(Continued from page 1)
whether or not any will be charged
with murder.
“There are some who say, ‘Well,
this was just a case of mistaken
identity because the white youths
were actually looking for a young
blade who they thought was dating a
neighborhood white girl and Yusef
and the others happened to be in the
wrong place at the wrong time,’”
• says Chavis. “Anyone who would at
.,tempt to excuse or to Justify what
’ happened only contributes to the con
tinuation of this type of racial
violence.”
“The fact is that Joseph Fama and
his companions were set to lunge and
to attack the first African-American
young male who would dare to violate
what they perceived as their territory
and their superiority. The issue is not
mistaken identity, the issue is the
mortality of racism in America, in
particular as it is the mortality of the
African-American Community as a
consequence of racism.”
Chavis supported African
American church leaders in New
York for launching demonstrations,
marches and protests, and condemn
ed New York Mayor Ed Koch for his
criticism of the leaders and their ac
tivism.
“When will the white community
rise up to protest these continuing
acts of racist violence?” asked
Chavis. “The African-American com
munity cannot afford to wait because
the names on the victim’s list con
tinues to increase.
“As we should remember Emmett
Till, we all should remember the
tragedy of Yusef Hawkins, and we
should never forget how and why he
died,” says Chavis.
DR. WENTZ
(Continued from page 1)
go to school longer... hut if we’re
talking about a world economy
and we expect our students to
compete in that we simply need
more time with them.”
• State spending. Wentx was
disappointed that the General
Assembly “came up short" in
funding all of the proposed Bask
Education Plan. And he promised
to speak out in the political arena.
“Young people need as many lob
byists as they can get," he said.
• Merit pay. “We will continue
to try to perfect that,” he said.
“It will continue to be an issue... 1
do believe you should continue to
reward people who stand out.”
•Parental involvement. Wenti
said it is dear that the children of
parents who are “a part of their
world” do better in school.
o Differences between schools.
“The community helps to set the
tone. And certainly the tone will
be different [among schools]. I
think they ought to be different.
What we hope is that the dif
ferences will be all on the positive
side and we’ll work toward that.”
•Supply of teachers. “If you
look at the number of young peo
ple entering the field of educa
tion, the next decade scares the
heck out of me.
“We haven’t encouraged kids
to go Into education. We simply
have to change that. If we are go
ing to have a staff that reflects
the multicultural nature of our
community there have to be peo
ple to choose from.”
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not proved its case and that their only
verdict could be not guilty.
In other related Superior Court
events, William M. Kunstler and two
other New York lawyers who were to
represent Indian activist Eddie Hat
cher were barred from the case by a
Superior Court judge.
Hatcher, who is charged with 14
counts of kidnapping, entered the
Robeson County courtroom Tuesday
with five attorneys. But less than 30
minutes later, Judge Robert L.
Farmer ruled that only Angus
Thompson, II, the county’s public
defender, would be allowed to repre*
sent him.
After hearing the ruling Hatcher
went into a rage and tried to fire
Thompson.
“Get out, Angus,” Hatcher cried.
“Leave, leave leave.”
“The Judge is violating the Con
stitution,” said Kunstler, who gained
fame defending the Chicago Seven
and other left-wing activists during
the late lMOs and 1970s.
To prove second-degree murder,
the state does not have to prove
specific intent to kill.
Defense attorneys Richard Gam
mon, Duncan McMillan and Michael
Dodd told the jurors that the state had
In renovations on the 318-room
hotel, which was purchased from
Seby Jones a year ago.
WAIVING VISAS
The U.8. government has drop
ped visa requirements (or
citizens from six European coun
tries as part of a test approved by
Congress that win be fat effect
through 1M0. Last year, visa re
quirements were suspended for
Britain and Japan. The tlx new
countries are France, the
Netherlands, Sweden,
Switzerland, Italy and West Ger
many.
SAAB MUM ON TALKS
STOCKHOLM, 8weden—Re
porting plunging profits,
Sweden’s troubled automaker
and aircraft manufacturer, Saab,
confirmed Monday that it was In
negotiations with Ford Motor Co.
George Karasund, Saab’s chief
executive officer, refused to
disclose details of the talks, say
ing the two companies had signed
an agreement of confidentiality.
He said 8aab was also talking
with other carmakers, but he
refused to say which ones. Kara
sund said Saab had signed a
secrecy agreement only with
Ford.
Rumors have circulated for
months that Sweden’s aviation
pioneer was bidding to sell its ail
ing car division, where falling
sales caused a drop in Income per
share of nearly 15 percent.
BLOOMINGDALE'S IN
MOSCOW
NEW YORK. N.Y.—Blooming
dale’s, the venerable New York
chain that claim* It’* “like no
other atore in the world,” is hop
ing to be the first U.S. retailer to
enter the Soviet market. Chair
man Marvin Traub confirmed
that the 17-store chain is
negotiating with the Moscow City
Connell to open two shops in the
Soviet capital sometime next
year.
He has denied reports,
however, in the official Soviet
newspaper Pravda that said
Bloomingdale’s already had sign
ed an agreement with the city
council to open the stores.
The Soviet Bloomie’s would ac
cept ony hard currency that can
be converted Internationally, not
rubles, the currency with which
most ordinary Soviets trade.
Although most Soviets are pro
hibited from using hard curren
cy, Traub said the stores would
not be Just for tourists.
COCAINE
(Continued from page 1) ;
i ne Kaleigh City Council voted this
week to fund part of Project Phoenix,
a plan to attack drug problems
throughout the city.
The city will give $148,000 to the
project, with an additional $101,500
coming from the state and $30,000
from anticipated donations.
City Council member Ralph Camp
bell, Jr. has said that residents of
drug-infested neighborhoods “sug
gest to me that living in the projects
is going to be like living in a state
prison,” when speaking about the
program which will create a patrol of
four police officers for each targeted
area and will expand the Housing
Authority’s ability to evict residents
involved in drugs.
Project Phoenix will also include
recreational activities for families, a
drug hotline, better lighting for dark
streets and counseling.
WASHINGTON HIGH
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roll. The African-Americans in our in
tegrated schools should imitate their
grandparents of the 1930s.
In short, when one recalls the days
at dear old Washington High of the
’30s, he or she must say that all of the
“Victorian” teachers had been
awarded by the “Grand Master of the
Universe" for their services on earth.
Ms. Effie Yeargin, Mae E. Ligon,
Gertrude Harris and Bis. Susie Vick
Perry are still residing in Raleigh.
Finally, Commencement Day came
around. Graduates looked forward to
marching down the aisles of the
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium in step
with their black caps and gowns with
Professor Gil Smith of Shaw Univer
sity playing on the big grand piano
Mendelssohn’s “War March of
the Priests.” What a day it was for
the parents, friends and relatives of
the graduates.
Many at the grandparents and
parents who were not high school
graduates were thrilled to live to see
their sons and daughters graduate
from dear old Washington High.
Also, Raleigh Macks were thrilled
to see on the stage the late Attorney
Fred D. Carnage, who was appointed
to the school obard, seated by the
white members to hear the com
mencement address, and to hear Ms.
Mae Francis Weaver sing the
“Italian teset Song” or to hear Gra
inger ftrdtniag, the class valedic
educators who had graduated from
our Northern universities. But we can
all be proud of two graduates who had
paid the supreme price of giving up
their lives for the United States. They
were Lt. John Henry Chavis of the
U.S. Air Force in Europe and Seaman
First Class Randolph Williamson of
the Navy at Pearl Harbor, in 1941.
Both were members of the Class of
1938.
Finally, when the full history of
education of blacks in North Carolina
is written, there can be no doubt that
the many contributions that the sons
and daughters of Washington High
School will be recorded. Gone are the
days of unequal and segregated
education. They are, we hope, gone
forever. It is therefore very impor
tant that the children and grand
children of the alumni of Washington
High School as Ms. Lennon stated,
“meet the challenge of the times.”
DR. BRIDGES
(Continued from page 1)
David Price, Gov. James G. Martin,
Wake Board of Commissioners vice
chairman Vernon Malone, Raleigh
Mayor Avery Upchurch and former
student Clarence Williams, pro
ducer/director for WRAL-TV 5.
Incoming president of the Greater
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Smedes York was the toastmaster for
the affair and Willie Hunt, vice presi
dent of marketing with Harris
Wholesale, presented Dr. Bridges
with a gift after he had received a
standing ovation.
Sam Burrows of Cary was a special
guest who made the first, personal
contribution to UNCF this year of
$1,000 which was matched by
Equitable Life Insurance Co., making
a total of $2,000 donation to get the
campaign started.
Diane Morris, president of the
Black Women’s Investment Corp.
and a member of the Raleigh-Wake
UNCF publicity committee, said,
“Dr. Bridges was a pioneer in the
field of service, a man who seized the
opportunity to achieve the best out of
the least with an endless desire to
motivate, educate and cultivate the
young minds of the children of the
Wake County Public School System.”
Wilkins added that he felt it was im
pressive to know, and more signifi
cant to be told by your peers, how
“Dr. Bridges assumed the helm in an
administration that lacked con
fidence, restructured it and put it
back on track to become an effective
system that was results-oriented.”
EDUCATION
(Continued from page 1)
fectively succeed more often man
those who do not. Students’
understanding of racism and how to
deal with it so that it does not cripple,
discourage or intimidate comes from
the community. The community
helps its young people to identify
racism in their personal experiences,
to work to name and eradicate
racism in the society, and to respond
to racism with effective strategies.
The fourth is to prefer long-range
goals to the satisfaction of short-term
or immediate needs. African
American students who prefer long
range goals to the satisfaction of
short-term or immediate needs will
succeed at a greater rate than those
who must have their needs met im
mediately. Young people have in
alienable rights to have their most
basic human needs met. The
historical literature is replete with
African-American models who had
few of their most basic needs met and
still made significant contributions to
the society. These great men and
women had a greater than ordinary
ability to defer gratification.
The fifth characteristic of suc
cessful African-American students is
the presence of a strong support per
son in their lives. This person may be
a father, mother, aunt, uncle, older
sibling, teacher, pastor or friend. The
presence of a strong support person
can make the difference between suc
cess and failure for young people who
face high school and college with
trepidation and even feelings of in
security. In times of crisis and on a
day-to-day basis these strong men
tors can help youth cope, prioritize,
and continue even in the face of great
struggle.
African-American students who
are actively involved in the African
. American community have a greater
chance of persevering and doing well
than whose who do not. Students who
are part of organizations and ac
tivities which assert positively
African-American culture and values
have an anchor to steady them when
the storms of life are raging in an
alien sea.
Finally, African-American
students who have knowledge ac
quired in a field are more likely to do
well than those who do not. If students
have culturally ralated ways of ob
taining information and
demonstrating knowledge, then
youths can feel confident about the
ways in which they come to new
knowledge and understanding. The
institutions of learning have a great
responsibility to be sensitive to how
African-American students learn.
These and many more interesting,
challenging and important topics will
he addressed at the coming con
ference, “The Education of African
American Children.” This conference
will lake place on Friday, Sept. »,
from » a m to 4 p.m. at the McKim
* in >ri Center on the comer of Western
•?»ulevsrd and Gorman Street.
Parents, educators, public servants,
and people in the community who
care about African-American
children are Invited to attend this
conference.
The conference is part of a three
year-long development of a motiva
tional model for African-American
children at Fuquay-Vartna and Wake
Forest-Rolesville high schools. The
motivational model is called “Getting
on the Right Track” and is directed
by Dr. Don C. Locke, professor and
head of the Counselor Education
Department in the College of Educa
tion and Psychology at NCSU. The
project is funded by the BellSouth
Foundation.
Elections
1989
Register
To be able to vote, yen must be
registered and your name must
be on the voting list at the polls.
Many registrations are now veld
and you may not be a registered
voter. Yon are not a properly
registered voter If you have not
notified the Board of Elections of
the following:
• If yon have not voted In one of
the two most recent presidential
elections or in any election held
during that period, the county
Board of Elections may purge
your name from the voting
records.
elf you have crossed a county
line, then you need to register In
the new county of your residence.
If you have moved within the
county, you simply need to notify
the county Board of Elections.
For additional Information,
call the county Board of Elec
tions.
Hep. uameis
"Outraged** By
Illustrations
NEW YORK, N.Y.-“1 am outrag
ed by the insensitivity of the
Japanese magazine, New York Now,
aimed at Japanese tourists, depicting
Harlem on a map of New York City
with an illustration of a black woman
with a bandana on her head with two
children. This ‘Mammy’ image of
Harlem citizens is despicable and of
fensive. I demand that this illustra
tion be eliminated immediately by
the publishers,” said
Assemblywoman Geraldine L.
Daniels (D-70th Assembly District)
recently. “Are these blatant insults
ignorance or arrogance?”
Assemblywoman Daniels said she
was “fed up” with what she said were
the continuing insults by the
Japanese to the people of Harlem and
African-Americans in general.
“First, on Sept. 23,1986,1 demand
ed and received an apology from
former Prime Minister Nakasone of
Japan when he made the dastardly
remark that the reason U.S. in
telligence is so low or its illiteracy is
so high is because of black and
Hispanic Americans. I was the first
black elected American official to de
mand and receive this apology.
“Secondly, I was angered by the in
sulting remarks by Japan’s Michio
Watanabe, chairman of the Policy
Research Council of the Liberal
Democratic Party and a former
finance and trade minister. He said
that we black Americans do not know
how to use credit cards properly, and
go the route of bankruptcy. On July
27, 1988,1 urged all black Americans
to keep our bankrupt $250 billion and
see to it that none of it goes to Japan,
not one black cent.
“Then we had the marketing of Lit
tle Black Sambo in Japan, and now in
New York, for Harlem, the bandana
mammy. This is racist and I am of
fended. On Oct. 9, 1987, I met
Emperor Akihito and Empress
Michiko in Harlem. I hope they can
do something about these attitudes.
“About a year ago, in a major
American newspaper, I read that a
Japanese in Tokyo commented that,
‘We are only emulating Americans’
attitudes toward blacks.’ I have been
thinking about leading a delegation to
Japan to set the record straight about
the people of Harlem’s intelligence
and other matters. In the meantime,
we welcome all tourists to Harlem,
including Japanese.”
CALENDAR OFRVMM19
HOUSING NOWf MEETS
The final meeting to prepare for the Oct. 7 Housing Now! march in
Washington for affordable housing will be held an Thursday, Sept. 7, at 7.JO
p.m. at Fairmont United Methodist Church.
NEW ART SHOW
The Wake Visual Art Gallery, located at 128 S. S*” *n,K,UIlc®,
the opening of their new show “Bodies of Work through. -
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, II a.m.-4 p m., and Satwday sad nun
day, 1-4 p.m. For more information, contact Deborah Hancock at 82S-7834.
FALL ri*MRS
Artspace is offering children and adult classes September through
December.
Classes for children: _
Ages 6-15 include Mask Marvels, Watercolors, Wearable Art, Drawing,
Egypt Manta, and Bookmaking. Ages M indude CrMtiveShidio.
Classes for adults: Drawing, Photography, Mandata Workshop, Anima
tion, Tai Chi, Watercolors, Wearable Art, and Designing Christmas Carts.
For registration and more information call 821-8781.
LANDSCAPING CLAS8E8
Whether your yard is new or an established one, it may need some help.
The Agricultural Extension Service will bold free landscaping classes on
three consecutive Tuesday nights in September. If interested call the Exten
sion Service at 839-7070.
MUSIC IN RALEIGH PARKS
The ever-poputar Shady Grove Bluegrass Band returns to Shelley Lake
for the last of the outdoor concerts for the 1988 Music in Raleigh Parks series
sponsored by Raleigh Department of Parks and Recreation Arte Program.
The event will be held on Saturday, Sept. 9, on the east side of Shelley Lake,
1400 W. Mlllbrook Road. Rain site is inside the Sertoma Arts Center.
CHOOSING CHILD CAKE
rhnn«ing child care is a very cballenging task for parents. This workshop
will help parents familiarize themselves with the different types of care
available, characteristics of high-quality care, and warning signs of poor
care. Parents will learn how to screen and select day-care providers and how
to make their relationship with their caregiver work well. This class will b<
offered at East Cary Sept. 11, Enloe Oct. 11, and Millbrook Nov. 14. A1
classes meet from 7-9 p.m. Cost is $10.
Pick up the Community Schools brochures at any Wake County public
library or Wake County public school. For more information regarding
registration for these and other classes, call 790-2434.
VISITING A FOREIGN COUNTRY
The Community Schools program offers several classes in foreign
languages such as Arabic I and II, French I, II and III, German I, Italian,
Japanese, Polish, Russian, and Portuguese. For detailed information, call
790-2434.
STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
The Wake County Public Library System and Raleigh Parks and Recrea
tion Department will sponsor the annual fall Storytelling Fetival Friday and
Saturday, Sept. 22-23.
On Friday, an evening storytelling concert for adults will be held from
7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Wake County Commons Building, Carya Drive at Poole
Road and the Beltline. Admission is free.
On Saturday, storytelling for the whole family will be held from 11 a.m. to
4p.m. at Fletcher Park, Washington Street and Glenwood Avenue. Admission
is free.
For information, contact Ron Jones, coordinator, at 839-7133.
ADULT EDUCATION
Wake Technical Community College is seeking adult volunteers to tutor
students who want to improve their basic educational skills and/or who wish
to complete high school.
Volunteers are needed for adults classes at the Broughton Adult Educa
tion Center and other Wake County sites on Mondays through Thursdays and
evenings, 9 a.m. to noon and 3:30 to 9 p.m. They may assist students ones a
week for two to three hours for four months or longer.
Orientation will be held Sept. 21.
Prospective volunteers should be interested in working with people and
enjoy reading and/or math.
For more information call 755-6124 or 755-6799.
MONEY MANAGEMENT
The Community Schools program offers several classes on how to
manage your money more effectively. Such classes as “Financial Planning,"
“How to Win the Money Game,” “Saving Thousands on Your Mortgage,”
“Strategies for the ’90s,” and “Successful Money Management” will be
discussed. Don’t be an ordinary consumer. Come and discover the best-kept
secret in financial circles. For more information, call 790-2434.
American Library Group Saye
Library Heips Child in School
unuoren wno grow up rcauuig «uu
using the library do better in school
and are more inclined to lifelong lear
ning. That’s why the American
Library Association is sponsoring a
national campaign to sign up every
school child for a library card.
September has been designated
Library Card Sign-Up Month by Con
gress and the president. Now is the
time to be sure your child has the
most important school supply of
all—* HKrarv card.
r
vide story times, puppet shows and
other programs for children, educa
tional videos, records, magazines and
games and many other materials and
services—all for free.
Graphics for this year’s Library
Card Sign-Up Month have been
created by “Wee Pals” cartoonist
Morrie Turner, a longtime library
supporter. “Wee Pals” appears in
more than 100 newspapers through
the North America Syndicate.
Shopping Center, Two Homes
Seized In Drug Raid Bv FBI
CHARLOTTE—Federal agents have seised two shopping centers,
a restaurant and six homes in Charlotte in an effort "to strip drag
dealers of the profits they have labored so hard and at such great
risk to amass."
Authorities took houses and businesses estimated at more than $1
million, said U.8. Attorney Tom Ashcraft, although the actual value
is probably much higher.
FBI and DU agents portrayed the two owners as major illegal
drug distributers who sold millions of dollars in cocaine.
One, Leroy Ragin, bought a $1 million shopping center in West
Charlotte while reporting to the Internal Revenue Service that he
was making less than tt.MO a year, federal authorities said. Agents
said he made payments with shopping bap full of small bills from
his $3 mlllion-a-year cocaine trade.
The ether, Belton Lamout Platt, Jumped from his Mercedes, pull
ed down his pants and “mooned" FBI agents on a Charlotte street
when they broke up a drag deal in April, according to an FBI apnt’s
sworn statement.
Both have been indicted on criminal drag charges this year, but
no new charges were filed Friday, Ashcraft said.
Ragin, tS, owns seven of the seised properties: Westover Shopping
Center, Leola’s Pizza, a restaurant, and four houses scattered
around the dty.
Platt, 19, known as "Money Rock,” owns two of the seised houses,
both in East Charlotte. i
FBI agent Daniel Caylor, III, in an affidavit, laid Belton Platt “Is
i refused to elaborate Friday, I
1 at i
Platt was indicted by a federal grand Jury la June on five <
of drag-related charges. A U.S. magistrate la Charlotte on Friday
him held for a detention hearing next week to decide
■ he can remain free on bail until trial.
Court records shew Ragin has a criminal record dating Item the
rfy 1979s. One conviction was tor robbing American Bank and
Trust Co. of Washaw. He received a 19-year jalll
ed la 1979. The parole was revoked hi 1979 after be was convicted ef
In May 1197,
, He was heed la 1979.
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