I RALEIGH. N. C
VOL. 49. NO. 15
TUESDAY
JANUARY 16, 1990
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New Marketing
Program Aiding
Black Farmers
BUck farmers from North Carolina and
recently to discuss an innovative newmarkettogprogramthat will
give them access to markets typically dominated by iM-gwaU pro
ducers. The program will buy Southern-grown produce direc y
the farmer and market it in major urban communities to theNwrth.
The United We Stand Food Program was introduced tofarmers at
a meeting hosted by the South Carolina Agriculture Department •
Small Farm Program. The meeting was held Jan. • at South
Carolina SUte University in Orangeburg. S.C. _
Featured speakers, the Rev. A1 Sampson of Chicagoand Clay
Hammond of Philadelphia, told farmers that
started last year in their respective cities. They expUlned how thy
Southern-grown produce and sold It to blacka U the
ty‘ Rev. Sampson said he came to South Carolina “ to perfor mamar
rtaue between blacks down South and blacks up North. Nation* y*
h« pointed out. blacks spend some *2 billion on ™>»umerlery
anally. Of that they spend about MOO million on food. However, very
(See RURAL, P. 2)
Church Members Oppose Parking Deck
Project, Losing Downtown Property
BY W. MASON, JR,
Staff Writer
Members of Wilmington Stree
First Baptist Church, angered over i
proposed parking deck that couli
strip them of some of their land, wil
attend Tuesday’s City Counci
meeting to outline reasons for theii
opposition.
The city’s parking deck would ex
tend from Wilmington Street t<
Blount Street, with a portion coverinf
a section of the church’s property
But church members said the deck
would prohibit the church from future
expansion and hamper its ability tc
increase its membership. Church
members hope the city will pick
another site for its deck.
The City Council, however, may ac
quire the land from the church
t without the church’s approval. The
i city has not decided what action it
I will take regarding the church’s posi
I tion.
I “I think developing this parking
■ project is needed within our
downtown district,” said City Coun
cilman Ralph Campbell, Jr. in an in
i terview with The CAROLINIAN.
“The city has been sensitive to the
needs of the church.”
The council plans to take up the
parking deck plan as a special item
on Tuesday’s agenda and may take
action on the church’s position,
Campbell said. Church members
hope to persuade the council against
using the church site.
In preparation for Tuesday’s
meeting, church members held a
press Conference last week to outline
its position to the media.
At the conference, Ms. Cliffornia G.
Wimberley, a spokesperson for the
terfering witn the accomplishment of
the church’s programs, goals and ob
jectives.
In a prepared statement handed out
to media representatives last week,
the group said the city proposed to
use its powers to acquire land from
ine parking project is needed
downtown...The city has been sensitive to the
needs of the church...District C Councilman
Ralph Campbell
church group, outlined the church’s
position, saying the construction of
the deck as proposed would prohibit
expansion of the church as well as in
the current private owners for the
convenience of private developers,
without regard for the wishes or plans
(See ANGRY CHURCH, P. 2)
INSIDE
AFRICA
The crash of a CIA plane carrying
U.S. weapons to UNITA ‘‘will set
back efforts to negotiate a ceasefire
and political settlement there,” ac
cording to American officials quoted
by the New York Times.
U.S. officials confirmed that the
L-100 cargo plane, ferrying supplies
from the Kamina air base in Zaire,
crashed Nov. 27 in southeastern
Angola, near UNITA headquarters in
Jamba, according to the Times. At
least four Americans were killed as
well as an unknown number of
UNITA rebels who were also on
.board.
According to press reports, the
United States has been aiding the
Angolan rebels since 1986, using Zaire
as a-staging base. It has recently
replaced South Africa as !t$iar
primary barker, since South Africa
agned in December 1988 to end such
aid, as well as direct military in
tervention inside Angola to bolster
UNITA.
The crash shows that “the CIA con
tinues to instigate and encourage the
war" in Angola, said Manuel Pedro
Pacavira, the Angolan ambassador
to the United Nations.
“U.S. military involvement in
Angola is undermining American
credibility and Zairean credibility as
we attempt to facilitate a settlement
of the conflict there,” said Rep.
Howard E.'Wolpe (D-Mich.), chair
man of the House Foreign Affairs
subcommittee on Africa.
Shock” Incarceration
Youthful Offenders Graduate
“IMPACT”
Seen As
Alternative
North Carolina's boot camp pn
gram for'youthful offenders will coi
duct its first graduation ceremonie
Jan. 18th.
IMPACT, the Intensive Motivs
tional Program for Alternative Coi
rectional Treatment, is modeled afte
successful “shock incarceration
programs currently in use in
number of states. The graduatio
ceremonies will take place at 3:(
p.m. at the IMPACT facility. Stat
Correction Secretary Aaroo Johnso
will be among the schedule
speakers.
IMPACT grew out of Governor Jii
Martin’s January 18, 1888 Specii
Message to the General Asembly. I
that message, the Governor asked th
lawmakers to provide emergenc;
funding for prison construction an
for the expansion of this state’i
community-based alternatives.
The program grew out of crowding
in our state prison system. In recen
years, the North Carolina Prisoi
System has faced the threat of i
federal takeover prompted by lega
challenges from inmates because o
overcrowded conditions. Over
crowding is considered “cruel anc
unusual punishment," which is pro
(See PRISON, P. 2)
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BY DB. ALBERT JABS
An Analysis
When Or. Samuel D. Proctor,
former minuter of the Abyssinian
Baptist Church of New York, opened
the 1990s and the MLK Great Issue
Series at Shaw University, he gave a
prophetic message on the gospel and
the trust that Martin Luther King had
in Jesus Christ in overcoming evil.
The 68-year-old preacher recounted
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Dr. King And The College Student
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BY KEITH O. HILTON
An Analyst
1969-90 could possibly be the second
genesis of when the spirit of Dr. Mar
tin Luther King, Jr. connects with col
lege students.
For me, however, the greatness of
Dr. King grows stronger each year.
Maybe this is because I have con
tinued to be drawn to his life as a
doer, as well as a dreamer.
some veteran civil rights activists
have said that King was not a saint,
but a human being. Yes, he was
human, but what a human being he
was for all times!
Not every student will receive a
Ph.D. in systematic theology from
Boston University as he did. Or
graduate from Morehouse College at
the age of 19. But there are enough
parallels in Dr. King’s collegiate ex
perience and that of many college
students today.
In an earlier column, I spoke of the
importance of new student orienta
tions.
I mention this for two reasons: (l)
at Us orientation/convocation, Mar
tin King met Dr. Benjamin Mays, one
of the nation’s greatest educators,
and (2) like most freshmen, young
Martin wasn’t sure what he would do
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He participated in extracurricular
activities: the glee club, the Young
Men’s Christian Association, the
NAACP, the student-f.aculiy
discipline committee.
Today, many multi-cultural
students, like Martin, do become
standouts with their schools’
newspapers, radio stations, student
government and other social and
academic organizations.
Martin was a commuter student.
He lived at home. Today, the number
of commuter students, part-time
students and other non-traditional
students in higher education has com
pletely changed the face of American
colleges and universities.
After Morehouse, he won a scholar
ship to Crozer Theological Seminary
in Chester, Pa. While there, he en
joyed the social life in nearby
Philadelphia, attending parties and
making friends. Always the scholar,
he read Henry David Thoraau, Karl
Marx, Mahatma Gandhi, to name a
few.
He next attended Boston Universi
ty. Like many students, he met a
young woman
became his wife and confidant.
On Aug. 28, 1888, Emmett Till, a.
14-year-old Chicago boy visiting
relatives in Mississippi, was kidnap
ped and lynched. Two months earlier,
Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded
his Ph D. from Boston University.
Today, racism continues to impact
on college students. IttyMrtly
lcials t<t turn
students and officials i
negatives into motivatais ; and
positive reinforcers.
The bonding between Dr. King and
today’s students is coming about via
the de-mystification of this great
world teacher-preacher (cut in the
(See DR. KING, P. 2)
his experiences both personally and
professionally with King. Dr. Proctor
related how Dr. “Daddy” King, the
visitors to the King household, the
Morehouse connection, Dr. Davis (a
University were strong links
in tne building of King's eloquence
and power of persuasion.
The former North Carolina A&T
president stated that King had a
reverence for the text, thinking, and
the thought of great minds. He cited
one example of how, during the Mon
tgomery bus boycott, young Martin
was up at 3 a.m. reading Paul
Tillich’s seminal work, “Courage To
Be.” But this aristocracy of the mind
and spirit had been nourished at the
spiritual wells found in the King
household and Morehouse College
where giant minds roamed like
Mordecai Johnson, Ben Mayes, and
Howard Thurman.
Although the civil rights leadership
role fell on the youthful Dr. King by
(See PASTOR, P. 2i
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nep. Conyers To
Seek Hearing On
Reparation Bill
BY LARRY A. STILL
NNPA New» Service
WASHINGTON, D.C.-As the U.S.
House of Representatives and Senate
reconvene in January, congressional
hearings may be scheduled soon to
consider legislation proposed by Rep..
John Conyers (D-Mich.) “to study the
impact of slavery on African
Americans and the nation, and to
recommend... a range of remedies,
including whether reparations or
I some remunerative action is war
ranted.”
The measure to consider providing
funds for descendants of slaves has
been referred to the Administrative
Law and Government Relations Sub
committee of the House Judiciary
Committee for appropriate action,
says Janis Hazel, senior legislative
aide to Conyers who is monitoring the
progress of the historically long
awaited bill as it begins a highly
speculative Journey through both
houses of Congess.
“This legislation establishes a com
mission to examine the continuing
discrimination against African
Americans and make recommenda
tions to Congress whether some
remedy should be made to descen
(See REPARATIONS, r. u
state Awards 99
Million Helping
Rental Housing
The state awarded almost 98.1
million in federal tax credits in 1989
as an incentive for developers
building affordable rental housing, it
was announced last week by
Secretary of Economic and Com
munity Development James T.
BroyhilL
The,1989 awards will help build
3,475 apartments in 51 counties and
generate construction valued at more
than $133.2 million. The tax credits
were awarded by the N.C. Tax
Reform Allocation Committee, which
Secretary Broyhill chairs.
“Our state has a shortage of more
than 115,000 apartments that
households with low incomes can af
ford,” Secretary Broyhill said. “We
also have a large number of substan
dard units, including about 100,000
without indoor bathrooms—more
than any other state. We certainly
mean to change that.”
“The federal low-income housing
tax credit is one of the most effective
(See RENTAL HOUSING, P. 2)