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Words of Wisdom
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary;
great minds in the commonplace.
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Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.
Talmud
VOLUME 58 - NUMBER 48
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1980
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Joint Confer Releases Preliminary
Results of November Black Vote
Several hundred. North
Carolina Central Universi
ty students held what they
termed a "Vigil Against
. the Verdict in the Klan
Nazi Trial" Thursday,
November 20, in front of
the Alfonso Elder Student
Union.
About ten students and
a history professor from
the University spoke out
against what they called a
"miscarriage of justice"
that freed six Klansmen
and Nazis of murdering
five people November 3,
1979 at a rally held to pro
test the upsurge of KKK
activity.
Georgia State Senator
Julian Bond, who was on
the campus to speak to a
political science class,
joined the student protest
where he spoke briefly. He
later spoke to a standing-room-only
crowd of
students in B.N. Duke
Auditorium.
Senator Bond told the
students that he had been
invited to the campus to
speak on an academic sub
ject, but decided that after
the "miscarriage of justice
in Greensboro, academia
could wait."
ByTrellie L.Jeffers
Sen. Bond, who was
often interrupted by
cheers from the students,
said, "A radical change
has occurred in politics.
There has been a dramatic
change in the Congress
that will represent you for
the next four years."
He cited Senator Strom
Thurmond of South
Carolina, who will chair
the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee and who has pro
mised to repeal the Voting
Rights Act of 1965, and
Senator Jesse Helms of
North Carolina, who will
chair the Agriculture
Committee which will
determine such matters as
the Food Stamp and
School Lunch programs.
"If we see our enemies
massing around us, we
should unite; we should
have a long range plan and
an immediate response. It
is time for us to say 'No',
we will not be a permanent
underclass," said Senator
Bond.
Of the Greensboro trial,
Senator Bond said, "It
will happen again unless
we stand up and fight for
justice and be prepared to
defend ourselves. The
justice system has proved
inadequate in defending
us."
At the end of his ad
dress, Sen. Bond led
several hundred students
chanting, "Stand up and
fight," to the Durham
County Judicial Building,
where they asked to meet
with members of the
judicial system to discuss
the Greensboro trial.
Later Thursday even
ing, Middle District At
torney H.M. "Mickey"
Michaux met with
students in the NCCU
Cafeteria to talk with
them. He said that he was
unable to answer specific
questions concerning the
trial since the U.S. Justice
Department is now study
ing it to decide whether oi
not to prosecute the si
Klansmen and Nazis foi
violatin of the civil right:
of the five people slain ii
Greensboro.
NCCU was one of thre
universities that held ;
protest against the not
guilty verdict on Thurs
day. Protests were also
held at UNC-Chapel Hill
and at N.C. A&T State in
Greensboro.
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M.C.
Central Students Hold Vigal
Against Elian Verdict
Receives Special Invitation
"All blacks In the United States deserve a special blessing," Pope John Paul II told National
Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees (NAPFE) President Robert L. White recently at St.
Peter's Basilica. The highest ranking officer of the United States' oldest and largest indepen
dent black-led labor union received a special invitation to attend an audience with the papal
leader while on a stop over visit in Rome. White was returning to the U.S. after attending the
third Congress of the Organization of African Trade Union Unity (0ATUU) in Mogadishu,
. Somalia where he delivered a speech to the Congress' delegates.
WASHINGTON An
overwhelming majority of
blacks who voted on
November 4 supported
President Jimmy Carter,
but blacks appear to have
given Ronald Reagan suf
ficient votes in several
closely contested southern
states to provide him with
a margin of victory.
These conclusions are
based on preliminary fin
dings from a two-part na
tional survey of black
voting patterns conducted
by the Joint Center for
Political Studies. One part
of, the survey consisted of
exit interviews of black
voters in randomly
selected precincts across
the country. The other is
based on actual votes cast
in randomly selected
precincts with ninety per
cent or more black
population.
The survey also disclos
ed that there was a slight
decline in the proportion
of registered black voters
who went to the polls this
year as compared in 1976.
The preliminary fin
dings suggest that the
black vote followed close
ly the pattern of 1976 with
President Carter receiving
about 89 per cent of the
vote compared to just
under nine per cent for
Governor Reagan. In
dependent John Anderson
and minor party presiden
tial candidates shared
about two per cent of the
black vote. In 1976 Jimmy
Carter won ninety per cent
of the black vote, and in
cumbent President Gerald
Ford won 7.8 per cent, ac
cording to the Joint
Center's 1976 election
analysis.
The 1980 survey in
dicated that very few
black voters heeded the
call of some black activists
to refuse to vote for any of
the presidential can
didates. While strong support
for Carter was nation
wide, in at least two
southern states in the
Joint Center's sample, it
appears that Reagan won
enough black votes to pro
vide his margin of victory.
In Arkansas, for example,
where he won with less
than 5,000 votes, he won
over 8,000 black votes.
Similary, in Tennessee,
where his winning margin
was about 6,000 votes,
Reagan won over 16,000
black votes, Indications
are that this development
may have occurred in a
few other states.
The Joint Center
estimates that forty per
cent of the seventeen
million eligible black
voters went to the polls,
compared to about 52 per
cent for the nation as a
whole. This is about two
percentage points higher
than in 1976 when there
were 15.4 million eligible
black voters;
Utilizing voter registra
tion data provided by a
national opinion poll, the
Joint Center concluded
that there was a decline in
the percentage of blacks
who were registered but
who did not vote. In 1976
64.4 per cent of registered
voters went to the polls
compared to sixty percent
this year. One explanation
of this phenomenon may
be that some registered
voters who stayed home
were neither motivated by
the Carter campaign nor
threatened by the prospect
of a Reagan victory.
Commenting on the fin
dings in the Joint Center's
survey, JCPS president
Eddie N. Williams, said:
"In a landslide
presidential election, such
as that achieved by Gover
nor Reagan, the black
vote has little direct im
pact on the outcome.
However, it might still be
crucial in certain localities
and states. Moreover,
peculiarities in black
voting behavior often sug-
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gest important trends for
the future and provide
unique opportunities for
both blacks and a new ad
ministration. "The black support
given to Governor Reagan
in some states and the
declinejn participation by
registered voters may well
suggest kich a trend and
an opportunity in this
election. These factors
provide a basis for a
responsive Reagan Ad
ministration to build
bridges to the black com
munity." The Joint Center for
Political Studies is a non
profit and nonpartisan
organization which assists
blacks, other minorities
and the disadvantaged in
America to achieve
political, economic and
social equity through in
formed and effective in
volvement in the govern
mental process.
Klan Slapped On Wrist
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By Greensboro Jury
"I am absolutely
outraged, but not supris
ed, at the verdict handed
down by a North Carolina
jury finding six members
of the KKK innocent of
murder charges in the
public killing of five
demonstrators on
November 3, 1979," said
Dr. Charles E. Cobb, ex
ecutive director of the
United Church of Christ
Commission for Racial
Justice. "Notice of this
ruling immediately
brought back memories of
the Klan's heyday when
the health and safety of
the black community was
totally ignored by local
law enforcement officials.
It was this type of wanton
and malicious behavior
which required a strong
federal presence in the
south. This federal
presence has been
systematically eroded over
the last twenty years, and
thus local law enforce
ment officials have once
again returned to active,
cooperation with white
supremacist groups.
"History clearly in
dicates that the Ku Klux
Klan presents a clear and
present danger to . the
black community as does
the Nazi Party to the
Jewish and black com
munities. "The 'Self-Defense'
argument posed by the
several Klan members is in
direct contradiction to the
evidence presented at trial.
However, an all white jury
placed politics before
justice and allowed a legal
lynching. It is for these
reasons that the Justice
Department in concert
with Congress must take
joint immediate action
toward steming this1
regression in Civil Rights
Law and its application.
It is absolutely im
perative that the Justice
Department and Congress
fully investigate this ob-"
vious travesty of justice
wherein the victims have
been ignored by the judge
and jury. Prior to this
decision, members of my
staff have been engaged in
informal discussion with
Representatives Parren
Mitchell's office. In light
of these recent occur
rences, I am offering the
assjstance of my office to
the Congressional Black
Caucus and particularly
Rep. Mitchell's office in
assembling witnesses and
testimony to present
evidence at Congressional
hearings on Klan activities."
A Health
Awareness Week obser
vance will be held on the
campus of North Carolina
Central University,
December 1-6, according
to an announcement by
Dr. Doris B. Kwasikpui,
NCCU Health Careers
Coordinator. The purpose
of the observance is to
heighten student and com
munity awareness of all of
the health care fields that
are available to them.
During the week, 25
minority health care pro
fessionals from North
Carolina will serve as role
models and consultants in
classrooms at the universi
ty; 25 recruiters andor
representatives from col
leges and universities
across the country will
meet in the Hubbard
Chemistry Building to
recruit students and talk
about health careers and r
job opportunities. High
school, college and univer
sity students from North
Carolina and Virginia will
visit the campus to par
ticipate in the events.
Expected to be
represented are: Personal
Family Medical Center,
Roxboro; Bowman Gray
School of Medicine, Wake
Forest University,
Winston-Salem; Division
of Community Health
Service and the School of
Public Health, UNC
Chapel Hill; Safety and
Health: Training Program,
St. Augustine's College,
,T'RaMghp'r.nibeIiuta.:
County Health, Depart
ment, . ' Fayetteviller
Department of Biological
ByTrtHieL. Jeffera
Careers Sciences.
Hampton In
stitute, Virginia; and,
NX. Health Manpower
Development Program,
Chapel Hill.
Recruiters will be pre
sent from Meharry
Medical School, East
Carolina University
School of Medicine, Penn
sylvania College of Op
tometry, School of
Veterinary Medicine,
North Carolina State
University; Duke Univer
sity Medical Center, UNC
School of Dentistry;
Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences.
University of Tennessee,
and NIEHS, U.S. Depart
ment of Health and
Human Service,
Washington, D.C.
On Friday, December 5,
students enrolled in health
careers programs at
NCCU will visit the East
Carolina University
School of Medicine and
Allied Health and Social
Program in Greenville, in
order to get an inside view
of a medical and health
professional school.
On December 6, over
three hundred high school
juniors and seniors,
counselors, parents,
ministers, YWCA, YMCA
and recreational leaders
are expected to attend an
all-day session which will
include an address by Dr.
Stnaley Fleming, DDS,
PA, of Durham,
workshops and social ac
tivities. ' The public is invited to
attend all activities on
High School and Com
munity Day.
VEP Answers Strom Thurmond's
Voting Right; Repeal Remarks
South Africa Expands Power
ATLANTA, GA
The Voter Education Pro
ject, Inc. (VEP) issued a
statement recently respon
ding to Senator Strom
Thurmond's reported
remarks as saying he
favOrs repeal of the 1965
Voting Rights Act. ? .
Senator Thurmand was
quoted as saying he favors
repeal of the Act in order
to remove Federal control
over local affairs.
VEP noted the Voting
Rights Act came into be
ing because local govern
ments had acted in a
discriminatory manner
toward minorities and
there is no reason to
believe they would not
resume those
discriminatory patterns if
the Act were repealed.
Sherrill Marcus, ex
ecutive director of VEP,
stated, "Senator Thur
mond's belief that state
and other local govern
ments can be counted on
to act responsibly toward
minority voting rights
simply does not hold
water in light of the
historical facts since the
passage of the Voting
Rights Act." "He con
tinued, "The Senator's
statement rejecting the
need for Federal control
over voting rights protec
tions indicates that, as the
next Chairman of the
Senate's Judiciary Com
mittee, racial and
language minorities will
not have a friend as was
the case with Senator
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HCCU
vs.
I1.C.A.6T.
RICHU0ND
CITY STADIUH
December 6
NNPA Newsservice
According to British
television broadcast on
Granada's World in Ac
tion, South Africa, explod
ed a nuclear device on
September 22, 1979. The
explosion took place at the
height of 26,000 feet
above the sea, over the
South Atlantic. The device
was probably fired from a
howitzer gun on a war
ship, the nuclear
technology was probably
obtained with the help of
West Germany and Israel.
The 155 mm long range
shell is thought to have
come from a United States
arms manufacturer, ex
perienced in providing
shells for nuclear
weapons.
Purpose of developing
weapon Was to , ensure
South African superiority
in the 1975 war with
Angola, but more impor
tantly to provide South
Africa with military
superiority over all of her
newly independent
neighbors. With this
superiority established
South Africa, with secret
encouragement from Bri-
By Laura Parks
tain and the U.S. would
begin a long term cam
paign to destabilize the
governments of indepen
dent Africa and to make
Namibia's fight for
freedom extraordinarily
difficult.
The recent failure of the
United Nations-South
African talks regarding in
dependence for Namibia
illustrates position of
strength attitude of the
apartheid regime of South
Africa. But here South
Africa may be checked by
the imposition of sanc
tions against her thanks to
Nigerian demands that the
West act against South
Africa or face the
possibility of losing vitally
needed Nigerian oil, now
doubly precious1 because
of the war in the Persian
Gulf region.
But in all truth and can
dor, it must pe admitted
that sanctions are of cer
tain value as long as
power fuP and secret
friends are permitted to
violate them at will. This
is amply borne out in the
case of Zimbabwe where
sanctions against the Ian
Smith regime were
routinely flouted by the
very powers who imposed
them in the first place.
Zimbabwe won its
freedom almost entirely
due to the efforts of her
guerrilla armies.
In recent months, South
Africa has intensified its
interference in Mozambi
que, the military Revolu
tionary Tribunal of
Mozambique sentenced
three men to death for
spying from a base in
South Africa and for sup
porting the so-called
Mozambican National
Resistance, a South
African financed group.
Now Zambia has im
posed a dawn to dusk
curfew in her major towns
as die army intensifies its
search for an armed gang
trying to overthrow Presi
dent Kaunda. President
Kaunda is reported to
have told diplomats in
Lusaka that the gang was
formed in South Africa.
Zambians have lived in
constant fear since 1965
when former Rhodesian
Prime Minister Ian Smith,
helped by his South
African friends, took the
first fatal steps to war
against the supporters of
Nkomo and Mugabe.
Since that time, a state of
emergency has always ex
isted in Zambia. The state
of emetgency, has never
been lifted.
Recently independent
Zimbabwe has imposed
curbs , on certain foreign
journalists for reporting
only the bad without
balancing it with reports
about the good. Chief
culprits of this practice,
according to Information
Minister Dr. Nathan
Samuyarira, were the
South African press and
some American jour
nalists. The spreading South
African power base con
sists of growing military
power, economic based on
gold and diamond ex
ports, which fuels the na
tion's military-industrial
complex, and the belief
and understanding that
nations like the United
States, Britain and West
Germany do not wish to
curb South Africa's police
role on the continent.
Malcolm Corrin Gets
Naylor Fifzhugh Award
LOS ANGELES
Malcolm L. Corrin, presi
dent and chief executive
officer. Interracial Coun
cil for Business Oppor
tunity (ICBO), told black
business professionals
convening . here from
across the U.S. that the
American free enterprise
systems the best in the
world.
"You have an obliga
tion," he declared, "to
make the system work
better-to improve produc
tivity within your own
companies, and to con
tribute to bottom line pro
fits." Corrin, who has headed :
ICBO since 1974, spoke
before the National Black
Masters of Business Ad
ministration Association
at the Bonaventure Hotel
recently, where he i was
presented NMBAA's
highest distinction, the H.
Naylor Fitzhugh Award
for Business Excellence.
He emphasized that the
real power in corporations
is in line management, and
cautioned against spinning
off into peripheral ac
tivities that often carrv big
titles but little clout.
"Line management is
, where the opportunities
and the bonuses are,
because that's where bot
tom line profits are af
fected.? he declared.
Corrin is a- graduate of
Atlanta's Morehouse Col
lege! and earned a MBA at
at the University of Penn
sylvania's Wharton
School of Finance. ICBO
has t helped minority
businesses obtain $132
million in financing and
$126 million in procure
ment contracts,
Corrin; who lives in
East Orange, .N.J., paid
high tribute to Fitzhu$fr,
of Yonkers N.Y. Now