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He said the judge will hold ?
hearing to determine whether to
dismiss the lawsuit or go ahead
with the trial.
Dixon said that although the
lawsuit mentions acts that have
happened since the summer of
1983, there has been a pattern of
intentional denial of promotions
since 1971.
"From 1973 to 1986 as a senior
program evaluation analyst, I
have been transferred and
relocated to six different departments/functions
without the
benefit of one favorable upgrade
or promotion, while all
employees, even clerks and
secretaries, who were assigned to
the Evaluation Office that 1 set
up received several promotions
and/or upgrades."
Dixon was denied his first promotion
in 1971, after he refused
to help a friend, John P. Bond
III, get ahead by destroying the
worccrs oi omer city employees,
the statement said.
Dixon said that Bond at that
time had recently become assistant
city manager.
"There were certain people he
wanted to get out of the way so
he could move up," Dixon said.
"He wanted me to get information
so they could be fired."
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could improve its performance..
He said in his memorandum that
more qualified black officers
should work in the black community
to deter black-on-black
crime and tfcat the city should .
create a specially trained
homicide squad to work exclusively
on unsolved murders.
Hairston has discussed the ,
shortcomings of the ^police
department with Stuart. '*1 find
that you are dragging your feet
onj taking action which is conv
. sidkred to be in the best interest
of pic city," Hairston saldy;^
There are too few blacks in administrative
positions within city
government, Hairston said.
"There seems to be a practice of
keeping blacks out of certain
departments, or making a token
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limited number of blacks,"
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this system to really reach out to
minorities in any area," Marshall
said.
Marshall said he feels that the
system has a ratio of black administrators
as well as teachers
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Marshall has said before that
the ratio of teachers in the system
should reflect the 38-percentblack
student enrollment.
He said he feels the same way
about the number of black administrators.
Southeast Ward Alderman
Larry Wombte, who is the assistant
principal at Old Town
Elementary School, agrees with
Marshall.
"There is a lack of blacks in
high administrative positions, at
least as it reflects the black student
population,*' he said.
"Something needs to be looked
into.-'
Womble said that he is also
displeased that there are onlv 12
black principals from a system
that has 53 schools.
Womble said that he has been
an assistant principal in the
. system for about 12 years.
During that time he has applied
for the position of principal, he
said. . ...
ministration looks Tot hijhw
positions," he said. "I couldn't
go out there and tell students to
shoot for the stars if I didn't
practice what I preach."
Besides holding bachelor's and
master's degrees, Womble is 12
hours short of completing his
doctorate.
Although opportunities
abound for blacks with
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In the statement, Dixon also
outlined other things he said happened
during Bond's administration.
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For example, he said that in
1972, his position responsibilities
were given to a man with less experience
than he had.
He said that in 1973, his position
was downgraded from
evaluation officer to senior program
evaluation analyst and that
in that same year he received a
cut in pay.
During 1977*78, Dixon said he
was denied an increase in pay that
had been -recommended 'by his
supervisors. 4
Dixon said that he tried to contact
then City Manager Orville
Powell by writing him several
notes. None of his notes were
acknowledged, he said.
After Powell had retired and
new City Manager Bryce A.
Stuart had taken over, Dixon said
that he accroached Stuart shout
his concerns.
He said in the statement that
Stuart told him "within days
after he was employed by the city
that he refused to believe that I
was right and his managers were
wrong."
"Consequently, during the five
months that I worked directly for
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Hairston said in his memorandum.
About 40 percent of city
employees should be black in
order to reflect the city's black
population, Hairston said.
"Black people need to be made
aware of the double standard in
city government," he said.
There are 744 black city.
employees, which is about 39 percent
of the city's workforce, according
to Becky Goforth, an administrative
assistant to the ^ityu
manager.
ffifcjflarch. nine of thdff Jftg|
miBrtrWrs in city goveranentwere
black, Ms. Goforth said.
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work in the public works department,
said Southeast Ward
Alderman Larry W. Womble.
"We have enough black garbage
men. We need more black administrators,"
he said.
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Womble *s qualifications in other
fields, he said that for now he will
remain in education.
"I have not pinpointed how
long 1 will stay or how long I
won't stay," he said. "Quite
naturally, education is my first
love.
"My plans are wide open," he
said. "I don't limit myself to any
particular level. I plan to go as
high as I can go."
Other administrators said they
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the system either .
Victor Johnson, an assistant
principal at Carver High School,
said that he has applied several
times for principal positions.
Johnson has been an assistant
principal in the system since 1972
and has been with the system
since the early 1960s.
"I think the process is fair as
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Mr. Stuart, he only approved of
three assignments for me to work
on," Dixon said in the statement.
"Each assignment was completed
within a day or so and always to
Stuart's satisfaction.
"In 1980 and again in 1984,
Mr. Stuart told me that he did
not consider my education and
military experience as worthy
qualifications for a promotion
under his administration," the
statement continues.
The statement says that between
November 1980 and July
1983, Dixon's office location was
moved five or six times, while
other employees working within
the city manager's immediate
area were only moved once or
twice.
Dixon states that in 1981 he
became ill after his workspace
was moved to a storage vault
area.
"By December 1982, I was an
emotional and physical wreck
because of the dehumanizing
treatments from top city administrators,"
Dixon said in the
statement. "Many days, I could
not even hold my arms above my
s head, and 1 had constant pains up
and down the right side of my
head, neck and shnnMw '*
Dixon's lawsuit contends that
Most city departments have
only one black administrator,
Hairs ton said, noting that Assistant
City Manager Alexander R.
Beaty is the only black on
Stuart's staff.
Beaty would not comment on
any of Hairston's statements.
Hairston said in his memorandum
that many blacks employed
by the city are\not local citizens.
"Local jobs should be for local
people," he said.
? Many black city employees
don't exercise the authqjf^.jb^.*
? the jobs require, Hair?top? -aafclt* ^
"Either the city is emplbying the
wrong blacks or is placing them
in jobs with little authority," he
said.
Blacks in positions of authority <
don't speak out against the city
employment practices, Hairston
said. "They are like domestic
housecats," he said. 'They are
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much as human beings are able to
evaluate people," he said.
"I feel that I have a job. I'm
not guaranteed to move to the
top because I'm in a certain area.
1 can just work as hard as I can,
and when a break comes, I hope
to move up.
"I'm happy doing the things
I'm doing," he said. "I've never
been discouraged."
Johnson said that he has five
more years before he can retire.
Faye Chavious, assistant principal
at Kennedy Middle School,
said she hasn't applied for the
position of principal yet. She has
been an assistant principal in the
system for four years and is
worlcinff on h*r nMnrinol'e
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tificatc.
"After that, I'm interested in
it/' she said. "But I do think that
will be several years down the
road.
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he was placed in job assignments
in which he did not have training
or expertise.
The statement says that he was
assigned to perform energy conservation
duties in 1980, a
technical Held in which he said he
had no expertise.
Dixon said that events which
occurred from 1983 to the present
were the events that prompted the
lawsuit.
Dixon said that in June 1983,
he - was transferred to the
Management Information
Systems Services Department,
after he had notified Beaty in a
memo in 1979 that he did not
have the qualifications to perform
computer and engineering
duties^
In August, he said that Owen,
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ms new doss, rciusea 10 pay tne
expenses that he had incurred on
an all-day seminar that Owen had
sent him to attend.
Dixon said that he wrote Stuart
a memorandum in November
1983, telling him that he was not
properly assigned in his present
position.
"He disagreed with me and left
me assigned to the only comanaged
office in city government,
so that 1 definitely would
not receive any recent supervisory
scared to say anything."
The merit pay plan is viewed by
many as a "buddy-buddy" plan,
Hairston said in his memoran
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uuju. employees wno are liked by
their supervisors receive higher
evaluations and higher" salaries
than those who are not liked by
their supervisors, Hairston said.
"If your supervisor has
something personally against
you, you as an employee cannot
receive a fair evaluation,"
Hairston" saldf in the memorandum.
flairs ton said he will make a
motion at the July 21 meeting of
the Board of Aldermen requesting
the board to abolish the
merit pay plan.
"I have nothing personal
against anyone," Hairston said
in the conclusion of his
memorandum. "This is what I
"I think I'll have as good a
chance as anybody else/' Mrs.
Chavious added. "The openings
just aren't there. Principals are
eligible for retirement, but th4y
don't retire. They obviously enjoy
their jobs."
Mrs. Chavious has been with
the system for 13 years.
George Green, principal of
Northwest Middle School, said
he is satisfied with his position
and has no plans for advancing to
a higher administrative level.
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experience and would therefore
be ineligible for any administrative
promotion under
Stuart's management, since recent
supervisory experience was
one of his prerequisites for a promotion,'*
the statement said.
After receiving an unsatisfactory
evaluation from Owen in
August 1984, Dixon said he appealed
by writing the personnel
director. He said he was denied a
hearing. . *
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down in front of other employees
as well as verbally abusing him.
' "From 1980 until the present
as a senior program evaluation
analyst, 1 have been required to
perform energy conservation
duties (engineering-related) as a
condition of continued employment
with the city," Dixon said
in the statement. "There is
nothing in my job description or
in my past experiences from 1961
to 1980 that specified that 1 met
the minimum qualifications to
perform such engineering duties.
"All employees within city
government have had a choice for
new positions by applying and
being interviewed for the positions,
but such was not the case
with me being assigned to energy
believe is morally right."
Womble said he supports
Hairston's grievances. "A double
standard exists throughout city
government," he said.
Local blacks need to become
more involved with city politics,
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continues.
Dixon said he is being unjustly,.^
treated and that now is the time t '
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for action. "
"I went to Vietnam and served^*
my country," he said. "I come*'.0
back home to Winston-Salem
and all of a sudden I'm not a fit * ^
American citizen. I just can't live/",1
a lie."
Dixon said that the city had its ,/'.
own reward system for his ac.
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complishments. f ^
"Every time I went back to get'
a degree, they offered me some"'-' demotion
instead of promotion*'
he said. "All I'm asking for is**''
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Dixon has two master's^/* I
degrees, one in* public affairs"^4
from the University of North; I
Carolina at Greensboro and the'-'*'
other in mathematics from N.C.' I
A&T State University.
Dixon has also completed 36T',Tl
semester-hours toward a doctoral* ? ^ I
degree in administration. * - I
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He has done all this while *'"*
working for the city. %'L"/
He also served as a second
lieutenant, first lieutenant and-/
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Hairston and Womble said.
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tending some Board of Aldermen
meetings and start demanding'
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