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WORDS OF, WISDOM
Besides Ike aoble art of getting tisfags tfoor,
there is the noble art of leaving tbiags mndmtej
The wisdom of life consists fa the riuaiaalkni of
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Lin Yntang
V01UME 59 -4 NUMBER 9
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1981
TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913
PRICE: 30 CENTS
CROSSROADSSOUTH AFRICA
TbeFilmVCrossroadsSouth Africa" will be shown at
7 p.m., Thursday March 5, in the auditorium, Durham
County Public Library; 300 North Roxboro Street. This
, fifty-minute color documentary Is about a squatter's town
of black South Africans who live In courageous defiance
of the apartheid regime.
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Firings, Threats Of
Loss of Wages
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STACEY ROGERS
Youngest Olympiad Is Durham Native
He Hears With
A Heart
By Donald Marable
Cabletronics, a New
Y ork-baed " electronics
manufacturing firm
located in' the - United
Durham Industrial Park is
reportedly, pulling out of
Durham, according to
workers and local ac
tivists. Workers at the com
pany voted in a union last
October, despite vigorous
opposition of the com
pany. Workers and other
interested citizens have'
complained to UDI's
board that the company is
leaving Durham because
opposed
7 conditions. A
set between
uyi board members on
March 2 at 7:30 p.m., at
Rii ssell Memorial CME
Q urch. The public is in
vited. Stan Bachman, division
manager of Cabletronics,
has been out of town and
could not be reached for
comment on whether the
company is leaving
Durham. But several
workers, among the twen
ty still employed, say near
ly all production equip-
workers
"slave-likd'
meeting
is I
ment has been packed and
sent back to the main
plant in Poughkeepsie,
New York. The plant
hired up to 181 employees
before the union drive.
Workers and former
employees have reported
"racial discrimination, ,
health hazards, verbal
abuse to the predominant
ly black women workers
by white supervisors, and
generally slave-like condi
tions," When workers began to
' organize a union last sum
mer, the law firm of
Maupin, Ellis and , Taylor
was hired by Cabletronics.
Firings; threats of loss of
. wages and other practices
were alleged by workers
after the union organizing
began. The. company . has
denied the allegations.
Stan Bachman, division
manager, has previously
reported that the, company
lost orders from IBM and
the Sperry Company after
the union drive
There is also controver
sy over UDI's role in the
problems of the workers.
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Hillside Black History Team Wins
In October of 1980,
Stacey Rogers ws
vmrjics ill' Colottnev.
West Germany. At the age of 18, Stacey "will be
the youngest participant on the. U.S. Deaf
Olympic basketball team, while other players
are in ; their mid-20' s. In this Year of the
Disabled Person, the entire Deaf Olympic
team, which will consist of 135 athletes, will
depart and represent the United States in
world competition on July 21.
Durham Ministers To
By Trellie L. Jef fers
The Hillside Black
History Quiz Bowl Team
became the champions of
the Second Annual Quiz
.Bowl. for two consecutive
years, Sunday, February
22, v at the Hillside
tornies Harold and Judith
Washington; Larry
Thompson,' son of Dr.
and Mrs. Lawrence
Thompson; Mss Lisa
Thorpe, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Thorpe;
and Lester Bass, son of
r'lhc-five
in order to know where
you are going, you must
know where you came
from."
Lester Bass also had a
message for his fellow
students, "students
should .not just study
Stacey was born and
raised in Durham. His
family still lives here his
mother, Mrs. Estella
Rogers; a sister, Ms.
Renita Rogers, 20; and
brothers Stanley, 16, and
Rodney, 9.
Most Valuable Player
trophies and plaques fill
the. living room of the
small apartment. Stacey
was diagnosed as being
legally deaf at the age of
five when his mother took
him to Duke University
Medical Center for tests.
Studies , have indicated
that parents of defective
children go through stages
of sorrow, guilt, mourn
ing and anger. A large ma
jority of these parents
don't receive adequate aid
for their children, but
Mrs. Rogers was a little
different, ; 5
Hearing impairment is '
not iust a handicap; it
calls both parent and child
into a silent . room to
decipher muffled or non
existent sounds and visual
gestures to form a special
technique of communica
tion. The parents must
. dedicate themselves to
speech therapy,
lipreading, and language
development. It is
remarkable that none of
Staccy's family members
are able to speak sign
language. They found that
Stacey himself possesses a
special ability of
lipreading to com
municate, although he can
speak with sign language.
The most important
skills a deaf child should
develop 'are. speech and ':
lipreading. One reason .
' sign language is discourag
ed amoung the deaf youth
is that the use of signs in
hibits the development of
other skills. But of all that
can be taught and coached
to all people, determina
tion, humbleness, and'
charity are qualities Stacey
has had his whole life.
He is definitely not shy
. on or off the court with an
average of 26 points a
game and 24 points a
game in the 1978-79
season, and an above
average report card- For
the two years he has led
his team in scoring, assists' '
and steals, the coach of
North Carolina School for
the Deaf has considered ,
him the most complete
player he has ever coach-
ed, and that compares
with three All-Americans
at the Alabama School for
the Deaf. !
To the deaf child, the
search for identity is con
sistently bumped, shoved,
and placed on the bench
by people in society who
do not accept their deficit,
and selfishly idolize a nor
malcy that they cannot
achieve, instead of wat
ching the moves the child
makes and cultivating that
talent. All humalns strive
to fulfill certain needs: the
need to be loved;lthe need
to find security; the need
for attention; and, the
need to be creative. And
so there is no difference
between -Stacey or any
other human in a world of
compassidn. But in a
"cold world" he is labell
ed and . kept on , the
sideline.
Stacey, only closes his
ears to these frequent
generalizations that deaf
people lack empathy, have
a gross coercive dependen
cy, and have no thought 1
Introspection. These are
the "picks" and "blocks'!
that some medical profes
sionals and others have set
that Stacey consistently
goes around to score on
and off the court. He truly :
gives and gives and gives.
But all of our American i
Heroes need support in !
their continued conquest
of a full life for themselves
and others. Stacey has
raised $3,000 in funds
needed for the trip to ColC
ogne. He needs $1,000
more to complete the total
amount needed for train-
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Rev. Grady D. Davis,
pastor of Union Baptist
Church on North Rox-,
boro Street, and Rev.
L.H.'Whelchel, pastor of
Russell Memorial CME
Church will address
Durham's first mass
meeting of the National
Black Independent .
Political Party of North
Carolina (NBIPP-NC)
Sunday, March 1, at 4:30
p.m., at Union Baptist
Church.
The mass meeting is ex
pected to be an historical
event which will address
the Durham County
organizing committee of
NBIPP-NC.
NBIPP was founded on
August 23, 1980 in New
Orleans, La., and
chartered by 1500
members at a National
Party Founding Conven
tion in Philadelphia, Pa.
Its purpose is said to be
.that of promoting social
change and self deter
mination. Members, at the foun
ding convention said that
politics, economics,
culture and education are
of urgent concern among
black Americans. .
Organizers of NBIPP
state that it is a popular,
mass-backed, community
building party' which
stresses the importance of
people in every area, and
that it is organizing to help
blacks help themselves.
The convenors for the
Durham branch of NBIPP
report that they will join
several other efforts
across the country and
across North Carolina to
build a strong party that
will address black in
terests. Those who wish more
information oh Sunday's
mass meeting should call
(919)596-0782 or
(919)682-4628.
petition
School,
School,
Academy,
School -
received a trophy for the
victory and each member
of the winning Quiz Bowl
Team won a trophy plus
$10..
The Annual' Black
History Quiz Bowl is
Southern High
Jordan High
Durham
Durham High
- the Hillside
Team defeated both
Durham Academy and
Jordan High School in the
semi-final.
The.Hillside Quiz Bowl.
Team consisted of Ken
neth and Kelvin
Washington, sons of At-
Kelvin Washington?
captain of the team, said
"I feel great about winn
ing; we knew our Black
History backward and
forward."
When asked what
message about Black
History he would like to
pass on .to his fellow
classmates, Kelvin said,
"Black students should
study their history because
their heritage and thev
should study it every dayi
because it is not taught in
the school system."
Miss Thorpe, the only
female on the team, said
that she, too, felt great,
and that she had not been
concerned about being the
only female. "I was only
thinking about winning,"
she said.
Hillside High- School
Committee on the Affairs
of Black People, fts pur
pose is to-inspire students
to review the oustanding
accomplishments that
black Americans have
contributed to the
development of this coun
try. 4
Attorney Charles Daye,
visiting professor of Law,
NCCU, is chairman of the
Civic Committee:
Blacks Are Dying In Industries
Democratic Party Precinct
Meetings To Be Held
By Trellie L. Jef fers
Wayne Lofton, Minori
ty Affairs Coordinator, ,
North Carolina State
Democratic Executive
Committee, has released a
memorandum announcing
Democratic Precinct
meetings of the state's
2,239 4 precincts in 100
counties, to be held Thurs
day, March 26, at 8 p.m.,
at the regular polling
1 places.
At these precinct
meetings, ail active
Democrats will select
precinct officer, precinct
committee members and
'delegates to the county
convention which will be
held April 25.
The officers elected will
consist 1 of , a chairman,
three vice chairmen, and a
secretary-treasurer. .
A quorum of ten
Democrats must be pre
sent to convene the
meeting unless the
precinct has only twenty
active Democrats; then
only five active Democrats .
will be. considered a
quorum.. Each active
By Trellie L. Jef fers
In . a Health
ScienceMedical Issues
seminar at the University
of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill Friday, February 20,
panelists reported in a
plenary session entitled
"The Workers Perspec
tives" that minorities are
dying from a lack of oc
cupational safety and
health standards in
various industries
throughout North
Carolina. -
Tommy Quin, head of
the International Wood
workers Union, said that
in the woodwork industry,
minorities are dying of
lung cancer due to the dust
a furniture factory in High
Point. She described the
conditions as "terrible."
She said that lacquer
fumes often blew back in
her face, that there was no
ventilation and that peo
ple often collapsed from
the fumes.
Describing the black
woman's plight in in
dustry, Ms. Roman said,
"pregnant women often
work in the furniture fac
tory without knowing the
effects of the chemicals
and dust on their unborn
children. It is un
documented what lacquer
does to the insides."
Ms. Roman said that it
will take our working
together to get better con
ditions for the workers.
"Black people are
materialistic and they
capitalize on that. They
don't want to spend the
money to correct the
hazardous conditions,"
said Ms. Roman.
The Occupational Safe
ty and Health Agency
(OSHA) is an organiza
tion which functions to
correct hazardous work
ing conditions; however,
Ms. Roman said, when a
member of OSHA came to
inspect the factory where
she worked that she notic
' ed her supervisor and the
inspector were often on
friendlyjterms.
Duringlhe question and
answer period, it was
pointed out that one may
call Care Line, Governor
Hunt's office, Raleigh, to
report hazardous working
conditions.
Physicians.other health
professionals and students
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uemocrat resiaing in tne-and .Spiinters that they
precinct who is present at breathe, and that they are
the meeting will be entitled
to cast a vote.
At these precinct
meetings, members may
request that a vote be
. taken on the anticipated
questions and nomina
tions to come before the
county conventions. If
this is done, the regula
tions state that the chair
man or presiding officer
and secretary will certify
to the county conventions,
the vote tabulation which;
should then reflect the
same number of votes cast
on these same questions
andor nominations when
voted on at the county
conventions.
Delegates from . each
precinct sent to the county
conventions must be
elected in the county
precinct meetings where
there is a quorum and
each precinct is entitled to
one vote for every fifty ac
tive Democrats.
going deaf because of the
noise level.
Quin said that these
problems are more
prevalent in the south
because "black
southerners are working
people."
"Industry knows about
these problems, but it is v
unwilling to do anything
about them," Quin said. ;
He said that industry
has a tendency to pass the
buck, to blame something
else for the deaths caused
by hazardous working;
conditions. j
"We (blacks) work
hard. We absorb the heat;
we don't complain; then!
we die. Government rules,'
and we must go through
our representatives to
clean up these problems,"
Quin said.
Ms. Bertha Roman,
another member of the
panel, said that she had
worked for twelve years in
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Chinese Ambassador
Visits NCCU
Ambassador Chai Zombi of thi People's Rsps&Ss it Ctlaa
spokt Tuesday, it North Carolina Central UGhtersSv't Ctstar
tor International Studios, of the "caramca ifasJrt" if Cfelaa
and the United Statis to maintain Wend! -nUSm. Abowt
Ambassador thai (I) looks ovtr m NCCU pubSutkn sO
. Chancellor Albert Whiting.
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