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restaurant. Their signs tell the
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by Rudy Anderson
Staff jReporter
The president of the Black <
Business Action League here
said Tuesday that recent
- events happening in the black
community and to aspiring
black leaders "have clear
racial overtones."
Johnny X ^-Williamson,
president of the league, said
that in light of these events
the black community, especially
the black business
\ community should now more
than ever before be prepared
to stand behind its leaders and
support its black businesses.
He pointed out some areas
that his organization is trying
to emphasize to secure what
he called "power" in
Winston-Salem. They were *
politics, economics, improving
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mc oiacK sen-image, tne
? development of black leadership
and the mobilization of
the black consumer.
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Of the boycott at Northside,
he said the business 'coinmun
ity will try to close dowi
Northside "until we ge
justice" in this matter. "The
only blacks in the shopping
center will be those that work
there," he said.
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Williamson said he was sure
the boycott would keep
Wisemai^ in the shopping
center. His optimistic view
however was not shared by
some . employees at various
stores in the center who said
that they believed the position
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Urban Arts ,
The Arts Council announced .
today the appointment of
Dorothy C. Graham as the new
Urban Arts Administrator Ms.
Graham, a native of WinstonSalem,
comes to the Arts
Council with outstanding
credentials. She has been very
active in Arts Council
activities, having served as a
Trustee and Secretary of the
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Graham, therefore, is familiar
with all component^ of the
Arts Council programs and '
member groups.
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Educated at A&T State 1
University and Winston-Salem ;
State, Ms. Graham has also >
received certificates of train- 1
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University and the Babcock <
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Staff Reporter
Blacks, angered over the
prospect of losing the only
black operated business in
Northside Shopping Center,
implemented Tuesday morning
a boycott of the center.
The boycott was called for
by leaders^ of a group calling
itself the Black Concerned
Citizens Committee in ^a
meeting at Shiloh Baptist
Church last Thursday to
discuss the plight of black
citizens in the community
whom they felt?had been
treated unjustly.
More than 150 blacks
attended that meeting arid
heard the stories of black
citrzens who said they'weren't
given a fair deal by the press,
the justice system, or the
business- community.
Nathaniel Wiseman pror*
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prietor of Staley's Northside
Restaurant sincer4973, told his
story to the groujy: *
Wiseman has b*?fcn refused
a new lease and told to vacate
by the end of January by Mrs.
Gail Citron, president of the
Nybor Corporation which runs
the shopping center.^
Her reason for not giving
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School of Management.
Ms. Graham lias had a great
leal of rarorr trainino in
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Urban agencies.. She has
served in the past as an
\ssociate Director with the
Forsyth County Anti-Poverty
\geney. Urban Coalition, and
riti7cns Coalition. Most.
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Wiseman a new lease was that
he could not pay the $1,000.00
a month rent. She said he
owed several thousand dollars .
in back renU at-4east $6,000..
Wiseman contends that he
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had the money and the reason
for her not giving him a lease
was because he was black and
about-to do a very profitable
business particularly when the
new corporate headquarters
for Reynolds opens up later in
the year6.
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ricKeters were out early
Tuesday morning asking
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Neal Urges
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Washington -- Fifth District
Rep. Steve Neal and 12 other
merhbers of Congress are
urging House Democrats not
to* permit Rep. Robert L.F.
Sikes, D-Fla., to keep his^
chairmanship of a military
construction subcommittee
because of financial misconduct.
Neal and the others
criticized Sikes in^a letter
being circulate4Jn advance of
a Democratic caucus*, wiiich ?
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tor Named
recently, she has served as *
Executive -Director for the
Forsyth County Early Childhood
Development Planning
Association.
Ms. Graham's business and
civic activities have been
many and varied. She has
participated in the North
Carolina Association for Education
of Young Children,
^ Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Bicentennial Commission,
Manpower Council, and
Council for Status of Women.
In addition, Ms. Graham has
served as an officer in the
?r^rsyth County Mental Health
Association, National Council
of Negro Women, Business
and Professional Women's
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perspective customers, particularly
blacks? not to patronize
any of the stores in Northside
except the restaurant ?until
- Wiseman is gtven a lease.
Most store managers said
that it was too early to tell
whether the-^ boycott would
have any real effect. They said
the cold weather and the fact
that it was a slow time of the
year accounted for sparse
crowds at the . center. Few
ventured to make any
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Unseating
Of Sikes
would h^ve to approve Sikes'
/eappointment as chairman of
the Appropriations Committee
subcom mittee.
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Last year, the House of
Representatives voted to
reprimand Sikes for violating
the House ethics code. He was
accused of failing to disclose
personal financial information,
as required by House
rules, and of sponsoring
legislation to enhance the
value of his property in -Florida.
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Neal said he. thinks Sikes
should be denied the
subcommittee chairmanship
"because the subcommittee
has great power and prestige.
Congressman Sikes has abused
that power, in my opinion,
and in order to maintain public
confidence, I believe we
should not entrust the
chairmanship to him."
Specifically, Neal and the
others were critical of Sikes for
using his official position to
establish a bank at the
Pensacola Nav&l Air Station in
Sikes' congressional district.
After the bank was established,
Sikes became its third largest
shareholder, owning
~2?500 shares. He also failed to
report ownership of 1,000
shares of stock in Fairchild
Industries, a major * defense
contractor""affected fry. House
appropriations legislation. ~ 4
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