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" Duke UrUversity Litrary Newspaper Bepartinefit ' -Durham W. C. . 27705, Xl-26 '::' WW i 'If I:;-.; ' trrvspvraa lljht ypnr wyl UBLJ U U it III - I 1 M V There is no truer emancipation than the dUcorery of opportunity in one' aelf. : -Htary Btetl Hoagh $?. THIS PAPER CONTAINS ft ' VOLUME 54 - NUMBER 1 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1976 -t- PRICE; 29 CENTS Givbg In To fccbn, f.kb Rub (A in pynrr n So IHTW NEW YORK, N. Y. - Roy Wilkin, Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in a letter to Edward H. Levi, sharply criticized the attorney general for what Mr. Wilkins called "a ' capitualtlon to ignorance, racism, anarchy and mob rule" and warned hirrf that blacks will not sit by and watch the undoing of their status as Americans. The attorney general was taken to task fbr his recent remarks on a television interview program in which he spoke of the need to "reread" and "rethink" what is currently .being done to bring about school -Iresegregatlon. ' Mr. Wilkins accused the attorney general of tripping an effective desegregation remedy from the school system and urged him not to miscalculate the mood of black people. The complete text of Mr. Wilkins' letter to the attorney general follows: "The Intention of the Department of Justice to seek Judicial reexamination of the SWANN v. CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG school desegregation remedies Is, pure and simple, a capitulation to ignorance, racism, anarchy and mob rule "It Is the thread that will unravel the constitutional rights that black Americans fought to establish through years of litigation. ' W flAd it shocking, and unworthy to those who have labored to give real meaning to the 14th Amendment, for the United State Department of Justice and you, . as the the Attorney General.to participate- in shaping this strategy of retreat. ' The step you have indicated the Justice Department is about to take is so grave that we would be derelict ' if we failed to emphasize to you the gravity with Which we view iU "Harm has already descended upon this nation as 4 result of your'signals' ithat a reexamination is either contemplated or under, way. "Faced with a desegregation challenge in Detroit-where a District Judge and ah en banc Court of Appeab had agreed on the propriety of an inter-district remedy, the Justice Department with It argument, provided the Supreme Court with a rationale for reversal. Faced how with a crisis in Boston, a single district, due to school board default, and outright intransigence you Eroceed to undercut fa fearless listrict Court Judge! who has sought to obey his path and vi n d I ca te the ' constitutional rights of black children. "Although we were disturbed at the way In which some quarters of the media and political opportunists sought to deify the recent fraudulent representations of Dr. James S. Coleman, we felt that the flaws inherent in his so-called research, and the superficiality of his conclusions would ultimately be rejected by serious-minded and thoughful Americans. Certainly they would come to realize, we believe, that the white exodus from central cities predated school desegregation orders. Of course, we are mindful, as you should be, that the 20 cities he cited to prove his case were under no such orders of courts to desegregate at the time he indicated. ' Yet, what we did not anticipate and what we find inexplicable, is for the Attorney General of the United States to have the audacity to call for, in actuality, the stripping of one of the effective remedies needed for the desegregation those school systems proven to be unconstitutionally segregated. "As you know, Mr. Attorney General, courts have not recklessly ordered desegregation, nor have they directed busing unless absolutely necessary -to correct constitutional violations. But, they are mindful of "Swann's" teaching that: 'Absent a constitutional violation there would be no basis for judicially ordering assignment of students on a racial basis. All things being equal, with no history of dicriminations, it might well be desirable to assign pupils to schools nearest their homes. But all things are not equal in a system that has been deliberately constructed and maintained to enforce racial segregation. The remedy for such segregation may be administratively awkward, inconvenient and even bizarre in some situations and may impose burdens on some: but all awkwardness and inconvenience cannot be avoided in the interim period when remedial adjustments are being made to eliminate the dual school systems.' "With respect to transportation or 'busing' the Court in ' Swann" quite properly observed that Bus transportation has been an integral part of the public education system for years, and was perhaps the single most important factor la the transition from the one-room school house to the consolidated school. Eighteen million of the nation's children, approximately 38 were transported to their schools by bus in 1969-70 in all parts of the country." "Difficulties were anticipated. But, they should be no cause for abandonment of these principles. "Any reexamination of or other forms of tampering with See WILKINS pg 3 .1 i 60th SPIIIGARII AWARD TO HAIIK AARON NEW YORK, N.Y. - Hank Aaron . of the Milwaukee Brewers, who broke Babe Ruth's record when he drove in his 715th home run, will be awarded the Spingarn Medal at the annual fellowship dinner of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People being J)e)4 p.n.Sunday, January 11, at the Americans Hotel in flew Ywkr 3' Spingarn recipient, is being honored, not only for hit lingular achievement in baseball, but also, as the citation reads, ' for his off-the-field activity, as the citizen he is , in working to improve the lives of others in his community, regardless of race or color and bring to them greater opportunities for health, education and economic well being.' The annual Spingarn award consists of gold medal which presented annually by the NAACP for-'the highest achievement of an American Negro," It was instituted in 1914 by the late Joel E. Spingarn, then chairman of the NAACP board of directors, to perpetuate his lifelong interest and that of his brother and wife in the achievements of the American Negro. Usually presented at the Association's annual convention, the 1975 award was deferred from July until the annual dinner because of a conflict with Mr, Aaron's baseball 'schedule. The 1974 Spingarn winner was Judge Damon J. Keith for his "steadfast defense of constitutional principles as revealed in a series of memorable decisions he handed down as a United States district court judge. Previous winners have included such weU-known figures as A. Philip Randolph, Dr. Charles Drew, Dr. Ralph Bunche, Leontyne Price, Jackie Robinson, Duke Ellington, Senator Edward Brooke and Gordon Parks. In addition to NAACP members arid the national board, others attending the dinner will include sports personalities, many from baseball, the business community and friends and well-wishers of both the Association and Mr. Aaron. Thcno: "Tho Rhfct To A Job0 leaders Coding To Ai'lcva For JirtEiddy off fir.Kiag, Jr. of the Coca Cols ATLANTA - Officials of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Social Change have announced plant for the celebration . of Dr. King's 47th birthday anniversary January 14 and 15, and the list of participants reads like a "Who's Who" in labor, business, politics and civil rights. Senator . Hubert Humphrey CD-Minnesota) will addreu t massage 15tn touowmg a nemon.imwr. tJie traditional wreath expected to draw suDitanmi numbers of people in support of a full-employment policy for the nation. Luminaries including playwright Ouie Davis, actress Ruby Dee, Steelworker President I. W. Abel, economist Leon Keyserling, and the Honorable Ambassador MwaU from Zambia are expected to join the two-day celebration. The need for full employment will be dramatized during the celebration. A King Center spokesperson said, ' 'We intend to bring the cruelty of unemployment to the attention of the country in no uncertain terms." The mass march and rally, following a traditional Ecumenical Commemorative Service at historic Ebenezer Church, will be the largest in the city since Dr. King's funeral here in 1968. Significantly, the rally will be held in front of the Federal Reserve Bank in the heart of the city's business district. The two-day anniversary will begin on January- 14 with a labor-management breakfast featuring Mr. Able, also President of the Industrial Unions Department of the AFL-CIO, and J. Paul Austin, Chairman Company. s, A day long conference of labor, community workers, civil and human rights workers and business leaders from across the nation follows. : . The evening of the 14th will see a presentation of an original play, "Life of a King", and mast community rally at the new Center, laying ceremony in the morning, followed by ' the Ecumenical Service march and rally in downtown Atlanta. Labor leaden committed to participate in the celebration Include: Cleveland Roblnton, Secretary Treasurer, Distributive Workers of America, District 65 in New York; Jerry Wurf, International President, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Olga Madar, President, National Coalition of Labor Women; Bfll Lucy, President, Coalition of Black Trade Unions and International Treasurer of the American Federation of" State, County and Municipal Employees; Mark Stepp, Vice Presidnet, United Auto Workers; Murray Finley, President . Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and Patrick E. Gorman, Secretary, Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North America , AFL-CIO. Political and governmental figures will include: Lt. Governor George Brown (D-Colorado); Representative Walter Fauntroy (D-Washington, D. C); Representative Augustus Hawkins (D-California); Detroit Mayor Coleman Young; New Orleans Mayor .Moon Landrieu; Pennsylvania Secretary of State, Ms. C. Deloret Tucker; and, Frances 'Sissy' Farenthold, Co-Chairperson of the Women's Political Caucus, Business leaders, in addition to Austin, will be headed by John Johnson, President, Johnson Publishing Company and Jesse Hfil, v Jr., President, Atlanta Life Insurance; Vftomnanv. -.v. ... H weUMuiown political and civil rights -community wfll come former Mayor Ivan Allen, ' Jr., Mayor Maynard Jackson, Representative Andrew Young (D-Georgia), State Senator Julian Bond, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr., and John Lewis, head of the Voter Education Project. . Mrs. Coretta Scott King, President of the Center that bears her husband's name, said the tremendous participation by well-known figures was brought about by the emphasis on employment. "The Civil Rights Movement led by my husband always centered around economic Injustice,' she said. ' it ii only fitting that we celebrate hit birthday anniversary by demanding this country to address itself to the issue of full employment. "Martin's work began with the Montgomery But Boycott 20 years age and ended in Memphis during a garbage ttrke. Both were concerned with basic economic issues. "We have won the right to vote, the right to use public accommodations and the right to attend non-segregated schools. 'Now we must cany on my husband's work by insuring the most basic right of all - the right to a job." lill ;.is.. 4 "v BOSTON - U.S. Senator Edward Brooke (right) met with anti-busing leaders at his Boston office. He stated that he would .' support desegregation of Boston's public schools without busing, if such a plan could be worked out Listening to Senator ' Brooke during the 90 minute meeting were and- busing leaders Louise Day Hicks (left) and James Kelley (2nd left). President of the South Boston Home and School Association. (UPI) I I . Mother of Banft President last Rites For Airs. ill. . IVfieeler Set For friday nolo 17 Gulf Forced ' ' v , ' :f,.'' i v ,V 'V To Suspend An PITTSBURGH, PA. - Gulf Oil Corporation has announced that it has been forced to withdraw Its personnel from Angola and to suspend operations there 'temporarily. Border warfare and ? continued civil war in Angola "have made lt Impossible for the movement of personel, supplies, f and equipment necessary for the t maintenance of operations there. Furthermore, the U.S. State Department has requested Gulf 't to promptly evacuuta Its personnel and their dependents from Angola for reasons of safety. Contending factions in Angola waning for control following Independence last month have made . conflicting request relative to the payment from Gulf of the taxes and royalties due the State of Angola See GULF page 5 Misi'oi'iy tocier To Dr. Uoodson PETERSBURG - Dr. Edgar A. Toppin, professor ' of history at Virginia State College, told a crowd gathered at the birth site of Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson near New Canton in Buckingham County that Woodson is indeed the father of black history in this nation and by our acts and deeds here today, December 19 will be long remembered in this small Buckingham county community. "I ew people ever emerged from such obscure beginnings ... and made such a lasting imprint," the noted historian told an overflow crowd of several hundred gathered at New Canton before the bronze marker was unveiled at Woodson't birth tite. Dr. Toppin it pretident of, the 25,000-membcr, Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (ASALH) in Washington, D. C. and has written several books in the subject. ; The bronze marker now standi on a half-acre site recently purchased by -the Buckingham County Negro Life and History Society. It was erected by the local society, ASALH, in ' cooperation with the Amoco Foundation, Inc., the private firm the nirnished financial grant for the marker. One hundred will be placed , at sites sround the U. S, A. where blacks have made significant history in developing America. George F. Harris, director of instruction in the Buckingham County School system, It president of the BCNLHS. He appeared on program at the presiding officer and one of itt guest speakers. He said that the tite of Woodson't birthplace hat been fenced off from the rctt of Houston Cabell's cow pasture on State Route 670 and now hat a new gravel driveway leading to tho bronze marker but itt surrounding landscape appears almost tho tame si It did tome 100 years ago. In his 21-minute address to the 700 persons gathered for the marker ceremony, Dr. Toppin noted that Woodson was born the ton of former slaves, he attendod s five-month district school for blacks in the county but because there were no high schools around for members of hit race, he left home at age 1 7 and traveled to West Virginia where he attended Douglas High School in Huntington and worked In coal mines in the area to support himself, At Douglas he finished four years of high school work in 19 months, later attended and graduated from Berea CoDcge in 1903 and four years later returned to Huntington whero he was named principal of Douglas ' High School. During the next nine years, Woodson traveled extensively to overieat countries, visiting and Robert C. Perry, right, ton of Mr. and Mrs. R. C, W. Perry of 2012 Otis St., Durham, is shown receiving a Meritorious Honor Award from Nathaniel Davis, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs of the U. S. Department of State. Perry was Deputy Consul of the U. S. Consulate in Asmara, Ethiopia where, during the Eritrean rebellion earlier this year, he was acting chief officer of the Consulate. Among the activities he supervised was the evacuation of ali U. S. civilians from the area. Perry is a graduate of Hillside High School. He received a master's degree in Foreign Service from American University working in Asia, Egypt. Europe andin "f inflt0"' P'' Hj, I?8' h " "tir8d vice P"'" i vwihiwiioi wi iv. muiucu suit v nisuiaiibv uu, Unveiled k Virginia Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Hervey ' Wheeler who died on Monday, December 29, will be held from St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church on Friday, January 2 at 1 p.m., with the Reverend Philip R. Cousin, officiating. Mrs. Wheeler was born on April 12, 1877 at Nicholasville, Kentucky, where she attended the public schools. In June of 1900, she completed her collegiate training at Wilberforce University in Xenia, Ohio. Shortly thereafter, the married John L. Wheeler, a former president of Kittrell College, KfttrcU, North Carolina. In 1908, she moved to Durham where her husband had accepted a position with the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. In 1912, she and her husband moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he became manager of the Atlanta District and superintendent of the company's work throughout the State of Gerogia. While in Atlanta, Mrs. Wheeler took an active part in the work of her church and in numerous cultural and civic affairs, one ' hich was the Board of Trustees and Sponsors of the Carrie Stecle-Pitls Orphans Home. Following the death of her husband in 1957, Mrs. Wheeler moved back to Durham where she demonstrated an interest in the St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church and the Golden Agers Organization. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Beulah T. Mason of Nicholasville, Kentucky; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth W. Lowe of Durham and Mrs. Margery W. Brown of East Orange, N. J.; one son, John H. Wheeler of Durham; five grandchildren, three great grandchildren and number out nieces and nephews. appointed school superintendent in the latter . country. Returning stateside, he received a master's degree in history from the University of Chicago and in 1912 was awarded hit doctorate in that tame field from Harvard University, being only the second black in that time to attain a Ph.D from that prestigious school., Woodson later taught French, history and Spanish and English at Washington's Dunbar High School, was principal of the City's Armstrong High School and became dean of Howard University 't college of liberal arts in 1918. A year later he wat appointed dean at West Virginia State College. With sU of hit background,. Woodson wat best known in his role ss the father of black history and si a historian. He founded the Association for the Study of Negro $200 Million A Year ksbstry Standardized Tests Must Go, Education, llat'l ErJuc. Ass'n They Hinder Quality Executive Declares WASHINGTON - Standardized tests are "like a lock on the mind, a guard at the factory gate," the executive director., of the National Education Association said, noting that "the only real beneficiaries, aside from the said Herndon. He pointed Life and Hittory, the predecessor of test marketers themselves, are ASALH, In 1915 "to keep the insecure school managers striving for history of black America, from being comfort in their relations with school suppressed and forgotten," tccordlng boards, legislators, and governors. to a biographical sketch. . i Tn HernHnn ln mMPh , K. Woodson produced th. first issue A"1A ., IZ V " ' " umi'w vi at h taai a saiivsavu utv v mit of the Journal of Negro Hittory in 1916 and 10 years later he initiated the first yearly observance of Negro history Week. Because publisher! in hit day taw ' See WOODSON pages ' ' Said ,..the tettt follow the techniolindustrial mode) in which teachers are treated like assembly-line foremen and students arc treated like cars.',. . ,): i "it's time to get the children out of the' factory and back into the dassroom where they belong" the former Michigan teacher declared. , Herndon explained he was talking about such things as college board tests, achievement tests ajven to rlpmentarv and Icenndarv ichnnl nemy, children, graduate record exams, and the so-called IQ tettt - in fact, any out that potts show a loss of test that compares performance to confidence in business and predetermined norms and is government, and to only a slightly administered in identical form to test degree; m virtually every other large numbers of students. insttrjon of authority. The speaker said that current - i public dissatisfaction with the Herndon underscored the schools - including test scores - "enormous expense" qf testing relatet to tho public mood which programs, the product of a $200 tends r increatingly toward fear, million a year industry. "To assume cynicism, and frustration. that the testing industry would "Apparently, it's a mood that, in improve scores to the point where it r :r i i would tut itself out of business is the absence of a unifying national wwuu le.dship, move, a greTLny of a. bj ZT to lash out mdiacriminantly, taking at 10 w,tho w,y insufficient care to identify the remarked. Pointing out that the 118-year-old NEA was formed on the concept of accountability to professional standards, he noted res tons why the association objects to evaluating teachers, or accountability, oa the basis of standardized test results. Among these, he said, is objection "to being required to teach the minimum performance . level permissabla oa a test rather than to the maximum achiavabU throuh the individual capability of the child." : ; ft j4tr. ---weS;WW--y'ntf ti?ikM'.;'livta .JtK.-V.'--
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