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1 “The Voice Of The Black Community” I BLACK C0NSI-IMERS
Along The
Campaign
Trail
Randall Kincaid, Ninth
District Democratic candi
date for Congress charged
recently that Republican
incumbent Jim Martin is
influenced by special cam
paign contributions and
fails to represent his
district.
“His most faithful con
tributors include big oil
companies, chemical com
pands and the medical
lob*,” Kincaid said.
Martin’s June 30 finan
cial report indicates he has
received more than $30,000
from special interest poli
ucai action committees,
according to Kincaid. One
quarter of Martin’s contri
butions come from outside
the state, Kincaid said.
The challenger said Mar
tin has received over *6,U00
from medical political ac
tion committees and voted
against the Hospital Cost
Containment bill. He also
cited Martin’s $14,485 in
contributions from chem
ical company PACs and the
fact that Martin sided with
them to vote for a watered
down version of the bill to
clean up hazardous
chemical dumps.
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Gov. Hunt is urging his
Ninth District Supporters
in Mecklenburg, Lincoln,
and Iredell counties to
throw their efforts behind
Democratic Congressional
candidate Randall Kincaid.
In a letter to more than
3,000 of his supporters,
Hunt wrote that Kincaid,
a£}economist and small
businessman, has a solid
background. He cited Kin
caid’s service for two
terms on the Davidson
Town Board and as a lead
er for parks and recre
anon ana arts programs in
Davidson.
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Congressman Jim Mar
tin presented an overview i
of incentives to make ca
pital available to business
es at a meeting of the
National Association of Ac
countants, Charlotte chap
ters.
Martin is currently serv
ing his fourth term in the
U.S. House of Represent
atives where he is a mem
ber of the Ways and Means
Committee.
The incumbent will
speak at the Charlotte
Latin School Political Rally
at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oc
tober 17. He will share his
own experiences to enlight
en students on how they
can begin building a poli
tical career.
Martin will perform rib
bon cutting ceremonies at
the Southern Antique Ex
travaganza Preview party
at the Charlotte Merchand
ise Mart at 7 p.m. Friday.
He will speak at St.
Peter's Church on Sunday,
October 19, at 11 a.m. on
the Aforal Aspects of Po
ll tical Life,” School Board
member Betsy Bennett win
serve as moderator.
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County Commission can
didate Bob Walton will
speak before the Charlotte
Chapter of the National As
sociation of Black Account
ants on Thursday, October
16 at 6:30 p.m. In the
Fairvlew Plaza Restau
Norman Hill, President of A. Philip
Randolph Institute, addresses state labor
leaders in Raleigh. AFL-OtO state presi
dent Wilbur Hobby looks on. (Photo by
Eileen Hanson)
According To Norman Hill
Class Line Is Fundamental
Line Dividing Our Society
Special To The Post
“The fundamental di
viding line in our society is
not the color line, but the
class line,” according to
Norman Hill, President of
the A. Philip Randolph
Institute (APRI).
Speaking at the North
Carolina AFL-CIO Conven
tion recently held in Ra
leigh, Hill challenged state
labor leaders to carry on
the political vision of the
Institute’s founder, and to
put that vision into political
strategy.
“A. Philip Randolph
clearly saw the relation
between the trade union
and the civil rights strug
gles, within the total vision
of equality for all people,”
said Hill. “Without a stra
tegy, political action be
comes mere busy work."
APRI was founded in
19^4 in an effort to involve
more blacks in the trade
union movement, and to
increase black voter parti
cipation. The Institute,
based in New York City,
has chapters in all major
cities with large black po
pulations. It is affiliated
with the AFL-CIO.
Speaking of the 8 million
unemployed today, Hill
said, “Even the issue of
unemployment is a class
issue. He said unemploy
ment is 10 percent in blue
collar industries, 15 per
cent among construction
workers, but only 3 per
cent for professional and
white collar workers.
Black unemployment is
twice as high as the nation
al average, and reaching 50
percent among black
youth.
“We can no longer accept
poverty as ‘necessary' to
the system. This system
allocates economic suffer
ing-based on class," said
Hill, speaking to 250 local
union delegates from
across the state.
One of the APRI’s most
challenging programs in
North Carolina is a job
training program in Ra
leigh aimed at black male
high school dropouts.
“This is the toughest
group of unemployed be
cause they have no skills
and no experience,” said
Hill.
APRI members are also
active in voter registra
tion and "get out the vote”
campaigns and encourage
blacks to be active in their
unions.
With 13 chapters in the
state, North Carolina's
APRI is the largest and
strongest in the country,
according to state presi
dent Noddie Washington of
Fayetteville.
“APRI is not for blacks
or for union members,” he
stressed, "we fight for all
working class people and
for working class issues.”
James Andrews of Ra
leigh is director of APRI’s
Outreach Program for
North Carolina and reeion
al representative foi the
7-state Southeast region.
Jim Lawrence of the
United Food and Com
mercial Workers Union
Local 525 is head of the
Charlotte APRI Chapter,
which meets every third
Sunday at the Labor Build
ing, 2121 Commonwealth
Avenue.
A. Philip Randolph died
last year, after a long
career as a black labor
leader He founded the
Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters in 1925, and
won the first union contract
by a predominantely black
union.
Randolph saw unions as
the only way blacks could
take control of their own
destinies and achieve
equality and economic
justice.
“With a union, we can
approach our employers as
proud, upright equals, not
as trembling and bowing
slaves,” he said. "Indeed a
solid union contract is an
other Emancipation Pro
clamation.”
Memorial United To
Celebrate Its 100th Year
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100th anniversary Memo
rial United Presbyterian
Church will hold three pro
grams designed to empha
size the present, future and
past roles which the church
has played in the life of the
community and the world.
The first of the series is
entitled Panaroma, a pro
gram which will be held
Friday, October 17, at 6
p.m. The program will
overview the concerns of
the church today.
Futurama, the second
program in the series, to be
held Sunday, October 19, at
11 a.m., will be presented
by the youth of the church.
Its focus point will be inter
action among youth and
adult leaders.
The church yesterday, a
Retrorama, will be the
final program held Sunday,
October 19, at 4 p.m. This
program will feature epi
sodes of growth within the
church. A fellowship hour
will conclude the event.
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Memorial United Presby
terian church includes a
successful union between
two churches. Emmanuel
Presbyterian, founded in
1876, and Biddleville-Em
manuel Presbyterian
Church, founded in 1880,
merged in 1961 to form
Biddleville-Emmanuel
Presbyterian Church. In
1967 the church was re
named, becoming
Memorial United Presby
terian Church.
Also in 1967 Rev. D. G.
Burke and Rev. H. W..
Givens became associate
pastors, and the congre
gation worshipped for the
first time in a newly con
structed edifice. To this
day the congregation mem
bership of 450 are wor
shipping on Beatties Ford
Rd.
In 1978 Rev. E. B. New
berry was installed as
Memorial’s next pastor
and he is still with the
congregation today.
Kelly Alexander^ Sr.:
NAACP To Render
Better Services
Hearing Set
On CD
Program
The Charlotte City Coun
cil will hold a public hear
ing on Wednesday, October
22, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Council Chamber of City
Hall, 600 East Trade Street.
The purpose of the hear
ing is to receive citizens'
comments on the progress
and performance of Char
lotte’s Community Devel
opment (CD) program.
Persons wishing to speak
at the hearing should con
tact the office of the City
Clerk, 600 East Trade
Street, or telephone
374-2247 by noon of Oc
tober 22. Comments may
be made orally or in
writing.
Speakers are asked to
place their suggestions in
writing for the record.
Those not able to attend
may send their comments
to: Director, Community
Development Department,
Cameron-Brown Building,
ouuui mcLAiwcu oireti,
Charlotte, N.C. 28204.
Charlotte is expected to
receive about $5.2 million
to continue its CD program
for the current fiscal year
ending June 30, 1981
The CD neighborhood
strategy areas are Cherry,
First Ward Extension, Five
Points, Grier Heights,
North Charlotte, Southside
Park-Brookhill, Third
Ward, West Boulevard,
Wilmore-Dilworth and
West Morehead.
Atkins To
Address NAACP
Convention
Thomas Atkins, new
General Counsel of the
NAACP will address the
37th Annual Convention of
the North Carolina NAACP
Saturday morning, October
25, at the Convention Head
quarters, INN ON THE
PLAZA
Atkins succeeds Na
thaniel Jones, who vacated
the position when he was
appointed by President
Carter as a federal judge
on the 6th Circuit Court of
Appeals.
He is former President of
the Boston, Mass Branch
NAACP
Here I uesday Night
Quant To Discuss66Wave Of Rebellions”
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Post
Ted Quant, a seasoned
Fighter in the battle for
equal rights, will be in
Charlotte October 19-21,
sponsored by the Charlotte
Equal Rights Council.
Field Organizer for the
Southern Equal Rights
Congress, Quant will speak
Tuesday, October 21, at
Memorial United Presby
terian Church, 2600 Beat
ties Ford Rd. at 7:30 p m A
covered dish dinner will
begin at 6:30 J».m.
The theme for the dis
cussion will be the political
situation in the South, the
recent wave of rebellions
from Miami to New Cg
leans, and the growing
movement for equality and
Ted Quant
...Seasoned fighter
justice.
A resident of New Or
leans, Quant is currently
involved in a community
struggle against police bru
tality in the Desire Housing
Project, where white
policemen shot and killed a
black man on Labor Day.
Quant is the author of
"We Won t Go Back: The
Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
and the Struggle for
Equality,” and was an
organizer for the national
march against the KKK
held in Greensboro Febru
ary 2, 1900.
Three years ago Quant
worked with the Texas
Farm Workers Union when
they marched through
Charlotte en route from
Texas to Washington to
demand collective bargain
ing rights for farm workers
and the repeal of "right-to
work" laws Quant served
as advance coordinator
throughout the 1,900 mile
march which lasted neiffly
three months.
Last spring he worked in
Laurel, Miss, in support of
200 poultry workers, most
ly black women, who have
been on strike against
Sanderson Farms for over
a year.
Speaking in Charlotte
last January at the com
memoration for Dr. Martin
Jim Martin To I
Congressman Jim Mar
tin will be cutting the rib
bon made up of dollar bills
to open the private preview
of the Southern Antique Ex
travaganza. The "ribbon”
will be presented to the
Charity League and is re
presentative oi u»e money
raised from advance sales.
The League receives SO
cents from each ticket sold.
Luther Kinr Jr., Quant
said, “Not since the defeat
of Reconstruction have the
forces of reaction Joined
together to launch such an
all-out offensive on the
movement for equality.
The decade of the 1980s will
require more from us than
any previous time.
JiM RMjon Here
both in ad\«nce and at the
door.
The evening’s entertain
ment will conclude with a
sing-along and a wine and
cheese party.
More than ISO exhimtors
will be participating in the
Southern Antique Extrava
ganza which will be opeiwto
the public on Saturday,
October 18 at 8 p m.
Allenia Mayes Is
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Bums
Post Staff Writer
Allenia Mayes will de
finitely achieve the high
goals she has set for her
self.
"I believe that if you
have a pleasing person
ality, good attitude, and a
nice smile, it will get you
almost anywhere,” the 21
year-old advised. Ms.
Mayes seems to have even
more to add to these at
tributes.
A perk young lady with
an abundance of energy,
she is now in charge of the
elan department section of
Montaldo's. "I like what
I’m doing very much, but I
am always looking for a
better opportunity for ad
vancement."
She is also competing in
the 1980 Annual Mardi Gras
Queen contest, sponsored
by Group 2 of the Pi Phi
Chapter, Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, which will be
held Nov. 7 at the Char
lotte Civic Center.
In Ms. Mayes' spare time
she loves to read, dance,
travel, knit and often par
ticipates in free-lance
modeling. Before grad
uating from Harding High
School in 1977, our 5’5",
112-pound beauty was a
member of the Ivey’s
Teamboard for two years.
She has also modeled lo
cally for various political
and fund raising cam
paigns.
While in high school she
was awarded a trophy and
metal for “Proficiency” in
the DECA convention. She
was first runner-up in the
Miss Harding pageant;
first runner-up for Miss
YMCA; a Senior Superla
tive; and a member of the
Junior Varsity Cheerlead
ing squad.
Her major at Kings Col
lege was Merchandising
and she graduated in 1978
This year marks her third
year in the retailing busi
ness and she has learned
that ‘‘. patience is the key
word when it comes to
dealing with certain cus
tomer problems and com
plaints."
Born under the Libra
sign, Ms Mayes is the
daughter of Mr and Mrs
David Mayes of Charlotte.
She has one brother, David,
who is two years her
senior.
“My mother has a lot of
wisdom and she is wise in
her thinking," Ms Mayes
revealed. “She is the per
son I most admire."
As far as entertainment
goes, "To me, no one sings
or plays a song better than
Stevie Wonder He's ab
solutely the greatest musi
cian of all times - creative
and extraordinary,” she
continued.
But enough about Won
der and back to Ms Mayes.
The goals she has set for
herself are not mediocre
and obviously the task will
not be an easy one. She has
something in her favor,
however, that will help her
along the way. “I feel that
through positive thinking
people can always deal
with everyday stress and
strains of everyday life.”
Career Workshop
A career workshop on
physical education, athle
tics and recreation will be
held at Johnson C. Smith
University on October 15,
from 7-9 p.m.
Hacks To
Develop New
Techniques
Kelly M. Alexander Sr.,
veteran NAACP leader.
Vice Chairman of the Na
tional Board of Directors
and President of the North
Carolina NAACP, said
Monday that, if the Black
population in the state of
North Carolina is to meet
the challenge of survival in
a period of economic crisis,
new techniques and stra
tegies must be developed to
combat sophisticated
racism in all areas of com
munity life. Alexander
said, that dependence of
federal programs is not
enough for blacks to be
integrated into the main
stream of American de
mocracy. Basic programs
in economic development
will be a major program
priority of the NAACP in
North Carolina, he said.
Milton Dove, President
of the Lenoir County
Branch NAACP, is Chair
man of the State Confer
ence Economic Develop
ment Task Force, is to deal
with this area of concen
tration. Mr. Dove said the
role of the task force is to
engage in continuous eco
nomic development ac
tivity and on a statewide
basis the program will in
clude: (1) monitoring the
effectiveness of the federal
and state governments in
meeting the needs of mi
nority entrepreneurs and
black economic develop
ment; (2) identifying rele
vant statewide issues and
resources for their resolu
tion; (3) seeking to organ
ize and to bring relevant
information to minority en
trepreneurs through con
tinuous programs, forums
and pressing for the en
actment of favorable state
legislation and the issuance
of enlightened policies to
support minority business
es and economic develop
ment interests.
The Economic Develop
ment Task Force, as to an
cAQinpic ui pro
grams, is affirmative ac
tion by vendors and sup
pliers; arranging meetings
with Mayors in North
Carolina where our branch
es are located, to deter
mine whether the city re
quires its contractors and
vendors to submit an ef
fective affirmative action
program to ensure that
minorities are fairly hired
and promoted. The Task
Force will also approach
the executive officers of the
counties in the state in
which our branches are
located, to determine whe
ther they have such a pro
gram operative.
Mr Dove said, what we
are talking about is any
governmental unit, (in
cluding school systems) in
the areas of the state,
which does not have an
affirmative action pro
gram will be requested to
establish such a program.
The North Carolina
NAACP Economic De
velopment Task Force is
working closely with the
National NAACP Eco
nomic Development De
partment by providing sup
port and cooperation %
see BLACKS on Page 2
One ghi to another: "Of
courae I had to toll her she
looked like a MILLION •
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ALLURING ALLENIA MAYES
...Mardi Gras contestant