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.C •'TX Has Long Prison Record City Man Gets 40 Years In Rohhery ★ ★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★ Rarnpr 68th Annual Session Ends nriicr NAACP New Day Letter To The Editor Victims Of Long-Time Dual And Unjnst N. C. Edncational System [Editor's Note: Dr. R. Irving leoM, tho writor of tho foHowhif lottor. Is ■ woH-known nkiifttr, sducotor ond tho sdNor of tho Kinston odKIon of Tho CAROIINIAN Nowshm'O The educotionol statistics recently revealed beoring upon the discreponcies in the acodentic scoring of the products of the predominantly black and predominontly white institutions of leorning in North Carolina bring into immediote focus certain focts of history that must not be overlooked. Within the memory of many North Carolinians, on eminent educator ond Christion statesman • previously in our midst - by the name of James E. Shepard, founder ond for mony years, president of the (now) North Corolino Control University ot Durham, eloquently and courogeously warned ogoinst the injustices ond other evils ond trooic consequences of o duoi educotionol system. In unmistakable and prophetic language. Dr. Shepard stressed the point that a segregoted school system was both ethicolly unjust and educotionolly and economically unsound. He warned further thot the results of such a system would ere long undermine the structure of our total life In North Caroline and "rise up to curse succeeding generations." We hove lived to witness the validity of this prophecyl No reputable educator, nor ony thoughtful citizen would be so naive as to attempt to justify Ik mediocrity or to repudiote the necessity of excellence on the part of all educotionat institutions and quality instruction on the port of all teachers in all of our schools. There is, however, a very reel cause * ond this fact must be sguarely faced - for the poor showing of the products of predominantly block educotionol institutions in the recently odministered NTE tests. This situotion projects itself NOT as a stigma or a reflection on our predominantly black schools, nor on our black odministrotors, or block teachers, or block students: rather, it rises before us os a positive condemnotion of the segregoted educational system, which, for so tong o time, blocks were the unfortunote victims. (See VICTIMS. P. 10) Black PressCitesNewspaper; Haleys NAACP Head-Designate Feted ST LOUIS. Mo. - Alex Haley, author of Roots 'and Benjamin L. Hooks, who retired from the Federal Communications Commission to become executive director of the NAACP. were among those honored here last week at the 37th annual convention of the Mational Newspaper Publish- ^ Association — the Black ^ess of America. Other highlights of the invention, which marked the R&uth anniversary of the black press. Included; Greetings by Gov. Joseph Teasdale of Missouri, ceremonies on the steps of the old courthouse where the Dred Scott case was heard, and convention ad dresses by Ms. Martha "Bun ny" Mitchell, special assistant to President Carter. General Daniel "Chappy” James of the North American Air Defense Command; James E. Olson, executive vice president of American Tele- p^ne and Telegraph; Jo^ rorsee, circulation manager. St. Louis Post-Dispatch and president of the International Circulation Managers Associa tion; Don King, naht oromnt- er and Dr. Carlton Goodlett, editor-publisher. San Francis co Sun Reporter-Metro Report er chain and NNPA president. The John B. Russwurm Trophy representing NNPA’s top Merit Award achievement, was claimed this year by both the Milwaukee Courier, Jerrell W. Jones, editor-publisher, and the Sacramento Observer, Wil liam H. Lee, editor-publisher. Each receiv^ a trophy and an equal share of the $1,(X)0 pri'e. 2» PAPERS GET AWARDS Altogether, 29 NNPA mem ber newspapers and their (See BLACK PRESS. P. 2) Boys* Clubs Into Food Program For 1977 As last year, the program will take place at two sites, one being the clubhouse of the Boys' Club, located at 501 E. Lane St The second site is Camp Charles M. Griffin, the Coveted Medal Of Freedom To MLK, Jr. WASHINGTON, D.C. ~ Frstident Jimaiy Carter announced Monday that he ii owardhtg the Medal of freedom to the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "the ceaiclenee ef his generation." Also to receive the Medal is Dr. Jonas E. Salk, whose vaccine wiped out polio epidemics. The medals are the government's highest civilian awards for meritoriaus contrlhutiens to the notion. The King citation reads: "Martin Luther King, Jr. was t' a ceaocience ef his generation. A Southerner, a block man, he goied upon the great wall of segregation ond saw that tho power of love could bring it down. "From the pain and exhaustion ef his fight to free all people from the bondage ef separation , ^ and iniustice, he wrung his eloquent statement of his dream of what America could be. He ^ helped us overcome our Ignorance of one another. He spoke out against a war bo felt was unlust os he had often spoken out ogoinst laws that wore unfair. "He mode our nation stronger because he mode it better. Honored by kings, ho continued to his last days to strive for a world where the poorest and humblest among us could enjoy the fulfillment of the promises ef our founding fathers. "His life informed us, his dreoms sustain vs yet," concludes the cltatien. Bail For Newton Is mOOrOOO RKV. I HAMS HOl.liS .NEWS ( ONKERENf E — .McCain. \.C. OAKLAND. Calif. - Huey P Newton, the Black Panther leader charged with murder and assault, arrived at San FranciscoInternationel Air port Sunday night on a flight from Vancouver. Canada. It is reported that he will assume active leadership of the Black Panther Party here. Bond was set at liuo.ooo Tuesday evening by an Oak land judge The 35-year-ald Newton was quickly taken into custody by Oakland police, but not before responding to a warm welcome by some 500 supporters. "I’m glad to be back with Denies Guilt VOL. 36 NO. 36 North Carolina's Leading Weekly RALEIGH. N.C.. THURSDAY. JULY 7. 1977 SINGLE COPY 20c ^C Prisoners' Labor Cninti Convicts Plot Move 4 ¥ -u ★ ★ ★ 4 ¥ -u Residents Of South Park Ask Action Meetings Held On Requests The South Park commun ity has recently held meet- iMs on two more of some 13 problems community residents s^ need im provement. Twenty-seven residents met at the home of Ms. Marnret Thorton on S. Person St. recently to discuss the need for better police protection. Officer B. j. Rand and another uni formed officer were on hand to answer questions. CHARGED IN HIJACKING. .Ml'RDER—New York —Lull Roblnsoa (0,24. of Someracl. N.J., li escorted b> police at Kennedy Airport after he surrendered late JaJy 4. Robinsoa hijacked a \ermont bmind hiiv to Kennedy Airport July 4, killed the driver aad a woman passenger, and demandt-d IB million and a plane to fly him to safety before he ssrramded nnd released his hostages. <IF|) Residents pointed up the need for better protection against speeding motorists, drivers' dUregard for traffic signs, and the need of having Raleigh officers patrol the South Park area more often. Rand commented that he would personally make a better effort in patrolling the area. On Thursday, June .toth. nearly 40 South Park resi ;e;iU came out ot,4he VMC « on Bloodworth St. to discuts the need of piptim and filling in the branch that flows thrcHigh thetis neighborhood from S. East St. to E. South St. According to the residents, who are members of South Park Action, a neighbor hood organization affiliated with Carolina Action, the Improved Quarters Sought A Raleigh man, who, according t4) witnesses, was drunk at the time he robbed a local grocery store, was sentence to serve 40 years in prison last Thursday. Jasper Lee (Stringbean) Barner, 45, was convicted after a jury deliberated for one and one-half hours in the robbery on April 11 of the Hillside Fruit and Garden Market, 1404 New Bern Avenue. Barner is a cement finisher with a long prison record. William E Marshall, Jr.. Barner’s defense attorney, asked for mercy for his client. However, the assistant district attorney, Randolph Riley, urg ed the maximum sentence of life in prison. Superior Court Judge K. Maurice Braswell, who presid ed. gave Barner the 40-year term after Barner told him Tm not guilty of this robberv." (See GETS 40. H. 2) THE CHANGlWi OF LEADERSHIP — St. l,ouik — Kny Wilkias. left, retiring executive director of the .National .A^sociaiion for thr .Advancement of Colored People, bade farewell to (he SKIh national convention with his successor. Benjamin Hooks, July I. Wilkins, u ho has been executive director for the last 22 years, w ill leave office at the end of the month, and Hotiks will assume the duties .Aug. 1. <l'PI) The North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union will soon launch a campaign aimed at getting Correc tions Secretary Amos Reed to improve living condi tions in the state’s 77 prisons. The announcement came in the wake of a ret' it U.S. Supreme Court deci sion which gave broad discretionary powers to E risen admimstrators, pro- ibitiiig the union or any undesirable organization, from holding meetings in the prisons. Established in 1973. inmates, ex-inmates and sympathetic supporters, the Prisoners' La bor Cnion was "bom out of an illegal atmosphere," said Dr. James Grant, spokesman for (he union. Despite the recent Supreme Court decision (N.C. Prisoners' Labor Union vs. David L Jones>. "people inside will continue to or ganize.'' Grnt said. The union was established during the administration of Corrections Secretary David L. Jones. Jones employed a high- powered team of public rda- (ions people to lobbv for (See CONVICTS. P. 2) Suspect In Murder Held Caorga William Pattlferd, 24, in N. Fltkar St., a lacurity guard sought la the Sunday, Juno 2h, murdor of a riling Skaw Unlvoriity san- ior, wnlkod into tko ofrico ef tko Wake County magiitrato at 3:2S n.m. Saturday and gave kiiaiolf ap. PattHard, wko was uaae- compaaiod wkaa ka surraa- dtrtd ki tka slayiaf, is now boiag bold io tka Wnkt County Jail, pandiag trial, wHkout bond. No bead was allewtd bocausa tha first- dtgraa murdar warrant on wbieh bt is charged, Is a capital offaaia. Ha is schadalsd to racaiva a praiimhiary ktaring hi Wake District Court tkis wook. Tko murder wkkk ko is ckargod wHb took place off tho lofk Quarry Road, noor the LakasWt Club. Tba victim wqi RoadU lush, II, 23, 410 I. South St., who was shot oaco in tba aack aad aaca io tka ckast, accardiag to aatkarltias ot tba Waka Couaty Sheriff's Depart- (See SOUTH PARK. P. 10) 10-week day camping program The Boys' Club of Wake operated by the Boys* Club. County, for the second con- The program is taking place secutive year, is participating Monday through Friday. It int he 1977 Summer Food began June 20 and will end Service Program for Children. August 26. Meals are served at 12 noon at Camp Griffin and 12:30 p.m. at the Boys’ Club. The Summer Food Service Pr(^ram for Children is a project of the Food and (See BOYS’ CLUBS. P. 2) Hooks Pledges To ^Continue Growth^ (Soedal to The CAROLINIAN] ST. LOUIS. Mo. — More than 2,200 persons paid $12.50 per plate at the final meeting of the 68th annual session of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to bid farewell to "Mr. NAACP." Roy Wilkins, and to say hello to Beniamin Hooks as he took over as the head of the militant organization. The session was held last week in the Grand Ballroom of the Stouffer’s Inn. The ending was a far cry LAWRENCE T. DICKENS Dickens Seeks Seat On Council Declaring. "I’m the person to offer the people of District C (he leadership (hey need." Raleigh native Lawrence T. Dickens, 33, announced Friday that he will seek election to the City Council from that district. An employee of IBM here. Dickens will seek to unseat Councilman William R. (Bill) Knight. Dickens said the issues KJIiiwii ixvVVl v v from the closing session of the 67th annual session, when it was filled with mixed emotions over the future of Mr. Wilkins. Even though he spoke with a spirit of nostalgia, he was almost in tears when he said he was stepping down, but not out. Hooks, who takes office on Aug i, told (he diners that he knew his was a big job. but said he was taking over the big job and vowed that he would need the aid and assistance of alt freedom-loving people. There were many rousing discussions (hat bordered on pandemonium. The Houston, Tex., suspension fomented as the director of the league of branches, (he Rev. C. Ander son Davis, attempted to hold a press conference in the press room to discuss the causes and the results of ihe suspension of the 5 branches in the city. The Rev. Davis contended that the National Board acted arbitrarily and that his organ ization had no alternative but to go (0 court. The matter was taken to court and. according to Nathaniel Jones, head of the Legal Department, a consent judgment was agreed upon. The Davis faction said that the board sent a panel into Houston and met with the renegades one day and then demanded (hat his group meet with them on the next day. The Davis faction refused to meet with (he anti-faction and the panel from the national office Rev. Davis attempted to present a resolution, which tho permanent chairman. Wendell Irvin, ruled out of order, due Question Denial Of 2 Bonds BE SAYS HE WON’T KVH TED - Washington .Accusing President Carter of racial bias. Colston Lewis, a black Republican former member of the Equal Employ ment Opportunity Commis sion. (old a news conference lo Ihe tad lhal il did nol come , ,ha, i,, u refusing through Ihe proper channels .arjle his oillce. Ills term There were several resolulions „(,idallv expired al the dose ot that were nol discussed on ’.he bu.inesi June JU. He said he noor. due lo the lack of Ime „,il go to coon Io hall his This was anticioaled and there abrupt evidion from ottice. iSee NAACP GREETS. P 21 H PH SMITHFIELD - An alleged distinct difference in bonds allowed blacks and whites charged with murder has taken focus in two cases now in litigation in North Carolina's lltn Judicial District The llth district includes Harnett. Johnston and Lee counties, and the cases involved are in Johnston and Harnett counties. Eleventh district Attorney is John Twisdalc, who resides in Smilhfield, the seat of govern ment for Johnston (^unty. The Johnston County case invoices two black men, Henry Smith and David Ezra Stewart, charged with the June 3rd murders of Four Oaks Police man Dennis Wilbert Allen, and truck driver Linwood "Big Boy" Johnson. So far, the evidence revealed by Twisdale allegedly, at best, only circum- stantialiv connects Stewart and Smith with the deaths. Allen, a rookie policeman, was found face down near his patrol car on 1-95, Friday. June 3. about 1:30 a.m. There were no witnesses to the crime A short time before his death. Allen evidently stopped a car (See TWO BONDS. P. lOi that interest him include hous ing, crime, parks and down- (inner (own revitalization city). Dickens becomes the second announced candidate for the District C seat. James E. Burt, director of alumni affairs al St. Augustine's College, made known his intentions to run for the seat several months ago. Millard R. Peebles, former city Planning Commission chairman and a masonry contractor, has said he plans to seek (he seal, but has not formally announced. Councilman Knight has said (bee DICKENS TO. P 2i Appreciation Money Checks Appreciation Money checks were presented lo two women readers of The CAROLINIAN after'they reported that they had found their names on the Appreciation Money page in last week’s edition. Ms. Geraldine Strickland, of 516 Peyton, and Ms Rosa Phillips, of 621 S. Blount St., reported that (hey had found their names in the Piggly Wiggly and Caraleigh Furni- '.See APPREn.ATION. P 2) Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK — Wilmingtim 10 leudei He\. Benjamin Chavis answers quesliunv you," said Newton, who has al a news conference in .McCain Correctional Center July 5. The been in Cuba for two and ronfereiue uah set up b> prison officials, ubo had been flooded one-half vears. "Stay with me uiih requests for iniei vieus uiih (he civil rights leader convicted and we’ll become closer toge- wiih nine oihers ol charges sieinming from racial violence in ther," he told (he crowd. Wilmingion six years Kuo. <l'Pli 'See NEWTON P 2> SEW BERN AVEM’E EXXON "FOI GOOD PRODUCTS AND COURTiOUS SiRVICE" AMIN ATTENDS OAt -MEETlNf. — l.ibieviilr. Congo — I gandan President For l.ife. Marshal Idi Amin Kadn >1.). his diCks nniforni einbla/oned with medals, leans in his chair to listen to his foreign minister. Juma (M is. din ing the opening session of the annual meeting of the Organization of Afl'ii.in t nilv>iii t u>i ■•villr .tiilv 1. L.IM
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