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Launches Fifty-thousand Dollar Drive For Kittrell College
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10 Thousand Hear Wilkins In Miss.
NAACP Sec y
In Triumphant
5-Day Tour
NATCHEZ, Miss.—More than
10,00 persons, including a num
ber of white citizens, heard
Roy Wilkins, executive director
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, during a triumphant
five-day speaking tour of Mis
sissippi which was concluded
here on the night of Nov. 15.
Enthusiastic audiences greet
ed the NAACP leader in the 13
cities in which he appeared. In
Canton, he was met by the
Chief of Police and by Mayor
Stanley Matthews who remain
ed throughout the meeting and
joined in singing the closing
hymn, "We Shall Ovecome."
More than 1,000 persons at
tended the meeting.
In Greenville he was met by
Negro police officers and given
escort through the city. Fol
lowing the mass meeting he was
the guest of honor at a banquet
held in the hall of the Vete
rans of Foreign Wars An over
flow audience awaited him in
Philadelphia where two yean
ago three young civil rights
workers were lynched
The largest and most enthu
siastic audiences heard Mr
Wilkins in the Southwest Mi&
sissippi cities of Fayette, Port
Gibson and Natchez It is. in
this area that Charles Evers
NAACP state field director, has
been most effective in member
ship and in such programs as
voter registration, employmenl
and desegregation of public fa
cilities.
In his talks across the state,
Mr. Wilkins stressed the urgent
need to increase voter registra
tion, set forth the NAACP posi
tion in the anti-poverty pro
gram in the state, urged co
operation with progressive
white citizens where possible,
reviewed Negro history (parti
cularly in Mississippi), praised
local NAACP branches for
doubling membership in the
state during the year, and
urged them to exceed their
present 10,000 membership.
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NEW MAYOR—(Flint, Mich.)—
Tha industrial city of Flint,
Mich., hit • Negro Mayor for
tha first tlma in hi*tory. City
Commissionar Floyd McCrae,
43, a soft spoken moderate, wai
elected by the city commission
by a vote of S-to-4 as mayor of
tha nation's third larciest auto
producing city. Flint has a
population of 200 thousand, 50
thousand of whom ara Negroes.
State of Virginia
Against Review of
Mix Marital Law
WASHINGTON The State
of Virginia asked the Supreme
Court Friday not to examine
the wisdom of its laws against
marriages between Negroes and
whites.
State Atty. Gen. Robert Y.
Button urged the nine justices
to uphold the Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals decision de
claring the state's anti-misceg
nation law constitutional.
Should the court undertake
a judicial inquiry, Button said,
the court "would find itself
mired in a veritable . . . bog
of conflicting scientific opinion
upon the effects of interracial
marriages, and the desirability
of prevening such alliances."
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— No. 46 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1966 PRICE: ISc
SUPREME COURT
Orders Union Process
Grievances Of Negro
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AT CONVOCATION—(Memphis,
Tenn.) Pictured here the
59th Annual Holy Convocation
of the Church of God in Christ
11,000 Attend 59th Session
Church Of God In Memphis
Reverend Rudolph Matthews
To Address Omega Sorority
Durham will be the host to
the Southeastern Regional of
Alpha Chi Pi Omega Sorority
and Fraternity, beginning Sun
day, November 27 through 28.
One of the highlights of the
Regional will be a banquet in
the Jack Tar Hotel, Sunday
evening, November 27, at 6:00
p.m. Rev. Rudolph G. Matthews
is to be the guest speaker.
Rev. Matthews, Chaplain of
Bethune-Cookman College and
the pastor of Mount Bethel Bap
tist Church, Daytona Beach,
Florida, entered the ministry
in 1955. This was the beginning
of the end of a brilliant coach
ing career. He became head
coach of the Bethune-Cookman
College Wildcats in 1956 and
through 1960 racked up 75 vic
tories. An alumnus of Bethune-
Cookman College, Rev. Mat
thews was named All-Southern
tackle while there. Rev. Mat
Hung Jury in Monroe Rape Case
CHARLOTTE —A mistrial was
declared Saturday in the case
of two young Monroe men
charged with raping a 16-year
old white girl after an all-white
jury failed to agree on a ver
dict following five and half
hours of deliberation.
Jesse Covington, 19, ■ bdfk
mason, who was freed
Saturday afternoon to «Rit a
new trial, and his cousin, 20-
year-old Jimmy Covington, will
not be retired before the Janu
at Mason Temple la Bishop Wy
oming Walls, Greensboro, mam
bar of tha Executive Board and
ay A
REVEREND MATTHEWS
thews is pincn-hitting for Dr.
Richard V. Moore, President of
Bethune-Cookman College, who
will be unable to fill the en
gagement as originally sched
uled.
ary term of Superior Court, it
was indicated.
Judge Hugh B. Campbell was
told by the foreman of the jury
of eight men and four women
that the 12 could not reach a
decision.
It was learned that nine of
the jurors stood for acquittal
in their final vote. On Friday
night three held that the two
defendants were not guilty of
any crime.
hi. ton, Atty. O. T. W»IU of
N»w York who if on« of the
Church's «ttorn»y».
MEMPHIS, Tenn. The 59th
Annual Holy Convocation of
the Church of God in Christ
carried the largest delegation
ever recorded in - its history.
There were nearly 11,000 mem
bers present from the United
States and 35 foreign countries.
It was mixed with joy and
sadness. Bishop Wm. Morris of
Los Angeles, who preached on
Friday night, died of a heart
attack Monday morning. Bishop
Morris was under the care of a
physician and was scheduled to
be hospitlalized upon return
from the Convocation. He was
a widely known Evangelist and
was serving a church in Shreve
port, La. The body was return
ed to Los Angeles for final
arrangements. Memorial serv
ices were held at the Mother
Church of God in Christ in
Memphis.
On Thursday, November, 10,
by a vote of 907 to 3, the Gen
eral Assembly decided that that
Bishops O. T. Jones and R. E.
Ranger be removed from their
respective offices and titles.
After one year, "if they re
pent of their wrongs" they
may apply for reinstatement
for sending a written applica
tion to the General Secretary."
All official action taken by
either Bishop Jones or Bishop
Ranger during this term will
be called null and void by the
governing body of the Church
of God in Christ.
On Saturday during the Chil
dren's Program, the supporters
of Bishop Jones staged a dem
onstration which aborted the
service. They marched in,
chanting and attempting to
wrest control of the platform.
Bishop J. S. Bailey of Detroit,
who was the presiding officer
of the day. along with other
See CHURCH OF GOD page 2
NEW YORK—An order hand- I
ed down by the U.S. Court of j
Appeals sitting in New Orleans
requiring a local union to pro- j
cess racial discrimination gripv- |
ances of Negro members has I
been hailed as "an historic ad
vance in the struggle for eco
nomic equality," by Robert L. [
Carter, general counsel of the
National Association for the j
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple.
The Court's decision stems •
from a complaint filed in Oc
tober, 1962, with the National j
Labor Relations Board by
NAACP attorneys on behalf of
eight Negro members of Local
12 of the United Rubber Work- j
ers at the Gadsden, Ala., plant j
of the Goodyear Tire and Rub- j
ber Company. The union, the j
Negro members re- j
I fused to process their grievanc
es alleging racial discrimina j
tion in hiring, promotion and
use of company facilities.
An NLRB ruling sustained |
the NAACP complaint. The
union subsequently appealed
the Board's ruling to the U.S
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
which upheld the Board's rul
ing.
"This decision represents a ]
giant step forward in the j
NAACP's struggle to obtain ra
cial justice in the field of la
bor relations," Mr. Carter said |
following announcement of the j
Court's decision on Nov. 14
"By this decision," he assert- j
ed, "all union officers are |
bound under the National La- |
bor Relations Act to treat Ne j
gro members fairly, or subject j
themselves to possible jail sen-!
tences.
"All cases of racial discrimi-1
nation against employees in in- 1
dustrial plants will now be t
processed before the Board be
cause the courts will no long
er have jurisdiction over them '
This means Negroes will have j
See UNION page 2
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WORKSHOP PRINCIPALS —,
Key participants in the A. and |
T. College Alumni Workshop
held last week in Washington, D.
C„ included from left to right: i
Edwin M. Crawford, director,
Office of Instructional Re
Alumni, Friends Pledge $62,215 to Smith U.
CHARLOTTE—Dr. Hufus P
Perry, President of Johnson C.
Smith University, joined alum
ni and friends of the Univer-1
sity last week in New York
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POST ■ ELECTION RELAXA
TION—(San Juan, Puerto Rico)
New York's Governor Nelson
Rockefeller (canter) embraces
74th Annual Western N. C.
Conference Declared Best
RALEIGH—The 74th session
of the Western North Carolina
Annual Conference of the A.
M. E. Church came to a close
here at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
20, following the reading of
' appointments by Bishop George i
I W. Baber, presiding prelate of'
j the Second Episcopal Distrist. j
Prior to the reading of the
i appointments Bishop Baber
I preached the annual sermon at
I 11:00 a.m. which was declared
' by many as the most forceful
I in many years. Likewise it was
j generally acclaimed that the
1966 annual session of the Con
ference was the best in its his
| tory.
Of great interest to the min
isters and laity in attendance
at the session was the an-
I nouncement by Bishop Baber of
; a financial campaign for Kit
| trell College with 550,000 as
the amount to be raised and re-
I ported for at the Allen-Lincoln
| Douglas Banquet to be held at
the Statler-Hilton Hotel in
I Washington, D. C., Feb. 10.
In urging support of the
j ministers and laymen of the
| entire Second Episcopal Dis
j trict. Bishop Baber launched
j the campaign with a donation
, of SSOO. This was followed by
another SSOO donation from
Rev. D. Williamson, Presiding
: Elder of the Durham District,
i Both amounts were turned over
See CONFERENCE page 2
search, National Association of
State Universities and Land-
Grant Colleges; Jas. T. Speight,
chairman. Northeast Region of
the A. and T. College General
Alumni Association and in
City. The group set an unpre-i
denied activity in the history I
of the private Charlotte insti
tution by pledging $62,215 to i
the Centennial Campaign at a I
newly - elected Massachusetts
Senator Edward Brooke and
Mrs. Brooke here. The Rocke-
A. M. E. Church Conference
Resolutions Urges Racial Unity
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TO GET CONGRESSIONAL;
MEDAL—(Washington}— Pres. I
Johnson hi> approved the |
awarding of the nation's high-1
est military madal the Con-!
gressional Madal of Honor—to j
four Army heroes of Viat Nam.
Ona of Hie heroes it Spec 5 I
Lawrence Joel, Fayetteville, aj
medic who continued to aid the j
wounded for 24 hours even
though he was wounded in the
leg and hip.
charge of arrangements, and C.
Sumner Stone, special assistant
to Adam Clatyon Powell, chair
man of the House Education
| and Labor Committee, who de
livered the keynote address.
"Springboard Dinner" in the
Hogarth Room of Lonchamp's
Restaurant.
President Per ry brought
See SMITH page 2
I feller and Brooke familial arc
| in San Juan for a well-deserved
post-election rest.
RALEIGH—The 74th session
of the Western N. C. Confer
ence of the A. M. E. Church
which met here Nov 16-20, ter
minated with a resolution de
nouncing and condemning the
term "Black Power" as a slo
gan symbolizing the civil rights
struggle. The conference also
resolved as an alternative, that
all upstanding citizens join
forces in al all-out effort to
"promote self help and the
highest dignity and respect for
all men."
The resolutions are as fol
lows:
The African Methodist Epis
copal Church had its beginning
See RESOLUTIONS page 2
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One Hour Martinizing
O'Briant's Motor
Providence Loan Co.
Rigsbee Tire Sales
Roscoe Griffin Shoe Co.
Sam's Pawn Show
Sanitary Laundry
Union Ins. ic Realty Co.
Winn-Dixie
Weavers Cleaners
Baldwin's
Coca-Cola Bot. Co.
Roses
Kroger
Colonial Stores