RALEIGH, N.C.,
VOL. 48, NO. 42
THURSDAY,
APRIL 27,1989 A
N.C.'s Semi-Weekly
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Black Architect Recognized
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Memories Off The Real
Champ, Sugar Ray Robinson
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Misconduct Pattern Questioned
Police Shootings Called Murder
From CAROLINIAN Duff Reports
North Carolina 'police officers
have killed four African-Americans
recently in what the departments
deecribe as in the line of duty but
which many in the community call
acta of murder.
A black male resident of the Cherry
community in Charlotte was shot
twice on April 8 by Charlotte police
Officer Scott Pope who was respon
ding to a call at the home of the vie
tint, Jake King.
It was reported by witnesses that
King was shot as he walked down the
steps of his home with his hands ovei
his head. No weapon was found. Ii
another incident in Charlotte, a polici
LEADING IN CRIME
Miami Beach, Fla. led the na
tion’s largest cities in overall
serious crime in 1988, according
le a computer analysis of FBI
crime figures released by the
organisation. Washington led the
nation In per-capita homicides, a
position Detroit held for four
yenrs. Newark. N.J. led in rob
bery and vehicle theft; Atlanta,
Ga., in assault; Salt Lake City in
larceny; Flint, Mich, in rape;
Mobile, Ala. In burglary and
Pomona, Calif, in arson. Drugs
were said mostly involved in
crimes In Miami Beach and
'Washington.
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
The City of Raleigh and the
Homing Authority have Jointly
developed a program to provide
abort-term assistance to
homeless families. The program,
known as transitional housing, of
fers short-term assistance, up to
li months, to homeless families.
During their stay in transitional
homing, both public and private
serial services agencies will be
working with the families helping
them obtain stable housing in the
private sector or in public hous
ing
AFRICANS IN RUSSIA
Apollon Davidson, professor of
African history at Moscow
University, a member of the In
stitute of World History, African
Department of the USSR
Academy of Sciences, spoke on
(See NEWS BRIEFS, P. 2>
NEWS BRIEFS
officer shot a fleeing black suspect.
The Charlotte-Meckienburg
NAACP branch has asked North
Carolina and the U.S. attorney
general to investigate the shooting of
King and the other victim, Louis Col
umbus Relford, III, who was shot by
Charlotte police Officer Barry Good
son in January.
Mary Clarke, president of the
Charlotte-Meckienburg County
branch of the NAACP, in a letter to
Attorney General Lacy H. Thorn
burg. said the first shooting occurred
on Feb. u and the most recent on
April 1 with the death of Jake King.
"The black community is fearful
i that a pattern of police misconduct is
emerging. We thereby request mat l ha nolle police and to see il any
an investigation be initiated by your criminal statutes were violated by
office to determine if Louis Columbus l^e actions of the police," she peli
\ black male la Charlotte was shot by a
police officer responding to u call at the vic
tim1* home. Witnesses say the man was shot
ns he walked down the front steps with his
hands above Ills head. Three other blacks
have been killed by white police officers In
North Carolina recently. Many call these
shootings an act of murder.
Relford and Jake King had their civil tioned.
rights violated by the actions of the Thornburg, in his reply, said that
A'hile he shared the black communi
y s concern and also hoped that there
vas not a pattern of police miscon
duct developing, he had no jurisdic
ion in the case thus far.
“Under the present state of law the
attorney general’s office does not
lave original jurisdiction to in
vestigate or review these incidents.
We may only investigate matters
ivhen requested by either the district
attorney or the appropriate law en
forcement official. We have con
ducted such investigations in the past
in proper request. We have not
■eceived a request from either the
district attorney or the chief of police
(See POLICE SHOOTING, P. 2)
“Ju8t A Super Cop”
RANGEL BLASTS BENNETT
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EDUCATOR RETIRING—Dr. John Flaming, right.
Interviewed Vlca President Thomas Koa, at ML Or. Kao Is
retiring this year from Shaw University after 41 years of
service. Both Dr. Flaming and Dr. Kee are alumni of Shaw.
Dr. Km bat worn nfeny halt at Shaw, Including Initructar,
assistant professor, and associate professor, dun of
students, vice president for student affairs...and ho lus
worn all those hats with dignity and much skid.
Thomas Kce Says Adieu To Alma
Malar After 4t-Year Tenure At Shaw
BY JOHN W. FLEMING
S(M*cial T<i Thr I'AKOI.IMAN
The year was 1948. Harry Truman
was president of the United States.
Commercial television was in its in
fancy. College enrollment was bulg
ing with veterans returning to school
after World War II Robert Prentiss
Daniel was in his 12th year as presi
dent of Shaw University. In that year
a young man who had graduated
from Shaw in 1947 accepted a position
there as an instructor in foreign
languages and as an assistant foot
ball coach. His name was Thomas
Edward Kee, affectionately known as
"Tommy.”
No one had any idea at the time that
his tenure, which included both facul
ty and administrative status, would
last for 41 years. Even more im
pressive than the longevity of his
management—and he has worn all
those hats with dignity and skill.
Kee will bring to an end his 41 years
of service at Shaw with his retire
ment on June 30. On May 12. the
university will have a special
recognition service for this loyal
worker who, following in the footsteps
of the university's founder, has
■counted not his life dear unto
himself that he might lift Godward
1 tonvora*.*
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v°cation
From CAROLINIAN Stuff Reports
Cultures merge with theology and
principles of international citizenship
when leaders, educators and
theologians bring one of the most im
pressive rosters of speakers and reci
pients of degrees to Shaw Divinity
School.
Dr. C.J. Malloy, Jr., general
secretary of the Progressive National
Baptist Convention, Inc.; His Ex
cellency, Dr. Timothy L.L. Dlamini,
ambassador of the Kingdom of
Swaziland to the United Nations; and
Rev. John H. Hall, educator and vice
moderator, Middle Baptist Associa
tion, are among the distinguished
participants attending the com
mencement convocation at Shaw
Divinity School.
Dr. Malloy of the Progressive Na
tional Baptist Convention will deliver
the address at the commencement
convocation at 11 a.m. Saturday,
April 29.
“We are excited that Dr. Malloy
will be able to share the commence
ment convocation with us," stated
Dr. Gregory T. (leaden and Dr. K.B.
Turner in their joint announcement,
calling Malloy a preacher's preacher,
a respected theologian and among the
ablest of the black religious ad
ministrators and social activists
around today.
The joint announcemenl sluted that
Dr. Malloy has been a moving force
in the national efforts of the Pro
gressive National Baptist Convention
with national and international
recognition not only in the area of
religion but in civil and human rights
as well They referred to Malloy as a
seasoned advocate of strategies
leading to the economic empower
ment of blacks and other racial
minorities.
Malloy was called as minister of
outreach at the West End Collegiate
Keformed Church in New York City
in 1966 and was installed in that posi
tion by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.
While in New York, he became ihe
first black to lie appointed activities
chairman for the Boy Scouts of
America. He is the {recipient of the
Good Shepherd Hoy Scouts of
America Award, f ;4
.Malloy was commissioned as a mis
sionary by the American Baptist
Churches in l9Wt. and has served as
director of Christian centers in
Camden. N.J. and Los Angeles, Calif.
He also served on the staff at Second
See cn.TVHKS. P 2t
Thomas Kee’s versatility, both during l^s
student days and during his professional
career, certainly made him an important cog
in the Shaw University machinery. Dr. Kee
says adieu to his beloved Shaw on June 30,
closing a chapter of years of service as ad
ministrator and educator.
tenure has been the high level of its
integrity.
lie hus worn many hats at
Shaw instructor, assistant pro
lessor, and associate professor; dean
of students, vice president for student
affairs, vice president for university
relations and development, special
assistant to the president, executive
vice president, and vice president for
institutional relations and enrollment
his brother."
Alter graduating from Barringer
High School in Newark, N.J., Tommy
matriculated at Shaw in the fall of
His presence was soon felt on
the football field where he im
mediately starred as the team's
quarterback.
He was, however, more than an
athlete. A good student and campus
(See KEE RETIRES, P. 2)
Kaye Webb Appointed To
New Post As Assistant To
Fayetteville State U. Head
HY AM.IK M. PKKB1.KS
( uni rib'll in u HiUn
Ms. Ku vp K. Webb of Raleigh has been na med executive assistant
to the chancellor for legal and administrative affairs at Fayetteville
Stale University. Ms. Webb, a local attorney, will be responsible for
assisting Chancellor Lloyd V. Hackley in conducting the ad
ministrative operations of his office, overseeing the administrative
operations of the university in carrying out the commitments in the
uraderaic plan, providing advice and counsel to the chancellor on
university legal affairs, and performing other duties as assigned.
Ms. Webb is a graduate of William G. Knloe High School of
Raleigh. She was graduated from Howard University with a B.A. in
political science. She received the J.D. degree from Willlamette
University College of Law in 1977. In August of 1980. Ms. Webb at
tended the National endowment for the Humanities Seminar at the
Harvard law School.
Since 1979, she has served as assistant attorney general. North
Carolina Department of Justice. Some of her duties included
See ATTORNKY Wffltir I*. t,
DR. ROBERT E. BRIDGES
Study Reveals
Schools Fail
BlackStudents
AP—North Carolina schools are
failing to improve education for black
students who enter school behind
their white peers and lose ground as
they get older, a new study says.
"Very little has changed about how
well our children are doing,” said
Claudette Burroughs-White, presi
dent of the Greensboro affiliate of the
National Black Child Development
Institute, which conducted the study.
The institute presented a summary
of the study at a conference on educa
tional equity in Raleigh last weekend.
According to Dr. Robert E. Bridges,
superintendent of Wake County
Public Schools, for the past three
years, the study found, white females
scored highest on the California
Achievement Test with few excep
tions. White males scored second
best, followed by black females and
then black males. The results were
based on 96 schools in the state's eight
educational regions at grades one,
two, three, six and nine
Robert Davis, a sociologist at N.C.
(See STUDY REVEALS. P. 2)
Judges'
Bench
STATE VEHICLES STOLEN
Three Raleigh teenagers have been
charged with the April 15 thefts of
three state cars from a lot at Peace
and Person streets After scaling a
fence, the thieves found keys in
several cars on the lot. Prior to steal
ing the car, they pushed some other
vehicles out of the way. Once on the
street, the yellow permanent state
tag was replaced with a stolen one.
A police officer saw one of the
vehicles being driven in South
Raleigh later. When the officer turn
ed on his lights and siren, the car sped
away. The chase ended several
blocks away when the car ran a stop
sign and crashed into another car at
State and Lenoir streets.
The driver of the stolen car was im
mediately arrested. Two passengers
were caught nearby and the other
was arrested at Wake Medical Center
where he had gone for treatment of
injuries sustained in the crash.
According to warrants, Samuel E.
Penny, Jr., 16, of 2221 Biltmore Court,
was charged with felony larceny of a
motor vehicle, larceny of a license
plate, trespassing, damaging per
sonal property, failure to stop for
lights and siren, reckless driving,
driving without an operator’s license
and resisting arrest.
Darrell M. Anderson, 16, of 539 New
Bern Avenue, was charged with
(See JUDGES’ BENCH. P. 2)