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Rev. Jesse Jackson Urges
Blacks To “Buy Equality”
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..Popular businessman
Ms. Pat Lowe
...School Board candidate
O.N. Freeman
Distinguished educator
Bill Culp Predicts
65,000 Expected To Vote In
Tuesday’s Primary Election
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Post Executive Editor
William B.A. Culp, Execu
tive Secretary of the Mecklen
burg County Board of Elec
tions, told the POST on Wed
nesday that his office expects
65.000 to 70,000 county resi
dents to vote in the state-wide
primary election on Tuesday,
August 17. While weather for
casts for election dav are not
yet available, Culp said rain
on Tuesday could reduce the
expected voter-turnout by “as
much as 10 percent.”
Primary election day will
have 71 Democrats and Re
publicans seeking the opportu
nity to run in the November
election for 25 public offices
ranging from a U.S. Con
gressman to governor to seats
on the County Commission
Specifically, 50 Democrats
,and 21 Republicans are seek
ing to teprcsent their respec
live parties in the November
general election for the offices
of Congressman from the 9th
District, governor, lieutenant
governor, secretary of state,
state treasurer, state auditor,
commissioners of insurance
and labor, superintendent of
public instruction, district
court judge, state senators
and Mecklenburg county com
missioners. In addition, 27
non-partisan individuals will
seek six seats on the Charlotte
Sunday, August 15
Mecklenburg School Board
The polls will remain open
from 6:30 a m. to 7:30 p.m. to
accommodate the voters at
107 voting locations.
Probably the most impor
tant and heated primary con
test at the state level will be in
the Democratic gubernatorial
race and the race for commis
sioner of insurance. At the
county and local level, the
most interest will probably be
for the five seats on the
Mecklenbui-g County Commis
sion and for the six vacancies
on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
School Board.
Lt. Governor Jim Hunt .will
be battling drug store million
aire Edward M. O'Herron in a
field of five for the Democra
tic Party’s nomination for
governor. Hunt appears to be:
gaining the edge as O'Herron
attempts to counteract charg
es of,paying low wages to his
drug'stor< employees and of
not having a viable affirma
tive action program to allow
for the up-grading of blacks
and women.
Of considerable interest also
in the Democratic primary is
the race for commissioner of
insurance. The insurance in
dustry reportedly is heavily
financing the campaign of Joe
Johnson in an effort to unseat
incumbent John Ingram. In
gram has been accused of
being "highhanded in ruling
Churches To Observe
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“Wilmington 10” Sundav
Sunday, August 15 has been
set aside as "Wilmington 10
Sunday" by a large number of
national and local organiza
tions. _
The National Wilmington 10
Defense Committee reported
Tutj^day that it fully expects
"several hundred churches
throughout the nation to ob
serve Wilmington 10 Sunday
this weekend and boasted of
nearly $5,000 being donated to
the fund by churches in the
Washington, D.C. area over
the past few weeks." The
Committee feels that church
support is important "in stim
ulating the conscience of poli
tical and court officials.”
Dr. Helen Othow, member
of the National Wilmington 10
defense Committee and the
North Carolina Alliance A
gainst Racist and Political
Repression, says that "more
than 20 local churches have
consented to give special ob
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servances on “Wilmington 10
Sunday.”
Dr. Othow continued, “after
Wilmington 10 Sunday our
Committee will be fully sup
portive and mobilizing for a
national march and demon
stration to be held in Raleigh,
North Carolina on Labor Day,
September 6th.” Ms. Imani
Kazana is the National Co
ordinator of the Defense Com
mittee for “Wilmington 10
Day.”
According to Ms. Kazana,
everyone is encouraged, par
ticularly residents on the east
coast, to travel to Raleigh an
participate in “what should be
the largest demonstration for
civil and human rights in this
decade.” “With thousands of
people on the governor's door
step," she explained, “We are
sure to make a significant
difference in his past attitude
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exoneration for the Wilming
ton 10."
The march is being sponsor
ed and coordinated by the
National Alliance Against Ra
cist and Political Repression
Angela Davis is co-chairper
son of NAARPR.
Othow reports the Rev. Ben
Chavis reached the 103rd day
of spiritual fast and political
hunge strike for justice and
human rights Tuesday, Au
gust 10 Principal defendant in
the Wilmington 10 case and
currently seeking a new trial
in his 34-year sentence. Cha
vis, a 28-year-old civil rights
activist and minister, began
fasting on April 30, 1976 in an
attempt to "awaken the sleep
ing masses of people to the
ever increasing necessity to
struggle against racism in all
of its many forms "
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on insurance matters" and of
often "ignoring established
procedures and state law." On
the other hand, there are
many who feel that Johnson's
closeness to the insurance
industry will make it difficult
for him to act impartially as
commissioner of insurance.
At the county level, the race
for the Mecklenburg County
Commission has been rather
low-keyed with the incum
bents appearing confident a
bout getting re-nominated.
The most interest will proba
bly center on how black candi
dates Lewis C. Coleman and
Robert Walton will do in at
tracting votes; especially
since Commissioner Rowe
Motley is not seeking re-elec
tion.
Inlnrnet tl’tll ho hinh l..n in
how well William H. Booe. the
out-going controversial school
board member, does in his bid
as a Republican candidate for
the County Commission.
Because of the continuing
series of controversies that
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
School Board has been involv
ed in, considerable interest
and some surprises are very
likely to be expressed in this
race.
With just a few days befofe
the August 17 election, the 27
candidates seeking six seats
on the School Board are still
looking for ways to make their
candidacy unique and there
fore highly visible.
The 27 candidates represent
the largest number in the
history of the comity, and, as
might be expected, there is a
great deal of overlapping and
repetition in the viewpoints
that many have expressed.
With only two incumbents,
Phil Berry and Thomas Har
ris, and three board members
still serving out their time, lhe
majority of the nine seats on
the school board are avail
able. therefore, the election
will be highly important in
spite of the low level of cam
paigning most of the candi
dates have engaged in.
Blacks Ask
To Boycott
Ballot
By Charles E. Belle
Special To The Post .
Already economists arc be
ginning to call the present
national seven plus percent
unemployment rate as nor
mal. This is twice as much as
blacks can stand. While 7.5
percent is not effecting the
white male worker, it is whip
ping the day lights out of
women, teen-agers, blue col
lar and blacks. These are the
people looking for jobs. The
Presidential candidates are
not paying attention to . the
needs of those not on a payroll.
Carter is concerned about the
consumer Reagan is concern
ed about the corporation
Ford. well, we don't know
what he is for.
Our problem is the priority
of blacks and their businesses
in this Presidential election
Near. The U.S. is losing manu
lacturing jobs in among other,
the textiles, and electronics
industries. These are the low
skill required jobs which can
he'p absorb black ttnemploy
men!
The National Council on
unemployment Policy, re
veals that the U.S industries
that gave birth to the job
bloom after World War II is
dying. The automobile, educa
tion. health and-construction
areas are past their pinnacle
There are no new industries
being proposed by Presiden
tial candidates to provide new
jobs.
The old system of capita
lism calls for constant corpo
rate enterprise to cough up
more and more jobs. Present
ly, only the poor part of the
capitalist program is being us
ed to kill inflation. The cooling
of the economy by cutting
back on workers, while profits
grow.
True, the number of work
ers has continued as expected
to grow The number of wo
men workers has risen twc
and one-half times as fast as
the female population since
1947. There are also other
troubles.
OPEC has ordered a redis
tribution of wealth to its impo
verished people
At Fayetteville State
MISS SYNOVIA SAMUELS
. BethunerCookman senior
Synovia Samuels
Is Beauty Of Week
By Abigail L. Flanders
Post Staff Writer
It you happen to see our
, young beauty for this week
walking down a crowded
street, chances are you will do
a double take. The stunning
and attractive Synovia Sam
uels is a rising senior at
Bethune Cookman College in
Daytona Beach. Florida and is
majoring in pre law history
and education.
She will be one of a very
few students to graduate from
college at the tender age of
-twenty.
Ms. Samuels modestly at
tributes this fortunate ac
complishment to hard work
and ambition “It took me a
while to decide that I wanted
to go to college. I was interest
ed in joining the Marine Corps
after high school, but my
interests were suddently turn
ed toward the law profession,"
Ms. Samuels said. "After be
ing in college for a while and
now approaching graduation,
I've changed my mind again. I
an now interested in tiecoming
a probation or parole officer "
Ms. Samuels, the daughter
of ftev. and Mrs Thomas W
Samuels of Mount Moriah Pri
mitive Baptist Church in
Charlotte has her - roots in
Eutis, Florida, where she at
tended high school and left
many friends back in 1973
when her family moved to
Charlotte —
Although I've never been
the most outgoing person in
the world, somehow I feel
lonely when I'm in Charlotte
because I haven't been here
long enough to meet a lot of
people my age or to make any
long lasting friendships. Liv
ing in Florida is much easier
for me because my family
moved around so much in that
state and most of my relatives
live there,” our beauty la
mented.
Born under the sign of Can
cer. Ms.- Samuels attributes
her sensitivity, love of man
kind, and dreams of having a
family of her own to her
astrological influences. "I
would like to eventually have
a home of my own, complete
with a husband, security,and a
couple of kids running around
the house,” she said smilingly.
Watching sports and sewing
are her two favorite hobbies...
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Charlotte Native Named
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Assistant T o Chancellor
By John B Henderson.
Special To The Post
FAYETTEVILLE A native of
Charlotte, North Carolina has
been named Assistant To The
Chancellor at Fayetteville
State University.
According to FSU Chancel
lor Charles "A” Lyons, Jr.,
the appointment of Dr. Wil
liam Greene to the position
became effective August 1.
Green completed his under
graduate study in 1966 at
Johnson C. Smith University,
Charlotte, N.C. with a B A
degree in political science He
! later attended Michigan State
University and in 1970 receiv
ed the M A. degree in the area
of curriculum development
and urban education.
In 1972, Dr. Greene was
awarded the Ph D. at Michi
gan State University in the
area of curriculum develop
ment and urban education
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...33-year-old administrator
Prior to coming to FSU. he
was assistant professor and
director of the Center for
Urban Education, University
of Massachusetts, Amherst,
Massachusetts
The 33-year-old administra
tor educator has also served
as Director of Navy Race
i
delations School, Key West,
Klordia, staff consultant. Cen
ter for Urban Affairs and
instructor, Michigan State U
niversity; Community School
Director, Pontiac, Michigan.
Assistant Director Summer
Reading Program, Charlotte,
N.C.; teacher, Uaurinburg In
stitute and Hillsborough,
North Carolina.
Dr. Greene holds member
ship in numerous organiza
tions which include the Ameri
can Association of University
Professors, National Educa
tion Association, Phi Delta
Kappa Delta National Educa
tion Fraternity, Association of
Supervision and Curriculum
Development, National Al
liance of Black School Educa
tors, and the Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity.
He has received many a
wards and served in many
selected consultant activities
He is married
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think I've pursued that one
with more vigor than any of
the rest. I recently lost twenty
five of the pounds that I gained
from that one hobby,” Ms.
Samuels said with a chuckle.
This week, the Charlotte
POST salutes the sensitive,
ambitious and beautiful Miss
Synovia Samuels, whose ac
complishments in life have
more than outnumbered her
years
Post Endorsements
Can Be Found
On Page Two
The Charlotte Post is en
dorsing candidates running
for public office in the Tues
day, August 17. election.
Many of the 98 candidates
in the race visited the Post for
support. Most candidates re
ceived an invitation to send
f^ews releases and advertising
to the newspaper for publica
tlon
These endorsements may rx>
found on page 2. Whether you
agree or not, remember to
vote your conviction Tuesday
Blacks Urged To Resist
Movement In Key Market
WASHINGTON -- A revived
economic boycott plan to use
the power of the *65 billion
Black consumer market to
seek equal employment in
public and private organiza
tions was called for by the
Rev. Jesse Jackson here fol
lowing the close of the Fifth
Annual Push for Execellence
Convention.
"PUSH'is determined to
mobilize a Black consumer
resistance movement in 30 key
markets to insure implemen
tation of equal employment
opportunity policies in private
and public business and an
affirmative action program to
protect Black business."
Jackson told PUSH delegates
in urging a revival of the
techniques which catapulted
him to national attention fol
lowing the death of Dr. Mar
tin Luther King. Jr.
“The reaeral government
has failed to protect the poor
Black consumer and the (US)
courts are too slow." said
Jackson. "Nobody is going to
save us, from us, for us, but
• us." he shouted repeatedly
during the five day convention
in Washington.
Only an organized, national
mac* consumer resistance
movement can provide the
economic leverage necessary
to provide equal opportunity,
he declared in urging the
Operation Breadbasket tech
niques which made hirn fa
mous.
The Rev. Jackson cited the
following statistics, based up
on U.S. Census Bureau figures
to show the Black dollar po
wer:
Concord Rape
Case Has Become
Major Issue
A rape case in Concord has
become a major issue with a
group of organizations operat
ing at the local, state and
national level.
Ronnie Wallace Long was
ai i caicu diiu nidi WIU1 lilt'
rape of Mrs Judie McKinley
Bost, widow of a Cannon
Mills executive. Long insists
that he is innocent and that
Concord authorities are con
spiring with Cannon Mills exe
cutives against him because of
his community activist ideas
Dr. James Earl Grant of the
National Alliance Against Ra
cist and Political Repression
came to Charlotte Tuesday,
August 10, for a press confer
ence on the Ixing case. This
attempt to get media exposure
was set up by the Charlotte
branch of the alliance, which
is headed by Jim Grant
"The powers that be in the
couhty rCaharrasi." said Dr
Grant, "undoubtedly feel that
their interests would be best
served if Ronnie Long and
other Black men who think as
he does were off the streets "
Although Ix>ng claims to
have an alibi, Mrs Bost says
she recognized him by his
voice.
"I am innocent of the charg
es they have accused me of,"
said a statement written bv
Long, "and I have witnesses
that can account for my
whereabouts during the time
the alleged rape occurred."
Claims that politics is an
issue in the case have appa
rently been rejected by the
court. Pre-trial motions ask
ing that Long be granted bond
and a charge of venue from
-Cabarras Countv were reject
ed.
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Top Black leader
Target group index analysis
shows Blacks use stores like
Robert Hall twice as much as
white purchasers
Blacks represent 32 percent
of the Gillette Razor blade
market
The Nabisco Baking Co
claims 3.6 million Black custo
mers who comprise 51 percent
of the Black market in their
line of goods and 11 12
percent of the total market
Listerine antiseptic claims
57 percent of the Black market
which represents 15 2 percent
of the total market
Cf ofiL'line I L •
leading breakfast cereal re
ceives 5'a times the market
among Blacks as it does a
mong whites six percent for
whites, 30 percent for Blacks
The Kellogg Company re
ceives an average of la per
cent of its total market from
Blacks This is conservatively
estimated at $120 million In
addition. Kellogg s Rice Kris
pies have 2 2 million Black
consumers and Kellog's Corn
Flakes have at least 3.8 mil
lion Black customers
The Pillsbury Flour Co ,
products show that Black con
sumers constitute 11 percent
of its total market in Hungr>
Jack Biscuits, 10 percent of
the Pillsbury Frosting Mix
and 7 percent of the Pillsbun
Cake Mix Over 3 7 million
Black customers purchase
these products
Blue Bonnet Margarine
claims 2.6 million Black cus
tomers or 36 percent of the
Black market in margarine
and 12 percent of its total
market.
Black consumers have a
dollar volume in excess of $1 3
billion at all Sears Roebuck
Blacks roughly spend oser
$.140 million annually at Modi
gomery Ward stores
Black consumers are 14 per
cent of Vaseline Ixition's mar
ket alone, comprising some 1 2
million Black customers
And in staggering liquor
purchases. Blacks represent
percent of the Johnny Walker
Red (Scotch* market. 12 per
cent of the Olivas Regal iqua
lity scotch i market, 16 percent
of J B s market. 27 8 percent
of the Old Forrester i Bour
bon) market and 24 4 percent
of the Old Taylor (bourbon)
market
Jackson urged delegates to
take these figures into account
in demanding jobs in various
private industries
Despite the renewed em
phasis on economic interest.
Jackson told PUSH delegates.
"If the convention had one
domitheme. it is a "PUSH"
for Excellence in Education
He urged the PUSH board of
directors to form a National
Commission on Education,
headed by Dr. Alvin PoUssaint
and including such educators
See Jackson, Page 3