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2A I—THE CAROUNA TIMES SATURDAY, JANUARY SI 1970 Northern High School Choir Speaks Out All intelligent and upright citizens of Durham will appreciate to the highest degree the statement made and released to the public by the members of the Concert Choir of the Northern High School concerning the event which occurred at the Cross daile Country Club last week at an affair given by the Beta Kappa Chap ter of Delta Kappa Gamma The statement, signed by all mem bers of the Northern High School Concert Choir who were involved in the Croasdaile Country Club incident, was issued this week to the press and the general public. The stand taken by the choir will probably not meet the approval of the members of the Croasdaile Club, but it is our feeling it will meet the approval of every fairminded and decent citizen in Dur ham. Said the statement in part: "While we respect the right of private clubs to restrict membership to whomever they please, we feel that such ex treme action as this was uncalled for. We consider it a gross insult to those of us who are black, as well Unanswered Questions About Biafra The fall of Biafra was no surprise. It appeared that the intent of the federal forces was not necessarily the upholding of a political idea or terri torial claims, but rather the complete annihilation of a people. Destruction of a race can be accomplished by con tinually demoralizing them but this takes time. Apparently the only con sideration given time in the recent conflict was that little of it as possi ble be spent in bringing the seces sionist nation to its knees. Although the world has known of the 30 month conflict, the victory now won evidently was not attained by conventional military strategy. Or was it? Targets of war usually in clude industries producing arms, governmental complexes, transporta tion and communication centers. Did the strategists include genocide as a weapon? Civilians are not to be the prime targets of battle. Is genocide by-means-of starvation, in any way tolerable by rules the Geneva Con vention ? Reports show that the death toll of the Biafrans exceeded two million— most of whom were children and most of whom starved. Predictions are that 2 million more will die from malnutrition, injuries, exposure and disease How is it possible that wea- FACTS *y H »i NEGRO ' was mam"Ethiopia * SERIESOF* S^E^^Fusep : CARKENEP PBOPLEf eUT IT lSORttlN THE OFFER BECAUSE ME ® Auy AFRICAN —K-EFTJOPIAtfiO IS WISH TO LEAVE TUSKEGEE. •AFRICA* FROM---K-,AFRICA.iT>I»OP»A WAS A MIGHTY POWER WHEN THE !■———■ COUNTRYMEN OF HOMER ANP ARISTOTLE WERE FISHERMEN AND UVBH. IN HUTS- THE GREAT PV«AMJP OF EGVPT, BUILT gV BLACK KING CHEOPS, 19 OLPER THAN 6REEK CIVIUZATION BY g ( 9QO YEARS. as an affront to the entire Concert Choir. That anyone can believe that a person's color reflects anything on that person's character, general worthiness as a human being, or even his ability as a mutual performer is to us inconceivable. However, if pri vate clubs such as Croasdaile must persist in such archaic beliefs, we suggest that they use the necessary caution to assure that such ridicu lous confrontation as this not take place in the future " Appearing on this page of this week\s issue of The Carolina Times is a cartoon which we feel tells in a more forceful manner than we can say in words what we have been try ing to say in this editorial. Finally, we say to the members of the Croas daile Country Club, and all other persons of like mind in Durham that we will not surrender to any element of citizens in this country who will place above the rights of loyal Ameri can Negro oitizens communists and other enemies of this country so long as their skin is white. pons and ammunition were delivered and food, medicines could reach neith er the military nor the civilians in time to abate such a tragedy? What do the nations wtio supplied both sides with military equipment hope to gain at the cost of a race's de struction? What hideous set of hu man values guided nations in choos ing to help the federalists or the rebels ? What role did the U. N. play? (Following the fall of Biafra, U. N. representatives toured the conquered land). Did the U. S., long a champion of any struggling people, exert its hand? Why did some black militant groups in this country express sym pathy toward the Nigerian forces? Some of them have voiced the opin ion that now the federalists (Nigeri ans) and former secessionists can settle down to a peaceful coexist ance. This is paradoxical to say the least unless one final query is ex plored. Considering that the Ibo chil dren have been the chief victims and the conspicuous absence of young Ibo females as reported by newsmen on the scene, wfho will declare the fu ture generations of the once great cultural and proud Ibo tribesmen? *r,U ir Aivmr liTAvy lakh wwimu J Come in, Come in \ *S*OL* >u toST. ] Mr. Khrushchev, I / f)V(J /VK MEGROIS Me'te honored +o I rp.«; APJD co -=3 ro ej JBE It is not often that a group of well-educated, and distin guished people make a mis take as dangerous to the facade they carry around for the world as the one the members of the Croasdaile Country Club made recently. Prejudice and racial bias notwithstanding, the age is past when a group of people can just presumptously em barrass and belittle Black peo ple. It is father bewildering to try to fathom the lack of foresight in people who know ing their shortcomings do not take the time to check into the make-up of performance groups before inviting them. Just a few phone calls would have saved everyone involved a great deal of embarrassment. However, one is tempted to wonder if ignorance is not a folly unto itself. By now every intelligent white person has had an op portunity to see that Negroes are jflst people. We are not some cosmic off-shoot on the tree of evolution. We don't grow tails after twelve either. We are human beings with the same skills, aspirations, talents and abilities as other people. With this information available, I can but help wonder why would it come as a surprise to the White Anglo Saxon Pros testants at Croasdaile to see Black faces in the choral group from Northern High School As sickening and disheart ening as the incident is, I sin cerely hope Negroes do not place such significance upon it as to give it importance beyond its worth. Our viewpoint should be that we and all other enlightened people stand on a plane of intelligence so high that those wallowing in the nadir of ignorance cannot touch us. We should not stoop so low as to even consider retaliation, for people of this ilk are not worth it. If they wish to their heads like ostrichs in the sands of a darkened past, then let them. We as intelligent and consi derate humans will reject even the temptation to apply a well placed foot at the exposed end. It is hard for me to believe that even these people c*n allow such a drastic mistake to go unheeded. It is them re flectively suggested to the membership of the club in question that they issue a for mal statement, signed by all members, apologizing to the high school choral group and all sensitive citizens of Dur ham who see the incident as an affrontal to their efforts to maintain racial harmony. A failure to iane such a state ment on the part of th« Croasdaile group will probably cauae people to wonder if the tablecloths out there are white linen, and if the lamp shades • have eye holes. The View From Here By MILTON JORDAN, Times Staff Writer -Shaw (Continued from front page) In 1968, his own social fra ternity, Omega Psi Phi chose him "Omega Man of the Year." Murphy is a devoted mem ber of Saint Paul A. M. E. Church in Raleigh where ehe serves as President of the Layman's League, a member of the Board of Trustees and Senior Class instructor in that Sunday School. He was honored as "Tar Heel the Raleigh News and Observ er. -Board (Continued from front page) will include $1,480,000 for a women's dormitory (with au thorization approved by the General Assembly), SBOO,OOO for an athletic field (already authorized, with funds to come from non-tax sources), $300,- 000 for renovation of the in firmary, and SBO,OOO for a f His Own Received To the Editor: E. L Addison, journeys a long ways from home. He in tends to become a lawyer, de termines not to be a drop-out. But, the college door slams - shut in his face. Instead of be coming a lawyer, he winds-up getting 10 years in prison. By contrast, there was another young man who worked in a coal mine. One day he quit and walked more than 50 miles to a school in Virginia called Hampton. The New England white woman who ran the school said, "Let me see how well you can clean a class room." On investiga tion, she found the room so spotlessly clean - she told him, "I will admit you to the school." He graduated and taught at the same school. He received compensatory aid; Booker T Washington was given a chance. He became principal of Tuskegee Normal Institute in the State of Alabama. When he arrived, the institute con Published every Saturday at Durham, N.C. by United Publishers, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN, Publisher-Editor t Business Manager* own a Advertising Manager BERNARD AUSTIN Circulation Manager Second Class Postage Paid at Durhiam, N C 27702 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per year plus (15c tax in N.C.) anywhere in the U.S.*, and Canada and to servicemen Overseas; • Foreign, $7.50 per year, Single copy 20c Prinrinal Office Located at 436 E. Pettigrew Street, , Durham, North Carolina 27702 1 president's home. Also to be requested is a total of $84,000 for renovation and repairs. The 1973-75 request will total $2,744,100. A total of $2,155,000 will be requested l for the 1975-77 bi ennium. The largest project slated for that period is a sl,- 200,000 cafeteria. A 200-student men's dormitory is expected to cost $740,000. Renovations and repairs will total $215,000. The projection is contingent upon the board's right to make additions and corrections be fore each legislative session. -Bond (Continued from front page) fear of the Chicago police, an that Dellinger told him four days later in Atlanta, on the evening after Dr. King's fune ral "tjat violence official, plannejl violence—might erupt in Chicago because of the city's lack of cooperation in granting parade permits for the demon strators." Because of objections froi sisted of a small shanty, a rickety church building and about 31 students. This he de veloped to more than 100 buildings, over 1500 students, and a $3,000,000 endowment by 1915. It was one of the first schools for practical edu cation in America. People came from all over the world to study its system, and to build schools like it in their own countries. He was invited to dinner at the White House in Washington, by President Theodore Roosevelt. We cannot continue to re quest of other institutions, that which we are unwilling to do for ourselves. There must be something inherently wrong with any system that glorifies a standard at the expense of the human element. Condone lawlessness? No! Neither up hold the failure to provide compensatory aid - when needed. Frank George Sowell 1508 E. Pettigrew St. Durham, Jan. 9, 70 f "HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT FEAR" J J I FREEDOM IS PEACE "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you, not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be trou bled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27 Peace is the universal de sire of mankind. Without peace there is no freedom, without freedom there is no peace. But peace is difficult to aohieve. Not only is there the recurring problem of war, there is also the continuing problem of finding personal peace in a world that is not under your control. The Bible promises peace in the midst of life. It does not advocate self-isolation and V. S. Attorney Thomas Foran, the prosedutor, Bond was not permitted to testify about a speech he gave to Grant Park demonstrators during the don vention and a conversation he had with Chilago Mayor Rich ard Daley at the site of the convention. -Clergymen (Continued from front page) I am glad l that you Afro-Ameri cans are being resurrected from the dead." When I visited the university of the West In dies, a young student said to me: "When I was in New York last summer, I found the blac£ American clergymen are not so friendly." A young man from Ahmadabad, India was in my office here at 644 River sidle Drive, and he said to me: "I've contacted three clergmen here in New York City to give me an opportunity to speak, and they all turned me down." As he continued: "One said, he had his calendar full for the rest of 1970." Space will not aiiow me to continue with quotes from people here at home and from abroad. Sunday, January 11, I was at one of Atlanta's most out standing churches and the en tire sermon WPS just a social message without life or spirit. More than 30,000 black dope addicts in New York City alone. Does this bother these gentlemen? No. Do theSe gentlemen concern themselves about the refugees in Nigeria, Biafra and the rest of the world? No. As there are less white Evangelists going to Africa and Asia, are these gentlmen interested in filling the gap? No. Crime is grow ing ten times faster than the population. Most Afro-Ameri can clergymen are absolutely in darkness, or the Bible is the biggest fake of all times. It would take only an idiot to call the Bible a fake. I would like to recommend to Afro-Ameri can clergymen to either preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, or seek some other profession. Yours in Christ, Arthur Bradford --Excelsior (Continued from front page) dell N. Brooks Staff members working with Executive Secre tary-Treasurer Nathaniel Bar ber are Mrs. Gladys F. Jackson, director of collections, James N. Duff, bookkeeper and Mrs. Lelia G. Massey, teller. Mrs. Jackson was presented a silver "iFVDU DON'T WEAR A HAT TONIGHT, YOUIL GET CHILLED TO THE BONE /" c**v-r//vn.AmA4„ /-a*Te~**s- ——— . indifference. For the peace it promises is not something we accept, peace is God's gift. In Jesus Christ the barriers between man and God and be tween man and man have been removed. The possibility for good relationships has been re established. Since we belong to God, we need not be anxious con cerning life. We need not con trol the situations of life. That can be left to God. In Jesus Christ we are free to seek peace that He gives in our re lationships in home, in the church, and in the world. Such peace is the fruit of the Spirit. service during the meeting in appreciation of her 20 years of outstanding service to the cre dit Union. Charles Costner, Jr. was elected to the nine member board of directors -Chain 'Continued from frnnt pag«-> Black man is to overcome the damages of the past, it would be through a concerted and unified effort of all Black peo ple. White reiterated his appeal for unity by challenging the members of the Chain to move on into the new decade with renewed purpose and re doubled dedication to upgrad ing the Black man's economic strength in this country. Officers for 1970 were in stalled at the fete. They were: J. W. Hill, President; Nathan T. Garrett, First Vice-President; Mrs. Mary T. Horton, Second Vice-President; R Kelly Bry ant, Jr., Secretary; Ellis L. Allen, Assistant Secretary: Charlie J. Jackson, Treasurer; William M. Fuller, Chaplain; and Ervin L. Hester, Publicity Director. Also on the agenda was the progress report of Project Out reach, the subsidary of the Chain that works in direct alliance with the Small Busi ness Administration to help upgrade the quantity and quali ty of Black businesses in this area. Ed Stewart told the group that the Project had been di rectly involved in more than $1.4 million in loans from SBA and has either helped renno vate or establish businesses in Durham, Raleigh, Henderson and Hillsborough. Several local Black firms came in foi special recognition and awards. They included Bell's American, Fike's Ser vicenter, Bob's Bar-B-Cue, Choate's Amoco, and Joseph and Raymond's Men's Wear Publicity Director for the Chain, Ervin Hester was given a special award for his work in promoting the "Miss Durham Business and Professional Chain was presented at the banquet. She is Angela Cobb of Greens boro, a student at Durham Business College.
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