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Vol. 14, No. 44 Thursday, April 20,1989
THE AWARD-WINNING "VOICE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY"
50 Cents
Hoyle Martin To Run
For Dannelly’s Seat
By HERB WHITE
Pbst Staff Writer
Hoyle Martin, a retired city ad
ministrator, will run for the Dis
trict 2 city council seat. The
Charlotte Post has learned.
Martin, 61, said he plans to run
for the seat now held by 12-year
Incumbent Charlie Dannelly be
cause the district needs a
"change In the style of leader
ship."
A formal announcement will
be made at 11:30 a.m. Saturday
before the Mecklenburg County
Democratic Convention at the
Metro School near uptown.
"I don't consider myself a poli
tician," Martin said. "I'm just In
terested In Improving the quality
of life In the district."
Dannelly was noncommittal
about Martin's Intentions.
"That's the political system
and that's the way It works," he
said. "If a person wants to run,
he heis that right."
Dannelly said he hasn't decid
ed on a re-election bid.
"I'm looking at It," he said, "I
haven't made up my mind, but
I'll make an announcement
when I do,"
A former housing development
manager for the city, Martin said
the district needs more aggres
sive leadership to cope with a
Martin
growing city.
"There's the feeling that re
sponse Isn't always there," he
said, "I feel like I would be gener
ally more knowledgeable, more
articulate and visible not only In
council chambers, but In the
community."
Martin said his retired status
will allow him more time to de
vote to city business. And his ex
perience as a city employee
should help.
"As a retired person, I have
time to commit to the needs of
the area," he said.
With at least four Incumbents
deciding not to run for re-
election, the 11-member council
will have some new faces and
Ideas after the election. District
2, Martin said, needs to keep up.
"This Is an opportunity to
blend In with the new personali
ty of city council," he said. "I have
a great deal of respect for Mr.
Dannelly. Nevertheless, there
comes a time for change, for
fresh Insights, new Ideas, new
thoughts,"
Martin said he was ap
proached by several District 2
residents and community lead
ers about running for the seat.
After a meeting Monday night,
Martin decided the time was
right,
"I didn't have to be pushed too
hard," he said. "I had some simi
lar concerns about what's hap
pening In the community. I'm
certainly not alone. You can bet
on that."
Martin said he will focus on
running hard, noting that Dan
nelly has more name recogni
tion in the predominantly Afri
can-American district, which
has elected him to six terms.
"The question of being behind
doesn't bother me," he said.
"When you're in this, you have to
be In It to win. That means you
have to give 150 percent."
No Show At N.C. Slave Market
BY JOHN FLESHER
Asaociated Preaa Writer
FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — The
General Assembly celebrated
the 200th anniversary of
North Carolina's entry Into
the United States last Thurs
day, and the only black mem
ber who did not boycott the
commemorative session read
a resolution condemning slav
ery as a "moral atrocity,"
Seated under tents near the
spot where 400 delegates rati
fied the federal Constitution
In 1789, the House and Senate
conducted mostly ceremonial
business for about 90 minutes
while hundreds of schoolchil
dren and other townspeople
looked on,
iTie atmosphere was festive,
aided by sunny, 58-degree
weather and the sense of his
tory -- despite the conspicu
ous absence of all but one of
the Legislature's 17 blacks.
Their caucus voted last week
to skip the session because it
was held outside the Market
House, a historic building
where slaves sometimes were
sold In the 1800s prior to the
emancipation.
The brick structure, with
arch-shaped windows and a
clock tower, Is undergoing
renovation. It Is located In a
downtown square where the
State House, site of the 1789
constitutional convention,
stood before burning down In
1831.
"I think it's been worthwhile
... because the important thing
Is that we recognize our histo
ry -— all parts of It," said Sen.
Lura Tally, D-Cumberland.
The session's most poignant
moment came when Rep. C.R.
Edwards, a black Democrat
and pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Fayetteville, rose to
discuss the controversy that
swirled around the city and Its
celebration.
"The last few days have been
some trying days for some of
us," Edwards said. He read a
resolution adopted by black
community leaders at a week
end meeting.
It said hav
ing the ses
sion at the
Market
House was
"an affron-
tlve act to
many black
citizens" and
praised the
Legislative
Black Cau
cus for
"pricking the
conscience of this communi
ty."
"The black Community re
quests that a public acknowl
edgement of this moral atroci
ty be made by local officials,"
the resolution said. It asked
city leaders to put up a plaque
Identifying slaves sold at the
Market House.
Joseph L. Pillow, a black
member of the Fayetteville
City Council, said the council
had voted last year to do that.
Officials also might name a
city street after Martin Luther
Michaux
King Jr., he said.
Not all Fayetteville's blacks
endorsed the boycott. Marlon
Rex Harris, a businessman
and political activist who was
state manager of Jesse Jack
son's 1984 presidential cam
paign. said It was "an indict
ment of the black
community."
"I'm concerned about history
repeating Itself when you
sweep It under the rug," Harris
said. "1 want my great-great
grandchildren to understand
what this (Market House) rep
resented."
B.E. Bailey, a retired Fort
Bragg soldier who Is black,
said the Market House was the
only appropriate location for
the ceremony. 'This Is where it
all happened," he said.
Legislators and local offl-
clals seemed eager to soothe
wounded feelings.
Rep. Trip Sizemore, R-
Gullford, praised "my brother
C.R. Edwards" and said that
"black men of faith have made
a tremendous difference in the
state of North Carolina."
Mayor J.L. Dawkins said the
celebration was "one of the
most exciting times In our his
tory."
"A lot of good things are going
to coihe from this because
we're going to work harder to
move forward together," he
said.
Rep. Mickey Mlchaux, D-
Durham, the black caucus
chairman, said In Raleigh that
See LEGISLATORS on pag> 2 V.
UPWARD BOUND... Kimberly Jones, a honor grad
uate of Johnson C. Smith University, tutors Sean
Johnson, an 11th grader at South Mecklenburg.
Pholo/CALVIN FERGUSON
Sean is a student in JCSU's Upward Botmd pro
gram.
Upward Bound Dresses Up
By HERB WHITE
Post Staff Writer
The Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity Upward Bound Parents As
sociation will sponsor a fashion
show at 6 p.m. Saturday at
Grimes Lounge.
Tickets are $5 and can be pur
chased at the door. Proceeds
will go to scholarships for col
lege-bound high school seniors.
Sixty students from Mecklen
burg County's 10 high schools
participate In the program,
which has been at Smith 18
years.
Esther Anderson, president of
the parents' association, said
most of the students will model
the fashions, which will come
from local clothiers.
Among the models will be An
derson's daughter, Tanya, an
Junior at East Mecklenburg
High.
"We're asking that they all par
ticipate," Esther Anderson said.
Upward Bound, a federally-
funded program for low-income
students, prepares them for col
lege, said Keith Hairston, direc
tor of JCSU's program.
Students must show academic
capability for college work and
have no previous college-
educated relatives. The only fi
nancial requirement Is that the
students' family Income not ex
ceed 150 percent of the govern
ment's poverty threshold.
Upward Bound recruits stu
dents starting with sophomores
for three years of advanced cur
riculum. Classes meet on cam
pus for 12 hours of instruction
per week during the school year
In addition to stx weeks of sum
mer classes.
Seniors who finish the pro
gram can take two first-year col
lege courses In math and Eng
lish which can be credited
toward a four-year education.
Hairston said the fashion
show Is a collective effort be
tween Upward Bound's students
and parents aesocvatlon to Vie'.p
the seniors meet some of the
costs of going to college.
The goal of Sunday's show Is to
raise at least $500 each for the
six seniors In the program.
"It was the students' Ideas, and
the parents are helping them."
he said.
Trained Workers Key To U.S. Economy
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) —
Minorities will make up most of
the work force In the 21st centu
ry but many of those future
workers are growing up In poor,
crlme-rldden neighborhoods,
said the keynote speaker at the
National Forum for Black Pub
lic Administrators.
About 25 million workers will
be needed In the year 2000, and
three of every five of those work
ers will be minorities, said Clif
ton Wharton Jr., who heads the
largest private pension fund In
the country.
"Once and for all, this country
we love must awake to the reali
zation that blacks and minori
ties are not burdens to be lifted,
but rather a source of economic
strength," 'Wharton said Sunday
at the opening session of the
four-day conference.
But the nation needs to ensure
that minorities will have the
skills that will best serve them
and the economy, Wharton said.
That means Improving the envi
ronments many minorities now
live In, he said.
If those environments are not
changed, the United States could
end up with a population suffer
ing from drug abuse, high drop
out rales, a lack of hope and an
Inability to function In the next
century's economy, he said.
Wharton Is the chatnnan of the
Teachers Insurance and Annui
ty Association-College Retire
ment Equltes Fund.
The economic role of blacks
and Hlspanlcs will grow In the
1990s because of lower birth
rates among whites, Wharton
said.
'The coming decade can be a
time of real and tremendous op
portunities for blacks and Hls
panlcs," he said. 'The problem
Is, will they be able to do the
kinds of Jobs the economy needs
most?"
Minorities must be trained and
given the skills needed to func
tion In the future economy, he
said.
"I am convinced we need a new
national agenda for change," he
said, calling the challenge one of
"pure economic survival for our
nation as a whole."
Wharton, the first black to
head a Fortune 500 service com
pany, said a national policy on
the role of minorities, needs to
be developed. He said the Issue
must not be put on the back-
burner.
We have very little time left to
sound the alarm," he said, "and
our fellow citizens have very
little time left to heed It."
Habitat
Celebrates
Milestone
Blacks Spend Larger Share Of Income On Housing Needs
The median monthly housing
cost for black households was
$311 compared with $355 for all
households In 1985. Because
their Incomes are lower, howev
er, black households spent a
median of 27 percent of their In
come for housing costs, com
pare with 21 percent for all U.S.
households, according to the
Census Bureau's first biennial
report on housing.
Housing costs for homeowners
Include mortgage payments,
real estate taxes, property Insu
rance, utilities, fuel, and garbage
collection. Renter costs were
based on contract rent and the
estimated cost of utilities and
fuels. If these were paid for in
addition to rent.
Here are other highlights from
the report;
• Black householders occupied
9.9 million housing units In
Selected Characteristics of Black wmiM»hnid^T 1985
Houaingooitu
P«fc*ntotlncoim
Ownsrihlprti*
Public or
subtldbsd housing
No ears, trucks or
vans
No savings or
Invasimants
44
l64
IS
32
52
I I I l_L-
Q BLACK HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSEHOLDS
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 PERCENT
1985,
Forty-four percent were
homeowners compared with 64
with five percent of all hou.se-
holders.
• There were five million black
householders In single, de
tached homes. .The median size
of their unit was 1,337 square
feet, or 487 square feet per per
son. The national average was
633 square feet per person.
Special To The Boat
Habitat will celebrate the dedi
cation of Its 50th house at 4 p.m.
on Sunday, April 23rd at 812
17lh St. It Is the first house com
pleted In Habitat's new target
area, the Belmont neighbor
hood.
Rev, Paul Drummond of St.
Paul Baptist Church, Mayi, Sue
Myrlck and Pnstoi Charlie bum
mers of Slegle Avenue F*resbyter-
lan church will speak at the de
dication ceremony of the home
of Thomas and Juanita Gooding.
Following the dedication. Hab
itat will honor Its 600 plus vol
unteers at First Methodist
Church, 501 N. Tryon St., where
there will be a Volunteer Appre
ciation covered dish dinner
from 5 - 7 p.m. Volunteers In
clude all board members, com
mittee members, construction
See HABITAT On Page 2A.
percent of all households.
• Sixteen percent of black
households lived in public or
subsidized housing compared
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