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VOLUME 58 - NUMBER 45
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1980
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T.1r. and Mrs. William A. Clement
Honored; Joseph Hadison Royootor.
By Felicia M. Cassels
Mr. and Mrs. William
A. Clement were honored
November 1 at the
Durham NAACP Sixth
Annual Freedom Fund
Dinner. William Alex
ander Clement is chair
manfftf North Carolina
Central University's
Board of Trustees. Mrs.
Josephine Dobbs Clement
is chairman of the
Durham city school
'board, the first black
woman to hold that posi
tion. Both are active in a
multitude of civic, frater
nal and academic associa
tions. Joseph Madison was the
dinner's keynote speaker.
He is the national political
director of the NAACP.
Madison said blacks are
in a moral crisis and
quoted Dante who said,
"khe hottest places in hell
are reserved for those who
maintain a position of
neutrality in light of moral
crises." He urged the au
dience to leave apathy
behind and to vote.
He said there is little
difference between conser
vatives who will throw
a drowning- man a rope
too short, and liberals -
who will throw a rope long
enough, but will leave it to
He concluded that blacks
must rely on their own
strength to combat pro
blems that face them and.,
to hold their black and
white leadership accoun
table. The affair was emceed
by Leroy B. Frazier,
retired vice president of
North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company.
Frazier read a resolution
from Atlanta Mayor
Maynard Jackson who
declared November 1
William and Josephine
Clement Day in Atlanta.
Durham Mayor Harry
E. Rodenhizer also ad
dressed the audience and
Rev. Lorenzo A. Lynch
gave the invocation. Rev.
Lynch is pastor of White
Rock Baptist Church,
where the Clements are
members.
Tributes to the couple
were made by Dr.
Cleveland Hammonds,
superintendent of Durham
City Schools; Thomas
McDowell, manager of
the Raleigh-Durham Air
port Authority; Mrs. Ella
Fountain Pratt of Duke
University's Art Series
Committee; W.J. Keitr
nedy. III, president oT
N.C. Mutual: and Dr.
i f Ik
J. J. "Dabo" Hondorson Stops
Douo As Hoad of DCABP
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MRS. CLEMENT
Albert N. Whiting, NCCU
chancellor.
Mrs. Carolyn I. Thorn
ton, vice president of the
Links, and Mrs. Betty
Blackmun of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, each
presented $500 to the
NAACP for purchase of
life memberships for their
organizations on behalf of
Mrs. Clement. Likewise,
Clarence M. Winchester
of the Prince Hall Masons
presented a $5000 check
for the NAACP on behalf
of Mr. Clement.
A touching tribute was
paid to the couple by their
oldest son, William A
CLEMENT
is president of the
NAACP's Durham
Branch.
Other presenters includ
ed Dr. W. Davis of St.
Augustine's College,
Raleigh; Ben Taylor and
John R. Holder of the
Masons, and Mrs. Emma
Randolph, a personal
friend.
Smiling and gracious,
Mrs. Clement thanked
"everyone who had done
anything," for the occa
sion. She called the
NAACP the "oldest, most
stable and most
prestigious of all civil
rights organizations. . . .it ,
By Trellie L. Jeffers
J.J. "Babe" Hender
son, present chairman of
the Durham Committee .
on the Aitairs ot Black
People, announced at the ';
annual mass meeting for 5
the organization on Sun-
day, November 2, at i
White Rock Baptist';: jt
Church that he has in-'
formed the Committee's"
selections committee, that,,
he is not a candidate for
. reelection. The election of
chairman and sub
committee chairmen will
be held in December of :
this year.
After making the an-,
nouncement, Henderson
said, "I am concerned
about the next chairman
that leads the Durham
Committee. Regardless of
the leadership, my appeal
is (for blacks) to get
together and do more."
Henderson made his an
nouncement shortly
before the group voted to
process a resolution that
had resulted from an
amendment to the bylaws
of the Durham Commit
tee. The resolution created
a sub-committee on
Religious and Human Af
fairs. The purpose of this
committee is to establish
operative effort ; and;
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behalf ot the Clement '9
three sons and three
daughters. With obvious
pride, he thanked the pair
for instilling in their
children the importance of
education and the dignity
of being black. This em
phasis, Clement said,
helped six children
develop into successful in
dividuals. Clement is the
Associate Director of
Minority Business
Development at
Washington, D.C.'s Small
Business Administration.
Benjamin Ruffin of the
Governor's Office
presented the two with the
Distinguished Citizens
Award for outstanding
public service. Dr. James
M. Schooler, Jr., of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraterni
ty gave the Clements a
silver plate while George
W. Frazier presented them
with a framed copy of a
profile that appeared on
the two in the Durham
Morning Herald. Frazier
something constructive.
Mrs. Clement, a Durham
. resident for 34 years, said
the city has been good to
her and her family.
Her soft-spoken hus
band echoed her words in
his remarks to the crowd;
of 500. He reflected on his
family history, from
grandparents who were
slaves to his own position
as executive vice president
at N.C. Mutual. He also
paid tribute to his wife
who came into his life "at
its lowest period" and
who has given him "love,
stimulation and motiva
tion. . . .regardless of the
situation, I could always
talk to her and get sound
advice."
The evening at the Civic
Center also included sing
ing by Mrs. Sylvia S.
Prescott and Miss
Veronica Scott, accom
panied by Arnold George.
Miss Scott is a 13 year old
eighth grader at Rogers
Herr Junior High School.
between
urham- ministers
Paulette Robinson at Sun
day's meeting for their
outstanding service to the
Maryland's state Senator
HENDERSON
Durham Committee.
The main speaker for
the mass meeting was
their congregations and
the Durham Committee.
The change in the bylaws
required a two-thirds vote
jf the full committee, and
it will give at least two
ministers seats on the
group's 77-member
political sub-committee.
The newly created com
mittee now brings the total
number of sub
committees to ten; there
are also three ad hoc committees.
MJhe vKcmcsvv;syh-
and awards to Mrs: Elizabeth
Tate, ,, Mrs' , Claronnell
Brown,
Williams, Mrs.
Roberson and
and Majority Whip,
Clarence Mitchell, III. At
22, Senator Mitchell
became the youngest per
son to be elected to the
Maryland legislature and
has been successfully
elected for eighteen years.
Using the theme,
"Black Folks Wake Up: if
it is to be, it is up (to each .
of us)", the Senator told
the gathering that the
Mississippi River is still
washing up skeletons of
blacks who had at one
time attempted to vote.
He criticized the
apathetic black middle
class for its lack of par
ticipation in the voting
process.
Senator Mitchell said,
"Politics is the art of how
who gets what, when and
where." He said that a lot
of black middle class peo
ple believe that they have
obtained their present
positions because of their
ability. "I know that my
opportunity came from
older folks who fought so
that I could enjoy my pre
sent position," said the
Senator.
He warned the black
middle class that the
danger of losing the big
house and the two cars is
.only. , two ,pay checks,
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Miss Homecoming
Cist Tiu Burke, a senior from Winston-Salem, is North
JarcSai Ctntral University's Miss Homecoming for 1980.
She 3 ba crowned during half-time activities at the universi-
a'l Homecoming football game with Johnson C. Smith
ntorstty, Saturday afternoon, November 8, at NCCU's
O'KiSy Field. Miss Burke, editor of The Campus Echo,
NCCU s student newspaper, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred A. Burke of Winston-Salem.
'''trfMnti away.
Musrc "for Sunday 's
meetine was rendered bv
Mrs. Vircinia the Markham Chapel Bap-
Florine tist Church Gospel
Mrs. Chorus.
Eagles Sharpen Talons
Page 5
WELCOME UCCU
To Honcceniing 1980
Black Solidarity Day
rved 'at Buke University
Ohse
By Felicia M. Casseb
Black students at Duke
University celebrated
Black Solidarity Day
November 3. The Day
originated in Brooklyn,
New York in 1971 under
the auspices of four black
men. Brooklyn native and
Duke Student Sheila
Jamispn said Black
Solidarity Day was created
"to show the strength of
the black family , in
whatever form it takes."
Ms. Jamison was one of
the organizers of the Duke
celebration. .
The students made a
special 4 effort to eat
breakfast, lunch and din
ner together as well as to
participate in the activities
of the day.
One activity was a
march from Duke's East
campus to West campus to
demonstrate solidarity in
their concern over the lack
of black , professors, a;
black cultural center and ,
an Afro-American Studies
Department, said senior
Andrea Martin. About
200 people attended a rally
held after the march in
which several student
leaders and activists
spoke. .
Vernon Royce, a South
African Duke Divinity
School student, said the
day represented a serious
call to black solidarity and
.commitment to struggle
on behalf of a definite '
constituency. He said the
suffering of black students
at Duke is only a
microcosm of what is hap
pening in the larger socie
ty, mentioning Klan guer
rilla camps, the Atlanta
killings, and the North
Carolina eighty per cent
black prison population.
Junior Brian Fair.
former president of the
Associated Students of
Duke University (ASDU)
urged students to prepare
new strategies and create a
new agenda for dealing
with problems posed by
being . black ' on a
predominantly white cam
pus. Fair, the second black
to serve as ASDU presi
dent, resigned his post ear
ly this fall after a con
troversy developed over
two summer trips he took
to student association con
ferences. Fair maintains
the trips were made in the
interest of Duke students
but white ASDU ex
ecutives and students ac-'
cused Fair of misusing
ASDU funds. Fair financ
ed the trips himself and
asked only for reimburse
ment. He ultimately
resigned because he said
he felt his administration
was becoming ineffective
xlue to the controversy and
tother petty personal dif
ferences. '
Articulate freshman
Darlene Wiggins received
a standing ovation after
urging blacks to exercise
p iaptisSs Press
Foir PDEtal Acta
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CHARLOTTE
Members of the General
5.
Baptist State Convention
of North Carolina resolv
ed to become more
politically active and to
fight the sweep of conser
vatism and racism in the
state during a meeting in
Charlotte last week.
"We represent diverse
thological views," said
GBSC president John R;
Manley, "but we are all
children of oppression."
the Convention represents
more than 1700 churches
and 360,000 Baptists
across the state.
Holding its One Day
Session at the First Baptist
Church on Oaklawn
Avenue, the Rev. J.B.
Humphrey, pastor, the
Convention recommitted
itself to the task of saving
souls. It also "re-echoed"
the calf of the civil rights
leader, Martin Luther
King, Jr., by calling for
black ministers to become
involved in political and
social issues.
One resolution passed
by the Convention con
demns the Moral Majori
ty, a Virginia-based con
servative religious group,
as being "insensitive to
' the brotherhood of man."
It -challenged the black
.community to be alert to
the resurrecting dragon
called "racism" that is
again terrifying American
society.
The thirteen resolutions
adopted by the Conven
tion were drafted by a
GBSC Committee and
were read by the Rev. Clif
ford A. Jones, pastor of
the First Baptist Church in
Clinton.
Another resolution de
nounces all forms of the
theatrical and television
images of the black
clergyman as being a
charlatan, pimp, con artist
or as being ignorant of
God.
The Convention also
criticized statements made
in October by Southern
Baptist Convention presi
dent, Bailey Smith, that
God does not hear the
prayers of Jews.
"We do believe, as per
sons who believe in Jesus
Christ, that the universal
God of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob made provi
sions for the spiritual
salvation of his creation
called "man." and we
believe further that God is
a prayer-hearing God and
that man can com
municate with the Father
in, by and through prayer.
Also among its thirteen
resolutions was a state
. meat supporting black '
: colleges because "they are
more sensitive to the needs
of black Americans."
Governor Visits
"As an organization
you have set sn example
for all North Carolinians
by rendering tireless and
2 uiiacuutii aciviwc, said
Gov. James B. Hunt, who
slopped at the church for
a lunchtime news con-
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CPA VssoctaBioD
SULLIVAN
Dewitt Sullivan, senior
vice president of the
Durham-based firm of
Garrett, Sullivan & Com
pany, is the newly-elected
president of the National
Association of Minority
Certified Public Accoun
ting Firms. "
By a unanimous vote,
Sullivan was elected head
of the 150 firm-member
organization, along with
other Ticers and the
Board of Directors, at the
association's recent ninth
annual convention in
Dallas.
Sullivan, one of. the
fqunders . of Garrett,
Sullivan & Co., is a
former senior staff ac
countant with Richard H.
Austin & Company of
Detroit. In his present ex
ecutive capacity, Sullivan
has the responsibility of
supervising the manage
ment of client accounts in
the firm's Durham office
as well as Others in
Greensboro, Tampa,
Florida, Detroit and
Washington, D.C.
Commenting after the
election, Ms. Lydia A.
Hill, executive director of
NAMCPAF, said:
"Sullivan will add
strength and support to
the association because of
his diverse experience and
.knowledge of the accoun
ting community."
A native of Hat
tiesburg, Miss., Sullivan
attended Alcorn State
the management and con
trollership functions of
non-profit organizations.
During that period, he
held the positions of Ex
ecutive Vice-President of
the North Carolina Man
power Development Cor
poration, Controller of
the North Carolina Fund,
and Controller of
Boulevard General
Hospital in Detroit. He
Department of Labor and
the Ford Foundation.
Looking forward to
assuming his new respon
sibilities as president of
the organization, Sullivan
outlined some of the in-
i inns ana local junior high
schools, high schools, and
colleges, to encourage
minority youth to pursue
careers in accounting, as
well as provide, them a
means of cainina ' ex.
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luauves ne pians kj unucr- penence in the field
take in the coming year. through internship and
University and graduated also worked as a consul-
from Wayne State Univer- t ant in financial manage
sity In Detroit in 1956. He . ment systems assessment
has extensive experience in and design for the U.S.
"Some of the major ob
jectives I hope to ac
complish will be to in
crease the public
awareness of our
organization, develop
unks
participation in co-CD Drtf-
grams. And, of course, we
will continue to act as an
advocate for our member
I snipregarauigrederajpro-
curcmenr practices and
between the member membership." ..J7