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mursday, Nov. 20
Guitarist Gordon Kreplin will perform and
lecture today at 3 p.m. in room 111 of the Fine
Arts Building at Winston-Salem State University.
The event is free and open to the public.
Evelyn Terry will serve as the facilitator for
"today's session of the YWCA's series on Black
Women; CopingAThe tppic^will be "Being an
Assertive Woman" and will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public:
Sample a variety of international foods as
part of the YWCA's World Mutual Services
Week. Luncheon will be held today from 11:30
to 2 p.m. Call 722-5138 for more information.
Area Mental Health meeting at 7:30 p.m. at
the Mental Health Clinic.
> Forsyth County Commissioner's Briefing, 3
p.m, Hall of Justice.
Friday, Nov. 21
The East Winston Club and Resturant Coalition
will present the First Annual Miss Minority
Business Pagent Beginning tonight at 7 p.m at
the Kenneth R.% Williams Auditorium at
Winston-Salem State University. Proceeds will
go to the United Negro College Fund, the
N.A.A.C.P., and the Urban League. Pagent
cum much tomorrow iiigm ai 7 jr.rrr.
. Saturday, Nov. 22
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The Crafters 6th Annual Holiday Arts and
Craft Fair, today from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the
National Armory on Silas Creek Parkway.
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will present its final program in Shirley Hall today
at 8:15 p.m. Members of the newly formed
f ensemble are all members of the Winston-Salem
: Symphony and perform in various chamber
groups in the area.
Board of Commissioners meets today at 7:30
in the Hall of Justice.
Employment and Training Advisory Committee
meets at 2 p.m. at the NCNB Conference
Room.
School Board Action Session, 7:30 p.m.,
Adult Administration Center.
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for community relations.
Mrs. Barbara K. Phillips, supreme basileus of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, is also active in many civic and
community affairs, and holds the distfriinloTr*>f-beifl?
listed in Ebony's 100 most influential black Americans.
She has been listed in Who's Who.
R. V. Boone Jr. said that he was pleased to be so highly
honored. "The fact that it comes from professional
brothers lends much more credibility to the honor," he
said. Boone is employed as a band director for Carver
High School, and is active in many civic organizations as
well as fraternal activities.
The theme of htc contest ws "Manhood, scholarship,
prcscvercncc, and uplifting". Fraternity member C. B.
Hauscr who served as Master of Ceremonies gave brief
remarks stating the fraternity's intent to uphold the
theme through such activities as the talent hunt.
The talent hunt was created by the fraternity in an effort'to
expose black lalctrt and inspire racial pride. When
the talent hunt first started in 1945, many accomplishments
of blacks did not get in the newspapers,
and often still do not get proper exposure. This is the
Omegas attempt to provide some of that exposure, and
uphold their theme of "Manhood, scholarship,
perxervcrancc, and uplifting."
Omega Psi Phi talent hunt chairman, U. V. Boone
chose four outstanding performers to compete this year
in tlie contest.
The winner of the talent contest wasWilliam Bess, a
17-year old senior at East Forsyth High School, who
played J. Quant/ Sonata #1 first movement on the flute.
Less has won several awards in music including nomination
for the North Carolina Governor's School of Music,
and the Who's Who in Music award.
Placing second was Joy Waggoner who played Claude
Debussy's "Reverie" on piano, and in third place was
Julie Flinchum. who played Chopin's "Schcr/o". An
honorable mention was given to Shcrri Damon, who performed
Bach's Invention #4, in D minor.
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As many as 65-70 percent
of all registered Black voters
took part in the Nov. 4
national election according
to projection figures released
by the National Association
for the Advancement
of Colored People.
NAACP Executive Direc
lor, Benjamin L. Hooks,
speaking the morning after
the elections noted, "No
other single interest group,
including the elderly and
women, demonstrated the
great strides that Blacks^
showed in realizing their#
full voting potential. These
gains are especially important,
since most political
observers had expected a
continuation of the downward
trend that had been
- evidenced over the past 15
years."
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"Hooks noted "NAACP .
data revealed a keen interest
in the presidential race
among Black voters. After
checking the almost 200
branches involved in voter
registration, we discovered
that we had managed to
raise the number of Blacks
registered to almost 11.5
million, or 67 percent of
Black eligibles. This represents
the highest percentage
of Blacks registered in
our -history., and is even ^
better than the 63.8 percent
registered7~among fhe^T33~
million white eligibles."
Joe t Madison, National
Director of the^ NAACP Voter
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voters maintained their tradition
of supporting the
Democratic Party. "Preliminary
results show that
in spite of Catholics, blue
collar workers, ethnics and
women going heavily for'
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Carter received a solid 80
percent of the Black vote.
Those same figures showed
Ronald Reagan and John
Anderson splitting the remaining
difference.''
"More importantly,
Madison maintained,
"these preliminary results
illustrate the political maturity
developing within the
Black community. That
maturity and motivation
must be continued in future
. elections."
Hooks pointed out a serious
departure from the
record Black turnout statistics,
when he talked about
results from key precincts
on the West Coast.
NAACP officials there reported
the Black turnout
was 10-15 percent lower
than the national average,
and as much as 12 percent
lower* than the turnout in
1976. The Executive Director
said, "This was clearly
the result of the news
announcements of Carter's
defeat, and a^few minutes
later the President himself
conceding.'!
~Aeeordiiig~to-an^NAACPofficial
in Los Angeles,'
many community- canvassers
reported their turnout
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had been almost 50 percent,
with three hours left
to vote, when the news was
broadcast. "Thereafter,
the turnout was light.
Canvassers who were contacting
Blacks, were met
with a response that the
race wasover and their vote
was not necessary."
All of the preliminary
reports and findings were
tne work ot the NAACP
Election Watch headquarters,
established for the
first time to~ chart- and
assess the electionTand the
NAACP Voter Education
department. The complex
network of field representatives
and volunteers monitoring
the polling boothsand
key NAACP officials in
precincts throughout the
country providing interviews
to newspapers, radic
and television stationsaccording
to the media
proved to be invaluable
Madison said the work ol
the Election Watch was
made easier through the
efforts of technical consultants,
field coordinators,
volunteers manning telephone
banks, transportation
coordinators getting
senior citizens to the polls
and the continuing neighborhood
get out the vote
canvassers. These activities
represented the final
phase of the NAACP's mas~sive
Registration/Get Out
The Vote campaign which
-impacted- upon- over. 11:
million Black voters.
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The Minority Business Development
Program of the Winston-Salem Urban
League sponsored a working seminar
that attracted 40 or more blacky
businessmen and women last Thursday
night at the First Baptist Church on
Highland Avenue.
Fred Farmer of the U.S. Department
of Commerce, Gordon Slade, a local
accountant, and Charles Stevens.
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'msion-Sa/em Forsyth County; Gordon
yeciulist for the U.S. Department of Com
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Assistant Purchasing Agent for
Winston-Salem and Forsyth County,
vere the guest speakers.
Each of the speakers presented a
'description of their job function and
discussed how they could be of
assistance to minority enterprises.
Harrner, who is a trade specialist and
works out of the Greensboro office of
the Commerce Department, detailed
information on specific aid the minori
ty business person receive by means of
numerous Department of Commerce
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