Attorney Notes Page 38
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January 1, 1983
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J.S. App. 44a. In additionrthe trial
testimony demonstrated that an outspoken
or involved black community cannot get
enough support from the white community to
win and that blacks who cannot appeal to
the white community are discouraged from
ru nni ng . T. 666-669 , 691 . Thus, the
ability of some blacks to get elected in
Durham does not mean that theY are
necessarily the choice of the black
community. T. 1281, 1295, 1299.
The f i nd i ngs that the exte nt of
election of blacks at all levels has been,
and continues to be, minimal, J.S. APP.
37a, plus the factors which lead the trial
court to conclude that 1982 was "obviously
aberrational", id. , amply suPport the
fi nd i ng of the three trial judge, alI
North Carolina natives that the results
of the one post-litigation election year
do not "compel or arguably ... support an