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TUE Making Of A l TV examines Jess j . emergence as a rc % civil rights leader. 4 ^ Pa®«® - —- - ■ '■ -■ 1 Leonard Admits Loss Sugar Ray Leonard finally admits that he lost to Thomas Hearns in the rematch that was a “draw." Page 8 THIS WEEK John Hope Franklin, Professor Emeritus of History at Duke Univer sity received the Black History Makers Awared from the Associated Black (See THIS WEEK, P. 10) "a. J4-"1 H'-nO2 0. uln X to y . to ° % * Tu - O \ RALEIGH, N.C. VOL. 50. NO TUESDAY JANUARY 29 N.C. _ ■•o 89, i99yy N.C.'s Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY AC IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 300 Diversity Challenge To Youth DR. ROBERT BRIDGES Multi-Cultural Society Rising Blacks Slow To Master English BY DR. ROBERT BRIDGES Special To Hie CAROLINIAN nation’s cultural diversit; has been central to its pro mise and ideals, but 30 years o education have convinced me that i is also one of the most challengin( obstacles facing each generation o young Americans as we seek to relati to our heritage and at the same tim< function in the mainstream of this society. Since the desegregation of oui elementarv and sooonHarv schools ii has been our mission to offer all race: of students an equal and uniform education. Our beliefs about how tc accomplish this noble goal have giver rise to a variety of strategic defini tions of progress. The Z. Smith Reynold: Foundation’s recently produced video, “Standard English: Talking Your Way to the Top,” deals with one of today’s most costly conditions fac ing American youth. It effectivelj establishes the fact that manj African-American youngster: develop considerable dependency on dialect commonly referred to as "Black English” and are, therefore, slow to master standard English. This pattern represents significant resistance to the black youngsters' chances for success in our educa tional system and ultimately the world at large. The video focuses on two model communications skills programs (See OR. BOB BRIDGES, P. 2) r Former Publisher Nanton, Dead At 81 Dr. Hugo Isadore FonteUlof Nanton, 81, Of 7106 MUlhouae Road, Chapel Hill, died Jan. 81 at hia home. He was bora in the Panama Canal and attended univeraitlea in the U. 8. Early in hia profeaalonal career, he waa managing edit .r of the Carolina Tlmea of Durham and owner-publiaher of the Carolina Tribune, Raleigh, reauming the operation from Claude Whitaker. P. R. Jervay, 8r.. publiaher of The Carolinian, remembera Nanton aa “an accomplished newapaperman, and a highly regarded educator.” Jervay and Dr. Nanton were partnera in The Caroltnlan’e early yeare. Dr. Nanton received hia B.8. degree at Wealeyan University, Ohio, Master of Arts from the University of Iowa, and his P.h.D. from the University of Iowa. He waa also a faculty member ».i icui crwin rn vuimtii;, Houston, T» . S Int Augustine’s College, Rsielgli, Allen University, Columbia, SC, Voorhees College, Denmark, SC, and Hr n on University, Hampton, Vs. from which he retired In 1175, as university dean and archivist. Profci' onal honors and organisations include Who’s Who In the Southwest, Presidents and Deans of American Colleges and Ualver itles, Who’s Who In Education, Sigma Delta Chi, Society for Professional Journalists. American Academy of Political Science and Social Science, and American Sociology. He was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Faternlty. Surviving: step-sons, James R. Rogers, Jr. of Perry, Ohio, Walter I. Rogers of Stinson Beach, Calif.: two grandsons; other relatives and friends. A memorial service will he held at a later date for Dr. Nantoa. BY DANIEL A. YOUNG, SR. An Analysis The recent bombings of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa by Iraqi forces have raised the specter of escalation of the Gulf war, although Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and his people have shown an inordinate amount of restraint. The fighting in the region, while it looks very “Hollywood,” as you sit in front of your TV set, is very real, very serious and very dangerous, and should be of concern to all the world. With the use of video cameras on board the war planes, the war as ii unfolds in your living room looks like some “video game,’’ said one news commentator. “Beautiful,’’ saic another, “like fireworks!” While hoping not to be an alarmist, it’s important that Americans take time to evaluate the situation: take time to become aware of just how serious war can be, and how serious this war really is. The present generation of Americans, raised in the age of television, have had wai horrors such as “Glory,” “Th< Bridge on the River Kwai,” and othei TV war atrocities and devastator brought into their living rooms, disc* bars as a form of entertainment bj way of the movies and videc documentary. The increased bombing of Iraq ty the allied offensive in trying to drive President Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait has multiplied the threat ol terrorism in the United States and allied nations 100 percent. In Col orado, one store had completely sold out its gas masks. Not enough can be done to make Americans aware of the posibility of terrorism right here in their own state, county, neighborhood, community. James Zogby, director of the Arab American Institution in Washington, D.C., is quoted to have said, “For the most part, our community feels secure that we will be defended... by our media, communities, fellow citizens and by our elected officials. “Of course, I don’t think anyone’s life in America will be the same if there’s a war,’’ Zogby said, in an in terview with the Washington Post. “We are the bridge that connects America with the Middle East.’’ Just as Saddam Hussein was ap parently surprised by our offensive, Americans could be surprised by Iraq’s terrorists. It’s very easy to get in the “It couldn’t happen here again’’ mode. Some Americans are beginning to think differently So Fleeing Bandit Pursued Police Shoots Man By Mistake Allegedly Resembled Suspect _ According to police reports, a Raleigh police officer mistakenly shot a man who was driving home recently. It is believed that the officer thought he was firing at a fleeing rob ber. r Shot was Tony Farrell, an engineer at WRAL-TV 5. Farrell was taken to f Wake Medical Center with a gunshot : wound to the leg. ! According to reports, the officer : who shot Farrell was Jimmy Glover, : a plainclothes detective. Raleigh police dispatchers receiv ed a robbery call at the Kerr Drugs store in the Mission Valley Shopping Center shortly before 7 p.m. A police officer in the area ap proached a person who resembled the suspect. The suspect got into a vehi cle, described as a small silver four door car, and drove out of the parking lot. A detective sighted a car mat ching the description of the suspect’s vehicle and radioed that it was travel ing down Ashe Avenue toward Hillsborough Street. Det. Glover spotted and stopped a car he thought was the suspect’s vehi cle nearing Hillsborough Street on Ashe Avenue. Farrell was at the wheel of the four door silver Plymouth Reliant. The detective approached the vehi cle with his gun drawn. When Det. Glover got close to the car, Farrell revved the engine and attempted to drive around the officer, who shot him through the door. Farrell said he did not know Glover was a police officer, since he was in plain clothes. All he saw was a man approaching him with a gun, and he (See POLICE SHOOTING, P. 2) SHAW HRE—One of the oMest buildings on Shaw University’s campus, Meserve Hal, was gutted by Are last week displacing female students and leaving administrative offices damaged. Fire investigators had no csumdtes to the amount of damage to the 3-story structure which had been recently refurbished. (Photo by Patrick Elliott) Shaw Seeks Funds To Aid Students Displaced By Meserve Hall Fire BV DANIEL A. YOUNG, SR. Contributing Writer One of Shaw University’s oldest buildings, recently refurbished, was gutted by fire Wednesday at about 4:30 p.m. The red-brick, three-story structure was Meserve Hall and was used to house 18 female students and several administrative offices. “We had finished the work, students had just moved in,” says Shaw University President Talbert 0. Shaw. An offer to house the displaced students at Shaw was made by the president of Peace College, along with a donation of $500, according to President Shaw. Injuries sustained in the three alarm blaze, as well as how the fire might have started, are still under in vestigation by Shaw Police in vestigators as well as the Raleigh Fire Department. However, Shaw University’s desk log reports that a student by the name of Kalmy Robin son received treatment at Wake emergency room for injuries alleged ly sustained in the fire. Shaw said, “There was a young man I heard who got hurt. He went to tell a young lady who I heard was his girlfriend that the fire was on. He was being overcome by smoke so he kick (See SHAW FIRE. P. 2) 124th Convocation St. Aug’s Celebrates Founders’ Day St. Augustine’s College celebrates its 124th Founders’ Day through this week with activities ranging from the convocation to homecoming games tc the founders’ banquet and dance. The Right Rev. Barbara C. Harris, suffragan bishop of the Diocese oi Massachusetts in the Episcoipal Church, will address the convocation and James Perkins, senior vice presi dent and chief personnel officer for Federal Express Corp., will be the speaker for the banquet on Feb. 2. Bishop Harris was the first woman to be ordained to the episcopate of the Anglican Communion when she was ordained in 1968. A'native of Philadelphia, Pa., she graduated from Villanova University and Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and Journalism. She studied at the Urban Theology Unit at Sheffield, England and is also a graduate of the Pennsylvania Foun dation for Pastoral Counseling. - Rev. Harris was ordained a priest in 1960 and served as priest-in-charge of St. Augustine of Hippo Church in Morristown, Pa. She also served as chaplain of the Philadelphia County Prisons, and a counsel to industrial corporations for public policy issues and social concerns. A trustee for the Episcopal Divinity School in Cam bridge, she serves on the task force for Recruitment, Training and Deployment of Black Clergy for the National Episcopal Church. Her professional background in cludes a tenure as president of Joseph V. Baker Associates, a public rela tions firm in Philadelphia, and a senior consultant for the Sun Co. She has received honorary degrees from Hobart and Williams Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y., Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, General Theological Seminary in New York and Amherst College in Massachusetts. Rev. Harris will address the con vocation at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 29 in Emery Gymnasium at St. Augustine’s. (See FOUNDER S DAY, P 2) (See TERRORISM, P. 2) Inside Africa During a press conference at the United Nations, the Rev. Dr. Leon H. Sullivan and several dignitaries in cluding more than 20 representatives of the African diplomatic corps an nounced that the Ivory Coast in West Africa is hosting the first African African-American Summit in Abid jan from April 9-12. A similar an nouncement was made in the Ivory Coast by President Felix Houphouet Boigny and his government. The historic summit which is being convened and chaired by Rev. Sullivan will focus on the creation of a programatic and positive strategy to help deal with “the development of Africa, to create closer cooperation between Africans and African Americans and better American and African relationships for the support of Africa.” The major emphasis will be on assistance for the development of Africa in education, health, food production, jobs, industrialization and economic development; the strengthening of foreign policy and support for Africa. The summit will be composed of African heads of state, their cabinet ministers, ambassadors, business leaders, professionals and experts, as well as eminent African-American leaders such as heads of major : organizations, elected officials, pro fessionals and others. Among the African-Americans expected to par ticipate are Dr. Benjamin Hooks, Rev. Joseph Lowery, Dr. Dorothy I Height, Rep. William Gray, III, and Rev. Jesse Jackson. The U.S. delega don will also include representatives if America’s leading multinational lorporations who will help lay the foundation for assisting with the in lustrialization of Africa and with the economic needs and growth of sub Saharan African countries. (See INSIDE AFRICA, P. 2)
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