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Democrats React
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By ROBIN ADAMS
Staff Writer
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Local Democrats have mixed views concerning
statements made by Alderman Virginia
Newell criticizing the party leadership.
Mrs. Newell wrote, in a letter to Joseph Parrish,
chairman of the executive committee of
the Forsyth County Democrat Party, that black
people have been prohibited from being elected
to the chairmanship of the executive committee
| and that, "if elected to a position on the exp
Ministers, NAA(
By RUTHELL HOWARD
Staff Writer
When the 1984 elections roll around, Forsyth
ffl County's black community pians to oe reaay.
A massive city/county voter registrak
tion/voter education drive, sponsored by the
Baptist Ministers' Conference and Associates,
I the Winston-Salem branch of the NAACP and
*
area churches, will begin June 11 at 10 a.m. in
the Castle Heights community.
"Basically, our goal is to have 40,000-plus
voters on the books by 1984," says Walter Mar
t I Mr. Fkx-1
talented, " I If you've go
ing boys radio, 12-yeai
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ecutive committee, are only given menial tasks
and are not free to function in the position."
Alderman Larry Little said he agrees with
Mrs. Newell and endorses her criticism. "I'm
glad she did it," Little said, "but I was a little
surprised. All down the line, the executive committee
decides who they want to be the chairman.
Blacks are allowed to hold the first vice
chairman position. We have been conditioned
to think that we ought to be assistants."
But Parrish said that he does not agree wit{i
Mrs. Newell. "It is unfortunate that Mrs.
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shall, vicc president of the NAACP and chairman
of the organization's Political Action
Committee.
Marshall says this voter drive is different
from previous campaigns because it isn't solely ,
N AACP-sponsored.
"For the first time, we have the support of
the ministers," Marshall says. "So far, the
churches have donated more than $2,000 to the
drive."
Marshall adds that major churches are
deputizing members who will organize the drive
within their congregations.
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visiting art
youth have ^complained that black youth, he t
are punished corporally more often white studc
e students in local junior high schools, ____
lister who has discussed the issue with
of his Baptist Youth Ftllowship, "Parents
recent study by the Governor's Ad-- to what t
ouncil on Children and Youth reports sbme pu>
idings statewide and calls for a ban on rence >>
punishment because black and poor
are punished more often than their
s.
uncil's report says that the Winston>rsyth
County school system ranked "They (I
the percentage aAd one in the number don't get p
students punished corporally in 1980. son says.
Id in 28 is corporally punished nation- them."
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three black children." still exists
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ter . attorney .
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>pointment of Joseph Gatto to the composed
?ourt bench creates a vacancy in the 44And w
torney's office that many local black black perst
and lay people say should be filled by The usu
erson. cies in the
Lild be nice to have a black assistant in says, is to
?dale: Weighed
HELL HOWARD of the loca
'ter With th<
Benton Co
Attorney Donald K. Tisdale <idesn"t isuem Dire
highly in the black community these Tisdale has
several black leaders. from jurie
performance in office has always satisfied 1
racism for the simple reason that, doesn't exj
lack of any stature in the community "He has
:ed, he (Tisdale) failed to^place blacks took office
ry," says Patrick Hairston, president Alderme
ell's Remarks
Newell made her claims to the press and not to
the party/* Parrish said in a telephone interview
last week.
"I have no comments to make to the press,"
Parrish added, when asked if Mrs. Newell's
claims were valid. "I do not agree with what
she said. I don't have any further comments."
After the interview, Parrish called back to
make sure that his comments were recorded accurately.
State Rep. Annie Brown Kennedy says, "I
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gistration Drive
While the main focus of the campaign is to
get black voters on the books, Marshall says the
group wants to help elect a new president and a
replacement for U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms.
"Mainly, we are trying to get folk
registered,*' Marshall says. "But we are
motivated by Jesse Helms and Ronald
Reagan."
Marshall says the group also hopes to help
elect more blacks locally to the WinstonSalem/Forsyth
County Board of Education
and county commissioners and possibly to elect
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Rhodford Anderson, pastor of to t
pel Baptist Church, says that, from chih
;a school offices and talking with 41
oo has found that more black than the
;nts are punished corporally. son
or a
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need to have some say-so as?whc
s rights whichJsJair and as^o?***"
nishment that fits the occur- ccp*
stud
The Rev. Rhodford Anderson ??
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stud
3lack students) say the white students emp
addled as often as they do," Ander- out
'Anything that happens gets put on T1
44co
n says this is an indicator that racism disci
in the schools. He says parents need
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attorney's office at this time," says altoi
lames Lassiter* president of the long
alem Bar Association, a local group aUra
of 45 black attorneys. torn
e are now in a position to have a ]
5n appointed." (bla<
al procedure for filling such vacan- som<
t district attorney's office, Lassiter lawy
find recent law school graduates or
And Found1
1 NAACP. say
s exception of the trial for former imp
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iivtuuuii v_cmci anu ivicmuriai v_uictor
William McGee, Hairston says in t!
been notorious for excluding blacks ade<
s. Hairston says he Was not been "TY.
with Tisdale's performance and as f
>ect to be satisfied anytime soon. som
not changed since the first time he far i
IT* Hairston says. whit
n Larry Womble and Vivian Burke
Hooks Back.
By RICHARD L. WILLIAMS
Staff Writer
The NAACP Board of Directors has
reinstated Benjamin L. Hooks as the
organization's executive director and
requested that board chairman
Margaret Bush Wilson resign.
The group made the decision at an
; emergency board meeting last Saturday
at the NAACP's national headquarters
! in New York to determine if Mrs.
i Wilson was lecallv justified in sn?r?en
I ding Hooks from his position.
Forty-eight of the board's 64
members supported Hooks' reinstatement,
but the board was unable to impeach
Mrs. Wilson.
It did, however, drastically reduce
the powers of the chairman.
"We expressed a sincere desire for
her ^o resign, but we do not have the
power to impeach her," said
Charlotte's Kelly Alexander Sr., vice
chairman of the board who presided at
the meeting, in a phone interview with
the Chronicle Monday.
Alexander, NAACP state president,
is now acting chairman of the board.
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eted Out
And Poor1
>e more active in determining how their
iren are disciplined at school.
I feel like parents ought to be summoned at
time their children get in trouble," Andersays.
"It should not be left up to principals
ssistant principals."
nderson says the students he talked with,
> asked not to be identified, felt they wtrc
that treatmerft^Anderson also says the
ents seem to have lost incentive and interest
ieir work as a result of the punishment.
Most of their problems had been with white
hers," Anderson says. He adds that the
ents feel that black teachers who are
loyees of the system are reluctant to speak
on the problems of corporal punishment,
he survey also calls corporal punishment
unterproductive" and says it makes
ipline problems worse.
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3
Appointment
mcys who have not been in private practice
. But Lassiter says that the position looks
ictive to some well-established black ateys,
too.
It's a guaranteed income. Seldom do we
:k attorneys) pull in the big dough like
e of the whites. So we (established black
rers) consider it a good position/* Lassiter
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W anting
their constituents also have not been overly
ressed by Tisdale.
Judging from comments that I have heard
le community, it seems tnat he has done an
juate job to some degree,'* Womble says.
ie implication is that he can do a better job
ar as prosecuting >cases. There seems to be
e disparity in the way cases are handled, so
as black and minority cases, as opposed to
:e cases.'*
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At The Helm
He, instead of Mrs. Wilson, will
deliver the keynote address at the
NAACP national conference scheduled
for July 11-16 in New Orleans.
"This organization is greater than
any one person, and the board is not
going to allow any one person do
destroy it," said Alexander.
Alexander said more than 300 letters
were sent to the national headquarters
from political and religious leaders
across the country, as well as some
board members, protesting Mrs.
Wilson's actions.
"We had hoped that the dispute
would remain an in-house thing and
not get into the public arena," said
Alexander, "It was unfortunate that
this matter became a public issue
because we don't like to settle things
like that.'*
Alexander said Mrs. Wilson should
have contacted the board and explained
her desires instead of suspending
Hooks.
Mrs. Wilson surprised the board, say
some members, when she suspended
Hooks, and many members questioned
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