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Winston-Salem Chr'onicle
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
Saturday, July 25, 1981
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26 Pages This Week
Voting Rights Act
Evokes Heated Debate
By Yvonne Anderson
Staff Writer
Black Americans and older minority citizens of the
United States are facing the most serious battle for civil
rights since the 1960’s.
Congress began debate on extension of the 1965 Voting
Rights Act this month. If the heated opening debates are
any indication of the future, the battle for passage will be
hard won, as it was hard won in 1965.
The original act was set up to eliminate legal
discriminatory practices that mandated a person’s right
to vote. Prior to 1965, several states required literacy tests
and poll taxes as a prerequisite of registering to vote.
Heading for expiration in 1982, the battle lines have
been drawn and two factions have surfaced in Congress
over the Act’s extention. Proponents include prominent
. civil rights leaders. Lane Kirkland, head of AFL-CIO,
Archibald Cox, professor of Harvard Law School and
Chairman of Common Cause, and Ruth Hinderfield,
head of the League of Women Voters.
Opponents are headed by Senator Strom Thurmond
(R-S.C.) the new chairman of the Judiciary Comrhittee.
The Reagan Administration is proceeding very cautious
ly, refraining from announcing any policy to date.
Yet, the key to the debate in Congress is the large
number of members who are not familiar with the Voting
Rights Act. More than half the senators and represen
tatives have taken office after 1975, and many of them
have not formulated opinions and views.
The house hearings that have began will prove to be an
important factor in shaping their opinions. Several
witnesses have already testified at these hearing to the
continued need for the protection of the Act, citing
abuses and procedures still used to inhibit or dilute
minority participation in elections.
During her testimony on June 18, former Con
gresswoman Barbara Jordan said, “For those who wish
to modify the Voting Rights Act or for those who wish to
see its preclearance provisions expire altogether, where is
the record to support either position? Where are the in-
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Mayor
Appoints
15 To
Commission
Sullivan Calls For New
Black World Connection
Upset Veteran
UPI Photo
kti, apparently upset about his disability case, took several people hostage at
tnl July 1 at the Veterans Administration Building, in Manhatten. Authorities
'le held at least four people hostage before he surrendered. He is shown being
itof the building by police after the incident. No one was injured. Man was iden-
'.dward Suddith, an air force veteran.
joler Apartments Get
i0,000 Renovation Grant
mne Anderson
pto/y Writer
ioler Apartments
ia complete face lift
suit of a $50,000
ieeived from the
ivernment.
lexible Subsidy
under which the
s given, is designed
Hubert Hill
to assist in preserving and
improving subsidized hous
ing projects by providing
money to cover needed
maintenance and repairs,
replacements.
Residents manager of the
apartments, Hubert Hill,
said that the renovations
would begin as soon as all
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Preaching revival style to
shouts and unrestrained, ap
plause, Rev. Leon Sullivan
electrified the NAACP c1qs^,5'
ing banquet audience at the
Denver Convention when
he called for a “New Black
Connection” around the
world.
“The Jewish people have
a Jewish Connection; the
French have a French Con
nection; the Italians have an
Ttalian Connection. I say
it’s time that Blacks have a
Black Connection,”
Sullivan roared.
Stressing the need for
Blacks in' the NAACP to
reach out to the Caribbean,
Central and South
American Blacks and the
continent of Africa, the
Black clergyman, NAACP
Spingarn Award winner
and Founder of O.I.C. In
ternational Network of job
training corporations, urg
ed Benjamin Hooks,
Margaret Bush Wilson and
the NAACP leaders across
the nations to look beyond
the present conservatism
era to a new day of Black
economic and political pro
gress.
“We must have con- will continue to advance,
fidence that the Black Race We must have confidence
" Solidarity Day
March Set For Sept.
The first march on Washington, D.C., since 1963 is
scheduled for Sept. 19 by the National Association of
Colored people (NAACP), and the AFL-CIO, it was
announced today in Denver, Colorado.
The NAACP National Convention passed a
resolution accepting the invitation of the AFL-CIO
to join in a protest demonstration in the nation’s
capital to show the dissatisfaction of workers and
minority members alike to the current unsettled
economic .climate which continues in the United
States unchecked.
“The NAACP shares a common humanity with
the workers of the AFL-CIO and the basic goals and
objectives that will be brought to the fore by this
joint demonstration,” said Benjamin L. Hooks, Ex
ecutive Director of the NAACP, as he awaited the ar
rival of President Ronald Reagan to address the
assembled 4,000 delegates.
“The budget cuts for 1982, sponsored by the
Reagan Administration, will have an adverse effect
upon the working men and women of this nation,”
Hooks added. “And the insatiable desire on the part
of the Reagan Administration to diminish or destroy
the numerous social programs upon which so many
Americans are dependent will hurt all Americans, in
cluding the aged, the poor and the disadvantaged.”
that in spite of the new con
servatism, with the help of
God and our own efforts,
we will continue our stride
towards freedom,” he said.
The so-called “Lion of
Zion” was roaring louder
and the crowd loved it. In
terrupted 15 times by ap
plause, he ticked off
specific action agenda items
including the need for com
petency.
- “Our people must have
skills to compete in the
world of work with all other
Americans on an equal
basis.
- Our people must de
mand excellence in perfor
mance from our children
and youth.
- Our people must push
self-help programs and
policies and insist on
greater emphasis and sup
port for training centers like
O.I.C. (Opportunities In
dustrialization Centers).
- Our confidence, com
petence and cooperation,
are the three C’s that we
must have to assure the con
tinuing advancement of the
race,” he concluded.
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In the regular meeting of
the board of aldermen, 15
people were apointed to
serve on the city’s Human
Relations Commission.
Those appointed to the
board were Dr. Constance
Howie Johnson, Ms. Bever
ly R. Mitchell, and Mrs.
Max H. Crohm. Lynn
Burleson, James F. Ford,
Babu Nallamala, Mary
Elizabeth Harper, Jerry W.
Bryant, David H. Burr,
Debby Fix, Howard W.
Wells, and Horace Deudney
will serve on the commis
sion for a term which ends
in June of 1983.
Reappointed to the Com
missions was Mr. Spiros
Siafacas.
YWCA
Fund
Near
$1 Million
With a new grant total of
$875,381 in pledges, the
YWCA Renaissance Fund
is approaching the $1 mil
lion level, according to
Aurelia G. Eller, General
Chairman of the $1.5 million
campaign.
“As of this afternoon, we
are very close to the $1
million plateau. In addition,
we know that there are
literally hundreds of excel
lent prospects still remain
ing. I am confident that we
will reach our goal, or even
surpass it, in the very near
future,” Mrs. Eller com
mented.
Mrs. Eller’s comments
came Wednesday night at
the fifth regular report
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St of A Series
Icoholism: View From the Inside
oom was quite (rehabilitation center) 1 just
the atmosphere thought that 1 had a
medical problem with
drinking, I thought that my
body wasn’t tolerating
alcohol anymore, but after
I started listening to others
talk I knew that 1 was an
alcoholic and it frightened
me,” Betty explained.
At 29, Betty is embarking
on a new life after drinking
heavily for eleven years.
She started drinking in her
hometown of Miami, a
tourist town, which Betty
believes contributed to her
association with liquor.
“It’s (Miami) a fast
tourist town and drinking
seems to be the A number
one entertainment. It’s well
;ht, and the par
h gave the impres-
cqual mundaness.
he interview pro-
Betty and John
tit true names)
questions with a
testy.
alized I was an
when I was in a
'alien center and 1
believe it,” Betty
was listening to
tuple talk about
t" and a lot of the
'ey said applied to
P what I had been
“I used to think that 1 with (ARCA) the
accepted and I really didn’t developed a drinking pro- Alcoholism Residential
think that much about it blem in the navy, but since I Care Authority, Inc. (AR-
until it made me sick,” Bet- joined AA (Alcoholics CA) has a thirty day pro-
ty reflected in a somber Anonymous) I realized that gram to help a person with
tone. my drinking problem began alcohol related problems
She never smiled through when 1 was sixteen,” John and prepare them for re-
the entire interview, but the said. entry into society.
From the first drink 1
took I was an alcoholic.
seriousness in which she
speaks demonstrates the
seriousness of her life ex
perience.
John was a career ser
viceman, serving in the Ar-
“We utilize a three step
program of motivation.
because it did something for education, and recovery,”
me; it made me what 1
wanted to be, what 1
couldn’t be normally,” ex-
my and the Navy for thir- plained John.
I went in there
teen years until alcohol
took over his life. He takes
his life in stride, however,
and dedicates himself to
helping other alcoholics
kick the drinking addiction.
He had trouble relating
said Tom Amos, assistant
director of (ARCA).
‘‘Hopefully they are
already motivated when
they get here (ARCA
to women and felt that grounds), we then educate
uninhibited after having a them as to the nature of
drink. their problem and ready
Betty recently completed them for recovery by help-
a rehabilitation program ing them find work and a
place to stay.”
Amos explained that
(ARCA) is oriented on the
basis of Alcoholics
Anonymous but is not af
filiated with the (AA) pro
gram. Located on Union
Cross Road, the center
houses living quarters,
recreational and occupa
tional instruction facilities.
The staff at (ARCA) is
continually evaluated; the
program is upgraded in
order to provide a more
comprehensive alcoholism
program for those who suf
fer from alcohol abuse and
the program is designed to
treat all phases of the il
lness.
Tom Amos, assistant director of ARCA.
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