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2-THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT., MAY 19,1979 Problems in Desegregation 25 Years Since Court Declared Separate Schools Unequal 2ND INSTALLMENT, 3-PART SEltlES The gap between the two figures has widened since 196S, the report says, when there were 30- minority students and 25% minority teachers. (Nationally, 24% of the children in public elemen tary and secondary schools were minorities in 1976, up from 20% in 1968, while in 1976 13% of the schools’ teachers were minorities, up from 11% in 1968.) “If the ratio of minority teachers to white teachers ws the same as minority students to white students,” Bond said, “we’d have 57,000 more minority techers in the South bringing in annual salaires of $640,000,000. Nationally, we’ve lost 233,000 teachers to racism and we lose $3 billion ech year from the annual salaries they could con tribute to minority com munities.” “The loss of that in come caused by racial discrimation in hiring,” said Bond, “illustrates how desegregation policy continues to place the heaviest burden on those it is supposed to help — blacks and other minorities. We’ve waged a relentless struggle for justice in the schools, and we continue to pay dearly for the right to an equal education which was pro claimed a Constitutionally protected right 25 years ago. “This report details the tragic and deeply personal stories of dozens of people who suffered unnecessari ly for the sake of getting their children an equal education. Today, black children still are the ones who are bused more often, for longer distances; who lose the identity of their own schools, athletic pro grams and social func tions; who; who are ex pelled if their attitudes do not conform to white, middle-class standards; who are pushed out by competency tests which turn schools into production-oriented fac tories instead of student- oriented centers of learn ing.” The report. Bond noted, shows that a disproportionate number of minority students, are expelled or suspended each year. Although only 24% of the nation’s school children are minorities, 36% of those expelled or suspended are minorities; in the South, the figures are 34% and 47%. “We’ve desegregated ike we fought the war in Vietnam,” concluded Frank Adams, coor dinating editor of special reports. “We may have won some battles in get ting black children into previously all-white schools, but WC may be losing the larger war of providing quality in tegrated educational op portunities for all our children. As in Vietnam, we’ve placed an undue emphasis on body counts and lost of sight of our real national goals. And as in Vietnam, it’s the poor of all races who carry the burden of the nation’s commitment to freedom and equality. Those who can’t afford to move the Dr. Clark to Address Grads At DC Finals Receiving One Of Many Awards Secretary of Natural Resources and Community Development, Howard N. Lee accepts award from Charles Bremer (1) National Director, A Phillip Randolph Educational Fund/Youth Employment Program, and Local Program Coordinator for APREF/YEP (Raleigh Durham) Ronnie Hoover. The presentation was made at the annual banquet for A. Phillip Randolph Institute held this in his honor. Photo By Keivin A. Bell suburbs, or send their children to private academies, or teach them themselves, are left to desegregate the under financed, understaffed schools kept that way “with all deliberate speed” by irresponsible political leaers and school officials.” To drmatize the pro blem of underfinancing which plagues many school districts in the South, the report includes an article on Jimmy Carter’s home county’s school system. Since becoming a majority black Only Calvert Extra makes a mixed drink soft. Calvert Extra mixes up into deliciously smooth drinks. This blend of aged whiskies neither overpowers the mixer nor gets lost in the, drink. Soft Whiskey does what any whiskey does, only softer. The Soft Whiskey Calvert Extra AMfKICANWHISKfY A HI Ff J(j • «0 PHOOf t97!Jf lAI VI HI I JlSl (.0 iOHISVIl.;! school district, Sumter County has lowered the tax rate for its schools by 60%, frim 20 mills to 7.5 mills, causing the pubUc schools to deteriorate. Meanwhile, private academies flourish in the county, and several white school board members send their children to the private schools rather than upgrade the public system they are in charge of. Bob Hall, the Institute’s director, identified other problems discussed in the report which he said “require urgent attention from national, state and local authorities, parents and citizens if the mandate for quality integrated education is ever to be fullfilled.” Dr. Vernon T. Clat will deliver the commenq ment address at the con mencement exercises ) Durham College Satui day. May 19 at 11 a.n Clark is professor o biology at North Carolij Central University and th newly appointed directo of the Governor’s Schoo East. -Seventy-seven student will complete their rt quirements this week j order to receive tti. Associate in Appliei Science degree or ; diploma or certificate ii their respective programs Clark is past presiden of The National Instituti of Science, and presentli serves as editor-in-chief o: a scientific publication, T/te Beta Kappa Ch Bulletin. As a FR' Fellow, he has conducts biological research at thi world famous Marini Biological Laboratoreis ii Woods Hole Massachusetts. As director of th- Governor’s School East , Clark will direct a schoo-j for 400 gifted and talenta junior and senior higi school students, with 6 faculty and staff, thi summer on the campus o Saint Andrews College Laurinburg, Nort! CONTINUED NEXT WEEK Carolina. 17,000 Call For Cancer Information; Thousands More ' Unaware of Service More than 17,000 North Carolinians have called the Cancer Information Service at Duke Universi ty, but thousands more don’t know the free ser vice exists, says the per sons who organized it. The service turned three years old on (May 17). Dr. Diane McGrath, director of cancer control at the Duke Comprehen sive Cancer Center and the services director, said more than half of the state’s adults may still be unaware of the Cancer In formation Service. ‘ ‘A poll we commission ed through the UNC Jour nalism School showed that 59% of 889 North Carolina adults surveyed said they were very in terested in getting more in formation about cancer, but only 44% said they knew about us,” Dr. McGrath said in an inter- the phone. Dr. McGrath said. They can tell a caller the more common symp toms of the type of cancer worrying the caller. Then they encourage the caller to get in touch with a doc tor. If the person doesn’t have a doctor, the service will refer him to one close WT. to his home. | Many people have th idea that the service onl answers factual question; Dr. McGrath said. In fao one call of every fiv comes from someone war ting to know abou sources of financial ai Continued on page 18 I view. “Even some agencies in our own state government seem not to be aware of the service,” she added. “Take the whole PCB (polychloriadted biphenyls) issue. The state government could have said to people in the af fected areas, Tf you have questions about PCB, call the Cancer Information Service’. We’re ready to help anytime such a situa tion arises,” she said. Anyone in North Carolina can reach the ser vice by dialing a toll-free number, 1-800-672-0943. From surrounding states, the number is (919) 286-2214 through May 31 and (919) 684-2230 begin ning June 1. Calls from outside North Carolina aren’t toll-free. Staff members and trained volunteers help callers from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. At other times, a caller can leave his name and phone number and someone from the service will call back the next working day without charge. The office at Duke is one of 20 Cancer Informa tion Services nationwide supported by the National Cancer Institute, the federal government’s cancer research and education arm. At the Duke service and at the others, breast cancer leads the list of topics concerning callers. Other topics mentioned by callers, in order of fre quency, are cancers of the lung, skin colon and cer vix. Staff members and volunteers don’t try to diagnose problems over The New Greyhound Ain’t What It Used 1b Be. Back in the 1930’s most terminals were little more than a sign at the local store. Toiday, Greyhound gives you more of what you travel for: we have terminals that are bright and modern, with fast ticketing, comfortable waiting areas, and you don’t always have to go downtown to go Greyhound because we have con veniently located suburban terminals in most major cities. Greyhound has come a long way since the 1930’s. But one thing hasn’t changed. Greyhound is still gcxxJ transportation at low prices. So take the bus, and leave everything to us. GOcmHom
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