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Ebony Moore
...Interested in medicine
Ebony Moore Has
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High Aspirations
tv. By Russell Clark
Pbst Staff Writer
; Am* 14-yaar-old student at
Albemarle Road Junior High
School, Ebony Moor* aims to be
-tome a doctor. . ,
£ At school, tha energetic ninth
grader is the student body preei
“dent, center on tha basketball
team, a volleyball star and a B
■ student. She eaye her fhvorits
"/class is Algebra now, but points •!,»
. out that medicine la her main ca
reer interest. Tm very interest
id in studying medidne because
-3 want to aid peopla with health
problem* so that they can help
'themselves,” explains Moore who
;«i»o enjoys physical education. , •
;- T think it's important for peo>
}>ls to take care of themselves. I
;»tay in shsp* by stretching, exer
tfsing and Jogging whan I’m not
playing sports." 4
£ Public Hearing !:
Th* Mayor and Charlotte City
^Council will hold a public hear
ing on Thuraday, February 6> at 7
*b.m. in the main auditorium at,
•JJVeet Mecklenburg High 8chool,
• 7400 Tuckaeeegee Rd. Hie pur
' poe* of the hearing 1*111 be to allow
; dtiiene th* opportunity to reopond
;lo the con»u)ting firm of Howard
3feedloa, Tammen and Btrgend
pffa update of the Charlotte/
Oougla* International Airport
;«naater plan. The maeter plan
yadll eatabliah 4 planning pro
gram for a 20-year direction for
■ tafrport development and provide
'« baeia for which many airport
! ^development dedelona can be
mad* by the City,
tUKUtoi:
No amount of riahoa can
atono far povorty of character, j
Although she want* to be a suc
cessful physician, she would like
to see a professional league for
women basketball and volleyball
players. "Eventually , I would
like to pioneer in starting a solid
professional women's basketball
league. I admire great players
like Cheryl Miller and Lynette
Woodard, because they are great
players. There are many other
female athletes who deserve a
chance to play professionally."
The National Women's Bas
ketball Association (NWBA) re
cently folded because of finan
cial difficulties, but Ebony says
she Would still like to play be
cause you get a chance to make a
lot of money and to travel. Also,
you got a lot of attention."
While striving for her goal,
this week's beauty is bypassing
stumbling blocks. "I don't do
drugs and other things that peer
pressure leads to because I'm a
leader, not a follower. At school,
a lot of ldds smoke, but I don't
have a problem dealing with it."
Nett year, she will face the
transition from Junior high to
high school, but she plana to keep
a strong hold on her priorities.
"I'm kind of scared, because all
of my friends are going to Inde
pendence and 111 be at West ,>*. . x
Charlotte. Ill Juat have to atart
over and make a name for my
self."
The daughter of Bobby and Hat
tie Pratt of Charlotte, Stony haa
one deter, Kenya Neleon. She
enJoye talking on the telephone,
dancing, ekating, and all a porta
Thie anthuaiaetic beauty de
scribee hefeelf ae ambitious, out
going and talkative;:
"My mother ie a big Inspiration
to me becauee aha puahee me.
When I'm sitting around the
house, ahell teM me to get up and
work-out or go Jogging. She
know how to get me going," as
serts Ebony.
Her favorite athlete is Michael
Jordan and she likes the music of
Run DMC and the Beaetie Boys.
"Our generation can relate to
their songs because of our life
stylos.*
Concerned Charlotteans Joi
Thousands In Brotherhood March
Uy Loretta Manage
Post Managing Editor
On a bleak and cold Saturday
morning two Rosa Charter buses
awaited passengers. Even before
the 4: 30 a.m. departure time,
Charlotteans had braved the ici
ness of the secondary roads to
board the buses that were headed
for Cumming, Georgia to partici
pate in a "Brotherhood March".
At 4:56 a.m., the buses having
neared capacity, with only one or
two seats vacant left Senior Drive
and headed for 1-85 South.
NAACP first vice-president
Valarie Woodard kept the group
orderly and by the time a roll call
was taken, most of the Charlotte
marchers were fast asleep.
Those who weren't asleep, no
doubt, reminisced to the events of
last week, when a group of
marchers headed by Joseph Low
ery, president of SCLC journeyed
to Cumming, Georgia to com
memorate the national holiday of
slain civil rights leader, Martin
L. King Jr. and were meiby reai- .
dents of Ontcit^ who McM the 1
marchers to retreat to their buses
because of the rocks,' dirt and ra
cist remarks that were being
hurled at theip.
Those who weren't asleep, prob
ably recalled the reassuring
statements of national newscast
ers who reported that the upcom
ing march would be secured by
the national guard, the state bu
reau of investigation and the lo
cal police department.
But as reassuring as those re- -
ports were, there were also the re
ports that Klan from 22 states
were expected to arrive in Cum
ming on the day of the march to
hold a countermarch and" rally.
The element of danger, no matter
how small made its presence felt.
With the rising of the sun, the
majority of the Charlotte march
ers awoke. Many of them talked
about not telling their mothers
that they were taking this trip be
cause they didn't want them to
worry. Others expressed shock
over the fact that no blacks had
resided in Camming since 1912.
Still others were angry over the
fact that these particular resident
of Georgia who wanted no blacks
In thslr city had no'qualms in us
ing th* tax money that many
black Georgia resident* paid.
Shortly after 0 o'clock the bus
pulled into Atlanta and as it
mad* its way to the Martin L.
King Center For Social Change,
there was « feeling of intensity
and excitement that grew among
th* riders. That feeling grew at
busloads of black people, white
people, young people, old people
paeqedby. There were people eve
rywhere. Dressed appropriately
to accommodate the weather's
cold, wearing toboggans, ileld
jackets, and shoes that were in
deed mad* for walking, these peo
ple, had a single pdf pose In
mind- to let the residents of Cum
ming Georgia know that this
week there would be no turning
back. „i j
Th* masses had congregated at
the King Center, where they pa
tiently waited for th* city buees
Scenes From Recent March
p*oto* by LoreMa Manage
that would take them to Forsyth
County. But no one, not even the
organizers of the march had an
ticipated such a response. Initial
ly it was reported that 191 of At
lanta's city buses had been con
tracted to transport marchers to
and from Atlanta. However, dur
ing the rally, Hosea Williams,
the individual in charge of pro
curing the buses announced that
500 city buses were put to use.
Those who couldn't find space on
the buses drove their own cars,
while others hitchhiked rides on
other chartered buses.
One hitchhiker the Charlotte bus
picked up was Will Levinthal, a
Brotherhood March marshall and
an experienced civil rights
marcher who had walked along
with King on several occasions
including the Birmingham
march. *
As the bus departed to join the
lineup of other buses and vehi
cles, Levinthal informed the bus
riders on the present situation.
He assured that the chance of any
incident occurring was slim.
His focus was that the march be af
peaceful as possible, considering
See CIIARLOTTEANS Pago 10A
Jacobs Finds Widening Gap
Between4 Haves , Have Nots’
Currant national economic and
Social policies have encouraged
"a dangerous gap between the af
fluent and the poor,” and are
harming the national interest,
John E. Jacob, president of the Na
tional Urban league asserted in
"The 8tate of Black America
1987," released recently in Wash
ington, DC.
Mr. Jacob stated in the report
that these policies have countered
traditional American concepts of
morality and flair play and that
greed has becobie "the prevailing
creed of Ronald Reagan's Ameri
ca."
He charged that the Reagan Ad
ministration has been waging a
"disinformation campaign” on
domestic matters, "designed to
convince the public that unem
ployment was no longer a prob
lem, that the poor don't want to
work and that social programs
simply compound social problems
Instead of helping to resolve
them.”
Mr. Jacob stated that the present
disparities in income and wealth
are not accidental and are ”the
result of policies that encourage
higher unemployment and lower
levels of social spending and in
vestment.” He added that while
the economy has been praised for
producing over three million job#
over the course of the year, that
growth was largely in part-time
poeitiens and low-paying retail
•John E. Jaooha
and service industry Jobs.
Asserting that last year's elec
tion results show that voters have
rejected his ideology and demon
strate their concern that the so
called economic recovery has ex
cluded millions of Americans,
Mr. Jacob maintained that the de
terioration in jobs and income
"will spur a reconsideration of
government's role as a creator of
opportunities for all."
Regarding the status of race re
lations in Ameriea, Mr. Jacob
stated that "the resurgence of ra
cist feelings and continued ille
gal discrimination arc fostered
by the Administration's refusal to
admit that racism may still be a
problem."
Pointing in particular to the ac
tions of the Justice Department,
Mr. Jacob stated it has attempted
to convince the American public
that "affirmative action is actual
ly reverse discrimination,"
which has prejudiced public atti
tudes and "encouraged hostility
toward black citizens."
He added that the Department's
nafrow interpretation of the law
emasculates key protections and
evidences a philosophy that
"remains uncomfortably close to
the states righta philosophy of the
old-line segregationists who held
that public officials may defy Su
preme Court rulings they disa
gree with."
Mr. Jacob accused the nation of
wearing "moral blinkers,” evi
denced he aaid in its indifference
to the continued existence of ra
cism and racial disadvantage
permeating American society,
"despite the pious pronounce
ments that we are now a color
blind society.” He cited recent ex*
ample* to the contrary such as, the
death of a black man killed after
being struck by a car while flee
ing from an attack of whit* youths
in Howard Beach in Queens, New
York, and the racial hare semen t
of a black cadet at the Citadel, a
military academy in South Caro
line, by white cadets dressed as
Klansmen.