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__ * --- YOUR BEST """"“"I r - ADVERTISING MEDIA fYfcYYYfc AW V *Y^ Y ^ ^ _ BLACK NEWSPAPERS sssn^sr THE PHJfil TTP PAQT • CALL 37<L04% I IHJUl UIXjTIXUJ X 1 Ju» rUOl HI.A.-K.-OXM-MKHS | ■*The Voice In The Black Com in unit v“ NAACP Sets Membership Drive The NAACP is steadily working to achieve politi cal awareness and a great er membership. In fact, the North Carolina State Youth conference of the NAACP Executive Board met in Raleigh recently to plan program strategies for 1980. The state Adult Confer ence has set the member •,ship drive and hopes to capture 50,000 new mem bers by the end of 1980. The State Youth Councils are charged to get 100 new memberships this year. One of the most import - ant projects for NAACP is making people aware of politics. This political awareness project will be coordinated by the NAACP Youth Councils in the 11 U.S. Congressional District of North Carolina. The Youth Councils have been encouraged to plan a day of political activities, includ ing voter education work shops, voter registration, invitations to candidates to debate or answer quest ions, conduct a mock elect ion for president or governor and have a di§po or some form of fund raising. It is important to note that these projects can not bo used—tar endorse- any / particular candidate. Any ^ group wishing to partici pate in this project should contact Patrick Smith, Vice President-East at 919 283-7165 or Ronald Hynes, Vice President-West at 919 -“767-3274. There is one other act ivity planned for ’80 - the Youth of the Year Contest. The Youth of the Year of the NAACP is selected from the NAACP youth that raises the largest amount of money over $100, and the Junior NAACP youth that raises over 100. The Youth of the Year Contest will be held in Raleigh, May 17. Any youth wanting to get involved in the Youth of the Year Contest should con tact the Youth Council or Adult Branch in hlS com munity or contact T. Dianne Bellamy-Small, State Youth Advisor at 919 855-1847. The stipulations are that you must be a member of the NAACP and less than 26 years of age. Amay Jama* Goiter To Observe Black History Monday Black history, the ac complishments and strug gles of the black man, will be observed at the Amay James Recreation Center, 2425 Lester St , Feb. 25 and 26 at 6:30 p.m. The theme will be "A Salute To Our Heritage”, highlighting a symposium on African and Afro-Ameri can literature and culture. Monday, Feb. 25, ‘ there will be films, creative dancing, a guest speaker, and an art display (drawn by community artists). The second day sched uled for the salute is Tues-. day, Feb, 26. Figures May Not Lie, but girdles keep many of them from telling the truth. Bessie Bouler _ ...Virgo beauty Bessie Bouler Is Beauty Of Week by Teresa Burns Post Staff Writer Picture this: A 5-8--, 125 pound Virgo beauty posing for a high fashion maga zine. This is what our beauty, Bessie Bouler, pre dicts the future holds for her. ~T think 1 havetheright potentials for modeling, and 1 have had several modeling jobs. I am also pretty much into the enter tainment field,” Ms. BouJer said. “I love acting and dancing. There is a lot of competition and the field is pretty tight, but I feel it is also expanding.” she continued. As far as experience is concerned Ms. Bouler has worked as a run way model in Virginia and Washing ton; she has acted in a Mary Kay Cosmetic com mercial; acted in the Pockets Theatre in Dur ham, N.C.; and has taken courses in Journalism. “I write poetry and lyrics for songs. I write how I feel.” she stated. The titles of a few songs she has authored are “Black Queen”, “Baby Sister,” and "Torn Heart”. Our beauty also enjoys dealing with many sports. "I like to do any kind 01 sport to keep my body in tone,” she commented. Bike riding, basketball, tennis and golf are just a few of Ms. Bbuler's favor ite hobbies "I also enjoy cooking, sewing and just general community activities,” she continued She is a member of Main stream Golf Association and O’Zion AME Zion Me thodist Church, Pineville. After graduating trom Independence High School, our native Charlottean beauty attended Johnson.C. Smith, transferred to A&T UmvenutyTTIien' returned' to attend Central .. Piedmont. Her immediate goals fo cus upon modeling, but her long range plans extend into the business world. “I would like to own a busi ness, preferably in com mercial arts. I enjoy beauty as far as culture scenery is concerned," she noted. The beauty portrayed on the outside of Ms. Bouler is matched by sensitivity on the inside. She is concerned with prisons and tl\e people in them. “Prisons are going to be here,” she began, -"but they should be improved, there is something wrong deep down in the judicial “system." “It’s time for a change There should be some type of way of helping and deal ing with people incar cerated - someway of breaking the barrier," she noted. She is also aware of her Black heritage. Her favor ite television program, “Roots". deDicts this. “Roots went way back into history. It enlightened a lot of things misrepre sented in society, she said Crime Biter Program Announced Crime Control and Public Safety Secretary Burley B. Mitchell today announced a special program designed to get young people in volved in the fight against^ crime. At a press conference in Raleigh, Mitchell, who was accompanied by ,his bull dog, Bruno, said- “I am pleased to announce to you today our Crime Biter Contest. The purpose of this contest is to select a symbol of alertness for our Crime Prevention Divi sion’s official seal and to involve the young people of our state in the crime prevention effort.". The Crime Biter Contest asks young people 15 years .of age and younger to send :.r a oicture of their dog along with a list of reasons why their dog should be chosen the winner. "Ul timately, everyone will be a winner," Mitchell pointed put. "Every dog and young person participating will receive a special certifi cate signed by the Go vernor. The dog will be designated a 'Crime Biter* and the dog’s owner wfll be designated a ‘Crime Fighter’. The involvement of everyone in crime pre vention is important and the awareness of young and old alike will make North Carolina a safer place to live." For more information about this program contact Bruno the Crime Biter, Crime Prevention Division, Nortn laiollna Depait ment of Crime Control and Public Safety in Raleigh His telephone number is (919 ) 733-5522. LOOK FOR THE COUPON INSERT IN THIS ISSUE Rev. Benjamin Chavis presents a tro phey to his mother. Mrs. Elisabeth • Chavis at a recognition dinner for Wil mington 10 supporters. (photo by Eileen Hanson» Old Time Freedom Rally Welcomed Rev. Chavis Home ay r ileen Hansen Special To The Post Welcome home. Ben! From the opening stanza of the Negro National An them. to the final "We Shall Overcome,” Charlotte’s homecoming for Rev Ben jamin Chavis was indeed an old time freedom rally. Over 500 people crowded into Uniyersity Park Bap tist Church Sunday, Febru ary 17 to welcome home a preacher and civil rights leader they had adopted as a "favorite son". Some were veterans of the 1960’s civil rights movement, like 4ucille MacNeil and Carrie Graves, who ran with Chavis for City Council in 1968. Others were new comers to the movement, like the delegation from the West Charlotte High School NAACP chapter. Others were future freedom fighters like Chavis' three children, who sat in the second row next to his mother, Mrs. Elisabeth Chavis of Oxford, N.C. The rally, sponsored by People United for Justice, was billed as a “Salute to Black History Month: A Challenge for 1980 ’’ “Black history is part of our life-long struggle for freedom. Everyday, every month, .evtiv dectue. every century should be a salute to Black History,” said Chavis, who helped establish the black studies program at UNCC during his- student days in .Charlotte*_ Chavis also laid a chal lenge on Charlotte, and es pecially the black church es.for the 1980'srsaying the civil rights movement is at a low ebb today because of repression and loss of faith. “Too many people have put God out of the move ment," said Chavis. "The churches should be the van guard of the movement." He also challenged the largely black congregation to get involved in the politi cal process and to stop looking for “The great "*w*hitp hope” every 4 yoflrc He urged the formation of an independent political party and the election of black candidates. •^Charlotte has the larg est concentration of Afro Americans between Rich mond and Atlanta, but still has no black mayor,” he reminded the audience He urged organization and unity as the road to freedom “Show me a disorganized and disunited people and I Here March 6-8 Benjamin Hooks To Address 28th NAACP Southeast Region Conference ~— Special To The Post The 28th Annual South east Region Conference of the NAACP will be held here, March 6-8. The Con ference Headquarters will be the Radisson Plaza Hotel. Dr. Richard Arrington Jr., Mayor of Birmingham, Ala., will deliver the Key note Address of the Confer ence at a Public Mass Meeting to be held Thurs day evening, 7:30 p.m., at the Friendship Baptist Church, 3301 Beatties Ford Road, Rev. Coleman W. Kerry, Jr., pastor. In November, 1979, Dr. Arrington was elected the first black mayor of Birm ingham, Ala, for a four year term. ' Dr. Arrington was born Kelly Alexander Sr ...NCSC president in Livingston, Ala , on Oct ober 19, 1934. He received his A.B. degree from Miles College in Birmingham, and graduated with honors in 1955. He received his Benjamin L Hooks ...NAACP Executive Dir. M S degree from the Uni versity of Detroit in 1957 and his Ph D. from the University of Oklahoma in Norman in 1966 He also attended many universities * of higher learning indud ing Harvard University in 1969. He has received many honors and awards for dis tinguished services to hu manity. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity • and a member of Crumby Bethel Baptist Church where he is a member of the deacon board. He is married to the former Ra chel Reynolds of Mont gomery, Ala and the father of seven children Regional Conference de legates will come to Char lotte from seven states in the Southeast Region: Ala bama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Caro lina, South Carolina and Tennessee NAACP leaders will participate in panels and roundtables and hear addresses by noted civil rights leaders on the na tional and regional scenes. The executive director of NAACP, Benjamin L Hooks, will addr.ess the Conference on Saturday evening, March 8, 7:30 p.m., at the Annual Re gional Conference Free dom Awards dinner at the Radisson Plaza Hotel. Benjamin'I^awson Hooks was born in Memphis, Tenn on January 31, 1925 ana attended I^eMoyne Col lege and Howard Univers ity. He received his J.D degree from DePaul Uni versily College of Law in 1948 He is a World War II veteran and served iti Italy in the 92nd Infantry Divi sion *s will snow >i u a people who will stay oppressed ” he said. But Chavis reserved his sharpest criticism for "the system", which he said "allows a few rich families to rip off the wealth of the working class, and makes it cheaper to die than to go to the hospital.” Chavis received inter national attention among civil rights activists when he and 9 others were con victed of burning a grocery in Wilmington during a period of racial turmoil in 1971. The Wilmington It) case became a major cam paign of the movement when it was learned that key witnesses recanfed their testimony in the case All are now out of prison on parole. with a toucn oitvony, Councilman Ron Leeper gave the city’s official wel come to Chavis by present ing him with the key to the city A dozen years ago Chavis was the pariah ot many city fathers when he organized student sit ins. anti-draft demonstrations, and a strike of sanitation workers 'll it hadn't been for Ben, I wouldn't be in posi tion to give him this key today, " said Leeper. re ' calling Chavis' wor.k__.in_ organizing the Black Poli tical Organization in 1968 "Ben has opened many doors for many people in Charlotte I hope this key will be used to open many more doors," said I^eeper In introducing Chavte, Dr. Bertha Maxwell, chair of the UNCC Department of African and Afro-Ameri can Studies reminded the audience that it was Chavis who led the fight for a Black Student Union and black studies program at the University in the late 1960 s. Speaking for People United for Justice, Rev James Barnett announced the organization's plans for a new campaign to free John McCombs, Jr McCombs is serving 65 years in maximum secur ity in Central Prison for killing a plainclothes police officer who broke into his college apartment in 1976 McCombs claimed self defense, saying the police men had a pistol pointed at see OLD Page 4 Presidrn i Depending hi War HKsteria b> \lfreda I MadiMjn Special To The Post President Carter has re fused all requests tor a debate, his press confer encesare highl\ infrequent and Re isn't going, person ally. to the various states carrying his campaign message to the people According to columnists Evans and Novak, the Pre sident is making from 20 to 40 telephone calls, daily, to individual homes to secure ' their votes Some of the Carter people are using warnings that if Kennedy is challenged, blood might flow The columnists fur ther state some of the Carter commercials begin, “whenever Senator Ken nedy pai.d.i ‘.iis •. '.s' vr i! the American future, his re cord catches up with him " The President seems to be sitting in the White House depending on the laurels of his war hysteria to usher him into another four years of Presidency. The American people want answers from their Chief Executive Since he says the Soviets' presence in Afghanistan is the great est threat to world peace since World War 11. why doesn't he respond to Senator Kennedy's quest ion. Is it graver than the Berlin Blockade in the Korean War, the Soviet march into Hungary and Czechoslovakia, the Berlin Wall. The Cuban Missle Crisis or Vietnam-’ In fact why did Mr Carter, know - me for almost two years that the Russians 3oiT5 mated Afghanistan, just re-, cently decide to take a stand? When the President's commercials attack Sen ator Kennedy's opposition to higher defense- spending, “Mr Carter seems to have forgotten his campaign promise to cut defense ap propriations, and when he says that 71 percent of the Senator s tax proposals have not passed, why tsn ! he fair enough to the American people !o miv "and that my own com plete tax program has been buried by the congress’’ ' Why doesn't he tell the American people that they need to get into a race car to keep up with his ever ehanging. llounderiPil foreign policy’’ He said in his State of the Union mes sage that any outside force attempt to gpf control of the Persian Gulf region, would he repelled by rnilit ary action if necessary. Six days later he said that at this time and in the future that we will not be able militarily to defend the region alone Mr. Carter talked of modest aid to Pakistan of around $400 million Yet, Mr Brzezin ski, the Security Council Advisor was sent to Pak istan a few days later with the message that the $400 million was just a beginning. Perhaps Mr Carter is in hiding because his past record and present pro posals are hard to explain
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