—THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1885
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New Dimension in the CR Struggle
The statement made Monday by
Dr. Martin Luther King, just prior
to the opening of the annual conven
tion of the Southern Christian Lead
ership Conference in Birmingham,
ham, Alabama, to the effect that the
civil rights movement is entering a
new dimension should be viewed tho
roughly by those in the forefront of
the Negro's struggle for freedom in
this country. In spelling out just ex
actly what Dr. King meant, his aide,
the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, stated
that those participating in the drive
for racial equality have now reached
the point where they will seek alli
ances with labor unions, religious or
ganizations and intellectuals.
Frankly, we have been greatly con
cerned by what appears to us to be a
lack of of absolute cooperation, co-.
ordination and understanding between
the National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, the Con
gress of Racial Equality, SCLC and
other Gvil Rights groups. Quite fre
quently, we have been suspicious that
the human elements of envy, jealousy
and rivalry for top-ranking positions
in the Civil Rights movement have
entered the picture. We trust there
fore, that Dr. King's statement, to the
effect that SCLC seeks alliances vith
Its Time to Stop Segregating Ourselves
You will need to visit the Durham
Athletic Park or any other park in
the Carolina League, for that matter,
to learn just how complete has been
the brainwashing of the Southern Ne
gro. In spite of the non-segregated
privileges that arc now available for
any and all patrons of the games play
ed here between the Durham Bulls
and other trams of the Carolina
League, it is amusing as well as dis
gusting, to observe Negro patrons,
who enter the grandstand or bleach
ers at the park, look around for a
seat or seats near those occupied by
members of their own race. As a re
sult of the_ practice Negroes, as in the
days of segregation, are still to be
found huddled together in one section
or corner of the grandstand or bleach
ers.
Opponents to the Right To Vote Law
We are not surprised at the reaction
exhibited by southern leaders to the
right. to vote law. The annoucemeiu
that the law will be challenged by
South Carolina and other southern
states is as expected and we will not
be surprised to see the op|>osing states
joined by the 30 or more counties in
North Carolina that have been involv
ed in denying Negroes the right to
vote, if not the state as a whole. South
ern leaders see in the new law an end
to their freehand «t oppressing Negro
citizens not only at the ballot box but
in every other walk of life.
Whatever the outcome it is our feel
ing that the time has come for Negro
citizens to black list everv county in
this and other southern states where
Negroes have been denied the use of
the ballot. In Travelling through and
in such counties they should refuse
to make purchases of gasoline, food,
clothing, cigarettes or any items from
Things Yon Should Know
BORN IN CURACAO, DUTCH WEST
? INDIES, OF MIXED PARENTAGE; HE BE-
CAME A WORLD-FAMOUS GENERAL,
NOTED AS SIMON GREAT-
K&W[ E9T RIVAL / MOVING 10 VENEZUELA
J IN 1810, HE BECAME A GENERAL AND
WE** DEFIED AUTHORITY W FIGHTING FOR
NEGRO RIGHTS .AC STIRRED NEGRO
OFFICERS AND MEN TO REBELLION FOR THIS BOLIVAR HAD HIM
KILLED/BUT NOTHING COULD KILL THE MOVEMENT/
other organizations, includes NAACJ?,
CORE and other Civil Rights groups
•as well as religious and educational
organizations.
If, as Dr. King says, the Civil
Rights movement is entering a new
dimension it is going to take the co
operation, coordination and under
standing of all the organizations and
individuals now engaged in the strug
gle. In short, there must be presented
to the opposing factions such as the
Ku Klux Klan. the Whita Citizens
Council and other groups a solid front.
It is our feeling that the new di
mension, while not entirely abandon
ing marches, sit-ins, walk-ins and
other demonstrations, as being effect
ive means of reaching the desired goal,
should place greater emphasis on the
ballot as the more effective approach.
Certainly since the passage of the right
to vote law, the ballot can become
the most powerful weapon at the dis
posal of Negroes if they will only use
it intelligently and in sufficient num
bers. This, we think, is now the next
step to be taken in the Civil Rights
struggle and we warn XAACP, CORE,
SCLC and others to beware lest the
house become divided against itself
because of selfishness, envy or jeal
ousy.
Even the presence of Negro players
on the Bull's team and visiting clubs
have failed to emancipate the average
Negro patron from the chains of men
tal segregation, that have bound him
for a hundred years or more, to the
point where he is able, to find himself
at ease among the white patrons.
For the good of all concerned, we
would like to urge the Negro patrons
of all integrated public places to re
frain from segregating themselves by
choice. Instead of huddling around
each other, we would urge them to
seat themselves wherever the most
comfortable seats are available, be. it
among white patrons or members of
their own race. In short, its time for
Negroes to stop segregating them
selves.
white merchants. Likewise Negroes
living in such counties should quietly
boycott all merchants even though
they might be forced to suffer re
prisals and be put to trouble to travel
outside of their respective counties to
purchase food, clothing and other
needed items.
A partial list oi the North Carolina
counties involved is composed of An
son, Bertie, Caswell, Chowan. Craven,
Cumberland. Edgecombe, Franklin,
Gates. Granville, Greene, Halifax,
Hertford, Hoke. Lenoir. Nash. North
ampton. Onslow. Pasqutank, Person
Pitt, Robeson. Scotland, Vance, Wayne
and Wilson.
We urge all Negro citizens who find
it necessary to travel in and through
the above named counties to refrain
from spending their money with mer
chants who in the very nature of the
case are opposed to the right to vote
law.
/ "ME HAVE BEEN AWAKENED TO
REAK W JUSTICE BY THE 30UND OF SONGS
Hl# A A MID SERMONS, SPEECHES AHD
A W m PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS BUT
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DJOR \~JSM / WLITHUHDER FORTH A HUNDRED
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SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
'if i man doti not ponoss tho
spirit of Christ, ho Is no Chris-
Man." Rom. 1:9.
The spirit of Christ is the in
dispensable, inescapable mark
of a Christian. To really belong
to Christ we must have the in
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ner essence of the beauty of
the spirit of Christ. And this is
the true mark of identifica
tion. And when you make a
declaration as being a Christian
this is what men immediately
look to find in you. And this
spirit will tell in time. You
can't hide this spirit and it
needs no advertisement It jhst
naturally shows itself. "If a
man doe 6 not possess the spirit
of Christ, he is no • Christian."
This spirit of the Christ just
needs freedom of expression,
lust go on living and men will
linally see it. Talk is not an
essential ingredient in being a
member of the body of Christ.
If you have been converted, re
deemed the thing will show it
self. It shows in your walk,
your attitude and your vital
By WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR.
GUARANTEED INCOME
I believe the time has come
for the nation to guarantee its
citizenry an annual income to
enable even its poorest to rise
out of poverty.
There should be a floor, an
absolute minimum income, be
neath which no family or single
individual ought he allowed to
fall
As a first step, I recommend
that this line be drawn at $3,-
000 per year and that Congress
enact suitable legislation to see
that every American family re
ceives this sum each year.
So that there is no misunder
rtanding my inttnt, I call at
tention to the fact that four
out of every five Americans liv
ing in poverty is white. TTie
concern of the Urban League
movement has been historically
focused on the needs of Negro
citizens.
But I cannot and would not
ignore in this proposal the cry
ing need to attack poverty
among white citizens as well
as black ones. Neither could I
justify ignoring the fact that
the poverty cycle is almost at
binding on white citizens as it
is on their darker-skinned bro
thers.
Under this proposal, a family
scraping along in poverty with
an income of $2,000 a year
would receive a SI,OOO supple
ment from the Federal govern
ment The government would
nay the difference either in the
form of money or providing de
cent shelter, in the form of a
rent subsidy.,
As moat economists know,
the Inst tax cut benefited the
middle—and well-to-do classes
more than the poor. The excise
tax cut enacted recently also
aided prosperous merchants
as wefl ss consumers.
And, in my book, a nation
which can enact legislation to
underwrite the ventures of
millionaire oilmen and keep
tariffs up to protect local man
ufacturers from foreign compe
tition, can take steps to give
YOUR MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON
The Spirit of Christ in One's
Soul Needs No Billboards
human relations. All you need
to do is to give it a good chance
to giro'* and express itself. If
you have been saved by the
Grace of God through faith, it
will show itself. If you have
received the gift of the spirit
it will finally show itself. Hie
spirit of Christ in the human
soul needs no billboards on the
highway. Just let it have the
freedom of expression and it
will show itself.
The spirit of Christ will show
itself in gracious words and
deeds. The spirit of Christ
moves to find creative expres
sion in a helping hand in the
midst of human need. The
Spirit of Christ looks for every
opporunity to speak a word of
encouragement and consolation
in the midst of dark despair.
The spirit of Christ looks for
the good in people and not the
ugliness of evil. This spirit
moves among men finding ex
pression in loving deeds. This
spirit in its inner essence of
love "would reclaim the shatter
ed wrecks of men. This spirit
To Be Equal
its own poor a chance.
"Poverty," said Labor Secre
tary W. Willard Wirtz, "is be
ing handed down (from genera
tion to generation) in the so
cial genes of the slums." Our
eminent cabinet officer also
knows that it is being handed
down from father to son in Ap
palachia, on our Indian reser
vations. in the shanty towns
that ring • our southwestern
cities crowded "with Mexican-
Americans, and that it is per
petual unto death for the aged
and the infirm tucked away in
squalid rooming houses In our
inner cities.
Sending children to school
on empty bellies; raising them
in coldwater, rat-infested flats;
stigmatizing them in vast, sky
scraper public housing pro
jects; killing their incentive by
miserly welfare grants intended
only barely to keep them alive
works a terrible hardship upon
them and ensures their failure
right from the start. It also
works a dreadful financial
hardship upon society—and so
ciety is better off doing more
than just spending $4 billion
s year to keep the poor slive
on welfare.
It must spend enough to in-
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numerous outstanding Christian
leaden throughout the worM.
The Convention will get un
derway on Monday night, Aug.
30, with a Mammoth Musical
Recital and Pageant under the
direction of the famous Direc
tress, Mrs. Maodelena Johnson
of Pittsburgh, Penna. This
Musical Extravaganza will be
held at the Belgium Building
at Virginia Union University.
Among the outstanding speak
ers for the Convention will be
Dean Samuel Gandy, Howard
University, Hi® Rev. K. Pan!
Simms, Pastor, first Baptist
Church, Bute Street, Norfolk,
Virginia. The Convention Ser
mon wUI be preached by the
By REV HAROLD ROLAND
of the Christ finds us at our
worst and releases the best
that is in us. Look what it did
for the woman at the well at
highnoon that day.
The spirit of the Christ 1s
indeed the power of redemp
tion among men. And oh how
much the world needs this
spirit with its mighty power to
heal and restore the broken
lives in our times. Truly this
spirit of the Christ restores the
broken and shattered lives of
men. It finds men in the ruins
of life and raises them to new
dignity and meaningfulness. It
can inspire the most wretched.
It can rebuild the seemingly
hopeless loves of men. It heals
th&soul. It restores the warped
and sick mind. Yes, the magic
power of the spirit of the
Christ can redeem us and bring
us back to God.
Let the spirit of the Christ
enter and master your life that
it may count for the glory of
God and the best welfare of
mankind.
sure them with hope; to enable
them to live in dignity; to pro
tect them from winter cold and
year-round rats; and to educate
them and retrain them for pro
ductive citizenship.
Now I know that critics of
this plan will say that it will
inspire the indolent to live off
the dole permanently. And I
presume there may be a small
handful of incorrigible citizens
who might attempt to play
Uncle Sam for a sucker. But,
you know, we are the hardest
working nation on earth. Our
citizens are the most industri
ous. We have gone further and
faster toward unprecedented
prosperity than any nation in
recorded history.
Nesrly all those who dwell
in poverty today are victimized
by conditions beyond their con
trol: ill health, blindness, dis
ability, for some; racial restric
tions, geographic disadvantage
and automation for others. None
of them enjoy their plight and
very few appear to have cul
tivated it out of personal
choice.
Let us give the poor the op
portunity to make their own
security, not as charity but as
their rightful heritage to better
themselves as Americans.
Rev. J. A. Brown, Pastor, Ebe
nezer Baptist Church, Durhsm.
The Convention Theme is:
"Christian Missions—The Great
est Society." Honorable Euge
nia Stevenson, Liberian Consul
to the United States will give
the Feature Address on the In
ternational Night, Friday, Sep
tember 3.
The Convention officers are:
Dr. J. C. Hairston, Pastor, Sixth
Mount Zion Baptist Church,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Presi
dent, Dr. M L. Wilson, Pastor
Convent Avenue Baptist Church,
New York, First Vice-President,
Dr. W. L. Ransoms, Richmond,
Virginia, Chairman Executive
Board, Mrs. Rosa V. Holioman,
Washington, D. C., President
Woman's Auxiliary, B, W. Del
tas, Durham, President Ley-
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of African and Asian nations.
House and Senate leaders of
both political parties and Cabi
net members. Also on hand
were the Rev. Dr. Martin Luth
er King, Jr., head of the South
ern Christian Leadership Con
ference, James Farmer, execu
tive director of the Congress of
Racial Equality, and John
Lewis, president of the Student
Non-violent Coordinating Com
mittee.
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Davis of Baton Rouge, La.;
Grand Gramraateus Effie Allen
of Indianapolis. Ind.. and Auro
ra Editor Lillie Wilkies of Ber
keley. Calif.
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Continued from front page
Inspectors School, Ordanance
Division. U. S. Army.
Before joining the NCC facul
tv in 1945, he held positions as
principal of Hayden High
School, Franklin, Va.; associate
professor of chemistry, Prairie
View State College, Prairie
View, Tex.; and ammunition in
spector and explosive chemist,
Ordnance Division, U. S. Army.
Hie wife, Adele, is an instructor
of practical nursing at Dur
ham's Technical Institute.
f WORLD NEWS ROUND-UP
HONG KONG Communist China's periodic threats to
intervene in the Viet Nam war were viewed here as propa
ganda efforts aimed at fanning opposition to the American
troop buildup in South Viet Nam. Most China experts and diplo
matic sources In Hong Kong doubt that Peking is likely to be
come directly involved in the Viet Nam war unless Red China
is directly provoked or challenged.
• • •
DUBLIN, Ireland Richard Cardinal Cashing of Boston
■aid Monday the United State. I« not going to get oot of Viet
Nam or be drives oat. "If we low Viet Nam we looe Southeast
Asia to the Communists," he said. "I don't know If Communist
China will come la but If It does my country Is well able to
meet any threat she may rote."
NAGASAKI, Japan A light drizzle fell Monday over Naga
saki. Sirens screamed, bells toUed and Ortcracker explosions
ripped the air. Then there was silence. The city paused te
pray and remember. It was 11:02 a.m., 20 years to the minute
after the second atomic bomb in history was dropped on 4
populated city. The A-bomb blast, three days after a similar
attack on Hiroshima, brought Japan to unconditional surren
der in World War 11.
♦ • »
CAIRO The official Sadaaeae radio said Pope Fail VI
■as appealed to Premier MakaHated Makgoak to "aikt tke
"*" M ' effort to stop acts of violence aad ktoodaked" la Ike
Seatker* Sadaa. Otadarmaa Radio kroadcast tke text of a
eaWe frea tke Pope sayiag ke kad received tke aews of dh
larlaacei la tke Sooth "with (real sorrow."
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MUNICH, Germany - A Michigan college student lay in
deep coma Monday following a beer hall fight with U.S. sol
diers. A spokesman at Rechts der Isar hospital said Victor
Vanko, 20, of Essexvale, Mich., i, "in danger of losing his
life."
KEY WEST, Fla. A Coast Gaard catter kad la tow Moa
«■"* S*"" S«s. It. oaly cargo waa deatk. Ske ear
rted tke kodiea of her captoia, first aiate aad a crewmaa, ap
pwenay (imd dowa ky a mntlaoas crew. A foartk sailor
was believed skot and Us body Ussed overboard.
AUSTIN, Tex. James C. Cross, Jr., confessed strangler
of two young Dallas coeds, was locked in a solitary jail cell
Monday trying to recreate for defense lawyers his statement to
J £ Sl * yin|!s Attorney, Perry Jones, Roy Min
iZJtel'i?'!?? spent thre « hour « with the 22-year-old
« "**? Unior ' goin * over » n J over the story giv
en police Friday night.
• • •
NEW DELHI -a. The Indi.,, government said tkere kaa
, ,ifhtl »« «■ «*e disputed border state
p Indian troops aad armed lafUtratara front
Paldstaa. A atatemeat iasaed after a meeting of tke caMaet'i
comm,ttee " ld -»"*ltle. bad keea Inflicted oa tke
~ , Sen Phi »P A Hart. D-Mich.. said Mon
day be will introduce legislation to outlaw the sale by doctors
flits' W «° ther rel P««es they prescribe for pa
mittee "^ m * n U,e Antitrust » nd Monopoly Subcom-
Un l! r * nd businessmen
powers
powers for private monetary gain."
ao Oß^L L L AN^ LFO ' 1 4 « 1 * - '"1 V., de
f«l." cJLed for", «.!! Hiroshima 20 year, ago as "disgrace-
Tki Pontiff V" 1 " 0 " World *•« nuclear weapana.
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Ul ,0r - Hlroiklma to
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straUOT^T GT °!!| - S ® n ' F - Byrd »«»«aed the admini-
of Housing and
!L. - " d# Wrtm«nt of backdoor Ipend-
T*,. CO " U J* • t 22 ® billion spender by IBTt. Vir
muto*th U ct " ,lrm » n * U>« Senate Finance Com
prepar'ed to H .f" * ,Ut * ment '•" ed as the Senate
prepared to debate the proposal Tueaday.
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Continued from front page
a Negro to Alabama-supported
Auburn University. The Fede
ral Circuit Court of Appeals
upheld the ruling.
Gray said "eight to ten" Ne
gro graduate students and un
dergraduates presently attend
Alabama University. Miss Viv
ian Malone became the univer
sity's first Negro graduate last
June.
A Negro, Miss Autherine
Lucy, was admitted to the uni
versity in 1996, but «u sus
pended and never attended
classes after rioting broke out
on the campus.
The Legal Defense Fund suit
asks that the of Ala
bama be enjoineWfrom refus
ing to admit Miss Whetstone or
others similarly situated to its
graduate school because of race
or color or because they at
tended unaccredited colleges
operated by the state wfere
such attendance ■wras required
because of their race.
Also representing Miss Whet
stone are Jack Greenberg, Le
gal Defense Fund director-coun
sel, and Charles H. Jones of the
Fund's New York Staff.
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Continued from front page
er,"to be held Saturday evening
at 7:30. At stake in the contest
will be three scholarship prizes
which will be awarded the win
ners adjudged the three best,
speakers, immediately following
the report of the judges.
The final session of the con
vention will be held Sunday,
afternoon, immediately follow
ing the annual sermon.