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-THE CAHOUNA TOOES SATURDAY, OCT. 9, 1988
Financial Drive For Kittrell College
The announcement in this week's
issue of this newspaper to the effect
that a campaign will be launched to
raise a half-million dollars for Kittrell
Junior College should be received by
members of the A. M. EL Church in
the Second Episcopal District with
great enthusiasm. Too long this par
ticular school has been expected to
operate successfully on a mere pit
tance of financial support rather than
enough funds to have it take its
rightful place among the leading re
ligious educational institutions of the
state and nation. Either adequate
funds should be provided to have the
school operate in a creditable manner
or it should be closed.
In the face of the fact that the
Baptist have Shaw University, an ac
credited institution; the Presbyteri
ans, J. C. Smith University, an accred
ited institution; the Episcopalians, St.
Augustine's, an accredited institution,
and the A.M.E Zions, Livingstone
College, an accredited institution, it is
hard for us to understand just how
any self-respecting member of the
A.M.E. Church can hold his head up
high when he looks at the shameful
conditions as they now exist at Kit
trell College.
With the present population boom,
resulting in an overcrowded condi
tion in every educational institution
of higher learning, both private and
state, it appears to us that this is no
Pope Paul's Appointment of a Negro
Pope Paul Vi s appointment of a
Negro as a bishop of the Roman Cath
olic Church, the first of his rai ; ever
to hold such an office in the United
States, may delay for awhile, but it
will not halt, forever, the gathering
storm of dissatisfation and unrest that
is brewing deep within the ranks of
the 800,000 or more N'egro Catholics
in this country. The api>ointment will
be interpreted by many as an effort
on the part of the heirarchy of the
Roman Catholic Church to administer
a transfusion to a patient that is be
ginning to show signs of palor rath
er than ruddiness.
■ 'eve Pi>pe™-Paul's
visit to the United States, the ap
]M>intment may do much to bolster the
enthusiasm among Negro Catholics
that the Pope will not be regarded by
others of their race in this country as
just another high ruler assessing
feet of clay.
in North Carolina, where, only
this month, two Negro children in
Kinston were refused admission to a
Catholic school for no apparent rea
son oiher than that of race, the ap
pointment of a Negro to the office
of bishop may serve to remove to
some extent the wiijp spread suspicion
of racial discrimination at the na
tional level that appears to exist in
the Catholic Church. It will not, how
ever, lessen the general feeling that
the claim of liberality of the Catholic
Church in this state is nothing more
The McDougald Terrace Revolt
We think the situation in McDou
glad Terrace has reached the point
4fhere immediate action must be tak
en if serious trouble is to be avoided.
As it now stands, McDougald Terrace
is a veritable seething cauldron which
may erupt at any moment into an
explosion of a more devastating na
ture. The situation presents a chal
lenge to both -white and Negro lead
ers of Durham that should be tho
roughly looked into and met now.
Because of the seriousness of the
situation, we call upon the Durham
Committee on Negro Affairs, the Dur
ham Business Chain, the Ministerial
Alliance, other organizations and self
respecting individuals to become
greatly concerned about the inward
strife, complaints, grumbling and dis
satisfaction that exist in this parti
cular area of our city before it is too
late.
We do not feel that Negro leaders
New Day A-Coming in Canal Zone
Americana living and working in the
Panama Canal Zone are said to be quite
unhappy over the new treaty which the
Johnson Administration has worked out
with the leaders of Panama. What the
new treaty does is to give Panamanians
more say in the direction and operation
ef the waterway which runa through
their country.
Until the new arrangement goes into
effect, the Panama Canal will be operated
under a treaty approved in 1903, 62
years ago. The world has moved quite a
lot in 62 years, so that it is not unreason-
time to talk about closing any of our
schools. It further appears to us
therefore, that the membership of the
AJI.E. Church in the Second Episco
pal District is now faced with a situa
tion of "put up or shut up." v
As pointed out in the article, a
minimum of a $lO donation from each
of the 42,000 or more members ol the
Second Episcopal District of the A.
M. E. Church will come so close to
reaching the half-million dollar mark
set for the drive that we are satis
fied it will be no hard task to achieve
it. Wesrthink, however, the leaders of
the A.M.EL Church should make it
dear to participants in the drive, both
donors workers, that the $lO
minimum donation per member be
ing asked for is going to be an an
nual obligation if Kittrell Junior Col
lege is to survive and continue as a
qualified educational institution.
We commend Bishop George W.
Baber and the other officials of the
Second Episcopal District for the ef
fort they are now putting forth to
have Kittrell College take its place
among the leading educational insti
tutions of the state and nation. It is
our hope that not only will the mem
bers of the A.M.E. Church support
their efforts, but every person inter
ested in providing better educational
opportunities for the growing num
ber of young people of the race.
than a sham
Whatever devout Catholics may say
about the lack of racial discrimina
tion that is suspected of their church,
the fact remains that, in spite of the
pleas of its several hundred thousand
Negro members for the appointment
of one of their race as a bishop, it
took 100 years for the Catholic Church
to get around to accomplishing the
act. Add to this the Kinston incident,
and one is forced to reach the con
clusion that the Catholic Church is
no different from that of any other
white church pn the matter of race.
We think it is a reflection on both
the Catholic and Protestant Churches
that the business world, the sports
world and the educational world have
been forced to furnish the moral lead
ership for mankind on the question
of brotherhood. We cannot forget
that the white church, generally
speaking, never made one move in the
direction of righting the wrongs of
segregation until it saw the walls
tumbling down all around it.
As little as we may think and as
smart as we may feel we are in this
country, with all of its might and
power in nuclear bombs, its wealth
and knowledge, it takes no Solomon
to realize that mankind has reached
the point in his existence when he can
no longer put his trust in might and
power. As the world now stands, "It
may be later than we think."
of Durham should leave the solution
of this serious problem to the tenants
of this particular housing unit. In the
very nature of the case, they are not
prepared to cope with the more ex
perienced persons of the Housing
Authority and City in presenting their
case, be it good or bad, right or
wrong. They will need and should
have the sympathetic guidance and
support of those of their race more
experienced in dealing with such per
plexing questions.
The situation presents a fine oppor
tunity for Negro leaders of Durham
to prove that they are ■interested in
all segments of the Negro community
and will come to their rescue in a
time of need. We urge an immediate
and thorough investigation into the
present situation at McDougald Ter
race because we are thoroughly con
vinced that "an ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure."
able to assume that changed conditions
make it necessary to alter the provisions
of the treaty.
Moat Americans working in the Canal
Zone have enjoyed a preferred status
which, by the way, elevated them over
non-white Americans as well as over the
people of Panama. These privileges are
on the way out.
The supremacy guaranteed in the oper
ation of the Canal Zone to the United
States in 1903 now rubs the people of
Panama in 1965 the wrong way.
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SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
The World Needs the Spiritual
«£■ Outlook of the Cross
"Thoa* who ll** on Mi# I*Y*l
of Hi* spirit has th* spiritual
outlook."
The high level of the spirit
brings life that is rich, full
and satisfying. Man needs life
from the lofty level of the
spirit. And this is life that we
all in our finer moments yearn
and long for. And it is life
that is pleasing to God. In a
deeper consideration of this
great truth we must conclude
man needs Jesus Christ the
giver of this rare quality, life
with its joy, peace, courage,
satisfaction This life above
all is healing for man's sin
sick soul.
This life means inner heal
ing and wholeness for man.
Man in his estrangement or
separation from God, the
ground of his being, suffers
from spiritual and moral sick
ness. Every soul needs heal
ing. Every man under the sun
needs this wholeness. Man, in
being cut off from God, has
become disrupted and distort
ed. Thais sickness and its un
wholesomeness makes man
Editor
Carolina Times
In her letter to the Editor
(September 26), Mrs. Clara
Concil has critized me bitterly
because I revealed my futile
unhappy experience when I at
tempted to enroll my two chil
dren at "Christ the King
School" here in Kinston. On
one hand she talks of the
Bishops' Heroic efforts to
abolish racial segregation in
the Diocese, and then on the
other hand she berates me be
cause I sincerely believe the
Bishop meant exactly what- he
said in his pastoraJ J?*ter of
June 12, 1963 and acted ac
cordingly His letter stated in
part:
There is no segregation to
be tolerated in any Catholic
Church in the Diocese of Ral
eigh. The pastors are charged
'with carrying out of th>
teaching and shall tolerate no
thing to the contrary- Equal
rights are accorded therefore
to every race and nationality
as is proper in any Catholic
church."
Too often when leaders such
aa our good Bishops work so
valiantly to break down racial
bars we are too fearful and
timid to take the first step.
It is then said that we are
satisfied with segregation. And
those who have made sacri
fices for our benefits are
made to look ridiculous. I was
so happy when the Bishop's
letter was read and wanted
him to know that we truly ap
preciated the opportunities he
was opening for aIL That waa
why I was so shocked and
were refused at "Christ the
humiliated when my children
King School."
I requested a conference
with the Bishop but be was
out of town. When he return
ed I reached him by telephone
and told him that Christ the
King School had refused to
accept my children. It was
during this conversation that
restless and unhappy. And this
inner healing is to be found
only in Christ and His gracious
ministry of reconciliation. God
has come in his Son to effect
this inner healing and whole
ness. And to be in Christ is to
find this healing and whole
ness.
Christ gives to man the new
outlook from the point of view
of the Cross. Life seen from
the point of view of the love
of the Cross is indeed a new
life with a new outlook. Life
seen from this lofty point of
view has redeeming element
in it This redemptive element
is needed among men. Life de
prived and depraved needs
the magic touch of this re
demptive love of Christ and
the Cross. Life marred pride
of race needs this redemptive
touch in our nation. Men, un
happy and turning to dope,
drink and crime, in increasing
number needs the new outlook
of life from the Cross where
we see God's redeeming love
yearning to reclaim men. It is
Letter to the Editor
he told me that Kinston was
not in his plans for this year's
school integration. Mrs. Con
cil states that I did not use
the proper procedure when I
enrolled my children in June.
If this is true it seems I should
have been told at that time
and advised of the proper way.
Mrs. Concil should have check
ed her facts before she launch
ed into her attack upon me.
Some of her errors which I
wish to correct follows:
I am not a social "worker,
nor the wife of an attorney,
and the only promience I seek
is to be promient in the eyes
of God. I made no attack upon
the Catholic Cffurch or Cath-
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OF TEENAGE JOHNNY EICHORN,tS SAVED THE UFE Of A WLKES-FIARRFC
RL WOMAN M W62 WHEN HER CAR CRASHED WTO A GAS PUtf
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RICHARD HANSEL,27
FROM HIS MOVING TRAIN, DASHED
IN FRONT OF THE ONCOMING
ENGINE AND SCOOPED UP S^^jZW
THE TODDLER BEFORE TUMBLING
TO SAFETY.
By REV. HAROLD ROLAND
God's love as seen in the
Cross that redeems the souls
of men.
The world needs the spirit
ual outlook of the Cross as re
vealed by a loving Savior. Men,
preoccupied with the fading
things in God's creation, need
to be lifted by the loving
touch of Christ the Saviour.
Material things have become
the passionate concern of too
many in our times. The gross
national income is moving to
ward seven hundred billion
dollars. This is wonderful if
used to the glory of God and
for the service of mankind.
But if used to satisfy the
greedy oppressor—then, it all
may be the means of our ruin
and death. On the other hand
if it is touch and sanctified
6y the spirit of Jesus. To be
carnally minded is death, but
but to be spiritually minded
is life and peace."
We must find life on the
lofty level where Jesus lived
it and then we shall know life
and peace.
olic schools The Catholic
church to me is Jesus Christ
under the appearance of bread
and wine in our tabernacle. I
mentioned one school, Christ
the King and stated my chil
dren were refused admittance
which was true. If as Mrs.
Concil implies that the admit
tance of two Negro children
into a school would upset the
economic structure of the
whole Parish then we are be
ing ruled by those who hold
the purse string and not Jesus
Christ who we profess to wor
ship and who is above us all.
Sincerely in Christ,
Mrs. William Beech.Jr.
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I —To Be Equal —
By WHITNEY M. YOUNG 18.
©
Measuring
rIE FRUSTRATIONS of the ghetto, save when they erupt
as in Watts or Harlem, seldom are visible to the eye ot
the white man. Millions of white Americana, includ
ing the mayors of many a large city, have convinced them
selves that ghettos do not exist and that any Negro family
that wishes to moVe out can.
Some whites fail to recognize that millions ot Negro
families are paying more for leasing a Harlem alum than
their white counterparts pay for a Hartford townhouae.
I When Negro leaders assail the "color tax,"
j slumlordism, the bigotry of many banks
and savings and loan associatlona and their
_f * realtor allies toiling to keep Negroes In the
ghetto, these whites look the other way.
' I Now comes a definitive study measuring
|| the degree of residential segregation in our
; cities. It comes from an eminent and trall
blazing sociologist, Dr. Karl Taeuber, for
merly of the University of Chicago Popula
■■■ tion and Research Center, in the form of
Mil YOUNG hii new bo o * "Negroes in Cities," brought
out by Chicago's Aldine Publishers.
Dr. Taeuber's studies of 207 large American cities in
dicate that our urban Negroes are largely trapped; for
millions there can be no escape; and that while ghetto
walls cracked in some cities between 1950 and 1960 la
nearly all cities they remain tragically high.
Applying 'Segregation Index'
Using what he terms a "Segregation Index," Dr. Taeu
ber mer.sures the degree of segregation by computing the
percentage of non-whites who would have to shift from on*
block to another to create an unsegregated metropolis.
In a microscopic examination of the cenaus tracts into
which our cities are divided, Dr. Taeuber finds, for instance,
that Chicago, (92.6) is more segregated than Memphis,
(92.0); that Yonkers, N. Y., (78.1) and White Plaina, N. Y.,
(79.3) rank with Charleston, S. C., (79.5) and that the
suburban white noose is tight indeed.
Many a suburb preening an "all-American" city image,
say like Alexandria, Va., (87.8) just across the Potomac
River from Washington, (79.7) has a segregation Index
rating that only the Ku Klux Klan would cheer.
For example: both Inkster (95.0) and Pontiac (90.5) are
worse than Detroit (84.5), which Is bad enough; Compton
(84.4) and Pasadena (83.4) beat out Los Angeles (61.8);
Montclair (80.3) and Elizabeth (75.2) are more restrictive
than Newark (71.6); and Chester (87.4) is won* than Phila
delphia, (87.1).
White apologists who attempt to soft-soap Negroes with
"things-are-getting-J>etter" chants, do have a point. Things
are getting better. But it's only a decimal point. The rate
of integration in some cities is so slow, it would take 100
years to register a 10 percent improvement! This snail's
pace, common to moat northern cities makes southern school
desegregation look rapid.
Illustrations of this abound.
Norfolk Notes Small Progress
Between 1940 and 1960, Boston's index decreased hum
94.6 to 89.2—an improvement of 5.4 percent in 20 years!
Other "token gain" cities in that timespan were Buffalo,
(87.9 down to 86.5); Jersey CMiy, (79.2 down to 77.9); Phila
delphia, (88.0 down to 87.1); Cincinnati, (90.6 down to 89.0);
Minneapolis, (88.0 down to 79.3); and Norfolk, (96.0 down
to 94.6).
Incredibly, the segregation of millions of* urban Negroes
worsened m cities where the index actually increased!
The ghetto walls rose between 1940 and 1960 in Pittsburgh,
82.0 to 84.6; in Indianapolis, 90.4 to Vile; in Topeka, 80.8 to
83.5, in the North—and in most southern cities.
In Dixie, the evidence is incontrovertible that housing
segregation is worsening. Millions of rural aolorad familloa
have exchange a shanty in a cotton field for ft shade to a
slum.
Each could erupt as explosively as Los Angeles, for the
overcrowding—plus the lack of an equal chance in educa
tion, training and employment makes those "happy"
southern black citizens seethe.
Cities Playing With Fire
Even etties like Atlanta, up to 93.6 from 87.4 in 1940,
which have desegregated swimming pools, golf courses, res
taurants, and some offices, are playing with fire by allowing
Negroes'to be jammed into ghettos. And such cities are the
rule, not the exception. Here's the Taeuber report on the
South for the 1940-60 period:
Austin, 84.8 up to 93.0; Baltimore, 90.1 dkywo to 88.8;
Birmingham, 86.4 up to 92.8; Chattanooga, 84.8 up to 91.jj
Dallas, 80.2 up to 94.6; Fort Worth, 81.3 up to 94.3; Hous
ton, 84.5 up to 93.7; Jacksonville, 94.3 up to 96.9; Little
Rock, 78.2 up to 89.4; Miami, 97.9, unchanged, (and the
highest major city in the county); Nashville, 86.5 up to 91.7;
New Orleans, 81.0 up to 86.3.
Also, Norfolk, 96.0 down to 94.6; Richmond, 95.7 up to
94.8; San Antonio, 79.6 up to 90.1; Savannah, 84.2 up to
92.3; Shreveport, 90.3 up to 95.9; Tampa, 90.2 up to 94.C;
Wilmington, Del., 83.0 down to 79.8; and Winston-Salem,
82.9 up to 95.0.
One of the corollaries of high, or rising, segregation in
dexes, is the worsening communications between the raoes.
In a city like Mobile, (91.9), there will not be much occas
ion for black and white people to meet in ordinary day-to
day ways. Each race, unless changes are brought about,
will live In fear of the other; suspicion, mistrust and stereo
type i will replace trust, frankness and lbs truth
the door to demagoguery and upheaval.
Just One Encouraging Note
The sole encouraging note in Dr. Taeuber's to
that integration proceeded slightly more rapidly between
1950 and 1960 than In the previous decade—a pro Bass bopo
fully being accelerated today. In Minneapolis, the isgriga
tion index dropped two points In the former decade M by
6.7 points in the latter one.
While such gains are rare, except on the West Coast,
they remain Inadequate. In summing 19, there is not a
major U. S. city which could not erupt,as did Los Alleles.
H the threat ot violence, hanging like a sword oris oar
civilization, is to be removed, it will require freedom e t
movement for Negro citizens as well as for whites.
Hundreds ot human relations councils srs being estab
lished in suburbs the nation over to hasten the hour ot no
fuss integration. But a Federal civil ritfita act in
fls as vital as any In employment Either we tell bare to
gether as brothers or we shall parish together ss tools. ■
fair-minded white' Americans would vtow housing integra
tion as an opportunity, rather than a threat, this pmsttrf
could get on with the business ot *-~"~g its real pirabtaoto
Instead of worrying over color.