MRS. BEATRICE
This Week in
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BY BEATRICE C. MAYS
To strengthen the black family,
these negatives must be controlled:
Sex without responsibility, fast cars,
materialism and alcohol. Offset these
negatives with positive role models of
churchgoing, stable families and
singles as well as those who will
“stand in the gap” as mothers,
fathers, big sisters and big brothers.
Moreover, this concept must extend
to the institution-building in black
communities. Currently, in too many
black communities other ethnic
groups are operating everything
from the grocery stores to the banks
and other business enterprises. The
absence of positive black role models
in these areas ensures a self
perpetuating tradition of dependency
on others.
Also, we must support our institu
tions; provide moral and spiritual
training; ensure adequate health
care (warning young people of the
risks of teenage parenting and
substance abuse); create a desire for
the acquisition of knowledge; nurture
respect for family, law and order;
and help provide opportunities that
will enable our youth to develop their
God-given talents.
Black leadership must remain in
volved, informed, insistent, and
unrelenting in pointing people in the
right direction and in helping them
maintain the integrity of their
ethnicity while at the same time gain
ing the fullness of their American
citizenship.
We must be concerned with an
educational system that replaces
blacks with blacks who may be retir
ing or moving to other positions.
Black leadership must assert itself
and mobilize the masses to fulfill the
promise of democracy.
From Ebony magazine
August 1387
FAMOUS BLACK AMERICANS
Quiz Yourself
1. Moses of her people, led more
than 300 slaves to freedom.
2. Mathematician, clockmaker,
surveyor who helped plan
Washington, D.C.
3. First black American to play in
big-league baseball.
4. Co-discoverer of' North Pole,
made eight trips to Arctic.
5. Authority on blood plasma,
director of first American Red Cross
blood bank.
6. Father of the blues, wrote “The
Saint Louis Blues” and many more
blues tfhgs and Negro spirituals.
7. Overcame handicap to become^
great track star, winner of three gold
medals in 1960 Olympic Games.
8. Famous orator, remembered for
his outstanding speeches against
slavery.
9. World's greatest gospel singer.
10. Associate justice of the Supreme
Court.
11. First doctor to operate suc
cessfully on the human heart.
12. America’s “Ambassador of
Jazz.”
13. Wrote history of the Negro,
started the observance of Negro
History Week.
14. Writer, philosopher, early
member of the NAACP.
15. Educator, founder of Tuskegee
Institute in Alabama.
16. First black U.S. con
gresswoman.
17. Agricultural research scientist
who nude hundreds of products from
the peanut and potato.
18. Statesman, champion of
democracy, won Nobel Peace Prize
for bringin peace between people of
Israel and Arabs.
19. First black to serve as U.S. am
bassador to the United Nations.
20. Nonviolent crusader for social
justice, dreamed of a world where all
men might live in peace and love,
without poverty.
21. America’s best-known black
poet, noted for humorous verse in
Negro dialect.
22. Ledfiing Shakespearean actor of
the 19th century, denied the oppor
tunity of exhibiting his talent to
American public.
23. Secretary of Department of
Health, Education and Welfare.
24. First black singer to perform
with the Metropolitan Opera.
25. First to die for American in
dependence.
Gallery Honors Blacks
For Deeds And Service
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP)-A
gallery honoring famous blacks such
as Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther
King, Jr. and those whose ac
complishments are less well-known
has opened in Elizabethtown but
without its chief creator.
Emma Reno Connor, a teacher,
.poet and historian, died last year. Her
husband, Charles Connor, finished
the gallery.
“My wife was interested in
achievement,” Connor said. “A lot of
the things black people did do, they
were never given credit for."
He said the accomplishments of
black scientists and inventors were
especially absent from history books.
“We were achievers in all fields,
but all anybody ever knew about were
the black athletes and entertainers,”
Connor said.
‘ ‘She [ through the gallery ] is trying
to let the black kids know their
history, that we excelled in all
things,” he said.
During her 20 years of teaching,
starting out in a tiny blacks-only
schoolhouse in Hodgenville, Ms. Con
nor, who was born in Elizabethtown
in 1918, collected hundreds of
newspaper clippings, magazine ar
ticles, posters, books, portraits, and
photographs of prominent blacks.
Connor said the collecting began
when his wife put on annual pro
grams during February’s Black
History Month in New York’s public
schools. The idea of displaying the
items as a showcase of black ex
cellence came later after the Connors
returned to Hardin County in 1981.
Although unfinished, a private
opening took place Feb. » of last
year. ~~
Ms. Connor’s sister, Rubye
Williams, went to Hardin Memorial
Hospital that day to tell her sister the
news. Ms. Connor died the next even
ing.
Represented in the gallery are the
historical figures in pre-Civil War
days that fought slavery and
established the underground railroad
to get slaves to free states.
Abolitionist John Brown has the
distinction of being the only white
represented in the gallery.
“He was a little crasy and more
a great future in your
rote, for example.
Tote, “You have a past
to 1986 when Ronald E. McNair
became the second Mack on a NASA
flight when he died in the Challenger
explosion, their accomplishments
should make all blacks proud, Ms.
Connor believed.
Her sister, Beatrice Reno, bought.
the house the gallery is in now for
their parents in 1937. The entire Reno
family helped start a playground in
Glendale for area black children in
the 1920s. In one room gf thebopise is
a pictorial history of Elixabefhtown,
from the 1920s to the present, as col
lected by the Renos.
Hometown success stories chronicl
ed in the local paper are on display °°
well as the national heroes like R
Parks, Hank Aaron, Louis
and Shirley Chisholm.
Sprinkled in among the pictures
and clippings are Ms. Connor’s
weaving words of hone and
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“There is
past,” she wrote.
She also wrote, “You have a
that’s a prophesy of your future
Great, highly inspired blacks have
made their way through a turmoil of
difficulties and injustices to become
men and women of stature; and
respect. If ever you need inspiration
for a successful future, look to your
past. It is there that inspiration is
firmly lodged.”
Kahdy Appointed
By Gov,
BY A.M. JOHNSON
THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP
Friendship is a priceless gilt
That cannot be bought or sold,
But its value is far greater than
A mountain made of gold,
For gold is cold and lifeless,
It can neither see nor hear,
And in the time of trouble,
It is powerless to cheer.
It has no ears to listen,
Nor heart to understand,
It cannot bring you comfort
Or reach out a helping hand.
So when you ask God for a gift,
Be thankful if He sends, "
Not diamonds, pearls or riches,
But the love of real true Month.
CLINTON-Ms. Mae B. Melvin and
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow W. Carr were
honored for more than 17 years of ser
vice in a testimonial service at Snow
Hill Missionary Baptist Church,
Roseboro, on Sunday, Jan. SB, at 4
p.m. by students of the former Snow
Hill Elementary School.
Rev. Jesse Smith is the pastor of
the church. The Rev. William Peter
son was chairman of the students of
Snow Hill. He served as tosstmaster
for the testimonials.
Ms. Iris J. Culbreth, minister of
music, played a medley of music and
the Young Adult Choir sang. Deacon
Chester Parker welcomed the guests.
Greetings from town officials were
given by Belva Jones, and Tera
Culbreth greeted guests.
Paying a “This Is Your Life” style
tribute to the honored guests were
E.T. Underwood, Charles N. Parker,
Dr. Carolyn T. Taylor, the Exsell
Brother sand Ms. Jeanette Council of
Fayetteville, among others.
Wilbert C. Parker made the presen
tation. Ms. Mildred Underwood
recognized family members and
guests.
Snow Hill faculty members present
were 93-year-old Ms. Suzie Evans of
Fayetteville, Ms. Gertrude Crenshaw
of Garland, Ms. Juanita Boney of
Rose Hill, Ms. Christine Moore
Bullard of Rochester, N.Y., Ms.
Mamie McRae of Clinton, W.W. Carr
and Ms. Blonnie P. Carr of Clinton,
and Ms. Sudie Mae Melvin of Fayet
teville.
The members of the Morning Star
Holiness Church family and the fami
ly of Ms. Pearl Raynor Wynn honored
her last Sunday, Feb. 5, at 4 p.m. at
the church with a celebration of
thanksgiving, themed “A Star Was
Born.”
The welcome was given by T.
Highsmith. The program began with
the processional of the family. The
sisters and the honoree and husband
were honored with a prayer by the
pastor, Rev. James Butler, and a
•selection by the Community Male
Chorus. Ms. Lizzie Harper read a
selection titled, “A Star Was Born,”
followed by reflections from the
church by Ms. Lucille Kenlaw; from
the home by Isaac Faison; and from
the community by Moee McRae.
Ms. Rosalie Beckett sang a selec
tion and Quentin Wynn gave a tribute
to his mother. The Raynor boys gave
two selections, “Family” and “We
Care.” Presentations were made by
Ms. Sadie tallie and others.
Edwin Ray Wynn paid tribute to his
wife. The prayer of thanksgiving was
given by Evangelist Martha
McLaurin. The honoree, Ms. Minnie
P. Wynn, made remarks and thanked
all who had honored her.
A reception was held at the Fisher
Drive Building.
City Of Raleigh
Funds Historic
Property Study
The Raleigh Historic Properties
Commission £as begun a survey of
historically - and architeciurally
significant structures in Raleigh’s
black communities, the second phase
of the African-American Studies Pro
ject.
This project is being funded by the
City of Raleigh and the Historic
Preservation Fund administered by
the National Park Service and the
State Historic Preservation Office.
The survey, which will last through
June 90, will document the buildings
and prepare nominations for the Na
tional Register of Historic Places.
Surveyors for the project are Kip
Wright, coordinator; Joyce Mitchell
and Terri Myers.
Communities they will survey will
be East Raleigh in February; Shaw
University/South Raleigh in March;
South Park in April; the area be
tween Linden Avenue and St.
Augustine’s Collage in May; and Col
lege Park, Battery Heights,
Southside, Oberlln, Method and
Nssareth in June.
In order to document these historic
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Peace Corps Training
Helps Launch Careers
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Black Am
ericans who have joined the Peace
Corps over the past 28 years credit
the overseas experience as a spring
board to success. Many of the
thousands who received invaluable
leadership training in the Peace
Corps now hold key positions in
government, education, business and
finance, communications and the
arts.
As part of its celebration of Black
History Month, Peace Corps is
highlighting a number of these promi
nent former volunteers and staff and
their recollections of their years with
the Peace Corps. In its continuing
drive to attract more representative
numbers of minority volunteers,
Peace Corps is appealing for greater
participation from the black com
munity.
Former Peace Corps volunteers
and staff are working in top positions
in a wide variety of occupations. They
are heads of institutes at major
universities, seasoned reporters for
major daily newspapers, top cor
porate managers and prominent ar
tists. Almost without exception, these
national leaders cite their Reace
Corps service as the pivotal ex
perience in their professional
careers.
“Peace Corps made a terrific im
pact on my life,” Leonard Robinson,
director of the African Development
Foundation in Washington, said.
“There is no question in my mind
that Peace Corps served as a spring
board, a launching pad, for my
career in international
development,” he said. Robinson was
' a volunteer in India from 1964-66.
“For young blacks in particular,
the Peace Corps gives you an oppor
tunity you couldn't get elsewhere,”
according to Dr. Joseph Kennedy,
director for international develop
ment at Africare in Washington. Ken
nedy served as deputy regional direc
' i
tor for Peace Corps operations in
Africa and also as country director in
Sierra Leone.
To make volunteer service more
practical and appealing to black
Americans, Peace Corps has
developed several new incentives to
ease the financial obligations of
higher education. The U.S. govern
ment and many educational Institu
tions offer special student benefits,
for Peace Corps volunteer service, in
cluding:
•Partial forgiveness and defer
ment of payment of student loans in
certain cases;
•Academic credit;
•Scholarships and assistantshipe
for returned volunteers, at least half
of whom go on to graduate school;
•Unique master’s degree pro
grams—some specifically designed
to attract minorities—that combine
academic study and service
overseas;
•Non-competitive eligibility con
sideration for federal employment
for up to three years after completion
of volunteer service.
In addition, Peace Corps volunteers
receive paid training and vacation,
complete medical and dental
coverage, free transportation
overseas and a monthly living
allowance. Volunteers also earn a
$200 monthly readjustment allowance
for use after they complete their ser
vice. For a two-year assignment, in
cluding training, the average
volunteer would receive a 19,400 read
justment allowance.
Karen Owes, from Portsmouth,
Va., served as a Peace Corps
volunteer in Senegal from 1969-88. “I
don’t think many students realise
how fantastic the financial benefits
can be in helping with education ex
penses,” she said. “My Peace Corps
service will help me to go law
school.”
Eagles Present
Celebration For
Founder’s Day
The NRTA retired teachers
celebrated their Founder’s Day in the
Johnson Building at Martin Street
Baptist Church on Wednesday, Feb.
8.
'ine program began with the group
singing “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing."
Eagle Marjorie Phillips presided.
The Lord’s Prayer was repeated in
unison, led by Eagle Bertha Wilson.
Next, the Eagles’ Ensemble sang
“Sweet Sweet Spirit.” Eagle Irene
Scales gave the history of the Eagles.
Since the last celebration of
Founder’s Day, two Eagles have
expired—Vivian Tooey Brown and
Addle 0. Stroud. A tribute to these
deceased members was given by
Eagle Estella curry. Soft music was
played by the president, Eagle Etta
Jones
The program continued with a
rendition of poetry read by Eagle
Catherine Quick. Eagle Myrtle
Crockett thrilled the group by
preaching one of her famous
sermons.
After the announcements and
remarks by the president,
refreshments were served. During
the fellowship period, each Eagle was
given a Valentine’s gift that was
made by Eagle Carlotta Haywood.
The following members were
present: Lillian Brown, Josephine
Bryant, Lillie M. demons, Myrtle
Crockett, Laura Crumby, Estella
Curry, Mary B. Graham, Catherine
Hargrove, Carlotta Haywood,
Maggie Holley, Dorothy Jones, Lee
Etta -Jones, Hester McManus,
Marjorie M. Phillips, Ruth Pope,
Catherine Quick, Irene Scales and
Bertha Wilson.
ONE-PARENT
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situation in 1988 were most likely to
be living with a parent who had never
married (M percent), while white
children were most likely to be living
with a divorced parent (50 percent).
Hispanic children living with one
parent were about equally likely to be
living with a never-married parent
(93 percent), with a married parent
whose spouse was absent (31
percent), or with a divorced parent
(30 percent).
As in all surveys, the data are sub
ject to sampling variability and
rmponwi errors.
These statistics are from a final
report on these subjects. An advance
report that did not contain the data
highlighted here was issued in
September 1988. It was titled
"Households, Families, Marital
Status, and Living Arrangements:
March 1988” (Series P-20, No. 433).
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has an enrollment of more than
20,000.
Johnson, who has served 11 yean
as president of Grambling, said he is
interested in the EMU Job, but is not
sure he is ready to pull up his Loui
siana roots.
Other candidates vying for the posi
tion are:
Dr. Ronald W. Collins, S3, provost
and vice president for academic af
fairs at EMU; Dr. Judith L. Kuipers,
51, vice president for academic af
fairs at California State University,
Fresno; Dr. Dale F. Nitxschke, 51,
president of Marshall University,
Huntington, W.Va.; and Dr. WUUam
E. Shelton, 44, vice president for In
stitutional advancement at Kent
State University, Kent, Ohio.
The Eastern Michigan president
earns (107,000 annually and is fur
nished a home and automobile, Tln
noy said.
STUDENT SEEKS
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corporate leaders.
“I was really worried about how
the commercial would turn out,” Ms.
Hill said. “By the time we finally got
it right, we were hot and tired and to
mo it looked obvious wa wore acting.
I haven’t aeon the commercial on
television yet but ooe of my friends
videotaped it and lot mo borrow it It
doesn’t look as bad as I thou^t it
would."
Ms. Hill says the winners return to
Chi^totiysmnmarimatauNlay
leadership conflsronos where they
will meet with Mack civic and
religious leaders to tell them what
they think are problems in the Mack