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University Of Northsai;olina
Professor Faces Dismissal
Black Press Director
Appeals For Tenure
Special to the Post
CHAPEL HILL A black
professor at the University of
North Carolina faces dismis
sal because the school failed to
grant her tenure This means
Dr Sonja H. Stone will lose
her job as assistant professor
in the University’s College of
Arts and Sciences no later
than June 30, 1980
In a related action Dr Stone
will also lose her position as
co-director of the Curriculum
in African and Afro-American
Studies at the end of the
current academic year.
The dismissal raises at least
three significant questions for
UNC currently battling over
the charge that their system is
racially segregated
The questions are: Is the
University committed to
retaining good black faculty?
Is the University committed to
a viable Curriculum in Afro
American Studies? Is the
University committed to
academic and practical pro
grams that serve the black
community?
ii me answer 10 mese ques
tions is no then the University
seems to be substantiating the
federal government’s charges
of racial discrimination.
On the other hand, if the
answer to these questions is
yes, then the University faces
a hard task to explain why one
of its top black professors
faces dismissal Many of Dr
Stone’s supporters contend
that her dismissal is the kind
of punishment white institu
tions dole out to black profes
sors who exhibit too much
concern for their community's
welfare.
Dr. Stone has appealed the
tenure decision to the Faculty
Hearings Committee which
will hear her case Monday,
May 14th. This committee
may recommend the decision
be modified and if that is not
done may appeal the issue to
the Chancellor and finally to
the University's Board of
Governors.
Tenure is the academic pro
cess by which university
faculty members are granted
more or less permanent posi
tions because they have excel
led in the areas of scholarship,
research and community
service.
The decision not to grant Dr
Stone tenure and thereby
dismissing her was rendered
last r eDruary by Dr. Samuel
R Williamson. Jr., Dean of
the College of Arts and
Sciences. Williamson said his
decision is based on a defi
ciency in Dr. Stone’s research
credentials Williamson's
decision is supported by Pro
vost J. Charles Morrow, the
Dean's immediate Superior.
However, this decision has
met with strong opposition
from Dr. Stone’s colleagues,
students and black commu
nity leaders with whom she
has worked.
Many of Dr. Stone's current
and former students say she is
the main reason the UNC
experience was intellectually
satisfactory They call her “a
teacher who makes informa
tion come alive, who encour
ages her students to think and
grow."
The University's tenure
committee that reviewed Dr.
Stone's work at the University
also gave her an excellent
teaching rating
Colleagues have rallied to
the beleagued professor’s
side
Dr. Charles 11 Ixmg. a UNC
distinguished professor of
religion notes “Professor
Stone's orientation and style
as a professor of Afro-Ameri
can Studies is expressed in her
attempt to directly relate and
serve both the University and
the community simultaneous
ly.
Dealing with the judgment
of Dr Stone's scholarship.
Professor Long said in a
recent letter to Dean William
son ", at most, however, be
remembered that the Curricu
lum has few resources and is
not one of those curricula that
exists in the shadow of a large
established department. A
great deal of time had to be
spent in simply keeping the
Curriculum going on a day-to
day basis In light of this,
scholarship should be seen as
much in her teaching and
other ventures as in published
research."
The National Council for
Black Studies, a professional
organization for professors
and other black teachers in
the area of college-level black
studies also supports Dr.
Stone
Prior to joining the faculty
at UNC Chapel Hill, Dr. Stone
had worked for 15 years in
casework, community organi
zation, and college teaching
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CAR ACCIDENT
West Charlotte high school student Charles Hawks was
injured after he allegedly pulled into the path of a five-ton
dump truck last week at the intersection of Keller Avenue
and Beatties Ford Road The truck was driven by Bobby
Glenn, an employee of Asphalt Materials Companies.
Hawks. 16 oroceeded into traffic without looking to the left,
according to v^narlotte Officer R. B. Townes.
Caivin Weiss, an eye-witness taxi driver, said Glenn was
travelling within the speed limit when he applied his brakes
on the rain slick highway to avoid hitting Hawks. The
impact of the collision caused the track to swirl aroiaid and
come to rest on the lawn of the North Carolina National Bank
Hawks was hospitalized but has since been released.
VIVACIOUS PAM HORNE
...West Charlotte senior
Lovely Pam Home
Is Beauty Of Week
by bherleen McKoy
Poet Staff Writer
Pam Home, a senior at West
Charlotte High School, is our
beauty for this week.
Graduating in June, Pam
said that she believes she will
n*liss school, especially being
around her friends and ac
One of Pam’s immediate
future plans is to attend Kings
College this Fall to take their
secretarial program. Though
she hasn't fully decided yet,
the next September, she wants
to attend Winston-Salem State
University to study in the
medical held.
Pam’s hobbies are travel
ling and going to discos. She
likes to travel to big locations
Hke the Bahamas and small
places like the beach.
Pam considers herself to be
a young black woman looking
ahead to a fruitful future and a
very trustworthy person with
a nice smile.
The youngest of six chil
dren. Pam said that her
,momer nas Deen very miiuen
tial in her life. In one aspect,
she said, “My mother has
encouraged me to further my
education after attending
Kings."
Becoming a senior was one
of the happiest moments in
Pam’s life.
"When I was in junior high
-schoolJ1 didn’t, ieel like I'd
make it (to twelfth grade*,”
she explained. “Once I made
it to the eleventh grade, I felt 1
was home free."
This summer, Pam is great
ly anticipating a cruise to the
Bahamas in August for four
days.
“I know I will enjoy my -
self,” she stated.
Since this will be her first
trip on a ship, Pam said the
cruise will probably appeal to
her the most.
She is targeting her next
great adventure to the
Hawaiian Islands.
Pam’s major aim is to “get
as much as I can out of life
without over-doing it.”
Seventeen-year-old Pam is
the daughter of Mrs. Margaret
Home.
Pickard: “Apprehension Has
Gripfd Traveling Public”
Special to thi >’ost
The energy pinch has
prompted hundreds of tele
phone calls daily to the offices
of the 185,000-member Caro
lina Motor Club, from would
be vacationers and other
tradalers
“Apprehension has gripped
much of the traveling public
when it comes to this fuel
availability thing,” says T. Ed
Pickard, president of the club.
"The fact <A*he matter is, to
the best of ouf^nowledge, we
still haven t hVl to tow in
anyone that has of gas
due Co the shortan\peop|e
read about the Cahg,.,^
situation and jfed_tfe: »»
same thing is happening here.
It’s not."
The club suggests that
motorists just use common
sense when traveling. When a
call comes into the Carolina
Motor Club inquiring about
the situation, the caller is
given as much specific infor
mation as possible concerning
the availability of fuel along
the proposed route.
In addition, they're advised
that two-thirds of the stations
in the Carolines are closing all
day Sunday and that many
stations are operating shorter
hours To motorists this trans
lates into three key bits of
advice:
1. Begin looking for gas
when your tank is half
empty.
2. Buy gas as early in the
day as possible
3. Avoid tiding to buy gas on
Sundays when possible
, The club points out that gas
is available on Sunday and
late in the day, it's just more
<tifficult to find
Yor members headed for the
beach or mountains, club
travel counselors advise
motorsts that in most in
stances the resort areas have
made it-angements for gas to
be availA^e through a limited
number jular gas sta
tions on I ns
t
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Marion Diehl:
“More Lights
Encourages
LessVandaKsm”
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Why do lights in the city and
county parks continue to bum
all night when energy conser
vation has become increasing
ly important?
“More lights encourage less
vandalism,” commented
Marion Diehl, Director of City
Parks in Charlotte.
The electronically controll
ed, dawn-to-dusk lighting
system was installed along
with the street lights, Diehl
said, to deter crime.
Mecklenburg County’s two
parks, McDowell and McAl
pine, also have automatic
lighting systems similar to
that found in city parks.
Unlike the city parks, light
ing has been reduced from 150
watts to 75 watts by replacing
* bulbs, according to David Sin
gletary, Director of County
Parks and Recreation.
“Lighting costs such a small
amount of money," Singletary
said, "that the cost doesn’t
have much effect on the
budget.
"Money we could save by
turning off the lights at 11 p m
would be very small," he con
tinued.
A Duke Power official point
ed out that the demand for
electricity decreases at night
Any shortages would there
fore occur during afternoon
peak usage, he added
BRC Sets Small
Business Seminar
For Tuesday
A seminar entitled "Fund
ing Sources For Minority
Small Enterprises,” will be
held on May 22 from 6:30 p.m.
til 9:30 p.m. at the Chamber of
Commerce, 903 Skyway Drive,
Monroe, N.C.
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1 D0S 1 -i88'? teeter^
D* ON STRIKE 1
■ Ijtor Prj;tiff
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Larry Carter, Nathaniel Johnson, Richard
Burch and Richard Russell, are among 150
Harris Teeter warehouse employees on strike
because of unfair labor practices.
(Photo by Eileen Hansom
Striking Employees Fan Through
Streets, Shopping Centers
. by Eileen Hanson
Special to the Post
Striking employees ol
Harris Teeter warehouse fan
ned through the streets and
shopping malls of Charlotte
this week urging customers
not to shop at Harris Teeter
supermarkets.
In their second strike in two
years, the 150 striking
employees charge the super
market chain with violating
labor laws and engaging in
unfair labor practices.
Emmanual Coutlakis,
spokesman for the Amalga
mated Meatcutters and But
cher Workmen Union Local
525, charged the company
with illegal firings, spying,
discrimination, coercion,
threats and harassments.
On several occasions the
National Labor Relations
Board has upheld the union's
charges and ordered the com
pany to stop According to the
union, Harris Teeter is still in
"flagrant violation of our
country's laws ”
Union members complain
that while the company con
tinues what they call "white
collar crimes," the local
police are monitoring every
move the strikers make.
Strikers set up their picket
line at the Harris Teeter ware
house on Chesapeake Drive
Sunday evening, May 13.
Within hours the police arriv
ed to read and enforce the city
picketing ordinance limiting
pickets to 10 to a block, 15 feet
apart and in continual motion.
Two police cars were station
ed at the warehouse site to
enforce the ordinance
Police Captain Williams of
the Charlie I Team said while
it was not police policy to put a
stationary watch at all strike
sites, “We want to monitor
anything that is likely to flare
up • "
"How do we rate copys
24-hours a day?" asked chief
union steward Ken Bailey.
"They’re supposed to be pro
tecting my neighborhood
What if someone breaks into
my house, and they're out
here watching how far apart
we're walking!"
When vandalism occurred
Monday night at the ware
house and several supermar
kets. the union denied anv
knowledge of it "It’s not to
our advantage to have vio
lence, but it is to the
company's advantage,’’ said
Coutlakis. "The company
wants to get an injunction
against the strike, but it needs
evidence of violence. This
company has manufactured
evidence in the past "
Coutlakis referred to the firing
of Jimmie Martin in October,
1975 when a case of meat was
found in his car at the ware
house. Martin, a truck driver
with 23 years of service to
Harris Teeter, was head of the
union organizing committee
In February 1977, the Na
tional Labor Relations Board
found the company guilty of
firing Martin and two other
employees for union activity
and ordered their reinstate
ment with full back pay The
company complied a year
later.
Cast week Harris Teeter lost
another round in its legal
battle with the union when the
highest body of the NLRB in
See STRIKERS on page 2
i luuiuai Cjxecuuvp
Ebony Selects William Kennedy Iff
Among 100 Most Influential Blacks
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
William Kennedy III of
Durham is the only North
Carolinian selected in 1979 by
Ebony Magazine as one of the
most influential blacks in
America.
“I’ve been on the Ebony list
for several years,'’ admitted
Kennedy who credited his
position as head of North
Carolina Mutual Life Insur
ance Company in Durham his
awards and achievements as
being mainly responsible for
his being honored
Kennedy, 56, said he has
served on 2A boards. His
involvements run the gamut
from business and education
to the arts and youth develop
ment
Among his many business
affiliations, Kennedy is a
member of the Board of Direc
tors for the following: Mech
anics and Farmers Bank in
William Kennedy in
.. Heads N.C Mutual
Durham, RCA Corporation in
New York, the National
Broadcasting Company in
New York and the Durham
Merchant's Association.
He holds membership in
many organizations including
the NAACP. the Board of
Visitors at Johnson C. Smith
university. Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity. Beta Phi Chapter,
the Board of Trustees for
Ford's Theater Society in
Washington. D C and the Na
tional 4-H Council Advisory
Committee
Between 1974-77 Kennedy
was honored for his profes
sional achievements in busi
ness. He received Black
Enterprise Magazine's
Annual Achievement Award
in Finance, the National Busi
ness League C.C. Spaulding
Insurance Award and he was
inducted into the National
Minority Business Hall of
Fame
Kennedy was graduated
from Virginia State College in
1942 with a BS. in Business
Administration. He received
a Master of Business Adminis
tration with a major in
insurance in 1946 from the
University of Pennsylvania
In 1950 Kennedy received an
MBA from New York Univer
sity with a major in finance
and investments
He has been with North
Carolina Mutual Life Insur
ance Company for 29 years
Prior to serving as the com
pany's president and chair
man of the board Kennedy
was Vice President for
finance
Most of N C. Mutual’s cus
tomers are black, he said
"Over 99 percent of our
policies are black domina
ted," Kennedy emphasized
"There are more white
policy holders in Charlotte
than in any other city in the
.South,” he continued. "But
we still have more black
policy holders than white by a
large margin "
Kennedy, a member of the
White Rock Baptist Church is
married to the former Alice
Copeland, and has a son,
William Kennedy IV