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'?> ' $''? Hraj^H gfr -, 'v.- \>. "'wjiigSK^^B ^^Bl|jL -r^ 4 \'>^^^| * * ' BOND ? - ? s ? t*v> TV: u iiuier United States Peace Corps, president of Virginia Union University and as administrative officer at the University of Wisconsin. He is pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. Gibbs served as president of A&T from 1956 until 1960, and gained accreditation for A&T by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Dowdy became president of A&T in 1964, and has been responsible for dramatic changes in curriculum, facujty develop rr^e n t, capital improvements and the achieving of national accreditation by four of the university's academic segments. He is presently corvino ' ac nrociHont nf tVio V 4 til ^ i4U VUlUVtIV VI VIIV National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. During Dowdy'.^ administration, the university gained more than $19 million in capital improvements and the number of doctorates on the staff increased from 26 to 44 percent. Reservations for the dinner may be secured from the Office of Development and University Relations in the Dudley Building. tze Equal - y \ ON-S _ * t 20 cents * - - V?o i To N< s 4'The condition nnHpr whinh wo struggle does not exist in a . vacuum," said Julian Bond about the black man's struggle in a speech at UNC-G Founder's Day, which was aired Tuesday, October 15 at 10:00 p.m. on the UNC-TV Network. Reviewing the political situationin Europe, Africa and America, he noted that in the last five years, the government's concern in America has changed from benign concern to malignant neglect. "The rhetoric on sharing wealth became a scandelous exercise," he added about social reform programs. critical ot the Nixon administration, Bond said the 1972 African ] Local B1 > ? Not often can you find a native Black African whose ancestors came from the United States. That is, of course, unless he is from the west African nation of Liberia. And Thursday, October 17, the son of the president of I aberia will be visiting the city as i a. _r i tt personal guesi 01 lvir. ana lvirs. (lerald O. Scott. Aldofus B. Tolbert, ambassador-at-large of the African nation founded by freed U.S. slaves, will attend the Ebony Fashion Fair on Friday; visit the Blue Ridge mountains on Saturday and tour the city. But, mostly, he and Scott will be discussing the possibilities of establishing a leather manufacturing business in Liberia. ; .. \ 4'I invited him down to see Winston-Salem," Scott said in a recent interview. "I want him to take a look at my business and to show him what black ^VinstonSalem looks like." Scott said he met the ambassador in New York about a week ago and found that both shared the same attitude on brotherhood: "I consider myself a citizen of the world and he feels the same way. The world is our home and a^men are our brothers." Scott owns a leather business here and said he had discussed his business with the ambassador at a party in New York. "We discussed the possibilities of starting a leather tannery in Iiberia," commented Scott. "We are also exploring the possibilities of other raw material production." Scott said that the ambassador believes there is a trend among Opportu * f ALEM ^?? ? j- ^ i?c r^u A * *x - *N , _ ...? ?... >. ,. r o.. r -[_ - ? 0 iw Bilrtww^SKfch-^g^k^dSr-s eglect:' campaign rout insured a "fouryear reign for those with an arrogant contempt . for mankind." rne government established by the Nixon administration shifted responsibility for social programs from the federal government, where the funds are, to _ the state and?local governments, where all types of resources are lacking, he said. Speaking at the 82nd annual Founder's Day Convocation on October 5 at the Cone Ballroom of the Elliott University Center pn the UNC-G campus, Bond saidXjf himself, "I am by profession a politician. It is not a profession held in high esteem, but I am proud to be included in-the finest Diplomat .1. D itUIV AIC51 black Americans that tends to keep them away from back Africa. 44A lot of Afro-American people have gotten to the place where they don't want to go to black Africa. They don't think the reception will be good." However, Scott added, /'The ambassador is working on showing blacks that they are welcome in Liberia. , "The ambassador wants to get more people to travel to Monrovia icapitol of Liberia)." The ambassador, spokesman B?M WWii IBBHL rW^ J Pv% / / Ambassador uiity Adv ? ~ ......... ,j i? ?* i Thursday, OCTOBER 17, 1974 ' Rrnirl body of men that money can . buy." . Bond, who is a descendent of a freed slave, has served in the Georgia legislature since January 9,1967. He was elected to office in 1965 but denied his position by the Georgia House of Representatives because they against the Vietnam War. A favorable Supreme Court ruling in December 1966 admitted him to the legislature. The 30-minute speech was shown in color on all eight University Television Network channels. Information on UHF reception is available upon pnn..r.o* T TXT/"1 T?X T 1 TTill IC^UCOl IU UHVi V, V Iletpci mil, Visits dent for some neighboring African countries, will arrive in the city at approximately 6:30 p.m. and will be escorted on a tour of Whitaker Park by city officials^ The ambassador's limousine will be furnished by R.J. Reynolds m _ i n lODaccn company. Liberia, which means Freedom, was one of the first black African nations to acquire independence. It is on the west coast of Africa and has an estimated population of more than a million people. W*'"'y* jy^^V7 / HVPP I f A.B. Tolbert ertisers j %