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Tuesday, April 20, 2006
Scholars’ free formal wear
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At their respective dances
on Saturday, Scott and Young
will wear full formal ensem
bles that include jacket,
trousers, vest, tie and shoes.
Scott will accompany Ashley
Glover, a West Charlotte
senior, while Young’s date is
Danielle Gross, a senior at
Harding University Ifigh.
Scott and Young said they
felt honored that DW Designs
picked than for the weekend
use of the attire that normal
ly would cost at least $150.
Scott, the son of Leon Scott
and Odishi Johnson Scott of
Charlotte, is the second old
est of seven children. Wth an
academic scholarship to
Davidson College this fall he
win join his la-other Matthew,
a sophomore.
Scott, 18, has a 5.14 grade
point average and plans to
major in political science. He
is battalion commander of the
West Charlotte JROTC unit
that recently was honored as
best in Charlotte-
Mecklenburg. Fluent in
Spanish, he won first place in
a recent Communities in
Schools oratorical competi
tion. He was captain of the
wrestling and track teams
and also played football.
Young, 17, is the only child
of Lewis and Katrina Young
of Charlotte. With a 4.37
grade point average, he
earned an academic scholar
ship to Morehouse College in
Atlanta, where he will pursue
studies toward becoming an
ophthalmologist. He collected
350 pairs of used eye glasses
to distribute to the less fortu
nate in Jamaica as part of his
project to qualify as an E^e
Scout with Troop 63 at
Friendship Missionary
Baptist Church.
Young was recognized by
Pride magazine with its 2006
award as Charlotte’s out
standing male youth. He is
president of the Charlotte
chapter of Jack and JiU. of
America and is vice president
of the local Future Business
Leaders of America. He par
ticipates in basketball and
track and field at Berry
Academy
“Obviously, we’ve made two
fine choices for our awards,”
said Weishington.
DW Des^ns provides for
mal wear at ei^t CMS
schools.
Panther’s offspring continues legacy
By Deborah Todd
NEW PITTSBURGH COVRiER
PITTSBURGH - When
Chicago Black Panther Party
leader Fred Hampton Sr was
killed during a raid by the
Chicago Police Department
in 1969, his son was not alive
to witness his accomplish
ments or help fi^t his bat
tles. Now, more than 40 years
later, Fred Hampton Jr.
wages battles and celebrates
victories of his own.
“A lot of people struggle
with me and say When you
speak about your father, you
always stress his title,
‘Chairman Fred,’ (or) You
speak real objective,’” said
Hampton Jr. ‘When I speak
about Chairman Fred, I try to
stress that my love and ado
ration for him and his work
and his role in history I rec
ognize that (it) wasn’t a stand
just for me, but for our people
in general.”
Hampton Jr, chairman of
the Prisoners of Conscious
Committee, spoke passion
ately to the students, commu
nity leaders and curious
guests that attended the dis
cussion, “Defending the
Legacy of the Black Panther
Party and the Continuing
Counterinsurgency” at the
University of Pittsburgh
April 3. He reminded guests
of social service initiatives
created by the Black Panther
Party and demanded they
include those successes in
any future discussion about
the Party
“The federal government
said ip their own records that
when the Black Panther
Party was in existence, there
was a record low in what they
referred to as “Black on Black
crime,” he said.
Hampton also placed strong
emphasis on the fact that it is
the responsibility of Afiican-
Americans today to define
their histories for themselves
Without these efforts,
Hampton said the great
Clashes
worsen
Somalia
food erisis
works of many more people
that attempt to improve Ihe
conditions of black America
will be swept imder the n^.
“I think it’s a crime that
programs the Black Panther
Party invented—programs
such as the fiee lunch pro-
gram-a lot of people to this
day believe the schools aU on
their own just started to do
these things,” he said.
Hampton also encouraged
students in attendance to use
their educations in ways that
will benefit the overall Black
community
‘Whatever role you end up
taking, respect all occupa
tions,” he said. “Life has dif
ferent fields, especially for
revolutionaries.”
Minister Jasiri X of the
Millions More Movement
Local Oiganizing Committee
was integral in bringing
Hampton Jr. to the dty and
expressed encouragement
because of the event.”
“We’re not leaving this into
the hands of Condoleezza
Rice today-we’re leaving it to
our own people,” said Jasiri
X
As guests filed out of the
auditorium following the
open forum with Hampton
Jr, they were told that while
change often seemed
inevitable, that it is never
achieved without the concert
ed efforts of individuals who
worked to impact it,
Hampton reminded people to
speak in what he called,“war
terms,” because he believes
Blacks are in a war for sur
vival in America. He also says
Blacks should stop trying to
deny race plays a role in
American politics and should
instead confix)nt it head on
and call it oiactly what it is.
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and reestablish some form of
government.
Unpaid local militia roam
the town threatening and
assaulting civilians and aid
workers alike. Althoiogh local
authorities have imposed a
curfew, the UN has declared
Baidoa off-limits to all its
mtemational staff. On April 4,
the international aid commu
nity appealed for $326 mil
lion to help thwart the onset
of famine that threatens the
lives of some 2.1 million out of
Somalia’s estimated 9 million
people.Accordir^ to Christian
Balslev-Olesen, the UN’s act
ing humanitarian coordina
tor for Somalia, emergency
relief is also needed to bolster
current peace-building initia
tives. “If we cannot deliver on
the humanitarian situation,
it’s going to backfire on the
political process,” he says.
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