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Jim Crow Housing Outlawed In Detroit
ENTERING CBUBOH—Mrs. Marie Penny, widow of John Penny is shown entering St. Mark’s
A. M. E. Zion Church to attend the funeral of her husband who was mortally wounded in the
early mominf knlfe-pistol duel Monday, June 21. Two attendants are shown helping Mrs. Penny
from the car,
Mr. Penny was killed on Fayetteville Street In Durham after chasing the car driven by Law
rence Jackson through several streets i|i the Hayti section. A mass of people blocked traffic and
lined the sidewalks on Pettigrew Street last Thursday afternoon in an effort to attend the final rites
which were held In the old Booker-T. Theatre building.—^flMES Staff Photo.
Probable Cause Found
In Case Of Husband
Slayen Bond $3,500
For Thirty-One Years The Out$t€auUng, Weekly Of The Carolimu
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Paat Offlee at bnrluun. North Ouellaa, nnder Aet of March 3, lllf.
V OLUME 31—NUMBER 27
DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1954
PRItE 10 CENTS
MAACP SECRETARY
Urges S. C. Citizens To
Obey Supreme Court
In Recorder's Court Tues
day morning, Lawrence Jack
son, defendant in the fatal
shooting of John Penny on
June 21, was bound over to
Superior Court under $3,500
bond on a murder charge by
Judge A. R. Wilson. The bond
remained the same as that
which Jackson has been un
der since the second day of
the slaying.
The gun-knife duel took
place during the early morn
ing hours Monday of last
week following a desperate
automobile chase launched
by John Penny in pursuit of
Jackson who was said to be
carrying Penny’s wife to
work.
At the court hearing, Jack-
rcn pleaded self defense in
the shooting. He related to
the court that he resorted
to the use of his pistol,
which was under the front
seat of his car, after Penny
had hemmed his car into
the sidewalk on Fayette
ville Street and began
slashing at him through his
car window with a knife.
During further questioning,
the defendant testified that he
had picked Penny’s wife up at
her home to take her to work.
He also admitted that he had
carried Mrs. Penny to work on
previous 'occasions at her re
quest, and that she had used his
car on several occasions.
Jackson denied that he had
the pistol in his^car in anti
cipation of having trouble
with Penny. He said that be
cause his wife is in Charlotte
visiting, he has been afraid to
to leave the gun at home'with
no one there. The defendant
also told the court that he
knew the gun was loaded be
cause he had loaded it several
months ago, but be did not
know how many cartridges
were In the magailne. .
Following the shooting, Jack
son said that he went across the
street to McCoy’s Service Station
at the comer of Fayetteville and
Elm Streets to call the police.
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STATE BAPTIST ASSEMBLY MEET
SET FOR RALEIGH JULY 2^30
RALEIGH
As the date lapproaches for
the forthcoming assembly of
Baptists to be held in Raleigh,
under auspices of the General
Baptist State Contentions of
North Carolina, Inci, July 29=^6,
the interest in^tlys important
meeting is rapidly gaining mo
mentum, according to reports
from various sections of the
state.
The series of sessions of the
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COLUMBIA, S. C.
South Carolinians were chal
lenged here last week to uphold
the U. S. Constitution by active
ly cooperating with the Su
preme Court edict which held
segregated public schools to be
unconstitutional. ^
Speaking at a mass meeting
at Allen University, Walter
White, NAACP executive
secretary, declared that to up
hold the U. S. Constitution is
“the first obligation of every
citizen of whatever race, color,
religion, regional or national
origin.”.
, ‘‘The JLyne for d^t>ate, over the,
relative merits of Segregation
and integration is past,” Mr.
White asserted, referring to the
public school situation. "That
issue has fcieen settled.”
“An attempt to revive the
debate and dela^ action can
only result in damage to onr
internal unity and our nation
al prestige abroad. Those who
eoniimie to cry aloud tltat they
will never, never comply serve
the enemies of this country by.
dividing us within and by
holding us up to the world as
a nation of bigots . . .”
Persons attending the mass
meeting contributed a total of
$1,000 to aid'the NAACP’s Fight
for Freedom campaign. The
campaign seeks to eliminate all
racial discrimination and segre
gation in the U. S. by Jan 1,
1963—the centennial of the
Emancipation Proclamation.
The money was officially
presented to Mr. White by the
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IN DURHAM—Bishop C. M. “Daddy” Grace was in Durham early this week cimdacting serv
ices at the H«use of Prayer For All People on Pine Street. During one of the services, Bishop Grace
dftlivftrftd ^ aIb- foliow#rB nBd led thfun iA a poriod of AAd
He is shown seated with a number of his young children surroundlntg Him in the church.
Bishop Grace has established a number of churches along the eastern seaboard and maintains a ho
me in Norfolk, Va. ’The Elder C. B. Williams is pastor of the local church.—^TIMES Staff Photo.
Interracial Watchmaking
SchoorOpens In Durham
ENROUTE TO EUROPE—^Two Negro farm youths of North Carolina joined six other Interna
tional Farm Youth Exchange delegates last week In Washington, D. C., and headed for RngiaM and
Wales where they will live with rural families until their return in November.
Left to right front row are: Maxine Young, North Carolina; Dorothy Hilton, Wisconsin; Bar
bara Larson, Oregon; Judy Ballard, California; and Martha Large, Illinois. Back row, Robert Am-
strong. New Jersey; Norman C. Mindrum, executive director of the National 4-H Foundation which
sponsors the IFYE program in cooperation with the Extension Service of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture; Raphael Cuthbertson, North Carolina; and Bertram Berg, North Dakota.
Altogether, 125 American farm youths will go abroad this xear to live with rural families in
40 counties of Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Pacific^ear and Middle East
A similar number of foreign youths will live with farm families in America HnHwr the year
The program Is designed to help promote world peace. No government money is used In the aWai
exchanges.
An interracial School of
Watchmaking opened in Dur
ham undr the auspices of the
North Carolina Vocational Re-
habilitialion Department
cently. Although composed
largely of Negro students, the
school is being operated on an
interracial basis.
Its purpose is to provide
training for handicapped per
sons in the watchmaking trade.
Courses are available for men
and women students. The
school is located In the 2700
block of Fayetteville tload
and is owned and operated by
Charles A. Alston.
A local watchmaker, Edward
Green, is the instructor. The
State Rehabilitation Department
has maintained several such
schools heretofore for white
handicapped persons only, but a
recent interview with personnel
of the school by a Times repre
sentative revealed white students
me also enrolled at the school.
The State furnishes,each vo
cational rehabilitation student
wfth tools and other materials
he may need in the course.
Students are also allowed to
lieep their tools and equip
ment for setting up businesses
of their own upon completing
the course. The Durham
School of* Watchmaking has
been established by the State
to help handicapped persons
become independent in earn
ing a livelihood. Howard
E a r p, Durham Vocational
Counselor, is supervisor of the
school.
Additional information shows
that the school is not only re
stricted to handicapped students,
but any student interested in
learning watchmaking is accept
ed.
21 IN lARGESTCLASS GRADUATED
ATUNCOIN SCHOOL OF NURSING
Mrs. Willetta S. Jones, R. N.,
dean of the School of Nursing at
A. and T. College, Greensboro,
was the principal speaker at'the
forty-ninth annual commence
ment exercises of the Lincoln
Hospital School of Nursing Mon
day morning of this week. The
exercises were held on the lawn
of Lincoln Hospital on Fayette
ville Street before approximaie-
ly 300 parents, friends, and hos
pital workers.
Twenty-one nurses comprised
the graduating class and set
a record as the largest class to
finish the school in recent
years.
Mrs. Jones admonished the
young servants of humanity to
go forward to serve persons who
need-help and to put forth un
tiring effort in spite of difficul
ties to render efficient service
wherever they are needed. She
also urged the graduates to em
ploy all of the teclmical linow-
how they have received at the
institution and she also stressed
the importance of each nurse
maintaining an abiding faith in
God and His powers along with
the use of their teclmical skills.
Dr. Clyde Donnell, chairman
of the Lincoln Hospital Board
of Trustees, introduced the
speaker and served as master
of cerMBonles. The Rev. C. E.
McLester, pastor of MorekMd
Avenue Baptist Chnrek de
livered the invocation and the
benediction. Mosic was ky the
Lincoln School of Noninc
Glee Club.
Graduates were presented by
Mrs. Lucille Z. Williams, R. N.,
director of the Lincoln School of
Nursing and Nursing Service, to
Dr. David B. Cooke, president of
the hospital staff, who awarded
the diplomas.
The graduates are Misses
Queen Alexander, Johnnie O.
Autry, Haxel Best, Joyce
Clark, Aljurie Cozart, Bernice
Dawson, Evelyn Ferguson,
Marlon Glenn, Mary F. God-
high, Jerlean Graves, Laura
Halsey, Frances Hawkins,
Dora Highsmith, Elisabeth'
Kearney, Clorence McGhee,
Nora Matthews, Doshia Mel
vin, Evelyn Nelson, Eldora
Shaw, Dorothy Speller,- and
Beulah Tldline.
Miss Tidline received the C,
C. Spaulding Award which is
given annually to the nurse who
is the kindest, most sympathetic,
and most efficient during her
training period. Special awards
of merit were given four other
graduates for neatness, effici
ency in the operating room, pa
tient service and in laboratory
techniques.
The Clyde Donnell Prises,
donated by Dr. Donnell, were
given each nnrse for oa&tand-
Ing service dvring her tkree-
year training perM. Prises
were awarded by Mrs. Helen
N. 'Wehb, R. N., presideat ef
the school’s aluwU asMefa-
tlon. Final remarks were
made by Fraidi W. Seott,
sistant director »f the koepttal,
hi Uen et Ux. Kleh, heapttal
director, asd Dr. DmmD.
DETROIT
Segr^tion in paUic bous
ing in Detroit has been pro
hibited by a federal cdnrt or
der. In his order, iHiicii ntlea
that the "s^>aniteLtut equal”
doctrine has no place in pub
lic housing Ju(^ Arthur F.
Lederle of the u. S. District
Court for Eastern Michigan,
ordered the Detroit Housing
Conunission to put an end to
its Jim Crow housing peUcy
and open all of its units to
everybody regardleas at race
or color.
The order was issued in a
suit against the Detroit Hous
ing Commission filed June 5,
1950 by attorneys for NAACP
Legal Defense and Educa
tional Fund and attorneys for
the Detroit Brandi. It asked
the court to issue a perman
ent injunction enjoining the
housing authorities from dis
criminating against Negroes.
m
DiscriminatiMi on the
of race and coler in haiiag
facilities under the aaspiees mt
public funds, leeal or federal,
is a violation of tbe Fonrtecsi-
th Amendment” ke raled.
“The court conclude* that in
public housing the deetriiM tS
‘separate but eqnal’ has ae
place,” Judge Lederle declar
ed, “separate hoasfng facili
ties are inherently uneqnaL”
The Detroit Housing Commis
sion was ordered to cease: (1)
denying Negroes tlie right to
lease any unit anywhere in its
housing project; (2) nuiintain-
ing separate lists of eligible Ne
gro and white applicants for
public housing; (3) maintaining
segregated public housing pro
jects.
Other cities where segrega
tion in public housing has been
ended through NAACP spon
sored court action are: East
Orange, Long Branch aiid
Elizabeth, it. J.; bzn Fran-
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Daddy"
Pays Visit To
Durjiam Church
Bishop "Daddy” Grace came
to Durham this week for a one-
night stand at the local church
located here on the comer of
Pine and Poplar Streets. In
jpite of the terrific heat, a tre
mendous crowd,. composed
mostly of his foUovve.-s, was on
iiand to greet iiim.
Taxed to its utmost capacity,
the church which ordinarily
was erected to accommodate an
audience of 250, was januned
packed with a crowd estimated
to l)e over 400 persons. Every
inch of space was taken with
standing room not even being
available to the Grace follow
ers who overflowed into the
yard, sidewalks and streets in
front of the building.
Prior to and after Bishop
“Daddy” Grace spoke, the buil
ding fairly reeled and rocked to
the jumping and shouting of his
ardent followers. It was only
when their leader raised his
hand to halt them was it pos
sible to calm the spiritual
waters.
Bishop Grace is known far
and wide in the United States
and his followers in this state
tilone liumber into the thou
sands.
Va. Governor
Changes Stand
On Segregation
Virginia Governor, Thomas
B. Stanley, revealed recently
that he has “changed his mind*'
on the question of integrating
schools in Virginia, and in re
versal said, “1 shall use every
legal means at my command to
continue segregated schools in
Virginia."
(jovemor Stanley gave as
his reason; “It is apparent from
tbe volume of communications
I have received that the over
whelming majority of the peo
ple of Vtrgii^ favor separate
schools, that they believe the
maintenance of such a systaM
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