Saturday, October 19,1968
Section B—6 Pages
VOUR PICTURE-NEWS WEEKLY
Floyd Mckissick Plans End To Negro
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BREADBASKET. A4P SIGN
PACT Four-thousand SCLC-
Operation Breadbasket volun
teers celebrated a "victory"
this past Saturday with the
signing of a new agreement
with the A&P food chain which
ended a 14-week boycott of the
world's largest food chain.
Shown signing the agreement
are Earl E. Poyner, General
Superintendent of the Chicago
Leontyne Price in Concert at N.C. Stale Univ.
RALEIGH Metropolitan
Opera star Leontyne Price will
appear at the second Friends
of the College concert of the
season October 22 and 25 at
8 p.m. in Reynolds Coliseum at
N. C. State University.
The well-known young so
prana made her debut at the
Met in 1961 as Leonora in □
Trovatore to a 42-minute ova
tion—the most prolonged dem
onstration of enthusiasm ever
witnessed at the Met.
She was presented in seven
different roles during this first
year at the Met.
Her career actually began
nine years earlier in 1952,
when she made her Paris debut
at the International Arts Festi
val.
A year later, she appeared as
Bess in Porgy and Bess in Vi
enna, Berlin and Paris under
the auspices of the 20th Cen
tury Music Conference in Rome.
In 1955, she appeared with
the NBC Opera Company on
television for the first time,
singing the title role in Tosca.
She has since performed at
the Salzburg Festival, La Scala
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HONORED AT CALENDAR
TEA— William Carter, Morgan
town, North Carolina native,
was honored last month at the
annual Calendar Tea by the
Greenwich Connecticut Branch
Churchman Calls for Change Toward Negroes
NEW YORK—The Christian
Church cannot expect to sur
vive the present period of
world crisis without a radical
change in its relationships with
Black Christians and the whole
black community, a noted theo
logians says In the current
issue of Church and Metropo-
The Rev. Dr. Gsyraud S.
Wilmore, Jr., chairman of the
United Presbyterian Division
of Church and Race, makes the
point in an article ° n *b«
Case for a New Black Church
Unit of A&P and Rev. Jesse L.
Jackson, National Director of
SCLC's Operation Breadbasket.
Shown watching the signing
are 0- to r.). The Rev. Mrs.
Willie Barrow, Dir. of Opera
tion Breadbasket's Women's
Division; The Rev. Henry Har
dy, Breadbasket minister and
pastor of Cosmopolitan Com
munity Church; Sammy Davis,
Opera and Teatro dell' Opera
in Rome. She has appeared
with the Vienna Philharmonic,
Boston Symphony, Philadelphia
Orchestra and the Chicago
Symphony. *•
Just this year, she appeared
at the Paris Opera for the first
time.
Honors and awards have been
heaped on this talented star
since the beginning of her ex
citing career..
The high spot of her rise to
the top came on opening night
of the new Metropolitan Opera
House, Sept. 16, 1966, when
she premiered the role of Cleo
patra in Samuel Barber's new
opera Antony and Cleopatra.
She has received the Presi
dential Medal of Freedom, and
was elected Fellow,- in the
American Academy of Arts and
Sciences.
She holds honorary docto
rates from Howard University
and Dartmouth College.
She has received an even
dozen Grammy Awards from
the National Academy of Re
cording Arts and Sciences, and
has been voted Musician of the
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, for his hard work as a
member of the Greenwich
NAACP Branch ard many other
civic and social organizations.
Style," His discussion of what
Black power means to Mack
churchmen—and to black and
white churches—appears in the
fall issue of the magazine, pub
lished quarterly by the Joint
Strategy and Action Committee
There is an urgent need for
new styles of black-white re
lationships within the church,
Dr. Wilmore says, adding:
"Black church men in pre
dominantly white denomina
tions know well that the real
question is not whether these
churches can become truly in
Che Cimigg
Jr.; The Rev. Clay Evans,
Breadbasket "Convenor" and
pastor of Fellowship Baptist
Church; William Watson, newly
appointed Assistant to the Di
rector of Personnel,'A&P Co.;
and The Rev\ Calvfn S. Morris,
Associate Dir4stir'of Operation
Breadbasket.
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(SCLC Photo by Simon)
Year in annual polls of music
critics and editors across the
country.
' She was chosen for cover
stories for "Time" magazine
and 18 other international mag
azines.
Born in Laurel, Miss., Miss
Price played the piano at five
years of age, and later sang in
the Junior Church Choir. Her
goal was to become a music
teacher.
While a student at- Central
State College in Ohio, her sing
ing with the Glee Club attract
ed much deserved attention,
and upon graduation she was
offered a scholarship to study
at the famed Julliard School of
Music in New York City.
Her choice of selections for
the Raleigh concert includes
the works of Ravel, Stravinsky
and Rachmaninoff, as well as
"Aria—Care selve," from "Ata
lanta" by Handel and "Aria—
Vissi d'arte," from "Tosca" by
Puccini.
She will conclude the con
cert with a program of well
known spirituals.
(See picture, page 4B>
As chairman of the voter and
registration committee, he was
instrumental in enrolling sev
eral hundred new. registrants
on the books in Greenwich.
tegrated on Sunday morning,
but whether, in the next 28 to
50 years, these churches will
have any meaningful contaet
with black people at all!"
WHat is at stake, he writes,
is not merely integration, but
rather "the viability of the
Christian Church in the United
States—and perhaps in Western
Civilization. It is the question
of whether or not this church
can any longer encompass
within it the masses of non
white persons, who make up
the majority of the peoples of
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Plans Extension of Employment
To Ownership of Businesses
NEW YORK Floyd B. Mc-
Kissick, former National Direc
tor of CORE, announced re
cently at a Press Conference
in Harlem, that he is mobiliz
ing the required resources to
mount an effort, on a national
scale, to end the dependency
of Black people on the white
economy which has so long ex
ploited them and which con
tinues in many cases to force
Blacks to live in poverty and
economic bondage.
The impact of the new I
gram will be to extend the I
Civil Rights struggle beyond i
job training and equal employ- j
ment to ownemship—owner- J
ship and control of the busi- i
nesses which exist in and pt
the Black community, but not
presently for the benefit of
the Black community.
In his statement to the press,
McKissick said:
"The many promises by the j
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McKISSICK
white society to achieve equal
ity and economic freedom have
not materialized. The tokens
we have received have had the
effect of drops of water in the
sea."
Many of the promises of the
past have raised the hopes of
the Black man, but by and
large he is still in the eco
nomic bread line. What he has
received is intended to place
him and lull him into false
security. The result, however,
has been turmoil in our great
cities. Turmoil bred of frustra
tion and growing fury. What
has been done has been too
little, too slow and much too
late.
Many of the efforts may have
been sincere, but have not been
meaningful. Additional millions
poured into unplanned poverty
programs and welfare will not
solve the dilemma posed by
our ghettos. Billions of dollars
are required, but the nature
and control of the programs
are more important than press
releases about the amounts.
I feel that my best service
to the movement and to my
people can be rendered by
my full-time commitment to
Black economic independence.
The Black man and woman
will no longer be content to
eat leftovers in the kitchen.
We want to sit at our own
table and carve the financial
turkey with all its trimmings.
The Black man's sweat and
tears have fertilized this econ
omy. His blood has been shed
in many wars to protect it.
Even now, it is being expended
in a greater* proportionate ra
tio than any other group in
the world in Vietnam. Most of
the Black folk, as well as
white, still do not know what
they are fighting for. While
our Black brothers are fight
ing to save the white capitalist
society in Vietnam, we are go
ing to fight here at home to
create a strong Black society
for those fortunate enough to
return home. We are going to
create the economic tool* and
we will finish the job. The
the earth, without undergoing
radical changes in its under
standing of its purpose
It may be necessary for the
church to dismantle its organi
zational structures for mission
and to end "its basic conform
ity to European theological
traditions and Anglo-Saxon
styles of life and structures of
value," he declares.
Black man's only salvation is
through his own efforts.
All over the world the stug
gle is for economic power and
self-determination. This brings
respect to those who gain it.
Black people are fighting for
respect and dignity, not a
handout.
Throughout American his
tory, Black people have lived
in circumstances and condi
tions dictated by whites and
j we have been urged to sit by
I while white people fulfilled
j their promises to us. From
] slavery, we were promised
j freedom. That freedom became
| separate and unequal apait
theid. From segregation, we
were promised integration into
the life of affluent America.
That integration became grow
ing slum squaloi and violence.
The very to -existence of
Blacks and whiies in this so
ciety is being threatened. It is
my belief that the development
of Black Economic Power of
fers white America its last
chance to save the Republic.
If we are to exist together, it
will be as equais. Equality de
pends on Black control of its
own institution*.
This can be accomplished
only through the rapid growth
of Black corporate structures."
To coordinate and catalyze
the formation of Black busi
ness enterprises, I have formed
a new organization. It is known
as Floyd B. McKissick Enter
prises, Inc. It is a corporation
formed to create and distribute
profits to millions of Black
Americans. McKissick Enter
prises will be a national re
source center for Black indi
viduals and communities who
need assistance in developing
new business.
McKissick Enterprises is lo
cated in the heart of Harlem.
We are in operation and are
utilizing Black experts from all
levels of business and industry.
We are currently organizing
the following departments
within the Company:
A. Capital Resources
B. Training Resources
C. Management Resources
D. Technical Resources
E. Planning Resources
F. Real Estate
Each of the Departments will
be manned by knowledgeable
and expert staff and will be
supported by a panel of con
sultants who will represent the
highest achievements in their
respective areas.
In addition to providing as
sistance to other companies,
McKissick Enterprises will in
vest directly in the formation
of new companies, some of
which will be so constructed
that ownership will be eventu
ally transferred to local per
sons.
Much of the capital for our
undertakings will be forthcom
ing from white financial insti
tutions and business corpora
tions. The success of our en
deavors is dependent, however,
on the efforts and toil of Black
people—the same Blacks who
have loyally contributed to the
strength of this nation, and
who spend over 40 billion dol
lars each year, but who realize
little economic return. The
Black man will no longer be
a beggar, but a borrower.
If a Black man has no bread
in his pocket—the solution to
his problem is not integration;
it's to get some bread. Real
simple—that's what McKissick
Enterprises is all about."
Mr. McKissick also an
nounced that McKissick Enter
prises has formed its first new
sompany. Von Blanie-McKissick
and Associates, is a public re
lations firm which has already
secured several accounts since
its formation. This new firm
will attempt to penetrate all
segments of the economy to
keep Black people informed of
products and programs and
will develop programs for busi
nesses which are intended to
assist In the inclusion of Black
people in the benefits of em
ployment and sales.
Lloyd Von Blaine, former
co-owner of Franks Restaurant,
and former Vice President of
Dawson and Royal, Inc., is serv
ing as President of the new
firm.
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ics and Farmers Bank, Dur
ham, and toastmaster of the
With North Carolinians in the Service
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BADGETT
Airman Henry E. Badgett,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
E. Badgett of Rt. 1, Reidsville,
has completed basic training at
Lackland AFB, Tex. He is now
assigned as a plumber with a
unit of the Strategic Air Com
mand at Ellsworth AFB, S. D.
Airman Badget is a 1967 grad
uate of Caswell County High
School, Yanceyville. .
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COL. WILLIAMS AND HENRY SKINNER, JR.
Sergeant Henry V. Skinner,
Jr. (right), son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry V. Skinner, Sr., of 707
S. Martin St., Eliiabeth City,
receives the U. S. Air Force
Commendation Medal at Bien
Hoa AB, Vietnam, from Colon
el William I. Williams, his
squadron commander. Sergeant
Lung Cancer,
Smoking Linked
t TOKYO -The National
Cancer Center reported Sun
day its two-year sur
very of 265,1)8 adults
picked at random show-
News of Sports World
State, National And LocaJ
National Bankers Association
annual convention banquet,
gives short history of NBA and
introduces main speaker, How
SANDERS
Airman Kenneth L. Sanders,
son of Mrs. Lillie B. Sanders
of 1101 Oberlin Road, Raleigh,
has completed basic training at
Lackland AFB, Tek. He has
been assigned to the Air Force
Technical Training Center at
Keesler AFB, Miss., for spe
cialized school as an adminis
trative specialist. Airman San
ders is a 1968 graduate of N.
B. Broughton High School.
Skinner, an administrative spe
cialist, was decorated for his
outstanding duty performance
at Bien Hoa. He is assigned to
a unit of the Pacific Air Forces.
The sergeant was graduated in
1965 from P. W. Moore High
School.
Ed those who smoke more than
50 cigarettes a day are 28
times more likely to die of
lung cancer than non-smokers.
The center said its findings
also showed that those who
smoke between 25 to 50
cigarettes a day are 7.5 times
more liable to die of lung
cancer.
PRICE: 2K
ard J. Samuels, Administrator
of Small Business Administra
tion.
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JACOBS
Airman First Class Frank
Jacobs, Jr., of 1216 Moreland
Ave., of Durham, has been rec
ognized for helping his unit
earn top honors as the best
maintenance organization i n
the U.S. Air Force.
Airman Jacobs, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jacobs, Sr., is
an electrical power specialist
in the First Mobile Communi
cations Group that provides
emergency communications and
air traffic control facilities for
Vietnam, Korea and a vast Pa
cific area.
The Air Force Communica
tions service unit, headquarter
ed at Clark AB, Philippines,
was selected for the annual Air
Force-wide award for effective
management of maintenance
facilities, personnel and mate
rials plus accomplishments and
achievements in these areas.
The airman, a 1964 graduate
of Hillside High School, at
tended North Carolina College
Hiss wife is the former Maggie
L. Walker.
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Marine First Lieutenant Wil
liam H. Earp, 24, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. P. Earp of 2313
Albany St., Durham, was pro
moted to his present rank
while serving with Jifarine
Heavy Helicopter Squadron
463.
His promotion was based on
time in service and rank, mili
tary appearance, and his know
ledge OT selected military sub
jects.
His squadron is a unit of the
First Marine Aircraft Wing, the
air arm of the Third Marine
Amphibious Force in the five
northernmost province! of So.
Vietnam.