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Jesse JacKS< this day forward to make a difference. "We have marched too long and died too profusely on foreign battlefields not to have black federal representation in North Carolina,*' said Jackson, who delivered his first civil rights speech at WSSU in 1960 when he was a student at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. "We had no right to use the bathrooms in downtown Winston-Salem or Greensboro," Jackson said. "We had no right to use the public parks or uorarics in winston-saiem or Greensboro. 'Twenty-six years later, we have organized a Rainbow Coalition," he said. "Red, yellow, Lots of quei board increase the chances of more black representation? In the IS years since the city and county school systems merged, only one black has been elected to the board - Beaufort O. Bailey. The difficulty in electing blacks tQ countywide office makes some people, like candidate William. H. "Bill" Tatum, dream of a ward set-up. At-large primary results can be nightmarish for black candidates. Is incumbent Mazie S. Woodruff as strong a county commissioner candidate as she appears? Going into the primary, Mrs. Woodruff is acknowledged as a near cinch to lead the voting in the Democratic primary for county commissioner. But don't tell her that. Hard work got her elected as the first black and only the second woman ever to serve on the i board, and hard work will keep her there, she says. Yet it isn't easy to ignore the widespread * support she apparently enjoys throughout the county. The entry of former radio news reporter Wayne G. . Willard, whose name recognition alone makes him formidable, and preIIWIIHHWHHHmiHHtlHHIH?WIHHHHHIIHtmHMHI \ King holida; wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimm paid state holiday in honor of King, Lightner said. "We feel confident that it will pass," Lightner said. "I haven't sensed any opposition to the proposed bill.**" t,r i_i_ J i? i?i * 1 ?i? worn Die saia ne Dciievea me General Assembly would pass the bill because there is a national holiday honoring King every third Monday in January, and six cities in North Carolina have local holidays honoring the slain civil rights leader. "It should not be a political issue," Womble said. "It is a human issue. It will be a fitting and proper way of honoring the legacy and legend of King because of the exemplary life he lived." Womble introduced a resolution to the local Board of Aldermen in December 1985 to designate the third Monday in January as a city holiday honoring King, who was born on Jan. i5vl929; King was killed by an assassin's bullet as. he stood on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968. The country celebrated its first official na tional holiday honoring King on Jan. 20. Petitions will be distributed to every black church in WinstonSalem, said the Rev. Jerry Drayton, a committee member and chairman of the political action committee of the Baptist Ministers' Conference and Associates. "We should not have any trouble getting names," Drayton said. "No black person will oppose that petition." Other North Carolina cities that have a local holiday honoring King include Raleigh, I it*- ... rn?~ r*- i mi^p on . From Page A1 brown, black or white, wc all arc precious in God's sight." Jackson said the voting rights law has been circumvented by gerrymandering, annexation, atlarge elections and second primaries. 4 4We have moved away from the one-vote, one-person system,'* he said. 44It undercuts the fundamental options of a living and growing democracy." Jackson called for the enforcement of the voting rights law and the end of apartheid in South Africa. Jackson also assailed the Reagan administration for its policies concerning farmers, poor people and education. "Black and white farmers fed our nation and the world," he morn From Page IMHMIttllMUINMUIIMINIItlUMNMMMMIIIIIMIMHMMMIMIIUI sent school board member John S. Holleman, into the race should make things interesting. Will black Democrats support long-time ally Terry Sanford, upand-coming young hopeful Bill Belk, one of their own, Ted Kinney, or one of the other seven candidates in the U.S. Senate race? The only race to exceed this crowded field in sheer numbers is the field of 14 Democrats running for five school board slots. Sanford, by virtue of his extensive political history, seems to be running far ahead of the field. Many old-line black Democrats have a knee-jerk affirmative reaction to his candidacy based on his good record on civil rights. . Belk, a political newcomer as a candidate, has built a base of i nuiii ui? icaucrsnip 01 the state and national Young Democrats organization. His main hope is to score high enough to force a runoff. Kinney, a Fayetteville native, started late, but has received en dorsements from thesHev:T,Jfe?94 Jackson, the Rev. Ben Chavis( and a host of blade leaders-on the national scene. But state party loyalists, even among black mHinniiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniNiMMiii y From Page A1 Charlotte, Greensboro, Asheville and Durham. Lightner said the General Assembly passed a resolution in 1 Qfil rlpcionatino ovorv; Tan K <jc A ^ V*/ V ? VI J JUU? A / MO Martin Luther King Day in North Carolina, but state employees did not have the day off. "We want a law designating paid state holiday for King," he said. King deserves more recognition from the state of North Carolina, said Mutter D. Evans, cochairman of the committee. "It is our hope that people will become aware of what we are trying to do." The Winston-Salem Chronicle is published every Thursday by the Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co. Inc., 617 N. Liberty St. Mailing address: Post Office Box 3154, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102. Phone: 722-8624. Secondclass postage paid at Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102. The Winston-Salem Chronicle is a charter member of the Newsfinder service of the Associated Press and a member of the Audit Bureau of Circula- . tions, the National Newspaper Publishers Association, the North Carolina Press Association and the North Carolina Black Publishers Association. Subscription: $18.72 per year, payable in advance (North Carolina sales tax included). Please add $5.00 for out-of-town delivery. PUBLICATION USPS NO. 067910. \ ^ V MMNMMUMMNaMMNMMMNMMMIMMMtlttltlltltiMltltltt* said. MNow they arc driven off t their land with no place to go. That is not right." s Jackson said federal funds i could help remedy the debts of f fanners. "If we have enough \ money for a $17 billion cost over- c run for the B-l bomber, we have enough money to help save the family farmers," he said. He criticized President Reagan j for failing to call the family of Kenneth Ford, the black soldier ! who was killed in the recent bom- J bing of a Berlin disco. And he 2 spoke against cuts in social spending. I "Subsidized education is i _? XI 1 !J! 1 - cncapcr man suosiuizca jails or s welfare," Jackson said. "Sub- i sidized teachers are cheaper than ] jailers. Dormitories are cheaper i A1 MMMMNMMMMaiatMMMIttlllHIIIIIIIIIIItMIIIIIIIIIMItlltlll elected officials, have not rushed J to his aid. If he runs better than ? fifth in the 10-person field, he may gain some chips to bargain b with. v c Who's running for sheriff and j who cares?. Whether black voters s will favor incumbent Preston Oldham or challengers Harry t VIRC -is* ybool'4 vttxoqoci :v< U'H r- f * . :| fr f ? ? , ^,4, r* , tl Vbu'v? V a long v j j|jl j W% i V c SURGEON GENERA Smoke Contain I : . V ... . < ?! han reformatories." The disparity between the rich ind the poor in America is growng, Jackson said. "The haves lot a tax cut," he said, "and the lave-nots got a wage cut or job concessions." Jackson said that young people nust stand up for justice. "Your generation must choose the tuman race over the nuclear ace," he said. "We must have ustice at home and peace ibroad." Jackson also said that he opposed the April 15 U.S. bombing aid on Libya. "Terrorism has .... .. i ipreaa," nc said. 'There are nore Americans dead and more British dead. The raid was inefective." nHi?mmitiimwmnnnnim??nimimnitniMwn IIIIIIIIIIMIHIMHillllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIlilllllllNIIUMN foyner or Ron Barker is anyone's guess. As long as 90 percent of the >lack registered voters in the :ounty are Democrats, their maor questions and concerns will be ibout that party's races. The answers are forthcoming his Tuesday. * aklfi Ml W i z come way, baby j MM| Kg \ il'S WARNING: Cigarette s Carbon Monoxide. The Chronic "JAIN'S "SPK DRESS tMany Bi ' toC^ / - i i A .49*1 "M 3M1>?.|My|n^lt. 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