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A. N. Rivera, Jr. Honored By Global
News Syndicate As Veep Speaks
NEW YORK
Alex M. Rivera, Jr., photo-
reporter lot the Courier News
papers of Pittsburi^b, was hon>
ored along with colleague Ro
bert M. Ratcliile with Global
News Syndicate's annual Jour
nalism Achievement Award in
New Vork last Friday at an al-
lair that presented Vice' Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon as the
principal speaker.
Rivera, Carolinas manager
ol the Courier with beadouar-
ters at 1712 FayettaviUe St.,
Durham, and Ratcliife, nation
al news editor in the Pitts
burgh ollice, were awarded lor
thetr “sigaiiicanf series’* "The
South Spealu/’ a word and pic
ture account ol 17,000 miles ol
travel in the South. Their trip
came la the waiie ol the May
lWi54 decision ol the U.S.
Court that declared
racial segregation in the public
schools to be unconstitutional^
The Vice President congrat
ulated the two reporters and
paid tribute to them lor their
"ugnilicant contribution to so
cial progress.” He called the
prize winning series “highly
important and one whi^ was
brought out at a time wbao It
was necessary to bring belore
the people the lacts about inte
gration.”
In his prepared 40 minute
address, Itlr. Nixon noted tliat
his two cliildren (both girls)
have attended the public
schools in Washington and will
continue to attend. He said he
was happy that his girls would
get the opportunity to leam
"more Americans.”
Mr. Nixon also received one
ol Global’s awards at the din
ner meeting in the Theresa
HoteL His citation read; “In
recognition ol his tireless el-
torts to promote understand
ing among the peoples ol the
world, and to expand the area
ol Ireedom and opportunity lor
all.’*
An Integrated
Society Certain
Says Editor
MEBIPHIS, TENN
“We must look forward to
the day when there will be no
longer any> distinction invol
ving Negroes, "Harry Ash
more, a widely recognized au
thority on race relations, told
educators attending a leader
ship seminar at Memphis State
College, last Monday.
Ashmore, who is the execu
tive editor cd the Arkansas Chi';
Zette, stated lurth^ that '‘the
change won’t come overnight..,
it will be an evolutionary pro
cess, not revolutionary. And he
pointed out that many lorces-
economic, political, and social-
are working to change a se
gregated society.
There were 17 segregated
states when tlie Supreme Court
first ruled against segregated
s«ihools, be said, but now, a
year later, only live states in
the deep South are publitdy
dedicated to holding out on a
statewide basis..
The five states—South Caro
lina, Georgia, Alabama, Missis
sippi and Louisiana—^Ashmore
predicted “will be unable to
continue to bold out because
they will not have the sympa
thetic support ol other states
that will become more and
more integrated.*'
When asked what was the
position ol bis newspaper on
public schools integration,
Aslunore emphasized that
“change is being thrust upon
us.’*
“We are not urging integra
tion lor those who are not
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VOLUME 2X—NUMBER 27
DUSHAM, N. SATiatDAT, JULY 2, 195S
$10,000 Settlement
Made In Home Case
VICE-PRESIDOniM) FKHHNG
Ain. AUACK SEGREMHON
JACKSON
A settlement. which is some
what short ol the terms ol the
will ol Mrs. Mary Hawks ol
Garysburg, agreed to by -op
posing sides, brought to a sud
den end last week the lawsuit
over the document in the
JIorthampton Superior Court.
The announcement was made
to the jury by Judge Malcom
C. Paul.
In the provisions ol the will,
drawn by Attorney Charles
Williamson ol Henderson, Au
gust 20, 1951, with the in
structions ol Mrs. Hawks, $2S,
000 in cash and valuable pro
perty at her death were to go
to Mrs. Amanda Peale Home,
an Instructor at Hampton In
stitute, Hampton, Virginia and
bolder ol a PhJ3. degree Irom
the University ol Chicago.
In the will, Mrs. Hawks ac
knowledged kinship with Mrs.
Home and is quoted a« say
ing that she was “one I look^
alter and considered my loster
daughter since her birth,
kMWiag fltail J» jfor tontiMT
Charlie’s dughtar.*'
The settlement announce
ment came alter those contest
ing the will bad paraded to the
stand several witnesses who
testified that the 85-year-old
white widow was mentally in
capable ol preparing a will.
According to a lawyer lor
the caveatorsj the terms ol the
settlement calls lor Mrs. Horne
to receive |10,000 to be paid
by Charles Benjamin New-
some, a njephew ol'Mrs. Hawks,
Irom bis share ol the estate.
Newsome with Mrs. Lucy Gay
01 Garysburg, sister ol Mrs.
Hawks, had contested the will.
The settlement also stipu
lated that Mrs. Gay, Irom her
share ol the estate, pay the lees
ol Mrs. Horae’s lawyers and
cost ol court
Although Judge Paul did
not announce the terms ol the
agreement in court, he in
structed the Jury to answer in
the negative the question as
to whether the contested will
was the last will and testa
ment ol Mrs. L. M. Hawks.
Carl Nlurphy Awarded
40th Spingam Medal
• ATLANTIC cmr
A man "bom two stories i
above a printing olfice*' who
became one ol tto nation’s I
leading newspaper publisher
was awarded the 40th Spin-
gam Medal at the 46th annual
convention ol the National As
sociation lor the Advancement'
ol Colored People which clQsed
here this week.
Presentation ol the medal, |
awarded annually to a Negro:
Americim lor distinguished
achievement, was made to Carl
Murphy, publisher ol the Alro*
American newspaper ol Balti
more, by New Jersey’s Gover
ns Robert B. Meyner.
' Citing some ol the lormer
recipients ol the medal, such
as Dr. E. E. Just, Marian An
derson, James Weldon John
son, Judge William H. Hastie,
Thurgood Marshall and Ralph
J. 'Bunche, the Governor said;
“Here is a list ol which ail
America can be proud. To
achieve top level success in the'
United States is never easy; it
_^^1« lor aueUties ol mind and
clwHwter of an exeaptioMl
kind. But lor a Negro to get to
the very top means even more,
and many ol your Spingam
medalists had to overcome pre
judice ol the most vicious kind
and almost insuperable handi
caps in their cQmb to lame and
glory.
The medal was presented to
the publisher with the loUow-
ing citation:
“Carl Murphy, dedicated
editor and publi^er and lar-
sigbted civic leader, has lor
37 years as the guiding genius
ol the Alro-American News
papers contributed nptably to
the progress ol civil rights in
his home city ol Baltimore, in
bis state and in the nation. His
leadership role in leveling in
vidious racial barrlers_in em
ployment, in education and In
recreation has been ellective
and consistent.
“Both as a newspaper pub
lisher and as an enlightened
citixen, Mr. Murphy has been
an ardent and uncompromising
advocate ol Ireedom and
equality In the best American
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Negro Loses Life
In Attempt To
Save White Man
ASHSVILLB
A IB-year-old Negro boy
gave bis llle here Tuesday In
a lutle attempt to rescue a
white man Irom the bottom of
a sewer access bole. The white
man had become overcome by
gas.
The two dead men are Lewis
Wendell Roberts and Herman
Banks, 36, both ol this city.
According to information re
vealed here alter the tragedy,
Roberts did not even know the
white man, but came upon the
scene Just as efforts were be
ing made to rescue him. He
immediately volunteered to al
low himself tg be lowered Into
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W. J. Kennedy. Jr., promi
nent business, religious and
civic leader who was appointed
to the State Board of higher
education lost Saturdaj/ by
Governor Luther Hodges. The
new board, created by the 19S5
Legistature will have the re
sponsibility of supervising the
state supported colleges and
wiiversMes.
Beach Club
Loses Out For
NEW YORK
The Castle Hill Beach Club
lost hs appeal to the Bronx
Supiwne Court alter being or
dered to end discriminating
againrt Negroes last December
by tte State Commission again
st discrimination. The Brbnx
Suprane Court in a 2-1 ruling
uphdlH the State Commission,
by 4f^nying a review petition
by Ok club.
It, all started two years ago
wh^ Mrs. Anita Brown char
ged ihat she was told there
wer# no lockers available at
the ^b. At tlw same time, she
sayi^i a white woman was as-
sigi^. one. When the exclu^ve
clt^ was ordered to end its
dls0linination, it tried to ap-
peajy^ ruling
atthew Whitehead, for
mer president of Miner Teach
ers College of Washington, D.
C., since- merged with Wilson
College, white, is reported not
at all satisfied with the role he
will play in the combined
schools. The president of Wil
son College will be the presi
dent of the new institution and
Dr. Whitehead will be one of
the three deans. Dr. Whitehead
is a native of Rocky Mount.
Ksnnerfy Named
Higher Education
To State
Board
CoMiinfiuXounlyllan Ordered To
Si|iport Child Of Young French Girl
MRS. CARRIE CLINTON
Last Rites Set
For Mrs. Clinton
Sunday, July 3
. The luneral ol Mrs. Carrie
Clinton, 47, wile ol Percy
Clinton, will be held at the
Bethel Tabernacle, at the cor
ner ol Baxter and Carrington
Streets, Sunday, July 3, at 3:00
p.m. The Reverend A. W. Law
son, pastor ol the Gospel Ta
bernacle, ol which she vras a
member will olficiate. The
Gospel Tabernacle, located on
Piedmont Avenue, is being
razed in preparation lor the
erection lor a new church
structure.
Mrs. Clinton died ol a heart
attack at her home here, 603
Mobile Avenue, Monday, June
28th, at 12:80 ajn.
£Uie was bom in Kinston,
but for the past 82 years had
made her home in Durham.
She was the daughter of the
late Doc Patrick and Mrs.
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A French girl who followed
her American Negro husband
to this country brought action
in the Durham Recorder’s
Court last Wednesday to force
the man to help support her
and their child.
Claudette Couk>n, charged
G. Preston Johnson ol Route 1,
Whiteville, with non-support
and abandonment. She claims
that they were married in
France_and that as & result a
daughter was bom to her and
Johnson but that he has not
only abandoned her and the
child but has married again
since returning to America.
Johnson testified in court
that he is the father ol one ol
the young white woman’s
children but says he did not
marry her., He is now living
with his wife ol his own race
in Columbus County. The
young French girl is living in
a Negro section of the city.
Although Jobiuon cl^ms
that he did not marry the
young girl in France he agreed
to support the baby.
In commenting on the case
Judge A. R. Wilson stated
that although mixed marriages
are not allowed in North Caro
lina, this particular one would
have been upheld by the law
if it was performed In France
without an attempt to circum
vent the North Carolina law.
Anniversary
The New Bethel Baptist
Church of Crest Street, cele
brated its 76th Anniversary on
June 27 through July 1. There
was an interesting speaker for
each night with the church
choir rendering music.
Homecoming Day will b® ob*
served July 3, with dinner ser
ved on tbe groimds. Everyone
is invited to come, and enjoy
tbe fellowdilp with friends.
W. J. Kennedy, Jr., presi
dent of tlM iiloEth Carolina Mu^
tual Life Insurance Company
was named by Governor Lu
ther Hodges as one of the nine
persons to serve on a State
Board of higher education last
Saturday.
The board will have the re
sponsibility of supervising the
state-supported colleges and
universRies. It was created by
the 1955, General Assembly
and will become effective July
1. Attorney Victor S. Bryant
of Durham is chairman of the
commission.
There are 17 state supported
schools of higher learning in
North Carolina and five of
them are Negro.
Speculation was going the
round in Durham this week
that the new Board is being
established with the ultimate
end in mind of bringing all
state supported colleges under
one greater university Board
to not only ayoid duplication
of work but to evade segrega
tion, since under a greater
university or consolidated plan
no action could be brought
against the operation of a sep
arate school for Negroes.
Kennedy is the only Negro
appointed to the Board and' is
prominently connected with
numerous business, religious
and civic organizations.
ATLANTIC dry
AddrcMing the closing *e
Sion of the 4«th umml con
vention of the NaUonal Ataod-
aUon lor the Advancement of
^lored People here Sunday,
Vice Preeident Richard M. Nix
on made a plea to the delegates
not to "dissipate” their ener
gies "attaciiing those who
agree with your objectives but
who may differ with you as to
the most effective mesas/’
The Vice President’s re
marks came alter a strongly
worded resolution was adopt
ed earlier in the week de
nouncing administration ef
forts to sidetrack anti-segrega
tion amendments to the mili
tary reserve training bill and
otMer legislation. The NAACP
position in support of such
relevant amendments was re
iterated at the Sunday meeting
by Roy Wilkins, executive sec
retary, whose address followed
that ol the Vice President.
Mr. Nixon recalled his last
meeting in Haiti with Walter
White only a few weeks before
the NAACP leader died
March 21. Mr, White, he said,
earned the respect not only
of his friends but also of those
who oppose him.”
“During the past two and-a
half years,” Mr. Nixon said,
we have seen thousands of
new job opportunities opened
up for Negroes, the end of se
dation in the armed ser
vices, the launching of a win
ning campaign to end segrega
tion in the District of Colum
bia, and the legal groundwork
laid toward accomplishing
what in the long run is the
most important objective of
—the integraOon of the public
school systems.”
He cited as objectives for the
future:
Equality of opportunity lor
employment with parUcular
emphasis on more adequate
training programs so that Ne
groes can qualify for job op
portunities which become
available.'’
"Better housing with empha
sis on homes rather than Just
nousing.”
“The removal of the last ves-
Uges of discriminaUon in the
District of Columbia so that
we can hold up our nation’s
capital proudly to all the world
as an example of an American
city at Its best in every sense
Of the word."
Most important of all
completion of the integratioA
of the public school systei^.
Reaching this objective wiU
not only provide true equality
°PP°rtunity for education,
but it is the most effective way
to eliminate prejudices which
otherwise might continue to
exist between Americans of
different backgrounds. ’
ATLANTIC ciry
Recalcitrant soutbem com-
munltie*, groping for ways and
means of evading the United
States Supreme Conrt'a edict
banning segregation in public
education, were warned that
they will be called to account
if they have not worked out a
plan of desegregation by Sept.
1955
The admonition was laid
down by "niurgood Marshall,
NAACn’ special counsel, in a
major address before the As
sociation's 46th annual conven
tion which closed here Sunday.
’The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, he said did not mean
to retreat one inch from its
demand, first expressed in its
brief filed with the United
States Supreme Court last
year, that school desegregation
begin by September, 1955, and
not later than September, 1956.
“In all school districts.1’ he
said, in a challenging speech,
*we will insist that the first
and minimum evidence of
‘good faith’ shall be the recog
nition ol the school board that
students cannot be assigned on
the basis of race and that ra
cial segregation is abolished in
that school system. Next, we
will insist that a plan for de
segregation be worked out as
soon as possible but not later
than September, 1955.
“Third, we will insist that
some concrete steps towards
desegregation be put into ef
fect the next school term, be
ginning this fall. Fourth, we
will insist that the plan include
step-by-step desegregation dur
ing tbe next acbool year. Fto-
aUy, we wiU insist tbst deseg*
regaticHi be conysleted by not
lata- than tbe ycbool term be
ginning September, ISSA.”
Negroes Are Ready
‘To school boards that say
that Negroes themselves are
not ready for desegregation,”
he ctmtinued, "w« say that the
Negroes have been ready for
desegregation ever since they
were ready to serve in the
armed forces defending their
country.
“To school boards which say
that Negroes themselves do not
want desegregation, our an
swer should be simple, pcecise
and to tbe point, namely—
■poppycock’.”
Advice for Patience Rejected
In a fighting mood, Mr. Mar
shall rejected the advice of
persons “urging us not to be
impatient, not to rock tha boat,
not to push ahead too rapidly. '
When it comes to the elimi-va-
tion of unconstitutional ciii-
crimination in this cou-itry, t!-.^
NAACP spokesman declart.^.
“Negroes are impatient. Th..y
are insistent. They are d'ter-
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School Board Of
S. Carolina Town
Studying Facts
Kentucky Acts
To Integrate
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
Kentucky’s‘Board of Educa
tion has directed that all of its
public schools proceeded to
ward racial integration just as
quickly as possible though no
action has been taken to en
roll Negro children in so-
called white ' schools with the
new fall term, a resolution was
passed which requested that
State Supt. of Public Schools
Butler write letters to local
school authorities instovetlng
th«n to go ahead with mtegra-
tion plans.
SUMMERTON, S. C
White citizens of this Claren
don County town, whose
school board has said that it
would close the schools rather
than mix white and Negro pu
pils, held a meeting this week,
caUed by the t>oard, to dis
cuss what they should do in
the face of the Supreme Court’s
decree of May 31 regaitlitig
school segregation cases.
The decree allects Summer-
ton directly because it was
the origin of one of the
cases in which the court said
racial segregation in the public
schools is unconstitutional.
Stating that the purpose ol
the meeting was not to plan
action but “enlightenment,’’
Chairman ol the local school
board, J. D. Carson, explained
that the trustees want to find
out just exactly what are the
citizens’ views because what
ever 'the board does, it will
have to have tbe community
back of them
A number of the white par
ents want their chndrai to at
tend school at Manning, the
County 'seat. Clarendon County
Superintendent of ol Educa
tion, L. McCord, said, but he
added the rgtm there Is Insuf-
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Says Negroes
Needed In The
National Guard
WASHING’TON, D. C-
Clarence Mitchell, director
ol the Washington National
Bureau ol the National Associ
ation lor the Advancement ol
Colored People, told Congress
on Monday ol this week it
would be national “suicide” il
the proposed military reserve
program tails to ban racial se
gregation in National Guard
Units.
We never agree with
anyone, not even our great
President, Mitchell said," who
tdls ua that we must make aa
all-out effort to contribute our
and abilities to tbe dfe-
lense ol the country in aa
emergency.
The niiaois Congresaman
was raferrlng to tbe repaateiil
plea of Slaentaower atfihut tte
segregation proviaioa as
traiMKMis da tbe grounds that It
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