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F Winston-Salem u _ i * ?) ?) l>m0 . * " .J 0 FURS YTH J NTY r 'J b IFF C ROOM 6 0 W 5TH ST # 2 INSTON- SALEM NC 27101-2755 THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1996 75 cents Dedicated to the Memory of Clarence E. Nottingham: 1903-1995 vol. xxii. no. 23 >; 'U r>l Loalition Members Say Whites Must Change Attitudes By JOHN HiNT&N ^ 7 77 V/_" Chronicle Senior Slpff Writer Whites must change their attitudes and behaviors to improve race relations in Winston Salem, a member of the Coalition on Race Rela tions said in a meeting with his colleagues last week. "It is very difficult for black folk to think we can change race relations without the support of white folks," Al-Woodard Jabbar said at the meeting at the Central YMCA. "We cannot defeat racism without our white brothers and sis ters." The meeting drew 32^>eople, 21Tvhites and 11 blacks, for a 90- minute session. Jabbar criticized whites in the city for not attending the last week Martin Luther King Day march and commemoration in downtown Win ston-Salem. "You cannot say that you believe in the Mar tin Luther King Day and then not come to any of the events," he said, adding that none of the white office workers of the city corporations attended the events. "There are more white peo see COALITION page 11 V'% Retired Air Force (fplTHarry Sheppard, a Tuskegee Airman, spoke to 225 students at Philo Middle School last week. Pictured here with Sheppard, center, are Steven McCall, Tovonya Frazier, Aaron Phillips, Brionne Willams, Ryan Dorety and Bobbi Smith. Principal William Peay and John Martin, coordinator of in-school suspension stand behind^Sheppard. Famed Airman Tells Students to Persevere in Life By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer A Tuskegee airman told students at Philo Middle School to persevere in life to overcome obstacles. "You must study hard in school and get as much education as you can," said Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Harry A. Sheppard. "Don't let obstacles stop you from becoming successful." Sheppard spoke to 225 students last week about his military career, especially his experiences as a cadet at the Tuskegee Army Flying School in Tuskegee, Ala., and as a combat pilot in the 332nd Fighter Group. The local district of the Free and Accepted Masons and R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. sponsored Sheppard's visit to the school. The students were shown clips of the HBO movie "Tuskegee Airmen" to prepare them for Sheppard's lec ture, said William E. Peay, the principal at Philo Middle William Peay, principal of Philo Middle School, expresses his gratitude to Col Sheppard for his visit to the school. Sheppard flew 120 combat mission in World War II. School. "It was a living experience for them to have him here," Peay said. Sheppard was one of the all-black cadets, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, who faced segregation and big , see FAMED page 11 CLASSIFIEDS 28 OPINION 14 ENTERTAINMENT 24 OBITUARIES 28 SPORTS 17 This Week in Black History January 26, 1863 War Department authorized Massachusetts governor to recruit black troops. The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers was first hlack regiment recruited in North. EB5fian? JLL IL Community Leaders Speak Out By MAURICE CROCKER Chronicle Staff Writer More than 50 residents, along with family^jpembers, friends and concerned ^itU^fis, gathered to remember Kevin R. Davis, during a candlelight vigil which was held at the Sims Recreational Center. > The mission of the program was to j let the Davis family and the community know that he will be remembered,and to let the Davis family know the community is there for support. Davis, 20, was shot on New Year's night, while sitting outside an apartment in the Happy Hill Gardens Community. *>> ? ' * ? * % wSwt Police reports record the incident occurgjQg around 10:30 p.m., when Davis and Johari Keith McNair began arguing over a woman. During the course of the argument, McNair shot Davis once in the neck and in the head. Davis was pronounced dead an half hour later. "Kevin was a good kid. He was not a violent person. He was the type that liked to have fun," said Bessie Davis about Kevin,who was the oldest of her nine grandchildren. see COMMUNITY pa?e 11 tf . 4? J g " ' >1 ? . -*? - ^ "0 V* '1 . - X * *M*f Members of the Coalition on Race Relations listen as Al-Woodard Jabbar and the Rev. William S. Fails say that local whites must attitudes and behaviors to improve race relations. Left to Right are Richard Groves, pas tor of Wake Forest Baptist Church, Annettee Beatty, chairperson of the coalition, Lori MaRucci, a member, and Becky Werner, president of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Chapter of the League of Women Voters. N.C, Black Publishers Pledge $100,000 to UNC Cultural Center 4-Media center will be named for association .From Chrojiudr^Stfti^ Reports CHAPEL HILL - North Carolina's black newspaper publishers have put their muscle behind the Sonya Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by pledging $100,000 to help build a new home for the center. The announcement came at a reception last week to welcome the center's new director. Dr. Gerald Home. "We believe in the intrinsic value of this project and feel strongly that it should become a reality," said Ernie Pitt, the president of the N.C. Black Publishers' Association and publisher of iheWinston-Salem Chronicle. "Therefore, we are committing all of our resources to ensure that this pro ject gets the proper support from our community." UNC-CH Chancellor Michael Hooker thanked the N.C. Black Pub lishers' Association for its gift. "I am proud that North Carolina'^ black newspaper publishers are taking the lead in supporting the Stone Cen ter." Hooker said. "Our dream is thab the Stone Center will become the best see BlacK page IT Kmart Denies Using Race in Worker Dispute By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer Kmart officials said that their stores in the Triad enjoyed brisk busi ness during the Christmas holidays and that the company did not inject race in its negotiations with the union representing workers its distribution center in Greensboro. Peter Palmer, Kmart's vice presi dent of labor relations and assistant general counsel, addressed these mat ters in a letter to the Ministers Con ference of Winston-Salem. He was responding to a letter that the Minis ters Conference sent to Floyd Hall, president and chief executive officer of Kmart Corp. in December. "Kmart currently has serious financial problems, and we are doing everything we can to maintain our workforce at current levels," Palmer said. "We had an excellent holiday shopping season in the Triad area, and we are optimistic about 1996." The ministers criticized Kmart management for threatening to shut down the distribution center. "Kmart has never threatened to 'shut down' the distribution center,"' Palmer said in his letter. "Kmart has been negoti ating with the union in good faith." The company has offered two wage increase proposals that the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) has not see KMART page 13 Kim Roe, Jennifer Marlatt, Kathy Dill, and Easley Abraham of the V. (\ Baptist Hospital Trauma Unit presented a slide show concerning guns and violence.
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