THURSDAY, JUNE b, 1991
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Three men start prog rain,
to keep kids out of trouble
By YVETTE N. FREEMAN
Chronide Staff Writer
Crime and drugs in Winston-Salem's African
American neighborhoods, particularly the public hous
ing communities, have a new enemy. Its name is Black
Men and Women Against Crime, which was formed
last year by former members of the Black Panther
Party, John Moore, Robert Greer and Nelson Malloy.
"We started meeting back in June of last year. We
found that drugs had gotten to be a heck of a problem
in most of the black communities. By us being mem
bers of the Black Panther Party back in 1969, we had a
reunion in June, and all the old members all got togeth
er, and we were discussing the problems that we were
having, and that it didn't seem like anybody was doing
anything effective," said Greer, who serves as president
of the organization. *
The three men got the idea to form a group against
crime after seeing a television program about a similar
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Former Black Panther ftarty
members John Moore (left),
Robert Greer (right), and
North Ward Alderman, Nelson
Malloy (not pictured) are try
ing to pattern a crime preven
tion program after one they
discovered In Kansas City.
The Idea is an outgrowth of a
reunion of former Panther
members.
Photos by Mike Cunningham
Neighborhood grant
program is underway
EWCDC to give technical aid
to low-income communities
By RUDY ANDERSON
The East Winston Community
Development Corporation (EWCDC)
has been chosen to help assist a grant
program designed to improve the
quality of life in low-income neigh
borhoods in the city initiated last
week by the Winston-Salem Founda
tion.
The Foundation announced last
Thursday that the Neighbors For
Better Neighborhoods program
would help provide technical assis
tance to neighborhood organizations
so those organizations can consider
long-term improvement strategies in
their communities. In considering
those strategies, neighborhood
groups could then choose an idea
that will bring about positive
change in the community, and funds
would be provided to help imple
ment the change through the foun
dation.
"The ideas are going to come
out of discussions by members of
the organizations in these communi
ties who identify problem areas,"
said Veronica Bitting, the technical
assistance provider from EWGDO
for the program.
"We won't be giving them
ideas, they will come up with their
own," she said. Someuorganizations
may come up with programs to
combat drug and alcohol abuse, she
said, others may a see a need for
daycare services, after school pro
grams, or beautification projects.
The neighborhoods that qualify
for the program must have a majori
ty of households with incomes less .
than 80 percent of the median
household income level. That would
be approximately $16,000 or less.
Grants to neighborhood organiza
tions with the best ideas could range
from $100 to $5,000 depending
upon the specifics of the proposal.
The EWCDC will assist in
forming new neighborhood organi
zations or those already in exis
tence. Neighborhoods in both the
city and the county are eligible to
participate and the organization's
membership and leadership should
reflect that community's makeup.
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Mercy Obey Jones, "Miss Africa of North Carolina 1991.^
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Civil Rights Bill
passes; Bush veto
cannot be stopped
WASHINGTON (AP) ? A
Democratic civil rights bill passed
in the House of Representatives
"Wednesday but was unable to
muster enough votes to override an
expected veto from President Bush.
The vote followed a biting debate*
that centered on the politics of race
as much as on the measure itself.
The vote was 273 in favor and
158 against the bill, falling 15 vote
shy of the number needed for the
veto override.
'This is a shame and a disgrace
that in 1991 we're still debating
^ whether we should protect our fel
low American citizens from dis
crimination," said Rep. John Lewis,
D-Ga., an organizer of sit-ins and
freedom rides in the civil rights
movement of the 1960s.
But Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill.,
led the Republican contention that
the Democrats' legislation would
force employers to use hiring quotas
to avoid lawsuits. 'This bill codifies
, racial preferences ... a quantum leap
back from Martin Luther King's
dream," he said.
After a Bush alternative and a
liberal plan were defeated Tuesday,
the Democratic proposal was
cleared for House passage Wednes
day. Both sides watched for how
close it would get to 288 votes, the
two-thirds majority that would be
needed to override a veto.
The Senate has not acted on it*
version of the legislation. If a
House-Senate compromise eventu
ally emerges ? and congressional
leaders expect it will this year ?
the veto showdown would not come
until that final version cleared both
houses and was sent to the White
House.
The House bill is designed pri
marily to overcome a series of 1989
Supreme Court rulings that have
made it more difficult for minorities
to win job discrimination suits.
It also would change job dis
crimination laws to expand the
rights of women, religious minori
ties and the disabled to collect mon
etary damages if they are victims.
Although the Democratic bill
specifically prohibits the use of
quotas, Bush and his aides say the
sum total of the bill's provisions
would lead to de facto quotas being
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NEWS
High court limits damages
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Supreme
'Court, ruling Monday in a North Carolina case,
left intact a ruling that a key 19th century civil
tights law does not protect workers allegedly fired
because of their race.
The court, without comment, rejected an
> .appeal by a North Carolina man who said a bank
fired him because he is black.
Baptist protest boxing match
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Members of the
! nation's largest black religious Organization picket
;ed and chanted today in New Orleans protesting
:the International Boxing Federation's sanctioned
fights in apartheid South Africa. ,
Reverend TJ. Jemison, president of Baptist
Convention U.S.A. was joined by about 20 minis
ten and lay persons from Louisiana in front of the
Fairmont Hotel where the IBF and the United
! States Boxing Association are holding a conven
tion until Saturday.
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Pregnancy: The man's responsibility
By YVETTE N. FREEMAN .
Chronicle Staff Writer
When most people discuss the issue of teen preg
nancy, the first thing that comes to mind is usually the
young girl, her responsibility to her baby and how her
life will be affected by that new responsibility which
many teenage girls are not ready to take on. But there is
Pregnancy Prevention
a another side to this issue; after all girls don't get preg
?nant by themselves, and that raises the question of just
what is the male responsibility in teen pregnancy.
In the mid 1980s, a group called "Man Talk" was
formed to answer that question for young African
American males. According to Bill McClain, athletic
and physical education director at the Boys' Club of
America and a volunteer with- "Man Talk," the program
"was originally designed to help black males identify
their roles as relates to their relationships with black
females." He added that "the idea and the objective,
was to help black males develop a greater sense of
responsibility as relates to teen pregnancy... fiom a pre
ventive standpoint"
"Man Talk" ended in 1990 and is no longer in oper
ation, because of lack of funding. ^However during its
last year, it was very popular, with four different meet
Craig Cashwell (left) and BUI McClaln (right) help young African-American males prevent unwant
ed teen pregnancies.
ine sites in Winston-Salem. The Boys' Club on Martin had a total of about 45 participants with a weekly atten
Luther King Jr Drive was the largest site, with about 45 dance of probably 15 kids in each group. Attendance
participants. "Wc had two age groups. They were bro- was really good," said Craig Cashwell, a volunteer with
ken down eight to 11 years and 12 to 16 year olds. We Pleasese?_oaQg_All