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t ?!MI Wi n.< / Vol. XIV, NO. 9 U.S.P.S. NO, By CHERYL WILLIAMS Chronide Staff Writer Tor black folks with skills, (Winston-Salem) is a feast. There are a lot of opportunities out there. But for those without skills, with no prospects of getting skills, it is like starving in a land of plenty." That's how one black leader recently summed up the situation for blacks in the Twin City. I The leader, Vernon L. Robinson, an assistant professor of business at Winston-Salem State University, was among 12 black leaders interviewed on the status of blacks in Winston-Salem. Robinson is also chairman of the 21st Century PAC of North Carolina. Many of the leaders feel the way Robinson does, Board continues goals program Black contractors want quotas By CHERYL WILLIAMS Ghranicte Staff Writer The city of Winston-Salem's minority and women business enterprise program will continue to be a goals program, although the city has authority to set quotas to insure minorities' and women's participation on contracts. A local black contractors group, however, still has reservations about the present program. Continuing the present goals program was one ol 13 recommendations approved by the Board of Aldermen month study done by a citizens task force reviewing the city's program. Although the goals program will continue, a citizens advisory group will monitor the program and il necessary can rtynmmp.nd that th<? city set quotas foi minority and female participation on projects. Under the current program, the successful bidder on a city project is expected to subcontract a certain percentage of the work to minoriiv- and wnm<?n. owned companies. Goals are established by city staff and are based on the work to be subcontracted and the films available to do the work. A contractor not meeting the goals must docuPlease see page A,J 2 Carmichael offers sti By ANGIE MARTIN Chronide Staff Writer Stokely Carmichael, who led students through the "black power" movement nearly 20 years ago, said he knew students at Winston-Salem State University - would say he was "crazy." Speaking to approximately 280 WSSU students last Thursday, the controversial former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, known as SNCC, who is now a member of the AllAfrican People's Revolutionary Party, mocked students, saying "I knew you were going to say, 'I heard he was crazy in the '60s, he's even crazier now.'..." > Crazy or not, the once highly controversial student whose leadership encouraged African-American students to augment the non-violent civil rights movempnf U/ith A mnilMt fVvr raMiH ^kanna a ^ CTTOTIgvvTTTVI^Aid unique syllabus for sanity which made students ques-l tion what they're learning. Carmichael's appearance atl \ tton-Sah Thp Twin rifv'c Aw, ? r rv m v t wr w v/ 99 J ^ * m wr % , 067910 Winston-Salem, N.C. Despite problem: that the opportunities are out there but blacks have to take advantage of them. Of course there are some obstacles and problems that have to be dealt with - unemployment, underemployment, crime, education, drugs, teen pregnancy, housing and so forth - but nothing that can't be over( come, they say. And the way to deal with these problems is collectively, the leaders say. "Being born and raised in Winston-Salem, I know we have made some progressr"saidJamcs Mack, president of Human Resource Consultants Inc. "We're not close to the level of progress that we > can make or should have made, but the potential is i HL ^ < - ^9B PV?3h^F H^IH E^v E3B H** - ' V?j^^HihjMM|fl ^if8g ^r^rflP' m.' "W IImIw^mP / IJP t L^jMM ^ Yjjj^w jfMMkjfltt uftfl P*^P1 ^ni ^ MlP%w ^SL f^E; J jdents ^raz^^isdom WSSU's Media Center was sponsored by the social sciences department. In what turned out to be a 1 1/2-hour-long lesson on political theory, economics and on the contribution of African people in religion and history, Carmichael, with convicting accusation, told students what they did and did not know about themselves and thelrliexitage. The former Howard University student told students not to let their current educational pursuits distract them. "The American capitalist educational system will confuse you." he said. ?He said that-capitalists scekeducation for pttfefy~ personal gain, and African-American students cannot afford to do that. "Knowledge is not a commodity. Its purpose is to eliminate the sufferings of humanity." The energetic Carmichael was interrupted by applause often when he spoke of the "ignorance" many Please see Daae A 11 ^ I [f.. :Sx^/ji '.* *',"^a V*%H9mWi - ?^$?PPS5f fc^E*> WT , ^3S5 ?<,*' *? _ % ^ m sm Chrt ard-Winmng Weekly Thursday, October 22,1987 s black Commun here. We have strong, diverse leadership in Winston Salem and what we need is a coalescing of that leadership." And this coming together of leadership will have to involve all aspects of the black community because there is no one leader and no one group of leaders in the community, said Southeast Ward Alderman Larry W.Womble. "All of us (blacks) are leaders or have the potential, to Become leaders," he said. "It's just a matter of puuing that potential into action." * But one person interviewed said that this "coalescing" that other leaders talk about will be a while in coming if the black middle class doesn't wake up. NAACP President Walter Marshall identical of aI refused to comi members of the I But a sourc< members has vot The source, is unilaterally us example, the sot the league's fina The source those members I hoAfrf ooara. lo interfere in lot advice from thes The source soon. According Board of Directo all the board mei president serves > *> ! i Former outspoken civil rights advocate Stokely Can Salem State University to question even things they ?mmm White* h N.C. N> 1 By The Associa ! CHARLOTTE bership in the No I ter of the NAAC VflHH rights groups c 1 actions by the R jflgSjl tion, which has c anti-poverty prog tougher to prov officials of the gr( with publicizet activities i IHHBHBnHI J *? can? * micle c J 50 cants 30 Pages This Week ity can succeed the black middle class, saying that some of the community's problems exist because this class has amnesia. "One of the big reasons I see some of the stuff exists is because of the lack of support from the socalled middle-class blacks - people who've benefited from the civil rights struggle and are not paying back," he said. "There are too many blacks in high positions who turn their backs and look the other way." But whoever or whatever the blame, the problems - do exist and they are plentiful. Marshall sees job discrimination and police bru- . tality and treatment of blacks in the legal system as major problems. These are areas in which the NAACP Please see page A3 <r jjjv STORY ^ ? uses comment tees say Urban gue Board split ILLIAMS ler ilem Urban League President Thomas J. Elijah Jr. has nent on a growing division between himself and some Hague's Board of Directors. i close to the board said that a group of 11 of 19 board ed to relieve Elijah of his duties as president, who did not want to be named, says the group feels Elijah turping prerogatives which rest solely with the board. For irce said, Elijah will not allow the board's treasurer to see ncial reports. said that Elijah has attempted to remove from the board who have challenged his authority and has formed a new i the national and regional Urban League has no authority :al Urban League matters, the official board has requested i two higher league officials. said that an opinion from the national office is expected to the by-laws of the Winston-Salem Urban League, the rs' members can be removed only by a majority vote of nbers, not by the president. The by-laws also say that the at the "pleasure of the board" and that his appointment Please see page A12 ^1 Ib. L v ..jwbp||m ft ^ > ^JHB ' ^JgiHH L jEL ^ Hhk^ ? My*- "'y * * 'ii'vf ^ r in TK' ^P^Vk^iPv ~ F :&*>r- ^IBI^BF ^SjSPSSB E BI^L'*" ^IBI H| I Kj^^ : jB ^r J&F w michael encouraged a student audience at Winston' thought to be true (photo by James Parker). House actions cause of VACP membership rise led Press and at The Citadel in Charleston, has provoked concern. -A jump in mem- ^There is evidence of backslidrfk r?-?i:? -? iui v^arunna cnap- ing," says Bob Davis, president of !P and other civil the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Black an be linked to Political Caucus. "There seems to eagan administra- be an idea prevailing that we've had ut student aid and our chance, that it's time to put jams and made it things back in order. The signal is . e discrimination, coming from the nation's capital." ? ? Hips say. Membership in the North Carolil shift, combined na NAACP has clinched by a third 1 Ku Klux Klan jn the past year as blacks complain acial ^ttncVc ;^ VVUiu uvawli, 'kwJC see page A 13 a fc ^
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