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THE CHARLOTTE POST
Vol 5, No. 41
"The Voice In The Black Community'
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ATTRACTIVE JACQUELINE DAVIS
...Loves to sing
Jacqueline Davis
Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
In 1074 our beauty,
Jacqueline Davis was on
her way home to Charlotte.
After performing in New
York with a group called
"Angels" it was virtually
impossible for her to forget
her love for singing.
Upon returning to Char
lotte, Ms. Davis found her
self again in the spotlight;
winning first place in
various talent shows
around the city. Even if the
spotlight was labeled na
tional our beauty would be
more than willing tç stand
beneath it.
I could find ftfaeone
tdMisten, I know I would
want to be a professional
singer, actress, or write
poems," Ms. Davis ad
mitted.
One of her loves is indeed
singing, but there is some
thing rise she loves to do as
well. "I love to meet peo
ple,*' she began, "I go to
Marshall Park and I love
looking at kith."
She also enjoys tennis,
handball, swimming and
basketball. "I like to sit
and watch basketball. If I
could play I'd try to get into
it," she commented.
Our Sagitarrian beauty
graduated from Jamaica
High School in New Ypfrk
and ia the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Harville
of Charlotte. She has three
sisters and five brothers.
Barnard Belk is Ms.
Davis' favorite person. "
like his attitude," she e>
plained. "I admire him fo
what he is and not for wha
he is trying to do."
At the age of 24, Ms
Davis believes that mei
can be bossy. If she coul<
change anything in thi:
world this is what it woul<
be: "I would change i
man. Most men are boss;
and I don't like to be bosse<
around."
This attitude may sten
from Ms. Davis' deter
mination to make her
many dreams come true
"ϊ-'wjinfto bra winner
going up in life and nevei
coming back down - ye
never forgetting who I
am."
As far as identifying witl
a fellow actress, Ms. Davii
feels that Cycely Tyson is i
superb example. "She i:
unique and I like the wa;
she carries herself," Ms
Davis remarked. She als<
feels that "Roots" revealec
information everyone
should know about.
Whether our beauty end!
up beneath a national spot
light or stays right when
she is, she has already
revealed that she will ne
ver forget who she is, 01
disregard the love for
people. That alone keep:
her in a special type 01
spotlight.
Here Sunday
May field Memorial Will
Celebrate Woman's Da^
Woman'· Day will be
celebrated at Mayfield
Memorial Baptist Church
Sunday, May 18, at 11 a.m.
The ctyrth will have the
pleasure of hearing Dr.
Aurelia Downey, president
of the Nannie Helen Bur
rough· School in Washing
tofi, D.C. '
She la a graduate of
Virginia State College
where she received her
Bachelor*» Degree. She did
further study at the South
ern Baptist Theological
Setnimry in Louisville,
KenMcky and received her
Degree in Reli
i Education The Ame
I, Bible College of New
M Y conferred the
Doctor of Hu
Degree for her
and interest in
Mrs. Downey is a men
ber of the Shiloh Baptii
Church in Washington,
D.C. There she serves s
Director of the Missior
Department and Vice
chairperson of the expai
sion drive.
She is married to Ni
thaniel Downey and is th
mother of four children.
Also at the 11 a.m. sei
vice the Mayfield "Woma
of the Year" for 1M0 will b
announced. The "Woma
of the Year" will be chose
by secret ballot. Last
year's "Women of the
Year" were Mrs. H. S
Diggs and Mrs. Margi
Squash. They received th
same number >of votes.
The Sunday β p.m. set
vice will have as gue«
speaker Mrs. Velma Smith
a charter member of Ma)
neia Memorial Haptii
Church. She la a member c
the Hottest Committee,
member of the Deacon es
Board and principle owne
of the Smith-Lowry Ir
sura nee Agency.
The entire Sunday actlv
ties will feature the wome
of the church. Women wi
v teach all Sunday Scho<
<hisses, direct and presid
•vcr the worship service
aiMi serve as ushers.
Uftt Sunday the "Mothe
of fltafear" was decide
, by seei%t ballot.
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To make a DREAM
COME TRUE don't ever
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Rev. Jackson Says Real Story Of
Unemployment Is Not Being Told
March For
Dignity Set
For May 17
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Post
A national march for
Dignity and Justice will
take place Saturday, May
17, in Laurel, Miss, in
support of 200 workers,
mostly black women, who
have been on strike at
' Sanderson Farms poultry
plant for the last 15 months.
Over 10,000 people are
1 expected to come to the
small Mississippi town, re
presenting a broad range of
ι civil rights, labor and wo·
I men's organizations, in
i eluding the Southern
I Christian Leadership Con
i ference, the Equal Right
Congress, the National Or
| ganization for Women, the
Grey Panthers, and se
veral state and local AFL
CIO unions.
"We were slaves on that
plantation," said Gloria
Jordan, a union member,
who recently spoke to
Charlotte's WSOC "Re
action" program. "But we
got tired of that, so we left
that plantation and went on
1 strike. We really feel it's a
1 question of human dig
nitv "
According to Ms. Jordan
workers are allowed to go
to the bathroom only three
times a week, and then only
after explaining to their
foreman why they wanted
to go. The women also
complained about sexual
harassment from male
supervisors.
Safety measures are al
most non-existent, strikers
claim. Dull and rusty
knives often cause acci
dents as they race to cut up
a quota of five chickens a
minute, and the production
line is almost moving
faster.
Wages are only the mi
nimum - $3.10 per hour, but
when a worker starts the
day, there is no guarantee
j how many hours she or he
will be required to stay,
ι- Sometimes there is not
it even a full day's work; on
other days there is man
s datory overtime; and if a
s worker refuses to stay, she
is counted absent for the
ι- see MARCH on Page 5
Back in Charlotte after their recent trip
to the Bahamas are Uhuru Sasa leaders
Khadijah A. Abdullah and Glenda
Wright, and members Khadijah T. Ab
dullah, Wilette Thomas, Hedona Todd,
and Sharee Thomas. Not pictured is
Karen Moss, (photo by Eileen Hanson)
5 Say Bahamas Visit Was
Trip Well Worth Taking
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Post
It's a long journey from
Piedmont Courts on East
7th Street to the streets of
Nassau, Bahamas. But ac
cording to 5 young Char
lotteans, it's a trip well
worth taking.
Members of Uhuru Sasa
( meaning "Freedom
Now") presented a slide
tape show about their re
cent trip to parents and
friends Sunday, May 11, at
the African-American Cul
tural Center.
The youth group, headed
by Khadijah A. Abdullah,
visited the Caribbean na
tion April 10-16 as part of
the Pan African Equity
Experience, a program de
veloped by Ms. Abdullah to
introduce black girls to
their historical and cul
tural roots.
The participants were
Karen Moss (13), Hedona
Todd (12), Sharee Thomas
(11), Wilette Thomas (9),
and Khadijah T. Abdullah
(8). Ms. Abdullah and
Charlotte Observer re
porter Glenda Wright ac
companied the girls
Tne trip was not without
problems: a last minute
trip change from Jamaica
to the Bahamas, lost lug
gage in Miami, cameras
that didn't adjust auto
matically to the bright tro
pical sun, strange foods,
new insects and unusual
customs.
But each hurdle was met
as a challenge and a learn
ing experience. Each girl
kept a daily journal of her
thoughts about the trip
Each expressed a favorite
part of the trip
Sharee Thomas liked go
ing to the beach, swimming
in the ocean for the first
time, and taking a boat ride
on the ocean.
The Queen's staircase, 65
steps of solid rock, was
Hedona Todd's favorite
site. It was bailt by slaves
when the Bahamas was a
British colony
Visiting schools was
Khadijah T. Abdullah's
favorite experience. "The
children there are just like
us. except they wear uni
forms," she said.
Wilette Thomas liked
"spending the night at Miss
Patsy's house." The group
stayed with Patsy Roberts,
Ms Abdullah's ^unt.
Other excursions in
cluded visits to the straw
market, the fruit market,
and a local church
Without exception the
girls want to travel again,
but they can't agree on a
destination · California,
Philadelphia, Washington.
D C. or Jamaica
Ms. Abdullah founded
Uhuru Sasa last year as an
educational program (or
black youths to learn more
about African and the ex
periences of blacks in the
Americas
A new class will begin
next month For more in
formation contact Dar es
Salaam store, 322 N. Tryon
St.
The $1,000 for the trip
was raised by selling pens
and chicken dinners, and
trhough donations from
generous friends and or
ganizations, including
Winn-Dixie, WBT, Attor
ney James Campbell, Glen
da Wright, Carolyn St.
Clair, Val Ralston, Janie
Tucker, Florence Hudson
and Myers Park Presby
terian Church.
I'luto Price
Graduates Invited
To Meet Saturday
Graduates and alumni of
Plato Price High School
are invited to a meeting to
be held Saturday, May 17,
at 7 ρ m at Moores Sanc
tuary AME Zion Church,
4100 Morrisfield Dr.
Plans will be made for
the upcoming reunion. July
5 at the Quality Inn. 2015
McDowell St.
■ J.C. Smith Commencement
» '
; Exercises Will Be Held Sunday
ν _ - J
cises for graduating se
niors at Johnson C. Smith
! University will be held at 2
" p.m. Sunday, May 18, at
Ovens Auditorium
Guest speaker will be
1 Mary Frances Berry, pro
* fessor of history at Howard
University in Washington,
t DC.
Dr. Berry served as the
' Assistant Secretary for
1 Education in the U. S
r Department of Health,
" Education and Welfare
from April, 1977 until
January, 1080. For a
1 period, she served as Act
' ing U.S. Commissioner of
Ί Education.
s As Assistant Secretary of
' Education, Dr. Berry head
ed the Education Division
r of HEW and administered
Ί an annual budget of nearly
$13 billion.
J
ι
Dr. Mary Frances Berry
.. Commencement speaker
Prior to her service at
HEW, Dr. Berry was Chan
cellor of the University of
Colorado, Boulder, where
she was also professor of
history and law.
Dr. Berry was born in
Nashville, Tenn.. where
(
bin; diieiiucu puuiic scnooi
She earned both bachelor's
and master's degrees at
Howard University and re
ceived the juris doctor de
gree from the University of
Michigan Law School. She
has held faculty appoint
ments at Central Michigan
University, Eastern Michi
gan University, the Uni
versity of Maryland, Col
lege Park, and the Uni
versity of Michigan. She is
also a member of the Bar of
the District of Columbia
Dr. Berry is also well
known for her scholarly
works in constitutional
history and civil rights law
publications.
Some 190 seniors are ex
pected to receive degrees
during the ceremony.
John M. Belk, former
Charlotte mayor and pre
sident of Belk Stores, Inc.,
win iwcivc an nunoidry
doctoral degree Belk is
also chairman of the uni
versity's capital fund cam
paign that was launched
last November.
JCSU is in its 113th year.
It was founded in 1867 as
Biddle Institute with close
affiliations with the Pres
byterian Church
Attic Sale
A giant Attic Treasures
and Antiques Sale will be
held Saturday, May 17
from 9 a.m. to β ρ m at
Sherwin Williams Decora
ting World (acroes from
SouthPark Shopping Cen
ter).
Sponsored by the Char
lotte Opera Association,
the attic sale will offer
many values to the public
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Joblessness Showing
Largest Sourt Sinee 1975
By Hev. Jesse I.. Jackson
Special To the Post
In light of the unemploy
ment figures released last
week by the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor showing the
largest spurt in joblessness
since the recession of 1975.
we must ask this question:
For whom does this bell
most ominously toll?
According to the Bureau
of Labor statistics, the
jump in unemployment
from 6.2 percent in March
to 7 percent in April means
that the bell tolls for seven'
and a half million people
"officially" unemployed
But since the Bureau
counts all persons who
have been employed for
four hours or more during
one month as employed,
this new unemployment fi
gure, as threatening as it
may sounds, does not begin
ιο reuecl tne real level of
economic distress. For se
veral reasons we contend
that there are more serious
indices of the nation's era
nomic malady than we arc
led to believe by the admit
tedly distressing official fi
gures. These include:
(A) MINORITY UNEM
PLOYMENT: The statis
tics reported for blacks and
other minorities reveal the
fallacies of the unemploy
ment count. The Admin
istration reports 12 G per
cent as the unemployment
rate for non-whites, but the
National Urban League has
disclosed that it is closer to
23 percent, particularly if
the discouraged job-seek
ers who have given up are
counted And this higher
actual figure brings into
question the Administra
tion's claim that unemploy
ment among black teen
agers defied the trend and
improved from 33 percent
in March to 29 8 percent in
April. Until there is a more
realistic measurement of
the jobless picture in the
impoverished black com
munities. we cannot help
but remain cautious con
cerning this one apparent
origni spot in me unem
ployment figures
iB) ADMINISTRATION
PROJECTIONS: Washing
ton officials originally pre
dieted that unemploymenl
would not reach the level il
has until the end of the
year, a prediction that has
proven to be false anc
unreliable The so-callet
"short and mild" recessioi
predicted by the Admin
istration has all the ap
pearances of a severe de
pression. Indeed, such eco
nomic czars as Alfred
Kahn. head of the counci
on wage and price stability
and Herbert Stein, a Ford
Administration economist
admitted that unemploy
ment will likely reach the
eight or even nine percenl
level before the year is out
(C) ECONOMIC
TRENDS IN INDUSTRIAL
STATES: The U.S. autc
industry in going through
one of its deepest crises
since the Great Depres
sion. When the announce
ment from the Dearborn
Michigan headquarters ol
Ford Motor Co. informed
us that Ford was closing iti
sprawling 180-acre assem
bly plant In Mahwah, New
Jersey, idling 3,732 work
ers at its largest plant ir
North America, recession
ripples were felt through
out New Jersey, s ou the rr
New York state and Michi
gan. And as one of the five
wealthiest industrial ·
states. Illinois faces hea
vier unemployment than
the national average At
least 400,000 workers are
without jobs. 31.000 of them
having last their jobs
during the month of April
and more are expected to
become unemployed in
May. Trends like those of
Wisconsin Steel, which
plunged into bankruptcy.
idling over 3.500 workers,
are expected to continue in
the foreseeable future
These indices of the na
tion's economic well being.
we feel, indicate a far more
serious problem than is
revealed in the Administra
tion's statistics These in
dices demand more real
istic projections of inflation
and unemployment -- pro
jections that are not based
only upon "official" fi
gures
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John Anthony
...Interested in science
Anthony Hailed
As "Creative
("« · 99
*einus
jfr Mailed as a "creative
genius" at the Energy Fair
4*ld here in November.
Alexander Junior High stu
"dent John Anthony recently
won awards in a statewide
'.science competition
* At a contest sponsored by
the North Carolina Student
Academy of Science, An
thony received the Caro
>>a Energy Kducators
«Award for the best project
.Φ a junior high level
'■« He also won the North
^Carolina State University
,$!phool of Engineering
v^ward for the best en
gineering project
I His solar meter and re
charger first won him ho
nors at the district compe
tition in March and later
state recognition.
Anthony, 14, who is pre
·,Vident of his school's, sci
ence club designed a solar
air conditioner and con
^erter which was displayed
at the Energy Fair
Some local buildings
*bve expressed interest in
putting the solar air condi
right grader is now seeking
a patent
Anthony is the oldest of
five children and the son of
Mr. and Mrs John
\nthony.
"He's always been in
terested in science," Mrs
Anthony commented. "He
tears things apart, puts
them back together again
to see how they work."
The youth is a member of
Berean 7th Day Adventist
Church.
According to hie mother,
Anthony desires a career in
engineering
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