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I LOOKED AND I SAW By Rev. C. L. Stow
THROUGH BLACK EYES
DURHAM SOCIAL NOTES
JROM BLACK
WRITERS' PORUM
By Rhett Tanner
By Mr. S. Day
By John Hudgins
By George B. Buss
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VOLUME 51-No. 7
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1974
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NEW YORK-Sixty-five
years ago, incensed by the
rising tide of discrimination
and violent acts against
black people in this nation a
group of Americans issued a
"Call" to the human
conscience on the centennial
of Abraham Lincoln's
birthday. Out of the
conference to implement this
call, May 31 June 1, 1909,
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People was born.
The NAACP on February
12 is 65 years old. In a
letter to NAACP units
around the nation, Executive
Director Roy Wilkins
announed that February
10-17 has been designated
(See ANNIVERSARY Page 7A)
Dr. Rose B Browne
Is Anniversary
Keynoter For
Bible Class
DR. BROWNE
Dr. Rose Butler Browne,
nationally known educator
and . church women, will
deliver the Anniversary
Address of the Kingdom
Seekers Bible Class of Mount
Vernon Baptist Church on
(See BROWNE Page 4A)
By ELVA P. DEJARMON
Black History month is a time to look
not only at historic black leaders' and
heroes, but also at the institutions
named for those black people who
forged ahead and sustained memorable
and viable lasting monuments for all
Amercia and especailly for black
Americans who today are enjoying the
fruits of these toiling black soliders of
progress.
History and research reveals that
Durham County, North Carolina have
provided many outstanding black men
and women who have left their huge
footprints on the sands of time in our
city and country as well as the state,
nation and international levels.
The information covered her salutes
those outstanding leaders during Black
History Month that have been honored
to have schools and other educational
facilities named for them because of
their many and varied contributions to
improve the quality of life for all
Americans and for Black Americans in
particular during the passing years in
Durham city and county, North Carolina.
; Durham Cpunty, North Carolina is
repletf wltnch leader and Institutions
and we bring some of them to your
attention. As is true with most cultures,
church, school, and social life stand out
as they continue' to seek to consolidate
and build economic and political bases.
Of special note is St. Joseph's African
Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest
black institutions in Durham. The African
Methodist Episcopal Church stems from
1789 when Richard Alien led his group
of blacks in protest at being segregated
from receiving communion and a place
to sit in the Methodist Church. St.
Joseph's A.M.E. Church was founded in
Durham in 1869 in a little log house
about a half block from where it now
stands. Incidently, this church is now in
the path of Urban Renewal,' which has
been the fate of many historic black
monuments in the past, . and a new
building is scheduled to be built within
the next two years on the corner of
Fayetteville and Burlington Avenue, some
30 blocks away from the present site.
Ediem Markham was fhe first pastor
and in additon to preaching on Sundays,
taught school during the week. The
Markham Education Building of the
Church was named in his honor.
White Rock Baptist Church was the
second church to be organized in
Durham. Mrs. Margaret Faucett opened
her home in 1875 as a place of worship
for the few Black Baptist. She gave the
first dollar, it is said, towards a church
building on Pettigrew Street. In 1896, a
brick church was erected on Fayetteville
Street and was enlarged in 1901. This
original church too, fell victim to Urban
Renewal. White Rocif" Baptist Church,
located now on Fayetteville Street,
Immediately past the Beechwood
Cemetery in a section known as Fisher
Memorial Heights, occupies a spacious,
well equipped chapel, education building
and recreation area valued at more than
a million dollars.
William Gaston Pearson and John
Merrick were leaders and pillars of St.
Joseph's A.M.E. Church while Dr. Ail.
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Presentation of Special Award to Dr. Charles Watts by LCHC Board Member, Mrs. Mary
Holman.
Dr. Charles IVafffs Honored Is
"Founding Fflfner'OMCOT Cenfer
The Lincoln Community Health Center recently
held its First Annual Public Meeting at the W.G.
Pearson Elementary School. Auditorium. The
purpose of the meeting was to report to the public
the progress of the Center since its opening in
1971. Dr. Charles Watts, currently a special
consultant for the Center, was honored as the
"founding father."
Approximately 150 Durham citizens attended the
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Honor Distinguished Professor
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Minority Groups Demand federal
Support for Housing assistance
NEW YORK-Spokesmen
for 22 minority groups are
calling on the Federal
Government to begin
immediately interim housing
assistance programs, because
changes in policy by the
Nixon Administration are
hurting disadvantaged people
the most, they charge.
In a set of
recommendations that were
sent to James T. Lynn,
Secretary, of the Department
of Housing and Urban
Development, on January 31,
the minority leaders
complained that low-income
families were being denied
the opportunity to buy or
rent housing, primarily
because of HUD's
moratorium on the 235 and
236 subsidized programs.
Worsening the housing
market for black and other
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ASSEMBLY ACCLAIMS AARON-ATLANTA, Hank Aaron and his wife, Billye, sit beside Lt
Gov. Lester Maddox, Jan. 30th, as he was introduced to the Georgia Senate. The General
Assembly of the Sate of Georgia paid tributes to Aaron for his idstinguished baseball career
and Maddox said he would like to see a protrait of the baseball star hanging in the state
capitol.
minority Americans, the
statement said, was Inflation
and the storage of mortgage
monies, which have rapidly
diminished the supply of
lc -cost dewllings Public
housing authorities now have
long waiting lists for
dwellings units that they are
unable to fill. Also,
adversely affected by the
current economic climate is
the Turnkey 111 public
home-ownership program, for
the poort.
The minority leaders also
charged that the Nixon
Administration policies were
seriously hurting minority
businessmen. These included
(See MINORITY Page 7A)
The alumni and faculty of
NCCU's Department of
Georgraphy will honor Dr.
Theodore R. Speigner,
organizer, founder, professor
and chairman of the
Department of Geography at
North Carolina Central
University on March 30,
1974. Members of the
Steering Committee
sponsoring the Recognition
Affair are Vinston Burton,
Chairman, Albert Barnett,
Secretary, Dennis Enberg,
Treasurer of Durham. Jasper
Harris, Chairman of the
Book Of Letters Committee,
Prairie View, Texas, Donald
Ensley, Chairman of The
Theodore R. Speigner
Scholarship Fund Committee,
East Lansing, Michigan,
Woodrow W. Nichols,
Chairman of the Special
Honors Committee, Coral
Gables, Florida, and Joseph
Williams, Chairman of the
Gift Committee, Washington,
D.C.
The chariman of the
Steering Committee to
Honor the Distinguished
Georgraphy Professor
announced recently that the
Testimonial Banquet will be
held at the Durham Motel,
Saturday, March 30, 1974,
at 6:30 p.m.
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SPEIGNER
Burton, in writing to
alumni and friends of the
honoree, said, "In light of
our accomplishments, we are
grateful to Dr. Speigner, for
the important role he has
played in molding our lives.
Therefore, we find it only
appropriate to express our
tanks in an honorable way.
We are currently establishing
The Theodore R. Speigner
Scholarship Fund in his
honor. For those of us who
have had contact with Dr.
Speigner are acutely aware
(See SPEIGNER Page 7A)
Volunteers In AGM! Programs
Aid In Recording Qlach History
WASHIIGTON-In good times, "Smokey" William
Robinson was bronco buster, in hard times, he
rode cutback bulls. Now, in easier times, Robinson
spins yarns and stages "whip-poppin"
demonstrations for children at the DuSable Museum
of African-American History in Chicago.
Robinson, 76, is one of
many living links with the
past now serving In ACTION
volunteer programs. ACTION,
whose programs Include the
Peace Corps and VISTA, is
the federal agency for
voluntary service.
Part of ACTION'S Retired
Senior Volunteer Program
(RSVP), Robinson and four
other Senior Volunteers are
adding their own
reminiscences to the
museum's sources of the
history of Blacks In this
country. Founded in 1961
to "preserve and disseminate
the contributions of Africans
and Afro Americans to
American and world
culture," the DuSable
Museum features exhibits
ranging froan Ethiopian
hammock to the memorial
headstone for American prize
fighter Jack Johnson.
Sixty-nine-year-old Isaac
Walker conducts groups of
school children on guided
tours through the museum.
Amidst the many displays,
Walker pauses to contribute
first-hand knowledge of life
in Africa and in this
country.
In 1941, Walker, an
unemployed widower with
three children, Joined the
Civilian Conservation Corps.
He was sent to a northern
Michigan reforestation
project.
But the following year the
(See " VOLUNTEERS Page 5A)
meeting and heard Dr.
Howard Fitts, the first
president of the Center's
Board, jpve a history of the
Center. Dr. Evelyn Schmidt,
director of the Center,
introduced the staff and
used a slide presentation to
review thmajor activities of
the Center. In her review
she stated that more than
17,000 people are presently
e nroiled ' for comprehensive
health care in the main
clinic at "Lincoln and the
satellite clinics at Bragtown
and Rouge ntont Bahama.
Special greetings were
brought by Mr. John
Wheeler, president of the
Lincoln Hospital Board of
Trustees, Mrs. Ann Atwater,
a consumer representative
on the Center's Board, and
Dr. WXJ. Anylan of Duke
Unviersity M edical School.
Other brief remarks were
given by Mr. N'athan Garrett,
Durham County
Commissioners, Mrs. Inez
Gooch, Operation
Breakthrough, Inc., Mr.
Spurgeon Boy, Durham
County Hospital (Corporation,
Mrs. Julia Bor belyBrown,
Concerned Citizens for
Health Care, Mr. Dwight
(See LINCOLN Page 7A)
Says Head Start
Is Successful In
Durham System
In 1969, Westinghouw
Learning Corporation said
Head start programs were
good for the children but
the benefits were short lived.
Academic gains disappeared
when the children entered
elementary school.
An article in The Carolina
Times of January 26, "Head '
Start Continues in
Education Innovation." reported
this statement about the
program.
Miss Hazel Lipscomb, new
director for the Head Start
Program in Durham, had the
following statements to make
about the program.
Head Start has been very
successful. The children
come from middle class
homes. They are exposed to
as many things that are not
found in their environment
as possible. They are ahead
of children who do not
participate in the program
When asked if she had
any complaints about the
program Miss Lipscomb
replied, "No, but I'd like to
see more parent
involvement."
Head Start has helped the
(See HEADSTART Page 7A)
Holloway Street
School to Note
Bro'hood Weeli
A project dealing with the
study of America's "Melting
Po and with a theme of
"Getting It Together For
Brotherhood" will be
presented in a series of
Chapel programs by the
Primary and Grammar
departments of H o 1 1 o w ay
Street School during week
of February 17-23. Mrs.
Willia George, Media
Specialist and Organizer has
developed the
program with specific
objectives, activities snd
enhancement of library skills.
An evaluation will also be
(See HOLLOWAY Page 7A)
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MAKING JOBS HEALTHIER
Beverly Cherry of Atlanta, the only womaa Industrial
hygienist in the southeastern United States with the L
Department of Labor's Occutional Safety and Heart
Administration, fills out reports ', on inspections iht has mads
to find health hazards in wtwkplaoes. Carbon moaixida
indicators, methanometers and a wrcury vapor detectors aft
everyday tools for Mrs. Cherry. :