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VOLUME 31 — NUMBER 35
DURHAM, NOBTH CAROLINA, SATU|tDAY, AUGUST 27, 19S5
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Georgia Kills Action Against Teacliers
WBRIBEOFFEREDTOPASTOR
TO SWITCH TO JIM CRON UNE
R. route, apparently on the or
der of Convention President,
Dr. J. H. Jackson, pastor of
Olivet Baptist Church in Chi
cago. Jackson just returned
Vbst week feorm Russia.
"We have been double-
crossed,” Dr. King S. llange,
pastor of Chicago’s Range Me
morial Baptist Church, flatly
declared, revealing that a my
sterious telephone caller has
threatened his life if he per-
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CHICAGO
Thousands of Illinois and
Midwest delegates to the 7Sth
Diamond Jubilee Celebration
of the National Baptist Con
vention of America, Sept. 7 to
11, didn't know this week
which railroad system to take
to Memphis, site of the annual
meeting,
They had been told that the
Illinois Central R.R. which is
jiurrently spending thousands
of dollars in a court fight with
the NAACP over the railway’s
established policy of Jim
Crowing its Negro passengers,
was to be boycotted complete
ly in favor of segregation-free
travel oyer ^ river'OuU, Mo
bile Oliio lines.
Jackson Orders Change
At the last loinute, however,
tickets went-tin sale in hund
reds of churches in Chicago
and in Indiana, Michigan, Wis
consin and Minnesota for
space aboard the “President’s r. j
Speciar trW^FTfi^C: Tl. pos^ ihe-Board
^ tion’s ndiculoua action.”
NAACP Hails
Georgia's Move
As Big Victory
NEW YORK
The NAACP took favor
able note last week of the ac~
tion of the Georgia State
Board of Education earlier
this week rescinding resolu
tions aimed at teachers who
belong to the NAACP or who
4n wy way app^rove of school
integiiatioiL
The education board's move
was described by Gloster B.
Current, NAACP director of
branches, as “a major victory
for the Georgia NAACP State
Conference and other citizens
in ‘Georgia who openty op-
^uca-
In a letter to W. W. Law, act
ing president of the Georgia
State NAACP, Mr. Current as
serted;
“The baoklng down on the
part of the Board, and ««pec-
lally on the part of ^tty. Gen
eral Eugene Cook, upon whose
advice the Board acted In the
first place, it an outgrowtt of
the adverse pnbUc reaction en
gendered by the Board’s mi»-
(Pleaae turn to Page Kight)
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE
NEEDS MONEY NOW
Laft year when the U. S. Supreme Conrt decided that
racial segregation in public education violated the Con
stitution, Negroes throughout the country were elated.
Few realised that this decision came about only after
years and years of hard work by many, inolnding large
groups of volunteer lawyers and social scientists.
Few realised the several hundred thousands spent on
expenses in these oases.
Hardly anyone ever paused to consider the threats and
intimidations against the parents of the school children in
volved. Most Americans simply took all of this lor granted.
Now, after the last decision In these cases, ibt deep
South It again showing its hand.
At least two Negroes in Mississippi liave been killed for
insisting on the right to vote.
White Citlcens’ Connell are cropping up all over the
South, determined to destroy all economic advantages for
Negroes.
Governors and attorneys general have said repeatedly
that they will litigate this matter for fifty or a hundred years.
Loulsiau has appropriated $100,000 to resist court ac
tions in that state. Other states have assigned six to fifty
lawyer to oppose cases in their states. Negro teadiers^re
being Intimidated and discharged.
Ton have read about these and other challenges In yo«»
own newspapers. Ton have felt sorry for these people. Ton
are sure that the NAACF will meet these ever increasin«
challenges.
Again, yon are taking it as a matter of oonrse becaose
the NAACP has never let yon down.
i t have news for yon: We will not be able to meet these
challenges unless we get the money to do it.
We have always had difficulty-meeting oar regular bud
gets. We cannot meet this heavily financed new assault un
less you stop taking us for granted and dig deep into your
pockets — and do it now!
THDROOOD MARSHALL, NAAOF Legal Defense and ,
Educational Fund, Inc., 107 West 4Srd Street, N«w ITork |6,
New York.
(Contributions are deductible for V. B. Ineome Tax
Purposes.)
The above photo 1^ scene taken when 25 West Indian students were luncheon guests at the
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. The students are visiting the United States
from the University College of the West Indies under the sponsorship of the Association for'World
Travel Exchange. — Staff Photo by DUNN. • . ^ -
Large Delegation Expected
At 31st Annual Session
N. C Usiiers Convention
Noted Minister
Slated To Deliver
Anmiat Sermon
KINSTON
The vanguard of the del
egation to the 31st annual session
of the Interdenominational Ush-'
ers Association of North Caro
lina began arriving here Wednes
day night with the main section
of the officers expected Thurs
day morning in time for the
opening of the convention at
10:00 A. M. According to Edgar
Murphy, member of the Board
of Directors who resides in Kin
ston the delegation to the con
vention will reach its full
strength aroimd Friday noon.
All sessions will be held in the
J. J. Sampson Elementary School
on Tower HIM Road, except that
of Sunday morning which will
be held in the St. John Free Will
Baptist Church on Blount St.
It is estimated that over 600
delegates and visitors will be in
tattendance at the convention by
Friday afternoon. ^The figure
may reach more than 1,000 by
Simday morning when the Rev.
O. L. Sherrill, executive secre
tary of the State Baptist Con
vention will deliver the annual
sermon.
The Thursday morning and
afternoon sessions will include
registration of delegates, ap
pointment oit committees, enroll
ment of new chivches and a
meeting of the Board of Direc
tors. Thursday night a public
program will be h«ld at the
REV. T. H. BROOKS
school at which time welcome
addresses from representatives
of the religious, professional and
business life of the city will be
delivered. The response will be
made by Miss Emma Holmes of
Fayetteville.
Music for the Thursday eve
ning session will be furnished by
the St. Augustine A. M. E. Zion
Church choir, Mrs. Mary N.
BM and Mrs. Christine Holmes.
The latter two will render solos.
Ezzell Lassiter will presided.
Friday morning a panel dis
cussion under the direction of
Mrs. Ruth Morgan of Wendell
will be held. The subject will l>e
“Integration And The Church.”
Ottier participants will be Mrs.
S. K. Hughes, Fayetteville; A.
D. Clark, Chapel Hill; J. Fred
Williams, Kinston and Burch
Coley, Durham.
Hi^Ulght of the Friday aft
ernoon session will be fteports
from the Junior Department
with the junior president pre-
REV. O. L. SHERRILL
siding. Mrs. Susie Cooper of Ox
ford is director of the Junior
Department. Mrs. Sally Hill will
deliver an address.
Friday evening the president
of the organization, L. E. Aus
tin, will deliver his annual ad
dress. Music for the occasion will
t>e furnished by Faith Taber
nacle Choir with a solo by Miss
Dorothy Cogdell. Vice President
C. Ar. Langston will preside.
Saturday morning „ and aft
ernoon sessions will include a
program bjf the First Aid De
partment, Mrs. Hattie Jones
president, reports from all de
partments, election of officers
and a memorial service. The an
nual Oratorical Contest will be
held Saturday evening with Mrs.
Susie Cooper of Oxford direc
ting. Music will be by the Jun
ior Choir of the First Baptist
Church.
Sunday morning immediately
following the' sermon by Rev.
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N. C Governor To Speak'
At Annual Leadership
Conference State Teachers
Black White Man
Apologizes For
iditv Of
WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘
Wheri ignorance is bliss,
it is foolish to ^e wise” cov
ered a situation last Tuesday
in Houston, Texas when In
dia’s ambassador Gaganvi-
hari Lallubhai Mehta and his
secretary were deftly segregated.
The ambassador thought he was
being honored at the time, but
was both surprised and disillus
ioned when the next day the
United States government, the
mayor of Houston and many oth
er persons of prominence made
him the recipient of profuse
apologies.
When ambassador Gaganvi-
hari Lallubhai Mehta and his
secretary, B. A. Rajagopalan, ap
peared in the public dining room
of Houston’s International Air
port yesterday, Mrs. Mary Alley,
restaurant supervisor, decided
they must be Negroes. So she
asked them to move to a small
private dining room—in such
polite tones that they thought
they were getting de luxe treat
ment reserved for important
(Please turn to Page Eight)
Governor Luther Hodges
will address the second annual
Leadership Conference of the
North Carolina Teachers As
sociation when it conven^ in
Raleigh, August 26-27.
Registration will begin at
2:00 P. M. Friday, August 26,
and the conference will close
the next afternoon. The Go
vernor's speech will highlight
the first general session at
4; 00 P. M. Friday in th(e
Greenleaf Auditocium at
Shaw University where all
sessions are scheduled.
Leaders from all NCTA lo
cal affiliates in North Caro
lina are expected to be in at-
tendancle to hear the many
speakers talk on professional
organizations and educatloh In
general in North Carolina.
Other persons who- will par
ticipate in the conference be
sides Governor Hodges are:
Dr. RoH^rt A. Skalfe, Field
Secretary for the Defense
Ckjmmission of the National
Education Association; Mrs.
Ida H. Duncan, NCTTA Presi
dent; Miss Nell E. Stinson,
president of the North Caro
lina Classroom Teachers As
sociation; Miss Lois Edinger,
vice-president of NEA Dtepart-
ment of Classroom Teachers;
W. G. Byers and Earl C. Euri-
GOV. LUTHER HODGES
derburk, NEA Directors for
N. C.; Dr. Amos Abrams,
NCEA Editor; Mrs. EUen G.
Johnson, NEA-VTA Field Re
presentative; Mrs. Bessie S.
Wilder, Halifax County Super
visor of Schools; Dr. W. L.
Giieene, NCTA Executive Sec
retary; Mrs. Pauline B. Foster,
president of NCTA Classroom
Teachers and member of ad
visory council of NEA Class
room Teachers; and W. I. Mor
ris, conference director.
ASSAILSCONVICriONOFMAN
FOR SELLING HOME TO NEGRO
BaMmore Gil
Wins Slum On
TVProgtaiD
NEW YORK .
A 12-year-old Negro girl,
lltt^ Gloria Lockerman, from
Baltimore, Is in line to try for
$32,000 on the CBS television
program "The $64,000 Ques
tion” as the result of spelling
off the sentence; “The belli
gerent astigmatic anthropolo
gist annihilated innumerable
chrysantHeums.”
The neatly dressed little
girl, smilingly confident, tackled
the multi syllable words as
calmly as If sh^ had been call
ed upon to spell the most sim
ple of words and had little
trouble • with the tricky combi
nation that was her bridge to
cross to reach the $16,000
prize she gained last Tuesday
night.
Standing in the isolation
booth, designed tq prevent
coaching from the audience,
she broke into a wide smile
when master of ceremonies
Hal March ifead the sentence.
Already she knew she could do
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Mt. Vernon
Baptist Leader
Women's Day
Speaker Sunday
Mrs. Toy Farmer, promi
nent baptist leader, will be
the featured Women’s Day
speaker at Mount Vernon Bap-
, (Please turn to Page Ei|^t)
LOUISVILLE, KY.
The conviction of Carl
Braden on a charge of ad
vocating sedition was assailed
by E>r. M. M. D. Perdue in
one of the main addresses at
the annual convention of the
General Association of Ken
tucky Baptists.
Many delegates voiced ap
proval as Dr. Perdue attack
ed the 15-year sentence and
$5,000 fine imposed on Bra
den, a white num, after he
helped a Negro family obtain
new house in a so-called
white neighborhood.
Dr. Perdue, pastor ef ■■■•
manael Baptist Church here,
launehed his attack duriag an
address ra the state mt race
relations in the natiou. He de
clared that the Ka Ktax Klan
is now operatiag under new
guisM, such as lunchoMi cluka
and fraternal wganlsatlens.
He also noted a growing unity
between poor white people and
the Negro people. He declared
that poor white people arc real
izing more and more tl>at the
aristocrats care no more about
them than they do about the Ne
gro. “The poor whitM and the
Negroes see that there is no sal
vation for tbna unless they are
united,** he said.
Dr. PerdM daeiared ttat he
will oMittaMM to iisfcd Bhui
(Pleaae tt»n to Pact lt|ht)