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Mg Address Saturday
Jshop Tutu Asks NCCU Grads
Aid Demise Of Apartheid
^Jocelyn Daniels
Writer
Xyear-old Nobel Peace
, an honorary doctor
FjAnglican Bishop of
Lrg, South Africa, and
[ Reverend Desmond
(litu still doesn’t have the
‘tvote. , .,
|ihe reality of apartheid,
■lack South African
link water to fill their
lecause they have no
the use of violence.
A newly instituted constitution
by President P.W. Botha has
shown that he doesn’t intend to
give blacks the right to vote
because that would give blacks
political power. And political
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Lindsey Merritt, Jr. Wins
Horatio Aiger Schoiarship
lie reality of apartheid.
|per cent of the white
Keans own 80% of the
Isfce reality of apartheid.
Biat is the message that
iltu brought to approx-
fl 1,500 people and 750
lesion Saturday, May 10,
P’Kelly Stadium under
Jlies and bathed in gen-
lezes at North Carolina
[University.
Ig the audience and par-
Uhe graduates starting
iHn the working world,
Jlntu asked everyone to
Attention and energy
ftroying apartheid,
can’t reform
' he said. “You can
jantle it. You can’t
IFrankenstein, you have to
ihim.'’
iijDie is true of apartheid,
a lly ..declared. There .is,
le compromise. All
i|ui 11 must be abolished.
[it jvill, he promised.
I jant a new state,” he
7it|ich is surely coming,
Ino doubt in my heart nor
IjKople of South Africa
jeope day will be free.”
I fileedom can come two
JHhy giving all South
llhe right to vote or by
This weekend will not be an
average three-day period for one
senior at Hillside High School.
Instead of spending leisure time
with friends or perhaps studying
for the coming semester exams,
Lindsey Merritt, Jr. will be jet
ting to Houston, Texas to receive
a $5,000 scholarship from the
Horatio Alger Association of
Distinguished Americans.
Merritt will join 19 other
outstanding high school seniors
from around the country at a
“black tie” banquet at the
Westin Galleria Hotel on Friday
evening. May 16, at 7 o’clock.
These 20 students were selected
for their initiative, their achieve
ment, their leadership, and their
potential for future success by the
Horatio Alger Association.
Each year, this New York-
based group honors a group of
seniors at the same time that new
inductees become members of the
associaiton. .Membership for
adults is based on the “rags-to-
riches” success that has come
from, the hard work of the in
ductees. Among the current
members are such self-made per
sons as: Art Linkletter, Hank
Aaron, Luther Hodges, Ruth
Love, Mario Cuomo, Azie
Taylor-Morton, Gerald Ford,
Pearl S. Buck, Rafer Johnson,
and John H. Johnson.
Bishop Desmond M. Tutu Of South Africa, 1984 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and the Archbishop-elect of
Capetown, asked North Carolina Central University’s 780 degree recipients at May 10 commencement exer
cises to join the battle to dismantle apartheid in his native South Africa. NCCU awarded the honorary
degree Doctor of Humane Letters to the Rt. Rev. Mr. Tutu.
MERRITT
These Americans, who have
“reached the top” in their respec
tive fields of endeavor, have
taken on the responsibility of
helping others up also. Each year
they help to provide a beginning
to students who come from hum
ble backgrounds. It is the hope of
these individuals and the Horatio
Alger Association that the $5,000
scholarships will be the spr
ingboard and the motivation for
a few of tomorrow’s leaders.
Lindsey Merritt was chosen
after a Horatio Alger Day pro
gram was held at Hillside last
fall. Dr. Thomas Haggaii, board
chairman of IGA Food Stores,
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Primary Election Challenges
any of Durham’s Traditions
|y Milton Jordan
side of the political
Jurham voters continued
i trek to the future last
(authorizing officials to
million in bonds to help
^rice of growth.
Analysis
jie other side, voters re-
Ihange in the criminal
fstem in offices for clerk
, sheriff and district at-
fas incumbents won handi-
wili finance infrastructure pro
jects that are tied directly to
growth.
These include the following:
* $24.5 million for sanitary
sewer construction.
* $19.8 million for water pro
jects.
* $4.2 million for solid waste
disposal projects.
* $14.9 million for street pro
jects.
The rest of the money, about
$20 million, will finance quality
of life projects, ranging from ex
panding an existing park and ad
ding a new indoor swimming
pool, to city financed housing
assistance for low and moderate
income Durhamites.
The bonds all passed by con
siderable margins, averaging
about 12.000 votes for and about
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learea of special interests,
"[usly strong coalition ap-
crumble as the Durham
Alliance endorsed can-
ilmost directly opposite
Durham Committee in
'Hmary contests,
n yet another develop-
ihe Committee took
political blow on “the
hen it not only failed to
y|a sizable turnout to its
idates, but also couldnT
•ndorsed candidates from
'ing off significant pieces of
'l^mmittee’s traditionally
‘lie “bloc vote.’’
this could well indicate
of Durham’s
cherished traditions
M falling by the wayside as
more people jump on
Durham’’ bandwagon,
y^eek’s bond issue vote
ove to be a major victory
lew Durham.’’
tnoney approved by
’s voters is slated to pay
, ^t^orgasbord of projects.
^ from i frastructural'
^ SR) quaUbf of life items.
[R than 75% of the bond
'I ~ about $62 million —
Four Awarded Honorary
Degrees At NCCU
Commencement Saturday
By Jocelyn Daniels
Staff Writer
Under a clear sky, with a cool
breeze blowing and heavy securi
ty, approximately 11,500 people
gathered for the 75th commence
ment exercises at North Carolina
Central University on Saturday,
May 10 at 9 a.m.
With Reverend Desmond
Tutu, Anglican Bishop of Johan
nesburg, South Africa as it’s
speaker, the NCCU commence
ment opened with a stirring ren
dition of an African Mass,
“Kyrie” by Norman Luboff, by
the NCCU choir.
Accompanied by bongo
drums, “Kyrie” proved to be the
perfect mood-setting welcome for
Bishop Tutu, his wife and
daughter.
The choir also sang a spine-
chilling arrangement of “Lift
Ev’ry Voice and Sing”, by Dr.
Charles Gilchrist, director of the\
choir, following greetings from
the senior class president and the
scripture and invocation by the
Reverend Dr. T. David Parham,
In Judicial Syyem Races
Committee Wins One Loses One
By Jocelyn Daniels
Staff Writer
Durham’s primary election saw
two African Americans vying for
seats in the judicial system. One
rose to victory, the other fell to
defeat.
The more publicized of the two
races involved Attorney Darryl
Smith against incumbent Ron
Stephens for the office of district
attorney. Despite Smith’s opi
nion that Stephens’ tenure ex
hibited a lack of leadership and
compassion for victims and
witnesses, the voters disagreed
almost 2:1.
Stephens defeated Smith by
12,953 to 6,896 votes, even taking
three of the African American
precinct (precincts 8, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23, 34, 41
and 42,
That proved to make a signifi
cant difference in the outcome of
the race. While Stephens was able
to amass African Americans
votes in their own precincts.
Smith was unable to tap votes
from the “silk stocking” (upper
income) precincts (precincts 9,
24, 25, 32, 36, 45 and 46) or the
middle income districts (precincts
1, 2, 3, 7, 20, 28, 37 and 40).
On the other hand city council
member Carolyn Johnson, held
her own in all areas, overall, and
ran expectedly strong in the
African American precincts,
despite losing 17 other precincts
to opponent M. Allen Mason,
III.
She won the three-way race
with 9,779 votes to Mason’s
5,704 votes and Henry E. Moss’
2,611 votes, winning all of the
African American precincts very
strongly. In these precincts, op
ponent Mason could only get as
close as a difference of 50 votes
(in Holton Jr. High precinct).
However, Darryl Smith was
not as lucky. In African
American precincts he lost by 85
votes in precinct 15, Holton Jr.
High; by 33 votes in precinct 18,
Holloway Street School; and by
17 votes in precinct 22, Bragtown
School.
Despite this. Smith garnered
4,299 votes in the African
American precincts to Stephens’
1,747 — a difference of 2,552
votes.
Nevertheless, Stephens was
able to make up that difference in
the ‘silk stocking’’precincts alone
by winning by a margin of 2,875.
There he won 3429 votes to
Smith’s 554.
In the middle class districts,
Stephens won 2,935 to 641 — a
difference of 2,294. This added
to give Stephens a strong city
wide vote.
Smith said he was surprised by
the almost 50% margin defeat.
“I’d hoped to win,” he said
dejectedly late on election night.
“Right now, 1 have no plans
(about whether or not he’ll try
again). I need to get rest and get
my practice back on track.
“Then,” he added, “I’ll see
what the challenges and oppor
tunities are in my future plans.
Right now I look forward to be
ing chairman of the ABC
board.”
Smith added that he’ll just
have to wait and see if Stephens
can meet the challenge of leader
ship or implement some of his
suggestions, which Smith said are
still greatly needed.
Stephens said he would
evaluate Smith’s suggestions and
perhaps use some of them.
“There’s always room for im
provement,” Stephens added
after realizing that he was assured
the victory on May 6. “I was sur
prised by the large margin (of vic
tory). 1 was hoping for 55%. The
black vote wasjiot as high as I
thought it would be, but I was
still able to get some of the votes
in the black community.”
Analyzing the race, Stephens
pointed out the factor that made
the most significant difference.
“I was able to get a larger
percentage of the black vote in
the black community than he was
in the white community. 1 think
that happened because more
knew me in the black community
than whites knew him in the
white community.”
That mostly, made the dif
ference in the 1,742 votes.
However, the only thing that is
not clear, is if those votes reflect
confidence in the present ad
ministration or represent a wave
of independent voting by voters,
as opposed to traditionally sup
porting the endorsement of the
Durham Committee on the Af
fairs of Black People.
Unfloubtedly, this will be a
time for reassessment both for
the organization , which has been
the voice of the African
American community and for the
members of that community.
Other judicial races showed
Sarah Parker overwhelmingly
defeating Joseph R. John for
Judge of Court of Appeals,
12,543 to 3,317. And, incumbent
James L. Carr won over Jess J.
Bowe by more than a 3:1 margin
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acting director of the United
Campus Christian Ministry.
Dr. LeRoy T. .Walker in
troduced Bishop Tutu, followed
by another selection by the choir
of “What a Friend We Have In
Jesus.”
The near-capacity crowd also
witnessed the conferring of an
honorary degree on actor,
author, chorographer, costume
and set designer, danceur, direc
tor and painter, Geoffrey
Holder.
Holder, who received the Doc
tor of Fine Arts degree from
NCCU, has acted on stage and in
film in “Waiting for Godot,”
“Live and Let Die,” “Dr.
Doolittle,” “Annie,” and
“House of Flowers.
His writing credits include
“Black Gods-Green Islands,”
“Geoffrey Holder’s Caribbean
Cookbook,” “Adam,” and
“The Art of Geoffrey Holder.”
- Other credits are for designing
'the costumes for and directing
“The Wiz” and being the ^rst
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Honorary Degrees were awarded Saturday, May 10, by North Fou”ndatio«
From left, they were Dr. Russell G Mawby Jeommeuef^^ speake,
Bishop Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop-elect of Capetown, South Afr ,
Geoffrey Holder, actor, dancer, artist, and director; and Chancellor LeKoy
pleting his three-year tenure as the university’s chief administrator.