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2A —THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, OCT. 14, 1987 Class Conflict or Class Union? In his -speech at North Carolina College last week, Howard Fuller pointed his finger at the division that exists among Negroes: the separation between the Negro "middle class" and the common man. This division has existed for a long time, and is gen erally recognized for what it is. Negroes who have made a go of it, who have obtained specialized edu cation, who have gotten good white collar jobs, who have achieved a com fortable income level, have taken on the style of life and many of the attitudes of the middle class whites whom they attempt to emulate. In doing so, they have separated them selves from their own race in every respect except to erase the color of their skin. These are the people who have wanted to forget that they are Negroes localise apparently they are ashamed of the fact. The Price of Doing Wrong Wo shudder at the statement made by a young woman exchange student from the University of Wisconsin, now attending X. C. College, along with three others, that "it was quite a shock to learn that we have to be back 111 the dormitories by 11 o'clock." It is our sincere hope that the admin istration at XCC will not be moved to relinquish the 11 o'clock regulation because of the policy governing stu dents at the University of Wisconsin or any other educational institution. The argument that students should behave as adults, and lie treated as adults, sounds sensible. However, we ask in all sincerity which or what kind of adults? Oh yes, we are perfectly aware that we are running the risk of being call ed old fashioned and having other criticism hurled at us by college stu dents from every source. We would remind them, however, that we are not unaware that times change and conditions change but that the price of doing wrong never, changes. With this in mind, we take our stand be Investigate the Source ot Discrimination Sunday evening a white couple and a Negro couple stopped by a sman establishment in Durham for a snack. Alledgedly, the foursome were re fused service, not because the estab lishment refused to serve Negroes, but because Negroes and whites were not permitted to eat at the same table. Tuesday, two CAHOUNA TIMES staff members, a young white man and a young Negro woman went to this same establishment for coffee and pie in an effort to confirm discriminatory poli cies on the part of the management. They were served promptly and with courtesy. The lesson to be learned from this Getting What They Deserve If the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development finds that Durham officials have in fact been guilty of a breach of contract, as al leged by H. M, Michaux, Jr., our City Fathers will have a come-i ppance that they well deserve. From all ap pearances, the Durham City Council applied for monies to build public housing in four separate areas of the city, and having deleted three of these areas after getting HUD approval for Things You S wffign carr-ERA SR JBFESSSKR CAW REPUBLICS, AND FIRST PBEBPENT Cfj euATEMALAIwrm gq OOP amjpo ya ittU TO ESTABLISH MS OWN REOTMEL MMtVOP THE IIASSES REGARDED HM AS AgOOOijSßfflftii THCRE WERE COUNTLESS PUSIS locwemeiow^ ' » The black man must take pride in himself, and consider his fellow Ne gro to be his brother whatever his lot. In the struggle of our times, Negroes must be united, and the cement of this union is pride in being Negro. In Durham, the Bacon Street public housing issue has given rise to a grow ing dialogue between Negroes of dif ferent class position, it has given them an awareness of common concerns. Alas, Negroes of all classes have, in opposing the Bacon Street Housing Project, discovered that when the chips are down and the white power structure has decided to carry out its policy of discrimination, all Negroes are the same and must suffer the con sequences. The Bacon Street Hous ing Project, with all of its unpleasant angles, may, therefore, prove out to lie a blessing in disguise. side the administration at NCC in its efforts to steer the right course for our young people and declare to all concerned that "we shall not be moved." Ask any respectable fathers or mothers if they approve of their teen age daughters staying out until two, three or four o'clock in the morning and they will most Jikely say No. Ask any respectable young man if he ap proves of his sister or the young wo man he intends to marry keeping such late hours as mentioned above and he will most likely say No. A young woman who remains off the campus of an educational institu tion until two, three or four o'clock in the momipg may be reading the Bible, playing bridge or resorting to some other harmless, entertainment. Ex perience has taught us, however, that the facts belie such and that like Belshazzar In the book of Daniel such a young woman will eventually be "weighed in the balances and found wanting." experience is that in many instances, discrimination taking place in public eating establishments, may be the acts of individual employees, and not necessarily reflective of the manage ment's policies. Before any public complaint is made, a customer who has been refused service because of race, should contact the manager "to establish definitely that his treat ment was the result of management policies. This would also be a benefit to small businesses that are attempt ing to carry on integrated trade, in that undesirable employees can be identified and dealt with. their grant, the Council planned to build a project at the Bacon Street site, which by itself would never have been approved by the federal agency. It is our hope, therefore, that HUD will cancel its allocation to Durham, thereby putting an end to the dispute over the Bacon Street project, and re quire this to re-negotiate its contract with HUD on the basis of an open occupancy housing policy. 'THE LOVE Of I J LETTERS TO THE EDITOR L. E. Austin Publisher Carolina Times Re: Telephone conversation of Oct. 9th, 10:20 a.m. The article that I made ref erence to was on page 1, lower left column, Sept. 23, 1967. The article titled "COURT FREES BRAD EN IN SEDITION CASE" is in error over the statement that Carl Braden had been released in 1956 after being convicted of trying to overthrow the government by selling a house in an all-white neighborhood to a black fam ily. The truth of this incident -McNamara Continued from front page color, during which in the Vir ginia and Maryland areas alone the number of non-discrimi nating off-base housing units near military bases has more than trebled from 15,000 to 47,000; "Project Transition," a program to give additional job training to veterans returning to civilian life, now numbering about 750,000, a year with the help of other Federal Depart ments, including Labor, Health, Education and Welfare and the Post Office as well as a num ber of state and local agen cies; —"Project 100,000," a pro gram to accept into the mili tary service men who previous ly have been considered un qualified for military service." -Resource-Use Continued from front page yards to improve the quality of learning and living." The 1967 conference will feature addresses by prominent educa tors and consultants at the general sessions, workshops, and student-orientated pro grams. Throughout, emphasis will be upon methods, tech niques, practices, and activi ties to improve the quality of education, Speigner said. The general theme for the meeting is, "Conservation of Human Resources Through Equal Educational, Economi cal, and Political Opportuni ties." The first general session, which begins at 8 a.m., will feature a program conducted by seniors from participating high schools. Dr. Harold B. Williams, as sistant commissioner, Equal Opportunities Program, De partment of Health, Education, »nd Welfare, Washington, D. C.. will deliver the keynote address at 11 a.m. In B. N Duke Auditorium. Addressing the second gen eral session at 2 p.m. will be Dr. Kenneth Haddock, chief. Education Branch, Offiee of Civil Rights, Department of Education, and Wel fare. Consultants from the State Department of Public Instruc tion, the U. S. Office of Edu cation, Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Car olina College will participate in ten workshops beginning at 2 p.m., under the following categories, desegregation, hu man relations, science, social studies, mathematics, earth sciences, guidance, reading, and mental health. Ghettos is that Braden was convicted for plotting to blow up a Ne gro couples home.* He was sentenced to 15 years and fined. New York Times 10-2-54, page 6 and, New York Times 12-14-54, page 26. Carl Braden, has been nam ed under oath as a member of the communist party and asso ciated with the communist front organization S C E F (Southern Conference Educa tion FHind) ref. report of the Senate Internal Security Sub committee—Washington, D. C. -Voter Continued from front page equally . . . but realizes that this can only be done through the proper use of the ballot. In the years that lie ahead," he predicted, "there will be tens of thousands of Negroes running for public office bar ring no position." Mr. Patton, who came to Deer Park from Birmingham, Ala., at the invitation of Long Island NAA C P coordinator Thomas DeChalus, also report ed on the NAACP's voter re registration campaign in other parts of the nation saying, "1 challenge both major parties, Democrat and Republican, to join with us . . . the NAACP ... in this nation-wide non partisan campaign." The Association has already spent SBO,OOO on the Voter Registration campaign during 1967. -Law Continued from front page ennium, primarily because so few students were in attend ance at the school. Upon the recomemdation of Gov. Dan K. Moore, the Legis lature later restored the funds in question. The woman I like best is so old that she boasts about, in stead of concealing, her age. Do's And Don'ts Why Dress Like A Clown? Government Printing Office, 1955 p.v. Joint Legislative Committee on .Un-American Activities, State of Louisiana 4-13-6 pp. 31-38. *for the expressed purpose of creating racial strife testi mony was offered at the trial of Carl Braden concerning this purpose, (the original Supreme Court decision releasing Bra den was known as the Nelson Case). JOSEPH HIGH (Continued on 4 and SA) -Hoodwink Continued from front page Street project been submitted by itself, it would never have ~been approved .by HUD be jopusa' »t) jtfce y agency's policy not to build, or contribute to public housing in areas of large Negro concentration. While there is no evidence at the moment to suggest that Durham officials did not ad vice HUD of their action, Sil verman implied that HUD had been hoodwinked, Michaux said. Part of the problem de rives from the fact that HUD officials do not keep up with the "nitty gritty" details of what is going on in grant com munities, Silverman admitted, according to the Negro attor ney. Michaux pointed out that the Club Blvd. site should never have been included in the package deal in the first place, since the proposal of that area never got to the City Council. The Mayor, aware that residents in the a/M dis favored a public housmg pro ject, allowed the matter to drop because of lack of sup port. The Durham delegation rec ommended a "total review and renewal of negotiations with the city", and they urged in vestigation of what seems to have been a breach of contract on the part of Durham offici als. Outage Owe Published every Saturday at Durham, H C. by United Publisher*, Inc. " L. E. AUSTIN, Publisher SAMUEL L. BRIOQB Managing Editor J. ELWOOD CARTER Advertising Manager Second Class Postage Paid at Durham, N. C. 27702 SUBSCRIPTION RATES SB.OO per year plus (15c tax In N. C.) anywhere in the U.S., and Canada and to servicemen Over seas; Foreign, $7.00 per year, Single copy 20c. PUNCVAL Ornci LOCATED AT 436 E. Prrrioarw STKKBT, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27702 | THE WAY I SEE IT By DAVID W. STITH PROGRESS IN INTEGRATION? A lot of smoke has cleared since the Supreme Court's school decision of 1954. By the same token a lot of water, by the way of charges and coun ter charges, promises (mostly broken) riots, bombings, lynch ing, and down right murder, has gone under the bridge since the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Voting Rights Bill had all kinds of promises for us, but what did it really accomplish? President Truman, made a fine gesture in 1951 to inte grate the Armed Forces, but did it work? At the height of the civil rights demonsration in the early sixities red carnation wearing new Mayor R. Wense Grabarek walked the main street of Durham following his election, appointed all kinds of committees and made all kinds of promises—where have we moved since then? Not far, to be sure, let's take a look. Motels in the city of Durham (reflecting a pattern we see all across the state) still have certain rooms for the Negro guests, referred to by many of us as "colored rooms." No sign on the door of course, but maybe you would like to count the number of times your friends were and are Riven room 122, 119, or 117 at Holiday Inn-Downtown. While it is true that in most Motels and Hotels around the state Negroes can call from around the corner for accommodations and receive them, but cannot just "walk in" and get a room. Some of these Motels and Hotels have allowed individ uals to set up So-called vate Clubs" in certain plush areas of their facilities and charge membership dues. Fill out the membership applica tion for the Ambassador Club at Voyager Inn the next time you see it or try the Olympic Club at Holiday Inn-West. Of mittee or board of directors— course, the membership com those namelss, faceless insti tutions, have to accept you be fore you are permitted to join the "Club." Do they really exist? Are they just figments TELL IT LIKE IT IS By THAD GIVEN The conclusion to drawn from this week's National Education Television documentary on the "invasion of privacy" is that Americans have gotten so used to divulging information about themselves and their neighbors that they have become practi cally conditionad for self con fession and informing. There is in this country, a diminish ing sense of privacy, and the most intimate details of pri vate life are yieled up without protest for public use. The frightening thing about this is not the changing notions of what is private and what is public, but rather, the fact that huge pools of personal in formation are being accumulat ed and stored by computers for easy retrieval. The indi vidual is losing control over who has access to information about him, and the use of this information. Much of this information comes from the individual himaelf, as he fills out credit application forms, job applica tions, Income tax returns, and the like. But, a great deal of it comes from people who know the individual and woh have been questioned by in -President Continued from front page bor Council; and —John A. Nevlui, 47, a law yer. The makeup of the council ii essentially moderate. Black militants, who testified during the hearings on Washington's nomination, were hopeful of obtaining at least one member more closely aligned to their way of thinking. The reorganization of the city's government was the first reform since 1874. Washington of someone's imagination? Let's take a walk through the downtown area, into the various stores and offices. How many, if any, Negroes do you see in sales or clerical work. The management likes to talk about the number of em ployees with the firm, but the number of Negroes employed in white collar jobs is a deep dark secret. So secret that management itself doesn't even know, because there aren't any Negroes employed or there may be only one in fifty or less. The excuse given for this shortage is generally that "no Negroes have applied" or that they (Negroes) aren't "quali fied." What does the white man mean by "qualified." Let me give you an example: re cently a white city official told me the city was looking for a "qualified" Negro to manage a Housing Proejct. What were the qualifications? A Degree in Engineering wow; how ridiculous can you get? Or think of city services. Police and Fire protection par ticularly. The Police and Fire Departments in the city of Durham are both rigidly seg regated. Negro police are limit ed to downtown and the Ne gro ghetto. Negro firemen are concentrated in a single station in the heart of the Negro ghetto. Both find themselves trapoed in the ranks, no mat ter how qualified or how high ly skilled, they cannot advance into the administrative ranks. Nothing new, or startling has been said here. But It* is needed to be said again, and needs to be repeated over aflfl" ' over. We need to look very carefully at this wall of segre gation that has been built and is being maintained around us. To know that it is there—to systematically knock it down. We are facing a time when the pressures surrounding ur are once again forcing us to action. Let's not be content with promises again, but, aware of these walls of segregation, insist on equality of access and opportunity. vestigators of one kind or an other. It is more than likely that much of this information is inaccurate, but once record ed and stored in a computer's memory, it becomes fact. This, not only has the individual lost over access to infor matlon and its use, he has evtejri lost control over the ac curacy of the information. Further, with the storage of information, the past can haunt a man for the rest of his life. A youthful indiscretion, an error in judgement, a regret able mistake, can all loom up later in life to influence de cisions as to the man's char acter, qualifications, and worth. People should be much more reluctant to give Information about themselves and their neighbors. They should not al low their children to be sub jected to questionnaires without their approval. They should determine who it is that is asking questions, who will have access to the Information, and what the information is to be used for. They should be much more willing to say, "I think that is none of your business", and "if you want U» know about Mr. Jonea, go Uk him." has been called a voteless city, in thst its residents do not have Senstors and Represen tstives. Recent proposals, how ever, call for a phased repre sentation in Congress, with the eventual allotment of two Sen ators and a number of Repre sentatives based on population figures. Two-thirds of Waahlngton's 810 thousand population is Ne gro. If I said a friend had an appetitive mind, would you know what kind of mind he had?
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