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m RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY DECEMBER 14. UttA VOL. 49, NO. g (y N.C.'s Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY'Ac.* IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 300 Housing Project Named After Jesse Jackson Page 20 Civil Rights Figure Wants To Clear The Air With Hall Page 22 Roberts Files Petition For Reinstatement Cites Due Process And Free Speech rrm CAROLINIAN SUlf Report. A teacher fired from the Wake Coonty School System is seeking a injunction to reinstate Prank L. Roberts, Sr., was suspended by the Wake County Board of education without pay on June 8 fr«n Us teaching position at Sander High School. Roberts had been I as a teacher since 1988 and he was suspended and later because he is black. The based at education and Superinten dent Robert E. Wentz said in a memo recently that Roberts was fired Nov. IS for nuking sexual advances to a and the student’s — -*«««—. |n petition tor review read, in part, “This is an ac tion seeking review of a decision by the Wake County Board of Education to terminate Mr. Roberts from his poaRian as a tenured teacher in the Wake County School System. Plain tiff also alleges violations of his right to due process and free speech under the North Carolina Constitution and the Constitution of the United States, and 41USC Section 1963. “Plaintiff seeks preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to (See PRANK ROBERTS, P. 2) <EWS BRIEFS SHERATON CHANGES A* of Nov. 2, Davtdaon and Hotel Corp. has aaaumed Raleigh Hotel at Crabtree Valley, by Amerimar Raleigh Associate* UP. DM to thia change In 'management, the Cory orate Ex oontlvo Organlxon Club will no loader bo avalteblo at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, effective •o of the date of traaater. MDUSTRUU. PROPERTY Robert Sheridan and 'Partner*, hi > In IMS Ibr acqaialtion of in dnatrlal proportiea, with the North Carolina Roeoarch Triangle cltloa of Ralolgb, and Dnrhaao ao key 'In laetlvoly oovoral yean. Ho primary em phaala It mw on bnUdlngo cording to Mare Shoridaa. ■for the beamed broadly ao ho for the company’* I In Garner.. As photographer* captnrod the than lSS employee* the lint ahovelfal of the ifracre (Me. The will In looted In the Orooaflold development, of VM, IS and oaat of b DECUNtNG POPULATION rate la expected to eoaOaoe Mb <8m NEWS BRIEFS, P.2) u Leadership Challenged Bovcott Grouo To Continue Pickets Ftm CAROLINIAN Staff Report! Officials from Crabtree Valley Mall ind leaders in the African-American immunity will meet Friday at Mar in Street Baptist Church in response a the dispute over the mall’s treat ment of blacks. Members of the group that has called for the boycott, lowever, have refused to confirm that they will attend. Paula Spivey, a spokesman for the mall, released this statement to The CAROLINIAN earlier this week: "The owners of Crabtree Valley Mall are presently arranging a meeting to be held before the first of next week, between those persons md organizations concerned, to . iiscuss all issues and reach a solu tion.” Joined by Mayor Avery C. Up :hurch and dty council members Xalph Campbell, Jr. and Frank L. Purner, representatives from the nail, the Raleigh-Apex Branch of the VAACP, and a local alliance of preachers will try to resolve the {rowing tension between Crabtree md local blacks who were angered by > city memo asking for the elimina ion of bus service to the mall from Southeast Raleigh during peak hours >n Saturday. Representatives from Concerned Citizens for Educational Equality, vho have organized the picketing, said the meeting would have no im »ct on their protest and do not see hese groups as speaking for the best nterests of the students or African American in general. $***,% Ms. Margaret Rose Murray said the CCEE was hot part of thd meeting and that it would have no impact on their proteat. The meeting has also generated criticism because it will be closed to the media and to some of the students involved. Black Workers for Justice, distributing flyers headlined “Boycott Crabtree,” said, “What makes it so important is the broad community support that is develop ing. Black people in Raleigh and sur rounding towns and cities are talkie about Bn situation at Crabtree. They are also talking about the numerous other acts of racism confTontine (See BOYCOTT. P. 2) An Open Letter To: Leadenhip of the Ralelgh-Apex Branch of the NAACP Member* of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance Member* of the Raleigh-Wake Citiiens A**oclatlon Re: The Crabtree Valley Mall Boycott A* student* who walk the picket line at Crabtree Valley MaU. we believe in, and stand accountable for, our action*. It angers as to read that demands and negative statements are being made by the admit groups listed above. Not only did they choose not to support us in our efforts, they also chose not to advise us of their actions. As we are “active" participants In the "boycott,” we do feel that we have the right and the ability to meet with the management of Crabtree Valley Mall and speak for ourselves. We are a proud and dignified group of African-American students rsee LETTER, P. 2) Psychiatric Evaluation Police Said Decapitated And Stabbed WINDSOR—A 30-year-old woman has been charged with murder in the death of her two-year-old daughter, and a state medical examiner says the child’s head had been cut of! with a butcher knife. Police in Windsor say Bertha Har rell Bell of Windsor is being held in the Bertie-Martin County Jail pen ding a hearing to determine whether she will be sent to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation. She was charged by police yesterday. Police said in a prepared statement that Anttionette Brenay Bell was kill ed with a butcher knife Tuesday mor ning. Police haven't determined a motive for the slaying. State medical examiner Dr. Page Hudson confirm ed this morning that the child had been decapitated and that she had been stabbed “multiple” times. In related crime stories: A Raleigh woman was charged with assault when she allegedly threw a pot of scalding water on a police officer and another man, inflicting serious in juries to them both. Delores Jean White, 26, of 1309 Holman St., was charged with assault on a law enforcement officer and assault with a deadly weapon. She was released from Wake County Jail on $2,000 secured bond. The officer was called to Ms. White’s home when an unidentified (See MURDER, P. 2) "Ice" Brings Another Devastating Blow To Struggle Afl^SMtDrngs^. ^ Is Raleigh prepared for a new “Ice AgeT” Well, if the new, highly potent drug called “ice” hits the Triangle, local authorities had better be on their guard, because ice is twice as addictive as crack cocaine, say ex perts. TS (“speed,” “crystal meth"), is very popular among bikers and is con sidered extremely addictive. Hie “high” produced by ice lasts many times longer than that produced by crack cocaine, and the chances of an overdose are much greater. According to Lt. W.L. Baker of the eotics Unit, ice hat not meted as ttr u the Triangle, but “We are looking In that direction.” Bate Mid that his department has not seized any of the new drag, but knows what to look for. He said that the drug hM been detected in many surrounding counties. Unlike co caine; it can be manufactured easily in garage laboratories from cheap, easily obtained chemicals. In Japan, Ice has become as serious a problem as crack is in the United States. TUs is probably due to Us pro ximity to Hawaii, whore this form of methamphetamine was first '‘tceCanM purchased formas Utile as HI, one reason for its popularity. $10 worth of cocaine equates to IK worth Of ice. However, lee produces a much loogsr high, up to 11 hours. Most users of ice can take the drug in the moral* before work and have it last until they leave deft to the after “the effects of toe are much Urn those of crack eoeatoe. Sympywssf irrational behavio r .alo&slde RESTLESS STUDENTS—StaSsiits hi DM am raaaaSy haw baaa wiyaethra la tha farafraat aaahaaSas artat ttiay SeaoMa as "ractaa." Ealaa M|h Schaal Me* a “wslkour by i Students At Enloe High Demanding Improvements in Racial Relations • „ _u_ tlM arm bv the white sti BY TRACEY HALL Staff Writer African-American students atten ding Raleigh’s Enloe High School have complained recently about what they say are blatant racial incidents which have placed a burden on their ability to achieve academic ex cellence, and which have also caused fury among the parents of the students within the African Auaoiivwi wwimwiiiy« After an African-American female student was expelled from school a few weeks ago because she verbally insulted a white teacher, tendons have been heightened on the campus. In another incident, an African American female student and a white female student were involved in e fight when an African-American teacher intervened and was struck on aftermath, the white female was only ordered in-school suspension, which n« she can still attend classes. Enloe Principal Diane Payne is under Are for what students say is a lackadaisical attitude toward finding solutions to the tensions that have plagued the city’s only magnet school. She has been advised by the ttnine High School PTSA’s executive board to establish a task force as well as a human relation* board to discuss avenues for handling racism. rrank Roberts, a former schoolteacher in the Wake County Public School System who is current ly appealing his firing by the school board, said he knows firsthand the depth of the school’s racial problem. Roberts, who has a son attending Enloe, told The CAROLINIAN that parents with children attending the school are demanding a public apology from the school administra tion, (See ENLOE STUDENTS, P. 2) Turner Saiuted As Oldest Employee in State Oovemment a* the ‘ -Or. Taraer, who celebrated hi* •TUI Mrthday aa Not. IT, recently la Ike a attain la the Department of Hainan 1H1 la a beaatifally appearance betted Ua employee rede by. i parade, bitted aa eae el the by the by a gale affair la which Pr. Ivenaa Riddle, the eeator’a (rector, had arranged far Dr. (See DR. TURNER. P. S) 1 Are Minorities Reedy To Make Free Choices? Tempting Targets For Advertisers BY DR. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS AaAaalytb Over the past several months, in creased attention has been focused on advertising by tobacco companies in minority publications and on billboards in minority neighborhoods. Charges have been made that these companies are specifically targeting minority communities because they offer a tempting target, and are more likely to be persuaded by the adver tiser’s message than the majority community. implicit in uns is tne premise mat blacks are se naive that they will be persuaded to smoke by a billoboard or an ad. Buried in this line of think ing, and never really mentioned by these critics, is the rationale that blacks are not capable of making their own free choices and need some guardian angels to protect their best interests. This is an insidious form of pater nalism. Blacks, like the rest of the populace, can make the choice of whether to smoke or not. Many of the critics of the billboards are also critical of tobacco companies for sponsoring positive activities in the black community. A number of major tobacco com panies, as well as many other firms producing different producets, have been longtime supporters of wor thwhile activities in the black com munity without asking a single thing in return. For example, one company annual ly sponsors an achievers’ award to honor five black men and women who have made major contributions to their communities. Each is awarded $10,000 to present to the community based organization of his or her choice. Should these contributions cease, and if other companies stopped sup porting scholarships, skills training programs, single parent programs, and a whole host of good initiatives, would these same critics step for ward to fill the gap? I doubt that very much. (See BENJAMIN HOOKS, P. 2)
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