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By HERB WHITE
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BlacK politics In Charlotte has
undergone many changes In the
second half of this century, with
district representation ensuring
non-whites better representa
tion while black candidates with
wide-ranging appeal became
a political force.
Joseph Fraylon was the first
black candidate to make a run
for political office In the modem
era, but gathered only 263 votes
In his 1942 N.C. House race. He
later waged an unsuccessful
campaign for Charlotte city
coimcll seven years later.
The Alexander family staged
the first breakthroughs, with
brothers Kelly and Fred leading
the way. Kelly Alexander was the
first to test the political waters,
winning the Democratic nomi
nation for city council In 1951
with 3,661 votes.
He lost In the November gener
al election, although he gath
ered 4,153 votes. One of the pil
lars of the N.C. NAACP, Kelly
Alexander served as state presi
dent of the organization.
Fred Alexander was the first
black elected to city council. In
1965. He served five terms on
council before making history
as the first Mecklenburg black
to win a seat to the N.C. Senate
In 1974. Fred Alexander later
served two more two-year terms.
Betty Miller was the first black
woman elected to office when
she became a Mecklenburg
County magistrate In 1966.
Phil Berry was the first to win
a seat on the county board of ed
ucation In June 1972, but Cole
man Kerry, who first ran In 1967,
was appointed prior to Berry's
win.
Bob Walton, the lone black or
Democrat on today's seven-
member board of county com
missioners, was the first to win
a seat there. In 1976. The six-
term Incumbent was also In
volved In the first seriously con
tested district race last year
when he beat Naslf Majeed for
the Democratic nomination In
District 2.
In 1983. He was elected to a sec
ond term In 1985.
serves as chairman of the Char
lotte Black Political Caucus.
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Charlotte, NC 28205 567-6068
Harvey Gantt made waves
when he was elected mayor of
the largest city In the CaroUnas
Clifton Johnson was elected to
a District Court Judgeship in
1972 In an at-large contest, the
first of several blacks to win ju
dicial seats.
Walter Nivens was the first
black named to the Mecklen
burg Board of Elections and Bob
Davis, the first black elected
chairman of the Mecklenburg
County Democratic Party, now
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The Caroiinas Minority Supplier Development Councils. Inc. (CMSOC) is a norvprofit organization whose members are major corporations,
universities, financial institutions, and state and local agencies. The primary function of the Council is to foster the devek>pmer)t of business
relationships between members and minority-owned businesses.
The Council introduces its membership to minority suppliers by sponsoring outreach programs and activities designed to support corporate
minority procurement policies and bring corporations and minority vendors together.
The CMSDC is part of a network of regional minority purchasing councils across the country that are affiliated with the Nationai Minority Sup
plier Development Council (NMSOC).
FUNCTIONS OF THE CMSDC
Assist rr>ember corporations in the development and/or
improverr>ent of their mir>ority vendor programs
Identify minority suppliers in the Caroiinas
Recognize buyers for their contribution to their companies'
minority purchasing program
Sponsor Annual Trade Fair
Conduct buyer seminars
CorKfuct sales training programs for mirxMity busirwss
representatives
Publish Buyers’ Guide directory of minority-owned
businesses in the Caroiinas
Publish Vendors’ Guide directory of corporate buyers
Provide vendor referrals
Conduct ongoirrg Verrdor Certification Programs
Conduct other programs arxJ activities desigr>ed to bring
minority vendors and corporate purchasing personnel together
Assist vendors in doing busir>ess with major corporations
outside the Caroiinas
For Further Information Contact:
MALCOLM R. GRAHAM
Executive Director
(704)372-8731
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