20-THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT.. MARCH 31. 1979
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LEWISVILLE - Revival
of the Ku Lux Klan means
more than just a news
paper headline of a Klan
march in a distant city to
Mr. and Mrs. James Stowe,
a black family that recently
moved In to the western
Forsyth County
Community of Lewisville.
On two occasions, more
than twenty hooded and
robed persons, reportedly
carrying guns and clubs,
marched on the couple's
home, which is located in
a predominately white
neighborhood. A cross was
burned on the family's lawn
March 5 and then on
March 10 a cross was
burned in the yard of a
reputed klansman who
Uves in the Stowe's neighborhood-
on March 10.
On both occasions whites
clad in sheets, marched in
front of the home,
unhooded on the second
occasion. State law forbids
making one's face and
carrying arms.
Forsvth County Deputy
S.G. Hampton watched the
second cross burning. "At
this time, approximately
twenty to thirty white
males dressed in Klan attire
marched from behind the
Transou (reputed
klansman) to the Stowe
residence, stated Hamp
ton's report.
"The subjects were
marching and chanting
"White Power' and several of
the subjects were armed
with rifles, shotguns and
clubs," said Hampton.
On the second march,
James Stowe was away from
his home and Mrs. Stowe
fled the residence. Since
then the couple has
moved out of their home,
but sources say only
temporarily.
Sherriff Manley Lan
caster has ordered in
creased patois in the
neighborhood.
U.S. Attorney H.M.
"Mickey" Michaux said
the Justice Department
would not Ret involved in
the case until called in.
'The states has the laws
to deal with this situation,"
said the former legislator.
"There's a law that
prohibits people from walk
ing around armed with
masks to the terror of the
populace',"
Meanwhile the U.S.
Department of Housing
and Urban Development
has launched a probe into
the cross-burning and re
lated incidents outside the
Stowe home. Investiga
tors are trying to deter
mineif the Fair Housing
Act of 1968 has been
violated.
James Lassister, director
of fair housing and equal
opportunity for HUD's
Greensboro office, said that
the act prohibits anyone
from intimidating persons
from buying or occupying
a home because of race.
The complaint, re
marked Lassiter, has
been forwarded to the
HUD investigations unit
at the Atlanta regional
office.
The Klan' marches and
intimidation of the Stowe's
follows by a few weeks
a Klan exhibit in a Winston
Salem library. That exhibit
was protested by blacks and
whites.
Jdmos i-.Darrib'tt Okpocts Pardon For Ton,
Three VJitliin Forty-Fivo Days
RALEIGH - A march
from Charlotte to Raleigh
by an" activist , minister to
discuss the Charlotte Three
case with aides of Govern
or Hunt ended in an an
nouncement by Rev. James
Barnett that the expects
. . Hunt to act on the case
as the College representative witmn 30 to 45 days.
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Scotia campus to begin their
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Barnett's optimism was not
shared by all of the people
that went along with him to
talk with Hunt's assistant
Benjamin Ruffin and
Jack Cozort, a legal aide.
Ruffin, a former Durham
activist, and Cozort a
lawyer, did not back up
Barnett's optimism that
Hunt would act within
30-45 days, but said in a
reasonable length of
time.
The Charlotte Three
were convicted in 1972 of
burning a ridine stable m
1968.
and' author TJ. Reddy,
Dr. James ' Grant, and
chemist, and Charlie
Parker, all activists were
sentenced- to 25, 20, and
10 years, respectively, by
Charlotte Judge Frank
Snepp.. Their sentences were
the longest ever received in
North Carolina for burning
an unoccupied building. The
two witnesses against them
"were known felons who,
unknown to the jury, were
paid $4000 each by the
U.S. Justice Department for
their testimony.
After meeting with Hunt's
aides for more than an hour,
the delegation's spokeman,
Rev. Barnett said he
had "concluded that within
30 to 45 days the
Charlotte Three would be
released."
Sources said that Ruffin
urged the delegation to say
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meeting to the news media.
Barnett's statement to the
media, somewhat concilia
tory, emphasized Reddy
and Grant's achievements.
They are the only impri
soned Charlotte Three.
Charlie Parker has been
paroled.
"If the prisons are made
to rehabilitate people,
then surely ythere is no
ground to say that these
young, men have not been
rehabilitated," said Barn
ett. "Wf. T.J. Reddy is
now working on his se
cond book which should
be published pretty soon. .
He is working with the
arts and sciences. Mr.
Grant has been offered a
job teaching chemistry
at one of the Universities
in Charlotte.
"We feel that these two
men, beyond a shadow of
a doubt, if they were in
prison to be rehabilitated,
are definitely rehabilitated,
but something should be
done pretty soon," Barnett
continued.
When questioned by
newsmen about commit
ments to the delegation,
Ben Ruffin said "I haven't
promised anything. We had(
a conference, and we'
'are always glad to sit down
with people to talk about
issues and concerns we
have."
Pardon requests by Char
lotte Three Attorney James
Ferguson have been be
fore Hunt for more than
13 months. Hunt's claim
that he didn't have enough
information to make a
dicision disolved last Thurs
day. Responding to ques
tions at a weekly press
inference, Hunt said it
took a long time to col
ect all of the needed in
formation. "Some of it was re
lected in the New York
Times article that you
are aware of," Hunt con
tinued. "We did some look
ing into some of these
things ourselves." The
New York Times article
published unproven
allegations that Jim Grant
was in Wilmington at the
time of the burning of
Mike's grocery and
may have been involved.
The Wilmington Ten were
convicted and served
several years in prison for
that burning. The
sources cited by the
article's three authors
were unnamed.
Along the way to meet
with ' Hunt, Rev. Barnett's
statements were scathing
attacks upon Hunt's ad
ministration in which he
promised demonstrations
and civil disobedience
against if the Charlotte
Three were not released
within thirty days.
"If we can't get some
thing positive in thirty days
after we go in to see Ben
Ruffin, we have got to get
us us some cardborads and
put us up a city right out
here and call it the
Ten and Three City" and
sit here until Governor Hunt
calls and tells us
something," said Barnett at
a rally on the State Capitol
grounds.
At the press conference,
when, quizzed about what
steps he would take if
Hunt did not act to free
Reddy and Grant, Barnett
refused to tell his next
move. But Golden Frinks
- said his organization, the
Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference, stands
ready to bring tents to set
up an opposition govern
ment on the capitol
grounds. Frinks has
camped out on the state
capitol several times pres
sing for black demands, and .
one time for Robeson
County native Americans.
Focusing on Ruffin and
Hunt would produce
little results, said Rev. Leon
White to the capitol rally. .
"The system must be des
troyed,'' said White. "The
system has not, the system
can not, and the system .
will not be destroyed," said
White, a United Church of
Christ Minister.
White and several others
refused to meet with Ruffin
. and Cozort to discuss the
Charlotte Three case, saying
revolution is the only
answer to end the
repression and oppression of
blacks.
Rallies were held for
Barnett at several cities
along his route including
Concord, Greensbor, and
Durham. At Russell
Memoral C.M.E. Church,
about fifty blacks attended
the rally, heard speeches,
and some showed up the
next morning to walk with
Barnett to Raleigh.
One of the speakers at
Russell Memorial was Rev.
L.H. Whelchel the church's
pastor. He claimed that
the Charlotte Three and
Wilmington Ten cases will
be used by Governor Hunt
to eet black votes in 1980.'"
Barnett's march and the
rallies were sponsored by
several civil rights groups.
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Continued from page 19
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