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By DAVID R. RANKIN^
Chronicle Staff Writer
Georgia state Sen. Julian Bond calle
period "of serious challenge" for Black j
he addressed a packed house Saturday n
second annual Kelly M. Alexa
Humanitarian Award Freedom Fund Dii
Benton Convention Center.
"The movement that Martin Luther K
seems to be somewhat in disarray," Bom
1985 we find our condition unchanged
condition of blacks in the 1960s).
Statistics show that blacks*
relative condition is worse than it
was during the height of the civil
rights struggle."
The dinner is sponsored by the t
state NAACP and honors former
state NAACP President Kelly
Miller Alexander Sr., who died i--XAnril
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also recognizes a person who exemplifies
the work and leadership m
Alexander displayed during his I
life. The honoree this year was I
Clark S. Brown Sr., a WinstonSalem
funeral director and com- vl
munity leader.
Alexander wtis a n^ojvfw^^ii
the state and rtatldniul'WflOff I
At the time of his death he was
the chairman of National Board I I
of Directors of the NAACP. He
served as president of the state
NAACP for 42 years.
Brown, who is the owner and
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Chabaku: 'Beti
By ROBIN ADAMS
unronicie Assistant Editor
The uprisings in her native South
Africa have received mixed reactions
from Motlalepula Chabaku. one
hand, Chabaku, who now lives in
Raleigh, is happy that she can see an
end to apartheid, the rigid system of
racial segregation used in the majorityblack,
white-ruled nation.
But on the other hand, Chabaku is
fearful. Fearful because her application
for permanent resident status in
the United States has been denied.
Fearful that she might have to go back
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With less than a week to go ccssc
before the filing period closes, Nc
some political mysteries have vian
been solved while others have just man
surfaced. ficial
In a mild surprise, North Ward ring.
Alderman Larry Little has for- War<
saken a third term in favor of law
Professors app<
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Chronicle Assistant Editor and
Two Winston-Salem State ?n *
University professors have ap- appc
pealed a board of trustees deci- Jo
sion to deny them tenure. WSS
Dr. Elwanda Ingram, who is mem
chairman of WSSU's Faculty com
Senate and Dr. Arnold Lockett, Lock
former vice chancellor for ment
academic affairs at WSSU who eithe
resigned to teach ...full time in "S
1983, are seeking to reverse the
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to South Africa. Fearful of what might
happen if she returns.
"I live on faith," Chabaku told the
Chronicle recently. "It's very painful.
I have no citizenship anywhere in the
world. If I was a Communist from the
Soviet Union, I would get political
asylum immediately.
"Now if I go back, I don't see how
that can be helpful. I love life. I really
do. I feel for my people. If America is
really for justice and peace, why can't
they help me?"
According to Chabaku, immigration
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Ward Alderman ViBurke
and East Ward AlderVirginia
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i Alderman Larry Womble
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status because they have already filled
the quota of South Africans to be let
into the country this year. Like citizenship,
permanent-resident status allows
Chabaku to live, work and move freely
in the country, but unlike citizenship, it
does not allow her the right to vote.
"They wouldn't even put me on the
waiting list," said Chabaku.
The only recourse left, said
Chabaku, is to file for political asylum.
"The United States has gone on
record that they don't grant political
asylum to people from countries that
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suit filed by Richard F. Glover, th?
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YMCA, against the Metropolitan Au
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as being uncaring and unconc
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Hunt suppor
By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
Approximately 25 members of the Darryl
Hunt Defense Committee stood silently
and with candles in hand Saturday morning
on the site where Deborah B. Sykes was
killed exactly one year ago.
Sykes, a former newspaper copy editor,
? was raped and murdered on Aug. 10, 1984,
| on a grassy slope behind Crystal Towers
I high-rise elderly apartment complex. Hunt,
20, was found guilty of the Sykes murder
I on June 14 and sentenced to life in prison.
The early-morning vigil, said the Rev.
| Carlton A.G. Eversley, was timed to
I perfection.
It started at 6:15 a.m., the time Thomas
LP. Murphy, one of the state's key witnesses
I against Hunt, testified that he drove
I through the area. And it ended at 6:53
I a.m., the time Johnny "Gray" McConnell
I made his call to the police reporting a
murder he said he had witnecceH mnm*n(c
IIIVUlVlllO
before.
Conditions were approximately the same
as they had been a year ago, said Eversley.
"fin 6:33 ?it ww Uitto,light, but by 6:J5,
it was dark/' said Eversley. "It is highly
improbable that a Ku Klux Klansman could
make a cross-racial identification in the
light that we saw Saturday morning."
Murphy has admitted he is a former Klan
1 member.
/ The state based its case against Hunt on
identifications made by Murphy and Gray.
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31over did say, however, that, although go^
i two parties agreed to settle the suit on CA
ig. 8, all of the specifics of the settle- a d
:nt have not been finalized. T
31over, who fil^l the suit in May seek- resi
; back pay and damages that amounted tun
5500,000 and job reinstatement, said he Bui
:ided that settling out of court was in he
best interest.
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Words of prayer were read, heads bowed
in silence and hands held candles
as the Darryl Hunt Defense Committee
remembered the day Deborah Sykes
was killed (photo by James Parker).
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hi his opening arguments to the jury, Assistant
District Attorney Richard Lyle told the
jury that the state had no physical
evidence. "We wish we did," said Lyle.
The vigil was held out of a sincere respect
for Sykes, said Eversley.
"We wanted to show some concern for
t a o--i - ? -
ivirs. ay ices ouisiae 01 a political context,"
said Eversley. 4tThe white media have portrayed
us as being uncaring and unconcerned
(about Sykes). That's not the case.
"We had a small group present, but it
was almost deliberately small to be solemn
and sacred. This was not a social, or
political rally. It was sacred. One cotild
even say it was a worship service." \
Although the tone and location chang cl,
the worship service continued six hours
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erning Hunt investigation
port is presented
Burke to Stuart
UN ADAMS
i Assistant Editor
nan Vivian Burke scheduled a meeting with
nager Bill Stuart Wednesday afternoon to
he results of an outside report on the conWinston-Salem
police concerning the Dar:
case. Hunt, 20, was sentenced to life in
or the murder of Deborah B. Sykes, a
er copy editor.
said Monday she would not release details
>ort until she met with Stewart and the two
discussed its contents,
nt cooperation from him (Stuart)," said
I always criticize him because reports are
the paper beforehand. So I won't release
t."
also wouldn't^ release the name of the
persons who prepared the report. But
i say the report deals with six specific areas
questions about the conduct of Detective
Iton, the chief police investigator of the
urder, and Johnny "Gray" McConnell,
he state's key witnesses. Burke said the
>es not name names but does delve into
ireas of wrongdoing.
r, Burke called for an outside investigation
Please see page A3
A out of court
Ulover charged in his suit that he was ,
xi unfairly by Brian Cormier, general
nager of the Metropolitan YMCA, the
ferning board for all the county's YMiS.
Glover's suit also named Cormie- as jj
efendant.
fMCA press releases had said Glover
igned to "pursue new career opporlities
within the YMCA profession."
t Glover stated in his civil law suit that
was forced to resign.
Please see page A10