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FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM -- Those youngsters, representing the youth of the North Carolina
State Conference of Branches, NAACP, are at the 62nd annual meeting of the organization,
Minneapolis, Minn. July 5-9. They joined other young NAACPers, from over the nation, in
getting through legislation that gives them a louder voice in the organization. Sitting in fore
front is Ronald Cunningham, Charlotte. L-r, kneeling, Steve Akers, Cleveland County; Willie
Bratcher, Alfred Alexander, Kelly Alexander, Jr., James Shands, Richard Clyburn, all from
Charlotte and Joseph Gatewood, Wadesboro; Ist row standing, Johnnie Mae Murphy, Charlotte;
Elaine Harris and Janet Meadales, Greensboro; Bettye Thompson, Maple Hill; Regina Stokes,
Roner, and Carlotta Judd, Greensboro; 3rd row, Barbara Clark, Greensboro, Robert Still, State
Youth Advisor. Charlotte Delicordo, Roseboro and Ora Featherson, Wax haw.
j INQUIRING REPORTER j
BY C. WARREN MASSENBURG
Haywood Shacklef’d Williams
The following question was posed to a ran
dom selection of black people around Raleigh
Ithis week: What is your opinion on the Ra
le: ;h School Board’s 70-30 desegregation plan
»and« the effect it will have on black schools?
Richard Shackleford, 314 Davie Street
I have been hasseling with the idea for the last two weeks.
First of all, turning Ligon into a junior high school is de
finitely a mistake. I personally think every effort should
be made to preserve it. As long as the ratio of the schools
is 70-30, black kids will always be out voted in elections be
cause there are more whites than blacks.
WHiiams, 709 t:. Martin St.
I think there should be more than 30 percent colored in
these schools.
Willie Moore, 1803 Malone Street
First of ail, I am totally against bussing for intergra
tion. I am strongly opposed to thq, 70-30 plan mainly be
cause it is eliminating all black schools and is turning
my alma mater (Ligon) into a junior high school.
Cheslev Haywood, Washington Terrace
I just can’t “dig it man.” Whites shouldn't force us into
a situation in which we lose our identity in a 70-30 situation
and lose Ligon High School too. I hope all of Raleigh will
rise up together to fight it.
Mrs. Birdena Montague, 542 Martin Street
I don't like it. I think it should be equal, 50-50. They
aren’t concerned about learning. I tell you things are bad.
There might be another depression or something. Whites
just won't do right.
Vernon Keith, 500 E. Martin Street
I don't believe in bussing. I ain’t got nothing against in
tergration,* but I don’t see no sense in carrying the kids
way across town. I’m just against the bussing part.
Mrs. Josephine Upchurch, Washington Terrace
I don't like that 70-30 plan. I don’t have any children
in school, but I have several grand children in school. I’m
concerned about all of the kids. There ought to be just as
many colored as there are white. They’re turning Ligon
into a junior high school, and I’m definitely against that.
Lawrence Collins, 308 S. East Street
If it s 50-50 it's “OK”, but this 70-30 plan is definitely
wrong. I fear the safety of bussing these kids aroltnd.
I think intergration is good to a certain extent, but when
it comes to turning Ligon into a junior high school it’s
time to STOP.
See THEY SAY P. 2)
URGE BLACKS TO VOTE - .John Lewis tn<S Julian Boad f officials of the non-partisan Voter
Education Project (VEP), pause in Isold, Mis*, to encourage Mack plantation workers to re
gister and vote. The VEP-sponsorsd Mieetseippl Voting Rights Tour includes public speaking
and local canvassing toy Lewis and Bond In a 21-county area.
M. Hayes
Tells Her
Findings
BY MARION P. HAYES
ONSLO, NORWAY—As the big
707 bird made its descent over
the seemingly endless miles of
trees, lakes and mountains,
there was a stark silence among
the passengers. This was the
first glimpse of the old world.
The more than 2 00 people had
boarded six hours earlier at
Bradley Field In Connecticut.
They were headed for Europe as
part of the 1971 Experiment in
International Living. The first
stop was Oslo, Norway.
Many of the passengers (as my
self) were communttyainbassa
dors--others were students who
were paying all or part of the
expense for the trip. We were
all, however, experimenters,
attempting to prove that people
of different qultures, back
grounds, languages, and ages
could live together. Among the
the countries included In this
group's homestays were Nor
way, Finland, Denmark and Swe
den.
For my group, 19 experi
menters and a group leader, also
was an overnight stop. Although
our stay was brief, many tilings
impressed me very much, es
pecially how modern the city is
compared to some cities in the
United States.
As we left the airport aboard
(See M. HAYES. P. 2)
Jobless
Offered
Fed. Aid
A Manpower Development and
Training Act (MDTA) project
will provide classroom-type
training for 20 jobless persons
in the Raleigh labor area. The
project has been approved by
the Departments of Labor and
Health, Education and Welfare.
The Labor Department’s Re
gional Manpower Administrator
William U. Norwood of Atlan
(See JOBLESS. F. 2)
Judge Saves Black Teachers
ww ! #*** m## **** Decision
GoodiviU Ambassador
REPORTS TO RALEIGH
THE CAROLINIAN
VOL. 30, N 0.37
Local Citizens
Alarmed About Ligon
n»rj>xj-r!> ryn-sj-n-
Job Bias Law Passed
Assembly
Kills Old
Practice
State Representative
Joy J. Johnson, a Demo
crat from Robeson
County, authored a bill
recently that is consid
ered one of the South’s
first state equal oppor
tunity lavt’s.
The North Carolina General
Assembly enacted the one-sen
tence addition to state govern
ment personnel laws Friday
without debate by the Senate. It
was later passed by the House
unanimously.
Johnson, himself, hailed the
law as “the greatest morale
booster for minorities since
the Emancipation Proclama
tion.” Saying the law is the first
of its kind in the South, Rep.
Johnson was quite excited about
his bills’ passage.
A race relations writer In At
lanta said ”1 feel certain that
this is the first such law in the
South, unless there Is some dead
one buried in reconstruction
statutes.”
The Impact of the law is
clear. There are no penalty
provisions for agencies judged
to be discriminating against
qualified job-seekers because
of race, sex or religion.
However, Johnson said the law
could lie used to open new Jobs
for minorities In government
posts.
Johnson introduced the bill
shortly after the Assembly con
vened in January. It was bot
tled up in a committee on manu
facturing and labor for a long
time when later It was given an
unfavorable report.
(See ASSEMBLY. P. 2)
CRIME
BEAT
Imm Raleigh’’ Os ft. ml
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SUITOR’S NOTE: Thi* eoUutu*
or feature is produces in the pub
lic interest with an aim toward*
eliminating It* content*. Numer
ous Individuals have requested
that they be given the considera
tion of overlooking their listing
on the police blotter. This we
would like to do. However, it is
not our position to be Judge or ju
ry. We merely publish th* fact*
at we find them reported by the
arresting officers. To keep out of
The Crime Beat Columns, merely
means not being registered by a
Follce officer In reporting hi*
Sndtngt while on duty. So sim
ply keep off the "Blotter" and
you won't b* In The Crime Beat.
SHOWS PARTS
Dorothy Lassiter 530 E. Eden
ton St, allegedly told Officer F,
L. Rountree that at 4:07 p.m,
Sunday her daughter had gone to
Smiley's Groc, (416 E. Edenton
St,, and that while there a Mr.
Massey took out his private
parts, and showed it to her.
The official Police reports in
dicated that the complainant fur
ther stated that Massey mastur
bated himself while In the child’s
presence. The report* stated
that the offense occured In the
Grocery Store, John Tommie,
Massey, U 0 N, Bloodworth St.,
wa* ‘‘hauled off* to jail for In
decent exposures, according to
the reports,
(tea CRIME SKAT, R. i)
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH, N. C., WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1971
VICTIM OF STONE THROWING - SOUTH KOREA: An
unidentified black American soldier, bleeding from the fore
head, is escorted by MPs from the scene of a stone-throw
ing battle between black soldiers and South Korean civilians.
RCA, NAACP Chari
Integration Course
One year ago a position paper was filed with
the Raleigh School Board concerning safeguards
that should be taken when schools tre fully
integrated.
The paper was prepared by the following safeguards,”
the NAACP and the Raleigh Ci
tizens Association. The group
believes that “iii order to over
come any semantic barrier, we
define ‘total Integration’ not to
mean assimilation but rather
to Include, among other matters,
the recognition that every effort
be made to guarantee the reten
tion of the cultrual identity
of black sutdents by observing
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REP. JOY JOHNSON
Durham Men
Awarded
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, Two
of the persons who received
awards at the Freedom Fund
Dinner, held Friday night, July
9, were Alexander Barnes and
W.M. Gilliam, both of Durham.
They received plaques for
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(See CHARTS, P, ?>
X InTheSweepstakes X
l| SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK |
| TERRY FURNITURE CO. |
I J “For Your Housing Needs” A
SISTER OF 'MARTIN LUTHER KING AT ST. .AUO. ■ — (Loft to right) Mrs. cKp Ist hie King
Farris, assistant professor of Education at Spelmun College and sister to the late Dr, Mr. tin
Luther King, spoke at Saint Augustine's College during the Reading Institute Friday, July 9. Others
on the picture are Dr, Thelma Roundtree, chairman of the school's division of humanities,
and adjunct professor of reading at N.C. State University, B'sco Ywicy, Jr., and Miss Volina*
Hardy, participants in the program and Mrs. Ann Alford, instructor.
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Hi School
Problem
Debated
BY CURETON JOHNSON
“We all know that ev
eryone’s main concent
here today is Ligon and
mine is too,” said Mrs.
Moitres Pridgeon of the
Raleigh Citizens Asso
ciation.
From then on ail types of
verbal lacerations were hurled
at the Raleigh School Board,
the NAACP, and several indi
(See HI SCHOOL, P. 2)
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ATT. JULIUS CHAMBERS
Hailed By
Many
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
A Federal District
Court in Oxford, Miss.,
ruled invalid, on June
23,’ a school district
requirement of a 1,000
score on the National
Teachers Examination
as a standard for hir
ing and dismissing
teachers.
In a suit brought by the Na
tional Education Association and
its affiliate, the Mississippi
Teachers Association, against
the Columbus Municipal Sep
arate School District, Judge
Orma R. Smith held that the
school district's use of theNTE
violated the Fourteenth Amend
ment because.it was discrimina
tory and arbitrary.
In the, course of his 37-page
opinion, Judge Smith said the
NTE does not measure class
room teaching performance, nor
does it measure many of the
qualities that school superin
tendents may wish to know a
bout prospective teachers. The
court said that the use of the
NTE cut-off score would bar
good as well as bad teachers
from employment.
One of the eight teachers who
had been dismissed by the Co
lumbus school district because
of a low NTE score, Jesse Jones,
had been ranked first on his
school faculty by his princi
pal. The other teachers in
cluded in the suit vere Bettye
Joe Baker, v. llli< I ouis Dillard,
Ester Harrison, Mildred Patri
cia Hubbard, Annie D. Prowell,
Albert Williams Jr., and Ca
mille Burnadette Yates.
(Se« DECISION, i* •')
WOO Ducats
Given For
inmates
About 1,000 honor grade in
mates from the North Carolina
Department of Correction, both
men and-women, will attend the
two day Pan African U.S.A. In
ternational t Track Meet at Duke
University July IC-17.
The event will be- held at Wal
lace Wade Stadium, first perfor
mances beginning at 4:30 p.m.
each day. The last event of each
day wiii begin at 7:30 p.m.
Complimentary tickets to the
track meet, first of its kind ever
staged, are being provided in
mates by the office of Governor
Robei’t W. Scott. In order to
accommodate them, a section of
1,000 seats will be roped off at
the stadium, and this will be sub
divided into blocks of 200 seats
each.
Approximately 1,000 inmates
will be in attendance each day.
They will be accompanied by
staff, and community volunteers
who have been working with in
mates of the several prison units
in a program designed to guide
their return to and re-assimi
lation as law-abiding citizens
into the communities from which
they came.
Commissioner Lee Bounds and
Deputy Commissioner George
\V. Randall expressed their ap
preciation, on behalf of the De
partment of Correction, to Gov
ernor Scott,
In making this large number
of complimentary tickets avail
able, Bounds said, Governor
(See 1,000. P. 2)