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I Can Cope
Spring ,
^Series Set
“I Can Cope,” a patient
education program spon
sored by the American
Cancer Society, will begin
its spring series Tuesday,
April 5. Sessions for cancer
patients and-or their fa
milies will be each Tues
day night through May 17
from 7-10 p.m. at St. John’s
Baptist Church, 300 Haw
thorne Lane, f
The free program pro
vides participants an op
portunity to discuss pro
blems encountered with
cancer and to make them
more resourceful and
aware of their dwn
strengths in coping with the
disease. “I Can Cope" is a
practical program in which
doctors, nurses, specialists
and others from the com
munity present topics for
group discussion.
Information presented in
“I Can Cope” includes: the
disease itself and cancer
treatments, daily health
concerns, ways to relieve
stress, improving com
munications with loved
ones, and eommunity re
sources. Participants will
also meet in small groups
to share common pro
Strong personal
are often developed,
giving a good source of
emotional support.
Individuals and families
can register for VI Can
Cope” by calling the Ame
rican Cancer Society,
Mecklenburg Unit at
376-16S9 from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. weekdays.
Mayfield
hr ' * 4
Memorial To
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orial Bap
tist Church, 700 Sugar
Creek Rd. West, will cele
brate thetr 14th Anniver
sary on Sunday, March 20.
The celebration will begin
with a reception to be held
in the fellowship hall of the
church on Saturday even
ing at 7:30. On Sunday
at the 11 a.m. worship hour,
the Mayfield fellowship
will bear Rev. Dr. Frank B.
Weaver who will deliver
the sermon. The celebra
tion will close with an
anniversary banquet to be
held in the fellowship hall
ate p.m. on Sunday.
Rev. Weaver is a grad
uate of Fayetteville State
University where he re
ceived the bachelor’s de
gree, New York Univer
sity where he received the
' maker’s of arts degree in
edition, Shaw Divinity
School where he received
the master's of divinity
degree, andCoherabia Uni
versity whdre he received
the Doctor of Education
Degree. Rev. Weaver re
tired from, the N.C. Public
School System where he
Served as teacher, princi
pal, state supervisor, and
associate superintendent of
the Durham City Schools
CATHY ROBERSON
..JCSU student
_• « • \ •
Cathy Roberson
Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Kiramons
Post Managing Editor
Beauty has been ex
pressed through mountains
touching the sky and
through flowers unfolding
towards perfection. Beauty
also hqs its foundation
within the human exist
ence.
If you look closely every
one has a tinge of beauty -
ranging from an attitude of
unselfishness to physical
traits. The beauty in each
one of us can usually reach
out to touch othersor help
others, therefore making a
positive difference in this
sometimes dreary world.
Take Cathy Roberson for
instance. Presently she is
acquiring an education at
Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity. Her ambition is to
achieve a degree in data
processing and business. “I
enjoy working with com
puters and I’m already
working in an aspect of
business,’’ Ms. Roberson
proclaimed. She is em
ployed by TJ Maxx.
One important quality
about our beauty is that she
wants to be successful in
her endeavors. Once her
goals are accomplished
she can then be an inspira
tion to others.
Much of her inspiration
has come from her mother.
Edna Johnson. “She's so
successful in her business
Si a Post Office Super
visor,” Ms. Roberson
commented.
It is the philosophy of
succeeding in life and be
coming an independent
woman that has given Ms.
Roberson the initiative to
combat life’s obstacles.
She also receives sup
port from other family
members besides her
mother Her father. WUHe
L. Johnson Jr., her stater,
Tina Miller and brother.
Bernard Roberson Jr. have
aided Ms. Rabereon in her
quest for perfection
Born under the Capri
corn sign our beauty con
siders herself quiet aad
friendly. She enjoys
basketball and swimming
and is a member of Silver
Mount Baptist Church
where she is a member of
the Usher Board. She re
ceived the “Usher of the
Yoar” honor recently. She
was also named “Miss
YMCA McCrorey Branch'
in IMS.
She admires Jayne
Kennedy mainly because of
her outer “beauty, initia
tive and success.”
With early planning and
a well-rounded background
in mathematics Ms. Ro
berson considers the sub
ject her favorite. Her pro
fession in Data Processing;
and Business will no doubt
be aided with the indepth
knowledge.
Away from the books anu
studying Ms. Roberson
sees the world as a place to
conquer But she also
realizes the many limit
ations to be faced by many.
“If I could make a change I
would change the fact that
there are so many poor
people in. the world,” she
stated with a touch of
sympathy.
Through the not-so-beau
tiful episodes of life our
beauty seems to have the
will to emerge triumphant
ly, a gift many may pos
sess but fail to enact.
Black Political Power
Does Not Make Freedom
Area Schools
Join Forces
For UNCF
Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity, Livingstone and Bar
ber-Scotia Colleges have
joined in an effort to raise
money for the United
Negro College Fund.
Each of the schools will
represented in the annual
UNCF telethon to be aired
on March 19 at 8 p.m. It will
be locally hosted by Ken
Koontz, Yvette Alston and
Mike McKay on WBTV,
Channel 3.
Mayor Eddie Knox, who
proclaimed March 13-19 as
United Negro College Fund
Week, urged all Charlot
teans to participte. “The
United Negro College Fund
represents 42 fully accred
ited, historically black col
leges and universities
which are unique to private
education,’’ Mayor Knox
presented.
He continued, “These
UNCF institutions provide
educational opportunities
to more than 50,000 men
and women who otherwise
would be deprived.” He
referred to Johnson C.
Smith as a member institu
tion that has contributed
immeasurably to the im
proved quality of life in the
city and region.
More than 100 black
churches are expected to
participate in the observ
ance of UNCF Sunday. Ac
cording to Vanessa Bart
ley of Johnson C. Smith, the
school’s goal for the UNCF
campaign is $75,000.
Multiple SeleroHM
The multiple sclerosis
support group will meet on
Tuesday, March 22, at 7
p.m. at the Charlotte Re
habilitation Hospital audi
torium.
DONALD W. JONES
....CGMDC manager
Minorities Should Take
Look At Overall Market
By Andrew McCorlde
Post Staff Writer
The manager of a fe
derally subsidized center to
boost minority business de
velopment said that minor
ities who want to go into
business should consider
going after a piece of the
“high tech” market.
Minorities tend to get in
volved in the service in
dustry, said Donald W.
Jones, manager of the
Charlotte-Gastonia Minor
ity Business Center. Minor
ities should take a close
look at the overall market
to see what the demand is
for before they go into
business, he added.
Though not everyone has
the capital to manufacture
and distribute high tech
nology products, Jones
admitted, smaller busi
nesses often can produce
the by-products of the
“high tech” industry.
“If you can’t produce the
‘high tech’ product, you
can produce the by-product
of that,” Jones explained.
“You might not be able to
make the computer, but
you can produce the pra
gram for that computer or
the disc that is uses to
run.”
Created in September of
1982 by the Reagan Admin
istration specifically to
provide management and
technical assistance to
minority companies, the
Minority Business De
velopment Center (MBDC)
offers a variety of ser
vices to help businesses
maximize their profit
potential.
Located at 230 South
Tryon Street, Suite 1030,
the local MBDC is one of
six in North Carolina.
There are 100 centers
nationwide.
Since going into opera
tion the centers have ser
viced about 600 businesses
nationally and approxi
mately 30 locally, stated
Jones.
The center offers free
general counseling infor
See MINORITIES Page 4
Dr, Leroy T. Walker To Succeed
Chancellor Dr, Albert T, Whiting
Special To The Post
..Durham - Dr. Leroy T.
Walker, professor of phy
sical education and recre
ation at North Carolina
Central University and the
1976 head coach of the U.S.
Olympic Track and Field
Team, has been named to
serve as Acting Chancel
lor of NCCU after Chan
cellor Albert N. Whiting
retires at the end of June.
1983.
The appointment was an
nounced Friday, March 11,
by President William C
Friday of the University of
North Carolina system.
Friday told members of the
system’s governing board
that the appointment would
give NCCU ’'time to re
flect and gather Ita
strength."
Walker’s appointment
came one month after the
NCCU Board of Trustees,
nominated two candidal*
for the permanent appoint
meat as NCClft ch|* ad
ministrator Friday! told
the UNO Boapaaf Go
venwrs^that <e had met
nominated by the Board of
The two candidates no
Dr. Leroy Walker
...Acting Chancellor
minated have not bean
identified either by the
Board of Trustee*, which
acted in executive mm ion,
or by President Friday, to
whom the nominations
wee* submitted. Friday re
ferred in his comments to
"representations from
many groups and many
individuals - faculty mem
bers, administrators.
alumni and other interest
ed individuals" who have
either offered candidates
for the chancellorship or
opposed the process by
which the two nominees
were selected.
The UNC president said
that divisions on the NCCU
campus would make the
naming of a permanent
chancellor “a disservice to
the individual and the in
stitution." He said
Walker, who is not a can
didate for the permanent
pool, would provide the
"calm, decisive leader
ship we need to bring sta
Witty.”
Walker, who has been a
member of the NCCU fa
culty since lMft, has
served as NCCU’s Acting
Vice Chancellor for Univer
sity Relations, as the chair
man of Its department of
physical education and re
creation. and in other ad
ministrative capacities.
Dr. Manning Marable:
Economics Is Stronger
Special To The Post
Columnist and educator
Dr. Manning Marable says
some black people breathe
a premature sigh of relief
when they see increasing
numbers of black big-city
mayors and government
legislators.
“If we could just get a
black mayor, everything
will be all right," many of
our people believed." the
columnist noted.
But Marable and some
intellectual colleagues
agreed last Friday that
intellectuals must tell the
truth - that local black po
litical power does not make
our freedom.
To Marable, economics
is a stronger, more con
stricting chain. And he
says it is wrapped noose
like around African-Ame
rican communities. De
spite political advances,
black citizens’ lack of
economic power continues
to take a toll - in unem
ployment, increased
crime, utility shutoffs and
hunger
While black politicians
are limited in what they
can actually do, some don't
limit what they say they
can do. The result, ac
cording to Marable, is that
many black citizens anti
cipate instant and sweep
ing change with the elec
tion of black people to high
offices. And that inevitably
leads to disappointment.
"Black people in this
country are finding out that
it's not enough to have a
black face in a high place,"
he said.
Dr. Marable, who heads
Fisk University’s. Institute
of- Race Relations, spoke
last Friday at a convention
of black intellectuals spon
sored by the Michigan
Council for Black Studies
Much of the conference
centered on the role of the
black intellectual.
A socialist, Marable be
lieves the ultimate politic
al and economic relief for
black people in the U S
revolves around changing
the very structure of the
country. Capitalism, he
contends, is the enemy of
not only black people, but
also most of the world's
people
neai power is noi de
termined by who controls
the seats of authority with
a local government,” he
contended. “Real power in
a capitalist society is de
rived from' those who
control the way things are
produced and distributed in
society - and that is the
capitalist class."
Dr Marable acknow
ledges, however, that Cbn
gressman Harold Washing
ton’s victory in the Chicago
mayoral primary was sig
nificant.
“Harold Washington,
whose campaign was fund
ed by less than $1 million,
defeated two white politi
cians • one of whom,
Richard Daley, was funded
at least twice as heavily as
Washington and was (en
dorsed by former Vice
President Walter Mon
dale," the columnist noted.
"The other, Jane Byrne,
who had a powerful politic
al machine behind her, was
fueled by corporations with
$10 million And yet.
Harold Washington won.''
Marable warned that the
actual election is not over
yet - that a white coalition
could trigger a Republican
victory over Democrat
Washington although De
mocrats have won Chicago
mayoral races since 1931
“But even if Harold
Washington wins, the ques
tion becomes, 'What did he
win?" , the educator
stressed.
Dr Reginald Hawkins
.. Committee member
Seminar On
Death Ends
March 17
Today is the last day for
the Seminar on Death and
Dying which began March
14th
The final workshop be
gins at 4:30 p m at Temple
Chapel Baptist Church, 900
September Lane Rev
Gene T Gilmore is the
pastor Sponsored by the
Christian Ministers Fellow
ship with Rev. Dr H S
Diggs as president, the
seminar is conducted by
Dr Lloyd Bailey. He is an
associate professor of Old
Testament at Duke Uni
versity Divinity School
According to Dr. Bailey,
the seminar will be help
ful in many perspectives.
Some of those including
personal, biblical, philoso
phical and psychological
matters
u r Dauey nas oeen
awarded the Edward John
Mohel Fellow. 1958-1961,
Duke Divinity School; l^ef
kowitz Interfaith Fellow,
1962-65, Hebrew Union
College-JIR, Clarence
Workum Interfaith Fellow.
1966-67. Hebrew Union
College; National Defense
language Fellow 1965-66,
The Hebrew University in
Jerusalem.
The workshop was co
ordinated by the following
committee members; Dr.
Reginald Hawkins of H O.
Graham Presbyterian
Church, Rev. Gene
Gilmore. Rev. H. S. Diggs,
pastor of Mayfield Me
morial Baptist Church;
Rev Smith Turner, pre
siding Elder for the Dis
trict of AME Zion Church
es; Rev W. White of Walls
Memorial AME Zion
Church and Rev. C. V.
Owens of First Mt. Zion
Baptist Church.
The Christian Ministers
Fellowship is comprised of
nearly ISO black churches
In the Charlotte-Mecklen
burg area.