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Churchmen Back 'Manifesto’ ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ftftftft ft ft ft ft ft - :ftft Plans Special Ceremony Sunday Night United Black Front Is Organized Here Will Cite 6 Leaders In Raleigh On Sunday, May 18, the newly formed United Black Front of Raleigh will sponsor a special ceremony to pay tribute to Black heroes in the Raleigh area. "We, as Black people, can no longer afford to allow the white man to decide who we should * honor and reverse,” said Fred Roberts, organizational worker. The ceremony will be Veld at Chavis Heights Recreation Cen ter at 8 p.m. and those to be honored will include Howard Fuller, in the field of Com munity Organization; Eld Davis • in the field of union organiza tion; Howard Lee, for his poli tical achievements; Clarence E. Lightener, in honor of his recent victory; Dr. James E. Cheek, in the field of educa tion; and William Knight, for his act of bravery in the face of danger to the Black community. The goal of the United Black Front is to unite all Black or ganizations in Raleigh in a coalition for power croup sur vival, and selt-detumination, based upon a unity lounded "on love, truth, and Black brother (Soe UNITED B1 A( K P. 3) ¥ietnsfin ? s Race lias 1$ Rising y SAIGON - (NPI) -Are racial tensions on tie rise among U. S. fighting men In Vietnam? It shouldn’t be surprising that racial hatreds have been ex ported to this war-torn coun try from the United States by its citizensoldiers. But the increasing explosive ness oi those hatreds in Viet nam is something else. Much of the trouble come from hard-core militants of both races whose tendency to ward violence is an old story. And most of the interracial turmoil is found at the rear of the battle lines. Where serv ice'men have enough time on their hands to revive old prej udices and racial hostilities. On the front lines, by con trast, fear of the enernv ap pear to be a unify ing force that brings Black and white servicemen together in short lived harmony—until they move to the rear or leave the service. NAACP MEET The Raleigh Branch of the NAACP will meet at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Martin Street Baptist Church. The suggested program of the NAACP will be presented by K. O. Murphy, president, for ac tion by the body. SWEEPSTAKES 3 4753 4002 S3O $5 $5.00 Anyone h;>* inn cuitiii (.i ll \ tickets am n vay hi, 1; with proper ntifiibafv present same to The t MtOIJNIAN office and receive amount listed above from the s\\::l I'SfAKKS Feature. Mrs. Jones Sweepstakes Winner Just as prevailed last week, we had another lady winner In The CAROLINIAN’S Sweep stakes Promotion this week. v She is Mrs. Char it ie Jones, 1 Granville Terrace (Chavis Heights), who was awarded the second prize, of $lO, when she presented ticket number 370 at the offices of this news paper. Mrs. Jones obtained her ticket from Johnston-I.a mbe Co., 322 S. Salisbury Street. To be valid this week, Sweep stakes tickets must be green in color and dated May 10, 1069, Numoer 3, nrst prize, is worth S3O; number 4753, second, worth $5; while num ber 4002, third-, will bring its holder also the sum of $", Patronize businesses which advertise in The CAROLINIAN They appreciate your patron ■ege. Kindly Inform them that you saw their ads in this news paper. Sweepstakes advertisers may be found or, page 10 of this week's CAROLINIAN. Look y them over. Visit these mer chants as well as other CARO LINIAN advertisers, and be sure to ten them mas you saw The Carolinian VOL. 28. NO. 29 City Man Jailed After He attacks, Curses Cops Evers Elected Mayor ASKS FREE FOOD ST AMPS - Washington: Dr, Ralph David Abernathy, head of the South ei n Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) met with several senators May 12 to talk over this year’s Poor People’s Campaign with them. A Resurrection City is not planned for this Abernath >' is suggesting free food stamps for the poor to wipe out hunger in America, i ;K: sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.; Rev. Abernathy; Jesse Jackson, an SCLC official; and Sen. Hugh Scott, R-Pa. (UPI). This is The Last Cha nee/ Says Frinks "This is the last time non violent protest will be given a chance,” Southern Christian Leadership Field Secretary Golden Frinks, told a group of ministers during a meeting of the Raleigh Ministerial As sociation on Tuesday of this week. , Frinks, organizer and lead er of the "Mountain top to the Valley” (Asheville to Raleigh) March, which culminated with over 85 persons converging on the city on Friday, April 18, (Sop GOLDEN FRINKS. P. 2) their ads in this newspaper. r 5- Als ® PREXIES unite-Charleston, S. C.sThe president of the United Auto Workers, AaLer Reuther (2nd from L) and the Rev, Ralph Abernathy (2nd from R), president of the South ern Ch"istian Leadership Conference, walk arm and arm between two striking nurses during this evening s May !1 massive Mother's Day Poor Peoples March, The march is in support of strik ing Hospital Workers Union and their fight for recognition by the State of South Carolina. (UPI). North Carolina's Leading V/eeldy RALEIGH, N. C.. SATURDAY MAY 17 1969 Raleigh Mon Injures Officer In Melee Officer Nelson Stewart Lockey, 26, reported at 8:25 p m. Sunday, "I was on call to 411 E. Morgan Street, where the complainant, Mrs. Mary Jane Griffis, stated that David Griffis, whom she said did not live there, was drunk and dis orderly and threatening to do damage to her home.” The woman said she had or dered him to leave the residence four times and in the presence of the officers. Also on the scene was Officer R. C. Ellis. "We advised the subject to leave the house four more times ” Of ficer Lockey’s report stated. "Each time, Mr. Griffis stat ed •> ain't going no g-d where and you can’t make me leave.”’ At this point, the two cops at tempted to place Griffis under arrest for trespassing. How ever, as they approached the subject, he is alleged to have grabbed both officers and start ed fighting with them. During the struggle, he struck Officer Lockey on the right jaw with a fist. Lockey said, "Also, during the struggle I received a cut on the palm of my left hand.” Griffis was anally brought under control and placed under arrest on charges of assault (See CITY MAN’. P. 2) Kelsey Is Ch&sen By Embalmers SALISBURY - A. R. Kelsey, 54-year-old native has made quite a name for himself in the field of embalming. Last October, he was suc cessful candidate for a two year term on the North Caro- lina board of embalmers and funeral direc tors, a post whi c h h e of ficially took over on Jan. 19. . In assuming! the post, he be-| came the flrsti person to be e-g lected--with all 43 jggg KELSEY funeral directors and embalm (Set NC MORTICIAN. P SINGLE COPY 150 Struggles In Miss. Pay Off JACKSON, Miss.-Among the hundreds of new city officials elected throughout the state Tuesday was Charles Evers, brother of the late Medgar W. Evers, assassinated in the Spring of 1963. Mr. Evers thus became the first Black mayor of a pre dominately Deep South town, Fayette, Mississippi, since Re construction. "I’m not too sur prised that more Negroes were not elected,” said Evers. Evers, a veteran civil rights fighter and state presi dent of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which was once banned in this state, oittpolled white incum bent Mayor R. J. Allen by 386-255 votes, to win the covet ed office. Negroes also won all five of the aldermanic seats in this southwest Mississippi town. His election was seen as a culmination by Evers, his brother Medgar, and many other staunch civil rights fighters as a "dream come true.” More Black and white people are be lieved to have been murdered in this state than any other in the nation, in pursuit of the right to vote. According to incomplete re turns, Black candidates did not fair as well elsewhere in the state. Less than a dozen Blacks won aldermanic or city council positions in other municipali ties, while at least seven others advanced to next Tuesday’s run offs against white opponents. More than 100 Black candi dates ran for office in the Demo cratic primaries in their first (See EVERS. P. 2) The Crime Seat ; FROM RALEIGH'S OFFICIAL POLICE FILE MAN, WIFE ATTACKED Thomas Johnson. 216 Heck Street, told Officer James E. (Bobby) Daye at 11*18 p.m. Sat urday, that he and his wife, Mrs. Patricia Johnson, were walking in the 1500 block of Pender Street when about five colored males stopped them and started an argument. He said one of the subjects as saulted he and Lis wife with an iron pipe. He didn’t know the boys, however, he said, He told Officer Daye that he would go to Wake Memorial Hospital for treatment of abra sions on his left arm. Accord ing to the officer’s reports, "Both had been drinking.” ♦ * * WOMAN ROUND IN CEMETERY Theodore Taylor, 1325 Wal nut Street, reported to Officer Otis L, Hinton at 6:10 p.m. Saturday, that he found Miss Patricia Harris 21, 909 Fay etteville Street, lying on the ground in Mount Hope Ceme tery, 1202 Fayetteville Street. The woman told the officer that she was riding in a car, the driver wouldn’t stop to let her out, so she jumped from the vehicle. She, however, refused to tell officer Hinton who was driving the car. Miss Harris suffered bruises on the right foot. She was treat ed and released at Wake Me morial Hospital. (See CRIME BEAT, P. 3 REJECT- • URCH OFFER - New York: Black militant James Port an reads a statement outside Riverside Church May 11 rejecting the offer made by the church to donate a portion of its annual income to the poor. After reading the statement, he walked in to sil in a front pew before the morning service disregarding a court order which barred him from entering the curch as a result of the disruptio f services May 4. (UPI). SENTENCED TO Dii-.-t leve land, O.: Black Nationalist Fred (Ahmed) Evans leaves court room after he was found guilty of seven counts of first degree murder stemming from last summer’s Glenville distrub ance. Evans was sentenced to die in the electric chair by Common Pleas Judge George J. McMonagle. A date for the execution has not been set and it is believed that after ap peals his case it may be as long as a year before he is executed. (UPI). isnsmssi Temperatures during the pe riod, Thursday, through Mon day, will average above normal, except near normal on tin* coast. Daytime liiehs are ex pected to average’ HO to H> de grees. low sat nivht will be in the mid-50s in the North Caro lina mountains and 6 to 65 de grees elsewhere. It will be quite warm throughout the period. Precipitation will average around one-half of an inch in the east ern portion and near three fourths of an inch in the west ern section, occurring as scatter ed showers Sunda.v and Monday. •MAKES N. C. HISTORY-Chapel Hill, N. C.: The new Mayor of Chapel Hill, Howard N, Lee (R) raises his hand to take his oath of office here- Ma;. 12 to become North Caro lina’s first Negro Mayor of a predominantly white com munity. Administering the oath Is city clerk David Roberts. NOW MAYOR EVERS-Fayette, Miss.: jubilant Charles Evers is mobbed by well-wishers outside his campaign headquarters here May 13 night after he was elected Mayor of Fayette, Mississippi. Evers defeated his white opponent, incumbent Mayor R. J. Allen, 386 votes to 255. (UPI), Pastors Say Forman A Modern Prophet NEW YORK, N. Y.-The Na tional Committee of Black Churchmen Friday released the text of a statement calling James Forman "a modernday prophet” and backing the de mands of the "Black Manifesto” which Forman presented to Riverside Church recently Sun day and to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York Fri day. The manifesto, adopted by the National Black Economic De velopment Conference meeting in Detroit two weeks ago, in cludes a demand for $505,000,- 000 in reparations to tie paid by the churches and synagogues of America for their part in centuries of economic exploita tion'of black people. The NOBC Board of Direc tor’s statement urges "black caucuses (within predominantly white denominations) and the l lack denominations to play major, roles in interpreting the justness, humaneness, and theological soundness of the black manifesto,” and calls on them to "accept the responsi bility to develop the strategies necessary to obtain the funds wl ich are demanded.” I* also instructs its executive director, the Rev. J, Metz Rol lins, to begin immediately to coordinate these "efforts or ad vocacy and implementation.” The black churchmen went beyond the demands of the mani festo in calling on the great private foundations to contri bute to tills reparation fund. "Many of the foundations,” the statement said, "are the crea tures of corporations whose founders and stockholdersa massed incredibly huge for tunes from a capitalistic system which was rooted and ground ed in the exploitation of our forefathers.” The ecumenical black 01 gani zation, formed two years ago by leaders of 12 denominations, stated that "the black church does not stand in the same dock as the white church before the bar of justice. Black churches were the victims rather than the guardians and perpetrators of racism in America. We do, nevertheless, accept the re sponsibility of the black churches to share iri the re muneration to the black com munities; for we recognize that it is these communities which (Scr CHt Ft< IJMKN, I*. 2) Mg® Will Speak At Saint Aug. Dr. Prezell R. Robinson, president, Saint Augustine's College, lias announced the schedule of events for the 102nd Commencement exercises. Class Night will be helal Wed nesday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m, in the Emery Health and Fine Arts Center. New York Fed eral District Judge Constance Motlev will deliver the com m ence merrt address. Events tor Saturday, Ma v 24, will take i place in the Stu d e n t Union Building as fol lows: The Ex ec ui ive Com mittee Meeting, 10;00 a.rn. in the MOTLEY Conference Room; the Alumni Luncheon, 12*30 p.m. inthedin ing hall; the General Alumni Meeting, 2:30 p.m. in the Main Lounge, and the President’s Reception. 8-9;30p.m. The Baccalaureate Services will be held on Sunday, May 25, at 10:30 a.m. ir. the Emery Health an<S Fine Arts Center. The sermon will be delivered by the Reverend Joseph N. Green, rector, Grace Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia, He is a graduate of Saint Augus tine’s College in the Class pf 1949. The Commencement exer cises will be held on Sunda;, May 25, at 3 p.m. in the Emery Health and Fine Arts Center. The address will be made by the Honorable Constance Baker Motley, Federal District Judge, New York, New York. The Flag Lowering service on the Quadrangle will follow the Commencement. Other Sunday activities will include the Corporate Comm union for Seniors at 7;30 a. m.; the Flag Raising on the Quadrangle at 8 a.m. followed by the senior breakfast at 8:15 a.m. The following classes wUI be expected for reunion: 1519, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1542, 1943, 1544, 1945, 1561, 1362, 1963, and 1964.
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