1200 March Protesting Death Of Rev. Jas. Reeb
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VqiJjME 42—No. II DURHAM, N. C.—SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1965 PRICE: IS Cent#
Dr. L. C. Dowdy Inauguration
Ceremonies Set For April 3rd
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NCWS FIGURES GET TOGETHER
—Simeon Booker, left, Washing
t»H BurMu chief of Johnson Pub-
Ghats with a group of
mwamw alter delivering the Ne
fre Newspaper Week observance
Simeon Booker
P%lribptelo
Press at NCC
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Simeon Booker, award - winning
of the .Washington. D. C.
of JToljtispn Publications,
told i North Carolina College au
dipnee Monday, "The Negro press
has fcecj) one of the real|basc3 for
gains for the Negro through the
years." \ .-
Spoaklnij " 6»l a forum observ
ing .ffegro Newspaper Week, Book
cr continued, "It has developed
maiiy Of the writers who believed,
who' thpught, who had the courage
to itpettk out. It has campaigned;
•it has done much to lift the Ne
gro:" «
Booker, who interrupted his on
the;spot coverage of the racial
tcridis in Selma, Ala., to address
•the forum said, "I know in your
! town you have The Carolina Times
itind in many other towns there
4are many other Negro papers, i,
'like you, take this time to praise
•them for the work they have
done."
Warming.up to the topic of cdu
'ration ,thc former reporter for
"the Cleveland Call' Post and the
Post also paid tribute
"to Negro institutions of higher
'education. "Many people," he de
'cTftrcd, "say—'Well, Negro col
leges are unequal.' But there is
thing about Negro colleges,
i *hdy give ycu a sense of meaning
«nd a sense of belief in yourself.
And oven if everything else falls,
you develop that belief in the dig
nity of man,'' and the idea that
ymt are as good as any other per
son.
He cautioned against compla
coney ih the struggle for first
uia&s citizenship, and indicated
qway- thought, mistakenly, the
rtruggle was over when the
3 feme CoUrt enacted the 1954
lie school desegregation order,
M>d others thought likewise last
Vce£ whfen donjrress passed the
tfiiil Rights Bill.
Booker, author~of "Blaclr Man's
America" published in 1064, and
a former Nteman Fellow at Har
vard Uulve'ttlty, urged the stu
dents who Would be leaders to
think In teritis of non-tradition4l
puteOlM. such as being governor
of North Carolina, the state's first
sai&rtjor' or coflgitessman.
»mphaiUe& adequate prepa
ration, for audh" callings, adding, a
College whete freedom of speech
is >the rule, fit seems to me .
is where you gain your greatest
luwatlve add- inspiration."
addrss Monday at North Caroline
College.
Others in the group are, from
left: Alexander Barnes, of The-
Carolinian, Raleir>'i; Or. Charles A.
Last Rites Held at St. Joseph's
Church For Mrs. Bessie Turner
. Mrs., pessa A. Turner, wife of
Dr. Albert L .Turner, Dean. of
the North Carolina College School
of Law; died at her home at 114
Nelson St., Tuesday at 5 a.m.
A resident of Durham Since
1941, she moved here from Tus
kegec Institute,, Ala., where her
husbantf was registrar.! !
Born the daughtdr Of Charles
and Emma Bass Clefnents In Nor
tonville, Ky.. in 1&00; she attend
Cd public' schools in Princeton,
Ind., Cleveland. Ohio, and the un
dergraduatc and graduate schools
of pharmacy at Western Reserve
University. She was a practicing
pharmacist in Cleveland until her
marriage In 1922. She and Dr.
Turner moved to Tuskcgee in
192 ft.
Mrs. Ti'-ner, besides her hus
band, is susvived by two sisters.
Mrs. Rotha Calhoun and Mrs. Vads
Willis of Indianapolis, Ind.; a bro
ther, Frank, of Cleveland; two
daughters, Dr. Jean C. Goins of
St. Paul., Minn., and Mrs. Allayne
Daces of Rochester, N. Y.; a fOF-
Ten New Buildings For Shaw By 1970
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MAKING PLANS—Shaw Unlw
slty Officials »**r plana lor tha
rodOvolopmont of Mm Unvorjity
with ConWnantal Oil Campanv
president, L. F. ; McCollum (con
tor) horo fallow Ins Ma iddrtw to
the Studtof •wtnthly at fh» u»i ,
Ray, former NCC Nevrs Bureau
dfrector, now chairman of the
Englith Department; and Harold
W. Al«*»"der, NCC News Bureau
4tr*tor.
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ter daughter, Mrs. Haydn
of Tuskegee; a son Dr. Clifton B.
Turner of Cleveland, and sever
grandchildren.
Last rites for Mrs. Turnc- wi!
be held at St. Joseph's A. M. E.
ChUTch, Friday. March 19 at • 00
P.M. with the Rev. Melvin Chester
Swann. pastor presiding Other
participants will be Dr. J. Nca'
Hughley who will rca' 1 the New,
Testament scripture; Rev. David
Nickerson, the Old Testament
Scripture. The comforting wGrd
will be delivered by Dr. Harry V.
Richardson, president of ITC of
Atlanta, Georg'a.
Interment will be at Beechwood
Cemetery.
NACWC *LANS GOOD FRIDAY
SERVICE At HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON The National
Association of Colored Women's
Clubs, Inc. will conduct a nation
al service of devotion and dedica
tion in the Headquarters building
in Washington, D. C. on April 16
at 4 o'clock,
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varsity fAoontly.
From Wft to right, thoy aro Dr.
Aaa T. Spauldlng, a mombor of
fbo University* Board of Trustoo*;
McColluift, who It rocognliad ii
> on* of America's foremost business
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A&T Gynasium to
Be Scene of Rites
For 6th President
GREENSBORO Dr. Le vis C.
Dowdy. 47, will be inaugurated as
the sixth president of A. and T.
College in formal ceremonies on
Saturday, April 3.
The inauguration is set for the
A. and T. Charles Moore Gymna
sium beginning at 11:00 A. M..
climaxing a series of programs con
nected with the event.
Main speaker for the ceremonies
is Dr. Raymond C. Gibson, Bloom
ington, Indiana, and chairman,
Division of Higher Education, In
diana University. Dr. Gibson
served as major professor for Dr.
Dowdy, now a candidate for the
doctorate degree from that uni
versity.
Dawdy was elected president at
a special meeting of the A. and T.
College Trustee Board last March
6. He assumed the position on
April 10, succeeding Dr. Samuel
D. Proctor who had resigned to
return to the U.S. Peace Corps.
Dr. Dowdy came to A. and T.
College in 1951 as professor of
education and director of student
teaching, positions he 'served for
"our Since that time he
lias 'experienced a rapW rise tie
was elevated to dean of the School
of Education and General Studies
in 1955, and in 1960, was promoted
to dean of instruction.
While Dr. Proctor - ,vas on leave
from the college, Dowdy served
with distinction for 20 months as
acting president, beginning in
January 1961 and extending thru
August of 1962.
A native of Eastover. South Cajr-i
olina, Dowdy is a graduate pf!
Allen University, holds the M.Aj
degree in administration from Ifl J
diana State College and has conn
pleted residence requirements for
the doctorate degree at the Unj-'
versity of Indiana. He was awartf
-3d the honorary Doctor of Laws
degree by Allen University in 1961
Prior to coming to A. and T.,
Do'lvdy served in the South Caro
lina public school system for seven
years as principal of an elemen
tary-junior high school qnd for
F our years as supervising princi
pal.
He is married and the couple
has two sons, Lewis 21, and Lem
uel, 19, and a daughter, Elizabeth,
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leaders; jnd Dr. James E. Cheek,
president of Shew University.
The Unlverafty's present plans
call for the erection of ten new
; buirdings, all to- be coroplatarf by
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Heckler Arrested
following Attack
On Participant
An interracial group hejd a
njass march Saturday from the
North Carolina College campus t~
tfce Durham Post Office in Sym
pathy for a white civil rights ad
vocate beaten to death in Selma
Ala., and to urge federal inter
in current racial crises in
the state.
According to estimate, some 50
percent of the NCC students par
ticipated in addition to collegians
from Duke University and the
University of North Carolina
bringing the crotvd to about 1,500.
Ater the, group assembled in
front of the Post Office about 2:1?
P.M., speakers paid tribute to the
Rev. James J. Reeb, 38-year-old,
Unitarian minister who was at
tacked by segregationist? in Sdlina.
Reeb died Thursday of injuries
received in the attack.
The group sang such freedom
songs as '.'We Shall 6vercome,"
and "We Shall Not Be Moved,"
during its 20-minute Stay in front
of the federal building, and
heard short speeches £rom the
following: the Rev. Grady Davis
of Union Baptist Church; the Rev.
D. B. Nickerson of, St. Titils Epis
copal Church; the Rev. J. Neal
Hughley, North Carolina College
minister; and the Rev. Melvin
Chester Swann of St. Joseph's
AME Church.
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MRS. HAROSTT .
funeral Held in
Greensboro For
Mrs. G. Hargett
GREENSBORO Fuftel-al' serv
ices were held Monday, March 15,
at Shilop Baptist Church, Greens
boro, for Mrs. Goldie }■ Gjjeen
JUargett, with Bishop S. L. Green
delivering the eulogy.
Other ministers taking part in
the rites were the Rev. L. S. Penn
and the Rev. P. Bernard Walker.
Mrs. Hargett, who was horn to
the late Frank and Bcttie Kins
Green of New York City, April
24, 1894, moved ".iith her mother
at an early age to Kinston fcfter
the death of her father. She grad
uated from Inglcside Seminary
and Hampton Institute and taught
in the public schoofs of LeVioir
County and Winstoh-Salem.
She was married in 1921' Uv'Na
thaniel Everett Hargett and be
came the mother of eight chil
dren, two of whom sut-vive. liflug
activp in religious, fraternal, and
community life, Mrs. Hargett was
Worthy Matron of Magnolia Chap
ter 23 of the Order of Eastern
Star, a charter memljer and past
president of the Wanrfersville jCo
terie Club, a member of lota Phi
Lambda Sorority, and an qrganizer
of the N. C. Funeral Directors and
Morticians Association Ladies Aux
iliary. v . i
Mrs. 'Hargett was a member, of
Bethel AME Church which ; she
served as a trustee, treasurer, of
the Conference Branch's Mission
ary Society, a member of the
Mack Straford Club, Fioral. Club,
VrogTessive the P*spr's
Aid Club.
In addition, te her husband, she
is survived hy a son,. N. Everett
Hargett, Jr.; a daughter, Mrs.
Laura Hargett Greene; • three
adopted daughters, Mrs. Adline M.
Hargett Scott of Arlington, Vp.,
Lettic Martin James of Wash
ington, D. C., and Mrs. -Aleeiv M.
Green of Washington, D. C., and
pne grandson. • . •
Burial rites were •conducted in
toaatog Tuesday.;: : : ,
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STUOSNT4 #» N. C. College, Duke
University, ♦he University of j
North Carolina and local citizens
staged ft' parade from the NCC
campv/i i* the main post office
•f Mhf citv . here Saturday In a
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NAACP'S JACK GREENBERG
CITED FOR NNPA AWARD
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PRINCIPALS in t*e recent ban
quet held at St. Joseph's A. M. E.
Chiirch by Emminoel A. M. E.
Church mn shown above. Reading
front) left to right they are Rev. L.
9. Morton pastor of Emmanuel,
North Carolina College Students
Organize Free Tutoring Service
A free tutoring service tor pub- with the NCC United Campus
■lie school children unable to keep Christian Ministry of which the
up with, regular classroom work ftev. Henry G. Elkins, Jr. is direc
vas begun by MOVE, a tor. Members say MOVE is not an
newly organized group of North abbreviation but is the organiza
f nr""-*i students interest- lion's Jiaine, which suggests that
ed in community service work. the group will be an active and
Sohic 115 pupils from Burton vital force for betterment in the
Elementary .School are a,ided by community.
the .collegians for one hour pe- The Burton school students are
rhkls each Monday and Wednes- residents of Durham's Southside
day fct-two tutoring sites— Asbury area. Sixty per cent ot them come
Taljipk Methodist Church and MC; from homes receiving public wel'
Dougald Terrace, a low-cost public fare assistance ami therefore are
housing project. . , unable;. buy many of the sop-
Organized almqst single handed plies needed for their schooling,
ly by' fchjirlcs (Chuck) O'Neil bf As a ifttrtflf (if MOVE members
Pittsburgh, Pft.. MOVE consists of have 1 originated* a unique moans
4" college tuter& who are aHUiatwij ..Sir JUTQRJN6,.,SA
pretest demonstration over the
j slaying of Rev. James Reeb in
Selma, Alabama. The top photc
I shows the marchers assembled In
5 front of the post office. The bot
Dr. L. •S. Odom, guest speaker,
Mrs. Christine Alston, who gave
the welcome address and William
R. Fitzgerald who served as toast
master.
torn photo shows police arresting a
heckler who attempted to pull one
if the white students from the
-.Towd.
—Photos by Hat Purefoy
John Russwurm
Citation To Be
Siven Counselor
NEW YORK— Attesting' to , his.
mounting popularity, as k pivil
rights leader, NAACP Legal i De
fense Fund Director-Counsel |bik
Greenberg has been chiisen. tpj re
ceive the John B. UuisjiVljprm
Award given by the
Newspaper Publishers A w n -
This highest NNPA is
conferred on persons jyjjrajjjave
to the
of the democratic ideal
Cited for his "conVpajjfcjte*Jfead
ership of the legal
segregation,
the denial of equal pro®eti#»p of
the law," Mr.
the award March 13 at frxifcich
eon in the New. at
the New York World's l®r. :
The announcement \vas made by
Frank L. Stanley, president of the
25 year old association which
draws its membership from I(>9
newspapers owned and operated
by Negroes,
Others receiving , the award,
named after America's first Negro
Newspaper publisher, are: Presi
dent Lyndon B. Johnson, the fami
lies of the three civil rigflts work
ers slain in Mississippi—Atailrrw
Goodman, James Chaney, Michael
Schwerner —Whitney Young,, Ur
ban League, and James Farmer,
CORE.
In another development, Martin
R. Jenkins, president of Morgan
State College, announced that
Greenberg. will be honored by that
institution.
"The Board ot Trustees.** T)r.
Jenkins, wr9e,• voted
award you?-an honorary doctoral
degrtfc tn recognition of yiiiir ''out
standing achievements."
' Thja degree will be awarded
June 7th at Morgan's annual com
ceren\ony.; j . ... „,
s*jks£p* short JW" ago and re
latively unknown, Greenberg, the
map who "worships the, taty"" gtic
cceil Thurgood Marshall. a« Dtrce
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