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By Mecklenburg Delegation
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Mona Mclllwaln
~J*lana to become CJPA.
The Future’s All Set
! For Mona McDlwain
By Russell Clark
Post SUIT Writer
. While projecting her future
with a confident but gentle voice,
Mona Tameka Mclllwain says
aha aims to make a lot of money
as a Certified Public Accountant.
"Accounting is a good field be
cause you not only learn how to
budget you* own money, but you
get a chance to help other people
with their taxes and other needs,"
the 17-year-old beauty of
the week. "When I graduate
from high school next year, I plan
to attend UNCC because they have
a v^Ty solid business department.
Afterwards, I plan to move to a
larger city so that I can eventual
ly establish my own CJ>A. firm
and hopefully start a modeling
career."
f, **th-gimdsr at West Meek
lenburg High School, aha is cur
rently taking a full class load
and her courses include, Ac*
counting I, English, Geometry,
JWence by Investigation, U.8.
History and Spanish I which is
her favorite. Tve already taken
th*** Xof French, but Spanish
is much easier and challenging
for me," mentions Mona who
brings home As and Vs on her
report cards," answers m
manager for the Indians Girls
Track Team.
Born to James and 8allie
Me 111 wain of West Charlotte, she
has one brother, Rica, 81. “My
brother and I have a very open re*
lationship and we can relate to
t each others problems. If I need
^some advice about guys, he helps
Any fool can maka a ml# and
any fool will mind It.
1 ,
me and when ha needs some ad
vice about handling girls he asks
ms. Our parents give us the free
dom to make our own decisions
and tiy to teach us how to be inde
pendent should something happen
to them," relates the energetic
Capricorn. \
When she's not busy, she en
joys dancing, modeling, shop
ping, swimming, talking on the
telephone and tennis. "I also en
joy listening to Rapp music be
cause of the deep bass sound and
the-etory that rappers tell through
their songs. I like the way they
explain what life is all about in
theirsongs."
ppban League Chief Takes
eagan Administration
Kalaigh, NC ■ National Urban
League Chief Executive Officer
John Jacob called hie organiia
tion'e recently released report on
Black America" one of the moet
important studies completed in a
long time. f
Speaking to alumni, students,
faculty and friends at St. Augus
tine’s College during the Raleigh,
NC school's 120th annual Found
er’s Day Convocation, Jacob called
the future of historically Black Col
leges "at risk today, along with the
fUture of Black People in America
and all of'the country."
He said that the Urban League's
report on Black America showed
that black people "are besieged by
raw racism, persistent economic
depression and a continued ero
sion of past gains."
Jacob told the audience of the
^toric^y black college that
Now, he said, America has lapsed
into an indifference, and false no
tion that the disease was healed.
He criticized the current admin
istration in Washington for ped
dling the myth of "a color-blind 80
dety, and sent strong signals that
dvil rights concerns were no long
er on the national agenda."
He urged President Reagan to
insist that racism has no place in
America, and act constructively to
help end the economic depression
in Black America.
According to the Urban League
report which was released to the
public last week, despite the eco
nomic recovery which currently
exists, Black America has not prof
ited from that recovery. He said
the report points out that one-half
of all black children grow up in
poverty; over a third of all blacks
are still poor (two million more
blacks became poor in the paet
seven years); black family income
is only 58% of that of whites; and
10% of the black houeeholds have
less than 10% of the wealth of
America.
John Jacob
..."Black colleges at risk"
Jacob said, "While all of this and
more is going on around us, the
federal courts are being stacked
with ultra-conservatives, and
blacks are largely excluded from
appointments to the judicial
benches.
He added the report shows that
the (federal) administration's pro
posed budget indicates more of the
same.
"More and more money is being
sought for military and defense
budgets, while self-help programs
continue to undergo the Reagan
budget axe," he added.
He said these included addition
al cuts to low income housing pro
grams and nutrition programs,
causing low income women, in
fants and children, and elderly
people to go without basic food
aid.
"This is the same administration
that launched a drug program last
year that now wants to cut drug
programs by 20%," he said.
He added that Mr. Reagan s
newly proposed budget also pro
poses slashing 40% from federal
spending on student financial aid.
"Translating that into reality
means thousands of low income
young people will either have to
defer going to college, or drop out
of school altogether" and he said
this will hit the historically black
college the hardest, because black
students are the largest number of
college students drawing from
such aid.
Jacob said he is confident that
Progress For Blacks Called “Inadequate”
Washington, DC - In a fhr
reaching report Issued at a press
conference recently, a group of
prominent black scholars clariflss
"public discussion and confusion"
about black community directions.
Entitlsd "Black Initiativa and Oov
smmsntal Responsibility," the re
port takes lssus with "ons-sided
emphases ai>d singls-mindsd ap
proachss" and instead advocates a
combination of heightened efforts
by blacks themselves and in
"eaeed, more focused govern
ment action.
Co-chaired by Duke Univanity
historian John Hops Franklin and
Georgetown University professor
of law Eleanor Holmes Norton, tha
Committaa on Policy for Racial
Justica consists of 80 distinguished
black scholars from around tha na
tion who meat periodically under
tha aegis of tha Joint Cantor for
Political Studiaa to raviaw tha con
dition of blacks In American socie
ty
The committee offers s tripar
tita framework ibr the "new ^en
ds which black organisations are
debstip«?^v,
•the need for blacks to draw
mors explicitly and openly upon
the rich and vibrant tradition of
Mack values that continue to sus
tain them; ; ;’tj
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•the need for Macke to mobilize
and, in some instance*, redirect the
strong self-help tradition that is
hard at work but too often hidden
from public view; and
•the need to ley out the much
obscured case for government's
responsibility for disadvantaged
citizen* in a stable democracy and
indicate specific step* that govern
ment riiould take.
The report emphasises "the
black community's values as a ba
sis for action," then turns to the
black community itself as the
"agent of change, and to the gov
ernment to meet its responsibility
in addressing "new challenges" —
loea of jobs, educational deficiency,
childhood poverty and welfare de
pendency facing the nation as a
whole and blacks disproportions! •
»y. i tii .
The scholars advocate "a Judi
cious, concurrent, and sustained
mix of both black self-help efforts
and public and private assistance
from the nation as a whole to meet
the complicated problem* that
hav* produced a so-called black
underelaee.” Th* report acknowl
edged the "genuine progress:
blacks have made, but its emphasis
is on the one-third of blasks who
remain poor.
The Committee begins its re
view focueing on the "value tradi
tions of the black heritage" which.
it finds "especially relevant to
black people during this period." It
cites as core values that have been
"fundamental to black survived,
the primacy of family, the impor
tance of education and the necessi
ty for individual enterprise and
hard work." It calls on black
"religious institutions, dvic and so
cial organisations, media, enter
tainers, educators, athletes, public
officials and other community
leaders to more actively promote
these values." The Essay rites as
example* of the special value
structure of blacks, "the extended
family system (that) flourishes to
day, and historical and existing ex
amples of the self-help tradition ...
so embedded in the black heritage
as to be virtually synonymous
with it"
The scholars contrast the long
history of past and continuing
black self-ini tiated contributions, to
government action which it says
has been "important, both recent
and modest." Especially since
1981, the federal government "has
retreated on all fronts, deepening
black problems."
Black Population Grows
The nation's black population
grew by 2.6 million or 10% from
1280 to 1986, according to tbs
CommsTo# Department's Census
Bureau.
The Bureau's latest annua] pop
ulation estimate* by ages, sex, and
race indicate that blacks totaled
22.4 million in 1986 compared
with 26.8 million in the 1980 cen
sus. Only 18% of the growth was
from immigration.
The black population has been
growing faster than the total pop
ulation and its proportion roe*
from 11.8* in 1980 to 12.2 in 1986.
Here are other findings from
the report for 1986:
* The black population's median
age was 26.9 years compared with
32.7 years for whites. The six-year
difference hae remained fairly
constant since the 1970s.
• Black females out-numbered
black males 15.4 million to 14.0*
million. Males out-numbered fb
males only through aga 18, reflect
ing move male births.
\ ■ 2 .A
the Congress of the United States
will not go along with such an un
fair cutting.
"A recent poll shows that there is
equal concern among black and
white Americans on the major
problems facing the country," he
revealed.
He called those concerns, ac
cording to the Urban Leagues' re
port, unemployment, drug abuse
and the high cost of living. He
urged Black America to help them
selves first.
"While it is important to have a
partnership between the people
and government, there is only so
much government can do. The
rest, ws black people have to do
ourselves," he confirmed.
Jacob said the private sector has
a responsibility as well.
“It's Urns the private sector
ptclud up the ball and started run
ning with it," he added.
%. Anyone who think* that the pri
vate sector can evade the problem
is dead wrong," he reminded.
H« »aUed on historically black
colleges, tb^lae the reservoir of tal
ent on thos<^ campuses and in
American comViunities to lead the
way. He praised St. Augustine's
College for being a leader in en
riching those reservoirs.
Jacob was awarded during the
Convocation the President's Scroll
of merit by Robinson for his ser
vice to the nation and the Urban
League.
L«m Long Jr.
Committee To
Solute Lem Long
The Steering Committee, com
posed of members Louise Sellers,
Annie Cherry, Nasif Majeed, Sa
rah Funderburke, Rev. Earl
Johnson, Evalyne Carrington,
Donald Johnson and Elenor
Washington will salute one of
Charlottes distinguished citi
iens, Lem Long Jr. , owner of
Long A Son Funeral Home on
Friday, April S at 7 p.m. at McDo
nald's Cafeteria.
A successful businessman,
Long is active civicelly, econom
ically, socially and religiously.
While successfully building his
business, Long has devoted a
f^eat deal of his time serving
others and helping them to secure
loans as well as build churches.
He is chairmen of the board of
directors of the West Trade
Beatties Ford Merchants Associa
tion, the chairman of the board of
directors of the Mechanics A
Farmers Bank and a member of
the board of directors of the Me
chanics A Farmers Bank.
At the salute to Urn Long, an
Humanitarian Foundation will
be established in his honor.