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,:i, THE CHARLOTTE-POST - Thursday, September 11, 1986 Number 15
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Gloria Samantha Council
.Durham native
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Gloria Is An
Award-Winning Cook
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By RasseU Clark
Post Staff Writer
»tj Not many people can balance good
looks with good cooking, but JH
year-old Gloria Samantha Council
has tied the two together. "My
mother started me out when I was In
the seventh grade,” she began. “She
used to make me help out and after I
was through helping, she would
make me prepare a dish for the
meal.”
A native of Durnam, sne movea
to Charlotte in 1961 with her adopted
mother Grace L. Council and seven
brothers. “I was adopted when I was
seven years old and It is the best
thing that could have happened to
me.” noted the baby of the family.
The 1963 graduate of Harding High
School, is action oriented.
“Besides winning awards in state,
regional, and district cooking com
petitions, ! was also Co-Head
Varsity Cheerleader, and a chorus
member,” reflected Council, a
secretary at the Employment and
Training Department for the City.
After graduation, her singing
talent landed her a musical scholar
1 ship to attend Johnson C. Smith
University/‘I had to audition for the
^scholarship and I was thrilled to
receive it after I had been dis
appointed in another audition.”
TW* self motivated young lady
was a flag girl, banner girl and
maintained a B average before
leaving the university. “I left
Smith to give birth to an eight pound,
six ounce son named Rodrequez
Armani Council, who is 11 months
old now. I don’t regret having a
baby, because it gave me a sense of
responsibility,” she added.
Council, a member of Salem
Missionary Baptist Church, says she
owes a lot to her pastor, Rev. A. L.
Jinwright. “He has inspired me to
strive to be a courageous person
through my faith in God. He always
tells us to put the Lord first in
anything we attempt to do,” she
pointed out.
Since coming to Charlotte, she has
held down various clerical positions,
but she doesn’t feel she has
reached her potential. "Oncemy son
gets a little older. I’m going back to
finish my education. I'm determined
to make a good life for me and
Rodrequez.”
When not working, this idea
person enjoys modeling, singing,
tennis, and ai course cooking. “I also
enjoy watching "The Cosby Show”
because It’s educational and very
intertaining. My favorite enter
tainers are Freddie Jackson and
Patti La Belle," she revealed with a
beaming smile
If there was one incident to trigger
- the NAACP K/e membership pro
gran which Mips pay costly battle
waged in the courts. it would toe the
Sweet Case rv ,
. /. Six decades ago in Detroit,
w. atl angry crowd of white
whitae gathered on the lawn of their
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black doctor and his family
The tragedy that followed left one
man dead and Dr. Osstan Sweet on
friar. With the NAACP on Ms side
and a bright attorney named
Clarence Darrow. the NAACP
garnered an acquittal for the young
doctor and a major victory for the
organization. ~2 ,i M ./
Without life members hi pa,
maybe this victory would have
resulted lata a defeat. No one knew
that more than Klvie Kaplan
NAACP national president from 1866
to 1877 who boosted membership
from 221 to 32,OM fully paid
On Friday, September 13, the
NAACP Mecklenburg County
Branch presents its “First Annual,
Life Membership Dinner,"
beginning at 8:30 pm at
McDonald’s Cafeteria. The guest
speaker la Emmitt Bums, Hfe
members director of National
NAACP. The donation la MO which
includes an initial Hfe member
ship payment. {Sgktts can be
purchased at the NAACP or
obtained by calling 333-1187.
KKK Leaves Its Mark
By Jalyne Strong and
Russell Clark
About an hour before the march,
the crowd in the back parking of the
Oharlotte-Mecklenburg Education
Center was already thickening'.
Some 50 or 60 men, women, and
children had arrived with rolled-up
flags and wearing Ku Klux Klan
hoods and robes.
"Klans-atten-hut,” yelled a Klan
leader dressed in green as the unit
formed two rows behind him. As the
march proceeded from the Educa
tion Center on to 2nd Street, it
attracted about 20 members waiting
on the comer of Alexander and
Trade. Before the Klan reached the
square, people were already ex
pressing their astonishment of the
Saturday afternoon activity.
Anger replaced astonishment
when bystanders saw Klan Imperial
Wizard Vergil Griffin reach the
downtown interection with about 200
followers. Hecklers from the inter
grated crowd were screaming “get
them” (the KKK) at the square after
the Klan started yelling “KKK” in
unison.
The police, out in large num
bers. had problems controling the
other debris in protest to the march.
As the marchers were insulated by
policemen many confrontations
flared up between mostly white
police and several black
protestors
Pushing, shouting, and com
plaining, were ways the witnesses
expressed their disbelief. Thier
comments range from “Charlotte
has been set back 50 years” to “It
makes me sick at the stomach.”
Many blacks expressed acute
regret over the demonstration. They
asked “Who allowed this to happen.
Who was it that paid their parade
fee'*
Ruben Thomas, who happened to
be driving through downtown
when the traffic was halted by the
parade, got out of his car to watch.
“Ain’t this a shame?” he related
"I’m a veteran and I’ve seen the
Klan in action in the military. I
thought Charlotte was a progressive
city. I know everyone has the
right to march, but this is a dis
grace.”
“I walk Trade Street everyday
with no problems but when the Klan
comes, I get a police escort out of the
area,” grieved Lamar Reid
“People said to ignore this rally, but
I feel a need to express my feelings
about what the KKK has done to my
ancestors ”
“I’m sorry we had the disturb^
ances we had,” replied Mayor
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Rueben Thomas
..."A disgrace”
Harvey Gantt over the phone
“Our Constitution states that any
group can march with police pro
tection as long as they apply and pay
the cost for a parade permit. My
official posture was to ignore it. I
hoped that most people would ignore
the distasteful group ”
One black Charlottean was
thoroughly disgusted with the event
Terry Belk had just picked up his
visiting nephew from New York at
the airport after spending months of
persuading him to make a new start
here "I told him how nice this city
is—that we had a good black
Charles Belk
..."race relations shaky"
mayor and what happens? The day
he gets here the KKK rallies I’m
embarrassed.’’
“This KKK march shows me that
things are not settled here as far as
race relations are concerned ”
This would not have gone over in
New York,-' commented Belk’s
nephew, Charles Belk
Many comments from spectators
were voiced by people from other
cities "They 'the Klant couldn't
pull this off in Baltimore," said a
young man "If something like this
was to develop in New York, no one
would be left alive to tell about it,"
I.atnar Reid
...Why ignore rally?
remitted a freshman at Pfieffer
College who came down with
friends for the experience
At different points along
march's route, confrontations
between the crowd and the police
occurred The police were
restricting movement of the angry
crowd along the sidewalks
Charlotte's NAACP leader.
Kelly Alexander Jr . pointed out that
none of the City officials supported
•he march l-egally the City was
responsible for protecting the Klan
See KKK On Page 2A
Congressman Fauntroy To Speak At MGBA Banquet
Senior Congressman Waller E.
Fauntroy will be the keynote speak
er for the fourth annuel Recogni
tion Banquet of the Mecklenburg
General Baptist Association to be
held Friday, October 10, 7 p ro , at
the new Sheraton Hotel on the corner
of 1-86 and Billy Graham Parkway in
Charlotte.
According to Dr. William Lee Jr ,
MGB secretary, "Congressmen
Fauntroy will bring a timely
message regarding the fact that
churches and hlacks need to get
deeply involved in election pro
cedures this year His message will
highlight some of the more serious
problems facing blacks today." *'
Congressman Fauntroy Is presi
dent of the National Black Leader
ship Round Tsble. an organization
which enlists the leaders at over iso
national black organisations A
member of the Houee of Represen
tatives since 1971, he is chairman of
the Fiscal Affairs and Health
Subcommittee at the Committee of
the District of Columbia
Additionally, he Is chairman at the
board at the Southern Christian
I.eldership Conference and vice
president for Government Affair* tof
CmgrewMfcan Walter E. rMMn>
• .To aMrew MOB h*nr|iiH
the Martin Luther King Jr Center
far Nonviolent Social Change
Fauntroy served as chairman of
Issues and Political Strategy Com
mittee for the 1M4 Jesse L Jackson
presidential campaign
Faurttroy’s educational ereden
Hals include being a 1955 Cum Laude
graduate of Virginia Union
University In 1958, he earned a
bachelor of divinity degree from
Yale University Both Virginia
Union and Yale have awarded
Fauntroy honorary doctor of divini
fy degrees and Georgetown Uni
versity awarded him a Juris
Doctorate.
Fauntroy is the pastor of New
Bethel Baptist Church of Washing
ton, DC.
During the MGB banquet the
association will honor officers
who’ve served the organization for a
number of years And, all officers of
the MGB who have served for the
last four years will be replaced by
new officers to be elected at the Mth
Annual Session in October
Those stepping down from office
this year include: Dr. J. B
Humphrey, moderator (served 15
years); Drucilla Grier, president of
the Woman’s Auxiliary)
Pende Norman, supervisor of the
Youth Department; Daryl
Patterson, president of the YoUng
Adult Department; Cedric Jones, ..
president of the Sunday School
Congress; Lawrence Brooks, preet
dent of the Usher’s Department;
Charles Vinson, president of the
I.ayman’s League Mary
Humphrey president of Ministers'
Wives, and Dr A B Sutton Sr and
Rev .1 W Wallace, vice moderators
of the association
The general public is welcome to
attend the MGB Recognition Ban
quet Ticket reservations deadline is
Tuesday. September 30 The price is
$17.50 each or reservations can be
made for tables of 10 For more
information, call executive secre
tary-treasurer Rev William l.ee Jr ,
telephone '>00-382'
Wegional Meeting
The Coalition of Minority Citizens
For Broyhill will conduct its
Regional meeting for Region II on
September 13 at 4701 Hedgemore
Drive from 10 a m. until l p m
Special guest speaker will be Mrs
Thea Monroe from the Senator's
campaign staff, and the Senator's
elder son. Ed Broyhill
For more information, contact
Wanda Dewts. Broyhill Campaign,
4701 Hedgemore Dr.. Charlotte. nTC.
'Suite Iftt)
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