By TereuNBUUU
Pott Staff Writer
. .One hundred letters sent
to Charlotte Poet subscrib
ers resulted in diverse ad
- miration-for local person
alities as well as nationally
known black Americans.
The question presented
was “What black person
ality has had a brilliant,
positive influence on your
— life?i!
The letters revealed the
expected: that greatness is _
Therefore, some names
you’ll recognise while
others may give you a
shock.
Rosa Parks and Malcolm
X were both mentiioned.
Three individuals, includ
ing Winfred Sanders, cited
Martin Luther King, Jr.
while another voted Har
riet Tubman. “In that time
to do what she did ac
complished s lot-getting
slaves to the North and to
freedom was a great feat.’’
Two individuals cited
their mothers as being the
person most influential in
their lives. Marilyn Cald
- well McClain had this to
say about ha motha,
Mattie Porta Caldwell.
“She has always been the
motivating force in my life
and the lives of my (se
ven) bribers and sisters.
Impressing upon ha child
— ren the importance of odu- •
- cation, all eight attended ,
* institutions of higher . .
learning. As a child grow
Mattie Caldwell
.“Greatest mon in the world!”
Mrs. Esther Hargraves
.“Most admired” personality
ing up, I did not have a lot
of the material things that
my peers had. I had some
thing more valuable which
outlasted those materia]
things-my mother taught
me to love and respect
Tithers, to have pride in any
endeavor undertaken, to let
the sky be the limit, and
most of all - “Believe in
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• viewed on the tour.given
by Elizabeth Ross, a CPCC
art instructin' now in her
fifth year of teaching “Art
in Europe.”
Fees are $13.75 for the
three credit hour course
and $1,785 for air and
ground travel from New
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yourself.” Mattie Cald
well is the greatest mom in
the world. ”.
For Mae Orr, her mother
is also the most influen
tial figure in her life. 1
-‘.‘From my earliest years
my mother, Odessa Clark,
instilled in me the impor
tance of a higher educa
tion and the appreciation
for beauty and of our
heritage and culture. She
worked two and sometimes
three jobs a day to sup
plement my father’s in
come. Her contribution
was to provide my two
brothers and three sisters
and me with a warm, com
fortable and attractive
home. The Charlotte Pest
Black History Month ob
servance has allowed me to
reminisce about the most
influential person in my life
- she’s 84, strong and" de
termined as ever, my
mother, Odessa Clark.” '
-g-|-r
Calvin Harris stated that
his parents, family, Ms.
Marie Smith, Mrs. Cole
man Kerry and his da tigh
ter DiJuana Harris have all
been positive and brilliant
influences in his life.
There was also one vote
for Dr. Joseph Ben Joch
annanm author of the
"Black Man of the Nile."
The most unpredictable
answer came from a read
er who expressed that
most influential black per
sonality. Really? "I know
that he freed the blacks and
I have heard that Abra
ham Lincoln has some
black ancestors,” the reply
came.
One unidentified sub
scriber named Esther Har
graves as the person she
most admired: “I feel
Mrs. Hargraves should be
mentioned. When I was in
school, she took time out
— ■ - ■ I- .
with, student* - she cares
and she is a lady to be held
in awe. I can’t say what I
really want to say but Mrr.
Hargraves- is truly “The
Teacher.” She even taught
me how to act like a lady.”
—Malcolm X -was men
tioned by Ahmad Daniels.
“Re had the guts to reach
into the lion’s mouth and to
take his freedom, during
the period when other
Mack Americans , were
. simply jpleading and beg-.
grng for their freedom,” he.
commented.
“Thank-yous” go -to the
individuals who responded
to the question. Hopefully,
their responses give insight
into the fact that the Mack
race is one to be propd of
and Out looking back
means going backward. It
is important to realize the
greatness of one’s heritage
as well as it? present and
this takes the simple action
of thought,
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