Hand To Hand
Program reaches out
to teen-age mothers
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Malcolm X Recalled
institute for fslamic involvement
recalls last year of leader's life
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VOL. XVI, No. 31
School Board approves new plan
pr. Phillips not
among directors
By TONYA V. SMITH
IRhrnnide Staff Writer
The Afro-American woman who was once third in
command in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
hools was ousted from the administrative hierarchy
ijiesday night when school board members approved a
;ntral office re-organization plan.
Barbara K. Phillips, assistant superintendent of
Student Services, was eliminated a little over a year ago
when she sought the position now occupied by Superin-
endent Larry D. Coble. Wednesday morning, while
king breakfast in a Kemersville cafe, she read about
|her elimination from her present position.
I Dr. Phillips' duties will go to the new director of
[the Division of Support Services, Carlinda Purcell, an
^ro-American. Dr. Phillips said she received a letter
from personnel last week telling her that her contract as
an assistant superintendent had been eliminated and
that "we'll let you know if we have anything." Howev
er, she was not alarmed at the letter because Dr. Coble's
re-organization plan necessitates that all assistant
superintendents' contracts be eliminated because of the
title changes. Those who were assistant superinten
dents, everyone but Dr. Phillips, are now called direc-
The strategy is to
show that the vic
tims (the assistant
superintendents)
are the problems.
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- Dr. Barbara K. Phillips
tors of the division of...their area of specialization.
"As of right now 1 don't have a contract and 1
essentially don't have a job. He (Dr. Coble) can offer
me something though. Because I was on a contract and
it was not renewed, 1 shall have to wait and see what
the board does."
The Board of Education will meet in executive ses
sion next week to assign positions in phase two of the
re-organization plan, said Susan K. Carson, director of
Communication Services.
Phase one of re-organization will go into effect
July 1. Palmer Friende, an Afro-American, will be the
associate superintendent for general administration. He
was called out of retirement last year to serve as Dr.
Coble's executive assistant. A new person. Melody H.
Clodfelter, will be Superintendent's Coble's technical
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Selection
tampering
denied
By RUDY ANDERSON
Chronicle Managing Editor
There are no straight answers
coming out of the administrative
office of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County school system about why the
highest ranking Afro-American
administrator in the system was
removed under a reorganized
staffing plan adopted by the city-
county school board Tuesday night.
The name of Dr. Barbara
Phillips, an assistant superintendent,
was conspicuously absent when the
names of those who would make up
the senior school system staff were
released.
Under the plan recommended
by Superintendent Larry Coble the
position of assistant superintendent
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Photo by Dr. C.B. Hauser
Walter Marshall, president of the Winston-Salem branch of the
NAACP, poses with Mrs. Charles McLean during the recent
NAACP banquet.
Marshall to give up
NAACP presidency
By RUDY ANDERSON
Chronicle Managing Editor
FBI probe labeled political 'set-up'
By TONYA V. SMITH
Ctironicle Staff Writer
Nearly three years ago a busi
nessman went to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation in Greens
boro to complain that he was hin
dered from doing business with
Winston-Salem because of mem
bers sitting on the city's Board of
Aldermen. That, said Patrick T.
Hairston, was the catalytic inci
dent that prompted an FBI "set
up” and opened up a can of politi
cal worms resulting in three black
aldermen being investigated for
alleged criminal misdealings with
a consultant.
The former North Ward aider-
man, who also is aspiring to be
the first Afro-American man on
the Forsyth County Board of
Commissioners, was singled out
in August 1989 along with Aider-
men Vivian H. Burke and Larry
W. Womble, Greensboro Council
man Earl Jones and consultant
Rodney J. Sumler in an FBI/IRS
investigation. Federal agents are
compiling information they hope
will lead to grand Jury indictments
for money laundering, tax eva
sion, mail fraud and extortion.
Mr. Hairston was named in an
affidavit, filed in U.S. Middle Dis
trict Court last week, by FBI agent
Robert J. Drdak. The court docu
ment accompanied a search war-
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Walter Marshall, president of the
Winston-Salem NAACP, has decided
not to seek a fourth term as the civil
righis organization's leaden
In an interview Tuesday, Mar
shall said he felt that one of the prob
lems the organization often runs into
is a stagnation of leadership when its
leaders stay loo long.
Vernon Robinson, chair of the
NAACP political action committee,
said he did not know why Mr. Mar
shall was stepping down but that his
decision is understandable. "The pres
ident of this organization has a tough
job. People calling at all times of the
day and night needing help of some
kind or another. For Mr. Marshall to
have put as much time in as he has is
commendable," Robinson said,
Robinson said he was not sure
who would take over but that there
probably would be several people
interested in the job. In terms of focus
for the organization, Robinson said,"I
think its important that it (NAACP)
reestablish its link to the church."
Robinson said he would like to see
more pastors on the board of direc
tors. He also said the organization
needs to clearly get behind the issues
that shows it is in touch with the -
black community, especially those
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Abused children program
needs more volunteers
By RUDY ANDERSON
■Chronicle Managing Editor
Four young children are brought
into court by the department of social
services' child protection division.
The children range in age from seven
to two. It has been determined that
the two older children and the
youngest, all girls have been sexually
molested by their drug addicted
mother's male friend. This scenario is
one of thousands of cases that come
through the courts each year. The
people who help these children with
the trauma of going through the court
system are called guardians. They are
volunteers' in a statewide program
blown as Guardian ad Litem services
Gantt calls '90s
times at NAACP
By ROBIN BARKSDALE
Chronicle Staff Writer
Although things could be worse in 1990,
tey also could be a whole lot better, U.S. Sen
ate candidate Harvey Gantt told the more than
UOO people assembled last week at the annual
NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet.
Mr. Gantt, formerly mayor of Charlotte,
said that recent world changes such as the fall
of the Berlin Wall and the movement of more
countries toward Democracy are encouraging.
He said, too, that the large turnout at the ban-
Quet sent a message that things are better in
society.
"I know that these are the best of times
V'hen 1 look at this country and know that 45
■ years ago, one half of the world looked at our
which provides abused and neglected
children with legal help and other
urgently needed help.
In Forsyth County, the guardians
are currently working 136 of these
types of cases. Of those, 63 per cent,
86 cases involve black children.
There are 63 guardians in the local
program but only 11 are black. Those
are numbers Sheilah Owens wants to
change.
Ms. Owens is a 33 year old
divorced mother of two. She is a stu
dent at UNC-G, majoring in social
work. She also works part time as
bank teller. She is currently working
sixteen hours a week as guardian for
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Wouldn’t it he nice if
we had more black
guardians.
- Sheilah Owens
Minorities lacking
in gifted programs
T Winston-Salem ChwaickA
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronicle Staff Writer
Afro-American and other minority children are under
represented in public schools' academically gifted (AG)
programs across the country, however, educators and aca
demicians are taking the problem to the black board and
trying to solve it.
"One of the most serious problems remaining in the
field of gifted education is the appropriate identification of
gifted black students," said Mary M. Frasier in an article
"The Identification of Gifted Black Students: Developing
New Perspectives," published by the Association for the
Gifted in Reston, Va. "The challenge is to find ways to
locate children capable of gifted performance regardless of
race, ethnicity or environment."
There are nearly 38,000 students in the Winston-
Salem/Forsyth County School system. Academically gift-
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best, worst of
annual banquet
model of Democracy and followed it and now
more and more people are doing the same," he
said. "I know it's the best of times when I look
out at this audience and I see blacks and whites
sitting together at an NAACP function. My
father used to say that simply carrying an
NAACP card was a badge of courage. But to
see you all sitting together as one says we have
come a long, long way. These are the best of
times."
But, Mr. Gantt said, borrowing from
Charles Dickens, these also are the worst of
times. Growing racism and a climbing teen-age
pregnancy rate are offsetting other gains which
have been made, he said.
"We have to be concerned about growing
racism and divisiveness that is cropping up and
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Photo by Dr. C.B. Hauser
Mazie S. Woodruff accepts the Sara Lee/Charles A. McLean
Award from a Sara Lee Corp. representative during last week's
NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet.
Savage wins despite media campaign
CHICAGO, III. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Gus Savage
claims victory over challenger Mel Reynolds in the
Democratic primary race as he speaks to
supporters and the media at a Chicago restaurant.
He easily won the election despite a series of
critical attacks from predominantly white media
organizations claiming the veteran lawmaker was
practicing "racial politics." Savage had charged
that Reynolds' campaign was part of an attempt
by white media and political organizations to run
so-called "acceptable" blacks in a bid to unseat
blacks committed to a black agenda.
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