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President Floyd B. McKissick Announces
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Soul City Given $27 Million Grant
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Be Lsed
In State
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At Regional Meet In Durham
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McKissick. president of
The Soul Ciiv Companv,
confirmed Tufstiav that all
of the final closing
documents enabling him to
proceed with the dt*\'»‘lop*
znent of the multiracial new
community ol Soul City,
had been ‘<i};ned and
deliveretl recejiilv m New
York. Mr. McKissick also
announced that the sale of
the HI'r>-(iuarantee-d
Bonds assured tundin^r in
excess of 'JT million dtillars
for develoiuiifo: ot North
Carolina's first new lowm
and a retrional water
system to serve Soul City
and the m iKhborint^ com
munities ot Henderson and
Oxford
McKi''Sick litnner Durham
attorn^'v and Natumal Dirrdor
of the ('ongro-- of Racial-
EqualitN, tormeil McKissick
Enterprise.s. Inc nearly six
years atio m hegin Soul' f'lty
and to underteiki* t>iher ecoiue
mic developieent prtjjocis to be
owned and controlh'd by blacks
and othi'r minorities McKis
sick Enterpri'-es Mibmilled it 's
formal proposal for Soul t iiy to
the lU'l) Neu Comiuuniiies
Administration on Februarv
24. 1971 tin June 28. 1972. the
new lown ileveloper received
an Dffei oi t'ommilmen* Iroiti
Hl’I) Iti guai.; *'i t-J million
dollars in pi v .'i iMun/wmg
On February j.. IU7-I, .M<-
Kissick Knteipn-.»-s formed a
. North (‘iiriJini. Iiuulcd part
nersf ip 'Ihe Sou. r’liy I'om
pan\ Ir; a.idit’-.:. r . Mi\i‘".,ck
Enterprises ih, n. la! Fart-
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Mrs. Sitiilli,
NAACP Lists Goals
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
VOL. 33 NO, 20 RALEIGH, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURbAY. MARCH 23, 19V4 SINGLE COPy a?.-
300 Protestors Vow Many Marehers As Boy, 14,
Id For Rape
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Principal-Preacher Named Wake Town’s
^^Citizen Of The Year
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Br
ow n
Will
Give Talks
ATl.AM \ U.i l.vnda
Brown **irulh. pldinlili and J
LeVoiiiii • liamber.s aitorney.
both inaior coriiponenis of now
famous sr luMil rlesegregaluin
court ca.se.s v^ili be speakers at
the :ifltt) ciimuai mei‘hn^ of the
Association ot Social and
Behav loi .il .scieiiiists. which
will h(' held tiere Api li 3 a at th(‘
Hyatt Hegeiic\ Mote)
Mrs Sinitli was tht- ll-vear-
old black uiil whi). by her
attendanci* at McKinley Kle
ment.irv School, procipilaled
Ihe brown v iTo|>»*ka.
Kan.^.1■• board ot h.iUication
Supreme t 'ourl decision
Mi <'haml«*rs is the NAAt'P
l..egal Defense and Education
Fund aitorney who i ‘.eiilualiy
won the- .Swann \ .M»-i lenburK
rase - a landmark school
deseiti citation decision in
Charl'iih- N.ulb t arot'ii.i
•'Twenlv ve.irs .iDct the
Supreme Court deci.-ion He
assessmeiit m.-i l:> Kvaluj-
lion" IS the 'h'-me of |t|'s vear'.s
ASHS meetmi.'
Jerry FuUei executive di
rector III 'O'- .;il .\d\ isory
Council oil ‘■iju ilii' 1)! l-.duca
tional DpiHirtiimiy ni.iiidati'd
by (he F.m r-’eniM .sc-hool
Assistance- > ic l‘*72' will
moderate Mn- ij, r :m> se.ssion
'See tilVK TALKS. P
Freeman
Cited For
Services
FUyUAY-VARINA
William M. Freeman,
principal of the Fuquav-
Varina Junior-Senior High
School and pastor of tiie
We.sU'v’s Chapel AME Zion
Church in Lillin^ton, was
prsenlwl the Citizen of The
Year' award by the
Fnquav Varina Chamber of
('omnuTcr^ at its annual
banquet here last week.
Krt'eman. a member of the
Chamber of Commerce who
also serves on the Board of
tSi**- CITIZEN OF. P. 21
R-WCA
To Install
Its Officers
BY MISS J E HICKS
the Halei^h-Wake Citizens
Association will hold its regu
lar mi*eting at St, Ambrose
Episcopal Church a( 8 p.m,
Thursday night. March 21
There will be an i''"tallation
ol officers al St, Ambrose
Kpi>»copal Church
Officers eletid at the last
meeting are as follows: Pres
ident . Ralph Campbell ;
vice president. Mrs, Mary
Perry, recording secretary*
Mrs Marjorie Scott; corre
sponding secretary. Miss
Jeannette Hicks, treasurer. J
J Sansom,
The executive committee
will meet at 7 p.m also al St.
Ambrose.
Re-Jailed
At Own
Request?
CLAYTON - Some 300
protesting: students, led by
the Revs. Benjamin .P.
Chavis and Leon White,
officials of the Commission
for Racial Justice, vowed
last Tuesday afternoon to
continue to sta^e marches
and nrotesta against the
dea H • penalty in North
Carolina, after a 14-year-old
black youth was allegedly
re-jailed for the reported
rape of a 7-year-old white
Rirl hwe. “for his own
(tfotection." Although, po
lice and other white officials
here said the number of
marchers was much lower,
a head count showed them
See RAPE CASE. P. 2)
Oldest
Lawyer
fonvers, D.Mkh , | 'onveiit.on’s s.crplar, limpral. and R.,,.. .lohn
Repjional NAACP Convention
Sets Goals For The Crisis
‘.''"“k’’ "BUeakinK" was brought up at the closing session of the
mJTt Convention S.iturdav, it played no part in the .setting of goals to
rn“^u^de?mfnh./Jh‘“'fh reversing the gains made in civil right.s
ana unaermininK the fibre of faith in our pfovernment.
The hundreds of dcU-gatc.s
from the seven stales. North
and South Carolina. (Jeorgia.
Florida. -Alabama. Mississipin
and Tennessee, reviewed tlu*
crisis that existed btdore the
sixties • segregation ever\
where, job discrimination wa.s
the vogue, and incqualii v was a
pasttime.
The delegates also heard
many victims, including Au
iluTine l.ucyi Foster, tell of
the trying instances that
occurred, leading to the
iiborhw birth of equably.
Deaths, beginning with Harrv
I .Moore and liis wife in 1951 lb
Marlin Luih(*r King. Freedom
inarches were brought into
l('cu> Irom the first one
plai.Mc.lhy A. Phillip Randolph
that i'l'OJghl consideralion
See N \..\CP LISTS. P. 2*
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Shaw’s National Alumni
Plan Conferencc-’Shop
I'he Nnlinnal Atnmni n ii.
RECEIVES CITIZEN OF YEAR * Pl.AQUE - Jim Butts. o
president of the ^ uquay-Varina Chamber of Commerce, is shown JfH /he
on the left, presenting the ‘Citizen of the Year ’ plaque to William 9J9
W. Freeman, principal of Fuquay-Varina Junioi-.Senior High
School, and pastor of \\esle\ s Chapel AMK Zion Church in
l.illington.
topic which shall Ih* followed
by a (orum significant consist
ing of audience participation
Dr. Ben Williams is a
graduate of Arkansas Baptist
College, where he got his first
iSee FORUM SET. P. 2>
‘Decision-Making; Process’
Theme Of Thurs. Forum
On Thursday. March 21, 1974, the Community Forum
Series moves to the campus of St. AuKUstine's CoUeRe.
This particular session is slated as the highlight of the
entire series thus far.
The topic at 8 p.m. in the
Boyer Classroom Building, will
be ' The Political Dei ision-
Making Process ” This topic is
also the general theme of this
entire 8 session forum series
The guest speakers are Dr.
Helen Chavis Othow and Dr
Ben Wiiiiams. Both will make
30 minute presenlation.s on this
Appreciation
Check Coes To
William H. Hall
William H Hall. 1418 Beauty
Avenue in Joe Louis Park, was
the lucky winner of a $10 check
last weekend, after he spotted
his name in the ad\ertisement
of The l.og ('abin Restaurant,
located at 2701 Rock Quarry
Road
Evangelist E M Smiley is
Ihe manager and the Cabin
specializes In e\erything Irom
gOi.d religious services to the
best in home-cooked food daily
It also serves as a nursery
sch(M>l during Ihe day
.see APPRECIATION. P 2)
DR HELEN C OTHOW
TIIDM»'snN MM 'S VM ni M \K< H OF DIMES GIRL - Raleigh,
\C - D.ivtt IlioiKO'Oii. Norih (arolina State Univerilty's
All-Anierii .m n.i'-t.fO.rftl pia\<‘i. talked with H-\ear-old 1-ee Tillery
of Kaleigh I n.-'dax. dui ing practii-e Lee Tillery U the March of
Dimes girl *r.>r. F :l-*ii h aed h> i oim idence this was Thompson’s
first prat (ire ■ >. i. w ..s in|ui ed during a game last Saturday.
March Ih I FI
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
\ t { .11 » 1= I . run
For Tlu* Finest In Economical Clothing
DURHAM • The man who is
believed to have been Ihe
oldest black practicing lawyer.
M Hugh Thompson, having
begun in Asheville in the early
2hK and coming here in 1923,
will be funeralized at St.
Jo.seph AME Church. 4 p.m..
Thursday, with Rev. P. R,
('ousin in charge.
Tommy, as he was known in
local circles, was burn in
(ioldsboro. where he attended
(he elementary schools of that
city He was a scion of a
well-known family and was a
\eleran of World War I. He is
.said to hive suffered a foxhole
attack on the last day of the
war. when a shrapnell pene
trated his knee, which caused
him to have a stiff leg
throughout the rest of his life.
Even though he was in and out
of hospitals throughout (he
(See LAWYER DIES. P. 2)
CRIME
BEAT
From lt.ili'u:h'\ orflrlil
I'tiiiri- h\es
loR'sMill rni« column cr ti uiur«
iiducrd In Ihe iiublii inlrr««i utin on
■ ■•Horiis <lim*naiinf ii« (onirnik.
«riiu> indi> idudik h«\r rrqucMrd Ibdl
br |i>rn thr (un%id»raiian ol
lookinf ihcir livi.ni on ibr p«ltr»
ir Thiv u( H uuld !*kr in do Huurirr.
i>.( bur i/ukiiiun lo br )ud(r nr juf) Wr
l> I’uMisi. ih< farik Ik ur find Ibtin,
irdbkihi oc ri'kilnf offirrrk Tokrtp
“■ ' “ ■ (olumnx. mrreu
SHOT OVER 'GRASS’
Cohen Glen Jordan, 18. white
male. 602 Dixie Trail, told 06
ticer D M Mattocks at 5:25
p m. Saturday, that three black
males came into his house and
demanded some ’'grass. ' "I
told them that I had none and
one man who had a gun said he
would shoot if I didn't give it to
him Jordan said he repeated
that he didn't have any and the
man shot him in the left knee.
He also suffered a laceration
on the left side of the head He
was treated and released at
Wake Memorial Hospital
(See CKLME BEAT, P 3i
the National Alumni Asso
ciation of Shaw University is
conducting a one-day confer
ence-workshop at the Hilton
Inn in Raleigh. March 30 Thi.s
activity is slated to be a well
designed, highly orgainzi-d
and constructive event In deal
with the problems plaguing
black education, especially ns
Unity Of
Women Is
NCNW Goal
The National Council of
Negro Women will observe
their most important national
observance Sunday. March 31,
“A Call for Unity." The umlv
observance wilh thousands of
women across ihe nation
celebrating the same causo. is
based on a philosophy of
commitment, unity and sell
reliance. The observance will
seek a coinmilmeni from more
black women and new affilial
ing organizations to he
NCNW's banner of strength
through unity
The call for black women's
unity is grounded in the
illustration of the NCNW
founder. Ur Mary McLeod
Bethune. who said
iSee NCNW GOAL. P 2»
It alleets Shaw University. The
workshops arc chaired by
highly coincH'ient Shaw grad
uates who ha\.- distinguished
themselves as outstanding
Americans
Diaing Ihe past year, strung
Ixmd'. Ol eo-qH‘ration have been
foriiu*<l lietwivn the National
Alumni .Association and the
unn ei'Mtv'M Board of Trustees,
The alumni fts'l that this type
<»f as-«oeialmn is absolutely
llel•e^saIy if predominantly
black inshtutions of higher
learning are (o serve the
cdiicahonai social and cultur
al oeetls ol the many black
-indents, whfi. at this time in
our history, would have a most
diilicull time realizing (heir
lull ixilentiai on (he predomi-
naiiiK white canlpus.
The national office emphas
izes ihai it i.> not opposed to
inF'gration at the level of
higher edueatinn. and (hat il
would like see Ihe day when
ail .\iiiertcans are able to enjoy
al) 'ights and pnviledges
eneoiiipasM'd m the national
diean. l util such time, the
.ilunmi sMie. Ihe black college
od university campus pro-
.ide' the atmosphere that is.
fai ei'iidueive to niaximum
l.utnan growth and develop-
mejH as it relates to the overall
well lieii.g of the individual.
l'ro|Misals emanating from
the conlerence-workshop will
Credit Union
In Martin
Has Million
BY J B IIARRKN
Wll.LlAMSTD.N - As we
delivered CAROLINIAN s to
agent .Nicholas la*alhcrs. 2lii
N. Elm .SU. we learned that •
among other things Mat tin
County Negroi's have huili
what is reported to be the
laslest grow ing Credit I nion in
the world'' Over a linei sp.ui
of years. Mr. l.«*aitHTs saul
Ihe Martin County I i-fleral
Credit Union has ainussc.I
assets of more than a nonuin
dollars, a ucurd saio to
unsurpassed lo ino -
annals anywhere
'Set- CHKDIT IMON, R j,
Blacks At
Duke Set
Bi/or Event
UURH/\M • Activities cover
mg many diflereni facets oi
black college students' life on
campus, wilt he programmed
in the period March 27 April 11
at Duke University, rather
than as one "Black Wtek
project
Duke's black student (xipui.i
(Ion of about 30(i. working in
committee and a.s a Ki'o>d>.
have planned a whole senes t»f
events during that lime iimler
the blanket title ' Black
Direction'. ■ 1974 ' The 2 week
program has b«*er. divided into
topical lecture and discus ion
pi-nods with a numlier of
prominent invited leaders,
providing current insight into
the directions being laken
ISee SHAW_AL]L'MNI. P, 2l iSee DUKE BLACKS. I*
- hUtSji
MOULD F.\( E CERTAIN TORTl RE OR DF..ATH - MUml. FI*. - Legal Defense aUornev D;in
.Mazer (Li is a ding lasi-minute appeals to stay deportation of Haitian refugees baik to
Porl-au-IM'iiice Ha, vheie other cviles such as iUitian-born importer, Jerome .-Vtilus iK>. claim
they face certain torture and or death il'PI)