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Dr. Julianne Malveaux will be sworn in on
Saturday at noon.
Inauguration
for Malveaux
slated to be
star-studded
Famed author and economist
will be Bennett's 15th president
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Dr. Julianne Malveaux has worn many hats
during her distinguished professional career.
She s been praised as an
accomplished economist,
an insightful author and a
folksy, girl-next-door
intellectual.
Saturday, she will have
another title to add to her
resume - President of
Bennett College.
Several events stretch
ing over four days (starting
today) are actually slated
to celebrate Malveaux's
inauguration as the 15th
leader of Bennett, a historically black school for
women in Greensboro. A native of San
Francisco, Malveaux has actually been on the
job at Bennett for more than a year. She took
over the school after the retirement of Dr.
Johnnetta B. Cole, a legendary educator who
served as Bennett president for more than five
years.
Malveaux earned her undergraduate and
master's degrees from Boston College. She
received her Ph.D. in economics from MIT in
1980. Since then, she has been on the faculty or
visiting faculty of the New School for Social
Research at San Francisco State University, the
See Malveaux on A4
Jackson
WSSU HONOR FOR FARRAKHAN?
Some want school to give controversial Nation of Islam leader an honorary degree
Photo by Kathleen
Galligan/Detroit Free
Press/MCT
Minister
Louis
F arrakhan
delivers the
keynote
address at The
Nation of
Islam's 2007
Saviours' Day
event in
Detroit.
BY LAYLA FARMER
, TftE* CHRONICLE - .
Minister Louis Farrakhan has not always
been the extraordinarily controversial figure
that he is today. The 74 year-old the Nation of
Islam leader was once jyst a student, much like
any other, wandering along the Sidewalks at
Winston-Salem State University.
"When I knew him. he was Gene Walcott
commented County Commissioner Beaufort
Bailey.
Bailey, a 1957 alumnus, was pursuing an
elementary education degree at Winston
Salem State during the time Farrakhan attend
ed. The two have stayed in touch over the
years. Bailey says.
"I think Winston-Salem State had a great
impact on Eugene Walcott, Louis Farrakhan,"
he declared. "I think he came here and saw
something (special) but he figured he could
just have a greater impact on the world and
See Farrakhan on A13
One More
Step
Forward
Garden established as Odd Fellows
restoration process continues
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Easter is one of those holidays when many people place
flowers on the graves of their loved ones. But that's diffi
cult fc> do for those with relatives buried in Odd Fellows
Cemetery, a historic African- American graveyard that has
fallen into disrepair over
the decades. Trees and
vegetation cover most of
the hundreds of burial
plots and headstones in
Odd Fellows' 10 acres.
Even headstones that are
visible aren't necessarily
accessible to loved ones
because of overgrown
shrubs and brush.
This Easter, families
were invited to symboli
cally honor their loved
ones by placing wreathes
and flowers in a memorial
garden that was formed
by the The Odd Fellows
Reclamation Committee.
"Our plan is to try to get people interested in coming up
and seeing and maybe bringing up a flower or some kind of
wreath or something in remembrance of their loved ones,"
said James Clyburn, the president of the committee, which
has worked for 16 years to restore Odd Fellows, which is
See Garden on A13
A flower planted to honor
Henry Stepp Sr.
Phtrtcx by Todd Luck
James Clyburn stands in the memorial garden.
Senior uses golden years to sound alarm about future
Book urges community,
organizations to work for
positive change
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE .
As an educator and school counselor
for more than 30 years, Bedford Vaughn
dedicated his career to furthering the
advancement of young African
Americans.
Now retired, Vaughn is dedicating his
life to helping black people, especially
youths, find positive direction.
To this end, the fiery senior penned "A
Treatise: A Call for Action, a Turnaround
in the Black Community."
The book stemmed from an essiay
Vaughn was asked to write for the
Seaside, Calif.-NAACP he was an active
tes
Bedford Vaughn with his wife of 56
years, Wihelmenia.
member of. But the essay grew, as
decades of frustrations and observations
poured from him.
"The statistics show that our (black)
kids are really suffering," he commented.
"Having worked in the schools for years
... 1 tried to figure out what was wrong."
In the book. Vaughn, a longtime polit
ical activist, calls on Africafi Americans to
be their own deliverers. He urges the
black community to look within Qhem
selves for the answers to what ails them as
a people, rather than turning to other races
or sources of aid.
"We need to formulate a plan to begin
an organized effort of creating a better
world here in America. This book of mine
is just a good step into moving into that
plan," he says in "A Call to Action."
He later added, "I don't have time, and
I don't think the black people have time to
wait much longer (for a positive change)."
See Book on A12
A Barrage of Color
Photo by Jfteson Pitt
Electric Moustache Gallery, located at the
WerehouselKrankies Coffee Shop at 221 Third St., is
exhibiting "Survival of the Cutest," a mixed bag of eye
catching creations of artists from Asheville, Winston-Salem
and other North Carolina towns and cities. The show, which
fuses pop and sub culture aesthetics into a 'colorful barrage
of collage will be up through March JO. The exhibit was
curated by Andrew Fansler.
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Charlene
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