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Negro Attorney Opposes Talmaag S. ★ ★★★★★ ★★ ★ ★★ ★★★ ★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ U.S. Supreme Court Abolishes Discrimination In Housing Right to Buy, Live Same as Others Upheld WASHINGTON - In a his toric 7-2 decision the United Stated Supreme Court here Monday that discrimina tion in the sales or rental of all housing is illegal. The decision of the court also pointed out that Congress has the power to prohibit not only discrimi nation in housing but any other "relic of slavery." The ruling held that a law passed in 1866 following the Civil War placed an all-out ban on discrimination in the rental or sale of private or public property. The opinion, written by Justic Potter Stewart has the effect of giving Congress the power to act on any type of discrimination because of race. The minority opinion also indi cates that the source of such power originates from that' given in the 13th Amendment banning slavery. Justice Stewart wrote fur ther in his opinion that "at the very least the freedom that Congress is empowered to se cure under the 13th Amend ment includes the freedom to buy whatever a white man can | buy, the right to'live where ever a white man can live." Said Senator Walter F. Mon dale, DMinnesota, who was the chief sponsor of the open housing section .of the 1968 civil rights legislation, the rul ing of the court J'closes the lasr legal avenue for racial dis crimination in housing." The court's decision "reaches the sale of residences by individual homeowners, whether they use the services of real estate brok ers or not. Individual homeowners were previously exempt from the ban on discrimination so long as they made the sale personally. Last Rites for Rev. T. H. Brooks Held Central Orphanage Thurs. OXFORD—The funeral of Rev. Theodore Hamlin Brooks, 63, superintendent of Central Orphanage of Oxford was held here Thursday, June 20, at 11:00 a. m. in the gymtorium of the orphanage. Rev. Brooks succumbed at a Durham hospital, Saturday, June 15, following an extented illness. He was bom and reared in New Bern, the son if the late Rev. and Mrs. Daniel F. Brooks. The eulogy was delivered by Rev. Percy High, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Oxford of which Rev. Brooks was a member. In September, 1951, he as sumed the superintendency of the Central Orphanage and un der his leadership the institu tion continued to grow and prosper. NIA Retains Lawyer to Assist Teachers Asked to Resign Post The North Carolina Teach ers Association has retained Attorney J. La. Vonne Chain-' bers of Charlotte to represent the association in Its effort to protect the legal rights of the eleven black teachers that have been asked to resigh their posi tion at Hawley High School in Creedmoor. An official of the NTA told the Carolina Times it was his understanding that Attorney Chambers has already forward ed correspondence to D. 0. Leatherberry, Principal, Haw ley High and L. C. Adcock, Superintendent, Granville County Schools, regarding the Hawley High affair. die Cai^li^Cwfws U *" * y VOLUME 45 - NO. 25 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1966 Black Detective Bares Plot To Murder Wilkins, Young Expect 2,000 Attendance at NAACP Meet NEW YORK Attendance of some 2,000 delegates to the 59th annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Atlantic City, June 24-29, is indicated by advance registrations received in the NAACP National Office here. The six-day convention will focus on the building of eco nomic and political power I within the nation's ghettos. Various aspects of this theme will be presented in plenary sessions and further explored In a series of concurrent dis cussions groups. Major addresses will be de livered by NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins; Bishop Stephen G. Spottswood, "NAACP Board chairman, who Will keynote the coiroation; and Senator Fred R. Harris, Jr., (D., Okla.) a member of the National Advisory Com mission on Civil Disorders. ' Other speakers, experts on ghetto problems, include Dr. See MEET page 8A BROOKS He was a graduate of Shaw University and just prior to his sudden serious illness, was awarded the honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by his Alma See BROOKS 8A Tlie eleven ceachers, who were requested to resigh by f their principal on May 3, and received an official registered letter from the superintendent regarding the matter on May 21, are yet without any assur ance as to their job status come September. This unfortunate situation brought on suddenly and with out warning involves several teachers that have been em ployed at Hawley High for many years. If the matter affecting all the teachers asked to resign is not resolved, theNTA, th ough it's attorney, plans to seek re lief in the Federal Courts. mm#*. Br ■- wsl w s- ujjfflmm ~ MISS VAiLERIE UVVBRIN'E DLCKERSON America'# Most Outstanding College Girl California Beauty is Crowned National College Queen Mon. TJEST PALM BEACH, Fla. California coed Val erie Laverne Dlckerson of San Jose State College Monday night was crowned National College Queen—the first Negro ever to win a national beauty pageant. The 21-year-old journalism major was crowned before a nationwide television ail dience. The attractive Miss Dick erson amassed 2,945 points to ■win the title over contestants from the 49 other states. First runner-up was Colo rado's college Queen, Sharron Diantie Dorward of Bnukler with 2,911 points. Second run ner-up was Susan Renec Fi.son of Fairbanks, Alaska with 2,909 points. THE GIRLS, all leaders on their respective campuses, were chosen to compete for the title on the basis of their scholastic accomplishments, J. H. Wheeler Represents N.C At D. C. Meet WASHINGTON, D. C. - John H. Wheeler of Durham, represented the North Carolina Advisory Council In Washing ton, D. C. during the National Advisory Council of the Small Business Administration. The seventy-three council members, representing 65 re gional advisory councils and eight members-at-large made suggestions and recommenda tions to Robert C. Moot, Ad ministrator of the Small Busi ness Administration, and the entire Agency regarding exist ing and proposed programs of the Agency. The National Advisory Council is asked to evaluate small business programs and in form Moot as to their impact in meeting local needs and how they can be of better and more effective service to the public. Wheeler, President of Me chanics and Farmer* Bank of Durham, Raleigh and Charlotte See WHIILER 8A intelligence and their com munity service activities. Representing California, Miss Dickerson is the daugth- Miss Dickerson is the daugh ter of Lt. Colonel and Mrs. William O. Dickerson, of Ri verside. THE ANNUAL National College Q u e en-Pageant, is planned to select and honor America's most outstanding college girl. The finalists, one from each of the 50 states, were judged on their intel ligence, plus their poise. !T** ■ ;flHs *u SPCKCH AND HIARINO IM STtTUTI Participant* in a speech and hearing institute at North Carolina College examine Cleveland To Host N8L1968 Convention September 5-7 The National Business League, pioneer private eco nomic development association founded by Booker T.' Wash ington in 1900, primarily for Negro businessmen, will con vene for its 68th Annual Con vention in Cleveland, Ohio dt the Sheraton Cleveland, Sept ember 5, 6, and 7,1968. The League's President, Berkeley G. Burrell of Waahington, D. C. announced that this year's con vention will be a "national PRICE: 20 Cents 2 of RAM Group Found Guilty by Supreme Court NEW YORK-Negro detec tive Edward Howlette was the key witness in the State "Su preme Court trial ending last Saturday in which two alledged members of the black militant Revolutionary Action Move ment Ram were found guilty of plotting to assassinate civil rights leader Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young. Herman Ferguson, 47, a school official and his co-de fendent, Arthur Harris, 22, were convicted by an all-whi; were convicted by an all-white jury, of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree. Howlette testified that he infiltrated a RAM subgroup organized by Ferguson and pre tended to aid the conspiracy to assassinate the two leaders. Both men were charged with plotting to kill Wilkins and Young, executive directors respectively of the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People (NAACP) and the National Ur ban League. The maximum penalty that could be imposed is seven years imprisonment. No date has been set for sentencing. PORTSMOUTH On July 1, Dr. James Holley 111 and Raymond Turner will be the first Negroes to assume City Council seats here since the turn of the century. various piece* of equipment for speech clinics with members of the faculty and administration, lira. M. B. Lucas is director workshop" on rebuilding and redeveloping the inner city in which a wide cross section of national leadership is invited to participate. A keynote speaker will be Mayor Carl B. Stokes who has organized the Cleveland Now pro gram. Corporations organizing joint ventures with "ghetto" entrepreneurs or locating plants in the inner city, govern ment and Federal agency re ———— UlLkL' I I 1 RMUHn I w &" BitV I JHIIP y>V-'^si ~ L ~~ r' : ' : ; R .. ; . , # FORD SUPERVISOR POINTS OUT DISPLAY _ Ardail Wil liams, a supervisor at the Ford Motor Company Pa vilion at HemisFair '6B in San Antonio, Texas points out a Ford display to visitors, Mr. and Mrs. Edward McNeil, 1062 Young Lawyer Pays S3OOO to 6a. Demos For Senate Filing Fee ATLANTA, Ga. Maynard Ha. Jackson, Jr., a 30-year old Negro lawyer of this city sur prised veteran political observ ers here last week when he unexpectedly filed to run against incumbent Senator Her man Talmadge for the U. S. Senate in the Georgia Primary set for September 11. No other Democrat sought to challenge Talmadge in the race. Jackson, a 1965 graduate of the North Carolina College Law School in Durham, walk ed into the Democratic Party's qualifying office less than one half hour before the 5 n.m. deadline and planked down 30 SIOO bills ($3,000.) for his filing fee. This is the Democra tic party's required amount for filing in a Senate race in Geor gia, the Republican fee is $2, 000. He was quoted as saying, '•'l have declared because this race reeds to be run. There are vital issues that need to be aired and decided by the people of Georgia, be and Dr. Marcus H. Boulware Is s Visiting Scholar conducting the institute. (NCC Photo) presentatives and franchisors are expected to attend a series of workshops with League members. Their aims are better utilization of community re sources and government pro grams and the creation of joint ventures/ between large and smaJt~t»usiness to economically develop the ghetto. The National Business Lea gue operates Project Outreach In 13 cities, a management See NBL page 8A Thornby Place, St. Louis, Mo. Behind the visitors are Ford Pavilion hostesses Georgia Cary, on the telephone, and Cynthia Thomas. At Hemis- Fair Mr. Williams supervises 15 hostesses and the Ford ex hibit which features a unique k m JACKSON cause the people of our state need a choice, a valid choice. I will have a formal statement to make within the very near future. Atty. Jackson, a native of Atlanta graduated from More house College in 1956 at the age of 18. He was admitted on a Ford Foundation early ad mission scholarship at the age of 14 immediately after he graduated from David T. Ho ward High School. Duke Scientist Says Farming Contributed to Ancestors Colors SAN FRANCISCO—Man de veloped into three distinctive colors mainly because the par ticular ancestors of these races were able to become success ful farmers, a Duke University scientist told a national meet ing here Tuesday. The fact that they were successful was an accident of location-they happened to find themselves in climatic and geo graphical circumstances that were conductive to farming and the development of com munity life, said Dr. John Buettner-Janusch. No Evidence Of Superior Virtue Among Any Of Races "There is no evidence o: superior virtue, mentality or tenacity" among any of the races, he added. Buettner - Janusch delivered the annual Herman Beerman lecture at the meeting of the Society for In"°stigative Der matology here. His topic was "Man's Place in Nature." A specialist in genetic an thropology, Buettner • Janusch is professor of anatomy and of zoology at Duke as well as head of the new Duke Primate Facility where he is conducting studies of evololution. Color Of Skin Not Consequential The color of skin, he said, "is not related to physiological or adaptive function of pig "movie-in-the-round," depict ing Ford Ford Pavilion visitors also en oy a novel orchestra that seems to "play" mariachi music, but the instruments are made en tirely of auto parts. He was admitted to the Georgia Bar, Jan. 12, 1965. He was staff attorney tor the National Labor Relations Board for three years (until Aug. 25, 1967). Since that time he has been in private practice. Attorney Jackson is the son of Dr. Irene Jackson, Chairman. Department of Romance Lan guages, Nqrth Carolina College. He is the nephew of Mrs. Jose phine Clement of Durham and of opera singer Mattawilda Dobbs. He is a member of Friend ship Baptist Church which was pastored by his father until his death in 1953. His great-great grandfather, Andrew Jackson, was the founder of Wheat Street Baptist Church. He is the grandson of the late John Wesley Dobbs who was the grandmaster of the Masonic order for the State of Georgia. Thi worldwide printing In dustry turns out 2,000 page« o r hooks, newspapers, p?riod itasi and report* every 60 seconds. mentation. It is the conse quence of the invention and development of man." "I reject the notion that there are traits upon which natural selection does not work," he added. He suggested that the de velopment of the human species and its color variation came about in this manner: Perhaps 100,000 years ago when man -roamed the planet, there were many gradations of color. These hues came about through adaptation to local climatic conditions such as temperature and amount of sunlight. Influence Of Agriculture On Man About 25,000 years ago. cer tain groups of men found themselves in locations favor able to agriculture-around suit able rivers and river basins and in areas where wild edible crops were plentiful. These groups began to settle in these areas and to develop communi ties. Community fife gave them advantages over their wander ing counterparts and they be gan to reproduce at a for greater rate. These groups .v-rc able to dominate and t sur vive and they were thf ances tors of the primary racial stocks that we know today.
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