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SINGLE COPY IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 300 Raleigh, n.c., VOL. 48. NO. 38 THURSDAY* APRIL 13,1989 N.C.'s Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST /ACQUl| BR'ARY OS ?5PT■ c I GH • Tutorial Program At Wake Tech Has Rich Rewards Page 13 Former NFL Player Hinton Inducted Into NCCU Hall Of Faiue Page 21 Broad-Based Membership Leadership Caucus Gains Momentum EXclulve To Hw CAROLINIAN BoMting a new confidence and in creeed organizational development, (he North Carolina Black Leadership Caucus will meet here in Raleigh on Saturday morning. The state's largest and moat In fluential network of black business, educational, religious, political and community leaders will hold its meeting here on the campus of Saint Augustine’s College. The NCBLC which has a member INTERNAT10NAL SPEECH Dr. Albert E. Jabs, professor at •haw University and a con tributing writer for The CAROLI NIAN, placed first in the Raleigh Toastmasters International ■peech Contest recealty. Jabs’ speech, “Why I Slept with the Homeless in Raleigh," was ex tracted from an article he wrote an the homeless. FAIR HOUSING MONTH Each year, the City of Raleigh observes the month of April as fair Housing Month. The purpose of the Fair Housing Office is to administer the Fair Housing Or dinance No. 330 for the City of Raleigh. The ordinance makes it n violation of the law to discriminate against any person hocauss of their race, cidor, religion, sex or national origin in the access of renting, buying. ftflNi end purchasing of kous SIREN TESTING Residents of Woke, Chatham. Harnett and Lee counties may hear sirens in the 10-mile area around the Shearoa Harris Nuclear Power Plant on April IT-tl. Carolina Power and Light Co. will sound all of the sirens in dtvMually at a very low volume. During the teats, it is likely that residents will not hear the sirens unless they are very close to a siren when it is being tested. These tests are not intended to test the volume of the sirens, but •a make sure each siren works. (See NEWS BRIEFS. P. 2) ship of more than 1,800 was founded in Raleigh 14 years ago and has en joyed steady growth and develop ment since then. In recent years, the group has moved Its state meetings to other North Carolina cities: Charlotte, Greensboro. Durham, Wilmington and Winston-Salem. Newly elected officers have officially chosen Raleigh to be its home base for the next two years. The basic strength of the group is its broad-based membership and its statewide communications network with the black community. This diverse group convenes six times a year to discuss and plan strategy and informational matters important to the progress of those who want to im prove the general living conditions of African-American culture. Issues ex pected to surface at Saturday's meeting include economic develop ment, organizational growth, family and community issues and the political landscape of the 1990s. Newly elected caucus chairman Pete Peterson, a high school prin cipal from Rockingham, stated in an interview with The CAROLINIAN, “The Black Caucus has gained a tremendous amount of new energy and respect throughout the state. Our executive committee has chosen Italeigh as its home base for three very important reasons. First, it is centrally located, people from the eastern part of the state can get here without half a day’s travel. The highway system from the west, wit the completion of 1-40, means that ou people from the western counties ca come in less travel time. Second Raleigh is our state’s capital, the hul of most of the economic, educations and governmental decisions ar made here. Third, we are developini a fairly sophisticated and up-to-dat communications system which wi] require day-to-dav challenges am (See BLACK CAUCUS, P. 2) Farrakhan Rejected Dissension Rips Summit ’89 Bipartisan Coalition Threatened BY CHE8TER A. HIGGINS. SR. NNPA Newt Editor WASHINGTON, D.C.-“Where do we want the African-American com mounity to be by the year 2000? That’s the basic question,” said Richard G. Hatcher, general chair man of the African-American Sum mit ’89, convening April 21-23 in New Orleans, La. But there is a more immediate question. For even as Hatcher, former longtime mayor of Gary, Ind., was making the announcement at a Capitol Hill press conference, dissen sion among officials of the event over granting fiery black Muslim minister Louis Fansakhan official status atthe summit was threatening to rip apart the -political bipartisan unity of the planners. Fred Brown, chairman of the Na tional Black Republican Council, told NNPA, “We had an agreement... at the outset that Farrakhan, Angela Davis (an avowed Communist Party member and educator), amL (firebrand black nationalist) Stokle>| Carmichael would not have officiar status.” a In a letter to Rev. Jesse Jacksotq dated March 24, Brown said, in part, “I am deeply troubled by events of the last few days which have signaled to me and other black Republicans that forces are at work which will ultimately prevent our bipartisan coalition from [participation].” (See DISSENSION, P. 2) FACE OFF—Karen Carr, president af the Marth Association of Educaton, along with David teachor in Croons County, stood at tho slope of Dm •CAE, Gov. Martin Clashing Ovsr career Ladder Teaching Program Krom <'AHOI.INI AN Staff Krpurts Following Gov. James Martin’s in itiative to promote his version of the career ladder program to legislators Monday night during the legislative session, Karen Garr, president of the NCAE. and other members gathered on the steps of the Legislative Building Tuesday to underscore their objections and make suggestions. . Teachers from 12 of the 16 Career Ladder pilot programs revealed that some features of the program are working, but they also expressed op position to statewide implementation as proposed by the governor. At a recent statewide NCAE meeting, an overwhelming number of teachers attending went on record against statewide implementation of the governor's program, by a margin of almost 20 to 1. Such a vote should ' not leave in the minds of the governor and officials of the State Board of Education any doubt about where th majority of teachers lie on this issue An overwhelming number of teachers are on record against statewide implemen tation of Gov. Martin’s program, by a margin of almost 20 to 1. laims Garr. Her presence, along with teachers (See PROTEST. P.l) CAMPBELL LIGHTMER Senior, Junior Sigma Scholars Honored Here Eta Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity will present its 12 Senior Scholars on Friday, April 14, in the Fine Arts Building at St. Augustine’s College. The public is in vited to attend the affair. Heavy refreshments will be served. In addition to presenting its Senior Scholars, Eta Sigma Chapter will also recognize its 16 Junior Scholars and acknowledge the presence of scholars’ parents. Dr. Thelma Roundtree, vice presi dent for academic affairs at Saint Augustine’s College, will bring the welcoming remarks and Dr. Dudley E. Flood, Eta Sigma Chapter’s presi dent, will bring the greetings. Brother Odell Watson, the director of the Sigma Scholars Program, will discuss the history and the purpose of the program and Brother W.L. Rose, the associate director, will present the Senior Scholars. Other par ticipants will include Dr. Clinton Downing, immediate past chairman of the chapter’s Education Program, who will recognize the Junior Scholars and their parents; Dr. Marion Phillips, the chapter’s vice president, who will acknowledge the parents of the Senior Scholars. Brother Malachi McCullough will act as master of ceremonies and (See SCHOLARS. P.2) Judges’ Bench CAR THEFTS A Raleigh man who has been ar rested five times since last August in connection with attempted auto thefts from the same dealer has served only 30 days in Jail despite a laundry list of convictions indicated on court records. This case is indicative of the in creasing problems and concerns fac ed by car dealers, causing a great deal of frustration, because the laws for car thieves are so lenient. And with the mandated prison (See JUDGES’ BENCH, P. 2) Black Leaders Split Over 91ave Market Issue, Attack Symbolism FAYETTEVILLE (AP)-A Mack Fayetteville city councilman whose grandfather was sold at Fayetteville’s Market House says he understands black legislators who plan to boycott a session at the old building, but he doesn’t see it that way. "I understand how the black legislators feel and what they're say ing,’’said Thelbert Torrey. “I’m very proud to be a part of the governing fadyofthiacityJujowingfrnMcracy really works. As a grandchild of a slave sold, I’m very proud to be a part jf the governing body of this great ci ty." The symbolism of the Market House became a state issue last week when the N.C. General Assembly’s t7-member Black Caucus voted to boycott a legislative session there on kpril 11. The session is to com nemorate the 200th anniversary of North Carolina's ratification of the j.3. Constitution at site. Second Time Around, Dr. Beckwith Is Named Wake County Principal Of Year Dr. Jeanette Beckwith, prin cipal of Carnage Middle School, feM been named Wake County PUmipal of the Year by the Itte Bch. central office itaff for a •act Wake County la the regional competition the tatter part of Principal Student DR. JEJWm BECKWITH 1 m “The Market House is a symbol of the Market House," Fayetteville City Councilman Joseph L. Pillow said. “In the past, slaves were sold there, but there's nothing wo can do about it. We need to look at how far we have come from when blacks were sold as slaves to when blacks were making the laws that abolished slavery. “I think it’s blowing It out of pro portion," Pillow said of the boycott. “We have to look at the positive aspects of the symbol of the city. We can build on what happened in the past or we can live in the present and make the future." The caucus decision upset many civic leaders, including state Rep. Alex Warner, D-Cumberland, who said they believed legislators were making a racial controversy where none should exist. But many local black leaden said they hope the issue will soon be settl ed. “We know that in places like Rich mond, Charleston and New Orleans the slave market was greater, but the point is they disposed of slaves at the Market House," said Sippio Burton, president of the NAACP’s Fayet teville Chapter from IMS to IMS dur ing the height of the civil rights move ment. “When you see the cnee, the crucifixion comes to mind.” Burton said black people around the state associate Fayetteville with the Market House the Market House with tbs sale of slaves, “If a black (Tom Fayetteville is visiting someone and says ‘I’m from Fayetteville,' they say, 'Oh, that’s where die slave market is,’" Burton The legislative caucus on Wednos lay rejected a second appeal by Rep. till Hurley, D-Cumberland, a 1 centennial organiser and former (See SLAVE MARKET. P. I) CP&L Offers Job Challenges In Non*Traditional Roles For Women fTMN 1'AKUI.INIAN HIKIT HPporlo During the past 90 years more and more women have left homes and of fices to take on Jobe of a non traditional nature. These women have taken on everything from heavy equipment iperation to working assembly lines in factories, although women have been involved in factories since World War II. However, with the continuous technological changes and oppor tunities offered by companies, the ion-traditional Jobs are appearing at tractive and rewarding to some vomen. Recently an employee at a utilities sornpany gave up her desk, PC, skirts ind heels for Jeans, sneakers, a truck ind a handheld computer. A seasoned em1-’ vee with approx imately eight years of continuous ser vice with Carolina Power and Light :o., Ms. Gloria Hinton gave up the uxuries of an office to find another :hallenge within the diversified >rganizational structure of CP4L. Ms. Hinton, in an interview with Die CAROLINIAN, said that her :areer began with CP4L at the Har is Vistor Center as » stenographer. She has since worked in various :lerical support and administrative opacities in the Northern Division ftight-of-Way, with the division ad ministrative manager and Northern Division personnel. Recently she ( (See METER READING, P. 2) ,
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