WORDS OF WISDOM %
There is no phase of knowledge whicnH
one can safely dismiss as valueless,
—CharlefCncncy
One man with courage makes a majority.
—K. V. P. Philosopher
A mail carrier is not the only one who has
to keep on delivering. — John AT. Siddall
VOLUME 51 NUMBER 29 >
NAACP Convention $
BY Li Anne Peguei
NAACP'S SPINGARN MEDAL PRESENTED TO
TALENTED GORDON PARKS
Gordon Parks, a man of many talents, whose multi-media
Knetrating creativity, has impressed and inspired
Americans of all colors, races and creeds, received
ihe coveted Spingarn Medal during ihe 63rd
uinual convention of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People. Poet,
composer, author, photographer and film-producer,
Parks has affirmed his commitment to a brother-
WILKINS which transcends race and color.
The presentation was made by Dr. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.,
President of Michigan State University. Paying tribute to the 57th
Spingarn Medalist awardee, Dr. Wharton said, as he paid tribute to
Parks, that "tonight this creative genius joins a select group of men
and women—the Spingarn Medal winners. 'ln his own unique and
creative way, he stands with great distinction and honor." Many
other outstanding achievements of Parks were cited including his
latest distinction, the making of the film, "Shaft Scores."
ANTI-BUSING "MOB" LED BY NIXON, NAACP SAYS
President Nixon was accused of "leading the mob in its assault
upon the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause" in an emer
gency resolution adopted on the second day of the convention.
The resolution charged that the President "is invading the
perogative of a co-equal branch of government-the judiciary—by
proposing legislation designed to interfere with the power of the
courts to correct constitutional violations. He is arousing passions
of hate and bitterness."
The resolution reaffirmed the NAACP's commitment to the
"judicial process as one means of redressing grievances. We reaffirm
oue commitment to a single society. We will continue to resist with
all of our resources any strategy or device designed to inhibit or
interfere with the power of courts to utilise busing as a tool for
correcting constitutional violations. "We call upon all units of the
NAACP and all of America to reject both the crude and the
sophisticated attempts at perpetuating dualism in American society
by keeping black children contained in segregated educational
compounds."
■ Rep. Diggs' challenge to delegates included a
x | -commitment to open a new front in the battle
|||i| lor the liberation of Africa. His address was a
HI call for a new and qctive Pan Africanism em
■l bracing all the black peoples of the world.
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■ Herbert Hill, the veteran labor director of the
NAACP urged that there be no retreat on econo
mic rights which has been reneged upon by the
Nixon administration. He stated that "black
workers are now experiencing a major crisis of
Ujkk unemployment and under employment. The
rates of unemployment for black workers in the 20 major centers
of urban non-white population concentration is now between 20
and 36 per cent, and the unemployment rate for black youth will
be in exceaa of 50 per cent by the middle of the summer.
Ml Jesse Jackson, the self-styled "country
preacher" challenged an enthusiastic, cheering
BB|B crowd of 3,000 delegates and observers who
A packed Cobe Hall at the Youth Night session.
" Ms Jackson reminded his enthralled audience that
th e "hands that picked cotton in Dixie can now
JACKSON pick the President of the United States." He
paid tribute to the role of the NAACP and the tremendous
leadership of Roy Wilkins, the "dean of the Freedom Fighters."
He iurged the revival of the coalition which produced meaningful
legislation and other significant advances during the period.
Summing up the experience of a decade of civil rights, Jackson
director of PUSH, said that many things were clear in theory such
as we or our children could attend any school in America, but in
fact, the black family could not pay the tuition; we could move
into any neighborhood, but could not pay the rent; and we could
travel and find public accommodations, which had once been closed
to us, but in fact, most of us could not afford such a vacation.
Thus, the big struggle notv is for an equitable share of the national
economy which has replaced the old struggle for civil rights.
Dr. George Sternlieb, director of the Ruthers University Center
for Policy Research, told the delegates that survival of the inner
city depends upon economy. This means that we must make sure
there are lots of jobs; jobs for whites as well as jobs for blacks. For
if jobs arc limited, both blacks and whites are going to suffer as is
happening now. An expanding economy has room for everybody,
a declining economy has room for nobody. Further, Sternlieb
called for Negro ownership of black occupied dwellings. Citing
efforts of most white owners as just playing the game so that they
can move out, Sternlieb said that black ownership for black
tenantry is the only real answer for providing the daily care that is
essential for building maintenance. Re?ideit >w crship must re
place absentee ownership for the survival of the inner cities.
A total of 2,632 delegates and alternates from every section of
the country registered for the 63rd Annual NAACP convention.
Five exciting days of education, inspiration, debate and legislative
action evolved from the meeting. Included in the total were 243
voting youth delegates and 381 youth alternates and observers.
The Ross Thelheimer Prizes were awarded to state and local
units of the NAACP which have contributed most to the advance
ment of the Association's program during the year. Thirty
branches and eleven state conferences received the awards at the
closing Freedom Fund Dinner of the 63rd Annual NAACP Conven
tion. Some North Carolina Branches won honorable mention.
North Carolina's Summer Food
Service Program Expanded
Atlanta, Ga.-A food service
program to provide meals for
children from low-income areas
will be operated at 323 organ
iied recreation sites in North
Carolina this summer, aided by
an estimated $1,014,617 in
federal assistance, according to
Ralph W. Eaton, director of
the state food service, Depart
ment ot Education.
"These funds compare to
$596,206.00 received last sum
mer," Eaton said. "This means
we would provide meals to
about 34,721 daily—the ex
pected average daily participa
tion of youngsters at recreation
centers n North Carolina apply-
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DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES SPLIT VOTE
Unbossed And Unbought
Shirley Chisholm
To Unify Black Democrats
MIAMI, Fla.— With most oi
the black Democratic Conven-
tion delegates split in their can
didate support, wiry little Con
gresswoman Shirley Chisholm
campaigned to the end to be
come a "Catalyst for Change,"
her campaign slogan.
Her hope for a new consti
tuency of young people, women,
minority groups and the poor
failed to materialize and her
public reception, which ia al-
s
chisholm ,
ways warm and occasionally
enthusiastic, has not translated
into votes at the primary polls.
AMI. Zion Church To Retire
Six Bishops T
Philadelphia, Pa.—When the
1972 Connectional Council of
the A.M.E. Zion Church meets
at Wesley Church, 15th & Lom
bard Street, July 26-28, it will
face perhaps the most exten
sive program it has ever faced.
For the first time in its his
tory, it will have 18 bishops
present, 12 active and 6 retired.
The first issue to face the
board of Bishops will be the
role that the retired bishops
will play in the administering
of the affairs of the 750,000-
member organization. There
are those who feel that retire
ment means exactly what it
says and that the five members
of the old board and the newly
elected seven should assume
full responsibility for the pro
gram of the denomination for
this quadrennium.
This factijn of the ilenomi
nation hears opposition that
says the new board needs the
counseling and experience of
Father Nathaniel
Be Howard UNI
The Rev. E. Nathaniel Porter,
priest-in-charge at St. Titus'
Episcopal Church for the past
five years, is resigning and will
accept the position of Episcopal
Chaplain at Howard University
in Washington, D.C.
Father Porter came to St.
Titus' in October, 1966, when
the church was located at 1520
Fayetteville St. In November,
1967, the church was badly
damaged by fire and the con
gregation decided to rebuild on
a larger site. The new church
edifice is located at 400 Moline
Street and was consecrated on
February 5 and 6, 1972. In
order for an edifice to be con
secrated it must be debt free.
During Fr. Porter's years
of ministry at St. Titus' the
church has expanded in mem
bership, in internal activities,
and in community service; and
it has moved from mission to
parish status.
Fr. Porter has also become
very active in the area of com
munity work—especially with
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1972
Insisting that she is the Mttf
viable alternative to the white
males who have dominated U.S.
politics since politics began,
Mrs. Chisholm reaffirmed her
determination to see her name
placed in nomination for the
Presidency at the Democratic
National Convention.
Mrs. Chisholm has approx
imately 38 delegates, from a
half-dozen states. Convention
rules require fifty for a formal
nomination. She claimed as
surances from enough delegates
who promised to sign her peti
tion for the nominating pro
cess. As of Tuesday morning,
with delegates and campaign
workers dredging for every av
ailable vote, and Senator Hu
bert Humphrey "throwing in
the towel," Mrs. Chisholm's
supporters felt strongly that
they would achieve the fifty
vote quota, and then some.
Since she declared her can
didacy in January, Mrs. Chis
holm received more active sup
port from various women's
groups-particularly the Nation
al Organization of Women—
than she did from the black
community. The second term
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the retired prelates. The coun
ter is that if the new board
does not have the know-how
then the newly-elected mem
bers were not fair to those
whom they asked to vote for
them.
Another touchy subject will
be an increased budget, adopted
at the General Conference,
held in Mobile, Ala., May 3-12.
There is certain to be echoes
from the wholesale retirement
of 5 bishops, who will draw
half salary for the rest of their
lives, along with one retired in
1968.
Persons who had the job of
preparing the budget counter
with the fact that cuts were
made in some areas and small
increases in others, that will
make the new budget almost
the same as that of the last
quadrennium. The largest in
crease is for education. This
was done in the interest of
keeping Livingston College, the
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FATHER PORTER
the Black community. His ac
tive interest in this area and
the continuing efforts of the
Episcopal Church to become
more aware of the needs of and
to make its work more relevant
to its Black membership led to
Fr. Porters being appointed
Director of Urban and Racial
Affairs for the Episcopal Dio
cese of North Carolina. This
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Democratic Chairwoman In Action
Mrs. Patricia Roberts Harris
Democratic Party Credentials
Chairwoman and permanent
Chairwoman of the Democratic
Party Convention, displayed be
fore national television audi
ences her aplomb, assurance,
and political "know how" as
she presented findings of the
Credentials Committee.
Many delegations had pre
sented minority reports as well
as majority reports and as such
called for the action by the
links, Meeting In New Orleans, Give $112,000 To
Black Colleges Anil Sickle Cell Disease Research
NEW ORLEANS- A note
worthy highlight of the
Eighteenth National Assembly
of The Links, Incorporated, as
sembled in New Orleans, Louis
ians, occurred at its Civic Lun
cheon Friday, June 30. More
than 2,000 Links and their
friends were present when a
contribution of $68,000 was
presented by Dr. Helen G. Ed
monds, President of the United
Negro College Fund—an organi
zation of forty predominately
Black Colleges concerned with
the higher education of more
than 45,000 black youth pri
marily from families whose in
come is less than $6,000 per
year. The Links, Incorporated,
by this contribution, reaffirmed
its concern for quality educa
tion for all youth, but espec
ially for black youth; reaffirmed
its dedication to services for
youth and gave concrete denial
to the oftimes repeated state
ment that blacks do not give
financial assistance to their own,
but depend on others to do
so.
The contribution was ac
cepted by The Honorable Arthur
D. Fletcher, Director, The
United Negro College Fund,
former Assistant Secretary of
Labor, United States Depart
ment of Labor.
In the second thrust, The
Links, Incorporated, in Assemb
ly, contributed $44,000 for
Sickle Cell Disease Research.
This amount was divided equal
ly between Howard University
Medical College, Washington,
D.C., and Meharry Medical Col
lege, NashviHe, Tennessee, to
continue Sickle Cell Disease re
search already in progress.
Eighty-five percent of black
doctors are trained in these two
institutions. Links emphasized
training and research as cardi
nal principles in Sickle Cell
Disease and so designated their
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MRS. PATRICIA HARRIS
Credentials Committee
Mrs. Harris, attorney, former
Howard University Law School
dean and former U.S. Ambassa
dor to Luxembourg, presented
a most excellent illustration of
her thoroughness and fairness
in dealing with the problems at
hand. Her task force of hearing
examiners and legal counsel,
including about 16 Blacks, had
thoroughly assessed all com
plaints and provided the neces
sary groundwork. Further,
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YOUR MIND By WBUmm Thor**
CHEYENNE SCOUT CORNER By B. L. Emrmay
PREGNANCY PLANNING A HEALTH By G. Blupb—
DURHAM SOCIAL NOTES By Mrs. SyauMr Day*
WRITERS FORUM By Goorg* B. Rmm
HIGHLIGHTS AT DURHAM HIGH
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CHAPEL HILL HIGH
Chairwoman Harris made avail
able to both majority and
minority supporters on any
challenge the services of quali
fied lawyers to draw up briefs
and give legal advice if neces
sary. This is most important
whenever floor fights may arise
on issues.
A very astute chairwoman
indeed, illustrated her talents
as she carried out the tasks so
assigned her on opening night
of the Democratic Convention
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It will also be recalled that Vlrs.
Harris seconded the nomination
of former President Lyndon B.
Johnson and thus launched her
campaign for women's rights.
Lawrence O'Brien, Demo
cratic Party Chairman, has
stated that he regards Mi».
Harris a» the key to a success
ful convention. For after aii.
delegates must be accredited if
they are to take up the business
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