President Nixon's Vote Proposal
Noted Historian To Speak At NCC University July 10
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DR. FRANKLIN
Dr. John Hope
Franklin Slated
For Address
Dr. John Hope Franklin,
professor of history at the Uni
venity of Chicago, will give a
public lecture in the auditorium
of the Education Building at
North Carolina Central University
at 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 10.
Dr. Franklin, one of the na
tions leading historians and
chairman of the Department of
History at the University of Chic
ago, will speak on "The Future
of Negro History."
The program is sponsored by
the Summer Institute on Negro
Uterautre and History for
College Teachers and Secondary
School Supervisors and Classroom
Teachers. It is supported by the
U. S. Office of Education
Dr. W. E. Farrison, professor ol
English at NCCU, is director of
the Instithite.
Dr. Franklin, who earned his
B.A. at Fisk and his M.A. and P.Hj
D. at Har/ard, taught at NCCU
from 1943 to 1947.
He was professor of history
at Howard University from 1947
to 1956. From 1956 to 1964 he
was chairman of the Department
of History at Brooklyn College.
He has been at the University of
Qiicago since 1964 and chairman
of the Department of History
since 1967.
(See HISTORIAN page 2A)
NAACP Holds
1969 Annual
Meet in Miss.
JACKSON, Miss. - The 60th
anniversary convention of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colbred Peo
ple, opened here Monday, June
30, and is extending through
Saturday, July 5. It win' mark
the first time that the nation's
oldest and largest civil rights
organization has held its national
conference in this heartland of
Dixie.
It will not, however, be the
first time that the Association
has held its national convention
in the Deep South. In 1920,
Atlanta was the site of the As
sociation's first national con
vention held in the South. Twice
since that time, the NAACP
has convened in the Georgia
capital-in 1951 and again in
1962. Meanwhile, national con
ventions of the NAACP have
been held in such southern
cities as Richmond, Dallas and
Houston, and in such border
cities as Baltimore, Cincinnati,
Oklahoma City, St. Louis and
Washington.
Despite the reputation of
this city and state as hard-core
segregationist, no trouble in pub
lic accommodations h antici
pated for the 2,000 delegates.
Hie best hotels and restaurants
will be open to Negro and white
dataptes alike, notwithstandng
the lack of the customary wel
come from the Mayor of the
city or the Governor of the
state. Welcojping addresses will
be delivered at the opening
(See MIBT page 2A)
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VOLUME 46 No. 27 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PRICE: 20 Cents
Dr. Ralph Abern
On Charge of Inciting Riots
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INSIDE VIEW of the Markham
and Sons Grocery, operated at
1002 Morehead Ave. Owners
and operators of the store are
Mrs. Be mice Markham and her
two sons Curtis (left) and Har
ry (center). Mrs. Markham who
is a minister and small in stat
Edgemont Community Clinic
Totally Destroyed By 2 Fires
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ANTHONY BROWN
12-Year Old Boy Saves Plapate
From Drowning at Duke Pool
Duke Park Swimming Pool
came near claiming another
drowning victim here recently
when Anthony Brown (left),
12-year-old son of Rev. and
Mrs. Jerome Brown of 1446
Maplewood Dr. was rescued
from the bottom of the swim
ming pool by a playmate, 12-
year-old Willie Taylor, son of
Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Taylor
of 1405 Maplewood Drive.
According to an account of
the near calamity as told by
WlUle, young Brown, who is
Just learning to swim ventured
too far out into the deep water
of the lake and went under
three times. When he failed to
ure, weighing just over 100
lbs., has set an example of
courage and resourcefulness for
her sons since she was deserted
by her husband several years
ago. In addition to helping
their mother with the store, the
sons sell the Carolina Times
WILLIE TAYLOR
come up Willie gave the alarm
and appealed to a lifeguard
who apparently thinking An
thony was faking, callously re
marked "Let him stay down
there 15 minutes."
It was then that Willie, who
is an experienced swimmer,
aided by his 11-year-old broth
er Barry, jumped into the wat
er and pulled Anthony from
the lake. After being given arti
ficial respiration Anthony was
rushed to the hospital where
the water was pumped out of
his lungs and he was fully
revived. Anthony is shown in
the picture thanking Willie for
saving his life.
(Photo by Purefoy
{ each week to aid their mother.
Mrs. Markham and her sons
stated to the Times represen
tative that they will appreciate
any patronage friends and visit
ors to their store may give
them.
(Photo by Purefoy)
Over $35,000
In Medical
Equipment Lost
The Edgemont Community
Clinic, Inc. housed in the Morris
Building in the 900 block of
South Angier Ave. was com
pletely destroyed by two fires
the night of June 29. The first
fire at 11:00 p.m. extensively
damaged the back of the build
ing. .Hie second fire at 4:00
the next morning gutted the
entire facility.
According to Mrs. Inez
Gooch, president of the clinic's
board of directors and resident
of Edgemont, only the medical
records and a new supplies were
saved from the fire. Over $35,
000 worth of medical equip
ment and supplies, including
S2OOO in a recently installed
dental operative, were complete
ly destroyed. The building,
valued at $14,000 will probably
not be rebuilt.
The clinic had shared the
building with Hope's Grill since
last November. The clinic was
open free of charge to the resi
dents of Edgemont every Mon
day evening, seeing 15 to 30
t»tfents a night. It offered a
wide range of medical and den
tal services on a family basis.
Flans were under way for the
clinic to expand its facilities to
the entire building on July 1.
In fact, the grill had just moved
to new facilities the day before
the fires occurred.
There was no fire insurance
on the building because repairs
to the building necessary to»
meet* fire standards, for
traunts had not been made on
the budding. In addition, these
was no fire insurance on the
contents of the clinic according
(See CLINIC page 2A)
Bond for SCLC
President Set
At $50,000
CHARLESTON, S. C. - Dr.
Ralph Abernathy, the nun
who worked 14 years with Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. as a
leader of the nonviolent move
ment, has been. arrested and
jailed in Charleston, S. C., on
a charge of "inciting a riot,"
and held under a record bond
of $50,000.
Dr. Abernathy, President of
the Southern Christian leader
ship Conference (SCLC), has
been the foremost exponent of
nonviolence since the assassi
nation of Dr. King.
On Friday night, June 20,
Dr. Abernathy led a night
march of several hundred per
sons in support of the three
month-old strike by hospital
#?ker» ,Jn Charleston. When
confronted by police, National
Guardsmen and State Troopers
on a dark street in the ghetto,
Dr. Abernathy stopped the
march and knelt in prayer.
Police interrupted the prayer,
arrested the SCLC President,
his aide Hosea Williams and
two others, sealing those ar
rested from the sitting and
kneeling marchers. It was at
this point that bricks and
stones were hurled at the law
offlcers-not by marchers
(many of whom were women),
but by persons on the fringes
of the scene.
The next day, Dr. Aberna
thy and the other Hiree pri
(See BOND page 2A)
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THE PLANNING COMMITTEE
for the Sam Jones Day to be
held at N. C. Central Univer
sity July 24 in honor of Sam
Jones, former basketball star
NAACP Washington Director Blasts President's Voting Measure
WASHINGTON, -The Nixon P reß^ nUUon of hte Administra- °*he present law's ban on , court ta of Qfigin
Administration's proposed new P">P°»l by Alton., •J**' "to* nndcoun- Un(il!r m 5
voting right. legislation ha, be.ll G ™ e ** l Wm R Mi,d ""., le " th *° 50 ■"* to «•» * tool ,otto, nontax
condemned hyCUrenc. Mitchell, «»7 populntlon
director of the NAACP Wuhto,. ComMtt*.he™, June 26. »otod ot ,
tAn Rumoii .. ... uJTT*. The NAACP s Mitckell also test- 1964 national election. Thaw FaimnX
' «*« « "-*>« to «ron, «• PHnu»ily D-p South «.«_
°° wpport ot extending the pro*to- Nbton prop»l ™,|d to
of the United Stnt. Go™" v »«»« Wfh« »f ™ d*y .ebon on of'het
—j' *-*••r-ss rrm oTrd.rrr.f~x
continue on the constructive mo ta prudential election* Under " *2** 11wn wouW
efforta we have followed." MW Administrate n the new plan, protection of the *K
Mitchell's blast followed _i,v . . . .. A k , tj burning and the slaying of the
pun wwld weaken enforcement right to vote would be tried - _
> (See OIMCTOR 2A)
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EMPLOYE HONORED—tsennie
B. Rogers, far right receives a
certificate of award from the
chairman of the North Caro
Philadelphia To Host National
Beauty Culturists Annual Meet
3rd Delaney Student in 2 Years
Named to West Point Academy
NEW YORK - Henry E
Harris, 17, senior council presi
dent of New York City's Delt
hanty High School, was appoint
ed to the Plebe class of the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point
N. Y., by Congressman Joseph
P. Addabbo of the Seventh Dis
trict, it was announced today
by Ardsley J. Donnelly, chair
man and president of the Deie
hanty Institute.
Delehanty High School thus
has the rare honor of having
three of its senior class students
appointed to U. S. Military Aca
demies in two years-a tribute
to the teaching quality of the
private high school in Queens.
Last year's appointees from
Delehanty were Stephen Rusch
muier, who will soon begin his
second year at the U. S. Navy
Academy at Annapolis, and
Michael Sawicki, who starts his
of tne nagies ana me Boston
Celtics professional team. Jones
retired from the Celtics at the
close of the season. He has
since accepted a position as
lina Employment Security Com
mission, Harry E. Kendall, far
right left, for 34 years of serv
ice with the local office. Wit
J
HARRIS
second year at West Point.
"Harris is one of 45 Negro
Plebes entering the current class
of 1400" according to Admis
sions Office Captain Edgar
Banks of the West Point Acade
(See STUDENT page 2A)
coacn at me reaerai city col
lege in Washington. Those in
the picture from left to right
R. E. Stewart, Dr. Albert Whit
ing, president of NCC Univer
nessing the presentation of the
award was Louis Berini, man
ager of the local office.
—Sun Staff Photo
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Ac
cording to Dr. Katie E. Whick
am, president of the National
Beauty Culturists' League, the
annual convention of that orga
nization-this year to be held in
the Ben Franklin Hotel in Phila
delphia, Pennsylvania-the meet
ing is more than a convention.
In addition to being the longest
meeting of any organization-It
extends from July 21st to Aug.
7th—lt is a meeting of the offi
cers, leaders and presidents from
nearly all the states in the union.
It is really a university post
graduate course in latest beauty
culture apparatus, business
'methods in beauty shop and
school operation, social con
tacts with other beauticians and
citizens of other areas and a
meeting of their own sorority.
Hie biggest feature of the
organization, now in its fiftieth
year and celebrating such, is the
school of cosmetology where
graduate and experienced beau
ticians meet and under guidance
of nationally and international
ly famous artists, see and larn
(See BEAUTY page 2A)
sity; ti. an. aucnaux, jr., james
Potter, Ben Ruflin and Jim
Green.
(Photo by Purefoy