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SHAW UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES 125th YEAR
Historic Shaw University
celebrates Founder’s Day and
Homecoming with a flurry of
activities and a visit by celebrities
including Gladys Knight and the Rev.
Jesse Jackson and the crowning of
Princess Leshawn Whitaker of
Raiugh.
Tae week-long activities are
centered on the theme of praise to
God for this historically African
American institution, which is
Baptist-related and the oldest of the
African-American colleges and
universities in the South.
Henry Martin Tupper and his bride,
Sarah of Monson, Mass, set out from
their home October 1, 1865 destined
for Raleigh, N. C. to establish a
mission to freedmen for the
American Baptist Home Mission
Society of New York. When they
reached Portsmouth, Va., they
dir'-nvered that the Seaboard
Railroad Company had just reopened
for business after being partially
destroyed during the Civil War. They
bought the first two tickets to Raleigh
and reached their destination
October 10, 1865. Six months earlier,
the 16th President of the United
States had been assassinated at the
Ford Theater in Washington, D. C.
Upon his arrival, Dr. Tupper
educated at Amherst and Newton
Theological Seminarv before serving
for 2 years with the Union Army,
called the minister of the First
Baptist Church on Salisbury Street in
Raleigh to inform him of his mission:
to select talented freedmen for
literacy and religious instruction in
the Bible “in order that they might
become leaders and establish
churches, association and
conventions.” Meeting the first
classes at Raleigh’s old Guion Hotel,
male and female, taueht bv Sarah
Tupper, classes were begun by
March 1866, and Tupper was writing
the Home Mission Board for funds to
construct a building for educational
and religious instruction. With a “go
forward” reply from the mission
board of $3,800, a grant of $2,400 from
the Freedman’s Bureau, and a sum of
$300 contributed by Raleigh Negroes,
the institution opened its doors with
an enrollment of 15 students which,
bv 1870 grew to 125. Shaw University
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Originally called The Raleigh
Institute, then The Shaw Collegiate
Institute, following a substantial gift
from Elijah Shaw, of Wales, Mass.,
Shaw University rose amid the corn
fields of South Raleigh. In 1881, the
North Carolina State Legislature
granted the University an acre of
around alone South Wilminetnn
(SeeSHAWUNIV. P.2)
wanamotners
Forced To Care
For Generations
NEW YORK, N.V. (AP)-Shirley
Caesar is 27 years old and He’s
expecting her 10th child. But another
baby won’t be a burden for her. Like
the rest of her kids, the child will be
taken care of by its grandmother.
Shirley, a crack addict for the last
four years, lives in Harlem with her
boyfriend, the father of all her
children. Her mother, Sarah Mae
Caesar, lives a 15-minute subway ride
away, in a housing project in lower
Manhattan.
There, in a cramped, three
bedroom apartment, Ms. Caesar
takes care of five of her
grandchildren, including 11-year-old
Walique, who was born deaf and
mentally retarded. Shirley’s other
children are cared for by their
paternal grandmother.
“I used to go up and see them and
there was nothing in the refrigerator
to eat, no clothes for them to wear,
they weren’t even going to school,”
said Ms. Caesar, who is hoping to
adopt the children. “I’d bring them
clothes. Their father would sell the
clothes for drugs.”
Ms. Caesar, 57, belongs to a fading
generation in large metropolitan
areas such as New York City where
grandmothers are the glue holding
together many poor black families
overwhelmed by drugs.
In the past five years, the crack
epidemic has made addicts of more
x young minority women than any
other drug in history. In particular,
the drug has threatened the tradition
of black women who often hold their
families together, experts said.
“There’s a quality in crack that is
so quickly addictive that people don’t
get awav with, experimenting with
it,” said Richard Johnson, director of
the Jewish Child Care Association of
New York. “Women who would
normally retain some responsibility
and some conscience about their
children don’t have the chance.
They’re addicted so quickly. They’re
just lost.”
Since 1985, the number of children
in the city kinship foster care
program, which allows
grandmothers and other relatives to
receive aid for taking care of
dependents, has jumped from 150 to
17,000.
Seventy percent of the placements
of children within kinship foster care
are the result of mothers’ crack
addiction, Johnson said.
“Certainly the absence of a father
is bad but now the mother is
missing,” said Melba Hamilton,
director of the Harlem Dowling
Children’s Services. “These children
are facing a very bleak future.”
And as a result, grandmothers such
as Ms. Caesar have been called upon
to assume enormous family burdens.
They are mostly Southern women,
•tied to a rural past while mired in the
harsh economic realities of the inner
city, according to social workers.
Many came to New York as
newlyweds, hoping for a better life.
The majority have outlived their
husbands, and lost some of their
children to drugs and the streets.
Now they must become mothers
again, sometimes caring for children
born toxic and mentally handicapped
because of their mothers’ addictions.
To a slightly lesser extent, Hispanic
families have also succumbed to the
(See GRANDMOTHERS, P. 2)
Japanese Remarks
NAACP Survey Finds Massive Concern
More than 71 percent of African
Americans are aware of the recent
remarks of a highly placed Japanese
government official comparing them
to prostitutes, and of that number 92
percent have expressed extreme
disapproval, according to a telephone
and in-person survey of some 1,000
respondents from across the country
conducted by the NAACP.
The survey results were released
by Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, executive
director, NAACP, at the conclusion o
the association’s fall board meeting.
The survey was undertaken by th<
NAACP in an effort to gauge thi
feelings in the African-Americai
community over the statement madi
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by the Japanese minister of justice,
Seiroku Kajiyama, that has been
1 condemned by black leadership.
> The NAACP has been in the
i forefront of the protest, mounting
t daily demonstrations since Sept. 28
before the Japanese embassy in
Washington, O.C.
The NAACP has also met with the
Japanese ambassador to the United
States, Ryohei Murata; sent an
official letter of protest to Japanese
Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu; and
received a letter in response.
“It was our feeling that at this
stage we needed to go out in the black
community and determine whether it
shares our opinion that this is a
matter of grave consequence. The
survey results provide a clear
indicastion that we are on the right
track." Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks.
NAACP executive director, said.
Some of the major findings of the
survey follow:
•To the question of whether an
apology from the Minister of Justice
should end the matter 65 percent said
no; 30 percent said, yes; and four
percent had no opinion.
•To the question of what other steps
should be taken to indicate the feeling
in the black community over the
recent incident. 66 percent suggested
withdrawal of patronage from
Japanese products; 16 percent called
for further demonstrations against
(See SURVEY. P.2)
TEENAGER SHOT AT PARLOR
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ANNUAL FUND RAISER - The Capital City Sertoma
Club, a club of approximately 45 African-American male
protestienala, w* kick off its annual fruitcake aale the
month of November. All proceeds from the sale of
fruitcakes wfll be used to fund the following service
prelects: woodcutting for the needy,c ommunity youth
development activities, send youth to Camp Sertoma, cub
scouts, mentoring programs, tutorial programs, United
Negro College Fund, drug and alcohol education, and
hearing aid assistance. The Capital City Sertoma’s motto
of Service To Mankind Is manifested in the numerous
service commitments it has made to the Mack
community. The club is committed to providing evon
greater service to the Wake County Community generally
and the African-American community specifically. Left to
right: Leon Herndon, president; Pedro McKoy, chairman of
sponsorship committee and Everett Miles, chairman of the
board of directors.
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GOLDSBORO—Just a few years
ago city officials wanted to raze the
site. But on Thursday they gathered
with county and state officials in the
400 block of North Carolina Street to
praise the people who had preserved
it.
The Little People Development
Corp., headed by James Dawson,
celebrated the transformation of
eight homes in the neighborhood into
thriving duplexes that are now called
home by 16 families, according to the
News-Argus.
Mayor Hal K. Plonk told the crowd
of about 60 people the name “Little
People” is a misnomer because of the
incredible task accomplished by the
organization.
“You ought to be called big people
because you’ve done so much for our
city," Plonk said.
Rep. John Kerr added that the
project showed what can be
accomplished when the private
sector and government work towarc
a common goal.
The North Carolina Housing
Finance Agency provided a <105,001
grant for the $250,000 renovatioi
project. Additional financing cam«
from the Self Help Credit Union.
Robert Schall, with the Self Hel|
Credit Union said his firm was happi
to be part of the project and coul<
appreciate such a vision.
City Manager Richard ' Slozai
agreed with Schall that Dawson an<
the other members of the corporatioi
were visionaries in pursuing Um
project. *
“This shows that a lot can h
accomplished by people if they an
interested and motivated," he said.
Rev. J.L. Melvin, a member of Us
corporation and master o
ceremonies, pointed out that Dawson
like Martin Luther King, had a drean
which he “would not turn loose."
Dawson admitted the project was;
struggle. However, now that th
condemned buildings have bee
turned into a thriving neighborhood
the organization hopes to turn it
efforts to further renovation projects
James Bell, also one of the ke;
members of the organization, sai
residents shouldn't be surprised i
(SeeHOMES. P.2>
Caliber
Handgun
According to police records, on
unidentified teenager was shot at 'he
Third Ward Billiard Parlor located at
128 East Cabarrus Street. Police
authorities found the teen lying on the
floor of the parlor near the back of the
building. He was shot in the chest
The victim was taken to Wake
Medical Center, where he underwent
surgery and was listed in critical, but
stable condition about 11 p.mr
Police said that the weapon used - ';f*
was a small-caliber handgun.
According to records, police did not
know the name of the victim or any
suspects, but officers questioned
about 50 persons who were at the
location at the time of the shooting.
In other news:
Superior Court Judge I. Beverly
Lake, Jr. entered a judgment
requiring the State of North Carolina
torefund taxes on retirement benefits
which were unconstitutionally
collected from state and local
government retired employees since
1989. This could result in refuno-. to
thousands of state and local
government retirees.
Judge Lake issued this judgment in
a class action lawsuit entitled Bailey
vs. The State of North Carolina The
suit was filed earlier this year by the
law firm of Womble Carlyle
Sandridge and Rice, Raleigh and
Charles H. Taylor of Winston Salem
Judge Lake had previously ruled in
open court on October 29 that the case
be certified as a class action so that,
the interests of all state and local
government retirees could be
protected.
Lawyers for the retirees stated that
they anticipate the Department of
Revenue to appeal the decision
Pending appeal or further action in
the matter, plaintiffs’ attorneys
indicated that they will ask the court
to approve procedures to administer
the refunds. In connection with such
procedures, state and local
government retirees »i" be
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