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executive order which commits
the state to take positive
measures to assure representation
of specific groups in all levels of
state employment.
These groups include women.
minorities, the handicapped and
older persons.
The state Personnel Commission
has developed policies and
programs to achieve greater
representation by these groups,
and the director will report to me
annually on the progress of the
program.
In addition, the North
Carolina Human Relations
Council is charged with advising
and assisting the administration
in implementing the Equal
Employment Opportunity Program.
. . This order is directed not just
toward hiring, but to all areas of
employment activities, including
retirement, recruitment, testing,
training, transfer, performance
appraisal, promotion and other
conditions of employment.
This administration and state
government are committed to
working toward achievement of
equal employment opportunities,
and this is a process we believe in
strongly.
Currently, we have under consideration
other measures to
strengthen our ability to assure
equal employment opportunities
f 11 vt . i
ior an ixonn caronna citizens.
Another step we have taken is
to encourage all state agencies to
'Bloods': The
By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
Wallace Terry wrote "Bloods: ]
An Oral History of the Vietnam <
War by Black Veterans" because i
he had to. 1
"1 didn't want blacks to
become invisible soldiers," said
Terry, who was in town last
Thursday as part of a symposium
on the Vietnam War held at
Wake Forest University. "There
were no blacks in 'Rambo' or ?
'Missing In Action.' Somebody <
had to tell their story." I
That's just what Terry, a <
former Vietnam war correspondent,
did. Terry first went to i
Vietnam in 1967 to write a first- 1
hand account of blacks in the
military.
"1 was convinced that the armed
services was the bestintegrated
segment of our society,"
said Terry, in an interview
with the Chronicle.
Later that year, Terry was sent
back to Vietnam for a two-year
stint as Time magazine's deputy
chief of its Saigon bureau.
"It was during this period that
I decided to write a book about
the blacks in Vietnam," said
Terry. "Fifteen years later, the
book was published."
It took Terry 10 years to complete
the story of what he saw in
Vietnam. But the manuscript was
rejected by 120 publishers.
"Nobody wanted to hear about
Vietnam then," said Terry.
In 1982, Terry said he was con^
Tacted by Random House
publishers about compiling an
oral history. Terry accepted the
assignment and, after one and
one-half years of writing and
research, "Bloods," the name
blacks used to refer to each other,
was complete.
Diane From I
nasty looks on campus. I was at the
and turned around and saw this girl ]
I know she was talking about me. I
questions about her death that even
"Even at the funeral and the
treated me funny. It was Diane's
funeral, but I was the main attrac
through the door, and people turne
preacher was praying and people w<
It was Diane's funeral, and they
her."
Johnson's mother, Irene Johnso
bothered by all the talk about her so
would stop.
"I didn't raise my son to be no <
Mrs. Johnson. "The way Curtis lov
ty, October 24, 1985
m Page A4
strive toward a goal of placing 2
percent of their purchases and
contracts with firms owned by
minorities, women and handicapped
people.
The goals program is a goodfaith
effort which, if diligently
pursued, could improve many
smaller businesses.
This program began July 1 of
this year, and after only two
months in operation, our goal of
2 percent has been surpassed by
another three percent.
Minority business contracts
represented 5.1 percent of state
contracts in July, and 6 percent in
August.
This is outstanding evidence of
the program's potential, which
we hope will continue to grow.
One area in which the Human
Relations Council has achieved
significant progress is the field of
K^iiVr^-vuiiiiuuniiy rciauons. iwo
years ago, when the program
began, no law enforcement officers
in our state received any
formal training in dealing with
the special needs of the minority
community.
Now, after 30 training sessions,
750 law enforcement officers
have received two days of
instruction in this area, and these
officers believe this special training
should be a requirement of
every recruit before being sworn
as an officer.
There are about 7,000 officers
in Nnrth farrtlimi
-w?*? wiiiih. v/u*iuu5iy, wc
book W alia
Random House only expected
to sell 5,000 copies of the book in
paperback form, said Terry. To
iate, however, the book has sold
more than 55,000 copies in hardback,
has been translated into
Dutch, is one of only four books
on the Vietnam War to be sold in
the Lincoln Memorial, was offered
for sale by the Literary
Guild and was nominated for a
Pulitzer Prize in 1984. Terry has
also been approached by producers
who want to transform the
book into a movie and a
documentary on the book will be
shown on "Frontline," PBS's
news magazine, in February in
observance of Black History
Month.
" 'Bloods' is more than a story
of war," said Terry of the book.
"It's an appeal to the nation to
give a rightful place to all
veterans. 'Bloods' is an American
story and a human story.
'Bloods' may be the best book so
far written about the Vietnam
War. All Americans need to read
this story and the veterans
themselves need to read this
book. All of us need to understand
the Vietnam War so we
don't repeat it in Central
America."
"Bloods" is a collection of 20
stories as told by Vietnam war
veterans such as Gene "The
Montagnard" Woodley, whom
Terry calls a one-man army.
it ? 1 - ?? -
wooaicy icrrorizea me viet
Cong wearing only a lioncloth
and greasepainty^nd carrying the
ears and fingers of the enemy he
had killed.
Or the courageous story of
Robert L. Mountain, a student at
Savannah State College who joined
the Army because he was told
by a recruiter that he would be in
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football game didn't have the 1
pointing at me. It's been more
have the same found dead, and
rbody else ha^. are still unanswe
wake, people arrive in Novem
wake and her will be answere
tion. I walked may linger forev
d around. The "I knew her
;re whispering. had got to that p
didn't respect preacher about
doesn't come i
n, says she is Suicide comes a
n and wishes it And, when deat
"I'm not goin
:riminal," says over after the a\
ed that girl, he after my life enc
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need to increase our efforts to get
more officers trained in community
relations.
Throughout our state, we have
made tremendous progress in
civil rights, and we see evidence
of this progress every day. But we
also see areas in which progress
has been very slow.
Although our children attend
integrated schools, and we go to
work with people of all races and
nationalities, when we come
home, most of us come home to
segregated neighborhoods.
Whatever gains we have
achieved in education and
employment, those gains will
alwavs be limited if we rfo nr?t
recognize our responsibility to
achieve fair and equal housing
opportunities.
One of the ways we are working
to achieve this goal is through
the North Carolina Fair Housing
Act, adopted in 1983 and enforced
by the Human Relations
Council.
People who believe they have
been victims of housing
discrimination bring their complaints
to the council, which conducts
an investigation and attempts
conciliation. The council
also is empowered to take complaints
to court.
This year, there will be a
greater effort to make citizens
aware of their housing rights, and
to educate real estate associations
about the fair housing law.
North Carolina is extremely
ce Terry just I
the marching band. Mountain instead
was sent to the front line,
better known as "Soulville," and
had his leg blown off. In 1982,
Mountain competed in the National
Amputee Association
Olympics and set a world record
in the 100-meter run. He has also
set another world record and
holds four national records and
four indoor Canadian records.
"Bob sent his gold medals
home to his mother and she plac?U~
. A- Li- ? -
tu inciu ncAi 10 nis purpie
heart," said Terry.
The success of the book, said
Terry, was and still is a surprise
to him. But a look over his
resume shows that he was destined
for success.
He was Nieman fellow,
Rockefeller fellow, Howard
University professor, special
assistant to the commander in
chief of the U.S. Air Force in
Europe, documentary film producer
and an ordained minister
of the Disciples of Christ. He also
was the first black editor of a major
college's newspaper at Brown
University. Terry scooped the
- -
woria wnen, at only 19 years old,
he interviewed Arkansas Gov.
Orval Faubus during the racial
tension in Little Rock . Two days
later, the Washington Post offered
Terry a job. He is now on
leave from USA Today and has
been a guest on 4'Meet the Press"
and "Face The Nation."
Terry is writing another book,
, entitled "Missing Pages*!i_a_
"Bloods" on blacks in the media.
He is also planning to make
"Bloods" part of a trilogy on the
Vietnam War.
As a child, Terry said he spent
a lot of time in the library; his
mission then was to write a book.
He wanted to be able to look up
heart to do nothing like that."
t than a month now since Diane was
1 the questions that were asked then
xed. When the final autopsy results
her, some of the physical questions
d. The mental and spiritual ones
rer.
problems, but I didn't think they
oint," says Johnson. "1 talked to a
this, and he told me that suicide
about because of one problem,
bout because of a lot of pressure,
h calls, someone has to answer,
g to say it (the question why) will be
Litopsy comes back. It will be over
is."
1
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fortunate to have been relatively
free of activities conducted by extremist
groups. But society has
never been totally free of those
Who commit acts of violence
agauiM racial ana religious
groups.
During 1984, there were 50
documented incidents ? including
threats and harassment,
rallies and more serious violence
-- attributed to extremist groups
in North Carolina.
It is vital that we continue to
speak out when these acts occur.
It is vital that we address these
acts with the full force of law.
In a report issued by the U.S.
Civil Rights Commission in 1983,
it was observed nationally that
"there is an indispensable need
for strong and unambiguous
statements from community
leaders and elected officials that
acts of racial and religious intimidation
will not be tolerated.'*
The report added that
4 'members of hate groups view ,
themselves as true patriots who
stand as the last defenders of the
American way. They must learn
from repeated public statements,
as well as the determined enforcement
of the l*w, that they are the
most anti-American among us."
Although the followers of such
groups are relatively few in North
Carolina, we must keep a constant
vigil against social injustice.
In the field of human relations,
had to write
at the books and find one with his
name on it.
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Cos. are in the final stages of *
conceiving a master plan for the 4
park, which should be completed
by November. Webb will develop
150,000 square feet of space for
the park.
The state is scheduled to begin
work on an entrance and exit
ramp off 1-40 for the park in
June of 1986, and the city is
scheduled to begin work on extending
Lowery Street into the
park in December.
"Both of those projects are
estimated to take one year to
complete, ana we will gauge our
construction so things are going
on simultaneously,*' said Jones.
As regulated by city zoning,
the industrial park will contain
only "clean" industries such as
computer firms or light assembly
plants.
Because of the park's physical
closeness to Winston-Salem
State, Jones said, companies that
can work with the institution as
far as providing internships and
possible jobs for students, work
training for professors and
educational opportunities for
employees will be highly considered
for location in the park.
"We want to complement the
university," said Jones.
In addition to black-owned
businesses, local and national,
oiner minonty-ownea companies
will also be recruited, said Jones.
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