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support Kinney
By LA.A. WILLIAMS
Cftronlcl. 3t?H Writer
The R?v. Ilwji-il- Chavis, executive
director of the United
~ Church of Christ's Commission
on Racial Justice, announced his
endorsement of Democratic U.S.
Senate candidate Ted Kinney at a
press conference Friday in
Raleigh.
Kinney is the first black in this
cntury to run for the Senate
from North Carolina. He is one
of 10 Democratic hopefuls competing
in the May 6 primary for
the seat being vacated by
Republican Sen. Joh* East.
Chavis flew in from his office
in; New York to make the announcement,
and also made appearances
on Kinney's behalf in
Rocky Mount and Franklinton.
"As a native North Carolinian,
I am proud to support Ted Kinney
and what his campaign
represents," Chavis said at the
piim conference at Shaw Univerm*"
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fr^^aise^ Kinney for his
?nd support for full en,
forcement of the Voting Rights
Act.
"Run-off- primaries
discriminate against minority
candidates, and Ted is
courageous enough to fight to
end them," Chavis said. "His
opposition to Gramm-RudmanHollings,
his support for farmers
and his calls for tough economic
sanctions against South Africa
definitely make him a people's
candidate."
Kinnev. it a prtirwi Armv
officer who it now employed as a
realtor with Cross Creek Ltd. in
Fayettevilie. He has not run for
pubbc office before....
Local attorney Harold L. Kenm4y
Jr., said this week that he is
supporting Democrat Wflttam I.
"MT9 Bdk in the U.S. Senate
race.
Bdk, 36, is a vice president of
several groups of Belk Corp.
stores, a family-owned business,
and is also vice president of
Monroe Hardware. He is the im
mediate past president of the
Yottng Democrats of America
- and has served as president of the
Nordi Carolina branch of t|ie
organization. This is his first try
at elected public office.
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By LA.A. WILLIAMS
Chronic^ Staff Wfltf
A group of black Wake
Forest University students are
charging school officials with
racism and inaction, following
a March 24 incident in which a
white student exposed himself
to protest the presence of
black students at a fraternity
party.
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Winston-Salem State University
last Friday to preserve the
''radical audacity of faith" on
which WSSU was founded.
Dr. James E. Cheek,
Howard's president since
1969, delivered the keynote
address at Chancellor Cleon F.
Thompson Jr.'s inauguration
as the university's eighth
chancellor.
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Clark: 67th I
By L.A.A. WILLIAMS
Chronteto Staff Writer
Next Week: Burke's view.
Democratic candidate John D. Cla
says there's nothing wrong with hi
running for a seat representing the 67
State House District.
"If someone were elected just becau
they're black, that would be wrong
Clark said Monday while answering t
question of why he, a white man, is see
ing to represent a predominantly blai
district.
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week that school officials are
perpetuating racial prejudice
and intolerance by not dealing
more effectively with such ac- Ijg
tions.
'The administration acts P
too slowly and too ineffectively
in dealing with these kind of
problems/' Beverly T.
Stewart, president of the Black
Student Alliance and one of
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ficially inaugurating and annotating
Dr. Thompson as
your new leader," said Cheek,
who worked with Thompson
for six years at Shaw University.
"You have chosen well and
wisely.,Dr. Thompson knows
where to go and how to get
there."
A longtime friend, of
Thompson's, Cheek said the
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relationship that develops betPlease
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A new era
By ROBIN BARKSDALE
Chronica Staff Writer
AFTER BEING installed
as the eighth' chancellor of
Winston-Salem State University,
Dr. Cleon F. Thompson Jr.
was literally speechless.
Thompson, suffering from
a mild case of laryngitis, was
officially sworn in as the
university's newest chief executive
during inauguration
ceremonies last Friday morning
in Kenneth R. Williams
Auditorium. U.S. District
Judge Richard C. Erwin administered
the oath of office
to Thompson, who was joined
on stage by his wife, Edwina.
Although his usually deep,
firm voice was ailing, Thompson
made his plans for the
university clear in his inaugural
response.
"1 have as one of my
v pnmqorpBWBttw to* preserve.
the heritage *nd the excellent
character of this institution/'
said Thompson, who assumed
the chancellor's position last
Aug. 1. "We are entering a
new and complicated decade.
Winston-Salem State University
must face the challenges
that tug at the very fiber that
has held it together as a fine
institution all of these years
and make the necessary adjustments
to insure that we remain
a viable, responsive and
resourceful institution."
Thompson's game plan for
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in Diane Williams-Henry can
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rd to the seat in 1984, is wit!
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CHAPEL HILL - Shanties
set up at the University of
Nortn Carolina to protest the
racial policies of South Africa
were torn down Monday, and
Ave students who refused to
leave one of the shacks were
arrested*
UNC Chancellor Chris Fordham,
who had ordered the
removal of the shanties, shook
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Winston-Salem State's future
centers around Ave key areas,
he said; They focus on
strengthening the quality of
the faculty, increasing the
selective recruitment of high
school students, admitting a
percentage of low achievers as
freshmen, insuring excellence
in the general studies program
and meeting and surpassing
accreditation standards.
"We propose, then, to con- 1 V
tinue to build here a university
that befits the dream of a new
day," Thompson told the .
capacity audience. "As your
chancellor, with Ood's help, 1
pledge my best effort to this
end."
fin?H and. sneakers were
confident that the university will
prosper with the new
chancellor at its helm. ^,
"The university is pleased to / /
place the leadership of / /
* WinstOn^Salem State Universi- ^
ty in the hands of Cleon
Franklin Thompson Jr.," said
C.D. Spanglcr Jr., president j
of the University of North
Carolina system. "Usually a
national search is conducted
for a chancellor. What comfort
there is in finding the right
person right here."
Howard?University President
James E. Cheek delivered
the inauguration's keynote address
and applauded the selection
of Thompson as
chancellor.
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.lark said he was buoyed by conn
its attributed to former aldermanic
didate Victor Johnson Jr., a black
n, who said last week in an interview
ti the Chronicle that, if the primary
e held today, he would vote for
rk. I
Hark said he has not taken Johnson's
ement as an endorsement, but he is
our aged by it.
(I have a number of black friends and
i sure they would have no trouble
porting me," the 20-year manager of
ocal Sears Roebuck And Co. store
i. "But I'm not sure they would come
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hands with the protest |
organizers and said he was
proud of the students' stand.
The protesters had called for
UNC to stop investing in companies
doing business in South
Africa.
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"The students have made
the best possible case for fur
ther negotiations with their
non-violence and their convicPlease
see page A14
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