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2A —THIS CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY. JULY I®, 1969 Durham's Tribute to Sam Jones W« trust the citizens of both races in Durham will rally to the effort being made to honor America's great basketball player, Sam Jones, at the banquet being given for him at North Carolina Central University on Thursday, July 24. As the greatest basketball player ever to come out of North Carolina Sam has, because of his gentlemanly qualities and hu mility, brought honor to his race, hit state, his alma mater and him self. The affair to be given at NCUTJ in honor of Sam will provide a splendid opportunity for many of Durham's leaders in both races to meet and know each other informally or on a social level as well as business-wise. Thus, once again the sports world will take the lead from our churches Black Men in American History "Truth crushed to earth shall rise again the eternal years of God are hers." Whether intentional or uninten tional, the ommission from the his tory books the part the Black man has played in the rise and develop ment of America to the position of the most powerful nation on earth, is now beginning to be made known as more and more demands are be ing made that the history books taught in the schools of America in clude the role of the Black man as well as others. For one hundred years the fact that 5,000 Black men or more served in the Continental Army to help this country wrest its freedom from the British Empire, and then went back into slavery, has not been made known in the history books studied in the schools of this nation. Neither has it been revealed in those same books that the first citizen to die in the Revolutianory War was a Black man, Crispus Attucks. Likewise, the fact that some 200,- 000 Black men served in the Union Army, 38,000 giving their lives, dur ing the Civil War to help preserve the nation and obtain the freedom of their own people, has practically been kept as a secret or not included in the history books generally taught in our schools. That 22 Black men won the Medal of Honor (the high est award of the nation) may also be a revelation to a majority of the .citizens of this country. Add to the above that never to be forgotten victories charge of the 'All Men Are Created Equal . . WORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 87707 1 J Symbols Of North Carolina Central University Shown above are the new aymbola of North Carolina Central University, to be uaad on univer»ity letterhead*. The seal, the block at right with the »tjnl- ImmA Baflle, replace* the old round aeal of th« college. The central "C" in the double "C" will be it red or maroon on NCCU stationery, aa will the Eagle is the aaal. The aeai wai designed by Sam Molina, inatructor in the deport i aoent of art at the college in pointing the way to interracial goodwill and fellowship. While we are on this particular point it might not be a bad idea for us to suggest to the ministers and lay leaders of our churches in Dur ham and elsewhere, an occasional exchange of pulpits, choirs and other auxiliaries. Certainly no harm can come out of such but we suspect great good instead. So, we commend those who have taken the lead in extending a much deserved honor to Sam Jones and trust that Durham, comparatively speaking, will do as much as Boston did at a similar occasion for Sam when over 12,000 persons turned out at a similar affair to pay tribute to the nation's greatest basketball star. Black Ninth and Tenth Calvaries up San Juan Hill and the heroic fight ing done by other Black troops dur ing the Spanish-American War. Then add again that over 365,000 Blade men fought in World War I and that the Bth Illinois Regiment, an all Black outfit, was awarded more com bat citations than any other regi ment in France and you will probably be amazed, if not startled or dumb founded. Now add again, that over onje mil lion Black men served in the nation's army during World. War II and that in the war now being fought in Viet nam a greater percentage of Blacks than whites contsitute the American forces and you will probably become more amazed. The mere fact that the above infor mation ,and more of equal status, has failed to be included in the his tory books being used in the nation's schools, appears to be part of a con spiracy to keep all of the people of this nation, as well as its Black citi zens, from any information that would contribute to respect from Whites or self pride and human dig nity on the part of Black citizens. But like the quotation at the be ginning of this editorial, TRUTH that has been crushed to earth iti beginning to rise and it doth not yet appear what shall be revelead about the contributions made by Blacks in the time of peace as well as in war toward the development of what is now the most powerful nation on earth. ,F— — ; , Molded America To A Better Image V ' ua^jusTicE 'tynl l * ***" f _| itcjiiafity /brjyxjrtJteliuJ MmeyuaTdoctrw* M jK Mse uere among the hijhestM JB^HV pnontiesofthiti^Qjurtm Few People Really Know Him The Two Images Of James There are two James For mans. One is the angry black man pounding the pulpit in a church, demanding of startled white parishioners $3 billion in "reparations" to finance Negro worka in America. THE OTHER man is the private Jaimes Forman. Few black men know him, and fewer white men. He can be a reasonable, articulate spokes man explaining to churchmen the rationale be hind the ''Black Manifesto," or even more patiently lec turing young black militants on the importance of under standing the U.S. economic system. t , The public James Forman is an official of the National Black Economic Develop ment Conference, which claims that white church institutions owe a great debt of money for allowing, and profiting from the oppres sion of blacks in this coun try. FORMAN the private man is 40, fat around the middle and with gray splotching his black head and bush-cut hair. He talks little arbout hiknaelf. Forman does admit to having been bom and edu cated in Chicago, having graduated from Roosevelt University there and having done graduate work at Bos ton University. HE ALSO says he was married (not to a white wo man, as some reports have said), has a son and is now divorced. He also spent four years in the Air Force and 16 months in a Veterans Aministration mental hos pital when he was in h i s 20s. He wrote a novel that never was published and later a book about a friend, 'Sammy Younge Jr.," which was the story of the first slack college student to die in the Southern civil rights movement. FORMAN like the hero of his unpublished novel went South in 1961 and joined the Student Nonviolent. Coordi nating Committee, later be coming its executive secre tary, a post he gave up to Stokely Carmichael in 1966. Until the spring of this year, Forman had dropped out of prominence. It was in April that the National Black Economic Develop ment Conference met in Detroit and adopted the Black Manifesto, which For man conceived. On May 4, Form an dis rupted Sunday services at New York's River side Cbe Carolina Cinurs PiMisM mmy Saturday at Durban, N. C. by UnU*d PubUthert, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN, Publisher CLARENCE F. BONNETTE Business Manager, J. ELWOOD GARTER. JiOoertiting Manager Second Claw Postage Paid it Durham, N. C. 27702 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 15.00 per year phis (15c tax in N. C.) anywhere in the U.S., and Canada and to" servicemen Overseas; Foreign, $7.50 per year, Single copy 20c. PMNCBVAL OMA LOCATED AT 436 E. Prmcasw STHOCT, DOUAM, NO*TH CAROLINA 27702 "CHOICE OF HOSPITAL SITE" To the Editor: Renewal area Project 4, selected by city doctors for a hospital site has been reject ed, according to the news media by the Hospital Com mission, mainly on the basis of acreage and location. The Commission has recom mended that a hospital site contain not less than 50 acres. Why are 50 or 65 acres man datory? Do we Intend to de velop a hospital or raise cotton, com, potatoes and watermelons. With reference to location, the Commission says: "We are not totally concerned with one area but with all areas." Do they mean all areas west of Mangum Street? Four hos pitals: Duke, Watts, Veterans and McPherson, are already in the same area the Consul tants have chosen for the new hospital. If they are not con cerned with one area, then East Durham, which includes Wellons Village, Betheeda and the Research Triangle, would like to see at least one hospital in its area. We must not forget the fact that we live in the Space Age. We expect to see one • of the tallest building in N.C., erected on ,Main Street in down-town Durham. Then, why cant the doctors use Project 4? Beautiful land- Church, by reading the "manifesto to the congrega tion. SINCE then, Forfman has led sit-ins at the Interdhurch Center, where the National Council of Church (NCC) ancl the national offices of other Protestant church bodies have offices; has ad dressed white congregations sometimes at their request; and attempted to drum up support for the manifesto among black churchmen. A group of black clergy men in Philadelphia donat ed SI,OOO to the conference and on July 6, the Wash ington Square Church la New York's Greenwich ViL lage became the first pre dominantly white congrega tion to contribute, giving Forman a $15,000 check at Sunday morning services. scaping must be sacrificed by the needs and facts of reality. Probably, the greatest boost to the space Age came from N. C. near Kitty Hawk, when Orville and Wilbur from Ohio, two preacher's sons, made the first plane flight -1120 feet - which has culmi nated in a trip of ober 238,000 miles or within • miles of the moon. The Commission says: "We are not totally concern with one profession but with all professions." The medicos are not being consulted. Hospi tals are built chiefly for the medical profession. Lest we forget, there can be no hos pital without the doctors and nurses. They are therefore, our first concern. Frank George Sowell I FACTS NEGRO "rS I WAS°FORMER VtCE-WESIDENT. HE Of 4« OF B THifMOST' mRBSgST* ffflJn® CAESAR'S^RC^K^^WED w jsusmuft WHITNEY M. Foundations Under Attack AT THIS TIME, when we hear so much about how im portant it is for the private sector to become involved in voluntary efforts, a major attack has been launched on organizations doing just that. Proposed changes in the tax lawg include provisions that could just about wipe out any meaningful work for social progress by foundations. . The proposals include: a five percent tax on foundation income, a ban on voter education programs, and a ban on attempts to influence government decisions. There are others, too, but these are the most damaging. The proposed tax on income would yield only about S6O million and probably cost more to collect than it would bring in. But schools, hospitals, and other beneficiaries of foundation grants would feel the pinch. And the govern ment would probably have to spend even more money to take up the slack caused by reduced foundation support of such institutions. The ban on voter education drives is totally unjustified. The creation of an informed electorate and the education of citizens to get them to register and vote is something the government itself should be doing. Instead, it's been left to foundations to support such projects. Increased Voter Apathy A democracy can only survive if its citizens take an active interest in political questions and vote. Stopping the foundations from .such activities can only increase voter apathy and nonpar.ticipation. And it might even lead some to believe ti l t social change can't be accomplished by the ballot. Preventing foundations from "influencing government decisions" is also ridiculous. It's so vague that it can be interpreted to meaa that a foundation couldn't sponsor a meeting on a social problem, for fear tlhiat a government official may attend and be "influenced." Internal Revenue regulations already on the books stop foundations from lobbying openly or giving their support to those whose major efforts are overtly political. Sample enforcement of these is enough to stop whatever abuses exist Other abuses, such as creation of private foundations as a tax dodge for the wealthy can easily be handled by whatever law or regulation is reuired. Aqnd the founda tions themselves havt proposed that a new office be set up to regulate such activity. But if the new law isn't aimed at th e minor abuse* that may exist by some fringe foundations, why has it been proposed? It appear* to be a politically inspired effort to punish foundations for their newly discovered interest in racial and urban problems. Several foundations have pioneered in voter registra tion drives among black people in urban centers and in the South. They've also supported civil rights groups and others interested in making democracy work Real Loser Ic The Country So the word has gone out among the backlashers: Pun. iah the foundations. But the real loser is the country. The major contribution foundations have made is to support new ideas and programs; the kinds of things others, especially governments, have (been unwilling to take a chance on. Without foundations, there might never {y»ve been , publio libraries, teachers pensions, better health facilities, cures for malaria and other diseases, or educational tele vision. While black people were being fire-hosed and beaten in the South, and while the government was wringing its hands trying to figure out what was to be done, foundations were tooling up to tackle the major problems affecting black people. If some foundations are atousing their tax-exempt status, regulate them. But don't punish all foundations by short sighted punitive steps that can only result in great harm to the vitally important role they play in'our national life. The phrase, "That's all there is—there isn't any more," was included in the play "Sunday," written by Horace Hodges and T. Wygney Percyval in London. Fines were imposed on bakers for short weight so they included an extra unit to Ibe dozen to be on the safe side; thus, a baker's dozen.
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