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Sandy Dexter Brooks
Dexter Brooks has successfully passed
the North Carolina Bar Examination and
will shortly join the growing ranks of
Indian attorneys in Robeson. Brooks is
also the first Indian to graduate from
the prestigious University of North
Carolina School of Law in Chapel Hill
where he earned a Phi Alpha Delta
Fellowship, attained the Dean’s List,
and won the American Jurisprudence
Award for academic excellence in the
area of real property law. In addition.
Brooks holds a bachelors degree in
engineering and a masters in mathe
matics. both with high honors, from
North Carolina State University in
Raleigh.
Brooks is best known locally for his
involvement in the Indian political
struggles of the past few years. He was
one of the architects of the Save Old
Main Movement and later served on the
Legal Team of the Task Force to Break
Doable Voting. As a summer intern
with the Indian Rights Office, Civil
Rights Division of the United States
Department of Justice, he cataloged the
wholesale violations of the Voting
Rights Act which have occurred in
Robeson. Which exposure resulted in.
among other things, the restoration of
roving voter registrars in Robeson and
the objection by the Department of
Justice to the Lumberton School District
annexation that occurred in the wake of
desegregation. Futhermore, he was
instrumental in the Brenda Brooks suit
which forced thereapportionmentof the
Robeson County Commissioner Dis
tricts last year. This reapportionment
resulted in the defeat, on August 17, of
the incumbent. George Reed Pate, in
the Rowland District.
As a law student Brooks concentrated
much of his time on the application of '
legal techniques to the solving of Indian
political problems. He has written
several papers which are indispensable
to anyone seeking to understand and
improve the Robeson political situation,
including A Survey of Federal Voting
Law with Applications to Robeson
County, Desegregation in Robeson: Old
Misrepresentations and New
Directions, and Unemployment Dis
crimination in Robeson: Affirmative
Action Through Indian Action.
Brooks will now join Arnold Locklear in
the general practice of law in Pembroke.
The new firm to be known as Locklear
and Brooks.
Brooks, a bachelor, is the son of the
late John J. Brooks of Pembroke and
Ms. Lela Hammond Brooks Locklear
formerly of the Saddletree Community.
Earl Homer Strickland
Earl H. Strickland, son of Willard and
Lady Strickland of Pembroke, recently
completed all requirements to practice
law in the State of North Carolina. He is
to be officially admitted to the Bar on
Friday, Septembers, 1976. Mr. Strick
land will be associated with the law firm
of LOCKLEAR and CHAVIS of Lum
berton. soon to be known as LOCK
LEAR, CHAVIS and STRICKLAND.
Mr. Strickland is a 1969 Honors
graduate of Prospect High School. He
was graduated magna cum taude from
the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst in 1973. While at the Uni
versity, he was elected to Phi Beta
Kappa. Phi Kappa Phi. and Who’s Who
in America’s Colleges and Universities.
He is a 1976 graduate of Yale Law
School, New Haven, Connecticut.
A NICE WORD FOR
SGT. KIRBY AMMONS
Sgt. Kirby Ammons, an Indian who
is a sergeant at the Lumberton Prison
Unit, is the subject in a recent column of
the erudite Larry Cheek, columnist for
the Fayetteville Times. Mr. Cheek
wrote of Sgt. Ammons in Wednesday's
edition of The Times. In case you
missed it, we are reprinting it below;
“In closing, a letter of praise for a man
I once met myself, and I can tell all of
you that Mrs. Mary J. Ammons knows
what she’s talking about:
“I recently had a son in Lumberton
Prison Unit,’’ writes Mrs. Ammons, of
Parkton. ’’J never knew anyone like Sgt.
Kirby Ammons existed. He was so kind
and soft-spoken and friendly.
“The inmates love him because they
can goto him with their problems and if
he can’t solve them, he will find
someone who can. The inmates love him
so much.
Pembroke
Jaycees
Continue
to grow
Two young men joined the ranks of the
Pembroke Jaycees at their last business
meeting. They are Max Bennett and
Robert Locklear.
Max is a Gunnery Sargeant in the U.S.
Marine Corps. He is a fifteen year
veteran and currently serves as recruit
er for this area. His permanent home is
located in Richlands, N.C.
Robert is Project Director of Commun
ity Food and Nutrition Program with
Lumbee Regional Development Asso
ciation. He is an alumnus of Pembroke
State University and is married to the
former Deloris Harris of Pembroke.
Welcome to the Jaycee team.
Left to right, Max Bennett sponsored by
Fumie Lamber, not pictured, and Ed
Chavis, number sixteen, sponsored
by Robert Locklear.
This is a typical scene &om “Catch A
Rising Star” entertainment at the New
York City club by the same name. The
club’s entertainers are coming to
PEMBROKE-A two-hour performan
ce by New York’s newest comedians,
singers and musicians will be presented
at Pembroke State University Tuesday,
Sept. 7, as part of its “Catch A Rising
Star’’ Lyceum Series attraction. They
came from the New York City night club
by the same name. This is the kickoff for
the University’s entertainment pro
grams for the new academic year.
The show begins at 8 p.m. in PSU’s
Performing Arts Center. Admission is
$2.00 for adults and 50 cents for
children under 12. PSU students with
LD. cards will be admitted free.
“Catch a Rising Star” is a continuous
show of between 18-25 acts a night with
comedians, singers and musicians
taking turns.
Presented by the National Theatre
Company, the variety show includes a
little of everything. “If you don’t like a
performer, wait a minute. It’ll change,”
says one press notice. “Catch” is
happily charted with spontaneous jokes,
laughs and happenings.”
Pembroke State University Tuesday,
Sept. 7, to kick oQ PSU’s entertainment
series for the new academic year.
“Sgt. Ammons needs to be told
about. In this way, maybe more guards
and prison officals will be a little kinder
to the inmates. It’s true people look at
inmates as cruel, bad people, but not
'V Sgi. Ammons. He looks at them like
confused, mixed-up people and lord
knows he spends a lot of his time trying
to help them.
The Lumbee Talent Seach
Project of LRDA held a
. Financial Aid Workshop on
August 20, 1976, for students
planning to attend any type of
post-secondary institution.
The workshop 'was held to
acquaint students, with the
schools involved, as well as
how and when to apply for
financial aid to further their
education.
Representatives were as
follows; Mr. Ronald C. Brown,
Robeson Technical Institute;
Mr. Tommy D. Swett, Pem
broke State University: Dr. E.
Allison, UNC-Chapel Hill; Dr.
Ollie M. Bowman, Hampton
Institute in Virginina; and Dr.
Dalton Brooks was the guest
speaker for the workshop.
Students were represented
from the following counties:
Bladen, Carterect, Columbus,
Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson
and Scotland.
Immediately after the work
shop the students were given a
retreat. The student retreat
gave the students an oppor
tunity to get acquainted with
each other and to speak openly
with the representatives. Dur
ing this time slides and movies
were shown of two of the
Institutions. The workshop
was a great success and
LRDA's Lumbee Talent Search
Project Sponsors Workshop
Participants In LRDA*s Talent Search
Financial Aid Workshop.
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As the Los Angeles Times noted,
“There are people (on Catch A Rising
Star’) who have been on the Johnny
Carson show and soon will be going on
the Carson show. We’ve had some real
winners in the past...We’ve had
Freddie Prinze.”
The publication, “Show Business.”
says: “Catch’, as it is now affectionally
called by those in the trade, has had
phenomenal success since its opening
two-and-a-half years ago. Freddie Prin
ze was discovered there. Gabe Kaplan
was signed for his first national TV
appearance there. Other comics and
singers like Dani Summers and Shelly
Ackerman are now on the brink of bona
fide stardom as a result of having
played ‘Catch’.”
Celebrities like Bill Cosby and Alice
Cooper are “Catch A Rising Star” fans.
Says Cosby: ‘“Catch A Rising Star’ is
the only club of its kind in the world,
and 1 never miss it when I’m in New
York.” Adds Cooper: ‘“Catch A Rising
Star’ is my idea of a great night out on
the town. I love the talent there.”
So if you want to see direct from New
York City some of the most promising
entertainers of the “Big Apple,” such
as your soon-to-be favorite funny man,
chanteuse, jazz Musician or ragtime
piano player. “Catch A Rising Star” is
for you.
In other words, you don’t have to go to
New York to enjoy the top entertain
ment in the world. It is coming to
Pembroke.
“Sgt. Ammons and I have the same
name but we are not related. He is
Indian and we are white. We only met at
the prison unit. I am saying what I am
saying about him because it is simply
the whole truth and needs to be said.”
Funny, I remember what a prisoner at
the Lumberton Unit once said.
‘ ‘There’re two guards here nobody’ll
run from,” he said. “When there’s a
gang working the roads, 1 mean.
“One of them is Everybody.
respects and fears him. The other is
Sgt. Ammons. Everybody loves him.”
Staffers at The Carolina Indian Voice
have observed Sgt. Ammons in action
and have talked to inmates concerning
him also. We agree with the assessment
of Mrs. Ammons. Sgt. Kirby Ammons
is a credit to his much maligned
profession. If rehabilitation ever comes
to mean anything other than rhetoric at
election time it will be, to a.great extent,
because of dedicated correctional offic
als like Sgt. Kirby Ammons.
THURSDAY IS REGISTRATION DAY
FOR GRADUATE PROGRAM AT FSU
Thursday evening is registration
time for students who have been
recommended to take part in a two- year
graduate studies program offered
here through cooperation of PSU and
UNC-Charlotte.
Registration will be from 6:30 -9:30
p.m. in Room 134 of the Jones Health
and Physical Education Center.
Dedicorion
Ceremony
Planned
For new
housing
units
The Mayor and Town Council of the
Town of Pembroke and the Board of
Commissioners of the Housing Author
ity and Redevelopment Commission
cordially invite your participation in the
Dedication Ceremoiity for Chavis Park
and Locklear County, the new housing
projects in Pembroke today at 4 o’clock
p, ni. at the Pine Street Extension in
Pembroke.
A total of 120 students have presently
completed application and been re
commended to UNC-Charlotte as candi
dates for the graduate studies programs
The breakdown shows: 41 in Early
Childhood Education (k-3): 41 in
Intermediate Education (4-9); and 38 in
School Administration and Elementary
Education Supervision.
Only those 120 who have completed
application, been recommended to
UNC-Charlotte and received letters to
that effect can register.
Through a similar two- year program
concluded this summer with Appalachi
an State University, 125 students in this
area of Southeastern North Carolina
completed their Master’s Degrees by
attending classes on the PSU campus.
Dr. Daniel E. Todd, Jr., coordinator
of graduate studiesfor PSU, adds that a
“follow-up” registration date is sched
uled Sept. 9 which will be the first night
of classes.
woodell famill
REUNION PLANNED
The family of the late Amos and
Nancy Woodell of the Union Chapel
Community will hold their first family
reunion on Saturday, September 4, 1976
at the Union Chapel Multipurpose
Building. Dinner will be served at 2:00
p.m. All relatives are urged to attend.
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
SET FOR TUESDAY
Pembroke Town Council usually
meets on the first Monday night.
However, due to the first Monday being
Labor Day, the council will meet at 7
p.m. at the Town Hall on Tuesday
night, September 7.
RECEPTION FOR NEW LAWYERS
The local Indian attorneys invite
you to attend a reception for Sandy
Dexter Brooks and Earl Homer Strick
land on Friday, September 3 from 4:30
p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at the LRDA Annex
Building.
PSU NAMES BUSINESS CHAIRMAN
Dr.Donald E. Kelly, for the past 6
years an instructor at Frances Marion
Colleger in Florence, SC has been
named chairman of the business
administration and economics depart
ment of PSU.
Kelly, a native of Charlotte, received
his bachelor’s and master’s degrees
at the University of South Carolina. He
has completed all requirements for a
doctorate at the same univeristy.
Kelly, 32 said he has two immediate
goals. One is to upgrade course
offerings and the second is to establish
contacts with area businessmen.
PSU EXTENDS REGISTRATION
Registration for daytime and night
time classes at PSU have been extended
through Friday, it was announced
during the weekend by Dr. Norma Jean
Thompson, dean of admissions.
The PSU Computer Center reported
that 2,081 students had registered by
Friday.
CHIEF JACOBS HONORED
The Cumberland County Associa
tion of Indian People held their annual
pow wow last week end. Attending the
activities were Mayor Beth Finch of
Fayetteville, other dignitaries and In
dian friends through the area.
One surprise (at least to Chief Jacobs)
was a special presentation of a new
Indian headdress to Chief James P.
Jacobs. In honor of the chief, the old
headdress will be retired and placed in
the eventual museum planned by the
association.
One of the highlights of the Pow Wow
is the naming of the new Indian
Princess. Named Indian Princess for
1976 was Sandra Locklear. She was
crowned by outgoing princess Deborah
Carter. Patricia Jones was named
Junior Princess.
PEMBROKE WARRIORS MEET
ROWLAND FRIDAY NIGHT
The PSHS Warriors Footballers
meet their first test Friday night when
they take on Rowland on their home turf
at Pembroke.
Coach Gene Winfree lost a number of
lettermen last year including strong
armed Dwight Lowery as quarterback.
Last year’s understudy, senior Travis
Sampson, will be at the helm for the
Warriors Friday night.
It will be the first game for the
Warriors as last week’s game with the
Fairgrove Bears was not held because,
reportedly, Fairgrove was unable to
have enough boys out to man a team.
The Warriors experienced a 5-5
season last year but few expect them to
do as well this year.
Only ten lettermen return. But only
two of the returning lettermen were on
the starting offensive unit last year,
including Marvin Locklear, all confe
rence tackle and Gary Jacobs the
diminutive scat back. Both are seniors.