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Orders South To Begin Desegregation
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VOLUME 31-^NUHBEB 49
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342 Get Degrees At N. C. College
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Jllfsslssippi Sendtor Calls Howard Univ. Prof. Communist
Eastland Says Dr. L E. Frasier
And Gunnar Myrdal
Should Be Investigated
Dixie Given Chance By U. S.
Swreme Court To Set
i^wn House In Order
WASHINGTON
l%e ruling of the United
States Supreme Court, ordering
courts to see that machinery be
set in motion immediately to end
segregation in public schools
“as soon as practicible,” is look
ed upon by many in North
Carolina as giving the South an
opportimlty to set its own
house in order while the
court set no definited date for
l^nding the disgraceful policy of
segregation in public schools it
left no doubt in miiul that it
meant business on the matter.
The five-page dedsidn, which
was a unanimous (Hie waa read
by Chief Justice Wart«n and
definitely stated that the xole of
the court is to decide whether lo
cal authorities are proceeding to
end segregation in good faith.
Because of their proximity to lo
cal conditions federal districts
courts can b^ perform judicial
appraisal it said.
The Court stressed what the
objective should be. “It should
go without saying that the vital
ity of these constitutional prin
ciples (outlawing segregation)
cannot be allowed to yield sim-
plyy because of disagreement
with them," the court ruled.
Further on its stated:
“All provisions of federal,
state or local law requiring or
permitting such discrimination
(segregation in public schools)
mi^ yield. Local courts were or
dered “to take suofa proceedings
and enter such orders and de
crees consistent with this opin
ion as are necnsary and proper"
to bring about Integration in the
schools “with all 'deliberate
speed.”
Reaction to the order was
varied throughout North Caro
lina. Governor Luther Hodges,
who was in Chicago attending a
Rotary Convention, said, “I’d
rather not say anything until I’ve
gone over the opinion thorough
ly.” He intended to return to the
state earlier than originally
planned because of the court's
decision.
Said Representative Sam Wor
thington of Greenville, North
Carolina, one of the hdglslators
, in the recent session of the state’s
General Assembly most aetive in
advocating measure to circum
vent the decision outlawing seg
regation. “Looks like the most
^ reasonable thing the court could
do,'' since it had already declar
ed segregation unconstitutional.
Kelly . Alexander of Char-
lotte, iffesident of the North
Carolina ciiapter of th« National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, stated
«Kt the NAACP “will work
"'d^igently and consistently to
' Dttplemoit ttie decision on a lo-
- ^ level tliroughout tiie state of
1 Carolina and we will urge
school boards to rtnsiigrn
J’ Be stated further that the
kCP will resort to court ao-
tt is found that a sehool
Bt actkig la good faitb.
Cqiiis M. Waynlek, Director
of the Governor’s Small Indns-
try Plan, wbo was the Com-
menoement speaker in finals at
North Carolina College here
Tuesday.
NotedJournalist
To Speak At
Shaw University
RALEIGH
One of the principal features
of the joint annual Women'll
Leader^ip Training Confer
ence and Ministers Institute at
Shaw University, June 6-10,
will be the observance of Wo
men’s night on Thursday, June
9, ta Stew's Gresateaf audir
torium, directed by 1^. Ellen
S. Alston, conference chairman.
This year’s guest shaker will
be Mrs. Betty Granger of East
Elmhurst, N. Y., who has been
heralded'as one of the outstan
ding women journalists ' of
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Shown above Is Ret». T. C.
Graham, pretidmt of the Or
daining Council of the Ministers
and Deacon’s Union of the East
Cedar Grove Association and of
the Association, handing a
check in the amount of fifty
dollars to the Rev- W. H. Fuller,
president of the local branch of
the NAACP. The check repre-
sents a contribution to the bodtf
headed by Rev. Fuller.
UNO Applicants
To Seek Rights
In Federal Court
The stage was set here Tues
day for federal rourt action to
test the legality of the policy oi
the Trustee Board of the Unive/
sity of North Carolina in reftw-
ing to admit Negro students to
the undergraduate school of the
institution.
C9Uft action in the matter was
ifiMe~^)oA(mr'WlSBn vt
issued by Judge Johnson i.
Hayes of the U. S. Middle Dis-
trict Court auttiorized the par
ents of three Hillside High
School graduates to act as the
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WITNESS TO REV. IE MURDER IS
LOUTEIMN EAST ST. LOUIS, IlL
NEW YORK
An eyewitness to the fatal
shooting of 'the Rev. George W.
rin Belzoni, Miss., on May
today told FBI agents in
East St. Louis, HI., what he had
seen that night, according to in-
fdrmatlpn received here by Roy
Wilkins, executive secretiiry of
the National Association for
for the Advancement of Color
ed People.
The 'witness, Alex Hudson,
was located in East St. Louis
by the NAACP. He had left
Mississippi a week after the
killing. Billy Jones, an East St
Louis lawyer and president of
the Illinois State NAACP, ac
companied the witness to the
FBI office where the Missippian
told his Aory.
Hudson says that he was sit
ting with a friend when the
Rev- Mr. Lee's car passed. He
saw another car overtake that
of the clergyman and heard the
shots fired from the second car.
Rev. Lee’s car swerved off the
road and crashed into a house
while the other car disappeared
in the darkness.
The NAACP; Mr. Wilkins
said today, is tracing other wit
nesses in the hope of securing
the arrest and conviction of the
slayers.
At a memorial service held in
Belzoni on May 22, the NAACP
executive assured 400 Negro
leaders from all over the state
of continued NAACP support in
the fight for the ballot, foir jus
tice >md for desegregation of
the i()ublic schools. “We expect
to stay in Mississippi for the
duration—until victory is won,"
he said.
Wilkins lauded f the slain
clergyman as a col!rageous man
who '^ught for equality and
first-class citizenship for him
self and for his people.’’ He was
killed, the - NAACP leader
chaiged, "because he thought
he ought to vote just like other
Americans. Someone threaten
ed him and told him he should
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Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Rich
At White Rock
Last rites for Mrs. Josephine
Rich, wife of WUliam M. Rich,
director of Lincoln Hospital,
were held at the White Rock
Baptist Church at 2:30 p. m.,
last Tuesday, with the pastor,
Dr. M. M. Fisher, officiating.
Mrs. Rich died Saturday night.
May 28, at 8:30 o’clock, at Lin
coln Hospital where she had
been confined for ten days.
Bom in Lynchburg, Virginia,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Pride, Mrs. Rich was edu
cated in the public schools
there. She was graduated from
Hampton Institute in 1810 and
later became supervisor of home
economics in the public schools
of Charlottesville, Virginia.
In 1812, she married William
M. Rich and the couple lived in
Norfolk, Virginia for 24 years,
during which time Rich was
president of the Metropolitan
Bank and Trust Company, bi
1034, she came here to live
when her husband became the
superintendent of Lincoln Hos
pital.
Surviving are her husband;
four sisters, Mrs. Annie P. Wash-
ington,‘'Mrs. Bessie Tucker, and
Mrs. Shirley Martin, aU of Phil
adelphia and Mrs. Rebecca .Bow
ling of Norfolk, Virginia; one
brother. Walker Pride of Char
lottesville, Virginia and other
relatives.
Serving as active pallbearers
were R. N. Hsrris, J. W. Good-
loe, H. M. SOchaux, C. C. Spauld
ing, Jr., J. T. Taylor, and J. H.
Wheeler.
Honorary pallbearers w
the trustees of Lincoln Hoaii^,
the medical staff of Linccdn,
Omega Psi FU Fraten^ty,
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WaynickTellsNCC Grads To
Put; On Armor Of Goodwill
CUtmpus M. Waynick, director
of the Governor's Small Indus
tries Plan and former ambassa
dor to Nicaragua, Tuesday, ur-
g^ some 342 members of North
Carolina College’s 1955 gradu
ating classes “to put on the ar
mor of great good wiU" in find
ing a “benign answer to the
great question of human be
havior in the perilous months
and years ahead of us.”
Waynick, former newspaper
editor and policy maker in
several top official state agen
cies, paid tribute to the late
Dr. ifames E. Shepard, NCC’s
founder and he remarked that a
Bible given him by the late
C.C. Spaulding and carrying an
inscription from NCC President
Alfonso Elder had been one of
liis treasures during his diplo
matic career and now is in
library.
The speaker said, “Dedicated
scientists have made not only
destructive weapons for men
to use against each other, but
they have spearheaded success
ful attacks against so~ many,
diseases once deemed incon-
querable that many years have
been added to life expectancy.
They have penetrated the jun
gles of ignorance and destroyed
many of those jungles. No
other 60 years in all history
has witnessed such astounding
improvements in the physical
environment of man.
“The minority race you so
well represent has been deman
ding equal rights under the law
and the fight for those rights
has been well conducted. 1 do
not think that you have been
demanding any kind of equality
except that of opportunity for
yfiur young people to strive for
superiority in any field of rer-
vice or work in which they are
interested.
“In my time in this State I
have witnessed an increase of
race pride among you and have
applauded your great cultural
and economic accomplisliments.
Certainly our State and our
part of the nation depends upon
the cultivation of the liighest
potentiality of all our people,
and. they cannot rise very high
in any important scale unless
the Negro advances.
‘These things I am saying to
you not to flatter but prelimi-
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Last Rites Held For Roscoe RiddKk
GATESVILLE
Funeral services for Roscoe
Riddick, 88, father of Herman
H. Rid^ck, head football coach
at North C!arolina College in
ITurham, were held at 2 o’clock
Saturday at the Lebanon Bap
tist Caiurch of Gatesville. Inter
ment followed in the family
plot.
The elder Riddick died at 12
iioon on Wednesday, May 25,
after an illness of several
months.
The Hunter Funeral Home,
123 Rhue Street, AhMkie, was
in cliarge of funeral arrange
ments.
Ttie Rev. Howard Mitchell,
long-time femily friend and
neighbor, was in charge of the
last rites.
In Addition to Coach Riddick,
the deceased is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Addle Parker
Riddick of the home, two «>na
in Gatesville. Luther and MU-
ton, one other son, Fowler, of
Waterbury, Conn.; and two
daughters, Miss . Eva Riddick
and Mrs. Derotha Roberts of
Waterfoury, Conn.
FLOYD BBOW^
Floyd Brown Is
Na^ Director
NCC Athletics
Coach Floyd Brown of North
Carolina College’s CIAA basket
ball champions of 1954 and
1955 has been appointed direc
tor of athletics at North Caro
lina College for a period to be
covered by a leave of absence
granted I. G. Newton, present
holder of the position.
Brown’s appointment became
effective here Wednesday (June
1). Newton is scheduled to re
turn to his teaching duties at
NCC on July 1, 1856.
A spokesman at NCC said
“Brown will have full charge as
director of atliletics and will be
administratively responsible to
the Athletic Committee.
NCC President Alfonso Elder
earlier confirmed reports that
‘Mr. Floyd Brown has been in
vited to serve as director of
athletics and Mr. L. T. Walker
has been Invited to represent the
coaches on the Athletic Com
mittee.”
The decision to name the two
coaches to policy malcing po
sitions in the college’s athletic
set-up is understood to have
followed a meeting of coached,
members of the atliletic com
mittee, and the college’s Execu
tive Committee. “Positive ac
tion to improve the entire phy
sical education program can be
expected immediately,” one
spokesman said.
Taking over the athletic spot
at NCC at this time, Brown falls
heir to a deficit of some $2,500.
“I hav« aeeepted the tai-
vitatiea to assume the re-
spoasibUltles of dlreetor «t
athletics,’’ Brown said la a
statnaeat. He added, "I be-
Ueve that if the eo^eratlM
the eellege’a frieads. ahna-
al, aad atadeala la as ea-
thaaiastle as I’ve feeea aasared
that It wUl hn, we caa taavreve
the stataa ef atkMle ftaueea
at NCC."
Brawn, a native of Gary, lad.,
and one of the Sagles* all-time
basketball greats, has an im
pressive coaching career Jot
such a youthful man. He holds a
M. S. degree from Northwestern
University. He’s married and
WASHINGTON
Mississippi’s Senator East
land, made a' blast against the
United States’ Supreme Court
for its decision outlawing segre
gation in schools — at which he
charged tliat such men as How
ard University’s Dr. E. Franklin
Frazier and the distinguised
sociologist Gunnar Myrdal —
needed investigating because of
their indirect participation in
the historic decision. Eastland
has introduced a resolution cit
ing at least “six men who were
persons with Communist or
Commimist-front records.”
EUistland as chairman of the
Senate Internal Seciurity sub
committee could be in a position
te uMCieruii i
»he.vproposes any ^>eci-
fic authorization from the Sen
ate. Only Senator Olin Johnston
of South Carolina noted his re
marks and said, “I think it is
something that ought to be iooi.-
ed into.” The rest of the Sen
ate paid scant attention to East
land and said off the record
that they did not anticipate sndh'
an inquiry.
Commented Dr. E^razier on
Eastland’s remarks: ‘‘I’m a
Socialist and I am under no
body's influence. I do my own
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L. P. Gregg 4th
Negro To Finish
Naval Academy
ANNAPOLIS. U ).
The race'es fourth—^22 year
old Midstiipman L. P. Gregg
wins his commission from the
United States Naval Academy
tlus week. He graduates in a
class of 7S0, on June 3.
Gregg is a top man scholasti
cally for he was 22nd in hte
class last year and is ranked
with the status as “superior to
most Phi Beta Kappas.” He
graduates “with distinction.’*
From Chicago, Gregg gradu
ated from Wendell PhiUij»
High School there and then
joined the Mjirines. Friends
suggested he try for\ a Naval
Academy appointment.
It was Rep. WUUam Dawson’s
first Negro appointee and, of
cou^, Dawson will be on hand
to see his protege graduate.-
Also, at the exercises wUl be his
family, Mrs- Rachell Gregg—
who manages an lee cream par
lor in Ciiicago—and his two
sisters, Dorothy 24 and Rose.
20.
Upon receiving the gold bar
for a second lieutenant in the
Air Force, Gregg will later re
port for flight training'at Mal
den, Mo. The six-footer is
among 180 mld^pmen who
have chosen or l>een assigned to
the Ahr Force under a DetetM
Department ruling tttat one-
fourth of the class be astfgned
to the Air Force. It was May for
Gr^g to chooae the air forca
fw he has always “waatod to
fly.'
A quiet guy, with lltUa tiota
for extra social aetlvitlM, GraM
says ht haa ao plaas to mmnf
yat. ‘That adll hav* to wait tut
a whOa,” ha fciaa.