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"The Voice In The Block Community"
^CHARLO^E?OST"Thureday. May^9, i960 " " ' ^ ... „„
iJiavis Lam
Master Of
Arts Degree
By EILEEN HANSON
Special To The Post
The Rev. Benjamin
Chavis Jr. received high
honors when he graduated
recently from Duke Uni
versity Divinity School.
Chavis studied for his de
gree while he was a prison
er at Hillsborough prison, a
member of the celebrated
Wilmington Ten case.
Chavis was awarded his
Master of Arts degree,
magna cum Iaude (with
great honors) at the 120th
commencement exercises
at Duke University in Dur
ham on May II. University
President Terry Sanford
presided, with the Hon. L.
Richardson Preyer, Con
gressman from the 6th Dis
trict, giving the com
mencement address. Pro
vost William Bevan award
ed the degrees.
Chavis received his B.A.
degree from the University
of North Carolina at Char
lotte, and was studying at
Howard University in
Washington, D.C. at the
time of his incarceration in
1972.
He and 9 others were
convicted of burning a Wil
mington grocery store
during a period ot racial
turmoil in the port city.
Chavis was sent as a me
diator to the troubled city
in January, 1971 by the
United Church of Christ
Commission on Racial
Justice.
Chavis spent many years
1 fin prison while the case
was being appealed to high
er courts. In January, 1978
Gov. Jim Hunt reduced the
long sentences of the “10",
making them eligible for
early parole. Chavis was
the last to be released in
December, 1979.
Chavis attended Duke on
study release, returning to
the prison each day after
his classes. He was not
allowed to speak to the
press, and was only al
lowed to preach weekly at a
Durham church.
His mother, Mrs. Elisa
beth Chavis, and his three
children, all of Oxford, at
tended the graduation cere
mony, as did his sisters
Helen Othow of Chapel Hill
and June Davenport of
Charlotte.
“We are very proud that
he received his high award
while a prisoner of the state
of North Carolina," said
Ms. Davenport.
Chavis currently resides
in Washington, D.C. where
he directs the office of the
Commission on Racial
Justice.
IBM Pledges
#60,000 To
J. C Smith
Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity has received a
$60,000 pledge from Inter
national Business Ma
chines Corporation to be
paid in equal installments
over a three-year period.
The first installment of
$20,000 was presented to
University President. Dr.
Wilbert Greenfield by Mon
roe Miller, IBM personnel
manager.
Miller said the gift to thf
major campaign, launched
in November, is designated
for endowments in faculty
salaries amf scholarships
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ATTRACTIVE PAMELA BARNES
...Olympic High senior
Pamela Barnes
Is Beauty Of Week
B\ I I .KKS \ Bl'ItNS
Host Stall Mi Her
It's lime again for the
introduction of the Post’s
beauty. Make no mistake,
Pamela Barnes -s special
and her intelligence sur
passes her 17 years.
Ms. Barnes is a senior at
Olympic High School. After
her graduation she would
.like to work one year and
then attend Kings College.
“I think I’ll be better pre
pared for college and ap
preciate it more if I worked
one year," she began. “I
enjoy working and I want
to see what it is like also ."
Once the yeap is over she
will head for Kings College,
take the Fashion Mer
chandising and Business
Adminstration curriculum
and probably continue to
work.
Classroom data, plus On
the-job experience will
eventually equal a boutique
-this will be one for men-an
idea of Ms. Barnes which
gives her ambition a flavor
of uniqueness.
Our Leo beauty is the
only child of Mrs. Rose
Barnes. Contrary to the
belief that -the only child
can be spoiled. Ms Barnes
says she doesn't fit that
mold. “I don't think I'm
spoiled. I think I am an
extremely nice person.
Maybe too much so." She
further describes herself as
a versatile person. “I’m
not particular I can get
along with almost anyone.”
This could prove to bene
fit our beauty's career in
Fashion Merchandising
and her present education
al position with Sears. “I
■ imrl/ nnr< l.mo . • I
South Pa i< in the Raby
Shop, an<! I on .earning a
lot," she t <n...iii-nted.
Working is just one facet
of Ms. Rarnes life. Other
momci »* are spent study
ing or i' .axing. "1 try to do
a lot of homework to keep
my grades up," Ms Barnes
remarked. "For entertain
ment 1 prefer good movies
in general. I like photo
graph) and would like to
become more advanced in
it. I also like to work with
craft, paintings and art."
Her latest invention is a 24
inch statu. >1 three football
players in uniform.
She attends St. Paul's
g Baptist Church and at
Olympic is vice president
of the Distributive Educa
tion Clubs of America
(DECA). She was recently
chosen as the voting dele
gate for the DECA conven
tion in Asheville
Our Mauty is sensible,
striving lor certain goals
and most importantly has
compassion for fellow hu
mans. "If I could change
anything I would settle the
Iran business, Ms. Barnes
, revealed
There is no one special
she admires; she chooses
m to concentrate on the best
in every character. “Al
though I appreciate the
things people do, I can't
really say I admire anyone.
I think everyone is trying to
do their best."
Certain attributes of our
beauty imply that she will
not only state her goals, but
make them materialize.
One such goal is to "Reach
for the stars, but always
keep one foot firmly on the
ground.”
CBDC To
Sponsor Sales
Training Gouree
The Charlotte Business
Development Center along
with the Metrolina Minor
ity Purchasing Council is
sponsoring an extensive 7
weeks sales training course
entitled, "Because of Who
You Are” for small minor
ity business owners.
The course is scheduled
to begin Tuesday, June 17th
and will cover the basics of
selling using a variety of
teaching aids to help create
"real world" selling situa
tions. Classes will meet
each Tuesday and Thurs
day thereafter at CPCC on
the SQUARE from 6-9 p.m.
Classes will be conducted
by professional corporate
volunteers from the sales
department of the Xprox
Corporation. The sessions
will be conducted in a
relaxed professional at
mosphere. Special empha
sis will be placed on the
sales techniques utilized by
successful businesses.
At the end of the 7 weeks
a reception will be held in
the honor of the graduates
who will receive a certifi
cate of completion.
There is a small registra
tion fee of $7.SO to cover
materials.
Absence Of Hot Issues Could
Mean Light Vote Turnout
17,000
Marched
For Jobs
Special To The Post
Over 17,000 participants
in the “National Youth Pil
grimage for Jobs, Justice
and Peace” cheered wildly
as speaker after speaker
attacked President Car
ter’s proposed budget cuts,
called for a restoration of
mass demonstrations re
miniscent of the 60s, and
promised to help retire 80
House members who voted
against the Mitchell Hu
man Needs Amendement,
The author of the Human
Needs Amendement is
black Maryland Congress
man, Parren Mitchell, who
spoke at the rally led by
Operation PUSH leader
Rev. Jesse Jackson in
Washington Saturday. The
coalition of labor, religious,
unemployed students and
political leaders conducted
the nearly two-mile trek
down Pennsylvania Ave.
from- the White House to
the back steps of the Capi
tol to “challenge this nation
to deal effectively with its
basic, social, economic and
political problems...that
reflect themselves most
acutely in the black expe
rience," as Washington,
D.C. delegate Walter Faun
troy put it.
The marchers came .
from several states aboard
Greyhound buses and pri
vately-owned church bus
es. They were young and
old, professional and unem
ployed, black and white,
and representative of poli
tical persuasions as di
verse as white left-wing
socialists and black nation
alists. During the three
and-a half hour program, a
tense moment developed
when members of the latter
group began a rhythmic
chant demanding that ex
Black Panther leader Bob
by Seale be allowed to
speak. Acceding to the
chanters, the M.C., Rev. E.
V. Hill of Los Angeles,
called Seale to the mikes.
In a thickly hoarse voice,
the ex-Panther promptly
proceeded to cite the open
ing paragraph of the De
claration of Independence,
which addresses itself to
the necessity of spelling out
the dissatisfaction that
cause one group of people
to break the political bonds
that bind them to another
Dr. Reginald Hawkins
.....icitli unidentified patient
Dr. Reginald Dawkins Calls
For “New Black Morality”
By SUSAN ELLSWORTH
Post Staff Writer
Dr. Reginald tiawmns, -
56, a practicing dentist for
over 30 years, Presby
terian minister and poli
tical activist in a Post
interview last week cri
ticized current black lead
ership and called for a new
black morality.
The Charlotte-based ci
vic leader protested blacks
allowing whites to pick ]
their leaders for them.
Hawkins alleged that many .
of the bland token blacks ,
who emerged after the Ci- "
vil Rights Movement are (
controlled by whites. <
He avowed that many k
black leaders are encour- s
aging fellow blacks to j
strive for white acceptance
instead of following “the
pursuit of black excel- ‘
lence."
Blacks should develop ‘
their own value system, *
according to Hawkins
“Whites are more ma- !
terialistic and capitalis- ,
tic," he charged The black (
unity which prevailed dur
ing the early tribal days is '
disintegrating, he protest- ]
ed.
Although Hawkins fought
for desegregation in Char
lotte schools, the North
Carolina Dental Society,
public accommodations,
hospitals, housing and em
ployment, he still affirms
whites will never accept
blacks.
Hawkins said desegre
gated schools have forced
black students to work for
white acceptance which
they can never achieve, at
the expense of following
An exclusive interview
ure pursuit ui uiacK ex
cellence.”
"Black students are told
they're nobody in a dese
gregated school.” he
warned, emphasizing that
blacks performed better in
segregated schools.
He alleged blacks are not
>eing taught in the schools
low and consequently are
ailing.
After successfully chal
enging the Mecklenburg
School Board in court for
liscrimination in Swann
s. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
chool Board, Hawkins
aid he was victimized by a
ampaign to mar his repu
ation.
The Board of Education
ccused Hawkins in the
nid 60s of misusing funds
nd charged him with in
ompetence.
"They have never been
ible to prove malprac
ice," Hawkins contended.
Vhen he was ordered to
ake refresher courses in
lentistry Hawkins refused
ind denied charges of in
■ompetence
Hawkins pointed out he
las received dental honors
»nd awards, which includ
ed Dentist of the Year of
the National Dental Society
In 1962, past president o'
the Old North State Denta
Society and the Charlotte
Dental Society, and in 197C
was granted recognition to
the Academy of General
Dentistry.
He also mentioned being
listed in "Who's Who in
Health Care in America"
from 1975-78 - a distinction
no white dentist in Char
lotte currently possesses,
he said
Since whites will never
accept blacks. Hawkins al
leges blacks should form a
bond with other people of
the world.
“Blackness is not a
color; it's an experience,"
he asserted. Hawkins de
fined this experience as
oppression Opposing op
pression is a commonality
that can bind people to
gether he said
Hawkins called for
blacks to "invent some
thing the rest of the world
wants ” While the Arabs,
for example, may be dis
liked, he emphasized, their
oil gives them power.
Youth Speak Out
Will Be Held May 31
I he Charlotle-Mecklen
xirg Urban League, in con
junction with the National
youth Advocacy Coalition,
vill sponsor a YOUTH
SPEAK OUT on May 31,
11 ui 11 7-i£ intun.
This event will take place
at the Education (Metro*
Center Gymnasium at 701
East 2nd Street at Brevard
The purpose of the
SPEAK OUT is to give
youth who are normally
excluded from decision
making processes an op
portunity to share their
views. They will SPEAK
OUT on such issues as
employment, housing, vo
ter registration, career de
velopment, education,
youth and the church and
drugs The SPEAK OUT
will hope to sensitize and
arouse citizen leaders in
the community to the needs
of young people. Come out
and share your concern by
LISTENING TO THE
FUTURE
The National Youth Ad
vocacy Coalition is an or
ganization comprised of
major youth serving agen
cies that play an influential
role in the shaping of future
youth employment pro
grams and society's aware
ness of youth issues
The Charlotte-Mecklen
burg Urban League Is a
community based organ
ization that is concerned
v«bout youth,
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Flamed Assistant Principal (if I he Year
Assistant Principals Cite Sigler
By TERESA BURNS
Pott Staff Writer
Lloyd Sigler, assistant
principal at North Meck
lenburg High School, was
recently named as North
Carolina’s Assistant Prin
cipal of the Year at the
Annual North Carolina As
sistant Principals Confer
ence held in Boone.
Sigler was chosen first by
local principals and assis
tant principals. Then his
name and credentials were
forwarded to the State Se
lection Committee. He was
chosen because he had the
most outstanding record of
all assistant principals in
the 15 district school sys
tems In N.C.
“He dm his Job willingly
and without complaint; yet
the demands upon him
>ere severe,” said Princi
Lloyd Sigler
Honored by peers,
pal James Cocker ham of
McClintock Junior High
School. "Lloyd is loved by
students, esteemed by bus
drivers, respected by
parents, admired by teach
ers and venerated by his
principal and friends,"
f tr i+mdam
wrote Irving Edelman,
principal of J. W. Wilson
Junior High School. "In
addition to his work, he is
most loyal to his family and
his church,” offered Joe
Hunt, principal of North
Mecklenburg Senior High
School.
Sigler explained that his
fondness for students is
genuine. "I actually care
about the students' present
and their future," he be
gan, "and I know that each
one thinks individually,”
The key to this honor
according to Sigler is "..be
ing partial, truthful, affec
tionable, but yet firm.”
Through 28 years in the
school system - first as a
teacher of science, then
teacher of mathematics,
later chairman of the Math
■department at Northwest
Junior Hlffh now assistant
principal • Sigler has made
many realizations For in
stance, "You can get as
much done talking softly as
you can screaming." It's
been said dozens of times
before. Yet there is a dif
ference between teaching a
philosophy and actually
practicing It. Evidentally
Sigler does both
Sigler has yet to be con
sidered dormant He has
set goals for himself. The
latest is to eventually ob
tain a prlncipalship. He
believes that others should
also possess goals. “Even
if it has to change tem
porarily. After attaining a
goal set a higher one. A
person should never be
satisfied with the status
quo. If ha is, he stops
growing.”
Sigler has accomplished
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> Blacks
Expected To
Vole Tuesday
By EILEEN HANSON
Special To The Post
Your vote will carry
more weight than usual if
you east it in the June 3
run-off election.
According to Board of
Elections supervisor Bill
Culp, only 10 to 15 percent
of the registered voters will
go to the polls next Tuesday
to choose 4 new school
board members for Char
lotte-Mecklenburg
VWe're looking for a light
turnout, about 20-25.000 vo
ters." said Culp About
6-7,000 black voters are
expected at the polls
"The total absence of hot
issues in the non-partisan
School Board race means it
will be difficult to get peo
ple to the polls," he said.
"But a low turnout means
each vote counts more."
Bight candidates are
running for 4 places on the
I School Board. They are
-Don Austin, Ward McKei
then, Harvey Sadoff. Ella
Scarborough, John Shamp.
L. J. Stanley Jr., Sarah
Belle Stevenson, and Car
rie Winter. Board chair
man Phil Berry was elect
ed outright in the May 6
primary election and does
not have to face a run-off.
There will also be run
off for State Auditor ne
tween W. S 'Bill) Chestnut
and Edward Renfrow. Dis
trict Court Judge incum
bent L. Stanley Brown
faces Terry Brown All are
Democratic candidates
The polls will be open
from 6:30 a.m. to 7 30 p m
at ill locations A voter's
registration card indicates
his or her voting location,
or it may be obtained from
the Board of Elections .it
374 2133
The Vote Task Poree w ill
provide transportation to
the polls throughout the
day. Call 334-3309 anytime
on Tuesday.
The School Board can
didates are trying to make
the race come alive with
issues such as integrated
education, teacher's sal
aries, student discipline,
community relations and
competency testing
Two black women are
running for the first time
Ella Scarborough. 33. is
head librarian at Duke
Power. She wants to sta
bilize the pupil assignment
system and create more
traditional schools. She
thinks teacher salaries are
too low
"You can't expect much
motivation if teachers are
worried about the bills at
home." she said
While she does not favor
competency tests, she
wants competency to begin
in the kindergartens
"What do we do with 243
children who failed last
year? A certificate is no
thing in the world of work
What about the psycholo
gical impact on these chil
dren?” she asked.
Sarah Belle Stevenson.
54, has been active in PTAs
and politics for many
years. She is former head
of the Charlotte-Mecklen
burg Council of PTAs, and
chairs the Quality Kduca
tion Committee which
seeks to promote positive
support for quality inte
grated education.
“I have been involved in
the schools for about 30
years," she said.
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