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2A NEWS/ The Charlotte Post November 7,1996 Election not kind to Gantt, Leake Continued from page 1A new day.” Over the weekend, the Black Political Caucus and dozens of other organizations and politi cal groups spent $11,000 to send letters to 70,000 African American voters in Charlotte urging them to vote a straight Democratic ticket. “We formed a coalition with the caucus, NAACP and 60 other groups,” Davis said. “We could never afford to mail out that kind of ballot by our selves.” The caucus decided to endorse only Democrats in an effort to boost Gantt and Gov. Jim Himt, who contributed to the mailing, Davis said. However, Velma Leake, who failed in her at large bid for the Board of County Commissioners, said that hurt her candidacy since blacks did not single shot vote for her, while whites were able to do so. “I think I lost because this community does not support the black candidate at large,” Leake said. “We were led to believe as a people to go a full ticket...and the black people supported the process and they fussed about black people single-shoting and they single shot their candidates. “I couldn’t have got 83,000 votes with just black people. There were white people who voted for me... but we need to reassess the support the Democratic Party gives its people.” Leake finished fifth, two places out of the top three needed to win election. Democrat Becky Carney won a seat on the board, giving Democrats a 5-4 majority on PHOTO/PAUL WILLIAMS II Royce Burris makes his choices for elected offices Tuesday at Precinct 98 on Old Pineville Road. the nine-member board. Black Democrats Hoyle Martin in District 2 and Darrel Williams in District 3 were unopposed Tuesday. Davis said Leake’s criticism was unwarranted. “1 think Velma just got caught up in the broadness of the race,” Davis said. “A lot of folks criticized the Caucus for recommending a straight Democratic vote and not a sin gle shot for Leake, but the Caucus felt we could help Harvey by doing that. Harvey’s was the most impor tant race at the time.” In his concession speech Tuesday, Gantt gave no indi cation of his future plans, through a third run against Helms seems unlikely. Asked what it will take to beat Helms, Davis lamented, “He won’t be beat...Helms is going to have to die in oflBce.” Davis said he was happy with black voter turnout Tuesday, which was about the same as the average 57 per cent turnout, according to Bill Culp, Mecklenburg’s supervi sor of elections. “An Observer reporter said in the last election there’s no more black power,” Davis said. “I am happy to tell him black power is alive and kick ing. We had lines galore. We had lines all around voting places in some precincts. We had early returns in precincts that have never voted that high since I have been operat ing.” Culp said: “The black vote was good, but not great...not much over 57 percent. That’s not an overwhelming turnout. “It appears to me, for most part, that about 80 percent of the black commvmity was vot ing a straight Democratic tick et. (Commissioner candidate Parks) Helms got 80 percent of the black vote. Velma led in the black boxes, but by a much smaller margin. In this election, the black commimity voted straight Democratic.” Culp said Gantt probably won’t run again for the Senate, but may show up in an appointed office. “In urban areas, he ran very strong...but he got killed in small towns and rural areas, particular in the eastern part of the state,” Culp said. “Democrats were ready to sup port Jim Hunt, but not a black candidate for Senate.” News you don’t want to miss... Cljarlotte Beeper Haus, Inc. » No Credit Check • N€> 1>ep>sit (803)329-22.36 875 Albrialu Ud • Rock Hill, S.C. (^704)566-9500 3637 E. Indp. Blvd. • Charlotte, N.C. N.C. & S.C. Coverage All Major Credit Cards Accepted NAIL SPECIAL DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY-SAVE $$$.$$ 30% OFF ‘REGULAR PRICE FOR FULL SET CREATIVE NAIL PRODUfTTS FIRST 50 raOPLE RECEIVE A FREE GIFT PACKAGE OFFER GOOD UNTO. DECEMBER 26,1996 & %d 1704] 527-5102 Slave ship exhibit opens Friday Henrietta Marie tells of AiriefBis’ Middle Passage Continued from page 1A 'The Henrietta Marie exhibit goes on display at 10 a.m. Friday at Spirit Square. The exhibit runs through Jan. 24. Hours are 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Tours can also be booked on Mondays. The exhibit is free and open to the public. But the real strength of the exhibit’s Charlotte appearance is the full complement of lec tures, workshops and discus sions planned concurrently. Most events are free, but some lectures costs a nominal sum, usually about $8 per person. And other local organizations have joined in to present related exhibits, including the Afro- American Cultural Center’s showing of Tom Feelings’ pow erful drawings from his book “The Middle Passage,” and the Museum of the New South’s African American church dis play. Sykes praised Charlotte exhibit organizers for the inclu sion of so many related activi ties. ‘T am so excited for Charlotte,” he said. “They have followed through. Given what I have seen so far, you aU are the most organized. 'The initial controver sy with the other group (Discovery Place), helped mobi lize Charlotte. The people got together and said, ‘go for it.’ ” Discoveiy Place is displaying works by noted African American scientist George Washington Carver. Dawn Womack, who puUed off the feat of bringing the exhibit to Charlotte, including raising $155,000 for associated pro gramming, was excitedly over seeing the findl touches of an effort involving 600 volunteers. Tours have already been booked for over 5,000 people. “The phones haven’t stopped ring ing,” said Womack, a Spirit Square vice president. “The excite ment is real high. People are respond ing very well to the lectures using the exhibit to be what we want it to be...the basis of open ing up 20th century discussion on race relations.” “Sometimes people have been nervous or anxious about pre senting the subject of slavery. It is not a happy subject. “If you are going to teU what really happens in history this is the way it has to be.” Marks. Gelder,MD Presbyterian Cancer Center 384-8200 Presbyterian Hospital Matthews 384-P970 POA at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center 704-664-8625 p Presbyterian Healthcare System Adding to Presbj^erian^ winning efforts against cancer Introducing our new GYN Oncology Program and Specialist Dr. Gelder has joined the staff of our physician oncology practice, Presbyterian Oncology Associates (POA), as the Director of GYN Oncology. ■ Dr. (ielder brings a national reputation in the areas of GYN Oncology, pelvic snidery and hotmdfe ^placement therapy. 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