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Negro Clergyfnen 'mzpudiale Jackson's Endorsement Nixon Court Decision Durhamite Vs Housing Authority Awaited jj Iv .jj Vf Vk - zUfl Hr jfl Bk iJB 4H - Bh jM ■ PIL feffifc"'- #IH/I TOUR Of WATTS—Black Vot ers will turn out in unprede dented numbers for Vice-Pres. Humphrey on election day, Md.'s State Senator Clarence Mitchell, HI (far right) predict ed as he accompanied the Vice- President on a tour of the Watts' Cooperative Farm in California. Black Americans Su Appeal To Senator 30 PROMINENT LEADERS URGED ENDORSEMENT NEW YORK - A group of prominent black Americans made a successful appeal to Senator McCarthy to endorse Vice President Hubert Hum phrey for the Preaidency of the United States, it was an nounced recently, by Bayard Rustin, Executive Director of the A. Philip Randolph Insti tute. m* statement signed by 30 Negro chrti light* and political leaders which appeared as a full page advertisement In the October 26th edition of the New York Times, assert* that, "The next President will have the power to turn back the dock. He may chose as many as Ave Supreme Court Justices, and thus determine the charac ter of the Court and its deci sions for the remainder of this century. He will name an attor ney General and head of the Civil Rights Commission, and will determine the policies they follow for at least four years. (See "LIAOKRS 2A) ■■■■■■ ■ fcjfl Hgflfl I ML PASTOR HONORID— The Oak Grove Freewill Baptist Church family honored its pastor, Rev. Z. D. Harris and wife, Sunday night, October 27, on the ninth anniversary of Rev. Harris' pastorate, with a love offering of 91600. The anniversary pre sentation was made by Alphon sa Reeves, chairman of the anniversary celebration. Rev. WIK MOV 5 TUESDAY, NOV. SIS YOUR DAY OF DISTIMY m[ NOV . 5 wUlt ni/Wm J a Voteless People Is A Hopeless People' By the'r large and enthusi astic attendance at campaign rallies across the nation, black citizens show that they know that this election is the most dangerous in our history and must go all-out to keep Wal lace, Nixon or Agnew out of the White House, Senator Mit chell reported. Speaker at Black Solidarity Meet Assails White Leaders The Black Solidarity move ment was hailed as an example 1 of leadership in Durham, and persons attending the weekly mass meeting Sunday night were told that the selective buying campaign is going well. Nathan T. Garrett gave the main address to a crowd of several hundred persons at Mt. Gilead Baptist tAurch. Garrett who is director of the Founda tion for Community Develop ment, spoke on the topic of "Leadership." Before Garrett's talk, a spokesman for the Black Soli darity comrffttt.ee reported that word from the Durham Mer chants' Association indicates that sales at the stores being 700 Clergy/LaityExpected At Annual Meet Of National Negro Churchmen Harris is shown in the picture ] with a money crown on his i head standing next to his wife 1 with a money apron. Others in i the picture from left to right • are: Mrs. Alease Walker, Mrs. Willard McKeithan, Mrs, Mamie Pulley who were successful in helping to put the drive over. At the right of Chairman Reeves is Theodore Overby, "Vice-Pres. Humphrey has been greatly encouraged by our tributes and the fact that we remember *' his courageous leadership and all that he hai done for our civil rights and our children's freedom. We can win, but we must push to get every soul brother to the polls," Sen. Mitchell warned. I GARRETT boycotted are down anywhere from 50 to 70 per cent. (See GARRETT 2A) preacher's steward. Not shown in the picture is Mrs. O'Daniel Williams, one of the drive workers. LOS ANGELES —i The Rev. Ralph D. AbernaAy said Friday he prefers Hubert 1 Humphrey as a presidential candidate, but (topped short of giving the vice president an outright endorsement. Cfec ffimr s VOLUME 45 No. 42 Five Negro Youths Given 12 Years For Burning KKK Hut Harsh Verdict Opposed by Many Citizens SMITHFIBLD Judge Wil liam Y. Bickett of Raleigh sen tenced five Negro youths to twelve years prison terms each, after the youths admitted they had participated in the burning of the Ku Klux Ean hut at Benson on April 8. Judge Bickett commented that the courts must assume the responsibility of stopping people from damaging and de stroying the property of others. He stated, "the only way to do that is to punish them." Pleading guilty to the charge of arson were Leo Stewart, Jr., 17; Frederick Donnell Locka. may, 16; Jesse Jones, Jr., 20; Debois Scott Gathers, 18; and Percy Valle Barfield, 17, all reside at Benson. The prison sentences of 12 years each for the burning of the KKK hut is believed to be the heaviest ever handed out for such an offense in which no lives were involved. The hut is reported to have beetv Un occupied at the time of the burning. In spite of Judge Bickett's efforts to justify his overt dis play of judicial discrimination there was much widespread criticism of the heavy sen | tences handed the five young men, including several editorial comments from newspapers of (See YOUTHS 2A) NEW YORK - The Na tional Committee of Negro Churchmen, a black ecumeni cal power group of some 700 clergy and laity, will hold its second annual convocation in St. Louis, Mo., October 29- November 1. Headquarters for the gathering will be the Gate way Hotel. For two days prior to the meeting, black caucuses from major denominations will hold separate conferences to work out strategies and priorities for the formation of a stronger black alliance within the Chris tian Church. According to NCNC presi dent Bishop Herbert BeU Shaw of Wilmington, "It is important for the life of the total church that the experience of the Afro-American theologian be come a more vital part of the mainstream of church life In the United States." The NCNC was formed in 1966 but was not formally organized until last November at a meeting in Dallas. Hie organisation Includes nearly every black church In America as weD as black, churchmen in most white denoiatnttiona. Chairman of the Board of Di (SM CLIROY 2A) DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1968 ml - MH * ' ■ i * 1H ». J|H ftK/jX ■ % PiVrnV \ ■ fl ■ I V cfl B||^£jg^M GETS EXCELSIOR AWARD— Roy Wilkins, executive direc tor of the NAACP, receiving the Excelsior Award for "signi ficant, unselfish service to mankind that bore witness to Leading Ministers Assail Pres. NBC-US Dr. Lionel Newsom Speaker for NCC Founder's Day Observance DURHAM - Dr. Lionel Newsom, president-elect of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, will be the princi pal speaker for North Caro lina College's 21st observance of Founder's Day, Monday, November 4. Dr. Newsom will speak at the formal program In B. N. Duke Auditorium at 11 a.m. At the same program, the col lege's new student union build ing will be dedicated as the Al fonso Elder Student Union, in honor of Dr. Elder, second president of the college. Hie "Truth and Service" ceremony, in which represen tatives of the students, teculty, and alumni dedicate themselves to the principals of the late EDITORIALLY SPEAKING NOVEMBER 5, A DAY OF DESTINY Not since the Emancipation Pro clamation was issued over the one hundred years ago have the Negro people of these United States been faced with a situation involving so much for themselves, this nation and probably the very survival of mankind on this earth, as that which faces them in the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5. Because there is so much at stake in the election of next Tuesday and because it now appears that the mar gin of victory for Hubert H. Humphrey will be so close, who knows but what the Negro vote will decide the elec- NAACP Attys. Seek Reversal Eviction Qrder and advanced the concept of all men as brothers." Flanking Mr. Wilkins are The Rev. Vic tor R. Yanitelli and Thomas J. Walsh, president and chairman of board of regents, respect DR. NEWSOM Dr. James E. Shepard, founder of the college, will also be a part of the 11 a.m. program. (See NEWSOM 2A) tion of the next president of this na tion "for such a time as this?" It therefore is encumbered upon every Negro who is registered to let nothing stand in his way on November 5 in go ing to the polls and casting his ballot for Hubert H. Humphrey, who in his bid for the office of president, has un equivocably declared among many other things that: "I am concerned about guns in the hands of men, but I em more con cerned about atomic bombs and long range missies in the hends ot nations. 1 want to end the world See EDITORIAL page 2 PRICE: 20 Cents ively of St. Peter's College, Jersey City, N. J., which pre sented the award. Ceremonies were held at the Hotel Plaza, New York City, October 22. v WASHINGTON D. C. - Leading Negro ministers, in cluding both Republicans and Democrats, assailed Dr. Joseph H. Jackson, president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, this week for his endorse ment of Richard Nixon for President. Hie Rev. Sandy Ray, vice president of the NBC-USA, and a leading Republican in Brook lyn, N. Y., said Dr. Jackson's action was not authorized or approved by the convention and he indicated an investi gation may be called by the church. The Rev. Wyatt T. Walker, a new York paster and aide to Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, said Dr. Jackson's endorsement was proof "that Nixon couldn't be the man for us." "If the cat was not already out of the bag about Nixon's posture as it relates to black (See MINISTERS 2A) WASHINGTON - The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is representing a Durham moth er who received a 16-day evic tion notice from a low- income housing project but was not told why she was being evicted and was refused a hearing by the Authority. The case, which is being heard by the U. S. Supreme Court, is that of Mrs. Joyce C. Tliorpe. Mrs. TTiorpe and her family received their eviction notice from the McDougald Terrace project the day after she was elected president of the Parent's Club, a tenant organization. LDF associate counsel, Jamei M. Nabrit in, will argue today and tomorrow (October 22-23) that : Mrs. Thorpe was denied due process of the law by her eviction from state and federal ly supported low-income hous ing since no procedures existed to tell her the reason for evic tion, or give her a hearing to contest the eviction. The Durham Housing Au thority may not evict Mrs. Thorpe arbitratily and thus deny her "the benefits of its program for low-income fami lies." Mrs. Thorpe was entitled to a notice of the reason her low income housing benefits were cancelled. "Notice of the rea sons for proposed government- (See COURT 2A) Dr. Benj. Mays Honoree at N. C. Mutual Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, president-emeritus of More house College was the princi pal speaker and recipient of the Merrick-Moore-Spaulding National Achievement Award at the Fourth Annual Foun ders' Day observance of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, Monday, October 21, 1968. Internationally known for his activities in scholarship, education, religion and human relationship, Dr. Mays spoke on the subject "Let Us Not Integrate Ourselves Out Of Ex istence." During his speech he called for the realization that: "Negroes must not be swept off their feet by the glamour of an integrated society... a desegregated society, and even tually an integrated society, does not necessarily rid the white man of the superiority complex, nor the Negro of the inferiority complex." He reminded the audience that though Negroes may enjoy some of the benefits which accrue to integration that he can "still move only on the periphery of the mainstream of American life, and still be discriminated against in an open society." He advocated that desegregation may render a disservice to the nation if it means a one-way traffic, al ways moving from black to white and never from white to black. "If Negroes an seek ing identity, let us Identify ourselves more and more with (See MAYS 2AJ
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