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WASHINGTON ~ The District of Columbia's
delegate to Congress, Walter Fauntroy, and two
other national black leaders were arrested last week
after staging a sit-in in the South African Embassy
to protest that government's detention of 13 black
labor leaders.
Fauntroy was arrested with Mary Frances Berry,
a member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission,
and Randall Robinson, director of the black lobbying
group, Transafrica. They were taken from the
embassy in handcuffs. Fauntroy declined to invoke
congressional immunity and the three
demonstrators were released on personal
recognizance after spending a night in jail.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Georgetown University
law professor and fbrmer hdad of the U.S. Equal''
Employment Opportunity Commission, entered the ?
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GREENSBORO - A former policewoman who
was in the Morningside Homes area the day five
communist demonstrators were Jcilled by Klansmen
and Nazis has told attorneys for the Greensboro
Civil Rights Fund that she was ordered to "clear the
area as soon as possible" minutes before the Klan
Nazi caravan arrived.
The statement, in a deposition by former
policewoman April Wise, appears toj:ontradict the
Greensboro Police Department's assertion that it
was unaware of the approachirtg Klansmen and
Nazis, accounting for the absence of police officers
at the scene of the "Death to the Klan" rally.
Wise said that she and another officer were
answering a domestic disturbance call in the Morningside
Homes housing project on Nov. 3, 1979,
when the police communications center instructed
Court hears racial desi
NEW ORLEANS ? Lawyers for a woman who
found out six years ago that her birth certificate
classified her as 4'colored" have asked a state appeals
court to allow her to change the designation to
"white."
The Nov. 14 hearing before the Louisiana Court
of Appeals was the second such hearing since
50-year-oid Susie Guiliory -Rhipps Tound out she
was not-tegatty- white when she-was gelling a
passport to fly to South America. Phipps, the greatgreat-great-great-granddaughter
of a black slave
and a white plantation owner, has white skin.
She failed in an attempt to have declared unconstitutional
^tate law classifying as "colored"
anyone with spittle as one thirty-second black
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which the city makes five ap- best brains you
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male. Total black representation He cites John
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embassy with Fauntroy, Berry and Robinson last
Wednesday afternoon for an appointment with the
South African ambassador. After an hour, Norton
said her companions intended to remain inside the
embassy until the black labor leaders were released.
The labor leaders were detained earlier this month
after a two-day strike by hundreds of thousands of
black laborers protesting South Africa's policy of
racial separation.
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repressive action of the South African government
with respect to the noble, nonviolent protests of
black South Africans over the last few months,"
Fauntroy said after his release from jail. He and the
others pleaded not guiltyJio unlawful entry at the
" dthbassy and "are to Yiave a hearing on the charge
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them to leave the area at 10:50 a.m.
Wise said the call was unusual because domestic
investigations generally take 20 to 30 minutes, much
moreuime than she and her partner were given.
Police officials deny they gave such an order.
Although a 10:56 a.m. transmission from Wise appears
on tapes of police communications indicating
the officers were leaving the area, the police department
does not list the Wise transmission on its "administrative
report" of the killings.
Attorneys for the Greensboro Civil Rights Fund
are representing the families of the five slain
demonstrators in a $48 million civil suit against the
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federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
The suit is to be heard in March.
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old law last year. Until the law was passed to
redefine what constitutes white and black for
challenges to racial designation on birth certificates,
"any traceable amount" of black ancestry was
enough to be designated black.
An opinion was written after the appellate court
held its first hearing on the issue, but the proceeding
was rendered invalid when one of the three judges
orT the panel resigned before the ruling became
final. *
JJrian Begue, Phipps* lawyer, said the state
already has the authority to change the racial
designation on a birth certificate, but does not want
to do it.
"It is a lot easier to change your sex on a birth
certificate than to change your race," he said..
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s per year. They high-caliber individuals needed to
the water and fill such posts,
it, you want the "You can't hire them and you
can get and I can't pay them," he says. "When
le best setup in you put those kinds of people on
' a commission, they are used to
Watlington, the handling millions of dollars and
-man and retired you have to have people who can
the board of do that.
and Trust Co. "If we do that on all commisve
officer of the sions as much as possible, we'll
ration (a county be better off. You really want
city appointee Please see page A3
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For the ^afrt-^ight years, Alderman
Vivian Burke has
represented that ward. Burke said
she isn't sure yet, but more than
likely will seek re-election. But
unlike 1981, when Burke had no
opposition, two black
Democratic candidates are '
seriously considering seeking her
seat.
Both Victor Johnson, assistant
principal at Carver High School,
and Joe Daniels, a city employee
in the tax office, have expressed
an interest in running for the
Northeast Ward alderman's seat.
"I'm out here assessing the
situation," said Johnson.
"Before you stick your neck out
for anything, you have to."
Although* Johnson has never
run for political office before, he
served as Eddie Knox's local
campaign co-coordinator in
Knox's bid for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination.
Daniels said he hasn't made
any formal announcement and
. would make public a decision one
way or another in the next couple
of weeks, but is leaning toward
making a bid for the seat. Like
Johnson, Daniels hasn't run for
political office before, but he
does serve as the Carver precinct
chairman.
Both men say their decisions to
run won't be based on the other's
decision. Burke said she feels that
as citizens of that ward, they have
the right to run if they want to.
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"An elected position is a right
that people have," said Burke.
"They can run if they want to.
There is no lock and key on any
elected pos'tion. I have' no problems
when people say that they
are going to run.
"They aren't running against
me. They are in the race running
for a seat." <
Burke, A Democrat, said she
thinks her chances of holding on
to her seat are as good as they
were in 1977, the first time she
ran. At that time, black
Republican Rodney Sumler and
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"My record is one that I'm
proud of," said Burke. "I have
represented the needs of the people."
If Burke runs for re-election
and is elected to another fouryear
term, she may not finish that r
third term. Burke also is considering
a bid for the state House
seat now held by Democrat C.B.
Hauser. Before being encouraged
to run for alderman in 1977,
Burke said she was approached
by a number of people who encouraged
her to run for the state
House.
"I don't know if Dr. Hauser
will seek re-election," said Burke
when asked if she would run in
1986, which could be two years
into her third term as alderman.
"I don't know iT it will be the
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But Burke cautions that her
decision won't be* based on
whether or not Hauser decides to
run for a third term.
Little said the one black alderman
sure to be opposed is Larry
Womble, representing the
Southeast Ward. Unlike any
other alderman, Womble has a
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ward thaHs almost evenly mixed
with black and white residents.
"1 automatically assume that
whites will try to get that seat
back and the fact that they have a
slight majority makes that more
attractive," said Little. "It won't
be an indication of whether he
has done a good job; racism
doesn't look at stuff like that."
Little said he also is expecting a
serious challenge in the North
Ward.
"I feel I will be strongly
challenged," he said.
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incumbents are expecting opposition,
whether it materializes remains
to be seen.
"A lot of times people see the
glitter and prestige, but don't see
the hard work," said Little. "But
when it comes down to the hard
work, they disappear. If
somebody inteqds to run, they
ought to be at? the alderman
meetings gathering facts and
figures to use to mount an issueoriented
campaign. But I haven't
seen anybody down there doing
that."
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