D«nnU Summer*
.Political science major
Charlotte Native
Elected To Nations!
Re-Alumni Gouncfl *
Involvement is a by-product for
Dennis Summers, a senior political
science major at Livingstone Col
lege
Summers, a Charlotte native, was
recently elected president of the
National Pre-Alumni Council, which
is a student support group for the
43-member United Negro College
Fund institutions.
A member of the Gethsemane
AME Zion Church, Dennis attri
butes much of his success to the
devotion of his mother, Mrs. Lucille
Summers, and the guidance of
Malachi Greene, a family friend.
"I chose Livingstone because of its
tradition for excellence and my
association with many successful
Livingstone alumni such as my
minister. Rev. Dr. George Battle,”
he said.
“There is room to grow and op
portunity to pursue academic and
cultural interest at Livingstone and
in the Salisbury community,” he
concluded.
Elected “Mr. Freshman,” based
on intellect, personality, and lead
ership, he has responded by being
elected president *>f the'aophomore
and junior class. He serves as presi
dent of the Political Science Club
and attorney general of the Stu
dent Government Association.
A Dean’s List student, Dennis
plans to pursue a career in law upon
graduation
An accomplished soloist, he is a
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choirs at church phqn he is At home.
Dennis was an outstanding defen
sive back at West Charlotte High
School and still enjeys football well
enough t$sarve as a statistician for
the varsity football team. He also
enjoys reading, playing basketball
and listening to Jazz,
Livingstone Plans
Unique program
Livingstone College will host' its
second mutual Simmer Enrichment
Program for junior and senior High
school
through 3
The program Is designed to pro
vide experiences for young people
through an integrated learning pro
gram which will reinforce concepts
and skills from subject to subject in
a non-competitive relaxed, aca
demic atmosphere. The program
will center around basic skills, with
each area of concentration contri
SISK'S “w,rd-JP ""
; The total program will b? fully
articulated to enhance the students’
sense of connection between''aca
demic subjects and real life situa
tions, basic-deademic skills, com
puter literacy, career, end media
awareness. During the session,
grooming, jobskills and personal
finance. .• /
Field trips to significant sites in
the area, along with exposure to fine
arts, arts and crafts, and music are
planned to provide a broad based
opportunity to enrich the students'
will consist of JLiving^tone College
RecreaUon leaders will provide
structured recreational activities
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semiprtvate dormitory
ingstone College. 704-635-7900
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Economist Says Blacks Hold Unequal
Share Of Labor
Special To The Poet
The proportion of Macks in the
labor force has increased as Ame
rica has rebounded from the re
cession of 1961-82, but they still do
not control an equitable share of the
labor market, observes Dr. Andrew
f Burner, president of Brimmer
& Co,. Inc., in the May issue of Black
Enterprise magazine.
Although the toUl civilian labor
force grew by ,3.2 percent during.
1983 84, the black labor force grew
r—:—‘—
tty 8.4 percent, bringing the black
civil labor force up to 12.3 mill
ion
Dr. Brimmer, a'former member
of the Federal Reserve Board of
Governors and a member of the
Black Enterprise Board of Econo
mists. believes the expansion Is due
to the higher growth rate of the
black population as well as the in
creased determination of blacks to
search for work.
The rate of unemployment
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among blacks has decreased from
20 9 percent in 1982 to 15.0 per
>—>■ Tu iwi, out wnen compared
with the corresponding decline for
whites (from 9.6 percent to 6.2
percent), the figures aren’t very
reassuring. «• x ' •
Black women have made signi
ficant gains in the tabor force in the
past two years. Whereas the par
ticipation rate for blacks as a whole
rose by 1.4 percentage points to 63.1
percent, the rate for black women
rtme by 2.2 percentage points to 56.5
percent.
The gaps between the sexes is
closing, also, reports Black Enter
prise. The total number of em
ployed black women (4,977,000) at
the end of last year nearly equalled
the number of employed black men
(4.996,000). ■
Blacks represented 10.8 percent of
the civil labor force at the end of 1984
<10,462,000 jobs), but for parity to
have prevailed, they would have had
to have held an additional l.OlS^OO
jotjs. So even though employment'll ;'
on the rise, blacks still bear a
disproportionate share of the un
employment burden, states Brim
mer.
Black Enterprise is available on
newsstands or by seoding $1 75 plus
$1 postage to the publisher. 130 Fifth
Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10011. ^
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