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New Movement Plane To
Meld Jan Mule With
Black Churches
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C1AA Rallying As Strong
Division 11 Power
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A Tanzanian art festival wiH be
April 14-16 at the City
Market sponsored by Capitol
■reedcasting Co. as a continuing
program lor Project Tanzania.
The festival will be a showcase
far art created by artists from the
east African nation of Tanzania,
according to Joan Baron, project
SPELLING BEE
Margaret M. Danforth, an
eighth-grade student at Our Lady
of Lourdes School in Baleigh, is
the district winner in the Non
Public School State Spelling Bee.
She will compete in the regional
level spoiling bee on April 8 at the
Raleigh Civic Center.
NEW BOARD MEMBERS
The Greater Raleigh Chamber
Of Commerce has appointed
Ranald Fowler, executive vice
president; First Union; Betty
Moser, co-owner, Stokes and
Moser; James Lofton, secretary
of North Carolina Department of
Transportation; and James B.
Ruler. Jr., president of First
ClUsens, to its board of directors.
ALUMNI CHAPTER
. The Raleigh-Wake AAT Alumni
Chapter discussed during, its
athly meeting 1888 member
6, a recruitment seminar and
for the AggieFest fund
planned for May 20.
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Ajinomoto, the only producer of
aariao acids in the United States
for the pharmaceutical industry.
Currently employs 100 workers at
He Raleigh facility, off Poole
Road. The expansion Is scheduled
lor completion in August 1880.
LITERACY SUMMIT
The Sunbelt Institute is spon
soring a Workforce Literacy
Legislative Summit April 8-7.
Congressional, education, labor
(See NEWS BRIEFS, P. 2)
NAACP’S Legal Defense Corp. Sues Shoney’s
Over Alleged Workplace Discrimination
. The NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund is filing a major
class-action employment discrimina
tion suit against Shoney’s, Inc., this
week. Shoney’s is a significant
employer in the food-service industry
with outlets in 30 states. System-wide
sales for Shoney’s Inc. for fiscal year
1908 exceeded $1.4 billion.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court
for the Northern District of Florida in
Pensacola, Fla., charges Shoney’s
with a policy of “classic illegal class
wide disparate treatment” of black
people” and “maintaining a hostile,
racist work environment.” The suit
contends that the policy “limits the
employment opportunities of blacks
in... job selections 1 initial hiring,
assignments and promotions! and
terminations," and that it "is
specifically calculated to deny
members of the black race equal
treatment and opportunities.” The
suit also charges Shoney’s with
"retaliating against [white]
employees who refuse to implement
or who oppose the defendants' illegal
employment policies or practices.”
“This is a case of national impor
tance because the employer is a large
and prominent corporation which
employs a great number of people,”
said Julius Chambers, director
counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund. "As far as I
know, this is the largest employment
discrimination class action which
private attorneys have brought
against a private company. In order
to ensure effective representation of
all possible victims of Shoney’s
discrimination, LDF is committing
substantial resources to the litigation
and associating experienced civil
rights lawyers in Florida, California
and Tennessee.”
Chambers added, “It is important
that several white former super
visors at Shoney’s have been willing
to protest the discriminatory prac
tices and to join this lawsuit.”
The NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund has established a
toll-free number, 1-800-860-1556, for
persons to call who believe they have
been discriminated or retaliated
against or who believe they have
witnessed such illegal acts. Callers to
the 800 number, open 24 hours, will
reach the office of .Thomas A. War
ren, local counsel in Tallahassee.
This information will be treated
confidentially.
The lawsuit seeks to end the alleged
discriminatory and retaliatory prac
tices, expand job hiring and promo
tional opportunities for blacks, obtain
money damages for lost pay and
benefits, and compensatory damages
for those who have suffered from il
legal discrimination. Since the plain
Man Sought In Video Robbery
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The police search continues for a
black man armed with a pair of
scissors who robbed a video store
here.
On March 30 at approximately 6
a.,m., a man robbed Castle Video at
1210 North Bfvd. The robber, armed
with a pair of scissors, approached
the clerk and took money from the
cash register, then fled on foot.
Raleigh police are looking for a
black male in his early 20s, 6’2” tall
and weighing 185 to 200 pounds. The
suspect has a brown complexion and
wore a rad bandanna around his head
along with a redand-white striped
shirt and blue loans. '
Crime Stoppers has asked for
anyone with information about this
robbery or any crime to call
834-HELP. Callers need not give their
names or testify In court and they
could be eligible to receive a cash
reward of up to $1,000.
In related events, the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commis
sion has filed a lawsuit alleging sex
discrimination against Quality Inn
Mission Valley on Avent Perry Road
in Raleigh.
According to a complaint filed in
the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of North Carolina,
Quality Inn Mission Valley violated
(See VIDEO ROBBER. P. 2)
Krom CAROLINIAN Stall Reporta
The protracted confrontation bet
ween the employees of Eastern
Airlines and Frank Lorenzo has been
a long and visible dispute. The Black
i^eaaersnip rorum wun cnair, i
Dorothy I. Height, and co-chair, John
Jacob, have been asked by represen- 1
tatives of the AFL-CIO and 1
Machinists’ Union to involve African- ]
Academic Excellence
NCSU Cites
Black Achievement
Special To The CAROLINIAN
North Carolina State University
recognizes its top African-American
itaiants for academic achievement
-daring its annual African-American
Awards Banquet at - McKimmon
top African-American
student from each of
NGSU’s schools and colleges will be
raoognized, and certificates will be
gleon to students who have competed
a minimum of 80 hours with a grade
point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0
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In addition, special awards are
given for leadership, and three NCSU
faculty members are honored for ser
vice, professional development and
African-American advocacy. The
awards banquet was held April 6.
The awards recognition banquet is
the brainchild of Dr. A.M. (Gus)
Witherspoon, NCSU associate
graduate dean and professor of
botany. Witherspoon Initiated the
program to combat any public
perception that opportunity for
African-Americans depends on fac
tors such as race, color, sex or na
tional origin, rather than excellence.
“Perception remains real unless
shown to be untrue,” Witherspoon
said. “Thus, the awards program is a
continuing validation of the ex
cellence of African-American
students, faculty and staff.”
The selection process, which is
facilitated by the chancellor, vice
chancellors, deans, department
heads, graduate administrators, ad
visers and professors, requires an an
nual in-depth look at the productivity
of each African-American student,
staff and faculty member. “Only ex
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said.
Every two years NCSU African
American students select an honoree
who has contributed in an outstan
ding manner to the upward mobility
of graduate education. Or. Nash N.
Winstead, NCSU provost, was the
1985 honoree, and Dr. Bruce E.
Poulton, NCSU chancellor, was the
honoree in 1907.
William C. Friday, president
emeritus of the University of North
Carolina system, was the first
honoree, selected in recognition of his
efforts in creating the Minority
Presence Grant Program.
The 1989 honoree was presented by
Chancellor Poulton. Dean J. Marsh,
president of the Association for the
Concerns of African-American
Graduate Students, was the master of
ceremonies.
NCSU deans, who were represented
by Provost Winstead, recognized the
top African-American students from
their schools and colleges.
Itf addition, the Chancellor’s
African-American Leadership Award
was presented to the graduate stu
dent exhibiting effective leadership
within the academic community. The
winner is selected by graduate
students, faculty 4 administration
at NCSU.
The following awards were
presented to faculty and staff:
eThe Provost's African-American
^ faculty itofrnihui for
ending profre activity;"*
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Award, presented to an ad
best exemplifies activity toward the
tion of African-American graduate
8to?S?’ACAAGS Service Award,
HONORS, P 2i
(Americans in lire struggle.
Howard Jones of Raleigh, the
minority coordinator for District 100,
international Association of
Machinists, who works as a ramp ser
viceman for Eastern Airlines, said he
was hired to coordinate a boycott of
ail Texas Air companies. "Lorenzo
moved so many of Eastern’s assets,
including Continental, to Texas Air,
until we had to orchestrate a boycott
of all Texas Air,” he said.
Texas Air is the holding company
that owns Continental, Eastern and
System One, a reservation system
from Eastern.
Ms. Height said, “For over a
decade Eastern Airlines unionized
employees have made financial
sacrifice in attempts to save their
airline, giving up more than $1.5
billion in wages and other conces
sions. Despite concessions in the last
negotiations by the International
Association of Machinists amounting
to a pay freeze, major work rule
changes and reductions in new entry
(See AIRLINES. P. 2)
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tiffs claim that defendants' actions
were “motivated by evil motive or in
tent” they seek “substantial”
punitive damages on behalf of
themselves and other victims of the
illegal discriminatory or retaliatory
practice.
The plaintiffs in the suit worked for
Shoney’s or attempted to find jobs at
Shoney’s restaurants, or Shoney’s
franchised Captain D’s restaurants.
The lawsuit attacks discrimination
throughout the operation of Shoney’s,
a chain of approximately 1,500
restaurants and inns, which include
Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken as well
(See NAACP, P. 2)
HHS Secretary
Sullivan To Get
Morehouse Pay
DR. LOUIS SULLIVAN
BY CHESTER A. HIGGINS, SR.
NNPA Newt Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Common
sense finally prevailed on Capitol
Hill. Recently confirmed Health and
Human Service Secretary Louis W.
Sullivan was permitted to receive
9215,000 in accumulated sabbatical
pay from Morehouse School of
Medicine where he was founder and
president until nominated to his pre
sent post.
Meanwhile, Dr. Sullivan’s alma
mater announced that Dr. James A.
Goodman, 56, for eight years ex
ecutive vice president under Sullivan,
has been named Morehouse presi
dent.
When questions were raised con
cerning Dr. Sullivan’s accumulated
severance pay during the nomination
process, the HHS Secretary-to-be
said too much fuss was being made
over it and he'd just as soon forego
receiving the money if Oat was going
to impede his confirmation. Already
right-wing factions were trying to
bang Sullivan’s hide out to dry on the
issue of abortion (he had honestly
said he favored women making that
(See DR. SULLIVAN, P. 2)
HATCHER. JACOBS SUE
The state attorney general’s office
has asked a federal judge to dismiss a
lawsuit in which Eddie Hatcher,
Timothy B. Jacobs and their sup
porters accuse state and Robeson
County officials of running a cam
paign of “intimidation and harass
ment.”
“The complaint presents no basis
for the grant of any relief by this
court,” lawyers from the attorney
general’s office said.
The suit was filed in January under
a federal civil rights statute that per
mits suits by those whose constitu
tional rights have been violated by
'State or local officials.
AS8AULTED WAITRESS GET8 .
COMPENSATION
A waitress in a mountain resort
who was kidnapped and assaulted by.
a guest she had stopped to help on the
way home from work is entitled to
(See JUDGES’ BENCH. P 2)
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