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* T !? 2 C A ^A—DURHAM, N. C. I N A T I M E 5 ^ SATURDAY. OCTOIER 13, 1M3 INTEGRATION CORRECTS SUCH DEFECTS IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM Tin MIk IccofMmdilkms of flu 6i11 We have viewed with the uttermost ron- tetnpt ttif silly and groundless contentiiin or arrfiiment timt has been raR’inp for the past several months amonp those southern white people who are opposed to the public accom- moriatinn section of the proposed civil ripbts' legislation. These hlofkheads want intelli pent people to belfcve that they are concerneil about the ripht of a citizen, who owns or rents a place of business to operate it as he pl*asfs. when it is as jilain as day thi^t the on'y roncert) they hSVt''Ts'iWrpetnatinp the Status of aec6tid-ciass ritirenship which Ne- gines suffer in this country. We would like to settle otice and for all the stupid argument, and. as the late Presi dent Franklin D. Roosevelt would say, “Lets look at the record.” In short, we would like to request our readers to stand still a moment v.liile we look at the record pr observe what’ actually takes place so far as the law is con Cfrned when one sectires a license tfi operate a pldce of business or enterprise on a parcel of land or in a buildinp; of which he is the ovner. The record discloses that ownership of a business or even a home does n^t entitle one to operate it as he pleases if such operation •interferes with the freedom or rights of otlifTs, Ownership or title to a narcel of land on which is located a bnildinj; does not carry v.ith it the ri^ht to operate a bawdv house, en^a'^V in the sale or manufactnire of liquor or other unlawful pursuits. Xep^roes know too well that even under the s'ttspicion of such, officers of the law, wi»h or without search warrarttR, hilve not eWfevitd rtwir |ilaces of business but have 4flen Tdciwll rt|>en doors - to private horrtes. The record further 'rtiscthnes th^t the law even poes wo far as to jrt’ohibit one froni biiminV trash on his own yard or |)rcmis" without pettihff permission or notifying lepal authorities, In addition every halfwit knows that cafes, hotels, l>o{trtliitj; holiiles. hospitals drug stores and every cnnceivabte ptiblic or urivate enter^irise in this cW)Utv i«! Yepulated by law as to what, how, or when it mav operate. It is only when the law threatens to interfere with one’s riffht to deny dignitv to a Nef>Vo citiaen do southern whites become ravinp mauiacs about the public accommoda tion section of the proj)»sed civil rights legis lation. 5>o, once again they force Negroes to resort to demonstrations in the streets, organize sit ins. walk-ins, projjose marches on Raleigh ami resort to other means of obtaii’ing their rights which they ate unable to obtain through negotiation, legislation or due process n#law So, if the civil rights bill is not passed, you will see once agaih fhe sorry sf>ectacle oi fire hoses being tuWied on Negro demonstra tions bv firemen and police do"s and police brutality directed at them by offirprs of tlie law in a last desperate but futile attempt to halt the onward march of freedom across this nation and the earth. rexTBooKS t£ACH/N6 RACE HATE AOAINST y / u OUR AMERICAN AT10KAL SrSTfM .ii SWRITUAL INSIGHT REV. HAROLD ROLANO Get Ready for the Sig Nsth in 1^4 K fc'v months from now primarir? leading 1'P to the General Election fur lOfi-J will bs held in every city, county and state in thi« nation, .^s the time approaches our interest in s'-ein? a determined effort on the part of Xegoes to double their voting strength in creases. In connection with the i''ea. we think it is not too early to begm organizing a Mnrtli To The Polls that will outdo the recent Marcf’ on Washington. * In line with such an effort, we are appeal- in-T to XegVo leaders of the National .\sso elation for the .^dvancen1ent of Colorel Peo pie. rORE. other organizations and individ- ii.ils in the civil rights s.truggle to begin or ganizing now every citv. town, hamlet and crossroad for a great March To The Polls in the Primary next May and the Cieneral Elec tion in November. ^ If the leader* of the March On Wa^ineton will devote the same talent, time and ingenuity they exhUjited in that project, '.vc are con vinced'tl*t Negroes will Tally to the causC and register and vote as they never have be fore. If our ministers, teachers, businessmen and women, labor leaders, fraternal (rt-gani- zation beads, heads of club and other groups will bestir thenuselves in an all-out effort to organize a March To The Polls, we are satis fied the voting strength of Negroes can be increased over one hundred per cent. Many young people who have not yet reach ed voting >e«^can help in the movement by ~TWTting ii Register and vote-campaign it>-theH— respective rommunities. The time to bef>in such an effort is now. and we appeal to Ne groes everywhere to talk, walk, sing, preach teach and sleep regi.tter and vote until every Negro man anli woman who is qualified be comes registered. The demonstrations staged in various sec tions of the country have done much tc awaken both races to the inequalities and in justices sufferel by Negroes. Demonstra tions, however, are not enough, and public officials, from the president down to the town constables, who are enHe.tvoring to make the democratic dream a reality instead of a joke must be supported at the ballot box. .Such support can only be 'furnished by those who are interested enough in good government tc register and vote. The Things Within Men Detcrinine The Way They Will Look at Life Pity For the Durham County CttilMS CoBncll The separate but similar resolutions passed by the Durham City Council and the i>tirham County Commissioners, declaring racial dis crimination by businesses and public facilities to be contrary to “public policy of Durham County.” will be admitted by all fairminded and sensible persons to he a step in the right direction. .Actions of the two governing bodies at least can be sail to have created a favorable ^clmi^e^fr)r^tljc iiltimatej enactment of legislations or .^n i^)r)Tin.i*nte that will pro tect the right of Negroes in this city to be treatel as other citizens when patronizing businesses or public facilities. Both the mem bers of the City Council and the County Com- misfioners are to be commended for taking . such a forward Step. /i-, On the other hand we wntild like to appeal to Ne0'o leaders and citizens ai Durham in general not to look too harshly upon the mem bers of the Durham County Citizens Council which has as its objective the perpetuation of ser'regation or second-class citizenship for Negroes. .Anyone who has h:t>l the ot>nor- tunltv to observe the imintclligent condust of such representatives of the f>rganization as recently appeared before the City Council, should be persuaded that members of the Dur ham County Citizens Council are entirely lack ing in what it takes to make a progressive community. o If is our feeling that members of the DCCC should be pitied rather than condemned foi their attitude. Therefore, we would liWe to suggest to Negroes of Durham that their at titude should approach that of th" lowly Naza- tuinuta tiHtt Sttwfday at Unrliaiii. N. G. / ky VniM MiUihert, liie. U I. AUSTIN. PaMUmr W^phoM WUnS and fln«»S SMwmI 'CImi rauge MU it DurMtai, N. -C. •UBSCUraON KATES $400 t€r jmtt ««M 12c tklk fii N. C.) Uw U. S., «Bd 'OsMUa *aim. to lervleeiam 'OfwMU; Six months, $2A) (plui 8c mUimi ti* Ita tl. C.); Ttplgk. Wrm f*r 4*Mr. Sinfle copy Ote. PrtoeljNii OttiM loeattd at 4S6 ■. Pattlfrav It. rene while he was being crncffied by his enemies when He crie'd aloud, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do." While admitting that Durham has yet many kinks tn be ironed 6ut rtf its racial situation in employment, education, hotising and other areas it is our opihlon that its leaders are moving in the right direction. Such organ! zations as the Dtn’ham County Citizens Conn cill should give impetus to efforts on the part of its intelligent and respectable citizens to not only continue in the direction they are going but to speed up. OTY. COUNTV VM6E WELCOME STAND The;, city-county resolutions declaring ra cial discriminatioh corltmr)' to public policy should be welcome'd by everyone in Dtirham no m.-itter where he stands on the race issue. .At last official puHllc jwilicy has been clari fied here The resolutions show where Dur ham standson the race issue. They also put responsibility f^that position where it be longs. There has been a fiction that negotiated changes in Durham’s segregation practices were purely the work of the Mayor’s Interim Committee. This fiction served no usefMl pur pose. \^^«y«^the committee is "blanked” or “credited” for results of racial changes here, its role knd results needed to be bet ter understood. It would have been misleading and unfair for the committee’s work to stand as some sort of unofficial fluke — to be cursed or praised by Durham’s elected officials accord- inr to their interests of the moment. The committee has been an agent for Durham’s lo cal governments. Without low rating the excellent,job we believe it has done, Durham shouM understand that the committee would have had little or no ciiance for success with out tacit approval from the Gty Council and County 'Conimfssioners, eVift»rsW% fli'e ;pritic!jile that dlscrittii- nation is conti^ry to fe*deral, state and local policy . . . Durhbm’a local ffovemmenta have eiftabiished beyond mty Hmibt the rinrent ap ^rbaolt Ho Ute tliiffte«It iniM Msra. ■M&ttiWmi HdtWnj WWrjtl* THEY ABE FILLED WITH THE WnONG THINGS 'Th«y ar» filled with injutt- Tee, maltcaj'mvr • • .Ifoin. l:2i: Our outlook In life is deter mined by what dwells within us. Here we have a very sim ple or natural fact. The thirgj which fill us do determine our inner control. Let us look at the simple biological necessity of eatlns. The nutritionists rightly tell us that we ere what we eat. Physically we are deter mined by what fills the stom ach. And this truth stands out ir\ the realm of the things of the spirit. The psychologist would tell us if we would matfi tain our balance In mental health Wp musj be most care ful to guard against the de structive fellings of vengeance and hatred. Thus the writer remjf’ds us that we .should be careful abou^ letting injustice, malice Or ertvy fill our minds and hearts. A persistent attitude of Just ice works against the welfare of individuals as well as so- cietv. Irtfustice has been one of the jjreat scouring plagues of maklnd. Blind men reftwe to give other human being; their just dues. Inju.stice Is one of th« root causes of th^ great revolutionary movement .stir- Ing among men everywhere. In justice is the cause of the Pre sident’s Alliance of Progress in South America. Why? There they have in a frigthenlrg abundance the wide gap be tween the masses and the few ^ who in blindness would not share the God-given blessings with their fellowmen. So wc must overcome In justice to as sure the peace of the world. Our souls must be emptied of malice. This Ls true because ma lice Is a destru(«ive powvr. When malice Is nutured within, it moves us to do harm to our fellow human beings. Thus we all must ki“ep up the fight against malice and keep it from dominating and destory- ing our happiness or even life itself. We should, therefore, shun malice as we would a dan gerous rattler. For malice would baiti.sh our inner pone” and harmony. Thus we mu.«t nof let It seep in to beelotid our lives with its fruits of vm- hsppinoss. Malice, therefore. Is xme thing whlcb .should have no place in our souls. The ucliness of envy fills too many of our souls. Why do we become such easy victims ol this spirit of envy which Is n basis of .so much human sick- ress and unhappiness? Many of us on account of envy are un able to acceif the good fortunes of others. We worry ourselves sick through envy about our neighbors. What advantage Is It to vou to be envious of your reighbor? We must work hard tf> save ourselves from envy. It Is n«,t an easy job. It Is achieved hy thfi sniritual pro- c’ss of sincorn prayer before God. Yes, We need God’s*help to save ourselve.s from harm ful the effects of envy. Then let us fill oiir souls with ni>bi" thoiti'hfs so that life for us may heeome crea tive. v;holefiom> and healthful. This is 11)0 menr’inR of the abun dant life that The Christ came to give U5f. WB XRfc «0T kLoms One day. In thie nw future, a new church buildlt^ will rise on the spot wliere now stands the ruin and debris of the dynamite-levelled Sixteen th Sfreet Baptist Church in that utiholy city of Blrminf- ham, Alabama. The terrifying |ounds of the bigots’ sticks of dynamite, as they exploded and blasted four innocent Negro young sters into eternity on that fate ful Sunday mjornlr® were sounds heard around the world. The angry explosions not only shoded the sensiblli- Mes of civlMied men every- conscience of the internation al community. In every corn er of the globe, the reaction wa^^ne of anger, dlsbel,lef and disgust that such as atro city could happen in this “land of the free” Through the media of Press, Radio arsd Television, we leanied that Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the West Indies have already re corded their revulsion - the same Iqind of feeling which was evideniced by the major ity of Americans. The newly independent Island of Jamaica in the Caribbean was one of those geographical areas which felt the shock-waves of the Bir- mineham racial explosion. This fact became evident, a few days ago, when we receiv ed a five hundred dollar check presented to u« to be relayed through the NAACP to those responsible for the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Re-Build ing Fund. Along with the check came a gift of Inestimable value a message of moral support "to Birmingham’s dark-skinned citi zens In their resistance to an unjust system. The person who brought the message and the check was one of Jamaica’s most distinguished young sons. He is the tall and articulate Senator Hugh Shearer, the lead ing member of that nation’s Senate and Chairman of the Jamaican delegation to the United Nation* 18th General Assembly. It wa.t in that latter role that he_was visiting New York. The Senator took time out from a heavy schedule of official duties, a few days be fore making hla government’s policv soeech before the As sembly, to visit my office and personally Identify Jamaicans with the Struggle of the Ameri can Negro. The Senator was ac companied by Keith Johnson, Jamaica’s Consul-General in New York, and Morris DeLIs- ser Of the NAACP Life Mehi- ber;!hlp Division. The check the Jamaican pi^ sented came from members of the Bustamente Industrial*'' Trades Union and the Jamaica Labor Party which 1* also led tty the Prime Minister, 1 was tremendously Impress ed by the pertinent aentimenta . expressed by Senator Shearer , in his brief statement as he handed me the check. Hi.s tone was urgent and compellingly sincere. It was also tinged with clan's usual platitudes, in its clan's usual platituhes, in ;ts * indictment of racial prejudice. TTie Ser>ator’s compatriots at home, he told me, were con scious of thfl ugliness of bigotry and deeply concerned over the plight of the Birmingham Ne gro and his fight to eliminate racial discrimination from their daily lives. The members oif the organizations he represent ed fully support the struggle for justice, for they too have a vested Interest in It. Senator Sh«»rer reminded me that the natlt^al nvetto of Independent Jamaica, “Otve of Many, One People,” graphically portrays thp Island’s multi-racial Image. It alswunderscores that in spite of the wide variety of ethnic groups which call that topical land home, racial harmony has always been the foundation of It» society. Because of this re- snect for human dignity, the Senator pointed out. It should not come as a surprl.se that Jamaicans abhor racial bigotry anvwhere it is found and are willing to demonstrate that ab horrence with meaningful ac tion. The Senator expressed the hope that, from the atrony of the'bomtjIng, there would arise a new structure, not o’’lv a place of worship, but an inter national monument to the me mory of the four who perished there. The ge.sture of moral and fin ancial support from the mem bers of the Jamaica Labor Partv and the Bustamente In dustrial Trades Union to a phase qI our civil rights strug- glo will remain among mv cher ished merrwrles. It would be a noble thing if this example of positive support from the sunny island of Jamaica set the stage for flvn'vilar overseas contribu tions to thp Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Re-building Ftind, in the name of interna tional goodwill and the brother hood of Bl nvanklrid. On behalf of all people who love justice and cherish freedom, I waHt to thank Senator Shearer and the people he s'o 'Well repre- senits. Lawrence Manages lo find Evil in D. C. March Heroes of the fonncipafion By ALFRED DXi(ClCETT David Lawrence, on* of the nation's mor» distingnifhed re- actio'iary news commentators has always fa.srinnted rhe with his ability to live in; tfW past and to positively prove that fi blue ,'>ky is actually gre^l|., Mr. Lawrence was one of the few Americans writing who voiced his opinion that thp March was a disgrace. Martin I.uther Kin^, Hoy Wilkins, A. Philip Ha^idolph and Whit!ney Young are just not Mr, Lawrence’s kind of Ne groes. If they were all like Booker T. Washington (may be rest In peace,) Mr. Lawrence would ap prove of them. That is — if they were like the Booker T. Washington Mr. Lawrenc„ believes Booker T, Washington waa. Mr. Lawrence, in an article in TJ. S. News and World Re- nort, has come up with some lyric prosp labeller “l*t Book er T. Wa.shlngton Speak Again." The gist of what Mr. Law rehce has to say is that the wrong speeches were made *1 he I.lnz-oln Memorial on Aii- guMt 28th. What Mr. Lawrence would have liked would go somethini like this; "A.s we have proved ^ u r loyalty to you In the >past. In nursing your children, wateh- Ing by the sick-bed «f ytjur itiothers and fathers, and often following them with tear-dim med eye* to their »rave», ao hi the future, in our humble wiry, We ahall stand by you with a devotion that no foreigner can approach, ready to tajr dm»n our livaa If need b« in da- fense of yours, Interlacing our industrial, commcrcial civil and religious life with yours In a way that shall make . the in- leresfs of both races one. Ip all things that are purely so cial we can be as separato a^ the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential, to out mutual progress . . . The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social eQuallty is the estremesf folHr, and fhat progress In the errjoyment privileges that will comp to iis must be the result of severe and con stant struggle rather than of artificial forcing , . Mr. Lawrence reports that this ferried address, made at At lanta, so moved the then Gov ernor Bullock Of Oeorgla thet (ho Governor rushed across th« nl!»(form 'to con*{rptulate Dr. Wa.shington’s for his pIoou- enee. T do not b“Heve. wlf*i Mr. I,awr*nce. that Dr. Washlnptnn reallv meant all that trine. I do not b'lleve he ■vtrlas so mueh -an Uncle Tom as an ennortu- nhit He cnptued white peonle In the nalm of his hand by pre- tenrttn*, as many Negroes did with ejjSeellence in 1ho«e days, that they did Tiot want fnll free dom — ve*. even the freedom to rrmke it wtfh » i^fte chl^ when they Telt Mfcie It ahd #he #’H Uk> Which -mnny whM« ehldts often did and do, .tnd afiMher thlnjg, even If T)r. WMhhi(ftOn was a real TTncle Tom — which T 'dlltabt — Mr. LtaWt^sti(!e overlook* the fhct fUat tHe mOet Hlltertt* We- gron In AVMrtca Mve firially gotten fhe mwaaift* — that ihey don't ha^ 10 He to white folks any mora; that fracdom ia for them and even for Uncle Toms too. Matter of fact. I’d be willing to bet little olo David that had Dr. Washinpton been in Wash ington on August 28, 13(13, he would have shouted with Dr. Martin I^uther King: “I have a dream” nnd that dream would not lie the nostalgic nlght- marp with which David Law- irence lives and which condi tions him to regarding his In- tellortual naval as the world turns. Yk. We All Talk COLLEGE SLANG By MARCUS H. BOULWARE Sonie years ago. T had an (rtr.rr^ in c]jing and liv» of eon’'»e At the time, I wns a". Fnplish comnosltlon f^^^her. .'inH one v'ould wonder a nrnfo^tor would take sii'-h n n»*nhlorn for r^^arch. p-pwTiHv, I nrn .•“ttlnir un a pilot In th» n>-en of slan* of col1oi»„ students. AmolHT oiHor fhtnes and material, I ■•’ill need to Sulld a sIi»Tijf^c*iit s'-'rifr vocabulary of college Stu dents. TTins. T annealing to my colleee «tiden( readers to setHS mo fome sland words or exorea- sions th«v know together with th«' rremlnss. Another Imtv>rtant afip^^t of mv Rtudev will h” som» treat ment of the orlpln of certain slang words. If a student knows how a Particular slang word Originated. I would be pleased to get theae facti. ROBERT PtrtlViS The rescue operations carried on In conjunction with the Rail road were the most dramatic form of escape to freedom. There was in the East, a group of exceptionally able and zeal ous men whose major contribu tion was in the rescue of fugi- ‘tlves. Outstandln'if In this group was Rol>ert Purvis who WAS of Engliih-fregro i4^oorlIA- Jewish ancestry. Puryis was freeborn Ih South CarolW'a Ih ISIO. Ris father wAs a Cha'r- Icston merchant and his mother a free *Negro woman. In Iftlfl, Purvia was brought North to Philadelphia..where lie waa Riv en a good education and aub- sequently was (raduated from Amherst Coltege. Thirvh WMa fair enough to "paaa" for White but refuted to do ao Mt>d Identl-* fled hla life wKh the IVefroea a) Philadelphia. H« Waa IMellect- ' tially btilHant and wealthy n his father had willed hhn t larfe amount of money. Purvla married the dau|hl«r of Jamea 1^)Tten a pioneer Ne- .gro AboTttloMat who had ama^ aed a fortutie aa a aail manu facturer md who provided the necessary finmieei for Wiltlnn Lloyd CMrHaofl'a paper. Tka L>- barMw.. m ims, two y«an after OarrMM (ounaed tIM U berator, l>urrfa Kalped orgamfte the AnwrtOn Antl-Stevsry So- cfett iM PiBimiyttwla Anti-Slav^ Soeietjr. Re %aa an excellent speaker who ifsin- ed renown on the anti-slavery platform and was in continuous demand as such. in addition, his anti-slavei^ writings appeared In the press, nBi-lodlcsls. pamphlets and boo^s, Purvis was also active In state vigilance committees _Whleh wrtrked to prdtect free Nei'roes from kldnapnlne and, in deflihce of the Federal Fugl tfvV* JtTnve T.KW. to shield 1wp\- tive slaves from ffecapture. He became a prominent member of the Free Nei»ro Convention Movement which held annual conferences for the purpoee of IH^^nt'.|ng and nromoting fhe eaninalgn for fhe Ne*ro pro teat mavement. Practically the entire life of Wflteert T*«rvls was devoted to th„ work of the underground ••Ili'OBd. Wuring hl.s ll*etlme In the early _days of the antl- sTaverv stniwle. men lik» Crtr- rlsh. Wright, Forten and Pur vis fought side bv side with Winia«i T.lovd Garrison. Theo dore Weld and other renown White Abolltlonlats. They eih- ploved all the traditional wea- «0n^ of agitation; resolutions, boOka, twmDhlets. netitlons and onttorv. These tactics combined with »>e nefwotlt of the Under- imund Itailroad it.self mtd> this nerlod unique and unoaral iaied In American hhtory. }>UTVt8 died In 1808. nriwiiieifii the peodara for Iriiptevar -poa^ *|k thay q>and. I shall be look- irn to h6ar fM>m Ihoaa Tanoni who hfV9 m fiatanaat MBA)DntS! 9ot my l>aa#Met on publle MMaktaig. aaa« « ^ neb entvefopa to Dr. Marcus H. BoulwaM, B«x tlO-A, norida M. WM M. University, Taffa- hMKM, na. Tap Obde 823d7. 6he ot thase d«^, is a con- flmdfi in acc«ntl(tg a scholar- thTp, ^ih# applfeanis will da- thahfl 'thit the college guaran- 'tea on ifi^ualiob a Job at |io,- 000 ■ yaar. .
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