Frost Illustrated (Newspaper) - July 14, 2004, Fort Wayne, Indiana Theodis Ealey to perform at Link's See page 9 Wizards turn things around in second half of season See page 16 Frost 3121 S. Calhoun Fort IN 46807 ILLUSTRATED News of African Americans Established in 1968 Fort Wayne's Leading Independent Weekly Newspaper city bid farewell to another By Robbin L. Melton Fifteen years have passed since the Rev. Teniae Jordan Sr. accepted the call to pastor Greater Progressive Baptist 2215 John St. With an initial congregation of just 25 people the church now has more than 2,200 members who literally have a vested interest in the south side of Fort Wayne under Jordan's During a July 7 meeting with members of. the Jordan announced his resignation as senior pastor of Greater Citing the need to look after his ailing parents in his hometown of Jordan is leaving in the midst of the church's million non-profit Regional Equipment Center Inc. endeavor which entails a church expansion with educational and and a Creative Arts and banquet Though the announcement was somewhat of a some church members said it was only a matter of Frost file photo The Rev. Jordan recently announced his resignation as pastor of Greater Progressive Baptist talked about his dad's health for the past two years and his said City Councilman Glynn Hines who oversees Jordan's Stop the Madness 1999, my wife and I moved back here because we were going through the same thing so I The church is and but we Now we need a successive strategy to continue what we've started because leadership is crucial Someone needs to step up to the Jordan's official final date as Greater Progressive's head pastor was not set by press but Jordan said he plans to stay on for 45 to 60 days to aid in the transition process. A successive pastor also has not yet been but Jordan said it could be including one of the numerous women Jordan has appointed as church leaders oyer the Women traditionally do not serve in high-ranking roles in African American Baptist weren't in the ministry when I but there were some in leadership he against the norm in this community and there were discussions about but I wasn't concerned about we're looking for someone with leadership abilities so it on page 5) Promises of 1964 Civil Rights despite much progress By Hazel Trice Edney Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON When Rights Act of 1964 was it capped years of struggle to have Congress enact legislation that would explicitly outlaw was working on it at every said Dorothy 92, president of the National Council of Negro Civil Rights Act did not come We had the Civil Rights We had the march on And in the we had a terrific We had to break the then we finally got the act Height was among millions of Americans who commemorated last week's 40th anniversary of the Civil Rights signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson after being approved June 19, 1964 by the House of Representatives and finally in the Senate in what is now known as the longest six arid other civil rights pioneers now say that despite the Photo courtesy Dorothy Height is president of the National Council of Negro jubilation that accompanied passage of the new many of its promises remain now need to see that it's fully implemented and that it's enforced and we need to work to get in the economic positions so that our families can take advantage of some of the opportunities that opened Height need to have more opportunities for training and development for young people so that they will be prepared to fill the demands of the think they need to get out and They need to realize that they have gone through open doors and they have to help keep them Among the promises of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the withholding of federal funds to any school or institution that discriminate on the basis of national religion or It was also enacted to assure that people have legal recourse if they are denied access to public accommodations or problems discover whenever I go and visit the Black Belt region of for any business for the Civil that there is still Jim said Mary Frances chairwoman of the U. S. Commission on Civil are still places where blacks have been segregated in 2004.... Even the as we are mostly still Two-thirds of black children go to schools that Rights on page 5) Photo by Smith Jr. Col. Linda Smith is congratulated on her new assignment as commander of the U.S. Military Academy's Dental Activity by the academy's commandant Gen. Leo A. Brooks Jr. Former resident assumes command post at West Point WEST 1 marked an historical day for the U.S. Army and a former city resident when Col. Linda Smith assumed command of the U.S. Military Academy Dental Activity at West In that a former Fort Wayne will oversee operations for the Fort and Fort dental She currently is the only African American woman in the U.S. Army's Dental and the first woman and first African American commander of the U.S. Military Academy's Dental A graduate of South Side High School in Fort Wayne and Indiana University School of Smith formerly operated a private practice in Atlanta and served as associate professor of clinical services at the Medical College of Georgia's School of In 1990, her reserve the 3299th Dental was activated for operation Desert Col. Smith remained on active duty serving at Redstone and Fort before completing the Advanced Education in General Dentistry training program at Fort she continued on to the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort where she was assigned as Division Dental Surgeon for the 703rd Main Support Several years she moved to Germany where she served nearly two years as assistant program director and later program director for the U.S. Army's Advanced General Dentistry Residency Program before assuming her current A graduate of Officer Basic and Officer Advanced Course and Command and General Staff Smith is a diplomat on page 18)