—THE CABOUNA IS3B SATURDAY, JULY 11, U®
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The Dawn of a New Day for Ml Citizens
It is going to be a long time before •
more intelligent approach and a more
progressive step is taken by a major
business enterprise or corporation ol
North Carolina than that recently an
nounced by Durham's own Watts Hill
Jr. president of Home Security Life
Insurance Company, in support of
President Johnson's "Plans for Pro
gres" program.
The statement of Hill, published in
full elsewhere in this issue of the Caro
lina Times, is not only epoch making
but revolutionary as regards the em
ployment policies of major business in
stitutions of Durham and the remain
der of North Carolina. It, also, sounds
a new note in the direction of southern
The Awesome Oath of Federal Officials
"1 do solemnly (of affirm) that I
will faithfully execute the office of the
president of the United States and will
to the best of my ability preserve, pro
tect and defend the Constitution of the
United States."
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The confirmation of former Missis
sippi Governor James I'. Coleman's
nomination to the U. S. Circuit Court
of Appeals, by the U. S. Senate on
last Monday, may eventually prove to
be a blessing in disguise, so far as the
rights of Negro citizen's of this coun
try are concerned. As passionately as
we have been opjioscd to the appoint
ment of such anti-civil rights persons
as Colenian to the nation's tribunals,
we are beginning to view such an ap
pointment—which must lie followed
by an oath of office similar to the tak
en by th e president of thi\ United
States as quoted above—as somewhat
of a straight jacket or a means of
silencing and taking out of circulation
a most vicious op|Hinent to the rights
of N'egroe.s in this country.
A s a (irivate citizen, th e former
The Future of Negro Business
You will need to read carefully and
thoughtfully excerpts from the s|ieech
delivered by the executive vice presi
dent of North tnniliuii Mutual Life
Insurance Company. J. W. Goodloe,
published in this newspaper last week.
Interwoven all through the adifress is
the warning that Negro business must
take, a new look and pre|iarc for the fu
ture if the institutions they direct a*e
to survive. Iu short, Goodloe implied,
if he did not say so, that the Negro
business, dependent U|H>II a segregated
order, can no longer hope to survive.
Several years ago. we published an
editorial in these columns in which we
called attention to the fact that the
time had arrived for insurance
companies to consider not only the, em
ployment of white agents and other
IK'rsouuell but the writing of white
risks or |Milicyholders. It was our feel
ing. at the time, that Negro insurance
firms shoulde look favorably on pur
suring such a course for the simple
reason that white insurance companies
have for many years been accepting,
through white, insurance agents, Ne
Tilings Ton Should Know
JFC PILLAR P
#f§SjL df£ 4 / A 8 PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN EDU
y/ CATION FOUNDATION HE SERVED FOR YEARS,
Ml IM OOLLARS CONTRIBUTED UNDER VARIOUS
FUNOB FOR NEBRO EDUCATION SCHOOL-BUILD
kMH ING, TEACHER-TRAINING/ETC./il ISB2 / JOHN
I F. SLATER OF NORWICH,CONN r SET UP THE
■ SLATER FUND OFiIOOOOOO/nL HIS RETWE-
DILLARO HANDLED THIS FUND ANO
' MANY OTHERS AS LARGE AND LARGER./
support for President Johnson's ef
forts to accord human dignity to.all
of its progressive citizens.
% Likewise, the announcement of
Home Security's president should give
high hope and encouragement to thou
sands of young Negroes of high school
and college who often tremble with
fear at the thought of having to find
employment after completing their
education. They should now easily
find a greater urge to equip themselves
for a new day that is just beginning
to dawn in America, a day in which a
man or woman will truly be measured
in accordance with his or hrt qualifi
cations without regard to race,, creed
or color.
governor of Mississippi was free to
speak out against and oppose when and
where he pleased any part or parcel of
the Constitution of the United States.
As governor of Mississippi, in spite of
the oath of office In* had taken to up
hold the Constitution, he was not ex
pected to regard such too seriously, so
far as the rights of Xegros are con
cerned. Now that lie has tHken the. oath
•if office as a judge of a federal court,
Coleman is compelled, if he has an
ounce of honor left in his soul, to be
Itouud by tlu- covenant he has made
with his li'llowiiieii imd above all with
his (atid.
As a U. S. C ircuit Court judge. Cole
man must at least pretend to assume
the dignity and responsibility which
accoiii|ianies such an office. Whatever
the filiation. N'egro citizens of this
country can find comfort in the fact
that a U. S. Circuit Court is not a
couVt of last re-sort and tha| the U. S.
Supreme Court will, in the end, have
the last word to say on matters involv
ing their civil rights.
grocs as policyholders.
Wo saw in the near future the time
wlu-n these same companies would not
only accept XrgVuvs us policyholders
hut employ them as agents, clerks,
lxx>kke.c(ter* vtc. That time is now and
we are of the opinion that within a
few years, what are now known as Ne
gro insurance companies, will find
themselves in sharp competition with
i>ttiers of their kind to secure com
|H.'tent employees both as agents and
clerks etc. That is what Goodloe was
saying when he declared in his address
that "NIA members are facing a four
faceted change technological, attitudi
ual. legal and competitive."
What applies in the field of insurance
also applies in other fields of business.
Ihe time is not far awap when all
business in America, north and south,
will be Vun on a basis of the service
the.y render ami not on the basis of
race. Again, in shoH, Negro business
institutions iu the future an*, going to
have to put up or shut up.
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SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
"Miwrikh craatur* that I am,
who is th»r« to ratcu* m»?"
Rom. 7:24.
Who has not uttered this
lonely cry of the soul for re
lease or rescue? It is the com
mon cry of man in his seeming
loneliness and frustration in
the face of the frightening in
ner struggling of the soul. We
all cry for escape from this
feeling. We want freedom from
this frightfulness. In brief we
search and seek for a way of
release or escape Feeling trap
ped and hemmed in by life we
would escape for freedom and
satisfying fulfillment. Just to
day I saw a man standing
lonely and fidgeting outside a
building. His very being seem
ingly was crying out "with Paul
here, "Miserable creature that
I am who is there to rescue
me?" And just yesterday I ran
into a person, casually, in a
filling station and here again
was a lonely cry for * release.
Br Whllnay M. Young, Jr.
NEGROES AND "THE
SILVER PLATTER"
There is a body of vocal
and angry white Americans
who have convinced that Ne
gro citizens "want every*-
thing on a silver platter."
They insist that Negroes
should "work to improve
themselves just like everyv
body else."
Now a peculiar thing to
this argument—which has a
way of popping up in opin
ion polls—is that it is con
trary to every shred of fact
and evidence we know.
Not only have Negroes
been laboring incessantly for
a fair share of the country's
wealth but, for several cen
turies, they worked for no
thing, building up the South
while Dixie's aristocracy
played.
The eminent historian
Alexis de Tocquevllle, wrote
in his "Democracy in Ameri*
ca that "The American of the
South is fond of grandeur
luxury and renown, of gayety
pleasure, and, above all of
idleness; nothing obliges him
to exert himself in order to
subsist; and as he has no
necessary occupations, he
gives way to indolence and
does not even attempt what
would be useful."
Just so that there is no
question in anybody's head
concerning de Tocqueville's
refference being to white
southerners, we have this
corroborating point:
"As we advance towards
the south, the prejudice that
fa net ions idleness becomes
more powerful. In the states
nearest to the tropics there is
not a single white laborer."
De Tocqueville hammers
away at slavery for produc
ing the economic gap be
tween North and South. Not
only did slavery corrupt
whit* southerners but, since
Negro citizens were, in fact
working on 'collective farms'
for the sole benefit of their
white maaters, they did not
toil as free men do.
DESTINATION—VIET NAM
Let us Search and Find God and
Escape Our I rap otßewilderness
This lonely cry for release or
rescue is a common everyday
affair in "the life of our times.
What kind of release it
there for those standing utter
ing this lonely cry in our
times. We have been uprooted
and we are drifting. We need
the stabliity of a sure ancho
age. We have lost the old solid
foundations and we have not
yet found a new. Could we then
interpret this cry, so deep-seat
ed and prevalent, as a need for
God? This seems a reasonable
conclusion. We have forsaken
our God. And when we have
forsaken God there is nothing
for us to be but rootless and
restless. Isreal in the long ago
had come to the same state of
confusion and futality. And
Jeremiah, that penetrating man
of God gave the answer: He
said that they had lost God.
And so he suggested that they
search for and find God with
To Be Equal
Hence, the French writer
was struck, as he traveled
down the Ohio River, at the
difference between what free
white labor could produce in
Ohio, on the north side ot
the bank, and what slavery
did to Kentucky, on the
southern bank.
On the north side industry
prospered, immigrants set*,
tied themselves and their
families, and business boomed
On the southern bank, the
white aristocracy raced
horses, passed their time
hunting, and wondered why
Negro labor was not so pro
ductive.
Both states were blessed
by the same waterway,
both had wide acrage for
cultivation; both had ample
resources to support pros,
perity for many times their
numbers. Yet on the north
bank, the Ohio flowed like
guicksilver; on the south
side like molasses.
Now I suppose the dea of
the "lazy" and "Indolent"
Negro became vogue in the
Old South among white
dandies riding to the hounds
attempting to conceal their
guilt. Unfortunately, many
whites believe it to this day.
Yet, in city after city—as
a study by the National Ur
ban League last year reveal
ed—the overwhelming ma
jority of the Negro citizens,
are still doing the hardest
work.
In no tfty for which offi
cial U. S. Census data was
analyzed did we find fewer
than SO percent of all Negro
workers engaged in the
hardest work: work such as
household and service work
ers and laborers. The further
south we got, the "harder"
Negroes worked; the more
we found them in back)-
breaking occupations.
Thus, while S3 per cent of
Chicago Negroes toiled in
theae jobs, the corresponding
percentage for Atlanta, New
Orleans, Memphis, Jackson,
ville, Tampa, Louisville,
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
their -ivhole heart. Let us find
God and we have a way to es
cape our trap of bewilderment.
To escape our misery we must
find God as graciously revealed
in Christ. Ponder your condi
tion and give Christ the loving
Savior a chance. You are hun
gry and he will satisfy your
hunger. You have know the
thrist of Godlessness. Now try
Jesus the thrist quencher. You
are sick and miserable within
and now try his healing remedy.
For the sick in mind he will
cloth you in your right mind.
And for the soul-sick ones he
says go in peace. And Christ
in his love and forgivness will
lift that burden of guilt. God
in his grace and love has given
us a way of escape from our
dark miserable state. But you
and you alone can take the
step and make the decision for
deliverance. God in love will re
lease you.
Winston-Salem and Miami
were all 70 percent or more.
I think the time has come
for all white Americans to
face reality on this snbject.
Negroes today want the same
opportunity that northern
white people have had since
America was born; to learn,
to work, and to be rewarded
fairly for our labor. In large
part, this is what today's
"revolution" is all about.
-Protest
Continued from front Page
volver when her invalid hus
band tried to pass her the bed
side telephone to call for aid.
She also stated that Garris
threaten to shoot her husband
as he grabbed the telephone
and tore the wires from the
instrument. When the consta
ble ran to his car for assistance,
Mr. Graham managed to get
from his bed to lock the door.
Upon returning, Constable Gar
ris went to the back door, tore
off the screen hook, and kick
ed the door open.
Mrs. Graham was placed und
er arrest and forced to accom
pany Garris to the Co. Court
house. She stated he continued
to threaten her, use profane
and abusive languages, and
struck her in the head with
brass knucks when she attempt
ed to get out of the car. Mrs.
Graham remembers vaguely be
ing jerked to her feet after she
was kicked in the abdomen
and shoved into the courthouse
and roughly thrown into a cell.
At this point, Mrs. Graham
lost her consciousness and
could not remember clearly
whether she was beaten any
more or not. However, when she
regained her memory, Garris
was at her cell roughly demand
ing to see her face which was
swollen and discolored, and her
right eye was almost closed.
About 8 p.m., she nras able
to obtain enough wits to ap
peal to a trustee to get a bonds
man. After she was released,
she was taken to the Lenlor
Memorial Hospital for enter-
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-SCLC
Continued from front Page
for Human Rights whose
President is Rev. Fred L.
Shuttlesworth, a veteran
leader in the Civil Rights
Movement and Secretary of
SCLC.
The Birmingham conven
tion will mark the second
time that SCLC has conven
ed in that city, having held
Its annual meeting there
three years ago in 1962. At
that time Birmingham was a
rigidly segregated city de
scribed as "the worst city in
the South," but has since de.
segregated its public accomo>.
dations facilities following
SCLC's historic campaign
there in the spring of 1963.
Every effort has been made ;
to secure some of America's
f most outstanding personali"
ties in the arena of human
rights as guest speakers dur
ing the five day convention.
Leading off as banquet
speaker on Monday night,
Aug. 9. will be Constance
Baker Motley, President of
Manhatten Borough, New
York City. Mrs. Motley, a
former member of the New
York State Senate before
assuming her present duties
in what is one of the highest
political offices held by a
Negro in the United States,
is a veteran civil rights
worker.
The Monday night bant
quet will honor Mrs. Rosa
Parks for her historic role in
the civil rights movement.
She will be cited by SCLC on
the eve of the 10th anniver.
sary of the Montgomery bus
boycott which was touched
off by Mrs. Parks on Dec. 1,
1955 in Montgomery, Ala.,
when she refused to give up
her seat and move to a Jim
Crow section of the bus.
The convention will offi"
cially open on Tuesday, Aug.
10, at 9:00 a. m. with a
Board meeting of SCLC's
39 member Executive Board.
The meeting has been sched
uled from 9:00 a. m. to 4:00
» m.
-Loan
Continued from front Page
ville L. Freeman, "has given
the Department a new tool to
improve our services to mi
nority groups."
Referring to Newton, the
Secretary added, "the loan to
him typifies what is being ac
complished through the Eco
nomic Opportunity Act to
help low income rural fami
lies build up their substandL
ard incomes from farming or
other work.
Newton will repay his loan
at the rate of S2O a month,
he has up to 15 years to re
pay it at four and one
eigth percent interest.
The first 10.000 rural Eco
nomic Opportunity loans to
tal about sl7 million. Ap
proximately two thirds of
these funds went to farmers
to refinance debts on real
estate; purchase needed land,
acquire machinery and other
equipment, buy livestock, and
improve farm buildings.
The remainder of the funds
went to rural people to enter
or expand a wide range of
non agricultural enterprises
such as welding shops, car
pentry, handicraft, furniture
or automobile repair, road*
side markets, outdoor recrea
tion services and wood cut
ting.
"In the light of the first
six months experience," Sec.
retary Freeman said, "this
part of the President's pro
gram is proving to be a direct
practical and rapid method
of reaching some of the na
tion'! disadvantaged people,
those who have been left out
of the affluent society every,
one talks about."
The loans are made
through Farmers Home Ad
ministration's 1,600 local Co
officers in all the States,
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
Islands. A parallel program
is available to rural coopera
tives. Coop borrowers have
gency treatment and X-rays.
She is to appear in court Fri
day,' July SO to answer Garris*
charges of assaulting an officer,
resisting arrest, and issuing
worthless checks.
Nation's Capital
To Host Beauty
Culturists Meet
WASHINGTON Congress
man Augustus Hawkins, Cali
fornia Democrat, and Dean
Howard Thurman, Boston Uni
versity, head a list of promi
nent people scheduled to parti
cipate in the 46th annual In
stitute and convention of the
National Beauty Culturists'
League at the Washington Hil
ton Hotel, July 25 to August
6.
Dr. Katie Whickam, NBCL
national president, said the In
stitute will be held July 25-31
and the convention from Aug
~ust 1-6. The Institute program
will feature a number of styl
ing specialists who will teach
beauty courses.
Highlight of the convention
will be the awards banquet
Mo.nday, August 2.
Convention chairman Mrs.
Louise Wilson said awards will
be presented to five nationally
prominent figures for outstand.
ing accomplishment in their
respective fields.
A scholarship presentation
will also be made to a student
selected from candidates recom
mpnded by NBCL Chapters.
The last scholarship winner,
Nathaniel A. Smith, is enrolled
at Texas Southern University.
The awardees and their cate
gories are Simeon Booker, jour
nalism, Washington Bureau
Chief, Johnson Publishing Co.;
Cage S. Johnson, marketing and
sales, Schick Safety Razor
Blade Co., Ijos A/jeles; Louis
E. Martin, pol'tirr Democratic
National Committe", Washing
ton; Harry C. Douglas, cosmet
ics manufacturer, Bclva Pro
ducts, St. Louis, and Dr. E. B
Evans, educator, .President of
Prairie View College, Tex.
Mrs. Wilson said previous
honorees have included Dr.
Martin Luther King, Mahalia
Jackson, and Howard B. Woods,
St. Louis newsman recently
named by President Johnson as
Associate Director of the U. S.
Information Agency.
Congressman Hawkins will
address a luncheon session of
the convention August 4.
Dr. Thurman will deliver the
Institute commencement ad -
dress during graduation cere
monies for 150 students.
Theta Nu Sigma, the beauti
cians' sorority, will sponsor a
workshop session Saturday, July
31 on the convention theme.
The sorority is noted for its
charity work and support of
the national polio campaign.
They will sponsor a formal ball
Saturday evening.
-White Rock
Continued from front Page
News.
Reverend Lynch is also Pas
tor-Advisor to the Baptist Stu
dent Union at A. and T. College.
He is a member of numerous
organization!, among them are:
The Greensboro Citizens Asso
ciation, Executive Board of Ro
wan Baptist Association, Board
of Missions, General Baptist
State Convention, Inc., Execu
ti v e Committee, Greensboro
Branch, NAACP, Board of Di
rectors, United Southern Chris
tian Fellowship Foundation, A.
and T. College, Board of Di
rectors of Cumberland Courts,
Inc. (a non-profit FHA 96 unit
housing project for middle in
co m e families) Greensboro,
Guilford County Young Demo
cratic Club, Greensboro Human
Relations Commission, appoint
ed by the City Council July,
1063, and chairman of its sub
committee on education.
Reverend Lynch is married
to the former Hiss Lorraine
Harris of Whitakers. She has a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Shaw University and is a teach
er in the Greensboro City
School System. They have three
children.
up to thirty years to repay
such loans.
Seven States and Puerto
Rico have made the moat
loans. Mississippi made
799, Texas 700, North Caro
lina 909, Georgia 422, Tenn.
420, and Kentucky 397.
Puerto Rico has made 1,240
loans—the largest number in
the nation.