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Volume 19, No. 45
THURSDAY JUNE 24,1993
50 Cents
Swinton
From Charlotte
Test Of The World.
Allen Alumni To
Honor Swinton
Allen University alumni
will meet in
Charlotte
this week
end to help
save their
school.
Alumni
are spon
soring a
"Save Our
School"
weekend re
union June
25-27 at Ad
ams Mark Hotel at 555 S.
McDowell St. The group will
honor Dr. Sylvia Poole
Swinton (Class of 1931) of
Columbia, S.C., a former in
terim president of the
school. Swinton oversaw
Allen's emergence from
bankruptcy and Its accredi
tation.
Tickets for the reunion are
$60, which Includes a recep
tion, cookout, banquet and
celebrity ball. For reserva
tions, call the Adams Mark
at 1 (800) 444-ADAM. For
more Information, call Lu
die Ivey-Norton at 366-
3462 or Doris Dixon Jen
kins at 392-9475.
A Vigil Against
Violent Crime
Several local groups will
meet Sunday to protest vio
lence and crime In Char-
lotte-Mecklenburg.
The organizations, which
Include Citizens Against Vi
olent Crime and Stop The
Killing Crusade, will gather
at Marshall Park at 8:05
p.m. In a candlelight vigil.
Participants are asked to
bring their own candles.
Police Chief Ronnie Stone,
Mecklenburg County Com
missioner Parks ffelms and
Mayor Richard Vlnroot are
expected to speak and enter
tainment will be provided
starting at 7:30 p.m.
Talking About
The Summit
A lecture/dlscusslon about
the recent African-Afrlcan
American Summit will be
held next week In Charlotte.
Charlotte delegates Mario
Azevedo, Ahmad Daniels,
Paula Newsome and Mi
chael Todd will discuss
what they learned at the
Summit and how It could be
used In Charlotte on June 30
at Walls Memorial AME
Zion Church at 2722 Ban
croft St. The event, spon
sored by the Malcolm X
Grassroots Movement Or
ganization Charlotte chap
ter, is free and open to the
public.
For more Information,
call 598-6733 from 9 a.m.-7
p.m.
For Women
Entrepreneurs
The Carolina Association
of Black Women Entrepren
eurs and NationsBank are
having an Expo.
The event will be held July
15 at Founders Hall at Na
tionsBank Corporate Cen
ter.
Registration Is $60 and the
deadline is July 11. Free
seminars wUl be offered.
For more Information.
HlCi:, FOOD DID FOOniiLL
.ST
PHOTO/CALVIN PBR0U80N
Mark Richardson, general manager of Richardson Sports,
says the Denny's controversy has given the potential NFL
team owners a chance to show their commitment to equal
treatment of African Americans.
Leader Of Carolinas
NFL Drive Pledges •
Equal Opportunity
By Herbert L. White
THE CHARLOTTE POST
hls is the sound Mark Richardson loves to
hear.
Phone lines at the uptown offices of Richard
son Sports are Jammed, with a dally average of
about 2,000 callers inquiring about the possi
bility of a National Football League (NFL) team
coming to Charlotte. Enthusiasm Is high be
fore a make-or-break ticket drive that can sep
arate the Carolinas market from its four ex
pansion city competitors.
But there's concern, too.
Flagstar Cos. Inc., owned by
Mark Richardson's father
Jerry, has come under fire
for alleged racial discrimi
nation at Its Dermy's restau
rants. From coast to coast,
reports abound with com
plaints by African Ameri
cans that Denny's treats cus
tomers of color differently.
For Charlotte and the Caroli
nas, it's a hot topic that has
made the younger Richard
son a bit uneasy.
"It's been uncomfortable,
but also It's given more pub
licity to the commitment we
have to involving all people
of all races, said Mark Rich-
ardson, Richardson Sports'
general manager. "It's been an uncomfortable way to pub
licize It, but what It's done Is given us the opportunity to
discuss and have people listen to what we're going to do."
Some don't think Richardson Sports deserves one of the
two new teams. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, president of the
National Rainbow Coalition, has asked for a meeting with
See DENNTS On Page 2A
Should Richardson
Sports be awarded an
NFL
team?
Write us
at P.O.
Box 30144,
Charlotte,
N.C.
28230 or
fax us at
(704) 342-
2160. We'll print your
responses in the July
8 Post.
A Calculated Political Risk
Scarborough Bets On Narrowed At-Large Council Field
By John Minter
POST CORRESPONDENT
■When Ella Scarborough an
nounced she Intends to seek
an at-large seat on Charlotte
City Council, many African-
Americans asked why.
Had not the lesson of Ron
Leeper been learned? African
Americans don’t win at-
large council races in Char
lotte.
Leeper, after 10 years of
hard work as a District 2 rep
resentative, lost In an at-
large bid in 1987.
No one's tried since, until
Scarborough made known
her Intentions In May.
Why? She’s moving out of
District 3 and looking for a
home In the northeast area
of the city.
'The decision was a difficult
one made for me by the mere
fact of my husbernd’s death,"
Scarborough said. "His dying
(of a heart attack) at my
house made It difficult to
start a new life In that house.
I have to be at the pulse of my
children’s need to start a new
life."
But moving from District 3
doesn’t mean Scarborough
wants to end her council ser
vice and she has no desire to
challenge fellow African-
American district council
members Hoyle Martin In
District 2, and Naslf Majeed
in District 4.
"I believe that I have more
to offer and want to continue
PHOTO/PAUL WILLIAMS m
Charlotte City Council member Ella Scaiborogh (left) is try
ing to win election to an at-large seat in November.
to serve on the council,” she
said . "I have not found any
place in District 3 to move.
In order to look for a new
house and start life all over
again. If I want to continue to
serve on council, I need to
run at-large."
But any elementary school
child knows running and
winning ain’t the same.
Scarborough knows that’s
true, particularly for African
Americans.
'We have had good people
lose, but we always have to
take risks,” she said. 'Tou
have to work hard and
pray...do all you can do. Af
ter doing all those things,
you have to wait for the re
sults and whatever the re
sults, you have to live with It.
Tm a person who believes in
running to win. I feel good
about It."
Leeper, a popular council
member during hls years as
District 2's representative
before losing, praised Scar
borough’s decision.
"You have to take your hat
off to anybody that would,
want to take that step," Leep
er said. "Certainly, I can'
commend her for that. It is
certainly a difficult task, as
history has shown, but it is
something we need to do.
'We need to keep pushing
the ^stem,” Leeper said. 'We
need to keep challenging this
community, to look at itself
See SCARBOROUGH On 3A
Here’s To The Winners
: r'l. I
-I,
PHOTO/CAX.VIN FEROUBON
Jean Little (left) won the women's title last week in a tennis tournament sponsored by 100
Black Men of Charlotte. Also pictured are (second from left) 100 Black Men president Lenny
Springs, runner-up Gwen Jackson of The Post and WPEG general manager Wayne Brown.
Cornel West, Author Of ’Race Matters’
To Speak At Unitarians’ Assembly Sat.
By Robin B. Redfem
And Cassandra E. Wynn
THE CHARLOTTE POST
Cornell West, author of the best-selling
book "Race Matters" wlU speak at the Char
lotte Convention Center June 26, at 12:30pm
for the 32nd annual Unitarian Unlversallst
Association's assembly. He will present hls
argument that current Ideologies have left
racial politics In a state of crisis.
West, a professor of religion and director of
Afro-American studies at Princeton Univer
sity. is considered the nation's foremost acti
vist for inter-racial dialogue. He is described
by the New York Times as "a young, hip black
man in an old white academy; a believing
Christian In a secular society;
a progressive socialist In the
.age of triumphant capital
ism..." West is currently tour
ing the nation In 12 cities
promoting hls first book,
which was deliberately pub
lished on the first anniver
sary of the Los Angeles riots.
The book offers solutions to
many racial difficulties ex
perienced In this socitey. It is
already on the Boston Globe's
best-seller's list.
The General Assembly will be held at the
Charlotte Convention Center through June
See AUTHOR On Page 2A
West
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