Motion for Leave to File Brief and Brief for Common Cause as Amicus Curiae

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

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SUITE 73O EAST INDEPENDENCE PLAZA

95I SOUTH INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 24202
TELEPHONE 17041 375-A461

March 19, 1982

Mr. J. Gerald Hebert
United States Department of Justice
Voting Section
Civil Rights oivision
320 First StreetT N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20530

Re: Submission of North Carolina
Apportionment of General Assembly
and of Change of Primary Date

Dear Ivlr. Hebert :

This letter is written on behalf of the four named plaintiffs in
Gingles v. Edmisten, 8I-CIV-803-5, currently pending in the
ffiict Court for the 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 the United State Constitution to chal-
lenge the apportionment of the North Carolina General Assemb1y.
On their behalf I request that the Attorney General enter an
objection to Chapters 3,4 and 5 of the Extra Session Laws of
L982.

In December, 1981 and January, 1982, the Department 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 strength.

The apportionments adopted in Februo.r!r l9B2 still do not allow
the black citizens of the state a fair opportunity to elect
representatives of their choosing. The guiding force behind the
new plan, apparent throughout the transcripts of the legislative
committee meetings, vras that the Iegislature would make the
minimum number of changes which they perceived to be absolutely
necessary to comply with the one-person-one-vote requirement and

CHAMBERS,

JULIUS LEVONNE CHAMBERS

JAMES E. FERGUSON. II

MELVIN L, WATT

JONATHAN WALLAS

KARL ADKINS

JAMES C. FULLER. JR.

YVONNE MIMS EVANS

JOHN \^r', GRESHAM

RONALD L, GIBSON

GILOA F, GLAZER

LESLIE J, WINNER

JOHN T. NOCKLEBY'

. OF D C. BAR ONLY



Mr. J. Gerald Hebert
Ivlarch 19, l9B2

Page 2

to pass Justice Department scrutiny. The result is that the
plans are largely based on the two sections of the North Carolina
Constitution, Article II, 53(3) and 55(3), which you previously
found necessarily submerge concentrations of black voters. In
addition, since the goal was to pass scrutiny rather than to
allow for fair representation of black citizens, 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 to allow the black community actually to eLect a
representative of its choosing. The result is an assurance that
black citizens will continue to remain seriously underrepresented
in the North Carolina General Assembly.

I. Chapter 5 of the Extra Session Laws of 1982, the North
Carolina Senate.

There are two primary problems with the Senate plan: (A) District
*2, in the rural northeast, was enacted with the purpose and
effect of assuring that the black citizens of that district
cannot elect a representative of their choosing; and (B) the
failure to divide counties not covered by Section 5 dilutes the
voting strength of black citizens in counties which are covered
bv s5.

A. Senate District #2 was drawn to dilute black voting strength.

District # 2 in the Senate plan has a black population of 51.7t.
The adjacent district, district *6, has a black population of
49.It. Thus, this is a classic example of fracturing black
communities to divide their voting strength and, thus, prevent
either half from exerting real influence over the election. In
examining the Senate Redistricting Committee transcripts, it is
evident that the purpose of creating a 51.7t district was to give
the appearance of having a majority black district without in
fact threatening the re-election of the white incumbent by real
competition from a candidate who is the choice of black citizens.
I have based this conclusion on the following excerpts from the
transcripts as well- as from the newspaper articles which I have
attached as Exhibit A.

1. The tone for the meeting h,as set by the staff to the
meeting in his preliminary remarks about the proposed plan:

lll t was the opinion of the counsel that this is
the ninimum that you have to do at this point to
our knowledge to pass justice and the challenges



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under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
(L/28/82, p. 1I )

Thus the purpose had nothing to do with truly avoiding dilution;
the only goal was to pass muster.

2. Kathleen Heenan, retained 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 percent black population in that
district at least to 55t (seer €.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 that staff 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 to consider or even see these plans before the
various votes were taken.

4. In addition, the committee had before it a 6L.2* minority
district in roughly the same area which had been presented at the
public hearing by the North Association of Black Lawyers. Senator
Erye specifically informed the committee of the proposed district.
(2/9/92, Tape l, p. 71.

5. Senator Frye moved that the chair appoint a subcommittee
to propose a plan which would establish a 5BS black district in
the Northeast and single member districts in Guilford with at
least one majority brack district. The motion was onry to have
the proposal presented to the committee for review, not that it
be adopted. First Senator Prye was convinced to reduce the
percent black to 55t, then the motion was defeated anyhow. The
members $rere so opposed to having a true majority black district
that they did not even want to know what their options $rere.
(29/92, Tape 4, pp. 7-l2l

6. The main people who expressed concern over Senator
Fryers motion were Senators AlIsbrook and Harrington, the senators
who live in disLricts 2 and 6. Harrington openly opposed any
plan that would have increased the black percent over 528 saying
that that was enough. (2/9/82, Tape 4 pp, 8-10) rt is interest-
ing to note that in an earlier exchange between Senator Harrington
and Jerris Leonard, Harrington said that he liked the district as
drawn and appreciated Leonardrs giving him a rationale to justify
it pubIicIy. (L/28/82t p. 29-31)

7. Fryers subsequent motion to divide Guilford County into
three single member disticts with one majority black district



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passed unanimously without discussion (2/9/82, Tape 5, p. 3)
making it clear that the opposition to Fryers earlier motion was
to increasing the black population of the second district, not to
dividing Guilford County.

8. In later discussion Senator Daniels implied that Senator
Harrington drew the boundaries of the second district. (2/9/82,
Tape 5 , p. 2) If this is true, that is further evidence that the
purpose was to protect Harrington, not to allow bLack citizens to
choose their own representative.

9. During the floor debaLe on the Guilford County split,
Senator Cocherham stated that Guilford would have the only black
district. (2/L0/82, Tape 3, p.2) This is evidence that other
members did not perceive district 2 as a district subject to the
control of black voters.

10. The adopted district *2 adheres to the Article II,
S5(3) prohibition against dividing counties. It is composed of
whole counties only. It was the Senates adherence to this pro-
vision, to which the Department of Justice previously objected,
that prevented the Senate from creating a district in the north-
east with an effective black voting majority.

B. The failure of the Senate to divide counties not covered by
55 d ts.

Especially in the central and western parts of the state, the
counties covered by 55 do not tend to be contiguous with each
other. Thus, the refusal of the Senate to divide non-covered
counties, except for one-person-one-vote reasons, often acted to
dilute black voting strength. Forcing those counties to be
combined into districts with other rural counties, each with
submerged black communities, instead of with a part of a larger,
urban county, assured that the black population of the covered
county would remain diluted.
The best example of this is Gaston County. It is proposed to be
combined with Lincoln, Cleveland and Rutherford Counties to form
a three member Senate district which is 13.9t bIack. However, if
the eastern part of Gaston County, including the black community
of Gastonia urere combined with some of the western part of
Meck1enburg, the result would be a 59t black district which would
include 30t of the black citizens of Gaston County. 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 the needless



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continued dilution of minority voting strength.

These examples demonstrate that the Senate plan adopted continues
to have the effect and in some instances the purpose, of diluting
black voting strength and assuring the continuation of a Senate
in which bLack citizens are not fairly represented.

II. thapler 4 of the Extra SessioL Laws of 1982, the North
Carolina House of Representatives.

The enacted apportionment for the House i1legally diluLes minority
voting strength in counties primarily in four ways: (a) by
submerging the black community of Cumberland County into the
larger white community; (b) by submerging the black community of
Edgecombe, Nash and Wilson Counties into a three member majority
white district, (c) by retaining Hoke County, Robeson County, and
Scotland County a three member district, and (d) by refusing to
divide even S5 counties except to create districts with a majority
of black residents.

A. Cumberland County

The legislature purported to create a majority black district in
Cumberland County. In fact, only 42.6*, of the residents of the
"Fort Bragg" district are black. Although 84t of registered
voters in the district are black, this district does not assure
fair representation fo Cumberland Countyrs black citizens for the
following reasons.

1. Because of the small number of registered voters, only
31170, the racial balance of the district could be very easily
tipped. It would not take much of a voter registration effort at
Fort Bragg to turn this majority white population district into a
majority white registration district. This was recognized by the
House committee before the plan was enacted . (2/5/82, Tape 3, p.
s)

2. The bulk of Cumberlandrs black community remains sub-
merged into a four member 27.6* black district. This also was
recognized by the committee before they voted on the plan (2/5,
Tape 3, pp. A-9); representative Hege pointed out that the pro-
posal resulted in 28,IzL black voters remaining submerged in a
multimember district and giving 2,664 black voters the oppor-
tunity to elect a representative instead.

3. The legislature had the opportunity to create a single
member district that would have allowed the butk of the black



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community of Cumberland County to be represented. The legisla-
tive staff presented the committee with an alternative district
which was 56.8t black in population without any military per-
sonnel included. This alternative trras rejected. In addition,
the map presented the public hearing by the N. C. Association of
Black Lawyers had a Cumberland district which is 54.9t black.
(It consists of census tracts Lr 2,3, 4,8r 10r 11, 12,13, 74,
2L, 23 and 24i see Exhibit C.) Final1y, at the request of
Representative William CLark (D-Cumberland), I had a plan pre-
pared for Cumberland County which contained five compact single
member districts, included the 54.9t black district 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 the black community is divided between the
majority white 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 districts with at least one
majority black district. They specifically opposed the Ft. Bragg
option. A spokesman for this group, Thomas Council, reiterated
this position at the public hearing on February 4, 1982, but the
wishes of the bLack community were ignored. (Note: Mr. Councilrs
statement is the last statement in the copy of the public hearing
record which I received. )

6. Because the "black" representative under the current
proposal represents so few people, his/her voice will have
little weight in the General Assembly, and he/she will not be
able to represent anyone very effectively, much less the black
community of Cumberland County.

B. Edgecombe, Nash and Wilson Counties

Prior to the Departmentts objection to the October, I98I House
planr w€ submitted to the Department a sample apportionment of
these three counties dividing them into four single member dis-
tricts. Fairly drawn, a 63t black district is created 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 minority voting strength in this area of
the state. See Exhibit F

c. Hoke, Robeson, and Scotland



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Under the enacted apportionment of the House of Representatives
these three'counties form one three member district which is
43.88 white, 29.8t blackr dnd 26.4* indian. I separate the
black and indian percentages because their is no history of
coalition between the two groups in these counties. Thus, this
cannot be fairly represented to be a minority district. In
addition, a majority of the registered voters in the district
(ap.oroximately 52*\ is white.

If the State had not followed the North Carolina Constitution's
concept of not dividing counties and had created single member
districts in that area, then if fairly drawnr orr€ would have a
majority of Indians, and one would have a strong plurality of
black voters. (See Exhibit D showing one district 51.5t Indian,
23.3t B1ack and 25.22 white, and one district 42* b1ack, 202
Indian and 38t white. )

By continuing to use a system of keeping white counties in tact,
the state has avoiding concentrating the vote of either minority.

D. The State has failed to concentrate minority vote in most
SS c

The ground rule for reapportionment used by the state, evident
not only from their written criteria, but also from the
House Redistricting Committee transcript, was that counties
would be divided for only two reasons: (1) if necessary to
comply with one-person-one-vote; and (21 if a majority black
district would be created from counties covered by 55. Ihus in
alI counties covered by S5 which have substantial concentrations
of black citizens, but not enough to make a majority black
district, those concentrations are submerged.

For example, in the Bladen, Pender, Sampson County area, the
proposed plan has one two member districts which is 3Bt non-
white. The North Carolina Association of Black Lawyersr plan in
the same area has a single member district 47* non-white. While
this is not a majority, it does avoid the dilution of minority
voting strength which was caused by the legislativers unwilling-
ness to divide counties except when they perceive that it was
absolutely necessary.

III. North Carolinars failure to create single member districts
in the counties not covered by 55 denies black citizens
in covered counties the right to use their vote effectively.

The record of the proceedings is replete with evidence that the
General Assembly, particularly the House, intentionally diluted



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black voting strength in Mecklenburg, Forsyth, Durham and Wake
Counties. See also nei^rspaper articles attached as Exhibit E.
The evidence was particularly strong in Mecklenburg in which the
committee said, in essence, unless we submerge the 100r000 black
citizens in with the 300r000 white citizens, the white incumbent
democrats will not be able to be re-elected. 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 the larger
voting pool. P1ans $rere presented and rejected both in committee
and on the floor that would have created two majority black
districts out of Mecklenburg's eight. The same was true for
Forysth, Durham, and Wake Counties.

fn order to understand how this affects the black citizens of the
covered counties, one must realize that the North Carolina legis-
lative is a unitary body. It will do the black citizens of
Guilford County litt1e good to elect a representative of their
choosing, one out of 120 House members, if he or she sits 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 the large multi-member districts. Allowing the
black citizens of Guilford County to elect a representative to a
legislative body in which he or she can have no effect prevents
those black citizens from using their vote effectively. The
intentional dilution of bLack voting strength is the non-covered
counties assures the continuation of a legislative body unrespon-
sive to the needs of the black citizens throughout the state,
those who live in covered counties as well as those who live in
non-covered counties.

IV. Chapter 3 of the Extra Session Laws of L982, which changes
the election schedule for the primary election, has a
disparate effect on btack citizens.

Chapter 3 sets the schedule for the filing for legislative seats
and for the primary election. The extremely short amount of time
for filing, registering to vote, and campaigning, is a dramatic
change from the usual schedule and will have a harsh impact on
black citizens, black voters, and black candidates. The statute
allows for as little as seven days for the candidate to file
after the plans are approvedr s€v€D days for voters to register
after the close of filing, and one month and six days from the
close of fiting to the primary. This is in contrast to the usual
schedule in which voters and candidates know the boundaries of
the district they are in for months, if not years, the candidate
filing time is four to five weeks, N.C.G.S. S163-105(c), and



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there is three months between the end of filing and the election
(from the first Ivlonday in February to the first Tuesday following
the first Monday in May). See N.C.G.S. 5163-1.

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

For example, the proposed District Two of the Senate has pre-
viously been majority white in population. It would be virtually
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 Act,
the seven day registration time after the candidates are known
makes it unlikely that a substantial number of black voters will
be able to register in time to vote in the primary.

An additional problem is that North Carolina requires a substantial
filing fee, or in lieu thereof, a petition signed by 10t of the
registered voters for the covered district. Since candidaLes
cannot begin petitioning for signatures until they know what
district they live in, it will be virtually impossible to get a
petition signed in time to run, thus giving white incumbents
another edge over challengers supported by the black communities.

Finally, the one month between filing and the primary does not
give voters enough time to learn what district they Live in and
which 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 their choosing. Thus,
they are truly deprived of the ability to use their votes effec-
tively.
For the foregoing reasons, I request that the Attorney General of
the United States enter objections to Chapters 3,4 and 5 of the
Extra Session Laws of :-.9B2 and allow the black citizens of North



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Carollna to have a real
elect repregentatives of

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chance, not just a facade of a chance, to
their chooslng.

Sincerely,

,fud-!-,"b
LesIie J. Winner



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State Sens. Helen R. Marvln and Robert B. Jordan lll huddle on redlstricflng Tuesday
" ' House tenlatively approt/ed cne plan, and Senatg moved tovta;d agreemenl

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fii,oLrSeJ9 S=ut* clisti'iat plams aclvallce
aLe districts rvas in doubt as weke i east was necessary to win Justicelawmakcrs lobbicd heaviiy 16 

I Departntent appro'vJ
overturn the committee action. : "I'm g.tring [o'fec.l like I'nr gcing
- The session was cailed becau_rer into thc-lion;s dcn wircn i gl'urcli
fc'deral offlciers have vetocci previ-l 1to washington to pic'ieni tr"io pronous North carorina redistricti;g'1 (to the dcplrtnreni),', LIi. iie"nonplans_under the r9ti5 voting. nigt.G t totd the.cornmirtee. ir ii.,e pincr ig.Act.,Sa.5,ing the previous frlani..ti- ncred the atlvice, .ii"-i"IJ,",,1,n',
tut€rl Dract( voting 5trtngth, the cf- not going to sp.,ak to you cn-llclats suggcsted drawing sin3le- couragingly.r' -
rnenlbcr districls in tte n-crti:e"rst The proposetl Scnrte plan would i
T9_Clili"l,{,Co.un!V, whcre btack crear.e a.s) p"r..nt tiiii:;;;tt,
voters would be in the majority. ed district co,ering an aiei noru '

The seriate committce ipprived *:presentcd by Seri i.i. : iviunr."a black mrjority sir,glc'-rr,crnt.:r IIarrington,D-Bertic..- -'
district for Guiliord eountl, th:t tto*'e1'er, IvIs. Hecnan said thc 

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would take.in parts of Itigir noirt committee could redra* thrt ii:'ano L,rcr-'nsboro- 

1 ,trict to creetc onc that was alnrustDuring thc con':mittcc liccr.i:^-,. I f F,0 pcrccnt black.
Kathlrcn lle.clran, one cf tire',{:i..:. !'cl.iowing l:t,r advice,, Scn. Iien-ington lr*'vcrs hir.rl bv tirc I-c.:s. ry E. Frl,elttre cnfy Uiiit,.,,rr..,lature, wir:.:,:tl that'a irr,.':'i
black Scnate di.strict in the r.cr,.;- Se*Iir-D/I"Rl}'lt-\G,ptge5,t

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A rcui._.tricting plarr that lvould

c:tl le f uur i:i::ck nur jorrty iiis-
trrc!s lrrd s;tiil ?{ co(titIlcs, nrostly
Lr El.,tcrn Nirl.ir Ctr',tlintr, rvas
!cn:,,tivclv ;r1;pru,r.J t,y thc siute
I I,t,: .c 'I.u,:..de1..

l,i,r.rnv, i;rir:, thc sLiLe-SonQjc,
(r.eLii;i,; irito tnc nigl:t, ir':s heurlcd
tc',i lrd lr[)tru!':il of e reciistricting
pi:n tl,lrt t;lnorcs a l-rrvyer's ad-
vit:.,. lo r-'it:-\ e f irt a hc:r;rly biack
c::.1:;ct in tirc :i.atr's noi-thea.rt.

Tiu a( t:,)n Ca;11,-. durinil the
ct,:r':i,l d.r-v of rlIlotlrcr sllccial
f ,:,i:-tie tillll Sr'::.-(ir:n. 'l'lrc llotr.sc
arij :(rL..rtL. :rrg tr','itr( tO cnltct
:;t.,:'., tl:.rl lr ili p r,,., r'.:,,ii-rv u[ llte
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::.:.; ..f .ri..t i,tii,r,lti.i th .l riOi.lt_l

Stgtr'r llorrst: unrl Scrrrrle
conrrrritlcei rrplrrovc congrcs-
eiorrrd rc-tliitriclinl plun. Pa;;r:
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,have restruc urcd northeastcrn
ldistricts and ct:atcd black majcri-
'ty districts in trlccklc.nllurg Coun-
ty.

The votc on the Housc plan was
_BO-30, rvith a finel vote sclredrrled
for this rnorninq. l'he bill nrust
then go to the Senate.

Thc licnatc ltedistricting Com-
tniltce 's deci:;ion to l;h1' urvay f rorn

i prcJting a ht'avily bl,rck tlisirict in
/ thc n<-'ithea.st apl,elrctl lrkuly to' u'rIhst:ir:d hcavy jeratr:.

i!:r*'t'vcr, ti:c pr.;1;.t:;ctl rlivi.tic;t
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Ftralls f,or s€ate EtoIES ee raat,e aclvfrEiceSe
conrinr;rd from poge rc rights division under thc Ni:ion ad- cc.ltrg] \Yake,dislricts togcttrer.in urban countics rvith black concen-

proposed at reast r ss r!::":, i:,,?:ffii:;:"il1':;iJi;;';x#fi iJ[itT",:!i:T'::,'lm[:';ilf *1,..q*l:""":H*fl?::':j:::

lcy, D-Lcnoir, co-chrirman of the

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said, "lf rvc

aJoot this anrendntcnt, rve niight
as ri'ell oack uP and go hontc and
wait unfil the iustice DePartment
throrvs it out. Tlrcn we can come
brck and start again." The
amcndment u es kilicd, 82-32'

Reo. Kenneth B. SPauld:ng, D'
Durhim, one of thrce blaek House

membcrs, renewed ltis eflorts to

create blacl: majority districts in
I\tecklenburg CountY.

His amendmcnt would have cre'
ated two single'metrlirer blacll Cis'

tricls in lleiklcnbrrrg and a six- t

member, at lerge di:trict in tlte i
rest of Lhe cou:ltY. \

Citine tl:'-'crc;rtill', of :::
rncnibe'r drs'.:'icu i:i tiit l-
Sp:ulding s:rC t,at Pl:r: u:rs
tilly incunsistent ...a:i (anI
constitutional Cilution ol rn:r.
voling streng'.h in the c:lrer h:
the state."

Jones' rrro'.ion to t;ble
Spauldilrg amenCmer'. rvas
pror cd,7l-33.

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9oarlti9n 
of 

"r.t.rn =.nuto., tri"i 
--in 

a.morning session, the House ments n'ere not challengerl on the

.,"1'li::Lx;Eil llni[lgs::, i!,It#!:il;llli:'it',|..T tr; :flIillJi:,IJ$*''t'"";."$.ln:".', 
n",ii; 

George A Hux' D llarirax'

{;":,r1;::;*;,,.",.,,,j1,}{xl}l* ;**ii*it;"liiffi ;ii*i*;.'l",,,..r*"*r,*rru xr*rh*ll;L*:qt,
I{arrington said.' ;;;r,,o,.nwas,"j:?,1""1ii.i 

iir;ii,l;3,i.i;:s':'Hi#:$-H 
t*:',r.,'fit$;]ljf$*1l 

t ;1;.3i*l.,1,'qi#t,;p1iig;;;?;; ::["1iii3[".i,?,;;in i"n. ,rr,o.*'o"ii,h;;;i;il't' or x,iii amcndrnent b

,trH,f,t.f,[l nti*1,, ". 1q"!F:i.,;xx1ffil; ;r1,, ', L'^:I"&it]!i;ffi;;;i di;rie]:- I ;iffi'6 i'-""Gr'i;'iii ro' p""e

a lot of rnoncy, 
"ro ix".Li,iii. .rrao p]rr.igrr*,tr.v-ira,crir#, 

*Adams-wari"a 
tnat bv spritting I ino"*rime"'

her advicc or you cannot take *,,, #li"'"0,:p:i1 
,l;0, jiliff:j l;?:[{f[;i:ffitffl$.i:* tb.?iffir,ffi'"Tfl.ilffi1i.1'rtfi-

Rauch said. ;::i::"..,;';-x,l--^,,.d i^rn a

So far thc state has set aside \lakc would be movcd into a new

*'u* 
**,*,u *



men wet e lllrLr lst ---

. a-.-a

J



r tuu.rD t{ r\
Approval'

lExpectecX
Continued lrom page lA

ing Rights Act.
Here are some major features of

the plans:
HOUSE - The plan raises the

number of House districts from -15
, to 53 and increases the number of
single-member districts from l0
to 21. It splits 26 counties b*
t*'een tivo or more districts.
' Two districts rvith tr+'o mem-

'bers each in the northeast are bro-
. ken into three single-member dis-
tricts- Trvo of those districts are
more than 60$ black. The fourth
seat was moved to Morganton be-
cause the population shifted from
east to w'est during the last de.
cade.

Guilford County, which had
elected seven members at.large, is
broken into four districts - one
single-member, predominantly
black; one single-member, pre-
dominarrly rural; a two.member
from High Point, and a tbree.
member from Greensboro. 

'

A single-member district is cre-
ated in Cumberland County frorn
Fort Bragg' and two predomi-
nantly black Fayettsville pre-

. I cinc',s. The district is not predomi-
| | nantly black, but a reajorlty of the
| [volers are, since onl,'- 292 of Fort
l' Bragg's {0,617 residents are regis-

tered to vote the;e.
Stanly County, rvhich had been

a siagle-member district, is com-
bined with Union and Caba-rrus in
a fcur-memoer district.- Each House meiriber reprdsents
.19,015 peopie, plus cr minus 5/o.

SENATE - The plan increases
the number of districts from 27 io
32 and solits eight counties.

Three Cistricts v.,ith tlvo mern-
bers eaclr are spiri into six singie-
member districts in tbe northea-.r

1 with one 51.?$ rlack and anorhe:
[. .r9.1 % biack.

Greensboro's three-member dis-
trict !s broken into singie-member
disl'icts. one 5{.9% black.

CONGRISS - Durham Countl'
is moved from the lrh to the 2:'lC
Disrrict- Orange (Chapel fliil).
Northampton and Franklir crrur-
ties are mtlved froni the 2nd to rie
-{th Disirici, oi i)enlocratic Rc^r,.
lke ArrCrervs.

?"vo YaCIi:n C':,uniy' torv:;htr:;
1,,'talinI 7, l..1i) pecrie .,r'?:'e ::iov"''
to:he Y1h Dlsiric: ci !,:i-.'lrl;c::,:
Il:l..iin: l,{a:;:n.

L-.e1,-:.:iratic lir:r. illll Ilp:,"er ::;
ll: S:i Lris;:ici i.;..es L l.: ..5 r:, c'
ple i:c.;-.r easii:n ).lt:,-r i.;:iil:]'it
Denocritic Rr';:. ('r1 '".':i i\':i'l ,'



EXHIBIT

PROPOSED SINGLE IUEMBER

IN MECKLENBURG AND

DISTRICT FOR N.C.

GASTON COUNTIES

STATE SENATE

Tot a1
Populat i on

623

Z

662

'1,104

1,516

1,901

757

3,346

2,636

4,613

7' r562

4,159

2 ,410

4,645

2t5

3,491

2,993

3,200

4,052

6,155

Black
Populat ion

%

B lack

Mecklenburg

001

002

003

004

005

006

7

8

9

036

037

041

047

048

049

0s0

051

052

15401

60. 01

Census Tracts

28L

0

228

581

962

1,825

66s

3,246

2,L97

4,051

2,547

3,228

2 ,400

4,600

2L5

3,475

2,809

3,013

2,939

575

(Continued on page trvo)



(Continued - Page Two)

03802

03803

039

040

042

04301

045

046

Gaston Census Tracts

310

311

313. 01

314

319

320

TOTAL DISTRICT (Deviation) 119,874 (*'1. 9%)
i1,545

4r911

5,564

9,7L6

5,191

3r914

5r760

4r852

3,846.

7,086

4,402

2 r?50

4 rS?L

3,029

3,900

4,518

2,158

9,480

673

1,537

?69

4,373

3r835

52

74L

132

277

2 ,495

2,1891

s9 .7%

1 5,876 = 30% of Gastonts Blacks



.-@gEJ16a
r.luHHgrEr!#^GUA IFa[

NORTH CAROLINA_SECTION 2, CENTRAL PAITT

t.-\'r,tfT;-il1-.--
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Senq\-c-

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rc.trr I r,orr

i\ ls:. /;;;I/ :::X i.;,i

iUINOI( (]IVIL DIVISIONS-]'O,VNSI,II PS

Oshr!ilklT. \ !-rr.t,. , "rLtsre ;orn i,vt
rYo L 

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SCALE

CIRCLES INDICATE INCORPORATED ANO UNIIICORPORATEO PIICES
HAVING LESS THAN 2JOO INHAAITANTS

. UIIICOAPOAATED PI-^CE NA,,IES ARE SHOWN IN ITALICSI tt, t+\ (*r.12) (-f ,.-Cr.,'o.'\ct\c
9

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Curus.O

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(*.- n1of C\."=.- \1,

10 I



CHARLOTTE . |viEC?(LEI'IBURG CO., N. C.-*

Chc-r\otkl S*re\o
t\qF'+{
5\.n7" Btsct<

l
64

-I4'F!nA
AO

\os

iRST

=TV,

BOUIIOANY SYMBOLS

Trrct Eour':Crries:

- 
Strl!

- - e.- Qar;r| C

Co.rooic Utwt

gj.cr Trcclt

r;es \Ynich Ate Noi Trrctr:f,., ',

Ccrf-.toUT;tt'I.i

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Itt11r..7 1111,1.\t-

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ci ,t lt/ctti'l,,t
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57.A1

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EXHIBIT

PROPOSED SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT FOR N.C. STATE HOUSE

OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CUI\TBERLAND COUNTY

PROPOSED DISTRICT # B

Total
Cwrberland Corinty Census Trdcts

001

002

003

004

008

010

011

0L2

013

014

021

023

024

TOTAI DISTRICT (Deviation)

Population Black

1,00 5

2 r797

r 1482

1,899

3,139

3,976

5,592

5,354

2,269

5,502

5, 491

51672

6,045

523

2,249

9s8

I,704

99s

3 ,49o

5,002

2 ,492

2,L96

1,389

532

1,507

3,276

%

Black

54.6

o
'o

White

58. s
48,181(-1.58?)

26,303



'*:;,ti-;

PROPOSED DiSTRICT

CUIUBERLAND COUNTY

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o..o

t,

f7---,-

'OTI 
38 G,G

, l^EIrOfOUT^tl r Ap StRreS

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wl

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t+.I.-_ . .. -;rq'u.rra i \

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) t ?il tr*i*,r"\1_jt\

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./ $..

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PROPOSED SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT FOR N. C. STATE HOUSE

OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CI.IMBERTAND COUNTY

PROPOSED DISTRICT # A

Census Tracts. Tot'al' Population Black I Black

34

33. 01

33.02

40,819

4r059

4 1269

L3,795

1,109

' 3 ,422

District Total (Deuiarion)
49,\47 (.27) 18,325 37.28



rHscr O ''i3*
PROPOSED DISTRICT II

CUI\IBERLAND COUNTY

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'r.^rra.U J"'\ii;;e"t ,n



o

Singfe tv\ember Disfrrcts
(Contlnued from fage 1A) portlo-n of Fryettevillc' 'T1'sun' 

and

:ximirtl ;i i,',il i'*;;,,,h # il[*'i,'i:ff ll ] 
:H ;1:{'iil,,I

H S J'lliHi :l l : ll,,.l"'l'.' l?1 ".r'iiJy ; il" ;: y 
1 *'":"''l*i l,:1'J:,.11 : f I

would go with a. .pttl-t^lg^ 
Justtce ;;;;;;ii io iplit Scotland and

il;;;#,"."i ;:n',rd-,lol3;o; 
n, o,,, I'Tllr'h;;or"iio' Irobeson. A

':lt's rpprllirrA that.s,0119,,11::1l ;.;";'-;;'.'ii,ka and Scotland

l;'iil*1";;il,'llll$':i'Til;;[ ii[tld,lx"ii:*',-*;'*p'
;; ii, ri;; 

1 :l-,:^ljl: l:'.#,,;v.+r "l';,''ffi'r'.'ilJii"iirn",' il.Lennr r,
fulfillilnf olrr neeos'

"lvill" Br(rwn lrs i;'"';;;i co*mitieE co-ehairman' said the

lerisl:rtors tn tuppnt'i -;;Xit: rvflstrinl{ton' D'C" nttorncy hlred

,,i,i,Li,i ,ii,r,i.t* to."ti,o".i'',iii" l'i,,li[[; li[r1"il;Tllli-1"*lii;
county.

'l'ht: redistricting c0mmittee 'Justic'e 
ofticials who sairl they

TucstJay rlr-'lavcrJ uttin"i"nn'ii'o 
'rvere "impressetl and happy with

oronosal 111 1-'11vnt,nri;il c;r;i; the presont set-uD'"

'b...,,.* 
o f mt'tt in ('L"tilt'"' i'iiilr'il Xf *:: il;";'r''tl"lf; 

to],[l|:
"'n''i it'i, comr,ittce ,l?oill,ill,rl lil,T,Ii.i'li,,i'--1"".'npi,tvriti anrt

li,ll,,ill:"l';lilli,"::11'1" ,'.lti:ll' ii:',tif ,;l*,Lll,Ji.i'l.I11il";'n''
r:ir.ri 5v ttro .rr'irr(:e llltliiti*t:lit' ttli:l lhe c(rmnrlttet: rvould hav'''

ii'^i"-,,,,r,i ,,',,'t" tt""'l'll;lltv";;i; liil;lil';;l;P,,lli,,lll ,1:1Xi1T
n'[i,t''ilfliio.t plrn :tppro'r'rl '''t'iirtiei 

coverod ttv the \rotins

",*ii.r"u'r'rrlrl 
crt':rte a'sinrllo' ltightsA'ct'

.,,,*r,,.i districr rvith a 6ll per('(!nl Croups oI Robeson- Coitntl'

i;i;j,:!i' ;;,r;,;lrrtirrn. .rnoth.'i r,t..ir anrl Indians had.;rir:arl-t'
.i,,dlo.m{,ml)^r rlisrrrr:t thnt rvoukl t.ciin ,firii,rsinll the possibilitv oI

i,i:',,;;;i;r;i;i:rr.lv wlrite an.rl. rural ;ii;;;"( Ilobr:son inlo two disrricts

,n,i"ti'ir' ,,,lri-mcnrber. rlistricls' ii ttr" scotland anrl IIoke splii wcrc

;;," ";l" ol I ltt' ntttlti-tnr:nrltcr allt'rutd.
,!i.tri.tr, forrr incumbcitta l;'i,ll 1,lre cornmittee plarrs.ro finish its
Irt' I'l ittrl for tllr('('' s(]

,rrrr0r r.tislrict. thrctl i^;;;ti;;;i; ll'ltL. "n n propnsetl plan for

urrulrl rttn [q1 {r{{} "tt''1"'"""'""" l]l::l:ntutit'n 
tluring a public

rn ('*nhnrrcrrd (jounr]'.,n,T..J:l ill'Jxli,.l1l*9tt,t1l;iltil;,'lll

ifl:,i:lii:llilj,irlllllii,;lillii, :ieluln 
was i'lrso prunni':s t'r

I,ilt lhr{'(' livt' ttt a 

F t .l

nutt" ,i,,rn.Y thun I tlirl"'
)ii;";;;;i'[.";iiiceJ ttr.'nts to.rtt

suDp(|rt lr) unilr] rltc tttrvn' I ltollo

i'i,i.i'.l,,r,tin'r,'| sr)llrtr gf tltc litrlrls I

rvu irtctl trt st't'.""'::i:;"'n,ri' ic.rttv rlisnpp"interl."
I rnitiiitl'iii,l. "t"itnt'se.tlr.v spent

tiri"i."ri;-:'lrho. wrtrk('(l ln lhis:

ui"ctirrn'fitr tnt'; tltty are not ottlyl

gi.ui-.r*1,,igtt workers' tlrcy arc

u, gofll t?l.i,,ts.:' ' I

as^a 
'Prrting 

remark" .ltt'ltiLl
ils,r gootl fricrlrls"'

. toir.r". 
:lrr, not' totully out of tltu

''illl:,lil;;.nor Bohr,j, ilenr.,
roiri.":;i"ni, lilltl for the .ttrntotil
,ni'r i..;r-tli.' p.oplt' trtrly hav(

s P rt 'k t' n '. I

Irrirtncr comtrlissiont'r'll.lI
Divis. rvhtl st'rvt'rl s'ir yclrs'. sr,trl
ii ii',i1 liko wt, rvill hrvtr n b.tt('l

sor;iniitnnt witlr lltor(r rq



fliEn$.J ffi *y h3 fr ffi n$rs Fubh [ * g Hfforf
Ily !,,i'f lrlVlnnE

J'rt, IJirl.,

I[,\I..J,ltill -- A group 0f (hm-
Llr l;rr,d Cuttrtt.v black lr;adcrs
pl.,tr\ t() (urrliriitr, tltrr puslt fuf
5irr1;ic fl i{.,lil5{.f l,r;;irlirtivc riistfir:ts
t. itlr,rul supl.i(rrt ir(,rn tho currnty'ti
lr ;;i:,1.r I ti'c dclr,gutir;rt.

,t i I l;'' Ilorl.c rcrlistrl<:lltrg
r',,r l/irli!,r'{ l)f|l,,irft il hirlity lrt r:r[1.
ji,!('r ; plrlr thlt would carve u
l;i,.il,rr)intlcly llut k dirtrict riut of
('rrrrrln,rlarr,l (burrly :rtrtJ !'itvc tltrt
rr'r,l ( [ tlrr: rorrrtly in(itr:1, ttrosi oI
ill( ('(,tilltI-'ri liuc Iklul;c r]tcrnbcrs
*r,r,. l,rrlrlit.ly rlt'rryiri11 alry htriltl irr
:,ij,rl'lil: ttt'rv tlirlrr([ lxrurrrl rrh,r.

'l lrr: rrr,w rlr:,lrir.t wori draWn by
It t'r,l..ttvi, :,1.rIl llltr llrc U.fi.
.11,-iicr t)r,par'lrricul rcJrrrtcd llte
lluu.,r. ft.rlirtit(:rinl: plarr, tilirrg
( unillJrl.,r;(1, u 5lnqlo-courrly di.r-
lrttt t'nlilirrtl tO fiVe f0-
plr....r.rrtrtirrs, as u spccific pro-
ir;r nl rrca. 'l'he dcpartmcnt
sr',,ltr.:itld thot singlc-nrcrribtrr
rl,stfie a)i could clinrirrate the possi.

ii.rxier Flies

To Notionc!
l--r-

bilily thot hlack vorirrg strenglh
rvoultl b,.t dilulcd.

lttt,r,lin( willr slx ol th() r(rutlly's
kry3isl.rturs in t'a-vct.tr:vilh, Trrurriuy
ni11ht, a group of black k,aderi
ashrd fur sttpl)ort for slngte-
tlt(:nll^ir districts.

"'l'lrc lxrttorn linc is lhls group is
itt fuvor oI sinlik di;tricts, lhe
('ounty shouhl trrl rlivirlr:rl into
sr,llui (t[o tltslrk:tr," $irld Artlirrflctts
Dcw. l'hc group of about ito blacks
harl rnet Ilonduy with a ltwyer for
llti: I,lA.'.L'l' Uducirtion and Lcgal
l)elr,rrsr. Furrrl irnrl uninlitn()usly
r:urlorserl singlc-nrenrbcr districls.'

I)rrw toh'l li:gislators that rhe
llrorrp wurrld trot flry0r ctrrvlng out
t prcrlllnulralr.ly blllk rll:rlrlct urul
h:lrvirrli llrc.rtst of thr: t:ounly us
irrr "at largo" rli;;trict.

Gcrr.y Cohrrrr, head 0f the
legislirtivc drlfting dcprrlrnent,
said tlnt Justicc Dcpartlncnt
ofticialt had salrl the'proposed
pre dominately btack district In
Cunrhrrlund County worrld be
accctrtirLle.

;iiri i. JIJ.-lyisrllD er U t strtcts
\. t.,,rr;,
Lr W lii

I
I
I

f*r

"Ii's .my _opinion that if you
ercate this district, Justlce would
not carc what you dp wllh the rcst
oI tlrc coulrty," Colr,sl sukl. ,,BuI lf
you go tn five districts and did no!
havr: a predo,nlrrately black dis-
trict, I tlrink Justire would reject
it..'

'Ihc proposcd tlistrtct would
lnclude lfort Uragg and lropo Air
I"urcu lllsrr arrd Crosg'Crcck
_(I'ayettcvllle) preclncts l7 (Green
Valley arca) and 16 (near E.E.
Srllitlr IIigh Schor.rl; for a dislrict
wltlr un i!,1 pr.r<'olrI bluck populo.
tlon.

- Cohcn said another ptan thc
Jrrsllco l)tgtarlnrelrt rvorild uilow
worrkl eomblnr tlre rlrltitury busuwlllt Cror.r Crr,tk lZ.jnd lil(!'uycttcvlllc Statc Unlvrrsity
arel).

Rrrt Culrcn sald Rep. Lura Toltv.
D-Cunrberland, had indicated sliri
felt tho.comrnunlty would prefrrr
the. cornbination of Cro.ss Criek t6
and l? with lhc rnilitory base.

Itcv, C,It. Edwards, the only

'ffi'xr*
'--*f:Cl' J lr* Olrsr:r'vtr': l,rve Wirrl

t5.H&J (lut':tl(rr,s i,nd S()lve 1lr olllt:rrr'

(See SINGLE, page ZA)

crits rerl tape to answer
nf generil irttrrrc:.1. f'or

Eush fi
qh F. t-aa('ll(in (lta,l l,ir,.r l!rr e ilif(t t al. auy lrriur or u,nlc [,it.i,.

Wtt'e, llox {1.19, I.'ir.yr-.tl.cvillr :}Ht02. ll'u'll prirrt your ro,ri;rlc
hrrt v/ut,rrrr.1 i11.,lrrlr.

Obrrru" J -3'- lL I

black canrilda0e to announce hii
cunrlidacy for the llousc, tives in
Cross .Creck -lI, !.uycttcvillc Cily
Coulrullrriun ltr:v. Aurun Johrr.ioli
who lives in Cross' Crcek 13, has
bccn rumored us a possible statc
llnusc or licnatc candidalc. lf the
l?th 8nd l3th preclnr:tri wcrc
combincd,.Edwards, a D(,rrr0(rat,
coulrl. lr.c piltcd a6lirrsl, Jolrnsun, u
Ilcpublicrr4.
. "Whatcver ls done, the Ju.stlce

Department will have to say that's
thu thlng t-{r do," Tally r,;ld Urc
group llrt.sday.

_Only.lrep. Hlly Ctark, D-
Cumbcrland, told the group t,e
opporj(r$ single,nrtrurbr,r d l,rtrlci.s.

"l lhlrrk our lrrohlcnrs arc
r:ountywklu unrl 'l tlriuk t,ur pro.
llk:rns cross raclul ilncs,', Ciirk
told the group. ,.Ilut I do;'t itri;i
It -makes nruch dillcrcnce whut I
tlrink. I will not- oppose any ptan
lnat contes out of tlre committce."Ilep. flenry Tyson, D-

e Polish pnests
O Injured para
Page 8A
I UNC-Virginio,

Cl;tssified .. .
Comies
Dcaths
liditorials .. . .
Enlorlalnrnent.

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THE FAYETTEVILLE TIMES

PTNTONEstablishcd 1973
THIIRSDAY

fA .,'
FEBRU,TRY 4, I9B2

i
:, .,

Creating a General Assembly llouse
distriet out of a couple of predominantly-
blaek precincts linked to Ft. Bragg in
Cumberland County would be a cynical
racist approach to le$slative redishicting.
Such a district would amount to a political
ghetto.

Black leaders who are opposing such'an
approach deserye wide public support from
all citizens, black and white. The best
interests of all citizens would be served by
single-member redistricting, by creatin!
one-member dishicts for all five memberi
of !!e C.umberland House dqlegation.

The "black-member',' redistricting
scheme has been seized upon by some
members of the Cumberland House'delega-
tion in the wake of of signals from clvil
rigtrts erforcers in lYashington that sueh a
political ghetto might aetually pass mu.ster
under the standards of the Vtiting Rights
Act. Enforcers who believe that- sori' 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 "one man, bne v-ote,,
mandate.

IlIary ilIcAllister, the first black elected
to the Cumberland County board of
commissioners, put the standards in
perspective at a meeting of black leaders
*'ho endorsed single-nrember redistricdng.
She said:

tions, is generally integrated into the entire
Cumberland communiiy better than in
almost any other urban county in North
Carolina. A political ghetto would stand out
even m0re starkly precisely because
Cumberland has so little of the olher kind!

Non-black citizens would be as ill-served
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
popuktion offer the besi approach to
ass-uring 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 ll townships is remarkably
representative of the orerall mix of the
county. That is a foundation on which to
build fair single-member districts.

Cumberland County legislators are chas-
ing a divisive, irresponsible will-of-the-wisp
with their political ghetto scheme. To
paraphrase the late }lubert llumphrey, this
is stay'ing in the shadows of narrow
interests at a time when Cumberland
Countl' ought to be stepping into the
sun-shine of the rvidest public interest.
Scrap the scheme. and bring thc public into
a c00pcralive effort for fashioning
lcgislative district.s fair to every citizen in
eYery Corner ,tf Cumbr:rlan,l [o'111[1,'.

Creating
PoliticaI
Ghetto

"l don't fouor caruing out one black
dfstrict. All districts should be drown
foirly. It would take a mighty owlcusard
shnpe to lnce o mojoritg-blach district. lt
does not houe to be a majority-black
distict for it to be represantatitse."

The underlying motive of the 1

"black-member" scheme is the un-tl
derstandable reluetanee of incumbentll
legislatorb to change the status quo anyl
rnore than is absolutely necessary. Dgvis-
ing single-member districts which meet
fairness standards while protecting in-
cumbencies as well would be a delicatO,
though not impossible, chore.

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

For their part, black citizens of Cum-
berland County'desen'e better than the sort
of.racial cy,nicism inhcrcnt in the proposcd
scheme. Thel' constitute an impoitant
v.oting bloe. The black population, aithough
there are s0n:le neiehhorh'rod concentra-

,I



OPINIoNEstablislwd 1973

' a, THURSD.TY

FEBRUARY.[, I9S2

Creating a- General Assembly tlouse
9istrict out of a couple of predominantly-
blaek preeincts lin[ed to'Ft- Bragg in
Cumberland County would be a cynical
racist approaeh to legislative redistricting.
Such a district would amount to a political
g[etto.

Black leaders who are oDposing such'an
ap-pmach deseqve wide pubiic sup-port from
all citizens, black and white.'The best
interests of all citizens would be served bv
single-member redistricting, by creatini
one-member dishicts for all livi memberi
of tle CUmberland House dqlegation.

The "black-member"-' rldistrictinE
scheme has been seized upon by somE
members of the Cumberland House-delega-
ti-o! in the wake of of signals from civil
rights e-nforcers in Washington that such a
political ghetto might actually pass muster
under the standards of the Vdtine Riehts
Act. Enforcers who believe that"sori'of
r?cial gerrymandering is indeed the Iaw of
the Iand have dismalli misread the law and
a Iong line of court opinion interpreting the
Supreme Court's ,.one man, bne v-ote,,
mandate.

Mary ItlcAllister, the first black elected
to the Cumberland County board of
commissioners, put the standards in
perspective at a meeting of black leaders
*'ho endorsed single-member redistricting.
Sbe said:

of.racial cJnicism inherent in the proposcd
scheme. Thev constitute an imnoitrntscheme. The.v constitute an imscnem9.- I ne.v c0nstrtute an important
voting bloe. The black population. aithough
there are some neishborhood coneonlre-

"I don't Javor corving out one black
district All districts should be drorun
fairly. lt wmtld toke a mighty awhlard
slwpe to lwr;e o majority-blocli district. It
d,oes not houe to be a majofity-black
distnct /or it to be rcpresmtatiie.,, -

The underlying motive of the r

"black-member" scheme is the un-J
derstandable reluetance of incumbentll
Iegislato* to change the status quo anyl
more than is absolutely necessary. Devis-
ing single-member districts which meet
fairness standards while protecting in-
cumbencies as well would be a delicate,
though not impossible, ehore.

- There is really no responsible alternatiye,
n0wever. Any other approach insults
standards of political fairness and invites
racial disharmony.

For their part, black citizcns of Cum-
berland Count.v desene better than the sort

tions, is generally integrated into the entire
Cumberland communiiy better than in
almos-t any other urbari county in North
Carolina. A political ghetto wouid stand out

. qven_ more starkly precisely because- 
Cumberland has so little of the otber kind!

Non-black citizens would be as ill-served
as black citizens because such a scheme
nould water down the fair voting strength
of every indiddual.

Single-member districts wbich contain a
fair proportion of all elements in the
population offer the best approach to
ass-uring that all citizens can paiticipate in
and haye their interests h-eard in the
politics of electing General Assembly
members. In factl the racial mix iir
Cumberland's ll townships is remarkably
representative of the overall mix of the
county. That is a foundation on whicb to
build fair single-member districts.

Cumberland Count.v legislators are chas-
ing.a divisive, irrespon.sible will-of-the-wisp
with their political ghetto scheme. Tir
paraphrase the laie llubert Humphrey, this
is sta;-ing in the shadows of narrow
interests at a time when Cumberland
Countl'ouglt to be stepping into the
sunshine of the rvidt'st public interest.
Scrap the scheme. and brin.q the public into
a c00perativr. effort for fashioning
lcgislative di:tricls fair to o.erv citizen iri
every corner r-rf Cumberland Courrtv.

Creating
PoIiticaI
Ghetto

there are some neigh concentra-



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35 Pagr

Fayetteville, N.C., ['ednesday. February 3, 1982
25 Cenu Drily

50 Cenu Sunday

nHEack, District' Plan On House Panel Agerud,a,
BY JOEII ]tIliTEi

Ot T:l:fiDt st.tt
.l rt-Jstjc.-irg plan e'.'4bining rhe section of FL

BE;g thich ii iq C:l='berland County and tw-o
prr,::-rioan'j-v black prec.incts into one state House
iis'::ct will be consii:red today by a House
rei:i;r:cting connnnit:,:e, Curnberland County
le5:.l.ltcrs tEld a black E:eup.opposed to such a plan
Tue:.'l:.r.
T:c fo,.:r rt*air.ing E:;:rse mertbers from Cum-

berl..-"J Cor=ty weuid sc::;e at-large, the legislators
srii

Tle two bla:k precirts suggcsied h the plao,
aec'r:i:.q to St-ete Rep. ]c,n BearC, wou.ld be either

precincts l7 and 16 or precincts 17 and 13, all in the
Dlurchison Rqad area

The llouse redistricting committee rnet Tuesday and'
will meet again today to prepare for a public hearing
on state Ilouse and Senate redistricting plans
Tbursday in Raleigh.

Ft. Bragg has a population of .{0,817. and 292

registered voters. Precinct 17, 80 pereent black, has
;,?95 pcople and 1,550 registered voters. Precinct- 15,

99 percent black, has 3,061 reside::ts, with 1,326
registered voters. Prtcinet 13, also 96 percent black,
has z,-tg? residents and 83? registered voters.

The black group, composed of some of the county's

most respected blaek leaders, arangeC Tuesday's
meeting with the delegation to let the legislaton know
it opp.osed such a plan.and favored five single-rnember
House districts for Cumberland County.

The gtoup met Monday with long-time civil rights
activist Sippio Br.rrton and an attrrrney for tbe lirtional
Association for the Adl'ancemert of Colored People's
Educ.rton and Legal Defense Fund to discuss the
single-member district proposals. Burton is a plaintiff
in the NAACP suit challenging the multi.mernber
district systern.

The Democratic Party tst vice chairrnan, Tom
Council, who chaired Tuesda;"s meeting at ltount

Sinri Baptist Church, said represcntafives of the
group *ill attcnd Thursdry's publie hearing.' 

Council said the black group will support a plln
being prepared by the Legal Defense PuuC which ealls
for single-member disiricts in all of the state's
counties.

That plan has not been rnade public at this time.
Beard said the U.S. Justice Department has

indicated it will not disapprove the single black
district plan, as long as the district has at lerst a 65
percent bllck population.

t#hen asked by the blrck group for their stands on

-see BEIIfPPL\G, Plge 2-.{

rerllitricting comntiltees, s.rid th"y
had n,: control ot'er whrt PlaY ttrs
eventually prescntcd for cons;d-
eration by the Justice Deprtrtn:e:t.

Onlr- Rep. Biilt' Clark said he
oppl::ed .:ingle-i:r el:b',r dt.trir:is.
Ri:p. lI"i11- T3 s,ri said he cr:r111

li','r, *:ah eithcr single-rlet;tlpr
di5:;i;1i or n:.:lii-nreriib.:r rjis-
tric is.

Beard, Rep. Lura Talil', Sens.
Tony Rand and Joe lta:;:ior tr-rld
the group they will vote fcr the
plan the Justice Dcpartrnent xc-
cepts, wh:tever that pi:n m:rp' be .

Clark, Ts!!.v and Eea:'d aii Iir.e in
the northwe:;t sccticn of 5a1'trti:.'.
vi:le. and rt lerst tr',',r cI lh'tr:
could 

.lr* 
fc:r:ecl t,l Conii:pte rrf (liq

sl::'.s lJ::rrse s.r rt, ii l.l.c ,.:.-::t,, :..;

dii ideC i!r1o five si::gle.mcnrbir
distric ls.

CIark srid that though h,-'
cnposed ihe five sin.lle-membr:r
Cistricts prt-,rcsci. he uould . u;'-
p(;r' tl'o pl.t:1 crp3tin": ^rL' rnJ; )'!-
t1'blr,:k.iir:r;t f.

Il.'p. Cl:i.'1,:s II,.it, rrhrl i!irl :r.,t
rt'q.11,r frlgiJ r;,'s nttt,'tin1l. S;,.!
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PROPOSED SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT FOR N.

OF REPRESENTATIVES IN ROBESON, HOKE, q

PROPOSED DISTRICT # A

EXHIBlT

C. STATE HOUSE

SCOTLAND COUNTY

Townships

Scotland County

Spring Hill
Stewartsville (1ess tract 101)

Hoke County

Al1enda1e

Antioch

Blue Spring

Robeson County

Red Springs

Maxton

Rowland

A1 fordsvil 1e

Gaddy

Mariet ta

Fairmont

TOTAL DISTRICT (Deviation)

3,651

14 , 911

427

2,455

lr373

5,712

6,000

3,122

1,391

L,ZL\

L,7L3

5,693

47 ,666

1,991

5,676

230

760

793

2,534

2,515

L,634

274

407

815

z ,464

20,083

%

B lack

42 .7

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o.
'o

Indian Indian

340

L,L76

150

I,202

348

901

2,056

7t3

886

540

L07

1,098

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OF REPRESENTATIVES IN ROBESON, HOI(E,

PROPOSED DISTRICT #

N.C. STATE HOUSE

q SCUILAND Cot-htTIES

B

Townships

Hoke County

Raeford

Stonewal I
Robeson County

. Back Swanp

.Burnt Swamp

Pembroke

Lumberbridge
' Philadelphu!

Raft Swamp

Renne rt
S addletree

Smiths

Smyrna

Thompson

Union

St. Pauls (ED 409,410)

Parkton (ED 400,401)

Shannon

TOTAL DISTRICT

Populat ion
90

Black Black Indian

278

186

L,743

1,560

7 ,293

3t7

1,456

1,399

1,042

1,910

5,359

429

9L7

7,5L7

204

78

399

24,094

8,956

L,327

3,063

1,779

8,725

1,397

1,959

2,307

L ,433

2,627

3,743

r,132

1,343

2 ,403

L,733

2,ll0
/ JJ

46,770

4 r773

4s1

766

129

346

620

245

26s

234

91

130

163

239

532

820

841

230

10,875

%

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EXHIBIT

1r

'I

J
l. PeraeE adopts N.C" Horr.se plan

with foaer rGeT*, hlack dlstricts
By A.L.lll.{Y

Ciie, C :tirol C orrlsoordeit
After rebuffing a moi.e to create

major:ty black districis in each of
the stete's major urban eount.ies, a
legislative committee Fridal' ap-
proved a state }Iouse redistricting
pian to go to the full Legislature
Tuesrialr.

The plan. approved 29-tl, would
create three nerv predomrnantly
black Cistricrs in Easiern North
Caroiina and a fourth in Guiiford
County.

The plan r';r;uld split 25 counties,
man;* i:r the East. iYale County
would relnain in cne *strict, with
slx repre-"entatires elected at
large.

Sith a feu chalges in the West
and Pledmont and a nei*'predomi-
nantly black dlstrict in Cumber-
land County. tne plan adopteC by
the House Redistrtcting Cornmii-
tee is nearly' the sarre as one
adopted. lasi week h;r a subcom-
miitee.

Co-chairn:an Rober: A. Jones,
D-RutherforC, predic'-eC pa.ss3qe
of the plar in ne:lL wr.;k': legisja-
tive sessicn, u,niclr a,so 'lill ccn-

Rsp. Kerrrath E. Soautding
...'J, aJ']:e{: TOS::i :iaC.< C:SlrjCIS

sider t'.are Senaie :nd cclgres-
s:ona i re"iisi::ict :.n E :a.f ns.

The .ia:c. of :le :a.il'. blaek

, Cumur::x:r: Cc:::;1' ,:istlict
\ c:usl.i :cn:,: g,:-:::.:i:n; : r lhe
CCtilr:.:::Ce :-g:.-:Uie ;le :::iriC!
wc,:lrj -::.r-s;.::'. cni-,' :i: F ::: -rr:tgs

r and hro predominantly black
I to*lships outside the base.

Of the district's .19,673 people,
.10.817 are on the military base, ac-
cordini io the 1980 census. Only
292 of tlose are registered to vote
in tle county. Tbe two townships
ouiside the pcst, with only 8,856
people and 2,8?8 registered voters,
sould control a seat in the state
House. The other'four House mem-
bers from Cumberland would run
at largein the rest of the counlY.

Cumberiand non, is one district' si$ five representatives, all elect-
ed at large and all white.

On a vote of 1912, the committee
defeated a motion by state Rep.
Kenneth B. SpauJCLrg, D-Durham,
who is black. to ereate four pre-
dominantly black districts within
llecklenburg, Porsyth and Wake
couities.

Spauiding said he also would
sup-Dcrt a black district in Durharn
if 'clack disricts were created in
thcse lhree counties.

Ths other tu'o black melnbers of
thc House. Rep. Daniel T. Blue, D-

Sac P.trtrEL, page 8.1

of
no-

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.li.

$r
aI

Fanel adopts plan
to carve 4 clistricts
for blacks in Eilouse
Cnlinu.dfrcn Patc I A

wake, and Rep. c. Mervin creecy, ffj:*t::',:,'."t'?5:15","'il*ili
D-Northampton, voted Eith black districts only in countics
Sp_aulding. covered by the 1965 Voting Rjghts

Spaulding drew strong opposi- Act.
tion from Itlecklenburg Demo The U.S. Justice Department
grals_. Tle.y 1aid t!e. county has vetoed a previous House plan, say.
had few black candidates for the ingit diluted black votin! strengih
House and that a separate district in the {0 counties covered by [he
dominated by blacks would hurt act.
the. county's Democratic Pa:ty, Attempts Friday to partly dis-
whichdependsontheblactvoteto mantle two northeastirn ilouse
elect House membeN. districts t}at are 60 percent or

Alter his motion was defeated. moreblackweredefeated.
Spaulding proposed individual Thce northeastern districts,
plaos for two mostly black dis- plus the black districts in Guilford
tricts in Mecklenburg, one in For- and Cumberland, were created to
sy-th and one in Wake. AII thre€ comply *ith the Voting Righis
motions were defeated. . Act, which covers those areas. Tte

The Wale district would bave state's o*ter urban counties -been composed mostly of South- Mecklenburg, Forslth, Wake and
east Raleigh. ID the vote on that Durham - are among tl,e 60 coun.
district, Blue, who is unsure a sin- ties not covered by the act. L€gis-
gle.member district in his c-ounty lative districts in those counties
would helpblacks.abslained. are not subject to Justice Depart-

"I request and plead that you do ment review.
not only what is legally right but Those counties have sizable
what is morally right," Spaulding black constituencies. and they are
said as he pressed his case. represented by large House dele-

At Jones'urging, the committee gations running at large. Ifleckleo-

burg has not e[ected a-black to the
House in this centurSr, and Forysth
does not have a blact representa-
trve.

Spaulding warned that a federal
court in a pendiDg lawsuit will look
at the entire state for dilution of
black voting strengt!, not just &e
counties covered bv the act-
fie NMCP Lcial Defense and

Education Frrnd Inc. has filed suit .

ag,in<t tbe trgislature in federal

court io Raleigh, asking the court
t0 impos€ single-member districts
throughout the state. A Republi-
can.backed suit has a similar'goal.
_ Alter the committee mee-ting,
Spaulding told reporters, .,I do n6t
think the courts sill accept this
plan ... but the 40 counties that are
covered (by the voting act) might
pass Justice review."

To the clmmittee, Jones said,
"We have resolved the clvered

counties for the Justice Deoart-
ment, and that's all we have tb do.
I'm wilIing to take my chances on
the lawsuit."

Nature center proposed
for home of Golda lleir
'DEhIVER (AP) - The rundova

former home of the late Israeli
Prime Minister Golda Meir may
be turned over to the city and used
as a nature center.

Organizers said tley pant to
move the house to Denver's Habi-
tat Park, where it would be leased
and maintained by the Denver Au-
dubon Society.

Brrsh stol)s briefly
at Pope, Ft. Br:rgg

FORT BRAGG (AP) - Vicc
PrcsiCent Georqe Bush stoppcd off
bricfly Friday at Pope Air l'rrcc
Basc and Fort Bragg to talk with
83nd Airborne Division troopcrs
and watch them demonstratc an
airborne assault.

lle also paid a visit to the top
sccret headquarters of Delta
TL.am, the anti terrorist unit that
took part in the abortcd rcscue of
the 52 .\mericans *ho ucrc held
hGstige in lran.

Bush arrived at Pope aboard Air
f'orce 2 at errctly 9 a.m. in rainy
wcather, and within minutes was
whisked aboard a C.130 aircraft to
fly with &l paratrooprrs to a drop
zone.

After the soldicrs jumpcd. the
plane carrling Bush IanCctJ ntar-
by so the vice presidcnt could
tatch the other 5;0 mcn in the ex-
ercise make their jumps.

The planes also droppcd equitr
ment and supplies into the landing
?rne.

Security was tight as Secret Ser-
vice agents and military police
mped off a small area from *hjch
reporters watched Bush s arriYal.
AIter tlre vice president Ianded, re
porters !rere ushered off the base,
ald were not allowed to satch the
remainder of the exercise.

Army spokesmen also refusei to
say who Bush talked to or shrre
else he went during his 3';-hour
visit.

Shirley Green, a spokesman for
tlle vice president, said Bush uant-
ed to visit Fort Bragg because he
had not had the opportunit)'to vi-iit
an Army post since he took office
last year.

Plan approved by committee lncludes new dlstrlcts for Cumberland and Gullrord couniles' ...numbers represenl the number of House members lo be elected trom each district

C ongressmen prefer'B 1' plan, J ones sczys
ti.ltst.E 116

North Carolina's congres-<ional
delcgation prefers the redistric!
ing plan approved last year by the
[.egislature to more recent prDpos-
als. U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones said The oew map wouJd move Dur-

bam County from tle ,lth District
into the 2nd District. as suggcsted
by the Justice Dcpartment and
make other adjustmcnts-

Ted Daniel, executive assistant
to-_2nd District Democratie Rep.
L.H. Fountain of Tarboro, said in
an interview that Fountain pre-
ferred the 1981 map. which didnot
put Durham in his district, but that
he did not initiate the letter.

Thrt redistncting map has bcen
rPlected by the U.s. Justice De-
Pdrlmen'. and joint legislative
commri:.rls aBreed this week !o

recommend a new plan to the full
l.egislature next ueek.

Jones, in a telephone htervicw
from his lUa-<hington office. said
he polled the delegation aJter tle
committee recommended its new
plan. uhich sould make major
shifts in rhe :nd. Jth and 6th con.
gressional districts.

But Jones said the letter should
not be taken as a direct rebuff of
the Iatest plan.

"Of course, as neu' plans come
up they (the congressmen) might
change. but as of yesterday. with
the knowledge we had at hand, ve
issued this.'' Jones said.

The 6ne-paragraph letter was
adCressed to the General A.ssem.
bly. It said: "All ll c.ongressional
oifices cf Lhe .\orth Carclina dele.
gatton hare been polled. The re.
sulLs 3re :hat all of the ll mcm.
bers approve and cndorse tlte con.

gressional redistricting ptan as
passed by the North Camlina Gen.
eral Assembly in l$n.,'
. Although tlat plan has been re.
jected and a new one proposed, ef.
forts have continued'by'state at.
torneys to win federal approva.l oI
the l98l plan. State lawl.ers have
sard ttley iniendcd to formallv re
quest that the Justice Department.
reconsider its rejection of tle tggt
plan.

Jones said he was aw.are of that
more. He said he had been asked
to poll the delegation by staie Sen.
Harold \1. Har&son, D.-Lenoir.

But Jones also said hc had re-
celved_ a sugEested twspais lgttg1
rrom Jerns Lconard, the li.ashing-
ton attornel rircd by the Lczisl;.
ture to C, ' ;d its rcdistricting
pla ns.

"l coul.jr ;o alonA with all of
tbat," Jor., .aid of the [,eonard

letter. "I think he's
t}at request."

Leonard could not
for comment.

withdrawn

tre reached

he had polled the
delegation s sev-
en Democrats
and four Repub-
licans and foud
that all support-Jones

ed last vear's plan

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Thursdoy, Februory 4, 1982
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preffie Wske
By PALILT. O'CON-I{OR

Tlmes stalf rriter

Every-body sc€ms to sant a
oiece of Wake CountY.' Some Harnett Coun$' Iegisla'
tors are trying to Put together suP
mrt for a state Senate redistrict-
ing plan that would choP the Fu-
quai-Varina area fqom the rest of
Wake andfuin it in a single'mem-
ber district with L€e and HarneB
crunties.

Ttis soutbern ehoP comes on the
heels of another Plan that would
move YJake Forest townshiP into a

northern Senate district with
Ftanklin, Vance, Nash and ll'ar-
ren counties.

AdstTts sffseks
plsn fo €resfe
hlsck disfriefs

ByPAULT.o'ooM{oB,largeurbanareasotthestateinto
-- 

some being predominantly black.
Cieating single'member s-tate Ttre U.S]iustice Department; in

House disHcts in black neighbor- "reiectine a state Horlfu redistriet'
hoods vill lead to tle "politieal ini olari'last month, said multi-
disenfranchisemeat of blacks," -E iter districts in Cumberland
Bep. J, dll6s fldams, D-Wake, aoA Curuord counties diluted mi-

5psulding oPPeort to wonl to Prt
Oi*t ;" pol;licol g$efroca ond, in
effu;t, di s{ rcrchire theva.'

I om rrll'o;gttirg the nrs?fer in
regnrdro ufi€{hetA, migt fee,

l* mq le roat rirwitY uttes
in lrir ele<tiro txtt lm orguirtg on

thc bciit of *'lxr I YierY rhc low os

l*itry,.'

--*ry.*ci.t ilhSFsdog

seeB{E

.i
--u vou Dut au (IIts ulllua.D u DIs .l .t'udgD l,lBv^r

ae-*6mL[r di"tricts, they'll etect I districts in-urtan @unties, saying
;'6;il;tt"-bhita ana ten I tuose areas bave a historv of
htaabc dnn'r opl ta vate for whites I clpctinp black leEislators. AdamsUt""t"'aoi[ get to vote for whites 1 Aecting ptac! fggts]{Prs' Adams

""a 
ftr"y din't campaieo *iQ iswhitd.-S-paulding*bfc! -whites ahd ,re have a'sefrrgated '"spauldlng appqtry !o Ylnl b

svstem-" Adams said in an inter- put blacks in political gbeftoes
whites aird we have a-segregated -"spaulding appglF !o Yary ro
system," Adams said in an inter- put blacks -p .potill"d,ry[fvrew- and, in effect, disenlrancnne

chargedtoday. nority Ysri ng strengtb.
"rt yoo pui ,U tte blacks !n pin- 1 

- eaims pfuers -mul!i-t!tE:

system," Adams said in an il
vlew. and;

I by no more than five- But, tlt€Y'llt lose mqst of their in0uence on all
the other members wbo serwe io
tbeHurse, hesaid-

Spauld.ing disagreed. "I thlnk Al
hasgone off haE-cocked," he said
in an interview.

"My argumeut and pr€setrta-
tions have dealt not witb political
rtretoric but directly with*trat tle
U.S. Supreme Cor:rt has ruIed aud
...in regard to finding ways to
minimize dilutiou of minority vot-
ing strength," Spaulding said.' 'rAl iS talking as a politician and
I'm trying the best I can to view
this thi;g as it pertains to r*'hat
tbe state of Norti Carolina must
do to keeptle federal courts from
taking away our state sovereipty

I

i! Ore drawing o[ our mqrs. "
5p3ulding sairl he isnt "argEing

the matter-in reEara to r.'retbtr Al
misht feel he nray lose some mi'
nofrW votes in h&s-electiin but I'm
arguing on tb$ basis c( what I'
view the law as being."

Reo. Daniel t. Blue, BWake'
,, ailv of Adar[ts and oae of the
three 

- 
blaet' nembers iD tbe

. House. tnok a i*ade course b+
tween Adams alrd SPadaing-

"Shet€ multi-memter districts
have been stown to rork for
blacks ard thd comm':niiY, tbeY'
sbould be continued," BIue said.
"slrerr it carl be der:ensE-.t-ed
that it has not *orked rbere P*
ole have not rioted acrcss racial
iines, 6eu so.irethi"g bas to be

trict. All three senators in the dis-
tric't eome from Raleigb. Haroett
and I.e€ residents have been com-
plaining for years that in this ar-
iangement theY have little chance
of electing a senator of their osn-

In Congressional redistricting'
a new 4th-district of Wake, Flank-
lin, Orange, Chatham and Ran-
dolph counties aPPears to have the
support needed for ratilication-
"T1re Eain's on the traek," said
Rep. Daniel T. BIue, D-lYake-

The nc* 4th is Part of a redi-c'
tricting plan tentatively appi-oved
yesterJay bY the IegLclature's

ioint coigrcssion:l rcriis'.ric';rg

Ttre state House Redistricting tbem," Adams said'
Committee-is **ia"ri"e .a pn; If iuch djstricts are created,
po."t Uv n"p. Kemeth B:spauld- , Adams said, bl.acks will jncrease

ing, O-budian, to canle up tle I tU"it numbers in the state House
\Pake, Harnefr and [.ee now

make u! tbe l{tb senatorial disl



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\(,:.i .,..,J:-iEreSStorii.l rgursrir(ii:li
S ar' Lornr:littee.

l}re cu::grnssional Plan . 
t'Y:':

nc\r' p.r, t:nm orit of the {th alcl inLo ii'e

,I'dis' ir-Jn,n*.ntl1' rura! 2nd irstrtct
lf t''ierm Flep L'H' Fo"tntati"'*'il;-;*t"<i' 

c-tttri"t v'ou.ld 
-con'Itrs !-!!vr'E ---- nun:ber of

sisr. of Durham and a 
--,!F-6..illu"i fteirua borcier 

-q?:]t'"i.:':i[ii;.#"ir"'ilH'ry,i1-ot:".,]-t:tril';i;ii;;;- Nash and a

o'ffi"tt1Hl,L *, **eni' in

.oiJ.*e the state's firsi' congres-

:iffiT#tricting. maP'. said

;i;;t olo'rld t'"te a better crrance

Ii'"lJ*g i ""ngr"tt-an 
iJ Dur-

il;;; i" ahe seco.nd districL'
' 
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;;leEislative anc con-

d=-.-iont."aitt-ricirn g pla n s will

5c treiC tUs a:"ernoon'*t 
.td 

"f 
the lar-esl state Snate

olari'ieiened wake. legislators
I;;d;:;;d thel immediatelY

;ryi.fl;:'Hi'ui.i sai,r sen

.l*.Pn g.ionnton' D-"1 ake' "l'nt
ll""ilJt ipti,ting eouaties u'here

itlt oul u**sarY and it's not nec-

;m*rglrTlT;;'. or rH,

d;'il;fi' Robert warren' D-

5:ffi;i;'rna t''t ReP' Bobbl'

bi#iiii", unarnett' aiso talke'c

Ih€ congressional plan moves
Durham out of the 4th and into tbe
predominanuy nral 2od district
of lS-term Rep. L.H. FounLain.

Tbe second district would con-
sist of Durham and a number of
smaller Virginia border counties
from CasweU to Halifar olus \fil- --
son, Edegqn;pl6's fiist conffi

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to him about lt.*il;.;. 
AUen Adams, n-V,'ake,

i;-'h;';b;td some PeoPle from

ffir*il countv s{ing. gYYb'
it''-,*rfa make a district frcm
ffi. f".r"li *a Itriaatu c"""x
ffi;hi". i'm opposed to that."
'Hff";id iue i'i"n sarrs for tak'
i.i"rl"rt lo.ooo Wake residents

itiO prtutg itrem in. the district
ili&'lo" a"nd Harnett' Unoer the

if"n. w"t" Forest would also be

ieoarateci from Wake'*io -ia""t ts'omember Senate

AsGct would have-234'0m resl-

i'"tii.-trit iuch a tilstrict eould

[t["gr.tii;'ffs?$,ftH;
of 301.Ofr."'eoii"i and Blue. who'r'e been

,;ii;-;; t-\c state s thrcte redis-

i'i.u"e bartles, said the}' drdn't

il;;; il the PIan had anY chances

of passing."'It-- aoi't t"o* what has a

"f'tr""e.-ff,e 
most ridiculous plans

in tle worid have a chance now

b;;; 
-"""tYt'ing's uP in the

air." Adams saiC.*}i'r"-iiia' "I'm willing..to
*i.[" irii anltiring is Possible'
Tf hev are boid enough to clt
Wake CountY on the top and tne

tlttom. u'e'ie just going to have

to r.i,re all tlPes o'f Ciin' Elen
tnorr,, ius s Scnate Plan' we rnight

hai c to oppose it in the House'

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EXHIBIT

PROPOSED SINGLE ltlEl{BER DISTRICT FOR N.C. H0USE 0F REPRESENTATIVES

IN II/ILSON.JNASH.JAI{D EDGECOi'IBE COUNTIES-(CITIES OF IlIILSON'ROCKY IIIOUNT)

TOTAL BLACK TCensus Tract POPUI,ATION POPULATION BTACK_6s4-6--- ts28--Wilson County 7
8.01
8. 02

11
L2
13

37L7
2580
2L92
3085
s220

488
6991
4 359

401
744?.
6818

37 11
180 3
I 040
140 5
2125

229
3860
1461

367
371 8
6?99

Nash County

Edgecombe Count,y

DISTRICT TOTAL ( Devi at i on) 49,839 ( ) 31,346

101
102
104

z0t
202
204

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NORTH CAROLINA-SECTION 3, NORTI-IEASTERN' PART

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CIRCLES INDICATE INCONPORATED ANO UNINCORPOMTEO PIICES

HAVING LESS THAN 2J'O INHABITANTS

UNINCORPORATEO PLAqE NAMES ARE SHO'tVl{ lN ITALICS

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