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VOLUME 53 - NUMBER 42 DURHAM, NORTK CAROLINA SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1976 PRICE: 20 CENTS JN
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MAYOR MAYNARD D. JACKSON
DURHAH DEf.lOS TO HEAR
JACKSON AT PARTY DINNER
Maynard D, Jackson,
Atlanta's first Black Mayor will
be guest speaker at the Durham
County Democratic Party's
"Unity 76 Dinner, November
21.
The dinner is scheduled for
8:00 p.m. at the Durham Civic
Center and is ' part of the
Durham County Democratic
Party's efforts to promote unity
for the coming elections.
Jackson, the youngest mayor
of a major American city, will
deleiver his address to elected
state and local officials and
other supporters of the
Democratic Party. Members of
North Carolina's delegation to
Congress, the North Carolina
House and Senate ' and
individuals and organizations
from various states are expected
to attend. -
Among the activities . on
agenda for the event is a idcktaH'
hour at the Downtowner Inn,
from 6:30 7:30 p.m. on
Friday.
Tickets for the Dinner and
cocktail hour are$25.00, Patron;
$15.00, Contributor; or $10.00,
General Admission.
The popular mayor plans to
speak to students at N. C. C. U.
Law School during his visit.
Jackson received his law degree
with honors from Central's Law
School and is the founder and
former partner of Patterson,
Parks and Franklin, Georgia's
first and largest black law firm.
He received his B. A. degree in
Political Science from Atlanta's
Morehouse College at the age of
18.
Maynard Jackson is married
to the former Bunnie Hayes and
is the father of three children:
Elizabeth, Brooke, and Maynard,
The mayor's mother, Dr.
Irene Dobbs Jackson, still resides
i 1 TJtonam and teaches at North
Carolina Central University.
THE EIGHTY-THIRD
SESSION OF THE WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE of
the African Methodist
Episcopal Church Is convening
this week at St. Joseph's
A.M.E. Church here.
Bishop Henry W. Murph is
Presiding Bishop; Rev. J. N.
Sheares is Host Presiding Elder
and Rev. Phillip R. Cousin is
Host Pastor.
The opening sessions on
Tuesday saw the election of
ministerial delegates to the
General Conference to be held
in Atlanta In June, 1976. Rev.
P. R. Cousin was elected
delegate from the Western N.C.
Conference.
Rev. B. F. Humphrey
preached for the Men's Night
Service and music was by St.
Joseph's Inspirational Singers.
On Wednesday morning,
reports were heard from
delegates, followed by Holy
Communion at noon. In
mid-afternoon, the entouraged
gathered at the site of the new
edifice of St. Joseph's A.M.E.
Church, now under
construction, at the corner of
Fayetteville St., and Burlington
Avenue, for the Cornerstone
Unveiling ceremony.
Youth were in charge of the
Wednesday evening service. :
Thursday night is the
"Night In White" service.
Appointments are scheduled
to be read at the final session
on Friday night
CEREMONY
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PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD WILL SPEAK TO A
FORMAL UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION AT NORTH
CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY'S R. L. McDOUGALD
GYMNASIUM AT 10:30 ON FRIDAY MORNING. THE
PRESIDENT WILL BE IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE
STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN RALEIGH THIS
WEEKEND.
tiAACPmiRDS m
hard tight
LUMBERTON - Leaders of
the North Carolina State
Conference of NAACP Branches
are said to have taken new
courage and a firmer resolve to
bring freedom to North
Carolina, at the close of the
annual meeting here November
8.
It was here more than twenty
years ago that Thurgood
Marshall, chief counsel for the
organization, finished a
rip-roaring speech, denouncing
those who would deny any
citizen his civil rights because of
race or color. The new U. S.
Supreme Court Justice,
undaunted in his discourse, as
the ravages of Hurrican Hazel
rendered this farm community
powerless.
The main thrust was on the
apathy of registered blacks who
failed to vote. The power of the
ballot was definitely decided the
main weapon to real freedom.
Revenue Sharing money was
talked about. Delegates were
told that a closer look at
downtown remodeling, while
slums were still rat-infested and
disease was being helped by the
dust from dry summer dirt
streets and pneumonia aided by
winter mud.
Lae enforcement brutality
brought the strongest protest.
The delegates passed a resolution
that would request that any law
enforcement officer reported to
have used undue force on a
suspect, whether under arrest or
being investigated, be suspended,
until such time as a full inquiry
had been made.
Such a resolution would not
only make arresting officers
more respective of the right of
citizens, but would make
citizens more cooperative with
arresting officers.
Community colleges and
technical institutes came in for
some discussion, especially those
that receive federal monies. It
was definately decided that
blacks should make themselves
available for jobs everywhere.
Any discrimination should be
reported to the local branch and
that an evaluation be given the
state office imm There was
also the matter of funds to
prosecute cases filed on behalf
of aggrieved persons. Nathaniel
Jones, chief counsel, made it
clear that the national office was
affected by the crunch as badly
as New York City and therefore
had to call upon the branches to
aid in the prosecution of cases
handled by his office.
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St. "Joseph'r AAI.E. Church was
unveiled here Wednesday
afternoon with the A. S. Hunter
Lodge 825, Free and Accepted
Masons performing the
ceremony. Also participating
were members of Nonpariel 648
and Prospect Chapter 379, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Bishop Henry W. Murphy and
Dr. Philip R. Cousin, pastor of
St. Joseph's offered prayers and
spoke to a crowd of some two
hundred, including members of
St. Joseph's, Conference
attendees and others, gathered
for the occasion. Present also
was Clinton E. Gravely,
architect, of Greensboro, whose
firm designed the building.
Decision May Allow
All Black Schools
ATLANTA - The executive
committee of the Southern
Regional Council issued a
statement (Wednesday,
November 5) expressing concern
that the recent decision by the
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
affirming the present Atlanta
school-desegregation plan "may
drastically affect the completion
of the very fundamental task of
fully implementing
desegregation in numberous
other South school systems by
allowing black schools in many
urban areas to remain
undesegregated." Portions of
the statement read:
The Fourteenth Amendment
to the United States
Continued On Page 8
Following Masonic rites at tht Cornerstone Setting at the new St. Joseph's A.M.E. Church, (L-R) Dr.
Philip R, Cousin, pastor, Blsop Henry IV. Murph and Architect Clinton E. Gravely shared their
pleasure at they posed around the stone.
FOOD FOR HAITIAN CHILDREN ind their parsnts in part of
the drought-stricken region of the country is provided by the U.S.
govemmont and American relief agencies. Altogether, the U.S. is
assisting 146,000 of the 300,000 Haitians in the dn-jght area.
France, Germany, Canada, and other countries are aiding the rest
New crops were planted in October and the peooie are now
praying for rain.
Needs Members
NAACP NOT GOING
OUT OF BUSINESS
STATEMENT OF MARGARET BUSH WILSON, Chairman
of the NAACP Board of Directors in response to an article
appearing in the New York Times November 6 on the
finalal condition of the NAACP :
Insight of news reports purporting to portray the
NAACP in serious financial trouble, it is most important
that the friends of this veteran civil rights organization be
given the proper perspective on our temporary plight.
Throughout its 66 year history, the NAACP has
steadfastly maintained its independence in the struggle for
freedom and equality by the unfailing support of its
members and friends. Today, because of the serious
problem of the national economy, many industries and
municipalities have been forced to take such cost-cutting
measures as layoffs and dismissals.
, ' Black workers have been especially hard hit by this
sttuaHon. Consequently bCJSMCPJLjBOiesiing the
Impact.
The hour is not as perilous as some would want to
believe, however. So, as we launch our year-end drive for
memberships and funds, we call upon all our supporters to
contribute generously to our cause.
The NAACP needs our friends surely as the cause of
freedom is dependent upon on a vigorous well-financed
NAACP to continue the historical fight for justice.
First Black In Ten Years
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WASHINGTON (NNPA)
The presidents and aides from
44 black colleges and universities
met last Tuesday with the new
Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare, Dr. David Mathews,
to press for parity of educational
facilities for their students.
While they received no
definite promises from Secretary
Mathews, former president of
the University of Alabama who
knows many of the black college
heads personally, his office has
indicated, that there will be
followup meetings with these
colleges to find ways of meeting
their needs.
Speaking for the colleges
were: Dr. Charles A. Lyons, Jr.,
president of the conference
sponsoring body, the National
Association for -Equal
Opportunity in Higher
Education, and also chancellor
of Fayetteville State University,
who presided; Dr. Roy D.
Hudson, vice president of the
association and president of
Hampton Institute.
Dr. Milton K. Curry, Jr..,
president of the United Negro
College Fund and head of
Bishop College; and Dr. Charles
L. Hayes, president of Albany,
Ga., State College and chairman
of the Office for Advancement
of Public Negro College
Advisory Committee. All of the
colleges represented are
members of the association.
Mark Fisher, IV, is its executive
secretary.
Goal set by the speakers was
for a leadership partnership
between their colleges and the
federal government to achieve
parity for the historically black
colleges try the year 2000. If
such a partnership is not set in
motion, the college heads
expressed fear that the relative
gap between the number of
whites and blacks who finish
college will continue to widen.
The gap, they said, widened
from seven per cent in 1960 to
13 per cent in 1974.
Major emphasis was placed on
the need for more opportunities
at black colleges and universities
for their students to pursue
professional and technical
education. For example, there
are only two black medical
colleges with a third being
developed at Morehouse.
Also the college heads pressed
for more funds for student aid
programs. They said they now
need $250 million for such aid,
instead of the $100 million they
are receiving.
Dr. Mathews, who indicated a
great understanding of the
problems of black colleges, was
introduced by Dr. Joffre T.
Whisenton, a former teacher of
educational psychology at the
University of Alabama, whom he
has brought here to serve as his
special assistant for educational
policy, For the past several
years, Dr. Whisenton has been
with the Southern Association
of Colleges.
Steele Passes State
Electrical Contractors Exam
Charles E. Steele of Durham
was notified on Thursday,
November 6, that he had
successfully passed the North
Carolina Electrical Contractor
Examination.
Steele is reportedly the
fourth black in Durham to have
passed the exam and the first in
approximately ten years. He
passed the City Electrical Exam
in October of 1974.
A graduate of Roosevelt High
School in Dayton, vOhio hie
home city, Steele has worked in
Durham with a local electrical
firm for the past year as a
supervisor. He has been in the
profession for 2'i years. He
spent four years in the U. S.
Army; 18 months in Viet Nam
as a Fixed Transmitter
Repairman.
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Steele is tht husband of the
former Miss Jan Stewart of
Durham. They live, with then
three year old son, Sean, on
Brandon Road.
BLACKS HAVE ONLY REACHED FRINGES IN AUERICA
DALLAS - America has
always disillusioned the Black
man, the sovereign grand
commander of the United
Supreme Council, 33rd Degree,
Ancient and Accepted Scottis
Rite of Freemasonry, Southern
Jurisdiction, Prince Hall
Affiliation, said here Mnday.
Dr. : John G. Lewis, Jr., of
Baton Rouge and grand master
of the Prince Hall Masonic
Grand Lodge of Louisiana, made .
the statement while addressing
the opening session of the 89th
Annual Session of the AASRFM
at the Adolphus Hotel.
According to Dr. Lewis, the
Black man has fought in every
war, including the Indian Wars,
for values and a life opportunity
that were promised him, but
"which were never given to him
after the fighting was over and
the danger was past. When the
peace was signed, it was 'back to
second-class citizenship' for
him."
Dr. Lewis observed that the
surprising point about the
history of the Black man In
America is that ' in spite of all
obstacles of discrimination,
disenfranchisement, harassment,
and violence, so many
individuals 'Blacks) survived it
all to do great deeds and make
magnificent contribution to this
country, which is as much theirs
as anyones else."
Then shifting his remarks to
the 1976 Bicentennial
Celebration, Dr. Lewis, who is
considered to be a civil rights
activist and advocate of equality
of all men, strongly pointed out"
that Blacks are not being given
their right recognition.
"From the material which is
sent out by the bicentennial
committees over the country, It
would seem that Black people
had nothing to do with the
founding of this country nor
with its development," he said,
while naming a number of Black
Americans who shave not
received their 'just recognition
nor financial rewards for their
contributions to this nation's
industrial development,
Named by the sovereign
grand Commander were such
blacks as Lewis Latimer, the son
of a run-away slave, who
invented the first electric light
bulb with a carbon filament, also
an associate of Alexander
Graham Bell; Elijah McCoy, who
in 1872, patented the first steam
device that made It possible for
steam drlveu machinery to be
lubricated without being
stopped. "White resentment at
the time was high, and this Black
man's invention," according to
Dr. Lewis, "was often called
'McCoy's Nigger Oil Cup.'
Nonetheless, .he continued,
"McCoy persevered and soon his
invention was initiated. Those in
the know wanted only those
devices the Black man made, and
so they would inquire of sellers
of Industrial machinery whether
they had the real cup made by
McCoy, and that's where the
phrase - 'The Real McCoy
originated." Another Black
inventor not given his due
recognition, according to Dr.
Lewis was Garrett Morgan, who
introduced in 1922 the first
automatic traffic signal in the
United States.
He admonished his fellow
Prince Hall Masons not to be
fooled for the Black man's
struggle is not over.
' Many of us think that our
struggle is over. Many of us
think because we can go to
certain places and that some few
of us hold certain jobs, that all la
at peace and all is well with our
economic being. Don't delude
yourself. We have only reached
the fringes of the economy of
this country. We have yet to
have the true history of America
written. We have yet to tell the
world just what the fraternal
order, particularly Prince Hall
Masonry, has meant to the Black
people hi Its struggle from abject
slavery to its present position in
American society," said Dr.
Lewis, who closed by saying that
the progress ''we have made Is
only Indicative of the onward
march of the Christian concept"
Some 277 candidates were
elevated Monday to the
thirty-third degree, and were
presented at a banquet in their
honor. Continued On Page 8
Governor flames Three
To N.C. A&T
Board Of Trustees
Governor Jim Holshouser
today reappointed two members
and named one new member to
the North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical State University
Board of Trustees.
Reappointed for terms
expiring June 30, 1979, were C.
C. Griffin of Concord and
Richard D. Levy of Greensboro.
Henry H. ShaviU of High
Point was appointed for a term
expiring June 30, 1977.
Shavltz, a High Point native,
is owner of Henry Shavltz
Realty Company, president of
Henry Mortage and Investment,
Inc, and secretary of of tht
Realty Development
Corporation.
He graduated from the
University of North Carolina and
served two years in the U. S.
Army.
ShaviU is a former treasurer
and director of the High Point
Historical Society Museum. He Is
active in the Boy Scouts, High
Point Board of Realtors,
Civitans, and the Elks. He la also
a member of the High Point City
Council and the Executive Board
of the North Carolina Alliance
for Arts Education and sense on
the Advisory Board of the John
F. Kennedy Center la
Washington, D. C.
ShaviU fa) married and has
five children.
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