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DURHAM? NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, MARCH 7,1981
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E VA NCF.L IS T SHIRl E Y CA ESA R
Durham 's Grammy
A ward Winner
It's not every day that a city can claim to have a
Grammy Award winner among it's citizens. The city of
Durham can.
Evangelist Shirley Caesar, the nation's Number One
black female gospel singer, was the recipient of one of
the music world's highest honors in New York City on
Wednesday, February 25.
Miss Caesar's award was presented to her at the pro
gram's beginning, prior to the nationwide telecast.
Viewers, however, could see her sitting in the front row
applauding other recipients as cameras panned the au
dience during the telecast. , '
This is Miss Caesar's second "Grammy". In 1971,
she received the "Grammy" from the Academy of
Recording Arts & Sciences.
When Evangelist Caesar returned to Durham on
Saturday morning, she was met at Raleigh-Durham air
port bv her family, pastor and church family, the
Caesai; Singers, arid welUwishers from all over Durham
By Trellie L, Jeffers
The National Black In
dependent Political Party
of North Carolina
(NBIPP-NC) held a mass
meeting at Union Baptist
- Church Sunday, March 1 ,
for the purpose of relating
the objectives of the group
to Durham's black com
munity and to lay the
foundation for a local
chapter.
A fact sheet distributed
at the meeting listed the1
following goals and objec
tives for NBIPP:
to insure that black
interests are represented
within the political arena;
to organize . around
issues considered impor
tant to the black com
munity; to insure that blacks
are represented in elected
positions in accordance
with their numbers;
to formulate a com
prehensive black agenda
and realistic implementa
tion processes;
to educate black peo
ple about issues affecting
the black community; and
to build black institu
tions which will service
needs of the black com
munity. Rev, Grady Davis
pastor? of Union Baptist
North Carolina has been
divided into an eight
region structure and that
Durham is in Region 5,
along with Wake,
. Harnett, Lee, Orange,
Chatham and Johnston
counties and that NBIPP
branches are now being
organized in each of the
eight regions.
Called upon to answer a
question as to whether or
not membership in the
Democratic or Republican
parties would be caricelled
by membership in NBIPP,
1 Ms. Barbara Arnwine, Cb
convenor of NBIPP-NC,
assured Hhose present that r
it would not; that NBIPP
would play a role in elec
tion politics and that it.
would run its own can
didates when those seek-
. ing office did not address
the concerns of blacks.
NBIPP was created on
August 23, 1980 at the Na
tional Black Political Con
vention as a result of a
resolution introduced by
Rev. Ben Chavis, a
member of the Wilm
ington Ten. In November,
1980, 1500 representatives
from 27 states 41 from
North Carolina met in
Philadelphia, Pa., to draw
up a charter for a National
Black Independent ,
Last
Installment
Black
Music
and
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Entertainers
Helen G. Edmonds History
Colloquium Scheduled at
NCCU :
Spaulding Sponsors Resolution
To Study Agency and
.Program ,
She waVorwemed an awa
bv the mayor's representative. The surprise homecom- aDDroxTmateiyVi50 per- 'rerortjliatldcal, and state - layoff; came, as Mfa'$jjfcplr'SMMtf associate WW,M1,,"I,MW.
ing reception was planned by Ci Warren Massenburg of
WSRC Radio Station and her pastor, Bishop Frizelle
Yelverton qf Mount Calvary Hjly Church.
Cabletronics
Fight Said
Not Over
All but three employees
at Cabletronics electronics
manufacturing firm have
been laid off ending for
the time being a drive for
better working conditions
and human treatment of
workers.
Following a meeting
Monday night in which
workers told their story to
board members of United
Durham Inc., a drive was
launched to solicit finan
cial support from chur
ches clubs, fraternities,
individuals and local
businesses to tide workers
oveXuntil they are able to
? "'get rtherobs
The fifth annual
meeting of the Helen G.
Edmonds History Collo
quium will be held at
North Carolina Central
University Friday and
Saturday, March 6-7.
Thirteen nationally
recognized scholars and
sponsors of the Collo
quium will present lectures
on black mayors,
founders and presidents of
black colleges, black
politicians, newspaper
editors and physicians.
Thirteen of the Ed
monds Scholars are
scheduled to make presen
tations in sessions beginn
ing at 9:45 a.m. and 2
p.m. on Friday, and 9
a.m., Saturday.
Under this year's
theme, "Black Leadership
and the Shaping of 20th
Century America," the
Colloquium will be divid
ed into four sessions:
"Black Professional and
Political Leadership,"
"Black Personalities and
Group Leadership, ' '
"Historians and What
Faces Black America for
the 198Q's" and "The
Genesis of 20th Century
Black Leadership."
Special features of the
Colloquium '.' will ,y Include
Dr. Sherman Jackson of
Miami University of Ohio,
Dr. J. Ranaldo Lawson of
Case Western Reserve
University, Dr. Melvin
Murphy of Elizabeth City
State University, Dr. Per
cy E. Murray and Dr.
George W. Reid of
NCCU, Dr. Betty J. Ver
bal of the University of
the District of Columbia,
and Dr. Oscar R. Williams
of Virginia State University-
Dr. Sherman Jackson,
associate professor of
Black and Legal History,
Miami University, Ohio,
and chairman of this
year's Colloquium, said,
"One of the goals of the
1981 annual meeting is to
focus attention on black
leadership in North
Carolina and the nation in
historical perspective."
Teachers who attend
and participate in the 1981
Colloquium may receive
VA hours of credit
through the North
Carolina Central Universi
ty; Department of Conti
nuing Education. Dr.
Jackson has also announc
ed that free transportation
to and from the NCCU
campus will be provided
for persons and groups in
the Research Triangle area
who need it. Requests may
btf made by calling
683-6321, or by writing
the Department of History
and Social Science at
NCCU.
The Helen G. Edmonds
History Colloquium was
founded by 25 alumni of
NCCU who have earned
doctorates in history, and
who, in recognition of the
outstanding contribution
to education and historical
scholarship of Dr. Helen
G. Edmonds, founded the
Colloquium in honor of
her retirement in 1977.
'This year's Colloquium
is partially funded by a
matching grant from the
North Carolina
Humanities Committee.
Director Nat'J Farm
Workers. Ministry
To Visit Area
The Rev. Wayne C:
(Chris) Hartmire, Jr. will
be attending a reception
held Sunday March 8, by
the Triangle Friends of the
United Farmworkers.
Rev. Hartmire, director
of the National Farm
Worker ' Ministry
(NFWM) from .its incep
tion, will soon begin work
In a new position at
United Farm Worker
Union headquarters in La
Paz. He has long been an
active supporter of the
UFW in its efforts to
achieve equality and
justice for migrant farm
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approximately 150 per
sons, "Blacks are i not
together. Even the
NAACP is not together.
This may be what we
need, for if we are to be
saved, we must stick
together."
Rev. Davis Outlined
what he called three func
tions of the black church
in "the liberation of
blacks": to inform, to in
spire and to get involved.
"Every minister must
get involved. If we stick
together, we can change
this thing. We want to free
ourselves; we want a party
determined by blacks. We
know what we need," said
Rev. Davis.
Party organizers at the
meeting reported that
report that Ideal atid" state
branches - are now being
organized throughout the
nation.
In June, 1981, a state,
convention of NBIPP .will
be held in Rocky Mount; ;
on August 21-23, a na
tional convention will be
held in Chicago, Illinois.
prise to workers and com-' dean,; University of North
munity leaders who have, carouna-cnapet ; hih,
JOIN THE
NAACP
TODAY!
been endeavoring' for two ;
months to end conditions
they described as racial
discrimination, low pay,
health hazards and pro
duction, speedups. : .
Several workers; who
told their stories tip the
UDI board said they felt
"relieved" arid "happy"
that their struggle to make
the company treat them
better Was over.
However, the fight with
Cabletronics company is
probably long from being
over. Leading the fight for
the workers is Local 465
of the International Union
of Operating Engineers.
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who will address a lun
cheon on Friday, March 6,
arid Dr. William Clement,
chairman of the Board of
Trustees, NCCU, who will
speak at a banquet at the
RamVda Ina, ..downtown
Durham r March 7 at 7
p.m.
Edrtjonds Scholars who
will make presentations
during the colloquium in
clude Dr. Donnie D.
Bellamy of Fort Valley
State College, Dr. Chester
D. Gregory of Coppin
State ICollege, Dr.
Theodore Hemingway of
Florida A&M University,
Dr. Gossie H. Hudson of
Morgan State University,
State " Representative
Kenneth B. Spaulding will
sponsor a Joint Resolu
tion authorizing the
legislative Research Com
mission to study agencies
and programs receiving
state funds in this week's
session of the General
Assembly.
The resolution reads as
follows:
"Whereas, the 14th
Amendment to the United
States Constitution, Arti
cle 1 and 19 of the North
Carolina Constitution, the
Civil rights Acts of 1964,
the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, and related United
States Supreme Court
decisions prohibit
discrimination oh the
basis of race, color, sex
religion, national origin,
and handicapping condi
tion; and
"Whereas, the General
Assembly in its budgetary
process appropriates State
funds to many agencies
and programs throughout
the state; and
"Whereas, State funds
should not be used to pro
mulgate discriminatory
practices; and '
'Whereas, the General
Assembly should be aware
of any agencies and pro
grams receiving state
funds which fail to comply
with the United States and
North Carolina Constitu
tions, the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, the Rehabilita
tion Act of 1973, and the
related Supreme Court
decisions; and
"Whereas, the General
Assembly needs to gather
information concerning
the practices of agencies
and programs receiving
state funds to determine if
such practices violate the
United States and North
Carolina Constitutions,
the Civil Rights Act of
1964, the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, and the
related Supreme Court
decisions;
'"now, therefore, be it
resolved by the House of
Representatives, the
Senate concurring:
"Section 1. The
Legislative Research Com
mission shall review and
study programs and agen-
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Falls Lake Dam
Nearing Completion
PIOJICT
FALLS LAKE PROJECT MAP
By Donald Marable
In 1956, the U.S. Army
" Corps of Engineers, Cary,
conducted a comprehen
sive study of the water
resource needs in the
Neuse River Basin. Nine
years later in 1965, Con
gress acted on the Corps'
study and authorized the
construction of a dam tot
serve a number of pur-
. poses.
The Falls Lake (see
map) will serve as a source
of water supply for
Raleigh and surrounding
communities, although a
great deal of the lake is
located in Durham Coun
ty. A Durham County
planning technician said,
' "we are losing good
residential acreage."
The lake will cover
12,490 acres, is to be 22
miles long, and have a
175-mile shoreline. The
dam will be capable of
'storing almost twice its'
amount of water during a
flood event.
What effects will the
dam have on Durham?
The dam was built for
purposes omer man sup
plying drinking water to
Raleigh. "There will b
approximately nine access
areas for camping,
boating, fishing,, beaches,
and anything else you can
imagine, to be located
there," a planning techni
cian said. The planning
technician's job is to
calculate and draft plats
. and assist in the prepara
tion of the master plan.
At present, the dam is in
the final stages of comple
tion, and small
technicalities are being
sorted out. Water is soon
to be poured in.
Billions of dollars -are
, being quietly spent in our
environs on that project.
Interested investors, in-.
deluding the poor, should
start planning now for ex-v
jpected prosperity surroua
,ding the dam's comple
! tion.