Minister Ctaims \.f\ Negroes Leaderless
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PRESIDENT AT HOWARD U.
(Washington) Pres. Johnson
signs autographs for student as
he leaves Howard University
LBJ Hake Surprise Visit To
Howard Univ. Centennial
WASHINGTON, D.C., March
2-In a surprise visit to
ceremonies marking the
100 th anniversary of the
founding of Howard Univer
sity, President Lynd cn B.
Johnson today reaffirmed
his commitment to the
nation's Negroes, declaring
that "Our task is to give
20 million Negroes the same
chance as every other A
merican tc learn, to live, to"
grow, to develop his abili
ties to the fullest ... to
pursue his individual hap
piness." •
It was on the Howard cam
pus 20 months earlier that
the President had originally
announced the commitment
and called for the White
House conference "ToFulfill
ThfcSft Rifchis." The co.ti-
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At Howard today Mr. Jojm
son told a cheering crowd
of some 3100, "I have come
back ... to renew my com
mitment to that task, and to
tell you that so long as I
live in public or private life
I shall never retract, or re
treat, or amend that com
mitment."
The visit by the President
had not been announced,
and t cok t he audience com--
pletely by surprise. It was
Charter Day at the Washing
ton Schcd, which had been
founded March 2, 1867.
Howard President James M.
Nabrit, Jr. was set to con
clude the exercises when
an aide infcrmed him that
Mr. Johnson was enroute to
the program. The announce
ment by Dr. Nabrit Sent
several hundred spectators j
who were leaving the gym
nasium scurring back t c
their seats.
Earlier President Nabrit
had conferred honors on
Senator Edward W. Brooke
(R-Mass.) and three other
Howard alumni for distin
guished postgraduate Ac
ievement. The other hono
rees were Judge William B.
Bryant of Washingt ai, D.C.,
Calvin H. Conliffe of Cin
cinnati, Ohio and Patricia
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WITH WO*W#J HUM and,
commendation just extended
them by Bishop George W. B«-
ber, presiding prelate of the
Second Episcopal District, the
recently where he attended
ceremonies marking the 100 th
anniversary of the school. He
told the predominantly Negro
Dr. % C. Somerville Blasts
Lethargy of N.C. Negro Leaders
By DR. W. C. SOMERVILLE
Within recent years it has
become apparent that the
Negroes of North Carolina
have become leaderless.
There appears not to be
one or a gr cup of Negroes in
the State of North Cardina
who can publicly express a
concensus opinion of the,:
masses of Negroes in the
State.
Of course there are several
enlightened, brilliant and
intelligent leaders in the
State who qr e capable of
Hccumuialillg a?ia]y«Tnjf
all facets of data related to
the Negro problems in North
Carolina.. However, for the
most part each leader seems
to isolate himself and his
particular interest into a
fixed category, thereby pre
venting a unified voice and
concensus as it relates to
the total economic civic,
social, educational and po
litical exposure and view
points that concern the
NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE
Asks $2,989,712 Additional
Funds, Continuance of Law
School at IN. Carolina College
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A North Carolina College
Delegation Thursday after
noon requested $2,989,712
in additional funds for the
the 1967-69 biennium and
made a strong plea for -the
continuation of the insti
tution's law school, now
threatened with loss of state
support.
Meeting with the Joint Ap
prcpriations Committee of
the House and Senate, the
Scenes at the Mortgage Burning Conducted at St. Joseph's AME Church Sunday, March 5
titfstees at St. Joseph's AME
1 Church stand at the altar last
Siiinday morning to witness the
i burning of the church's mort
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audience that he would never
retreat from his commitment
to the civil rights cause.
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DR. SOMERVJLLt
masses of Negroes in the
State.
The current injustices,
discriminations and failure
of the Negroes of North
Carolina to acquire equal
and complete citizenship is
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group included members of
the cdlege's board 6f trus
tees, members of the interim
committee now administer
ing the institution, other ad
ministrative personnel and
representatives from the fa
culty and alumni association,
Bascom Baynes, chairman
of the trustee board, was
ill and could not attend the
hearing.
Prom left to right the trus
tees are: 0. F. Jeffers, F. D.
Marshall. C. C. Smith, J. J.
Henderson, Mrs. Ruth Boltfen,
Miss Lucille Baines. Dr. E. P.
Che Car§li|a Cttnrs
VOLUME 44 No. 10 DURHAM, N. C SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 19«7 PRICE: 20c
Durham Hosts 86th Session
of Teachers Ass'n Mar. 16
Dr. Pauli Murray
Among: Keynoters
At Local Sessions
Durham, North Cardina
will be the scene of the
86th Annual Convention of
the North Carolina Teachers
Association, which has been
set for Thursday and Friday,
March 16, and 17. The sites
of the Convention are the
Central Civic Center, the
Jack Tar Hotel and Motor
Lodge, Hillside High School
and North Carolina College,
The theme of the Conven
tion is "Individual Commit
ment to Professional Excel
lence." Dr. Harry E. Groves,
president, Central State Uni
versity will deliver the key
note address on Thursday
at 8:15 p.m. at the first
general assembly in the au
ditorium of the Central Civic
Center. Dr. Groves is the
author of two books: Com
parative Constitutional Law
and the Constitution of Ma
laysia. He has contributed
chapters to several books,
including the Indian Year
Book of International Law.
His articles have appeared
in many learned publications..
On Friday, Mafch 17, at
8:15 p.m. glso
Tonum of the Cent ral Civic
Center, Dr. Pauli Murray,
consultant for the Equal Em
ployment Opportunity Com
mission, Washington, D.C.
will be the keynote speaker.
Dr. Murray is editor and com
piler of state laws on Race
and Color, published by the
Woman's Division, The Me
thodist Church, in 1951; and
author of Human Rights USA:
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Greensbcro attorney Clyde
A. Shreve, a trustee who
chaired the NCC group's
presentations, made initial
and closing pleas for support
of the law school. He pre
sent ed Durham att crney and
trustee M. Hugh Thompson
and High Point att crney Sam
uel Chess, who asked the
group for continued support
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Norris, W. L. Cooke, J. a
Wheeler and Thos. Strudwick.
Seated In the pulpit directly
behind Bishop Baber is Rev.
Philip R Cousin, pastor of St.
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DR. GROVES
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS for the
86th Annual convention of the
North Carolina Teachers Asso
ciation at the Civic Center
here March 16-17, are, left, Dr.
Harry E. Groves, president,
Central State University, Wil
berforce, Ohio, who will ad
Committee On Negro Affairs
To Hold Annual Meet Sun,
- Ccmce«4f-»Hr>g —«pon tW
theme, "The Community of I
Durham, Its Problems, Po- ;
tentialities and Responsibi
lities", the Durham Commit
tee on Negro Affairs will
hold its annual meeting at
the West Durham Baptist
Church on Sunday, March j
12 at 5:00 p.m. Presiding
over the meeting will be the
general chairman, John H.
Wheeler. The invocation will
be offered by the Rev. Lo
renzo A. Lynch,- Pa'stor of
the White Rock Baptist
Church. Music will be fur
nished by the choir of the
West Durham Baptist Church.
Other highlights of the
meeting will be short, sum
mary reports and projections
for the future coming from
the sub-committees of the
organization concerned with
(a) civic affairs, (b) edu
cation, (c) economic welfare
and equal employment oppor
tunities, (d) legal interests
and (ej political activities.
During the annual meeting
each year the leadership of
the Committee undertakes to
bring to the public in a cap
sule manner a number of the
m est significant matters
which have come before it
during the year. It tries to
set before the citizens of
the community the present
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Joseph's; at the left is Rev.
Williamson and at the extreme
right is Rev. Clyde Long, assist
ant pastor.
The picture in the center
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MRS. KOONTZ
dress the first general assem
ly, Thursday, March 16, at 8:15
p.m. At center, Mrs. Elizabeth
D. Koontz, immediate past
president, NEA Department if
Classroom Teachers, will ad
dress that group at their An
nual Banquet, March 17, at 6
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D*. RENDER
Two Local College Professors
Designated Humanities Fellows
Two North Carolina Col
lege professors have been
designated fellows in the
Cooperative Program in the
Humanities conducted at
Duke University and the
University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill for the
coming academic . year.
Dr. Sylvia L. Render,
professor of English, will
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shows the actual burning of
the mortgage In a container
held by' J. J. Henderson, trus
tee while Rev. D. Williamson,
t Presidin ; Eider of the Durham
DR. MURRAY
p.m., in the University Ball
room, Jack Tar Hotel. At right,
Dr. Pauli Murray, Equal Em
ployment Commission, Wash
ington, D. C., who will speak
March 17, at the convening of
the second general assembly
of NCTA.
DR. MANASSE
continue research and criti
cal reception of the works
of Charles W. Chestnutt,
generally regarded as the
first Negro to achieve
stature as a novelist.
Dr. Ernest M. Manasse,
chairman of the Department
of German, Latin, and Phi-
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District, looks on.
In the picture at the right
taken in the pastor's study,
just before the beginning of
the service, from left to right
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MISS REUBEN
Negro Honor
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Student Named
Duke Queen
Wilhemina Matilda Reuben,
beautiful Negro coed from
Sumter, S.C., has been re
cently elect ed May Queen
by the student body at
Woman's C dlege of Duke
University.
"Mimi" as she is known
around campus, is an honor
student, a member of Phi
Beta Kappa, YWCA, Duke
University Religious Coun
cil and is listed in "Who's
Who Among Students in A
merican Universities and
Colleges."
Students at Woman's Col
lege chose Mimi in a cam
pus-wide election, making
their choice on the basis cf
personal qualities, ability
to lead, rendering of ser
vice, and beauty.
Among the many exciting
honors, outstanding will be
Mimi's representation of
Duke University on the
court of the Azalea Queen
at the Wilmington Azalea
Festival April 6-9. She also
will have-a dominant toll in
the Joe College celebrat-
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Mustang, Color
TV, Mink Stole
To Be Given
The 1967 big annual sub
scription contest of the Ca
rolina Times will get under
way April 3, it was ann cunced
here this week.
With over $5,000 being offer
ed in three, big prizes to the
winners and commission to
all non-prize winners, the
contest is expected to take
on national as well as state
and local proportions.
The first prize will be a
brand new 1967 Mustang
automobile; the second prize
a brand new 23-inch color
television set and the third
prize a brand new mink stole.
Twenty percent commission
will be paid to all non-prize
winners.
The ccntest will run for six
weeks from the opening date,
April 3, when all active con
testants will make their first
reports to the office of the
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are:Bev. Long, Her. William
son, Bishop Baber and Bav.
Cousin.
(Photos by Purtfoy)