NCSU Graduated 2 Black
Basketball Players Since *84
A White colleg^fail to sell black athletes on education
By MICHAEL JOHNSON . ^
Chronicle Sports Writer
Brian Howard completed his playing
days at North Carolina State University in
1990. ;
During the four years he played there, the
Winston-SaJem native and USA Today honor
able mention all-American at Carver High
School, heard the cheers of fans while wear
ing the scarlet and white for the Wolfpack.
But when Howard left the school to fol
low his drearr^of playing professional basket
ball, he departed without something many
African-American men basketball players at
N.C. State fail to acquire ? a degree.
Howard's case is not a rare one af the
Raleigh school. From 1984 to 1993. State has
had 23 black basketball players, but according
to school athletic-department officials, only
two have graduated. Before last month, State
had graduated only one African-American
playe^ ? Quintin Jackson ? since 1983. One
player ? Jamie Knox ? graduated last
December.
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Motherland, She's Made
an Impact for 2 Decades
mark r. moss
Chromrtc Staff" Writer
To show their appreciation for what
Mattyc Reed has done to add to the cul
tural diversity of North Carolina, about
4tl4fcople, African American and white,
showed / up Sunday afternoon at
"The whole thing was my husb
going to Africa," she said about
the origins of her love for
art V
She and William Reed spent more
than IS years in several African coun
tries during his tenure with the federal
Reynolda House to honor her.
- ? wasn't- the usual tribute, asin one
where a person's every accomplishment
is highlighted and every idiosyncrasy is
satirized for laughs. It was a low-key
approach, very low-key. Reed's legacy in
building the African Heritage Center at
North Carolina A&T State University
was infrequently broached? ?
However, the beating of African
drums echoed throughout the palatial
home of the founder of R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Co. African art was displayed,
slides explained, and there was a sam
pling of African foods. And, its safe to'
say that those drums would not have
been heard in Reynolda House without a
Mattye Reed.
Reed, a quiet senior citizen with
soft, but focused, eyes, retired as director .
-of -center in 1992, -During -the nearly
20 years she ted the center, she nurtured Li
its growth from a few pieces of African
art to the more than 6,000 pieces it now
owns.
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Mattye Reed (tejt) was honored Sunday at Reynolda House.
Otesha Creative Ensemble performed during Sunday*s gathering ,
Historic Sites
Studied for
East Winston
A Group hopes to turn
area into tourist attraction
By DAVID L. DILLARD
Chronicle Staff Writer
A-gfoup-of-vtsionary East Winston business
owners are hoping to turn a section of Martin Luther
King Jr. Drive into a national mecca that would
attract tourists from across the country.
Though in its early planning stages, the group
envisions a historic district composed of a visiting
center, a museum, and markers for places that no
longer exist. *?
Ed McCarter, co-owner of Special Occasions
bookstore at 112 NrMartin Luther King Jr. Drive,
said the district would not only recognize historical
landmarks by African-Americans in Winston-Salem
but could be also be a tourist site for African Ameri
cans across the country.
"Every black person wants to see things that
blacks have done,": McCarter said. "This is an excel
lent area to concentrate and it will create jobs for the
entire city." v
Alderman Joycelyn jfrtlfison of the East Ward,
where the proposed district would be located, said
plans are under way to identify the historical sites
and bring them all under one umbrella. ?
"We're trying to identify places where you can
^ojyhen^you visit Winston-Salem," Johnson said. "It
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Conference on Empowering of
Poor Communities to be Held
- By D A. VIHL..DILLARD
Chronicle Staff Wnier
People who live in poflr neigh
borhoods are holding, an empower
ment coqferenopFeb. 5 at 8 a.m. at
Mt. /"tTTTT^&iffMist Church to learn
how tor generate revenue among
themselves.
The Association of Council and
Tenants (.ACT) will bring in profes
sionals and host workshops to intro
duce ideas to residents to help them
create jobs and become more self
sufficient.
Georgia Smith, acting chairper
son of ACT. said many funds are
available to poor communities that
are not being used because residents
aren't aware of them.
The conference is set up to
educate the people on ways they can
empower themselves." Smith said.
"There are many resources that are
available even on aJocal level that
people in those communities just
don't know about."
Smith said that residents could
earn income by doing the mainte
nance work and other odd jobs
themselves.
"A lot of the people are on wel
fare. but they are uilirfig to work
and arc already doing a lot of things
in the community." she said. "We
need to stop doing projects and do
more programs so our community
can "grow."
Smith said they are also trying
to strengthen the relationship
between church leaders and empow
ering communities.
Abdul Rasheed. president and
CEO of the North Carolina Associa
tion of Community Development
Corporations based in Raleigh, said
churches play a major role in
empowering communities.
"The church is still the major
institution of support, especially for
African-American communities,"
Rasheed said. "We're saying the
chur^ mission should come
directly home to respond .to the
needs of people right outside the
church door."
Rasheed. who will facilitate the
workshop entitled "Partnership in
Building Communities and Empow
ering People^" said that poor com
munities should continue to seek
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New Orleans-Style Mardi Gras
To Aid Best Choice this Weekend
"Yrom Staff Reports ^ "
~ATVew~OrIeans^stvle street party and jazz concert
will be held Saturday to benefit the Best Choice Center.
The evenirtg s events will kick off at the Sawtooth
Center at 5:30 p.m. with master chef Don McMillan
preparing a buffet featuring an authentic New Orleans
cuisine. Musicians and other entertainers will be on
hand to put you in a Mardi Gras mood.
Later that evening, the Preservation Hall (Jazz Band
from New Orleans perform at the Stevenfc Center at
8 p.m. Tickets far both events are $75 per person and
benefits the Best Choice Center, the city's leading chil
dren's substance-abuse prevention agency since 1988.
The Best Choice Center provides a safe haven for
children after school and during the summer. The center
currently enrolls 100 children froip ages 5 to 15 and has
more than 100 children on its waitiK$4ist. ^ ^
Charles Suttoo, a volunteer witffthe Post New
Orleans '94 Committee, said the event is designed to
specifically to help bring about community awareness to
the Best Choice Center. ' \
"It's designed to increase the awareness level of the
community and let people know about the center," Sut
ton said. "We're also trying to raise money so we can get
more kids into the program."
He said the band played before a sold-out audience
last year and should draw a huge crowd again.
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