I
P*g* 2 The Cknoldt, Sata
Death
Brings
SAVANNAH, Gm. The
Souther? Poverty Law Center
has filed a S7.2 million
damages suit in federal
rnnrt c ?1
i uu i^uau ui C4II
-?Charles, a black man who
was wrongfully sentenced
***' il?.alh liain jji tOftS
double murder, despite the
eyewitness testimony of his
employer at the trial that lie
ftaa peen at wort in Timpa,
-1 U.VVutl 1Wu1vv,d-mil?^
away, at the hour, of* the
crime.
Charles, who had* lived
his entire life here until he
moved to Tampa two weeks
before the murders, spent
more than three years under
sentence of death in the
Chatham County jail. He
was released in July 1978
after a law enforcement
officer in Tampa came forward
and corroborated the
. testimony of Charles'
employer.
The suit alleges that,*
uamg 5U(j^c5uvc memoos,
u police officials encouraged
two eyewitnesses to the
crime to identify Charles as
the murderer and that <cnir
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?:=? NAACP
By Milton Jordan
Convention Coverage
News Service
Lonlsvllle--The overriding
attitude of the
70th annual NAACP convention
here last week
emphasized the pressing
need for black folks to
fecognize that \ we are
just one big national
family and to ACT-SO.
From the drive to add
1 million fK*
A UliaVK MlVtAt WA *9 %V V1IV
rolls by 1980, to the
effort to register more
than 4 million high
o school seniors this year,
to the national competim_
tion in the ACT-SO arts
W and science progfaip,
Wf the *NAACP calls for
blacks to work better
together *
From the grassroots to
the \ national board of
directors, the ^NAACP
mixes young people and
old people in an efficient
blend of commitment to
the improvement of conditions
in this country for
^Wacl^eople.
~ NAACP
t
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serious trouble.''
The NAACP raises most c
through $$ annual membei
$2.60 of which goes to tl
office. Recently, the organiz
an annual assessment to t
each branch, based upon il
ship \ Dolls. An assessmen
blocks a branch's delegates 1
at the * national . conventi
* branch's assessment isn't pj
Opposition to the provision
caused the rule to be waivt
last week's convention.
The convention's biggest
came when the annual asses
proposed for youth councils b
chapters. A proposal from
tions committee on inter
sought to amend the youth
tions to make assessments
days before the convention, t
it is for adults, if youth delef
vote at the convention.
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has won the tight to repres
Omega National Conclave in
Flinchum is the daughter c
of 1748 Virginia Road,
competition. She also pis
Carolina School of The Arts, <
Her current piano teacher is
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day, July 7,1979
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$7MSi
ciaF evidence was withheld
from defense attorneys, including
results fron> a
?j ii % t <
uusung ox tnc crime
scene for fingerprints that
failed to show Charles'
involvement Tin Ffie~
Defendants are the City
of Savannah and police
officials eonnected with the
inVestigltftTH iea 40 "
cunvkikas. \
"Earl's experience
anuwa ua max our system is
imperfect and'that it's very
Smoke Signa
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presentably that they had to v
could have combed their hair*
though they had gotten out g
court.
Shirttails were out, if the>
were worn and even they weit
I know a judge should maki
evidence and not on how a pc
but believe, if VOU make a art
weigh heavily in that judge's i
)ne Big
Confab Attra
Last week's convention
reflected that \ mixture,
both in delegates,
as well as staffers, workshop
participants and
others.
pies of the \ mix are
? W
joceiyn iravis, ZJ, a
member of the national
board, and Eva Carmen, ^
95, a local branch president
in Irvington, Ky.
"I've always wanted
to be involved with the 7
NAACP," said Ms.
Travis of Cleveland, and
a 1977 graduate of
Alabama State Vniversity.
"As farback as?
junior high school, I
wanted to become a
NAACP lawyer."
Currentlv. fonlrino frw
a job that will pay enough
to support her
financing trip to law
" school, Ms. Travis was
elected to the National
board last year to represent
the youth of Region
3.
Region three includes
Fronr
But after 1
if its money was tabled,
rship dues, For all the
he national moment of
ation added convention w
>e taxed to U.S. Supreme
's member- companies at
t provision voluntary ai
From voting whether ther
on if the discriminatiot
lid to full. . Hooks m
hoover, director of ,
! during largegt dvi,
_ _ . that the NAA'
floor fight the countr^.s
.sment was court.s nlia
md colleges is turned into
the resolunal
affairs "We're goi
's constitu- through our
payable 60 through local t
he same as Hooks said, 44
fates are to her? and 1
loudly as we cc
M? winner of the 1979 Sixth
ent the district at the 1979 f
Denver, Col. August 11. v
rf Mr. 3c Mrs. Ray Flinchum t
She played the piano in J
ys the flute at th? North v
where she is an 11th grader, b
Mrs. Julie Ager. t
^ 1
li stake
lit
easy for a person to be
found guilty and sentenced
to death for a crime that
person did not commit,'*
attorney Dennis Balske,
who is handling the case for
the tenter, said.
"Thnwi-nMuiflfm i.'"fiti
begin to imagine the trauma
Earl has gone through.
? - ?
pto amount or money could
Tnake*1ujtvwtrate agairrrjtist
75 'UP i'KlUllLf
could make a paraplegic
victim of an accident physically
whole again."
MmRIMIIIMMHHi
Is from page 1
/ear a suit and tie, but they
Most of the guys looked as
if bed and come straight to
r wore a shirt. Tee shirts
. J1 A _
: aircy.
5 his decision based on the
irson looks but I can't help
od first impression, it may
nind.
-Yvett? McCulloogh
; Famil
cts Diverse <
Ohio, Kentucky,
Indiana, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, Michigan
and Illinois.
Mrs. Carmen * s
NAACP involvement began
in 1951 in her Irvington
hometown where she
helped start the local
branch, better conditions
among my
people." ?
Though seven decades
and a world of experience
separate them,
both Ms. Travis and
Mrs. Carmen reflect the
zeal and dedication that
has kept the NAACP at
the forefront of the fight?
for human rights.
"We're just like one
big family," said Ms.
Travis, "and like any
faftiily we have problems,
but we work them
out, and continue to put
together a united fight
for our people."
Ms. Travis, who
helped launch a youth
branch in Geveland before
entering college in
i page 1
i
ong debate, the proposal
LI '?
; pruoiems, mere was a
exhiliration during the ?
hen word came that the
i Court had. ruled 5-2 that
id unions can work out
rfirmative action plans
e is any clearcut history of
t or not.
ipleting his second year as
lie nation's oldest and
rights organization, said
CP won't sit back and let
media misinterpret the
to the extent that a victory
a loss.
ng to get the troops out
state conferences, and
>ranches? with the truth."
and we're go'ng to leave
the world we won just as I
MTinlain fthont ft 1o?? "
NCNW : !
1 1U n ft am s f
legro Women will worship
vith Grace United Presbyerian
Church on Sunday,
uly 8 during the 11 a.m.
worship service. All mem?ers
are asked to meet at
he church at 10:40 a.m.
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Staff Photo by Templeton
Consumer Protest
Rev. Rayford Thompson launches a one-man demonstration
against Roger Weet Chevrolet, Inc. aa the latest part
of |i dispute over who should pay for i car Thompson
brought to the dealer for service that was apparently
stolen off the lot. The dealership rests on a disclaimer
against liability for theft losses, bat Thompson says he
will pldket the firm every day until he Is reimbursed.
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p FWi
1974, where she organized
a college chapter, ^
is a tall, dark, woman,
with a ready smile, and
an infectious personal- .
ity. She speaks boldly
and forthrightly* emphasizing
a need for more
young people to^get in-~ INIC jf
volved with the NAACP,
or any other organization ^
devoted to community
cafnn/^A
jvi vivvt
"But I also think that
adults have a responsi- ?
bility to increase the .
awareness of young people
concerning their historyi^she
added, "and I 5
the things the organiza- 1
tion has\ done for our
people." ,
Looking back over her ^
more than 20 years of I El
involvement with the lo- H
cal NAACP branch, Mrs.
Carmen, a widow, with I
children, said the I
organization has always
been dependable when\it k ft
comes to helping black
people^^^^^^^^^,
GovemorV Office I I
of Citizen Affairs H
A place where folks Uaten to problem I I
you may have with itito (ovhuimiil I'll
2. A place when folks try to h?tp ... to I ^
cut red tap* ... to (?t answers!
A place where you cm call? I
I-*BO-S62-79S2 (toll-free la North 1
Carolina) or write: Governor's Office 1
at Cittern Affairs, State Capitol, and 1 1 ~i
get response from pmelt who are 1.
trying hard to hetp cJtliene of North 1
Carolina. 1
(Th* ?W?H tlH? III <l|ll ? ? >?**> MT.W )
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Lynching
Victim
Awarded
MOBILE, Ala. An innocent
black robbery suspect
who had a noose slipped
. around his neck by several
city policemen in a threaten;d
lynching in 1976 won
?an out-of-court settlement
recently of $41,500 from
the site -of several acts, of
I official terrorism against
the black -4?omnuLnity_in__
ifclJiTTrrpirlliyitWlrtiiiiiiMMii >?maim an una in
' in this Instance every
officer suspended or fired
I pending formal investigation
of the incident was
later returned to the force.
Two officers tried separately
on criminal assault
charges have been acquitted
by all-white juries.
Similar charges against
three other officers were
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on a night late in March
1976 when Glenn Diamond
was arrested near his
stalled car in front of a
fast-food restaurant for suspicion
of a "robbery" that "
police allegedly believed
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