DR. ROBERT E. BRIDGES
Dr. Bridges
Looks At Long
Range Projects
Pram CAROLINIAN SUN Report!
The superintendent of one of the
most progressive and fastest-growing
school systems in the state, if not the
nation, knows that with an approach
to and a quest for'excellence come ar
array of problems that must be
surmounted.
Dr. Robert E. Bridges,
superintendent of the Wake County
Public School System, said the majoi
objective is to continue to pursue new
construction of schools and make
additions to existing facilities that
will satisfactorily accommodate the
growing student body
According to Dr. Bridges, during
an interview with The CAROLINIAN
“Underway are five new schools anc
five new additions to existing schools
that should be completed by the tim<
school doors open in the fall of 1989
and at this point everything is a little
ahead of schedule and we are no
anticipating any major setbacks.”
Dr. Bridges Says the
Helping Hands Pro
ject jteaches develop
ment of confidence,
skills, and how to im
prove both academi
cally and profession
ally.
“As diversity and change take
place you develop a whole new set ol
priorities, that’s why a committe<
was formed to do some long-range
strategic forecasting. The plans ol
their forecast will profile incoming
kindergarten classes on what leve
they are reading, future educationa
needs, preparation, backgrounds
locations and what services they’!
need that are not currently in place,’
Bridges said.
Dr. Bridges also indicated that thej
have stepped up their recruiting
efforts of minority teachinf
personnel both locally and nationally
which should generate some positivi
response by the spring.
In order to enhance thi
development af young black male;
specifically, Dr. Bridges initiated the
Helping Hands Project and he say:
that it has seen significant growtl
and popularity since its inception. Hi
said, “Last year there were only 8
black children enrolled in thi
program.” He added that it teache
development, confidence, skills, am
how to improve both academical!
(See DR. BRIDGES, P. 2)
Political, Social Changes _
Hate Crimes On Rise In N.C.
something's wrong in a state that
prides itself as being “First in
Freedom, First in Flight," when
there is a continuous upswing in
radical, racist, and religious
violence.
Hate crimes and bigoted violence 'n
North Carolina have peaked once
again, and as always, leaving a trail
of blood, victims and witnesses.
The word “terrorist” can aptly be
attributed in the case of unwarranted
violence by radical, racist and
belligerent Americans.
It appears that North Carolina
leads the nation in the number oi
violent incidents that can be credited
to bigotry.
Violence in our schools ha:
dramatically increased and violence
prone Nazi Skinheads have appeared
in two North Carolina cities. Rot
Sikorski, executive director of the
North Carolinians Against Racist and
Religious Violence, stated, “While
some of our figures may be highei
due to better reporting, the
accelerating violence seems also i
product of changing social anc
political environment over the pasi
aecaae tnai is more so tolerant ot
bigoted acts.”
The report cited 53 violent/illegal
incidents motivated by bigotry or
involving known members of hate
groups. The state also had 55 legally
organized events, mostly marches by
white supremacist groups. The most
heinous crime was the murder of a.
Halifax County man on April 21,1988.
Aaron Parker, a black man, was
tormented with a six-foot boa
constrictor and then beaten and
stabbed to death by three whites, two
of whom were seen two days later at a
The Carolinian
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Morristown Scene As
Man Dies In
tsiacKs marcn
5th Straight
Day In N.J.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP)-Res
idents of the black community
recently marched through town for
the fifth straight day and confronted
the police chief to demand an
' explanation for the death of a young
black man who died in police custody
a week ago.
In the first of two marches, a group
of about 50 chanted “We need
justice,” “We want justice,” as it
walked from Manahan Village, where
22-year-old John “Tony” Jackson
lived, to Town Hall, where it met
Morristown Police Chief Robert J.
White.
The marchers told White they are
not satisfied with reports relating to
Jackson’s death.
“We are not pleased with the police
■ chiefs report... we are not pleased
with the [Morris County]
prosecutor’s report... we are not
. pleased with the medical examiner’s
report and we are not pleaed with the
mayor’s acceptance of the reports,”
said Frank Osborne, Jackson’s uncle
and the march organizer.
The demonstrators did not give
White an opportunity to respond to
their statement and continued their
march instead.
In a Friday night closed meeting'
with marchers, Mayor David W.
Manahan said he listened to tapes of
communication between the
arresting officers and police
headquarters and found nothing to
indicate that Jackson was in trouble
On Saturday, demonstrators called
i for more black police officers in
s Morristown.
» Community leaders say they plan
i to organize a committee to examine
! the injustices against blacks in the
> community. The group also has
; pledged to march every night until it
: gets satisfactory answers,
i Another group of 50 people took
r part in a second march Saturday
night. The group said it planned to
(See MARCH, P 2)
TASK FORCE—Secretary of Correction Aaron Johnson, loft, confers with Lt.
Gov. Jim Gardner during a meeting of tho governor’s North CaroNna War on Drugs.
(Photo by TaNb Sabir-CaHoway)
-’V,'
Darina Swann Recalls
Desegregation Fight
• loot oitrhf voarc
vnmviA/i icj vm / v/iiv uoj in
1964, Darius Swann sat down and
wrotte a letter to the Mecklenburg
County Board of Education that
helped make history. But the
desegregation he helped spur hasn’t
worked the way he had hoped.
“Our son, James, was going into
the first graded We wanted him to be
in an integrated school,” said Swann,
who filed suit after the Mecklenburg
County School System rejected his
plea. First-grader James Swann was
assigned to an all-black school, ever
though his. neighborhood school was
integrated.
The result was the 1965 lawsuit
Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg,
which became the national test foi
busing as a tool of desegregation.
Swann says racial progress has
been made since he filed his lawsuit
but attitudes have hardened in the
Witnessing Black History
Living Links In Education
BY DR. ALBERTJABS
Contributing Writer
No one can adequately understand
the historically black institution of
higher education without
comprehending the philosophical
debate between two titans: Booker T.
Washington and W.E.B. DuBois.
Dr. Carl E. DeVane, a Raleigh
native, along with Dr. Wilmoth
Carter,' also a Raleigh native, are
perhaps the last two living links in the
area who studied under Dr. DuBois.
While Washington and DuBois were
both interested in the progress of
black people, they differed as tp how
they : ahd others could best
accomplish the goal."Washington was
more the pragmatist; DuBois was
more the visionary or idealist, but
both—it should be emphasised—were
one on the need for progress.
DeVane, a handsome, scholarly,
distinguished gentleman close to the
biblical age of fourscore, can easily
discuss philosophy, politics,
international relations, and
personalities both past and present.
DeVane was an undergraduate at
Shaw University in the early 1930s.
W.E.B. DUBOIS
Alier serving as a giauuaiv.
assistant—like Dr. Carter—uritfer the
greatDuBois in Atlanta, the youthful
DeVane entered the U S. Army and
served in both Asia and Europe. Just
prior to this, he had the good fortune
of assisting Dr. Mary Bethune, noted
black educator, in upgrading skills of
North Carolinians.
Following his wartime service,
veteran DeVane embarked on an
ambitious program at the University
of Pennsylvania. There, he received
his doctorate in political science,
jurisprudence, and international law.
Essentially, Dr. DeVane was a
pioneer as a geo-political thinker, in
the vanguard of establishing
departments of international
relations at Shaw and other
' institutions, and was a profound
teacher whose students attained
considerable status: Ms. Angie
Brooks of the UN, Judges Greene and
Bullock of Ralelgb.
Finally, as a living witness to black
history, Dr. DeVane was a prophetic
thinker a when he wrote (back ir
HMD that ecology was Important foi
all of us. Dr DeVane Is rememberer
as one of the great professors at Shaw
University (1947-1965) who laid the
foundations for the presen
International Relations Progran
under Dean Urab) Mustapha. Hi
rounded out his career with posts a
i American University and th<
University of the District o
Columbia.
“People ask me whether I still
believe in integration,” said Swann,
64, who teaches at the Interdenom
inational Theological Center in
Atlanta.
“I answer very guardedly,” he
said. “I believe in the integration that
I believed in originally: We come
together from different backgrounds,
all sharing the gifts that we can offer
to a richer society.
“I don’t believe in taking a few
black children and plopping them
down in a white school where none ol
what they bring with them is
accepted. I look at the country as a
whole, and I wonder how much long
it will take for everybody to be free
and equal.
“But I look at Charlotte, and I fee
pleased,” Swann said. “There have
been some fundamental changes ir
the city, changes for the better. Anc
that, you see, is what we hoped for.”
Swann, who moved to Charlott<
after a tour of duty as a missionary ii
India, wrote in his letter to the schoo
board that his young son had not beei
exposed to racial segregationin India
and he didn’t want him in t
segregated school in the Unitei
States.
(See DESEGREGATION, P. 2)
Rising Prison
Figures Bring
New Challenge
Within the North Carolina Depart
ment of Correction, the first month ol
the new year saw a renewal of a trend
that posed so. many challenges lasl
year: a continuing rise in the numbei
of persons being sent to prison 01
being placed under probation oi
parole supervision.
The average daily population at its
89 prisons totaled 17,457 during
January. That compares to an
average daily population of 17,299 ir
December 1988 and 17;342 in January
1988.
The totalnumber of persons undei
the supervision of the Division ol
Adult Probation and Parole totaled
75,081 during December 1988, th<
latest month for which figures art
available. That is the first time in the
division’s history that the number ol
> persons under supervision has passed
the 75,000 mark. The Decembet
figure compared to 74,505 undei
, supervision in November 1988 and
t 69,530 in December 1967.
> The number of persons undo
f parole supervision in December 1981
(See PRISON. P.2)
unnsuan ivrugnis rauy.
At Lexington Senior High School a
black youth was stabbed to death
during a fight between a black and
white youth near the school.
In December, a white man driving
on 1-40 rammed a car carrying four
black high school students, forced the
car to spin out of control and flip over.
One of the passengers died, while a
second had his leg amputated asa
result of the accident, and the list
continues.
To determine when an incident
should be considered a hate crime,
ii^nnrvv ucuucs note u
“any act to cause physical injury,
emotional suffering, or property
damage, which appears to be
motivated, all or in part, by race,
ethnicity, religion, or sexual
orientation.” This definition is
employed by the State of California’s
Racial, Ethnic and Religious Task
Force.
The NCARRV report cited seven
illegal, violent or threatening
incidents in Orange County, two in
Durham County, and one in Wake.
(See HATE CRIMES. P. 2)
Vocational Student
Organizations Build
Tomorrow9s Leaders
Nearly 80,000 young people across
North Carolina are building theii
leadership skills througt
involvement with vocational student
organizations in their high schools.
The organizations, which provide
opportunities for students to serve ir
leadership positions at their loca
high schools or in the regional, state
and national levels, are one focus oi
vocational education being
highlighted during Vocationa
Education Week, Feb. 12-18. This
year’s Vocational Education Week
theme is “Building Tomorrow’s
Leaders.”
Nearly 40 percent of the students ii
vocational education in Nortl
Carolina belong to vocational studen
organizations. In addition t<
leadership opportunities, these
groups offer students a chance ti
further refine the skills they learn ii
their secondary vocationa
programs, help them develop thei
career goals and serve as ai
introduction to the world of wort
said Bob Etheridge, superintender
of the N.C. Department of Publi
Instruction.
“A vocational student organizatio
can be the key to reaching student
and really getting them excited aboi
vocational and academic skill
development,” he said.
The organizations work i
conjunction with classroom activity
to help students develop thei
vocational skills. Part of this effort
seenin the groups’ local, distric
state and national sfcil
competitions. During 1987-88, 21,1!
students across North Carolina wei
involved in these competitions on tl
district level, and 12,310 studen
from the state attended the
State leaders of the
organizations agree
that they have
benefited greatly
from the time they
invest in the organiza
tions.
organizations' annual meetings,
where they participated in leadership
and skills development activities
There were 33 individuals or teams
winning first place in their respective
national competitions.
“Student organization activities
and competitive events significantlj
enhance the classroom instruction bj
our public school teachers,” said Dr
Clifton B. Belcher, director of the
Division of Vocational Education
“These groups really help teachers
‘Build Tomorrow’s Leaders.’”
State leaders of the organizations
agree that they have benefitec
greatly from the time they invest ir
the organizations.
“DECA is more than just a school
club or a way to get temporarily
paroled from class,’’ said Chapell
Floyd, a student at C.E. Jordan High
School in Durham and state president
of DECA, the organization for
marketing students. “It’s a chance to
test yourself and prepare for the real
world.”
The advantages he has gained from
FFA, the organization oriented to
(See VOCATIONAL, P. 2)
INSIDE
AFRICA
( _ BY DANIEL MAROLEN
> Although the Afrikaans word
i apartheid, which has become a
1 universal political term, was first
r coined and put into use in South
1 Africa in 1948, the institutionalized
, political system of racial segregation
t known as apartheid actually began in
: South Africa with the arrival of the
first Dutch immigrants who were
i sent to the Cape of Good Hope by the
s Dutch East India Company to
t establish a provision station in 1652.
s Apartheid has divided the country’s
races ethnically, socially,
n territorially, culturally, economi
s cally and politically, and set them
r against each other.
* As a people, the natives of South
t. Africa have always been generous
is and hospitable to strangers. They
i7 displayed that attitude to the first
■e white immigrants. The Africans
te considered the earliest Dutch
s immigrants as fellow human beings,
>r and sympathized with sufferings
“ from scurvy which took a heavy toll
of their sailors along the long Europe
India trade route around the Cape of
Good Hope. For that reason, the
natives permitted the Dutch to
establish the Cape of Good Hope (a
halfway provision station) to the Far
East from whence spices, silks and
other merchandise were obtained.
Unfortunately, the Dutch were not
imbued with the spirit of coexistence
- with the Africans, and they did
nothing to show their gratitude for the
natives’ generosity. Besides, the
Dutch looked down on the Africans as
inferior people. So, at first contact,
the Dutch did nothing to establish
good relations with the natives. Worst
of all, the Dutch built a formidable
castle at the Cape of Good Hope and
surrounded it with an impregnable
hedge to keep out their African hosts
with whom they carried on business.
To the natives the castle and hedge
symbolized Dutch aggression, which
the natives resent to this day.
As time went on, Dutch greed for
land and stock led them to grab the
arable and pasture lands of the
(See INSIDE AFRICA, P. 2)
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