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Vol. XXXI No. 3
An ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER Institution
Oct. 16, 1978
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NAACP Returns to Four AUC Colleges
By Michael Bailey
PANTHER Reporter
All of the undergraduate
schools in the Atlanta
University Center (AUC),
Clark, Morehouse, Morris
Brown and Spelman,
participated in the “Atlanta
University Center NAACP
Chapter’s First Bi-Annual
Convocation” during which
the officers of the NAACP
chapters on the four campuses
were installed. The ceremonies
were held at Clark’s
Henderson Bldg. Oct. 1.
Audrey Smith, president of
the Georgia State NAACP
Youth Conference and a recent
Spelman graduate, was
mainly responsible for the
rechartering of the NAACP
chapters on the AUC cam
puses after a 10 year lull.
According to Clark NAACP
President Y olanda Thompson,
“Audrey’s desire before she left
the AUC was to see an NAACP
chapter at each of the
undergraduate schools in the
Center.”
Ms. Smith said the First Bi-
Annual Convocation is his
torical because, “Although the
schools have had an active
NAACP membership at some
point in history, this is the first
time the four campuses have
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Georgia State Senator Julian Bond addresses NAACP
audience at installation ceremony. (Photo by Jerome
Gwinn)
been reorganized within the
same period. We feel that this
is symbolic of our efforts
toward more unity and in
volvement among the schools
today.”
The Hon. Julian Bond,
Georgia State Senator ,
president of the Atlanta
NAACP chapter and
Morehouse alumnus, delivered
the keynote address to the
congregation of NAACP
members and others attending
the program.
“It strikes me that there
must be some increasing
realization among college-
aged black people that
organizations like this one are
needed now as badly as they
Changes Are Evident at CCC
Bv Kathy Moore
PANTHER Staff Writer
Have there been any changes made at Clark College Courts
(CCC)?
In a recent survey taken among 25 students living in the
Courts the majority agree that changes have been made.
Of the 25 students surveyed, three were seniors, six juniors,
nine sophomores, and seven freshmen.
According to most of the students surveyed there has been a
significant improvement in security at CCC.
There is now 24 hour security seven days a week including a
guard booth _at the entrance of the apartment complex.
A guard sits in the booth to check identification of all visitors
and students walking and driving into the apartment com
plex.
All students living in the apartment complex who own
automobiles are required to obtain stickers to park in the park
ing lot.
All visitors are required to log in at the guard booth and
those visitors driving cars must obtain a temporary sticker.
Even though the security has improved at CCC 15 students
surveyed felt that the security is a little “over-done.” They
complained about being harassed by the guard if they forget
their identification or if they borrow someone’s car and have
no sticker on it.
The problem of roaches and rodents still exists, according to
18 out of the 25 students surveyed.
Many of the students complained that the exterminating in
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ever were,” Bond observed.
He added that he could
remember when former Mis
sissippi Gov. Ross Barnett
said that the NAACP stood for
“Niggers, Alligators, Apes,
Coons and Possums.”
“But I think we know to
day,” Bond said, “that those
initials stand for “Negroes Are
Always Available to Combat
Prejudice.’ ”
Bond said he has always
hoped for a day when the
NAACP would no longer be
needed, when “racial dis
crimination and economic ine
quality have ended.” However,
he pointed out that anyone
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SGA Schedules
National Figures
By Angela Esannason
PANTHER Reporter
The Clark Student
Government Association
(SGA) has scheduled several
guest speakers for its lecture
series throughout the
academic year.
Among the guest speakers
scheduled to take part in the
SGA’s lecture series, according
to President Floyd Donald,
will be Fareed Jihad, health
food merchant; Monica Kauf
man, reporter at channel 2;
Calvin Botley, assistant
United States attorney general
for the Southwest Division;
Carl Rowan, columnist; and
Dick Gregory, social activist.
Imam Ibrahim Pasha,
World Community of AUlam
in the West; Rep. Louis Stokes,
chairman, House As
sassination Committee; and L.
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money is being used to hire
black lawyers and inves
tigators to research the many
theories about the as
sassinations.
Stokes speech mainly
focused on the King as
sassination investigations. He
discussed the many bizarre
events that took place prior to
and after the assassination.
These events included the sen
ding of FBI agents to Rome
during King’s visit with Pope
Paul VI, and the wiretapping
of King’s home.
After his brief delivery,
Stokes entertained questions
from the audience. During the
question and answer session,
someone asked, “Was there an
informer within the Kennedy
or King circles?” Stokes
answered, “Yes, there was an
informer in King’s circle, but
not in the Kennedy circle.”
Stokes’ speech proved to be
informative and although it
answered many questions,
there are still many more to be
answered.
Stokes Speaks on
King, Kennedy
By Marcia E. Jones
PANTHER News Editor
and
Judith F. Williams
PANTHER Reporter
“I do not care how much
money it takes, it is important
for me and the nation to know
the facts,” said Louis Stokes in
a speech about the Martin
Luther King, Jr. and John F.
Kennedy assassination inves
tigations.
Stokes, head of the House
Assassination Committee and
an Ohio Congressman, was
guest speaker to ap
proximately 65 Atlanta
University Center students
and faculty members in Clark
College’s Davage Auditorium
on September 28.
Stokes said the $5 million is
being spent in the inves
tigations of the Kennedy and
King assassinations. This
Clark Professor Runs for School Board
By Ben Lumpkin
PANTHER Staff Writer
A member of the Clark College faculty has decided to con
tribute more education than his teaching abilities.
Eugene P. Walker, a history professor at Clark, is running
for a seat on the DeKalb County Board of Education in Dis
trict Seven, a district that has a 23% black student population
and no black representatives.
Some people have told W alker that because of the 75% wh ite
population county wide, and his opponent — eight year in
cumbent, John Truelove, it will be hard for him to win.
“I’m the first black, that I am aware of to run for a position
(in DeKalb County,” said Walker, “but if voters look at my
dedication, experience and qualifications, then I’ll wind up be
ing the first black to serve on the DeKalb County Board of
Education.”
Walker, has two children attending DeKalb County Schools
and his wife teaches in this school system. This, he feels, is a
picture of the total black community. Showing qualified
people willing and available to serve.
Walker is running for the
children ofthe county. He said,
“It is very important to me that
black and white children in the
county see and understand
that we have positive models
in all segments of the society.”
Walker is originally from
Thomason, GA. He has a B.A.
from Clark, M. A. from Atlanta
and John Hopkins
Universities and is to receive
a Ph.D from Duke University
in December.
He played football basket-
. ■ ball and threw the discus and
History Professor Eugene shotput for Clark. Walker has
Walker explains a point to coached on both the high
class. (Photo by Tyraun school and college levels.,
Patterson) Continued on page 6