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The Voice of the Black Community
Also serving Cabarrus, Chester, Mecklenburg, Rowan and York counties
Ascent of a Woman
Media, society value
looks over character
By Erica Singleton
FOR THE CHARLOTTE POST
Pari of a series of articles on issues and
ambitions African American women face.
IXim on the radio and youll find-
today's music focuses on money, sex,
and more sex. Music where women
are judged solely by their looks and
figures, and are described as dime
pieces and “mommies.” Song’s like “In
love with a Stripper” and “Ms. New
Booty” glorify the previously taboo
exotic dance industry. But what do
these songs, and the videos that
accompany them say to black youth,
Please see GIRLS/ZA
FILE PHOTO/WADE NASH
Media-induced messages of sexuality and societal
expectations play a role on the self-esteem on black
children, especially girls.
OFF TO INCREDI-BULL START
PHOTO/CALVIN FERGUSON
Johnson C. Smith University running back Marco Kirven (right) rallies his teammates during a 19-14 win against Edward Waters College
in Greenville, S.C., Aug. 26. JCSU is 2-0 for the first time since 1982 - before most of the school’s students were born.
Winning formula at JCSU
At 2-0, football team gives campus something to cheer
Fighting futility
In recent years, Johnson C. Smith
University has struggled in football,
going 8-51 since 2000.
By Herbert L. White
herb.wh/te@fhechorioffeposf.com
At Johnson C. Smith
University, football is suddenly
fashionable.
A perennial CIAA doormat,
the Golden Bulls are 2-0 for
the first time since 1982 and a
wave of optimism has splashed
the campus. Just three weeks
ago, the Bulls owned a school-
record 24-game losing streak
that was the longest in
Division II. The victories, over
Edward Waters College (Fla.)
and Glenville State College
(WVa.) have the Beatties Ford
Road campus buzzing going
into the home opener Saturday
against Bowie State (Md.)
University.
“It’s a lot of surprises on the
faces when we come home,”
linebacker Fred Williams said.
“It’s like they didn’t expect that
fi'om us, but it’s a new season.
new change, a new start.”
“Winning on the road is
great, but winning at home is
better because now your home
town fans have seen you win
rather than seeing you lose,”
JCSU coach Daryl McNeill
said. “Our kids know I’m proud
of them and proud of our
coaching staff and the^ve done
well in handling it.”
It’s a welcome change for a
' Please see CAMPUS/6A
IRS investigation OKs NAACP’s non-profit status
Leadership of civil rights group openly critical of Bush administration’s policies
By Leonard Sparks
AFRO NEWSPAPERS
WASHINGTON - The
Internal Revenue Service, end
ing a two-year investigation"
into whether a 2004 election-
year speech by NAACP
Chairman Julian Bond violated
rules prohibiting tax-exempt
organizations from endorsing
or opposing political candidates.
has concluded that the civil
rights organization can keep it’s
tax-exempt status.
,The NAACP said the IRS
determined “that political inter
vention did not occur” in i-ela-
tion to Bond’s speech at the
organization’s armual conven
tion that year. The decision
came six weeks after Bush
addressed the NAACFs con
vention for the first time during
his presidency.
"It’s disappointing that the
IRS took nearly two years to
conclude what we knew fi-om
the beginning: the NAACP did
not violate tax laws'and contin
ues to be politically non-parti
san,” said NAACP President
and CEO Bruce S. Gordon.
"Tax-exempt organizations
should feel free to critique
and challenge governmen
tal policies under the First
Amendment without fear of
IRS intervention.”
The IRS launched the
audit in October 2004, three
months after Bond criti
cized Bush administration
policies in his July 11
Please see FEDERAL/3A
Sddan:
Darfur on
verge of
coftapse
United Nations urged to
deploy troops to troubled
region of African nation
By Jim Lobe
fNTERNATIONAl PRESS SERVICE
WASHINGTON - Human rights and
AMca activists are urging the U.N. Security
Council to urgently authorize the deploy
ment of as many as 20,000 peace-keeping
troops to halt the rising tide of violence and
chaos in . Darfur, Sudan’s western-most
region.
But Khartoum’s staimch opposition to the
deployment, as well as the apparent unwill
ingness of the Security Council to impose
strong sanctions against the regime or con
sider sending troops the regime’s consent,
suggests that the situation in the war-rav
aged region, where as many as 450,000 peo
ple have perished since 2003, may only get
worse in the coming weeks and months.
Indeed, reports that the government has
been deploying its own military forces in the
region and that rebel groups have received
heavy weaponry, allegedly from Eritrea,
have set off alarms here and at the U.N.
where Deputy Secretary-General Mark
Malloch warned early last week that "some
thing very ugly is brewing.”
According to a source at the U.N., Assistant
Secretary-General for Peacekeeping
Operations Hedi Annabi told the Security
Coimcil Monday that the build-up of govern
ment forces in Darfur has already begun,
and a military offensive is imminent.
Kate Gilmore, Amnesty International’s
deputy secretary general, noted that,'
"Eyewitnesses in al-Fasher in North Darfur
are telling us that the Sudanese government-
mihtary flights are flying in troops and arms
on a daily basis.”
Displaced people in Darfur are absolutely
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NEWS, NOTES & TRENDS
Fonner mayor,
activist lauded for
leadership quality
By Herbert L. White
heito. white@ftecharioffeposf.com
Former Charlotte mayor Harvey
Gantt and community activist Mattie
Marshall will get their
due as leaders next
week.
Gantt will be given a
Lifetime Achievement
Award by Leadership
Charlotte at its 2006
Legacy Awards Sept. 16
at ImaginOn. Marshall, pantt
president of the
Washington Heights Neighborhood
Association, earned the Unsung Hero
Award for her work to revitalize the
neighborhood.
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