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By John W.
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The State NAACP Confere
rights worker who had not
before finishing high schc
McLean as state field directo
Ms. Carolyn Coleman, the
from t post in Atlanta as
Emergency Relief Fund.
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anc goi ner stan in me ina
.in Savannah, Ga. "We had hi
the sit-ins up in North Care
started demonstrations dow
telephone interview from her
"I was the first student d<
and before it was all overt l'<
Coleman later spent 12 )
youth director before taking h
from Savannah State Colleg
work at the University of Co
Memphis Theological Semina
She promised to continue h<
Carolina. "What we have to c
in the community," said Colei
"The reason the majority oi
NAACP is because they don'
she added.
"Our priorities in the state
same as was decided at the O
she explained. Coleman list
education (both higher educai
school competency testing),
action.
At the NAACP leadership <
Raleigh, task forces on the lat
to join the existins education
w
"I'm going to work very clc
monitor state and local man]
Easte r
By Patriaha TuUoch
Greg Kikox
Carolina Peacemaker
Easter could very well
prove to be a dismal one for
retail merchants in the area
as well as the state, if two
civil rights organizations
and a ministerial organization
make good their cara^
paign for selective buying.
The Commission for Ra
cial Justice of the United
Church of Christ (CRJ),
The Southern Christian
Leadership Conference
Charlest<
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By Greg Knox
~ Carolina Peacemaker
Charleston, S.C., has been
the scene for an effective
Selective Buying Campaign
(SBC) that besan there Jan.
15 because of repeated
racial injustices and discri-1
mination in employment.
"The campaign here has
been very fruitful," said
John French, editor and
publisher of the Charleston'
Chronicle. "We had noj
trouble getting people to
support it."
Recently the Durham
Ministerial Alliance, the
Commission for Racial Justice
and the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
of North Carolina
called for a 40-day economic
withdrawal during the
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nee has hired a veteran civil
ched six arrests for sit-ins
k)1 to succeed Charles A.
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1 new field director, comes
director of the NAACP
ACP in 1960 as a teen-ager
card about the beginning of
>lina (Greensboro); so, we
n there," she said in a
office in Greensboro.
jwn there to get arrested,
i been arrested 6 times for
rears as regional NAACP
ler last job. She graduated
e and has done graduate
lorado at Boulder and the
ryer
activist tradition in North
lo is to become more visible
man.
I people don't belong to the
r know what we're doing^1conference
will remain the
ctober annual conference,"
ed the top three issues as
don desegregation and high
employment and political
conference held March 3 in
ter two issues were chosen,
task force.
>sely with the task forces, to
power programs, to launch
Boycol
(SCLC) of North Carolina
and the Durham Ministerial
Alliance (DMA) arc calling
on all North Carolinians to
exclusively patronize blackowned
stores.
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For forty days and forty
nights-to coin a phraseblacks
in particular are to
ob s erve tfie campaign
during the Lenten season.
The decision for the economic
withdrawal is based
on whjrt Rev. Leon White of
ro t ?11- tiu?it.
niw viw wkii9i num s
failure to pardon Rev. Ben
on Camp,
Easter season except in
- black owned stores.
French went on to say,
"We published a list ol
stores for people to shop
and asked stores to hire
more black faces.''
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an all-out attack on racial discrimination in employment
and to continue fighting the competency test," Coleman
said.
During the Raleigh meeting, the state NAACP paid
tribute to Coleman's predecessor, Charles A. .McLeani of
Winston-Salem. He received plaques and citations from
several local branches, the state conference. Gov. James
B. Hunt and Secretary Howard Lee of the Department of
Natural Resources and Community Development.
Noting the 30 years McLean spent in the job, Coleman
acknowledged, "It's not an easy job to follow anyone
who's done such outstanding work. I'll just have to use
my own style."
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. Chavis and on behalf of the we will be in Greensboro. "
Wilmington Ten." > In order-to involve all
"Other issues," said black communities of the
White, "will be the compe- campaign, White said,
tency testing and the Char- "Letters have been sent
lotte Three, however, local throughout the state and
issues of participating there will be a contact of
areas can also be raised and about ninety percent: of
addressed." black ministers."
White ftUf^annminced ft As to how receptive the
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the third week of this White said* "Ministers are
month. becoming more involved in
"The rally will start in political-economic issues
Charlotte," says White, because of the failure of
"and round out in Raleigh, black politicians to get a
. "On the 21st of March, commitment from Hunt."
aign Makes Impact
i As a result, more blacks . they now have 18 along
have been hired. One w*th other sales people.
? supermarket" hired-15
: blacks and one was assis- "It's starting to move
i tant manager. says French, "Our adverWhere
there were only tising has gone up 40
six black auto salesmen, per cent. "
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