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—THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1887
Highway Patrol Discrimination
The announcement last week to the
efiect that twenty-eight rookie High
way Patrolmen were graduated
March 15 from the Department of
Motor Vehicles basic training school
at the Institute of Government in
Chapel Hill should be of grave con
cern to every intelligent Negro citi
zen of the state. When it is con
sidered that the Department of Motor
Vehicles, from its very beginning,
has maintained a consistent policy of
discrimination against Negro citizens
of North Carolina, by refusing to em
ploy a single one of them as a high
way patrolman, the state of affairs
must be reviewed as a very serious
situation.
We think the time has
when Negro leaders of North Caro
lina should confront the governor
and the N. C. General Assembly, now
in session, with this running and
putrid sore in the state's social order.
They should speak out now against
any public agencies of the state main-
Better Leadership Needed for Durham
More and more it is becoming ap
parent that fundamentally the city
and county of Durham are minus the
kind of leadership, in both the City
Council and County Commissioners,
capable of competing with other ma
jor cities of the state in moving in the
directions of progress. Certainly the
lack of vision exhibited by the mem
bers of the County Commissioners in
surrendering their leadership to the
Citizens Council, in the matter of the
proposed hospital bond election, is a
tragic example of the apathy, lethar
gy and downright inadequacy of
those who now compose the Board of
County Commissioners.
Although in the case of the City
Council, the situation is considered
far in advanc of that of the County
Commissioners, there is also much to
be desired on its part. With the ex
ception of the lone Negro member of
the City Council, top-ranking officials
of the city have little or no lines of
open communication with the Negro
community, which presently consists
of 30 0000 souls or a little over one
third of Durham's total population.
A visit to the City Hall, and No. 4
Fire Station will reveal two graphic
pictures of just what a raw deal Ne
gro citizens and taxpayers are being
dealt by the city of Durham. Instead
of a fair and equal distribution of the
jobs in City Hall, they will discover
:o their amazement that with the ex
ception of the police department and
■anitorial jobs. Negroes are on the
outside looking in.
In the case of the No. 4 Fire
A Serious Question to Consider
If you are sincerely interested in
the future of your race you will need
to study carefully, thoughtfully and
prayerfully the recent address de
livered by J. S Stewart at the 13th
Anniversray Bar.quet of the Business
and Professional Men's Club of Wil
mington. Stewart, who is president
of the Mutual Savings and Loan
Association of Durham, is reported
to have been at his best for the oc
casion and gave much food for
thought to those who had come to the
banquet for the expressed purpose of
getting food for their stomach, in
stead of their minds.
Flowing all through Stewart's ad
dress was the admonition and warn
ing that the 20 million or more Ne
groes of this country must set about
now to become a race of producers,
with something to sell, instead of a
race of consumers that is always in
the market in search of something to
Another Negro for City Council
Although no public announcement
has yet been made of it, it was re
vealed at the annual meeting of the
Durham Committee On Negro
Affairs, Sunday. March 12, that Dr.
C. E. Bouleware, instructor at N. C.
College, religious and civic leader of
Durham, will seek a seat on the City
Council in the election to be held this
Spring. From the standpoint of
training and experience Dr. Boule
ware is certain to be one of the best
qualified candidates to offer for the
office. ,
While there is a growing segment
of white voters or citizens of Durham
composed of those who are con
vinced that its 30,000 or more Negro
citizens are entitled to more than
one representative on the City Coun
cil, the majority 'of them will oppose
£f|jany such move on the part of the
Negro community. We think, there
lore, If Dr. Bouleware is elected to
the City Council it will be the result
of a united effort on the part of the
■ .
taining a policy of discrimination be
cause of race.
We would remind the governor
and other high state officials that the
taxes of all citizens of North Caro
lina are being used to pay the salaries
and other costs of maintaining the
N. C. Highway Patrol. To bar a
citizen or taxpayer from employment
in the department solely on account
of race or color is not only pernicious
and unjust but contrary to all demo
cratic principles.
It is our feeling, therefore, that if
relief for Negroes from this bias em
ployment policy of the State High
way Patrol is not forthcoming that
they should turn to the federal courts
for a remedy. They should do so
even if it means taking out a re
straining order to halt the use of
state and federal funds in any and
all departments of North Carolina
that maintain a policy of discrimina
tion on account of race.
Station, the visit will reveal that,
with the exception of the building,
itself, the facility is entirely inade
quate. As we have previously en
deavored to warn Negro leaders and
citizens of Durham in these columns,
Fire Station No. 4, yrhich has entire
ly a Negro staff, is criminally un
equipped so far as fire-fighting
machinery is concerned. Thus it may
be in the end that Negro citizens will
be compelled to demand that all the
fire stations of Durham be integrated
in order to find a solution to the
problem which has arisen by the re
fusal of City officials to provide ade
quate fire-fighting equipment for
Fire Station No. 4.
In the case of the County Com
missioners, it is our honest opinion
that the present members, as a whole,
do not possess the intelligence or the
courage to furnish the kind of lead
ership needed for Durham County
We think, therefore, before the new
wing of the courthouse is completed
that the voters of Durham should
rise up and give the old building a
first-class scrubbing or cleaning by
electing some new persons to the
Board of County Commissioners. In
the selection of the new members it
will be a step in the right direction
if the voters will elect one or two Ne
groes to the office. By so doing they
will set up a line of communication
between the white and Negro com
munities that is now so badly needed
in Durham and that for lack of it is
continuing to hold the county at a
snails pace in the matter of progress.
buy. In short, Stewart admonished
his audience that 'the Negro must
learn to sell as well as buyyy, else
we will remain a beggar race."
Back in the kitchen black hands
made the mayonnaise, canned the
fruits and vegetables, that had been
grown by the sweat and toil of Ne
groes. only to have the white man
place his name on the package, bottle
or can and put it on the market for
sale. Thus the Negro came out on
the short end of the stick with only
the crumbs from his hard toil or ef
forts.
We think the contents of Stewart's
address in Wilmington need careful
consideration. We fling his challenge
in the face of our leaders and cry
out in all sincerity, what are you
going to do about it? How long will
you stand idly by while the Negro
remains a race of buyers with noth
ing to sell?
white progressive citizens and Nogro
voters. |
At is now stands the one Negro
member of the Council is carrying a
tremendous load in that his absence
from a meeting on account of illness
or the call of duty out of the city,
leaves the Negro community, for the
moment, without representation. Be
cause of the urgency of the situation
we urge Negro voters of Durham to
prepare now to throw their full sup
port behind the candidacy of Dr.
Bouleware.
Likewise we appeal to the white
voters, in general, to consider the
fairness and the wisdom of according
the 30,000 or more Negro citizens of
Durham more than one member on
the City Council. We are satisfied
that the one Negro of the City Coun
cil, J. S. Stewart, will welcome the
election of -another of his race to the
office, especially when he is as well
qualified as Dr. Bouleware.
Is there a conspiracy in the making
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' L r ,ISA
-Thorpe
Continued from front page
Court, is that of Mrs. Joyce
Thorpe. Mrs. Thorpe and
her family received their
eviction notice from the
McDougald Terrace project
the day after she was
elected president of the
Parents' Club, a tenant
organization.
LDF attorneys, led by
Associate Counsel James
M. Nabrit 111, will argue
that:
Mrs. Thorpe was denied
due process of the law by
her eviction from state and
federally supported low
income housing since no
procedures existed to tell
her the reason for eviction,
or give her a hearing to
contest the eviction.
*The Durham Housing Au
thority may not evict Mis.
Thorpe arbitrarily and thus
deny her the benefits of
its program for low-income
families."
♦Mrs. Thorpe was entitled
to a notice of the reason
her low-income housing
benefits were cancelled.
"Notice of the reasons for
proposed governmental act
ion adversely affecting a
citizen's interests has been
regarded as an essential
element of due process in
a variety of contexts."
♦Mrs. Thorpe was entitled
to an administrative hear
ing has long been regarded
as one of the fundamental
rudiments of fair procedure
necessary where the govern
ment acts against a citi
zen's vital interest."
For years the local au
thorities have given tenants
only month-to-month leases
and have evicted tenants
without stating a reascm.
Since this case was first
presented to the Supreme
Court, the federal govern
ment in February 1967
adopted a new rule some
what modifying the evic
tion procedures.
But the Supreme Court
has not yet spoken on the
subject, and persons in
terested in public housing
hope that the Thorpe case
will bring an authoritative
statement of the rights of
low-income tenants and
local authorities.
-Boycott
• ontinued from fmnt
audited by an accredited
accountant.
"If Mr. Dillion is not re
placed by a more compe
tent person who will work
in the interest of the hun
dreds of disadvantaged
Negro children attending
this school," Mr. Evers
said, "Negro parents will
seek to enroll their child
ren in the all-white
schools."
Meanwhile, City School
Superintendent A. A. Roe
buck said the boycott
came as "a complete sur
prise to me." Mr. Roebuck
said Mr. Dillion had his
full support.
• MOTHER WAS TRYINC to per
■uade her five-year-old boy to
est his spinach. "Come on,
Johnny, eat your spinach! It
will put color in your cheeks."
"Maybe it will/* Johnny re
plied. "But who wants green
cheeks?" Catholic Digest—Feb
ru/irv.
-West Point
Continued from front page
velopment, upon recollect
ion said, "it was my office
that made the mistake.
"I actually did recommend
that Hall be appointed to
the Air Force Academy in
Colorado, but our secre
taries sent out press re
leases and notices which
stated the appointment was
was for West Point".
By the time Hall received
official notice from the Air
Force Academy of his ap
pointment, he had graduated
from high school, enlisted
in the Army, and upon ad
vice of his company com
mander at Ft. Gordon, had
filed an application for ad
mission to the United
States Military Academy
Preparatory School at Ft.
Belvoir, Va.
tlie Preparatory School is
a one year course especially
designed to prepare men
already in the armed forces
for entrance into- the United
States Military Academy at
West Point, N.Y.
Hall will pntfr thp Pre
paratory School in August:
1967, and is scheduled to
enter West Point in July B'6B.
The youth's first company
commander at Ft. Gordon,
Capt. Forster R. Farmer,
said he had promoted Hall
to PFC in advance of his
time in grade "because he
performed an excellent job."
He added that Hall was an
outstanding student leader,
and for these reasons urged
him to apply to the West
Point Prep School.
-Action
Continued from frontpage
ference; Benjamin Bryant,
Jr. and John Stromans,
both active NAACP mem
bers, were suspended for
engaging in campus pro
tests against "limitations
of academic freedom and
the quality of education
they were receiving."
Their suspensions trig
gered further protests by
the 1500-member student
body and late led to a
of classes which
Reportedly proved to be
&) per cent effective.
"The college discipline
committee, consisting of
five faculty members, prior
to intervention by NAACP
lawyers, had given the
suspended students two
hours notice to leave the
campus. The Dean of Stu
dents had informed them
that they were "indefinate
ly suspended" effective
Feb. 24, 1967.
The May 1, 1967 show
cause hearing in U.S.
District Court will seek to
permanently set aside the
suspensions and a per
manent injunction prohibit
ing futute hearings from
beine conducted under the
aegis of the college.
NAACP general counsel
Robert L. Carter, assis
tant counsel Lewis M.
Steel, and NAACP South
Carolina attorney Matthew
J. Perry represented the
students, how had threaten
ed to lead a march to the
State Capitol to present
their greviences to the
Governor.
• SIGN on Chinese restaurant:
"The Chote'i the Mein Thing."
Catholic Digest—February.
-Contest
Continued from front page
Mrs. Ruth Worley
Wilmington, N. C.
Mrs. Colia Smith
Roxiboro, N. C.
Mrs. Marie Bradsher
Roxboro, N. C.
Mrs. Lillian Williams
Smithfield, N. C.
Miss Mary Curry
Smithfield, N. C.
Mrs. Hattie Wilkerson
Virgilina, Va.
Mis. Rosalie Jeffries
South Boston, Va.
Miss Lucille Hicks
Spring Lake, N.. C.
Mrs. Nancy G. Wilson
Kockv Mount. N. C.
Mr. Daniel Farney
Morganton, N. C.
Mr. John L. Davis
Belmont, N. C.
Mr. Adams Wilson
Badiji, N. ( C.^Vr
Hr,'Winie' 6" Leach
High Point, N. C.
Mrs. Pearline M. Lennon
Durham, N. C.
Mrs. J. L. Connor, Sr.
Concord, N. C.
Mrs. Regina Wilson
Oxford, N. C.
Miss Willie Lee Allen
Oxford, N. C.
Mrs. Calvin Thorpe
Oxford, N. C.
Mrs. Mable A. Watson
Greensboro. N. C.
Mrs. Margaret Haitfi
Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Fannie Dunlap
WinstonSalem, N. C.
Mrs. Mary H. Clifton
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Mrs. Eloise Dillahunt
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Mrs. Ida Williams
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Mrs. Dora Murphy
Kinston, N. C,
Mrs. Emma Henderson
Kinston, N. C.
Mrs. Agnes Lee
Burlington, N. C.
Mrs. Idella Matkins
Burlington, N. C.
Mrs. H. G. Cole
High Point, N. C.
Mrs. Myrtle Blue
Fayetteville, N. C.
Mrs. Louise Jackson
Salisbury, N. C.'
Mrs. E. K. Hughes
-Powell
Continued from front p
Among other church
groups issuing similar
statements are Presbytery
of New York City (United
Presbyterian Church,
U.S. A.), the New York
City Baptist Society, the
National Committee of
Negro Churchmen (200
clergymen of 12 denomi
nations), the Massachu -
• setts Council of Churches,
and other judicatorial
bodies in New York and
New Jersey.
In response to Congress
man Celler's comment
Sunday on a New York
radio program that Con
gress responded to the
very hostile climate that
had been developed against
Mr. Powell, and that lack
of humility was Powell's
"real crime," Dr. Douglass
said that "this supports
the belief of many that
Congress has become
party to a national lynching.
In its proceedings against
Powell the Congress has
gone beyond the bounds of
rational and moral re
straint, tapping deep
wells of racist passions.
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St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church
"SERVING A WORLD PARISH WITH CHRIST
SINCE 1869"
FAYETTEVILLE STREET DURHAM, N. C.
PHILIP R. COUSIN, Th« Mlnirttr
Sunday, March 26,1967
6:00 A.M. Easter Sunrise Service
SERMON The Minister
SERMON B y tbe Minister
Music by the Gospel Choir
Mrs. Marian Williams, Directing
Fred Mason at the Console
9:30 AM. SUNDAV SCHOOL
SUBJECT: Proclaiming The Resurrection"
Miss Marie Faulk. Superintendent
11:00 A.M. MORNING WORSHIP
SERMON Thc Minister
Subject: "TH EPRICE IS RIGHT"
Music by the Senior Choir
Mrs. Minnie Gilmore at the Console
Joseph Mitchell. Directing
6:00 PJrt Easter Film
Title: "The Parable"
Emmanuel A.M.E. Church
706 KENT STREET DURHAM. N. C.
L. O. SAUNDERS, The Minister
Sunday, March 26,1967
9:19-10:49 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL
SUBJECT: "Proclaiming the Resurrection"
Mr. Fred Hargraves, Superintendent
11:00 A.M. MORNING WORSHIP
SERMON , . The Minister
Subject: 'The Meaning Behind The Resurrec
tion"
MUSIC Youth and Young Adult Choir
M. L. Stephens, at the Console
3:30 IP.M Services by Rev. Z. D. Harris.
Choir and Congregation
6:30 I' M. Easter Cantata
1866 Centennial Celebration 1967
White Rock Baptist Church
WHITE ROCK SQUARE
600-606 FAYETTEVILLE STREET
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
LORENZO A. LYNCH, Pastor
Sunday, March 26, 1967
8:30 A.M. CALL TO WORSHIP Electronics
9:30 AJI. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Dr. Charles A. Ray. Superintendent
10:30 A.M. Review of Sunday School Lesson
Cradle Roll, Beginners, and
Primary Departments
11:00 A.M. SERMON The Pastor
"On Christ's Message to the Churches ot
Asia Minor (America—The Laodiceans)
Part IV (Rev. 2:19-20)
Revelations 3:15, 17b, 18a
Young People's Choir, Mrs. V. Alston
Directress
6:30 P.M. BTU—Miss Amelia Thorpe, Directress
7:30 P.M. "On Christ's Message to the Churches of
Asia Minor (America—The Laodiceans)
Part VI (Rev. 2:19-20)
Gospel Choir, Mr. Wm. Allen. Director
Miss M. A. Williams
Statesville, N. C.
Mrs. Jamie Long
Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Sallie Edwards
Asheville, N. C.
Mr. Meek Murrv
Gastonia. N. C.
Mrs. Monie Arthur
Gastonia, N. C.
• GKANDMA was reading aloud
from Genesis to her three-year
old granddaughter. After she
had finished, the girl seemed
lost in thought.
"Well dear, what do you
think of it?" 1 *
"Oh, I love it," the child re
plied. "You never know what
Qod is going to do next.
Catholic Digest—February.