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75 mnis Vol. XXVIII No. 52
Primary Color
African-Americans running countywide confident
despite lack of successes for blacks in Forsyth
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
If you coiint Dean Rutledge, Fred
Bauer and Tim Nugent. Denise Harts
field faces three challengers in the Sept.
10 primary. If you throw in black voter
apathy, local political history and
racism, Hartsfield, who is trying to suc
ceed Judge Roland Hayes on the 21st
District Court bench, faces a varied
slew of hurdles.
Hartsfield and two Democratic can
didates for sheriff. John Polite and Jim
Bob Campbell, are on track to do some
thing that has seldom been done by
Hartsfield
African-Ameri
cans in Forsyth
County: win
seats voted on
countywide.
"Forsyth
County is a very
conservative
county," said
Winston-Salem
State University
political science
professor Larry
Little, explaining one of the reasons he
feels black candidates have had a tough
See Primary on A5
Photo by Bruce Chapman
N.C. A&T State University junior,Thurston Davis III shows off the brick he
bought to help the school raise money for its foundation.
Photo by Kevin Walker
if. John Polite campaigns at a community event recently.
A&T looks to
students to help
grow university
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
nil CHRONICLI
GREENSBORO - The N.C. Agri
cultural and Technical State University
campus is a different place than it was
just five years ago. The school has a
new tennis and athletic facilities, newly
paved parking lots, refurbished build
ings. a Goliath of a new state-of-the-art
dormitory and even new benches and
street signs.
The university is making an all-out
effort to let students know that the new
amenities they enjoy were not free.
A&T is among a growing list of histor
ically black institutions driving home to
students, even before they graduate, the
importance of alumni giving.
Earlier this month, freshmen not
only got an orientation about the layout
of the campus, but also a lesson about
the effects that philanthropy can have.
Obre Smith, the president of the
school's foundation, which two years
ago spearheaded the construction of
Aggie Suites, a multimillion dollar pri
vately run dorm on campus, said it is
never too soon to start telling students
the importance of giving back, even if it
is just a few dollars.
"Some, if not all. will blow $10 to
$40 a week on some of the things they
want," said Smith, who said the univer
sity must drastically increase the level
of alumni giving in a very short time if
it wants to remain competitive. "We feel
thaw if* the students don't become
involved in giving at the stage when
they set foot on this campus, it will
almost be too late when, they graduate
and receive the oath from the president
of the national alumni association."
Only about 7 percent of the school's
37,000 living alumni contribute to
A&T. a figure that Smith and others call
deplorable.
Last week the school announced
two efforts aimed at spurring giving by
alumni and friends of the university.
First, the school's foundation is offering
people a chance to become permanently
connected to A&T through a brick Cam
paign. For $50 each the nanies of con
tributors will be carved in red bricks
that will lead to the entrance way of
Aggie Suites. The bricks can also be
designed to memorialize deceased fam
ily members.
The school has already gotten good
response from early efforts promoting
the brick campaign. Several bricks have
been purchased and have been laid.
James Dickens graduated from A&T
in 1941. Today when he travels around
the campus, he doesn't recognize much.
"It is a totally different place." he
said. "That makes me proud that it has
been able to grow so much."
School officials say that Dickens
and others like them are part of the rea
See A&T on A11
Black freshmen adding to Wake's diversity
BY COURTNKY GAILLARI)
I HI ( HRONICLE
Joseph Martinez and Clifton Gran
by were among 73 black freshmen
who began class yesterday at Wake
Forest University. All told, 143
minority students are among the
school's crop of 1,012 incoming
freshmen.
Both Martinez and Granby say
they are interested in studying sci
ence. Martinez likes veterinary medi
cine . and Granby is leaning toward
psychology. They both also were
lured to the school thanks in no small
part to the efforts of Wake Forest's
Office of Multicultural Affairs, which
was formed 16 years ago to help give
the Wake campus a little color, among
other things.
Martinez's parents. Ismael and
' Laura, helped their son move into
Johnson Hall on MovingODay last
week. The Martinez family recently
returned from a nine-year stint in Oki
nawa. Japan, where both parents were
on active naval duty. Now that Mar
tinez's parents will be stationed at
Camp Lejeune for the next couple of
years, their youngest daughter, a
sophomore in high school, will keep
them company while her older broth-i
er is away at college.
Joseph Martinez, who went to a
Department of Defense high school
on the Okinawa Naval Base,
explained that he wanted to attend a
college in North Carolina. He and his
father first visited the WFU campus in
February, and he says that he was
taken aback by the "beautiful and nice
atmosphere."
"At my (high) school there were
kids from every background - black,
white. Mexican. Filipinos ... everyone
- and the fact that (WFU) is predomi
nantly white didn't really have any
weight on my decision." said Joseph
Martinez, who said he researched the
statistics on the ethnic makeup of .the
studcjits at Wake Forest.
.SVc Freshmen on A10
Photo hy Courtney (jaillard
Wake Forest fresh
man Joseph Martinez
gets help from his sis
ter, Alyssia, and
mom, Laura, on
move-in day.
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Officials
hand out
awards
to leaders
Several honored by black
commissioners for standing
up for African-Americans
BY PAUL COLLINS
nil ( HRON1C11
?
The N.C. Association of Black Coun
ty Officials, at its annual awards luncheon
Saturday, honored five people who have
helped better the lives of African-Anaeri
cans. William
"Bill" Martin,
state senator,
received the Out
standing Leader
ship Award; Rev.
Dr. William Walter
Finlater, civil
rights activist,
received the
Humanitarian
Award; Bridget
Wall, assistant to
Ruffin
the secretary for N.C. H.U.B. (Historical
ly Underutilized Businesses) Outreach,
received the Service Award; G.K. Butter
field. associate justice of the N.C.
Supreme Court, received the President's
Award, and Ben Ruffin, past chairman of
the University of North Carolina Board of
Governors.* received the Frederick Dou
glass Leadership Award.
Patricia Ferguson, president of The
N.C. Association of Black County Offi
cials, presented the awards.
Martin, who has served with distinc
See Commissioners on A9
Evening
generates
money
for UNCF
11th annual Kennedy event
raises more than $200,000
BY FELEC1A P MCMILLAN. PH D
THECHRONICLE
More lhan 300 guests gathered at the
mansion of Dr. Charlie L. and Willie M.
Kennedy on Saturday night to party for
the cause of education. Marilyn Baldwin
Richards. North Carolina director of
United Negro College Fund, thanked all
who contributed to the grand total of
.$215,000.
,,? M Richards rer
ognized Mayor
Allen Joines;
Benjamin Ruffin,
past ehairman of
the University of
North Carolina
Board of Gover
nors; Dr Angela
Fryar of Winston
Salem/Forsyth
County Schools;
Dr. Melvin John
Keniiedy
>on. provost of Winston-Salem State
University; the* corporate sponsors and
presidents of member colleges who
;ame out; members of the Kennedy/A
Mind Is Society; and other special
guests who participated in rewarding the
students who receive scholarships from
Sc< UNCF on A4
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