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-THE CABOUNA THUS SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1967
The Need of NCC Law School in N. C.
*■ ' i • . . ■ ;
The recent report issued by Dean
Daniel G. Sampson of the N. C.
Law School reveals some startling
about the shortage of Negro
lawyers in North Carolina. Therefore
information contained in the report
points out the dire necessity of con
tinuing the operation of the NCC
Law School as a facility of the state.
It should also remind all intelligent
Negroes of the great loss they will
sustain on a whole, once the law
school at NCC does not exist.
According to Dean Sampson's re
port, at the present time there is only
one Negro lawyer to or for every
12.978 Negro citizens in the state,
while there is one white lawyer for
every 768 white citizens.
While the Sampson report em
phasizes historically the role NCC
has played in the training of lawyers
in the state, it also dramatizes the
disparities in numbers of white and
Negro attorneys in the state and
points up what may be a critical need
'or additional Negroes in the pro
fession.
Citing 1960 population figures for
Negroes and whites, the report in
dicates that approximately 25 per
cent of the state's citizens are Ne
groes. In 1962 there were 3,124
lawyers, with a projection by the
"A m e r i c a n Jurisprudence Desk
Book" of approximately 4,500 by
1966 In 1966 only 86 Negroes were
qualified to practice law in the state.
Of this number, the report states, 46
either graduated from the North
Carolina College Law School or en
rolled in the facility for a part of
their legal training. Only nine re
ceived their entire legal training at
one of the other three law schools—
the University of North Carolina,
Duke, or Wake Forest —in the state
"The North Carolina College Law-
School has been directly involved in
the legal training," the report adds,
"in. over 52 per cent of the Negro
lawyers in North Carolina who are
either practicing or qualified to prac
tice."
Voice of The Southern White Woman
■"mT A
.Mty Queen by the students of Duke
University Woman's College has
probably raised a myraid of goose
pimples on the backs of many of
their parents, to say nothing about
other reactionary whites of the deep
South states. The action of the stu
dents in the Woman's College at
Duke is a stark reminder to all of us
that when the chips are down and
the occasion demands, is the white
woman in the South who is the court
of last resort or has the last word.
In short, once the white woman in
the South has put her foot down or
spoken out in the coursp of a great
change or crisis the grumbling, re
sentment or objection to the course
No Chance Against Powell
The announcement this week that
the Republican Party has selected
James Meredith to run against Adam
Clayton Powell in the special elec
tion,which may be necessary if Con
gress finally refuses to restore the
New York congressman his seat in
the House of Representatives, should
be of great concern to every in
telligent Negro in this country. The
young civil rights leader, who has
risked life and limb in an effort to
better the lot of his race in Missis
sippi, has about as much chance of
defeating Powell in a race for Con
gress in New York as a 12-year-old
boyy has to defeat Cassius Clay for
the world's heavyweight boxing
championship.
We think it is more unfortunate
that Meredith has given permission
for'his name to be used in a political
contest that apparently is only a
desperateeffort on the part of the
GOP to regain id'-lost prestige in
Also pointed out is that
students graduating from the NCC
Law Schodf during its 26-year his
tory, 72 have taken tk« state's bar
examination, and 49 nave passed.
This is a percentage of 68, compared
with a national average °' 67. Sixty
five per cent of the NCC graduates
taking out-of-state ban have passed.
The national average Jh 1965 was 62
per cent. . / i
"It may be of interest to note thaf
of 86 Negro lawyers in the state
are concentrated in its five largest
counties. This leaves 23 Negro
lawyers for the remaining 95 coun
ties of North Carolina. These 95
counties, with a total population of
3,476,168 and a Negro population of
832,688, have 23 Negro lawyers, or,
in other words, one Negro lawyer per
36,203 Negro population," the report
states.
The report says further that this
shortage of Negro lawyers is not
peculiar to North Carolina but exists
nationally. For the 1964-65 school
year, 54,265 law students were en
rolled in 160 approved law schools in
the country. Of this number 701
were Negroes, and 26 of these were
enrolled in the six predominantly *>
Negro law schools, leaving 434 Negro
students in all of the country's other
695 law schools combined.
In North Carolina, during the
1965-66 school year, the three pre
dominantly white law schools—
UNC, Duke, and Wake Forest—had
only 5 Negroes enrolled, the report
notes, adding that among 509 ktu
dents now enrolled at the University
of North Carolina Law School, only
one is a Negro.
"It is not enough merely to say
that qualified Negroes now have the
opportunity for admission to other
law schools. The fact remains that
they cannot gain admission in sub
stantial numbers. In addition to the
present overaowding of these facili
ties, the fruits of past denials render
this 'open-door' policy a snare and
delusion," the report declares.
~rof action domes to a sudden hah.!'
Thus' there*wili"iJfe rio -outwart Hify
against the action of the Duke stu
dents at Woman's College but a tacit
acceptance by southerners as a
whole.
Like it or not both races in the
South may as well look on the elec
tion of the Negro co-ed May Queen
at the Duke Woman's College, as
merely a dress rehearsal or curtain
raiser for the main show that is cer
tain to take place within the next
decade or more. Thus once again it
is the white woman—this time the
young white woman—that takes the
lead in bringing about changes for
the betterment of those of both races
in the South.
New York, by exploiting the popular
ity of the young and heroic civil
rights leader of Mississippi.
Congress would do the nation, as
well as the 20 million or more Negro
citizenof this country, a great service
to go ahead and restore Powell his
seat in Congress. That is certainly
what it will have to do should he be
forced to run for the office in an
election. By restoring Powell his
seat in the lower House the nation,
as well as Negroes in and out of New
York, will be spared what is certain
to be a political comedy if not one
of the natiest campaigns ever con
ducted in the nation. Certainly
Meredith has too much to lose in his
yet young career to attempt ta match
the kind of political campaign thai)
will result if Powell has to face him
as an opponent in a Congressional
election.
Hazards of selling
A Fuller Brush satosaua.fioiag from
door to door in the Harbour Square
apartment* in Waahtngton, rang the
bell at ooe door.
Suddenly, a atom rolce demanded
that be show Identification. He also
found be was oo the Secret Service*!
"candid camera," Ua every m M«
watched an closed-circuit television.
Unknowingly the aaleaman had stop
ped at Vice President Humphrey's door
to seQ him some Fullef brushes.
Skeptical Of Our To
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
"A remnant ha* coma Into bit
ing by tHa grace of God."
Rom. 11.5
Amid the ravages of sin
there is always left the rem
nant of righteousness. Amid
the ruins there is left enough
seed for a new beginning. This
idea of God's remnant persists
in human affairs. Amid tbe
crashing ruins of desolation
we may feel that all is lost.
But we should always wait to
hear from God about that rem
n&nt. When JBaal
. blif sw«* U* VhoWfJeld be
fore it God said to Elijah waft
a minute: There is a remnant
left. He said there are seven
thousand who have not yet
bowed. God will ever have
enough seed for a new begin
ning.
Man needs the hope of a
new begininng. Even when sin
has done its worst there is al
ways the hope of a new be
ginning. And God's grace and
love take this seed of hope to
build again above the sham
bles and ruins of human sin
fulness. This is the reason we
should never give up on the
creative potentials of a human
being. We in blindness to the
great healing potential of God's
Things You Should Know J
rosehwald ?jyy§
BORN IN SPRINGFIELD, ILL.- IN ISIT HE
ESTABLISHED THE RQBENWALD FOUNDATION FOR * ,
THETWELL-BEING OF MANKIND* ASSETS AMOUNTING * •
TO $40,000,0001 THEIR FIRST JOB WAS TO SUPPORT **
CONSTRUCTION OF 5.357 SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN THE
SOUTH —AT A COST OF % 28,408,520! HE SERVED AS '•*
A TRUSTER W TUSKEOEE AND HIS FUND GAVE $25,000
FOR Y.M£*. BUILDINGS FOR NEGROES IN TWENTY-ONE CITIES!
Nt> PERSONAL GHB.EXCItfSIVE Of THE f 22,000,0001
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A Little Bit of Love Can Do a
Lot With a Remnant of Humanity
redeeming love may say ail
hope is lost. But we must re
member that as long as there
is life there is hope that God's
love can pick up the seed of
hope from the ruins and build
again a life to the glory of
God. So as long as there is
life there is the seed of the
hope of this new beginning on
the part of man. Then let us
never give up nor cease trying
to redeem and bring a soul
back to God. God's amazing
x grace can do tbe Job. , -> r ,r
.iG°o'»; WW!
of extending a helping hand
to man in his state of wretched
ness or lostness. God in his
love can make us a brand new
person. Truly in Christ we are
new creatures. In Christ the
old will pass and the new will
take over. God takes the rem
nant left in tbe midst of the
devastating ravages of sin to
build above the ruins of the
Old Man, The New Man in
Christ Jesus. So dont give up
on that alcoholic husband, wife
or employee for God can take
that remnant left here and
build a new human being. We
are tempted to give up in utter
despair. But that person needs
your love now more than ever.
Br REV. HAROLD ROLAND
Ask God to give up love that
will cause you to love and re.
deem the unlovely.
Love then is the key for
those of us, in Christ, who
would work with these rem
nants of our common human
ity. God needs people in these
times who are willing to work
with the Remnants. Why? For
the remnants are important,
too, in the sight of a God of
love. That remnant can be
come a child of God. That rem
nani ,41-worthy -of your love.
comp4seidn\ standing
arfd'flirti£ftee/ J liWe cirti bund,
enrich, ennoble some seeming
ly unworthy remnant of hu
manity. The man Jesus found
amid the tombs, suffering from
soulsickness and mind-sickness
was a remnant. All he needed
was a little bit of love. Jesus
applied the love and He found
healing and wholeness. A lit
tle bit of love can do %. lot
with a remnant of humanity!
What that great heap of hu
man remants need we see ai
a part of the human family
in our world is just the magic
touch of God's redeeming love.
Jesus can take a remnant and
build it into a lovely some
body.
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7/ie Crinie Report
rIE PRESIDENTS Crime Commission recently issued
its report,- a document which explodes a number of
myths and helps restore sense to an issue badly , bur
dened hy misconceptions.
One of the dahiaging bits of racist nonsense, which has
been repeated so often that many people now believe it,
is the lie that white people are more likely to be tl\c vic
tims of crime at the hands of Negroes. The Commission's
study proves that crime, like much else In American life, is
segregated. White people are most likely to commit of
. lenses against other whites; Negroes a
.l gainst other Negroes.
■.* In the District ol Columbi* the study
I found that only 12 of 172 murder's were
Jp * interracial and 80 percent of all rape; ln
' $ volved persons of the same race. Loss
I than one out of ten aggravated assults
K3r were Interracial. It also found that cri-
I mes of violence, inculding rape, most of
ten occur between people who know each
Another myth the commission
wn vmiun ploded was the popular idea that the
well-to-do are most in danger of becom
ing victims of crime. Actually It is the poor who suffer
most from crime. People earning less than $3,000 per year
are four times as likely to be the victims of rape and five
times as likely to be robbed M those earning more than
SIO,OOO.
Good People and 'Clean' Crimes
Another finding shows that few -of' -us can point the
finger at "criminals." Qut'of a sample of f,700 adulii, 'J.I
percent admitted to offenses for which they coula h.i vo re
ceived a jail sentence. And sonic of our more "respectable 1 '
people commit such ' "clean" crimes as fraud, consumer
cheating, and embezzlement, which, cost the nation almost
three times as much In losl property as more crimes like
robbery and thief
The Commission's findings prove that the people most
in danger from crimv and most |n n.-.r of .!ic(jiiai> protec
tion are Negroes living in the ghetto. The ghetto or ethnic
, slum hps always bred crime. When tl:* Irish. Italians, and
' other groups first came to cauAtry they too lived in.
overcrowded skims and had high crime raies But Housing
discrimination locks Negroes Into the ghetto, with lit'.ie hope
of escaping to more decent surroundings.
The study shows that Negroes are four times a.i lik.f.y
to be robbed as white persons. A Negro man in Chit.xo « ( ms
the risk of being a victim o'f assault or roolx r\: marly vx
"'tiWcs *whke inaf>,, a TCijyro tmit | ; -'
oSJapcoirotfkwntoSaislii *M*iy wtui Miltl,'; -t
as a white woDhiitr |*. '* ■. .'• ,* >'■•* " *
That is way, in recent survey ghetta ;>ls. e
better police prelection as one of their prime n.vii's Ma/»jr
of the policemen patroling well-to-do neighborhood* could
be better usee; lVi trip fight against crime In this. i:. most
all other aspects of American life, tae Negro is Lie neg
lected victim.
People and Police Brutality
The Commission also ffrom me nded that. police in mi
nority groit|> nefghboi hoods cult.'vite p-*:icr relations with
the people living there. Fair lia.»;K.'ir. of complaint*
Against policy abuses human ro.!.itt-;i« tr.-w.ing for police
men, and greater c \zen involvement *n jireclnct .iffairs
were all called for.
Perhaps the m -£" sicn'llennt .'ispec; of the Commission"!
study relates to prevention ir is useiej? ji,r society 10 toler
ate conditions vriic'i bn-* J . crime and then call for greater
strictness and punishment for offenders. The real crlnjf
is the neglect by society of social conditions like poverty,
discrimination, and prejudice.
That is why the Commission endorsed such measure#
as a minimum family income, expSnded job opportunities
for the poor, including creation of new kinds >f jobs such
as medical assistants and tea iter helpers, steps to strength
en family lifi!, revision of sueli welfare rules as the "man in
the house" rule which encourage* the break up of families,
and improvement of slum schools which contribute to de
linquency hy discouraging young people and not" preparing
them to compete for employment,
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NOTED SCHOLAR PRAISES BOOK
OF N. CAROLINA COLLEGE PROF.
"A fascinating atwfy with a
fresh ud pwwtittw potato*
riew," PnliMot Clement Baton
haa written of the latest hook
of Dr. Carl V. Thorpe. Released
February it, I*7, the fovrth
book of the heed of the N. 0.
College Deportment of History
la entitled, ERO6 AMD PBEE>
DOM IN SOUTHERN UFT
AND THOUGHT. Dr. Cko**
Baton, History PeefOssor at the
Untronlty of Kentucky, is the
aether of THE MIND OF TUB
OLD SOUTH sad ■—ma
other *frt.
BRO® AND UMIJOM ear.
rtee two chapter* oa tke ee»
tral thesne ef Soether* Watery
sad refutes the thoela of a re
cent volume on alarerr by
Stanley EkUas. In a wine em- '
titled. SLAVERY: A PROBLEM
IN AMEUCAN imtnmoN.
AL LOC, Dr. EMa» evtttV
»ka psychological tttpeet /of
*amr a» Mesne* with the
«■»••* oa Jewiah hnastm of
the Neeb ooneentrettooiamp
experience*. Dr. Thorpe refntee
this thesis.
Prerioua hooka of pr. Thotpe
are: NEGRO HISTORIANS IN
TUB UNITED STATES (IMS);
THE RESECTION Of MAN: A
CRITIQUE or PHILOSOPHY
OP HISTORY ISM); and THE
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INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OP
AFRO-AMERICANS (1S31).
her S, 1914' |a Durham
her S. 1«M In la Durham
where he wee reared a*l at
tended the public aehoola aad
N C. College. Steal -the latter
he reeeived Us BA- aad MA.
la History. The Ph D. decree
was received from Ohio flat*
University la ISM.
fcnryfeHs books which Dr.
Thorpe has M*«M an "No
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Amsrisans," lgsi.''