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)n Civil Rights
Supreme Court Justice Says
Reagan Ranks ‘At The Bottom
WASHINGTON (AP) —
esSlent Reagan “ranks at the
(torn” among U.S. presidents,
lile history will eventually view
irry Truman as oiie of the best,
p SuprerflfB Court Justice
uirgood Marshall.
In an interview to be broadcast
iiday on WUSA-TV, Marshall
i his low opinion of Reagan
ms from an erosion of civil
Us under the current ad-
nistration.
"I don’t care whether he’s the
sident, the governoi;, the
lllorney C.C. Spaulding, Jr.,
Rarly Thursday afternoon at
l( University Medical Center.
Kftl arrangements, in-
iplete at press time, are being
died by Fisher Funeral
mayor, the sheriff. Whoever calls
the shots determines whether we
have integration, segregation or
decency,” Marshall said. “That
starts exactly with the president.”
Marshall, 79, predicted that
“Truman wiil come out on top”
in the judgment' of history, but
that Reagan ranks with Herbert
Hoover and Woodrow Wilson as
one of the worst presidents ever.
“Honestly, I think Lc’s down
there with Hoover and that
group, and Wilson, when we
didn’t have a chance,” said Mar
shall, the first African Americar.
op the Supreme Court.
Marshall also had harsh words
for the way Presidents Ftariklin
D. Roosevelt, Dwight D.
Eisenhower, and John F. Ken
nedy dealt with civil rights issues.
“I don’t think Roosevelt did
much for the Negro,” Marshall
said.
Marshall said he believe;
Eisenhower’s only civil right;
concern was to try to undermine
the 1954 landmark Supreme
Court ruling on school desegrega
tion in Brown ys. Board of
Education..
Kennedy, often portrayed as a
civil rights activist, actually was
reluctant to sacrifice votes for
civil rights gains, Marshall said.
“Kennedy was held back by
the attorney general, his brother
(Robert FI Kennedy),”Marshall
said. “His brother said, ‘Don’l
do -anythi)^ for the Negroes
because you won’t get re-elected.
■VVait until you’re re-elected, and
then do it.j’.
Marshall saved some of his
highest praise for the president
who nominated him, Lyndon B.
Johnson. ,
Calling Johnson the “greatest
civil rights president,” Marshall
said he thinks Johnson’s ag
gressive pursuit of equal rights
for all Americans ultimately cost
him support.
- “His plans were unbelievable,
the things he was going to do. But
he was too far out,” Marshall
said. “He wasn’t thrown out
.because of Vietnam. They just
used that as an excuse to get rid
.of him.!’
Marshall’s remarks will air in a
one-hour documentary called
“.Searching for. Justice: Three
American SfOries.”
City Council Launches
Youth Development Program
tordidg to Durhtm City
incil member Peggy Watson-
[den, Durham’s young people
i tb have a firsthand look at
I local government decisions
made here, and how those
isions affect the live? of peo-
who live here. ;
1 believe if our young people
e a better understanding of
tlhe decision making process
ib, how that process affects
ir lives, and the lives of every
m in this community, the
ing people will be more inclin-
lo hold elected officials, ac-
itable,” Mrs. , Watson-
deii explained. “In addition,
process will develop leader-
> skills and community
in t. ’ ’
liiveii by that philosophy,
i. Watson-Borden, who holds
il-large seat on the Durham
(Council, prodded the coun-
nd several local businesses to
ip almost $20,000 to run the
mm for the nine months,
• August until May 1988.
1* program is open to 26 high
bl students who will attend
Saturday seminars each
■111 on some area of local
inment operation,, or leader-
development.
fer activities planned for the
18 people who enroll in the
mm, entitled “Bridging the
include a weeken-i trip to
'fegton, D.C. and a
■end trip to Raleigh, to study
legislative process on the na
il and state levels,
t deadline for applying for
program is Friday, and the
*eekend Orientation Retreat
de Sat., Sept, 26. The pro-
I will run through May 5,
IE ten program objectives,
'ding to Mrs. Watson-
«include: -
ielp the participants-develop
understanding of the
kratic process.,
hip foster a commitment to
'ipate in civic affairs and
community spirit.
Increase the participants’
Eness of’ the electoral pro
* Promote volunteerism to the
participants:
* Help the youth develop civic
programs for themselves and
other young people.
* Exposing the participants tc
role models beyond athletes and
entertainers.
■* Helping to build self-esteem
and public speaking skills for the
participants.
* Providing exposure to public
service and administration as
careers.
* Teach the participants how to
use city government resources.
J Having fun.
Presentations during each of
the Saturday seminars will be
made by city council members,
city government officials, as well-
as other educational, business
and civic leaders.
During the nine month pro
gram, the young people will elect
a junior city councii and mayor
who will he required to present a
list of the issues identified and
prioritized by program par
ticipants to the'local city council.
Program participants will be
paid a $100 stipend on Dec. 18,
and another $100 on May 5 upon
completing the program.
For more information, contact
the city clerk’s office at City Hall
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday thorugh Friday. The
telephone number is 683-4166.
LT. GOV. JORDAN
Lt. Gov. Robert
Jordan To
Address
HiHside
N.C. Lt. Gov. Robert Jordan
will be the keynote speaker on
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 8:30 a.m.,
at an assembly program in the
school auditorium, sponsored by
the Hillside High &hool Student
Council. Jordan will be featured
as a part of Hillside’s day-long
“teach in” on the Constitution.
He is chairman of the N.C. Com
mission on the Bicentennial of
the Constitution.
In addition to the celebration
of the Constitution, the program
will also feature the official in
stallation of the 1987-88 student
leaders at Hillside. Student
Council president Tonya Robin
son will deliver her inaugural ad
dress at the morning assembly.
- ' Besides his duties as Lt. Gover
nor, Jordan also serves as the
president of the Senate of the
N.C. General Assembly. He also
is a member of the State Board of
Education, the State Board of
Community Colleges, and the
State Board of Economic
Development.
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HILLSIDE HIGH Stuaent Council President Tonya Robinson shares plans for film series on the Con
gress with Second District U.S. Representative Tim ^lentine. the Con-
Photo by Mayfield
Hillside Launches Constitution Film Series
In advance of the Sept. 17
observation of the 200th anniver
sary of the signing of the U.S.
Constitution, Congresspian Tim
Valentine has endorsed a
13-month constitutional project
sponsored by the Hillside High
School Student Council and the
Durham dounty Library.
The project, which is. a film
series called, “Congress: We The
People”, will explore the inner
Workings of bpth Houses of the
United States Congress. The
films will be shown on the thirc
Tuesday of each month, starting
in October of 1987 and eitding in
October of 1988. The series will
be held in the auditorium of the
Stanford Warren Branch of the
Durham County Library.
Each segment of the series
focuses of a different aspect of
the ■'Congress. After each film, a
discussion of that segment and
other related issues will be led by
area constitutional scholars.
Staff members from Cong.
Valentine’s office and Sen. Terry
Sanford’s office will be present at
each segment.
' The entire film series will be
free and open to the public. Each
segment will begin at 7 p.m.
Rainbow Convention Ready For
Formal Jackson Announcement
RALEIGH (AP) — The Rain
bow Coalition convention next
month will give the Rev. Jesse L.
Jackson an audience of his key
supporters from' around the na
tion when he announces his
presidential bid, an organizer
said Tuesday.
Jackson, 45, said on Labor
Day We would fonaally announce
hu dHiada9 for Km Oamocratic
praMtttial sonteatkm on Oct.
10, the KiMMtaay of Om Rain
bow CoaUtioa's tlnw-dw con
vention.
“I think the cohsideridioa was
that No. i, here in Raleigh during
the-convention he win have most
of his national supporters, mean
ing key people from, virtually
every state in the country,” said
Bruce E. Lightner, the conven
tion’s local coordinator. “Also
there will be a much larger forum
in terms of media exposure, and
he wanted to do it in the South, I
think.”
Jackson’s campaign planners
“felt the ■ people in North
Carolina were committed enough
to do the work,” he said.
“If you have a national
presence -r and clearly he does —
it makes a lot more sense to have
your convention and announce
ment where you have people who
are willing to commit themselves
and work,” Lightner said.
Jackson, a South Carolina
native and graduate of N.C. A&T
State University in Greensboro,
has strong support in North
Carolina, Lightner said.
“You have to bring into con
sideration that Reverend Jackson
is a guest in the state frequently,
he has a lot of friends here, he at
tended school here — he hjis
strong roots in North Carolina,”
Lightner'said.
He said Jackson earlier plann
ed to anaoaace his candidacy on
Later Day; tet decided to wait
■Mil the coaveMloa.
**l sntpect he aad his national
staff chose Ralcish because it is
in the South, and it is a pivotal
political state. Raleigh in par
ticular has the physical facilities
necessary to host a major conven
tion,” he said.
The expected announcement
will boost interest in the conven
tion. organizers said. Convention
planners had expected about
1,200 for the convention before
Jackson’s announcement.
“It’s a safe bet” that 2,600 to
3,000 people could attend the
gathering, Lightner said.
Lightner said Ron Daniels, ex
ecutive director ; of Jackson’s
campaign, had called him Mon
day morning to inform him of
Jackson’s intentions.
Although Jackson’s announce
ment will focus national attention
on the convention, it won’t
change the gathering’s purpose
— “to bring together different
leaders from across the country
to discuss important issues,”
Lightner said.
The agenda for the convention
has not been completed, Lightner-
said. But he said he expects the
convention participants to
discuss unrest in Central
America, the Reagan administra
tion’s domestic policies, the na
tion’s trade imbalance, and the
nomination of Judge Robert H.
Bork to the Supreme Court.
The Raleigh convention will be
the Rainbow Coalition’s second
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Frecdooi Fnrnl
Dinner Is Sat.
The Durham Braoch,
NAACP, will honor R. KeOy
Bryant, Jr. at its Freedom Fund
Dinner on Sat., Sept. 19 at the
Durham Civic Center.
Bryant is a retired insurance
company executive. He is mar
ried to Mrs. Artelia T. Bryant
and they are parents of two
children.
For over 40 years, BrYapt has
been involved with numerous
civic, fraternal and community
jffairs.
Retired Justice James Gordon Questions Bork^s Honesty
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
White House Wednesday
acknowledged it made “minor
mistakes or omissions” in a
document supporting Robert
Bork’s nomination to the
Supreme Court and turned aside
criticism of Bprk from a retired
federal Judge. ,
Meanwhile, an American Bar
Association committee on
judicial selection said Bork is
‘‘weH qualified” to be-on■: the
high cbu'rt, the ABA’s highest
rating for a prospective justice.
But administration officials con
ceded the vote of the 15-member
panel was hot unanimous.
The ABA declined for now to
disclose the committee vote.
At the White House, Presiden
tial spokesman Marlin Fitzwater
said there were “some minor
typos” and incorrect dates in a
report sent-to Capitol Hill to pro
mote Botk’s nomination.
However, he insisted “the major
points in there are accurate.”
He readily acknowledged the
report.“was selective” in the in
formation it fontained, saying it
was ah,“advocacy” document.
An analysis'released last week
by the; chairman of the Senate
ludiciary Committee said the
White House was conducting a
transparent effort to make Bork
appear as the ideological
equivalent of retired Justice
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
The report, prepared at the re
quest, of committee chairman
Joseph Biden, D-Del., was a
broad attack on a White House
position paper issued last July
that extolled Bork’s record as a
.federal appellate judge.
“There may have been minor
mistakes or omissions,” in the
White House' document, Fitz
water said. However, he said that
overall, “it’s a fair representation
of his views” and that .all of
Bork’s opinions are openly
recorded. He did not itemize any
mistakes or prhissions in the
document.
Meanwhile, Fitzwater also
brushed aside criticism from a
retired federal judge who said
Bork once tried to shift the deci
sion of d judicial.panel that both
men served on to reflect Bork’s
own differing viewpoint.
•“In the judicial process, there
are always disagreements,” said
Fitzwater. “This, sort of thing is
very normal.”. He said the federal
judge “has _ long had
disagreements” with Bork.
The Washington Post said the
criticism of Bork’s “basic hones
ty” came in a letter to the Senate
Judiciary; Committee from
retired U.S. Districl Judge James
F.i Gordon about a 1&83 case.
Bork seryed with Gordon and
the late Judge Roger Robb on a
three-judge federal appeals court
panel that heard a .lawsuit by
Republicans challenging their
committee , assignments i.n the
Democratic-controlled House.
In writing the panel’s decision
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