N
lays Holder in "Slww’
This- soei«% cooaeious, ckkims
GcofftMll HwWii in Uw Mareh
inue «• SHOW MkSAzine (due
on iMnntaBd* TlMrsday, Feb.
22) loving the M«gro theatre
to dMMi. >
And tiw credit - or discredit
- for ^rtinir the smotheringly
affecttMMte tvmd, says the cele
brated acior-dancer-painter, goes
M none other t^n Adlai Steven-
too; "our AiAbaasador to the
Unitei Nations.
In his tart, taut articles in
SHOW, Holder states indignant
ly that “it is a fact that the ret
rtnt Afrtcan trend in the theatre
has been practically killed by
kindness - a sort of cockeyed
Charity which assumes that any
■rtiatic endeaver invalving Ne
groes mutt be raptnr*usly
praised, and shielded from Im
partial criticison.”
, The result, he claims, is that
icn'ible s^ws get pioduced
merely because they have Ne
gro (Siaracters and - ef themes.
Th^ “turkeys” fail, of course,
but hot without doing serious
damage to the occaslohal good
show that comes along,
•Hd the Negro theatrical
pibtural in general.
Specifically, Holder names
thne rtwxirs which made up “the
K. K. K. settson; 'Kicks and
C^^', ' ‘Rwamina,’ and “King
Koitg’.’' The first two, he claims,
wefit disasters; the third de
served to live. But it died, a
victim of guilt-by-association.
The pernicious Afro trend,
HeMer claims in SHOW, start
ed when A!tni>assador Stevenson
chose to decorate his UN offices
in “what might be described as
Dark Continental," and/^cular-
ly qu^ped, “it’s all Africa this
yeas.” Suddenly, as Holder puts
it, “people begak to take their
cues’irem hin\. Confounding the
KMfilin by being kind to Afri-
caM becanw as contagious as
the Twist.’’
Ptiblie kindness is not limited
to Negro theatre, alone. It also
applies to Negroes, period. Hold
er sardonically relates his own
expericenes in adulation, when
he was retained to do the choreo
graphy for an off-Broadway de
bacle called “Brouhaha.” His
choreography was scrapped be
fore the opening, but Holder’s
name on the program, and the
color of his skin, won him ra-
pturouis notices in the midst of
some of the worst reviews of the
season. '
“What does a Negro perform
er have to do to get panned?"
asks Holdef,” Join the Commu
nist Party?”
As a serious artist, he ob
jects as strenuously to unfair
pralae a,t he yirould to unlair
blame. Wltj^ all the “kindness,
iself-consctousness, sincerity,^
soul-ser{ou«oeBS, and solemnity”
being stickily poured upon them,
both the American Negro
theatre and the American Ne
gro artist are “sick unto death."
Charge L*. Officials
With “Dtegal Arrests’*
ATtAIfT>5^ Ga. — The Stodent
Nonviolent Coordinating Commit
tee today charged that Baton
Rouce, Louistsna officials are “U-
ipTally sTTflitliie” ^embers ol the
Student Nonviolent coordinating
Committee on “trumped-up charg
es.”
Charles McDew,. SNCC Chair
man, and Robert Zellner, a white
SNCC Field Secretary, were arrest
ed Saturday evening, February 17,
by East Baton Rouge Parrish Dis
trict Attorney S. Pitcher after
they visited another SNCC Field
Secretary in the East Baton
Rou?e Parrish Jail,
The tivo SNCC workers were
oriptinally charged with “vagran
cy,” McDew said, but Attorney
Johnnie Jones of Baton Rouge
told the SNCC office in Atlanta
that the cli'arge agalqst them had
^iston-Salem Church Marks
OIL February tt
WUNSTONnSAlJEM — Found
er’s Day was celebrated at St.
James . M. E .Church in Wins-
ton-Salem Sunday, Feb. 11 at
the* regular II O’clock worship
service.
Aittornejr lUchard Erwin,
litmber of the St- Paul A. M. E.
:hurch and member of the Wins-
ton-S^lem school board, was
guest speaker. He told the
audience that the church is fac-,
ing the greatest challenge in the
•hnals of church history.
Attorney Werin was introduc-
•1 ivr wiar Russell, trustee of
St. James.
Dr. Clyde Knight outlined the
history of St. James during the
program. St. ,fames is Winston-
Salem’s oldest Negro church. It
was founder in 1S77.
Ottiers participating on the
program were Mrs.'Flbrrrc Hus-
sell, who was guest sololtt with
the St. Jemes senior choir, N.
B. Ferguson, Jr., who presided,
and Dr. M. Arthur Camper,
minister.
The program was sponsored
by the St. James Layman’g
T.«ague.
n». North Carolina Depart- violation of the law was Involv-
nent of Motor Vehicles says ed. When you know and obey
when a traffic accident occurs, the tarffic laws, you’re not
>ou cai be almost certain some likely to be in an accident.
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Program For The
"Slow Learner"
Although the emphasis at
North Carolina College, as else
where, is on the gifted child,
considerable attention is being
paid to the “slow learner” in a
program especially designed for
that purpose.
Mrs. Octivia B. Knight, as
sistant professor of education at
NOC, Is in charge of the pro
gram for “slow learners,” which
operates at the graduate level.
According to Mrs. Knight, 15
to 18 percent of the school
children in the United States
fall in the “slow learner” cate-
gory.
"They learn fundamenlally
the same way other pupils
leMhi/' Itbs. KalsJii Myi, "but
they do not think or reason
as well* they a»e less ImagiBa-
tive and less able to see the
consequences of their actions."
Thus, the program at NCC
concentrates on imparting
methods of “slow teaching,”
which Mrs. Knight describes as
“the repetitive presentation of
facts."
At the same time, she says,
an attempt Is made to Increase
the speed ol intake for the slow
learner.
With these two emphasis in
mlhd, the courses of Instruction
are centered around unit plann
ing, planning of useful materials
and aids for teachers and stu
dents, and the grouping of child
ren who have special education
needs.
For the most part, persons re
gistered in the course for slow
learners are in-service teachers.
Because of the college’s concern
for work in this area, Mrs.
Knight says, funds are available
for scholarships and other types
of financial assistance.
CORE Leader
Charged With
Criminal Anarchy
ACWKW, fNtr^ Bat
on Itouge CORE Chairman Ron
nie Moore was charged with
“criminal anarchy” by the di
strict attorney here this week.
The charge carries a maximum
penalty of 10 years at hard
labor.
District Ju^e Fred S. Leb;
lane dismissed a plea for a ha
beas corpus hearing sought by
attorneys in a trespassing
against Moore, in an attempt to
lower a $3,000 bond they said
was excessive.
'Moore is chairman of the
CORiE chapter that lead the
December 13 'mass march of
some 2,500 students of all-Negro
Southern University. A student,
Moore was charged with tres
passing on the campus on Jan
uary 18.
His arrest came on the after
noon the University announced
that is was temporarily closed
down.
No bond was set on the new
criminal anarchy charg?. The
East Baton Rouge parish district
attorney said In his charge that
between December 8, 1981 and
January IB, 1962, Moore violated
a state law against criminal
anarchy, In that he ‘'advocated
In public and in private opposi
tion to the' government of the
state of Louisiana by unlawful
means, and as a member of the
CoRgress of Racial Equality, an
organization known to the of
fender to advocate, teach and
practK) oDposltlon to the govern
ment oi the state of Louisiana
by unlawful me^s.”
GET SEARS ROEBUCK toi McArthur Newell, Jackson-
SCHOLARSHIPS — Dr. B. C.
Webb, left, dean of the A. Uid
T. Collega School of Agricu
lture, presents Seatf Roebuck
freshman scholarriilp awards
vUier James Carlton Kearney
Bad Alice J> Key, both of Tar-
bere; WiUie Frank Faison,
Clinton, and Alexander Daw
son, Belbaven.
The presentations were made
last week at the Annual Sears
Roebuck Scholarship Awards
Program at A. and T.
Stores Take Steps
For Integrating
Sales Personnel
Federal Court to Hear Case of
Alabama's Attempt to Oust CORE
f A R O LI A T I M BV I
SATMQAV. mwyiCH S, 19«2 DURHAM, N. 54- ‘
Ga. Governor Refitsei to Grant
Rights Group Requests to Halt 6ias -
ORBENS/BORO — A number
of downtown retail stores here
are taking first steps toward
integration of sales personnel.
Several, including the four
largest, have agredd to a March
31 deadline.
Leonard Guyes has served as
chief spokesman for the retail
ers in nepotiations with Negro
leaders that began last fall.
Guyos said his own firm, Grago-
.Guyes, is among those com
mitted to the March 31 dead
line.
A spokesman said that the
stores which did not accept the
March 31 deadline include
several smaller retailers which
would have to e^oand their
staffs - whether business lustifi-
ed it or not - to comply. -.He
said they have agreed to ^ive
equal consideration to Negro ap
plicants as openings develop.
... The cltyls four largest
ment stores, which are arnong.
those committed to hire Nejrro
sales nersonnel by March 31,
are Ellis JStone. Sears ■'Roebuck,
Rplks. and Mevers. Kress and
Wnolworth stores also were In
this groun.
Ort'aniza+ion* reoresentinc the
Negroes - -hr —IWial *
units of the NAACP. CORE and
the Greensboro Citizens As-
.■soclation. which Is comnosert of
Nein'n business and professional
leaders.
MONTGOMERG, Ala. — A the case to the state courts,
suit brought by the state of Ala-1 Judge Johnson has set March 19
barha to prevent CORE from I as the date for a hearing on the
operating in the state has been I
transferred to U. S. District
Court.
U. S. District Judge Frank M.
Johnson refused a motion by the
State of Alabama to remand
IMTjiri* Tour
Sinwiaf ivran/»v Wilson
WHEN HANK MARR, heard
that vocalist Nancv Wilson want
ed him to accomoany, her dur-
ins a waxini» .session in their
Columbus, Ohio home t/)wn. the
noDular organist cancelled an
eastern tour that had been nlan-
nod to promote his -newest rdi'
COrdin«, “Yotjr Magic Touch"
and “Twist Serenade.”
GETS NEWSPAPER SCHO
LARSHIP— Tommy Caddie,
editor of the award winning,
A. and T. COLLEGE RE-
GSTER, the student news
paper! from thzough^^ the
nation' to receive a Reader's
Digest Shcolarship, full ex
penses paid, to attend the 4th
annual Editors' Conference on
International Relations.
The conference held at Over
seas Press Club in Mew York
City, February 9-lX drew
newspaper editors from nearly
250-colleges and uniTersitles.
Geddie, a senior and ma{oring
In mechanical engineering, i*
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Darid
Caddie of Hope Mills, N. C.
New B4»*n Deltas*
Plan Jabberwock
The New Bern Alumnae Chap-
t**r of Delta .Sigma Theta Sor-
aritv. Inc. will present its An
nual Jabberwock on March 2,
t»«a. at St. Jbaeph’s Hl«?h School
Well. New Bern, N. C. The theme
wBl be "J¥w|eotion ®2” and the
neiirram tiHU feature the North
Carolina CaUe«e Donee Groun
e« nHrham. N. C. Contestants
lor the “1Ml»i« .Tebberwock” con-
teet have been selected from
Tsrlon* high schools In tlv* cities
of WMliamston. New Beni, and
ceawtieii itt Jams. Pamlico,
and Crawen. Proceedi will gn to-
•'ards the eh«pterg Seh«>larBhlp
Fund.
keen raiaed t» “erlmiaal anorey.’
"Crhnhial anerehy" wag describe#
iv Attorney Jonet at “an attempt
to overthrow the government of
UmMsiw.’* and etrriei a ten year
wnt—e». Botii an M14 held oa
$noo !MA4
WELCOME — Z»r. aiM
Bwakia, lei*. tfMMi •# at«di
at A. and T. CeUege. t
cones euir trrtrak
aual conferaaM of ‘ ^
•I AaaoctotiMi of
Weabeea hold ai M.
rtbnvT l$’20. At ontm
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Mrs. Eva Martla, Oeorgla
Slate IJepartmeBl of gduaa-
Um, AtlwHa, Co., md Or. J.
B. Jenea, aaaoclaia dean ol
I. Texa* SootlMva Hal-
irantlfbMlloiMletv Tewaa, and
int of the orgi
CORE motion to dissolve the
temporary restraining order
and injunction.
The suit was transferred from
state. court on the petition of
attorney Charles Conley after
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones
Issued a temporary restraining
order forbidding COI^E to carry
on activities in Alaliama.
Judge Jones ruled shortly
after the secretary of state, Mrs.
Bettye Prink, refused to ac
cept an application seeking to
qualify CORE as a corporation
eligiible to do business in Ala
bama. Mrs. Frink conferred with
Governor Jtohn Patterson before
rejecting the CORE application.
Conley contends that the re
jection by Mrs. Frink was be
yond her discretion and the Ala
bama laws require her to ac
cept such petitions.
Former Theology
Teacher Speaks
At Livingslone
SAUS©UiRY—‘Christian col
leges are surrounded by many
new frontiers,” Dr. John H.
Satterwhite, minister of Trinity
A. M. E.'Zion Church and pro
fessor of Ecumenlcs and Sys
tematic Theology at Wesley
Theological Seminary, Wash
ington, D. C., told the annual
Week of Prayer audiences at
Livingstone College here last
week, "but the most unexplored
of all frontires Is that of a lov
ing fellowship.” And he went
on to say that services like this
“Week of Prayer have as their
purpose to explore this frontier.
The call Is for a living faith to
win back the church’s lost pro
vinces: the campus, young peo
ple, and labor.”
Speaking twice dally during
the week, Dr. Satterwhite used
the theme, “A Committed Fel
lowship of Christian Scholars”,
and endeavored to show that|
the church college is a force of
committed persons who truly
care for God, for the church,
and for other people. “It’s pur-|
pose,” he declared, “is to re
vitalize the church and to trana-
form society". j
Admonishing ' students' and,
focutly to seize the high mean-j
in of commitment in the Intel
lectual community, the speaker’s
messages underscored three com
pelling commandments, “to ba
systematic, to be inclusive, and
to be open-minded.”
Dr. I^tterwhlte was for near
ly fifteen yeari professor of re
ligion and theology and Dean
of the Hood Theological Semin
ary at Livingstone College be
fore he accepted his present
positions In Washington, D. C.
ATLANTA, Ga.—The leaders of
two anti-segregation organizations
asked Georgia Governor E. Ernest
Vundiver this week to issue an
txecutive order “which will de
clare that segregation in the State
of Georgia is illegal and contrary
to the best interests of the United
States.”
In a eoo/erence with the Geor
gia governor, J«s. Fortman, Exu-
cutive Secretary of the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Commit
tee and Charles A. Black, Chair
man of the Committee on Appeal
For Human Rigbta askad him to
veto a bill that would ban un-
authorlied demonstration on state
propwty.
The SNCC and COAHK leaders
had tried to enter the Governor’s
office early in the afternoon, but
were halted by a Georgia State
Trooper. While they were talking
with the policeman, an unidenti-
hed man came out of the gover
nor's office and asked them if ha
could help; then. CQAHS Chair
man Black told the nun that they
had a letter for tha''^ovemor,
and the man admitted them to
the office. Vandiver came out of
his chamber and the two intro
duced themselves to him. They
entered his inner om&e and pre
sented the letter to bi^ The let-
Chairman McDew.
Vandiver rend the letter and
said “You want me to do two
ihingH; veto a bill and al>olish seg-
rr’"«tion in f;'>or£Tia ’’ Vandiver
said that th;ir requeht that he out
law segregation in the state was
I "ri'licill'ws.” lii? said that segre
gatiun in Georgia “is a custom,
and a tradition 100 years old.” He
also said that he would not veto
the anti-picket bill. Forman asked ;
Vandivr if the anti-deaionstra-
tion measure would affect stu
dents at white and Negrn stat4
schools who wanted to stage a
campus parade. “It might very
well,” the Governor said, “if tbej
plan to demonstrate.”
The Georgia chief executive waa
asked if the bill would apply to
Icibor union pickets in other Geor
gia cities, -who might not be able
to contact the Governor, Lieuten
ant Governor, and the Speaker
of the ilouse of Representatives
for a demonstration permit as tha*
bill requires. Vandiver said tha^
if any of the three were unavail-?.
able, “They would just have to’
Wait." t
As the two anti-segregation lead
ers were leaving his office, they'
heard Vandiver ask an assistaiUi
to “give me a copy of that bill.*',
He signed the measure into law
ter was signed by Black ahd SNCC shbrtiy after they left.
Supreme Coiirt Decision in La. ,
^y Affect N. C/s Pearsall Plan
There is considerable specu
lation among Durham Negro
leaders whethier the recent
LouMana Supreme Court de
cision will have any effect on
the outcome of tWo> Dtrrham
city school reassignment cases
now awaiting deciakm in Middle
District Court and North Car
olina's PearaaU Plan, deigned
to keapr school integregaUon at
a nainimum.
Durham attorneys Involved In
ttM two reaaaigmmat eaaea de
fect the dacikioB Mght have on
Um local ctMKt, bat txpreased
hope tlut the Louisiana case
might aarva aa a ataadaed.
Explaining attorneys reluct-
ance to comm«tnt on the situa
tion, W. A. Manh, one of the
lawyers in the case, said, “We
wani ta .fee if th.e LouiataM law
haa aay almilarity to our law
in Nbrth Carolina. We would
have to get a copy of the opinion
to determine this.”
Other legal sources opinionat
ed that both state statilt^k are
pVaetlcally alike and that If a
suit was brought against the
Piearsall plan, the Louisiana case
would determine the outcome.
However, said tho^e source*,
there would be some questloii
whether the Louisiana caa#
would affcct the reassignmeiit'!
coses.
The Supreme Court last week
ui^eld (he decision of threa
lower court Judges who ruled'
that Louisiana’s plan for clot-:,
ing schools rather than integra
ting was not valid.
North Carolina’s Paarsail
•Wwi also gives the authority
close schools. The Plan, In e^’'
lect, states that a child of any
race cannot be made to go to a
school with another child of an.
opposite race, and can apply for
a tuition grant to attend a
prlvaite school.
The Plan was adopted ]i|St
after Ihe^ Supreme Court
clsion of 1954 for t^ purpoao
of maintaining a segregat«4
school system In this state.
The pupil reassignment caif
were brought to federal coi
after nearly three hundred
Durham school children sought
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SXX>MOW BURKE, the At
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Me” fame, aksed that a cor
rection be made about FMIly
«.4jiee]ay Kae Williams buying a
piece of hla, personal manage
ment contract. "Mikki Leo la
still my only personal managar,’*
be mM, “and notbing’a bam
signed with Kao, who was aajr
fir^ maoagar. But 1 will lajr
lhal vo^va boaa 4odng mmm
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