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They wanted to ask the
board to force City Manager Bill
Stuart to appoint an indepen
dent arbitrator to hear the griev
ances so that the matter can
finally be brought to a close.
But the attorneys didn’t get a
chance to utter a word at Mon
day’s aldermen meeting. The
board bickered over whether or
not to allow the attorneys to be
See Officers on A9
Photo by T. Kevin Walker
Winston-Salem police officers Chuck Byrom and Victor Robinson talk with
supporters after a meeting with the Board of Aldermen Monday.
Angela Davis to
speak at Wake
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Angela Davis, one of the most
recognizable political activists of the
20th century, will come to Winston-
Salem next week to speak at Wake
Forest University.
Since her days as a Black Pan
ther and one of the FBI’s 10 most
wanted, Davis has been a much
sought after speaker, crisscrossing
the world to speak on feminism.
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Star treatment
Photo By T. Kevin Walker
Winston-Salem police officers are mobbed by students during a career fair at Forest Park Elementary School.
Kids get bird’s-eye view of work
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
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THE CHRONICLE
State Rep. Larry Womble
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looked down at a throng of pint-
sized constituents as he slowly
explained his duties in Raleigh.
“I make the laws in here,”
Womble said, pointing to a thick
book containing state laws.
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ston-Salem lawyer) interprets the
laws I help make.”
Womble, Ellison and more
than two dozen other local pro
fessionals were the guests of
honor at a career fair Monday
hosted by Forest Park Elemen
tary School.
The school - whose motto is
“where the future begins
today..every day” - has been
staging the fairs annually for
some time now. The school’s
principal, Herman Lane, said the
purpose of the fairs is simple.
“We are trying to give (the
students) an opportunity to
learn something different ...
something that they can aspire
to,” he said.
Every student had the chance
to walk through the gymnasium
and chat with the professionals.
Lane said the school wanted a
“cross-section” of professions
represented at the fair. Eootball
players from Winston-Salem
State University, WXII anchor
man Cameron Kent, law
enforcement officers and Ben
Ruffin, chair of the UNC Board
of Governors, were among those
who agreed to participate.
The students formed small
groups around the professionals
as the men and women talked
about their responsibilities in the
“grown-up world.”
“I have gotten a lot of differ
ent questions from them today,”
Ken Raymond laughed.
Raymond, who has pub
lished the Winston-Salem
Ledger, an on-line newsletter, for
the last three years, was invited to
talk to the students about jour
nalism.
“I think (the fair) is a good
thing. It gives them some good
direction.”
The students seemed more
occupied with the laptop com
puter Reginald Jones brought
along than what he had to say.
Jones said young people are not
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diversity and politics.
Davis’ appearance Wednesday is
sponsored by Wake’s Office of Mul
ticultural Affairs, the Black Student
Association and the Student Union.
Barbee Oakes, director of the Office
of Multicultural Affairs, says the
campus has been electric since the
school received confirmation from
Davis’ publicist last week.
“We are so excited. This is one of
the most historical events to have
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Hotel
to host
church
group
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
To go or not to go?
That is the question that
another African American group
has had to grapple with in rela
tion to the Adam’s Mark Win
ston Plaza Hotel.
The St. Louis-based Adam’s
Mark chain has been slapped
with racial discrimination suits
by both the NAACP and the U.S.
Justice Department. Although
the NAACP has not declared an
official boycott of the 21 Adam’s
Mark hotels, many African
Americans are hesitant to use the
hotels while the matter is still
pending.
Black United Methodists, a
national African American
church organization, will hold its
annual meeting in Winston-
Salem March 22-25 at the Adam’s
Mark. But the decision to keep
the event at the hotel was not
made without careful considera
tion.
“We started (negotiations)
with the Adam’s Mark 18 months
ago,” said the Rev. James Ferree,
pastor of Charlotte’s Simpson-
Gillespie United Methodist
Church and chairman of the
Methodist state caucus. “At that
time none of this had surfaced.
After it surfaced, it was too late
to change....If we knew then
probably we would not have.”
Ferree said large hotels in
Greensboro were contacted after
news of the chain’s troubles hit
the airwaves, but most were
already booked.
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Roundtable
INS
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Dennis Wicker, a
andidate for governor,
standing-room-only
"hursday night at the
ling of the Black Lead-
idtable of Winston-
li County.
he first gubernatorial
address the group this
will work for improve-
ucation, the environ-
oic development, tech-
salth care.
contested race, Wicker
already has the backing of several
local African Americans, including
one former legislator.
Annie Brown Kennedy, who
served with Wicker in the General
Assembly, called him one of her
“boys.”
“Dennis (Wicker) and my twins
(twin sons) were classmates at Car
olina,” she said. “Now Jim Hunt is
coming to the end of his road, we
need somebody to take up the man
tle....He’s a person that you can talk
to. He really is informed. He is sensi
tive to the needs of the people, and I
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Photo by Paul Collins
Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker became the first gubernatorial candidate to
address the Black Leadership Roundtable last week.
Students: Rebel
flag is heritage
BY CHERIS HODGES
THE CHRONICLE
For some, the Confederate battle
flag is a symbol of hate and oppres
sion. But for two students at Mount
Tabor High School, the flag is a
symbol of their Southern heritage.
■_ The students want to proudly
display the flag on their clothing
and cars without people, especially
African Americans, calling them
racist or attacking them.
“Something should be done in
the school to teach the meaning of
the flag,” said Bob, who asked that
his real name not be used.
He said he had a family member
who fought in the Civil War for the
South.
“That flag is about state’s
rights,” he added.
According to Dusty Lindsay,
who often wears Confederate Flag
clothing, if African American stu
dents knew the history of the flag
they would not be offended when
they see it.
But some African American stu
dents and their parents are offended
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