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< I o . i r *. > Win t^^l Mill * - m?? voi. aid, no. n U.S.P.S. f1 "This dress is new, this hairstyl new.... But people who perceptive and have a c< . cience don't judge me by the '. side, if there's one thing I car really proud of, it's that I hav compromised my principl V. Jean Burl Jean Burkins returns 'horn By ROBIN BARKSDALE Chronicle Staff Writer V. JEAN Burkins bowed her head and i as she approached the podium. Thoug] terswcet memories remained, the struggle ha been over. She was "home." . Ms. Burkins, a former assistant district at and candidate for a District Court judges Winston-Salem, was one of four honoree banquet sponsored last Saturday night by law students at Wake Forest University .v Su ?- - before the crowd at the Hyatt Hotel last Sa evening, Ms. Burkins thanked her friends, o : new, for a warm welcome. '< ^ ' Good to be back / "There Vnothing tike coining home and . friends," she said, glancing around the roo nodding acknowledgment to familiar fac can't believe how good it is to see you. I'm happy to be back in Winston-Salem and to s again. I really, really thank you for caring. Ms. Burkins, a York County, S.C., nativ nractiees law nrivatHv in Pnlnmkio Uf* u/i Chronicle Staff Writer . This articls continues a series on 1 Plan. This week, a look at previous a plan's recommendations - an econoi poration in East Winston. East Winston and economic develop "Itrangers. The community had two such g but both came and went quickly, and nei with the other, despite common goals, say One was a committee led by East Ware , > 1 Salem in 1980 after an unsuccessful campai District Court judge. Her candidacy had Covington's fi From Staff and Wire Reports V HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Gov. Guy Hunt removed five members from the Alabama A&M University Board of Trustees as the panel met in executive session last Thursday, a sweeping change that reportedly occurred as the board considered firing the university's president, Dr. H. Douglas Covington. In a related matter, Covington, a former chancellor of Winston-Salem State University, has filed a $1.1 million lawsuit against a Decatur black weekly called Speakin' Out, alleging that a letter to the editor in In surprise mo' By CHERYL WILLIAMS Marshall Chronicle Staff Writer preferrec Some TL-. /*<" ? l lie ap^uuiiuiciii iTiuuuay ui KODCriSC George L. Sweat as the city's new since police chief abruptly ended Redd, w speculation that a black man applicat might be hired - and kindled Roberts both resignation and lukewarm chief wh Support among black elected of- made a ficials. said. NAACP President Walter "I was Economic dei Rx/HHFRYl WILLIAMS I I 5 -rf?? c SlUll-iZ The : lo. 067910 Winston-Sal , smiled h bitd long torney \tjm hip in [fm s at a black ^ mding Above, Jean Burkins, seatec turday-? received from the black law i Id and marred by allegations, and, ulti admission, that she had lied aboi two parking ticket summonses is When all was said and done, she string the election, but her job as an as m and torney es. "I really Looking inside eeyou Now she was back, the object c e who tion. Wearing a turquoise silk dr< nston- trendy shag hairstyle, Ms. Burki ? ? gn i or aience to iook oeyona ner outws 1 been "This dress is new, this hairst iring blocked the paper libeled him. The Huntsville Times, quoting unname sources, said a majority of the 11-membe A&M trustee board was prepared to fir Covington, a Winston-Salem native, whei Hunt sent word by telephone that fiv members were no longer trustees. Board Chairman Herbert Gray of Hunt sville, one of the five ousted by Hunt, sai< later that day {hat he was withholding com ment on the advice of legal counsel. Cov ington, who was in a meeting last Thursda afternoon with top A&M officials, decline* comment on the developments. Please see page A14 ve, Sweat nan I said he would have cess," said V I cr\m#?r\?p oIca rritiri7wl thp r ? aviiivvaiv viavi v? imvikvw miv p one like Morris A. cessive force, >n. dealing with b Assistant Chief O.D. have been re ho is black, withdrew his Robertson. Hi ion two weeks ago, during some r< on, another assistant during the riot 10 is white, would have sat with the good choice, Marshall wasn't afraid 1 and Dunleith ! 5 disappointed in the pro- us. He earned /elopment coi he East Winston Area ffl ttempts at one of the jj||H mic development corNewell, the c >ment groups are not local attorne roups in the early '80s, The Comr mcr wufrcu very mum muicc comp< former members. and doctors, 1 Alderman Virginia K. ment in East > ^ ialem rwin City's A ward- Winning Weei Bm, N.C. Thursday, I I' 'N'|?WWWV, "-^U-..^^ ^'7^/<Vvi|^^W| I. < : '"TM?||| -. uH _ 'WMUt,;;. pRR!1^V^B||^r wm. , and her aunt, Carolyn Burrell, adr students at Wake Forest University i mately, her own dress is just a d it her handling of hairstyle,'* said M sued against her. age. "But people had lost nnt only pr>ncpion^o ^r?'? WW mm mm ; WUI1JVIVUVV UUII t sistant district at- there's one thing 1 I haven't comproi As she acceptec her alma mater, V to update her frie >f a standing ova- Winston-Salem, s ;ss and sporting a the South Carolin ins asked the au- ^on Department, trd appearance. ^ a cierk for jucj yle is new. But a pjea d I r I e I [i e i I y i m Mi V - . 1 uovmgxon m led police ch larshall, who has earned the suppo olice for using ex- blacks." especially when Although he is n lacks. "We could the selection of Si :al satisfied with said, he plans to v e made his mark "Even though we ;al critical times - most positive opir s. He came in and this time, we want community. He him to make him t :o come to Liberty he said, streets and talk to Northeast Ward my respect and he Please see p poration: It h EAST WINS CROSSRO, >ther an economic development corporati y R. Lewis Ray. nittee to Promote Black Ownership, an osed of a group of businessmen, ministt was formed in 1980 to promote econo : Winston, Mrs. Newell said. IEH1I3EE? ' Uw>^?i M - - - - - Mil ill T lllHlllMiltlTl 1 f &T-Howard result ill stand as wy^j v *'?r VfeXf mm^MmwWKWrmfl Chro cly :ebruary 26,1987 ill' Wm\ PP%%. 1 Mi ^.. B V flBt if Bi pWBf W^ B If B f a v^laMi *?&# P L N^pSuTHE ;r ihp t. tii^Dh nire the award Ms. Burkins ;pM5fo by_James Parker). . K ress, and a hairstyle is just a o s. Burkins, who does not tell her aj who are perceptive and have a N judge me by the outside. If o Cari hi really proud of, it's that?I? nised my principles." n i the honor from the students at A Is. Burkins took the opportunity b nds on her career. After leaving el he became a staff attorney with h i State Employment Discrimina- n From 1983 to 1985, she worked b ge Jasper Cureton of the South ii ise see page A5 ^ " ' ' '^ " ^ OBITUARIES W ! ? with veat, Marshall /ork with him. | don't have the yl lion of him at gjj|J t to work with Alderman Vi- Chief Sweat, rigl age A16 Parker). ias been tri The group was ?jQ|^ Bank to locate her From the ad hoc on to form the se< ADS Local Developmc mmNovember 1980, F "In order to dev on headed by cje ancj tfoat vehic "We needed it in < ad hoc com- goth groups hac ?rc at t nrncvc i * ownea ana -opera >mic develop- But never did th - o ~ - t mcle 50 cents 32 Pages This Week 20VER STORY ' Burke's hiring doesn't stop j critics of DA j y CHERYL WILLIAMS _____ . ironicle Staff Writer One is not enough, say critic^ of District Attorney f. Warren Sparrow, many of whom supported him l his campaign for office. One black assistant on his staff shows no more of commitment to affirmative action than his redecessor's, they say. Sparrow announced last week that a black man, ogan Todd Burke, 26, would join his staff. Burke, the son of Northeast Ward Alderman Viian H. Burke and state House Rep. Logan Burke, eceived his undergraduate degree in political cience at Morehouse College in 1983 and his law egree from North Carolina Central University's iw school in 1986. He has worked as an assistant district attorney in .inston. Loretta Biggs, however, who was previously the nly black assistant district attorney, was recently ppointed a District Court judge by Gov, James G. 1 art in, keeping the black presence on the staff at nc- ^ "I'm disappointed thai He docs tore black assistant DAs," said the Rev. Carlton i.G. Eversley of Sparrow. Eversley said he had een a strong supporter of Sparrow in the primary lection in May but had remained neutral in Jovember's general election. "1 think the comlunity deserves one more or at least two more lack assistant DAs. The people who supported him 1 the general election need to make that known." Southeast Ward Alderman Larry W. Womble, ho quietly supported Sparrow in both the primary nd the general election, said that he, too, is disapointed that there is only one black assistant district ttorney. "I'm hoping that Sparrow sees fit to appoint lore blacks in his office Womble said. If the appointment of Burke represents more lacks to come, then that's OK, Womble said. "If 's not the beginning," he said, "then I have some ;rious concerns about that. I'm hoping that Mr. parrow will respond in a positive way to making is staff reflect the makeup of this community." But Sparrow said Tuesday that his staff is :presentative of the community. "1 think we are ell-representative of the community," he said. We have capable lawyers interested in building up le community, and I think they are doing an extent job." nease see page aj VHMHH - Jr ? n '' .:. IHH ........ ...... mEj^K . ^^^^^'iViiriiii^^ . "Jiiiixi,..1 |gf - e|jy| rrVr? ? ? I HMAiiB I ^ R^J ft! ftftB?||^^^^ft Jft ^n^Z^;:;:;::;;'V::^^^ft^^^P ht, and the city manager (photo by James ed here before instrumental in getting Mechanics and Farmers e, she said. : committee grew a steering committee that went :ond organization, christened the East Winston :nt Corp. The group was incorporated in Lay said. elop a shopping center, we felt we needed a vehiIP UfOC t Wt A /4>lial/\?n??t I ' n ... ^ v nw uiv vivTvivipniciii kuipuraiiun, isay saiu. order to make a proposal to the city." I basically the same primary goal: to get a blackted shopping center in East Winston, ey work together, said former County CommisPlease see page A15 j \
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