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VOLUME 58 - NUMBER 19
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1980
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WITH THE OLD GUARD AT ATTENTION in the
background, Secretary of the Army Alexander chats with
Mrs. Pinkett after presenting her the Army's Distinguished
Civilian Service Award. U.S. Army Photo
Ms. Flaxie Pinkett
Receives Distinguished
Service Award
WASHINGTON,
D.C. Twenty-five thousand
unemployed youth and allies are expected
to converge here May 17 the 26th an
niversary, of the 1954 Brown decision
U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing
racial segregation in public schools for
a National Youth Pilgrimage for Jobs,
Peace and Justice march from the White
House to Capitol Hill. The event will be
preceded by two days of meetings with
legislators.
Charging that "another conspiracy is
operative," twelve years after the
"conspiracy to kill the dreamer," Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Jesse L.
Jackson, national president of the
pilgrimage, declares "a conspiracy by the
White House, the Congress and both
political parties to kill the dream. ... is
taking place in the name of 'fiscal respon
sibility,' 'fighting inflation,' and
'balancing the budget.'"
"We must march for jobs," Jackson
declares. "We are not opposed to balanc
ing the budget. We are only opposed to
balancing the budget on the backs of the
young, the poor, the elderly, the
minorities, the unorganized and the
, American worker, which is jeopardizing
the national interest; while the special in
terests the giant corporations and the
banks are asked to sacrifice nothing."
"We support an alternative budget that
is geared to human needs, is labor inten
sive, fights inflation and balances the
budget at the same time", Jackson con
tends. "The present 'anti-inflation
budget' asks that we delay an already
weakened Humphrey-Hawkins Full
Employment Bill until 1983; scuttles any
meaningful comprehensive national
health insurance plan; does something on
energy, but not enough, through mass
transit; says to our cities, decay a little
longer; does nothing to stop the flight of
capital abroad (with over one of every
four dollars going abroad and taking
American jobs with them); delays further,
welfare reform; and jeopardizes small
businesspersohs and farmers.
"We must march to balance the budget
by doing the following: (1) stop the waste
in the military we don't need a gold
plated military; (2) take steps to make
U.S. steel, auto and electronics industries
competitive in the U.S. and world
markets; and (3) stop the flight of capital,
or America's economic hemorrhaging."
Jackson's appeal further contends that
"We must march for justice. There is only
one item that has a direct positive correla
tion between increased police brutality,
increased crime and increased incarcera
tion, and that is unemployment. When
unemployment goes up, crime goes up,
police brutality goes up, and the jail
population goes up. The crime control in
dustry is now spending $23 billion annual
ly, has 550,000 Americans incarcerated,
and will build an estimated 1,000 new
prisons adding another 300,000 to our
caged population in the next five years.
The annual cost of housing a federal of
fender in a newly constructed prison, is.
now $17,305 a year.
"At the same time that we are Vastly ex
panding the jail population, the govern
ment is cutting back on aid to black col
leges. We are marching for $100 million in
aid to black colleges for research. Our
young people and their allies must march
to dramatize their displeasure, educate the
American people to their plight, protest
the current policies of neglect, and
pressure the government to alter its
course, for such action is in the national
interest.
"They must match their direct action
with political action. The 3.1 million high
school seniors must come across the stage
this Spring with a diploma in one hand
and a voter registration card in the other.
In the Fall, the 1 1 .2 million students in in
stitutions of higher learning must register
to vote at the same time that they register
for classes.
"We are faced with an economic and
moral crisis. The American citzenry,
especially its youth, cannot sit idly by and
watch their present and future being
destroyed. . . .Thus, we are appealing to
the church, labor, youth, students, those
concerned about energy, the environ
ment, peace, the elderly and those con
cerned with educational issues to march
with us on May 17.
"We are appealing to these various
elements to send telegrams of support, to
sponsor busses from across the nation and
to contribute funds in support of this ef
fort.." The Washington mobilization office is
located at 75 Rhode Island, NW., phone
202462-5418. The national mobilization
headquarters is located in Chicago at 930
East 50th Street, phone 312373-3366.
The American Friends Service Commit
tee announced last Friday that it is endor
sing the National Youth Pilgrimage for
Jobs, Peace and Justice. "The plan is to
make unemployed people visible to the
President, the Congress and the nation at
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Ms. Flaxie M. Pinkett re
ceived the Army's Distin
guished Civilian Service
Award at a military review
on the Fort.McNak Parade
Field,-Friday,April 25. i: ,
Secretary of the Army,
the Honorable Clifford L.
Alexander, Jr., presented
the award to her for service
as his Civilian Aide for the
District of Columbia for the i
past two years.
As civilian aide, she
demonstrated a keen inter
est in the role of the Army
in its relations with the
civilian community. Helping
organize the Military Dis
trict of Washington's Small
Business Conference, she
enabled many minority and
small business persons to
learn about the Army's
acquisition and procure
ment process.' Additionally , ,
- she has played a key role in-
increasing the community's
understanding and apprecia
tion of the Army's presence
and mission in the District
of Columbia.
The host for the cere
mony was Major General
Robert Arter, Commanding
General, Military District of j
Washington. Units partici
pating were elements of the ;
Third UJS. Infantry (The;
Old Guard) and the U.S.
Army Band (Pershing's
Own).
NAACP Freedom Day Celebration Slated For May 18
,illPi)6DiuaiStiTlELACBaiuTKII
Voters Say "NO" To
"Matchbox Five"
By Trellie L Jaffers
A conservative white
group known to Durham as
the Committee for Positive
Government lost its battle
to place five white males
on the County Commission
in Tuesday's Primary
Election when voters re
jected Dewey Scarboro and
Al Hight, two members of
their slate.
Mrs. Elna Spaulding, the
only female and an incum
bent, grabbed an early lead
and 'held ' steadily to it
through the final tabulation
of the election returns. ,
Enthusiasts, including
Mayor Harry Rodenhizer,
began crowding the small1
terminal displaying the
election results early as
city precinct results trickled .
in. It was only when the
delayed Lakewood report '
came in after 10 pm., that -the
tenacious optomists
conceded victory or defeat.
Mrs. Spaulding, who
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CHARLOTTE Rev.
M. William,, Howard, Jr,
-wilf deliver-the main ad
dress at the Annual
NAACP Freedom Day
Celebration and "Mother
Of The Year" Program,
Sunday, May 18, -at 3
p.m., in the Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium.
Rev. Howard was
elected president of the
National Council of Chur
ches of Christ in the USA
in November, 1978, at age
32. He is the youngest per
son ever to hold that posi
tion and is the second
black president of the
Council. He is an ordain
ed minister of the
American Baptist Chur
ches, USA, and was ex
ecutive director of the
Black Council, Reformed
Church in America,
before being elected presi
dent of the NCCC.
As president of the
NCCC, Rev. Howard is
interested in "bringing to
the Council a greater ap
preciation of the biblical
imperative for the unity of
the churches, and hopes
that, as a result of conti-,
nuing Bible study, the
Council will approach
social and theological
issues from a better groun
ding." Rev. Howard is of the
opinion that "there Ys a
vacuum in the ministry of
American Christianity to a
significant proportion of
the American population
on such issues as morality,
human values and the new
society that must be
created."
Rev. Howard has been a
member of the NCCC's
governing board since
1974. Among other
responsibilities, he held
the post of vice president
for the Commission on
Justice, Liberation and
Human Fulfillment, and
has participated in the
NCCC's Special Commis-
Rep. Chisholm Challenges Blacks:
Use Your Brains
By Trellie L. Jeffers
Addressing the mass
meeting of the Durham
Committee on the Affairs
of Black People, U.S.
Representative Shirley
Chisholm challenged the
packed house at Union
Baptist Church, Sunday
night, May 4, "To use
your brains and do not be
misled by advice to sup
port candidates from those
who have received favors
from the candidates that
they represent."
Said Rep. Chisholm, "If
I were a member of a cer-'
tain team, I'd do the same
thing; I would have to do it .
if I wanted my job."
She said that before
blacks decide to support a
candidate, they should ask
themselves two questions:
Has life improved for the
masses during the candi
dates's administration? and
are there members of my
family who are now unem
ployed? She alluded to the
statistics that cite unem
ployment among blacks to
be a staggering 38, and she
said that senior citizens who
have given their lives to the
development of this country
had to choose last winter
between heating and eating.
Speaking ' of President
Carter, Rep. Chisholm said,
"I like the President very
much; he is a fine and
decent man, but he can't
cope."
She said that Senator
Edward Kennedy, during
her sixteen years' associa
tion with him, has shown
sensitivity to the poor and
the elderly. "He has always
been in the forefront with
legislation that shows com
passion and concern for
poor people, black people
and the elderly," said Rep.
Chisholm.
Rep. Chisholm predicted
. that the black middle class
people are in for hard
She said that they have been
prosperous because of the
civil rights movement; but
because the black middle
class has been the last to be
hired, it will be the first to
be fired.
She also condemned the
black middle class for for
getting from "whence it
came."
Rep. Chisholm repre
sents aBorough of New
York City in the UJS.
House of Representatives;
she has received 39 honor
ary degrees and has written
two books. Often referred
to as the most powerful
black woman in America,
she serves on the House
Rules Committee in the
U.S. Congress and she is
Secretary of the Demo
cratic Caucus in the House
of Representatives.
Former Deputy Director
of the Democratic National
Committee, Ben Brown,
speaking at the same meet
ing in favor of President
Carter, said that a coalition
of black people, the white
working class and the small
business man had succeeded
in electing the President.
He said we have an in
vestment in place and we
are moving along. The
team's (Carter-Mondale)
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sion on First Amendment
Rights and the first post
revolution delegation of
the NCCC to Cuba.
He is also active in the
work of the World Coun
cil of Churches, currently
as advisor to the Central
Committee and member
of the Executive Group
for the Unit on Justice and
Service. He was formerly
moderator for its Com
mission for the Pro
gramme to Combat
Racism and, in 1975, was
an advisor to the Fifth
Assembly of the World
Council, which met in
Nairobi, Kenya.
The North Carolina
NAACP is engaged in a
program of honoring the
Black Church and the con
tribution it his made in
the field of human rights.
It is endeavoring to
strengthen its relationship
with the church, according
to State President Kelly
M. Alexander, Sr.
Freedom Day activities
will begin Saturday, May
17, with a special Youth
Division program at Shaw
University. On Sunday,
May 18, at 2 pjn., there
will be a Religious
Freedom March from the
State Capitol to the
Raleigh Memorial
Auditorium.-
Plans to Save Black Colleges' Aired In
Washi
By Lawrence A. Still
(Capital News Service)
WASHINGTON,
D.C. Dramatic step by
step proposals to maintain
and expand predominant
ly black colleges and
universities were outlined
by speakers at the recent
conference of the National
Association For Equal
Opportunity in Higher
'Education here in the na
tion's capital. The
Association (NAFEO) is
composed of some 107
presidents of institutions
of higher learning.
Although Dr. Shirley
Hufstedler, Secretary of
the new Department of
Education; and a host of
government officials at
tended the three day ses
sions of the presidents and
their staffs at the
Washington Hilton, the
majority of the 1000
delegates vigorously
criticized Carter Ad
ministration measures to1
reduce education funds
for programs designed to
help black institutions.
Speaking at a session on
alumni activity, author
Samuel F. Yette and col
lege presidents, Dr.
Frederick Humphries and
Dr. Prezell Robinson
warned graduates to sup
port the institutions they
attended or "they will be
eliminated." Yette also
urged the presidents to
stop depending upon the!
Government and the Ford
and Rockefeller Founda
tions for continued sup
port, but, instead, to em
phasize "the self-reliance
and moral values which
made them unique" in ser
vice to the black popula
tion throughout their
history.
Calling for the,
establishment of Athletes
for Higher Education,
Businessmen for Higher
Education, Entertainers
for Higher Education, et
cetera, Yette declared
"our true black power is
our moral courage and
self reliance . ..." He
urged black colleges to
develop independent
financial and political sup
port for themselves and
not to imitate white in
stitutions in establishing
"campus cohabitation,
wholesale dispensing of
birth control pills and
all other such evils ....
"We have not taught
our people how to do what
others have done to con
vert our natural (cultural)
assets or talents into com
prehensive power . . . ."
"Indeed, unless we are
willing and able to master
the moral courage to
fashion our institutions to 1
help our young people to
make more sense of their,
lives, we have little to
argue for their continued:
existence, and even less to
argue their superiority in;
comparision . to the
In a recent meeting, the
Board of Trustees of
Durham College formally
instructed President
James W. Hill to develop
and implement a plan for ,
the resumption of classes'
at Durham College for the
fall of 1980. Following
these instructions, Presi
dent Hill has proceeded to
contact the guidance
counselors of the various
high schools throughout
the state, as well as ap
plicants who had inquired
about the college during
the fall semester of '.79.
There will, be some new
programs offered that will
be unique to the Durham
area. The details of these
programs will be announc
ed within tile next several '
weeks. Durham College
suspended classes for the
second semester on
January 17. Since that
time the College has filed
a petition in" the court
under "Chapter XI, "a
relatively new legal status
known as a "Debtor in
Possession." All legal ac
tion against against the.
College has therefore been
suspended by the court.
The College must provide ,
the court with an accep
table financing plan in
order for the College to
continue under Chapter
XI. Durham College's
financing plan is due in
early July.
The beginning date for
the fall semester for the
college has been scheduled
for September 8. Staffing
for the fall" semester will .
get underway during the
early part of June.
Durham College is a
Junior College and awards
the Associate in Applied
Science (AAS) degree.
Persons interested jn pro
grams or staffing may
write: Durham College,
3128 Fayetteville Street,
purhant,:NC 27707
historically white univer
sities . . . ." Yette con
tinued. At one point Dr. Hum
phries, president of Ten
nessee State University in
Nashville, agreed with
Yette that it may be
necessary to merge some
black colleges with junior
colleges to develop joint
programs for survival. He
and Dr. Robinson, Presi
dent of St. Augustine's
College in Raleigh, also
agreed that both public
and private institutions of
higher learning must con
tinue to exist to serve the
needs of poor black and
disadvantaged students
while reaching out for
children of middle class
alumni and serving in
creasing numbers of white
urban students in some
areas.'
"I can tell you if it had
not been for some of these
black schools, many of us
would not be here today,
ngton
because the Harvards and
the Yales and the
Princetons were not
reaching out for us many
years ago . . . ." declared
Dr. Robinson.
Pointing out that 85 per
cent of all black doctors
and dentists and over fifty
per cent of all black pro
fessionals today are the
products of black colleges,
Dr. Robinson asked
"where are our leaders of
tomorrow coming from?"
if black colleges are closed
or merged with
predominantly white in
stitutions. He also noted
the low percentage of
JMack graduates from ma
jor white colleges and
universities.
Robinson urged black
..college alumni to make
personal commitments by
s"deeds and money." He
asked the graduates to
send their children to their
alma, maters instead of
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