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TH5! rATJrJLIMA TIMES T t •!.» )(pj DUI|hAv'. w. The Sbulhern Methodist Church Runs True to Form This ciilorial i Ulayel. It is delayed Wcau««* 've have wailoil for the supporting carfiHin which ap|>ears on tlie eiliti>rial page of this issue of the Carolina Times. It is mir hope that we may in some way shake the ci»nscienoc of the while church in cenerai over tile slow pace it is setting in the race nln^ licinir staged in the field of Xegro civil ri";hts. While the cartoon on the matter is directed primarily at the Southern ^fethocl^st Church, it is eipially a)pHcal>ie to other lirnnches if \,hite Christianity. It should be distressinj; to all Christians that s]>orts. theatrical, educational and even the business worlds are so fur ahead of the white church in the hid now heing made to implement (liristianity anl the democratic princijile in this country. .\s has been its custom fiir centuries, the church is now and always the last to embrace a change for the betterment of mankind. The announcement last week that Dr. Al fonso Flder will remain at the head of North Carolina College until September 1 instead of giving up the post June .VI ;;s previously an nounced gives a sigh of relief, though tempo- r.->rv. to nhimni. faculty, students and friends of the school. While the secrecy attacheI to the 'election of a successor to Dr. Elder bv the Board of Trustees is understand able. it has become of great, if not grave, con cern to those of the Durham community as well as its alumni, faculty and students. In view of the tremendous growth and develop ment made by XCC over the past 25 years into one of the state’s major educational in stitutions. it is only natUKil that Durham citizens would be concerned about the selec tion of a head to the school or any other mat ter affecting its future. -As important as the early selection of a successor to Dr. Elder is to XCC. it is still our hope that the Trustee Board will not, because of the urgency of the situation, select a per son who does not have sufficient vision and administrative ability to continue the progress the school has made in the past under its foun/ler. the late Dr. J. E. Shepard, and Dr. Ehler. We would much prefer to see NCC suffer the temporary disadvantage of not hav ing a qualified head than to see it hampered permanently by one that is not qualified. The July meeting of the NCC. Board of Trustees, therefore, will be watched with great concern by all thoughtful citizens of Durham. It is their hope, if and when a suc cessor to Dr. Elder i» named, that he will possess the qualifications that will be de manded of the head of all growing educational institutions of higher learning during the next 2.i or more year.s to come.. The task before the I?oard needs the prayers and good wishes of all those interested in the future of XCC. A Fair Emplopent Practice for North Carolina In order that Negro citizens of North Caro lina may not be lulled to sleep by the few gains recently made in race relations in this state we are taking the liberty this week to rail their attention to some of the unchanged conditions that corftinue to exist in a majority of its cities and counties as well as the state iji general. Likewise, they must not be de ceived by the series of articles that have re- ^^ntlv appeared in the daily press about Ne- positions that when it does happen it is frortt ^roes not being prepared for certain jobs page- new.^ in both the daily and weekly ^t-hieh for the past ©o« hundred years or saai£ have been practically a “Xo Negro mans land," or “For whites only.” .\mong the jobs, offices or ptisitions vvhich it can be truthfully stated that even the best qualified Negro applicants have little or no chance of obtaining eni|)loyment are: The North Carolina National Guard, the North Carolima Highway Patrol, stenographers, ck*rk.s and bookkee|>ers in state, county and nnmicii)al office.s. Some of the local or coun ty jKisitions to which Negroes have in a majoritv of cases been overlooked or'''thc past 100 vears are: Assistant Kecorders Court iiy at' the NAACP Convention The Carolina Times has observed With growing concern the lack of Unity in the methods now being used by the various or ganizations that claim to be fighting for Negrt) "rights in this country. While such i state of affairs may be considered the natural consequence in any segment of the Ami^rican citizenry, we are of the opinion that the Ne gro stands to lose more than he will gain by such open demonstrations of conflicting methfKls a* occurrel at the recent convention of the National .Association for the .Advance ment of Colorel People lieKl in Chicago. Acconli'iri to report* cojiifing from the NA.ACI’ Convention, no leader or heretofore accepted friend of the race who came before the conventimi esca|H;d the fury of the various grouj)S represented jn the (|uestion of how to obtain the rights of Negroes in this country in spite of the fact that all of them pretended or claimed toi W fighting for the same object- jliPMI MMifeed avwy Mardaj at Dnriini, N. C. fef Daitod PrtMifn. &>c. L. X. AUBTm, PnbUiher fdepbM* mM»t» and «n-86U! ibcoad ClMi PoiUce Paid Durbaiii. N. C. fOBBCSIPTION BAICS HM per iwar (Hitt Ue tax ia N. C.) aofwlMra ia Om IL and CaMda and to aenrioemas Ovancaa; MK tt-M (pUia 8c aalea tax in N. C.>; ItaaMb tllM jwar. lin^c fopjr 18c. fkWlN iMatW at 418 B. It. ive. Those who are reported to hfive come in for rough treatment by the ^ud\en?e included Roy Wilkinsi, its executive .secretary; James Meredith, of Mississippi University: T. H. Jackson, president of the National Bap tist Convention. Instead of action that would lead to disunity ami confusion among the Negro masses, we would urge the leaders of NA,\CP, the Con gress of Racial Equality, the Student Non- Violent Co-ordinating Committee, the Ala bama Christian movement for Human Rights and others fighting for Negro rights to get together now on their methods before the N'egro masses become so confused as to whom they should look to for lea«ler.ship that all of the gains made during the past several years are nullified. Frankly, we feel that there is enough work to be done in the area of civil rights for all of the many organizations now engaged in that struggle. There need be no conflict be tween them because all are ultimately work ing for the same goal—that of complete democracy for all of America’s citizens. AFTER YOU HAVE said Thank You and sat down, have you ever contemplated the speech you corld have made if you had been alert and eloquent? RUNNING WITH A HANDICAP When viewed in the light of history it will be found that slavery, the sweatshop, child labor and other tmgodly systems of all ages were opposed by every other institution for Hu“ advan^iweut ,of mankind bef6re the church. lnsteal of leading tl'e way, in many Kislauces it has been the church that has stood in the way of the full realization of the Fath erhood of (iod and the brotherhood of man. So the action of the Southern Methodi.st Church in refttsing to abolish its segregated Central Jurisdiction is typical and in keeping with the past’history 6f the Christian Church in general. It should be soul-shaking to the officials and members of the Soitthern Metho dist Church to discover in this late tiate that they are still clinging to the silly notion that (ioil was wrong when He declared for the ages and ■eternity that of one blood all men were created to dwell upon the face of the earth. The July 16 Meeting of NCC Board of Trustees SPIRITUAL IN3IGHT REV. HAROLD ROLAND ALL TALK By Marcui H. Qoulwara. There is some talk that the Senate Southern members will filibuster Pr».sident Kennedy’* civil rights program to death. !irhis is possible because the motion to limit debate ia il legal in the Senate, except when a cloture is invoked by the prescribed number of votes. In deliberative bodies, one can propose to limit debate by (a) setting debate period, (b limiting the number of speak ers for each side, and (c) limit ing each speaker to a specifi ed number of minutes. The motion might be made in this manner: “I move that we limit debate on this ques tion to two minutes for each speakftr.’* This motion be longs to the subsidiary class; It is designed to prJvide a means to get rid of the mo tion under disjcusslon, A model speech presenting a gift will be prepared by the ■writer for $1.00. *' READERS: For my fr'je pamphlet on public speakirg send two stamps and a self- eddressed business (long) en velope to Dr. Marcus H. Boul ware. Box 3I0-A, Florida A. and M. University. Tallahas see, Fla. - ;! . - Faith in God Gives Meaning to Man's Existence Here on Earth LANGSTON HUGHES Ml . sistant prosecutii^ attorneys of Recorders Courts or Municipal Courts, firemen, tax list ers, prison guards, jailers and precinct regis- trafsi jiulges a«(t other poll pffij?ials. .Ml of the above positions carry above the average pay for services rendered but, with few exception^, Negroes are still on the ovt- side looking in. In fact, it is so rare'when a Negro is employed in one of the above newspapers, W'e think thpse who control the employ ment or appointments to the positions named above are ])lacing the cart before .the horse when they charge, kefore making them available to Negroes, that no member of the race is qualified. We would like to suggest that such jobs first be made available by civil service examinations and tii^t they be given to the best qualified pfrsotx without re gard for race, creed Or color. ■ Once such a system is instituted, vie are satisfied that Negroes will equip themselves for suc^i posts the s’anie as others, ' 4 "All over the world thty are tell ing fh* story of your .faith." Rom.' 1:8. Faith in 'Jod must Indeed be counted as a great fiith. Such faith gives undergil'ding and power to the finite, precarious nature of our common human etistence. Faith in God is ’> stabilizer of life amide its many difficulties and uticertainties i Faith in God gives the anchorafec of ultimate meaning and signi- cance to this life we are called to live. Thus the saints are com mended for their great faith in God Almighty. And their faith in God is known abroad for it hu served to sustain them in their struggles in the face of great opposition and pei^secu tlona. This life is made livable through hope for a great nation. Had he not been a great man of faith he could not have done this thing. We see Abraham moving out by faith when other men were thinking possibly about dieing Yes, at seventy-five Abraham moved in a great adventure un dergirded by a great faith *n God Almighty. By faith he Went forth in the company of the At mighty God to lay the founda tion Of the nation of Israel. Then faith stablizes amid the uncertainties and difficulties We must face. The word tells us thiit the., just ^hall live by faith in God.The righteous can stand se cure and certain knowing that God will vindicate what is true and right. Many d^rinr so.uls have found stabiiityj.. thfOi^ j th^r, anchorage in truth aod tl^ widergirdine power of a—right sustained by r Ood of-ri^ great faith in God. The Bible, eousness. Thus faith in Go() s^ the word of God, tells the great, dramatic story of the ungirding power of faith in the struggle pf men. The story of the under- girding power of faith in Guu m the life of man begins with Abra ham, the great man of faith. Abraham laid the foundation o. balizes us when we rigfi^. We must face many difficulties but our faith in, God.assures ^ha* right wins the victory. |n tibc rightous battles the ‘«ay seem» dark and uncertain. Many timeo for the thirty years preceding Jackie Robins^, HH I I I I III' DISPLEASL*RE. I suppose, is more often thought than ix{)Ti$scd. Many of us were shocked to learn from our newspaper* •the other day that Dr. Martin Luther King had been the vie thn oJ egg-throwing in Harlem ba he arrived at Salem Metho diat Church to preach an even Ing sermon. The daily press attributed this disgraceful incident to the Black Muslims. Malcolm X, the leader nf the Black Muslims has denied that his organization had any thing to do with the attack on Dr. King. Assuming that Mr. X is till ing the truth, we think that he must accept some responsi bility for helping to create a climate in the Harlem com munity which made it possi ble for such a despicable inci dent to occur. It is reported that Malcolm called upon members of hi;; group to tur^ aiat and let Dr. King know what Muslims think of his ron-violent strug gle for integration. On any number of occasions, Mal colm has said for public con sumption that he> is opposed to Dr. King’s methods and philoaoi^. Malcalm has just as much right to be opposed to Dr. King as anyone else. Person ally, 1 am not and don’t know how 1 ever could be non-lvlo lent. If anyone punchaa mt or oViarMlaa phyi^Uy aaaaulti m*, you can bat your bottom dollar that I will try to giv* him back as good a» setit. Yet, I have to adnaiiia mw like' Dr. king, ^yatt Walker, Ralph Abernathy .andt Fred Shuttlesworth and all tl|i« reat how I ever could l>e rjpn-vio- lent discipline. I think i]^ takes real guts (or them to go through what they endure and suffer. Malcolm X and his or«?anl. zation belifA’e in senaratlnn They have every right to. tf tbp-v want to go off into soma all-black community, w h t don’t th^ just gO- I don’t how the.v can keep saving with a straight face that their theories r»pre.sent the will of the masses of the Negro peo ple. The masses of the Ne^ro people, in cities all over tha country, are demonstrating, some- at the risk of their live*, to give witness that they want Integration — the exact op posite of serration. As I said, I feel the Mn» 11ms have a right to their oplo iona. I do not think it la fair, however, for Malcolm to con tinue to make the kind nf statements which incite people to attempt to dishonor a man of the Integrity of Dr. Kin*. There' is another angle fb ^e a'r^ti-King demnntMiratlnn. Tha R«v. OMrfa LawrMiea, who drove Dr. King to ttaa church and whoa* ^ WM the CiviJ War thew great souls in the Abolition Movement must* have felt discouraged fighting the entrenched evils of the sin of human slavery. God in His good time gave them the victory in spite of uncertainties and diffi culties. Finally, faith in God gives ul timate meaning to the weak, finite life of man. So often mar seems so insignificant amid the vastness of the universe. Man'* feeble efforts seem so utterly meaningless. Man's efforts are not meaningless. God has a purposr for every life. This purpose if found when man through faith anchors himself in God, the ulti mate power in the universe. And this cast of faith gives meaning to man’s life. In Christ the Say lor this Pivine meaning for man's life finds completion amf fulfllt ment. God gives meaning to man's life. Apart from God man’s Jife is empty and meaningless. Faith in God’s.sovereign power is the solution to the riddle of human existence, A areat faith in God makes life liappy and victdrious. damaged during the incident, pointed that had th«re been ade quajte police .protection, tha egg-throwing might have been prevented. Certainly the police know that Dr. King was ehca atabl^d in Harlem. They should be furnishing him with every bit of protection he could possibly have. He gets it in Southern cities, why not iO New York. I must mention one other thi^g atiout the Muslims. As Dick Gregory has said, they've bwn in existence for thirty- five years “but the Negro .•didn’t know any'thing abou*t them until the white man put them on his television.” Gre gory adds that Malcolm X ha» been invited to speak on whit» college campuses all over the nation, but seldom. i( ever, peti Invited to N^’igro college campuses. Tt seems to me verv odd that onwfr structure In Joiirn alism, television and radio k"cr>s promoting the Muslims ,'T'ha naWlonal Negro rommu- nlty has demonstrated drama tically that it is opposed fb separation. Could It he that the Muslims are receiving im portant aid and spon.sq,rship from outside' the race? CouUJ it be that individuals or groups, which believe in se gregation, finds the Muslims version of segregation-separa tion useful to their cause? Where do the Muslims get their money? Who finances them? Does all their revenue come from membership? W» think these are questions th# Muslims onirht to answer We’de be delighted to hava th«m do ao. White oa tha aubjact of moaaf, I muat csmmant on i» SIMPLE ON KNEEL-INS "If I was to want to go to church at all,” said Simple, “the last church I would want to go to would bo a white church." "Why do you say that?” 1 asked. “Why would I want to go into a nest of devils to wor ship God?” asked Simple. “They be not Christians in their hearts when they bar me out of church.” “A church is supposed to be a public place open to every one, at lea.st in theory,” I .said, “so you should have the right to go to any one you wish. I ask again why would you not want to go to what you call a white church?” “They are too dull.” aaid Simple. "What do you mean, dull?" I asked. “White minister reads their sermons. They even' reads tbfir prayers,” said Simplie. “If you do not have a prayer in your heart and cannot say your prayers to God without notes and a speech-pap^. what kind of prayer is that? Also if a ministe* cannot praise. God and. preach a s^- >ppn without typltig )t all down first, what kind of soirlt has he got? I do not like np paper reading minis ters and written down pray ers. I like the kind of preacK- ers who pray from the heart and preach from the soul. I also do not like no slow drag ging old hymns, neither an^ thems, nor arrangemenU- I tike swit^g and swaying haT- lelUjah singing, and gospe| songs and tambourines. I have not heart tell of a whitp church yet with tambourines’* “'The Salvation Arrpy.” I said. "They i^ not a church.” snfl Simple. “Th/*y stands on corn «rs and sings and prays, and do not read their praypr, neither. T lik'* the Salvat'on Army. They are out doors "ind integrated, also believes in Santa Claus. I am talking about fine churches with pipe organs and no soul, jasper pnl pits and Jim Crow, to whose altar I do not wish to go. I am all for the Freedom Rid ers, but the last place I would want to ride would l>e to a white church. I am for every kind of sit-ins but a church- in.” “Krve,el-ins, I bcliere they call them,” I said. “And I sup pose colored folks who partici pate in kni^l-ins do not so much desire to attend whitf churches as they do to revert the hypocrisy nf thoxe congre gations that will not permit black Christians to share God’s worship with them. It is the right to attend th. church of one’s choice, not nefcessarily the actual attend ing that counts.” “Why would anyone’s choice be a white church,” asked Simple, “when colored church es are so much livlierT” “True templet) are neither white nor black,” I said. “They are down South — except Catholics — and I am not talking about them,” saW Simple, “I am talking about Baptists, Methodists, and such like, segregated one from an other, North and South.” “The Bahais are not segre gated. The Christian Scientist' in many areas are not segi* gaticd. Coumunlty Churches are not segregated. Father Pl Viren’s is not segregated’, I sal)rl. “All churches should pattern after Father’s where anybody may worship and pra.y,” “O. K.,” said Simple. “Bift a man also can pray at bom#. Why any black man would want to go to a white churcii to pray. I do not know, when he is liable to be jerked ur> off his knees and put out. I could not keep my mind on God in a white church. Be- See HUGHES, 6-A eWitonnl in the New York AV STERDAM NEWS. The editor ial said that some' nf the af fairs staged to benefit Dr Martin King’s SCLC are no better than “hustlers” from which Dr. King’s group doe# not realize financial aid. t think a newspaper does a pub lie service wheti It cautions people to be careful how they maH'v contrlbutidrs. I also think It Is most unfair for a newspaper as influential as the AMSTERDAM NEWS to write such an editorial without nam ing names and l>eing specific as to who the hustlers are and how they have hustled. As one of the people who has be»-n active in raising monery for SCLC by participation In tha rf^buildtng of bombed chureh as, th* dinner givan for m« whaa I bacame a mambar ot Th'? Hall Of Fame, the Back Our Brothers $100 per plate Banquet and the Jazz Concert at my home In Connecticut. I must tak( (fxception to any such generalized editorial. Rev. Wyatt Walker, Dr. King’s Executive Assistant, told me on the golf course the other day that my work in tha above mentioned projects and the work of others aasociated with me, has grossed over *100.000 for SCIX:. This has be^ done within a year. If only hurts the cause of civil rights for such generalization to ho written. Even though I have great respect for the AMSTERDAM NKWS and its publisher and editor,, I feel it is only fair to myself and to others who hava worked .slili .ma to p»t this answer on tha racord.
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