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By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
Related story on A3.
Tenants in the Federal Building oppose a 1
on their doorstep because of people, not traf
gestion, say some critics of the proposed
mall's detractors.
A black lawyer recently said the judges an
Federal Building employees who oppose t
State's black ||0
businessmen
meet in Raleigh |B
By DAVID R. RANKIN
Chronicle Staff Writer
RALEIGH - More than 300
representatives of minority- nE|||
owned businesses in the state met
last Thursday during the North I
Carolina Association of Minority
Businesses' fourth annual con- ^
ference. The business owners ^B^
shared ideas and advice during
the day-long meeting, whose
theme was "Moving to Another
Level: Mergers, Buyouts and Ac- B^~~
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The 1984-85 president of the W ^
NCAMB, Larry Shaw, said he M
hoped the information presented
at this meeting would lift minori- B|#
ty businesses in the state to a
higher level. .
The NCAMB sponsored the I
annual conference in conjunction I I
with the Minority Business I
Development Agency, which is I
part of the state Department of I
Commerce. The conference was I
held at the Raleigh Inn, formerly
the Royal Villa Convention
Center.
The conference featured
workshops on how to take advantage
of corporate purchasing, |
mergers, acquisitions, buyouts,
franchising, building positive Little ai
business images and networking. a9?* LM
NCAMB members also got a ?.
rare chance to discuss business- I 41
related questions and concerns JLjil
with Joshua I. Smith, chief executive
officer of MAXIMA, a
$20 million minority-owned com- , ,
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pany. Smith served on the panel
of the workshop on mergers, . From
buyouts and acquisitions. Avenue
"Obvious benefits of minority But o
businesses attending conferences Glenda,
like these are the exchange of As al
ideas and the opportunity to spokesp
share with other businessmen," world tc
Smith said. "If what I'm doing After
can be of an advantage to people, trade fo
I want to tell them." "All
Gov. James G. Martin, who recently
was scheduled to speak to the basketbi
group during its opening session, has an a
could not make the conference "Evei
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By DAVID R. RANKIN
Chronicle Staff Writer
RALEIGH -Despite the Reagan administration's
efforts to dismantle the
Small Business^ Administration, "that
won't happen," said the chairman of the
House of Representatives' Small Business
Committee recently.
U.S. Rep. Parren J. Mitchell, D-Md,
spoke last week at the North Carolina
Association of Minority Businesses' fourth
annual conference in Raleigh. He appeared
at a fund-raiser for the Minority Business
Enterprise Legal Defense and Education
Fund (MBELDEF), which he founded.
Mitchell, who was elected Maryland's
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talk Some are
have decided to criticize the mall'
their real reason for opposing it
1 types of people who ride buses.
"This is just a back-door app
black attorney who did not want
5us stop The city plans to locate the $3.
fie con- bus terminal at the corner of Thir
transit in front of the Federal Building at
from the Wachovia Building. Th
id other which would accommodate 350 r
he mall ed on the upper level of what is n<
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irry Little: Gi
3IN ADAMS
b Assistant Editor
the outside, Larry Little's modest two-stor>
is made of the same material as the others !
nee you step inside, there's no doubt that L
live in a glass house.
derm an of the North Ward, and more
erson for black people, whatever Little does
) see and comment on.
almost 14 years of living in a bell jar, Little
r something more private.
my life I've been a public figure," Little t
. "At 19 I was into the Panther Party. Pric
ill star. After a period of time, you get tired
tppeal to me.
y day I think more of my privacy."
B A will survive
first black congressman in 1974 and is
known as friend of minority business, said
the SBA will continue to help small and
minority firms.
"We have already asked for special appropriations
for the SB A in the House and
the Senate,'* Mitchell said. "This has been
passed."
Equal Opportunity Loans will still continue
under the special appropriations, he
said.
Mitchell said the mood in Washington
concerning minority businesses is good and
that funds and other resources are still
available through the SBA. He said state
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calling exit
s exit ramp to hide deck. Buses wi
? a dislike for the and exit down
feet lower thai
roach said a The ramp w
: to be identified. the entrance i
6 million sheltered underground p
d and Main streets Court offici
id across the street Joseph P. Ci
e heated terminal, Ward, and jud
iders, will be plac- Gordon, startc
3w a small parking plans for the t
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two Christmases in the fall, but
rest's law school James Parker)
owing wea
But just as it
known as the $
u i skates and skat<
' home on Okalina
surrounding it.
-ittle and his wife, IS aii
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period pi
importantly, as a art apnea
is open for all the
said he's ready to old
the Chronicle "To run for
)r to that, I was a "There is a cerl
of it. It no longer After a couple
customed to it.
p;
U.S. Rep. Parren J. Mitchell
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Weekly
rsday, August 1, 1985 35 cents
-ramp issue a
11 enter the terminal from Main Street One
a ramp to Church Street, which is 14 termin
i Main. Ald<
ould be placed about five feet from Federa
and exit of the Federal Building's Alder
larking garage. "unde
als, led by Clerk of District Court Acc<
reekmore, Chief Judge Hiram H. Salem
ges Richard C. Erwin and Eugene A. buses'
?d a protest campaign last year when The
erminal were announced.
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his political future remains unresolved (p
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ry of public life
seems that Little may be answering what has
54,000 question, he puts on what he jokingly
?s the issue.
life I've been a public figure. Aftei
rJime. vau gel tired of it. It no longer I
rf to me. Every day I think more of i
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~ Alderman Larry Lit
public office, one must have an ego," saic
:ain amount of prestige that comes with the p
of terms, you get it in your blood. You bec<
You feel you can do a decent, credible job."
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State NAA CP t
By DAVID R. RANKIN
i Chronicle Staff Writer
Clark S. Brown, a local funeral home
owner and director, will be honored by the
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i^ui ui v^oi uuiitt otitic vomcrcncc ot the
NAACP at its annual Freedom Fund Dinner,
Aug. 10, at 6 p.m. at the M.C. Benton
Convention Center.
Brown will receive the Kelly M. Alexander
Sr. Humanitarian Award during the
dinner, whose featured speaker will be
Georgia State Sen. Julian Bond.
Tickets are $50 and can be purchased
from NAACP offices throughout the state.
Brown was born in Roanoke, Va., and
attended the public school system there. He
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smoke screen'
of their major complaints then was that the
al would attract "undesirables."
srman Virginia Newell lashed out at the
il Building employees at a December Board of
men meeting, saying their talk of
sirables" put "a bad taste" in her mouth."
arding to information from the WinstonTransit
Authority, almost 80 percent of the
11,000 daily riders are black.
Federal Building houses the offices for The
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Tisdale's
J I resignation
j is demanded
1 By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
Some of the faces have Changs'
ed and the numbers have decreas
ed, but the determination of Darryl
Hunt's supporters remains the
! same.
Approximately 100 Hunt sup|
porters sat through sweltering
| temperatures and the threat of an
b approaching thunderstorm in
m Lloyd Presbyterian Church last
K Thursday night su speaker after
speaker updated the crowd on the
activities of the Darryl eHunt
qt % Defense Committee.
^ "We ... demand that District
Attorney Donald K. Tisdale
resign immediately/- said the
|A Rev. John Mendez, chairman of
^ the defense committee,
k* Mendez*s call brought the
^ ^ house to its feet with chants of
gg$ "Free Darryl Hunt/' Mendez's
demand was one of three recommendations
in a petition being
(r circulated by the committee.
The committee also is asking
^ for a "complete investigation" of
the handling of the case by the
Wf Winston-Salem Police Department
and Tisdale by an indepen.
. dent body that includes residents
? 0 y of Winston-Salem, and the
establishment of a civilian review
committee to hear and resolve
^ any future complaints alleging
police misconduct.
Alderman Larry D. Little, the
become ^ev* ^-ar^ton A-G.. Eversley and
calls his Mark Rabil, one of Hunt's
court-appointed attorneys, gave
the group an update on attempts
to free Hunt and on the attempts
* 0..?J by Tisdale to have the defense
committee account for all of the
piy money it raised.
The case of The State of North
i Carolina versus Larry Little is
scheduled to be heard in District
Coyrt on Friday, Aug. 2 at 2
1 Little, p.m. Little has been requested to
>osition. bring any records dealing with
ome ac- the amount of money raised, the
amount spent and any amount
that may be left. According' to
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o honor Brown
studied at the City College of New York
and Renouard College of Embalming in
New York City.
Brown is a licensed funeral director in
three States and is the owner of C\arV
Brown and Sons Funeral Home at 727 Patterson
Ave.
Brown, who has owned the funeral home
since 1930, is also a licensed real estate
broker.
He is involved in several local clubs and
organizations. For 15 years, Brown was the
Most Worshipful Grand Master of the
Prince Hall Masons of N.C.
For 14 years, he was Grand Associate
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