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Black Women Are Big Breadwinners The fifth edition of an ~~annual report profiling the U.S. population has been published by the Bureau of the Census, U. S. Dept, of Commerce. The report con tains 1978 statistics on pop ulation growth and distri butlun, social characters-— tics, employment and in come, and on the Black and Spanish-origin populations. The data has been pub lished before, but in de Suzanne C. Cannon ...W. Charlotte senior Camion Wins Academic Scholarship Suzanne , C. Cannon of - Charlotte, a senior at West Charlotte Senior High School, has been awarded an Academic Honors Scho larship at Peace College here for the 1980-81 acade mic year. Academic Honors Scho larships are awarded on the basis of academic ex cellence, citizenship, test results and promise of fu ture usefulness to society. The scholarships are re newable for the second year of studxaLEeac* Suzanne is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Cannon of 1601 Providence Road. At West Charlotte, she has served on the board Of directors of the lnteract Service Club and on the advisory committee of the Academic Internship Pro gram. She is chairperson of Project Aries and reporter and business ma na ge r of the school newspaper. Se cond runner-up for the Hugh O’Brien Award, she is a member of Ivey’s Teen Board and is active in Myers Park Presbyterian Church youth programs. Peace is a two-year, —churrh^affiliafed college for women which offers three associate degrees, in liberal arts, music and business. A majority of Peace’s 500 students trans fer to senior institutions where they continue stu dies in varied fields. World War I Vets Independence Post 282 of the American Legion is trying to locate as many World War I veterans as possible in the Charlotte Mecklenburg area. The purpose ot this search is to be available to these veter ans in time of need and to . offer any other services needed. If you are a World War I veteran or know of one, please call 394-1776 after 2 p.m. or call Jim Wylie at 375-3016 anytime. r—’ The profile notes that In 1978, for the first time, half of the nation's women were working compared w ith only 38 percent in 1960. about five million addi tional teenagers went to work, a growth that is about P-i times their pop, ulation increase of 21 per cent since 1970. About 63 percent of all civilians 16 years and older were in the work force. Other population char acteristics in 1978 include the following: The population grew tiy 1,745,000, or 0.8 percent, bringing the total to 219,530,000 on Jan. 1, 1979. The U. S. population has increased by 14.8 million people since 1970. Forty percent of the growth oc curred in the three sunbelt states of California, Texas and Florida, the West grew fastest, especially the Mountain states, but the South had the largest nu merical gain, 7.8 million people. A seven percent increase -in martian family inwm. to $16,010 in 1977, was wiped out by a 6.5 percent price rise. This was four percent higher in constant dollars than in 1970; how ever, in the 1960’s real median family income rose 34 percent. Both spouses had income during the preceding year in two-thirds of the 47.4 million husband-wife fam ilies in the U.S. The wife received income in 75 per cent of Black families com pared with 67 percent of white and 59 percent of Spanish families. For the first time since 1951, college enrollment dropped between 1977 and 1978. The student budy of 9.8 million is still one-third larger than in 1970. For persons over 24 years old, 20 percent of men and 12 percent of women are col lege-graduates.— Birth and death rates changed little between 1977 and 1978. The average number of children implied by the-1978 rate is i.a per. woman or well below the rate to replace the populat ion. ' Mrs. Springs Hosts Gala Qini&nas Party The 5th Street Organiza tion held its annual Christ mas party in the home of Mrs. Fannie Springs, 404 N. Summit Avenue on Dec. 12. Mrs. Marie McKinney planned a program consist ing of poetry and Bible readings, group singing, learning the origin of the Christmas tree and listen ing to Christmas stories. Members expressed con cern for the American host ages held in Iran, wishing them a safe release. A turkey dinner with all the trimmings was served. Mrs. Annie Mae Wallace, the hostess for the evening passed around a bowl con taining numbers corres ponding with the gift each member received. Shut-ins were sent dinner and gifts. Pictured above are members and guests of the Rockwell Park Community Organ ization at their annual Christmas party at the home of Weston James, 6312 Rockwell Boulevard, The organization was organized June 23, 1970 for the purpose of beautification and communication of the Park’s residents. Monthly meetings are held on the second . Thursday night of each .month at one of the member s home. " “We are a small group, but the fellowship we have at our meetings is just great. I look forward to each meeting,” stated a member. Officers are: President, Allen Knox; Vice President and Secretary, Mildred James; Treasurer, Irene Hayes; Assist ant Secretary, Octavia Lee; Ways and Means Chairperson, Weston James; Par liamentarian, Elizabeth Cureton; and Social Chairperson, Emma Davis (ab sent due to illnessTT 1 ■ Chavis: “Our Leaders Are Not Connected To The Peonle” continued from Page 1 press, without analyzing it The black press must hav« a critical eye about oui leaders. The black presi began as an organization U tell black people the truth It must do so again, anc uplift the struggle again. POST: How does the black struggle here relate -totho current International situation? ..CHAVIS: The Iranian situation is an opportunity to dialogue with othei blacks about the third world rising up. No longer can the U.S. use its arro gant, racist power to dic tate to the rest of the world. Those of us who have been oppressed in this country can also say, we’re not going to let you get away with using your racist, ar rogant domestic policies to make our people suffer. We also need an agenda for building greater ties with our sisters and bro there in Africa. We are the only people on the earth who really do not have -a homeland that we can re late to. We have been so brainwashed, so separated from the homeland of our ancestors, all we know is Tarzan. If a people are not rooted in their own history, they can’t face the future or deal with the present. Black people have two homes - here and in Africa. In the decades of the 1960’s and 1990’s, natural re sources will control world politics. What continent holds those Resources? Africa. Gold, uranium, cop per, oil, and other minerals are found in Africa. Ni geria is the second largest supplier of oil to the U. S. Yet what is our African foreign policy? Carter lift ed sanctions against Rho desia unilaterally. What did our black leaders say about this? It really is a sin for us not to care about Africa. We i need to dispel the myth that Africans don't care about us, because they do. The i oppressor tries to divide us. We have to build those ties ourselves. No government agency will do it for us. Whenever a U.S. agency ’ goes to Africa it is in the name of U.S. foreign policy or the business interests. They never go to create strong ties between blacks here and in Africa. I’ve received many letters from brothers and sisters in Africa who read about our case - From Angola, Ni geria, Tanzania. They of fered their support. POST? How do you see ~ the recent upsurge of right wing violence? ..CHAVIS: The American ' Nazi Party and uie Ku Klux Klan need to be out lawed. There is no com parison between the com munist parties and the klan or Nazis. The white media tried to link them all to gether. We have to think through all this madness. We should not allow our selves to become en trapped in mythology. Gov. Hunt said not one word about the Greensboro massacre, no anti-klan statement. Now how can blacks support that man? 1 We must move beyondl klan terrorism and not al low the klan to engage us in a series of reactions to their activity. We must get down to the business of reorganizing our com munity and mobilizing our people. If the bjack com munity in Greensboro was organized, the klan wouldn’t have dared come into their city. The klan boldly drove into that black community because they knew it was defenseless and unorganized. You show me a black community that a is organized, that is ac countable, and I’ll show you a place that the klan dare not tread. The klan took advantage of the dis unity in Greensboro, and is still taking advantage of it. POST? What are your plans for the Immediate future? ..CHAVIS: I will go on a national speaking tour, on request of any black com munity, church or organ ization. I want to address the broadest number of blacks, and also whites, as a spokesman for the liber ation movement of our people. ■ CHARLOTTE COLISEUM Tuesday, January 22nd, 7:35 p.m. .____ ( " UNCC VS. GEORGIA STATE Tickets Available From: Charlotte Coliseum; Athlete’s Foot, Charlottetown; UNCC Athletic Dept. JCSU Opens Campus To Community Area residents are invit ed to participate in three large events scheduled for the Johnson C. Smith Uni versity Campus in Jan uary. On January 15, the uni versity will sponsor a Dr. Martin Luther King birth day celebration, to include a special evening convoca tion, entitled “Non-Vio lence in a Violent Society.” -the rnnvocation will ho hoM at 7:30 p.m. in the Univers ity church. The Johnson C. Smith University Urban Studies Program will host the of ficial opening ceremnnj^ of an urban studies center on January 23 in McCrorey Hall The week of January 27 is Community Relations Week at JCSU. Sponsored by the Student Government Association, the week will feature services performed by student groups for com munity^or^anaationsanda Subscribeto^Re^EarloRe" j^gtjfoursimporthehx^ special convocation, to be held at 10 a.m. on Dec. 28 at the University Church. For more information on these special events, call Linda Florence at 372-2370. Child Development Moves curing January, the Mecklenburg Center for Human Development moves one of its Infant Child Development Ser vices teams into Belmont Center, located at 700 Park wood Avenue, to be closer to the families it serves. The Infant-Child Devel opment Services program seeks out children from birth to five years of age who are developmental^ delayed or^Tiigh risk" foF delays. “High risk" means certain events may happen during pregnancy, at the time of birth or in the first few months of life which could lead to problems for the child. Services provided in clude (1) provisional as sessment (screening), (2) evaluation, (3) treatment, (4) workshops for parents on oenavior management and normal child develop ment and (5) consultation with daycare teachers and other childcare providers. For further information, call Mecklenburg Center for Human Development’s iniant-ihild Development ~ Services at 374-2701. START EVER# THURSDAY WITH THE CHARLOTTE POST 3 SAVE in January... 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