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NABM President says
Federal Agencies Lack
Sensitivity Towards Blacks
Hacks Denied
Access To
Free Enterprise
Eugene Baker, President of
the National Association of
Black Manufacturers, told an
audience of about 100 people
that Federal agencies are not
concerned about the progress
on minority businesses and
that ‘‘Uncle Sam" is unaware
of the problems that continue
to plague minority entre
preneurs
Baker was the guest speak
er at the MAW Professional
Business Services Conference
a held in Atlanta. Georgia
The meeting, entitled The
U S. Government and Black
Business," was constructed to
find out what the Federal
Government is doing to mark
et minority products and whai
the Small Business Admini
stration can do to see that
more minority lirms can tie
, certified and awarded con
tracts
In the opening address, Pre
sident Baker said, "When we
talk about the U S and Black
Business, it would not take
much to become very despon
dent and, further, angry as
hell-that's if you are black All
of us here are aware of the
reasons-promises, rhetoric
and lack of sensitivity.
But the problems black busi
nesses face are within the
closed incompetent white ra
cist and inept jealous blacks
who are a part of the govern
ment bureaucratic maze."
Other panelists at the semi
nar included Carol Russell,
from the Environmental Pro
tection Agency; Mack Strong,
from the General Services
Administration; and Marga
ret Pittman, from the Small
Business Administration. The
seminar also provided an
opportunity for discussion on
such issues as SBA as it
relates to minority firms; in
formation for 8 < a > certifica
tion; primary functions of
SBA; what products and ser
vices are being bought
through the Federal agencies;
establishment of a local con
tact office for minority firms
to discuss problems centered
around SBA, and ways to
combat the SBA office and the
rifts they give minority bust
Eugene Baker continued.
“We as Blacks have been
denied access to the Free En
terprise, the same system
which we built for white
America with our free labor.
The 'lengthened shadows' of
discrimination and institu
tionalized racism have contri
buted to the problem of black
business not accepting a vigo
rous and active self help and
self-determination policy vis
a-vis economic activity This
dependency mentality, held
by some blacks, has contri
buted to a lack of creative
thinking and initiative and
organizational ability to trans
fer and exchange knowledge.
Additionally, standing in
those shadows are persons
and businesses who have been
led to believe, and who accent.
See agencies on Page 5
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Penny Wingard
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
oy Mierleen McKoy
Post Staff Writer
Our beauty for this week has
an eye for the news. Lively
14-years-old Penny Wingard is
a ninth grader at Robert F.
Kennedy Junior High School.
“I want to be a news report
er on the scene," she said.
Upon completion of high
school, r.-nny plans to attend
collet . nd then go on to a
professional school.
"V f
Vicki's favorite subjects in
school are English and social
studies. When asked whether
she liked school, Vicki replied,
"Sometimes I enjoy school;
sometimes I don’t.” She
writes poems for her school
newspaper, “The Warptts”,
and is president of Project
Aries, an organization at her
school to help develop good
racial relationships. Vicki
said that she is also in the
school chorus.
Although Vicki is a native
Chariottean, she was raised in
Washington, but has since
lived in Charlotte for the past
four yean. “I miss Washing
ton," she said, “But because
of the crime up there I don’t
miss it alst" Vicki said that
she likes Charlotte a lot,
however, when she gets ready
to go to college, she would
prefer to go northward. "May
be in the north I would have a
better chance of finding a job
in my chosen field than I
would if I stayed in North
Carolina," she stated.
Vicki has been learning how
to play the guitar; she's been
at It for three months now. She
likes to jog and enjoys bike
riding with her mother in the
Colony Acres area. “1 like
tennis a lot,” she said, "and I
love basketball a lot, although
I can’t play the game. I go to
UNCC a lot . ”
She also likes concerts; her
favorite musicians are Switch,
a soul group, and Diana Ross.
She said of Ms. Ross: “I
admire her because she’s a
singer and an actress."
An only child, Vicki said,
"Sometimes it’s kind of lonely
with no one to talk to and tell
your problems to-but then
again, there are some advant
ages.”
Vicki feels that Nicki Giov
anni has been the most influ
ential person in her life. "I
really like the way she writes,
and the way she puts her
feelings into words. Maybe
someday if I don't become a
news reporter, I’ll be a poet.”
Vicki is the daughter of
Vivian J. and John Wesley
Harris of Charlotte.
President
Appoints
More Blacks1
Washington President Cart
er continuing his policy of
naming blacks to positions
throughout the federal govern
ment, has announced three
more appointments.
He named Walter E. Massey
of Providence, RI, dean of the
college and professor of phys
ics at Brown University, to be
a member of the National
Science Board, for a term
expiring May 10, 1984.
The President renominated
Revius O. Ortique, Jr., a New
, Orleans attorney,Jo oiqcabet-,
ship bn the board of directors
of the Legal Services Corpora
tion for a term expiring July
13, 1981. Ortique is a member
of the executive committee of
the National Legal Aid and
Defender Association.
me aci vi^co nuiiuiir
stration provides financial
support for legal assistance in
noncriminal proceedings to
persons financially unable tc
attord legal services.
President Carter also nomi
nated Howard A. White of
Brooklyn, N.Y., to be a mem
ber of the board of directors of
the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting.
White is senior vice presi
dent and general counsel of
ITT World Communication
Inc., and executive director of
its Legal and Regulatory Ad
ministration department He
worked for the Federal Com
munications Commission
from 1962 to 1966 as an attor
ney and as assistant chief of
the Common Carrier Bureau
PRC Disco
The Charlotte Park and Re
creation Commission will pre
sent a “disco” at the fucka
seegee Recreation Center on
Saturday, October 21 from
7-10:30 p.m. Admission will be
at the door.
The Center is located on 4820
Tuckaseegee Road.
Competency Testing Dates
3et For November 1,2
November l and 2 are the
dates for competency testing
in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools.
Some 5,700 juniors will tain*
the state competency tests
along with eleventh grads stu
dents throughout North Caro
lina. About 7,000 tenth graders
in CMS will take local compe
tency lasts.
0« these dates, seniors will
attend school but will have
home assignments and will
receive credit for their work.
Senior high teachers will
assist in administering the
competency tests.
There will be two adults
with every 35 students taking
the tests. Having smaller
groups of students taking the
testa win give than a better
chance on the testa, explains
Betsy Haley, pupil assessment
specialist. All efforts by the
staff wttl be geared toward
administering the tests.
Make-up dates for the com
petency tests will be Novem
ber M. Seniors will attend
school on these days.
Enclosed is information
from the State Department of
Public Instruction about the
state competency tests.
Acton f oriuhop '
The Acton Workshop is now
forming at Spirit Square und
er the direction of Jim Rivera
Both basic acting technique
and mere advanced aspects
of acting will be examined m
weekly workshop sessions.
The workshop is also recom
mended for persons interested
in stage directing.
NATALLEE JOHN DISCUSSING HOMECOMING
— With Robert Cunningham
At UNC-CH IS'ov. 13
Bond To Give Weil Lecture
In American Citizenship
CHAPEL HILL-Georgia
State Senator Julian Bond will
deliver the 1978 Weil Lecture
in American Citizenship at the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill on Monday,
Nov. 13.
Bond will discuss “A View of
American Citizenship" at 8
p.m. in Memorial Hall. * A
public reception will be held in
the Old Well Room at the
Carolina Inn following the
free, public lecture.
The Weil Lecture in Ameri
can Citizenship, which was
first presented in 1915 by
President William Howard
Taft, is sponsored by the Weil
family of Goldsboro. The lec
ture is arranged by the
Chancellor's Committee on
Established Lectures. Past
Weil lecturers have included
Eleanor Roosevelt, U.S. Com
merce Secretary Juanita M
Kreps and former CBS News
correspondent Daniel Schorr.
Bond, who was active in the
civil rights movement of the
1960s, was elected to the Geor
gia House of Representatives
in 1965 He was barred from
taking his seat by legislators
who objected to his statements
an the Vietnam War Despite
two special elections. Bond
was not allowed to serve until
1967 when the U S. Supreme
Court granted him his seat.
Bond was nominated for
vice president at the 1968
Democratic Convention by Sen
Eugene McCarthy Bond was
the first black to be so honored
but his age <28 at the time)
disqualified him for the post
Considered by many as an
example of the "new politic
ian,” Bond continues to work
for civil and human rights He
is chairman of the Southern
Elections Fund and president
of the Southern Poverty law
Center. He is also a board
member of the Martin Luther
King Center for Social
Change, Southern Regional
Council and the National
Sharecropper s Fund
Recently, Bond was named
to the Time Magazine "List of
200 Leaders." He has publish
ed several books, including "A
Time to Speak. A Time to
Act,” a collection of his
speeches His poetry appears
in "American Negro Poetry
and "The Book of Negro Hum
or.”
Tyvola Koad Clone#
For Improvement#
Beginning Wednesday, Oct
ober 2S, Tyvola Road will be
closed between 1-77 and Nat
ions Ford Road for approxi
■lately three days The clos
ing will permit widening of
Tyvola Road and upgrading of
the mad shoulders
Due to the lack of suitable
routes, no detour mute will be
aiwtierl
J. C. Smith Celebrates Homecoming
by Sherieen McKoy
Post Staff Writer
The Johnson C. Smith Gold
en Bulls are on the run again
as Homecoming '78 set the
dial for a week of funfilled
activities and thrilling events.
Tuesday set the pace for
Homecoming with dinner on
the block, a band performance
and game night followed by a
gospel extravaganza on Wed
nesday night.
Bull spirit soared as "Mr
Shaw Bear” was funeralized
on Thursday night and then
cremated at the bonfire. After
the burial, the Smith family
held a Good Cheer Hour” in
reminiscence of him
This morning, long before
the first rays of sunlight, the
Smith crew was up and out
celebrating at a pre-dawn
dance. A pep rally and a Blue
and Gold Awards program
marked the late morning sess
ion.
Tonight highlights the drow
ning of Miss Johnson C. Smith
University, Constance With
ers, at the Coronation which
wtu De neia at me uvic
Center, Room A, from 7-9
p.m., immediately followed by
the Homecoming Ball and the
Queen’* Reception. Hattie
Johnson and Terry Logan are
attendants to the queen.
Rides will be provided for
students wishing to attend the
crowning ceremony. A shuttle
service will be available every
30 minutes for those who do
not wish to attend the recep
tion.
The queen’s dance will he
celebrated at the CasabMnca
from 1-4 a m From midnight
til Saturday mooting, the
Washington, D.C. Alumni will
hold a disco hreaklast in the
JCSU Memorial Union
The big *veot will reach Its
climax on Saturday It's gam*
timefT The parade lineup be
gins at 10 a m. on Satwday
Starting from the campus
parking lot to the corner M
Trade and Sycamore Streets;
100 organizations, bands and
dignataries
The parade will proceed at
11 a m . traveling down Trade
ft
Eddie “Cut" McGirt
..To Be Honored
Street to Elizabeth and then
onward to the stadium. The
Marching Golden Bulls Band
will be accompanied by the
bands of UNCC. West Charl
otte High School. The House
of Prayer and poasibly Went
Mecklenburg and North Cast
on High Schools.
Students, faculty, staff,
their families and friends and
the Charlotte community are
extended a most sincere wel
come to join in the spirit of this
year's theme “The Future
Together "
The game between the John
son C. Smith Golden Bulls and
the Shaw Bears will kickoff at
1 p m at Memorial Stadium
This will be a time of great
expectations from the Smith
family. Go, Bulls Got
The Charlotte Alumni will
wind things up at their annual
Homecoming Ball on Satur
day from 9 p m.-l a m. at the
Civic Center.
Saturday has also been des
ignated as Eddie McGirt Day.
After over 100 victories, the
CIAA Championship in I960, to
district finisher twice and
CIAA runner-up several
times, “Cut” begins again as
1976 Athletic Director for the
Golden Bulls No other coach
at Johnson C. Smith has come
close to this record. With great
pleasure and gratitude his
many friends will be honoring
him on homecoming Satur
day.
See J.C. Smith on page 11
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