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of his peers."
The younger Beaty graduated
from all-black Atkins High
School in 1961. He then enrolled
at Winston-Salem State
University.
"I didn't receive any scholarships,
grants or loans to go to
college/' Beaty said. "I worked
my way through college."
While he was in high school
and college, Beaty worked
weekends and nights as a
. bartender at Forsyth Country
Club.
"He was a very honest and
intelligent." said Thomas L.
Davis, the manager of the bar at
the club. "He was a very respectable
young man. Everybody ^
loved him."
Davis helped Beaty get his
first car, a 1954 Ford. "He was
very proud of that thing,"
Davis said.
"I expected him to do great
things," Davis said. "Anybody
who worked as hard as Beaty
did would have good things,
coming to him."
Beaty went to high school and
college during the civil rights
movement. He said he participated
in several demonstrations
and sit-ins in WinstonSalem,
but he was never arrested.
"1 think race relations have
improved in Winston-Salem
since the 1960s,"?Beaty said.
"Blacks have gotten into the
mainstream of Winston-Salem
life."
Blacks have made economic,
. social and educational gains in
Winston-Salem "because of the
sacrifices of a lot of people,"
Beaty said.
In 1965, Beaty graduated
from WSSU with a bachelor's
degree in history. "My ambition
was to be an attorney," he said.
"(But) if I would have gone to
law school, I probably would
have been drafted to go to Vietnam/Vv
Graduate students received
only a year's exemption from
the draft during the Vietnam
War; teachers received an occupational
deferment.
So Beaty took a teaching job
at Conetoe High School in
Edgecombe County. "My goal
was to be the best history
teacher that ever cracked a
book," Beaty said.
He taught history, social;
l studies and economics for five
years. Beaty also was a member
of the police reserve in Tarboro
and a scoutmaster.
He left teaching and Tarboro
for greener pastures in 1970.
"Teaching was a job that I
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uiorougniy enjoyed, tseaty
said. "But it didn't provide me
with year-long employment, and
the pay was low."
He returned to the Twin City
after landing a job as a personnel
specialist with the Experiment
in Self-Reliance, a cityfunded
agency.
"He was an excellent
worker," said Vera E. Phillips,
an administrative assistant at
ESR who worked with Beaty 16
years ago. "He had a good relationship
with the staff."
Beaty was concerned about
the employees in the agency,
Ms. Phillips said. "He made
sure that their rights were not
being violated," she said. "He
had an open-door policy with
the employees. He was always
there for them. The employees
understood that, and they
respected him for it."
Beaty became the agency's
personnel director in 1971. He
lists among his proudest accomplishments
while at ESR the
agency's providing of member
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snip aues ior aooui zu inner-city
black youths to join a local Boy
Scout troop.
In 1972v Beaty worked as the
director of the city's Manpower/Planning
and Development
Office. Two years later, he
became a personnel supervisor
arid later the city's personnel
director.
Beaty replaced John P. Bond
III as an assistant city manager
in 1978, becoming the second
black to hold that position.
Bond also is black.
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challenges and opportunities,'*
Beaty said. "1 deal with a lot of
issues that cross my desk everyday."
Beaty is responsible for the
operation of the police and fire
departments, and the city's Purchasing,
Personnel, Human Services
and Housing Services
departments.
Beaty receives myriad phone
calls from citizens who are concerned
about issues such as
crime, the lack of affordable
housing and the employment of
blacks, whites and women in city
government, he said.
"If it is an issue that has -
resolved by the Board of
Aldermen, I attempt to give the
rationale behind that decision,*'
Beaty said. "If it is an issue that
has not been resolved, I will
take what they have said into
consideration.*4
Despite being in the public
eye, Beaty said he doesn't feel
any pressure while doing his
job. "1 do my work in public,
but I am not a publicity ev
hound,'!_he said.
City Manager Bryce A. Smart
describes Beaty as a man of action.
"When we give him an
assignment, he does it very
well," Stuart said.
Beaty worked with Stuart for
four months preparing a report
on the police department's
handling of the Deborah B.
_ Sykes murder investigation.
Mrs. Sykes, a copy editor for
The Sentinel, was raped and
stabbed to death on Aug. 10,
1984. Darryl E. Hunt is serving
a life sentence after he was convicted
of Mrs. Sykes' murder in
a widely publicized trial last
year.
The report, which was released
last Nov. 20, criticized police
uvikvurts 1U1 ailUWUlg U1SIT1CI
Attorney Donald K. Tisdale to
direct their investigation.
The report said that ilUv.v
vestigators,let, Tisdale influence
them into disregarding established
procedure regarding police
lineups, the administration of
lie-detector tests and the
preparation of reports on the
case.
Although Stuart released the
report to the media, Tisdale
criticized Beaty for its conclusions.
"I could care less what he (A1
Beaty) thinks about how 1 run
my office," Tisdale told the
Winston-Salem Journal in
November. "He will not dictate
to me how 1 will operate, nor
will he interfere with my constitutional
and statutory
duties."
Beaty said last week that
Tisdale never spoke with him
privately about the report.
"I did read what he said
about me in the newspapers, but
that didn't bother me," Beaty
said. "I will let the report speak
for itself."
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4'It was a business-type interview
," Beaty said. "There were
no hostile feelings on anyone's
part."
Beaty also was one of the
authors of the city's controversial
merit-pay system. That plan
has been criticized for being too
subjective and discriminating
against black city employees.
But Beaty defends the plan.
"All of the employees are
treated fairly," he said. "We
have maintained competitive pay *
and benefits with private
business."
Even though he is the highest
ranking black city employee,
Beaty doesn't consider himself a
black leader. ^
"I have never seen a group of
people come here and say we
want you to be our leader,"
Beaty said. "I leave those
leadership roles to other people.
I am just a public servant."
. No public official can be a
leader, said Walter W. "Doc"
Farabee, director of the city's
Human Services Department
and a colleague and friend of _
Beaty.
"I admire the man because he
can get things done," Farabee
said. "! think he is a role
model."
Beaty wants to be judged by
his talent and performance and
not by his race.
?"I realize I have a lot of
responsibility," he said. "My
success or failure should not
condemn or highlight the whole
race. I would like to be judged
on how well I do regardless of
my race, marital status or sex."
Southeast Alderman Ward
Alderman Larry W. ^Vomble
said Beaty has proven to be a
capable assistant city manager.
"He carries himself in a very
professional way," Womble
said. **1 don't agree with a lot
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