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THE CAMPUS ECHO
Thursday, May 15, 1969
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Member
ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS press
Esther Silver EDITOR
Talulla Reid BUSINESS MANAGER
William Haley, Otis Jordan - ADVERTISING MANAGERS
Granger Martin CIRCULATION MANAGER
Winford Hooker — NEWS MANAGER
Robert Bell 1 SPORTS EDITOR
Rhonda Perry, Barbara Dorsey, Evelyn Willis TYPISTS
Evelyn Willis, Larry Johnson PROOFREADERS
REPORTERS
Barbara Wright, Granger Martin,Ronald Miller, Celia Sessoms,
Otelis Kearney, Otelia Artis. Edgar Grier, Pat Troxler, Roseline
McKinney, Michael Garrett, Alma Maxwell, Francis Majette.
Julius Small PHOTOGRAPHER
Jean Norris ADVISOR
Integration? Segregation? Or
Blacl( Determinism
The black struggle has essentially switched its primary goal
from integration to black determinism. Why did integration not
work? What about segregation? Some say that integration did not
work because it holds on to paternalistic white attitudes about
blacks, thus not really bettering the racial climate or the position
of the black man in America.
The integrationist says to the blacks, “I will accept you if you
conform to my rules.” This conforming means the black man’s
rejecting his identity (he does have one) and assuming the attitudes
of his white “master.”
The black man wants to be himself, so integration is no cure
for racial tensions. Black people are searching for themselves, try
ing to find just what is their “thing” and this cannot be done under
the integration title.
Further , we see segregation as forced separation, with no in
tention by the “ruling” class to heed to the pleas of its “subjects.
Segreation is used by those who wish to continue a lunited form of
slavery. Right now the slaves (blacks) are rebelling against this
“limited slavery” denying the superiority of their “masters. White
people in America are in the majority and control the country.
Black people therefore cannot be segregationists since they do not
wield enough power to subjugate the white populace. Whites are
the only people who can be segregationists, i.e., Lester Maddox,
George Wallace, Bull Connor, Jim Clark, etc.
Blacks have come to view integration as “a subterfuge for the
maintenance of white supremacy” and segregation as peculiar to
whites only. This being true, the blacks’ struggle has turned to black
determinism. This means that the main concern with blacks lies in
helping blacks and being prepared to do what is necessary for the
betterment of their ethnic group.
An Honest Point Of Sincerity
Perhaps no other experience in my life has been quite as
gratifying in the over-all sense of the word, as that of being editor
of the Campus Echo. I will not exaggerate and say that I have
enjoyed every minute of it, but the moments of disenchantment
that I had, have been greatly overshadowed by the wonderful sense
of accomplishment.
The voice of the students — this is the greatest obligation of
the Echo. And that it must remain. Our college paper must never
be afraid to voice the opinions of the students. If someone’s foot
is crushed, it is unfortunate but necessary. For once the Echo stops
reflecting the minds of the students, the paper has ceased to serve
its primary function.
Too soon I must leave this wonderful vantage point. The key
to this office now belongs to another. Before leaving, I would like
to thank the general student body for entrusting me with the editor
ship of the Echo. I shaU ever be grateful for what you have donfe.
The Campus Echo has maintained continuous praises this year.
The credit for this must however be given to a faithful few who
have devoted so much of their time and energy to the paper. I am
grateful beyond the point of sincerity for their invaluable contri
butions toward making this year a successful one for the Echo.
It is appropriate to call to the readers’ attention and at the
same time to thank personally those people who helped me to pro
duce this newspaper. Talulla Reid, the business manager, tamed
our extravagances and has always been willing to cooperate. Mike
Garrett, Ronald Miller, Otis Jordan, have spent many hours in their
endeavor to obtain and present the news. Alma Maxwell and Fran
cis Majette stayed with the Echo until practice teaching called them.
Emma King adequately handled the typing. I am also grateful' to
Granger Martin who spent many hours carting newspapers across
the campus. Thanks also goes to the girls who lived on main floor
South of New Residence Dorm. These girls were my hallmates and
never did complain of my typing into the wee hours of the morning.
I will never cease being thankful for what the Echo has done
for me. Serving as editor has been a fortunate privilege, one which
has already shaped to some extent my future.
To the next year’s Echo administration, I wish luck, success,
and an exciting year.
The inevitable is now; with regret, I print the last Echo words.
Although these last words are typed reluctantly, they are sincere.
OPEN HOUSING
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From “DE TOCQUEVILLE’S AMERICA REVISITED:”
A Graphic Commentary by Joaquin de Alba
THE NEW NEGKO EXPLAINED
Within the last 18 years there
has emerged rapidly on the face
of America a “New Negro.” No
longer is he willing to accept
the norms, values and education
of a society that has for centur
ies excluded him from its con
fines, and in fact made and con
sidered him less than a man.
This “New Negro” is tired of
accepting handouts and left
overs as payment for diligent,
painstaking, backbreaking work
for a society that regards him as
being one step away from bar
barism. He has shaken off the
shuffling, grinning, “yes suh
boss” garb of his ancestors. In
stead, he is saying “Look, White
America, I have arrived. I am
myself. I am black and beauti
ful. Nothing can stop me now!”
This “New Negro’s” voca
bulary does not include the
word “wait.” For too long he
has been waiting. He closes his
ears when White America says
to him “wait ’til tomorrow boy,
you ain’t ready yet.” In an effort
to “get ready," he encounters
his most devastating enemy —
the ’’White Negro.”
This “White Negro” is a rare
breed. He is usually a prominent
citizen belonging to that strata
of the Negro class called Black
Bourgeosie. He lives in the ex
clusive for “White Negroes” on
ly communities in every city in
America. He and his descedants
attend colleges established and
run by “White Negroes.”
When this “New Negro” ma
triculates at a predominantly
Negro college run by “White
Negroes,“ he is indoctrinated
with the values and norms of
White America. In every class
he attends he is taught the glor
ies of the white man. “See how
‘Mr. Charlie’ has devised this
mathematical equation for you
so you will know the dimen
sions of a triangle in case you
run into one. ‘Mr. Charlie’ has
been so good to us. Why just the
other day he came up with a
theory about dreams.” The
“New Negro” is tired of hearing
this garbage at every turn.
Worst of all, the “White Negro”
insists on perpetuating this junk.
The “New Negro” has became
exhausted with the glorification
of White America. He is more
interested in his own heritage
and how he can help his race
better itself. He has become
aware of his identity and wants
to perpetuate it. But again, he
is faced with opposition from
the “White Negro.’ So, in order
to get a variety of courses on the
life and times of his race, he
must resort to staging massive
demonstrations. Too often these
demonstrations are met with out
and out war tactics on the part
of the “White Negro” adminis
tration along with the “estab
lishment.” After much to-do, the
“New Negro” is offered, as dis
armament, a compromise which
will work for maybe a year or
two, but then the administration
is faced with the same problem.
Only this time the problem has
acquired greater depth. It is like
a malignant cancer; it just keeps
spreading.
The “White Negro” admin
istrators obviously are blind
and refuse to accept the fact that
a new day is emerging on the
Negro campus. The long estab
lished roots of the Negro college
are being uprooted by the “New
Negro.” The Negro college is be
coming extinct. In its place is
the Black College.
The Black College will be one
of great magnitude. It will be
the true leader of the entire
black race. It will not accept
second-class anything. Every
black student should make some
type of contribution to this new
college. Here within lies our
destiny.
AFRO-STUDIES
ARE DEBATED
(ACP)—The role of Afro-
American studies in imdergrad-
uate education was debated
vigorously by a militant from
San Francisco State College and
the moderate head of the Unit
ed Negro College Fund at the
annual meeting of the Associa
tion of American Colleges in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
“A black education which is
not revolutionary in the current
day is both irrelevant and use
less,” Nathan Hare, chairman of
the department of black studies
at San Francisco State, said.
“To remain impartial in the
educational arena is to allow
the current partiality to white
ness to fester. Black education
must be based on both ideologi
cal and pedagogical blackness.”
Hare listed 18 goals for Afro-
American studies, ranging from
ending white supremacy to pro
moting a“black world view.”
Stephan J. Wright, president
of the United Negro College
Fund, which represents 36 pri
vate, predonjinatly Negro col
leges, said he agreed with Mr.
Hare on some points, but ques
tioned two.
Those were, “To develop a
sense of nationhood among
black Americans,” and “T o
MILLER BURIES
BLACK IDEALS
By Ronald B. Miller
The new prophet must come
to bury blackness not to praise
it. He sees the catastrophe of a
confrontation between white and
black forces. The American
whites outnumber their black
brothers ten to one. Who can
disillusion himself with the
foolishness that he would emerge
the victor from such confronta
tion?
The atomic bombs are in the
hands of white men. The makers
and sellers of ammunitions are
white men. The majority of
grocery stores and other stores
that sell food and products are
owned by white men. One can
not help but admire the daring
of black radicals who know;
“We shall have our manhood.
We shall have it on earth or the
earth will be leveled by our at
tempts to gain it.”
A mouse is obstructed from
crossing a bridge by an ele
phant. The mouse stands up on
his hind legs and bitterly de
mands. ‘‘Get out of my way or
I’ll knock your block off. The
mouse can frighten the elephant
simply because he is a mouse;
nevertheless, the elephant still
has more power.
The new black prophet will
come to bury blackness because
he has learned the dangers of
nationalism. As an ageless ob
server, he has seen the jealo
sies of England and France
cause the French and Indian
War. Before then he had seen
thousands die at Crecy and Por-
tier during the Hundred Years
War.
He has walked with Napo
leon through Austerlitz, lena,
Eyleau, and Wagram. He has
seen Hitler pave his way through
Czechoslovakia. More important,
the prophet has seen the nation-
See Miller Buries, Page 5
create revolutionary black ca
dres that will teach the people
to help exterminate oppression.”
Such demands smacked of a
“kind of separatism that isn’t
going anywhere,” Mr. Wright
said. “It will only lead to an
intensification of the kind of
hatred that will help destroy the
nation and the myriad oppor
tunities for Negroes.”
He proposed undergraduate
programs in Afro-American
studies be designed to equip Ne
gro students to “negotiate the
system” of our industrialized so
ciety and to provide them with
“the ways and means by which
the system may be improved.”