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B.B. King and Joe Cocker will perform at the
Great American Blues Festival on Sept. 11 at
Walnut Creek Amphitheatre.
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ships into Mobile Bay, closing off the
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VOL. 51, NO. 73
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4,1992
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Ms. King To Meet Youth Assembly
MRS. CORETTA S. KING
Clinton
Selects
Chairman
The Clinton/Gore campaign has
named three prominent North
Carolina Democrats to head its
statewide effort and reached out to
supporters of former presidential
candidate Ross Perot.
At a news conference attended
by supports of both Clinton/Gore
and Perot, Bob Geolas, the state
director of the Clinton/Gore cam
paign, announced that N.C. House
Speaker Daniel T. Blue, Jr., N.C.
Attorney General Lacy H. Thorn
burg and Democratic leader Jean
ette Hyde of Raleigh will chair the
Clinton/Gore effort in North Caro
lina.
Thornburg, who is completing
his second term as North
Carolina’s attorney general, said
that the team will be reaching out
to supporters of Perot, who
dropped out of the race after the
(See DEMOCRATS, P. 2)
BY CASH MICHAELS
Staff Writer
The legacy of civil rights leader
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is ex
pected to take center stage this
week in a series of events that will
rekindle his social philosophy and
dream, but none will be as poign
ant as when his widow, Ms.
Coretta Scott King, visits Raleigh’s
Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue
and Memorial Gardens.
As The CAROLINIAN first re
ported last week, Ms. King is ex
pected to be the keynote speaker
this Saturday at the 5th annual
MLK “I Have a Dream” National
Youth Assembly, to be held at the
Radisson Hotel in Downtown
Raleigh. Some 700 youths from all
over the country are expected to
come to the Capital City to take
part in this three-day conference
on the importance of Dr. King’s
philosophy of nonviolence and
multiculturalism to young people.
However, The CAROLINIAN
has also learned that there are
tentative plans for this Saturday
afternoon to have Ms. King visit
the King Gardens on Rock Quarry
Road and the soon-to-be-opened
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Re
portedly, the thoroughfare will be
dedicated and opened on Wednes
day, Aug. 5, three days before Mrs.
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Food Lion Criticizes Efforts
Of Workers In Push To Unionize
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Food
Lion Vice President Vince Watkins
has labeled a recent campaign
against the grocery chain as a
“back door attempt to pressure
Food Lion employees to unionize.”
Late in June, representatives of
the United Food and Commercial
Workers Union initiated a “Dear
Colleague” letter among congres
The People Speak
THOMAS JARRETT
African-American businesses
must accept the responsibility of
providing top-notch service to all
their customers. We must make of
fers that are hard to refuse.
Rriafinn • ^ Business Build
onenng. ing society (bbs) of
Wake County hat launched an effort
to create an incubator that would
allow minority-owned businesses to
begin and prosper. However, the
group has encountered difficulty in
raising funds to make the incubator a
reality. What other measures should
be taken to ensure the economic
growth of minority-owned businesses f
ROSALYN HODGE
Consumers should make • con
scious effort to support the existing
minority-owned businesses in the
Triangle. This can enhance the com
munity with establishments that are
concerned about the African-Ameri
can consumer and possibly be a
springboard for future growth. We
should stop patronizing establish
ments that only take our resources
out of our community.
JESSE LLOYD SAPP
First [business owners] should ask
for God’s help and knowledge in
starting the business, then must
work hard and have love for the
community. When they reach the top
of the ladder, they must reach out
and help someone else. Above all,
they should read the Bible and con
sult God. They must work together.
Divided they will fall.
DOUGLASS MARTIN
I think people need more jobs first.
Without jobs they won’t have the
money to start a business. The city
should have some law to protect
Raleigh business from the out-of
town competition.
sional supporters calling on the
secretary of labor, Lynn Martin, to
divert department resources to
give special attention to alleged
wage and hour violations by Food
Lion. In response, a letter was dis
tributed by members of Congress
requesting potential signers to
hold off until Food Lion had had a
chance to respond to the allega
tions. Food Lion offered to meet
personally with each member of
Congress who expressed a concern
on the issue.
On June 20, the letter to Secre
tary Martin was sent with 73 sig
natures. Watkins criticized the let
ter for having a pro-union bias be
cause two-thirds of the signers had
an 80 percent COPE rating or bet
ter. COPE stands for the Commit
tee on Political Education of the
AFL-CIO and indicates how
strongly a member of Congress
supports labor union positions.
(See FOOD LION. P.2)
King’s visit.
According to Bruce Lightner, co
chair of the Raleigh-Wake MLK
Celebration Committee, a cere
mony is tentatively scheduled to
be held at the gardens after Ms.
King delivers her keynote lunch
eon address.
She will then be brought to the
site for brief remarks to those
gathered.
When Mrs. King arrives at the
King Gardens, it would mark the
first time since it’s inception and
completion that she, or any mem
ber of Dr. King’s family, has vis
ited there.
Mrs. King’s last visit to Raleigh
was in April of 1987, after the
North Carolina General Assembly
passed the state paid holiday hon
oring Dr. King.
During that visit, Ms. King spe
(See KING GARDENS, P. 2)
NationsBank Aims
To Aid Community,
Small Businesses
BY SHEHETTIZI WOODLEY
Contributing Writer
The fourth-largest bank in the
country has established a program
designed to help meet the banking
needs of individuals from low- to
moderate-income neighborhoods
and for small businesses.
NationsBank established the
Community Investment Program
in 1988. The bank designated $10
million for CIP to provide lending
for community development in the
market it serves.
According to a report produced
by NationsBank, CEP's budget will
be used to strengthen sectors that
historically have been under
served. Targets include:
1. Consumers who live in low- to
moderate-income areas or have an
income that is less than 80 percent
of the market median income;
2. Small businesses located in
low- to moderate-income areas
with annual sales of $10 million or
less;
3. Real estate projects in low-in
come areas, that use low-income
housing tax credits or benefit con
aumers with incomes less than 80
percent of county median income;
4. Loans that support the agri
culture industry, including FHA
ahd other government-sponsored
loans;
5. Loans to non-profit organiza
tions, government agencies and
other programs serving low- to
moderate-income consumers and
neighborhoods; and
6. Special-purpose credit pro
grams, such as the Child Develop
ment Loan Fund.
The report also listed consumer
deposit services geared toward
low- to moderate-income custom
ers. The services include:
•Baseline Checking Ac
count—Designed with a $25 open
ing deposit and 10 free withdraw
(See NATIONSBANK, P. 2)
NAACP Sounds Call To
Address Crime Menance
A national call to address the
continuing menace of crime within
the African-American community
has been sounded by the NAACP
with the release of the report,
“Crime and Criminal Activities in
the U.S.A.,” which pulled no
punches in detailing the dispropor
tionate impact crime has on that
community.
After citing alarming figures on
the prevalence of crime in the
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
FANS DISTRIBUTED
The Council on Aging of Wake County, Inc. is distributing fans for
low-income Wake County residents. Ferns may be picked up at any one of
our three Senior Centers located in Raleigh, Wendell, and Garner. For
more information call 856-6444 in Raleigh, 365-4248 in Wendell, or 779
3922 in Garner.
GROUP FOR FEMALE EX-OFFENDERS
The Women’s Center is offering a sharing/discussion group for fe
male ex-offenders. This group is known as the Release group and will
meet on a weekly basis. We are asking that interested women contact
the center to sign up before Aug. 12.
MIKE CROSS CONCERT BENEFITS HOSPICE
Mike Cross will perform a concert to benefit Hospice of Wake
County Thursday, Aug. 6, at 8 p.m. at the Rialto Theatre in Raleigh.
Tickets are on sale at the Rialto Theatre at Five Points and through the
Hospice of Wake County office (in the Raleigh Federal building next to
Crabtree Valley Mall). Hospice of Wake Covnty will sell hot dogs, soft
drinks, beer and other concessions starting at 6 p.m. in the parking lot of
Dupree and Webb Insurance, across the street from the Rialto Theatre.
For more information, call Hospice of Wake County at 782-3959.
SORORITY CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY
Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. will celebrate its 50th anniversary na
tional convention Aug. 7-14 at the Westin Hotel, Renaissance Center,
Detroit, Mich. The presiding officer is Mildred L. Harpole, national
president. Alpha Chapter, Detroit, Mich., will host this convention. Doris
Hodge is genera] chairwoman.
(See CALENDAR, P. 2)
black community, as previously
reported in The CAROLINIAN,
the report said, “We still insist
that the clock of civil liberties not
be turned back on black America.
Big business, government, and the
courts must still be pressed to do
the right things.”
The report contained a number
of recommendations including the
following:
•The NAACP Board of Directors
requested that each NAACP unit
convene a community meeting, not
later than Oct. 5, to identify prob
lems, goals, objectives and action
items that meet the needs of the
local jurisdictions engaged in the
fight against crime.
•The working relationship be
tween NAACP, the black commu
nity and law enforcement must be
improved by developing mutual
trust and respect for each other
via personal meetings of the
NAACP leaders and the highest
ranking law enforcement officials
in their respective jurisdiction.
Such meetings should occur at a
minimum of once every six
months.
• It was strongly recommended
that community-based policing
and a police civilian review board
be implemented in each jurisdic
tion. The need was also stressed
for more black law enforcement of
ficers who live and work in the
lower socioeconomic neighbor
hoods.
• Local NAACP units should be
come aggressively involved in ad
dressing the crime problem. A sug
gested beginning is to initiate dis
cussions with local criminal jus
tice, law enforcement, judicial, cor
rections and executive branch offi
(See NAACP, P. 2)