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MISS TAMMI COLEMAN
...An eighth-grade beauty
Tammi Coleman
Is Beauty Of Week
uj i cresa nurns
Post Start Writer
Our beauty Tammi Cole
man describes herself as
a basically shy person. But
when it comes to achieve
ments she breaks out of her
shell.
“The ambition that 1
have is very high and if I
really try to get there I’ll
make it.”
Our eighth grade beauty
would like to become a
lawyer and study at How
ard University. "I’ve al
ready written a letter so
they can place me on their
mailing list,” Ms. Coleman
injected
With a lot of forethought
Ms. Coleman decided on
this career because she
feels this is one way to aid
people.
i like to help people out.
I believe that many people
don’t receive the right
treatment and many are
imprisoned who are not
guilty,” she continued.
Ms. Coleman feels every
one can achieve in life. "If
you really have a dream
and you follow it, you can
make it true. But if you say
that dream is too difficult
to achieve then you won't
be able to reach your
goals.”
Pretty extraordinary
statements from a 13 year
old. But then Ms. Coleman
can't be considered an or
dinary person.
Born May 23 as a Gemini
she is the daughter of Mrs.
Myrtle Coleman Coaldwell
and Ray Coleman She has
three sisters and one bro
ther Her favorite person is
her mother.
“She helps me through
trving times. She has done
things that placed her in
jeopardy and at the same
time helped us. 1 love her
very much.”
Black Rlderly
Thirty-five percent of all
black elderly persons lived
alone or with unrelated
individuals in 1978, com
pared with 32 percent of
white elderly persons
TUKUMAM
Good examples have
twice the value of good
advice. —
The uniqueness of Diana
Ross strikes our beauty as
outstanding. For her Ms.
Ross has her own eminent
style of singing and trans
ferring messages to her au
dience.
Ms. Coleman attends St.
Paul United Presbyterian
Church and stays quite
busy at Herbert Spaugh
Junior High School She is
an office assistant, in the
Red Cross, a J.V Cheer
leader and is in the first
eighth grade Algebra class
She enjdys reading a mul
titude of materials and en
joys her Reading Dialogue
class at school.
In 13 short years Ms.
Coleman has managed to
receive numerous impress
ive awards. At First Ward
Elementary School she re
ceived an academic
achievement award At En
derly Park Elementary she
was a Spelling Bee winner
and received the Safety
Patrol award. In the
seventh grade at Spaugh
Junior High she was pre
sented the Science award.
The practice of receiving
honors is nothing new to
Ms. Colemon.
In addition to achieving
her high goals our beauty
will most likely secure
many more spectacular
honors. This is an easy
prediction, for she is
already a budding stand
out.
Black Americans Provide
Nation With Key Innovations
NAACP
To Fight
Budget Cuts
NAACP Executive Direc
tor Benjamin L Hooks an
nounced today that the As
sociation will carry the
light against the Kcagan
Administration's budget
and fiscal proposals to the
home office of the mem
bers of congress during the
Easter weekend.
"We intend to mobilize
our 'Operation Network’
established at our Wash
ington Bureau," Hooks de
clared," by sending our
constituency representing
more ^jan 2.UXJ adutt~aod
youth branches to the home
offices of their respective
senators and congressmen
next weekend to seek sup
port for the NAACP's
counter budget recom
mendations for economic
growth and combating
inflation.”
Hooks made the an
nouncement at a press con
ference held at the William
Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh
following the National
Board of Directors' quar
terly meeting (April 10-13).
The Board adopted the al
ternative economic plan
developed by the NAACP's
Economic Advisory Unit in
response to the challenge
issued by OMB Budget Di
rector David Stockman
who urged groups that dis
agreed with his economic
plan to propose alter
natives.
Hooks blasted the Ad
ministration's proposed
budget calling it a "pitiful
excuse for an economic
plan. Stockman's .-budget
implements an intehtional
ly restrictive fiscal policy
and supports a restrictive
monetary policy - a com
bination that induces high
rates ol unemployment in
1981 and 1982 This admin
istration spends all of its
Ume simply whackingthe
budget rather than trying
to deal with the real causes
of inflation and jobless
ness "
KFC Fledges support to Atlanta
searchers - Kentucky Fried Chicken
President William A Heady (far left!
presents Atlanta City Councilman Arthur
Langford with a $15,(HR) advance on U
$68,000 pledge by KFC's parent
company's Heublein Foundation. The
money provides Kentucky Fried Chicken
meals for volunteer searchers in Atlan
ta s missing and murdered children case
tor lAimnutnpnt lo Weekend Searches
Mayor Jagkson Praises
Kentucky Fried Chicken
special ro The Post
ATLANTA. GA.. Allan
la Mayor Maynard Jack
son today commended Ken
tucky Fried Chicken for a
$(>8,000 commitment to feed
people who take pari in the
weekend searches for evi
dence in the cases of At-,
lanta’s missing and mur
dered children.
The KFC Corporation, on
behalf of its parent cor
porations's Heublein
Foundation, has pledged to
provide the United Youth
Adult Conference (UYACi
with more than $68,000 in
KFC meals over the next 18
months
KFC began donating food
to the weekend searches
last October and so far has
contributed B,r>00 chicken
dinners valued at nearly
$15,000.
At the press conference.
KFC Corporation Presi
dent William A Ready pre
sented City Councilman Ar
thur Langford, head of the
U'YAC organization, w ith a
$15,000 check to cover the
cost of chicken dinners
from 'March through June*'
30.
In turn. Mayor Jackson
and Councilman Langford
thanked the KFC officials,
including Ready and KFC
I'rban Affairs Director
Walter J Simon, and pre
sented them with a resolu
tion commending KFC for
its efforts.
Mayor Jackson earlier
sent Ready a letter thank
ing KFC for the weekly
donations.
“Being the mayor of a
large and complex city like
Atlanta is often a tough and
demanding job." the ma
yor wrote "Our success
depends on a good working
relationship between city
government and the pri
vate sector It is always
encouraging to know that
we have your support
Councilman Langford
also sent KFC officials a
letter expressing his appre
ciation for the donations,
and. at his behest, the
Atlanta City Council
passed a resolution com
mending KFC lor its con
tributions
Ready thanked the ma
yor and City Council.
~s.i> uig:—“KenttK'ky--Feied
Chicken and the lleuhlcin
Foundation are honored to
receive these commenda
lions from the City of At
Ianta We wish the people
of Atlanta Godspeed in end
ing their appalling crisis
We all continue our support
until that day."
KKC is one of a number
of corporation supporting
different facets of the miss
ing and murdered child
tens' cases A number of
individuals and companies
have donated money to
further the police investi
gations of the case.' and
some have given directly to
the families of the victims
Others, like KKC, have
made donations to support
the work of the volunteers
in the weekend searches
KKC employes 300 Atlan
tans in its -17 Kentucky
f ried Chicken stores here *
Studentf Workshop
Would you like to vo
lunteer a little of your free
time to teach illiterate
adults to read and write0
A two-day workshop
teaching volunteers how to
teach illiterate adults will
lie. field m.room 211 of the
Rufus Kerry Science flail
at Johnson C Smith Uni
versity April 24-25.
rA torts 1 o Desegregate Public
Schools Have Caused Major Problems
npriidi iu inr hjm
Atlanta, GA. - The Voter
Education Project, Inc.
<VEP> has released the
results of a survey of black
school board members in
10 southern states
The survey, done by
VEP's Research Depart
ment, showed that al
though black school hoard
members make up the se
cond largest number of
black elected officials tn
the South, blacks are un
derrepresented (in propor
tion to the black student
population) on 73 percent of
the school boards
VEP Research Associ
ate, Richard Hudlin, com
mented, "Of those respond
ing to the survey, a major
ity saw themselves as In
strumental in fighting
racism in their school dis
trict.” He continued, "The
respondents expressed con
cern over the discrimina
tory treatment of black
teachers and students
Phillip Berry
senooi Hoard chairman
which manifests itself in
black teachers not being
promoted according to
merit and the higher rate of
suspensions and expulsions
of black students as com
pared to white "
Fifty-eight percent of the
respondents to the survey
said that the effort to dese
gregate schools in their
community had caused
major problems These
problems include the esla
blishment by whites of pri
vate academies, “white
flight” to segregated
school districts, and an
increased rate of expulsion
of black students
A small number of those
surveyed said resegrega
tion was occurring within
desegregated schools This
is accomplished by such
means as classifying many
black students as r>edu
cabfy mentally retarded”
"learning disabled” and
placing them in predomi
nantly black special edu
cation classes
On issues other than
those related to race, it
appears that most black
school board members are
ideologically compatible
with their white counter
parts. with 63 percent
voting generally with the
majority While 90 percent
felt that voting took Dlace
'f
along racial lines. 66.7 per
cent saw this as a rare
occurrence
The majority of those
responding to the VEP sur
vey were males, reflecting
the preponderance of black
males over black lemales
sitting on school boards;
also, they were 46 years old
and older, had a history of
active involvement in edu
cation or civic affairs, were
well educated, and had
annual incomes of $15,000
or above
Commenting on the Re
search Department study,
Sherrill Marcus. VKP's
executive director, ^aid.
‘ This survey reveals the
vital service rendered by
black officials on school
boards Their commitment
to quality education for all
and their representation of
the black student popula-'
tion is important if dese
gregated schools are to
function at their* peak
level
The Voter Education
Project is a non profit,
nonpartisan, tax-exempt
organization working to in
crease minority political
participation in the II sou
thern states.
JCSLT Workshop
A workshop for students
interested in finding out
more about opportunities
available in the media will
be held at Johnson C. Smith
University April 25 from 10
a m • 12 noon.
The workshop, sponsored
by the Black Media Asso
ciation. w ill be held in room
107 of the Rufus Perry
Science Mall on campus
General session speaker
will be George Miles, sta
tion manager at WPCQ,
C hannel 56
Following the speech,
workshop conductors will
divide into four groups
newspaper, radio, televi
sion and public relations
i
Important Innovations
Came From Blacks
WASHINGTON. !>.(..
What would life be like
without electricity, frozen
loods. cars and the other
conveniences Americans
now take (or granted"
I hose and countless
other inventions were the
ideas of independent small
business people, who have
been responsible lor hull
the country's innovations
since the turn of the cen
tury
During Small Business
Week. May Hi-in. the I S
Small Business Admin
istration < SBA i is encour
aging all Americans to be
come more aware of the
importance ol small busi
ness to our economy and
our lives.
Many of the important
innovations that we depenc
on today, such as traffic
- -signals.—riirtx-iir^s signal:
on cars and truck refri
geration, have come fror
Black Americans such a
these:
nnorew j Heard, win
worked on the railroads foi
years, had seen co-workers
lose their limbs, and some
times their lives, trying to
link train cars together He
lacked formal training in
engineering, but knew
there had to be a better
way In 1897 he invented
the "Jermy Coupler' w hich
allowed train cars to he
linked mechanically and
safely
Granville T Woods, long
lascinated by steam and
electricity, invented the
steam boiler furnace, pa
tented in 1884 That year he
also invented a telephone
transmitter he sold to the
Bell Telephone Company
A number of Woods' in
ventions were related to
the railroads, no doubt m
spired by his years of work
ing as an engineer on the
Danville and Southern
Kailroad His list ol more
than 150 patented inven
lions includes the electric
relay switch, an electro
magnetic brake lor trains,
and a galvanic battery
-One of his most important
inventions was a regulator
that increased the efficien
cy of electric motors He
marketed his inventions
through his own lirmThc
Woods- Electric Company
of Cincinnati
At the dawning of the
Industrial Age. the new
heavy machinery of all
types had to Ik- stopped
periodically for lubrication
until a Black man named
Elijah McCoy of Ypsilanti,
Michigan invented a
device that lubricated ina
chinery while it was in
motion
Patented in 1872. Me
Coy's lubricator was adapt
ed for locomotives, steam
ers. transatlantic liners,
and machinery of all kinds
in U S factories His sys
tern became known as the
"McCoy system.” and
later the "real McCoy " In
1920, at age 77, this invent
or established his own firm
the Elijah McCoy Manu
facturing Company
In 1923, a Hlack man.
Oarrett A Morgan, invent
ed the first automatic traf
fic signal This device had
stop and go arms that were
raised and low ered to regu
late traffic, and w-as first
installed in Willoughby.
Ohio.
Prior to this, Morgan had
won honors for a gas mask
he had developed 1 lis m
vent ion was pul to practic
al use when workers dig
ginga tunnel beneath Lake
Krie were trapped when
their shall sunk t'sipg the
mask. Morgan, his brother
and several volunteers
were able to rescue several
men
t an you imagine driving
and having to use hand
signals when turning'*
Neither could Richard
Spikes, and his love of
motor vehicles and some
spare time resulted in auto
directional signals in' im.i
He went on to invent the
automatic gear shift and
other devices related to
automobiles, but he was
most proud of his tail safe
brake for motor vehicles,
which was patented just
before he died in
;_ In 1B7K. ,lan\ Malzeliger
. w usrworktng-in-o shoe fac- „.
i torv in Lynn. Mass Watch
s mg the lasting being done
by hand, he wondered if it
, could be done faster and
more . efficiently by
machine He decided to try
During the day he watched
the las tors at work and at
night using scrap pieces of
material he tried to dupli
cate their motions In six
months Malzeliger had a
working model, buflie had
to work another lour years
to refine the protot v pe His
machine manufactured an
entire shoe in one minute
and revolutionized the shoe
industry
\ otv "\o" 7 iirsdn y
Post Endorses
District
Representation
Vote "No" for no change
the billboards read Thai is
what The ( harlotte Post is
advising you to do. '1 he
Post is endorsing district
representation in the April
28th referendum, which
w ill determine d ( harlotte
will keep its current ;>ys
lem or return to an all at
large City < ouneil
The vote is confusing A
vote (or district represent
ation is a vote against the
-.at.large seats Currently.
« harlotte has seven district
seals and four at large
ones Voting "yes" on this
referendum would return
Charlotte to a situation
where all council members
would be chosen at large
from the community
instead of from each dis
trict as they are now
Although the present sys
tem has not been without
controversy, more has
been achieved for the indi
vidual districts by having
council members from
each of those districts
speaking out for their
area's needs
An entirely at-large
council may once again
draw together a majority
of people from the south
east community as it has
done.in the past
While their opinions and
priorities may be more si
milar. the chances in
crease for some district's
needs to become favored
over others. Since the in
dividual district spokes
men would emphasize their
area's needs, the present
system brings about a
more equitable distribution
of funds for services and
protection of interests.