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"Life b not complex. Wt anfeomptoc Ufa to
simple, and th simple thing H the right thing."
Oscar Wild
. VOLUME 57 NUMBER 35
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATUROAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1979
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Ms. Ruthie Rodgers, left, and Ms. Mary L. Williams, right, representing the Food
Service Advisory Committee of North Carolina Central University, present a check
to Frank Silva, athletic director, for North Carolina Central's athletic program. The
check represents the proceeds from a fund-raising banquet and a program featuring
Cicely Tyson held by the advisory committee last spring for the benefit of the
athletic program. Ms. Williams was chairman of the advisory committee. The fund
raising activity was attended by 800 persons arid grossed above $5,000. j
Mickey Stay Home, Andy's Gone
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By Ada M. Fisher
The offer id join Carter's team given to H.M. "Mickey" Michaux, Jr., the N.C.
Middle District Attorney, is one I hope he will not take. My bias is personal I believe
he's doing a good job at home and saying things which need to be said from his forum
here. He also won't be subjected to political reappointment if he stays and can con
tinue to speak out for the people of North Carolina. ;
. Already in the! political shuffle,, it is clear that those who dont play ball won't be
auoweaio piay cu aii. xi is wso wear umi wc wuu u uiiuwcu w ujviucu jews vs. ; . . ; v
BlaclctteiBlaekt haves vs.-have nots while the iaue of Justice tadS eitemtMco-v
humaili tights are not dealt with. I m not afiti-Carterl still kind of nice the chap, i am
Nixon, Ukt3
Civil RiC!ts
Fightor 7c7Qt
RALEIGH E.D.. isfix-
on, one of the thousands
of unsung civil rights
fighter,' warns' thatless "
some changes are made
blacks may loose" their
struggle for civil rights.
Dr. Mixon boasts of 4 long
involvement in leading
struggle for his people in-:
eluding a major role in the
Montgomery, Alabama
bus boycott. Nixon spoke
at the Crabtree Sheraton '
at a dinner sponsored by :
North Carolina Distrkts
of United Parcel, Service
Monday. .
Dr. Nixon volunteers in
. the public schools of Mon
tgomery, Alabama and
works with low income
children in -the Young'
Forte Village housing
development. . z Clack
children, he says, have lost -
respect,, for teachers and
anti- no guts, no leadership and the lack of vision which we as a nation are currently f
pursuing. -, . -. '
: Andy Young had to go. It wasn't the Jews, it was his lie to his superiors and ;
Carter's pledge to fire anyone of his staff ever caught telling a lie. Why then and how
did Young think he would be exempt? Why? Especially since he alone was the only
black man With significant White House influence in this country. Especially since his:
taking the job cost us one black congressman when our numbers there were so few.
Especially since he was our most prominent break front with our black brethren now
that the recently censured Charles Diggs is probably going to be ousted from the
Senate Subcommittee on African Affairs. Why, Andy Young, did you, the preacher,
fall into the deception trap!?! Why?
Black people, Wake Up! Sometimes when we are offered what seems to be a step
upward, it may be because we're doing too good a job right where we are. The money
and the positions may seem good for a while, but one way to get us out of the way is
to kick us upstairs or move us laterally (to the side). For those of us seeking political ,
acclaim, remember that political accountability is the rule. No matter what a white
man may do and get away with, a black person doing the same thing will be judged
harshly and punished if caught. Remember Adam Clayton Powell. Ignorance of the
law is no excuse. We've got to pay our taxes, send bur kids to public schools, learn to
live with the "rift-raft" and not forget that no matter how high and mighty we may
think we are, in, society's eye, we're all still just 'niggers.
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children1 are' not respecting
the black teachers and the
white either," says Nixon. w
"They have got it in their ',
minds that : the teachers
can't . whip them" They
take advantage of it and
they aren't learning
anything," He bends your
ear with ? numerous ex
amples and hastens to add
that all . black youth are
not disrespectful.
Df. Nixon shared the
foregoing with The
Carolina Times after his
dinner speech in which he
recalled his involvement in .
the 1955 Montgomery bus
boycott.
After the arrest of Mrs.
f, Union Votes To Strike
METARIE, La. This member of The Jefferson Federation of Teachers leaves
union hall carrying a strike sign. The union voted to strike, effective August 24. UPI
Soul City May Remain In Dlacti
Hands If Default Not Stopped
Lightner Says
Rosa Parks for refusing to
give her seat on the bus to
a white patron, Nixon
Chancellor Albert N. Whiting
Announces
Promotions
Chancellor Albert N.
Whiting of North
Carolina Central Univeri
ty this week announced
the promotions of nine
faculty members.
Three promoted from
instructor to assistant pro1
fessor, one from assistant
professor to associate pro
fessor, and five from
associate professor to pro
fessor. W.R. Umberger was
promoted to professor of
dramatic arts. A member
of the NCCU faculty since
1967, Dr. Umberger holds
the A.B. and M.A.
degrees from the Universi
ty of Ndrth Carolina at
Chapel Hill and the Ph.D
degree from Tulane
University. .
Ms. Muriel J. Mellown
was promoted to pro
fessor of English. Dr.
Mellown has been a
member of the faculty at
North 'Carolina Central
University since 1968 and
holds the B.A., M.A., and
Ph.D degrees from the
University College of Lon
don. Robert Izydore, pro
moted to professor of'
chemistry, has been- a
faculty member at NCCU
since 1971 . Dr. Izydore
holds the B.S. degree from
Pennsylvania State
University and the Ph.D.
degree from Duquesne
University.
Ms. Nancy Mueller, a
NCCU faculty member
since 1971, was promoted
to professor , of biology. .
Dr. Mueller holds the
A.B. degree from the Col
lege of Wooster and the
M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
from the University of
Florida.
Promoted to professor
of history, George Reid
holds the B.A. and M.A.
degrees from North
Carolina Central Universi
ty and the Ph.D. degree
from Howard JUniversity.
He has been a faculty
member at NCCU since
1974.
Promoted to associate
professor of political
science was Joseph R.
Aicher, Jr., a recent reci
pient of the Ph.D. degree
from Duke University.
Dr. Aicher holds the B.A.
Degree from St. Francis
College and the M.A.
degree from Marquette
University and jojned the
NCCU faculty in 1970.
Raphael N. Thompson,
promoted to assistant pro
fessor of accounting in the
School of Business, holds
the B.S. degree . from
NCCU and the M.B.A.
degree from New York
University. He has been a
member of the NCCU
faculty since 1960. .
Ms. Jocelyn Stevens,
promoted to assistant pro
fessor of library science,
has been a librarian and
faculty member at NCCU
since 1959. She holds the
B.S. Ed. degree from Nor
thwestern University and
the M.S.L.S. degree from
NCCU.
Ms. Davescene
Spellman, a faculty
member of NCCU since
1974, was promoted to
assistant professor of
business education in the
School of Business. She
holds the B.S.C. and M.S.
degrees from NCCU.
Road Tho
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Pat Bryant
RALEIGH Former
Raleigh Mayor and State
Senator Clarence Lightner
said this week that he has
assurances that Soul City
will remain "in black
hands" if the efforts to
stop HUD from forcing
the project into bankrupt-'
cy fail.
Lightner is chairman of
the N.C. Black Leadership
Caucus, an organization
which has gone to bat for
Soul City and its
.developer Floyd
McKissick.
The N.C. Black Leader
ship Caucus met in Soul
i City last weekend, behind
closed doors and passed
resolutions requesting the
support of the Congres
sional Black Caucus, and
North Carolina's junior
Senator Robert Morgan.
Without stating the
details, Lightner said
Morgan had made the
assurance.
The Caucus made a
show of support for
McKissick's Soul City last
Saturday when it assembl
ed at what was called
family day. More than 150
persons attended.
NFL Begins
Season
This
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SEE PAGE 20
Every week end since , .
last May, Sister Tee
Williams and several other
community workers have
canvassed predominantly
black neighborhoods
registering unregistered - -voting
age Durhamites.
Sister Williams' effort
was coordinated by the l
Durham Chapter of the
North Carolina Black . ,
Women's Political Caucus
(NCBWPQ. The
NCBWPC is one of .
several organizations
registering voters in the
city. All of the drives will
end September K). "
Sister Tee, as she is call
ed by her friends and com
rades, says that already
. approximately 1,000 voters
have been registered by
the Durham Chapter of
the NCBWPC. But still,
she says, the organization
has fallen behind in its
.goals.
She attributes missing
the goal to a resistance to
registering to vote in the
neighborhoods she has
canvassed. Lack of
awareness or lack of infor
mation on how important
the October municipal
elections are, she believes,
are the causes.
"I found a lot of them
(unregistered voters) unin-:
formed about the issues,"
Sister Tee related. "Some
are unaware that we have
five blacks on the City
. Council and three of them
are seeking re-election.
Also-there is lack of
v knowledge about how a
V new city school board will
children , face; in. the
' 1 schtxsh, she sard 7
- Quite a number of peo
' pie Sister Tee has canvass
, ed, she said, have asked
"Why should I vote if my
people don't get anything
from voting?" '
Her response is stan
dard. "A Successful can
didate for mayor can hire
3,000 people and some of
them could be your
relatives," ;
Most of the registration
takes place on weekends.
Last weekend, Sister Tee
says, WO voters were
registered . in the
neighborhood surroun- !
ding Union Baptist
Church. With two more
weekends ahead . of .the
campaign before books
close, she and other! who
are actively registering
believe that . many more
can be signed. J , 1
Sister Tee is known to
speak, out about matters
she feels that are not being
handled properly ' in ' the
black community v In a re
cent interview she said she
was suprised that "some
of the so-called leaders
aren't getting -involved.
Sister Tee complains that
- these persons have not
been canvassing or atten
ding voter registration
rallies. .""'
Dub Educational Policy
SEEECTED
Duke' University's In
stitute of Policy Sciences
and7 Public Affairs will
house a new research and
advisory office on
desegregation for the U.S.
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare. !
The New office will'
function as part of the in- '
stitute's Center for Educa-
tional policy.
To be called the Educa
tional Policy Development
IFK 'OKEGRE6iTldE3 S
mm,
Soul City
bid this
Washington
HUD from
funds from
while what
lost a court
week in
to enjoin
withholding
the project
may be a
First In Stato ;
H .-9. :'" .n.
Officers Elotfod for
landowners Ass'n
Center for Desgregation,
it will conduct studies at;
all levels of education and
advise the assistant
secretary for education.
The center ' will be co-
directed by Dr. Willis D.
Hawley, a faculty member J.
in Duke's Insitute of
Policy Sciences and Public ;
Affairs, and Mrs. Anne
Borders-Patterson.
Mrs. Broders-Patterson
is now completing her
doctorate at the University
of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Hawley said the center .
will involve Duke Resear
chers from several dif-"
.ferent disciplines, in-!
eluding law, psychology,
city and regional plann-j
ing, sociology, political'
science and economics. ; ,
"In addition," Hawley
said, "Consultants from
various universities
.throughout the United
States will participate in
the project.''
Hawley said the center
should benefit from a
number of studies related
to school desegregation
that have been under way
at Duke. .'
These studies include
the rclationsiip between
desegregation; community
conflict and race-related
attitudes; the importance
of teacher behavior in
fostering effective
desegregation, and new
approaches to assure com
pliance with court orders?
The studies also will use
the , work of the Duke
based Naitonal Review
Panel -on School
Desegregation Research
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frot nf Hpcoorpoatirvn . . . .
J'Tj ., . 6 ; wouia oe
ana lacnuiying rcscaitn
priorities.
lengthy court battle en
sues.
Begun under the Nixon
administration, Soul City
has been a constant target
of Senator Jesse Helms,
who has requestd several
audits . of the project.
None of the audits un
covered wrongdoings.
Based upon a consultant's
report HUD decided to
!scrap the Soul City project ,
and pay $10 million in
government v- loan
WELDON I.H.
Hilliard, President of the
Halifax County lan
downers Association,
reports the recent state
meeting held at the
Halifax Community Col
lege, Weldon, was a suc
cess. The following of
ficers were elected:
Palmefv Johnston Coun
ty, Box 1457, Smithficli.
, . .These officers were in-. ,
strutted to contact the na-
tional officers, for
assitance in developing a.
'constitution and a set of.
by-laws in draft for the
state chamoter rrior to the
next meeting. The North '
"v tw v..
P r e s i d e n t - H o i a n c e Carolina Chapter b pleas-.
bankrupt by
year's end and was not
financially viable.
lAhn.An U1ifa "Vlnw
JVttUOVIU, IIWIIOA VV.UJ
Star Routes Box 60, Lit
tleton; Vice President,
'Lewis Dozier, Brunswick
County, Route . Box
519, Supply; Secretary,
Ms. Anna M. Anderson,
Halifax County, 1315 Elm
Street, Weldon;
Treasurer-Hernando F.
ed to be .able to join
Georgia, AEbama, South'
Carolina,. Lduisa&a, Ten
nessee and Mississippi
who are already organized ,
into successful operations
to htlp reverse the trend of
tlscx cad loss and to halt
&a 3cae of land owner
aiky blacks.
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