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Washington
Drive: Past,
present, future
By CAROLE B. WEATHERFORD
High Point Correspondent
At the northern end of East
Washington Drive, a sign pro
jo&ims that the corridor is a his
toric district. The luminaries and
landmarks that made the street
famous, however, are little more
than memories obscured by the
blight.
"Neighborhood of Hope and
Achievement," a long-running
exhibition at the High Point
Museum, recalls Washington
Drive's heyday, shedding light on
the vibrant business community
that thrived during the Jim Crow
era. Assembling photos and arti
facts for the exhibit was no easy
task. During the segregation era,
mainstream media rarely chroni
cled African-American accom
plishments. So daily newspapers'
archives were of little help on the
project.
Fortunately, older residents
searched their scrapbooks and
attics for vintage photos and arti
facts. And they reminisced about
old times. Their oral histories
captured the sense of pride and
community that once character
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EWCDC's
leadership
in turmoil
By BRIDGET EVARTS
Tut Chronicle Staff Wnter
Since early this year,
the East Winston
Community Develop
ment Corporation has
been plagued by internal
upheavals.
Dr. Constance
Johnson, chair person of
the CDC's board of
directors, resigned in
May after serving only
four months in her posi
tion. Johnson had
assumed the chair from
Marie Roseboro, interim
director of the Housing
Authority of Winston
Salem, whose term had
ended.
Johnson, a professor
at Winston-Salem State
University, declined to
comment on her resigna
tion.
"When I resigned, I
indicated that I wanted
to do it as quietly as possible, and
didn't want to make a public issue
out of it," said Johnson, adding,
"And I'd like to keep it that way."
Her replacement,
attorney Bid Blancato.
said that he is not inter
ested in retaining the
position of chair.
Currently, 13 directors
I sit on the CDC board.
About one month
after becoming chair of
the CDC board, Johnson
sent out a memo to all
entities who had connec
tions with the East
Winston CDC. The
memo, dated Feb. 17.,
notified these entities
that given "the current
state of our fiscal
affairs" the CDC would
be operating under the
direction of an interim
management team,
instead of executive
director James Grace.
Grace would not com
ment on the interim
management, stating
that it was a board mat
ter.
Johnson joined the CDC board
in spring of 1994. Her introduc
tion to the board came shortly
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Johnson
Bowman Gray loses
black administrator
By BRIDGET EVARTS
The Chronicle Staff Writer
Dr. John Flack's departure
from Bowman Gray School of
Medicine leaves a void not only
iiv;the Hypertension Center,
where he is associate director, but
in the entire institution.
? <
?Flack, who was the sole
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African American in Bowman
Gray's administration ranks, left
the school June 30 for a position
as associate chair of medicine at
Wayne State University in
Detroit, Mich.
? Though Flack expressed satis
faction with his position at
Bowman Gray, Wayne State's
offer was too good to pass up.
"This job is at a different level
from what I'm doing now," said
Flack.
At Wayne State, Flack will be
second-in-command of a depart
ment consisting of over 200
physicians, with an $85. million
budget.
"That's pretty enticing," Flack
admitted. He negotiated with the
Detroit school for six months
before agreeing upon a contract.
Wayne State University's
School of Medicine has the high
est number of African-American
students, faculty and administra
tion in the country, outside of
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Dr. John Flock
Bond opponent to polls again
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By BRIDGET EVARTS \
The Chronicle Staff Writer '
The bond referendum may be
defeated, but at least one oppo
nent isn't stopping there.
Republican Steve Whiton, a
founding member of Winston
Salem Taxpayers United, will
challenge Southwest Ward alder
man Lynne Harpe's seat in the
November elections.
Though filing for municipal
elections doesn't officially open
until July 4, Whiton announced
his candidacy June 30. Democrat
Inez Davis has also issued a chal
lenge to Harpe's seat.
Some predict a groundswell of
movement against the present
board of aldermen. Rumors are
circulating that other members of
Winston-Salem Taxpayers United,
the organization that campaigned
against the general obligation
bond referendum, may soon
announce political intentions.
Harpe, who will be running foT
her fifth term as alderman, said
she had not heard of any grass
roots movement against the board.
She and mayor Martha Wood are
the only white Democrats on the
board; as mayor. Wood can only
vote if the eight aldermen are split
evenly on an issue.
Democrats currently hold sway
on the board. African-American
aldermen Vivian Burke of the
Northeast Ward, Nelson Malloy
of the North Ward and Joycelyn V.
Johnson of the East Ward are also
Democrats.
Harpe remains satisfied with
the decision to hold a referendum.
"I don't know how one could
reasonably object to letting the
people decide," said Harpe. "That
is democracy, after all."
Each of the five referendum
items ? economic development,
recreation, housing and redevelop
ment,'* streets and sidewalks and
improvements to the Benton
Convention Center ? was defeat
ed by at least a 2 to 1 margin. The
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