TUESDAY
Congressional Ck. Kiting
Brooklyn Congressman Eldolphus Towns is
an African-American House Member Caught
With His Hands In The Till.
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Multiple Talents
Tam Tam has been Honing Her Multiple
Talents Since She Was A Child And Now
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This Week
Ron Karenga, son of a Baptist
preacher, was a ’60s activist
and one of the fist to call for
the creation of an African
American study program. In
1967 he said ,rwe’re not for
isolation but for
interdependence... ”
The Carolinian
RALEIGH, N.C.,
VOL. 50, NO. 97
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29,1991
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Sensitive Administrators Needed
Group Calls For New Principals At Enloe
A group of concerned citizens from
various community organizations
including the Coalition for Human
Justice has delivered a statement to
Wake Public Schools Superintendent
Dr. Bob Wentz, calling for an
introduction of new administrators
at Enloe High School.
The statement noted the school’s
status as a magnet schools which is
supposed to improve the racial
Thomas To
Take Seat
On Nov. 1
BY LARRY A. STILL
Capitol News Service
WASHINGTON, D.C.-President
George Bush and Republican
supporters of new Supreme Court
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas
are so pleased at the final
confirmation vote for the second
black appointee to the nine-member
top U S. legal panel that two
swearing-in ceremonies were
scheduled, first in a packed Rose
Garden ceremony last Friday (Oct.
18) at the White House, and later at
the High Court House by Nov. 1.
Justice Thomas will assume his
lifetime seat on the highest court in
the land following the historic double
ceremonies and the equally
unprecedented 112 days of hearings
finally climaxed by the tense 58-42
closet confirmation vote on record in
the United States Senate. Also, he will
succeed retired Justice Thurgood
Marshall in joining his associates
after proceedings have already
started on several key cases,
including desegregation and abortion
issues. Another case still pending is a
complaint involving sexual
harassment.
Approximately 1,000 witnesses
packed the White House lawn at the
brief, 15-minute ceremony as Judge
Thomas took the oath of allegiance
from Justice Byron White with
President Bush standing at his side
and Ms. Thomas holding the Bible.
The applauding crowd on the day
included a host of friends and
relatives from Pin Pint, Ga.,
Republican leaders and a few former
Democratic opponents such as Sen.
(See JUDGE THOMAS, P. 2)
balance of its schools, more fully
utilize inner-city schools and improve
educational programs through
expanded curriculum alternatives.
“It is the responsibility of teachers
and parents to Identify [gifts and
talents possessed by students] and
provide an educational program
which develops them,” the statement
said.
“Enloe High School must therefore
deliver a broad-ranging menu of
programmatic offerings capable of
responding to a greater diversity of
students than at any other high school
in the Wake County School System. It
must be capable of flexibly and
sensitively addressing the needs of
base school students as well as
voluntary magnet students despite
differences in ability levels, culture,
race, economic status or
handicapping condition."
The statement said these goals call
for an experienced, sensitive
administration to deal with the
unique needs of the students and
parents it serves; active involvement
of communities and parents; active
involvement of the diversity within
the student population; and
class/course accessibility
"accentuating each student’s
strengths and potential.”
Of particular concern to the groups
making the statement was their
assertion that the creation of a
magnet school at Enloe had “created
two schools within one facility .” They
accused the new school
administrators, Dr. Coleman and Dr.
Smith, of “lacking vision as to how to
manage pre-existing problems” such
as racial tension and stresses
Police Corps Approved
Crime Bill
Encourages
Policemen
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The anti
crime bill approved by the U.S. House
of Representatives last week includes
a provision—originally sponsored by
Fourth District Rep. David
Price—establishing a national Police
Corps.
Modeled on the ROTC program, the
National Police Corps program would
provide up to $10,000 a year in college''
scholarship money to 25,000 students
who agree to spend four years in a
state or local police force after
college.
The measure was approved as part
of the comprehensive crime bill,
passed with Price’s support in a 305
118 vote. TVhe crime bill emphasizes
measures aimed at stopping crimes
before they occur, including
community police patrols and drug
treatment in prisons. The bill would
also mete out tough punishment for
criminals, and would establish tough
measures to fight drugs in particular.
The Police Corps was originally
proposed as part of the Police Corps
and Law Enforcement Training and
Education Act (H.R. 3172) introduced
in August. Price was one of the bill’s
original sponsors.
“The Police Corps will encourage
our best and brightest young people
to go into law enforcement,” Price
(SeePOLICE, P.2)
RIBBON CUTTING-More than 400 local and national
dignitaries, employees, friends and citizens were on hand
recently for a ceremony celebrating the 24th anniversary
and the grand opening of Dudley Cosmetology University
S witter
KernersvWe assists Dudley Products' owners Joe o
Eunice Dudley in tte ribbon cutting ceremony.
§. a
Raleigh Housing Authority Gets
Funding For Empowerment Project
The Raleigh Housing Authority has
received a grant in excess of $50,000
from the Department of Health and
Human Services and the Department
of Housing and Urban Development
to implement an Economic
Empowerment Demonstration
Project. This project seeks to unleash
the potential of public housing
welfare recipients through improved
employment options and home
ownership.
The Heritage Park Family
Development Program will serve a
minimum of 25 housing residents in
Heritage Park community. Each
Landmark Celebration
First Baptist Plans 180th Birthday
On Nov. 10, First Baptist Church
will begin a series of activities
leading up to the celebration of its
180th anniversary which will take
place on March 1,1992. The theme of
this celebration will be “Celebrating
Jesus, Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow.”
The initial event occurring during
the 11 a.m. service on Sunday, Nov.
10, will bring Dr. Grainger Browning,
professor emeritus, Fitchburg State
pulpit of First Baptist.
Dr. Browning, a graduate of Shaw
University who earned a Ph D. in
sociology from Boston University,
received his formal education in the
schools of Raleigh and has taught at
A&T College (now A&T State
University) in Greensboro, at
Johnson C. Smith University in
Charlotte, at Hampton Institute (now
University) in Hampton, Va., as well
as at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Cambridge, Mass. In
addition to teaching at other New
England institutions, Or. Browning
has been a community organizer and
has directed community programs in
and about the Cambridge area.
On Feb. 16, 1992, the 180th
celebration will take a new
dimension. The church will present
the renowned Sanctuary Chorusters
from Washington, D.C. in concert at
the Memorial Auditorium. Tickets for
this occasion will cost $10 for adults
and $5 for youth.
FIST GROUP LEADERS** WB
First row, Ml It right: Mr*. Orta hop*, Mrs. Mary B. lapp, Mrs. ENa C. Peguss, Mrs. Pattis Sossoms,
Mrs. Sarah B. Marks.
Second raw, loft t* right: Mrs. Lucy Rand, Mrs. Amalia R. Johnson, Mrs. Blonnl* Slade, Mrs. Sstarra
BryanL and Mrs. Emma Browning.
Third row, left to right Mrs. Fannie Els, Mrs. Hattie Christmas, Mrs. Nora Sanders, Mrs. Electa
Hackaday, Mrs. Sarah Sharper, and Mrs. MMdrod Mdvor Jamas.
Through the guidance of Dr. O.S.
Bullock, the group system was
organized in 1930 for the purpose of
offering opportunities for
enlightenment, creating interest,
discovering talent and facing the
challenge of uniting efforts to save
souls. The church membership was
divided into 10 geographical groups,
organized as outlined by the Woman's
Baptist Home and Foreign
Missionary Convention of North
Carolina This system has been a
means of uniting the members all
over the city into one big church
family.
The groups have been and are an
integral part of the church. They aid
in sponsoring the Daily Vacation
Bible School, give garments, meals,
clothing and make contributions to
needy saints. They are essential in
the fundraising projects of the church
because through the groups, each
member is contacted personally by
his leader. In August 1961. the groups
entertained the 77th annual session of
the Woman's Baptist Home and
Foreign Missionary Convention of
North Carolina.
The first general officers were Ms.
Rlla Pegues, who served as general
group leader from 1930 to 1945; Ms.
Hattie Toole, secretary; Ms. Lucy
Rand, assistant secretary; Ms. Lillie
Williams, treasurer. Ms. Lucy Rand
served as general leader until Ms.
(See FIRST BAPTIST, P. 2)
family must receive public
assistance and enroll in the Job
Opportunities and Basic Skills
program administered by the Wake
County Department of Social
Services.
Participants will receive a variety
of services including job search
workshops, work experience
placement, high school or
postsecondary educational
assistance, budget counseling,
motivation sessions, home ownership
counseling and communications
training. The communications
training is unique in that it will
emphasize improving written and
verbal communications to enable
residents to acquire better-paying
jobs, in customer service, sales and
public contact positions.
Participants must agree to spend a
minimum of 25 hours per weeek in
(See HOUSING, P.2)
Dr. Robinson
Selected For
Bank Board
Pretell R. Robinson hat been
elected to the boards of director*
of Wachovia Corporation of North
Carolina and Wachovia Bank of
North Carolina. N.A.. In Winston
Salem. Dr. Roblnaon I* president
of St. Augustine's College In
Raleigh.
"We are fortunate to have
someone of Dr. Robinson'*
educational expertise and civic
involvement Join these boards,”
said L.M. Baker. Jr., president
and chief executive officer of
Wachovia Bank. "Dr. Robinson
has been a valued member of
Wachovia's regional board In
Raleigh since 1*72, and we
welcome his participation on the
statewide hoard "
(See DR. ROBINSON, P. 2>
resulting from the dual programming
and mission, which, it said, “has
seriously worsened the tensions and
frictions at Enloe.”
The statement said that a
“threatening climate” exists for
parents and constructive dialogue is
thwarted, a threatening climate
exists for students “through
(See ENLOE, P.2)
Inside
Africa
WASHINGTON, DC.-The
influence wielded by the United
States as the major world power can
be put to the service of peace on
behalf of a country raked by nearly
two decades of war, death and
destabilization.
That was the view expressed by
Pascoal Mocumbi, foreign minister
of Mozambique, a southern African
country which has been seeking to
negotiate peace for nearly two years.
The two parties, the Mozambique
The war by
REN AMO, formed in
the mid 1970s by
former colonial
powers of Zimbabwe
and South African
military establish
ments, has reportedly
taken more than one
million lives and
caused more than $15
billion in damage to
Mozambique infra
structure.
government and the Mozambique
Resistance Movement (RENAMO).
returned to the conference table in
early October for the seventh time
since July 1990.
"We hope the United States can use
its influence to help speed up the
process,” said Mocumbi during a
recent visit here. He reportedly
reiterated that point during a
meeting with Assistant Secretary of
State for Africa Herman Cohen,
urging the Administration to apply
pressure on U S. and South African
backers of RENAMO.
The war by RENAMO, formed in
the mid-1970s by former colonial
powers of Zimbabwe and the South
African military establishment, has
reportedly taken more than one
million lives and caused more than
(See INSIDE AFRICA, P.2)
UK. PKRZFXL K. ROBINSON