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16-YEAR-OLD LISA MOORE /
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where Lisa’s mother works. Lisa
and her brother received the chance
of being pictured with the group,
however, Lisa claims the guys
weren’t very personable.
“They didn’t talk much,” she re
lates. “They weren’t like I ex
pected. They thought they were
cool.”
Lisa now says she learned a
valuable lesson that day. “Don’t like
someone Just for how they appear. I
liked New Edition a lot more be
fore I met them.” she decided.
“Understanding, patient, and
fun.” is how Lisa likes to see herself.
"I enjoy helping people with their
problems,” she reveals.
She is the middle child in her
family with one older brother,
Scotty, IS, and one younger sister,
Yolanda, 11. Lisa says it’s fun
having an older brother even though
she doesn’t get to do much with him.
“He stays on the go,” she states. A
little sister is O.K. "But since she’s
younger, she kind of bugs me,” Lisa
smiles.
The person this young lady ad
mires most is Becky, an older lady
who’s a dear friend. ‘‘She talks to me
and helps me. She’s very nice,”
emphasizes Lisa.
With two years left to go in high
school, Lisa has not quite decided
what she wants to be yet. “I’m
thinking about cosmetology or data
processing,” she says. But Lisa is
definite she’s going to college.
And, her advice to other young
people runs along the same lines.
Declares Lisa, “Don’t get involved
with drugs. Stay in school.”
Lisa is a member of Rockwell
* AME Zion Church, where she sings
in the choir.
Honorable William Gray
To Address Banquet Here
The Honorable William H. Gray
III, U.S. Representative from Penn
sylvania, will address the Second
Annual Friends of Johnson C. Smith
University banquet on Monday, Sep
tember 16.
The affair will begin at 7 pm. in
Grimes Lounge, University Me
morial Union, on campus.
Gray, a Democrat, is serving his
fourth term in the U.S. Congress,
having represented Pennsylvania’s
Second Congressional District since
1970. The 42-year-old Congressman
has received national recognition as
chairman of the House Committee
on the Budget for the 99th Congress.
In addition, he serves on the Com
mittee on Appropriations, where he
is a member of the Subcommittee on
Transportation and the Subcommit
tee on Foreign Operations. Gray
also serves on the District of Co
lumbia Committee, where he chairs
the Subcommittee in Government
Operations and Metropolitan
Affairs.
He has served as secretary and
vice chairman of the Congressional
Black Caucus. On the Foreign Af
fairs Committee, Gray authored the
only new program offered by a
freshman member and passed by
Congress in this century. This le
gislation established the African De
velopment Foundation to deliver
visible U.S. aid to African villages.
In addition, his amendments to
increase the numbers of minority
and women officers in the Foreign
Service were adopted by Congress
and signed into law by President
‘Jimmy Carter in 1980 The Con
gressman was appointed by Presi
dent Carter to chair the U.S.-Liberia
Presidential Commission and to lead
talks with the Liberian government
following that country’s coup in
April, 1980. Gray represented the
United States at the inauguration of
Zimbabwe’s government and par
ticipated in bilateral trade nego
tiations with Nigeria.
• Most recently Gray authored le
gislation to ban new investments by
U.S. firms in South Africa. He was
one of the earliest Congressional
voices to warn of the famine con
Rev. William Gray
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ditions in Africa.
The Congressman is the founder
and past president of five non
profit housing corporations which
have constructed more than $20
million in low and moderate in
come housing. He helped design the
Philadelphia Mortgage Plan, which
has produced more than $100 million
in residential mortgates for Phi
ladelphia's inner-city neighbor
hoods.
Rep. Gray has degrees from
Franklin and Marshal College, Drew
Theological School, Princeton
James Baldwin:
“The Voice Of A Political Minority”
By Audrey C. Lodato
Post Staff Writer
James Baldwin, DamocraUc
» mayoral candidate running against
incumbent Charlotte Mayor Harvey
Gantt in the primary later this
month, describee himself as "the
voice of o political minority ” In his
first bid for municipal office, the
34-year-old native Charlottean
claims to speak for "the people who
can vote but don’t have the money to
manipulate City government. I’m
standing up to let everybody know
the voice is still there and it's going
to be heard "
While others describe him as a
“political unknown,’’ Baldwin re
futes that by saying ha has been
actively involved in the background
for yean. He worked in Jim Hunt’s
ifffl campaign and In elections since
■lame* Baldwin
...Democratic mayoral candidate
"and I decided to apook out."
Whilp ho recognizes the need for
roedohnstruction, Baldwin prefers s
users tax on special events, ticket
skies, and park admissions. He
wouM also Uke to invseggMp, the
■ possibility at toll roads.
; The mayoral contender objects to
me conc«mrauon of development In
the southeast M! Uve In southwest
Charlotte, and we pay taxes, too,"
he states. If it weren’t for the
Coliseum finally getting the go
ahead for the Billy Graham Park
Wiy, there would be no devHepMflf^
in that section of town. And, ho
points out, Meyer Gantt did not
favor the Billy Graham site.
Baldwin wants to see controlled
development He also would like to
see the City In partnership with the
private sector in making lew coal
home ownership available to those
who cannot afford conventional
methods of buying homes He cites
Habitat for Humanity as a good
example of wijirt is possible in new
and rehabilitated low-cost housing.
Home owpdrship, he says, is not only
good for a person's pride, but also
contributes to the presentable ap
pearance of a neighborhood.
Baldwin thinks the City should be
more supportive of small business,
as is the Chamber of Commerce,
which, he says, "has done an ad
mirable Job.”
He thinks construction companies
who do work for the City should be
more liable for the work they do, and
refers to the Tryon Street Mall
paving blocks as an example.
Overall, Baldwin says, "1 would
like to give City government back to
the people and take it out of the
hands of developers and big busi
ness. We're on the way to becomir^
another Atlanta. We're losing our
suburben atmosphere
In further explaining this position,
Baldwin states that neighborhood
groups should have mors control
over what happens In the City,
rather than "developers and Mg
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jored in psychology He has since
developed an interest in the graphic
arts.
In summary, Baldwin concludes,
“The statement I’m trying to make
as a candidate is, ‘You need to do
something about this side of town ’ I
think an injustice is being done in
allowing the west side to deteriorate
We’re the gateway to the city from
the airport, the south, and the west
You’d think an effort would have
been made to give it a more pleasing
appearance.”
Mayfield Memorial
To Observe
Homecoming
Special Te The Peat
The Mayfield Memorial Baptist
Church, located at 700 S««ar Creek
Road West, will celebrate Home
coming Day on Sunday, Saptember
The day wiD begin with the weekly
Sunday Church School gathering at
•:*> a.m. and the ll a.m. Corporate
WoreWD Service At t pm, the
annual Homecoming Dinner will be
■•rve* to all who attend the 11 a m
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Theological School, the University of
Pennsylvania, and Temple Uni
versity.
The Friends of Johnson C. Smith
University, officially charted in
February 1984, is co-chaired by Mrs.
Elizabeth Randolph, retired
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
associate superintendent, and Dr.
Gerson Stroud, former West Char
lotte High School principal." The
purpose of the organization is to
serve as a liaison between the uni
versity and the community. »
Memberships are on a yearly or
lifetime basis For more informa
tion about the Friends of Johnson C.
Smith University membership, call
Getchel Caldwell, assistant vice
president for development, at
378-101R
Black Poverty
Rate Declines !
The percentage of blacks in po
verty declined in 1984 while the
median income of black families did
not change significantly from 1983
after adjustment for inflatian,'ac
cording to a report from the Com
merce Department’s Census
Bureau.
The report covers poverty under
the official definition, which it baaed
on money income only, at well as
household money income.
The black poverty rate dropped
from 35.7 percent to 33.8 percent,
and the report shows some evtdnfte
of a decrease in the number of poor
blacks from 9.9 million to9.8 million.
In 1884. The 1984 poverty threshold
for a family of four was 110,808
The white poverty rate dropped
from 13.3 percent to 11J percent,
and the number of poor whites
declined by 1.3 million to tXM mil
lion. The report shows do statis
tically significant changes in the
number at percent of Hispanic* in
poverty.
The 1884 1
come of $15,4881
different medUfe of
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