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THE VOICE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY
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Rom A Bearden, one of America's moet
famous black artists, was born in
Charlotte and spent his childhood here.
October 11, Channel 36 will air a special
about him, "Romare Bearden: Mirrors
of Life," to commemorate a major
exhibition of his works opening October
12 at the Mint Museum. (Photo by Pat
Bates)
WRET-TV To Mirror Ghariotte
Native Romare Bearden
"The life and works of
Charlotte native Roma re
Efearden, one of America's
most famous black artists,
is the focus of a special
program, "Romare Bear
den: Mirrors of Life," to
air Saturday, October 11, at
7:30 p.m. on Channel 36.
Public Affairs Director
Sylvia Stevens and
Bearden discuss life in
Charlotte during the early
1900s, the influence of jazz
and music on Bearden's
work, his youth in Harlem,
and his art form in general.
Ms. Stevens, along with
producer Pat Bates and a
Channel 36 crew, was dis
patched to New York for
the interview that is the
baslMtf the program.
The program coincides
with and commemorates a
major retrospective exhibi
tion of Bearden's work over
the last decade. The ex
hibition, entitled "Romare
Bearden: 1970-80," will
open October 12 at the Mint
Museum in Charlotte. It is
funded by Phillip Morris,
Inc. and the National En
dowment for the Arts and is
an assemblage of 6Ci major
works from what many
consider to be Bearden's
most productive period.
Bearden was born in
Charlotte in 1914 and spent
his summers until the age
of 14. He moved to Pitts
burgh and then to New
York City.
As a youth in Harlem, he
was introduced to and
strongly influenced by the
musical and cultural in
novations of jazz by artists
such as Earl Hines, Duke
Ellington, James P. John
son, Fats Waller, Chick
Webb and Cab Calloway.
Channel 3t> rrogram
Director Nat Tucker said,
"In 'Romare Bearden:
Mirrors of Life' we have a
rare chance to look in
depth at what makes an
artist 'tick.' And it's es
pecially fascinating and ex
citing when the artist
comes from our own city.
All of us feel fortunate to
have had a part in produc
ing this special and we're
confident our viewers will
be tremendously pleased
with what they see."
It was not until he grad
uated from New York Uni
Hunt Commends CMS
Students On Test Results
uovernor jim «uni con
gratulated the students of
Mecklenburg County today
for the showing they made
on the 1980 North Carolina
annual testing program of
basic educational skills.
"The results show that
the students tested well
above the grade level of the
average student in the na
tion in almost every skill
tested," he said. "I want to
commend everyone - the
teachers, the parents, the
students - for this achieve
ment."
The test results show
first graders in Mecklen
burg read better than the
national average for this
grade and were above the
avérait in math. Second
graders were about a year
ahead of the national
average in both skill·.
Third graders exceeded
the average in spelling,
language arte, and math,
while sixth and ninth grad
ers scored higher than the
national average in all
areas.
John Belk, chairman of
the Jim Hunt Re-Election
&
The HEIR aa well aa the
HAIR can often be trained
properly through the use of
a BRUSH...
Committee for Mecklen
burg County, said the
scores are the results of
Hunt's emphasis on im
proving the educational
opportunities for the state's
children.
The first tests were ad
ministered statewide to
first, second, third, sixth
and ninth graders in April,
1978, and have been given
every year since at the
same time.
— 0- aviivc in V.MUI
In Support o f Dr, Maxivell
First Unity Prayer Breakfast
Meeting Will Be Held Saturday
The first Unity Prayer
Breakfast Meeting in sup
port of Bertha Maxwell,
candidate for the House of
Representatives, will be
held from 11:30 a.m. until
12:30 p.m. Saturday, Octo
ber 11, at Johnson C. Smith
University Church.
Guest speaker will be the
distinguished Dr. Ben
jamin E. Mays. He is pre
sident emeritus of Moore
house College in Atlanta,
Ga., current president of
the Atlanta, Georgia School
Board of Education, and
former teacher and mentor
of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.
Dr. Mays, who is 90 years
old, has received 40 honor
ary degrees and authored
"Born To Rebel -
Prayers of faith, hope,
Hpi
Dr. Bertha Maxwell
love, peace and unity will
be delivered by Rev. W.
White, pastor of Little Rock
AME Zlon Church, Rev. Ε
Newberry, pastor of Me
morial United Presbyte
rian Church, Rev. J. Mc
Coy, pastor of East Stone
wall AME Zion Church,
Rev. F. Holder, pastor of
Amity Presbyterian, and
Rev. J. Palmer, pastor of
University Park Baptist
Church.
Rev. H. Diggs, pastor of
Mayfield Memorial Baptist
Church, will appear on the
program and Rev. Cole
man Kerry, pastor of
Friendship Baptist Church
will introduce candidates
who are running for vari
ous seats and positions,
A Continental breakfast
will be served and a charge
to the community to par
ticipate in the voting pro
cedures will be made. The
Greater Charlotte Com
munity Chorale will pro
vide the music.
Each week a Unity
Prayer Breakfast Meeting
in support of Bertha Max
well will be held. The
places, times and speakers
will be announced in the
POST prior to these en
gagements. The public is
cordially invited.
A series of motivational
meetings for Unity to Elect
Bertha Maxwell to the
House of Representatives
began by featuring Dr.
Jesse Jackson. This civil
rights activist spoke at
Johnson C. Smith Univers
ity October 8.
Jackson was also in town
to support the Carter
Mondale ticket He was
accompanied by Alexis
Herman, Director of the
Women's Bureau Depart
ment of Labor.
versity in 1935 with a de
gree in mathematics that
he decided to become an
artist. His only formal art
training consisted of a year
and a half of study under
George Grosz at the Art
Students League.
In the two years after he
left the Army in 1945
Bearden was featured in a
number of one-man shows
at New York's Samuel M.
Kootz Gallery.
He lived in Paris from
1950 to 1954 and studied at
the Sorbonne There he n»et
a number of European
artists and met American
artists and writers there,
among them poet Samuel
Allen and novelists James
Baldwin and Albert Mur
ray. When he returned to
the United States, Bearden
took up songwriting for a
while but soon returned to
painting.
Since 1961 his works have
been exhibited in one-man
shows at such museums
and galleries as Cordier &
Ekstrom and Michel War
ren Galleries, New York;
the Carnegie Institute of
Technology, Pittsburgh;
Williams College, Mass.;
the Corcoran Gallery,
Washington, D C.; the High
Museum of Art, Atlanta;
The Studio Museum in
Harlem and the Museum of
Modern Art in New York
About his work, novelist
critic Ralph Ellison has
said, "Bearden's art is not
only an evaluation of his
own treedom ana respons
ibility as arc individual and
artist, it is an affirmation
of the irrelevance of the
notion of race as a limiting
force in the arts. These are
the works of a man
possessing a rare lucidity
of vision."
Experts: This Is Time To
Buy That New Home
NAACP Sets
37th Annual
Convention
Delegates to the 37th An
nual Convention of the
North Carolina State Con
ference of Branches meet
ing in Asheville, N.C.,
October 23-26, will be af
forded the opportunity to
hear their National NAACP
Board of Directors Chair
person, Mrs. Margaret
Bush Wilson, who is one of
America's outstanding
Civil Rights Leaders.
Mrs. Wilson's place of
birth is St. Louis, Mo. She is
a charming and dynamic
personality, in a sense, was
born into" the NAACP. Her
father, the late James T.
Bush Sr., led the battle
there against restrictive
covenants in housing. Her
father was noted as being
the first successful black
real estate broker in St.
Louis. He mobilized his
black business colleagues
into the Real Estate
Brokers Association of St.
Louis and recruited law
yers for the fight which
culminated in the SuDrpme
Court decision of Shelley
vs. Kraemer.
Her mother, the late Mrs.
Berenice Casey Bush,
served on the Executive
Committee of the St Louis,
Mo. Branch.
Mrs. Wilson graduated
with honors from Summer
High School in St. Louis,
1935; she attended Talle
dega College in Alabama
and graduated cum laude
with à Β.S. in economics.
She continued her educa
tion at the Lincoln Uni
versity School of Law, set
up in 1939, after the
Supreme Court ruled lhat
Missouri must admit
Blacks to the University of
Missouri Law School or
provide equal educational
facilities elsewhere. The
state of Missouri set up
Lincoln University Law
School, where Mrs. Wilson
received her Law degree.
She graduated in three
years.
Mrs Wilson is deeply
concerned about the eco
nomic status of blacks and
linking that status to
national economic growth
STUNNING DELORES WILSON
...Picture of sophistication
Delores Wilson Is
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Adjectives describe
nouns -· everyone learned
that in high school.. The
one that best describes our
beauty, Delores Wilson, is
stunning.
Whether she is on the
job as head secretary at
Spaugh Jr. High or playing
softball, Ms. Wilson is a
picture of sophistication.
She also enjoys reading
and bowling.
Ms. Wilson is a graduate
of Durham Business Col
lege where she was a Β
Honor Roll student. She
also worked part-time as
librarian while attending
school. Today she feels her
job as a secretary is chal
lenging. Actually it in
volves more than many
people realize.
"My job has a lot to do
with dealing with person
alities. I deal with about SO
teachers and many stu
dents. I love working with
students," Ms. Wilson
stated
One to be involved in her
work. Ms Wilson is just as
active in church activities
^ne is tne cnurcn announc
er. member of the Mis
sionary Board, church se
cretary, program chair
man: and church usher at
Link's Chapel AME Zion
Church in Iron Station
A native of Lincoln
County, Ms. Wilson has
lived in Charlotte for the
past 10 years. She is mar
ried and has two children.
Dione, age 4 and Tamara,
2. Her parents are Mr. and
Mrs. John Sanders of Char
lotte.
"My mother, Christine
Sanders, is my favorite
person," Ms. Wilson re
vealed, "She's always will
ing to help out with the kids
in the most difficult situa
tions."
Ms. Wilson is an indi
vidual who knows exactly
what she wants out of life
"I want to continue to live
in Charlotte and I would
like to seek a position in
radio or television broad
casting," she added She
possesses the voice and the
looks, all she needs now are
the breaks.
Her favorite entertainer
at present is Michael Jack
son. "His music soothes my
soul,'' she explained.
And when it comes to the
beliefs she feels that to
"Take each day at a time
and just hope for the best,"
is the wisest philosophy
Our Leo beauty has two
vital wishes "I think It
would be good if we could
see a Black president. I
hope I live long enough to
see that I also would like to
see more women given op
portunities for administra
tive positions "
Only time will tell but
Ms Wilson may become a
broadcaster, administrator
or maybe even the first
black female president
you never know
Excelsior (Jub To
Hon! Business
League Meeting
The next regular month
ly meeting of the Charlotte
Business League will be
held Wednesday, October
15, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Excelsior Club, 921 Beat
ties Ford Road.
Experts Say Rates Will Go
Dp BeforeTliey Come Down
By Teresa Burns
Post Slaff Writer
If you would like to buy a
home or start a small busi
ness. most experts agree
that this is the time. In
terest rates may go up
before they come down
But despite this many
are shying away from
home loans According to
Walter S. Tucker, presi
dent of Mechanics and
Farmers Bank, there were
more inquiries for home
loans five years ago "That
was when the going rate
was about 10 percent," he
continued, "We expect the
average rate to be between
11 and 12 percent, but since,
this stage of 12, 13 and 14
percent a lot of people have
been backing off."
"The present interest
rate is 13 to 13'ζ percent,"
Tucker established. "For
investments ι such as small
businesses ι it is 15 per
cent or prime rate plus two
points However, most
credit worthy borrowers
such as Duke Power. Belk
or lvey's may borrow at
the prime rate (13 -13'*
percent
Tucker admits that it is
hard to tell whether or not
rates will continue to rise
or not, but he still believes
that this is a favorable time
to purchase a home or start
a new business. "Today
small businesses are total
ly steady because the cost
of money is passed on to
consumers. And once in
homes 80-90 percent ol
Blacks usually stay there
Tucker concluded
NCNB Bank's vice pre
mul ni, uranam uenion.
advises to buy a home in
the near future. "Interest
rates are high for mort
gages (13'a to 14 percent)
but the likelihood is that
they will be higher in the
near future."
If one wants to purchase
a home within the next six
months, now is as good a
time as ever, but if you hold
off the rates will probably
be better." he stated
As far as small business
ventures are concerned.
Denton notes that this may
not be the best time unless
the business is well capital
ized New business loans
are higher than the 13"a
prime rate For best bor
rowers like General Motors
or other big companies,
who are in financially good
shape, the prime rate will
probably be quoted
Bl'YING A HOVIΚ
Three words - buying a
home Seems simple
enough but in reality it is a
decision many should
make with caution, depend
ing upon circumstances
and income level
Presently there are more
homes available than peo
ple are willing to buy
according to .Sam Young,
president and owner of
First Southern Properties
"Within the last two
months (July and August),
there have been strong
sales In the general mar
ket," Young revealed,
"but there are a lot of
people who want to buy but
are afraid "
Realtors, according to
Young, expect the interest
rate to go down. "It may
mean 13't to 12 percent
Now is Just as good a time
as any to buy a home," he
advised, "There are lota of
Walter Tucker
M&F Bank president
bargains
The following is advice
from Young on purchasing
a home.
-be realistic, buy what
you can afford;
--make sure all bills are
in reasonably good shap·.·
- have some money for a
down payment.
use a competent real'.or
to help determine the
category \ou qualify for
and.
-seek counseling from
the realtor.
"Every month you pay
rent you are losing
money," Young remarked,
"And when you look for a
home look at realtors with
creative financing They
can find ways that are
helpful in purchasing
homes "
When it comes to insur
ance for the home. Young
advices trusting a com
pany with a strong record
of service.
STARTING A BI'SINKVS
"Conditions are not as
favorable as they would be
if we were not in a re
cession But starting a
business involves so ma η ν
things including the eco
nomic condition, but that
should not be the deter
mining condition."
The above statement
came from Charles Β
McKeel, assistant district
director for management
assistant of the Small Busi
ness Administration
But how about the 50
percent failure rate of new
businesses in only the first
year and 20 percent more
failures within two years0
' There's not much faith
in figures," McKeel stated.
"Everyone keeps quoting
everyone else It's difficult
to determine why busi
η esses are discontinued
There may be merges or
the business may just sell
out without any lost "
Even though there is no
real accurate count of fail
ures, McKeel remarked the
risk of so-called failures
are high "AJter five years
if one out of five busi
nesses are still in business,
this is a good record '
Many factors determine
if the business will be a
success or not McKeel
named a few
-type of business;
• how much they know
about the business (one
must read, can receive
counseling in general
operating aspects);
••capitalization (one
should have 25 percent of
what it takes to establish
business - the rest can be in
loans);
-location
-strength of the busi
ness;
-insurance is needed.