DURHAM PIONEER BUSINESSMAN SUCCUMBS AT 94
HUMAN RELATIONS WEEK
February 13-20
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Durham Business and Professional Chain
Banquet Set For February 11 at N. C.
Central's University's Cafeteria
VOLUME 51 No. 6
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MISS JACKSON
Gospel Singer Mahalia Jock son
Dies Of Heart Attack In Chicago
By JAMES VAUGHAN
"Miss Jackson does not give
concerts; she creates an ex
perience. She does this by ba
lancing three remarkable quali
ties. She is a beautiful woman
with wide cheekbones and a
wide mouth, long, restless
fingers, and a tall, majestic
figure. She has an easy, per
Urban League Chief Elected to
Board of Celanese Corporation
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.,
executive director of the Na
tional Urban League, has been
elected a member of the Board
of Directors of Celanese Cor
poration.
Jordan, who became execu
tive director of the National
Urban League in 1971, follow
ing the death of Whitney M.
Young, Jr.. had previously
Angela Davis Scheduled To Make
Court Appearance
Angela Davis was scheduled
to appear in court in San Jose
Cal.. for arguments on four de
fense motions attacking jury
selection and asking the state
to pay defense costs and move
her murder-kidnap trial.
The 28-year-old Communist
and former UCLA philosophy
instructor was scheduled to go
on trial Jan. 31 on murder,
kidnaping and conspiracy
charges steaming from the
Aug. 7. 1970 shootout at the
Marin County Civic Center in
which four persons died.
But the trial has been de
laved to hear the motions. The
prosecution estimates argu
ments will lake two weeks, but
the defense says they may take
up to a month.
The trial was moved to San
Jose from San Rafael scene
of the shootout. The defense
now says widespread publicity
about the cost of the trial and
security expenses will prevent
a fair trial. So, they have asked
that it be moved again.
Chief defense attorney
Howard Moore Jr. said he also
has asked the court to order
payment of "reasonable" ex-
(ectly controlled contralto that
can move without a misstep
from a fluttering falsetto to a
low, embracing moan. And she
expresses In bet songs and
spirituals in ardor for her ma
terial - the various facets of
God -- that no saint has sur
passed."
A critic for the "New
Yorker" magazine's April,
served as executive director of
the United Negro College
Fund. Born in Atlanta, Ga,, he
is a 1957 graduate of DePauw
University where, as a fresh
man, he was the only black
student in the class. Twelve
years later, the 1969 grad
uating class selected Jordan as
the recipient of the Old Gold
(See CHIEF 3A)
penses from public funds for
Miss Davis' defense.
He has contended that her
defense fund is nearly depleted
and expenses are running be
tween 55.000 and $15,000 a
month.
The defense also has filed
two motions attacking selec
tion of a jury panel. Moore has
expressed concern about possi
OMBE Director Jenkins To Address Chain
Annual Banquet
At N. C. Central
Cafeteria Feb. 11
John L. Jenkins, Director
of the Office of Minority
Business Enterprise (OMBE)
in the Department of Com
merce, will be the keynote
speaker at the annual banquet
of the Durham Business and
Professional Chain on Friday,
February 11 at 8:00 p.m. in
the North Carolina University
cafeteria.
According to Ralph A.
Hunt, Executive Director of
the Chain, Jenkins' address will
Cite Carcpia Coras
Angela Davis
Media« Faces Money Problems
Mrs Eva Clayton Named Director
Manpower Development Project
CHAPEL HILL - The Uni
versity of North Carolina
announced Jan. 27, the ap
pointment of Mrs. Eva Clayton
of Warrenton as director of the
North Carolina Health Man
power Development Program.
The announcement was
made by Dr. Cecil G. Sheps,
UNC vice chancellor for health
sciences and chairman of the
consortium board that directs
the N.C. Health Manpower
Development Program.
Aim of the program which
Mrs. Clayton will head is to
recruit disadvantaged students
into scores of health career
fields.
1967 edition wrote the above
statements following a per
formance of Miss Mahalia Jack
son at one of the city's can
cert halls. The description
mirrows, not only the one par
ticular engagement, but the
total life style of the world's
greatest gospel singer.
Miss Jackson died last week
of a heart seizure in the Little
Company of Mary Hospital in
Chicago where she had been
suffering from intestinal ob
struction associated with heart
disease since January 19.
She had been in ill health
since 1964. And in 1967 she
had dropped from ysual robust
260 lbs. to 160 lbs.
Miss Jackson was born Oct.
26, 1911 near the city of New
Orleans, La., on the Mississippi
River. Her mother died when
Mahalia was six. Her father
worked on the docks as a
stevedore during the day, as a
(See JACKSON 2A)
ble discrimination on the basis
of race, financial condition, sex
or ethics.
Deputy Atty. Gen. Clifford
Thompson, the assistant prose
cutor, said the motion to move
the trial probably would be
heard last.
Chief prosecutor Albert
(See DAVIS 2A)
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JENKINS
DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1972
Dr. Sheps, in making the
announcement, said that a pri
mary objective of the program
is to interest as many disadvan
taged people as possible in the
many professional and techni
cal fields open to them and
then to help them prepare for
the training they need to get
into these fields.
Although the University of
North Carolina is spearheading
the program, a growing number
of other institutions and health
programs in the state are join
ing the effort.
An ultimate objective of the
program is to create effective
pathways to top responsibility
for minority group students.
Mrs. Clayton was founder
and executive director of the
Economic Development Cor
poration which operates pro
grams in several Eastern North
Carolina counties, from which
position she resigned on Dec.
15, to accept the position in
Chapel Hill. She is the wife of
Attorney T. T. Clayton and
th* mother of four children.
Until now, there has been
very little opportunity for
Blacks, Mexican Americans,
(See CLAYTON 2A)
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INITIAL PAYMIMT Commerce Secretary
Maurice H. Stanj this week presented Bert
ley G. Burrell, President of the National
Business League, with a check for $124,700.
The check represents initial payment on •
$1,617,000 contract under which the Business
League will establish one-stop counseling of
be aimed at increasing the
awareness of local minority
and majority businessmen as
to the kinds of minority busi
ness development programs
that OMBE is spearheading,
and the key role that the pri
vate sector business com
munity in and around Durham
can play on foster the expan
sion of minority businesses
and the creation of viable new
ones.
Jenkins was appointed Di
rector of the Office of Minori
ty Business Enterprise by
Secretary of L >mmerce Mau-
(See CHAIN 2A)
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MRS. CLAYTON
Last Rites Held Fo
Scarborough Sr. Joseph's
By JAMES VAUGHAN
Within the Durham and
surrounding communities, the
name Scarborough has sug
gested a wholesome type of
progress -- one which seems to
have always been intact, mov
ing, developing.
But there was, of course, a
beginning of progress for the
Scarboroughs of Durham. That
beginning can be traced to
John Clarence Scarborough,
Sr., well known founder and
President of Scarborough and
Hargett Funeral Hone, Inc.
fices to aid minority businessmen seeking
loans and management assistance. Looking
on are, on the left, Robert Brown, Special
Assistant to President Nixon, and John L.
Jenkins, Director of Commerce's Office of
Minority Business Enterprise.
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DR. BIGELOW
Fisher Gets Post
At Virginia State
PETERSBURG Christo
pher T. Fisher, son of the late
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Miles M.
Fisher of 413 West Clay street,
Richmond, is the new assist
ant professor of continuing
education at Virginia State
College
A graduat# of Hillside High
School, Durham, N.C., Fisher
pursued his undergraduate
work at North Carolina Cen
tral University and at Vir
ginia Union University
The senior Scarborough was
funeralized this week, at St.
Joseph's A.M.E. Church. He
died at the age of 94, Jan. 30,
following an extended illness.
Mr. Scarborough was noted
throughout the South as one
of the pioneer business men
of the Black race. In addition
to founding the funeral home,
following a philosophy of
"service and thriftness," his in
fluence was felt by many other
pioneer businessmen, and his
wisdom and guidance was
sought by Black and white
Durham Minister
Keynoter At Natl
Baptist Convention
Recently, at the Hot Springs
Executive Board Meeting, Dr.
W. T. Bigelow, pastor of the
Greater St. Paul Baptist
Church, gave the keynote mes
sage for the annual mid-winter
session of the National Baptist
Convention. Dr. Bigelow is the
co-chairman of the Evangelistic
Board of the National Conven
tion and a member of the Exe
cutive Board that shapes the
(See MINISTER 2A)
WORDS OF WISDOM
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Pick out the thing you tike to do best and decide to 4o
it better than it was ever done before. CTrfldt
SCAXSOftOUGH
alike.
He was one of the first di
rectors of the Mechanics and
Farmers Bank, and held dis
tinction of a life-time board
member at his death. He also
served as one of the early di
rectors of the Bankers Fire
Insurance Company, and as a
past president of the Southern
Fidelity Mutual Insurance
Company.
He was also founder and ad
visor of the Funeral Directors
and Morticians Association of
North Carolina, Inc.; one of
the organizers of the One
o'clock Luncheon Club, and a
charter member of Doric
Lodge no. 28 of the Free and
Accepted Masons.
Mr. Scarborough was born
in Kinston, June 17, 1878. He
came to Durham and estab
lished the funeral home in
1907 a year after his gradua
tion from the Renouard
School of Embalming in New
York City.
The funeral home estab
lished by Mr. Scarborough has
(See SCARBOROUGH 2A)
Black Republicans Seeking Dr.
Helen Edmonds as US Candidate
The N.C. Black Republican
Caucus began its designed pur
pose-to give the Party a new
image, as it relates to the
Black vote-by asking Dr. Helen
Edmonds to be the Republican
candidate for seat now held by
B. Everette Jordan. This is said
to be the beginning of the
Black Republicans to place
qualified Negroes. on the
ticket, Cor national, state and
county offices.
Dr. Edmonds is no stranger
to politics and gained national
acclaim in Republican circles
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PUCK: M CJUVIB
Writes Open
Letter From
California Jail
"Many people have assum
ed that large amounts of
money are being contributed
to the campaign on a continual
basis. But, in fact, there has
been only one large contribu
tion to either the Fund or the
Nat'l. United Committee-the
SIO,OOO donated by the Coun
cil of Churches and Race of the
Presbyterian Church," report
ed Angela Davis in an open
letter from North County Jail,
Palo Alto, Calif.
Miss Davis remains incarce
rated since Oct. 13, 1970, the
time of her arrest on charges of
murder.
Miss Davis further charged
that the media has continously
im pa lied that "financial prob
(See LETTER 3A)
CR Forces are
Victorious In
Senate Fight
By a 48-46 vote, civil-rights
forces squeaked to a victory
recently in a Senate right over
enforcement of equal-employ-
ment legilsation.
The outcome was just the
reverse of what happened ear
lier in the House, leaving the
final verdict in doubt.
The bill before the Senate,
still a long way from passage,
would confer authority on the
Equal Employment Opportuni
ty Commission to issue cease
and-desist orders when it de
cides there has been discrimina
(See FORCES 2A)
when she seconded the nomi
nation of President Eisenhower
in his second bid for the Presi
dency. She has served as a U.S.
delegate to the United Nations
and has been quite a campaign
er, on the national level, for
the Republican Party.
It is the belief of the Black
Republican Caucus that Dr.
Edmonds would give the state
the kind of stature it has not
had in the U.S. Senate for a
long time. Her knowledge of
bot*- domestic and foreign af
fairs would enable her to pro
(See REPUBLICANS U)
New York Girl ia
Featured In Feb.
Issue of Seventeen
NEW YORK - Fifteen-year
old Deborah Isaac, of New
York City, appears in the Feb
ruary "Seventeen "s" beauty
feature, "The Girls Who Have
Learned How The Girls Who
Are Learning How," with her
short hair slicked down to
show her fin* head shape, and
her eyes shadowed in pray to
emphasize their almond shape.
Deborah, a 10th grader at
Commercial High School, N.
Y., is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. La cell Enix. She hope* to
become an actress.