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jYOL. XXX.?NO. 29.
ICC Hears Argumi
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WASHINGTON? (ANP ?Robert
L. Carter, first assistant
sistant special counsel for the
National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, argued
the question of racial segre
gation in interstate commerce
commission.
-The question under discussion
was whether railroads and railroads
terminals which segregate
aim uiscrunmni j unst a person
because of race violate the interstate
commerce act.
Arguments were centered a"
, round a report proposed by ICC I
examiner Howard Hosmer who
has recommended that the commissi*
51 find that the practices of i
segregation in railroad coaches j
ami waiting room facilities sub- j
ject Negro passengers . to "nn- !
reasonable disadvantage" in violation
of the ICC act.
Hosmer's report is the result
. of a complaint filed with the ICC_on
December 14, 1953 against 11
, railroads, the Richmond Terminal
Railway company and t li e Union
News Co., operator of the!
eating facilities at the Hroad St., |
Station in the Richmond termin- i
ah "1 {
? The proposed report, calling <
ing for the end of Jim' Crow in ;
interstate travel, was m ado,
public on November 174 1954. The ;
report made, an exception to the i
Richmond Terminal i company's I
union station on the basis that
the Union News company which j
the station does not come under
?1 jurisdiction of the ICC. |
The NAACP legal attorneys j
filed exceptions to this 1 decision
last January. These .attorneys ar-!
gued that ICC does have jurisdiet
i/\r* tn nrnViiKit im
every?kind?+4- interstate com-mercer
including?eating facilitiesmaintained
on the property of an
interstate carrier. Tbe Richmond
Terminal Co., having a duty not
to discriminate, may not avoid
this duty merely by leasing its
premises to a privaie concern, the
attorneys asserted.
Pointing out that Richmond The
minal continues to identify waiting
rooms and rest rooms with
sigjis marked "colored" and
"white," the XAACP attorneys
argued that the ICC has jurisdiction
to enforce an order prohibit-;
ing such discrimination in both
the news company and the termi-I
lial company* 1
Charles P. Reynolds, attor-1
uey for the terminal company,'
contends that the signs on the !
rest rooms and waiting rooms I
regardless of race. Their attend- j
ants have been instructed not
____ to interfere with passengers usage
of tliese facilities!
He further contended that colAnnual
Young Peo
To Meet At Bened
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The Annual Young People's
Christian Assembly, Sponsored by
Benedict College and the Baptist;
fVomen's Missionary Union of |
South Carolina, .will convene ati
^Benedict College August
The assembly to give young peoThe
assembly attempts to give
young people religious leadership
training in Bible, Baptist Teachand
Methods of teaching Religious
Education,
Young people beetween the
ages of 15 and 20 years, representing
churches from all over
the state are expected to attend.
They will attend classes in such
- varied subjects as Baptist Portrine,
Sunday School Methods,
Citizenship Training, Daily Vacation
Bible School, Christian
Stewardship, and Friendship and
Marriage.'
A recre'aTtefral program wilt be
provided including the use of
Drew pool and park. The faculty
will be made of sepecially trained
individuals in the field of Re
Hgious Education. The Reverend
C. A. .Cherry will be director ?ofthe
assembly. \
FARM GROUP LEAVES FOR
MONTH S VISIT IN SOVIET
UNION
n group of Americans Agricultur
i\l representatives left the United
States last week for a 30 days
visit to Russia, they said they ,
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ored people usually like t o 1> c
together, therefore, these signs
them to use the same facilities if
they so desire.
Carter contended that this theory
is all wrong, even if it was
correct that individuals of the
same race like to be together,
still everyone has the right to
equal treatment. This is a personal"
Tjght and cariiot be applied
to any thing which affects
a group.
The ICC was also asked to reconsider
the case of Sarah Keys
in the light of the supreme court
decision outlawing the "separate
but equal" doctrine.
The case involved a WAO who
was arrested in Roanoke Rapids,
N. C. in August 15)52 because she
1 cfused to move to the hack of a
bus <ji which she was traveling.
Miss Keys, then wearing t h e
uniform of hy country, boarded
enroute from Fort Dix where shewas
stationed. Somewhere enroute,
which brought her through Washington,
she was asked,to move to
the rear of the bus to make room
for a white marine. When she refused,
the driver decided t o
chrjige buses in, Roanoke Rapids,
N. C. All of the white passengers
were transferred from one bus to
the other, leaving Miss Keys behind
When she reported this incident
to local officers, she was
charged with .^disorderly conduct,
and arrested.
Suit-was filed in the United
States District court in Washing
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grounds that the company had
terminated bus service in that
! city.
I The ease was then filed with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and arguments presentison
on May 12, 11)54. On September
30 of that year the case
was dismissed.
A si exception to the ICCs dismissal
was filed by the NA ACP
in conjunction wit Miss vey's pri
vatc attorney's Julius W. Robert.
son and Dovie Roundtrec, on Nov
' ember 1, 1054.
| Frank Reeves, of the NAACP,
summed up this argunjent with
the contention that the issue i ji
i this ease Is simply that the re,
gulation of the bus company is a
violation of the ICC act.
The old argument of ''separate
but equal* has been laid to rest
by the Supreme Court Decision.*
of May 17, 11)54 and May 31, 11)55,
said Reeves.
So "separate but equal" is not
the argument, but the issue is
whether a company is permitted
to separate passengers ruder tluj
act of the interstate commission.
pie's Assembly
ict College
J hoped to plant "seeds of good|
will" among Soviet Union farm|
ers.
Ampng the 12 dirt and soil ambassadors
was Dean William E.
Reed?oG-tbe North Garolina Agricultural
?|id Technical college, the
only Negro in the group.
Aside?from spreading goodwill
Dean Reed saidr. he will "look for
anything regarding racial problems
in the Union.
I)R. GORDON B. HANCOSK
ME^'S DAY SPEAKER
Men's Day will be observed Sunday
.Inly .11, at the Lowndes Hill
Baptist Church Greenville, S. C.
The guest speaker will be Dr.
Gordon B. Hancosk retired Dean
of Theology of Virginia Union
University Richmond Virginia. l)r.
H. W.TX Stewart hn?r Jtrsrtr conr
pleted a very commendable structure,
and we are asking all our
members and friends to come and
worship with us on this day. '
Rupth P. Stewart, Rpt. '<JfMUFIES
AS DISTRICT
FIRE CHIEF
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TOLEDO, Ohio (ANP)?R. 1>.
Herron, one of the two Negro fire
captains here, w#s among the 13
men of^lhat rank who qualified
for the civil service eligibility list
for promotion to district chief.
Herron, a captain since December,
1954, was eighth on the^list.
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COL
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Why Support j
NAACP Legal I
Defense? ]
BR,
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BHHiHHHHHHHH
by Judge J. Waites Waring
U. S. District Judge (Retired)
Noted for his decision in t h e I
South Carolina primary cases i
which gave Negroes the right t o <
vote :;i the South Carolinu primaries
and for his opinion favor- j
Clarendon County school segre- |
gation case. Appointed U. S. Dis- J
trict Judge; Eastern District of
South Carolinu b y^ President
l'Vanklin 1). Roosevelt r.jid <iualified
January 20, 1042.
I
The NAACP- Legal Defense
and Educational Fund?is?seeking--|
Financial moral and spiritual, siqrport
from Americans of - good
will who have the true interests
of their country at heart.
Why should we do this?
* On May 17, 1054, the Supremo
Court of the United States handcd
down a historic decision in
which, speaking for a unanimous
Court, the Chief Justice declared j
iiiitiI* svgicghiiuii in me pnoiic
schools is violative of the rights'
guaranteed to all of us by, the
Constitution of the United States.
The opinibn is crystal clear
and sounds the death knell of all
forms of racial segregation. And
so it is our duty as true Americans
to support all endeavors* to
prevent evasion of this decision
by the subversives who would adopt
to cancel its effei^t^.
These persons whoAvould break
down the law of the land, as de- ~
clared by our highest Court, are
mostly State officials i n the
States of the Deep South which
formed the nucleus ojL_Tbe Con- 1
-t federacy and nurtured the Ku
" Klux Klan and other similar or- ganizations
which endeavored to
oppose the laws of the land and
enforcement bf their own vicious "
code of discrimination against
minorities. I hey would set up|'
their own brand of citizenship '
which gives t o them supremacy
over their fellow citizens who are i
of different skin color and racial (
ancestry, subjecting these people 1
to the status of second class cit- 1
izens and not protected by our 1
Constitution or laws. Since May
17th we can now class these '
white supremacists as law break- *
ers and subversives; and we x
must resist their efforts to hold
(}i to the evil of racial segregat"
ion. . > 1
It would seem that all free
people nurtured in the American 1
way of life would realize t h e J
simple fact that our Constitution
and laws are color blind and v
that racial and -religious bias 0
have no standing in our country, j
But unfortunately there is a |
large body of selfish and evil j.
men who would retain the inequality
of the laws which they t
and their predecessors in office
have decreed and on which they j j
fatten in power and refuse their ; s
fellow citizens true" equali'tyT"This" j
must end.
I
But it will end only when the j (
right thinking people of our nat- l ^
ion awake to the injustice which j ^
has been practiced""and the deter- ?
ruination of the oppressors top
hold on to their power to contin- p
ue to oppress. And this requires p
that good citizenship with all p.
their recources the people and or- 0
ganizations who are fighting for ?
the cause of humanity and free- ^
dom. . ],
It takes effort and money be- a
cause the .opressors are entrench- jj
ed in political office in many of c
Continued on page 8 j
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Salmi
UMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
^ Allen
University P
Program Events In
Newberry District
Bishop Frank Madison Reid,
President S. R. Higgins, leading on
the Futuramie Caravan, will greet
ministers and laymen of the Lam_
raster District led on by Presiding
Elder Dr. O. C. Dunham,
Sunday afternoon, July 24th at
3:30 at High Hill A. M. E. Church
pastcred by Rev. W. S. Young.
The Futuramie Drive in the lnterest
of Allen University's program
of renovation of historic
Copjiin and Arnett Hall is gaining
momentum as.it moves toward the
"FESTIVAL" occasion on August
16th when the twenty Presiding
Elder's, who are known as t-.h e
directors of the Futuramie Drive,
will make reports-It is hoped that
the idea of securinir one thousand
Jonoi? of $100 each which happens
to he the desired,goal making possible
the "Futuramic Scroll" o f
jne thousand donors.
Sunday night, July 24th, Dr. T.
H. Addison, Presiding Elder o f
the Newberry District, Ministers
*nd Laymen will gather at Miller
Chapel AME Church, Newberry,
Chicago Urban Lei
Executive Secretai
CHICAdO: (ANP)?The Chicago
Urban League, once the most
powerful community force among
Negroes in Chicago, hut now ridile
with distention and strife, has
hegun a huge six months reorganization
program by:
1. Firing Executive Secretary
Sidney Williams and 12 or
14 staff members.
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suspending an operations
and activities?until Jan. 1,
195G.
The revamping of the Uiban
league's program was recommended
some weeks ago aft^r
studying t.he report of a survey
of the Chicago branch made by a
representative of the national
office in New York.
The survey by the League's
national office was "suggested"
by the Chicago Community Fund,
following allegations that'the league
was fast becoming a "parasite"'on
the community by not
substantially fulfilling its purpose
to South Side Negroes.
?According-to a number of leading
League supporters?Some one
time .leaders fn the organizationt.he
firing of Secretary Williams
came not as a shock but more as
a sigh of relief. Williams, however,
often accused of neglecting
his office, was voted six months
severance pay by the local Leaguc's
board of Directors, headed,
Severance pay, according to
length of service, was also grants I
ftthor -fivo/i nmnlAtm,.
- ? ? vvi viitjiiujrcs.
Two of the League's employes,
Frayser T. Lane, public relations
jirector, and Mrs. Odessa Cave
Evans, administrative assistant,
were retained for the six months
jeriod during reorganization.
Lane has been wit.h the organi:ation
33 years, five years longer!
han' Mrs. Evans, who went to;
York for the league in 1937.
The' other omployes released by )
Odd Fellows Gram
In Columbia Mond.
The grand lodge of odd fellows
vill meet in Colurhbift--iAugust 1-2
Lccording to statement ifrom E. R.
.ewis, most noble grand Beulah
odgo 2083. The executive board
ngcts Monday afternoon at 4:0d
Ciut the welcome' program with the"'
iritorical contest will have its
nectmg Monday night at Bethel
VME Church, Taylor and Sumter
treets, of which l)r. J. Arthur
Iolmes W t.tm Mln'.oto.
At a recently meeting held at
Carpenters hall, Mrs. Gertrude
Veils, most rioble Governor a 11 d
rtrs. Carrie Mundle, right noble
iovernor said plenty homes will
e available for the visitors. For
he past several years, under the
?adership of grand Master W. t\
ioulware of Spartanburg, the
rder has taken on new life, in
Tnion the order has almost
ouble its membership and*in Goimbia
hmong the new members
re Dr. J. P. Rceder, who is now
1 London attending the Baptist
Congress, Dr. W. H. Neal, presient
of Trustee Board, Morris 1
etto t
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I, SATURDAY, JULY 2:i, 1955
lans Futuramic : 1
i Lancaster and
s Sunday, July 24 |
postered by Dr. I?. Coppin Butler,
at which time Bishop Frank Ma- I
liisoti Real will bring the message j
and progress toward the (Joal of |
Futuranjic Reports for this area j
will be noted.
Kneouraging -comments--are eons- *~ing
from far and near as. it von- r|
cerns the 'wonderful renovation g|
program now under-way at Allcp- -B
University; When the contractors I
sliall have" completed the work at
Coppin Hall, the entire interior I
will be new and modernistic which I
will represent as fine facilities for "B
young tames as can be found every- i ^
whore. It wiH represent the investment
of approximately $100,000. | p
Among worthwhile contributions , C
is to-be noted a gift from the; u
South Carolina Electric and Gas tl
Company of $250 given through c:
the solicitation of Rev. Wallace p
Crinnlin, .South Carolina through Is
Dr. B. F. Sumpter, Pastor of <Mt. ti
Zion, Charleston. Such gifts as
these and many others will make ti
possible ,a greater future for Allen In
University. ' " In
ague Fires
ry and Staff
the League, said Dr. Calloway,
may reapply for positions with)
the League .next year, after a i
u
} new-executive ^secretary has been
jchosen. " j"
1 "Because of rapidly changing
1 conditions, "Dr. Calloway said,"
j "the Chicago Urban League must
be put in'step with the times and 1 11
built up to a position of far i ()1
I irreuter influence in Chicago af- !
[fairs. ' ? ' J ^
"To do this, I am convinced,
I calls for a clean break with some
j of the policies and methods of the (
; past, and a more effective pro- '
gram of action."
Sale of the present headquar- n
ters property, together with build- ?
ing funds raised in 1952, will en- s<
able t.he League to obtain a new t(
home. The present property was .
sold to the Chicago Land Clear-]
ance Commission for an undis- j
closed sum. ,.
I t.ll
' Firing of staff members failed ..
. tcj
to raise a hugh a ripple in com?
T? CC
j munity opinion as did the anj
nouncement that the League was ~
closing down offices for G months
... .. S1
to reorganize. ? ^
This was quite understandable i *
i SI
because it was the power of the ,.|
Chicago Urban League in the late j
1920s and early 1930s, that plac- i ^
ed hundreds of thousands of Negroes
in some of the same jobs ,
Ihejt. hold today. ?
ed the piost powerful organlza- ^
non ior ;\egro rignts in (Jhicagojl
It has been in more recent
years, according to a League sur!
vey, that t.he League openly sj
started to move into controversial o)
areas of activity?politics, crime-and
began blowing ill-feeling
throughout Chicago's industrial S(
and economic circles.
This, it is believed, was a primary
factor in the Community t;.
Fund's request for a survey by ni
the national office. j
J Lodge Meets ?
ay, August 1st.?
College and Dr. W. R. Bowman, C<
presiding elder, Manning district T
AME Church and others. L
Arhong the grand officers are:
Honorable G. W. Boldon, , Pis- A
TrTct Grand Master, The Reverend lii
H. C. Brfewer, District Demit v? R,
Grand Master, The Reverend G. di
Goings Daniels, District Grand be
Recording Secretary.. Mrs_ Sadye
D. Brewer, District Grand Secre- fo
tary-Treasurer, Miss A. E. Brog- h>
don, District Grand Most Noble ti<
Governor, Mrs, Iola Jones, District
Grand Right Noble Governor, Mrs.
E. E. James, District Grand Prelate,
Mrs. M. B. Ford, District G.
C. Mrs. L. A. Cain, D. G. U. (De- (/
ceasedL Mrs. Hattie Jenkins, D. cr
G. J. M., Mrs. A. L. Butler, Asst. on
D. G. G. M., Mrs. V. R. Dixon, Dis- tie
trict Qrand Worthy Recorder, Va
Brother M^ Jr Perry, Dr Gr -Atttrr-" TF
n'ey, The Reverend W. L. Wilson, tic
Grand Director.
Auditors?Brothers: J. E. Wil- or-,
liams, R. J. Jackson, E. R. Lewis,
Mrs. V. R. Dixon, Dr. J E. Beard, tai
eabet
:k<;es greater si; i?tout j
OF X A AC 1"
an
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Mis. Cordelia Greene JoTinson. i
resident of the National Beauty I
ulturist League, announced this
e?k from her Jersey City offices")
hat she will urge the NBCL to;
r?ute a special department t o I
romote greater supjiort of t h e
[AACP among the nation's beau?
cians.
The. dynamic leader of the naon's
beauty culturists said that
er proposal to aid NAAC1' will
i recommended to th,et League
hen it meets in Washington, 1). C..!
ugust 14-18, for it 30th annual i
invention. ? !"
TELLS OF KNOXVILLE'S
CHANGING WAYS
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By O. B. Taylor
KNOXVILLK, Tnin.? <A\Ti ;
"hile it is a Tact that Knoxville !
is long been a Southern city, fol ;
wing- the well known pattern T>f4"
m Crow, it is also tine t h a?filch'"patterns
were never as)
.Iw> ! ? ? ! ? '
vuunii ua tilt.- uveru^V i*il> ?.
' the section.
It is interesting-to watch the
rjisition of attitude and prac- !
ee, fromi .a segregated to a more >
* less?integrated practice. It is ?
>r example a far cry from the
inner time when Negroes were
emitted to visit Chilhowee Muicipal
Park (including the zoo)
nly on Thursdays, to the pre- j
?nt where they may g o on a n |
]ual basis with all others.
Children as well as adults iu?
rmingle in all the varied phase 1
ithdlitwi "Stmblajice of incident. 1
oncordSwhite County jiark, was \ !
ie scene last week of a mixed" I
acher's picnic, carried out ac
irding to plan.
Mayor, Ceorge?U. Dempster, --1
iring a 15 minutes "on the. ^
lot" TV program, last week an- 1
cored questions on the racial is- j
ie?which included, "Would you *
ke for your children to sit i n 1
ass rooms with Negro child- '
>n?" '
"The House of Dempster, is ,
W'-ahidinoo till n-mnl Aivwom
ins should be, and we are going
> abide by this one' Was his anver?referring
to the Supreme (
ourts' school decision. ;
Dr. A. Henderson was re- 1
mtly admitted to full member- ;
lip in Tlie Kjioxville Academy!
' medicine, as a Negro first, j ;
'any?Negroes are currently en-! .
>1 led in the Summer graduate | |
:hool of the University of Ten- ' >
essee. St. Y^iry's (Catholic) j i
ospital has several Negro girls ' (
iking the course in practical
ursing; another first for this
ty. " i
A six millic'i dollar Municipal
ospital is nearing completion
?re, "And there will be no seg- >
igation in_.it," says o Mayor j
empster.
ON STRUCT $37,000 HEATING
UNNELS AT BENNETT COLEC.
12 , !
GREENSBORO, N. C. (ANT)? j
57.000 system of heating tunnel
nking up seven buildings on the i
ennett college campus 'is sche-!
iled for completion in Septem r.
.Wal k, -uu . the walk--in ty pe- - . 6 *.
ot 7 tunnels began last week j
r>the George W. Kane Construe-i
3n Co., of Greensboro. ! '
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SONORITY GIVES NA \(T ,
$1,000
ATLANTA CITY. N. J.?
INP)?Delta Sigma Thctu Sor- (
ity, Inc. presented h check for 1
le thousand dollars to the Na- (
>nal Association for the Ad- J
nconx-it of Colored People all
e Association's recent conven- ~T
>ri in Atlantic City.
The money was given in mem- I
y of the late Walter White, for j
iny years the Executive Secre- >
*y of the NAACP. v
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Connectional Com
Meeting AMEZ Ch
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CiilC.UJO ILLINOIS?The opportunities
foi:-Christian services!
ami world will be thoroughly ex-j
plored at the A.M.K. Zion Church'
connectional council and board of;
bishops meeting in Chicago, July J
28 through August 1. -?.
Oft the* community level will be;
reports of the general officers of;
the denomination. While these'
reports will he.presented on ^ na- '
tion-wide l>asisf th ey will reflect :
the accomplishment of 3000 indi-'
vidual churches and indicate the*
work planned for the coining year. I
On the national Lnvel \vill be ad-J
dresses as those by Dr. William J.
Trent, president; Livingstone Col-|
lege, Salisbury, X. C., and by Dr. !
James W. Kichelhorger, secretary
of t.he Christian education depart
ment of the A. M. E. Church of
Chicago. Dr. Trent w ill discuss, i
"Zion in Education ? Her Lead- j
orship and Institution in the!
"New -Day" and Dr. Eichelberger (
will stpeak on "Racial and Relig-1
ious Integration in Educatro^."
Worlil-wide Chnstran" service1
will involve around the A. M. E. |.
Zion's ^endeavors ni the field mis-i
sions." Rev. J. C. Hoggard, secre-1
missions, will clarify the church's j
position i n his "Statement on I
Zion's Missionary Status." Bishop !
Rnrmftn.l T T -- " '
?uumcs ui me seventn ;
episcopal district, will go a step
further in his "Foreign Missions j
apd the" Ecumenical Movement."
Bishop William J. Wull of Chi- i
ca.go. senior bishop.. of. the deno-__i
representative appointed by the
A.M.E. Zion Board of Bishops at i
the recent executive meeting of I j
the world Methodist Council in p
Belfast, Ireland, will report on1 i
World Methodism and-the ?part'j
the A..M. E. Zion Church in that |
movement. - i
Highlighting the world-wide
service, reports will be a comprehensive
study of the African
problem by. the Rev. A. A. Adjahoe
of Westbury, N. Y. i
la his address, "Our Ideals for j <
Africa in the Present World Sit- ,
nation," Rev. Odjahoe will be able,]
to make a very personalized re-' i
port, for prior to his being ap- |
pointed pastor of the Westbury A. i
M. K. Zion Church, Rev Adjaihoe c
served as a missionary in Africa^
was secured at Livingstone Col- i 1
ege. ? | 1
Conducting the conference ses- j (
dons will be newly elected chair- j c
nan of the board of bishops, Wil- ' i
liam C. Brown of Brooklvn v vJ
He will be assisted b y Rishop (
lohn W.?Martin, retiring chair- t
Texas Southern Un
HOUSTON, Texas (ANP)?Dr | i
Samuel Milton Nabrit, dean of 1
Atlanta university, was named ! i
president of Texas Southern uni- 1 i
versity last week, during a meet- 1
ing of the university's board of 1 i
lirectors, ' j
'Nabrit succeeds Dr. R. O'Haralj
l.anier who resigned June 8. Rea- j
sons for Dr. Lanier's resignation . <
resulted after he was:
1. Criticized for openly deseg- ;
legation. ?? I )
2. Allegedly causing dissention ! ?
between members o f the 1
faculty. I i
It was also charged that the \
Marian Anderson 1
Elks' 1955 Lovejoy
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WASHINGTON ?(ANT) Marion?Anrlwi
Mn, world' renown "rorrj
tralte,?lias been named recipient '
of the F.Iks4 1955 I.ovejoy award.
Fhe award will be presented Aug.
22, as the highlights^of the Ffith
jnnuhl convention of the Order in 1
Atlantic City, N. J. <
The presentation will be made <
luring a luncheon held at the At- <
antic City High school. Elks i
!?rand Exalted Ruler Robert H. <
fackson and New Jersey's Gov.
Robert B. Meyner, will be princi- l
>al speakers al tTuT afTaTrT
Established in 1949 at the San 1
Francisco convention, the Love- 1
oy award has been made each I
'ear since 1950 to the person !
vhrhtfi the awards committee se- e
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icil and Bishops
urch July 28th
mail a n d host bishop, also by
Bishop \V. J. Walls, senior bishop
of -the hoard of bishops.
Serving us host with Bishop
Martin will be Rev. K. H. Collins
Bee, pastor of the ' Martin Temple
A. M. E. Zion Church,>%57.'51
South State St. Chicago, where
delegates willjneet.
Other bishops expected to be
.present are Walter W. Slade of
Charlotte. X. C.; Stephen LL
SpottswoOd bf Memphis, Tenn.*;
William T. Stewart of Washington,
1). C.; Herbert B. Shaw of
Wilmington, N.- C.; Hampton T.
Medford, of Washington, D. C ;
"and Daniel C. Pope of the Gold
Coast, West Africa.
Tlie board of bishops and the
4(50 delegates will he welcomed in
u special program the evening of
the 28th when Dr. W. A- Johnson
WilL.extend greetings on behalf
of the Chicago Interdenominational
Ministers' Alliance; Dr. W. T.
Beck will speak- for the A. M. E.
Zion Alliance of Chicago and E.
M. Graham for the board of trustees
of Martin Temple Church.
Worship .that evening , will be in
charge of Rev. J. F. Dunn of Cincinnati
and Rev. A. L. Fuller of
Cleveland. Music will be the ~combined
choirs of the host Church
and "Chicago's Greater Walters A.
M. E. Zion Church.
The formal opening worship with
communion will be conducted by
the bishops the -.following morning.
Reports of the general officers
are scheduled throughout the
remaining- days-of-the-conference, ??
f-erence. ? ? There
will be a special public
Sabbath day services. The morning
worship will feature music by
the host church choirs; the aftsrloon
service, music by the Invin- 4 ,
the evening service music by t.ha
combined choirs of the Chicago A, <
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lu. r.. zuon cnurcnes.
The conference-^will _cJose with - >
worship service Monday of Aug- v
jstt 1st, at which Dr. Benjamin
2. Robeson, pastor of the Mother
\.M.E. Zion Church, more than159
years old, will preach.
x-!ny iaw reet, cBra.ssc MiHiea
The usual delegation, numberng
some 300, will this year be inTeased
by a number of Delegates
vho plan to attend the Chicago
ueeliiig' and theff, by special train
jeing made up in that city< go to
Los Angeles, Calif,, with delegatto
the thirteenth quadrennial
onvention of the Woman's Home
ind Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Zion Church, August G
:o 12 at the First A. M. E. Zion
Lhurch, I Los .Angeles.
med Prexy Of
iversity
jniversify's academic standing
lad depreciated and its quality of
instruction changed from "failry
adequate" to "poor."
Under Dr. Lanier's administration,
the university, some time ago,
was blamed for "selling" credits
to students.
Dr. Nabrit's appointment becomes
effective Sept. 1.
A professor of biology for .10
years, Dr Nabrit was professor J
and chairman of Atlanta -uni^er- 1
?ity's Department- -of Biology for J
2.1 years. In 1947 he was appoint- #
?d dean of the university's Grad- f ?
TSte School of Arts and Sciences, f q
o Receive *
Award
lects as "having made an out
?T5TRfing~c ontrihu t i o n in the field
of race relations." Miss Ander*
scfi was selected because "through
thy years, she has been in thefront
lines conquering: segregation
through her gentle approach
>f the arts and the establishment
if the Marian Anderson Awards ^
ommitfcee which grants scholarihips
to youfig aspiring singers
if all races, creeds and colors."
Other outstanding American
eH pi en t^ot?the ^ward inrlnda.
1950: Gov. Alfred Driscell;
951, Dr. Ralph Bunche; 1952,
Iranch Rickey; J053, the late Dr.
dary McLeod Bethune; and 1954,
^AACP's Atty. Thurgood Marshall.
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