Thursday, August 16, 1962
THE UNC NEWS
Negroes Ask Support
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the cars." He said there were a
few shots fired into the air.
"Kissing Case"
In 1958, Crowder continued,
A two Negro boys aged 8 and 9
were accused of kissing a white
girl. Robert Williams defended
the boys and got them acquitted.
The case received national pub
licity. lie went on to describe the Ne
groes' attempt to obtain the use
of the Monroe municipal pool,
which Keape said is financed by
local taxes. Crowder said that
city officials told them it would
be too expensive to allow the
Negroes to use the pool one day
a week since the water would
have to be changed each time
after the Negroes used the pool.
After days of demonstrations,
the pool was closed down and
remains closed today, said Crow
der. Iieape noted that he first
joined "the Negro freedom move
ment" at this time. Crowder had
" decided to join at the time of
the "kissing case."
"Kidnapping" Defendants
Crowder and Keape are both
defendants in the case which
gave Monroe its most widespread
national publicity. They are
charged with "kidnapping" a
4 white couple during the violence
last August which led Robert
Williams to flee the country for
asylum in Cuba.
Both are now out of jail on
n bail. Crowder spent 55 days in
the Monroe jail; his bail was
$15,000. Reape spent 63 days in
jail and is out on $10,000 bail.
Crowder described the events
m leading to their arrest:
"We had been picketing the
Monroe courthouse for many
days. The mob of white racists
grew bigger every day." On
Sunday, August 27, said Crow-
der, the Negroes and some visit
ing .freedom riders decided to
continue picketing in spite of
threats of violence the previous
day.
Police Chief
Monroe police chief A. A.
Mooney visited several white
churches Sunday morning, ac
cording to Crowder, and urged
people to come to the scene of
the demonstration that day.
When violence broke out that
afternoon the Negro picketers at
tempted to leave the courthouse
in cars, but the size of the crowd
made it impossible to move
rapidly. Crowder said most of
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turned to Newtown, the Negro
section of Monroe, after "heck
ling and bottle-throwing" by
whites at the courthouse and
along the route to Newtown.
Negroes Meet
That night, Crowder said, the
Negroes of Monroe "were scared
to death. No one knew what
would happen. We came to Wil
liams' house. There were about
250 Negroes there, mostly
armed."
At this point, a white couple,
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Stegall,
drove onto Boyte Street, where
Williams' home was located.
Crowder said many Negroes
thought the Stegall's car was the
lead car in a "Ku Klux Klan
caravan." Negroes walked into
the street and blocked the Ste
gall's car from continuing. The
car was stopped, "just about in
front of Williams' house."
Crowder was in the crowd of
Negroes on Boyte Street. He said
that Mr. Stegall left his car and
went to Williams' house to ask
protection from the mob which
he thought would become violent.
Leave Scene
Williams then took the white
couple into his house, said Crow
der. Reape then said to Crowder
that he thought they should re
turn to Crowder's house, which
is "two houses away from Wil
liams'." They said they stayed
at Crowder's house for the next
"two or three" hours and
emerged when "things were
quiet again."
Recent Incidents
Crowder and Rape told local
audiences that "terrorism" has
continued in Monroe since the
riot and "kidnapping" incident
last August.
They said that there have been
two shootings this year in which
one Negro was killed and one
severely wounded. Crowder said
that on June 2 Roscoe Funder
burk was shot in the back of
the head and killed by a white
man, Charles Outlaw. Crowder
said that Funderburk was
charged with being a "peeping
Tom" by the white man who
shot him.
He also said that Negro John
Poston was recently shot and
partially paralyzed by a shot
from another white man. Poston
was walking along a road when
a car driven "by whites" at
tempted to run him down: when
he jumped from the road into
someone's yard, the white prop-
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erty owner shot him, according
to Crowder.
"Secret Assault"
Another incident which Crow
der related is that of Negro youth
J a y v a n Covington, who is
charged with "secret assault" on
a gas station in Monroe. Coving
ton is charged with having fired
shots into the gas station from
a nearby woods, although Crow
der said it was impossible to
lire the shots from the angle
which the police described.
Crowder said Covington was
"framed" because he had twice
"saved Robert Williams from
murder by the whites."
Reape and Crowder also
charged that it was virtually im
possible for Negroes to find em
ployment except as janitors or
domestic servants. They said
Monroe factories would hire
workers from other counties and
CONCERT --
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est in the folksong of his native
Hungary is easily seen in the five
songs.
One of Ralph Vaughan Wil
liams' finest works for chorus,
"Toward the Unknown Region"
will be performed by the chorus
with piano and organ accompani
ment. Robert Steelman will play
the piano and Charles Horton the
organ.
The concert is open to the
public.
VNC Names
Assoc. Dean
Earle Wallace, assistant pro
fessor of political science at the
University, has been appointed
associate dean of the Graduate
School, it was announced by
Alexander Heard, dean of the
Graduate School.
Professor Wallace succeeds As
sociate Professor of English Dr.
James R. Gaskin who will return
to full time teaching duties.
As associate dean, Professor
Wallace will serve as admissions
officer for the Graduate School
and will advise graduate students
on special problems. He will also
continue teaching duties in the.
Department, of Political Science
where his specialty is American,
Government.
A native of Concord, Professor
Wallace attended The Citadel
where he received a B.A. de
gree in 1951. He received M.A.
and Ph.D. degrees from UNC in
1953 and 1939, respectively. He
began teaching at UNC in 1957 as
an instructor.
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groes. A brief argument developed at
the Roberson St. Community
Center meeting Monday night
when a student arose and urged
the audience not to participate
in the planned demonstrations
for Monroe.
Negro Leaders
The student, who asked not to
be identified, said he had at
tended a large '"Freedom Rally"
sponsored by the NAACP and
CORE last Sunday in Durham
and heard Negro leaders disavow
any connection with the Monroe
group.
He said that Negro leaders told
him later they would urge people
not to join the Monroe demon
strations because of "question
able and undesirable" leadership
of the movement among some of
its northern supporters.
Freedom Riders
j Continued
Few Changes
In answer to questions after
his speech, Rev. Breeden said be
found few changs in the atti
tudes of the Christians he talked
with on the trip from New Or
leans to Detroit. One hopeful
sign, he said however, Wis that
discussion of racial problems
was increasing within the Epis
copal church.
The main answer given by
"Christian" segregationists to
his arguments seemed to be that
the possibility of suffering had
been excluded from the gospel.
"Those people were afraid that
action on racial questions might
disturb their comfort. They had
no knowledge of the joy that can
come with Christian suffering."
The optimistic outlook on the
church's role in the racial situa
tion, he said, is that the ma
jority will change their views.
The pessimistic side can be seen
in the growth of the Black Mus
lim movement, which Rev. Bree
den says ios the "fastest grow
ing movement in the Negro
Community."
Segregation Necessary
The movement believes that
Christianity is the white man's
religion, he said, and that segre
gation, is necessary for social and
economic justice. It is anti-white,
anti-Christ and violent.
"Although some people say
that the Islam religion is mere
ly being used as a cover for a
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local Monroe Youth Acticn Com
mittee, answered that, "CORE
ones down there helping tho
and NAACP have not been the
people of Monroe." He asked the
audience to disregard the other
student's statements.
The charge that there has beta
a "press blackout" on the ?.!cn
roe situation was questioned i
the Gerrard Hall meeting Tues
day night. Graduate student Bob
Brown questioned whether thei
was actually no press coverage
of the events there.
He was answered by Crowd
and Cecil Puckett, a memter cf
the audience. Puckett said bo
had worked as an announcer ia
a Monroe radio station between
November of 1360 and April cf
1961. He was instructed not to
report cr investigate racial news
unless he wished to lose his job.
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"the religious element gees
deeper.
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of the majority of the world's
people. They accept our got-d in
tentions, hut then ask, 'But isn't
it true that
Rev. Breeden saw one healthy
sign in the church in the answer
one church, official gave to a
question concerning his views on
priests being in jail. "Priefis in
jail are nothing new." he sad.
"What took them so long?"
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