REV. JESSE L. JACKSON
Dukakis Ties
With Jackson
Grow Weaker
Aides to Gov. Michael Dnkalds
have asked the Rev. Jesse
Jackson not to campaign in
Dukakis' behalf in several states
where their polling indicates he
would alienate more voters than
he would attract, advisers to
Jackson said recently.
The spirit of unity along with
the request appear to be weaken
lag the ties between Jackson and
Dukakis.
The Democratic National Com
mittee was riding high on
Jackson’s approval when it voted
at its post-convention meeting in
Atlanta to substantially expand
the party’s structure, thereby in
creasing representation and par
ticipation.
The request has infuriated
Jackson, who expressed an
noyance at Dukakis in an inter
view program on ABC and with
the New York Times.
Aides to Dukakis said it was
during tactical discussions that it
was suggested there were states
in which Jackson could be more
effective and Jackson was told
where they would like for him to
go this fall.
Aides to Jackson, however,
said he had been specifically ask
ed to avoid campaigning in
Mississippi, Alabama, Michigan,
New York and Texas and said
Georgia and Louisiana had also
been mentioned.
The Dukakis campaign has
sought an arm’s-length relation
ship with Jackson, yet hoping his
supporters will turn out for
Dukakis. It appears the Dukakis
campaign does not want Jackson
but so close to the ticket for fear
of losing many white voters.
At the post-convention meeting
(See JESSE JACKSON, P. 2)
Improving
Conditions
In Prison
State Correction Secretary Aaron
Johnson on Thursday announced the
formation of a Women’s Command
within the Division of Prisons and the
appointment of Jennie L. Lancaster
as its first commander, effective
Sept. 1.
“With this action, North Carolina is
giving recognition of the special
needs of the female offender,”
Secretary Johnson said. “By address
ing those needs, we will improve the
climate for successful
rehabilitation.”
Lancaster, a 38-year-old Wilson
native, is a 16-year veteran of the
N.C. Department of Correction. For
the past 11 months, she has served as
the division’s chief of program ser
vices.
“There are economic, family, and
societal factors that lead some
women to prison,” Lancaster said.
“By targeting our programs,
policies, and methods to the special
needs of the female offender, I
believe that we can have a major im
pact on their lives.”
With the creation of the new com
mand, North Carolina becomes one of
only five states to recognize the pro
fessional management of female of
fenders on a statewide basis. “Within
the next five years, I believe we can
establish in North Carolina a national
model for the total management of
(See PRISON, P. 2)
Transit Entrepreneur
Proqram Enlists Women
The National Council of Negro
Women announces the opening of a
nationwide program to enlist women,
especially minority women, to
become transit entrepreneurs.
NCNW, in a public/private partner
ship with the Urban Mass Transpor
tation Administration of the U.S
Department of Transportation, ad
ministers a projectd which provide:
information about contracting oppor
tunities offered by transit agencie:
and UMTA for women-ownec
businesses
Robert G. Owens, director of the
Office of Civil Rights of UMTA, em
phasizes that the goal of his office u
to “assure that all forms of mas:
transportation are provided without
discrimination and to assure that con
tracting and employment oppor
tunities are available to all.”
Dorothy Height, president of
NCNW, reports that “This is consis
tent with 53 years of efforts by NCNW
to help women and minorities to im
prove their socioeconomic status.
This program offers training and
direction for women who want to
ijtart up, expand or diversify their
business in the transit industry.”
A series of nationwide training
workshops and exhibits will take
place over a one-year period. These
workshops and exhibits are free to
the general public.
South Africa Military Build-Up
Continues; Civilians Attacked
BY GWEN MCKINNEY
NNPA New* Service
Even as Pretoria sits at the
negotiating table discussing peace ir
Angola, the apartheid regime con
Utw* a massive butld-up thal
reportedly includes military
maneuvers and escalated attack)
against civilians in neighborinf
Namibia.
News from the region indicates thal
approximately SO young Namibians
who were attempting to flee the war
torn country were recently killed by
South African war lanes. That assault
reportedly touched off a two-day
standoff between South Africa)
soldiers and students who have par
ticipated in more than five months o
school boycotts and protests agains
the presence of South Africa!
military bases near school rones.
In response to South Africa’s illega
occupation of Namibia, a iiberatioi
war is being waged there by the Soutl
West Africa People’s Organization
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SWAPO has also joined forces with
Angola and their Cuban allies against
South Africa’s aggression in Angola.
Talks going on now between Angola,
Cuba, the United States and South
Africa are aimed at resolving the pro
tracted conflict in southwestern
Africa.
NAMPA, the news agency of
SWAPO, reported that the youth ex
odus in Namibia was in response to a
new reign of South African terror
there. Students protesting the murder
of their colleagues were reportedly
trapped inside the Windhoek
Academy, the country's main educa
tional institution.
The weekly tabloid, The Namibian,
reported that riot police surrounded
: the facility and the drama
culminated with the arrest of 37
students. They were being held under
1 South Africa’s stringent security laws
1 which deny detainees the right to
1 lawyers. This latest confrontation
comes on the heels of a scries of
*
blazes at mmiuois in the war-torn nor
thern region. SWAPO has blamed the
arson on South Africa’s special
counterinsurgency unit known as
Koevoet.
When contacted, a State Depart
ment spokesperson indicated that the
department was aware of the student
strikes and the accompanying
violence but would not comment fur
ther, expressing concern for the
“delicacy of the negotiations” cur
rently taking place. The four parties
met in Bransville, Congo Aug. 24.
While SWAPO is not participating
directly in the negotiations, Nami
bian independence is a centerpiece of
the discussions.
Although South Africa agreed to a
ceasefire in Angola, the apartheid
government is reportedly preparing
for military exercises in Walvis Bay,
a disputed part of Namibia’s territory
which is also site of South Africa’s
massive naval base.
New Prosperty Base
Old Agenda Ignores Economics
BY ROBERT L. WOOLSON
Special To The CAROLINIAN
Traditional civil rights leaders
rarely challenge themselves: they
continue to look to white America for
the key to black progress.
The real test of black leadership is
the very one that black leaders have
never been compelled to take. The
question they should be made to
answer is this: Why have the civil
rights gains of the past 20 years
bypassed poor blacks, even in those
cities that blacks control and
dominate?
The cycle continues—disappoint
ment with presumed white friends,
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disdain for alleged white enemies.
Year after year, a vague agenda of
jobs, peace and freedom is advanced
with few, if any, specific remedies for
Demands for affirmative action
programs, for example, rarely
benefit the poor blacks in whose
name they are made. The reality is
For black leaders to continue to make
vague demands for jobs, peace and freedom
is to render themselves irrelevant... the
highest form of copping out...
the real problem faced by black
America: the need to build strong
black economic institutions, not
simply to redistribute income from
whites to blacjps.
that those who are best able to take
advantage of affirmative action are
citizens in the top tier of the
workforce, including union members
and professionals. Affirmative action
does not help the black dishwasher or
the untrained black youth. That does
not mean these programs should be
opposed. But we need to be honest
about who they are helping.
Likewise, continued emphasis on
political empowerment as the salva
tion for black America is misleading.
This posture leads to the erroneous
assumption that when blacks are in
charge (i.e., hold significant political
offices), then all blacks will benefit.
Not so!
Black leaders who recently met
with presidential candidates George
Bush and Michael Dukakis are still
trying to appeal to political leaders’
sense of fairness toward black
America. Their agenda was a
familiar one: defense cuts, increased
government spending on social pro
grams for the poor, affirmative ac
tion, job training, sanctions against
South Africa and appointment of
blacks to positions of prominence.
Black leaders must embrace an
economic agenda that is concrete and
specific. To continue to make vague
demands for jobs, peace and freedom
is to render ourselves irrelevant—the
highest form of copping out.
Blacks have millions of dollars in
pension funds, especially the pension
funds of predominantly black unions.
Because of laws stipulating the pru
dent use of these funds, however, they
are usually invested in such enter
prises as Florida orange groves and
California boat marinas. Those are
not the businesses that promote black
development. Eighty percent of all
new jobs in the American economy
are generated bv small businesses,
(See PROSPERITY, P. 2)
Election Year ’88:
Blacks Say Dukakis
Avoiding Concerns
M CONFERENCE—Lt. 6mmor Bob Jordan, Dr. Harold Webb and Rap. Dan Blue
appear to bo In conleronco when this photo was taken and campaigning (or Jesse
Jackson. Jordan, Democratic candidate for governor has named throe blacks ti
direct his campaign: Webb, Wiliam Barber, 1 and Bam S. Stanback.
ATLANTA, Ga. (AP)-Some black
leaders say the Georgia campaign of
Democratic presidential candidate
( Michael Dukakis has been unrespon
, sive to their concerns, and that
} several demands made to promote
the interests of minorities were ig
nored.
A campaign official, however, said
that the demands made by former
backers of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s
presidential bid have been
unreasonable and subject to change.
Michael deVegter, director of the
Dukakis campaign in Georgia, added
that the disagreements with Jackson
supporters involve only a few people,
and that most are cooperating with
the campaign.
Signs of discord emerged last Tues
day when the Rev. Cameron Alex
ander, pegged as a co-chairman of
the Dukakis campaign in Georgia,
issued a statement saying he never
agreed to take that post.
Alexander said he refused to be a
part of a “political charade,” and
charged that Dukakis officials in
Georgia had refused to respond to
political demands by Jackson
backers.
Alexander said he had received on
ly token response to a number of
demands, including a call for state
party leaders to back a black can
didate for lieutenant governor in 1990.
DeVegter sent a letter to Alexander
maKing ms removal as co-cnairman
official, and said he was “very ' •
frustrated” by negotiations with
some Jackson backers.
DeVegter said that among the
unacceptable demands made by Joe
Beasley, an aide to Alexander, and
Randall Mangham, former state
coordinator for Jackson’s campaign,
were that all major contacts with the
black community be channeled
through the Jackson organization,
that 40 percent of the funds of the
Georgia Dukakis campaign be con
trolled by the Jackson forces and that
funds for voter registration be funnel
ed to outside groups to conduct the
drives.
Another demand, he said, had been
to expand the executive committee of
the state party and earmark the new
seats for Jackson supporters.
“We can’t spend all this negative
energy. We have significant black in
volvement in this campaign, and
we’re going on with the campaign,”
deVegter said.
Rep. John Lewis, a former sup
porter of Jackson who is now a co
chairman of the Dukakis campaign in
Georgia, said that most black
Democratic leaders are supporting
Dukakis.
“There may be some individuals
within the Rainbow Coalition, but 1
don’t think it reflects the vast majori
ty of Jackson voters who are ready to
support this ticket,” Lewis said
Expanding Opportunities
Group Helps Promote Fair Housing
In an effort to further the cause of
fair housing in Wake County, the
Raleigh Board of Realtors has
entered into an agreement with the
U.S. Department of Housing and Ur
ban Development. This agreement,
the Voluntary Affirmative Marketing
Agreement, has as its purpose the
achievement of free housing choice
for all buyers and renters in Wake
County. To assist with the implemen
tation of the provisions of VAMA,
HUD has appointed a Community
Housing Resource Board comprised
of representatives of various business
and civic organizations.
As its initial focus the CHRB has
concentrated on the effects of equal
employment opportunity on fair hous
ing. The CHRB, incorporated as the
Housing Resource Board of Wake
County, Inc., has applied for and
received a grant from the Depart
ment of Housing and Urban Develop
ment to study and plan for the expan
sion of career opportunities in real
estate sales and housing manage
ment to minorilies in Wake County.
As an initial outreach effort, the
CHRB conducted an orientation
workshop as a means of encouraging
minorities to seek employment in the
Wake County housing industry via
majority real estate sales and rental
management firms. The workshop
served as an orientation to both the
positive and negative aspects of
career opportunities in the housing
industry. The CHRB study recom
mended better initial orientation as a
means of increasing the minority suc
cess rate in the area housing in
dustry. Workshop participants ex
hibiting a sincere desire to work with
area firms were offered CHRB
sponsored training opportunities via
subsequent workshops and seminars.
The CHRB sponsored an additional
workshop on Aug. 9 as a follow-up to
the orientation program. This
workshop was a study of mortgage
financing and was conducted by
Gayle Sanders of Mortgage Informa
tion Services of Raleigh.
Because of the high degree of in
terest in the property management
field, the CHRB is planning a more in
depth workshop to deal exclusively
with this field. This workshop will be
held on Sept. 6 at the offices of the
Raleigh Board of Realtors from
6:30-8:30 p.m.
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<°r» Report At Workshop*
Vocational education is working,
the two candidates for state
superintendent of public instruction
agreed at the opening session of the
annual Vocational Education Sum
mer workshop held in the Triad
earlier this month.
Rep. Bobby Etheridge, D-Harnett,
and Republican Thomas Rogers said
vocational programs play a vital role
in preparing young people fc» work
and in keeping them from dropping
out of school.
“Students who stay in the program
are not staying because of
academics," Rogers said. He said
what in many cases keeps students in
school is the fact that they are “lucky
enough to have teachers who will
teach them to learn to earn.”
Etheridge said that vocational
education has already demonstrated
its importance in keeping young peo
ple from dropping out of school.
“Vocational Education is the one
thing that kept a lot of young people in
public education,” he said.
And vocational education plays an
important role in preparing youth for
the job market, Etheridge said,
noting research that indicates recent
completers of vocational education
programs have an unemployment
rate of only six percent. This rate is
less than half of the statewide
unemployment rate for young people
between the ages of 16 and 19.
About 3,300 classroom teachers,
vocational administrators, communi
ty college personnel and teacher
educators from around the state at
(See VOCATIONAL'P. 2)
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outside. Seme, Ike these fellows at “Third Ward Billiards,” shine In. (Photo by Talb Sabir Caleway)