North Carolina Newspapers

THE CAROLINA TIME'S ^ . • ? DURHAM, N. C. SEGREGATIONST P^liUTlCIANS PLATFORM: NOW, WHO INCITES M%^6LiNCE T|ie Negro's Destiny in A Disturbed World Durham and North Carolina spffreg»tioni»t» who have been endeavoring with all their might to pin a red tag on those who have been participating in the demonstrations in, which Negroes have been engaging for the past several months were dealt two tcrrific blow's this week. The first came in the furni tif an editorial appearing in the Durham Morning Htrald Jast Siniday under the c:i)>tion, ‘-'A. de lusion et a Dangerous Sort." Tlie editor’al being reprinted elsewhere in this week's is»ue of the Carolina jl'inies. 'I'he se'corKl came in the form of''Sin address, ddivi'red b> Dr. Frank Porter Graham, United Nations official, in Raleigh during the annual 4-H Clul* Week meeting at N. C. State of the L'ni- v«rsity of North Carolina. Dr. Graham pointed out in the address that the UN faces a double attack. Said he, “The extreme l»:ft in the world—the Communists— and the extreme right in .\merica are in m uncon.scious alliance to destroy the- effective iru'aning of tlie U.N." He called on the 4-H Gub members to take a look_ at the world about th«m which is inhabited by tliree-bil lion persons, three-fourths of which are col- ored. Said Dr. Graham further, “The 'vay the colorecj people go will help determine bow the world goes. Anfl what we do about colored people in America will help determinfc how all the world’s colored people will go.” Dr. Graham went on to defend the rights of minorities to tienionstrate non-violently to end discrimination. Said he, “They are not trying to overthrow; the republic. Father thev are trying to fulfill the promise of the repuWic made on jnly 4. 1776 in rhiladclphia. Tht .Southern Movement clidn't sfart in Mu.- cow as f^sonie people cli.iri'e, it started Iq (treensbiiro, and before that it started in I’hiladelphia, and l>efor; that it started with a carpcnler's son in the Judean hills who lived iiufi preached and died for the etpial rights for- all." You will now need to read attain prayerfully the words uttered by North Carolina’s Sena tor Sam J. Ervin in his recent attack on the .Adniinistration’* civil rights bill to fully real ize the differeilVe between a "liatesman'' and a statesman i>r a demagogue and a states- m:'H. ^'ou will then kni.w now just why ■\urth L'anjiina white voters would sink so low in (Kjlitical skulduggery as to vote for the late Willis Smith for the L'. S -Senate in the- election of 1950 in preference to Dr. Graham. We salute the Durham Morning }fera'd for its forthright editorial of la.>t Sunday aiuLDr. Grahaoi for his forthright stand in his ad dress before the 4-H Club Week meeting. With the struggle now going on between democracy and c'ommiini.'ijn for supremacy, the Herald editorial and Dr. Graham’s utter ance make us truly believe that destiny has decreed that the des4)ised and jected .Ameri can Neero should “come-o the kmgdom for such a time as this.” and to prove to the over whelming millions of colote^J"persons in the world that democracy it truly a "government of the i>eo])le. by the people and for the peo ple.” • TMe WHITE MEN OF ms STATE HAD/E A eiGMT TORtSORT Tt) ANV HCAHSAT THEIA COMMAND TO STOP MECROES WHITi ACV. HAKOLO ROL^^NU An Administrator or Novice for President of NCC SPIRITUAL INSIGI^ Great Rewards Can Come From Filling Today's Spiritual Needs a We are not in position to determine what ])fonipted the choice of the special committee selected by the Board of Trustees-of North Carolina College to find a successor to Dr. * Alfo>nso Elder, who will retire as president of the school in September. Members of the committee probably gave careful study and jjiraj'.erful consideration to the qualification of t'ach and eVery person available for the posi- "tioii before they settled on tlie one they wi!l offci‘'*as their'nominee at a full meeting of the Trustee Board next month. The respon sibility of naming a president of even the sm.vllest college during these strenuotis thne* is nothing te be taken lightly. Chir sympathy is therefor# extended the special comihitti'e of the NCC trnstees for their efforts toHiiid a successor to Dr. Dder who is capable of continuing the advancement* the school has made during the past 25 years,»r more.* It i» probably too late now to expect any thing hut a|>prOT»l of the special coramittte^ leU-ction when the full board meets m-xt Bioitth. It it the natural course of procedure of inch to 8've approval in such cases and only ■ great awakening'to the grave and nuifnentmit step the board is about to take conld shake it from rubljer-stamping the recommendations of its special, committee. ■ So about all the alumni, faculty and friends of .NCC can do now is to smile and extent' perfunf:toi;y congratulations to its members. The true tabitlatiott of just how each, meni-- ber e( Ih* special - comniiMee voted in the teU'ctioR the candidate whose name it 'will Poplar strett In Durham is a street of for gotten men «nd women, forgotten children and forgotten houses. Here illegitimacy, cheap wine, cheap liquor, run-down houses abound in abundance. Here vile language, drunks, dis couraged men and women who have become victim.s of a social order that will not let them go, even if they so desired, fight curse JMId beget more illegitimate children while the world around thein whirls on at its mad pace It'would be a fine gesture of true Christian ity if stime of our Negro ministers, society women, proud business and professional men and women would take time out just once and drive their sleek, shiny cars through Poplar streef. 'And Oh! if they wouUI »to{> for a moment or two and talk to some of the bright-eyed little children of Poplar street l^orn into a Situation and environment they did not create but now growing up under con ditions that no normal human being could survive without becoming a menace or at Wast a liability to society. ^^^•ne^^oplar^t«eiMiouse^bim^ PhMIiM «mf ■! Iwrtf, N. 0. feV Oalt«4 AikUihwi, Im. >. L. & AtotflN, PHUiiiMr StiiheBe MMm awl «1-«U tiiwd CkM ^Mtaf* Md at Dwrhaai, N. 0. ■UB0CtIPTKM« RATEi 94.00 p«r nm #t*s Ue ui la N. c.) m>wftwa to tha V. .1., uti Caaadt tU to aervicamdli Vrmatim CMua ia sal* llB ft It. Cft ^ Taewe^ pw f* feak Wngle ew » . VHMlPil OMM IMMM at 4M I. MMNPMr II. present at the next meeting of the Board of Trnstees will probably never be made kiMiwn. It wouhl be interesting to know, however, if there were other j^rsons availalile who |W)s- sessed actual admini^t^ative experience in r«1-, dition to academic qualfications. If there were, it would also be interesting m now what the reaction of the other members of the Board will be when it suddenly dawns upon them that the special committee has by- nissed all such persons and has come u|) with the name of one whose asstx;iates in the field of education^ arf' unanimous in questioning the amount .of his past experience in admini.s- tration. Finally, it is our hope that whatever action the trustees take it will be one that will not force NCC to again mark time for ten or twelve years while a perfectly good class room teacher is ^eing transformed into a school administrator. We would like for the members of the NCC Trustee Board who will have the last wbrd in the matter to take into consideration that NCC now has a faculty and staff of over 350 persons and a student body that last year numbered 2,701. There is every reason to believe that the next ten or twelve years will find both the faculty and studeiic body doubled. Therefpre, NCC is going to need at its helm a man with administrative experience- at well as academic training. The bij? question now is will the Board have the name of such a man before it at its next meet- irtg 6r 'wilt it hav^-tliat of a novice in school administration ? "That I mlflht have Mm« fruit aifiant you slso" Iwn. IU3. Every true preacher longs to htvo some spiritual (ruits amon; those with whom he Isbors Some fniits will m>»n » creative Anri meaningful fuKillment. We like to know that 'xe have be(>n cf spiritual help to someane. We all desire 4o escape thp'sehse of total failure. Thus our he.artt really leap for joy when w* heai Jutt^one person say he has b»aa helped by our spiritual minis try. Some spiritual fruits will snf flee to rtve us a sense of fulfill ment. No one wants to feel that all of his or her efforts his been in vain. True satisfsctio* comes in knowing that we l|fw been of service to another kwnan be ing. What is the snproaie satis faction? I think the siwefne sat- i.sfactlon in the Bpirllual realm comes in leading a soul into a saving relationship with Chris' the Savior. This IV the supreme value. And thus It le the basis cl for the broken-hearted. You may the rarest satisfaction for a min ister itt the gospel. The saving of souls 1s the supreme businesj> of the mitiifiter and tha Church The saving of a soul must be the highest spiritual fruit that We can carry before our God Heaven rujolees over one sou) that is saved. How can we miss gaining some spiritual fruits for the Mastei; where there are so many crying spifituul needs all around us. If We listen, we can hear the cry of those whom ought to be the objects of spiritual services in th* name of Jesus. Help for the sick can become a most blessed means of achieving spiritual fruits. We can help banish the isolation of the lonely by per forming a spiritual service In the name of Jesus our Savior. The hopelees soul needs our lov Ing concern. We can let Jesus use us in a spiritual ministry to heal the broken-hearted. An act of loving concern may do the Job Jackie ffooinsoji, JAc/c/£ ^opi \\ sojv, ' ^ • Hi^ Forgotten dbwn over six' months ago. The 'rubbish left from that fire still is strew'n sprawling all over the yard and into the street. This, in spite of a health department that is sure to pounce down m any owner or inhabitant of other streets who dares to allow rubbish of the least bit to litter his premises or weeds to One of the finest experiences ever' had was a recent trip to 6erfVer, where ’ was invited to speak to the Fourth General Synod of the United Church of Christ. 1 have been Ineressingly aware of the magnificent role the or ganized white clergy of America has begun to play in the civii rights struggle. I surely, don’t mean th»t white grow upon it. But on Poplar street iihlxwly / ministers, ,rabbiii""and priests— seems to care about the unsfemly sight or the health hazard tt> its inhabitants* So, next week the City Council will meet in all its majesty and on Sunlay morning the church bells will toll and thousands will wend their way to our churches to listen to a ma'i of God tell us about Him who declared nearly 2,000 years ago, "Inasmuth as ye have don* it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it imto me." DETAILS IX .\ PROGK.-VM of improvement in a fac tory. office, or home, little things usually need attention more than the big things Elasy accessibility to tools and materials, which are used only occasionally, will dVj much to avoid anger anytime.' Think of the blowups caused by a misplaced bottle-opener Sttiart Chase in his book, Men at Work mentions a little thing in a factory. Do the benches ^nd cha^i’ fit the stature of those who work at them? Whafls comfortable for a six-foot man won’t do for a five-foot girl. Yet such things go uncorrected for years. IT DOES SEEM that soma wives get fat 4altb«rately to sadden tbcir huabands or mot)>- •r-in-law. , * as individuals have not been do ing their share. There have been any^ number of heroic stories written and unwritten, of the courage of religious personali ties who have spoken up or act ed lip and fait the wrath ol Southern displeasure. One thipki of a white mlaister who led a Negro girl t« school In Little R6ck, the group of rabbis who went to Albany, Georgia to be jailed, the young Catholic priests who have marched in fre>'om demonstratiotu. But, in the main, these w. i i' individual actions. Many of ui In the civil rights aiovement were disturbed at the way Isris*- dcnomlnatk>ns and conferences acted either timidly or not a all on the «ueitlon of civil rights. As I said Jb Denvar, tha United Church of Christ desarvei tra mendoua praisa, hot only for strong financial tnppoil which it has given to the struggle, but also for the forthright manner in which it haa gone on record at Ais Denvar confereooa. Dele- Jltitt voted aoi;p«rt of as honest and uneam(B^^attiBf crada which, U adoytad bgr athar larft church groups, would make pro gress along Freedom Iiigh«ay so much more of a reality. Tha Aredo speaks of individuals being denied jobs although they are qualified; of discriminstion in promotion and wsgek; of tax payers who supply the money to run the government but who are denied equal Job opportunities by their city, state or national government. It condemns race prejudice >n labor uifiont er housing develop ments, schools, places 'if public acccmmodation, in the coiirt^i and in the financial community. It does not spare the chnrcli. This credo recognizes the i i^hl of "fsining acceptance as a per wn of worth who may marry whomever h« loves and who loVea him.” Fcr years the racists hdve iiefii waving the red flag of emotion alism, claiming falsely that the fight for integration It actually a fight for intermarriage and in ter-racial fove. This has been a smoke-screen to attempt to cover up the selfish political and eco nomic interests of mis-leaders of the American people By expos ing this hypocrisy, by endorsing th« iodli^iduai right ol peopW to ba fraa ia tbair personal quaat for ImnflaaM, tha United Church of Chriat damonstrataa that it Is not offering the crust of teler- ~an«a bat the fuH loaf of love, respect, nnderstaii^g and jus tice. This denomiaatlon haa tone on reeorti aa bain# U> favor of "paaUnf for all t^t ia ua, kara and mm." Pi aiM aMra «o«^. aiful movanaata and daaamlna' offer to (hare the burden of s distressed ai>4 Jmrdened soul Yes, little acts of loving enneern may become spiritual frnits tb your credit. The need is everywhere so sll ycu need to do is to go to work for Jesus. The harvest Is indeed great. Oh how'limited sre the loving laborers. Let us as Christ* ians, therefore, move in with lov ing and sscrificial hearts. ^Too many thrlstisns are selfishly pr-> occupied amid the dire cries u* human need. Let us move In with a helping hand and a loving heart. This is what Jesus want' you to do for Him. You are the custodian of the splritusl bless inss of the Savior. Some soul wlD be defeated, crushed and give up unless you move in to offer Ihe ^ffllvation and the loving car*" Jesus' re.sources can give. Some spiritual fruits, and they alone, can avail to make yotir life abundant and eternal as set forth by Jesus. tions to realize s3 th- Ur.ited Church of Christ realiies tuat Amcrica has too long stopped payment on the blank check on the bank of justice and equality which is the rightful legacy of every American simply by viitv,'*-. of his birth. ' ' i . w Your denoniinatit n may also be proud I'tst you have give.i money to the cause of freedom. -The segreKstionists and White Citizens Councils are spending millions to defeat the just as* pirations of the Negro. Freedom is n^t free. It costs times. It costs sacrifices. It costs money *o win freedom. JAZZ AND NEWPORT Jsss came ta age li^ hf* fore lh« Nawpai^ JM|a.. waa bantv Bui ti# aifauial a*rlM, St Wevirport iarVMt 1»i onr to UHroduce Ja(r as llstaMng music to a wMar and Miore retentive aaMam# fltan aver before, jan h a.d In"* l>e.»n enjoyed as dfera* music, party mnste,. eommef Clal har4-?ell rndin I»rneat# Hall e«’*e^l m't^ *nr sflMaonadoa. Vwt n«it wMMI »>>> ve**y. tf* at nort tf*** take" o» a f^- Ive. eve»’vbod» com^ and have ft.n Held tinder tho »kv in t^e wi fe open air llk* a basphall »Rm“ or a rnii>’t« fulr, the +tl^ of July F'sUvbI B* dreiv neopje from evpfv w'bich a wher/*. That so out of the wav plnre ns Nnw- port bv th? S'S roujd atlrflft wiph ^lsr«>»* crowds when the tnimnets blew and the drimia b?7sn to sv^’eo- nste. nlwavs seemed » bit *»■ traordinarv to But tlif* cro'«'d« frnra di?itsnt plne^.s e’f^h July grfw'larger and lar ger. I.ouls Arm.rtron?. king nf b'^rn In the miistriil city of New Orleans on July 4 IflOO. Jnz*. hov»»ver. Wti* alreedv in its In^v voiithhofi'l by then, although it wns n'4 until si»metlme Ister fhi»t it formerly acqulreil tti» name It todsv In its enrlv stages iazz was thought of simplv es N»‘rro music.- »n4 It wsi plav- ed and sung •'’flrely bv Ne groes. The colored oeoT)le«t iff the South unconsciously had r^»»ed their ^ wftrli ^soh^ST ttieir «nlrltufcls and their bhies over the yenrs to m»ke a foat moving music thnt they th^- selves to pisv and sintf. nBttl"*. to* tapping, body I* tii'-nert out th.nt soon white t>eopl'l lilted It. too,' .lust to >'»ar it leter to hum and sl"B It, B^d e^’entnolW to play It — or to nlav at it, often In an e-'re»e#«y»it>"d fashion. AlthmiB^H many whites enlov* eif In Its early VPsrs. f^w w'hltes respected It «lnc» they dM not resnect thr peopJe wh" er*et»d 't. byname “resnept- aWe” In Furone ar>d was eon. stdered an art ther» long he- frtrp Amerfct (^’■•>n*ed It anv eiirh ""neral artlotlc Tecnr**!- tinn. When I.o»iis and Waine T,orl11nrrt l»'fti»»ed the New- pn>-t Jnzr Fe«tlv»l as a ro«- profit edncfltional Incornora- tlnn |rinp|/>s Kotng toward musical scholarships, the f«r- mnHon n* the N“wnort Y'M'th pind—of htph school studentj, Jezz foundations and a wonder f-il narcotics rli'-lr’' nnm"W>* AmeHcsn commentstor* w^re astonished that socialities con cerned themselv'ss with such borderline muSle. For glvWg Jn7.7. Ifs Poldei crnwrt at Ne’V- port. the Lorlllards thlTn- selves deserve a crown. Prom Ite beginnings the board o# the Newport Ja** Festival Insisted that the FesH val be comoletely flem^railc and Imterraoial. Andi«^c^ performers and (nfter a early adiustments) all New port hotala, reatauraata and plactfi of puhjlc accomodation ware Mippny integrated with out t^ard to racc-. color, agt!. sex or pravioiis condition of unlMHtnesM. It was anuiiill|| at flr«)'how miipy muadtral a|Hakv.'r cnme to NewportT tend lni» to be scornful or skaptlcal, only to l»e cnnvartied to ra- turnti'g aeasmi after aeason. from iwlnts as fsr di itant ,as Cleveland, Chlcnoo, Dallas' and Ijoa Anaeles. T'tr- rlflf*, ,ar»»*waw»’v afw»v* en- aiiaa at NeVwort between de voters' nf oirt and new ja»r.*‘}^pt jm arnt cool ld/r( font 'lar* a n d Jnllinrd lerr.. cetnmerclal Jat» and iinVnown who are th^v lari. But, the t'estjval offored such a bl« mnpnlng to rfehf thr«e pi four day jwogram, that nobojly ,hflp 'h\\i f'nd some pffe>-l"(s they liked. The mnrni'>g geniin ar»», with such leefurlhg ai^ denwnnslratln" siithort*i'(« as Wfarshall Ste-ii-ps. W ^ 11U er n hali^i ■tnckson.^udl Blesh and A1 and I^enn. got eyen, fbe nil .plfht revellers out of hod «arlv to aHe’'d, Among othef a“nilnpr aiiblfc^s. before noon the -folk roots of )n?7. w »> r e '{hornnghly ;tcplored. The p>*ernneiis »l“re rnostly d*vot- ed to Vwineer perform''f» »*'d modern^ }i# action- and tlie eve.n1n|a. to the ginnts like T.ouls. Duke. B'>"ny and ronnt. Wot evoyi 1be sniipres roitld^FWf^ a dav at Newport |» n>me wiy d»ti»ht»d or rtiy. thml#ally tnoved. Certsinlv, "the pist twtt sumT\er» I have been In Africa at F“stl val time, so T have ’twice mis sed my customary attendnnre And this 4th of Julv, 1WI3, which marks the Festivnl’s Tenth Anniversary, I will he In Europe. But on that dav I will be hearing in mv mind’s ear. ^he Monk, the t)uW».. Nina SImOne, Cannonball Aiiderlv. Buss'eli: 'ftfazy ht the crooked horn. Coltran^J, Hrii- l^k. NVtncy Wilson of the vel vet voice, the tantalizing tons of the great Johif feilbhlet, Ls'vi^nee' and Btlgia who make music with th»(r. f«et. Milt Jackson. Hu- by Braff. 7oot Sims and the tearthshaklng vibrations o f Jlmnvv SmIOv’s organ. Mavhe this 4th of Juiy I will,be in the''l1>ie Note In Paris noar tha 'Champs Ely-see talking with some of those away from home Jazzmeh playlnii there about wiat’fi golpg on at New port. And; will all nrobn- bly b a little homesick for >he muslml fireworks light- Ino the night in d'st.tn^ Rhode l«land, U. S. A. on America’s MtHhday J»nd i LoulsT Artri; ,^^g’s. Maybe I cfp ^mnwf tha''jnfz ,'expatriates ht th* Blue N''t# to send a wire to lie Gsull* nlas a cable to Pre^ afdent Kennedy suggesting that (he Whole Newport Jarr Pe^lval flowa over to 'Paris fqr Bastille Dajr. July 14lh, »s a cuJtV^l a*Chan|B —■' for It li' in .iluto th* Pr^hch. Ipo. Ifrht ,thelr,sky in homir pi llbei^dn. Sex and The Race Pridilein NOTi: The fallew- lri iMter on tea snH the raee r»fV'>n v'»s erlolnaily sent to the A*ro Amfrffnn end printed In th»l pub(I'sf.on. it it repro* ducad her* at tha raauast at Mr. L. B. Frasier, one of eur readers, and btcausa the editors faal it hsf tpsclil tlsnlficance for am readers althls point in our his- ttry. On® of the prime ressons far segregstion and discrimination is sex. . , True, it has many side f let'irs. but beneatli it sll lies tho cold hard fact. Sex. It it any wonder that there revstionists that integration will leirl to mongrelisatlon. In vir-';* of the white man’s past lilatjry in the realm of mongrelisstiofl. we wr.nder who >^ould know more about this thih be does. Cnnvarsety, who boars mota vlalblis scars and testimony than does the so called “eoloreij'* rac^T ' if it is true (aa the white mtn has impned) "9at the road to freedom for the' colored man rukt thcouRk the white woman’s bed room, then It jf of aqtuilly Im- partaaea to not# that tha road to the whlla Utmft UOr and 4ji> stmctlon has nm^ Qmntfi Ow (• colored woman’s oedroom for more years than on" can rehieiTi her. I Is it any wonder that thetjs is KO much frustration over tills issue? But in all of this, seemingly no'one has bothered to explain the white woman’s plight. In thlii’^ deathlikt atnigfla fm dem'icracy, she Is voiceless, l>e guilded and bewildered. Yet,, if the white man would tell the truth, he^ would adhiit that she Is at the core of the struggle itself, for In hla mind he equates freedom for the cohir ed man with a jtiat retrlbifUon for what he has dorte to \h'a colored woman. Where does tha road leidT This ia a kauntlag and re>occii^ ring (luestlon, but ona' thiat liiust be anawered. • • • SEX,AND this we must not for^ get cannot cure ^ ills at ata» klad . ,, . nor iliaald It, but la retroapaet it ia wiaa to raaali that miausa of acx «a tta ai^’f. part has bam tkc aanat al PMiay of theat Uto. Of NM fWM M monly daar. Ihvim nA ittm T the' Institution of slavery, the wh»t“ m»n had t^ie benefits ol crhabHatlnn with tha colored vnmw wthout the worrv of so cial and inoral resDonsibilities. This was mongrelizatt(>n with out. lateirratioa. Now th«* corpse of ttw not-so* dead’#ii*t has risen and tha spec tre i^r^a Its wliigi. Where ^1 the spectra laad? Not on distant shores, not by diala)it .Hlal^sds, but bera and by the present genaratlaa. X,et is cOitsider for a moment the visible evidence of the whit** man's ignoble past. The, Ameri can colored race range- in, nues from Jet-brat'k Id near white. Hb'jy did Ihw g?t that way? TTfU Is,, a goorf (JUestlon If you take into 'cbhsMeratlon the fact that he didn't get off the "boat” that way. I have heard the white ntau aix^ii^ or try U axplalB aaarly •vca;rtllB8 aiialKtha wn and ra- eaiitly abova tW aarth, but aaiar onea- kiava 1 jidard him aaswor tka idiomatla «uaitlon ol tha akin faaaa aa yet iiMca' I9S«„ «a have baard qniah about the black man try- iM ins'afla tha wUta nan’k worU. A ruaaMkla ummm ta «hat tha Coabawd 0* page % V