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Winston-Salem Chr^onicle
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VII No- 39
U.S.P.S. No. 067910
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
Saturday, May 23, 1981
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26 Pages This Week
esidents
lutraged
ver 2-D
lignment
By Yvonne Anderson
and
Beverly McCarthy
ijunity leaders and residents were outraged by the
Ijjen by the Board of Alderman last night when
lopied realignment Plan 2-D by a vote of 5 to 3.
no accident that it happened like this,” said Lee
lack resident of the Broadbay community which
shifted to the East Ward under the Aldermens
ifsslieer racism, you can’t call it anything else.”
helieves it is a backlash of resentment from the
oirmunity. “We see this as a backlash from those
'r because they see too many precinct turnovers in
:»said Mack.
re tired of all blacks being lumped together
it dilutes our power, we must begin to express
wetin terms that can be understood,” Mack said,
(ton Griggs said, “I’m not surprised, given the
political and social climate of this nation. Right
the time for some quiet strategy planning.”
said that now is the time to come together,
id decide on some appropriate course of action
“This (Plan 2-D) signals our need to reaccess
ition.”
ad Wiley had presented an alternate plan to the
ihich would have followed the existing lines of'
lent. However, the board ruled that the popula-
the wards given in his proposal, had to be
edit order for it to be considered,
piite clear that they knew what they were going
lefore they got to the meeting, they wanted to
itvoling strength of black people in the Southeast
said Wiley.
lining his reasons for presenting the plan Wiley
I did it to demonstrate that the wards could be
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South Africa
Told To Set
Namibia Free
Analysis By
Curtis T. Perkins
All of Black and Arab
Africa; The Third World
and several enlightened na
tions of the West, told
South Africa to set Namibia
free at the U.N. Security
Council . last week. The
leader of these countries at
this historic session of the
Council was the Uganda
Army private Joseph Christopher (hooded) is under heavy security after being arraigned Ambassador to the United
in Buffalo Supreme Court after he pleaded innocent in the shooting deaths of three Nations, Olar Otunnu.
black men in Buffalo last year with a .22 caliber weapon. The African effort to
wrest South West Africa
Pleads Innocent to Buffalo Murders
UP1 PHOTO
Aldermen Vote Along Racial Lines
Plan 2-D Accepted
By C.B. Hauser
Chronicle Correspondent
The Winston-Salem
Board of Aldermen approv
ed Plan 2-D Monday night
to realign the city voting
wards in accordance with
the “one man one vote
rule.” The plan includes the
areas annexed in 1979 and
provides the Board of Elec
tion with an alignment plan
with and without the annex
ed areas.
The vote to adopt Plan
2-D was 5-3 with the black
aldermen voting against the
plan as they had voted
against Plan 1-A which did
Winston-Salem
Ward Realignment Data
Existing
Plan 1-A
Plan 2 0
Ward
Voters
"u Bla.
:k Voters "
'll Black
Voters "ii
' Black
Northeast
I5.:’72 .
86
16.352
84
17,206
82
East
15. (346
96
16.482
93
17.236
93
Southeast
16.207
45
16.462
42
17.186
38
South
18.%5
i!
16.398
10
17,291
8
Southwest
18,300
3
16.514
3
17,266
5
West
20,366
3
16,563
2
17,944
2
Northwest
20,494
22
16,600
17
17,386
7
North
13,335
72
16,514
67
17,570 .
73
liree N.C. Companies
Listed on ‘BE 100’
Three North Carolina area firms are
iinongthe nation’s largest black businesses, accor-
'Ihe Ninth Annual “Be 100“ — the list of the top
businesses - published by Black Enterprise
iieinits special June issue.
! revenues for the three companies in the North
area equaled $38,544 million for the 1980 calen-
ar.
nation’s largest black businesses demonstrated a
Tcent growth in revenues as they jumped from
iioain 1979 to $1,531 billion in 1980. The cut-off
•Nndusion on the “BE 100” remained approx-
llkesame as last year - $5,168 million.
'W among the top five “BE 100” companies are:
Motown Industries (Los Angeles), the entertainment con
glomerate which has maintained its first place rank for
the ninth consecutive year with revenues of $91,700
million; the fastest growing firm, Wallace & Wallace
Enterprises, Inc. (New York) moved up to the number
two spot with revenues of $81,935 million; Johnson
Publishing Company (Chicago) was eased into third
place despite its $72,974 million in revenues; Fedco Foods
Corporation (New York) also dropped a notch to fourth
place despite higher earning totaling $51,654 million; and
H.J. Russell Construction Company (Atlanta) was fifth
with revenues of $51,000 million.
Earl G. Graves, editor and publisher of Black Enter-
. See Page 2
not include the annexed
areas.
In the discussion on the
motion to adopt Plan 2-D,
Naomi Jones, president of
BPAL, asked the board to
adopt a plan which would
maintain a racial balance
similar to the present one in
the Southeast Ward.
Dianne Mitchell pleaded for
Plan 2-C and Rev. Howard
Wiley presented a new plan
which he called “Plan 3”.
Wiley’s plan was sup
ported by a large map of the
city showing new ward
lines. He had consulted
Census Tracts in devising
his plan. Upon questioning
by the board he was unable
to say how many voters
would be in each ward.
Alderman Newell made a
substitute motion to adopt
Plan 2-C. This motion was
?5 Grads Hear Atkins Address
By C.B. Hauser
Special Correspondent
'kffl enterprise outside of yourself and one bigger
•wself to which you can dedicate your life and
'ttgies,” Hanna D. Atkins told 275 graduates of
*'Salem State University. Commencement exer-
kdd Sunday at 3 p.m. in Memorial Coliseum.
ate to be truly the kind of society all of us
cannot limit ourselves to proficiency in
'p' "tanagement and efficiency alone. We must
*) excellent: excellent in caring, in concern, in
"•loving and compassion.”
*e the potential to become ‘middle class.’
* horn whence you came - your roots. One
stroke of bad luck can put you on the welfare rolls or
among the disabled. Care deeply and work and fight to
change what is unjust and to eliminate whatever hurts
any other human being.”
The motto of Winston-Salem State University “Enter
to Learn, Depart to Serve” is pertinent to this occasion.
Make learning a lifelong adventure and service a lifelong
commitment.”
Mrs. Atkins, a Winston-Salem native who grew up in
the shadow of Winston-Salem State University, is a
member of the United States Commission to the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza
tion, and a former member of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives, in which she served six terms.
Upon the completion of her address, Mrs. Atkins was
See page 13
Photo by Roland Watts
WSSU Grads don attire during recent commencement ex
ercises.
from the greedy clutches of
South Africa was well
organized and hefty with
reason, conciliation and
able speakers.
But as usual the leaders
of the West - all with col
onial experience in racism
-along with the U.S. vetoed
all the resolutions presented
in behalf of Namibia to
press sanctions against
South Africa in the Security
Council.
This bigoted attitude of
my country as I watched
our Ambassador Jeanne
Kirkpatrick cast her lame
excuse veto again sickened
me. I had seen such
shenanigans before with
other U.S. Ambassadors
with the exception of An
drew Young and Donald
McHenry. Then there were
the vetoes of France and the
United Kingdom also with
their unbelievable reasons
not to support the Africans
in ridding their continent of
the last vestiges of racism
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defeated 5-3 with blacks
supporting and the whites
opposing. When the vote on
Plan 2-D was taken, the
motion to adopt carried
5-3.
The vote on Plan 2-D was
taken after the rules were
amended to allow discus
sion of the motion to adopt
Plan 2-D. The Plan could
not be . voted upon at last
Tuesday’s meeting due to a
“no consideration motion”
by Alderman Burke.
Following the vote, a
large noisy delegation from
the Southeast Ward left the
meeting with some accusing
the aldermen of being
racists. The vote placed the
dividing line between the
East and the Southeast
Wards at Reynolds Park
Road instead of 1-40 and
See Page 2
_ UPI PHOTO
Heritage Festival
Seven year old Jonathan Lewis struts his stuff, as he leads
the marching members of the Ladies Zulu Social Aid and
Pleasure Club during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage
Festival this weekend.
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Crimestoppers
Murder Victim’s
Killer Sought
The Winston-Salem/For
syth County Crimestopper
program is focusing its
efforts and attention on a
homicide that occurred in
October of 1980.
At 8:30 a.m. a motorist
spotted the nude body of a
black female who was later
identified as Sherby Denise
Wright, of 1216 Argonne
Boulevard. The body was
found lying face down at
the filter room of Kimberly
Park Swimming Pool with a
rope wrapped around its
neck. An autopsy showed
that Ms. Wright had died of
strangulation. Some of her
clothing was found nearby.
“From the beginning, we
had a hard time gathering
any kind of details in this
case,” said Detective J.H.
Tucker, the investigative
officer assigned to the case.
“There was no actual wit-
Sherby Denise Wright
nesses, the body wasn’t
even identified until the
next day.
A police investigation re
ported that Ms. Wright was
last seen in the 1000 block
of Waughtown Street about
6 p.m. She had left her
home to walk to the store,
yet her movements and
activities are thereafter un
known.
“It appears that she ar-
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