Newspapers / The Chapel Hill conscience / Aug. 24, 1963, edition 1 / Page 1
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The Chapel Hill .NO, i i f > f - - ■ f - - - *-- ■ - . ^ __ ^ WE ASK YOU TO BOYCOTTS THE FOLLOWING ESTABLISHilEKTS BECAUSE THEY PRACTICE ‘RACIAL BISCRIkTNATIONs NO- ^ COLONIAL DRUG STORE LEO'S GRILL CLARENCE'S BRaDY'S the pines te_SHACK FROZEN ICUSTARD TAR HEEL SANDUICH SHOP THE ROCK PILE UNIVERSITY MOTEL TAR HEEL MOTOR LODGE V/ATT'S MOTEL THE PATIO CAROLINA GRILL IIERRITT'S ESSO SERVICE ALLEN'S LUl-ICH COUNTER WALKER'S GULP STATION THE SrORT CENTER - editorial eaxtoriai OF HEAVEN. ONE SCENE mnnv the injustices Nei^roes experience daily isn't news anymore Even the'injustices toward whites who Battle for the rights of others is 'of ruestionahle interest. In our society both experiences are so common that most ignore it and mpnv iust don't give a daxmn. N^Ltheless 'this editorial describes such an ordijiary, everyday Nonetheless ^ave come to accept. It coScLns a white man who is known among the people of this commL?tv as a dedicated and responsible person. A man who has comm^ity a achieving justice, for Negroes. ^'^iat'^Cusick is a member of the Executive Committee of the Chapel Hill Committee for Open Business. In that capacity he has parti- ciiiteHi ^very COB activity. It was he, who as Chairman Sf the StudeSt Peace Sion on campus initiated the picketing of the Col- HTe T./e tn elrly April, who helped orgenize the COB, v.ho conduc ted the non-violent workshops, who led the sit-ins and who remain ed in the ITillshoro jail four days. Behind every activity of the COB has been Pat Cusick's strength. If pressing circumstances called for additional effort he always offered his assistance. In this way Pat gave the Hospitality of his house to a friend. The friend \7as Quintin Baker. !■ or over a month now Qu(intin, an NAACP commando, has been v/orking v/ith the COB. During this time he accepted the hospitality of other people in the Chapel jt^2i coiamuni'fcy• A few days ago he begrn staying \/ith Pat. He slept and ate in Pat's house for tv/o days. On Tuesday, August 6, the town constable summoned Pat Cusick to appear before Chapel Hill's Justice of the leace. There, on Thursday, Aug* told to get out of his house by Monday, August 12. Mr. Giles Homey, Building and Grounds Superintendent of the University, the ov>mer of Pat's house, evicted him. This action was taken" because "the rent was 5 days overdue" & because of "the , mess" that was entering lat's house. To Mr. Homey, it made no I difference that Pat had been living there for 2)6 years. f Because Quintin Baker is a Negro. J
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