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Vol. 15, No. 4 Thursday, June 22,1989
THE AWARD-WINNING "VOICE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY"
50 Cents
Is U.S. Supreme
Court In Retreat
On Civil Rights?
Yes, Says Lawyer Julius Chambers
By HERB WHITE
Post Staff Writer
The Supreme Court Is making
a retreat from Its position of de
fender of equal rights, sweeping
away the gains of minorities and
women In the process, says one
of the nation's leading civil
rights attorneys.
Julius Chambers, Director-
Counsel of the NAACP Legal De
fense Fund and a former Char
lotte lawyer, said court deci
sions made this month that
allow white males to challenge
afflrmatlve action decrees while
making It more dlfilcult for mi
norities to prove discrimination
signal a disturbing trend.
Last week. Chambers argued
Patterson v. McLean Credit Un
ion, a case In which the Court
upheld the 1866 Civil Rl^ts Act
prohibiting hiring discrimina
tion but restricted Its scope In
dealing with racial harassment
on the Job.
'Together with Its recent deci
sions cutting back on the pro
tections of the 1964 Civil Rights
Act. Its ruling In the Birming
ham firefighters case (also
reached last week) and Its earli
er decision In the minority set-
aside case In Richmond...the Su
preme Court has taken several
regrettable steps backwards
and has sent a disquieting sig
nal to all advocates of equal jus
tice," he said.
The Court's conservative ma
jority, which was put In place by
former President Ronald Rea
gan, has slowly eroded the
rights of minorities and women
with several rulings this year.
Chambers said. An example Is
the Patterson case, where a 5-4
vote limited the rights of minori
ties to win discrimination suits
against employers.
'The Patterson decision has
the practical effect of denying to
those who suffer the emotional
pain and Indignity of on-the-job
racial harassment any effective
remedy," he said. "All the lower
courts and virtually all of the
courts of appeal which had con
sidered this question were
unanimous In agreeing that
Congress Intended Section 1981
(of the 1866 ruling] to Include
acts of racial discrimination. In
cluding harassment."
Chambers charged that the
court, which Is made up of seven
white men, a white woman (San-
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Photo/CALVIN FERGUSON
ALL ABOARD...Over 40 Charlotte children boarded buses thon held last month at the Excelsior Club. The money
Sunday for summer camp, thanks to the Anita Stroud Foun- helped pay the cost of two weeks of camp,
dation. The foundation raised over $18,000 during a radio-
Scarborough To Run For 2nd Term
The Charlotte Post Wins
Four National Awards
From Staff Reports
The Charlotte Post newspa
per won four national awanis
at the National Newspaper
Publishers' Association's
(NNPA) annual Merit Awards
Banquet held last week In New
Orleans.
The yearly competition Is
open to member publishers of
the NNPA the largest organi
zation of black newspaper
publishers In the world.
Over 180 black newspapers
from throughout the country
were represented at the confer
ence and In the merit competi
tion.
The Post won awards In the
categories of Best Editorial,
Best Entertainment Section,
Best Sports Section and Best
Women's Section.
This year was the second
year The Charlotte Post com
peted In the national competi
tion. Last year. The Post won
three awards.
'To win the NNPA's merit
awards for excellence two
years In a row Is Indeed a great
honor for The Charlotte Post
family," said Charlotte Post
Publisher Gerald Johnson. "It
Is extremely gratifying be
cause It represents recognition
from our peers In the black
newspaper publishing busi
ness.
"Moreover, It represents a
commitment of excellence
from The Post's staff, a group
of young people of which 1 am
deepfy proud."
The Charlotte Post was pre
sented certificates and cash
prizes representing its place
ment In each contest categoiy.
By HERB WHITE
Post Staff Writer
Incumbent Charlotte City
Council member Ella Scarbo
rough will announce her candi
dacy for reelectlon this week
end, The Charlotte Post has
learned.
The first-term council member
will officially kick off her cam
paign at 1 p.m. Saturday at St.
Mark's United Methodist Church
on Clanton Road.
Candidates can file with the
Mecklenburg Board of Elections
from July 7 through August 4.
Scarborough, a Democrat who
was elected to represent District
3 In 1987. said her campaign
will be run about the same, with
virtually all of her staff return
ing.
"Eveiybody Is In place. We have
eveiybody back from the last
campaign except one person,
who moved out of the city," she
said.
"I'm not changing anything
I've done. I'm running on the Is
sues because those are the
things citizens of District 3 want
to hear about."
Sc£u-borough is likely to face
Sam Carr, a former city sanita
tion employee In the September
Democratic primary. Carr an
nounced his intentions last
month, but Scarborough Insists
that she'll stick to the Issues
and her accomplishments re-
Joint Community Improvement Project
Wins Neighborhood Of The Year Award
The Brookhlll/Southside/
Wllmore Joint Community Im
provement Project has received
the Neighborhood of the Year
Award from the Foundation For
The Carolinas.
The coalition of three neigh
borhoods located In the South
Tryon Street area was chosen
from among 15 neighborhoods
participating in the Founda
tion's Neighborhood Grants
Program for low Income commu
nities.
The coalition was recognized
for accomplishing an array of
community Improvement pro
jects, including clean-up cam
paigns, a back-to-school festi
val, programs for senior citizens
and youth, and "Crime Watch"
programs.
Ltuiy J. Dagenhart, chairman
of the board of the Foundation,
presented the award to the pres
idents of the three neighbor
hood associations at a banquet
at McDonald's Cafeteria on June
15. Accepting the award were
Mary Dantzler from Southslde
Homes, Linda Geiger from
Brookhlll and Harriet Glenn
from Wfilmore.
The Foundation's Neighbor
hood Grants Program annually
awards approximately $50,000
In mini-grants to low Income
neighborhoods for community
projects and leadership devel-
I
Left to right: Mary Dantzler of Southslde Homes, Tom Bailey of
Brookhlll, and Harriet Glenn of Wllmore are members of the
Brookhlll/ Southalde/WUmore Community Improvement Project.
opment. Primary sponsors of
the program are the Foundation
For The Carolinas and the
Charles Stewart Mott Founda
tion of Flint, Michigan. Addition
al funding is provided by the
Blumenthal Foundation of
Charlotte, the Philip Van Every
Foundation of Charlotte and
NCNB.
Neighborhoods participating
In the Neighborhood Grants
Program In 1988-89 eire: Brook
hlll, Christ the King Center,
Crestdale, First Ward, Hampton
Park, Huntersville, Kingston
(Shelby), Nevln, Optimist Park,
Reid Park, Seversvllle, Southslde
Homes, Sterling, Washington
Heights,and Wllmore.
The Urban Institute at the
University of North Ceu-ollna at
Charlotte administers the
Neighborhood Grants Program
for the Foundation For The Car
olinas.
Si',
Scarborough
gardless of who's running.
'We don't gear up for the oppo
sition until we have It," she said.
"Ella wants to win, period. Now,
because I'm an Incumbent, we'll
run on our record."
Scarborough said her cam
paign will focus on Improving
housing, eliminating drugs and
Improving city services to dis
trict residents. "There are a lot of
Issues out there that need to be
addressed," she said.
Improving police response
time and trash pickup are Is
sues voters are especially sensi
tive to, said Scarborough. The
westslde Is entitled to the same
services as other areas of the
city, and city manager Wendell
White needs to be held account
able.
"The things the westslde Is
talking about Is the way he
should be evaluated." she said.
"If these things happened In
southeast Charlotte, he'd be In a
lot of trouble."
Scarborough said much has
been accomplished, but there Is
more to be done. Past successes
have built the foundation, but
she wants to help build on the
city's future.
"A record Is just that--a
record," she said. It's not where
you've been. It's where you're go
ing."
GOP Candidates
Roosevelt Gardner and Elloree
Erwin will try to become the first
black Republicans to win elec-
Fitness Standards May
Vary Between The Races
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — It
may be necessary to apply dif
ferent standards of fitness to
whites and blacks In order to re
duce the risk of high blood pres
sure hi each race, a University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
study indicates.
Black men have faster heart
rates than white men during ex
ercise, a difference that could
point to genetic factors making
blacks more likely to have high
blood pressure and strokes, the
stuty says.
"There has been a lot of debate
about whether higher blood
pressure In blacks is due to dif
ferences in body weight, salt In
take, physical exercise or other
factors," said Dr. Lars Ekelund.
"This work points to a strong ge
netic component, which is not
really surprising when you con
sider other genetic differences
like skin color and body build."
UNC-Chapel Hill researchers,
led by Ekelund, anal}^ed infor
mation from 83 black men and
2,548 white men who participat
ed in the Lipid Research Clinics
prevalence follow-up study, part
of a massive project sponsored
by the Nation^ Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute and based at
UNC's Department of Blostatls-
tlcs. Ekelund presented the re
sults of the study Monday at the
International Conference on
Preventive Cardiology In Wash
ington, D.C.
The men, a cross-section of
males between the ages of 20 and
69 from 10 North American
clinics, were monitored while
walking on a treadmill.
"Even after controlling statis
tically for such factors as age,
weight, physical activity, smok
ing, resting blood pressure, rest
ing heart rate and LDL choleste
rol, we found that blacks had
eight beats per minute faster
heart rates sifter exercise than
whites," said Ekelund, a re
search associate professor of
medicine at the UNC School of
Medicine. "When coupled with
(an) earlier report on higher
blood pressure among black
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tlon to the city council.
Gardner, who lost to Scarbo
rough In the District 3 election
In 1987 smd Bob Wsilton In the
District 2 county commission
ers race last year, will announce
his candidacy Tuesday.
Erwin, a member of the Char
lotte Civil Service Board, an
nounced her candidacy .Tues
day.
Only two blacks have been
elected at-large In Charlotte-
the late city councilman Fred
Alexander and former Mayor
Harvey Gantt.
'X
Carson
‘ r.d:; 3u j Hi
His early life was that of a In
ner-city Detroit youngster
tempted to follow a life of crime.
Today, Dr. Benjamin Carson is
a renowned brain surgeon who
will tell the tale of his success In
Charlotte.
Dr. Carson will be the keynote
speaker at the Rose Coronation
debutante luncheon and festivi
ties on Sunday, June 25, 3 p.m.
at the Marriott City Center.
The director of pediatric neu
rosurgery at John Hopkins Chil
dren's Center, Dr. Carson Is not
ed for having performed brain
surgery on an unborn fetus to
save the life of the hydrocephal
ic Infant.
He was also part of an operat
ing team that successfiilly separ
ated a set of European Siamese
twins who were Joined at the