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VOLUME 32 — NUMBER 9
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1956
PRICE: TEN CENTS
NEGM TaCHHK EXPlOfTtD
The Alpha Nu Sigma and
Gamma Phi Chapters of the
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc., of Wituton Salem, North
Carolina, are pretenting their
12th annual Jabberwock on Fri
day, March 9, at 8:00 p.m., at
Fries Auditorium. Local organi
zations will participate in the
theme. “Something to Remem
ber”.
The following make up the
Jabberwock planning commit
tee: Sorors, E. McKnight, L.
Murray, V. Rorie, M. Morgan,
E. R. Williams, A. Williamt. K.
West. B. Pryor, F. WiUon. V.
Samson, L. Davis; Staitding—I
Godson, M. McCloud, V. Jack
son, D. Armstrong, V. Oraham,
chairman; not shown—co-chair
man Vivian Johnson.
Durham Minister Says Race
Profiting From Hostilities
NAACP Pledges Support
To S.C. Bus Case Victims
NEW YORK
l^e 115 persona indicted in
Montgomery, Ala., for their
participation in the three-month
mass protest against discrimina
tion in the Montgomery buses
have been assured of the full
support of the National Associ-
ation for the Advancen)er:t of
Colored People.
In a telegram to the RSv. M.
L. King, one of the leaders of
the movement, Roy Wilkins,
NAACP executive secretary, de
clared that "all' our people over
the nation and millions of
friends stand with you and your
'courageous fellow, citizens ai
you answer the indictment of
th^ grand jury.” Wilkins char-
89terized the indictments as
“police state action.”
Meanwhile, Thurgood Mar
shall, NAACP special counwl.
in response to a request from
leaders of the Montgomery
group, said “we have agreed to
use all of the resources of the
NAACP in their defense. The
entire legal staff will give
maximum support to A. D.
Shores of Birmingham and Fred
Gray of Montgomery, NAACP
attorneys in Alabama." >
Costly Defense
DMpite the high cost 6f de
fending 115 persons indicted,
the NAACP attorney "guaran
teed that they will have our full
support.”
“Never before in history,”
Marshall continued, “have we
faced a more obvious use of
otheirwise normal Judicial ma
chinery to oppress a lawful en
terprise of loyal American citi
zens. The refusal to ride the Jim
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Not For Pujiiicatlon
BY CALVIN JOHNSON
The news bureau at N. C. Col-
le||e didn’t release it to the
newspapers but several weeks
ago one of the top professors,
who holds a doctorate degree
from Harvard University was
raked over the coals by the act
ing head of the graduate depart
ment of the institution. Dean W.
W. Pierson, for admitting a Ko
rean young woman to the
school. Dr. Pierson who also
be«ds the graduate department
at the University of North Caro
lina, where he draws a fabulous
■alary, is eitimated to be get-
tin,^ an additional $l'00 per hour
for his position as acting head
of the lai-Aduate department at
N. C. SoUege, where he soends
only ^ few hours per week.
The jate of pay is believed to be
the Highest paid to a college
profisaor any\krhere in the
wojfld. I
Th« newqpapcrs haven't said
anything about it but it hu
leaked to the Carolina Times
that one of the music students
at N. C. College is now rehear
sing with the Duke Symphony
Orchestra.
It hasn’t been announced yet
but a prominent young business
woman of Durham is scheduled
to walk the matrimony path
around Easter time. The wed
ding will take piace in a nearby
city in Wake County.
The Raleii^ newspapers fail
ed to say anyttiing about it but
two students were recently ex
pelled from St. Augustine’s Col
lege for using marijuana (ree
fers. )
\A former dry cleaning busi
ness man now doing graduate
work at North Carolina and a
popular student in the school of
nursing have made no an
nouncement of the fact but they
are booked to say vows very
soon, not too Soon, however.
Rev. J. A. Brown, progressive
minister of the Ebenener Baptist
Church located on Glenn Street,
an ardent champion of racial
equality and .militant, uncom
promising foe of injustice. Un
der his leadership, the Ebenezer
Church has made rapid progress
since he became minister about
six years ago. .
First Negro
Reports For
FootyiAtVa.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.
George Harris, an engineering
student, became the first Negro
to report for football training
at the University of Virginia
here this week when he report
ed for spring practice with 59
other candidates.
\Harris played quarterback
for Dunbar High School iti
Lynchburg', Va. However, a uni
versity spokesman said it was
doubtful that Harris could con
tinue with the team since he is
01) academic probation. He is a
freshman.
During his years at Dunbar
High School, Harris played un
der Coach Harr^ Water, and
was considered outstanding as a
field general and ground gainer.
He was also considered adept
at passing.
Speaking to the local Branch
of the NAACP, the Rev. J. A.
^rown told his hearers that mis
treatment of the Negro by the
South has not been unattended
by blessings.
Rev. Brown, progressive, pa a-
tor of the Ebenezer Baptist
Church, spoke on the subject;
“The Blessedness of Southern
Hostility Toward the Negro.”
Sketching the history of tlje
Negro since he was brought to
tliis country, th^ militant minis
ter said that God had used the
sufferings and indignities heap
ed upon him to bring forth hid
den resources of character and
potentialities of spirit. The mis
treatment, he staled has better
fitted the Negro to cope with
life.
' The minister contended that
“what was Intended to destroy
the Negro has made him and
brought out the best within
liim.” He cited as one example,
the NAACP lawyers, children
of this oppressipn, who pitted
their wits against the best legal
brains of the country to win
from the Supreme Court its his
toric verdict against segregated
schools, '
Rev. Brown emjihasized
throughout his speech that the
Negro was of no mind to give
up the fight for full freedom;-
that “we have gone too far to
turn back now.’*
In toncluding, he stated that
“the Negro is assured of reach
ing the goal he has set for him
self because God, the United
States Supreme Court and the
Federal Government are on his
side. Against such ,powers, a
fpw southern states cannot pre
vail.”
Other persons appearing on
the program were the Rev. P.
A. Thorpe, Mrs. Almeta Spears,
who made the trophy award;
Attorney F. B. McKissick, who
reported on the membership
campaign, and Rev. W. A. Jones,
who gave the benediction.
Music for the occasion was
furnished by the White Rock
Baptist Church choir, directed
by Hurdie Roberson, the Ebene
zer 'lOale Chorus, and the Lin
coln Hospital Glee Club.
Rev; W. H. Fuller, president
of the local NAACP body, pre
sented the program.
The next monthly meeting of
the body will be held at the
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Sun
day, Blarch 28, at 4:00 p.m.
Dining Car
Waiter Dies
In Train Wreck
WASHINGTON, D. C.
50 year old Sydney Jackson,
a dining car waiter for the
Pennsylvania Railroad for many
years, was among the five per
sons killed when the cracii
train, the Embassy, jumped the
raii on its way ' north from
Washington, D. C.
In' what the railroad has
termed a freak accident, it
seems to have begun in the rear
section of the 14 car train. Jack
son was in the first diner which
caught the fuii force of the col
lision. It began tipping and
leaving the rails just as it pass
ed one of the htige steel sanc
tions supporting the 13,000 volt
of electric power. The car ran
full force into the tower and its
roof was peeled back.
Of the 100 injured, several
were Negroes including two
porters, Alfred D. McMiliian
and Paul Sims who were releas
ed from the hospital after treat
ment. A touching scene invol
ved a young Negro boy, holding
up bravely despite a smashed
leg. Until he cuuid be freed
with a torch, another passenger,
a priest, remai|tel with him to
comfojit’ hitn." - ' *■
Jackton. Was the only Negro
killed. His family includes a
wife, Mrs. Usley Jackson and a
daughter, Bondiine, who took it
very tiard. They reside in New
York.
Woman Hurls Serious
Charge At School Heads
In Eastern North Carolina
Talent Hunt
For Omegas
In Greensboro
GREENSBORO
The sixth annual Talent
Hunt, a national project ol the
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, will
be sponsored in the Greensboro
area on Friday evening March
9, by the local Tau Omega and
Mu Psi Chapters of the frater
nity.
Twenty young musicians from
eight-nearby communities will
compete for top prizes in the lo
cal event and the first place
winner will enter the District
Talent Hunt to be held at Char
lotte, N. C. in April. The com
petitors, all high school stu
dents, will come from Sedaiia,
North Wiikesboro, Burlington,
High Point, Reidsville, Graham,
Asheboro and. Greensboro.
"The Ipurpose _of the latent
Hunt, as deserited by B. A.
Hall, ctiairman »f the local
sponsoring group, is to search
out promising, young tal«it for
presentation before a committee
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Bishop Frank Madison Reid,
■presiding prelate of the south
ern section of the Second Epis
copal District and the Seventh
Episcopal District of the AME
Church, will preach at the
morning service of St. Joseph
AME Church here, Sunday,
April 8, it was announced this
week by Rev. D. A. Johnston
pastor. Bishop Reid is well
known in Durham and through
out the nation a» a forceful
preacher as well as a leader of
the highest caliber.
S. C Officers Qukkly Drop
Qiarge Against Mitchell
For Jim Crow Violation
IN FAYETTEVILLE-
Zetas Pick
Woman Of
The Year
FAYETTEVILLE
The annual “Finer Woman
hood Week” vesper program
staged by the local Zetas at the
Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege on Sunday, February 26,
was heightened by the honoring
of Elizalieth McMillan Thomp
son, Public Health Nurse for
Fayetteville and Cumberland
County, as “Woman of the
Year.” Tixe plaque was present
ed to her by Miss Clara Lewis,
senior of Elizabethtown, North
Carolina. Nurse Thompson was
chosen for this recognition be
cause of the contribution she
has made to improve community
health and to general social
betterment in Fayetteville and
in Cumberland^ounty over a
period of twenty-five years.
A native North Carolinian,
Nurse Thompson was born at
Tarboro, North Carolina and
was educated in the public
schools of that city and at Shaw
University. In 1929, she was
capped as a' Registered Nurse at
the - Freedman’s Hospital in
Washington, D. C.
^urse Thompson is widely
known in the field of nursing
and social work. In addition to
her activity as a worker in the
Flnt Baptist Church, she is
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Dr. J. Neal Hughley, college
minister and professor of eco
nomics at North Carolina Col
lege, Durham, will serve as
guest minister at Florida A and
M University when the institu
tion marks its annual obser
vance of Religious Emphasis
Week Feb. 26-March 1.
Race Tags Out On
Labor Forms
ALBANY, N. Y.
The New York State labor de
partment’s registration forms
for farm labor contractors no
longer will require racial iden
tification, Herbert Hill, NAACP
labor se?t«\ary, has been iix-
formed.
In a meeting with Alonzo
F. Waters, chairman ot the state
joint legislative committee on
migrant labor conditions, Mr.
Hill had requested removal of
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FLORENCE, S. C.
Charges of arrest were quick
ly dropped by police officers of
this city here Tuesday, when it
discovered tliat the person ar
rested was Clarence Mitchell,
Director of the Washington Bu
reau of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
Judge William Smith of the
City Court, ordered a nol proi
in the case after Wiley. Cald
well, City Attorney, stated that
he didn’t think he could get a
conviction.
Mitchell, together with Rev
Horace P. Sharper,Negro minis
ter, was arrested on a disorder
ly conduct charge when they
entered the white waiting room
in the railroad station, after
they refused to use the entrance
provided for Negroes. Just l>e-
fore the case was called to trial,
the disorderly conduct charge
was changed to one involving
violation of a city ordinance re
lating to persons interfering
with arresting officers in the
performance of their duty.
Mitchell and Rev. Sharper
pleaded innocent to charges
when the case was called before
a South Carolina City Court.
After the pleas of innocent. At
torney Caldwell, told Judge
Smith that he had investigated
the case with *tl^ arresting offi
cer and did not believe that he
could get a conviction. H^ asked
that the case be nol prossed.
L. C. Jenkins, Jr., Negro ^
tomey from Columbia, insisted
that Judge Smith dismiss the
charges. Smith refused. How
ever, later Caldwell told Jen
kins “You have my perjpnal
word that the case will not be
reopened. It was learned that
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RAl^GH
Charges tiiat Negro school
teachers and children in Eastern
Carolina are being "exploited”
by Negro principals, were made
by Mrs. Patricia Steadman, here
laM Tuesday.
Mrs. Steadman, Roberson
County native, in a prepared
statement said that by certain
“Kickback” salary arrange
ments Negro teachers are forced
to pay varying amounts tu theli
principals. {
The situation is pathetic, she
said. ^
“If a poll is taken of schools
east of Duiliam,” Mrs. Stead
man said, “it will be found that
in nearly every school system
Negro teachers are required to
raise or pay from SIO to $160,
in many instances nnaybc more.”
Mrs. Steadman’s statement
said:
“In talking to one teacher I
learned that the principal told
the teachers that they could pay
the $75 or he could get young
teachers that would be glad to
pay it...
"In one school t-' ,*'-"
principal gave his teachers one
month to raise $65, in another
the principal told his teachers
they could rai«e S-.5i) or i.
out of their • hi
“In one eastern school, tenr'--
ers were told they had to nav
for the new piano whether they
wanted to or not. A unique me
thod is employe-i by t*———
pal. He does not require h’’
teachers to raise money as such
but does require "that they co--
lect from the children the many
"dream" fees he places on the
children.”
There was no elat>onition of
just what a "dream fee” is.
The statement continued:
"To all I talked to I asked
whether or not record books
were checked by officials. In
most instances the books are
checked, but I also learned that
there are many ways principals
have of padding the records
concerning money raisetl and
money spent.
“In many sections where to
bacco is grown, teachers are re
quired to canvass the farmers
for sticks of tot>acco. This to-
>acco is sold by the principal on
he local market. The money is
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Desegregation
Num^r One
Campaign Issue
BUFFALO, N. Y.
School desegregation will be
“the major issue of morality and
conscience in the forthcoming
national election camp«iga.”
an NAACP spokesman declared
here this week.
Addressing the Niagara Fron
tier Branch of the American
Civil Liberities Union, Herbert
HUl asserted that “not since the
days of Reconstructon has the
issue of Negro rights assumed
the crucial importance that it
has throughout the nation.”
Mr. Hill, the Asaoclatlon't la
bor secretary, casticatad “lo-
called liberals” who “e|iitvo-
cate in fully supporting th*
stniggles of the Negro conuMt-
nity tor full integration.**
He maintained that touthem
Negroes “through daily acfU o
courage and lieroism” have
made integration ‘nh* ntonbar
one inue tn American lUs to
day." '