedicated New Orleans
minister as a champion for jus
tice.
-He was somebodv who
could captivate you with his
stories of the movement 1 will
always remember Rev Harvey
as one of the most effective
civil, rights leaders of his
time." says Dr Charles Steele
Jr.. SCLC president and CEO
"The SCLC family will cer
tainlv suffer at the loss of his
leadership. This organization
will miss him deeply.
Congressman William
Jefferson saluted the life of the
Rev. Harvey, longtime com
munity activist and organizer
for his life of service to the
community of New Orleans,
this nation, and the world.
"Rev. Dt Simmie Lee
Harvey s life was a life well
lived." Jefferson said. "He was
a strong pillar of support for
his family In addition, his tire
less work in the Civil Rights
movement . designed to make it
easier for all people to live,
work, and pray together,
resulted in the improvement in
the qualitv of life for so many
people Rev Dr. Harvey's life
serves as an inspiration to peo
ple throughout this nation and
the world I am so very pleased
and honored to have had an
opportunity to know, learn
from, and work with Rev Dr.
Harvey for so many productive
vears"
On July 10. Congressman
Jefferson paid tribute to Rev.
Dr Harvev on the floor of the
United States House of
Representatives
Rev Harvey was for
decades the President of the
Louisiana chapter of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference. Regional Vice
President, South Central
Region, and National SCLC
Board Member
"Rev Hafvey was one of
the original leaders of SCLC,"
says Dr Joseph Lower} . SCLC
president emeritus. "He was a
genuine and authentic person.
He wore the badge of SCLC on
his coat and in his heart "
Re\ Dr Har\ey was a for
mer board member of the
Metropolitan Area Committee
Human Relations Committee,
and vice-president-at-large of
the Ideal Missionary Baptist
i I ?
Re r. Harvey
and Educational Association
He was also a member of both
the National Baptist
Convention. USA. Inc. and the
Louisiana Baptist State
Convention Rev. Harvey
served as first vice president of
the Research Missionary
Baptist Educational
Association, and as the presi
dent of tip Upper City
Ministers Union. He was co
chairperson of the Martin
Luther King Jr. Federal
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