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N.C. STATE LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS DEPT, -OS E, JONES ST, RALEIGH NO 27611 WiBHHWHnw«wjim» RALEIGH, N.C. VOL. 48, NO. 93 TUESDAY OCTOBER 24.1989 DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 300 » kelly Alexander, jr. NAACP Points To New Civil Rights Era Emancipation And Political Power Fm CAROLINIAN 8UII xeports The North Carolina State Con ference of Branches of the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People held its 46th annual state pro gram here last week and said North Carolina will enter a new era of civil rights in the 1960s. The three-day extravaganza was held Thursday through Saturday at the Raleigh Marriott NAACP says blacks should move into mainstream politics and into economic development ill the lMOs. at Crabtree Valley with approx imately 600 delegates represen ting churches and NAACP organisations across the state. Kelly Alexander. Jr., NAACP state president said the major focus as African-Americans move into the 1910s is political and economic empowerment and nrged African-Americans to work within the system. “We’re calling it a new era of civil rights.” he said, “an era with more participation in mainstream politics.” During the convention leaders attended workshops and lectures on topics from education to health to political action. “It’s legitimate for us to be involved in (See NAACP POINTS, P. 2) ■Educators Aim At New School Bill Senate Bill 2 Offers Avenues For Change9 improvement Ilf.L.. ____ ——»— A. _— J A. ** 1 ttt i * I t • J , »» nnv a uirouucm uuu n cuu> has announced the establishment of a special steering committee to develop a comprehensive plan of direction for the school system. This school improvement plan will serve as the system’s response to Senate Bill 2, the N. C. School Improvement Accountability Act. “This landmark legislation gives public school systems the opportunity to be really creative in responding to jl local students’ needs,” Wentz said. H “We will be participating in this golden opportunity and will be involv W ing all facets of our community and ' our school system in the development U1 UUI pictu. Saturday, Oct. 21, approximately 250 teachers were in Raleigh to “dissect” the N. C.School Improve ment and Accountability Act. Members of the North Carolina Association of Educators are giving intense scrunity to this legislation and began by sponsoring a one-day training session at Peace College on how educators can gear up to imple ment this bill on the local level. Viewing teachers as vital, key players in the implementation of the Bill, NCAE president Julia Kron has appointed a 45-member task force to help NCAE members around the omiw uiiuersiana me provisions oi me bill. “We are going to provide the necessary information and training to maximize full participation of our members,” Kron said. The 40-member steering committee established by Wentz consists of com munity and parent representatives, county government and school board representatives, teachers, principals, administrators, and noncertified staff. “This committee will work together to ensure the development of the best possible plan to direction for our school system,” Wentz said. “The group will not, however, be making decisions tor tne entire community concerning our schools. Rather, it will decide what needs to be done to develop our school improvement plan and then will involve others in the process.” The first meeting of the steering committee was held Monday, Oct. 23 with other meetings on Nov. 6-7. The deadline for completion of the com prehensive plan is March 1. “Enacted in the final days of the 1989 General Assembly session, Senate Bill 2 can prove to be the most significant step taken in North Carolina for true educational (See EDUCATORS, P.2) Overturn At-Large Method Voting Act Violation Questioned A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union is claiming that Martin County and several surroun ding towns discriminate against blacks in local elections. Filed last week in U.S. District Court in Raleigh, the suit asks for at large elections to be terminated since so few African-Americans have been elected to those seats. According to Kathleen Wilde, staff lawyer with the ACLU’s Southern Regional Office in Atlanta, Martin County’s history of failing to elect African-Americans is a definite viola tion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. “There has been campaign after campaign after campaign tby blacks] and they have just been prety much uniformly unsuccessful,” said ‘ Wilde. Apparently, African-Americans have been elected to the council, but not in proportion to their population in Martin County. Other counties that the suit named as discriminating against African Americans in local elections were Williamston, Jamesville and Rober sonville. However, Jamesville Mayor Tilmon Coltrain said he saw no reason to change the way town of ficials are elected. “I thought it was fair,” he said. “All you’ve got to do is run.” Attempts were made to resolve at large election problems out of court, but ended unsuccessfully. Forty-five percent of Martin Coun ty consists of African-Americans, J (See ELECTION BIAS, P. 2) ; ¥ ■m w mi DRUG DEMONSTRATION—A group of demonstrators led alcohol abuse, while offering their solution to the by Rev. Frank Summerfleld, pastor of World of God (Phot by TaNb Sabir-CaNoway) mareched around the capltoi building to protest drug and Issue ‘Call To ISattle” For Marchers To Fight Drug War b ti n A r n From CAROLINIAN Stoff Reports Religious crusaders in their robes and packing Bibles inarched through downtown Raleigh last week, labeling themselves soldiers in the war on drugs. During the same time, Lt. Gov. Jim Gardner continual his an tidrug campaign with a roundtable discussion with educators at Shaw University. Rev. Allen, a crusader around the country against drugs, headed the lunchtime march that drew attention and participation from approximate ly 200 supporters. However, as they paused around Martin Street and Fayetteville Street Mall, their shouts grew louder in an attempt to gain even more attention and be heard over the roaring noise of the lunchtime crowd and buses in downtown Raleigh. Allen, a syndicated columnist in SO states,is gaining support and conduc ting training seminars in conjunction with Rev. Summerfield and other local area ministers to bring atten tion and education to the problem of arugs m the black community and how they are impacting and destroy ing our future, our youth. Rev. Summerfield anticipates a great deal of support and concern from city officials to recognize the need to deal with the problems of drugs and stop discussing them. Allen and Summerfield both feel that too much time has passed without anything of consequence be (See DRUG CRUSADE, P. 2) INSIDE AFRICA BY DANIEL MAROLEN NNPA Columnist NEW YORK, N.Y.-Sept. 21 was a ad-letter day at United Nations eadquarters in New York City. On lat day, Nigeria’s permanent ipresentative to the United Nations,, laj. Gen. Joseph N. Garba, was in tailed as president of the 44th session f the General Assembly of the U.N., ucceeding Dante Caputo, foreign iinister of Argentina. The African Group of Nations at the I.N. voted unanimously to have Gen. larba elected because they con idered his election highly efficacious ecause of his patriotism, humanism nd ability as a leader of men. A former army general, Gen. Gar a is a man of many parts. At one me, he was Nigeria’s foreign iinister who, as such, led emerging frican countries toward democratic lie, as opposed to military govern ents. A versatile writer, Gen. Gar i chronicled the story of the African •ups of the past in a book. And, as a did prodigy, he became an officer at 1 years of age. More recently, he as chairman of the U.N.’s Commit e Against Apartheid, where he ade his mark as champion of the arid’s struggle against apartheid, aw, he is president of the U.N. sneral Assembly, consisting of 159 arid nations. His personal traits and talents are any and varied. He enkays the (See INSIDE AFRICA. P. Brutal, Inhuman War Protests Follow Rebel Jonas Savimbi ox juui r. lutn/tnuBUiN Special Correspondent An Analysis NEW YORK, N.Y.—Scores of pro testers led by the newly formed Na tional Coalition for Peace in Angola staged a protest in New York against UNITA rebel leader Jonas Sayimbi. who is waging a brutal and inhuman war against the people of Angola. Savimbi, on a two-week visit to the United States to request increased military and diplomatic support from the Bush administration, was the featured afternoon speaker at the Council on Foreign Relations head quarters located at the corner of Park Avenue and 68th streets in Manhat tan. The protesters, organized by the New York affiliate of the National Coalition for Peace in Angola, loudly chanted slogans such as Savimbi. murderer" and "Bush, Savimbi you can't hide/ we charge you with genocide," while carrying hundreds of signs with the same message. Some attempted to walk toward Savimbi as he arrived to personally bring their message to him, making it difficult for Savimbi and the large U.S. State Department security en tourage to enter and exit the building. At one point the Rev. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., one of the protest leaders, was thrown against the limousine carrying Savimbi by a policeman. The government of the People’s Republic of Angola is seeking peace and presented a peace plan which was accepted by Savimbi and UNITA on June 22 in Gbadollte, Zaire. A ceasefire had been declared. However, since that time Savimbi has used the recent increase in U.S. military support to UNITA to renew the fighting in Angola. Today, Angola has the highest amputee rate per capita of any nation in the world, and this is directly attributed to the human rights atrocities committed by UNITA in their futile attempts to overthrow the government of Angola. The demonstration in New York was part of a series of national demonstrations in many cities that call for President Bush to immediate ly stop all aid to the terrorist group. Police attempts to cordon off the demonstrators with metal and (See PROTESTS, P. 2)
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