UU nuts morn TO OUR EN mi i
WASHINGTON, D. C. The
President has announced that
A. Philip Randolph, President
of the Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters, and a Vice Presi
dent of the AFL-CIO, will serve
as Honorary Chairman of the
White House Conference "To
Fullfill These Rights."
The Conference is scheduled
for November 17-18, and serv
ing as Co-chairman will be
WINCHESTER TO SEEK MASONIC SECY POST
Greensboro Businessman to
Oppose Fred Alexander
GREENSBORO Although
the announcement was made
to the officers and deputies of
the Grand Lodge of Masons of
North Carolina the past July
of the candidacy of Clarence
M .Winchester, for the office
of Grand Secretary of the ord
er, the press was not given the
official statement until this
week.
Winchster is well-known in
business, religion and fraternal
circles in Noth Carolina and
his candidacy for the office of
Grand Secretary of the North
Carolina Masons, now held by
Fred Alexander of Charlotte,
has sparked much talk pro and
con over the state. With the
Grand Lodge session scheduled
to meet in Durham early in
December of this year, the
public announcement took on
added emphasis this week as
members of the craft begun to
express their feelings in the
matter and the Grand Lodge
session as a whole.
Birmingham Negroes
Back Shuttlesworth
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —Offi
cers of the civil rights organi
zation, which the Rev. Fred L.
Shuttlesworth held here, said
in an open letter released re
cently that his "courage and
self-sacrifice" opend the path
to freedom for Birmingham
Negroes.
The letter was sent by lead
ers of the Alabama
Movement for Human Rights
to the deacons and trustees of
Revelation Baptist Church in
Cincinnati, where Mr. Shuttles
worth is now pastor. It was
signed for the executive board
of the organiation by the Rev.
Edward Gardner, vice-presi
dent, and Mrs. Georgia Price,
corresponding secretary.
The Alabama Christian Move
ment for Human Rights, which
sparked the demonstrations
that shook Birmingham and
the nation in 1963, was organ
ied by Shuttlesworth in 1956.
He still serves as its president,
having been retained each year
even after he became pastor of
the Cincinnati church.
Gardner and Mrs. Price said
the letter was sent to the Cin
cinnati church at this time
because questions Shut'
tlesworth's activities in Bir
mingham were apparently be
ing raised in the Cincinnati
community as an outgrowth of
a current dispute in the Re
velation Church.
The letter stated that the
Birmingham leaders did not
feel that they had any right to
inject themselves into an in
ternal controversy in the Cin
cinnati church.
Fall Revival to
Begin at Mt.
Vernon Sunday
The Rev. E. T. Browne, pas
tor of Mount Vernon Baptist
Church, located at 1,000 South
Roxboro St., announced this
week beginning Sunday eve
ning, October 24, the Fall re
vival. The services is scheduled
to last throughout the week,
closing October 29.
Guest minister for the re
vival will be the Rev. F. H.
Bagley of Kenbridge, Va. The
public is invited to join the
Mount Vernon family in enjoy
ing what is expected to be a
great spiritual experience.
Morris Abram of Atlanta and
New York City, and William
Coleman of Philadelphia.
The President's statement
announcing the conference fol
lows: /
"Last Aune, in addressing
the graduating class of Howard
University, I announced that a
White House Conference would
be held this fall and with this
theme: "To Fulfill These
WINCHESTER
Heading the order is Clark
Brown prominent undertaker
of Winston-Salem. Brown has
held the office of Grandmast
er, for the past several years
and so far appears to have no
opposition for his post.
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A PARLIAMENTARIAN Study,
group from the Republic of j
Kenya arrived in Durham at
the Raleigh-Durham airport on
October 14, to begin a five
day visit to points of interest j
Former AMEZ Minister Making Great Strides
As Pastor of First Zion Church in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN. N. Y. The
First AME Zion Church, pas
tored by the Rev. Ruben L.
Speaks, formerly of Durham,
is making great strides in re
ligious work according to re
ports.
Rev. Speaks, who was pastor
of St. Mark's AME Zion Church
in Durham before being ap
pointed to succeed Dr. W. 0.
Carrington who retired in
June, 1964 after some 20 years,
started a la\y evangelistic pro
gram which resulted in more
than 280 persons being added
to the church rolls in one
year. Under his leadership,
more than $12,000 was raised
for Men's Day resulting in a
now record for the church and
the denomination. Arch i e
Scott was chairman of the
Men's Day program.
Topping the men's program
was Women's Day activities
which resulted in a total of
$27,000 being raised under the
leadership of the pastor's wife,
Mrs. Janie A. Speaks.
The pastor has also insti
tuted a Leadership Training
Rights." 1 described its object
to be "to help the American
Negro fulfill the rights which,
after the long time of injus
tice, he is about to secure."
I am pleased to announce
the Conference will be held in
Washington on November 17
and 18. To provide leadership
and guidance for those who
participate in the Conference,
I have asked a most distin
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VOLUME 42 No. 38
U.S. COURT ORDERS GA. TO
SOLVE SCHOOL BIAS ISSUE
AUGUSTA, Georgia A
three-judge federal court here
this week ordered the State
Board of Education to resolve
the school desegregation issue
that has resulted in days of
demonstrations in Crawford
ville, Ga.
The Taliaferro C ou nt y
School system, brought before
the court by the NAACP Le
gal Defense and Educational
I in the Durham-Raleigh area.
f A. T. Spauldinc v president of
the North Caorlina Mutual Life
Insurance Company (seated) is
the coordinator for the group's
j activities in this area. The trip ,
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DR. SPEAKS
School directed by Dr. David
Bradley and with the church's
director of Christian educa
tion, Dr. Aaron Brown, as
dean.
Believing members
ed in the tenents of the church
are the most loyal, Rev. Speaks
holds weekly teachers' meet-
See SPEAKS 2A
guish American, Mr. A. Phillip
Randolph, president of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters, and a vice president
of the AFL-CIO, to serve as
honorary chairman. Working
with him as co-chairmen of the
Conference will t>e Morris
Abram of Atlanta and New
York City, and William Cole
man of Philadelphia. Both Mr.
Abram and Mr. Coleman have
DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1965
Fund, was placed in receiver- 1
ship, and the State Board of j
Education named receiver. |
The receivership or bank- (
ruptcy action, an oddity in j
cases of this type, places re
sponsibility for directing the
| school system in the hands of j
' the state board under the :
! c -urt's supervision.
In New York, Jack Green
| berg, Legal Defense Fund di- I
i rector-counsel, said the court's
! action "should be a signal to
I the country."
"Tokenism and evasion in ■
j school tlesegregation are top 1
i items on the agenda of the
I Negro community," he said.
I "If school boards and the
i Department of Health, Educa- j
tion and Welfare, which must |
See BIAS ISSUE 2A
is under the auspices of the
Technical Cooperation Pro
gram of the Agency for Inter
national Development of the
Department of State.
(See Story, B Section)
Chambers Named
U. S. Commissioner
In Charlotte
CHARLOTTE Jul i s L.
Chambers was appointed to be
U. S. Commissioner at Char
lotte last Friday by Federal
Judge J. B. Craven overturn
ing an appointment made two
weeks ago by another jurist.
Chambers, a lawyer and the
first of his race to edit the
University of North Carolina
law review, was sworn into of
fice here Monday by a com
missioner.
Craven revealed his selec
tion last Friday after he learn
ed that Judge Wilson War
lick had appointed Elliott M.
Schwartz and swore him in last
week. It is the duty of the
senior judge within the federal
court district since War
lick gave his post last year
when he turned 70, it was not
his duty to appoint the new
See CHAMBERS 2A
! earned widespread respect as
..ien of the law, and as men
of deep personal commitment
to the cause of civil liberty.
"We are entering a new and
far more difficult phase of our
national effort to ensure that
i all Americans participate fully
; in the benefits and responsi
bilities of this most prosperous
] of Nations.
I It is, therefore, especially
Bishop Baber is St. Joseph's
Anniversary Speaker Sunday
The Ninety-sixth Anniver
sary of the founding of St Jo
seph's AME Church will be
celebrated Sunday, October 24
at two services The Right Rev.
George Wilbur Baber, Presid
ing Bishop of the Second Epis
copal District, will preach the
Anniversary Sermon at 11 00
A.M.
Rev. Fhilip R. Cousin, the
pastor, wiU preside. Music 'Aill
be furnisher 1 by the Senior
Choir, Joseph T. Mitcehll di
recting and Mrs. Minnie W. '
Gilmer at the organ.
"Bishop Baber was elevated
to the Bishoric in 1944 and
he served as Bishop of the
17th, 12th; part of the 2nd, 4th,
and Ist Districts—and is cur
rently presiding over the 2nd
District. He has served as
Chairman of the General
Board; Secretary and President
of the Bishops' Council; dele
gate to the World Methodist
Conference at Oxford, England .
in 1951, and in Oslo, Norway
in 1961, and to the World
Council of Church of Method- j
ism in the opening communion i
service of the Philadelphia An- i
nual Conference of the Metho
dist Church. This was the first
time a Methodist and an AME \
Bishop joined in such a com-j
Fed. Court Blocks Tuition Fees
For Mississippi School 'Orphans'
JACKSON, Miss. Federal
District Court Judge W. Harold
Cox this week ordered the ad
mission of more than 7,000
children, most of them Ne
groes, to Mississippi public
schools without paying tuition.
. in -a- suit brought -by the
NAACP Legal Defense and Ed
ucational Fund, the judge
granted a temporary restrain
ing order against enforcement
of a tuition law passed by a
special -session of the Missis
sippi legislature in July.
The U.S. Department of Jus
tice. .vhich intervened in the
suit, requested the restraining
order.
The law, dubbed "Mississip
pi's war on orphans" by Jack
Greenberg, Legal Defense
Fund director-counsel, requires
tuition payments of up to 5375
a year
Affected by the law are chil
dren whose parents, if living,
are not in the state, and those
whose parents are dead, but
do not have a legal guardian
or reside in a legally approved
crphange.
Legal Defense Fund lawyers
said parents of some of the 31
N'egro children involved in the
suit are dead.
Other parents had left chil
dren with relatives in Missis
sippi, which has the lowest
per capita income in the na
tion, while they sought work
in other states.
Attorneys said they expect
the restraining order to be
continued until a three-judge
federal oourt hears evidence
See TUITION 2A
fortunate that we have men
with such impressive creden
tials willing to devote their
time, energy, resourcefulness,
and creativity to the Nation's
most difficult domestic prob
' lem.
Because of the gravity,
scope, and importance of this
issue, it is apparent that it
cannot be considered in an ef
fective way without more ex
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BISHOP BABER
munion since Richard Allen
walked out of St George
Methodist Church in 1787.
At 7:00 P.M. the Anniver
sary Committee will present a
special program, the theme of
which is: "Pausing to Look
Backward that we might Go
Forvard," which will be de
picted in story and song. The
narrator will be Miss Audrey
Kellum.
Music will again be furnish
ed by the Senior Choir, Joseph
See ST. JOSEPH'S 2A
"A Matter of Time" to Dawn Tabron and Debra Faulkner, Students »t Scarborough Nur»«ry
Scarborough Nursery to Hold Open House Sun.
Yes. the clock says four
o'clock, but there is more to
it than that. It story
of what happens in approxi
mately 100 homes in the City
of Durham around 6:30 a.m.,
Monday thru Friday; it is also
the story of the Scarborough
Nursery School. Susan bounced
out of her bed without even
one word from her mother who
tensive preparations. The No
vember conference will draw
together men and women -with
long experience in the field*,
of housing, employment, edu
cation, social welfare, and the
like. They will point the way
toward new efforts to include
the Negro American more ful
ly in our society. In the spring
of next year, a larger confer
ence of concerned Americans
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I FOR LOYALTY AND SERVICE
—Sunday, October 10 White
Rock Baptist Church, as one of
its 99th Anniversary features,
dedicated its 11:00 a.m. Youth
' Day Service to George D.
White, Jr. The Youth Activi
ties Committee recognized the
service and loyalty of Mr.
White to young people,
j Michael Holt, Jr., Junior
Dr. R. L. Petty to Deliver W.
Durham Homecoming Sermon
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DR. PETTY
had arisen one hour earlier to
get breakfast for four children
before she left for her job.
Daddy was ill and had been
away for a "period of several
months. The alarm clock did
not worry Susan because she
knew the earlier she arose, the
earlier she could get to her
school, The Scarborough Nur
sery School. This was founded
will convene in Washington to
consider the conclusions and
recommendaitons of the No
yember meeting.
We look forward to these
deliberations 'with high hope
that through the vision of dedi
cated men and women in both
private and public life, we
may find the new avenues of
opportunity for Negro Ameri-
See RANDOLPH 2A
Chairman of the Youth Acti
vities Committee, is shown pre
senting a silver bowl to Mrs.
Jcsephine White 'or her huv
band who could not be present
at the ceremony because of ill
ness. Mrs. Virginia Alston is
chairman of the Youth Com
mittee and Loienzo Lynch is
pastor.
Dr. K L. Petty, pastor of
Second Baptist Church, Hinton,
West Va., will preach the an
nual homecoming sermon at
West Durham Baptist Church
Sunday. October 24, at 11:00
A.M.
Considered one of the city's
leading religious events, West
Durham's homecoming day has
annually brought noted minis
ters from throughout the state
and nation to the city for the
occasion.
Dr. Petty has pastored
churches in the states of Ohio
and West Virginia and is a
graduate of Virginia Theologi
cal Seminary. He will be ac
companied by a group from
trrs congregation and the Se
cond Baptist senior choir
See PETTY 2A
in our city by J. C. Scarbo
rough, local business man and
friend of the peoplg. Because
of his keen insight and warm
heart, Mr. Scarborough in get
ting about the city, all sections
included, readily saw the need
for such an institution and was
not satisfied until something
was done about it. The School,
See NURSERY 2A