White 9 Negro Churches Form Judicatory
Star Athletes Form Body To Aid Civil Rights Movement
Formation Is
First of Its Kind
InSports World
NEW YORK Formation of
the National Sports Committee
in spport of the NAACP Legal
Defense and Educational Fund,
Inc. (LDF) was announced here
last week by the co
chairmen, Bill Russell, Gale
Sayers, and Bill White.
The Committee is the first
to deal with a crucial domest
ic issu eusch as civil rights in
sports annals.
The goal of SIOO,OOO, as set
by the three co-chairmen, re
flects the personal resources
and outreach of a large and
steadily growing number of
Negro professional athletes.
The men arc in a position to
make and influence responsi
ble personal contributions,
said Gustav Heningburg, as
sistant to the president of the
LDF
Russell is player-coach of the
Boston Celtics; Sayers is star of
the Chicago Bears and top back
of this year's East-West Pro
Bowl game; White is a long
time standout for the Philadel
phia Phillies.
The new role of Negro ath
letes was constantly stressed
during the luncheon. Claude
"Buddy" Young, former star of
the football Yankees, now an
executive with the National
Football League, said:
"Professional athletes by
their very nature are leaders.
As leaders, they ought to be
used whenever and wherever
possible."
The National Committee of
Sponsors, which will assist the
co-chairmen in the unprece
dented effort, is in the pro
cess of formation.
To date, other stars who have
been enlisted to serve:
Va d a Pinson, Cincinnati
Reds; Willie Horton, Detroit
Lions; Maury Wills, Pittsburgh
Pirates; Henry Aaron, Atlanta
Braves; Ernie Banks, Chicago
White Sox; Mike Garrett, Kan-
See ATHLETES 2A
LANDER
NCC Grad Gets
Position In U.S.
Interior Dept.
Clifton P. Lander, Jr., hold
er of a master's degree from
North Carolina College, has
been named Deputy Coordi
nator of the Department of the
Interior's Job Corps Conser
vation Centers program. Wash
ington, D. C.
The appointment was an
nounced last week by Secre
tary of the Interior Stewart L.
Udall.
Lander, a native of Lincoln
ton, N. C., has been acting
deputy coordinator since Sep
tember. He will assist Coordi
nator Barney Old Coyote in
the operation of 38 centers in
25 states, with more than 0,000
corpsmen employed.
Lander, who has 13 years of
experience in government serv
ice, holds a B.S. degree from
St. Augustine's College and the
M.S. degree in Public Health
Education and Administration
from NCC.
He is s past president of the
Tucson, Arisona, chapter of
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People snd a Board of Di
rectors member of the Arlsona
Council for Civic Unity. He
also holds membenhip In the
American Public Health Asao
elation and la a Fellow of the
Society of Public Health Edu
cation. He now lives with his
wife and three children at 1417
legate Road in Washington.
Chi Caw&laCtiggg
VOLUME 44 No. 4 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, IW7
Complaint Filed Against N.Y.
Human Rights Commission
i
YOUNGEST SENATOR An
napolis, Maryland) Clarence
M. Mitchall, 111, at 27, the
youngest senator In t.he history
of tha Maryland Stata Sanata,
is shown taking tha oath of
offica with fallow stata sang,
tors, Carl Friadlar and PaSl
Dr. H.M. Gloster New Pres.
Of Morehouse College
ATT.ANVA r.a Th«» " J
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Board
of Trustees of Morehouse Col
lege has elected Dr. Hugb
Morris Gloster to serve as the
Seventh President of the his
toric Atlanta institution which
will celebrate its 100 th Anni
versary on Fehruary 18.
A joint announcement of Dr.
Gloster's election was issued
today by Charles E. Merrill,
Board Chairman, John H.
Wheeler, Secretary of the
Board, and Dr. E.
Mays, President who retires as
of June 30, and who has served
as the College's chief executive
since 1940.
Dr. Gloster, a distinguished
alumnus of the College (Class
of 1931), holds the Masters De
cree in English from Atlanta
University and the Ph.D. in
English from New York Uni
versity. Currently, he serves
as Dean of the Faculty of
Hampton Institute, Hampton,
Va. His administrative experi
ence includes service as Pro
gram Director and Associate
Regional Executive of USO
during World War n. In ad
dition to his present
he has been Chairman of the
Department of Language and
Mew Georgia Presbytery Unites
Members of Both Races in State
ATLANTA, Ga. Formation
of the Presbytery of Georgia
as a part of the United Presby
terian Church in the USA is
schedueld here next Wednes
day. The action will bring 22
Negro and white churches into
a single judicatory.
The initial, meeting of the
presbytery is scheduled in the
Covenent Presbyterian Church,
Atlanta, beginning at 11 a.m.
Boundaries of the new pres
bytery will be the same at
those of the state of Georgia.
Under the previous arrange
ment two counties in Georgia—
Fulton and Whitfield—were in
Saint Andrew Presbytery, a re
gional unit lying primarily In
Tennessee. The remainder of
Georgia was called Knox-Hodge
Presbytery. The boundaries
dated back to the time shortly
after the Civil War and re
flected a pattern of racial seg
regation that the United Pre#-
tertan denomination has been
moving to eliminate.
The Presbytery of Georgia,
Georgia Presbyterians'
Dorf, last waak In tha Stata
Capitol from Sanator Ma ry
Node, president pro-tem of the
Senate. Senator Mitchall, for
mer NAACP student sit-In lead
ar, has completed a four yaar
term in the House when he won
election to the Senate last No
B! li Jfl
GLOSTER
Literature and Director of
the Summer School at Hamp
ton Institute.
Since coming to Hampton,
he has obtained leave to serve
for two academic years (1953-
1955) as Fulbright Professor
at Hiroshima University,
During the summers of
1960, 1961 and 1963, he was
See GLOSTER 2A
along with those of Atlantic
and Fairfield-McClelland, wiJJ
be part of the newly-renamed
Synod of South Carolina-Geor
gia. Earlier the synod had been
called the Synod of Atlantic.
Except for the removal of
the two Georgia counties, Saint
Andrew Presbytery remains un
changed and also remains a
part of the Synod of the Mid-
South.
Formation of the new presby
tery and the accompanying
name changes were requested
by three southern Judicatories
at the 178 th General Asaembly
(the denomination's highest
governing body) last May. The
Assembly, which has long pur
sued a policy of integration at
all levela of the church, com
plied with the requests and set
the date for the changes at Jsn
uary 1 of this year. Next week's
action will muk formal com
pletion of the realignment Pro
cess.
ytmbtr.
Senator Mitchell it the son
of the nationally known civil
rights legislative leader, Clar
ence M Mitchell, Jr., Director
of the Washington Bureau
NAACP.
Last Rites Held
For Ed. David
Murphy Tues.
KINSTON The funeral of
Edgar David Murphy, 74, wag
held at the St. John Free Will
Baptist Church here, Tuesday,
January 24, at 3:00 p.m. The
Rev. W. L. Jones, pastor, de
livered the eulogy.
Among those paying tribute
to Mr. Murphy were L. Whit
field on behalf of the church;
E. Lassiter, on behalf of the
Kinston Ushers Union; L. E.
Austin, on behalf of the In
terdenominational Ushers As
sociation of North Carolina and
G. Edwards on behalf of the
American Legion.
A solo was rendered by Mrs.
Dorothy Pitt with other music
being furbished by the Saint
John Choir. \
Mr. Murphy was bom in
Green County the son of the
late Charles Green Murphy and
Cherry Dixon Murphy.
In 1921 he was married to
the late Miss Blanche Burden
of Wayne County. Surviving
are five sons. They are: John
Earl and Robert of Kinston;
Charles of the U. S. Army, In-
See MURPHY 2A
Creation of a
New National
Political Unity
By FLOYD B. McKISSICK
"Wake up, Black Men; ileep
no more:
Racist tyrants crash at your
door."
NEW YORK More than a
century after the Emancipation
Proclamation Black Americans
still experience the arils of a
racist society—economic depri
vation. inferior education, sab
standard housing and an unem
ployment rate almost three
times higher than White work
ers. Political disfranchisement,
economic exploitation, fear and
See UNITY page 3A
PRICE: 20 Cents
Fair Housing
Group Charges
Discrimination
NEW YORK attorneys of
the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)
this week filed formal com
plaint with the New York State
Commission for Human Rights
against its "delay in investi
gating and otherwise acting
upon cases of housing discrimi
nation."
The LDF acted in behalf of
Fair Housing Committes in
eight greater metropolitan area
communities.
The complaint condemns the
Commission's performance "in
discharging its statutory obli
gation to eliminate unlawful
discriminatory housing prac
tices."
The attorneys are seeking a
"prompt hearing" on the com
plaint.
Jack Greenberg, LDF direc
tor-counsel, asserted that "the
Commission has erroneously
failed to interpret and enforce
the law as requiring it to act
promptly and expeditiously on
complaints."
He added that the Commis
sion has failed "to seek tempo
rary injunctions where neces
sary to prevent the sale or
rental or housing accommoda
tions pending the investigation
of the complaint"
The LDF complaint was filed
on behalf of Lillian Hicks and
Elizabeth Brooks and their
See HOUSING 2A
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KLJjj p||& Jl
NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS
of the Durham Business and
Professional Chain ara shown
abova after they were nam ad
at the recant annual meeting
Allison Named New Pres.
Durham Business Chain
The Durham Business and
Professional Ch*in, at a meet
ing held here recently, elected
T. V. Allison, Jr., secretary of
Mutual Savings and Loan, as its
President for 1967.
Albert BUckwell was elect
ed Ist vice president and chair
man of the Program Commit
tee; Mrs. Mary T. Morton, 2nd.
vice president; R. Kelly Bryant,
Jr., secretary; J. W. Hill, as
U m v Jm^
JH •
YOUTH LEADERS who are di
recting a Youth Week Program
representing five local church
es to be held January 29-Febru
«ry 5. From left to righl are
Five Durham Churches In
Youth Week Celebration
Former Durham Police Officer
Joins Operation Breakthrough
Joe E. Allen, 33, former city
policeman, has accepted a posi
tion with Neighborhood Youth
Corps of Operation Break
through as a counselor. He
commenced duties in the new
position on January 9.
Allen is reported to be well
qualified for his new position.
In 1958, he received the B.S.
Degree. He was swarded the
M.S. Degree in 1964. Both de
grees were earned at N. C.
College at Durham and he also
attended the Law School there.
Prior to his resignation from
the City Police Deparment in
May, 1966, he worked approxi
mately 5 years as a policeman.
For two years, he was em
ployed in the Virginia Public
School System as a teacher.
See ALLEN page 2A
held here list month. From left
to rlgh', are: R. Kelly Bryant,
Jr., lecretary; Charles Jackson,
treasurer; F. V. Allison, presi
dent; Jamas Mayes, director of
sistant secretary; Charlie O.
Jackson, treasurer and James
H. Mayes, Jr., director of pub
licity.
Five members of the Board
of Directors were re-elected
for another three-year term.
They were: L. B. Porter, Dr.
Charles A. Ray, N. B. White,
J. J. Henderson snd Rev. E.
T. Browne. M. C. Burt was
elected to fill a one-year term
Mrs. Norma Royal, St. Mark
AME; Mrs. Alice Jones, First
Calvary Baptist; Mrs. Johnnie
B. McLester, Mo re Head Ave.
Baptist; Mrs. R. B. Browne,
f
jk M
ALLEN
publicity; Mrs. M. T. Horton,
2nd vie* president; J. W. Hill,
assistant secretary; A. S. Blade
well, vie* president and pro
gram director.
(Photo by Purefoy)
on the Board left vacant by
F. B. McKissiclo who now re
sides in New w>rk.
The membership voted to re
turn to the policy of meeting
on the second Wedesday of
each month.
Other business transacted in
cluded making plans for the
annual Banquet and Recogni
tion Dinner to be held in mid-
See ALLISON 1A
Mount Varnon Baptist; Mrs.
Gladys Faucatta, Covanant Pr*»-
byterian and Mrs. Lattla Ham
don, St. Mark AME.
(Photo by Purefoy)
Five Durham churches will
participate in a Youth Week
celebration to be held here
January 29-February 5, as the
icsult cf a cooperative pro
gram developed by local youth
leaders.
Churches participating are
St. Mark AMEZ, Morehead Ave.
Baptist, Mt. Vernon Baptist,
First Calvary Baptist, and Cove
nant Presbyterian.
The schedule of events, their
locations, and the youth lead
ers who will direct them is as
follows:
Sunday, Jan. 29, an Ecu
menical Communion Service at
St. Mark AMEZ, Mrs, Norma
Royal and Mrs. Lettie Hern
don, youth leaders.
Monday, Jan. 30, a joint pro
gram with all youth at More
head Ave. Baptist, Mrs. C. D.
McLester, youth leader.
Tuesday, Jan. 31, Youth pro
gram at St. Mark AMEZ.
Wednesday, Feb. 1, Youth
program at Mt. Veron Baptist,
Mrs. R. B. Brown and Miss
Lyda Vanhook, youth leaders.
Thursday, Feb. 1, Youth pro
gram at Covenant Presbyterian,
Mrs. Gladys Faucette, youth
leader.
Friday,3, a reception
of the youth of
churches, at Cov
enant Hiflsyterian.
SundMKFeb. 5, Mt. Vernon
Baptist will sponsor an early
morning breakfast for all par
ticipants at Mt. Vernon.
Group Making
Final Plans For
Relations Event
A ten member steering com
mittee this week announced
final plans for the 2nd annual
Human Relations Institute at
White Rock Baptist Church
here February 10-12.
The Rev. Lorenxo A. Lynch,
pastor of White Rock is en ex
officio member of the commit
tee which is headed by Durham
business man N. B. White, a
See RELATIONS 2A
Admission Tests
For Law School
Set For Feb. 11
The Law School Admission
Test will be administered on
February 11 at North Carolina
College, for the first time, free
of charge.
The free test and test report
ing service, offered try law
School Admission Test Council
in cooperation with NCC, will,
it is hope, stimulate Interest
in legal education and make
for better informed choice*
among fields of advanced
study.
Aptitude for legal education
and general knowledge an
tested by thfe LfIAT, Which is
required for admission to BUBF
"-chools of law.