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OCTOBER 18,11
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Rectifying An Error
Council
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Cooper
BY CASH MICHAEL'S
After a month of controversy, the
Raleigh City Connell voted
unanimously Tuesday to reappoint
Dr. Alan Cooper to the city’s Human
Resources and Human Relations Ad
visory Commission. Dr. Cooper, a.
professor'at St. AuguetinS’i College
art formerly the chairman of the
t™, was abrupt^ removed
from that body a month ago by-the
council for neaions many speculated
to he political. . .
In an interview with The CARO
LINIAN after the vote, Cooper was
both happy art oautioni. "1 ap
preciate that the coiiqcU has given
me an other opportunity to serve die
of Raleigh on the Human
Resource* and Human Relations Ad
visory Commission," Cooper said. “I
look forward to oonttautagthe wort
wo begin toward resolving the Crab
tree controversy, paid other Impor
tant human relation Issue*.”
The - reference. to uCrabtree’ ’
partitas to chargee of racial Mae
leveled agilnat the owner Crabtree
Valley Mall lint year by members of
Rilelgh’s African-American com
munity. Dr. Cooper wa> In the midst
of - developing , a process toward
resolving that Issue through the com
mission when, the City Council sud
denly removed Mm lastmonth.
Pointing out bow Ms reappointment
was a tribute to the community, Dr.
Cooper exprssseddsep appreciation
for the rapport he garnered from
Raleigh’s African-American com
munity.
Rev. H.B. Pickett, president of the
Ralelgh-Apex Branch of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, who issued a state
ment concerning Cooper’s dismissal
criticising, the council's actions as “a
mistake In judgment,” said he was
glad Cooper had been reappointed.
"I was glad to hear that the City
Council rectified their error. The
community had great Influence and I
hope this shows that we can come
together to do it again when needed,”
Pickett said.
Similar approval and comments
were echoed by Khalil Ramadan,
president of the Concerned Qtlsens
for Educational Equity, one of the
primary groups Involved with the
Crabtree Valley Mall issue.
“I am happy that the City Council
has responded to the community’sln
terests,” Ramadan told The
CAROLINIAN In a telephone Inter
view from Washington, D.C.,“and I
am happy to eea that Dr. Cooper will
have an opportunity to make, the
Human Relations Commission
responsive to the needs of the com
munity.” ■
Ramadan agreed with Rev. Pickett
that citizens and civic organisations
must keep the pressure on the City
Council to Improve Its human rela
tions record.
Cooper Mid he waa moat ap
preciative of the organiutional rap
port he received from both the
NAACP and the CCEB, along with
community leaden like Rev. David
Boy, and that he looked forward to
working with them to conciliate the
problem of chargee at raclam at one
of the largeat chopping mall* in the
atate.
Source* aaklng to remain
anonymoua raid that it wu becauae
of the mall iaaue that Cooper waa
removed in the flnt place.
Several City Council memben
allegedly believed that the chargaa of
raclam agalnat the Crabtree manage
ment laat year were baaeleaa, and
regartnd Coope'a work aa unimpor
tant aa a realm. Through the special
efforts of Mayor Pro Tem Ralph
Campbell, Jr. and District B. Coun
cilmember Mary Watson Nooe,
several council members came to
believe that Crabtree Is atlll a burn
ing Issue In Raleigh’s African
American community, and Cooper
was reappointed without challenge.
Even though Cooper la now back on
the commission, he Is no longer Its
chair. Interim chairperson Ms.
Dobra Redden said that she and all of
the commission membership
welcome Cooper back.
Rev. Jim Lewis of the Episcopal
Diocese, the Human Relations Com
mission. and a member of a group of
(See COOPER, P.2)
Crack,
Cocaine,
Marijuana
According to police records, Robbie
Jecota, 18, of 1517 No. 4 Creet Read,
aad Brie Tucker, 17, of an unknown
address, were charged recently with
possession with intent to sell, deliver
and manufacture drugs.
Hie arrest was made by Officer S.
Jones of the Raleigh Police Depart
ment in the 100 block of Oberlin Road
in the streets.
Allegedly found on the two men
were four grams of cocaine in three
vials in powder form with four
packets of crack, and 10 grams of
marijuana in nine individual plastic
bags.
The drugs were valued at $550.
In other news: According to police
records, William Donald Yar
borough, 51, of 2719 S. Wilmington St.,
Raleigh, was arrested recently after
cutting Barnard Edward Lee, 17, on
die left arm and on the right thumb.
The incident allegedly happened in
the 500 block of South Bloodworth
Street. The victim was taken to Wake
Medical Center by EMS.
The incident was reported by
Debra Evans. Officer V.R. Austin
answered the call. Taken was a red
Swiss army knife and a small linked
chain tied in knots, both of which
wore believed to have boon used in
the fight.
NEWi
bill for homeless
WASHINGTON. D.C.f-An
_families weald be hous
ed through a pragma developed
■tote and local officials, and
___a Ul.i
MU expected to bo signed lata lav
la the next week or two. TtH to
the drat overhaul ef heudtaf pra
ffam to a decade. ■
ROCKY MOUNT FMM
CHARGO WITH WAS
ROCKY MOUNT—PUIowtex
Carp,, one of the Ihrgest
manufacturera of duality sleep
lag pillows, ntattroaa pad*, and
comforter. la the United Stole*,
hao been charged by workers
With unfair and racist practices,
according ta Justice Speaks,
puMtohed by the Black Workers
for Justice.
FUNDING W MARROWS
gen. Jesse A. Holme, RtN.C.,
has eutapent Democrat Harvey
B. Gantt by nearly a three le one
margin, but the speeding gap has
doeed markedly to recent mou
ths. financial reports shew.
Helms has ratoed SM.S asllltoa;
Gantt. 14 million. During the past
three months, Gantt.has nearly
been able to match Hotels’ sped
MART* ATTACKS
; imnnniM
Gev. James O. Martin, to an at
tack on Democratic lodges,
asserted that a program to aid
(See NEWS BRIWS,P.i» \
LAST FLIGHT—At Raleigh-Durham International Airport,
•mines end a journey that began in Baghdad and no
man charters are scheduled to ha* American woman and
children and tlwir family members An Kuwait and Iraq.
With assistance from the Wake County Department of
Social Services, some of the Arab families plan to make
Raleigh home and move into apartments. They will receive
federal assistance-loans equivalent to Aid for Families
and Dependent Children. (Photo by Talib Sabir-Calloway)
Firat Black Woman
Appellate Judge In
N.C. Seeks New Term
BY CASH MICHAELS
Contributing Writer
Last Feb. 12, a young professor at
North Carolina Central University
School of Law in Durham made
history by becoming the first African
American female to be appointed to
the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
Today, Judge Allyson Kay Duncan
is hoping that voters will not only take
notice of her place in history, but of
her strong record of fighting for equal
rights.
Judge Duncan is running to be
elected to the post she was appointed
to by Gov. Jim Martin, and so far,
while much of the public is unaware
of her campaign, thanks in large part
to the campaign restrictions placed
on judges, she has nonetheless at
tracted the endorsement of the North
Carolina Association of Educators,
the North Carolina Association of
Women Attorneys, the North
Carolina Women’s Political Caucus,
the National Organize ton of Women,
all high-powered professional
organizations.
And yet, despite her unique place in
North Carolina’s judicial history, and
the stellar recognition, all the
38-year-old Durham native wants to
do is “serve.”
“I’ve worked hard, but I’ve been
very fortunate,” Judge Duncan told
The CAROLINIAN, referring to her
many accomplishments while being a
relatively young woman. It was a
play that inspired Judge Duncan to
became a lawyer, a play about a
Southern black man who was being
mistreated by the legal system. A lit
tle girl at the time, the play so
disturbed her that she demanded of
the adults around her watching the
play to know why the black man could
not get justice. Despite the fact that
the play was being held at a black col
lege (North Carolina College, now
NCCU), had been written by one of
the black faculty members and per
formed by black students, and
despite the fact that her mother (who
taught at NCC) and father took her to
see the {day, not one adult around her
could successfully answer her ques
tion.
Allyson Duncan decided that day to
commit herself to righting those
wrongs.
Ms. Duncan immediately got on the
fast track for excellence. She
graduated second in her class from
Durham’s Hillside High, first in a
class of 400 from Hampton Universi
ty. She then went on to Duke Univer
sity Law School, graduated, and was
admitted to the bar in North Carolina
in 1975.
In 1977, Judge Duncan served as
law clerk to Appellate Judge Julia
Cooper Mack in Washington, D.C.
Judge Mack, an African-American,
was a strong role model for then
clerk Duncan. “I believe she was the
(See JUDGE DUNCAN, P.2)
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BY PR. ALBERT E. JABS
.4* An»ly*i*
. President Bush ahd. Secretary of
State Baker Mnaift Israel to cooperate:
. with the tlNreiolutiohcancernh* the
UUing of lft Palestinian* inthe OMC1
ty of Jerusalem. Same fee the rejec-.
thmof thl* ieeohitien ee beihg Weted
to the**** siiheURbySetWem
Thia complicate* the Gulf
criais with approximately 20 percent
of the U.S. military foreea there confc
posedof Afrtcan-Amerieane.'.
1 Theiaaitdi-ihhereotitr this Wpaart.
’■ reachbacklntO;hhltoryvTlift cycle, of
. \^^«peeiiitaKdWww J^atxwd.MipurK
ty, religious fanaticism, nationalism,
and cultural chauvinism. Add a dash
.of .militarism and journalistic
jingoism and one has all the ingre
dients of ajtniuiid JDQKJkniliL
Middle bast clash.
The questions of- history and
religion may bathe key to understan
' ding.* the birth of Israel must be
understood not in terms of 1M8, but
chronologically about 1250 B.C., at
the time of the Exodus. This in turn
gave .rise to both Islam and Chris
(Unity. They art matters involving
< See GUi*F CRISIS, P.2)
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“Bad” Government
Bush Angers Caucus
A major civil rights bill that Presi
dent George Bush may veto is the
rights movement’s top priority, in
Congress this year that would over
turn six Supreme Court decisions
handed down in 1969.
Twenty of the 24 Democratic
members of the Congressional Black
Caucus continue to express their
anger at the Bush administration's
failure to address employment,.
education, health and security issues.
for predominantly African-American
communities. They have joined coi
leagues and many Republieana in re
jecting the president’s budget pro
posal.
The Senate approved the rights bill
earlier this week, falling short of
support needed L jp--override a
threatened presidential veto on the
grounds that its minority hiring
features -would lead to the uae of
quotas.
Bush made it clear that he Intended
to veto the measure on the grounds
.that it would spur employers to hire
by quotas to protect themselves from
lawsuits.
Sen. Jesse A. Helms (R-N.C.) voted
against the bill with Sen. Terry San
ford (D-N.C.) voting for it. “It will
also foster divisiveness and litigation
rather than conciliation and do man
to promote legal fees than civil
rights,’’ Bush said.
Democratic sponsors again scoffed
at the notion that the bill would load
to quotas. The president has 10 days
to act on any bill reaching him, and
Congress hopes to adjourn by Oct. 17
at the latest.
Provisions of the bill range from a
ban on racial harassment in the
workplace to punitive damages in ex
treme job discrimination cases.
The sharpest clashes, however,
have edme over complex changes in
ground rules governing job
discrimination lawsuits. The changes
would make it easier for those filing
suit to win and harder for employers
to defend themselves.
Administration officials say the
changes would be so hard on
employers that they would turn to
quota hiring to have a ready-made
defense in case they found
themselves in court.
In rejecting Bush and his budget
along with “bad government,” the
Blau Caucus will be further disen
chanted If the major rights bill is
(See BLACK CAUCUS. P S)
JOHN W. WINTERS
Winters Honored
For Commitment,
Community Work
A real estate developer who climb
ed through the rank* from milk truck
driver to be founder and president of
a major management and develop
ment company says that his dream
came through various Jobs and
John Wesley winters, former air
port skycap, poultry fanner, in
surance salesman, building contrac
tor, Raleigh City Council member,
state senator and real estate en
trepreneur, chalked up another honor
Wednesday as outstanding civil liber
tarian by the Wake County Chapter of
the American Civil Liberties Union.
Winters, 70, was presened with the
annual W.W. Finlator Award at the
N.C. Faculty Club for a lifetime of
t See JOHN WINTERS. P V