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HARRIS ACmG SHAW PRESIDENT
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Assault Launched On Hospital Jim Crow
STRASSNER
Trustees Oust
President Of
Baptist School
RALEIGH — Dr. Nelson Har-
r^, head of the Education De
part at Shaw and a professor at
the school for the past 30 years,
has been appointed interim pre-
sidont of the school, it was an
nounced this week.
Harris will take over on Aug.
i from Dr. William R. Strassn-
er, who was ousted as president
of the Baptist supported school
in action by the trustees late
last week. *
Announcement of the appoint
ment of Harris as interim presi
dent was made by the Dr. Paul
Johnson, chairman of the exe
cutive committee of trustee
board.
Dr. Johnson’s committee was
appointed by truStee chairman
fir. John White tff find a suc
cessor to Dr. Strassner. Other
members of the committee are
the Rev. Warren Carr, of Dur
ham; Atty. J. Melville Brough-
tdn, of Raleigh; Dr, J. Jasper
Fryman, of Norfollif, Va.; Dr.
Jones, of Elizabeth
•ht
]li6nsbratli>n on -.the campu
b’roU^rt growing discotrteht with
4he school’s admlhlfeiHration
i' head.
Stnjrtiy before commcnccfiienV
students staged a march on the
president’s home and hanged
him in effigy. The student also
See SHAW, 4-A
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VOLUME 38 ^ No. 26
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1962
RETURN XEOisSTED
PRICE I IS CenU
OVER BOULWARE LOSS
CONA Not Dismayed
Integration Of
Hospital In
Atlanta Sought
NEW YORK — Atlanta’s larg
est medical facility, Grady Me
morial Hospital, was sued by
NAACP Legal Defense Fund at
torneys this week to desegre
gate its facilitlies.
The Atlanta complaint asks for
desegregation of the hospital’s
medical and dental staffs, its
intern and nursing programs,
psychiatric ward and X-Ray pro
gram and the local and state
medical and dental associations.
Director-Counsel Jack Green
berg called it ‘‘the broadest me
dical desegregation action we’ve
filed.”
' The suit also asks that the
separate but equal provision of
federal Hill-Burton Act,
under which Grady has received
$1,789,'7)19.00 be declared un
constitutional.
The action, filed by Atlanta
Attorney Donald L. Hollowell,
will be heard in the U. S. Di
strict Court for the Northern
District of Georgia. The plain
tiffs are seven Negroes, dentist
R. C.’ Bell, physician Clinton
Warner, nursing student Ruby
Doris Smith, and Alice Banks
Smith, Edwina M. Smith, John
A. Middleton, Dorothy F. Cotton
and Septima P. Clark.
The complaint alleges that the
total operating cost for Grady
Hospital in 1960 was seven mil-
rlien dollars. Grady maintains
^Hughes Spaulding Pavilion for
Negro paying patients, and se
gregates Negro and white non
paying patients in its main di
vision. Negio pl»ysician.s and
denti.!ts may only be admitted
Sw- ATIANTA 4-A
BOtJt'
Bia^^ IMofwor, '^he was
In iMi Saturday's run-
in Ail
lliat ha Jbtcra tivtoughont
the (jar ^ 0** volOTf to th*
polls is John H. Whaalar, chair-
IN BOYCOTT
NAACP Is Sued
For $100,000
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Buck Overr
street, white owner ot the Tropi
cal Market here has entered a suit
for $100,000.00 against the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People; The
Ga. State Conference of Branches;
The Savannah Branth; W. W. Law
President of the Savannah Branch
and the Georgia State Conference
and the Rev. F. D. Jaudon, pas
tor of Saint Phillip Monumental
AME Church and vice president
of the Savannah Branch.
The suit also called for com
pensation to Overstreet for such
losses a he has sustained as a re
sult of the elective buying cam
paign which resulted in hundreds
of his Negro customers not mak
ing their purchases front the mar
ket anymore.
Overstreet also obtained a tem
porary injunction from Superior
Court Judge_ B. B. Henry, restrain
ing the NAACP from picketing
the store. Hearing was set for
Friday, June 29.
BEATING SPURS BOYCOTT
The Selective Buying Campaign
started three weeks ago when
Overstreet brutally l)eat a 14 year
child, Robert Lee Bolden, who was
working for him at the time.
At the time of the beating which
sent the child to Charity Hospital
for two days, Overstreet was re
portedly in one of his frequent
drunken rages. He has been known
to beat his relatives during past
tantrums. Overstreet had, accused
young Robert Lee of stealing some
See SUED, 4-A
John H. Wheeler, chairman of
the Elurham Committee on Negro
Affairs, this week told the
TIMES the committee “will re
double our efforts for a ‘larger
number of registered Negro
voters in future elections.”
Wheeler said his group was
“far from discouraged by the
large turnout of voters for Dr.
C. E. Boulware in his campaign
for a seat on the County Com
mission.”
The DCNA spokesman lauded
"the tremendous across the
board team effort that hundreds
of our people made in t^ this
campaign.’’ It’s an indication of
growing community solidarity,” he
said.
Wheeler himself, according to
an associate drove bis own car
nearly 12 hours on Saturday In
an effort to “get out the vote."
It WM a “team effort”, the asso
ciate said. Scores of citizens
worked all day on a voluntary
basis.
Dr. Boulwar*, professor of
mathemattcs at North CaroliM
P**
iptlu oi appreciation
persons in Durham County w
supported, in any way my cani
dacy for the Board of, County
Commissioners both on May 26
and on June 23. To those who
f%l If 1 T wot-ked so tlreleuly in o^lliar
Bloc Vote Tacficsfe,
POLICEMAN OF THE YEAR
— J. D. MarabU, of Graans-
boro, outgoing prasldant of tha
North CaioUaa Nagre Law
Enforcamani Officar* Associa
tion. congratulafa G. T. Nash,
of Chariot!*, who was alactsd
"Policeman of tha Year ai th*
annual convention of Negro
policeman in Chapel Hill this
weak. Nath, a sargaant of tha
uniform dlviiion of Charlotte,
is a veteran of 20 yaars.
—photo by Pufafoy.
-©.jKiafs. ir.f I
mao of the ZulNA's PoUtieal
Cemmittaa anwaa avid wark-
ar for larger rbsistralion.
AT NEGRO POLICE CONVENTION
More Pay For
Police Urged
CHAPEL HILL — Some 75
delegates to the .annual convent
ion of the North Carolina Negro
MOORE SWORN IN
Prove Fatal To
Dr. Boulware
Durham Negroes were given a
sound lesson in the art of bloc
voting Saturday when County Com
missioner Dewey Scarboro defeat
ed North Carolina Coiiego profes
sor C. E. Boulware in a vote which
was virtually divided along racial
lines.
Scarboro polled 10,020 votes
while Boulware got 7,254. The
election was a run-off contest i>e-
tween the two tor the fifth seat
on the Board of County Comm-
missioners.
Boulware led Scarboro in the
first primary on May 26 but failed
to get a majority. Incumbent Scar-
ijoro, a Durham grocer, called for
a run-off.
Observers agreed that Saturday’s
results were a clear doinonstra-
tion of the power of the blot
See BLOC, page 4-A
Voting, Schools and Jobs To Be Main Issues At
NAACP's Annual Convention In Atlanta, Georgia
ATLANTA—Approximately 1500
delegates from at least 42 states
will return to Atlanta after an ab
sence of 11 years for the 53rd an
nual convention of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People durmg the week
of July 2-8.
A heavy schedule of events is
planned for the week’s activities
with major emphasis being placed,
on the continuing drive for regis
tered Negro voters, breaking down
the barriers in employment, in
creased school desegregation, hous^
ing and urban renewal^ and ihe
role of direct action in gaining
fompiete Mm^iily. ,
Principal speakers for the mass
moelinCR diirinf ih*i w»>e|c-lonp
convention include: Bishop Ste
phen G. Spottswobd, Mrs. Charles
E. White, U. S. Attorney Merle
M'cCurdy, William T. Patrick, Jr.
Dr. James M. Nabrit, the Rev. Dr
Martin Luther King. Jr., Dr. Ralph
J. Bunche, Earl B. Schwulst, Dr
Robert C. Weaver and Roy Wil
kins.
Convention delegates will ' be
welcomed at . the opening meeting
Monday evening at Atlanta’s Muni
cipal Auditorium by Mayor Ivan
Alien, Jr., and Westley W. Law
president of the NAACP Georgia
State Conference.
The keynote address will be de
livered by the Right Rev. Stephen
Gill Spottswood. Bishop of the A.
M F 7i(»n rhitrrh and
of the NAACP Board of Director*.
VOTING, JOBS WORKSHOPS
The Tuesday morning, July 3,
workshop will consider the prob
lems of securing the right to vote.
Clarence Mitchell, director of the
NAACP Washington Bureau, will
open the session with a talk on
"You and Your Vote.” Consul
tants for this session irfclude Gtiy
R. Brewer, Secretary of the Bo
rough of Queens, New.York City,
and two unsuccessful Negro can
didates for Congress from Missis
sippi, the first in that state since
Reconstruction—the Reverends R.
L. T. Smith of Jackson and Merrill
W. Lindsey of Holly Springs.
The Tuesday afternoon session
;».€ ISSUES 4 A
their rlj^t td participate in the
selection pf thbtd ift whoktfhands
the authority of government
shall rest, words are inadequate
as means of expressing my un
utterable sense of gratitude.”
Boulware said he had been
“profoundly gratified” a*, the
“great expression of confidence
that so many of the friends of
democracy had in our effort.”
Several of his relatives came
from Charlotte and nearby places
to help in the day-long run
off voting last Saturday.
It is a source of great satis
faction and gratitutde for our
community to know that “de
mocracy has so many friends in
all walk* of life and in all
corners of our county”, Boul
ware said.
A spokesman for the Boulware
family admitted that “threaten
ing and obscene telephone
calls” had been made to his
home.
Durham Suit Unique
NAACP Has
105 ^its In
Federal Courts
Legal moves on segregation
made news in several issues on
a broad front this week.
In Durham, legal manuevers
in two issues of segregation,
one involving sit-in cases and
another hospital segregation,
were announced.
In Greensboro and Charlotte,
the issue of segregated medical
facilities was being taken be
fore federal courts.
Similar suits were in progress
this week also at Charlotte and
in Atlanta, where Grady Medi
cal Center, one of the South's
largest hospitals, is the ta-rgct.
'The mounting number of suits
aimed at hospital segregation in
dicated, according to observers,
thm NAACP has selected »e*ie-
;> HOSFlTai S * •
Durfiam Woman
Joins Staff of
Peace Corps
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Two Ne
gro women this week were named
to key Peace Corps staff positioBs
overseas.
Thay ara Hatal Virginia Clarka
of Durham, North Carolina, and
Shirlay Blackwall Cummings of
Naw York City.
Miss Clarke, an mstructor in
Commerce at • the North Carolina
College at Durham for the past
15 years, will serve as Peace Corps
Deputy Representative for British
Honduras.
Born in Philadelphia, Miss Clarke
received her bachelor’s degree
from Bluefield (W. Va.) State Col
lege and her master’s degree from
the University of Pennsylvania.
S'v was a project leader for the
Arr'.'Tio'"' Friends Service Com-
n.itt'- and also has worked with
the mentally retarded children of
1 owitel, Maine, and Ypsilanti,
See JOINS, page 4-A
Law Snforcement Officers Asso- ON SCHOOL BOARD
elation concluded a' two day I
ting here Wednesday, i Moore wa ioris^^-swara
froup elccted Gilbert I ■ member^ ttie
' ittMi Aitanmie. unilocml Sdawl Bouf aAsday
_ 3 _
WMl Institute of Government j J®**'*** R- Stone in a brief ewo-
officials, staged a pistol match I P«®r to a closed session
and were entertained at a ban-1 board Monday night.
quet and a dance by the host
Chapel Hill policemen.
Sgt. G. T. Nash, of Charlotte,
a veteran of 20 voars, was scloct-
ed- .-as. Ihe-.yp4>iiceman -ot—tho-|—Monre waa salaatad to- fill rtay.
ris’ (erm, which expires next June,
by a committee of the City Coun-
See MOORE, 4-A
year’ at Wednesday's cluskig ses
sion.
All sessions of the convention
were held at the Institute of
Government.
The convention opened on
Tuesday morning. Delegales
were welcomed to the city by
Chapel Hill mayor Sandy Me-
Clamroch and Ciiief of Police W.
D. Blake.
A luncheon at Lenoir hall and
one business session occupied
delegates on 'fuesday uftei'noon.
The pistol match was conducted
following the business meeting.
On Tuesday night, a banquet
and dance were held at the
Lincoln higl| school.
Delegates heard a plea for a
higher degree ot “professional
ism” from assistant institute di
rector Neal Forney on Wednes
day.
Forney talked on ethics of
police service and pointed out
what it hopes to do and suggest
He replaces R. N. Harris, first
Negro member of the Durham
school hoard. Harris resigned in
May on his physician’s adviije.
AIIJIENT FATAL
TO T. E. SAWYER
FAYETTEVILLE _ Thomas
Edward Sawyer, 62, husband of
Mrs. Marian Sawyer, died at his
home here, Tuesday June 26, at
S;15 p. m. Sawyer had b«*n ill
since January of this jnear.
Death was attributed to a heart
ailment.
He was born In FayettevlMe
and had lived here for the most
of his life. The funeral will be
held at St. Joseph Episcopal
3^hurch of this city, of which he
was a member. The Rev. Francis
Johnson, pastor will officiate.
The exact time was not available
at press time.
Surviving are two sons and
two daughters and eleven grand-
ed method's by which it can be I children. The daughters are
See POLICE, 4-A ) See SAWYER, 4-A
LEAD POLICE omCEM—
Nawly al*ct«4 officMs of tiia
Morth Carolina Ifagro Law Eiv
forcamaat Ofllcars Asseeiatioii
ara picturad hara during final
session of tha annual convant-
Ian hald this weak in Chapal
HilL Laft to right, saatad ara
H. B. Farguson, Jr., of Wins-
ten4alam. pariiamantazlaiu
aOburt Sligh, of Ashavllla,
prasidanti David Caldwall, of
Chapal Hill, vice prasidanli
and O. T. Nath, of Charlotte,
chaplain. Stantling in tha ««ma
ordar ara Paul Minor, Chapal
HiU, Sargaant at arms; O. W.
Justica, of Durham, traasnmn
D. W. Parks, of Wilson,
sittant sacratarr; and Samswl
Pann, of Graantboro, sacrata^.
—photo by Purefoy.