Saturday’s Theme
Leadership Development
And NAACP Program
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
“Leadership Development
and NAACP Programs” is the
theme of the Sat., Oct. 21
morning session.
Registration will begin at
8:00 a.m. and the conference
will get underway by 9:30 a.m.
Delegates will have the
opportunity to learn about the
NAACP’s new programs
from national leaders headed
by Kenyon C. Burke, Assoc
iate Director for NAACP pro
grams
Burke was formerly the Di
rector of Community Affairs
for Planned Parenthood in
New York. He received a B.A.
in Physchology from Bowling
Greene State in Ohio, and an
M.A. in Vocational Counseling
from Columbia University,
and is presently a candidate
for a Ph.D. in Education at
Rutgers University.
Accompaning Burke to the
Convention will be Veronica '
Jefferson, Assistant Director
of Communications. This new
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NAACP department provides
resources and guidance to
NAACP branches and state
conferences that are concern
ed with improving their local
coverage.
, Ms. Jefferson is a member
of the Black Citizens Fair
. Media Committee for WNBC
and WCBS television stations.
She was previously a Field
director in the Office of Com
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These speakers will also
contribute to the session on
leadership development and
NAACP programs; Lewis J.
Carter rector of Labor,
Nev. *. _iv, Herbert A. Morris,
director of Housing, New
York, and Julius E. Williams,
the Director of Armed Servic
es and Veterans Affairs, New
York.
Voting will be an area of
emphasis at the convention.
W. C. Patton and Joseph E.
Madison will discuss the Black
vote in a time of civil rights
crisis.
Patton has served as a
former branch president of
the Alabama State Conference
for ten years, and Executive
Secretary of the Alabama
State Conference. He is cur
rently the National Associate
Director of Voter Education
for the NAACP.
Joseph E. Madison is the
Assistant Voter Education
Director. He is the former
Executive Secretary of the
Detroit, Michigan branch-the
largest in_the nation.
SUPER SALESMAN OF THE WEEK
Bobbie Abraham is the Charlotte Post's 0f y,e
week, a quiet polite, and well-mannered 16-year-old student
at Harding High School. Bobbie is the son of Mrs. Mattie
Abraham of 414 Center Street. He has three brothers who
attend school also. Our salesman of the week, who sold
newspapers in the upper seventies, has other talents. He is
very talented as an artist who does pencil drawings and
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