75 cents Winston-Salem Chronicle "The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly" VOL. XVIII, NO. 23 Haitians charge U.S. with racism NEW YORK (AP) ? Haitian immigrants on Mon day condemned the repatriation of their countrymen as a racist betrayal of the freedom and justice they came here for. "Had we been any other country ? white or Span ish ? we would have had a chance," said Florence Comeau, a spokeswoman for the Haitian Affairs Com mittee in Brooklyn, where most of New York's 300,000 Haitians live. "The Cubans can come in any time. The Cubans are people, the Haitians are people, but one is light-skinned and the other is not" The deportation of 10,000 Haitians from the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, began over the weekend. The refugees had been detained there since they began fleeing their homeland last fall when the democratic government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted by a right-wingmilitary coup. The Bush Administration denied the Haitians polit ical asylum in the United States, arguing that they were fleeing poverty, not repression. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week, paving the way for the deporta tion. "These people think America is a country of free dom, and every day they are talking about Statue of Liberty," said Jean-Marc Joseph, a staff member at the Please see page A3 Minority group Seeks tu amend NCNB lawsuit ! GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) ? A Goldsboro minor* ? ty group is asking a federal judge to amend its $10 bil lion lawsuit against NCNB to include its merger part ner, C&S/Sovran Corp;, as a co-defendant The group also wants to add two plaintiffs to the case. The North Carolina Communities Empowerment Socio-Economic Corp. filed the $10 billion suit against Charlotte-based NCNB in September. Shareholders of NCNB and C&S/Sovran Corp., which had headquarters in Atlanta and Norfolk, Va., approved the merger of the two into NationsBank in October. The request by the Goldsboro group to amend the lawsuit would also add two black business women, Hilda Parker of Goldsboro and Henreitta Mathis Canty Please see page A6 spv - i Pteastt$e*-paQ9"A$ ppif p Ml MMM !\ t\\ fence, N P|||||^^i^;W^ t* ? Ml Mmm name recogitlifeiwfi in Win$|p?^Sal^vOf the five candp dates* ?fcilJ*ps h the only am lacking experience as an. fleeted government official Rumor has it thai Ptpigs would hke to tun for Rep* Annie Kennedy's seat if &ep* Kennedy does not seek re-election. fci a i ~ " A Mlani EJUhpMWW I ' "/,-JlfJJU ' TLT..V. uL_11 ' pHHFIg known ofallannounced his years of experience in state governments -Ms best credential for serving the 12tb district ' Education: B.S, from N.d Central, Studied theoU' - '< ogy and biochemistry at Rutgers University, law - Please see page A3 ' - I Cook Middle School profiles black professionals City's entrepreneurs share success stories with students ? . < By YVETTE N. FREEMAN Community News Editor Students at orfe of the local middle schools recently had the opportunity to hear the success stories of some of Win ston-Salem's African-American entre preneurs and business people in celebra tion of Black History Month. The program "Black Profiles" was held at Cook Middle School Monday, Feb. 3, to expose the students to positive African-American role models in the community. Maxine Freeman, the school media coordinator who initiated \hf program, ?said the purpose of the everit was "also to share with them (the students) some positive information about making wise choices concerning making the right friends, making good grades, and setting goals for themselves." The program was in the form of a talk show with the panelists being inter viewed by Andrea Bush, the school guidance counselor, followed by a ques tion and answer session with the stu dents. The guest panelists included Rudy Anderson, vice president of Ambassador Builders; Renita Thompkins, attorney; Ed McCarter, co-owner of Special Occa sions; Leroy Allister, owner of Ran dolph's Accounting and Tax Service; Cynthia Allister, owner of Scholar Aid Ltd.; Ernie Wade, director of Minority Affairs at Wake Forest University; Chan dler Lee, owner of Classic Cadillac Classic GMC Truck, Inc.; and Lee Cameron, a radio personality with WKZL radio station. During the program, each of the panelists told the students how they reached their current positions in the business world and how getting an edu cation was important in attaining their goals. According to Freeman, the program, which was a collaborative effort of the media staff and the guidance department, was a complete success. "I think it was very successful according to the feedback I received from teachers and students," she said. "In one instance, a student said that he had heard all of this information before but that he felt this particular panel of Maxine Freeman (left), media coordinator and Andrea Bush (right), guid ance counselor, coordinated the program "Black Profiles" at Cook Middle School in celebration of Black History Month. speakers really meant tfhat they said." Freeman expressed her appreciation to the guest panelists for their participa tion, and Leon Henry of WMQX radio station and Contract Office Furnishings for their assistance in the production of the program. She added that hopefully all of the students in the audience also appreciate the efforts of those who par ticipated in the program and will take to Please see page A 7 TO SUBSCRIBE^ CALL 722-8624, JUST DO IT!