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36—No. 8
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1960
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BATTLtN.0 LEGAL. QUINTET—
NAACP In E"«-
^•rU, V|ft«r slop-
pint ttr*t tfforfir
CP Attornty Stmiivl'WVTumi^
Thi* if latwt MutlMrn attempt
t« crippi* tin AtSMiatien'i iiard |
.itittMHi lag«l action progi|am. '
Froni left ar« «tl*rn*y» William
R. Ming, Chicago; Herbert O.
Retd, Howard Unlveriity law
r4, fessor; Rob»rt L. Carter,
NAACP general' counsel. New
Sottlli. .Maybe it will take
>vll!lji},wss..t.' stay in jail
roust tlie (loziiiff conscience
Ur liation."
is ^^’as the cliallengc i-ssucd
ttev. Marlin Luther Kins,
■i^.^jit a tnass rally at While Itock
lia^lst Church here Tuesday ni"ht
he^ ih support of the current stu-
de^ sit-down strike against aegre-
gatM store luneh counters.
address was the final
salMi of the passive resi.stance
moil^mcnt’s “one-two punch” de-
liv«ifed at the rally. His speech was
[ire^eded by ooe by the Rev. Ralph
Ai>^mathy, lieutenant in the Mont-
"om(jiV bus boycott and now his
;uee|Mk as .president of the Mont-
gORMnffjmprovement Association,
the o^anization which sponsored
th«J boycott.
^hite Rock Baptist Church was
crofdcd far beyond its capacity
for ^he rally. People were stand-1
ing^aitd sitting in the aisles, in
' I the entrance, in rooms adjoining
Yerit City; MrfiKker, Emporia; | the^tn auditorium and in every
and Oliver W. ^Hi, lUvailable spa Scores were
ginia NAAC^ ligal V .. fw ’iWay. Ciiurch officials said.
Richmond, the-^rovrt, 1,S0Q ,was one of the
l»rj^|t ill recent'hlstoTry/ •
' Ap^MMint himsyt te th* stU'
\ Ibc K1NO.> 6
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0t* TH€ KEN6—Two of the
S6«ith‘t nioVt famous leaders,
the * Revei’ends Martin Luther
Kingj^.jir., ar.d Ralph A'jernathy,
ai>e shown standing in front o5
.cloMkTiunch counter at the F.
W. VI'avtworth store in Durham.
At extreme left is unidentified
ituden#' leader from A&T Col
late, a|i0, ctanding with back to
ccme’a, t!W Rev. Dougl''= Moore,
pastor of Asbory T>.mp:e Metho
dist. This ftene to k palce dur- {
ing tour Tuesday of downtown
variety stores which closed '
counters ps a result of sit-in
movement by North Carolina ,
College students. Note rope
hind counter chairs. ShortHr '
Court Orders Virginia to Detail
Cliarges Against NAACP Uwyer
EMPORIA, Va. — The first at
trinpt to disbar an NA/XP lawyer
for participating in civil rights
rnjM's was stalemated here Frida'
when a three-judge Virginia State
Circuit Court ordered the Com
monwealth’s Attorney to file, with
in 21 days, an amended bill of
WEAVER
Weaver Named
Businessman
Of the Year
Herbert' E. Weaver, 38, son of
.the late William and Mrs. Mamie
F>' Vfeaver, was named Durham’s
youpg businessman of the year,
this week, by a secret committee
selected by the Carolina Times.
Weaver’s name topped several
others, submitted by members of
tho .eommittee by a safe margin
as the young man having achieve^
a most hurcelean task in establish
ing Mn Durham one of its most
modern and up-to-date dryclean-
ing plants. ,
We.avor is the third of six
children. He was born and reared
in Durham where he altende^. the
public schools and North Carolina
College, in li>49. he received the
Set WEAVER, page 6
particulars specifying in. detail the
alleged acts and activities Of Sam
uel W. Tucker which contsitute im-1
proper or unprofessional conduct.'
Tucker, a' memktr of (he legal I-
staff cf the Virginia State CFn-
ference of NAACP tranches,
wa» chargod with unprofessional
conduct for hi* role in connocS
ion with threo cases dating back ^
to 19S0.
In one he aoted as defense coun
sel for Jodie Bailey, a Negro
sharecropper indicted for the slay
ing of Luther P. Rockwell, a white
landlord, in 1950. In another 1950
case, he assisted the Common
wealth’s 'Attorney in the prosecu
tion of a white man accu.sed of
raping a 16-year-old Negro girl.
And in the third, in 19S2, he rep
resented Tabb Watts, a Negro, in
volved in a fight with a white
man.
The Court’s ruling requiring fil
ing of an amended bill of particu
lars followed argument' by Wil
liam R. Ming of Chicago, one of
a battery of four NAACP lawyers
defending Tucker. .Others were R.
L. Carter of Now York City, NA|
ACP general counsel; Oliver Hill
Richmond; and Herbert Reid,
Washington, D. C.
Ming argued that neither the
See, CHARGES, page 6
ADVICE TO STUDENTS—Martin
Luther King, Jr., talks to stu
dents at statewide meeting of
leaders of sit-in strike, held in
Durham^ on Tuesday afternoon
at St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church.
An organ ixation was formed at
the meeting to coordinate activi
ties of students in the movement
ment throughput the state. King
held meeting with students, prior
tv mass meeting rally iatef that
evening at White Rock Baptist
Church.—Photo by Jordan.
Stof|.i§1y
NEW YORK—piHy members
picketed W. Wootwbrth
store in Hai^M Saturday, ^eb-'
ruary 11 In si0|i«il of stwdelits
pretestjhy tWnch counter dis-
I crimination at the' chain store
in the CarMlnas, Virginia, Flori
da and Temtossee.
"M0t4 Hian 9S per cent of the
compenf'l trade was shut off in
the tw* hauri we picketed the
store,", iccerdtng to Tom Rob-
^rt■, kitairman of New York
CORE.
^ Robll'U added, "Tlie response
front M^le of Harleili to
appeal &f tKo gellattt students
in thl tarelinas was magnifi-
cenf."
NM Vork CJORE plans an
other dStnonstrati^ at the Wool-
worth llore at .201 Weft 125th
'Stritil m New York for Satur
day, Pibruary 20, from 2:00 to
4:00 k M.
RobliHs said "Wo hivite the
suptiSht ht ill community groups
and IHdivlduals who feel as we
do tHl( this chain cannot con
tinue tB serve all in' the North
and ftf discriminate in the South.
Thu. tk an American problem
requlrlMI the support of all
AmerllsMts, everywhere^"
Housewives Seek S,
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after this picture was made, the
pitoiographer, C. C. Bitrthey,
had. his camera confiscated by
Durham police at the re|«Mst of
Woolworth'f. Cam^a and flhn
were finally relumed whew B«r-
they secured lielp from Att»r»*ey
W. A. Marsh.—PIm«« by Bur-
they
A&T Stfidents Call Two Weeks
Truce m Lunch Counter Protests
GREENSBORO — A4T College
students who last week conducted
a sitdown campaign aimed at re
moving racial, barriers at luncheon
counters in downtown variety
stores accepted truce proposals on
last Saturday afternoon.
At a general stuaent meeting
heid Saturday night, the students
voted to allow management of two
chain stores, the F. W. Wbol-
worth Company and the S. H Kress
Company, two weeks in which to
work a satisfactory plan in meet-
mg their demands. '
Students from three all girls
colleges, Bennett, all-white Greens
boro College and Woman’s College
of the University df North Caro
lina in which several Negro stu
dents are enrolled, had cooperated
in the movement.
Earlier on .Saturday their Slu-|
dent leaders had voted to accept!
the truce proposals. I
When hundrcts '1 students and i
other persons races jam-
See TRUCt, page 6
The Housewives League oi Dur
ham announced this week that'f;
plans are under way for a gigantic
drive to secure a minimum of 5,-
000 members for 1960.
According to Mrs. t^agnolia'
Leak, president, a steering com-
mit^e has already been appointed
to map plans for the n^embership
drive which is expected 4o be
launched sometime d^S)*^ the
early part of March. / '
The exact date .ml t>e uanounc-
ed .within the ten days.
Those componng the steering
committee are Mrs. J. T. Powfell,
chairman; Mr*, w. DeShaior Jaek-
son, Miss SaraW Dotson, Mrs. Gal
lic Daye and Ifrs. Floasie Ewmg.
Once the drive ii completed the
See HOUSiEWIVES, page 6
LEAK
LEAVE KRESS—Martin Luther
King. Jr., .,it escorted out of
the S. H, Kress store in Durham
by the Rev. Relph Abernathy as
they left the store, first stop on
their tour of thl downtown Dur
ham stores where NCC students
staged demonstrations. Seen at
right through pane of door win- !
dow is the Rev. P. E. Moore, who ^
led the tour.—Phpto by Jordan.
Gfftensbiro; .
Civic Leader
Is Mourned
GB£ENS^R0—Civic and busi
ness leaders here- mwimed la.st
week ttir sodrini dcatta i,ist
ncsday of William Hamptmi. pio
neer civic leader and the first Ne
gro memiier of the Greensboro
City CounciL
Funeral services for Hampton
were held Saturday at the St. Mat-
'.hew’s Methodist Church.
He died at his home late Wed
nesday, Feb. 10. He was 47.
The well-known physician and
civic leader was a native of Engi»-
woixl. N. J., a graduate, nf Alfred
University and the Meharry Medi-
L’al School of Nashville, Tenn.
He came to Greensboro in 1^3
where tie opened practice as a
physician.
Dr. Hampton was very active in
several phases of tbt city’s civic
life, and took part ia the work
if a number of organixatioos. iiv
.'luding the Greensboro Men's
Club, The Citizen’s AssuciatioR,
the YMCA. the Richardson Hospi-^
lal Trustee Board. The Buy Scouts,
the Recreation Advixiry Council^'
Phi lieta Sigma fraternity, (N4
'^orth State Medical Society and
(he St. Matth“wg Church.
The Reverends W T Brown,
district superintend^t. of the
North Carolina Confereme, J. C.
Brower, pastor of- SL Mattltews^
the Rev. J. T. .Haiistos, pastor of
See HAMPTOM, page S
"I'm No Outside Agitator,"
Montgomery's Abernathy Says
Durhamites gdt their first look
Tuesday at the numl>er two man
in the deejt South's passive resis
tance moveiBf^nt and came away
impressed.
'The Rev.-Ralph D. Abernathy,
wIh> succeeded Martin Luther
king as pr^Ment of the Montgo
mery lofprovcraent A^ociation,
the organ«[ytion which sponsored'
a sticcj^^l ■ two year boycott of
that - ^’s buses, was the preli-.
minary speaker on the program
for the mass rally at White Rock
Baptist Church Tuesday.
His short but f*rcetul address
left a deop intpression on the
crowd that jammod White Roik.
He was interrupted repeatedly
by ij^ttiusiastic applause. |
Tho '\hiphlight of his remarks
taiiio when he turned and .tpoke
directly to a battery of television
See ABERNATHY, page 6
Miss s. WhHted
Dies in BaHimori
BALTIMORE. Md. „— Funenri
services were held kefe Wedooe-
day. Feb. IT for Mist Sallie BOei
Whitted, former DuriUlM. N. C.,
resident who died Mere oa Satar-
day. Feb. 13.
Miss Whitted was flM 4oMgMar
of the late ilames A. Whitted. far
whom Whitetl JteM Mgb
is named.
Until last summer,
lived in Durh*M
employed for 33 JMHRI •!
Carolina Mutual lj(a
r«rop*ny's hi*:ne *HMce.
She was ret>re«f traak Ife
in 19Sn in the poaMiaa al
See WHITTin* iiCt #