^outhwide Organization Wants Immediate Action
RALEIGH,-Leaders of a executive committee mpi in ι—»
««•■«me «(iiiuuuon, meet
ing hare November 18, called
F«4>ràl—Judge—FianUiu
Dupree to act immediately on
the case of the Wilmington 10.
They predicted that if be does
not do so, there will be a
nationwide demand for his
impeachment.
The group is the Southern
Organizing Committee for
Economic and Social Justice
ISOC), of whteh one of the
Wilmington 10, the Rev. Ben
Chavis, is co^hairperson
The organisation'8 other co
chairperson, Anne Braden, of
Louisville, Ky.rsaicTlhe SOC
r
Raleigh this weekend in order
to find out first-hand the pre
ton case. Committee members
attended from five states -Al
abama, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, and Tennessee
"We Vvere appalled to learn
that Judge Oupree has not yet
given any indication that he is
prepared to act promptly on
this case," said a statement
issued by the group.
The SOC leaders said it is
important that people under
stand that the Wilmington
case is not over, despite the
action of the U.S. Justice
-r —«w» " vvn ill uilllg
a brief on behalf of the defen
dants. The brief was filed in
support oi tne Wilmington loT
habeas corpus action that has
great people's victory." SOC
said.
"That brief represents a
habeas corpus action that has
been pending before Judge
Dupree since 1976.
"That brief represents a
great people's victory," SOC
said. "It happened because
people all across this country
and across the world demand
ed that the U S government
act.
"But the Justice Depart
mem s acnon does not in itself
free the Rev. Ben Chavis, it
does not release the other
detendanls trom parole rest
rictions, and it does not solve
the problem of the public's
need to know the real story of
this case. Nor does it resolve
the problem of what will be
r'one about the crimes of those
officials who conspired to put
the Wilmington 10 in prison.
These things can be resolved
only when Judge Dupree
acts."
SOC describes itself as a
"Southwide organization that
together around issues that
affect all of our lives." The
organization supports union
organizing efforts in the South
and deals with such issues as
unemployment, tenant rights,
the arms race, and all forms
of discrimination based on
race or sex.
"We believe the persecution
of the Wilmington 10 in this
state is an attack on the rights
of all working people in the
South who need and must have
the right to organize, ' ' the SOC
statement said.
In addition to calling on
Judge Dupree to act promptly,
the SOC leaders demanded~
that the Justice Department
seek indictments against Pre
secutor Jay Stroud an
"others who committed illega
* acts in the persecutionlïrtlï
Wilmington 10." They also de
manded that North Carolina
officials lift the ban whicl
prohibits the Reverend Chavi:
from talking to the press
"The state of North Carolina
and the people of this country
need to hear what he has tc
say." the SOC statement said
In regard to Stroud and
other North Carolina officials,
the SOC leaders noted that the
Justice Department's briet
"implies" that Stroud "encou
raged perjury" and states that
Superior Court Judge George
^ Fountain, who heard the
1 appeal of the 10 lor a new trial,
- acted in an irregular manner
in allow ing the assistant attor
ney-general of North Carolina
! to write the finding of fact and
conclusion that he accepted as
his own.
"The Justice Department
brief states clearly that the
~~ conslîtutîonàl rights of the
Wilmington 10 were trampled
upon. the SUC leaders said.
"In effect, this brief admits
what we and thousands of
others have been saying: that
there iin; polmcaiprisoners m
America, and this case proves
it "
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^H^RLOTTE^iORTt^^^ROLINA^Thursday, November 23, 1978
Price 30 cent·:
CA Wins Fight
For Reinsured
Drivers
Carolina Action announced
Tuesday that the Reinsurance
Facility Board of Governor's
has agreed to their demand
to require Insurance Compan
ies to send a stricter notificat
ion form. They will now have
to include the information that
the reinsured driver is paying
-a 10 percent surcharge.
At a Reinsurance Facility
Boferd of Governor's Meeting
onOct. si, Tom Carpenter, the
Chairman told Carolina Act
ion that he would consider
tMÉr demand to change their
unulNov. 14 to make a decis
ion. Today Tom Carpenter
said that they would make the
changes
"The notification form that
was going out before was
worthless", said Dave Gard
ner of Carolina Action.
"It was written so slickly so as
not to say anything at all. We
want the people to know that
they're being put into High
Risk Pool and their rates will
go up 10 percent. We think the
public deserves to know the
truth and we're glad the
Facility has finally come
around."
Gardner continues that
Carolina Action ia still not
completely satisfied with the
form. They think it should
include the reason for being
ceded to the Facility. A Hear
ing on this issue will take
place on November 18 by the
Insurance Department. Caro
lina Action hopes to make
some headway here, since the
Facility still refuses to give
the reasons.
Salvation Army
Inspires Xmae Spirit
Kicking-off the 1978 p'-nual
Christmas Appeal for Meck
«urg and Union counties.
Salvation Army will offer
festivities to help raise money
for the needy on Friday, Nov.
M, at 12:00 noon in the NCNB
Plaza.
The goal of the Salvation
Army's Christmas Cheer Pro
gram ia 170,000.
Last year trie Army provfcl·
aH ΓΜαΙηι·! eaaiotanoA Ia
viUeewUl include ■ DolJ Show
sponsored by the Salvation
ArtÉy Ladles Auxiliary to be
hèli Friday and Saturday,
Dee. 1-2 from 10:00 a.m.-9:00
Ώ.Λ. In the Eastland Mall.
m
If a MAN could have HALF
\ wiahea, he weidd DOUBLE
TROUBLES
Photo by Archer's Ltd
ATTRACTIVE EMMA JONES
...Attends CPCC
Miss Emma Jones
Is Beauty Of Week
by Sherleen McKoy
Poet SteH Writer
Our beauty for this week is
23-year-old Emma Jones who
is studying to become a dental
assistant.
Emma attends Central
Piedmont Community College
where she said that she is
having fun.
Her heart's desire is to
become a professional model
in the very near future. "1 like
a lot of fashions,'' she said, "i
love clothe· and usually I get
lots of compliments on the
way I dress."
A lover of people, Emma
said that she "gets along
pretty good with them."
she likes a basketball or tennis
game. Speaking on self-know
ledge, Emma said, "I think
I'm a very outgoing person
and I love to be with my
special someone." For the
Thanksgiving holiday, Emma
planned to help her mother
cook, visit all her friends and
go to a club later that evening
Whatever the future holds or
wherever the voice of destiny
leads her, Emma sums up the
outcome thusly, "Whatever I
be, I'd like to be a success.
The 1973 graduate of Garin
ger High School is the young
est of three children and is the
daughter of Willie and Mary
Jones.
Ciillllia MIU uuai biihx siic
has lived in Charlotte all her
life, β he plana to someday
make her residence else
"I'd like to live in Atlanta,''
she «aid, 'it's a nice place to
live with nice surroundings "
Emma s mother has had the
moat bearing in her life. "She
has always been behind ma to
puah myself and try to be
somebody," Emma explain
ed.
Emma's interests include
partying, traveling, and going
to concerta a lot. Occasionally
CMS Announces -
Holiday Schedule
Thanksgiving holidays are
scheduled November 23 and
M. Schools, the Education
Center and other offices will
be closed.
Schools will be cloaed
December 32, 35, M
Mrs. Parker Is Recipient
Of Francis Makemie Award
nui. inez Moore r»r*«,
former faculty member and
chairman of theJCSU English
Department, is the recipient
ο/ The Francia Makemie
Award for the beat book pub
lished in this calendar year
relating to the Presbyterian
Heritage of the South.
This award is presented
annually by The Historical
Foundation of the Presbyter
ian and Reformed Churches
( Montreal, North Carolina),
and la in memory of Francis
Makemie, an Iriahma* who
came U> America in' μ» let h
Century, organisée um tint
Presbytery, and became
Mr» Inez M. Parker
...Ha· book published
known u "Father of Ameri
can Presbyterian.
"The award-winning publi
cation is entitled The Rise and
Decline of the Program of
Education for Black PrMby
terians of the United Presby
terian Church, U.S A , 18β5
1970." San Antonio: Trinity
University Press. 1977
Mrs Parker is co-founder 01
the JCSU Archives and Re
search Center which she esta
bllshed in the summer of 1975
while researching her first
book, The Biddle-Johnaon C.
Smith Story. Retired from
teaching, she now serves as
Archivist of Johnson C. Smith
University.
With a Bachelor of Arts
See Mrs Parker on page 4
NAACP Sets Religious
Affairs Public Meeting
Carter Make*
Progress In
Appointments
Λ. C
Washington-President Cart
er, nearing the end of his
second year in office, can see
the results of an intensive
effort to increase the total
number of blacks in the
federal government's admini
stration positions, and to put
more into senior influential
posts.
"What really singles out
President Carter," said
James Joseph. Under Secret
ary of Interior and one of the
President's appointees, "is
the fact that he had the
audacity to appoint minorities
in non-traditional areas."
"Many of them (black ap
pointees) have an opportunity
to demonstrate that they can
not only manage complex
agencies, but that the resour
ces of these agencies can be
used to benefit all Ameri
cans.'' Joseph said.
Black appointees served on
agencies such as the National
Transportation Safety Board,
the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting. ACTION, the
Coastal Overseas Private
Coastal Plains Regional Com
mission, the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation-to
name a few
in addition, President Cart
er is making a concerted
effort to bring more blacks
into the judicial system and is
striving to inc.ease minority
representation in U.S. Mar
s ha I and U.S. Attorney posts
A group of enthusiastic singers : Christopher
Paige. Nicole Watherman, Donica Huntley,
Robyn Leatherman, Dorothy Blake, Stacy
Photo by Kiieen Hanson
Roland. Angela Hardin and Caroline Huntley
at the Afro-American Center's Saturday
children's program.
At Afro Center
Children To Host Open House
by Eileen Hanson
Special To The Post
Magic dragons, colorful
masks and African rhythms
will highlight the Afro-Ameri
can Center's Open House on
Saturday, Nov. 25 at Spirit
Square Beginning at 10 a.m.
some 50 children will putx>n a
festive program guarant&d to
delight parents and friends
The Open House is sponsor
ed by the Children's Art Pro
gram or CAP, which takes
place each Saturday from 10
a m to 1 ρ m for children
ages 4 to 12.
Through songs, dance and
visual arts, the children will
tell their guests about the 7
principles of Kwanzaa, an
East African holiday célébrât·
ing the first harvest.
According to the program
director JoAnn Moorhead,
Kwanzaa has been adopted by
many black Americans "to
focus on bringing the commu
nity together, based on the
family and the needs of the
community." Kwanzaa is
celebrated Dec 26 to Jan. 1
The Afro-Center is planning a
big family celebration the eve
ning of Dec 27.
For several weeks the child
ren have been learning the
principles of Kwanzaa, and
the Swahili word for each one:
unity (umoja), self determin
ation ι kujichagulia), collect
ive action and responsibility
(ujima), economic purpose
(nia), creativity ikuumba)
& ι ni iaiin ι imam )
The children's bright green,
yellow and orange dragon will
demonstrate ujima -- collect
ive action and respoasibility
Visual ArU director Susan
Parker said the dragon was
made out of bits of paper, with
each child doing part of the
whole The idea came from
their visit to a Chinese restau
rant
Music director Delcia Harp
er will lead the children in call
and response singing - a style
of music inherited from Africa
and still used today in many
black churches The children
call it "follow the leader ' -
they will lead and the parents
^will follow The singers will
perform work songs from
black America to stress the
principle of ujima-economic
cooperation
Songs and dance move
ments give children a positive
image of themselves." said
Harper The center's art* pro
gram encourages children to
use all ol their senses and to
creatively express their feel
ings through art forms
"The purpose is to give the
child experiences and help
them develop self-aware
ness," according to Moor
head, a theatre major at
UNCC. "By involving them in
black arts they gain a sense
of belonging to a cultural and
historical community Then
they can look towards making
their own contribution to the
future The arts art· an avenue
of self-awareness
Parents are an important
part of ΓΑΡ, so Renee Jones is
coordinating parent participa
tion A parent cluster will
a-nrlr U/ith tho nrnnro»*,
Saturday
At the Open flouse, the
parents will serve traditional
African snacks of fruit, nuts,
cider, raisins and muffins
"We are trying to get the kids
away from the junk-food hab
it," said Jones "We are con
cerned with the whole child "
A special exhibit of the
children's photography will be
on display Free-lance photo
grapher Roderick Kolle works
with a group of 8 children who
have a special interest in this
art form "They have learned
to shoot, process and print
their own photos," said Kolle
The photos will express the
Kwanzaa principles through
the eyes of the young photo
graphe rs
The arts program is open to
all children ages 4-12 Junior
and senior high students are
involved as helpers Many of
the teachers are part of the
University Year for Action, a
volunteer program at UNCC.
Rev. Hope Ls
The Featured
Speaker
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
The first NAACP Religious
Public Meeting with featuren
guest speaker Kev .luliu.
Ceasar Hope will be held or.
Sunday. Nov 26 at 4 ρ πι at
the Mt Carmel Baptist
Church.
Rev Hope was appointed a
National NAACP Director υ·
Religious Affairs of New York
City in May 1978..
He had previously held pos;
tions as Georgia State Presi
dent of the NAACP, Georgia
State President of the School
and Baptist Training Uni').,
Congress and Pastor of th<·
First Baptist Church η
Macon. Georgia.
Kev nope has served in the
ministry for 20 years In 1971
he was appointed to an eleven
member Georgia Commission
on Human Relations by form
er Governor Jimmy Carter
Born in Mobile, Alabama in
1932, Kev Hope attended Slate
College where he received λ
Β S. Degree in Philosophy. In
1961, he received a Master of
Sacred Ί heoiogy degree from
the Interdenominational Theo
logical Center in Atlanta He
then became pastor of the Zion
Baptist Church in Brunswick,
Georgia, a post he held for
eleven years, where upon his
leaving, the Mayor and City
Council proclaimed August 1,
1970 as "Kev J.C. Hope Day"
Kev hope was a past Director
of the Neighborhood Youth
CorDS for the Cnoelol a— -t
Georgia
Rev Τ W Samuels, chair
man of Ihe Charlotte-Mecklen
burg County branch of the
Church Work Committee
asserted that he is cooperating
with the national and state
NAACP bodies to enlist sup
port from leaders of all faiths
in the NAACP's program
"The religious affairs pro
gram is to promote an educat
ional interest designed to give
a moral and ethnical interpre
talion to the Civil Rights
struggle and provide resource
assistance for religious educa
tion and social action activit
ies with the improvement of
race relations. Rev Samuels
emphasized.
All organized religious
group· are urged by Rev
Samuels to support the
NAACP Membership effort
for 3,000 members in the Char
lotte-Mecklenburg County
Community