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No mistake or failure is as bad as to stop and
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work day. — Anonymous
VOLUME 51 —NUMBER 41~
NORTH CAROLINA NAACP TO MEET OCT .12-15
VEP Urges Heavy Black
Voter Registrat
ATLANTA, Ga. During
a recent three-day whirlwind
tour of North Carolina, repre
sentatives of the Atlanta-based
Voter Education Project, Inc.
(VEP) urged thousands of
blacks - student and non-stu
dent, urban and rural - to
view voter registration as an
extension of the civil rights
movement of the 1960'5.
VEP Executive Director
John Lewis and Georgia State
Rep. Julian Bond told capa
city crowds at black colleges
and universities, trade schools,
high schools, city halls, and
churches throughout the state
drive to "organize the unor
ganized and register the un
registered."
The tour, coordinated by
John Edwards, director of the
North Carolina VEP in Dur
ham, included stops in Char
lotte, Greensboro, Raleigh,
Windsor, Roper, Rocky
Mount, Durham, and Danville,
Va.. with side trips through
Washington, Chowan, Perqui
mans and Martin counties.
Citing the fact that North
Carolina, with only 55.4 per
cent of its black voting age
population registered, has the
lowest percentage of black
registration of any of the
eleven southern states, Lewis
repeatedly told audiences
"there is much need for im
provement in this state."
The tour kicked off on
September 10 with a rally on
the campus of Johnson C.
Smith University in Charlotte.
Lewis told the students that
he has often been called an
"outside agitator" because of
his civil rights activities.
"But, he said, "there is
nothing wrong with agitating
if you are agitating for the
right reasons."
The former national chair
man of the Studeht Non
violent Coordinating Com
mittee (SNCC) said the "agi
tator" label was placed on
him and other members of
Distinguished
Scholar Gets Locke
BALTIMORE, Md. - Dr.
Nick Aaron Ford, the noted
Black Studies and English pro
fessor, has been appointed as
the Alain Locke Professor of
Black Studies for the 1972-73
academic year at Morgan State
College.
His appointment to the
distinguished professorship,
named in honor of the late
Howard University professor,
a pioneer of Negro literature
and art, was announced by
the College's Vice-President
for Academic Affairs, Dr. Ro
ger K. Williams. In making
the announcement of Dr. Ford,
a faculty member at Morgan
State for twenty six years,
as the Locke Professor of
Black Studies, Dr. Williams
praised Ford for his continu
ing role in the development
of the humanities at Morgan
State.
Dr. Ford, who was chair
man of the Morgan State de
partment of English for twen
ty-three years before his re
tirement from that post a year
ago, has been on leave for the
past two years completing an
evaluative study of Black Stu
dies programs in American col
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OCTOBER 7 - YOUR LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER TO VOTE
SNCC as they traveled about
the South in the 1960's trying
to break down the barriers of
racial discrimination.
He said that blacks must
now use the ballot to "lirn
this country around in 1972
or we will be forced to turn
it upside down in 1973."
Lewis and Bond were pre
sented with keys to the city
by Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem
Fred Alexander.
Lewis, who was jailed 40
times between 1960 and 1966
during the height of the civil
rights movement, told students
at North Carolina Central Uni
veraty in Durham to "use the
vote to create a new kind of
politics.
"We need an army of cou
rageous young people to re
gister 350,000 black voters,"
Lewis said.
He described rural areas
where "black people are living
in a sea of poverty. This
country can spend billions of
dollars to place men on the
moon, but it can't spend a
few dollars to place the chil
dren of God on their feet at
home.
"And while 'millions' are
allocated to the University of
North Carolina, 'peanuts' are
offered to NCCU," Lewis add
ed.
Bond called on students
throughout the state to reject
"negative definitions" of poli
tics such as "the art of the
possible and the art of com
promise."
He suggested that they
adopt a new definition of
politics - "the art of seeing
who gets how much of what
from whom. We are the who,
who haven't gotten much of
anything from you-know
who," the Georgia legislator
said.
Bond gave the students
dramatic accounts of the civil
rights movement in the South,
which began in North Caro-
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leges and universities. His re
search studies were funded
under a grant from the Na
tional Endowment for the Hu
manities.
According to Dr. Ford,
Locke, as no other Black
scholar, exemplified the true
ideas of humanistic teaching
and learning. In his forth
coming book, BLACK STU
DIES: THREAT OR CHAL
LENGE?, Dr. Ford says of
Locke: . . His efforts stimu
lated the Harlem Renaissance
and opened new opportuni
ties for young black creative
writers, artists and perfor
mers. .
The new professorial chair
is named for the late Dr.
Locke, recognized as a land
mark scholar in Black litera
ture and culture. He was a
professor of philosophy at Ho
ward University from 1912-
53.
His treatise on Black Stu
dies will provide opportunity
for colleges and universities
to compare and contrast their
programs in this area with
other programs. Institutions
in the process of formulating
plans for such programs will
be offered a wide variety of
models for consideration.
Dr. Fonl, who is the cur
rent president of the Middle
Atlantic Region of the College
English Association, said, "To
be appointed by Morgan State
... to a new professorship
created to honor such an illus
trious name as Alain Locke
is indeed an important event
in my career."
The author and-or editor
of eight books, Dr. Ford is a
graduate of Benedict (S.C.)
College, holds the M.A. and
Ph.D. degrees from the State
Univerdty of lowa. He is
married to Mrs. Ola Mae Ford,
an assistant professor on the
Morgan State English faculty.
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press on arrival at Kastrup
Airport here Sept. 28 en
route to New York. Navy
I A&T Gets Diplomat |
GREENSBORO - A&T
State University has been se
lected by the Agency for In
ternational Development
(AID) to participate in a uni
que Diplomat -in-Residence
program, designed to give re
turning Foreign Service offi
cers interaction with faculty
and students.
The first diplomat to be
assigned to A&T is Dr. William
E. Reed, former dean of the
university's School of Agri
culture. He recently returned
to the United States after
spending 11 years in AID pro
grams in Africa.
"We are extremely excited
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DR.REED
about our involvement in this
new cooperative venture with
the Agency for International
Development," said Dr. Lewis
C. Dowdy, chancellor of A&T.
"Putting our students and fa
culty members in direct con
James Rogers
Durham Housing Authority
Durham's outstanding and
national teacher of the year,
James "Jay" Rogers has been
named to the Durham Housing
Authority's Board of Commis
sioners. He will replace E.W.
Midgette, Burton School prin
cipal, whose term expired Sep
tember 30.
Rogers, a history teacher at
Durham High School, lias been
accorded many honors since
his election as National Teach
er of the year 1972. In addi
tion, he has travelled exten
sively, representing North Car
olina, speaking to many groups
in all sections of the country,
as well as serving as a judge in
many national, sectional and
area events.
A Durham native, he is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Ro
gers and attended Pearson E
lementary, Whitted Junior
High and was graduated from
Hillside High School in 1958.
His B.A. degree in History was
earned at North Carolin:: Cen
tral University. After a two
year stint in the Air Force,
Rogers underwent a program
with the Community Action
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 7,1972
Lt. (J.G.) Norris Charles (left)
of San Diego, Calif., told
newsmen, "My belief is if the
war is ended, the other priso
ners of war will be released
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tact with seasoned foreign ser
vice officers will add immea
surably to their total educa
tional development."
The Diplomat-in-Residence
Program, administered by the
Foreign Service Institute, was
first initiated in 1964 at the
Univeraty of California, the
Univeraty of lowa and the
University of Wasington.
Reed will spend a full year
at A&T and develop his own
program, including some tea
ching and seminars with fa
culty and students.
"We are supposed to serve
as resource persons, providing
information and expertise in
foreign assistance programs
and the training of foreign
'national in the United States,"
said Reed. "We shall also
pssist in upgrading of A&T's
programs in these areas."
Reed served as regional di
rector for AID in Nigeria,
deputy mission director for
Ethiopia and mission director
in Togo.
A native of Columbia, La.,
he holds the Ph.D. degree in
soil chemistry from Cornell
University. He is the first
scientist to make a soil survey
of Liberia.
Reed came to A&T from
the State Department in 1949
and served as dean of the
School of Agriculture until his
departure for Africa in 1961.
He is married to the former
Mattye Scott of Baton Rouge,
La. The Reeds have three
children.
Technicians Training Area. Ro
gers then served 3'A years as
Deputy Director of the Neigh
borhood Youth Corps for Wat
auga, Avery, Mitchell and Yan
cey Counties. Such work in
creased his interest in helping
the youth of the community.
The continued interest in
the growth and development
of young people led him to
further pursue these interests
by enrolling in the graduate
school at Appalachian State
University at Boon, N. C.
The M.A. degree in History
was awarded to Rogers in 19-
70. September, 1970 found
him at Durham High School
where he began teaching U.S.
i History and developing a Black
] Studies Course. His continued
efforts at working to better
relations between all students
won for him the honor for be
| ing selected as Durham's North
Carolina's and nationally the
youths both black and white
Roger's name was the only
I one submitted by A.C. Pled
ger, who served as chairman of
the nominating committer.
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too. I will do all in my power
to bring them home. I call
upon the American people to
help me." Other POVNs are
Wheeler Appointed To
ABA National
WASHINGTON—John H.
Wheeler, President of Mechan- »
ics and Farmers in Durham
has been appointed to a po
sition of national leadership
in the banking industry.
Wheeler was appointed to
the Urban and Community
Affairs Committee of The
American Bankers Asociation
by ABA President-elect Eu
gene H. Adams.
The ABA is the national
association of the banking
industry. Its membership to
tals some 13,000 commercial
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banks—nearly 97 per cent of
the nation's total.
The committee is concern
ed with improving the econo
mic condition of our nation's
urban areas. While the com
mittee acts as a "clearing
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CHARLESTON: W. VA.:
The Rev. Ralph Abernathy,
president of the Southern
Navy Lt. (J.G.) Mark Gartley
(right) of Dunedin, Fla., and
Aii Force Maj. Edward Elias
of Valdosta, Ga (UPI)
house" to disseminate infor
mation, it also has initiated
such programs as Mnbanc, an
industry-supported investment i
company to provide capital to
minority-owned banks; a five
year $1 billion minority lend
ing goal; black campus recruit
ing; and "key city" viats to
assist communications be
tween black and white bua
ress sectors.
Women's Peace
League Urges
Action Programs
Sixty-one delegates from
nine states and Washington,
DC. gathered for the first Bi
ennial Southeastern Regional
Conference of the Women's
International League for Peace
and Freedom at Chapel Hill
and Durham on September 29
to October 1. Hosted by the
Durham-Chapel Hill branch of
the WILPF, the delegates par
ticipated in two workshops an
alyzing the economic issues
underlying the struggle to ach
ieve peace and freedom, both
nationally and internationally.
Two resolutions calling for ac
tion programs were passed by
the southeast regional confere-
Contd. on page 6A
Chrktian Leadership Conferer.
ce, fifth from left, first row,
led a protest march Monday
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Gloster B.
Deliver Keynote Address
The 29th Annual Conven
tion of the North Carolina
State Conference of Branches,
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple will convene in this city
beginning Thursday, October
12th, with a Pre-Convention
Ministers & Church Work
Committee Meeting under the
direction of Rev. J. T. Mc-
Millan, Chairman, N. C. NAA
CP Church Work Committee
and President of the Winston-
Salem, N. C. NAACP Branch.
Special events of the Thursday
meeting will be an address
delivered by Rev. Matthew D.
MoCollom, President of the
South Carolina State Confe
rence NAACP Branches and
Pastor of Wesley United Meth
odist Church in Charleston,
S. C., at the Ministers and
Church Work Committee Lun
cheon. The Thursday activi
ties will end on Thursday even
ing with an address by Rev.
William C. Ardrey, President
of the Detroit NAACP Branch
and Pastor of the St. Paul
AME Zion Church in Detroit,
Mich.
The Theme of the Conven
tion is "Facing the Challenge
of a New Political Era." The
Convention Headquarters will
be in the Durham Hotel &
Motel. All Business Sessions
will be held at Convention
Headquarters. The Thursday
evening meeting will be held
at the Saint Mark AME Zion
Church on So. Roxboro St.,
the Rev. L. A. Miller is the
pastor.
The President, Kelly M.
Alexander, Sr., of Charlotte,
N. C. will deliver hiß annual
address to the Convention at
10:00 a.m. Friday morning.
Gloster B. Current, Direc
tor, Branches & Field Admini
stration of New York City
will deliver the Keynote Ad
dress of the Convention at the
Durham Hotel and Motel, Fri
day evening, 8:00 p.m., Oct.
13th.
The afternoon session on
Friday focus attention on In
ternal Affairs of the organi
zation featuring National
NAACP Staff members. Mrs.
Ruby Hurley, director, South
east Region, NAACP, Atlanta,
Ga., will discuss the Relation
ship of the Regional Office
to Branches and State Con
ferences; Miss Althea T. L.
Simmons, director, NAACP
Training Programs, of New
York City, will direct a Lead
ership Development & Branch
Problem Clinic; Julius E.
Williams, director, NAACP
Veterans Programs, will pro
ject an in depth analy9s as
to the returning veteran prob
lems and how to solve them;
Charles McCean, N. C. Field
Director NAACP, will discuss
Membership Techniques and
night by striking dty garbage
collectors against the city
PRICE: 20 CENTS
Fund Raising.
Additional feature* on Fri
day afternoon will be a d»-
cussaon of Food and Nutrition
—U. S. Department Agricul-
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N.C. Democratic
Women To
Hold Convention
The twelfth Annual Con
vention of N.C. Democratic
women will be held Friday
and Saturday, October 6 and
7th at the Durham Hotel-Mo
tel.
Many exciting and interest
ing activities have been plan
ned around the theme "To
gether: Old and New in 72".
Each part of the program is
designed to bring Democrats
together in a united front to
deal effectively with the cam
paign tasks ahead in order to
assure victory in November for
all Democratic candidates.
Mrs. Arthur J. Goldberg
will be the Luncheon Speaker
on Friday. She is the wife of
former Secretary of Labor,
Arthur J. Goldberg and also
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admin fart ration for failu* to
recognize their union. (UPI)