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VOLUME 41 — No. 6
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DURHAM, N. C., 27702, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1964
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THE TIES THAT BIND — An-
•Hicr bond in the stj-ong ties
which Ihe family of Medgai
Erers has to th« NAACP is the T. Robinson of Richmond, Calif,
of NAACP life membeishtps! '
THE EVERS FAMILY
for each of the thiee children a member of| the National Life Cardinal Rugambwa ol Twiffany-
and Mrs. Evers. The life mem- Membership Committee, who has ika. Pic'..ured here ar« Darrell,
berships were given by Dr. P. | clso give life memberships for j Mrs. Evers, James Van Dyrke
Mrs, Daisy Bales and Laurianj and Reena Denise.
State Rests
Of Accused
Its Case
Killer Of
In Trial
Evers
JACKSON, Miss. — Twelve
-wliile ' ihien; selected afler loui
days and three nights of ex
amining 94 prospective jururs
will dcclde whether Byron dc la
Beckw^tn, a wnite fertilizer sales
man, is guilty of tlie assissinatioii
of Medgar W. Evers, NAAUlr
field secretary for the Slate oi
Mississippi. It tound guilty, tin
maximum penalty is death in tlu
gas cnamberj
Beckwith is . Clwrged with
killing tfig NAACP leader will
a high powered rifle shot fioii
ambush op the rlight of Junt
11-12, 1963, as Kvers was return
i n g home from a civil rignti
rally.
Called as the second witness
tor the prosecution was the slain
man's faultlessly groomed ano
attractive young^ widow. After
establishing - that she "'“s ®
Medgar Evers, the witness re
counted the events of the fatetui
night in June when she and her
three childred heard the shot
that felled her husband. Thtsy
found him in a pool of Wooa al
the doorstep ijOf their home.
Durirrg her testimony. Beck
with avoided looking at thi
woman whose husband hg is ac
cuscd of slaying.
Both the prosecutor and tht
-^cfcnse attorney, contrary t
southern tradition, refrainec
from addressing the witness b\
her first rrame. Nor did thej
accord her the courtesy title o/
‘Mrs.’ They simply directed ques
tion? at her without addressing
her by name.
Throughout direct and cross
examination, Mrs. Evers remain
ed composed, poised and well-
spoken.
Beckwith denied Wednesday
that he was the killer of Evers,
last summer. He claimed that a
rifle gimiliar to the alleged mur
der weapon' was stolen from him
the day before thf. killing.
In an effort to show Beck
with’s feelings about integration.
Dist. Atty. William Waller intro
duced a letter in which the de
fendant declared; “Mississippi is
going to have to do a lot ol
shooting to protect our wives and
children from bad niggers.”
In another letter, he wrote: “1
believe in segregation likg 1 be
lieve in God.”
The defense rested after Beck
with’s surprise appearance on
the witness stand. He testified
about two and a half hours, stat
ing, among other things, that be
was not in Jackson on the night
of the sliooting and had never
EVERS 6A
CORE Leaders
Urge LBJ To
Shun St. Louis
ST. LOUIS — Fifteen local
CORE leaders imprisoned for
contempt, with sentences rang
ing from 60 days to a year, have
written Presidei?t Johnson urg
ing that he cancel his visit to
St. Louis on February 14th, the
city’s 200th anniversary.
In addition, over 1,000 persons
have signed a pe'tition'to this ef
fect which has been forward to
the President and more signa
tures are beirg collected reports
CORE Vice President Richard
Daly.
The pleas to the President cite
the present racial climate in St.
Louis and the failure of city offi
cials to help resolve the situa
tion at the Jefferson Bank and
Trust .Company, which has re
sulted'in hundred of arrests aivd
the present heavy prison sen.
tences fpr the CORE leaders.
The bank adamantly refuses to
adopt a fair employment policy.
Citizens Council
To Meet Witli
Hospital Group
The Durham County Citizens’
Cnuncil will meet 'Aith Watts Hos
pital's integration study committee
at the hospital February 18. Chair
man Harmon Duncan of the study
"ommittee said 'that the meeting
was one in a series with variou'
;;roups and agencies.
Duncan said that to date the
committee has explored the legal
status of Ihe propostion, launched
a study of practices in other N
C. -.communities, and ^ initiated a
comprehensve review by the hos
pital's medical staff and board.
Duncan said in refereice to the
February 18 meeting, “Watts Hos
pital faces problems and. needs,
some of which are directly related
to the integration question. Any
iridivdualg or groups having idea^
on how wo can meet those pro
blem and needs is welcomed to
join in the study. We solicit the
conimuttily’s help and thinldnl.”
Jackie Robinson Named Member
Of Rockefeller Campaign Staff
NEW YORK — Jackie Robin
son, Hall of Fame baseball star
and business executive, today
was appointed to a top spot In
Governor Rdckefellet’s national
presidential campaign high com
mand. '
Governor Rockefeller announc
ed that Robinson would be a de
puty campaign director to organ
ize and supervise the operations
of a nation wide netw o r k of
special campaign committee.
They will be recruited from
various facets of the profession
al, industrial and business, fin
ancial, educational, social, civic,
consumer, entertainment and
sports communities.
Saying he was convinced that
Governor Rockefeller “would be
a good President for all of the
American people,’’ Mr. Robin
son added:
“This association with the
Rockefeller national campaign
will be the most useful civic con.
tribution I can make in these
times. I am looking forward to
the challenge with very much
enthusiasm.’
As one of six deputy campaign
directors, Mr. Robir^on will
work directly with Governor
,,of’ Hampton "institute , ^^0‘^'^efeller and John A. Wells,
$2 Million 3ldg.
Dedicated at
Hampton Inst.
HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va.
— Dedicated last week on the
U.S. Court Orders
Medical Bias End
Dr. Grady Davis
To Preach Ushers
Mid year Sermon
Dr. Grady Davis, Dean of the
Divinity School at Shaw Unii-
vertity. and pastor of the Union
Baptist Church in Durham, will
deliver the annual sermon al
the Mid-year Sciision of tiie In-
terdenomin^ional Ushers Asso
ciation of North Carolina, ac
cording to an ^ announcement
made week tiy L. E. Austin,
president of the ' organization.
Th" U.shcrs annual Mid-vear
DR. DAVIS
Session, which usually has in at
tendance over a thousand per
sons, will be held at the Ushers
Home, located on Highway One
near Franklinton. Stinday, Aljril
5.
Dr. Davis is well-Jcnown in
religious, education and civ'
circles of Norlli Ciu-oliiiUj wlier^
the impact of his .dynamic ef
forts for the bclterinent of hi;
face lias been felt. 's
His sermon has been schedulcc
for 1:00 p. m. and preparatioils
are already underway to pro
vide for the tremendous crowd
that is expected lo hear liiin.
ATLANTA — A U. S. Federal
Court has said, lor the first time,
that professional associations,
which participate in selection ol
slate officials, may not discrimi
nate against Negroes.
Judge Frank A. Iloojjor ruled
this week that Georgia's North-
■e'rn District Dental Society must
accept membership of Dr. Roy
Bell, Atlanta dcnti.sl.
Dr. Bell was represented by
attorneys of the NAACP Legal
Defense and Educational Fund
wiio suCces-sfully argued that
the all-white Society is “signifi
cantly involved with govern
ment.’’
Judge Hooper agreed saying
"tiie Georgia Legislature, hy giv
ing to the Dental .'VSsociiition tlie
right to nominate nienvbers o_t
three state ageiicie
of the
state of
it an agency
Georgia . . .
“The Dental Association, by
excluding Negro d;ntists from its
membership, thereby deprived
tiiein of the right to vote in con
nection with Ihe miininalion of
See-COURT t'.\
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High Point
Minister Vows
To Set Self Afire
By HAROLD FOSTER ,
CHAPEL HILL — A vow
Buddhist style self-immolation fcy
an official of the Congress of
Racial Equality (CORE') high
lighted stepped up anti-.scgrega
lion activities here this past
weekend as represerrtatives from
four pational civil rights groups
stuck to their promisa to co»-
duct ‘ novel’’ demonstrations if
this university town were not de
segregated by Feb. 1.
Rev. B. Elton Cox, state field
representatives for CORE, told
a Sunday freedom rally crowd
of about 300 persons that he is
■comtemplatlng" burning him
self to bring freedom to the Ne
gro in the United States.
“If it is necessary to bring
about integration in Chapel Hill,
Negroes should consider butrr-
ing themselves for freedom,” he
•:aid, “if the Buddhists in South
,Viet Nam can give their lives
tor freedom, why can’t we give
ours?"
Tiie 32-year, old High Point
minister said Chapel Hill is the
scene ofy more than 300 arrest.s
in racial demonstration* since
mid-December and “if I thought
it would do any good, I wnuM
come to Chapel Hill Blister morn
ing, dressed in black robes, pour
Esso high test gasoline on my
l)ody and burn mys/'lf.”
Cox said he haji been “con-
teniplating this for a long timcT'
and L-ieel tlval Chapel Hill i*
iusl as good a plac^ as any
start.”
The veteran civil rights leaded
said he would first come to
Chapel Hill, talk with thp town
and the university, officials, and
this having failed, he Would
burn himself. “If you think I’m
iusl talking to hear myself talk,’
he said, "you just 1 • t these
places slay segregated until
Easle’r and see.”
The freedom rally at whirti
Cox was speaking was j^art ol
Ihe “third project’' of the
Chapel Hill Freedom Commit
tee's stepped-up den)onstratiows
since so-called D Day. The other
twrt of Ihe project was a side
walk march through th* main*
section of town which fellowed
Sie MINISTER 6A
Honored By
B'nai B'rith
campus
was the n*;w $2 million Commu
nications Center, a unique com
plex providing the most modern
educational facilities of its kind
in Virginia. Guest speaker at the
dedication ceremonies was Aug
ust Heckscher, former consultant
national campaign director
The others are:
George L. Hinman, deputy di
rector for political organization;
William L. Pfeiffer, deputy di
rector for finance; R. Mort
Frayn, deputy director for co
on cultural affairs to the late I ordination Charles F. Moore,
President Kennedy. Jr., deputy director for commu-
The occasion marked the 125th j nications; Roswell B. Perkins, Tie
anniversary of the birth of the i puty director for research, and
founder of the liberal arts col
lege located at the mouth of
the James River. He was Samuel
Chapman Armstrong, and the
new building will bear his name.
In attendance werg hundreds of
prominent Virginians, educators
representing some of the nation’s
leading schools and colleges and
many descendants of General
Armstrong.
Functional Design
The architect. Hilyard Robin
son of Washington, D. C., in de
signing a building providing for
an organized approach to teach
ing various basic disciplines and
techniques of language communi
cations. developed a plan tliat
See HAMPTON 6A 1
deputy director for women’s
activities soon to be nar^d.
Robinson also will ^ork di
rectly with the chief of the Gov
ernor’s policy staff. Dr. William
J. Honan.
Governor Rockefeller said he
was "very, very proud” that Ro
binson had joined his campaign
staff.
“Jackie’s a constructive com
petitor. He has sincere, sound
ideas on how the Republican
Party can win the 1964 election
trust- of all Americans through
dynamic dedication to the creed
by earning the confidence and
of human freedom, human pro
gress and freedom for the free
See ROBINSON 6A ]
The above photograph shows, lo Dr. Alfonso Elder, President devo'.ed service to the commu-
I. O. Funderburg, President of j Emeritus of North Carolina Col- nity while President of North
the Durham Business and Pro- lege, a plaque in honor of his Carolina College,
fessional Chain, as he presenlr | | Photo by Purefoy
Perry Speaks tc
Chain Members
On U. Renewal
Executive Director Ben R.
Perry, of the Durham Redevelop
ment Commission, was the
speaker al a meeting sponsored
by the Durham Business and
Professional Chain hert Tuesday
evening, February 4. Sccne of
the gathering was the Fellowship
Hall of the Ml. Vernon Baptist
Church, Rev. E. T. Browne, pas
tor.
Perry viewed the Commission
schedule for acquiring properties
in projects I, 2 and 3, stating
that all acquisition's in projects
1 and 2 should be completed
within the next eighteen months.
Purchases in project three will
probably begin during the spring
of 1965.
Perry also viewed plans for a
shopping -center that will be de
veloped in the area, pointing out
the fact that the Commission is
keenly interested in a center
that will provide for those busi-
WEATHERFORD
Dr. Fleming and Weatherford
Named to Shaw University Faculty
RALEIGH — Dr. James E.
nesses that will be djsplaccd by i Cheek, president, Shaw Univer-
the renewal program. He also|sity, has announced the follow-
stt^ed that three housing de-j ing appoiritments to the faculty:
velopmcnts are being planned for; The Reverend John Wilson Flem
adequately for families that will ] ing. acting chairman, Depart-
Durham whidi should provide' ment of Philosophy and Religion
be relocated. ' *>nd Allen Ericson Weatherford,
(filler.'! on the program \v»re! III. Instructor in Biology.
l)te htRKY (!A » Vli» Kcvereud Mr. lleAJXig ii
a graduate of Shaw University
with the A. B. degree. He re
ceived the B.D. and S.T.M. de
grees at the Graduate School
of Theologyg, Oberlin College,
Oberlin, Ohio. He has served as
pastor of Sairdy Plain Baptist
Church, near Clarkton, and
Brookston. near HendLrson. Also
^bt SHAW GA
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NEW YORK — Lauded as “cx-
i tremely worthy recipients” by
President Lyndon B. Johnson,
NAACP Executive Secretary Roy
Wilkins and thre^ other civil
rights leaders were honored
here, Feb. 2, at ceremonics by
' the Anti-Defamation League
i B'nai B'rith.
I Silver medallions “for dis-
I tinguished contributions to the
enrichment of our democratic le
gacy’’ were prasented to Mr.
Wilkins; Walter Reuther, prasi-
dent of thg United Auto Worfc
ers and member of the NAACP
Board of Directors; the Rev. Dr.
Eugene Carson Blake, executivj,
officer of the United Presbyter
ian Church; and A. Philip Ran
dolph, president of the Brother
hood of Sleeping Car Porters
and a vice president of the NA
ACP.
In a telegram to the League,
President Johnson hailed th»
men for their efforts “to arous*
the national conscience and in
spire an understanding of the
large, unfrnlshed tasks in civil
rights.”
In accepting the award, Mr.
Wilkins warned that “the princi
pal yardstick” by which politi
cal parties and candidates would
be judged by Negro voters this
fall would be their action on
the pending civil rights bill.
“The test is not whether the
bill will pass the House,” he
said. “It will. But many Con-
gressmen who point next fall to
their vote on the final bill may
have aniy half a talking pom^.,
“How did they vote on the Pf’o
posed amendrtients that deter
mined the shape of the fiMal
bill''” he continued. “Did they
‘go down the lirre’ or did they
collaborate with Hississipph'and
its allies to present, finally, a
watered-dowD version?’’
Ail award was also