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•— ‘T!!2 P^!!5LI!?S T!*1E5 " ‘ 5 A-OURHAM. H. t. SATUHDAY, FEBRUARY M, 19« r AMERICA THE INCREDIBLE A So^ce of Progressive Leadership In »ii clitiiri.-J (it F.'l>nuiry Irt. li.iiK ii "A't.tiiijj in ^neurjria.” tlic Athinta Cm- -liiinion of Atlanta. Gw>r|ria. th S.iiuir- jfrwlini; ami most inflnemial laily iiiMi points to s«,»mr iii»vr'slin*r am) pT- liiiwii '"le friances «t the voter repistratioii r:mi)i:ii'4n twinR wajrtf) i" section of thv iialioii. Thr edilorial i' rffrint.'cl in its en- (ir.lv tlsc«h.Vt* on llit' uill III vrad thonjilitl'nIK 1>V all rt'alers. 11 i~ infl.-« (l refn^'liiiJi: I" roail of or listen to lieu 'iiice from a resi>onsil'li’ southern soiiiv llial i-iu'oiiraifes ai'ceiHance rathpr than i oihU niiialiou of Xegi*n volinir in the Somh r,r iliat at li•a^t treat,- i>ii tlie snhject as a iiatn- fiil ami tx(>eclel development. B\ its )>ro- . f'n >'i\i' editorial i^ilicv. im the Sonths |>res- tiil 1114.-t |vr|»lxei«g }tii(ition. the Atlanta 1 is doing a service in Ic^dershii) .‘area that oaunot he measured in terms of (1i>llaV' and oeitts, Thf South is tnily !n- dohti-d t«> siioh leadership wiilvmt \v4»k4t thpr« x\oull be littlf. if any. industrial |»r«>press and pine social stairn^t'on. ' \> foolish as it may seem now X«»rth Caro lina. which hoasts of its pri->pn*ssive aTtitt«1«' on r.H'ial «|«estions. may awaken in the very near imuve to discover that it has svurendered it> >upiKiselly lirst place to the state of (ipor- jlia that, uniler the influence of the Atlanta Constitution, is niovinj; at ii more rapid paco in the direction of e(Ual o^iportuiiity t\>r all- it> ]H‘.>ple without respect to race. cre«'d or Col.rt-. Likewise, such statos as Mississippi, f.ouisi- .Tna and Alabama ^ay awaken ere it is too late to disc«>ver tmt. in the w*>rds t>f the late |{(Hiker T. WashiWton. you can't hold an other telloxv in the (Ujch tmless you stay in there with him. • ' fhe Efforts to Halt Street Denwnstrations Vli'ort* on'Hw part of Capus Wayiiick. ('i.Afiiior ,'^nford's fhiet racial -ailvisec. t' 'li.ilt 'iVrit demon.stratirtiis art- to be exjiected. ' :\|r. W aynick is hijrhly refipevted by Xepro i-iii/iM' Ilf .\orth CaroKna'as well as its white i iiixi ii'. WV .think, how ever, that alontr with liw ^vitation to Xej;ro leaders of CORE. X anl others in th^ forefront *>f the rielits strMCKlf. M>-, Waynick 'h\>nld i-l|jde leaders of thf Ku KIhn Kl:,n. the Citi zen roiincil rtrtrani^ation and various other of whites who afp determined that roe> H ill never l>e accrirdc ” th« ir full viirSi f'ot ri'i 1 the .Is citizens -'N '(|ie str^-ft detnonstratitjns -.wer^ j*esirte} to every other fieacefu| means had faileii t the rnessng'e over 16 leailini^ white (H'o- pk- that Xetrroes were tired of being- kicked hr ttrlli «m msmilT ikf Ilje color oi theiT” the ijovemor of his chief racial advisel- is in position to deliver when it comes to barpain- in>r i>n thii matter of civil riphfs for Keproes. The prevailing feelins; of every intelligent Xei'^ro is ti co>i>erate with all state officials in their efiiA-ts to preserve the peace and die- nitv Ilf Xorth Carolina. We think, however, that there is likewise to he expected some liearin:;. forWarins; and a chancre of attitude on the )>art of those wlVi oppi>se XepToes being acconied tl«'ir full citizenship. \A'e tluVefore i-.'iiition .•>!'’ainst nnv ,nc'r'’pment lieintr made that will ilenv Xertu^e"; of this stnte or any other state the ripht to peare- fnllv seek their ricrhfs as citi^eos .in tbi« roitiitrv. W'e wi>nld remind the leaders of CORF.. X\ \CP and others, that the progress iiiade thus tav, in the directi'Mi of Xe«^^rfig«; we What Other Editors are Saying 'ntmotf ’ t*en mtHT hano n£fT3 om 7He HM.T Of A JMATHftl 5K»a fi£g LtFT ham CLASfi^ THC SM£LO orrn£ uM/retsnrssAmALAMCL ■> VHmH KMTIN6 TUUMMAH» H9N0H. V- AT mg musr. AMooat^AJUMa ■m urreas -uSTfmMs rt^MAMur MPiAor. Tue MeAfiscoMtt UTA miM(T tNcmcLCP STAHS AHD SU*t40UNm tr A attsT oot*post» »A» CMktb HSA» AMO ... A KKi AUiAiK£HSHT OF KATUeKS. ; T>^ CA5T)NCIH»H0Hm! 3 HASMfenvixpMY [ I OF rw cm.r ■■■ ' MAH AKOUND WITH im ’ ; MfKJ. rODOTMC JOB— >, AMn^ sum-Hnmo , VOTINO IN GEORGIA Almost 'overlooked -tUtri'ag more dramatic action in Con gress and on some sidewalks, Negro voter registration in the South has .^jroceeded at an im pressive pace. Some parts of the region con tinue to suecos-sfully prevent Nes;ro registrntion', and the gains in those areas are very small. But elsewhere there is a different story. ^ The Atlanta-based Voter Education Project jiow reports tliat during a 21 montli period ended Dec. 31 the ort'aniza- tions cooperating with its re- t-'i'itration program added 327, .588 names to voter lists in 11 Southern states Most of these, are Negroes. In Georgia 46.347 people w>“re registered under t)ie pro ject's auspices. That hroiight Negro registration in Georgia to almost 222,000 —15.7 per eent of Georgia's tootal registra tion. In five .other Southern .‘states the perc^tag« of age-eligible Negroes who are registered is higher than in Georgia. But the day obviously is pa.ssing when Georgia can be correctly ac cused of depriving Negroes of the right to vote. In no other Southern state is the Negro registraliiDn as hig a percentage of the total. We may see from this latest report that those portiohs of the civil rights bill designed to speed the end of voter d i .s- eri(mination would be much less applicable in Georgia than in Nris.ssi.ssippi, Alabama and Lou isiana. In those slates, as a whole, the mo.st formidable bar riers remain when a Negro seeks to register, Georgia will have come a long way when the hist of its local obstacles are gone anil voter registration — though limited by a reasonable liter acy requirement fairly applied — is not limited by ruee. The Atlanta Journal and At lanta ConslHution Heroes of Emancipation SPIRITUAL INSIGHT REV. HAKOLD ROl.AND i^an Represents the Most Prized Creation of Our tfeaveniy Father "W* iMHtd hr«ffcr#n ami t*rri«4 wiUi tham.'’ Acti 21:14. For nitie Ion*; years after the I'..''. Su- ;ire lie Court public schoi! decision rrf Xei roe' imploreil. bep'jed and pleadefi td'Tio r.v;) 1 for cnmpliaMc^, al>oHt nil they were e«ipt1y promises..>^evasions and criti- e past recoVd of^ XufiiuCarolina’si^noii- pltaiu-e w ith oniftS C.S-Sunifenie rt will, therefftre. raise gravt*' djuht in niin1s of all ^^!^gToe.*^^■yhis state th^fc,-, tause. ohtainine their risrhts. has not been achieved throiieh voIimtar\ .nction on the mirt'of state officials of Xorth C.irolina hut bv dedicated Xetrroes who h.ivj- been willimj to sai-^-ilice time, money. ei to tail, suffer l>eatincs and *ven place their lives on the altnr. To enter into any aarreenient now- that is not forth right is to break faith with such nuirtyrs as Emmet Till. Medi.'ar F.vers .md otliers of the race who have given tlieir lives for the Tm fw iiijncing About the Gvil Rights Bill T a'sape of the civil ryjhts hill hy the of Jepresentatives in its present form is fine so^ fat as k ff«es. We w.mid remind our ri-a lers however, that the hfll loes not become 1.1 w 1 Hut of j’rt^s in action for’nfarty forty yiears. we «Vr sat hot loi until it is pSsspfl Senate anJ »igne1 he ^>fi»j>ideat. Tfes'beia^.the case we wiTl .iie low« howr':* MiftiTig obierved Con- fied tliat southern senators, inclwlin? from Xorth Cpr^ilina. will be in there ijj everytMfig within their poweV to either l.ill the le^isUrtion‘'entirely, or [>uU all of .jh? tee h oirt of it.' 1 rattkly. we arc of th*> opinion that IVesi- dei t |4iiish) is hftnest -in sayinjj that he de sires the passag-e.. of j hill .tliat i.s suffitient. uaraiitei his 'thmv hei *re the hitt4i«rivnes l»w in any form that the|9oat^ri#rs in thr SenMi? will jrive an ac- C(\ count of themselves in their efforts to oppose it President Johnson, therefore, may find be fore it is all over that his former Vunnins; mates in Conjrress have desevted him in one oj the most important moments of .American historv. In the meantime, we Wfuild urpe Xegro citizens to continue their effuVts at increasing their votinj; strenjrth. Crying:, complaining: and critizing southern o)>]»inents of the biU will do ali'filutely n»> ptxvl. The lan^juaire best undertsood by all pititicans is that of ballots and more ballots. Once the Xepro es- tal>li-.hes himself as an irn(M)rtant ix'ditical forced in the .''oiith the picture with Vegards to the civil rights lull and ail other legislation favorable to him will clwngr. Fvery X«gro tered should he looked on ntenipt by all citizens who wish to >ee .Vmerica truly the land of the free and the home of the brave. Man is the m£s‘--rplece of God’s creation. People,-—nerefoW. rep resent the most important thing in God’s cre^tiOB. Men through the ages have been teraViteii. to forget this great truth fil the creation: It is unfortunate when we forget this great basic truth Biblinll^ speaking, peoole are importatrt or tJiey are made ii’ flie image »od likeness _f( the ‘^^tenal God. And this stamp •' Divinity makes human beine im portant. Some would foreet and give place, power, monev and other fading woridiv possessions Uie supreme place in life. But wf should ever remember the su preme ftnportance of pevole ir the iMviiie scheme of things. People, therefore . shoHld n ■' be misused. We remember snm of the viplMit, Woody stfuegies ofin »• digiBtjp'«i»*-iW«t)0'tsnce in our n^- ti*K. profit seelsers sho‘ Uborers ilotwi )n the streets a« was the ease in Homestead. Pa. some sixty years ago. The greedy ■ pi'ofn seekers thought ahou* nothing but their bia profits con 9e}uently. they could mi.suse an abuse labor on account of its just aspirations. People are in> portant and s'^uid be treated with justice ami fair plav. Le* us remember that people repre sent the ultimate value in the creation. Coiisequently, peoole should net b« misued and abused. . Even in the Church we can ge* so deeply‘linvelved in organiza tional red. tape th*t '*e forget the primary importance of peo pie in God’s pUm vs revealed in Jesus Christ. Christ gave human beings a place of supremacy There was the social outcast ai the well that he raised aeain to a place of dignity and imoortance in the community. Ope of the hated tax eoilectors wrote the fullest of the Gosoel records— the Book of Matthew. Jesus found Mary Magdalene • who had been possessed with seven devils ind healed and restored her to a place of respectability in the community. With Phriat loi nc never forget the supreme impor tance of people. Why? Thev all are precious in the sight of *he God who gave His Son to r deen a lost worW, The great world revi!i’t>n« going on in our times are rec g niting the importance of opople. The downtrodden, the onpressed aqd abused masses are given s new sense of dignitv and impor tance in keeping with the teach ings of .fesus, Jesus sav.s ea«t» human being is ImtH^ant. Yes' it is the Biblical concept of thr dignity of man that is triumph " ing. The Bible has Keen printed in more than a thousand dialect', and languages. And the word of Cod is bearing fruits in a new importance of the masses of mci. throughout the world. God said His word would not be in vain. l^eople are important for they have the stamp of Divinitv and are just a little lower ttian Oort and the Angels. WILLIAM STILL Willitifn Still was bom free in the State of New Jersey about 1821. His father was an ex-slavc who had purchased his •freedom. However, Still’s mo ther was a fugitive w'ho had escaped from slavery in Mary land with her elder child and was reunited with her husband in New Jersey, where William the youngest of eighteen child ren, was born. As a child William worked on a farm in New Jersey until about 1844 when he went to Philadelphia and began wot'k as a clerk for the Pennsylvan- in Antl-Slaverv Snr'ety ti m-.tc during this time that he be came eorrespording secretary of the Philadelphia Branch o( the Undereroi/md Railroad. Still maintained a continuing re cord of the experiences of all„ the fugitives who came to the city of Philadelphia. In addi tion to his activities as corre sponding .s-ecretarv. he al.so served as an agent for other Abolitiontsf grouns. includirrg the American Arti-Slavery So clety. Eventually. Still b.^cnme the princvpal conductor of the Underground Railroad in the State of Pennylvanio. One particularly dramatic epiijode in which Still partici pated involved Henry "Box " Brown. It is said that^ Brown enlisted the aid of a sympathe tic white merchant in R i c h- mond, Virginia, who nailed him ill a box which contained biscuits and w'ater and shipiM^d the box via the Adams Expre.ss Compan.v Lines to Still in Phila elphia. Still opened the box and found Brown unhurt after the rugged two-day journey hy steamboat, wagon and rail- In 1867 Still lead a succoss- ful campaign agoingt .legpogatcd In street cars in Philadelphia. 1871 he assembled records on the fugitive slaves which he had been maintaining, and published them under the title of “Underground Railroad. " This becamc an outstarding re ference work for both black and white leaders. After the Civil War, Still de voted his life to fighting racial dl••crimination and to welfare work amone Negroes. He died in 1902 at the age of 81. Jackie Ju»t a few nights back, Rae show, one sensed that .she was 1^1 1-egistered irttiW.fWi iJI 4^lsAt4. nowevr* with contempt by all b»H4iecnes law.v in any form that >ee .Vmerica trulv the i^rs in thf Senate will give an ac- home of the hrave, the On^ Church A Two-Way Street Know 7k Negro f satutii) tfie 4Wi)ibrtT M the ’a)var\ I’nit- Presl>{i-trr^i) ,.'hwrch of .^s^leville in not alU kving r»ce tA ^ iUr selection oi a it isiter.' Toirt k»^ . tlw ^tiurch lia.s lagged bei 'mi w thr w#y instead of leading way to interracial (;(V>dtiill and brother- hot il. Certainly a TCegro ^church wlitch would ref ise to call a «-hite niinJ«»trt- for pastor sole ly III acc«Mt of his mce ifi just as unClirist- ian as a whitf church tkaA will not ncrrpt a Xefro as a nieaiher. T n F raiilcly we Iflibk ^qn , ^lie awra^e whit.’ Chi istiaa cfiiircli, ciitifriag to its '“white oiilv phi isophy, with rightrous indignation, if not n Tlic satnt gors for the so-called Yi C.A, YWC.^ and the Salvatioi» Atrmy r>r pat izatioHs in the South all of which are st«M bo^ utf tlie Sr>*tli> |rn^ oi »e^tv(r«ti^i (1 rac» hatn^. \\ hen such Christian organizations arc measured by tW yardstick of Christian bro- therhoixl they are more latnnal>le than the Ku Klux Klait. the Citizens Councils and othe' Negro halting organizations. Hiding l>ehi:Kl their religions gowns, long |>rayers. hymns oi praise and their solemn assemblies they con tinue to ge»\erate the deadly poison of race iKitrcd in the name of Jesus. Real I hristianity is a two-way street tVav- eled i)V men of all races, creeds and colons. ihI is no res[>ecter of )>ersons and when man acts or lives otherwise he is destroying rath- *1’ than building gcHxIwill and brotherliood among men. I he .\sbeville church is to br commcndied and .'ihovie all the white minister who accepted the call is to be commended. Hoth are tra?cliii)f the highway of truth and hy so doing are pointing to a new day of peace among those of the human faniil\^. QmI tbrham, N. C. W UaiM NkUAfeis, be. L I. AOBttN, Mliiher i iam MUft Ma at otmm, n. c„ xrm Wtei to ». C.) ilfrHre In mnkm»0 Ovtnamt; Ifa. I U «6 X. FiitigreF It rW')i:iVI)-T(»-f»fr:-.‘^L‘CCE.S.'sKn. ymmg men are so rare that everylxnly does his best to make them succeel. IF THE DR.Akr.ATFC CRITICS p«M monfy mit of their dwu pockets to sPt shows aiid it ♦ittratj’ critic. dijiped into their tobacco mon- fiv for books, the fxiiiJic would get ttoe low- on a lot oi ttuff. Tampa,' Florida-Soaking up sun in this gorgeous, broad- •vew^, tree Utked gay City, one is (truck by the irony o( the paradox of the race rela tions sltukUoD in the South. I am hert with fellorw-columnist Jackie RoMnsan who is com bining a g^lfing vacation with s«itie projects on which we arfe worliln*. Just before h« plunges ti)ll stretliigth Into the political wars, carrying the standard of New York Cover nor Nelson RocXefeller, We are living In a dream ol a hotel-mote^, The Internation al Inn. which is one of Tam pa's integrated establishments We are iearolng much about the ongotag and ever-progres; ing struggle for racial Justice here from two of the dedicat ed leaders most responsible for waiMng the r^nUess battik Ttiey are C. Blythe Andrews. Jr., cruMdtni editor-publlsher of the iiiccciBful rioTlila Sen tinel Bulletin and Robert W Saunders, tA’cless Field l^cre tary for tTie NAACP Sir thii community. The third day we were here was a city-wide holMay, a fur day wh)A !i observed here annually. TMi day ts dedicated to the memory of a roguish and bold pirate,''y o s e Gasper. In days •/ rant, Omper, operatiirg front tbe’ Cvrtbean area, sys- tematleafly m4. ruthlessly ia vaded ^hUNi 'svilh his crews of Mood tbiMy pirates, took oirer tht eitr $nd ransacked TatniMt i« ordw to SU his eofBits wfTh f»M. iwasn- buckling pirate maintained a harem here in Tampa. Every year, about this time, a wealthy and powerful group of business men, bands toget|ier as the Gasparilla organization, costu mes itAeif as pirates, stages a mock invBsten of the Tamps Boy and the entire city, swarms throogbout the community,, fired with joy juice and firing blanks. So much a part of the city's tradition has this become that schools are closed and the city administrationr and the United States Navy join in the fun making. In the afternoon, a spectacular parade is held, following the brilliant water show af mock invasion of the bay.. Floats, resembling in minla- turex Califorriia’s Parade of Roses, carry tmique displays and beautiful girls and adver tise the wares and services of the city’s Industry. In years gone by. the considerable Ne gro population of Tampa has, of course, been among the hundreds of thousands who turn out, lining tlie city’s down town area to laueh at the clowns, pat thci^ feet to the sound of marching bands and to applaud the drum majoref- tes and the rav'k after rank • marchers. And. in years gone a Job as any of the other parti- ct)ants. I went to the parode and en joyed it immensely. I’ll retnem- ber all the color, the splendid showmanship, the carnival air whk-li pervaded the city and delighted ^e 800.000 persons who turned:,out to be a part of it. ‘ ' I’ll also remember the young N>?gro mother with her boy toddler on her shoulder. Sh* had come to the parade a few mimites after if bad begun and Ivad missed the Negro band. She tapped me on the arm an- xi>)u.sly: "Where are they?” she asked. "Where is . the colored band?" I assured her that thev had been there and done their bit. This relieved, somewhat, the worried frown on her face. Bui not altogether. I knew what the frowrr had meant. It was a sym bol of the frustratibn of my peo pie in America. The entire Ne gro community iiad been alerV ed and ^rere delighted fo learn that ther« wonld finnl|^ be a Nejfro image ,ln this parade That frown signified for me all the black men and women whom the American parade har by-passed, all fl|“ broken pro mlAes which have been as loud as emptv as the Mark bv. this fun parade has been ^ i cartridge »i«tois fired hv th* and I found a really marvellous way of celebrating our eigh teenth anniversary. Along with our dear friends Marian and Arthur Logan, we spent an evening at he American Hotel's Royal Bandbox where Ella Fitzgerald was holding court. I use the phrase “holding court” deliberately because, if there Is any such thing as gen- vii,pe royalty in show busitvess, Ella is it' Rachel and I-along with the Logans agreed that it wag a great evening. For one solid hour, this fantastic artist held the entire room spell bound. I can hardly find words adequate to describe her perfor'- manrce. Really, in order to , know what I mean, you would have to catch it your.self. All of us had known, for many years that Ella fits fully that extravagant show business de- scrintion: ‘‘the greatest.” But, if tt is pesslbit, the "ereatest” has become even greater. With aTl the Infections charm and that fncredlbly versatile ta lent ■which she has had fnr years, it seemed to u.s that this was a ne»(r Ella, with new ar>d deeper dfmCnsten.s. Some of that loveaMe shvness seems to be »one and. in its place, there seem* to be a kind of pixie mischief. Ella’s personality, always vejTr warming. come.s Kver in suth a tremendous WBv th»t you Just can’t resist loving her. It was deliahffiil to note the wav she and Rov Eldrldge and hh fine quartet carried •n a joyous competition to as if to stv which one could out do the other. Vet. It was a hannoniotis, “workff'e to jether” kind of show which vleMed )»• th* very best to to tbr aiidievtee. Talking with ETla, after the seeking approval for what she had done; that she wanted to be certain that she had plea.sed and given her be.st; that .she wanted to know what o\ir com pliments and praise were sim- cere, not the routine thing which people go back.stage to say. What jp, great human inter est .story-ihe saga of Ella Fit zgerald. She came right out of Har lem. a natiiral. un.!poiled girl, to begin her climb to fame as an amateur on the Apollo Theatn'c’s Wednesday night amateur hours. She rode to plorv with the old Chick Webb orchestra. Then she struck out on her own. Todav, viS'tuallv every artist of con- seouence in her field, will tell ,voii without hesitation that she rates at the very top. To make the storv even more glorious, .•'he hasn't chaneed ki her at titude tow'ard nennle, in' her comnassion anf) nat»w- alneos. Thiti in soitr of a life which ha.s been sad at tim»*s. Remember too, that there has never been one breath of scan, dn! about her from anv reput able source Or from any source at all. so far as I know. T,envinp Bandbox. I f>''t I hadn’t said enough to Klla to thank her for a great exnerience and a rich even- I”?. T don’t think the world has saiM enoiiph tn her. Wow trapic that this undeni- ahlv siinerior talent, acclaim ed as it i.s, is pof presented ' more often from, the .screens of oiir television and o»tr moi.Ing nlotures. When will I'lifice »nd i»ood taste become the „rrt»r of tbe ^,v. not ni»)v at hmeh ooiinin,, ballot Pee RnBINfiON, «A lilv-whMe. This year, cammtmitv lead ers lik» Rivthe anrd Bob ac- cerooUshed t h e first steo in changing this. At the head of the line of march was a >fegro band which did as creditable merry-making admirera af ioae Caspar. The frawn was not aa deea after this yaung ymwiff Neirro motlier learned that one taken promike had bM Vat, I knew she wti wishing thera had iKew mnre than luM a Ne. Wrtf hand; 'wfslied Ikaif mnne ♦he achnnl kidi aa»rehi»«f h»d haen vejlow and brown and Itladr kills. Mtaiief> thai rmv thrr knows Jbaf when the JNtle boy on har shoulder get old eno^iah he i« mlnv to want tn Vnn>^ why folks who look like him 're not P'vrrl prrouirti to oahitp a long-dead and love able ronge.
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