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Is giving Together Easier
Than Getting Married?
Story On Page I8B
In Commemoration
Of Dr. King’s Birthday
Stories In B Section
_Dr. King '))
| SIX-MONTH-OLD SHELLEY ROSE
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—Has six months to live /
McConnell Is In
Shelley’s behalf. He re
called that the McConnells
moved two years ago to
Olympia, Washington, and
then last November they
moved again to Raleigh.
Nacy works for the
Carolina Power and Light
Company. The company,
Father Borrego stated, will
insure Shelley for a life
time to 1300,000. “The liver
transplant operation will
cost anywhere from $150,
000 to $300,000,” Father
Borrego continued. “The
donor, will have to be a
child about the same size
as Shelley and have the
Mood type B positive. The
donor will also have to be
brain-dead and have no
diseases. She will have to
receive the transplant
within six hours ...and with
such short notice, a Lear
jet must be chartered
which will cost anywhere
from $0,000 to $8,000.
“Following the operation
Shelley must stay in inten
sive care from one to three
months which will cost
$1,800 to $2,000 per day and
this will not include medi
cine needed,” Father Bor
rego continued. “Special
drugs will be needed for
some time following the
operation.”
The family decided to
Have Shelley’s liver trans
plant performed at the Uni
versity of Minnesota under
Dr. Deborah Freese. “The
University of Minnesota -
has the nest success rate of
liver transplants with little
children like Shelley,”
Father Borrego explained.
The McConnells would like •
the Father to accompany
them on their voyage when
the time approaches.
Father Borrego and his
congregation at St. An
drew’s Episcopal Church,
Charlotte, has raised $42,
000 in five weeks for Shel
ley. “We’ve done every
thing you can think of to
raise money for Shelley.
We recently had a raffle
and auction for 10 Cabbage
Patch dolls and there have
been over 250 individual
donations. There have been
a lot of people involved.
One lady told me the other
day that she feels Shelley is
her own child. The largest
donation came from St.
John’s Episcopal Church
Christmas Eve offering -
$3,200. There was one en
velop sent in with no name
See McCONNELL Page 7A
Before Voting Rights Act
Voting Bights Were Legal
Fiction For Most Blacks
Charlotte Area Fund To
Hold Job Seeking Class
Starting January 16,
Charlotteans will have
some new assistance in
finding a job.
An interagency council
has approved a two week
job seeking skills class to
be conducted by the Hu
man Resources Develop
ment Department at Cen
tral Piedmont Community
College.
This class includes such
areas as application and
r<*um§ writing, proper re
sponses to interview ques
tions and job keeping
skills. Persons complet
ing this class will receive
job placement assistance
for a one-year period.
The program is specific
ally designed for persons
who are highly motivated,
yet lack the skills neces
sary to enter successfully
the job market.
The classes are open to
the general public and will
be held at the Elizabeth
Avenue campus of Central
SCSC To Plant
Tree In King’s
Honor
Orangeburg - South
Carolina State College will
participate in the National
Ceremonial Tree Planting
in honor of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.’s 55th
birthday in the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Audi
torium-Nance Hall court
yard on Monday, January
16, at 11 a m.
Dr. Edward Jackson,
chairman of the Depart
ment of Political Science
and History, will preside.
The program is open to
the public.
Piedmont Community Col
lege. Class fee and tuition
are $11.
The interagency council
is comprised of represent
atives from the Charlotte
Area Fund, Department of
Social Services, Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation,
Energy Committed to Of
fenders and the North
Carolina Conference of
Christians and Jews.
For more information,
contact Eileen Dwyer or
Connie Hifiiard, f 372-3M0.
CPCC Plans
Small Business
Conference
".“How To Make It Big In
Your Small Business” is
the theme of CPCC con
ference to be held at the
Civic Center, January 20
21. The conference, also
sponsored by The Veterans
Office and The Small
Business Administration,
is designed to help small
business owners and any
one planning to start a
business.
Seminars will deal with
how to plan a business,
when an attorney is need
ed, how to find start-up
capital, record keeping,
managing people, tax obi!
gations, computers in
small business, advertising
and cash flow.
There will be time for
private discussion with the
seminar presenters. More
than 30 exhibitors will have
displays.
Registration for both
days, including lunches, is
$20. For a descriptive
brochure and more in
formation, call CPCC at
373-6900 or 373-6521.
Miss Carla Burton
.“Our Beauty of Week”
Carla Builon s Gift
Is Intelligence
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Edltor
God gave each of us one
or more special gifts. In
Carla Burton’s life there is
no shame in announcing
that her gift is intelligence.
Presently a student in ad
vanced classes at South
Mecklenburg Senior High
School, Ms. Burton re
ceived staight A’s and one
B. She competed recently
in a Spanish II competi
tion at Clem son University
against highjschool stu
dents from Ndrth and South
Carolina and Georgia and
won first place. About 800
students were involved in
the competitions and about
12 competed in her cate
gory.
"I will go to Salem Col
lege for another competi
tion in February and I will
UfniBn Announces For County Commission
By Keren Parker
Poet Staff Writer
\ TbepoUttdnnaof theClty
of Chartetto and Madden
burg County should be
proud diet they haven’t
elected to wait uadi UM to
recognise Rev. Dr.. Martin
Luther King, Jr.’s birthday
aa a national holiday.
In fact, the County has
acknowledged Dr. King’s
birthday as a holiday
since till, while the aty
declared Us birthday a
holiday last year.
Dr Raleigh Bynum, a
weD-known community el
and optometrist, an
. Bynum la a
of the Board of
I
R«By Atovaadcr, 8r.
.NAACP chair man
of AAT State Univeraity
bae dated for "tea United
Statao Department of Agri
culture to aggreedvaly at
tack a phenomenon wMaft
complishments of AATs
Agricultural Extension
Program In assisting t'V't
farmers in the state.
Dr. Port’s views worn
eaprwwd durtag a nation
al totaceafcrencc about
Mack farmers A4T’s farm
complex in Guilford Coun
ty will now bn the site of a
model small farm wtdcb
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win be used to "provide a
data base for research and
extemtoa and a suitable
place to test ideas which
are directed to ths interests
of the smaU farm,” ac
cording to Dean Burleigh
Webb aleo of AATa School
of Agriculture.
Aa the newly elected
chairman of the national
NAACP, Kelly Alexander,
Sr. can look forward to
working with the organ
ization's committees which
oversee programs like
housing and prison reform,
voter education, rural de
velopment, equal employ
ment and education oppor
tunities
Alexander has devoted
much of his life to the
NAACP Which has been de
scribed as one of the most
successful reformist organ
izations in American
history.
Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green
will officially announce his
candidacy for governor
Friday, January IS. He will
make hia official announce
ment on the South Lawn of
the State Capitol. Green
serves on the Board ef
Trustees of Shaw Univer
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take the National Spanish
Exams at UNCC in March.
Spanish is one of my main
subjects and I enjoy it.
Each day, however, I
spend at least 15 minutes
studying each subject,”
Ms. Burton commented.
Future plans for our
Gemini beauty include
attending the University of
North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. ‘‘There, I would like to
major in Criminal and Do
mestic law with a minor in
accounting. I like to help
people get out of comers
and I feel that I can do a
good Job at being an at
torney because I am a good
speaker Later, I plan to
attend law school,” Ms.
Burton continued. Her con
centration will probably
encompass business and
domestic law.
in addition to being stu
dious and a striver, Ms.
Burton has this contention,
“Once you set a goal,
strive to reach it.’’ But her
thoughts are not ones
merely of herself. Many
have viewed her as a
caring individual, who
tutors other students and
one who cares about the
poor and the future of Ame
rican involvement In
nuclear strategies.
As a member of the
Church of the Living God,
Rev. Donald Brown, pas
tor, Ms Burton has come
to realize the importance
and serenity of love.
Her hobbies include sing
ing, dancing, macrame,
and playing the clarinet. At
South Meek she enjoys
playing in the marching
band and being a member
of the International Club
She also listens to enter
tainers Michael Jackson,
Lionel Richie, Diana Ron
aad Debarge for rnueteal
delight
Her parents are Etta
Moore and Herman Odell
Burton, Jr
Blacks
Forced To
Cancel Rights
By Karen Parker
Post Staff Writer
If you have grand or
great-grandparents who
can sit down and tell you
what it was like even to
think about voting in the
late 1900’s, listen!
It’s a history lesson that
will probably never be
taught in public or private
schools. It’s a subject
touched lightly in the
history books which
abound on library shelves.
A pamphlet written by
the American Civil Liber
ties Union may not tell the
story as dramatically and
descriptively as your
grandparents, but it gives
the facts. In 25 pages, the
education Department of
ACLU outlines the Voting
Rights Act of 1965. The
opening statement reads:
“...Before the 1965 Voting
Rights Act, the right to vote
was legal fiction for most
Black Americans. Further
more, until 1975, most
American citizens who
were not proficient in
English did not vote, be
cause the ballot was not
made comprehensible to
them.”
According to The Voting
Rights Act: What It Means.
How To Make It Work For
You. the Constitution out
lawed official discrimin
ation, which should have
allowed all people to vote.
However, Blacks were still
forced to ignore their
right. Visiting ballot boxes
were risky business. They
were intimidated and their
lives were often threat
ened. In most instances the
threats were carried out
Southern states were no
torious for holding
constitutional conventions
which devised so-called
“legal” methods of dis
honoring Blacks the right
to vote. Researchers for
ACLU noted: "The avowed
purpose of these conven
tions, in the words of U.S.
Sen B.-R. “Pitchfork Ben”
Tillman who addressed the
South Carolina Disfran
chising Convention of 1885,
was to ‘take from the ig
norant Blacks every ballot
that we can under the laws
of our national govern
ment.’
ihe pamphlet points out
those methods which Till
man referred to most often
included bias literacy
tests and burdensome re
gistration requirements.
To iJlustate how success
ful the disfranchising con
ventions were, ACLU
pointed out in ISM in
Louisiana, 130,334 Blacks
were registered to vote. By
1*00 the number decreased
U> 5,330. The misfortune
continued for another 70
years.
Not untfl IMS, with Oh
Voting Rights Act, wastfce
vote jyturaad to minor
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