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TEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVIII
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FOR SIRONG CIVIL RIGHTS PLANK
) MINNEAPOLIS — Honored by
the University of Minnesota from
which he was graduated in 1923,
Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive
secretary, received his alma ma¬
ter’s Outstanding Achievement
Award at the closing session of
the Association’s 51st annual con¬
vention.
Also honored at the session was
Langston Hughes who received the
45th Spingarn Medal for his many
and notable literary contributions.
Presentation of the award was
made by Arthur B. Spingarn,
brother of the donor and longtime
NAACP president.
In presenting the university’s
Outstanding Achievement Award,
Vice President Malcolm M. Wil¬
ley cited the distinguished alum¬
nus as a “dynamic spokesman for
recognition of the rights and dig¬
nity of all men, master strate¬
gist in a great crusade to elimi¬
First Class Citizenship Stressed
at 15 th NAACP Mass
Martin Sisters Get Degrees
From Chicago and Radcliffe
CHICAGO (ANP) — Two Chi-
cago si.ters, Mrs. Trudy Martin
Hatter and Miss Anita Martin,
graduated last week from the Uni¬
versity of Chicago and Radcliffe
College, Cambridge, Mass., respec¬
tively.
They are the eldest of five
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
E. Martin.
Martin is editorial director of
the Chicago Defender newspapers;
vice president of the Guaranty
Life Insurance Co., Savannah, Ga.,
and a board member of Service
Federal Savings and Loan Co., in
Chicago.
Mrs. Hatter received a R.A. de¬
gree in political science from the
University of Chicago. Her sister,
Anita, received a B.A. in biology
from Radcliffe, graduating cum
laude from Harvard University’s
sister institution.
Mrs. Hatter will be employed
DEGREE AND JOB— Miss Betty
Jean Bennett, June graduate of
South Carolina State College,
smiles approvingly as she views
letter announcing her appointment
as staff assistant with the Moss
H. Kendrix Organization, Wash¬
ington, D.C., public relations firm.
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nate second-class citizenship,
ful combatant of the
cratic forces of bigotry and
norance.”
Mr. Wilkins accepted the
“with gratitude and with
ity, certain in the conviction
many dedicated people of a
of racial and religious
grounds, Northern and
have had a share in
tasks I have been able to
plish.”
Addressing himself to the
of the day, the NAACP
called upon both the
and Republican parties to
civil rights planks which
clare the clear and
role of the federal government
the many-sided segregation
ess. Federal responsibility in
area,” he asserted, “has been
scured in these past six years
a succession of incredible and
ept pronouncements on the
ecutive level of government,
well as by a mean and
campaign by the
on the local, state and
sional levels.
“Equivocation by party
Democratic or Republican, on
civil rights issue will insure
ocation of Negro voters in
choosing of party designees in
November election.”
Recognizing that
action, important and necessary
it is, cannot alone do the
the NAACP leader said that
the civil rights struggle “there
a role for every American, of
ery origin, color and
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in the Chicago offices of the U.S.
Department of Health, Education
and Welfare as a federal career
service appointee and will be given
extensive training in Baltimore
this summer by the federal gov¬
ernment.
She is married to Terry Hatter,
a University of Chicago law school
graduate, also in the federal serv¬
ice.
Miss Martin leaves July 2 for
two months In Europe, one month
of which will be spent studying
at the University of Guttenberg,
Mainz, Germany. On her return
she plans to work a year before
beginning post-graduate study.
Both girls finished the Univer¬
sity of Chicago Laboratory School.
They are the granddaughters of
Walter S. Scott, president of the
Guaranty Life Insurance Co., Sa¬
vannah, Ga., well-known Southern
business executive.
rian, head of business area at the
Orangeburg institution, shares the
joy of the young lady who received
top honors in the I960 class. Miss
Bennett will work in the unit
for Coca-Cola at MHKO. Look¬
ing on, left and right, are John
Fleming, Charleston Coca - Cola
Bottling Company, and Charles
SAVANNAS, GEOKOLA
I N. C. Mutual Ins. Co. Names
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WILLIAM A. CLEMENT
William A. Clement, CLU, an
Associate Agency Director of
North Carolina Mutual Life In¬
surance Company, has been desig¬
nated Agency Director-elect of the
company. This announcement by
President Asa T. Spaulding, fol¬
lowed a meeting of the board of
directors on Wednesday, June 22.
The Agency Director-elect will as¬
sume, his duties on January 1,
1961, upon the retirement of Vice
President and Agency Director,
Aaron Day, Jr.
Mr. Clement is a native of
Charleston, S.C. At the time of
his birth, May 6, 1912, his mother,
Mrs. Sadie Jones Clement, was the
The "New Negro,” hts
lating and so far unachieved
sire for complete equaiity,
than anything else, set the
mosphere for the June 26th
ACP Mass Meeting. Mr.
has long been a diligent
Custom along with the other
myth originating from
days—the Negro and his
were clearly dead and only
ing burial.
Last Sunday’s meeting was
at Asbury Methodist Church, Duf¬
fy and Abercorn streets. Rev. G.
I). Walker opened this 15th
sion of the NAACP with the
time favorite spiritual, “Glory
His Name.” Next in order
a prayer and then Rev.
led this enthusiastic throng
“Jesus Keep Me Near the
Hosea Williams, acting as
gram director and presiding
cer in the absence of W. W.
introduced the first speaker.
tis Cooper, a big, imposing man
with big, imposing ideas to
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Boone, Columbia Coca-Cola Bot¬
tling Company, l<ot.h South Caro¬
lina natives who have been asso¬
ciated with Coca-Cola for a num¬
ber of years. Last June another
South Carolinian, Miss
Thompson, 1959 Allen
graduate, was employed by
cashier of North Carolina Mutu¬
al’s Charleston District, and his
father, the late A. J. Clement, Sr.,
was manager of that district. La¬
ter his father was elected to the
board of directors and remained
on the board until his death in
1956.
William A. Clement was edu-
catsd at Avery Institute in Char¬
leston, S.C., and Talladega Col¬
lege, Talladega, Ala. He came
to work at North Carolina Mu¬
tual in the summer of 1928, and
worked in the Charleston District
each summer thereafter until 1933.
Upon graduation from Talladega
College in 1934, Mr. Clement was
given his first permanent assign¬
ment with the company as agent
on the Memphis District. In 1936,
he was given a special assignment
on the Charleston District; in
1938, Assistant Manager in charge
of this district; elected Agency
Supervisor, located in Atlanta in
1940, as an understudy of Vice
President and Assistant Agency
Director, J. L. Wheeler. During
the time he was in Atlanta, he
studied life insurance in the Grad¬
uate School of Atlanta University.
In 1945, Mr. Clement was appoint¬
ed Assistant to the Agency Di¬
rector and transferred to the
Agency Dept, of the Home Office;
appointed Assistant Agency Direc¬
tor in 1947; and 1953, he was ad¬
vanced to Associate Agency Di-
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CORE Meets in St.
Louis, June 29-July 3
ST. LOUIS (ANP)—The CORE
convention meets at the Roow-
velt hotel June 29-July 3. A
special conference session win
analyze and evaluate the south¬
ern sit-ins and supporting
northern boycotts. Sit-In lead¬
ers from North Carolina, South-
Carolina, Georgia and Florida
will participate in the sessions.
Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker of
Petersburg, Va„ will keynote
the opening session on June 29.
Rev. Walker is a member of
the board of the Southern Chris¬
tian Leadership Conference.
He will also present the CORE
Gandhi award to “the person
doing the most during the year
for better race relations through
use of direct nonviolent action.”
Other sessions will deal with
the moral and philosophical
approaches to race relations,
civil disobedience, and direct
action techniques. Delegates
to the convention will assist
St. Louis CORE in one of its
action projects.
NAACP To Meet in
Atlanta in 1962
ST. PAUL (ANP)—Follow¬
ing a spirited floor debate del¬
egates attending the 51st an¬
nual NAACP convention
voted Atlanta, Ga., as the
NAACP convention city.
Portland, Oreg., boosters
unsuccessfully |for 'the Pacific
Northwest city to be the
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Blind Musician, Married 5
Sees Wife First Time
CHICAGO (ANP)—A 51-ycar
old musician, married for five
years, saw his wife Sammie, for
the first time recently and
didn't recognize her.
He didn’t know who she was
until he heard her voice, for
Milton Gregroy. pianist and
singer who performs under the
name of Sir Gregory, had been
blind until surgeons at Cook
County hospital successfully
removed congenital cataracts
from his eyes, giving him sight
for bhe first, time in his life.
Gregory had been legally
blind and learned Braille.
His mother had bad eyesight
and his two brothers were born
blind. - ' 1
Gregory had 10 per cent vi¬
sion during his childhood. In
1945, it had dwindled to 3 per
8ATURDAY, JULY 2, 1960
Mr. Sengstacke Elected
President of N. N. P. A.
JOHN H. SENGSTACKE
CHICAGO (ANP) —John H.
Sengstacke, publisher of the
Daily Defender, was elected
Ezell Blair, One of First
Four “Sit-Ins,” To Speak
Sunday at NAACP Meet
Ezell Blair, Jr., of Greensboro,
N. €., one of the first students
to sit-in at Woolworth’s lunch
counter In Greensboro last
February, will be the principal
speaker at the NAACP mass
meeting Sunday, July 3. The
meeting will be held at the First
African Baptist church, Bryan
and Montgomery streets, Rev.
Curtis J. Jackson, pastor, at 4
p. m.
Mr. Blair Is one of the “Found¬
ing Four” students from A. &
T. College who initiated the
Sit-Ins in the South. It was
Negro Women Sel $1.5 Million
Goal for Bethnne Memorial
WASHINGTON, D.C. ,(ACNS)
—A resolution establishing a goal
of one and one-half rpilliop dol¬
lars was urumnmousjy adopted
last week by 16 affiliate presi¬
dents of the National Council of
Negro Women for the erection of
a memorial honoring the late Mrs.
Mary McLeod Bethune. This con¬
ference was the first of a series
since President Eisenhower signed
a bill authorizing the memorial
June 1.
Dorothy I. Height, president of
the council, told the leaders rep¬
resenting 850,000 women that
such a memorial, first to honor a
Negro in the nation’s
would be a fitting tribute to the
woman who organized the council
25 years ago. Each organization
president or representative made
brief reports of their group’s pro¬
gram which included women .ac¬
tivities in every state/' the Carib¬
bean, and Africa.
Meeting at the Sheraton-Carlton
Hotel, the women discussed meth¬
ods of financing the historic pro¬
posal which would eonsist of a
memorial and an educational
ter. The women leaders
the center would he dedicated
I the archives and educational
ievements highlighting
tions of Negro women in
can life. People from all
of life and differing
cent. In recent months, (he
was no longer able to got about,
even in daylight, by himself.
He had declined operations
to remove his cataracts for fear
of losing what little vision he
had and no longer being able
to see even vague outlines.
When he was taken to Coun-
| ty hospital recently in a dia¬
betic coma—he had not known
| he had the disease his eye
condition came to the attention
of the senior resident.
He talked to Gregory and
Gregory decided that, with his
vision in such poor shape, he
had little to lose. He decided
to go ahead with the surgery.
The head resident said that
the results were even better
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president of the National News¬
paper Publishers’ Association at
the climax of the group’s an¬
nual convention June 25.
Sengstacke, founder or the or¬
ganization and host to the con¬
vention, was awarded the dis¬
tinguished editor’s award Fri¬
day at the 20th annual awards
dinner in the Sherman Hotel.
The editor and publisher was
cited for 25 years of crusading
zeal and devotion to the
of equality.
Also elected at the three-day
convention were E. Washington
Rhodes of the Philadelphia Tri-
foune, vice president; L. M.
Quinn, of the Michigan Chron-
icle, secretary; and Mrs. Nan¬
nie Turner of the St. Louis Ar¬
gus, treasurer.
Elected to the board of dl-
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from this demonstration that
“Sit-ins” began in Savannah.
The meeting was previously
scheduled for Bethlehem Bap¬
tist Church, Rev. L. S. Stell, Jr.,
pastor, but because of the Im¬
mense crowd expected to hear
Mr. Blair, it has been changed
to the First African Baptist
church.
Highlights from the 51st Na¬
tional Convention held in St.
Paul, Minnesota, June 21-26 will
also be presented. The public
is urgently requested to attend
this all-important meeting.
>yill be aoked. to contribute funds
for the erection of the memorial.
M prion Jackson, treasurer of
NCNW'a Educational Foundation,
told the leaders about Mrs. Beth-
une's fajth and how she started
the famous Bethune-Cookman Col¬
lege with $1.50 and five girls.
She urged the presidents to ask
every member of their affiliate
organizations to contribute at least
as much for the "Bethune Begin¬
ning.” Mrs. Jackson stated all
contributions should be sent to
the Mary McLeod Bethune Memo¬
rial, in care of the NCNW Edu¬
cational Foundation, P.O. Box
1377, Washington 13, D.C.
Known as the “Century of Free¬
dom,” tHe project is scheduled to
culminate on January 1, 1903,
exactly 100 years after Lincoln
signed tlie Emancipation Procla¬
mation.
The ‘ resolution said: Be it re¬
solved that we, as presidents of
' 22 atTiliate national organizations,
pledge ourselves to assure respon¬
sibility for bringing this proj¬
ect to the attention of our respec¬
tive organization memberships and
encouraging them to share leader¬
ship responsibility with other fel¬
low affiliates in doing as much
as possible to raise one and one-
half million dollars during the sil¬
ver anniversary of the National
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INTERVIEWED AND SKETCH¬
ED’ Dr. Hastings K. Banda, na¬
tionalist leader of his people In
Tanganyika, East Africa, who
recently concluded an extensive
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CRUSADE FOR VOIERS
ORGANIZING PRECINCTS
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Chatham County Crusade for Votera Secretary, Miss Emogene
Stroniun, devotes full time on precinct organization.
(Photo by Frank Freeman)
Rev. Oliver W.
man of the Chatham County Cru¬
sade for Voters speakers bureau
and chairman of the first district,
and Rev. Charlie Fogle, chairman
of the fourth district, announces
(hat the Voters Registration Move¬
ment has taken GRASS ItOO'i'S.
Miss Stroman, operator of the
Voter-Registration Headquarters,
is devoting full time to the or¬
ganizing of precincts. The opera¬
tion requires the preparation of
about 4,000 leaflets weekly. There
NAACP Youth Delegates
ST. PAUL. Minn. (ANP) —
One of the wildest demonstrations
ever witnessed at an NAACP
convention gave dramatic response
last week to reports that young
Negroes are disgusted with the
slow-paced, conservative approach
of the organization to ending seg¬
regation.
NAACP Youth Council dele¬
gates meeting in the Hotel Lowry
here, swept Roy Wilkins,
tive secretary, off his feet,
ed him to their shoulders and
raded in a wild
that had no equal in the
zation’s history.
Eighty-year-old Arthur Spin¬
garn, national president, was
moved that he cried as he
the youth delegates in
Wilkins’ leadership.
The demonstration came
Wilkins declared in hia
to them:
“1 thank God for what I
seeing. I am sure the
tion is safe in your hands.
ing has ever warmed my
more. Don’t stop, don’t, delay,
time to advance is now,”
cried.
“You have put life into
tour of the United States,
shown after his arrival In
land, being interviewed by
Burnett, Producer for bhe
ish Broadcasting company.
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an
6,000 block-workers kits. The sec¬
retary also has ths responsibility
of drafting, typing and mailing
about 400. letters weekly.
flosea Williams, president of the
crusade, is asking the help of ev¬
ery Negro. Mr. Williams states,
“1 believe ther* are many Ne. rot ;
who would be happy to help us but
wc cannot find them and they can¬
not find us. This voting .situa¬
tion of oura MUST be overhauled.
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convention. You have given life
to our discussions. Continue your
sit-ins. America wss built on re¬
volts. Ft’s a part of the American
character to protast against in¬
equality. That is what you are
doing in these sit-ins.
“When they tell you that you’re
crazy, disregard them. You are
acting in the American tradition.
Be not ashamed. We are with
you because you have told the
white, world, North and South,
that you are not satisfied with
conditions as they are.”
This was the dramatic highlight
of the convention which attracted
a record delegation to the city for
the main sessions which were held
in the Municipal Auditorium.
Earlier, Clarence Mitchell, head
of the NAACP’s Washington bu¬
reau, in an appraisal of presiden¬
tial candidates declared that Sen.
Stuart Symington of Missouri
comes closest to fulfilling the re¬
quirements of a candidate that
Negroes could support.
“But and I wish to make this
abundantly clear —- that doesn't
mean that we’re going to get on
a soap box and recommend t t
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ing the broadcast, Dr. Banda
was sketched by Polish artist,
Feliks TopoisfcL Photo shows,
left to right: Burnett, Dr. Ban¬
da and Topolski.—(ANP Photo),