Newspapers / Winston-Salem Chronicle (Winston-Salem, N.C.) / June 30, 1988, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Winston-Salem Chronicle (Winston-Salem, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Jtiejj L EDITORIALS RELIGION hunders goes [ell beyond le call of duty PAGEA7 A mute Beaufort Bailey robs blacks of school board representation PAGE A4 Rev. Jenkins celebrates fifth year as a pastor PARE B1 n-Salem Chronicle The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly 1. XIV, No. 45 ’arkway ,ay bring )usiness 1 VALERIE ROBACK GREGG Itonicle Staff Writer A consultant hired by the city I Winston-Salem told 15 people Ithered at the Winston Lake JmCA Thursday night that a park- fey stretching across East Winston ■link Route 40 to U.S. 52 would Inost certainly displace some |mes and businesses. "There's almost no way we can |i this without residential reloca- in or business displacement," J. Jeven Mifflin, assistant regional ■anager of Kimley-Horn and ociaies, Inc., said. I The city hired Kimley-Hom kl Associates, Inc. to conduct a kibility study of the East Win- Mi Parkway, a route through East ftnston that has been on the city proughfare plan for 20 years, le community meeting was one Ithe first steps in the process, n This is good for the econo- i'AIdOTnan Virginia K. Newell the meeting. "Where there’s iithere's business, there is /tease see page A8 "We re concerned about the appointment of an acting superintendent that compietely circumvents two quaiified blacks. ” Dr. Serenus T. Churn Concerned blacks attend board meeting photo by Ella Hamlin i, Who gave a scholarship check to NNPA. Ernest and Elaine Pitt celebrate with Marshall Chronicle named best in nation The Winston-Salem Chronicle was the big winner during the National Newspaper Publishers Association's recent merit awards banquet. The NNPA held its 48th Annual Convention June 15-18 in St. Louis. The Chronicle captured five first place awards including the coveted Russwurm Award for "maintaining the highest standards of journalism." The award is named for John Brown Russwurm, editor of Freedom's Journal, the nation's first Afro-American news paper. The Chronicle won the award once before in 1984. There were 19 first place cate gories; the Chronicle won in the following: general excellence, com munity service, best news picmre, best typography and makeup, and Please see page A2 By ANGELA WRIGHT Chronicle Managing Editor About 30 Afro-Americans, including ministers, attorneys, school officials and concerned citi zens, turned out for a special school board meeting Tuesday. They said they wanted to show their concern to board members about the board's recent actions in naming an interim superintendent, after the resignation of Dr. Zane Eargle, elTective July 31. But, although the school board's special meeting was an open meeting, it did not provide for public comments. The board discussed the process they would use for the selection of a perma nent superintendent. The board members said that the public would be allowed to give input at a later date, as yet to be determined by the board. Several prominent members of the Afro-American Community left the meeting saying they had many unanswered questions about the board's decision to name Nelson Jessup acting superintendent. Jes sup is assistant superintendent for auxiliary services. "We’re concerned about the appointment of an acting superin tendent that completely circum vents two qualified blacks, Dr. Barbara Phillips and Annie Hairston," said Dr. Serenus T. Chum Sr., pastor of Ml Zion Bap tist Church. "”It is interesting to note that they have no idea how long the search will take, and yet feel comfortable in appointing an acting superintendent, rather than a competent, skilled, fully qualified superintendenL "Certainly it conveys strange messages to our children when the chief institution, dedicated to com munity excellence, proceeds to make choic-’is based on other than Please sec page A10 Hack Leadership Caucus to convene h VALERIE ROBACK GREGG pronicis Staff Writer North Carolina's Afro-Ameri- 1 leaders will be out in force at e N.C. Black Leadership Caucus Iheduled to begin today at the KC. Benton Convention Center. The caucus is returning to Win- ^n-Salem after a five-year tour of Iher North Carolina cities includ- |ig Charlotte, Fayetteville and rilmington. The issues discussed at the pucus will take on a new focus Mis year, with economic advance ment to gain emphasis on the cau cus' usual political and educational agenda, Regional Vice-Chairman of the Caucus Vernon Robinson said. Twelve years ago when the group first met, it was called the North Carolina Black Democratic Caucus because many of its most active participants were key fig ures in the state Democratic Party. In 1979, the caucus changed its name to encourage bipartisan par ticipation. The organization remains highly political, but busi- Gantt Fulanl Mendez ness and Republican Party leaders now play important parts as well, Robinson said. Economic development of the Afro-American community will help accomplish other important goals, he said. Many important people involved in the caucus were key players in the 1984 Jesse Jackson presidential campaign, he said. Among the featured speakers at this year’s caucus will be former mayor of Charlotte Harvey Gantt, who will speak at Mt. Zion Baptist Please see page AlO Task force says use site in East Winston By VALERIE ROBACK GREGG Chronicle Staff Writer The East Winston Development Task Force recommended Thursday that the county locate a new Forsyth County Department of Public Health building adjacent to the Reynolds Health Center in East Winston, despite potential parking problems. "We could look at it as a health complex," Task Force Chairman Ernest H. Pitt said. "It would fit in with the economic development of East Winston, a statement of commitment on the county's part to facilitate development in the East Winston community." The $6-million building will house 215 Health Department employees including the Nursing, Environmental Health, Health Education, Dental Hygiene, Speech and Hearing, Nutrition and Administration Divisions of the county health department. These divisions are now housed in Please see page A10 >ocial Services challenged by caseload, critics ^VALERIE ROBACK GREGG ^ronlde Staff Writer Child abuse has always been espe- disturbing to people in social ser- occupations, but the problem may ^ threatening to outstrip Forsyth Coun- ability to cope with iL I The number of child abuse cases reported to the county Department of Social Services is steadily increasing, and individual cases are growing more bizarre. Social Services Superintendent of Protective Services J. Daniel Bolz said. "Since 1980 the complaints have increased radically," Bolz said. "Now we have some real bizarre cases. There are especially a lot more sexual abuse cases, or maybe just more reported. In 1980 we had about six sexual abuse cases a year, now we gel 10 a month." Carol S. Downey, supervisor of Social Services' Foster Home Unit, said approximately 80 percent of county chil dren placed in foster homes have been sexually abused. "Thai’s my guess," she [Sequel to "Kaffir Boy" on the way S. African author transcends anger said. "There's also more drug-related neglect, where a parent could have left the child with anyone." Albert F. Grisard Jr., executive direc tor of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Forsyth County, agrees. "Yes, cases are gelling more bizarre, because (the department Please see page A2 m I By robin BARKSDALE I Wffonlclft Staff Writer I k- Nbrk Mathabane recalls 1 childhood days, it is not the I ^^5»lyard games or the youthful I that he remembers. His 1 Childhood memories are of a daily I ^ constant fight for his life and a survival of his family. But n peaceful demeanor reveals H experienced U ^wuig up under the South African of ^)aitheid. I ftfl 1 Africa, you grow up I can’t afford to be a I ,L . ’ Mathabane, author of "Kaffir Boy." which I (h« c African equivalent of PeEngUsh word "nigger." "When I L ^7 up I realized that blind I can lead to self-destruction. You fail to see the world around you. But if you try to tran^Qd that and turn that hatred into weapons, you can go about the task of leading a meaningful life. That anger and hate are not positive emotions. They may give you a false sense of satis faction but they corrode you. If you transcend them, you lumoutabetier person for that" "Kaffir Boy” is Mathabane's description of what it is like to grow up black in a shantytown of Alexandra in South Africa. The autobiography follows Mathabane s growth from a small child, watching fearfully in anticipation of predawn police raids, to an outspoken teen ager living daily under the threm of death at the hands of the white South African regime. Mathabane, who now lives in Kemersvillc, con siders himself one of the "lucky ones," able to find a way out of South Africa. But although he no longer lives under • South African ajwtheid, his life is still affected by its policies; "My parents are still there and three of my sisters are still there.” said Mathabane, who was a guest on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" a year ago when his family was allowed to visit him in America for the first time since he came to the country in 197Z. "I am a persona non grata in South Africa becau^ I am seen as a activist I ’can never go back. My family is harassed often. My broth- ers-in-Iaw were massacred a while ago. They never say that it is Please see page A8 Nl ptioio oy naroen Hicnards ■There is a type of mental slavery in South Africa. That"s when the system commands you to become your own oppressor.’ - Mark Mathabane NEWS DIGEST Compiled From AP Wire Helms: End all sanctions WASHINGTON — Sen. Jesse Helms urged Congress to end economic sanctions against South Africa during a sometimes testy Senate hearing. Helms said sanctions hurt the blacks they were intended to help, but scKue Democratic senators called for even tougher measures, including an economic embargo of the white-ruled nation, saying the United States was morally obligated to act against the South African system of ^anheid. Bomb injures 10 in Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A bemb blast destroyed a video game and pinball arcade in Johan nesburg, injuring at least 10 people. Police Col. Frans Malherbe said the injured included six blacks, one while and three people of Indian descenL The govOTj- ment has blamed the attacks cm the outlawed African Naticmal Congress, the only guerrilla movement fight ing the white South African governmenL Civil rights center planned RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK - A black his tory center in Durham will include the arrest records, court documents from the civil rights movemenL and will try to document contributions of blacks to American society, its founders say.
Winston-Salem Chronicle (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 30, 1988, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75