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Lovely JNina Moore Is
Our Beauty For This Week
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Post Staff Writer
Nina Moore, a Biology and
Pre-Med major at North Caro
lina Central University in
Durham, is our beauty for this
week.
A sophomore, Nina finds
college life exciting. “Oh, I
love it,” she said cheerfully.
“It’s a good experience in
dealing with people and situa
tions.”
Recalling her first day in
college, Nina said, “I’ll never
forget it. My parents got me
all settled in. 1 was excited
about being there, but after
my parents left, I became
hysterical because I didn’t
know anyone.” But now she’s
IK* aft old pro.
At N.C. Central, Nina is a
member of the German Club,
Program Board, SRA (fresh
man orientation program),
and plans to become actively
involved in SGA, the student
governing body.
Nina’s ambition is to attend
Medical School and specialize
in a branch of medicine.
Though she hasn’t decided
what field she’ll undertake,
her goal is to become a medi
cal doctor.
A native Californian, Nina
was born in Los Angeles, her
mother’s homeland. While in
the Navy, Nina’s father, a
Charlottean, met and married
her mother there. They moved
to Clferlotte thirteen years
ago.
Nina, who visits Los Angeles
often, said, “I plan to move
there as soon as I graduate
from college and maybe
attend Medical School out
there.”
Nina’s hobbies are sewing,
dancing and playing the piano.
A pianist for eleven years, she
sometimes plays for her
church, Mount Carmel Bap
tist.
Nina describes herself as a
very versatile person and one
who is very exciting when in
the company of others.
An only child, Nina said that
her mother has always been
.jer tower of strength.
“She has always encourag
ed me to strive for the best so
that I won’t be left behind,”
Nina explained.
Someday, she “hopes to be
happily married, travel to
exciting places, be in the
upper income bracket and be
successful in my profession,
too.”
Meanwhile, Nina is content
ed to “take each day as it
comes and to look a little
ahead but not too far.”
Nina is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Moore.
iNAAUr Deplores Andrew
Young’s Resignation
Special to the Post
NEW YORK - NAACP Exe
cutive Director Benjamin L.
Hooks deeply deplored the
series of events leading up to
the resignation of Ambassa
dor Andrew Young ; the U.S.
Permanent Representative to
the United Nations and felt
that it was equally regrettable
that President Carter had ac
cepted it. Ambassador Young,
he felt, had been "made a
sacrificial lamb for circum
stances beyond his control.”
Due to the immense Impli
cations of these developments,
Mr. Hooks therefore issued a
call for a conference of black
leaders. Joining him in this
call are Vernon Jordan, presi
dent, National Urban League;
Franklin H. Williams, presi
dent, Phelps-Stokes Fund;
and Dr. Kenneth B. Clark,
psychologist and educator.
The meeting will be held at the
NAACP National Office on
Wednesday, August 22 at 11
am.
On Wednesday, Mr. Hooks
expressed the hope that Presi
dent Carter would not accept
the Ambassador's resigna
tion. He also called upon the
see NA on page 4
TtfKUMN*
The only thing that you can get
for a DOLLAR these days is
change
Hodges Announces New
Minority Business Programs
I wo Voter
Registration
Drives Set
By Eileen Hanson
Special to the Post
In a final push to register
1,000 new black voters before
the City Council primary, the
Vote Task Force announces
two voter registration drives
for Saturday, August 25.
In District 3 the Wilmore in
Action Community Organiza
tion and Carolina Action will
sponsor a voter registration
drive Saturday from 2-5 p.m.
at Abbott Park, near Merri
man and West Boulevard.
The District 7 voter regis
tration drive will be held in
Pine Valley, off Pineville
Road, also on Saturday from
1-4 p.m.
The Vote Task Force will
provide transportation for
anyone needing it. Calll
333-8701, 333-1052, or 333-0907.
Any citizen 18 years or over
mAV rpatctpr Thnun u>Ka
17 yean old but wtU have their
Mdt birthday brfor. Septem
ber 25 may also register. No
fee or test is required. Voters
will be asked place of resi
dence, age and party affilia
tion (if any).
Anyone who has moved or
who has not voted in the last 4
years must re-register to be
eligible to vote in the primary.
The final day to register
before the September primary
is Monday, August 27. Regis
tration is also available at all
public libraries, all branches
of Mechanics and Farmers
Bank, First Union Bank and
the Board of Elections at 710 !
East 4th Street.
The Vote Task Force is a
non-partisan organization
working to increase voter re- 1
gistration and education in the i
black community. Samuel !
Reid is chairman, and Lonnie !
Graves is Vice Chairman. I
According to Graves, by i
mid-August 600 blacks had |
registered as new voters. A i
voter’s drive Sunday, August
19 at First Mt. Zion Church on ']
Remount Road registered <
another 90 voters. i
With Harvey Gantt running t
for mayor and several blacks t
running for City Council seats, f
political interest is mounting \
in the black community. i
TAKING THE OATH during voter regiatrat- surer for City Council Candidate Willie
ion is Ms. Hazel Dawkins, Campaign Trea- Payne. PHOTO BY PEELER
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in September rrunary'
There Are Only Four Days
Left To Register To Vote
By William J. Crutchfield
Post Staff Writer
Officials of the Mecklenburg
County Board of Elections
reminds eligible voters that
August 27 is the deadline for
•egistration for the September
15 Primary.
Statistics from the Board of
Elections Office August 1
ihow that there are 26,024
Hacks registered to vote in
Mecklenburg County.
These statistics show that
Hack registration is only 50
•ercent of its potential. The
tatistics stated that out of
6,000 Blacks eligible for re
gistration, only 26,024 have
egistered, leaving 31,976 eli
gible voters who have not
egistered
Spokesman for the Board of
Elections, Supervisor Bill
'ulpsaid that there have been
in estimated 500 to 600 more
idditions to the Black regis
ration total since August 1
md according to Culp, there
dll be approximately 1,200
nore additions to add to that
total by August 27
The Board of Elections has
provided 40 sites throughout
the city to make registration
convenient.
Eligible voters may register
at one of the 16 public libra
ries, one of the 20 First Union
Bank branches, one of the 2
Mechanics and Farmers Bank
branches, Mobile City Hall,
Town Hall, and the Election
Office, which will be open on
Saturdays from 10 a m. to 4
pm. through November.
According to the Elections
office, a person may register
to vote if he is 18 years of age
or older, and has been a legal
resident of Mecklenburg
County and North Carolina for
JO days by the date of the
election.
Culp explains, "If you have
not registered in Mecklenburg
County before, then you need
to register." He continued, "If
you have moved to a different
voting precinct since register
ing in Mecklenburg, or have
changed your name, or wish to
change your party affiliation,
you need to come by one of the
40 locations and do so."
Culp said that a number of
people were removed from
active registration for failure
to vote at least one time in four
years. He said those people
may still vote in the Primary
September 25, "if nothing has
changed since their registra
tion." He said if something
has changed, or if that person
has not voted in eight conse
cutive years (4 years of
active and 4 years of inactive
status), they need to re-regis
ter
"As of now we would pro
bably have a Democratic Pri
mary between mayoral can
didates, Eddie Knox and Har
vey Gantt, and the six at-large
Democratic candidates who
have filed,” said Culp, who
added that Republicans Rudy
Hendricks and Rick Butler
will not have a Primary unless
two or more Republicans deci
ded to file for one of the four
City Council At Large seats
Culp explained that the
Primary is a selection process
hu \i/hir*h thp Hiffprpnt narf ipc
choose whomever they want to
represent them in the Novem
ber elections Culp said, "It is
important for people to regis
ter and vote for the candidate
of their choice instead of wait
ing for the November elec
tions. because if that candi
date does not make it through
the primaries, his or her name
will not be on the ballot come
November "
Democratic candidates who
have filed for City Council
At-I>arge are Franklin Dun*
ham, Willie Payne, Betty Cha '
fin, John Harding, Dave
Berryhill and Marnite
Shuford
"There were no new candi
dates other than (Dem i l^aura
Freeh, who filed today.” Culp
said Tuesday District candi
dates 'Demi Charlie Dannelly
(District 2), (Demi John Bur
nette (District 3), (Dem) Don
Carroll (District 7), 'Rep)
George Selden (District 10),
and (Dem) Ron l,eeper. with
the addition of Laura Freeh
will have no need for a Pri
mary, according to the Elec
tions Office
August 24 will be the last
day of filing
Government
To Play
Major Role
Special to the Post
Under Secretary of Co
merce Luther H Hodges
this week announ, .-d s n,
tial changes in fpe> a! ct
to bring minorit' -lusincs:
into the mainstream of
American economy.
Hodges said the >epan- .<
is upgrading and expa
its current minority bus .up ...
development program m - ,
new federal entity calli
Minority Business De • op
ment Agency (MDBA) T!;;
new agency will replace V -
Department’s 10-yea, -old
Office of Minority Business En
terprise (OMBE).
According to Hodges, the re
organization of the Depart
ment’s minority business pro
gram is designed to help mino
rity businesses develop into
medium and large-sized firms
in growth industries that pro
duce jobs, add stability to
communities, and improve the
overall economy
“Minority business is
longer all 'mom and pc
stores struggling for surviv
in ghettos,” Hodges said. ’
terms of the overall nation;,
economy, $35 billion in i-e
ceipts from minority business
enterprise may seem Jik« a
small sum But it reflects
some very substantial i-re
gress. ”
"For another capital forma
tion is now high on the list of
See Hodges on page 1 '<
Dr. Martin L King Sr.
Mayfield speaker
I>r. Kin*; To
Sjieak Herr
Sunday Morning
Dr Martin Luther King, >,i
father of the slain civil r'ghts
leader Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., will be Laymen s
Day speaker at Mayfield Me
morial Baptist Church or. Sun
day, August 26, at 11 a m
The annual Laymen's Dav
observance will begin wi*h a
Laymen s Day Breakfast be
ing served at 8 a m with the
famous Mayfield chef Tee T
King in charge Sunday
Church School will begin at
9:30 a m. with an all-male
teaching staff The tla m
corporate worship service will
find the men of Mayfield
serving as the choir and
ushers as well
The 1979 "Mayfield Man of
The Year" will be named as
has been decided by the cong
regation in secret balloting
Baptist Training Union, meet
ing at 5 pm . will be staffed by
men, and the concluding 6
p m worshio service will fea
ture an address given by the
1978 Mayfield Man of The
Year”, Ben Worthy, Sr.
from Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Ben Chavis Receives Human Rights Award
Ru ITilAAn canlnriAA a« a »- - 1U. — C-/
t»y Eileen Hanson
Special to the Poet
The Southern Christian
Leadership Conference
honored Rev. Benjamin
Chavis August 15 with a spe
cial award for "Courage and
Valor in the Struggle for
Human Dignity.”
The Honorable Walter E.
Fauntroy, Chairman of
SCLC’s Board, presented the
award during the 22nd annual
convention of the civil rights
organization meeting in Nor
folk, Virginia, August 14-17.
The 1500 delegates at the
banquet rose in standing ova
tion when the award was
announced, signifying their
support for the young North
Carolina minister who went to
Wilmington 8 years ago to
calm an explosive racial con
frontation.
However, Chavis was not
present to accept the award
and the ovation. He was den
ied permission to leave the
Hillsborough (N.C.) prison
where he is serving a 17-year
sentence as a member of the
Wilmington 10 case.
His mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Chavis of Oxford, accepted the
award in his behalf, accom
panied by her two daughters,
June Davenport and Francine
Chavis.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, head of
Operation PUSH, was the
keynote speaker at the awards
banquet. Jackson spoke of his
recent trip to South Africa in
support of the African libera
tion movement, and of the
resignation of United Nations
Ambassador Andrew Young.
According to Ms. Daven
port, ‘The resignation of
Young dominated the whole
conference, everyone was
speaking of it.”
Young, one of the founders
of SCLC and the highest plac
ed black in President Jimmy
Carter's administration, was
to have been the keynote
speaker at the awards ban
quet However, the controver
sy over his resignation last
week kept him in Washington
Rev. Ban Charts
Political prisoner
Chavis, a minister in the
United Church of Christ, is a
17-year veteran of the civil
rights movement
He earned a bachelor s
degree in chemistry from the
University 01 North Carolina,
and attended Howard Univer
sity School of Religion. He is
presently studying for a
master's degree at Duke Uni
versity Divinity School on the
prison's study-release pro
gram
His civil rights experience
includes work with the late Dr
Martin Luther King Jr., SCLC,
the Congress of Racial Equa
lity, NAACP, the National
Conference of Black Church
men and the United Church of
Christ Commission on Racial
Justice.
In 1971 the Commission sent
him to Wilmington, N.C. to
help bring peace to a racially
troubled city Black high
school students, demanding a
black studies program and
school celebrations of King’s
birthday, were met with vio
lent attacks by the "Rights of
White People" organisation
The vigilante group attacked
the black church where the
young people met One black
teenager was killed by a sni
per A white-owned grocery
store in the black neighbor
hood was firebombed, but no
body was hurt
A year later then Attorney
General Robert Morgan (now
U S. Senator) brought charges
For the fire against Chavis, B
black teenagers and a white
VISTA volunteer In a highly
politicized trial, the 10 were
convicted of conspiracy and
unlawful burning, and given
sentences totaling 282 years
l^ater the key witnesses for
the state admitted they lied
during the trial. However, all
efforts to secure a new trial
have failed
The case attracted interna
tional attention and the "10"
were designated "prisoners of
conscience" by the Nobel
Peace Prize recipient, Amnes
ty International.
In January 1978, Governor
Jim Hunt responded to politi
cal pressure from concerned
citizens in North Carolina and
around the world by reducing
the sentences, making the
"10" eligible for earlier
parole All except Chavis are
now out on parole He will be
considered in January of 1980
Supporters continue to work
see Chavis on page 10