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VOL. 49, NO. 53
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MAY 29. 1990 '0
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Milestone Privacy
Decision Built On
NAACP, Victories
BY PHILIP L. BURTON AND FREDERICK HYDE
Special To The CAROLINIAN
If you believe in social change, the odds are you’ll spend a lot of
time in court.
Every great civil rights movement in the last 35 years has traips- >
ed through the country’s legal system, getting to know the Jails and
Judges, endless trials and appeals which are a part of the laborious
process of social change.
In 1956, the segregationist power structure
in the South tried to destroy the NAACP by
demanding it turn over its membership list to
state officials. State legislatures passed
special laws and attorneys general got special
injunctions against the organization.
It’s a Job for the foolhardy or the rich. And yet It’s usually those
with more convictions than cash who end up battling for the hearts
and minds of America by taking their demands for expanded rights
Into the courtroom.
Not everyone ends up there voluntarily. One party chooses to go
to court; the other is dragged there.
Some of the most important protections for the right to associa
tion have been won by those on the defensive.
In 1955, the segregationist power structure in the South tried to
destroy the NAACP by demanding It turn over its membership lists
to state officials. State legislatures passed special laws and at
torneys general got special injunctions against the organisation.
By 1(57, it was outlawed in Alabama and tied up in litigation in
eight more states.
When the Alabama courts fined the NAACP 1100.090 for refusing
to surrender its membership lists, the group went to the U.8.
Supreme Court. In a landmark decision, NAACP vs. Alabama, the
court ruled that membership information is constitutionally pro
tected.
(See NAACP, P. 3)
Inside Africa
BY UANIEL MAROLEN
President F.W. de Klerk and ANC’s
leader, Nelson Mandela, are both out
side South Africa, fighting a titanic
battle, each in his own roots and
sphere of interest.
it’s not surprising after the failure
of their preliminary black-white In
daba in Cape Town on May 2-4, which
ended as a force. The government
and ANC made no breakthrough
toward giving their country a
democratic constitution.
Who can still say that de Klerk is a
reformer, intent on changing South
Africa? He is totally opposed to the
idea of a non-racial democracy,
which Mandela staunchly esposes,
upholds and fights for. On May 2-4 de
Marti stalled on lifting the state of
emergency; releasing political
prisoners and detainees; withdraw
ing troops garrisoned in black ghet
tos; permitting the unconditional
return of exiles; ending apartheid,
and so on.
Now, the two leaders are fighting it
out abroad, each in his own base and
note. De Mark is in Western Europe,
Ms roots, snd the cradle of ool
i and the slave trade. Far 18
fog, starting May 8, he to.*® cam
, France, West Ger
many, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Greece,
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snd Switierland—but ex
_lolland, where Afrikaners
originated. De Klerk is campaigning
for (I) South Africa’s re-entry into
the world family of nations from
which it is isolated; (2) lifting of the
economic sanctions which hurt South
Africa’s economy; (3) relaxation of
the global pressure against South
Africa, and (4) financial aid to enable
(See INSIDE AFRICA, P. »
Two Democratic U.S. Senate can
didates pointed out their political
views in a debate on statewide televi
sion that showed a hard-hitting
eschange of questions and a new
strategy in their campaigns.
Harvey B. Gantt and Michael F.
Easley disagreed on abortion rights,
the death penalty and taxes. The one
hour debate at WRAL-TV studios
revealed Gantt as a pro-choice can
didate with Easley trying to isolate
him on the political left.
The two will face each other in a
June 5 runoff with the winner com
peting against Republican incumbent
Jesse A. Helms in the fall elections.
Gantt, a former Charlotte mayor,
has drawn distinctions between
himself and Easley on major issues of
abortion, the death penalty and taxes.
Gantt asked Easley to explain why
he favored restrictions on tax-funded
abortions for poor women in some in
stances that would leave poor women
without the same assess to abortions
as affluent women. Easley said he
supported tax-funded abortions in
cases of rape, incest or when a
woman and her doctor agree carry
ing a child to term would impair her
health.
Gantt has criticized Helms’ record
on women’s issues, citing that during
his 18 years in the Seante, Helms has
opposed the Equal Rights Amend
ment, affirmative action programs,
and measures to provide child care
and affordable health care.
During the debate Gantt would not
criticize Easley for failing to urge a
grand jury to indict a highway
patrolman for shooting the former
black mayor of Bolton, but said it was
an unusual situation because the vic
tim was drunk and had been shot five
or six times by the trooper. Gantt said
he would have come down on the side
of the victim.
Easley, 40, is a district attorney
who representes Brunswick, Bladen
and Columbus Counties.
Easley also said he supported a bill
in Congress that would apply the
death penalty to drug kingpins and
others. Gantt said he has never sup
ported the idea of the state killing
another human being but he agreed
with life sentences without the
possibility of parole for some crimes.
He also said he supported the return
of chain gangs for convicts.
Gantt, 47, also questioned Easley ’s
political contributions from labor
unions and how that might affect his
votes on issues of interest to labor.
Easley said the AFL-CIO backed him
(See HARVEY GANTT. P 2)
Gang Trafficking
Agents Respond To ‘Ice’ Labs
Methods,
Seizures
Reviewed
In two separate moves recently,
law enforcement agencies responded
to clandestine laboratories of “ice”
and “crack” and shared $1.24 million
in forfeited drug proceeds by the
federal government with 21 state and
local agencies that participated in in
vetigating drug cases in the eastern
district.
Law enforcement officers from
throughout the state met last week
for a program on “Clandestine
Laboratories, Ice and Crack,” spon
sored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration and co-hosted by the
U.S. attorney’s office, the N.C. State
Bureau of Investigation, the N.C,
Justice Academy and the N.C.
Highway Patrol Training Center.
Drug Enforcement Administration
representatives Emilio Garcia of
Wilmington, Chuck Shamming of
Quantico, Va., and John Featherly of
Washington, D.C., prepared topics in
cluding clandestine laboratory in
vestigative techniques, ranging from
precursor chemical identification to
actual planning and seizure of
laboratories. A national overview of
the crack and cocaine situation, along
with a review of gang trafficking
organizations, such as the Jamaican
Posse, Bloods and Crips were topics.
U.S. Attorney Margaret P. Currin
and N.C. Attorney General Lacy
Thornburg said the program
represented a highly effective train
ing session directed to investigative
officers, supervisors, and others
(See DKUGS, P. 2)
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FOR STATEHOOD—Responding to tho growing poHUcol
pressuro bp tho Ksttonsl Rolnbow CosHtlon, Its leader, the
Rev. Jesse Jocfcson. end District clergy end residents end
sonnors cowirii Mnnviy ana riui oimon iniroaucaa
legislation to main nsn-fsderal parts of Washington the
51st stats.
Rainbow Coalition Sparks Action
To Make Washington 51st State
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Corut rendered the Brown decision,
ending legal segregation in the na
tion’s schools, Senators Edward Ken
nedy (D-Mass.) and Paul Simon
(D-Ill.) introduced D.C. statehood
legislation to end political segrega
tion in the nation’s capital.
Responding to the growing political
pressure by the National Rainbow
Coalition, its leader, the Rev. Jesse
Housing Now Demanding Lawmakers
Fund Low-Income Housing Program
Homeless persons and other con
cerned North Carolinians will con
verge on Raleigh June 1-1 for a Seep
Out and Rally. They Intend to show
the N.C. General Assembly that
citizens are concerned about the
state’s lack of affordable housing.
They will demand that lawmakers
make funding for low-income housing
a top priority.
Low-income housing programs
leceived under 14 million from the
1989 General Assembly. “Lawmakers
acknowledged some need,” says Lin
Joanne Drone Named
Vice President For
Alumni Association
Four alumni from North
Carolina and am from Florida
have been elected to three-year
terme oo the Board of Itaatoee of
the Alamat AuociaUeo of the
Unlverelty of North Carolina at
The UNCO Aiamai Aamciattea
hae approximately Bt.OM
membera. Terme far the new
traateoe will begin la June and
July.
Jeanne Smart Draae of INI
Lahewoed Drive In Raleigh hae
been elected to the peeltlen of
A conealtaat with the dletrlct
dlrlalen of feather tdncattea irlth
the N.C. State Department of
Public Iaatrnctlaa, Me. Draae
wttl aeeame the paoMon In Jaiy.
She la currently a member of the
UNCO Centennial Planning
Board and the awardo committee
of the »i—i emrinthu She Is
aloe a member of the Oeneirtia to
Improve Teacher Education, a
N.C. State University Parents
Association.
(Son DRANE NAMED. P.S)
MS. JOANNE DRANE
da Shaw, executive director of the
N.C. Low Income Housing Coalition,
“but the funding was woefully inade
quate given the magnitude of the pro
blem, and it pales in comparison to
spending on other programs.” Shaw
referred to the $9 billion spent for new
highways, $36 million for a new
Department of Revenue building, and
$1 million for renovations to the
Governor’s Mansion.
“More money was allocated for the
zoo than for low-income housing,”
concludes Shaw, who says the
homeless will not accept revenue
shortfalls as an excuse. They see the
problem to be priorities, not lack of
money.
Speakers at the rally, to begin Fri
day night with a community meal and
continue through noon on Saturday
across from the Legislative
Building,, will address the growing
number of homeless families in North
Carolina. Families with children are
the fastest-growing sector of the
boneless population. A recent survey
by the Department of PubUc Instruc
tion shows Oat more than 6,100
children are homeless. Many workers
only a paycheck away from
homelessness. Kay Vives of Winston
Salem’s Homeless But Not Helpless
says, “Low-income people today face
a housing crisis of unbearable propor
ttons. Homelessness cannot be solved
until the affordable housing crisis Is
solved.’’
There simply Is not enough decent
housing in our state. One in seven
North Carolinians lives in subetan
endows have more
(See HOUSING, P. I)~
jacicson, ana uisuict clergy ana
residents, the two senators introduc
ed legislation to make the non-federal
parts of Washington, D.C. the 51st
state.
Rev. Jackson said, “It is significant
that senators Kennedy and Simon
have chosen May 17 to introduce D.C.
statehood legislation. Thirty-six
legally segregated from all other
Americans, without representation’
and, thus, we are denied ‘equal pro
tection under the law.’”
As he introduced the bill, Sen. Ken
nedy said, “I continue to be
amazed—and appalled—by the
hypocrisy of members of Congress
opposing this measure. They honor
“Members of Congress enthusiastically
support democracy for foreign citizens who
live 5,000 miles away in Eastern
Europe—why not for Americans who live less
than five miles from here in the Eastern
Market?”
Sen. Edward Kennedy
years ago today, the Supreme Court,
in the Brown decision, expanded
democracy by ending legal segrega
tion and applying the legal principle
of ‘equal protection under the law’ to
every American citizen. Thirty-six
years later, we are trying to secure
the same thing legialstively for the
residents of D.C. We are Americans
democracy everywhere else—why
not in the capital of their own coun
try?
“Members of Congress en
thusiastically support democracy for
foreign citizens who live 5,000 miles
away in Eastern Europe—why not for
Americans who live less than five
(See RAINBOW ACTION, P. 2)
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