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tfJVC-CH Chapel Hill Nc 27514 The Black Press— Our Freedom Depends On it! IwCari (USPS 091-380) ^ords of Wisdom ^““"9 people, ^''^'y'hing, and whenThlJ'’''^'' ** grow older, they know it.' —Oscar Wilde i/OLUME 58 - NUMBER 3 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 198Q PLANS SETJ^2pth SIT^irANNIVER® ome Young Men to Be ^ *“" ■» I luests at Some Store ’ GREENSBORO — wenty years ago, four ,&T State University eshmen students were ifused service at a lunch turner at Woolworth’s in owntovvn Greensboro. On February I at 7:30 m. , these same young en will be special eakfast guests at the me store, compli ments ' the management. The special hospitality be shown Franklin Mc- ain, Jibreel Khazan zell Blair, Jr.), Joe cNeil and David Rich- tnd, will be part of a e-day observance com- morating the 20th an- ersary of the historic iCensboro sit-ins, which lited a national civil hts movement. ‘We feel that it is pro- ' that the Greensboro •nmunity pay tribute to .'se courageous young n, ” said Mrs. Shirley /e, chairman of the iruafy One planning nmittee. “It will be a nmunity observance, : to be asociated with y other announced rlic events. We want to all in a positive way the ;oric sit-ins which serv- to prod the national iscience about the aning of civil rights.” 'he Greensboro obser- ice will feature the eiling of a permanent, oric marker near the of the i960 sit-in. 'articipants in the monies will include th Carolina Gov. Jim nt and Greensboro /or Jim Melvin. A imemorative luncheon he Hilton Inn will be ressed by Dr. Samuel Proctor, senior minister of New York Ci ty’s Abyssinian Baptist Church and a professor at Rutgers University. Proctor served as presi dent of A&T shortly after the Greensboro sit-in. The Greensboro celebration will get under way with a series of local library exhibits from January 15 - February 1. “Equality Day” will be celebrated on January 27. A convocation at Ben nett College on Thursday, January 31 at 10:30 a.tn. will honor Mrs. Gloria Eugenia Brown Wise, who was the first female stu dent to join the sit-ins in Greensboro. She current ly lives in Bronx, New "York. Bennett will host a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. featuring an address by Dr. Willa Player, former president of that college. Chancellor and Mrs. Lewis C. Dowdy will host a recepti9n for the four men on Thursday, January 31 at 7 p.m. in the Commons of F. A. Williams Cafeteria. On February I, A&T will honor its former students during a special convocation at 9:30 a.m. in the Richard B. Harrison Auditorium. Following the convocation, the men will attend a press con ference in the Hilton Inn at 11:30 a.m. The lun cheon will begin at 12:30 p.m., followed by the unveiling of the perma nent marker at 2.T5 p.m. at the corner of Market and Elm streets. The final activity will be a reception at 7 p.m. by the student bodies of A&T and Bennett. [Continued on Page 2] Nigerian Officials to Visit NCCU UNITED NATIONS: As Oonaid McHenry (right). U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and Si’’ Anthony Parsons (center). Britain's Ambassador raise then hands January 7 to vote for a United Nations Security-Courcii Resolution calling fo" immediate withdrawal of all '’foreign" froops from Afghanistan. Oleg Tmyanovsky. (left), the Soviet Ambassa,dor, is nearby YES AND NO... *^15 vote vetoing the resolution East Gerrnam, the Soviet Union in votino aoainst thn rpcniniinn i .Fourteen officials of Nigerian state govern ments will visit North Carolina Central Universi ty Thursday, January 24, as part of a tour of North Carolina. The Nigerian officials, senior government of ficers in the states of Anambra, Bauchi, and yyo, are participants in a seminar in personnel and management sponsored by the Interna tional Institute of Public Management in Washington. Their visit to North Caroliiia is being coor- dmated by Interworld, Inc., of Elkin, and will in clude visits to Raleigh, the Research Triangle Park papel Hill, Durham’ Soul City, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem. An agribusiness tour is also scheduled. The fourth loineo wearing a light suit and striped fie Chronicle First Black North To Join Audit Bureau of Carolina Paper Circulation ack Pay Amounts 9 Over $9 Million ASHINGTON, DC Commitments of over nillion for back pay other awards by al contractors made past fiscal year the successful for equal oyment opportunity e 1973, Labor ;tary Ray Marshall fiscal 1979, which d in September, the trtmcnt's newly ghthened Office of ral Contract Com- nce Programs -CP) obtained almost million in EEO set- ehts with 176 oyers. ust one year after its >r reorganization, CP has become an ef- e EEO enforcement am taken seriously c business communi- taid the .secretary. :k pay awards ac- ed for more than million of the total cial commitment, go- o more than 2,100 ns whose job rights irotected on federal contract work. These in clude women, minorities, members of religious and ethnic groups, handicap ped individuals and veterans. Over $3.4 million of this back pay was obtained for women and minorities under Executive Order 11246. Another 317,000 went to disabled persons and veterans under two laws — Section 503 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act , and Section 402 of the 1974 Vietnam-Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act. The other $5.6 million obtained in fiscal 1979 set tlements was committed to pension adjustments, pro motion incentives, employee training and other affirmative action efforts. Not included in these amounts is a $5.2 million back pay award plus substantial pension benefits obtained from Uniroyal, Inc. on October 23, 1979 — three weeks in- [Continued on Page 7] WINSTON-SALEM — The five-year-old Winston-Salem Chronicle has become a member in the prestigious Audit Bureau of Circulations, announced editor and publisher Ernest H. Pitts. “It’s one of the most important milestones we have ever reached,” said Pitts. The Chronicle is the first black-owned newspaper in North Carolina to join ABC and is one of the fewer than 20 nationally who belong. “Our advertisers have already begun to take a new look at the Chronicle because of our member- ^ship,” added the co- ' founder of the pacesetting weekly. “It says to them that we are serious about reaching our market and delivering the readers they want.” An initial audit was conducted at the Chroni cle in October by ABC auditor O. J. Asbury, who complimented the paper on “one of the, best record-keeping systems of any weekly I’ve seen.” His audit confirmed the success of the paper’s home delivery campaign. “Now, our readers can be assured of getting their paper fresh on Thursday afternoon, instead of hav ing to wait for the mail to deliver it on Friday or Saturday,” said circula tion manager Thomas E. Wilkins. The Audit Bureau of Circulations is an interna tional association of newspapers, advertisers and advertising agencies founded in the early 20th century to allow an impar tial and objective way of checking newspaper cir culation. ‘(Our analysis of the economic situation told us that advertisers would be making their cutbacks with media for which they could not conclusively measure their reach,” ad ded Pitt. “We decided to remove any hint of uncer tainty with the ABC audit.” The qudit was the icing on the cake for an exten sive overhaul of the newspaper’s circulation department. Wilkins, a 14-year veteran of an afternoon-morning com bination newspaper own ed by Media General, Inc., was hired in September as circulation put it all us; com-. EEO Requirements For Federal Contractors Proposed WASHINGTON, DC — Equal employment op portunity requirements for federal contractors are now proposed in an new, concise and strengthened package, the U. S. Depart ment of Labor announc ed. The department’s Of fice of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (PFCCP) has issued a pro posed set of regulations that would bolster EEO protections for women, minorities, members of religious and ethnic groups, handicapped per sons and veterans employed by federal con tractors. In addition, OFCCP issued, in final form, regulations that amend specific contract com pliance requirements. Both the proposed package and the final rule was published in the Federal Register on December 28, 1979. “These changes in the regulations are part of a larger effort to improve OFCCP’s enforcement ac tivities,” said Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards Donald Elisburg. “This is the first major overhaul of the contract compliance regulations in more than Inside This Week KING TRIBUTE OVERDUE PRESIDENT GREETS ALI BASSETT ISSUES CRIB WARNING STRIKE CLOSES OIL REFINERIES seven years.” Elisburg added that the proposed regulatory package reflects view points from a variety of sources, including federal EEO agencies, govern ment contractors, special interest groups, unions and members of the bar. He also noted that for the first time, the propos ed regulations express OFCCP’s unified enforce ment approach, begun when the program reorganized in October 1978. Employers are now monitored for compliance witJi laws covering han dicapped workers and veterans, as well as with an executive order affec ting women, minorities, and members of religious and ethnic groups. In addition to in tegrating this enforce ment, OFCCP’s proposed regulations would clarify [Continued on Page 7] manager. “Tom has together for plaints are down and we can now track our circula tion in a way we never could before,” said Pitt. Wilkins was not the on ly catch in a Chronicle fall talent raid on daily newspapers. Patrice E. : Lee, a reporter for the Chronicle was another find. Lee is a graduate of the Howard University School of Communica tions. “1979 was truly a ban ner year for us,” said Pitt. “It began with our three- month series The Roots of Black Winston-Salem; then we opened a new 4,000 square foot office building, published a number of successful sup plements and all the while continued our hard-hitting news coverage.” “As the 1980’s begin, we can truly lay claim to being the prototype for the black newspaper of the future,” Pitt concluded. The Winston-Salem Chronicle was founded in 1974 by Ndubisi Egemonye, a journalism professor at Shaw ^tnser- sity and the first black graduateofthe journalism master’s program a UNC-Chapel Hill and Pitt a former reporter with the Greensboro Dai^ News and a UNC-CH alumnus, to serve the 50,000 black residents ot visit to North Carolina Central Universi ty is being hosted by the university’s Public Ad- ministration Program, which provides undergraduate level train ing for entry into municipal, state, and Federal employment. Chancellor Albert N. Whiting will greet tin group at 9 a.m. Thursday. Other NCCU personnel who will participate inteh visit are Clarence Brown and Harvey White, members of the faculty of the Public Administration Program. Brown has served as a city coun cilman and White as a town manager. Accompanying the group will be Dr. Kodwo Equsi, professor of Ghana who is a visiting scholar with the Internatonal In stitute of Public Manage ment. The visitors from Nigeria are J. B. Alao, Secretary for Local Government of the Oyo State Government; B. U. Ehebe, Deputy Secretary of the Cabinet Office, Anambra State Govern ment; F. C. Enedah, Financial Controller, Ministry of Finance, Treasury Division, Anam bra State Government; S. H. 0. Ibe, Deputy Perma nent Secretary, Ministry of Works and Housing, Anambra State Govern ment; R. C. Ikedionwu, Principal Assistant Secretary, Government House, Apambra State Government; John O. Iweanoge, Financial Con troller, Ministry of Local Government and State Development, Anambra State Government; Adamu A. Malaia, Depu ty Auditor General, ' Bauchi State Government; M. N. Nwosu, Chief Civil Engineer, Ministry of Works and Housing, Anambra State Govern- Winston-Salem. [Continued on Page 6] ffei/s. Chavis and Steele Named Persons of the Decade - 1970s LLAH ASSEE, — Bethel Mis- y Baptist Church r Charles Kenzic , Sr. and civil rights Jte Rev. Benjamin > have been named- rpilal Outlook Per- ' the Decade - 1970s erson of the Year -. espectively. selections were an-j ed by Ms. Sharon L. | son, chairman ofi oard of Southern lunications Group,: Ms. Woodson said the two prominent clergymen will be honored for “their fearless and unfaltering pursuit of freedom, justice and equality for all : Americans.” “Reverends Steele and Chavis have an exemplary commitment to human rights which reminds' blacks, especially black t youths, that while thci journey might be rocky, it i is important to continue the struggle, cognizant ' that in the end, justice will prevail,” .she explained. Reverends Stccic and Chavis will be honored at a special banquet early in March at which time awards will be presented to local and state residents wlio have made significant contributions to racial harmony and progress for ' the community’s oppress ed minorities. Since 1952, the 65-year- old Rev. Steele has been pastor of Bethel Mis sionary Baptist Church in Tallahassee. A co- ' founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Con ference with the late Reverend Marlin Luther King, Rev. Steele was .elected first vice president of that organization in 1957 and national vice presidenl-at-large in 1978. ' A prominent figure in the civil rights movement, Rev. Steele has received numerous awards and citations in recognition of his humanitarian' achievements. Among groups honoring him in the past year were the Inter-Civic Council of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, former Governor Reubin Askew and the Florida Cabinet, Florida .A&M University, the Florida Human Relations Com mission, the Leon County Sheriff’s Department, the Leon County Commis sioners and Mayor Neal Sapp and the Tallahassee City Commission. Rev. Chavis, the last of the Wilmington 10 to be. released Iasi month from prison after serving four years on a conspiracy and arson conviction, is now field organizer for the United Church of Christ in Washington, D. C. The Reverend Benjamin Chavis became to national attention as leader of the Wilmington 10. However, , his committment and in volvement in the civil righ'ts struggle was demonstrated long before the 1971 racial unrest that produced the Ten. In his po.sition at the Washington, D. C. office of the United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice, Re^eiend Chavis had responsibility for supervising and lUI 3UJZV - monitoring matters relating to equality and human rights throughout, the South. He was an outspoken opponent of the death penalty, leading marches in Atlanta and other parts of the South in r.. that and tions. The U. S. Government last year in an un precedented move noted that Ben Chavis had not received a fair trial. The government attempted to have the state conviction reversed. Today, the Reverend Chavis is back on the job in Washington as head of the North Carolina- Virginia field office for the Commission for Racial Justice.
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