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-THE CAROLINA TIMES ■ Saturday, Aug. S, 1972 2A EDITORIALS & COMMENT WIU THIS IECOME LINCOLN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER'S FATE? Have we here in Durham be come so blinded by the glitter of the three major black corporations in our midst that we have become unable to observe what is happen ing around us? Are we so wrapped up within our own little worlds that things will pass us by? Certainly every black in Durham and else where are proud of what blacks have been able to achieve here in the fields of life insurance, bank ing, and in saving and loan as sociations. These three have proven beyond a doubt what is possible, when blacks with train ing, exercise foresight, integrity, ingenuity and cooperative efforts. However, we cannot like the pro verbial peacock, become so im mersed and strut too much about our beautiful feathers that we have spread so proudly, without once taking time to look down at our feet. We would like to remind all of us in Durham, that we need to do some serious soul searching. For every thing that meets the eye is not necessai-ily true. Plainly, we need to take a look at our feet by reviewing what has taken place here in Durham from a black business standpoint during the past 50 or less odd years. By so doing, we might even feel dis posed, as the peacock does, to let down our feathers and or at least stop strutting. The task and duty facing this newspaper is a most unpleasant one at times, but lest we falter or fail that which has been entrusted into our keeping, it must be done. So, with all the humility we can sum mon, we ask every thinking black to walk with us through the busi ness graveyards of Durham and read the epitaphs on some of the tombstones of those business insti tutions that have been buried there. To make the task short we will read only a few of the names on the tombstones of the once proud and thriving businesses and organi zations that have passed off the scene in Durham within the past years. Among them are: The Royal Knights of King David, a fraternal organization; The Fra ternal Bank and Trust Company, a banking institution that was lo cated on old Fayetteville Street; Peoples Building and Loan Asso ciation ; The Berry Company, Town EASY ACCESS TO FIREARMS The easy access to firearms is constantly raising its head in Dur ham and other areas. The ques tion is asked often how can such individuals get access to such arms. The answer is simple. There is no gun control legislation. We really need such legislation. Several times in recent years and, especially after the many killings of innocent persons, the clamor for gun legislation will be heard. How ever, each time the even louder voices of sportsmen and game hunt ers through their powerful lobby ists have blocked any proposed legislation. Of course, public ap-- proval for certain types of fire EHA FRAUDS IN APPRAISED HOMES The recent indictments by the grand jury against FHA officials in Philadelphia, New York and De troit on the fraudulent appraisals made on defective and overpriced housing points up the need for strong legislation to protect persons and especially minorities from such dastardly acts. The abuse of the Section 235 housing for poor and moderate in come familitse where citizens were cheated cited the negligence and corruption of some FHA officials. Among the remedies suggested by some lawmakers would be that Item IW SMH Know § HURST ■BS»3R> £ ... A.M.E. BISHOP, BORN IN SALEM,MO-A Z^KJGJ GRADUATE OF DICKINSON COLLEGE AND A " STUDENT AT HALLE. GERMANY HE TAUGHT THEOLOGICAL HISTORY AT DREW THEOLOGICAL SEMNARX MADISON, N.J. /lN 1873 HE BECAME THEW PRESIDENT/ IN >BBO A BISHOP/ (JP MAMY OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP WON GREAT AWARDS FOR THE COL LEGE/lN /HD OUT OF THE CHURCH —HE FOUGHT BRA/ELY FOR NEORO RIGHTS/ At+rtsGfP- send Coal Company; Home Mod ernization Company, drug stores on old Fayetteville Street, numerous eating places along the "Street" as well as the places of entertainment. A few of the smaller businesses that have long since been buried are The Peoples Drug Company, Bull City Drugs, Smith's Grocery Company, Ed Green Grocery Com pany, Tom Bailey's Grocery Store. Fred Henderson's Grocery and many, many others, that time and space will not permit us to mention here. With the demise of many, many, black owned and operated busi nesses, and urban renewal taking many others, we face a most ar duous task as we seek to prevent the loss of still another business, the Lincoln Health Community Center, presently housed in the long time medical facility, Lincoln Hospital. Lincoln Hospital has throughout the years rendered in valuable services. It will also be remembered that many of our out standing physicians did their resi dencies within the confines of Lin coln Hospital, not to mention the outstanding nurses and other para medical staff trained there. Of course, we know that progress must move, but does it mean that still another black institution must be buried? None the less, as we look to the possible loss of another black institution, Lincoln Commun ity Center, within the confines of Lincoln Hospital, which has pro vided health needs for many per sons within the general area and other areas as well, one wonders what will be the true end product of all of this manipulation. There must be some way that our black health center and community asset can be retained for future needs as well as for our posterity. Again, we call upon the Hos pital Corporation and other power structure members to save the Lin coln Community Health Center. Now is the time for those with gen uine sincerity to come forth and keep the faith of our departed for bears and our future generations. Let us keep Lincoln Community Health Center going; for it indeed fills a dire need and necessary com ponent of health services to all persons in need of medical treat ment and close followup. arms was made by the present Ad ministration leader. So, one sees the task as being quite difficult. It might be well for the chief op ponents of gun control legislation to follow the examples of hunters and sportsmen in some other countries who are licensed only to own the kind of firearms needed for their sport. There can be no real reason as to why the owner of any firearm should not be registered. Until such action is taken, the penalties for illegal use and the possession of firearms should be dealt with severely. the victims should be allowed to sue the government to compensate them for the damage they have suf fered as the result of the govern ment's incompetence. It is sug gested that a federal court which does not have its own reputation at stake will be more likely to award damages to those deserving indi viduals. Along the same lines, persons ought to be entitled to expect that Federal officials who commit in competent and illegal acts be fired, and where appropriate, even be imprisoned. PRODUCT OF THE MACK MVOUfIWN„? -WIS HAD ALL COLORS AMD RACES AHD EVERYBODY OOT AION6 HHE-THAT'S THE HAY rrOUGHT TVOEH THB COUMTRY," SAtDHRSJtAH ueSTHOOD. raScaJSrr™'"' YvQmwV -LETTER TO THE EDITOR BLACK AMERICA INTELLECTUALLY DORMANT It is to my understanding that the black American, since his incipience in this country, first as the indentured ser vant, then as the chattel, next to the oppressed free man, and now as the compriser of the largest American minority no longer confronted legally and predominately with Jim Crow laws by white racists, is in grave need of indiscrimi nate and universally-manifest philosophical ideologies be they natural or transcendental, rhis is to say, the black \merican has not fostered enough concepts relevant to lure science or pure religion, lie average black leader seems at)re interested in advancing is people socially, economi cally and politically, rather than intellectually; he does not say that his advocate should contemplate that 2 + 2 equals 4, but rather that "2" it self is probably a white ab straction and therefore should not be scrutinized by black people, whereas the axiom (the irrefragable mathematical idea) goes into oblivion. He should actually exploit the equation further to see what else might be deduced and convey his conclusion. He should not deny that light, when passed through a prism, yields the colors of the rainbow because ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE Ministries to Blacks in Higher Education, at its Annual Con vocation in Washington, D. C., at Howard University's School of Religion, enrolled five dis tinguished men to its Roll of Honor, who in aggregate, have served the college and univer sity chaplaincy for one hundred twenty-five years. These men were honored for their creative, dedicated service to men and women whose lives they have touched for good in the arena of higher education. The men so honored are: Dr. Dank. Grafton Hill of Washington, D.C. Former Dean of the Chapel and retired Dean of the School of Religion, Howard University. Dr. Howard Thurman of San Francisco, California. Retired Dean of the "hapol, Howard University, Dean Emeritus, Marsh Chapel, Boston Univer sity, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Lee C. Phillip of Prairie View, Texas. Dean Emeritus of the Chapel, Prairie View it was discovered by Isaac Newton a white physicist, but should infer further indiscri minately and form new con cepts. This is the way irrefrag able knowledge is incurred in discriminately and advancet mankind. But some sage and astute readers among you may attest, "Has not the black man always built upon white ideas since first being brought to Ameri ca?" Rarely does an institu tion of education teach Swahili the dominate African idiom; the major schools of higher education teach Caucasian (European) language, and we (black people) are denied the languages of predominantely black countries. Did not the black American build upon such a spoken language (per haps innately) only to be dis dained further, by the white man?" This is true. I can only say, however, that the pro pinquity of white and black Americans, in conjunction with the nondiscriminating eye on both sides and ironi cally the oppression by the major race has led to the in evitable sharing of language but culture also. It is important to see that the advancement of the black man in America intellectually or otherwise owes little to the above-mentioned "nondiscri \ nating eye on both sides "be cause this has not been, for the most part the relation ship between white and black Agricultural and Mechanical College, Prairie View, Texas. Dr. James Hudson of Tallahas see, Florida. Director of Reli gion and Life, Florida Agricul tural and Mechanical Univer sity, Tallahassee, Florida. Dr. Warren Scott of Atlanta, Georgia. Retired' Episcopal Chaplain to the Atlanta Univer sity Center, Atlanta, Georgia. The Confocation had an of ficial registration of almost two hundred, with more than four hundred men and women parti cipating. These men and wom en, black and white, were from all sections of the United States and two foreign countries, making this the larget national gathering in campus ministry in the country. The Convocation was organ ized around major addresses and reflection groups. Major presentations were made by: Dr. John Carter Diamond, Jr. Associate Professor of Philo sophy and Theology, Interde nominational Theological Cent- America. It has been one of "majority race take all." or a racist Democracy. Since as one author has suggested, "no major social group likes the Negro, especially the white American," the black man has been demeaned in our society by the far greater in number (number being the obvious impetus of oppression) white man, that sees any of his ac complishments of the minority and consequently a threat to the democratic way of life. In the final analysis things are better today for "us black folks." The human deprivation of our rights has given a way to the incurring of such rights. No longer are we precluded from the main stream of the American society: blacks can actually cogitate a black government and other black institutions. » But he should not deny in tellectual growth that advances humanity because of racial bias or prejudice. He should strive to progress science, philosophy, religion indiscri minately. If he can not en vision this for him and his posterity—if he cannot eradi cate democratic racism and institute a nondiscriminating democracy at a point not too distant in the future, then he should think seriously about setting up a separate United States or go back to black Africa. Frederick Rivers Durham er, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Howard Thurman, Dean Emeritus, Marsh Chapel, Boston University, Boston, Massachu setts. Dr. Robert Owens, IU, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Howard University, Washington, D.C. Dr. Charles L. Long, Associate Professor of History of Reli gion, Divinity School, Univer sity of Chicago, Chicago, 111. Mr. Harold Dorsey, Artist in Residence and Instructor, Mal colm X College, Chicago, 111. GOT. Askew Delays N.C. Trip Two Days TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Gov. Reuhin Askew of Flori da has delayed for two days his vacation in the North Carolina mountains while his wife, Don na Lou, visits bar ailing moth er. Mrs, Aakew's mother, Mrs. D. L. Harper of Sanford, Fla., is suffering from a back injury. Askew said he hoped to leave with his family Thursday for a vacation in Aaheville at North Carolina's Western Governor's Mansion. The Askews had planned to leave Tuesday. To Be MHK§ FOUNDATIONS AND SOCIAH j CHANGE By VERNON E. JORDAN, Jr. I One of the cherished myths j so dear to the hearts of many i Americans is that this is a ; society in which an individual ( can advance according to his merits. Perhaps this has been a far more 'Mobile society than others in the world, but it is now clear that class and caste are strong brakes on individual merit and opportunity. Moat people recognize that the rules of the game favor those from better-educated and ' higher-income homes, while black Americans and other minorities and people from poor families have gener ally found the doors of oppor tunity closed to them. Racial discrimination kept black people out of the jobs, homes and schools that became vehicles for social mobility and economic advancement for others. This is the great leak that prevents the myth of individual merit from holding water. The question is, what do we do about it? One of the ways in which opportunities may be equa lized is the establishment of guidelines for black and minority participation - on the job, in housing, and in educa tion. But some federal efforts to do just that have resulted in a howl of protest from many people who charge this is un fair preferential treatment based on race. People should be helped and given oppor tunities, critics say, but not through a quota system. I can't agree, the problems this country now faces were created because of discrimina tion leading to group dispari ties, and they can't be solved by advancing individuals on some kind of mystical merit basis. They can only be solved by ending the disparities among the groups that make up our population. Guidelines for group par ticipation are a mechanism of measurement that encouragi progress toward the goal of equality. It is only through such a mechanism that oppor tunities will indeed become more equaL Such guidelines don't con stitute a quota system. In V 1900-1971 w9V WNEW A OR\ O EANJ N ONC£ WLgW COMMAND PERFORMANCES BEFORE HIS MAJESTY. KING GEORGE VIN 1932. HE BE GAN Hl4 BRILLIANTJAZZ CAREER WHILE IN THE COLORED HOME FOR WAIF*. HE BLEW Hl* FIRST NOTE ON A BUGLE, SOME ONE LET HIM TRY A CORNET WHEN HE LEFT THi HOME HE COULD PUY-HOME SWEET HOME. HE BOUGHT HIS FIRST HORN FORM IN A PAWN SHOP. JOE OLIVER THE DADDY OF JAZZ CDRNETirrS GAVE HIM ONE OF HIS OLD HORNS AND TAUGHT HIM HOW TO USE IT. HE PLAYED RIVER BOATS AND HONK'IDNKS UNTIL 1922, jMiji THEN WENT TO CHICAGO TO PLAY WITH JOE OLIVER. HIS STAR ROSE AND SHONE BRIGHTLY. HAILED AS AN HBHBW AMBASSADOR OF GOOD-WILL JHB—I HE TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD PLAYIN6 HIS JAZZ. A LEGEND IN Mr i HIS OWN TIME. HE EXCELLED VW IN HISJAZZ SINGING. OH DOLLY WAS HK LAST BIG HIT BUT HIS RENDITION HILL ANOVHEN ITS SLEEPYTIME DOWN SOUTHnILL LIVE FOREVER p Che Ciategj ' L. B. AUSTIN ' j |.' « : Editor-Publisher, 1927-1971; } **"■ * ■ w E Published every Saturday at Durham, N. C. "r> -^ « by United Publishers, Inc. j MRS VIVIAN AUSTIN EDMONDS. Publisher "? , h ' -\:.i ■ ' ■ "* ARENCE BONNETTE... .... ~ Business lij. EL WOOD CARTER Advertising Manoffor j! Second Class Postage Paid at Durham, N. C. 27702 jj SUBSCRIPTION RATES I ( United State* and Canada Yeax s6.o* « United States and Canada 2 Years 911.00 ,rForeign Countries. 1 Year fiM U Single .Copy ~,.,...10 Cents 3 Principal Office Located at 436 East Pettlgrsrw Street, Durham, North Carolina 27702 fact, they're designed to counter the quota systom what kept blacks excluded from all areas of opportunity for so long. The myth of individual merit has been used as a club to keep blacks and other minorities down, and it can work, it will be in a society far more perfect and discrimi nation-free than thi6 one. I know that quotas are a double-edged sword. They've been applied here and abroad to exclude many groups from schools and other institutions. A quota that is a floor today, setting a minimum standard of inclusion, can become tomor row's ceiling, preventing more blacks from entering a profes sion or a university. But, given the existing situation, it is important to maintain tempor ary guidelines now that can later be removed when the need for them vanishes. The critics of group guide lines cling to the notion that America is still a melting pot in which different ethnic gtoups "melt" and lose their group identity. The melting 1 pot myth died in the ferment of the 1960's and it is now clear thai an open society is 1 one that recognizes group dif ferences and pro vide# fthe mechanisms that will assyifp all groups their fair share' of- the rewards and the responsibili ties of the society. We need ' every tool we can use in mak ing this a reality and the crea tive, temporary use of guide > lines is potentially the most • valuable tool we have. Fire Department I Plans Horse Show L The New Hope Fire Depart ment and Rescue Squad will sponsor a horse show that will ' include more than 40 events s divided into three sessions Sat urday Ott WMtfiekf Road 1 Piney Mountain, The show is open to Orange County residents and other res idents in the first district, ac ' cording to chairman Jerry Hall *g and Linwood Crabtree. r A large crowd is expected [ and the proceeds will go toward l new equipment and supplies for the fire department, which serves north side of Chapel Hill ■ and west of Durham. The afternoon program starts at 1 p.m. The judge is Kenneth Hutcherson of Gretna, Va., and i DeDe Simpson is the ring mistress.
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