! \ ' , _. ' r' ' . ' ' More Roundball Despite the fact that the NCAA decided its champions weeks ago, basketball fever is still alive in the National Basket- ? ball Association and here, in the Big Four basketball tournament. Sports, Page 15. 1 e Wiqstc VOL. VIII NO. 34 U S P S. No."067910 r^Aii^o ^a*?O i va/iiu aviui a Get Share By Ruthcll Howard Staff Wrltar - . V / _1 In a City Hall meeting closed to the press, black leaders, minority contractors, Mayor Wayne E. Corpening and representatives of the developers and general enntr?rtr*r John S. Clark Co. Inc. met last Wednesday to air problems concerning minority participation in the conOnce the smoke had cleared, minority builders had "We put our cards on the table here. The wounds are healed and now we . just want to get it done. " ?Mayor Wayne Corpening agreed to handle 32 percent of the subcontracts in the SI.2 million project which, once completed, is expected ?/, L.I 1- i ? J - us w uiawR-uwnea ana operated. No contracts were signed last week, said Joe Dean of contractors confirming their agreement to participate in the project. Dean added that minorities will make up 40 percent of the center's construction work force. : TlilMilin meeting. East Ward Alderman Virginia Neweli^who caHecLaad moderated the session, passed around a letter to be sent to tenants of the shopping center and asked all those present who agreed with its contents to sign. The letter, which said, in part, "the black community has waited for twenty years for a --?Quality shopping cenlei and are pleased -yotr-wtH-be-a ? tenant in the~shopplng center,1' assured the tenants-that ? -= See Page 2 I? I? EAiriyi^nuano By Ruthell Howard week. studying ~7 Staff Writer? -It would he far amiss if a^t t< Winston-Salem State Uni- determii versity attempted to close Gadsor The Winston-Salem State a center that is as vital to may re University Early Childhood the school, teachers and order tc Center, which Chancellor students as the Early tions of Douglas Covington once Childhood Center,'* said wouldn' considered closing, will Melvin Gadson, head of the the cent< probably remain open, a WSSU Education Division. "We'i WSSU official said last ,4We only said we were everythii Robeson Tribute S Sponsored Here [ By Claire D. Carter ' Staff Writer "Each artist, each individual must elect to fight for ija C l r -1 * - ... irecuum ur ior slavery. 1 maae-my cnoice. I had no alternative," said the late Paul Robeson, a human rights activist who forsake many achievements and privileges to | j fight racism and segregation in America and other parts j |H "In my opinion and the opinion of many others, | j|ra| Robeson was one of the greatest Americans who ever liv- | ed," said Clifton Graves, a coordinator of the Ad-Hoc | | Committee for Haitian Relief. The committee will sponsor a birthday tribute to Robeson Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Reynolds Health Care Cafeteria. Robeson was an All-American football player, a Phi Beta Kappa scholar at Rutgers University, lawyer, concert singer, Shakespearean actor and a linguist. However, he sacrificed his personal goals to take a stand against injustices throughout the world. During the red scare, government officials suspected WASHIf Robeson of being a communist because he favored in a sj unions. Although Robeson publicly denied the accusa- meeting, tion, the government forbade him to travel to other parts Reagan i of the world and invalidated his visa. But it never proved some 45 that he advocated communism. < ? and jouri Robeson's father was a slave in Martin County, N.C.; ing roon (in the eastern part of the state) who escaped to New ecutive B was in tl Spp Phpp 7 V ' ' m John Sla< Our cr Academy Awards Actress," "Best S Film" and "Best ^ of an Oldie-But-G !P"^l Hfth Arts and Leisure. Pa m-Salt "Serving the Winston-Safem Commun, WINSTON-SALEM. N.< : : WK 1?-?-??.?^jp , od Center On ; the center as an to continue operation of tl -> the university to center/' he said. "T1 le if it is essential." . 1 said the school allocate funds in "We're still d > staff other posi- possibly can to the university, but of the center. " t totally shut down -r. ________________ re still doing logistics have not bee ig we possibly can finalized and we're plai I Ilk." wBSM m ^ -'vV>v..'v'^B HNfiLj -jiBc- ' 'l''''j i1' - j., yjirryrM m Norma Smith President: I SJGTON (NNPA)-- for the annual Mid-Winte pecially arranged Workshop of the Nationa President Ronald Newspaper Publisher' recently addressed Association. black publishers in a prepared speech, th nalists irv the brief- president denied that his ad i of the Old Ex- ministration is anti-black I J! -r-t uiiuing. i ne group "I intend to protect the civ ie nation's capital rights of every American ii de Awards itic gives 'his own " , including such new 'Worst Actor and lasher Film," "Worst Saturday Evening Run HgM ioodie." Hp ige 8. ?m C ity Since 1974" 2. Thursday, A] ^L. 9 * ; pgL i. ^ . wfrt' y fhoio Hv SMl?n<t Campus P ne ning to meet with the i ie parents and the center's f s c }oing everything we c continue operation P ?Melvin Gadson a r n PTA on April 20.'* / v Gadson added that the t i Black-Oi r I rnntiniiP By Claire Carter ti ; and t: Ruthell Howard r Staff Writers n g Blacks struggled together g I in this country to achieve c equality and annihilate in7 A justice. Blacks joined to- b gether in non-violent 1< marches to protest segre- c gated eating facilities. Blacks even joined together V to form organizations c responsible for the promo- tl kdministra r this country," he said. 4 il "This administration is not h s trvinc to turn hack the f hands of time. We under- a e stand that the 'good old f [- days,' as some would say, n were not the good old days g il for all Americans." / n Reagan further noted that, r / ? * * -4r? pril 15. 1982 ? mfr jflBP BH Easte For the younsters, Easte clothes. Stacy. Ingram (left> a successful hunt while (tc Jacobs show off their holid ning Easter service. tobably H iniversity will not make a fac inal decision until it can get its ,uch input. "We want to feci iiscuss everything thor- per )ughly with all the in )arents/' he said. chil Chancellor Covington sent cen i fetter to the University of jn ^orth Carolina General op Administration in Novem- yh< >er requesting that the |ett i-Blaek Ci : Reign In ion of equality not only for 7,3* hemselves - but for other mitl aces as well. In sum- out tiary, blacks worked to- agg ether. However, this cen Toup effort and unity that and haracterized black thre Americans in the 460s is* asss ^ginning to dwindle in the,*. all )80 s as black-on-black and ritnes continue to occur. the During 1981 in the city of In Vinston-Salem, 12,443 Wai rimes were committed by higl ie total adult population, emf IUUI1 i>Ul I 4 the federal government Anc lad a definite role to play in time he lives of loyal citizens poir nd local citizens. It is the essa ederal government's unde- R liable responsibility to 8ree uarantee the rights of all l'c's Americans wherever these v'ev ights are^^being denied. assa V-h11 +* , II ^ " m 11??? y V Our Aldermen Part Two of a five-part series on Winston-Salem's black aldermen features Vivian Burke, who discusses the prospects for a hlark mavnr m MM J V/l f relations with the black community and her fellow aldermen. I Second Section. Page 13. .? >ijicle *25 cents ~^26 Pages This Week i. PlNMo Hv ^Mniaiii r scenes 1 r m L. r is a time for egg hunts and spiffy new I can't wait to get home with the spoils from i f tp) brother and sister Shakeita and Reuben ay outfits proudly in route to a Sunday morVill Survive I ility be phased out and met with university officials funding reallocated for requesting that the center be ruiiment and counseling?kept?open.?hi?addition, sonnel. John Jessup, president of response, parents of the center's PTA, said Idren enrolled in the earlier in rhp vpar ?v ; VMI 111(11 lliv. ter have offered to assist PTA has no problem with |] keeping the center increasing tuition to keep rrating, Gadson said, the center operating as long : parents initiated a as the increase is gradual, er-writing campaign and See Page 2 rimes Wincfnn T UltSiUH I ' r M of which were com- house breaking for every * :ed by blacks. Blacks ten homes. Black educators - distanced whites in and leaders in Winstonravated assault, lar- Salem attribute the growy, burglary, robbery ing problem of black-on- ' other assaults. Eighty- black crimes to frustration e (83) percent of all and anger being fostered in lults and 70 percent of ^the black community by single offender rapes ^ poverty, racism and unemrobberies occur within * ployfnent. same race. "Blacks commit crimes Winston-Salem's East against other blacks herd, where there is the cause of the double stan test percentage of un- dard of justice that has >loyment, there is one See Page 26 4 VtflUlnnlr 1 as I've said many affirmative action, and its . ?s, to guarantee them at m ve to dismantle the ot it of bayonet if ncc- fice of EEOC and other ry '' agencies cr ated to main- M eagan's statements were lain the gains 9\ blacks an !ted with quiet skep- minorities by tne federal rn by the publishers m government. f of the administration's Nevertheless, the president ult against busing and See Page II , :: J

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