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FAYETTEVILLE
Fayetteville State University
(FSU) celebrated its 100th
anniversary of the institution's
founding in 1867 as the
second state supported black
college in the nation. Carl T.
Rowand, distinguished colum
nist, addressed the more than
500 persons , who gathered.
Rowan spoke to th hot potato-desegregation
of black and
white colleges and causes of
the Umbo in the civil rights
movement in the U. S. Dele
gates from many universities
and colleges around the nation
converged here for the his
toric celebration Several de
cendants of the university's
founders were on hand and
honored
Calling for the preserva
tion of predominantly black
colleges,- Rowan Was critical
of Department of Health, Edti-:
cation and Welfare (HEW) en
forcement of 1 . 1973 federal
CONGRATULAT IONS jp
being cpngratulated by or.
following his address at the
"Mickey7, Michaux a recent
RALEIGH - Robert H.
Beatty, 64, a member of the
Cumberland County Citizens
Association, was one ot tne is
iciauon, was one .uj uw
C. House of Representatives
Assistant Sergeants-At-Arms,
unttt his employer determined
that he "had not learned the
limitations" that went along
Thhi. duties
hlfcw Beatty contend,
that he did know the limit.-
Eagles, jergeani-Ai-Arms,
the firing but admits Beatty
was nevet told that his worK
was unsatisfactory before he
Was fired.
Beatty said that he had
been working with blacks and,
Native Americans in Marion,
Dillon and Marlboro, S. C,
with the objective to get
federal aid from the U. S.
Department of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare for the
residents. A complaint filed
by Beatty to the office of
Civil Rights of HEW, he
said, clearly exposed the lack
nt welfare aid to the oeoole of
Cnna-essman Jenrette's dls- 1
trict. Jenrette, he claimed, got
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ln.ioucn wun ri. v,. m var
trict Congressional Rep.
Charles Rose III, who he said
in turn got in touch with
members of the General
Assembly. Both Congress
men have dented Beatty's
account of their involvement.
However, one of Jenrejtte's
staffers, Elaine Reed, left the
Congressman's employ recent
ly. Beatty said she was dis
missed because of the HEW
complaint. She could not
, be reached for comment.
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alleged Congressional involve-
Questioned . about the
supervisor,
Larry Eagles quipped, "no
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from Washington, no one from
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court decision calling for
greater desegregation of black
and white 'public supported
schools ' ' ' - , . .-; " ?
Until recently the Unt
versity of North Carolina
system (UNC) operated under
a HEW approved plan
which allowed less desegrega-
tion of predominantly white,
better financled schools than
was required of black colleges.
In 1974, HEW accepted a
UNC plan which required only
5.1 per cent enrollment of
blacks in predominantly white
colleges and 11. J per cent of
white " enrollment in black
colleges. . . '
' "There are a lot of people
who believe that you can turn
to a white institution and say
in order to meet HEW;guide-lines-,
and the Supreme Court
and somebody's decision, this
white-institution has got, to
have 11.1 per cent black stu
dents." Rowan - continued,
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sored by the League. Shown displaying the flag awarded to the town are (from
left) Mrs: Sylvia Nash, who
all All-America panel of
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Herring, III, who spoke for the Housing and Community Development Citizens
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the work of the East Tarboro Citizens League; and Town
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saying, "But
institutions to
for: the black
meet the test
its got to have 52.873 white
students, and I've never quite
figured out the arithmetic.
UNC President William C.
Friday was seated on the plat
form with Rowan. Friday met
with HEW Secretary David
Matthews of Alabama in 1974
to get a relaxation of HEW
enforcement of a 1973 court
order. Recently Friday has said
that he does not know what is
required of (he state with re
gard to black public institu
tions. Just a day before, at the
dedication of a new learning
center, FSU President, Dr.
Charles Lyons also was criti
cal of the racial percentages;
"I don't want to get hung
up on racial percentages. We
don't look at that. We look at
the students merely as people
who ' desire educational
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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA-
And
w look at what those
needs are."
, Dr. Lyons does not believe
that programs should be durmV
cated in colleges that re
located near each others He
advocates programs tailored ta
suit the heeds of the people in
the area, which he says will
lessen competition between
schools. ;
Giving his views on the
cause for slowing down of
the civil rights movement,,
Rowan pointed to three
factors. First he said, that
blacks have gone through ' a
period of disillusionment,
''that whites would never .
accept blacks as an integral
part" of this society. Second,
he said, hard times and the
recession beginning with the
Nixon and Ford years and con
tinuing to the present tirtie,
immobilized the civil rights
movement. Third, he said, that
national, state and local leader
ship have for the last several
years fostered hostile attitudes
toward blacks,
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GREENSBORO - More
than 200 black trade unionists,
friends and supporters Of Dr!
John R. Larkins particlpat ed
in a testimonial, dinner ? for
Larkins Friday, April 1 5 afthe
CosmosJJ Club ki Greensboro.. 4
: r Larkins ia ih Assistant
for Minority,; Affairs,' and
Special Projects for Governor
James Hunt. He began his
career in state government in
.1942 and has served as the
chief black advisor for the
last ten governors, except
Republican Governor James
Holshouser,
Supporters and friends
who appeard were from a
broad cross section of the
state, ' except Durham which
one observer said boycotted
the dinner. Relations have been
strained between Larkins and
several members of the
Durham Committee on the
Affairs of Black. People tor
several months, reportedly
concerning the appointment
Alex Haley, author of the
best selling "Roots," will speak
at the final session of a
scholarly conference spon
sored next week by North
Carolina Central University's
Center for International
Studies.
Historical Society before
November; Mayor Victor Q,
Manager David R. Taylor.
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April 13 in the Cabinet Room of the White House and listens as Joseph Lowery.the conference's acting prest
dent and chairman of the board, tells him that U. S. firms doing business with South Africa "negate' his human
rights policy . (UPI).
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of Ben Ruffin to be
Executive Director of the N. C.
Human Relations Commission.
Testimonials of Larkins' :
service to the state and nation
wtere given by mainly political
types, whqu have known antt1;
worked with Dr. Larkins for
some time. Included In a long
line 1 of testimonials were
Dr.' E:VB. Turner, First Vice
Chairman of the N. C.
Democratic Party who read a
poerrt to Larkins.
Unable to attend, A.
Phillip Randolph, a retired
trade unionist, and former
member of the Executive
Council of the AFL-CIO, sent
a taped message calling for
strengthening of the labor
civil rights coaltion in the
South.
Focusing on the struggle
of workers at J, P. Stevens'
Roanoke Rapids plants to
negotiate a contract, Randolph
called upon well-wishers to
support a boycott of Stevens'
" AcDttEiior
Haley will speak at 8 p.m.
Frida, April 22, in the R. L.
McDougald Gymnasium at
NCCU. Invitations and tickets
to the address on
contemporary Africa are being
distributed through the uni
versity's Center for Interna
tional studies.
The lecture will be the
concluding session of the Cen
ter's third annual conference,
which begins Thursday, April
21 . The conference will focus
on two topics: Sino-American
relations since the death of
Mao Tse-Tung and the majority
rule movement in the countries
of Southern Africa.
Speakers for the
conference include distinguish
ed students of China and
Africa, representatives of
several Asian and African coun
tries, and scholars from NCCU
and neighboring universities, as
well as several representatives
of the United States Depart
ment of State.
Djr. Golam W. Choudhury,
director of the Center for In
aernational Studies and chair
man of the department of
' political science at NCCU, has
planned the conference.
The speaker at the final
session is the author of what
may be the most discussed
book of the 1970s. "Roots"
is the history, fleshed by the
' author's imagination and
research, of Haley's maternal
ancestors.
The book traces the family
back seven generations to the
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products. "Stevens is the
most anti-union and anti
worker employer in the United
States. It has been guilty of
exploiting and oppressing its
workers; . . If we are to solve.
the1 pressing problems' of UnenvJ.
ployment- poverty and the
other ills" that beset us then
the black community and. the
labor movement must work
closely together." 1
Wilbert Williams told of A
A. Phillip Randolph's struggle
against the racism of em
ployers - including the U.
S. Government and the
AFL-CIO. For many years
Randolph was head of the
International Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters.
Trumpeting a familiar
cry of the sixties Williams said
"We cannot win the battles of
racial injustice by burning and
the looting and what-so-have
you. But by putting together
intelligence' the AFL national
staff member said, "the rights
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village of Juffure in Gambia,
West Africa, where youth
named Kunta Kinte was kid
napped into slavery. '
Haley traces his ancestor's
voyage across the Atlantic in
a slaveship, the Lord Ligonier,
to Annapolis, "Maryland, and
then to Virginia.
Succeeding genrations are
depicted in North Carolina and
Tennessee.
"Roots" was published in
August, 1 976, by Doublcday.
It was filmed for television by
David Wolpar Productions and
was shown, as the longest "spe
cial television scries yet made
in the United States, in
January of this year.
Haley himself is the son of
a college piofessor and ' a
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due citizens of the U. S. could
be shared by all." He said that
the foremost weapon to be
used against injustice is the
ballot box and the union card.
He, too. made ,a strong pitch
.SteveniNonepf ttte speakers,
from . North Carolina
mentioned the J. P. Stevens
boycott.
Wilbur Hobby, N. C.
AFL-CIO president, made the
case for a close affiliation
between labor and the civil
rights movement which cli
maxed with an impassioned
plea for the group to support
the nomination of Dan Pollitt
for a vacancy on the National
Labor Relations Board. One
problem according to Hobby
was Senator Robert Morgan s
objection to Pollitt's appoint
ment. Hobby said, "For a U.
S. Senator to not recommend
a North Carolinian is clearly an
abuse of his senatorial preo
gative." Hobby urged the
grammar school teacher. He
was born in Ithaca, New York,
and was reared in Hcnning,
Tenn. He completed two years
of college before enlisting in
the Coast Guard, where he
spent 20 years from 1939 to
1959.
He has been a published
writer since the 1940s, and be
Rcgicnal Confcroca Op lz&
Cbrch, Copssaily To Do
A Regional Conference on
Black Church and Community
will be held Friday. April 22,
(6:15 registration) NCCU (Stu
dent Union); and Saturday,
April 23, at St. Joseph's A. M.
E. Church, 2521 Fayetteville
Street. Registration is at 8:30
ajn.
Delegates from Virginia,
North Carolina and . South
Carolina will participate.
SpeakersResources Lead
ers are to be.' Rev. Melvin
Cutler, pastor, Mt. Olive
Baptist Church, Petersburg,
Vs.; Dr. Herbert O. Edwards,
Associate Professor, Duke
Divinity School; Mrs. Marian
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group to write Senator Morgan
and express their dissatisfac
tion. He said Pollitt . would
represent the working people
of the state and was opposed
by the corporate interests.
While the attendees of the
Lamms icsiimoruai were irora
across the state, there was a
distinct absence of many of the
political leaders of Durham
County and some of the other
counties that have members on
the N. C. . Black Democratic
Caucus. Larkins is Governor
Hunt's iaison with the
Caucus. Recent infighting in
the state's communities for
appointments to jobs, boards
and commissions has resulted
in an apparent split between
Larkins and blacks from
Durham.
Larkins replied to a
Sjuestion asking whether blacks
rom Durham were boycotting
the testimonial, saying, "I'm
not surprised at that! As far
came a full-time writer in
1959. He wrote for Harper's,
The Atlantic Monthly, and the
New York Times Magazine and -was
on the staffs of Playboy
and the Reader's Digest.
Haley initiated the en
during "Playboy Interviews'
feature.
Jones. Columbia, S. C; and Ms.
Willie Dell, Richmond, Va. A
registration fee of $4 per per
son (includes Conference Pac
ket and luncheon on Satur
day), will be charged. All
segments of the black
community (senior citizens,
young people, clergy and by
persons, men and women of aO
professions and areas of life,
are invited to participate,
The Conference is part of
a process leading up to a
National Consultation on the
Black Church and the Black
Community to be held in
Atlanta, Georgia - August
3-7. 1977.
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