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\.\ . : r ; > ?? i . m i - ; :\k 1 1 1 ? ' 1 Winston-Salem Chronicle e The Choice for African- American News and Information THURSDAY, APRIL 21 ,<1964 "Power concedes nothing without a struggle. " ? Frederick Douglass > i v v ? VOL. XX. No. 34 Casting 4 An Anti-Black Vote' Protest Follows Repeal Of Police Review Board I ... * " By DAVID L. DILLARD Chronicle Staff Writer ^ Calling Alderman Robert Nordlander "that racist guy from a racist university," the Rev. John Mendez and nearly 50 others walked out of Monday night s Board of Aldermen's meeting protesting the board's 5-3 vote to abolish the Citizens Police Review Board. ' When Mayor Martha Wood could not regain control of the audience Nhe asked a police officer to escort Mende/ from coun cil chambers. Mendez left or his own. "He is responsible for dividing the city." said Mende*. interrupting Nordlander. before leaving. "That rac ist guy from Bob Jones University, which is a racist univer sity. is not going to ru i this city with his. racist politics. That's never going to happen. see PROTEST page 3 Community Boycott In direct response to the five white aldermen voting to do away with the police-review board we are calling on all African-American members of all of the city's boards and commissions to boycott those meetings to give whites an opportunity to decide for themselves once and for all what they intend to do about improving ra relations in Wmston-Saiem We believe TRarncrblaek-pef^ son jh this city has the power to do anything about improving race relations therefce we should give whrtes an opportunity behind closed doors, with no blacks pre sent to discuss race relations openly and hopefully, hon estly Ihe proof of what is decided will manifest, itself in what they ultimately do We are pleading with African Americans to stop being hoodwinked into thinking that you hold the Key to improving race relations You doh't! Blacks, Whites Upset Over Board's Action By DAVID L. DIILARD Chronicle Staff Writer Many whites joined with blacks ro voice their opposition to the Board of Aldermen's vote this week to abolish the Citizens Police Review Board. ; The Rev. Richard Groves, pas tor of Wake Forest Baptist Church, asked the aldermen not to abolish the police-review board because it would undermine their efforts to ? , bring the races together. "If it's not a slap in the face, at least it's a step in the wrong direc tion," Groves said. "We have been working hard to bring churches together and addressing the prob lems. This board came into exis see BLACKS, page 3 NAACP Celebrates 61 Years of Passing Torch to Others i ? i , ? By DAVID L. DILLARD Chrontcle Staff Writer Passing the torch on to future generations is what the Winston-Salem Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People celebrated last Friday at its annual Freedom Fund Gala. The illustrious banquet honored many outstanding community leaders such as Bessie Allen and Rep. Steve Neal. NiShati, of Walfc Forest University. Goler Memorial Prison Ministry Ghoir and soloist CarJa Truesdale wooed the audience with stellar perfor mances. The Freedom Fund Gala- marked 61 years of the NAACP's work in Winston-Salem and throughout the county. Bill Tatum. president of the NAACP, re-empha sized the NAACP's importance to advancing the African-American community. "The NAACP Is alive and well." he said. "We are ? still active in the rommunity and must-ctmtmue to pro ? vide a future for our children." The banquet also showcased Sen. Jeanne H. Lucas, the first African- American female to represent North Carolina in the General Assembly, as another example of leadership and advancement in the African -American community. Lucas, a native of Durh arrT. told personal stones of how she overcame obstacles with the help of friends, an extended family and the church. "We have to pass the torch on to others." she said. "When we pass the torch we prepare for a better world. It will not be paradise, but we will have jobs, homes and concern for each other." Flanked by Con. Mel Watt. Lucas urged the audi ence to rally behind Watt and the 12th Congressional District because it's made up of urban cities that need see NAACP page 3 /tevwY Mlvu rccviu's tfu ( hutks Mt Iron Award frnm I **m inrnrr tsmkinj* on is V tU /1 Present Hril latum. Local Leaders Support Chavis By DAVID L. DILLARD Chronicle Staff Writer African -American leaders in Winston-Salem say they continue tfTjsupport the Rev. Benjamin Chavis. executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, because he can put theclvil rights organisation back into the fore front. . Local leaders celebrated the NAACP's 61st Free dom Fund Gala Friday night and talked about the group's, new, leadership after the banquet. 1 ? - The tradition of the NAACP not working with outsiders needs to change," said former alderman Larry Womble, a political science professor at Win ston-Salem State University. "Some may have their own agenda to benefit them personally, but as a whole black organizations need to come together and join forces." The direction Chavis is steering the NAACP has beefr questioned because of his recent pact to work with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and after a secret meeting this month in Detroit with leftist pro fessor and. communist Angela Davis. Kwame Toure ? (formerly Stokely Carmichael). controversial rapper -=S*ster Soutyah and Kwan?,aa ereaior Maulena Karen gtr Walter Marshall, a member of the city-county school board, said he supports Chavis because Of his efforts , in reaching out to all segments of the black see LOCAL page 3 Now that Ralph Ellison is Gone, Time to Take Stock of His Talent * ' ? * A Celebrated author of " Invisible Man " dies of pancreatic cancer in New York City- on Saturday NEW' YORK (AP) ? Now that Ralph Ellison is gone, his sec ond novel still only a manuscript, he is in danger of being remembered by one or two unfortunate labels: He was a "black" writer, a chronicler of the "black experience." He was a one-shot novelist, another Margaret Mitchell or Harper Lee. Nonsense. Ellison's book may have been written and narrated by a black man. but it was influenced by everyone from Twain to Dostoevsky and it was addressed to all races. As far as completing just "one" novel, you could write a hundred books in the time it takes to exhaust the possibili ties of "Invisible Man." Ralph Ellison "What he really wanted was to get a sense of the pulse of things in America." recalled John Calla han. an old friend of Rllison's and the dean of arts and humanities at Lewis dv: Clark College in Portland. Ore. "Whatever else he is. Allison would sa\ . the true American is black. At the same time, he felt all Americans were white Ellison iust felt things were mixed." Ellison died Saturda\ at age 80. a number of factors holding up that second work of fiction. \ man uscript was destroyed in a fire. Friends spoke of his impossibly high standards. The author himself said the assassinations of the !^6(k. which seemed to mirror the worst nightmares of his novel. ** re a 1 1 > chilled me ? slowed down the writ ing." ."Invisible Man." published in 1952. follows a nameless narrator's journey from campus life in the South to political activism in the North. Nothing works out: at col lege he's alienated both from students and faculty: at a factorv job. he's alienated both from management unci labor: in New York, he uinds up underground, hunted by both w hues and blacks. There is a double meaning to Ellison's withholding of the narra tor's name, fie is saving the narrator i s nobodx . a member of no class or organization, unidentified .ind unidentifiable. He is also saving the narrate could be anybods. noi "the" invisible man. hut "an" invis ible man. "So my task was one of revealing the human universals hid den within the plight of one who was black and American." Ellison later observed, "and not only as a means of conveying my personal vision of possibility, but as a wax of dealing with the sheer rhetorical challenge involved in communicat ing across our barriers of race and religion, class, color and region . . Hlli son was best known tor the one novel, but read the two non fiction books he would later publish. see ELLISON page .? Business 27 Classifieds 29 Community News.... 4 Editorials 12 Entertainment 28 Obituaries 28 Religion 24 Sports i? . 17 Tim VT ip c A' In Black History ipril 2.1. ??*.!# I .S, Snprrmr I'nnrl rrfntrii in rrriftr lotrrr ronrl dcriiini i frhirh bnnnrrf trgrrgnlion in inlrn%lnlr hn% trnrfl. TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 910-722-8624
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