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RALEIGH, N.C.. THURSDAY, VOL. 49, NO. 42 APRIL 19,1990 .'s DEDICATED T0 THE SPIRIT OF JESOS'CHRIST SINGLE COPY #>(? IN RALEIGH &J0 ELSEWHERE 300 Jody Watley Poised To Take Spotlight In Entertainment Page 22 Hoyas’Problem Runs Deep, Coach Needs Lighter Touch Page 23 ----1 Formina BY W. MASON, JR. Stall Writer ’ They are the family members of a loved one who was beaten to death or otherwise killed by a police officer or state trooper. They ere the friends of a youth who was shot to death by a law enforce ment officer who relatives say was quick to react before applying the tew. They are citizens,neighborhood residents who for yean* have watched racial violence consume -their naiilhli nwili n j' nagnoornooa. - . . y,4. AD of them are part of a hew crusade in this qeimty against racist vioieade that goes unpunisbed and for many citizens, unnoticed. 11 The friends and family of those kill ed by law officers are taking matters into their own hands, no longer waiting for justice to be. served on them, butinstead are going out into. the streets .and demanding it; » "We had to start doing something on our own,” said James Webb/ cousin of; Sidney Bowen, the ex mayor of Bolton, who was Idiot and beaten to death by a white Highway Patrol officer last month.' Vlt whs obvious from people in our neighborhood that we weren't going to get anything dime down there. We ; hadto. start -todo something.” Webb and other relatives of the Bowen family attended d press con Terence in Raleigh this week by the North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence, an organization which they hope will bring state at tention to racial tension in the state. Relatives-of, Bolton already are discussing how to join others across the state whose relatives have also been killed by . what they call racist violence by lpw enforcement officers, hoping to fonta a national front. XhC NCARRV is trying to get atten tion from state legislators before the problem in North Carolinii gets out of control. ' ' •: “This is-an; appeal to the ad ministration,” said Christina Davis McCoy, NCARRV director. ‘‘We’ve outlined some remedies that need to be considered.” The remedies include: •Federal intervention to deter mine if individual cases may be part of a pattern. •A citizen review panel establish ed by the N.C. General Assembly to monitor law enforcement practices involving firearms. •Civilian review boards for cities such as Raleigh in an effort to closely monitor police conduct. •A new firearms policy that would outline when a firearm is to be used during administering the law. •A record of how many people are killed or shot at by officers and racial or ethnic identity of the person who is shot. The recommendations come amid a number of shooting deaths of African-Americans here and across the country. There have been four fatal shootings of suspects by troopers in North Carolina in the last year. The most recent was the March 31 shooting of 31-year-old John Henry Ellison, Jr., who was shot three times by a trooper. Officials say Ellison resisted arrest and then made a grab for the trooper’s pistol. Relatives there called the shooting an inap propriate use of deadly force. Recently, about 200 people march ed in Greensboro to call for a new in vestigation into the killing of Bowen. That march was the third since March 15, when a Columbus County grand jury declined to return an in dictment against Alfred Morris, a Highway Patrol trooper who shot Bowen six times. Shootings that occurred across the nation within the last year are already in the courts, including the trial of two men charged with killing Yusef Hawkins, a black youth who was killed while in the all-white Ben sonhurst, N.Y., area looking for a us ed car. McCoy hopes the state and federal (See VIOLENCE, P. 2) The N.C. Department of Transportation has established a Joint Minority Business Enter prise Steering Committee with the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs, the Associated General Contractors, the N.C. Association of Minority Businesses, Inc., and the United Minority Contractors of North Carolina. The Steering Committee will serve as an ad riaary group to NCDOT for im plementation of effective minori ty business participation in the it’s programs. of the City «f Raleigh. In conjunction with the North CaroMna Human IHIsIHlTiw ell. will host the National Aaoociatioa of Hunan Rights Workers/Internatkmal Associa tion of Human Rights Agencies Southern Regional Conference on April 10-22. Joe Dean, secretary of the Department of Crime Control and PubUe Safety, ncMved a ISM* Achievement Award Hum' the' North . Carolina /Victims, Assistance Network on .April ic socuu. SmVKES Gov.JamosG.MaHinhaapro daiued the week of April 848 Appreciation Week fpr County Department of- Social. Services Workers la North CafoRuL ' v YOUTH GRJWTS VMth gr*f tMUi| CM. to fund community projects amy he ipjpck. A total of ft JOS par year Is available to North Carolina organisations composoil of young people, ages U-18, who want to implement programs ti> benefit ttdr peers. The mini-. (See NEWS BRIEFS, P. 2) Mandela Brings Change, Grow)! ToS. Africa BY DANIEL MAROLEN NNFANmn ferric* . (Mmo Mandela’s two-month per formance since his release from 27*4 yean’ imprisonment on Feb. 11 is superb. In that brief period, he has . rfi—jad the political air in south Africa ,|Mi mi*** bopf frf - an early resolution of the country's Despite formidable adds: and hurdles in hto.petb; be hash? been daunted by recent events. He of ANC thought.. And; disnoes with new hopefarchsageHe slicks unflinchingly to. his commit' meat to a imgntistad ettiheneid. «»<! tries herd ta end dm SSI year of white domination (MM-MO) bald Us _j of the concept of majority ride and non-racialism. Mdes,hois imbued withadbrity of vision and purpose which enables him to plan for the new South Africa which most people desire. ■— while ha fights U and the •ystamofapariheld.healsostri unify Ms frilow black people to jjfrf ^— ineliad! he in the UDF vs. <11 (gee NELSON MANDELA, P. J) BODY FOUND IN CHAVIS PARK Alcohol Said To Be Cause Fna CAROLINIAN Staff Report* A dead body was found in the Chavis Park area Dear the 800 block of Holmes Street last Friday, but police said the victim died as a result of alcabolism. Michael Joe Bray, 32, 704-A McMakin St., was found dead in the park near a parking lot, said police Sgt. John Beasley. Bray’s body was found about 7:45 p.m. after police got an anonymous call, Beasley said. He was taken to Wake Medical Center. ■■ ^ gateighmodical mmminerided d die death as a redfilt of alcoholism or alcohol-related, Beasley skid. He did apt give the Mood alcohol content of the victim In the report, he said. 1 Bray's mother, Juanita Bray, who had the same address as her son, said he had been in and out of a Veterans Administration hospital for alcoholism.,' . According to police records, Bray was employed at C.C. Concrete Co. in Raleigh, but had not been to work during the past week. *: Police said they, did not think Bray waa the victim of any wrongdoing, •since his body did not show any signs of medical trauma, as Someone would Who hadheen beaten or injured as the result of a fight.: In other news, Wake County Sheriffs deputies arrested about 10 ' people on. drug-related or drunken ) driving charges before midnight Fri- < (See PRIME, P: 2) MOP-OUT PROfiRAM-MU CmnmTs Cartfctto at Appreciation it presantad la Cyd Back, cMWraa’a prefact director tor tha Pravantiva Schaal Drap-ovt Pragma at Haritoga Park by aaraUtaa Bumagin, ampler af Delta Sipau Theta lit. Buck was an integral "partner” aflMi Mta Caiwsal Program tats year as aba transpartad the cMMran toon Heritage Park to the monthly acttvftles af tka Dslat Carousel. (Photo by Chris Hinton) WILSON—Is revitalisation and economic development a reality or a (wan? Was the City Council of Wilson aware of a study that is underway by Simmon's. , and Simmons of Greensboro, when they made the ledsion loinvest $90,000 of a $800,000 mticipated grant, request (or Com nunity Development Block Grant unds during a meeting of the city :ouncil on April 5? Many of the citizens who attended the city council meeting that day witnessed "one of the moat incredible exeKises ever fomented against a gftopp of powerless organizations,” said the Wilson Coalition for Justice. "There were four African American organisations that were paraded before the council in their feeble attempt to obtain what the city had described as local option fends available under the Community Development Block Grant guidelines. BY PAUL NOWELL TV linflitfdl Prfiii CHARLOTTE (AP)-Harvey Gantt wants his run for the U.S. Senate to be more than another chapter in the . history of North CaroUna. “It’s not important to me to oe the state’s first black senator,” he Said. “It is important for Jesse Helms to be challenged by someone who understands the problems of the peo ple of North Carolina.*’ Gantt made history before, as uie first black student at Clemson University during the early days of the civil rights movement in 1963. Later, he became Charlotte’s first black mayor. Now Gantt wants to become the first black in North Carolina to win a major statewide office. If he suc ceeds, Gantt would become the se cond blade member of the U.S. Senate in this century. Gantt faces five other Democrats in the May t primary. If he wins there, he gets a crack at Helms, a three term Republican incumbent with a large war chest and International imne recognition. Gantt, a 46-year-old architect with a master’s degree from MIT, served two terms ,1 mayor of North Carolina's largect dty, which is 75 percent white and usually votes Republican. Before that, Gantt serv ed on the city council. Gantt is also a frequent lecturer at colleges and universities. He has designed a number of buildings acroes North Carolina, including the Winston Lake YMCA in Winston Salem, the Campus Hills Recreation Center in Durham and student hous ing at the University of North Clrblina-Chsrlotte.^0-!/ ■ In 1967, Gantt’s political fortunes were turned upside down when be lost to Republican Sue Myrick by lees than 1,000 votes in the mayoral race. “That was the worst moment I’ve had in politics," he said. But be leaned something about ooUtics.'. “We lost the race because we didn’t put enough effort forward," be said. “Right now, the number one goal is to win the primary. We’ll take nothing (SSe HARVEY GANTT, P. 2) “It was indeed a spectacle to see the frustration and to witness the in ability of some of our most respected citizens to have any direct influence on the final decision that was rendered by the Wilson City Council. . That decision was totally contrary to the information provided by a paid staff employee of the city who advis ed those present during the public hearing that the use of optional funds under the CDBG program could only be used for brick-and-mortar projects and not any projects that impacted human services,” the community based organization said in a prepared release. (See DILEMMA, P. 2) Residents Fight For TheMail From CAROLINIAN Staff Reporta Members of the Nottingham Woods Homeowners Association have in vited members of the local print and broadcast media to watch an event that may be a first in the area for the U.S. Postal Service. Residents there want members of the media to come to the subdivision May 1 and see if and where the postman delivers the mail. Mail delivery there has been the source of controversy within the past few weeks. Residents of the subdivision say “The service here at Nottingham Woods is atrocious.” —Kurt Birk Managing Partner Nottingham Property Associates that because they get their mail in a cluster mailbox placed far away from their homes, it is inconvenient and causes them problems. So they decided to get individual mailboxes and place them in front of their homes, which is the setup in similar neighborhoods. But they ran into a problem. Postal officials say it would be too costly for them to change the way they deliver mail in the subdivision. David Medlin, area manager for the postal service, whose office is located on New Bern Avenue, said in a letter, “Wanda Rhodes, our representative, got approval from James Smith who at that time presented Nottingham Woods and was b’ven a choice of the type of (See POSTAL SERVICE, P. 2) (8m story pagt 2).
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