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Ijym. UJ umt BOOM 205 IVILEOM LIBRARY CHAPEL HILL, KG 27514 SEPT* 1979 60 81 Welcome Iota Phi Lambda H: Winston-Salem Chr'onicle Serving the Winston-Salem Community Since 19 74" ^0 Vol. VII No. U.S.P.S. No. 067910 winston-Salem, n.c. Saturday, August 8, 1981 *20 cents 26 Pages This Week Hooks-NAACP Plan Mass Meeting Here Eula Mcdaney, 68, holds manuscript of her autobiography, “God, / Listened, ” which she donated to the New IPttblic Library July 24 at the Schomburg Collection for Research in Black Culture on Lenox A venue and 135th iinManhaUan. She began life in a sharecropper’s shack in Pike County, Ala., and rose from walking behind a nltawn plow to riding around in a Rolls-Royce. She made her money in real estate and now owns property ishoul the Los Angeles area. God, I Listened UPI Photo By Yvonne Anderson Staff Writer Benjamin Hooks, the executive director of the Na tional Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple (NAACP), will spend Monday, August 6, in Winston- Salem. Responding to an invitation from Patrick Hairston, director of the local chapter, Hooks will address a mass meeting to be held at Shiloh Baptist Church on Highland Avenue, Monday afternoon. “This is a crucial time in the lives of black people and I felt he (Hooks) needs to be here,” said Patrick Hairston explaining his invitation. Hooks will address the Reagan Administration’s budget cuts and what black people must do to survive the cuts Hairston said. The NAACP has attacked the Reagan Administration’s policies, particularly the budget cuts which congress overwhelmingly approved last week, as putting the burden of inflation on those who can least af ford it. Submitting a comprehensive policy document to Reagan in February, the NAACP sought to influence the administration’s stand before they were initiated. The national NAACP convention was held in Denver, Colorado, from June 26 through July 3. President Reagan addressed the opening session of the conference calling for dialogues with the NAACP leaders on his policies. Rc-.is-'in also attempted to justify his proposals Benjamin Hooks NAACP Executive Director Patrick Hairston NAACP Branch President by citing statistics which he said showed that past govern ment programs had not reduced the percentage of per sons living in poverty. The president’s words were not received warmly by convention delegates. Resolutions coming out of that convention ranged from the rejection of block grants, to the urging of action to further limit auto imports. Hooks will arrive in Winston-Salem at 12 noon and will •depart approximately at 5:30 p.m. The mass meeting is open to the public. “It’s a day that black people should take off from work.” said Hairston. “I think that it’s that important. Editorial Buy Black [Newspaper Sept. 17th| Draw a red circle around Thursday, September 17 I H on your calendar. This day will be known as “Buy A | j Black Newspaper Day” and we are asking you, our | I readers, and all members of the Black community to| j buy a Black newspaper - and only a Black newspaper I j to demonstrate the importance of the Black press to | I the Black community, | The livelihood of all media depends upon its ability | I to attract advertisers, but advertisers rely on the use | I of general market media to reach all Black consumers I p believing, it makes no fundamental difference. The | objective of the “Buy A Black newspaper” campaign I See Page 2 | Myriie Evers Bonnie Gentry Thelma Small Harnett Behringer 1,500 Expected Sorority Set For Confab Rev. Howard Wiley By Yvonne Anderson Staff Writer The cite is the Winston- Salem Hyatt House, the standing count, 1,500, and the event, the annual con vention of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc, Beginning on August 8, delegates and guests from around the country will converge in Winston-Sa lem under the theme, “Women Facing Chal lenges in a New Decade.” The delegates will arrive Friday, but the activities will not begin until Satur day with registration, the first business session and then the Emerald Ball to be held at the Benton Conven tion Center. Rising for an 8 a.m. registrations on Sunday, participants will attend a worship service at 10 a.m. Past National Officers will be honored at a breakfast to be held before the service and then an educational program is scheduled for 3 p.m. Mrs. Myriie Evers, the wife of slain civil rights Grace Payne leader, Medgar Evers, will be the guest speaker for the educational program. Evers recently became See Page 2 lev. Wiley Seeks S.E. Ward Seat From Staff Reports •Rev, Howard Wiley has announced his candidacy •'Southeast Ward in a prepared statement issued Rev. Wiley is seeking to skip the September •yby getting a sufficient number of signatures on a that must be submitted to the Forsyth County *ef Elections. ••long as votes are cast strictly along racial lines,” "•iley said, “the run-off provision of the primary presents an insurmountable barrier to minority attempting to reach the general election.” 'Viley, 34, said he will be running as an unaf- 'tilcandidate to escape party politics. “Unobligated political and economic interests, 1 will be free •fpendemly pursue new and creative ways of ad- •8the issues, problems and concerns that confront ••ttple of the Southeast Ward and the eity of '“"■Salem. ’ ’ See Page 2 Through Art Youth Sends Community Message By Yvonne Anderson Staff Writer Charles Conrad con ceives, produces and then sells his various arts with no help from anyone, proving that there are creative and industrious young black men still existing in America. Born under the sign of Taurus, the bull, Conrad displays all the characteristics of a strong sign, as he pushes to stir the concious level of black peo ple. He uses poetry, photography, and drawing to achieve this end. “Tm trying to gel a message aimed toward black people across,” ex plained Conrad. “Black people aren’t where they want or need to be. 1 hope that my art work will serve to stimulate their minds to become aware of what they want.” Although art is an impor tant part of his life, Conrad studies business administra tion with concentrating in marketing, as his major at North Carolina A&T State University. Conrad believes that the strength of any people lies in their understanding of the world around them and their rela tionship within that world. Using identification as one of his dominant themes, Conrad strives to reveal the history of black people thus building a strong foundation on which to build a new unity. “Black people don’t have enough role models because everything you see is white and that can form a negative self-image among our people,” Conrad said emphatieally. “Black peo ple should know that we have a prestigious heritage, 1 think that would stimulate us to be more aggressive,” To illustrate his beliefs tangiably, Conrad plans to paint a murial entitled, “From Slaveship to Spaceship,” which he wants to exhibit during the Carolina Streetscene Festival in September. To finance his quest, Conrad is selling a printed reproduction of his poem, “So Teach A Child.” “Children are our fu’ure and something positive .should be put in our en vironment for them,” said Conrad emphatically. “This is the time to be con- eerned with our children’s growth and re-enforce models that will make them strong, caring human be ings.” Charles Conrad displays his poem, “So Teach A Child, ” which he is selling to raise money for supplies to paint a murial for the Carolina Streetscene.
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