FAMILY OF THE YEAR—Eta Chapter of Guys and Dads.
Me. honored tha Alfred and Bernice Perry family as Family
•I the Year. A presentation and reception was held at the
Ralph Campball, Sr. Center. A plaque was presented by
Buy James E. Cheek, Sr., president for high Ideals of unity
In family and community life.
BISHOP JOHN H. MILLER. SR.
Gov. Martin Appoints
Seven To Youth Board
Gov. Jim Martin has named seven
people to the Governor’s Advocacy
Council on Children and Youth and
appointed a new chairman for the
council.
The governor has reappointed
Bishop John H. Miller, Sr. of Raleigh,
Richard W. Beyer of Morganton, Ms.
Fran Barnhart of Charlotte, Rev.
Frank Verdi of Reidsville and Ms.
Melissa Holden of Clayton and has
appointed Dr. James E. Conner of
Raleigh and Ms. Susan “Gail"
Stewart of Lexington. They will serve
until June 30,1993.
Elijah Peterson of Rockingham
was appointed chairman of the coun
cil by the governor. He is a member
of the council from the Eighth Con
gressional District. The principal of
Cordova Elementary School in Rich
mond County, Peterson will serve as
chairman until June 30,1990.
Miller, who will serve as vice chair
man and represent the Fourth
District as an adult member, is
bishop of the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church in Charlotte.
Beyer, who is an adult member from
the 10th District, is a lawyer in the
firm of Simpson, Aycock, Beyer and
Simpson. Ms. Barnhart, who is an
adult member from the Ninth
District, is a realtor in Charlotte.
(See COUNCIL, P. 18)
Jackson Moves To Washington To
Relieve Congressional Control
BY LARRY A. STILL
NNPA News Service
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Although
Jane Jackson specifically outlined
Ha reasons for moving to the nation’s
capital in an unusual closed-door ses
sion with representatives of black
owned media only, the former
(Democratic) presidential
raadiriate’s actions are still being
challenged by apparently outraged'
reporters and politicians here. Rev.
and Mrs Jackson are moving into an
uptown apartment pending renova
tion of a home purchased near
Howard University. By moving into
the district in August, he qualifies to
lOB for mayor or Congress in the
elections.
Emphasizing that he is locating in
the District of Columbia to help “free
the citizens” by working to get com
plete home rule, Jackson declared, “I
have no plans to run for mayor... The
debate [over whether he should seek
to succeed Mayor Marion Barry] is
paralyzing the city,” Jackson told all
black journalists in a luncheon ses
sion where reporters from daily
TAwspapers and radio/TV stations
were barred from entering by D.C.
police, “We don’t have to be defen
sive about a closed meeting. I meet
with all-white media organizations all
the time.”
Speaking at the session arranged
by Calvin Rolark, the Washington In
former newspaper publisher and
WYCB-AM commentator, Jackson
patiently explained that he is moving
his home to D.C. and the National
Rainbow Coalition headquarters
“back to Washington” because the
capital is the center of activity in the
nation and the world. “It is an effec
tive location for me to operate in and
meet people,” he added.
The decision on whether he should
run for mayod is premature and
“Who is going to be mayor is not the
issue now,” the Democratic Party’s
major vote-getter said in indicating
he is keeping his options open. “Wc
still have the baseball season this
year, the National Football League
playoffs [this winter] and the Na
(See JESSE JACKSON, P. 18)
Civil Rights Leaders Say Gains
Reversed In Sophisticated Way
HIGH POINT (AP)-The civil
rights gains of recent years have
been quietly dismantled, and much
work is needed to turn North Carolina
ud the nation around, black leaders
■aid recently.
“There’s a complete reversal of all
the gains that have been made by
Macks in the most subtle a„d
sophisticated wav.” said the Rev.
Reginald A. Hawkins of Charlotte.
“In North Carolina, we have Ku Klux
Klan [members] who wear blue suits.
They do not wear the hoods.”
Members of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference voiced their
concerns during a news conference to
open the group’s three-day North
Carolina conference.
“In North Carolina, there’s so
Parents Encouraged To
Register Students Now
All parents with children who will be entering the Wake County Public
School System this fall for the first time, or who have moved to a new school
assignment area within Wake County during the summer, are encouraged to
register their children as early as possible. Early registration helps ensure
that schools will be prepared for all children on the first day of school. Schools
an staffed year-round, however, parents should call their child’s assigned
school from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and make an appointment to register.
School assignments are based on the parent or guardian’s home address. If
uwure of their child’s base school, parents can call 790-2442 or check with a
nearby school.
Bcgintoring children now helps the schools anticipate the number of buses,
teachers, and materials that will be needed when school begins August 28 and
helps school staff to be better prepared to meet the students’ needs. In
addition, early registration allows for better course selection in secondary
schools.
If the child’s base school is one of the new schools now under construction,
registration can be handled as follows:
Brassfield Road Elementary—Parents can register their children on the
etfWHt floor of the Administration Building, 3600 Wake Forest Rd., through
the end of July. Beginning August 1, registration will take place at the new
school, 8001 Barssfield Rd., Raleigh.
Fox Road Elementary—Parents can register their children on the second
floor of the Administration Building, 3600 Wake Forest Rd., through the end of
July. P*gi""i"g August 1, registration will take place at the new school, 7101
Fox Rd., Raleigh.
Penny Road Elementary—Parents can register their children at the new
school, 10800 Penny Rd., Raleigh.
East Wake Middle—Parents can register their children at the new school,'
»00 Old Milbumie Rd., Raleigh.
Wake Fores t-Rolesvllle Middle—Parents can register their children at the
old campus through mid-August, 536 Franklin St., Wake Forest. After mid
August registration will take place at the new school, 1800 Main St., Wake
Forest.
If more convenient, parents can register their students at any school in the
—k^i system. That school will then forward the information to the child’s
huso school.
Parents of kindergartners and first-graders must present to the school a
certified copy of the child’s birth certificate plus an updated immunication
record. Immunizations required are five DPT (diptheria, tetanus, and
portussis) and four oral polio vaccine (OPV) doses with boosters of each
given on or after the child’s fourth birthday. Red measles, rubella, and
(SeeSTUDENTS, P. 18)
much to be done, because North
Carolina, as the nation, has gone back
prior to civil rights days. We must
turn the total state and nation
around,” said the Rev. W.E. Banks of
Thomasville, coordinator of the con
ference.
“The Supreme Court’s decision of
the past couple of weeks, the reversal
of affirmative action, is indicative of
what’s happening,” Hawkins said.
Hawkins urged blacks to be vigilant
against any further losses. “We have
to be on the alert... that we don’t see
the gains that we have made taken
away from us,” he said.
“Some of us have become ap
peasers to the white community. We
gain positions and immediately we
become white. This weekend... we
will address the whole structure of
this state and this nation as it per
tains to finding new frontiers and go
ing ahead and making sure that our
leaders who made these gains will not
be destroyed.
“And there is an attempt, in this
state and across the nation, to destroy
(See CIVIL RIGHTS, P. 18)
Blacks, Jews Share Experiences
In Oppression. Economics Differ
BY JULIUS LESTER
Special To The CAROLINIAN
An Analysts
Blacks and Jews.
It is painful to see how deeply Jews
care about black-Jewish relations. It
is not a caring shared by many
blacks. Since 1980 I have taught a
course at the University of
Massachusetts called “Blacks and
Jews: A Comparative Study of Op
pression.” This class averages
around 70 students, a majority of
whom are Jewish. There have never
been more than 10 blacks in the class
at any one time.
Over the past four years I have
spoken at countless synagogues and
on many college and university cam
puses about black-Jewish relations. I
have never been invited by a black
church or organization to address this
topic.
It appears that Jews think there is
something to care about. For the
most part, blacks do not.
Jews begin with an assumption,
namely that they share with blacks a
common experience of oppression. It
is an assumption many blacks find of
fensive and historically inaccurate.
“How could that be?” I can hear
many Jews asking. “Look at all that
the Jews have suffered throughout
history from the time of slavery in
Egypt to the persecution of Russian
Jews today. There are no two peoples
in Western history who have suffered
as much as Jews and blacks.”
In the broadest sense, that is true.
1 V.,:,
UM i i II
But when one looks at blacks and
Jews in the context of American
history, that commonality of ex
perience ceases. Jews came to
America seeking freedom from
religious persecution. Blacks were
brought to America to be enslaved. In
America Jews found more freedom
than anywhere else in thf Diaspora.
It is startling to realize that if it had
not been for slavery, American
blacks would not exist as a people
because American blacks are a com
bination of African, Caucasian and
native American ancestry. From the
very beginning, America represented
diametrically opposed value systems
to Jews and blacks.
Saying this is not to disregard the
anti-Semitism to which Jews were
subjected in America. But I doubt
that anyone would say that anti
Semitism in America was equivalent
to 200 years of slavery and its legacy.
Additionally, it must be remembered
that, despite anti-Semitism, Jews had
white skin. They could attempt to
assimilate, if they chose, shortening
their names to make them sound
more Anglo-Saxon. While there were
also those blacks who sought to
assimilate, their efforts were doomed
to failure because of their skin color.
When Jews maintain that they, too,
are oppressed, blacks are in
credulous. Jews are hurt and insulted
that blacks are incredulous. Perhaps
the two groups should understand
that they may have very different no
tions ot what it means to be oppress
ed.
* or blacks, oppression is physical
and manifests itself, first,
economically. Black incomes con
tinue to be lower than those of whites
(and that includes Jews); black
unemployment continues to be alar
mingly high. Blacks continue to be ill
educated and the number of blacks
applying to institutions of higher
education continues to decline. The
simple truth is that Jews are among
the “haves” of American society;
blacks comprise a significant portion
of the “have-nots.”
(See BLACKS, JEWS, P. 18)
AKA Chapter
Volunteer For
Fun Run/Walk
There were many volunteers
for the 97.5.
K-Power/Gatorade/Garner Road
YMCA Fun Run/Walk on
Saturday, July 22. Among the
volunteers were members of
Alpha Theta Omega Chapter of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
The chapter members worked
with registration, but their
primary duty was to host the
Watermelon Feast for the many
runners, walkers and well
wishers in attendance.
Chapter members present
were Docenia Hammond,
Loraine Hinton, Jeanne Holmes,
Gale Isaacs, Mary Mallette,
Carol Rouse and Freda Shipman.
VISITS RALEIGH AREA-LL Cathy Williams recently
visited the Raleigh area on a hometown minority recruiting
venture with the United States Navy. “The Navy has been
good to me and I have been good to the Navy,” she
commented. WHHams talked with the CaroRnian staff about
the many opportunities the Navy offers as wsN as the
opportunities she has obtained since her enRstment of 8
years with the United States Navy. WMams is a native of
Walnut Cove. 1UL (Photo by Taih 8ahh-CaRowav)
GUEST SPEAKER-Dr. Yvonne
Kennedy, International president of
Delta Sigma Tlwta Sorority, Inc., the
largest African-American famale
sorority in the country, will be the guest
speaker during “Dollars A Sense”
magazine's salute to women on Aug. 6.
Guys And Dolls Honor
“Family Of The Year"
Eta Chapter ot tiuys and Dolls,
Inc., honored the Alfred and Bernice
Perry family as Family of the Year
recently. A presentation and recep
tionn were held at the Ralph Camp
bell, Sr. Center. A plaque was
presented by the president, Guy
James E. Cheek, Sr.
The award is presented by the
organization to a family which has
demonstrated the high ideals of unity
in family and community life.
The Perrys are the parents ot two
sons: Alfred Clinton Perry, a
Morehead Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa
graduate of UNC-CH and Yale Law
School who has passed the New York
State Bar and is working at the
Browns and Woods World Trade
Center in New York: and Lawrence
Anthony Perry, who is a graduate in
business from N.C. A&T State
umveiauj and is employed as an
underwriter with the Aetna In
surance Co. in Charlotte.
Alfred Perry is a retire principal
with the Wake County Schools, a
barber and realtor. Bernice Perry is
still serving as an educator in the
Wake County School System. They
are very active members of the Mar
tin Street Baptist Church, where
Perry serves as a deacon and Ms.
Perry serves as vice president of the
Deacons’ Wives.
Their family can be seen taking
neighbors to the doctor, hospital,
church, grocery store and communi
ty gatherings. They serve as advisors
for many of their daily problems.
Their goals are "to be all within their
power to serve humanity the best
they can and never forget that all
brothers and sisters bind together to
uplift the human race."
WASHINGTON, D. C.-“Children
At Risk" is the theme for the 19th
Annual Legislative Weekend
sponsored by the Congressional
Black Caucus Foundation,
September 13-17, 1989 at the
Washington Hilton Hotel, Sheraton
Washington Hotel and on Capitol Hill.
"The Congressional Black Caucus
Foundation recognizes that a nation’s
values are measured by the success
of its children,” says Representative
Julian C. Dixon, President of the CBC
Foundation. "More and more of our
children are at risk today than ever
before as a result of the drugs and the
despair that riddle our communities.
The Foundation’s Legislative
Weekend will help shape our national
children’s agenda - one that includes
helath care, education and equal
opportunity - as key in shaping the
future of our young children.”
The Annual Legislative Weekend is
one of the largest of its kind
conducted in the United States. Each
I—- "
year, over 20,000 persons attend this
event which includes two full days of
Issue Forums, a four-day exhibit
program, Legislative Workshops
sponsored by members of the
Congressional Black Caucus, a
Prayer Breakfast, two Fashion
Shows, and the Annual Awards
Dinner.
“Our nation and the world have
reached a global crisis as we look to
the future of our children,” states
Congresional Black Caucus
Chairman, Ronald V. Dellums, in
highlighting the youth focus of this
year’s Annual Legislative Weekend.
“We will convene an unprecedented
gathering of tomorrow’s leaders with
those who influence and impact
policy, to join Members of the
Congressional Black Caucus as we
craft our assault on homelessness,
hopelessness, and the drug barons
who make safe haven in our
(See ON THE HILL, P.18)
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