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. "V Dr. Martin Luther 1 Plans for Freedom NEW YQRK?Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., at a press c'onfev , mnrf in M??r YnrV t^'lfly d"S"r"V* . ed the objectives and plans for Freedom of which he is co-chair-' man along with Roy Wilkins of I the NAt\QP and A. Philip Ran-'v dolph of the Brotherhoo 1 of Sleep ing Car Porters. ? ?* These alms, as stated by Rov. ). King, are "to demonst rate unity of Negrges in the struggle for .freedom and justice, to provide a means for people in the north, to act in common on a great issue with the outhern freedom fighters to portest the crippling of the NAACP in the south, to protest violence directed against those in the south who stand for equality and freedom and to press for civil rights legislation before Congress which stands ja_chiance__for the ?-?-? first "time since Reconstruction days of being enacted." * He added that the, "ease with 1 which h Dixiecrats bottled up c?v?l rights legislation adds great urgency to the Pilgrimnp" " ' Regarding southern participation in the Pilgrir age, Rev. King announced. that a southern head* quarters has been opened in MonI tgomery by Rev. Ralph Abernafthy, who along with himself was I a leader of the year-long bus protest action. Active mohlizatlon i is taking?place fh Atlanta, Dir? >T'?ll?l inuiuiussi'e, n a t O n Rpuge_.a p d. Nc*^ Orleans as well as in other cities In other sections of the country , seven, headquarters have been opened. Rey. King quoted a west coast organizer of the Pilgrimage as stating that 3,000 persons,, are coming to Washington on may 17 al the way from California. Over BO,000 persons from all section of the country are expected to copverge on Washington for the Pilgrimage i n chartered buses trains and planes, car pools and _' individually. ^Rev^ King-said he expects particularly large deputations from Virginia and North Carolina?the southern states closest to Washv lnrvfAn or.-4 ^ ? " ... VA... <?uu xii/ 111 ?>cw i IJI r\, New?Jersey; 1*0nnsylvania, 'Maryland and the New England states. Asked wjiat bearing a 5tfong. civil rights statement from Presi-1* \ > BETHUNE-COOKMAN CHOIR HONORS MARY McLEOl) BETHUNE ON UNCF-ABC RADIO PROGRAM NEW YORK?On May 19. the choi^ of Betluine-Cookman College will present a special program over the ABC Radioi Network mark ing the second annual observance of" "Mary McLeod Bethune Commemoration Week." .The program is part of the re. gular weekly series featuring the choirs of the mem her colleg^ o f tK" United Negro College Fund. The special Both une-Couki nan r Cookman Choir broadcast., honoring^the lalt.- Mrs. Bethune amUher great contributions to America, is I presented in cooperation with the National Council of Negro Women. Mi's.-BethriTte Wag'the founder of both Bethune-Cookman College and the National Council of N'q""-" r 'Women. The United Negro College Fund | cheral programs originate from \ NdjW York, Sundays, 10:35 to 11:00 A*, M. over WABC and are heard i at'varying times over the nation- | wide ABC Radio Network. Con- J -ult your radio page far local Cime j King Outlines Pilgrimage * -dent Eisenhower in the immeJi jfuture would have on the Pilj mage, Rev. King asserted that demonstration is not aimed at iJMrniv ? MEMORIAL FOR PRAYER PILGRIMAGE NEW YORK?The Nation; Association 1'of the Advanc mcnt of Colored People hs been informed that the Lincol Memorial in Washington will 1 available for the Prayer Pilgr mage for Freedom on May 17. __Use of the Memorial for thi purpose was requested las month by Clarence Mitchell, di rector of the Association' Washington bureau. After a month's delay, t h National Park- Service at firs turned down the request o i April 16 on the ground that a assembly of 50,000 persons a th<? M pmnriil?would?depri v thousands of tourists of th Free access to the shrine. E. 1 Scoven, acting, director of th National Park Service, suggest ed that the meeting- be held a the Sylvan Theater on t h Washington Monument ground* ?^ Cpfm furllier "representat ion by Mr. Mitchell who point ed out the symbolic significanc oi noimnp ine meeting at t n Lincoln Memorial, thje ?artie denial was rescinded- ^ * J*"; President but Is woader in sor since.it is "an'appeal to the c< science of the. nation qn tfcese jor issues ?vc donf>c.nt." He denied that President Eis< hower's Apri' 23 message to tejrracial religion.; leaders i Nashville could l.e considered strong statement and asserl that it was merely a -message ^greeting usually sent to gath ings of this type. CHARLESTON MAX ??IS LICENSED AS STOCK BROKER I CHARLESTON? Successfu passing the require^ examinati of the National Association of J curiti?s Dealers of America, Mo trie Wilson of Charleston Heigh is now a registered representat of St. Julien Childs, broker a n dealer in j,tocks and bonds.--Mr. Wilson has been licensed the Commissioner of Securities South Carolina. for broadcast. Other college choirs to be fe: ured on the ABCMJNCF series Hi Ing the"month of May are as f lows: May 5, the ch^ir Brown College, Atlanta, Ga., t dor the direction of G. Johns Hubert; May 12, the ^Chorale S ciety of Shaw University, Ralei* N. 'C? directed by Hai-ry G Smythe; and May 26, the chir Fisk University, Nashville, Ten ;under the direction of Harry v Deikbii. '! ' ~ ' The United Negro Colle Fund's annual nation-wide app< in. support of its.-31 member c leges is now in progress. Unc its national chairman, Lee H. Br tol, president of Briatol-My^rs C the Fund seeks to raise $2,000/ "iSM- - ' IfrfS "- TOR PAt^TErm LEADER S. C. Home Agents Make Tour of D. C, J_j_J?ASH*NC-TW-Forfy one coloi a*c ed home demonstration agents an ?VI" | supervisors of South Carolina ol the served National Home Demonstrai ion Week by making-atredueatioi Lal tour of Washington, May 1-! visited the U. S. Department o : Agriculture, the Department's r? i search center at Beltsville, Md., th a' j White House, the Capitol, an e" I other places of interest. 18 I Ln i : : I e ' Mrs. Kinsler s !- Hosts Silver s ' Moon Club n ' n 1 The weekly meeting of thi j .! Silver Moon Club met at the honn p- -lof Mrs. Nora Kinsler, Building 7 g_ ; ?nvr?n ?rfrrg Presulen < i presiding. e | We are making plans ,for oui . ("Spring Hop," May 18, 1957, be t iginrfing at 8:00 p. m., until. Eacl e ^member of the club are asked t< (bring fivp gnwgt^, Ynn can?be- or:i ci>nt .ict-your tnend in t h Silver Mooi\ Club, tickets are avail e able. You can contaet^-the Presi e "dent, Mrs. Fannie Goodwin, or Mrs f iVera Hall, Business Manager a 2518 Gervais St., Phone 6-0733, i J you can't get in touch with any o the club members. ; The -next meeting will be at.tb >IX?> home of Miss Mattie McDonald. )JVi Wilhelmena B. Edmunds, Rpt% *a~: . ?n-' in- W. Montague Cobb n ' a UnoJr, te,l ?. ait'ai of, er i Anthropologista \ WASHINGTON?Dr. W. Monti | 3. prue Cobb, professor and head p the TVpartmonf nf Anjitniiiu Howard University School of Me ,dicine, was unanimously electee president of the Ameri'can Asso ciation of Phyoical Anthrdpolo lo^ists at the 26th Annual Meet 4-u: ' ?* jj^r niji ui wins society at tne L niver l0n,sity of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Michigan, recently. uj I The association is a professiona ; scientific organization of abou . ' 450, with foreign members scatter j ed throughout the world. I This is the. first?occasiom o r . 'whith a Megro scientist has headec . a national scientific society, in thi 0 (United States. In 1955, Dr. Cobb was chairmai 'of Section II (Anthropology) am a vice president of the Americai Association for the Advancemen at-' ofScience, a similar first. it*-?-Dr. Cobb; "52, isr a r.ative o ol- , Washington, D. C. and a crnd'.i atria ol?the DUnl>ar~TSpghSchool hen in- ; He received the A. B.* from Am on herst Colleere in 1925: t-ho \T Tl 5o- from Howard University i;i 19'T rh, ar.d the Ph.D from Western P.c il- serve University >n 1932. of i ! ' 1955 Amherst Coiiegre c^nfei n., red open .him the honorary desere on of Doc or f Soieiyp fhat yen he a.Uo received the Bia tin stilish-*; gtt Serv>o Medal of the Natiorh.1 M'. eal dical .Association, its highest a ot- ward. * ' ler ; His nuhlieations r.vrrber so-"', is- 230 ?.ifles on aneiomi:al, anthror^. o f lexical and general medical syiv IQtTjectg,' many of which are eited 4 r m sicnda'd rrtedical texts. ' " r . r r " '?'? # - / -* Labor Group Asks South's Assault on NEW YORK?The Jewish Labor ' Comrrtittee, which represents a half-million workers in the AFL^ ,CIO, has called upon thefederal "" government ToTialt the South's as-, '"faults on the NAACP and NAACP J mamlium. The UUUl IVJlly's admin,s istratjve committee adopted a ref solution 'containing the plea for . remedial action on Anril 12 in this dlcity' * - ? - I j At least ten southern states J ;have sought to cripple or wreck the NAACP by means of injunct_ ians. other-court- action7 ~ la ws a-^ gainst the NAACP, an^ laws against members of the NAACP. ' Organized labor, having been a ' victim of similar punitive legislat- ! lion, has a special interest in such attacks," the JLC resolution declares. | The statement calls upon Congress to investigate the situation, iupon the U. S. Justice Department 3 to "take appropriate action in im'? ?of the . First and , Fourteenth .Amendments to?t h e~ t Constitution," and upon President ; Eisenhower to "give moral Ieaderr snip in this matter - which tfan. scends political and ideological ! views and region'al and sectional i interests." p Analysing tho ' imm'1 ! '- n-;-1' e pects of the anti-NAACP actions in - the South, the .resolution says: "Where states pass laws prohibit- , . ing the advocacy of integration, t they are violating the Consti.tut-"j f ional injunction against 'abridging | f the freedom of speech.' Where jo.avco law 3 |?l CV diking L fl e e ,NAACP from holding meetings,, they are 'abridging __ the right of I the people peaceably to assemble." J, "These acts cannot be counten-" ~ anced in a free nation," the document asserts. "State officials must 'not be permitted to manipulate laws so as to make inoperative any organization or group with \yhich they disagree. Certainly the Uni ted States crnrnot toTerate the at- ( tempt by states not..only to evade Ke law of the land but to punish a ^ group of citizens for seeking t q__ - upliuld that law. The agencies o f federal government responsible for j law enforcement have a responsibility to act in this matter. TllP POCftl.e. An O 1 u.. - .'v laawu uio7 c.\piT:aac3 inc < ;| _ < ,1 ^ox>ooooooo-o.c>ooooooooooooo< !| NOW'STI I TO ORDE ' I Spring and Su ' " IN TH 3 t Newest Spi J' a "* a H : ~~ )19lf> - .OWEN I , 1131 WASH IIN - "" COLUMI3 v - Tel. A 8X?6ac8*c*e3 J ;wr~. . .Pag.1 *? ??r t . Actioa to Stop .J iNAACP ? iview that "this is a mattero f eoncernj npt only for the NAACP, but for every individual and group concerned with preserving "quality In?.? I f?i fc the law and freedof of expression. We are all threatened if we remain silent. Where C one group are stifled, the rights of all groups are placed in jeopardy; - . . whore fccpflom of association is de. nied, freedom of the individual ia ^limited," , < I ?T?* ??? . ' ' DIKE'S "A DRL'M IS A ?T-. J WOMAN" FANTASY DRAMATIZED ON MAY 8 U US STEEL HOUR * . ~ NEW YORK?"The United States Steel Hour" will nrovit'.e an impressive television display Wednesday evening, May 6 as Djkq Ellington, his orchestra. and vbea- . lists Margaret Tynes, Joya Slerrill, Ozzie Bailey along with chorus, perform the famed iaz? tist's musical fantasy?"A Drum is A WomarT^?over the CBS-TV, network. 14 This "live" -'presentation will mark the Steel Hour's first jiroductiOn in compatible color a n d the second time the dramatic series has presented?a? masical~ piav. ?Ellington will"narrate the hourlong musical which is his effort1 to _ tell the storym!' jazz" and its Origination. Based upon the renown musician's own. definition of jatft and expressed in-the original mU sical language for whim he is famous, "A Drum Is A Woman" is a unique fantasy that parallels the history of the origins of jazz. This musical tale reveals such basic jazz history as the AfcTlcaa. and Caribbean rhythmic origins, the New Orleans beginnings - .fir f modern jazz and the spread art form. This'is told through.>|he ill-fated romance between "Madam Zajj," a drum symnoliyirwr -jW, ?~ and Carribee Joe who is destined?-?-? . t<T remain in the jungle while "Zajj," the gaudy sophisticated siren that is jazz, travels to. New Orleans and then throughouto:?he ivorld to limitless but "lovwless* success. ? . ? i .1 Paul tiodkin, choreographed 'for he Academy Award winning 'film. ~Y 'Around the World__ in 80 Day's/* created the dances for the Theatre Ouild production. * _filc :>oooo:o.ooooooa?.G^^ IE TIME "~u-l R YOUR . immer Clothes ??f tE ;>f| "ingCoJors T ( - 10*7 ScPAUl ' i 1 *? 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