DURHAM
The Campus Echo
THE 2000 MEN AT NCCU
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SLATED TO SPEAK
In observance of Black
History Month, the Alfonso
Elder Student Union Pro
gram Board is sponsoring an
evening with Dr. Benjamin
Lawson Hooks, Executive
Director of the National
Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored Peo
ple.
Dr. Hooks was bom in
Memphis, Tennessee, and
attended LeMoyne College,
Memphis, and Howard Uni
versity, Washington, D.C.
He received his J.D. degree
from DePaul University Col
lege of Law in Chicago in
1948.
Dr. Hooks was the first
black commissioner of the
Federal Communications
Commission, the agency
which grants all radio, tele
vision and cable television
licenses. He has been active
in the struggle for the libe
ration of black Americans;
he has served on the board
of directors of SCLC.
As a businessman, he was
co-founder and Vice Presi
dent of the Mutual Federal
Savings and Loan Associa
tion of Memphis for fifteen
years from 1955 to 1969.
Dr.' Hooks is a life member
of the NAACP and a mem
ber of the American Bar
Association. As a lawyer in
Memphis, he was an Assist
ant Public Defender; . a
skilled and effective general
Counselor, and the first
black judge in Shelby Coun
ty.
Dr. Hooks is best known
for his highly effective and
persuasive oratory. He has
produced his own weekly
television series, CONVER
SATIONS IN BLACK AND
WHITE; co-produced FOR
TY PER CENT SPEA KS,
and has been a consistent
panelist on WHA T IS
YOUR FAITH.
Dr. Hooks will speak in
B.N. Duke Auditorium on
Wednesday, February 27th
at 8:00 p.m. NCCU stu
dents with ID admitted
free, and general admission
$2.00.
MICHAUX DISCUSSES
SOLUTIONS FOR BUCKS
IN THE'SO’S
MICKEY MICHAUX
U.S. Attorney
By BERNICE JEFFREYS
Echo Staff Writer
“Black solidarity, aid to
Blacks as a whole and the
Black front are solutions to
the problem facing Blacks
of the 80’s,” stated U.S. At
torney, Mickey Michaux,
who appeared as keynote
speaker, Sunday, Febmary
3, in B.N. Duke Auditorium
as a part of the Black His
tory Month celebration pre
sented by the North Caro
lina Central University His
tory department.
DR. BENJAMIN HOOKS
NAACP DIRECTOR
UPCOMING EVENTS
Mickey Michaux, a NCCU
alumnus and U. S. District
Attorney for North Caro
lina stated that “it’s signifi
cant that Blacks look back
because this land has never
been a land of opportuni
ties.”
When asked what advice
he had to offer young
Blacks of today Michaux
stated that young Blacks
should become intensely in
volved in the political pro
cess. Michaux not only ftels
that young Blacks should
become politically active,
but Blacks as a whole.
Also appearing on the
program was Dr. Earl
Thorpe, President of the
Association for the Study
of Afro-American Life and
History, the dynamic North
Carolina Central University
Choirs, Dr. Perry Murray,
Chairman of the Depart
ment of History, Dr. Eu-
gen Evaes, Ester Johnson,
President of the History
Club and Student Govern
ment Association President
Dennis Sloan.
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February 14th - NCCU
Jazz Ensemble, 10:40a.m.,
Student Union Lounge;
Black Doll Display, Student
Union Lounge.
February 18th - Basket
ball, Fayetteville St. Vs.
NCCU.
February 19th - Lecture,
Haitian Painting and Their
History in NCCU,
10:40a.m., Room 146 Stu
dent Union.
February 27th - Dr. Ben
jamin L. Hooks, 8p.m., B.Ni
Duke Auditorium.
February 3rd - 28th - Ex
hibits: Shepard Library jmd
History Department.
NCCU LAW SCHOOL
REACCREDITATION
ASSURED
The American Bar Associ
ation has lifted the threat of
loss of accreditation from
the North Carolina Central
University Law School,
according to an announce
ment made by Dean Harry
'Groves last Friday. Govern
or James B. Hunt was pre
sent for the announcement
which was made at the un
finished law school building
on the Alston Avenue side
of the campus and took
part in the ceremony.
Hunt offered “congratula
tions” to the Law School
officials, saying “we’re
proud of you,” and com
mended the N.C. General
Assembly for appropriating
the money needed to up
grade the school.
Groves commented that
during his SVi years as dean,
nine additional faculty
members were hired, the
school’s budget was tripled,
and more than 50,000
volumes were added to the
law library.
The ABA had conducted
several inspections of the
law school from 1975
through June, 1979, toward
getting the “show cause”
order removed. They had
cited as deficiencies too few
faculty members, too few li
brary books and services,
low faculty salaries, low
student admissions stan
dards, and low financing of
other aspects of the school.
In January of 1975, the
school was placed under the
“show cause” order, making
it liable to loss of ABA ac
creditation if it did not up
grade deficiencies.
Whiting also praised Groves
for getting the order lifted.