Posted on 11/08/2006 2:41:16 PM PST by CondorFlight
Now that the election is over and this can't be considered just an election ploy :
Rumors are said to have been circulating in Durham to the effect that Nifong might consider (legally) going after a couple of bloggers; that if he deals with a couple of them the rest will be intimidated and fade away.
This is just a heads up; so that if anything untoward happens, everyone will know about it in advance and be able to make the connection. The rumors are well-sourced.
Harris Johnson-- Still vying for equality, N&O, December 31, 1999 -excerpt-
With sit-ins and Freedom Rides, speeches and hard negotiations, civil rights activists wiped out the nation's Jim Crow laws in the 1950s and 1960s. But as Durham political activist Harris Johnson knows, the struggle for equality goes on. Johnson, 63, came to N.C. Central University as a freshman in 1950. After college and a career as a rehabilitation therapist at UNC Hospitals, he now leads not-for-profit groups that promote voter education and place NCCU student volunteers in Durham's public school classrooms.
"I grew up in Klan country - Salisbury, N.C. The city limits joined the city limits of Granite Quarry, and the Grand Dragon of the United Klans of America, his home was in Granite Quarry. I used to watch the Klan parade up and down Salisbury's main street. I remember once being ordered out of a drugstore. I went in the front door. Nobody had told me black folks don't go to the front door. They royally put me out. I just wanted to buy a Coke.
"As an undergraduate at Central, we'd go over to Chapel Hill, four or five of us, and join in the demonstrations against the university for discrimination. We were protesting the working conditions of low-income employees - housekeepers and others. My little group was considered radicals.
"In Durham, there were demonstrations. Howard Johnson's, which used to be right across from South Square, we had a wall of black people along the hill in front of it [in 1963]. They refused to let blacks be served. They didn't want to integrate. Then there was the demonstration at the Royal Ice Cream Co. on North Roxboro Street in Durham. There was a black side and the white side. On the black side, you couldn't sit down and eat your ice cream. On the white side there were stools and booths. Sopeople ordered ice cream on the black side and went over to the white side and sat down. Everybody was summarily arrested for trespassing.
"There was an organization called the United Organization for Community Development in Durham that led the boycott of white businesses [in 1968]. There were few blacks employed as clerks at the businesses in Durham, in Northgate Mall and downtown. So blacks got together. It was before the Christmas shopping season. There were picket lines at Northgate, Kress', Woolworth's - stores with lunch counters. At times, it got a little bit hairy with the police. A lot of people were arrested.
The schools have always been a battleground. We were at a school board meeting [in 1972]. I asked them for an update on their plans to desegregate the schools. They refused, saying the litigation was privileged information. So [some of the black leaders in attendance] got up and said, 'Answer the man's question or nobody leaves.' They couldn't even go call the police. It's a wonder we didn't all end up in jail.
"Now things are more settled. The Klan wears pin-striped suits. [But] the glass ceiling is there. Look at poverty rates, you'll find that poor people are not any better off. The percentage of unemployment in the African-American community is high. Look at the number of blacks who live in poverty. In homeownership, whites outstrip blacks 3 to 1."
* * *
Harris Johnson quoted in The Chronicle, 11/08/2006 ---
"This goes to show that justice can't be bought by a bunch of rich white boys from New York," said Harris Johnson, a former state Democratic party official and Durham resident for 56 years.
"Duke has a habit of sweeping things under the carpet. I guess this goes to show that no matter how much money you have, Durham is owned by its citizens," he added.
Johnson said the results have national implications.
"If Nifong had lost, every woman in America would have been at risk," he said, adding that it is Nifong's opponents who have been unethical, not the district attorney himself.
Johnson worked Tuesday at a precinct near North Carolina Central University and said students there turned out in droves, playing a major role in Nifong's victory.
"I know they were in favor of Mr. Nifong," Johnson said. "They feel very strongly that this case has to go to court."
* Mr. Johnson is a long-time friend of Lavonia and a stalwart Committee man.
November 9, 2006
TO: Members of the Executive Committee
Of the Durham County Democratic Party
FROM: Floyd B. McKissick, Jr.
Chairman
Durham County Democratic Party
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who assisted in helping us obtain the tremendous success, which we observed in the November 7, 2006, General Election.
Despite the heavy rain, which we experienced all day long we had close to a 39% turn-out rate. According to preliminary tabulations, Congressman David Price received approximately 76% of the votes in Durham County and the Democrats running for the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Supreme Court received between 66% to 79% of the votes coming out of Durham County.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Zack Hawkins, T.E. Austin, Tracey Lovette, Laura Thrift, Kate Roetzer, Catherine Liao, and Phil Faegan for their valuable assistance. I would also like to thank Troy McLean, Karen Gray, Kevin Farmer, Susan Baylies, Larry Hall, Milo Pyne, Susan Sewell, Harris Johnson, Jeremy Collin, Dr. Lavonia Allison, George Bridgers, Brenda Pollard, Diana Palmer, Curtis Lawson, Towanda Lawson, my son Floyd B. McKissick III, and the many others who assisted us in achieving this tremendous victory. I am sure there are people who I have failed to recognize, however, any omissions are unintended.
Once again thanks for your hard work.
Sincerely,
Floyd B. McKissick, Jr.
http://durhamdemocrats.org/
http://durhamdemocrats.org/photo.php?photoid=67&albumid=5&page=1
* Do not confuse this organization with the Committee. The Committee is blacks only.
http://www.webcommentary.com/asp/ShowArticle.asp?id=gaynorm&date=061110
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/gaynor/061109
The hypocrisy of the left knows no bounds. George Orwell's Animal Farm is so accurate as to be truly scary.
(respost from a post found on another board) :
(Thinking of sending an email or letter to the editor? Don't just preach to the choir. Neither the MSM nor the AA media are covering the FACTS of this case.
YOU can help out and be their journalist, even if it's only via a letter to the editor.)
African-American Media
North Carolina Media
Black Ink Online ("The Voice of the Black Student Movement" at UNC-CH)
The Carolina Peacemaker (Greensboro)
The Charlotte Post
The Chronicle (Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point)
The Wilmington Journal
Foxy 107.1/104.3 FM (Durham)
WNCU 90.7 FM (North Carolina Central University)
WNNA 90.1 FM (N.C. A&T University)
WNNL 103.9 FM (Raleigh, Gospel)
WSHA 88.9 FM (Shaw University)
National Print & Internet Media
about...time (Magazine)
African-American News & Issues (Houston)
Afro-American Newspapers (Baltimore)
Atlanta Inquirer
Amsterdam News (New York)
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta Tribune
The Atlanta Voice
Baltimore Times
Birmingham Times
Black College Sports Online
The Black Collegian
Black Enterprise
Black Issues in Higher Education
Black Journalism Review Online ("News for and about The Black Press in America")
BlackPressUSA.com (Online news site)
The Black Scholar
Black Voice News (California)
The Black World Today (Comprehensive Online News & Information Site)
The Broward Times (South Florida)
Buckeye Review (Ohio)
The California Advocate
Capital Outlook (Tallahassee)
Chicago Standard Newspapaers
City News (Ohio)
The Columbus Times (Georgia)
The Communicator News (Ohio)
The Crisis
The Dallas Examiner
The Dallas Post Tribune
East Texas Review
Ebony
Essence
Exodus Newsmagazine (California)
The Final Call (Nation of Islam)
Florida Sentinel Bulletin (Tampa)
Florida Star
Free Press (Louisiana)
Houston Forward Times
The Indianapolis Recorder
The Indy Outlook
Insight (Minnesota)
The Jacksonville Advocate (Florida)
Jet Online
Johnson Publishing Company
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Los Angeles Wave
Michigan Chronicle
The Miami Times
Milwaukee Community Journal
Milwaukee Courier & Southeastern Star
The Milwaukee Times
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
The Mississippi Link
Monroe Free Press (Louisiana)
the Network Journal (Brooklyn)
New Journal & Guide (Norfolk)
The New York Beacon
Pasadena Journal (California)
New Pittsburgh Courier
New York Beacon
O Magazine ("The Oprah Magazine")
The Orlando Times
The Pensacola Voice
Philadelphia New Observer
The Philadelphia Tribune
Piedmont Area Journal (Virginia)
Pure-News USA (Illinois)
Rap Sheet (hip-hop magazine)
Sacramento Observer
The Savannah Tribune
The St. Louis Sentinel
The St. Louis American
The San Antonio Observer
San Francisco Bay View
The Savannah Tribune (Georgia)
The Skanner (Portland, Seattle)
The Source (Hip-hop monthly not black-owned)
Speakin' Out News (Alabama)
Tennessee Tribune
The Toledo Journal
Vibe (Includes a link to Vibe radio)
The Washington Informer
The Weekly (Atlanta)
The Weekly Challenger (Florida)
The Westside Gazette (Florida)
The Windy City Word (Chicago)
National Broadcast Media
BET Networks Home Page
"The Tom Joyner Morning Show" (Blackamericaweb.com)
National Media Organizations
National Association of Black Journalists
National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Usable links for the above media can be found at :
http://www.unc.edu/~haman/media.htm
Well Durham had its chance. Now it is time for NC to act to put a stop to this. I don't care if the judge tosses the IDs or how this case stops. But it is time NOW.
I fully expect the hearing in Dec to lead to tossing the IDs and the dismissal of the case during the Christmas break at Duke. Then 2007 can be a matter of dealing with new cases that arise out of this one, including Nifong's case before the NC bar.
Note the NC bar does not have to concern itself with actually winning the election, it can see that a majority of voters do not like what they have seen from the DA. That is it is not like the NC bar would be going against the wishes of 90% or even 50%+1 of the Durham County voters if they act against Nifong.
And I fully expect the hearing to result in another hearing set in January. I have no faith in the justice system in NC.
I'm with you.
I fully expect to hear in December that motions still haven't been considered. Possibly that the judge still hasn't read many of them.
Nifong will remember some more discovery that he discovered months ago.....
I expect a lot of dragging ass and more of the same.
I expect nothing will be done about it.
That is exaclty what I think will happen. The same as before.
By Thomas Sowell
November 10, 2006
http://www.reporter-news.com/abil/op_columns/article/0,1874,ABIL_7981_5132546,00.html
You are probably right.
That is amazing - I worked with Allen for many years and remember him well. I remember being shocked by his 'suicide' and now I read this...
http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40903
I hope she uncovers the truth.
http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-787380.html
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