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DELTA ARTS PRESENTATION THIS SATURDAY
30 PAGES THIS WEEK
Mose' Belton Brown receives East
Area Council's top award.
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Winston-Salem Chronicle
75 COIItS "The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly" YQL xvill No J
Winston-Salem Four trial: Week One
A Following is the Chronicle's
detailed account of the racke
teering and extortion triai of
Alderman Larry Womble, for
mer Alderman Patrick Hairston,
political consultant Rodney
Sumler, and community activist
Lee Faye Mack
Blacks to
benefit from
heart study
? But those recruited to take
part are dropping out; deaths,
moves, lack of interest cited as
reasons
By YVETTE N. FREEMAN ,
Cooimuntty Editor iv - .
Less than 500 African- American men and women,
out of over 4,000 recruited for a study of cardiovascular
diseases, are still active participants in the program.
Between the years of 1986 and 1989, the National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Insti
tutes of Health recruited 4,036 African-American men
and women in Winston-Salem to take part in the
Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIt) study.
The study was initiated to gather a more complete
base of information on cardiovascular diseases such as
heart attacks and strokes among African-Americans and
whites, to understand the causes and find ways of pre
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ON THE
AVANT-GARDE
By TANG NIVRI
If America could turn
back the hands of time
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Listening to bluesman Tyrone Davis sing If I
CoM Turn Back ike Hands of Time made me
think about America and the problem of face. If
America had it 10 do all over again, I wonder if ita
people would choose differently concerning the
whole questions of race?
Oh no need to go back to the days of slavery
when niggers weren't allowed to do nothing but
sweat That's too easy. We can assume that even
the most stupid among us would think that was i
waste* But let's 4eal with move recent history.
Knowing what we know now, what wookl Ameri
ca do ft* poor old darkey once he "wnz through
wit 'tiffin cotton in the new wuld?"
What would America do when of darkey
steps forth to declare that he'd like to vole just like
til the ater people do? That be wants his children
to attend the same schools ? or at least equally
folded schools. That he warns to eat at the same
neighborhood restaurants.
When he takes a vacation, he'd like to be able
to stop at the gas station and use the restroodiF.
When he and his family get died, they'd like to
rest at the neaittt motel.
He'd like for his family to swim in the same
neighborhood Swimming pool (somebody just*
said, Vou going too far now, boyX go* the local
hospital when his family gets sick; and he also
wants an oppotumity to wufc at a local factoiy at
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By SHERIDAN HILL
Chronicle Assistant Editor
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A jury of 12 was elected from a pool of nearly 100
people from North Carolina's Middle District: 25 coun
ties including Forsyth. The first group to sit in the jury
box consisted of eight whites and four blacks, but after
nearly 50 individuals were excused, the jury that both
sides found acceptable consisted of three black females,
three black males, three white females, and two white
males, and one Asian woman. The average age of the
jurors appears to be 35.
Four alternate jurors were chosen: two black
males, one black female, and one white female.
Alderman Lm ry womoie said he was pleased with
the jury selection. A member of the audience who is a
friend of Patrick Hairston said, "I think the jury selec
tion was fair. There aren't that many blacks in the dis
trict, and a jury of six blacks and five whites and one
Asian is good. And, some of the women have several
children, too, so maybe they know what it's like to
struggle."
Attorney Larry Little neglected his campaign for
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The Rev. Alvfn E. Damon takes a closer look at the quadrant plan and maps that were on display
at the administrative building.
Community rejects plans
By SAMANTHA McKENZlE
Chronicle Staff Writer
Community leaders say they strongly reject
both of the school system's redistricting plans and
are calling for the board to table the issue until
African-Americans can be included in the decision
making process.
Many blacks who attended the five-hour meet
ing on Thursday criticized the all-white board for
attempting to vote on a redistricting plan without
"The worst thing
in the world 20
years ago was to
be called black. "
- Larry Little
black representation.
The Rev. John Mendez said: "I'm extremely dis
appointed that they would engage in a project and
make crucial decisions that affect the African- Amer
ican community without any African- American rep
resentation. I felt like I was being colonized by an
all-white school board, who were trying to make
decisions on oar destiny. What I want to know is
what's the hurry? Why can't they wait until Novem
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the 12th Congressional district to spend most of the day
Tuesday in the coujtrooip.. Little, a former alderman
who is a long-time supporter of Patrick Hairston, also
felt the jury selection was good.
. "It's a level playing field," said Little.
Throughout the week, jurors listened intently, lean
ing forward and then back in their leather- padded
chairs, some holding their chins, one biting her finger
nails, and many taking notes with the legal pads they
were given.
Please see page A 12
1 4th Street
project
on hold?
? City engineers ^ere unable
to provide residents with specif
ic details regarding the widen
ing of 1 4th Street
BrSAMANTHA MrfTCNZtE
Chronicle Staff Writer ? ? . .
More than 50 community residents showed up at
the East Winston Restoration Association meeting look
ing for answers from city public works staff about the
widening of 14th Street, only to be told that the city
hasn't made any final decisions.
City engineer, Curt Bostian, told the disgruntled
^crowd that the city will not be "taking any homes'* on
f4 th Street during the widening process, but was unable
to tell them what properties would be affected. Bostian
explained that he was only involved in the actual reno
vations and not the planning.
"You people need to tell us something," demanded
Felcia Mack, chairperson for the Neighborhood Crime
Watch Association. "The only thing we see is people
who need to know what to do regarding their homes
and their property."
"It seems like somebody ain't doing their job," said
Mack. "This is the same thing the city told us two years
ago."
The meeting was held at White Rock Baptist
Church on 14th and Claremont streets. In 1990, city
planners attended a meeting held by the neighborhood
association to discuss plans for widening 14th Street,
but no concrete information was provided to residents.
Mack said the residents were interested in knowing
what land or property will be purchased and who it will
actually affect.
Bostian said the expansion of 14th Street (between
Cleveland and Addison avenues) will probably only
affect a few front yards and lawns along that area.
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12th District candidate has fire in his bones
By SHERIDAN HILL
Chronich Assistant Editor
"I'm no Golden Boy," says Larry Little, standing
on the front porch of his remodeled home near Patter
son Avenue. "I've had to get in the mud and dirt to claw
and fight for these issues ? and suffered for it. I've
gone to jail for civil rights. I hope people can see I'm
someone who can make a difference."
His yard is colored with blooming camellias.
Recycling bins are filled and waiting on the porch. His
home is fragrant with orange blossoms and lilies and is
distinctively decorated: solid wood antique furniture,
African statues and cloths, original artwork on the
walls. It is clear that an artist lives here. His wife. Glen
da Wharton-Little, is a respected artist and teaches at
Winston- Salem State University. Larry Little's formal
education and his continuing record of grass-roots
political involvement give him the background neces
sary to teach public administration and political inter
ests at Winston-Salem State University. Little served
eight years on the Winston-Salem Board of Alderman
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