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maim iH Opinion ? - ? ' /;?* - i,'! " ' v < >: ^%??W - wa/ ?. . ? ?**#?.? ,: *?*> Winston-Salem Chronicle The Choice for African-American News and Information r THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1994 ?' -J P mi i >ncccle.\ nothing without t / struggle. " Frederick Douglass VOL. XXI. No Half that of Whites in ^ Officials cite hiring practices, downsizing as reasons for gap By RICHARD L. WILLIAMS Chronicle Executive Editor Despite its share of high-paid entertainers and sports figures, it seems that blacks in Amer ica have not made many gains economically since, desegregation./ .? ^ The same can be said for African- Americans in Winston-Salem, according to Andrea Harris, president, of the Durham-based N.C. Institute of Minority Economic Development Harris, who was in Winston-Salem last week to address the East Area Council of the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, said the income gap between white and African-American families has increased since 1970 and continues to get wider. ? 1 ?' In 1970, the average African- American fam ily in Winston-Salem had a mean income of $6,688, roughly 48 percent less than the average white family, which had a mean income of $12,859. In 1980, the average family income for African- Americans was $14,259, or 48 percent less than the average white family, which had a mean income of $28,1 13. . In 1990, the gap grew wider. That year the figure shows a $56,657 mean income for white families and a $27,696 average for African see BLACK page 3 * ' i, . . , - - - . - Sine# 1970, ttw Incomo Itvtl Mw*?n white and African- Americans hat mcrtasingy wnnnio. Accofany to ivw laM Ui. Coram fturtau, In 1990, Hit gap it now mort than double In tavw of Souro: UNC Topic Shaw Foods Signs Contract Worth Millions With Reynolds By VERONICA CLEMONS Chronicle Staff Writer Shaw Foods Services, an African-American-owned catering company, has won a multimillion contract with R.J. Reynolds TobaccoCo. ? The Fayetteville-based concern, will begin preparing meals on Tues day for Reynolds' approximately 7,500 employees. The amount of the contract was not released, but is believed to be between S5-$ 10 million over a period of at least three years. Shaw Foods replaces ARA/ESI Inc., which is based in Philadelphia and came under scrutiny here just last year when several African American employees filed griev ances alleging discriminatory prac tices. ? The contract, the biggest in the history of 15-year-old Shaw Foods, calls for th^ company to operate R.J. Reynolds' cafeterias at its headquar ters office complex, the Bowman Gray Technical Center and the Whi taker Park manufacturing facil ity, all in Winston-Salem, as well as a cafeteria at a manufacturing com plex in Tobaccoville. Shaw Foods will also handle the company's catering services. = Officials at Shaw are enthusias see SHAW FOODS page 10 Library to Become Historical Center A. Alderman Johnson opposes closing of East Winston branch By DAVID L. DILLARD Chronicle Staff Writer A proposed public library on Carver School Road could give the African-American community its second facility as well as ensure that the community has a museum to store the history of area African-, Americans. County Manager Graham Per vier said the new library is designed to replace the branch in eastern Winston-Salem, which is located at 1110 E. Seventh St. MThe Carver School Road - branch will replace that one," Per vier said. "It will Still be there, but -1 it's going to be used for an African- I see LIBRARY page 9 Trailblazers Dominique Dawes of Gaithersburg, MtL, became the first gymnast ever to sweep all four events in the National Gymnastics Championship in Nashville on Saturday. A day later, Tiger Woods became the youngest person ever to win the U.S. Amateur Championship in golf. Stories, page 22. Black Developer Perseveres to See Project Through A Brandon 's Eastway Plaza forges ahead By DAVE) L. DILLARD Chronicle Staff Writer . William T. Brandon has always tried to lure businesses to eastern Winston-Salem. He did it for 17 years because it was his job with the city of Winston Salem's community development office. Now he is doing it for himself ? and the community. Brandon is the developer of Eastway Plaza, a shopping center on New Walkertown Road, that is scheduled to open in November. Brandon, 50, worked 17 years for the city's commu nity develop ment office, which ironically was located on the site where the plaza is Brandon being built. - While noticing the lack of economic development in the area, he said the idpa came to him in 1989 to build a shopping plaza. It hasn't been easy to get to this point, he said. Along the way, he was turned down for a loan by a dozen banks and temporarily sup ported by his wife, Andrais. He per severed because he wanted eastern Winston-Salem to thrive. "When we talk about economic development, East Winston doesn't have any," he said. "I had to leave (employment wilh) the city because see BLACK page 3 City Officials See Signs of Economic Development Boom By DAVID L. DILLARD Chronicle Staff Writer Eastern Winston-Salem has been neglected in economic development over the years, but with the construction of a shop ping center, two housing devel opments, a public library and a branch of a community college coming to the area, there are signs of economic growth. East Ward Alderman Joyce lyn Johnson said growth has been slow, but people are begin ning to realize the spending power of blacks in the area. "It's been a gradual process, see CITY page 3 ? GtaosModr. Opinion EntartataMnt. Sports. . 4 12 31 27 IS .17 Thu Week In Black Hiitory StpUmhr 7-8 , /954 SrfcoW mtergmtitm fo*wt| in Watk^gUm, D,C,t mi\ ffnMmuit, Md? pmb&e irHiih, TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 910-722-8624
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