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the NAACP's Image Award for being the
Best Male Vocal Group of the Year from
beautiful Television Actress Gail Fisher of
Despite Arrests Greenville Blacks March
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MM. ILIZABITH FRASIER
Durham Woman To Preside At
N.C. Kindergarten Study Confab
Willie Lovetf Picked to Appear in
"Outstanding Men of America"
LOViTT
By JAMES VAUGHAN
Willie Lovett, 32 a resident
of 1027 Jerome Rd., Emory
Woods, has been selected to
appear in the latest edition of
"Outstanding Young Men of
America." He was selected be
cause of outstanding ability,
accomplishments, and service
to his community, country and
profession.
Union Christian Bible Institute
Plans Fund Raising for Building
Dr. L. W. Reid, President of
Union Christian Bible Institute,
announced plans for a building
fund raising effort.
The school now located at
201 Barnhill Street, has ac
quired about four acres of land
to erect a building to train
men and women who lack for
man and theological training,
to do christian work. The
school plans to offer training
to un-graded people to receive
certificates, diplomas and de
grees in Christian Education
and Theology.
Plans are being submitted
Television and Stage Notables Attend NAACP's Annual Image Award Presentations
Mannix. This was the second consecutive
year that the Jackson 5 has been honored
as the nation's top male vocal group by the
NAACP.
Lovett was nominated for
the honor by Tennessee State
University, where he graduated
with a mechanical engineering
degree.
The Durham community
has benefited from Lovett's
services through his involve
ments in community organiza
tions such as: The Durham
City-County Charter Commis
sion; United Durham Inc.,
where he is an executive mem
ber of the board and second
vice-president; Durham County
Democratic Executive Commit
tee; Pearsontown precinct,
where he is chairman; Political
sub-committee, Durham Com
mittee on Black Affairs; and
the Durham Council on Hu
man Relations.
Lovett is one of the
founders and first president of
Emory Woods Community As
sociation Inc., and immediate
past president of the Durham
Council on Human Relations.
In recognition of Lovett's
selection A. P. Torrence, Presi
(See LOVETT page 2A)
to U.D.I. Executive Chairman,
Richmond Stewart, to deter
mine the possibility of using
the building plant operated by
this Organization to construct
the building. Mr. Stewart has
given estimation of a cost be
tween forty and fifty thousand
dollars (S4O-50,000,000). The
funds may be available from
aid to people in the low in
come bracket.
Any person desiring to con-,
tribute to this effort might
contact Dr. Reid and help lift
unfortunate people to be
(See INSTITUTE page 2A)
Elizabeth Frasier, President
of the North Carolina Kinder
garten Association, which is
composed of 1300 members
from throughout the state.
The Annual Study Confer
ence of the Association is being
held December 3-4, 1971 in
the Convention Center in Win
ston-Salem, N. C. The theme
for the Association this year
is, One Child - "Turned on."
Dr. Evangeline Ward, Profes
sor of Education, Temple Uni
versity, Philadelphia, Pennsyl
vania will deliver the keynote
address which will focus on the
theme.
Mrs. Jeanne Quill, Vice
President of Childhood Re
sources, Inc., Washington, D.
C. will deliver the closing ad
dress, Saturday, December 4,
1971.
Twenty seven workshops
will be conducted by leading
(See KINDERGARTEN 2A)
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HAYES
Law School Grad Is
Named To Board of
Trustees of W-SSUj
Attorney Roland H. Hayes,
a 1971 honor graduate of the
Law School, North Carolina
Central University was appoint
ed by Governor Robert Scott
for an eight year term to the
Board of Trustees of Winston-
Salem State Univeristy. Hayes,
a 1952 honor graduate of
Winston-Salem State University
had worked as an employee
(See BOARD paga 2A)
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CHAIRWOMAN —Superstar, Diana Ross, accepts an NAACP
Image Award' for her television special, "Diana" from Isaac
Hayes. "Diana" was voted the Best Television Special of the
Year. Miss Ross also was Chairwoman of the illustrious NAACFs
sth Annual Presentations black tie affair held in the Interna
tional Room of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
CW CarSJa Ciaws
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VOLUME No. 49
TrwHijaekPlane To Cuba
Local Women's Group Cited
WIAPV UP FOR
TOP VOLUNTEER
NAT'L AWARD
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
For its volunteer service to the
community of Durham, Wo
men in Action for the Preven
tion of Violence and Its
Causes, Inc. has been named
Citationist in the 1971 Na
tional Volunteer competition
sponsored by the National Cen
ter for Voluntary Action.
Women in Action has ad
dressed various social, econo
mic, cultural and environ
mental needs of the com
munity. They were instrumen
tal in preparing a climate for
faculitating public acceptance
of a desegregation and busing
court order, with the establish
ment of their "Center for
School Support" in July, 1970.
Formed in February 1970,
the National Center is a private,
non-profit organization and the
(See WOMEN page 2A)
Dr. Samuel D.
Cook Named to
Head the SPSA
Dr. Samuel Dubois Cook of
Duke University has been
named president-elect of the
Southern Political Science As
sociation.
Cook's election came during
the regional organization's
43rd annual meeting held re
cently in Gatlingburg, Tenn.
Approximately 600 delegates
attended the meeting.
He will automatically be
come president of the associa
tion at its 1972 meeting, suc
ceeding Dr. S. Sidney Eulmer,
chariman of the political
science department at the Uni
versity of Kentucky.
Cook, 43, came to Duke in
1966 as the univeristy's first
black faculty member. After a
two-year leave as a program
officer with the Ford Founda
tion, he returned to Duke this
fall and was promoted to full
professor.
He did his undergraduate
work at Morehouse College,
where he roomed with the late
Dr. Martin Luther King and
was an All-America football
(See COOK page 2A)
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1971
Group Vows to Continue Protest
Until Suspension of State Trooper
By JAMES VAUGHN
Golden Frinks, state field
secretary of the Southern
Christian Leadership Confer
ence, was among approximate
ly 60 persons arrested in
Greenville during a protest
march surrounding the death
of a black farm worker of the
area slain by a white state
trooper.
The past week's arrests
marked the latest events of a
four months drama maintained
by blacks of Ayden and sur
rounding areas, which has led
to arrest of more than 800 per
sons, several bombings and a
series of marches and protests.
Blacks of Pitt County have
vowed to continue protests un
til the suspension of Trooper
Billy Day who fatally shot
First Black Youth Registration
Seeking 80,000
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DOR TO THE United Nations, with his wife, Dr. Sylvia Talbot,
who is a Delegate. Before their appointment, Ambassador Tal
bot had been Deputy Chairman of Poor Law Commission of
Guyana, served actively on many other government committors,
and l v.as, at the same time, Pastor of St. Peter's African Meth
odist Episcopal Church of Georgetown.
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LIFT EVERY VOlCE—Marvin Gaye, ringer,
writer, composer and record producer, clings
to one of three Image Awards presented him,
while singing the Black National Anthem,
William Murphy August 6.
According to Day, the shoot
ing resulted from the attempt
ed arrest of Murphy on charges
of drunkeness which resulted
in a struggle and the shooting.
The latest arre6ts were made
following assembly of the
blacks in a planned march from
Greenville to Raleigh to pre
sent grievances to Governor
Bob Scott, reported Frinks.
Frinks announced later this
week that the attempt would
be made again.
Marchers were charged with
parading without a permit in
the center of the city of Green
ville.
Working in an attempt to
ease tensions in Pitt County
between blacks and whites, the
(See PROTEST P*ge 2A)
"Lift Every Voice and Sing," with Imaf*
Awards Chairman Maggie Hathaway (cen
ter) and The Rev. Jesse Jackson (left), Nat
ional Director of Operation Breadbasket.
WORDS OF WISDOM
Goals are like stars; they may not be
reached, but they can always be a guide.
—K.V.P. Philosopher
True wisdom is to know what is beat
worth knowing and to do what is best
worth doing. —Humphrey
LOCAL ARTIST
EXHIBITS AT
STATE MUSEUM
Presently exhibiting with
the 34th Annual North Caro
lina Artists' at the State's Art
Museum is local Artist, Mable
C. Bullock. A reception-open
ing held December 1, 1971
from 8 to 10 p.m. launched
this outstanding show. The ex
hibition is opened to the pub
lic through the month of De
cember and terminating Jan
uary 23, 1972.
The art work selected was
juried by Adelyn Breeskin,
Curator of Contemporary Art,
National Collection of Fine
Arts, Will Bamet, New York
Painter and Teacher, Dean
Swanson, Curator, Walker Art
Center, Minneapolis, Minne
sota.
Miss Bullock is a graduate of
North Carolina Central Uni
versity and earned her Master
of Arts Degree from Syracuse
University, Syracuse, N. Y.
The first conference for
Black young people on voter
registration and citizenship
education since the passage of
the Twenty-sixth Amendment
to the U. S. Constitution will
be held on December 11, at
the North Carolina Central
University in Durham. The
conference is being co-spon
sored by the Student Govern
ment Association of North
Carolina Central University
and the North Carolina Voter
Education Project.
One purpose of the con
ference is to develop methods
to register over 80,000 Black
youth between 18-20 in North
Carolina who became eligible
with the lowering of the voting
age. A second purpose of the
conference is to develop
methods for effective political
participation by the youth.
AddreasM will be given by
Howard T. Robinson, Director
of the recently organized Black
Congressional Caucus, and Nel
son N. Johnson, National
Chairman of the Student Orga
nization for Black Unity
(SOBU).
(See YOUTH page 10A
PRICE: 20 CENTS
One Admits to
Slaying of New
Mexico Trooper
By JAMES VAUGHN
The current year has witnes
sed fewer hijackings than the
previous year, however, recent
ly a rarity occurred-three
black youths between the ages
of 20 and 24 hijacked a TWA
| jetliner from Albuquerque,
N. M. to Havana.
The three were identified
by FBI agents as Michael Fin
ney of San Francisco, Calif.;
Ralph Goodwin, of Berkeley;
and Charlie Hill, of California.
The three were aliedgedly
charged with the slaying of a
New Mexico patrolman Nov. 8
after being stopped near Albu
querque.
The incident occurred Sat
urday at which time the plan
and hijackers were reported to
have reached Havana. At this
time no accounts of the events
which led up to the slaying
(See TRIO pafe 2A)
Durham College
Granted Junior
College Status
The President's Office an
nounced today that Durham
College has been accredited by
the Accrediting Commission
for Business Schools as a
Junior College of Business.
The commission congratu
lated the institution for its ex
pansion and developments in
the area of business education.
As a result of the recent
accreditation as a Junior Col
lege of Business, Durham Col
lege . vrill expand its academic
program effective September
1972, to include majors in the
following areas leadii* to a di
ploma or an Associate in
Applied Science Degree: Ac
counting, Business Manage
ment, General Business with
options in (Financial Manage
ment, Office Management,
Personnel Administration, Mar
keting Management), General
Education (Liberal Arts), Com
puter Science, Environmental
Health Science, Secretarial
Sciences with options in (Ad
ministrative Secretarial, Execu
tive DURHAM page 2A)