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DURHAM, Ni C., SATURDAY, JUNC 29, 1863
RETURN REQUESTED
Then Demonstrate at Capitol
Halt Fight between His Relatives
Disappointment
First Reaction of
Protest Leaders
LUME 40
No. 26
4
PRICE t IS Ccntf
Durliam
Is Approved
ROBERT BARBEE
Three Charged
With Murders
_ _ _ _ j . Three local men are boing held
Iaw |||1|| J I in the Durham County jail await-
Jvl lUl JUlf I I jury trials for last week-end’s
murders of two city residents.
The Durham County Board of Robert Lee Barbe". 28 of 414
Education ^voted to permit first ji^-nry St., and Raeford Shaw of
integration of the Durham County i jog g Rmtpr St.' are b?iry» held
schools this week. The board did | 'rt,nrte,:tioh witW tlie"‘june 211
Mshtroting of Batbee^ br«tber:-Fred4
"ajitfSLteB;
irfittproff riie^otih!^ whoof^stu-
t^ii|8 ih new
school to be opened this fall.
Meanwhile' ’.n another front.
Judge Edwin Stanley set Thurs
day, -July 11 as the date to hold
hearings in federal court on the
t^'SlS
is being held for the Monds#
morning murder of Clarence Wil
•son. 24; of 1314 Hyde Park Ave.
Barbee was shot' in the heart
with a .32 calibre pistol whil“
w
RAEFORD SHAW
FREDDIE BARBEE
RALEIGH — Negrc -eaders
from acro.ss the state express
ed a rising optimism in resulQ^
of a state-wide meeting called
by Governor Sanford on Tues
day to find a solution to issues
of racial discrimination raised
by demonstrations throughout
the state.
Initial reaction to Tuesday's
meeting was one of disappoint
ment from many of the leaders
invited, who heard the Gover
nor repeat a plea for ending the
demonstratiops-
In fact, a brief demonstration
was called in front of the old
capitol shortly after tiie meeting
ended.
However, on Wednesday, fol-
-kjwjng a series of two devflop*
4mene^ ■'/tUpneggtiptoyd
'■‘■Kissick, of Durl3n. sp^sA9il#'‘
for the group. iMich. ntet, the
Gk>iv;trnqt’ ^eisdayJjsaid he had
b^en gi^en hope that progress
would result froni Ttiesday’s
meeting.
McKi:isick’s statement was
madie' agiiinst tBe backgroun^ oi
ar^^ond meeting tietween Ne-
^rb Raders a jGen, Way tuck in
Raleign Ur^ By
Way nick' Wllji •*’’KAACP offi
cial to observe raciai situations
in key trouble spots tbfbughout
the state. . •
plan for integration of the city, t,.ying to break up a strui;gle be ! GOVERNOR GREETS LEADERS— ing of Negro protest leaders from
schools drawn up by the school
board.
The Charles E. Jordan high
school, located in the southwest
section of the county, is to be
come the first county high schoo’
10 be integrated, according to ac
tion of the county board of edu
cation.
The board voted to accept the
NURSES GIVE HONORARY ter) accept cllalion from Chi Mrs. Ailene Ewell, founder of
MEMBERSHIP — Madame Oli- Eta Phi Sorority, national nurt- the sorority, and Mrs. Fostine
T»lt* Kelka Caulker, wife of the ing organization, giving them j Riddick, supreme basileus of the transfer from all
fmbaisdor to tlye U. S. from honorary membership in the organization (right) who present-' gchools to the new school
Bitira Leona and Mrs Edith sorority. Shown with the two ed the honorary memberships.
Brecker, of Duke hospital, (cen- honorary members are (left) | —photo by Purefoy
National Nursing Sororily Honors Evers Widow to
Two in Convention in Durham Get Spingarn
l^edal at Meet
CHICAGO — The widow of
slain Mississippi NAACP leader
tween his brother and Shaw, his Governor Terry Sanford gree:.il throughout the state in Raleigh
brother-in-Ia'.v, at the Proctor St. North Carolina NAACP Field Ser.., Tuesday. Kelly M. Alexander, State
residence. | retary Charles McLean, of Wins-| NAACP President, is shown in
According to police reports, ■ ton-Salcm. as he arrives at the (center) background.
Shaw said that he drew the gun^old state house to address a meet-i Photo by Wallace
on the Barbee brothers because
he thoiieht they had come to rob
him. All three had reportedly been
drinking.
Robert Lee said that he and his
applications of David Curtis Jones, brother went to Shaw’s hou.se to
Innsbruck Breeze and Floyd Hayes talk with him and to get some-
Negro thing when the strug.gle occurred ] RALEIGH — In a five-minute, tern
I He said that when Shaw drew the j address to North Carolina
The three had attended Pear- gun on them he rushed to him ,-ights loaders, Governor Terry 1 intolerance, hot-hcadness North
sontown and Merrick-M o o r e to take it a'.vay. Freddie charged Sanford repeated his desire for j and South, e.xploding into war and
Sanford Repeats Plea for End to
Protests in Speech to Leaders
Group Stages
Demonstration
At Capitol
By HAROLD FOSTER
(Times Staff Writer)
Over 90 professional nurses
from states throughout the na
tion are attending the 18th an-
. nufil national boule of Chi Eta
Phi Sorority, Inc. bting held
here. The boule, which is being
held at Mount Vernon Baptist
Church, began Tuesday and will
end Sunday.
. Highlights of the boule early
this week were the press party
at Schrafft’s Restaurant, the
,,‘‘Sisterhood Breakfast” and the
public meeting in which the
'Mayor of Durham welcomed the
sorority to the city and an ad
dress was given by J' b h n H
Wheeler, president of Mechanics
and Farmers Bank.
At the “Sisterhood Breakfast"
the group featured Dr^^i^ose But-
leV Browne of North^^Cai’olina
College. _ Dr. Browne \old the
.((roup that it is not enough to
have the knowledge and skills
The sorority confered honor
ary memberships on two pro-
mijr.Ckt ladies at their public
meeting Wednesday night. Re
cipients were Mrs. Edith Bronk-
schools.
A fourth Negro student who
applied for admission to the Jor
dan high school was rejected hov/-
ever.
The yoi:thful Go’ernor told
some 150 Negro leaders that ilem
into the couple to break up the, demonstrations to cease and ne-
struggle and was shot when tht | gotiations and reasoning to pre-
gun went off accidentally, Barbee |ygjj
said.
Other people were reportedly at
Chairman Kenneth Royal said Proctor Street house when ths ^ |,ave reached the point
the application of James W. Au j ® ***8 oMurre e ^ ® i qj jjeminishing returns and threat
drey was .turned down because ‘*’‘‘y ®aw Barbee bleeding, destroy good will ^d
Audry wanted to atend the seventh!"oor. | resentment,
grade, a grade A-hich wil! not be Witnessess said the murder was . haeir.»iu. f i i i
housed at the new school accidential and that the Barbee^ | Taken ba.sicali) from 1. s las
_ . ' . ■ J did not try to rob Shaw Two fe- week's address on television, the
Chairman Royall pointed out ondw. iwo . , , ,
that the board agreed to admit male’fitnesses said they feel this h'gii offic.als speech was aimedj s.ble violence
RALEIGH — North Carolina
civil rights demonstrations lead
ers conducted a ‘‘freedom now“
I i^iii bequeathed us by a cotton demonstration in front of the
civil I cconomy, liindled by stubborness-i state capitol tniilding Tuesday
despite Governor Terry San
ford's request to let reason rule
leaving to our generation the ash-! over tJw present state-wide anti-
es of vengeance, retribution and segregation demonstrations,
poverty.’’ | Over 75 protest leaders gather-
The best weapon against the i on the front walk of t h e
system, he said, "is education up capitol, sang freedom songs and
and down the line. The way to prayed to sliow their discontent
fight this enjmy is to jpen up
job opportunities for everybody.’’
Sanford said that the real story
why the leaders had gathered was
to work out a way to avert pos
er of Duke Hospital, Durham, Medgar Evers will be awarded the three Negro students on lt.»! because the Barbee men are, stopping mass street demonstra
XI-_ j_i I 1 **...>% ltinnik.hv Mp'Jrrt to “Pain tirst^lasn
and Madam Olivette Kelfa Caul
ker of Sierra Leone, Africa
the Spingarn medal for her hus
band at the 54th annual NAACP
convention meeting here next
week.
owri, without the presence of Ne-
'equip themselves to* meet other
factors affecting nurses in every
day life.
Madam Caulker, wife of Sier- ;
ra Leone's first ambassador, said
“I am greatly honored for the Announcement of Evers selec
mcmt>ership in this sorority, tion as winner of the award.
Even though I don’t think I de-; annually given by the NAACP
serve it,” she said, “I will en-j as its highest tribute to an
deavor to be worthy of it. | American, was made on the eve
■'I hope my membership wifi | of the convention opening here
be a source of inspiration- to the I next week.
dedicated nurses at home,” she I Evers will be the 48th person
continued. ‘‘I hope 4t , will mo-! to win the award,
tivate them to make greater
strides in spite of the limited The convention opens, on
medical aid we have there.” , Monday, July 1 and will run
' through July 7. It is expected to
The inter-raclal sorority has be one Qf the most important
done outstanding things in prJ in the organization’s history.
^by Negro to “gain first-class' ‘“f*
■(.ship in all walks of life." 1
-.peaking to the Negroes in the™mediately the
ert worked for Daniel Construe-! (Capitol, the Governor pointed out ‘ roM i«*rapi
two hard-working, honest men.^
gro parents or a bi-racial commit- P'reddie was employed by The ci
jpj, I American Tobacco Company, Rob-
However, the County schools had
tion Co.
See HEARING 6-A
See MURDERS, 6-A
moting jMjbllc healthy an^ nurse ...and thousands of delegates
npTSTTnn* A« a natinnat nri/anira Kpfin,ihflc ,^/iifn. •^^•hip for (ftrlfl 14 on Wednes-
^ nt aiifving whiiHtfl' rersnorTs. As a national organiza branches throughout the coun
tion the group has a life mcm- try will be in attendance,
bership in the NAACP. I Erhpha.sis is expected to
See NURSES. 6-A ' See SPINGARN, 6-A
Logan and Ashe are Victorious
Two oulitanding young Negro, Thursday. (See additional story,
tennis players move further to-1 page 4-B).
ward greatness this week in
major teumamenti in this coun
try and abroad.
Bonnie Dayle Logan, ol Dur
ham, easily captured the Mary-
day and under and was schedu-
Arthur Ashe, UCLA sopho
more and first Megro male ten
nis player to perform at Wim
bledon^, advanctd through the
early rounds of the British
championships and was salted to
mept Chuck McKinley, No. 1
ranked American mate, in the
that the Negroes had made pro-
some North Carolina
led to compete for the title in thirA reund of the event,
rthe IB and under bracket on*
gress
cities.
Sanford indicated
with the goals of the Negroes;!
saying: "The demonstrations have'
shown how unhappy and discon-1
tent you ?re, how anxious you are
to remove, right now. the indigni-
ties and inju.stices which have
visited upon your parents and
their parents. The demonstrations
brought the message, and the
message, in its truth and fullness,
stirred action which brought you
progress.',’
Th» Gfl^'crnor told the group
*hat the white people are net the
Negroes’ enemy. He declared:
! "Youi uuenii 'cd o-iue is a Mis
fire order to e.\press their dis»"on-
tent, di.ssatisfaction. and disap
I pointment with the pace of deseg-
,,1 regation and Sanford’s leadership.
sympathy I ^AYNICK PROMISES
Capus Wa.vnick, Sanford’s per-
See SANFORO. 6-A
BOYCOTT LIST
Six Durham downtown store*
remein under boycott by the
Durham NAACP because of hir-
' ing and service practice*, it was
I reported this week.
The six are Seers, We%reea‘*
Drug store, Thom McAn, Reyal
Clothing Co.. Robbins and Ro*-
co« Grittia.
with the system of segregation.
At>out 25 white spectators
watched the demonstrators from
inside and outside the capitol.
Demonstrations came after ttie
leaders met unsuccessfully with
the governor and his representa
tives. Capus Waynick, in tryin£
to solve the segregation pro
blem.
Representing over 130 state
civil rights leaders, at the one
day conference a Durham at
torney presented the group’s
commitment to continue direct
non-violent action, especially
where negotiations are making
no concrete progress.
Attorney Floyd B.McKissick
told a packed house of represent*
tives chamber. “We stand to
gether with other National
Civil Rights Leaders who recent
ly told Presideat Kennedy,
'We cannot in all good coiuciefM
call off Hty massive deoionati^
until til* ^rutleaut tba'
brought theit% (teniuastriktiaM tn
to betng ant *ahred.''
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