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VOLUME t5 NUMBER 14
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pURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA ?ATU..OAY, APRIL 9, 1977
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HISS D. RI8GS
VIIIS nccu
TOP HONOR
Miss ' Barbara A. Riggs of
Camden, N: J., a psychology
major, was the winner of
the top award at North Caro
lina Central University's Award
Day exercises Friday, : Miss
Rlggs received the Chan
cellor's Award, given '. to the
senior with the highest
cumulative average.
Miss Rlggs also received
two ' awards ' given : by her
department' She named the
best all ' around f student in
the department" and received
the departmental award for
the highest scholastic average.
Latham Prize as the outstand
ing woman Student was Gwen
dolyn Clifton.
Other awards were given by
university departments ; and
divisions, '.
Michael , A. Tanner and
Allen Kirkman received awards
from the department of aero
space studies. Brenda Moore,
Andrea Guard, Walter Williams
and Donna Hart were honored
by the department of art.
The department of business
administration honored Warren
A. Clyburn, Harley LeGrand,
Malcolm Howerton, Vickie
Moore, Patricia Iwanyanwu,
James Jackson, Daphne Scales,
Henry Whitlow, Carolyn
Hederson, Sharon Smith,
Barbara ' Bruton, Areather
Keene,.! Karen Mitchell, Ray
mond 4t Seymore, . Minnie
wuuamson, juay nernng,
Linda , Poteat, Doris Joseph,
Karen Covington. Glenwood
O. Davis, Audrey '.Ward,'
Deborah, Liverett, Francis
Dancey, Roy C. Ellis, Vickie
Hooks, Wilms Tarry, Alvie
Fennefl, Garry Martin, Clar
ence Ratcliff, Carolyn Alston,
Layla Hanna, Rita Higgs, Linda
King, Annette Richardson,
-Everett Robinson,- Stephanie
Strong, Duff Tinnin, Arthur
Watford, and BormieWoodard;
: The department of account
ing honored Kathy Arrington,
Garland Avent, Wilbur Barham,
Ronald Becton; Lynwood Best,
Rocky Boone Gloria Corniffe,
Selma Edwards, Michael
Farmer, Leon Fennell, Lue
Cready Futrell, Jack Harper,
Valette Johnson, Floyd
Mitchell, Roderick Pettiford,
' Edward PurdieJr.. Deborah
. Robinson George Russell,
; Linda Smith, Kenneth Staple
ton, Kathy Wiggins, Hubert
Williams' Shelron V. Wilson,
Donald Ferbee, Gavin Hilton,
Eunices Parker, Sonya Wilson,
Market' Newson, Glenn Lee
and Sybil Steele.
:, The department of business
education honored Gail
Thompson, Vanessa Jenkins,
Romans Denise Conwell,
Sylvia Russell, Cheryl Battle,
Gregory Knight, Debra Hobbs,
Loretta Riddlck, and Althea
Jones. j
The department of econo
mics: Quentin Heady, ,
Department of biology:
Verna Smith, Dwight Herbin,
James Pridgen, Sandra Eggles
ion, Floivia s Maxey, Charles
Thompson, Gail Dillard, Gloria
Moore, Russell Harrell, Albert
Walden and ' Lawrence ' Wall.!
' Department of chemistry:,
Tyrone Shackleford, v Gloria
Moore, Weldon Hill, Caleb
Jackson, India Clark, Sharon
Gibson, Harriette .' Johnson,'
Rosalyn Waldo, Bassey Omoji,
Robert Arthur, Lloyd Moore,
John Chapman and Ronald
Horton, -
Department of dramatic
arts: LaVerne Singleton,
Donnie Barnhill, Roberta
Halrston and James Knight.
Department of education:
Marion Bostic, Margaret
Caple, Retta Clemons,
Camel Edwards, Janice Harper,
Vickie Hudson, Cecilia Jones,
' Wanda Robinson; Cynthia
Smith, Fonda White, Jacquelyn
j Whittington, Joyce Mosley,
v' Stephanie Cherry, Vivian Cavi-
; livddy kKivixsia va .
I Gatlin, Karen Campbell, Doris"
1S.UJ3CU, wiu jaiici ffiuio.
Keema wiariuw was uuuuisu
Oy UM UCfJttJ Illicit Ul L'ligiiMi.
Department of geograph:'
Ezekiel L. Becton, Niguel
Barnes, Barbara Brown, Eric
Brown, Clinton Moorman,
Continued On Page 7
THIS COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS SCENES FROM NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY'S Awards Day program, Fri
da.Y AP.ri' IvJSfi 5rbari A. Riggs displays tht Chancellor's Award given to her .senior, with the highest cumulative average. Chan
cellor Albert N Whiting, center, presented a memorial plaque to Ted Smith, in memory of his late wife, Nana Louise Smith, a victim recently
of an apparent rape-murder. Mrs. Smith was a student at the university at the time of her death; Dr. Octavia B. Knight (program chairman)
and John B. McLendort, Jr., guest speaker. .: -f.
I'Jbifo VJooan
RALEIGH (CCKS) Mar
vin Sanders, a seven year
veteran black; policeman, was
suspended for one day without
pay and transferred from a
public relations job to regular
patrol for stopping a white
woman, wife of a City adminis
trator last February 25th. The
woman, Mrs. Vickie L. Baker,
of 2709 Patrick Drive,
contended she was harrassed.
Sanders' account of the
events which led to his stopp
ing ; Mrs. Baker's car on
February 25th indicate that he
had never seen the woman be
fore and had made a routine
traffic stop. He 'said that he
was enroute to speak at San
derson: Hiah School in North
Raleigh, whence stopped-for a
notepad. .,wWch.was in; -tus
personaleleparlc'ed in the
30.0 block- of c. Hargett St
RALEIGH (CCN) - The
North Carolina Black Demo
cratic Leadership Caucus
NCBDLC) jias taken posi
tons on several controversial
legislative proposals now being
considered by the , 1 North
Carolina ' General Assembly.
Support for a bill to allow
the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor1 to. succeed them
sevles was voted by the group
following a lengthy discussion.
Several of the caucus members
opposed ' allowing the Lt.
Governor to succeed himself,
expressing some displeasure
with current Lt. Governor
At
., MCCAIN (CCNS) - Rev.
Ben Chavis said in a recent
interview that he is very dis
pleased that President Carter
has not responded to Chavis'
open letter sent to Carter on
March 4. ; -
it- In a controversial speech to
the' United ' Nations, Carter
responded, to ; a similar re
quest by Soviet dissident
Andrei Sakharov. Referring
to Sakharov's letter, Carter
said, ''You may rest assured
that the American people and
our government will continue
our firm commitment to pro
mote respect for human rights.
We shall use our good offices
to seek the release of prisoners
of conscience." 4 ':'f''r: "
Chavis said that Carter has
the responsibility to "at least
answer my letter since he did
in fact answer ; the letter of
Soviet dissident Andrei,
Sakharov. I wrote to him as
an American citizen who has
been victimized by the criminal
justice system, who. has been
victimized 1 by , American
racism." '
' Rev. ' Charts' 1 letter ; to
Carter questioned the sincerity
of the response to the Soviets.;
'"How can our government
honestly proclaim supporj for
human rights as a matter of
foreign policy while allow
ing domestic violations of
human rights to' continue
under the guise of the adminis
Sfonpod
near the municipal building.
"He . said his patrol car was
doubled parked beside his per
sonal car with the flashers
on "for a quick second". Then
came behind him two cars, one
honking loudly, its driver mak
ing gestures.
Mrs. Baker, the driver of the
honking vehicle then pulled
around Sander's car as he got
back in with the note pad,
made more facial gestures and
waved her hands and fists, and
Eroceeded to the 'stoplight at
argett and Dawson Sts.
'She acted In, ,an 'abnormal
. and .irrational manner and J
' thought something was wrong
with her,' Sandert Said. He '
said he proceeded tp pull Mrs.
Baker over with the blue lights
orhis patrol cruwf and that s
when all of the action began
After asking Mrs. Baker for
Jimmy Green, Green defeated
Howard Lee in a run-off
for the post last September in
a race that was judged by some
to be subtly racist. Rep. H. M.
Michaux, Jr., of Durham said
that he would oppose the Lt.
Governor's succession on the
floor of the House.
In another action the
Caucus appointed a committee
to investigate support for land
lord tenant reform which is
yet to be introduced into
the legislature. A draft pro
posal was circulated which
caucus members said may be
introduced by Wake Represen
Least Answer
tration of an unfair criminal
justice system?", Chavis asked
in that letter.
Two weeks ago U. S. Attor
ney General Griffin BeH met in
a closed session with N. C.
Attorney General Rufus
Edmisten.
Whether Carter will answer
Chavis' letter is uncertain.
There is opposition to federal
intervention on the case by
Griffin Bell, voiced particularly
from the South.. Sources say
that federal and state officials
are seeking a way for the case
to be resolved so that all
parties particularly North
Carolina can save (ace. That is
going to be extremely diffi
cult because the Wilmington 10
have asked for full vindication
from the 1971 convictions, and
a new trial.
1 Rev. Chavis said in an inter
view last "week that a multi
milliorV dollar suit may be filed
against vthe state for "unjust
treatment" of the Wilmington
10, He said that he was dis-,
cussing the possibility of such
a suit, with his attorneys.
Chavis said that he would
only accept a pardon of inno
cence of . vindication by the
courts- A hearing is to be held
on May 9 in Burgaw County
to determine whether there is
sufficient basis for a new
trial. A motion for immediate
bail has been filed by Charlotte'
defense' attorney James
i k
Dlacti Policeman SosDondod
her drivers license and checking
her tires and inspection sticker
"she said I had no business
stopping her and had no right
to stop her. She said that ! was
harassing her and she would
report me to the police chief.''
Mrs. Baker would hot
comment on why she later
made a complaint against San
ders or if she did so because
Sanders was a black policeman.
On the Interna) Relations
Unit of the Police Department
found that Sanders had "harra
ssed a motorist". Sanders could
not appear before the unit to
face his accuser. . - ! v
; : J Police Captain T. R Just ice
" heard Sanders appeal from the
IRU and also found that San-
Atttt tiarl hatrawA Mri RaVprl
; Zm-vAHl
known Mrs. Baker' and her
husband Garry Baker for some
tative Robert Farmer. Some of
the Caucus members said the
bill was not inclusive of the
protections tenants need in the
state and should be investiga
ted by the committee. For the
past three sessions, Rep. Henry
Frye of Guilford has intro
duced measures to change the
archaic landlord tenant law
passed by the 1 868 legislature
to regulate sharecropping.
Those proposals have been
drafed and defeated, primarily
because most of the legisla
tors are landlords and have a
vested interest
such legislation
in, not passing
CIIAVIS TO CARTER:
Ferguson.
Last , week it was revealed
by reporter Stan Swofford
of the Greensboro Daily. News
that Jerome Mitchell, a witness
against the Wilmington 10, re
canted his testimony as early as
June 10, 1974. The recantation
was never mentioned to
Wilmington 10 defense attor
neys but tucked away in Mit
chell's prison files.
Chavis called the withhold
ing of the recantation ''another
example of Ate coverups the
state has done to keep the
Wilmington lOinjafl."
Mitchell made another re-'
cantation last February and
testified before a federal grand
Prison Rovofios Food
TILLERY - Formerly,
a sunnv day at Caledonia
on
Prison Farm, inmates and their
families could be seen sitting
in the yard .talking and enjoy
ing a homecooked meal under
the watchful ' eyes of the
prison guards. But visiting
privileges are not what they
used to be. Prison officials
made it known this week that
the families of inmates would
no longer be allowed to bring
food from home, even if they
met out of doors.
time. Garry Baker Is Director
of the city's parking violations
office. An attempt to reach
Justice for comment failed.
Instead his superior, Major
H,- W. Bunn returned the call
for Captain Justice saying that
Justice, although in the city,
was working on a "special
project" and would not be
able to talk to reporters for
three weeks.
An appeal before Police
Chief Robert Goodwin is
pending. Sanders said that if he
is not cleared of the discipli
nary action he will appeal to
tihecenfrts. .. -... K .''
Meanwhile, a black cWic
organization has taken up
Sander's ease, Ralph Campbell,
f th. Raleigh-Wake
;Crtizenf Association (RWCA)
' said fve intend to assist him in
Dr. E. B. Turner, First Vice
President of the North Carolina
Democratic' Party, announced
three events for the calendars
of Caucus members: (I) May
8 statewide precinct meetings
at 8 pjn. (2) May 30 Jefferson
Jackson Day Dinner, with
guest speaker Vice President
Walter Mondale; and (3) the
Democratic Party county-wide
conventions on June 18.
The Caucus" also approved
amendments to the testing pro
posals now being considered by
House and Senate education
committees. One testing bill
would make mandatory the
Mr Letter
jury gathering facts on the
case. In an unprecedented
action U. S. Attorney General
Griffin Bell promised the State
of North Carolina the trans
cript of the, grand jury pro
ceeding. N. C. Attorney General
Rufus Edmisten has said that
he will decide this week
whether or not his office will
oppose bail for the Wilmington
10, who are scattered miles
apart in the state's prisons.
Defense attorneys say that
preparing the defense and
talking with the defendants
would be difficult under these
conditions. - - '
Admitting that substantial
CAlEDOIHA
Caledonia Prison Farm,
the State's largest medium
custody institution, houses'
6?0 inmates mostly from the
Triangle area and is located 45
miles north of Rocky Mount
in Tillery, It is one of three
institutions including the
Odom maximum security unit
under the supervision of
Fletcher Sanders, who ex
plained that the decision to re
voke the , food privilege was
dictated by a change in the
visiting facilities themselves.
7 , ' I
his case based on what I have
seen. To me it is a clear case
of discrimination against him
. . . .. They are saying if you
stop a white woman, its
harrassment. He didn't give her
a ticket, he merely stopped
her and asked her for a
license, " Campbell said.
banders said that he would
present Chief Goodwin with a
Webster's definition of
"harrassment" which follows:
"to worry and impede by re-,
peated raids, or to annoy
. continually or f chornically
, which means the bother is ,
marked by ton duration."
Sanders will also rely on a
' North ! Carolina " law which
allows a law enforcement offi
. cer to make routine traffic
checks.
Eassing of standarized exams
y high school students prior
to graduation. The other would
make mandatory the testing of
students in primary grades 1,3,
6 and 9.
The Caucus amendments
would provide protections
against normative reference
exams which educational con
sultant Dr. Henry Frierson and
educational psychologist Dr.
Richard Mizzell say would hurt
blacks.
The , Caucus is seeking a
quota or other protection to
ensure that a testing commis
sion has , sufficient minority
input and representation.
pressure has been exerted upon
him around the case. Edmisten
claims that he is the only
North Carolina official to have
done anything about the
Wilmington 10 case. He says
that he ordered the State
Bureau of Investigation to in
vestigate the case to determine
whether violations of civil
rights had occured before a
similar FBI investigation was
ordered by Griffin Bell.
Edmisten recently was
caught off guard when one of
his staff attorneys handling the
case said a new trial would be
opposed and that the' FBI
investigations had uncovered
Cont. on pg.7
PriuiloQO
"The decision was purely a
custody and control decision,"
he said. ,i
Sanders explained that
"the old facility offered better
control from a gate and better
control from a guard tower."
The old outside visiting area is
located directly under a tower
plant with an armed guard on
duty, and one of the two gates
through which visitors pass is
operated mechanically. The'
new facility is some feet away
(Continued On Page 7
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Surfaces
NEW YORK - Dr. Charles
E. Cobb, Executive Director of
the Commissions for Racial
Justice announced last Wednes
day that in June 1974, a
Wilmington 10 prosecution
witness, Jerome Mitchell,
wrote in the North Carolina
State Parole Board a letter in
which he stated "I can no
longer go on with myself . .
Let me have my chance to free
those that I lied on." In a post
script he further stated "Ben
Chavis has ah appeal in now
and 1 hope it is not too late."
. The letter was received by
the parole board on June 19,
1974 and was subsequently
turned over to a parole board
case analyst, who wrote
Mitchell and informed him that
this was not a parole board
matter, but a judicial matter.
According to Irv Joyner,
National coordinator of the
United Church of Christ
Commission for Racial Justice,
National Wilmington 10 mobi
lization effort "The parole
board case analyst should have
informed Mitchell that the
information contained in his
letter should have been re
ferred to the defense attorney,
in order that it could be pre
sented to the court. Every
body knows that Mitchell
could not have, presented this
to the court himself." 1
This letter is the first in
dication - of, " Mitchell . having
: second thoughts about his
trial testimony This letter
.' was written long before Allen
Hall, another prosecution
Dr.Sczbcl
Ccnicnnti
FAYETTEVILLE - Dr.
Samuel D. Proctor, a nationally
renowned educator and minis
ter,' will be the Centennial
Speaker, April 16 at Fayette
ville State University.
The banquet is scheduled
to commence at 7:30 p.m. in
the H. L Cook Dining Hall on
the campus of the second
oldest state supported institu
tion (founded in 1877) in
North Carolina.
, A native of Virginia, Dr.
Proctor is Professor of Edu
cation, Graduate School of
Education, Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, New Jersey
and Senior Minister in the
Abyssinian Baptist Church,
New York City.
Dr. Proctor is an alumnus
of Virginia Union University,
Crozer Seminary, and Boston
University, earning the
doctorate at the latter in
ethics.
1 He has served as President
of Virginia Union University
(1950 60) and North Caro
lina A&T State University
(1960
. 64). From 1964 - 69
held administrative
he
positions with the Peace Corps,
in Nigeria and Washington, the
National Council of Churches,
the Office of Economic Oppor
tunity, the Institute for Ser
vices to Education and the
University of Wisconsin.
His foreign travels have
Included the Far East and the
Arab States; Eastern Europe
and the Soviet Union; West
Africa; Western Europe and
Israel, North and East Africa;
Australia, New Zealand and the
South Pacific.
FAYETTEVILLE STATE'S KJOth "BIRTHDAY
More pictures and story on Page 2
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for the Easter holiday on Monday.'April It, Deadlines for
the issue of April 18 will b the same: Tuesday at 5 p.m.,
for local news and Wednesday at noon for advertising.
Hava a happy and safe Easter I
Loiter
witness recanted his testimony
in August 1976.
Dr. Cobb expressed shock
and consternation over the
fact that another state agency
had intentionally suppressed
evidence that would have
cleared the Wilmington 10. It is
conceivable that had this in
formation been given to de
fense attorneys in 1974, the
North Carolina Court of
Appeals or the U. S. Supreme
Court would have ruled favor
ably in the case. Dr. Cobb said,
"I am appalled that these ten
young people are still lan
guishing in North Carolina jails
in spite of the overwhelming
evidence pointing to their
innocence. This represents a
callous and contrived disregard
for human rights by the state
of North Carolina."
The discovery of the letter
by Greensboro Daily News
reporter, Stan Swofford, comes
soon after Mitchell's admission
to a Federal Grand Jury in
Raleigh, North Carolina that he
lied during the trial.
Defense Attorneys for the
Wilmington 10 are in the
current process of requesting
the immediate release or bail
of the Wilmington 10, in light
of this new evidence.
On May 9, in the Pender
County Courthouse (Burgaw,
N. C.) a Post-Conviction hear
ing will be held to consider this
recantation of Mitchell, Allen
Hall, and Eric Junious. This
hearing will determine the
possibility of a new trial for
the Wilmington 10.
cte kfSU
Speaker
1 V
Dr. Procter
Dr. Proctor is a Member o!
the governing boards of the
United Negro College Fund;
Meharry Medical College, the
Institute for Services to
Education, Overseas Develop
ment Council, John Dewey
Society, Middlesex General
Hospital, National Committee
for Citizens in Education;
Council for Relgion and In
ternational Affairs.
He is the author of The
Young Negro in America,
1960-80 published by the
Association Press, 1966.
In 1964, he was awarded
an outstanding Alumnus
Award by the State University
of New York at Plattsburg.
He is the recipient of
numerous honorary doctorate
degrees.
Dr. Proctor is married and
has four sons.