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HW, _YOURBEST _ l'>L1 r ADVERTISING MEDIA IT IT v -»r> —_I BLACK NEWSPAPERS • lnJchke^crrkaettive THE nHSRTHTTP pno*f psp"— _ LcALL bESST I 1 JULAj VlUjOHlJUU 1 1 Jj XUO l L±i-ACK ^NsLmRRS | _ ’HFiariotteV Fastest Growing (xaiHtmniu Weekly “ ^oTs^_ --V_ the CHARLOTTE POST Thursday, Jamiarv 24 1980 - Price 30 Cents Evangaline Redding To Speak Here North Carolina guber natorial candidate, Evan galine Gantt Redding, will be the guest speaker, at a morning convocation at Johnson C. Smith Univer sity Church on Tuesday, January 29 at 10 a m. The convocation, spon sored by the Johnson C. Smith Student Government Association, is a part of Community Affairs Week at the university,. During the entire week, various campus fraterni ties and sororities will pro vide services to service and non-profit organizations in the community. The Community Affairs Week starts on Sunday, January 27 with a Vesper Service at the University church at 6 p.m. The Rev. Tommy G. Davis, pastor of Shiloh Institutional Baptist ■Church will deliver the ad dress. Other special guests on the program will include: the Institutional Baptist Church Choir, the Univer sity Choir, the Rev. James Palmer, pastor of Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church. Senior class president, Charles Wilson, is directing Ms. Redding, 38, the mother of two children, won publicity in 1977 when she had herself strapped to a cross placed on a bed of a pick-up truck and driven from Halifax. N.C. to Bir mitfftiam, Ala. She said the trip was made to call attention to the needs of black children. Ms. Redding said she was not entering the gover nor’s race solely to gain publicity, and planned no cross-riding trips in her campaign. Ms. Redding describes herself as a film producer and writer, author, per forming artist and lectur er. She has written two books, one about the Wil mington 10 and the other a " RnrCk-corisctousiiess—rots ing book called, “Nothing: The Mentality of the Black Woman.” She is the former host of a black oriented television show in Greenville. (n addition to the basket ball games to be held on the canipus at the Brayboy Gyrn on Monday and Wed nesday nights at 7:30 p.m., Miss JCSU, Wanda Joyner, will host a Cultural Night on Thursday, January 31. On Friday, February II, freelance writer, Milton Jordan will speak “Black Male and Female Relation ships” at 7 p.m. at McCrorie Hall. Bolden To Serve NCBOEA Committee James Bolden Director of Personnel for the North Carolina Mutual Life Insur ant Company in Durhamr and John Bunch, Currtcu lum Specialist for the Char lotte-Mecklenburg School System have been named by State School Superinten dent, Craig Phillips, to se'Ve as members of the N(5rth Carolina Business and Office Education Advi sory Committee. UKUMMX All unintentional error is ofteA stupid but not as stuHl as the decision wiy^Egometimes greets it. RADIANT ROBIN CRAWFORD ...Enjoys being the best! Robin V. Crawford Is Beauty Of Week By Teresa Burns Post Staff Writer A powerful radiance of confidence emits from our beauty, Robin Veronica Crawford. She is one who enjoys being the best at everything. “1 hke to be the best in whatever I go for. I like competition,” Ms.. Craw ford said. Over the years our 19 year-old beauty has ac cumulated three trophies and two gold medals in track and three trophies in basketball. As a graduate of Oak wood Academy in Hunts ville, Alabama she not only exhibited excellent skills in track and basketball, she was also on the school year book staff and a softball player. “My whole family likes sports," our Scorpio beauty smiled. -A^few-other pastimes for Ms. Crawford are playing Tax Listing Deadline Set For January 31 The deadline for listing your personal property in Charlotte-Mecklenburg is drawing near. Failure to list your property by Thursday, January 31, will result in a penalty, which you must pay in addition to the property tax City-County Tax Supervi sor Jack Mayes says that tax listings are running ahead of schedule this year; however, in order to avoid the long line on the last few days, you should list now. Tax Listing forms have been mailed to local resi dents pnd those who have not received lh£ lorm should contact the Tax Supervisor's office prompt ly, telephone 374-2813. You may list your property by mail, and Mayes en courages residents to do so If, for some reason, you need to come to the Tax i Supervisor's Office, the ad dress is 720 E. Fourth St. So far, Mayes says, the wait ing lines have been short and there has been no delay in the listing procedure More people appear to be listing by mail this year than ever before Elderly and permanently and totally disabled per sons are eligible for a partial property tax exemption if their total income (including your spouse, if you are mar ried), is no more than $9,000 a year pool, bowling, skating, and" clubbing. “My favorite club tsTop of The Town," she said. And it is apparent she is of the liberated domain. _“It's a regular thing now for women to ask men to dance. They can either say yes or no," she said. Presently Ms. Crawford is a student and employee at Central Piedmont Com munity College. She as pires to become an electri cal technician concentrat ing on Xerox and off-set printing machines Within five to six years her own company will be estab lished. “I know it's going to come," she said with confi dence. She also believes that people should live each day as it comes. “Take each day as it comes - strive to do good and trust in the Lord,” she began. "If you can do something, do it then.” - Ms. Crawford is the type of person who listens to older people. One of which is her grandmother, Sara Jane Brown, who also hap pens to be her favoriTe" person. ‘‘I feel close to her I respect her and look up to her. She understands where I’m coming from," Ms. Crawford explained Our beauty is one of five daughters of Robert and Martha Crawford. She is a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Not only does our beauty have natural confidence, she has also observed in her 19 years that, "We should learn to treat one another the way we want to be treated ” Dr. Raleigh Rynum: “I Havc Something To Offer ’that WinBenefit^ffOtizens55 By Teresa Burns “l have something to offer - something that will be of benefit to all the citizens.” This statement was made by optometrist, Raleigh Bynum, to the Post. He is seeking a seat on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. Bynum is interested in making Mecklenburg County a better place He believes that acquiring a seat on the County Com mission not only requires a qualified candidate, but al so requires one who sees what needs to be done and one interested enough in the job to do it. ‘‘Everybody on fhe com mission knows they need more money It’s not going Dr. Raleigh Bynum Commission candidate to be easy My mechanism to get money will have to be backed by city council and the Charlotte delegates to Raleigh." Bynum began. “We need more money for the county without courtly residents having to pay more taxes " One of Bynum's main concerns is the upkeep of Mecklenburg's day care centers "Everyone bene fits from day care cen ters.” he explained "It s for the working mother’s advantage • so they won’t have to be on welfare or medicaid That’s not a big gy with the Commission ers. But it is one of the things I’m interested in that will help the poor, disadvantaged and a lot of Blacks fall into that cate gory 10 increase county re venue Bynum says, citi zens who are part of Meck lenbure’s work force and who live in other counties, should be assessed a tax for this county. "We should get money from people who are working here, but not living here," he pointed out He feels, too, that city county consolidation would probably result in tax dol lars being spend more ef fectively Another concern of Bynum's indicates the need for comprehensive growth On a recent press release he explained "Tradition ally, I feel little or no concern has been shown for the dynamics of human life within the physical envi ronment This county must maintain and step up its see “I" on Page 11 Blacks Favor Jews; Split On Jimmy Carter Minority Employment Improves WASHINGTON-Minor ity employment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture has increased more than 10 percent since October 1977, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Joan S. Wallce said recently. As ol Jurte. 19i9. the department employed 9,017 minority workers, 10.55 percent more than the 8,156 employed in October. 1977, ^Vallace told the Forum on Blacks" m~AgnCTrtture. -an - organization of Black USDA employees. Wallace said white em ployment at the depart ment increased 1.89 per cent In the same period from 71,322 to 72,668 At the same time, the number of female employees went up by 8.09 percent, from 19.745 to 21,344. Citing other gains for minorities since 1976, Wal lace said USDA had in creased the number of stu dents enrolled in the co operative education pro gram from 241 to 1.040 students. The department's equal employment oppor tunity staff, she said, in creased from six perman ent full-time persons to 15 within the last year "In addition, USDA has established a university af fairs office to serve as liaison with the predomin antly black universities. The financial assistance to -historically -.black land, grant universities has in creased from 21.6 million dollars in fiscal 1977 to 23.4 million in fiscal 1978 USDA also established the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to help minoritv businesses get their share of the money being spent by USDA annually for goods and services. She said minority businesses received. $12 million from the department in 1977 but are now getting $:«t million dollars annually President Jimmy Carter signs the pro clamation designating February as Afro American History Month during cere monies in the Cabinet Room ol Ihc White House while members of the Association for the Study ol Afro American Life and History look on. Pictured in the fore ground with the President are (L to R); Dr J. Rupert Ficott, executive director ‘ of the Association, Dr Earl Thorpe, president of the Association i partially hidden behind the President's head i. and Dr Lorraine Williams, board member of the Association For City Coliseum February 2nd Committee Sues City Of Greensboro Special To The Post Greensboro-The Febru ary 2nd Mobilization Com mittee, in a law suit filed heFe- Tuesday, requested the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina to declare "null and void" a contract between the City of Greens boro and concert promoter Lawrence Toler The $600,000 law suit al leges that three City offic ials Mayor James Melvin. City Manager Tom Os borne. and Coliseum Man ager James Oshust con spired and manipulated Black concert promoter Toler through a $6.H(>0 debt to the City' to engage the Greensboro Coliseum on February 2nd. a date pre viously requested by the February 2nd Committee The alleged conspiracy. the suit asserts, was for the purpose of "preventing the plaintiffs from having a peaceful protest against the Ku Klux Klan. to com memorate the February 1, 1960 Greensboro sit-ins. and kick off a new civil rights movement February 2nd “Moblliz-1 ation Committee Director Dr Lucius Walker. Jr said on the steps of the court house. "Tom Osborne. James Oshust. and Mayor Jim Melvin have grievous ly squandered the tax pay ers money to underwrite a concert which the Black community will not support and have knowingly and willfully misled the citizens of Greensboro " The cost to Greensboro residents. Oshust said last week, would exceed $16,000 The contract which the February Committee seeks to void in the federal court provides that promoter Toler, doing business .at ANEW Productions, will he sheltered from financial loss Already, acts for the concert have been paid sums much-larger than they normally receive. Walker said the moral and legal question raised by the officials actions "are exaccerbated by ef forts to cover up the facts Walker mentioned that on several occasions Tom Osborne has been quoted in the news media saying that the February 2nd Mobiliz ation Committee failed to respond to his offer of the VNar Memorial Stadium for the rally "In fact on January II Or O T Vivian co-chair person of the February 2nd Committer* and I requested a meeting with Osborne to interpret the Committee's purpose and cormflit rnenl Walker said “In the courseTiT the Meeting— ffsborne orally offered two alternate rally sites a Black church and the sta ---- Speaking from Tils Allan ta office Dr C T Vivian said he responded to Osborne saying that “nei ther the Black church nor the stadium could match the security and seating capacity of the Coliseum " Vivian and Walker are not sure which Black church Osborne was offering Both concede that Osborne efforts so far have been designed to show the march organizers as un reasonable people. Walker and Vivian say and the suit alleges that march organizers had in quired of coliseum officials if other Saturdays in February were available for use of the Coliseum, but found that all were taken. Job Bias Is Number (hie -Problem Special To The Host The first Data Black Poll, released Thursday, shows that Black Ameri cans are more favorable toward Jews than other white ethnics, back Presi dent Carter generally - but give him a negative rating on performance for~BTaCk5~ - and see unemployment as the biggest issue facing Blacks today These are among the major findings of the first in a series of quarterly polls sponsored “by * "Data Black Public Opinion Polls, a joint venture of Clark Phipps Clark & Harris, Inc and Inner City Broad casting Dr Kenneth B. Clark -is- Chairman -and Percy E. Sutton. President The survey was conducted by the New York-based lirm of Dresner. Morris and Torlorello Research during the end of 1979 Results of two other ca tegories in the first survey incuded that Blacks sup port the efforts of Rev erends Jesse Jackson and Joseph Lowery in the Mid dle East and. while divided on an overall abortion is sue. the consensus is for government payment for abortions for the poor Heputedanrraewtsh feel ings of Blacks are not confirmed among the ma jonty polled Black Ameri cans feel more favorable towards various minority groups than toward the white Anglo-Saxon major ity in this country, the poll revealed Moreover, the re ported anti-Jewish senti ments of Blacks stemming Irom recent events in the Middle East were not con firmed in this national sur vey of l.lBlack adults which ranks among the most comprehensive sur vey of this type ever con ducted Overall. Blacks articu lated favorable or neutral attitudes toward groups tested, with Hispanics and Jews emerging as most (M)pular and white Anglo Saxon Protestants emerg mg as least popular Specifically. 41 percent expressed favorable atti tudes toward Jews, while 11 percent expressed un favorable attitudes Atti tudes- toward Hispanics were 41 percent and 6 percent unfavorable The Irish received favor ■m. t-it par cent'and' unfavorable rat ings from ll percent, while white Anglo-Saxon Protest ants, the most negatively viewed group tested, is given favorable marks by 34 percent and unfavorable marks by 17 percent. Blacks do not report great hostility toward any group. Of these groups, only Jews and Hispanics were seen by a plurality of Blacks to have favorable attitudes toward Blacks White Anglo-Saxon Pro testants are more ada mantly considered anti Black. President Carter re ceives positive ratings faf his overall job perform ance, but receives negative ratings for his job perfoin ance vis-a-vis Blacks.