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“DOUBLE TAKE” - R(*dd Foxx, television's most celebrated junk man, and LaWanda Page, the Bible*toting Aunt
Estiier, co-stars of the popular TV series, “Sanford and Son,” were formal!} inducted into the Stars Hall of Eame,
Orlando, I la. (June 7th). Redd and LaWanda strike familiar poses with their life size wax likenesses during
induction ceremonies. Their figures will be featured on an elaborate stage set duplicating tiie junk store from the
“Sanlord ami Son” show.
SSLC chief says
Andy Young sensitizes nation to racism
Dr. Joseph E. Lowery,
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference acting president
and board chairman, has wired
President Carter giving full
support to United Nations
Ambassador Andrew' Young
“in his efforts to sensitize our
nation and the world to the
devastating effects of racism -
conscious and unconscious - in
our society.
“We cannot eliminate what
we refuse to admit exists, and
the fact is that racism is firmly
Supreme Fashions gets
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Blacks hold 2.6% of only
public offices in the south
Atlanta, Georgia - The
number of public offices held
by Black officials in the South
has increased 2,857 percent
since 1965, but the 2,129
Black seats held in 1977
represent only 2.6 per cent of
the total 79,000 public offices
in the region, according to the
Voter Education Project
(VEP).
“The increase from 72 Black
elected officials in 1975 to
2,129 today is all the more
dramatic when you realize that
we’re not just talking about
numbers,” explained Archie E.
entrenched in subtle and overt
ways in all our economic and
political structures," he said.
“Andy gets wide publicity on
what Blacks have said and
known forever,” continued Dr.
Lowery, “that all whites are
influenced by an historical
racist posture toward
non-whites, particularly toward
Blacks.”
Racism must be “exposed,
identified, and recognized" as a
destructive force before we can
effectively pursue the goals of
When Henry Howaid opened
Supreme Fashions in 1972 as
the only Black-owned clothing
store on Broad Street, he said
he was confident that
Augusta's Black community
would support him. Today he
says that support never came.
“People who have to buy a pair
of socks at least once of year,
haven't," he said.
But rather than be bitter.
Howard said he is working to
make his business better.
He recently moved into a
larger, more attractive building
on die 900 block of Broad
Street. His rent more than
doubled.
Allen, VEP administrative
director. “We’re talking about
Black mayors, legislators, law
enforcement officials, school
board members and other
officials who are delivering
services and producing creative
programs from public offices
never held by Blacks in this
century.”
“The resource of Black
participation in politics, which
has come into being primarily
in the last decade, is one of the
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peace, brotherhood and
justice,” he stressed.
Lowery accused certain
elements of the press of using
Young to try to create a
political crisis for President
Carter by making a headline of
every comment uttered bv
Ambassador Young. Lowery
went on to say, “S.C.L.C.
commends Vice President
Mondale for his forthright
statements regarding majority
rule in southern Africa to
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Howard said he also hopes to
change the image of the store.
Contrary to popular opinion,
the store does not carry
high-fashion clothing.“We have
one of the biggest selections of
conservative name-brand suits
in Augusta,” he said, adding
that ministers and students get
a 10 percent discount.
Lack of support has not
been the only problem. “Our
competitors tried to get
suppliers not to sell to us. They
started price wars. They
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Augusta, Georgia
Prime Minister Vorster of
South Africa last month in
Geneva. It is impossible not to
notice that much of our press
downplayed our Vice
President's statements while at
the same time sensationalizing
Young's statements about
racism which have been
forthright, courageous, and
above all, truthful.”
Command performance for Queen Elizabeth II
Epic recording artists The
Jacksons have just returned to
the United States after a two
and -a - half-week press
promotional tour which
included a special command
performance for Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth 11 of England
The Jacksons traveled well
over 20,000 air miles. The
countries the group visited
were London, England: Paris,
France; Bremen, Germany;
Amsterdam, Holland; and
Glasgow, Scotland; the site of
the command performance.
The Jacksons were invited to
participate in the affair along
with some of the United
Kingdom’s finest talent. It also
featured three other American
entertainers, David Soul, star
of the television series. Starsky
and Hutch, (now a vocalist);
Shari Lewis, children’s
television hostess; and country
and western star Dolly Parton.
The Jacksons have not
appeared in England for nearly
five years but their concert at
London's Odeon Hammersmith
Theatre was an instant sellout
with a record breaking 1,000
SRO (standing room only)
attendance.
Outrage builds over treatment
Nathaniel R. Jones, General
counsel for the NAACP.
recently pledged the “full
resources” of the
organization's legal department
for the defense of the
Wilmington 10 recently.
Similarly, Black leaders in
North Carolina government,
business and educational circles
including Floyd B. McKissick
of Soul City, have spoken out
in recent days questioning the
fairness of the handling of 10
Mclntyre target of witch hunt
Ihe Augusta Black Festival has been under lire
since it received Federal Revenue Sharing monies
last year. The attack has centered on tin* Festival's
Chairman, Ed Mclntvre, hut the implications are
much broader.
The Richmond Counts Property Owners
Association recently suggested that Mclnty re used
Federal hinds alloted to the Black Festival to pay
oil iiis personal debts.
That charge is viscious. It not only questions the
character oi Mclntvre. it also questions the
character of board of directors which includes
some of the most outstanding citizens in the Black
community. \nd the charges should be viewed as
an affront to the entire Black community .
We think that Festival officials decided wisely in
refusing to yield Io the Property Owners' demand
to see tiie front and back of all Black Festival
checks.
The County Attorney has staled that no law
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Epic recording artists The Jacksons flew to Glasgow, Scotland to take part in a special command performance
for Iler Majesty Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness Prince Phillip. The Queen's Silver Jubilee which marks
25 years on the throne was the perfect occasion for a charity concert; the proceedings are going to Her Majesty s
Silver Jubilee Fund. The concert was televised throughout the United Kingdom. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is
shown thanking The Jacksons after their performance.
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of the Wilmington 10
civil rights workers currently
incarcerated for a total of 282
years.
All this increased support
for the Rev. Ben Chavis and his
nine codefendants, who were
convicted in 1972 on alleged
arson charges, has been
brought about because of the
most recent denial of their
motion for a new trial by a
Nortii Carolina Superior Court
judge. Testimonies at the two
week hearing included those of
former prosecution witnesses
Eric Junious, Jerome Mitchell
and Allan Hall who all
recounted committing peijury
at the 1972 trial in exchange
for promises of money, light
sentences in unrelated criminal
matters, jobs and a mini-bike
(actually received by Eric
Junious).
Jones characterized the
judge’s ruling as “hardcore
discrimination”, saying that
Editorial
requires recipients of Revenue Sharing funds to
humiliate itself before such a group as the Property
Owners Association or newspapers.
If the Richmond County Board of
Commissioners should request the checks, fine.
They should be submitted. But not until then.
It should be remembered tiiat this is the same
witch hunt team that tried to implicate Mclntvre
in wrong-doing in Bel Air Hills Estates. We believe
that they will he equally unsuccessful now as they
were then in their attempt to smear Mclntv re and.
indirectly,Hie Black community.
It is <Mir opinion that the Revenue Sharing
\dvisorv Board still serves and important function
and should not be dissolved. While the County
\ttornev has the right to determine the legality of
tiie issuance oi tiie Revenue Sharing money, the
Advisory Board still has the important
responsibility of advising on tiie priority with
which tin* funds should be alloted.
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“Anytime a court, in the face
of the kind of evidence
presented, refuses to grant a
new trial, he is compounding
the original injustice”. Drawing
a standing ovation from 500
persons attending a statewide
NAACP meeting in Raleigh, N.
C., he went on to criticize the
Carter Administration for its
attention to international
human rights while ignoring
the human rights violations in
the United States.