Wllftams Claims NAACP Suspension “Betray^"
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GREENSBORO—More than 1.^
500 peraoiu jammed the Harri
son Auditorium at A4T College
last Tuesday, June 2, to pay final
tribute to Joe D. Massey, Greens
boro police officer who was slain
on the previous Sunday morning.
More than 200 law enforcement
officers from the city, state and
federal governments, along with
a big contingent from Greens
boro Fire Department, served as
honorary pall bearers. All dress
ed in uniform exccpt a group
of detectives, they marched in aj
long line to the auditorium. That
group was lead by Chief of Police
Paul Calh9un who described
Massey as “one of our very best
officers." ■ *'
Other prominent city officials,
members of the city council, lo
cal judges and 6ther prominent
court officials attended the fun
eral. T’A'enty odd colored policie
represented the police depart
ments of Sanford, Fayetteville,
High Point. Winston-Salem and
other nearby towns.
Cpl. Masisey, one of the tirst
group of r:olored police officers
employed in Greensboro twelve
years ago, lay dead After being
shot five or six times early on
Sunday morning. May 31, by a
person identified as Joseph Her
ring, a local taxi 'cab driver. Her
ring is charged with first degree
murder, following a preliminary
hearing and is being held for
superior Court without ball.
Principals
At Medical
Meeting
THRONGS ATTEND FUNERAL FOR SLAIN COP
Mayor, Other
Dignitaries at
Final Rites
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MVDItAL MEiTING — Among
th«*t prineipali ichaduled to '
partl«ipat* in tha 72nd annual I
CMventien of the Old North
Slat* Medical Society to b« hald
at AAT Colioga in Groonsbore,
Jum 9-11,. include: (top row —
Ijir; R. StiIlmen Smith, Macon,
Oa., prosidont of tho National
Medical Association, who will
Police state that Herring told lieynote tha banquet tetsion on
them he became angry after Mas
sey gave; him a citation for ob-
(Sm THRONGS, Pace'll
Wednasday tvaninfl; Mrs. K. W.
Jenet, Reidsviiia, president of
the Woman’s Auxiliary and Dr.
W. C. Shanits, Burlington, presi
dent of the Old North State So
ciety.
Among the clinicians to appear
on the program (bottom row)
are from left to right: Dr. L. R.
Swift, Durham, chief of obstetrics
and gynecology at Lincoln Hos
pital; Dr. William A. Cieland,
Durham, attending pediatrician,
Lincoln Hospital and Or. Will
iam A. Bullocic, associate pro
fessor of medicine at Howard
UiiiVt.rsity, Washington, D. C.
Shake-up At Kittrell
A major shake-up is apparently
underway at KittKll College, ac
cording to information disclosed
this week.
It was revealed - that Dr. R.- W.
Wisener, president of. the school
since its re-opening ten years ago,
has been replaced by ah interim
committee of fh* prominent
A.M.B. chlurchmen.
Action relieving Dr. Wisener of
his post came at the comiiience-
ment meeting of the school’s
’ board of trustees.
The Rev. Melvin C. Swann, one
of the members of the interim
committee, said the action remov
ing Dr. Wisener was part of an
overall plan to reorganize the
school.
He said that the interim com
mittee would be charged with the
resporisibility of reorganizing thet
schQpfia facilities so that it cDuid
be aoeredited as a junior collcsc.
"Vlialever it takes to bring the ^
sehoQl' up accreditation wtll - j
done,’'Sw^rtn said. t- I
^tor Of St. Joseph’s A.M.E.
Chi^h of Durham Swann is treas- ,
uret... of school's reorganization ^
committee. Chairman oi the grup
is Ae Rev» M. F. Arthur Camp- 
ei*, of Hampton, Va.
Each member of the committee
has been assigned duties for run
ning the school until a new pres
ident is appointed. Camper is in
charge of administration and cur
riculum. Swann handles public re
lations, and school property.
Other members of the cummit-
tee and their duties are the Rev
(Sao KITTRELL, Page 8)
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BROWN
Durhamite Is
in
Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE — William T.
Brown, former Durliam resident,
has bi-en apf>oiiited principal of a
new elementary school here.
A former teaciier of science
and mathematics at E. E. Smith,
he will assume duties as princi
pal of elementary school number
12 and supervisor of Fuller school
for exceptioniil children.
Both sciioois arc
struction on Seabrook Road.
A graduate of Hillside High of
Durham, Brown attended A and T
Coileqe in Greensboru where he
took a trade and a course in
business administration.
Later, he returned
Ouster Is
Sustained
By Board
WILLIAMS
iaiONSTARIffilHHORIHAMPION
Supreme Court Upholds
NX Literacy Vote-Test
wa-
WASHINGTON, p. C.—For all»^
')racticai purposes, the United;
States Supreme Court Monday
;losed the fina* avenue of at
temp's by a North Carolina wo
■nan to open the francliise in North
'arolina to everyone.
The high court ruled that the
literacy test imposed by the Slate
of Nortii Carolina was not incon
distent with the federal constitu
tion guaranteeing the right to
vote.
Tlie f-ulin; came on a case
which had been brought by Mrs.
Lc’iise Lassiter of Northampton
Co«mty all the way from the Coun-
'y Courts, through the State Su-
■>reme Court, and on to the fed
eral courts.
She was ruled against al eachj
jtep of the way. I
Mrs. Lassiter contended that thc‘
Vorth Carolina elections laws re-j
(uiring prspective voter* to be
NEW YORK—Robert T.
liams. controversial fonner htad
of the Monroe, N. C. NAACP, wm
(pjoted by United Preai ittriw
tiotul as describing NAACP action
suspending him ‘“a betrayal.'*
Williams statements to VPl
came following action Iqr the
VAACP board of tmatee* here
Monday approvini; an earlier or-
ler suspending him as president
of the Union County N. C. chap-
er.
"This is a maneuver on the
>art of the national hoard to avoid
■lections.” Willianjs declared, ’'for
hey know I would be re elected.
"it if a betrayal of th* gmUttrt
Negroes who are struggling for
first class citizenship ht ttia
South, it is a stab in the bade,**
ho continued.
Williams was suspended from
i.he office in May by executive sec
retary Roy Wilkins. Subsequently,
I the NAACP national b>ard re-
'erred the Issue to the committee
on Branches.
The Committee on Branches
I held a hearing last Wednesday
I and recommended to the Board
: that Williams suspension be swv
I tained.. The board adopted the
I recommendation at its meeting
on Monday.
The committee's report, which
j the l)oard approved, pointed out
that Williams had advocated vi
olence on the part of Negroes and
that such a policy was contrary
to that of the organization's.
It said, further, that ‘‘the ac
tion of the Executive Secretary
suspending Mr. Williams be ap
proved and that the suspension be
(See WILLIAMS. Page I)
JUBILEE DAY—Member
the Zafa Temple, 170 shrid
^ho t«*-part I'n Jubtle^Say
ConsfltUtfon violates the guaran- » i. j »
, 1 c. 1 services at Morehead Avenue
tees of the United States Consti
tution.
Her attorneys had previously
explained at the outset of litiga
tion in the case that their argu
ment was that to require a liter
acy test to all persons in North
Carolina was unfair because at^ of
the state’s citizens had not ha4 an
opportufSITy toTTeCelVS"Tree public
education.
However, the high court, in a
unanimous decision, said that
the test applied to all persons, re
gardless of race or creed, and
that, as such, it could not be held
Uncnstitutional.
Justice William O. Douglas, who
delivered the opinion for the
court, said “Certainly we cannot
condcmn it (the literacy test) on
its face as a device unrelated to
the desire of North Carolina to
raise. the standards for people of
all races who cast the ballot.
The justice went on to point
out that the court was not sitting
in judgment on the wisdom of
North Carolina's policy in the
'■ase. But added, “we cannot say
that it is no tan allowable one
measured by constitutional stand
ards.
Mrs. Lassiter was one of sev
eral Negroes who were refused
registration in an elections dis-
(Soo LITERACY, Pago 8)
SHE TESTED LITERACY TEST
— Mrs. Louise Lassiter was the
plaintiff in the literacy test case
which was ruled on by the Su
preme Court Monday. A mother
of three and wife of a North
hampton County farmer who
lives near Seaboard, Mrs. Lassi
ter was refused registration in
1956 by a Seaboard precinct re
gistrar. The refusal prompted
her to test the validity of the
state law requiring voters to pass
a literacy test.
Over 900 Enroll as Summer
School Gets Started at NCC
Two summer sessions began at | have been scheduled starting on
North Carolina College here Mon-: June 10 with a vocal concert by
day. The regular nine week ses | Doris Caliber and Howard Rob
under con-1 sion featuring 137 courses in 20 erts, NCC husband-wife team.
subject matter areas continues! o~
through August 1. The six weeks
workshop session ends July 11.
Some 989 students are enrolled
in the college.
In addition to the courses the
to North' Summer session will feature
Carolina College where he took a, workshops and institutes in Au-
degree with a major in chemistry | dlo-Visual Education, Human Re
and mathematics. He has done ad-.iations, July 6-25; Principals
•Jitional .sturiy in Education Ad-
'nlnistration at N. C. College, and
at Columbia I nivcrsity.
Brown taught one year in Sum
merville, S. (’. before joining the
K. E. Smith faculty as an instruc
tor in science and mathematics'.
He was appointed a.ssistant prin
cipal in 1957.
■'{Stt DURHAMITE, Page 8)
Workshop, June 22-August 1; Al
coholic Education, June 9-19.
The National Science Founda
tion is sponsoring two six weeks
summer institutes for teachers of
science and mathematics (June
IS-July 25) and for high schol
juniors and seniors June 8 through
July 18.
Five special lyceum. features
Palmer Prexy
Here June 21
Mist Wilhelmenia Crosson,
proiidont of Palmor Memorial
Institute, will speak at Emanu-
•I A.M.E. Church on Sunday,
June 21,
A report gvien the
Baptist Church are pictured here
following the sorricik. Standing
in cctitkr i>f frMt i'SW' 1s aftor-
Shriners Note
Anniversary of
Historic Order
2afa Temple No. 176, Shriners
of Durham, held its annual Jubilee
Day Program Sunday, June 7, at
3:00 p.m. at the Morehead Baptist
Church.
Tlie Jubilee Day Program com
memorates a decision of the U. S.
Supreme Court of June 3, 1929,
which gave Negro Shrinedom and'
Masonry the right to continue to
exist, and to perform the sacred
ancient customs, traditions, and
functions of the order unmolested.
J. Fred Pratt, Deputy of the
Oasis of Durham, North Carolina,
presided over the program.
The address for the occasion
was given by Noble Attorney W
Avery Jones, Imperial Legal Ad
visor of the national shrine or
ganization. Jones was introduced
by L. B. Frazier, Illustrious Poten
tate Zafa Temple No. 176.
Music for the occasion was fur
nished by the Morehead Avenue
Baptist Church Male Chorus and
the Charioteers.
Spaulding in
Washington for
C-R Conference
last week erroneously stated
that the educator's address was
to have b^n given at the
church last '^nday.
Further details on tho pro*
gram will be announced at a
future date, officials' in charge
of the piogram said.
WASHINGTON — McNeiU Smith
of Greensboro and Asa T. Spauld
ing of Durham, Of the U. S. Com
mission on Civil Rights’ North
Carolina Advisorly Committee, will
be one of 100 participants at the
National Conference of State Ad
visory Committee Delegates being
TIMES jjgfg ureek.
President Eisenhower will deliv
er brief, informal remarks to the
delegates at noon Tuesday. His ap
pearance will be followed by an
address by George V. AUen, Di
rector of the United States Inf or
nation .\gency.
"ney W.. Avery Jonos, of Win-
ston-Sale^ who dolivero4 the
• m^n' Wdresi.'
Business to
. Offer Prizes
NextWe^
Funeral Rites
Set for Former
Masonic Head
Several Durham basinessev
have agreed to offer priies to rtis-
tomers during a special Shrine-
sponsored Negro business promo
tion. it was reported.
The week of June 15-20 Is being
celebrated nationally as ‘‘Salute to
Negro Business Week’’ by the
national Shrine organization.
Members, of Durham’s—Zafa.
HILLSBORO —Funeral services I TemP*e 170 Shriners are cooper-
for Henderson Washington Jones, national promotion
Past Master of the Doric Lodge, program during the
38, of Masons, were scheduled to
be held at the Mt. Bright Baptist | L. B. Frasier, niustrious poten-
C^urch here Thursday. tate of Zafa Temple, disclosed
Jones died at Duke Hospital several businesses contacted
early Sunday, June 7. He was 79. j Durham Shriners have agreed
He had been hospitalized with a| “P arrangements whereby
malignant tumor since May 10. tl’^ir customers durin* that week
The Rev. Frederick J. Boddie, a®, bonnses.
pastor of Mt. Bright, was to de- Frasier explained that these
liver the eulogy. Masonic rites) businesses, sales slips or tash
were to be conducted.
A native of Orange County,
Jones lived near Hillsboro most
of his life. In his later vears, he
perated a farm.
The deceased was bom on Aug.
register tapes will be used and the
customers will sign them aad de
posit them in a basket at the
store.
At th((. end of the wedt. a drair-
ing will be held, and the «|stMi-
2, 1879, son the late Isaac and er whose name is drawn will be
(Sec Funeral, PageS) [ (See SHRINERS, Pase t)
Trial of 4 White Men For
Raping Negro Starts in Fla.
TALLAHASSEIE, Fla.—Trial of girl was found on the
tour white men, charged with rap | back of the car.
in the
ing a Florida A and M University
co-ed last month, was scheduled
to open here on Wednesday.
At the outset, it appeared that
The four defendaats tai tlM case
are Willion CoUiBswertk. Z3, a
telephone linesman; Patrick G.
Scarborough, 30, an Air Tvtet en-
the trial would be a long, drawn i listed man; David Beaitfea, 18, a
out procedure when considerable
dilBculty was experienced in se
lecting a jury panel. -
Several white persons called for
jury duty have been disqualified
or excused. So far, a total of 70
had been excused.
high school leaior; wd Ollie
Stoutamire, IB.
Ail pleaded inaoceat •! theur
arraixameat. but SWctff Bill
Joyce said all had sifaail confes
sions.
Rape is a capital offense in
jury can t
such ca»e^
Some 256 persons were called | Florida, but ao white naa has
for jury duty altogether, includ- jever paid the extreaw peaatty. A
ing several Negroes * and three'
women.
The four men are charg^ with
snatching a Florida A and M stu
dent from her escort on May 2,
taking her to a lonely woods near
the campus and raping her.
Two of the men are charged
with raping her twice.
Slayer Indicted
The G«iilfwt4 CawMir
Jury IndMad Jeaapli Ok
Tliey were apprehended after a| Meadiy. w a «ka»ga af
chase at high speeds by deputy I l«t « city gillaiaaiw. CpL
sJteriff Joe Cooke. When he[Ma*aay,
eaught the speeding car in wlw;h SalkUar Haraaa P.
the four men were ri(lin(, the; »ald he wMI mtk
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