SANFORD CALLS FOR
STATE LEVEL MEET
Qhief Executive Acts
To Calm Racial Storm
Bt Alexander Barnes
There art mixed emotions over Governor Terry Sanford’s
edict that mass demonstrations will not be tolorated any longer
in the state. There are those who agree with tire chief executive
that there should be no more bloodshed and it is time for positive
negotiations to take the place of mass demonstrations.
The governor's announcement that the demonstrators had
Indelibly planted their case before the powers-tha-be and that
it was time for everyone involved to taka a serious look at the
eeae. brought hope mid aspirations.
Han wars those who agreed
with Sanford that perhaps the
dsmsnatretiaas had me a bit too
far. In that there had bean the
fe ins-dMm tastte that required bo
dy contact and that such contact
tended to toctte rash action and
Invited violence, by both the dem
onstrator and the parson or por
tions wars bains aimed.
Tbs naming of former Ajnhas
sedar Chpas Wayntek to repraaant
the administration, to dealing with
the sttnation brought a rey of hope
to those who would ore non-violent
means to gain the desired goal.
The fret that Mr, Waynick worked
out a eolation for the city es High
Point, that to the pride of all con
cerned, was a solace to those who
felt that they were losing In the
battle for civil rights.
There were also there who felt
Gov’t Team
Guarantees
Fair Play
la a press interview held by
Jamas Wilson, Deputy Director of
the Atlanta Ragisei, the United
States Civil Service Commission
announced oeatile of its plan te
make certain that WO opportunity
is given all etttoanaa* the JUietalte
Durham area te Mia
oral position*.
A team of teecommisston's tte
employment practices and, ta as
sure that equal amptoymant oppor
tunity is provided ter all regardless
of race.
Whan asked ta> a representative
of The CAROLINIAN whether
there is actually any discrimination
in employing persona in this area,
ICr. Wilson told the reporter that
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Rev. Perry
Charged
In Fraud
FAYETTEVILLE There is an
old campaign cry, heard on election
day, “Vote early and often.” Ac
cording te the SBI the Rev. Chart**
£ Party, pastor-school principal,
voted twice on election day, 19M
ad IMI.
Hie Rev. Perry is said to have
voted at Oosa Precinct No. 3 here,
sad at Precinct No. 3 in Rote boro.
It aas not ascertained as to how
the sleuths came upon the know
ledge tbit he teas voting in two
places, however, they arrested him
and ha is now flea under a $4,000.00
bond.
Rev. Perry is quite active in Bap
tist church circles. He has pastor
ad a thriving church, located on
Wilmington Road, for a number of
yean. The physical plant has been
greatly improved and the church
h said to weild a great influence in
the community.
His work in educational circles
te attested to tea fact teat he is
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Former Livingstone Prexy
Buried In Salisbury Mon.
SALISBURY ln a fitting cere
eiony, characteristic of his life Dr.
If. J. Trent, Sr., was funeral ized
from the Varick Memorial Audito
rium, on the campus -of Living-
Stone College. Monday afternoon.
The rites were conducted by the
Rev. Herman Anderson. Bishop H.
B. Shaw and Raymond L Jones as
sisted. Dr. HE. Clement delivered
Ibo prayer.
Bishop W. J. Walls, with simple
wards, told of the contribution that
he made to the world, with empha
sis on young people. He pictured
him as one who really deserved
the scriptural saying "Well Done "
Dr. Trent was president emeritus
Sf Livingstone College, having been
given this honor after having serv
ed it ae president, tram 1925 to 1957.
Dr. Ttent was born in Charlotte.
December SR 1873. After complet
ing hie work in the public school
system, he entered Livingstone Col
lage from which be graduated as
Valedictorian of hie clem In ISM.
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that the governor meant he would
deal with all persons who defied
his order to ceaae and desist There
were those who felt that persons
who would throw eggs, make Jeers
and even snarl at people, who in
sisted on equal opportunities for
all persons, regardless of race,
creed or color, would feel the
weight of the governor’s statement
that he would take “whatever steps
are necessary to preserve the
peace.**
Incidents toft have been happen
ing throughout the nation from
Boston to Alabama and from Chi
cago to New York, are believed to
have been taken into consideration
by the chief executive end was
the cause for his taking over the
situation and making the pro-
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LENA HORNE AT rWy Singer Lena Herne is eeeerted Into
meeting hall by Medgar Even, state field repreeentative es the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, at the start es
civil rlghte rally late Jane Ith in Jackson. Miss. She eppeared at the
rally to beset a campaign of racial demonstrations which has sent
almost 7M people to Jail. IUPI PHOTO).
Citizens Committee Take
Firm Stand On Race Issue
DUNN The Citizens Coordinat
ing Committee of Dunn issued s
forthright pronouncement this
week, in which they made K deer
that they wanted equal opportuni
ty to operate within the framework
of the total community life of the
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THE CAR&LINIAX
VOL. si, NO. 34
Jailers And Police Sexually
Abuse Women Picketers
V. S. Moves To Stop
Farther Violeaee
town and community.
The pronouncement was as fol
lows:
We, the members of the Coordi
nating Committee of Dunn, hereby
give notice that we, as Negro citi
zens, deem ourselves e part of the
general public and a part of the
general licensing authority of this
city and state and that we will
henceforth respond to and accept
the invitations to the public of all
licensed businesses In Dunn and
elsewhere to the Dunn vicinity.
We further give notice feet we
will encourage ell Negroes to Dunn
and all Negro visitors In Dunn and
all other people, to do likewise and
to properly aerie such asrsluss as
licensed buttossese are extending
to the public end upon the mme
terms and conditions that such
services are extended to others.
Finally, we hereby give notice
that we will tolly exercise the right
to go where-so-evar services and
accommodations are offered to the
public by licensed businesses.
The purposes of thorn declara
tions are to dispel any notion that
we eight*- recognize or accept toe
fiction that the Negro citizen bee
a niece eeoerate for or lam ttoa
that es other American
The Committee further atipulatm
that the Negro citizenry of this
community will not bo rethflwl un
til opportunitiee are provided for
full and complete integration into
the total life of this on
the part of all people, without re
gard to race, creed ar color. Wo
urge, therefore, that a «wgt~.i«g
North Carolina *s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N. C„ SATURDAY, JUNE 33. 1963
Females
Assaulted
InJal
NEW YORK (jam •seres es
young woman, white and Wsßra,
arrested tor participating to civil
righto demonstrations have bean
subjected to eexual abuse and par*
r^‘t^Lr3syri
Camptafotediaelaee thkP*”*i
jailers and police have foresAdtaitc
toil 1 reeilinrilefrnil examlna
trtnr outers bare been fondled
sad even raped under varieua pre
texts. The acts bare been commit
ted. both to humiliate the woman
and to satiety the lusts of 4he Jail
attendants.
The presidents es toe National
council of Negro Women and the
Delta Sigma Theta sorority here
called upon toe Justice Depart
ment to investigate chargee.
The demand for toe probe and
action to stop top eexual abuses
was made after the three victims
related their shocking experiences
to representatives of the two or
ganizations eta secret meeting at
an undisclosed Virginia town.
The NCNW Is also calling for a
nationwide protest against the pri
son abuses and police brutality.
Demanding toe probe and mak
ing the disclosures were Mrs. Do
rothy Height, NCNW president
and Dr. Jeanne Noble, Delta pre
sident. They also announced the
formation es e Youth Emergency
Fund, headed by entertainer Lena
Herne, to offer help end make on
the-spot visits to Southern prisons
where young Negro women are be
ing bekL
The three young women and
other victims of the sexual abuses
were arrested in racial demonstra
tions in Jackson, the joint report
from toe NCNW and toe Delta So
rority stated.
In the ease of toe white girt, the
report stated, she was also forced
to strip naked and stand before the
male prisoners in the Jail yard.
Thera ware reports of other such
incidents, it was stated.
Dr. Noble sold she was told that
young women arrested in civil
rights demonstrations are subjected
to Indecent examinations upon ent
ering Discussing the examinations
to Noble remarked;
think es no greeter Indignity than
reps. . . er sexual exposure ... or
RMUttary condition*. For example,
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DON’T LET HIM DIE IN
VAIN Mrs. Medgar Evers,
widow of the slain civil righto
leader, tells a Jackson. Mian.
audience that they should Join
forces and see that his death
was not In vain.
Evers Killed Because
Os His Fight Against
Violence And Hate
JACKSON, MIS& (AND The
eaaasinetion last week of Medgar
Wiley Evers came Just as he had
succeeded in channeling the
xnoulderlng discontent of Missis
sippi Negroes into a weapon of ef
fective mass protest. Considering
the odds it had not been an easy
Job.
The 91 year old native bom and
educated Mlasissippian was the
tragic victim of toe two things a
gainst which be foutfit ell of his
adult life violence end racial dis
crimination.
He abhorred violence, though he
once admitted having had violent
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National
Forces To*-
Motivate \
FAYETTEVILLE The city’s
restaurant association voted Mon
day to begin e 00-day desegrega
tion teat period if Negroes will a
gree to end demonstration*.
CHATTANOOGA, Taan. _ Mayor
Ralph Kelly Mid Monday a bi-re
dal committee jpnrklng'
for a peaeeßd sR : equitmto’seiu-
Qt sr»re«
SAVANNAH. Oa. - T Around 500
Negroee marched to a segregated
restaurant Monday night but felt
ed to gain admission. Savannah pc
lice reinforced by SO state troop
ers, kept the demonstration orderly
end later made toe Negroes Mt
perse.
NEW YORK Two white po
licemen were Injured in e racial
brawl in Harlem Monday night fol
lowing e civil rights meeting. Po
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thoughts of his own as a young
man. The Jackson civil rights cam
paign that ha was leading at tbs
time of his murder was based on
the non-violent technique popula
rized by Dr. Martin Luther King.
But his dislike of violence did not
make him Immune to the violence
of others. He' had been pistol whip
ped, Jailed and his home, bombed.
One of his Indelible memories was
the lynching of a friend of his te
ther's. Evers was 14 at tea time.
On another occasion. In 19E0, Ev
ers was visiting a cousin when a
Judge ruled against a Negro in a
civil rights case. Sitting In the
kitchen of his cousin's house, Ev
an wrote a statement condemning
te* decision end called the news
services. When tee statement ap
peared in print he wss arrested,
fined SIOO and sentenced to 30 days
ta Jail for contempt of court. The
conviction was reversed by the
Mississippi Supreme Court.
His latest arrest was on June 1,
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New Prexy
Sought For
Shaw Univ.
The members of the Committee
on the New President, of the Shaw
University Board of Trustees met
June 11. They discussed the matter
of developing tee procedure of se
lecting a new president This is to
be don* within the framework of
the qualifications for the office .
background, present status and the
future of (he University.
The meeting was presided over
by Dr. P. H. Johnson, chairman of
the Committee. Rev. Chauncey Ed
wards served as secretary. Other
members of the Board of Trustees
presen twere: Rev. E. Theodore
Jones; Dr. Ellen Alston; Dr. John
R. Larkins. Dr. -John H. White,
chairman, Board of Trustees. Rev.
J. Jasper Freemen, and Rev. War*
ran Carr.
News Photos
Orman Cephas is shown in front of 20# demonstrators to Caan
gTtdge, Md. It can be dearly seen that his head Is bloody bat still un
bowed. Cephas was Injured by a group of white youths who pretested
the demonstrations. His ancle, William Cephas, is tsrryhr “OW
Glory".
.. s i.t ii.o home of Melsar Evers, field secretary of the KXACP,
in Mississippi, who was murdered by a sniper, as he stepped |W of
his car (rear). June 12, In Jackson, Miss.
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Jadksun. Mississippi rfiicers are demonstrating how rabid they
can be Md that regardless to who it might be, they are Indent on
keeping civilisation out of the state. They are carrying John Batter,
white teacher at nearby Tougnleo College, to the paddy wagon, after
he had been beaten by members of their group, for participating In
a freedom de.-n!:n':(rn*i''n.
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Shown h«'re err some of the 1200 ttemonslralor* 5..»0 sat a*au o
the streets of Greensboro and sang and clapped, while police formed
a human cordon around them. 300 were arrested.
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This unidentified white girl Is comforting a member of the NAA
CP who Is said to have been Injured at 135th Street and Linos Ave
nue. New York City, where a new hospital is being built. The skirmish
Is said to have resulted from the fact that demonatrators demanded
that 35 per cent es the workers, on the Job. be Negro or Puerto Rican.
Demonatrators at the State House in Columbus, Ohio blocked the
entrance to the Home chamber*. Here. Sgt-at-Arms Harry CorkweU
forces his way through the praying group. He called the fire marshall
to remove the supplicants, but later decided to let them stay as long
as they wanted. They sre seeking passage of the Fair Housing BHL
(ALL ABOVE ARE UPI PHOTOS).
Unpopular Illegitimacy
Bill Killed By State Home
News that the North Carolina
Houae of representatives killed a
bill to curb increasing illegitimacy
rate to the state was killed her*
last week, was met with mixed *•
motions by Negro leaders hers.
Although Negroes are cognizant
of the fact that illegitimacy is on
the increase to the state, they feel
that this bill was directed particu
larly at Negro women, since most
of those who beer illegitimate chil
dren. according to welfare records
are from the group in lha-lowest
economic scale. The majssity— to
those In this category are Negreea,
it is said.
Under this bill, the mothers of
children born out of wedlock
would lose custody of the children,
if they refused to be rehabilitated
by the welfare boards when they
have given birth to on# illegitimate
child. The House bill would have
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