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CLOSE-UP _ Graves plots < By MARDELL GRIFFIN Chronicle Staff Writer Clifton Graves, former Winston-Salem State University affirmative action officer, said he wanted to "pull back," reassess his career goals and decide what direction his life would take when interviewed following his selection as the Chronicle "Man of the Year" for 1983. Since then he has changed careers three times and lived in three states. "The last five years have been soul searching time for me," he said recently by phone from Connecticut. - '7 feel God has saved me and has a special purpose for me. Like most of usj have to find what that special purpose is. " -- Clifton Graves - - While in "Winston-Salem, he was a member of the 1ST If 1 a oHorc h r* noliti/Ml L?iavi\ uvuuvi Jinp i%uu?umviw ^uumimi T UIQVIV Political Awareness League, NAACP, Winston-? Salem Bar Association, East Winston Noon Optimist Club, Forsyth County Juvenile Justice Center Executive Committee, Trans-Africa, North Carolina Black Repertory Co. and Nell Lite Productions. In 1984, he left it all behind to practice law in Connecticut. . Graves said he had over-extended himself at the time. He "wanted to set the world on fire" and do ^ ^ mM m M A. M m CALENDA | WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 A program at the East Winston Branch Library the Death Penalty a Cruel and Inhuman Punishmer video tape will be shown and a panel discussiott * ' k WljlPWIIJl-;mr> THURSDAY, JULY 23 ; the department of Social Services will distribu at the Dixie Classic Fair Grounds. Cheese, dry mil ')|e given to eligible families. All familiesr currently Itemps are eligible and will receive an authorizatk For more information call 727-8311. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCE* The Joel Family will host their annual far Washington Park, Shelter No. 1, Saturday, July 2 10 p.m. For more information call Cynthia Oathinj Sally Mclntyrc Wallace at 761-1294. f-.. The Winston-Salem Urban League will spons Enrichment program for rising eighth, ninth and v^July. Classes will be offered Tuesdays, Wednesday from 9 to 1 p.m. at the Urban League, 201 W. Fi ||gram ends July 30. Participants are requested to p sessions. Enrollment is limited. There is no fee. Fo firm Min * nw? VMM ' The American Red Cross Youth office is pUu volunteer program during the months of July and ^between the ages of 13 and 18 can make a differe by volunteering some time to help others. Youth < Skills, explore careers and demonstrate civic r | volunteering at hospitals, children's centers, nur : dinks. For more information catt 724-0511. , The Early Childhood Center at Winston-Salem is accepting applications for Its faS sessions. The pi Md tot children 3 to 5 years old. Activities inctuck science, music, art and other subjects. Center hov 11*5:15 p?m. The fee is $*5 a week, payable one i For more information call 761-2159. ?||t The American Legion Post No. 220 is ton deceased photo frame to be hung in the lobby of t -J $$32 N. Liberty St. The post is asking that anyoiu of their deceased veterans who were members of | "bring the pictures to the post home or drop then munity Shoe Shop on Patterson Avenue with iphotos will be returned unharmed after a copy hi jlmorc information call 724-7689. All 1977gtadiMcs of North Carolina Central I ing sought to help discuss plans for a reunion wl "Oct. 30-Novp.ff you are a member of the Class u TT mm -- --- M A \ a* 1vuvtjj "W"W; nrfw-wwui as soon ? products may be deposited by individuals. For n ? / *5 V % 7 Peo; definite course \ things he felt needed to be done. MAs in any community, those people who come forward are drawn into every battle/* he said. But he wanted time for his family and for plotting his career moves. "After leaving Winston, for a whole year I did hardly anything," he said. But doing nothing is not Clifton Graves' style. When former WSSU Chancellor H. Douglas Covington called Graves about a job at Alabama A&M University, the lure of campus life was strong enough to pull him south again. He moved to Huntsville, AAa. where he was involved with voter rights, voter registration and student organizations ''addressing the issue of South Africa.*' * Graves said working at a traditionally black college appealed to him, as well as feeling gratified when influencing the growth of young black minds. But, unfortunately, those were not the only forces at play during his tenure at Alabama A&M. "The past two years have taught me that black college camDus oolitics are not for me." he said. 44As Tonv Brown has said, 'We need to save as well as change, black colleges/ " Black colleges neecLto^beJnfused with new ideas or young black talent will continue to be "turned off" he said. It is disheartening for him to see potential being wasted and feels administrators have gotten priorities "mixed up" by not putting the student first. "A&M, by and large, is no different from other . predominantly black institutions of higher Jearning," he said. However, he said that he is grateful to Covington for the opportunity at Alabama A&M, which he "C TV I SOCIAL NOTES _ Top minorit One hundred and fifty academically talented minority i, students from North Carolina are preparing for the scholastic apwili discuss "It tltlirla tact nnr1 r m ~ - 1?> uiuuv iMi auu 9aill|/uilg WUIIC^C it?" at 7 pjn? life at Wake Forest University. rill be included* The program is being funded - Jill f?r a second year at Wake Forest L by a grant of $166,880 from the Jessie Ball duPont Religious, < Charitable and Educational Fund of Jacksonville, Fla, te surplus foods The Committee for Education, a k and flour will Winston-Salem foundation f receiving food which gives academic assistance m card by mail. to talented minority high school students, selected the program participants using the California iCWTC Achievement Test scores and ffcrtlo . recommendations from guidance i counselors. If, ^ ^ca*cc? Wake Forest assistant vice-president, is direc5s at 785n)i3J?j^K tor 0f t^e program, she said participants have already taken the &VT in their home testing center. . SLS'" A^ter completing the three-week tenth gradeff^g intensive course at Wake Forest, s and Thursday t^e students will take a retired fth St. The proton to attend a^j| r more inforr Kappa auxiliary gi ' Tangle wood Park was the fining a summer srf?n^ of tv?A ^Atv? Annual v A. ' ^ I. II Ml J|"?""T'M w? Hi? twui n.iuucu ixa^a tl' ^!?p;' Silhouettes picnic last Sunday. 0$(uHS sumftter Silhouettes, an organiza:an develop neytr tion wjves of alumni members esponsibihty b? of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, sing homes and . plans functions and raises money ?SH| f?r worthy causes, says Gladys Oldham, local president. There are 25 women active in the local chapter, she said. i reading, math, irs are 7:15. aaigf ?... h, advance. ABOUT TOWN Marberry he PoalNo. 220, e who has photo* By ROBIN BARKSDALE Post No. 220 top Chronicle Staff Writer i off at the Com- ? &** Fair. Tip vr*'? a news . 4-^-k. _-j- reporter at WXII Channel 12, has ilfiiMAade^or named "America's Best and Brightest ' 'f x':-.; :?$^- Young Business and Professional Jniversity are b#|| Men" by Dollars <ft Sense iteti will be hdWp; magazine. of 1977, contact 1 Marberry, who came to is possible, Winston-Salem in 1986, received his undergraduate degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta Church is spon* and his master's degree from Coled on the church umbia University in New York. 1 remain through He has also done additional study Nipers and papjp in Scotland and received a K>re inforfliat|Df|:: fellowship to study independently at the University of West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. * I ' *r pie :fl *&$ -*vs >c^H _ . &? j\i^H ., , -M Clifton Graves says he still maintains a certain believe was a very character-building experiencefor him. He is now working as staff attorney for the New Haven Housing Authority. "Whatever position I find myself in, I want to use my expertise and skills to help black folks.'* His parents, Clifton Sr. and Mayme Graves, and his grandmother, former Winston resident, Haida Graves, played a big part in his decision to return to Connecticut. He enjoys living near them he said, y students attends 5 P 3 1L i Hfer-' - . ^EL < ** pi Among the participants in a SAT session held i from left, Ronny Scott, Monica Armstrong, Eric row, from left, Tonya Thacker, Courtney Shipp, James Parker). SAT. According tc The first session began June 14 average increas< and ended July 3. The second ses- points for stu sion began July 5 and will end Ju- ticipated in the ] ly 24. Seventy-five students were The students selected to attend each session. and participate roup members share picn Along with the Kappas and Simpson, sp Silhouettes, guests participated in Roadrunners T a barbecue and other activities. Clement, Herm Among the guests were Alderman wife, Marie, Cli Virginia K. Newell and her hus- his wife, Mi band, George; Mr. and Mrs. Miriam McCa Samuel Puryear (he is the new Donna Oldhan DrinciDal of Parkland Hioh and Dr. and M School); Judge and Mrs. Roland Also attenc Hayes; Dr. and Mrs. James Hairston, wife < Jones; Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hairston, cited among nation Before assu; reporter/traine T S^H gram in Chicaj The ChDd G\ ^ received a grar the Kate B. R Needy Trust. The purpose cover the pure operating and J' over a one-y< MM eluding apprc and the servic Mar berry driver. - "%5 V >>^^Bb: * Ja^ Pirn* 'j^H^>; Ji'fl sii intensity to his beliefs (photo by James Parker). and wants to help take care of his grandmother who has been ill. Graves said he would never forget his time in Winston-Salem. "The people who we are exposed to in our enviornment help shape and mold us," he said. Many of the people he knew in North Carolina influenced him, he said, including the Rev. Ben Chavis from Fayetteville, Larry Little, the Rev. Carlton A.G. Eversley, Carl Russell and Louise Wilson. Please see page A14 ?AT session at WFU SH'HMHI >? r jtw :?&? q^I BF . :*. V & * :? jf ^ oM | ^mpr ^ 1 I 'ecently at Wake Forest University are back row, Addo, Randall Ross and Harvey Johnson. Front Dionne Tatum and Marcia Williamson (photo by i Ms. Leake, the outside the classroom. Wake ? -- ?? c in scores was forest proiessors are conducting idents who par- seminars in several subjects to program last year, give students academic exi live on campus perience at the college level, in activities in and Please see page A9 ic with family, friends onsors of the with Winston Mutual Life Inrack Club; Irma surance Company, now the an Burney and his Golden State Mutual Life Inarence McKee and surance Company. Mrs. irlene, Ed and rter, Jim Steele, Hairston, a member of the Fori, Leslie Oldham W*1 County Planning Board, atrs. C.B. Hauser. tended the first picnic in 1947. ling was Irene nf the late Walter I.averne Hanpc u/ac tViic war'e _ w _ - - W m-m+m *VW ** MU M I IvJ J V U1 J an administrator picnic chairperson. s best and brightest I ming his current The van will be used to provide I CII, Marberry was transportation of the younsters in item with the the center's day treatment pro- I Post and a gram who qualify for this kind of I e with WCBV-TV assistance. ... I selected to the list Teen-agers - from across the d at a s peril Dro- conntrv anH f? m j iv? a i win c&d t di iiw<iy 3S 50 July 31. Hawaii will arrive in the Triad I area July 18 to compete in the 1 uidance Center has 15^ annual Miss and Mr. Black I it of $25,000 from Teen-age World Scholarship Pro- I eynolds Poor and grwn and Pageant. I Once contestants assemble in 1 ! of the grant Ijpo Greensboro, the next eight days I hase of a van, its be filled with rehearsals, per- I maintenance costs sonal development seminars, rap I sar period. ...in- sessions, leadership development I jpriate insurance sessions tnnro an^ ? * ? /- ""? "" *? vainer acCS of a qualified Please see page A9 u
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