Shopping Center Issue Becomes Controv
PORGY AND BESS S|NGIR$—
T h • North Carolina Collog*
Summer Conctrt Sariat. apani
h#ra on Juna 21 with tha Porgy
and Bast Singart. TIm flMup,
including Avon Lon^, Lucia
Hawkina, and Lavarn Htrtchar-
aon, will ting a concart va%on
of "Porgy and Bast" at wail aa
a numbar of tunat from othar
Broadway showt. Tha public
will ba admittad without charga
io tha parformanea, which will
ba ttagad in tha B. N. Duka
Auditorium beginning at 8:00
o'clock.
IN'DURHAM
135 SEEK TO ENTER WHITE SCHOOLS
Y6KHY TOLBERT
BURNETT' BRADSHER SHIFTED
Yokley, Tolberl
!s
A total of 138 Negro pupils ^ave
filed applications for reaisign-
ment to predominately white city
schools for tbe coming school
year, it was announced Wednesday
by Lew Hannen, city schoirf Super-
iiitendcnt.
The applications were submitted
to the city Board of Education
during a 10-day period which end
ed early this week. The period
followed announcement of assign
ments in the student’s final re
port cards.
Prime targets of this year's ap
plications are Durham High School
and Carr Junior High. Hannen re
ported 36 are seeking reassign
ment to Durham High and 28 to
Carr, while only five are applying
to Brogden Junior High and two
to East Durham Junior High. E^st
Durham is the only one of these
schools which has not been inte
grated previously.
7he other 64 . requests w | scat
tered among eight o|[ the city’s 10
elementary schools includi^ Club
Boulevard, Edgemont, Fuller,
George W«tts, Holloway Street,
Lakewood, Morehead, and North
Durham. The only predominately
white schools not being ,applied
to are E. K. Powe and Southside.
This is the third successive year
that a large number of colored
students have requested reassign-
See 13S NiOROBS, 4-A
Protest Movement'
Goes On Without
Fanfare In Durham
Durham's tU monlh old ttu-
dfnf-led profmt. A§alA»t d(t-
crhninatlon an taVeral Vrontt
•ntared its fUfh n^nth hara
tiiii' week.!'; ^ **
S:tfd*nt pickets continUM their
march in front of two down
town movie theatret and one
downtown store.
John Edwards, spokesman for
thif student organliatlent con
ducting t h # moicmenk, an
nounced that Herbert Wright,
NAACP Labor Secretary, It ex
pected in burham early next
w*«k I» confer with student and
adult laadort on fut/jra ttrategy
In the movemeflt.
The currettf movement began
in the fall at a protiett againat
the segregated seal'Ing policies
of two downtown movie thea
ters, the Center and tha Caro
lina.
See PROTEST, 2-A
Allen Prexy
Resigns in
Surprise Move
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Dr. Frank R.
V«al, president of Allen Univer
sity, shocked faculty and staff
members last Week as he an
nounced his resignation.
The dramatic resignation, hand
ed to Bishop Samuel R. Higgins,
threw confusion -into the ranks of
those ^ho had planned to seek
his Glister after commencement
services.
Dr. Veal, n^ive of MillcdReville,
Ga., and labeled one of the top-
ranking “braihs” behind many an
AME Church political battle, came
to Allen as president in 1956, suc
ceeding Bishop Higgins.
He had corae to Allen from the
presidency of Paul Quinn Junior
College, Waco, Texas.
Dr. Veal has not yet indicated
his next move, but it is believed
that he will return to the pastor
ate of a large eongifegation.
He said that he resigned after
learning som^ thi^e months ago
that an effort would be made to
vatute his office on May 28. j
atr BcwM
Tuesday ' announced Ole 'appoint
ment of two new principals to
fill vacancies creatud ' by reti^
ments and the creation .of a new
school.
Ralph L. Yokley, fixtti grade
teacher at Burton School will
take ovBr the reint at Wallto^n
School, replacing W. L-. Brad-
thor, Jr., who will ho|ik||j|.yb^[
- WMit $e»i«k»rfnt’?ai|::^:TT^ ^ K
Frank Burnett, principal at
Lyon Park will be transferred to
Pearson School replacing N. A.
Cheek who retired this year.
Yokley, who holds a bachelor’s
degree from Winston-Salem Teach
ers College and a master’s, degree
heia^ Imncipat potlfl^^ In both
Halifax an(|. Wakjg Cbunties be
fore cdmtiTg ta Z>9rtim to 1907.
HW nfife, Mrs. Josephine Yok
ley, is' presently a , third grad^
teacher at Lyon Park School. -
Ewgeno K, Tolbert, principal
of 0. W. Carver Union School
In ,Mt. OKivf, •
MtiMI wiibht$111
bo'«o#eiMd 'jtltU fyll. V
In addition to his four years of
experience as principal of the Mt.
Olive School, Tolbert was principal
of other schools for nine years.
He holds a bachelor's degree from
See PRINCIPALS, 4-A
AT HOWARD COMMENCEMENT
Vice President Johnson Attacks
Violence of Mobs in Alabama
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Vice
President Lyndon Johnson declar
ed Saturday that America is com
mitted to a policy of equality
under the law and that the Ken
nedy Administration is determined
that all citizens will enjoy their
full constitutional rights.
The Vice President’s remarks
came at Howard University, where
863 graduates of the University’s
10 schools and colleges received
degrees at the institution’s 93rd
annual Commencement. Johnson’s
address was carried on the nation
wide radio and television networks
of the National Broadcasting Com
pany.
Without mentioning them by
name, the Vice President took a
sljfp at the recent incidents of
mob violence in Montgomery and
Birmingham, Ala., saying that the
national conscienco and the Ken
nedy Administration are on the
side of morality, justicc and right.
"There is no constitutional right
to mob rule and mob violence,”
he said. “We have orderly pro
cesses of law which determine
just what our constitutional rights
are. Those processes work with
dignity . . . they grant no special
license for some of our citizens
to take Ijws into their own hands
and mete out retribution against
other citizens who may be act
ing in ways that are unpopular in
a given community.”
The Vice President told the
greduates that the nation is not
perfect, hut that "It is striving Jor,
perfection. •
“All of you in the course of
your lifetime are going to know,
if you have' not already known,
injustice and unfairness,” he add
ed. “I am not saying this to you
merely because you are mainly
Negroes and graduating from a
predominantly Negro University.
All men must feel injustice and
unfairness in varying degrees in
the course of their lifetime.
“What really counts is whether
we live in a system that seeks to
perpetuate injustice and unfair
ness or a system which seeks to
eliminate these evil sores from
the body politic," the Vice Presi
dent said.
During the exercises University
President James M. Nabrit, Jr.
conferred three honorary degrees.
They went to Otto Klineberg,
Dr. Hildrus A. Poindexter, and
Robert C. Weaver.
Among the graduates were ^
who received the' Doctor of Medi
cine degree, the largest class in
medical school history at Howard.
Graduates from North Carolina,
their hometowns and the degrees
they received are as follows:
Winsel Black, M.E., Asheville;
Reginald Burton, BJS.B.E., Mt.
Gilead; Frank D. Bullock, Jr., B.S.,
Mason; Lillian Carnage, B.S., Ral
eigh; IMwacd Chinee, M.S.W., Par-
mele; Anna Coble, M.S., kaleigh^
Daniel W. Gaither, BJS., Charlotte;
Ii'U Gant, B.S., Burlington ;”Letha
Gwyn, B.S., Wlntson-Salem; Jimes
See VICE PRESIDENT, 4-A '
VOLUME 37—No. 24
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1961
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Mid-Atlantic Jacks and Jills in Durham
Raleigkite Is
Regional Prexy
Mrs. Blisabetli'Coefied, profet-
tor of edvotion «t Shaw. Uni-
vertlty hee . be«n elected preti-
dent of the Mjd-Aflentic. Re«i«i»-
al Conference, of Jack and Jill
of America, Inc.
She was elected at the elete
of the tecond Mid-Atlahlic Jto-
gional held at Nfftti Caroline
College,. Durham, latt week-ond.
Mrt. Marla i. Creed, attlttant
regttrar at NCC, It *Jie new eec-
retary-treararer.
Mrt. Coefiold tucceodt Mrt.
Eva Hamlin Miller of Greone-
boro.
The third regional tettlon will
be hold at Newport Newt, Va.,
in 1964.
CHECMING THE AGINDA —
Mrt. Eva H. Miller, o« Greent-
boro, Mrt. J. S. SpaiHWIng, of
Greentboro, and Mrt. Burma
Whittled, Wathington, go over
convention program on their ar
rival on the NCC camput In
Durham latt «*ook-end.
'4.
Jack and Jill
Con^ence^is
Termed 'Success'
Durham NuM
Merchanfs ffif
Greenberg PfaR
•y MIL SLATM
Abe Grecaberf, Darhaa kari-
ness and real eaUte mma wke ia
tevfciiig penniirion to lUMtrait a
shopping cetgr is tho heart of
the Durham’l Negro aeighbnr-
hood, taid Wednesday that he will
continue plana for the center de
spite efforts ot a local boaineee
and profeaaional organization to
halt hiiH.
Greedkerg, in en iwtorvtow at
ttto TMUCS, taid liMt ho will not
peotpeno piam wntU ttio cHfla
Urban Renewal fwcy relecaNa
the smoll Wegro hoeiMoeeoo
which foil proy to Mio l^affotti^
vHle S*. iwhoa renewal plaM.
“It the Zoning Board a^ncves
the plana for the ceater, w« will
begin working immediately,” ho
taid.
The Durham Business and Pro
fessional Chain, compoeed moctlj
of merchants and profeariooal men
in aad around the iiriMR renewal
area, have voiced stroos object
ions to thf proposed center on the
grounds that the comntuoity ia
not large enough to socceaafoilT.
suppOM iw0 shopping center*.
The eocond cowtor ^voa*
fton ie tho propaeod Urtoi Ito*
newat- conlor to bo locaMad in
See CONTROVERSY^ 4-A
Training School
Head feat
Commencement
“Ih the death of Dr. Brows,
North Carolina has lost oaa o4
her most faithful serva^is and a
man who h«a made a l#sti»g etm-
tribatioo to the field eamctUm
4nd training.”
,This spoke BlaiM X. MadiaoB,
l$tate Commission of Correction,
second ttitfAtSMItft reeea> *nith o# Dr. 9md B.
TOP BRASS — Jack and Jill'f
"top brats" shared Ihit light
moment prior to a banquet Sat
urday night. Left to right are
Mrt. G. T. Stani»ack, Durham,
general chairman of the con
vention; Mrs. Ray N. Moors,
protident of the Durham chap
ter; Mrs. Nellie Roulhac, Phila
delphia, past National president;
Mrs. Eva H. Miller, Greensboro,
regional director; and Metdamet
Catherine Walker and Barbara
Cooke, members of the Durham
chapter.
al Conference of Jack aad Jilli
of America, Inc.* held at North
Carolina ' College If st week has
been turned “an outstanding suc
cess” by a group of unaffiliated
observers.
In addition to some ISO mothers
from North and South Canriiaa
and Virginia’ the conference in-
-vitiid- representatives t^m sevenit
local.ai^ st^te^.or^^nizaiions.
A poll of some of these observ
ers praised Jack and Jill for “plam
ning of a high order and excell
ently prepared panelists.”
“Today's Challenge for Parents”
was the theme discussed in three
workshops by an outstanding'
See JACK AND JILL, 4-A
Brown, superintendeat of llotri*
son Training School in HoMnan.
Dr. Brown died swddentr Sna-
day during comraeticement exer
cises at the schooL
He bad been head of tho scho^
for boys since ApbO. gniii-
ing the school front a small in
stitution for a few boys to a
training schoot. irtth r stndciff
population of alMmt 400.
He was a graduate of A. and
T. College in Greenaboro and waa
awarded the Ll^. degreo then
in 1990.
Dr. Brown is fnrnved hr hia
wife, Mrs. Joeephlno Brown.
Funeral arrangementa at prmi
time were hKomplete. -
LEFT — Tee n*age members
Michael Jonet and Ricky Moore
are caught by the camera.
RIGHT—Luncheon speaker
T. Spaulding tpicet tpeech with
humor, , \
ENCOURAGE EXCELLENCE —
Meml>ert of the Education panel
which pieced emphaeit on ox-
callence are pictured hero. Left
to right arc Mrs. Halati ScoH, Dr.
Rosa Butler Browne, Dr. Charles
Ray, Mrs. Minnie T. Spaulding,
. Dr. Daisy Balsely, and Dr. A. L.
turner. Dr. Baisiey is from Win-
I ston-Satent. Others aro from
[ Durham. Education panel was
one of sovoral. conducted.
[ —Photos by Stanback
I ,
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
N. C. Mutual to Hold Formal
Opening of Califonia Unit Sunday
North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company’s top executives
were expected to leavt the city
late this week for Loe Angeles,
California, where they will take
part in formal ceremonies mark
ing the opening of the firm’s new
branch on the west coast.
N. C. Mutual president A. T.
Spaulding and Agency _ Director'
W. A. Clemcni were^to leave Dur
ham this week tor the Sunday
event.
Waieeo Sloah, and A. P. Xhin%s,
Associate Agency Directors, have
been in Los Angeles for the past
several weelcs pieparing^ for tiis
oponkig.
BANK TO OPEN RIDS FOR
CHARLOTTR-RRANCH
CHARLOITE’ — Bids for con-
struption of a branch office of
the .Mechanics and Farmers Bank
were to be' opened Een FViday by
bank'oMicials. ' '
The bnnch is to t»e located on
Beatties Ford road near Johnson
C. Smith Vniv^nslty. . .
• • •
^IRMINCHAM. AU—The Rev.
F, L. Shuttlesworth, civH rights
lead^ .who, announo^ .iMrt ttii*
week that he Vaa leaving the
south, has accepted a pastorial
position of s lu|e Baptijit con^e-
gation in Cmcinnati, Ofiio.
GREENSBORO—Georgo V. Al
len, farmer director of tho Unitad
States Informatton Service. taU
441 A. and T. CoUego gradnatoi
at conmienceraent that the
enint al liJlio— qt .siipgraaaat
people around tisa world ia a gad.
ous proMem.
• • •
RICHMOND. Va.—At Virftaia
Union Uaiversit^’a
exercises, br. Jaotcs
Dabba. president of th« Fnt>WW
Regional CoubcO, told ISS fra*>
oat^s lhat tho harrier at radii
segregation is fallinf daOf.
• ’ •
ATLANTA, Ga.—
ChiurlM Diggs, Jr., of ]
told Atlanta Uaivorsity
that Negroes nmat ho «»
aMet chailoMaola now fidda.
Said that tos maav yosuf ItaRMMi
are unprepared la nMot dkiMMiM
in new fields ar to |R’
.old bocausa they h%«o baoA teataat
tor jolM t|Bsi8te*t with neial ba»
riers.
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HAM^N, Vai—TIm V*- ^
eph' H.'.1S^as,' jis|ali*ar I &t Vim
Congregational Chw^ af Hi|
Good Shepherd In till
a haccalMireate andtna* ^
to« ■ laaiititio- llkat 'iMlI
htaterte change-IlM kMk IwA
on Bo»«onforai^. • mfnATti
accept ctmrent nwMM
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