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7A NEWS^e Cgarlottt $o0t Thursday, October 12, 2006 S.C. college positions as black think tank Continued from page 2A Henry Tisdale wants to attract to the new institute. The idea is to hire “integra tion babies” - those who have never attended segregated schools or faced racial barri ers in enteiir^ the military or other fields. He hopes the group of scholars in their 30s will excel in the fields of eco nomics, history politics, lan guage and education and wfil shape the institute for decades to come. Miller sees openness to new ways of examining history among youngs scholars that older black intellectuals may lack. “Maybe those people dosest to the history are not the ones best suited to write about it and comment on it,” Mller said. “We think it’s attractive to bring in young Turks who are ready to make their mark.” Bernard Powers, who teaches history at the College of Charleston, said the new institute shoidd become a good fit with other institutes in the state and region. “I’m not familiar with another institute with a focus Papers shed light on life and times Continued from page 1A Johnson C. Smith University Ritualistic services will start at 10:30 a.m.; the celebration of life will begin at 12 p.m. ‘Tf you didn't know any thing about Mr. Stroud, you would come to recognize him as a generous man who took education seriously and was very involved in the African American community” said Katie McCormick, UNCC’s reference archivist. “And he was very respected. You would get a sense of a man very devoted to his commvmi- ty” Mr. Stroud, who graduated Second Ward High School, spent 32 years as a public school educator, served in a segregated Army in World War n. He foiuid httie had changed stateside when he was discharged. “It was very upsetting to realize you have given pre cious time of your life for sup posed fi'eedom in a country that was stiU segregated,” he told historian Dan Morrill of UNC Charlotte for an oral history of Charlotte. Mr. Stroud, a 1942 Johnson C. Smith University gradu ate, married wife Daisy two years later and raised three children. He was principal at York Road Junior High School and West Charlotte High when CMS was evolv ing fix)m segregated campus es. The UNCC documents include handbooks for teach ers and staff at both schools, as well as newsletters. “A lot of his papers repre sent his work as an educator and principal,” McCormick said. “That was a really rich history of what was happen ing at York Road in the 1950s and‘60s.” Mr. Stroud was also active in social circles, as his person al effects reveal. He was a member of Omega Psi Phi fi'atemity for 67 years and the Swank Social Club, origi nally made up of Second Ward students, for more than ®I)c Cljarlotte ^osit www.thecharlottepost.conn on Afiican-Americans in the South,” Powers said. “This institute could be an impor tant resource for aU the oth ers. “Claflin is as good a place as any for it, and it is certainly needed in the state.” ^filler said he’s not sure where the money for the institute will come fit>m but Tisdale has said he is pre pared to spend ‘Svhatever it takes” to make it a success. 70. He also compiled newspa per articles and programs fi-om community meetings, school reunions and fim^als of teachers and staff he worked with. “There’s great stuff fixim his social involvement,” McCormick said. “One of the really admirable thir^ about Mr. Stroud was he made a point of goir^ to the funerals of teachers and staff mem bers.” Don Gordon, director of the ■ Richard W. Riley Institute at Furman University in Greenville, said the Claflin institute should be welcomed by South Carolina’s academic community for its focus on an imderstudied part of the state’s history Claflin’s goals wfil comple ment the work being done at his and other institutes, Gordon said. The institute is named for a black leader who was appointed to the state Supreme Court during Reconstruction, We’d like you to meet some of our partners in the fight against high ener^ costs. Fam««s i« «« amss Its Cartiw »e *#ijg Wf ita» fo laa as»fc sMaiit 3^ inef tames. *id at tmw tiwgf, te dBiiss aiir jait, tat, ofiaain® strai® uf *» fmsst Wt (sw fUtots iw TWiK s® « fed, ftas OBir « a®. Wiwi'*e (MSaffiatt araapi. ^ if IBM «i3rt to swe e»e« mwe «* Ik fnegf ptfi® liiSn®, Iw are s • Ctai@ ite to iKaSiig SI# osdlii® sifstw For mere tmmmm e 00 tuaifllOT oidt ijss (B pH! saitel. Wsrttog wmate 3 ifcaw*,. and to fc
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