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Retreated From Hayti Confrontation
By Donald Alderman
Most of Durham's black political leaders have
apparently backed, off from an earlier challenge to
city officials o produce assurances that Hayti -would
be developed, or the black community would
not support the coming civic center bond referen
dum. . . , t
Now j black leaders,, with only one clear excep
tion, are saying that jthe issues are separate and the
one should not be held hostage to the other, There
is also a split vote among black political leaders on
y how the area should be redeveloped.
This is a clear switch from an earlier posture that
said Durham's black voters should stop supporting
city bond issues and. "always wind up on the short
end Of the stick." .
The switch raises at least three important ques
tions: Did the black leaders issue a challenge earlier
this year before checking to determine if they had
the votes to back it up just in case city officials call
ed the bluff?
Is the current position the result of a restudy of
the facts, or a response to political pressure?
Where does the vacillation on the part of black
political leaders leave the average black voter who
apparently will have to decide how to vote on the
. civic Center issue by the end of June?
But no matter why they've switched, the black
political operatives have changed their tune.' -
For example; earlier this year, City Councilman
Ralph Hunt, who represents' the predominantly
black ' Third Ward, said ; the issue of Hayti's f
redevelopment was important enough that the black fi
community should insist on some guarantees from
city officials, some demonstrated proof of good- x:
will, before backing the civic center. -1 n v ?
. Now Hunt says the bond vote should be decided
solely upon a feasibility study that determined a
civic center is needed. "The second phased Hunt y
continued during a lengthy interview in" bis -southeast
Durham home, "is to determine what is a 1
feasible concept to develop Hayti from a business
sense.
ship's apparent retreat from its challenge to city of-'
ficials just two months ago, noting that many ques
tions have to be answered and much work. He did
not clarify whose questions or whose work.
' Apparently only one of the group that threw the
gauntlet earlier this year still holds his guns: "My
position is that we ought to have assurances on
Hayti before we take a position on the bond," said
J.J. "Babe" Henderson, chairman emeritus of the
Durham Committee. "It ought to be formalized
and not a blanket statement."
Henderson, who was recently released from the
hospital following a three-week stay, said if there
appears to be dissension among black leaders, that
". . . .we'll ha vi1 a or mm Hicriiccirn an A nma
C.M21n1. it . T - ..t . i ... ... ..." -
viuuiaiiy, uuuuiuiau hcmci jcuiuiur cwnuch ? wun a aecision mat will represent the black corn
reversed, sentiments; ' 41-munity."
- "I don't think that Hayti and the civic center- That will be a lot easier said than done, because it
have anything to do with each other. Neither should f is not clear what, if anything, the black community
be sacrificed for the other. . . .1 don't think the f wants Havti to be. Nor is it clear if Havti arivrwatM
Blacks Spend More For Alcohol
And Drugs Than For Food
black community is ready to throw its support ia w have more than a dream, the reality of which might
any direction." y . y ,vy i have died almost twenty years ago under the crun-
Also Willie Lovett, chairman of the Durham ching blades of Durham's urban renewal program.
Committee on the Affairs of Black People, and one , Hayti, once called the mecca of black economics,:
of the first to insist that blacks get something from was leveled over a ten-year period under Durham's
the civic center proposal, has modified his position: y,' urban renewal program. More than 100 black own
We approach bond issues like elections and, at the V ed businesses were moved. More than 600 black
appropriate time, we'll make a statement," " families were relocated. Despite earlier promises,
Lovett sidestepped the issue of the black leader- (Continued On p0( d
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WHAT A DAY! Warm, sunny days have been
infrequent in the area this spring, so Sanota Parks,
21 months, and Coretta Parks, 8 months, daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Parks of Fargo Street, take
advantage of one this week on the sidewalk in front
of their home.
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By Milton Jordan
For y most v urban
blacks,. Durham includ
ed, the following scenes
are very familiar: .
The bedraggled
derelict lurching along '
the ( sidewalk, smelling
for all he's worth like a ;
walking distillery., , .
tant, "is the same thing black women who drink
the Task Force has been tend to be heavy
Clement: New RDU Means Nothing For t
Blacks Unless They Function In Mainstream
trying to dp since its in
ception in 1975: get the;
prevention and treat
ment J programs to "the
black community, to the
people who have the pro-
drinkers, though about
51 per cent i of black
women don't drink at.
all. y
Finally, alcoholics in
the black communitv
blem, ' because the ; come from every social ,
established Drojtrams are economic class. This in-
A well-dressed blacky not Ttoirit' where''",the"'-cTHde'lindividnfl1 mrtirt" to Durham's William A; i'tJniiWt''' "ot
w- i f i rnp pi iC'Hr n.nnrTV nr... arm ., '.fAh 'tnhA feist. M.ry.. inp Mirniirr hi innnrv
juia, wiiw uuiu auanv,c. i "-j
ter, who is chair- college, degrees, who! "But none of this
come to church and who j- means anything to blacks
By Milton Jordan
Raleigh-Durham Air
port, with its new $9.6 ;
million terminal and
proposed $50 . million'
long range expansion,'
means a great deal to this
Triangle area, according
sions, noting that
engineers and computer
scientists are examples of
the1 new professions that
blocks must look to for
careers.
'We need to uhders-
;xana,", - uement , con
to the gills at. a party or,
nightclub, arguing .with
friends that being- drunk
has; nothing to do with
the ability to drive, y -'
The well-dressed ana
well-heeled y ypusher ;
. delivering thetleadlyr
white ppwder to his long
line of customers. i
But though just as
prevalent and damaging,
the following scenes are
not as easily recognized;
The troubled
housewife stashing her ,
comforting bottle of'
t booze or pills in her '
favorite hiding place in
her home, away from
prying eyes after it has
momentarily lifted ' the
load of troubles from her
shoulders.
The respected
minister, businessman or
community worker who
must find comfort; from
the burning sting of the -bottle,
the piercing prick
of the needle before he
"can . face the rigors of
another day. " "
And almost totally
hidden from the com
mon view are the
families torn, asunder
and the lives of relatives
and friends wrecked
beyond recognition
because alcohol and drug
abuse is a raging
epidemic in most black
communities,
These scenes and
many others, all endemic
to the problem of
alcohol and drug abuse
among blacks, were the
focus of a three-day con
ference in Durham last
week, sponsored by the
N.C. Task Force on
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Among Blacks. '
Featuring workshop
sessions, s well as three
major speeches, the con
ference at the
Downtowner Motor Inn
covered the subject of ;
substance abuse among
blacks from a legal,
social and religious
perspective, as well as
discussed causes of the :
problem, treatment ;
methods and ways to
prevent the abuse.
"What we are trying
to do with this con
ference,", said Curtis
Hunter of Charlotte, an
alcoholism treatment;
, and prevention consul- i
Huh
manic
saysi
abuse
grart
days
)f the Task Force.
that most substance
treatment pro-
is operate on week
only . from F aSh.
Uhtil 5 p.m., ". . . .when
most blacks
this problem
are on public assistance.
There are , fewer
specific statistics on drug
abuse among blacks, but
one report says that the
who have . number' of black heroin
are work-1 users alone could ranee
and so the in- as high as 350,000 per-
mg. . .
formation
established
often just does not get to
the substance abuser in.
the black community. In
addition, according to
Hunter, some blacks are
simply reluctant to go to
the "white side of town"
where most of the treat
ment centers, and
prevention programs are
located, so again help
docs not reach the black,
(jommunity.
National statistics in
dicate that the black
'community seriously
needs, help with the
alcohol and drug abuse,
. problems.
According to one
report, blacks spend
about ten per cent of
their gross annual in
come about... $150
billion now on
alcohol. Thus blacks
spend about $15 billion
'annually on booze.
The report continues:
Thirty percent of the
Scotch, 39 per cent of gin
and 40 per cent of one
well-known brand of
wine purchased in this
country is bought by
( black Americans.
Blacks individually
r spend $125 less on food
each year than on liquor.
Blacks are described
as "superconsumers" by
the ' liquor marketing
handbook. Specific
advertising procedures
and materials have been
developed to get blacks
to use more alcoholic
beverages.
pther characteristics
of blacks and alcohol,
revealed by the report in
clude the fact that blacks
tend to be group:
drinkers, rather
drinking alone.
Blacks tend to drink
more frequently and
heavily during weekends,
and urban blacks tend to
drink more than rural
in this area unless they
learn to negotiate the
mainstream;? Vy Clement
said. "There is no such
thing as a trickle down
effect in this situation.
Blacks must be prepared,
and agressivp in their
austry wiu soon
number one industry in
North'Carolina, and we
need to begin preparing
our young 'people for
that." .
Along that same line,
Chuck Allen, a local of
ficial with Piedmont
Airlines, one of the, na
tion's fastest growing
airlines, said the key to
careers in his industry is
education and aggressiveness.
tlio ! ft''Attirlor cr iViot ink,
trt- that once did not require
be the degrees are being filled
by people with degrees,"
Allen said. "And
therefore, it's rather im
perative that anyone who ,
is considering working in'
ihis industry should get
the degree first."
Allen also said that it's
a good idea for college
students Jo try to get
some summer experience
period from 1953 to
1956. The new terminal
has been dsignated Ter-,
minal . A. It actually '
opened for operation on
January 24.
The new terminal was
m his or any other in
dustry in which they plan
of the 135,000- square T,UCT' sn;n-nana
foot terminal officially
opened y the first
passenger terminal con
struction at RDU since
the older terminal, now
known ' as Terminal B,
opened over a three-year
Gov, Jim Hunt spoke
at the dedication noting
that the airport expan
sion program is a major
key to Triangle progress
and later cut the ribbon.
from i sons, more than half of pursuit of success
programs - all known addicts.
of
The effect
alcoholism alone is
tremendous in the black
community," says Ms.
Kay Patterson, a
counselor at the Lincoln
Community Health
Center. "The loss to the
community is
devastating."
According to Ms. Pat
terson, who says she
works mostly with
women alcoholics, often
when one member of a
family develops the
disease, eventually the
whole family does. In
other words, according
to Ms. Patterson, the
Clement 's observa
tions came Monday dur
ing the official dedica
tion and ribbon cutting
of the new RDU ter
minal. He took a mo
ment after the ceremony,
and during a festive
reception to talk with
The Carolina Times.
"If the growth pro
jected for the Triangle
area is as good as
everyone expects," Cle
ment said, "black people
will certainly be in a
position to benefit. But
we are going to have to
be competitive and ex
pand our horizons
beyond the traditional
Market Day To Feature Low
Cost Fruits and Vegetables
alcoholism of one family! professions."
member becomes the As examples, Clement
controlling factor in the
family and dictates the
family's reaction to the
rest of the world. ,
"For example," she
said, "sometimes a wife
whose husband is an
alcoholic? will take over
his responsibilities, and
sometimes simply breaks
under, the double
burden."
But almost all' alcohol
and drug , abuse profes
sionals, many of them
recovered' addicts, like
Hunter, for example, in
sist that the disease is .
both treatable and
preventable.
The essence of both,
however, the profes
sionals says, boils down
to education, getting to
people as much as possi
ble of the critical infor
mation they need to
know to either conquer
the problem, or the
desire.
"For example, accor-
than ,ding to Ms. Patterson,
some people are allergic;,
to alcohol and therefore :'
more susceptible to'
alcoholism.
"Eating habits, a per
son's weight and size, the
cited doctors, lawyers
and teachers as some of
tjie traditional profes-
By Donald Alderman
Early Saturday morn
ing, May 8, a tractor
trailer truck, loaded with
about 40,000 pounds of
fresh fruits and
vegetables will ease onto
the back parking lot at .
Operation Breakthrough
headquarters on
Umstead Street at Rox
boro. In the parking lot,
about fifty volunteers
and coordinators for
Durham's first Farm to
Market, Project will
spread the perishables
"stock market" style,
and the city's People's
Market Day will get
underway.
It'll take about 2,500
buyers to make the food
fair successful, accor
ding to Breakthrough's
director, Fred McNeill
and officials of
Agricultural Teams,
Inc., the Raleigh-based
non-profit corporation
that is sponsoring the
market day.
Further, according to
Ag Teams officials, these
"days" also assist small
farmers by providing a
ready market for their
produce with consumers
who- are eager to buy
fresh produce at below
the average market price.
According to McNeill,
a "shopping cart"
survey of six Durham
supermarkets indicates
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NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY received a $16,000 grant
from The Merck Company Foundation of Rahwayi N.J., to strengthen its '
teaching and research programs in chemistry. Dr. Andrew M. Pinckney, Jr., ,
right, of the Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories Division of Merck
& Co. Inc.", presented the foundation's check to Dr. James M. Schooler, left,
chairman of the NCCU Department of Chemistry, and NCCU Chancellor
Albert N. Whiting. The funds, given through the foundation's Educational
Assistance Grant program, will be used to improve laboratory facilities and
equipment in the NCCU chemistry department, .
that "Market Day" pro
duce prices will be about
33 per cent below
average supermarket
prices. The food fair will
run from 8 a.m. until 5
p.m.
A second market day
is scheduled for June 12.
McNeill hopes the
event will be successful,
mainly because the
poverty fighting agency
will get ten per cent of all
sales. But he declined to
predict the outcome,
"because this is the first
time we've tried anything
like this."
Breakthrough's prin
cipal role in the market
day is advance publicity
and promotion, designed
to convince people that
they should come and
buy Ag Teams' produce.
. According to McNeill,
promotional efforts have
included requests to local
nurseries and day car?
centers that they buy
perhaps a month's supp
ly of fresh produce. He
said announcements
have been made in 350
area churches. Hundreds
of 11 x 15 posters have
been distributed,, accor
ding to McNeill, and
public service an
nouncements have been
sent to 22 radio and
television stations and
.newspapers.
Food stamps, certified
checks and credit cards
will be accepted at the
food fair, n
In an unrelated situa
tion, Ag Teams will hold
its first Awards Dinner,
exactly one week after
Durham's market day.
The awards banquet, '
slated for May 15 in
Raleigh's Royal Villa
Hotel on Highway 70,
will begin at 7 p.m. A
preceding reception will
beam at 6 p.m.
Esther Roll?,
the television
"Good
star of
comedy
Times", will
serve as mistress of
ceremonies, and Con
gressman Walter Faun
troy will deliver, the
keynote speecji.
Durham's own
Evangelist ,. Shirley
Caesar and International
singing star;, Roberta
Flack will be honored. .
Others to be honor are:
John Blackwell, Jr.
Attorney Julius:
Chambers 'i " '
Bishop Thomas A
Fraser, N.C. f Episcopal
Diocese
Jim Graham, N.C.
Secretary of Agriculture
Nathan T. Garrett,
Garrett, Sullivan and
Company
Jennifer Henderson,
N.C. Hunger Coalition
John R. Jones
Rev. Joseph Keesecker,
United Presbyterian
Church yy;.:-, y
Annie Loftin, Wake
Opportunities, Inc.
Hon. Sarah Morrow,
N.C. Department of
Human Resources
Rev. J. Benton
: Rhoades, , Agricultural
Missions
: Julia W. Taylor,
Mechanics and Fanners
Bank j
Doreen Tilghman,
United Methodist
Church
Kathryn Waller, Rural
Advancement Develop
ment Fund
Rev. Charles W. Ward.
First Baptist Church
Lincoln 0 Lynch
C.E. Lewis, R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Com- .
pany
Howard y Quander,
Episcopal Church.
la September,' 1980,
Ag Teams' Inc., moved
its headquarters to1
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