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The Voice of the Black Community
PHOTO/MONCA MORGAN
The body of Rosa Parks is escorted by D. C.
National Guardsmen into the Rotunda of the
U. S. Capitol.
Heart-felt
goodbyes
for rights
pioneer
Parks
By Hazel Trice Edney
.V/UJOAVl/. NEmVAPER EUBUSHFRS ASSOCWION
' MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Wlien the family mem
bers of civil rights leader Rosa Parks filed out of
St. Paul A.M.E. Church in
Montgomery, Ala., Adrean Eddie
Floyd, 36, made a silent statement
as the casket passed before him. In
the church among hundreds, he
solemnly raised his fist high in the
^ign of Black power.
In another silent, but powerful
tribute. Captain Lou FVeeman, the
black pilot of the Boeing 737 that
transported Parks’ body to memorial and funeral
services between Detroit, Montgomery and
Washington, D.C. circled Monl^mery and tipped
the left wing to say good-bye to the capitol of
Alabama, symbolic of a final salutation fium
Parks to the dty that had her arrested for stand
ing for fi'eedom.
Family, fiiends and associates aboard the plane,
responded with cheers and applause.
Some saluted her horse-drawn carriage, some
placed their hats over their hearts, some just
bowed their heads in prayer along the routes of
the motorcade carrying the Mother of the Civil
Ri^ts Movement to her final rest.
But most had something to say as they came by
the himdreds, whether on foot, in wheelchairs, on
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Organ donation
part of Sabbath
By Herbert L. White
herbM-hiie^ thecharloaepoajcvm
What would you give to save a life?
A kidney? Or cornea? A heart?
lifeShare of the Carolinas and the Links will
observe National Donor Sabbath Nov. 13 at
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 3313
Beatties Ford Road. Ihe event highlights the reli
gious aspects of organ donation, which studies
show is the most-consulted institution for donors.
diaries CarroU a heart transplant recipient,
will speak at the 7:15 a m. service. Carlenia Ivory
a doncH* family member and past president of the
Tlnkg Chariotte chapter, will speak at 9:15 a.m.,
with Dr. Bog&r D«iny a transplant suigeon to
address the 11:15 service.
In North Carolina, Afiican Americans make up
62 pjercent ctf kidney transplant lists. Blacks
received 32 percent of the state’s transplants in
2004 while accounting for 19 percent of donors.
For information on the Sabbath prc^ram or
oigan donation programs, call lifeShare at'(704)
512-3303
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CITY COUNCIL ELECTION
PHOTO/OURTIS WILSON
City Council candidate Anthony Foxx, a West Charlotte High School and Davidson College grad
uate, waves to the crowd at Johnson C. Smith University’s homecoming parade Saturday. A for
mer counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Foxx is running his first campaign.
The natural
Anthony Foxx has the political pedigree
Democrats covet in competitive at-large race
By Herbert L. White
herb.whUe^k thecharloaepostrom
Anthony Foxx has the pedi
gree a pwlitical star. »
He’s a Charlotte native.
Clean-cut. Family man.
Davidson College education.
Exp)aience on Capatol Hill.
What’s not to like? Charlotte
voters will decide T\iesday
For a party in need of star
power, Foxx’s campaign has
evoked added attention. In
September, he led the
Democratic at large primary,
outpx)lling inciunbent Susan
Burgess.
‘What the primary showed
me is there’s a thirst for new
leadership in this dty and I
don’t think it’s limited to the
Democratic Party,” he said. *1
think people on both sides are
looking for new leadership.”
Foxx has drawn comparisons
to Harvey Gantt and Patrids
Cannon, both of whom have
won at-laige seats. Yet he’s not
ready to accept the mantle of
political powerhouse.
*1 can’t say the position of
standard bearer has fallen to
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Bonds advocates predict victory
$427 million for schools among four measures
By Herbert L. White
herb.wkiie^. thecharlcBteposlrom
Cochrane Middle Schod is
slowly falling apart.
Carpet in the media room is
thinning and stained. Mold is a
perennial problem. And dass-
rooms are leaky
“Cochrane is like a lot of
•ner dty schools,” Prindpal
Tferry Brown PhD says. “A
great deal of the infi-astructure
is decaying, corroding and just
rotting out.”
Brown hopes Mecklenburg
voters will give Cochrane a
hand TUesday by approving
$427 million in bonds for
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools, one of three initiatives
on the ballot. Cochrane, locat
ed on Starhaven Drive in
northwest Charlotte, was built
in 1960s and showing its age.
As a partial magnet school of
math, sdence and environ
mental studies, the school is
scheduled for $17 million in
renovations and new class
room space.
Opponents of CMS bonds -
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Marriage
works
for the
brothers
Study: Black
men benefit
the most
STAFF REPORTS
A newly released study by
a team of family 'scholai’s
finds that marriage typically
brings a host of important
benefits to Afiican-American
men, women and children.
On average, manied
Afiican Americans are
wealthier, happier and
choose healthier behaviors
than their unraanied p)eers,
and their children typically,
fare better in life - difler- '
ences that seem to stem
largely fix)m marriage itself!
At the same time, however,
Afiican-American women
tend to benefit fix>ni mar-
ri^e less than whites and
men. These are among tlu)
key findings presented in
“The
Consequences of Maniag(!
for Afiican Americans,” a
first-of-its-kind report based
on reviews of 125 social sci
ence articles and a new sta
tistical analysis of national
survey data. The study was
conducted by leading family
scholars under the auspices
of the Institute for American
Values, a nonpartisan think-
tank based in New York City
According to Dr. Linda
Malone-Colon, one of the
report’s author's, “This
groundbreaking study of
Afiican-American marriage*
offers mcQ:'e hard evidence of
what most black people (and
white pjeoplej already know
in their hearts — that mai’-
riage matters. Marriage is
literally good for the health
and well-being of men,
women and children.
Furthermore, this important
study offers comprehensive
evidence that efforts to
strengthen black marriages
in our country are an impor
tant means to improving thf-?
life conditions of Afiican
Americans. More specifical
ly, this report hi^ilights the?
need for increasing societal
supports (for those black
women and men who wisely
seek marriage) that will help
them to achieve marriages
characterized by true love,
honor, respect, heartfelt
mutual support and uncon
ditional commitment.”
Hie study comes after
decades of controversy sur
rounding the blad£ faimly
For years, intellectuals have
debated the importance of
marriage and “family break
down” for black Americans,
but have generally lacked a
comprehensive, data-based
understanding of the conse
quences of marriage for
them. The new report begins
to fill that knowledge gap.
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