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VOLUME 10 NUMBER 7 25c PER COPY Thursday, February 18, 1982
DR. BROOKS ANNOUNCES FOR
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
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Dr. Dalton P. Brooks, Director of
Institutional Research for PSU, has
announced his bid for a seat on the
Robeson County Board of Education,
District IV. District IV is composed of
Pembroke, Union, Raft Swamp and
Burnt Swamp precincts.
In making his announcement. Brooks
released the follow in g Platform;
In 18 years, the nulknium will be upon
means that two generations have passed
since the turn of the century, and the
third generation will assume leadership
when the year 2000 arrives. For the
people in Robeson County, the Twentieth
Century could be classified as an
experiment in human relations, the
emergence of Civil Liberties, and the
struggle for survival. However, for many
of us, it could be remembered as an
eventful time when opportunities for
education became available and our
school system (elementary and seconda
ry) bdcame representative of the people
it served. Although, as with all social
institutions, there are inbuilt forces that
has caused literacy to be yet an unmet
goal. These factors are economic, racial,
social and geographical.
The geographical location (Robeson)
presented barriers that stymied intellec
tual inquiry. Most of our folks lived in
rural areas away from the city-urban
areas, causing isolation and to somewhat
alienation from the mainstream of
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information. Our reading material was
the Bible and the old faithful "Grit" (
paper. Most of our news came second
hand or was late by a month or so. From
the educator's point of view, this is a
perfect example of controlled failure.
It's indeed surprising that our Dad's
done as well as they did. What
happened was they became proponents
of education, emphasizing the need for
education in a changing industrial world.
The factor of race was prevalent and
caused undue harm.. Four types of
schools were available by racial identifi
cation and the type of curriculum offered
was a function of wealth. The school that
had the money had the resources for a
superior school structure.
Without doubt, the city schools were
far superior with their multi-curriculum,
splendid facilities, and well paid, motiva
ted teachers. However, in spite of theit
superiority, our schools competed by
having strong men of vision to stand in
the gap. With these men at the helms,
they motivated students to become
doctors, lawyers, businessmen and ed
ucators. Our rural schools met the
challenge by using what they had to
educate the students for quality and
excellence. These men evaluated the
student on how well the student knew
how to speak and write; how much math
students knew, and how well disciplined
the students were. School was a place
for learning, growing, and becoming a
self-disciplined person.
Even though race was paramount, the
factor of economics was just as strong to
cause further educational inequities. If
students were poor and couldn't get food
to eat for school, then their readiness to
v learn was affected. Poverty has a way of
destroying the motivation to learn; it
relegates students to failure; and causes
teachers to develop a morale that's
self-defeating. However, help was on
the way through government supple
ments. These government programs
have sustained learning for thousands of
our children. However, a point of
concern is now on the horizon with cuts
being made in programs that support
and complement poor educational dis
tricts.
In reviewing our past with its
socio-economic, demographic and racial
factors that have schools for the last 75
years; the future will not eliminate these
forces, they are here in different forms
,
and shapes. The racial climate has
ameliorated but has become rigid and
stiff with the new wave of federalism; the
economic picture is bleak and casting
clouds that are threatening; our demo
graphy has changed drastically, posing
unmet problems due to changing hous
ing patterns (influx of students to urban
areas), increasing divorce rate, greater
consumption of alcohol; and a growing
number of families that have no male or
female role model for their children's
growth and physical development. Our
schools have more problems today than
at any time in history.
In my candidacy for the School Board,
I would like to:
(1) Bring to you, the public, a review of
the on-going problems in education and
how they affect the Robeson County
System. 1 propose to do this by radio. I
will discuss, explain and report to you
the State of the Art of Education as it is
in Robeson County.
UJ 1 wui miroauce new miauves to
improve the teaching-learning process
by developing a testing program at the
County level for all grades the purpose of
testing is for learning.
(3) I will provide leadership in
developing the necessary stategies to
improve and strengthen the verbal and
quantitative skills of all students by ,
establishing a blue ribbon (patents, ,
teachers, university professors) com
mittees to study and develop an
academic-administrative plan for provid
ing new direction.
(4) I will tyork closely with all
educational institutions (PSU, RTC,
churches) to wage war on illiteracy.
(5) I will work closely with the Board of
Education and the Superintendent in
developing a climate of high expectation
for student performance.
(6) To meet the demands of our
computer society, to stress the importan
ce of Computer Literacy by the year
1986.
(7) To report to the parents on the
accomplishment of students each year by
inviting all parents to a County meeting,
for discussion and review of past years
accomplishments.
Together, with existing technology
and a concern for human growth and
development, Robeson County can be
number one in the State of ? North
Carolina.
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Luncheon
planned
for
Cong.
Charlie
Rose
Friends and supporters of Congress
man Charlie Rose will host a luncheon for
him on Saturday, February 20, 1982 at
1:00 p.m. at the Meeting House
Restaurant (formerly Sim-Brooks) in
Pembroke. Interested persons are Invi
ted to attend. Tickets may be purchased
by calling 521-4638 after S p.m. Tickets
will also be available at the door.
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INDIAN CAUCUS TO MEET
On Tuesday, February 23, 1982 the
Robeson County Indian Caucus will hold
its regular meeting in the Court Room in
Pembroke. NC at 7:30 p.m.
Voting, employment, education and an
annual meeting will be discussed.; All
members and interested Indians Me
urged to attend. J
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EDITOR'S NOTE: A number of David
Panel lor the Senate supporters have
Intimated that oar front page article last
week was unfair in that his complete
statement was not quoted in its entirety.
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Rep. Parnell's complete statement on
Lumberton Schools
Voting Rights Debacle
Ill Cut, the Carolina Indian Voice waa
not given a copy of the statement until
we aaked Sandy Barrett, a Southern
National Banker, and a member of
Pamell Brain Trust, to send as a copy.
He baa now done so.
To sot the record straight, bore's a ?
copy of Panel's statement. It proves,
quite coochsstvely, that ho was oat
misquoted, mis stated or oilshtoipre
tated.
For Further Information Contact;
ji Representative David Parnell
858-3521
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FOR RELEASE; IMMEDIATELY, February 4, 1982
PARKTON ? Representative David Parnell today stated his support
for a(comprehensive school system for the Lumberton area.
Representative Parnell said, "I would like to make my position
absolutely clear. I will assist the appropriate school officials
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and will if they request, introduce or co-sponsor and support
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legislation to maintain the quality and integrity of the Lumberton
school system."
"It is important that all of the citizens of Lumberton of all
races including those living in the disputed annexed areas have a
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t stable educational environment,"
Parnell, a Parkton businessman, is an announced candidate
for the Robeson-Hoke Senatorial District Seat.
Redisricting Lawsuit
to Continue
GREENSBORO ? A
Charlotte attorney for the NAACP
Legal Defense Fund says there is
no good reason why the
Legislature could not have created
single-member districts statewide,
ana the group will continue its suit
to obtain them.
The General Assembly's new
plans include four House and one
Senate district where blacks pre
dominate, making it more likely
blacks can win election to public
office.
North Carolina, with its single
and multiple-member districts,
has just four blacks out of 170
legislators. But states with only
single-member districts are much
different; for example, there are
17 black legislators in Mississippi,
IS in Alabama and 13 in South
Carolina.
"There is no reason they could
not have gone to single-member
districts statewide," Charlotte at
torney James Ferguson told the
Greensboro Citizens Forum. "It
would have produced more black
representatives... our-objection is
just as strong as when" we filed the
lawsuit."
The fund's suit against the
Legislature was filed on behalf of
several North Carolinians who
claim blacks cannot fully utilize
their voting strength until
single-member districts are
established. /
Last week's redistricting work
was forced by the U.S. Justice
Department, which said previous
reapportionment plans violated the
Voting Rights Act of 1P75 by
diluting minority voting strength.
The act is in effect in SO of North
Carolina's ion counties.
The new p^hs must now go to
thp Justice Department for
approval. Even if Washington s
attorneys approve the new plans
they could be rejected if a federal
judge rules ageinst them in the
NAACP's court challenge
Jtefluson said ha believes the
Legislature provided him more
ammunition in the IWCefM session
when it refused to carve out Mack
majority districts in Wake,
farsyth and Mecklenburg coun
ties
None of them are enverrd by the
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Guilford and Cumberland ? were
split to create black-majority
enclaves.
"The plan is a result of
whatever clout any political fac
tion had in the Legislature," he
said. "One thing is very clear:
Only in those counties where the
Voting Rights Act apply did the
Legislature attempt to minimize
the dilution of black voting
strength."
Ferguson also questioned
whether the black majority dis
tricts will pass the Justice De
partment's scrutiny. He said the
courts have generally favored
districts where at least <5 percent
of the voters were Mack.
He said only one of the new
districts, with 66 percent, meets
that standard. The others "hang
from a very thin thread" with
percentages from S4.1 percent to
60 percent.
Lawyers for the General
Assembly also told legislators that
65 percent was the accepted
percentage, but they thought
North Carolina's plans might be
able to get by with less.
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Town
Meeting
changed
to
March 15
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The regular meeting of the Mayor and
T?wa Condi of the Town of Pembroke
scheduled for March 1. 1982 haa been
cancelled. There wH) be a special
mretingof the Town C"..ncfl Mi March
15.19t2 at 7:00 p.m. In the Town Council
Chambers.
Locks
for the
House
Sidney A. Locks
I Sidney A. Locks of Lumberton an
I nounces his intent to file for the N.C.
I House of Representatives.
I He is presently the pastor of Sandy
I Grove Baptist Church of Lumberton. He
I serves also as a member elect of the .
I Lumberton Board of Education, Robeson
County Jury Selection Commission,
Board of Four County Community
Action, Inc. the Robeson County Church
and Community Center, the Golden Leaf
Lodge and the Carpenters Coasiatocy of
Marion. Locks is active with the 4H
clubs. Girl Scouting and various church
activities.
Locks lists dm fallowing reasons lor
?e far * te ***
t.*o further strengthen the legislative |
toward a
^ involvemem'from other COuatfcb.'