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LIFE MEMBERSHIP—At a re
cent meeting of the Reidsville
Branch of the NAACP a life
membership plaque was pre
sented James Broadnax, Wor
shipful Master of the Lone Star
Masonic Lodge of the city.
Whites And Negroes Fight
Hospital Bias In Wake Co.
RALEIGH Attorneys for
the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund filed suit in
Federal District Court here
Wednesday (Feb. 16) seeking
to permanently enjoin Wake
County Memorial Hospital from
discriminating against Negroes.
The suit, filed in behalf of
eight Raleigh citizens including
two white ministers, charges
that the hospital maintains a
separate wing for Negro pa
tients.
Negro personnel is generally
used only to staff the Negro
wards the suit alleges.
The hospitals main facility
in Raleigh as well as branches
in other parts of the county
are cited in the complaint.
The complaint charges that
the hospital has received more
than $3 million in federal funds
for new construction under the
Hill-Burton Act.
Federal courts have held
that facilities receiving Hill-
Burton funds may not practice
racial discrimination.
The suit further alleges that
the hospital is receiving federal
funds for welfare administra
tion, has received "substantial
funds" from Wake County, the
City of Raleigh and the State
of North Carolina and is ex
empt from state and local
taxes.
Legal Defense Fund attor
neys contend that discrimina
tion in a facility built and
operated with public funds vio
lates the Due Process and
Equal Protection Clauses of the
14th Amendment and the Due
See BIAS 2A
AME's Raise
Over $30,000
For Kittrell
KITTRELL Bishop George
W. Baber, presiding prelate of
the Second Episcopal District
of the A.M.E. Church, an
nourlted this week that a total
of $30,186.38 represents the
amount of cash money reported
at the meeting held at the
College on Wednesday, Febru
ary 16. The money, raised in
the $50,000 campaign being
conducted toward the proposed
renovation* program for the col
lege and the immediate addi
tin of six new class rooms to
the library building, has been
turned over to the treasurer of
the Foundation, I. O. Funder
burg, cashier of the Mechanics
and Farmers Bank at Durham.
The drive will be completed
ori March 14 In Richmond, Va.,
at Bethel AME Church when
the goal of $50,000 is expected
to be reached. As % means of
accomplishing the task Bishop
Baber has issued an appeal to
every member of the Second
Episcopal District to rally to
cause.
In a letter addressed to the
pastor of each church in the
Second Episcopal District, the
See KITTRELL 2A
i Making the presentation is L. i
' E. Austin, publisher of the Car-
I olina Times, Durham, who was |
the principal speaker for the
occasion. Those in the picture
from left to right are: Miss
UN Official Brotherhood Sunday
Speaker for White Rock Church
Dr. Nahan A. Peleovits will
speak at White Rock Baptist
Church. Sunday, February 27,
at 11 a.m. in observance of
Brotherhood Sunday.
Dr. Peleovits is Special As
sistant for UN Political Matters
in the Bureau of International
Affairs, Department of State.
Since 1947 he has served in
various capacities in the De
partment, notably as director
of the external research staff
from 1955 to 1960. At one time
he was a specialist on British |
Commonwealth Affairs. He at
tended the Senior Seminar of
the Foreign Service Institute in
1960-61. He has traveled ex
tensively on various assign-
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NAACP Wins Desegregation
Of Fla. Reform Schools, Jail
2 Major Victories
In Fight Against
Penal Institutions
NEW YORK T.vo major
breakthroughs in the fight
against Fla.'s segregated pen
al institutions were announced
here this week by Jack Green
berg, director-counsel of the
NAACP Legal Defense and Ed
ucational Fund.
A decision by the Fifth U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals paved
the way for desegregation of
Florida's juvenile reform
schools, and a Federal District
Court judge in Jacksonville or
dered desegregation of Jack
sonville detention facilities.
"If we are to have equal jus
tice under law, "Greenberg
said, "equal treatment must be
given to the guilty as well as
the innocent. We will continue
to attack racial segregation of
prisoners, particularly where it
involves juveniles who should
have equal access to rehabili
tation facilities."
Both desegregation suits were
brought by Negroes arrested
during sit-in demonstrations in
segregated restaurants in Jack
sonville and St. Augustine.
The appellate court ruling
reversed a Federal District
Court dismissal of a suit to
desegregate reform
schools.
The Federal District Court in
Tallahassee had dismissed the
suit, brought in behalf of four
juveniles, now 16 to 18 years
old, on grounds that they are
no longer inmates of the re
form schols, and hence had
no right to sue.
The four juveniles, two boys
and two girls were arrested and
charged with trespass during
See SCHOOL 2A
Helen Roblnton, branch secre
tary; James Broadnax, Wor
shipful Master; L. E. Austin
and James A. Griggs, president
of the Reidsville NAACP
Branch.
PELCOVITS
Portuguese Continue Crimes
Against Negroes in Africa
NEW YORK The 'Portu
guese colonialists have .just
committed another odious
crime in Angola, Africa. The
Angolan Press Agency and In
formtaion (API) announced the
on November
15 by the Salazar soldiers ol
thi.ty Angolan patroits, arrest
ed during the recent violent
combat that occurred in the
areas of Carmona and Dembos
which resulted in serious de
feat of the colonialist forces.
Among the patriots there
were: Ambrosio H. Dinganga,
cell leader; Carlos Pinto Abreu,
militant; Simao B. de Wasco,
militant; Julio Gonga, cell lead
er; Silva Luhando, zone lead
er; Dionisio de Vicente, ser
14TH ANNUAL NAACP REGIONAL
MEET TO BE HELD IN MOBILE, ALA.
ATLANTA, Ga—The initial
Call has gone out for the 14th
Annual Southeast Regional
NAACP Convention to meet in
Mobile, Alabama, March 17-19.
Headquarters will be in the
Sheraton Battle House Hotel,
This will be the first Regional
meeting in Alabama since 1952.
A pre-conference of Minis
ters and Church Workers, and
a meeting of Women in NAACP
Service will commence on
Thursday, March 17.
The Organiiational Plenary
Session is scheduled for Friday
morning, March 18; workshops
will be conducted that day and
>n Saturday with the last
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VOLUME 43 No. 9 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2671966 PRICE: 15c
Suits Filed Against Forsyth
County Board Of Education
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Urges Removal
Of Unjust Bars
In N. C. System
WINSTON-SALEM— -The Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement •'• of Colored People
has filed a- complaint against
the Winston-Salem Forsyth
County Board of Education un
def'Title IV\of the Civil Rights
Act of- 1964, Under this section
every citizen is guaranteed re
lief and protection against dis
crimination in education, which
prohibits classification assign
ments for reasoh -of race, color,
Religion, or national origin.
The NAACP said that after
years of observation of tlie
cfmnty school system and con
stant consultations with open
minded leaders of the com
munity and after a recent study
of the district map, the ortly
logical conclusion is that the
school board is determined to
draw a.line of demarcation be
tween Negro and wliltt schcols
in order to maintain segrega
tion.
The complaint points out a
sharp contrast in the curri
culum, equipment, activities,
programming, transportation,
truancy control, and' student
teacher-staff ratio as a definite
racially dual standard.
The organization urged the
Board of Education to adopt
plans and policies to erase the
unjust barriers of discrimina
tion in the public School sys
tem.
gearit; Formosinha Arthur, mil
itant.
The patriots, arrested from
several areas were brought to
the stadium of Carmona where
they were simply executed.
The GRAE denounces this odi
ous execution of A 11 ? 0 ' 8 " P a '
triots and vows that all the
crimes against them will not
remain unpunished. It will do
its best to see that the Angolan
people revenge her sons who
are daily and cowardly assassi
nated by Salazar's hordes of
murderers.
The GRAE appeals to - the
conscience of all people who
believe In freedom, justice and
peace to see that this latest
crime of Portuguese colonial
ists is strongly denounced.
Business Session on Saturday
afternoon.
The closing feature of the
Convention will be the Annual
Freedom Awards Banquet on
Saturday night, March 19.
The Region's Youth will have
their sessions Friday and Sat
urday. The attention of the
Convention will be focused on
the Anti-Poverty Program,
Titles VI and Vn of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 arid the
Voter's Rights Act of 1965.
Representatives from various
Governmental Agencies are
scheduled to take part in some
of the sessions.
The Southeast Region is the
See REGIONAL 2A
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EXPLORING NEW HORIZONS
Five James E. Shepard Founda
tion Scholarship winners at
North Carolina College check
a booklet on VISTA (Volunteers
in Service to America) as a
possible key to future activi- |
FOR KILLING POLICEMAN
11 Negroes, One White Finds
Boy Guilty Of Manslaughter
Last Rites For Muriel Christine
George to Be Held Friday, 4 p.m.
Last rites for Muriel Chris
tinie George,- -12, 207 Pekoe
Aventip will be held at White
Rock Baptist Church, Friday,
February 25, at 4:00 p.m. the
Rev. Lorenzo A. Lynch, pastor,
'ivill officiate,-
The young girl, the daughter
of Mrs. - Willie B. George and
the late Richard S. George-,
succumbed Wednesday
coln Hospital, following an-,
illness of several,years.
She was p studeivt .at Wfiit
ted Junior High School where
she was active in" the National
Junior Honor Society, the Stu
dent Council and the Whitted
Modern Dance Group.
She attended the Barbara L.
Cooke Music Studio. In addition
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KICKOFF RALLY—Howard U.
President Jam** M. Nibrlt, Jr.„
(right) called upon Howard
alumni throughout tho world
for thalr "total committment"
In tha Unlvarilty'* yaar-long
campaign to ralta $500,000 for
for tcholarshipt for needy^ttiK,
ties. Clockwise, the students, .
all North Carolinians, are: Rosa j
Williamson, senior, Charlotte;
Carolyn Cooper, senior. Rocky
Mount; Charles Daye, senior,
Durham, president of the Stu
dent Government Association;
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MURIEL GEORGE
. dantt. Hit appeal cama during
. tha kick-off rally of tha Hkuw
ard Alumni Cantannial Fund
campaign Sunday at Cramton
Auditorium. Othar speaker!
during tha rally includad (left
to right) Dr. R. Frank Jonea,
> / m»dicaJ director of Freedmen't
Gwendolyn Williams, junior,
Enfield; and Ocie Ingram, sen
ior, Providence.
The Shepard Foundation
honors the memory of the col
lege's founder and president
fro* 1910 until 1947.
Believed To Be First
Predominantly
Negro Jury Trial
ELLAVILLE, Ga.—A historic
jury trial here resulted in six
year prison sentences for two
Negro youths charged with
killing a white policeman.
Charlie Hunter, 15, was found
guilty of voluntary manslaugh
ter by a jury of 11 Negroes
and one white. His brother,
Willie Hunter, 19, pleaded
guilty of the same charge. Both
had been charged with first
degree murder.
It was believed to be the
first time in the South that a
predominantly Negro jury tried
a case in which a Negro was
accused of killing a white.
Court officials had leaned over
backward to avoid the charge
of bias in jury selection.
The question of Jury selec-
See TRIAL 2A
Hospital and chairman of Hi*
Centennial Fund for Hi* Wash
ington, D. C. area; Esther G.
Pollard, president of th« Alum
ni Federation; and linger Ma
rian Anderson, chairman of the
Centennial Fund'* Internation
al committee.
To Erect Dorm
For Women,
Dining Hall
RALEIGH—Shaw University
received notification here this
•veek that it had been awarded
a $1,950,000 Federal loan from
the U.S. Department of Hous
ing and Urban Development for
construction of a Women's dor
mitory and a Student-Union-
Dining Hall The annoucement
of the loan was made by the
University's president. Dr. Jas.
E. Cheek.
The construction of these two
buildings is another step to
ward the completion of the in
stitution's massive redevelop
ment plan. The first structure
in' the master plan, the Ad
ministration Building, is al
ready completed and occupied.
Construction on both build
ings are slated to begin in
early spring and are scheduled
to be ready for occupancy a
vear later, by the beginning of
the 1966- spring term.
The University campus area
between South Blount and Per
ion Streets where the athletic
field is currently located is the
'site" for the erection of the
Women's dormitory which will
be a nine-story structure, and
•ilso the Student Uniop-Dining
"all. which is scaled as a 2 1/2
storv building.
The dormitorv will house
404 women students and the
Student Union edifice will be
nblc to accommodate an en
rollment of 1200 students. The
dormitory spans over an area
of 80.000 square feet, while
'he Student Union, which will
bouse all student facilities and
'he University's dining facili
ies, will cover 35,000 square
feet. Plans also include a snack
bar. bookstore, game and meet
ing rooms, offices of the Dean
of Students, and offices of the
college's student government
organiaztion and student pub
lication.
Says Education
For Negroes In
South Awful
ATLANTA, Ga—"Secondary
and high school education op
portunities for Negroes in the
southern section of the United
States are totally deplorable,"
declares Dr. Robert L. Green,
Director of SCLC's Citizenship
Education Program.
Dr. Green, an assistant pro
fessor on leave from Michigan
State University, said in the
current issue of the SCLC
Newsletter that:
"From- my observation, it is
apparent that the educational
system in the south is delibe
rately and systematically de
signed to make certain that
Negroes will forever be second
class citizens."
"It is a Green
said, ''that from Mississippi
Delta to the black, belt counties
of Alabama, Negroes receive
less in terms of school equip
ment.";'
. "In several Alabama black
beftT counties during a recent
cold spell," Dr. Green charged,
"Negro schopls were not only
inadequately heated, but in
many school buildings, there
were no ■window panes."
CEP statistics indicate that
the overwhelming majority of
Negro and white children are
still attending segregated
schools. The data also suggests
that school' desegregation in
the north has reversed itself
ever the past ten years, with
integrated classrooms becom
ing less frequent.
Equally deplorable, Dr. Green
insists, is the plight of southern
Negro teachers.
He said that the morale of
Negro teachers is often low
•nd that this is understandable
in a system that doesn't pro
vide equal educational oppor
tunities for Negro teachers,
and then uses this as a justifi
cation to pay them less money
than their white counterparts.
Thought of the Week: It's a
real compliment whin some
body says something nice about
you behind your back.