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EDITORIAL FEATURE
By Gordon b. Hancock
RIOTING NEGROES RUINING
NEGRO IMAGE
Race prejudice is the most popular
notion in the Twentieth Century World.
This is mainly because it too often
makes a nobody feel like somebody, and
makes a somebody feel doubly impress
ed with himself If I were a poor ignor
ant white, I would cling to it as bark
clings to the tree, for it gives a “better
than" feeling when a “worse than" is
more nearly the truth. A Negro who is
somebody has to qualify with ability: a
prejudiced white can feel like somebody
just from a “hunch". The tides of race
prejudice are running hard against the
Negro throughout the world, and just
how the Negro looks in the eyes of the
world is important. But in spite ol the
activity of the anti-Negro whites of the
Old South, the Negro had succeeded in
building a splendid image whilch had
won the respect of mankind the world
over: and in his civ’l rights movement,
the Negro as under-dog had many things
going for him. His image demanded the
respect he was more and more achieving.
With the accession of men like Roose
velt and Kennedy and Johnson to the
presidency fine currents of sympathy
and understanding were running for the
Negro because of the image he had at
tained. Then came the riots! Only those
blind to facts and realities would argue
that the orgy of riots and their nature
have not seriously jeopardized the prog
ress that the Negroes were making to
ward full citizenship. Today things are
in a bn-’ way. Negro leadership is un
certain _ .d divided and vacillating. The
masses who were deserted, if not indee d
betrayed, ,by the privileged Negro are
confused. Negro leaders are striving
harder to tell the masses what they want
to hear than what they need to hear.
There are evidences that headlines are
more imporant to certain would-be lead
ers than guidelines. Herein is the greater
pity. Riots and rioting have been the re
sult. Recounting the white man’s injus
tices and the evils nf segregation and
discrimination are fine as far as they go;
but our critical situation demands more,
it demands a working program for the
masses. The white man has admitted his
errors and it is up to the Negro to devise
Morehouse College’s Dr. Mays
Shaw I University Founder’s Orator
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Pres
ident of Morehouse College, At
lanta, Ga., will be the princi
pal speaker for the 101st annual
Founders Day Convocation at
Shaw University on Friday, No
vember 18, Announcement of
Dr. Mays’ acceptance was made
here this week by President
James E. Cheek.
To be held in the Charles
Clinton Spaulding Gymnasium at
11 a. m„ the occasion honors
A. J. Turner Succeeds Joe Davis
At Negro Heritage Library Here
The Board of Directors of
the Negro Heritage Library of
North Carolina, Incorporated,
at Its October meeting held in
Its offices at 126 1/2 East Har
gett Street, Raleigh, accepted
the resignation of Joe S. Davis
as executive sales director and
appointment of A. J. Turner
as the new director. Turner
is an ordained minister and
director of public relations, di
rector of Kitfrell Junior Col
lege, Klttrell.
The Negro Heritage Library
a fiat NAMED FOR SERIES HERO - Baltimore, Md.: Baltimore slugger Frank Robinson
is shown at home last Monday on newly named “Robinson Street” here over the weekend. His
wife, jßarbara, holds 5-year-old Frank, Jr., while Robinson, clearly the standout star of the
World Series, holds his 2-year-old daughter, Michelle. (UPI PHOTO).
a program on. where we go from here.
With a worsened image of the Negro.
Alabama's Governor Wallace rode to
an astonishing victory and showed the
country what could be done in spite of
the Negroes’ defranchisement and par
ticipation. Wallace swept Alabama. Now
comes Georgia and elects for its gover
nor a man whose only claims to atten
tion is his prejudiced appeal against the
Negro. We had expected great things of
Georgia, which had hcon acclaimed the
capital of the New South, but riots and
rioting made it easy for the Negrophobe
to hold up to the public gaze the new
and disfigured image of the New Negro.
The anti-Negro elements representing
the Old South were in dire need of some
thing to boister their at times sagging
case, and the riots served the purpose
as perhaps nothing else could. Some of
our leaders had served notice that ours
would be a “long hot summer.” indi
rectly hinting that riots and more riots
were on the way. Thev went so far as to
suggest cities that would be included on
the rioting agenda. This was unwise and
fool-hardy, and doubly so wih the ar
son-minded Negro always in evidence.
Our case has been badly damaged. Re
pairs are in order and the leaders who
led us into the debacle are under obli
gations to lead us out. It is incumbent
upon those who got the rioring started
to get it stopped—AND NOW. It is to
be noted that an order issued in San
Francisco. “Shoot to kill.” is iust about
all the anti-Negro elements wanted. This
writer had genuinely feared that such an
order would come sooner or later. This
is a tough order, but the rioters forced
it on the authorities of San Francisco:
and the South has its own orders and has
always had. Negro-wise. Such orders
and their execution mean that riots and
rioting have run their course. Rioting is
becoming more and more dangerous.
Will some leader or will our several lead
ers tell us where do we go from here?
Brooke the Negro Attorney-General of
Massachusetts, who is running for the
United States Senate, feels that the riots
have jeopardized his prospects. The Ne
gro image is dangerously affected WHO
WTTX BRING T T S A PROGRAM?
THE NFGRO MASSES NEED A
PROGRAM. Who will go for us?
the memory of the late Dr.
Henry Martin Tupper, who
founded the institution in 1865
and was its president until his
death in 1893.
President at Morehouse since
1940, Dr. Mays was educated
at Bates College and the Uni
versity of Chicago, where he
received the M. A. and Ph. D.
degrees. An honor graduate of
Bates, he was elected s member
of Phi Beta Kappa.
Is an encyclopedia work upon
the Negro. It has the endorse
ment of such notables as Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., pres
ident, Southern Christian Lead
ership Conference, Nobel Peace
Prize winner, 1964; Saunders
Redding Teaching Fellow, Duke
University, Elizabeth D.
Koontz, president - elect, De
partment of Classroom Teach
ers, National Education Asso
ciation, and Senator Jacob Ja
vits, United State Senate, (D.-
N. Y.).
The Founder’s Day Home
coming Weekend will commence
with the annual meeting of the
University’s Board of Trustees
on Thursday, November 17.
Immediately following the
Founder’s Day program, the
groundbreaking ceremonies for
the new $867,000 library will
be held. At 1 p. m. a Found
er's Day Luncheon for Trus
tees, alumni and special guests
will be held In the University’s
dining hall.
At 7 p. m. Friday evening,
(Sec DR. MAYS, P. 2)
Community
Action Center
Plans Event
The Chavis Heights Com
munity Action Center announces
its Open House, to be held at
520 East Martin Street on Sun
day, October 16, from 4:00-
7;00 p. m. The public is in
vited.
This non-profit organization
is the local branch of the Of
fice of Economic Opportunity.
(See CENTER PLANS, P. 2)
LOCAL JUAN SETS HOUSE
AFIRE WHILE WIFE’S IN 11
firebug’
’Split Scene ’
After Act
BY CHARLES R. JONES
A would-be arsonist was ap
parently discouraged In the act
early Sunday as he prepared to
burn up his house while his
wife was inside it,
Mrs. Jolmsie Ann Gervln, of
316 Love’s Lane, revealed to
Officers C. C. Heath and D.
C. Williams ai 12:45 a. m. Sun
day, that she and her husband,
George Lee Gervln, 26, had
an argument earlier in the week
and he left home.
*'He came back tonight (Sat
urday) for the first time since
he left,” declared the woman.
The distraught housewife said
she heard some noise on the
south side of the house, looked
out and saw her mate striking
a match and putting fire to the
weather boarding outside the
structure after first having
thrown kerosene on the boards.
Someone called the Raleigh
Fire Department and a truck
arrived in time to put out the
fire after the weather boards
had burned awhile.
Officers were unable to locate
Mr. Gervin for questioning as
he had ‘split the scene” when
they irrived.
The incident triggering the
argument was not advanced bv
Mrs. Gervin, but was apparent
ly serious enough to cause the
angry husband to attempt arson
on his own house.
3 Winners
Again In
Promotion
Following are the new CAR
OLINIAN S weep slakes num -
bers: The tickets must be green
and dated October B,l966.Num
ber 7637 is first prize worth
$25; 8597, second woit, >ls;
and 3513, third, worth $lO.
SWEEPSTAKES WON BY
RALSIGHITES
Last week for the third time,
all three Sweepstakes prizes
were won. Winner of prize num
ber one was Mr. John Turner,
of 582 E. Cabarrus St., with
lucky ticket number 899, which
was picked up at the House of
Wigs, on S. Wilmington St. This
ticket was w r orth $25.
The second lucky individual
was Mrs. Dora Brodie, with
ticket number 5469, worth sls.
She picked the winning ticket
up at Briggs’ Hardware, on
Fayetteville St. She resides
at 707 S. Person St. Mrs.
Brodie is a member of Fay
etteville Street Baptist Church.
The Rev. Willie B. Lewi- is the
pastor. She is also a member
of the senior choir and usher
board of that church. She has
won Winn-Dixie’s Let’s Go to
the Races twice, worth sls, and
stated she has been trying to
win for a long time. Mrs.
Brodie, a widow, said “I am
very thankful.” I will give
some of my earnings to the
my earnings to the church.
Third Prize winner was Mrs.
Geneva Yarborough, 415 Watson
St., wife of H. R. Yarborough.
Mrs. Yarborough had ticket
number 4343, worth $lO. She
collected her winning ticket at
Betty Gay Store on Fayetteville
(See PROMOTION, P. 2)
Dist . Tutors
Will Hear Dr.
Jos. E. Cheek
DURHAM - The East Pied
mont District of the North Car
olina Teachers Association will
meet at Whitted Junior High
School, Durham, N. C. on Sat
urday, Oct. 15.
The East Piedmont District
comprises Granville, Durham
City, Franklin City, Vance, Ra
leigh City, Wake County and
Warren County administrative
(See DR. CHEEK. P. 2)
DR. JAMES E. CHEEK
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WOMAN STOPS CAR TO 'FK’COAT;
TWO CARS COLLIDE, ONE CHARGED
iobertmn
Cited To
City Court
BY ROY L. COLI INS
Mrs, Christine Tandy, of 698
E. Martin St. decided to stop
suddenly Wednesday morning of
this week in the 500 block of
East Martin St., to fix her
coat.
While stopped, two other cars
rammed into the rear of each
other, and into the back of her.
Mrs. Tandy was driving her
*62 Falcon station wagon, which
was involved in an prior acci
dent approximately 600 feet be
yond the Wednesday incident.
On? month ago, she allegedly
sideswlped a Popsl-Cola truck,
and was charged with improper
passing. The second car in
volved in the Wednesday acei
(See ONE CHARGED. P. 2)
Methodists
Supporting
Black Power?
NEW YORK - Efforts by Ne
gro ministers to correct “his
toric distortions” about black
power w'ere supported by the
Board of Missions of The Meth
odist Church at its meeting in
New York last week.
The Board’s executive com
mittee adopted unanimously a
statement urging all Methodists
to “read and study” the “black
power” statement published re
cently by the National Commit
tee of Negro Churchmen.
Declaring that the statement
of the Negro ministers speaks
of “our common beliefs and as
pirations,” the Board recom
mended its w ide circulation and
its implementation through ac
tion programs within churches
and communities across the na
tion.
The ministers’ statement,
which was published in the New
York Times on July 31, neith
er supported or condemned the
black power cry of young Ne
gro militants. But it charged
that the fundamental distortion
facing America in the contro
versy about black power is root
ed in a “gross imbalance of
power and conscience between
Negroes and w’hite Americans.”
“The movement in the United
States of America for justice
and equal rights for all citizens
has reached a critical cross
roads,” the Board pointed out.
“This crisis finds expression
(See METHODISTS, P. 2)
SNCC Turns The
Tables In A
Georgia Court
ATLANTA (NPI) - SNCC law
yers turned the tables in fed
eral court on an accusation
that the militant group started
this city’s race .riots,, as the
attorneys charged that Atlanta
police used state anti-riot laws
in a plot against SNCC.
A suit, filed by SNCC chair -
man Stokely Carmichael,
charged that Atlanta police of
ficials used Georgia’s laws on
insurrection, riots, and disor
derly conduct against Carmi
chael specifically and against
SNCC to hold down its acti
vities.
Carmichael's attorney, Wil
liam Kuntsler, argued that the
eity and state took advantage
(See SNCC TURNS, P. 2)
North Carolina ’« Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N C.. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1966
MOv’E iNTOVMnTENEK. it ICyD - Philadelphia; Mrs,
Lillian Wright, 20, speaks to newsmen in her new home in
an all white block in the Keningston section of Philadelphia
Oct. 5. Two of her three children, John 2, and Kim, 1, play
near their mother, unaware of the reason why hundreds of
their white neighbors have staged rock and paint throwing
demonstrations in front of their house for three nights. (UPI
PHOTO).
Churchmen Open State
N AACP (Convention
BY J. B, BARREN
The 23rd Annual Convention
of the North Carolina NAACP
Conference will convene in Ra
leigh October 13-16 with head
quarters at the Carolina Hotel,
West Hargett and Dawson
Streets.
The Ministers sessions will
be held Thursday In the First
Baptist Church, 101 Wilmington
St., the Rev. C. W. Ward, min
ister, The theme of the con
ference is: “Translating Civil
Rights Into Employment
Rights.” Bishop S. Gill Spots
wood, NAACP Board Chairman
will speak to the ministers at
a banquet meeting Thursday
night.
Friday will see the organiza
tion of the convention, reports
from the 100 units inTarheelia,
and addresses from Mrs. Ruby
Hurley, Atlanta-based regional
(See STATE NAACP, P 2)
Cong. Diggs
In Alamance
October 16
BURLINGTON - Charles C.
Diggs, Jr., Detroit, Michigan,
Congressman from thel3th Dis
trict in Michigan, will deliver
the keynote address at the an
nual public civic meeting to be
held here on Sunday, Oct. 16.
The program, sponsored by
the Alamance County Commit
tee on Civic Affairs, is SChe
fßee CONO. DIGGS. P. 2>
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secretary, John Brooks, NA
ACP Voter-registration Direc
tor, Richmond, Va. Gloster B.
Current, Director of NAACP
Branches will deliver the key
note address Friday night.
N. C. NAACP president Kel
ly M. Alexander, Sr., of Char
lotte, in calling for a large turn
out of NAACP members and
friends - all races-has strong
ly urged Negroes to stay away
from the N. C. State Fair this
year because of the announce
ment that a booth has been rent
ed to the Ku Klux Klan for pub
licity purposes. It is felt that
Negroes should show their re
sentment by not attending this
year’s fair. At the same time,
Alexander urges Negroes to be
as zealous in turning out to
NAACP meetings as the KKKis
to theirs, and thus, “Prove
your faith in the democratic
way of life in America...”
Os special interest to farmers
will be information about gov
ernment programs to be outlin
ed by Wm. M. Seabron, Asst,
to Secretary Agriculture; and
w. B. Denny, State Executive
Director, U. S. Dept. Agricul
ture, ASC Service. Also, the
War on Poverty will be discuss
ed in detail. Citizens are
asked to bring their problems
for airing.
The Youth Council and Col
lege Chapters will convene Frl-
From Raleigh's Official Police Files I
THE cum BEAT
M Y CHARLES R JONES *
A Friend Indeed
Is J. Thompson
Joshua Thompson, of 207 S.
East Street, reported to Officer
W. C. Stone at 11:20 a. m.
Saturday, that he and his friend,
Bobby Curtis Street, 30, of 303
S. Haywood Street, were riding
In a truck and Street “was show
ing me what he was going to do
to another boy and cut me” on
the left shoulder, allegedly with
a knife.
Mr. Thompson refused, how
ever, to sign an assault with a
deadly weapon warrant, “be
cause I don’t think he cut me
on purpose.” The wound was
not considered serious.
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In observance of it’s Annual
Woman’s Day Program the
First Baptist Church will pre
sent Mrs. Elizabeth “Libby”
Koontz of Salisbury, as guest
speaker on Sunday, Oct. 16.
This intelectual, energetic,
experienced Christian person is
a leader and speaker on the na
tional, regtonal and state level
in civic, youth, Family Service
and Christian endeavors. She
(See LIBBY KOO.VT2)
MRS. ELIZABETH D. KOONTZ
Prominent
Prince Hail
Mason Dies
SHREVEPORT, La. (NPI) -
Funeral services were held
last week for R. H. Gilmore,
for years prominent in frater
nal and business circles. Gil
more had been ill for a num
ber of months and had retired
from active participation in both
his fraternal and business ac
tivities.
He was a past imperial depu
(See MASON PfiES, P. 2)
tv kath ; ;
Temperatures for the next
five days, Thursday through
Monday, will average two to
eight degrees above normal.
Hieh and low temperatures
will be 73 and 49 degrees. It
will he mild at the beginning
of the period, turning cooler
towards the end. Precipita
tion will average one-tenth
to four-tenths of an Inch,
occurring as scattered show
ers near the latter half of
the period.
Hubby Cuts Her
After Big 'Fuss’
Mrs, Rebecca Allen Bowden,
of 414 So Haywood Street, told
“the law” at 2:07 p. m. Sun
day, her husband, James Arthur
Bowden, 39, same address, cut
her on the hip after a “fuss.”
The complainant assured the
cop that she would sign an as
sault with a deadly weapon war
rant against her mate, but was
advised by him to contact the
.solicitor of Domestic Relations
Court for such action.
She suffered a laceration on
the left hip.
(See CRIME BEAT. P. 3}