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I By AUDREY L WILLIAMS
Chronicle Stall Writer
Luellen Curry wears iwo hais
coming attorney and the other a
But Curry is hardly your con
fact, the 30-year-old Legal
something of an anachronism, a
I the styles of the '80*
44I'm a throwback to the '60s
like an anachronism because y
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my hair from going back.'
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way you were," she says. "Strain
beautiful."
Because she continues to use h
tmaware that Cttrry is the wife
Carlton Eversley of Detfabrook I
the early '70s while both were st
and share a common lifestyle, :
political beliefs.
But that hasn't kept her fron
identity and independence.
"My name is Luellen Curry,'
Carlton Eversley."
The more laid-back of the pai
Legal Aid Society of Northwest h
graduating from the law school
w
Ben Ruffin
Ruffin-Dr.Gray
to address
Family Confab
The director of the Institute for
Urban Affairs and Research at
Howard University will be the
keynote speaker for the second
annual Conference on Black
Families. Dr. Lawrence E. Gary
will address the opening session
of the conference, scheduled for
Saturday, Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. at Kimberly Park
Elementary School.
The public is invited to participate
in all sessions at no
charge.
Dr. Gary, who is also an
associate professor of social work
and urban studies at Howard
University, is nationally recognizf
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ea as an aumoruy on inc uiac*
male and the black family. He
earned his undergraduate degree
at Tuskegee Institute and his doctorate,
as well as other degrees,
from the University of Michigan.
Dr. Gary- has dotic exteatrone,
research jn^ytminal
human resources development,
mental health, social support
systems and substance abuse.
Benjamin S. Ruffin, special
assistant to Governor Jim Hunt,
will deliver the luncheon address.
A native of Durham, Ruffin
received his undergraduate
Hporw fmm North Carolina Cen
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tral University and his masters in
social work and social planning
from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. As the
governor's specia' assistant, he
serves as the primary conduit between
the governor's office and
the state's minority population,
participates in the appointment
of boards and commissions, and
assists in the facilitation of the
state's affirmative action program.
Several local persons will conduct
workshops throughout the
day on varied aspects of the black
family.
For more information contact
Marcella Oglesby at 725-2090 or
Shelly Banks at 768-8676.
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child of the '60s out of step with
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ou sec the Jheri curls and then
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er maiden name, many people are
of the-- pothkratty-omspoket* Rev
udents at Obcrlin College in Ohio
as well as the same religious and
1 retaining a strong sense of self '
she says firmly, i4and not Mrs.
r, the Lexington native joined the
Jorth Carolina two years ago upon
at Northwestern University.
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When tsersley ssas appointed pastor
in January, Currs ssas gisen a new i
Dellabrook." Bui it's a title Currs has
"1 don't think of myself as a first la
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like to put myself up like that."
The couple's home -- a spacious, bricl
the Dellabrook Road church -- is well-k
Inside the house, unpacked boxes abou
the house in March, they've been too b
to their satisfaction.
'7 don '( wan l my job to sound li
but working with Legal Aid it
political beliefs. "
Atlhough Curry's shortly cropped At
today, it suits her well. She speaks of
gone by, when she and Eversley were sti
in "the Movement."
Their wedding photos on the mante
The wedding was an interpretation
ceremony, including decorative weddim
You may never see Luellen Currv in ;
the best-paying clients, because her l<
privileged.
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to might seem .out of place
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of a traditional African
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Luellen Curry: An anachronism of the 60s living in the 80s
(photo by James Parker).
day," she says. "1 don't want my job to sound like a political
crusade, but working with Legal Aid is a lot closer to my political
beliefs.
"The cases we work with benefit low-income people," Curry
says, "and that's where my political sympathy is.
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