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Former 'colored schools' stand as proud monuments for blacks I
not be at grand or rrwphe m the
great Gtza pyramids in fcgypt, but
the Walnut Cow Colored School
and the Oak (irove School are vci >
important to then former students
teachers ar?.1 respective commumtie
And despite enormous pfays
ical differences, the pyramids and
monument to the outstanding,
industrious teachers and students
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who have pasted through its doon,"
states * fact sheet issued by the
Walnut Cove Colored School, lac.
"The years from 1921 to the present
have been marked by uabebcvaMe
hardship Through it all, the students
from this little country school have
injured They have used the stum
Wing hUn-k?> pLi ed m heir paths as
an impetus to soar to greater heights,
achieving goals that many thought
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were uiuiiiainaoie.
One final goal, or task, of some
of the former students ?"d " ?? 'ittt
of the now defunct Walnut Cove
Colored School and the Oak Grove
School is to restore and preserve
their respective school buildings and
Representative-, from each
school'* preservation committee
-potest a^small KJthering at 'h<
7. The occanon was part of a Black
History Month celebration present
Beta Alpha Chapn of tlx
Iota Phi Lambda Sorority.
The Walnut Cove Colored School
Restoration Project an* started in
1994 by Dorothy H. Dalton and
other former students- Us mission
tion of the (school) in order that
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we of the building as a landmark for
aducation, pleasure, and enrichment
of the residents of Stokes Comity
and surrounding communities
The Walnut Cove Colored School
was constructed in 1921 in the
London Community of Wdlnut
Cove, N.C. which is approximately
18 miles north of Winston-Salem.
The school was financed by Julius
Rosenwald, then president of the ?
Sears, Roebuck and Company. His
Rosenwald Fund, which was inspired ,?
by the noted educator Booker T.
Washington of the Tuskegee
Institute, built more than 5,000
schools throughout the South and
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Blacks in Greensboro have a message
for Gov. Jim Hunt
African Americans will air their grievances in Raleigh
By DAMON FORD
The Chronicle Reporter
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"We're coming out of Egypt,
we're not going to hang around
Egypt any longer," proclaimed the
Rev. Nelson Johnson at Bethel
A-M.E. Church in Greensboro.
"I quote Frederick Douglas
who said that 'if there is no strug
gle there is no progress. Those
who profess the faith of freedom
and deprecate avocation are men
who want the crops without the
plowing of the land, they want the
rain without the thunder and light
ning, they want the ocean without
the running of the waves ... we've
got to struggle,"' exclaimed
Johnson in a rallying cry for unity
and participation in the march in
Raleigh on April fourth.
"I'm telling you right now, if
you take this thing to (N.C.) A&T
and tell it like it is, there's going to
be 500 (students signing up to
march), if you take it to Bennett
(College) and tell it like it is there
will be 500, if you take it out there
to the street and talk to the home
less brothers, 'You got no business
being homeless ... there's enough
wealth in this country for a house
for everybody,w said Johnson amid
hand claps and shouts of 'amen.'
The rally and march in Raleigh
See MISTING on A2
. By BOMANI MAWULI
I The Owomcu? Report* j
This story originally appeared in last week's
paper but is being reprinted because a portion of it
was omitted ? Editor
Living up to its name, the Carter G. Woodson
School of Challenge recently confronted Winston
Salem Journal columnist Nat Irvin about his
incendiary Feb. 15 column; "Acting Up: If only
blacks would behave, they'd be OK?"
t Irvin's column has sparked some debate and
anger in the Black community, even apparently
amongst the children.
* . Irvin, who is black, wrote, "And it i* Macks
themselves who insist on perpetuating their image
as general menaces to society, contributing tittle to
" the general good. Instead of at least trying to
, behave as the rest of society does ? by Mending
fa; ? they are out and about, doing just the oppo
site and making spectacles of themselves."
It was statenv nts such as this in his column
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that brought
Irvin face to face
with the fifth
graders and mid
dle school chil
dren at the
Carter G.
Woodson School
of Challenge,
where their
motto is: "Strive
To Excel Not To
Equal."
The Woodson
School it in its
first year of exis
Not Inrin tence. It is
named after the
Black scholar and historian Carter d Woodson
who is credited with initiating the observance of
Black History Month with his creation of Negro
Histoiy Week in 1926.
See WMH on A2
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Is school integration ,
about to be reversed?!
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North Carolina's landmark desegregation ruling has been reopened| !
CHARLOTTE (AP) ? A fed
eral judge has reopened Charlotte's
landmark school desegregation
case, a decision that some
observers say could mean the end
of the public school's race-based
integration policies.
U.S. District Judge Robert
Potter on Thursday refused to dis
miss* south Charlotte father's law
suit-challenging the system's
magnet school admission policies,
Potter also combined that lawsuit
with the Swann vs. Charlotte
MecUenburg Board of Education
case.
That 1969 federal court ruling
? later affirmed by the U.S.
Supreme Court in 1971 ? cleared
the way for school desegregation
through busing.
Potter ordered school officials
to examine whether the schools
still suffer from the effects of inten
tional segregation practiced
decades ago.
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"It could have lots of conse*
quences for the city," said Gary
Orfteld, an integration expert from
Harvard University. "... It could
lead to challenges of all kinds of
aspects to the desegregation plan."
By reopening the Swann case,
dormant since 1981, Potter could
either reinforce or terminate the
ofigimt ordtfr directing the school
system to use busing for integra
See MSMMCGATION tm A3
Disabled African-American
kids and public education
What every black parent should know
By Damon Ford
The Chuonicle Reporter
This is the first of a three part
series that addresses the federal,
state and local responsibility for
educating disabled children. In this
series, we'll also tell readers how
those laws affect African-American
children. ? Editor.
What options do parents ^
have when their child is diag
nosed with a physical dis
ability or hidden A
disability sucb as
attention deficit idis- ^k
order (ADD) or ^k
dyslexia? ^k
Until October ^
1997, Winston- M
Salem/Forsyth County parents
were made aware of one major
option. It deals.with a federal
f unded statute called IDEA.
In 1977, the Individual's With
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
was put in place with the sole pur
pose of providing financial aid to
states in their
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efforts to ensure adequate an<|
appropriate services for students
with disabilities. But this was not
the only or first major statute
implemented for disabled students.
Congress passed thfc
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which
requires federal funded recipients
to make their programs and activi
ties accessible to all individual
with disabilities. Section S04,
which is found in this act, is a
? broad civil rights law pro
tecting the rights of
B" luals with
icaps in pro
ms and activi
5 that receivfc
rederal finan
Set STUDENTS
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Idea Students
Students are qualified under
one of more of thirteen (13)
IDEA disabling conditions.
Specially designed individual
education programs are planned
for each student by IEP Teams.
Section 504 students
Due to substantial mental or
physical impairments that limit
one or more of the students
major life activities, special
accom
modations to the student's pro
gram are required. A S04
accommodation plan is
designed for each student
according to individual needs.
Examples of potential 505
handicapping conditions not
typically covered under IDEA
are:
'communicable dis
ease HIV, Tuberculosis
?medical conditions ? asth
ma, allergies, diabetes, heart dis
ease
?temporary medical condi
tions due to illness or accident
?Attention deficit disorder
(ADD, ADHA)
?behavioral difficulties
?drug/alcohol addiction
?other conditions.
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