New Pittsburgh Courier back issues from March 1999:
Charlotte Webb's art documents culture
Mar 03, 1999; ... Charlotte Webb's art documents culture ATLANTA--Charlotte Riley-Webb has turned 50, a preeminent year for the Georgia-born artist whose masterful works have come full circle. For over half of her life, Webb's brush strokes have captured the connectedness of people of color--from canvases ...
Multi-talented Ali launches singing career
Mar 03, 1999 ... Multi-talented Ali launches singing career Some can sing. some can dance. Some can act. These days very rarely do you encounter a performer with the depth of talent and experience that lends itself to excelling at all three. Meet MJJ recording artist Tatyana Ali, a young vocalist and ...
Accidental populist: 'Magic' Johnson is turning his economic prowess inward and helping the Black community
Mar 03, 1999; ... Accidental populist: `Magic' Johnson is turning his economic prowess inward and helping the Black community LOS ANGELES--After leaving pro basketball, Earvin "Magic" Johnson found himself in a most unlikely place in 1996: A community meeting. He had just turned a drab, school ...
Women who made broadcast history
Mar 03, 1999; ... Women who made broadcast history by Evelynn Hawkins For New Pittsburgh Courier March is National Women's History Month. Two pioneering African-American women in the broadcasting and music fields were Burnetta "Bunny" Jones (1917-1998) and Mary Goode "Mary Dee" Dudley ...
Treatment considerations for prostate cancer
Mar 03, 1999; ... Treatment considerations for prostate cancer (Part three of a three-part series.) Once you've been diagnosed with prostate cancer, it is natural to be concerned about what the future holds. In this final installment of our prostate cancer series, a variety of treatment options ...
Bill's Book: S.B. 10 vote not an end -- 'it's halftime'
Mar 03, 1999; ... Bill's Book: S.B. 10 vote not an end--`it's halftime' Bill Robinson My vote on S.B. 10--the legislation that raised the state's debt ceiling to provide money for stadiums and other economic development projects--may have surprised many people. After all, I have worked for almost ...
Study: Welfare-to-work not an easy transition
Mar 03, 1999 ... Study: Welfare-to-work not an easy transition Many officials claim the transformation from welfare-to-work will be an easy one for those receiving public assistance. According to a recent report released by the Keystone Research Center Feb. 23, that inevitable transformation may be ...
3 Americans among those kidnapped
Mar 03, 1999 ... 3 Americans among those kidnapped WASHINGTON--The United States said that three Americans were among a group of foreign tourists and Ugandans kidnapped at gunpoint from a national park in Uganda. State Department spokesman James Foley told reporters that an armed gang had ...
Cain opposes Hill in county council race
Mar 03, 1999; ... Cain opposes Hill in county council race by Christian Morrow Courier Staff Writer Another candidate has entered the race to be elected to the first county council in Allegheny County. On March 2, Hill District resident Lois M. Cain announced her intention to ...
Shemekia Copeland to perform at Moondog's
Mar 03, 1999 ... Shemekia Copeland to perform at Moondog's Nineteen-year-old singing sensation Shemekia Copeland, fresh from a Dec. 16 appearance on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," will celebrate the success of her Alligator debut, "Turn the Heat Up," with a live performance in Pittsburgh. Copeland's ...
Health insurance premium increases threaten business
Mar 03, 1999 ... Health insurance premium increases threaten businesses HARRISBURG--Nearly four of every 10 Pennsylvania small businesses that purchase employee group health insurance are being jolted by insurance premium increases of more than 10 percent, said the state chapter of the National ...
NMA calls for more African-American physicians
Mar 03, 1999 ... NMA calls for more African-American physicians WASHINGTON D.C.--The National Medical Association calls for an increase in the number of African-American physicians and health care professionals. "The Georgetown University Medical Study published in the New England Journal of Medicine ...
Bank receives NAACP award
Mar 03, 1999 ... Bank receives NAACP award BALTIMORE -- Nations-Bank, now Bank of America, received the 1999 NAACP Image Awards' Corporate Award. The award is one of several presented as part of the "NAACP Image Awards: 30 Years of Celebrating--90 Years of Courage." A two-hour television ...
Black Empowerment: Police killed Diallo but Dems loaded gun
Mar 03, 1999; ... Black Empowerment: Police killed Diallo but Dems loaded gun The murder of Amadou Diallo by four New York city police officers who fired 41 shots into the unarmed Guinean was an outrage and a tragedy. The question we must ask is why it happened and why it keeps happening. Many are now ...
Editorial: Raising the white flag on illegal drugs
Mar 03, 1999 ... Editorial: Raising the white flag on illegal drugs An unconventional--but not unexpected--admission came from the U.S. government recently. It seems to be raising the white flag in the war on drugs, with the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration saying America and Americans have ...
Center City: The monster
Mar 03, 1999; ... Center City: The monster Carlitos Alvarez Bell was a ticking time bomb. The 29-year-old San Antonio native was arrested last week and charged with kidnapping, unlawful restraint, reckless endangerment, aggravated assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and corrupting a ...
Tarpley heads voter education program
Mar 03, 1999; ... Tarpley heads voter education program A veteran political activist has been selected to head a new program of the Pittsburgh-based National Council for Urban Peace and Justice, Inc. Radio talk show host James Tarpley has signed on as director of political empowerment for the ...
Obasanjo back in power in wake of fraud charges
Mar 03, 1999 ... Obasanjo back in power in wake of fraud charges NIGERIA--A retired general who 20 years ago stepped down as the head of a military junta, was declared the winner this week of Nigeria's presidential elections amid widespread allegations of fraud. The election won by former Gen ....
Robertson Treatment: '99 may be Epps' breakout year
Mar 03, 1999; ... Robertson Treatment: '99 may be Epps' breakout year Gil Robertson It's going to be a good year for actor Omar Epps, who in the coming months will see his stock hit the ceiling and his name added to Hollywood's Alist. As the star of four big budget, high profile film ...
Simplify Your Work Life: Good and bad faces of customer service
Mar 03, 1999; ... Simplify Your Work Life: Good and bad faces of customer service I have been thinking about writing this column for a long time. As much as I dislike having to say this, it appears to me that good customer service is extremely rare. Often what is called customer service is actually more ...
Black history sites in West Virginia for tourists
Mar 03, 1999 ... Black history sites in West Virginia for tourists Harpers Ferry National Historical Park: Located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in the states of West Virginia (Jefferson County), Virginia, and Maryland. The park is rich in Black history, with a web site ...
Pitt to offer online minority health care info
Mar 03, 1999 ... Pitt to offer online minority health care info The Department of Library and Information Science in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh has received a grant from the Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield health care system to create the "Highmark Minority Health ...
Commentary: When is it time?
Mar 03, 1999; ... Commentary: When is it time? William T. Simmons Violence in society and more specifically, America, is not a new phenomenon as it has been the way of this culture since the inception of this country. Power is often achieved through violence or as it is referred to, revolutions or ...
Higher Education: Don't buy where you can't work -- and that goes for colleges!
Mar 03, 1999; ... Higher Education: Don't buy where you can't work--and that goes for colleges! While participating in discussions of the appropriate strategies for resolving today's race-related problems, quite often I have heard someone say, "These aren't the 1960s. We have to develop new strategies!" ...
Caribbean Digest: Top Haitian lawmaker slain in front of home
Mar 03, 1999 ... CARIBBEAN DIGEST: Top Haitian lawmaker slain in front of home HAITI--A leftist Haitian lawmaker was fatally shot in front of his home early this week, rekindling fears of instability and renewing calls for an end to political bickering that has paralyzed the government for ...
Pittsburgh Works! gets mixed reaction
Mar 03, 1999; ... Pittsburgh Works! gets mixed reaction Pittsburgh City Councilman Sala Udin received a mixed response from a handful of citizens who attended a community forum regarding his Pittsburgh Works! proposal. If approved by council, the ordinance will require 50 percent of the jobs by ...
NAACP gives mayor its 'plans for justice'
Mar 03, 1999; ... NAACP gives mayor its `plans for justice' During a closed-door meeting with the mayor, and the chiefs of the city and housing authority police, the Pittsburgh Branch NAACP laid out a "plan for justice." The March 2 meeting was arranged to address what the branch called "negligent ...
Pastor says Black churches need AIDS ministries
Mar 06, 1999 ... Pastor says Black churches need AIDS ministries When Rev. Ronald Weatherford was researching his master's degree thesis on AIDS and the African-American church, he could find no books on the subject. What the United Methodist pastor and High Point, N.C., resident discovered was ...
Producing highly educated and motivated students: Harris prepares children for new millennium
Mar 06, 1999; ... Producing highly educated and motivated students: Harris prepares children for new millennium by Genea Webb For New Pittsburgh Courier As principal of Gladstone Middle School in Hazelwood, Valerie Harris is able to implement her spiritual beliefs and teaching techniques ...
Commentary: Why many whites are still mad at O.J.
Mar 06, 1999; ... Commentary: Why many whites are still mad at O.J. The spectacle on the steps at the downtown Los Angeles criminal courts building looked like a scene at a World Wrestling Federation match. Watchers and passersby shrieked, yelped and gave the thumbs down sign as several frenzied members ...
Caribbean Digest: Three Haitians survive sinking
Mar 10, 1999 ... CARIBBEAN DIGEST: Three Haitians survive sinking MIAMI--Louis Pierre almost lost his life in what may be the deadliest smuggling attempt in Florida history. Still, the Haitian dreams of bringing his family over to the United States. "I would love for them to come," Pierre said of ...
"The Business of Blackball"
Mar 10, 1999 ... "The Business of Blackball" "The Business of Blackball" will be featured in the spring issue of America Legacy magazine. While professional Black baseball--"Blackball," in the jargon of today's historians--produced many star players, it was the sport's African-American owners, ...
Opportunity and URA financing help Little to run her business
Mar 10, 1999; ... Opportunity and URA financing help Little to run her business It's true. Sometimes opportunities do fall right in your lap. It happened to Lisa L. Little, president of LKL Distribution Inc., 2835 Smallman St., Strip District. A friend of the family was selling equipment and ...
Treatment considerations for prostate cancer: (Part IV)
Mar 10, 1999; ... Treatment considerations for prostate cancer: (Part IV) Most men with prostate cancer live to enjoy a normal life. Because every person is different, there are different treatments and different responses. While the outcome of any treatment cannot be guaranteed, the brief descriptions of ...
Jackson unveils details of Miller's shooting
Mar 10, 1999 ... Jackson unveils details of Miller's shooting Reverend Jesse Jackson, president of Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, recently visited Riverside, Calif., at the request of Tyisha Miller's family to get details on the shooting and give support. Miller was a 19-year old African-American woman killed ...
From ring to front office: Pittsburgh native is new Wrestling Federation v.p.
Mar 10, 1999; ... From ring to front office: Pittsburgh native is new Wrestling Federation v.p. He was the Iraqi Assassin, spitting on the American flag. As the Chocolate Playboy, he blew kisses to women in the audience. As Sgt. Youngblood, Pittsburgh's Sy Alli became heavyweight champion of the United ...
Witnesses say 911 puts personal safety at risk
Mar 10, 1999; ... Witnesses say 911 puts personal safety at risk Years ago, a relationship was established where Homewood residents willingly reported illegal activity to police, and crime was not tolerated. As crime increased, so did the lack of trust in police among residents, many of whom share ...
Malaco CD set captures 30 years of soul hits
Mar 10, 1999 ... Malaco CD set captures 30 years of soul hits Malaco Records tells the greatest Black music story ever told, by recapturing its dramatic history on "The Last Sould Company." A new six-CD box set, "The Last Soul Company" is packed with hits by some of the biggest stars in ...
Simplify Your Work Life: 20 tips to stay on top of it all
Mar 10, 1999; ... Simplify Your Work Life: 20 tips to stay on top of it all Odette Pollar 1. Commit yourself to making decisions now about what to do with each piece of paper that crosses your desk. Ask yourself, "Do I really need it?" If so, file the document at once in the broadest category to ...
Taking stock: Progress made, goals to achieve
Mar 10, 1999; ... Taking stock: Progress made, goals to achieve by Norman Hill Black History Month was an appropriate time for African-Americans to assess their standing in American society, because history not only tells us what we have accomplished but also gives us a better perspective ...
Allegheny Department of Human Services issues report
Mar 10, 1999; ... Allegheny Department of Human Services issues report In an ongoing effort to coordinate and integrate services, the Allegheny Department of Human Services released a report on its recent progress and priorities for the coming year. The report, "Redesigning Human Services," ...
Jesse meets with Nigeria's Obasanjo
Mar 10, 1999 ... Jesse meets with Nigeria's Obasanjo NIGERIA--U.S. presidential envoy for African democracy Jesse Jackson, who arrived in Nigeria, met President-elect Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, aides said. "Jackson met the presidentelect and delivered a special message from President Clinton," a ...
O'Connor's bill would sue gun manufacturers for damages
Mar 10, 1999; ... O'Connor's bill would sue gun manufacturers for damages Child safety seats have them. Aspirin bottles have them. So do pajamas. But guns do not come with safety features. Pittsburgh City Council President Bob O'Connor wants to follow the lead of other cities and use the legal ...
Glaucoma research pioneer honored
Mar 10, 1999 ... Glaucoma research pioneer honored The Glaucoma Research Foundation honored the memory of Percy Lavon Julian--a noted chemist who created an early glaucoma drug. Julian, born in Montgomery, Ala., the grandson of a slave, was one of the first Blacks chosen for the National Academy ...
URA Business Growth Fund provides low-interest loans
Mar 10, 1999 ... URA Business Growth Fund provides low-interest loans The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh has improved the Pittsburgh Business Growth Fund loan program to provide better financing solutions for individuals looking to do business in Pittsburgh. The growth fund provides ...
President Clinton pardons Lt. Henry Flipper after 118 years
Mar 06, 1999 ... President Clinton pardons Lt. Henry Flipper after 118 years President Bill Clinton granted a posthumous pardon to Lt. Henry O. Flipper, the first African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Flipper was falsely convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer ...
Eight dead in Nigeria after election riots
Mar 06, 1999 ... Eight dead in Nigeria after election riots NIGERIA--Militants stoned five policement to death and set their station ablaze and security forces retaliated by firing into crowds as anger over the results of Nigeria's presidential election exploded into street battles. At least ...
Police Brutality: Is it a new epidemic, or has it been here all along?
Mar 06, 1999; ... POLICE BRUTALITY: Is it a new epidemic, or has it been here all along? African-American leaders last week reminded President Clinton of their sond support during the Monica Lewinsky scandal and called on him to return the favor by leading their campaign against police ...
Jay-Z heads all-star cast of rap stars at Civic Arena
Mar 06, 1999 ... Jay-Z heads all-star cast of rap stars at Civic Arena Get ready for dazzling lyrical acrobatics, stunning verbal versatility and fierce, driving beats featured on the highly anticipated third solo release from hip-hop phenomenon Jay-Z, "Vol. 2 ...Hard Knock Life." The album is currently ...
Hawkins revamps 'Oh! Happy Day' for new millennium
Mar 06, 1999 ... Hawkins revamps `Oh! Happy Day' for new millennium Gospel music's all-time selling single isn't Kirk Franklin's "Stomp" or Bebe & Cece Winans' "Addictive Love," it is Edwin Hawkins' Grammy-winning "Oh! Happy Day," which has sold over seven million copies since its 1969 release. This ...
'Mobilize' was Delta's Founders Day message
Mar 06, 1999; ... `Mobilize' was Delta's Founders Day message Elsie L. Cooke-Holmes, Eastern Regional director of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, was the keynote speaker at their Founders Day luncheon held at the Pittsburgh Marriott Hotel Feb. 20. The theme was "Stepping Forward: Changing ...
To Tell The Truth: FOP wages war against 'Cookie' Coleman?
Mar 06, 1999; ... To Tell The Truth: FOP wages war against `Cookie' Coleman? Louis `Hop' Kendrick What does FOP stand for? It depends on where you are and where you live. For example, in predominantly white neighborhoods it stands for Fraternal Order of Police, the legally empowered ...
Massacre: Uganda murders may be linked to tourism
Mar 06, 1999 ... MASSACRE: Uganda murders may be linked to tourism WASHINGTON--State Department officials believe the Rwandan Hutus who killed two Americans and six other foreign tourists in Uganda were intent on wrecking the country's tourism industry as part of a region-wide ethnic ...
Work Stabilization Program gives homeless fresh start
Mar 06, 1999; ... Work Stabilization Program gives homeless fresh start The Program for Health Care to Underserved Populations recently conducted a cross sectional survey of homeless individuals in Allegheny County that revealed a startling fact. Nearly 78 percent of the area's homeless are ...
Blacks in blue demand FOP represent them, too
Mar 06, 1999; ... Blacks in blue demand FOP represent them, too Pittsburgh Police Det. Ophelia Coleman has demanded the Fraternal Order of Police examine their practices when it comes to fairly representing Black officers. Coleman and approximately 12 other Black officers attended the March 4 FOP ...
African-American congregation to build Africa University dormitory
Mar 06, 1999 ... African-American congregation to build Africa University dormitory NASHVILLE, Tenn.--One of the leading African-American congregations in the United Methodist Church has made a $300,000 commitment to build a two-story dormitory at Africa University, making it the largest commitment from ...
Black Empowerment: The meaning of reform
Mar 06, 1999; ... Black Empowerment: The meaning of reform Being an activist in the Reform Party and an advocate for political reform, I recently looked up the word "reform" in Webster's Dictionary. It turns out there are two different words with two distinct definitions and pronunciations. The first ...
AKA Founders Day goal: Blazing new trails
Mar 06, 1999; ... AKA Founders Day goal: Blazing new trails It was a gloomy day outside with snow flurries here and there, but inside the Pittsburgh Marriot Center the enthusiasm was high as Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc., Sorority celebrated its annual Founders' Day with a luncheon, a reception and worship at ...
Editorial: Probe of legal system needed
Mar 06, 1999 ... Editorial: Probe of legal system needed In light of current and recent events concerning discrepancies on death rows across America and horrendous incidents of police brutality, most notably in New York City where an unarmed Guinean immigrant was summarily "executed" by four police ...
Caribbean Digest: Haitian cops break up protest
Mar 06, 1999 ... CARIBBEAN DIGEST: Haitian cops break up protest HAITI--Haitian police fired tear gas at hundreds of students protesting a teachers strike that has closed the Caribbean nation's public schools. Demonstrators threw rocks at passing cars and set fire to tire barricades in downtown ...
Protesters want 'peer advocates': Welfare-to-work guideline changes prompt rally
Mar 06, 1999; ... Protesters want `peer advocates': Welfare-to-work guideline changes prompt rally Though buffeted by high winds and cold rain, nearly 100 people, some carrying children and some carrying signs, marched through downtown Pittsburgh to protest changes to the welfare-to-work ...
Ridge gives nod to Clark for judge seat
Mar 06, 1999; ... Ridge gives nod to Clark for judge seat Once one of Allegheny County's top homicide prosecutors, Kim Berkley Clark appears to be a shoo-in for judge. Governor Tom Ridge nominated Clark to replace retiring Judge Robert E. Dauer on the Court of Common Pleas. Ridge's announcement ...
Commentary: The myth of Black deviancy
Mar 10, 1999; ... Commentary: The myth of Black deviancy (NNPA)--When a recent panel of Black scholars, writers and activists tackled the perennial issue "the crisis of the Black family," speaker after speaker quoted the familiar list of ills that plague African-Americans. They include: The high rate of ...
Evans named president, CEO of Institute for Diversity
Mar 10, 1999 ... Evans named president, CEO of Institute for Diversity WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Institute for Diversity in Health Management announced the appointment of Rupert M. Evans Sr. as its president and chief executive officer. Evans assumed his new position March 1 following his resignation as ...
Center City: Message to Mario
Mar 10, 1999; ... Center City: Message to Mario Sonya M. Toler Not that I have anything against the Homewood-Brushton area, but I know the ideal place for the African-American Cultural Center. It's a place once called home by African-Americans. A place that was once part of the Hill ...