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THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1968
Our Stand Against Violence
We take our stand again beside
that of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People in
urging that those engaged in the civil
rights movements refrain from re
sorting to violence this summer in
the struggle being waged for imple
mentation of democracy in this coun
try We urge such in the face of the
recent assassination of Dr. Martin
Luther King, the bombing and burn'
ing of Negro homes and slaying of
Negroes, wherever such may occur in
this nation. We urge such because we
refuse to retreat one inch from the
belief in the eternal truth so well
spoken nearly 2,000 yars ago to Peter
when after he had resorted to vio
lence and cut off the ear of the high
priest, Jesus commanded him to "Put
up again thy sword into his place:
for all they that take the sword shall
perish with the sword."
Let there be no mistake about it,
however, that we alsd refuse to re
treat one inch from the stand we
have maintained as a newspaper for
over 45 years that Negroes are en
titled to every right and privilege ac
corded other citizens of this country
and that we do not intend to diminish
in the least our tie —■
achieve So we believe
in the ultimate triumph of right in
spite of evil men who would deny it.
to our people because of their race or
■color.
We likewise believe in the ultimate
triumph of the spirit, as was so well
spoken many centuries ago by the old
priest to his followers when it ap:
peared that the roof had caved in and
the lights had gone out of the
Chrisitan movement in the then great
Two Great Churches Become One
The announcement of the uniting
of the Methodist Church and the
Evangelical United Brethren Church,
this week, into a single denomination
of more than 11 million adult mem
bers and 1.8 million children mem
bers, flings once again a bristling
challenge into the faces of the two
leading of Negro Metho
dists in 'his- country, the\ African
Episcopal Church and the
Jtfrican Methodist Episcopal Z i on
Church. Both have been talking about
uniting for nigh unto a half-century
or more without taking one single
step in the direction of perfecting
such a union, for the simple reason
the top leaders, the bishops in both
the A. M E. Church and the AMEZ
Church, are at heartt, opposed to
such a move.
For the most part, those holding
the high office of bishop in both the
A M- E. and A M E.Z. denominations
are therefore a bunch of selfish and
little power drunk men who are, at
heart, not concerned about the wel
fare of the people who constitute the
memberships and the sources that are
providing their salaries. Thus, they
continue to exercise the power to
put the squeeze on the pockets of the
laymen, and still providing the means
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in Christianity were being burned at
the stake and thrown to the lions in
the Roman arenas while onlookers
laughed and cheered in glee. Said the
old priest to his despondent friends
and followers:
"See you not what is happening in
Rome; the more they burn the be
lievers in the Messiah; the more
they fling them to the beasts, the
mightier becomes their numbers.
Behold Rome went forth against
Jerusalem with the sword, Jeru
salem went forth against Rome
with Ihe spirit; the sword conquer
ed for awhile but the spirit con
quers forever"
We say, therefore, to the young
and the old in the civil rights strug
gle that only futility await those who
think they can conquer with the
sword or through violence. This ye
feel is the spirit of the NAACP, every
other organization and individual in
this country who believe in its des
tiny. Thus, in spite of killings, burn
ings and other efforts to halt those
of our own race who are in the civil
rights movement, the number of fine
upstanding young and older white
--people who believe jn_faU3iess
justice fdf aIT continues to incfeaSe
So we say: See you not what is hap
pening in America; the more they
burn their homes and businesses, the
mor numerous becomes the number
who believe in non-violence. Behold
the Klan and their kind went forth
against the Negro with violence, the
Negro went forth against Klan with
the espirit; Violence conquered for
awhile but the spirit will conquer for
ever
by which many of the bishops in both
denominations continue to roll around
the country in cadillacs or other ex
pensive cars in their stupid and un
godly display of false grandeur.
We think the time has arrived when
the laymen of both the A.M.E. and
the A. M. E. denominations should
stand up like men and demand the
implementation of the union of the
two denominations that fyas been
talked about for the past naif cen
tury. It may be necessary, to start
the ball rolling, to even stop the pay
ment of all dues, assessments or con
ference claims, now being paid where
by from four or five bishops of the
two denomintaions are presiding over
annual conferences in Episcopal Dis
tricts composed only of the states of
Maryland, Virginia and North Caro
lina, when only one bishop is needed
It must have been a high moment
in Dallas when the 10,000 representa
tives of the United Methodist Church
and the Evangelical United Brethren
Church joined hands and proclaimed:
"Lord of the Church, we are united
in thy Church and now in the United
Methodist Church." We ask in all
sincerity will ever such a moment
arrive between the A. M. E. and the
A M. E Z. denominations?
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Some Thoughts Addressed to the Consciences
Of the Citizens of Durham by A Councilman
As we look about ourselves
these days and see the strife,
misunderstanding, inequality of
opportunity, the lack of faith
on the part of leadership for
the citizens whom they are
elected or appointed to serve,
the corresponding resentment
, and lack of confidence on th 6
part of the citizens for the local
leaders, the intolerance and
hate, we cannot but ask our
selves, where can wisdom be
found? In the Bible it is said
that, "The fear of the Lord is
the beginning"; and further
along it Is asked: "What doth
the Lord require, O son of
man but to do justice, love
-mercy and to waikhumbly with
God?" Ma? we add, and
to-walk and work humbly with
,thy fellowman.
In all of the decisions which
we must make from time to
time, we can find a magnifi
cent principle laid down by the
Man of Galilee when he said,
"In all things whatsoever you
would that men should do to
you, do you unto them." What
a transformation would take
place in all of our public arid
private relations with people
of all walks of life if public
and semi-public officials would
undertake to put into practice
this noble principle.
How do these words apply to
what has been going on in
Durham, and especially in our
City Council where I am pri
vileged to be serving? At the
very heart of the problems
which beset our City and which
will ultimately destroy it is
the age old problem of one
group determined hot to re
spect the competence, the
worth and the dignity of an
other group. Negro people have
continually been denied just
representation at the decision
making levels of the commu
nity.
In the days of the American
Revolution there was great hos
tility »nd resentment on the
part of the people of this coun
try against Great Britain be
cause she refused to recognise
a basic human right, the right
to be consulted and to have a
hand in making decisions which
affected their lives. This re
sentment became so powerful
that the well-known "Boston
of tea were thrown ... wrii
water This was violence- The
slogan which was echoed
throughout this young nation
was, 'Taxation Without Repre
sentation is Tyranny." And Pat
rick Henry, the firey young
orator said it for all of the
strong when he said, "Give me
liberty or give me death!"
With a glimpse into a his
torical background so rich and
insistent with the demands for
"liberty and justice for all"
why does it appear so difficult
to some of those in the power
structure to see that our pres
ent schemes of tokenism on
boards and agencies where de
cisions affecting the very lives
of all the people cannot and
will not save us today from
disaster any more than It did
200 years ago?
Take a look about us bare in
Durham. Approximately one
third of the population of Dor
ham is composed of Negro peo
ple, but when it comes to pro
portionate representation at the
decision-making levels, token
ism is the best we have been
able to achieve. In all fairness
and justice one third of the
well-paying jobs, one third of
the department heads, one third
of the members of public
boards and agencies should be
members of the Negro race.
As a matter of principle this is
what it should be.
Yet as a matter of fact there
are only two Negro members on
the City Council, and when the
Council itself had an oppor
tunity to increase that number,
all efforts were met by a stone
wall. Look at the City School
Board, where the majority of
the pupils of the city are Ne
gro children, the Council has
refused to alter the present
formula of tokenism by keep
ing the ratio 4 to 1 white,
at the same tin"" all of the pol
icy makers within the adminis
tration are predominantly or
exclusively barred to Negro
participation. Shall we take a
look at the whole governing
setup as it applies to the Coun
ty and see to what extent all
of the citizens are permitted to
participate in the formulation
of programs and making of de
cisions which affect the lives
of all the people? If such a
look is taken, it wilPbe found
that the picture is even more
dismal than can be found in
the City.
The whole fabrication of our
society in Durham and Durham
County must raise the question
in the minds of all but the
most unsuspecting, what self
respecting segment of human
ity anywhere on the face of-the
globe would be peaceful and
satisfied with this type of ex
clusiveness? What self-respect
ing group of white citizens
would, for one hour, peacefully
exchange places with Negro
people here and be happy?
What are some minimum ap
proaches which must be taken
if we in Durham can hope to
be saved from the disastrous
folly of some of the other cities
of the nation? Among many
other steps which must be tak
en, the following are urgently
recommended:
(1) That all boards and
agencies of Durham and Dur
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among these are the Redevel
opment Commission, the Hous
ing Authority, the city School
Board, the Board of Public Wel
fare and others.
(2) That all departments un
der the direction of the City
and County Governments put
into immediate practice a pol
icy of, first overcoming the
present racial unbalance, and
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then proceeding in applying the
principle of recruitment, train
ing, employment, deployment
and promotion of all employees
on the basis of equality with
out regard to race or creed.
(3) That all real estate agen
cies and organizations be urged
to adopt a policy and practice
of buying, selling, leasing or
renting homes without regard
to race or creed.
(4) That t*ie Chamber of
Commerce, the Merchants As
sociatiun and all -other public
or private business or indus
tries be urged to institute a
program of complete fairness
in hiring, deployment and pro
motion of all employees with
out regard to race or creed.
We can be saved, if we are
saved at all, from the tragic
fate which has befallen so many
nations and civilizations in the
the past if, and only if, present
day leadership can bring itself
to do justice, love and promote
mercy among the people and
walk humbly before God and
all mankind.
C. El wood Boulware
Member of Durham
City Council
-Rights
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raing, president of the National
Council of Churches; His Emi
nence, Archbishop lakovos,
chairman of the Standing Con
ference of Orthodox Bishops in
the Americans; and Rabbi Jacob
P. Rudin, president of the Syna
gogue Council of America.
In behalf of their respective
church organizations, the four
religious leaders said they "bow
together in grief before the
shameful murder of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., a unique
apostle of the non-violent drive
for justice, and affirm that no
service of remembrance or local
memorial equal to the great
ness of his labor or the vastness
of our national need."
While commending members
of Congress for passing the
Civil Rights Jfct 01 1068 - the
statement urgw Congress "to
approve immediately the bal
ance of the $1,900,000,000 au
thorized by the Economic Op
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-Ushers
(Continued from front page)
was held with Fayettevitle and
Durham topping the list with
$834 and $783 respectively.
Orange was third with S6OO,
and Guilford and Chatham
tied with $533 each. The total
A DATE WITH DESTINY
Because of my personal in
volvement In the May 4, demo
cratic primary, this columnist
has been unable to develop an
in depth column for this week.
However, I would like to
urge every person, voters and
non-voters, to take an active
part in the May 4 primary. In
many cities across the State for
the first time, we have many
candidates running for local,
State and Federal offices. It
is the duty of every Citizen to
do his part to drag North Caro
lina screaming and kicking in
to the 20th century. """*
It is the duty and responsi-
amount reported from all dis
tricts was $5,554.60.
A meeting of the executive
committee was held Monday.
April 22, at which time the
check retiring the entire
amount of the mortgage held
by the N. C. Mutual Life In
surance Company was written
and delivered to the holders.
Music was furnished and en
joyed by" the famous Pilgrim
Wonders Choir of Orange
Grove Baptist Church of Dur
ham, under the direction of
Herbert Hollo way.
-Whiting
Continued from front page)
neral chairman of the inaugural
activities will introduce official
representatives of colleges, uni
versities, learned societies, and
governmental agencies to the
audience. Greetings to Dr.
Whiting will be brought by
Douglas Gills, president of the
student government; Dr. Ste
wart B. Fulbright, dean of the
undergraduate school and H.
M. MkhUMwrJft— president oS
the college's alumni associa
tion.
Clarence E. Watkins, a mem
ber of the state Board of High
er Education, will bring greet
ings from that agency; greet
ings from North Carolina col
leges and universities will be
brought by Dr. Joseph Carlyle
Sitterson, chancellor of the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill and greetings
from out-of-town institutions
will be brought by Dr. Martin
D. Jenkins, president of Mor
gan State College, Baltimore,
Md.
Dr. Alfonso Elder, president
emeritus ,of the college, wiy
present Dr. Whiting to thfe
board oftrustees. Dr. John R.
Larkfns, a trustees, will pre
sent symbols of office and
Baynes will conduct the inves
titure.
Dr. Whiting will then pre
sent his inaugural address.
A reception will follow in
Bascom Baynes Hall.
Other activities Saturday are
an inaugural luncheon for spe
cial guests at 12:30 p.m. and a
concert by the college band.
-Bates
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visor of Ledger and Reports,
Budget and Finance Office for
the past nineteen yean.
He was formerly married to
Miss Ermine Chandler of Ra
leigh.
Surviving are his parents;
three daughters. Misses Fran
and Montez Bates of Durham
and Mrs. Claude Smith of
Washington, D. C., one grand
daughter, Wendy Smith and
one sister, Mrs. Montez Bagley
of Durham.
Interment was at Beech
wood Memorial Park.
-Collision
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vine* of 1001 Chalk Level
Road, whoae injuries were alao
of a leriout nature and requir
ing surgery; It ia further re
ported that at tha time of the
colliaion, he had croaaed the
center median. Carineai has
been transferred to Watts Hos
pital. It is also reported that
bility of every voter to demand
that every candidate present
his platform and commit him
self on issues. If a candidate is
unwilling to present himself
in open forum and state his
position on matters effecting
our lives, then the voter should
refuse to support this indivi
dual.
The campaign Is being
waged, the battle .rnes are
drawn. It is now up to the
voters-you, to decide the faith
of our State and Nation -will
j*re begin to develop a better
State and Nation for all peo
ple or will we continue with
business as usual?
he was intoxicated or under
the influence of alcohol.
-Named
(Continued from front page)
Averell Harriman as chief of
the U.S. delegation to this in
ternational conference. Harri
man, former Governor of New
York, was unable to attend
because of the pending peace
talks with North Vietnam re
presentatives. It is anticipated
that Harriman will be the chief
U.S. negotiator at the forth
coming talks.
The Tehran conference was
called by the United Nations
,J3eneral Assembly as the high
light of the Human Rights Year
of 1968 in observance of the
20th anniversary of the adop
tion of the Universal Declara
tion Human Rights. In calling
the conference, the General
Assembly proposed a three
point agenda: (1) a review of
progress since the adoption of
the Universal Declaration in
1948; (2) evaluation of the ef
fectivener; of the methods
USM to help the United Na
tions in the field of human
rights and (3) preparation of
further measures to be taken
after 1968.
-King
(Continued from front page)
vision as an educational ex
perience.
Naming of the proposed
new $7.6 million high school
for the slain civil rights leader
and advocate of non-violence
was accomplished through the
adoption by unanimous vote
of a resolution introduce by
Vice President Rose Shapiro
and Member Aaron Brown.
This Week
In Negro
History
One hundred and twelve
years ago (1856) on Tuesday
of this week the inventor of
the Steam boiler furnace
was born. He was Granville
T. "Woods. He died in 1910.
Mr. Woods, who began in
Cincinnati, Ohio in 1889, in
vented a number of devices
including an amusement
machine apparatus, an incu
bator and electrical air
brakes.
OTHER EVENTS of his
torical interest to be recalled
this week are as follows:
APRIL 22 Benjamin
Brawey (1889-1939), educa
tor and author, was born
APRIL 24 The Medico-
Chirugical Society of th«
District of Columbia, the
oldest American Negro med
ical society, was organized
In 1884.
APRIL 26 James Beck
with (1798-1867), famous Ne
gro fur trader, discovered a
pass through the coast range
to the Pacific Ocean named
for him.
APRIL 28 Over 2,000
' slaves had joined the com
pany of Minute Men by
1 1775.
ALBANY, Ga. Dr. Jacob
U. Gordon, chairman of the
department of history at Al
bany State College, will chair
a panel on civil disorder at
the annual meeting in New
Orleans of the Association of
Social Science Teachers,
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