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By Ruthell Howard
Staff Writer
Should county commission
and school board be
elected through a ward
system rather than the pre'
sent at-large set-up?
The Winston-Salem
NAACP thinks so and
plans to go to court soon to
do something about it.
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By Ruthell Howard
Staff Writer
Black leaders who supported
Forsyth County
Sheriff Manly Lancaster
during his campaign for office
feel that Lancaster will
stick to his promise to improve
black representation
in his department. Lancaster's
critics, however, remain
skeptical.
-'The sheriff, who has two
openings in his department
and recently hired a black
and two whites for entrylevel
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Patrick Hairston,
NAACP president, says a
ward system would offer
one means for the black
community to be assured of
representation in those local
governmental positions.
Presently, neither body
has black members.
"A ward system would
assure that we have the type
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black community Aug. 9 to
discuss minority hirings and
promotions.
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member of the Democratic
Party, says the purpose of
the meeting was to discuss
those two and future positions
and the fact that there
is no black lieutenant in the
department.
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Hairston says that
because blacks comprise approximately
22 percent of
the county and 42 percent
of the city population, "we
deserve to have some blacks
on these boards."
Hairston says it isn't
enough to have "white peo?liver?
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given a fair shake," says
Parmon, who campaigned
for Lancaster. "I am very
confident that he (Lancaster)
will do the things he
said." Parmon
says .na^firm
commitments were mSrc by
the sheriff during the
meeting, but she is confi
dent that he will hire more
than one black in filling the
five positions.
The Rev. Jerry Drayton,
who also supported Lancaster
because he says he
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unlikely" that blacks will
get adequate representation
with the present system.
"We have tried it and tried
it," he says,"and it is very
hard, very unlikely."
An attorney for the national
NAACP is expected
to be in the city this week to
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blacks to be on "both
sides" during an election,
says he, too, expects the
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discuss the chapter's plans,
Hairston says.
In the meantime, can.
didates for the board of
county commissioners and
the school board say there is
a need for change on both
bodies.
David Drummond, an incumbent
who lost in a bid
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for him politically. His
word and integrity are at
stake, so I have no doubts
he will do it."
it, there will be a token
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Alderman Larry Little
Drayton says the sheriff
met with the Baptist
Ministers Conference and
Associates prior to the elections,
and during that
meeting made a "verbal
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WARRENTON - H.
M. "Mickey" Michaux
might be dowrHn-hi^fightfor
a congressional seat,
but, according to one black
organization, he is not out.
The Second District Congressional.
Black Caucus
recently launched an effort
to send Michaux to
Washington on the force of
a vuritp.in ur\ta
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Meeting last Saturday in
the Warrenton Baptist
Church, the caucus^
representing black political
groups from each of the
district's 10 counties, decided
that blacks prefer to
write in Michaux's name
over voting for the two
nominated candidates.
When informed of the
write-in effort,? State
Democratic - Chairman
Russell Walker said the
caucus could only hurt the
Democratic effort come
November.
"1 think this is a splinter
group that is going against
the wishes of Michaux,"
Walker said. "We have a
Democratic nominee that
we ought to stick with. I
don't see where this group
has anything to gain except
to elect a Republican.*'
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agreement" to increase the
percentage of blacks hired
and promoted in his department.
"I believe he will do
so," he added.
But Patrick Hairston,
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Colored People president,
says he doesn't expect a
change in Lancaster's hiring
policies.
"No. He's not going to
change," says Hairston,
who opposed Lancaster's
re-election. "He hasn't
changed in 12 years (during
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political ideologies of
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Jack Marin,
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and Marin. So we have,
Michaux's name."
?Second District Con?
member
said Wilson attorney G. K.
Butterfield.
In July, Michaux lost his
bid to become the state's
first black congressman
since George White accomplished
the feat in
1901. In a run-off election
in which voting went largely
along racial lines, Valentine
of Nashville he?f Mirhaiiv
by nearly 10,000 votes.
Valentine faces Marin of
Durham in the November
general election. He also
faces the caucus that will
work to get Michaux
elected.
The caucus, ranging from
Durham's Committee on
the Affairs of Black People
to Vance's Black Caucus,
will attempt to get as many
Michaux supporters to
return to the polls - this
time with pens. Michaux
received about 51,000 votes
in the district that includes
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his three terms as sheriff)*"
Hairston points out that
there are few blacks in highranking
positions, and
especially that there are no
black lieutenants in the
sheriff's department.
And North Ward Alderman
Larry Little, who also
opposed Lancaster as a candidate,
says he only expects
to see "token" blacks
hired.
"I believe, at this point,
there will be a token hiring
of blacks, but no decent affirmative
action policy,"
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the counties of Caswell,
Durham, Edgecombe,
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Vance and Warrenton.
Caucus members said a
-survey"of voters throughout
two Republicans here,
mce between Valentine
no choice but to write in
sessional Black Caucus
the district showed that
black voters favored a
write-in campaign, and
most feel that Michaux
would win.
Several other factors con- ^
tributed to (he decision to
launch the write-in effort.
Caucus members said
that many other elections,
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county cuniniissiuners,
where black-s?have been
nominated but face stiff
challenges in November,
will be in jeopardy if the
wind of the Michaux campaign
calms. Though
Michaux lost, other black
office-seekers won, mainly
because of the record
number of blacks that
- registered and voted jn
hopes of sending Michar.x
to the nation's capital.
Caucus members also
pointed out that the
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Little says he opposed
Lancaster because he didn't
believe the sherif f' has made
progress in his hiring of
blacks dicing - his three
terms, ana i aiun t oeneve
he would chang<rrhat (during
this term)," Little says.
He says he also doesn't
have faith in Lancastci
because he had "not
followed through" on improving
the method of evictions
used by the sheriff's
department that involves
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