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SINGING FOR THE LORD
Albertina Walker has been traveling all over
the world for the past 40 years moving people
with her voice and singing for the Lord.
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THIS WEEK
Blues singer Alberta Hunter
was born in Memphis in 1895.
At age 12 she left for Chicago,
where she peeled potatoes and
began her singing career. Her
first recording was “Bring
Back the Joy,” issued by the
Black Swan Record Company
in 1921.
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VOL. 51, NO. 35
TUESDAY, MARCH 24,1992
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3 Youth In Crabtree Case Found Not Guilty
BY CASH MICHAELS
^ After three days ofboth contradic
tory testimony and contentious con
troversy, 17-year-old Lorenzo
McKoy was found not guilty Friday
of trespassing and assaulting a po
lice officer in Wake District Court.
The charges stemmed from an
altercation the African-American
teen had with Crabtree Valley Mall
security guards last Jan. 25 after he
was told to leave the mall. The case
once again put the continuing battle
between Raleigh’s African-Ameri
can community and the owners of
Crabtree over alleged racial dis
crimination in the forefront.
District Court Judge William C.
Lawton’s announcement of the ver
dict was made all the more dramatic
by the fact that he had asked all
involved to come back Friday morn
ing after three days of testimony to
hear only his verdict.
There are no juries on the District
Court level, so Judge Lawton could
have chosen to deliver his decision
right after the closing arguments
Thursday afternoon, but said he
didn’t want to because it was "the
longest trial I've had since I’ve been
a judge” and he felt he needed to go
home and study the four notepads
ftill of case notes before rendering a
decision. Judge Lawton is new to the
bench.
When the verdict was announced,
McKoy (who turned 17 on March 17,
the day the trial began) smiled
brightly as spectators in the court
room broke into applause. McKoy
then began hugging family, friends
and supporters. His mother, Ms.
Thelma McKoy, praised God.
“Oh, I feel so good,” exclaimed a
beaming Ms. Margaret Rose Mur
ray, chairperson of the newly
formed Crabtree II Community
Task Force.
In a unique moment, John
Wilson, the chief of Crabtree secu
rity who originally accused the
youth of loitering, went over to
McKoy, said, “Congratulations, no
hard feelings,’ and shook his hand.
McKoy told The CAROLINIAN
later that Wilson invited him to
“come out to Crabtree anytime.”
Lorenzo said to reporters later, "Fm
not going back out there no more.”
“I feel relieved, happy, and I give
the praise to God,” Ms. Thelma
McKoy told The CAROLINIAN. She
said she knew the whole time that
her son was innocent, and thanked
Raleigh’s African-American com
munity for its support. “If it weren’t
for the community, we wouldn’t
have won thiscasePMs. McKoy said
she now sees the value of becoming
involved in issues.
At a press conference at his
attorney’s office, Lorenzo told re
porters the whole experience was
“nerve-wracking" and he was happy
it was over. He said his attorney,
Theadseus Clayton, Jr., and his
staff gave him good representation.
“[Crabtree] needs to find a better
way to handle situations out there
with black people and youth," said
McKoy. He admitted that the scari
est point of the trial was when Judge
Lawton was about to deliver his
verdict.
McKoy, like his mother, also ac
knowledged the support of the Afri
(See ACQUITTED, P. 2)
LORENZO MCKOY
Yahwehs: Rags To Riches
Criminal
Charges
Pursued
BY WILLIAM REED
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MIAMI, Fla.—The Son of God
does live television shows from a
south Florida jail cell. The Son of
God is also a frequent guest on
America’s black radio talk shows
and even has his own nationally
distributed cable TV show.
Although he has been imprisoned
for more than 15 months, Yahweh
ben Yahweh which in Hebrew
means “God, the Son of God,” has
become a major media attraction
among blacks, but is depicted as a
madman and murderer in the gen
eral community and its monotheist
press.
Like Marcus Garvey, Louis Far
rakhan, Adam Clayton Powell and
Daddy Grace, Yahweh ben Yahweh
has been sought out and champi
oned in the black community and its
press, but has been continually vili
fied and held in disdain by white
owned media.
The “major” newspapers across
America, like the Washington Post,
New York Times, Atlanta
Constitution, and others of that ilk,
have hanged Yahweh ben Yahweh
on the European croes and have
names for him such as cult leader,
charlatan, and conjuror. The reason
the Black Hewbrew Israelite leader
is held in high esteem among blacks
is not as much for his creed as for his
deeds in moving a large segment of
our community from the poverty
that the establishment has benignly
ignored, to a state of real and tan
gible riches.
In less than 12 years, Yahweh ben
Yahweh took his religious following
(Bee YAHWEH, P.2)
ASSASSINATION PR0BE-U.8. Representative Louis
Stokes, the former chairman ol the House Select
Committee on Assassinations who Investigated the Martin
Luther King, Jr., end John F. Kennedy slayings, denounces
the new JFK him and calls for continued probing Into the
King murder.
PHADA Develops Legislative Plan
For Low-Income Housing Advocates
Floyd T. Carter, president of the
Public Housing Authorities Direc
tors Association, says that the 1992
congressional session promises to be
a busy one for low-income housing
advocates. In addition to the annual
HUD appropriations process, Capi
tol Hill lawmakers will consider a
reauthorization bill that could sig
nificantly alter existing public hous
ing programs.
PHADA is a national organiza
tion representing the interest of
public housing authorities in every
state. It monitors federal legislation
and participates in lobbying activi
ties on behalf of its 1,250 members.
Like other Washington housing
organizations. PHADA recently for
Community Calendar
JOB FAIR FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
The Raleigh Mayor1* Committee for Service* to Pereon* with Disabili
tie* will conduct it* 11th annual Job Fair March 24 at the Raleigh Civic
Center, Main Level, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The Job Fair give* dtisen* with disabilities a chance to present their
qualification* for employment, while gaining information about job* in the
Triangle area. Also, employer* have an opportunity to interview and hire
qualified worker* with disabilities.
Additional information and pre-registration materials are available
from Kathy Lambert at 515-2135.
BERTOMA PARK WILDLIFE WANDER
Shelley Lake Sertoma Park is offering a program for lovers of early
spring wildflowers. Naturalist Mark Johns will lead a walk through the
park exploring different areas for wildflowers. This very popular walk will
be held Sunday, March 29, from 3-5 p.m., beginning at the Sertoma Arts
Center Porch. There is a $1 per person fee and pre-registration is required.
For more information or to register, call the Park Office at 881-3931.
i
(See CALENDAR. P 9)
warded its legislative recommenda
tions to senators Alan Cranston (D
Calif.) and Alfonse D’Amato (R
N.Y.). Cranston and D*Amato serve
as the chairman and ranking Re
publican, respectively of the
Senate’s Housing and Urban Affairs
Subcommittee. Senate staff mem
bers have indicated that they plan to
(See PUBLIC HOUSING, P. 2)
Coalitions Challenge
Proposed Guidelines
Barring Scholarships
BY LARRY A. STILL
NNPA New* Service
WASHINGTON, D C—The Na
tional Association for Equal Oppor
tunity in Higher Education has
joined a coalition of 19 major educa
tional associations in challenging
the U.S. Department of Education’s
proposed policy guidelines limiting
“Minority exclusive” scholarships.
In a joint letter, initiated by the
American Council on Education
umbrella group of college associa
tions, NAFEO smd 18 other organi
zations charged that the
department’s plan is “legally
flawed, factually unaupportable,
smd not in the public interest.”
The ACE letter to Assistant Sec
retary of Education for Civil Rights
Michael Williams says that the new
policy, if enacted, would reduce the
amount of financial aid available to
some 46,000 minority students and
send a signal that the educational
opportunities for such students
have been diminished. Secretary of
Education Lamar Alexander has
denied the proposals would have
any adverse effects, the ACE stated.
In a recent press conference, ACE
President Robert H. Atwell said the
proposals would hurt efforts to in
crease the participation and success
rate of minorities in higher educa
tion. He also said the recommended
new guidelines differ little from the
revised policy proposals first an
nounced by Williams in December
1990. These latest developments in
the much-debated “race-specific”
scholarship issue occurred as
NAFEO opened its 17th National
Conference on Blacks in Higher
Education, March 18-22 at the
Washington Hilton Hotel.
As a representative of the 117
historically and predominantly
black colleges and universities,
NAFEO “has chosen to submit a
separate letter to underscore our
opinion that the proposed guidance,
as written, could serve to hinder
minority access and campus diver
sity, and therefore should be with
drawn,” Dr. Samuel Myers, NAFEO
president, wrote in his letter to
Williams, along with the presidents
of four other higher education asso
ciations.
“Furthermore,” continued Myers,
"We believe the current system is
legal and constitutional, and the
proposed policy guidelines are un
necessary. They already recognize
the acceptance of race-based schol
arshioa in a number of special cases,
but they introduce restrictions and
procedures that will create unneces
sary confusion and will posse ob
stacles to achieving campus diver
sity and other laudable goals to
which this nation aspires...”
Secretary of Education Alexander
requested the latest comments on
the proposed guidelines be sent to
(See SCHOLARSHIPS, P. 2)
Police To Aim At Illegal Dumpsites
The City of Raleigh Inspections
and Police departments are joining
forces this spring against a dirty
deed—the illegal dumping of gar
bage and trash.
Inspections Director Ed Owens
said the two departments will be
working together to cut down on the
illegal dumping. Inspectors will
identify property where the dump
ing is a recurring problem and police
officers will set up surveillance to
nab culprits. Criminal charges will
be brought against anyone caught
dumping illegally.
"This is a targeted effort,” Owens
said. "We're going to try to get some
of thoae people in court.”
Illecral dumoingis a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine as determined
by the courts in addition to the cost
of cleaning up the dumpsite.
Most of the dumping occurring
throughout the dty is of household
items such as fbmiture and large
appliances, and of building materi
als, such as shingles, wood and
building debris.
Along with being unsightly, un
sanitary and environmentally un
sound, dump sites are expensive for
both the city and the property own
ers. Although the dumping is usu
ally not done by them, property
owners must pay the cost of cleanup
if the culprit is not found. And get
ting a lot cleaned up can involve
much time and paperwork for the
city, said Beal Bartholomew, ad
mimstrator for the Houanng/Envi- 1
ronmental Division of the City’s '
Inspections Department. 1
“One property owner who has had
t problem with people dumping on
lie lot told me it's going to take
15,000 for him to clean hie prop
SHARING KNOW HOW-Tetouan Mayor Mohammed
Ajzoul, left, and Raleigh Mayer Avery C. Upchurch sign an
agreement ot international cooperation between their two
cities. Looking on are, from left, Bouchta Tbatou, vice
president of the Tetouan City Council and member ot the
Moroccan Parliament; Harry Bemholz of the U.S. Agency
tor International Development; BIN Windley, representing
Congressman David Price; and Bob Caudle, representing
Senator Jesse Helms. The visiting Moroccan dignitaries
also are scheduled to meet with Helms in Washington.