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rmcMxmmum RALEEOH. N. C.. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 21. 198? 20 NEGRO HISTORY BAFFLERS By Negro Press International One of the erroneous ideas many persons -- both black and white have is that Negro has invariably been an “insigni ficant minority" in this country. Os Course, the overall black population has always been In the minority throughout the U nited States. In 1790, there were 757,208 Negroes out of a total national population, of 3,929,214; in i 960, the figures were 18,871,831 and 179,323,175. But Negroes have outnumber ed whites In some cities and areas of the country. And with the increasing movement of black people to large urban areas, several of the nation’s cities will have Negro majori ties In a few years. Figures cited on Negro popu lation overlook the millions of uncounted black people and those who have "passed" into white society. This means that, numerically speaking and otherwise, the Negro has been moore prominent in American society than has teen thought. In todays Baffler, identify the cases in which Negro ma jorities have made the black man a political force to rec kon with. Scoring: 4-7; tops, 3: fair; 0-2: poor. Bonus Question at the en counts two points. Here’s th m ult ipl e -choice quiz: 1 Which o. these cities has a Negro majority. --A Chicago; b. Washing ton; C. NeYork. 2. In 1860, there were 437,000 Negroes and 353,000 whites in this state. When black people later gained power, it was charged in tvpicai Dixie style, that a “minority" had taken over. —A. Mississippi; B. New York; C. Illinois. 3. In this one predominant ly Negro state, black people were in the majority in every legislative session except one in the years after the Civil War. This state’s voters, in 1870, elected J. H. Rainey, the first Negro to be seated in the U, S. House of Representatives: --A Texas; B. Maine; C. South Carolina. 4., In which of these cities have Negroes recently become a majority: --A Los Angeles and Phil adelphia; —B. Gary, Ind., and New- NEW HtG’fV. VV COMMIS SIONER - Ralph L. Howland, who was named by Governor Moore to head the Department of Motor Vehicles. He succeeds A. Ptlston Godwin, Jr,, who resigned to accept a special superior court jucigship. He served as assistant commis sioner of the Department, under Godwin B SAVINGS BOND How many denominations of “Freedom Shares" are there? (A) Four -- $25, with a drawing of the Minute Man sym bol; SSO, showing the Statue of Liberty Head; $75, featuringthe Liberty Beil; and SIOO, with the Statue of Freedom on the U. S. Capitol I know that “Freedom Shares’’ can be bought only in combination with Serifes E Bonds, Do tyte Shares and Bonds have to be the same denomination? (A) No. Savings Bonds may be of the same or larger - -denomination. Thus you may purchase a SSO Freedom Share to combination with a SIOO (or larger) Savings Bond But not the reverse. I have been buying Savings Bonds for more than 25 years. How can I determine their pre sent value? (A) Bond tellers at banks and many savings and loan organi zations will, be happy to assist you. However, you can obtain a "Tabic of Redemption Val ues" which will give the current value of any* Stories E Bond you won. These tables are is sued every six months, and the current edition covers the period months, and the current edition cover*; the period from July through December, 1967. Send SO cents to cash to the Superintendent of Do cuments, 0, S. GOVERNMENT Printing Office, Washington, D., C. £0402. Or, If you wish, send to ft, ©e sM papaat: a three-year (six iissH), ark, N. J.; —C. Houston, Tex., and At lanta, Ga. 5. A majority of the st«» dents going to public schetti in this city are black: --A. Chicago; B. NewYorkj C. Seattle, Wash. * a * BONUS QUESTION- Uttllk* cities with substantial N*fF@ populations, this town does not permit black residents, R Is remembered for an opes-howa- Ing march last year and a race riot 15 years ago whan a Ne gro family tried to movs toe * * * ANSWERS: 1. B; 2. A} 3. C; 4. B; 5. A. BONUS QUESTION: CicafO, m. Maryland Jtsdp Raises Ire Os Many Citizens Prince Georges County Mary land • Negroes rose up in masses against Judge William R, Bowie ,4a st week w protest over a statement made by him about Negroes and their con duct. The staff of an antipoverty agency working in Negro com munities in Prince Georges County yesterday proposed cutting the terms of county Circuit Court judges to five years because of a remark from the bench Tuesday on “Negroes and the use of knives.” Joining a lengthening list of Negro groups attacking Judge William B. Bowie, 20 staff members of the federally financed United Communities Against Poverty said in a statement: “Fifteen years is too long for any one man to let out questionable justice.” Bowie’s remark followed his refusal to grant probation or continue bond, asthe State’s Attorney’s office and a defense attorney recommended, for a Negro woman who had pleaded guilty to manslaughter. UCAP further urged the le gislature to pass a law that would make judges subject to disn ssal “when their very obvious personal views will not sllow their decisions to be h. the true interest of justice, regardless of a de fendant’s race, religion, back ground or national orgln.” Bowie also said that If Ne groes "want to live like ani mals, let them stay In a pen somewhere." UCAP asserted: "Negro children are not born with knives In their hands. Netther do they wish to live like ani mals. Knives are not con sidered norma! dress for Ne groes, nor is it away of life.” Mrs. Bonnie Johns, director of UCAP, said the staff next week will petition the head of Bowie's judicial circuit, Chief furniture .... -vt\i ■ W, Cushion., t.^—l — jplp '■* *> « tfr '£-*uiha£ PERN MATTHEWBGN Miss NCC Is Professional, Model, Student Leader DURHAM - Fern Matthew son, a 21-year-old professional mo del and student leader, will be crowned as Miss North Carolina College at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oc tober 21, In the college’s R.L McDougald Gymnasium A senior psychology major, Miss Matthewson is a native of Prtoceville, and now lives in Tarboro. She is a graduate of the Philadelphia Career and Modeling School. Miss Matthewson was the first Negro to win a beauty contest sponsored by the City of Philadelphia when she was chosen as Miss Hero Scholar ship Thrill Show by members of the police and fire depart ments and the park guards last year. The daughter of Mrs. MaryS. W Matthewson, a school prin cipal, and the late Glennie M. Matthewson, a former mayor of Princevilie, Miss Matthewson was a head majorette for four years at W. A, Pattlllo High School. She was also named the school’s most outstanding student and most dependable student, and was the editor of the school’s year book. Judge J. Dudley Dlgges, to have Bowie removed. Many lawyers became so enraged until they stated they would ask the jurist to dis qualify himself to sit on a case where a Negro was in volved. They also said that the statement was logical grounds to appeal any sentence that Judge Bowie might inflict upon a Negro. At NCC, Miss Matthewson was a majorette for two years, a Wisconsin exchange student, of her sophomore class, Miss Junior Class, and the keeper of the grades for the Pan Hellenic Council in her junior year. She Ls a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority and lives in the college's Honor House with other outstanding senior women. Her career plans include fur ther modelling, but she also plans to work in psychology or sociology, and to do graudate work. Dr. Newsome At St. Paul’s LAWRENCEVILLE, Va. -The fall convocation formally open ing the eightieth session at St. Paul's College here on-Friday, Oct. 27, will be addressed by Dr. Lionel H. Newsom, a dis tinguished sociologist and edu cator of Atlanta, Ga. The convocation is scheduled for ten-thirty in St. Paul’s Memorial Chapel. The guest speaker will be introduced by Dr. Earl H, McClenney, presi dent of the college. Dr. New som, himself a former college head, is now associate director of the Southern Regional Edu cation Board’s higher educa tion opportunities project. An academic procession will pre cede the convocation. Dr. Newsom went from the presidency of Barber - Scotia College, Concord, to the Atlan ta-based educational board. SALE! SOFAS, CHAIRS ROOM GROUP PRICED AT SAVINGS! 1 week «nly! coordlnoted groups from Rhodes fabulous Riverfy House collection priced at big saving si Traditional, Transitional and Modern styles lavishly covered in a breathtaking array of fabrics and colors! Preston Cobb To Get New Go. Trio! WASHINGTON - The U. S. Supreme Court this week re versal the Georgia life sentence Against Preston Cobb, a case that stirred international con mm when Cobb was sentenced to death in 1981 at the age of 18, NAACP Legal Defense and Ettocsiianai Fund, Inc, (LDF) attorneys won the case on grounds that racial diserimina ticss was used in composing Cobb's Jasper County, Ga., Jury. The young man must still face the charge of murder; however the new jury will be drawn from an integrated pa stel, The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overruled in 1964 on the ground that Negroes had been systematically excluded from the grand jury that in dicted Mr. Cobb and from the petit Jury that tried him. Kb was reindicted by the Jas per County grand jury in Feb ruary of 1965. A motion for change of venue was granted and petitioner was tried before » petit Jury to Bibb County. He was found guilty, but the Jury returned a recommenda tion of mercy; petitioner was then sentenced to life impri sonment. On appeal the Georgia Su preme Court affirmed Cobb’s conviction, ladies Seeiaier: Gift Os The Gods One of the nicer things that happens every year is Indian summer. A short period of especially fair” weather and mild days, it comes to late October or early November when the leaves are turning color and falling from the trees. It has no definite date to begin or end. “The mild, pleasant weather of Indian summer follows the autumn’s first period of cold, wintry days, ” says World Book Encyclopedia, "The days be come noticeably warmer, but the nights remain chilly. Throughout Indian summer, the sun shines dimly and softly. The sky turns a rich blue and al ways appears gentle and hazy near the horizon. The air re mains smoky and still, with almost no wind. An Indian summer moon often has a soft yellow or orange hue, Indian summer lasts from a week to 10 days, and sometimes for two weeks. Then w- i n ter begins”. The American Indians en joyed Indian summer and look ed forward to it. They con sidered it the special gift of a god. The origin of the name of Indian summer is uncertain. One story says that American settlers named the period after the American Indians, who told the settlers that this period would cone. Another story says the name evolved because this period of good weather chance to make more attacks on the settlers. 0 ■ - fi§ ' 1\ y m 1111111 l Hr §: m /hB RETURNS TO schoolmates of Earl erhe PoarM autograph Oct. 10 in Winston-Salem following an Exhibition NBA biskJtten SI”? n with the Baltimore Bullets, excited his former schoolmatesand his Ley™? handling and shooting. Earl scored 14 points as The Bullets defeated the Negro History Bafflers AN "NPI” FEATURE Oct. 15, 1870 - The Color ed--now Christian --Methodist Episcopal church fCMW) or ganized in Jackson, Tenn. Name was changed in 1956. Oct. 15, 1949 - The then- Governor of Virgin Islands, William H, Hastie, named by President Harry S. Truman to the U S. Circuit Court of Ap peals for the Third District, in Philadelphia. Oct. 16, 1859 -Sherraid Lew is Leary, Negro follower of abo litionist John Brown, killed at Harper’s Ferry, Va., (Now West Virginia). Brown’s raid took place on the same date. Five members of the original party with Brown were Negroes. Oct, 17, !80C - Jean Jacques Dessalines, emperor of Haiti, assassinated at Pont Rouge Haiti. Oct. 17, 1888 - The first Ne gro savings bank established in the U. S. capitol n Oct. 18, 1898 - North Car olina Mutual Life Insurance company organized in Durham, by Dr. A. M. Moore and John Merrick. Oct. 19, 1870 - Joseph Rainey became the first Negro member of the U. S. Cong! ess. Oct. 21, 1872 - John Henry College Prexy ALBANY, Ga. - Albany State College president, Dr. Thomas Miller Jenkins D', will address a session of the annual meet ing of the Georgia Association of Junior Colleges at Douglass, Ga. on Oct. 21. The Albany State head will speak on “The Triumph of the Mind and Spirit in the Shaping of Scholarship." He will ad dress a group of junior college educators who will discuss cre ating an intellectual atmosphere on junior college campuses and other issues facing the rise of junior colleges throughout the state and the nation. Conyers was the first Negro to be admitted to the U. S. Naval academy. Oct. 21, 1948 - Presidents KEEP CLEAN WITH KING GRKENI.T To all of our cuatomers who have entrusted us with their woolens and furs in our storage vault, we want to thank you for making this our most successful storage sea son, and we will never destroy that trust. Please notify us one week in advance of the time that you want your clothes. In that way we can guarantee you good looking clothes looking good and fresh. Thank you. Tune in WLLE every Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. for the KING GREENE QUARTER HOUR. Best in spiritual*. KING GREENE CLEANERS DAVID S. GREENE Owner 759 S. Blount St. LAUNDRY SERVICE Call 828-9372 C imrrlatft M Bourbon fISPj 60 MONTHS hrtUy! Qtfl Bourbon $055 $025 STWU6HT SOUftSOK WKISKCV-5 VEABS OUS-M WOOF .J« BMCUV t CO ,I: MiTFO «om, iIL of Negro Land Grant meeting in Washington, D. C., proposed end to racially separate university systeTn. St To Chord Soo^
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