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In Our 23rd Year Issue No. 1940 October 2005 www.theacphoenix.com
WILLIAM BRANDON
“THE THREE P’S”
Associate Consultants
Serving the Triad FREE
By: Mutter D. Evans
William Brandon says that the
key to being successful are the “3
Ps: Pray, Plan, and Persevere,
and in that order." As a former
employee of the City of Winston-
Salem for 171/2 years with
responsibilities that included
being a Program Development
Specialist in Community
Development, he envisioned
going into business for himself
East Winston.
Brandon the years
to on
plan
William Brandon finances for his project. He
purchased Chick’s Drive-In on
Liberty Street and operated it from 1989 to 1991. With the support and
encouragement of his wife, Andrais, he quit his job with the city and
pursued his dream full-time, networking, and trying to secure capital
from within and out-of-state. Ultimately, there would be two failed
Continued on Page 34
CHOICES - LESSONS
EROIU KATRINA
By: Mutter D. Evans
“An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure,’’ has never been truer
than when it was forecast that
Hurricane Katrina could be a category
5 storm by the time it reached the Gulf
coast states. It had already done seri
ous damage on the coast of Florida
and was gaining in intensity. By the
last weekend of August, residents
along Alabama, Mississippi, and
Louisiana were told they should evac-
MLitter D. Evans
uate. Tens of thousands did but tens
of thousands remained behind. Why?
Many had nowhere to go, others were
without automobiles, and many simply
could not afford to go. Some were
sick and elderly and did not want to
leave and family members stayed with
them. They had ridden out Camille in
1969 and Andrew in 1992, both
category 5 hurricanes. So they feared
not the worst, for they felt they had
faced it in the past and survived
it...The first choice, to stay or go.
Knowing that this area of the coun
try was particularly vulnerable, that
New Orleans is already below sea
level, and that the levees were only
designed to withstand a category 3
hurricane, who should have had the
responsibility not only to declare the
evacuation but to mandate and organ
ize it — Mayor Ray C. Nagin,
Louisiana Governor Blanco, Federal
Emergency management Director
(FEMA) Michael Brown, Homeland
Security Secretary Michael Chertoff,
Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad W. Allen,
Continued on Page 16
PHARMACIST
BEVERLY D. GRAHAM
By: Mutter D. Evans
East Winston can finally claim
another black owned and community
pharmacy. Medicap Pharmacy #380
opened September 2nd at the corner
of Liberty and 14th Streets. Beverly
Diane Graham, who has 30 years
experience dispensing medicine at
various Eckerd Drugs located in
Winston-Salem, is the owner,
pharmacist, and manager.
Born in Winston-Salem and a
graduate of Bishop McGuiness High
School, Graham claims Lexington
and Winston-Salem as home having
attended school in both cities. She
excelled in chemistry and mathemat-
Beverly D. Graham, R. Ph.
Pharmacist & Owner
ics; and graduated from the professional program of Howard University’s
College of Pharmacy & Pharmacology in December of 1974. “I didn’t
want to teach and it was my Aunt Fannie Jones Lee of Newport News,
VA, a pharmacist, who first suggested the idea of my becoming a
pharmacist, too.”
Continued on Page 7
NAACP State Convention
Gears Up in Greensboro:
A LOOK AT THE
WOMAN WHO
MAKES IT ALL
HAPPEN
By Samantha Muhammad
Many people in Greensboro
know Gladys Shipman. Her
Giadys Shipman
name ring bells in business
circles. Her savvy style open
doors in the city’s political arena.
Continued on Page 46
It’S Time to C.oiiie Together!
INSIDE...
Dorothy Graham
Wheeler 3
Back to School
Shopping 101 11
Man with the
Golden Trumpet 18
Black America:
A Product of
Wiliie Lynch 40
The New Bankruptcy Law:
What Blacks Should
Know 41
Why Aren’t You
Rich 44
The Need for News:
Helping the Blind
Know What is Going
On 45