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Black Community Bears Unequal
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ATTRACTIVE CONNIE HARRIS
...Quail Hollow student
Miss Connie Harris
Is Beauty Of Week
By Melvetta Wright
Post Staff Writer
Fourteen-year-old Connie
Harris, an eigth grade student
at Quail Hollow Junior High
School, is this week’s Beauty.
Connie, a first year Falcon
ette Cheerleader, is a gymnas
tics enthusiast. She holds the
title of “Miss Homecoming
1976-77” at Quail Hollow and
was the third place winner in
the Miss Social Status Club
contest last November.
Presently her favorite sub
ject is Math - because she
“likes working with figures” -
and her favorite teachers are
Miss Bowie, her Math teacher,
and Mrs. Anderson, her home
room teacher. She’s a good
student when it comes to
English, Math and Spelling,
but it’s been said that Connie
doesn't like Science, so conse
quently doesn’t do as well in
that subject.
Our Beauty’s hobbles are
cheering, dancing, swimming,
rollerskating, and baking
cakes. She has recently been
accepted by Jan Thompson
Agency as a model and is sure
that modeling will be her life's
work.
^Connie and her family,
vKiich included her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Harris
and her two younger brothers,
attend First United Presbyte
rian-Church, where Connie
used to sing on the choir, work
on the Usher Board and parti
cipate in the Girl Scouts.
Being the only girl and the
oldest child, Connie has some
definitely strong opinions a
bout her situation. She said
that she "doesn’t feel right
being the only girl” and that
what she really wants is to
have a sister. She’s a bossy big
sister to her brothers, age 11
and 6, who she says “aggra
vate” her sometimes when
she has company.
Connie’s list of favorite
things and people include Be
linda Tolbert (of the Jeffer
son’s), the color baby blue, the
television show “What’s Hap
pening” and the actor who
plays Dwayne on the show,
stuffed animals (of which she
has four), the Funkadelics,
Brass Construction, the Com
modores, and Graham Central
Station.
Our Beauty was bom April
12, 1963. She's a congenial
Aries who does have a fiery
streak in her personality. She
tends to be independent and
likes to take the lead in
situations.
She seems to be a well liked
person who tends to be free
hearted (sometimes too free
hearted) and she likes helping
around the house. Her mother
says that Connie is easily
taught new things and that her
room is the cleanest in the
house, and that may be be
cause she doesn't allow them
(her family) to go in there.
She hasn’t thought much
about going to college, but
then Connie has a few more
years ahead of her to consider
that decision.
The Post introduces this
week’s Beauty, Miss Connie
Harris, and asks all to Join us
in wishing her the best of
•erything. .
Omega Annual
Talent Hunt Is
Sunday Night
The Omega Psi Phi Frater
nity, Inc. is having it’s annual
Omega Talent Hunt Program
on Sunday, March 27 at 7:30
p.m. in the Memorial United
Presbyterian Church, 2600
Beatties Ford Road.
This musical event which
will emphasize classical mu
sic, is designed to give stu
dents, who might not get a
chance to perform publically,
an opportunity to do so
The Omega Talent Hunt
which was started in 1946, is
set up so that each participant
receives a certificate of ap
preciation, plaques to the
first, second, and third prize
winners, and scholarship for
the winner to further his or her
musical education.
The contestants are divided
into a Junior high and senior
high school divisions, entering
students in many areas o!
music.
Shaw Bars
Stokely
Carmichael
Chapel Hill (CCNS)--Stokely
Carmicael, once chairperson
of the Student Non-violent Co
ordinating Committee,
(SNCC) that raised across the
South and the nation demands
for Black Power in the mid
nineteen sixties, lectured to an
All-Black group of students
and some community people
at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill last
week. His Chapel Hill speech
followed his being denied per
mission to speak at Shaw
University in Raleigh.
Denouncing capitalist ex
ploitation and predicting the
eventual overthrow of U.S.im
perialism by its workers, Car
micael lectured on the advan
tages of life under socialist
government as opposed to
“profit by any means neces
sary under capitalism.”
Giving an example of 1956
cars being built better than
1977 cars, although technology
to produce more efficient and
longer lasting cars has im
proved, Carmicael said "tech
nology and science are now
used to exploit rather than
serve our people."
He said that under socialism
the objective of government is
“service to humanity’’...
“through people owning and
controlling the means of pro
duction.”
Carmicael criticized as libe
ral theories that socialism and
capitalism can co-exist and
develop simultaneously with
out conflict. He consistently
told his audience that com
plete liberation would come as
“Afirkans" the world over
united against U.S. corpora
tions that he said exploit the
world.
Often saying that multi
racial organizations would not
work toward the liberation of
Black people, Carmicael said
that whites had no place in the
All African People Revolun
tionary Party (AAPRP). The
AAPRP, he said, is organizing
in several countries in the
carribean, South America, A
frica and the U.S.
Several students and faculty
disagreed with Carmicael's
analysis of “Roots'' saying
that Haley's book had been
exptolted and the play was
perversion of the slave family.
GREEN HAVEN APARTMENTS
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MOTION, INC. CHARLOTTE. N.C.
HAMAS t. COOLS A ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS
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GREEN HAVEN APARTMENTS
"Motion's newest project
tor Low Income
Motion, Inc. To Break Grounds
For ^Million Housing Project
By Deborah Gates
Post Staff Writer
A ceremonious turning oi
the spade will take place on
the project site directly in
front of the Greenville Neigh
borhood Center, 1330 Spring
Street on Friday March 25 in
recognition of the new Green
haven Townhouses being con
structed in the Greenville Ur
ban Renewal Area.
Motion Inc., a non profit
organization under contract
with the Charlotte Community
Development Department is
in charge of the construction
which is scheduled to have the
first project building complet
ed on 'Or before December
first.
Area Director of the Depart
ment of Housing, and Urban
Development R.B. Barnwell
will be the guest speaker at
the ceremonies and Mayor
Belk, the City Council, County
Commissioners, and Federal
Officials have agreed to parti
cipate. Also, local residents
have been invited to partici
pate during the occasion.
Tire construction, when
completed will be a 49 unit
apartment complex being a
vailable to families with in
comes from $5,000 to $14,500
annually and with rent being
based upon income. The pro
ject will be built with a 90
percent Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) insured
mortgage loan and 10 percent
private investment, being one
of few No. 236 projects to be
built in the country by non
profit housing developers. Mo
tion, Inc. recently completed a
42 unit complex called The
Orchard which is located in
the Third Ward Area, and was
also financed with a HUD
mortgage loan and private
capital.
According to Bob Acree,
Director of Housing Informa
tion at Motion, Inc., the con
struction is extremely benefi
cial to the Greenville area.
“The city of Charlotte is show
ing good faith by putting green
back into the Greenville
area," Acree said. He added
that the city officials are
committed to the building of
new housing in the inner city.
A waiting list for occupancy
for the project has been filled
but are continuing to accept
applications. Occupancy will
take place on the first come
first serve basis according to
Acree.
Asheville Mobilizes
For April 9 March
Asheville, iCCNS) - About 50
people attended a gathering in
support of the upcoming April
9th Witness Against Execu
tions in Atlanta, (iaTTTn a
kickoff of the campaign to
Ms. Elizabeth Randolph
Named President Of ASCD
Elizabeth S. Randolph, a
member of the Interim Ma
nagement Team of Charlotte
Mecklenburg Schools, was in
stalled as President of the
Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development
(ASCD) at the annual confer
ence in Houston, Texas, on
Wednesday, March 23.
Elected to serve three yean
as president-elect, president
and past president, she is the
fint North Carolina educator
to lead the national associa
tion. ASCD is an independent
organization committed to im
proving ail levels of education
through better curriculum de
velopment, instruction and su
pervision
Mrs Randolph has served
as President of the North
Carolina ASCD and' has been
Mr*. Elisabeth S Randolph
Interim manager
on the national Board of Di
rectors and Executive Com
mittee of the association.
With Charlotte-Mecklen
burg Schools since 1944, Mrs
Randolph served 14 years as a
teacher at West Charlotte
High School, nine years as
Principal at University Park
Elementary School, six years
aa Director of Elementary and
Secondary Education Act
(ESEA) activities and three
years as Administrative As
sistant for School Operations
She now serves as Zone Assis
tant Superintendent and as
one of four members of the
Interim Management Team
A graduate of Shaw Univer
sity, Mrs. Randolph earned an
M.A degree at the University
of Michigan. She received an
advanced certificate in school
administration from the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
build for the march
Held at the Asheville Junc
tion. a coffeehouse that has
long been the focal point for
llberat and radical cause* m
Asheville, the program fca
tured musical entertainment,
speeches and meal of red
beans and rice.
The program was organized
by Kay and Andy Griffin,
organizers for the Witness
Against Executions and fea
tured Judi Dod and Andy
Cohen, who provided musical
entertainment. Remarks were
given by the Rev David Dod
of the Craggy Prisoners Sup
port Group, based in Ashe
ville. Rick Gunter, associate
editor of the Asheville Citizen,
the Rev. Robert Wiltshire, of
the Asheville Buncombe Co
operative Christian Ministry,
and Jim Grant, of the North
Carolina Alliance and the
North Carolina Coalition A
gainst the Death Penalty
In closing, K«> uritlin re
minded the people of the need
to get together again to fina
lize plans for the trip to
Atlanta
The Demonstration, which
will begin at the Martin Lu
ther King Memorial, will fea
lure such Black spokesman as
Julian Bond and Ralph David
Abernathy, along with John
Lewi*
Black Jobless Rate Hits
Staggering 55 Percent
By O. I'Mani Uhuru-Aka
(V W P )
The consensus of a recent
survey made by the Charlotte
^st in a three county area
'eveals that leaderless Black
tommunities bear unequal
share of the unemployment
>urden.
During the past 6 to 8 years,
inemployment has been one
>f the most critical areas of
lational concern.
The level of unemployment
luring this period has hovered
>etween 6 to 9 percent of the
otal work force across the
Jnited States. Latest govem
nent figures show that the
iresent level is around 5 per
:ent, nationally.
The cry for jobs among the
lation’s unemployed, was also
s major issue in the recent
Presidential elections. Presi
dent Carter appears commit
ted to honor his campaign
promise of providing jobs for
the nations' jobless. He re
cently sent to the Congress
proposals aimpd al rrpaling
public works jobs and also
stimulating the private sector
into more liberal hiring prac
tices. It may take time for_
these proposals to be convert
ed into jobs that mean spend
ing cash for the unemployed,
so for a while longer at least,
idle time will remain the only
item the unemployed have to
spend.
A check with the Job Ser
vices Bureau at 112 West First
Street reveals that figures on
the jobless rate for the sur
rounding three county areas.
Ms. Sidney Armstrong of Job
Service informs, "the present
rate of unemployment locally
is holding at 5 percent" which
is also the current national
level.
She continued. "Ol a total
work force numbering 291,400,
5 percent unemployment con
verts into 15,300 people out of
work. The only figures avail
able for the rate of minority
unemployment in this area
are from 1975." During which
time, minorities comprised a
round 8.6 percent of the areas'
total work force This 86
percent translates into 25,800
persons According to Ms
Armstrong, the rate of unem
ployment for minorities in
1975 was 14.3 percent of the
25,000 black and minority peo
ple making up that 8 6 percent
of the areas' total work force,
14 3 percent of them were out
of work in 1975 This 14 3
percent of 25,000 people, re
presents 8.420 out of work
Now if the jobless rate for
minorities has held steady for
the past two years, these 8,420
people are still out of work and
are making up a part of the
areas current 5 percent un
employment rate
But what part’ The 5 per
cent unemployment, converts
into 15,300 of a total work force
of 291,400, means if these 8,420
people who were out of work in
1975 are still jobless, they
constitute a staggering 55
percent of the areas total
unemployment 55 percent of
the total unemployed are
black and minorities These
same people represent only 8 6
percent of the areas total
work force!!1 This is based on
the 1975 figures holding steady
up till the presen*
Ms Armstrong explamea.
"the unemployment situation
is getting better, but it is
decreasing slowly Overall,
most of the industries in the
area are beginning to hire
again "
Mr., and Mrs. Danny Gaddy
...Unemployment victims
In order to get a better
understanding of the situation,
this reporter talked to Mr
Robert H. King, an unemploy
ed Viet Nam war veteran, Mr.
Marshall Anderson and his
attractive wife Francis, who
lire .11 r.o experiencing the
pangs of unemployment, Mr
Benny Gaddy and his love
ly wife Gaynell, who have also
_had_their problems; and Mr.
Howard Johnson, who has
refused to back away from the
responsibility of earning a
decent living When asked
about coping with unemploy
ment, they gave very reveal
ing insights.
Mr. King stated, "I know
how it feels to have doors
slammed in your face. It's
disgusting, you feel as if you
are not contributing to the
household. You feel less than a
man, watching your Black
Woman work while you are
being denied. The white man
must feel as if he's king of the
world. The only thing black
leaders have done, is the
removal of a fence separating
the black and white grave
yards, by Fred Alexander,
now they have Interstate 77
where the fence use to be."
The Marshalls related "the
utter boredom" of unemploy
ment, I wish he had some
thing, but I'm going to stay
behind my husband because
we're in this together for as
long as it takes," promised
Mrs Marshall "My wife does
not mind helping, but I feel
responsible for the total wel
fare of my family," Mr Mar
shall continued -
i ne unemployment line is
one experience I'll never for
ge! You make friends in the
unemployment line You also
meet shame on the faces of
some of the people you see
there Fighting depression
and the call of the lawless city
streets was my biggest pro
blem " explained Mr Benny
Gaddy , who has just
started back to work after an
II month layoff.
Mr Howard Johnson, also
without fulltime employment,
said, everything is tight and
everyone is uptight. It's
rough, getting the runaround
from one government agency
after another, hoping you'll
find some work before your
benefits run out "
When asked what would
they request of the Black
leadership in way of response
to their plight, they all echoed
the same sentiment ‘The
Black leaders should get out
on the corner and ask the
people what their needs are,
and see to it that they do
everything in their power, as
the peoples representatives, to
see that these needs are
met'!"
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A woman doesn't mina see
ing a man make a fool of
himself so long as some other
woman isn’t helping him.