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Black Power Is Self-image Editor's Note: ThefoUowmg ism from m speech jown recently to the Hoke Cotmty Crvtc GM 6/ MKesf Wo*e temcher Ethefyn Bmker. The speech net in last week's News-Journal, however, because of m technical er ror, wms omitted. Question. What do you think of yourself? What do your children think of themselves? Black power is a positive self image. Black can be power when it stands for Kinship. Love for one another. As a people, as a race, we need to band together. We need to sup port one another. One common denominator binds us together. We are of the same race. We need to truly work for a cause rather than celebrate an event each year without a cause. Lf we, as a (roup of people band together we would indeed have the Power. The Power which is neither Black nor White. We would have green power. Ladies and gentlemen, it is possible for us to have that power if we, deep in our hearts believe the poet, one of the greatest writers of all times, Langston Hughes: 1 too sing America 1 am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes but I laugh and cat well and grow strong Tomorrow, 1*11 sit at the table When company comes No one *11 dare say to me Eat in the kitchen, then But they'll see how beautiful I am and be afraid I too, sing AMERICA S?n4ay School Usson It seems an incredible thins for Luke to say of the disciples. We can imagine that they might disbelieve out of depression or cynicism or tragic experience, but not "for joy." And while they slill disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them. "Have you anything here to eat?" What Luke is saying is that the disciples found the possibility of Jesus' resurrection too good to be true, too wonderful to believe. Of course their first reaction was not "joy." When the resurrected Christ first came and "stood among them," "they were startled and frightened, and supposed they saw a spirit" (a ghost). But when the risen Christ speaks to them, asking, "Why are you troubled and why do questionings rise in your hearts?", their surprise and fear begin to turn to an amazed joy. They want to believe but their hearts are afraid to make the leap of faith, for they do not want to be disappointed. When we read the accounts of Jesus' resurrection appearances, we may find it incredible that the disciples should have disbelieved for any reason at all. From safety of our vantage point in time we wonder how they could have been so slow to believe. Yet, in all fairness to those disciples, it is like ly that any of us would have been quicker to acknowledge the risen ii \ 4 7 George Wilson Wilson Promoted To VP AtBB&T George H. Wilson has been pro moted to vice president in the General Accounting Department by the Board of Directors at BB&T. He has been assigned to the Financial Management Division of the Home Office in Wilson. Wilson was a corporate trust of ficer with Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, NA. from 1964 to 1973 and spent six years as a CPA in public accounting. He joined BB&T in 1981 as the officer in charge of tax planning and com pliance. He graduated from North Carolina State University with a degree in statistics and served in the U.S. Army Reserve. He is a director of the Wilson Kiwanis Club - All American and a member of First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Wilson is the former Betsy Gatlin of Raeford and they have two children. Christ? 1 think not, for, like them, we would likely also find the risen Lord too good to be true. What makes the resurrection seem that way is more than just the claim that a man died on a cross and then was brought back to lire in his physical body. For in ap pearing as the risen Lord, Jesus was proclaiming once and for all that God has the final say, that love will eventually conquer sin, that neither human evil or mortal death can prevail in the long run. And all of that is almost too good to be true. We all want to believe that life has some purpose, that good prevails over evil in the long run, that death is not the end of ex istance and that a loving God will ultimately set all things right. The resurrection of Christ is God's way of confirming all of those hopes and aspirations and legitimizing joy rather than despair as God's gift to his children. If the disciples "still disbelieved for joy" on that day Jesus' resurrection ap pearance, we can easily understand and share that joyous doubt. But overcoming our disbelief is not the end of the matter. For once we have allowed ourselves to ex perience the risen Christ, we must take that joy in believing to others who also, like us, might find it too good to be true. McLean Finishes Basic Pvt. Angelia V. McLean, daughter of John H. and Elizabeth G. McLean of 608 N. Jackson St., Raeford, has completed basic training at Fort Jackson. S.C. McLean is a 1982 graduate of Hoke County High School. A WARD GIVEN- At last week's meeting of The North Carolina Associa tion of Educators (NCAE), Raz Autry was honored with a plaque by Darlene Clark, President of the NCAE. ALMOST THERE-Students from the senior class of Hoke High's mock graduation ceremony held last Thursday. The ceremony honors those students who have passed all their courses up to this point . Bacon Completes Basic Training Army Pvt. Henry A. Bacon, son of Robert R. and Earline R. Bacon of 204 Ramsey Ave., Hopewell, Va., has completed basic training at Fort Knox, Ky. During the training, students received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, first aid, and Ar my history and traditions. Bacon's wife, Ethel, is the daughter of Vernon H. and Rosie L. Cooper of Route 1, Red Spr ings. A. A. Meetings Wed. 8 p.m. Nursing Home Dining Room - CUSTOMER SERVICE Dundarrach, N.C. COMPLETE INSECT CONTROL FROM THE HOME TO THE FARM ?Federal Crop Insurance Route 1, Box 251-A Shannon, N.C. ^ Phone 875-8912 . Lynn Ellis Richard McMillan 875-2493 Mights 875-5614 Enviro-Chem Co. EXTERMINATORS Household Pest Control 120 W. EDINBOROUGH AVE. Jim Conoly OFFICE 875 8146 RAEFORD. N.C. EXTERMINATOR HOME 864 2314 J.H. AUSTIN INSURANCE SINCE 1160 AUTO - FIRE - LIFE CASUALTY 1>4 W. EdNMrough Avwmn P*?or?? 876-3067 CUSTOM BUILT MUFFLERHOUSE Announces The Opening Of A New Location To Serve You Better tufa r Now In Raeford Locked At Teal Drive Hwy. 211 West (Beside Teal Oil Company) Dual Muffler System Complete Installed Qn|y $9995 FOR 10 DAYS ONLY Also Locations In Maxton And Laurlnburg For Guaranteed Professional Work MUFFLERS Installed Most Car 21 95 Ea. Shocks 56",. 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