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VOLUME 12 No. 2»
SNCC Explains New Tests
For Registration In South
MANY LEADERS
IN EDUCATION
AT NCTA MEET
HAMMOCKS BEACH Edu
cational leaders from cities and
counties all over North Caro
lina and also special speakers
r fom Washington, D. C. parti
cipated in the Twelfth Annual
Leadership Conference of the
North Carolina Teachers Asso
ciation and the National Edu
cation Association, which con
vened Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, August 12, 13, and
14, at Hammocks Beach, Swans
boro. The general theme of the
conference was 'Free to Teach.'
Teacher dismissals highlighted
the discussions throughout the
various sessions.
"Opportunity for Responsi
bility" was the theme of the
Classroom Teachers Planning
Conference on Thursday at the
NCTA Assembly Building. Sam
uel B. Ethridge, Assistant Sec
retary for Field Services Pro
fessional Rights and Responsi
bilities Commissios, NEA was
keynoter for the classroom
teachers and also for the Fri
day general session. Ethridge,
spoke from the subject "As
pects of Professional Rights
and Responsibilities as They
Relate to Classroom Teachers."
Other highlights of Thurs
days conference included a re
port on "The Classroom Teach-
See TEACHERS, 2A
Over 1,000 Attend Annual AME Convocation
In Winston-Salem's St. James AME Church
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$lO-15 Million Damage Done
By California-Illinois Rioters
CHICAGO Police patrolled
the riot-torn West side here
early this week, preserving an
uneasy peace which followed
days of destruction while na
tional guardsmen still stood
poised (or Instant action.
The callout of the national
guard marked the first time in
IS years that Illinois troopers
had been summoned to quell a
racial outbreak.
Top police officials met early
this week, mapping plans aimed
at keeping the riot from flar
ing anew.
The leaders of the city's larg
est civil rights organization,
The Coordinating Council of
Community Organisations (CC
-00) also called an urgent meSt.
DURHAM, N. C - SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, I*s
Bryant is Named President of
Brokers and Builders Ass'n
A. H. (Tuffy) Bryant, real
estate operator and developer
of Rocky Mount, was recently
elected President of Carolina
Brokers and Builders Associa
tion of Real Estate Brokers As-
Bryant also was elected dele
gate to the National Associa
tion of Rel Estate Brokers As
sociation's annual meeting
•which met in Denver, Colo.,
August 3-6. While attending the
convention, he was appointed
to the National Advisory Coun
cil of the NAREB by President
Q. V. Williamson.
Other officers of the Tar
Heel gtoup are George Monk of
High Point, Vice President;
Mrs. Gladys Brown, Greens
boro. Secretary; C. E. Graves,
Winston-Salem. Assistant Sec
retary and Publicity Chairman;
H. M. Michaux, Jr., Durham,
Treasurer and C. W. Robinson
of High Point, Chaplain.
The association held its 18th
annual convention at the Hil
ton Hotel in Denver. It is a
professional organiMtion of Ne-
men and women engaged
in the real estate business.
Founded at Tampa, Fla. in 1947,
the organization was formed to
protect the interest of its mem
bers and to promote high stan
dards of integrity and profes-
ing to find ways to persuade
Lawndale's Negroes to stay off
the streets.
Lawndale is quiet now under
a hot August sun. There was
still plenty of evidence of last
week's violence—smashed win
dows and streets littered with
broken bottles, bricks and
rocks.
Dick Gregory, comedian who
was shot during one of the
disturbances of police and riot
ers, was reported to be in satis
fatcory condition as he recupe
rated in a Chicago hospital.
In Los Angeles—Once called
the City of Angles turned out
to be the City of Fear the last
See RIOT, page 2A
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BRYANT
sional competence in the real
estate profession. In 18 years,
the membership has grown to
1800.
A NAREB member who is in
good standing is called Re«l
tist, and is privileged to display
the official seal of the associa
tion, as well to to enjoy the
many benefits of membership.
The Realtist is required to ad
here to the codes of the asso
ciation.
See BRYANT, page 2A
BISHOP AND MRS.
BABER IN ACTIVE
ROLE FOR YOUTH
WINSTON-SALEM More
than a thousand delegates and
were in attendance at
the 14th Annual Christian Edu
cation Convocation of the AME
Church at St. James AME
Church Aug. 10-13.
The convocation was divided
into four areas: youth retreat,
missionary institute, laymen's
workshop and minister's semi
nar. Programs and classroom
work were based on the theme,
"The Church in Mission."
Stating the purpose of the
tor, the Rev. Melvin Chester
occasion, the convocation direc
tor, the Rev. Melvin Chester
Swann, said "In these days of
change, the church In thi> gen
eration is compelled to revise
its message to recapture the al.
legiance and service of all peo
ple, to revive most urgently the
true conception of the brother
hood of maa."
Among numerous noted
speakers at the four-day meet
ing was Gov. Dan K. Moore who
told the convocation he-is striv
ing to "open wide the avenues
of exchange between the Ne
gro and the white man in North
Carolina. A strong, state," he
said, "presupposes the assur
ance of full and equal oppor
tunities for all of Its citizens,
because a state cannot be ro
bust morally or economically
unless its people have such op
portunities."
Assuming leadership roles at
the convocation were Bishop
George W. Baber of the Second
Episcopal District and Mrs. Ba
ber, Episcopal Missionary Su
pervisor. The Bishop encourag
ed the young people to make
the best of every opportunity
and stated to the delegates,
"Youth is our business." He
preached the closing sermon
on, "A Study In Contrasts,"
See CONVOCATION page 1A
PRICE 15 Cent*
ALL LITERACY
TESTS BANNED
BY NEW LAW
ATLANTA, G».—Many areas
in the South have never felt
the effects, of the civil rights
movement. Reason being that
there are not enough people in
organizations such as the Stu
dent Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) to spread
out and work in all of the areas.
Due to this fact, It is impor
tant that Negro people in these
states understand the nature
and effect of the 1969 Voting
Rights Bill.
LITIRACY TKSTS
As of Friday, August 6, when
the bill was signed, all literacy
tests for voters in Mississippi,
Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia,
South Carolina Virginia, and 34
counties in North Carolina were
suspended. This also means
every county in those states.
Age and residence and informa
tion about felonies a person
may have been convicted of are
the only requirements for reg
istering. No other tests are per
mitted. This probably include*
some sections of the new Mis
sissippi test as passed by the
See REGISTRATION 3A
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MISS ANDIRSON BREAKS CHAMPAGNI
Marian Anderson Christens
USS Geo. Washington Carver
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia
—Marian Anderson, world fa
mous soprano singer, christen
ed the first and only nuclear
submarine ever named for a
Negro here last Saturday at
the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company. Miss
Anderson broke a bottle of
champagne over her bow as she
started her glide down the ways
of the shipyard here.
The largest crowd ever to
witness a chistening according
to a shipyard spokesman at the
the Newport News yard was on
hand to see the George Wash
ington Carver move gracefully
down the waters of the James
River. Records show that the
underseas craft is listed SSB
(N) 656 but for the thousands
of witnesses gathered for the
solemn occasion, this was a
proud ship bearing the name,
honoring the memory of the ex
slave scientist whose experi
mentation at Tuskegee revolu
tionized the peanut industry.
Guests were plentiful at the
historic event. Secretary of La.
bor, R. Willard Wirti was the
principal speaker for the cere
mony. Wirtx along with Miss
Anderson was Introduced by
Donald A. Holden, president of
'Loses Position
When Schools
Desegregated'
GREENSBORO—The NAACP
I.eeal Defense and Educational
Fund has filed suit in Federal
District Court here on behalf
of a Negro school teacher who
contends she lost her job when
the schools were desegregated.
The suit names Mrs. Audrey
Gillis Wall and the North Car
oli n a Teachers Association
against the Stanley County
Board of Education. The Asso
ciation has about 12,500 mem
bers, mostly Negro teachers in
North Carolina public schools.
Mrs. Wall, who has taught at
Negro schools in Stanley Coun
ty for 13 years, alleges that she
and other Negro teachers were
dismissed in anticipation of de
creased enrollment in Negro
schools for the coming school
year
The county has adopted a
"freedom of choice" integra
tion plan which permits stu
dents to, choose the public
school they wish to attend.
About 100 pupils have request
ed transfer from all-Negro to
all-white schools this fall, ac
cording to Mrs. Wall's com
plaint.
Legal Defense Fund attor
neys, who have been pressing
a legal battle against teacher
discrimination, will ask the
court for preliminary and per
manent injunctions to prevent
the school board from "hiring,
assigning and dismissing teach
ers and professional school per.
sonnel on the basis of race and
color."
Attorneys of record in the
case are Conrad O. Pearson of
Durham; J. Levonne Chambers
of Charlotte; Jack Greenberg,
Legal Defense Fund director
counsel, and Derrick A. Bell,
Jr. of New York.
the shipyard. Other dignitaries
at the event of the century in
cluded Miss Anderson's sister
in-law, Mrs. Pauline Milburn of
Wilmington, Del. She was ac
companied by Mrs. Everlyn
Reynolds, wife of Elks Grand
Exalted Ruler Hobson R. Rey
nolds of Philadelphia.
Following the ceremonies,
hundreds of invited guests were
given a buffet luncheon at the
Chamberlain Hotel, Old Point
Comfort. Among the guests
were John H. Wheeler, presi
dent of the Mechanics and
Farmers Bank and Asa T.
Spaulding, president of the
North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company, and his wife.
Governmental officials present
at the occasion included Geo.
L. P. Weaver, Asst. Secretary
of Labor; James C. Evans, civil
asst. Secretary of Laian assis
tant to the Asst. Secretary of
Defense and Arthur Chapin,
special assistant in the Depart
ment of Labor.
NEW YORK Rep- Adam
Clayton Powell has paid $19,000
to Mrs. Ether James for hav
ing called her a "bag woman"
for gamblers.
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Six Local Negro Physicians are Admitted
To Staff of Watts Hospital by Trustees
Acting favorably upon the
recommendation of the joint
trustee-medical conference com
mittee. the trustees of Watts
hospital gave permission to the
following six doctors to treat
their patients in Watts Hospi
tal.
William A. Cleland. pedia
tries; Robert E. Dawson, eye,
ear, nose and throat; Robert E.
King, general practice; Robert
P. Randolph, internal medicine; ■
Dr. Leßoy W. Swiff Reveals Opportunities
For Medical Career at N. Carolina Convention
A report on the Talent Re
cruitment Program of the Old
North State Medical Society by
Or. Leßoy Swift of Durham in
the current issue of the Journ
al of the National Medical As
sociation.
The report, which was pre
sented at the recent 78th an
nual convention of the Society
In Charlotte, states that "there
are less than 1.5 Negro physi
cians for every 12,000 Negroes
throughout Carolina. The
distribution is somewhat lest
in the poverty stricken eastern
North Carolina counties."
As stated in the publication,
the program seeks "ways and
means for finding, steering and
supporting Negro youths into
the hitherto difficult quest for
medical and paramedical ca
reers." Cooperation has already
been secured from the Office
of Education, U. S. Department
of Health, Education and Wel
fare.
"Our outlook," Dr. Swift con-
Rev.T.W. BigelowTo Assume
Pastorate Of St. Paul Sept.l 9
Rev. W. T. Bigelow, recently
elected pastor of the St. Paul
Baptist Church of Durham, will
assume his full duties in his
new charge, Sunday, September
19, upon his return from the
tional Baptist Convention at
Jacksonville, Fla. Rev. Bigelow
comes to St. Paul from the
First Baptist Church at Apex
where he has pastored for the
past eight years. During his
pastorate at Apex, a new
church structure was completed
with the cornerstone being
layed in 1962.
He moved to Durham some
eight years ago to assume the
pastorate of the New Hope
Baptist Church in Chatham
County where he remained for
five years before being called
to First Baptist Church in Apex
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James Ed'.vard Thomas, gen-1
eral practice and Charles D. j
! Watts, general surgery.
The admission of the first |
Negro doctors to the staff was
approved Wednesday by the 1
hospital's board of trustees.
The action was in line with a 1
desegregation policy adopted
by the hospital in 1064 and
1 which has been in effect for
some time in respect to patient
I care and employment rules.
DR. SWIFT
tinued, "is to engage all of the
members of this Society and all
Negro physicians of this state
inactive recruitment of pros
pective medical talent. The
short term objective pf your
committee is to utilize existing
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R*V. BIOILOW
for full-time service. During his
pastorate in Apex, IS7 mem
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DR. WATTS
Hal S. Crain, chairman of
I the trustees, said that the new
■ ly admtited doctors were mem
| bers of the staff at Lincoln
I Hospital, practiced in Durham,
and like all new members
would be on what is known as
| the assistant attending staff.
Watts Carr, Jr. is chairman
of the committee which stud
ied the applications and made
the recommendations to admit
the. six doctors.
administrative structure for ex.
panding the program. Subject
to ratification by the National
Recruitment Council we will
solicit the cooperation of the
presidents of Negro colleges in
the States of North Carolina,
South Carolina and Virginia.
Hopefully successful in engag
ing the college presidents, the
working cooperaiton of the col
lege guidance counseling and
college health services and
physicians will be sought spe
cifically in making contact with
medical aspirants."
Dr. Swift, who is chairman of
the society's recruitment pro
gram, was inducted Into the
Durham-Orange County Medi
cal Society and the American
Medical Association last spring.
These memberships match an
other "first" made in 1951
when he became the first Ne
gro in the South certified by
the American Board of Obstet
rics and Gynecology- He wag
See SWIFT page SA
bers wen added to the church
•nd many others improvements
were made. Since his call to
St. Paul at Durham, several
members have already joined
under his leadership. The old
building at St. Paul has been
demolished and a new and
greater St. Paul is being erect
ed on the same location.
Rev. Bigelow received his
education in the public schools
of Greensboro. He holds the
Bachelor of Theology degree
and has held the office of Sec
retary of the New Hope Bap
tist Association. He is now
recognized as a spiritual Evan
gelist and "Radio Pastor" on
WSRC. He U married to the
former Miss Lillian Hughes of
Greensboro and is the fither
of three children.