TUESDAY
DISTINGUISHED CAREER
Dr. Elaine M. Johnson has been appointed
acting administrator of the Alcohol, Drug
Abuse, and Mental Health Administration of
the Department of Health and Human
Services.
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This Week
YUUTH LEADERSHIP
Raleigh’s Chuck Davis will help conduct the
Summer Residential Program of the National
Leadership Training Institute for minorities
across the stte at N.C. Central University July
5-18.
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The first touring black minstrel
troupe was organized in 1 865, at the
end of the Civil War Brooker
Clayton’s Georgia Minstrels—
emancipated slaves—were quick to
distinguish themselves from
“blackface whites.”
RALEIGH, N.C.,
VOL. 51, NO. 57
TUESDAY, JUNE 9,1992
N.C.'s Semi-Weekly
DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST
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Councilman Heraet Won’t Back Off Remark
BY CASH MICHAELS
stair Writer
It was only when a citizen called
to complain, and fellow City Coun
cil Member Ralph Campbell, Jr.
told him, that J. Barlow Herget
first realized that something he
said was cause for concern in the
African-American community. And
even after it was explained to him,
he still didn’t seem to understand
what all the fuss was about.
Councilman Herget’s comment
came at the May 27 Police Affairs
Committee meting. After it be
came apparent that the Raleigh
City Council did not request an
FBI investigation into the police
killing of Ivan Ingram (an African
American bystander to a police
raid last November), Campbell
made a motion that the committee
officially request a civil rights vio
lation probe from the U.S. Depart
ment of Justice.
Asking for an FBI probe was
adopted as a case-by-case option
by the council last year in situa
tions where a police officer injured
or killed a citizen. An SBI and
Wake district attorney’s probe was
mandatory.
But before , the motion could be
voted on, Herget commented that
because it was a black police of
ficer who shot Ivan Ingram last
November, the council saw no
need at the time to request such a
probe.
“I don’t think at that time when
we looked at that, there was any
suggestion that [Ivan Ingram’s]
civil rights, under civil rights laws,
were violated,” said Herget.
According to Special Agent
Chuck Richards of the FBI state
headquarters in Charlotte, in a
case of alleged police brutality,
neither the race nor ethnic origin
of the police officer or the abused
person is an is issue; rather,
whether or not that officer violated
his duty to treat the person fairly
during an arrest/police action or
after the fact. A civil rights probe
determines whether the person’s
constitutional rights as a U.S. citi
zen were in any way violated by
the officer.
Herget’s comment has drawn
sharp criticism from many in the
African-American community,
from radio talk-show host Frank
Roberts, who called the remarks
“asinine,” and used the FBI inves
tigation into the killing of three
civil rights workers (two white,
one black) in Mississippi during
the early ’60s as an example, to
Ivan Ingram’s mother, Ms. So
loana Ingram, who told The
CAROLINIAN that she felt he was
“stupid” for making the comment,
despite his position on the council.
But when The CAROLINIAN
spoke with Councilman Herget
late last week, he held fast to his
position.
(See CITY COUNCIL, P. 2)
Move Member Released
Vowed
to Seek
Freedom
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP)—
The woman who survived the po
lice bombing of the headquarters
of the back-to-nature group MOVE
left prison in a limousine last
Wednesday, exactly seven years
after the deadly attack that de
stroyed a neighborhood.
Ramona Africa, 37, was released
from the State Correctional Insti
tution at Muncy.
Africa, who refused parole for
V2 years because officials wanted
her to renounce the group as a
condition, vowed to seek freedom
for other MOVE members.
“Ramona is not the issue,” she
said on a radio talk show after re
turning to Philadelphia. “Ramona
is one person, one member of this
organization. We are an organiza
tion that is committed to bringing
our family out of prison.”
About a dozen MOVE members
remain behind bars, most for a
1978 confrontation that left a
Philadelphia police officer dead. At
an afternoon news conference, Af
rica said the group soon would re
veal documents that prove their
innocence.
“All MOVE has ever asked for,
all that we are asking for now, is
one serious, in-depth, honest in
vestigation into what we are say
ing about our family,” she told a
news conference.
About 60 people attended an
evening memorial service, spon
sored by a group called the Les
sons from the MOVE Tragedy
Committee.
“There can be no peace until
there is justice,” said the Rev.
(See “MOVE" MEMBER, P. 2)
mirror OF TOMORROW - Commencing a tradition of
achievement Is BahrM Smith, who received his diploma
from Mary W. Peebles, exocutivo director of Tuttle
Community Kindergarten. Mrs. JoAnn Lee Is at the
podium calling members of her graduating class. Mrs.
Victoria Walters, active board member and retired teacher
was the guest speaker of the 53rd commencement
exercises. (Photo by James Giles)
Jones May Challenge Eva Clayton
In Fall For Congressional Seat
BY CASH MICHAELS
Stair Writer
Some folk* are aaying it’s a clas
sic case of “You make the rules,
you lose by those rules, you set out
to change those rules so next time
you’ll win.” And when race and
politics are the prime ingredients
in this nebulous equation, that’s
where trouble and hard feelings
begin.
That’s the case in the aftermath
of Eva Clayton’s win in the Demo
cratic primary runoff race for the
First Congressional District. After
defeating state Rep. Walter B.
Jones, Jr., son of U.S. Rep. Walter
Community Calendar
RALEIGH MEN’S COUNCIL
Gil Nobles will be the guest speaker for the Raleigh Men’s Council.
The discussion will be assisted by video and held at the Richard B.
Harrison Library on Edenton Street. The discussion will be held be
tween 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 16. For more information, con
tact Lee R. Bullock at 836-1636.
YWCA OFFERS EVENTS
Food for Moods, a workshop on the properties of foods that can
affect moods and metabolism, will be held at the YWCA of Wake
County's Oberlin Road Branch on Thursday, June 18, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Alex Sandra Lett, author of Natural Living: From Stress to Rest, will
lead the discussion of how some foods aid sleep, stimulate conversation,
reduce anxiety, and alter metabolism. The workshop fee is $5.
A free Yoga class is being offered by the YWCA on Tuesday, June
23, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Oberlin Road Branch. Instructor Joy
Doherty will lead the introductory session that will give participants an
opportunity to find out if the relaxing and cleansing effects of Yoga are
for them. Participants should wear comfortable clothing.
The YWCA of Wake County’s Friday Fun Night social interaction
group for disabled teens and young adults has planned some summer
activities. On Friday, June 12, the group will go bowling at Western
Lanes from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The cost is $6. On Friday, June 19, the
group will hold a dance at the YWCA’s Oberlin Road Branch from 7 to 9
p.m. Cost is $3. And on Friday, June 26, the group will go swimming at
the YWCA’s Oberlin Road Branch from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Cost is $6. To
sign up for these activities, or for more information, contact the YWCA
at 828-3205.
(See CALENDAR, P. 2)
B. Jones, who represented the
area in Congress for 26 years, Ms.
Clayton called for unity, in hopes
that she could move forward to the
November general elections to face
Republican Ted Tyler.
Rep. Jones even called Ms. Clay
ton when his defeat was evident
that evening, pledging his support
to her campaign.
(See ELECTIONS, P. 2)
Police Survey
Begins First
C.O.P.E. Phase
Reviewing
Problems
BY SHEHETTIZI WOODLEY
SUIT Writer
The Raleigh Police De
partment conducted a door
to-door aurvey in Down
town East Raleigh and
found that drugs, loitering
and vagrancy were the top
concerna, followed by gun
control, general aafety, and
public utilitiea services.
The aurvey was the first
phase of COPE (Citizen Ori
ented Police Enforcement),
which was designed to give
the Raleigh Police Depart
ment information concern
ing citizen-perceived prob
lems and to broaden police
community relations.
Siz hundred thirty-eight
(mostly black) residents
were interviewed by beat
officers who normally pa
trol the Downtown East
area.
No more than six percent
of residents mentioned lar
(See C.O.P.E., P. 2)
Make The
Criminal
Pay Victims
The state of North Caro
lina has a program to reim
burse citizens who suffer
medical expenses and lost
wages as a result of being
victims of crimes. This pro
gram doesn't pay for a
claimant who suffers eco
nomic loss of less than $100
in personal property or
wages when claimants are
fully cooperating with a law
enforcement agency.
Less than 10 percent of
cases heard before District
Court judges are resolved
with the victim being reim
bursed for losses.
The state of North Caro
lina describes victims eli
gible for the program as:
1. A person who suffers
loss of wages for time spent
in delayed court proceed
ings.
2. A person who suffers
(See CRIMINAL, P. 2)
Dr. Hooks Delivers Final Address
When Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks,
executive director and chief execu
tive officer of the NAACP, delivers
his keynote address on Sunday,
July 12, to formally open the
association’s 1992 annual conven
tion in Nashville,-Tenn., it will
mark the last time he will carry
out that responsibility.
Earlier this year, Dr. Hooks an
nounced he would be retiring at
the end of his current contract
year, April 1993. He delivered his
first keynote address to the con
vention in 1977 while he was ex
ecutive director-designate. While
the keynote address has always
been a highlight of the convention,
Dr. Hooks imminent departure
makes this year’s address even
more important.
Prior to the Sunday night meet
ing, a number of major pre-conven
tion activities will be held. The
first is a Health Summit designed
to examine the critical health is
sues facing the African-American
community—including health care
cost, access and prevention—and
produce policy statements for both
the guidance of the NAACFs con
stituency and for action by policy
makers.
The summit opens on Thursday,
July 9, with a training session and
reception for participants; contin
ues on Friday, July 10, with a se
ries of day-long working sessions;
and a luncheon to be addressed by
the Hon. Louis Sullivan, secretary
of the Department of Health and
Human Services. The summit con
cludes on Saturday, July 11, with
a closing discussion and a lun
cheon.
In other activities, the spotlight
will be on entertainment on Friday
night with the presentation of a
gala musical spectacular in the
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
featuring two popular and tal
ented young artists, Regina Bell
and Keith Washington.
On Saturday, July 11, the
NAACP’s Legal Department,
headed by Dennis Courtland
Hayes, will present its eighth an
il
nual Lawyers Continuing Educa
tion Legal Seminar, bringing to
gether a national roster of attor
neys involved in dvil rights cases.
The seminar will be preceded by a
reception on Friday.
(See NAACP, P. 2)
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