Mrs. Bertha Maxwell:
Survival Is Pulling. Yourself
Up By Your Bootstraps
By JOANNE MOORE
Post Society Writer
Black survival, says Mrs.
Bertha L. Maxwell, director of
Black Studies at the
matter of pulling yourself up
by your bootstraps when you
ain't even got no boots."
Mrs. Maxwell, who recently
received the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy in Curriculum
Development and Educational
Administration, is apparently
surviving that struggle.
She was bom in Seneca,
South Carolina, during what
she describes as a time of
depression and poverty when
present were only those things
that were necessary for her to
live.
“I was born into ' an
existence or an environment
where there were not a lot of
material things but a great
deal of love. I had very little,
but yet present were those
things that were essential to
my survival,” said Mrs.
A woman of intense feelings
which she expresses with little
hesitation, she says that she is
a sum total of all her ex
-perienoea_
“When I view my life, I
think of three significant
things that have occurred and
have caused me to go through
a process of change," Mrs.
Maxwell explained.
7 “First I was born to poor
parents and lived in a small
town. I went through
segregated schools and at the
age of 161 went to Washington,
D.C. to. live. It was a great
experience that facilitated
maturity."
She continued, “The second
change came when I retfirned
to Charlotte and became the
wife of Horace Maxwell. He
encouraged me to go to
Johnson C. Smith ,” and since
then she says that he has
continued to be a force
pushing her on.
me ueginmng OI ner tniTO
phase came when she became
the mother of a little girl.
“The experience of
becoming the mother of
Tawana, who is 10 years old
now, added another dimension
to my growth,” Mrs. Maxwell
said smiling. “I suppose it’s
what any woman feels when
she experiences motherhood ”
She admits that other events
in her life have contributed a
lot to molding her. Her
various work experiences
have been very significant in
developing many of her at
titudes.
She taught for several years
in the local school-system and
after she received her masters
degree from the University of
North Carolii. at Greensboro,
she became le principal of
Morgan St. Elementary
School, an all-black school.
Following desegregation
efforts, Morgan St. was closed
and Mrs. Maxwell became the
principal of Albemarle Rd .
then an all-white school in an
all-white neighborhood
"My experience as prihcipal
of Albemarle Rd. was
definitely a traumatic one hut
it was at that point that
Qfim PlhinO t;op\; cirtnifi/inmi
happened to me. I began an
encounter, with myself," she
said. ►
Af»-art leaving Albemarle
Rd., Mrs. Maxwell was hired
at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte
"When I started teaching at
the University I went through
a kind of immersion, a dif
ferent stage of my develop
ment. Internalizing a lot of
things, I began then to liberate
myself as a black person,” she
informed
Mrs. Maxwell realizes that
she will continue to have
experiences that will affect
her attitude and cause her to
grow. Just as she has done in
the past she intends to take
advantage of what life offers
and learn from the good and
bad parts.
UNC-C has already
provided her with an ex
perience which she says she’ll
never forget.
In August of 1972 she visited
West Africa.
‘‘The University’s
facilitation of my trip to
Africa has allowed me to
enlarge my way of looking at
life. I looked upon my trip as a
homecoming. It increased my
understanding of what I
should be about at UNCC,"
Mrs. Maxwell informed.
Dr. James Hightower
. . * «' A*»V*i^*! • 4'TtW vVU'**
To Make House Calls?
Dr. James P. Hightower,
general practitioner wh<
specializes in high protensior
and blood diseases, has move<
his office from Winston-Saleir
to Charlotte.
The move coul<
revolutionize the practice oi
local physicians because Dr
Hightower has announced thai
he will make house calls
anytime.
“I wanted to move to a
larger city,” the gradaute ol
Lincoln College in In
dianapolis and North Carolina
A&T Stale University said Iasi
week when asked why h«
closed his office in Winston
Salem to move to 221‘/i W
Trade St. here. "There is a
greater need for drug ad
diction and alcoholism and
mental health in this city.”
Dr Hightower holds a
certificate from the North
Carolina Department of
Mental Health in Drug Abuse,
Alcoholism, and Mental
Health. He is a member of the
National Medical Society,
Forsyth Mental Health
Association and the American
Counselor’s Society for
Professional Psychological
Counselors.
I
HIB'
dr: JAMES HIGHTOWER
...Newcomer To Town
As a churchman, he is a
member of SI. Paul United
Methodist Church of Winston
Salem and a member of the
Board of Missions and Church
Extension of the Winston
Forsyth District.
He is married to the former
Miss Anna Genieve Burton of
Indianapolis, Ind., and the
father of three children.
MRS. BERTHA MAXWELL
...UNCC Professor
>P0innin0 r»f hor «... .
Jefferson To Run For County Commissioner
rheumatic fever and par
ticiDted on three Ma <d
Dimes Telethons
The engineering parts
specialist with GE's Medical
Systems Division served three
years in the U.S. Navy during
World War II and two years in
the Navy during the Korean
Aoi He is a graduate of
Second Ward High School
and attended A&T State
limerMty for a year. Johnson
(' Smith University for three
vears and Central Piedmont
Community Colleoe for one
I
year
He is married to the former
Rosia Johnson of Charlotte
They have a son. Keith T t
Jefferson, a junior at A&T
University, and a daughter,
Cynthia D Jefferson. 19. who
lives at home
HUBERT JEFFERSON
G.E. Employee
Hubert Jefferson, a
General Electric employee
and long-time Republican,
Monday announced his can
didacy for nomination to a
seat on the Mecklenburg
Board of County Com
missioners.
Jefferson, in announcing his
candidacy, said: "I feel at
this time it is more important
than ever that we participate
actively in the governing
process. I have been active in
civic affairs and I have been a
precinct chairman of my
political party. I feel now is
the time for me to seek a more
effective way to serve my
community. Although I am a
black candidate. I seek a seat
on the Mecklenburg County
Commission because I sin
cerely want to be of service to
all the people of this county,
and I seek the support of all
people "
A life-long resident of
Charlotte. Jefferson has been
active in Boy Scout work,
YMCA and YWCA programs
and his church. He served 12
years as a Scoutmaster, eight
years as a Boy Scout Neigh
borhood Commissioner, and
two years as a District
Commissioner. He was a
volunteer instructor in various
subjects at the McCrorey
Branch of the YMCA and the
Phyllis Wheatly Branch of the
YWCA. He is chairman of the
Trustee Board and the
Finance Committee of the
first Mount Calvary Baptist
Church and is an instructor for
its Sunday School teachers.
Jefferson served as a
Heart Association Volunteei
Instructor for -children with
Tills dynamic woman should
be commended for her
achievements however she
expressed that there is no
glorification is simply earning
a degree.
Mrs. Maxwell received her
degree on January 28 from the
Union Graduate School, an
experimental school with very
innovative programs.
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SILVER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRANTS.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde J. .\uingo of 3104 Ridge
Ave^ehserved their 25th Wedding Anniversary
last Saturday with a reception at their home.
The affair lasted from 4 until 7 and was at
tended by a number of friends, relatives and
their children who shared in their joy. their
anniversary cake, and all the trimmings.
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