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plume 13, Number 10 _ ^ / THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thumdey. Ausu.t 6, 1987 Price: 50 Cent.
rrs BECOMING A ROUTINE-However, like all
political candidates Mayor Harvey Gantt had to go
through the preliminaries of filing to run for
Mayor of Charlotte. Mayor Gantt is seeking a
third term in office. Bill Culp (1), Election Board
Supervisor, verifies that all Gantt's information
is correct.
AT B!TVnRAIHIWn„ Thmmm <iW«.ii»Iii<IiI
individuals got right to work to raise money for
Mayor Gantt's mayoral campaign. The first fund
raiser tar Gantt was held at the home of Dr. 8pui
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geon Webber Jr. and (1-r) Will Bullock, Dr. Web
ber Jr., Carol Jolly, Michael Daisley, Bob White
and Alvin Howard were glad to throw their contri
butions into the basket.
NC State NAACP Sues Albemarle City
Ms. Carolyn Coleman, Field Di
rector of the North Carolina State
Conference of Branches of the
; NAACP announced the
• NAACP, its affiliate, the Stanly
- County Branch along with four
Albemarle dtisena, Mr. Tidua Stan
back, Ms. 8haron Davis, Mr.
Roosevelt Horns and Ms. Brenda
James filed suit in the United
States District Court in Greensbo
ro against the Albemarle City and
City Council. The suit undar the
Voting Right# Act seeks to change
, ths at-large method of elections to
>a district system where residents
• of ths district vote for ths respec
' ti ve candidates.
\ Ths present City Council Is com
posed of five persons and ths
mayor elected st-larga, all whits.
The suit alleges that ths election
! procedure in Albemarle effectively
l dilutes ths black vote and denies
; the black oommunlty a fair oppor
- tunity to elect representatives of
• their choice.
e The black population of Albe
marle represents 16% of the total
; population and conatitutea a ma
jority in at least one district, if a
• district system wars implemented.
- Ths City Council of Albemarle
; studied ths feasibility of imple
• men ting a district system by ap
pointing a bi-racial committee to
make recommends ti one as well as
designating ths Centreline Council
of Government to prepare and
preeont several options, only to re
pmt ths recommendations of both
There Is no doubt but that ths
Albotnarle City Council is unwill
ing to effectuate positive change
without the mandate of the court.
After several years of ths
NAACPs conducting voter regis
tration, voter education and gat
• out ths vote campaigns - all to no
avail, wa feel ws must now re
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move those barriers which pre- Thompson of Lumberton, NAACP
vent blacks from a fair option of National General Counsel Grover
electing representatives to the City Hankins, Assistant Genera] Coun
Coundl of their own choosing. se] Dennis Hayes of the NAACP
The plaintiffs, are represented National Office and the NAACP
by NAACP Attorneys Romallus O. Special Contribution Fund of Balti
Murphy of Greensboro, Angus more, Maryland.
Davidson, N.C. . Twenty nine
black students from Charlotte
Mscklonburg high schools got
thsir first taste of college life this
summer in a pilot program David
son College hops a will awaken a
lifelong insatiable appetite for
learning in promiaing minority
students.
One of thorn was Kymra Mot
ley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Rowe Motley of Charlotte and a
rising Junior at Weet Charlotte
High School.
"It'* a challenge, but I like chal
lengea," sha said. This program
gave ma a sneak -preview of col
lege life and prepared ma for tha
workload in college courses. It also
taught ma to use my time more
wisely. I think that's the key to suc
ceeding in eoDege."
The new program, called Love
of Learning, attempts to Identify
"diamonds in tha rough," that it,
minority student* with underde
veloped potential and encourage
them to pursue oollege education*.
It involves a four-week intensive
effort that touch** every aspect of
a student's academic, physical and
cultural development. Directed at
rising juniors, this translates into a
rigorous schedule of English and
math claasss, SAT preparation, li
brary study, physical fitness pro
grams end workshops on leader
■hip and positive relationships.
. The program is an attsmpt to
address the root cause# of a na
tionwide problem: declining en
rollment of minority students in
higher education. The percentage
of black college student* nation
wide is about 8.4 percent. At Dav
idson, it's 4 percent. By identifying
talented minority student* early in
their high school careers, college
officials hope to increase the pool
of qualified minority applicants.
Although a handful of othsr
schools have started similar pro
grams. Davidson's is unique in
several respects.
"Too many programs us* a defi
cit model and try to turn minority
students into something they're
not." said Brenda H. Tapia, direc
tor of the Love of Learning pro
gram and assistant chaplain on
campus. "W*'r* helping these stu
dents to know who they are and to
look at their differences as someth
ing to celebrate. If people feel good
about their talents and abilities.
They can’t be intimidated or mad*
to feel inferior." : ’ j
Love of Learning is also unique
because it doesn't target the top 10
percent of high school students
who would almost cortaiidy go to
college anyway. Instead, it concen
trates on promising, B-averag*
student* who may need an extra
push to reach their Aill potential. -
8om* lack the assertiveness or
Mfojj^yfnc* needed ^succeed
^ To be sligibl* for Love of Loam
Senate Committee Told Higher Wages—
Will Destroy Jobs For Black Teenagers
WASHINGTON - More than
one million teenagers will lose
their jobs, including 100,000
blacks, by 1991 as a direct result of
enacting proposed legislation to in
crease and then index the hourly
minimum wage, according to a re
cent witness before the Senate
Committee on Labor and Human
Resources.
Dr. Finis Welch, a UCLA profes
sor of economics and chairman of
Unicon Research Corp., in re
marks following his July 17 testi
mony before the committee said
that a plan to raise the minimum
wage from $3.35 to $4.65 by 1990
and then index it to 50 percent of,
the average non-supervisory em
ployee's hourly wage would in
crease pressures on young, entry
level workers trying to find and
keep jobs.
"By increasing the minimum
wage, we're raising one more
hurdle to those trying to break into
the job market," Welch said in de
scribing the economic consensus
that every minimum wage in
crease leads to job loss. "WVre
saying that if you can't make more
than the minimum now then you
can't work at all in the future."
Under the proposed legislation,
an indexed minimum wage would
reach $5.25 an hour in 1991 and
result in a total teenage job loss of
1.1 million, according to Welch's
calculations. Disemployed adults
would raise total job loss figures
even higher, he said.
Employees on the bottom rung
of the economic ladder are the first
to lose their jobs as businesses face
higher labor costs without increas
ing productivity. Often unable to
offset these costs through-higher
consumer prices, businesses are
forced to cut back on hours and
services to make up the difference,
Welch said.
"The losers of a higher mini
mum wage are those people --
black teenagers, entry-level work
ers, the working poor — who sup
porters of an increased wage most
want to help," Welch said. "A high
er minimum wage is little consola
tion if you can't find-a job."
Welch, joining othere who op
pose a minimum wage increase,
also called for new programs, and
private and public sector initia
tives that would address specifi
cally the needs of the disadvan
taged, including unemployed
black teenagers.
Do you suppose that President
Roosevelt suspected when he
signed the 1938 minimum wage
law that we would see a time
when block teenagers were only
half as likely as whites to find jobs;
when black youth unemployment
rates approached 50 percent and
when 9.5 percent of all black men
aged 20 to 24 who have not com
pleted high school would be in
jail?,'' Welch said in his congres
sional testimony. * "•
34 Public Housing Students Earn Scholarships
Ihe Charlotte Housing Authori
ty Scholarship Committee and the
Foundation For the Carolinas will
host the Fourth Annual Charlotte
Housing Authority Scholarship
Awards Day, Sunday, August 9,
1987 at 6:00 p.m., First Baptist
Church-West, 1801 Oaklawn Ave
nue, Charlotte, North Carolina.
The guest speaker will be Ralph
Mitchell, Center for Creative Lead
ership, Greensboro, North Caroli
na. Mr. Mitchell has served as
Leadership Trainer for Fortune
500 Executives and Military Lead
ers. Thirty-four public housing
students will receive scholarships.
To date, more than $400,000 has
been raised through corporate do
nations, churches, residents' or
ganizations, individuals and the
community. Sixty students hnve
rggeived scholarships to institu
ting of higher learning since the
program began.
Deadly Paper Found
in Gasion
According to police and author
ities of Gaston County, there are
small sheets of paper impregnat
ed with LSD circulating around
local areas. They are small tabs
of paper containing blue stars
about the size of a pencil eraser.
The harmful drug, LSD, can be
remove^ from the paper through
absorption through the mouth,
skin or by handling the tattoo.
There are also, brightly col
ored paper tabs resembling post
age stamps in size, which have
pictures of Superman, Mickey
Mouse, and other Disney charac
ter^ (butterflies, clowns, etc.)
Thai* stamps are packed in a red
cardboard box with a picture of
Mickey Mouse wrapped in foil in
a zip-lock bag. This is a new way
of selling drugs-designed to pro
mote addiction and appeal to chil
dren.
"The Gaston County authori
ties reported that they have seen
the sheets but they hove not turned
up here in Charlotte," stated Vice
Squad Captain, Bob Schumiere.
"We know what they look like
and the crime lab has some illus
trations, but there have been
know signs of them in Char
< lotte."
These drugs are known to react
very quickly-absorbed through
the skin nnd into the blood.
Symptoms are hallucinations,
mood change, and severe vomit
ing. These tabs are not sold in
stores but are readily available
on the streets.
If you or your children see any
of the above described, cull the
Charlotte Police Vice Squad at
336-3110.
D.G. Martin
D.G. Reunion
A reunion of the "D.G. Martin
family" of friends and supporters
will be held from 5:30 to 8:00 pm.
Saturday, August 15, at 250 Chero
kee Road in Charlotte.
Wear a D.G. T-shirt, hat or
other memorabilia and get a free
prize! Join everyone for a group
photo at 7:30! Cast your "straw
vote" for the Democratic Presi
dential nominee of your choice!
Plus lots of other reunion activi
ties.
Awakening Love Of Learning In Minority Students At Davidson
The first group of students ex
ceeded all expectations. "I didn't
come close to imagining how out
standing these students would be
in terms of their desire for knowl
edge, their active participation,
their depth of awareness." Ms. Ta
pia said. "We thought we would
challenge them. Instead, they
challenged us.”
Although the primary goal of
"Love of Learning" is encourage
college attendance, a longer range
goal is to prepare interested mi
nority students for careers ns col
lege teachers.
Personal instruction was one of
the hallmarks of this summer's
program, which recruited teach
See Love on Page SA
| INSIDE THIS WEEK
EDITORIALS 2 A
LIFESTYLES . 7 A
CHURCH NEWS • A
ENTERTAINMENT IB
SFORTS 7 B
CLASSIFIEDS 12B
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High So hoot Junior* LaShonda Bbapaon (1) and Hop* Robinson In
Davidson Collaga "Lor* of Looming SAT pr*p ola**. Photo by
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grade point avaraga out of a poaat
Me 4.0, or muat have aconed in tha
8«th percentile on tha California
Achievement Teat. Studanta muat
alao be willing to participate in ex
tracurricular activities and must
not ahow a pattern of diadplina
problems. The program was de
veloped in cooperation with tha
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.