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NCTA Secretary Scores Black tiahjhx
A recent article and editorial
appeared In the Carolna Times
expressing the disgust of the
paper and the author with
the "distressful situation
involving and surrounding the
case of Mrs. Pattie B. Cotton."
The article continues and sets
forth the need for "an orga
nized effort to aid Mrs. Cotton
in her defense against the per
secution of The Halifax County
School Board. That if some
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BENNETT SPEAKER^-Whitney
M. Young, Jr., president of the
National Urban League chats,
ft S- Secretary
Address NAACP 60th Meeting
2,000 Delegates Are
Expected to Hear
Geo. Romney July 3
NEW YORK - George W.
Romney, Secretary of the De
partment of Housing and Ur
ban Development, will address
the 60th anniversary conven
tion ot the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People meeting in
Jackson, Miss., June 20 - July
5. The Cabinet member and
former Governor of Michigan
will address the 2,000 dele
gates on "Meeting the Need
for Shelter" at the July 3
afternoon session.
The convention will be
opened Monday night, June 30,
with the keynote address by
Bishop Stephen G. Spottswood,
chairman of the NAACP Board
of Directors. The following
night the 54th Spingarn Medal
will be presented to Clarence
Mitchell, the veteran director
of the Association's Washing
ton Bureau.
(See ROMNEY page 10A)
Financial Crisis Of Education To
Highlight SREB Miami Meeting
100 Prominent
Southerners To
Attend Meeting
ATLANTA - Straight talk
about higher education's "oth
er" crisis—the financial one
will highlight the Southern Re
gional Education Board's an
nual meeting Thuraday and
Friday (June 12-13) at the
Americana Hotel in Miami
Beach.
More than 100 prominent
Southerners—from higher edu
cation, state government, busi
ness and industry—will hear a
parade of distinguished speak
ers tackle major aspects of the
deepening college money pro
blem. Among the speakers:
Clark Kerr, chairman of the
Carnegie Commission on the
Future of Higher Education
and former president of the
University of California.
Howard R. Bowen, presi
dent of the University of lowa.
Governors Buford Ellington
of Tennessee, Marvin Mandel
of Maryland and Robert Scott
(See MEETING page 10A)
thing was not done in her
behalf more such cases would
result in the state making inte
gration of the public schools a
mere mockery in North Caro
lina." A final plea Is made in
the editorial for unity of black
people and for financial contri
butions from civil rights, reli
gious and fraternal organiza
tions and Individuals to provide
legal assistance for Mrs. Cotton.
While the writer of this
with graduates and well-wish
ers after delivering the Com
Durham Girl Finishes College in
3 Years; To Study Medicine
Edwina Barnett, 19, is a coed
in an academic hurry. She will
receive her bachelor's degree
with honors in June after
completing college in three
years.
Miss Barnett took an
accelerated ' program in high
school, entering college at 16.
After college she plans to enter
Johns Hopkins Medical School
for another accelerated program
which will give her a doctor of
medicine degree at 22.
During her sophomore year
she discovered she could take
more than the normal number of
credit hours "without any
trouble." Miss Barnett took an
average of 22 hours each quarter
and 2 7 hours last Winter
Quarter.
In her first quarter at Ohio
State she made a 3.2 point
average. She said, "1 blew it."
Since then she has received
better than a 3.5 each quarter,
qualifying for the President's
Scholarship Recognition Dinner.
Conducts Research
Former Principal Hillside High
Passes Following Long Illness
Last rites for Prof. Harold
M. Holmes, 68, former princi
pal of Hillside High School,
were held at St. Joseph AME
Church here, Wednesday, June
11 at 3:00 p.m. The Rev.
Lorenzo A. Lynch, pastor of
White Rock Baptist Church,
of which Prof. Holmes was a
member, officiated.
Prof. Holmes was born and
reared in Greensboro the son
of Calvin and Mrs. Ella Ash
Holmes. He attended the pub
lic schools of Greensboro,
Lincoln University of Lincoln,
Pennsylvania and Columbia
University. He served as Princi
pe of Hillside from 1948 to
1962.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Felice Holmes of Durham, one
daughter, Marian Holmes of
Washington and one son of
Morrisville, Penn.
The scripture was read by
Rev. William H. Fuller, pastor
letter knows full well that the
above mentioned paper, its
editor and staff are serious
about jthe Mod far unity
of our people and their distaste
Mr actions of racial dtssrimin%-~
tion and unequal treatment of
blacks by whites, the writer is
forced to call some astonishing
facts to the attention of the
public.
As schools desegregate Id
North Carolina more and more
mencement address at Bennett
College last week.
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MISS BARNETT
As a zoology major, she is
working on a research problem
in addition to her regulai
courses. She hopes to disprove
the theory that all of a female's
prospective egg cells are
(See FINISHES page VJ 0
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HOLMES
of Mt. Zion Baptist Church;
the litany was led by Rev. A. D.
Logan, pastor First Baptist
Church, ReWsville. Mrs. Jean
Lucas sang a solo "111 Walk
With God".
Acknowledgements were
(See HOLMES page 10A)
black educators are phaasd out
and replaced by whites. Ne«ro
administrators are Mmot
ed to aaristant principals,
placed back in the claasroom or
eliminated altogether and re
placed by whites. Negro teach
ers and some principals are
placed in desegregated situa
tions and at the "drop of a
pin" are fired, sued or trans
ferred to another system (by
superintendents agreementa).
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VOLUME 46 No. 24 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1969
LDF Wins Employment Suit
Black Factory Worker In Ala.
Factory Workers
To Get Job And 2
Years Back Salary
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama
A Federal court this week,
ruling on an employment dis
crimination suit brought by
the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc. said
that an Alabama Negro fac
tory worker is entitled to have
his old job back and nearly
two years back pay.
Peter J. Wrenn was fired
from his job at the American
Cast Iron Pipe Company in
September, 1967, shortly after
his employer learned he has
complained to the Equal Em
ployment Opportunity Com
mission about job discrimina
tion practiced by the com
pany against Negroes.
Company officials contend
ed that Wrenn, an employee
for over 20 years, was fired
because he made "libelous,
false and malicious accusations
(See WORKERS page 10A)
15 Negro Businessmen To
Operate Supermarket In D.C.
Capitol City To
Furnish Location
For New Venture
BALTIMORE, Maryland
Security Exchange Commis
sion has approved the offering
circular for a group of 15 Ne
gro ministers and businessmen
to operate a major supermar
ket in the District. The group
will operate a Super Jet Market
in the inner-city of the Dis
trict under a franchise from the
Black-owned Jet Food Cor
poration.
Capitol City Foods, Inc.,
as the group is called, orga
nized more than a year ago
and represents ministers of all
faiths and all sections of the
District. The recent SEC ap
proval of 60,000 shares of
common stock enables the
group to sell shares in their
Super Jet Market. The stock
at $5.00 per share is now be
ing sold. The site for the new
market will be announced at a
later date as soon as negotia
tions for same have been final
ized.
The Rev. Leamon White,
Chairman of the Board, stated
that the group felt that "self
help" is one way toward cur
ing the ills of the inner-city.
"W? are helping ourselves and
our people through the involve
ment in the food industry,
creating jobs and providing
training for the residents in the
dty," the Rev. White said.
White further stated "I am
excited about this business ven
ture, and know that our in
volvement will help many
(See CAPITOL page 10)
Tee often black trsifhaia sn
desegregated and placed in
areas for which they have not
been certified, then rnlsassil.
because they are out of their
field.
A more recent practice In
eliminating the black educator
"not to hire them". This sort
of practice is evident In The
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School
System. In 1966 in Chartetta,
44% of the teaching force waa
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NAACP MOTHER OF THE
YEAR—Roy Wilkins, NAACP
Executive Director, crowns the
NAACP "Mother of the Year,"
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GETS HONORARY DOCTOR
OF DIVINITY —Captain T. D.
Parham, Jr., who recently com
pleted his Foreign Assignments
returned to the United States
last week. On June 9, he re
ceived an honorary degree of
Doctor of Divinity from Ursi
nus College at Collegeville, Pa.
Local Survey To Be
Made of Jobless By
Bureau of Census
A sample of residents of
this area will be included in a
nationwide survey of employ
ment and unemployment to be
conducted during the week of
June 15 by the Bureau of the
Census, U.S. Department of
Commerce, according to
Joseph R. Norwood, Director
of the Bureau's regional office
in Charlotte.
The monthly survey is con
ducted by the Bureau of the
Census for the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor, and the infor
mation is used to calculate the
(See SURVEY page 10A) ,
black. In 1969, only 22% of
the teaching force there la
black. For the 196849 school
year Charlotte hired 722 new
educators. Only 17 of theee
were black.
A Negro teacher assignsd to
a predominately white school
runs a higher riak of belt*
eliminated on grounda of being
declared "incompetent", where
they have taught for 18 yean
(as waa a recent caae In Pitt
Mrs. Elizabeth Sadler, Char
lotte, and Mrs. Emily L. Rus
sell, Warren County; during
Hon. Henry E. Frye to Speak
At West Durham Baptist Sun.
The honorable Henry E.
Frye, of the North Caorlina
House of Representatives will
speak at the West Durham Bap
tist Church, Sunday, June 15
at the 11:00 a.m. service. Attor
ney Frye is a native of Ellerbe,
North Carolina and now makes
his home in Greensboro.
Frye is a graduate of A&T
University of Greensboro,
where he finished with honors.
His education was continued
at the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill where he
graduated from the Law School
with a Doctorate in Law.
The young Lawyer has
made several outstanding con
tributions at such an early age.
He was the first of his race to
serve as U. S. Assistant District
Attorney for the Middle Dis
Wheeler Delivers Hillside's
73rd Commencement Address
Hillside High School held Its
seventy-third commencement
exercises hen Friday evening,
June 6, at the Durham County
Stadium.
Following a concert by the
Hillside hand and the proces
sion of graduates, Rev. V. E.
Brown, pastor of Gethsemane
Baptist Church, delivered the
Invocation.
The commencement address
County) or whether they are
being dropped because of the
Aep in the average daily atten
dance, when they haw taught
for 36 years (as was the recent
caae in Lenoir Cbunty) or other
eauaee. With this being the eaee,
it ia not understandable at all,
aa to why many of the black
leach en do not see the frend
of the problem facta* them
and the need for unity among
them.
PRICE: 20 Cents
1969 Freedom Day celebration
in Raleigh Memorial Audito
rium.
trict of North Carolina. He was
Professor of Law at North
Carolina College Law School
and has been in private prac
tice for several years.
The speaker is active in
christian and religious activities.
He served as Sunday School
Teacher and Deacon at the
Providence Baptist Church.
Attorney Frye is one of the
guest speakers serving the
church during the absence of
the pastor. The Minister, Rev.
F. D. Terry, is serving with the
301 at Armor GP in Camp
Shelby, Mississippi. T»h minis
ter has been Chaplain in the
U. S. Reserve program for
eignt years and holds the ranK
of Major.
The Rev. Samuel Webb,
Associate Minister, will speak
at the 6:00 p.m. service.
was delivered by John Hi
Wheeler, president of Mechan
ics and Farmers Bank of Dur
ham.
J. H. Lucas, principal of
Hillside, along with several
members of the Board of Edu
cation, presented the more
than four hundred graduates
their diplomas.
Rev. L. A. Miller, pastor
of St. Mark AME Zk>n Church,
gave the benediction.
The raoet decreasing tkfag
of sll is that the article rafsmd
to abow makes a plea for
financial anriatawe for Mm
ftttte B. Cotton wheat than is
natty no need. Sorely Mrs.
Cotton bekMßgs to one of her
educational professional asso
ciations, The North Carolina
Teachers Aaaodatlon or The
Noeth Carolina Education As-
(See SCOMS page 10A)
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DR. CHEEK
Dr. Jas. Cheek
New President
Howard Univ.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Dr.
James E. Cheek, a 36-year-old
president of Shaw University
in Raleigh, N. C., was elected
last Thursday as president of
Howard University.
Judge Scovel Richardson of
Howard University.
Judge Scovel Richardson of
Howard Board of Trustees, said
Dr. Cheek was the unanimous
choice of the selection commit
tee and the Board.
The new president is expect
ed to assume his duties later
this summer, Judge Richardson
said.
Dr. Cheek, a scholar of theo
logical history, took over the
presidency of flhair Umreraty
in 1963 at a time when it was
on the verge of bankruptcy,
enrollment was down, financial
support was meager and educa
tional standards were so low as
to jeopardize the school's accre
ditation. The institution faced
a $280,000 debt including its
food bill. Dr. Cheek appealed
directly to community and
business leaders and in six
months raised $325,000.
Total expenditures of Shaw
in 1962-1963 amounted to
$705,133 compared with a
budgeted total this year of
$5,931,236. •
Since 1964 Shaw has com
pleted more than four million
dollars in capital construction
and development projects. Its
total assets have increased from
$2,685,000 in 1963 to
(Seek CHEEK page 10A)
N. C. Ushers to
Form Branch in
Franklin County
The North Carolina Inter
denominational Ushen Associa
tion will meet at the First
Baptist Church, on Main St.,
in Frankllnton, June 15 at
2:30 PM.
The main purpose of the
meeting, according to Mrs.
Louise Harvey, chairman of
the expansion committee. Is to
enlist and ofganize the usehrs
of Franklin ton as members of
the state organization.
In view of the influx of new
industries and the overall pro
gressive trend of Franklin
County citixena, it now seems
to be an opportune time for
the county to be represented
in the state wide association of
ushers.
The new unit will be known
as the Franklin County Ushers
Union. .
Clifton Stone of Chapel Hill
president of the state aasoth
Won and L. E. Auatia, pwstdeU
Emeritus will be b attsiMlaiw a
at the Sunday meeting.