TUESDAY New Gospel, Lynette Hawkins i leased her new albv ing in the Light” * See Page 6 » A OC P V" i -J U Joining Forces Dr. Paul Vandergrift along with N.C. Public Television joins forces to help students. See Page 9 ms w Hi mi iv Between 1889 and 1918, according to an NAACP study, over 2,500 African Americans were lynched in the United States. Although white racists defended the practice as a response to (See THIS WEEK P10) ” N. C. rs Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY Off IN RALEIGH dLD0 ELSEWHERE 300 t acmg Harsn Keauties Rami Violence Up On College Campuses BY DR. MANNING MARABLE An AnalyiU In recent weeks, the media have reported on what apparently is an epidemic of racial violence and con frontation. On college campuses, white students have initiated “white Legislature To Mark Founding Of A&T Campus GREENSBORO—One hundred years ago this month, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted a law chartering A&M College, currently known as N.C. A&T State University in Greensboro. The chartering date for A&T was March 9, 1891. On Thursday, March 7, the General Assembly will honor the centennial of A&T with a resolution and ceremony in Raleigh. This activity is one event of A&T's year-long centennial celebration which began on Jan. 9. In a Charter Day convocation on the campus on Tuesday, March 12, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a 1994 graduate of A&T, will deliver the keynote address. A hill to establish a state col lege for blacks was introduced In the General Assembly by Sen. J. Bellamy of Wilmington on March S, 1891. The A&M Collee opened later that year on the campus of Shaw University in Raleigh, and moved to Greensboro two years later after that city provided tll.000 and 14 acres of land. From its original 37 students, the university has developed into a comprehensive land-grand col lege with 6,300 students. A&T is the largest historically black university in the state and the eighth largest in the nation. The university has achieved national distinction for its academic and research pro grams. The university ranks third among the state’s 16 univerities in terms of annual volume of research generated. Over the years, A&T has graduated a number of distinguished citizens, including Jackson; the late astronaut, Dr. Ronald McNair; N.C. Associate (See A&T FOUNDING, P. 2) student unions,” designed to under cut their universities’ commitments to minority student recruitment and affirmative action. Politicians like Arthur J. Katzman, Democratic city councilman in New York City, and chair of the council’s education committee, assert openly that in contrast to “children of European-born parents, there ap pears to be no liking of learning” among black and Hispanic children. In Brooklyn, a jury convicts a 19-year-old white man for the brutal murder of a black youth, Yusuf K. Hawkins, but another jury acquits the accused ringleader of the murder. Newspaper editorials and televi sion commentators across the coun try have deplored the renaissance of racial bigotry, but have done little or nothing to explain to the American people three fundamental facts: (l) what is “racism,” and how is it distinguished from ethnicity or other forms of prejudice such as anti Semitism; (2) what is the difference between the institutional racism of the Jim Crow era of Southern segregation three decades ago and the type of racial oppression which exists today; and (3) what is the role of the media in perpetuating the illu sion of equality for people of color and the reality of their exploitation? Let’s begin by defining our terms carefully. All Ameriacns belong to one type of ethnic group or another. Ethnicity comprises our language, religion, tastes in music and culture, family patterns, and our heritage to Africa, Europe or Asia. Ethnicity has been around for a long time, and feel ings of ethnic pride should not be con fused with bigotry. “Racism,” however, is the systematic exploitation of people of color in the workplace, and tiie subor dination of their culture and political rights. Racism isn’t explained by references to biological or genetic dif ferences between blacks and whites. It is a system which was deliberately imposed ,on people of color to facilitate their exploitation and domination. Unlike anti-Semitism, the an tisocial discrimination against Jews, African-Americans and other people of color exDerienoe extreme subor dination of the culture, denial of political rights, and lack any institu tional means to redress their lack of power. The media applaud the demise of legal segregation, the signs reading “white” and “colored” on schoolhouse doors and at public lunch counters. But they fail to point out that racial exploitation still occurs in the 1990s, but under a more covert and sophisticated manner. A few token blacks and Hispan'cs fSee RACE. P. 2) Federal Lawsuit Filed BOWEN FAMILY SEEKS JUSTICE Shooting Incident Reviewed The family of the late Sidney Bowen filed a lawsuit in federal court in Wilmington against a state trooper who fatally shot Bowen a year ago in February 1990. The 42-year-old Bowen, a former mayor of Bolton, was shot about five or six times in front of his Columbus County home on the night of Feb. 27, 1990 by Trooper A1 Morris. Trooper Morris was attempting to stop Bowen for suspected drunken driving. Following the incident, the Highway Patrol said Morris acted in self defense when he shot Bowen, who had . struck the trooper with his own flashlight. A trial was held and a grand jury later acquitted Trooper Morris on all criminal charges. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Bowen’s estate, his disabled widow, and two minor children, alleges that State Highway Patrol supervisors en couraged Trooper Morris’ “curbside justice” and that the trooper was rewarded for his “excessively ag gressive and violent practices” by praising him as the “high-ticket man” and giving him an unmarked car. The suit seeks compensatory and punitive damages and names Trooper Morris’ immediate super visors: sergeants C.I. Stroud, J.M. (See BOWEN FAMILY, P. 2) DOWNTOWN EAST TASK FORCE-Recently in a meeting held In the Raleigh City Council Chambers the task force received and discussed the city's plans relative to community redevelopment, the downtown east plan, relocation of Helping Hand Mission, and redevelopment of the New Bern/Edenton Street corridor. The task force also discussed problems with Genesis I and II single-family housina. John Greene, chairperson, states “it is important that citizens attend their CAC (Citizens Advisnry Council) and other meetings to give initial input into various city plans.” Pictured left to right are: John E. Stokes, J. B. Aden, J. E. Williams, Rev. Ronald Swain, Mrs. Mary Poole, John Greene, John Carlton, Everett Whaltey of Founders Row, Peter Anders, William Perry, Alber Scott and city officials. (Photo by James Giles, Sr.) N.C. Children Need Help, Improved Services, General Assembly Funding Although the state’s pediatricians say they appreciate the effort North Carolina lawmakers have made to improve child health care, the state’s children still need more help during the 1991 legislative session. This was the message at a Legislative Symposium sponsored by the N.C. Pediatric Society and the N.C. Child Advocacy Institute recent ly. State and national child care ex perts gathered to discuss issues such as immunizations and vaccines for children, corporal punishment and health insurance policies that include preventive health services for children. Part of the discussion focused on forming a closer partnership between the public and private sectors to im prove child health care. “Many parents are forced to take their children to public health depart ments for immunizations because they are too expensive in a private physician’s office,’’ says Dave Tayloe, Jr., M.D., a Goldsboro pediatrician and chairman of the Pediatric Society's legislative com mittee. “This escalates the public health departments' costs and decreases the overall efficiency of the state’s immunisation effort.” The Pediatric Society has asked the (See CHILD CARE, P. 2) Inside Africa The United States is commuted to a long-term partnership with the na tions of Africa to improve health status and child survival, HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan said following a seven-nation mission to Africa for President Bush. “In each country we visited, we had very fruitful discussions with heads of state, health ministers, health pro fessionals and hundreds of other in dividuals who are concerned with the welfare of Africa’s children,’ Secretary Sullivan said of his 15-day trip. “This mission was not just a one time effort. It is part of what we con sider will be a long-term effort to work with our colleagues on the African continent to help improve child health and to confront the frightening epidemic of AIDS which is striking so many African nations.' President Bush announced at the United Nations World Summit for Children in September 1990 that he was sending Secretary Sullivan and the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Dr. Ronald W. Roskens, on the special mission to Africa. He asked them to examine what additional steps the United States and others can take to improve the health of children in Africa and around the world. In meetings with six heads of state, Secretary Sullivan conveyed U.S support for democratization and free market economies in African nations In a meeting with South African state President F.W. de Klerk, Dr. Sullivan reiterated President Bush’s in sistence that apartheid be dismantled before U.S. economic sanctions can be lifted. In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni said that Secretary Sullivan, as an African-American ‘ ‘can act as a bridge to Africa” for the United States. “We should be proud that the [American] minister o< health is also an African,” Museveni said. (See INSIDE AFRICA, P. 2) Dropout Prevention Efforts Pav Off Even though the problems facing North Carolina’s children grow more serious every year, schools and com munities are doing a better job of working together to help children. One of the most comprehensive of the school/community partnership efforts is resulting in a decrease in the number of students dropping out of school each vear. The number of North Carolina stu dent dropouts in grades 7-12 declin ed from 24,3«7 in 1988-89 to 23,000 in 1989-90. Planned strategies for keeping students in schools, along with the resources provided by the Basic Education Program HISTORY PROGRAM- Speakers at the Raleigh Nursary School annual Black History Program Included, from left to right: (1) Anita Daniels, vlcaproeidoat of Community Resources at United Way (2) Lawrence C. Lindsey, Jr., Adult Probation and Parola Supervisor in Wake County (3) Haris Sanders, Wako County Public School Teacher and parent of a son enrolled at RaMgh Nursery School (4) Reverand Richard E. Wimberly M. Clinical Chaplain Central Correctional Center Raleigh. Also seated Valerie K. Lindsey, Staff Coordinator tor the event and teacher at the school. Standing Brenda High Sanders, Executive Director of Raleigh Nursery School. Raleigh Nursery School is a United Way Agency. under the school improvement pro gram, Senate Bill 2, are giving local systems much of what is needed to help fight the dropout problem, ac cording to State Superintendent Bob Eth irldge. H* said he believes {he intensive, con^trehenslve efforts of schools and communities to encourage students to stay in school are starting to pay off. "Vhia la another of those times when we had to face the farts. Far ••••**«# v» uut yuuiig people were tak ing ‘he path of least resistance and dropping out of school. Through the efforts of counselors, specialists, teachers, other school personnel, parents and Interested citizens, as wel as students, local systems hav eput Into place programs and ser vices to meet the needs of students who felt their only choice was to drop out of school. We must continue our efforts to let every student know that school is important and that the time to leave school is on graduation day with a diploma in hand.” Etheridge also credits the Basic Education Program, the state’s ma jor reform effort begun in 1965, with providing more than $90 million an nually to local school systems to spend on dropout prevention efforts and students at risk, including staff (See DROPOUTS. P. 2) URBAN DEVELOPMENT-M*r« than 8,200 Black Americans have served In the United States Peace Carps since Ns Inceptien in 1081. They pat their skis to work In arena such as educattan, health, environmental awareness, urban development, agriculture and steal business development. Mark White ol Cleveland, Ohio teaches nwlh and science In Banwnda, Cameroon.

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