Palmer Charges Black Teachers Being
Dismissed Enmasse U
%ht €t mm
VOLUME 46 No. 25 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1969
Files Suit Against N.J. Jury
Officials For Discrimination
Expect 2000 at
NAACP Meet
In Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. - The
2,000 delegates scheduled to
attend the 60th anniversary
convention of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People here,
June 30 - July 5, will not
only provide an audience for
outstanding speakers but will
also be active participants in a
series of workshop sessions
devoted to important current
issues.
These sessions are devoted
to such educational topics as
The Role of Government in
Civil Rights, Schools in Crises,
The Afro-American Experi
ence, Jobs for Everyone, and
Meeting the Need Shelter.
Following presentation of the
subjects by a panel of experts, -
the floor is opened for ques
tions from the floor and Id ,
exchange of views by delegate*. '
Other work sessions of the
six-day convention will be
devoted to such organizational
activities as branch problems,
membership and fund raising,
youth work, and leadership
development. There will be
business sessions for purposes
of organization, nomination of
regional candidates for the
Board of Directors, and for
consideration of resolutions
and internal matters.
All in all, it will be a busy
week for the 2,000 delegates.
Agricultural
Hall of Fame
Honors Carver
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
Dr. George Washington Carver,
the scientist noted for his work
in soil science, chemistry, bo
tany and conservation, has
been named to the Agricultural
Hall of Fame with George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
Cyrus McCormick and Justin
Smith Morrill. They are the
first to be honored by the na
tional agricultural memorial at
Bonner Springs, Kan., near
Kansas City.
Dr. Cwer, who was head
of the Agriculture new pro
ducts that could be grown
locally, working especially
with peanuts and sweet pota
toes. A plaque honoring Dr.
Carver was presented to the
U. S. Department of Agricub
ture in 1966 by the Canrfr
Commemoration Committee.
While the five men are
noted for other contributions
to American history, their
selection by the Hall of Fame's
board of directors was for their
alone. For example, George
Washington, who had 12,000
acres of land under his control
at the age of 40, successfully
demonstrated that farmers
could be self-sufficient and in
dependent of foreign markets.
Jefferson was noted for his
(See HONORS 2A)
BOOKER
N. C. M. Names New Managers
For Fayetteville; Roanoke, Va.
„ I company sales projects.
William A. Clement, CLU,
agency vice president of North
Carolina Mutual Life Iterance
Company announces the ap
pointment of 2 new district
managers to the NCM agency;
Cothe Booker and Jacob Lewis,
Jr.
Bothe Booker, new manager
on the Fayettevtlle district
began his career with North
Carolina Mutual in 1940 as a
detached agent in Statesville,
North Carolina. In June of
1958 he graduated from the
Life Underwriter Training
Council and was promoted to
Staff Manager on the Winston-
Salem district in 1960. He was
a member of the Home Office
Staff Managers' Class of 1961
and has been a winner in many
Automobile Firm Defendants In
Wage-Hour Suit U.S.
WINSTON-SALEM— Motor
Supply, Inc.; Rowan Auto
Farts, Inc.; and Davie Auto
Parts have been named defend
ants In a Fair Labor Standards
Act (FLSA) suit filed in U.S.
District Court by Secretary of
Labor George P. Shultz.
The complaint alleges the
defendants are in violation of
the overtime-pay and record
keeping provisions of the Act.
It is fiirther alleged that the
defendants are in violation of
the child labor provisions of
the FLSA by employing minor
under the age of 18 years in
the hazardous occupations of
motor vehicle driver and helper.
The action asserts defend
ants' employees are covered
by the FLSA because they are
engaged in commerce or in the
production of goods for com
merce and are employed by an
enterprise whose annual gross
volume of sales Is not less than
$1,000,000.
The suit seeks a judgment
NEGRO MAYOR
FOR LOUISIANA
GRAND COTEAU. La.
John Bobb Jr., first Negro to
win the mayor's seat in a bl
racial Louisiana town since
Reconstruction, was sworn in
June 12.
The council of Grand Coteau,
whict, has a population of
about 1,100, is composed of
three Negroes and two whjtes.
ifi
LEWIS
Jacob Lewis, Jr., a native of
Fuquay Springs, North Caro
lina, has been employed by
North Carolina .Mutual since
1959 at which time he began
'on V building debit in Roanoke,
Virginia. A President's Cruise
Winner in 1961, he was pro
moted to Special Agent in
1962 and made Staff Manager
on the Roanoke district later
that same year.
Booker replaces N. L.
Donaghue as Manager in Fay
etteville and Lewis succeeds
Frank R. Edwards as Manager
of the Roanoke district.
Edwards was transferred to
Goldsboro, North Carolina to
assume the duties of Harold R.
Davis upon his promotion to
Assistant Agency Director.
automobile parts, accessories,
supplies and service station
equipment and in the ware
housing, sale, and distribution
of atuomobile parts.
Labon F. Chappell, super
visor of the U. S. Labor De
partment's Wage and Hour and
Public Contracts Divisions
field office at 324 Market St.,
Greensboro, 27402, said litiga
tion resulted from an investi
gation by his staff.
1 jo fi
■l
Hp X Hp H^vSS^B^
Hil *®F
I HpliM J L_
lb > .*.
THE NEWCOMERS CLUB of
the Research Triangle Park
area recently presented Miss
Kacellia Beamon (center) a
graduate of Hillside High
PRICE: 20 Cents
Citizens Of
Atlantic City
Bring Action
NEW YORK, N.Y. -The
NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc., with
its successful record of attacks
on southern jury discrimina
tion, filed suit today against
jury officials in New Jersey.
On behalf of Negro resi
dents of Atlantic City, the
Legal Defense Fund brought
suit against jury commissioners,
the sheriff and board of elec
tion officials of Atlantic Coun
ty, charging them with delibe
rate and systematic exclusion
of qualified Negroes from petit
and grand juries.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs,
James N. Finney of LDF and
Patrick MeGhan of Atlantic
City, point out that the per
cent of Atlantic County's pop
ulation is black and qualified
for jury duty, Despite this fact,
the names of only a very small
number of them have been
placed on the county's jury
rolls, the attorneys say.
Negroes, they say, have
been omitted from the jury
rolls because of the following
major reasons.
* deliberate and systematic
exclusion by defendants of
Negro citiznes within the coun
ty because of race.
* deliberate and systematic
(See FILES page 2A)
enjoining and restraining the
violations alleged, including
the restraining of any with
holding of payment of over
time pay found by the court
to be due employees under the
Act.
The defendants have places
of business at Mt. Airy, Surry
County; Salisbury, Rowan
County; and Mocksville, Davie
County, where they are en
gaged in the wholesale sale of
School with a scholarship for
the first semester at North Car
olina College for the school
year 1969-70. From left to
right are members of the schol
I I
I m Jl 47 9
B. \HI ;/ j 9 ill ■«
/J JH Hk
A -*■ vp w
LT
Bk 11 j .
R|l
: - ' I r t M
;;; tIPw-X >^|
p r '. Jr > mm^mt/KKtum
FIRST CLASS MALES —Post
master General Win ton M.
Blount (center) meets Messrs.
Berkeley G. Burrell (left) and
Charles T. Williams in New
York at the recent Job Film
Fair the first international film
workshop dealing with jobs,
job training and the ghetto.
The Postmaster General was
Jenkins Resigns
Georgia's Albany State College
ALBANY, Ga.—Dr. Thomas
Miller Jenkins, 11, president of
Albany (Ga.) State College,
announced his resignation as
head of the South Georgia
institution, effective as of
A 'gust 31.
The announcement was offi
cially made here in a prepared
; Thursday afternoon
released concurrently with the
announcement by the Board of
Regents and the University
System of Georgia that Dr.
Jenkins, who has been presi
dent of Albany State College
since July, 1965, will assume
a new position working at
Georgia State College and with
the Board of Regents.
Jenkins, a 44-year old native
of Hot Springs, Va., will serve
as executive assistant to the
president of Georgia State Col
lege and assigned by the Office
of the Chancellor of the Univer
sity System of Georgia the
specific duty of developing the
community college of Atlanta.
In announcing his resigna
tion after four years in guiding
the 66-year old institution
through a period of enormous
growth and tremendous expan
sion in the instructional pro
gram and the physical plant,
Jenkins said, "It is with a deep
sense of regret that I announce
my resignation. It can be said
with absolute candor that I
have never had a job which I
have more thoroughly enjoyed.
As a matter of fact, I do not '
believe that there is a more I
rewarding position in the |
United States of America. •
During Jenkins' four years [
(See JENKINS page 2A)
arship committee; George Whit
ted, Jackson Mayo, chairman;
John Smith and David Whitted,
club's president.
toastmaster of the awards ban
quet, where the winning films
received awards named in hon
or of A. Philip Randolph, the
noted labor and civil rights
leader. Williams, board chair
man of the National Business
League, presented one of the
"Randy" awards. Burrell, presi
dent of the NBL, *.vas honored
Meharry Names Dr. Armstrong
Of Rocky Mf. Alumnus of Year
NASHVILLE- Dr. W. T.
Armstrong of Rocky Mount,
N. C., last night was named
Alumnus-of-the-Year by the
Meharry Medical College Alum
ni Association.
Armstrong, a 1944 graduate
of Meharry's School of Medi
cine, celebrated his 25th class
reunion yesterday and
was presented a plaque at the
Annual Alumni Banquet held
on the Meharry campus.
Armstrong received the
award for demonstrating excel
lence in the art and practice of
the health sciences.
A native of Rocky Mount,
Armstrong is chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the Na
tional Medical Association of
which another Meharry alum
nus is president, Dr. James
Whittico.
Armstrong is serving his
second five-year term on the
A&H Cleaners of F
Hold Grand Opening New Bldg.
FAYETTEVILLE - A&H
Cleaners, Incorporated will
hold its grand opening Satur
day, June 28, President Marion
R. Harris announced today.
The memento us occasion
will commence a 2:00 p.m. and
is opened to the general public.
This event is no ordinary
opening for it will, hopefully,
culminate more than a year of
personal threats, harassments,
cross burnings and finally com
plete destruction of the clean
ing establishment.
A&H Cleaners was destroy
ed by arson in June 1968
shortly after the owners,
Marion R. Harris and his wife,
had successfully submitted a
bid for the primary laundry
and cleaning contract at Fort
Bragg, the largest military
installation in the world.
The contract is for a two
year period with an option for
renewal up to fhre years and
conservmthre estimates put the
gross income (yearly) near a
half million dollars.
In an effort to.rebuild the
business so that he could con
tinue the contract agreement,
Hards tried to secure financial
assistance locally but was un-
(See CLEANERS page 2A)
with a special award for his
long and distinguished service
to Black entrepreneurship. The
Jo b Film Fair was sponsored
by the American Foundation
on Automation and Employ
ment, headed by Theodore W.
Kheel, the well-known labor
mediator.
i's : i
fcp-
H
B» ifl
DR. ARMSTRONG
Hospital Advisory Committee
of the North Carolina Medical
Care Commission. He also
serves on the Youth Fitness
Commission of North Carolina.
Presently a member of the
(See ALUMNUS page 2A)
Retired President of N.C.Mutual
Celebrates 80 Birthday Jun. 15
By L. B. Frasier
Sunday, June 15 marked
the 80th birthday of William
Jesse Kennedy, Jr. This re
markable man will be 80
years young because age is
reflected more in one's spirit
and philosophy than in the
chronological progression of
the years.
At 80 "W. J., M as he is
affectionately known, is
sound of body and mind and
is still actively involved in a
myriad of activity. However,
his principal concerns are his
church and the John Avery
Boy's Club of Durham. When
asked what his longevity
might be attributed to, he
responded that he would hesi
tate to be unequivocal in
such a statement. However,
he felt that moderation
would certainly be a factor
but more important, perhaps,
than that is having a compel
ling interest outside of him
self.
"W. J.V unselfish service
to others has been indeed a
Two Counties
Accused By
NCTA Sect y
By E. B. Palmer
Recent development* in
two (2) of North Cvotku'f
counties point up the contin
ued elimination of black educa
tors en masse as schools step
up their desegregation plus.
In Warren County, 6-10 black
educators have been rumored
to have been dismissed without
just cause for the 1969-70
school year. Letters m beta aba
ting this rumor have been
reported to the office of the
executive secretary of The
North Carolina Teachers Asso
ciation by six (6) of the dis
missed persons. The letters all
read in brief:
Your contract for the 1969-
70 school year has been termi
nated by the Board of Educa
tion of the Warren County
School System on the grounds
that their performance was not
satisfactory as reported by
your principal. It may be that
we will be able to use you in
another situation next year.
We would be happy to assist
you in getting placed in ano
ther system."
All of the Negro teachers
displaced were working under
white principals. One of the
teachers read her letter to her
class and the class was aston
ished and angered. The dass
wrote a letter to the super
intendent stating their support
of the teacher and saving, "she
was the best teacher they had
ever had, and, that they wanted
her back next year." Most of
the students wen white.
When the teachar aaked
the white principal about his
evaluation of her performance
and his recommendation of
her, he replied, "that she had
done outstanding work and he
had recommended her re-em
ployment and would stand by
it." The report further indi
cates, that the white principal
has since been fired.
In Franklin County thirteen
(13) black teachers and one
(1) black principal hate been
fired. The letter terminating
their contract for the 1969-70
school year simply read, "your
employment with the Franklin
County School System is being
terminated, effective immedi
ately under Public School LAW
GA 115-142." All thirteen (IS)
(See PALMER page lAJ
. *IKI
IIT V
hallmark of his career. Apart
from his hiuin— Uf« he hat
given generously of hit time,
talent, and subtance to hfc
church and community. Ha b
a trustee of White Rock Bap
tist Church of DurlMua aad
has served at teacher of the
A M Moor* Bible Ckm for
almost 50 yean. Ifc has baaa
the guiding and moefag fana
(See RITIRIO pe«a SA)