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75 CENTS 32 PA THURSDAY. AUGUST 19. 1993 "I'owcr <7 mcedes nothing without </ struggle." ? Frederick Douglass VOL XIX, No 51 Winston-Salem Chronicle WSSU graduate has plenty of Local track team founder retires choices In pursuing career. A4 after decades of coaching. B1 Open Options Passing a Baton ood" Leader ? ' V. ? .?// v? ? . ' ? . . . ,>.*? Idier and an agitator ' Wall-to-wall, plush-blue carpet lines i floor. A large, mahogany desk sits decorated with disheveled gtsrk? of apers and books ranging from philosophy } poetry. A small statuette of Rodin*s Black Lawmakers Wield Power During '93 Session By DAVID L. DILLARD Chronic It Staff Writer A possible state lottery, veto power for Gov. Jim Hunt and other major issues brought before the 1993 N.C. legislature heavily rested in the hands of the state's black lawmakers. Many black legislators were instru mental during the session that ended in July, because they were key factors influ encing not only issues of interest to* African Americans, but also m^jor legisla tion for the state. Rep. Annie Brown Kennedy, D Forsyth, said one big difference in African Americans wielding an unprecedented amount of power was the committment of House Speaker Dan Blue, North Caroli na's first black speaker. "He appointed every African Ameri can with more than one term of experience (17) to chairmanship of a committee ? a very influential committee," said Kennedy, who chaired the House Courts and Justice Committee. "The speaker sets the tone for the House, and the chair sets Ifce tone for the committee. Black legisla tors are holding the power." Blue flexed his muscles and got his way as the House voted against giving veto powers to the governor and having a state lottery. He said black legislators were crucial because of their positions. "I put them where I thought they could make a difference," Blue said. "We looked at things that had an adverse impact on others to make sure things were fair and equitable to all citizens." Blue said he was personally pleased with the health-care reform, efforts to reduce the infant mortality rate, and help ing rn Hpyplnp "q ran of r<vgprtn?ihi1ity among local school districts to truly edu ????? i mmam "We got a lot of people to understand things that were important to the black community .** *-*ep. Wafflm "PmT Oldham _ [ " " 1 ' cate their entire student body." "I want to make sure this state is moving forward, and that we're creating jobs for everybody, and all citizens have the opportunity to try to reach their God given potential," he said. Blue said his duties as speaker are very broad, but he has not severed ties with the black caucus and attends meet ings when possible. Rep. Frank W. Ballance, D- Warren, and chairman of the state Congressional Black Caucus, said Blue didn't turn his back on the black community after "Although he has a broad agenda to wmm. . M' uThe chair sets the tone for the committee. Biack legislators are holding thet power. " . / ? Rep. Annie Brown Kennedy deal with, he does not ignore issues that impact heavily upon the black commu nity," he said. Redisricting two years ago boosted ? the number of African-American legisla tors from 19 to 25. Seventeen of the 18 blacks with more than one-term of experi ence were appointed to head committees. The increased number of blacks also enabled them to have a stronger push for issues they supported through the black caucus. "I think we got a lot of things done this session," said Rep. Warren C. "Pete" Please see page A3 NEWS WEEK NEWS AT A GLANCE Getting a Big Break Randy Johnson has added several new books to his reading list ? books on Malcolm X. Bui John son is familiar with the slain human rights activist ? he's trying to get better acquainted with Mal colm X*s daughter, Attallah Shabazz. Complete story A4 Black Asst. Superintendent Joseph Flanner Johnson said it was ego that drove him into the field of education. Not ego of the kind that's associated with vanity, selfishness and conceit But the kind, Johnson explained, that makes a man think that he can make a difference. Complete story A7 WHERE TO FIND IT BUSINESS ....... ......B9 Classifieds B13 Community News A4 Editorials A12 Entertainment B8 Obituaries Bll Religion BIO Sports B1 Tuts Wkmm In Blacs Haromr August 21, J 831, Ike Nat Turner rebellion began in Scutkamp County, Va. Some 60 wKites ? vert killed. Financial Woes Plague School for Troubled Youths A At-risk students to suffer most from cutbacks By MARK R. MOSS Ckrmidt Staff Writer LIFT Academy, a school for trou^ bled youths in Forsyth County, will start the new school year with a budget less than half of what it needs to operate. As a result, two teachers were laid off and some students who may turn to LIFT as the school year gets underway may have to be turned away. "If we don't have a staff aboard, trained and ready to go to work now," said Earline Parmon, the academy's direc tor, LIFT won't be able to accommodate them. Parmon explained that when a LIFTs enrollment was close to SO stu school year begins, enrollment at the dents. academy is low. When schools opens The goal of LIFT, which stands for county wide on Monday, she will only Learning Is Fun Too, is to "mainstream" SS===S===5==SS===-==5SS=S=SSSS5SaSSSSSS==9e9SeS5S5BS==SS=S== School Board Member Walter Marshall says the school system should help fund LIFT Academy. have a handful of students. But that num ber will likely increase dramatically as the school year proceeds. Last April, three months before summer break. students back into the educational system after they have been expelled from the regular schools, Parmon said. Please see page A7 * Youth Shot to Death After Dispute Over Gold Chain By SABRINA JONES Chronic It Suff Writer Rainal Devon Williamson was an active teen-ager. He frequently left his home to hang out with his friends from other neighborhoods. Last week he did not return home. Williamson, 17, was fatally shot on a poison-ivy -covered path between Pendle ton Drive and Ansonia Street early last Thursday morning when a man began fir ing on the teen-ager and his three friends, as they sat on a porch of one of the apart ments on Pendleton Drive, said police. There have been no arrests. Williamson's companion, Antonio Lamont Abrams, 16, of Ansonia Street was shot in the right leg and was treated and released from Baptist Hospital. The other two young men were uninjured. The shooting reportedly followed an earlier dispute over a gold chain between the four teen-agers and another man. A woman who lives on Fairchild Road said that she saw the altercation between the youths and a man who wanted to exchange drugs for a gold chain. * "All of them ran up to the car ? the boys wanted to get the chain first but the man said no," she said. "They started beating him up ? you could hear the punches" The woman, who asked not to be identified, said that before the fight Abrams suggested that the young men instigate an argument She said that the necklace Williamson was wearing when he was killed was stolen off his body and is being worn by one, of the youths who was with him that night "Something crazy happens every night," she said. 'They need to ban this whole place. I can't deal with raising my son in this kind of environment" Walter Marshall Dead Over a Necklace Yvonne Fair, 30, said she talked to the young men'as they walked bock from the altercation. "I asked, 'Why did you do that to the man,* and one ofjhem said, 'Why should we buy it if we can take it,'" she said. "I said, 'That's wrong. What if he had a gun/ and one of them said 'That's the way we live."' "It was senseless. I thought the man went about his business," she said. "He (Rainal) was real sweet," Fair said. "I couldn't believe he was the one Please see page A3 TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 919-722-8624
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