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* Vir ' 1 Set Public Meeting On Hug's Birthday Saturday Gt es isboro Blacks Move Against Cop Brutality ' V -tt-n-fr-ti #### -amt-St , ■ ■ " SCLC Comments On Politics-Says •/ f allege Students .Are Serious THE COROLINIAN North Carolina"s heading Weekly VOL 31, NO. 10 RALEIGH, N. C., SAT.. JAN, 8. 19" 2 SINGLE COPY lSe Native Os Lumberton-Shaw U. ip I P ¥V , .:/* ■; || ;i* ||| fc: v . )\ I? %j$ Imp JIL llJp* &, jl Wj* m, P Rjr 1L W mjll ft, JP ####■ Edward Carson, Others HH rorm Shaw Coed Detained In Harlem NEW YORK, N.Y. ~ Miss Jacqueline Hen ry, a 19-year-old so phomore student at :>ha\v University in Raleigh, N.C., will be one of three persons, who will face a hear ing here Tuesday, Januarx 18. on illegal possession of nar- Sees Role Os Students As Serious ■ ATLANTA, Ga. - Black col lege students, armed with the power to vote at age 18 and the determination to mobilize black communities, are taking politics seriously. Students at ( mr black colleges in Atlanta showed how to move out on the political front in a recent highly successful voter reg Ist rat lon dr iv e. The drive, sponsored by the Southern Ctr istian Leadership Conference, was the first step in SCLC’s pol it ica 1 act ion strategy for students in the 1972 elections. That strategy includes not only registration of students as voters, but involve ment of the vourig people as political organlzers in the delegate-selection process for national conventions, in Presi dential pri naries, and in the 1972 elections at the local, state and national levels. (See SCI-- SV’S » 21 • l ■ ®m HP u mM PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SPEAKS IN FLORIDA - JACK SONVILLE, Fla.- U. S. Representative Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) speaks :u a rally here Monaay at Edward Waters College, Mrs. Chisholm spent the da; in Jacksonville attending re ceptions in her honor and speaking at. two rallies In her cam paign for President of the United States. (UPI). Political Group PLAN ACTION ON N.C, POLICE BRUTALITY - GREENSBORO: Greensboro Black community residents representing the recently-formed Black Citizens Concerned with Police Brutality an nounced at a press conference this week their Intention to begin action on that issue, including a mass meeting on Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday and later a public hearing on police bru tality, Spokesmen for the group included (1.-r.) Herman Fox, chairman of the Greensboro Citi zen s Association; Truman Boone, vice-chairman of the Greensboro Association of Poor People; Rev. B. E. Cox, Emmanuel United Church of Christ; Nelson Johnson, national chairman of the Student Organization for Black Unity and Owusu Sadaukai (Howard Fuller), mwalimu (president) of Malcolm X Liberation University, (SOBU News Service photo). Handicapped Edgecombe Man .Rises To Heights in Education ROCKY MOUNT - Born May 21, 1920 in the Edgecombe County community of Mildred, Form New Political Body Here Wake Committee Political Effectiveness, a new political group, was formed here Wed nesday night at the YWCA, 554 E. Hargett St, for the purpose (See WCPE IS. P 2> BY J. B. BARREN JOHN DANCY KNIGHT State’s Credit Union Plans Session Jan. 29 The 1971 Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Credit Union, Inc. will be held in Durham Saturday, January 29, at the North Carolina Central Univer sity Cafeteria on Lawson St. The Board will hold Its meeting X in The Sweepstakes x | SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK 8 § mmm bros. furniture | For Quality - One Piece Or A Truckload just east of the all-Negro town of Princeville (across the Tar River from Tarboro, the coun ty seat) was a Negro baby, who, although suffering tragic burns on his face and body at the age of seven months, was able to start making his own life at the age of 13 years and to rise to more than aver age heights In the educational field. John Dancy Knight was the ninth among thirteen children born to a sharecropper family who struggled to provide for their brood, John had the mis fortune of falling out of a high chair into a fireplace at seven, months of age receiving severe burns which were to stay with him through life, in spite of la ter plastic surgery. However, John D. fought hard against his (See VIN HIS FT «. ?\ at 10 a.m. and the annual ses sion will be opened promptly at 11:15 a.m, Any unfinished business resulting from the rnain session, will be complet ed immediately foil owing lunch. (See credit rvrv. p. 2) ‘ : 5: T- f *■■■*„. » i , . ; x f* v , ,-v * ■ - R. Wilkins is Feted By Over 1,000 NEW YORK - More than 1,000 NAACP leaders and workers were on hand at the New York Hilton Hotel Sunday night when the annual Fellowship Dinner was held honoring Roy Wilkins, executive director of the organ ization. Wilkins has served the organ ization for 40 years, 19 as its top officer. The dinner was held in recognition of his 70th birth day, even though he passed that ilestone in 1971. Bishop S. G, Spotswood, chairman. Board of (See R " 7 2i Local NAFFfi Chapter Adopts Family Os 8 BY WILBERT M. SANDERS I hope that little children will never be deprived of the joy and happiness, the anticipation that abounds at Christmastime in looking forward to Santa Claus. There truly is a San ta Claus although he varies in many forms.sizes and shapes. In the past the Raleigh branch of the National Alliance of Pos tal and Federal Employees has been engaged in civic duties and have held political work shops, aided In community ac tivities and have always helped the needy and underprivileged. Last year, encouraged by the president, Bryant Bethea, the Alliance members decided to do even more in 1972 to C. Coleman Takes Penn State Post The Rev. Charles Coleman, co-director of student life at Shaw University, has resigned to accept a position at Pennsyl vania State University in Phil adelphia. In his new position, effective the first of this year, Coleman will participate as Program Director in the Office of Religious Affairs and also as an Instructor in the Religious (See CO’ FVW t> 2) mm pkam mm gm m, M BL, w? 8L mfk wff ■8 ■■■K ■! W, ffl W j 1 Wmm I #% I .j j HV ST A i A til TK N j Do you think marijuana should be legalized on all levels? Miss Jeannic Wall, Elizabeth City "Being a college student, I would say I think a survey should be conducted by person nel In law-making after having a talk with young adults es pecially those on college cam puses. This way, they can find out exactly what the reason is for people using dope arid what steps should be taken to mini mize the use of marijuana." Mr, Oliver Smart, Greensboro "I think marijuana will soon be legalized on all levels be cause the government will be able to tax the product and SAY MUSLIMS AND COPS HAD VIOLENT ENCOUNTER - BATON ROUGE, La: Four black men lie handcuffed under the marquee of the Temple theater in east Raton Rouge, January 10 following a violent encounter of alleged Black Muslims and po lice, The confrontation left two sheriff’s deputies and two blacks shot to death. Twenty-three blacks were arrested and bond for each set at $500,000 Says Greensboro Lops Mean To Black f emale BY MILTON COLEMAN (SOBU NEWS SERVICE) GREENSBORO - The Black community here has responded to increased instances of police brutality over the past six months by setting aside this Saturday, January 15 the birthday of the late Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr., fora public meeting, designed to lay out positive plans to deal with this issue. Initiate a program that would be both helpful and construc tive. The Alliance adopted a (See VAI" ! T jjpPk '-If * Y mrjiigßri Mm. * I i IP* f 'Wk .-r.fr police ; 1 i.\ - • i •••■ " . lamta. J. H. Amos, 42, a 14 year veteran of the Atlanta Police Force, was named this week as an assistant Police Chief, one of four officers elevated to that position. It makes Arnos one of the top-ranked black police officers In the country. Presum ably any one of the four men could become Atlanta’s Police Chief when the present chief steps down. Amos with his wife. Mary, catches up on their household affairs. (UPI). this way would mean more re venue for the government. Since they can’t seem to crack down on it, I think they will have to legalize it because it appears to be here to stay." Mrs. Clara Jenkins, Greenville, N. C. "Recently a survey was con ducted on the campus here at East Carolina and betier than 50 percent of the students want ed to legalize marijuana. It is nry thinking that most stu dents want to .use dope and since it seems that they can't conquer it, 1 think maybe they are going to legalize It," rse*> Tsprr S*T. v. 3;: The action was sparked by the most recent incident, the bru tal arrest and beating of an el derly Black woman late last month when taken into custody at her home by police officers who claimed she was wanted on a fraudulent check charge. A recently formed organi zation, the Black Citizens Con cerned with Police Brutality (BCCPB) announced the steps to (Se<- rRFKVS 'R-. r» DESCRIBES RHODESIAN REGIME - WASHINGTON; . Rep. Charles C, Diggs, D-Mich., (right), .at a news conference here January 7, described the Rhodesian regime of Prime Minister lan Smith as racist for refusing his application to visit Rhodesia this month. Diggs was challenged by Kenneth H. Tow3ey (left), a representative of the Smith government here in Washington, as the news conference got underway. Diggs said the reason given for the rejection was "they felt that my presence may have some Influence on public opinion." (UPI). NNPA Body Witt Hear tdinator LOS ANGELES (NNPA)- State Superintendent of Education Wilson Riles, highest elected black official in California, will address the Mid-Winter Work shop of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), Friday evening, Jan.2l, at the Baltmore Hotel. Announcement of Super in - tendent Riles’ appearance was made this week by Garth C. Reeves, editor-publisher of the Miami Times, and president of NNPA. He said Riles’ address will climax the three day advertising workshop, Jan. 19-2?. The closing reception in San Francisco on the even ing of the 22nd is a Sun Re porter feature. Other speakers on the work shop program will include:* CRIME B'EA-Tf ; v'PW JW P :;') •• V; TV'-v. •./■■ / ,V, .- Irntn Ratfish’" Offlct.,l KBITOR’S NOTE: This column or feature is produced in the pub lic interest with an aim towards eliminating its contents. Numer ous individuals have reouested that they be given the considera tion of overlooking their listing on the police blotter. This we would like to do. However, It Is not our position to be judge or ju ry. We merely publish the facte as we find them reported by the arresting officers. To keep out of The Crime Beat Columns, merely means not being registered by a police officer in reporting his findings while on duty. So sim ply keep off the “Blotter" and you won't be In The Crime Beat. ASSAULTED BY SEVERAL Osborne Riley Radford, 41- year-old white resident of 416 E, Edenton Street, told Officer D, W. Martin at 1:30 a.m, Sat urday, that he was standing in front of Gale’s Tavern, 400 block of E. Davie Street, when about four or five Negro males came outside of the tavern and all began assaulting him and knocked him to the ground. Rad ford said he did not see a wea pon. He then walked to the corn er of S. Person and FL Eden ton Streets, where he called “the law.’’ He suffered multiple cuts and bruises about his face. “The complainant appeared to be intoxicated,” ended Martin’s report. (See CRIME P. 3)
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