Congressional Record S6903-S6904

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CHAMBERS. FERGUSON. WATT, WALLAS. ADKINS & FULLER. P.A

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CHARLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA 2A2O2
YELEPHONE r70ar 37t.6a61

Harch 19, 1982

JULr(JS L€VONN€ CHAME€RS

J SES E FEFIGIJSON II

M€LVIN L WAIT
JONATXAN W LLA!i
KARL AOXINS

JAMES C FULLEfi. JR

YVONNE T'IMS EVANS

JOHN .a/ GR€SHAX
RONALO L CIASON

GILOA F GL^ZER
LESLIE J. \'YINNER

JOHN I NOCXLEBY'

. oF o c aar o\LY

t'{r. J. Gerald Hebert
United StaEes DePartment of Justice
Voting Section
Civit Rights Division
32O First Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530

Re: Submission of North Carolina
Apport.ionmenE of General Assembly
and of Change of Primary Dat,e

Dear Mr. Hebert:

This lett,er is written on behalf of t.he four narned plaint,ifEs in
Ginqles v. Edmisten, 8l-CIV-803-5, currently pending in t,he
ffiict, court for t,he Eastern District, of North
Carolina. As you know, this lawsuit was filed by black voters in
North Carolina under the Voting Rights Act and t,he Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments to t,he United State Constit.ution to chal-
Ienge the apportionment of the North Carolina General Assembly.
On lneir behalf I request that t,he Attorney General ent,er an
objection to Chapteri 3, 4 and 7 of the Extra Session Laws of
L982.

In December, l98l and January, L982, the DePartnent, of Justice
entered objections to the Previous opportionments of the North
Carolina House of Representatives and Senate on the ground that
neither fairly reflected minority voting st'rength.

The apporEionments adopted in February, 1982 still do not allos
the bilck cit,izens of the st.at.e a fair opportunity to elect
representat,ives of their choosing. The guiding force behind t'he
nei plan, apparent throughout the t,ranscripts of the legislat.ive
committee mlitings, Lras that the legislaEure would make the
minimum number oi changes which t,hey Perceived to be absolutely_
necessary Eo comply wiLh the one-person-one-vote reguirement and



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to pass Justice DePartmenE scrutiny. The result is thaL Ehe
plans are largely based on the two sections of the NorLh Carolina
Const,itution, Article Il, 53( 3) and S5( 3) , which you previously
found necessarily submerge concentrations oE black voters. In
addition, since t,he goal was to pass scrutiny rather than to
allow for fair representation of black cit,izens, the modifications
are frequently more in form than in substance, and districts
which on first glance appear to be "majority black districts"
are designed not, t,o allow the black communit,y actually t,o elect a
representat.ive of its choosing. The result is an assurance t.hac
black cit,izens will continue to remain seriously underrePresented
in the North Carolina General Assernbly.

Cha t.er 5 of the Extra Session Laws of L982, the North
aro na Senate.

There are two primary problems with the Senate plan: (A) District
*2, in the rural northeast, hras enacted with the PurPose and
effect of assuring that the black citizens of t,hat district,
cannot elect a representative of t.heir choosing; and (B) the
failure Eo divide counties not covered by Section 5 dilutes the
vot.ing strength of black citizens in counties which are covered
by s5.

A. Senate District. f2 was drawn to dilute black voting strengEh.

District t 2 in the Senate plan has a black population of 51.7t.
The adjacent district, district, f6, has a black population of
49.lt. Thus, this is a classic example of fracturing black
communities to divide t,heir voting strength and, thus, PrevenE
either half from exert,ing real influence over the election. In
examining the Senate Redistrict.ing Commit,t,ee transcripts, it is
evident. Ltrat the purpose of creating a 5I.7$ district was t.o give
the apPearance of-having a majority black district. without in
fact Lhreatening the re-election of the white incumbenE by real
compeE,ition froi a candidate who is the choice of black cit,izens.
I hlve based t.his conclusion on the following excerPts frorn the
transcripts as weII as from Ehe newspaper articles which I have
attached as Exhibit A.

t. The tone for t,he meeting was set by the staff to the
meeting in his preliminary remarks about the proposed plan:

tllt was the opinion of Ehe counsel that this is
the minimum that you have to do at this point to
our knowledge t.o pass justice and the challenges



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under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
(L/28/82, P. rl)

Thus the purpose had nothing to do with t,ruly avoiding dilution;
the only goal was to Pass muster.

2. Kathleen Heenanr E€t,ained counsel to the committee,
repeatedly informed the committee that a 50-51.5t black district
could not elect a representative of black choosing and that the
committee should increase the percenE black population in that
district at. least to 55t (See, e.9.2/9/82, taPe 3, pP. 3-5, and
Tape 4, p. 5).

3. Both Ms. Heenan and Jerris Leonard, also retained counsel
to the committee, informed the committee Ehat sEaff had drawn a
district in that area that was over 59t black, was compact, and
was not gerrymandered. (L/29/82, p. 27i 2/9/92, Tape 4 P. 6). No
one ever asked Eo consider or even see t,hese plans before the
various vot,es were t,aken.

4. In additionr the committee had before it a 6I.2t minorit,y
disErict, in roughly the same area which had been presenEed at Ehe
public hearing by the North Association of Black Lawyers. Senator
Frye specifically inEormed t,he committ,ee of the ProPosed district.
(2/9/92, Tape l, P. 71.

5. Senator Frye moved that. the chair appoint. a subcommittee
t,o propose a plan which would establish a 58t black district in
the Northeast and single member disErices in Guilford with at
least one majority black district. The motion was only to have
the proposal presented to the committee for review, not that it
be adopted. First. Senator Frye was convinced to reduce the
percent black to 55$, then the motion was defeated anyhow- The
members were so opposed to having a true majority black dist,rict
that they did not. even want, to know what t,heir options were.
(29/92, Tape 4, pp. 7-Lzl

5. The main people who expressed concern over senaEor
Fryers motion r.rere Senators Allsbrook and Harrington, the senators
who live in district,s 2 and 6. Harringt.on openly opposed any
plan that would have increased the black percenE over 521 saying
that t,hat was enough. (2/9/82, Tape 4 pp. 8-10) It is interest'-
ing to note that in an earlier exchange between Senator Harrington
and Jerris Leonard, Harrington said that he tiked the district as
drawn and appreciated Leonird's giving him a rat,ionale t,o justify
it publicly. (L/28/82, p. 29-3Ll

7. Fryers subsequent mot,ion to divide Guilford County into
three singli member disticts vrith one majority black district



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passed unanimously without discussion 12/9/82, Tape 5, P. 3)
making it clear that the opposieion to Fryers earlier motion was
to increasing the black population of the second district,, not to
dividing Guilford Count,y.

8. In later discussion Senator Daniels lmplied that Senator
Harrington drew the boundaries of t,he second district. (2/9/82,
Tape 5 , p. 2) If this is true, chat, is f urther evidence that t,he
purpose was to protect. Harrington, not to allow black citizens to
choose their oern representat,ive.

9. During t,he floor debate on t,he Guilford County split,
Senator Cocherham stated t,hat, Guilford would have t,he only black
district.. (z/LO/82, Tape 3, p.2) This is evidence Ehat other
members did not perceive district.2 as a district, subject t,o t,he
control of black voters.

10. The adopted district *2 adheres to t,he Article II,
S5(3) prohibition against dividing counties. It is composed of
whole counties only. It tras t,he SenaEes adherence t.o this Pro-
vision, to which t,he Department, of Justice previously objected,
Ehat prevented the Senate from creating a district in the north-
east with an effective black voting majority.
B.
s5 d

The failure of the Senate to divide counties noE covered b
ilutes minor ty voting strengt n covere counE

Especially in the central and western Parts of the state, the
count:es covered by 55 do not tend to be contiguous with each
other. Thus, the refusal of the SenaEe Eo divide non-covered
counties, except for one-person-one-vote reasons, aEt.en act,ed to
dilute black voting strength. Porcing those counties to be
combined into districts with other rural counEies, each wit,h
submerged black communit,ies, instead of with a part oE a larger,
urban county, assured t.hat, the black population of t,he covered
county would remain diluted.
The best example of t,his is Gaston CounEy. It is proposed to be
combined with Lincoln, Cleveland and Rutherford Counties to form
a Ehree member Senate district which is 13.9t black. Hor.rever, if
the eastern part of Gaston County, including the black communit,y
of Gastonia were combined with some of the $restern Part of
Mecklenburgr the result would be a 59t black district which would
include 30t of the black citizens of Gaston Count,y, See Exhibit
B attached.

In this instance as weII as in part A, above, the 'do as little
as you think you can get by with'approach assured t,he needless



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continued dilution of minority voting strengt,h.

These examples demonstrate that, the Senate plan adopted conEinues
to have the effect and in some instances the purpose, of diluting
black voting strength and assurlng the cont.inuation of a Senate
in which black citizens are not fairly represented.

II. Cha ter 4 of t,he Extra Session Laws of L982, the North
ina House o RepresentaE

The enact.ed apportionment for t,he House illegally dilutes minority
voting strength in counties prirnarily in Eour ways: (a) by
submerging the black community of Cumberland County lnt,o the
Iarger whit,e community; (b) by submerging t.he black communit,y of
Edgecombe, Nash and Wilson Counties into a three member majorit,y
whiEe district,; (c) by retaining Hoke county, Robeson Count.y, and
Scotland County a three member district,, and (d) by refusing t,o
divide even S5 counties except to creaEe districts with a majority
of black residents.
A. Cumberland County

The legislature purported to creat,e a majority black district in
Cumberland County. In facE, only 42.6t oE the residents oE the
'Fort, Bragg' district, are black. Although 84t of registered
voters in the district are black, this district does noE assure
fair representation fo Cumberland County's black citizens Eor t.he
following reasons.

I. Because of t,he small number of regisEered voters, only
3,170, the racial balance of Lhe district could be very easily
tipped. It would not take much of a voter regisErat,ion effort at
Fort Bragg to turn this majority white populat.ion discrict, int,o a
majority white registration districE. This was recogn Lzed by the
House committ,ee before the plan was enacted. (2/5/82, Tape 3, p.
5)

2. The bulk of Cumberland's black cornmuniEy remains sub-
merged into a four member 27.61 black district. This also was
recognized by the committee before t,hey voted on the plan (2/5,
Tape t, pp. 8-9) i representative Hege pointed out that the pro-
posal resulted in 28 .LZL black voters remaining submerged in a
multimember district and giving 2,664 black voEers the opgrcr-
tunity to elect a representat.ive instead.

3. The legislature had the opportunity to create a single
member dist,rict thaE would have allowed the bulk of the black

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community of Cumberland County to be represented. The legisla-
tive staff presented t,he committee with an alternative district
which was 56.8t black in population without any military per-
sonnel included. This alternative was rejected. Ir addition,
the map Present.ed the public hearing by the N. C. Association of
Black Lawyers had a Cumberland district which is 54.91 black.
(It consists of census tracts I, 21 3r 4,8r 10, 11, L2r 13, 14,
2L, 23 and 24i see Exhibit C.) Finally, at the reguest of
Representative Willian Clark (D-Cumberland), I had a plan pre-
pared for Cumberland County which cont,ained f ive compact single
member districts, included the 54.9t black districE described
above, and met other criteria which he suggested, but, he did not
present that, plan to the House.

' 4. The plan fractures the black community of Cumberland
County. The heart of t,he black community is divided between the
majorit,y whit,e multi-member district and the majority white
single member district.

5. A group of black leaders from Fayetteville met with the
Cumberland County delegation and requested that, Cumberland
County be divided into single member district,s with at least one
majorit,y black dist.rict,. They specifically opposed the Ft. Bragg
opt,ion. A spokesman for this group, Thomas Council, reiterated
t,his position at Ehe public hearing on February 4, L982, but the
wishes of the black community were ignored. (Note: Mr. Councilrs
staCement. is the last statement. in the copy of Ehe public hearing
record which I received. )

6. Because the 'black' represent,ative under t.he current,
proposal represents so few people, his/her voice will have
little weight in t,he General Assembly, and helshe will not be
able to represent anyone very effectivelyr much less t.he black
community of Cumberland CounEy.

B. Edgecombe, Nash and l{ilson Count,ies

Prior to t,he Departmentrs objection to the October, 1981 House
planr w€ submit,ted to the Department a sample apportionment oE
Ehese three counties dividing them into four single member dis-
trict,s. Fairly drawn, a 63t black district is creat,ed leaving
the remainder to be divided into three majority white districts.
There is no evidence in the record that, anyone even considered
avoiding the dilution of minoriEy voting strengt,h in this area of
the state. See Exhibit F

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under the enacted apSrcrtionment of t,he House of Represent'at'ives
these three count,ies form one t,hree member district which is
43.83 white, 29.81 black, and 26'41 indian' I seParate the
black and indian percenEages because t,heir is no history oE

coalit,ion between the two gi""P" in these counties. Thus, this
cannot be fairly represent6d t6 Ue a minoriEy gist,rict'. f n

addition, " *ii3rity oe Ehe registered voEers in t,he district
(approximatelY 52t) is white.

If the Stat.e had noE followed the North Carolina Constitution's
concept of not dividing counties and had created single member

district.s in itrut areal cn.., if Eairly drawn, one would have a

majorit.y of Indians, and one would have a st'rong plurality of
black voters. -asee'ExhibiE D showing one district 5I.5t Indian,
23.3t Black and 25.21 white, and one-district 421 black, 20t
Indian and 38t white. )

By continuing to use a system of keeping white count,ies in tact,
the state has avoiding concentrat,ing the voEe of either minority'

D. The State has failed to concentrate minorit vote in most
S5 covered countles.

The ground rule Eot reapportionment used by the sEat'e, evidenE
;;a 5nfy from their wrilLen criteria, but also from the
House RedistricL inf Committ.ee t,ranscript, was that, counties
would be divided f5r only Ewo reasons: (l) if necessary to
comply with one-person-one-vote; and (2) if a majorit'y black
dist,rict would be created from count,ies covered by s5' Thus in
alI counties covered by s5 which have substantial concentrat'ions

"r black citizens, but not. enough to make a majority black
di=tti.t, those concentrations are submerged'

For example, in the Bladen, Pender, sampson 99ultY area, the
proposea- plan has one two member districts which is 38t non-
white. The North Carolina Rssociation of Black Lawyers' plan ll
the same "r""-ni= a single member district 47t non-white' While
this is not " ^ijotity, 

iE does avoid the dilution of minority
voting strength ihich-ras caused by tlt" legislative's unwilling-
ness to divide counties excePE when they perceive that it was

absolutely necessary.

III. North Carolina's fa
in the counties not
in covered counties

ilure t.o create
covered bY 55

single member districts
denies black citizens

The record of the
General AssemblY,

proceedings
part. icuIarIY

is rePlete
the House,

ifr. right- to use their voEe ef fectivel

with evidence that the
intentionallY diluted



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black voting strength in Mecklenburg, Forsyth, Durham and Wake
Counties. See also newspaPer articles attached as Exhibit E.
The evidence was particularly strong in l{ecklenburg in which the
commitEee said, in essence, unless we submerge the I001000 black
citizens in with the 300,000 white citizens, the white-incumbent
democrats will not be able to be re-elect.ed. The choice was
clearly made to deprive black citizens from electing a representa-
tive of their choice in order to keep them as part of t,he larger
voting pool. Plans were present,ed and rejected both in committee
and on the floor that would have creat,ed two majority black
districts out of Mecklenburg's eight. The same was Erue for
Forysth, Durharn, and Wake Counties.

fn order Eo understand how t,his affects the black citizens of the
covered counties, one must realize that the North Carolina legis-
Iative is a unit,ary body. It wiII do the black citizens of
Guilford County little good to elect a representative of their
choosing, one out of L20 House members, if he or she siEs in a
body that so grossly underrepresents black citizens that the
voices of the few from the covered counties is lost in the roar
of voices from t,he large multi-member districts. Allowing t.he
black ciEizens of Guilford County to elect a representative tc a
Iegislative body in which he or she can have no effect prevent,s
those black citizens from using their vote effectively. The
intent.ional dilution of black voEing strength is the non-covered
count,ies assures the continuation of a legislative body unrespon-
sive to the needs of the black citizens throughout the state,
Ehose who live in covered counties as well as those who live in
non-covered counties.

IV. Chapter 3 of the Extra Session Laws of 1982, which changes
the election schedule for the primary election, has a
disparate eEfect, on black citizens.

Chapter 3 set,s the schedule for the Eiling for legislat,ive seat,s
and for the primary elect ion. The extremely short. amounE of Eime
for filing, registering Eo vote, and campaigning, is a dramatic
change from the usual schedule and wiII have a harsh impact on
black citizens, black voters, and black candidat.es. The statute
allows for as little as scven days for the candidate to file
aft,er the plans are approvede s€v€D days for voters t,o regisEer
aft.er the close of filing, and one mont,h and six days from t,he
close of filing to the primary. This is in conErast to t,he usual
schedule in which voters and candidates know t,he boundaries of
t.he district they are in for monEhs, if not. years, the candidat,e
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there is three months beEween the end of filing and the election
( from the first Monday in February to t,he first Tuesday following
the first l,tonday in May). See N.C.G.S. S163-1.

This short campaign schedule will work to the disadvantage of all
non-incumbents. In understanding the disproportionate impacE on
black citizens, it is important, to realize that all of the incum-
bents from counties covered by 55 $rere elected from districts
wich a majority of white voters, and aII of these incumbents,
with the exception of Henry Frye from Guilford County, are
themselves white. Thus, any change that disadvanEages non-
incumbents also disproport.ionately impact.s black voters and black
candidates.

For example, t,he proposed District Two of the Senate has Pre-
viously been majority white in population. It, would be virt.ually
impossible for black citizens to recruit. a candidate of their
choosing in time to meet the filing deadline and in time to raise
the money and do the campaign activity necessary to prevail over
the white incumbent.

In addition, for black citizens, who remain disproportionately
under-registered in counties covered by the Voting Rights. AcE,
t.he seven aay registration time af Eer the candidates are known
makes it. unlikely Ehat a substantial number of black voters will
be able to register in t,ime to vote in t'he primary.

An additional problem is that North Carolina requires a substantial
filing fee, or in lieu thereof, a petition signed by tOt of the
registered voters for t,he covered district. Since candidates
cannot, begin peEit,ioning for signat,ures until they know what
district they live in, it will be virtually inpossible to get' a
petition signed in time to EUIIr thus giving white incumbents
lnother edge over challengers supporeed by the black communities.

Fina1ly, the one month between f iling and t.he primary does noE
give vot,ers enough t,ime to learn what district. t'hey live in and
wnicn candidates are challenging the incumbents in order to allow
black voters, who may not suPPort the incumbents, enough time- to
decide which candidate is the candidate of t,heir choosing. Thus,
they are truly deprived of the abiliCy to use t,heir votes effec-
t ive Iy.
For the foregoing reasons, I request t,hat. the AtEorney General of
the United Slates enter objections to Chapters 3,4 and 5 of t'he
Extra Session Laws of 1982 and allow the black citizens of North



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Carolina to have a real chance, not just, a facade of a chancer to
elect representatives of thelr choosl,ng.

Slncerely r

,4k/'J[/*J!- L'evonne Chambers
LesIie J. Hlnner

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Slate Sens. Helen F. Marvln and Robcrt 3. Jordan lll huddle on reillslrictlng Tuesday
. . . House lentali., ely a1pro,ted cnc pf an, ,:rd Senale moved lowai.d agreemcnt

Statri lf ,rrr.;r: anrl St.rrule
eonttrritlees oirtrrovc rotrl:r"5-
eion:,d rtrliotrie tine plirn. P:rg.:
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.hrvc restruc'.rcd northeastcrn
tldstricts and cr -.rtcd btack rnr;cri-
I'ty districts in llceklcnbur3 Coun-

ty.
Thc votc on the Housc plan was

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rsith r finel vote sclredrrleC

for this rnorning. l'he bill nrust
then go to the Scnate.

The Scnatc Itcdistricting Com-
rnittcc's Ct.ci.;ion to:hy :r..v:y frlm
Frr: Jting a htavily bl.rck di:trict rn
ths' no.'!hca.st ap1..t'trctl lrktly lo
wirhst.ind hclvy jecatc.

i!'-r..r'cve:. the pruposctl rli,.'i.;il.a
of iV.rkc Cuurity'Jnlo:lg thruc Sr-.n-

ate districts was in doubt as weke j east was nccessary to rvin Justice
lewm;rkers tobcic<i hear iiy b I Dcpartnrcnt approvat.
ovcrturn theconlmittes:crion. "I'm going to fecl like I'm gcing

T!':e sc;sion u.es ceited becl .:_:er into the lion,s dcn whcn I (o-b:c[
fedcral officiels huvr-. .. rtocri pre,i- | 7lo washington to prc.scnt tle plen
ous North C:rolrn: redistrici,,;g'1 (lo thc dcpartnrcnt),,. ItIs. llecnan
plens undcr thc r9u5 tixt],g.fi!3!'.:i I told the cornrnittee. if :ire panel ig-
Act..Sayrng the previous [t:rrJ,.ti- ncred the advice. shc sai,J. ,.I,ir
Iutc<l black voting srrtrgth, the cf- nct going to spr,.rk to you en-
llc!3ts suggcstcd dr:r.r.in3 sir.je- ccurcgrngly.
rncrnbcr dr-striclt in tte norti:.-x.:t Tte proprrsed Senate plan would i
and Gurlfcrl-County, whcre bl::k cre:rle J.52 pcrcent Utrit<.poputlt- |votcrs would be in the m:jority. cd district cor.ering an aici 

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The Ser,ate ccmmitte.e rpp,roved rcpresentcd by Scrr. J J. ..,',tonk,'

1. !li* -m:j:,rity sir,3!c..rr.u;rl.:r llarringion, D-Bcrtic.. .district fcr Gu:lford eountl. thrt Ho;'cver, Itts. lleenan sald th,_,'
would take in prrts of IIi;f por:.t conrrnil,tec could redrrw thet dis-'
3rrtl Qlc'.6..,bosq. Ltrict to crcatc onc that was clm.rst

During tlrr.: cornrniltcc n:e.c?i-:. I f$ pcrccnt black.
K:thl..cn [[c:rrn. oce cf the ;v:_..i. ]'c.Uowirrg llcr advicc., Sen. Iir,n_
icgton llwycrs hrrr:tt 61, thc Lc .:s- rr E. Fri'e, the cnly blaik sen..rlcr.taturc. wlr-.:tJ l,hJt a h:.:.],.r !
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Jones' mc'.ion to t;blt
Sp:':!Cing amerir.e:: $ a
prcr ed.7l-33.



l;c offieials Expecr FederytoI{ en Re,tlisrricti*s

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Two dtstrlcts rvith two mem.
bers each ln thc nonheast are bro-
ken lnto three single.member dis.
trictr. Tlvo of those dlstrlcB rrc
more than 609[ black. Thc fouri
sert Wes moved to :\torganton be-
causa the population snifted lrom
east to west during the last d?,
cade.

Gulltord County. whlch had
elected sevcn mcmbers at.large, ls
broken lnto four districts - one
single.member. predominantly
black: ona slngle.member. pre-
dominantly nrral: a two.member
lron Hlgh Polnt, end e three-
membcr lmm Grcensboro.

A slngla.member district is cre.
sted ln Cumbcrland County from
Fort Bragg and two prcdomi-
Dau!ly blrck Fayettevllle prc.

r I cincts. The district ls not predomi.
I I nantly black. brrt a Erajorir)'ol the
| fvoters a;e, slnce onll' 292 of FonI Bragg'e.10.817 resicenrs are regls-

tered to vote theie.
Stanly County, rvhich had been

a singls-member dlstrict. is com.
binett with L'nion and Cabrrrus ln
a four-member distnct.

r ttrtlrD L[lt
t

Approval'

'ExpecteclConrlnued troa page lA
Ing Rlghts Act.

I{ere rre rcme maior features of
tbe plans:

HOUSE - The plan ralses the
number ol House distrlcts from .15

, to 53 and lncreases the num5er of
single.member districts from l0
to 21. It splits :d counties bF
twrcn trvo or more districts.

Each House meniber represents
{9.015 people. plus or minus 5%.

SENAIE - The plrn lncreases
the numtrer ol districts f rom 27 to
32 and solits eight counttes.

Thre? Crstricts v,'ith trvo mem.
bers each are spltr irto six singie.
mem5er dist;icts in the northerst

1 with one 51.?$ black and lnothei
[. .t9.1 fo biack.

Greensboro's three.mem!:er dis-
trict ls brokrn inro sin3le.menrber
di-.tr{ctr. one 5.1.9$ black.

CONGRESS - Durhrm Countr'
is mor':d lrom the llh to the 3ri
Dlsrrict. Orarrge (Chapcl Ilill).
Northampton irnrl Fronklin ctrur.
!i'ls :rr? fioi'ud f ronr the 2nr.l :o the.lth [11]-?rkt o( Denlccritrc Rcp.
lkc.{r.Crervr.

;'.vrr YSdk n C''urtv tO',! i,ill!'i
t,rtalinl ?,l.l.r n,.'l,nlC .1.,,J1. ;ior...,l
:,r i.:c 1'h D:strtc: l: ll,'r',r:1.r.-,
ll ..: .lrn:.',la:1,n.

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ih . i:1. Dirr:ir:r . ,.e. I l.l li r..,..
Pl.:'l ;r.;.r otsti:n t,1"'1 1..:::'\'i )

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EXHIBIT

PROPOSED SINGLE IUEI'IBER DISTRICT

IN }IECKLENBURG AND GASTON

FOR N.C. STATE SENATE

COUNTIES

Total
Populat, i on

Black
Population

t
Black

ltecklenburg

001

002

003

004

005 '
006

7

8

9

056

037

041

047

048

049

050

051

052

15 401

60. 01

Census Tracts

623

2

662

1,104

1,516

1r901

757

3,546

2,636

4,613

2,562

4 ,159

2,4L0

4,6.15

2L5

3,491

2,983

3,200

4,052

6,155

z8L

0

228

'581

962

1,825

66s

3,2"16

z,Lg7

4,051

2,547

3,228

2,100

,1r 600

zL5

3,475

2,808

3,013

2,939

575

(Continued on page tr''o)



(Continued - Page Two)

0 3802

05803

059

040

042

04301

045

046

Gaston Census Tracts

5r0

311

515. 01

514

319

520

4 ,911

5,564

9,716

5r191

3,914

5r760

4,852

3, 846.

4,518

2 r158

8,480

673

1r537

269

4 r373

3,855

7 ,086

4,102

2,250

4,52L

3,029

3,900

119,874

S2

74L

L32

277

2 ,485

2,1891

(-.1. e? )
7T ,545 59. 7tTOTAL DISTRICT (Deviat ion)

5,876 = 30t of Gaston's Blacks



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PROPOSED SINGLE ItIE}ItsER DISTRICT FOR N.C. STATE HOUSE

OF REPRESENTATMS IN CUTIBERLAND COUNTY

PROPOSED DISTRICT 
' 

B

1,00 5

2,797

L,492

1, 888

3,159

3,976

5r582

5,354

2,269

5,502

5, tt81

5,672

6,045

52s

2,249

9s8

L,704

99s

5,490

5 ,002

2,492

2,L86

1,389

s32

1,507

3,276

t
Black

54. 6

EXHIB IT C

t
hhite

58. 5

Cuunberland County Census Tracts
Total

Population Black

001

002

003

004

008

010

011

0Lz

013

014

O?L

023

0?4

TOTAL DISTRICT (Deviat i on) 48,181(-1.583)
26,303



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PROPOSED SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT FOR N.C. STATE HOUSE

OF REPRESENTATIVES II( CMIBERTAND COUNTY

PROPOSED DISTRICT f A

Census Tracts. Total Population Black I Black

34

33.01

33.02

tl0 r 8l9

4,059

4 r269

l3,795

l,1og
' 3,422

District Total (Deviarion)
49,147 (.27) 18,525 37.28



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Sin Ele Member Districts ;;imi!iii^iiq1m'*',u;
(con*nrrrd rrorn pale r^) poriron "l,fil1l:'J1""'f,,Il,J11 

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l'l ir('cl'Pt lh;tt 0 grnttl

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litlitttlnx ottr ncerlq." .sald w.'l" .^l',l,,illl' ;I;ri;;;.'trio 1',' s t, o ' k -r' 
n :

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leci.lrtorr to cuPPl

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d!u,:,1,"Jll'"riili" rl-li';i#i1[[t#iiliti.ll [H]..i:ir;iit ;*:ilr''i'h;1'redtsrriclng commlrtee .Jurtle.or{Ilrcrlli XJi'r,l"of'v *i,i -

Trtostl:ty rk'l:rycrt uttin"i"tn'iitl 
't'ore "tmpints"tt and hoppy with

prnposnr Ir' llll.ll.li::il*,1',*' 
ill.hS:itli,'"1 o',rr*.r t"lllT inrnnosnl [ur (.'trmhlrrr";1"",i','il|] "'ft[p. n.n Dluo. D.Wakerlold thc

bT qi# [Trr{dr' :iiliffi ii,l r,r"**Ji 
::;d 1lj, 

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n'ti,i''tr:||:.illiord 

Flrn rplrntnrl r''r'rirtlcr tntllntl by tlre YotlnI

,F.,acrtrv u'nrtltl crlllo :l'rlnt:ln' ltithts Att'

ffiil,ti-iii.i with a Gx per.r'nl Grorrpr n1 11sb0-son. Cotttttl'

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f,, 1,r,t:rliott' .rn0lltt'r tr..lt'tntr lntllrns ,.d.nlrr;rtlv

l.i;n'lrrl;'l;r',ri.rr,,'t rt*t.*_or1!l ffi,;;di..,",,i.r lu: q::::i.ll]l:]"ll

i;i";;. 1t tho nrrtltl'mt-'nthor nll,rwt,l.
rlistrirts. forrr incumhr'nli $rrtllfl 

rnrlttce nlrnr lo tinlrh lts
illil;;i r"i ir,',j. .,:1,:"lILril.H: 

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,,llrr,r rlislricl, llrrll'. tt ,trrs.:nlutlln'rlurln(, o Jrtrhl,ie

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1t1n in,rtnthnnls r,'" t*i'i'in"'f"' (jont:rrssir,n:tl ltr.rlistrictinl:

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H,i"i,;;";i,iri.inrnrber. ,li:!fl',_.: iiiiii$,irran,t ontt llrrke rulit wcrc 

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F t et



Corrnty fl3trcicl<s Fubhing Effort
ity !,lT Rtvtt:nE

t' ,, la;,to

tt.\L!.!Ul! - A group ol Cum-
tr..rlurrd Currrrty blrck lr;aders
pl.,rrr td ('r,rrlrr.ue thc pUrh luf
!,rr1:ir. tIrclil!r.f 1,.;;irl'lIiUr. .fi!rtftcls
r.rtl'.rul \uul,urt lruttt lhu CuUOlr/'tt
It ;'i.Lrit;t. rlt lr.g.rtir,rt.

lr,. llilrr.r. r..dirtrl(llrtr{
r r i,rrrlrr'i lrrr l,.rtr,l l,,rl,ry [rr (ltll.
.Jt.:r'r .r ptrn th:t truuld clrrvc o
p,. .i.:,rr,trrttly l,l:r k rJistricl uul o[
( r:rrrlrrl.rtr.t ('crtrrly llrrl lc.rvc thc
r. .l r I rhc ti.,lrl?y inl.rr l, tr,u:rl ul
tlr.. .'r.utrlt-'s ft;c llou.,c utclrrtrcfS
.. rr' I lrl,lt,.ly .h.|tyill/: anr h;rrrrl ltr
,.j.r!'il;: rr.|.w rlr,tltCt lrrrll1sl 11;".t..l lrr. tr..w rlr,trrr.t wlr drlwn byI li.l ttrr. rl.rll irltcr tlrc U :i-.j:.-,tr'c !)r.F.rrlrr,rul reJr\tcd lhc
1,,,u.,. 1.,1;,rrrrrirrl! gtlan. cititrg
( ,;ir.ir;rl.l;d. :r srnglc_rourrly di:-
I r rr i t.n t I I lr.d to fiVe fc-
1,rr...:r.rlircr. .rs B spr.cific pre
i;r rt: Jrc.r.. 'l'he dcplrtmcnt
5u'i.r. lr.:l lhut rinfllc-nrcrrrbcr
c.\tf;Llr cuuld rlrrrriltte thc pgrSi.

i-- czier Flies
To Notioncl

l'-p-

blll,y rhol hlact voring strength
wr,uld bc dilulcd.

lttr.r.tln( witlr .rh ol the counly'r
le,3irl.rlun ln l.'alcttcvrlh: Tm.rrlay
ni(ht. a group ol hluck k'adcrs
arLcd fur 5uplturt frrr srngle-
tltctlllrrr district.t.

"'l'lrc txrttorrr linc is lhls group is
in favur o[ sin;:h: dirllicts. lhc
('ourrty shrruhl Ur: rlrvir.h:rt intrr
sr'rru | .r lc tll,l rh:1r. " iuirl Artlir.ttr.u.r
llsrv. l'he group of about Jrr blacks
had lnr:l Mondly nitL a lawyer for
llrr. l',14.'.(-'ir ljdur'.rtrln irnd lrgal
l)r.fi'lrrr. l'und .lrrrl un.rnirntrusly
curtor*rl sing!u-trrcmbcr dirtrlc[s.

Or.w lrrhl l.:$islrtorr tha3 lhc
grutrpr wurrhl tlol luyor c.tfvln4 out
o ;rrr.rlllnuttok'ly bl.rr'l dl:,lrlct unrl
Irlvllr6 lhc nrt 11[ ltlo suurrly ur
urr "ul largt" Jlstrict.

Ccrry Cohrn, hsad oI lhc
legislutive drlftrng dcprrtlneot,
sairl thlt Justice Ocparlrncnt
officials hod sald ihe proposcd
prcdonrinrlely bt.rcl dlstrict la
Cumbrrllnd Corroly rorrld Ua
asccutaLlc.

.., ir,gii - tv'i€fil Dgr u I str rc t s

(Sce SINGLE, Page 2A)

Bush A
qh P..--

Ohrrrn"'J _3,-!L I

"Ii'r .my -opioion that il you
crcatc lhir dl.,lrrct. Justlce rrolld
not curc whrl you do rlrh lhc rcst
of tlru torrrrry.', Coh,.lr srltt. ..Bul ii
you gu to five dirtricts and did not
haye I prcdomlnrtety tracr-aii-
lrict, I tlrlnl Justicc would rejccl
it-'.
. Thc proposed dirtrtct woutd
lnclurle liort Uru*g anrl popc AirI,irrcu Uaso and Crosr Cr,,clr
-(f'a.yettcvllle) preclncts t? (Grcen
vruey area) and t6 (near E.li.
Srrith lligh Schoott tor r tlisrrici
wnh irn Bl p.n.crrl bl,tcl poprrt.r.
llon.

- Co.hca taid anothcr ptan lhe
Jrrsllcu l)r,jrlrtnrt,nt rr,tut,t oil,iw*trukl comlrlnt thr: nrllltury b.lrowlth Crors Crcck tZ und li(t'uycttcvltlc Stato Unlvcrslty
arljr).

Ilut Culrsn sald [tcn. Lura T.rllv
D-Cunrb,.:rtand, hud indicated shd
fcll, tho.comnnurrlty would prefui
trrc. rombinalion of Cross Criek 16
rnd l? with thc rnilitary base.

Bcv. C.IL Edwarrls. the only

blrck candtdale 0o aaaouncc hli
canrtidacy lor the ltouse. lives in
Crrrss .Creck -l?. lhyr:ttcvlftc -iiy
(irulrtllntuo ltcy. Aurrn Johrrsori.
ryho liyes io Crcrs Crtet n. hii
bccn rumored us a possibte stata
ilouse or tienatc candidate. If thc
l7th..and t3th preclnct" *"ii
cotnblncrJ,.Edwlrds. r Dr.nrocral,
uorrftl l,€ pillul lgurrlrt Julrnsun. r
Ircpur)llcu0.
. "Whatcyer ls done, tie Justlce

Ireprrtmcnt will have to say thrt,stlrr lhing l-o do,', fatty rirtrt itrtr
6roup'l'ucsday.

."""lJl'ili:',,?i"l'n 
"ti?ll; fl;oplro$t,r si116lc nrt rlrlx.r ai"trttL. -

"l lhlrrli our prrrblcn,r--'iro
county*ldu rnil 'l think ,,ur pro.
Llcln! crosr rtrlul llncs," C[lrk
told thc group. ..llrrt I rlrir.t tlrini
,l .rnak('s nruch difft:rcnee wh.rl I
ll,,l1 I ryiil nor oppose any ptan
tnat conrcs orrt ol tlrc comrniitm.,,Itep. tlenry Tyson, D-

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O Inyred para
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THE FAYETTEVILLE TIMES

PTNTONEstablislrcd 1973
TIII.BSD.IY

FEBRU,TRY.T, 1982

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Creating
PoliticaI
Ghetto

1,. ,. l

Creating a General Assembly House
district out of a couple of predominantly-
blaek precinets linked to Ft. Bragg in
Cumberland County would be a cynical
racist approach to legislative redistrieting.
Such a district would amount to a political
ghetto.

Black leaders who are opposing such'an
approach deseqve wide public support from
all citizens, black and white. The best
interests of all citizens would be sen'ed bv
single-member redistricting, by creatin!
one-member districts for all five members
of the Cumberland House dqlegation.

The "black-member" redistricting
scheme has been seized upon b.r' some
members of the Cumberland House delega-
tion in the wake of of signals from cif il
rights enforcers in lYashington that such a
political ghetto might aetually pass mu.ster
under the standards of tbe Voting Rights
Act. Enforcers wbo believe that sort of
racial gerrymandering is indeed the law of
the Iand have dismally misread the law and
a long line of court opinion interpreting the
Supreme Couit's "ooe man, one vbte"
mandate.

Ilary lllcAllister, the first blaek elected
to the Cumberland County board of
commissioners, put the stanCarCs in
perspective at a meeting of black leadeis
who enCorsed single-nrcmbcr rcdistrictirg.
She s.r i{'

"I don't tavor caruing out one block
dfstrict. All districts should be drou;n
fairly. It would take a mighty ou'ku'ard
slrope to lu"*e o majority-block dislrict. Il
does not haw to be o majority-black
district /or it to be repr esenlath)e."

The underlying motive of the 1

"black-member" scheme is the un-tl
derstandable reluetance of incumbentll
legistato* to change the status quo anyl
more than is absolutel-v necessary. Deris-
ing single-member districts which meet
fairnesi standards wbile protecting in'
cumbencies as well would be a delicate,
though not impossible, chore.

There is reClly no responsible alternative,
however. Any other approach insults
standards of political fairness and invites
racial disharmony.

For their part, black citizens of Cum-
berland Countl' desen'e better than the sort
of racial cynicism inherent in the proposcd
seheme. The.v constitute an important
voting bloe. The black population, althor:gh
thcre a!'tt s0:rn nr,ir'l'f.1,rt,,,,,,1 r'ottt'entr.l-

tions, is generaUy integtated into the entire
Cumberi-and community beiter than in
almost any other urban county in North
Carolina. A political ghetto would stand out
even nnore starkly precisely because
Cumberland has so little of the otber kind!

Noo-black citizens would be as ill-sened
as black citizens because such a scheme
would water down the fair voting strength
of every indiridual

Single-member districts which contain a

fair proportion of all elements in the
population offer the best approach to
assuring that all citizens can participate in
and have their interests heard in the
politics of electing General Assembly
members. In fact, the racial mix in
Cumberland's tl townshlps is remarkably
representative of the o'.'erall mix of the
count.v. That is a foundation 0n which to
build fair sin g!e-member districts.

Cumberland County legislators are chas-

ing a divisive, irresponsib!e will-of-the-wisp
with their politieal ghetto scheme. To
paraphrase the late Hubert Humphrey, this
is stal ing in the shadows of narrow
interests at a time when Cumberland
Counti'ou:lt to be stcppin.q into the
sun:hine of the widest public interest.
Scrap the schene. an.J bring the public into
a co(,F,eraliue effort for fashioning
legislative di:trict.; fair to every citizen irr

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THE FAYETTEV'LLE TIME5
Establisfud 1973

. ,tl OPrNrolq#
Creating a General Assembly Eouse

district out of a couple of predornioaotly-
blact precincts linked to Ft. Bragg in
Cumberland County rould be a cynical
ncist approach to legislative redistricting.
Such a district would amount to r political
detto.

Black leaders who are opposing such an
rppmacb desene uide public supgrrt from
rll citizens, black and shite. The best
interests of all citizens would be sen'ed bv
single-member redistricting, by creatin!
one-member districts for dl five members
of tbe Cumberland House delegation.

Tbe "black-member" redistricting
scheme has been scized upon by somi
members of the Cumberland House delega.
tioo ia tbe *ake of of sigrils from civil
rights enforcers in ll'ashinglon that such a
political ghetto might actuill.v pass musrer
under the standards of the !'dring Rights
Act. Enforcers nho beUer.e thrisori of
racial gerr.rmandering is indeed the taw of
tbe land have dismalli misread the law and
r lcng lire of courr oiinion interpr.ring tt.
Supreme Court's "ooe man, bae *:ote"
toandrte.

llary }IcAllisrer. the first blaek elecred
to the Cumberland Countl.borrd of
commissioners. put the stanCrrds in
perspecti',e a: a mecling of bhc\ lerdris
gho enCorsed single.nrcmbtrr rcdi.trictirg.
Sbe saiC:

v $cfitorials
"l don't tar;or carting out one block

district. All dislricts should be drou'n
loirly. ll vould take o mighty orh,r'ard
slrape to lw,"e o mojorily-block districl It
docs nol have to be a majorily-block
dislrfcl /or il to bc rcpresedlolite."

The underlying motive ol tbe 1

"black.member" scheme is the un-11

derstandable reluctanee of incumbentll
legislators to change the status quo an1'r
more than is absolutel.r necessary. Deris'
ing single-member districts *hich mett
fairness standards sbile protecting in-
cumbencies as well *ould be a deliclic,
tbough not impossible, chore.

There is really no respon.s:ble alternative.
howerer. An1' other approach insulls
standards of political [airness and inritcs
racial disharmon.v.

For their part. black cilizens of Cun:
berland Counl.r deserre bctter than tle sort
of racial c1'nicism in!:ercnt in lhe propcsrd
schenre. The.r conslituie rn importJnt
voting bloe. The black p,;pulatir,n. alrhouAh
lhcre are some neiELlo;h'nd concenira-

tions, is generall;; integr.rted into rhe entir{
Cumberland eommunit.r better than in
almost any other urban count.v io Norlh
Carolina. A political ghetto uould stand oui
even more starkl.v precisell. because' Cumberland has so little of 0re oiirer kindl

Non-biack citizens could be as ill.sencd
as biack citizens because such a scheme
would sater down the fair voting strenglh
of euery indiridual.

Single-member district.s rhich conlain a
fair proportion of all elements in the
population offer the best approach to
assuring that all citizens can parricipate in
and have their interests heard in the
poliiics of electing Cenerrl .{ssembl.r'
members. In fact. thc racial mix in
Cumbcrland's ll to'*r:sl-.ics is rcnrrkcblv
reprr.srnl3ii'.e of thr o',irall n:,r of the
count)-. Thrt is a found:tion on *hich to
build frir sins!e.menrbrr districts.

Curnberlar:d Countl' leeishtors are chr-s-
ing a di"'isire, irrespn,:(ib'e rr!ll.of-the.*isp
rilh their political gh:tio scheme. To
p;rra;h::.e tlr. l:lr Il':br.;1 IIur-'.le-r', thi.s
ii s(3lir:l i;: the.sh:C,,es oi nrrrou
intcrrs'i a! 3 time u!r, n Cur:5erl:ni
Cr,u:::'. n,::rl l,r [a <1' li:;( i::tu thr'
sun.h:ne oI the '*iC,ri: public iniercsr.
Scr,:p the sr!:enc. lnC b;:::,1 d:e public into
a coopc:ative eIfcrt for Iashioninq
legisl.:tire cistritLi f3ir i,l trerl-. citi:en ir
ever) Cornef ,,f Cunnhlrl rni Cn'rr:!].

Creating
PoliticaI
Ghetto



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25 Ccnu Deily
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Fayetterille, N.C.. ['ednesday. Febn:ary 3, 1982

,Bia*tt, District' Flam, Oru, Howse Paroel Agenad,a
BY JOEI lIfrTER

O, a3 Ter tl!,'
.t ni:su-icJrg plar cenbining tbe section of Ft

ei:j .t:.; i -is 
C'::'berlarrd Co'-rnt1' acd tqo

i-.=i-san':.' btrck pe*.cts ioto oD" state Hot:se

ii.:--:i: wili be conci:-:red today b-v e House
r.'1t;-;1;sting connnit::e. CunLerland -County
i.f.!;il;;id e b:ack i-up.oPposed to such a plan
Tc..: i:y.

T:.. ii...:r r.-mairjng El':se menbers frora Cum'
be:l-.-d Cof=?, re:id se=;e at-lai3e, tie legislators
s:i'

T:e l*o b!::k Prtci-rrs s.-gtesteC b
acc::{'g to S::le Rcp. 3cn BearC' rro'id

precinrts l? rnd 16 or precilc6 U rDd l!, all i'o the

Dturchison RoaC arer- fi,. tlor." iedlstricting committee met TucsCal rnd'
wiil meet aEain today to PreParG lor a public belring
on state Eouse aod Searte rcdistricting plaos
ltr.rsday in Baleigh.

Ft. Biagg bas r population of a0'tt7. . and 292

.eaistereal-oters. Precinct t7, tO PerceDt black, has
i-z-ss ocoole and 1,550 reglstered voterr. Precinct 15'

gi oeic.ht bl:ck, bas 3,oGI reside-.s, sith l'33s-*ni!ior"a 
toters.'Precinci ts. etso 9! Percect blacit,

6ai z,rgz resideo:s and &13 regstered roter:'
Tte bleck grouP, composed ot some of tbe county's

most respected blae} leaders-. arrangcC. Tuesday's
meerlne 'i irfr Oe Celsgaticn to let rhe leSislrtors knar
it opp"ieC such a plan.and favo;ed Ove singlernsnrber
House districts for Ounberlar:d Couniy-

The group met licndry cith long'l:'ne civil rights
aciit':tt-sipiio But'-on and an at:"i?ey-for tDe Nrticr:al
Association lor the Advanceme:t of Colored People's
Educ.rton and Le3rl Defense Fund to discuss the
sinete-me.atbcr distiict prop,o.sals. Burion is a plaintifl
in itre X-reCP suit challenging tbe multi'menber
districl s,'stem.

The Drmocratic Party lst vice chrirnac.- Tom
Couicil, nho chalred Tuesd:;"1 mee::ng a! ltount

Sinrl Brptist church. said represcntat:ves of the
group *ili attcnd Thur:d:y's public bcaring.
' 

Council said t!:e btac\ group *ill sr.:ppcrt a plrn
bei.ne orcoercd bv the Le8,el Defense ForrC rrhich crl!s
for iiigte-memb*r dis:ricts in all of the state's
ceuntles.

That otan hcs not been rnade public at tltis time.
Beari said lhe U.S. Justice Departrr,ent has

lnCicated it ritl not disapprove the single black
district pltn. rs lor:g as thc district has at lerst a 65

oercent bl:cl populaticn.- 
Wh.o asked'bi the bl:ck group for their stands on

Scc P.f rlf FPL\G. Px3e 2-.1rbe pleo,
be either

.r.
red!;tric'.ing cornmif tees, s;id tiry
Dad no control ouer whlt pla-'- *rs.
eventuelly prescn!.'d for consld'
eration b1' the Justice Deprrtn:erL

Onll- Rep. Biilt' Clark :aid he
oopc:ed sln;!e-:te*t:'r di.tri.''s.
Rep. Hn:.1 Trr,rr said he cr:r114

li','e qr::5 ei:hlr single-l:sra!nr
dis':i;1. or n:'.:lli-rnrnih':r riis'
tric i.. .

Berrd, Rep. Lurr T:il1'. Scns
Tony Rand and Joe Briror tuld
the group they * ill tote lor tle
al:n the Justice Depan:ne:'.t !c-
iepts. wh:teuer that piln na1' bc.

Chrk, Te!!y and Be:rd a ji lir P io
lhe nofJt'*e';i scc:icc e[ Fa;,'.:,'
ville. rnC tt le?.t ?''.,t .f t:.'-
could r-v f::ceC t,l cci:.i,i" :.,! lr:'j
SJ=C !!:rr.e s.:.rt, iI ll.c t,..':l'. ::

dilided in:o lire si::3ls.menrh-r
dirtr:.ts.

Clark srid that though he
cpposcd the five single-membrr
dlstricts proposrl. h9'nould ..r;>
;x;rr tle pl'in ernrting ,r':e mr;r'i-
t;- blr. k .li..irii !.

!1. r. t-ar.'!,i l!,.!t. thr: Ci'! n.,t
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EXHIBIT

PROPOSED SINGLE I"IEI.IBER DISTRICT FOR N.C. STATE HOUSE

oF REPRESENTATMS rN ROBESON, HOKE, q SCOTLA"\D CoUNTY

PROPOSED DISTRICT f A

Townships

Scotland County

Spring Hill
Stewartsvil 1e

Hoke Cognty

A1 lendale

Antioch

Blue Spring

Robeson County

*a trt t"*
I'laxton

Ror'rland

A1 fordsvi 1 1e

Gaddy

iltariet ta

Fairmont

(less tract 101)

TOTAL DISTRICT (Deviation)

Populat ion Black
t

Indian Indian

540

L,L76

ls0

L 
'?'02
548

901

2,056

7L3

886

540

L07

1,098

9,517 20.0*

3,651

14,911

1,981

s,676

230

760

79s

2,s34

2,515

1,634

?74

407

815

2 ,464

20,083

t
Black

42. L

47.7

2,455

L,373

5,7L2

6,000

3,122

1r391

1,218

1,715

5,695

47 ,666



PROPOSED SII.IGLE I'IE}BER DISTRICT FOR

OF REPRESENTATIVES IN ROBESON, HOKE,

PROPOSED DISTRICT T

N.C. STATE HOUSE

6 SCgTLd\iD COWTIES

B

Townships

Hoke County

Rae ford

Stonerval l
Robeson County

Back Swamp

Burnt Swamp

Pembroke

Lumberbridge
' 

Ph i l ade lphu!;

Raft Swamp

Renne rt
S add le t ree

Smi ths

Smyrna

Thompson

Union

St. Pauls (ED 109,410)

Parkton (ED .100,.t01)

Shannon

TOTAL DISTRICT

Population

8, 956

I,327

t
Black Black

4 r773

451

lndian

278

186

5,063

L,779

8,725

L,397

1,959

2,307

1,433

2,6?7

3 ,713

L,L32

1,343

2 ,403

L,733

2,LL}

733

46,770

766

LZ9

346

620

245

265

234

9I

130

163

239

53?

820

841

230

10,875

1,743

1,560

7 ,Zg3

3L7

1,456

1,599

L,442

1,910

3,35S

129

917

1 ,517

204

78

399

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I. Panel actropts N.C. Hotese plan

with for.ar roer!'black destricts
B-v A.L.llt.ll'

Cliaa C:rrra Cm',pFdal
After rebufficg a move to create

major:ry black distric5 iu each of
the state's maJor urban couaties. a
leglslaii'.'e comrniliee Fnday ap.
proved a state i{cu- redistricting
plan to go to &e full lrg:-:lature
T\:esia:r.

The plan. approued l9-U. \rouJd
create t!-.ree new prxiomnantly
black Clstr:crs in E;.s:crn North
Carcil-.a and a lourth in Guillord
Gluat;-.

TLe plan r,:u!d sglit !6 c'ounties.
rnac;" ir lLe East. il:ke Counr-v
,rould, remain in cre J5tr:ct. with
slt repre.er.:rtises elected at
largr..

With a feu chalges Lr the llest
and P::dnc::t an.! a nei*'predomi-
nantiy black dlstnct rn Curnber-
land Ccunty. ii:e plar ado.oteC by
tIe Hcuse Redrstr:cun3 Conmit-
tee is r':,earl-t- the s3!r'le asi one
adoptvl lasi *'ees by a s:bcom-
mi:,:ee.

Co-c}::irn.rn P,obe- .{. ,Icnes,
DRutlerfcrC. predi::eC pa-:s3qe
cf t;e ;!a:: ::l :ie:i! 'r::li': leEl;la-
t:ve s€ss:J:I. 'r trc!r .:...o 'r''i cc:t-

Bep. Kerr:reth E. Soau'ding
...'^aI:ec nos::! : ac.< c.s:r:cIS

siCer lace Se::ace :nd c:::qres-
s:onal r;:lsr=.ct ::€ --.:ns.

TLe '.:a:.: gf :!E =o-.t:: black
- C..t:'n::::::-r: Co--::y'i:st:rct
I c:usei :cn,a ;::- -iin; :.: :he

CCif.t1.:-=e -'-3L:3 -:e ::;i:tCt
'*c'-.:,j ::rs:_:: :rL:,' r F:.-: J:3ZZ

r and tr*'o pre<iomiaantly blacl
I to,*rships outside the base.

Of th€ district's {9.fi3 grcple.
.{1.81? are oo the milit-ary base. ac-
cordin$ io tbe l$o census. OnlY
292 of tlose are registered to vote
io A.e county. Tbe ltlo townshiPs
ousiCe tLe pcst, with only 8.855
pecple and 2.8?8 registered vctars.
sould control a seat in t}te state
House. Tbe otherfour llous'e mem-
bers frtm C\rmberla-'id gould ntn
at largein the rest of tbe counry.

Cumberla-'ld uor Ls one disfict' siti five represenlatives, dl elect-
ed at lerge and alt rrtute.

Oo a vote of tl12, tle committee
Cefe:ted a motion bY state ReP.
Kerceth B. SgauJCirg. D'D"rham'
sho rs blaek. to cre3te four Pre-
doarnantllr black districts within
llecklenbur3, Forsyth acd Wake
cou;.ties.

S:auic.ing said he also would
slp- rt a black distr:ct ia Durhan
iI tiack disrtcs *ere c-.rted in
thra-re tir?e counlies.

T::e od:er t'rc black mernbers of
tl:e House. R:9. Daniet T- Elue' D

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.1 a r errrel aruul, LD

Catiaudlafic lA
Sale. :nd Rep C. Mclrin Creecy.
O-.\-orthamptoD, yotcd Eitb
Spauldint

Spauldrng dres strooS opF6r.
tion from lteclJenburg Dene
crats Thcy sejd tic count:i h.s
had few blecl c.rdrdal.s for tlc
Hro* end ih.t a scp.r.tc dlstfict
domnatcd by bl:cks soujd hurt
th. county'r D€mEraUc Paity.
shich depcrds on th. bl.c! Yot. fo
clcd Hous. mcmbarr-

AJtct bis motkh rts defcetcd,
Spauldrng prcposcd iadividud
glens ,or tuo most y blecl d4
tricB in [tccuenhrrg. ooc ia Fc.
slt}t .nd orE in Salc. AII Urlc
olotiorE Bcrc &l .!cd.

Thc lf,rle dstmt rq.rld bw
bctn compostd m6t y ol Sctnb
?ast R.lcigh. lD th. uot? oo thet
dEtrrct. Bh,G, qho a urrsurt a sb.
tle.mcr:rb.r dinrict iD hli cor$ty
sould help blects. abst irrd.

"l rcq.tcst erd pled Llier )'oJ do
fEt only Yh.t rs kdly rigrrt br..t
}hat ls mor.lly nght-" Spauja,rt
s.rd as hc prBs€d hle casa.

At JorEs'urSjn& tbc coomitllc

rtirtcd Sg:ulding'r plee rnd hcld
!o itr dcciston to cr"etc mo,stly
blacl Clsl'icls oaly m countia3
cor'?rcd by th. 155 Votmg Rrghts
Act.

Tle U S. Jusl:ce D"fartment
vaload a pr"rious Housr pla:r, say-
ht rt drlut d bhct uotl'lg st,ln8h
!n l.ba ao c\ounccs covcrr{ by tDG
rt.

AncnF'ls Frid.) to p:dy d,'.
m:.nuc tro mrthegtcra Hanse
drstn(tr that rr. 60 perEt't r
gtort bl:cl rlrt defc:trd.

Ttia. ffitharstem dietricls,
pltr3 tb. blecl dislricts in Gurllord
rnd Cumbcrlend. s'ere cnaatad to
corfi?ly rlth t! vot:Bg Rrghtj
Aci. rhich coucrs thocc erees Tbc
Jt:tc s o.Jicr urban countps -llcckienblrS. Forsfh. Sate rnd
Durham - art amont t r€ @ ctxrr!
tr.s rEa corrrtd by thc act. L2grs.
btiYe ds:-icts h th6c oountrca
er? @l s'JbFt to Ju3tic? Dcplrt-
ment n?vlcr.

TIE c!L:rtt6 h:ve sir:ble
blacl coniitumcrcs. arri tlry trt
n!Prc$:.id by lerge llcr:se &lc.
8.tr6s runnrli at lerrc. }lccllcc

lrrarrr at Pope, ['t. Bragg
f ()RT 8P \CG I {P' - t rce

P:..;1--' r;.qir ? ).1. -' i',. 1.lt
l. (!., l'..d)\ ll Itoi4 \ i t ,iac
Br., rr,j l-rtt ,J;,t(( lo : ' i I lh
t-'-.1 lr-! 'r.rc f)r.,\rcl !io ;! rs
r., rl: h tr., a C.ror":r'. tn
eirb rir. a.. a!ll

ll. J o pJrd t \r5rl lo lL" :rp
:rr :ct !'.J lq -.r!.rs ol Dc::a
Teir. tl',: intl i.rrol:<l :i i llJ:
ld \ p !r'i ri lh. Ji. ric) rt t'r cl
Lr. i.! .ti.r;(rr-t Ll'o r, tc r"i::
in'r1r 13 111n

8c:t.rr:rrfd lt fcrr 3Vi''? tl'
f'orc?: Jt cr:cU1- 9 t rn ln rJ.1t
rcrthcr. 23yJ r.'.irn n,--i.1 r.t'i
rh .l^d tt.:Jrd J C lf() J:: r.l: io
fl) u::!r 6{ p.rrJ'ro i.:rr lo J ::rp
IDTrc

Allcr lh€ rclC "rs lu:f-|. ti'r
y'anc crrqrng 8:rh l:rdnJ n rr
by so th vrcc pr6{rrl cogld
r:tch tl|" othcr t., rcn h l5r cr.
6cisa mJhe tl|frt jur.Ps.

Tlrc plarcs .lso dtopttd cqurp
rlent a.rd suPplrcJ rnto l,})c lard:n8

'DitcStcuit;' uas b6,5t :! S{cr?: S.r.
rica a8?:ts and mrlitar_1 polrcc
rgped o(t r smaU ar€a frora rl'..ch
nepor,ars }atcH Bush s.rrrrel
Art.r t}lc vrce pr"sld?nt lar4(d. rc
porters r cre 6h€red otf tl,c E s.
and sert not allo'.ed to s sich thc
rmamCer o[ t]€ et?rcllf

Army sptles nen elso rcl: v-J to
sey sho Bush Ul\cd to cr B Trr
alsa lra scnt duflng hJs 3':-f.arjr
rGit.

Shirlcy Grctn. . sPok?smin l.t
thc ric.c prusrdcnt. sard 8[<h uant'
Gd to visrt Fort BreSt bccause lr
b.d ml h:d th? opportunt:! to rtirt
tn Army po6t slrcc he lcrl clf ;ce

last 1..car.

P&rn rpprovcd by co.rmitteG locludes n€w dlstrlclr to. Cumbcrbnd rnd Gult ord counilc!
.. . lI mbefs rep.es€fll lrla nurib"r of ltous€ rrlemb€rs b be elected f ro.n €ach dislrd

',.i,"i,i

*' :i.,
ld:5:r

burg h:s Do( cl-ecicd.'blact to th
Hous. n this ccr:tury. ard Forystb
does nd batr a blacl r.gres.ota-
live.

Sperlding rerocd tbat . frderd
court iD. pcrding lau:uit rrll lok
rl thc catrn st tG for drlutioo of
blacl voting strengti. oot juf,t.bc
counties cover€d by t r. act.

Thc .\AACP kgel Deferr<e end
Educ.tion Fulrd lnc. h.< fllcd suit
.SaiDst tb. I*aislature ia fcdcrd

court in Rahigh, .sting th. coun
to imF6. single.mem5€r dLstncts
$rwShout th. C.tc. A Rcpubli-
can-b:cled su.rt ha-s a similer go:t.

Altcr tl* ommitt(r mGtint.
SFulding told reponers. "I do !rct
thrrt tic courts sill :ccefi this
plan ... hn t r. ,lO ountlcs t,laa lra
clvered (b!, lhe volrng ect) might
pass Justicc rcvEP."

To thc commiticc. Joccs sekl.
"Ec bevc msolved t}c cowrt{

to carve 4 tlistricts
for blacks in House

Congressmen prefer '81 plan, Jones sals
haaqldh

r-orl h Ca rll r na't cot: grta<:otral
detc;tlran prc[?r: th. ]cd.srrrct.
i,:t pl.n .pgrov.d lest ycar by thc
Leg:sletare lo liorc rccc?t 110!6.
.ls. U.s. B.p. s.llcr B. Joocs sed

r"comn,fl'd r ner. pltn lo tlE fuu
lr(.slrtL-? r.tt rek.

Jorcr. rn a talrphof? intcnrw
fron hs ll'esru-lsron o{lrci. 3:rd
h" poll€{ tic dclecatron rrt€r L\.
cor.mltic" rocrmmendcd rts rEr
phn. rh;ch roulJ male mapr
shrfts in rh }Dd. lth .:d 6th con.
tr6snod drrlrEts.

But Joes serd Ur k{!.r 3fndd
tEa b. ulcn 8 . dirt<l reb{rt oa
tlrc btest plaa

"OI cqrrse. ls acs pl:ns comc
uP thrY tgP 6gtgt6smcn) mitht
ch.rngc. but as of )6terd.y. rdb
thc Inor lcdle rc had at hand, rc
irsutrd th:s." Joncs said

TIE dr:c.parag"aph ktter ra!
rdd:*sed to tle Gcnc;al lrscm-
bly. lt se:d: "AIl tl cong:essrcntl
oil,ces cf ur.c );erllr C.::lina delc-
83!:.;e Flrc been pcl:d Thc ra
$!L3 .re.jat ell of rhc ll n.r:r
btn epgmtp ar:d cndcrsa iha col}

grcssiorul rdistrictrng plan as
pesscd by thc Sorth Carol'ne C,cn.
cnl Ass.mbly in t$t."

A.lthough thai pbn has bcco rc
jcoad and e nst onc propos.d, Gl.
foris h.ve continucd by JLta at.
torncr"s to sin fedcral epprovd ol
Lhr l94l plen. Strtc la*1crs havc
rerd tlry intcrdcd to lomt:ily r
qu.st t Et ihc Justicr Oepeamea
ttcorsiler il! reJ.ctioo o, thc tltt
plan

Jmcs sail ht res ar.rre o{ lh.rl
Dos.. H. raid hc hed bcea aslcd
to poll thc dclqation by stetc Scn.
H.rold $'. Hardrsoa. D-L:roy.

But Jones elso said I'e h:d re
ecrrcd e sugre..ied tEGDaee leiler
lrom Jcrru Leonard, u\i r[ash:lg.
too attor:x.v \rtd by thc Lecirli.
ture io C,, ;d its redrstri:rng
pla:s.

''l coul,j' :o rlonE Tith .:l o,
thit." Jor. .ard o[ t]c lr<rard

htler. "l thinl bc't rithdrasa
that reqJest. "

l,.conard co.r.ld mt ba rcachad
,or commcnt.

Thc aew map sould more Dur.
baril Crunty from the {th Drstrict
into th.znd District. as suE:c5td
by the Justice D,'prrtmcnt, and
Elek" ot r rud]ustmcnts.

Tcd Deruel. rrecrilivc essistart
l,o H Dstrict Democr.tic Rep.
L.H. For:ntain of Terboro. raid h
en int.taier t r:t Fount.i, Fr
tarrcd thc tSl m:p. rhich did'not
put Durtum in his djstrict, but that
h. di{, no( initiatr t}c lettcr.

colrntica for th. Justicc D?p.rt-
m.nt. rDd that's dl g3 ;13r'c to do.
l'E qlllng to telc my chancrs m
lh. lrwsuit."

Nature cenler propos€d
for home of Golda lleir

DE:{ITR (APt - The rundo*l
formcr bome o, thc l.te lsr..li
Prrmc Mmster Golda lteir otay
b! turnc{ over to UE crty tod us.{
rs a oalurt centcr .

Orgeni:t'rr s.k ilry rrnl to
morc llt bousa io D?nvet's Habi-
lrt P.rt, rh"rr it rould bc lascd
rnd maintaincd b, Utc Denvfi Au-
dubon Soo.ly.

Pfrtmei'. and Jornt Ltrsl::ira
oomrl"r's.ar{rd this ]eL to Sying S.tylrs

nnilu stzcs



..-

Txg Rauglcx Ttt'rgs

Thursdoy, FebruorY 4, 1982
YICE,T t

ia the draring o[ our me.ls'"

,f';.',Ht""iAT:ffi
Inifit feel be nraY Ime soroe mr'
*f;-tv toto in Es-eleetirr but I'o
IHri',q oo tbd basts d nhel I'
i'ii* ttft lar as bebg.""n"t O""i'J f,. Blue, D'S-ate'

-ifiy Tlarrtt aad c':e st t'be

iltJ'uiaer grerabers iB tbe
. ilu*. tmt a htaoe cc'u::c be
[.[ji6.-*afidSpadd!18- - .' -'ffi 

"t t'rlti'oe-mkr districts
navl 

-uleo stPta to rort for
;ir;-ts-""d tbd comm=in-' tlfl
$;Id be-cootinued." Blue said'
ffi""g- it 

-carl 
be decorsr.'ed

that it has mt frorke4 s ere Pe
ole have oot toted acrcss racrar

fiil, ib- something bes to be

$LEFli
Gffitittud3.,'.g-#'a

Ad,arns attueks

plsrr to €resfe

blsek disfriefs
Bv pALrL t. o'cori:\ioR lTgjyJ- areas o[ tb€ st.t€ into-';i;;,-,"i"ri']"- 

1"f:"ffir5i",1"#,!Fo,Xito
,ffi"[sn:[t'."*o?T*r 

statc nre'rt;'#H.ffi*E;L1"t

rffi ,:"r,l=s"? { ftffi Hi}H Hf$$Tfl{,'"i
il;'i:"ffi;;d"t' D'wale' iI c'iuora counties diluted mi'
tr;illff1, 

F: u,,"q.i" :s ., -Tlg#HffiS*,HsHI

1fl""s*"t!ffi!ffi1u*ffi56m*! *Et E_i'tr'#'# : F#,;ffi;tr ffi ,t" 
-;*"3

"yv.".J; 
laams said in an inter' put I

' Ttre state House Bsdisticting tbetr," 4dal9: *r.d'

trffiffiffiffi';;'$ r##"kffihaffi

r bv no more than fire- But, ttte,'1l
I tose most ol t}eir inllueoce on dl

the other members rbo serve b
tbe House, be said-

Spaulding disagreed' "l think Al
naigone o[ nariocted," be said
in an intervies

"Ny argumest aDd Pr€se.uta-
6o* 62vgletlt not sitb Political
rtretoric but directly sith what tbc
U-S. Supreme Court has ruJed and
... in regard to finding waYs to
Binimize dilutioo of minority voi'
ing strenglh," Spaulding said-;H is tatting-as a politiciao and
I'n trfing the best I c-n to ries
this thina as il Perlains to rbat
Oe state A lisrtb Csrolina must
do to teep the federd courts trom
tating ai'ay our state sovereignty

5,pvii,ng cF?Grtn lo wonl lo Pui
ii -i i"io:.r;.,c' glrtrc"r ond' in

cf ie-a, di s{rorxhirc fhcnr''

'P. 
Atl'm 

'&?r

I om td'a.a'ti4thc r'roitc+ ia

. .a rc i+*r- N -'ght- Ior,l

irr*llo* s* cinzti;1 da
io lrir ilcc+ira bst lm orguir6 on

rh. ga'ft o{ r'fiol I vicrr ffic lov a
&ring-'

-{+ frrar't+ *4;il&1"

E4srffiettr [ee
seeHflE-BSg hreok,o 

| 0f Wslteptece
BY PALTLT- g'ggs\oR

Tlmes staff rrircr

EveqbodY sc€trls to sant a

oiece of Wate CountY.
'-So*e Harnett Co'.rntl legisla'
tors are tr-1ing to Put together sup
mrt for a-state Sesate redistrict'
-ine 

otan that vould cboP the F\-

"uii'-Varina 
area from the resi ot

frafe and Fin it in a singJ*rnem'
ber dl.trict sith Lee aod Harneu
cpunties.

Tttis southern choP co;ncs or the

t*it "l "*ther Pl-an that s'ould

move Wate Forest torn-<hiP into a

noiG"t" Senate district u'ith

ii;JJir,, vance, Nash and sar'

trict lll ttrc'e scnators in tlp dis-

f,if *r" from Rateigb' HarDe:t

"J t-" residents have been c'om-

oi"inioe for Years that in this ar-

Ir"..rint theY have little chance

"i"i""Lrne 
a se nator of their osl'

; *"*iffi:illf it'-?l"i! lf :

fi". Ot-ge. Chatham and Rrn-
aoiol co,rit-ies appcars to hate the

;;;tt nc+ea 
-[or 

ratiJtca'Jon'
:'-lil--tt"in't on the EacL," said
Ilnc Daniel T. Blue. D'ltake''-ii;;", 4th is Part of a reCi.''

u"ilie plrn tent aii vell' appi'or ed

vcstcriav bY the leglslature s

ir;l'; gt.;s iona t nvlis trrc.l:::E

mittce.

ren c.otrnties.--n'at", 
Harnetr and Lce. ry1

rrl .;kiltb it" rlo scoatorial



.l , !ll
ll ar.

now
rl dis.

Ii
t r-*
l' '!

80n.

domi-
I hryo
)iic r's

r {i{l
Luld

'it:'on

.,,1 rtrirf,ft'tsrotlol ftlrrsirlcttllg
coint:.lttce.- -T?r€ 

eongrFssional Plan mov('s

nitl'"it i,it oi the'lth'errd into tt'e

It,tl,iii,i*tlv rura! 
"lnd 

crstrtct

6l ts.turm ReP L.H' Founutn'-"il;;;;"d' tlistnct r,oulc eon-

ti"l. ;t'ifiil;m-ana a. num[1.1i
bor<ier coxn"res

**t'.Ifi H',T{'1T;'l,JF|fJ BtE::#Jl"'il}'''-"-na'

''fr"."5 .JslH,'iL o"p 
"rt 

,"ent, in

reiecting the state's first congres'
.iiiJ ie,iistricting maP, said

b-[a;L. uo'.tld hate a bctter chance

ii-ot""trc a congressman iI Dur'
i-- ** G ttrc sccona drstnct'
'.-Hearrgt on legislative ant Con'

#;r;f t.disiiitttn g Plans will

tc neld ttrrs afternmn'*wotO 
of-r'te latest state Senate

otan 
-ieaehrd 

tr\ ake legislators

iestcrdaY and theY imme<ltatelY

exDrcsscd opposltton'-^fi 
m 

-aeiin* it." said Sen'

.f*co-fr g. ioirnson, D'1TaPu' "l'nt
;ilfii-;Plitting counties uhere

ift not nectssary und it's not nec-

;;san in this instanc'e"'
lii'tt't*n *id he heard of the

"r"i 
i.o. s"n. Rolxrt Warren' D-

5;;il; and that ReP' Bobbl'

itt"'tiJi.. uHarnctt, also tali:td
to him a5out it.*il;. 

J. etle'n Adams' D'$'ake'

""fr'ft;;n""td 
some PeoPle lrom

friltir countY saytng. P?Ybc
ir-v rrrrld make a dlstnet lrom

t f.*"tt and Middle Ctcck
ti-ttt . f 'rn oPposed to that'"
"il;';Iid ite bian calls for tak'

id';Lut 4o.om lvake rcsidents
iiO outt ne them in the district
;iG'tee and Harnett' Under the

;ffi. li;k. Forest would also be

ieoarated [rom lrYake'*[i'-ta"o 
tq'Gmemb€r -Senate

aisGc rould bave 23tl'0fl) rest'

;;'d-;,;i-;r"h a dlqtrict eould

ii.-U"UtY be as'large 8s 250'o0l'

6ir" -ia.-wakc has e PoPulation
oI$1.(D.-'noitii 

and Blue. uho'r'c bctn
oct".--i. Ge state'-s three rtdis'
[,lt ne baltlcs. said theY drdn't

ino"' ii the Plan had anY chances

air." Adams said.- fifro sard, "I'm urilling. 1o

*i"*. itrai anrthing is Possible'
ii tt,., ar.' b.rid enough to. :Y!
Wake CorrntY on the top and tne

t)ttom. ue ie iust gotnE, to have

to rrrsc ull t1'Pes o[ Cain L'ven

il.-. iilu. . St'riate plan' ue rn.if ht

;;t;,; 
"Fp.tc 

rt in ihc Housc"'

r.r.i f,i,#
B'ii

Tte congfessional plan mov€3
Durbao out of the fthLnd intotbe
predominantly mrd 2nd disttict
of lS'term Rep. L.H. Fountain.

The sec.'ond district would con-
sist ol Durbam and a number of
smaller Vrginia border eounties
from Caswell to Hatifar olus ltil. --.
soo. Edlg<ng.|3.r trrst ionBf-
-ir*ting 

the staw ' '' - oO. s8l6

*lF";m*tgrs:i"lur'"r:$]$.h*1#tltt}:S?s

-ry*ffi[ilffitt'

H$i{l$;'*ii::lry'*l;
\ ,"?si"il:r't't$*r+I

\ \ illt,,:le"lBlull
i ill'g "f i,h ]f5;|,],",:i

I

i

I
I

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a

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I
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;

of Dasstng'
n' in -"1i- aoii't t to* what h"! a

i;ri- chanee. T?,e most ridiculous plans
'f*.p in tire *orld havc a chance now

t!r'.'r becarrse everl'thing's up in the

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Blacli. clistricts pose threat to litlera
c.n,inueir.c,p-q,?7, .--. Uiilr,,$l*:i*iifiti $^[til;;i[ffili*Tl{: H$U{#.-*}.i*q

i|1g-l-[ql-$trii!Tt ltk$,ffi ffi ifin,u*ffi ilHiffitricts. Committ

-i;l;mt6u:Tff s,irli ir['i;i:51Eq."ggp:l *i,t,i[i;r'"1iru;;';;il; 'lr'" 'l#'i* oiur"r'' o'

:tl'i.'r;'i;ierview" "l've tricd-to tors in tt

ir+iit*ir,T#",,;*[1,x, -:p*ig[ffi $,f,;.,llnIl$,:tffi ::'+iir:fffii
and preserse porrtrc-ar-Par r1ll, ,.. .:i'r;;;i" 

"ieate 
fcur maiori' qurstron. Xi.-:i:iJ;:,r,ilri'ro? Drescnce in the u€rcrar r

on Frirray.spauu''srorced-rhe rn*qJ,gij:ii:lii:'ii"n:':li ?"tiiffil o'll,,,lil'illi'fi:ii,:. tf'* in the Gencrar

xiH#*fr'll-.,'ilnltr"nly-'';'l'U*i:: jT:,--Iity:'::yy':::::
lil*i,ffin*l,**:': ;:'L$"q#:fpffirliti

fi*ffffiwlrw
surt rtsainst rht r'et'dif:t tlt tiiir-"'*lli=t 

-oistrlcts 

'::''td
sirtt secks single membti iiit'lttt ili;' 9t 

't'*i[ utttrt mcre then it

throughout the state' *ui'fa t'eir rhite stpporters'

'tlrc legislerors aren't as eon' Take a 
-corr'mittee erchange-be'

.-i,'.a',t ui tt'" ::il ii rrl'v-11' ffi; n1*]"8 irl11fif*llo;
t1;;1'r.s.irg a rcv.iew bv thc U S' Parks. l

.tusr ice Dep'r r t mr'ttt'nit't ittt rgss iiberal'leanins I awrnaitar'

\rtrr:! Rrghts Act ffi i;pil -rylit'ii:l:fg:*:tfIlrr:3 Rights Act' rris u\vs't rrE'rrrJ' 
liGiatt (praposed by i._- these t*o.$^'.T::f',"iffr#L'o'unii ,

ii.'i'raitir in ]leckle-nrur-g 9oYlll i

ntuld do nicre to disenfrancntse I

ttrc utacr vite and bl''-,t-,*rtl'{lu"ntt 
,

thar anflhr-r vrtu cculrj oo'
-'ii"ui'aini : "'t cant'ot untler' '

stln'l ht"r'yeu can saY blacks '

*outi t"'i:sir'franehr:td ::'o'lt"l t

itlt'cklenr:uri County i'as;r't elecl''