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. Oktkura Kakazo
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fools that have not wits enoaga to be honest.
' Benjamin Fraakfin
VOLUME 59- NUr,'.:R 37
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1981', TELEPHONE (919) 632-2913
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Roy WiHdns;''p, Dies In N.Y.
JORDAN t
Vernon Jordan
Resigns Urban
League Post
NEW YORK Roy Wilkins, "Mr. Civil'
Rights", executive director of the National Associa- v
tion for the Advancement of Colored People for 22.;
years' until his retirement . on July 3 1 977, diedv
Tuesday, September 8, at New York. University;'
Hospital from complications resulting from heart '
and kidney failure. He had been admitted to the;
hospital on August 18. V ; i ; i
As head of the NAACP, Wilkins helped to lead .
the civil rights movement to its legal and legislative
victories of the 1950's and 1960's. His knowledge of
the inner workings of government was the basis of
strategies used to guide through Congress the Civil
Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964 and the Voting
Rights At of 1965.
It was, however, the. 1954 U.S. Supreme Court
decision directing pubtic schools to desegregate that
Wilkins called his greatest victory. The desegrega
tion svlit, filed by the NAACP, embodied Wilkins'
belief in integration as the route to black progress in
the United States - a belief that sometimes put him
at odds with other civil rights activists.
Amid sometimes harsh criticisms from some sec
tors of the movement that his, approach was too
slow and deliberate and even compromising,
Wilkins remained committed to his belief that "in
tegration is the only way for a minority to go.
Separation would be suicide."
Wilkins was born August 30, 1901 in St. Louis,
Mo. His mother died when he was four, and his
father sent him, his younger sister and brother to
St. Paul, Minn., to live with an aunt and uncle.
Wilkins majored in sociology at the University of
Minnesota and was night editor of the school paper.
That helped him to land a jobrfollpwing graduation
in J 923 with the Kansas City Call, a black weekly
-newspaper.
' While still a student, Wilkins was so moved by
,'i.he news of a lynching in Duluth, Minn., that he
-jehtered the . university's oratorical contest and
,ydelivered an impassioned speech against lynching.
V That speech won the contest and Wilkins' reputa
j tion as a persuader and a civil rights advocate began
; to take shape. ! p
f - Preferring quiet diplomacy to table-pounding,
Wilkins continued his crusade against lynching, us
ing the NAACP as a forum. He left Kansas City
and began work in New York with the nation's
Oldest civil rights organization in 1931, as an assis
tant executive secretary. He was named executive
secretary in 1955. That title was later changed to ex
ecutive director. ;
"An March of 1938, when a' federal anti-lynching
bill was defeated by a 47 -day southern filibuster,
Wilkins said the federal government's system had
been "laid bare" and the lynchers "put on the
spot" as unsupportive of democracy and freedom.
"We lose," he declared, "but we win."
"Eventually, state after state, pressured and in-,
fluenced by the NAACP, enacted anti-lynching :
laws.
Wilkins logged perhaps millions of miles over the
years for the NAACP. He made speeches, wrote ar
ticles and was a valued adviser to U.S. Presidents.
7 He participated in the major civil rights marches
of the 1960's, but he disdained "black power"
because "the essence of it is separatism." Wilkins
called the separatist movement "black Jim Crow".
While Wilkins scorned those black activists he
called "the wild ones", he empathically understood
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their anger. At the NAACP convention in Min
neapolis in .July, 1971, Wilkins said blacks were .
tired of waiting so many years for change. "My;.
heart is with them 100 per cent," he said. "I just
can't join them."
Wilkins said that "the race question today is a lit-'
tie more complicated and complex than it was 25
years ago. It's economic now. It's a question of
what do we gel out of it today."
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 1 o'clc :
Friday morning, September 11, in the Commur. y
Church of New York.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Amanda Wilkins
and a nephew, Roger Wilkins. '
NEW YORK - Ver
non E. Jordau Jr., ex
ecutive director "f the
National Urban League,
Wednesday announced
his retirement from that
post effective December
31. He is to become a
partner . in , the
Washington, D.C.
branch of the Dallas law
firm of Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld
A " I contemplated a ten
year job from the begin-
torch," he said.
The National Urban
League is a non-profit,
non-partisan civil rights
organzation .head
quartered in New York.
It has chapter affiliates
across - the country,
mainly in metropolitan
areas.
In a prepared state
ment read at new con
ference, Jordan said, '"1
leave the leadership of
the Urban League with
pride jn 'what we hay?'
Another Black Child Missing In Atlanta
nine." the 46-vear-old
refuting speculation arid disappointment with the
rumors that his,, health
was reasoh,yt..''My
resignation ' is' based t on
the belief that'll is Jime
for a change, personally
and institutionally." He
said neither his health
nor the unsolved May
29, 1980 sniper attack
which felled him in FOrt
Wayne, Indiana, had
anything to do with his
decision to resign. "I feel
absolutely terrific" he
contended. "Ten years
of hard work suggests
thai it's time fo pass the
halt in progress toward
equality; sadness at leav-;
ing, my colleagues i-artd'
friends, and exhilaration
at the prospect of a new
career. I look forward to
this new challenge with a
sense of self-renewal and
excitement."
A search committee
has been appointed to
recommend a successor
to Jordan. It is expected
that a person will be
chosen by the NUL
trustee board prior to
December 31.
sent from an Atlanta'
school to her aunt's
house nearby when she.;
caused trouble, and that
the child's mother was at
work at the time,
never arrived at
aunt's house, and has
not been seen since she
lefi the school on
Wednesday, ' " ;
An all-out' search Vsj murdered children, was
he police sergeant a4 the whe" Aflama areato September 4. Williams'
whereabouts, although Welcome and Tony Aix
the taik lorce says j Hat. t
By Trellie L. Jef fers
ATLANTA The
Atlanta authorities
reported Saturday,
September 5, that
another of Atlanta's
black children is missing.
T w e 1 v e - y e a r - o 1 d
Debra Morrjs was
reported missing- when
she failed to return from.
'school; on Wedtesday,
television and radio
messages heard here each
day that warn adults
aeainst allowing
'children, without proper'
She supervision, in the
the Atlanta streets.
; ; Meanwhile, Wayne
Williams, a jprime
"suspect for two of the
previous 28 missing and
of some of the testimony
that might be given
against Williams;
however, the presiding
judge gave no ruling on
this request.
Ms. Mary Welcome,
the chief defense at
torney in the Williams
case, said that her re
quest for funds was bas
ed on i he fact that the
prosecution has received
millions o,f dollars in
contributions to carry on
its investigation and the
Williams defense team is
practically broke.
rreseniiy, w imams re
mains in his tight securi
ty jail cell, without bond,
awaiting trial, while the
search for Debra Morris
continues.
special task fortey for
Atlanta's missing f and
murdered children said
Monday, September 7,
that the task force has in
formation to conclude
that the child is a run
away, but he declined to
elaborate on the details,
stating that his office
was not allowed to com
ment further on the
evidence that it had
gathered on the missing
child.
Authorities did report
thai the girl had been
has information, 5 which
it will not discloV, of
"where she is hiding."
Because the schopls
were ; dosed for the
Labor Day holidays, it
was not possible to con
tact the school ihat the
girl attended to ascertain
ihe type of "trouble" the
girl caused, and why it
became necessary to
dismiss her unsupervised
amidst the constant
om, argued tor and
received an indefinite
postponement . . of his
triaT, originally schedul
ed for October 5.
The attorneys argued
that the original trial
date did not allow I hem
enough time to interview
the 200 witnesses that the
prosecution for the case
has against Williams.
They also requested
money from the state to
carry on an investigation .
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Andrew Woefle (I), Kraft, Inc. president and chairman of the 1981 NAACP
Corprale Campaign, and Dr. Benjamin Hooks (c), executive director of
NAACP, recently brought the campaign lu the business community of
Chicago? John H. Johnson (r), publisher of Ebony Magazine and former reci
pient of (he coveted NAACP Spingarn award, was" co-hosl of the luncheon
held al Ihe johnson Publishing Company headquarters.
BORDER
Residents Scorn Annexation
Bv Donald Marablc
The city council niyt
Tuesday night.
September 9, to hear
residents express con
cerns about Ihe proposed
annexation of an area
located southwest of
Durham, between
Durham and Chapel
Hill. The I Vt square mile
area, called .Area I., is .
one of six areas planned
to be annexed by the .ci
ty. "
Mayor Harry
Rodcnhicr sajd, "I
would like to emphasize
t h at tonight is not the
date for the annexation
to go into -effect. ."That
dale is si ill being held up
in the public works com
mitiee. We arc offering
I his lime for citizen com-.
ments." City , Manager
Barry Del Castilho.
reading from ihe North
Carolina General
Statutes, Chapter 160A.
Article 4 A, Pari 3'
(G.S.160A-45 el scq.)
said, "Annexation does
not bring the burdening
of responsibility without
compensation." The city
manager spoke of county
residents who benefit
from urban services.
' ' Fa irness did at cs when
it comes u time that the
border1 residents 'join in ,.
paying for these
services." ,' The' city
manager i ended his
speech by saying that
those people choose to
live on the border
because they know that
they can receive the ser
vices of the city.
Ms. Carolyn H. Carter
and Dwight Yarborough
presented the city's plan
for the annexation of
Area 1 . Yarborough
presented the criteria for
an area to be considered
for annexation, saying
ihal under three studies
of population. Area I
passed the qualifications
for annexation having al
least two persons per
acre. Yarborough ended
by saying that the' pro
posed dale for annexa
tion is December 31,
1981, however the city
manager is recommen
ding June. 1982 date.
John Randall, a resi
dent represent ative, fired
on Ms. Curler about the
city's" presentation ' . that
d isclosed total ;, cxpen
dit iu.es but mentioned
ihe revenues received in
annexing Area 1 . While
Ms. Carter . responded,
Randall taunted, and
Mayor Rodenhizcr brok
up whal'was becoming a
vicious argument .
Steve Maynerry. an
Area 1 resident, said that
the population figures
are not representative of
Area I. and that they are
only qualified because of
the gerrymandering of
I he Broadmoor , Apart -ment
s. Maybcrry said
thai without these apart
ments, Area T would
have a population of 1.5
persons per acre, He
then quest iohed why the
council' would want "lo
annex an area that Ls not
Black School's Nursing Exams Rates Up
uniform in population?'
Del Castilho respond
ed thai the law does not
require uniformity of
population density for
annexation.
Vernal Bonneau,
another resident, verbal
ly attacked the council
shouting he was sick of
i.i. "DOn't give me that
excuse of county
residents using city. ser
vices. There are t'ily
residents thai use our
services that we per
sonally built. If the city
.needs money then they
need lo go someplace
else other than these few
residents in Area J."
BOnnean received a
round of applause from
ihe standing-room-only
crowd.
Ms. Donna Amaya
praised the city for fire
hydrants that were pro
vided Jn the area, but
questioned that if a
timetable , d.elay was
made because of the
shortage in public safety
officers, if the city would
sell them, an "cmptv
baskel." Del Castilho
assured her y that - this
would not happeiu
Hearings for the other
six areas will ' resume
Monday.
Maps and : legal
. descriptions ' related lo
the aceas proposed for
annexation. . may be
reviewed in the Office of
the City Clerk, 'City
Hall, between 8 a.m. and
4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
By Donald Alderman
Exam figures for the
stale's three black
schools' nursing pro
gram graduates show a
significant improvement
over last year's exam
passing rates.
Figures released by the
North Carolina Board of
Nursing show North
Carolina Central Univer
sitv graduates with the
highest percentage in
crease at 56.5 12 of
23 graduates. Last year.
17.9 of NCCU nursing
program graduates pass
ed I he exam.
The passing rate at
Winston-Salem Slate
University jumped from
38. 7 last vear lo
63.3. ' At ", Norlh
Carolina A&T State
University; the nursing
program did not fare as
well, but the passing rate
improved from 19.3
last year to 33.3. Eighl
of 24 A&T nursing
graduates passed ihe ex
am while seven of eleven
graduates al WSSU passed.
The
passing rate at
WSSU is nearest to com
plying with a mandate
issued by the
Board of Governors.
The Board required that
66 of the nursing pro
gram graduates at the
ihrcc black schools pass
July's exam or face
discontinuance of the
programs.
lohn R. Jordan. Jr.,
board chairman, said in
a recent interview, that
he will recommend the
UNC continuation of the pro-
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...UNITED NATIONS -Angola's Ambassador to
Ihe United Nations, Elisio Figuerdo, addresses
special meeting of the Security Council charging
South African troops had invaded its territory inflic
ting "terrible brutalities" and emanding the council
punish Pretoria with something more. than "just
nother paper resolution.' He demanded "total and
KAmnlalaM conniinns anoin inlocac il
ceases its military attacks. UPI Photo !pa'!? .ne?Lye2L S fL
grams provided t!i i:ue
reaccredits the progiams
and there is "dramatic
improvemenr in ihe
passing rale of the pro
grams.
Reaccrednaiion ol the
program by the Board of
Nursing is also con
tingent on this year's ex
am passing rate.
NCCU and A&T have
officially requested l he
UNC Board of Gover
nors to extend the man
date time frame.
Since the mandate w as
issued in 1977, NCCU
hay instituted a new cur
riculum, according to
Dr. Johnca Kclley. nurs
ing program chairman.
She said (he mandate
lime frame does not
allow for program
reorganization and
evaluation.
. ! . " '' '
Jordan said the Board
- will consider whether ihe
time frame allows for the
progress of students
under the new program
to be examined.
Dr. Kelley said the
passing rate for students
who started under the
new curriculum is sixty
per cent. The only old
program graduate failed
the exam. -
Dr. Kclley said this
year's success reflects the
results or the new cur
riculum and other added
resources She an-
ing rate
greater.
to be even