WWW.TRIANGLE TRIBUNE.COM The Triangle Black Wall Street makes a Bycomeback Rob Gourley The Durham VOICE DURHAM – More than 300 minority entrepreneurs gathered for three days of networking, promoting and music at Black Wall Street Homecoming in RIBUNE Durham. TTHE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE The event, which was co-founded by local entrepreneurs Dee McDougal, Jesica Averhart, Talib Graves-Manns and Tobias Rose, was a chance for African-American and other minority entrepreneurs to engage with other VOLUME 18 NO. 36 WEEK OF OCTOBER 30, 2016 $1.00 successful entrepreneurs. Graves-Manns, whose family has lived in the Walltown Village neighbor- hood of Durham for four generations, said they created the event to honor the history of Black Wall Street in Durham, as well as to change media rep- Shaw gets its first resentations of black entrepreneurship. football win of the “The narrative is not really balanced when it comes to the press about African-Americans doing amazing things, especially in business,” he said. season. The Bears The first BWS homecoming was held last year. After its success, addi- tional events were held in Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas. host homecoming “Most people here they think about either of those two cities (Durham this Saturday. and Tulsa, Oklahoma), but it’s technically more like 46 or 48 other Black Wall Street communities. They just didn’t have the same monikers. So, Washington, D.C., is one of them,” Graves-Manns said. This year’s event was also a success, and Graves-Mann said it is the guests who attend that are key. “Our guests came from all over the country. They Please seeBLACK WALL STREET/2A HBCUs Black slowly town on the 2017 Heritage reopens after reboundBy Catherine Morris DIVERSE ISSUES IN EDUCATION Calendar honorees As the Obama administra- hurricaneBy Martha Waggoner tion draws to a close and the ASSOCIATED PRESS nation prepares to select a new president, historically RALEIGH – Two weeks after black colleges and universi- she fled her home in ties leaders reflected on the Princeville with her husband past and future of the HBCU and three children, Susan community at the annual Morris returned to find the HBCU Week conference held only major damage left by in Arlington, Virginia. Hurricane Matthew was some The HBCU community has damage to her roof. seen notable ups and downs "Blessed. Amazing. Thank- over the past eight years, pre- ful," Morris, 59, said in a cipitated by the Great Reces- phone interview Saturday sion and changes to the when asked how it felt to walk Parent PLUS loans, which re- back into the home they left sulted in a loss of tuition dol- on Oct. 8. lars and a decline in Morris and her husband, enrollment at many schools. Dennis, and their three chil- Some schools, such as St. dren stayed in a home with Paul’s College, were forced to another daughter, the daugh- close their doors. Others ter's husband and their two struggle with ongoing fiscal children in a three-bedroom, issues that threaten their via- one-bath house after they bility. evacuated. Dennis Morris has Yet the community contin- MATHIAS BISHOP multiple sclerosis and typi- ues to forge ahead and shows The 2017 Heritage Calendar: Celebrating the North Carolina African-American Experi- cally uses a wheelchair, but signs of rebounding. Students ence was unveiled last week at the Governor’s Mansion. To download a calendar and got by with a walker during are applying to HBCUs with a learn more about the honorees, visit www.ncheritagecalendar.com. the evacuation, she said. Residents of the Southern renewed enthusiasm that mir- • January: Wardell Stephen ‘Dell’ Curry August: Mayor Clarence Lightner rors pre-2008 application lev- Terrace neighborhood, where els. • February: Joe L. and Eunice Dudley September: Victoria Casey McDonald about 25 percent of the Spelman College saw a • March: Anne Cannon Forsyth October: Christopher Suggs town's 2,200 residents live, record 7,868 applicants this • April: Philip G. Freelon November: Millie Dunn Veasey were allowed to return home spring. Eighteen thousand • May: Paul R. Jervay Jr. December: Richard ‘Stick’ and Friday, Mayor Bobbie Jones said. About half the town may students applied to Howard • June: The Rev. Richard Joyner Teresa Williams University, an unusually high be allowed to return Monday number for the institution. • July: Hattie ‘Chatty Hatty’ Leeper with the rest of Princeville “Despite the adversity that likely reopening Tuesday or we have faced and reduced Wednesday, he said. funding that we have re- Princeville, founded by ceived, we will continue to freed slaves and chartered in move forward as we always 1885, was inundated in 1999 have,” Hampton President Hillary Clinton renews support by Hurricane Floyd, which left William Harvey said at a town up to 11 feet of water stand- hall. “We will move forward ing in the town for nine days. because we know and believe Hurricane Matthew's floodwa- forBy Moses HBCUsAlexander Greene at St. Augustine’s ters from the Tar River went that our cause is just.” The comparatively rapid SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE around the 37-foot-high dike, rebuilt after Floyd, but turnover among HBCU presi- RALEIGH – Saint Augustine’s reached only 36.1 feet and dents compounds fiscal prob- University was the host site for an didn't breach it, Jones said. lems, Lezli Baskerville, early vote event with Democratic The National Guard has president and CEO of NAFEO, presidential nominee Hillary Clin- pumped millions of gallons of said. ton last Sunday. water out of the town, which On average, HBCU presi- The event, which drew over now needs to repair the sewer dents stay at their institution 1,000 supporters and members of system before the rest of the for three years. By contrast, the university community, was residents can return, he said. presidents at predominantly held on the University Quad. Inspections of homes also white institutions stay for an “Secretary Clinton knows the continue. average of seven years, she critical role that HBCUs play in The flooding wasn't as bad said, adding that the instabil- giving deserving and qualified as Jones had feared, with ity in leadership poses chal- students access to higher educa- water about 7 feet high on lenges to consistent tion,” SAU President Everett B. Main Street, he said. Even the governance. Ward said. artifacts in the town museum Revolving doors in the pres- “We need someone in the Oval are safe, he said. And he be- ident’s office are a product of Office who values the rights of all lieves that once officials re- the same basic problem, Americans, has a proven commit- SAU ceive federal money to extend UNCF President Michael ment to historically black colleges St. Augustine’s students show their support for Democratic presiden- the dike and raise it another 5 Lomax said. and universities, and offers a doc- feet, this sort of storm won't “If you scratch beneath the umented plan to help students tial nominee Hillary Clinton’s visit Sunday. damage the town again. surface of what the biggest achieve their dreams without tu- Meanwhile, The N.C. African challenge facing many of ition cost being a barrier.” her New College Compact plan. in the history of our beloved insti- American Heritage Commis- those presidents is, and the Clinton was also joined by the She pledged that a $25 billion tution,” said SAU Provost/Vice sion is collecting supplies to dissatisfaction or the decision Mothers of the Movement, black fund would be created to support President of Student Affairs, help Princeville. The most- to bring in a new president, women who have lost their chil- private HBCUs such as Saint Au- Yvonne M. Coston. needed items include hand it’s financial,” he said. “It is a dren to deadly police shootings or gustine’s. “As we begin to also celebrate tools, toiletries, non-perish- question of how you get the gun violence: Sybrina Fulton, the For all public HBCUs, the plan HBCU Preservation Week, Secre- able food, cleaning supplies, resources to do the work that mother of Trayvon Martin; Lucia ensures that students should tary Clinton’s visit highlights the new toys and books for chil- is expected.” McBath, mother of Jordan Davis; never have to take out a loan to role that HCBUs continue to have dren, face masks, rubber While the financial issues Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner; earn four-year degrees and will in giving scholars experiences gloves and new undergar- facing many HBCUs are real Geneva Reed-Veal, mother of San- not have to pay a dime to earn that enrich them culturally and ments of all sizes in their orig- and not to be glossed over, dra Bland; and Maria Hamilton, two-year degrees. develop them as leaders.” inal packages. others are changing the narra- mother of Dontre Hamilton set Of Republican presidential nom- Other speakers at the event in- Donations can be delivered tive. Delaware State University the stage for Clinton’s entrance inee Donald Trump, she said, cluded North Carolina Secretary to the state Department of concluded its successful and for her comments on combat- “America’s best days are still of State Elaine Marshall, State Sen- Natural and Cultural Re- Greater Than One capital cam- ting “systemic racism” in the ahead of us,” citing that she didn’t ator Dan Blue Jr. and Congress- sources lobby in Raleigh; the paign earlier this month. country. recognize the country about man David Price. Charlotte Hawkins Brown His- The institution raised more As the event was on the campus which Trump talks. The local ABC affiliate offered toric Site in Gibsonville; and than $20 million in five years of an HBCU founded by the Epis- The rest of her comments were viewers a live feed of the event.