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CASH IN THE APPLE
2-19-15
By Cash Michaels
Editor
“PARDONS”
SCREENING THIS SATURDAY – If you haven’t had a chance to see the NNPA –
CashWorks HD Productions documentary, “Pardons
of Innocence: The Wilmington Ten,” you’ll have another chance this Saturday, February 21st at 11
a.m. at Watts Chapel Baptist Church, 3703 Tryon Road in Raleigh. Get off at
the I-40 Gorman Street exit, and turn towards Cary, not NCSU. Admission is
free.
Folks
attending this screening are in for a different version of the film than has
ever previously been shown.
As you’ll
recall last week, this newspaper broke the story upon news of the death of UNC
Tar Heel basketball Coach Dean Smith
that in 1977, Smith wrote then NC Gov.
Jim Hunt a letter on UNC letterhead, asking him to pardon the Wilmington
Ten, calling their false convictions an “injustice.”
The
reaction to the exclusive story was tremendous, with readers saying on Facebook
that the new revelation further proved how committed Coach Smith was to equal
rights and social justice. That convinced us to re-edit the film so that Coach
Smith’s letter is visually referenced.
We also
added the name of Katherine Jervay Tate
to the “In memory of…” list at the end of the film. Mrs. Tate was a daughter of Wilmington
Journal founder/publisher Thomas
C. Jervay Sr.. She passed on January 27th, and we wanted her
memory acknowledged in the film from this point forward.
So
audiences will see that new version this Saturday at Watts Chapel Baptist at 11
a.m.
Also, right
before we went to press, the Raleigh-Apex
Chapter of the NAACP contacted us and asked if we could do a presentation
on the Wilmington Ten at their Black History program for this Sunday, Feb. 22nd at 4 p.m. at
Martin Street Baptist Church in Raleigh. We’ll show the 26 minute condensed
version of the film that we used two weeks ago at the NC Museum of History, and
then answer questions for the remainder of the hour.
So we’re
looking forward to being with you both Saturday at Watts Chapel at 11 a.m., and
Sunday at the Raleigh-Apex NAACP Black History program at 4 p.m.. It’s always
good to be in the community to share, and learn.
THANK YOU –
So much happening of late, and so many people to thank for their kindness and
assistance.
First,
many, many thanks to Marian Fragola of
NCSU Libraries and Prof. Sheila Smith McKoy, director of NCSU’s Africana
Studies Program, for their invaluable leadership in producing last week’s
“WLLE Remembered” program at the Hunt Library on NCSU’s Centennial campus.
Along with the mini-documentary that CashWorks HD Productions produced and
extraordinary panel discussion conducted afterwards with former WLLE personality Jimmy “JJ” Johnson, former WLLE listener Thad Woodard, and former WLLE newsman Rick High, all of us had a great time indeed
with a tremendous audience on hand.
I hope that
we can bring the same program to somewhere in Southeast Raleigh in the near
future. That was the proud home of WLLE, and I know that many people who could
not make it to the program last week would love to remember the old “Wonderful
WiLLiE” radio station again. I’ll let you know when that is planned.
And by the
way, many, many thanks to The Carolinian
staff, and especially Kelvin Jervay,
or all of the help with stories and pictures. Couldn’t have done it without
you.
Special
thanks to filmmaker Rebecca Cerese
and NCSU English Prof. W. Jason Miller,
producers of a new documentary about Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and poet Langston
Hughes titled “Origins of the Dream,” based on Prof. Miller’s just released
book, for their support and attendance
Next, a
special thanks to everyone who came out to support “Pardons of Innocence: The
Wilmington Ten” during the Hayti
Heritage Film Festival in Durham last Saturday. We had a good turnout, and
a great discussion afterwards.
Special
thanks to two of the most talented artists on the scene today, Anita Morgan Woodley and Demetrius Hunter,
for coming out in support of both events. I absolutely appreciate it.
In March
and April, we’re hoping to hear that our film will be featured during the NC Black Film Festival in
Wilmington, and the Full Frame
Documentary Festival in Durham.
They’ve been entered, so wish us luck.
Make sure you tune in every
Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. for my talk radio show, ''Make It Happen'' on
Power 750 WAUG-AM, or online at www.waug-network.com. And read more about
my thoughts and opinions exclusively at my blog, ‘The Cash Roc” (http://thecashroc.blogspot.com/2011/01/cash-roc-begins.html).
Cash in the Apple - honored as the
Best Column Writing of 2006 by the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
Columnist Cash Michaels was also honored by the NNPA for Best Feature Story
Journalist of 2009, and was the recipient of the Raleigh-Apex NAACP’s
President’s Award for Media Excellence in Sept. 2011.
Until
next week, keep a smile on your face, GOD in your heart, and The Carolinian in
your life. Bye, bye.
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STATE NEWS BRIEFS 2-19-15
NC FORECLOSURES
DROPPED IN 2014
[GREENSBORO] Foreclosures in North Carolina during 2014
drooped to their lowest levels since 2001, say realty experts. According to the
Administrative Office of the Courts, there were 32,775 foreclosure filings in
2014, compared to 2010, when there were 66,277 at the peak of the housing
crisis. There are also several older foreclosure cases still in the system that
were delayed because of government-sponsored programs designed to help people
from losing their homes.
NATIONAL NAACP PRES.
JOINS HK ON J PROTEST
[RALEIGH]
Among the thousands of marchers during the Ninth Annual HK on J March and
People’s Assembly last weekend was Cornell Brooks, the new national NAACP
president. Brooks told the gathering in front of the State Capitol that the
civil rights organization would continue to fight all efforts at voter
suppression. March leader NCNAACP Pres. Rev. William Barber, assured
demonstrators that the Moral Monday movement would continue to put pressure on
the Republican-led NC General Assembly on the issues of economic justice,
education and health care for the poor.
STATE REVENUES TO
FALL SHORT BY $271 MILLION
[RALEIGH]
There will be $271 million less revenue for state lawmakers to work with in the
2014-15 $21 billion state budget,
according to state analysts. The Fiscal Research Division reports that revenues
only grew by 2.9 percent, rather than the projected percent. The rate of personal
income tax revenues has fallen 3.8 percent short of projections. Part of the
blame is being placed on “slower than expected wage growth.”
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TRIANGLE NEWS BRIEFS
2-19-15
RALEIGH POLICE CHIEF
SAYS MORE OFFICERS NEEDED
As the city
of Raleigh grows, so does the number of police officers on the street needs to
, says Raleigh Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown. Chief Deck-Brown told The News & Observer this week that
the city’s population is far outpacing the number of police officers available
to adequately keep it safe. That could result in slower response times to crime
and other emergencies. City officials say that while they concur, the budget is
now so tight, it will be difficult to hire more police personnel in the near
future.
DURHAM GRAND JURY
INDICTS ALLEGED KILLER OF THREE STUDENTS
A Durham
grand jury has indicted Craig Hicks, the Chapel Hill who allegedly shot three
Muslim students to death execution-style over what he says was a dispute over
parking spaces in the same housing complex. Hicks was indicted on three counts
of murder and one count of discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling in
the deaths of Deah Barakat, 23; his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21; and her sister
Razan Abu-Salha, 19. Thousands of students from both NCSU and UNC came together
in prayer vigils, as the murders were condemned in Middle Eastern nations. The
FBI is investigating whether the
victims’ religion played a role in their murders.
STATE PANEL CONSIDERS
REVOKING A RALEIGH SCHOOL’S CHARTER
Saying that
a Raleigh charter school for disabled children has serious financial management
problems that may not see relief, The NC Charter School Advisory Board has voted
to begin the process of revoking the Dynamic Community Charter School’s
charter, in effect putting it out of business. The school opened last year, and
is the only charter school for middle and high school students with learning
disabilities. The school is already $250,000 in debt, which state officials say
could double by June.
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COLEMAN ANNOUNCED BID
FOR LT. GOV.
Special to The
Carolinian Newspaper
Linda Coleman announced
Wednesday that she will once again make a bid for NC Lieutenant Governor during
the 2016 elections.
“I'm
running for Lieutenant Governor because we need a new approach in Raleigh.
North Carolinians know that I am battle tested and ready to go to bat for the middle
class and to create jobs for our future,” Coleman said.
“I cannot sit by silently while we watch years of North
Carolina’s progress upended by the Lieutenant Governor and the Republican
General Assembly. My opponent has eagerly cheered on an ideological agenda that
has hurt middle class families, rendered public education unrecognizable, and
gutted women’s access to health care. I look forward to reconnecting with our 2
million supporters from 2012 and reaching new voters to build the campaign that
leads to victory in 2016,” Coleman
continued.
As the former Director
of the Office of State Personnel, former N.C. House Representative, Chair of
the Wake County Board of Commissioners and classroom teacher, Linda has always
fought for middle class families and that’s what she’ll do as Lieutenant
Governor.
In
2012, Coleman waged one of the most competitive statewide races as the
Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, capturing over 2.1 million votes
and outperforming both the Democratic nominee for president and governor that
year. Just over 6,800 votes separated Coleman from her opponent in the official
vote count.
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FUTURE OF REX CLINIC
UNCLEAR
AMID STONE’S
WAREHOUSE PROJECT
By Cash Michaels
Editor
A year from
now, assuming that the city of Raleigh completes the $2 million sale of the
Stone’s Warehouse property on East Davie Street to developers Transfer Co. LLC,
where will the 1700 elderly patients who current get treatment at the adjacent
Rex Senior Health Center go?
That’s the
question veteran Southeast Raleigh residents want an answer to, but may not get
for a while. Neither the city nor Transfer have an answer, except to say that
they are “working” to come up with a viable location for the Senior Health
Center to move to. Sources at the city say there has been a lot of
back-and-forth behind the scenes since the City Council agreed to sell the
two-acre abandoned warehouse property to Transfer Co. several weeks ago.
And while
that sale is being finalized, as of Wednesday morning of this week, there was
still no public hearing scheduled for concerned citizens, or even supporters of
the project, to express themselves before council.
Transfer
Co. has made it clear that its vision for the Stone’s Warehouse site will be
tailor-made for the new upper-income condominium residents of downtown Raleigh,
featuring “…a neighborhood grocery store and café, a community hall and space
for a handful of small food producers”…among which would select names like
Videri Chocolate Factory, Locals Seafood, Jubala Coffee, Boulted Bread and an
“incubator kitchen” run by HQ Raleigh.
Unlike the
other two competing plans, Transfer Co.’s bid for the property included no
affordable housing – which is what the city had originally hoped to have built
on the site – and did not allow the Rex Senior Health Center, which has been at
its Chavis Way location since 1997, to
remain.
Red flags
were raised by several Southeast Raleigh community leaders when The Carolinian first reported on this
story in January. Frances L. Williams ,
chair of the Central Citizens Advisory Council, expressed concern, as did Danny
Coleman, chair of the South Central CAC, about residents being locked out of
the process. Coleman said that SE Raleigh was being “gentrified” because
community leaders were not aggressive in insisting on inclusion in any planning
for future development.
Transfer
Co., in its winning proposal to the city, maintains that “at a minimum, we will
assist Rex Senior Center in relocating,” but so far, based on published reports
as recent as this week, Dr. Leroy Darkes, director of the Rex Senior Health
Center, seemed not that impressed with their effort.
A Rex
Hospital system spokesperson was also quoted as saying that Transfer Co. has “…expressed interest in helping us, but
we have no idea what that might be.”
Relocating
will be expensive, which is why some of the $2 million proceeds to the city
from the property sale will be used to help offset some of those costs,
District C City Councilman Eugene Weeks is quoted as saying. Several city-owned
locations are being considered as well. Transfer Co. is also expected to pick
up some of the costs, since the center is being forced to move because of its plans.
With this
being a municipal election year, what happens to the Rex Senior Health Center,
and how it happens, may become more of an issue than planned.
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