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VOLUME 57 -NUMBER 49
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1979
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
The United States public
will be asked to remember
the heritage of black
citizens during the 1980
observance of Natipnal
Afro-American History
Month, February of next
year. Dr. J. Rupert Picott,
Executive Director said
the Association for the
Study of Afro-American
Life and History, spon
sors of the celebration, in
itiated by Dr. Carter G.
Woodson in 1926 has
selected the national
theme, Heritage For
America.
National Afro
American History Month
is observed annually. In
1979, President Jimmy .
Carter following Chief
Executive officers for
many years, called upon
the American people to
"participate in this wor
thwhile broadening of our
knowledge". The Presi
dent continued, "For over
sixty years the Association
has been guided by the
belief that history is a
torch for the future."
"May the programs and
activities planned for this
month encourage many
citizens to expand the
search for their own ethnic
roots,' President Carter
added.
It is expected that as last
year more than 41 pf the
governors oM the fifty
states will call uponjheit
citizens to share in the
1980 observance of Na
tional Afro-American
History Month. In addi
tion, as in 1979, the
mayors of America's large
and small cities and
hamlets will be urged to
participate in the February
1980 Observance.
To guide and provide
information about he
celebration, the Associa
tion for the Study of Afro
American Life and
History, Inc. with Na
tional Headquarters in
Washington, D.C, has
prepared a National Afro
American Kit which will
contain twelve booklets
and posters about the
Month. One of theset
booklets will be entitled'
How to Celebrate the 1980
Afro-Amerioin History
Month. Ano her of the
booklets will trace Black
Nursing, Picneer Leaders
and Organ iz rs J 770-1 980.
Other booklets are:
Photographs of Selected
Prominent Afro
Americans of the Past,
Masks From Selected
African Countries, Stories
About Selected Leaders,
Stories About Selected
Afro-American Families,
Poetry From Mostly
Young Students of
America, A Look at In
ventions and Discoveries,
Monuments and Plaques
to Selected Afro
Americans, 1980 Calendar
Remembering Our
Heritage, Paintings by
Prominent Artists for the
1980 Year, and Afro
American Posters for 1980
Bulletin Boards.
The Association for the
Study of Afro-American
Life and History, Inc. was
founded in 1915. Its pur
pose is threefold: to pro
mote appreciation of the
life and history of the
Black American, to en
courage an understanding
of present status, and to
enrich the promise of the
future.
In addition "to Dr.
Picott, other officers in
clude Dr. Charles Walker
Thomas ' of Howard
University, President; Dr.
Earl Thorpe of North
Carolina Central Universi
ty, President-Elect; Irvin
E. Washington of
Washington, D.C, Public
School Vice-President,
Secretary-Treasurer. Vice
Presidents of the Associa
tion are Dr. John Hope
Franklin of Chicago and
Dr. Benjamin Quarles of
Morgan State University
in Baltimore.
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Fortieth Anniversary Observed
Diirinj the initial program commemorating the Fortieth Anniversary of Holy Cross Church; a plaque was
presented to Dr. and Mrs. Norman Cordjee. ..Or, Cordite-has, been a member since the church was established
December 8, 1939, with its fjrst masses celebrated in th waiting hiom or his dental office. "
Charles Kliiikmon, a parishioner of Holy Cnssv fc shown pYesentinn the plaque to Or. and, Mrs. Cordice. Rev.
F.M . (',4Moir otlhv Society oLJesus, .larisfreliuious ordjrr in the world, is the rurrciri 'pastor.
Curriculum Structure Recommended
Dr. Cleveland Ham
monds, Durham C'iiy
School Superintendent,
has introduced a plan for
a new curriculum slruc
ture for the city schools to
the board of education.
The board approved the
third and final reading,
Monday night, December
10.
The plan calls for a our-
Ity Trellie I ..MIVrN
riculum board which will
serve as a collective agency
or a clearinghouse lor
ideas from the - staff on
how the curriculum
should be restructured.
The curriculum board
would consist of one
member of each grade
level, a member of each
junior and senior high
.building, a representative.
from pupil personnel and
supervisors of
mathematics and reading.
The associate superinten
dent for instruction will be
permanent chairman of
the curriculum board.
The purpose of I lie cur
i iciilum hoard will he that
of conducting studies aiid
research in the areas of
Cont. on Pg. 2 This Sec
HILLSIDE BANDS
CHRISTMAS
CONCERT
Monday
December 17
7:30 P.M.
Hillside High School
Auditorium
Free Admission
isn-nv-AiuyjA
A research team headed
by two Cornell University
professors has concluded
that Head Start and other
compensatory programs,
for low income children
raise IQ scores of these
children by five points.
The researchers, Irving
Lazar and Richard Darl
ing; who entitled their
governmental funded
report, "Lasting' Effects
After Preschool", have
contradicted the
Westinghouse Report
(1969), another govern
mental funded report, that
concluded that Head Start
and similar programs Nd
. no effects on the intellec
tual capacities of the
Research Team Claims
IQ Scores Show Rise
children they served. .
Reports from the
Westinghouse Study
resulted in the reduction
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For-Fobreery 21
The Durham Business &
Professional Chain haslet
February 21, 1980 as the
date of its annual Business
Awards Banquet. The
Dinner will also mark the
42nd Anniverary of the
Durham based group.
Guest speaker for the oc
casion will be Daniel P.
Henson, III, Director of
the Minority Business
Development Agency,
U.S. Department of Com
merce, Washington, D.C.
Henson, a native of
Baltimore, Maryland is a
1966 graduate of Morgan
State University with a
degree in history. He later,
attended Johns Hopkins
University as a graduate
student in the school of
business. ,
Following a brief career i.
as a public school teacher,
Henson entered the life in
surance business as an
agent, and over a ten year
span, accumulated
numerous sales and
management awards. In
1973 he became a general
agent for a major New
York Insurance Com
pany. In 1977 Henson was ap
pointed as Philadelphia
Regional Administrator of
the U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA). He
directed his efforts toward
improvment of the agen
cy's delivery of services to
its minority clients both as
a program manager and as
a manager;-, of SBA's
management -board. His
efforts led to a large in
crease in region III lending
to minorities, as well as
tripling of procurement tjpf
firms in SBA's, 8(A) pro
gram 'between 1977 to
1979, from $88 million to
$272 million.
At its last banquet the
Durham Business and
Professional Chain
presented Awards to four
busineses, among which
were included Systems
Research & Development
Corporation, a research,
computer service and con
sultng firm located in the
Research Triangle Park;
Custom Molders, Inc. in
jection molders of ther
moplastic materials for in
dustry; Sharp Music Com
pany. The Durham Business
and Professional Chain is
a business development
organization which pro
vides management and
technical assistance
toward minority business
development. Approx
imately six hundred peo
ple are expected to attend
this year's banquet.
of federal funds that were
being allocated for such
programs as well as public
apathy and hostility.
Lazar and Darling's
research also showed that
children who attend pro
grams like Head Start ex
hibit more self-esteem, fail
fewer or need fewer
special education classes,
have higher ambitions and
are ahead of children who
have not attended similar
programs.
The Laat and Darling
study did show, however,
that gains made in the
compensatory programs
at age six are lost by the
time the children excede
age thirteen. This seems to
support the findings of
Kenneth B. Clark, noted
black psychologist, that in
the late 60's. black pulbic
school pupil of New York
City lost IQ points bet
ween the first and the sixth
grades. Neither the Clark
or the Lazar and Darling
studies accounted for the
loss in IQ gains. Their
conclusions indicate,
nevertheless, that public
schools work to the' detri
ment of children of low
socioeconomic income
level.
During a recent review
of the Durham Head Start
program, teachers of the
program contended that
Head Start and other com
pensatory programs had
been unjustly evaluated.
"The evaluation of Head
Start programs indicates
thai they do not feel that
these children are worth
spending money on; but if
you' study carefully these
children as they' enter the
programs and again at the
time they leave, you will
have to conclude thai they
improve," commented
one of the teachers in the
Cont. on Pg. 2 This Sec
Addresses Durban
County Dodos Tucs.
B Felicia M. assets
In an interview Tuesday
night, December II at
Northwestern Bank,
Secretary Howard Lee
said Rev. Benjamin F.
Chavis, Jr.. the only
member of the Wilm
ington Ten still in prison,
will be paroled before
Christmas.
The Ten are nine black
men and one white women
who are were convicted of
burning property and con
spiracy in 1972 during a
period of racial turmoil in
Wilmington. Since then,
the three prosecution
witnesses have recanted
their testimony, Amnesty
International has declared
the Ten "prisoners of con
science" and the U.S.
Justice Department has
advised that Chavis be im
mediately released, or the
entire group retried.
Lee, head of North
Carolina's Department of
Natural Resources and
Community Development
said Gov. James Hunt has
done more for the Ten
than any other governor,
and possibly , "lost spme
support" because of it.
Hunt reduced heir
sentences, totaling 282
years, in 1978. This made
all the Ten, but Chavis,
eligible for parole within
four months and they
were subsequently releas
ed. Lee emphasized that
parole' for Chavis is part
of the prison agenda and
thai J he Governor has no
direct influence on the
decision.
Lee was at Nor
thwestern Bank to address
a group of Durham Coun
ty Democrats and other
interested persons. In his
speech, he challenged ihc
Democrats to help bridge
internal party gaps to
reach victory in 1980.
"Strain gave us Richard
Nixon in 1969." he said.
He said these are
"difficult limes. ..people
are losing and have lost a
great deal of confidence in
government." He urged
Democrats not to allow
support of candidates to
become emotional. Lee. a
Hunt appointee, said he is
supporting the incumbent
Governor for re-election,
but urged the audience to
make their own decision.
Lee admitted ' North
Carolina still has
"300,000 substandard
units of substandard hous
ing," the lowest manufac
turing wage of any state
and a high illiteracy rate in
v the schools. He added .
gj however, that the Gover
nor's office has designed a
Housing Unit to cope with
such problems, has
recruited more industry
than any other state, and
has made the first steps in
identifying and solvirv. the
problem of illiteracy.
He urged the group to
support Hunt's New
Cont. on Pg 2 Clubs Sec
Ministers Urge Hunt to
Givo 10' Foil Pardon
By Felicia M. Casscls
organization of violence
An
Durham ministers has
issued a Public Statement
of Concern regarding the
Wilmington Ten case and
Governor James Hunt's
reluctance to meet with
them.
The Durham In
terdenominational Ministerial Alliance urged
the governor in the state
ment to issue the Ten a
full Pardon of Innocence.
The statement noted that
to offer them parole
"does not remove the
lifelong, damaging stigma
of being convicted for
something they didn't
do."
The Ten were convicted
in 1972 for, burning pro
perty and conspiracy in
connection with racial
occurring in
Wilmington, N.C. Since
tln, numberous peti
tions, resolutions, and let
ters have been submitted
to Governor Hunt and
President Jimmy Carter
on behalf of the Ten.
Hunt reduced their com
bined total of 282 years
prison sentence in 1978;
Carter has made no com
ment on the case.
The fifty ministers of
the Alliance are led by
Rev. Percy L. High, presi
dent of the organization
and pastor of Mount Ver
non Baptist Church. Rev.
L.H. W't elchel, vice presi
dent of the group, said its
purpose is one of
"fellowship of ministers
and a united front for
Cont. on Pg.2ThisSec.J
Congressional Black Caucus
Calls for Elododicaf ion to Passage of King Holiday Bill
WASHINGTON
Congresswoman Cardiss
Collins (D.III.), chair
woman of the Congres
sional Black Caucus, to
day said that the Sunday
commemorative amend
ment to the King birthday
bill was "totally unaccep
table" and said that
Caucus members had re
quested pulling the bill
from the House floor
rather than passing an
emasculated one. To make
the holiday fall on a Sun-'
day", she 'said,
"denigrates the memory
of this great man. There
are literally hundreds of
commemorative days,
most of which are
frivolous. To place Dr.
King's memory on the
same plane is demean
ing." She said, "the task
at hand is to organize in
the Black community, and
among all Americans who
honor .Dr. King's
memory, to pass a bill that
makes his birthday a full
legalholiday."
Congressman Johnny
Conyers (DrMich.), prin
cipal author of the King
Holiday bill, said, "We
are used to long-term
fights. It took us a long
time to pass 1 the
Humphrey-Hawkins Full
Employment Act, and we
are prepared for the strug
gle to pass the King holi
day bill." The Sunday
commemorative, amend
ment "is an affront to
millions of Americans,
black and white, who
regard Dr. King as the in
dividual who had the
greatest positive impact on
American life in this cen
tury". Congressional Black
Caucus members vowed to
bring the King birthday
bill back again when
Members of Congress ap
preciate the depth and
breadth of support for
making Dr. King's birth
day a national legal holi
day. Congress women Col
lins called adoption of the
Sunday amendment "a
temporary roadlock in our
path". She called upon all
Americans of good will
'"to speak out forcefully
in support of a national
legal holiday for Dr.
King". i
Congressman Conyers
called the King Birthday
Bill a critical issue for
presidential and congres
sional candidates to ad
dress in their campaigns.
"Congress made an un-
fortunate statement
yesterday," Congressman
Conyers noted, "that it
was not prepared to honor
Dr. King for his unique
contribution to the cause
of world peace and human
rights, or prepared to.
close out forever the.
divisive sectional and
racial chapter in
America's history. Con
gress sent a regrettable
signal to the rest of the
world in which Dr. King i$
regarded as a' legendary
hero. ! We will win this
fight, but only with the
help of everyone in
America who believes ii
Dr. King and his. legacy."