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Tatum and Southeast Ward
, Alderman Larry Womble, an Edmisten
campaign coordinator.
Edmisten extended his hand to
Pitt as the meeting opened and
told him, "1 ask you to accept my
apology."
Edmisten said miscommunication
between him and members
of his staff caused the problems
and that he had taken care of the
matter.
Edmisten also said he respects
the Chronicle and the state's
black press.
Pitt said the apology shows Ed>
misten's respect for the black
vote as well.
"His apology shows that he
values his image in the black
community and that he realizes
how important the black vote is
and how important the black
press is," said Pitt. "Should he
win, the margin of victory will
come from the black community
and the black press speaks to and
represents the black
community."
Said Johnson: "I think*it (the
meeting) was fruitful and 1 don't
think what happened between
Edmisten and the North Carolina
Black Press Association will ever
happen again." '
After Edmisten declined to attend
the meeting with the black
press, he organized his own
meeting with black editors and
publishers at North Carolina
State University on Oct. 12. But,
of the state's 1 1 black
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chairman of the national board
of directors for the NAACP in
January.
The election took three times
as long as expected. Alexander
and Frazier were the only
. declared candidates to lead the
i 35,OOO-member-state organiza
non. utner candidates who may
have been nominated from the
floor were not disclosed. Alexander
received the endorsement
of the state's executive board on
Friday night.
At a press conference held
after the ballotting, Frazier and
Alexander embraced and shook
hands warmly, with Frazier promising
to give whole-hearted support
to his former rival.
"We have spent a lot of time
today debating the future of the
NAACP in North Carolina,"
Alexander said. "We're thfough
debating. Now let's get to work."
Alexander is vice president of
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Among the highlights of the
four-day conference overe enthusiastic
receptions for Gov.
James Hunt, Democratic candidate
for the U.S. Senate seat
held by incumbent Jesse Helms,
and state Atty.. General Rufus
Edmisten, Democratic candidate
for governor.
On Friday, Hunt told the con- ,
vention he would fight for more*
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rights if elected. 4 4My opponent -1
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newspapers, only representatives
from three attencfed.
"That indicated that the majority
of the publishers felt the
same way 1 did," said Pitt, who
didn't attend the meeting. "Most
white officeholders have ignored
the black press. But I don't think
they can afford to because there
is a definite surge in the state's
and the nation's black press.
There's new leadership in the
black press ? a new commitment
to address the needs of the black
community."...
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most of which, he said, have included
stops in the black community
-- something he said he
has been criticized for....
The Baptist Ministers C6nference
and Associates announced
Tuesday that it would endorse
the straight Democratic ticket in
the Nov. 6 general election.
Dr. Jerry Drayton, chairman
of the conference's political action
committee, said it decided to
go with an all-Democratic slate as
a matter of convenience.
14We are expecting the largest
turnout of blacks in the history of
the state," Drayton said. "Hundreds
of blacks will be voting for
the first time and, for them,
selective voting would cause confusion.
The ballot is too long.
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won't be blacks who have the
sophistication to be selective.
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has been tFying to tell you that
yOu don't know where 1 stand,"
Hunt said. "I've been governor
for eight years. You know where
I stand and you know where
Jesse Helms stands."
Addressing the convention
'Saturday meriting, -Edraisten
said, "I've been climbing up the
rough side of the mountain. I've
been out there battling to make
sure that each individual is
treated equally and decently and I
want that to continue."
Benjamin Hooks, the
NAACP's executive director, was
the featured speaker at the convention's
$25-per-plate Freedom
Fund banquet on Saturday night.
About 250 persons attended the
event.
t *v/wi\3 saiu uic 1>.V^. organization
is "without qualification The
greatest conference in the
NAACP.
deferring to the Hunt-Helms
senate race, Hooks came down
squarely on the side of Gov.
Hunt.
"If God gives us a vote, we
ought to go out and use it,"
Hooks said. "Pray on Nov. 5.
Go out and vote on Nov. 6."
The convention voted by an
overwhelming voice vote to hold
next year's state conference in
Winston-Salem from Oct. 10
through 13. Goldsboro was
selected as the site of the 1986
-convention.
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wc don't have the time to really
educate the people."
But the endorsement won't
mean a financial boost for the
candidates, Drayton said.
"We don't give financial help
as an organization," said
Drayton. "But the individual
members are free to make donations,
which many of us have."
Drayton said the ministers'
contributions are more "in
Kind," with individual churches
offering their vans for use on I
Election Day to help carry people
to the polls as well as "publicly
advocating support for a can- I
didate."...
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Three students at North
Carolina Central University have
mailed letters to the press, in a
Jim Martin envelope, urging the
state's voters to vote a split ticket
and support Martin.
"I seriously hope that blacks
do not vote the straight
Democratic ticket as in the past
years but take time to look for
the best candidate to address
black needs," wrote Kevin L.
Dennis, a senior political science
major at Central. "Jim Martin
deserves your consideration;
more than that, he deserves your
vote."
Charles Wright wrote, "My
concern for the welfare of the
black community and complaints
from blacks about promises that
were never kept prompted me to
look elsewhere (other than the I
Democratic party) for
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Other speakers included
Republican gubernatorial candidate
Jim Martin, N.C. Rep.
Kenneth Spaulding and William
Pollard, director of the AFLCIO's
department of oivtl rights.
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