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“The National Associa
tion for the Advancement
of Colored. People is the
single most important and
influential civil rights or
ganization in the country,’’
said Robert L. White this
week. He added that “it is
imperative for Blacks to
give financial support to
the NAACP.”
White was recently re
appointed to the Board of
Trustees of the NAACP
Special Contribution Fund
(SCF) for a four year term
after having served a one
year term.
White is the president of
the nation’s oldest Black
led federal industrial
union-the National Alli
ance of Postal and Federal
Employees (NAPFE). He
plans to launch a NAACP
membership recruitment
and NAACP SCF fundrais
ing drive among his Union
members. The Union is al
ready one of the largest
organizational contributors
to the NAACP.
\ The NAPFE leader is
also a director of the In
dustrial Bank of Washing
ton, Air Atlanta, National
feslitiorr on Black Voter
Wrticipation, Voter Edu
cation Project, and Trans
Africa. _
News Conference
Kicks-Off JCSU
UNCF Drive
t-A - DSVS conference to
off the 1983 Johnson C.
i University United
, College Fund cam
_ > will be held in room
of the education build
ing Monday, January 37 at
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Charlotte Mayor Eddie
Knox, Campaign Chair
person Phil Berry, JCSU
ting President Mack L.
ividson and N.C. Area
:tor for UNCF, Cyn
J Perry are expected to
on hand for the an
fljpcement.
Berry will introduce the
committee chairperson,
and outline the schedule of
activities to take place
during the coming months.
“Economic times are dif
ficult for all of us, but we
must do more to see that
the support of historically
Black colleges continues,’’
Berry said.
n* ceremony will alee
include a UNCF banner, a
UNCF tote-board end a
UNCF cake.
For mere information
call 378-1082 or 378-1085
bUpspn 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
<Hkiiays.
CBL Schedule*
BufdncM Luncheon
The Charlotte Business
League has scheduled a
business luncheon Friday,
January 28, at McDonald’s
Cifeteria beginning at
noon. Ron Morgan of
ndton-Morgan Architects
will speak on the old Little
Ip* AMtf Men oonssr..
sion into a new Afro-Aroe^
rican Center. Each fourth
Friday the CBL will boat a
business luncheon high-,
lighting different speakers
who will discuss comrrue
ity-related projects
lUKVIMM*
ment situation differently
4 hi* Job weren’t secured
VANESSA STOWE
...Concord beauty
Vanessa Stowe Is
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
Beauty doesn’t abound
Concord.
_A _Nprth_ Carolina Cen
tral University graduate
Ms. Stowe completed her
BS degree in biology and is
planning on returning to
school for the completion of
a Special program.
"My future plans include
furthering my education,”
Ms. Stowd announced. “I’d
like to study to become a
physical therapist. 1 enjoy
working with people and It
thought this would be a
good way to do that.”
Recently Ms. Stowe ap
plied to the University of
North Carolina at Chapel
Hill for graduate educa
tion. “Hopefully I’ll start
back next year/’ she re
marked optimistically.
But in the meantime our
beauty is not sitting idle,
instead she is preparing for
those studious days finan
cially by working at Belk at
the Carolina Mall in Con
cord.
-Ms. Stowe’s hobbies, in
clude listening to music
especially jazz and soul.
She also enjoys traveling
and the music of Stevie
Wonder.
As a Gemini, Ms. Stowe
focuses on the concerns
1th of others. “I
nsider myself very
concerned about others,
especially about their well
being and health.”
Being carefree has aided
in the makeup, of Ms.
Stowe’s amiable personal
tty. On the more serious
side, however, she states:
Revaluation
Program Will
Be Discussed
The 1M3 Revaluation
Program for Mecklenburg
County will be discussed on
"Taft of the County,” the
County government televi
sion program on WTV1, at 6
,p.m., Sunday, January 23,
on Channel 42
The program will include
a discussion of the role of
the Citizens Revaluation
Advisory Committee In the
County’s revaluation pro
cess. The show win focus
on the purpose of revalu
ation, explain whan revalu
ation goes into effect, and
provide information con
cerning what a property
owner can do if he feels the
new value placed on his
property is unfair. %
“It’s important to keep all
paths open and to always
know there’s a challenge
out there for any at*..to
make sure that you at least
try to accomplish your
goals.’’
One person who has been
a strong influence in our
beauty’s life and who has
helped to form the above
philosophy is former con
gresswoman Barbara Jor
dan. “She’s a strong Black
female attorney...a lady
whom I sense is extremely
positive.”
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur C. Stowe our
bdauty has two sisters:
Athena and Mazella
and one brother, Chester.
She attends the AME Zion
Church in Concord.
Being a lady with the
intelligence and the will to
make the necessary
changes for progress it’s
obvious that Ms. Stowe’s
concern for others is
genuine. 'Td like to see
Reaganomics changed. In
essence, I’d like to see the
poor in the U.S. taken care
of."
- R seems -evident that Ms.
Stowe has much to contri
bute to our society. A
caring individual is always
one to help humanity.
Hamilton To Lead “Good
News Is For Sharing” Session
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As a radio announcer in
1M2 Richard Hamilton had
the unpleasant task of
spreading some bad news
to the people of Syracuse,
NY. He first told them that
Pearl Harbor had been
bombed.—.■ ■.
But now, the Rev. Rich
ard Hamilton who prefers
to be called "Dick,” is
charged with apreading
some good news in Char
lotte and 17 nearby com
munities. Hamilton Is a
part of the Leighton Ford
Charlotte Area Crusade
Team that is conducting
“Good News Is For Shar
ing” sessions through
March Sth.
“Good News Is Far
Sharing’' is Um tile of a new
book written by Leighton
Ford. The training seeelons
of the Leighton Ford Cru
sade is based on the book
end is aimed at providing
Christiana with a fresh per
spective on how to reach
unchurched people and
communicate their faith ef
fectively.
During the flrat crusade
to be held in Charlotte,
John Jacob Calls For
National Emergency
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Joe Black
Will Speak
Here Satuday
» By Karen Parker
Post Staff Writer
Joe Black will be the
keynote speaker Saturday
evening when the Hidden
Valley Optimist Club spon
sors a banquet in cele
bration of its third anni
ireraary.___
^ Black is Vice-President
of Special Markets of The
Greyhound Corporation.
According to Gerald John
son, president of the Hid
den Valley Optimist Club,
Black was selected as the
speaker because of his na
tional acclaim and recog
nition for a commitment to
the betterment of the Black
community.
.(Slack s speech will be
based on a theme selected
by the OptimisIClub: -
“Our Youth'^-TOday Is
Our Hope For Tomorrow.”
Johnson explained the Hid
den Valley Optimist Club is
dedicated to youth activity
and service to the com
munity.
1 In the past three years
members of the Optimist
Club have sponsored
annual events for the youth
of their community.
‘‘Rather than have young
ones faced with the dan
gers that occur around
Halloween, every year we
sponsor a haunted house so
that the youth can still have
Halloween fun with safe
ty,” Johnson stated.
The club also sponsors an
annual oratorical contest.
Little League baseball and
basketball, a crime watch
program, school and com
munity beautification,
food give-aways during
major holidays. Yard of the
Week Awards, and Fun
Day which is a day for the
youth to participate in
games and competitions
just before the beginning of
each school year.
Johnson pointed out the
Hidden Valiev Optimist
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Leighton Ford
. . .Spreading good news
April 10-17 in the Charlotte
Coliseum, 18 are* church**
are opening their fadlitt**
for use to teaching the
“Good N*^’ (Mining
Hamilton heads the team
that is seeking the coopera
tion of area pastors and
chucrh members. Hamil
ton stated, “fve been a
preacher for the work of
the church all of my life
When 1 entered the min
istry, I found 'promotion' to
be lacking in churches, so I
just assumed that role A a
96.7....Not it’s not the highest interest
rate you’ve ever heard of. It’s the
excellent rating Burger King, 2601
Beatties Ford Rd., received recently.
The “A” rating is the highest score to
date for the franchise, according to
district manager. Frank Rackstraw. The
professional attitude of the manage
ment; commitment and pride of the
employees; and' the basic quality of
service plus cleanliness contributed to
the high rating. Burger King on Beatties
Ford Rd. has received compliments from
travelers from Maine to Florida, ac
cording to senior partner, Nasif Majeed
shown at right above. Sylvia Ballard (1)
and James Williams (c) are two dedicat
ed employees who plan to aid the Burger
King in its January endeavor with the
Charlotte Police Department with bike
registration (Photo: Peeler's Portrait
Studio)
Angela Davis Urges
Support For Carthan
Angela Davis, Co-chair
of the National Alliance
Against Racist and Politic
al Repression (NAARPR)
this week called upon ”civil
rights, labor, church,
peace organizations, elect
ed officials and all groups
and organizations who che
rish human rights” to de
mand that Mayor Eddie
James Carthan be im
mediately released on bail
and exonerated of . all
charges.
NAARPR Associate
Director Frank Chapman
announced the NAARPR
was launching a nation
wide petition campaign to
put pressure on Mississippi
Governor William Winter
and President Ronald
Reagan fo 'acF on these
demands. Chapman also
reported that Ms. Davis
and he will begin a nation
al speaking and organizing
tour in February to build
support for Carthan and
other political prisoners as
well as the NAARPR loth
Anniversary Conference to
be held in May in Chicago
Ms Davis stated: "The
State of Mississippi has
failed in its attempt to send
vital part of my ministry."
Judging from Hamilton's
background, the role of
promoter for the church
was a job he took lightly
After ministering at First
Baptist Church, Camden.
SC; First Baptist Church"'
Chattanooga, TN; and his
last pastoral charge at New
York City’s Calvffy Bap
tist Church, ha left to join
the Christian humanitarian
organization • World Vi
sion International - as
eastern U S. director.
During his 21 years with
World Vision, Hamilton
visited Third World coun
tries ministering to needs
and being Involved with
evangelistic endaavora,
particularly in Southeast
Asia and the Caribbean.
According to Hamilton,
his experiences with the
Leighton Ford Crusade
effort are an extension of
his ministriss. "We seek to
encourage local churches
to reach out in building
bridges of friendship to
their communities. Team
members minister in these
local churches each Sun
day informing and inspir
ing audiences for the Cru
sade clause
"We are just setting the
fire. We’re getting them
started atld the balance is
their active participation.
They can communicate to
others what we can do to
make involvement worth
while,” Hamilton contin
ued. "Our goal is to bring
people Into awareness that
'There is Hope’ today.
Leighton Ford is a Char
lotte resident. He’s an asso
ciate evangelist and vice
president of the Billy
Graham Evangelistic As
sociation. Ha serves a*
chairman of t)te Eausanne
Committee for World
Evangelisation, speaks re
gularly on “The Hour of
Decision’’ broadcast with
BiOy Graham, and has a
daily television program
aired In numerous cities
throughout the U.8. The
public is invited to ths
week-long crusade whieh
begins nightly at 7:30. •
Mayor Eddie J. Carthan to
the gas chamber. But being
the stubborn and recalci
trant racists that they are,
they persist in denying
Cartharf hisfreedom on
trumped-up charged of
simple assault. So the
mockery of justice con
tinues
' Due to over-crowded
ness and the wretched con
ditions that exist in Mis
sissippi prisons and jails
Governor Winter, ip a yule
tide gesture, released for
Christmas some 600 pri
soners. In spite of the fact
that Mayor Carthan was
recommended for release
by Sheriff Howard Hug
gins of Holmes County, the
governor decided other
wise. Carthan was too
much of a “threat” to
society to be released In
Mississippi to become the
first Black mayor of a town
80 percent Black, to build
recreational facilities, to
generate jobs, to improve
housing and establish de
mocratic rule of the major
ity is threat to society.”
jMayor Eddie Carthan,
first Black Mayor elected -
in Tchula. Mississippi in
over 100 years, has been
the target of repeated at
tacks by white Mississippi
plantation owners and
state and federal officials
His only “crime” has been
to work for the Interests of
the Black and poor people
who vited for Mm. *
He faces an additional
four years on federal bank
fraud charges. When the
Justice Department was
asked to investigate the at
tacks on Carthan, the FBI
came in and framed Car
than for these charges. An
' other man admitted in
court that he had forged
Carthan * signature oa the
papers in question, but
Carthan was still con
victed.
Both convictions are now
on appeal ^
State Of
Hacks More
Desperate
Special To The Post
Washington. D.C. - The
President and the Congress
were urged this week by
John E Jacob, President of
the , National Urban
League, to declare a "state
of national economic emer
gency" as a positive step
toward meeting the econo
mic crisis now gripping the
country.
What the nation needs at
this time, Mr. Jacob said,
is "a bipartisan program of
national economic recov
ery, with special attention
To The needs not only of the
so-called new poor, but also
“bribe disadvantaged who
have traditionally suffered
discrimination and pover
ty.” _
Further, he called for the
implementation of a Uni
versal Employment and
Training Program that
would guarantee jobs and
training for all, and “would
combine public works, im
proved public services,
partnership with the pri
vate sector and a creative
industrial policy."
Mr.Jacob’s remarks
were made as he released
the NUL's annual assess
ment of “he status of
Blacks “The State of
Black America-1983”, at a
press conference at
Howard University.
Now in its eighth year of
publication, "The State of
Black America” provides a
broad overview of the
changing conditions of
Black Americans during
the preceeding calendar
year and focuses special
attention on a number of
critical areas having to do
with the nature of the con
dition of Blacks The areas
examined in this year’s
publication include the eco
nomic status of Blacks, the
status of Black women,
Blacks in white colleges
and universities, Black
business, the mental health
of Blacks, Blacks in the
military, Blacks in the po
litical arena and the chang
ing demographics in Black
America
In each of the areas ~
with the exception'-of the
military and Black politic
al involvement - Blacks
were shown to have lost
considerable ground over
the past year with much of
the loss attributed to the
economic and domestic po
licies of the Admipistra
tion
Describing the present
status of Blacks, Mr Jacob
recalled their status last
year when "The State of
Black America” report
was issued and said:
"That terrible situation
intensified over the past 12
months. The state of Black
Americans has become
more desperate. The ranks
of the Black poor sharply
increased. About' half a
million more adult Blacks
are jobless, our employ
ment rate is now 25 percent
higher than it was at this
time last year. Million* at
poor people have been
forced off the welfare
rolls, off the food stamp
rolls, off nutrition, school
Iwwk ~ad health pro
grams." /
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