New Pittsburgh Courier back issues from July 1998:
Black Empowerment: It's time to move on to independence!
Jul 01, 1998; ... Black Empowerment: It's time to move on to independence! Dr. Lenora Fulani On May 19, an African-American businesswoman named Juanita Norwood took a stand. Ms. Norwood, a longtime Philadelphian and officer of the NAACP, ran as the candidate of the Independent Reform Party to fill ...
Center City: Quality schools are what matter
Jul 01, 1998; ... Center City: Quality schools are what matter Sonya M. Toler Does this sound familiar? A federal district court found evidence of intentional segregation in schools in a particular district and imposed forced busing to remedy the situation so that each school would reflect ...
We must never, ever let the clock strike midnight
Jul 01, 1998 ... We must never, ever let the clock strike midnight They moved "The Doomsday Clock" up quite a notch the other day. For the uninformed, that is the symbol of approaching nuclear Armageddon. The closer the "minute" hand gets to midnight, the nearer the world surges toward an all-out ...
Lemington Center receives financial boost
Jul 01, 1998; ... Lemington Center receives financial boost by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer Lemington Center received a much needed financial boost when Highmark Inc. and the University of Pittsburgh granted the nursing home $7,500 through the Minority Health Link ...
MEC, Courier honor entrepreneurs
Jul 01, 1998; ... MEC, Courier honor entrepreneurs by Sonya M. Toler Courier Staff Writer It was a first. The Minority Enterprise Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania and the Courier united recently to honor African-American entrepreneurs, the economic life blood of the ...
Commission wants newspaper bombing probe
Jul 01, 1998; ... Commission wants newspaper bombing probe by Marilyn Marshall For New Pittsburgh Courier MEMPHIS--A 12-member commission charged with examining testimony in the unsolved firebombing of a Blackowned newspaper in Jackson, Miss., is calling on the United States attorney ...
Bill's Book: NCSL gives legislators networking opportunity
Jul 01, 1998; ... Bill's Book: NCSL gives legislators networking opportunity Bill Robinson The annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures will be held July 20-23 in Las Vegas this year. This annual conference provides legislators from states across the country with an ...
Exhibit honors Black war veterans
Jul 01, 1998; ... Exhibit honors Black war veterans by Norman Peterson For New Pittsburgh Courier African-Americans are not often depicted as having fought valiantly for our country. The War Heroes Veterans Society is trying to change that. During a recent ceremony at Soldiers and ...
Food crisis in Guinea-Bissau looming
Jul 01, 1998 ... Food crisis in Guinea-Bissau looming GUINEA-BISSAU--The U.N. World Food Program warned recently that a food crisis was looming in the town of Bafata in eastern Guinea-Bissau because of an influx of people fleeing fighting in the capital, Bissau. Government forces backed by ...
Forest Whitaker's latest directorial effort-`Hope Floats'
Jul 01, 1998 ... Forest Whitaker's latest directorial effort--`Hope Floats' Birdee Pruitt (Sandra Bullock) seems to have it all. She's been married for years to her handsome high school sweetheart, and has a brilliant and sensitive child. But when her picture-perfect life comes crashing down around her, ...
CBC launches crusade over death penalty disparity
Jul 01, 1998 ... CBC launches crusade over death penalty disparity It is time to move the story of racial discrimination in death penalty sentencing from Washington's official circles and put it on the lips of every Black American, said Maxine Waters, (D-Calif.) head of the Congressional Black ...
Texas lynching: More indifference by state, federal office
Jul 01, 1998; ... Texas lynching: More indifference by state, federal offices Earl Ofari Hutchinson The lynching of James Byrd Jr., an African-American, near Jasper, Texas, by three men who were alleged white supremacists, shocked many Americans. But equally shocking is the indifference of many ...
2,000 shape Black agenda in Chicago
Jul 01, 1998; ... 2,000 shape Black agenda in Chicago by Herb Boyd For New Pittsburgh Courier CHICAGO--Take 2,000 participants from a broad spectrum of political affiliations--everything from African socialists to members of Workers World--mix them in more than 25 volatile workshops and ...
Heart disease: Healthy lifestyle promotes prevention, new surgical techniques may provide effective treatment
Jul 04, 1998 ... Heart disease: Healthy lifestyle promotes prevention, new surgical techniques may provide effective treatment Human beings are born with smooth, open coronary arteries, designed to supply all the blood the heart and body need to function properly. Over a period of years, damage and ...
`Hit' broadcast premiere
Jul 04, 1998 ... `Hit' broadcast premiere NEW YORK, N.Y.--The African Heritage Network hosted by film legends, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, presents the broadcast premiere of "Hit," starring Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor. "Hit" airs on on WPGH Fox 53, today at 12 a.m. "The television audience ...
Pittsburgh Colts start football season
Jul 04, 1998; ... Pittsburgh Colts start football season by Sidney Davis For New Pittsburgh Courier Attention sports fans, the wait is over. Football season officially starts with return of the Pittsburgh Colts of the American Football Federation. The Colts took care of business in ...
The good, the bad and the ugly in D.C.
Jul 04, 1998 ... The good, the bad and the ugly in D.C. It was a watershed week in Washington, D.C. over the past seven days or so--a little of the bad, the good and the ugly. As Congress prepared for its seasonal vacation, some very intriguing, but perhaps not surprising, things ...
Activist calls for political reform in Republic of Congo
Jul 04, 1998; ... Activist calls for political reform in Republic of Congo by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer Pittsburgh and the Republic of Congo, on the surface, have very little in common. On different continents and in different hemispheres, they are separated by an ocean, ...
Resignation opens door for Black fire chief
Jul 04, 1998; ... Resignation opens door for Black fire chief by Sonya M. Toler Courier Staff Writer The resignation of Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire Chief Charlie Dickinson opens a window of opportunity for the city to do something that has never been done--appoint an African-American ...
NAACP names Holbrook exec director
Jul 04, 1998; ... NAACP names Holbrook exec director by Sonya M. Toler Courier Staff Writer It's been more than two decades since the Pittsburgh Branch NAACP has had an executive director. Funding from the local foundation community has enabled the branch to hire Pittsburgh native Stanley ...
`Silent killer': High blood pressure often strikes without warning
Jul 04, 1998 ... `Silent killer': High blood pressure often strikes without warning It has earned a reputation as the "silent killer." Undetected, high blood pressure damages the arteries daily -- often without warning or symptoms. Untreated, high blood pressure can lead to heart disease, stroke and ...
QUEST guides students to science, math
Jul 04, 1998; ... QUEST guides students to science, math by Marilyn J. Kondwani For New Pittsburgh Courier With her almond shaped eyes and high cheekbones beautifully complimented by a flawless coffee complexion, one might expect to see Fiskisha Joshua on the cover of any leading fashion ...
June is for art, jazz festivals
Jul 04, 1998; ... June is for art, jazz festivals by Jean S. Farrish Courier Staff Writer Standing in the middle of Equitable Plaza at Gateway Center, is a green, eight foot tall, 900-pound giant of painted aluminum, a "self-portrait" created by the late Keith Haring, which seemed to be ...
Black Empowerment: Why campaign finance reform won't work
Jul 04, 1998; ... Black Empowerment: Why campaign finance reform won't work Lenora B. Fulani This week, Congress is scheduled to begin the long-postponed debate on campaign finance reform legislation. At least 90 bills to change the campaign finance system have been introduced in the House during ...
Beltzhoover residents say elected officials ineffective
Jul 04, 1998; ... Beltzhoover residents say elected officials ineffective by Shawna Burgess Courier Staff Writer Vacant lots, police chasing cars through the neighborhood and children on the street all night are signs to Beltzhoover residents that elected officials are not performing up to ...
Congo rejects U.N. report on Hutu killings
Jul 04, 1998 ... Congo rejects U.N. report on Hutu killings NEW CONGO--The Democratic Republic of the Congo this week rejected as insubstantial a report by the United Nations accusing troops loyal to President Laurent Kabila of participating in the massacre of Rwandan Hutu refugees. Kabila's ...
Cardiac catheterization techniques diagnose, treat heart disease
Jul 04, 1998 ... Cardiac catheterization techniques diagnose, treat heart disease Cardiac catheterization is a term used to describe several sophisticated techniques used to diagnose and treat cardiac disease and disorders. It involves the insertion of a thin tube, or catheter, into an artery in the ...
Parents provide love through adoption
Jul 04, 1998; ... Parents provide love through adoption by Lisa McClendon Courier Staff Writer (Part one of a two-part series) As a young girl, Rhonda Johnson thought she would adopt a child. After a difficult first pregnancy, she made up her mind. "When I actually got to ...
`Race movies' depict Black life with dignity
Jul 04, 1998; ... `Race movies' depict Black life with dignity by Denene Millner For New Pittsburgh Courier They were, in every sense, the nation's first independent filmmakers--Black directors who, upset with the shufflin', scratchin', grinnin' Black stereotypes in 1920s Hollywood, took ...
Survey: Older women unaware of cervical cancer risk
Jul 04, 1998 ... Survey: Older women unaware of cervical cancer risk BETHESDA, Md.--Women 65 and older greatly underestimate their chances of developing cervical cancer, do not know how often to get a Pap test, and are unlikely to be tested regularly, according to a survey conducted in part for the ...
Study: Teen tolerance tied to parents' educational level
Jul 11, 1998 ... Study: Teen Tolerance tied to parents' educational level UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.--White American teenagers who are more socially tolerant tend to have parents who rank higher on the educational and economic scale. As the level of privilege drops, so does the level of youthful idealism, a ...
Women's depression linked to hormonal changes
Jul 11, 1998 ... Women's depression linked to hormonal changes HOUSTON--There are three times in a woman's life when she is at higher risk for depression. "The greatest risk for depression occurs a week to 10 days before the period starts, after the birth of a child, and one-two years before ...
Gospel distribution
Jul 11, 1998; ... Gospel distribution by Larry Blackwell For New Pittsburgh Courier In my nearly 20 years in the business of distributing gospel music, musical styles have changed, but certain fundamental business practices remain the same. If you are an independent gospel record label ...
Sadly, more youth are saying yes to drugs
Jul 11, 1998 ... Sadly, more youth are saying yes to drugs Next week, the Clinton administration has launched a $2 billion, five-year media crusade against illicit drug use. Broadcast airways, newspapers and the Internet will be saturated with "just say no" messages aimed at better educating the ...
Obvious selection overlooked: McKeesport team bypasses Black coach with most experience
Jul 11, 1998; ... Obvious selection overlooked: McKeesport team bypasses Black coach with most experience by Mason Jarrett For New Pittsburgh Courier Athletics is to small communities in southwestern Pennsylvania as Michael Jordan is to the Chicago Bulls. To McKeesport--home of the ...
Wecht: Heart not cause of Gammage's death
Jul 11, 1998; ... Wecht: Heart not cause of Gammage's death by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer Allegheny County Coroner Cyril Wecht sharply denied accusations that his office engaged in a conspiracy-style coverup of defects in Black motorist Jonny Gammage's heart that may have ...
`Computers In The Hood' fills technology gaps
Jul 11, 1998 ... `Computers In The Hood' fills technology gaps ATLANTA, Ga.--Thirteen Scribes, Inc., an Atlanta-based software engineering firm announced "Computers In The Hood, From The Underground Railroad to The Information Superhighway" a grass roots campaign that will make fully equipped multimedia ...
The myths of `Gone With The Wind'
Jul 11, 1998; ... The myths of `Gone With The Wind' Earl Ofari Hutchinson I was surprised that "Citizen Kane," "The Godfather," and "Casablanca" placed higher than "Gone With the Wind" (GWTW) on the American Film Institute's recent list of the 100 greatest American movies of all time. I say ...
Bolden named `Man of the Year': Fredericks host party in Frank Bolden's honor
Jul 11, 1998; ... Bolden named `Man of the Year': Fredericks host party in Frank Bolden's honor by Jean S. Farrish Courier Staff Writer Tom Burley, president of the FROGS announced that Bill and LaRue Frederick's party this year, held June 28 at their Oakmont estate, would honor Frank C ....
Plans for Homestead presented: Sanders Task Force outlines programs to residents
Jul 11, 1998; ... Plans for Homestead presented: Sanders Task Force outlines programs to residents by Nikki Coffee For New Pittsburgh Courier The Sanders Task Force believes desegregation is more than just racial harmony in numbers. Social programs and economic development must also be a ...
African Heritage Family Conference
Jul 11, 1998; ... African Heritage Family Conference by Lisa McClendon Courier Staff Writer Fed up with street violence, a group of citizens led by Adrena and Melvin Steals have organized Beaver County's first African Heritage Family Conference. After many visits to the Black ...
To Tell The Truth: The Three Rs; 'Riting, reading and responses
Jul 04, 1998; ... To Tell The Truth: The three Rs; 'Riting, reading and responses Louis `Hop' Kendrick It's very gratifying to realize how many people read the New Pittsburgh Courier. It also amazes me how many people take the time to read my column, "To Tell The Truth." I have received ...
Report: Public housing desegregation order flawed
Jul 04, 1998; ... Report: Public housing desegregation order flawed by Shawna Burgess Courier Staff Writer According to a report recently released by a local think tank, a federal court order to desegregate Allegheny County public housing is a "flawed legal decision based on faulty ...
Porter brings basketball court success to Duquesne
Jul 04, 1998; ... Porter brings basketball court success to Duquesne by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer Darelle Porter has seen success on the basketball courts of Pittsburgh, first at Perry and Brashear high schools and then at the University of Pittsburgh. At Pitt, Porter ...
Who represents Beltzhoover?
Jul 04, 1998; ... Who represents Beltzhoover? by Shawna Burgess Courier Staff Writer Who represents Beltzhoover? After talking to some residents, the general consensus is those elected to represent this predominantly African-American community on the South Side have not been doing ...
Women-owned businesses more established
Jul 08, 1998 ... Women-owned businesses more established A new survey of Pennsylvania's female business owners found that women-owned businesses "tend to be more established" than the average business. Survey results were released July 8. The Women's Business Advocate Office within the ...
ACLU fights hair `bias' in Chicago drug testing
Jul 08, 1998; ... ACLU fights hair `bias' in Chicago drug testing by Chinta Strausberg For New Pittsburgh Courier Officials from the American Civil Liberties Union have called for an investigation by the Chicago City Council into the use of a hair drug test given to police recruits. They ...
The murder of Ennis Cosby
Jul 08, 1998; ... The murder of Ennis Cosby by Earl Ofari Hutchinson "I shot the nigger. It's all over the news." This braggadocio remark was supposedly uttered by 19-year-old Michael Markhasev who is accused of murdering Ennis Cosby, and whose trial began last week. If he made the remark, and two ...
Center City: A growing shortage
Jul 08, 1998; ... Center City: A growing shortage Sonya M. Toler We all know the federal government began a movement to "end public housing as we know it," but at what cost? In its study, "In Search of Shelter--The Growing Shortage of Affordable Rental Housing," the Center on Budget Policy ...
Jagnandan resigns from housing post
Jul 08, 1998; ... Jagnandan resigns from housing post by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer The Allegheny County Housing Authority board of directors quickly and quietly accepted the resignation of its executive director of less than one year, but questions surrounding the move remain ...
B-PEP poll says Blacks feel locked out of political process
Jul 08, 1998; ... B-PEP poll says Blacks feel locked out of political process by Sonya M. Toler Courier Staff Writer A survey of Allegheny County voters portrays a bleak picture of the importance the African-American community places on voting. The Black Political Empowerment ...
It's Blemahdoo's for authentic African clothing
Jul 08, 1998; ... It's Blemahdoo's for authentic African clothing by Genea Webb For New Pittsburgh Courier There is a market in the Pittsburgh area for authentic African clothing, and Blemahdoo's, a specialty store in Homestead, is proof of that. Translated, Blemahdoo means ...
Minority Report: Clinton vs. Starr has tough Black judge
Jul 08, 1998; ... Minority Report: Clinton vs. Starr has tough Black judge James E. Alsbrook A Black female judge appointed in 1980 by President Jimmy Carter has a dominating role in the grand jury investigation of President Bill Clinton's legal and personal affairs. She is Norma Holloway ...
CBC obtains $30 million for Black farmers
Jul 08, 1998 ... CBC obtains $30 million for Black farmers WASHINGTON, D.C.--Representative Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, hailed the passage of the House of Representatives' Agriculture Appropriations bill, H.R. 4101, which includes provisions to waive the statute of ...
Poet, activist Nick Flournoy dead at 58
Jul 08, 1998; ... Poet, activist Nick Flournoy dead at 58 by Sonya M. Toler Courier Staff Writer He was known as a community organizer and was one of the "four poets in the Centre Avenue tradition." On July 6, Carl Nicholas Flournoy, 58, was laid to rest at Restland Memorial Park ...
South Africa in currency crunch
Jul 08, 1998 ... South Africa in currency crunch SOUTH AFRICA--Moving to stabilize South Africa's volatile currency, President Nelson Mandela's deputy insisted this week there was no plan to fire the two top central bank officials. Deputy President Thabo Mbeki's assurances calmed jittery ...
Up close with `Hav Plentys' Chenoa Maxwell
Jul 08, 1998; ... Up close with `Hav Plentys' Chenoa Maxwell by Marc Warren For New Pittsburgh Courier Watch out Halle Berry and Jada Pinkett-Smith! Hollywood has a new leading lady who is about to take the movie industry by storm with her refreshing talent and striking ...
An idea whose time should never come
Jul 08, 1998; ... An idea whose time should never come by A.A.Muhammad For New Pittsburgh Courier I've always said that needle exchange, as a means of preventing the spread of AIDS among intravenous drug users, is a bad idea whose time has apparently come. That is because the ...
Bill's Book: Tracking gun responsibility
Jul 08, 1998; ... Bill's Book: Tracking gun responsibility Bill Robinson In April, I joined other legislators at a news conference in Harrisburg in support of several pieces of legislation aimed at curbing gun violence, especially gun violence involving children, here in Pennsylvania. The news ...
Grade on students: Guns, drugs not good
Jul 08, 1998 ... Grade on students: Guns, drugs not good If there was ever a course called Social Correctness 101, American students would have failed it with flying colors, according to a disturbing new study from a nonprofit drug prevention program called PRIDE. Whereas students used to bring ...
Black adoptions rising: Breakdown of extended family reinforces need for adoption
Jul 08, 1998; ... Black adoptions rising: Breakdown of extended family reinforces need for adoption by Lisa McClendon Courier Staff Writer Historically, when African-American parents were unable to take care of a child, a family member would assume the responsibility. Adoption agencies ...
Syracuse NAACP proposes federal Jonny Gammage law
Jul 08, 1998; ... Syracuse NAACP proposes federal Jonny Gammage law by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer The death of Jonny Gammage has become a catalyst for social change on the local landscape. People from different races rallied and marched for justice and united for ...
Ex-NAACP exec: `I think it's unfair'; `I'm getting more press than guys who molest people'
Jul 11, 1998; ... Ex-NAACP exec: `I think it's unfair'; `I'm getting more press than guys who molest people' by Sonya M. Toler Courier Staff Writer Perhaps it was an omen. On July 1, Stanley Holbrook's first day on the job as the the NAACP's executive director of the Pittsburgh Branch, the ...
Woodstock of R&B in Cincinnati
Jul 11, 1998 ... Woodstock of R&B in Cincinnati GOLDEN, Co.--R&B, hiphop and jazz music greats will again gather in Cincinnati July 24-26 for what has become known as the "Woodstock of Rhythm and Blues." The Coors Light Music Festival continues to attract the who's who in the music industry and ...
Islam-What does it mean in today's world?
Jul 11, 1998; ... Islam--What does it mean in today's world? by Abul A'la Mowdudi For New Pittsburgh Courier "Islam" is an Arabic word meaning submission, surrender and obedience. As a religion, Islam stands for complete submission and obedience to God--and this is why it is called ...