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FEBRUARY 14,1991
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Special Salute To Black
Month, Pages 19-26,
On African-American
Ksomrwutions In Business &
Government.
Reasons Varied
African-American Lifestyle Today Faces Threats
BY MANNING MARABLE
Stvanl monthe ago, a Phlladelphii
editor luggested tha!
couraged” to atop reproducing m
ually, by Implanting In tbalr arma th<
now, flvo-yoar birth control device
To many Afrlcan-Amerlcana, thli
wae yot one more indication that thi
black imw—iWv waa attack,
targeted by a new, aori
aopUaticated form of wMte radam.
In politics, the Bush administration
ifDw«Q uw ifme© oi prominent
blifik Republican* such it former
Secretory of Transportation William
T. Coleman and Secretary of Health
and Human Service* Louis Sullivan
by vetoing the 1990 Civil Right* Bill.
Tv* excuse given by Bush mat the
ttioa made it too difficult for
to defend themaelve*
charge* of racism in effect
to the white *upremaci*t
wlngof the Republican Party. On this
issue, Bush wu closer to David Duke
than to the majority of Americans.
The Ink on the vetoed bill waa bare
ly dry before the next racial con
troversy, the new policy which would
deny federal funds to colleges which
awarded scholarshipe to minority
students on the basis of race. Black
and Latino educators pointed out that
colleges had allocated special
scholarships for decades to athlets
and others with special skills. Nearly
all scholarships for minority students
were not baaed narrowly on race, but
on economic need as well aa other Im
portant criteria. The iharp reaction
against this new policy forced Bush
into a quick turnabout, declaring that
scholarships specifically for racial
minorities could be drawn from
private funds. But in effect, the entire
episode implied that blacks,
Hispanic* and other people of color
should be excluded from higher
education.
For African-Americans, these two
incidents seemed to symbolise the
end of an entire historical period, the
civil rights movement for democracy
in America. For many years, a sense
of optimism and hope pervaded black
politics. The movement from radal
segregation to full participation
within the American mainstream
was taken for granted. Now, all the
evidence points to a deterioration in
the economic and social status of
(See THREATENED, P. 2)
DAN BLUE
Blue Seeks
To Move
State Forward
■Y DANIEL A. YOUNG, 8R.
A crowd of about 1J00 invited
guests and (Ugnitertea attended the
Salute to North Carolina’* Blade
Legislators on the campta of St.
Anguethw’e College where former
“Pioneere of Peace” were
acknowledged and a Rhode Ialand
Proclamation was presented to Dan
Blue, Jr.
Speaker Blue was given an
honorary doctoral degree from St.
Augustine’s College and accepted a
We can look back 60
year# from now and
•ay that there came a
team of leadership In
North Carolina in the
'60s, that made it go
forward, that was sen
sitive to history of
deprivation and
discrimination, but at
the same time look
forward to take the
state where It ought to
be going.
Police Say
Warning
Shots Fired
The total shooting of an unarmed
man this week by a police officer has
left African-Americans gravely con
cerned about the need for a new
policy on the uae of deadly force by
law enforcement agencies in North
' Carolina.
Franklinton police said Officer An
tonio Caldwell ahot 24-year-old DaryQ
Wyche of 3 Sterling St. while he was
“acting deranged” and threatening
the officer outside a convenience
store.
Wyche died later at Franklin
Regional Medical Center in
Lotdsburg, said police chief Ray
Gilliam. Caldwell is married to
WRAL-TV 5 news anchor Renee Mc
Coy.
Mice said Officer Caldwell sta>|
Wyche Tuesday in froot of the Snack
Shack at IMS. Main St. darks at the
convenience store had called potato
for help shortly after Wyche had
entered the store, Weeding profusely,
"Here he is slinging blood
everywhere. He was Just hollering
and cursing.” A clerk at the store
called for an officer.
“He said, ‘I’m going to kill you!’”
Chief Gilliam said. “He said it over
and over several timea. The officer
began to retreat steadily by backing
up, trying to calm the guy down, say
ing* ‘Calm down, talk to me, what’s
your problem?’ The guy continued to
advance.
“The officer, with the last attempt,
turned around and said, ‘Please stop
or I’m going to have to shoot,”’ Chief
Gilliam said- “Hie guy continued to
advance <tod the officer pulled his
weapon and find once.”
Officer Caldwell missed with the
first ahot from his .367 magnum ser
vice revolver, but a second shot
struck Wyche in the lower abdomen.
The State Bureau of Investigation
is Investigating the officer
Caldwell, who has been on the force
for about six months, has been reliev
ed of active duty until the investiga
(See OFFICER KILLS, P. 3)
van HEALTH HMMKT1—Lapa, Mgarta—HHS
ttcratary Lwfc W. Suftvan, M.O., lumfMi a rating
pKtont it till Ligot University Tiiclilng Hospital.
Secretary Suivin reviewed chN hoolth prog fist in stvsn
AMmi nations during o mission tor rioiMowl Bush lost
month (Jonuary). Tho SuMvsri mission visited numorous
^ which provide ImmunlziS^ms snid
ether servlets, m writ is toeMfts which tnit mMi,
AIDS, and other conditions. The 7S0-M Lagos hoaptei,
ostabNshod lo 1962, is connected with ■ growing primary
health can system hi Nigeria. While In Nigeria, Secretary
SuMvan praised Health MMatar Oflkoys Ransome-Kutt far
Ms etferts te expand health information and primary health
care services throughout the country.
City Panel To View Details Of
Shooting As Questions Loom
Fna CAROLINIAN Stall Report*
A Raleigh City Council committee
pjaniforf to learn more about the
shooting of a WRAL-TV 5 engineer by
a plainclothes detective through a
report by City Manager Dempsey E.
Benton, Jr., Wednesday.
The council’s Police Affairs Com
mittee is reviewing the Jan. 24
shooting of Tony Farrell, 32, by Det.
James Glover after he was mistaken
for a robbery suspect.
On the day of the incident, Farrell
had left WRAL-TV studios to go home
for dinner. A few minutes earlier, a
man had robbed the Kerr Drug Store
in the Mission Valley Shopping
Center. A description of the auapect
was given over police radio, and Det.
Glover stopped Farrell’s car on Ashe
Avenue near downtown Raleigh. The
detective approached the car with his
gun drawn and fired a shot through
the door, striking Farrell in the left
thigh when he revved the engine and
tried to drive away.
Benton said his report to the com
mittee would address lingering con
cerns from last month’s meeting, in
cluding how much time pessed before
BY CASH MICHAELS
For many Americans, particular!)
those who have family or loved oom
presently serving with the America!
|| they their r1*^
to drive Saddam Hues sin out oi
Kuwait, o hear talk of Iraq Is to Im
mediately think in terms of “soemy."
But for former Raleigh Mayor
Isabella Cannon. “Iraq” becomes a
surprisingly different word-'
Mfiyer Pjimnti iltliiwgli wat «n Tr».
qi, lived in Baghdad ter three yean
during die 1060s as part of the U.8.
Foreign gei '
Sam.Jwa»»a Im» ahu
owicq. XHii wiwi u oven
_ la that, until now, no
or television station has
ever asked Mayor Cannon far hsr uni
que perspective on the events ini the
Persian Gulf, even though she
routinely speaks about the crisis and
the history of tho region before
church groups and other Organise
In an exclusive interview with The
CAttOLINIAN, Mayor Cannon
I iDa nncnana
of naoM Of
"It is heartbreaking ter mo to sec
that things that are hanoeniaa
there,"thrhrmer mayor sakL“I ee!
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MS. ISABELLA CANNON
the dreadful tftinga that are happen
ing all over that country.”
Mayor Cannon thanka her late hue
band, Claude Cannon, for the oppor
tunity ahe had to experience life In the
Middle Eaat. A native North Caroli
nian, “C.M.,” aa he preferred to be
waa aaoigned to eetabliah ad
miniatrative procedurea for
American embaaaiee abroec *
World Warn.
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allowed to accompany uer husband
on trips to China and other lands, but
finally she was able to live with him
when he was assigned to Liberia, and
then to Baghdad in 1960.
This was certainly an important
time to be living in the region because
just two years earlier, the United Na
tions had officially established the
state of Israel on territory that had
historically been known as Palestine.
All of a sudden, the Jews, whohadliv
ed and excelled in countries all across
Europe and the Middle East, and had
just endured near annihilation of
their race by Nazi Germany, now had
a nation they could call their won, but
at the expense of a proud Arab peo
ple, the Palestinians.
According to Ms. Cannon, one of the
key reasons why the United States is
hated so much In the Middle East Is
becauee it was at President Harry
Truman’s insistance in 1947 that the
state of Israel was created, and once
done, it was the United States who
supplied Israel with the supplies and
weapons needed to force the Palesti
nians from their territory.
Against this historic backdrop,
Mayor Cannon reveals a startling,
yet to this day, unknown fact.
“Baghdad, far from Israel, waa the
largest Jewish community in the
whole Middle East. There were
(See IRAQ. P. 2)
police realized the shooting victim
was not the robbery suspect, and
questions of police department pro
cedures.
Police Chief Frederick K.
Heineman said he was not prepared
to answer those questions at the last
meeting. Benton said Heineman was
responsible for supervising and
HUfiplining officers and that the city
manager handled appeals of the
chief’s decisions.
Attorney Cressie Thigpen, Jr. last
week filed a $4.5 million claim
against the city on behalf of Farrell.
City Attorney Tom McCormick is ex
pected to make a recommendation to
the city council within several weeks
on how the city should respond to the
claim. The city could pay it, negotiate
a settlement or reject the claim, leav
ing Farrell the option of suing the city
in civil court.
Wake District Attorney C. Colon
Willoughby, Jr. last week decided not
to bring criminal charges in the
shooting.
A meeting with several African
American leaders Sunday at St. Am
brose Episcopal Church concerning
the incident has drawn criticism from
some residents who said it was closed
and did not reflect the community’s
concern.
Harold Webb, political advisor and
activist, who attended the meeting,
said when he arrived it was in session
and that he was not aware that it was
closed. “What's at stake is the
credibility of the police department
for maintaining faith and support by
total community for fair protection of
all citizens," Webb said.
H.B. Pickett, president of the
Raleigh-Apex Branch of the National
Asoociation for the Advancement of
Colored People, questioned why
should a “non-criminal, law-abiding
black male citizen be perceived dif
ferently than whites by officers of the
Raleigh Police Department? They
should not be perceived any different
ly but Incidents such as the one that
Involved Mr. Farrell and the Raleigh
Police Department indicate that they
are."
(See PANEL, P.2)
Group Presses
N.C. Lottery
As Answer!
North CaraNaa could iim the $iao to
U00 million ■ state lottery could
raise, even if the state was not facing
a budget gap that could grow to $1.5
billion, lottery supporters say.
“I don’t think the budget crunch
has anythin to do with it,” said Sen
Kan ReyaO, D-Diarham, who in
troduced a bin calling for a lottery
referendum. "We have never used
that as a crutch hi the past and we
don’t Intend to use it as a crutch this
time.’’ RoyaU said the lottery could
also stem the flow of lottery money to
Virginia.
"North Carolinians are supporting
a lottery—up in Virginia," he said.
“We cannot afford to continue sub
sidising Virginia’s lottery to the tune
of at least ISO million a year. We need
to keep that money right here."
RoyaU said a conservative estimate
put the potential lottery income to the
state at $180 to |M0 million.
“Playing a lottery is voluntary,"
Royal! said. “No one has to play it,
and the people who disagree with the
lottery do not have to support it. You
cannot say that about an increase in
the sales tax—like it or not, you pay
it.” Rep. David Redwiije,
D-Brunswick, who is sponsoring a
House bill on the lottery, said some of
the game could be operating before
die end of the fiscal year if the plan
were approved by the voters in
November.
“If we could have it in operation by
March, then between March and the
end of the year, we could bring in $49
or $80 million," Redwine said. "We'd
get at least a little piece of it in the
next fiscal year."
State budget officials say the state
could face a revenue shortfall of up to
$1.5 billion In the next fiscal year
which begins July l.
Roy all, who chairs the Senate Ap
propriations Committee, said
lawmakers wUl have to fill that ex
pected budget gap without the help of
the lottery in the first year of the tjvo
year budget. But he said the budget
could be adjusted in the second year
if a lottery is approved and operating.
Roy all said those who opposed-the
(See LOTTERY, P.
NEWS BRIEFS
ART PLAN FOR
RALEIGH
The City of Raleigh Arts Com
mluioa has retained an art con
■nltaot to develop a five-year
plan for placing works of art in
city-owned spaces. Barbara
Bloemiak. farmer director of the
Hudson River Museum, is work
ing with the commission’s Art In
Public Places Committee. Ms.
Bloemiak has scheduled a series
of meetings with the arts com
munity, neighborhood represen
tatives and civic leaders. A
public meeting will be held at Ci
ty Gallery of Contemporary Art
on Feb. 14. City Gallery is located
on Blount Street between Hargett
and Martin streets in the Moore
Square Arts District.
NATIONAL CONDON)
WEEK
Planned Parenthood of the
Capital and Coast celebrates Its
Male Clinic’s first year of opera
tion on Valentine’s Day, and an
nounced that men may be seen
Thursdays from 3-7 p.m. The new
hours mark an expansion for the
male dlalc. which was previous
ly open only on alternating Satur
day mornings. The Valentine’s
Day condom balloons also signal
the start of National Condom
Week, which runs from Feb.
14-11. Begun In 1S78 by students
on the campus of University of
California at Berkeley, National
Condom Week Is an awareness
campaign focusing on the
benefits of conscientious condom
use.
TRIANGLE MELD
If you are an experienced
parent with an interest iu sharing
your knowledge and parenting
skills, mangle MELD needs yon.
MELD Is a nationally recognised
parenting program, offered l<
ly through Wake Medical Cei
which is based on the simple
(See NEWS BRIEFS, P a>