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Olympic Medalist
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SciWorks to speak to kids.
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African Queen
Miss Africa/African-American crowned
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THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1993
"Pdwer concedes nothing without a struggle ? Frederick Douglass
VOL XIX, No. 35
Minority Business Owners Told to "Anticipate Success"
: A Classic Cadillac named
top minority business
By KAREN M. HANNON
Chronicle Staff Writer
Success is a never-ending journey.
That's how Jim Caldwell, the new football coach at Wake Forest
University, recently described his philosophy to achieving success to
several minority business owners recently.
"The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary,"
Caldwell said. "You have to vividly imagine, believe and act upon it
and it will inevitably come to pass.
"Anytime you're competing, there's two types of people," Caldwell
said. "There's a dilettante and there's a professional. A dilettante is
someone who dabbles in a craft in his spare time. But a professional
thinks about his craft all the time. He's trying to better his craft. You
have to think like a winner and anticipate success."
Caldwell used his experience as a coach as the keynote speaker at
the East Area Council of the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Com
merce's Minority Business Awards Gala Saturday at the Stouffer Win
stpn-Plaza Hotel, where he said there's not much difference in compet
ing on a football field and competing in the business world. "Anytime
you're competing, there's two types of people," Caldwell said. "There's
a dilettante and there's a professional. A dilettante is someone who dab
bles in a craft in his spare time. But a professional thinks about his craft
all the time. He's trying to better his craft. You have to think like a win
ner and anticipate success."
Although Caldwell's comments were filled with humoroos anec
dotes and analogies, his message of success seemed to hit home with
the minority business owners.
"As business owners, you have to do the same thing I'm trying to
do at Wake Forest University," Caldwell said. "Xou have to go out and
build a broad base and lay groundwork. You've had the opportunity to
watch a skyscraper being built. The first six months, they're digging
deep into the ground. That's exactly what you have to do in the business
world. You have to reach out to the community, make sure you're con
nected and your network is sound and solid. But in order to build a
structure that sound, you've got to build a firm foundation."
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Guest speaker Jim Caldwell, left , and an onlooker listen to W. Curtis Brown.
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BC KSTON (AP) - The widow of Martin Luther
Ring Jr. testified this week that her hiiibaiid ieht
papers to Boston University for
safekeeping but wanted them
returned eventually to the South,
where the civil rights movement
was born. Coretta Scott King
took the stand in the fourth day
of a Suffolk Superior Court trial
over whether King's papers at
BU are owned by the university
or by King's estate. Coretta King sued to transfer the
papers to the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Non
violent Social Change in Atlanta.
King deposited personal papers and memora
bilia at BU ? where he earned his doctorate degree
? in 1964 at the school's urging. "Estintiaily, my
memory is Martin still felt his papers should be
returned to the South at some point when there was a
suitable facility," she said.
Hero of L.A. Riots Dies -
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The R?v. Benny
Newton, who defied an angry mob in last spring's
riots to save the life of a stranger, has died of
Corttta Scott King
leukemia. He was GO. lue pastor was honored for his
bravery with an extensive list of citations and awards
from politicians and community leaders. He was
publicly lauded by then-Pres. George Bush, Los
Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and Gov. Pete Wilson.
Last week, Wilson praised Newton in a speech deliv
ered one day after a federal jury convicted two police
officers accused of beating Rodney King.
ANC Leader Tambo Dies
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) ?
Oliver Tambo, a shrewd tactician who in exile led
the then-banned African National Congress for
decades, has died of a stroke. He was 75, Although
Nelson Mandela came to symbolize South Africa's
anti-apartheid movement during his 27-year impris
onment, Tambo is widely regarded as the man who
brought the ANC through its toughest times as a
struggling liberation movement.
This Week In Black History
On April 28, 1971, Samuel Lee Gravely Jr. became
the first black admiral in the United States Navy.
Cain Hope F elder
Noted Biblical Scholar says Africans
Were Central to Earliest Civilization
A F elder says blacT<sr
role overlooked
By KAREN M. HANNON
Chronicle Staff Writer
For years, Cain Hope Felder, a noted biblical
scholar, has taken on the personal mission of informing
people of the role of Africans in the Bible.
"There are many references to people working
together in the Bible," Felder said. "There are stories of
people in Asia during the first century. There are stories
of people from Hispania. Africans are referenced in
Psalm 68, verse 31 and Psalm 87. versesl-4. Rut these
stories have been overlooked by so-called biblical
scholars."
Felder said in this context, Afrocentricism is not a
"Black Nationalist Movement," as some have termed it.
To him, the term does not attempt to demean any other
race.
"We have to avoid the dangers .of trying to claim
that we as black people are a chosen race," Felder said.
If any person is chosen,' it is by virtue of his works
and not by his race."
Felder, who is a professor of literature and lan
guages at Howard Diviniry SchooT fn Washington.
T>.C., spoke to about 200 WSSU faculty, administration
and students and others last Friday morning on the
fopic, Bible, Afrocentricism and Social Change; Forg
ing a New Partnership Between University and
Church."
It was the culmination to a series of lectures on
religion during the school year.
In his hour-long speech, Felder said it is time for
people of all races to become more tolerant of each oth-^
er's cultures.
"All over the world, we are witnessing tribalism."
said Felder, the author of three books on the subject.
"Instead of breaking down the walls that divide us. we
are becoming intolerant of each other's cultures. It's sad
when the nation has to hold its breath while waiting for
a verdict. It's sad when we cannot expect a routine, fair
system of justice."
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Gibbs, A&T Chancellor During Student Sit-ins, Mourned
Special to the Chronicle
Warmouth T. Gibbs, president emeritus of North
Carolina A&T State University died last week after a
brief illness. He was 101.
Gihhs. a native of Baldwin. La,, ;*nH a graduate nf
Wiley College and Harvard University, contributed to
the progress of A&T from 1926 until his death. He led
the university to great accomplishments at A&T in his
five years as president, including getting the university
accredited for the first time by the Southern Association
of Schools and Colleges. But he really carved his niche
in the university's history during the historic 1960 lunch
counter sit-ins at Woolworth's department store.
During the height of the demonstrations, the city's
power structure Wanted Gibbs to clamp down on stu
dents who were marching in the streets. He politely told
them: "We teach our students how to think, now what to
think." -
The rest is history, as students successfully
launched a national protest movement against segrega
tion.
Gibbs well remembered his handling of that event.
"I had studied government, history and international
relations and that prepared me for handling that situa
tion," he said in an interview years after the successful
sit-ins. "It didn't bother me."
He received a lot of honors during his lifetime, but
one that genuinely touched him was the Board of Gover
nors' University Award, which he received in 1991 for
illustrious service to higher education.
Gibbs, who had been a resident of Greensboro for
67 years, served as president of A&T1955 to 1960. He
retired in 1966. As a teacher of Government at A&T,
Gibbs became a legend to thousands of students whom
he taught. They remember him as a no-nonsense teacher,
-but who always ejected a bit of humor in-his classes.
Whenever A&T alumni gather across the nation, they
still want to know how "Dean" Gibbs is doing, remem
bering the second-most important position he held at the
university for so long.
He is survived by a daughter. Elizabeth Gibbs
Moore of Greensboro; a son. Chandler Gibbs of Pough
keepsie, N.Y.; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grand
children.
His funeral was held last Friday at St. Matthews
United Methodist Church in Greensboro.
Seeking Amenities , Students Choose Off-Campus Living
A WSSU builds new
dorm, raises tuition
By KAREN M. HANNON
Chroniclc Staff Writer
When Takcsha Patterson stepped into
her small, baby-blue colored, cinder-block
room in Atkins Hall at Winston-Salem State
University in August 1991. she knew imme
diately it was a far cry from her personally
decorated, private bedroom back home in
Charlotte,
With her luggage in one hand and key in
the other, Patterson was forced to settle down
and make the most out of a wooden desk, a
dresser and a twin bed with a used mattress.
She knew it would be difficult adjusting
to life as a freshman on an unfamiliar cam
pus.
Now a sophomore, Patterson has become
weary of campus life ? she said she's plan
ning to rent an apartment off campus next
year.
Tm tired of campus life now, Patterson
said. "1 want to try something different and
find out what it's like to have to pay bills."
Across the country, there is an increasing
trend of students like Patterson who are
choosing to live off campus. The decline in
students' requests for on-campus housing is
being felt in the pocketbooks of universities.
Officials at Winston-Salem State are
addressing that concern in two ways: they are
increasing fees for room and board and build
ing a luxury dormitory that offers many
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WSSV new dormitory to be completed by spring semester.
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