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^ ' tRf CAROLINA TIMES ” m \m miHham, N. f. \ THE STRCNG^T WEAPOH IN THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTSr-YOTE ivernor Sanford^ Speech at the Boys State Meet (^vernor Terry Sanford tonk ocra.iinn last Stinday nipht to deal a blow at the dcnidii- str.itioiis tliat have heen >ta,i;cd l>y Xi‘}>roes in Xorth Carolina for the |>.4st several \vi ek. The g^overnor ina(r the attack on the lienioii- strations, of all i>laces and tiin>-s. diirinp^ a s|Krech at the sepregated '■ rtli (.an>iin:i l!o\^ Statp that was in session at ( hapil Hill. The sntin" fi'r the attack >vas jieriect in that m>t a sinjjie Xesm hoy was ni attendance for the simple reason, that even thunyh 4he Uoys State pretends to train the yonni^sters for fiimre responsibility of citizenship, no Xej^ro boy has ever heen invited. The governor told newsmen that he de plored some of the tactics used hv Xejjro demonstrators, especially those involving; sit downs in streets, theaters and stores where cw7.tomers are blocked. Hf stated further that “many of the demonstrations are j^etting out of hand, are hein.q: carried to the excess and have gone beyond the leffitiiiiate objec tives of peaceful n^jrotiations." Whatever the objective of Xorth Carolina’s Boys State, it is certain that its memhers or those participating in the session at Chapel Hill will have had no honest suggestion or training as to the kind of state or world they will face when they become men. By refus ing to include Negro hoys in its program, the Boys State movement appears to ns to be deliberatelv burving its head in the sand. \\ hen it pulls it out and looks around, there will he facing it the mVre than one million ■Wgroes of the state with whom white boys must live and work. It a|)pear.>* to iis wisdom would dictate that ‘he governor and those who have to do with the Boys State movement would not mislead white youngsters by having them trained into a false notion that they will be able to assume the responsibility of citizenship in politics, industry, religion, education or elsewhere with out giving careful consideration to the pari that will and must be played by the moie than one million Xegrf>es in Xorth Carolina. The segregated Boys State, like Durham's annual segregated .School Patrol visit tc Washington, is out of date, stupil and condu cive to a false conception of citizenship re sponj(ibility. Whether those who have to do with the movement like it or not, the Negro i.s in Xorth Carolina to stay. Instead of becoming less active and articulate in all phases of the-.state’s affairs, all iudicatio.ns point to the fact that he will and must be heard in the future in any effort involving the affairs of the state’s citizens. Therefore, any movement that excludes the Xegro from equal and full participation in those affairs a|)pcars to us to be doing the state a grave disservice while making for even more mis understanding between the races than we ar» now having. The Supreme Court's Ruling on Bible Reading It is understandable, though regrettable to devout Christians, that the C. S. Supreme Court ruled against the state's retpiiring Bible reading and recitation of the Lord's Prayer in public schH)Is. The pulvlic schools are owned and snpjKirted by all the citizens of America, which itTcludes' Christians, jews, Mohammedans and other religio\is groups. To force any or all pupils is a denial of religious freedom and therefore immediately takes the status of unconstitutional legislation. In the face of the Sujireme Court ruling on the Bible (juestion. we suspect therf^\vill he numerous violations t’io'-gh not deliberate or intentional. We cannot visualize a school niarm or school tnaster. with 2.t or more years of classroom experience in teaching and guiding young jieople, sudtlailjf.'surrenderii^g her or his custom of chapeK pf >ciassroom devotions. There are thou.sands of men and women in all walks of life who remember with reverence and respect some dedicated Christian teacher, whose prayers and Bible leachings in the classroom or at what used to be known as Chapel exercises, kept them from straying too far from the straight and Give to the NAACP Convention Fund The Carolina Times trusts that the Negro citizenry of Durham will respond liberally to the campaign now in process to raise funds to send 29 Durham youths to this year's con vention of the National .\ssociation for the Advancement of Colored People to be held in (liicago. July 1-7, The goal is $3,,sOO and although we are satisfied that it will he achieved in time we are making this appeal with the ho]>e that it will emphasize the im portance of the matter and that too much time .wiltiiijptili^ifcfit M,jt&isiij^ , the ^e^sired Becau^^ w IM If tne %!tuation now facing Xegroei all over the nation it is man datory that as man)' young people as possi ble, as well as adults, be given the opportu nity to learn the lawful techniques to I)e used There is not a res])ectable Xegro citizen in Xorth Carolina who is not anxious and will ing to bring a hasty end to the anti-segrega tion demonstrations that have been going on in this state for the ]>ast several months. In the face of Governor Sanford's ajipeal to the XVgro citizens of Xorth Carolina on last Tuesday to end the demonstrations and the serious desire of their leaders to cooperate with the governor in any way possible to preserve the peace and safety of all the citi zens of Xorth Carolina, the facts reveal that the Negro segment of Xorth Carolina is stared in the face with unequal .schools, unequal employment opjwrtunities, insults anl abtises mmj Satmritf at Dnrbun, N. C. hr VntM PdbUdMn, Inc. L I. AUrnN, Pnbliffatr muau ud eBi«i2 Md at Durham, N. C. ‘ '"SUMC&lflldN RATES [fm0 (|lu Uc'lhx in N. C.) anjrwtaere to fcnd to servicemen Overteaa; JO (plufl 8c Mlc( tax in N. C.); rmit. RiB«l« eop7 \9c. OCBm iMaMd at «M ft. PntifMw It. KINO SPIRITUAL INSIGHT REV. HAROLD ROLAND narrow path. We would like to see a member of the Su preme Court or an officer of a lower court who would have the nerve to invade the classroom of one of those dedicated teachers of by-gone daj-s with a "no Bible reading" or teaching order. We suspect there would be an explosion then and there that would make those of World War II appear as child’s play. There were teachers “in them that classrooms” in those days anti they ask-ed no cpiarter and gav» none to man. pupil or beast. Many of that men now sitting and ruling on the Supreme Court bench doubt less canie up under such teaching and influ ence and could relate instance after instance of stich teachers firmness and imniovable stand on matters of principle and right. Si), we refuse to tear our hair or worry too much about the Bible ruling of the Supreme Court. We are satisfied that in spite of it there w'ill be a continuance of its teachings and admonition, as usual, even though for policy sake it may take the form of a course in Bible reading or study. Man is Forever in Need of the Assurance of God's Divine Love in the battle for civH rights. Therefore we urge our readers to rally to the cause by send ing a contrilmtion to the Durham NAACP Convention Fluid Raising Committee, P. 0, Box 1932, Durham, N. C. Not only will the youngsters selected have an opportunity to learn the latest lawful tech' niques to be used in the battle for civil right.s but they will be afforded the op|)ortunity to meet and know many of the leaders now in the forefront of the struggle. The inspiration • »tj?j^^i»puna people, will receive, we think, is •AVortn Ihe sacrifice in time’ monsy and energy of all our citizens and we again urge them to support the effort now being made to raise the $3,500 necessary to make the trip. "You whom God loves &nd hit called to be Hit dedicated peo ple." —Rom. 1:7. Man, isolated from God through sin, needs the assurance of Divine love. And God’s rare love, is wondrously manifested in Christ the Savior of sinners. How blessed it is to know that Gpa Almighty has deelar^ or made known His great love for us m Christ/ God’s' immeasurable love is seen in the Christ of the Cross. Sin leaves man marred and un worthy. Sin's corruption plunges, man into the darkest depths and God’s love reache^s do'vn into the depths to rescue and redeem man, God comes in love to re store the sin-marred image in man. “God is love.” This God of sin. So we have the blessed as surance of God’r love for a world of lost sinners. God’s love, therefore, becomes man’s great hope. God amid the infinite vastness of the universe remembers me as a sinner in my lost condition. Yes, God love' me and would red.-em me. The certainty of this Divine love is a blessed assurance. Blessed as suranee Jesus the Savior is mine Man, the inner, is never hopeless because of the assurance that God Almighty loves him. It means something to know that there is a ultimate power in the universe that loves and cares foi your soul. What is the parable 0^ the Prodigal but an assurance of God’s love for the wayward and the lost soul. God loves man in his lost condition. And' God proves His love for our lost aoul.» by sending His Son to redeem us. Countless seemingly hopeless incorrigible souls have been the object of God's grace and love. Gracious Divine love reaches out to reclaim the unlovely. The matchless wonder of God’s love is beautifully revealed in the midst of ugliness and unloveli ness. This love of God sheds it magic to reclaim and restore the unlovely dupes of sin. Look what God's love did for a blind, hate- filled, murderous sinner on the highway at high noon one day. This gracious Divine love re deemed a Mary Magdalene from the corrupting power of seven devils. And I see this gracious Divine love giving peace to the varped, mentally sick mind of the man who lived amid the tombs as a raging maniac. Truly God’s love can "rebuild the sin- shattered personalities of men and women. What a blessing to know that God's gracious love can heal and reclaim the unlove ly amsQg us. A world walking precariously on the brink of ruin needs God’'’ gi'aelous lore. Love, God’s, love revealed in Christ, is Indeed the key to man’s salvation. Apart But in God's love we can fullfill from God’s love we are lost our God-ordained mission in thU word. We the fading vines must be rerooted in God’s love to sur Vive in this critical hour Jn hia tory. Communism’s godliness hate and moral-spiritual blind ness is only a historic delusion. Man mu.st achieve his high des tiny in God's love. Man is lost and he must be saved through the power of God’s redeeming love. God loves us and is ready to save us from unhappiness and failure. The Governor's Appeal For the End of Demonstrations in a majority of public eating places, theater.s, housing and various other vital necessities to a full life. There is also the matter of stenographers, bookkeepers, clerks and other jobs in state county and municipal offices that are now held entirely by white persons. Negro lead- er.s are goin^ to w'ant to be assured that in the future a qualified Negro will have an equal o))portunity for employment in these posi tions that are financed from the tax funds which are paid by the people of both races. We would also like to reminl the governor and other responsible person's of the state tlwt the anti-segregation demonstrations were .seized on in desperation and as a last resorf to awaken the white leadership of X^orth Ca rolina to the fact that Negroes in this country are tired of the status of second-class citizen ship. Likewise, they are tired of the pater nalistic attitude of white leaders, tired of the «nooty, superior air assumed by a majority of them when dealing with Negroes, tired of the silly notion of most whites that they can judge the aspirations- ambitions and aims of all Negroes by those of their Negro cook, maid, yard boy, porter or other employees. The amtcmncement made by Governor San- (C«flttnacd oft pigt d-A) ALEXANDER CRUMMELL “Let our posterity know that we their ancestors, uncultured and unlearned, amid all trials and temptations, were men of integrity . . were enabled to resist the seductions of ease and the intimidations of pow er; were true to themselves, the age in which th«y lived, their abject race, and the cauRs of man; shrunk not from trial, nor from sufferings — but conscious of Resoonsibil- ty and impelled by Duty, gave themselves up to the vindica tion of the high hopes, and the lofty aims of true Human ity!” So wrote Alexander Criimmell, one of the two most highly educated Ameri can Neeroes of his day. rrumrr'“ll was born a slave about 1821 While still in his teens he *:?'’>>c°d to the North. A3,on? wi1h H^nrv Highland Garnet, hp matrirulat/HJ at an acadArny established by Abo litionists In Canaan, New Hamnshire. These youngsters incurred the hostility of the townsfolk when they n»irticl- pat»d in th# »nft«chmakini? at a Fourth of July celebration. The aroused citizenry hitched fortv-five vnfce of oxen tc* the school hulldin*. draaffed it to a swamo and fired a nartine ■ .oabite to the Nejrro boys st tViev rode off to New York: aiviard a ^tafrpnoach Cnitvinvill. after th* iSi^Mt- rniw ri^urth of .Ttily fnrMpni, enrolled at Oneida Jnatitut*, founded by the Quaker Abo litionist, Beriah Green, for colored youth. After complet ing his studies there, he was refused admission- to an Epis copal seminary, but subsequ ently accepted at another in Boston. As a young student, in 1840, Ive wrote the official proclamation of the Conven tion of Negroes in New York State, in which he stressed that Negroes belonged to America and that in ac cordance with the Declaration of Independence and with the Constitution they formed a part of it. In 1842, Crummell opened his own Epi>!Copal Chanel in Providence, Maj;s. After sever al months his congregation dwindled and he asked his Bis hop for a larger constitue'’(’v. The Bishon sent him to Phlla- rtelnhtn with a letter to Bis hop Onderrionk who advised crumm^ll that he would re- c'*ive him into his diocese on one condition: no Negro priest pnuld sit in his church conven tion. and no Neuro church could asle for representation In It, Crummell renlied: “1 will never enter your diocese on such terms.” Crummell later founded a rhnr»I in N«w York, Duri"» this time, h^ became nnt^d for HSe pontrihHitinn In shsnini? n nWlosonliv for the awake'^ ln«r fjoorn In styiivnia for frooilKm. T>v thlt Critn» mcll brought a icbolar’a tarn* LANGSTON HUGHES HOME IS AH OPEN DOOR “It was nightime,” said Sim ple, “and it was Springtime. And wlien I took that girl home, her door was locked. In that day and time down in Virginia, nobody much locked doors, anyhow, there being no robbers. But her mama had done locked her door, lights cut, house dark, as if she did not have a daughter who had gone to a dance. It were em barrassing to that young girl to have to wake up them old folks to get in. Besides, it was not that late. That young girl’s parents told li?r to be home at midnight. It were only just a little after one o’clock when we got. there. That music was ao good we forgot about time. It might maybe have been my fault we was late, because her mama told me I could take that girl out, but she said, ‘Boy. you get my chile back home here by twelve o’clock. If you don’t it will be you and m-';!’ The way things turned out, i1 were me and her. That old lad.v tried to ruin my life.” “The night of th" dance?” I asked. “Nb, rot the night of the dance,” said Simple, “nine months lat^r.” “Oh!" I said. “It were worse than oh." said Simple, “because I hart not touched that girl. I w'"ro just a young teenag." boy mj'- self. All I did was ki.ss Eiroyce once or twice on the way home from that dance, from which we walked in the night in tH« Springtime in that sw^et and scented air. But the next week. I f“ll in love with another girl. You know how young folks is. Yet come that following Fall, her mama sent for me. ‘Is you the father of her chile?” “What child?' “You see my daughter, don’t you? Her’ chile.’ “No, m’am.’ “Don’t lie,’ says mama. ‘Don’t you lie to n»e about Elroyoe.' “I do not know why they always assumes the man is Iv- 1 n g. It turned out that girl were secretly in love with me, so Elroyce told her mama I were the father of her child. Before God, I swear I were not. Tf coulcTTOr^: I had n o I touched her. But I left town. That is when I come North to Baltimore, It w-ere not my offspring. Would I have any reason to lie to you, my friend twenty-five years later, now?" “I do not see why you would lie to me.” I said. “On the oth'^r hand, why bring up such 7 unpleasant memories tonight?” “•Because her child would be twenty-five years old this year, and I wonder what he loukii like.” “How do you know it wai a boy?” I asked. “It would have been a boy If I was its father,” said Simple. “I would not know what to do with a girl daughter — wa.s I to have a girl when ske got teenage. I would be afniid of Springtime and dances and be ing out late for her too, like that girl’s parents was, wa» I a father. But I would not never lock my door on no child o( mine, no matter how late th*v come home. The hom* door, thn door of home, always should always be open alwa.ys — eliw do not call it home. Rich folks doors is locked. White folks' doors is locked. But the door to home should never be. If I had a child that stayed out all night — and al! day the r^xt day and all week — I would not lock my door against her —or him*—he he l>oy or girl, my child, I would not lock the door.” "Since you are not a parent, you are just theorizing,” 1 said. “The hard realjties ol how to control teenage #iild- ren in this day and age, baf fle most people. I am sure they would baffle you.” “I baffles rot easy,” said Simple. “I remember how when I jvere in my teens, my folks did not so much lock their doors at night, but they locked their hearts. They locked theit minds and they did not try to understand me. Old folks in them days was a thousand years away from children, any. how. I lived In th? same houpe — but not WITH them, if you ■^tet what I m»an. I do not be lieve. in this day and time, there is such a high vail bo- tween_old %nd. y.Qung, -,Do you think so?” I “Yes,’* I said, “I think tb“re is—and n’.wayo will be. Th“ gulf between the generations is a sort of perennial one. Take rock and roll the old folk« hate it, the young folks love it.” “T must not h" very old then,” said Simnle. “I like rock and roll mvsejf.” “Pprhsns you are sionple re tarded,” I .said. “Which is better.” said Sim ple. “than being discarded. 1 wi«h me and my wife had aeven children.” “Whv?” I said. “So I could always k»ep an open door,” said Simple. Crummell, Episcopal Prie>t, Became Militant Hero Im Cause of Abolition of American Negro Slavery Yes, We All Talk per, a knowledge of history and a familiarity with litera ture which made it possible for him to write incisive es says and articles on a wid6 ^ange of Negro themes. He zealously campaigned for the abolition of slavery and made Ci\iquen't appearancjTfi. in be half of the anti-siavery move ment. In 1848, Crummell went to England to solicit funds for a new church he planned to build in New York. While sneaking there he attracted the attention of such leaders as Wilberforce and Stanley, Thirwell Ingles and Macaulay. Sir Beniamin Brodie arrane- ed for him to enter Oueen's College, Cambridge Univer- sitv. from which he was grnduated in 18.’>3. He emigrat- to Africa where he .spent the next twentv years as ns clergyman, political leadeir and agent of the American Colonization Society. rrummell re t u r n e d to America !n 1873, wh*n he one* affain became a leading *nok«*m»n for the cause of the Nfeffro. In 1897, he opened the ffrrt session of the Ameri can Negro Academy, an In stitution which aimed to forni an intpllpftual elite capable of leadership. This erudite Wnlseonnl wi/xif continued to he a brilliant snoVosrvtfln fnr tho cnuM nt Vaoro. Wta w** a malfW flfun in Negro Amarica 1b By Marcus H. Boulwara It is indeed pathetic that so little emphasis is given to speech training of student tn Negro colleges, especially those who are to teach, O f course, we have an array of courses in English composition and literature but these do not meet adquately their need fq^ effective oral expression. Speech is, without doubt, the most iniportant tool of the teacher, no matter what sub ject he teaches or on what level. If teaching were merely the imparting of facts, any number of substitutes could be found for the teacher. There could be reading, listen ing to radio or television, en- r o 11 Ing in correspondence courses, and many other ac tivities to take the place of teaching. Teaching ought to trans cend the Stage of fact-gather ing and .should be a stimulat ing oral force in fosterinjr pn- thusiasms that will last long aftifkr students have left coi- Ie«?eq and school.s. To the extent that the tea cher's oral 'nresenfation of the rna+erinls of instruction is In- tpUiwihip symDhathetic, and •^tbn«iin!tic, he will be able tn di”°ct .9*iitlents in such a wrnif tViat thev will find his contagious, PFAttrrS: por mv free nBmnhlot on nublic sneaking, s°nd two stamps and a self eddrpsqod inno envelone to Dr. M, H. Boiilware. Box 310- A. Florida AWA TJniversitv. TaHnhnspop. F'a. Sneeches will be pronared unon reouest. Mop* nnnnnl tvioofincr of Fri. Ttir>« ?P qt tho Bnvfl nlooo fit Pr of r’jimlinq "■ill vio the main speaker for the The piitilic is invited to attend. t^ll vonr wifo t.ha* s*'! ionVs h"autifnl toniwht. and site t'>lls you von are ««rc»stip be cause she is •’0 different from what she was last niqht. the daeades both preceeding and following his African so- j o u r I*, It waa he above all •thers who, before the Eman- cipatlon, preached an oDtimis- tlc view of the Negro’s pr»» asset*, a boayant aelf-«»rfl dene* as a challenge to th* aeiiae of tnfertorlty to whieh th^ Negro In America had so •ofir beet* conditioned, Hi« In- W)irlng exhortatlona tn inde- ii*n»dene^ of mind and confi dent awlration — hwrrmnivf- Iv vaU^UiHtt ky Ills ovn axai* pte — ttruek a note that apti> cinated the counsels of later miMtant Negro leadership Crummell died in IBM. The historian Richard Bar- dolnh wrote in his book *Hia IfMnro Vangmrd that Crum- mell ha* been a hero t*«.»Mi- tant Negroffs e*#r stnoa Wil liam E. . TXiBoIb,, hi Ma 8«uli of Bla«k Faik OP031. iJ^vot«?d a moving ehiinter t« Crum- nv“11 tn which ha wrofw: “t ►‘stinctlvehr firilppi] hefnre ♦hH man. ns on« bow^ hrtMre th* K«pk«ta «e vorld - .**
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