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n PEOPLE SPORTS RELIGION lOolored jseum' is pt plain good ! PAGE A10 Big Four Alumni gathering of black high schools rekindles flames of yesterday PAGE B1 ITCA irusades or peace library Kill m-Salem Chronicle The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly OM XiV, No. 33 U&P.S. No. 067910 Winston-Salem, N.C. Thursday, April 7,1988 32 Pages This Week . "My assumption has been that I should serve all of our people. I should do real things, not try to create some ..Steve Neal Fifth District Con gressman ^eal admits neglect lof black constituents fey ANGELA WRIGHT ronide Managing Editor Congressman Steve Neal lowledged Wednesday that he isisienOy neglected to com- licate with his Afro-American istiluenis about their specific needs and concerns, saying he had V^resisted doing a lot of that because \ I always thought it was important \ptell e^ryone the same thing." ^ I^ing an interview with the Chronicle. Neal defended himself, out that his voting record support fca" every issue of significance to the Afro- : Amcric&i community. . Habited the civil rights jtestor^n bill, the South Africa '^iil^tkHls bill, the voting rights bill, tbe; defense set-a-side legislation »ther congressional initiatives lining to jobs, education and leal care. "These are issues of great irtance to many people, espe- IT' daily black people," he said. He admitted that, although he had sup ported the bills, he had not initiated any civil rights legislation and that he had not communicated with his Afro-American constituents about their preferences for such legisla tion. "My assumption has been that I should serve all of our people,” he said. "I should do real things, not try to create some image.” But Neal acknowledged that his image with in his congressional district has been called into question before. He was questioned about why he had not used his newsletters and press releases to address issues of concern to his Afro-American con stituents and to sblicit their opin ions on federal initiatives affecting them. "I guess I fell so strongly about this idea that evety human being is deserving of dignity and respect -- that we are essentially alike in this way, that we’re all children of God," Please see page A14 "Miss Thong" tM Mayor names Task Force for East Winston Plans for the economic development of East Winston got a new boost Monday as the Board of Aldermen voted to create the East Winston Develop ment Task Force. The task force will facilitate and coordinate the implementation of the economic develq)ment aspects of the East Winston Area Plan. Mayor Wayne A. Corpening recommended the formation of the task force and named J. Allen Joines, director of development for the City of Win ston-Salem, to be the city staff to the task force. He also recommended the appointment of 12 persons to serve as members of the task force including Ernest H. Pitt, publisher of the Winston-Salem Chronicle, as chairman. 'We will work with and support the East Win ston Community Development Corporation in carry ing out its function," said Pitt. He pointed out that one of the primary duties of the task force would be monitoring the progress made on the implementation of the economic aspects of the East Winston Area Plan. 'We will also reach out to the community to find out their perceptions of what should happen and from this we should come up with a decent, comprehen sive proposal," Pitt said. Other members of the task force are Nell Britton, Clark Brown, Geneva Brown, Rev. J. Ray Butler, William B. Cash, James R. Grace, Jocelyn Johnson, Dr. J. Raymond Oliver Jr., Charles G. Reavis Jr., N(ffma Smith and Evelyn Terry. Aldermen Vivian H. Burke-, Patrick Hairston, Virginia K. Newell and Larry Womble will serve as ex officio members of the task force. "I believe this is going to be the stimulus that is needed in order to continue with development in this*^ area,” said Newell. She noted that litde development had occurred in the area other than the East Winston Please see page A13 In Large crowd attends King memorial vigil at WFU IE NATION'S NEWS Conpiled From AP Wre ixon: Jackson top choice pHiNGTON - Former Presitknt Richard M. says that Jesse Jackson is the best candidate king a presidentiat nomination but that he coidd It win becaute of his radical views. s die best candidate and one of the very best of J entire century for either party," Nixon said. fliKdcson's problem is not the messenger, it's die mes- ilecham's ousting cheered tojANTA - CivU righis figures applauded the peatthment of Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham - on J 20th anniversary of the death of Ma^ Luther Eing Jr. The audience at a SCLC awards dinner fleered when SCLC President Joseph Lowery wnced Mecham's impeaciunenL lace relations worsening JffiW YORK -Most blacks in New York City ..thinkrace relations are poor and an inaeasing num- rper iink they've gotten much worse in recent mcMiths, according to a newspaper poll. hfew York Newsday reported that blanks consider race relauons the biggest problem facing blacks in i^the city, ahead of joblessness, drugs and housing. ; Bobby Seale talks economics NEWARK, Del. Bl«:k Paidter, Party founder ' "ikibby Seale said he focuses his efforts on ecmioraic • amt political issues and advocates the violent over- Ubow of the Sooth African government. He said students should learn to "peacefully render their grievances' to the government •■****NEWS BULLETIN***** Clwoice Cox Jr.ra law enforcement ageiU widi the city’s ABC Board, who resides at 6638 Spanish Oak Drive, has lesigned from his position. ABC officials would not com ment exc«pt to say Cox is under investigation By KENNETH RAYMOND Chronicle Staff Writer The Black Law Students Association of Wake Forest Uni versity held a candlelight vigil Monday night in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It was the 20lh Anniversary of his assas sination. The event was held on campus in front of the Law School. Faculty and students gathered in a cheerful atmosphere as BLSA members passed out candles before the cere mony started. Following the welcome address by BLSA president DeAn- na Leeper and a heart-felt selection by the Wake Forest Gospel Choir, which helped draw a crowd of over a 100 students, Dr. Ernest Wade stepped behind the podium as the guest speaker. Wade, who is the director of Minority Affairs at Wake Forest, opened by reminding everyone that they did not gather to mourn Dr. King’s assassination, but to cele brate the life he had lived and his accomplishments. "We haven't come to grieve over Dr. King. We've come !o cele brate his achievements ana his commitment to racial justice and harmony, " he said. "We're honor ing a man who's life has created more opportunities, opened more doors, and made more lives better than probably any man in history." Wade, who graduated from Johnson C. Smith University, said that if it were not for Dr. King’s commitment, it would not be likely that they'd be standing there together. "The black and white college students here would never have been able to receive their education together or stand as peacefully as we are doing tonight 20 years' ago," he said. "This was all made possible by Dr. King and his com mitment. Wade also said that for Dr. King's dream to be fully achieved, everyone must try to become more like Dr. King and take on the char acteristics which enabled him to accomplish what he had. "If the dream is to live and flourish, we all must lake on some of the qualities of Dr. King. We all must keep God in everything we do, have the courage to stand up against what we know is wrong, and stand up and be counted," he said. "We must put hside our petty differences and work towards bringing Dr. King's vision to pass." Wade said he believes that everyone must try to acquire quali ties of Dr. King because there may never be another one like him. "Jesse Jackson displays much of Dr. King's spirit, but we all must have those things," he said. "We all must love men enough to give our Please see page A13 A youngster at Monday night's candlelight vigil puts his heartfelt emotions into the service (photo by David Admundson). March planned for King becomes Pierce memorial By ERICA JOHNSTON Associate Press Writer LUMBERTON- Organizers of the second annual Unity March had intended to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, but the march look on a local tone after the shooting of Indian judicial candidate Julian Pierce 11 days ago. 'We know from history a bullet may slay the dreamer, but the bullet can never slay the dream," the Rev. Ben Chavis told about 600 marchers after a 20-minute walk through the rain Mon day. 'The dream of Julian Pierce is the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. And that dream lives. "We must keep the faith. We must not let tragedy keep us down. We must press on," said Chavis, a former mem ber of the Wilmington 10 who is now an official of the United Church of Christ. 'You keep on marching,” Chavis, an Oxford native, told the crowd that qui etly walked several blocks from the Robeson County Courthouse to the Bill Sapp Recreation Center. Chavis was among the nine black men and one white woman convicted in 1972 on charges stemming from the 1971 firebombing of a white-owned grocery store in a black neighborhood during a period of racial unrest in Wilmington. The marchers sang "Amazing Grace" and "We Shall Not Be Moved," and carried signs reading "Register And \bie In Memory" and "Justice for All." Pierce was shot to death at his home in what authorities said was a domestic dispute. One Lumbee Indian was charged with murder and another suspect committed suicide. Many Lumbees and blacks in the county say they are discriminated against, and that they are not represent ed adequately in local political offices. The county's population is 37 percent Indian, 37 percent white and 26 per cent black. Speaker after speaker at the rally fol lowing the march called on members of the crowd to register their displea sure with elected officials by voting. "E>on’t let them take us for granted," said Lonnie Revels, head of the state Commission on Indian Affairs. "It's time to let them know that if they don't join you, you can't join them at the polls." Christine Griffin, acting co-director of the legal-services office that Pierce headed until January, said many Lum bees historically have stayed out of the electoral process. "My grandparents believed it was a sin to lake part in politics," she said, sobbing. 'To my knowledge, they never cast a vote. They thought it was the devil’s work. But I believe it's God’s will... to use these laws we have." Please see page A13
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