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THE CAROLINA TIME*? «
3-A—ouxKJyiA, M. c'> _ ■' Saturday; septembkr 13,
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DEPENDS ON ELIMINATION OF THESE MANY PROBLEMS
upiiiiii, ..I I w.mnnu
We “flrtH h' tiird to’-'ftilly appfovr tlie
posctl “Afarch on Raleigh” annmmveil by :i
rcpfcscntative of CORE l»*t week. F.V^n in
the facc of the athnittcd wrongs >>>ifeml hv
XcAth (ftlftelina’s VnoHb . than one tnillion Xi'
grttes \re are at the tpresprlt tiijie iinal)le ii
master B mcniblance of'^nthnsiasm fnj- huc!’
a •^itoject as a m^aus ;of sol\'in" the prohlcnu
oi*'f^vprr Ttttirt tiefr>re the ?TTiti'>
p 'j',’.i!aliou as a whole;
In the first place, to or'rarize a Mnrcli on
P.''le>}»li, imy other state cai'ital or city, rc
ri’.'ffes imre experience, know-how, time ami
iixUiev than appear available amon?' CORF
officials or any other proup now in the fore-
frotit of the civil riRht? stnii'Rle in this state.
\\ Ith echoes of the verv favorable reports of
the March on Washington still heinjj heard
aroinul the world, there is too preat a rhaiiff
that a “March on Raleiph” would not measure
up. numerically as well as in t|uality. To
promise to put into Raleigh ten or twelve
thousHud people in such a |>roicrt and come
up w ith only tv.o or three thousand, on ac-
coiint of cold or inclement weather, wouh^ re
sult in an unfavorable reaction that it would
take years to erasf
Iri the second place we are willir.ij to acinnt
that North Carolina is bv no inenns n hefittiiiii
ev'ample of the democratic dream. Facing the
Xegroes in this stPte are too many cases of
inequalities, injustices and other evidences of
discrimination to even think 4hout quittiiiR
the >tniggle for our-right.s as American citi
zen-i.'W e tliink, however, that it nnist also-be
admitted that North Carolina 'as a whole is
f.ir out in frtint of-a majority of the soutncrii ;
.•itate.-. in faeing^up to the question of tliscrini-
ination and making an honest effort to erndi-
catc if.
W p j>,rr nlo not exactly ready to pin an
.)rchid on the lapel of Governor Terry Sau
lord but one i.> compelletl to admit that amor.g
Miuthern governors he has done more than
any other in an effort to remove some of the
injustices faced l)v the state’s Negro citizens
To march on his office or the governors m:in-
•.ion appears to us. therefore, to he somewhat
farfetched and lacking in good or mature
judgement.
What Wf would like to sge CORE, other
organiziitions and individuals now in the fore-
front of the civil rights struggle do instead,
is to orpanixe a march to the door of’every
Nei’ro home in North Carolina urging' mem
bers of the race to registeV and vote. If ll'.e
number of Negro voters can be increased a
hund'red per cent in this state matjy of thq
wrongs now suffered by .the race will auto
matically disappear. We are for a march :il
iight, but we are for a march for preferably
a sit-in, stand in or lie-in') at the home oi
everv unrep-istered Negro man and woman uii
til he or she is registered.
Di(L6oy. JiVallace Slipp Well?
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Regrettable But Understandable
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
REV. HAROLD ROLAND
•B/JtCf3IED OUCKtftT ^
HOW U>MOT
We wonder how the Gover
nor of the »overeign state of
Alabama slept oi’ a certain Sep
tember Sunday night. We won
der If he lay awake in hli bed.
tttsslng afd turning, and seeing
In a waking dream the Hwist-
ert, ItfelefU bodies of s\x NegrO
Kids from Birmingham, Ala-
b.'ima.
Four of these kids were baked
in a hot enuldron of Intense
flame. We wonder If the Oov-
ernor of Alabama realized that
he had lit the match of inflam
mation v.'hich touched the fuse
of the bomh that reduced a
great and noble Negro church
to ruins.
Two of the kids were gun-
red down on Birminsliam sis
We wonder if the Oovernor
rp.iJi/ed that he loaded the hate
weapons of death with the aiU'
munition of bigotry.
If they ever apprehend ■ the
maniacs who hured the bomb
yve, wot^der if he will be true
to the code of all rat pack
hoods and refuse to admit that
h“ WPS encouraged In his foul
deed bv an official nod, urging
the white people of Alabama to
re m a i n .standing adament
against the tides of history.
We wonder if Oovernor
Wallaee reflected upon how II
would f"el to be a blaek man
and the father of one of thn.se
.clain uirls who.se charred bodies
lay in the rubble, mute and
t*dam^*ini t«imoiqr to the xav.
Bgery *t ^«nfieth -Century
cIvlR^loi* in'‘AtW«>rlca. The
Governor has a small daughter
nanr\ed Lee; nanaed after iho
noted rebel G4nera! who
fought the Civil War whirh the
Govenfot’'Stlh fights. Could he
Imagine thb ki^d of hmialitv
happenln* to his Lee. Ptobrihly
not.' ProBably, the ObvernnT,
in bis sonny IrtMicpncc. would
be pftrfifrfctly cdnt^Pt o pnthict
his Lee to the tender care nl
a blaek Tnswimy.
Little jflrls like Lee may not
alwaya be safe With black mam
mies in the' kind of worltl Mnv
sa Wallace would ercatp. The
assumption,' long-held, that yon
■can do onythlnf to the Neero
and still find hiro^grinnini; is a
daageroua assumption, if the
■ hell wWeh - sought to Uithk
Jooso from thp> breasts of ldarlt
people In Birmingham ami
across the ration — if that h>-ll
ever does break loo.se, Massa'
Wallace and Lee and lots o(
other peonV may be colisumi'il
In Its terlHble fires.
We wn'’t tO'pray that flip
devil within the souls of mt«n
like Wallaee and the honiber
and tho murdering nolico 'vi'l
not enll forth Its twin fioni
the .sfrieken hearts of our p“n-
pie. We want to pray this •
but with fpvererl brow, \>'ith
stomachs that wa’'t to ntik"
un the sirknpss and veins hPit
ing stropgl.v from our tenioles.
we cry from desoernte Ijps —
how long. Lord, how long?
While the expulsion of Cleve "McDowell
fi'Jm the I’niversity of Afissi«sip|ii rind the
reasons for it aVe regrettable, to every Negro
in this country, thev are understandable. It
would he hard to find a sensible man or woni-
atu whatever his Tacial identitv. if placed in
a sij'iilar |>osition to that which prevails on
the University of Mississippi campus, wbr.
wduld not look for his own protection bv car
rying some kind of weapon. The niost ve
gretfable part of the entire incident is tbat
n situation .such as that at the I niversity of
Mississippi'can pre-vail at an educational insti
tution in this country. V. -
We think the five-member student judical
council of the univeVsity did nnlv what wa«
jiistly expccted imder the circumstances. Cer-
tainlv, no well i.perated school can afford lo
allow students to carry concealed weapons,
howevcv provoking the circumstances may be.
In our book however, McDowell is the victim
O' circumstances over which he had no con-
trot but one in which he endeavored to adjttsi
himself,
Intelli.gent Negroes want no special favori
anil the I'niveVsity of Mississippi will be given
the benefit of the doubt in the case of McDow
ell. Wf think, however, that every efforf
should be put forth to find other Ne.gro stu
dents who are willing to vjndeYgo the orde.vl
of pioneering^t such schools until all of them
are willing tcraccept students on the basis ol
academic qualifications and not an the basis
of race, creel or color.
God Has'Qtfered'Universal
Remedy for Wortd's Troubles
Letter to the Editor
%;^(Halled BuilKHn'Cowily^iesroM
For the past seveVal years the Carolina
Times has winked at the so-called Durham
Countv Nen'rn Fair that has been held here
annuall)'. We did so' more out of svmpathv
for the late presif^^t'of the 1'air, who wai
incapacitated f^’om Ih* loss of l>oth his legs
than we did hecausA.Qf respect for the owners
or operators of such a project. We assumed
the attitude that if a person without legs hnd
the courage to attempt a jA-oject that wouM
be the means of his earninpr a few dollars '\ e
might do a Wttle good to and for him by doiu"
a 'great harm to our group in general We
had hoped, therefore, following his demise that
plans for continuance of the Durham Count v
Negro Fair would end. To our regret tlmt
was not the case however and instead tiii'>
city and cf>Unty were again the scene of tb#-
jwoject that is as much out of date for these
times of struggle for racial equality as u
mule and wagon would be on >fain Street.
In the. first place the Ducham Countv Negro
Fair falls short of what -stvrh a jn-oject should
be because it does not exhibit to any great
degree agricultural or other products usually
seen at a first-class project of the kind. In
short the so-called Durham County Negio
Fair appears principaJly to be more of a
siheme for some one to make money th.in
the purpose fA’ which fairs are generally'
operated.
In the second place we are opposed to on;'
young people, either duriti^ or pfter schoo
bour.s. being given another brainwash tre.'il
nicnt in second-class citizenship, even thou.qh
it be at the hands of one of their own rare
As we see it if Durham County is to have
an annual fair it should have one ior all if
citizens without regard to race creed or colur
To (111 otherwise is to turn the clock back tc
the days when .stich projects, although accept
ed, weve undermining the self respect of Ne
groes.
We serve notice on the owners or operator.?
of the .so-called Negro Fair now that if it i.i
continueil as .such ne.\t year we .shall do every
thing in o\ir power to oppose it. We appeal
to them to not make it necessary for us to
take this unplea.sant step by di.'scontinuing it
before the reason rolls around next year.
"Her* is rev»al*d Cod'* way el
righting wrong." Rom. 1:17.
God ha.s offered a remedy to*
the thing thafhssically wron?
with this world. What is thi>
fundamental condition of wrong
ness is the one thin? that is
God’s Holy word, calls it sin
Thus man's condition of sinful
ness is the one thin Rthnt i
replly '.vrong in this world. Man’-
soul seems incurably warped o
depraved according to the wor
of CiOd. Some would deny thii
basic condition of man's nature
But in making a very carel'ii
study of man's nature and ac
tions we must conclude ttia'
there is something railieiii))
wron® with man. Call it what you
will it is there. God, in Christ
has given the remedy for what i'
wrong in man.
The redeeming hive as rrveaJec
in Christ is God's way of setting
right '.vhat is wrong in man. A
Savior was needed for a spiritual
moral corrective of what is hasi
cally wron? in us human heini's
This thing has made m.-in sick
And consequently man is critical
ly In need of healing. This heal
ing power is not in man as such
The* hPatfng power comes frbnr
Go''. Christ is “Here Revealed af
God’s Way of Riehting Wrong.’
All human remedies have fallen
short of healing man's sinsifV
.soul. God has come in love to do
the job. Christ Jesus, the Savior
of the sin-sic'c soids of men. is
God’s sohition to the problem o'
man’s sinfulness.
I Man, the sinner, needs to he
saved. What is the rem dv?
Chri-st is the key to man’s .salva
tion. Men are fearful of bein«
lost in these critical times in
which we are living. Our tears
and anxieties about our ^future
must be of necessity originate in
the undeniable fact of man’s sin
fulness. God out of the ahimd
ance of His eracious h)ve for tii»
creature made in His image and
Iikene.ss sends His Son to he the
Savior of the world. Man needed
a Savior, and in the fullne.ss oi
time a Savior was born. They
found the Savior In Bethlehem’s
Manger. We must bring the hiir
of our .sins to Chri.st put
Savior if we would be saved and
m»de whole. We must come t«
Christ the Savior in repentrne*
for our salvation.
The Holv One must make th'
sinner '»hoIe. The .sinless Chris
turns .sinners? Into saints. Chri.s'
met all the requirements of re
deomins man the sinner ano
h"ln« him back to God. Chris*
h»a1s and restoros the sin-marre'
ima"e in man. If vou are suffer
in« from the .sickne.ss of sin ir,
vo'ir .Sold, then you can finrt
heolin" in Christ. Christ will re
move the burden of sin and piiilt
Christ will forgive your sins. This
Chri'd. the Savior, brings th
matchless peace of God to vth
soul of man the sinner. Then whj
not accept this free gift of salvi
tion and peace for your .soul.
Christ is God’s answer to man’’
problem of sin—the thing that i
basically wrong with us as humac
beings.
JUSTICE AND SOCIAL STATUS
Whito sunremacists noint to
the hi?he.st crime and delinquen
cy rate amon? Necroes as an ex
cuse for racial segregation and
diserlmination.
Crime and dellnouency rates
are higher among Negroes than
'whites on an average because
Income groups. Negroes have an
average standard of living sub
stantially lower than for whites,
because of their uaually poorer
education In segregated schools
and because of prefudice against
them in hiring and 'iromotlon.
This how it worka. It five white
boys from wealthy families steal
a car, go on a ^cy ride and smash
it nn. the police detain them an,'!
phone the fathers, who come to
the police station and offer to
pav for the damaged car. ^hf
owner probablv puts up the pricf
a little, withdraws the ehar®e.s,
and the boys go free except foi
n'lrental punishment. But if ^ive
Negro boys do the same tl.inss,
t*tn fathers protMWy~ emnot
ford to pay, the charges are press-
e-l. the youths are fined and/or
.1.i*'“d, and all have a police rec
ord.
This is not Just Imagination.
After a coming out party m
Southampton, tiev York for Fer-
n a n d a Wanamaker Wetheiill
more than one hundred young
See LETTER, 4 A
|jeroesofJtie bnancipfllion
Jackie
Boblns%,
A^lkiSfo Aslant Cofnmi$sioner’.of Mlic WeUare
The v.vancy now existing in the ?tnte Wei
fare. Deiwrtment makes available fjiicc again
the poHition of Assistant Commissioner oi
Public Welfare, which >rom everv sensible
rciison should be filled'bv a qualified Negro,
From a practical standi«)int a member of the
race c&tisdtHting the major portion of the wel
fare c«.se.s ofuhe total population would have a
hetter insight into such problem^ than one 01
the opposite grouji. We think a qualified Negro
in the position of assistant commissioner ol
public welfare would add considerably to the
efficiency of the department as ,1 whole a«
well as to the .service it renders the Negro
titizenry.
From a political stanHjioint we alsi> think
the time has arrived when the party in pow-
PnbU*be4 tve^iMtMshiy'it liorbani, N. C.
Vtttad i*ablW»en, Inc.
ti B.t|imiINj‘PaMUber
yMtptuMm-sMis n«. en-aoi2
Paid tt Dtifbaoi, N. C.
‘ ‘SUflSCMKnON RATES
i2c In N. C.) Mi^wker* to
Ik* 'uuL to Mrvicemen OvericM;
8e .nlet tw IntN. C.Y,
6bifl« cop^'Uc.
at tib b Pettiiwe St
er ou'rht to offer its N*gro constituenc;!
something more than the' cVtimbs which fnl'
frfiin its p(ditica) table. Tt is. therefore, our
feeling th.-ff-the one million or more Negro
citizens of North Carolina are entitled to
sfmiething more than honorary appointive
positions such as trustees of-Negro state col
leees. other .Negro state institutions and small
.salary posts. ^
\S ith the exception-of. positions in the edu
cational institutions. N«gVoe» are always left
oil the outside looking in when the fnt salary
jobs are handed out. We are of the opinion
that the citizenry as a whole is.ready for the
upgrading of the political rewards to Negro
faithfuls of tho party itt potier. ff ■such is
not the cnse we think it is high time for
Negro voters to begin looking aroimd f(Avan-
other ship to board.
.\s It now stands, it' is our ' feelinp that
f'lovemor .Sanford is aware of the'urgency of
the situation and*either knows where to look
for the type of Megro to fill the post .oi asgist-
ant comnii».sioner of public welfare or he
knows of'the.race poaition 4o'put ^mii on tlie
right track. The only thing the governor
now needs i* the cdurtfe and the foresight to
m.ike the step. ' We'irtrge .him to furnish the
leadership in aiTOOve that will give .encourage
ment to, Negf6‘dtraofiratie veteri. and party
.iaithfuls as well as theMae« «». a (-tvlMte.
^ BLOWIN IN THE WIND
How many roads must a miini
walk dqwn — before they call
him a man? How many seas'
must a white dove .sail—before
shp sleeps in the .sand? How
many times must the cannon
bull fly~before they’re for!
ever banned? The answer, nrv
friend, l.s blowin’ In the ,ivind
The answer is blowin’ in the
wind.”
This is the way the famous
song goes.
How many bombg jhust fall
on Alabama — how many
cluirches must be bombed?
TTow many helpless, tmoffend ‘
l^’B children must die — he”'
fore this nation comes to real-!
i?e thnt the naswer to all this'
ln1ii,stice and brutality Is blow
in’ in the winds. Th^ winds are
not .snff, prettily - swlrline
winds. TIip winds of the wrath
and resentment of the Negro
nre churning Into -Whnt came
b“cnme on^ of the worst stormr
which «>ver Wt this so-called
land of the free.
How many -years must a
moiirtain exist — t>efore It is
washed to the -aea? The moun.
tnin of segregation. How many
jrears must some peoole exi.st
— before thei^’re allowed to
be free? Our people! How
many times can a man turn his
henri and pretend that he Just
don’t aee? Thf »e«tegatlonlsfs
The Wallace*, the Boss B a r-
retts! The ttubborn old hosse'.
In Confress.
The answer, mv .friend. •
blowin' in tbc wind. The an
swer might wen be borne In
on a cyclone which will change
this nation into a land oi bloody
battlefields.
How many deaths will It
take ‘til ita known — that too
many people- have died?
If I had'a hammer, I’d ham
mer hi the morning. I'd ham
mer in the evening all over
this land. I’d hammer out dan
ger. I’d hammer out^ warning.
I’d hammer out love between
m,v brothers and my sisters —
all Over this land.
If I had been a parent In
Birmingham nn a Siindpy morn
ing which was shattered hv a
detonation more vicious than
nnv ever p“lea«ed bv Hitler In
Na*l Germany —and if. in the
ruins of that bombing, one o?
my chlldrc" had been found
crushed to death. I know whal
I would have done with that
hammer.
God bless Dr. Martin Luther
King. But. I'm afraid he would
hbve lost me as^a potentlaloMs-
clpl* of Ms crtdo of non-vlo-
leisce. I am afraid that his r»leas
will fall ifpoo deaf ears unles*
some-strong, decisive. Immedt-j
ate action Is foT^comlng from
our Oovemment. The Negro's
patlMice has worn thin. Everv.
plaie I go. I hear oeoole talk-
inif terms of retaltatlon. T1»ls
kind 'of atm*st>here inflect* the
feara we all have.'•But when
ih» H'v** ftmr hetplcaa yoang
children Mn be «iwiWw*d out
bv'^ -*lck,"-»»tt«n.'—hafe-
cratad dog, it la high timt that
DAVID WALKER
“Th» John the Bnptist” of the
anti-slavery crusade, as David
Walker came to be known wa»
born-free in Wilmington. N.
C., in 178S. To . Walker this
slaveholding community was
oppressive and degr,iding. He
said, “If 1 remain in this bloody
land, I will not live long . . .
As true as God reigns, I will
be averted for the sorrows
which my peopl« have suffered
This is not the place for me —
no, I must leave this part of
the country . . . Go, I mu.st.”
He travelled extensively in
the South during his youth and
finally worked his way to Bo.s-
ton where he became the pro-
prieter of a second hand cloth
ing store. It was during this
time that Walker firgt learned
to read. He r«ad widely in the
literature of human slavery,
steepinft himself In the history
of resistance to >oppression.
In 1828 he mada his first pub
He apoeal against slaverv A
year later, he pubhshed Walk-
•r't Apiiaal. This pamphlet,
which marked the transition
from the earlier period to the
militant anti-slavery movsment,
exploded with shattering force
Into his slim volume Walker
poured th« accumulated bitter
nesa and rtheurt of his people
fHe scornfully dismissed the
slaveholding Christians of “thi«
• R^iibliran T.and of LibertV!”
... and urged slaves to "cut
fhelr tormentors’ throats from
ear tt* ear . .  Kill or be kill-
he wrote. Walker's Appeal
struck lear Into the heaHs of
the dat4lh(l)ders. Beniatntn
Lundy rondmnned it as ln|ur-
Ing the anti^Iavery cause, even
Garrison said It was injudic
ious.
Walker’s mind was neither
train'd rtor disciplined. Ac-
ertrding to historians, this is
what m)de his App«al one of
th(» greatest pieces of antl-
*fav“rv Iltefafure. It Was, In
historian Dwisht Dumond's
WBfds, "A primitive cry of an-
fwfsh from a race oppressed
which would have come from
■ tnfHion ‘throats cotild they
Tf It hiidnH been fftr hVs”aiidlfr Jf^ulate and hay* bM>n
He and perverted eamoalgn ‘ftwafo .* fnla byame'the’’most
k—r ffnro ywimwters oitf of that th« Necra has veaeh^ikT
school and to defv his Ooyer- bmWng polnt/He has «c«eo«fa
be allvr’Wday. and fnsult. But If you want to
Waahiagton M raaUM • pabpto
we have more than Just fancy
words from the President. It
Is fine for the President to
praiSe the Negro lenders who
are calling for non.vlolence and
calm. But. Mr, President, this
non-violence and calm Is rtot
going to last much lonaer un
less the Government flnd.» somo
way, somehow to halt the
reign of terror which Is threat
ening the Negro.
I don’t know who to blame
more—the maniac who violated
the santctlty of a Christian
church and murdered four
irlrls who had Just begun to
live — or that seeming mad
man In the state capltol who,
in my opinion, is an accesory
to th» fact of murder. Oover
nor Wallace, a big-mouthed,
pullliral pipsqueak who makes
loud' «oeeche.«. >,as proven he
doesn’t have the guts to back
them up wl.“h when it comes
to -ieonardlzlng his personal li
berty He cannot escape the re-
snonstblilty for having sef the
stago for on» of the uallest,
most eriiel crimes which ever
dis»rneed the United States
a^d the South.
1 can only fervently hope that
h” the time my column appears.
President Kennedy has moved
thp strength and oower of the
iTnPe/t stat»s Gover^menf In
to Birm1n»'ham, a city which
has defied the law of man and
sp»f upon the law of" God.
The Governor of Alabama
had the gall t« offer a 'KOOO re>
ward for cantur» of the bomb
er. 'Mathematlcfcllv, this means
he belfeves the Ilf* of each of
these kids wa* worth a Mttla
mofe than geoo. He should-l)ay
the *n0fl0 and turn himwlf In,
widely discussed book yet writ-
■ten by a Negro,
Two Increasingly radical edi
tions followed Walker’s first
Appaal. He wrote “we colored
-people of these United Staten
are the most degraded, and jih-
Ject set of beings that ever
lived since the world began "
He stated that this was the rP
suit of slavery and not of raciiil
inferiority as (Thomas) Jeffer
son had said in his Notes n Vir
ginia. “The whites,'’ said Walk
er, in the third edition of his
pamphlet, “want slaves, and
want us for their slaves, but
some of them will cur.se the
day they ever saw us . . as
true as the sun ever shone in
Its meridian snlendor. my color
will root some of them out of
the very face of the earth. . ■
The.v will have enough of th
blacks, yet. as true as God
sits on his throne in heaven.”
■ After tho publication of his
Aorteal, Walker was not per
mitted to live in peace. The
gov“rnor of Georgia reonest-
ed Mayor Harrison Oray Oti«
of Bo.ton to suppress the book
let. Otis, a strong advocate of
a free press, refused to do so.
A groim of men in Georgia
then-offered Sl .floonn for Walk
er’s bead and $10 000.00 for
him alive. In ItWO. three
months after the puhKcatlon of
the third version of the Appeal.
■'Vatker died mysterlmisly in
Rnston.’ Rumors that ho had
be*>n noisnned were persistent
♦•’’origh to innke a martyr of
him. After Emancipation, hit
s»afiire as a hero Irtcremwd and
thirty-six years after hla dMth
his son was elected to the Mas
saehn.setts Lertshihire. Walk-
erV was again mibtlsh-
ed in T84U bv Henrv Highland
Garnet together with Oamef*
own'rtpfieal for everv ulave to
■nease work and Walk aWay.
'Hlstnrlans now attack great
hrWortnnee to his c«»ntr1bution.
e«i>ectal1v herauso of Its timing.
Walker left a legacy of .raging
hatred for slaverv. for -the de
predation, wretchedness . and
Ignorance of hl.s neonle. I» was
0"to this stage that Nat Turn
er strode.
these toons ~«f'd fyunka
»n«ilng i*rlth our «MMren
ninat * /
human baingg draw — and thti /
la Iti '/