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Page Six PANTHER November 8, 1974
Glover Smashes Harris
In 32nd District Race
Dorris Wright responds to political issues.
Coed Heads Demos
By Carolyn M. Wade
Glover polled over
3,000 to he r
oppone nts 57 8
By Novella Cross
The atmosphere of the
small brick house at 627
Beckwith St. is warm,
friendly and comfortable.
The house bears witness
to its occupant’s person
ality and the vibes which
permeate it are equally
amiable. No airs or fic
ticious fronts are display
ed, for the person who
greets you is strictly down
to earth.
Mildred Glover, a De
mocratic candidate for the
Georgia House of Repre
sentatives for District 32
(which includes the A. U.
Center) is a forceful,
though soft-spoken, talent
ed black woman with a
strong political awareness
which affects her entire
life, her manner, her style
and her distinct charisma
tic personality.
Mrs. Glover, who was
born in Savannah, Ga., is
a business instructor at
Atlanta University where
she has been employed for
the past four years. She
attended Savannah State
College and received a B.S.
degree in business admin
istration. She received a
masters in business from
New York University and
a doctorate from the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Her work experience
has been very diversified.
She taught school for five
years in Chatam County
(Savannah, Ga.) public
school system, served as
chairman of the business
department at North Caro
lina University, and was
a business instructor at
her old alma mater, Sa
vannah State. In addition,
Mrs. Glover has also work
ed for the government in
the auditing department and
has served as a faculty con
sultant for MARTA.
Mrs. Glover smiled and
stated that she has always
been involved in political
campaigns. However, 1 real
involvement did not come
for her until a year and a
half ago when she ran for
the 4th District. That was
her first campaign.
“This was a newly creat
ed district and we have a
very distinct group of dif
ferent constituents with dif
ferent needs. I felt that
someone who knew the
make up of the district
should be the one to re
present it,” she said.
(The fourth district is
composed of mainly poor
and lower middle class
workers.)
Mrs. Glover was defeat
ed in her first race by
James Bond. Despite this
defeat, she says she is
running again because “the
opportunity became appa
rent when the former re
presentative (Julian Bond)
qualified for the state sen
ate.
“Since this house district
is made up of the same
components as the fourth
district in terms of demo
graphics (race, income, de
nsity), I felt I still had
knowledge of the problems
in terms of the people and
the drea,” she said.
Outside of her political
activities, Mrs, Glover is
a member of the Black
Women’s Coalition which
is “doing a lot in terms
of rehabilitation of women
in prisons.”
She is presently vice-
chairman of the Board for
the Atlanta Business Lea
gue which deals with small
minority businesses and a
member of Enterprises
Now, also an organization
for minority businesses.
If this is not sufficient
evidence of her vitality,
she is also a member of
thd ; Atlanta Women’s Po
litical Caucus.
Mrs. Glover expressed a
great amount of concern for
the number of young peo
ple in educational institu
tions who do not participate
in the democratic process.
“I can understand very
well a student being turn
ed off because of current
circumstances in govern
ment - but really don’t
understand them dropping
out. It is incumbent upon
us to make the system
work,” she said.
Mrs. Glover stated that
all the talk of liberation
economic dependence and
personal dignity will never
be appreciated if the poli
tical element is ignored.
“Of all the students in
the A.U. Center only 45-
50 per cent turn out to
vote. This does not reflect
the importance of our con
cern - We’ve got to in
volve ourselves and act
and vote,” she said.
She said that her politi
cal platform centers around
programs that are design
ed to deal with the problems
of the average poor inner-
city residents who make
up the district and the im
pact of these problems on
an urban area like Atlanta.
Those problems are crime,
unemployment, education,
social services and hous
ing.
For crime, Mrs. Glover
feels that proposals deal
ing with rehabilitation and
programs that will place
young offenders and first
offenders in a community
and school enviornment
during the work day are
vital.
“There should be more
programs that will increase
opportunity in education,
employment and other
areas so that the need to
commit crimes would be
eliminated,” she said.
Her unemployment pro
gram calls for a look at
increased job opportunity
for low income individuals
in private industry as well
as state employment.
Educationally, Mrs. Glo
ver is proposing that a bu
reau be set up specifically
to seek job opportunities
for students from Atlanta
University, Georgia State
University and other Geor
gia schools.
Mrs. Glover said that the
Georgia Department of La
bor centers a majority of
its work around employ
ment for the unskilled and
semi-skilled worker.
“More and more college
trained people are having
to leave the state for em
ployment. We can not pos
sibly do all we want to do
in terms of solving our
problems without the use
of our own trained people,”
she said.
Mrs. Glover plans to seek
fund sources to support
programs for people who
need social service -- the
elderly, the young, the fe
male heads of household
and those who are “handi
capped by low income.”
Standing forcefully be
hind her campaign, Mrs.
Glover, a divorcee, has
two very faithful suppor
ters, her son and her
daughter.
Eighteen-year-old Ken
neth expresses his feelings
toward his mothers politi
cal involvement in two
words, “It’s hip.”
Smiling proudly, Mrs.
Glover said that her eight-
year-old daughter, Roslyn,
is really turned on by the
whole thing. “She likes to
win,” Mrs. Glover said.
Roslyn helps distribute li
terature and while doing
so, she tells people to “vote
for my mother.”
Dorris Wright, a Clark
College senior, was re
cently elected chairman of
the' Young Democrats of
Fulton County.
The organization was set
up to bring young people
together, to become ac
quainted with political can
didates and to get them
more involved in politics.
“We are under the au
spices of the Georgia State
Democratic Party, how
ever, we do have a voice in
the state party,” Ms.
Wright said.
Her duties will consist
of presiding over all the
meetings, serving on the
executive committee of the
Young Democrats of Ga.,
and to serve on the cre
dentials Committee for the
state Democratic Party.
Ms. Wright views the up
coming elections in an op
timistic light.
“The Democrats will
take advantage of Water
gate, even though my con
cepts of the democratic
party have not always been
a positive one,” Ms.
Clarkites Visit
By Carolyn M. Wade
Seven students were
given the opportunity a
couple of weeks ago to take
an inside view of graduate
school at two Boston Uni
versities.
Under the supervision of
Mrs. Barbara Jones,
chairman of the economics
department, economics, ac
counting and business ma
jors toured the campuses
of Harvard University and
the Massachusetts of Tech
nology, to obtain an inside
view of grad school and an
idea of the expectation of
graduate studies.
“The students got the
opportunity to attend clas
ses, talk with graduate
students and faculty mem
ber,” said Mrs. Jones re
garding the students activi
ties in Boston. “It let the
students know they have to
get ready for some long
Wright said.
Representative Julian
Bond asked Ms. Wright to
seek his present seat in
this year’s election but she
declined. “I will not con
sider seeking office until
after I receive my degree
of jurisprudence,” the po-
tical science major, said.
There’s a big possibility
that Ms. Wright may get
the opportunity to attend
the National Democratic
Convention in 1976. “That
is my dream. I’ve always
wanted to go just to see
what it is about and to see
how they operate,” she
said.
There are approximate
ly three to four hundred
members in the predomi
nantly white organization,
and with four students from
the Atlanta University Cen
ter. Ms. Wright is in
terested in forming a simi
lar organization in the
Center.
Another Clarkite, Bar
bara Ross, was elected
treasurer of the party.
Grad Schools
serious work,” she said.
“It gave me first hand
knowledge of what you have
to do in order to be con
sidered for grad school,
and I thought it was very
worthwhile,” said Beth
McMillian, a junior eco
nomics major.
The cost of the trip was
about $2,000, and was fi
nanced by the Alice P.
Chase Charitable Founda
tion. Mrs. Jones stated if
funds are available, a
trip such as this will be
planned for next year.
The participating stu
dents had to submitt appli
cations and the ones selec
ted showed the greatest po
tential interest for gradu
ate school.
The students attending
the affair were Herbert
Lewis, Sylvia Roberts, An
derson Hill, Cheryl Cooper,
Serelia Woods, Catherine
Hughey and Beth McMillian.
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