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JANUARY, FEBRUARY, 1964 THE COMPASS PAGE nve FOR THE NEW FREEDOM WiLUAM EDWARD BURGHART DuBOIS — 1868-1963 — HISTORIAN-AUTHOR YOUR HELP IS NEEDED The help of all members of the Elizabeth City State College family is urgently solicited for the successful celebration of Negro History Week (February 9-16, 1964), the theme of which is “Negro History: A Basis for the New Freedom.” It is hoped that other departments will join t h e Lighthouse and the Library in the display of appropriate exhibits. Programs commemorating this oc casion include: 1. Two All-College Assemblies: the first of which was sponsored by the Social S c i e n ce Club on February 6, honoring “Promi nent Negroes: Past and Present”; the second to be held February 13, under the auspices of the College Forum and Dis cussion Committee, featuring our own Mr. Chester Gregory discussing “Negro History as a Basis for the New Freedom.” 2. Two book reviews, under the sponsorship of the Library Com mittee: The first dealt with Louis Lomax’s The Negro Revolt, via Messrs. Joseph Freeman and Frank Pereira, (held in the Browsing Room of the Library on Sunday, February 2); the second of which will consist of a reappraisal of the works of W. B. DuBois by Mr. Frank Pereira and Miss Thelma Bynum, this taking place February 16 at 3 p.m. 3. A Vesper Service on February 9, devoted to an appreciation of the beauty of the Negro Spir ituals and other music by Negroes. This program is spon sored by the College Forum and Discussion Committee. 4. A forum-discussion on the recent demonstrations, and whether they are achieving their purpose, given in the Lighthouse on February 9, 1964, by the Light house Forum Committee. The hope is that other programs will take place during Negro History Week and that as a result of such emphases, there will be engendered in the hearts of all greater racial pride and a firm dedication to work for that “New Freedom” for which we are so fervently striving. —Frank Pereira Combat (Continued from Page 4 CoL 5) and tribulations. We are still wind- tossed. But it is out of trials and trib ulations that greatness emerges. It is through suffering that the character of a people grows. It is what we make of our experiences that counts. We are living in a stirring age. The world is growing smaller. Men are be ginning to understand and respect one another. The fight for freedom, per haps begun in the United States in the 1770’s and in France during the I790’s, has been more or less success- full in Europe, Asia, the Americas and much of Africa. The time may come when the only two peoples not entirely free will be the Negroes of the two U. S. A.’s: the Union of South Africa and the United States of America. But even in these two instances, the Zeitgeist must prevail. In short, we are striving for a re newed sense of dignity and worth: a new freedom. The struggle could be long and bitter. Some of us might be called on to make the supreme rifice. Others of us may sicken and lose faith. But those of us w h o, like the mariner on stormy seas, take the to stop and look around—study our history, if you will!—will gain that sense of confidence that can only come from such endeavors. We will be prepared to fight for, and appreci ate, THE NEW FREEDOM. This essay was written primarily for the educational benefit of the student body. The bibliography, there fore, is limited to those books which were actually used in the preparation of this essay. It is hoped that those who read this essay will be stimulated to read one or more of the books listed, "Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.” JOHN ADAMS HYMAN 1840-1891 ‘St N. C. NEGRO CONGRESSMAN Here then, is my list of books: Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations for the excerpts from Robert Frost’s “The Death of a Hired Man.” Bovill, E. W. The Golden Trade of the Moors. London: 1958. Butcher, Margaret Just. The Negro in American Culture. New York: 1956. Cash, Wilbur J, The Mind of the South. New York: 1941. Davidson, Basil. Black Mother. Bos ton: 1961. Delafosse, Maurice. The Negroes of Africa. Washington, D.C.: 1931. 'DuBois, W. E. B. The i3ouls of Black Folk. Chicago: 1903. Franklin, John Hope. From Slavery to Freedom. 2nd ed., New York: 1956. Herskovits, Melville J. The Myth of the Negro Past. New York; 1941. The Holy Bibk. Revised Standard Version. Especially Psalm CXXXVII and Proverbs, IV:7. Kerlin, Robert Thomas. Negro Poets and Their Poems. 4th ed., Wash ington, D. C.: 1933. Nevins, Allan. Gateway to History. Rev. ed.. New York: 1962. Mannix, Daniel P., in collaboration with Cowley, Malcolm. Black Cargoes. New York: 1962. The North Carolina Historical Re view, especially Vols. VII (1930), and XXXII (1955). Oliver, Roland and Fage, J. D. A Short History of Africa. Har- mondsworth, Middlesex (Eng land): 1960. *These, among others, are also avail able in inexpensive paperback editions. —Frank Pereira Complacent and calm rests the glowing tide, Wider than the heart is wide? Far deeper than the sea is deep 1 either side. Suddenly an attack of this dream— Smothers the serene, complacent thing from every side. Forcibly I battle this destiny. Yet with this enemy I sense the cruel agony. 1 dread this emity! Striking each part and seeking to conquer the whole with a poisonous I do not fear; I £ 1 bold! Triumphantly I gaze at the once-r tide, I watch the crescent color reside a corner of defeat. I spy sunset Across the golden plains. I watch etch the purple sky into flames— flames galore! Now peace reigns forever and evermore —Thelma Howard (Reprinted from the Nov. ’63 Com pass.) HARRIET TUBMAN 1821-1913 ABOLITIONIST (Continued from Page 4 Col. 4) in high schools and to do research on the history of the Negro. He found ed, in 1915, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, and PETER WEDDICK MOORE — 1858-1934 — 1st PRESIDENT OF ECSC JOHN BRUSSWURM 1779-1851 ED. FREEDOM JOURNAL published The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861. The following year marked the Association’s first publi cation of a scientific quarterly, the Journal of Negro History. Dr. Wood son was its director-editor and almost its active staff. Soon after, he was ap pointed principal of Armstrong High School in Washington, D. C., and had published another book A History of Negro Migration. Dr. Woodson was at Howard Uni versity as Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, until 1920, when he in the same capacity to West Virginia State College, at Institute, West Vir ginia. He organized and became presi dent of the Associated Publishers, to dake possible the publication the Negro not acceptable to most publishers.” During this time Wood son found time to write two books, both published in 1922: The History of the Negro Church and The Negro Our History. Soon he retired from teaching to devote himself to re search. Carter Woodson has written a number of articles for the Journal of Negro History. He has also turned out a steady stream of books all deal ing with the history of the Negro: The Negro In Our History, a junior high text; Negro Makers of History (1928), a text; and The Story of the Negro Retold (1935), a high school text. His other books include Free Negro Owners of Slaves in the United States in 1830, (1925); African Myths, (1928); The Negro Wage-Eamer (1930 with Lorenzo Greene); The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933); and African Heroes and Heroines (1939). Dr. Woodson has been honored with the Spingarn Medal, awarded him by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for outstanding achievement year of 1926, and by an LL. D. from Virginia State College in 1 1944 he was engaged in the prep aration of a six-volume Encyclopedia Africana. Dr. Woodson died suddenly at his home, April 3, 1950. As a scholar, as a founder director Negro life and History, as the found- ■editor of the scholarly Journal of Negro History, the popular Negro History Bulletin and as the initiator 1926 of the observance of Negro History Week, Woodson deserves an honored position among the greats. Compiled by —Bettye Dowdy DECORATION and circulation of valuable books of j of the Association for the Study of LUNSFORD LANE PIONEER N.C. TOBACCO MERCHANT. ABOLITIONIST
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