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DID loJrodacbd to Study Causo of Dropouts
A bin hu been intro
duced in the North CaroHni
House of Representatives to
create t Commission to
tuoV the underiyng reuoni
for the tUtewlde Increue in
public school dropouts,
state Representative
Kenneth B. Spaulding, one
of the bius sponsors
stated that there appears to
be a growing number of
North Carolina students
who drop out of school
before graduation and that
this problem is un
acceptable. '
Spaulding stated that
so often young people drop
out of school at an early
age then they don't fully
appreciate the consequences
of their actions. They
often find out after its
too late mat without a
fundamental education they
are sevedy handicapped in
their ability to attain
economic opportunities and
security. Most importantly,
however, Spaulding stated
mat young people who
drop out of school are de
prived of intellectual growth
and stimulation and often
find as outlets less
constructive activities. '
The commission will
study (1) what are me
causes of the high dropout
rate in North Carolina in
grades 8 to 12, (2) why
so many North Carolina
high school graduates fail
to continue their education
beyond "thp high school
level; (3) what should and
can be done to encourage
students to remain in high
school until they graduate;
and (4) what special factors,
if any, have caused the
dropout- rate to 'be
especially high" in. the
western mountain counties
comprising v the :" Eighth.
Educational District;- and
what special solutions, if
any, exist. '
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Black History HonM
-A 1977 law which denies
parole to persons convicted
of violent crimes is being
brought into national focus
through the cases of four
young black teenagers. One
of the cases has received a
lot of media attention with
in Mississippi and some
press attention nationally.
Two separate defense funds
have been set up by attor
neys and community people
who say they'll raise
$20,000 for the defenses. '
Fourteen year old Rob
ert L. "Bubble" May, seven
teen year old Lawrence
Edward Williams, eighteen
year old Earnest Tolliver,
and eighteen year old Bob
Terrell were sentenced last
January to serve consecutive
terms without possibility of
parole. May, Tolliver and
Terrell were convicted of
four robbery charges and
were sentenced to four-
twelve year terms to run
consecutively. ' Lawrence
Williams was convicted of
three armed robbery counts
and was sentenced to 36
years in prison. '
At the behest of white
Attorney Ron Welch, the
circuit court judge who
sentenced May to 48 years,
set aside May's guilty plea
because of inadequate repre
sentation by counsel. May is
scheduled to be retried in
September. The" bearded
Welch is appealing for funds
to defend May, whose case
is beginning to get some
exposure outside the state. '
But the cases of Tolliver,
Terrell and Williams, who
are serving prison sentences
in Mississippi's Parchman
Prison, have been virtually
unpublicized in Mississippi.
They are being represented
by Attorney Leonard Mc
Clellan, president of the
Mississippi Chapter of the
National Conference of
Black Lawyers. Three black
lawyers have been identified
to work on the cases. '
Defense attorneys for the
three jailed defendants have
indicated that they will
seek to have the convictions
set aside as was done in the
case of May, Only May has a
prior record. 1
Questioned about the
lack of media spotlight
given to the three jailed
defendants, Ms. L. C. Dor
sey, an employee of the
Southern Coalition of Jails
and Prisons commented,
"the attorneys who repre
sented May simply used the
media to their advantage
and the media wanted to
focus in on those two (law
yers) and there was never a
great deal of com
mitment of people to admit
that they were a part of
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in Who's Who
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Clarke . A. Egertdh, III,
son of Mr. and Mrs.
Garke A. Egerton, Jr., is
listed in the current edition
of Who's Who Among
American High School Stu
dents. Garke, a senior at
Hillside High School, plans
a career
education.
in technical
Less than five per cent
of the nation's junior and
senior class"- high school
students are honored in the
current editions.
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black woman continued,
saying "you know how the
media are. It is a very will
ful instrument that responds
to those images that it
wants to respond to." 1
Attorney ' Welch could
not be reached to respond
to the charges. Operators
said his telephone had been
disconnected. 1
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coordinated by Brookhay
en's Rev. Garence Coleman,
have organized to raise
funds for the teenagers. '
Checks and money or
ders are requested from
people who want to help.
They should be sent to:
The Brookhaven Four
Defense Fund, co Rev.
Garence Coleman, Presi
dent, 121 Jones Ave
Brookhaven, Mississippi
39601. 1
UAACP Leaders
(Continued from front)
Kenyon Burke, Associate
Director for NAACP Pro
grams, will head a Team of
Consultants from the
National Office to de
velop machinery for
active Task Forces in Em
ployment and Political Ac
tion. The N.C.- NAACP
Task Force in Education is
operative with Mrs. Willie
Mae Winfield of Roper,
as Chairperson. '
The goal of the North
Carolina NAACP is to
improve service to it's more
than 100 branches and to
strengthen the "advocacy
capacity" of the NAACP.
in North Carolina. 1
?U Burke will be accompan '
ied to North Carolina by
Ms. Gerda Steele, Director
of Education Programs;
Lewis Carter, Director,
Labor Programs and Joe E.
Madison, Director of Voter
Education. Joining these
National NAACP Consul
tants will be Regional
Director, Earl T. Shinhoster -and
Regional Youth
Director, Ms. Janice
Johnson, both of Atlanta
Georgia. 1
Mrs. Carolyn Q, Cole
man, the new Field Direc
tor will officially be intro
duced to the N.C. NAACP
Leadership. Mrs. Coleman
formerly was Director of
the NAACP Emergency
Relief Fund, which is an
NAACP program primari
ly established to provide
temporary relief in the form
of money to assist needy
families to purchase food
stamps. The program is
not . a dole but to help
the disadvantaged through,
a difficult period. '
The days activities will
climax with a speical dinner
program paying tribute to
Charles A. ' McLeafi,
retiring Field Director of
the N.C NAACP at 7:30
pjn; af the Hilton Inn. "
McLean was first em
ployed by the NAACP in
1950, by ' the late Walter
White, who as that time was
Executive Secretary of the
NAACP. In 1951, because
of such an excellent job
with a special register and
vote campaign, McLean
was offered the position of
State Field Director which
he accepted. - Many of the
gains made by the N.C.
NAACP are due to the
brilliant performance of
McLean during his tenure
of directorship. '
The North Carolina State
NAACP had 35 branches
when McLean began his
term as Field Director and
as he retires, there are
more than 100 branches
operative in the State. '
Garence Mitchell, Jr.,
retired NAACP Washington
Bureau Director, will deliver
the Tribute Address. '
Ben Ruffln, Special
Assistant to Governor Jim
Hunt, was the principal
speaker, for the dosing of
the Black History Month
celebration at Shepard
Junior High School Appear
ing before the student body,
on February 27, Mr. Ruffln
challenged the students
to dream "The Impossible
Dream." 1 He narrated an
impressive lists of blacks
who have achieved because
they dared to dream the
impossible dreams. ' He
ended by admonishing the
students to study, stay
in school and take
advantage of every oppor
tunity 'to become educat
ed. His final challenge was
You can make it, if you
try." He was enthusiastical
ly received by the student
body. 1
Previous events at
Shepard is observance of
Black History Month were
as follows:
February 2, Mrs. Gwen
dolyn Haskins accompanied
by Mrs. Barbara Cooke
presented a program of
Negro spirituals and a jazz
group from NCCU
presented a program of
blues and jazz. '
Students viewed a film
entitled "Black History.
Lost, Stolen, or Strayed."
The film highlighted Blacks
who have contributed to
our American way of life in
but in mnay cases have
not found their way into
our history books. : -. . -
Throughout the month,
Miss Fields, ' our media
specialist, provided
library . activities center
ed around Blacks. U.
February is often called
"Fabulous February" and it
was just that at Shepard. In
addition to Black History,
the Prescott family
presented a musical program
on February .1 The
program featured Mrs. GS.
Prescott at the piano,
Thurmon Prescott at the
piano and on the violin,
Camille Prescott on the
viola and Ruby Prescott on
the violin. 'The entire
family ended the program
by singing "The Last
Supper" from "Jesus Christ,
Superstar";
February 12, Miss
Beverly Burke, newscaster,
and anchorwoman at
WTVD talked to the
students about her career
as a television personality;
visited classes and
had lunch with the students
in the cafeteria. '
February 14, students
presented a Valentine's Day
Talent Show centered
around "Love." Selections
ranged from sonnets by
Elizabeth Barrett Brown
ing to songs like, "I Love
You Truly" and "What
the World Needs Now is
Love, Sweet, Love." '
We ended February with
the King's , and Queen's
Ball on February 28. '
LIBERIA!! AMBASSADOR
DENNIS HONORED
RALEIGH - "Liberian
Ambassador to the United
States Francis A. Dennis
was the guest of honor at
a breakfast last week spon
sored by the Durham life
Broadcasting Company.
Raleigh's Mayor Isabella
Cannon and other political
bigwigs as well as WPTF
executives were on hand to
welcome Ambassador
Dennis. ' " "
., The Liberiart was speak
ing in "the Triangle Area
during Brotherhood week
observations. Later in the
week, he was the keynote
speaker at White Rock
Baptist Church in Durham.
Mayor Cannon presented
Dennis with a wine gob
lett with the inscription
"the love of liberty
brought us here". The Am
bassador was also present
ed a key to the city. 1
Unable to attend the
breakfast was the
honorable Governor James
Hunt whose Assistant for
Minority Affairs and
Special Projects John
Larkins said Hunt had
longstanding engagements
and conferences with the
legislature. '
Larkins presented Dennis
with the seal of North
Carolina. '
Master of Ceremonies for
WPTF was Carl Venters, Jr.
who was joined by Asa T.
Spaulding, Jr. "and Dan
Gibbens and several other
staffers. '
Ambassabor Dennis
responded to the presenta
tions , and expressions of
brotherhood with thanks
and was very appreciative
to the UJS.' for the insights
that Christainlty had given
his 'country;' Liberir'tas
settled by former slaves in
the 1840s under the
administration of James
Monroe for whom Liberia's
capital, Monrovia, is named.
The American Colonization
Society spearheaded coloni
zation of West Africa as a
means of solving race
questions, in the US' but
only a fraction of slaves
who wanted to return were
taken back to Africa. 1
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