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RALEIGH, N.C.,
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 31,1991
VOL. 50, NO. 98
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Bush Initiated “America
200" Falls Short, Congress
Considers Education Bills
BY LARRY A. STILL
AaAaaljnli
The “Education President,”
George Bush, is failing to pursue the
national goals to achieve world-class
leadership for U.S. schools by the
year 9000, according to Rep. Major
Owens (D-N.Y.), “The Education
Congressman," The Brooklyn-based
representative made the charges in
calling for a substitute plan for the
privately supported America 9000
Project as Congress considers 2S
education bills in the House of
Representatives and the Supreme
Court deliberates on two more
historic desegregation casee listing
Georgia and Mississippi at the
opening session this fall.
Rep. Owens outlined his evaluation
of President Bush after introducing
the new National Commission on
African-American Education formed
during the Congressional Black
Caucus legislative Weekend last
month. Dr. Wilbert J. LeMelle, past
president of the Phelps-Stokes Fund,
is commission chairman and Dr.
Elias Blake, president of the
Benjamin E. Mays National
Educational Resource Center, Inc., is
vice chairman of the 30-member
group representing 11 national
organisations. A ranking member of
the House Committee on Education
and Labor and chairman of the
Subcommittee on Select Education,
Owens is seriously considered the'
"Education Congressman” in his
district.
"While the [African*American]
Commission applauds the
presentation of a White House
initiated comprehensive strategy for
the improvement of education in
America, we must hasten to expose
the fact that America 3000 fails to
Include a critically important
chapter... on emergency action
[required] to prevent retrogression
and collapse for today's students,"
the congressman stated.
“Even before the [current]
economic decline and recession
began to escalate, the budgets for
public school systems serving the
majority of the children of America
were in a state of desperate
stagnation. Deep state and local
budget cuts have now further
mutilated these local education
agencies to the point where basic
See EDUCATION, P. 2)
Struggle Between Sea Island
Blacks, Developers Escalates
BY BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS. JR.
AaAaalysb
Off the coast of North and South
Carolina and Georgia, there is a
growing “African” liberation
struggle, yet millions of African
Americans and others remain
relatively unaware of this struggle.
The “Sea Islands” are part of a chain
of small islands located less than one
mile from the mainland of the.
southeast coast of tUMpM States.
The Sea Islands hSlbrlcally were
populated by escaped or freed
African slaves and their descendants
for more than the past 180 years. Due
to the fact that these islands were not
directly attached to the mainland, the
majority African-Ameiean*
population over the years retained a
considerable degree of authentic
African culture, language and
traditional ways of nurturing the land
and other natural resources.
Now all of this is being destroyed by
the avarice and greed of large so
called “developers.” In light of a
tremendous national advertisement
campaign, many persona have heard
of the luxurious hotels, golf courses
and condominiums of the Hilton Head
Island, S.C. resorts and "properties.”
Hilton Head is one of the Sea Islands
where now the indigenous population
is being displaced and transformed
into a post-modern servant/slave
class.
Hilton Head Island is now
connected to the South Carolina
mainland by a bridge. Daufuskie
Island is geographically located close
to Hilton Head, but remains not
attached to the mainland. These two
islands pay taxes to Beaufort County,
s.crusufukkfr island is acnamy
very close to the port of Savannah,
Ga. Incidentally, the oldest African
American church, First African
Baptist Church, is still located in
Savannah, Ga. Today on Daufuskie
Island, the nation’s third-oldest
African-American church, Second
African Union Baptist Church, is still
providing indigenous leadership for
the ongoing struggle for survival and
liberation. It is on Daufuskie Island,
in particular, that there is a need for
emergency response to the rapidly
changing situation on the island as
the developers have now almost
totally eliminated the indigenous
population. This is not a case of
“black land loss” but “black land
ripoff."
We recently Joined a fact-finding
(See SEA ISLANDS, P.J)
Southeast Raleigh Community Festival
To Showcase Diverse Cultures Saturday
Fran CAROLINIAN SUIT lUparU
A flrst-of-its-kind festival has been
designed to showcase the diverse
cultures of one of the city’s most
historic and colorful
communities—Southeast Raleigh.
To celebrate this unique
community the City of Raleigh
Human Resources Department and
the southeast Raleigh community are
presenting the first “Southeast
Raleigh Community Festival,"
Saturday, Nov. 2, from noon toe p.m.
at Walnut Creek Shopping Center
(formerly Century Center), 9416
Poole Road.
This first-oMtS'kind festival will
showcase the diverse cultures In this
community while serving as a pilot
for other such festivals throughout
the city. Events will offer aU citisens
an opportunity to listen, learn and
take part in a fun and fascinating
educational experience
Bettye Hargrove, public affairs
assistant with the City of Raleigh and
a resident of the community said the
concept of the festival was the result
of various discussions. "The festival
focuses on cultures, learning about
each other and pulling together and
shari"g. It will also help each culture
understand one another. It is
intended to be educational, fun and a
learning experience about people in
the community.”
“The festival will inform people in
the community concerning what is
available to them, such as schools,
colleges, and other educational
organizatins," said Edna Davis of the
Human Resources Department.
"There will be businesses
informing people on home buying,
etc., Ms. Davis said, concerning the
festival sponsored by Walnut Creek
Shopping Center and the City of
Raleigh.
Highlights will include gospel
concerto by the St. Augustine's
College Choir, the Shaw University
(See FESTIVAL. P.t)
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Alleged Gang Slaying Spurs
Search Of Black Males
Last weekend's fatal shooting at
the N.C. State Fair, which authorities
said stemmed from a dispute
between rival factions, has focused
attention on groups known to many
Wake high-school students by names
such as OP (for On Probation),
Raiders, Caucasian Violence
Committee, Grand Dragons and
Brentwood Klan, as well as the
Underground and Malcolm X.
Authorities say the groups usually
stay out of serious trouble. But
occasionally, when violence breaks
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out, they ail get a bad reputation.
After Edwin Leondriss “Lee Lee"
Crowder, the 18-year-old leader of the
Underground, was charged with
murder in the Saturday night
■hooting at the State Pair, “gang”
became a local buzzword. Law
enforcement officials avoid using
that label, but members of some of
the youth groups refer to themselves
as gangs.
The 18-year-old killed in the
shooting, Shawn Murice Johnson,
was a member of a group of about 20
teens known as Malcolm X. When
shots rang out on the crowded
midway late Saturday, about 5,000
people scattered in panic.
Witnesses told investigators the
shooting happened as Johnson and
other members of Malcolm X were
standing at one end of the midway
and members of the Underground
began walking up from the other end.
Reports of the shooting from
witnesses vary, but authorities say
three shots were fired from a sawed
off .22 caliber semiautomatic rifle.
The rifle was found near a restroom
by the new racetrack with the
ammunition clip missing. Witnesses
say that as many as seven shots were
fired. The rifle used in the shooting,
according to police, had been
purchased recently, and a search of
Crowders room turned up another
sawed-off rifle.
Also found at the fairgrounds, a
short distance from where the
shooting occurred, was an unloaded
.38-caliber revolver that had not been
(See GANG, P.2)
RPD Asks Citizens Aid
Acme Cabs Torched
Four Vehicles
Set Ablaze
The Raleigh police are asking for
help to solve four vehicle arsons.
Since April, four cars, three Acme
cabs and one personal vehicle of an
Acme cab driver, have been set on
fire at the corner of South Bloodworth
Street and East Lee Street. The
incidents occurred April 23 at 3:23
a.m., July 16 at 2:42 a.m., Sept. 26 at
4:01a.m. and Oct. 11 at 4 a.m.
Anyone having information about
these car fires is asked to call Crime
Stoppers a. 834-HELP. Rewards will
be given for information that leads to
an arrest in the cases. Callers need
not give their names or testify in
court.
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the Durham Police Department have
both filed complaints against the City
of Durham, alleging they were
treated unfairly after both lodged
charges of discrimination in the
department. Sgt. Charles M. Tiffin
and his wife, Cpl. Susan R. Morrison,
claim they were singled out for
mistreatment or denied promotions
after they filed several
discrimination complaints. Morrison
has filed a grievance against the city
saying she was passed over for a
promotion because of her past
accusation! about sexual
discrimination and harassment on
the force. In the grievance, she
claims two officers who were
recently promoted to sergeant have
less training and experience than she
(See CABS BURNED, P.2)
EDUCATIONAL MMUECT-hr tttt ibwt photo, Or. ONt
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Hampton, Va., la shown at tha Dotta Sigma Thota Sorority
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to a group at high-school studanta and giving
materials. The event was held at Wliam 8. Enloe High
School. Many of the students and parents In attendance
are Involved In Delta's educational project, the DELTA
Carousel.
“Sisters Sets Goal To Improve
African-American Family Life Here
BY LINDA D. POWELL
Special To The CAROLINIAN
DURHAM—Addressing issues such
as racial/religious violence, multi
culturalism and education is the
focus of Sisters, a local women's
group working to improve life for
African-Americans in the Triangle
area.
Formed in 1967, Sisters comprises
professional African-American
women from Durham, Raleigh and
Chapel Hill, who came together as a
group because of their common
interests in the quality of life of
African-American youth and
families, said Marilyn Christopher, a
psychiatric consult liaison specialist
in the Division of Psychiatric Nursing
at Duke University Medical Center
and mother of four.
“Although we don’t work in the
community formally as a group, the
volunteer work we do on an individual
basis ties us together,” said
Christopher, who has been a member
The work that Christopher does in
the community is a reflection of the
job she does at Duke providing
peycho-social nursing consultations
to women and children. She currently
volunteers with the Durham
Community Health Coalition, a
project that is attempting to address
and put into place programs designed
to improve the health of Afncan
Americans in Durham between 190
and the year 2000.
Christopher also works with the
Durham chapter of the National
Black Child Development Institute, a
program that identifies gifted
African-American children who need
mentors.
Racial/religious violence and
multieulturalism are other areas that
are of major Concern to Sisters,
Christopher kaid. For example,
Christina Davis-McCoy, a member of
the group and executive director of
North Carolinians Against Racist and
Racial/religious violence and multicultur
aiisnt are areas that are of major concern to
Sisters. Sisters comprises professional
African-American women with common
Interests in the quality of life of African
American youth and families.
of Sister* for two years. ' Each of ua
came to the group wtth something
different to share, all of which
Identify concern* of the African
American community*" ' «* A
Christopher said the group’s 10
members, which include historians,
writers, business women and health
professionals, lend support to each
other as well as to the community.
Members help each other
emotionally, financially, and in other
social areas where support js needed.
The name "Sisters” appropriately
fits the group, because they are in a
sense sisters—sisters of African
descent, they said.
Religious Violence, ia Involved 1n
activities to counteract
racial/religious violence, and helps
provide workshops to get teefchers,
parents, and school otfidalsttvolved
with providing a multicultural
perspective on Education.
Christopher also works with a
committee devoted to making sure
that schools in Chapel Hill and
Carrboro have a multicultural
curriculum for students in
kindergarten Ihrough grade 12 by
Christopher said these interests, as
welt as interests in African-American
culture, history and spirituality, were
the basis of the group’s response to an
invitation to participate in the
Festival of the lrmandade Da Boa
Morte in Brazil last August.
The lrmandade Da Boa Morte,
which translates into “Festival of the
(See SISTERS, P. 2)
MEWS BRIEFS
Community Watch March
The College Park Community
Watch Program invitee you to
participate in a rally and march.
The event will take place at the
Tarboro Road Community Center
Tuesday. Oct. 15, at 7 p.m.
College Park Community Watch
is an organization made up of
residents in the College Park
area who are interested in
addressing community problems
and concerns.
If you are Interested in Joining
the rail# and march, meet at the
Tarboro Road Community Center
at 7 p.m. The march route will be
north on Tarboro Road, turn righj
on Oakwood Avenue, continue to
Carver Street, make a right onto
Pender Street and continue to
Tarboro Road where it will
return to the community center.
8cilti Named To Post
William C. Scales baa been
elected senior vice president at
Wachovia Operational Services
Corp. in Winston-Salem. He is
manager of information services
support.
Scales Joined Wachovia in 1977
and has held a number of
management positions in the
operations division, including
manager of Information
processing, manager of student
financial systems and group
(See NEWS BIUEFS. P.2«