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Black War Veterans Honored At Ceremony ARLINGTON, Va.-For the first time on a national level black veterans of all wars will be honored simul taneously in a special salute and wreath laying cere mony, May 5 at Virginia’s Arlington National Ceme- tary. Organized by the Black Veterans of All Wars, Inc., the salute seeks to give long overdue praise to some of America’s most heroic and toughest defenders of free dom. Black Americans have served with pride and dis tinction in every major conflict this country has ever seen though their accom plishments have often gone underrecognized. Few people know that Isaiah Dorman, a black scout and interpreter for the United States Army was the only black to die in General Custer’s ill-fated “Last Stand” battle at Little Big Horne on June 23, 1876. Few may know that the Battle Ship Maine, which sank in the Havana Harbor in February 1898 also con tains the remains of 22 black Americans who were serv ing as able-bodied seamen on the vessel at that time. Most people are by far more familiar with the adventures of General George Washington or the skills of General Pershing but few know that there were ten black Generals in the Civil War. Black veterans of the 369th Infantry valliantly assisted the Flinch 4th Army at the front. The 369th Infantry stayed in the trenches for 191 days, the longest front line service of any American regiment. During that time the regiment, as a unit and 170 of its men and officers were awarded the French Croix de Guerre or the Legion of Honor for gallan try in the action. The Germans called them “Hell Fighters.” They called themselves “Black Rat tlers.” These are but a few of the little known facts surround ing black participation in defense of America. Accord ing to Urie B. Glass, president of Black Veterans of All Wars, the complete history of black U. S. soldiers has yet to be written. “Our history has been lost or displaced, and what we want to do is become an educa tional arm to show people the achievements of black vet erans. At least 23 states, U. S. territories and France have been contacted by the group, which has asked that the week of April 28 to May 5 be designated Black Veterans Week. Several states have already issued proclama tions to that effect. President Reagan has been asked to issue a national proclama tion. The veterans have also earned the support of De fense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman who will either be in attendance at the May 5th salute or send representa tives. I" RECEIVES PROFESSORSHIP-Wilma Cecelia Peebles has been promoted to associate professor and given permanent tenure at North Carolina State University. Professor Peebies teaches in the social work program in the department of sociology and anthropology. An internationally recognized social worker, she has served on community boards and was a 1980 member of the North Carolina Families Task Force, White House Conference on Families. She has numerous professional publications in the area of family violence and child welfare. A native of Raleigh, she is the daughter of Millard Peebles. Sr., and the late Mary Myatt Peebles. DURAHM—North Caro lina Central University will have a total of $15,000 available for full-tuition undergraduate scholarships and stipends for the 1984-85 academic year under a grant of $84,000 from the Office of Special Education of the United States Department of Education. The grant also provides funding for graduate stu dents working toward a master’s degree in special education or toward certi fication in teaching the emotionally handicapped or mentally retarded. The undergraduate scholarships will go to elementary education majors with a concentration in special education and mental retardation. Sti pends will also be available to those students for working as tutors in NCCU’s Early Childhood Center for the Handicapped. The federal grant covers two types of teacher train ing. The graduate students will work toward certifica tion in the areas of mental retardation or emotional handicaps, and can expect to be employed as special education “resource” teachers. The undergrad uate students will be certi fied in elementary educa- chapter of the NCAE for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Dr. George Speaks At NCXXJ Diirlnji NCAE (>>nferencc DURHAM—Dr. Pamela George, assistant professor of education at North Caro lina Central University, spoke at the recent North Carolina Association of Educators Human and Civil Rights Conference on the subject, “Educational Re form and Its Impact on Minorities.” Dr. George also presented to Ms. Coretta Scott King a contribution from the NCCU GOODNEWS! New Shipment of Voivos have arrived. Buy yours TODAY! AT Weavi^** 4409 North Btvd. ▼>*'^** Raleigh (Mini City) 876-^«11 Sailing and Servicing Volvoa for 25 Years J. Fleming Addresses Illiteraey DURHAM—Dr. Joseph E. Fleming, acting assistant chief librarian at North Carolina Central University, surveys public library pro grams to combat adult illiteracy in an article in a recent issue of “The South eastern Librarian,” a publi cation of the Southeastern Library Association. Fleming’s article, “Public Library Adult Literacy Pro grams in the Southeastern United States,” is based on a survey of administrative officers of the state libraries in the southeast. He received responses from North Caro lina, Virginia, Alabama, West Virginia, South Caro lina, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Georgia. Most of the states reported efforts to provide reading materials for adults which combine interesting or use ful subject matter with easy reading vocabularies. Other states—including North Ca rolina, Alabama, West Vir ginia, South Carolina, and Kentucky—reported active literacy training programs centered in public libraries. '' THE CAROLIMAN—THURSDAY, ^.PRIL 26.1984—PAGE 9 Sl Paul Receives Computers From T.L IN CONCERT-The W.B. Lewis Gospel Choir will present a gospel spring concert Sunday, April 29, at First Cosmopolitan Baptist Church at 4 p.m. The public is invited to attend. LAWRENCEVILLE, Va. — The Saint Paul’s College Department of Business has received $10,678 worth of Texas Instruments equip ment and $4,200 for a project titled “Training Institute for Minority Business Appli cation” from the Interna tional Association for Black Business Educators. The equipment includes two Texas Instruments com puters, one printer and four software packages. Provision of the TI professional computers is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration, funds from the business community and product contributions from Texas Instruments and the Management Accounta bility Group, headquartered in Athens. Ga. “TI is proud to participate in an endeavor that combines the ideals of free enterprise with the practical application of micro computers. We applaud the efforts of lABBE in bringing together the education and business communities in a mutually beneficial pro ject,” said Dr. Ralph Ol iva, manager of TI’s ed ucation computer mar keting. “If TI can contribute to the success of the small minority business entrepre neur and the infusion of computers into education, we will have strengthened our well-known commit ments to education and free enterprise.” Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless them in the land which 1.he Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it. DEUTERONOMY 15:4 Natural Looking ^ Eye Pleasing Dentures $89 ea Extractions SIO&up Partials $99 ea Fillings . . S14&UP Exams. . . $14 Dr. J.B. Higgins visa and MasterCard DENTURES Cleaning . $15 & up ^ Crowns i . $215 Dr. D: Morehead i! Mon.-Fri. 8 to 4 — Hwy. 4C1-70 between Raleigh & Garner. 828-3833 The Rowan Rqxrt. An incisive social and political commentary by the award winning journalist, Carl T. Rowan. Sponsored by Chrysler Corporation and K mart Corporation. Listen to the Rowan Report, Monday through Friday at (time) on WLLE AM 57 7:55 A.M. NCCU Has 1^15,000 To Spend On Students tion, with an endorsement for special educatin, and can expect to work as regular classroom teachers in class es which include handicapp ed children in the “main stream” process. Dr. Cecelia Steppe-Jones, director of special education at NCCU, said the $84,000 grant is for the period from June 1,1984, through May 31, 1985. It is part of a three-year grant project, and is for the second year of the project. The Special Education Program at North Carolina Central University has a total enrollment of approxi mately 80 students. These include full-time and part- time candidates for the master’s degree, in-service teachers working toward certification in special edu cation, and undergrad uates in education who have chosen special education as a concentration. The special education pro gram was founded at NCCU by Dr. Octavia B. Knight, who was awarded the Uni versity of North Carolina’s O. Max Gardner Award for her contributions to the education of the mentally retarded and emotionally handicapped. Dr. Knight was succeeded in 1982 by Dr. Steppe-Jones, who was one of her former students. Vbu've got What n taices. Share the spirit Share the refreshment f 'W '■'A'-.'v; j17 mg. "tar", 1.3 mg. nicotine av. per cigarette by FTC method.! J£. Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health. I / IW W-'-* .r ^ '1'
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