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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1986
TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913
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Durham Voters
Surprise Many in
Tuesday’s Primary
ED IN GRADUATION ROBE, and surrounded by some of
hldren and twelve grandchildren, is Mrs. Anna Cameron of
Greensboro, after she received her degree at A’T State University. The
49-year-otd Mrs. Cameron majored in psychology.
Anna Cameron
Voting was relatively light in
Tuesday’s primary election in
Durham, but those who did vote
picked former North Carolina
governor and former Duke presi
dent Terry Sanford (Democrat)
to run against U.S. Rep, Jim
Broyhill (Republican) in the
general elections in November for
the U.S. Senate seat being
vacated by Republican John
East.
Broyhill beat David Funder
burk in the Republican primary
by a more than a two to one
margin. Funderburk, a Jesse
Helpis protege, was supported by
the heavily endowed National
Congressional Club and is con
ceded to be of the far right per
suasion. Broyhili, with a 23 year
record in the U.S. House, is
perceived as a more moderate
conservative.
Theodore (Ted) Kinney of
Fayetteville, the African
American candidate with the
backing of the Durham Commit
tee on the Affairs of Black Peo
ple, came in second place in a
field of ten running for the
Senate, some 9,000 votes behind
Sanford,
In the Judge of Court of Ap
peals race between Joseph R.
John and Sarah Parker, Ms.
Parker emerged and overwhelm
ing winner.
Judge David LaBarre won over
Thomas Andrews in the race for
Judge of the 14th Judicial
District, by approximately 4,000
votes.
Atty. Carolyn Johnson was the
front runner against M. Allen
Mason, II and Henry E. Moss for
District Court Judge, 14th
Judicial District.
James Lee Carr soundly
defeated Dr, Jess J. Bowe for
Clerk of Superior Court.
In the District Attorney race,
incumbent Ron Stephens
defeated Atty. Darryl Smith in
one of the toughest, but cleanest,
fought races which dealt strictly
with issues pertaining to the of
fice.
Incumbent Sheriff Roland
Leary far outstripped his three
opponents — Rev. V.E. Brown,,
former Sheriff Bill Allen and.
Jimmy Lively — in the race for
sheriff.
A non-binding referendum on
the location of a solid waste
disposal repository in North
Carolina was overwhelmingly
defeated by more than 90% of
the voters who said “no.”.
Voters also said “no” to mov
ing statewide elections to odd-
numbered years.
Advertisements for the $83.6
million bond issue had asked
Durham voters to say “yes 10
times” and they did. All ten ques
tions got favorable answers and
the go-ahead for funding for
;ommunity development, electric
Facility, art center and museum,
park and recreational facility,
oublic protection, public
:ransporation, sanitary sewer,
solid waste disposal, streets, and
water.
Grandmother Of 12 Gets
Chamber Forum Reveals
jPsychology Degree At A&T
By Drexel Ball
ISBORQ — Mrs. Anna Cameron is
and determination personified. She
Iher graduation as the achievement of a
I ambition.
Bell she should. You see Mrs. Cameron
pursuit of a college degree in order to raise
ten and help change diapers for 12 grand-
infoc
North Carolina A&T conferred degrees
Sandidates Sunday, the 49-^ear-old grand-
jwas among the recipients. She walked
ganily on the platform of the Greensboro
to receive a bachelor of arts degree in
_pgy.
his is a dream come true,” Mrs. Cameron
ichedly. “1 always believed that l was going
la college education. I didn’t know exactly
land I didn’t place a time limit on it, but I
Htjwas going to come one day.”
.ameron will tell everyone that the day
kd but not without difficult moments.
“It wasn’t easy, not by the stretch of the im
agination,” she said. “I had to pass some difficult
courses, and I had to take care of the family.”
Although only two of the children currently
reside in the family’s two-story brick dwelling in
Greensboro, Mrs. Cameron still faced the
customary functions of motherhood. She also had
to negotiate the nuisances of a full-time job, a full
classload, and long study hours.
Anna Cameron married at the age of 17 and
after the completion of the 11th grade. Still intent
on making her dream become a reality, she took
and passed the high school equivalence examina
tion and enrolled at A&T in 1981.
“It was a little scary at first,” Mrs. Cameron
said. “I had to get use to going to class and keep
ing notes. But fortunately, my teachers were very
helpful and encouraging.”
She also experienced some uneasiness in the
classroom with students similar in age as some of
her children. She felt out of place.
Race And Business: Everybody Knows
It, But No One Is Doing It
By MHton Jordan
On the one hand, a group of
panelists discussing Durham’s
racial problems and their impact
Dn business, agreed the problems
iXlSt.
On the other hand, the two-
hour discussion touched on few
specifics as European American
panelists observed that such pro
blems certainly do not exist in
their particular businesses, and
for the most part not in their in
dustry, or among their circle of
business friends.
from the banking community and
their efforts in economic develop-
nent.
For example, in answering one
of the prepared questions: “Do
barriers to full participation in
Durham’s economy exist for
ninority businesses which do not
generally exist for white
businesses?” Nicholson said:
“When I saw that question, I
checked around our bank, and I
.alked with some of my col
leagues with other banks, and the
answer is no ... we don’t
discriminate in lending money.
Color is not a factor at all. What
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we look for are management
skills and other factors which in
dicate to us that the business per
son can repay the loan.”
But the discussion, as it pro
gressed, clearly revealed the real
acial problem in Durham.
On the one hand, European
Americans apparently accept
racial differences, and the pro
blems created by those percep
tions as givens, and often take no
conscious thought of their prac
tice or their impacts.
African Americans, on the
other hand, see racism as the
principal problem, and often ap-
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nchmond: We Have Not Won
t Economic Development Battle
mill ■•ofUan
cliancellor-elect of North
j a’Central University told
neeii Durham business
R and others that while
thas much to be proud of
■hnii of economic
i( Rd African
I mill 5*’ be
d S» battle is won.
Dr. Tyron-
lond, said NCCU must
fore involved in econn-
lopment
in this com-
said university of-
do more than just
( develop programs
that put the universi-
thel K '“idng edge of the
tiarf development,
lakli S’ continued, must
SPPortunities, and must
S resources to
d^Rntag^jOf those oppor-
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BIhe highlights and
problem areas
b „ .BF African American
“Now while I think that we are
fortunate to live in this communi
ty and should be pleased with the
quality of life and the economic
viability of our community, we
must not fall into the trap
associated with complacency and
satisfaction,” said Dr. Rich
mond, currently dean of the
NCCU business school. “While
much has been accomplished, we
are clearly only at the commence
ment of a multi-generational
struggle for economic parity and
economic opportunity.”
Dr. Richmond, who was nam
ed chancellor of NCCU earlier
this year, assumes that position
July 1. He was the keynote
speaker at the 48th annual
Awards Banquet of ohe Durham
Business and Professional Chain.
The banquet was held in the
W.G. Pearson Cafeteria on the
'JCCU campus.
A group of Durham’s African
American business leaders laun
ched the Chain in 1938 as a
member of the National Business
League. It was designed to pro
mote the growth and develop
ment of businesses locally owned
and operated by African
Americans. The original slogan
was, “In Union there is
Strength.”
In addition to its current ef
forts to promote business growth
and success generally, the Chain
also operates under a contract
with the Minority Business
Development Administration
(MDBA) in the U.S. Department
of Commerce, to promote
technical expertise to a certain
group of firms in Raleigh and
Durham, as well as in the Triad
area, which includes Greensboro,
Winston-Salem and High Point.
According to the Chain’s vice
president, Richard Hunter, the
organization also monitors the
City of Durham’s
Minority/Women Business
Enterprise Goals Program, and
also operates a municipal grant
from the city to assist firms own
ed by African Americans and
women located in downtown
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So for the third consecutive
session, the Chamber of Com
merce’s public forum on
Durham’s racial problems yield
ed few specific examples of what
a racial problem is, how it occurs,
or what factors contribute most
significantly to the problem.
Panelists for the forum were:
Wayne Hardy of the Durham
Merchants Association,
Meredythe Holmes, Monarch
Temporary Services; Richard
Hunter, Durham Business & Pro-
:'essional Chain; Jim Nicholson,
Central Carolina Bank; Virginia
Spencer, Spencer Florist, Nat
White, Jr. Hayti Development
Corporation; and Phail Wynn,
Durham Technical Institute.
Fewer than 1(X) people came to
hear this panel discuss Durham’s
racial problems.
Almost no discussion concen
trated on how to solve the pro
blems, though everyone agreed
that failure to structure a solution
could short-circuit Durham’s new
found growth.
“Durham’s racial attitude is
the most serious problem this
community has to face,” said
Wayne Hardy of the Durham
Merchants Association. “And if
we fail to admit that, we are not
being honest.”
But according to Jim
Nicholson of Central Carolina
Bank, those attitudes don’t come
Black Women in Politics Can
Change Things, But Progress Is Slow
By Jocelyn Daniels
Staff Writer
Final Part of Series of 5
Mary Frances Berry, Commis-
lioner on the United States Com-
nission on Civil Rights and pro
cessor of history and law at
Howard University, gave the
final address of the conference on
“Black Women’s Leadership:
Challenges and Strategies.
She closed the three-day con
ference held at the University of
North Carolina March 25-27 by
addressing the topic: “Working
Within the System for Change:
Shaping Public Policy.”
A person who has dedicated
her professional life to doing just
that, Ms. Berry talked about the
present and past manner in which
that system works.
She first gave background on
when black women entered the
picture. Unlike black men, par
ticipation in the political process
is a recent phenomena. She
pointed out that as early as 1867,
the black man had the right to
vote. And from 1870 to 1901,
there were 22 black men who had
served in the Congress.
However, when vkomen were
given the right to vote in 1920,
changes occurred gradually. ■
“Black women’s participation
can change things,” she said.
"Statistics show that when black
women did get their right to vote,
they used it more.
Current figures show that
69.5% of all black women are
registered to vote. And of that
number, 64.5% voted in the laiSt
national election. That compares
:o black men who have registered
— 62.4%, with 51.7% voting in
the last election.
Nevertheless, despite those
figures, Ms. Berry noted, women
still have not become an integral
part of the political system.
“Women are still
stereotyped,” she said. “Many
people think it’s still inap
propriate for women to be in
politics. And black women who
have been elected had, and still
have to overcome these
burdens.”
Of a total of 60,(XX) black
elected officials ever elected, only
1,300 were black women and only
450 were appointed, mostly in
education and city government.
“In national politics,” Ms.
Berry pointed out, “women
found it easier to get appointed
than elected.”
For example, there have only
four black women ever
been
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