Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 November 2000 — Page 6

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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2000

National News

More Black farmers receiving money as result of federal lawsuit ATLANTA (NNPA) — In a recent update on the class action suit filed by Black farmers against the USDA, 8,351 Track A farmer claimants in the class action have received $50,000 amounting to $417,550,000. An additional 2,968 claimants are presently eligible to receive payments, according to the USDA Web site: www.usda.gov/ da/status.htm. Nearly 20,000 Black farmer claimants were accepted under the Track A portion of the consent decree out of which 19,081 determinations have been completed. In the update, it is reported that out of the 19,081 claims, 7,567 claimants have been denied at an exceptionally high 39.7 percent denial rate and 11,514 claims being approved at a 60.3 percent approval rate. Gass counsel J.L. Chestnut has estimated that there will likely be an additional 15,000 farmers who filed late and who will be accepted into the consent decree. The recent update also indicates that 198 claimants are accepted for processing in the Track B portion of the law suit. Of the 198, there have been five rulings by the arbitrator of which two have been ruled against and three ruled in favor. To date, only two of these cases have

been settled. U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman has ruled that Track A farmers denied on or before July 14 have until Nov. 13 to petition the court appointed Independent monitor, attorney Randi Roth, to review the denial. The monitor will review the petition and then offer an opinion to the adjudicators as to whether it would be a miscarriage of justice if the individual farmers were denied relief in the consent decree. Under the auspices of class counsel, Chestnut, Sander, Sanders & Pettaway in Selma, Ala., the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/ Land Assistance Fund (Federation/ LAF) is offering assistance to denied farmers in petitioning their case to the independent monitor. As thousands of farmers across the country are in need of petition assistance, community based organizations and attorney offices are overwhelmed as they attempt to meet the Nov. 13 deadline. Civil rights leaders reunite to honor activist Hosea Williams ATLANTA — Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King III, Dick Gregory, among other SCLC Veterans and Civil Rights workers recently reunited in Atlanta to honor the legendary civil rights activist,

Rev. Hosea Williams. The reunion coincided with the “Get Out The Vote 2000” campaign. With the use of an overflow room and standing room only, nearly 1,000 people attended the event, held in the sanctuary of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. “This is the first civil rights reunion of this magnitude in a long time. It not only comes on the heels of voter registration drives, but it also honors a legendary civil rights worker who has given so much of his life to the struggle, especially after Dr. Martin Luther King’s death,” said Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks, president of Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials. Williams is also well known for the “Feed the Hungry” campaign here. The Williams’, under the auspices of the Metro Atlanta SCLC, organized the first “Feed the Hungry" dinner in 1970. Ten volunteers served 100 people at the first dinner. Last year, an estimated 115,000 were served. Also under his leadership, the Chatham County Crusade for Voters mounted Georgia’s first nonviolent direct action campaign. In 1962, Martin Luther King Jr. declared Savannah the most integrated Southern city as a direct result of Williams. This event not only honored the

legendary Rev. Hosea Williams but also gave the civil rights workers from the movement a chance to reflect, embrace and rededicate themselves to the social issues facing African-Americans worldwide. Certain drugs work better for Blacks with high blood pressure, says NIH study ATLANTA — The International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB) advises African Americans with high blood pressure and kidney disease to consult with their doctors about their high blood pressure medications. ISHIB’s recommendation is based on evidence from the AfricanAmerican Study of Kidney Disease (AASK) study released by the National Institute of Health. The A ASK study found that the antihypertensive drugs known as the ACE inhibitor namipril (known as Altacce), and the beta blocker meoprolol, (known asToprol), significantly reduced the risks of kidney failure when compared to the calcium channel blocker amlodinc (Norvaso), in participants with proteinuria greater than 1 gram per day and the greatest impairment of kidney function at the time of entry

into the study.

These observations are important as they provide the first evidence from an outcomes trial of the

efficacy of ACE inhibitors in African Americans—a segment of the population that was generally thought to be refractory to this class of anti-hypertensive agents. “While these new findings indicate that high blood pressure among a small percentage of the hypertensive African-American population might be better managed with other blood pressure medications, ISHIB urges all patients not to stop their medication abruptly. Instead patients should discuss their medical situation with their physician,” said Dr. Dallas Hall, ISHIB’s past vice president and professor emeritus from Emory University School of Medicine* ISHIB recommends that patients ask their doctors two questions: 1. Do I fall into the high-risk group with impaired kidneys and increased protein in the urine? 2. Would my blood pressure be better managed using an ACE-in-hibitor or beta blocker to prevent a further decrease in kidney func-

tion?

On the other hand, the AASK study found that the use of a calcium channel blocker, also known as a calcium antagonist or by the generic name, amlodipine (Norvasc), increased protein in the urine of nondiabetic African Americans with kidney disease, making them at even higher risk for advancing kidney disease.

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NAACP Life | Membership v Freedom Fund' Dinner ,, The Greater Indianapolis Branch NAACP cordially invites the * Indianapolis community to its 35fh Annual Freedom Fund Dinner tobe held on Wednesday, Nov. 15 at.(he Indiana Convention Center in the Sagamore Ballroom, Sections 2 and 3- ,~i| The Awards and Recognition Reception begins at 5 p.m. with the dinner and program starting at .7 p.m. This year’s theme is “Fulfilling A Legacy of Service, Advocacy and Empowerment. The invited guest speaker is the Honorable Harold Ford Jr., Congressman from

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NAACP membership. Samuel R. Pierce Jr.,

Reagan cabinet member, dies WASHINGTON (AP) — Samuel Riley Pierce Jr., a former secretary of Housing and Urban Development who spent five years fighting charges of corruptjqn within the agency, died Tuesday following a recent stroke. He was

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Pierce, the only Black memfipr of President Reagan’s Cabinet, served from 1981 to 1989. His office was marred by an internal Hyp report that triggered congressional investigations into allegations pif abuses, favoritismand mismanagement at the agency during the

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^.testified to Congress ahqpt ^allegations in mid-1989. Afte; a five-year investigation, he was never charged with a crime in the HUD scandal nor was he disbarred, although he acknowledged his cc duct “failed to set the proper st,

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cepted the 1980s budget cuts.; social spending, Pierce still cha pioned a key program to rehabt| tate the nation’s subsidized he ing stock. That project fell ur

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In 1961, he joined Batt^ Fowler, Stokes & Kheel — coming the first Black partner < major New York law firm. He sj cialized in labor, tax and antitnkt law and argued both civil and crit®nal cases. ^ That year, he argued before jae Supreme Court, defending ciiil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Lutfer King and the New York TimejJn the landmark libel decision Neiv York Times vs. Sullivan. Pierce was also a member of the Neftv York City Board of Education.^ In the early 1970s, he was general counsel to the Treasury l5tpartment in the Nixon administration. He rejoined his old law fiqn in 1973, before returning to Wa^iington seven years later to accept

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