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NAACP Sees Lag In Rights Act Enforcement
400 to Receive Degrees at NCC
In Outdoor Commencement Event
Outdoor convocations, which |
marked two major events at North
Carolina College last year, may be
come permanent features of the
institution's activities. President
Samuel P. Massic indicated yes
terday.
The college's 1965 commence
ment, scheduled for Sunday, May
30, at 3 p. m., will be held On the
lawn facing the college's James
E. Shepard Memorial Library. In
1964, this area, used for the first
Mary Bethune
Month Being
Marked In N.Y.
N6WYORK—A proclamation de
claring May 18 to June 17, 1965
as Mary McLeod Bcthune Month
was presented to Miss Dorothy I.
Height, President of the National
Cooncil of Negro Women, and
Miss •Wilhemina Adams, member
of the Council's Executive Com
mittee by Mayor Robert K. Wagner
at New York's City Hall on May
18th—the tenth anniversary of
the death of Mrs. Betliune. In
making the presentation, Mayor
Wpgner pointed out that Mrs. Be
thujip convened the founding
meeting of the National Council of
Negro Women in Nt'.v York City
just 30 years ago. At present the
Council of Negro Women,
Mrs. Bcthune served act
Ivejjy as president from its found
ing in 1935 to 1049, is conduct
ing' a nationwide campaign to
erect ? memorial to Mrs. Bcthuro
in Lincoln Park, Washington, D. C.
memorial", which is tD be
the first memorial to an Amr-riran
Negro ever erected on public
ground in the nation's capital, was
authorized by a Joint Resolution ol
Congress on June 1, 1960, with
the condition that funds, sufficient
to assure the completion of the
memorial, be available, and that
certain of the memorial be begun,
within five years of the passage
of the resolution. That deadline
is June 1, 1965. The motion call
ing for Joint Resolution on the de
sirability of a living memorial to
Mrs. Belhune, who dedicated her
life to helping others, was intro
duced by Congresswoman Frances
P. Bolton (R.Ohio) in the Houso
of Representatives and Senator
Murray (D. Montana) in the Sen
ate in August 1959.
A. T. Spaulding
To Address
ECSC Graduates
ELIZABETH CITY-Commence- 1
ment activities at Elizabeth City
State College of the seventy-first
commencement season opened of-)
ficially, Thursday, May 13, and
will conclude on Sunday, May 30,
with Baccalaureate and Commen
cement. Dr. Asa T. Spaulding,
president of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Durham, will address the gradu
ates. i
Oh Sunday, May 23. the College!
ChTair Concert will be presented
in UTooro Hall Auditorium at 8:00
P. ST., directed by Miss Evely n A.
Johnson.
On Wednseday, May 20 the can
didates for graduation • \ ill be the
guest of President and Mrs. Wal
ter N- Ridley at a supper on the
lawn Later on that evening, the
seniors will be feted at a party
ht?W at the Natioral Guard Arm
ory in Elizabeth City.
A college picnic for seniors at
Mission fi6, National State Park,
ojlj "JTiursdav, and the class night
Rrpgram, Friday, May 28, in
■ Moore Hall highlight student act
ivities.
Day activities on Satur
day, May 29, open with the Gen
eral Alumni Association Meeting
in Lester Hall at 11:00 A. M.; at
3:00 P. M. there will be a brief
ing session for all graduates in
Williams Hall, and at 7:30 the Al-
Sec SPAULDING 2A
time fn the* coilegeVMstorv, wa»
the site of two events—the April
inauguration of President Massie
and commencement in June. Some
5,000 persons" attended "ach event.
"When weather permits." said
Massie, "an outdoor convocation,
in addition to icfiecting the desir
ed dignity and pageantry of the
occasion, alio makes us aware df
the beauty and spaciousness of our
campus. This is particularly im
pressive to parents, visitors, and
other guests. I've been told that
it also leaves with the graduate a
nostalgic feeling for his alma ma
ter that's unique and distinctly dif
ferent from a feeling stimulate
by another less attractive setting.*'
The James E. Shepard Library
bowl, an expanse of lawn approxi
mately two blocks square, can ac
commondate almost 8,000 peoplp
Located well within the campUfc.
the bowl, which is surrounded On
3 sides by buMdings and trees. Is
in a depression which is considera
bly lower than the buildings
which tower over it and dramati
ze its beauty. The area is flat, car
peted with with paved walkr
criss-crossing it.
"Unfortunately, since this spot
cannot fee seen from any of the
streets adjacent to the campus,
many people are unaware of the
existancc of this part of the cam
pus'' Massie said.
Behind-the-scen" planning for
an outdoor occasion is extensive,
occasioned primarily by the need
to prepare an alternate site in
case of inclement weather. A plat
frm, chairs, and other facilities
must be set up in the college's Mc-
Dougald Cvmnasium, which ha* *
seating capacity of 4800 and witch
serves in this eventuai'ly.
Turing the morning and early
afternoon of the outdoor event.
I sim'lar facilities, including more
than 4000 folding chairs, are set
up in the bowl.
At the May 30 convocation,
which will be addressed by John
H. Johnson, president of the John
son Publishing Co., of Chicago,
*ome 400 candidates from the col
lege's four schools will receive de
crees.
President Names Mrs. Patricia
Harris Ambassador to Luxembourg
WASH., D. C—Shortly after
President Lyndon B. Johnson
toik office ho served notice of
his intention to recruit more
talented women for the Fed
eral Service when he said, "1
am unabashededly in favor of
women."
That promise took on more
significance as the Chief Exe
cutive set another historic pre
cedent with his nomination of
Mrs. Patrca Roberts Harris to
be U. S. Ambassadore to Lux
embourg. She is the first Ne
gro woman in history to be so
honored, and is another star In
tho Johnson galaxy of appoint
ments of outstanding Negro
men and women. Those who
hav" fnllowe-i the career of thi*
brilliant and beautiful young
Howard University law profes
sor knew that she was marked
for A nativ® of Mat
toon,. Illinois. she h»o haH a con
sistent record of scholastic achi
vements thmusrhout her educa
tional exne-i n nce.
Mrs. Harris was graduated
Summn Cum LaijHn from How
ward Univ'sitv in 1045 with ma
jors in riolitiral science and eco
nomies. She did post-eraduatn stu
dies in government and industri
al relations at. the Universilv of
Chica"o and at American Univer
sity in Washington. D. C.
While earning her law decree
at Ceor"e Washington University
in the District of Columbia, Mrs.
Harris piled up an impressive list
of scholastic honors including
The Order of Coif; Associate Ed
itor of the University Lfv Review;
th e John Bell Lamer Prize as
First Scholar in 1960 Law .School
Class: the John Ordronauz Prize
to the Second Year Student with
the Highest Average: the Ameri
can Jurisprudence Prize for the
die CaroßU Cimss
VOLUME 42 No. 20 DURHAM, N. C.—SATURDAY, |j#AY 29, IMS
Dr. Howard E m Wright Resigns
Presidency OJ Al
Run-in With the
Trustees Said to
Haveßeen Cause
COLUMBIA, S. C—Dr. Howard
E. Wright, president of Allen Uni
versity since 1961. resigned his
position Monday, apparently be
cause of disagreement with the
school's trustees.
The unexpected resignation
rocked the entire AMZ Church
with which the University is con
nected, especially the Carolinas
and the states of Virginia, Geor
gia. and Florida.
Wright, who was chairman of
the North Carolina College Depart
ment of Psychology before going
to Allen, said his action came fol
lowing the questioning of his pro
grams at the University by cer
'a'n members of the Board of
Trustees.
The board's chairman, Bishop
Carey A G.ibbs, however, praised
.Wright and eymmcnderl the pro
gress th") University has made
under his leadership.
A native ef Philadelphia, Pa.,
-.nd a graduate 0i Lincoln Univer
sity, Wright was primarily re
sponsible for organizing programs
which led Allen to become the
most outstanding institution of
h'gber learning in the AME con
nection.
Founded in 1870, Allen has an
enrollment of some 800 students.
vith tht»~^li'?h r 'st Grade
in Course in Evidence; the Kappa
Beta Pi Prise for women and the
American Juriprudence Prize for
Highest Grade jn Course in Per
sonal Property.
Mrs. Harris began her work ex
perience in IMG as Program Dir
ector of the ChicaTo YWCA. In
1949, she came to Washington as
Assistant Director of the Ameri-
Council on Human Rights. Later
she served for six years as Exe
cutive Director of the Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority National Head
guarters in Waihington.
It was during this period that
she studied for her law degree.
Upon being adinjtted to the Dist
rict of Columbia Bar in 1960, she
was an attorney for one year in
the Criminal division of the De
partment of justice. She has
been a member of the law facul
ty at Heard University since 19
61. Mrs. Harris was co-chairman of
the National Women's Committee
for Civil Rights, appointed by the
late President John F. Kennedy
in 1963 and President Lyndon B.
Johnson named her as a member
of the Commission on the Status
of Puerto Uico in 1964.
She was a delegate from the
District of Columbia to the Demo
cratic National Convention in ID
04 and had the distinction of sec
onding the Nomination of Lyndon
B. Johnson for the presidency.
She and her husband; WilHam
Beasley Harris, who is also an at
torney, maintailn a law partner
ship in Washington; althouhg her
numerous civic duties and hf«r fa
culty assignment give her little
time for actual practice.
As "The President's Choice",
the petite new Jady abmassador to
Luxembourg folic vs behind an
other diplomat, Mrs. Perle Mesta,
Ceo AMBASSADOR Paga 2-A
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EX-GOVERNOR-COMMHRCE SEC
HONORED—SHaw Uni
vers ty p'wsiiMnft, Dr. Jaine'i E.
Cfc'vk (!ift), ranffrs the honerary
Docto rof Laws dsgra« on former
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DR. BROWNE
Two to Receive Honorary Degrees
At Livingstone's Co). 83rd Finals
, c il:-sbnry—An African minister,
and educator and the Project
Director, Phelps-Stokes Fund will
receive honorary degrees at the
R3rd annual commencement at
Livingstone College on Tuesday
June Ist.
The Rev. Dr. F. K. Fiawoo. pre
sident of Z'on Wesley College
(Secondary jchool) Dzelukofe,
Ghana, West Africa, and an A. M.
E. Zion Church presiding Elder,
will get the Doctor of Divinity de
r e; and Dr. Aaron Brown, nat-
educator, former col
lege president and now project
(iiiector with Phelps-Stokes Fund.
New York City, will receive the
onorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D)
I'csree.
Born Ferdinand Kwasi Fiawoo
at Wuti in the Volta Regoon, The
R-jverend Fiawoo received the B.
A. (cum luade) and the B. D. mag
na cum luadc at Johnson C. Smith
University, Charlotte; the M. Th
degree at Burton College artd Sem
inary, Manitou Springs, Colorado;
and the Ph. D degree at McKinley
Roosevelt University, Chicago.
Johnson C. Smith conferred the
honorary Toctor of Divinity de
gree upon him in 1960.
He has served as general man
ager of the A.. M. E. Zion educa
tional enterp.» ss in East Ghana;
• as co-founder Gold Coast Peo-
IjU-J College, Adiclomej Firs', Pep
North Carotin* Governor, Luther
Hsrtwell Hedges, at the ICOth in
i- Cc mnH«»cem«nt M -Sha* .Uni
i versify McmUy. -Governor. Hodgss,
I who retired this-yeer .es U. S. Sec
'WwSgßf.
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DR. PfAWOO
uty Speaker of the Legislative As-
Ghana; ami is autl%>r of
I s ev?ral works in English and in
, Ewe. Te has served as delegate to
several Americ«n General Confer
"rtc?s of the Zion Church.
Dr. Aaron Brown, native of
Fla., attended public
sctiopls there and was graduated
from Talladega College, Talladega,
Ala., with the A..M. degree from
Atlanta University, and the Ph D
degree from the University of
Chicago, Lane College, Jackson,
Tennessee awarded him the hon
orary degree. Doctor of Letters.
450 TO GRADUATE
FROM A&T COL.
IN CLASS OF 1965
GREENSBORO—NearIy 450 per
sons will receive degrees and cer
tificates at the 74th annual com
mencement exercises to be held at
A and T College on Sunday, May
30th. - ...
■ The honors are -to be presented
at the finals program scheduled
for the- A and T Charles Moore
Gymnasium beginning at 11 a.m.
Main speaker for the occasion
I s Hebart Taylor, Jr., Washing
lo.n P., C., .rsspciste- .counsel to
President Lyndon B. "Johnson. Ap-
Scc A AND T 2A
PRICi: 15 Cents
retary tf Ctmm:rce, dsiivirod the
Corrnnerciment etidre:s. Asa. T.
%p#wW;.ir.B».,Chairr>iin of Shaw's
Tri«fec Eo«rd is seen at the right.
GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW TRINITY
A. M. E. ZION CHURCH OF GREENSBORO
GItEENSBOIiO—The march of
thG redevolopmcr.t piogram of
this city that has left its imajje up
on both i.'ie re.ifiious and business
life, included the membership ol
tlje historic Trinity A. M. E. Zion
Church and on Sunday, May 1(
■{round \va boken at East Flori
'•a and Lark in Streets for a ne
edifice.
The congregut : on, led J).v Rev
Cecil Btehop and Elder C. W. I a
rence and Gpneral Oflicers D. VV
Andrews and Alexander Barne
took part in an appropriate cer
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Pr.ticip»nts in St. Joseph'* A.
M. E. Church Btby Contest held
M-y 16, 1965. Le't to rK.t stand
ing: Jsweil Mar ?h, ciruflhter of Mr.
a nf Mrs. WiStijm A. Marsh ir„
Organization Reveals New Plan
To Spur Thrust at Civil Rights
NEW YORK—A comprehensive
plan to expand the legal thrust of
the civil rights movement was un
veiled here Ihis week by Jack
Greenberg, director-counsel of the
NAACP I.ecal Defense Fund, Inc.
Greenberg's plan came on the
•m-o of the 11th anniversary of
the 1954 Supreme Court school in
tegration ruling as well as a se
>es of discussions entitled "New
' ontiers of the Law," sponsored
•)V the Fund.
Glaring inadequacies in enforce
ment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
were cited by Greenberg as he
spelled out the Fund's now attack
on discrimination in housing, edu
cation, employment, hospitals and
?!iminal justiee (capital punish
mrnt) particularly in the South.
Other speakers at the day-long
meetings, held at New York City's
Americana and Hilton hotels, re
lated the theme that direct ac
tion, hacked by litigation is a cru
cial combination.
These sneakers included Dr.
i'alph J. Bunche, • ho chaired the
neetings: Judge Francis E. Riv
•rs, president of the Legal De
fense Fund. Mrs. Amelia P. Boyn
'on, founder of the Dallas County
Voter League, of Selma. Alabama;
Author Ralph Ellison, and Man
hattan Borough President Con
stance Baker Motley.
Also Dtan-elect Louis H. Pollak
of the Yale Law School; Wiley A
NCTA PROTESTS
DISMISSAL OF
NEGRO TEACHERS
Since February, i 965, cases 6f
lismissal of Negro Teachers have
continuously locn repotted to the
Teadquarters of the North Caro-'
ina Teachers Association .These
dismissals have come »h"itt as a
See TEACHERS 5A
monv that marked the beginning
I if an operation that will give
ircer.Fboro another modern chut
rh building that will add to the
image that is no.v being creattsd
[or a bigger and better Gate City.
• he church building, one of the
andmarks of the No»io communi
v, located just off Market St., is
ne of the many that were torn
own to make '.ay for the redevel
pment piogram. It has been the
enter of much of the city's chur
h life. It ha* served both Bennett
See CHURCH 5A
Ist Place winner; Pamela Marsh,
J av;htir of Mrs. William BiviM,
'.nd Place: Daniel Smith, Jr.. son
-5 Mr. »nci Mrs Daniel Smith, 3rd
"Mac©; Shelvttl« Herbln, darter
Branton, Executive Secretary of
the President's Council on F.qual
Opportunity. Greonberg and Gren
vllle Clark, 86-year old constitu
tional lawyer and former adviser
Secretary of War Henry L. Stim
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DR. LEE
Dr. Collins Lee
Livingstone Col.
Alumni Kevnoter
SAIJSBURY Dr R. H. Collins
Leo. minister of the Metropolitan
A. M. E. Zion Church. Washing
ton, D. C. and a member of the
graduating class of 1925, will be
the feature speaker at the annual
Alumni Banquet and Public Ser
vice Program at Livingstone Col
lege during the Commencement on
.Monday, May 31.
" v Stiff W the late Dr. and Mrs J.
Francis Lee, he is a native of
C»fyensboro. who tiatan his minis
try in 1921. He has done graduate
itucly at Bonebrake Seminary,
Oavton, Ohio, and Gordon College.
T?nsfi»rti Mass. He was ordained an
Elder In tfce A. M. E. Zion Chur
ch in 1924, while serving, in the
historic Western North Carolina
Conference.
He has served the following par
ishes, in addition to his present
pulpit: Hcnryville. Sills Creejc and
3t. .John's Mock*vi'.lo, in North
Carolina; A 'M. E. Z*on Churches
at Pavton. Ohio: Corpolis, Pa; and
Crtmbrl Ige Mas; B : g Zion. Mobile,
Ala; GVealor Walters, Chocago,
and Martin Temple in Chicago,
\hich he organized, built and
was credited with founding. For
four years he was a Chaplin with
See LIVINGSTONE 5A
of Mr, and Mrs She4ton Herbin Jr.
S'nltMi ,R«b-r» Ypun« Jr.. son of
Mr. »nd Mrs. Rcbsrt Young and
C-samJrr
Wr, »nd Mi s. loon Gol*ton.
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