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Who Is To Be In Charge?
Racial and civil disorders, distur
bances on campus, strikes and other
social conflicts have become so com
mon today that hardly anyone pays
very much attention anymore. This
characteristic apathy overlooks one
very important fact. In each of these
confrontations, one significant ques
tion is being asked: Who is to re
main in charge?
In our cities, is it to be the police
and the constituted authority, or the
extremist groups? On campus, is it to
be the administration or the stu
dents? In our industrial and commer
cial endeavors, is it to be lalwr or
management? Who is to be in charge?
Up to this point, those is whom
authority is lawfully vested have an
swered in unison: "We arc." But what
what if they should change their
minds?
What if the police, upon receiving
a report that the law is being broken,
decided ... so what, let 'em do any
thing they want? What if the teach
ers. the professors, the school boards
decide . . . okay, let the students nin
the show? Answers to these questions
are frightening to responsible persons.
While praying that this situation will
never occur, let's examine the result
ing chaos if it did.
In our cities, there would be no
Imsiness operations; they would all
l»e looted and burned down. Every
one Mould be homeless, because the
fire departments would refuse to fight
the roaring conflagrations. Every
one would have to protect himself as
best he can. And if there would not
This month December may be
considered by many of our readers
as l>eing entirely too early to begin
reminding the million or more Black
citizens of North Carolina that an
off-year national election is slated
and will be l»eld in 1970. At stake
will be the offices of Congressmen
for hb eleven congressional districts,
members of the North Carolina Sen
ate, House of ■ Representatives, Su
perior. Court Judges, District Court
Judges, Supreme Court Judges and
Solicitors.
It is our feeling that already many
individuals in the opposite race have
in mitid becoming a candidate for
one of the several offices that will be
at stake in the off-year election,
which will begin with the Primary
to be held May 2, followed by the
General Election November 3. With
the off-year election in mind we feel
it is our bounden duty to awaken
North Carolina Black citizens to the
fact that they have a considerable
date with destiny in the off-year
election of 1970 in that they should
come up with candidates for several
of the offices that will be at stake.
As it now stands the General As
sembly of North Carolina has in it
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> AMMO. MAINS,
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CAROLINA ,OCTOROONS
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TIMED AND SOLO INTO SL>' ERV IN THE SOUTH. NB6ROSS HAD BECOME 60 WHITE BY
NTMMIXTURB THAT THESE WHITES COULDN'T PROVE WHAT THEV WERE. THE MOST ..
FAMOUS CASE WAS SALLY MUUER OP LA.,BORN IN ALSACE-LORRAINE.THE LA.SUPREME
RWNFTR O«I P I*, FINALLY PREEQ BY HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE. I
be enough guns, knives, and clubs
to go around, well, sorry about that.
Naturally, the schools would close
because the controlling . students
would declare a twelve-month holi
day while they "did they own thing."
Education would cease! Work would
cease! Robbery and lawlessness
would rapidly become the vogue. If
the situation lasted nine months,
there would be a bumper crop of
illegitimate babies, as the few re
maining mora] restraints would go
flying out the window. Government
would cease! Lawmakers simply
could not make laws for a lawless
society where enforcement would be
considered an extremist view. There
would be no taxes, and therefore no
money for national defense. All
government programs would come to.
a screeching halt. The only con
solation in such a situation is that
the boys in Viet Nam woidd come :
home if they had a home to which
they could come.
Only purposeful ignorance can
deny what is easily apparent: should
this situation ever develop, it would
mean the total destruction of this
country. Even though change
might be sorely needed in some areas,
change cannot come by rebellion.
Disrespect for lawful authority will
never answer any question, nor solve
any problems. So to the advocates of
rebellion and anarchy, the challenge
is: Stop and examine yourselves.
Stop fighting for destruction and
labeling it freedom.
The Off-Year Election
one lone Black member, Henry E.
Frye of Greensboro, who is a mem
ber of the N. C. House of Repre
sentatives from Guilford County.
Certainly the more than one million
Black citizens of this state are en
titled to and should have more repre
sentation in its General Assembly.
The same applies to other offices that
will be at stake in the off-year elec
tion of 1970. Unless this condition
is changed and Black citizens become
holders of many of the pftblic offices
from which they have been barred
approximately 100 years'. We
may find ourselves confronted with
a situation in North Carolina which
includes or involves misunderstand
ings, racial clashes and other un
pleasant situations, all of which
would be avoided, if the Black
citizens of this state were not ex-!
pected to accept a perpetual situation
of taxation without representation.
Thus we call upon the minister of
every Black church, every Black
teacher, the head of every Black fra
ternal organization, to rally to the
call and extend themselves in helping
to double the number of Black voters
in this state.
COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN A RACIST SOCIETY
*OILL HENRY JONES JR. v , AifMBIT Mti 1
WAS BORN IN BIRMINGHAM, yL&Hj 11 I lpfeJ
WENT INTO THe'aRHYASA tfffJ UJJJ |VJ M |JLoCn
r r ni
TOLD^^^UMIL^^ESmWT*
linPwW/yllMl OF W£ ELMWOOD CORP.. THAT HIS
Wlis LAST 30-DAY LEAVE., Off* LOVELY ALL-WHITE CEMETERY WAS
MARCH 6, HE SAID TO HIS MOTHER, SPECIAL. IT COULD NOT BE
% 'IFANYTHING HAPPENS TOME, JUST VIOLATED BY THE PRESENCE
TAKE ME AND BURY ME IN OF A HERO, IF THE HERO WAS BLACK'
ELMWOOD CEMETERY. " N.Y.POST
The View
From Here
By Milton Jordan
A familiar clinche is "the
chickens have come home to
roost." It means a concept has
boomeranged so to speak. In
all probability, this seems to be
what has occured in this coun
try. It goes without saying
that we live in a racist society.
That white "leaders" of Ameri
ca made this a racist society
is also an academic point. The
only Question is what are they
goingfto do now that the
chickens have come home to
roost"^
An excellent example is the
present strike by cafeteria
workers in Chapel HilL It is«4>
that, this strike js,not
spontaneous, that is, it didn't
just happen. Months and
months, maybe years of frus
trations, broken promises, and
overt racism brought about the
present explosive situation !'
Violent reprisals cannot be -
condoned, but neither can one *
condone subtle repression of '
human rights. Nevertheless, it
will be interesting to see how )•
the "white power structure"
at the university solves this -
problem of the returning
chickens.
The prevalent racial strife
in this country threatens the
fiber of the society, and is
another example of the chic
kens coming home to roost.
,One of the most significant
and potentially dangerous sit
uations now is the current
racial unrest among the armed
forces. This country's security
depends upon its armed forces.
Nuclear arsenal notwithstand
ing, there are many battles
that must be won or lost by
men. This fact in itself calls
for a loyal armed forces, work
ing as a unit. Thus, it be
comes frightening to see black
and white members of the
Army, Marine Corp., and other
breaches of service at each
other's throats.
However, as frightening as
It la, one whose eyes are
open to the facts can readily
see that the white man is be
ginning to reap the crop of dis
trust and rebellion he planted
when he refused to include
Black people hi the memorable
declaration: "We feel that all
men are created equal and en
dowed by their Creator with
certain Inalienable rights..."
Because of unwarranted pre
judice and bigotry, whites
qualified that tinging statement
with the word "white," printed
In indelible ink on the minds of
people. And for more than
200 year; whites and blacks
alike have labored under falae
assumptions, unfair reasoning
and unjust attacks and re
prisals. So now the "chickens
have come home to roost"
The very method by which'
whites have caused blacks to
"kowtow" to their tyranny
has become the impetus driv
ing blacks from under such,
dominance. Observation of the
present conditions brings to
mind a truism uttered by the
late Dr. Martin Luther King.
He said. "Americans must
learn to live together as bro
thers, lest we all die together
as foolSb" This fits our armed
forces very well, for there as in
no other segment of our
society, the security of the
many depends upon the loyal
ty of the N few.
-School
Continued from front page
tinue to fight for rights, but
that he cannot see how present
violent actions «an help achieve
their goal.
The Federal suit instituted by
the school board asked the
court to issue an injunction
prohibiting defendants from
urging pupils to bpycott class
es. It also asked that the deJ
fendants be enjoined from
threatening or intimidating pu
pils or teachers, from causing
a work stoppage by union em
ployees of the Board of Educa
tion and from intimidating
board employees to prevent
their compliance with con*
tracts.
Meanwhile, Roy Wilkins, ex
ecutive director of the NAACP,
passed through Memphis en
route to participate in a Clarks
dale, Miss., demonstration. Mr.
Wilkins said he wanted to. "ex>-
press confidence in the Negro
leadership here."
-Methodist
Continued from front page
black denominations that split
with the white church oyer 190
years ago*
. The black caucus also has de
manded' that the United Meth
odist Church take part in and!
finance black community pro
jects. And in a, move that sur
prisedl many white Methodists,
the caucus-rejected a $2 million
emergency-relief plan proposed
by the Oeneral Board of Edu
cation for the 12 predominantly
black Methodist-affiliated' col*
leges in the South. Instead;
the caucus insisted on s crash,
five-year SBOO million program
for rejuvenating these institu-'
tions. Finally, the BMCR ea-v
dorsed James Forman's highly
controversial Black ManifestO ( .
-Housing
Continued from front page
bracket to own a 12,000 hone.
Home owners will be re
quired to pay 20% of their in
come in payments, and the
government subsidizes the rest,
in sn amount which at current
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"This way," it is pointed out
by William Puraell, director of
the LIHDC Rural Housing Pro
gram, "families that would be
ineligible for $12,000 of credit
on the open market, can en
oy the pride and dignity of
home ownership, and rear
their children in an atmosphere
free of many of the.tensions
of the inner-city ghetto."
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name J* Administrative Assist**
to the President oft Great Lakes
Mutual.
A product of OWo elementary
and high schools, Mrs. Edwards
completed the executive secre
tary's course under sponsor
ship of Wayne State University
and the University of Michiagan
with honors and has had addi
tional study at Wayne Univer
sity in personnel administra
tion.
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Boosts Drive
At Voorhees
DENMARK, S. C. Voor
hees College, Denmark, re
ceived a boost to its five-year
5 million dollar development
program recently when an
anonymous donor gave the
fully accredited senior-college
a gift in the amount of $700,-
000 to aid in the construction
costs of a new library. The
United States Office of Health,
Education, and Welfare has
made available a matching
fund grant in the amount of
$300,000 for the proposed li
brary, which estimated cost
is |11.108,439. Donations are
stil needed for equipment'
and furnishings.
The two-story structure will
house 125,000 volumes, 10,000
microfilms. 3,000 sound re
cordings, and 1,200 periodi
cals. The building will seat
500 persons, covering 42,000
square feet.
The upper front level, en
cased in Georgian marble, is
expected to be the only one
of its kind in the tri-state
area. Special features of the
first floor are: circulation,
reference, and technical serv
ice departments. In addition,
4 offices, 1 typing room, 1 re
ceiving room, and a student
lounge. The second floor:'
special collection room, con
ference room, student lounge,
4 group-study rooms, 2 faculty
study rooms; 38 individual
cubicles, and a staff lounge.
"HOW TO LIVE
WITHOUT FEAR"
DBVINE FREEDOM NOW
Jesus Christ gave' himself for
oar sins to deliver us. from the
present evil sgfc; Gal. 1:4
By REV. B. A. MACK •'
My wife and I stopped in
Atlanta, Ga. last September to
visit the grave of Dr. Martin
Luther King. The epitaph on
his grave reads: "Prelfe at last,
Free at last, "Oiank God Al
mighty, I am free at last." For
the Christian that is true. If
we are in Christ, at death we
go to be with Him, we are re
moved from the evils of this
age.
No one is free unless he
knows where he is going. Life
is uncertain because of the
man evils that limit our free
dom. The future may bring
sickness or injury, fire or theft,
oppression or war. loss of per
sonal failure, and finally there
is death.
Who knows his way through
all of this? The Bible soeaks
of the time in which we live as
the present evil age,. The world
in which we live is no longer
♦he world created eood by God.
evil has entered and corrupted
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Cities Of Fear
AMONG the grimmest pictures yet painted of America
future is that set forth by th e National Commission on
. Causes and Prevention of Violence in a report issued last
.week.
.
Just look at what the Commission predicts in "a few •
more years:"
• Central business districts in the midst of decaying ,
-areas heavily guarded by police patrols, and deserted 1 at
night. . 'Jtiif']:, '
• Guarded, .Jiui&rjr buildings in the city will be "forti
fied Higher irieome group*.
• "Almost «i£versal" gjn ownership in fear-ridden,'
'suburbs, With, Vigilante groups and extremists with)
: "tremendous tarn ofries Of Weapons which could be brought
into plajt W«|| vfcjfhqut any provocation."
un on all forms of
f Like
the daitfb&6£ta»isfett.tlon in which we're headed, the Com
mission Is of reasonable, conservative men. It is
headed by Dr. Milton Eisenhower.
Many Myfhs* Are Exploded
The report also explod# s many myths about crime
and its victims. Again, like other studies in the past, it find g
that the national obsession with a "crime wave" is exag
gerated.
Crime, the report says, is primarily a big city phe
nomena, and is especially concentrated among the 15-20-
year-old age group, and repeater* constitute the bulk of
criminals. Victims of crimes tend to be poor and black
people, indicating that slums are getting less protection than
middle-class neighborhoods that scream loudest abojt "crime
in the streets."
And violent crimes such as murder, rape and assault,
are most often committed by friend s and relatives of the
victim, and often in the home, not in the street.
in
What the factual part of the report indicates is that
while crime remains a problem, it i s nowhere near the
levels that justify the hysterical response of all too many
people. The "law and order" crowd would have ug believe
that crime is rampant and none is safe and the only way to
cut down on crime is in arming citie s to the teeth and
instituting repressive measures against the poor the
minorities.
The result of such actions will be the nightmare Amer
ica the Commission wnriu against, an America in which
cities are armed fortresses in which the rich are defended
from the poor.
'We Are Closing Ourselves . . .
"We are closing ourselves into fortresses." says the Com
mission. "when collectively we should be building the gr«at,
open humane clty-societiea of which we are capable."
Pon'ts
the world's good order.
How can we free ourselves
from that? By revolution, by
legislation? Or by the methods
of modem science? I say no!
Remember my dears, the pres
ent evils are not only outside
us they are within us. they
corrupt every new situation we
create for ourselves.
But real freedom can be ex
perienced before death comes.
We are set free from the pres
ent evils through the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
We may still suffer in this
world, but the evils of the pres
ent see have lost their power
over us. They can no longer
defeat us. for we have a new
life in Jesus Christ. We are
reallv free —now- The evils of
this Hfc are often so manv that
we would be defeated if left
alone to ourselves. But Jesus
came to free us from sin. from
fear, from despair and from
evil.
To Be
EQUAL
WHITNEY M. YOUNG