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UBMi t xt:? VVU1& Urban League By ANGELA WRIGHT Chronicle Managing Editor On Monday, Nov. 30, a Forsyth County superior court judge will rule on a motion filed by Thomas J. Elijah, Jr., deposed president of the Winston-Salem Urban League, seeking a preliminary injunction against some members of the Urban League board of directors. The hearing, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. in the Sunerior Court Pmirtmnm nf thp Pnrcvth fVuinK/ Moll ! ? ? ?- w .. wa M. W? ? VVUH?^ A * of Justice, will only determine if Elijah's allegations against tlie board members merit the injunction order, pending a final ruling by the court on the legitimate composition of the board. The defendants named in Elijah's complaint and motion are: Joseph Dickson, Harvey Allen, James Branch, Marshall Bass, Sterling Spainhour, and Renita Thompkins. Elijah accuses the defendants of attempting "to take over and change the leadership" of the Urban League in an "illegal" meeting held October 7. During that meeting, the board voted to terminateafie employ- . ment of Elijah. Hoosing~activist urg< political participatu By ROBIN BARKSDALE Chronide Staff Writer Now is the time for residents of public housing pro organize and let their voices be heard to housing autl across the country, a noted public housing advocate told ston-Salem group last Saturday. Kimi Gray, the national chair of the Kenilworth P Resident Management C< residents must be wary of o \ who want to squelch the co ; In*: crime nreventirm in nnhlir > R conference held last week ii ston-Salem. "Whew clusters < pie become active, they brea up and spread them out The} urban renewal; I call it ] removal." Gray is one of the origin* Gray the resident management cc in public housing, which alky idents in the unit to take responsibility for managing and taining their own areas. The program was successfully mentcd in the Kenilworth Parkside housing unit in Wash Gray attributes the success of the Kenilworth resident m ment program to a unified effort on the part of residents the cooperation they received from city officials. But tli * of the credit, she said, must go to the residents who org Ptease see page A14 Racist activities By The Associated Press Carter, director c in Montgomery." CHARLOTTE ? In the past too many people four years, federal investigators the cause." have been trying to close in on radical-right groups, and North A Cleveland < Carolina has been at the center Jury has indicte of thai activity. members of a pi Federal prosecutors here have group in a Jan. won 25 convictions or guilty Shelby bookstore picas from white supremacists men dead and t since 1985. But experts say the Authorities say tl movement isn't dead. possibly with i because they beli< Every time you take out one / store was a gath< group, it seems like two more homosexuals, spring out," said State Bureau of U.S. Attorney Investigation agent Wayne of Asheville said TYuax, who is assigned to morr- eral government itor such groups. gating the Shelfr ' The legal loads that have he wouldn't comr begun to besiege the white movement have made a dent, The two men in but then things keep popping up charges, DougU that makes us know these peo- Robert "Jack" fjl^r^tilUjuUherej^gjj^gt^^^^^^^^^^ ^ i 0 4 >7AI J >1 ^VJ >4 P|V atisfled smile: H|K layef wins big one page 81 ^ < ton-z>ait The Twin City's Awar< o. 067910 Winston-Salem, N.C. controversy go< The defendants accuse Elijah of "acting outside his authority" by removing members from the board. They allege that certain members were removed orly 1 after questioning Elijah's handling of financial matters. * The court, on Monday, will not determine the r Recent statements made by 881 Rodney Sumler, second vice cMti president 01 tne w lnston-aaiem cu ^ after i from several mer N AACP expressing jectsto | I Horities a win arkside ^ >rp. in ousing BjL 111 I officials ^?P$:-.^. / M -ave ng the ^ ? impleington. Members of the cast of "A Raisin in the Sui anage- Carolina Black repertory Co. The play's far ?ihi iu by Donna Marie Peters, Gail O'Blenis Duke ? bulk arKj Rhamen Malique Love-Lane. See stor^ :anized ham). in North Carolina g if Klan watch believed to be former members I There are just of the White Patriot Party, once 2 committed to the state s preeminent neo-Nazi group. It disbanded in late 1986, and most of^its leadership s bounty Grand has fallen out of the public t d two former spotlight. resumed-dead "I don't know if the White < 17 attack at a that left three ^The legal loads that have be{ wo wounded. movement have made a dent, h he men acted, t^at mafces us t} nvvuiiipjivva, there " sved the booking place for Patricx Party is dead or not, but 1 Tom Ashcraft ? this is the second mass killing i Friday the fed- by a Klan-Nazi group. Seems to is fllSO lnvesii- me we have a continuing piub- 1 y killings, but lem with that in North Carolinent further. na," said Mab Segrest of North Carolinians Against Racist and dieted on state Religious Violence. Five comis Sheets and munist demonstrators in Jackson, are Greensboro were shot to death M>BHMBHiiBM^MBBB^urin^||^onfrontatioj^wit^^^ * V Chrc d-Winning Weekly Thursday, November 26,1987 50 ce es to Superior ( ruth of the allegations on either side. The issue, to I >c ultimately decided by the court, concerns the | nakc-up of the Urban League board of directors. j Two boards exist at this time, both claiming | egitimacy. One board was insituted at an October 6 \ neeting called by then-chairman Harvey L. Kennedy. L terpoi^rnents , nbers of the Manhail said the NAACP ! l!e NAACp,he todaL I P>M?mpageA3 I B. By ANC Chronicle Mei . directors and mo Thomas Jr. Bof ? n ^ uvi >9 a W going pi V their J^kH - ^ presiden /^H Af i ^ were Superior :i three bo [ % a bers, T**** fcfj whom 1 ^ aM^H| . 1 H V dants y p ^ complai was I son, l^H ? *- - * l??t-u i^_u? i iun uuuugn a renearsai at tne Nonn League nily members are portrayed , from left, and defci >s, Lawrence Evans, Marjorie Johnson i on page A6 (photo by Mike Cunning- Virg alderman it center of federal ^orth Carolina Klan members despicable uiformai ind neo-Nazis in 1979. Miller was sente to six months in pr "The name is not it," Segrest ning a paramilitai aid. "The movement is it It's tion in violation of i here and it's dangerous." ? While appealing, Ms. Segrest told the Charlotte tured with Sheets Observer she believes the White in Missouri. All weapons charges th ;?: ; 7~. Authorities said gun to besiege the white Mi,lef was ^ in> mt then things keep pop- SheIb slayings. iese people are still out n ^ Stenhen Millar -- rai warier . ~"r* former second-ir Patriots conduct military train- faces sentencing E ing with dozens of members involvement in a j who are still heavily armed and to rob a Fayetievil dangerous: ~ purportedly to fttn of Alabama civil i Former White Patriot leader Morris Dees. Glenn Miller, in an April 6 Elsewhere, a fe statement he later retracted, Denver on Tuesdi declared war "against niggers, " two members of * Jews, queers, assorted mon- secretive racist gn grelsijvhuej^?Btraitoryjn^ _ Ml ^ A * V I BHB micle ? ? ? / , . . nts 30 Pages This Week Court Monday t is alleged by the defendants that Kennedy did not KXify all board members of the meeting, which they lay was attended by only five board members and, herefore, was illegal as it did not constitute a quorum inder the Urban League's consitution and bylaws. The second board was named on Oct. 7, when a special meeting was held. The defendants were present jo discuss what they perceived to be "unauthorized and improper actions" by Elijah and Kennedy. It was at that lime that all 19 members of the 1986-87 board of directors were re-elected, new officers were elected and the ward voted to terminate the employment of Elijah. Elijah was subsequently suspended with pay for 30 days. The defendants called for an investigation of the conflict by the National Urban League (NUL). Following its investigation, the NUL issued a report, dated Oct 23, stating its opinion that the Oct 7 meeting was a properly called meeting and that the Oct. 6 meeting was not properly called. It is now up to the court to make a legal determination. On Monday several outcomes are possible. The Please see page A13 ague board files sponse to lawsuit ernal misconduct alleged iELA WRIGHT Managing Editor nbers of the Winston-Salem Urban League board of i met on Tuesday to prepare a response to a complaint lion filed against them by former League president, J. Elijah, ?"now I Kennedy proposes iwc with conflict settlement ucisms ot ... By ANGELA WRIGHT UWUl/MO UJ 'idavits I a Chronicle source close lo the ed in the kaertof <firectors said Harvey L. Kennedy, i County former chairman of the Winston-Salem Court by Urban League board of directors, proaid mem- posed an informal settlement to the contwo of fUct which has engulfed the Urban League *ere not board of directors for several weeks now. is defen- a Forsyth County Superior Court wffl i Elijah's ultimately decide who will govern the nts. The Urban League by determining whether the affidavit legitimate board of directors is the one led by elected during a meeting called by L. Dick Jorm$i_ ???Please see page A14 |j treasurer ndant inia K. Newell, Urban League board member and city l. said lhaL eventhouffh she was not namwi n A?fcnHoni Please sea page A13 I investigations its." Jewish radio talk show host. need in 1986 ison for run- Thirty-five other members of ry organiza- The Order or the umbrella ei court order. organization Aryan Nations he was cap- have been charged with crimes and Jackson as diverse as armored car robthree face beries to counterfeiting, ere. A federal grand jury in Fort they believe Smith, Ark., in April indicted olved in the 10 white supremacists _ including Aryan Nations leaders Richard Butler of Havden the Patriots' Lake, Idaho, Robert Miles of i-command, Cohoctah, Mich., and Louis tec. 1 for his Beam of Dallas _ on charges of >lot this year conspiring to overthrow the le restaurant, government. d the killing rights lawyer For all that, government officials say, it is difficult to gauge deral jury in the threat, if any, still posed by ty convicted their groups. rhe Order, a "It's not really the kind of >up, with the Ptoaa. s.. page A3 | e* V
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