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VOL. 49, NO. (9 /
TUESDAY V /
AUGUST 28,
TO semi-weekly 250
DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST ELSEWHERE 300
Critical Black issues
New Coalition Supports “Self-Help”
BY LARRY A. STILL
Washington, D.C.-(NNPA)-A
call for another “Domestic Summit”
of Black leaders with President Bush
to discuss critical issues facing
African Americans was endorsed by
representatives of about 100
organizations attending the recent
Capitol summit convened by NAACP
Executive Director Benjamin L.
Hooks and Dr. William F. Gibson,
NAACP board chairman.
Speaking at the close of the
dramatic three day sessions on
African-American “self-help” pro
grams at the Howard University Inn,
Hooks announced the formation of the
new National Association of Black
Organizations, but he said the coali
tion supports Rev. Jesse Jackson’:
proposal to discuss such issues ai
Simplified Voter Registration pro
cedures, National Health Insurance
Harrassment of Black Elected Of
ficials and Statehood for the Distrie
of Columbia with President Bush ai
soon as possible despite the curren
international crisis over oil.
Hooks also told the televised pres)
conference that TV communicator
educator Tony Brown’s keynoti
speach urging all black organization
to cancel their 1992 conventions
costing an estimated $3 Billion to pu
the money into proposed “self-help’
programs came as a “bombshell.’
However, the NAACP executive sail
the plan was too complicated since
> convention funds were not spent by
1 the organizations but individual
? delegates who would have to decide
r whether to donate funds that they
, would not spend in 1992. Individuals
: could still donate to such a fund,
i Hooks said, in disclosing that former
; New York Congresswoman Shirley
Chisholm offered to contibute $25,000
i and said she knew at least 20 other
supporters who would donate $1,000 to
i $10,000.
Jackson’s recommendation for a
Bush Domestic Summit was referred
to the established Black Leadership
Forum composed of heads of 15 na
tional organizations which met with
1 the President earlier this year to seek
passage of the 1990 Civil Rights Bill.
Bush is still threatening to veto the
pending legislation which is being
revised in joint Congress-Senate
Committee sessions after the Presi
dent objected to what he called affir
mative action job quotas. Hooks urg
ed the new NABO membership to
mobilize support for the bill. The
Black Leadership, Forum will meet in
Washington during the annual Con
gressional Black Caucus Legislative
Weekend in September when the
“Domestic Summit” will be discuss
ed.
The new entity (NABO) “does not
duplicate the work of any existing
organization, “but rather represents
an effort that will strengthen and
enhance their work”, Hooks S£4d as
he called on all African American
organizations nationwide “to put
aside their various differences and
concerns and come together under
one umbrella...Black America is in
crisis, many groups are waging
fierce but fragmented skirmishes in
the battle to save our people. But
none has tfce resources to in
dependently wnfc^he war...We must
take control of ourdestiny We have a
moral responsiblity to attack the pro
blems afflicting our community with
the best weapon at our disposal
black unity.”
NABO’s purpose is to establish a
communications network, maximize
financial resources, develop a ‘brain
(See SELF HELP, P. 2)
Colleges
Becoming
Popular
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CHARLOTTE (Ap , ^^er
because of better marketing, lower
Smnr.lmr.cj^ycta***
mosphere, a growing number ^
wiark students are choosing
historically black colleges, officiate
^From 1985-89, the number of blacks
adding .Itfr'assssf£
nrrrpnt to 294i42?i JCCOMlD®
National Association for Eqti^ Op
nortuniy in Higher Education. Black
enrollment at aU
five percent from 1984 to lStejne las
yearstattetics are available from the
U.S. Education Department
In Raleigh, St. Augustine » <*»«*«
began its 1990-91 school year wttha
record enrollment. Dr SSuege
Robinson, president, said dowg
received applicabonsfrom^^
2 800 students for the 750 am**8®®*
am- Uni.mil,
was still registering students accor
S?Gladys Graves. “We are
necting 1.700 students, which will be
upfrom last year’s total ***{{%
said. Talbert O. Shaw is the president
°f ‘Theyfee^they’re going to be more
distraction of being a minority oi
three or Iwr PWJJ*
predominantly white campus, ^
Alan Kirschner of the United Negro
c°aa,..
^iis-sasaas
of the racism and rac®}®c|.“e“ „
that interfere with the success rate.
(See COLLEGES, P. 2)
wh w-ipMtarMl by WFXC nib.
No Money
Allegedly
Recovered
William Muldrow, 44, of 1304 S
Bloodworth St, has been chargei
with armed robbery In connectioi
with the holdup of the First Federa
Savings and Loan Co. located ii
downtown Raleigh on Aug. IS.
Police searched Muldrow’s hom<
and turned up items used in the rob
bery but not the money, said Raleigi
Police Lt. B.L. Rigsbee. The warram
for Muldrow's arrest said $1,900 hat
been taken from the bank.
The robbery occurred at 9:18 a.m
when a black man wrote a robber)
note on a deposit slip and passed it U
a teller. Nine employees and tw<
customers were present, but no ont
saw a weapon, Lt. Riggs bee said. Th«
assailant wrapped a green clot!
around his hand and implied he had t
gun, the officer also stated. Muldrow
is being held in lieu of $50,000 bond.
In other news: Police arrestee
Charles Damffife Newsome, 27, of 90!
Peace Terrace, and charged him witl
felonious assault in the attack or
Calvin Ray Turner, 2S, of 1815 Mid
wood Drive.
Newsome allegedly hit Turner witl
a 2X4 board during an argument
Turner is in serious condition at Wake
Medical Center. Newsome was helc
in Wake County Jail in lieu of $52,00!
bond.
Police said the two had argued ai
909 Peace Terrace about 10 p.m
Tuesday. Police Lt. B.L. Riggsbei
said the argument was over t
(See CRIME, P.2)
AGAINST VIOLENCE—Christina McCoy, right, was the
moderator recently during an African-American Leadership
Training Institute reunion with Attorney Irv Joyner and Mab
Sagrest discussing racism and racist vManca. Joyner Is
with the law school at North Carolina Central University,
Durham, and Mi. Segrest is a spokesperson for North
Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence. The
program was held in Durham. (Photo by Tallb Sabir
CaHeway)
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Child An Educational Success Edge
Carefully assigned and graded
homework has a greater influence on
children’s academic success than any
other factor, including family in
come, socioeconomic status or educa
tional background, reports the
Reader’s Digest.
Yet the National Commission on
Excellence In Education cited lack of
homework as one of the major
reasons American students have
• fallen behind those of other countries.
Two-thirds of U.S. high school
students study less than one hour a
night, according to commission
figures.
The most effective and economical
way to improve U.S. education would
be to give more meaningful
homework, says Herbert J. Wallberg,
professor of education at the Univer
sity of Illinois at Chicago.
Homework teaches students seif
s' discipline and self-direction,
cultivates good study habits and
fosters Initiative. It can also help
your child catch up to or surpasa con
temporaries and can promote har
monious family relationships.
“Kids like to know what’s expected
of them," says Fredric M. Levine,
associate professor of psychology at
the State University of New York at
Stony Brook and co-author of “Winn
ing the Homework War."
Levine says 80 percent of family
conflicts in his private practice cener
on homework. "If you establish a
I homework program and a clear set of
rules to follow day in and day out, the
homework wars end,’’ he says.
The parental role in homework is
crucial, educators say. Here are their
sunsstions for making homework
less painful and more productive:
i i. Start from day one. Even if your
kindergartener has no homework
assignments, set aside 10 to 20
minutes a day for reading to him or
‘discussing the day's classes. That
conveys your interest in your child’s
education and shows that learning
goes on at home, too.
“Don’t call it homework time,’’ ad
vises Pat Green, of the Quality
Education Project. “That lets kids
say, ‘But I don’t have any homework
today,’ or 'I did it at school.’ Call it a
study period, or quiet time. Estalbish
firmly that they always have some
homework—reading, writing letters,
organizing notes or preparing for
tomorrow."
2. Don’t worry about a perfect
place to study. For some, a well-lit
desk in the child's bedroom with
paper, pencils and reference books is
an ideal place. But any quiet location
(See HOME WORK, P.2)
National Rainbow
Coalition Sues D.C.
Over Black Voter Purge
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP>-Jesse
Jackson’s National Rainbow Coali
tion sued the District of Columbia
Aug. IB In hopes of forcing the city to
restore to the voter rolls 38,000 per
sons it purged earlier this year.
Jackson’s aim Js to have those
voters made eligible to cast ballots in
the city’s Sept. 11 party primaries. He
said preliminary discussions with
board of elections representatives
have convinced him that he will suc
ceed.
“The meetings have been effective
meetings, and they are essentially
agreeing with the route we have
taken,’’ Jackson said. “This is an un
necessary, arbitrary and early dos
int of registration.”
“It has been the board’s position for
some time that the noo-voting purge,
■required by the District’s election
statute, Is an antiquated means for
maintaining the voter roll and is of
questionable constitutional merit,”
Emmett H. Fremaux, director of the
city's board of elections, said in a
statement.
Under city law, those who have not
voted in a four-year period are
automatically removed from the
voter rolls. The deadline for re
registering was Aug. IS.
Fremaux said he likely will recom
mend that those purged from the
voter roll be allowed to vote in the
Sept. 11 primaries and the Nov. •
general election.
Fremaux also agreed with
Jackson’s argument that the
automatic voter purge should be
eliminated, saying the city has put in
place several alternative measures to
keep the voter rolls current.
Jackson complained that the
automatic purge failed to account for
those who hve been too sick or in
capacitated to go to the polls on elec
tion day, or others who had intended
to vote but had to leave town unex
pectedly.
The two-time Democratic presiden
tial nominee, who has made expan
(See COALITION SUES. P. 2)
Swindlers Try
To Fleece N. C.
Oil Investors
The prospects of a prolonged con
flict in the Middle East plus night
marish memories of gas lines and in
flation in the United States will be ex
ploited by con artists, who will
pressure North Carolina’s small in
vestors to put funds into bogus oil and
precious-metal deals, Secretary of
State Rufus Edmisten warned last
“Headlines that talk about threats
to the oil supply are a swindler’s best
friend,” Edmisten said. “They spark
unusually active interest in the
petroleum and precious-metals
markets and, creating a rich environ
ment for fraud. The con artists use
this confused world picture to blend
right in with our state’s honest
brokers and dealers.”
Fraudulent oil and gas deals have
long been a favorite ploy of “boiler
rooms” in North Carolina, Edmisten
said. These operations start with un
solicited telephone calls to unsuspec
ting investors, then use high-pressure
sales tactics and outright lies to bilk
citizens out of their money.
“We almost always have an open
investigation file on some oil scam,”
Edmisten said. “These frauds are
always popping up in North
Carolina.”
“Unfortunately, small investors
have always been predisposed to
these pitches about oil wells, gas
reserves and precious metals. With
the crisis going on in the Middle East,
these pitches are going to sound even
more believable.”
(See SWINDLERS, P.2)
New Approach
May Resolve
Iraqi Threat
BY DR. ALBERT JABS
An Analyth
The gum of August could fire if
embassies in Iraqi-occupied
Kuwait are forced to close. As
these lines are being written,
ominous clouds of war are hover
ing about.
Let us be absolutely clear: war
is an awful, dreadful horror.
Forget about 30-second sound
bites of television news. This can
not capture the pain, anguish,
and suffering that modern war
entails; and this can go ou for
years. No human being can ade
quately predict consequences of
such actions. Let us get off our i
high horses.
Instead of Joking about winning
medals, let us fall on our knees In
prayer seeking mercy and
forgiveness for the apparent
deadlock between the warring
parties.
It Is no copout to be a warrior
for peace even a few minutes
before the midnight hour. We
should not demonise the other „
side. While we have the constitu
tional responsibility to defend our
country, we should do this, If
necessary, with a spirit of contrl- 1
tlon and sadness, that omissions
and commissions have now t
(See CRISIS, P.2)