Saturday, December 5,1970
Section B—6 Pages
YOUR PICTURE-NEWS WEEKLY
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The Lawyer is A Durham, N. C. Black Man
DA NANG AFLD, Repub
lic of Vietnam (7AF) Assis
tant staff judge advocate Capt.
Eric C. Michaux has had years
of practice with racial discri
mination. He's a lawyer, and
he's black.
Being the only black law
yer with the Air Force in the
Republic of Vietman makes
the Durham, N. C., native dis-
tinctive. Coupled with profes
sional skill and an impressive
trial record, that fact has
made him well known to black
and white airmen hare.
Using virtually every form
of transportation available,
Captain Michaux traveled all
over Southeast Asia, counsel
ing and defending airmen. His
travels have also taken him as
far as Okinawa and Thailand.
In his role as a trial lawyer
he has become familiar with
the subject of discrimination
and probable of racial
tension. He feels the primary
causes of these problems cen
ter on "poor management
techniques and an unknowing,
deprived individual."
"Blacks have certain rights,
as do all men," Captain
Michaux said, "and as far as I
see, they don't have all of
them yet.
"But on the other hand,
some whites complain about
reverse discrimination or
rights given to appease blacks
yet denied to whites. This,
combined with poor under
standing at the supervisory le
vel, causes racial tension," he
remarked.
An undergraduate at Bos
After Graduation from High
School, Now Recording Session
By "COUNT AUSTIN"
Not every teenager would
turn down recording and per
formance offers from New
York music figures in favor of
finishing high school.
Four young Durham men
did that last winter, but they
have now graduated from Hill
side High School and their
first record will appear in
three of Durham's largest re
cord stores Friday.
The Modulations - Larry
"Nick" Allen, Hoyal "Hoss"
Saunders, Larry "Little La"
Duncan, and Henry "Hank"
Chandelle - have been singing
together for three years, but it
has been a long way from a
talent shpw at the T. A. Grady
Community Center to a pro
fessional performance at New
York's Apollo Theatre in Har
lem.
The route was more or
less direct, though. That first
talent show appearance
"with no band or nothing,"
according to Larry Duncan -
led to more talent shows -
"we played a lot of talent
shows, and a lot of communi
ty centers before we ever got
paid," says Larry Allen.
There were paid perform
ances, the first one in Dur
ham's Barbecue Palace, before
the All-North Carolina talent
show in Rocky Mount which
sent them to the Apollo
Theatre.
CAPT. ERIC C. MICHAUX
ton University Law School
in North Carolina with help
and encouragement from two
old family friends: the late
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and Dr. Alan Knight Chal
mers, retired professor of the
ology at Boston and past pre
sident of the Legal Defense
and Educational Fund of the
NAACP.
At that time he began to
take an active interest in inte
gration and mutual coopera
tion between blacks and
whites. After graduation from
law school, both he and his
brother applied for member
ship to the North Carolina Vo
luntary Bar Association, a
state affiliate of the American
Bar Association. Previously,
no blacks had belonged to it.
Captain Michaux explained
his desire to join. "If the law
yers of a state can't sit as a
group and discuss problems,
how can we expect people
with less education to do so."
Membership privileges were
not extended and Duke Uni
versity promptly withdrew its
affiliation from the organiza
tion.
Having earned a commis
sion through the Reserve Offi
cer Training Corps program at
Boston, he entered active duty
following his admission to
practice before the North
Carolina Supreme Court. With
his active duty status he final
ly realized membership in the
American Bar Association.
Assigned to the Air Reserve
Personnel Center in Denver,
he soon earned a reputation
They were still amateurs,
however. The Apollo appear
ances were in Wednesday Ta
lent Night presentations,
where they competed with
groups from all over the na
tion for four straight weeks.
"Any group winning four
straight times is given a chance
to appear on the Apollo's re
gular bill for a week, with
professional groups, and with
pay," said Hoyal Saunders.
The regular Apollo per
formance brought music world
contacts, with record pro
ducers from such companies
as Atlantic and Motown. The
apollo Talent Nights were on
the route to stardom for such
groups as the Temptations,
the Jackson Five, and the In
truders, and for soloists like
Nancy Wilson, all of whom
won there.
The four Modulations were
offered chances to join travel
ing shows, or to record "flip"
sides for the big companies,
but they did not accept.
"Everybody had hopes of
making a record, but we de
cided to finish school before
we got the record out," Hoyal
Saunders says.
There may have been some
doubts about the wisdom of
that decision as the four re
turned to the North Carolina
club circuit, but at a clud
date in Lauringburg they met
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Ik CarfSjg tSnmg
for defending cases in which
there was a possibility of dis
crimination.
Racial problems in the mi
litary stem from the nature of
the black man and his intro
duction into the military, ac
cording to Captain Michaux.
"In some instances this is his
first discipline, but with it
comes his first freedom.. a
problem magnified here in
Vietnam."
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DR. ANDREW KOU
S. C. State Prof
Attends Meet
Of Chemists
ORANGEBURG, S. C. -
Dr. Andrew K. Koli, associate
professor of chemistry at
South Carolina State College,
will present a paper at the
American Chemical Society's
meeting scheduled for New
Orleans, La., December 2-4.
His presentation is entitled
"Reduction of Benzanthrone
by Organolithium Compounds
and Preparation of Stable
Carbonium lons."
He is a member of Ameri
can Chemical Society and The
Society of Sigma Xi.
Dr. Koli is a native of
Bombay, India. He received
his bachelor's degree from the
University of Bombay, and the
master's and doctorate degrees
in organic chemistry from
Howard University, Washing
ton, D. C.
Last year he presented a
paper at the ACS meeting, al
so. This is his third year at
S. C. State College.
Greensboro
Store Robbed
Of $20,000
GREENSBORO - Two
men robbed a Greensboro de
partment store official of more
than $20,000 in cash and checks
Monday as the merchant waa
leaving the store to go to a
bank.
Sam Holland, assistant mana
ger of Paul Rose Department
Store in Friendly Shopping Cen
ter, said he was leaving the
back door of the store about 4
p.m. when two men armed jrith
pistols stopped him. Ho told
police Hie pair ordered him to
hand over the money, then
asked him to open his coat.
The men, apparently satisfied
that Holland was not armed, let
him go back into the store.
Police said witnesses told
them the bandits drove away in
a car with a Durham license
but abandoned it only a block
away in the same shopphtf cen
ter. They said the two fled in
another car with a third man
inside.
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
| "Good Enough" |
A By DONALD LOVE X
We should take an inven
tory of ourselves to find out
our shortcomings as to why
we are not good enough for
God. To actually know how
good we should be, it is neces
sary for us to know God's
requirements or His standards
for us. We can not do what
He wants if we do not know
what He wants.
God told Adam what He
wanted, but Adam failed to
meet His demands. He had
Noah to tell the world; the
world failed but Noah obeyed
His commands. He told Lot,
Abraham's nephew, to tell a
city. The city failed.
The prophet Elijah com
plained how hard-hearted the
Isrealites were. They had
killed other prophets and
now were seeking his life. God
told Elijah, "He had seven
thousand who had not bowed
to the wishes of the Devil."
Moses desired to lead the
Isrealites into the promise
land, but it was not the plan
of God that he should. The
question - Was Moses good
enough?
Jonah found out that he
wasn't good enough until he
carried God's message to his
people.
Christ hand-picked twelve
men to school for His special
work, but Judas was not good
enough. There are many pa
triots who could be used or
mentioned.
We have had in our day re
nown men and women that 1 we
placed high on our agenda
due to their humane activities.
There was President Theodore
Roosevelt; the Kennedy bro
thers, John and Robert; Mar
tin L. King, to mention a
few. Did any or all of them
meet all of God's standards?
We have no way of knowing,
but assume that they did and
above all hope that they did.
There was a very good
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S. C. STATE LIBRARY WINS
AWARD The South Atlantic
Region of the American Insti
tute of Architects has present
ed an award of merit for de
sign of excellence to Lyle, Bis
sett, Carlyle and Wolfe, for the
NEGRO GIRL ELECTED TO HEAD
RACIALLY-TORN SCHOOL COUNCIL
NEW ORLEANS - Seven
teen-year-old Gloria Williams,
student in the Nicholls High
School in New Orleans, was
one of the students in an Eng
lish class requested by the tea
cher to write an essay upon
what they would wish if only
one wish was given to them.
Many of the children wrote on
such subjects as "Good
Government", "Peace", "End
to Pollution". Gloria simply
wrote on the subject "Bro
therly Love".
Gloria is a Negro girl. Ni
chols is a school attended by
friend of mine who was not a
Christian nor did he profess to
be. There were families he
knew that needed all the help
and support they could get.
He would go to grocery stores,
buy freat quantities of food
and spread it our between
these families. As good as he
was in this respect, was he
good enough? He knew that
he wasn't before his death. As
good as he was in his early
life, if he had let God into his
life, there is no telling how
magnifying he would have
been.
We have death in our fami
lies, our bad ones are
we seem to be shocked more.
During the waiting period be
tween the death and the
burial, most of us find joy in
drinking as though this is the
thing to do. Everything and
everyone is forgotten. The day
of the funeral and burial, our
countenance changes, we get
sad and watery eyes. As we
lineup from the house going to
the church, no one speaks.
The funeral is the climax.
Arriving home when it is
over, we go right back to our
selfish acts. I have wondered,
what affect did this death have
on a member of the family or
friend? As good as the de
ceased could have been, just
why didn't some of that good
ness rub-off on us?
As a rule any generation
refers to the earlier days as
"The good old days."' If we
so intrigued with old things
and old days, what is wrong
with the old time religion?
The song once used "I
need the old time religion,
for it's good enough for me.
I want that old time religion,
it is good enough for me.
It is good when you're dying,
it is good enough for me."
Let us say what we mean and
mean what we say. .
design of the Miller F. Whit
taker Library at South Carolina
State College.
William G. Faris, a member
of LBCAW presents 'the award
to Mrs. Lillie S. Walker, cata
log librarian at S. C. State,
white and Negro children in
equal proportions. Lately
there has been much ado at
Nichols. The Negro children
objected to the use of the con
federate flag on parades and
in the school, to the name
"Rebel" as the nickname of
the school, to the name "Re
bel" as that of the school pa
per, to the selection of all
white girls in the annual court
of queen and maids at home
coming, and at the use of Con
federate uniforms for the
band.
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FUTURE NURSE Miss Linda
Fuller, (right) student of Wayne
Community College in Golds
boro, niece of Lawrence Har
per (in wheel chair). Miss Ful
ler is aspiring to become a
nurse. The picture the two are
jholding is familiar to every
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CARPET TALK— Mrs. Dorothy
Witcher, N. C. State University
program aide, discusses carpet
samples with prospective resi
dents who will soon move into
their new Turnkey in homes
in Raleigh.
Phi Beta Sigma Conclave to Be Held in Winston
NEW YORK - To plan
and put into execution pro
grams in business, education
and social actions that are
beneficial for Blacks because
of their relevancy and accoun
tability which will bring
about a change for the better
ment of the status of Blacks
during the seventies, will be
the objectives of 1,500 dele
gates who are expected to at
tend the 56th - Anniversary
conclave of the Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity, Incorporated.
The convention, which will
convene in the Robert E. Lee
Hotel of Winston Salem,
North Carolina from Saturday,
December 26th, through Wed
nesday, December 30, 1970,
will be hosted by Delta Al
pha and Delta Sigma Chapters
of the national fraternity, lo
cated in the North Carolina
area.
S. L. Hamlin of Winston
Salem is Conclave Director
of the four day meetings.
Other Winston Salem mem
bers of Sigma who head Com
mittees charged with assisting
in the preparations for the de
liberations that will be con
ducted through general meet
ings and workships are: F.
King Thomas, co-Directors;
C. J. Washington, Registration
Chairman; J. D. Ashley, Sou
venir Program Chairman; H. E.
Staplefeet, Publicity Chairman
and George W. Allen, Presi
dent.
In announcing the general
format of the convention, Dr.
Alvin J. McNeil, National Pre
sident of the Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity, Incorporated, cha
racterized the convention's
goals as relevant to today's
happenings as Blacks press for
educational, business, political
Local, State and National
News of Interest to All
one, is offered mentioned!
by Mr. Harper. Even though I
confined to the wheel chair,
he still can smile and has an
optimistic outlook on life, j
Those caring to send a contri- |
bution to Mr. Harper, may do
by addressing your mall to 310
Bribing The Judges
MOSCOW The gov
ernment newspaper Izvestia re
ported that judges of the Soviet
Supreme Court think there is
too much bribery in Soviet
courts. The Izvestia report indi
and social goals which will ac
count for changes during the
seventies as Blacks seek to par
ticipate to their fullest capabi
lities in the American main
streams of endeavors.
Dr. McNeil also said that
William E. Doar, Jr. of New
Says Nixon Policy Hides Racism
Of Government Contractors
NEW YORK - Public
funds being paid out to
government contractors in
building and construction
trades are subsidizing racial
discrimination in employ
ment, says Herbert Hill, na
tional director of labor of the
NAACP. Writing in the cur
rent issue of Social Policy ma
gazine, Hill charges that the
Nixon administration "has
abandoned even the pretense
of enforcing federal guidelines
to implement Executive Order
11246 which progibits discri
minatory practices by govern
ment contractors."
Hill says, "High govern
ment officials who piously de
mand 'law and order' from
Black Americans are the same
public officials who refuse to
enforce the law in protecting
the rights of Black workers
against discrimination in em
ployment." This double stan
dard "mocks the law and
breeds contempt for it," says
Hill.
He says the irony of calling
for "law and order" while ig
noring illegal job bias is not
lost upon the Black citizens of
cities where their rates of un
employment and underem
ployment have reached crisis
proportions. Hill scores the
nacM: m
Baxter St., Durham, N. C.
SIGN OF THE TIMES
A s : gn on a church bul
lct!n bf>-rd in Los Anreles:
"You C~n't Shrke Hands
With a Clenched Fist."
cated Soviet courts investigat
ing bribery cases sometimes ac
cept bribes themselves.
The first Oscar was award
ed to the 1928 Paramount
movie "Wings."
York National Executive Se
cretary of Phi Beta Sigma,
hafl been named General Con
clave Chairman and Clarence
L. Townes, National Trea
surer, of Richmond, Virginia,
will serve as Treasurer of the
Conclave.
Nixon administration for "de
stroying the Philadelphia Plan"
which would "break the 'lily
white' union monopoly in the
building trades by placing
thousands of Black workers on
federal construction projects
throughout the country." He
charges that abandonment of
the Philadelphia Plan is a pay
off to the building trades
unions for their support of the
war in Indochina.
As a substitute for the
Philadelphia Plan, the U.S.
Department of Labor is pro
moting and funding so-called
"Hometown Solutions" for
government contractors which,
he says, neither establish con
tractual duties non contain le
gal sanctions. Hill asserts the
Nixon policy permits the
"hard-hats" to perpetuate
their racist policies when ful
filling government orders.
Pope Carries
Greetings to
Australians
SYDNEY, Australia
Pope Paul VI came to this
predominantly Protestant land
Monday bearing special
greetings for "all the brothers
of the Christian churches."
A slim crowd of about 4,000
was at the airport to set
him arrive from the Philip
pines.