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. rdil MlCKUHBURG COUNTY THE CHARLOTTE POST Thursday. September 27 1979 n ^ .
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In Democratic Mayoral Primary
15Votes In Each Precinct
Could Have Changed Results
Affirmative Action
Unmitigated
Disaster For
Blacks
By Gerald C Horne
Director-ACC
Though initially hailed by
some as a “mixed bag’’ or
’’mixed blessing,’’ it has now
become clear that the decision
in the infamous Bakke case
has be an unmitigated disas
ter for Blacks
Bakke involved medical
school admissions and the
statistics there are especially
glaring Data gathered by the
Association of American
Medical Colleges (AAMC)
show that the proportion of
Blacks in first year classes is
the lowest since 1970.
in me preceding academic
year. Blacks constituted 6.7
percent of the frosh in 124
medical schools, a total of
1,085. This academic year the
total is 1,065. This decline has
happened despite the fact that
the pool of Black applicants
has remained uncharged since
1972-73 when 2,382 Blacks
sought admission. In 1977-78,
2,482 Blacks attempted to
attend medical school. How
ever, the total number of
overall applications rose dur
ing this period from 36,135 to
42,155. As a direct result, there
are only 6,048 Black doctors
out of a total of 375,000 (1.7
percent of the overall figure).
As is well known,
Justice Powell’s decision in
* Bakke has been pointed to as a
guide for admissions commit
tee decisions nonetheless,
his opinion was not endorsed
by a Pve-man court majority
and thus does not actually
carry the force of a majority
opinion. In any event, Powell’s
notion that in the interest of
“diversity,” race can be used
as a “factor’’ in admissions
decisions-along with other
factors, e g. musical prowess,
area of the country, athletic
ability, etc—has backfired.
not surprisingly, on Blacks.
For if, say, Stanford Univer
sity in Palo Alto, California
can give an affirmative action
point to a Black applicant due
to race, they can also give a
point to the son of a corporate
executive from Montana due
to the underrepresentation of
that area of the country
Hence, the advantages in life
enjoyed by the Montanan are
not evercome by affirmative
action and we’re right back
where we started. Further,
the Montanan will probably
score higher on the culturally
based admissions test (PSAT,
SAT, etc.) and be admitted
while the Black youth remains
on the sidelines.
Mentioning these admis
sions tests administered by
the Educational Testing
Service- (ETS) of Princeton
opens another Pandora’s Box
for Black applicants fi -cent
ly completed study by the
Federal Trade (Commission
has shown that those students
affluent enough to afford to
attend the expensive schools
*,hat prepare applications for
Vst may score up to 200 points
higher than if they had not
taken the preparatory course
Thus, the conclusion cannot be
avoided that these admissions
test do not so much measure
aptitude as they measure the
size of one's pocketbook. In
addition, the revelation that
the “fabled" research of Sir
Cyril Burt which allegedly
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ATTRACTIVE LISA STEWART
...Quail Hollow student
Miss Lisa Stewart
Is Beauty Of Week
By Sherleen McKoy
Post Staff Writer
Lisa Stewart, a 14-year-old
student at Quail Hollow Junior
High School, is our beauty for
this week.
A very active person. Lisa is
in her second year as head
cheerleader, works in the of
fice and is secretary of the
Executive Committee of the
Student Body.
Lisa describes herself as an
easygoing person who just
likes to be friends with people.
“I like to be around people,”
she said. “I have lots of
friends--black and white-l'm
not choicv.”
One who loves to talk, Lisa
said/'ask any teacher, they
will tell you.”
Lisa’s hobbies are cheer
leading, sometimes playing
the piano and running track.
She loves to go to church
because she ‘‘got a good pas
tor! Rev. C.M. Allen-Park
wood Institutional CME
Church)."A member of the
school choir, Lisa said that she
can sing bass, alto and
soprano, but mostly she sings
alto.
“I want to be a nurse,” she
said. “I live with my grand
mother who is sick a lot and I
don’t like to see people suffer
so I would love to help.”
On the other hand, she said,
“I also want to be a movie
star. Most people say that I
have a heavy voice and that I
ought to be one.” The idea
appeals to Lisa too.
Lisa credits her grandmo
ther, Mrs. Dorothy Stewart,
and her former seventh grade
social studies teacher. Ms.
Betty Benton as being the
most influential people in her
life.
Garter Name* Black*
For Adviaory Group*
Washington — President
Jimmy Carter has announc
ed the appointment of An
drew G. Donaldson. Maxie
C. Jackson, Jr., and
Mildred T. Nichols as
members of the National
Advisory Council on Adult
Education.
Donaldson is the
associate director of the
State University of New
York Educational Oppor
tunity Center in Manhat
tan; Jackson is director of
the Center for Urban Af
fairs and assistant professor
in the Department of Urban
and Metropolitan Studies at
Michigan State University's
College of Urban Develop
ment; and Nichols is super
visor of the Career Counsel
ing Service of the Hhodc
Island Department of
Education.
Her grandmother encou
rages her to continue her
education on through college
and her former teacher would
call her home if she didn’t do
well on an exam. "Even
though she was white, she was
really on my side,” Lisa re
marked.
Commenting on others who
have touched her life, Lisa
names Emmanuel ‘‘Sug’’
Brown, who she calls grand
daddy sometimes, as a good
friend who has helped in a lot
of ways. Also, she mentions
Gwen and Johnny Stokes,
owners of the Country Plate
Restaurant. where she
worked this past summer, as
good friends who were respon
sible for getting her in the
Post.
One of the most exciting
times in Lisa's life was when
she won the "Miss Christian
Athletic” Contest held last
month at the Greenville
Center. “I raised $1001,” Lisa
said proudly, "$600 more than
the first-runner-up "
Another exctiing time was
when she and a friend flew to
Hollywood, California to visit
the friend's sister. "We didn't
get to see any stars but we
went to where they made the
movies and to see the stars’
houses,” she announced.
Lisa is the oldest daughter
_of Mrs Mary Ellen Stewart
Mockabee. She has one sister,
Tanya
Wiggins Came
Long Before
Her Time
"Ella Mae Wiggins came
long before her time," said
Bill Brawlev. head of Char
lotte’s Central I^abor Union.
"She wanted equal pay re
gardless of race and sex She
was killed carrying the torch
of social justice. Today it is on
us to pick up that torch and
carry it forward."
This was the challenge
Brawley presented to some
200 leaders of the women's
movement and labor move
ment who gathered recently in
Bessemer City to pay tribute
to a young textile worker
killed 50 years ago during the
bloody Gastonia'strike.
They came from local
unions and chapters of the
National organization for
Women, from the mountains
and from the coast and the
P.edniont in between, to la> a
monument on her grave in
scribed, "Ella Mae Wiggins:
She was killed carrying the
torch of social justice, Sep
tember 14. 1929."
Most ol those who gathered
at the American Legion Hall,
and later at the Bessemer City
graveyard, had never known
Ella Mae Wiggins. Yet the\
came to honor her a half
century after her death be
cause she has become a sym
bol of a strong and militant
woman fighting for equality of
black and white, men and
women, in the South.
As a poor mill worker,
making only $8-10 a week. Ella
Mae Wiggins couldn't even
keep her family alive. Four of
her nine children died when
she couldn't afford milk or
medicine for them
When strikes broke out in
Gaston County in April 1929,
she was one of the first to join,
and made her special contri
bution by writing ballads
about the struggle to sing at
the union meetings.
MOST HONORABLE BISHOP W. MCf.OLLOl’GH
....House of Prayer leader for Id years
House Of Prayers 53rd Holy
Convocation Attracts 15,000
Fifteen thousand followers
of the holiness faith are
attending the 53rd Annual
Holy Convocation of the
United House of Prayer in
Charlotte this week
Bishop W. McCollough was
the guest speaker at the con
vocation which began Sunday.
Sept. 23 and will continue
through Sunday, Sept. 30.
Introductory service started
Sunday with Elder C.B.
Gibson, pastor of Mother
House in Charlotte delivering
the opening remarks.
Saturday's activities will in
clude the McCollough Scholar
ship presentation and a soft
ball game to be held at 2 p m
at West Charlotte High School
A baptismal service will be
held at the House ol Prayer,
2321 Beatties Ford Hoad Sun
day at 11 am. A band
exhibition will follow at 2 p m
The Most Honorable Bishop
McCollough, House of Prayer
leader for 19 years, received
citations from President Lyn
don Johnson, Gerald Ford,
and Jimmy Carter, Vice
President Nelson Rockefeller.
Senator Ted Kennedy of
Massachusetts, Governors of
Maryland and Ohio, Mayors of
Maryland and Washington.
DC. and many of their
national, state, city and
county officials
Sweet Daddy McCollough
as he is affectionately called
by his followers, is credited
with displaying goodness,
mercy, miracles, soul-saving
Benjamin L. Hooks Is “Career
/
Awareness Week” Guest Speaker
A motivational speech by
Benjamin I^awson Hooks, ex
ecutive director of the Nation
al Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
(NAACP), will be a highlight
of Career Awareness Week
at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte
Hooks will speak at R pm,
Thursday, Oct 4 in McKnight
Hall of the Cone Center at
UNCC The speech is free and
open to the public It is spon
sored by the minority pro
gramming committee of the
University Program Board in
cooperation with the planners
of Career Awareness Week
The week of Oct. 1-5 is
designed to help students
learn how to use their college
degrees, particularly those
that are not directly job-relat
ed in planning careers
The schedule includes
Monday, Oct.l; 11 a m
workshop on career explora
tion through summer and
part time jobs, 12 p m . work
shop on why go to college; 1
p.m , workship on resume
writing
Benjamin L Hooks
NAACP executive director
-Tuesday, Oct 2; 9 a m
introduction to assertion train
ing, 10 a m. Career Metrolina
Fair (Representatives of
major companies of Metrolina
will be on hand to discuss
career opportunities in their
organizations This program
was arranged through the co
peration of the UNCC Alumni
Association)
Wednesday, Oct 3, 10 a m
program on needs of the N.C
minority groups, resources
available, motivation, job
seeking; 11:30 a m , repre
sentative of minority organi
sations will be available for
consultation, 12 pm., eigh
teen professional women will
discuss, research, manage
ment, communications
- Thursday, Oct 4; 10 a m.,
representatives of more than
30 graduate and professional
schools will be available to
talk with students; II am,
discussion of why go to grad
uateschool, 12:30 p m., work
shop on marketing your col
lege degree
-Friday, Oct 5; 10 a m.,
"What can I do with a major in
-” Representatives
of UNCC departments will
meet students to discuss op
portunities in their fields
Students from 75 area high
schools have been invited to
participate in the “Major
Fair.”
A native of Memphis, Ten
nessee. benjamin Hooks has
combined careers as a lawyer,
minister, and businessman
He attended DeMoyne Collegt
•ind Howard University, and
received a .1 I) Degree from
DePaul University College of
law
He practiced law in Mem
phis for 16 years and served as
assistant public defender from
1961 1964 A year later, he
was appointed Judge of Divi
sion TV of the Criminal Court
of Shely County and after
three years resigned to re
sume the practice of law
In 1956, he was ordained to
preach by the Baptist Church
He later becarru ^siui v. i.ie
Middle Baptist Church in
Memphis and in 1964. the
Greater New Mt Moriah
Baptist Church in Detroit
He ws co-founder and vice
president of the Mutual Fed
eral .Savings and l,oan Assori
ation of Memphis and served
on its board
On July 5, 1972. he became
the first black to serve on the
Federal Communications
Commission After serving for
five years, he became execu
tive director of ihe NAACP
teachings, spiritual guidance,
parental support and compas
sion
Bishop McCullough s
followers proclaim his pray
ers have helped to feed the
indigent, cure crippling
diseases, money has come at a
time of dire need for those
requiring it, higher education
and instruction was made
accessible through fund
drives and personal financial
assistance from Sweet Daddy
McCullough, and transporta
tion was provided through
out the kingdom by luxury line
buses at low rates
The House of Prayer claims
4 million supporters through
out the t ruled States and 5,000
members locally.
Representing parishes in
North Carolina were the
follow mu religious leaders
Elder M Dillard, pastor Char
lotte No 2. Elder .) K Young,
Assistant Pastor Mother
House Elder J Wynn. Bidd
leville Mission Elder S fitly,
North Charlotte No.2; Elder
( Bailey. North Carolina
No I Elder* H Benton, First
Ward N ( Elder H Will
iams, Third Ward N C . Elder
S Carr Matthews. Elder W
Sim Jr . Concord, N (.' and
ElderS Ford Derita
l)r. |{ol>in*on Niimed
I o ( oni|M trn< v
I'cnI (dinmimion
* (iovernor Jim Hunt to
day named Dr Jay M Robin
son of Charlotte to the Com
pentency Test Commission.
He replaces Dr Vincent J.
( olombo of Shelby who resign
ed Dr Robinson's term will
end July li 1981
Dr Robinson is the superin
endent of the Charlotte-Meck
lenburg Schools He is a mem
tier of the American Associa
tion of .School Administrators,
the National Association of
Secondary School Principals
and the N C Association of
School Administrators Board
of Trustees
Blacks Voted
In Record
Numbers
By Eileen Hanson
Special To the Post
Only 15 votes in each of
Charlotte's 87 precincts could
have changed the results of
the Democratic mayoral pn
marv on Sept 15
Mayoral candidate Harvey
Gantt came within 1287 votes
of capturing the Democratic
nomination, losing to Eddie
Knox who will face Republi
can Barry Miller in the Nov ft
election
Charlotte's black commun
ity turned out in record num
bers, with 43 percent of the
28,000 registered black voters
going to the polls, making a
significant impact on the city
council elections.
Democrat Charlie Dannelly
readily held on to his District 2
Council seat dc'u&tiiTg Sylvia
Jordan by a vote of 4.490 to
1746 He faces no Republican
opposition in the No\ 6 elec
tion
Political newcomer Marnitt
Shuford won a place on the
Democratic at-large City
Council ticket, pulling 18,101
votes
According to election super
intendent Bill Culp, "This was
the highest black turnout since
the 1976 presidential elec
tion " City-wide, 34 percent of
the registered voters partici
pated in the election, making
it the largest turnout ever in a
city primary.
According to Culp, some
black precincts had an excep
tionallv heavy vote. In pre
cinct 16 i E.Stonewall AME
Church), 1008 voters (67)
came to the polls. In precinct
54 ' Oaklawn Elementary
School i 832 voters or 62 per
cent of those registered act
ually voted
The tight race between
Gantt and Knox was “the
closest Democratic mayoral
primary in my memory,” said
Culp.
Although losing the race,
Gantt demonstrated his con
tinued support from all sec
tions of Charlotte He pulled at
least 20 percent of the vote in
all but one of the 87 precincts
His lowest vote was 18 percent
in Precinct 19 ‘Tuckaseege*
Elementary School) on the far
west side.
Nine precincts gave Knox
less than 10 percent of their
vote, with 7 giving him less
than 5 percent. Precinct H>
(Stonewall AME) gave Knox
only 2 percent of its 9ftt
mayoral votes.
Some of Knox’s campaign
literature said he would he
"the mayor for all of Char
lotte.’’ This slogan was sevei
ely criticized in the Ister days
of the campaign for it* racial
overtones, implying ,hat
Gantt was only
concerned about the black
neighborhoods The turnout
however, proved Gantt's city
wide support
DoUar-wise, Knox out-spent
Gantt with cxmpsign costs of
$57,000 ($2 JJ P*r vot*)' com
pared to Gantt’* $24,000 ($1 13
per vote)
In the *t l*r*e City Council
election Shuford, a 20-year
old attorney running for her
first elected office, captured
large victories in the black
nrecintf* an<* received the
vote of the 7 candi
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