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The Augusta News-Review - June 8, 1978 -
68% of Black candidates
were elected last year
ATLANTA - The nonprofit,
nonpartisan Voter Education
Project, Inc. (VEP) announced
recently that some 757 Blacks
sought elective offices in the
11 southern states in 1977.
The survey which was
conducted by the VEP
Research Department revealed
that 515 Blacks (68 percent of
the total number of Black
candidates in 1977) were
successful at gaining positions
at local governing levels (295
were incumbents, and 220
were elected for the first time).
J. Stanley Alexander, VEP
research director, reported the
following breakdown of the
offices sought and won by
position: U.S. Congress - 5
candidates (O-victories); State
House - 17 (8); mayorships - 58
(37); city council • 551 (380);
county commission - 30 (19);
school board - 78 (62);
judgeships -1 (1);
constableships -1 (1); law
enforcement officials - 4 (2);
others - 12 (5).
The data released further
revealed that over 74 percent
of the victories on the part of
Black candidates were in city
council positions in 1977.
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Also, a total of 16 Blacks were
newly elected to mayorships in
Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, and Virginia. The
number of Black council
members who were newly
elected came to 174.
VEP’s Executive Director,
Vivian Malone Jones, stated
that, “Southern Blacks are still
continuing to seek and win
representation at the local and
state levels in spite of
continuous resistances and
barriers to meaningful political
involvement. The increases in
Black political representation
will bring us closer to making
the political process a more
viable mechanism.”
The following is a
state-by-state summary of
major election victories in the
South in 1977:
ALABAMA
In Birmingham, Bessie
Estelle, the first Black female
elected to the City Council,
won re-election. Even though
incumbent Councilman
Richard Arrington did not seek
re-election, the number of
Black council members in
Birmingham will remain at
three (since newcomer Larry
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special election, Louphenia
Thomas became the first Black
female ever to be elected to the
State House. Her seat was
vacated by John T. Porter, who
was appointed to the Alamba
State Pardon and Parole Board.
Blacks were able to maintain a
majority vote on the Greene
County Commission as well.
ARKANSAS
Some 6 Blacks were elected
to school boards in Hempstead,
Walker, Crittenden, Union,
Conway, Monroe, Nevada,
Bradley, Columbia, Chicot,
Phillips, Mississippi, Desha,
Jefferson, and St. Francis
counties.
FLORIDA
In Eatonville, a majority
Black populated town,
Nathaniel Vereen was
re-elected as mayor. Incumbent
council members Arthur
English, Abraham Gordon, and
Earlene Watkins were also
re-elected. Ernest Barkley
defeated incumbent Gus
Richardson for the mayorship
of Gretna
GEORGIA
In Atlanta, Mayor Maynard
Jackson won re-election and
Carl Ware was elected president
of the City Council. Blacks will
maintain 50 percent of the
vote on the Atlanta City
Council and School Board. Ms.
Lottie Watkins was elected to
the Georgia House in a special
election after the seat was
vacated by Ben Brown. In
Albany, council member Mary
Young lost her bid for the
mayoral seat by a very narrow
margin. After a five-year court
battle on reapportionment,
Hugh Grogan became the first
Black ever to be elected to the
City Council of Marietta.
Bowman Wiley was the first
Black to be elected to the
Palins City Council.
Blacks were elected to
council positions for the first
time in Moultrie, Woodland,
Leary, Bainbridge, Ashburn,
Nicholl, Jessup, Dublin, Davis,
and Willacooche. Blacks were
re-elected to council positions
in 44 other Georgia cities.
LOUISIANA
In New Orleans, Ernest
Morial became the first Black
to be elected as mayor. Also,
Sidney Barthelemey, the first
Black State Senator since
Reconstructions, was elected
to an at-large seat on the City
Council, and Jim Singleton
defeated incumbent
Councilman Abraham Davis. Al
Clarke was elected Mayor of
Hammond, while John Babb
was re-elected Mayor of Grand
Coteau.
After winning major
reapportionment suits, Blacks
were elected for the first time
to police juror and school
board positions in both Iberia
and Terrebonne parishes.
Blacks were also elected to
school board positions in
Caddo parish.
Blacks were elected for the
first time to council positions
in Lake Arthur, Lake Charles,
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L-R Mrs. Rosa Washington, Mrs. Marie Wright, Mrs. Edith Elim,
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2nd Row L-R Robert Mills, W.S. Hornsby 111, Mrs. Naomi
Black progress report misleading
from page 1
progress than using income
statistics. “There has been a
decreased participation rate of
Black males in the labor
force,” he acknowledged.
“This would give an upward
bias to wage and earnings date
because the lowest income
Black males would be the first
to drop out of the labor
market.”
Smith said it was “puzzling”
that “our study finds the labor
market position of Blacks
improving in terms of relative
wages, but the unemployment
situation of Blacks relative to
whites has been getting worse.”
The relative deterioration
Black family incomes since
1970 might be due to the
increase in the number of
Black families that are headed
by females.
“This question of income
needs to be studied more, but
the income data is more
complex than the wage and
salary data,” Smith said.
Smith and Welch attributed
most of the gains in Black
economic status found in their
study to “human capital”
variables such as improved
education for Blacks.
Affirmative action programs
have done little for Blacks,
they contend. To support this
they cite data showing that the
least improvement in job
opportunities has occurred in
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government and
government-regulated
industries, while most
improvement occurred in
private industries - which have
been least affected by
affirmative action programs.
But Hill of the Urban
League said, “The RAND
study presents no systematic
documentation for that. They
say it, but the data doesn’t
show it.”
And Wharton’s Anderson
said, “It is absolute nonsense
to say that there is no labor
market discrimination that
can’t be affected by affirmative
action. By only looking at
wage ratios for highly
aggregated (concentrated)
industries, you see the forest, but
miss the trees. You have to also
look at the kind of
occupational categories for
which Blacks were hired.
Employers did not suddenly
start hiring Blacks for better
occupational categories in the
1960 s for no reason. It was
because there was political
pressure to do so.”
And a study of racial wage
discrimination in industries by
William R. Johnson of the
University of Virginia and
published in the current Bell
Journal of Economics found
that government was the least
discriminatory employer and
private industry the most.
Interested persons should
visit Miss Debra Willingham at
Opportunities Development
Corporation, 432 Eight St., by
June 9 or call her at 724-1262.
Delcombre, Mrs. Georgia Kelsey, Nirs. Myra Holmes, Mrs. Elizabeth
Bates, Mrs. Barbara Thompkins, Mrs. Natalie Neely, Mrs. Elease P.
Wells, Mrs. Shirley Jones, Mrs. Althea Nash, Mrs. Juanita Chavous,
Mrs. Vivian Hood, Miss Ann Washington, Mrs. Betty Waddell, Mrs.
Doris Wiley, Edward M. Mclntyre, and Charles Grant.
3rd Row L-R C.O. Hollis Jr. and S.W. Walker 11.
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COMPARED TO PERCENTAGE OF WHITE INCOME
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FAMILY INCOME AND MALE WAGE EARNINGS
Source: Current Population Reports, 1977 (U.S. Bureau of Census, Series P-60)
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Announcement
The CSRA Employment and Training
Consortium announces through its Chairman,
Commissioner Edward M. Mclntyre, that the
Consortium has applied for a grant in the
amount of $257,104 to operate the HIRE
Program. The program will provide employment
opportunities for 98 persons with Veterans
receiving primary preference. HIRE will begin
on July 1, 1978 and conclude September 30,
1979.
Anyone wishing to review the Grant and
make comments should contact Aven R. King,
Administrator, CSRA Employment and Training
Consortium, Suite 26, 500 Building, Augusta,
Georgia, between the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00
PM Monday thru Friday.
Augustans
receive
degrees
MOUNT BERRY, Ga. -
Two students from Augusta
received the bachelor of
science degree at Berry College
commencement exercises May
28. U.S. Atty. Gen. Griffin Bell
was the commencement
speaker.
Bobbie Moore, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Moore, 2813
Anne St., majored in physical
education at Berry.
Susan Oakes, daughter of
Mrs. Charles Gonzalez, 1713
Goshen Road, a behavioral
science major and cum laude
graduate, was also named to
the spring quarter Dean’s List
for academic achievement. To
be named to the Dean’s List, a
student must earn an academic
average of 3.5 or higher on a
4.0 (straight-A) scale with a
class load of at least 12 quarter
hours.
Officers
installed
The Augusta Chapter of
Jack and Jill of America, Inc.
installed officers 1978-80 May
29 at Hornsby Elementary
School.
The following officers for
the term 1978-80 were
installed by Mrs. Willerina
Williams: president, Mrs.
Maxine Thurmond; vice
president, Mrs. Norma Delley;
recording secretary, Mrs. Betty
Walker; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Betty Pickett;
treasurer, Mrs. Juanita
Mclntyre; financial secretary,
Mrs. Hettie Copeland;
parliamentarian, Mrs. Hattie
Lowry; chaplain, Mrs. Anna
Reid; program director, Mrs.
Emma Lou Starks; assistant
program director, Mrs. Geneva
Stallings; and foundation
chairperson, Mrs. George L.
Jenkins.