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“Charlotte’s Fastest Growing Community Weekly"
CRUSADE PLANNING COMMISSION
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Commission. Seated left to right: Rev. A.G.
Coley. Secetary; Rev. I. Mllledge and Rev.
William Lee Jr., Publicity; Rev. J. M.
Kennedy, Moderator-Emeritus; Rev. J.E.
Palmer, Publicity; Rev. A.J. Cutherbson.
Transportation; Rev. N.E. Kerry, Music
Chairman; Rev. C.V. Owens, Ushers; Rev.
H.E. Johnson and Leslie G. Billinger, Finance
Committee. Standing left to right: Rev. Bosie
Kimber, Rev. Lorenzo Seegers, Rev. Robert
Miller, Rev. Johnnie Wallace Jr. , Rev. Fred
HansonJr. , Rev. Sampson long, Rev. Van W.
jouison ar. , ivev. n.n. Lease (Youth), Rev.
Thomas Modest, Rev. Ulyssees Elder, Rev.
Fred Griffin, Rev. Lennie Williams , Rev.
Willie Nash Jr. , Rev J.W. Walker, Rev.
Clement Morris (Publicity), Rev.W.H. Cald
well (Music), Rev. L.J. Wallace (Transport
ation). Back Row: Rev. F.G. Lowry and Rev.
B.R. Moore. Not pictured are: Moderators,
Rev. R.M. Young, Rev. L.D. Parker and Rev.
J.B. Humphrey; Treasurer, Rev. Coleman W.
Kerry Jr.; and Finance Committee person,
Walter Tucker.
i.nariotie I'ark Center
Charlotte Area Evangelistic
Crusade Begins Here Sunday
The 52 Churches of ML
Peace*.J«ne Creek and Meek
lenburg General Baptist Asso
ciation are expecting a crowd of
more than 3,000 for the opening
session that will be heard live
and direct over Radio Station
WGIV from 5 to 6 — Sunday
Evening.
Dr. Manuel L. Scott, Presi
dent of the Calif. Baptist State
Convention and Pastor of Cal
vary Baptist Church of Los
Angeles Calif., will be the guest
Speaker at the nightly services.
Dr. Scott is a national leader
who is well received by both
white and black Conventions
throughout the nation. He is a
College and University Speak
er in great demand and is
Author of two well known
books “From a Black Broth
er” and “The Gospel For
The Ghetto.” He will lead
several workshops for minis
ters of all denominations at 12
noon on Tuesday and Thurs
day during the week of the
Crusade. He will also make
several TV appearances and
hold a Special Press Confer
ence while in the city. His
theme for the workshop session
will be "How The Church
Can Meet The Present Day
Needs Of All People.**
More than 30 church buses
and vans will be on many
church lots to help transport
people to the Crusade. Many
churches throughout the city
have formed car pools so as to
use less parking space. People
wanting to come who don’t
have a way may call Pleasant
Hill or Friendship Baptist
Churches for information.
Churches will be coming from
Rock Hill and Fort Mill, S.C.,
Gastonia, Stanley, Mt. Holly,
Pineville, Matthews, Kannapo
lis. Concord and Newell, N.C.
The Crusade is expected to
add 2,000 newly saved
members to the churches and
address itself to the crime wave
and other pressing problems
that we face in our communi
ties.
Rev. R.M. Young moderator
of Mt. Peace Baptist Associa
tion, Rev. L.D. Parker Modera
tor of Lane Creek Baptist Asso
ciation and Rev. J.B,
Humphrey Moderator of
Mecklenburg General Baptist
Association will preside at the
sessions. For information con
cerning the crusade in any
manner called the 1st Baptist
Church, 1801 Oaklawn Ave. —
The Crusade Headquarters.
3,500 Educators Will
Meet Here This Weekend
Some 3,500 eaucators will
congregate in the Civic Center
April 9 through 7 for the Ninth
Annual Convention of the
North Carolina Association of
Educators (NCAE), accord
ing to President C. Stewart
Stafford.
"This convention comes at a
time when educators are
restless and disappointed In
the attitude of the General
Assembly and the Governor
on salaries,” Stafford said...
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“Inflation is up almost 10
percent. President Carter
isked everyone to hold salary
increases to 7 percent; and
we're being told that we'il get
5 percent.”
He said delegates will be in
a rebellious mood in
Charlotte.
Stafford, who is on leave for
a year from his position as
coordinator of programs for
the gifted and talented in
Cumberland County, will
preside over the convention
Delegates from public
schools, community colleges,
technical institutes, and
universities throughout the
state will make decisions to
govern the 60,000-member
NCAE until April 1980. They
will consider 31 new
resolutions, M amendments to
the NCAE Constitution, and a
number of new business
items
Seven news media judged
excellent in coverage of school
news will be presented
coveted School Bell Awards,
and the i.tih Annual Terry
Sanford Award will he given to
an educator.
Blacks Join Protest Against
Unemployment Changes
Ralfcigh
To Host
Democrats
More than sixty Mecklen
burg County Democrats are
expected to attend the 49th
annual Jefferson-Jackson Day
Celebration in Raleigh April 7.
The celebration, named in
honor of two of the nation's
most famous Democratic lead
ers, will draw praticipants from
every county in the state. Virtu
ally all of North Carolina's
elected state officials will at
tend, as well as members of the
state's Congressional delega
tion.
"We’re going to have a day oi
good food, great fellowship and
exciting speakers.” said Stale
Party Chairman Russell
Walker. “We expect to have one
of the country's outstanding
young Senators as our dinner
sneaker, and the new Raleiirh
Civic Center will be a beautiful
setting for that event."
Ticket* for the d'tmer are
(25.00 each, and may be pur
chased from county party
chairman Sydnor Thompson,
from State Democratic Head
quarters at the Hilton Inn in
Raleigh, or by writing State
Democratic Headquarters. P.O.
Box 12196, Raleigh 27605. The
dinner menu will feature roast
top sirloin of beef, Southern
fried chicken and golden fried
ocean perch. Included are a
variety of fresh vegetables and
salads, breads, and a choice of
desserts, coffee and tea.
The day’s activities begin
with a 10 a.m. breakfast that
will feature as speaker a
member of the White House
staff. The breakfast, at the
Hilton Inn in Raleigh, is spon
sored by the Democratic
Women of Wake County.
Tickets are $10.00
All ticket holders for the
dinner are also invited to a
reception from 3-5 p.m at the
Governor’s Mansion
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La/Tannia Smith
Is Beauty Of Week
by Sherleen McKoy
Post Staff Writer
Our beauty for this week is
La’tannia Smith, a junior at
West Charlotte High School
What she likes best about
school is meeting and being
with her friends
La’tannia is a member of
the DECA Club at her school,
which is a student education
course to prepare graduates
for post-school jobs. Her
favorite subjects in school are
English and history.
La'tannia’s hobbies are sew
ing (she makes mo6t of her
own clothes), going to discos
(the Commodores are her fa
vorite recording artists), and
crocheting.
Presently, she is making her
gown for their school prom
which will be held in May.
After graduation La'tannia
plans to go to college “I hope
to attend A & T State Universi
ty in Greensboro and take up
business administration,” she
said. “I want to be an
executive secretary.”
Considering herself a nice,
humorous and intelligent per
son, La’tannia said that her
mother and her father have
been the two most influential
persons in her life.
"My mother and father are
always guiding me to do the
right things,” she explained,
“like getting my education
before I do anything else."
One of the most memorable
times in her life La'tannia
recalls was participating in
her school's fashion show last
month as well as being the
director.
“I thought it was exciting,”
she said. “I loved being in a
position to get things going
right."
Another favorite pastime of
La'tannia's is babysitting with
her seven-months-old twin ne
See Beauty on page 3
Supporting Wilmington 1(X, 3
Week Of Marching Culminated With
Demonstration At State Capitol
by Eileen Hanson
Special To The Post
A week of marching a rallies in
support of the Wilmington 10
and Charlotte 3 culminated
Sat. Mar. 24 with a demonstra
tion at the State Capitol in
Raleigh. About 80 people, in
cluding 12 from Charlotte,
walked the last few miles of the
"March for Freedom” which
began from Charlotte on Mar.
17.
Rev. James Barnett, head of
People United for Justice,
walked the entire way, with
supporters joining hime offend
on along the 148 mile route. The
march dramatized the plea to
'Jov. Jim Hunt to free the 13
political prisoners.
Speaking at the rally were
Barnett; Rev. Harriet Quin,
campus minister at Duke Uni
versity; Rev I,eon White, of the
United Church of Christ Com
mission on Racial Justice. Dr
R B Phifer of Charlotte led the
.. PUJ leader
group in devotion. The Ad Hot
Committee to Free the Char
lotte 3. baaed in Raleigh, organ
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■zed the demonstration.
Highlight of the rally was a
poem written for the occasion
by Charlotte 3 defendant T.J.
Reddy.
"What is Hunt hunting for?
What political safari is he on
now?" anid the poem
Barnett's theme along the
marrh was that Hunt was
waiting to use the Charlotte 3
caae as a political stepping
stone
Supporters of the "13" met on
Mon. Mar 26 with Ben Rufkin.
the Governor's advisor for
minority affairs, and Jack
Cozart, Hunt's legal aid They
asked why the Governor had
not acted on the case of the
Charlotte 3.
According to Barnett, Cozart
has given Hunt all the necea
sarv information about the
case two weeks ago. Cozart told
the group the Governor would
act in a "reasonable amount of
L
time Rufkin said action would
romc "in the very near future
When questioned if 30 to 4’>
davs was a "reasonable time"
RufVin replied. "You ran say
that.”
Barnett warned, "They may
use dim Grant (of the Charlotte
3) ns a fall guy, like Chavis,"
refering to the fart that 9
members of the Wilmington 10
were paroled last year, leaving
only the leader Ben Chavis still
in prison
"We'll give the governor a
rhance to art but we've sche
duled another meeting in Ra
leigh for April 30." said Bar
nett "We'll keep going bark
until we get some satisfaction "
Support rallies were held in
Greensboro on Mar 21 bv the
African Liberation Support
Committee and in Durham on
Mnr 23 bv the Interdenomina
tional Mimstrial Alliance
Summer Youth Employment
Receives Strong Support
WASHINGTON. DC. -
Mayor Marion Barry's sum
mer youth employment plan
this week received strong sup
port from both the NAACP
and Black newspaper publish
ers.
Rev. Edward Hailes, Presi
dent of the District of Colum
bia NAACP and Calvin Ro
lark, Chairman of Black Me
dia and publisher of the Wash
ington Informer newspaper
issued a joint statement oppo
sing the recommended
changes in the summer youth
employment plans for the Dis
trict of Columbia which were
announced yesterday by the
chairman of the District Sub
committee on Appropriations.
“Mayor Barry's plan is just
one of the victims of the short
sightedness of the President
and the Congress with regard
to America's youth crisis. The
President’s request for a cut
of 250,000 summer youth jobs
in the 1980 budget has alarmed
mayors across the nation who
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funds for youth employment
and training programs
“Now, the District of Colum
bia in its own 11 million dollar
budget is asked to cut back its
proposed plans
“We in the District of Co
lumbia have joined with Rev
Leon Sullivan in his
nation-wide campaign against
the cut-back of summer youth
employment funds We are
cooperating in the nation
wide OIC "Help Our Youth”
campaign to secure one
million youth job pledges from
American businessmen.
“We shall be joining in the
support of youth job rallies
here in the District involving a
broad coalition of church,
labor, civil rights, and youth
serving organizations," they
declared.
“Mayor Barry in welcoming
support for his plans issued a
proclamation yesterday de
claring 25 March to 1 April
1979 OIC Help Our Youth”
week during which time a
special drive will begin to
secure a million signatures to
be delivered to the White
House and the Congress
“Our youth in this city have
been very patient. We have
had no social explosions as
they had in Baltimore during
the 1979 blizzard or in New
York during the power fail
ure With the unemployment
rate among minority youth as
high as 60 percent this is no
time to pinch pennies We are
( construction To
Affect 6th Street,
N. Tryon Traffic
The curb lane and the outer
northbound lane of North Try
on Street and all three lanes of
Sixth Street will be closed at
the intersection of the two
streets, beginning Monday,
April 9
Traffic on the outside thro
ugh lane on North Tryon
Street will be detoured onto
Fifth Street. College Street
and Seventh Street. Sixth
Street traffic will be detoured
by way of College Street,
Seventh Street and North Try
on Street
The inside northbound lane
and all southbound lanes ol
North Tryon Street will re
main open to through traffic
calling upon Congressman
Charles Wilson, (D-Tex.)
Chairman of the House Appro
priations Subcommittee on the
District of Columbia to fund
Mayor Barry's summer youth
employment plans as propo
sed."
L. C. Coleman
. Community leader ^
Black Leader
Disapproves Of
Klan Activities
L. C. Coleman, a business
man and former County
Commissioner candidate,
joins with other black commu
nity leaders in expressing dis
approval of the Ku Klux Klan
(KKK) bringing their activi
ties to Charlotte.
Coleman believes that the
governor, mayor and county
commissioners should make a
statement to prohibit KKK
activities in Charlotte because
of the .past harrassments
they have inflicted upon
blacks.
“We don’t need this any
more," Coleman said. “We
don’t need today’s modem
■Roots’ to return." He added,
“It is a disrespect to the black
community.”
There’s Still Time
To Enroll In
CPCC Courses
Persons wishing to partici
pate in Central Piedmont Com
munity College's spring tele
courses must enroll at once,
savs CPCC vice president Carl
Squires.
The 11-week series begins
next week. Six courses will be
broadcast over WTV1, Channel
42. The courses will carry
college credit. Persons enrolled
can take the courses in the
safety and comfort of their
homes, hut must attend an
orientation session to receive
credit.
The courses, days ahd hours
they will be telecast are: Read
ing Improvement. 9 to 9:30 am.
Sundays. General Psychology.
3:30 to 4 p.m. Mondays. Wed
needavs and Fridays; Child
Development, 3:30 to 4 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays and
930 a.m. Sundays; Introduc
tion to computer concepts. 6:00
to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays; Consu
mer Education, 3 to 3:30 p.m.
Mondays. Wednesdays and
Fridays; and Introduction to
Business 6 to 6:30 p.m. Mon
days. Wedneadsys and Fri
days
Orientation and teat dates
and other information can its
obtained bv calling the CPCC
telecourse center at 373-6422.
All plans have been complete
. ed for The Oran test Charlotte
Area Evangelist Crusade
ever held in our city among
Black Baptist throughout the
jf) Metrolina. The Crusade will
open on 4 p.m., Sunday at the
Park Center.
Services will be held Monday
through Friday, April 2-6, at 7.
The Opening Sermon will be
delivered by Rev. O. B. Cook,
Chariman of The Baptist State
Convention Evangelistic
Board and Pastor of the Mars
Hill Baptist Church of
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Expression will be made for
the city by Mayor Ken Harris;
Mrs. Liz Hair for the County;
and Senator Fred D. Alexander
for the State. Music will be
rendered by a 250 Voice Musi
cal Choir and a 250-Voice Old
Fashion Spiritual-Hymn
Choir Mrs. Georgia B. Guest.
N.C. Bapitst State Convention
soloist and special soloist from
the National Baptist Conven
tion U.S.A., will share in the
music.
A staff of 200 ushers from
members churches will be on
* hand to serve.
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One girl to another: “Of
course I had to tel) her she
looked like a MILLION and I
meant EVERY YEAR OF
IT!”