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-THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1171
EDITOR I A LS
Ike Edacitioi Cancer, A Familiar Story
The fears and prejudices of man
often seem cancerous when one
looks at our process of school de
segregation patterns. The purposes
of all Supreme Court decisions are
aimed at wiping out segregation in
our public schools. Is this really true?
Are leadership and power roles being
gerrymandered as has often been
the case in other situations?
It appears that the majority group,
north, south, east or west are deter
mined that desegregation will re
main minimal. Rulings will come
from the Supreme Court, but those
rulings will not stop the white flight
to suburbia or stop those who will
place their children in private
schools.
The majority group in U.S. cannot
stand to be in a school, any school,
or for that matter any board or com
mission where blacks are in the
majority. A part of the strategy of
the majority group may be seen in
the many elusive plans to prevent
desegregation and true compliance
with the law of the land. A. good
example can be seen in Durham
with the re-arrangement of the once
powerful M e r r i c k-Moore High
School and now in Raleigh with
Ligon High School. The athletes
and others from these schools have
gone on to provide and bring many
laurels to our city and state. Merrick-
MoOre is now an elementary school
and, Ligon High is in the process of
being made into a junior high if cur
rent plans are carried out.
High school is the place and time
when, the greatest leadership poten
tial \is developed. By reducing the
former high schools to elementary
and junior high school levels helps
only to give added strength to the
majority group 'as they consolidate
ana work hard to keep all leadership
rol«s jP°wer continued.
Migrant Camps And Sanitatation Facilities
The defeat of a bill in the Senate
toj|upgrade sanitation standards in
migrant camps is an insult to com
mon cleanliness, possible pollution,
ecological damages and environ
mental health by the North Carolina
eaitern legislators.
simple measure that would
have limited the use of toilet facili
ties to 15 persons (that is one toilet
for every 15 persons instead of one
toilet for 20 persons) was opposed
by Senator George Woods, Demo
crat of Camden, and joined in by
Sehator John Burney of New Han
over.
.Senator Woods, who operates a
migrant camp on his potato farm,
has been quoted as saying that the
increased regulations on migrant
housing and other hardships farmers
A Giant Of The Music World
The passing of Louis "Satchmo"
Armstrong leaves a void in the world
of Jazz as well as a loss of one of
America's greatest ambassadors of
goodwill around the world. His
trail of musical legacy, provided by
his golden trumpet, spanned from
the ghettos of New Orleans to the
top show pinnacles of the world.
"Satchmo," as his friends called
him, and his golden horn fascinated
millions on five of the earth's con
tinents including the Iron Curtain.
As an ambassador of goodwill, with
the touch of his lips to his trumpet,
he has left his imprint on jazz music
in the annals of history, and most
CRUM/WBLL^mJ
OF PURE NEGRO BLOOI}/tIT
WAS DUE TO HIM AND H.H. GARNET THAT
THE ACADEMY AT CANAAN, N.H. WAS CLOSED
IN 1834/ EDUCATED IN THEOLOGY AND
CLASSICS AT CAMBRIDGE U.„ENGLAND
All educators know this and it has
purposely been directed at many
black principals and black coaches
as well. These fears and prejudices
are carried even further when one
realizes that the top sportsmen in
athletics are in most instances black.
Is this a calculated and coldly plan
ned game to dilute the black leader
ship role of power and model image?
Many suburbanites complain that
they're not racists; they just don't
want an influx of school kids from
low income projects that will result
in property tax increases. Special
impact funds, such as those received
by the military or other type sub
sidies could be ear-marked for those
communities which accept public
housing developments or take posi
tive steps to end economic and racial
segregation. The addition of extra
green power has been changing
many minds.
It is anticipated that such grants
will provide the incentive for im
proved educational advancement for
all with leadership being developed
at all levels of training. With the
rising costs of building new facilities,
ecology and pollution damages and
much needed renovation in others
for our spiralling school population,
honest thought should be given to
the use of all school facilities with
black and white personnel being
utilized at all levels.
Blacks must be able to participate
at leadership and power levels with
other future leaders of America. It
is indeed a matter of some urgency
that this pattern be changed. Other
wise, how can blacks and other un
der-represented minority group stu
dents look forward to any significant
and major leadership roles in the
mainstream of American intitutional
life.
face are driving them to mechaniza
tion of their farms. Senator Burney,
who also assailed the bill, urged the
Senate not to put the blueberry peo
ple out of business. So once again
the economic property considerations
were placed above the standards of
human decency, privacy and environ
mental health.
Common cleanliness, possible pol
lution, ecological damages and en
vironmental health will play a great
er part now that some Congressmen
have put forth bills to urge big city
slum dwellers to return to rural
farm areas.
If mechanization is the price that
has to be paid for the basic societal
values of human worth, dignity pri
vacy and environmental health; so
be it.
assuredly, in the music history of
our country and around the world.
A small man by physical stature,
he was truly a great man in the art
of jazz. His songs often tried to tell
us in many ways the joys and rigors
he faced as he travelled across the
the country and around the world.
"Satchmo" Armstrong was not a
ranting, rhetorical militant, but hfe
gave generously of his finances and
talents to aid the forward press for
"human dignity and black equality.
The world has lost a friend in the
passing of Louis "Satchmo" Arm
strong; but his musical legacy will
remain forever in the hearts of men.
They Will Be Rescued From Poverty?
U HURRICANE SWEEPS ACROSS THE LUSH LAND OF THE GULF COAST
AND IT BECOMES A DISASTER AREA. A DROUGHT DRAGS ON IN THE
MID-WEST, AND A DISASTER IS DECLARED.
AND BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT FLIES UP TO 35% IN SOME CITIES AND
IT IS DESCRIBED AS A RESULT OF A TURNDOWN IN THE ECONOMY AND
GOVERNMENT DOES NOTHING:
* ■ _ SAID HAROLD R. SIMS ACTING EXECUTIVE
if NO HELP PlD£CWßoF the UßoA nleague
■—-—■" from the black house ,
pK Madness and Men
li In the Blue Suits
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In speaking of the recent double
murder of two Harlem patrolmen,
New York City Police Commis
sioner Patrick V. Murphy said
that the shootings were the "plan
ned" and "organized" work of
"madmen." The Commissioner
further described the killings as
"deliberate, unprovoked and mani
acal." "Not a citizen In New
York is safe," Mr. Murphy
warned, "while these madmen
are loose."
The double murder was the cli
max of a week's hostilities agaiiwt
the police. Earlier two police
officers had been critically
wounded by machine gun Are,
two other patrolmen escaped in
jury when the weapon of a would
be gunman misfired, and a bus
dispatcher who was mistakenly
identified by assailants as a police
officer had lye thrown in his
face.
There Is, of course, a madness
in all this. But the maniacal
madness runs deeper than at
tacks upon policemen. Recent
word from Seattle, Washington,
and Chattanooga, Tennessee,
shows clearly that police them
selves are involved in "planned,
organized and deliberate" insani
ty.
Take, for example, the case of
returned Vietnam war veteran
Larry E. Ward, a black soldier
who came bade home to the
ghetto with two Purple Hearts
and an Army commendation
medal. He came back March 27,
1970, after having successfully
survived the.gunfire of the so
called "enemy" in the jungles
of Southeast Asia for fifteen
months. May IS, 1970, Larry
Ward lay dead in the street of
his hometown, the victim of
wounds inflicted by the Seattle
police.
Los Angeles Times reporter
Richard T. Cooper has unraveled
a terrible tale which shows that
Larry ' Ward was also the victim
of the peculiar planned, organized,
maniacal madness that pervades
the American system. Larry Ward
was allegedly lighting a bomb at
the offices of Morris Hardcastle
Real Estate in Seattle when he
met his death. How he happened
to be there is a sickening study
in law and order.
A series of 60 bombings in
Seattle over a two year period
had placed the police under in
tense public and political pres
sure. The Seattle police and the
FBI were working hand-in-hand
when word came from a 36-year
old convict named Alfred R. 8.,
in prison for robbery and parole
violation. B. said he had infor-
Philadelphia Lags Behind Many
Large Southern Cities
According to statistics from the
U. S. Government's Department
of Health, Education and Welfare,
the state of Pennsylvania ranks
behind Mississippi in school de
segregation and the City of Phil
adelphia lags behind not only
that state but large Southern
cities as well.
The figures are contained in
the department's second national
survey of racial and ethnic en
rollment in the public schools.
The survey compared the 1968-'69
and 1970-'7l school years state
by state and also included com
parative data on the nation's 100
largest school districts.
HEW listed schools with 0-49
percent Black enrollment as in
tegrated. In this category, Mis
sissippi led the Commonwealth
by 28.4 to 28.3 according to the
1970 figures. Pt'i*jjg|vsnla's num
ber of lntegratenKools actually
declined from the .1908 listing,
when 27.5 percent of its schools
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matlon concerning who wai doing
the bombing in the Seattle ghetto
(Central Area). Two monthi be
fore Larry Ward waa discharged
from the Army, B. waa released
from prison on 15,000 ball.
B. began giving the police tips
about expected bombings, stake
outs were arranged, but none
of the tips paid off. In a sworn
statement to his family lawyer,
B. tells how he made sure one
tip would work.
B. began planting bombing ideas
in the mind of Jimmy Davis, a
former Black Panther and a
friend of Larry Ward's. The
Hardcastle bombing was set up
for the night of May 14, 1970,
with a police stakeout carefully
arranged by B. B. had expected
Jimmy Davis to be the bomber,
but when the time came, Davis
was nowhere to be found. So
B. made an offer to Larry Ward,
an offer which included a $75
pay off. (Larry Ward, incidentally,
had not found work since his re
turn home, though he had made
several applications.)
So Larry Ward took his $75 and
the sticks of dynamite and was
driven by B. to the scene of the
crime. He was unarmed. On the
way to the site of the bombing.
B. made an excuse to stop and
he secretly made a phone call.
B. told the police that the would
be bomber was Larry Ward in
stead of Jimmy Davis and that
Ward was unarmed. B. also de
scribed the year, make, model
and color of the car he was driv
ing.
The trap waa set When Larry
Ward struck the match to light the
dynamite, he Ignited a volley of
police fire from the stakeout.
Supposedly the police did not fire
until Ward started running away
and refused to halt, but police
experts testified that there were
some bullet marks in the doorway
of Hardcastle.
So the young blade decorated
Vietnam veteran, already trapped
in the unemployment syndrome
of the ghetto, became the fatal
victim of the system's most visi
bly brutal form of entrapment.
TTien there's the more recent
case in Chattanooga, Tennessee,
of the police shooting of a young
22-year-okl black man by the
name of Leon Anderson. Leon
Anderson was shot on the fourth
night of community conflict which
had placed the black community
of Chattanooga under virtual
seige by the police and National
Guard. The initial outbreak of
violence occurred when dis
gruntled members of a concert
were considered integrated. In
the same period, Mississippi re
ported only 8.7 percent of her
schools integrated.
Slightly over 73 percent of Penn
sylvania schools attended by
.Blacks are between 50 and 100
percent Black (73.7). That is an
other rise over 1968 when 72.5
percent of the schools were listed
in this category. Mississippi, in
196& had N. 3 percent of its schools
listed as half to 100 percent Black.
The 1970 total was 73.6.
As the percentage of segregated
schools rises, so does the gap be
tween the two states.
Pennsylvania had 58.2 percent
of ils schools luted as 80-100 per
cent Black. In 1970, the figure
was 58 percent. Mississippi, on
the other hand, had 92.7 percent
of its schools in this category in
1968. By 1970. they had cut that
figure to 48.4.
Over half (50.4 in '6B and 50.5
in '7O) of Pennsylvania schools
audience began to react to the
last-minute cancellation of a
scheduled appearance by a popu
lar black entertainer.
The police claim that Leon An
derson was out after curfew, was
fleeing from them and ignoring
their orders to halt, was climb
ing a wire fence to escape, and
had turned menacingly towards
them before shots were fired.
Community witnesses, however,
tell a far different tale. It seems
indisputable that Anderson was
very, very intoxicated. TTie au
topsy report shows It; Anderson's
friends who were drinking with
him tell that the drinking had
gone on all day; and a neighbor,
Will Ernest Hart, described the
youth's condition: "Leon was
just stumbling along, didn't know
moonlight from sweet milk, and
right at the comer they (the po
lice) just opened up on him."
Mr. Hart insisted that there had
been no warning calls or shots and
that the police fired out through
the car windows.
All of this is to say that there
is maniacal madness on both
sides—citizens who shoot police
and police who shoot citizens.
Both types of killings represent
the kind of magnitude which
ought to be the concern of the
federal government. To borrow
Commissioner Murphy's words,
no citizen is safe while either kind
of mad killer is on the loose.
I personally believe that any
one who kills a policeman in the
line of duty should be guilty of
a federal crime I further believe
that a policeman who wantonly,
and unnecessarily kills a citizen
should also be guilty of a federal
crime.
The widows and families of po
licemen killed in the line of duty
should also become the respon
sibility of the federal govern
ment. Such families should be
given $50,000 from the govern
ment, as well as the compensa
tions which they now receive
from other sources.
Finally, the government
should provide reward money for
information leading to the arrest
and conviction of those who com
mit such federal crimes—s2s,ooo
reward for information concern
ing the killing of a policeman
ana SIO,OOO reward for informa
tion concerning the unlawful kill
ing of a private citizen by the
police.
The maniacal madness is mag
nified, you see, by public offic
ials who mourn such acts but re
fuse to match their tears with
strong legislation
attended by Blacks had enroll
ments of 90-100 percent Black.
The figures for Mississippi were
92.7 in '6B and 35.5 percent in
1970.
Forty-four percent of Pennayl
vania schools had enrollment of
95-100 Black. Mississippi has gone
from 92.7 three years ago to,
again lead this stale with only
29.9 percent of its schools in this
category.
In both terms covered by the
survey, 32 percent of Black stu
dents in Pennsylvania attended
schools which were 99 to 100 per
cent Black, while their counter
parts in Mississippi saw the num
ber of almost totally segregated
schools cut from 92.4 to 19 per
cent.
In 1988, 88 percent of Missis
sippi's public schools were totally
segregated. By 1971, they had
cut that number to only 10 per
cent.
Pennsylvania's all Black schools
TAKIH6 A
CLOSER
LOOK
By JOHN MYERS . I
On July 16 and 17 thirty
thousand people are expected
to converge on Durham for the
first Pan Africa-USA Track and
Field Meet. What can thirty
thousand people mean to this
industrial, educational center?
It can mean traffic jams be
yond belief, shortages of hotel
accommodations, and streets
crowded beyond walking space.
Or it can mean one of the
greatest opportunities for im
provements of international
relations ever to be offered.
Durham will receive guests
froni the entire continent of
Africa, diplomatic corps from
Washington, and visiting sports
telecasters and enthusiasts
from every corner of the globe.
North Carolina has two
Preventatives in the meet. Ron
Draper and Larry Black from
North Carolina Central Uni
versity. With their perform
ances in this meet these two
young men may take success
ful steps towards the next
Olympic Games; as the winners
of this event will star In the
largest sports event in the
world, the World Olympic
Games.
With the event of this meet,
Durham will be host to the
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(Continued from, front page)
Allen, Dowd St. He is a grad
uate of Durham High School
and also attended North Caro
lina Central University.
The Johnston Awards were
established In 1970 by Chair
man Norman B. Frost of
Washington, D. C. t and other
trustees of James M. Johnston
Trust for Charitable and Edu
cational Purposes. The Scholar
ships range up to $2,100
annually for North Carolinians
and up to $2,900 for out of
State residents who are enroll
ed in Nursing Education.
Hie purpose of the program
is to provide resources for able
students to prepare themselves
for professional practice in
nursing with a baccalaureate
degree in the School of Nurs
ing. These awards are also
available to enable registered
nurses to improve their pro
fessional and ability in the
field of nursing by courses of
study in the Evening College
or through special short
courses.
-Speaks
(Continued from front page)
He received his A.B. Degree
from Drake University, The
Bachelor of Divinity Degree
from Drew University, and the
Master of Sacred Theology De
gree from Temple University.
Other speakers appearing
for the week are: Monday
night, Rev. James Shumake, of
Duke Divinity School and As
sociate pastor of West Durham
Baptist Church. Tuesday night,
Rev. Z.D. Harris and Oak
Grove Free Will Baptist
were 4.4 percent of the total in
1968 and was listed at 4.7 in
1970.
PHILA. FIGURES
A study of Philadelphia figures
shows a complete increase in the
number of segregated schools at
tended by Blacks in every cate
gory and percentage. While seg
regation marched ever upward
in Philadelphia, the number of
integrated schools attended by
Blacks went from only 9.6 in *6B
to 7.4 in 1970. The number of all
Black schools rose by almost a
full percentage point.
The entire state of Mississippi,
long called the bastion of racism
in America, ranks ahead of the
Philadelphia public schools in ef
forts to integrate.
The city of Baltimore, accord
ing to the government, achieved
total integration in 1968 and these
psssimm i r
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athletic competition that is one
step below the Olympics. I
urge that each resident in
Durham take it upon himself
to be an unofficial host to the
visitors expected to arrive in
the city July 15.
Residents of Durham have
the power to make or break
this highly important event.
The city and state governments
will doubtlessly be the perfect
hosts, but this is expected
What might not be expected is
the cooperation I ask of you.
I ask for congenial and helpful
attitudes to almost thirty
thousand strangers. It is a
tremendous request. I ask you
to go out of your way to be
friendly, helpful, and to show
the people of the world that
the United States is not all
that the headlines of the world
papers crack it up to be. I
ask you to show the world
that the United States, as a
whole has something to be
very proud of, Southern Hos
pitality.
This is your chance Dur
ham. The city now has the
opportunity to become a
world famous attraction or an
infamous zone of the U.S. It's
all up to the people.
Church, Wednesday night, Rev.
L. A. Miller and St. Mark
A.M.E. Zion Church. Thursday
night, Dc A.D. Moseley and
Mt. Gilead Baptist Church,
Friday night, Dr. V. E. Brown
and Gethsemane Baptist
Church.
Rev. J. C. Gray and the
Union Grove Zion Church of
Pittsboro will be guest of Sun
day, July 18, at 3:00 PJVf.
-Hauser
(Continued from front page)
Teenage group of the Winston
Salem Chapter of Jack and Jill
of America, and is presently
serving as secretary of,the Mid-
Atlantic Teenage Regional of
Jack and Jill. She is assistant
pianist of the junior depart
ment of her Sunday School.
Her ambition is to become a
pediatrician.
-Alexander
(Continued from front page)
Valley State College, where he
was also director of public re
lations.
A native of Macon, Georgia,
he holds the B. S. Degree from
the Fort Valley sitate College
and the M. A. Degree, with
further study, from the State
University df lowa.
-Investigate
(Continued from front page)
collection and to assist in the
establishment of a central re
cord of the holdings and later
acquisitions.
A full-time librarian, who
will serve as assistant director
of the project, will be em
ployed for the furation of the
project.
figures have not changed. One
hundred percent of all Black stu
dents in that city attend schools
which have attendance figures of
between 0-49 percent Blacks.
SOUTHERN STYLES
Deeper .in the South, Green
ville, S. C., has managed to
place 98.5 percent of its Black
students in integrated schools.
That city has no all Black schools
or schools with minority rates of.
90 percent and up.
While Philadelphia is bad, it
has company. The city is Jisted
as the fifth largest school dis
trict in the nation. Of the four
cities preceding it (New York,
Chicago, Los Angeles and De
troit) only Los Angeles has shown
any slight increase in the num
ber of integrated schools at
tended by Black students.