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I LOOKED AND I SAW ' By Rev. C B. tam
WRTTE2S FORUM By George B. Cass
a Potpourri of recent events By c Cos
TO BE EQUAL By Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. y
THE YOUTH ARE SOMEBODY
VOLUME 51 No. 2$ u 7.
DURIIAJI, N. C, SATUTJJAY, JUNE 29, 1974
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..WASH INGTON The top
50 black "Newsmakers of the
Year" have been selected by
the member of the National
Newspaper Publishers
Association.
The pictures of 21 of these
were on, display at the 34th
Annual Convention . in
Pittsburgh last week. .
The diversified list is
composed of black Americans
who have made a significant
impact on the nation either
nationally, regionally, or
locally.
" Dr. Carlton B Goodlett,
editor-publisher of the :,San
Francisco Sun-Reporter and
president of NNPA, says that
through these selections, the
publishers, highlight their
sensitivity to important news
events and f heisikers of news.
In addition to the 21 whose
pi ct ures, are - "shown, the
remaining 29 are as follows in
alphabetical order.
Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy,
president of the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference, whose fund raising
projected him into the news,
Nate Archibald, who became
highest paid basketball player
last year, D Army Bailey,
Berkeley City councilman who
was recalled, Vita Blue made
news with his contract dispute,
Joe Black, vice president of
Greyhound, launch seminars in
narcotic addiction.
Senator W. Brooke who was
first to call for., President
Nixon's resignation,. Dean
Tony Brown of Howard's
School of Communication and
producer of "Black Journal"
for his effective fight to keep
his program on the air, William
H. Brown, II, former Chairman
of EEOC, for his landmark
discrimination case against
ITT, Hon. Yvonne B. Burke,
, first member of Congress to
take maternity leave, Berkeley
G. Burell, president of the
National Business League, for
his highly successful leadership
of the League.
, The entire Congressional
Black Caucus ; Hon. ; ... Shirley
' T t . llTtlll II
lfiisnon nun. wuuom uiay,
Hon. Jon Conyers, Jr., Hon.
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ANOTHER FIRST-LCUSVILLE. KY.. Rev. Dr. Lawrence W. Bottoms from Decatur, Ga., becomes
the first Black to hold the top office in the predominantly white Presbyterian Church in the United
States. Rev. Dr. Bottoms was elected moderator for the first assembly between the U.S. Church and
the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S. A. for unity. ,
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N A A CP HAS MORE
MEMBERS GLOSTER
CURRENT REPORTS
NEW YORK Gloster B.
Current, director of branches
has reported that adult
memberships as of the end of
May had increased by 10,585
over the same period last year.
Similarly, youth memberships
had Increased by . 979.
However, there was a decrease
in Life Memberships by 1,212
and in membership-at-large by
183. '::,.'
By ELVA P. DeJARMON,
STAFF WRITER
Local Atlanta Attorney,
Isabel Gates Webster, formerly
of Durham, and. daughter of
the well known late Attorney
C. J. Gates and Mrs.. Vivian
Gates . of Pekoe Street has
announced her candidacy for
Judge in the Civil Court of
Fulton County, Atlanta,
Georgia.
If elected, Mrs. Webster will
become; the first woman and
the first black person elected
Judge in Atlanta and Fulton
County.
A practicing , attorney In
Atlanta since s 1959, Mrs..
Webster is presently a member
of Mayor Maynard Jackson's
former law. firm, Patterson,
Parks and Franklin. ; ' .;
Speaking of her candidacy,
Mrs. Webster stated," I am
running for Judge because I am
deeply , concerned about the
Administration of Justice in
the Civil Court of . Fulton
County. As a woman, I hope to
bring an added dimension of
sensitivity to the job."
Mrs. Webster, daughter of
one of the earliest practicing
lawyers in Durham County,
attended local schools and
graduated from Boston
Dorothy Roller ffecfed Pres.
Madison &
SOUL CITY-A unanimous
vote placed Ms. Dorothy L
Waller in the Presidency of the
Madison and McKissick
Development Conpany, Inc., a
minority construction "firm of
Soul City at its annual board
meeting held in Washington,
D.C., on Friday, June 14. This
represents the first time that i
wo m a n h a s ' , h e aded
construction company. '
Ms. Waller shares this honor
with two other Soul City top
femal e e x ecuti ve' leyel
employees Mrs. ' Evelyn W.'
McKissick, chairman of the
Soul City Sanitary District and
Mrs., Eva Clayton, Executive
Director of the ' Soul City
Foundation, Inc.
She Is a native of Durham,
CMlissich Company
and I received " her business
administration training , at
North Carolina Central
University, University of North
Carolina and the National
Business ' School, Nashville,
Tennessee. Ms. Waller also has
an 'v extensive and varied
business background with
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company, Durham,
prior ,:- to .becoming business
manager of ; the Congress of .
Racial Equality in ilew York
City. Ms. Waller was also one
of the original Incorporators of.
Floyd B. McKissick
Enterprises; Inc., and was a
dvll rights '.activist in the
1960's..'."' , y'
"It was very surprising and
rm 'very honored" said Ms.
Waller upon learning of her
election. Asked about her role
as the first woman President of
the Conpany, Ms. Waller
stated: I have no doubts that I
can be as effective a president
as a 'male would be. I know
that I have the full support of
the Board of Directors and
that's all I need to do the job."
The principals in the Madison
and ' McKissick ' Development
Conpany are Robert P. and
Julian C. Madison, the largest
minority . architectual . and
engineering firm in the United
States. Madison and McKissick
Development Company is the
contractor for the building of
the health center in Soul City.
Georgia
University Law School She is a
member of the State Bar of
Georgia, The Gate City Bar
Association, The National Bar
Association, The American Bar
Association, and The Georgia
Trial Lawyers Association.
Currently, Mrs. Webster serves
as an adjunct Professor of
Litigation at Emory University
Law School.
Active in civic affairs, Mrs.
Webster is the president of the
(See CANDIDATE Psge 7A)
Top Ratings By.
Durham Chain
By ELVAP. DeJARMON
Access, the U.S. Commerce
Department's publication in
the Qffice of Minority Business
Enterprise which has
Incorpated Outlook as . well
highlights Durham's role in the
Minority Business field by
singling Durham out as among
the nations leaders in minority
Business activity in its March
April 1974 issue.
Of course most Durhamites
know that the larger businesses
have some assets in excess of
$180 million and are award
that this is the reason that this
city of around 100,00 persons
ranks as a small city population
wise, but enjoys a reputation
that ranks with cities many
times its size when it comes to
its black business community.
According to Ralph A.
Hunt, executive vice president
of the" Durham Business and
Professional Chain, in terms of
the minority-owned firms,
Durham compares favorably
with about any city in the
country. v
Hunt is quick to point out
that Durham's progress is no
cause for complacency on the
minority business ownership
which stands at less than one
per cent of all business assets.
Hunt says, "the answer for
minorities is still business."
Business is the goal of the
Durham group which Hunt
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HAPPY FAMILY-CHICAGO", Ms. Grant Ward Jr., 35, with her children, MeBsss, 9, David, 12, and
Natalie, 11, (L-R), who watched her become a doctor at Rockerfeller Chapel recently. She graduated
from the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, bypassed internship, and began four
years of residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Michael Reese Hospital here in July.
fJorffj Carolina Association Of
Bladi lawyers Holds Session
NCHMDP Conducts Confab For
Professional Ed. Counselors
The North Carolina Health
M a n p ower "Development
Program, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, an
inter-institutional university
system program, in efforts, to
realize Its long range goal of
increasing the number of
minority and disadvantaged
persons trained and employed
in health careers, conducted a
one-day conference for
preprofessional education
counselors from eighteen
predominately minority
institutions of higher learning
to North Carolina and Virginia."
The conference, theme,
"Current Trends In
Pj epro f essional . Education,','
was addressed by consultants
who are directly involved in
assessing applicants for" medical
and dental schools. The
consultants participating in the
conference include Dr. Reid
Jackson, II, Associate Dean,
Howard University College of
Medicine, Dr. Anna Epps,
Director of Tulane University
School School of Medicine
Medical Education
Reinforcement and
Enrichment Program for
minority and other
(See NCHMDP Page 7A)
The annual summer meeting
of the Association of Black
Lawyers of North Carolina was
held June 21-23 at the Hilton
Inn, Raleigh. Hosts for the
informative panels and
educational seminars were the
Greater Raleigh Black Bar.
Registration and a
hospitality hour were "held-o
Friday, June 21 when more
than 46 lawyers enrolled for
the many discussions and
seminars to be held on
Saturday and Sunday. Walter
E. Ricks, IU, president of the
Greater Raleigh Black Bar
Association and an Assistant
Attorney General for State of
N.C. welcomed the members as
well as John H. Harmon, who
serves as president of the North
Carolina Association of Black
Lawyers. Harmon is a
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NNPA's SELECTION OF THE NATIONS
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has selected what
its. membership of more than 100 publishers consider to be the top 50
national black NEWSMAKERS OF THE YEAR Twenty-one of them are
shown above. Top row, left to right: Tom Bradley who was elected Mayorof
Los Angeles Congressman Louis Stokes of Cleveland who headed the
Congressional Black Caucus I "r. Symbolically, he represents all the
black Congressmen as Newsmakers. Hon. Damon J. Keith; federal judge for
. the Eastern District of Michigan for his $4 million decision against Detroit,;
Hank Aaron, homerun King, Mayor Maynard Jackson who was elected mayor
of Detroit, Dr. Leon H. Sullivan secured funds for continuation of his OIC,
Second Row: H. R. Crawford, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development for housing management, Roy Wflkins, Executive Director of
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the NAACP, Dir. Gloria E. A. Toote, Assistant Secretary of Bousing and
Urban Development for equal opportunity, Conrdssioner Benjamin Hooks of
die Federal Communicatioa Comrission, Vonetta McGee for starring fat
Shaft in Africa, Vernon Jordan, executive director of the National Urban
League, Jesse Hill, Jr., who was elected president of the Atlanta Life, also
heads the Atlanta Inquirer, Third row: State Senator Mervyn DymaHy of
California, Mayor Doris Davis pf Compton, Calif., Willie L Brown, Jr.,
Chairmui of the Vfays and Means Committee of the California Assembly, H.
Naylor Fitzhugh, vice president of Pepsi-Colas, T. D3IcNeaI.president of the
Board of Police Commissioners of St Louis, Mo., Joseph W. B. dark, director
of PubBc Safety,' St Uulse,Mo, Dr. lUtheryn Favors, assistant
superintendent of schools of Berkeley, Calif.