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Coretta Scott King speaks to a packed house last Friday on the campus of Bennett College in Greensboro.
Still Dreamin'
Wife of slain civil rights
icon tells Benrtetr
students to reach out
to disadvantaged and
practice nonviolence
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE
GREENSBORO - Ben
nett College students were
encouraged by Coretta Scott
King to "rise up" because their
"hour of appointment with his
tory" is approaching. Coretta
Scott King, widow of the late
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
JV.. launched the college's new
monthly lecture series. "The
President Presents."
Bennett College President
lohnnetta B. Cole developed
the lecture series.
Coretta Scott King said:
"Rise up now to come forward
from the shadows, just as
another generation of young
people right here .in Greens
boro rose up and answered the
call of history and helped
launch the Civil Rights Move
ment....Rise up now and lead
our world to a greater destiny.
Rise up now with an
indomitable spirit of justice,
Compassion and love, united
and determined to create the
beloved unity of Martin
Luther King Jr.'s dream."
Coretta Scott King was
referring to the sit-in move
ment. which began in Greens
boro on Feb. I. I960, when
four N.C. A&T University slu
dents refused to leave a Wool- I
worth lunch counter in down
town Greensboro. King began
her remarks by thanking Cole
for her "tireless devotion to
academic excellence and the
education of African-Ameri
can women." King called her
"a superb example of the won
derful leaders who have
emerged from the ranks of
African-American schools."
King, 75, is the founder,
chair and chief executive offi
cer of the Atlanta-based Mar
tin Luther King. Jr. Center for
Nonviolent Social Change,
which has trained tens of thou
sands of people in her late
husband's philosophy. Coretta
Scott King has received more
than 40 hon6rary doctorates
from universities around the
world.
Her address marks the sec
ond time she has spoken at
Bennett College. She spoke at
a vespers service *in Pfeiffer
Chapel on March 21,1965.
That day was also the first day
of the historic Selma to Mont
gomery march for voting
Sec King on A4
File Photo
Coretta Scott King, far right, looks on as her husband is
arrested after a I 960s peaceful demonstration.
Tech group gives computers
WinstonNet dreams of connecting
entire city to cutting-edge network
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The great divide
between those who have
access to computers and
those, who do not got a
wee bit smaller last week.
Ten children involved in
Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Forsyth County took
home computers, and a
local technology-minded
nonprofit organization
moved one step closer
toward fulfilling its mis
sion of making a power
ful. innovative computing
network accessible to
everyone in the county.
WinstonNet was able
to make the computers
available to the young
sters through a grant the
organization received
from the U.S. Department
of Education. Formed
through The IDEAlliance
(the group behind the
downtown research park
and many other efforts
aimed at taking the city to
technological higher
ground). WinstonNet is a
partnership among local
universities, social and
corporate institutions and
city government. Wake
Forest University, Win
ston-Salem State Univer
sity, Winston
Salem/Forsyth County
Schools and Forsyth
Technical Community
See Computers on A9
Photo by Kevin Walker
Cornell Hampton helps his "little brother," Arleigh Bryant, at a training
session last week on the campus of Wake Forest University. Bryant was
one of 10 Big Brothers Big Sisters youngsters that got home computers.
Elected officials
ready to duel
for 72nd district
County commissioner and alderman both
say they will win state House seat Nov. 5
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE
Both candidates for the 72nd
state House District are predicting
victory in November. Republican
Vernon
isooinson.
the alder
man of the
city's
South
Ward,
says
Democra
tic voters
are pledg
ing their
support to
h i m
while Democrat Earline Parmon
expects the largely Democratic
district to remain loyal to the
party.
Robinson, who did not have a
j primary, has been busy going
door to door with a band of vol
unteers, young and old, white and
black. He says a growing show of
support from older African
American Democrats has him
taken aback. He feels they are
looking past party lines to support
a candidate who will vote against
raising their taxes,
i "I'm my own man not behold
ing to the money boys downtown.
(Voters) have seen that I have
voted against the white million
aires and their toys like 4th Street.
It's more important to vote against
raising taxes to pay for that stuff,"
said Robinson. "Older voters are
very sensitive to (Parmon) having
voted eight times in 10 years to
raise property taxes on fixed
income seniors. I would argue
that even if you could believe Ms.
Parmon. you can't afford her."
Robinson said it is those same
voters - older African-Americans
- who are telling him that he,
unlike Parmon. is actually "stand
ing up for them" at community
meetings.
"If you don't say anything
you can't get re-elected," he said.
Parmon, on the other hand,
says her campaign is going strong
as she is building onto her base of
voters that landed her the Democ
ratic nomination. Ever mindful
that there are "two candidates" in
the election, Parmon, who is con
rp.ntrntin?
on "get
ting her
message
out" to cit
i z e n s ,
hopes that
her 12
y e a r
record as a
county
commis
..Mil
will
speak for itself and lead voters to
check her name on Election Day.
"We need representatives that
understand that jobs are crucial.
The unemployment rate in
Sec Officials on A10
Parmon
Robinson
Democrats say
Dole fibbed about
civil rights record
Prominent African-American attorney says
Republican supported the veto of key bill
TKOM STAR RhPORTS
The N.C. Democratic Party
and a prominent African-Ameri
Ca" aU,,r- ,
ney say ?
Elizabeth F
Dole has I
no busi- P
ness brag- I
g' i n g |
about her H
record on f
civil P
rights. L
They
are crvine
foul over an appearance by Dole -
the Republican nominee for the
open U.S. Senate seat being vacat
ed by Jesse Helms - on NBC's
"Today" show Sept. 26 where
Dole stated that she and her hus
band - Bob Dole, a former
Kansas senator and Republican
presidential nominee - have
always been strong supporters of
the Civil Rights Act.
"It is outrageous that Eliza
beth Dole would mislead the peo
ple of North Carolina by claiming
to have always supported the Civil
Rights Act when history shows
she clearly has not," James "Fer
gie" Ferguson said in a statement
released by the N.C. Democratic
Party (NCDP) last week. "Mrs.
Dole spoke out in favor of Presi
dent Bush's (the current presi
dent's father! veto of the Civil
Rights Act of 1990. and her hus
band voted to sustain the veto."
Ferguson is the founding part
ner of Ferguson. Stein. Wallus,
Ad k i n s,
Cresham
and
Sumter.
The firm
has offices
in both
Charlotte
and
Chapel
Hill. Fer
guson also
has served
as nresi
dent of the N.C. Association of
Black Lawyers and the N.C.
Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Janet Bradbury, a spokesper
son for the Dole camp, said she
was unable to find specific docu
mentation regarding Dole's stance
See Dole on A10
Ferguson
Dole
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