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MISSWILLETTE ANTHONY
...West Charlotte senior
Willette Anthony
Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
..Willette Anthony is pre
sently a senior at West
Charlotte Senior High and
she has big plans for her
future.
“My intention is to go
into the field of data pro
cessing. I plan to attend
Central Piedmont Com
munity College for two
years and then transfer to
Winston-Salem State for
four more years,” she
commented.
Because she has taken
computer science and data
processing for the past
three years, Ms. Anthony
wjj- given the chance to
realize her talents in the
fields
Her talents however
aren’t limited to the com
puter domain. She also
enjoys making many of her
own clothes. She received
the sewing award in her
Home economics class and
is a member of Fashion
Merchandise.
Our4’9”, 105 pound beau
ty also runs track, attends
football games with a
passion, and adores the
Commodores. *‘l enjoy
listening to music by my
self. I don’t go that much
and I don't talk much but I
still like to be around peo
ple.," she stated.
Scott Davis is Ms. An
thony’s favorite person.
"He's a nice person," she
revealed. And the "White
Shadow” is her favorite
television program.
Work is not foreign to our
Capricorn beauty. She has
worked on various CETA
programs. Once school
begins for students official
ly, she will be the office
assistant at West Char
lotte.
Ms. Anthony is the
daughter of Mr and Mrs.
Ellis Grimes. She attends
First United Presbyterian
Church where she is a
member of the chorus and
youth group.
Our beauty is an inde
pendent soul and when it
comes to the tracks of her
life, she wants to be the
conductor, "I want to live
my life as a person - letting
no one lead my life. I want
to be myself and I’m not
trying to impress anyone."
NAACP To Conduct Voter
Mobilization Project
The Charlotte-Mecklen
burg County Branch of the
NAACP, has received a
grant from the National
NAACP Voter Education
Department to conduct a
voter mobilization project
in Mecklenburg Co.
The mobilization, pat
terned after one in Phila
delphia, Penn., has as its
goal a 25 percent increase
in black voter turnout for
the November 4 general
election.
The project will be
housed at the Henry Law
rence McCrorey Branch of
the YMCA, 3801 Beatties
ForARd The project will
run from September 2 to
November 4.
Unlike several efforts
presently underway to re
gister new voters, the
NAACP will concentrate its
energies on getting those
voters presently on the
books (29,000) to come out
on election day and vote.
The Mack vote made the
critical difference in the
1976 Presidential election.
Since that time it has been
an ever growing force in
local elections. The
NAACP firmly believes
that the black vote could
decide who will be the next
President, Governor of
North Carolina and what
the composition of the
see NAACP Page 2
1*5 Million Black Baptists Join
Operation Big Vote Crusade
Blacks Honoi
Governor
Jim Hunt
Governor James B. Hun
Jr. received $20,000 for his
campaign Thursday night
from over :i00 enthusiastic
workers who crowded intc
the library at Saint August
ine's College in Raleigh for
a reception in his honor.
The check was presented
to the Governor by Henry
Frey of Greensboro, co
chairman of Hunt's cam
paign and a nominee for
the North Carolina Senate
from Guilford County.
The group who honored
Hunt Thursday night is
composed of a ‘ group of
young people who have
been meeting together for
three years exchanging
ideas on how they can
have an impact on state
government to benefit a
wide range of the minority
community," according to
Ben Ruffin, Gov. Hunt's
special assistant. Ruffin
said Thursday's reception
for Hunt was one in a series
of events sponsored by the
group, including a Martin
Luther King Memorial in
Raleigh last January 12.
Ruffin said the group
worked for six weeks to
raise the funds for Hunt in
numerous counties across
the state. In addition to
Ruffin and Frye, others
participating in the pro
gram included Ms. Linda
Daniels, president of the
Black Women's Organiza
tion in Wake County. Mrs.
Eleanor Numm of the
Wake Citizens Committee
and John Sledge, a mem
ber of the school board in
Moore County.
In presenting the check.
Frye called Hunt "not only
a good Governor, but a
great Governor, perhaps
one of the best Governors
ever to serve in North
Carolina.”
Hunt said he was es
pecially appreciative that
the contributions had come
at a time when money was
tight “I also recognize that
this is the first time many
of you have contributed to a
political campaign." Hunt
told the group, "and that
makes tonight even more
significant to me."
Governor Hunt Meets With
Black Newspaper Publishers
By John \\ . Icmplelon
Special To The Post
..RALEIGH- Gov. James
B. Hunt Jr. has said he
wants the state Courts
Commission to study ways
to prevent blacks from l»e
ing kept off juries in cases
such as the Nazi Klan trials
in Greensboro.
Hunt was responding to a
question from Greensboro
publisher John M. S. Kili
manjaro, one of the six
black publishers from
around the state who at
tended and met in the
Governor's Mansion last
Friday. '
During the 90-minute
' session. Hunt also warned
that the nomination of
Richard E. Erwin to be
come a U S District Court
judge is in trouble in the
US. Senate and talked
about steps his administra
tion has Liken to aid edu
cation. housing and minor
ity business.
"In a single defcndent
trial, the lawyer has sc
many challengers and
they're usually exhausted
alter a while and then they
seat the jury." said Hunt.
"But in a multi-defendent
trial, you've got so many
challenges combined and
the defense can effectively
keep any class of people
they want off the jury."
Kilimanjaro, publisher of
the Carolina Peacemaker,
had told the governor he
had not thought blacks
were excluded from juries
in the United States any
more until he had found out
that it had been done in this
trial The publisher warned
that such events severely
tarnished the faith of
blacks in the criminal
justice system
The Peacemaker owner
also told Hunt that Nelson
Johnson, a leader of the
Communist Worker Party,
which has disrupted se
veral Hunt appearances
and caused the governor to
increase his security, was a
former student of his.
Kilimanjaro said he consi
dered Johnson "perhaps
the most significant black
man in North Carolina"
when he organized poor
people in Greensboro while
still a junior in college The
publisher said it was un
fortunate that concerned
young people like Johnson
had been turned away from
the system by the lack of
progress.
The governor turned
dour when Johnson's name
was brought up, made no
response to Kilimanjaro's
observation.
Hunt urged the publish
ers to inform their readers
that Erwin's nomination
may not be considered be
fore Congress recesses for
the election campaign be
cause senators are reluct
ant to break the tradition of
a home state senator being
able to block any nomina
tions from his state
"They're feeling like
they might want to do it at
some later point " said
Hunt. He suggested that
national civil rights organ
izations such as the
NAACP and Operation
PCSH should make the
Erwin nomihation a major
issue to bring pressure on
(he members of the Senate
Judiciary Committee
The incumbent is the
ursi .> c governor to nave
the chance to succeed him
self due to a constitutional
amendment passed in 1978
‘ I've got ten times as much
influence as I might have
had. had this been the end
of my term,” said Hunt. “A
governor's normally out of
influence by this time "
I n response to a question.
Hunt said his administra
tion had the "challenge" of
showing that it will be able
to provide greater leader
ship during a second term
Once the group moved
into the library of the man
sion. Hunt took the op
portunity to review several
of his campaign issues
">Our administration is
dedicated in three areas -
jobs for people There have
been one-third of a mil
lion new jobs during my
administration and that's
getting something done,
secondly, we've got to pre
pare our people to hold
those jobs, and third,
we've got to have equal
see HUNT Page 10
Charlotte GiH Finalist In Ebony’s
“Most Beautiful Women” Contest
D., T..... D._
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
On the outside she is
sophisticated and elegant.
Internally she is a sensitive
and caring person • one
who likes to help others.
This is what 13-year-old
Valia Blackwell thinks
about her sister Shari
Blackwell, So she decided
to tell EBONY magazine.
In 25 words or less she
sent a description of her
21-year-old sister along
with a photograph to
EBONY magazine, reveal
ing not only the external
but internal beauty of a
sister she knew was a gem.
As a result Shari Black
well ranks as one of
EBONY'S 25 most beautiful
black women in America.
“The reason I entered
Shari," little Ms. Black
Shari Blackwell
...A caring person
well admitted, “is because
I knew she would have a
chance of winning.”
As if she could predict
the future the phone rang
at the Blackwell's house
hold (1834 Haines St) last
week and on the other end
was Herbert Whipson of
I
Valia Blackwell
...Nominates sister
EBONY magazine. I^ater
the senior editor, Lerone
Bennett, called asking
questions And Sunday,
Sept 7, Moneta Sleet,
EBONY photographer,
came to Charlotte and cap
tured the essence of Ms
Blackwell's beauty.
\
If Ms. Blackwell is
chosen as one of the final 10
most beautiful black wo
men in America by
EBONY, she will receive
$1,000 and her sister will
receive $500 for nominating
her.
The Blackwell sisters are
Charlotte natives and their
parents are Mr. and Mrs
John Blackwell Emily
Blackwell, also of Char
lotte. is their grandmother.
But the spotlight is on
Shari, a 21-year-old, 5'7”
and a half. 115-pound col
lege student She is a senior
at UNC- Charlotte and also
attends Central Piedmont
Community College Her
majors are Afro-American
and African Studies and
Business Administration.
She possesses a unique
see CHARLOTTE Page 2
Canty : ~We Must Renter
Now And Vote November 1
special Io I he Post
Sumter, S.C. The Rev
Ralph W. Canter, newly
elected president of the
Progressive National Bap
tist Convention. Inc. this
week pledged an all out
mobilization of 1.5 milliom
church members in sup
port of non-partisan black
voters crusade
In announcing his sup
port for OPERATION BIG
VOTE: Crusade '80. Rev
Canty joined the growing
number of national black
organizations which are af
filiated in the National
Coalition on Black Voter
Participation He urged
members of the 1,700 Pro
gressive Baptist Churches
to work in their commun
ities "to convince blacks
that the upcoming elections
are important." We must
register now and vote on
November 4 to make sure
we are counted in an not
counted out during the next
four years,” he said
OPERATION BIG VOTE
is a nationwide non par
tisan voter participation
program sponsored by 84
national black organiza
tions representating a w ide
cross section of the black
community In addition to
churches, this unique coali
tion includes civil rights,
labor, fraternal, social,
civic, political, and edu
cational organizations
"The black vote will be
decisive in numerous elec
tions this year as it was in
1976," Rev. Canty said "Of
the 17 million iliuibir bi;, >.
voici»t(Mia\. our uoiii mu
be to make sure that at
least 11 million ol them an
registered anil that at least
10 million vote on \mi tti
ber d "
The new president the
mlluential Progressive N i
tional Baptist C onvi titimi
added "There is loo tnueh
al stake for us to cel wear'
now and stay ,.t home
The future ol black Amo
rica is at stake. I!.,
presidency and numerous
congressional, state aval
local elections are at stake
And this means that our
votes must tie heard on
election day so t!u> out
voices will be* heard ue
every day then alter '
Ur Canter, coin luded
with this perspective on the
continuing civil rights
struggle: "Black votes this
year w iil have an enormous
influence on our lives and
livelihood in years to come
We have a unique oppor
lunity riot oi.h a, under
score the coining ol age ol
the black vote but to de
monstratc its maturity
Therefore. I tall on .til
black organizations to sup
port <>PKKATI(>\ Bl(.
V< )TK
OPKKATIt IN Bid Vt'Tfc
founded in 1070 is twntioh
ing in 5o state*, uiclud.iig
Birmingham, located m 17
states which have a total ot
122 electoral votes, more
than eougb to elect the next
president Seventy percent
of the black population r<
sides in these 17 stales
Black Political Action
Forum To Hear Hawkins
By Kili i n Hanson
Special To The Post
Dr Reginald Hawkins, a
Charlotte dentist, minister
and long-time civil rights
activist, will be the key note
speaker for the first con
vention of the North Caro
lina Black Political Action
Forum when it meets in
Raleigh. September 19-20
The meeting is called to
develop an agenda of vital
issues for the black com
munity in the 1980s The
convention will be held at
the Holiday Inn Downtown
in Raleigh, beginning at 9
a m Friday, September 19.
and will conclude after Dr
Hawkins’ presentation at
the banquet Saturday
evening
"Blacks need to re-eval
uate the whole political
scene in North Carolina.”
said Hawkins. “This is an
attempt to involve grass
roots organizations across
the state We want people
to have a say, and not just
those who are paid to be
our spokesmen by the
white power structure.”
.Sessions will focus on
political prisoners, the
criminal justice system,
hunger and malnutrition,
quality education and un
employment.
“Of course we will dis
cuss political candidates
and parties. We will
evaluate their perform
ance on issues that affect
us. said Hawkins, who ran
for governor in 1968
“There are some differ
ences now, but nothing has
really changed for us .”
Hawkins emphasized
that not all issues blacks
well-known dentist
fare are race related
Some are class relat* J.
and therefore low-income
whites and other minor
ity groups have a common
interest with the Black I’o
litieal Forum and he hopes
some of them will lie re
presented "This is part ol
a national trend to get
grass roots people involved
in the political process "
Dr. Hawkins, a native of
Beaufort, N.C . is a grad
uate of Howard University
Dental School and has
practiced in Charlotte
since 1948 In 1961 he
launched the first desegra
tion suit against dental or
ganization. a suit which
gained national attention
arid opened up other pro
fessional organizations for
blacks. He is also pastor of
H. O. Graham Memorial
United Presbyterian
Church.
Charlotte residents work
ing on the planning com
mittee for the Political
Forum are Carrie Graves.
June Davenport. Jessie
McCombs, and Rev. James
Barnett.
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MIDDLE AGE has ac
rived when you have a
choice of two TEMP
TATIONS, and you choose
the one that gets you home
tM^ARUEgT
A
INTENSE: All heads are turned to listen
as a tough question is posed to Gov Jim
Hunt during a luncheon session with
black publishers in the Governor's Man
sion last Friday. Seated from left are:
John M.S. Killimanjaro, Carolina Pace
maker; Bill Johnson, Charlotte Post;
Hoyle Martin, City Executive; Ernie
Pitt, Winston-Salem Chronicle; and Stan
Davis, Carolina Peacemaker, iWinston
Salem Chronicle photo by A Blud