WORDS OF WISDOM
If to acquire has outstripped
your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way
to the scrapheap. —Glen Buck
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When you get through changing you're
through. — Bruce Barton
VOLUME 51—NO. 15
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REV. A. C. POWELL
By JAMES VAUGHAN
Rev. Adam Clayton Powell
died this week at Jackson
Memorial Hospital in Florida
Blacks To March On
Washington In May
On Saturday, May 27,
thousands of Black people
from all over the country will
converge on Washington, D. C.
to demonstrate our support for
African Liberation Day. Ordi
narily, African Liberation Day
is recognized and celebrated
each May 25, throughout the
African World, but this year
because of the increasing
severity of the confrontations
encountered by Africans all
over the world in our efforts
to survive and develope, it was
decided that this year's African
Liberation Day program ought
to include some dramatic mani
festation not only of the Afri
can in America's consciousness
of Pan Africanism, but also
specifically there ought to be
some graphic demonstration of
support for the struggles of
our brothers and sisters on the
continent, in their thrust for
self determination. Particularly
in support of the liberation
struggles in southern Africa
and Guinea Bissau, where arm
ed struggle rages this very
moment, to rid the African
continent of the most blatant
examples of European Coloni
alism. The members of the
African Liberation Day Mobi
lization Steering Committee,
some of whom are represented
at this press conference, and
some of the other name* you
can recognize on the release,
felt that it is essential to the
movement for total African
Liberation and self determina
tion that Africans living in the
western hemisphere (since
brothers and sisters from the
West Indies and Canada, will
Greyhound Grand Opening
For First Terminal In State
RALEIGH The firstof
four new Greyhound termi
nals planned for North Caro
lina opened in Raleigh (April
6) with a gigantic five-hour
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BIG PUBLIC PARTY will hightlight opening of
Greyhound's new $750,000 terminal at 314 W.
Jones St. he public is invited to tour the new
bus center' at a 10 a.m.-3 p.m. public party
April 6 that will feature refreshments, souve
ADAM POWELL - POUTICAN, MINISTER AND
CATALYST FOR SOCIAL CHANGE SUCCUMBED
Rev. Powell
Battle For Active
Doe To Heart Failore
of a cardiac arrest. It marked
the last bout of the pioneer
black liberation fighter whose
victories included: Being the
first black Congressman for the
also be taking part in the
Washington tactic) begin to
very openly and dramatically
support these struggles on the
African continent, because
reality teaches us that they are
part and parcel of our strug
gles here in the west. Because
at base the enemies of Africans
in Africa, are the same people
who viciously repress Black
people all over the world.
FIRST BLACK NEWSWOMAN
HAS HER ROOTS IH DURHAM
A noted Durham grails
mother Mrs. Cecelia Gladys
Faucette of 1501 Ridgeway,
beamed with joy as it was
reported that Carol Hall, 23,
became the first black woman
in Memphis history to serve as
news reporter for a television
station.
Miss Hall is with WHBQ
Television and will serve as
feature reporter, covering such
areas as, Welfare, Health, Edu
cation, employment, drugs and
housing as they relate to the
entire community.
Carol, a native of St. Louis,
was graduated from Stephens
College, and completed an in
tensive program in Broadcast
Journalism for Minority Stu
dents at Columbia Univerilty'i
Graduate School of Journa
lism.
After receiving a Liberal
Arts degree from Stephen
College with special emphasis
on Retailing, Business, Com
munity Development and
Black and African Studies, she
public party.
At 10 a.m. Greyhound
started a massive public grand
opening that continued until
3 p.m. in its new 314 W.
nirs, door prizes—incluling a vacation for two
to Walt Disney World—bus models and ballons
for children, orchids for the women and an
appearance by a dozen radio and TV cele
brities.
Che Caftimg
Eastern United States; a
champion of civil rights and
school desegregation legisla
tion as chairman of the House
Education and Labor Com-
African Liberation Day
Committees have been formed
in most of the 50 states, the
West Indies and Canada, who
W 'H coordinate the movement
°' Black People into Washing
ton to march in support of
African Liberation, and also to
reveal to the world that Black
people are beginning to under
stand internationally who the
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( worked as a model, and as as
sistant buyer for Saks Fifth
Avenue.
She also served as public
relations account supervisor
with Von Blaine Enterprise in
New York and as a trainee in
the News Department of
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MISS HALL
WOR Radio and Television
New York.
There are several ways to
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Jones St. bus center. Actual
operations will start in the new
$750,000 terminal Friday
April 7 at 12:01 a.m.
Before the five-hour party
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1972
mittee; minister of the 10,000
member Abbyssinian Baptist
Church; and many other vic
tories including a bout with
cancer in 1969.
Known by whites as a
flamboyant ladies' man who
was penalized by Congress
BRIEF BLACK
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PANTHER'S NEW STRATEGY
IS UP IN VOTE
The Black Panthers are
going to work within the sy
stem of social and economic
advances for blacks, according
to Panther leader Huey New
ton.
Newton blamed the group's
"Pick-up-the-gun-now" philo
sophy for the Panther's
dwindling community support.
He said his future efforts
would be geared toward
"organizing the community."
He said while he was in pri
son, and the party was under
Eldridge Cleaver, "The Com
munity turned off my whole
program.
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BLACKS SEEKING LARGER
SHARE OF DEMO
DELEGATES
If Blacks get their demand
for 20 per cent of the dele
gate positions at the coming
Democratic Party's Presiden
tial nominating convention,
more than 600 of the 3103
delegates will be black, a sub
stantial increase over the 216
who attended the 1968 con
vention.
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BLACK LEGISLATORS
PROPOSE MIXED WARD
SYSTEM
Black legislators in Atlanta
have proposed a modified ex
pansion plan that would
Jessie Jackson Spoke
At U.N. C Politics
By JOHN MYERS
CHAPEL HILL - "Close
loor Southern politics is the
iiasic part of the Southern
iconomic problem," were the
rards that began the Rev.
Jesse Jackson's address to the
University of North Carolina
Symposium Thursday 30.
In Jackson's address to a
is over, eager Raleigh visitors
will have consumed nearly a
ton of coffee and cake, Grey
hound estimates.
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GREER
HOLMQUIST &
CHAMBERS -
ARCHITECTS
following more than 22 years
of service, he is known by
blacks as a fighter for equality
who admonished blacks to,
"Think big, believe you deserve
the best this country has to
offer, to fight for it and 'keep
the faith."
change the city's racial make
up from a black majority to
mostly whites.
The modification would
guarantee that blacks would
have fair representation in the
city government. It was pro
posed by State Sen. Leroy
Johnson of Atlanta, speaking
for black legislators.
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NATIONAL UNITED COM
MITTEE TO FREE ANGELA
DAVIS AND ALL POLITICAL
PRISONERS STATED: John
Cluchette and Fleeta-Drumgo
the two remaining Soledad
Brothers - were acquited of
all charges against them. This
beautiful victory of the bro
thers is further evidence of
the breadth, depth and
strength of the movement to
free all political prisoners. Like
the lease of Angela Davis on
bail, the aquit&l of the Black
Panther Party defendants In
New Haven, New York, New
Orleans, Los Angeles and San
Francisco, it is a beautiful
victory won by the people.
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PARENT ADVOCACY:
LIBERATION THROUGH
EDUCATION
America's cities are turning
blacker.
Seventy-one percent of the
population of Washington, D.
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crowded Memorial Hall on
UNC's campus last week, he
pointed out the struggles peo
ple of the south had had
since the Civil War. He showed
that the basis of the problems
was an instilled racism headed
by "corrupt politicians and
ministers." Jackson stated the
current problems began, or
were brought to recognition
by the Civil War. "The Civil
War was not fought over two
races. It was fought over two
economics." With the freedom
■of slavery, the problems con
tinued in more racist fashion,
but were still instituted by an
economic base. "The old
South did not like to see
blacks express themselves in
any way possible. Just stay on
the black side of the tracks.
sports began recog
nizing the black man's prow
ess on the courts, fields, and
diamonds, so the black nun
was accepted in certain areas.
Entertainment was another
field where the black man was
partially accepted. Present day
society still exploits the physi
cal skill of the black man. It
accepts him in sports, enter
tainment, and a degree of cul
ture. But it continues to ex
ploit his mind. It never recog
nizes the fact that the black
man shooting from the
floor in a basketball fame is
probably quite capable of
seating a $25,000 a year busi
ness opportunity."
Jackson pointed out the
"ridiculous situation'V of the
South. "Poor blacks and whites
are competing for two few jobs.
They are glorifying skin color
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Beyond his glamorous per
sonal image, Powell's record
as a legislator reveals numer
ous laws and guidelines which
served as a determinent for
many of the current civil rights
laws today.
Rev. L. A. MILLER
St Mark A. M. L lion Church
Will Burn a 530,000 Mortage
St. Mark A.M.E. Zion
Church will observe Parsonage
Mortgage Burning Day Sun
day April 9, at 10:55 a.m.
and 3:00 p.m. Bishop W. A.
Stewart and the Reverend R.
L. Speaks will highlight the
worship services during the
day.
The occasion for Sunday
will be the burning of the
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JUDGE CHESS
Judge Chess
Awards Day
Keynoter
Nearly 200 North Carolina
Central University students will
receive honors Friday, April
7, as the university observes
its annual Awards Day.
The program will begin at
11 a.m. in B. N. Duke Audi
torium. Guest speaker for the
occasion will be N. C. Superior
Court Judge Sammie Chess
Jr., the first black superior
court judge in North Carolina.
Judge Chess, who was
named to his post by Gov.
Robert Scott, is an alumnus of
the university's undergraduate
school and law school.
Among the major awards to
be made are the President's
Chamber Of Commerce
Endorses Housing Plan
The Board of Directors of
the Durham Chamber of Com
merce recently endorsed the
idea of a regional housing de
velopment corporation to help
meet the demand for adequate
housing in the Research Tri
angle area.
The chamber's endorsement
GOOD READING IN THIS ISSUE
YOUR BUND By William Thorp#
CHEYENNE SCOUT CORNER By E. L. Kuniijr
PREGNANCY PLANNING A HEALTH By G. RiggabM
DURHAM SOCIAL NOTES By Mm. Symin«r D«y«
WRITERS FORUM By G«orfe B. Rom
HIGHLIGHTS AT DURHAM HIGH
WHATS HAPPENING AT CHAPEL HILL HIGH
Mis death at Jackson Me
morial Hospital Tuesday night
was attributed to complica
tions stemming from an earlier
prostate operation.
He had been confined to the
hospital's intensive care unit
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BISHOP STEWART
$30,000.00 parsonage mort
gage. The present parsonage
was built under the adminis
tration of the Reverend R. L.
Speaks who will deliver the
morning message Reverend
Speaks is the former pastor
of St. Mark Church. Reverend
Speaks is now minister of the
First A.M.E. Zion Church
Brooklyn, New York. The
first church of the New York
Cup, an award for academic
excellence, the Ray Thomp
son Service Award, and the
Louise M. Latham Award.
The President's Cup is
awarded to the senior with the
highest academic average over
seven or more semesters. It
will be presented by NCCU
President Albert N. Whiting.
The Ray Thompson Serv
ice Award, named for the
NCCU professor who retired
this because of illness, honors
the student who has made the
greatest contribution through
community service. The
honoree is designed by the
Student Government Associa
tion at the University.
The Louise M. Latham, new
this year, is a scholarship
presented by the Senior Coun
selors of 1956 in honor of the
university's longtime Dean of
Women.
Other awards to be made
include 16 specific awards for
excellence in a particular aca
demic area. All seniors with
averages of B or above will be
honored, as will members of
various honor societies. Hold
ers of scholarships and fellow
ships during the academic year
will be recognized.
Service awards to be pre
sented include 44 presented by
the student government as
sociation. and 25 for service in
music and drama organizations
at the university. Also to be
recognized are students who
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calls for the formation of such ;
corporation on a regional basis,
but also stipulates that if such
a regional concept is not feasi
ble. to go ahead with a Dur
ham-only organization. The
need for more housing in the
triangle area is a widely -
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PRICE: 20 CENTO
since he was airlifted by the
U. S. Coast Guard from his
Bimini Bahamas retreat March
7.
As the ex-congressman's
body lay in the Jackson Me
morial Hospital morgue, family
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REV. R.L. SPEAKS
Conference with a membership
of 7,000 members.
Bishop W. A. Stewart will
deliver the afternoon message
at 3:00 p.m. Bishop Stewart
is the presiding bishop of the
4th Episcopal Area which in
cludes the Central North Caro
lina Conference. At which
time the Music Committee and
congregation of St. Mark
Church will dedicate a new
church organ which is another
milestone in the life and work
of St. Mark Church. The choirs
of the church will render music
for both occasions.
John
To Highli
Conference
John Lewis. Executive Di
rector of the Atlanta-basec
Voter Education Project, will
deliver the keynote address at
the Conference for Black Can
didates of North Carolina. The
conference will be held Satur
day, April 9 at the Holiday
Inn Downtown in Raleigh
The conference is being
sponsored by the Durham
based North Carolina Voter
Education Project, state affi
liate of the Voter Education
Project.
John Edwards. Director of
the North Carolina Voter Edu
cation Project, said that the
purpose of the conference is
to answer the many questions
that Black candidates have
about reporting campaign con
tributions and expenditures,
the appointment and duties
of poll watchers and poll
workers, counting the vote and
other topics. Workshops will
be conducted on these and
other topics. Also Alex Brock,
Executive Secretary of the
State Board of Election's will
be present to answer candi
dates questions.
The director of the North
Carolina Voter Education Pro
ject said that the organiza
tion had conducted a state
wide survey to determine the
number of Black candidates
running for public office in
1972. The preliminary results
of the survey indicate that
there are over 100 Black can
didates.
Edwards said that he rea
lized people were now working
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