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This week, the concluding installment of
the 12-week Roots of Black Winston-Salem
^looks at the decade of the 1970s and thfe
progress that blacks have made in at least
210 years of Forsyth County history.
The saga began back in the Moravian
village of Salem when the inhabitants
brought in laborer Johannes Samuel in the
1760s.
We introduced you to the handful of other
blacks who attended the first school in the
early 1800s.
Later on, blacks helped keep the home
fires burning during the Civil War and
, began to take their place as tradesmen.
The city of Winston emerged as a
growing industrial city on the brains and
brawn of black men and women who came
by foot, wagon and train to work in tobacco
factories
Yet many of those factory workers went
into business for themselves and they build
a business establishment that outstrips the'
{present day. :?
The community they knew has been
rebuilt and split up by urban renewal and
other upheavals. However, the struggle for
a better life continues to the present day.
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Black Areas Of City
Low Mori
By John W. Templeton residential i
H Staff Writer 1978 of th
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For the second consecutive year, the A ..
?four-federally-chartered -savings and Joan ~ ,
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associations headquartered in Winston-Salem
made approximately three per cent of ^ensus tr^ct
their Winston-Salem loans in the traditionally
black areas of the city, according to ??
records made available to the Chronicle.
The percentage remained constant de
spite a 10 per cent increase in mortgage ? ?
activity in the city limits. $4,925,400 i
At least one of the associations, Pied- The Chrc
mont Federaf^has launched a study to that the fou
determine why such a small percentage of cent of thei:
its loan portfolio went into the 13 census area in 197'
tracts with a predominately black popula- as Mortgage
tion in the 1970 Census. That year wi
The S&Ls made $69.09 million in were reauiri
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CHAPEL HILL -- Her hair is black, her dress, lignt maroon
and her heart - pure gold.
That's Cicely Tyson, the world's most acclaimed black
actress and possibly the nicest and most intensely
spiritual superstar one might ever meet.
Case in point. At the end of an hour and a half ol *
question and answer session with students on the UNC *
campus^L-She announced it was time for one last
question!
Several persons in the audience pointed towards a v
little girl of about ten who had been standing up for more 5
than 20 minutes.
Miss Tyson acknowledged their gestures but noted she
could not see the youngster for the^lights, The actress *
asked the questioner to come down front.
The young miss sheepishly walked down the aisle and *
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Alderman Vivian Burke [left] help# to center dire?
dedicate East Winston Park, located Mrs. Ruby Be
f behind Sunrise Towers to the Rupert Bell Jr. and he
. Park In honor of the late recreation witness the d<
tgage Activity
nortgages in the city limits in The statements, which br
at total, $2,084,350 went into financial institution's loans
lally black area. tract, are required by a
{ to the City/County Planning designed to prevent a practit
ks have~become~arsignificant ^redlining" ?the-denia^ofloi
of the Dooulation in six other deDressed areas.
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s since 1970. The S&Ls loaned Since December, a new
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n those areas. called the Community Reinve
>nicle reported-in December ^as effect. It require
r associations made three per institutions chartered or rece
r mortgage loans in the black ance from the federal gov<
7, based on documents known study the credit needs of t
5 Loan Disclosure Statements, communities.
is the first year the statements
ed. The record of the association
Television N<
Stresses Worl
??- By Yvette McCulloogh
Staff Writer
GREENSBORO -The attitude of a black journalist can
either make him or break him, said Max Robinatfn, the
first black network anchorman here Saturday.
"The mistake most black journalists make is to go into
the job telling the boss what's wrong with the
organization, instead of showing what they can do, then
telling him what's wrong," Robinson said. "A person's 1
attitude is the least talked about, but very important in
?journalism and the media."
Robinson was the keynote speaker for the second
annual Mass Media Conference luncheon, which was
held on the campus of A&T State University. Robinson '
told the crowd of professional journalists and aspiring
^?j^wrnaiUtt that-hring a reporter '.'is a committment of a
thirst for knowledge and information," Robinson said.
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'yson beckoned her up on stage and rewarded the
oungster with a hug.
"What role did you play in Roots," the youngster
isked of Miss Tyson.
The actress replied, "I was Kunta Kinte's mother."
Vhen the questioner made a quizzical look, Miss Tyson
idded, "Don't you believe me?" to howls of laughter
rom the audience.
Throughout the Monday night encounter, Miss Tyson
;ept the crowd alternately in stitches and enraptured
vith her blend of wit and philosophy. She became most
lerious when asked^bout the roles she has played. .
"1 was doing an interview three months, ago an<t,the
nterviewer asked 'Because I had been very outspoken
ibout the roles black women are forced to play, didn't I
hink I was going^to the other extreme by projecting
)eople who are so positive," she said.
h Blacks
By Skuuyn Brttcher
Staff Writer
Although the Winston-.
Salem/Forsyth County
School System is only 32 per
cent black, 71 per cent of
the children in the educable
mentally retarded class are
black, and only 10 per cent
of the gifted and talented
F program is black, according
to the school system's 1978
^8ureskt-.,
^ Placement in special education
programs is not re*or#
lated to race, says C.
?U and her son Rupert Bell, D0Ugias Carter, special asr
daughter Joan B. Bell sjstant for instruction, but
edleatton.
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Continues
eak down a those credit needs, particularly in low-in<
by - census come communities, is part of the regula
federal law examination by federal authorities.
:e known as
ms^to certain Tom Hickst vice president At Piedmon
Federal, said he has begun a study. t<
federal law determine how much home buying activity
there is in the traditionally black areas
after looking at the disclosure statemen
information Hp ic alcn Irtnlrino *r\ coo Km.
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_______ many home buyers use VA or FRd
financirtj^ instead of conventional saving!
;stment Act and loan financing. ^
is financial
iving insur- Hicks also noted the low averag(
;rnment to amounts loaned by Piedmont. In th<
heir target 13-tract area, the association lent $673,7(X
to 41 homeowners, an average of abou
$15,000. The average price of a home ii
s in meeting Winston-Salem is $43,000.
ews Pioneer
cing Attitude
"It is not just a job, not easv money, but a committment
of a lifetime."
Robinson is the first black anchorman on a weekday
network news show. He joined the ABC Network last
year after serving s a local anchorman in Washington,
D.C. on "World News Tonight" he is anchored out of
Chicago.
Robinson told the group that being a television
newsperson is a very high risk profession.
"There are enormous pressures in television and news
because its basis is ratings and making money,"
Robinson said. "Your TV news career can end within
seconds, and it is very difficult to take such a high riskposition."
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The future of television, Robinson said, will be
influenced by the viewer and the participant.
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Saturday, March 31, 1979
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question... then I proceeded to count the number of
women I had done in the past five years," she recalled.
"It didn't even take all five finsers on mv left hand. Now
compare those with all the black women who hove been
in the movies. I don't believe those are enough positive
roles of black women to even it out.''
. Tyson recently won the international Foreign Drama
Critics Award for best actress for her role in ''Woman
Called Moses,"however; she most appreciates the two
Emmys she won for 'rhe Autobiography of Miss Jane
Pittman."
"That was the one that my mother was able to see
before I lost her," said Miss Tyson. "I was able to hear
her say, 'I'm so proud of you.' "
The actress is not troubled over when her next award
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tarded Class
other educators suggest percentages between the
that a racial element may Edu cable Mentally R<ecreep
into the selection tarded program, 71 per
process. cent Mack, and the Learning
"I've never allowed my- DisahI|^program, 29 per
self to be pulled into a cent black. "There is not as
racial argument about it," much stigma attached to
says Carter. "The child is the term learning-disathe
important thing." bled," he explained, "so a
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Bill 1IVI a UVA.IU1 Ui a VI IIIIUUIV VIB93 pat tills
psychologist, so 1 cannot pressure the schools to put
speculate as to the reasons their child in an LD prowhy
we have children who gram, whereas a poor black
need the program. My job parent might just accept
* is to deal with the results? the school's verdict that the
the children," said Carter, child is retarded."
One teacher pointed out That is not the case,
the difference in minority 5^ |q
t It's amazing how much kids know today. If someone
) had told me that I could sit down and have an intelligent
j conversation with a four year old, I wouldn't have
believed it.
t Baby books tell you that at a certain age a child is
/ supposed to do this or that. Evidently, most children
k haven't read the book..
; I am surrourided by people who have children and
can't help but be impressed by the advanced kids of
today. They are learning to walk sooner, talk sooner and
e when I say talk, I mean talk.
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a i wiis snuv;hcu icwcnuy wncn my luur year 010 niece
3 told me who Idi Amin was and then walked to the shelf
t and pulled out a book about him. I have to stay on my
1 to^s when I talk to kids because they tell me some things
that I didn't even know.
It is amazing when I think back to when I was four.
Although I can't remember it vividly, I know I wasn't as
advanced as some of the kids are today. Some of the
things that they are learning in kindergarten I didn't
learn until I was in first grade and I think that's true for
most of my generation.
If I talked to another parent today they could probably
reel off a list of accomplishments for their child also. I
don't know the reason for the advancement of kids today.
It may be the influence of television, good or bad, kids
are being exposed to things a lot sooner.
Also, credit must be given to some parents. The
parents are more educated and are able to teach their
children things at home, before they go to school.
Recently there has been talk about .mandatory
kindergarten for all five-year-olds. I don't know enough
to know whether that would be good or bad, but I do
know that kindergarten has helped a lot of kids.
However, the teaching of a child should not be left to the
schools, the oarent should he iust as involved
One woman told me she didn't think kids were
learning as much as they could today because of the lack
* of interest on the part of parents.
"It doesn't matter how much education a parent has If
she doesn't take the time and teach her children things."
the woman said.
"The parent should be concerned enough to see that
their children get their work and not be so concerned
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