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THE CAROLINA TIMES l*A9t 4—*THI TItUTN UNSftlBLIO" SAT^ FEI. 13, 1«M MUST BE DESTROypD IF THERE IS TO BE UNDERSTANDING Y«, Him «Better Wiy In an T**slaT. F^naf j f tlnpf A Detlw Wijfi?,” «iKt 9m- otb*r si WeteMia.v, FtiMMiy lU rafitMk “Warning |pi Sit-Dowiv |Votcst.” ^ Her,id ait*ifl|rts to rduikr N’cgro student^ foV reaorting^ to sit-^owa (iPOM.sla as a mf^ns uf remetytti^ icqffn^, «iKlen»ocratic and wn> Oiriitian |)rt^ticftOf discfi^ii^tion anil g^ation wWcfl face* citizcns of the South. That the U^r^ld pl%crs tlx iiiH raafxm- siLility un Xrj^to citizens to cr*at* and pr*‘ serve ‘•frh'udly rdatinn* between th« rac«c" evokes little if any snr|^isc auiong pctM^U intelligence in eit^K'f race. It's an okl aoutbcrn ;*tchuique often res«rUd to to inlimUalf th4 weak and tllfe nervous. It is the nMiual.»tti> tude assumed by those on the “dish^^g p^t” cud of a transaction instead of thf teccivian end. It has now been nearly iOO years »i(^e tM Emancipation Proclanii^inn was i!;sHf4i. I)M* ing that time the Negro has hivn^y b«ck«4 up when he had a right to go forwaM. gri»n«J when he was'hurt, apoloffined wbeu sIhiUM have been apologized to. and laughed wb«o he should have cried. Prior to the EnMUWipa' ticn Proclamation, he .sa\v his babies snatclitd from the arms of their mothers and Qf> the auction block with no more einolicm on the part of the seller and the buyer tkan woi(U(i attend the taking and purchastrif of a PMf>f>y from a female dog. He has heard the kito(sk on the cabin door at night and stood helpless while his wife, daughter or sUtef was taken away to satisfy the beastly lust of a mar; whose race refused to and even d(n;ed U>C courts to of(er a Xegro woman prottctioa, In every war fa>^ht to nreserre the can way of life the Negro has played bi> p^^rt in the armed services of the natioti, and on foreign battle fields. Wh«t) th« war was over and democracy had been preMrvt^i he has gone back, to his home oaly find that the very thing he fought for and hflped to preserve was denied him. For n««riy W0 years he has humbly taken this ro^ as hU lot with a heavy heart while at the sam« time foreigners have come to these shores ^nd been accorded every right that democracy ij) Am«ri* ca has to offer. , v. When nearly 100 years of begg^, perst^* sioB and humility failed to secure Wa rights, he went into the federal courts asd won th«ni _ uniier laws he had Hft part in ipak)ng! »n4, ^etore’judgej that were not of hi* ftwn t*c^. He won those rights only to sec southern con gressmen, govern'ors and many southern white citizens in high places throw up a waU of defi^ocAi^ res/ort to every meqna at J^bfir coiiijpa^^o circumvent the rulJi^s odf- the higlilKt^vris id the land. ' Tfti? ifr^nce, this disregard, or"tb* cou^sydc^ with the enactment of. ykidua statl^flnfepppo»ing[ the U. S. Sutw*ia# Cbtcrt and4«e ^institution of the/Unitod StAtea «« som^ of ^the i.ssues at the bottoKy' th« groMdsvrell that has been takiitg pltcy and thaeahai now burst forth in the forai of p«*ce* ful •it-do^’n protests. We comtncad the sttt- dente for their c^l||ness, jjheir gentleness and their lack «f bitterness. They have thrown no bombs or dynamite, they have used Ho foul language, Vhey hav raided not one filler . A against their %*versa»^s. ^ The Durham Mofninf; tl^f ihing.s, snggfesl* tl»»# the- '%>»d-t^^wa" ol IMM-ham's Coimnittee on llu«|p jRelations “might hg\e been used to reacfi ah ainicable understatiding." Has the nhsl^- expeiitnce a ^roup of Negro several nionth> ago when ^hey atte«ii|»i*(l U> n#e the “good offices’’ of (he iiumah Relations CominittM to i»eUale a vh«*vV» wi4h th« Board oi Education pertaining ^9 ifttegra* titm of th# In«t4%d M the issu« forthrijjhtlT and with the chjairnwio o( th# Boat'd of Educ«tl#l retortsd. when M wfts V» b^eidt hi^ sU««t an the matters b«foj4 him, likoc*.'* la oth*r woi>d». th|» chaif;^n Board of Education (hen and ^her« deiyiiw«tal.v f»Q- ce«d«d to f«fHtd)«te tM Hum«A KclatioM Com* mittee for its efforts at medtatioflj ’ The Herald goc> o» to stat* tW **the of Durhaiv want good, fr^^y be tween th« »nd that "tMy have demon strated theh itestre in acceptaac^i ^tioB in the ki'hoola and oq th# WUbout admUting that both di these rights were obtained in (Iw iederl^ Ke- 0roes thenueWe4, Herald wouU make it appear that they been Y«lti|itaftly and tataHjr ^epted iKthfn eten a third grader kaa«(a that o^ty th^vtfh hwg, Jiaf^ atul ex pensive fight A the federal court* was dcsegrc* gatinn in the schools and buses won, The thtrd grader alsq kno\j,s thjt iu spite oi the court victory that only token integration is being practiced in Purharti^ Charlotte, W)nston-9al- e«i, Ct^enshoro and other cities of WortkCaro' Una. L4t (t he said here and «om( thj^t Xegroea U> ?^orth Caiolhta are not mad with anyone, they hoU no ma)tc4 Qr hitternei* against anyi one, they hate tjo onr They onljf seek the righti which the fe^ral coufts sa^ are theirs, the rights that wowkl be (reefy given the rank est cot^munist frCitD Russia provided his skio is white. In the words oi an u^ktiowo author^ “If ilwy sa,v that I atu dhty, f will clei'tfjie (nyselfc f{ t^jr say th^kt 1 am ignorant^ t will improve myaclf. But when they object io, t^ color of my skin, I can only refer them to Qo^l. who gate U to me.’* ' TM HetdW aska, The^e A #fttter Way?” We say) yet, thertf is a i^t|iT^y,, and that 1$ the way hiM otit nearly 2,000 years ago by the ?ovior of the world v when He said, "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewiiie,” It can not be achieved by a member of on^ race looking down his nose at a’ weirder of an- PJhli^. riltlLJMrtbf beci^wsj hjg shin.fatppens to he darker. It cannot be a^hi«V^dby & member of one race acting on the miatak||h theory that h4 has the Ood*giyen right to' deny a fellow htt^a heia^ the common accomnKxia- tioHs in a public' place simply because he hap pens ta belong to another race. It can be achiev«(d if oi good wi^l wiSl sit down to gether AS E(^ALS and discuss in the spirit of brotherly love their problents.. Ttiis is the only way and any other leads to misunder standing, distrust and Ill-wiR ipmrtVAL i?^HT Br REV. HAROLD ROLANfli MAm of Fellowship Hark of iOne's Aceeptance of Christianity 'Hlewe te my house and A fundamental aim ration is to tear down row walls of exclusiv build a community of friendship. I^ydia, the saleswom an of Phillippi, recognized this great truth of the Gosepl imme diately after her,conversion. Hav ing been redeemed sM7|rth- with gave an invitation wleaoW‘ sMP: She reqpsi^d the na ture^ ^e 6hurch. i ol spiritual fBllowilup. XVe are reborn into thM eom^ munity throu^ love and grace. We are to live in this communi ty in unity, understanding and fellowship. Lydia extended' an In vitation to fellowship let those' who brought the good newa . . . “Come to my hopse and ^y . . Christian rebirth help# (O Wlf- ~ come the narrow exelusiveness which is the basis of so much human sickness. Christ's call to fellowship meets our deepest needs and hungers. By nature we are made for community living. Ai}d without it we sicken and die. Without it we end up in war fare and conflict. It is in the cul tivation of our fellow feeling that we really learn to live. Isolated living is not living— it is existence. Thus Christian fellowship is the remedy of one of the great siekness of our time. Redemption from sin lays the only tnte foundaMon for real fellow- ^4*P- Jhefiji ,ij>d#^ for^ the healinf of the nitions. wheh we are really born of the spirit of God we can say with Lydia ... “Come to my house and stay ...” The Gospel recognizes the es sential oneness of humanity. We are one in our sinful estrange- n>cnt from -God. And this sanVe fact lays the foundation of our TnatriHtyto^y^ -along with oth ers. And then we are one in our -universal need of the healing power of God’s redeeming love. We all then must come as needy creatures for healing at Calvary’s Cross. There we must all repent and accept God’s grace. There we must all cry out in our blind ness . . . “Lord that I might re«^ ceive my sight;” Ves, Christ came to save us from our sins and give us the capacity for loving fellow ship. , We are unha(>py behind our walls of exclusiveness. And those in Christ should come from be hind these walls. We have seen a very beautiful heart-warning demonstralton of this frtith on the part of those white studenti, who joined the Negro studetits’ protest against the exclusiveness of segregation in Greensboro. The whites were unhappy behind the walls, and when the oppor tunity came they walked out courageously to join the march ief GhriftUan fellowship. If you have been redeemed by the love of Christ, you ought to take a step to build Christian fellowship. Methodist Preadiing During Revolutionary Period Stirred Kchard Allen to Christianity The statement mad^ week by Jt. Jf. Harris to the ef^t that Im might not hi> ab»e to dj^pport At pt*pDsed tftWion school hond iskiM if Intitohcludes that it would petpHuate. f* forthf^giit wyl about the only stand any .respectable;'memUr of the‘itart could take As tiHf kiie NefjfTo an the City Ikiard of Edacatioii Kjft. Harri«t has the dawUe responsibility 6f aiding in proTiding the best schools for all tlie chiMrea of Durham and keeping a watchful eye that tie* “all*’ does not mean all of th* childrefi of one race in. pre ference to those of the other. Th« is hi* coistituencj' expects and ha« entri^ed into hi^ l^*eping. t'he Board of Edocatioa rv» ntak« it easier fo^ Vtr. Harris by not pr«fnaiing a bopd isstie or^pr«grant for hi* endoreewiawt that i» foii^ tot mhmmtting lo hinj, or one that hg can- hot si$|>oit With a clear conscience. For “if any prffvidip not far ihfs 6\'n. .,an«l specially thosif ^)f hi» awn house, he hgt^Jdt^e^d the ibith and is worse than an infiijkl,^ 'i thitikT Mf. Harris stated case h«neatly, frankly aiid conragieotKlyi f|is stand is tai keeping with the law Of the land as laid down by the b’uittd States Supreme Court a.nd_ is the oaly >n« Uiat should be takei|^by any law abiding cittzen. Certainljr h« .should not he expected to endofse a {trbf^rain that Is going to further perpetuate the ioe(]UaUties ot the in- et)u/ties tvhich be po^ed out. If tfteti are e??- perts .iu scieiKe ««nH»g to the Uvyham High SeWool and the s|me experts dd not ga to Hill side High School Mr. Harris would be less than I man to pUice hjs endorsement on .such 3 ne- tftrious practice. It has been tr«thiol^ said that genius knows no race. creel or color. It visits the ho vel ami the mansion aWte. It is njjt withii^ the pwver of inortat tn^n tg^ kt^o\v wiyit i3lvtniy hft% wrapped u(> ui tltf 0(( af c^d ai- an^y ra«e. The contett new waged b«lwecn. thi«' wtioa and Soviet Muesia detaand* that e»«^ AaMu>i«aM boy and girl gixeh the very best opportunity that cja offered to develop or her. Ck>d-£it^n ^Ieot«4 Any pr^crani of tiMit d**>M such ia dialoyal and to the Wetl-heiiMg «f aH citizens of tN tliiited 9fat«c., We cotnoKod Mr. ^arrit for tt^^rthKgbt ytftnA cm t^ ni tfti« pwmmtd kcgid U- inmma 9* mm CHICAGO—A Negro slave who was given the opportunity to buy his freedom when he was 20- ypars old and thereafter became one of the great evangelists of the .Revolutionary period will be ijonored this month on the 200th anniversary of his birth by more than a million Methodists. He is H^hard . AUen, founder of the ’African Methodist Episcopal Chui'ch which' today r,umbers 1,166,301 members. ’ Allen was born ou February 14, 1760. a slave in the house hold of Benjamin Chew hi Phila delphia. Put financial dil/iculties imposed by the Revohitionary War soon forced Mr. CheW to sell some of his property, iHcludiag his slaves. The Allen family was sold to a Farmer Stokeley in Delaware. Stokeley proved to be a tender and humane miih,' more like a father than a mihter. It was in Doiawsre 'thid the Allens heard of the enihUsiastic messages preaehed by .itinerant Methodists, says a eej^righted articles in the Chriit^ah Advo cate, Methodist professional joux- nal for pastors and chiMrtfciead- sri- Aichard apd a brother be came so interested tiat they worlted extra hard ^o a| to gain permisMoa from Stokeley to at tend clap i^eelings n a forest near Dover. Richard was conveJ^^f, and in tnriie was responsible lor Farmer Stokehey’s undergoing a ehange of heart. Stokeley, in tarn, made it passible for Richard and a brother to purchase (heir free dom. Richard at once began travel-’ ing, hiring himself out a wood cutter, brickmaker, and butcher. For a time he was a wagoner, hauMng salt for the Revolutiona -ary Army. His work took him through Delaware. New Jersey, Pennsyl vania, and Maryland. He often traveled in company with prom inent Methodist preachers and preached along the way. In Phil- adelphiii He was licensed as a lo cal preacher of St. George’s Church, the first colored person ttf be so honored. He waa even Invited to travel with ^ithop Asbury, Methodism’s first bishop, through fhe South, but he refused. Alien became interested in the educational and economic wel fare of his people, especially af ter a law in n80 gave partial freedom to domcslic slaves in Pennsylvania, With Absalom Jones, also a member of St. George’s, and others, he formu lated the idea of a society that would be both benevolent and protective. It was called the Free African Society, the first of its kind in which members were en couraged to provide for their sick, to save money, and to pur chase hontes. The society began to consider the Inclusion of religious activi ties in the program, feventually It became clear that It would be wise for the society to associate with some denomination. To Al len and Johes non was accep table byt Methodism. When an other was chosen Allen left the society, afthough Jones remained and became the first priest of the Fir#t African church in Phil adelphia in 1789. * % . Uli diHMir b/ii. .. stipat^oa «a l«^ t*elr |ti|||e is affeete«l hX':thf e^d^f aid the pati|«il uyrd to live wilA aied^ciii^ can b(in|>: til.np|KM7 r^ef, and when teild to mrfte the cahil- tioB,' pore acute, ip, the manner of all purges. F«P>'by thus rer llii.'lng^i^- perisUjltic aottf* ^,tlw .i»pw»l» of all work, the;|f " isne weal^r and in time iaQ fi^ttion «on»a}ly due tir the jhH-forinto* quality of purja- Uve». Ilf aj aaive «% If the % 9l[ Ae 4oct«r ef chjbw* 1^. A diet which eenltii^ e ttaMa aall vegetable*. aM t tt^e of driQhiB* wa»#f. «t« however, wt lie ItaiilNie eeiiii^iMnoR it removed. rfat^lry if 4e^(ii^ if f«»rhitjid tha I«vth|r|» ■* -Bjr 'iiW. c» Mgrel^ Iteiu heew- 4e- teJoiSThy ha^ empH^ wjtth-^^ ,^P^*h)e Cbvct'ii; deci'ileB: pt have bV^ ‘‘idl it. W" P»»| idjne haM ,hiai |Taihial' ap* pMadhet.' Sefne rphtee i^spoBeikilitT;. for ihitiatine Mgreciiwn u tht' ich^(^| 4d- mlfiiatraQenrJiofte ‘ ot '^nt-.fe* 4«ir* the^ituW tl^ P«r. eott te iaki,]t*a j^liaote. . ' fiecauer tha- ij^^ftanee ef thb iubjeict 6^ efm ^niunity in the So^th»':ih)ia',r^1W1iMlc•tei the liatire (4;a,.i»#;pMBii fhfcb iMve' ^hr^ Wefr Air'dl i|hA etjfeftpiti htrgel clHee.' SibW' *»- bordei'*tates.ittdr, hi have devised miWy jlifte^ Mividjfal plana to »kt thaif; 'Q^'’COnuiu- nlly .*lt«lat|ert(fc; '?9>ar thhy' ^ bWn tuaito to le^ *vi^4ee of. the gi'rfet fle'tibll&jt of the Letter to the Editor Dear Staff: As an airman and a eitlwn of North Carolina, it gives me pleai- tire to take few minutes of mf time to congratulate you for th^ fine work that you are doing fat the whole state of North Cm^ lina. not only the citizens of the darker hue. I read with satisfaction each week the progress that is beinc made in Tarheelia ae a resalt e^ your paper and the CaToUiliaa, af (Continued on paft ehO aupren^^ djc: desbiriBt^>of M»fi n^eH'a^ eiiia il^ PV- th^ iWe ’deelrtd «j.#ntbe. ,of —lUon flf™ Waiting until the First African chureh was w«ll eilewtelwd w| the yellow f««er aaige at tHjV had subsided, Ailed Methedist Bishop FraMla Mkmt- too pea the meeting haaee h* had established on prt^erty )ia owned 00 Sixth street heUO Pine. Asbury accepted aid th# church was dedicated aa flathatt with 42 members present, ^ t1t| Allen was ordained a deaeen hi. Bishop Asbury. Methodist societies began ta form among the colored peeplf in other cities. In April 181S, re> presentatives of many of the colored societies met in Philadel phia and resolved to become'one body under the name of the Afri can Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rev. Richaxd AUcn was elect ed bishop and served the denom ination until his death on March 26, 1831. He is buried beneath the present Mother Btthel Chui^h lo cated on the ori)iInal property. gia^«n.«f ^lathVW# a in grade ■a ^al^'u' hit no tchi) 'firaa.' otree-eretKliac. IftM t) .HI4, thera im eai enhar eaeaMta? t* free choice:..ractv telMmof^a aiaal i4m|4 '^NN*ll(«« tW iMri desUnpetJad el aehaak iMtf taiHl, I frae ehaice Prevail*- Sti^ ^ daaMai t» traoafW froaa eiM ichoal tia another mndt, hsdt i eit fhe permJuiion of the t#o principals Involved. Mi- order | to i prmht mass movement. \ Teacher! are «>signed>'oti the 1 basis of demonstrated ability. the Washlnrton Man y ftior to 1004, WashingtMi had i Aet oHfy sefregated sclioois, but two separate school systems unit- ) ^ only by a common superinten- ^ent. ^e separate administra tions were ended, the city dieted, and students are assigned wltfegiit regftTd tp ncf to the nearest school. Desegregation mo tivated Washington to «|hdertake 14 educational reform which Many had believed long overdue. A so-called “four track” cunicu; liini was adopted, and e*ery stu- dei^t from the tenth grade up is asiigned to one of the four cii^ rleula oa the basis of ability anA ability ^ achievement. In t similar track system Waa M- ^ded to * the lower idlers are assigned 6n the , basis of demonstrated ability. (The St. l^uis plan is similar, ex cept that it began desegr^tiop 6ne Mmester earlier in the high schools than in the low^r grades.) the San Antonie (Plait In IMi, the 1st and %iiA, the 7th and ioth grades were.,dese- gjie>l^d, N»gto ittfdents enter* 1|U thve ivades ceuld ebooM a^ich ^beol within their resi dential district to attend.- ,The P^etice of free choice h'^ been mnUnued with each class enter ing the elementary^ Junior high, of Mffh school level. ‘ Ind(vidi|.ai assignment plans, described next, differ fundament ally from, tl^ above me(hnda^iB ihat the responsibility for .initiat ing and planning desei^egation is “net assumed by the sch^ol dl- '' fieials. , WMh Carellna and Virilnia Iflans t^segregktion has been affect ed *b sbme localities eaieh 'state , by the iodividual assign ment of Negro students tb fo^m- If att-whlte schools; siieh assign- metia .are made (mly of pupiU whe academic and socielo; l^eal crHerlil of the school as- ^etltlaii. Tlie initiative for da- ^gregation li, then, not aesumed 19 the schoci boawls, wideh act " -'h« UM, patltim ^ rey: Md their •* _ ii« leieii and (ri«Mi UtHa .liMk. wiu mi-. It ewNwd n4tk ^a ta^ etilr-etep plan: liai^f^a- l||i^ hi the . hijih te»« Miod al edl^ thjiae, the ^kv hilha ^ Mhac^ Wtf, || U)pa,. ##itiefaied The Atlehte , wIM has wA yet gone ihta effect, comhiaes ^pil aa- siiHwewt with the revarH Nashville’s preeediure: desegre|av Hdn is to begin with the 13th gnide, and move down one grtdf a year. ; S. Growth The Cloiiviutte^ •( Akwiein staaf^i^; 1^^ he^ e||rM 4 sarjef qf a(a4(«s b«sed tha ft|)|daiMi«|||l tl^ “Hopf Amaricjia^ a in- ^ Owt. af th^ % (Hbl^ tn.- dvetrih>49i wm^ bic i|a|p| thfl thf «er^'^ Qi^plita|chi«t rine. hw he* 4iiiltU(*dH^wi eff- tbit IliMMiNtfWk A»- Mliav Hi th« tupftmwfc ^ W tim dustry. MmpI ' tural rtibber requirement* from the prodtwiag areas of the worM to our.prodviQtion lines." Speciflcially, we import morf than 500,000 tons of natural rul^ ber annually. Then we export bl^ qAaatities of manufactured mb- her products. More than 3f0,600 nMR and wuoon, not ineludilfg employes of tke synthetic rub* her industry, work in some . ISM ^inU hi '43 states that manafae- titrc pTAdtiets from natural rub ber. Tjteir wages totpl tl>4 bil- a year. IMtlni; It another way, the vahie of the natlqn’c eatural rubber im^ts aver^|a aMft for every emj^oytli, wN^ exports by ship e^erafe ahodl$S|4>-
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