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sludenis’' wiih high SAl scores.
Snow ends the editorial by stating, “How long highly
qualified whites denied admission will tolerate this
reverse diserimitialion without taking the university to
court is utidoubtedly alTeeted by irresponsible charges
such as this one.” (“This One” referring to the charges
made by Renwiek).
On June 3, 1981, Renwiek responded to the editorial in
a two page letter to the editor, which the Raleigh Times
has failed to print to this date.
In a phone ittterview, Renwiek explained, “The editor
said that the letter was too long to print, but if 1 could cut
it down he would print it.” “Well, I went througti the let
ter and I didn’t see anything that could be taken out, he
continued, "so I called him and told him so and he
(Snow) didn’t change Itis position.”
“They’ve gotten away from my original point and they
always get a black face to refute what a black person
says.
Collin Ruslin, now the minority admissions director, is
the “black face” to whom Renwiek referred. Rustin flat
ly denied the’charge that any qualified blacks were being
turned down for admission by the school, despite the fac
tual evidence presented by Renwiek. As the dispute con
tinued in 1978, Ruslin finally admitted that he found 17
qualified blacks that were not admitted to the university.
His explanation for that fact was that it was a mistake.
RJR Contribuu
$300,000toYW^
WHma Wheeler, Thelma Small and Marcella Oglesby
discuss plans for this Sunday’s Tea.
For Annual Scholarship Drive
NAUW To Host Tea
By Beverly McCarthy
Staff Writer
Russell A. Marion, Mrs. Joan Cardwell, A.E. Blackburn
and James W. Armentrout.
The Winston-Salem
branch of the National
Association of University
Women will host its annual
scholarship tea on Sunday,
June 28, from 4 until 6:00
p.m. at First Baptist
Church on Highland
Avenue.
This year’s theme is “An
Evening in Paradise.”
Featured will be local
talents in music, art,
drama, fashion, modeling,
and modern dancing.
Special guest will be Nell
Britton, director of
Westside Story, and drama
coordinator of Reynolds
High School and Kim
Williams of the North
Carolina School of the
Arts.
There will also be an art
display featuring work of
local artists..
The purpose of the
organization is to give
scholarships to Winston-
Salem State University to
help further the cause of
education. Sandra DeBerry
is president of the group &
Thelma Small serves as vice
president. Wilma Wheeler
is chairperson of the plann
ing committee
scholarship tea.
for the
Beauticians Present
Area Hair Show
Ervins Beauty Services
and participating local
beauticians are presenting
an educational and enter
taining program “Electri
fying Hair Goes Every
where,” Sunday, June 28,
8 p.m. at Touch of Class
Club. This program will
show you how your hair
style can be made to com
pliment any attire for any
occasion.
Tickets may be pur
chased at your local beauti
cians, Ervin’s Beauty Ser
vices and also at the door.
Renovation of Winston-
Salem’s YWCA facilities
received a boost today when
R.J. Reynolds Industries,
Inc. announced it will con
tribute $300,000 to the
organization’s Renaissance
Fund.
In announcing the con
tribution, RJR President J.
Tylee Wilson, .said, “The
corporate contributions
committee is pleased to sup
port the Renaissance Fund
campaign. The renovation
of YWCA facilities that will
result from a successful
fund-raising effort will per
mit significant expansion of
Y programs and increased
participation of Winston-
Salem area residents.”
Wilson serves as chairman
of RJR’s contributions
committee, a committee of
the board of directors that
acts on requests for cor
porate support.
RJR chairman and chief
executive officer, J. Paul
Sticht, a member of the
YWCA Renaissance Fund's
Leadership Cabinet, said he
hopes that his corporation’s
gift will prompt other local
businesses to support the Y
campaign. Sticht
characterized the campaign
“as an opportunity for
Winston-Salem to reaffirm
its support for YWCA’s
Mrs,Aurelia Elk,
J>Paul Stirhi J. 1
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followtng the anjj
Board
Elections
I
Black Political Party Plans For The Future
From Page I
unique mission in pro,!*
of Wins,o„.s™
and Forsyth County ,i,
programs, faeilHij J
couragemeni and
lot-personal growih ^
self-realization, n
YWCA continues to
an important contribuiio
lotrnproving thequaliij-„
life for a large segment ol
our community.”
Aurelia G. eller, genep
chairman of the YWC/
Renaissance pj
acknowledged theconlrd
‘ion, expressing graiiij
for RJR’s help. "Suppol
of the Renaissance Fund by
community’s larg(
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Democrats James W.
Armentrout and Mrs. Joan
Cardwell and Russell A.
Marion, A Republican,
were sworn in as the new
Forsyth County Board of
Elections last Tuesday,
A.E. Blackburn, Forsyth
County Clerk of Superior
Court, administered the
oath of office.
The Board Members were
recommended by their
respective political parties
and appointed by the North
Carolina Board of Elec
tions, They will serve a two-
year term. State law pro
hibits more than two per
sons on a Board of Elec
tions from the same party
and it is traditional that a
majority of the board come
from the party of the in
cumbent governor.
After taking office, the
new board held its first
meeting. The first item on
the agenda was the
organization of the board.
As had been predicted,
Armentrout was elected
chairman and Mrs. Card-
well was elected .secretary.
Ms, Kathie R, Chastain,
Supervisor of Elections,
was designated as minute
taker.
The Board of Elections
will notify by postal card all
persons who will vote at a
place different from where
they voted during the last
election. Persons who live
in an area where changes
have been made will be
notified of their correct
voting place, even if their
voting place has not been
changed.
Finally, all voters who
have been transferred from
one ward to another will
receive a postal card telling
them where they arc to
vote.
The next task facing the
Board of Elections is the
appointing of the Registrars
and Judges for all of the
precincts. In some in
stances, persons who have
served as Registrars and
Judges in a given precinct
no longer live in that
precinct.
Voters who have changed
their residences since they
registered or voted may not
receive notification of the
correct voting piacc because
of r, non-current address.
treasurer; Lee F. Mack,
regional convenor; Angela
Ingram and Gregory
Jackson, both members of
the youth caucus; Aider-
man Larry Little, Rev.
Howard Wiley and Tracy
Singletary.
The Conference
Attending the conference
were such prominent civil
rights activists as the
Reverend Ben Chavis,
Floyd. McKissick, the
founder of Soul City, Dr.
Barbara Sizemore, Dr.
John W. Fleming and Ron
Daniels. Present also was
the prevailing atmosphere
of unity among all par
ticipants representing local
chapters of the party from
around the state.
Drawing on the teachings
and examples set by Marcus
Garvey, Malcolm X, Mar
tin Luther King, W.E.B.
DuBois and many others,
the conference participants
.set out to formulate a
strategy for black people to
follow in the ‘80s to achieve
both political power and
economic stability. Party
and conference organizers
repeated time and again,
the necessity for political
power and economic stabili
ty to achieve black self-
determination. The theme
of the conference was
“Now is the Time for Self-
Determination, Organize,
Build, Change.'
The Welcoming session
held on Firday began with a
traditional African
ceremony entitled “Nguza
Saba” which was done by
Rev. Ben Chavis to sym
bolize the seven principles
on which the party will
function and pay homage to
the African ancestry of
black people.
The mayor of Rocky
Mount, Fred Turnage and a
city councilman, George
Dudley, gave opening
remarks at the Friday night
session.
Dr. John W. Fleming,
director of Church Rela
tions at Shaw University,
outlined his, “Blueprint for
Self-Determination” in his
keynote address which
rallied all the participants in
the church to their feet on
several occasions.
“1 see this (convention)
as a mark of the reincarna
tion of the black awareness
that had appeared to be
dead,” said Fleming. Self-
Determination as 1 define it
is the ability to map
strategies and techniques
that will propogate the
movement of a people, we
can make no self-
determination until we are
unified.”
Fleming said that the first
step in achieving self-
determination is eliminating-
the Horatio Alder myth. A
myth which perpetuates in-
Sigma Shadows
By Yvonne Anderson
Staff Writer
The Sigma Shadows are
the wives of the members of
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity,
Inc. They meet once a
month in a member’s home
to carry on the business of
the organization. After the
meeting, the hostess is
responsible for the fun,
sharing of games and
refreshments.
Before the shadows clos
ed their last meeting of this
year, vice president brought
to the attention of the
group the financial need of
the North Carolina Black
Repertory Company.
The president. Flora K.
Alexander, presented the
matter to the group and
they decided to donate
$50.00 to the repertory
company. The check was
presented to Larry Hamlin,
director of the company, at
the East Winston Library
by the president and vice
president last week.
Other members of the
sigma shadows are Olivia
Neely, Secretary; Ida
Staplefootc, Assistant
Secretary; Hattie Brown,
Treasurer; Virginia Baisley,
Ruby Bell, Sara Hamlic,
Ruby Bell, Cleester Hicker-
son, Minnie Ervin, Grace
Knight, Cornelia Forbes,
Elizabeth Lewis, Lillian
Lewis, Peggie Martin, Viola
Martin, Edna Moss, Clarice
Parker, Eula Smith, Mary
Warren, and Virginia
Wi.seman.
dividual achievement while
forsaking any collective ef
forts toward anything
positive.
“As a political body we
must help destroy the
Horatio Alder myth,” said
Fleming in . his
characteristically,' strong
voice that reverberated off
the walls of the church.
“We are the only ethnic
group that has created a riff
in our communities because
of trivial dissension. It has
left the black community
fractured,” he emphatically
added.
Along with eliminating
the myth of individualism,
Fleming advocates replac
ing that myth with a reality
of impermeable unity. A
unity that would yield
strength among black peo
ple.
“A mo\*e forward must
be a move of the group or
no move will be achieved,”
Fleming stated.
Turning his direction to
the type of black leadership
needed, Fleming called for
a new “Vanguard Leader
ship,” “The kind of leader
who doesn’t say don’t do as
1 do, but do as I say do, he
explained.
“We need a thinking,
dedicated, not afraid to
take action kind of leader,”
Fleming elaborated, “We
need a leader dedicated to
the hopes, aspirations of
black people.”
Fleming also warned of
the dangers of shifting
priorities. He said, “We
can’t afford to neglect
political power for
economic stability because
they are both equally im
portant in achieving self
determination.” ‘‘Ypu
can’t have one without the
other,” he added.
Closing out his address,
Fleming forcefully stated
what is perhaps the most
important point for all
black people, the reality of
the struggle ahead. Quoting
from Frederick Douglass,
Fleming ended his speech
by saying, “If there is no
struggle, then there is no
progress.”
Ron Daniels followed Dr.
Fleming with a speech that
again struck the spirits of
the conference participants.
Daniels, a professor of
political science at Kent
State University’s African
Studies Center, stressed the
need for education within
the black community.
“Education is fundamen
tal, political education is
fundamental, that means
that , we have to educate,”
said Daniels. “That means
we have to teach; we have
to teach after school, on
Saturday’s, teach in the
churches, in our homes,
teach at the Elk’s and
Mason’s clubs. We have to
teach.”
Commenting on what
direction the (NBIPP)
should take Daniels said,
“We need vision, we need
to decide what we stand for
and we need to stop people
from pimping off the en
tities that support us.”
“We need to stop this
welfare psychology that
prevails among our
people,” explained Daniels.
“People have got to unders
tand that the do is inside
each and every one of us.
We must promote the prin
ciples of sharing.
“Fleming ended his ad
dress by saying,” We can
not compromise on who we
are, what our history is, or
where we are going.”
Daniels’ address marked
the end of the welcoming
session and set the stage for
the plenary session and
workshops that were to
follow on Saturday.
At 8:00 a.m. on Satur
day, all conference par
ticipants, no matter how
tired, were sitting down to
the Unification Breakfast
which featured Ben Chavis
as keynote speaker, who
was introduced by Winston-
Salem Alderman, Larry Lit
tle.
Chavis took the podium
amid a standing ovation
and he spoke also on the
direction the party should
take. (See excerpts of
speech).
After the Unification
Breakfast, the conference
moved into the first Plenary
Session which featured
Floyd McKi.ssick and Dr.
Barbara Sizemore as the
keynote speakers.
McKi.ssick, the founder
of Soul City, directed his
address on the theme of
unity saying, “The most
powerful thing that can ever
happen is when brothers
come .together.”
Dr. Sizemore, a professor
of Black Studies at the
University of Pittsburgh,
emphasized independence
in her speech.
“We must be indepen
dent and make choices in
dependently of all other
groups and issues except
those which will benefit
us,” Sizemore said. This
party must belong to the
people because if it is not
responsive to the needs of
the people it will die. It will
disintegrate into another
democratic or republican
party,” she further explain
ed.
“If the black community
trusts us, if they believe that
we are with them and not
above them, then the Na
tional Black Independent
Political Party will
succeed.”
From the Plenary Ses
sion, the participants broke
into workshops and discuss
ed the issues that gave way
the resolutions voted upon
on Sunday.
Sunday’s activities began
with an Ecumenical Service
followed by the second
Plenary Session in which
the final voting took place.
The conference set par
ticipants home with the task
of preparing for the August
national convention.
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