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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2015
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IS attorney general nominee
Loretta Lynch vows
independence if confirmed
By Erica Werner and Eric Tucker
WASHINGTON (AP) - Loretta Lynch promised a fresh relationship with law en-
cement and with Congress on Jan. 28y at confirmation hearings to become the first
nale black U.S. attorney general.
Ms. Lynch, a Durham native, is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Lorenzo A.Lynch.
“I pledge to all of you and to the American people that I will fulfill my responsibilities
th integrity and independence,” she said in testimony to the panel led by Republicans
,o say Attorney General Eric Holder has been too willing to follow President Barack
anta’s political agenda.
Sen. Charles Grassley, the Republican committee chairman, said as much in the
ening moments of the hearing, the Senate’s first confirmation proceedings since the
publicans took control this month.
He said the department is “deeply politicized. But that’s what happens when the at-
ney general of the United States views himself, in his own words, as the president’s
jngman.’” (Continued On Page 3)
“Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, Inc. (DCABP) chair Ralph
nt (seated, center) signs papers closing the deal on the purchase of the DCABP’s
wly purchased building at 601 Fayetteville Street. Also pictured are (seated, left to
ht) DCABP secretary Paulette Morrison-Danner, Atty. John Perry, who handled the
sing, and DCABP third vice chair Mignon Schooler. Standing on the left is first vice
air Omar Beasley, while economic development chair I. Jarvis Martin is on the right.”
Durham Committee on the
Affairs of Black People
Purchases New Home
The Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, Inc. has completed the
rchase of a building at 601 Fayetteville St. in the historic Hayti community that will
the organization’s new headquarters, according to Committee chair Ralph Hunt. It
11 be the first building owned by the Committee and its predecessors in their 80 year
lory.
“We are delighted at this milestone accomplishment”, Hunt said. “A lot of people
htributed time, effort and money over many years to make this dream a reality.” He
rticularly noted the contributions made to the effort by recent former DCABP chairs
V. “Pete” Allison, Jr., Kenneth Spauding, Dr. Lavonia Allison, Rev. Philip Cousin,
and Randal Rogers. Others who have chaired the organization and helped lay the
)undwork include C. C. Spaulding, John Wheeler, John S. “Shag” Stewart, J. J.
abe” Henderson, John Edwards and Willie Lovett.
The 2,200 square foot building is located in what was formerly a medical office
mplex adjacent to Hayti Heritage Center, the old St. Joseph’s Church building. The.
e is also across the street from where a branch of Mechanics and Farmers Bank was
Jviously located, and near many of the other well known businesses in the Hayti
The building closing on Monday, February 2, took place in the office of Perry, Perry
cl Perry, P.A., at 321 E. Chapel Hill Street in downtown Durham.
Hunt said that in addition to having office space in the building the organization will
an be able to start having its general body and subcommittee meetings there.
The purchase of the Fayetteville Street building caps a year of accomplishment
d progress for The Durham Committee, Hunt said. He took particular note of The
immittee’s success in helping elect the overwhelming majority of candidates the
tanization endorsed last year, as well as a very successful and highly acclaimed
nual banquet.
The groundwork for The Committee’s purchase of the Fayetteville St. building was
o laid during 2014. Hunt particularly commended the efforts during the past year
first vice chair Omar Beasley, political committee chair Walter Jackson and vice
air Preston Edwards, civic committee chair Michael Palmer and vice chair Pamela
tendine, and economic development committee chair I. Jarvis Martin in achieving the
suits he noted.
(Continued OnPage 12)
U.S. AttorneyGeneral nominee Loretta Lynch is sworn-in during er confirma
tion hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesay Jan 28 during her
confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary on Wed., Jan. 28. (Photo by Bill
Clark/CQ Roll Call/CQ
U. S. Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch, left, shakes hands with Sen.
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, right, as ranking member Sen. PatLeahy looks on.(Photo
by Bill Clark/CRoll Call vfia AP images)
Gubernatorial Candidate Spaulding Promises
to Put the People Before Big Dollar Donors
One Voice. One Vote. This is the campaign mission and message
the Ken Spaulding for Governor Campaign will use as it continues to
ramp up its 2016 gubernatorial campaign.
“We will send a clear and convincing message to both political
parties and across this state that when each one of us stands as one
united voice of the people, we will defeat the Citizens United case
and the obscene influence of multi-million dollar, big money in poli
tics,” said Spaulding, the only announced Democratic candidate for
governor.
Spaulding noted that his campaign is well positioned for 2015,
having spent the last quarter of 2013 with modest fundraising which
allowed him to spend 2014 traveling the state so he could listen to the
voices of the people, firsthand.
“Our emphasis and effort for 2014 was to put people first ahead of
big money,” he said. “We reached out to the people and communities
throughout North Carolina and they told us they want their voices
to be heard. They are tired of blind partisanship and unnecessary
divisiveness.
“Residents are determined to take politics back from negative
influences and return the power back to the hands of the people,”
he added, referring to the $100 million dollar Senate race between
Democrat Kay Hagan and Republican Thom Tillis.
Spaulding said he is aware that Roy Cooper, who has yet to an-