Dr. Carl J. Murphy
$25,000 Reward Posted For Miss. CR Slayers
Negro Rights
Worker's Truck
Blown Apart
NATCHEZ, MISS.-Rewards
totaling $35)000 were being
offered here this week for
the bombing to death of
Wharlest Jackson, a Nachez
Negro civil rights worker,
when his truck was blown
apart Monday night. The
city of Natches is offering
$25,000 and the Armstrong
Tjre and Rubber Company,
where Jackson worked
SIO,OOO for the arrest of
those responsible for the
death dealing explosion
Gov. Paul B. Johnson
branded the killing of Jack
son as "heinous and sense
less murder." The Governor
added: "The citizenry of
Mississippi abhors this act
of savagery ,which stains
the honor of our state."
Jackson, 36, and the fa
ther of six children, had
only last week been pro
moted by the Tire and Rub
ber Company to a job former
ly held by a white man. He
was killed as he drove home
from work. His wife said
she could not understand
the crime since civil rights
activity had died down in
Natchez.
Said Mrs. Jackson further:
"It was dirty white people
here in Natchez, that's all.
It was evil because he
didn't bother nobody. I
didn't know his job was
that important that someone
had to kill him."
Back in 1965 a similar
explosion badly injured
George Metcalf, president
of the Natchez branch of
the National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored People. Jackson
was treasurer of the Nat
chez NAACP until last
The slaying of Jackson
has precipitated protests
See SLAYER page 2A
Negro Sheriff of
Deep South to
Protect All
ATLANTA, GA., Feb.2l
(SCLC)—The first Negro to
be elected sheriff in the
Deep South since Recon
struction pledged last night
that "all persons in our
county, regardless of color,
will have the protection of
the law, My staff and I
serve not as oppressors,but
protectors."
Lucius Amerson of Macon
County, Alabama, the only
Negro sheriff in the United
States, spoke at a rally of
the Atlanta affiliate of the
Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference. The meet
ing was called by newly e
lected officers of the At
lanta SCLC to protest a
gainst the slow pace of
school desegregation, dis
crimination in employment,
and slum housing in Atlanta
The sheriff, whose home
is in Tuskegee, told how he
overcame numerous obsta
cles in his campaign, and
how he has confronted
threats since he took office
Jan. 16. He said he could
not have been elected with
out the support of SCLC
and other organizations,
and urged Negroes to unite
behind candidates for poli
tical office.
Dr. Ralph David Aberna
thy, national Vice Presi
dent At-Large of SCLC,
• called on the audience to
join and support the
affiliate and its new officers
in "tearing down every ves
tige of segregation and dis
crimination which is still
■ found here in A'lanta.
"We have a long way to
go. Employment is at an all
time high in out city, but
Negroes are still the' last to
be hired and the first to
be fired. The vast majority
of schools in Atlanta are
still segregated, 13 years
after the Supreme Court said
this was unconstitutional.
Atlanta is the home of the
Braves, but also the home
of many maladjusted and
frustrated people because
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VOLUME 14 - No. 9 DURHAM, N. C. - SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1967 PRICE: 20c
Dr. A. D. Moseley To
Head Durham NAACP
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J. A. CARTER (center) PRESENTS CERTIFICATE TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS
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Get First Aid; Certificates
Bishop George W. Baber to
Preach at St. Joseph's Sun.
Bishop Ge a W. Baber,
presiding prelate of the
Second Episcopal District of
the A.M.E. Church, will de
liver the sermon at St.
Joseph's A.M.E. Church
here, Sunday, March 5, at
11:00 a.m. It was announced
here week by Dr. Phillip
R. Cousin, pastor.
The occasion of Bishop
Baber's visit to St. Joseph's
will be in connection with
the mortgage burning program
which will precede his mes
sage.
Music will be furnished by
the Senior Choir, under the
direction of J.T. Mitchell,
choister. Mrs. Minnie Gilmer
will be at the organ.
Bishop Baber is highly re
spected and admired through
out the entire A.M.E. Con
nect ion, as well as the £ Sec
cond Episcopal District.
Under his leadership the
Kittrell College Foundation
has been established with
approximately sss,ooohaving
already been raised*
The plan, which is just
getting underway, calls for
an annual minimum donation
to Kittrell C dlegeof $lO from
each member of the Second
Episcopal District.
Weaver Says Charges Against
U. S. Housing Dept "Unfair"
WASHINGTON -Secretary
Robert C. Weaver of the U.S.
D?>jartment of Housing and
Urban Development today
called charges the
the Department by the Nation
al Commit tee Against Dis
crimination in Housing "both
inaccurate and unfair."
The Committee at a news
conference held in Washing
ton today accused the U.S.
Department 'Housing ind
Urban Development of failure
to do all within its power to
secure compliance' with laws
requiting nondiscrimination in
housing.
"Equal opportunity in hous
ing involves both an adequate
supply of shelter at rents our
people can afford and free
access to that shelter," Se-!
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COM. BAPTIST TO
OBSERVE 25TH
YEAR, MEN'S DAY
The Community Baptist
Church will observe its 25th
anniversary and Men's Day,
Sunday, March 5. The theme
for the occasion is "Fulfil
ling The Christian Dimen
sion,
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"cretary Weaver said. "This
Administration has taken un
precedented steps to achieve
both. "It has significantly in
creased the supply for moderate
and low—income families by
devising new approaches and
vigorously utilizing and adapt
ive existing ones."
He asserted that the Johnson
Administration's espousal of
Section VI of the Civil Rights
Bill of 1966 (successful in the
House of Representative)
was tangible evidence of its
commitment to equal oppor
tunity in housing. As one who
"championed that legislation
and opposed efforts to . Wat er
it down," Secretary Weaver
said he was "surprised at the
failure of the Committee to
recognize President Johnson's
courageous fight for this legis
lation."
Presentation of
Certificates Made
By J. A. Carter
Eighteen members of (he
Duke University Security Divi
sion staff received certificates
of completion of the latest
American Red Cross course in
first aid yesterday afternoon.
Presentation of the certifi
cates was made in ceremonies
on the campus by James A.
Carter, Instructor in the course
which began early in January.
According to Duke Security
Chief W. C. A. Bear, the secur
ity force group began training
in a series of courses relating
to the protection of the univer
sity campus, members of the
community and visitors.
In addition to the Red Cross
first aid training, courses will
continue until mid-May in such
functions as crowd control,
note-taking and reporting se
curity violations, laws of search,
seizure, and evidence, crime in
vestigation, interviewing of wit
nesses, techniques of arrest,
community and human rela
tions, and traffic control.
The courses are being con
ducted by the Durham Techni
cal Institute with instructors
from such public agencies as the
Durham Police Dept., the State
Bureau of Investigation, the
N.C. Motor Vehicle Department,
and the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation.
Successful graduates of the
first aid course were W. T.
Coble, M. 0. Crittenton, Gard
ner Davis, George Davis, Percy
Foy, E. C. Green, H. M, Hatley,
Ralph Hutchins, J. B. Jackson,
J. R. McClure, H. C. Mcdlin,
C. H. Morgan, A. G. Nichols,
M. A. Pledger, E. W. Senter,
Richard Underwood. H. M.
Womack and Herman Yates.
Heading For
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To Tour Asia
Mount Gilead
Min. Succeeds
Rev. J. Brown
Rev. A. D- Moseley, pastor |
of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church
here, has been recently elect
ed president of the Durham
Branch of NAACP.
In accepting the office, Rev.
Moseley lauded Rev. J. A
Brown and Rev W M Fuller,
past presidents, and pledged
Ws services toward continuing
the strides made in the fight
for freedom, justice, and equal
ity •>
The new president has an
nounced the appointment of
Alexander Barnes as Member
ship Chairman in the on-com
ing drive for 2000 members
this year ,
The Honorable W. Baker
Lewis, NAACP National Treas
urer will be the main speaker
at the drive's "kick-off to be
held March 9, at Gethsemane
Baptist Church.
In ordpr to make the drive
'«'wccnw, my, is tflpr
gently calling for the coopera
tion of persons from all posi
tions and occupations. In com
plimenting the youth on their
accomplishments in the fight
for freedom, Rev. Moseley slid,
"Every barrier of freedom,
justice, and equality must
come down."
Plans are in the making fcr
rcntive action on equal em
ployment, housing, health, po
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NASSAU, BAHAMAS-Mar
guerite Pindling, attractive
mother of three, laid aside
her private life and stepped
confidently into the public
spotlight as she assumed
her place as the wife of the
Colony's Premier.
Urging all Bahamians to
work harder and be more
«eourteous to visitors than
Writes Anti-Discrimination
Into Firemen Contracts
MANHASSET, N.Y.— The
town of North Hempstead,
L.1., threatened by civil
rights leaders with demon
strations, has written an
anti-discrimination clause
into contracts wih eight vo
lunteer fite departments on
Long Island.
The inability of Negro re
sidents to gain admission to
volunteer fire companies in
Nassau County had led to nu
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ber of the Georgia State Leg-
Last Rites For Publisher
Held At Baltimore, Wed.
DR. MOSELEY
litktl action and the War on
desegregation,
and job opportunities.
Rev. Moseley is asking that
special attention be called to
Title IV, Section 405 of Public j
Law 88-352, The Civil Rights j
Acts of 1964, as it regards tech
nical assistance authorized by I
the Commissioner of Education.
Financial assistance is available i
for the planning and achieving \
of school integration, when j
such assistance is asked for. I
ever before, the charming
Mrs. Pindling set a fetching
picture of a devoted mother
and political helper as she
chatted informally and posed
for photos with her children.
Mrs. Pindling became the
first Bahamian-born first
lady when her husband's pro
gressive Liberal Party won
control of the House of As-
merous complaints of racial
discrimination and threats
of demonstrations.
On Jan 17, Gerald Taylor,
state president of the Nat
ional Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple's Youth and College Di
vision, had attended a Hemp
stead Village Board meeting
to protest alleged discrimi
nation against Negroes in
the volunteer fire units. Tay
I islature, speaks informally at
a coffee hour prior to his de
| livering the main address last
Dr. Carl Murphy, 78, chair
man of the Board of Directors
of the AFROAMERICAN
Newspapers, died 6:30 a.m.
Saturday in Johns Hopkins
Hospital where he had besn
confined since Feb. 19.
He entered Hopkins fortreat
ment of a slipped disc and
suffered a stroke early Sat
urday.
Dr. Murphy, a native Balti
morean, was president of the
AFRO Newspapers from 1922
until 1961 when he became
chairman of the Board of Di
rectors.
A nationals-prominent pub
lisher, educator, civic and
community- leader he resided
at 2406 Overland Ave. in Mor
gan Park, near the campus
of Morgan State College,
where he-was a.afimSj£r of the
Board of Trustees from 1939
until 1953 when he was named
chairman, a position hi held
at the time of his death.
He was a graduate of
Howard University, Class of
1911 and was an instructor
and professor of German and
head of the Department of
German there from 1913-1918.
The publisher took his
master's degree from Har-
sembly in Colonywide elec
tions in January.
Until then, she was a hard
working assistant in his law
offices and a steadfast cam
paign helper in the political
arena. Now she finds herself
cast in the glare of public
life and a seemingly endless
demand for her time as offi
cial functions and public ap
pearances begin to multiply.
lor and leaders ot other ci
vil rights groups also an
plans to stage demonstrations
if restrictions barring quali
fied Negro applicants were
not halted.
The turbulent meeting be
tween the civil rights repre
sentatives and the Board
ended abruptly with a warn»
ing by Hempstead Mayor Wal
ter B. Ryan that any disorder
See FIREMAN page 2A
week at A. and T. College in
observance of Men's Week.
DR. MURPHY
vard University in 19'13. He
attended the University of
Jena in Germany in the
summer of that year.
The son of the founder of
the AFRO, John H. Murphy
Sr. and Mrs. Martha Howard
Murphy. Dr. Murphy left his
college post in 1918 to join
the AFRO and succeeded
his father as president of
the newspaper chain at his
death in 1922.
Under his direction, tte
AFRO became th; largest
colored-owned newspaper in
the nation.
See MURPHY page 2A
$90,000 Raised
For Allen U. at
Founder's Day
COLUMBIA, S.C.-Dr. Ben
jamin J. Glover, President of
Allen University, announced
that $90,000 was raised
during the 97th Founder's
Day Celebration which ended
Saturday, February 18. This
amount is a portion of the
$200,000 goal set by the in
stitution in order to match fe
deral funds for a new science
building which is presently
under construction.
The science building,sche
duled to be completed by Sep
tember, 1967, will hduse the
new Physics Department as
well as the Biology, Chem
istry, and Mathematics De
partments.
Dr. Samuel E. Duncan, Pre
sident of 'Livingstone College
Salisbury, North Carolina de
livered the Founder's Day
message at eleven o'c)ock
Saturday morning .
Speaking from the topic
"Some Current and Potsntial
Contributions of a Predomi
nately Negro Church Related
Institution of Higher Learn
ing Deserving Support,"the
brilliant educator said,"Ne
gro church related colleges,
in general, must decide whe
ther theyare to fee accredited
or unaccredited and whether
they will seek primarily to
meet both the church and the
larger community needs."
Dr. Duncan emphatically
pointed out that "A private
Negro College with a deep
religious atmosphere and lit
tle financial support will not
be sufficient in the days a-
See ALLEN page 2A