Letter To The Editor
A Teacher Speaks Out
[Editor's Noto: Ms. Nubot was rocontty ckoson Franklin
County's Teacher of the Year. She resides in Raleigh.]
No one in his rotionol mind would march to Pretoria. South
Africa,- except to put an end to the racist regime thot is still
struggling to exist there. It seems that o number of second
groders ot the Louisburg Elementary Schoal's recent field day
activities did just that, with an enthusiostic "hurrah" ot the
end of the song. The children were not ot foult, since their
knowledge of history is of a limited scope. But what about
the four teochers who decided upon this song called
"Morching To Pretorio," along with another song to depict
Africo, "Pick o Bale of Cotton?" What about the principal
who saw the program outline?
We, especiolly those of us who ore block, continuously allow
ourselves to be maneuvered owoy from the truth and
towords those things which definitely go against the grain.
My knowledge of Africa is such thot there are, I know, a
number of African songs ond donees thot would have been
quite oppropriate, plus positive. Africa is o very lorge
continent. What happened to its eastern, western ond
northern sections when deciding on a song? The block South
Africans, too, have a significont culture. Songs or dances
from this areo would still hove given a positive imoge, but to
morch to o record which sings with zeol about Pretoria, South
Africo is abhorrent!
<See TEACHER. P. 2)
MS. RAJA D. NUBEi
Says President Has Not Responded, So
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B, Chavis Writes Again
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Fire Victim Is **Fair**
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VOL. 3fi NO. 32 RALEIGH. N^C.. THURSDAY. .HINE 9. 1977
In Kidnap, Murder, Rape
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Women
Reveal
Meeting
As pan of International
Women's Year iIWY) Decade
for Action. North Carolina
residents are invited to attend
a Statewide Conference to
address the problems of North
Carolina women through a
series of workshops and meet
ings to be held in Winston-Sa
lem June 17-19.
Dr. Elizabeth D. Koontz,
assistant slate superintendent
for teacher education, is
chairwoman of the North
Carolina Coordinating Com
mittee. whicih has planned
North Carolina's Conference.
The conference will afford
North Carolina resident>^ the
opportunity to speak out,
jxamineand to begin resolving
Arne of the problems of North
'^rolina women.
Efforts have been made to
attract women and men from
Two Life Terms Given
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Next Years Crueial
REV. J. Z. ALEXANDER
DR. H. B. HICKS
PTA Sees Tough
Trial Is
Delayed
By Fire
Divinity School At
Shaw Hosts Confab
(See NC WOMEN. P. 2)
Old North
St. Medics
Plan Talks
GREENSBORO - The Old
North State Medical Society,
the oldest black physician
society in* the United Stales,
will convene its 90th annual
session at the Four Seasons
Holiday Inn in Greensboro,
June 10-12.
According to Dr. W. T.
Armstrong of Ftocky Mount,
who is the secretary-treasurer,
approximately 125 physicians
and their wives will be in
attendance for the sessions.
The opening business session
^ scheduled for Friday night,
June 10. This will be followed
by clinical session starting
Saturday morning. Clinicians
k^om Duke Medical Center,
'^wman Gray Medical School
and the University of North
Carolina Medical School will
deliver papers on newer
concepts in medicine.
The Shaw University Divin
ity School's Annual Church
Leaders' Confeieucc. coin-
prised of the Forty-First
Annual Ministers’ Institute and
the Third Annual Church Lay
Leaders’ Institutes will be held
at Shaw University, Raleigh,
June 13-17. Registration for the
conference win begin at 9 a.m.
on Monday. June 13. The first
session is at 1:30 p.m. on June
13. The conference will end
around noon on Friday, June
17. Registration and all ses
sions of the conference will be
held in the University Union
Ask City
To Probe
Officers
'The Saturday afternoon ses
sion will be oriented toward the
business side of medicine and
will feature Atty. Jeff Batts of
Rocky Mount and a discussion
of tax changes as they affect
the medical profession. Dr.
Lewis Dowdy, Chancellor of
'See MEDICS TO. P. 2>
National Black .Newt Service
WASHINGTON. D. C. -
Congressman Don Edwards
(D-Caiif.) has alerted the Civil
Rights Division of the U. S.
Attorney General’s office to the
"grave possibility that the civil
ngnts ot minority Texas
residents have been violated by
some members of the Houston
Police force.’’
According to Edwards, the
latest incident involved the
alleged beating and death by
drowning ot an unemployed
Mexican-American Army vet
eran while in the custc^y of
police officers. One officer was
charged with murder, and four
(See TO PROBE. P. 2)
Building on the Shaw Univer
sity campus. The Rev. James
Z. Alexander is dean of
academic affairs at the Shaw
Divinity School.
The theme for 1977 will be,
'The Church and the Churches;
An Exaunination of the Rela
tionship Between the Church
Universal and the Churches In
Particular.”
Or. Henry Beecher Hicks
will be the principal resource
Arsdh. Dr. Hicks is pastor of
me Antioch Baptist Church,
Houston. Texas. Dr. Hicks will
preach the opening sermon of
the conference on Monday
evening, June 13, at 6 and be
will ddiver a lecture on the
theme daily, Tuesday through
Friday from 10:30 a m. till
11:30 a.m.
Additional significant fea
tures of the conference will be
workshops, classes on Chris
tian Education, church (rain
ing, church ushers, church
musicians, Christian missions,
and preaching by outstanding
pastors.
Class instructors for the
week are: Dr. W. R. Grigg,
director of development and
professor of missions. The
^aw Divinity School: Dr.
Priscilla Brodie, assistant pro
fessor of Christian Education
and co-ordinator of church
vocations. The Shaw Divinity
School; The Rev. Leo Wil
liams, director of Christian
Education, General Baptist
State Convention of North
Carolina; Waverly Camp, di
rector of Laymen’s Work and
Church music, General Baptist
State Convention of North
(See DIVINITY. P. 2)
A 20-year-old Raleigh
woman, who allegedly set
fire to a mattress in her cell
at the Wake County Jail,
shortly after noon last
Friday, is listed in fair
condition at Wake Medical
Center this week. The
victim fought with her
rescuer and had to be
dragged screaming to safe
ty
Ms. Sylvia Denise Bridges of
608 S. Saunders St., waa
admitted to the hospital last
Friday with bums on her arms
and chest.
'Wake County Sheriff Lester
W. Kelly saM the woman's life
was saved by the action '^f
Elepuly Jimmy R. Morris, lo
along with Jailer J. J. O'Neal
opened a solid door, 1 'adlng to
(See FIRE VICTIM. P. 2)
NC Funeral
Directors
To Raleigh
Issues
30 Years
Added
To Terms
The Rev. Benjamin F.
Chavis, Jr., leader of the
famous Wilmington 10, has
written another letter to
President James Ear) Car
ter. Jr., since he received no
response to the first one
that he wrote to him on
March 4 of this year.
Kev. cnavis is now serving a
long prison sentence at McCain
Prison. He, along with 9 other
persons, were convicted of a
firebombing and other violence
in Wilmington in 1971. During
an appeals hearing at Burgaw
late last month, Superior ^urt
Judge George M. Fountain.
Jr., refused to grant the group
a new trial, stating that their
civil rights had not been
violated.
Rev. Chavis' letter to Carter
follows:
Rev. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
McCain Prison
McCain. N.C. 28361
June 1.1977
President Jimmy Carter
Ihe White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
DURHAM — An 18-year-
old white youth of Monis-
ville in eastern Wake
County, was sentenced
Tuesday to two life sen
tences, plus 30 years
Tuesday for the murder of a
24-year-old Apex woman on
March 10. The woman was
a coed at North Carolina
Central University in Dur
ham.
Ricky Dan Perry was con
victed Monday of nrst-degree
murder, first-decree rape,
kidnaping and crime against
nature in the slaying on March
10 of Mrs. Nana Louise Smith.
24. He was sentenced Tue^y
morning in Durham Superior
Court.
Judge Ihomas Lee^ who
preside, gave Perry 3d\ear8
(See TWO LIFE. P 2)
Dear Mr. President:
Because of the continued
immoral and unjust imprison
ment of the Wilmington Ten, I
find it absolutely necessary to
write to you a second time in
regard to the gross violations
of our human rights.
For six long years, we have
suffered from the chronic
disease of American racism
and Jim Oow injustice of the
old “new South.”
Since my last letter to you
(See REV CHAVIS, P 2)
Edwards
Supports
Ghayis, 9
To Probe Minority Media Interest
On Monday, June 13, the
Funeral Directors and Morti
cians Association of N. C., Inc.
will open its 50th annual
convention with a board meet
ing at the Royal Villa in
Raleigh. On Tue^ay, June 14,
President Gratz Norcott, Jr. of
Ayden, will call the first
session to order at 9 a.m.
Greetings will be extended to
all delegates and visitors from
several city and state officials.
On Tuesday night, the dele
gates will attend a live show at
the Villajte Dinner Theater.
Wednesday, June IS, promises
to be an outstanding one.
beginning with an educational
seminar at 9 a.m. and
concluding with a SOth Anniver
sary Distinguished Awards
Banquet. '
(Sec MORTICIANS. P. 2>
CENTER OF CONI ROVER8Y — WatUsgUm — UaUed Natioai
Amb. Andrew Young, who has become embroiled in controversy
centered on his remarks about former Presidents Nixon and Ford
in a Playboy Magazine interview, appeared before the House
recent trip to Africa. Young met with President Carter later in the
day. in the interview. Young said Nixon and Ford failed to
in the day. In the interview, Young said Nixon and Ford failed to
develop a credible foreign policy with the third world nations due
lo racism. (L'Pl)
National Black News Service
WASHINGTON. D. C. -
Congreuman Don Edwards
(D-calif.) recently urged the
Juatice Department to “seri
ously consider every possible
avenue for'Federal interven
tion’’ Into the case of the
Wilmington 10.
Hie Wilmington 10 were
denied a new trial by a North
Carolina judge last month,
de^ite recantations of testi
monies by the {M'osecution's
three main witnesses.
Rep. Edwards wrote to Drew
Days, Assistant Attorney Gen
eral, askir^ the Diriment to
nie an amicus curiae, or friend
of the court, brief when the new
trial denial is appealed to the
CHAKLOTTE - Accor^ North Carolina ^t o( Ap-
lh« rAlatmne riAnart. '
Zion Body
To Honor
R. Wilkins
(See EDWARDS. P 2),
Priorities Revealed
By National Head
Shriners
Seen By
ANAHEIM. Calif. - The
strong voice of the National
PTA is going to get stronger in
the next two years, delegates to
the organization’s 81st Annual
Convention in Anaheim. Calif,
recently learned.
Grace Baisinger. of Wash-
Images of minorities in the
media will be examined in a
program being held at the first
unit of First Baptist Church.
101 S. Wilmington St. of
Raleigh Friday, June 10 at 7:30
p.m. A panel discussion will
focus on the topic; Minorities
In the Media, Who, What.
Where and How?
A Featured speakers are; Dr
Donald Martin, director. Com
munity Adult Education at the
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill: Prof. Lance
Jeffers. English Dept., N. C.
State University; Dr. Ruth
Kennedy. English Dept., N. C.
Central University; Dr.
Charles Long, Dept, of Reli
gion. University of N. C.,
Ciiapel Hill; Brent Glass, N. C.
State Achives; and Alexander
Barnes, staff writer. The
CAROLINIAN
A workshop from 8:45 p.m. to
10 p.m. will deal with the issue,
Black Image In White Media;
The Role Of Local Communi
ties. ITie workshop will be led
by Prof. Paul Vandergriff,
Dept, of Radio. TV and Film of
Shaw University, and Dr.
Bishetta Merritt of the Radio,
TV and Motion Picture Dept, at
the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Merritt,
will give a slide presentation
depicting the treatment of
blacks in movies since the
early part of the 20th century.
These events are being
sponsored by the Black Pres
ence Committee of Chapel
Hill-Carrboro. The project is
funded by theN. C. Humanities
Committee. Admission is free
and the public is urged to
attend.
Negro Women^s Clubs
Set Morganton Meet
The convention si^aker. Dr.
Edmonds, is well-known in
educational and political cir
cles in this country. She
MORGANTON — The North ihe stale to join her
Carolina Federation of Negro Morganton on June 16.
Woman's Gubs will hold its
77th anniversary in Morganton
at the Morganton Motor Inn.
June 16-18. 'The Western Dis
trict of the North Carolina
Federation of Negro Woman’s
Clubs will host the state
meeting.
Mrs. Willa Moultrie, district
president, and the members of
the executive board are leav
ing no stones unturned in their
preparation for members'
comfort and enjoyment
(See CLUBS Tt). P. 2i
Two Readers
Get Week's
ington, D. C, elected to a
two-year term as National PTA
president, unveiled her ad
ministration theme. "PTA
Speaks Out," to Ihe 2,000
convention delegates from the
U. S. and Europe, and cited
some of the major concerns
that will be Ihe focus of PTA
efforts.
Among the issues that PTA
will speak out on are TV
violence and its effects on
children — the PTA will
continue and expand its cur
rent campaign; the need for
creating public awareness and
understanding of the collective
bargaining process and its
impact on location; the effect
of federal legislation and
public policies on children and
their families; the right of the
PTA to be part of the
(See PTA SEES. P. 2»
to the public relations depart
ment of the N. C. State
Conference of NAACP Branch
es, letters are being sent out by
the five bisbofif who oreside
over the AMEz denomination
to the presiding elders, askif^
them to enlist the aid of their
Mstors to observe Father's
Day by enlisting members of ^
the NAACP. This is being done I
in the hope that 5.000 new ^
names will be submitted to Roy
Wilkins as a tribute lo his years WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
of service when he retires on ^ annual Gala Day conven-
jyly I tion of Prince Hall Shriners
■ The prelates. H. B. Shaw, W. "If"''*"
M Smith, W. A. Hilliard. A. G. »“ L
Dimston, Jr., and J W. Waclor, drew wme 5,000 delegates and
reel that such a contrihution, on “"I®*
the part of black churtdi
leaders, will argue well for the . J?* shnners and daughter
founding father’s, of which the w^E
late BIsW Alexander Walter.
The respective pastors are K/i’i
asked to make the appeal and 'r„ri''’fhe°?Silv rilf
to report the results Id the local Pl-ogca.m ond daily reli-
branches in their reaped
r. if then
parishes. However, if there is
no branch in the area, they are
asked lo send the report to ”
Kelly M. Alexander,Sr . nON.
Irwin St.. Charlotte. Reports
should be in bv June 24, in view
of the fact that the National
Convention opens in St. Louis,
Mo.. June 27.
live Sious devotional services.
Guest speakers during the
!hree-day celebrati(Mi were
H(hi. Walter E. Fauntroy,
of the House of
Representatives from Wash
ington, D. C.; Hon. Waiter E.
Washington, mayor of the city
of Washington, D. CL; Eugene
Dickerson, deputy imperial
(See SHRINERS. ~
. P. 2)
make the 1977 state meeting
the best. The first session of the
convention will be launched
with a banquet in the Banquet
Room of the Motor Inn. Dr.
Helen G. Edmonds, professor
and head of the History
Department at North Carolina
Central University at Durham
will be the guest speaker.
, Appreciation
The theme of the convention
is Challenges and Changes in
the Third Century. Mrs. Melis
sa N. Leitao, state president, is
urging all club women across
Mrs. Kathy Tomlinson, of
1015 E. Davie St., and Elmo
Stone, of 1909 Crawford Rd.,
were winners of Appreciation
checks last week after they
••eported to The CAROLINIAN
office that they had found their
names in advertisements on
the Appreciation Money page.
Mrs. Tomlinson's name was
in the Kerr’s Ben Franklin
advertisement and Slone's
name was in the Raleigh FCX
Service advertisement. A third
name, that of'Thomas Johnson.
(See appreciation P. 2)
CONyRTED MURDERER TENDS GARDEN — Richmond. Va. — 7«.year-old James “Blue”
Whitaker works in his garden he maintains at the Virginia State PenlteuUary. WfaiUker it serving
time for murder and is due to get out in 2002. The garden shown here Is one of three that he has. He
has been gi%ing vegetables away to other inmates, but keeps okra for himself. (L'Pl)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
PIGGLY WIGGLY
FOOD STORES
QUAIITT fOOO AT LOW MKB”
“SPARRING” WITH THE JUDGE WaaUaftan — Heavyweight boxer Jimmy Yoong “apars”
with U.S. District Judge John J. Sirka, himself a former amatenr boxer, at a TotMbdown Club
luncheon June 6. Young was honored for hU “outstanding contribution to boxing.” A few honra
earlier. Sirica ordered former Attorney General John Mitchell and former lop Nixon aide E. R.
Haldeman to begin serving their Watergate prison sentences June 22. (UPI)