7B
REGIONAiyrhe Charlotte Post
Thursday, October 10,1996
Clinton reaches out to community
Continued From 6B
bishops, including George
Battle of Charlotte, is working
to create a regional pipeline to
area high schools. It’s also in
the process of applying for
accreditation from the
Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools, a first.
With SACS accreditation, the
school will be eligible to
receive federal Title IV funds
from sources such as student
grants and loans. .
“I want to make sure we
hammer down (accreditation)
so there’s no doubt, there’s no
question about where we
stand on academic excellence,”
Russell said.
There 117 historically black
colleges in the U.S., including
three junior colleges: Clinton;
Shorter Junior College in
Little Rock, Ark., and Miles
College in Mississippi.
Clinton, which had a peak
enrollment around 250 in the
1960s, saw those numbers fall
as desegregation opened
opportunities for African
Americans at southern white
schools. CJC is trying to
rebuild its enrollment.
“Clinton went through what
most black colleges went
through in the ‘70s, and that
was that they had to compete
for students where they didn’t
have to compete before,”
Russell said. “Clinton was
slower in responding to that.”
But Clinton never reached
the brink of closing. Spurred
by its mission and backed by
the financial support of the
AME Zion Church, the college
stayed open. Today, the school
is just as committed to educat
ing the young people who
decide to enroll there. They
have a champion in Russell,
who’ll do whatever she can —
including teach classes.
Ministry looks to help more in Rowan
Continued From 6B
ojf Rowan County’s poor through cooperative
community action. Hispanics, Caucasians, and
African-Americans from the ages of three
months to 82 years old being accommodated on
a daily basis. The ministries have received help
ly-om 129 churches, 14 foundations, three gov-
dmmental grants, 157 businesses, and almost
600 individuals to keep the program afloat last
year.
! According to Scott, almost $750,000 was
raised last year, which all provided for the
essential physical, emotional, and spiritual
needs of Rowan County citizens, but the chal
lenges of guiding the program never end.
Scott believes that the fate the Rowan Helping
Ministries rests upon one simple philosophy.
“The more resources we have, the more volun
teers we have,” he said. “The more dollars we
have, the more income we have, the more we
can serve.”
Last Poet stretches artistic wings
(Continued From 6B
pose to offer to the public a full
range of cultural expression
iiaving at its core the work of
Ihe Last Poets.
1 “An interested group may
jjresent a single poet, two,
^hree, four, five or all six Last
poets in a variety of settings to
jnclude readings, performance,
workshops, seminars, retreats,
camps, book signings or
appearance.”
I Three decades before the
poets’ first performance,
Salisbury’s Meroney Theater
Only allowed black patrons to
enter through a back entrance,
irhirty years later. Nelson is
fcm-stage at the Meroney,
Appearing as Uncle Henry in
fhe Piedmont Players’ produc
tion of “The Wiz.” At the same
time, he is serving as chief
artistic consultant for “The
Wiz” at the Afro-American
Children’s Theater in
Charlotte.
Talk to Nelson about the
future of the Last Poets and he
will tell you about destiny.
“One of my key words is des
tiny,” he said. “The Last Poets
is a part of my destiny - the
unfolding of my destiny. I was
put here for a purpose. We all
were put here for a purpose -
to express something and to
manifest the presence of
Almighty God.”
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