THURSDAY JANUARY 10, 1991
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The Big Surge
Rams crush all foes
in Wilmington tournament.
decade of change
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Inion Baptist offers ministry to
meet challenge of the '90s.
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"The Twin Cirv's Award-Winning Weekly"
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State of Black America 'Gloomy'
National Urban League releases annual report
Chronicle Wire Report
The state of black America is extremely
bleak, according to National Urban League
President and Chief Executive Officer, John
E. Jacob, who made the statement during a
Washington, D.C.f press conference to
release his State of Black America 1991
Report Tuesday, Jan 8. "We are not iiva
recession. We are in a continuing depres
sion," he said. r ?
The National Urban League report
called for steps to alleviate the permanent
recession that exists within the African
American community.
TtoTpassage of a 1991 Civil Rights bill,
an Urban Marshall Plan to rebuild Ameri
ca's workforce, and closer cooperation
between government organizations and the
community were recommended by the
report, which is the most authoritative docu
ment on the status of African-Americans in
the United States.
According to the report, which includes
10 scholarly papers on various aspects of
black America, the threat of war in the Mid
Please see page A1 1 ?
John E. Jacob
NAACPto
examine
records 7"
Chronicle Staff Report
The chairman of the NAAGP -
National Board of Directors is urging
the civil rights organization's more
than 1500 branches around the country
to investigate the staffing patterns of
their congressmen and senators.
Board chair, Dr. William F. Gib
son, says he has grave concerns about
the generally low level of African
American employment in congression
al and senatorial offices and is prompt- .
ing local branches to encourage cor
rective action when disparities are dis
covered.
The local branches are also being
asked to support the NAACP's effort
i to persuade Congress to eliminate its
own exemption from civil rights and
equal employment legislation.
In a preliminary review of
African-American employment in staff
positions in both houses of Congress,
NAACP officials report African
Americans were employed in less than
three percent of the professional and
policy positions.
In a policy statement issued across
Please see page A 1 1
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Photo by Elizabeth Martin
Boy, that's good!
Three-year-old Terrone Ingram needed a water break after he and
his schoolmates jogged to nearby library and walked back.
Wilson picked
to chair group
by RUDY ANDERSON
""Chronicle Managing Editor
An African-American former school board candi
date has been chosen to chair a research committee of
the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Educa
tion to study the method of electing representatives to
that board. ...
Annette Wilson, one
of three African- Ameri
cans who lost bids for
scats on what is now an
all-white board, will head
the 16-member commit
tee. She was elected
Mfln<4ay, Jan; 7, during |
the first meeting of the
committee held at the
school system's adminis
tration building. .
The committee,
which includes school
board chair Garlene Gro- ^
gan and school board member Dr. Gerald Hewitt, is
an outgrowth of concerns expressed by various seg
ments of the community in the wake of the November
elections tfrat left African-Americans without repre
sentation on the school board and calling for a district
election plan to ensure African-American representa
tion. Other members of the committee are Richard E.
Bagley, Vice-Chair; Mrs. Vana Bagnal, Peter Brun
stetter, Dr. Jack Fleer, Joe Gatto, David Isbister, Wal
P lease see page A10
Annette Wilson
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LjFT program open^, classes resume
Chronicle Staff Report
? Two weeks after vandals wrecked the files and
much of the equipment of a program to help children
suspended or expelled from the Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County school system, the program is back in business.
The Learning is Fun Too (LIFT) program sustained
raorc~ti? $30,000 dollars m damage when juveniles.
some of whom were in the program, went on a rampage
and tore the place apart during the Christmas break.
Seeing the destruction, spme LIFT employees were
not sure the ?rograhi wpuld bt able to operate at all. But
with the help of Community velunteers, which included ^
students in th? program, LtTF board members and
employees working long hours, the debris has been
"Something like this just goes to
show...There are a lot of angry -
children out there." *
?Earline Parmon
cleaned tip and LIFT is back to business this week,
although not quite business as usual.
The program was established to provide continuing
education services and academic tutoring for youth who
have had problems working within the regular school
system. Right now the program serves more than 40
children.
Some of those students talked recently about what
has happened to their school and their fellow students
who were reported to have been involved in the vandat- ' *
ism. None of the students, however, wanted to give their
names. 1
One young man wondered why people just coming' 1
into the program would do something like this. "All the
people here arc trying to do is help 11$/' he said. "And
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Photo by Elii&beth Martin
Stanley Baker leads a class as they read together one of the Shakespearean classics during the
first day the program went back into operation.
hen for them to be dumb enough to leave fingerprints ing up with a reason people would want to do something
everywhere, to copy their hands orrcopy machines, to like that to their program.
get caught. That's just dumb." f Their instructor, Stanley Baker, informed them that
A young lady in the class kept asking,"These guys
went to this school?" She said she had a hard time com- Pfease see page A1G ?
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