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Saturday January 31, 1976
AACP Charges Qty With Racism
Vows To Fight City
For Equal Opportunity
by Janies Smith
Staff Writer
Dr. J.T. McMillan
...cTty is Racist
Mrs. Lee Faye Mack
...introduced resolution
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:
jAlfved B. Lewis
...Blacks should vote
Mrs. Wilhemina Cheek
...Fired Police Officer
“There’s as much racism in
Winston-Salem as an)where
else. You just don’t know it,
but it’s here. What makes
racism so rough in Winston-
Salem is that they’re able to
buy so many black people.’’
Those words were expound
ed Monday night by Dr. J.T.
McMillan, president of the
local chapter of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People,
(NAACP).
The local chapter held a
meeting Monday night at St.
James A.M.E. Church of
loimty Offers $5.25 Million
or Tanglewood Park
by James Smith
Staff Writer
Is a means of preserving
Iglewood' Park for the
ens and residents of
lyth County, the Fors5d:h
ity Board of Commission-
lave offered $5.25 million
tfs for its purchase.
Julian F. Keith,
roian of the board of
missioners, said in a news
erence Tuesday that the
missioners were prompted
>eir decision after there
some public speculation
0 the discontinue of the
and its possible sale or
for commercial' purposes,
the resulting loss of use
lie public,
owever, the Z. Smith
Holds Foundation has
ged a substantial grant of
to Forsyth County,
Keith also stated that the
loss of Tanglewood Park as a
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which McMillan is pastor.
The mass meeting was in
protest of the alleged racist
practices of City Government
in the abrupt firing of a black
policewoman and the firing of
a member of the city
recreation department.
Dr. McMillan also said that
although blacks now have the
opportunity to go into motels,
hotels and restaurants, that it
wasn’t enough. “The city of
Winston-Salem has under
minded the black commun
ity,’’ he stated.
He told his audience of
more than 150 that “black
people in Winston-Salem are
going to fight for what is
rightfully theirs, and that’s a
chance for equality. It’s an
opportunity to stand tall,
shoulder to shoulder to
anybody,” he said.
The keynote speaker for the
meeting was Alfred Baker
Lewis, national treasurer
emeritus of the NAACP. Lewis
has been a member of the
national board for 27 years.
Before Lewis’ speech, Mrs.
Lee Faye Mack, who is very
active in city politics, made a
resolution that the local
chapter do everything within
its “power” to see that justice
would prevail throughout the
city for both Mrs. Cheek and
Sumlcr and for all the blacks.
Although the resolution was
made, it was not, however,
made clear as to what extent
the NAACP would go to insure
that “justice would prevail.”
Mrs. Cheek was fired about
two weeks ago for what has
been described as “conduct
unbecoming an officer.”
A recent newspaper article
quoted Police Chief Thomas
A Surratt as saying Mrs.
Cheek was fired because of
her association with a known
“lottery operator.”
Sumler was fired from the
City Recreation Department
last February for alleged
violation of the city purchasing
policy.
McMillan told his audience
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Den Mother Receives Award
by Azzie Wagner
Staff Writer
Dr. Julian Keith
ided the county is able to
lire Tanglewood Park as
of its overall park and
-ational development pro-
In a recent letter to William
R. Lybrook and L.D. Long of
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co.,
N.A. (trustees under the will
of William N. Reynolds),
Keith said, “the offer to
purchase the park is subject to
adequate financing arranged
by Forsyth County and
customary conditions relating
to the conveyance of fee-sim
ple marketable title and
satisfactory closing arrange
ments as soon as it is
feasible.”
Mrs. Georgia Lyles Bailey,
veteran Den Mother in
scouting of the Old Hickory
Council of the Boy Scouts of
America, was recently honor
ed for service at the 56th
Annual Scouts Banquet held
in the Reynolda Road Western
Electric Co. Cafeteria. Donald
Soefker, Council President,
was Master of Ceremonies.
bother with a group of
children, especially a group of
boys. Therefore, I did it
myself and I have had the Cub
Scouts, Boy Scouts, and
Explorer Scouts.”
Mrs. Bailey
...42 Years Service
Activities included a buffet
style dinner, installation ol
Council officers for 1976,
presentation of 1975 Round-up
Awards and the presentation
of Silver Beaver Awards, the
highest Award in Scouting.
Mrs. Bailey received an
Outstanding Service in Scout
ing for having been a Den
Mother and Leader for 42
years. She has been a Den
Mother since the age of 16 and
she is now 58. “I was a
scoutmaster for 20 years
simply because 1 could not find
a man in m^ church or
community that wanted to
It is as unusual as
interesting to note that Mrs.
Bailey has never headed a
Troop of Girl Scouts which is
the trend for most women.
States Mrs. Bailey, “1 went
into scouting and became a
Den mother for a Boy Scout
Troop because 1 wanted to
involve myself in something
that would allow me to work
closely with the youth as well
as my only son and to watch
him grow from a Cub Scout to
an Eagle Scout.”
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