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WORDS OF WISDOM • Don't put it off until tomorrow. Tomorrow there may be a law against it.— Anonymous A great leader never sets himself above his followers except in carrying responsibilities. —Jules Ormont VOLUME 01 NUMBER 36 350,000 N.C. BUCKS UNREGISTERED TO VOTE At. Platform Hearings ■Ljt ' m m?**® I m| r# f' f? '^BH J HHH i f B .*' Br pi fl S H SBiS | l»fe\ .iA w/*llPi Iff JL " - mk I -'W&/ X \ K ; *F-f 1 r Jfrii \ \ Hll . # ltll ' HM JPB MIAMI BEACH: Floyd Mc kissick, former director of CORE, and a civil rights mili tant of the 1960'*, said he has become a Republican in the 1970't to work on solu tions to the problems he help ed to dramatize a decade ago. If All Americans Were Colorless, Blacks Would Still Be Disad BLOOMINGTON, Ind.-If all Americans could today erase all personal prejudices due to race and color, blacks would still be disadvantaged because they have been systematically excluded from the resources and tools needed to be com petitive with whites. Prof. Robert W. Nason (cq) of Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, writing in the current issue of Indiana Univer sity's Business Horizons, said that no matter how well-con ceived and executed are prog rams to get blacks into manage ment positions in business, these alone will not rectify the situation. "The core is the self-per petuating deprivation of the ghetto and rural South, which lack resources and education," he said. "To tackle the result of three hundred years of overt and indirect discrimination, major shifts in national, state, and local financial political priorities will have to be achieved." The educator said business can help the necessary reor ganisation by using its new base of racial understanding as a platform from which to lobby aggressively for the need 'ed change. "Though businessmen dis claim the weight of their voices, there is no doubt that when they feel strongly, their voices arc heard with strength," he said. Nason said the foundation for theluck of black "upward mobility" its America's history of individual and organizational discrimination, which has kept the growing ranks of the pro fessional manager almost en tirely white. A new and more subtle de terrent to black mobility is what has become known as "institutional racism." In this case, Nason said, individuals may justifiably feel that they and their fellow managers hold no personal prejudice against blacks, yet there are real bar riers to black admission and mobility in management. First, most employment tests and screening criteria are stan dardized for white subjects and subtly place the inner city or rural Southern black at a dis advantage. Second, most management blacks do not have access to McKisslck appeared before the Republican National Conven tion's Platform Committee as the founder of the black-spon sored new town, Soul City, N. C. McKissick, shown at a press conference following the informal organization of a firm in the same way as do their white counterparts. Third, the mobility of man Abolition Of 3-Judge Courts Endanger Civil NEW YORK - Abolition of the Federal three-judge courts, as advocated by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, "will mean unconscionable delays in Negro civil rights cases," Roy WUkins, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said in a statement re leased here today. The Chief Justice advanced his proposal in a copyright interview in the U.S. News and World Report, Aug. 21 and in an address before an American Bar Association meeting in San Francisco, Aug. 14. The full text of Mr. Wilkins' statement follows: We are alarmed by the sug gestion of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger to abolish the three judge federal court, coming, as Profiles In Block At The GOP Nnthnnl Blacks from all walks of life and from the ages of 18 to 70 were among the 1,348 delegates attending the Re publican National Convention at Miami Beach, Florida. Of course, their opinions were as different as their many occu pations and ages. It appears that Blacks played a role in the convention, both in build ing the platform and in dele gate participation. Black delegates and alter nates had increased by more than 500 percent over 1968 when only 12 Black delegates served on convention commit tees. Republicans use a full vote for each delegate, as op posed to the Democrats' half vote for ead» delegate, signi ficantly reducing the totaf de legates. With this taken into consideration, there were actu ally only 155' more Black votes «t the Democratic Convention Che CatSiJa his appearance, said Negroes should comprise 11 or 12 per cent of the GOP conven tion instead of the less than 4 per cent of the delegates who are the convention this week. (UPI) agement blacks in stunted by their predominant use in non line jobs when they do get Continued on page 8A it does, at a time when the policy of the National Ad ministration is to urge delays of federal court orders in school desegregation cases. Such de lays hurt black Americans. The three-judge federal court statute has been a principal vehicle on which minorities have resisted oppressive state legislative and administrative actions. That the Supreme Court case load has increased under that statute is not a reason to condemn it. Rather, this increase speaks eloquently of the extent of the failure of states to honor, and in some cases, to abridge the constitu tional rights of minorities. The Chief Justice apparently said that civil rights cases would not suffer, since "such cases Continued on page 8A than were at the Republican convention. Black delegates numbered 138 out of the 1,348 total delegates. In 1968 only 26 Blacks participated in the Republican National Convention. Miss Debra Geran related an interesting story as to her election as a delegate from Las Vegas. Miss Geran is 18 years old. She says she placed her name in nomination at a county convention to attend the state convention and was selected and then went on to the State convention where she won election to represent Nevada at the National con vention. She served as m alternate. Miss Geran, thus, received valuable experience in the political process by being involved in the convention. A 70 year-black educator from Mississippi reveals some Continued On Page 8A DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1071 Voteless Thousands Heeded In November Over 300,000 Blacks in North Carolina are unregistered according to a survey released by the North Carolina Voter Education Projecg. The U. S. Bureau of Census estimates that there are now 701,401 Blacks 18 years of age and over living in North Caro lina. As of April, 1972, only 348,770, or 49 per cent, were registered. John Edwards, Director of the North Carolina Voter Edu cation Project, stated that if community groups have not started their voter registration campaigns, they should launch their campaigns immediately. He pointed out that to be eligible to vote in the upcoming November 7, 1972 general elections a person must be registered by October 9. The director of the state wide organization said that there are many things the members of the County Board of Elections may do to make it easier for people to register. Several of the most important things are: 1. In all counties the County Board of Elections may order the precinct registrars to regis ter people at the polling place in each precinct before the election on certain days. For example, in many counties pre cinct registrars have been or dered to register people thu last three Saturdays (Sept. 23. NAACP REGISTRATION DRIVE SEEKS MORE BUCK VOTERS NEW YORK - A cam paign for the registration of Negro voters will be pressed by the National Association for the Advancement of Co lored People, Roy Wilkins, executive director said here this week. "The drive will not be con fined to Southern states," Mr. Wilkins said, "but will include, as it has in past years, strategic cities in the North." The 1972 activity of the NAACP will register black voters m Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Pomona Valley, Fresno and Bakersfield, Calif.; Paterson, East Orange, and Burlington, N. J.; Portland and Corvallis Ore.; Indianapolis, Ind.; St.- Louis, Mo.; and Southwest Area of Tucson, Ariz. Abo included are 14 areas in Deep M & V ..1 majl% M VK I WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. George McGovem and hit new vice presidential running mate R. Sargent Shriver campaigned Sept. 30, and Oct. 7) before the books close for the No vember election. 2. In counties with more than 14,000 registered voters, the County Board of Elections may appoint special registration commissioners (floating regis trars) who can register people any time and any place. 3. In counties with less than 14,000 registered voters as well as counties with more than 14,000 registered voters, the County Board of Elections may order the Executive Regis trar (chief registrar) to register people at places other than the ofice of the County Board of Erections. For example, the Executive Secretary may go to schools, community centers and churches to register people. Edwards urged community groups throughout the state to contact the Chairperson of their County Board of Elections to see what is being done to make it easier for people to register. If they are not satis should arrange a meeting with the elections board to see what is being done to make it easier for people to register. If they are not satisfied, the common ity groups should arrange a meeting with the elections board to see what could be done to make it easier for people to register. The director said that as in Continued on pan 8A South states. The NAACP conducted vo ter registration and education campaigns in 1970, with the figures reflected in 1971, in Waterbury, Conn.; Anderson and Indianapolis, Ind.; Peoria, 111.; Waterloo, la.; Bonner Springs and Kansas City, Kan sas City, Kansas; Detroit, Eco rse and Flint, Mich.; Minne apolis, Minn.; Newark, N. J.; Niagara Falls, N. Y.; Akron and Toledo, Ohio; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pa.; Blythe, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif.; and Denver, Colo. Negro voter registration has been on the year-round pro gram of the NAACP since 1957. W. C. Patton directs the work from a Birmingham office and John M. Brooks works out of Richmond, Va. together (or the first time aa they met with a group of about 15 mayor* on Capitol Hill. Here they confer with Mayor Norman Mineta, of I Die A Thousand Deaths _ " imi mmmsmm ~■&;M aHH // * y' / %y// / At/>4PXt\ B |W wj WILLIAM "SONNY" WALKER Abernathy Say Evict Nixon, Angela Inspires SCLC DALLAS, TEXAS - The number one priority for black and progressive people in 1972 is "to evict Richard Milhouse Nixon from the White House," Dr. Ralph David Abernathy said in a major address to the 15th Annual Convention of the Southern Christian Leader ship held here last week. The SCLC President pledg ed the organization's total staff and Chapter resources across the South and in 24 major cities to work for the election of local, state and national candidates who re spond to the needs of poor people. He said that SCLC's political organizing will in clude organiing on black col lege and high school cam puses—"where we want to he! p students transform Black Po wer from a slogan to a reality. We will also work in the ghettoes of the nation and we will be in coalition witt othff forces such as the young, poor people's organizations, the peace movement, and the harassed and victimized work ing men and women pf Ameri- San Joee, Calif., left, and Mayor Kenneth Gibeon, of Newark, N. J., right Standing left rear is Mayor Richard Hatcher, GOOD READING IN THIS ISSUE YOUR MIND By WUHaa Thorp* CHEYENNE SCOUT CORNER By E. L ITiMfW I DURHAM SOCIAL NOTES By Mrs. Hynuaer Day* WRITERS FORUM By G«orf • B. Rm I PREGNANCY PLANNING & HEALTH By G. Pfilil ca." Angela Davis, the black woman who fought and won a trial against her political be liefs, delivered a rousing at tack on the whole range of racism and oppression of the poor in her appearance as guest speaker for the con vention's annual banquet. Miss Da vis' analysis includes the observation that "poverty is not a social accident"....but it is "built into the system." Poverty, she said, "is created by robbing workers of the fruits of their labor...poverty is just as inevitable today as it was when our ancestors were abducted from Africa and brought to this country in chains to create, with their labor, the profit that was ne cessary for a developing agri cultural capitalism in the South." As one solution to poverty, Miss Davis advocated creation of new community based unions of poor workers re gardless of their occupations. She also said "we know that no oppressed people in the Continued on page 8A of Gary, Ind Mayor Howard Lee, of Chapel Hil, N. C., second from right. Others standing are unidentified. (UP!) PRICE: 20 CENTS Create A New Society Tint Cares For People ATLANTA, GEORGIA - William "Sonny" Walker is often called "the man from OEO." He's often termed as the man in Atlanta who works and fights for the poor, the minorities—a man who knows no color. Walker, 38, is the Regional Director, Region IV, of the Office of Economic Oppor tunity and has been since his appointment to the position in February of 1972. Sonny Walker spells suc cess. Everything he has under taken, every task that has been asked from him has been carried through to its com pletion and with success. Born of poor parents in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Walker rose to be the most powerful and influential Black in Ar kansas after working his way through Arkansas AM&N where he was a star football player. After collage, he entered into the field of education Continued on page 8A Nixon Nominated As Republican Standard Bearer With protestors from many Ktoups rallying in the rainy streets outside Convention Hall and cordoned away from the gates by lines of police, the Republican party nominated President Richvd M. Nixon on Tuesday night for a second term in the White House. Nixon had earlier come to the scene of his triumph and spoke to some of tho6e gather ed within the areas. Prom there he went on to his se cluded Key Biscay ne home across the Bay. Nixon deliver ed his speech of acceptance on Wednesday evening. This was his return to the scene of contest some four years earlier and this time it appear ed that Nixon was heavily favored in the race against Democratic Challenger George McGovern. It appeared that all was Continued on page 8A Ehodesia Ousted rom Olympic Competition MUNICH - Rhodesian athletes were denied partici pation in the International Olympic contests to be held in Munich by a vote of 36 to 31 of the International Olympics Committee. 11>» threat of a boycott by African nations, some U. S. Blacks and other nations triggered f the decision to withdraw the Invitation to Rhodesia. The decision waa greeted with a variety of mooifc, de ' pending on one's viewpoint. However, some Rhodesiam died tears. Economic bond* alao play ed a iota as Wily Buuxfc, chancellor of Waal Germany, urged IOC aoiuttoßs ao at not Continued On Page &A
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