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VOLUME 59 - NUMBER 30 ,
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1981
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; . By Donald Alderman '
RALEGH Student
leaders attending a Black ,
Leadership Conference
last Wednesday criticized
the recently announced
desegregation , agreement
between the University of
North Carolina and the
federal ' Department of
Education.
After reviewing a detail-'
ed summary of the con
sent decree, the group
decided that the terms of
the agreement are inten
tionally ambiguous so as
to perpetuate the current
unfair distribution of
funds and programs . to
schools within the univer
sity system. -F
The workshop was
sponsored by student in-7
terns working in the
Governor's Office for
Minority Affairs.
In a discussion led by
Mrs; Eva Clayton of
Technical Resources Inter
national, Ltd;, the group
examined at length, the
consent decree Which was
recently, approved by the
UNC Board of Governors
and Education Secretary
TereU HBell. '
The" agreement has now
been finalized as. Federal
Judge Franklin Dupree
approved and signed the
NBIPP To
Convene
In Ohio
Sets Dreadful Precedent
consent decree last week. '
The group criticized the
fact that - the. agreement
. sets enrollment goals
without establishing , any
form r of retention pro
gram. The group was
distinguishing acceptance
and enrollment froni
graduation. The group,
said a disproportionate
number of blacks that
have been, enrolled in
white universities never
graduate. While most
blacks attend white
schools, black schools
graduate more blacks, the
group noted.
It was also pointed out
that the agreement sets a
dreadful precedent in set
. tling . desegregation
disputes. Other states that
are now settling
desegregation disputes
with the federal govern
ment may be able to sign
agreements that are still
lacking.
Student leaders also
pointed out that while the
five black schools will
receive 29 new
undergraduate and
graduate programs, the
eleven white schools will
receive 32.
The group deplored the
fact that failure to meet
the goals set forth by the
agreement will not be in-
Lynn haven Site
Plan Deferred
ByTrellieL. Jeffers
The Durham City
CounciU deferred action
pn the Lynnhaven site
plan at its regular meeting,
Monday night, July 20.
Since April 22 of this
year when a 75-unit, Sec
tion 8 housing project was
'proposed for the site, a
controversy over the pro
posal has continued.
Residents of the area
and Dr Frank Yeager,
superintendent. of . the
ftiirham foiiirttv firWrioltV
residents in the Lyn
nhaven 'community also
attended Monday night's
meeting accompanied by
several persons to oppose
the plan. Travis insisted
that the city council would
violate a federal law if it
approves the site plan
because it "would ap
prove a plan that would
bring about de jure
segregation (segregation
by law).
. Travis said that the
council had been informed
that Seh. John East sup-
terpreted as failure ; to ,
comply with the term of -.
the ' plan.; - On I state- ;
controlled education the.,.,
group saidNorth'Carolina ;
cannot be trusted to ade- r
quately fund the black
schools. f
At the end of the open
discussion, the group's
general consensus was that
the agreement will not .
lead to further desegrega-1
tion, of ?the university
system. Moreover, the
General Assembly may'
not fund the black Schools '
in a manner thatWill1:
significandy enhance ;the ;
campuses.
With the theme of the
conference , being:
"Student Leadership: . A
Necessity in a Changing
World," student : govern
ment officers from the
five predominately blacky
schools were attempting to
develop a more effective
voice on campus. They
form the N.C- Black Stu
dent Government Associa
tion. NCCU's SGA presi-f
dent, Curtis Masseyi
heads that group. a . ,
Professionals assisting
student leaders in their ef
forts included Mrs. Eva .
Clayton and NCCU
history professor, Dr.'
George Reid.
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Youth Dies In Shoot Out With Police
The body of an unidentified black youth lay covered by a sheet as a Harrisburg city policeman walks toward it In
vestigating the shoot out that occurred minutes before. The incident last Wednesday started when two black youths
held np a pawn shop. In the process of roughing up the owners, an alarm was triggered which brought police to the
scene rrom a block away. A shoot cat followed injuring one youth and killing the other. The gnns are shown oesiae
ine Doay.
UPI
Rrinnino on, :' Julv 31 .
?ahd56ntinin WduRh" have expressed public opA at ; JOhtt East top-
Aurust lme 'Nation
Party Organizing Com. plan, stating -that racial , wat fie had talked with so-
Hillside's 1972 Class
Plans Meaningful
Party i Organizing
mittee ANPOC) and the
Charter Review Commis
sion (CRQ of the Na
tional Black Independent
Political Party (NBIPP)
will be in session in the ,
Part-Afrikan Department
at Kent State University,
Kent, Ohio. The purposes
of these meetings are .to
select a national party site,
to finalize voting pro
cedures at the ' National
Party Congress, and to
continue the charter
review process.
NBIPP is a mass-based
formation whose primary
goal is to achieve self
determination in all areas
of institutional life for
people of African descent
in the United States of
America. The "delegate
body of the November,
1980 Philadelphia Foun
ding Convention man
dated the two interum
structures of NPOC and
CRC, to plan, and coor
dinate the, August, 1981,
first National Party Con
gress of NBIPP and to
hold charter hearings with
the objective of preparing
a draft document to be
submitted for ratification
to the delegates in atten
dance at the National Par
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imbalance will be the
result of the project. Dr.
Yeager sent letters to
members of the city coun
cil asking that the project
site be rejected.
The regional HUD of
fice in Greensboro,
however, has notified
Durham city officials that
rejection of the Lyn
nhaven site will result in
the loss of $820,000 in
federal funds to the city.
It was for this reason
that Mayor Rodenhizer
said that he wanted the
council to defer action on
the matter, a Monday
night agenda item, until
July 30. The mayor said
that he wanted more time
to get more information
on the HUD request.
Developer Davis Lomas
appeared before the coun
cil on behalf of the project
and stated that the only
issue before the council
was whether or not the site
was appropriate for the
proposed housing project.
"There comes a time
when the council must
make a decision; two
weeks from now, we will
be in the same position,"
Lomas said.
Travis porter, an at
torney representing the
meone in East's oftice
who had assured him that
East not only opposed the
plan, but would assist the
city in the event of retalia
tion should the council re
ject the plan.
Councilman Margaret
Keller said that she re
jected the "status of in
nocence on the Lynnhaven
controversy. ' ' She said
that the council did not
respond properly when it
received a long list of
possibilities for Section 8
housing. (Section 8 hous
ing may require federal
rent subsidy and accom
modates 1 occupancy by
low and moderate income
tenants.)
Mayor Rodenhizer said,
however, that the council
"had not been remiss"
and that a list of sugges
tions had been sent to
HUD, including a sugges
tion that housing projects
inside the city would boost
the declining city school
enrollment.
In another matter, the
council voted 10-2 to ap
propriate $1,500 to the
National Youth Program
at North Carolina Central
University. James Carter,
director of the program,
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; ByTrellieL. Jeffers
.Ms. Terry Hayes" co-
chairman of the reunion
committee of the Hillside
Class of 1972, says that
she and other members of
the class in and around
Durham are now planning
a 1982 reunion to include
strategies to deal with
some of the educational,
social and political pro
blems of the respective
areas in which the
graduates now live.
Ms. Hayes said, "It is
especially important now
because of all of the racial
conflict all over the coun
try for us to pool our
resources and develop
some solution for some of
the problems we face in
our communities."
She said that she thinks
that class reunions are im
portant because they build
unity and harmony, but
that the 1982 Hillside reu
nion will be particularly
important because "it will
give classmates a chance
to come back and reflect
on . their lives, to reassess
the goals and objectives
they set for themselves at
Hillside and to set new
directions."
"There will not be a lot
of partying, although we
hope to have some fun,
but this will be a classtreu-
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Phelps-Stokes Fund Protests
Admitting South Africans To U.S.
in a communication to
, mon where we hope to
reassess our values, our
goals and and Our objec
tives," said Ms. Hayes.
;, The 19.72 graduating
class of Hillside High
School was the second in
tegrated class to finish the
school. While reflecting
oh the experience, , Ms.
rtayes said ; that- the
students who had been
together; since elementary
school were split 1 by
desegregation, but by the
sejiopd year, students had
accepted the loss of their
classmates and the at
mosphere had become
more pleasant.
'I think now that it is
important for us to look
back and assess the real
meaning for integration
and how we further define
and implement its pur-,
pose," said Ms. Hayes.
Ms. Hayes said that it is
imperative that all
members of the class who
now live in the Durham
area attend the planning
session and "get involved
in the process." A plann
ing session , is scheduled
for Sunday, July 26, at 5
p.m., at 7-A Shannon
Manor in Durham.
Ms. Veronica Hopkins
is also a co-chairman of
the reunion committee.
' Stokes" Fftnd, through its
President; Franklin H.
Williams, this week called
upon the city of New York
to prohibit the use of "any
public facilities" by the
South African rugby
team, the Springboks,
which is scheduled to play
in New York City in
September.
In a telegram to the
Honorable Gordan Davis,
commissioner of Parks
and Recreation, Williams
said, "We understand thev
South African rugby
.team, Springboks, is
scheduled to play at Ran
dalls Stadium in ' New'
York City in September.
Such an event will clearly
identify New York City as
a jurisdiction violating
OAU and U.N. resolu-.
tions and probably trig
gering an African boycott
of the 1984 Olympics.
We urge you to publicly
annpunce that our city will
not permit any South
African national teams to
utilize public facilities in
this city until apartheid
has been eliminated from .
the national policy,, laws
and practices of that racist
South African state."
In addition the Phelps
Stokes Fund protested the
granting of visas to the
South African rugby team
by the State Department '
peting against
African team
South
As
munication, signed by its
president. Franklin H.
iLTL sj-ir crr i-y!SAi,'.. e. ai- v African team in violation
..antler. Hajg. in a com- rrtit4rtn. am1 fnr fMr
that such competition
wmiM "mAanoer the. suc-
r:u .l. t . j " o
TTMimius, uic runu ap
pealed to the Department
to use its influence to
discourage private or
public groups from com-
cess ot tne iv4 los
Angeles Olympics" by
triggering a boycott by the
African and other anti
apartheid states.
Hooks Praises Appointee to High
CoUrt; C-R Record Questioned
NEW YORK
NAACP executive direc
tor, Benjamin L. Hooks,
mixed praise with am
bivalence in commenting
on President Reagan's
nomination of a woman to
the Supreme Court.
The text of Dr. Hooks'
statement follows:
"The National Associa
tion for the Advancement
of Colored People
naturally has a strong in
terest in the make up of
the Supreme Court of the
United States, because of
its traditional activist role
in protecting the rights of
blacks provided for by the
Constitution of the United
States and sometimes, in.
the past, ignored and
flaunted by the States.
"The nomination of
Justice Sandra Day
O'Connor to the Supreme
Court of the United States
by President Reagan is
viewed with ambivalence
by the NAACP. Her
judicial record is practical
ly non-existent in the field
of Civil Rights, since her
time on the Court of Ap
peals of the State of
Arizona extends over only
18 months. Media descrip
tions of her philosophy as
conservative is tempered
by her- legislative record
on ERA and abortion.
"The NAACP hails the
President for his commen
dable nomination of a
woman to the Supreme
Court. Whether she can
fulfill the dreams of those
she will symbolize and
others whose interests the
Court has historically pro
tected, remains to be
seen.
Durham 's First Black Policemen To Be Honored Friday
I ' ' By Donald Alderman
' The time was July 1, 1944. The City of
Durham reluctantly, after considerable
pressure, had taken on a quite obvious and
exciting new dimension.
"It was a strange feeling. It was like going
to church for the first time all eyes are
focused on you," said James B. Samuel,
laughing. . '"' ' :" -'. , '
Samuel and the late C.L. Cox, the city's
first two black police officers, had begun to
patrol the streets of the Hayti community,
making Chief H.E. King's 52-man,
previously all-white team a two dimensional
' force. 1 ,' ' .-
"We were unaccustomed 4 to being in
uniform; to wearing a badge and gun. The
first day out, we felt like sitting ducks,"
Samuel said in a recent interview .
, He said police work then was not highly
specialized or professionalized. "Training
was only about twenty days and, looking
back, wasn't enough to prepare you for the
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Samuel said several black ' community
members were instrumental in getting blacks )
on the police force as well as fighting for
.their , promotions including the. late JL.E.
Austin, then publisher of The Carolina
rimes, and the late C.C. Spaulding, then
president of North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company. ,
"But at that time, whites were afraid to
and did not want to patrol the Hayti com
munity. World War II was in full stream and
there was a steady influx of soldiers from
nearby Camp Butrier. Actually, black of
ficers were needed to work the Hayti beat,"
said Samuel. "Cox and I replaced six white
officers who were patrolling Hayti."
Samuel said that before he and Cox ac
cepted patrolman positions, they refused to
accept an offer that was made by the chief of
police to, as undercover officers, check on.
gambling that was suspected to-be occurring
at a Main Street business. "If we were going
to be officers, then the public was going to
know," Samuel remarked.
He said being the first black officer to
serve in Durham "was really tough. Whites
were not ready to accept being arrested by a
black officer, and blacks expected you to go
easy on them."
- s Samuel said the city manager suggested to,
him not to arrest'any whites because whites
probably would resist being arrested by a
black officer. He said although he was the
first black to arrest a white in Durham,
many times when whites were in violation of
the law, white officers would be called to
make the arrest as suggested.
Ten months after the first blacks were on
the force, the city hired two more, O.C.
Johnson and Frank McCrea. Johnson now
resides in Lee County. McCrea, five years in
retirement; lives in Durham.
McCrea said although the race barrier had
been broken when he began, being among
the first "was an experience I'll never forget.
There was so much to learn. We had to learn
how to arrest our people, as well as whites.
We had to be exceptionally nice, even bend
over backward to prevent a situation from
getting out of .hand."
"Because of the cautious manner in which
we performed our duties, we played a
tremendous part in professionalizing police
work in Durham," McCrea said. "Also, we
taught whites not only how to handle our
people in a dignified manner, but also their
own people." '.
Samuel agreed saying, "White officers
had no more regard for poor whites than
they did, for blacks. If white of ficers were is
suing a warrant, they would say, for in
stance, 'Hey John, I gotta warrant on you,
boy. Come outta that house, boy, instead of
nicely explaining the situation and asking the
person to come down to the station."
Samuel said even today some white of
ficers do not know how to approach blacks
or how to communicate with blacks. He
said, racism still exists within the depart
ment, but not as overtly as during the forties
and fifties. He said most of the racism today
is in the form of promotions; that blacks are
not being promoted as fast or as high as
whites.
He added, though, that there is no basic
distinction between black and white officers
today in terms of who answers what calls
and in what part of the city they are strtion-
ed. " '
Samuel was promoted from patrolman to
lieutenant while McCrea was promoted from
patrolman to detective, their retirement posi-
tions. McCrea served 29 W years on the
force. Samuel retired June 30, 1981 after 37
years on the force.
Samuel said the intelligence of of ficers has
improved over the years. More college
' graduates and specialized students are in the
police profession today.
Samuel said the fifty blacks on today's
300-man, .combined police and fire force or
Public Safety, can find themselves isolated.
He said more blacks are needed on the force
because, many times, only ten blacksarc on
duty per shift. Moreover, they can be scat
tered throughout the city's nine station
houses.
It was largely through the" efforts of
Samuel and McCrea that the North Carolina
Negro Law Enforcement Association was
formed. Samuel served as the group's, first
president. The name was later changed to the
North State Law Enforcement Association. :
As for life in retirement, Samuel said, "1
haven't got used to it yet. But it is a big
relief, because you had a big responsibility."
. . McCrea agreed. V,,,' .?yf: ;:;i-J,,
An outpouring of Durham citizens is ex
pected for the reception honoring James B.
Samuel and Frank McCrea on Friday, July
24, at 8 p.m., at the W.O. Pearson Cafeteria,
on the campus of North Carolina Central
University, sponsored by the United. Black
, Police Organization.