PONDER NEXT
Sit-Dov^ Strike
Six Tarheel Cities
STRIKE SCENES
At right and l»ft ar* Ktnas from
th* North Carolina Collago ilu>
dent tit-down itrlh* at Iwneh
countars in downtown Dwrhaw
ttoras. Lacy Stroeter,. ont of tha
NCC student laadors, it toon in
pholo at top left staniing bohind
students seated at e«Mnter. Large
crowdi of hecklers •nH onlook*
ert fHithered at nowk^on Monday
as the students con^nued then'
sit-down strike—Phtrtft by Jor
dan.
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VOLUME 36—No,
FEBRUARY 13, 1960
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STUDENTS START MOVEMENT AT WOOLWORTH
s School Suit
Board Member
Warns Group;
R. N. Harris, lone Negro mem
ber of the Durham «lty schoot
board, told the TIMES this wmIc
that his position on the prop«M
$0 million school bond issue
ponded upon Whether the propos
al would strengthen segregation
with the £ity system.
"I rS#m lhaf r «H A«t H*W
able to state a potiticn, Harrit
said in reply to a qwettlon put
. by the TIMES, "for detplte the
fact that I recogniie th« dire
need for additional sehoolreem'
space throughout the city ,i am
undecided as to whether the
bond proceeds .will perpetuate
See BOARD, page 6
HARRIS
;ffM tllhltik
BLUE
,Says Harris
ices,.,
wovd’ftwifi'te
mont
oi
Ch«p*J, >
Gri«^ *11^ ii^tsntly and
Blue wiwi.;t>|tA , ■hos
pital whW Sue^Jly,.
The liiSv^v RMtor
of the ■'I^^e''!' ^ihaj^l ftriMliyte-
rian Cbdrchi »f &«lhiont, official-
See IklTlS HfUO. page 6
CHAi»EL HiLL—k group of ap
proximately 40 Negfp and white
citizens here have 'organized
fund campaign (o hel|) finance
suit against schbol segregation.
The organization was formed at
a luncheon meeting, neld htre
Tuesday. It was desi^ated tiie
"Vickers Appeal Fund.”
Leaders ol the group alle
Okun, University of North Car
lina Professor, who presidcKl;
iel Pollitt, also a UNC professor;
the Rev. Charles Jones, paslpr of
the Community Baptist Chtuch;
and Hillard Caldwell, «
nity leader.
Many of the persons attending
are members of the Fellow^ip for
School Integration, an or);aniui
See CHAPEL HILL, page k,
Miss
Is
Little Rock
Student's Home
Is Dynamited
LITTLE ROCK, Axk.—"There's
no protection in this town,” a
woman who answered the tele
phone at the recently bombed home
of a Negro student attending Gen-
/tral High school said this week.
She was repeating a sentiment
that several Negroes openly ex
pressed this week on the heels of
the dynamiting Tuesday night of
the home of Carlotta Walls, one
of five Negro students attending
the formerly all-white high school.
Police said a home-made blast
was used in the ex[>losion which
ripped a hole about two feet in
“that it will facilitate such per
' See LITTLE ROCK, page 6
In Duffiam
Miss Hiertsa Shep^di - iworoi-
nent OurKam wQ^An, wak‘ l>aried
in Durham -Tties^f followfoit fun
eral sei^cta at the Wl^e Hock
Baptist Church. ‘^
The Rot. Hilea li. Fisher, pas
tor of.Ut« White BapUit Church,
offlclated ^ th* church services
on TuchU:^ litemo^ Pel^. 9, at
four o’elock. Graveside rites were
conducts at Beechw^o^ >emetery.
Mias ^eMC(^ 41M yfter f long
illness at LincpHi ^spi^l early
Saturday o^iyniliiL (’(tbt. 0. She
Ifved at SOOHt,.pan^t«^l]le stmt.
ReV. jRaMT
services Ipf the ^V, ^
}e:^ojf Nj^^r^1t|> Ccrtltge,
d«0c^d «ji|8 b^ io
eigh, t|M^I|au|^t(^ ’tiif
arid '$htparC. She
was ^oMed at'^e NFattopaV lieli-
gious Triii^tas Schbol' (now North
Carolliiia^l^ilege).
‘ F«>r a 'l^rotM'' of years Ihtt'was
cmpleyed .*b j-'^prth'^arolina - Mu-
tml Ufe Ifisur^e ConwAhy, and
latei^ si
Mlsa Shwat'd maititai^ed an i)M
|v6 Iiftc^t^lii'Whlte'RiMk Ba^itist
church Whefrt 'hM- fathir 'A^as one
of the earty ^astttrfe.
She served as sUt)crintendctrt of
See SWARD,'page 6'
KRESS BASEMENT
HECKLERS
Student-Fa^
Group to Tal(
With CoumI
I.eaders of the Xorth Garo-
liua Colleue student sit-down
strike ponflercti the future of
tlicir niovftu'-nt at mi«l-week as
it appeared that iicgogiations
h c t \\ e c II faculty - *tuletit
{{roiips at the c«»llcgc an«f th«
l>ur1iaiii Human Re'^tiuns
Council were set to take place.
This development came is Um
wake of the foHowins aetiom:
‘l-FoUowing Meaday’s ait-dowB
strike which Hosed hineb counters
at Woolwortii’a. Kreaa and Wal
green storea, Ihe Human ReUtioM
Council offered its servicc as an
arbiter between the stadeata and
the stores management
2-Student leaders of the ntovo-
ment held a series of mectiaflf
with their followers and repre
sentatives of the student goi'em-
ment to nuke a decision on the
Human Relatioos Council offer.
3-Late Wednesday, another meet'
ing was tyild between student
leaders of the movement, the stu
dent government and representa
tives of the Student Welfare Com-
See STUOBNTS. page C
CAMPER
SWANN
AME Church Sets Events To
Mark Birth of Its Founder
The Rev. Dr. M. Arthur Camp
er, -president of Kittrell Junior
College, and Melvin C. Swann, Jr.,
will be the nain speakers in an
observance in Durham of the Bi
centennial anniversary of the
birth of Richard Allen, ft.under uf
the African Methodist Goiscopal
Church.
The Bicentennial Service will be
held at St. Jpseph's A.M.E. Chufch
on Sunday, Feb. 14 lit the church’s
regular 11 o'clock service.
It win be part of a nation-wide
observance by the church in cele
bration of the 20Uth anniversary
oi Allen’s birth.
Born in Pliiladelphia uf slave
parents, Allen started the A. M- E‘
church in protest to segregation
of Negroes in the old St. George’s
Methodist Church. The first Afri
can Methodist Episcopal church
congregation was founded in 1816
Dr. Camper, one of the speakers
in St. Joseph’s observance, came
to Kittrell College last year from
an A. M. E. Church in HamptQn,
Va.
Swann, son of, St. Joseph’s min
ister, is an instructor in Physical
Education in the Greensboro pub
lic school system.
In the meantime, St. Joseph's
See AME FOUNDER, page 6
STUDENTS CONFER AT ENTRANCE TO KRESS
Politics Enter Strike Picture as
Candidate Reviews Law on Cafes
Press Concerned
About Damage to
Race Relations
The daily press in town.s hit by
the- s;t doi^n protest staged by
college students appeared most
concerned with what would hap
pen to “good friendly relations
between tfce races” in editorial re
actions to the movement.
However, the Greensboro Daily
Nows saw the whole business as
ridiculous, and suggested the issue
could have quckily been resolved
if the first stores hit-by the pro
test had served Negroes.
Said the Daily Newt on Wednes
day:
“North Carolina is fast ap
proaching a major tizzy over stand
up and sit down lunches In the
five-and-dime stores.
“The Issue, of course, is serious
Biit i^n’t it also a trifle ludicrous?
"If tome man from Mart came
winging d6wn and observed t he
human race Inflamed becaute
. certain ewttomert in dime ttores
^uld get food titting down and
others «o«ild get it only ttand>
thg upt, he would think we wora
stark looQey '
“We honestly don’t think the
five-and-rtime stores -would have
the slightest trouble feeding all
I See PRESSi page 6
Politics—the inevitable — crept
into the student protest over lunch
counter segregation as the strike
spread throughout the state this
week. '
In Du^^lam, District Solicitor
William Murdock, an announced
candidate for U. S. Congress, told
a Durham daily newspaper report
er that students who took part in
the sit-down strikes could be ar
rested and charged with trespass
if they refused to le^ve when
asked.
Murdock could not be reached
for comment on his statement
which were carried under the by
line of George Lougee in the Har
aid on Wednesday.
The well-known solicitor was
quoted as saying that the guestion
of service at eating establishments
had beM settled by the State Su
preme- Court in January, 1998, in
a c^e Evolving the Rev. Douglas
Moore, and others of Durham and
the Royal Ice Cream Co.
“Incidents uf this nature (such
as the student strikes) can t>e
avoided legally bv the operators
of- the business ' themSelvea by
merely ordering the ‘undesirables’
lo leave the premises.” he was
quoted as saying.
Murdock amioum-ed his inten
tion of seeking the 6th U. S.' Con-
Igressional District seat now held
by Rep. Carl Durham, of Chapel
Hill. Durham will retire at the
end of the current term.
Murdock’s opposition so far is
William Kornegay, of Greensboro,
also a district solicitor.
Most observers agreed that the
statement would have ui effept
on his candidacy whether he in
tended it to or not Some thought
he was making a bid for the white
vote. Others expressed the opinion
See POLITICS, page 6
Sister of Miss
F. B. Rosser Dies
Word was received here this
this week that Mrs. Pan»y Baroett.
the sister of Miss F. B. Roaser of
504 Dupree Street ot thH( .eity
died at her home m Minneaj^s.
Minnestoa, Wednesday, Fetiiuary
10-
Mrs. Barnett had been .hi ^
dining health for the pattt sereral
months but her death cwn# as 4is-
tinet shock and' unexpMtedly.^
In addition to Hiss Rosser ahe
is survived hy two hrotheiS; iloe
Ervin Rosser of Chajriulte B«^
Rosser of Philadelphia.
Funeral arrangemMt* ,h*d liot
been completed as preaa timBi
A&T Move Sets
Throughout State
Chain Reaction
Lunch counters ir, «turcs o.f
six ma]^ cities uf .the stat*
vff/e 'aS thu Z'
sprcatling wave of sit down
strikes staged bv colle>;e stu
dents in protest ot tHscrimina-
-tory practices.
The niovenietit was trijijjer*
til s|H>ntaneonsly last week in
Greensboro by four and T.
Ci>llc}'t freshmen who were
refused service last Tues^y at
the K. W. Wool worth iunch
Hy the end of the wTck, it
had mushroomed into a campus
wide campaign, with nearly 2,-
OOU A, and T. students, sup-
l>orte«f l>y stadents fom Ben
nett and V\'t»nian’s Collejie.
The Greenaboro euopmign set
off a chain reaction throughout^tha
state which saw students i.'' fivf
other cities dnplieate the AftT ato-
dents’ .latest.
Here’s how. the movemMat
spread, city by city:
DURHAM—At ten o’clock Moa-
day morning, approximately 29
North Carolina College and fo«r
Duke University students
See AAT MOVE, page C
Randolph and
Meany Clash
Over Powell
MIAMI. Fla. — A. Phillip Bm-
dolph, president of the Brother
hood of Sleeping Car Partws, thi#
week sharply disagreed with AFLr
CIO President George MeMy’a d«»
cription of C«Nigrea«auM Adam
Clayton Powell as • ‘^rrtbi*
choice” for ehairmaaahlp af the
House Laber-EducatMMi c«mmittM.
Meany's criticism of Powell mtk
burled at a meeting wt labar
organiwrs berfl Be *aUI
Powell had c peer r««M of
ing and atteadancc aid has ‘*wa4
his poaitkm to stir up Mate) hebM ^
at the slighteit peovaeatta*.”
Randolph imaaediateip aa—tU
by sutiiic ha Mat Hha ffjwgjfh ’
abaealMiaat. hut aiM th« Mfr
York Caagaaiaiaa ««aM ha «
“fUatiaet . impcavaiMMi.. ij«
commitlea ahahMU fffH|
Graham Ba*4M 
aaid, la “aat
devotioii la lahar a
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