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A Features Special |™| Issues-Local Edition LL-LTIQN 1980 candidates Thursday, October 30, 1980 - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Page IB Blacks To Vote Overwhelmingly In Tuesday’s Election uiauiva uvci wneimmgiy intend 10 vote in the 1980 election, and most will support President Carter, says an opinion survey conducted by the Sheridan Broadcasting Network. In a telephone survey of black roistered voters taken between August 25 and September 25, re sults showed 97 percent of the 17 million black registered voters intend to cast ballots. Using random selection in ten cities, with telephone exchanges keyed to mainly black areas, the survey reveals 53 percent of the black population is located in the South, 21 percent in the North east, 18.6 percent in the North Central and 7.4 percent in the West. Sampled cities were Atlanta, Columbia, Memphis, Mobile and Louisville in the South; Boston and Buffalo in the Northeast; Cleve land and Detroit in the North Central states and Los Angeles in the West. While 59 percent of those polled chose Carter and only 2 percent picked Reagan, a large percentage remained undecided. Support was almost non-existent for Congress man John Anderson, who perhaps has the strongest civil rights re cord of the candidates. A majority, 77 percent, in dicated Carter would be more sensitive to black concerts. Four percent gave Reagan the nod,three AKA Voter Blitz To Involve SJTTie 100,000 citizens are expect ed to be involved in a nation wide Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) Voter Blitz on Saturday, November 1. Additionally, from Chicago, the Sorority’s board of directors will hook-up by telephone with 13 cities and the sorority will visit churches on November 2 to remind and encourage citizens to . vote. All of the efforts are designed to ensure high voter participation on Election Day. “No one anywhere must get up on Wednesday, No vember 5 and say, 1 should have voted," said Barbara K. Phillips of Winston-Salem, N.C., AKA nation al president. The Blitz will be sponsored by AKA chapters simultaneously in 500 communities throughout the Sorority’s nine regions. The agenda for the Blitz in cludes strategies for getting out the vote, statements on why the November 4 election is critical and personal appeals by community leaders. percent cnose Anaerson and 2 percent said none of them were sensitive. When asked whom they thought would win in November, 75 percent of the sample selected Carter, although only 59 percent said they would vote for him. Unemployment is the number one concern and inflation a close second in black communities across the country. Fifty-six percent said reducing unemployment should be the next president’s first priority, while 35 percent indicated curbing infla tion ought to be supreme. Foreign policy recorded 3 percent, defense 3 percent and don’t know 2 percent. Among the sample population 60 percent were women, 40 percent men. Forty-six percent fell in the low-income category which is $10,000 or below. Another 47 per cent were in the middle income category- $10-25,000 a year. Six four Black Candidates Will Seek Election Here Tuesday By Eileen Hanson Special To The Post Four black candidates from Mecklenburg County will be seek ing election when voters go to the polls Tuesday, November 4. Dr. Bertha Maxwell, 44, is direc tor and founder of the African and Afro-American Studies Center at UNCC. She is seeking her first elected office as State Represent ative. If successful, she will be the first black woman ever elected to the N.C. Legislature. Rev. Robert L. Walton, 36, and Dr. Raleigh W. Bynum 44, are running for the Board of County Commissioners. Walton, pastor of St. Paul's United Presbyterian Church, seeks his second term, having served on the Board from 1974-76. Bynum, an optometrist, is seeking his first elected office. Running unopposed for 26th District Judge is T. Michael Todd. One of the youngest judges in the state, Todd was appointed to the new judgeship last year at age 28. He won nomination in the Demo cratic primary last May. Maxwell, Walton and Bynum are also Democrats. DR. BERTHA MAXWELL Dr. Maxwell began her career as a classroom teacher in Charlotte, and was the first black woman to hold an administrative post as principal of Morgan and Albe marle Road Elementary Schools. She has had a distinguished career in education on the faculty of UNCC, and served two years as Vice President of Administrative Affairs and Planning at Johnson C. Smith University. “Education is key to the future,” said Maxwell. “We should educate our youth to live in the total world, and not just to fit job slots.” If sent to the Legislature, she feels she could influence the se lection of boards and the ap propriation of funds for education. On the controversial competency tests, she said, "I opposed it at first. But it has brought more accountability. It has to be monitored so as not to discriminate against poor and black youth. It should not be used to screen children out of school. ” IU-9LHWI ous^cuaiuu id an other innovation Maxwell would like to see used in disciplinary cases. “We should not push kids out on the street if they mis behave. The learning process should go on,” she said. Inflation will be the number one crisis facing the Legislature next year, according to Maxwell. “We must look for new sources of revenues and how to get the most out of the tax dollar. We must continue to provide human service.” Controversial issues this year will be the Equal Rights Amend ment and state aid for abortions Maxwell favors both. “It is very vital that women be written into the Constitution. It will help black women, just as suffer age (right to vote) did.” On the abortion issue. Maxwell stressed, "I'm pro-life, but a woman must have a choice. What does a 13 year old know about motherhood?” Maxwell’s campaign has attract ed many volunteers from JCSU and UNCC, as well as noted state and national black leaders. On Saturday, November 1, a prayer meeting to “get out the vote" will be held at JCSU Chapel at 10 a.m. Guest speakers will include Sen Bill Owens, first black elected to the Massachusetts Senate, and Dr. Leonard Jefferies, director of the Afro-American See BLACKS on Page 15B percent were in the high income bracket- $25,000 and over and one percent would not respond to the survey. Ages range from 21 percent in the 18-24 category, 52 percent in the 25-50 group, 26 percent were 50 or older and one percent did not respond. Minter Gtes FVeadent Carter’s Administration WASHINGTON, DC. - The Carter Administration is the most pro-education administration in history, according to Steven A. Minter, the under secretary of education in the new Department of Education. Minter cited the Carter Administration’s commit ment to black colleges for more than 12,000 students and officials attending the Black College Day rally held on Capitol Hill. “Last year, over 200 million dollars was provided as financial aid to students of historically black institutions," Minter said. “In just three years, the Carter Adminis tration has invested $182 million in our nation’s black colleges through Title III.” "On top of Title III and student financial assistance, the Admin istration supports black colleges in other ways - through support for equipment, through support for facilities, through support for development and through support for research,” Minter added. Mentioning the establishment of me ivepdi imeru 01 taucanon, tne appointment of a full-time deputy assistant secretary for Title III. and the 73 percent increase in educational spending, Minter praised the Administration's leadership in the field of education "The future of historically black colleges is not an isolated element of federal policy. It must be part of a larger commitment,” Minter remarked Minter emphasized the Admin istration's commitment to utilizing black talent by citing President Carter's appointment of 40 black federal judges, 15 black ambas sadors, and 54 black Americans to cabinet and sub-cabinet positions. Minter also cited continued Financial support for black colleges and the extension of the charter for the Advisory Committee on Blacks in Higher Education as part of the Administration’s commitment to alack colleges In addition, Minter said the Administration would con tinue to work with black colleges, ;nforce civil rights, and appoint alack college alumni to positions of nfluence and responsibility over aolicy. Dr. Raleigh W. Bynum ...County Commission Dr. Bertha Maxwell ...N.C. Legislature T. Michael Todd ...District Judge
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