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“Love Rally”
To Express
•Solidarity
By Jalyne Strong
Poet Staff Writer
Rev. Johnny R. Calhoun arrived In
Charlotte this peat Auguat aa the
new paator of Adama-Metropolltan
AME Church located at 500
Yorkmont Rd. One of the ft rat thlnga
he aaked of hla congregation waa
they go out Into the neighborhood
and evangeliie. They did «o.
A week later, Rev. Calhoun
received a phone call. "The Klan la
rising,” aald the unidentified
caller. "We don't want nlggera In the
neighborhood. Keep it up and we're
going to get you."
if, Anattwr weak later, Rev. Calhoun
of Adama-Metropoh
iadimihM
chpptcr NAACP. He furthar ravaals
that aoon after thla occurrence there
came the a udder realiaatlon that
there were a number of Man
related Incident! happening in the
general vicinity of the church near
Natlona Ford Road.
"It waa an area we were bearing
about conatantly. glacka were being
called nigger on the atreeta. Kida
were {Ming haraaeed. Klan alogana
appeared on varioua road aigna."
Meanwhile Rev. Calhoun decided
hla church ahould be the atte of a
vsviiimurmy Lvivonuon 01
Harmony and Low." He says ha
didn't view the telephone call from
the alleged Xian*man as a threat
"It was a notification that tha
community needs to coma
together," Rev. Calhoun relatee.
Shortened to "Low Rally," Rev.
Calhoun's community celebration
will be held Friday, November n, at
1 p.m. Scheduled to appear at the
rally are City Councilman Ron
keeper, Mayor Harvey Gantt, Kelly
Alexander Jr., and Dr. William
Olbaon, national board chairman of
the NAACP Several organlaattomi
will also be preaanl Including
members of Community Relation!
and the National Council of
Christians and Jaws.
Alexander says the rally is a
"symbolic reaction." "It will ba an
aet bt solidarity," expounds
Alexander, "We want le work as
diligently as we can to create a
cohesive, positive force,1'
Agreeing with Alexander, Rev.
f'aihdun add., "it will ba a demon
stretien to shew the! a group libs tha
Kiaitwen't Had any real beats of
involvement In thte community."
Rev. Calhoun further describes
the rally as means to "help resolve
SWerenoee and find a common
i round h
Whiter lt‘s feasible that tha
grmm attending tha "Low Rally"
Win ba able te find immbm ground
-R*v. Jahnny It, Caihowi ’
.HnIi rally
KHly Alentndtr Jr.
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