THE CAROLINA TIMES
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SHINE AT FRESHMAN TALENT
PROGRAM—Thai* w»r* among
lh» outttanding p«rform«ri ap
pearing on th« annual Frathman I
Talent Shew held last week at
A&T College. They are from left
to right: Thomatine Corbett,
Greensboro, organist; Barbara
Jean Alston^ Pittsboro and Da-
vetta Florence, Greensboro both
singers.
Rev. Martin King Attadu Arrest of Sliuttlesworth
Children for Refusing to Move On Inter-State Bus
ATLANTA, Ga., —• "Alabaina
JUi>i.ice uaa to a hbw
low”, deUaieU Maiua LUUier King
Ji., ot itie huutneru
Curisuan Leaaeisnip Cuiuureuce.
Tne Atlauia - tiaiieu luiegrauou
leader spoKe tn reterence lo iQe
convicuou tue ttiree nunui
cniloren of the Kev. Fred Shuuieb
wortn oJ: iiirmmgtiam, Ala., wli.o
Wfcre arrested August Itith wtiue
traveling intt:r!»iaie iroiu Muiu-
eagie,-ienii. 4.0 ittiriuinghaia aboard
a Ureyhound Lines Bus.
Patricia Ann, 17, Rtiby Fred-
rika, 15, and Fred, Jr., 14 were
asked by the Ims driver to move
^ t« the rear Chattanooga. They
refused.
'Xt Gasden, the Greyhound driv
er called the local police and all
three were arrested and held in
jail overnight. The children
charguU that the ^rounger girl
was slapped and Fred, Jr., was
When
he came to his sister’s aid.
Dr. King earlier sent immediate
telegram!) of protrat to. Attorney
General Rogers, the Interstate
Commerec Commission and the
national offices of Greyhound
lines. Dr. King said today that no
concrete,, action has yet been in
itiated to correct the flagrant
4Bus6 of ClvIT llfterlies.
"However, this is riot a new
circumstance to. us ... we shall
^iliie every , means at our dis
posal to see that aome accept
able i%medy Is made to this cross
miscarriage of |ustice".
The Rev. Shuttlesworth appealed
to the Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference to direct the en
suing investigation and necessary
folluw-up. SCLC’s director, Wyatt
Tee Walker mentioned that he had
clearance with Mr. Shuttlesworth
to announce, “that in a very tev/
days, mulliple damage suits will
be filed against the Greyhound
lines, the City of Gadsden, and the
arresting officers.”
"We are amezed", continued
Walker, "that this fcould have
happened when the matter of
lntersta^e travel was settled so
many years ago."
All three Shuttlesworth children
were found guilty by Judge Hay-
buru of the Entowah County
juvenile Coutt, and placed on in-
aetinite probation. When an a^
peal was noved by Attorney Len
tiult. the bail was first set bi
$15,000.00 Holt reminded tlie |
judge that he (the judge) would be j
presonally responsible for the^
children remaining in jail until
such time that the parents could
raise the excessive bail. Hayburn
then relented and lowered the bond
to $500.00 each. CORE, along with
the Southern Conference Educa
tional Fund have pledged theii
full support to the children’s de
fense.
In other civil rights activity,
Shuttlesworth’s daughter, Patrica
and Attorney Holt filed Federal
Courts suits Monday against the
Limousine service of the Birming
ham airport, and ... in a com
panion suit, H. P. Armstrong, J. L.
liojors, Charlus Billups, Siiuttles-
wurth and holt filed for respite
from “Discriminatory praclices”
of the Dobbs house Restaurant of
the same airport.
Dr. (^rdner Taylor Is Picked
To Keynote SCLC La. Meeting
ATLANTA, Ga — Dr. Gardner
C. Taylor, Brooklyn pasior and
the “peoples choice" as president
of the S million member consti
tuency of tlK National Baptist
Convention, Inc., has been scne-
iluled to keynote the Annual Meei
ing of the Southern Ciirisiian
Leadership Ootiference at Shreve
port, Louisiana, October 11-13.
Dr. Taylor, a native Louislanai^
and pastor of the 9,000 membei
|L}on:ord Baptist Church of. Chirsi
in Brooklyn, New York, claims
election to the highest office ox
i.he large organized Negro bod>
tn America in the convention’s
stormy Philadelphia meet.
Dr. Taylor was buttressed by
strong Southern supporters, chief
among whom was Martin Luther
King, Jr., President of SCLC.
Many Southern leaders were vo
cal in their support of Taylor be
cause of his strong identity with
the civil rights struggle of the Ne
gro community. One embattled pas
tor remarked, “I insist on my
right to vote in the Deep South. . .
I insist on my right to vote in
the National Baptist Convention.”
The Brooklyn pastor will deliver
the keynote address Tuesday even
ing at the opening session of the
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annual meeting. The theme of tht
conference this year is “The South
ern struggle and the American
Dilemma" embracing nonviolence,
voter registration and the student
movement.
Wyatt Tee Waltaer, Director ol
SCLC indicated ttut plans are al
ready under way to import large
delegations from New Orleans, Ba
ton Rouge and other areas of the
state to hail the return of one
of Louisiana’s favorite sons.
pi-, Taylor is acciaimed\all over
America and abroad as one of the
truly great prcachers of out day.
He is a graduate of Leland College
and Oberlin School of Theology.
He prfesently serves on the Board
of Education of New York City and
is president of the Empire City’s
Protentant Council. Doctor
Taylor is the first Negro clergy
man to appear on Radio Pulpit of
the air and in 1948 headed
preaching mission to Australia
under the auspices of the Ameri
can Baptist Convention.
The three-day meeting of SCLC
in Shreveport being held in coop
eration with the United Christian
Movement headed by Dr. C. O.
Simkins, crusading dentist and
board member of SCLC.
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Castro’s Harlem
Branded Trickery
CHARLESTON, s. C. — Russian
Premier Khrushchev’s II a r 1 fl m
meeting with Cuban Premier Cas
tro was termed as an attempt to
make it appear that "Negroes of
America are friendly to the com
munist conspirators.”
In an address prepared for de
livery before the South Carolina
State Conference of NAACP Bran
ches, Gloster B. Current, national
director of NAACP branches, said
•‘Negroes are 'not fooled by the
communist.”
Current added that “Negroes are
known to be kind and gentle, long
suffering and patient. They bear
no malice toward democracy’s en
emies—whether they are the ene
mies of racial progress such as
governors; Davis of La.; Barnett of
Miss.; Patterson of Ala.; Vandiver
of Ga.; or Hollins of S. C.
“Nor do they bear personal en
mity to the foes of freedom such
as Khruschchev and Castro.” Cur
rent pointed out that the two fore
ign leaders are “merely using the
color question to impugn democ-^
racy in the eyes of the world.
A&T to Host Stndents
From Higrh Schools
GREENSBORO — iM^ore than
r,000 boys and girls are expccted
0 participate in the observance of
ligh School Senior Day to be
held here at A and T College on
Saturday, October 8.
The youngsters, all senior*, will
ome from nearly ^25 high schools
n North Carolina and bwder
points in Virginia and SouUi Caro
lina.
As guests of the eollege for the
uU day, the visiting students will
)bserve, at first hand, how college
itudents live, study and learn.
They will tour campus facilities
ind witness exhibits in engineer
ing, science, agricultlre and art.
The young visitors will witness
the football game between the
A and T Aggies and South Caro
lina State College, will hear a band
' ;oncert by the famed 120-piece
V and T College Marching Band
vill be guests at luncheon and din
ner.
William H. Gamble, dean of men
ind chairman of the committee on
arrangements, said this week that
icceptances to Invitations, recently
nailed, are being received daily,
'le believes that the largest turn-
iut in the history of the obser-
.vance will be on hand for the
(event.
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NEW ARRIVALS on the campus
of North Carolina College enjoy
a few minutes of relaxation in
the College's Canteen between
Orlentatito sessions. Among the
more than 750 students constil'ut*
ing NCC's Golden Anniversary
Ciau, they are, left to right.
around the table, Ethel Jecers
e graduate of Mary Potter High
School, Oxford; Margaret Cherry,
John B. Bend High School, Au
lander; Chlni^a Trotter, J. W.
Ligon Junior and Senior High,
Raleigh; Settle Earp, William
Mason Cooper, Clayton, and Ca
rolyn Singeltary, E. E. Smith
High School, Fayetteville. They
have been going through various
orientation procedures prepara
tory to the beginning of classes
this week.
Always yield the right at way
regariiless of who’s right or wrong.
The SUte Motor Vehicle* Depart-
munt reminds drivers that the
right of way is only good when
it’s given up.
A CALL TO
NEGRO
AMERICANS!
\
America is aliout to choose a new leader to
STuide this country during the next four years.
It is our duty to participate in this choice! De
cades of disfranchisement have proved that hu
man dis^nity^ requires Jliat man participate in his
self-government In parts of our country force
and violence will bar our path tojthe polls^ Else
where nothing but apathy prevents us from
registering and voting. We will never be truly
free until we shake this apathy and destroy
these bars. In a democracy a man’s freedom is
is to be found with his ballot! Negro Americans
are 18 million strong—more than 10 million are
of voting age. Today approximately 5 million
are registered though even fewer will vote, un
less we mount a crusade for freedom that will
r^se our fellow citizens to this responsibility.
? HAVE YOU ?
MADE SURE ALL MEMBERS OF YOUR
FAMILY ARE REGISTERED?
Asked your minister to designate the Sunday before regi*tratimi
deadline as REGISTRATION SUNDAY and to preach a sermon
on that day on the urgency of registering and voting?
Organised car pools, baby sitters and all other assistants to enable
every member of the congregation to register?
Set up a telephone canvass df all your church members to remind
them to register?
? HAVE YOU ?
Enlisted the support and participation of all fraternal, civic, •ociatl
and political clubs in your conununity? Ask your community lead
ers to sign the CALL and release it to the local press; and — siqp-
port the Non-Partisan Crusade with your dollars as well as energy.
. Your Ryifs Can Be
Won With Your Ballot!
We, the undersigned, join together in this
crusade ... we call upon Negro American citi
zens to join with us in a non-partisan crusade to
register one million new Negro voters for the
coming election.
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, Chairman
New York, New York
BISHOP W. Y. BELL
South Boston, Virginia
ARCHIBALD CAREY
Chicago, Illinois
REP. WILLIAM DAWSON
Chicago, Illinois
.REP. CHARLES C. DIGGS, JR.
Detroit, Michigan
BISHOP JOSEPH GOMEZ
Cleveland, Ohio
DR. ROSA D. GRAGG
Detroit, Michigan
LESTER GRANGER
New York, New York
MISS DOROTHY HEIGHT
New York, New York
REV. DR. JOSEPH H. JACKSON
Chicago, Illinois
REV. DR. MARTIN L. KING, JR.
Atlanta, Georgia
CARL MURPHY
Baltimore, Maryland
REP. ROBERT NIX
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
REP. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
New York, New York
JACKIE ROBINSON
New York, New York
JOHN SENGSTACKE
Chicago, Illinois
REV. DR. BAXDNER TAYLOR
Brooklyn, New York
PHILIP M. WEIGHTMAN
Washington, D. C.
MRS. KATIE WHICKHAM
New Orleans, Louisiana
ROY WILKINS
New York, New York
PAUL WILLIAMS
Los Angeles, California %,
PARTIAL LIST
Your Rights Can
Be Won With Your Ballot!
Send this COUPON TODAY TO . . .
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, Chairman
Non-Partisan Crusade to Register One iHUion
New Negro Voters
8 W. 40th Street, New Yerk 18, N. Y.. I8th floor
I am proud to add my support to the Non-Partisan
Crusade. Enclosed is my contribution of ?
Name
Address
City
Zone
State.
Please send me copfts of the Call To Negro
Americans.
Make all checks payable t«» the “Non-Partisan Crusadfe'
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